The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

FOIL 'SAGAMOTHE'AN OATHS OF OFFICE. B.* DIN-Jet-semi I ' lAgan rota' orr-Flot-semi f* cz. N. Wall Asmurem 24 March--29 SeptErrant'me; finangials as Treasury dates of the Fishery-park Law. o No TILE STAR'S -PERIGEVAN-LONGITUDE PHILOSOPHY, OR ELECTRO• COMPASS (-) PONTI USE'PRUIT. CINQUE, PORTAL - ARC' ilive-Dead-court.—ln span-long Cinc'kent 500 N. Polar*above & below declin. soar_.in p astro-geOgraph. • • : : to gover's 9' Arrow off and-on' Diepp's-nouen --•-• to Lizard-pt. o'er Ind._Quadra culmination Tropic-wend t'wrd Minorca's Langue Crock 40. N. Its state rope-lay Anchor G flag-tow'r pres-by Tyre round the fiat earth, as of Titus Vespasian's meter, yr 79 on 1824-35 Act for Burg-f-Echo-conchoidal leet-Crts. The Bowloigne'd illegal mist-ComBn-negatta fete of 27-Bth, August'en A.D. 1861—to Eve sham's -on Aftermath n'head'ng night of Ihon g apte'ft'—issued 13th, old lam mass-day from the Strasburg Jag'ket office of Grand master mason of Malta's College, St. James'-st., on U. S. c. 33, § 7. 1800-2-13-off Amiens treaty-Nap-11, in dupelex, ' welkin Paul the capsOn-scholastic,' by Goal-Lnwns' in Ship way seal' of traris Zonekirk's ? Earth-moving' error. So to—. " Command old words, that long have slept—to wake : Words that wise Bacon, and brave Raleigh spake.' This langaw6. Ba-nfla, out f //Aim c=..key-loop as, Corn hill-st. ma-cha'l'd Like Gem-father- 131 COWPER-1 71?, like Go G.tchildspri 7 4 PALMERSTON 1861 - as of H. J . .Te_ mp e —cites the charter of Bristol L. P. 9 Armee , 24 July, for its back warn'ng to six, five, or four," combatr--(oHns's„iin3L,eartht'hme Spon'sh Cabot 15Q) curvature a Latn y sirik • port, Q. inn Jet,'M land wad-set's H prior z to Pop praevsNiul l i i c on ' s tax 1291-97-Doge G,'s 9th, at Shore Bright-helm-stone meridian of old . I. A otl l on B , 2 ll ‘ b e med for" Carthage-mud port-Cot' hon, Edict Comffn., of Review in 117,ypt's'1828," 9-10 W. 3d, c. 1 , 5 for Lt. A.'s arc ows so/e-etruscan, Orbitrat'm ea t m ALI, an d d Pontifiscum—El4Br ator" as G' log 6sfaya 'twixt Turkish LI, Co _fington, who in Clawlian's 0 'sac-conic letter-,3didn't— -11. " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th.] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [nO 10th. Ist. So, no 1581's Earthrolling-bull's, with a Fist earth Lanmuogoi cto!" O'er nemifJet'famen'ys astral, See I Edw. - vi 7 c. 2, re,_,enact 284-yr. in 1832 by 2-3 Will . IV ., c. 92, sec.. 4,—entitled, The Submission of the Clergy 4 Restraint o f Appeals—as yet pending to Pombal's Brazil-9, etch ita, intervention, 25 Henry 8, c. 19, ¶3, Whereas divers noblemen, and spiritual sylph'd fratres de sac'is' have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the tame of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of correction, De Jure patronatus and probates of testaments —Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other will-court officers, of the King's Highness, do bear th' E-Quoin-Enight-rider's fiscustom'ary endorsement, as well as the 4 Common-clerk's name placed under citor's Mats de co-quoin' seal, in polar "Ein Die pa area' Jet / meridian roof'd :: S cr, Rochester-bridge in niana Antcec-transit o'er N. Zea Waithangi'd ' brother and sister's 3-ty. as 0. 5.20. E. of Azores (-) Verd ' fulcrum ponticulus-hemispheraa'm # Ist re-ponti-Phitimore-Te'ad, as the old longitude-bridge' _Kark-dance o'er the L'aide-lay "In silence, till the cheerful sun-ode Has twice six months, its wend -star ruu-node." Thus—Laganutn-Rota'ry's of Kent under syn-sideral lathe epoch for P. L' audits, to Bow towns 511. N., p prefix over its L'ond n n-wave'y bye Wall-in-ford fcirencester Seven hundreds' on 34-HEN. L's Mile'r Rayhere Kt., to 1-4 Hen. 4's hogshead of wine Jus-" E x -change A 1." as of .Bristol's leva lsngud in Tenby's alt°mare meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court, not of ' Co-mercer's fa. fa., l'Brewing-sup,' on Jesuit'- ac ward books ca. fa. 6s Bd. ' Think deep.—or touch not the Sac'earium spring.' 2dly. Whence, by 1 Fhilip & Mary, e. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator (to Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521, 81—now Uti echt's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-63, as of Mexico's Philipine isle'd Bohun inspector of all fi scal-f meter-Crts.), who like IVOLSEY'S Temple'r shall take en himself 'to direct and serve his own prlcept.' Hence this Negative ; since (by Russn-Dutck loan on America's 1614 double-hdd-eagle-tcoregk, 1791's Min gan -acts on 1832), pension'd Church-Queen's " in es --of a, by civil list, —tho' in o'er' ieft facce—have ceased to be the head of Malcolm lII'S G.G.G-80/1 monetary obit's in presbytera' /kindred and at your peril disobey this law —for one and all " as breast-high'd on Agricola's scot and lot hand-up lIIMERAq typic, on Cmsar's silver coinage for electing the yearly Abkari cess ghat' son 29th Sept., or Slmi-call-meze—magistrates, as Aberdeen's 1469, to 24th March one,lsof *lced w. " murri nomine"—life. " To gain the race he eager tries ; his forfeit life's the stake." 27, Aug. 31, 1861 [unpaid _j- anter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET,g The flag-union Jag, Ist Fruit a. m M p m. ,Bacca-corn hill'd-tribune as Income-tax- W freeman, Antip.d'n crown-colon j 1 chief c, p•Bulo.(Vic of 1842, The criminal law's Extradi- Temple. tion Gap. 3 •mile off-shore Sea-constable Labouchere. bearing Samerica's paddle of Admiral's N [2 March, '4l] court over Canterbury's @e-Guizote set- H. M. Perley, tlement for New Zealand's deadprooffit 3 Sept, '4l's Crt., its t ial x-m' poy Stil'lord Warden Gap 1 vzz'r. —tho' cruelly set up a medaled T'Pecca v machin a, in Sac'earisa gentle imagines.' .* x. CHARLES ' ACKERLEY,I J.P. of Carib-allyd f England, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad- .•• : : miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec- Crown rotary ; Marcus HiII—SANDYB, Lay-presbyters egu, on Can'ng's noly Alliance abolition, of King- A slubs), the Standard weight-bearer of 1837, Lt. I R.N. pay'd double-oathii'd victim—supporter Si of Mohawk PETER 10 yrs, by Red Indian Mary Peu Qty' „March's murder-tie 1820 " per virginale Rien tenerum corpus christe' transit, thro' Quebec's Hamilton-Dalhousie, in E. Elder' duty for His and own's State-birth provision, as the Mon tague Subsidy Ist-fruit loan 1814'20's on major Trevsor- Cartwright's chief suceessorial surrogat'cy. (to trove. 1322'99's red-turban'd Hen. Quadra Manfre . dum'y de pecearia,' on H. s's colona'd martin 5, IV V to GOMSALVI 1816 regolamento-159, by Pius 7th on Scotch-Bailin Urban Bth's capacity-oath of 1749, Ad vocate STUART wortley-Newcomen's) en Gonfaloniere' 1824 passed he C. A.'s naming Act 1-2 W. 4, rt.. 54, as tit" coin'd popied Luther- calvin, for lay seignorage trust, over W. Russell and Stanley's Dead-hand (1683) yet-attaints, in secret propaganda (Sion Hill) agency. o all metre-roded Councils General' in nature's Year-law, under 1835's Municipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Comfit.' Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111, C. 55, male or female," as at the Burgh ports 1772's on the Shoreham resignation, aver-bull' srun of Clement 14tb's Jesuit Dead-Guilds Jos. Abolition, for Lay resumption of life-set Exchanges of land), over the yearly Poor-law Guardians—as are Plum-line'd--on the 1603's church Canon in vestry'red lettered Transeptal succession —an aft-Tow'ring, by Q. Elizabeth's P. C.-PIHIRLET-111011 for oaths in retro-yard-,1,-sense, for sound office. Whence stop now, all pensions and ministers' money (for public works) wherebyall Sylph-creeds become self-supports.— So be it—for civic Asia-Europe's constabulary vox entry. _ - " 'Tis thus that Heaven its empire doth maintain ; It may afflict—but MAN, must not complain." . Papal-tribunes, of (gursv minor Rxchange-house for bA*pointers in o.s. Fiat-earth Tow'r) 1582, in COWPER'S Huitson 1671's Chiliarcher C to St. Michael's PENN for Vox humans organ Tun' of Hidelburgh. So Heligoland 3ty., Jan. 14, May-Copenhagen'd by C. A. of Daphne, 1814, as the Montague letter 15 P.C. Crown-page before Embassy FOSTER'S' Abbe-locum £t.' of Hanover Exmouth's 1816 3ty in Labouchere's pa's clerk, Rothschild's Hessian 10-marc. Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. survey Arbitrations.—By 9 10 W. in, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, sole-traders—(and all Antipode'ans, as those under the 'Turkish, 1809-Dardanell'd Padil'hce fan' litreaty,' 1841)—desiring to end all controversies by arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage (as of Africa's 1828 trust on Thony Monthermer' ACKERLEY, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),—0f any person, should be made "on Capt : Cook's Krutz•mana in tribal MAoH/ 4 right, on Admiralty red-flag' of his Majesty's courts of Record ; and in case of disobedience to such award on Pa-tow'ring, the parties neglecting or refusing (3: F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),—t0 perform the same, shall be subject to penalties - of contemning a Rule of Court, "as Patax mis sion'd on the Anglo-Saxon Mexi-Spanishtrast, yet Cuba- Philipin'd to 1763-4-state 4 Grants, as reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib-azicmac's minor L'Boar's head, Inn-fan-Gee and Out-fan-G.-sustenance onNorthißerwick-law (without further maddening poor PETER by exile cast from), family, for refusing to give up America's Tribal flag stone lb. to any church party, by Derby and Peel's orders with Qn.'s rose. "Neath polar-star'd land Wehr-ring wolf to fawn, And view with trembling, whom theyview'dwith scorn.' 11. GUILTY (OR NOT GUILTY FICTION) RIDER...-- " The sea-WHIT original (now police-sheet root Of' St. Peter's-key Cornhill), spring of civic-snit." The "not guilty" when GUILTY is the free and accepted for county-rate expenses, in all the courts—but, the guilty on written confession to Female complainant, before hear ing—is of right saved (50, E. 3) from a slaughter under the twofold spiritual and corporeal capacity of the casting voice in Judge, as prisoner's police arbitrator. The case in ques tion being betwixt Mistake-plaintiff, and Martyr-mule- Defendant, to obtain a Herioted St. Aica'ron Court-christian Baillie-day's criminal fiat-papal' —as the October Laird o'Cockpen's Ist nsefruct, of the French treaty Concordat in the Marylebone Police-court on Wed., Oct. 2, " Bellew v. Baillie" committed for three calender months to the cells with loss of hair—omitting the real Rug'd-pursuer's name on civil law table-turning, a Flemish-Balien ' Order' note into a police-sheet-charge on Art. 1 and 9 lan. 25, 1813.' The freak forgiven prisoner, on over night pre-arbitratios with Plaintiff-rug-laundress, 13, Frederick-street, for no man to explain the 'hinge-bung' kneeling facts. So in SLANE 'suggestion,' Mr. Tyrwhitt and the Prison Secretary must instantly ' from defunct justice,' rectify this Cassandra hoax washing-rue trial between mistress and servant—in order for instant release and reward, under Chief Justice Bruce iteileac-Fortescue's Kt.-Stapleton Stat. H. 6' of 1442—(te coldbath Vestal-women-jail -keeper's o'er the 600, in Tothill n un7d.y-like prison &c.) now in illegal Bench-warrant, as gen ' we ' 'of', sth' Victori'm, c. 24.—La voila, H. ease. Provided always Yea! that, if e'er ilttalrere or lady' Quacks interfere, P ronirotory Pon ' Or t, a k, a them—' as, a scholar'— writ should follow." it 0 I/ A L CON T ENT •NGLISH OPERA, Under the managem ent of G ARDEN. Harrison, Sole ieue,ssietePY M iHR I 0 ne and Mr. Wm. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. C orri. After which, at Eight o'clock, RUT TILAS T,,,,,i,,,,, , Mesdames Susan Pyne, Thir'wall TMiss Z----- 2 . e n ss e rs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Patey, and W .Val, Harris on . ML ea n ; Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. book in The Bo or fees to x-office open from Tens. to Five daily, itsT o charge for g, Stir - re-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting- Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. THEA TILE. RO AL, HAYMARKE T. Lesgee, Mr. J. B. Badkstoa.. For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. THIS EVENING. the Del-fonpant:ft; will commence with FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL.I , 3Ir. Lluckstonc and Mrs. Wilkins. Alter which, THE OLD AND YOUNG STAGER. Followed by ONE HOUR. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. TH E 0X F ORD, 8, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. sm. —Afternoon, n. 30m. Ib-MORROW. -Morning, 6h. 58m.—Afternoon, 7h. 34m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 26, 1861 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BAROI i dETBII,.. ,, -.30.25. WIND—N.-Easterly —rather fresh ; with fine weather. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 26, 1861 Another of our links with the political . era, which dates from the closing scenes of the war, and included Corn Law Repeal, has just been severed. During that period Sir JAMES GRAHAM was an important actor in the political world ; and, for the last ten or twelve years also, his has been a name which we could not have wished to miss from our list of the nation's representatives. He has never been the foremost man, it is true, but he had abilities which made him a power; he was recognised as a very important supporter and a formidable opponent. What Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought and said was always an important element in any debate ; and if he was supposed to speak his real mind and to advocate his real opinions, his judgment was felt to be so sound as to influence a considerable number of minds. It is probably true that he failed to attain the highest position —one to which his abilities might properly lead him to aspire —from his failure to attain public favour and confidence. And his failure in this respect must unquestionably be attributed to the general impression that be was more of a par tisan than was consistent with high political mo rality, and that he was not very scrupulous as to the grounds of his partisanship. The Admiralty gave proof of his high administrative talents, and in the House the impression was strong enough, and justly so, that he could not easily be surpassed in masterly exhibition and defence of the side he took ; the only thing frequently wanting to give irresistible weight to his speeches was the uncer tainty as to their expressing the personal convic tions of the speaker. When we are in the hands of a speaker ofgreat argumentativepowers, it would seem as if we had nothing to think of but the arguments. But the truth is, that his hearers, in proportion to their opinion of his su perior ability, are ready to suppose him capable of overthrowing his own arguments, if he chose. Certainly this was often suspected to be the case with Sir JAMES GRAHAM. The greater part of his life was spent in support of Liberal measures. Catholic Emancipation, the Reform Bill, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws were all indebted to him for vigorous support. The last, indeed, furnished one amongst other illustrations of his defection from principles he had previously advocated—this time, a defection to the right side, however. It will not easily be forgotten how, after having been assailed night after night for his departure from the principles of his anony mous but never denied pamphlet, and after having been wounded all over, as his opponents thought, by arrows drawn from his own quiver, the Cumber land baronet rose perfectly unabashed, and coolly told them that, as to all their clever inuendoes and insinuations, on which they so much plumed them selves, " he had changed his opinions, and there was an end mil." What damaged him most with the public was pro bably not his secession on the Irish Church question , with the then Lord STANLEY and others ; certainly not his renouncing the opinion that corn ought to be freely imported at a fixed protective duty; but, the Post-office affair. His opening letters for such a justly hated wretch as the late King of NAPLES, and the death of the noble brothers BANDIERA, raised a perfect storm throughout the country; yet it should be remembered that he in this case only did the dirty work of the Government, and all of them, its chief especially, were as really culpable as Sir JAMES GRAHAM. Still, at the time almost all the blame was thrown on the colleague ; the chief and others were rather regarded as only magnanimously standing by him. In one sense this was just. Sir JAMES GRAHAM could be as independent as he plaased ; and a man of his ability ought rather to have resigned than accept such a commission from his chief. Gradu ally, perhaps, public opinion did him com- partitive justice. The respectable men who employed him received their share of the blame, but his active participation in the business produced an impression unfavourable to him which remained after the details began to pass from public memory. The small band of able Peelites, as they call themselves is now becoming small indeed. Ore as much distinguished by his general favour with the public, as Sir JAMES was by the want of it, has hardly passed away, when another, at threescore and ten indeed, but yet in the full vigour of his faculties, is also removed. Lord PALMERSTON and the Whigs, with whom he has again acted of late, will also feel his loss. The time for action in But two A.merica is n arrow i ng fast. months now before reads will be nearly impassable for armies there, certainly for such vast armies as are now collected. There is yet no real symptom of anything like an engagement, ul certa • y -- Lp L OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. not of a decisive eng agement, and if one be foughtl- T I lIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND. with ever so much success on the part of the North Attu at Eight o ' c l oc k , t h e new an d s uccess- , . i lul comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. it s far too late for any material advance south- Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin. year. At the best, INITLELLAN could Bruton, Mrs. Bowers, Miss Murray, inel Miss Lydia Thomp son, Richmond, the capital of To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in bvruatrdhsopt e hi t s o reach Virginia, w q h u l i t' e ll it m ste ts n s . Lydia Thompson will dance a New Volunteer and to occupy militarily all the northern part of the 7. Prliaoce2Z. o ag r a 0 11 , 1. n Doors open at half-past 6, t o e ly from 11 till 5. commence at St a t e, as he now does Maryland, ;lad when he had ROYAL PRINCESS'S Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. His. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespeare's tragedy of OTHELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr. Fechter. done that, it would be but a commencement of the rev.' war. t There is, however, no appearance yet of his get ting even so far as that. He is slowly occupying the positions in advance of Manassas Junction, which the Confederates, it is plain, never meant to defend. They were merely held by them with painted wooden guns ; held, to produce an impression that they were more numerous and stronger than they are. The old position, Manassas Junction, appears to be still the • one where the Confederates have strongly fortified themselves, and on that M'CLELLAN will for some time pro bably be afraid to make a direct attack. It would appear, that, from the nature of the ground, he can make no other, and it is by no mean certain that he could, in this way force BEATAEGARD'S lines. NESPTaRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, `garde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Alter which (261st time), THE COLLEEN BAWD. Mr. D. t3oucicault, D.:Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boueicanit, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Toconclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher , Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY' HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL'S New Song, " THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT," on Wednesday, Oct 30. Also, Grand Selections from STRADELLA, :LA TRAVIATA, and DINORAH By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. Solos on the Cornet -a-piston by the renowned performer Mr. LEVY. • The Comic departs tent comprises Mr. Sam Cowell, Mr. Marshall, Messrs. Harvey and French, and Miss Harriet Coveney. A second defeat, or unsuccessful assault, would not at all surprise us, if M'CLELLAN can find no means of taking his enemy in flank. BEAUREGARD has had thesame military traning asMTLELLAN himself, and it remains to be seen whether the latter has the more skill, or better men. In artillery M'CLELLAN appears likely to have the superiority, and that con siderably, and he is known to have expressed the New Comic" Opera, 4 1aCIRCASS1ENNE," and Verdi's new Grand opera, " Simon Boc"ancgra," by the entire Company. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E iderssohn (composed expressly for them). Mr. Levy's Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, and varied'Comic Entertain ments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Randall, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. opinion that by that arm the present contest will be decided. Americans were never very forward to make or to meet a charge ; their General may pro bably therefore be right. It seems, therefore, not to be thought of that the contest should be what the North in its " magni ficent uprising" talked of at first—a short, sharp, and decisive contest. It has hardly been sharp yet ; short it does not, indeed, seem likely to be, and the opinion now seems to gain ground that it will never be decisive. Some compromise as the result seems to be the general expectation. Whether it is to be after one or two or three cam- paigns, the temper of all parties must decide; bu no indication of a compromising spirit are yet visible. There are, no doubt, thousands of wealthy men, thousands of tradesmen and mercan tile men, who sigh in secret for " peace at any price." But their day seems to be far enough off. In the North it would be dangerous for them to speak. In the South, if any concession to the North were thought of by them, they might expect the bowie knife or the cord. The South will de fend to the last, and the North will assemble troops and their ships as long as money can be got, though when they will use them in battle is at present doubtful. The North had one effectual weapon but refused to use it. England and France must make up their mind to scour all the rest of the world for cotton this winter, for we de not see how, except through peace, any can be hoped for from America. The Federals have talked indeed of opening a cotton port ; but even if they did, they could not bring the cotton to it. The cotton is not at the ports. An intelligent gentle man writes in a Manchester paper that they dare not bring it to them. " The risk" he says, "is two fold—that of capture and that of fire. If the Federal squardrons be unable to take, they may be able to shell and burn. All cotton insured at a port would be insured at war rates. Then, again, the cotton is kept back, because, to bring it down to the port, involves a heavy outlay, and, in the absence of shipping, this would be an outlay with return. To get the cotton to the river side costs money ; to get it conveyed by river steamers to the wharf costs money. Why should the planter spend his five or eix dollars a bale, to have his cotton deteriorate in the wharf, when he can keep it in the pens on his plantation, uncleaned, and so saved from deterioration by the vegetable oil of the seed. ? But even if risk and unremunerative outlay did not keep back the crop on plantations, there is another and even more potent reason. The planters have not got the bagging necessary for making the cotton up into bales. The blockade keeps out the gunny bagging of India, as well as the cloths of Man. chester and Belfast, the steel wares of Sheffield and Birmingham, the iron of Staffordshire, and the woollens of Yorkshire." We cannot profess to regret this. The distress which may be partially felt in Lancashire is indeed a painful source of apprehension, but there had been a considerable over production, and some short time there must have been, if there had been no stoppage of supply of cotton—it will be worse from this cause doubtless—but the effect upon all other parts of the world, on India especially, will be an ample compensation. Among the papers of special interest read at the ,ast meeting of the Social Science Congress was a short essay* by Miss FRANCES COBBE, succinctly setting before the public the aims and intentions of the society of which she has been so valuable an auxiliary. The treatment of our pauper population when applying for parochial relief is a question of much complication and difficulty. The just medium between the indulgent lenity which pities the wretchedness and the keen-sighted experience which censures the improvidence, is very hard to arrive at; and the pleas of the soft-hearted philanthropists are triumphantly met by the hard-headed economist with the argument that any degree of comfort or kindness shown to the workhouse inmates is only bestowed upon the most worthless and thriftless of their class, and affords that encouragement to the evil which would be better employed on the labour ing and self-supporting poor. This discussion between justice and mercy is of long-standing, and not likely to be easily disposed of. Popular feeling asserts that in the contest the " twice blessed" quality is seldom the winner, but that point we need not at present discuss. The cases brought forward by Miss COBBE lie altogether beyond the pale of the economist's reproaches. What is to become of a labouring man or woman dependent on their own earnings, when incapacited by sickness from gaining a penny, and from that sickness re quiring aid and comforts which cost money ? The answer naturally points to our many noble hospitals and eleemosynary institutions. But if the disease from its mortal and hopeless nature precludes their remaining under these shelters; if the resources of skill and science are vain, and the artisan, the domestic servant, or sometimes even the governess is totally deprived, by no fault or improvidence, of the means of earning bread, what remains to them ? The sentence of incurable sickness tells them not only that hope is over for them in this world, that pain and weakness and suffering will never leave them more on this side the grave, but it tells them also that their last days of lingering hopeless suffe ring shall be spent among the lowest and roughest and most callous of their kind, with bare necessaries instead of the luxuries their sufferings demand, with hard, rude, indifferent and untrained assistants instead of tender nurses, with no employment to pass their tedious hours, and, in many cases, no means of rising from their hard and comfortless beds. And these sufferers are not so few in number that they should be regarded as unfortunate ex ceptions to the general rule. Miss COBBE says ; "Theclassto which I allude a re th e i ncura bl es ; the p a ti ents suffering from dropsy, cancer, and consumption, pitals, save oz.:eho sm a a r l e l excluded fnrgolma England l a o n t d h e o r n h e o i s i; Ireland. These three types of mortal malady alone destroy 80,000 persons in England every year ; " Journal of tho Workhouse Visiting Society." LODa raan' -.. ~ .', I . I 777 .., .! - 4 4-IR, 11L4 ',,,,,,,,,,. 4 1 . 4 ' • ' . . )/ 1 11l I m. " 11 L. :-H" . : `;• : 4... • 4,e ' ', IN - ,,t •-='!, ...w- , - .4.- , i tr ..,, ~ . .... • , w ,..., r . o t , AI . ~ _ ~..,,..vt.._ ....1.0...,..,,,,, to, THE SUN. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING., OCTOBER 26, 1861. i and if we add to them pa ra ly s i s , acu t e r h euma ti sm , and some fearful cutaneous disorders, we shall have a multitude of sufferers, out of whom, at the lowest calculation, some 40,000 are of a class poor enough to be inevitably thrown on public support under such a visitation. We deny these miserable beings the permission to die in our hospitals that we may make room for more hopeful cases. Surely it is a horrible injustice to exclude them from the volun tary charity of the hospitals, and then to forbid voluntary charity to follow them to the workhouse !" The plan proposed to meet the difficulties of the case is extremely simple and inoffensive, neither making extra de mands on the ratepayers, nor encouraging vicious idleness. Out of the rates, it is said, let the necs earies of the sick pauper be provided; let volun tary charity supply his comforts. A system of organised visiting by a few ladies of the parish to the sick wards is the means of conveying the com forts provided, and at the same time inquiring into the wants of the sufferers. With the rest of the work house they have nothing to do, nor do they inter fere with its management. Their object is simply to bring kindness and sympathy to the hopeless beds of the dreary sick ward. It would seem that such a plan meets the case admirably, and wherever it has been tried has proved most satisfactory. The various objections brought against it are happily answered by Miss COBBE in the paper before us. In reply to the charge of encouraging improvidence she justly observes, that the same might be said of our hospitals, but has never proved to be the case. She admits that vice and intemperance are frequent causes of disease, but asserts that insufficient food and excessive labour are no less so. The number of men, she says, who have persisted in working at unhealthy trades for their families till they break down with painter's disease, rheumatism, and paralysis, are past count ing. Among women, over-work and poor food sometimes brings on the latter terrible affliction even in youth, as in the case mentioned of the poor maid-of-all-work who was hopelessly para lysed at the age of eighteen. In answer to those who console themselves with the reflection that the poor do not feel things like those above them, the writer says ; It seems to me that there is a fallacy in the notion that the wants of the rich and poor differ very essentially in disease, however much they unquestionably do so in health. I believe that the great leveller, Death, approaches all pretty much alike. In the twilight which precedes that solemn night, all the varied lines of this life fade away one by one. Intellect, artistic taste, worldly ambitions, all are obliterated, and at the same time the sole great realities of existence, the relation of man to God, and his hopes of a life beyond the grave, come out clear and strong alike in rich and poor, wise and ignorant. Human nature in disease and decay has nearly the same wants and craves the same alleviations. The ploughman in a fever thirsts for cooling drinks no less than the gentleman. The poor needlewomanwrithing in cancer needs a soft bed as grievously as any lady in the land. The belief in any essential dif• ference would vanish from the mind of any one who tried the experiment of giving a few luxuries to workhouse patients. I once saw a pauper eating some fine hot-house grapes which a lady had given her. It will be a long time before I forget the expression of that pale, worn face, with its shaven head and hollow cheeks, the sense it revealed of inexpressible relief and wondering pleasure at the all un known flavour of the rich fruit. When she had finished her bunch of grapes she sank back in bed, looking after the lady as she lett the ward. She could not raise her voice to speak a word of thanks, but assuredly none was needed beyond that look. We may add another passage from the paper before us succinctly stating the objects of the Institution : We hope to obtain, at last, for all the 40,000 incurables of England by this unpretending plan, an amount of ease which £1,200,300 per annum would only suffice to procure by the erection of adequate special hospitals for their use. We hope to bring them good beds, and easy chairs, and soft cushions, and prints and flowers to lighten their dreary homes, and books to beguilethei r wear y h ours , an d coo li ng drink: and fruits to quench their ceaseless thirst. We hope to bring them kindly listeners to their stories and gentle counsellors to help them to faith and patience. And then we hope to touch even the monster evil of the rude, un trained pauper nurses, and provide our incurables with women, paid by our funds, and duly instructed and trained. We hope all this, and to place the whole condition of the six in workhouse wards, —furniture, food, nurses, doctors and all, on a new and better footing; but who will help us in such an undertaking P Surely many will be found to aid in such a good work—to pity such urgent need.* If unmerited destitution has claims upon us, if we commiserate those who have tried to work for themselves but not succeeded, and if we regard with reverential pity the victim to lingering and painful disease, though surrounded with all the warmth of affec tion and the appliances of art —surely, when both needs are combined, we shold hasten to their suc cour, and lighten, as far as may be, their inevitable load. * Fund for Destituto Incurables, at Messrs. Twinings, 215, Strand, London. CLERICAL IR TOLE_RANOE. Mr. DUNLOP, in addressing his constituents the other day at Glasgow, clearly showed that of all the intolerance exhibited by the High Church party in England, nothing surpassed in its un reasonableness and revolting bigotry the opposi tion made to Sir MORTON PEW'S Burial Bill. It simply provides that, under certain reasonable conditions as to time, and so forth, all parishioners should have liberty to inter in the churchyard of the parish, with such religious services as were agreeable to their religious xiews and feelings. Probably the Bill would not have been thought of but for the refusal of stiff Churchmen to read the service over inno cent infants and others, dying unbaptised.. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY has distinctly ad vised clergymen not to enquire curiously and need lessly respecting the baptism of persons who have died, rg g s as they youngsters may suspect, with ou t it ; b ut s till some p ungstersin Holy O r d ers , an d a f ew o ld obstinate clergymen too, take pains to find an excuse for not interring the children of " heretics." Hence the proposal last year, that if the clergyman would not inter the corpse some one else might. And yet in a Christian land, and in a house which begins its discussions with prayer to the Father of all, young lords got up and scoffed at dissenting worship of their GOD in the most shameless way, and repre sented it as a grievous wrong to religion that dis senters should bury their dead with religious services consolatory to their own feelings! It was impudently argued that the churchyard belonged to the clergy. man, and not to the parish ; and members of the British House of Commons talked bigotry worthy only of the Popery of Spain and Italy. Mr. DUN LOP'S castigation was well deserved, and we hope Sir MORTON PETO will not be daunted by the grossness of the ecclesiastical bullying to which he was exposed. What has led us just now briefly to advert to the subject is an account of one of these refusal-of-burial cases, which will be found extracted from the Bedfordshire Mercury in another column. The Houses of Parliament are bound to put an end to such worse than heathenish misbehaviour on the pert of clergymen belonging to a Church which owes its existence and powers solely to Acts of Parliament. Clergymen are State servants, and the Legislature ought to compel them to Christian decency. The Countess de Waxel, Madlle. and Mons de Wesel, have left Fenton's Hotel for Hampshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday for Haivarden Castle, Chester. Mr. and Lady Mary Craven came to town yester day from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Barrington at Beckett House, Berks. Mr. Craven. and Lady Mary will leave town to-day for Newmarket. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain Cust, left Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Thursday last. for Brighton. Madame Musurus and family return to town to-day from St. Leonard's-on-Sea, where they have been staying for some weeks past. The Duchess of Argyll, who has been passing several weeks in Paris, joined the duke and family in the early part of the week at Inverary Castle, N.B. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton have left town for their seat, Castle Ashby, Northampton shire. • The Earl and Countess of Gainsborough are passing the season at St. Leonard's-on -Sea. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., at hjs lordship's residence in Bel grave-square, on Saturday next, the first day of Michael mas term, at 12 o'clock. Lord Llanover arrived in town yesterday from Llanover, Monmouthshire. Lord and Lady Faversham arrived at their resi dence in Great Cumberland-place, on Thursday, from Duncombe-park, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Churchill have left the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Dormer arrived at their resi dence in Chandos-street a few days since, from a tour in Scotland. letter from Vienna states that the accouche ment of tho Empress of Austria is expected to take place at the commencement of February, and that her Majesty Will previously remove to Venice. Capt. M. B. Semmes, of the :privateer Sumpter, arrived in the Edinburgh steamer yesterday, from New York. He shipped in the vessel as Capt. Burmister, R.N. —Liverpool Daily Fost. THE NEW CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY.---The con struction of the new railway from London-bridge to Cha ring -cross proceeds with the utmost activity. From the Surrey side of the Suspension-bridge to High-street, in the Borough, the work of demolition of the houses and other buildings through which the line is to pass is nearly com plete. Major-General Sir John Inglis, whose defence of Lucknow is still fresh in our recollections, has been ap pointed by 1.1,0 Comtuandta-in-Uluef to succeed Sir Ildwara Buller in the command of the troops in the lonian Islands. Sir John and his youthful family will embark for Corfu in January next. GERMANS IN THE FEDERAL ARMY.—The follow ing is given as a very nearly correct statement of the num ber of Germans in the Federal army from the different sections of the country :—New England, 200; New York, 12,000; New Jersey, 2,000; Pennsylvania, 10,000; Ohio, 5,000; Indiana, 4,000; Illinois, 6,000; Missouri, 13,000; Minnesota, 500; Wisconsin, 2,000; Michigan, 1,000; lowa, 1,000; Kansas, 500 ; California and Oregon, 2,000; Western Virginia, 1,000 ; Maryland and District of Colum bia, 500 ; Kentucky, 500 ; Delaware, 100—total, 69,400. MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT.—Loss OF SEVEN LIVES.—At Moorburg, on the Elbe, says the Journal de Frankfort, a sad accident occurred three days back; 14 persons proceeded to cross the river in an old boat, but before they had gone far water entered, the boat was swamped, and seven were drowned. MR. NEWDEGATE, M.P., A RIFLE SHOT.-0/1 Friday last, quite unexpectedly, C. N. Newdegate, Esq, M.P., made his appearance at the Nuneaton rifle butt, and taking a rifle, at 600 yards distance, at the first shot hit the bull's-eye. This seems to prove that our hon. M.P. has had some practice with the splendid rifle presented to him some time tack by Westley Richards, Esq., of Birmingham, for his services in connection with the gun trade in that town. We may add that the hon. gentleman has promised the Nuneaton corps to pay another visit shortly, and bring with him his own rifle.—Birmingham Post. THE AFRICAN MAIL.—The African Royal Mail steamer Athenian, Captain Lowry, sailed from Liverpool on Thursday, for Madeira, Teneriffe, and the West Coast of Africa, with the usual mails, a fair amount of cargo, and 55 passengers. THE CANADIAN MAIL.—The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer Jura, Capt. Burgess, sailed from Liverpool on Thursday for Quebec and Montreal. Besides the Canadian mails and a fair extent of cargo, she took out about 20 cabin passengers. THE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. —Yesterday evening a meeting of delegates from each of the parishes of South London, was held at the Horns Ta vern, Kennington, to decide on the course to be pursued in order to obtain for the southern bank of the Thames privi leges similar to those to be conferred on the northern shore under the Thames Embankment Bill. The chair being taken by Mr. F. Doulton, several gentlemen pointed out the importance of a southern embankment. A resolution was, _after, a long discussion, carried unanimously to the effect that the sanitary condition of the districts of London south of the river, and their liability to floods, rendered the protection of an embankment necessary, and that the meet ing, while anxious to promote this undertaking, had no desire to delay the progress of the northern embankment. deputation was appointed to wait upon Lord Palmerston on the subject from each of the parishes in South London. The advices from Paris describe an improved feeling on the Bourse, and state that there has been no less of specie by the Bank of France during the past week. ARTESIAN WELLS.—A communication has been r-sceived on this subject by the Academy of Sciences from M. Gaudin, in which he replies to the question, often asked, whether the supply of the Artesian wells, bored in the neigh bourhood of Paris, can ever be exhausted ? The stratum of green sandstone interposed between the strata of chalk and Jurassic limestone is of the average thickness of 50 metres, consequently, taking the depth of 577 metres of the Arte sian well at Passy as a criterion, there remains a depth of 25 metres of sand. A cubic metre of sand, closely rammed, weighs 1,600 kilogrammes, while compact quartz weighs 2,500 kilogrammes ; hence the stratum of sand, even sup posing it to be closely packed, has interstices amounting to one-third of its bulk in the aggregate, so that every cubic metre of sand under water contains 333 litres of water. Now, the layer of sand existing under the chalk may be represented by a disk of 163 kilometres' radius, its surfac e amounting to 80,000 square millimetres, and its thickness to 8 metres. The cubic contents of this disk are, therefore, 640,000,000,000 metres, which, divided by 10,000,000, then by 365, gives the quotient 175, being the number of years requisite to exhaust the supply of water at the rate of 10,000,000 cubic metres per day 1 This would be correct, supposing the quantity of water to remain stationary, and never to receive any increment by the infiltration of rain water and that of rivers. This our author calculates at half a metre per annum, and thence arrives at the conclu sion that the annual increase of the water is double the quantity expended, so that the Artesian wells in or about Paris are, and must ever be, inexhaustible. GOVERNMENT JOBS THIRTY YEARS AGO.—.A venerable and pawky jobber, who, much to his surprise and indignation, was driven from his seat by Sir John Bow ring after the passing of the Reform Bill, used to say that the right time for pressing a Minister on a point of patron age was just before a critical division. Curious stories are told of his walking on such an occasion with Canning to the house, and when asked if his vote might be depended on, saying that his mind was at the moment so much occupied with the uncertain position of that poor fatherless bairn who wanted the clerkship in the Register House for the support of a widowed mother, that he was really not in a condition to make up his mind how he would vote. Once ho had made such strenuous efforts to provide for a certain Lauch lan Macintosh, that two simultaneous appointments came to the fortunate youth —one in the Customs, the other in the Excise. Neither of these was to be thrown away. It was necessary, therefore, to send to the Highlands for a dnplirata Lau chlan Macintosh willing to script of a CI overu ment appointment, and little difficulty was found in pro. curing what was wanted.—Scotsman. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—On Sunday last a sermon was preached at St. Paul's Church, Onslow-square, South Ken sington, by the Rev. Capel Molyneux, the Incumbent, in aid of the funds of the above charity. The text chosen was Psalm ciii., sth verse, " Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." Sunday having been set apart as a day of thanksgiving in this church for the late bountiful harvest, the preacher made a few appropriate remarks thereupon, inculcating the duty of practical thankfulness fcr national and personal blessings ; and then passed to the consideration of the text in its spiritual aspect. At the close of a most able and elo quent discourse, the rev. gentleman said ho desired very strongly and very earnestly to commend to their Christian liberality the charity for which he pleaded. Con sumption was a most prevalent disease in England ; one fifth of the deaths amongst adults was caused by it ; and those afflicted by it were not usually admitted into the general hospitals. All who had seen and known anything of consumption amongst their own families— and who had not done so ?—would feel what an unspeak able blessing it was for the poor, when suffering from consumption or other diseases of the chest, to have such a place as the Brompton Hospital to go to. He spoke from personal experience of the seasonable relief it afforded ; for his first acquaintance with the hospital arose from the ap plication and subsequent admission of a poor man in whom he was interested. Nearly 290 in-patients were always under treatment ; and, besides being supplied with every thing they could need, their spiritual instruction was espe cially attended to. There was also a multitude of out patients. The hospital was entirely dependent on voluntary subscriptions. Its expenses were upwards of £B,OOO a-year, and the annual subscriptions were but little over half that amount. Donations were mainly relied upon to make up the deficiency ; but of late there had been a great falling off in the receipts; the donations for the past quarter being less than £2OO, £l,OOO being the average per quarter in the previous year. If the income continued thus to fall short of the expenditure, it was feared that the committee would eventually be again compelled to shut up a portion of the hospital for Want of fu n d s . T o ass i s t th em i n co ntinuing to confer the inestimable benefits of the hospital on the numbers of poor sufferers, the preacher earnestly entreated the liberal contributions of his hearers. The collection after the sermon amounted to £123 16s, 3d., and included nearly £l7 in now annual subscriptions. LA T EST N E It is said that General della Marmora will leave for Naples on the 28th inst. WARSAW, OCT. 23 (via BRESLAU). General Lambert, Governor of Poland, is suffer. ing from inflammation of the chest. General Gerstenzweig, Military Governor of Po• land, is dead. The Catholic and Protestant churches and the Jewish synagogues still remain closed, but the nego tiations for reopening them continue. The people pray before the doors of the churches. National songs are no longer sung. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 25 A Royal decree, published to-day, convenes the Council of State (Rigsraad) and the Legislative Assembly for Denmark and Schleswig for the 25th of January. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 19 (via KIISTENDJEE). The Porte is about to address a Note to the European Powers, explaining the differences which exist between the Turkish and Servian Govern ments. Prince Couza has addressed a note to the Porte, reiterating his demand for the definitive union of Moiat%via ana vY antmaaa. iauutlaer conference 10 expected shortly to be held on the subject. Three Franeo-Danubian steamers have been lost in the Black Sea ; 24 persons were drowned. PARIS, OCT. 25 The Paris papers of this evening contain the following announcement :—" England, France, and Spain have arrived at a complete understanding in reference to the expedition against Mexico. A con vention will be signed in eight days. It is expected that the expedition will leave at the beginning of November." The Constitutionnel of this evening, in an article signed by Dr. Veron, calls attention to the fact that until now all important Government Bills have generally been presented to the Chamber of Depa- ties at the end of the Session, and affirms that the Government is determined to remedy this evil. The Budget will be presented to the Corps Legis latif immediately after the opening of the Session, which will take place at the beginning of January. ROME, OCT. 22 (via Marseilles.) General Goyon will return to Rome in three weeks. Cardinal Andrea has formally denied having par• ticipated in the publication of the pamphlets which recently appeared at Florence against the temporal Power of the Pope. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 23 Shirtings active, but unchanged in price. Mule twist active at advancing quotations. Raw silk dull and declining. Copper (both cheating and tile) and sugar ad vancing. Shellac unchanged. Saltpetre, jute, linseed, hides, and rice in active demand, and prices advancing. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. Government Securities.—Four per Cents., 171 discount ; ditto, Five per Cents., 41 discount. Freights dull. BOMBAY, SEPT, 30 (BY TELEGRAPH TO POINT DE GALLE). The cotton market is firm, but inanimate. Piece goods firm. Twist steady. Linseed un changed. Freights declining. Government Securities.—Five per Cents., 96t. CANTON, SEPT. 12, Gray shirtings and water twist unchanged. Tea tending upwards. Total expOrts to date 21,894,0001 b. Exchange on London id. higher. FOO-CHOW-FOO, SEPT. 3. Tea.—Prices tending upwards. SHANGHAI, Sept. 4. Gray skirtings active, but prices declining. Tea, congou, unchanged. Silk aotive, but unchanged in price: Settlements in the fortnight, 8,500 bales. Total export to date, 12,800. Exchange on London, id. lower; ditto on India, 2 rupees lower. Freights for tea and silk dull and declining. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the _Frankfort Journa, says: -- " The Roman prelate, Monsignor Nardi, has left us, and we maintain what we asserted before, that he had not any direct mission to the Court and Government, and that all the rumours to that effect were erroneous. We do not, however, mean to pretend that his interview with the Cardinal Pri mate at Gran did not partake of the character of confidential conferences on the state of affairs, or that the visit he paid with the Papal Nuncio to the Minister of the Interior was a simple visit of cere mony. " Without being initiated in the details, we are enabled to state as a positive fact, that the question of the revision of the Concordat was really discussed, and that the high ecclesiastical dignitaries showed themselves much more disposed than might have been expected to look upon the question in a politi cal point of view. " The situation of the Pope does not allow him to create embarrassments to a Prince and friendly State,!and to make new enemies ; thus it is inexact that a remonstrance was made to the Emperor against his Government, and in favour of con fessional unity in the Tyrol. "In general the attitude of the clergy has lat terly been reserved, subtile, and defensive. Mon signor Nardi has essentially contributed to mode rate the hostile attitude of the Episcopate towards the Government, and has earnestly entreated it to avoid all provocation. Thus, the Roman prelate was received in the most friendly manner when he paid his farewell visits." TURIN, OCT. 26. The Government have authorized Messrs. Roths child, of Paris, to receive the last two-fifths of the National Loan, which according to a recent decree may be paid in four monthly instalments of 10 per cent. each. FRANCE. Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La Patrie publishes the following : " It is asserted that an interview between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia has been decided upon. it will probably take place on the sth November, at Breslau, whither the Emperor of Austria will proceed to be present at the inauguration of the statue of King Frederick William 111., father of the present King." La Patrie says : "We learn by telegraph that the steam-frigate Canada arrived on the 20th, coming from AlgierF, and having on board a battalion of Algerian rifle men, on their way to China, under the command of Chef de Bataillon Pietri." The Echo Agricole has the following :—" It is positively stated that the Prefect of the Seine is disposed to give up to the bakers of Paris the stock of flour which they have hitherto been obliged to keep at the public storehouses as a municipal reserve. Should that measure be really adopted, the prefect will doubtless see tie necessity of giving due notice to the trade, and how and when the introduction of such an iru. menu quantity of flour into the current of ruin consumption will be effected, since it is of the utmost importance under existing circumstances that the corn and flour trade should have the means of studying the consequences of the opera tion. The quantity of flour kept in reserve for some years past amounts, for the department of the Seine, to 450,000 metrical quintals (885,787 cwt.) It is probable that the delivery of that reserve will be distributed over a certain space of time, and it is most desirable that the rate at which this liberation is to be effected should be determined beforehand, and made known to the public. In any case, it is evident that the munici pal reserve cannot be allowed to hang as a per petual menace over the trade which supplies Paris. This is the first trial, under the present Govern ment, of the system of administrative reserves, which experience had induced preceding Governments to abandon ; and there is good reason to think that the present experiment will lead to the same re sult. The system of reserves interferes with the natural course of trade, and is in flagrant opposi tion to the commercial liberty inaugurated during the present year, and which has already rendered such eminent service to the country. It is pro bable, therefore, that it will be abandoned, to the great advantage of the public. It was a consequence of the sliding scale, and ought now to disappear." BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The market has been buoyant, and a larger amount of business has been done than for some days past, and at an improvement on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f 20c. Railways also show a slight advance on many lines. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 70 Credit Foncier 1175 Do end month.... 95 80 Belgian 41 , — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 221 Roman — Bank Shares 2910 Austrian -... Credit Mobilier.... 712 50 Spanish Threes — —, Do. Account 7ll 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Acc oun t. Orleans Northern 1328 75 .. 1330 —. New ditto — .. 978 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 —, .. 1023 75 Geneva 340 , . Southern 632 50 .. 633 75 Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard 526 25 .. 525 INDUS FLOTILLA D.IIIIENTU.RES.- WHO 18 RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RE DEMPTIO.N? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It has just been brought to my notice that your impression of the 17th instant contains a paragraph with the above heading. Your confidence has been grossly abused by the writer of that paragraph, as it does not contain a word of truth. As I happen to be the chairman of the company whose debentures are alluded to, I beg to be allowed to give my answer to the question, " Who is responsible for their redemption ? On the face of the Debenture Bond of the Indus Steam Flotilla are the following words—" Payment of principal and interest guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council," and this is authen ticated by the signature of the Under-Secretary of State. I have nothing further to add, but to request tho 'avour of an early insertion of this. I am, Sir, yours, &c., W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. [ndus Steam Flotilla Office, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, 25th October, 1861. THIS DAPS MARASTS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market gontinues to be seasonably well supplied with produce, for which the demand rules steady, as follows : _ FRUIT. e. d. Pine apples, perlb 3 0 to 5 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 4 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 6 lielons, each Peaches, perdoz 12 0 to 18 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per sieve 2 0 to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 1..0nn000, pow 100 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d s 0 d. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 6 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Damson .... 5 0 to 5 6 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. . • 5 6to 6 0 413 rpr.n gages. p r do 0 oto o 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 VzGETABLEB. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 10 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 oto 1 6 .Horseradish, pbn 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2to 0 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 3 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 130 0 Parsmps, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr awt. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun. 2 oto 3 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 5 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 0 9 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s 1 3to 1 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. sv 20to 4 0 Capsicums, per do 00to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 oto 2 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; poults, Os Od to o;9d each ; geese, 4s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 48 Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, is 9d to 2s 9d ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 7s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d each; pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od ; partridges, is to 2s Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od; teal, Os 8d to Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to Os Od; widgeons, is Od to is 6d; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is ld ; English, is Od to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to Os Od ; French do., 8s 6d to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 6d to 10d ; prawns, 5s to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pez lb.; turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 20s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 8d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 10s to 20s ; natives, 40s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 7s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, is 6d; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 60s; fresh herrings, Os ; bloaters, 7s to 8s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; 3s 3d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 6s 2d per 81bs. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides,'s6lb to 641 b, 3id to 3id ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3/d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4fd ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 52d. Horse hides, 8s to 98 Od ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 68 6d to 7s 6d ; half-breds, 5s Od to 5s 9d; Downs, 3s 6d to 48 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d, of household do., 61d to 8d per 41b loaf. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—MBBdOW hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Both hay and sfraw moved off slowly at late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Mea4ow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw. £ 1 8s to £1 15s pe r l oa d . A slow demand. ' STEAMING ON THE CLYDE.—On the 23d inst. a proof trial took place of the Neptune, a paddlewheel steamer about 350 tons and engines of 100 nominal horse power, built by Robert Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, for plying , between that city and Rothesay. Although the day was not favourable for a maximum performance the very high speed of 1763 knots, or 20.275 statute miles per hour was attained on the course between the Cumbrae and Cloch Lights; and this speed was approximately confirmed by two runs subsequently made before the measured mile in the Gare Loch, which gave a mean rate of 20.059 statute miles per hour. This, it is believed, is the highest speed through the water as yet attained on this side the Atlantie by any vessel of so limited a size. It is held to be mainly attributable to the superiority of form derived from the very high proportionate dimensions which have been adopted. Her Majesty's yacht is a vessel of 2,000 tons, with engines of 600 nominal horse-power, and attains her 17 knot speed on proportionate dimensions of 71 times her breadth to length. The new Holyhead boats are vessels of upwards of 2,000 tons, with engines of 700 nominal horse power, and attain their 18 knots speed on proportionate dimensions of eight times their breadth to length. The Neptune is 200 feet in length, with 18 feet 6 inches beam, and, notwithstanding her comparatively small size, her 17 knots speed, also speaking roundly, has thus been attained on proportionate dimensions of 10, times her breadth to length—the highest as yet ventured on , it is believed, in this country. The engines are of 40-inch cylinders, with a stroke of 3 feet 6 inches, and the speed :of piston at the minute. maximum of 72 revolutions amounted to 504 feet per A prospectus has been issued of the Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank with a capital of £500,000 in shares of £lOO each. It is stated that there is room for a new insti tution of this description , no joint-stock bank h av in g b een established in Birming ham duri ng the last quarttr of a century, although the population has nearly doubled within that period, The principle of limited liability will In adopted, ~. I I ..~