The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-27 00:00:00

BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR AT CI VITA VECCHIA. On the 15th inst: the Vanguard of the British squadron arrived at Civita Vecchia, composed of the Centaur, steam peddle wheel frigate, Capt. W. 0. Clifford, C.B , 6 guns and 200 men ; and the Osprey, despatch gunboat, Capt. H. J. Blomfield, 4 guns and 100 men. These vessels left the port of Ajaccio on the 14th, and are to remain at Civita Vecchia until further orders. Captains Clifford and Blomfield, with several of their officers, left Civita Vecchia on the 15th inst., in the evening, and arrived in Rome next morning, to take a hasty glance at the Eternal City before proce. ding on their Neap olitan mission. Non combatant foreigners aro also beginning to flock in. No fewer than 17 diligences arrived from Civita Vecchia last night full of passengers by the Mediterranean steamers. It may he easily imagined that the British flag in aPapal port is an eyesore to the ecclesiastical autho rities, and Monsignor Delegato of Civita Vecchia will certainly not share the admiration of the French naval commandant on the station, who pronounced the proportioas of the Osprey to be perfectly ' delicious." OCT. 18. Captain Clifford, and twelve officers of the Cen taur and Osprey, are still at the Hotel d'Angle terre in this city, but their passports are vises for Civita Vecchia, to which port they expect to return this evening or to-morro x morning. They profess to be ignorant of the exact m otive of their visit to the Papal shores ; but as Captain Clifford is in hourly expectation of despatches, it is probable that Civita Vecchia forms a c onvenient centre of com munication between the squadron at Ajaccio and the government at home, for orders received at Rome, by electric telegraph, might be sent down by estafette to Civita Vecchia in four or five hours, and forwarded to Admiral Dundas by the des patch gunboat Osprey in six or seven hours more. Should these orders require the presence of the fleets in the waters of Naples, the Centaur would be within a short distance of the scene of action, and would probably receive on board the members of the British embassy on the suspension of diplomatic relations with Naples. The result of the ultimatum is now anxiously looked for, as it depends upon that whether Aus tria is to assume the merit of whatever conces sions may be obtained, and to cast her soporific influence over the more energetic line of action adopted by Great Britain, or whether, on the other hand, King Bomba will actually be so rash as to risk having his warlike sobriquet come into effect on his own stronghold. The excitement here is unbounded meanwhile, and the sensation produced by British naval uni formsamongst the astonished Roman s and disgusted priests is not easy to be described. It is curious enough that the Governnaent pretends to ignore the whole occurrence, and the official paper, which goes into the minutest details whilst giving us intelligence from China, Madagascar, or California, never once hints at events so near home as he arrival of a couple of British ships of war in the port of Civita Vecchia. Oar. 20. Captain Clifford, and the officers who accom panied him on his flying visit to the Eternal City, left Rome on Saturday evening, and arrived at Civita Vecchia again yesterday morning. The despatches which are to regulate their further movements not having been received up to yester day afternoon, the Centaur and Osprey continue to enjoy the hospitality of his Holiness's port; but their stay is not anticipated to be very long, espe cially as we have telegraphic intelligence this morning of the French fleet preparing to leave Toulon. At Civita Vecchia Capt. Clifford will be able to receive telegraphic information either from London or Naples in a few hours. He thus occu pies a central position ou the base of a triangle of which Admiral Dundas's squadron at Ajaccio occupies the apex, enabling him to keep up a rapid and complete system of communication. THE HALLISG-&P SLIP AT HASLAR. The hauling-up slip at Haslar for screw gun-boats is a new and peculiar adaptation of mechanical art to mari time matters. These boats, instead of, as on the old plan with men of war, being laid up in ordinary up Port cheater Lake, &c., will be laid up in ordinary on dry ground, and under sheltering roofs of corrugated iron, on a spacious site, surrounded by a well-built brick wall. That site is a little above Haslar-bridge, and directly opposite the houses at the extreme upper end of High street, Gosport. The works are of a very considerable magnitude, and no less than five contractors, each amongst the most eminent in their respective branches of trade, are engaged upon them. Thus the excavation of land and brickwork is entrusted to Messrs. Rigby, of London ; the iron roofing to Messrs. Grissell, of Lon don ; the supply of iron rails for the lines of railways required to traverse the boats along, to Messrs. Fox and Henderson ; the removal of the mud at the approaches to the slip in Haslar Lake is being done by Messrs. E. Sreiith and Co.; and the construction of the cradles on which the ve , sels are to be conveyed from the water to their berths or resting places is conlied to the well known Mr. White, jun., of Portsmouth, who has made himself so very distinguished in the construc tion of slipways. In addition to all these firms Go vernment has contributed its share .to the works by supplying the sleepers on which the rails rest ; they consist of the old timbers of men-of-war re cently broken up. Colonel Greene, Admiralty, direc tor of works, and Mr. Scamp, deputy-dieector, are the originators and designers of this slipway, and Mr. Mac donnell is the resident engineer. On visiting the slipway a few days since we were struck with the extent of the work and the great progress made within the short period of time that has elapsed since we intimated that it was in contemplation. Running from low water mark in Hasler Lake, there has been constructed a treble line of railway, about 130 feet in length. It pro ceeds from the water that distance in a straight line, and then reaches, at right angles, a " traversing" line of rails, of which there are seven separate lines. The " traversim;" line is 190 feet wide and, at present, 1,400 feet long; but it may he extended to as great a length as may he requisite. nennin g down to this traversing line are the berths in which tile gunboats are to be placed. At presect 45 of these berths are being constructed ; bet this is only an in-telea :int of the full number. The length of each berth is 115 f eet b y 30 feet. They are a ll covered by corrugated iron roofs, which are supported by it ncolunina and stanchions o f the height of 13 feet. Tne columns are hollow, and by them the rain that may collect on the roofs will be tiraned off Every ten of these berths are sepirated front ti:e remainder by a stout brick wall, i order that in tie event of fire it may not involve the whole flee• in destruction. A line of rails is laid down in each berth, on which to draw the vessel on its "cradle" up, but as ei on as they are up they •wel be supported in a position in a way that will allow of the cradle being removed for further use. The mote diffi cult part now remains of explaining the mole by which the boats are to be drawn up to their berths. On the short line, which is on an incline, running from the water, will be a cradle, and upon this a second one, and at Vigh ater they will be lowered tegether under the eon-boat, and thus, when everything is secure, the whole will be drawn up by steam-power to the " traversing" line of rails. Here will be another cradle lying across and running on the whole seven lines of rails ; upon this cradle the boat will be drawn, still fixed to the upper of the two first-named cradles—then cradle No. 3 will be propelled by a locomotive up the seven lines of rails, going broadside Gn, till it arrives at the berth destined for the boat it carries. By means of windlasses the boat, not yet released from cradle No. 2, will be drawn into its berth, and then when the vessel has been fixed in that manner, the last named cradle will he removed and the same process will begin agai n w ith ano th er b oa t. The draw ing up of the first boat will take place on the 17t h o f November, and will be an interesting event. TBE SURREY GAUDLNS CALAMITY. Yesterday morning Mr. Spurgeon being too ill to attend his services in his chapel, in New Park-street, A B o rough, his p lace was filed by the Rev. exander Fletcher, of Finsbury-circus Cha,:el. The preacher made some allusions to the late calamity at the Surr the gardens. The cry of fire was wholly groundless • Le building could not even be set on fire, unless tor ' ches were deliberately applied to the various parts of thu building which were c-)nQtrricted of combustible mate rials. Then, as if this w,is not enough, there was raiesd a cry that the roo f was falling —a riot which was alto. gether remarkable for the solicit! of its construction. It his words could reach the ears of those who had raised these e rie., he would tell them that the blood of the seven poor creatures who bad come e to lso guilty av ing sported with the lives of ,Saturda yt h ou sands ens he of thousands, of their fellow-creatures. On bad visited all those who wera in the hospitals, and con versed with them one by one. Ile was rejoiced to find them tranquil i n mind, and recovering their bodily health. Oae gentleman ' who looked cheerful and well, be found had broken his ' thigh ; another had broken his arm --both bones. The child who lost her speech he found had recovered and gone home. On e p oor fellow who was dreadfully bruised gave an affecting account of the manner in which he was carried out and laid upon the grass for twenty minutes wh le the others were at tendedup to ; some old man came to him and watched ov er him till further relief arr iv d. Ifs hoped Mr. Spurgeon would be able at an early day to address than, and to resume his labours with increased efficiency. R EA vy Loss OF DIA3tOND:3.—A gentleman named de Souza, who arrived off . Havre two days ago by the Franc C.irntofs from the Brazils, in his hurry to land, would not twit fir the turn if the tide, which would enable the vessel to enter the dock, but landed by a p il o t, boat. In getting from the vessel into the boat he let slip overboard a small box containing diamonde, which hs hoped would produce him a sum of 200,000 f. A buoy was immediately paced to mark the spot, an l an experienced diver was engaged to seek to recover the lost treasure. In case of success he is to receive I,ooof, and 100 f, if unsuccessful. H e has already made one attempt without result, and will make another shortly.—Galignani. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Kr. E. T. Smith TEI ,I EVENING N 0 li M A. ROYAL PEINCEIrS'h I Ea' 811,1, Ceder the Management of Mr. CIIABLES TEAS EVENING, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with PIZ ARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, VAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Blackstone. EVEN I SG , WILD OATS. Followed Ly The Spanish Dancers. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM TITEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. Seventh and Last Week of Belohegor, which, notwithstanding the ni.,htly crowded state of the Theatre, must be withdrawn for the pro +tic , ion of promise f nove ties. The King's Musketeers every evening. THIS EVENING, ItELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon : vadeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. Followed by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Const Ince. Miss Woolgar. To conclude with The BALLET from the BuriPsque of the " Winter's Tale." ROYAL THEtTRE ADELPIII Proprietor and Manager, air. B. Wet ster. Directress, Madame Celesta THIS PIVENING. IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. LUCIFER MA.TCHES; OR, THE YANKEE ----! composition ; and n 3 wonder, when we con sider the stringent pai ng and ' , penalties that attend any deviation beyond tit( 3 exceedingly narrow i limits within which ti" ,e public journals are To conclnde with A BALLET DIVERTI3;EAENT. confined. It is not, then, , with "contempt" only that statements in t ) English Press are to be " answered," to use the rather " Hibernian " illustration of the M oniteur. " I'll tell you," Eaid the Irish film' tionary celebrated by JOE MILLER, " how I'll decide the point. I'll not decide it at all !" These calumnies," quoth the Moniteur, " can onl: ybe answered by contempt !" —a clear prod tk at they, or rather what the Monifeur pleases designate as such, are unan swerable, and ca - al lot conveniently be specifically replied to ! We have gr€ at pleasure in referring to an article extracted . from the Times into this day's impression, in. -which our contemporary speaks out boldly an cl utnequivocally as becomes a leader of the Four t h Estate. We unhesitatingly add our bumble ( end orsement to every opinion therein stated. We :respect our faithful Allies, but, as we desire am e lioration in our own system of Go vernment, wt . .. 1 wish that they also should obtain auitable refori Os. We are not silent retpecting the shortcomi ags of our own Gavernment. We shall not abstain from noticing the matters that are injurious to the best interests of La Belle France that pr event her, conjointly with England, from assumin g that position which would insure the progress ,of liberal opinions throughout the globe. That privilege we shall never surrender, and highly r s we appreciate the value of the French allian Ice, we know that it may be too dearly purch; mcl, if it oould only be retained at such a price. With the theology of theological disputes we have no concern. It is even less our business to handy :trg,uments with Archbishops and Arch deacons 'nit Divinity than with Judges on Law ; tnd as we rarely do the latter, so we shall never attempt he former. The general character of Any profs ssional proceeding is, however, quite Another ; in that we have the same interest is the h u ndreds who actually squeezed into the Guildhall at Bath to hear the Proctors and Judges ,f the Court, and the hundreds who would have Squeezed in if they could. In truth, a very old English question was substantially under consi deration. It was, in fact, that of Popery or No Popery. It was whether one of the distinguish ing dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church was a dogma of the English Church or not. It was quite true that the Romaniser had not expressed himself in the language of the Council of Trent : that would not have served his purpose ; but it was true that he shaped his language as nearly as he could to that which the. Vatican would hold on the same subject, without, as he hoped, con travening in Words the Articles of Faith to which he owed his emoluments. The intention of our Reformers to deny the doctrine of transubstantiation is as cer tain and as historically notorious as their inten • tion to deny the supremacy of the Bishop of ROME. It was always one of the testing points in the examination of Protestants by Papists, and fre quently vice versa. The practical English intellect, when once aroused, revolted as much against the doctrinal imposture of transubstantiation as our lave of freedom did against the ecclesiastical su premacy of the Popes. The popular conviction on this point is roundly asserted in the 28th of the Chirty-nine Articles, and the 29th article comple- cents the 28th, by denying that the wicked can, , n the Sacrament, partake of the Body and Blood •f CHRIST at all ; so clearly, in the judgment of 'lir Reformers, was it impossible that the sacred lements should be more than elements. Till of ate years, we all of us, however unversed in heological subtilties, have taken for granted that, us Protestants, we were in direct antagonism to Catholics on this point. For the last twenty years, however, a well known and active clerical party has fallen in love with the cast-off beauties of Popery ; they held lmoluments to be sure in the Church of England ; hey had signed, in order to be entitled to those emoluments, the Thirty-nine Articles of the church, yet they wanted to stand at the same ime, spiritually, in the awfully grand psi ion (to 'his own flock) of a Romish priest, and Iso in the comfortable position of the incumbent ,f an English benefice. It is this broad fact vhich disgusts the people with Tractarians. No ,ne objects to there believing, if brought up in his country believe they can, that the POPE is ofallible and supreme, and that bread and wine ire flesh and blood. They may believe the earth - o be flat, and the sun to move round it, if they Ike, according to the brilliant scientific teaching f Popery. The thing objected to is th 3 ingentlernanly, the dishonest course of try - ng to run with the hare and to hunt with the iounds. Wo laymen instinctively feel that we ,hould have as few dealings as possible with nerchaut who construed agreements as Trac arians construe religious articles, and we are apt imagine that honour and evasion in religion :lave respectively the same moral character as in •ecular affairs. Every honest Tractarian un loubtedly thinks the Articles erroneous ; then let iim renounce them and his emoluments together. He has been admitted to our churches on the aonourable understanding that he would not at tempt to evade the Articles or to explain them sway, but that ho would act, teach, and preach in he spirit of them. Here, then, is the real issue hetween these gentlemen and the laity. Shall ;hey be allowed, as Archdeacon DENISON has just attempted to do, to drive a coach and six through the Articles or not ? That is -,he point in which alone the public feels any nterest, and we are glad that the Arch oishop has decided against theological fraud and ,hicanery, and enabled Englishmen to hope that .cclesiastics as well as Commanders-in-Chief will at ast do their duty. The Tractarians who go to their ,Nra place, whatever we may think of their intel ectual capacity or soundness, we respect for their sense of honour ; but we have not only no re . pect, but unavoidable contempt for the men who ake the pay of One Church and teach the doc trines of another ; for men who have signed a Creed, and who then preach and print language, meanly and shabbily chosen, to evade the legal consequences of contravening it, while the senti ments convoyed aro what those who drew up that Creed would have rejected as what they intended o condemn. Of course, the Archdeacon has appealed. Ho !lours and emoluments are sweet; on the sth of Dacember next we are to know what course the appeal is to take. We suppose it will be to tha Judicial Committee of Privy Council. What Shat tribunal will do it is impossible to anticipate. It may, as in the GORHAM case, decide that two conflicting doctrines aro equally the doctrine of the Church of England, for its lawyers naturally are very timid of decisions w.dch deprive a man of his living, and equally so of giving a triumph to any party in the Church. Most probably, however, they will not reverse the decision of the highest Ecclesiastical Judge on a doctrinal point. Indeed, should they do so, in what a singular TiS :ND TPIEATRE. Manner, Mr. T. Payne. TH S EVENING, BARNABY BUDGE. After which, BELPHEGOR (Travestie.) Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollelge, E. Jacobs &c.: Messrs. H. J. Turntr, Clarke, Herbert, &c. Master Edonin. To conclude with OUT ON TIV. LOOSE. Commence at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, is.—Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lowe and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. After whicn, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with M E D E A. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, (Thirteenth Week !) Embellished by Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained Horses, Shakspere's Tragedy o RICE" ARD THE'THIRD. Richard, Mr. Janes Holloway. Novel and electric effects ! - - • • After which, The unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, GYMNASTIC WONDERS, &c., &c. To conclude with a number of attractive and pleasing Amnsment , Commence at Seven. Box-ofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stag , Nionager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.. NlGri WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. T lus DAY—Morn. 2 min. aft I—Evening 18 rain. aft. 1 oeuow-Morn. 33 rain. aft. 1 7 -Evening 47 min. aft. THE WEATHER—SraS Orrror, Oaronzu 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. sr—highest singe noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 49—falling. Wrstp, E. to E.S.E.—Fresh, with fine cold weather. Last night was the coldest this season. OCTOBER 27. 54 - hieest since noon yesterday. 45 —towst this morning and during the night. 53 thiw day at noon. BAROMYTTar, 30 . 43. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Fresh, with fine, sunshiny, cold weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUR" The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, h time for Post, may always be had from halt past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Si Ivieribers in the Country will please t (-nsbria that the heading " THIRD EDITION is always to be seen on the papers containiu• the latest news. If any difficulty be experience Ft obtaining that Edition, a communication t The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun, Office, 112, Strand. ),e , • ';1 • 7 =4 c§uu L )N 110 N, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1856, The French Government disapproves of the liberty of the Press in England ! It- has sent forth, as we have already stated, a cautious feeler, a significant hint, as to the necessity for repres sive measures—the gagging of the Press in th« United Kingdom—in order to prevent the possi bility of any comment that may be displeasing t( the sensitive feelings, not merely of the EMPEROR. hut of those who may be striving to advance thei individual interests at the expense of the ben interests of the nation. The official organ speak of " calumnies, which are the more odious as the) are concealed under an anonymous mask." Bu we earnestly repudiate, on behalf of our brethrm of the Fourth Estate, the unfounded accusation It is easy to put forward charges couched i) general terms, to talk of " calumnies" which have no existence save in the fertile imaginatiot of the writer. But we demand that there shal be greater precision—that the bill of indictmen shall specify the overt acts which justify an accu cation so stringent. It must comply with this reasonable requisition before it can speak of tho " deviations" of Englisl j iurnals, or " the dangers of a system which, by destroying the confidence between the two Govern ments, would tend to disunite two nations whose alliance is the best guarantee of the peace of the world." We deny, in the most positive terms consistent with courtesy, the accusation, and art ready to join issue with the Moniteur, and thost fcom whom it derives its inspiration, on the ques tion of fact. But even were there greater foundatioi for its assertion, we should still require to kno• the meaning of its assertion that these " calumnies' as they are so politely termed, are " conceale4 under an anonymous mask, and can only be at swered by contempt." Can it for a moment suppose that anythini deliberately adopted by any of the leading organ: of public opinion, such as the Times or any of its daily coadjutors, can be truly designated as " anonymous?" We tell the Moniteur that it knows little of England, and still less of English journalism, if it is not well awart that an atticle or paragraph in any one. e ven the least of these so-called "anonymous " sources, do not carry with them far greater weigh than the published opinions of very infiuentia persons. When the Times admits a leading article into its columns, it confers on it the fal: ex tent of its prestige. It is no longer merely tht , v i e w of the writer —but of the Times . It 113.3 adopted and made it its own, and thus affixed to it an authority which few Cabinet Ministers could confer. Shauld there be any qualification it is at once ascertained. The writer gives his name and address to the public, or privately to the Edit or. In either case the matter is closely sifted before it obtains admission. Unless there is prima facie evidence in its favour it will be unhesitatingly re jected, however exciting the topic or excellent the THE _SUN LON DON, MONO A EfF,IN'ING, OC ?OBER 27, 1856, position will it place the Church. The temporali ties are naturally a fitting subject for a lay judi cature, but while she is a Church, while she has able divines and rulers appiinted by the civil power for her spiritual government, it will be in deed a prostration of the spiritual to the secular power, if the latter assume to be the best judge in purely spiritual matters. We rather wonder that these super-High Churchmen are not struck with the voluntary degradation they incur, when they appeal on questions of doctrine to a civil Court. We should have expected to hear quotations of such passages as " giving holy things to dogs, and casting pearls before swine." Not that we can see anything very holy, or pearl-like in the DnNIsoN evasions—to us they read, when com pared with the Articles, very much like the pleas of the meanest pettifogging attorney. The manliness as well as the correctness of Dr. LUSHINGTON'S remarks in delivering judgment are quite refreshing from the seat of ecclesiastical jus tice ; while the contemptible pleas put in by Mr. DENISON were such as to deprive him even of the honours of martyrdom. To raise at the twelfth hour the question whether the 29th Article—being one of those he had signed —was really one of the Articles referred to by the Act ! Of that there can be no doubt ; but even if there could, for a man to plead for licence to contravene an article to which he had put his name ! Ecclesiastics really need to go into the counting-houses of the city to learn morality. The Judge's noble assertion, however, of the duty of construing plain documents by their own intelligible lan guage, instead of calling in the aid of volumes of patristic learning, was, above all, important. We trust that all Judges who may have to do with this controversy will not fail to use the same language. Nothing would more effectually meet the Romanism of our Tractarians than refusing to pit their subtle Jesuitry against the plain common sense of the Articles of the Church of England. On look ing at the whole affair we should say that none have succeeded so completely in making the chains and the mark of the chains on their Church apparent, as the Tractarians. For the second time now they have forced the Church, on doctrinal questions, into the Law Courts. They have laid bare the purely Parliamentary autho rity, not only of her property and hierarchical constitution, but of her ♦ery Articles of faith also. The final sanction given was that of an Act of Parliament ; it is not permitted to inter pret the Articles by Scripture, but as the judge showed only to accept the Articles unconditionally, as the interpretation of Scripture. By the grace of an act of Parliament the Church of England is what she is ; and, awful conclusion, what Parlia ment has done Parliament can undo. For this view of the whole question the Church has to thank her Tractarian sons. Dissenters will not be slow to profit by it. REPORTED DEATH OF COPE. There is no truth in the announcement in the morning papers that the unfortunate victim of the murderous as sault in Parliament-street died last Saturday evening. From inquiries made this morning at the Westminster Hospital we were informed that he was still alive, but in a very precarious state. MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. The Foreign-office.—The Earl of Clarendon, alter di'charging the duties of his department, left town as Saturday evening for the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Earl of Shelburne, the first Under-Seocetary, has arrived at Lansdowne-house, from Bowood-park, Wilts. Mr. Hamond, has gone to Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are surrounded by a distinguished circle of guests at Broadlands, near Rooney, Hants. Among the guests are—the French Ambassador and the Countess de Persigny, the Rus sian Minister, and the Countess Creptewitcb, the Sar- dinian Minister, &c. The R!ght Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood are surrounded by a select family circle at Hiokleton hall, near Doncaster. Sir Charles's eldest son, a mid sbipman, on board the Hannibal, arrived at Portsmoutl, on Friday from the Mediterranean. All the Ministers are expected in torn by the Bth proximo, and immediately afterwards a series of cabine' councils will take place. Summonses were issued for a cabinet council on the 10th of the ensuing month, but have been countermanded, and appointed for a day of two later. The Duke of Argyll leaves Inverary Castle on the 6th of next month for town. Lord Pannaure is expected in town either on the 7th or Bth of next month from his seat in Scotland. The Marquis of Lansdowne is at Bowood, Wilts, and will entertain a succession of visitors at that princely seat next month. The Earl Granville, the Lord President of the Coun cil, and the countess, are expected to reach London ii the course of next week, from Carlsbad. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey continues in town The night Hon. Henry Labouchere returns to Stoke Palk, near Windsor, on Wednesday next, from Lridge water. Lord Stanley (of Alderley) is in town. The Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith and the Earl of Harrowby vre at their respective country seals. There is no truth in a report which has appeared in a contemporary to the effect that a large military hospital was to be established in London. Lord Palmerston has appointed Mr. Ch?ries Barring. ton to be his private secretary, vice Mr. W. Llw, pro moted in due course to be senior Clerk in the Treasury. Two Under-Secretaryabips in the War Departmen are to be reduced. Colonel Mundy and 'Mr. Monsel vacate their appointments. An influential meeting was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the 25th, for the purpose of organising an association for a monument to the Welsh portion of our army in the late war. Count de Morny is not expected to return to Paris before February next. The opening of the Prussian chamber has been post poned to the 30th of November. Lord Howden left Paris on Saturday, en route for Madrid, to resume his functions as Ambassador at that Court. The extensive additions to the Wellington Barracks, situated at the corner of Birdcage-walk and James street, Pimlico, are proceeding with great rapidity. The reduction of the army is being proceeded with very rapidly at Chatham, and troops ate receiving their discharge almost daily. Lord Minto arrived at Turin on the 21st. On Friday, the 17th inst., his R.yal Highness the Duke de Netnour., their Royal Highneeses the Gantt d'Eu, the Duke d'Alencon, and Prince Philip of Wur temberg, accompanied by General Comte Dumas aid suite, honoured with a visit Captain Lend). 's military establishment at Sunbury. The illustrious visitors were present at a l e cture on military hygien , a nd at the rifle Pracice. After having visited the various field works, batteries, &c., and partaken of porno bread baked before them by the students in their field ovens, they inspected the collection of military models, the studies, dormitories &c. His Royal Highn ess the Duke de Nemourapaid the minutest attention to all the oetetle, poiuting Own out to his sons ; and, abet having spent upwards of three hours on the grounds, the . illturrioue party took their departure, exp ressin g tGeIF entire satisfaction to Captain Lendy. Since his dismissal from the army Lord Ernest Vane Tempest has been (says the Brighton Gazette) a constant promenader on our cliffs, in his drag, and on Wednesday last he had the assurance to present himself at an in spection of the 4th Light Dragoons, which took place on the Downs. His lordship's family are residing in Brighton. At the Westminster Police-Court, on Saturday, the lion. George Vaughan was summoned to show cause why an order should not be made upon him towards the maintenance of an illegitimate child to which Harriet 13ri,lell had given birth. Au order was male for 2e. 6d. a week and costs. Mr. and Miss Vaadenhoff are engaged for a few nights at the City of London Tneatre, and will make their first appearance there this evening, in Miss Vandenhoff's play of " Woman's Heart." Notice is given that a petition for the winding-up of the Lancashire Debt Guarantee Company is expected to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Stuart on the first petition day in November. LATEST NEWS. EARTHQUAKE IN EGYPT. MARSEILLES, OCT. 26. A. shock of earthquake was felt throughout Egypt on the 12th inst. At Cairo 200 houses were thrown down, and the remainder were nearly all damaged. The vast population, 300,000, had encamped outside the city. Smyrna and the Greek Archipelago were skakeu by simultaneous shocks. The Isle of Rhodes has been devastated, and one of its largest forts rent open and thrown down. At Canea, the capital of the Isle of Candia, the destruction and loss have been enormous. The city and mole are partially destroyed. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. By intelligence from Constantinople of the 16th, we learn that the difficulties relating to Bolgrad have been arranged, a study of the localities having enabled a satisfactory solution to be arrived at. This is asserted both by the Journal de Constantinople, and the Presse d' Orient, The occupation of the Isle of Serpents has also been conceded by the Russians. The evacuation of the Turkish territory will take place on the 28th of October. From that date the Straits of the Dardanelles will be closed to all vessels of war, except as stipulated by the Treaty of Paris. The Cressy and the Colossus, line-of battle ships, and the Curacao frigate are expected. The French squadron has not made its appearance. Sir Henry Bulwer is expected at Bucharest. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has not succeeded in his attempt to overthrow the Ministry in favour of Redschid Pacha. Omer Pacha is restored to power. Admiral Dundas arrived at Malta on the 18th, from Ajaccio. The Porte has resolved, says the journals, to convoke the Divan on the subject of the Prin cipalities. Some English capitalists have proposed to lay down a telegraph from Constantinople in con Election with one to India. by the Overland route. The Austrian Cabinet is at this moment en deavouring to bring Prussia over to its manner of viewing the occupation of the Principalities. A. note has been received at Berlin endeavouring to prove the necessity of the occupation. The Cabinet of Vienna principally grounds its arguments on the assent of the Porte. The Spanish Government has issued orders for granting passports to return to Spain to all Spanish subjects who have taken refuge in foreign countries on account of political reasons, and including such of the Carlists as are disposed to acknowledge the Government of the Queen. The French squadron destined for Naples at: remains at anchor a& Toulon. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post :Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : "Th 3 most reliable intelligence I can get about the retirement of the English and French missions from Naples is that M. Brenier and Mr. Petre will leave about the 28th. The Austrian Mini ster at the Court of the Two Sicilies has received instructions to support the demand of England and France. It is not considered in Paris that the rupture with Naples will be attended with any political results of a revolutionary nature." The Pope has deoided on proclaiming a very liberal amnesty for the Bth December. He has already granted pardons to the parties condemned in the trial of the 15th August. They are less numerous than was mentioned by the Venice Gazette, but will be completed on the anniversary of the Immaculate Conception. The Pope con siders the proclamation of that dogma as the glory of his reign ! THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. VIENNA, Oct. 23.—The Ministerial Oesterrei chische Vorrespondenz contains the follo wing article, in refutation of the assertion of the French organs of the press, that Austria is bound by treaty imme diately to withdraw her troops from the Danubian Principalities : " The prolonged occupation of the Danubian Principalities by the Austrian troops has recently greatly occupied the attention of the Paris papers. For the sake of accuracy we will at once state a fact of which the French journals seem to he igno rant—it is that Turkish troops still occupy certain parts of the Moldavo-Walluchian territory, with the same legal right (Rechtstitel) as the Imperial . Royal troops. It is th e same legal right which justifies the prolonged stay of the English fleet in the waters of the Black Sea, and that no' with scantling the strict stipulations of the transitory and additional article to the treaty of peace, signed at Paris on the 30th March. "As Austria, Great Britain, and the Sublime Porte take the same view of the case, and act in the same way, it cannot but excite surprise that the French press should. a ttack and express dis trust of but one of those Powers, and at the same time represent the sole cause for the stay of the three Powers in their military positions iu Molda via, Wallachia, and the Black Sea as an unimpor tant and indifferent matter. " The Treaty of Marsh 30th is signed and sealed, and we are convinced that no one thinks of impugn ing it, that no Power will attempt to avoid the fulfilment of its stipulations. The Paris Conference understood by them that the Commissaries should go to Constantinople as soon as the gradual evacua tion of the Ottoman territory, stipulated by article 31 of the Treaty of the 30th of March, should be sufficiently advanced, and that the Commission Should combine (combiner) its arrival in Bucharest with the complete cessation of the temporary armed occupation, as also with the fulfilfnent of Article 20 in respect to the rectification of the Moldavian frontier. "Now the rectification of the Moldavian frontier has not been completed; on the contrary, it is still in dispute. "As is known, Russia refuses to cede Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents, although those Govern ments which are more directly interested in the regulation of the frontier question insist on its doing so, and that in virtue (auf Grund) of the treaty of peace. " We are told that the fulfilment of the condi tions relative to the frontier, which were made in a solemn treaty, is a matter of secondary import :pee to the realisation of the peace, but that the evacuation of territory by the troops or fleets of the allied Powers, although neither demanded nor desired by the Sovereign or Suzerain, is a point which must, before all others, he discussed. This is a kind of international logic which we do not profess. " We repeat that the prolonged Austrian occu pation of the Danubian Principalities is based on the same legal right and title as the Turkish—en the same legal right as the occupation of the Black Sea by Great Britain. " The occupation of a part of the Turkish terri tory is not continued on account of any distrust of Russia, but simply because the regulation of the frontier is not yet settled. For the present, the troops and fleets of the three Po*ers will remain in positions which they mush quit as soon as the frontier line of the Ottoman territory is definitively settled. " This 'mode of proceeding is in strict keeping with the closing sentence of Article 31 of the Paris Treaty of March 30th, which, in speaking of the evacuation of the Ottoman territory, says literally, Toe periods (Les delais) and the method of execu tion shall be the subject of a convention between the Sublime Porte and the Powers whose troops have occupied its territory.' " Now, as has above been said, the Sublime Porte has fully agreed with Austria and Great Britain as to the proper periods (delais). " Having shown that the prolonged stay of the Imperial Royal troops and of the-Turkish forces in the Principalities is based on the same legal foun dation as is the stay of the English fleet in the Black Sea, it follows, as a matter of course, that the occu pation will cease as soon as the muse for the same has ceased to be—that is,the occupation will cease as soon as the frontier question is arranged and settled. The settlement of the internal affairs and the future organisation and government of the Danubian Prin cipalities are in no connexion with the occupation, and the interest which the Imperial Royal Govern ment takes in the prosperity and peace of those countries will be shown by her friendly understand ing with the other great Powers, and in particular with the Sublime Porte. The settlement of the question of the Danubian Principalities cannot be adduced as a reason for the prolongation of the occupation." PRANCE. An Imperial decree, dated Compiegne the 23d, enacts that, "as it is important to place in the Cour des Comptes a class of auditors who, by pre paratory studies, present special guarantees of apti tude for the functions of conseiller referendaire in the said Court," such auditors shall be nominated by the Emperor, in number not exceeding twenty ; and they are to be aged not less than twenty-one nor more than thirty, are to be licenti a t es i n l aw , a n d are to pass an examination before a commission. Another decree of the same date, in execution of a decree of the 12th June last,, enacting that on the corps of Intendance Militaire, a number of in spectieg intendant-generals shall be nominated, appoints six officers to be inspectors. BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The following were the last quotations : Cast. fr. c. Bid of Month. 4i per Cents ...per Cents 66 20 66 25 New Loan Bank Shares 3,925 Roman - - - • - - - Credit Mobilier 1;335 Austrian 87 Belgian Fives . Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) B9 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,245 -- Western Northern 945 -- Strasburg .. 865 -- Lyons 1,260 -- New Ditto - Mediterranean - -- Grand Central Lyons Geneva 7OO -- Te3te - -- Cette ~ 781 25 AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Africa has arrived from New York, with dates to the 15th inst. She has V 94,666 in specie, and she brings the Mexican mails, which stould have been brought by the Tay. The Kansas elections had terminated favourably to the Pro-slavery party. The Free State party did not vote. A rupture of diplomatic relations between Me7_,J33 and Great Britain is announced. The George Law had arrived with the mail from California and $2,000,000 in specie. The demand for money at New York was more pressing, and although the supply of unemployed capital was still abundant, yet the rates were slightly higher, say a half per cent., the current rates being 8i to 91 per cent, for the best selections of 60 and 90 days mercantile paper; the Bank contractions continued on a moderate scale. There was a prospect of in creased stringency, heavy exports of specie being foreshadowed. Exchange on London, 91 to 9. A good demand had prevailed for cotton, in part speculutive, and the absence of an adequate supply had caused an advance of ic. A further rise was anticipated, independent of foreign advices, in flour and meal. Au advance had taken place of from 10c. to 15c. Wheat was 3c. to sc. better. In pig iron there was not much doing ; for railroad and sheet there was considerable inquiry. Tobacco was firm, but quiet. Freights were without im portant change, and the business had been to a fair extent. The shipments of gold and silver since Jan. Ist were 29,090,584 dols., against 24,784,768 dols. STEAM TRADE TO AUSTRALIA. To-day a grand dejeuner will be given on board the splendid steam screw clipper Istanboul, lying in the Vic toria (London) Docks, to celebrate the inauguration of a new and much-needed line of vessels between the me tropolis and the Australian colonies. The entertainment is given by the Australian Steam-clipper Company (limited), and the Lord Mayor, Sir Morton Peto, and many other individuals of eminence in civic and mercan tile circles, are among the invited guests. This remark ably fine first-class vessel, which leaves the Thames for Melbourne on the 10th of November, is described as of 2,200 tons burthen ; and, besides great capacity for cargo, has superior and varied accommodation for a considerable number of passengers, at rates much below any offered hitherto in London, considering the conveniences offered and the scale of dietary gua ranteed. At she lies alongside' the jetty she does not at first sight present that appearance of immense size which is suggested by her tonnage ; but an exa i „ wain of her breadth of beam and depth of hold soon removes this impression. An adequate idea or h r oimensions is only obtained by standing on the poop, a point of view which enables the eye to take in length and breadth at one g ante. The Luna h-r of boats, and the provision aginst contingencies iu the shape of life buoys, &c., te,tify to the care shown for true lives of the passengers and crew ; and in all the arrangements the latest improvements in nautical science have been availed of. The chief cabin, the scene of to day's festivity, is remarkable fur its length and the chas . te beauty of its decorations, in both of which features it may vie with those of the greet Transatlantic The front is of polished mahogany, and on each side of the doors are lonic pilasters, with gilded capitals. Internally the fittings are white, the panel. being relieved with gilt mouldings of a very tasteful character ; arid a handsome chandelier is suspended from the ceiling. The establishment if a regular line of steam clippers, of the size of the Istanboul, and fiited vve h like sumptuousness, willcomtnenceanew era from a new point, in our intercourse with Australia, and induce many persons from thesouthern countries and the metropolis to proceed thither i w i Q h n o o a f r t e h n o o s e wdte so e ur r c r e e s d o b f y d length iBc. , : r t passage w an e d ap pe. quentl yf r he m ar L o o f a daosnadcicroetcutp. an T im he en i t s s ta o n f b, a ,u n i, A i t n i s s tr e a r : n ia fi n . voyage &fitly expected, will make the run outwards under fifty days. Nething that expenditure or exp rience can con tribute to render it a safe and plea ast, as well as a speedy one, is neglected on the part of the company, who appear resolved to make their line a model one for its purpose ; the Istanboul being certainly au excellent earnest of their intentions thus far at all events. She has ben visited by large numb rs during the last few days at the Vic toria Docks, which teem in great request for ocean. going steamers traHing to London, Mr. W. Lindsay's Indian Steam fleet being now berthed there, as also the pioneer of the new clipper screw fleet for the West Coact of South America. Ttie extent of these docks, the facility they afford of ingress and egress, and the fact of there being direct railway communication thence to all parts of the kingdom, seem to account for their popularity, irrespective of economic rates, as compared with the older and more confined London, St Ka therine':, and other docks.— Liverpool Albion (ilonday). THE MERRIMAC. SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 26. The United States screw steam-frigate Merrimac, which has been lying here for the last month, will, it is expected, leave for Brest on Wednesday next, there to winter. The Mayor of Southampton will pay a parting official visit to the frigate to-morrow. Captain Prendergast, the commander of the frigate, hai returned from a visit to Scotland and various parts of England, and resumed command. Dur ing his absence the command has ~evolved upon Lieutenant Harrison, to whose courtesy some hundreds of visitors have been indebted. Nearly all the officers have bad leave of absence, have visited the sights of England, and have been highly delighted with the coun try, and with the kindness and hospitality with which they have been treated. In consequence of the accouets of the Merrimac which have been published, a number ~f French and Dutch naval offieere have come from France and Holland to Southampton on purpose to in spect the frigate. One of the Frenea ~aval c instructor. , has alse been over here and visited her. He minutely examined her, and made copious notes of her peculia rities. A large number of naval officers , from P les mouth have also paid the frigate a visit. Mr. Dallas, the American ambassador in this country, was to ha,d paid an official visit yesterday, but was, unable to d so on account of some domestic oereavement. S one officers of her Majesty's ship Shannon were on board of her to-day, and a cordial interchange of civilities took place between them and the American officers. Last evening past, about sundown, a small steamer with a large party of ladies and gentlemen approached clo to he frigate from Southampton, and moved slowly round her, seemingly to let the party view the exte rior of the frigate. Captain Prendergast h ppene,i to be on shere at the time. Lieutenant Harris n, with his usual courtesy, sent a boat off to invite the party on board. An answer was brough t b ick that Lord Palmerston desired his complenents to Lieutenant Harr son. His lordship was mums obliged for the invitation, but as it was getting dark he regretted that he and his friends had not time to see the interior of the frigate. On finding that Lord Palmerston was in the small steamer, Lieutenant Harrison immediately went if to her to personally invite his lordship aid friends on board. The lateness of the evening, however, prevented the acceptance of tile renewed offer. The American officers still hope that his lordship, who does not reside far from Southampton, will honour the frigate with a visit before she leaves Southampton Water. Large stores of provisions were put on board the Mer rimac ye Aerday, preparatory to her departure. Some of the officers of the frigate belong to distinguished fami lies in the United States. The London public will shortly have the gratification f bu! ning coal raised within 30 miles of the metropolis, (lose to a line :of railway. It is expected that this will educe- he price of coal in the metropolis 25 per mt., rind lead, most probably, to further discoveries. BANQUET TO TFI OFFICERS OF TIM ST AFRO tthSHI BE MILITIA. A banquet was given on iuesday last at StaffoYd to the officers of the Staffordshire Militia. In the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant, the chair was taken by the Right. Hon. the Earl of HARROWBY. Near the chairman were the Hon. Colonel Talbot, the Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount &union, Lieut.-Colonel Dyott, the Hon. A. WrottesleY, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., Rear Admiral Mainwaring, General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., Viscount St. Vincent, the Earl of Lichfield, the Right Hon. Viscount Newport, Viscount Irgestre, and the Bishop of the Diocese. Lord HARROWBY, in proposing "The Army and Navy," remarked that be hoped Englishmen would not be ungrate- ful—indeed that was a sin not common to our countrymen —(cheers)—and that they would never forget the services the army had rendered them. And while they remembered the services of their gallant army, and with what anxiety they looked for intelligence during the late struggle, h e trusted that it would fill them with the determination to be prepared for another war, if unhappily they should be compelled again to enter into hostilities. (Hear and cheers.) No false feeling of security, nor a feeling that peace would would be lasting, should lead them to unwise economy in the measures necessary for the protection of their country—measures which at one time were in some degree lost sight of, but which he hoped would never be the case again. (Cheers 4) When he spoke of an unwise economy he did not mean that care was not to be exereised in the expenditure connected with the protection of the country, but what he would have remembered was that that which was cheapest was not always the best, and that that which was required to be done must be done, what ever the cost might be. (Hear.). At a subsequent stage of the proceedings Lord Harr ow ' by, proposing as a toast, " The health of the officers , non commissioned officers, and privates of the Ist, 2d, and 3rd Regiments of Staffordshire Militia," said—lndepende ntly of the direct services they had rendered the country , the three regiments of Staffordshire Militia had contribu ted upwards of 1,500 men to the regular army. He might sal further, that the militia had been the means of infusing martial spirit amongst the people of the country; and for himself—he spoke as a civilian -he should like to so the militia used more as a means of recruiting the regula r army. For some considerable time this important element, of the national defences had been allowed to rust in its scabbard, and after forty years' peace it was thought 11 some that this weapon, belonging to other days, would a ° ,, longer be fit to be called into use.. It was thought th at the people had bacome so immersed in trade and mane' factures that it would be impossible to man the militia as we did in former times. But he was happy to ga y th at when the necessity arrived it was found that the ordinary occupations of the people did not detract in the least /N al , their high public spirit and devotion to their country , ha ; men of every class in life and of occupation abando ne " their ordinary pursuits and placed their time and their services at the disposal of the country in her hour of need' (Great cheering.) fir R. PEEL, M.P., in acknowledging a toast drunk t° him, said he did not know that he could with proprie t y refuse compliance with the request which had been In aue ' and he would endeavour to make a few observations 011 what he had witnessed in Russia. He need not sal' then, that the noble representative of England a t the Court of Russia discharged the duty imposed 0 11 him in the manner that was expected of him, an in a manner, too, which far exceeded the way rd which other embassies discharged their duties, an that he clearly enhanced the character of this co untry in the eyes of the Russian Court. Besides, in Earl Gr an ville, Government, had one who, though carrying cotirtesl to its utmost limits, was not anxious to impress the 1113/1; sian Court, as another ambassador did, that a differen Withfeeling prevailed towards Russia to what was real l Y t case. He had had the opportunity of conversing wt Totleben, the distinguished engineer, and a highly ,_i nourable man ; and he had seen Gortschakoff, M e nschik ° l and a number of other distinguished personages , Who .: names were almost unpronounceable. He had seen asset' bled in Russia 120,000 of the finest infantry in th e worse. Those troops, in stature and appearance,exceeded anythinge he had ever before witnessed, and he had bee n over tb whole of Europe, yet he had no doubt that the pluck of t; English army would be a match for them. (Cheers.) 11:0 the had visited the fortress of Cronstadt and there was bu t ° opinion, from, the Grand Duke Constantine down to youngest " middy" on board the Vladimir, that British_l energy of the commander equalled the pluck of th e navy, that fortress at the present moment would be Wiwi_ bled in dust. (Hear.) Sir Charles Napier had been tbroug the whole of the fleet and fortress, and he gave it 39 it opinion that it was impossible to destroy the fortress. was certainly very clear at this moment that it w as In . possible to attack Cronstadt with success now, but when the war commenced the case was very different, and i f t ' man who commanded the fleet at Copenhagen had Co . r ; manded the Baltic fleet, or if a man possessed of th e and capacity of a Nelson had commanded that fleet, helot' not the slightest doubt that as the fortress at Copenhage. yielded so would Cronstadt have fallen. (Hear, hear.) M i he was most unjustly on his legs, they would perhaps allolf him to say, that although peace had been concluded, there was much to prevent them from relying on a continuance of peace. They were on the edge of a volcano, which might break forth at any time ; and among the causes for disquietude were Naples and the Danubian Principaliti es. Had the war continued, there was no doubt th at She resources of Russia would have been inadequate t( c i i cope with the resources of France and England, that a most effectual blow would hav e been dea that power, from which it would have taken her P t lone time to recover. But peace had been made, and ad was to be hoped that it would continue. He m ust s" , that there never was a contest in which the people of f co untry were more justly engaged than were the peop le ° , l this country in the l a t e war, or i n which the peop le ha`" come out of it with greater honour and distinction. Sir HARRY SMITH, in returning thanks for his health having been drunk, sail be thanked them from the 13°t tom of his heart for the honour they had that women' conferred upon him. It had been his good fortune in ev er !. quarter of the globe to witness evidence of the prineil/f; by which, as it had been said that day, Englishmen w ,_ e ri r actuated, viz., a discharge of the duty they owed to t n.- . Sovereign. However fortunate he might have been aid " soldier, he was, he assured them, indebted for the g °° ,: t fortune to the m en an d hi s comra d es, for, no ma tter Oil mistake a general might commit, the pluck of the pr iti T army would set it right. (Laughter and cheers.) there was no doubt, been the subject of a series of gp O fortune, and had witnessed many a contest; and no 111 7 0 he assured the m , cou ld w it ness th e ga ll an t d e eds ot , countrymen without a feeling of pride at their brav er, ' nor could he look back on the victories achieved by the bloc; of his countrymen without emotion. It had fallen to lot to orga n i se l ev i es f rom v ar i o us countries, and to kr il l ) , them rapidly to the seat of war, and he assured them , I , ° 0 his own experien c e and ocular demonstration, as sve u :s from history, that no forces were found so f orm idable th e those comin g from a country united within itself, an d •st people of which were united in their determination tore slo the common foe. (Cheers.) The militia system was Wei important part of the constitution, and he assured thec e that there was not a general officer in her Majesty's vo t ed' but could bear testimony to the active, energetic, &vet and obedient services of themilitia of Great Britain. (Cbe ere o i. When he comman led at Portsmouth there were two rev k menus of militia thole, composed chiefly of saw recruits,, >~ such was the attention they paid to their officers thatqliee few weeks' time they were not only fit to perform garrlre, duty, but became effective, obedient, trustworthy seld l ! e o, It afterwards became his duty to command in this dist ri me from Berwick to Peterborough, in which there were 10, i ; or 15,000 militiamen, and he must say of them, as a that they had manifested every desire to please him, ~a t o wherein the officers were ignorant of certain points it P.te been their anxious study to be made acquainted vt;o them. (Hear, hear.) One spirit seemed to animate 1 ,7 4 whole of them—that of obedience to their Queen and th,v;,, country. (Cheers) It was indeed a great pleasure to hl to be present on that occasion, when they had asseniln to do honour to the militia of the county, which comprl d re he was happy to say three most effective regiments. 'l'4, first regiment was commanded by Colonel Talbot, who , is though a young man, was an old soldier ; and he, w ith regiment, gallantly volunteeredto serve his country abrn His offer was accepted, and, although he and his men '!.6 not been exposed to the enemy's fire, they had been exn. to a more deadly foe—to the raging pestilence and the o : a t ness which walketh in darkness. (Hear.) That marl m u le be a coward indeed who was not ready to meet and rif e % with the enemy in the open field ; but when a comman d officer saw his men kno c k e d d own by an unsee n hand, v,f1,16 pestilence raged around him, then, if he maintained a courage, and under such trying circumstances condue,'.lo himself manfully, h e d eserve d equa l if not g reater eine than the mail who in the heat of battle led his me s h the cannon's mouth. (Hear.) In Colonel Talbot tbeY,,l r e such a m an . (Ch eers. ) Of th e m iliti a o f Staffordni generally, he was p rou d t o say that they had been re °Ol to discharge any duty demanded of them. (Chews.) e ta the feeli ngs w hi c h an i ma t e d the militia as a body he 1 0 7, t . relate an anec d o t e . Th ere was an Irish regiment clifr e e tered in Sunderland, and some of them in a disturbOo got into the hands of the police. Paddy was not the : 0 0 to stand by with arms in his h .nd and see his cora 0 0 taken into custody—(a laugh)—and accordingly the 11 j to were rescued. The authorities of the town telegrhphe god him to remove the militia from the town, but he reP t he that ho would do no such thing, but would leave it t° r dA officers to maintain order. A great fire shortly afterw a w took place in the town , and the militiamen, without halo. asked, turned out cud rendered good service in exting al h ile ing the flames, and for which they received the po o l. thanks of the very men who had asked for their ran ° e p. (Ch ee rs.) The gallant general resumed his seat asal",,ere plause hy repeating that it was with the greatest pin it ta that he attended that day to pay honour to men who so nobly done their duty. THE GOLD DISCOVE RY IN TASDIANIA.—The rePl r et v" f r om the gold fields ar e s till enco uraging. Mr. Cli' Blot who at the request of the authorities ' inspected w as surprised at the promising indications 'P t of gold ,or his short visit to Fi nga l s howed to him. Unfortu lo ",,,c l he could stop at each field but one day, and therefore time but to make the most superficial °Use' ; tions. Those observations will shortly be publi sl l to and as Mr. Clarke has expressed a wish to be alloWe-not present them to the gold committee himself, I wi li f - e nd as yet detail the various remarks which the re c l" gentleman has made during his visit. Go l " do et lately been found in the neighbourhood of Dul° r ,T i ecti, about twenty miles from Launceston. The nor f i e la papers speak highly of the prospect of a paying g°" being found in the locality specified.—Austra/i O . New Zealand Gazette.