The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-18 00:00:00

. -R OYAL COEVENNTGGLARIDSENH. OPERA, UnJer the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. Wlll OPEN for the Sixth Operatic Season on MONDAY, Oct. 11, 18fi1, when will be produced (first time) an entirely New Urand Opera, in Four Acts, by Howard Glover, to be entitled HUY BIAS. I'n o t;ompany : Sopranos : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirl 'milt, And Madame Guerrabella (her first appearance on the .Eni; I ish stage). Contraltos : Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Topham, and Miss Jessie M`Lean (her first appearance on the English stacie). Baritones and Basses : Mr. Santley, Mr. ffenry Com, Mr. Patey, Mr. T. Distin, Mr. Eueene Dussek, Mr. T. Watlworth, and Mr. George Honey. Tenors: Mr. Henry Haigh, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. Harrison Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. I' RINCIPAL DANCER, MADEMOISELLE LAMOUREUX. PR ICFM OP ADMISSION :—Private Boxes, from 10s. 6d. to xi 1s ; Stsll4, s yen ; Dress Circle. Five Shillings; umwr Circle. Four Shillings; Pit, Two Shillings and Six prn ; Amphitheatre Stalls, Two Shillings ; Amphitheatre, On" Shilling,. The Box-office will be open from Ten to Five on Ind each day after, Thursiay, October 17. No charge for boJking, nor fees to li , x-keepers. Doors open at Half-past Si v. Commence at Seven o'clock. itage-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting -Manager, Mr. Ed wird Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. .Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND. Alter which, at F:icrht o'clock, the new and success •! ^omedy of WOMAN; or. Love against the World. rulers by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, .1 itohles, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, Miss Lydia Thomson. conclude with AS UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in wrii?,ll Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. f'"ices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-o ffi ce open daily from 11 till 5. ' HA ug Le ROYAL ipme, Mr. J. B. Buokston YMARKET, e. f'fiffc; FligisTl - Nc 4 , the performanoes will commence with FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY Atter which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone. Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers Um Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, ttc. With PAUL PRY MARRIED AND SETTLED. Paul Pry (In a new position), Mr. C. Mathews. To Conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Commence af 7.3 110 , 0 Y AT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. 1: HIS EVENING, JFANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris and Mr. H. Widdicomb. A fter whi'h, a new and original comedy, in five acts, writ ten byJohn Brougham, entitled PLAYING WITH FIRE ; ch , rlcterm by Mr. John Bromtham (his'lBth appearance), Mr. 't vier, Mr. H. Widdicombe, Mr. G. Jordan (of the prindpal theatres of the United States, his 11th appearance in Eng la n:1), Miss C. Lelclercq, and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with LOVE AND MURDER. Mr. John Brougham. EW TH E ATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Messrs. 1). Hither, Romer, Warde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. liter which (254th time), T. EE COLLEEN BAWN.7.Mr, 'ioucicault, D. Fisher, Billineon, S. Emery, Stephenson, ( smith, Romer. Howard. Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss W olgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Toconclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Ei,, , 2ry, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. 4 1 ANTERBU itY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. r. SAM COWELL every evening at Nine and a quarter t, Eleven Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, RAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, &c., By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. - Harvey and French, " The Nerves "—Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son—and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. ,TonEchmans. Admission —Hall, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. T H E 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. SELECTIONS from Auber's New Comic Opera, "LA CIRCASSIENNE," by Miss Ernst, Messrs. Greene, H. Herbert, and the Company. And from Verdi's new Grand opera, "Simon Boccanegra," by Miss Russell, Messrs. `. Geville, Morley, Greene, and the Company. Full and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic Entertainments by Mr. and Master Wood, Harvey and French (The Nerves), Mr. E. Marshall, and Mr.W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 34m.—Afternoon, Ih. 50m, To-MORROW. -Morning, 2h. sm. —Afternoon, 2h. 29m, THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 18, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER-3020.. WlND—Easterly, but variable ; and rather fresh, with cloudy weather. .7..1 • - 7 ,i d s w 41/6_1"; error THE SUN. L+►Ni)ON, FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1861. The German fleet is now to become a reality. The money is proffered. Bremen, at least, offering to take its share, proposes the ratio and amount which all Germans, exterior to Austria, are to pay. A poll tax is suggested for such a glorious national object; but lest its amount should frighten at first, the Bremen folks are rather moderate in their demands. The midland States of Germany are to contribute two silber-groschen per head ; the States bordering on the sea three Silber-groschen ; and the Hanse towns, whose commerce is so vital to them, twelve silber-groschen—which is about equal to 21d., 31d., and ls. 3d. per head respectively. If this contri bution would raise half a million sterling, it would probably be the outside of what it would amount to. Our German friends do not intend, therefore; com peting with our Warrior—which will cost, we fear, before she is quite fit for an engagement, not much short of what they are to raise for their whole fleet. It appears, however, that the new nautical power does not propose to run a race, as we are doing with the EMPEROR who lives somewhere on the left bank of the Rhine. In two parts of the world the safety or the honour of "Father land " seem to be threatened. The German coasts are open to the naval attacks of Denmark, and Eastern Asia is threatened by some one, we can't tell who, perhaps by this same little Denmark. That the German flag does some times flutter in the far East, we know, for it was a German ship, owned, we cannot recollect in which of the little States, but Oldenburg webelieve, which was the worst offender in the infamous villanies detected in connection with kidnapping coolies in China. Germany is naturally very desirous that the honour of the Oldenburg flag should not be insulted by the exposure and stoppage of the profitable piracies for which it was employed. A cargo of coolies, if got fairly off, would bring a good many silber-groschen into the hands of Ger taan merch an t s . A n d w hil e th e F renc h d r i ve such a thriving emigration trade on the coasts of eastern Africa, and if M. Du CHAILLII be not mistaken, on that of western Africa too, it is hard that German merchants should not have their share of the spoil. They must therefore be protected against the insults olt the arrogant British, who assume the odiously a nd costly philanthropic tank of putting down nautical kidnapping, where v er they can . To ma tch Denmark is, however, a still more press ing business. If the little Scandina vian t a l7eiry could hearts: as we believe it could , easily thrash to content, a German army outnumberin g it two or three to one, yet there is a limit even to th epowers of a SAMPSON, and the numbers alone of the Ger man army with the brave Prussians at its bead would enable it to swallow up any army Denmark could raise. But Denmark is almost as much an Island Kingdom as we are. Its defensive strength, at least, depends on its islands, and its capital is on the chief of them. The Danes, like us, are largely a sea -faring popula tion, and how well they can fight from their island batteries and ships Lord NELSON was a willing 'witness. All Germany most certainly could not do 'what Lord NELSON did at Copenhagen, not even *with the splendid navy of Austria combined with _the new silber-groschen navy. Nay more, we do not elieve that the new Silber-groscheners could pre vent the marine attacks et the Danes, if the Ger mans should lee ho unjust as to declare war against them. Th., Danes would long be the smartest and most enterprising mariners, and, despite 1 any fleet raised by the proposed penny farthing rate, would sweep the seas of their t mid enemies, and indemnify themselves there for losses wholly beyond their power to prevent on land. The Danes, however, may think fit not to wait for Germany to build a fleet. They may insist on a final and satisfactory settlement at onee, or war at once. They have a perfect right to do so. They have borne the bullying of Prussia and her satellites long enough ; and they may, if they think it best, tell the German Confederation that unless it will come to terms, and agree to leave their King and his Schleswig-Holsteiners to themselves, they shall declare war on the Confederation, and take their chance. Woe be then to the German commeacial marine ; and, as to the present German navy, we dos not know of a single vessel worth notice beyond the old frigate which we sold so cheap to Prussia. Now that the last quarter of 1861 is beginning to run out very rapidly, it is gratifying to know that every reasonable effort is being made so that the Exhibition Building for 1882 may be finished in time. We all recollect the sinister predictions that were afloat in the winter of 1850-51 in respect to the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. It could not possibly, it was said, be anything like completed by May ! And certainly, those who strolled down by Knightsbridge and Kensington Gore long after spring time had begun in that year of the Great Exhibition, must have felt disposed to believe that the prophets of disappointment were only too much in the right. Valentine's day passed by—the March winds blew—April sunshine and April showers chequered whatever of green turf there was left in Hyde Park : but alas ! May was already approaching when the Crystal Palace was still a chaos of iron girders, and glass, and tarpaulin—the purlieus, within and with out, were littered with an appalling confusion of packing cases containing the treasures brought from all parts of the world for exhibition. To complete every element of distraction and almost of despair, there was added to all the rest of these chaotic in fluences—a Confusion of Tongues, such as had not been heard since the dispersion of mankind at the Tower of Babel ! Yet—we all know it, we all remember it with delight—(it was among not the least of the wonders crowded into that really wonderful year)—the work was really done and finished quite up to time ! The contractors duly fulfilled their engage ment ! The beautiful daydream of the designer of the edifice, Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, was magnifi cently realised upon May Day ! There—according to promise —upon that let of May, 1851—glittering in the sunlight, fluttering all over, from end to end, with the Flags of all Nations, resounding with music, filled with the productions of human art, and science, and industry, appeared THE CRYSTAL PALACE—literally— " One entire and perfect chrysolite !" After that remarkable experience, we can have no return here in London of the old fears as to the impossibility of finishing the Exhibition Building in time. True, we have already passed the middle of the month of October. True, that to any chance observer of what is now going on at South Ken sington, the work there really appears to be little better than only just commenced. Still, when 1 the facts are looked into a little more closely— when dates are compared and statistics are put together, the probabilities begin to look not simply far from hopeless, but absolutely full of encourage ment. Recollect, for one thing—there are at the present moment nearly one thousand workmen ac tively employed upon the very site of the Exhibi tion, to say nothing of those who are engaged in its behalf elsewhere. At one part of the structure the scaffolding has already risen to the height of five stories. Not only, again, are all the huge iron columns supporting the Picture Galleries raised and secured, but even many of the compartments marked out for the top-lights are being rapidly glazed in. As many as ten, moreover, of the gigan tic ribs of the roof for the nave have hem slung up each to its appointed place—two have been raised in the north-eastern aisle—eight in the south-eastern. The designing and nomenclature of the edifice appearing in many respects to be quite of an eccle siastical character, we are not much surprised to learn after this, that eight of the clerestory win dows already adorn the nave, where much even of the roofing has been done or commenced. Apart from the building itself the arrangements for the Exhibition of 1862 appear to be making very satisfactory progress. In testimony of which, it is now stated that very recently there have been added to the local committees at home those of Arbroath, Aylesbury, Carnarvon, Dublin, Dun fermline, Elgin, Exeter, Leeds, Leek, Macclesfield, Neath, Newton-Abbot, Redruth, and others: to the colonial list, Prince Edward's Island, Bermuda, ' Barbadoes, Jamaica, St. Helena, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong Kong : to the catalogue of foreign Com missioners, those of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Holstein, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The applications for space still flowing in wonderfully, from all classes of would-be exhibitors. Here, in 1862, as formerly in 1851, there is likely to be rather an embarras des richesses than an insufficiency. Already the toil is more one of selection than of accumulation. It is amusing to learn that among the crowd of miscellaneous applicants for space are many who would appear to be ambitious of rivalling the renowned American Showman, Mr. BARNUMt Individuals who are desirous, that is, of "being allowed to exhibit monsters real or sham, and more or less disgusting." So that the end would be—were notions like there carried out—that under the same roof-tree would probably have to be displayed to the astonishment of nations — specimens from Madame TUBSAUD'S Waxworks side by side with the pick of the ELGIN marbles, horrid exemplars from Dr. KAHN'S Musuem cheek by jowl with bottled curiosities of morbid anatomy from the Hunterian Collection, one or two of M. DU CHAILLU'S stuffed gorillas, and a few of the choicest spotted boys, and pink-eyed Albinos, culled from tke wandering booths from the country fairs—the restless ghosts, or troubled spirits, we presume, haunting the world since the dettruction of Old Bartlemy ! Steadily and resolutely, out of all these busy efforts, good, bad, and indifferent in the way of preparation for the Exhibition of 1862, there are rising brighter and brighter hopes, h ca o om p no e sio s a; b rcl o ao t b h Lleo o n m of pleasure and of profit, for a very Londoners l f our industrious population of For what we know,agood larg e - w i nge d b u tt er fly purpose to sh ow may waytellwhich eti t o hi l : wind the blows as the old t est—straws. A ofbwsserve our Papillon, at least, must Con servative gale, in the Bo the County of Essex —in re gard roughofColchester and our old friend—W. B. at Derb y —M ajor to rbm t he 14 latter, i n d ee d ajor —EIIESF ORD in Essex—promises something more explicit, in a day or two. We must be on our guard, however, on that oacasion, for he means t o play t he Apollo of Essex Conservatism, and threatens us with the Well -kept contents of " his quiver." The Papillon of Colchester indicated the direc tion of the Conservative breeze at present, chiefly by its direction last session. He exulted beyond THE SUN, LONDO N. FRI DAY E V ENING, OCTOBER 18, = 1861. Their Highnesses the Princesses Wladimir and Anatole Bariatinsky have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness do Cetto have returned to town from Brighton. THE LATE MAJOR SIBTHORP.--Mr. Beresford Hope, in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" The notice of Major Sibthorp's lamented death is incorrect so far as it relates to me. I was not present at it, nor had I any communication with him. But, having casually heard of it on the evening upon which it occurred at St. Leonard's on-Sea, I mentioned it in London the next day, whence must have arisen the rumour connecting me with the event." The Castlebar correspondent of the Irish Times contradicts his own report about one gentleman shooting another, and says it was raised " for fun" by a military gentleman. According to the Indian advices yesterday, a bill has been passed to enable the banks of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay to enter into arrangements for managing the issue, payment, and exchange of the Government currency notes about to be put in circulation. This will operate in some slight degree to mitigate the objections which must always prevail against the Government assuming any practical part in such matters, and may, perhaps, pave the way to a sound system in accordance with that which exists in England. At a meeting of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, on the 26th of July, a report was presented showing that the net profit of the past half year, including the balance brought from the last account, was £25,432, out of which a dividend was declared at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum, and £2,000 added to the reserve, leaving £1,032 to be car ried forward. The reserve now stands at £64,000, or 20 per cent, of the capital. Yesterday the poll for the election of the West minster Bondholders' Commissioners was closed, and Mr. George Ogle and Mr. J. S. Newbon were declared to have been chosen. The result of the scrutiny of the votes polled was—Mr. Ogle, 670; Mr. Newbon, 638; Mr. Vance, 624; Capt. Kennett, 592. The mortgagees have elected Mr. Wright and Mr. Driver, and the Board of Trade have ap pointed Mr. Tite, M.P., chairman of the new Commission. It may be hoped that every effort will now be made to put an end to litigation. THE COMMISSIONAIRES.—To prevent any incon venience arising from the temporary absence of a commis sionaire from his station, and to enable persons living at a distance from any established post to secure the services of a man without delay, the wires of the London District Telegraph Company have been extended to the Barracks of the Corps, and an order left at any of the company's sta tions (a list of which is published in the monthly circular of the Corps) will secure the immediate attendance of a commissionare at any part of London or the suburbs with out any charge to the employer for the message. CRINOLINE IN EXETER-HALL.—A correspondent says :—" I have applied for some reserved seats for the oratorio of " Elijah" both at Mr. Mitchell's and at Mr. Sams's libraries, and I was told there are none to be had. On inquiry I ascertained the somewhat amusing fact that nearly 400 seats have been sacrificed to—crinoline I The hall holds 3,000 seats, of 16 inches each; but the present fashion requires 18, and reduces the number of sittings by 370 or 375. When Handel produced his " Messiah" for the benefit of a charity in Dublin the malingers are re ported to have requested the ladies to dispense with hoops for the occasion. Might not the precedent be followed on the 22d, to enable a greater number of persons to witness the wondrous performance, and to add nearly £4OO to the charities in aid of which Madame Lind-Goldschmidt has consented once more to leave her retirement ?" BUSINESS AT THE ADMIRALTT.—In 1792 the num ber of the letters despatched from the Admiralty was 8,251; in 1835 it had increased to 31,086; and in 1860 to 68,622, and that although in this last year a large number of unim portant routine letters were no longer registered, and a considerable number of documents which used to be re tained at Whitehall are now, when acted upon, sent to Somerset-house. The pages of entry, 4,402 in 1792, and 10,132 in 1835, were 30,669 in 1860. There was more to write about ; the artificers in the dockyards increased from 7,884 in 1835 to 18,574 in 1860, and the ships in commission from 167 to 363. But the Admiralty correspondence is swelled by an interference in details that might have been expected to be left to the admirals or commanders-in -chief at the ports. Rear-Admiral G. Elliot told the Commons' com mittee on the Board of Admiralty that he had seen piles of letters upon most trivial matters lately, for instance a long correspondence which a lieutenant had had with the Admi ralty about a tablecloth, and he believed there were several copies of the letters made. The lieutenant, it seems, was tired first ; he could not get his pay, and therefore made his tablecloth a flag of truce, and came to terms of peace. THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL HUTTON.—Major- General Hutton, whose death we announced a few days since, had served for a period of nearly 50 years in India. He received a cadetcy in the Madras Army in 1811, was gazetted Ensign in the 22d Madras Native Infantry on the 11th of June, 1812, and joined his regiment in India on the 13th of July of the same year, from which time till his death he served in that country, with the exception of occa sional periods of absence on medical certificate, amounting in the whole to about seven years, General Hutton was employed against the rebels in Rajah mundy in 1813-14, against the Pindaree inroads in 1815-16; he served with his regiment in the Mahratta campaign, with the light field force against the ex-Rajah of Nagpore in 1819, and in the campaign in Burmah in 1825-26. General Hutton held command of regiments for 13 years. In 1839-40 he was ap pointed one of the Commissioners to investigate the charges against the eldest brother of the Nizam, and was Assistant- Adjutant-General of the Hyderabad subsidiary force. He held the command of the garrison at Fort St. George, Madras, and the commands of the Saugor and Southern divisions. General Hutton had received the medal for Ave. By his death, which occurred at Yizianagram on the 28th of August last, the colonelcy of the 22d Regiment of Her Majesty's Madras Army becomes vacant. The dates of his commissions are as follows :—Ensign, June 11, 1812; Lieu tenant, September 17, 1815 ; Captain, January 15, 1826 ; Major, November 11, 1839; Lieutenant-Colonel, Novem ber 3, 1844; Colonel, June 2, 1854 ; Major-General, July 4, 1856. JUDICIAL TORTURE IN HUNGARY.—The Gazette des lribunaux relates an almost incredible act of judicial torture in Hungary :—" Two soldiers, brothers, of the name of Varga, on furlough in the town of Koertselye, Comitat of Sapatumare, having been accused of having committed a burglary in a public-house, were taken before a police magistrate, Erdelyi by name. He questioned them, but they firmly protested that they were innocent. As he could not succeed in making them confess, he sent for two pandours from the nearest guard-house, and by his orders they tied cords tightly round the thumbs of each man, and pulled them until blood flowed, then they placed each man's arms in such a way that the hands were be hind his head, and they bound the wrists fast together ; next they passed a cord from the wrists b enea th hi s l egs, pulled it as tight as possible, and tied it round his neck. Though suffering dreadfully, the two men were again interrogated, but they persisted in affirming their inno cence, and the magistrate declared that if they would not confess ho would leave them in that state until the next day. At length one of them, overcome, fainted, and one of thepandours threw water in his face until he wl, endure par tially recovered consciousness, and then the man p us h e d him h brutally ' As you are a soldier, you saying suffering.' After bearing ought tlltyo k n o w against how to a wall, the dreadful torture for about 20 minutes, the two young soldiers, in order to obtain relief, said that they had comrn witted the burglary, and their bonds were removed. Erdeyli then told them that as they were at liberty they must renew the confession they had made, but they declared that they had only admitted guilt to escape from torture, and that in reality they had nothing to do with the bur glary. On that Erdelyi struck them in the face, and ordered that they should again be subjected to torture, but from terror the two young men again admitted that they were guilty. A note of their admission was taken down in writing, and they were sent to prison to await trial; but a few hours after they felt so ill that they had to be removed to the hospital. The superior magistrate of the district was informed of what had taken place, and he at once had Erdelyi lodged in prison on the double charge of torturing the young men, and of usurping the functions of the mili. tary tribunal by treating them as if they were civilians, instead of handing them over to the military authorities. The two brothers were afterwards tried by the military tri bunal for the alleged charge of burglary, but they were ac quitted. As to Erdelyi, he rem .ins in prison." Lord Monboddo was considered an able lawyer, and on many occasions exhibited a very clear and correct judicial discernment of intricate cases. It was one of his peculiarities that he never; sat on the bench with his brother judges, but always at the clerk's table. Different reasons for this practice have been given, but the simple fact seems to have been, that he was deaf, and heard better at the lower seat. His mode of travelling was on horseback. He scorned carriages, on the ground of its being unmanly to " sit in a box drawn by brutes." When he went to Lon don he rode the whole way. At the same period, the late ➢lr. Barclay of ITry (father of the late laird), when he re presented Kincardineshire in Parliament, always walked to London. He was a very powerful man, and could walk fifty miles a day, his usual refreshment on the road being a bottle of port wine, poured into a bowl, and drunk off at a draught. I have heard that George 111. was much inte rested at these performances, and said " I ought to be proud of my Scottish subjects, when my juiges ride and my members of Parliament walk to the metropolis. On one occasion of his being in London, Lord Monboddo attended a trial in the Court of King's Bench. A cry was heard that the roof of the court-room was giving Way, upon which judges, lawyers, and people made a rush to get to the door. Lord Monboddo viewed the scene from his corner with much composure. Being deaf and short-sighted, he knew nothing of the cause of the tumult. The alarm proved a false. one ; and on being asked why he had not bestirred him self to escape like the rest, he coolly answered that he sup posed it was an annual ceremony with which, as an alien to the English laws, he had no concern, but which he con sidered it interesting to witness as a remnant of antiquity. Lord Monboddo died 1 7 99 . —Reminiscences of Scottish Life amf Character. measure in the Wednesday triumphs of Conserva tism—in the beating of a Ministry willing to be beaten on all the m?asures of political liberty proposed by some of their supporters ; and still more on beating them on the great Church Rate question. He was confident that the majority of the country were with the Speaker in giving his vote with the Noes. That the majority of the county members, the majority of the clergymen who canvas for them, the majority of the clerical churchwardens, and the majority of the landlords were with Mr. Speaker, we have no doubt. What we doubt, and more than doubt, is whether the majority of the ratepayers were with him. They are the parties really concerned. Now we should desire nothing more than to have a fair ballot in every parish in the kingdom on the question—Preserve Church-rates or Abolish them. If the Conservative Papillon held it for a rule that it was Conservative to abide by the deci sion of rate-payers, we are quite certain that his Conservatism would carry him into the same lobby with Sir JOHN TRELAWNY. Thus far our PAPlLLON—anglice butterfly, as we should perhaps have observed before—tells us how the winds have blown ; but there is not one little hint of the Conservative wind to be ex pected to-morrow. He is one of the few Conser vative members who have adverted to the new minute of the Council of Education ; and his pious fear is, that it combines "with the grant of State money the MiISSMUM of religious instruction, with the maximum of injustice to schoolmasters and teachers." On both these points we may presume that the Conservatives mean to have a triumph next session —no Wednesday triumph, but a good regular six or seven days' debate triumph, unless, indeed, of which there are symptoms, the Government sur renders at discretion by next March. Now, it will really be a sad thing if the Govern ment does this. The cry of vested interests is too bad, in behalf of a new institution which has been subject, like the present system, to annual notice of probable alteration. We maintain, too, that nearly all the teachers and their patrons who complain so, have already, in the education and status they have acquired, obtained a fair quid pro quo for any little sacrifice they may have made. We admit it may not be pleasant to them to receive pay for results only, not as before for certificated position. But what the country has a right to ask is, the certificate worth, unless the certificated man can produce the results we pay for? It is unpleasant, too, to come do' n from the higher topics of education to the humble matters of writing, reading, and arithmetic. Yet just these are the only legitimate objects of pauper education. And it should never be forgotten that all Government education is pauper education. As the atient who receives aid from the parish doctor is, to that extent, pauperized, so the parent and child who are aided out of the State taxes, in regard to education, are so far paupers. They eat the educational bread furnished them by taxpayers ; and we must maintain that the necessary elements are all that ought to be fur nished by what may be justly termed the Educa tional Poor Law. We hope, therefore, the Government will abide by the principle of paying for results, and for elementary results only. This will not hinder the managers and masters from teaching all else they like; it will not hinder them from offering prizes and encouragements for attainments in every other department of education—in Latin, Greek, and mathematics if they like—and it will limit the pauper relief, in education, within the bounds assigned it by reason and common sense. The pre sent object of the Government is not to economise in regard to the amount of the grant, but in regard to its application ; and the Government deserves the support of all persons who care for the honest appropriation of public money. We do not object indeed, to any temporary modifications, which may relieve a little the fears of the frightened school masters, but we do decidedly object to the Govern ment being frightened out of its duty to the tax payers by interested clamour. As to the sectarian hubbub about religious examinations, we have yet to learn that is is any part of a Government's duty to provide for teaching religion, and therefore for testing its quality. It found the established and non-established sects in possession of the educational field. It did not desire to take it out of their hands ; it resolved, as the more satisfactory plan, to utilise their agency ; it said—We will help you through the secular part if you will arrange yourselves for the other part. On the religious part being well done the managers could always insist as much as they pleased ; the teacher was absolutely in their hands—this they can do still. If, however, the managers like to teach nothing else but their catechisms, so be it—only let them pay themselves for their religious crotchets. A secular Govern ment has quite enough to do to look to the secular part of education, and to pay for that. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. A case under the Metropolitan Building Act, of general interest, was heard at Bow-street before Mr. Henry on Wednesday, being a summons by Mr. Fowler, the district surveyor, against Mr. Soper, the builder, requiring the removal of the new shop-front of No. 243, High Holborn, which projected more than 10 inches, the distance allowed in ordinary cases of new shop-fronts by the act. The facts were, that Mr. C. Baker, the well-known optician and philo sophical instrument maker, occupying in his business the premises Nos. 244 and 245 Holborn, has recently taken the adjoining premises, No. 243. These premises had a shop front projecting 3 feet from the external wall, but, requiring repairs, Mr. Baker intended to remove the chief part of the old shop front and substitute a modern one projecting 6 inches less, and corresponding with the fronts of his other houses. The cornice of the new front, which was higher than the old, had been erected. The question was whether the new shop front could be considered an " alteration, addition, or other work made or done for the purpose of necessary repair ;" as, if not, although a concession of 6 in. and an obvious benefit to the public, it was in effect prohibited by the 9th section of the act. Mr. Metcalfe was in attendance on the part of Mr. Baker; but Mr. Fowler having stated the case, and his arguments against the new front, Mr. Henry at once ruled against the summons. The magistrate stated that he should not have interfered so early, but that he had well considered the question on pre vious occasions. That the words of the section must be construed with reference to the general scope and intention of the whole ;act ; and, looking at it from that point of view, he was of opinion that Mr. Baker's proceedings were justified, as being a necessary repair. Summons dismissed. THE QUEEN'S LATE VISIT TO IRELAND.—Her Majesty, before leaving Ireland, directed, through the Comptroller of her Household, that the railway company should send in their bill, and it was paid at the same rate that the English companies receive when her Majesty travels—that is, 78. per mile for the special train, &c., and first class fares for her attendants; usual fares for carriages and horses. The whole bill was £4,ooo.—.Freeman's Jour nal. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, accompa nied by General Sir Edward Bowater, will leave Bucking ham Palace on Saturday next, for Cannes, for the winter. His Grace the Duke of Richmond enjoyed deer stalking in Glenfiddich during the past week, and has had good sport, bringing down eight fine stags. His grace has now left the Glen for Gordon Castle. The Earl of Harrowby left Grosvenor•square on Monday for Burghley Hall, Stamford, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln left town on Tuesday for Cumber Park, where they will remain during ' the visit orbis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Baroness Alphonse de Rothseilild gave birth to a son at Paris on Monday. 1 1 Lord and Lady Rendlesham have left the Claren don, Rotel for Rendelehare-ho, "Woodbridge, Suffolk. LAIEST NEM S. KONIGSBERG, THURSDAY EVENING. To-day, at the reception of the functionaries, Deputies, and other persons invited to witness the coronation, the King, addressing the members of the Prussian Diet, said— " I desired to summon the representatives of the Chambers to my presence, even before the coro nation, and I thank you for having complied with my wish. The rulers of Prussia receive their crown from God. To-morrow, therefore, I shall take the crown from the Lord's table and place it on my head. This is the signification of the ex pression ' King by the Grace of God,' and therein lies the sanctity of the Crown, which is inviolable. I know that you will thus understand the meaning of the act which I have summoned you to witness: The Crown has been surrounded by new institu tions, by virtue of which you are destined to afford to it the benefit of your counsel. You will advise me, and I shall listen to your advice." PARIS, OCT. 18. The Moniteur of to-day publishes a circular, dated 16th inst., addressed by Count Persigny, Minister of the Interior, to the Prefects of the Departments, explaining the necessity of bringing the charitable societies established without the formal sanction of the Government under the operation of the law. Count Persigny acknowledges the benefits dif fused by these associations, and then speaks of the Freemasons, who, he says, are ani mated by a patriotism which has never failed them in great emergencies, and have not for a long time given the public authorities any serious cause of complaint, unless in reference to their central organisation, whose mode of election, tend ing to excite rivalry between the different lodges, and to disturb their good harmony, calls for some modifications. Count Persigny continues, "But it is advantageous to authorise Freemasonry, and to recognise its existence." He also acknow ledges the good done by the local societies of St. Vincent de Paul, but regrets that the provincial committees, while pretending to afford encourage ment to the different charitable societies, deprive them of the right of choosing their dignitaries, thus imposing themselves upon all the societies of a pro vince, as if they wished to make them serve as the tool of an idea foreign to charity." In reference to the Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, now sitting in Paris, Count Persigny says—" The Government cannot approve the existence of a kind of committee not ap pointed by the local societies which fills up its ranks by its own sole authority, assumes the right of governing the local societies in order to form them into a secret association whose ramifica tions extend even beyond France, and collects from the societies a budget, respecting the employment of which nothing is known. Such an organization, inexplicable on the sole ground of charity, is use less. The honourable and charitable people of Lyons, Marseilles, and Bordeaux have been influ. enced by the committee at Paris. The law inter dicting these kinds of associations has been too long violated. Count Persigny then requests the Prefects to authorise these societies, if there be any such in their departments, without delay, according to the legal forms, and to ascertain whether they wish to have a central representation at Paris. The votes of these societies, it is added, are to be for warded to the Ministry of the Interior, and the Emperor will determine upon the bases and princi ples of such central representation. "Until then," concludes the circular addressing the prefects, " you will prohibit the sittings of any superior central or provisional council, and will order their dissolution." The Noniteur also announces that the Revue dea Deux Mondes has received a first warning for its last fortnightly summary of political events, signed by E. Forgade. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 12 (via IiIISTENDJEE). The Sultan goes to Ismid, on the Sea of Mar mora, on Monday next, to lay the keel of a new steam-frigate. It is rumoured at the port that his Imperial Majesty will visit Egypt in January next. Riza. Pasha will proceed to Smyrna to-morrow. The treaty of commerce between Turkey and Belgium was Biped yesterday. MADRID, OCT, 17. The health of the Infanta Donna Maria de la Concepcion has again suffered a relapse. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 17.—Business continues limited in amount, speculators appearing averse to enter into any material operations, but the market is firm. Threes, for the Account, now stand at 67f. 85c. Railways quiet, but prices well maintained. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 95 50 L Credit Foncier Do end month.... 95 55 Belgian 41 lO2 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 851 Roman Bank Shares 2900 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 691 .25 §panieh Threes 4B Do. Account 692 50 dome Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1325 .. 1326 25 Northern New, ditto 9OO Lyons and Mediterranean 1020 .. 1022 50 Geneva.. 335 .. 335 Southern 625 .. 626 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 521 25 .. 621 60 POLAND. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, OCT. 9. The elections for the district and municipal councils are almost concluded. They were carried out in such an orderly and business-like manner that the people seemed to be performing a cus tomary formality in the midst of full constitutional freedom. And yet for more than a quarter of a century, no one was even permitted to speak of the rights of a citizen, and all the array of cruel and vindictive oppression and persecution under which the country has been groaning for the last 30 years is there, watching an opportunity to regain the ground it has lost. The truth is that notwithstanding the self-pos sessed and calm appearance of the population, and the passive bearing of the Russian authorities, during the elections, a heavy storm is hanging over this country. Rumours are in circulation about an impending military reaction which the Council of Administration is said to have been or ganising secretly for some time. The Council of State held its first geu.eral assem bly on the Ist of October. It was opened by the Viceroy General Count Lambert, who, according to the statute, is its permanent president. The Ger man newspapers hastened to put into circulation an apocryphal document, purporting to be the opening speech of the Lieutenant General. The following is the exact translation of that which is published in the official Dziennik Powszechny : " Gentlemen—l feel very happy in being able to open the first sitting of the General Assembly of the States on the day fixed by the new regulations issued for the kingdom. " The shortness of the time since the Council of State has been created, the changes which have taken place in the administration, and in the per sons composing it, and finally the situation of the country, requiring at every moment the interference of the authorities for the maintenance of order, have retarded the final elaboration of the projects of laws, as well as their transmission to the Depart ments of the Council. 4 , The reports, however, of the chiefs of all the branches of the administration for the year 1860, the budget for 1862, and some other projects of laws, made up in committees, will be submitted for your deliberation. "I must especially call your attention, gentlemen, to the important project for the conversion of the corvee into tenant's rates, which will have great influence upon the peace and prosperity of the coup try. " I conclude, gentlemen, in expressing the hope that you will exert yourselves firmly and con jointly in getting acquainted with the real wants of the country, in order to enable me to lay them at the foot of the throne, as the legal expression of well-matured wishes." It will be seen that the whole speech contains nothing but generalities, and carefully avoids any mention of the vital questions of public education, reform in the judicature, and financial affairs. As regards the regulation of the question of rural duties, it is mere derision to put it as a matter of deliberation to the Assembly as any project emanat ing from local sources, and is sure not to meet ideas of the Government, whose principal object, at least in the Polish provinces, is to keep this important question unsettled, and thus to keep up uneasiness and mutual distrust between the peasants and the upper classes. Simultaneously with the opening of the session of the Council, and whilst the elections were pro ceeding, a circular, signed by Mr. Wielopolski, Director of the Home Department and of Public Instruction, has been sent to the chiefs of the Ad ministration in the provinces, increasing the rigour of the state of war, and giving greater latitude to the power of the military commanders. As is generally known, the state of war proclaimed in 1833 has not been since suppressed. On the con trary, General Suchozanet has republished the ukase instituting it. There is, therefore, no ques tion of proclaiming a state of war, but of strength ening it. After the lapse of five weeks, during which some organic, practical, and satisfactory work was ex pected from General Lambert, we learn, without any surprise, we confess, that those who surround him, men belonging to the old system, have advised him, as the only means of pacification, to put the country under the heavy repression of the soldiery, and to entrust such men as Zaycow, Wagner, Roznow, Fenshave, Petrow, with unlimited and irresponsible power. lam one of those who never put any reliance or hope in fine words, and pompously-announced reforms, and who see - in them but a veil covering the old brutal and demo ralising oppression and despotism, which, in the present general state of Europe and Russia's own weakness and embarrassments, it is rather dangerous to prosecute openly. According to the ukase of 1833, proclaiming the state of war, the Viceroy had only the right to qualify whether the persons inculpated were to be delivered up to the courts-martial or to the regular tribunals. But in accordance with the above-named circular, this right is not only ex tended to the military commanders of the provinces and districts, to the commanding officers of the garrisons, and of smaller detachments, but in minor localities even to the majors of towns and officers of gendarmerie, who can thus rule with exceptional laws, institute courts-martial, and decide whether an action is to be qualified and dealt with as a poli tical offence. Such a measure can but open a wider field to the arbitrariness of the military and its chiefs, often men utterly ignorant and unprincipled, and in crease, on the other hand, the agitation and un easiness of the country, and thus paralyze the work of legal organisation for which the country is striving with all the strength at its command. TRIAL OP THE WARRIOR. This ship, the first afloat of England's iron-clad navy, made her official trial of speed at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, near Portsmouth, yesterday, in charge of Captain Broadhead, commanding the steam reserve at the port, and under the supervision of Mr. Lloyd, engineer-in -chief to the Admiralty ; Messrs. Murray and Miller, heads of the engineer ing department of the dockyard • and Mr. Eames, acting inspector afloat. Messrs. Matthew and Holli day represented the builders of the machinery, Messrs. Penn and Sons. Sir John Pakington arrived at Portsmouth the previous night in order to be present at the trial of the ship, for the construction of which he had given the order when in office, since which time he has always displayed the deepest interest in her progress up to her triumphant suc cess of yesterday—a success unparalleled in the history of steamships of war as regards their rate of speed at the measured mile. Among the visitors on board during the trial were Mr. Isaac Watts, the designer of the ship, and Chief-Constructor of the Navy ; Admiral H. Collier ; Mr. Peter Rolt and Captain Ford, of the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company ; Mr. Craddock, master builder of Ports mouth Dockyard; Commander Merbert, her Ma jesty's ship Excellent ; and other officers. Since the ship's cruise on Monday her funnels have each been lengthened six feet to improve the draught of her furnaces, which during the trial of yesterday was found to answer most effectually. By tem porary up and downcast air -shafts, on plans sug gested by Captain Cochrane, the ventilation of the engine-room and stokeholes had also been improved to a great extent, on an average in the latter to as much as 30 degrees less heat, , and by the results of the temporary experiments of yesterday it is antici pated that they may eventually be rendered as cool as those of any other steamship of the navy. A great deal remains to be done to remedy this defect at present, but from the energy which Captain Cochrane has already displayed in the matter, and the success which has already attended his efforts,the subject may be safely left in his hands. The ship got her anchor and turned ahead from her moorings at Spithead at 9 30 a.m., and first steamed out to wards the Nab Light vessel. Between the two light-ships, the ship's head was turned round and laid for the trial ground in Stokes-bay, through which two runs were made before fairly entering on the mile, owing to the boilers partially priming. The first run was entered upon at 58 min. 22 sec. past 10, the engines at the time making 55 revolu tions. The distance was run, with the tide, in 3 min. 38 sec., which gave the ship a speed of 16 . 514 knots. On the second mile the revolutions of the engines were 54; the time 4 min. 57 sec., against the tide, and the speed in knots 12.121. The revo lutions of the engines on the third run were 541, time of the run 3 min. 38 sec., the same as the first run, and speed also the same, 16.514 knots. The fourth run the engines made 53 revolutions, the time in which the run was made being 4 min. 50 sec. ' and the speed of the ship 12.413 knots. O n the fifth run the revolutions of the engines again reached their maximum point, 55, the time being 3 min. 43 sec., and the speed of the ship 16.142 knots. In the sixth and concluding run, the engines made 531 revolutions, the time being 4 min. 47 sec., and the ship's speed 12.543 knots. These runs give the following results :—First mean speeds in knots —14.333, 14.338, 14.463, 14.278, 14.343. Second Mean speeds-14.338,14.400, 14.370,14 . 310. True mean speed—that is, the actual speed attained by the ship as shown by the results of her six miles' trial-14.354 knots. The ship had 760 tons of Nixon's navigation coal on board, of the same quality as that used on board her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, and four months' provisions under hatches, together with all her sea stores, drawing 26ft. Sin. of water aft and 25ft. 6in. forward. The average pressure of steam was 221 b., the vacuum in the condensers being 2511 b. The propeller was an improved Griffiths's, of 24ft. 6in. diameter and 30ft. pitch. The temperature in the engine-ro om ranged from 82 deg. on the platform to 92 deg. at the back of the cylinders. In the forward stoke. hole it ranged from 94 deg. to 109 deg., an d in the after stokehole from 82 deg. to 129 d eg. The indicated horse-power of the engines w as 5,560.8. It is almost unnecessary to add here what has been said several times before, that the eng ines worked in a most satisfactory manner, as the speed gained by the ship yesterday and theaccpouubnitiscwmhi''ne mind have already been published of th e i r previous per formances will sufficiently satisfy the on that point. It is almost equally unnecessary, for feeling etotalab - the same reasons, to say that tthheereonwlyas sen ce of t vibration o in that great e t a h t esh destroyerip, of our steamships ap proachingof war being the mere beat of the i screw in its revo lutions through the w a t er. A s an illustration of this, the Warrior could fire her 10 0-pounder guns, for ward and aft, when at full speed, with a certainty of hitting the obj ec t fired at if within reasonable distance, whereas a wooden ship„would fire the same guns with “ certainty of not hitting the object. In ------- fact, it would be impossible to say how wide the shot—from, say, the Duncan's 100 pounder—would go from the mark fired at when the ship was under full steaming power. This is, of course, owing to the great amount of vibration always existing at the extreme ends of wooden steamships of war, a vibratory movement which the 'Warrior, most for tunately, does not possess. The speed attained by the Warrior places her at the head of the British navy in that particular. Previously the Mersey bore the honours of being the fastest of her Ma jesty's ships, but these have now been wrested from her by her iron sister. The Mersey on her trial at tained a • speed of 13 . 290 knots when in sea trim, with a 5,308 tens displacement, an indicated horse power of engines of 4,044.5, and a nominal horse power of 1,000. Comparing with this the 8,800 tons displacement of the Warrior, with only an additional 250-horse power to assist to drive it through the water, the results of the Warrior's trial of yeststday cannot be looked upon other wise than as a great and unexampled success, both in hull and machinery, and full of promise for a successful future for oar iron ships. The real trial of the Warrior will, however, be on her seagoing trial trip. There is a vast difference between a ship making her experimental runs in a landlocked position like Stokes-bay and a cruise off the Western Islands, the latter accompanied by a moderately rough gale. It has been said, in refer ence to these matters, that the world is supposed to be pretty full of fallacies, but that one of the greatest is to take the speed of a ship at the measured mile as the speed of the ship during her future career. Like the favourite for the Derby, the ship on the morning of the race is in the finest condition, and, admirably jockeyed, goes a tremendous pace for a time, but can no more continue the pace for any great length of time than the horse could keep up his speed to St. Paul's after having won the blue riband of the turf. This is quite true, but still valuable comparative results are gained by the Admiralty from these trials, and by the same results we can place the Warrior as immeasurably the swiftest and steadiest of her Majesty's ships. The weather was exceedingly favourable for the trial, a 'nice breeze prevailing from the north-east, furnishing a good draught to the ship's fires, and being off the land gave smooth water along the ship's course. The coals used are from the Aberdare pits, " Nixon's navigation coal,". from the upper four foot seam, and which, as we have already stated, have been used on board her Majesty's yacht and very highly reported upon by Capt. Denman. From experiments carried out in Portsmouth yard it has been found that this descrip tion of coal possesses 20 per cent. greater power than the ordinary Welsh coals. The trim of the Warrior yesterday was 12 inches more by the stern than it was on Monday last, and it appeared to have a very beneficial effect upon her when at full steam, the volume of water under her bows being much, diminished yesterday, and the immense rush of water over her screw, which prevailed on her trial outside the Wight, towards her after body, being also sensibly lessened. At the conclusion of the trial Capt. Cochrane entertained Sir John Pakington and his other guests to luncheon. After " The Queen" and the usual loyal toasts had been given and duly honoured, Captain Cochrane proposed " The Health of Sir John Pakington, and Success to the Warrior." Sir John, in replying, said that it was one of the most gratifying days of his life. He had been anxious to see the Warrior in her seagoing condition, and what he had seen that day had far exceeded his warmest expectations. He begged to congratulate Captain Cochrane upon the great suc cess of the day's trial and the triumph of the ship. He was also glad to be able to congratulate Mr.. Watts, as the designer of the ship, Mr. Lloyd on the arrangements connected with his most import ant department, Mr. Peter Rolt and Capt. Ford, representing as they did the builders of the ship— the Thames Iron Ship-building Company, and also Mr. Matthew who was present on behalf of Messrs. Penn, the builders of the ship's machinery. He hoped in the gale of wind which it was understood the ship was going in search of that she would acquit herself as creditably as she had that day done. He and his colleagues had felt great anxiety at the time in ordering a ship to be built of so novel as construction, and in proportion to that anxiety were his pride and gratification on the present one. sion. Success must depend in a great measure upon the handsto which the ship was intrusted. The duty of appointment by a change of Government had fallen upon his successors, the present Board, but it was impossible for them to have placed the War rior in better hands than in those of Captain Coch rane, whose good health he begged to propose. Captain Cochrane replied in suitable terms, express ing the pride he felt in commanding so noble a vessel. Mr. Peter Rolt, in replying on behalf of the Thames Iron Ship-building Company, said that in their construction of the Warrior he trusted they had satisfied the country, and that the ship by her doings that day had satisfied the world. The ship anchored at Spithead shortly before one p.m., and visitors and officers on board afterwards returned on shore in the Fire Queen steam tender, mgstei-counuaude, Paul. VISIT OF THE PRINCE (L WALES TO CL UMBER. WORKSOP, THURSDAY. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at the station last night, a few minutes before seven o'clock, from Crewe, via Manchester, accompanied by Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce and Captain Grey. He was met by the Duke of Newcastle and his son (Lord Lincoln), both of whom his Royal Highness shook cordially by the hand. The Duke then conducted his Royal guest across the platform. The vast assemblage present, including the Volun teers under the command of Captain Mason, ap plauded him heartily, the band of the corps play ing the National Anthem. His Royal Highness was then conducted out of the station by the Duke to the carriage awaiting to convey him to Clumber. The Clumber troop of Yeomanry Cavalry were drawn up, and escorted the Royal party to Clumber. A large number of persons were congregated out side the station, and tEey cheered loudly as the Prince of Wales was hand into the carriage by the Duke of Newcastle. The cortege, Without the least delay, drove away, the people avd the Volunteers cheering more loudly than before. General Bruce rode in the carriage with his Royal Highnessal,he Duke of Newcastle an d hi s son b e i ng on horseback The following nobility and gentry have accepted the invitation of his Grace to meet his Royal High ness :—The Marquis of Hartington, Earl and Coun tess Manvers, Earl of Sefton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord and Lady Belper, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Denison, Major-General Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Manners Sut ton, Colonel and Mrs. Wright, Lord Edward Clinton, Captain Grey, Mr. Goldwin Smith, and Mr. and 'Mrs. Englehurst. We understand that Lady Lincoln is detained by illness. In addition to the guests named above, the fol lowing nobility and gentry will dine with the Prince :—Viscount Galway, M.P., and Viscountess Galway; Lord and Lady Foley, Workshop Manor; Mr. Foljambe and Viscountess Milton, Osberton hall ; the Ladies Clinton, Ranby-house ; Major and Mrs. Welfit ; Mrs. Bridgeman Simpson, Babworth hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Granville Vernon, the Grove ; Captain and Mrs. Machin ; and the Mayors of Nottingham, Newark, and Retford. Accompanied by the noble host and the guests, his Royal Highness sailed down the noble lake to Hardwicke. The Prince went over the farm pre mises there, and also visited the model village in course of erection there. It is not intended, so far as I can learn, that, any addresses shall be made, and this is confirmed by the following letter, Which his Grace the Duke of Newcastle has addressed to the Mayor of Sheffield:— behalf o f t h e Prince of Wale " am C t l h umber, Oct. 15. sorry to 's' be obliged to de c li ne , on the add ress which by your lettere eeeseeinvteadti m orning it is th e w i s h o f t h e C orporation o f Shef field t o prepare. presentation " In so doing I cannot say that I have his Royal Highness's direct authority, and there is not time to communicate with him, but I am sure that it is his desire that the visit to Clumber should be con. siderPd private, and addresses from public bodies would obviously be inconsistent with that character. " You may be assured, however, that the propo sition of the Corporation shall be duly communi cated to his Royal Highness on his arrival here to-morrow. " I am, sir, your very obedient servant, " NEWCASTLE." The Prince will leave Clumber for Cambridge about noon on Saturday. During that day the park will be thrown open to the public. It appears that the Government of Victoria bays resolved to issue £250,000 of their guaranteed railway debentures in the colony, where they have the power to put out £1,000,000 of the £8,000,000 authorised. This course seems to have been taken in consequence of the large supply of money in the Melbourne market seeking investment, and its effect will probably be, not only to defer new issues in London, but also to give confidence to exist jug Molders,