The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

RO YAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Corti, G. Honey, Patey, Lys.ll, W allworth, T. Distin, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. To conclude with THE TOY MAKER. Mr. 11. Haigh, G. Pyne; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall, Commence at Seven o'clock The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. 11 it EA TM. ItO YAL, HAYMARKET, 9 Lessee, Mr. J. B. Burestone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dunrircary, Mr. &Ahern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, dm Atter which, MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Sotheran, Miss Oliver, &c. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To con Jude with FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. Commence a 7 LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. PirTS EVE - Pl.( the nert ortnanoes will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lacy and Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Eight (31st time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP 0' DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmun Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in ' which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer Step. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. cmtterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commenoe at 9. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. EW THRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Great Attraction for the Cattle Show Week.—Mr. and Mrs Dion Boue!cault in two pieces. THIS EVENING, commencing at 7, the great American drama of TIII4I OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA Mr. and Mrs. Dion Poucicault, Messrs. Billi ng t on, Emery,; Phillip-, Jamison, Stephenson, Smith, Romer. Lewis. Mrs. P.illinf, , ton. Mrs. H. Marston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. IL Lewis. At 20 minutes past 9 o'clock the great Irish drama, TETE cold, KEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault, Mr. Fisher, Mr.' Emery, Mr. Billington, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. 11. Lewis. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. THIS EVENING, to commence with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Followed by CAMELIA. Camelia, Mdlle. di Rhona. After which, BAMBOOZLING. To conclude with L'ECOSSAISE, by Mdlle. di Rhona. Box-office open from 11 to 4. Doors open at 7—Commence at half-past 7. C INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR SAM COWELL at Eleven o'clock in several favou rite Songs, including " THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT." Grand Selections from STRADELLA and LA TRAVIATA, By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. - The Comic department :—Mr. Sam Cowell ; Mr. Marshall, in his new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;" Messrs. Harvey and French (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and his talented son, the best negro delineators of the day ; and Miss Harriet Coveney . Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. II H E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Selections from "LA CIRCASSIENNE," "Simon Boom mgra," and " Ernani," by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, and Madame Enderssohn; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene, and Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). And Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Randall, Sam Collins, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes. 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Moraingl h, m.—Afternoon, 12h.' Sm. To-Moßßow. -Morning, 12h. 32m.—Afternoon, 12h. 54m. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 14, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51-74ighest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—thisfday at noon. BARoaeETEn-30.05; rising. WlND—South-Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather. kl tV 4 1 , ww , •••••0 • - • 3 , s JAI: ° r THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1861. Mr. THURLOW WEED not having been taken out of a British Mail Packet by the Sumpter or the Nashville, has arrived here safely, and sits down comfortably in his hotel to write his letter to a contemporary. He begins with candour, at the expense, he tells us, of his patriotism ; we were certainly not aware before, that candour to wards an offending nation was want of patriotism to wards our own. Probably, however, Mr. WEED ac cepts that favourite transatlantic motto—" our coun try right or wrong." His candid though unpatriotic confession is that the crack case of the Americans —the seizure of Mr. LAURENS—must be given up and that " the bottom has fallen out of our strongest precedent." What, however, Mr. WEED is chiefly coneerned about, is the, to him, unaccountable notion that Mr. SEWARD could have been thought by English- men hostile to their country, or that the American Government generally had a similar feeling. How can we have been so mistaken ? He refers to the story of Mr. SEWARD'S remark to the Duke of NEW CASTLE, that he expected soon to be in high office, and if he were, he must insult England. We con fess we had looked on the story as gossip, it might be true or might be false, but we did not consider it evidence against Mr. SEWARD. After Mr. WEED'S remarks probably most persons will add it to the rest. A gentleman who was in a position to know about all such gossip does not contradict it, speaks of it as an alleged conversation, and excuses it as badinage, well understood by an American, and meaning nothing. Mr. WEED is again so unpatriotic as not to shrink from censuring the rude remark, from a man in SEWARD'S position, as highly offensive. Englishmen will, however, be unable to gef rid of the impression of a proverb current enough in their own country respecting the truth of words spoken in jest. When the subsequent acts of the jester accord with his jesting language, it is impossible not to perceive that the ruling passion suggested the man's jests. Mr. Titus,Low WEED seems to overlook the more serious part of Mr. SEWARD'S behaviour: We can understand that Mr. SEWARD, in honest ridicule of the sovereign mob, if he had dared to satirize his patrons, might have pictured them as blind and silly enough to demand such a feat of bullying from him, although a gentleman would not have selected insults to his guests, as jokes on his own mob masters. That, however, might pass, it being acknowledged that a spice of rudeness seasons the humour to American taste. None of these excuses apply, however, to M r . ',AWARD'S de liberate speeches, letters, or acts; and Mr. WEED cannot deny that these have seemed designed to irritate us to the uttermost, if we did not consider it beneath us to be irritated by such a man. Hi s celebrated speech referring to Canada as the appr c .. priato compensation for Southern losses, his circular urging on the Governors of the States the fortification of the sea coasts and lakes, and his treatment of the Southern Commissioners after they had been taken out of an English vessel, all cohere so well with a malicious purpose behind the joke, that we can hardly doubt that that and other things which might be mentioned originate from one motive—the desire to be strong with the American mob, by going as far as he dare with England. English feelings towards Mr. SEWARD, and, in a measure towards the whole Government of which ho is a prominent member, has changed much as it has done in regard to the whole Northern party, Mr. SEWARD was long looked on here as an eminent man at home, favourable to liberty, and hostile to slavery. We felt a ittfle disappointed when an inferior man, as we supposed, at least one unknown in England—Mr. LINCOLN—was se lected for the Presidency. Now, we regard Mr. SEWARD as an utterly unprincipled politician—a man preferring slavery for the South if it does not trouble the North; and a Minister who, as we strongly suspect, would not be sorry to get the North out of its disgraceful humiliation by the South, through a war with England. It would, in deed, be ruin to thousands of his countrymen—death, literally, to other thousands—but what would it signify? Mr. SEWARD would become great thereby. We believe that at this moment there is ten times more humane consideration in England for the sufferings Americans must endure, if we are compelled to fight, than there is in the breast of Mr. SEWARD himself. We fear he will urge on his countrymen to hostile courses, to purchase the tem porary popularity of his rowdies, and the execrations of posterity. Mr. WEED is certainly in the wrong if he supposes that England will put up with the attempt to humiliate us, by making us dance attend ance on protracted negotiations. The first answer, if it be one of objections, on the grounds of international law, may he entitled to a reply and an ultimatum, unless indeed our Government has despatched an ultimatum already. That, how ever, would be the extreme of forbearance. One point is so clear—the illegality of the seizure with out condemnation by a court—that there is not a word to be said for it. If Mr. SEWARD means peace, he will accept the illegality as an honour. able and easy means of getting out of the difficulty, even if he thinks the seizure substantially right. He will acknowledge that other nations cannot accept Lynch Law at the hands of Americans, however satisfactory it may be as a domestic ad ministration of justice in New York or Baltimore. As our Government is understood to have confined itself advisedly to the reason which admits of no refutation, a negative, or even procrastinating reply, can only result from the same temper as dictated the rude speech to the Duke of NEW CASTLE and the PRINCE OF WALES. Mr. BUXTON, in his speech at Maidstone on Thursday night, dwelt much on the suitableness of arbitration in the dispute—should Mr. LINCOLN have the folly to make a dispute of it—between England and America. There is one consideration of importance in this case—who is to be the arbitrator or arbitrators ? There is also another— who is to bind the American to good faith ? In the last case we attempted to settle with them by arbitration, though pledged to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, they refused the award, and quarrelled with us over it for nearly thirty years. Of what use is arbitration with such repudiators of moral as well as of pecuniary obliga tions ? We acknowledge the merit of the arbitra tion clause introduced by Lord CLARENDON into the Paris Treaty ; but then its utility implies that the honour of the nations who refer the case can be implicitly relied on. We can conceive of no arbitration which would bind Mr. SEWARD and Mr. LINCOLN but one of all the maritime Powers of Europe. They all, as well as England, are deeply interested in this question. If England has to fight now, it will be with the sympathies of every Power which has ships at sea ; and it is fair, when one individual of a maritime community quarrels with another, that all should be invited to decide on the right of the case. To this, probably America would objeet. She would challenge every one of the jury—but why—because every juryman would feel that if he sanctioned the seizure of the Commissioners, his own turn for insult would come next. There is no power which America has flattered more than it has France, unless we except Russia—would Mr. SEWARD accept Louis NAPO LEON'S Government as an arbitrator' We fear not. Yet we have certainly no reason to presume on French partiality. America, however, we sus pect, after all her toadying of France would be very reluctant to abide by her decision. One thing England must insist on is, that the question be not again hung up, as the boundary question referred to the King of the NETHERLANDS was, in consequence of the United States refusing to accept her decision, though they had pledged themselves to do so. We have had enough of such wearisome chicanery ; besides, even a boundary question could better lie unsettled than one in volving the personal liberty of two individuals who had committed themselves to the safeguard of our flag. It would be intolerable that Messrs SLIDELL and MASON should lie in a wretched pri son, should the Washington Government—if Wash ington be a centre of Government so long —once more reject an award, and dispute with us-for eight and-twenty years whether they had a right to seize them or not. We imagine England, unless she objected to it as undignified, would feel little fear of abiding by the arbitration either of France singly or of all the States of Europe. Mr. HORSMAN'S abandonment of all hope of Par liamentary Reform is so complete and absolute in itself that it would amount almost to Political Despair, only that he evidences himself such entire contentment under it. Never was there a more smug complacency than that 'displayed by the right hon. member for Stroud upon an occurrence that he affects still to regard as a sort of national disappointment. " The question of Parliamentary Reform," he said on Tuesday, " was killed in 1860, and was buried in the silence of the QUEEN'S Speech in 1861. The nation," he then went on to say, "instead of indulging in a general mourning, indulged in something that sounded like a general fit of merriment; and well it might, when it found that that great demand for Parliamentary Reform —that national, overpowering, and irresistible de mand, that had been in the mouths of every Minis ter and Statesman—that had been the prominent topic of every QUEEN'S Speech, the cause of so many Cabinet Councils, the subject of so many hustings speeches, was by the unanimous testimony of his own champions and apostles, so far as regarded the constituencies, such a delusion—so far as regarded the representatives such a gigantic sham, that out of 650 of the deeply-pledged members of the House of Commons, only 46 could be found to enter even a formal and unmeaning (!) protest against a Minister that he stormed office upon a pledge of Reform, abandoned Reform, and yet retained ostffiLe." tho ß u a g tr a h he somew lo h n a g t , p ,b u r ll ea o t f he a cr se b n y te i n t, ce w . e h ß a u v t e , the consolation of knowing when we come to look at it again that it comprises within it so much ! Such half -veiled sympathy in the exultation expressed by the derisive Charivari that greeted 1 the final bursting of the Reform Babble —that " something that sounded like a general fit of ( merriment" both within and without the walls of Parliament ! So earnest a Reformer is Mr. HORS MAN ! So heart-and-soul is he for the renovation of our whole representative system ! Again, the portentous and Brobdignagian sentence but just now excerpted from Mr. HORSMAN'S late vacation ad. dress to his Stroud constituents, comprises within it so just and happily timed a gibe at what the right THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVE NI NG, DEC - 0118 6 g 14, 1861. hon. gentleman has the consummate effrontery to call " an unmeaning protest against a Minister [these are Mr. HORSMAN'S own words, observe !] —against a Minister"—for in "that he stormed office upon a pledge of Reform, abandoned Re form, and yet retained office !" Why, out of Mr. HORSMAN'S own mouth let Lord PALMERSTON be judged —or rather, be it said, Lord RUSSELL. Because the Minister who really and truly " stormed office on a pledge of Reform" forcibly throwing out Lord DERBY'S Reform Bill, and consequently destroying Lord DERBY'S Govern ment—being (we appeal to Hansard for testimony of this), rather, Lord JOHN (as he was then) than Lord PALMERSTON. For it was by Lord JOHN'S Resolutions that the "storming" was accomplished. Lord JOHN was the Leader of the Forlorn Hope —a very Forlorn Hope as it has turned out to be in the literal significance of the phrase—what though its audacity of assault was rewarded then by an apparent victory over its antagonists. Remembering this— remembering that it was Lord RUSSELL while still M.P. for the City of London who was thus indi vidually responsible for the Nation being baulked of Reform—at the very time when it might have secured any extent of Reform that it so pleased (meaning by the modification of Mr. DISRAELI'S Bill in its passage through Committee)—remember ing this in regard to the noble Earl lately M.P. for the City of London, we maintain that it is per -1 fectly preposterous for Mr. HORSMAN to speak as we have just now shown him to have spoken. And still more preposterous that he should add, as he immediately went on to add that "Lord J. RUSSELL was the only man whose sincerity was undoubted." He who had done the whole mischief, by means of his insidious Resolutions! "He had been for years persevering in his endeavours [Mr. HORSMAN went on to remark in words that read only with the bit terest irony] to mar his own great work, and every measure which he had offered to the country had been less acceptable than the preceding one ; and if his own career had been cut short last year his biography would have been stained by its closing chapter. But he lived to redeem his error [by aban doning Reform]. The indifference of the public in 1860, and the insincerity of Parliament, brought conviction even to his reluctant mind. Feeling that conviction he manfully expressed it. But he has had his reward. As long as he was coercing the nation by ill-digested measures of reform he was disliked and distrusted as a public man. He was now distrusted no longer. His popularity as a mi nister and a statesman is now re-established." As Foreign Minister—Yes! As a Parliamentary Re former, as the Chief and Champion of the interests of Parliamentary Reform—No, a thousand times, No ! However, Mr. HORSMAN and others may exult over the recollection of Earl RUSSELL'S really lamentable Resolutions —we, at any rate cannot but still deplore the remembrance of them as— among othor calamitous results—absolutely suicidal to the noble lord's reputation as a Reformer or, still more, as the recognised leader of the Reformers. LATE6T NE . NNi.'43. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. PARIS, DEC. 14. The Moniteur of this morning reviews, in its bulletin, the conflicting appreciations on the Anglo- American question, and says— " The London papers indulge in criticisms more or less hazardous on pretended offers of mediation, and announce that General Scott has gone to America to make an effort in favour of peace. But the name of France has been mixed up in this matter, embellished with details absolutely false." Orders have been given by the French Govern ment to concentrate all the naval forces available toward Charleston. Should the North declare war, an extra French squadron will leave for American waters. France will not take any active part in the war if she can possibly avoid it. TURIN, DEC. 13. According to telegrams received here to-day from Naples, there appears to be no probability that Torre del Greco will escape destruction. NAPLES, DEC. 13. The Pungolo of to day says—" A report from a consular agent of a foreign Power at Chieti affirms that Borges before dying declared that he had been deceived by the Legitimist Committee at Paris, and that no elements for a revolution against the Italian Government existed in the Neapolitan provinces. He said also that the only force that could be col lected by the aid of gold would consist of assassins and thieves ; that Langlois was an imbecile, and Crocco a scoundrel ; and concluded by stating that he wished to go to Rome to expose to Francis 11. the crimes which had been committed in his name; Borges died courageously. A journal of his opera tions, with other important correspondence, were found among his papers." BOLOGNA, DEC. 13. Last night twenty-eight persons dressed as cara bineers presented themselves at the railway station in this city, stating that they had orders to lay in wait there for thieves. Being admitted to the office, these individuals broke open the cash-box, and abstracted 80,000 f. PARIS, DEC. 13. The Presse of this evening publishes a despatch from Washington, asserting that there was great popular agitation in favour of resistance against any demands on the part of England in respect to the Trent affair. According to the same despatch, the French naval division from the Antilles would proceed to Charleston, before which the English squadron was lying at anchor. The Patrie of this evening states that General Scott will reach New York on the 24th inst., and adds, " General Scott's mission thus appears to have been arranged so as to allow him time to fulfil i t be fore the ultimatum of England is remitted to the Federal Government, and perhaps to modify the the nature of this step on the part of England." The Pays asserts, on the contrary, that the Eng lish ultimatum will be of an absolute character. MARSEILLES, DEC. 13. Letters received here to-day from Beyrout assert that Joseph Karam had been set at liberty, and might be expected to arrive in France by the next packet. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 12. Yesterday morning some stockjobbers combined with a few intriguers of Galata and pushed specu lations for a rise to such an extent as to cause a general panic. The Government immediately took the necessary measures to reassure the public mind and to arrest the further prosecution of this nefari- ous attempt. The panic is completely allayed, and perfect calm prevails to-day in the capital. The Government has received most satisfactory news from Omer Pacha. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14. The news from Chili by the Atrato is favour able. Much good was expected from the present Administration. Confidence was returning in corn taercial circles. The establishment of a line of steamers between the Atlantic and Pacific, through the Straits of Magellan, was urgently demanded. The accounts from Bolivia are deplorable. The commander-general of Lapary, Colonel Yancey, had ordered 220 persons engaged in the late revolutionary movement to be shot. The elections in Peru had resulted in favour of San Rimon. The preparations for war against Ecuador were still progressing. The Peruvian treasury was re• ported to be in a bad condition. Mar was expected to be next President. The state of political affairs at Mazathan Lapary was quiet. The Valparaiso impart market was dull. Copper had advanced. Money was scarce. Shipping in demand at advanced rates. Silver—fine 10.30 per mare. Exchange on London, 60 and 90 days, 45 to 451. Paris, 460. GENERAL SCOTT'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS. A letter from Paris says :—" I yesterday men tioned that General Scott was to have left Paris for the United States, as it was rumoured, on a mission from the French Government. The fact of his de parture is certain, but that of the mission I cannot affirm positively. General Scott has had, since he came to Paris several interviews with Prince Napo leon, and has seen the Emperor once at least. His departure was suddenly resolved upon—l believe the same day he left. The general belief is that he has gone with the intention of enlightening the Washington Cabinet as to the feeling that prevails in France, and with the French Government, on the Anglo-A merican quarrel. He is doubtless acquainted with the opinion of the Emperor, and that it is not favourable to President Lincoln's policy we are already aware. The General will probably con vince his country men that they cannot count upon the moral support of France in this matter. Something is also said of his being charged to propose the mediation of the French Government. With respect to his last point, it is true that the 23d Protocol of the Paris Congress of 1856 does recommend mediation. It is, however, but a re commendation, and not an engagement accepted by the Powers. Here are the words : " The Plenipotentiaries do not hesitate to express, in the name of their Governments, the wish that the States be tween which any serious dissension may arise would, before appealing to arms, have recourse, so far as circumstances may admit, to the good offices of a friendly Power. The Plenipotentiaries hope that the Governments not repre sented in the Congress will associate themselves to the thought which has inspired the wish expressed in the pre sent Protocol." The outrage committed on the Trent is hardly one of the "circumstances" admitting of anything short of the surrender of the Commissioners ; and both France and Piedmont paid little regard to the " wish" expressed in the Protocol when they deter mined on the war with Austria. TFIE RETURN OF GENERAL SCOTT.—Mr. Thurlow Weed has given a prompt contradiction to a statement of the Pah ie, to the effect that Lieutenant -General Scott's return to America was " in consequence of an urgent de spatch from the Washington cabinet." "He had received neither an order nor a suggestion from his Government. His change of purpose was the result, under changed cir cumstances, of his own sense of duty." The Patrie has made itself conspicuous by publishing news about Ameri can affairs for which there was not the least foundation. ARMING OF MERCHANT VESSELS. In conse quence of the uncertainty which exists as to a war with America, the merchant vessels belonging to Messrs. Wigram, Green, Somes, and other large firms, are about to be armed with guns on the upper deck, and in some cases rifled ordnance will be used in order to be prepared for pri vateers, should a war take place du r ing the voyage. The deficiency in the grain crops of England and France this year is estimated at 144,000,000 bushels—viz., 80 millions in France and 64 millions in England. This deficiency has been and will be chiefly supplied from Ame rica. Upwards of 100 million bushels of breadstuffs will reach New York in the present year, and this supply will be kept up during the winter. The value of the exports of domestic produce from New York up to the latter end of November amounted to 118 million of dollars. PORTSMOUTH, Friday, 6 p.m.—The strong breezes of the past few days have settled down to -day in a strong gale from the southward, which increases as the day closes, and gives every prcmise of "dirty weather" in the Channel. The barometer on the Victoria pier —one of Negretti and Zambra's sea-coast—fell half an inch in the previous 24 hours at 9 a.m. to-day, and still continues its downward movement. It now stands at 29.4. THORPE, SUFFOLK, Dec. 12.—During a heavy south-westerly gale, thick with rain, early this morning, the brig Content, of Sunderland, was observed with a flag of distress flying, to be driving on shore opposite the Sluice, Sizewell, Suffolk. The National Institution's lifeboat, sta tioned at Thorpe, proceeded immediately to the rescue of the vessel's crew of five men, whom she succeeded in taking off and landing in safety. A boat, belonging to a smack that was cruising about, had previously reached the brig; the boat's crew, however, became alarmed, and after the lifeboat had taken off the vessel's crew, they entreated the coxswain not to leave them until they had got their boat through the broken water. The total number of lives saved from a watery grave by the lifeboats of the National Life boat Institution during the present year alone amounts to two hundred and eighty-three. GALLANT LIFBBOAT SERVICES.—FISHGUARD, Dec. 12.—During a terific gale from the S.S.W., with heavy rain, this afternoon, the coxswain of the lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, descried a flag of distress flying from a smack at anchor in Fishguard Bay. In less than half an hour the lifeboat was alongside the vessel, which proved to be the Ellen Owens, of Cardi gan. The vessel was dragging her anchors, and was rapidly driving on the rocks, when, in the absence of the lifeboat, every soul on board must have perished. Under these circumstances, the master and his crew of two men determined to abandon the vessel. The lifeboat therefore safely landed them. '1 he crew of the lifeboat reported that she behaved admirably on the occasion. Fortunately the gale subsequently moderated, and the vessel having held to ber anchors, her crew were afterwards put on board. WARLIKE PREPARATlONS.—Preliminaries for the prompt despatch of soldiers, sailors, and marines, together with military and commissariat stores,as well as ammunition and ordnance, including rifle and smooth-bore guns, con tinue to be pushed forward in Liverpool with the utmost alacrity. The offices and counting-rooms of the Cunard Company, and of Capt. Leycester, R.N., present an appear ance widely different from their usual quiet aspect. All is bustle and animation ; the floors are piled, like warehouses, with boxes and packages of all forms and varied dimensions. The officials, as if conscious of the important part assigned to them in this unusual drama, seem intent on bestowing a double amount of care and attention in the discharge of duties differing little from those they have long been in the habit of discharging with the most entire success, yet which they appear now to attach unusual importance to. Rumour also is busy in all quarters, and on every hand the inquirer obtains hints of communications between the Government and companies possessing first-class steam •vessels. Yes terday one of those rumours assigned a Government char. ter to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's fine new steamer Peru, which is expected round from the Clyde in the beginning of next week—one portion of her rumoured allotment being 60 sailors and 40 marines, as reinforcements to our squadron in the Pacific. Ihe Cunard mail steamer Niagara, which sails to-day for Halifax and Boston, will take out 20 officers and 350 men and non-commissioned officers belonging to the Military Train, under command of Col. Kennedy, C.B. The Australasian steamship, belong ing to the same company, was to sail with last night's tide, carrying 831 non-commissioned officers and men and 254 non• commissioned officers and privates of the 4th Brigade of Artillery. The Persia will have despatch on Sunday morning. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXHIBITION BUILD ING.—Mr. C. St. Clair Bedford, the Westminster coroner, held an inquest at St. George's Hospital yesterday after noon on the body of Martin Conolly, aged 23, residing at 6, New-court, Brompton, who was killed by an accident at the International Exhibition building. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that on Monday last a gang of workmen and labourers engaged in the construction of the roof and domes of the building were hoistingand placing bars of iron, technically termed "principals," weighing llcwt. each, on the toyscaffold of the great dome. One of these " prin cipals" suddenly fell, in consequence of not being properly bolted, thereby tipping over some planks on which deceased was standing. He was in consequence thrown headlong to the ground, a distance of upwards of 60ft., the falling prin cipal and planks inflicting injuries on two other men. The sufferers were promptly removed to St. George's Hospital, but the deceased expired from internal injuries before ad mission. A number of witnesses were examined with a view to ascertain if any one was to blame for not having the prin cipal properly bolted, which it was clearly shown was the cause of the accident. It was stated to be the duty of the ganger, named Firm, to see that the bolts were fixed. Firm deposed that he duly appointed the deceased and another, called Mara, to see to this being done. Mara swore that he knew nothing whatever about it, and that he was absent 21 hours talking to a friend. The jury returned an open verdict, that deceased died from the effects of a fall at the International Exhibition, by gross negligence, arising from the bolts of the principal not being properly fixed, EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS AT CHESTER.—At the Chester polioe-court, on Wednesday, John Jacobs Johns, chief cashier of the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, was charged with forgery and embezzle ment. Mr. Ford prosecuted, on behalf of the Albert Medi cal and Family Endowment Society, and Mr. Cartwright defended the prisoner. It appears that it is usual for the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, when they engage persons for situations of trust and responsibility, to insist upon guarantees for honesty and fidelity. Tho prisoner has been chief cashier to the company about eight years, and the Albert Medical and Family Endowment Society became security for him. Some little time ago suspicion was excited, in consequence of some irregularies in the prisoner's books, which led to a partial examination of them. The result of that examination was, that defalca tions to the amount of upwards of £BOO were discovered, in addition to which there appeared strong reason to suppose that forgery had been committed by the prisoner. The only evidence adduced on Wednesday was to prove that the pri soner had not paid £l5 15s. into Messrs. Dixon and War dell's bank, on the Bth of October last, which amount he had debited that bank with in his pass-book. This having been proved, the prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that the books of the company might be thoroughly , murdned. 134 refused. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. (From the Court Circular.) WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 13. A bulletin of the health of the Prince Consort was issued this day : "His Royal Highness the Prince Consort passed a restless night, and the symptoms have assumed an un favourable character during the day. "JAMES Claim, M.D. " HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. "THOMAS WATSON, M.D. "THOMAS JENNER, M.D. " Windsor Castle, Dec. 13." SATURDAY, 2 A.M. Between one and two o'clock this morning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales left the South-Western Railway terminus by special train, a message having been received by the Prince that his presence was required at Windsor Castle. SATURDAY, 2 P.M. We are happy to state that an improvement has taken place in the state of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The immediate cause of alarm has passed away, and hopes may be entertained for a favourable issue. His Highness the Prince Trouhetzkoy has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. The Duke of Hamilton left Hamilton House on Thursday for Baden-Baden. The Princess de Camporeale arrived at Folke stone on Wednesday from Paris, and proceeded to London the same afternoon. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare arrived in town yesterday, from the Duchess Dowager of Suther land's seat, Cliefden, near Maidenhead, in order to be pre sent at the marriage of Lady Londesborough and Lord Otho Fitzgerald, which is appointed to take place today. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Earl and Countess De Grey and Ripon, the Countess of Tankerville, Viscount Bury, the Right Hon. William F. Cowper, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Sir Alan M'Nab, and a select party at dinner last evening, at their residence, in Piccadilly. The Duke of Montrose, who returned a few days since from Paris, has left town for Buchanan Castle, Stir lingshire, accompanied by Lord W. Graham. The duchess and Lady Violet Murray are at present staying in Paris. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey will leave town early in the ensuing week for Middleton Park, sear Bicester. Lord and Lady George Lennox and Mrs. Lane Fox have arrived at Brighton. General Buckley, M.P., and Lady Catherine Buckley have arrived at Critchill House, Dorsetahire, on a visit to Mr. and Lady C. Sturt. Sir Henry S. Keating received the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and a select circle of his learned friends, on Thursday evening, at his house in Prince's-gardens. LORD DERBY ON TIIE AMERICAN CRISIS.--With reference to the American crisis, a report that Lord Derby has been consulted by the Government, and has approved their policy, is believed to be correct. SIR ALAN M`NAB.—It is satisfactory to find that Sir Alan M‘Nab, who was formerly Prime Minister of Canada, and who so eminently distinguished himself in the American war of 1812, and subsequently by cutting out the Caroline in the Canadian trouble of 1838, has returned to Canada, where it is understood he will be entrusted with the organisation of the Canadian militia. Sir Alan last month was wrecked on his way to this country in the North Briton, and during his short stay of a week in England he was consulted by her Majesty and by Lord Paimerston as to the military defences of British North America—a sub ject with which no one is better acquainted than the hon. and gallant baronet, whom the late Duke of Wellington on a memorable occasion described as " the right hand of Eng land's power in Canada." It is understood that Sir Alan's confidence in the military capabilities and resources of the Canadian people are of the most assuring character. A sale of cotton grown in Algeria has just taken place at Havre. The quantity offered was 400 bales, and the competition was so brisk that it fetched a trifle above sf. per kilog. The Fulton, which will be due on Wednesday next at Cowes from New York, will leave the latter port on the 7th, and Cape Race on the 10th. She will no doubt bring news of the effect produced at New York by the in telligence from England on the subject of the affair of the Trent, as a steamer left Liverpool for America on the night of the 27th, and called at Queenstown the next day. Nei ther the Etna nor the Sasonia, from some unaccountable cause, brought any intelligence from Cape Race. The Asia, due to-day at Queenstown, will bring four days' comments of the New York press on the affair of the Nashville and Harvey Birch. It is stated in the New York letters that the re cent sudden advance in the rate of exchange to 1091 was caused by the Government having purchased £50,000 of bills on Messrs. Rothschild and £50,000 on Messrs. Brown to remit to this country in payment for saltpetre. If the market could be thus affected by tb.e purchase of such an amount as £lOO,OOO, the disturbance next month, when between £1,000,000 and £ 2 ,000,000 will have to be re mitted to Europe in payment of dividends, may be expected to prove severe. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 13.—The market has been less firm to-day, and stock having been rather offered quotations are lower. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f 60c. Railways also heavy, and in some cases lower. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 20 Credit Fancier l2OO Do. end month.... 95 301 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 621 ; Roman Bank Shares 2930 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.. , . 731 25 ' Spaniai Threes— 49 25 Do. Account 732 50 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1290 .. 1291 25 Northern New ditto . 910 Lyons and Mediterranean 1003 75 .. 1005 Geneva 347 60 350 Southern 662 50 665 Western Eastern/ Sardinian 337 50 .. 340 Austrian Lombard . 5lO .. 511 25 PLYMOUTH, Friday.—This vicinity has during the last 24 hours been visited with a heavy storm of wind and rain from the southward, amounting occasionally to a hurricane. The ships of war in Hamosze have struck lower yards and topmasts, The brigantine Pride of Lime rick, Capt. Macdonald, of and for Limerick, with coal from Newcastle, ran into this port at noon for shelter, and let go two anchors in the mouth of Catwater. Both cables parted immediately, and she was blown on the rocks under Queen Anne's Battery. An effort to get her clear failed, in con sequence of the warp breaking. SAXOLINE OlL:—This oil, which is a very recent introduction, is attracting a good deal of attention amongst scientific men, and, as far as it has been tested and proved, promises to become a valuable domestic adjunct. The Saxoline is pronounced to be as good as the Belmontine and other Burmese oils, and, although of such a qualify, the price of it is very little more than the finest Paraffin, the ordinary lamps for which are used for its consumption. It is altogether colourless and free from smell. The specific gravity is about 800, and, although so light, it is an oil which is not explosive, Its luminous power, while equal to gas, is much softer. Tho commercial dissemination of this valuable product has, we are informed, been entrusted to the well-known firm of Messrs. Lawrie and Co., of Old Broad-street, City,—Ms. INDIA, CHINA AUSTRALIA. We have received in anticipation of the Overland Mail our letters and papers, under date of Calcutta, Nov. 8; Singapore, Nov. 2; Madras, Nov. 14; Hong Kong, Nov. 1; Sydney, Oct. 21 ; Melbourne, Oct. 26. The Bengal Hurkara (Calcutta, Nov. 8), says ; " Thf great event which has occurred since we last wrote is the investiture by Lord Canning at Allahabad of the Maharajahs of Gwalior and Put tiala, the Begum of Bhopal, and the Rajah of Ram pore, with the order of the Star of India. There was a brilliant assemblage of natives and Europeans, including a number of ladies, in the Durbar tent to witness the ceremony. "The indigo districts are again unlucky. There has been a late rise of the river which has destroyed all the seed that had been sown, and more is not procurable. One of our correspondents, however, congratulates the sufferers that they will have no October plant to lose when the decennial gale takes place in May next. In 1842 and 1852 we had most destructive gales in that month, and it is not un likely that one may occur next year. COMMERCIAL. Exchange.—The transactions in bills on London for this opportunity have been to a fair extent, and chiefly in bank bills ; rates have slight:y advanced, and the closing quota tions are 2.07-16 to 2.0 i for bank, and 2.0 k to 2.0 k for credit bills. Documentary have sold at 2./. On France the sales have been limited at 2.0 k to 2.0/ for three and six months' sight bills payable in London, and 2.58 to 2.60 for three months' sight payable in France. There have been con siderable sales on China at 214 per 100 dols. On Mauritius the rate is 52i for 30 days' sight. Government Securities.—There has been less speculation of late in Government Stocks, and the market is again quiet ; present quotations are barely maintained ; 4 per cent. discount ; 16 rs. to 16 4 rs. ; 5 per cent. discount, 3 rs. ; 51 per cent. pm., 4 rs. to 4.4 rs. Money Market.—There is no improvement in the de mand for money beyond the inquiry last reported for the Government salt sales, The balance unemployed is the Bank of Bengal and in the hands of other capitalists con tinues large, with apparent prospect of diminution. CHIN A. From the China Mail of Nov. 1 we extract the following : " The state of affairs in China and Japan during the past fortnight has not been of a very pleasing nature. From the latter country indeed we have very little news of any kind, and everything like active diplomacy seems to have been effectually quenched by that attack upon the embassy in which Mr. Oliphant was wounded. Yo'auharna seems to be, at present, the headquarters of our Minister, and the various confederated Ambassadors from Europe are understood to be waiting instructions from their respective Governments, who in their turn will most probably act in concert, and treat the question of Japanese relations as one of common interest. The United States Minister may perhaps consider that his country has not sufficient leisure, in the present emergency, to bestow attention upon foreign affairs, but, in any case, his position will never be worse than that of his colleagues. We cannot but hope that the various Governments at home will give their most serious attention to the few points of real difficulty that this matter presents. " All was well with the legations at Pekin by the last accounts that were received. In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghae, Mr. Bruce speaks of a time when he shall have acquired in fluence with the Chinese Government, and he pro mises to use that influence in favour of British trade. He has already obtained the withdrawal of many new trading regulations, which were imposed, con trary alike to the spirit and letter of the last treaty, as well as the rectification of some native regula tions that were acting most injuriously to foreign trade, although their existence was no breach of any clause in the recent treaty ; and, altogether, it is beginning to appear that our having a Minister in Pekin is a boon that cannot be too highly estimated. From Chefoo, one of the three northern ports, we have letters up to Oct. 15. Our correspondent arrived at that port on the morning of the 7th ult., when he found all the available forces landed and holding the place against rebels, the inhabitants being all in a most excited state. On the Bth the French admiral, who had arrived in his despatch boat, the Feiloong, on the previous day, landed and took charge just in time to save the place, not from rebels, but from junkmen who had landed to protect the hongs, but eventually took to looting, and would certainly have destroyed the place but for a small force of sailors, who cleared them out in an hour, killing 8 and wounding as many more. Next day the rebels appeared in force on the summit of the hills to the westward, and their advanced guard proceeded to set fire to some villages about two miles off. The gun boats Insolent and Drake were lying off Chefoo at this time, and one of them fired three shells into the rebels with such precision as to induce the entire host to de camp, leaving 8 killed by tie explosion of the shells. During the next three days our correspondent says the scene was truly heart-rending ; thousands of men, women, and children, rushing in a frantic manner to the beach, to embark on board the nume rous junks lying in the bay, and not fit to hold one half of those who sought shelter. The Admiral then despatched the Feiloong to Taku for forces, and she returned on the 12th with 150 infantry, and towing a small gunboat. On the 14th the whole force at the Admiral's disposal—about 500 men—went out some 10 miles westward, but only saw the destruction that had been made. The rebels had gone eastward, giving up everything to fire and sword. The scene of their recent visit is said to be frightful beyond de scription. Their object is extermination, but they indulge in the most atrocious cruelty wherever they are victors. The most unhappy part of the story remains to be told. It appears that tw• American missionaries had, at an early stage of the proceedings, gone away in the direction of the rebels, either to urge clemency, as some suppose, or to see after the safety of a gentleman, brother of one of the missionaries, who was expected to arrive about that time from Tien-tsin, whence he was travelling over land. He did arrive safely, but only to find that his brother and brother's friend had been cruelly put to death by the rebels. The bodies were brought in on the 16th, and they bore undoubted marks of tor ture. The unfortunate men were Messrs. Parker and Holmes, and the unhappy widow of one of them was at Cheefoo when the tragedy occurred. When it was reported that the two missionaries had been slain, a volunteer force of seven civilians of the PrussianEuvoy's suite with five officers and 20 men of the Prussian war frigate, proposed to go and re cover the bodies; but the French admiral forbade it, as a breach of neutrality. Afterwards, when the gentlemen from Tien- tsin arrived, and reported tho road clear, the admiral went along the same road in search of the rebels—at least so the report reaches us; he must have gone simply to witness the devastation they had made. COMMERCIAL. Our latest news from Tien-tsin are dated October 15, at which time business was rather dull, but a fairer prospect was anticipated, consequent on the immediate dispatch of the inland junks before the cold weather fairly sets in. The Shanghae market report says that the customs have some intention of permitting goods to be bonded next season, which will be a great boon to importers. At Chefoo all business had been put a stop to by the frightful ravages of the insurgents. At New-chang to Oct. 9 a fair amount of business was done, but it has been resolved upon by importers that paper money, hitherto current, should no longer be taken in pay ment of goods. At Haukow some demand existed fur im ports, but heavy freights prevented any extensive sales. Our dates thence are to October 10. AUSTRALIA, The Melbourne Herald of Oct. 25 remarks : The Governor has just returned from a tour of the goldfields. His Excellency was received every where with the enthusiastic welcome which be speaks at once his personal popularity and the thorough respect due to him as her Majesty's repre sentative. Attempts have been made to attach a political significance to this visit. It has been alleged that his Excellency's object was to court popularity, and to win an indirect expression of popular approval of the recent Ministerial policy. And this charge, —fur it is really intended as a charge, —gains force from the further assertion, that Sir Henry Barkly has purposely identified I himself with the measures of the Ministry in a manner not entirely constitutional. The case of Mr. Patrick Costello and his three associates, for conspiring to procure per sonation at the late election for Mornington, has just been tried at Ballarat, and has resulted in an unqualified verdict of guilty against all the par ties. The venue was changed from Melbourne, at the request of the accused, as they (wrongly) dreaded a political bias against them here. The facts were clearly proved, but the Chief Justice delayed sentence. It is supposed his Honour did so for the purpose of consulting his colleagues, as the offence is a perfectly novel one, and scarcely known to the law. The prisoners' counsel relied, and still relies, on the absence of any clear definition of personation in the Electoral Act. But in these cases the verdict is everything, the punishment awarded nothing. There is no doubt that the effect of this verdict in purifying our electoral system will be very great. It is believed that a motion for Costello's expulsion from the Assembly, in which he represents North Melbourne, will be formally proposed. It is but fair to Mr. H. S. Chapman, the sitting member for Mornington, to state that he is generally held to be guiltless of any compli city in or connivance at Costello's malpractices. As a proof of this, no petition has been lodged against his return, and the time has now gone by for send ing in petitions. The quantity of gold brought to town by escort during the present year up to 19th October, has amounted to 1,488,1110 z. against 1,620,4680 z. for the corresponding period of last year. The ship ments of gold for the present year up to the same date have been 1,584,8030 z., to the value of £6.339,212, and for the corresponding period of 1860, 1,645,5540 z., valued at £6,582,216. FIN Sii U.RY BLEG2ION. NOMINATION (THIS DAY). The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the representation of Finsbury in the House of Commons, caused by the death of T. S. buncombe, Esq., took place this day at the hustings erected in Clerkenwell-green. Th- attendance of the electors and non-electors in front of the hustings was very numerous, and although the crowd was a very noisy one the greatest good humour seemed to prevail. The two gentlemen contending for the honour, vim., Mr. Cox and Mr. Remington Mills, having arrived, The RETURNING OFFICER (Mr. W. B. James) came forward and read the precept commanding the election of a burgess to represent Finsbury in Parliament. 11 e said he trusted that the electors would give to each gentleman a patient hearing, because it was impossible to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the merits of either candidate without they heard what they had to say. Mr. BARTLETT, in proposing Mr. William Cox as a fit and proper person to represent the borough, was received with loud cheers by the supporters of that gentle man. He said he hoped that they would grant him a few minutes attention while he performed the duty that had devolved upon him. (Cheers.) He did not ask them to send to Parliament an untried man. (Laughter.) Mr. Cox had had before the honour of a seat in the House of Commons—(laughter) —where he had shown himself a perfectly competent man to represent Finsbury. (Laughter and cries of " No, no.") He maintained that he had, and he hoped Mr. Cox would be again elected to that honour as he knew for certain that if the electors made a long pull and a strong pull they would succeed in sending him there. Dr. WILKINSON seconded the nomination of Mr, Cox. Mr. S. Mo LET next came forward to nominate Mr. Remington Mills, but he was received with great uproar. Mr. Cox here made his appearance, and asked all his friends to give a patient hearing to Mr. Morley, and a few minutes after the appeal something like quietness was restored. Mr. MORLEY then proceeded to remark that he well knew the responsibility that devolved upon any man who came forward to propose a gentleman to succeed their late valued and esteemed member, Mr. Thomas Duncombe. (Cheers.) Having a true sense of the responsibility he was there to nominate Mr. Remington Mills. (Hisses.) He was not there to say one word against Mr. Cox, who was a personal friend of his, but the present was not a question of private friendship. (Hear.) Mr. Mills was a man who he felt satisfied would ably represent them in Parliament, and for that reason he nominated him. (No, no.) He did not look upon the present contest as one of money bags— (laughter)—but one for the selection of the best man to re present Finsbury in the House of Commons, and that being the case, he thought Mr. Mills was well calculated to fill that honourable position. (Hear.) The people's cause had made but little, if any, progress in Parliament, but if they had a few such men as Mr. Mills in the house complaints of that kind would be no longer made (Hear.) Mr. SPICER seconded the nomination of Mr. Mills. Mr, Cox then came forward, and was received with great cheering. After waiving his handkerchief in a triumphant manner, he said he came before them for the third time, to test the feelings of the electors of Finsbury, of whom it had been said that they had gone to sleep, and were only to be awoke by the expenditure of £3,000. (Laughter and cheers.) He could not say the people's cause had not made pro gress. He knew it had; when he was in Parliament it did. (Laughter and cheers.) He knew that the property qualification for members was abolished, and various other great questions had been passed in which the people's cause had largely benefitted. (Hear, hear.) He had never given a single pledge that he had not faithfully redeemed, and if they again returned him to Parliament he would use his utmost endeavour to justify their choice of him. He need not detain them with an a ,cour t of his poli ical creed, as that was perfectly well known t) nearly everybody in Fins bury—(cheers)—and on former occasions it had received the honour of their approval. It had been said he did not intend to keep the poll open to the close, but he pledged himself that whatever amount of support he received he would continue the contest to the last moment, and he should do so with the greatest confidence, believing that he should again be elected to represent Finsbury in Parlia ment. He trusted his friends would not be content with attending there that day, but that they would on Monday poll early, and thus triumphantly bring the present struggle to a successful close. (Cheers.) Mr. MILLS, in addressing the electors, said he had long laboured far the benefit of the borough of Finsbury, in which he had been resident all his life. When the great cause of civil and religious liberty was first before the House of Commons, the benefits of which the electors of Finsbury were experiencing that very day, he was in tho field and was instrumental in obtaining many of the principal pri vileges that measure conferred upon the people at large. He was in favour of the ballot, an extension of the suffrage and every measure that would benefit his fellow man. (Loud cheers.) With respect to the American question the honour of our rights must be maintained, and the Americans must be made to know that the honour of the British flag should be vindicated even though we drifted into war. (Cheers.) He was not in favour of open ing the British Museum on Sunday; he did not think the Maine Liquor Law would ever pass the legislature of this country ; and he objected to the admission of Roman Ca tholic chaplains in workhouses. Re confidently believed he should be their member by four o'clock on Monday evening. An ELECTOR asked Mr. Mills if, in the event of a com p! omise being made on the question of church-rates, he would vote for it ? Mr. MILLS said he was in favour of the abolition of church rates, but, as he could not tell what the compromise would be, he could not say whether he would vote for it. The Returning Officer then called for a show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox then came forward amidst much cheering, and said, after such an exhibition of feeling he thought his op ponent would not be so confident about his return. The men of Finsbury, he knew, would come forward early on Monday next and consolidate the victory they had achieved that day. The Returning Officer then announced a poll had been demanded, which would commence on Monday morning at 8 o'clock. The proceedings then terminated. THIS DA I'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze, with fine weather. KINGROAD, Dec. 13.—Wind S.AV.—Put back—Lord Dun , an, for West Africa. CARDIFF, Dec. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived Immanuel, from Bilboa. Sailed—Samuel Lindsay, for Havannah. DAnTmouT c-r, Dec. 12. Arrived NVinconsin, from Havre for New York, whilst coming in fouled the Snake (schooner, of Jersey), when the latter had her bowsprit carried away, and other damage. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived--- Indus, from New York ; Surprise, and Theresa, from Bal timore. Dee 13.—Arrived —tier Majesty's ships Orpheus and Melbourne, from Plymouth. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cum ming, which sailed hence on Monday last for the American station, put back to the Sound this morning. The Belgian brigantine La Meuse, C Royden, nine days from Antwerp, with 80 emigrants for Rio Grande, and the Belgian schooner Anna, Captain Beakman, nino days from Antwerp, with iron for Tarrrogana, put back to the Sound last evening. The French Minister of Marine has announced, in a recent circular, that the written examinations of such persons as wish to obtain certificates qualifying them for the command of merchant vessels for long voyages, w;11 hence forth begin with a composition in the French language,and all who fail in that respect will not be allowed to proceed with the other parts of the examination, ... 2