The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

marching onward to the bloodless conquest of the conti nent ; that cities and populous States are springing up, as if by enchantment, from the bosom of our western wilds, and that the courageous energy of our people is making of these United States the great Hepublic of the world. These results have not been attained without passing through trials and perils, by experience of which, and thus only, nations can harden into manhood. Our forefathers were trained to the wisdom which conceived, and the courage which achieved independence, by the circumstances which surrounded them, and they were thus made capable of the creation of the Republic. It devolved on the next generation to consolidate the work of the revolution, to de liver the country entirely from the influences of conflicting transatlantic partialities or antipathies, which attached to our colonial history, and to organise the practical operation of the constitutional and legal institutions of the Inion. To us, of this generation, remains the not less noble task of maintaining and extending the power of the United States. We have at length reached that stage of the na tional career in which the dangers to be encountered, and the exertions to be made, are the incidents, not of weakness, but of strength. In our foreign relations we have to at temper our power to the less happy condition of ether re publics in America, and to place ourselves in the calmness ' and conscious dignity of right by the side of the greatest and wealthiest of the empires of Europe. In our domestic relations we have to guard against the shock of the discontents, the ambitions, the interests, and the exuberant, and, therefore, annetimea irregular im pulses of opinion, or of action, which are the natural pro duct of the present political elevation, the self-reliance, and the restless spirit of enterprise of the people of the United States. I shall prepare to surrender the Executive trust to my successor, and retire to private life with sentiments of pro found gratitude to the good Providence which, during the period of my administration, has vouchsafed to carry the country through many difficulties, domestic and foreign, and to enable me to contemplate the spectacle of amicable and respectful relations between ours and all other Govern ments, and the establishment of constitutional order and tranquillity throughout the UniFßAon. NKLIN PIERCE. Washington, Dec. 2, 1866. ITER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.— M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Night but Four.—Eighth appearance of Miss Arabella God- dard, the celebrated Pianist.-33d time of the Mw Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 16): Part I.—Overture, Oberon—Weber ; Quadrille, from Ver di's Opera, Ernani —Jullien; Symphony, Scherzo vivace, from " The Scoteh Symphony " (received with great applause on the three Meudelssohn Nights)—Mendelssohn ; Fantasia, Flute, on Airs from the opera of Il Trovatore (first time) Mr. R. S. Pratten—Pratten ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (by de- sire)--Jullien ; Fantasia, Pianoforte, Recollections of Ire land, Miss Arabella Goddard—Moschelles ; Valse, Adieux (first time this season)—Jullien ; Recitative e Rondo, Pensa alla Patria, from Italiana in Algeri, Madame Eliza Poma— Rossini ; the French Quadrille (33d tirxe), with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM, De Folley, DeYong, Collinet, Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Kcenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur Part 2.- Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " La Traviata," with solos by Herr Kcenig, MM. Lavigne, De Folly, Sonnenberg, Sonnenberg, Dnhem, Le Hon, and Hughes ; Fantasia, Pianoforte, from Rossini's opera Mose in Egitto, Miss A. Goddard—Thalberg, ; Polka, My Mary &nn (by desire)—Jullien ; Ballad, By the sad sea waves, Mme. E. Poma—Benedict ; Miserere, from Verdi's Il Trovatore, solos by MM. Koenig. Lavigne, and Hughes ; Valse, Faust— D'Albert ; Galop, Eglinton- Koenig. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d, ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., £lls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. THIS EVENING, will Iya performed Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton's comedy of MONEY. The cha racter of Evelyn by Mr. Murdoch; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale: Mr. B. Stout, M.P., Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves. Mr. Compton ; Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgiana, Mrs. E. Fitzwil liam ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalle 1 Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE ALHAMBRA, being the last,week of their final engagement. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac tion.—Second Week of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride.—The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated dsama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, oalled THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, <Sze. 0 Y A. L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. _II) THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Sbakspeare's play of A. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. . . After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal chara.etsrs by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murree and C. Leclercq. Mendeissohn's - celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. THEA.TRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Phelps : Macclutl; Mr, H. Marston ; Banquo, Mr. A. Rayner ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with POOR PILLICODDY, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wig,a.n. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanborough and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. 1 7THIS EVENING, BIRDS' OF PREY. Charles Ronne pont, Mr. Creswick. After which, THE WAITER AT CREMORNE. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained Horses, &e. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the Equestrian ACTS in the ARENA, in troducing Miss Kate Cooke and Miss Emily Cooke. To conclude with AN AMUSING FINALE. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Pox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA.NTERI 3 3I7 H ALL. Westmi nster-ron.d. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses. Glees, Duets, &c., via. : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmanl, R. Grover, T. Rlino. T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. rorrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, “avraway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; -utetor, Mr. J. Cauleld. Commence at Seven o'clock pre !?s e ely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition t6l,r_nal Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH rsTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock E Cons, very Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec- • RR a NAT - za AT LONDON BR.TDriI F. TfflS DAT—Morn. 45 min. aft. 4 —Fvenirg 10 min. aft. 5 TO-MORRO7—Mora.3l min. aft. s—Evening 54 mirk. nit 5 THE WEA.TREIt--Stril OrricE, DEcElisE3.l 16. -21111"1"urrini4 Dr TEM SHAWL 44—higheet sines n oon Yesterd a y. 3S —this day at noon. 36 —lowest this morning, and durin7 the night. BAgomET ER, 30 60— another great rise morn . sng. wncr, s.w,—Allnost calm, with thick fog There vv,f, a hoar frost last ni g ht and hea vy fog this , s. LIN DWI . , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1856 as usual, a l engthy The President's Message is, document. There are no vague (generalittes. enters into every point with the utmost parti oa _ larity. There is no attempt at condensati.,„ . Indeed verbosity seems to be the charm chi e fl y aimed at. It is; in fact, a prolix politic a l pamphlet, intended to advance the interests 01 the party with which the outgoing • Presi dent has been pleased to connect himself. The present Message, as we explained yestfyyday, more than usually one-sided. The interests and wishes of the slaveowners are solely regarded, and a Pretty sharp lecture is read to all, 'these who, in the exercise of their constitutieenal rights privileges, have dared to resist what Mr. PIERCE c lea rly believes to be Vile 'planters' established ascendancy. Their attempts to stand by the terms of the Missouri at compromise are character ised, as efforts of are volutionary tendency, while ti pretending to only , of the institution of 8 to prevent the spread laver ) , into the present oil future inchoate S rates of the Union—they are really (credo PirxeE) Inflamed with a de.-ire to change the doeies t ic institutions of existing ; - "The only path t o i ts aecom States." * % and ravaged plighment is through burning ,cities, fields, and slaughtered populations, and all that is most terrible in foreign, complicated with civil and servile war !" These are but faint specimens of the amenities resorted to by the gentle PIERCE, The iron has manifestly entered deeply into his soul, and he avenges the unqualified repudiation of his claims to Southern confidence on those who raised the agitation that compelled his adherents to select a more judicious pilot to direct the helm of the State. He does not, however, notwith standing that deplorable desertion, abandon Ihe ungrateful party, but, " more in sorrow than in anger," seems bent on showing them the value of the "thick-and - thin" partisan whose services they have forfeited. With this view he speaks of the acts of the Freesoilers as leading "at once and inevitably into mutual devastation and fratri cidal carnage, transforming the now peaceful and felicitous brotherhood into a vast permanent camp of armed men, like the rival monarchies of Europe and of Asia." The Southerners, sweet innocents! are driven by these atrocious onslaughts, but merely in self-defence, into resistance. He tells us that " extremes beget extremes ; violent at tack from the North finds its inevitable conse quence in the growth of a spirit of angry defiance in the South." Ind thus any little escapades, such as the wholesale murders and arsons in Kansas, and the gentle remonstrances of PRES TON S. BRooKs, are softened down and explained away. All the blame rests with the Northerns, who wish to abide by the existing laws, and dare to resist Southern aggressions. What right had they even to hint at such a thing as the abolition of the domestic institution ? How could any specious philanthropist dare to afford assistance to fugitive slaves? And why should any persons endeavour to maintain the Missouri comprom6e when the slaveowners had signified their will and pleasure that it should be repealed, and issued their sovereign ukase to that effect. If an Eng lish Minister had ventured on such an inflamma tory appeal his tenure of office would be brief indeed—even those whom it was intended to help would unequivocally repudiate such aid. Mr. PIERCE may, however, unconsciously be ren dering important service to ourselves by showing them the unhallowed nature of the opposition they have to encounter, and the absolute necessity for the most energetic and de termined efforts to achieve the great object they have at heart, the removal of the foul blot of slavery from the national escutcheon. - Financial subjects are entered into at consider able length. We are told of the flourishing state of the public exchequer, and a wholesome recom mendation is given to reduce the extravagant ad valorem, duty on the importation of articles of essential importance to the development of the natural capabilities of the country. Thirty per cent. on iron must operate as a great hindrance to the construction of railways in a land where they may be regarded as the forerunners of civi lisation, and where the promoters look rather to the future than the existing traffic for remune ration. On Foreign Affairs the Message is of the ordi nary character. If anything, it is perhaps milder than might have been anticipated from the nature of the electioneering dodges resorted to by Mr. PIERCE. As we predicted, they impaired his chances, and he is probably indebted thereto for his rejection from the White House, and the choice of the new tenant. The Sound duties question he bequeaths as a legacy to his suc cessor—a comfortable bone for Mr. BUCAIINAN'S private picking. Ha hopes that the Allied Powers may be induced to conform to Mr. MARCY'S amendment on the proposition for the abolition of privateering ; while gentle castigation is administered to other less enlightened Republics, intended, possibly, to pave the way to future annexation, We give the Message in exlenso, as it is well worthy the perusal of those who desire to see how the affairs of the Union are administered in the Model Republic. Englishmen will not find much to regret in the knowledge that they are not placed under a similar regime. The Angel of Peace seems determined to insist on his so-called rights in respect to Neuchatel. He is throwing out vague hints of sanguinary results, hoping to fright the Swiss Confederation from its propriety, and induce them to abstain from trying the political prisoners, which would be a tacit admission of the disputed claims. It is formally announced that Prussia considers that the time is come when negotiation has shown it self to be fruitless, and that she is, therefore, absolved from the obligation of not resorting to other measures for the vindication of her rights ( The other Cabinets to whom this decision has been communicated are not informed as to the nature or extent of these " other" measures. There is a grave reserve maintained, which savours of im pending hostilities, containing as much meaning as one of the Burleigh nods in the Critic. The royal Clicquot manifestly hopes much from this affectation ofmystery, which is the more suitable, as it allows ample room for escaping the consequences of more explicit threats. He seems to count on the assistance, or at least the neutrality, of England. Why should he otherwise deign to confer so much honour on our sixteen-year-old Princess Royal as to sanction a Prussian alliance ? Surely, every Englishman should appreciate the extent of such unparalleled condescension, and not do anything to impair the glories of her future sceptre. The assistance of Russia has also been Auly paid for, not merely by past important services, but also by what has far greater weight with his autocratic nephew, " a lively sense of favours to come ;" and. something may be done to bring round Louis NAPOLEON, and even FRANCIS JOSEPH, their opposition to Prussia being neu tralise,d by their rooted objection to anything approaching to free governments and the hated n ame of Republic. We do not, however, think that the Federal Government will yield a single inch. The Swiss, in defence of their own independence, have caused their names to be respected from the time of CHARLES THE BOLD. Even the, v ery mercenaries would abandon their foreign `migagernents to fight to the last in defence o f their muc h- loved mountains. With all his 'land wehr, FREDERICK WILLIAM would have but little hope of succeeding in his new illustration of " kicking against the pricks." Nor do we believe that h e has any serious notion lead to very seriouasn. cominpvlaicsti-totinons, tahnaat o f a tt empting disturb the pea ce gr ul ea u tly t and tranquillity of Europe. That he may sympathi se • with the neisguided men, whose Quixotic attempt to elevate the Prussian standard was so promptly and decisively put down, i s very possible, and he may desire to rescue then from their impending fate. But the mode adopted is the very worst that could be devised. If the Federal Govern ment recognised the plea to their jurisdiction there would be an immediate end to their autho rity. When once a trial has taken place they may exhibit a graceful act of clemency, and re lease the prisoners. But that will not answer the purpose of FREDERICK WILLIAM. He has a pressing motive for alerting the disclosures that may be made during the stringent in vestigations, end, with the usual selfishness of Princes, hazards the lives of those who so reck lessly and foolishly took up arms in his name and on his behalf. It obviously could not be tolerated by any de facto Government, that every idle person should 1 1 be allowed to set the law at defiance, and disturb the tranquillity of the State while asserting the ob solete claims of some pretender to the Sovereignty. The claim of Prussia is, therefore, clearly inadmis sible, and cannot be supported by the Allied Powers. Should FREDERIOK WILLIAM, however, persevere he will be boldly met. We do not, however, as already stated, apprehend that he at all contemplates such extremities—if a little " bunkerin," as the Yankees term it, can accom plish his object there will be plenty of bluster and swagger; but, if not, he will think twice before he brings such a nest of hornets about his ears as Swiss soldiers fighting in defence of the honour and independence of their fatherland. His Royal Highness the Dike of Cambridge leaves town, this morning, for the Camp at Aldershot, to re view the troops at present stationed there. The troops are ordered to march out a little after breakfast. His Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Prince of Lahore, accompanied by Sir John Login, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from a visit to her Majesty, at Osborne. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, and the Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, leave town, to-morrow, for Goodwood, for Christmas. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who is at Aldershot, will join the family circle next week. The Earl of Cardigan is entertaining a succession of visitors at Deane Park, near Kettering. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town, yesterday, for Broadlands, Hants. Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Misses Ellis arrived in town, at the close of last week, from visitin g the Earl and ountess of Jersey, at Middleton Park, near Bicester, and have since gone to rejoin his lord ship at the British Legation at Brussels. The Right Hon. Sir Chas. Wood has left his official residence at the Admiralty, for his seat, Hickieton Hall, Yorkshire. Lieut.• General Sir Stephen Lakeman was married on the 1-1 iost , at Bucharest, to the Princess Marie de Philipesco. The Royal family of Oude visited the Princess's Theatre on Friday night, to witness the performance of the " Midsummer Night's Dream." The Eastern Steam Navigation Company are inviting seeders for the contract of launching their great ship at Millwall. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN -ROAD.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending the 13th December, 1856, is 2,144, of which 604 were rew cases. LIE BOLTON-ON-DE ARNE MURDERS.—The murder o Mr. Luke White and Elizabeth his wife, at Bolton-on Dearne, is still shrouded in mystery. The perpetrator of the crime is still undiscovered. MISS CATHERINE HAYES.—We regret to announce that our great and gifted townswoman is suffering from an indisposition which prevents her appearance in Dub lin, as had been arranged. —Limerick Chronicle. ANOTHER GREAT RAILWAY ROBBERY. - Last night (Monday) information was received at Bow-street of anothtr most mysterious robbery of a leather box, on the Coleraine and Londonderry Railway, containing 2,014 gold and silver watches, amounting to upwards of 1,0001. A handsome reward is offered for the apprehen sion of the thieves. DEATH OF R. R. MAN., EsQ.—We have to announce the decease of this gentleman, formerly so well known as a delineator of Scotch characters on the stage. Hie "Dougal creature," in Rob Roy," was altogether un rivalled. A long and very severe illness, extending over the last two or three years of his life, has at length ter minated in death. Mr. M'lan expired on Saturday moving, at Heath Mount. Hampstead. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT LivEßrooL.—A very melancholy occurrence took place on Sunday morning at Liverpool—the destruction of a dwelling house and loss, of two lives, a man n ame d Mie n ll oc h , an d hi s wife, by fire. The unfortu na t e event occurre d i n a place called Raglan Street, at the north end of the town. A Court of Common Council was he d yesterday, at which it was agreed that the salary of the new Recorder should continue at 3,0001. per annum. The report of the committee appointed to carry into execution the formation of New Cannon-street was brought np. It recommended that the committee should be empowered to prepare a plan for the appropriation of the "vacant space" near St. Paul's. The report was agreed to unanimously, and the Court adjourned. THE NEIN METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Yes terclay the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Aldermen Sa lomona, Challis, and Lawrence, and Mr. H. L. Taylor (the chairman of the Markets Improvemets Committee), Mr. De Jersey, Mr. Holt, and other members of the Common Council proceeded upon a visit of inspec tion to the New Metropolitan Cattle Market, upon the occasion of the Grand Christmas Cattle Show. His lordship expressed his approbation of the improvements which had been recently made, and of all the arrange ments which had been completed for the comfort and accommodation of the buyers and sellers. THE RAILWAY PASS CASE AT LPrERPOOL,—With re ference to the report of Monday, the attorney (Mr. Godfrey) for the defendant requests us to state that the defendant did not " describe himself as a reporter for newspapers," which he never was. That at first, as at last, it was treated as a case of " fare," and the decision was based on that, the defendant having travelled from Crewe with a genuine unused, but old and altered (in time, &c.,) free ticket, which he contended he was just.fied in using, under his correspondence, and he refused to pay the fare. The correspondence not being forthcoming, and being ignored, although it has since been found, and comprises his statement, the adjudica tion to pay the fare, &0., followed ; but legal opinion is that the correspondence justifies ulterior steps, and it has been submitted to the authorities. CONCERT AT ( GRAVESEND.—Mrs. Pyne Galton gave an excellent operatic and 'miscellaneous concert last evening at 'dhe Assembly-rooms, Harmer-street, Graves. and, to 24 very crowded audience, comprising a large por tion of the elite of the town. The first part consisted of selections from "Il Trovatore," the principal charac ters in this romantic and interesting opera being sus tamed by Mrs. Galton, Mrs.Rosenthal,tl.e fine baritone, and Mr. Manley, the well-known tenor, each of whom not only sang with spirit and feeling, but acted well, and were warmly applauded. Miss Emma Harrison, a fair debutante, made a favourable impression in the difficult but, effective song of " Fierce flames are ragicg." At toe conclusion of the operatic entertainments, Mr. Chas. Lingwood created some sensation by his performances ala Picco upon a common tin pipe or whistle. The most prominent pieces in the second part were—a duet on the organ and piano, by Mrs Galton and Mr. Beale, the conductor; the popular duet, "Oh, Maritana," by Mrs. Galton and Mr. Manley ; and a new Christmas song, entitled "The Mistletoe," by Mr. Rosenthal--all of which were encored, and some more than once. Miss Emma Harrison also received an encore in the humorous and spirited song, " Oh, don't be so angry, Mamma " This lady bas a good soprano voice of considerable com pass, but she is more likely to shine in the singing of ballads than in operatic music. The concert was alto gather a superior one of its kind, and deserved to meet with the success it received from the inhabitants of Gravesend. ORIGIN OT TITRES.—Tithe was first received by the bishop, and distributed by him in three or in four por tions ; to himself, to the clergy, for the fabric of the churches, for the poor. But all kinds of irregularities crept into the simple and stately uniformity of this uni• versal tax and its administration. It was retained by the bishop ; the impoverished clergy murmured at their meagre and disproportionate share. As the parochial divisions became slowly and irregularly distinct and settled, it was in many cases, but by no means univer sally, attached to the cure of souls. The share of the fabric became uncertain and fluctuating, till at length other means were found for the erection and the main tenance of the Church buildings. The more splendid prelates and chapters, aided by thepiety of kings, barons, and rich men, disdained the fund, so insufficient for tEeir magnificent deigns ; the building of churches was exacted from the devotion or the superstition of the laity in general, conjointly with the munificence of the ecclesiasticf, So, too, the right of the poor to their por tion becr.me a free-will contribution, measured by the generosity or the wealth of the clergy ; here a splendid, ever-flowing largess; there a parsiminious, hardly-stricken dole,—Dean Milman's history of Latin Christianity. THE POETRY OF LONDON.—The poetry of London is in the great brimming waggon of hay, giinding through the street on bright summer mornings, scattering dry p-rfume that brings thought of country homes to doleful men, bleached or sallowed by long imprisonment at tavern-bars and behind dusty warehouses. It is in the crystal blocks of icy, like Pitt diamonds grown up, that are handed down fishmongers' cellars on sharp wint r awnings, when men pass muffled and beating their breasts for warmth—too cold to speak, and too lifeleps to look about them. It lay, in old times, in the dusty coach, rolling in from its long course oven moor and comreou, and green lane, under the dim, low archway of the city inn, with its :rough ostler, ready to criticise the smoking cattle—and the smart maid servants, in the galltries above, ready to criticise the passengers. There is poetry, too, in the r oug'a dusty-footed countryman's fir.:t bewildered stare at the immensity of St Paul's. Poetry, scuttling away fror a the flood of cabs and the torrent of omnibuses, takes refuge in little nooks in the Temple where a fountain waves its silver rod, which melts in the sun and dissolves iut.o a torrent, as if in emulation of the shining river bey on ; or in the brick archway of Christ's Church, with its tidence and repose ; or nestles in the green tree in CP.eapside, where, as in a cl►ff over an ocean, rooks bui'id and clamour. The sickly geranium, at the pale-faced weaver's window ; the canary singing, like an encharo.ed bird of gold, to the pining sempstress, stitching gay latouds for dead men of rank ; the squalid childre a who a ell violets mid scentless weeds to careworn City in in ; sha m countrymen, with dank bulrushes and birds' nests tha t look unreal ; all eombine into a picture ncl.i in poetry— —into elegy, ode, even hymn. —Thorn' .d.rt and j Yature. THE SUN, LONDOIN, TUESDAY EVENIING, DECEMBER 16, 1856. LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, DE 8 Peruk Khan, the Persian envoy, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe are said to be agreed, except upon some minor points of detail. The former will leave Constantinople shortly, and some of the lesser questions are to be postponed until his return: NAPLES, DEC. 14. The wound of the King is on the upper part of he thigh. It is not at all dangerous. A Vienna correspondent of the Augsburg Ga. 7.'ette writes as follows :—" The overland mail from Constantinople conveys to us certain de tails relative to the approaching conferences of Paris, which are net without interest. The Porte, it appears, took the initiative in the question, and demanded the meeting of the conference as the measure best calculated to remove existing diffi culties. According to another letter from Con stantinople, Russia had promised the Ate to desist from its opposition in respect to Bolgrad and the Island of Serpents, but on the condition that the Ottoman cabinet should engage itself to insist on the evacuation of the principalities and of the Bosphorus within 40 days of the closing of the second conference, and also on the rigorous execution of Art. 24 of the treaty of Paris, con cerning the convocation of the Divans ad hoc." NEUCHATEL. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second editioa) in his letter, dated yesterday, says : " The quarrel between the Swiss Confedera- tion and the King of Prussia cannot be much more serious than it is. It has gone so far that the next step, unless prevented by powerful intervention, can only be actual hostility. The King of Prussia gets more excited every day, and his resentment in creases as the trial of the Neuchatel prisoners is approaching. The Prussian people were at first said to be rather indifferent about the matter ; they are not so now ; and from the beginning the Prussian army, anxious, no doubt, to re deem its inglorious idleness during the Crimean campaign, is not unwilling to take a turn against the Switzer, for want of a stronger foe. Preparations on a large scale are in progress. It is true still more formidable preparations were made by the King of Prussia some years ago without any ruinous consequences to Europe. His Majesty loves to talk loud, but he is not really so terrible as he would lead the world to suppose. He "aggravates his voice" now and then, but sometimes also his roar is "as gentle as the sucking dove's." 60,000 men is not now the num ber spoken of as likely to be put in movement, but 100,000, and the necessities of a campaign may require 150,000 more. These are formidable mea sures, which prove that his Majesty is determined to show that he is, whatever people may think to the contrary, a first-rate military power. It is a pity that this warlike ardour was not exhibited during the war with Russia, one way or the other. The present pretext is ignoble in com parison ; there was a finer field open some short time since—a field where a chivalrous monarch might have won renown, and perhaps profit ; and where even the defeated would not have come out of the conflict without glory. If the King of Prussia push matters to an extreme he may light a flame in Europe which it will not be easy to extinguish." The Paris Congress with second Plenipoten tiaries will meet some time between the 20th and 25th. It is believed that everything will be arranged beforehand, majority and all, on the Bolgrad and Isle of Serpents question, so that no more than a few sittings will be necessary. Baron Brunow has, it is said, asked permission to be assisted by Count Kisseleff. The request can hardly be granted. The reports in circulation in the German jour nals relative to a complete cessation of diplomatic relations between Prussia and Switzerland are con tradicted by the fact that, notwithstanding the departure of M. de Sydow from Berne, the Secre tary of the Prussian Legation still remains and transacts business as usual. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, By an Imperial decree of the 14th instailCM - . Troplong has been appointed President of the Senate for 1857, and M. Mesnard, first Vice-Pre sidentMpaeri s i s h s a i e l r C , o p u nu Duke e B . ; o r a gmu Malakoff, l y a k d o ' ff H i I g li e r y s General Count Regnaud de Saint Jean d'An el ' Marshaland d ; Vice- Presidents for the same period. Another decree of the same date appoints Count d and e M orny to be President of the Legislative Body for 1857 ; MM. Schneider and Reveil, Vice-Presidents, and Gen. Vast-Timeux and M. Hebert, questors. It is positively stated, says the Toulonnais, that in consequence of a large reduction in the budget of the marine, a great number of workmen are about to be discharged from the naval arsenal of this place. The measure will commence by those of the last levy. The Assembles Nationale thus replies to a recent article published by the Times on the strange opinions offered by the Debats on the merits and demerits of the English alliance : "We will not discuss the species of division of the world which the London journal has made be tween England, the universal power, and France, the first power of Europe. This proposal contain s nothing practical or serious : it is purely imagina tive. Let England maintain on the continent the influence which belongs to her, and we shall experi ence neither regret nor fear. If even her alliance with Austria is strong and lasting, we shall not feel alarmed. This reconciliation will always appear singular when we consider that the head of the Eng lish cabinet is the same minister who in 1847 des patched Lord Minto to Italy, who applauded the passing success of Charles Albert in 1848, and who honoured Kossuth in 1849 with almost an official reception. But this does not concern us. Were Austria ever so confident of th e support of England, she would not run the risk of giving us a serious ground for complaint ; she is too well acquainted with her vulnerable position and with the weight she would occupy in the balance of a war with France when unassisted by Prussia or Russia. Let the Times therefore cease to imagine that we enter tain the pretension, which would be absurd, of de nying the influence of England on the Continent. • . . Everywhere that England presents her self with a disinterested policy, a policy worthy of the traditions of her great statesmen, we shall ac cept her alliance and offer her our own." BOURSE, DEC. 15.—The following were the last quotations : Casb. fr. c End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 66 50 66 75 New Loan Bank Shares 4,15') Roman (a d) Bsi Credit Mobilier 1,480 Austrian Belgian Fives , 97i Spanish Threes Piedmentese (5) 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. _ fr. c 1,325 Western ....... . ....... E. 50 Orleans Northern Lyons 1,365 New Ditto ........... 755 Mediterranean 1,760 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette 757 50 A us trian Own. ..... . SO2 .50 PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. Letters from Berlin confirm the seriousm us of the resolution which the Prussian Government has taken and communicated to the great Powers. Already diplomatic communications have been opened to secure a passage to the Swiss frontier for Prussian troops. The New Prussian Gazette states that the Royal army will advance into Switzerland, seize a few important points, and hold them as a material gua rantee until justice is done to the King's claims. The last Prussian note relative to Neuchatel affairs appears to have been dated the Bth and do spatched the 9th. The New Prussian Gazette pub lishes the following analysis of its contents : "This note commences by recapitulating all the advarides made by Prussia to Switzerland in this affair. Since these advances and those made by foreign powers have hitherto remained without success, the sole measure that remains to Prussia in order to maintain her rights is to depend on her own strength. If, however, within a short delay, and during the progress of preparations now being made with a view of ulterior proceedings, Swit zerland should return to better sentiments and in voke the mediation of a friendly power, or of one of the powers who signed the protocol of London, the Prussian Government will take the new propo sals into consideration." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Dec. 12.—1 t is now understood that the marriage of Prince Frederick William, which was fixed for the 18th of October next (the Prince's birthday), has been postponed, and will now take place on the 21st of November, the day on which the Princess Royal will complete her seventeenth year. Arrangements have been made for the com pletion by that time of the alterations which are being made in the Palace tinter den Linden, for merly inhabited by the late King, and now being fitted up for the residence of the young couple. Several journals having stated that the French ambassador to the court of Prussia, the Marquis de Moustier, has taken official steps in support of Denmark against the proceedings of the German Diet is the question of the Duchies, it may be well to undeceive the public, and to assure your readers that up to the present moment nothing whatever has been done to justify such a state ment. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 7th, says : " The baptism of the newly-born son of the Grand Duke Nicholas took place to-day at the Winter Palace. At half-past ten the great dignitaries of the crown, the ambassadors, and the Ministers assembled in the great concert room, and the gene rals in St. Peter's Gallery, all accompanied by the ladies of their families, in the Russian costume. The ceremony commenced at eleven o'clock. The sponsors of the child were the Emperor, the Em press Dowager, Grand Dukes of Oldenbourg and Michael of Oldenbourg, Grand Duchess Maria Paulowna, and the Princess Theresa of Oldenbourg. A. salute of 301 guns, fired from the citadel of Peter and Paul, announced the conclusion of the ceremony, after which the persons of the court were admitted to offer their congratulations. To night the city will be illuminated." THE BALTIC. , HAMBURG, Dec. 14.—We learn from the various ports on the Prussian and Russian costs of the Baltic that the navigation had been re-established, after having been completely stopped and much damage done to the shipping, which had unfortunately been fixed in the ice. The same may be said in some of the ports in the Gulf of Finland, especially at Bolderaa, accord ing to accounts up to the Bth instant. But from Cronstadt, whence intelligence has come to the 2d inst., and the port of St. Petersburg to the 6th, it appears that many of the ships which had endea voured to gain the sea by forcing a passage through the ice, and had in consequence become fast, had managed to regain the harbour of Cronstadt, and would probably have to remain during the winter there. There were about 20 vessels remaining ice bound in the port of St. Petersburg, and 387 in Cronstadt. The official journal of Palermo of the Ist con tains a rescript of the King directing the establish ment of two lines of electric telegraph in Sicily, one from Messina to Palermo and Sciacca, the o , her from Messina to Girgenti, Messina itself be ing placed by means of a submarine cable in com munication with the continent. The two lines will place in communication with the seat of govern ment almost all the chief towns of districts, the fortified places, and the principal commercial ports. The period fixed for the completion of the lines is a year and four mouths, but sections of the lines are to be brought into use according as they are terminated. The system of telegraph adopted is to be that of Morse with all the latest improve ments. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received, by Extraordinary Express, our correspondence and files of newspapers from India. We subjoin extracts from them. (From the Overland Bombay Times, Nov. 17 ) SIIMMARY.—The Persian Gulf expedition has all now sailed, and the perfect and efficient manner in which it has been organised reflects honour on the local authorities. There seems to have been no re striction as to expense, but we have no reason to suppose but that the public resources, heavily taxed as they must have been, have been adminis tered wisely and judiciously. The proclamation of war issued at Calcutta on the Ist of November was promulgated at Bombay on the 10th. The treaty of 1853, alleged to have been violated, is stated to have been betwixt her Majesty's Government and the Shah, and the Go vernor-General intimates that in carrying out the recent arrangements he is acting under instructions from her Majesty's Government. As the fiction is still maintained that India is governed by the East India Company, and as no treaty with the Shah in their name exists, the company's relations with Persia being purely commercial, this may be as sumed as an admission that the present is an Eng lish war, and that the charges will fall on the Royal Treasury. In the manifesto it is stated as the grounds of the present movement that the treaty of January, 1853, precluded the Shah from sending troops to Herat, or interfering with its internal affairs, unless it was threatened by a force from Affghanistan, the object being to retain the frontier principality in a state of independence. In Dec., 1855, the Persian Government intimated its inten tion of sending a force to Herat, on the plea that Dost Mahomed, having moved on Canda har, purposed proceeding northward to the Per sian border, instigated thereto by his " neigh• bours," the British Government being clearly indicated by the term. Herat was accordingly beleaguered by the Persians, its affairs interfered with, a ruler prescribed for it, and the territory at once pronounced Persian soil. fler Majesty's Go vernment having remonstrated in vain, had con sidered this a positive act of hostili t y against Great Britain. The British Government having faith fully observed its obligations, inn have visited waycounselled . Dost Mahomed, who seemed t o har to tranquillise the country, on the death of one of his brothers who govern edthere. The expedi tion now on its way d to the gulf was therefore directed to be organise at Bombay, to act in such manner as might be a fterwards ordered, not quite yetrdered, and compel the Shah to keep faith. It does i b s l an y g reat probab of con- appear that there act, and very possibly the Shah, when he lity hears of an a rmament on his shores, may promise all that is desired of him—that he will ever dream of keeping his promise a moment longer than suits him it were insanity to suppose. The perseverance in offence th e proclamation reveals gives colour to the assump tion that he is a mere puppet of the Czar. And it h a s been rumoured here that nussia is already pre paring to occupy the long-coveted province of As terabad, and keep it in pledge till the moment we descend on Bushire. In this case we are playi.g the game of the enemy, drawing them on towards our frontier by the very measures proposed for keeping them at a distance. Of course the demon stration will serve no end whatever beyond proving how reckless we are of our resources, and how easily drawn into the wildest of warlike adventures. It is in matters of peace improvement alone that we deliberate and delay. If we really are in ear nest in our apprehension of the approach of Russia the Baltic seems the place for our warlike opera tions. It is but indifferent generalship to send troops from their base of operations and sup plies to meet an enemy still within his own frontier, and who may choose the time for attack when we are most at his mercy. We do not require to prove that we can send 5,000 or 50, 00 0 men wherever our fleets can carry them, when it suits our pleasure. It has not yet been shown that we have either men or baggage cattle that can live on air or sleep in snow ; until such are provided, we can just as little force our way into the interior of Persia as into that of Russia itself. Already the commissariat and quartermaster general's departments report that supplies must all be sent from Bombay, that our troops can be subsisted only fr, m our ships, and that the villa gers have only t o ret i re before us, when we starve before we are .100 miles from the shore. During the 200 years we have occupied India we have never deemed Murat worthy of a treaty ; how it should have come to be fc deserving of more thought in 1853 than during the previous century does not appear. It will be admitted that had we been without one the want would have occasioned ' u-; no injury now, and would have exempted us from a war which may involve England in embar rassments of which no man can tell the results. An orderhaSlust been Promulgated by the magis trate of Poona, under instructions from Govern ment, prohibiting hook-swinging and other bar barous practices throughout the Poona Zillah. Such a measure has long been desired by all who wish for the improvement of the natives. Of old it was believed—or careless and idle minds found it convenient to believe—that it was dangerous to meddle with any native practice however immoral or revolting, that was connected with or claimed the sanction of religion. But times are changed and innovations which might not safely have been attempted a century or half a-century ago the age is now ripe for. Suttee has long been suppressed. Female infanticide is no less strictly interdicted, and now Government sees its way to the abolition of hook-swinging at fairs and religious festivals. It has not acted hastily or without making inquiries as to the extent to which the practice is carried on, and the light in which it is regarded by the en lightened portion of the community. On the lat ter point the information received is stated to have been highly satisfactory. Another barbarous custom, also prevalent at Jejooree, is interdicted by the proclamation of Mr. Davidson. A man runs a sword through the fleshy part of his leg for about a foot, and, drawing it out, sprinkles the blood on the entrance of the temple. For this feat he receives large free-will offerings and the right to perform it is vested, as a valuable privilege in a body of about 15 families, to each individual of which it comes round once in about six or seven years. These men, however, long ago declared that they would be glad to discontinue the practice (which Mr. Mitchell thinks is a remnant of the rite of human sacrifice) if their incomes could be assured to them. Profound tranquillity reigns throughout our own dominions, and we have not so much as a bor der foray or agrarian outrage to chronicle. The Governor-General and Governor of Bombay are at the seats of administration Lord Hauls wag expected at Sedasheghur on the 10,h inst. The import market has been pretty rteady and business done to a fair extent. The money market during the fortnight has become decidedly tighter, and the banks have again raised their rates of in terest 1 per cent. all round, which now range from 6 to 9 per cent. ; securities of all description have given way in value, and are very difficult of sale. Freights continue firm, and the accounts of the grain crops appear to be very favourable. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA. Political Department. The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re-publish, for general information, the three fo lowing proclamations, issued by the Right Hon. the Governor General of India in Council, under date the Ist inst. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor in Council. H. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombay Castle, Nov. 10. PROCLAMATION, Foreign Department, Fort William, Nov. 1, 1856. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council having, under instructions from her Majesty'. Government, directed the assemblage of a British force at Bombay for service in the Persian Gulf, deems it proper to make known the reasons which have rendered this measure necessary. In the month of January, 1853, certain articles of agreement were concluded between Lieut.-Colonel Stieil, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pieni potentiary at the court of the Shah of Persia, and his Highness the Suder Azim, or Prime Minister of the Persian Government. By those articles the Persian Government engaged not to send troops to Herat, on any account, unless foreign troops, that is, troops from the direction of Cabul, or Candahar, or other foreign country, should invade Herat. In the event of troops being sent, the Persian Government engaged that the said troops should not enter the city of Herat, and that, on the return of the foreign troops towards their own territory, the Persian troops should be immediately withdrawn from the neigh- Leiurbood of Herat to Persian soil. The Persian Government also engaged to abstain from all interference whatsoever in the internal affairs of Herat, whether " in takiug possession or occupying or assuming the sovereignty, or governing, except in so far as interference existed between the two parties during the lifetime of the late Yar Mahomed." And, lastly, the Persian Government engaged to re linquish all pretension to and demand for the coinage, or the reading of the Khoetbeh, or any other acknowledg ment of allegiance or subjection, on the part of the people of Herat to the Government of Persia. It was at the same time stipulated that so long as there should be no interference of any sort whatever on the part of the British Government in the affairs of Herat, the engagements contracted by the Persian Government, as aforesaid, should remain in full force and effect. O m , the other hand, it was agreed, in the name of the British Government, that " if any foreign powers, such as the Affgbatie or others, should wish to interfere with or take possession of Herat, the British Government, on therequiintion of the Persian ministers, would not ob ject to return such foreign power by friendly advice, "so that Herat might remain in its own state of inde pendence." While the British Government has faithfully and con stantly adhered to the obligations which it accepted under the agreement of January, 1853, the Government f Persia has manifested a deliberate and persevering dire regard of the reciprocal engagements by which at the same time it became bound, and is now endeavouring to subvert by force the independence of Herat, which was the declared object of the agreement in question. So far back as December, 1855, the Persian Govern ment, by an article in the Teheran Official Gazette, an nounced its intention of despatching a force to Herat, alleging that the Ameer Doft Mahomed Khan, the ruler of Affghanistan, had been instigated by his "neighbours" to possess himself of Candahar ; that having with their assistance succeeded in that enterprise, he meditated an advance upon Herat ; and that an armed demonstration in the direction of Herat was required for the preserva tion of tranquillity in Khorasan. This assertion that the ruler of Affghanistan was in stigated by his " neighbours " to occupy Candahar, or that he was assisted by them in possessing himself of that city, or that he received advice or encouragement from them to advance upon Herat, was—if by those " neighbours" the British Government is indicated — wholly untrue. No such instigation, or assistance, or encouragement (direct or indirect) had been givenythe British Government ; nor, so far as t he British Go vernment is informed, had there been , when theeeasser tionrpest b was made, any act oa the part Mahomed Khan evincing a design to advance'lirn upon Herat. Nevertheless oeeerrnsmieeenthas troops executed it si intention. Not theot Pers ianonly G have Persian o a lthough the contingency which a t li t e e ne territorycould i unsitillafyesructie an act has not come t pass, hut they havelaid ; whilesiege h to thet the government city, and have o f Teheran h notas its only internal affairs assu med the right to nomi nat e the ruler of Herat, but, in addressing the present chief of the city, has declared Herat to be Persian soil. The siege of Herat has now been carried on by the Persian army for many months. Before its commence ment, and during its progress, the unfriendly sentiments of Persia towards the British Grocaevieerdreanedtneetteehfratmrvie.erejapbtseioeinnn. scarcely different vpiseirl ts e ; f a p nd er r s e ia ce h n a ti v y e t i h n e d to persist in an aggression which is as unprovoked as it is pr o c Tn o b n oeu t contrary to t ub o eyt g e he o ef d r aihiaet Majesty's Persian G oyel Government ntn ernit tino constitutehas tion has been sought, but withou r t :twee ta an act of open hostility against G: eat . Th ßepa i r h a : Heratawa l to of Persianthe been fr o demanded, m the n d e s d s' a a neighbourhoodperewlprelimi nary of nary to the adjustment of differences to which the acts of Persia alone have given rise ; but the demand has been evaded, and, according to the most recent accounts, a Persian army still invests Herat. Friendly remonstrance having failed, and a reasonable requisition having been rejected or put aside, it becomes incumbent on the British Government to take measurer; by which the Persian Government shall be convinced that solemn engagements contracted with Great Britain may not be violated with impunity, and by which effec tual guarantees against continuous breach of faith shall be secured. To this end a force has been directed to assemble at Bombay, and will embark as soon as the necessary arrangements shall have been completed. The further operations of the force, after it shall have reached the Persian Gulf, will be guided by such instructions as the progress of events and the policy of the Itritish Govern ment may demand. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor• General of India in Council. (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONN, Secretary to the Government of India. PROCLA3IATION. Foreign Department, Fort William, Nov. 1, 1856, The Right Hon. the Governor General of India in Council having, under instructions from her Majesty's Government, directed that hostile operations a gainst Persia shall forthwith be undertaken, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that Per: inn merchant vessels which, at the time of the publication of this order, shall be in any ports or places in her Majesty's Indian terri tories under the government of the East India Company, shall be allowed 30 days, from the date of the publication of this order, for loading their cargoes and departing from such ports or places ; and - that such Persian mer chant vessels, if met at sea by any of the ships of the Indian navy, shall be permitted to continue their voyage if, on examination of their pap-rs, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term. Provided that nothing herein con tained shall extend, or be taken to extend, to Persian vessels - having on board any officer in the military ser vice of the Persian government, or any article proliiiiited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Per sian go'vernment. And it is hereby further oriered by the Right Hon the Governor General in Council, that any Persian mer chant vessel which, prior to the Ist day of November, 1856, shall have sailed from any foreign port, bcrand for a ny port or place in any of her Majesty's Indian terri tories, shall be permitted to enter such port or place and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to de part without molestation ; and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of the ships of the Indian navy, shall be permitted to pursue her voyage. The Right Hon. the Governor in Council of Madras and Bombay, the Hon. the Lieutenant Governor of Ben gal, the Governor of the Straits settlements! , tht C on " inissioners of Pegti and of the Tenasserim and Martaben provinces, and all officers arid authorities whom it may concern, in her Majesty's Indian territories under the government of the Eaat India Company, are required to give the necessary direction, herein as to them may re spectively appertain. By order of the Right Ron. the Governor-General of India in Council. (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONN, Secretary to the Government of India. PROCLILMATION. Foreign Department, Fort William, Nov. 1. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council, being desirous that the hostile operations now about to be undertaken against. Persia should be attended with as little injury as possible to individual interests, is pleased to notify that all subjects of the Shah of Persia residing within her Majesty's Indian territories under the government of the East India Company, and not being consuls or consular agents in the service of the Persian government, may continue to reside therein with out molestation in respect of their persons, their property, or their lawful avocations, and that they will enjoy pro tection so long as they shall abstain from all acts hostile to the British Government, and shall observe due obe dience to the laws under which they live, and to all res , lutions or orders of the Governor-General of India In Council. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Cone cil. _ _ _ (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. (True copies) H. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKETS. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROg Nol. 4TH TO 16TH. The Overland Mail from London, of the 10th Oct., reached Bombay in the afternoon of the 6th inst., Par Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madras. Our money market during the fortnight has become decidedly tighter, and the banks have again raised their rate of interest 1 per cent. all round, which now range s from 6 to 9 per cent. Securities of all descriptions have given way in value, and are very difficult of sale. The accounts from the interior of the growing grain crops appear to be very favnurable. hfroltTS. Cotton Piece Goods—Tire market has been pretty steady, and a fair amount of business has been done , Owing to a further rising in the rates of exchange the holders continue anxious to realise more, and in collo' quence there is no change for the present of increase in value. Grey shirtings, 40 inches, of all descriptions , are in fair r, quest, but there is little change to b e n oted in value ; 45 in. have dt dined 1 to 11 arms, at which they are in demand. Grey domestics of all description/ are dull of sale. Grey T cloths have become dull, an d have declined 1 to 2 annas, except 51b., which are in fair demand, and have advanced 1 anna. Grey madapollam e of all descriptions are in fair request. Grey jaccoocia are in moderate request. Grey long cloths have been in good demand, and large ,ales have been effected, b ut are for these last few days less inquired after. of B eached and Fancy Goods—Bleached shirtings low quality are in demand ; others are dull of sale. °ea bleached madapeliams the same might be said ; bleach jacconets, low to middling, are in demand, those ° higher qualities being dull ; bleached twills are s carce, and in good demand ; satin spots are in very good d,e; [nand, d are rather scarce ; Turkey red plain is d'i`i! twills of stout quality are scarce and in demand. infe l ( lf are in moderate inquiry ; mulls are in fair den3and. _ fancy goods low lappets, plain and coloured mulls, 10 d book muslin, plain and dyed lappet scarfs, and graY 612 ached dhoties are in demand; bleached mulls nsiddlla! and higher, and fine book muslin are dull ; dy ed 01 of pollams, 28 yards, are in inquiry, as also dyed walla good quality ; lower of the latter are dull. iy Cotton Yarns—Both mule and water have been et , good demand, and a fair amount of business has . b _ e „ r done. There is no change in value except in 40 and mule, which have advanced slightly, w hile 7 0 0 Od 80 of the latter have declined a little. D ye d oraDg e Ar dell, Turkey red in fair request, and green is in 03°' rate i tais— E nquiry. •1 r i b, both bar iron, sheets, hoops, and nal tb, both square and round, are in good demand, but to out change in value. Swedish bar and steel, in faggf. and tubs are in demand—the latter had advanced a Pig lead is in good demand, while *fleet is dull. plates are in demand. Spelter has advanced, and I t s io , good demand. Copper—Braziers', sheathing, ancittoels are in very good demand, and have advanced. Bo An& are in demand, but there has been no change in 1 1 00 Nails are dull, rod scarce ; while of South 11-werisie there is none available. Lead, both red an d white, demand. Quicksilver is rather dull. Saffron of the best quality is in good dernand. Cochineal of the best quality is in very good degas" ' and has advanced a little in price. Woollens—The market Alas been tolerably steady Flannel of all descriptions c.intinues in demand.,. riv er Spirits—Brandy and gin are both dull. The 0:',__100 declined 2 ans. per gallon in wood. Beer of ail vi• is very dull ; 3O hhds. brew sold at Rs. 36 • bleached, is in Mar moderate ines Stores—C inquiry.anvas,Twine bothis dull. Oil of 5 0,1 r us eed and spirit of turpentine are in demutd. EXPORTS. activity, C ottonabd prices Wool—The ha m ve ar a k d e v t a h b a b s e d e x b h n i i a t,Ld dle.scq'Phere both for delivery on the spot and for arriva no stock of any kind generally cleared. 0 les both Po the extent of 15,000 candies, or 30,000 ba h market nd old, have been reported for the En,'; while for China there is very little doing.. at q uote . .o; Surat and broach, old, at Es. 112 ; Dhollera,_ _t4itts. Ootneravuttee at Rs. 107 ; Compta, at Rs. 1 06 garole, at R. ' lO5 ; and Saugioned, at Rs. 1. eonsidetrajoholoe: Hemp—No transactions have been rep orte ie of 6.2 0 • English market, but purchases continue to be au Pus' cdhafsoers to local consumption. • g s 64 Sheep's Wool.—This demand, and the -prices f ality of a recent importati ° ; consequence of the good qu i 00 scarce. About b A ee b n o z u . n t bmaithrioarlacssomuntinhuaevse landvvearbyeed good demand, an purchased by native h P er s , p 0 uungs of the former were Coffee.—Both Modcha the andlattt latter s coastsc prices continue as before. Bhutcol and Malabar in demo °. and of the latter about 300 bags changed hands. Pepper.—Both • are . lO The latter is scarce, but there has been no chaeg" the value. Si ; B ' Oil Seeds. — Pr esent deliver y has advance d to ee' p oe de li ver y in January, Rs. 4 6-16ths. Holders CO11"o, firm. Of Guje ra t r ape seed a small quantity of 6 A ° : c for has been imported, for which Rs. 41 is the &Menu for arrival in January, Rs. 41. There has been e° tr , 41 action, but the market is very firm. Kurrnchee, for ungarbled, and Rs. 4i for garbled. No treonsafTeell have been done, hut the market is very firm. ;furor Kurrachee, 12,000 candies were brought by house a day b e f ore th e d eparture o f the last pest, livery to b e comp l ete d w i th i n t h e l e t o f March ne Re. 21 -I an._ Ghattee at Rs. 22. Niger is ie dam 47 • , for local consumption, at Re. 17. bi Opium. —The mar k e t s i nce the 14th inst. has esterilt of considerable activity, and p „ urc h ase s to the ex 1,05 0 ' 1,500 chests h ave been made at for In dore OP a..d for Rutlam and Mundleisur Rs. 1,056 to nolo which are the rates of the day. LieerP: Tonnage..—Freights continue firm ; f . ° l for Oble 31 . 7s. ; for London, 31. ss. to 31. 7s. ad. ; wet Re. 11 to Rs. 12 per candy, coo° rat' Exchange --A large suppl of bills having fi to is', at of China, the rates advanced to 2e. 21d. c hi firm, class paper, with a large business. two, however, the rate has been leFri .to ll ing to the co l• drawn bills have sold at irregular rates 30 night, com mencing at 21. 21d. and up t°," gacfrafft cutta Courts Bills, 60 days' s i g ht, 97i days', 98,i ; China, 60 days' sight, 215. .. . --. (From theCoAvLerClaUuTdTteugM.aAl BRlCtirtTkt4;., soy. s.) 0 with and Oriental Compm"Y's ste ler' Bengal,yl r e u s m te r L. arrived on the 30th ultimo, and the telegrap.hic wee T o danydpountt L uos o t n ihn d e on mail of the 26th of Septe to„ , M an o d ne t y her M e a h r a k s e b t ee r u e rn u discount and inter Pl e o° s p , a T rticularly for Manchester goods. The rts th em a r ktstells.teoghBfai °°sEicsth°oofbarecr:raa °er healthieral at:9;ll6°ot' .s u e i nte d Government Securities naooitn being grea ter willingness to sell than to purchass. il Exchange—The business done for the out-going 100 supply L bi i l g l bills t hp n , i s nit ga b seaennd beenE i steadyeryreceivedca t ro 2 s sl,firjounitsot arrive ii l uv i ae . d a alterationsch easyi in as last a l afttosirtt: s r t r : e t r re ; has been on a moderate scale. The rate for first % e l ~yvvhthicohowtTs ..„00 Only a 1 1 at 2 11 to 2 1 9-16th: BILFORTO 610 Raw Silk —Notwithstanding ' t h e last accounts . os . home the market has been pretty active, and sonl e tr n a d ia filature actions have taken place at full former prices. gur°„rder• !attire silk continues in good demand, and we Ll 'beee stand high offers being made for some parcels haceo, refuted. The fall at home does not teat these sororic . bilk Piece Goods —Supplies of corahe are doll'', oers mg from the districts, but being in few bands P°sooo sub firm in their demand ; they must, owsver'i, ISO bmit to lower prices, as the stock in the mart ery increasing, and the qualities being such as o°t , pd e,nrage transactions at high rates. Banda-0",0 Vs. ehoppahs have also improved in price about Re. " 0. A. 6 per corge, but we have heard of no transactiono per purchase of pis. 112 Tusser is reported at Rs. 5 piece. :„, bo i ° 4 ll Cotton.—The favourable accounts from Ch'.o,4- 0+" caused a rise in the market. Banda is Rs. 0 8 to nj Elieo per maund higher. Jaloon and Bliootnaghor It°* Rs. 0 8, and Furrackabad Rs. 0 4 per maued alo° prices current a fortnight hack. .g. 14 1 ' 4 Suciar.—Supplies in the market continuo fori,,,oese and Semand for 13.,mbay unabated ; prices 120Aen; (At quently risen about 10 to 12 annas per tosunia-p-eare'l; last quotations, for yellow to white descriptions '-'",boo' 41)toonisa insuanrarsi.vinGg afrrepealtya, and d d Dfaasuaalos,o risen io Priae lot. Operations for Great Britain are bmited. lOs t Saltpetre.—The market has improved since Or ric o under ,aoirtil dvl. arGn iern a eefda r e ter4dioutroc sortse Britain.6d a I o nh c ap k asvr , pi e a u e n ears c i l suon f f a )aGi i r muu i npd n i q o. a u: aenrsynoc: ipiinbcri yi o h t eg t t l et i l Itievoirvitiltg: to a gialGunno & rn , croel r da e i.fpct a oarer t iß.t. competition_ tfirhirt e.rifirm aimn4p i;c 0 o perat l tin es of a t bsuotrtthheasinbqUili!iitiianfr tdheercatolonies co::3oal raiticreitiuTs,heßdueuiXonnd faonrdi=gab, Ycaolir7lnurets6' prices have slightly improved. Stocks :, e o the market are very light, and the new crop ~ expected to arrive before a month hence. 10 06 ' Freights.—The intervention of the native ho tbe Irbßnedngtahle, 13 1 i n n : e i te c d a n retrogradations?dearai°D li iathhe °M ar e r W iv e ral cl°4'teS