The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-22 00:00:00

MEMORIAL to the Late LORD HERBERT. A PUBLIC ME ETING will be held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on THURSDAY NEXT, the 28th inst., at which His Royal Highness tha DUKE of CAMBRIDGE will preside, for the purpose of adopting such measures as may result in an appropriate Memorial to the late lamented Lord Herbert. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen have expressed their desire to support his Royal Highness on the occa sion : General the Viscount Gough, Major-Gen. Sir Richard I. K.P., G.C.8., S.I. Dacres, K.C.B. General the Lord Clyde, Major-Gen. Sir Hope Grant, G.C.8., S.I. G.C.B. General Sir John Burgoyne, Major-Gen. Sir T. A. Larcom, Bart., G.C.B. K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Gco. Bowles, Major-Gen. Sir Edward Lu- K.C.B. Bard, K.C.B. Lieut,-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, Major-Gen. Sir Alex. Tulloch, K. C. 8., K. 11. K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Major-Gen. J. Lawrenson. J. Peel, M.P. Colonel the Hon. Percy Her- Lieut.-Gen. W. T. Knollys. bert, C.D. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Jones, James Brown Gibson, M.D., K.C.B. C. 8., Director-General of Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir Jas. Military Hospitals. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chap- Major-Gen. Eyre. ; lain-General. The Right Hon. Viscount Pal merston, K.G., M. P. The Right Hon. the Lord Chanc - Cllor. The Right Hon. the Earl Granville, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Ar gyll, K.T. The Right lion. the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. The Right lion Sir George Grey, G.C.8., M.P. The Right Hon. the Earl Russell. _ His Grace the Duke of New castle, K.G. The Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., M.P. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wcod, Bart.. G.C.8., M.P. His Grace the Duke of Somer set. The Eight Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P. The Right Hon. Charles Pel ham Villiers, 3LP. The Duke of Wellington, K.G. 1 The Hon. Algernon Egerton, The Duke of Sutherland. I M.P. The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, K.T. I M.P. The M ar quis of Lansdowne, The Right Hon. the Lord K.G. ,I Mayor. Th e Marquis of Westminster, The Right Hon. Sir W. G. K.G. 1 Hayter, Bart., 31. P. The Earl of Derby, K.G. The Right Hon. Sir John ILE. the Earl of Carlisle, 31'Neill, G.C.B. K.G., K.P. The Right Hon. H. U. Ad- The Earl of Shaftesbury. dington. The Earl of Tankerville. The Right Hon. T. E. Head- The Earl Stanhope. lam, M.P. The Earl Spencer. Vice-Chancellor Sir William The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Page Wood. K.P., &c. Sir Stephen Wynne, Bart. The Earl of Carnarvon. Sir William Alexander, Bart. The Earl of Malmesbury, Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., G.C.B. M.P. The Earl of Fowls. Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., The Earl of St. Germans, M.P. G.C.B. Sir James Duke, Bart., N.P. The Earl De Grey and Ripon. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick The Earl Somers. Grey, K.C.B. The Earl of Bessboroug.Th. The Solicitor-General. The Earl Grosvenor, M.P. ! Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B. The Lord John Manners,M.P. Sir Roderick Murchison, The Viscount Sydney. G.C., St. S. The Viscount Eversley. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. The Lord Stanley, M.P. Raikes Currie, Esq. Tne Viscount Enfield, M.P. , Capt. Drummond, R.N., C.B. The Lord Elch,), M.P. Capt. Douglas Galton, R.E. The Viscount Castlerosse, ; Henry H. Gibbs, Esq. M.P. G. G. Glyn, Esq., M.P. I Rear Admiral Lord Clarence Thomson Hankey,.Esq,. M.P. Paget, C. 8., M.P. Peter Hoare, Esq. The Lord Bishop of London. , Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq., The Lord Bishop of Oxford. I 31. P. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury. R I R. M S. Hoof rd, E W sq., M.P. The Lord Lyttelton. R. onckton ines, The Lord Harris. 1 M.P. The Lord De Tablet'. W. G. Prescott, Esq, Fhe Lord Brougham and Henry C. Roberts, Egg. Vaux. Baron Lionel De Rothschild, The Lord Dufferin and Clane- I M.P. boye. David Salomons, Esq., All; The Lord Overstone. I M.P. The Lord Belper. , Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P. The Lord Ebury. ' H. Gerard Sturt, Esq., M.P. 'The Lord Lyveden. ' Travers Twiss, Esq., D.C.L. The Speaker of the House of, Western Wood, Esq., M.P. Commons. Count P. E. De *trzelecki, The Right /lon. Wm. Cowper, I C. 8., D.C.L. M.P. ' His Royal Highness will take the Chair at One o'clock precisely J. STANDISH ITALY, Secretary. 20n, Savile-row, Nov. 10, 1861. I.IOOYAL ENGLISH OPERA, fb COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wrn. ----- Harrison, Sole Lessees: THIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Corri. After which, at Eight o'clock, ROBIN HOOD. Messrs. Santley, George Honey. Patey, C. Lyall, and Henry Haigh, Miss Susan Pyne, and Madame . Guerrabella (her 4th ap pearance on the English stage). Conductor, Mr. ALFRED 3IELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for bOOking, or fees to Box-keepers. Stage•-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. THEATRE•ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lesacc, Mt. J. B. Bactstone. THIS EVENING, the pertormanc,cs will commence with THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun dreary, Mr. Sothern. Mr. Buckstonc, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, ix. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LY CRUM THEATRE. Manager---Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. lir.Walter Lacy, Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Eight (12th time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmun I Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston Acting Manager-3fr. F. B. Ch itterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommenoe at 7. Box-office open daily from II till 5. YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Losmee and Mansfzer, Mr. A. Harris. U 1 17 11 IS EVENING, .IEANI4:I'TE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris and Mr. IT. Widdicomb. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespe re's tragedy of OTIILLLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr Fechter NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY TIORSEBREAKER. 3i r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. Atter which, the new drama, entitled TEE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ' • written by the author of "The Colleen Bawn." and in which Mr. and Mrs. D. Boucicault will appear. A New Musical Introduction has been kindly pre sented by Signor Benedict, and will be performed by the Orchestra, which has been re-organied, and will be con ducted by Mr. Riviere, by whom the incidental music his been selected and composed. The following artists will make their sth appearance :—Mr. G. Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the Lyceum. The other prin cipal characters in the drama will be performed by Messrs. Yinery, Stephenson Billington, Paul Bedford, Romer. Mrs. Billington. Mrs. Marston, &C., &C. Entirely new scenery by Messrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, liss K. Kelly, &c. Doors (men 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 a new farce, en titled ALL IN THE DARK : Messrs. Butler, D. James, Worboys, Miss E. Wilton, ct•. After which, A THUMPING LEGACY. Followed by SMACK FOR SMACK. After which, Mdlle. di Rhona will appear In CAMELIA, and Dance two National Dances. Box-office open from 11 to 5. Doors open at halt-past 6—Commence at Seren. C INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR. SAM COWELL EVERY EVENING In his New Song, "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" (written expressly for him). Grand Selections from STRADELLA and LA 'IRAVIATA, By Miss Russell, Missth a Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, wi powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises all the principal favourites of the day, viz.: 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 de'ineators; and Miss Harriet Coveney - - - _ Musical Director, 11fr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T H E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Auber'sNTew Comic Opera, "LA CIRCASSIENNE," and Verdi's new Grand opera, "Simonßoecanegra," by the entire Company. Balte's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame 341(Idersgolin (composed expressly for them). Varied Comic _Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran- Ilarvez and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM _Boxes, 10s. M.C()WELL•i3aII, 6 (1; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private DOWN AMONG THE DEAD m. EN--Dismil grim p l a ces are these Roman ta e ra ir ba c . ounti 'their black gloom, Catacombs, t h e ir depths, the mystery of ho lra ble ramifi ca tions ; the numberless skeletonsees d alu impene in path's side ; the strange figures painted on t he y w o a g ll b s, y wi th th e th e ir great eyes that seem to watch and follow y pass ; the ce rtaint y that at every breath you arell anhsar draughts of dea dl y malaria, which bad enough i n the open en air above is infinitely intensified b y the confined atmosphere- and the wet spongy rock below, and aboveall the conscious ness that you are by yourself cut off from the rest of take the world, some 60 or 80 f eet underground, and that if you a wrong turn out of the hundreds that present themselves, or if you let your light go out, you are likely to be irretsound riev ably lost, as no one will come to look for you, and no that you can utter will reach the open air. All these con siderations operate at first to make a visit to one of the recen tly - opened catacombs absolutely appalling. I say at first, for a very slight degree of use soon begets quite an opposite sensation ; and after two or three visits, especially if made alone, and with some definite purpose, the feeling of terror becomes replaced by a peculiar fascination, and an almost unappeaseable longing to penetrate farther and farther into the unknown depths. Than the mortal re mains lying so quietly in their several niches—martyrs many of them, and surrounded by the most expressive and touching symbols of the faith they died for—soon lose their .I . l.ll.siveness ; and the grim figures pictured on the walls, that have kept their watch century after century, seem to include you in their protecting influence, while the con flux-Lai repetitiono m f b t o lle Christian hope of the resurrection, lr pictied and symbolised in every conceivable form and in apace every availabl e im parts an air of sanctity to the place that soon. dispel:, a _ poen? , f 4 the the raw vail . Sears and imaginings...-. Mary iro4lo:lotri Wan of luau utmuut wt . _l-- Q - Veirfin HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 23m.—Afternoon, 4h. 48n1 TO-moßßow.-Morning, oh. 7m.—Afternoon, :sh. 23m. THE WEATHER.—Strr OFFICE, NOVEMBER 22,11861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 60- l Aighest since noon yesterday. 15—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.6 3 ; falling rapidly. WIND—S. -Westerly; fresh, with dull, rainy weather. r , 1 4 :` 1 1 . : .-. ;a , -- - 4 - ,1 : • 4 r ...,,,, , ~T. . _ ;,, , -1 7 1.; (7 l -71,. Tr ''' .4 , 6.:. T'' o il, • 0 THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1861. From reports confessed to be " very confused," we gather the certainty that the Federal fleet has got to work. Port Royal is the point of attack, and it is certain, by the resistance, that the attack had been anticipated ; it is said, however, to be just ready to surrender. The Confederates are obviously alarmed, for not only were they foitnd in force, but their army on the Potomac seems to be sending some of its troops to the scene of naval attack. Even the General, BEAUREGARD, is said to have thought the danger to South Carolina so much the most urgent, that ho has relinquished the command in the North and gone to Carolina. In the west the fighting seems to be still on equal terms. First a Federal force from Cairo lands at a place called Belmont, beats the Confederates, and captures everything, with 100 men ; but imme diately the Confederates come on their rear the Federals march for their boats, and with heavy loss on both sides the Federals retire. It is sad that these purposeless and bloody fights should be so often repeated. Many of them, however, afterwards dwindle down to small affairs. The thousands en gaged prove to be hundreds, and the hundreds killed, at most tens. Another Cot. federate steamer, with a valuable cargo, has run the blockade—and the Sumpter is once more talked of, this time as captured. The next news must be important. We shall soon probably understand a little better the prospects of Italy. The Italian Parliament has assembled, and RICASOLI has announced his policy. It seems to be as identical as possible with that which would have been pursued by his lamented predecessor, since it proffers to the POPE such inde pendence as he could scarcely have hoped for. The Emperor NAPOLEON had been requested to become mediator, but through want of concentration on the part of the Roman Court, the mediation fell to the ground. Roman pride, like that of Austria, clings to ignominious power, as if power on any terms were a prize. The Porn's is, however, the more discreditable, because he holds it merely by foreign aid. The Romans at this moment are not his sub jects, but the subjects of France, which allow him to govern and tax them as he likes. It is LOUIS NAPOLEON, not Pope Pius, who is Sovereign of Rome ; nor dare the POPE do what he prohibits. RICASOLI asks of the POPE to renounce for ever such a trumpery Viceroyalty—asks him to exchange humiliating submission to a Suzerain at the Tuileries for spiritual, and ecclesiastical, and tem poral independence in the capital of his country. He and his Cardinals are to retain their dignity and inviolability. He is to have full liberty for all his acts of divine right as chief of the Church ; he may send his nuncios whether he pleaos ; convene councils and synods without the intervention of the Government ; the right of eccle siastical benefices—doubtless some handsome livings ' —is given up by :the KING; as also, what our QUEEN would not resign, all right of interference in the nomination of bishops; and—the best thing of all in tho eyes of the Vatican—" the King of ITALY will guarantee the POPE a certain revenue." Of course we in England can only imperfectly judge, previously to the discussions which will arise on them, of the value of these concessions. We can, however, see that they are very considerable. No Church in any State in Europe, except, indeed, the self-supporting and therefore independent sects in Great Britain, have anything approaching to such liberty. The Catholic Church in Italy will, under these arrangements, be, we should have thonght, too free for any State Church. It will gain a degree of ecclesiastical independence amongst 20 millions of people, hitherto unknown, by sacrificing a detested and humiliating temporal rule over a million of Italians of whom France is the real master. Even nominal titles and powers are dear, however; witness how beggared Irish landlords clung to their mortgaged estates. His Holiness is much such another beggared Prince —and clings to his empty title, while the title deeds are in Lous NAPOLEON'S strong box. Nothing, however, can excuse the conduct of France. She promised to leave when the Papal independence was provided for. It is provided for. The enemies of Italy wish indeed to keep her out of her capital, and the poor Romans in subjection, but France is not professedly at heart an enemy to Italy, and she has no honourable excuse for her obstinacy. Just now, when she is in want too of money, she has the best reason of all to allege for accepting the independence of the Pope and granting independence to the long oppressed Romans, It may be hoped that M. FOULD will have a voice. in this matter. The Confederate privateer Nashville has created a case which may well puzzle our international lawyers. If it be discussed on purely technical grounds, we confess we do not see our way to a per fectly satisfactory solution. The United States are recognised by us ass friendly Power, and we have but a few days ago allowed a vessel of war belonging to their Government to leave the waters of Southampton after having qualified herself to do what she pleased with any vessel of inferior force. But yesterday another vessel of the Confederate half of the United States comes and claims the same privilege—and we, having recognised the Confederates as belligerents, and declared perfect neutrality between the two belligerents, are now called on to do for the Nashville what we did for the James Adger. The Nashville seems indeed to want to make herself a better ship of war, or rather to convert herself from a merchantman into a ship of war; but that seems to be merely a of repairs ; th e commission o question u m e st r i . o n IE o F f i, extent EßsoN DAVIS converts her into a public ship of war. Perhaps a little might be said on the ground that to " take off her top deck and to fit her out as a vessel of war," is almost equivalent to build ' i n g a ship of war for her owners; and it is pos. slble our lawyers may be able to refuse so much. They may take the ground that the " asylum and' hospitality" asked by a ship which has suffered from weather at sea, cannot go beyond making good the damage done at sea. To add a single gun to her armament, or in any respect to make her more competent to fight than when she left the shores of her own country, would certainly be to take part in the quarrel by deliberately fur inishing naval power to one aide. Had a gun been thrown overboard in the storm, or the deck been strained and become leaky, we r oigl It have allowed a gun to be taken, and have caull'Wd or repaired the deck ; but to make the deck more fit for a fighting one, or to furnish ad ditiom tl armament, is apparently aiding in the war. We k suppose that as the American representatives here aci - :ept charge of the captured crew and make provisi on for their return to New York, their act will relieve us of all responsibility for permitting their landing. Otherwise it would seem that as it must have been a great convenience to the Nashville to get rid of them, and as the charge of them had nothing to do with " refitting," we might have been accused of aiding in the warlike operations of the Nashville, by relieving her of her troublesome and worse than useless " prisoners of war." This would have been, indeed, a refinement in legal quibbling, but no quibbling is too absurd for United States autho rities if they can quibble England into the wrong. Probably, however, Captain NELSON and his men would have settled the case for themselves, if offered by the privateer captain a landing on any friendly coast. Perhaps the question, however, may be raised whether the Nashville's entering the port with prisoners of war, and disposing of them there as best suited her convenience, may be placed by the lawyers in the same line with actually bring ing a prize into port. It may be argued that if the privateer had known that she could not get rid of the captured creNt, she would not have destroyed the captured vessel, it might have been nure con convenient to have left them on board of her. It is perhaps this destruction of the fine ship, the Harvey Birch, a vessel of 1,487 tons, American measurement, and which had cost sbout £25,000 in her construction, which will create the greatest dis gust. We do not deny its accordance with the laws of war, or rather with the usages of war, but it was to be hoped that Americans with their boasted civi lisation, would exhibit themselves rather in the light of ameliorators of barbarous usages than fresh examples of them. Wanton destruction of valuable and useful property is a disgrace to any cause ; better have allowed the ship to remain for a derelict than to have burnt and sunk a noble vessel from mere revenge. The excuse is the conduct of the North in " in vading their territories, burning their houses, ill-treating their women, and stealing their negroes." Whether it is " invading" or lawful endeavours to suppress rebellion is, as yet, the question in dispute between North and South. " S tealing the negroes," if a crime, is the crime which England only de mands that the North should commit more fre quently—but as between the two parties the South boasts, justly, of their value in the war, and the North has therefore a right to treat them as " con traband of war." Tho other two accusations might doubtless be retorted on either side—they are but too common in the train of armies, but certain it is that the orders of the officers are distinct and their threats severe against such offences. The charge against PEAGRIII, is, not that any of his men in blind passion set the ship on fire contrary to his commands and desire, but that he, the commander, in cool blood, ordered his men to do it. It was an act of heathenish savagery, and will do, as it ought to do, much to make Englishmen loathe a cause in which command ing officers, on such vague provocation, can retaliate in such a wanton manner. We have not adverted to what would have been more worthy of a spirited sailor—namely, to have put a small crew on board, and to have attempted, as the Nashville herself did, to run the blockade; or if that were not practicable, to make for South America. We hope the inhabi tants of Southampton will not fail to let Captain PEAGRDI understand what they think of such Vandalism. One thing both Federalists and Confederates, we suppose, both understand, that the less we have to do with the ships of war of either of them the bettor we like it. We do not like ,their war; we do not like the way it is pursued on either side ; we do not like the causes of the war ; and feeling no interest in it we do not want to offend either. American impudence is so great that either side will make a boast of getting all it can out of us, each at the same time looking angrily at us for helping the other. We would beg them, therefore, to keep their ships of war from our coasts. They are very unwelcome; though perhaps the know ledge of that will only bring them oftener; we hope they will keep as much as they can on their own side the water. Right glad are we to find that the Premier avows himself to be entirely in favour of a double Embankment of the river Thames ! Its embank ment, that is, not only on the Middlesex side, but on the Surrey side as well. This is, really and truly, of course, the only rational view that could be taken of the proposed enterprise. But, then, it is not always the rational view that is taken in re gard to projected metropolitan improvements— particularly by Prime Ministers. And it is there fore, because the view taken by our veteran Pre mier is essentially the rational view of this magni ficent scheme of a Thames Embankment, that we hail the avowal of it by the lips of Lord PALMER STON himself, with such peculiar satisfaction. What is worth doing at all—a good old proverb tells us—is worth doing well. And it is an axiom just as applicable to large undertakings as to small. It is peculiarly applicable to an imperial project like this of the Thames Embankment. For what, in point of fact, does that project of an Embank ment undertake to do ? In a few plain and simple words, it proposes, among many other things, to do this—to transform the back entrance to London into the grand end noble and picturesque front en trance to the most wonderful city in the world— the largest, the wealthiest, and the most populous ! Time was when our river afforded to the inhab tants of the capital, their favourite and the mos frequented channel of communication. The Thames was then the Silent Highway. Instead of the cab and the omnibus clattering and lumbering over the crowded causeway—the wherry shot hither and thither to the stroke of the dapper oars wielded by that now almost extinct race, the race of our Lon don Watermen. Alas ! the " Jolly Young Water men," sung of yore, in the popular ditty—he who erstwhile " used for to ply" near the ancient bridge at Blackfriars, has long since degenerated into that amphibious animal, the Surly Old Waterman, so called, we have been facetiously informed, because he opens the cab doors ! Then—in the good old times (" all times when old are good" as BYRON sings)—the Thames actually had a poet of its own ; as though its current were that of another Helicon : [ TAYLOR, the Water Poet ! Fancy the Thames with a Laureate of its own now ! Supposing we could witness such an incongruous phenomenon, TAYLOR'S suc cess as th e B ar d o f t h e Th ames, if h e 1 invoked any t ought in reasonmythological d n iv e i t ni e t n y ee for i t n h s e piration, attend ants upon APOLLO, not one of the virginal off spring of ININEmos/NE, b ut —as a matter of course —no other than CLoAcniA.! But, in former times, when the river Thames w as really, in truth, a ri ver , and not, as now, a vast open sewer — green turf grew down to its margin between bridges, just as it does still in some favoured localities above bridge, say at Mortlake, here and there, and at Twicken ham, Our forefathers could think then, with an anticipative sense of refreshment, of taking a " header" after the fashion of the COLLEEN BAWN'S lover, during the hot summer days, into a stream —the notion of contaminating oneself by touching which, in these times, produces only a sensation very much like a shudder of disgust in every well regulated mind. Then the river shores, bet ,veen bridges, were not, as now, with a frightful literal ness of signification—river shores! Swans then frequented those margins of the Stream which are now only the haunts of those enfants terribles, those wretched little gamins de Londres known familiarly as Mudlarks. It is through the realiza tion of the magnificent scheme now about to be adventured upon—this grand project of a Thames Embankment, that all the old charms and beauties of the river Thames can alone be brought back to us; that all the existing evils and abominations now polluting its current and festering along its banks can be effectually got rid of ! And to dream of doing all this simply by halves—by having merely oae side of the Thames embanked, the Middlesex side and not the Surrey side as well, the northern bank and not the southern bank into the bargain— would be the merest absurdity, the sheerest folly well imaginable. It is precisely because we are so thoroughly impressed with the conviction that it would be so that we are so sincerely rejoiced that the noble Viscount the First Lord of the Treasury has himself, betimes, so very distinctly avowed his solicitude to see an embankment of both shores of the river, and not simply of one shore. Thus, there fore, and thus only do we trust that the enterprise will be carried out. Then—in that case—upon those rational conditions—the main drainage of the capital being carried away from the river, and not, as now, into it—the filthy old ramshackle wharves being swept out of sight, the current of the Thames being restored to its original pellucidity; a broad roadway being constructed upon either hand, with rows of houses raised beyond each embankment, houses rivalling and, we dare say, many of them surpassing the frontage of the Adelphi-terrace— this one metropolitan improvement alone will do more towards the adornment and beautification of the cities of London and Westminster than all the other metropolitan improvements that have ever been dreamt of by our palladian daydreamers pu t together. Only, however, if both shores of the river Thames be embanked together ! But the necessity of both shores being embanked we have happily seen at length insisted upon by the Prime Minister, and therefore we will encourage ourselves to hope and believe that so—and so only—will it be done. Supposing we but carry out this one grand project in the way of a comprehensive metropo- litan improvement, as it is now proposed to be carried out—supposing we achieve this single scheme of a double Thames Embankment as it ought to be achieved—and supposing we do this promptly, and energetically, and with a will, we may yet in more ways than one outstrip our Parisian neighbours before very much longer in the labour of developing a great series of metro politan improvements. Paris, for one thin g, has no such river to adorn as we have in our majes tic Thames—the Seine being insignificant by com parison. Besides which, if we have Mei all this while to build superb edifices like the Louvre, to carry right through the most crowded quarters of our capital broad vistas of Boulevard upon Boule vard, running straight as an arrow from point to point—well, at least we have the consolation of reflecting that all this while we have not been plunging head over ears into debt like some others that we wot of! Yet, while there is a profoun d satisfaction, of course, in remembering that hitherto we have manifested this conspicuous prudence in refraining from rash and ill-considered enter prises of metropolitan improvement—there is as suredly no reason why we should remain obdu rately apathetic when a scheme is at length un folded before us, by judiciously carrying out which we may ensure immense adornments to the capital —adornments that, while they will wondrously en hance its beauty, or we ought rather to say, perhaps, at length impart something like beauty and splen dour to its general appearance, will, at the same time, increase its salubrity, and prove in the end actually (it cannot fail to do this) remunerative. Such a scheme, in truth, is this project of a double Embankment of the river Thames. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. NOVEMBER 21. The Swedish brig Aegir, Petterson, from Lulea for Rochfort, with a cargo of deals, put in hero last night with loss of bulwarks and stanchions and stern frame started, having been struck by a sea during the gale of the 14th inst., when on the Doggesbank. The Aegir fell in with the Nowegian barque, Nouna, from Illea.borg for London, in a sinking condition, on the 15th inst , and took off her captain and crew, 12 in number, and landed thorn here. CHURCH RATES.—A vestry of the parish of Northwood was held at the Town-hall, West Cowes, this day, to take into consideration the propriety of making a church rate. The parties for and against the rate mustered strongly, and after a long struggle a rate of ld. in the pound was carried by a majority of three votes. REMOVAL OF ToLLs.—The public have been for years seriously annoyed by the vexatious tolls demanded at the pier at Southampton. These have been at length removed, and now all persons leaving Southampton for the Isle of Wight, or arriving from it, pass over the Royal Pier toll free. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have re turned to Blenheim Palace from visiting the Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry at Seaham Hall, Durham. The Marchioness of Ely has arrived at her resi dence at Prince's-gate from Windsor Castle. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have arrived at Bridgewater House from Woreley Hall, Lancashire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a party at dinner last evening at Cambridge House. A select circle assembled later in the evening. Her ladyship has issued cards for an assembly on Saturday next. Lord Llanover arrived at his residence in Great Stanhope-street on Wednesday evening. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left Hughenden Manor on a vist to the Duke and. Duchess of Northumberland at Ainwick Castle. The Right Hon. Sir George C. Lewis arrived at Kent House yesterday from visiting her Majesty at Wind sor Castle. yv A memorial to the Court of Aldermen is in pre paration on the part of the members of the Stock-Exchange, for an abolition of the annual tax known as " Broker's rents." The commercial telegrams from China reeeived this afternoon are dated the 16th of October from Hong kong. The import-markets were still very dull from the pressure of large stocks. Canton had been evacuated by the British. The quotations of exchange were 4s. 51d. at Hongkong and 6s. at Shanghai, showing no alteration. Loss OF THE SHIP BRITISH FLAG.—Yesterday a despatch was received in Liverpool from Queenstown, announcing the :arrival there of the ship Ernst, having on board the captain and crew of the Liverpool ship British Flag, Captain Campbell, bound fi orn Liverpool to Bombay, with a large and valuable general cargo. The British Flag was a fine first-class ship, of 1,395 tons burden, belonging to the well known East India and China merchants, Messrs. Bates, Stenhouse, and Co., of Liverpool, and left Liverpool on the 6th of the present month. There is no doubt but this vessel must have been caught in the recent heavy gales, for on the 13th inst. she was dismastod in lat. 45 N, long. 11 W, and shortly afterwards abandoned by the crew, which were, as we have already stated, saved by the Ernst, and landed safe at Queenstown this morn i g. The abandoned vessel had a crew of 37 men on board at the time of the disaster. THE FINSBURY ELECTION.—A requisition was yesterday got up by a number of influential members of the Court of Common Counoil, calling upon Mr. Lusk, one of the late sheriffs, to come forward as a candidate for the re presentation of the borough of Finsbury. The requisition isialready very numerously signed, and it is thought that if Mr. L usk should c ome f orwar d , there is every probability 1 114 bas being successful. LATE6T NF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (PER THE GLASGOW, via QUEENSTOWN.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8, Evening. It is reported from Fortress Monroe that the commander of the Minnesota has received informa tion that the Federal fleet was bombarding Port Royal, and was meeting with a warm reception, the Confederates having been prepared for an attack some time before. The Confederates were com manded by Commodore Patrick. Another despatch states that Port Royal is in' e a critical condition, and just ready to surrender to the fleet. Two Federal steamers have been wrecked off the ooast of North Carolina: The crew were taken prisoners by the Confederates. The accounts received are very confused. Im portant movements are taking place on the Lower Potomac, indicative of the despatch of large Con federate reinforcements to the points threatened on the Southern coast. It is reported that General Beauregard has relin quished the command of the Confederate army on the Potomac, and has proceeded to take the com mand in South Carolina. A despatch from Cairo announces that a Federal expedition from that place, numbering 3,500 men, had landed at Belmont, on the Mississippi, and attacked the Confederate force there, capturing cannon, horses, and 100 prisoners. After the Federals had taken possession of the Confederate camp, it was reported that the Con federates were crossing the river from Columbus in order to attack the Federals in the rear. The Fe derals were then ordered to return to the boats, when a severe engagement took place, and the Federals ultimately retired. The Confederate force was reported to number 7,000 men. The loss was heavy on both sides. The Southern journals report the arrival of the Confederate steamer Theodora at Savannah with a valuable cargo. The privateer Sumter is again reported to have been captured near Barbados. It is reported that President Davis will cer tainly be relieved of the Presidency. There is a large majority for union tickets in Maryland. The captain of the slaver Erie has been con victed of the capital offence of piracy. It is asserted that the Federal army in Missouri will not advance beyond Springfield. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 8, EVENING. Money easy. Exchange rather firmer. Bankers' bills 1074 to 107 i. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Central, 79 ; Erie, 321; Illinois Central, 621. Cotton firm and advancing. Sales today, 2,000 bales. Middling Uplands, 24c. Flour quiet. Wheat, good demand for export. Corn lc. higher. Provisions steady. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses unchanged. TURIN, THURSDAY. The Opinione of today says : " The proposals for the partition of Italy men tioned by the Daily News, originated with Powers who have not the courage to declare themselves favourable or opposed to Italy, but who wish to play a part in European politics which their posi tion does not permit them to assume." NAPLES, THURSDAY. The brigands who were defeated at Pietragalla, in the Basilicats, have taken refuge in the moun tains and woods surrounding Lake Pesolo. MADRID, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day says : " Victor Emmanuel first claimed the Neapolitan archives in the quality of King of Naples. Spain, however, refused to recognise this title, and Victor Emmanuel then withdrew his previous notes, and confined himself to simply claiming the Neapolitan archives." PARIS, Nov. 21. The report, originating with the Paris papers, that General Cialdini had arrived here, proves to be unfounded. General Cialdini has not yet left Turin. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, says : " The Independance Beige amuses its readers with incidents purely imaginary relative to the late Ministerial modification, and in its number of the 19th instant pretends to divulge what has taken place in the councils of the Emperor. " The account given by the Independance Beige is entirely false." Ia remittance. —J. W. nenson, 53 auu ••• e./ London, E.C, Established 1749. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1861. v - THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Massilia and Indus left Alexandria with the above mails on the evening of the 19th inst., for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Nemesis brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 16th inst. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, with the above mail, arrived off the Needles at 9.50 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 21.—The official announcement of the reduction of the rate of discount by the Bank of France to 5 per Cent., has just been made, but has not produced auy improvement in prices, which are a shade lower than at the close of business yes terday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f 95e. Little doing in Railway shares. The following are the last quotations:- 4 t per per Cents ... 95 90. Credit Foncier l2lO Do. end month.... 96 Belgian 41 99 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 95 Roman. Bank Shares 2930 Austrian Credit Mobilicr.... 770 , Spanish Threes 49 50 Do. Account 772 501 Home Debt B.A.ILWA.YEI. Cash. Account. Orleans 1335 .. 1336 25 Northern New ditto 912 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1027 50 Geneva Southern 6:55 .. 657 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated the 19th instant, says :—" Seven of the new Obergespane and Ad ministrators have taken the oaths. The other per sons designated for similar appointments have been called to Vienna partly to take the oaths, partly to receive special instructions. Those already appoin ted cannot leave yet, as they are not yet providtd with the necessary funds." The rate of insurance on the gold (X 76,000) by the James Wilson, from Melbourne, which has now been at sea 134 days, has advanced to 20 guineas per cent. This sum was paid yesterday. The James Wilson is of only 364 tons register, and is considered a slow sailer. The following will be the number of days em ployed in conveying the Mediterranean, India, China, Mauritius, and Australian mails to their respective ports next year. These mails are to reach Marseilles from Lon • don in 2 days ; Malta in 4; Alexandria in 8 ; Suez in 9 ; Aden in 15 ; Bombay in 18 ; Galls in 26 ; Mauritius in 27 ; Madras in 30 ; Penang in 32 ; Calcutta and Singapore in 34 ; King George's Sound in 40 ; Hong Kong in 43; Mel bourn, is 45; 5Y (1120 Y in 4 9 ; and Shoghai in 50. LITERATURE. The Cloister anc the Hearth ; a Talc of the Middle Ages. By Charles Iteade, author of " It's Never Too Late to Mend," " Christie Johnstone," etc., etc. 4 vols. Trubner and Co. Paternoster row. This is a remarkable work that is sure to attract a large share of public notice, alike from the wide spread reputation of its author, and also from its own superiority in many respects. It is likewise original in many of its characteristics, and notwith standing the extreme length to which the story runs, the interest is sustained throughout in a surprising degree. The reason is that the greater part of the narrative is so true to life, and the chief persons are real in their affliction, their excitement, their passions, and their pride. Margaret is just what one could suppose a girl of her style would become after long years that in sorrow and suffering of no common kind had formed her into a woman strong to endure, and a Christian faithful to triumph over temptation. Catherine is as exact a counter part of a busybody as ever was portrayed in a book. She seems to stand before us, so perfect is the sketch, one of these well-meaning folks who create an immense deal of mischief by their meddlesome ways and inveterate love of gossip and proneness to interfere in all things relative to everybody. Elias is well drawn in his way as one of those stern mediaeval men whose lives were as stiff and unbending as their figures appear on can vass. With all his strictness he did not succeed very well with his children, as no father could have had more despicable sons than Sybrands and Cor nelis. Gerard is the hero, and a striking one in all respects. His short life was full of perils and dis asters. He had to encounter from one cause and another as many trials as fall to the lot of three separate men in an ordinary state of affairs. He was full of the faults of youth, hasty, passionate, and precipitate, but time rolling on brought with the lesson of life increase of wisdom, and his career at last, according to the faith in which he was brought up, was a near approach to perfection. He resigned his dearest hopes because he thought the fulfilment wrong, and he was the more tried as the deceit and treachery of his brothers, whom he had never in jured, wrought out for him this deadly ill. It is hard to bear irremidiable troubles, but to have the sharpest sting inflicted by a relation, and when too late discover the fatal mistake is indeed bitter. The chief point on which the story turns that gives it its name is the fact of Gerard being informed that Margaret was dead. This was done by his brothers transposing letters in order to prevent the return of him they were jealous of. On receiving this fatal news, Gerard ful filled the intention of his early years, and be came a monk. Meanwhile, Margaret awaited his return, burning to see him, and show him their first born, not knowing of the barrier for ever raised between them. " You who know what lies in that word, maternity, enlarge my little sketch and see the young mother nursing and washing and dressing, and undressing, and crowing and gambolling with her first-born ; then, swifter than lightning, dart your eye into Italy, and see the cold cloister, and the monks, like ghosts, eyes down, hands meekly crossed over bosoms dead to earthly feelings. One of these cowled ghosts is he whose return, full of love, and youth, and joy, that radiant young mother awaits," The extraordinary events that followed on this mysterious fact are skilfully told, and some of the scenes are dramatic in their exciting interest and their thrilling pathos. When Gerard saw Margaret in the church before him—a living woman come to hear the strange preacher, of whose celebrity her neighbours had so loudly proclaimed, instead of the corpse whose grave he expected to see noted in the churchyard, the reader has before him as startling a picture of the strange occurrences of mortal life as could be imagined or devised. When he recovered his surprise he found a living death interposed between those who stood before the altar in the hey-day of their youth, and believed themselves united for the rest of their lives. The succeeding scenes are some of them rather peculiar, but it must be borne in mind that the days here recorded belong to the past, and the general tone of society was, in every respect, differ ent from the present. Margaret rightly used her influence to drive Gerard from the hermit's cave to the world of his fellow-men, where he could employ the great talents with which he was endowed to the benefit and blessing of humanity. Their son Gerard was a link of connecting interest be tween the woman whose heart was with her treasure in the world below, and the man who had crushed down human happiness, and " Turning away his pale brow From earth and the light of the present, Looked to a heavenly spouse." The coneistenoy of the slzotch is maintained by not prolonging the description too long. Human nature could not have endured such a constant strain on its energies without at last giving way, and the plague that sweeps away Margaret, and the languor that overpowered Gerard were messengers of mercy and of grace to bear them afar from their cares and disappointments. They lived to illustrate a purpose, and that effected their mission was over. " The battle fought, the victory won," they were summoned to their reward, leaving an example behind them for their fellow-creatures to follow, and a memory to dwell upon of high and holy deeds. This book has its drawbacks in some respects. Parts of the narrative are too discursive, and the plan adopted of putting the most effective words in tremendous letters is not suitable in a work that treats of superior things and does not need to resort to clap-trap to make evident its merit, possessing more than the usual amount of interest and excitement in its chequered course. These and other defects are more than counter balanced by the success that throughout marks it. It is adapted to suit many tastes, and all competent judges will agree to its great discrimination of character and eloquent description of scenes. It is the pen of a ready-writer that has given us this stirring record of life in the medieval ages. Human nature was the same then as now in its main fea tures and leading attributes—pride reigned supreme and passion revelled in undisciplined minds, love inspired the most daring deeds or produced melan choly and misery. Also we are shown that the light of a true faith, then, as now, though it dif fered in form, and was diverse in rules, was mighty to support and puissant to save those who trusted is its efficacy, and looked to its final triumph over the things of time and sense. It is not a useless task nor an idle lesson to teach, that simple folks who, centuries since, slept with the dead show us in these fragmentary relics of their lives. Their careers are chronicled in passages of great power, here adorned with eloquence of no common order, and there made interesting by many an incident of human kindness ; but the chief merit is in the fact that they point a moral in their simple lives, and yield a testimony in their holy deaths, They fol lowed what they thought the right road, though its course turned away from the paths of pleasantness. It was but fitting that at last they should find peace abide with them as a constant guest, and a promise that could not fail as their beacon light, from darkness unto day, from the world which is to that which is to come. There are some scenes that, in their several styles, are very effectively rendered. Gerard, when he was in Rome, was leading a very different life to that which he afterwards adopted. Hig adventures with the Princess Clelia are very strange, and the wild rage that possessed her could only be found in a daughter of a southern clime, and then but under peculiar circumstances. Gerard's conduct was irreproachable, and it was a relief to him whem he met her, after having entered on his sacred vocation, to be able to impart words of counsel. His intercourse with the painter is also worthy of notice. The child, whose very existence seemed an anomaly, was des tined to be great hereafter, and far-distant genera tions were to sound the fame of him whose birth seemed a curse and his surviving an infliction at one time. Over the house where Margaret spent such lonely hours, and over whose threshold the expectant father never trod, was inscribed these words—" Haec eat parva domus natus »warms Erasmus." The following passages illustrate some of the most striking scenes of this remarkable work, which in incident and interest may vie with any t m a b t l o e o a f d m i t i s r a r teinoonwn frome d i p t rsedecessors retrospective It g l c a a n n o e lay at a cl n a o i period of history, and its apt rendering of fictitious events of no small amount of attraction. It is, therefore, probable that a verdict of approval will be pronounced in its favour at present, and the dwellers in distant lands, and those who at a future period peruse its pages, may ratify that judgment and pronounce valid that testimony. THE MONK AND THE PRINCESS. ti So part we—thou to the place that becomes thee best, thy father's house ; I to my holy mother's work I" "Adieu," faltered the princess, "adieu, thou that I have loved too well, hated too ili, known and revered too late, f org iving angel, adieu—f or ever ." Th e monk caught her words, though they faltered in a sigh. "For ever 1" ho cried aloud with sudden ardour, " Christians live for ever, and love for over, but they never part for ever. '1 hey part as part the earth and sun , t o meat more brightly in a little while. You ot and areeg;a on r e lp t easrhttoarhuyi ofu i theerfefoi nr the life hceh ; sua a rn n e dh d ,owfhtiamt whose i e n and o s os no our drop life rp ? daughter One linein h w in the ocean of ' for ever.' Adieu, for the little moment called 'a life I' W e p ar t i n trouble, we shall meet in peace ; we part creatures of clay, we shall meet immortal spirits ; we part in a world of sin and sorrow, we shall meet where all is purity and love divine, where no ill passions are, but Christ is, and his saints around him, clad in white. There in the turning of an hour-glass, in the breaking of a bubble, in the passing of a c l ou d , s h e, an d t h ou, an d I, s h a ll meet again, and sit at the feet of angels and archangels, apostles and saints, and beam like them with joy unspeak able, in the light of the shadow of God upon his throne, for ever, and ever, and ever." THE SON OP GERALD AND MARGARET. Fiat scholar tuul divine of his epoch, he was also the heaven-born dramatist of his century. Some of the best scenes in this new book are from his mediaeval pen, and illumine the pages where they come, for the words of a genius so high as his are not born to die ; their immediate work upon mankind fulfilled, th e y ma y seem t o li e torpid, but at each fresh shower of intelligence time pours upon their students, they revive, they spring from the dust of great libraries, they bud, they flower, they fruit, they seed from generation to generation, and from age to age. FICTION ILLUSTRATING PACTS. " Not a day passes over the earth," says the writer, "but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs, the greater part will never be Known till the hour when many that are great shall be small, and the small great. But of others the world's knowledge may be said to sleep, their lives and characters lie hidden from nations in the annals that record them. The general reader cannot feel them, they are pre sented so curtly and coldly; they are not like breathing stories appealing to his heart, but little historic hailstones striking him but to glance off his bosom ; nor can he under stand them, for epitomes are not narratives, as skeletons aro not human figures, Thus records of prime truths remain a dead letter to plain folk, the writers have left so much to the imagination, and imagination is so rare a gift. Here, then, the writer of fiction may be of use to the public as an interpreter." THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. In the valley of Grindelweld the traveller has on one side the perpendicular Alps, all rock, ice, and everlasting snow, towering above the clouds, and piercing to the sky; on his other hand little everyday slopes, but green as emeralds, and studded with cows, and pretty cots, and life ; whereas those lofty neighbours stand leafless, lifeless, inhuman, and sublime. Elsewhere sweet common places of nature are apt to pass unnoticed, but fronting the grim Alps they soothe and oven gently strike the mind by contrast with their tremendous opposite. Such in their way are the two halves of this story, rightly looked at; on the Italian side rugged adventure, strong passion, blasphemy, vice, peni tence, pure ice, holy men soaring direct at heaven; on the Dutch side all on a humble scale, but womanish, and ever green, and as a pathway parts the ice towers of Grmdelwald, aspiring to the sky, from its little sunny braes, so here is but a page between the Cloister and the Hearth. GERARD AND THE PAINTER. Gerard pursued criticism under difficulties. First, signor, I would have you know, that in the mixing of certain co lours and in the preparation of your oils, you Italians are far behind us Flemings. Meantime, I see in this picture the great qualities of your nation. Verily, ye are solis flii. If we have colour, ye have imagination. Mother of Heaven, an he hath not flung his:immortal soul upon the panel. One thing Igo by is this, it makes other pictures I once admired drossy, earth-born things. The drapery here is somewhat short and stiff. Why not let it float freely, the figures being in air and motion ? I will, I will, cried Pietro, eagerly, I will do anything for those who will but see what 1 have done. Humph I This landscape it enlightens me. Henceforth I scorn those little muddled landscapes that did erst content me. Here is Nature's very face, a spacious plain, each distance marked, and every tree, house, figure, field, and river smaller and less plain, by exquisite gradation, till vision itself melts into distance. Oh beautiful, and the cunning rogue hath hung his celes tial figure in air, out of the way of his little world below. Here, floating saints beneath heaven's purple canopy ; there, far down earth and her busy lives, and they let you take this painted poetry, this blooming hymn, through the streets of Rome, and bring it home unsold. But I tell thee in Ghent, or Bruges, or even Rotterdam, they would tear it out of thy hands. But 'tis a common saying that a stranger's eye sees clearest. Courage, Pietro Vanucci, I reverence thee, and though myself a scurvy painter, do for give thee for being a great one. Forgive thee, I thank God for thee, and such rare men as thou art; and bow the knee to thee in just homage. Thy picture is immortal, and thou that halt but a chest to sit on, art a king in thy most royal art. Viva it maestro, viva. At this unexpected burst the painter, with all the aban don of his nation, flung himself on Gerard's neck. They said it was a maniac's dream, he sobbed: Maniacs them selves, no, idiots, shouted Gerard. Generous stranger, I will hate men no more since the world hath such as thee. I was a viper to fling away thy poor dinner, a wretch, a monster. Well, monster will be gentle now, and sit with me. Ah, that I will. Whence goest thou. To order supper on the instant. We will have the pic ture for the third man. " I will invite it whilst then art gone, my poor picture-child of my heart. Ah, master I it will look on many a supper after the worms have eaten you and me.' I hope so,' said Pietro." THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very moderate, and the trado ruled firm, both for red and white qualities, at fully Monday's currency. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably extensive. The demand was by no means active; nevertheless, a fair busi ness was transacted at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request at full quotations. In barley sales progressed slowly, yet no change took place in its value. Malt, with the exception of the finest qualities, was a slow sale on former terms. Good and fine oats sold steadily at quite previous rates, but inferior parcels were a slow inquiry, though not cheap Qr. The supply of both beans and peas continues small, and the trade ruled firm at full currencies. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a fair extent on for mer terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEE". Wheat. Barley. Oath. z,3o 3 ,410 ( 1 ,630 1 1,820 ( 410 f 1,330 hack'. Irish..l F0reign........ 19,890 6,380 61,410 1 40 sloe. 4.800 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat aro on sale here. Good and prime qualities are in steady request ; but inferior kinds are a dull business. In prices very little change has taken place, compared with our previous report. Per 81b. by the carcase. ■ d s d' ads d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal 3 cgs 4 6 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork 4 8 5 0 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops continue in demand at very full prices. Other descriptions, however, move off slowly; nevertheless, the quotations are supported. New Mid and East Kents.. 180 s to 225 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats .. 147 s 185 s „ New Sussex l3ss 155 s „ Belgian llos 120 s „ Bavarian COLONIAL. TEA.—A steady business has been transacted, and at public sale slightly enhanced prices have been obtained for the better qualities. SuoAu.-LThe market has been less active, and only good and fine descriptions have sustained previous prices, In the refined market there is little change of importance to record. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been effected in colonial descriptions, and inferior qualities have slightly declined in value. Ricer.—The operations have been limited, and the few bargains recorded have been chiefly for export at previous quotations. - SALTPETRE.—Business has been active, and some ex tensive dealings have taken place in refined, at advanced prices. __ ._ TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and prices have shown increased depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 51s 9d ; December, 51s 6d; and spring delivery, 52s 6d per cwt. SAILING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.--The Mon treal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer North American sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Portland. Besides the Canadian mails she also took about 43 pas sengers. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. have made a con tract with the new Telegraph to India Company for the supply of 200 miles of cable, which will be sent out to the Red Sea within a month. MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPTIS.—W® are in formed that a convention has been signed with the Italian Government allowing English clerks to be placed in all the principal telegraph-offices throughout Italy, whereby it is hoped the irregularities hitherto existing will be obviated. We hear it is intended to maintain a telegraph steamer con stantly iu the Mediterranean, for the speedy repair of any injury that may occur to the Malta and Alexandria cable, and that this vessel, when not otherwise engaged, will be employed carrying mails, goods, and passe ngers b e t ween the diff ere nt stations, and possibly between this island arid Cor fu, if the Government will contribute a subsidy to assist in defraying the expense . The obvi ous a d vantage to the Go vernment of maintaining steam communication between two such important garrisons and naval stations as Malta and Corfu, leads us to hope that it will not lose so favourable an opportunity of obtaining this desideratum, which would at the same time be of great service in promoting the commer cial and social relations of the two islands. We understand it has been decided to replace the present land lines of the Malta and Alexandria telegraph at Benghasi, now erected on poles, by a portion of the submarine cable, which is to be laid underground for greater security against accident, either from the weather or mischievously-inclined persons. This cable is to be conveyed to Benghazi in a sailing ves sel, and laid as soon as passible. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co.'s telegraph screw steamer Berwick left again on Friday last for Marsala and Cagliari on her way back to England.— Malta Times, Nov. 14. REPEAL GF TIIE HOP DUTlES.—Yesterday after noon an influential public meeting of landowners, planters, and others interested in the hop trade, was held at the George Hotel, Robertsbridge, near Hastings, for the pur pose of deciding upon the steps which ought to be taken during the next session of Parliament in order to obtain a total repeal of the excise duties upon hops. The meeting was attended by numerous extensive landcwners and hop planters of Kent and Sussex, amongst whom were Lord Harry Vane, M.P. for Hastings, who presided, Mr. Dod. , son, M.P. for East Sussex, Mr. Beresford Hope, &c. A memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer setting forth the unjust, unequal, and oppressive operation of the hop duties, especially since the recent legislative enactments with reference to the plant, and urging the total and im mediate repeal of the impost, was adopted. It was also resolved that petitions in favour of the total and immediate repeal of the hop duty be prepared and signed in the sew parishes—and that the co-operation of similar associatic in other counties bo solicited ; and that the members of P liament for Kent and Sussex were requested to solicit co-operation of other members, with a view to obtain nterview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pres the memorial, rnd urge the necessity for AA immediate peal of tin Lop duty. reral ions Par- the / I an. ;sent Es re-