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

I fields, and slaughtered populations, and all that \is most terrible in foreign, comp licated with civil and servile war !" marching onward to the bloodless conquest of the conti nent ; that cities and populous States are springing wilds, if by enchantment, from the bosom of our western and that the courageous energy of our people is making of these United States the great Republic 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 Union. 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 other 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, sometimes irregular im pulses of opinion, or of action, which are the natural pro duct of the present political elevation, the salf-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 Union. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Washington, Dec. 2, HU. 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 the ungrateful party, but, " more in sorrow than in auger," 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." And 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 compromise 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. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— M JIJLLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Night but Four.—Eighth appearance of Miss Arabella God dard, the celebrated Pianist.-33d time of the I' ew Grand French Quadrille. Programme for VHS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 16): — Part I.—Overture, Oberon—Weber; Quadrille, from Ver di's Opera, E rnan i—Jullien ; Symphony, Scherzo vivace, from " The Scoteh Symphony " (receivQd with great applause on the three Mendelssohn 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)—Julliea ; Recitative e Rondo, Pensa ally Patria, from Italians in Algeri, Madame Eliza Poma— Rossini ; the French Quadrille (33d tine), with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM, Do Foliey, DeYong, Collinet, Pratten, Lavigne, Hughes, and Koenig; Finale : Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur—Jullien. Part 2.- Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " La Traviata," with solos by Herr Koenig, MM. Lavigne, De Folly, Sonnenberx, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Le Hon, and Hughes ; Fantasia, Pianoforte, from Rossini's opera Mose in Egitto, Miss A. Goddard—Thalberg ; Polka, My Mary tun (by desire)—Jullien ; Ballad, By the sad sea waves, Mme. E. Ponia—Benedidt ; 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., El ls., 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 Ce.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, will bo performed Sir Edward Bulwcr 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 Pane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE ALHAMBRA., being the last week of their final engagement. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. 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. 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 d.ama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. _ . 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. BUCANINAN'S private picking. He 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, After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, Galled TRE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre 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, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE.I THIS EVENING and drain.. the week will be presented Shakspoare's play of A MIDSUMNIER, NIGHT'S DII.RAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi- pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murr?7 and C. Leelercq. Mendeissohn's - celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minnte3 before 7. TFIENTRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Manigernent of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENTING, MICBF.TTI. Macbeth. Mr. Phelps ; Macduff, Mr. H. Marston ; Banquo, Hr. A. Rayner ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with POOR PILLICODDIT. We give the Message in extenso, 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. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Le9see, Mr. Alfred Wio , tu. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE. AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. A , ldison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swo.uboronzh and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. F.,Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half-past Seven. Messrz VPOYAL SURREY THEATRE. ;10 LPo4ees, Mes.ars. Shenli.rti and Creswiok. THIS EVENING, .BIP.DS OF PREY. Charles Benne pont, Mr Creswick. After which, TIIE WAITER. -AT CREIIOII,NE. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of ),lACBETH, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained Horses, 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. NTERBTTRY TIALL. WeAtininmi-er-r0a. , 1. ,‘--) OPEN EVETIY EVENING.—The follow 'l 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 Brtinell', anti Miss Summers • Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimans Barker, w R. G . r - cver, T. Rain ' o : T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. W. and P. Come : Masters Austin. Ben nett, and Corri; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, c, rte, J. Tlaw way, R .A d7ector, , :Mr. J ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; J. Caulfield: - Commence at Seven o'clock pre eisaly. Suppers, dic., until twelve o'clock. In addition t:, the usual Vow, RELS Enter.ainnnent the celebrated SPANISH MINST appear in costume ' at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every will Evenitg, and slug :some of their favourite selec tions. 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, wlsich 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 (I) 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 of mystery, 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 hot do anything to impair the glories of her future sceptre. The assistance of Russia has also been duly 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 Lours NAPOLEON, and even FRANCIS JOSEPH, their opposition to Prussia being neu tralised by their rooted objection to anything approaching to free governments and the hated name of Republic. We do not, however, think that the Federal as usual, a lengthy Govern men t w ill y i e ld a single inch. The The President's Message is, It Swiss, lities. document. There are no vague generain defence of their own independence, enters into every point with the utmost particu- caused their names to be respected larity. There is no attempt at condensation. from the time of CHARLES THE BOLD. Even the engagements to very Indeed verbosity seems to be the charm chieflymercenaries would abandon their foreign aimed at. It is, fight to the last in defence of their much-loved mountains. With all his land in fact, a prolix political engagements pamphlet, intended to advance the interests o we ir, FREDERICK. WILLIAM would have but little hope of succeeding the party with which the outgoing Presi kicking against the pricks." dent has been pleased to connect himself. The p h r is iok n s. 7 ilNluosrtratdioon we present Message, as we explained yesterday, is more than usua ll y one-sided. The interest s and I believe that h e has any serious notion wishes of the slaveowners are solely regarded, and lof attempting an invasion th a t must a pretty sha r p l ec t ure i s rea d to a ll th ose who, in i lead to very serious complications, and greatly the peace and tranquillity the exercise o f th e i r const i tut i ona l r i g hts and disturb of Europe. privileges, have d are d to res i st what M r . PIERCE That he may sympathise with the mi sgu id e d men , c l ear ly believes t o b e t h e planters ' es t a bli s h e d whose Quixotic attempt to elevate the P russ i an ascendancy. Their attempt s t o s t an d by the standard was so promptly and decisively p u t terms of the Missouri compromise are character down, is very possible, and he may desire iced as efforts of a revol utionary tendency, while rescue to thorn from their impending f a t e . "pretending to seek onl y to prevent the spread But the mode adopted is the very worst that of the institution of slavery into the present or could be Union—they are men devised. If the Federal Govern future inchoate States of t he U t.recognised the plea to their jurisdiction really (credo PIERCE) inflamed with a desire to there would be an immediate end to their autho change the domestic institutions of exietine. ray. When once a tria l has taken place they States." :-* " The only path to its accor: r i may exhibit a graceful act of clemency, and re plishment is through burning cities, and ravaged l ease the prisoners. But that will not answer rila 9. WATER. AT LONDON lIRT. DG _ _ THIS DA"—Morn. 45 min. Dja. 4 —Rvenirg 10 ink:. aft:. 5 T r y.MoßßOW—Morn. 31 min. aft. 5.....47, ven ; ng 54 in. aft. 5 i THE 177E=-TITE"—S ui 0.. 11, 10 E, DECEMBER 16. THERMOMETER, IN THH SHADE. 41 —highest SiII2O noon yesterd ay . 36 —lowest this morning and dining the night. 3S —this day at r.oon. BAROMETER, 30 o—another great rise WTNP, S.W.—Almost cairn, with thi c k fo g. There w:,s a hoar fro6t last night and heavyfog this 'zonal)* I- C e•:': :,...,:- ' '',.-. 1: ~,:-:,-...; :-', 7 -- L . S ., r air l- z :1, 4 , L "' L')NDON, TUESDAY, DECEIVIBER 16, li-sg, THE SUN, LONDOIN, TUESDAY EVENTING, DECEMBER 16, 1856. the purpose of FREDERICK WILLIAM. He has a pressing motive for averting the disclosures that may be made during the stringent in vestigations, and, 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 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 bo supported by the Allied Powers. Should FREDERICK 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 Duke of Cambridge leaves ;own, 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 H.gimeas Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Prince of Lahore, accompanied by Sir John Login, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from a visit to her Majesty, a 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 visiting the Earl and Countess 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, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. Lieut.-General Sir Stephen Lakeman was married on the Ist inst , 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 enders for the contract of launching their great ship at 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 new cases. THE BOLTON-ON-DEARNE MIIRDERS.—The murder o Mr. Luke White and Elizabeth hi 3 wife, at Bolton-on Dearne, is still shrouded in mystery. The perpetrator of the crime is still undiscovered. MISS CATHERINE ITAYES.—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 another 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.-IWIAT, ESQ.—We have to announce the decease of this gentleman, formerly so well known as a delineator of Scotch characters on the stage. His "Dougal creature," in "Rob Roy," was altogether un rivalled. A lairg and very severe illness, extending over the last two or three years of his life, has at length ter minated in death. Mr. 3/Plan expired on Saturday mcrning, at Heath Mount, Hampstead. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT LIVERPOOL.—A very melancholy occurrence took place on Sunday morning at Liverpool—the destruction of a dwelling house and loss of two lives, a man named M'Culloch, and his wife, by fire. The unfortunate event occurred in a place called Raglan Street, at the north end of the town. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, at which it was agreed that the salary of the new Recorder should continue at 3,0001. per annum. The report o the committee appointed to carry into execution the . formation of New Cannon-street was brought up. 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 NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAHRET.—Yes terday the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Aldermen Sa lomon., Challis, and Lawrence, and Mr. H. L. Taylor (the chairman of the Markets Improvemets Committee), Mr. De Jersey, Mr. Holt, and other members of Vae 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 fur the comfort and accommodation of the buyers and sellers. THE RAILWAY PASS CASE AT LIVERPOOL.—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 fled 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, &c., 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 the Assembly-rooms, Harmer-street, Graves end, to a very crowded audience, comprising a large por tion of the elite of the town. The first part consisted of selections from "Ii Trovatore," the principal charac ters in this romantic and interesting opera being sus tained by Mrs. Galton, Mrs.ltosenthal,the 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 1ng1e..." At the conclusion of the operatic entertainments, M. Chace 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 gr. 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 has 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 gether a superior one of its kind, and deserved to meet with the success it received from the inhabitants of Gravesend. ORIGIN OF TITHES.—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 anti 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 the piety of kings, barons, and rich men, disdained the fund, so insufficient for their magnificent designs ; the building of churches was exacted from the devotion or the superstition of the laity in general, conjointly with the munificence of the ecclesiastics. So, too, the right of the poor to their por tion became 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 Milnaan's _History of Latin Christianity, THE POETRY OF LOZMON.—The poetry of London is in the great brimming waggon of hay, grinding through the street on bright eisminer mornings, scattering dry perfume that brings thought of country homes to doleful men, bleached or sellowed by long imprisonment at tavern-bars and behind dusty warehouses. It is in the crystal blocks of ice, 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 lifeless to look about them. It lay, in old times, in the dlisty coach, rolling in from its long course over moor and common, 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 galleries above, ready to criticise the passengers. There is poetry, too, in the rough dusty-footed countryman's first bewildered stare at the immensity of St. Paul's. Poetry, scuttling away from 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 into a torrent, as if in emulation of the shining river beyon ; or in the brick archway of Christ's Church, with its silence and repose ; or nestles in the green tree in Cheapside, where, as in a cliff over an t ; he the pin c i a n n o ti s ry en3 s p in singing, , ocean rooks build and clamour. Th e sickl y geranium , l a i tt e h t e in pale-faced enchanted bird of gold, stitching gay shrouds for dead men of rank ; t he squ alid children who sell violets and scentless w eeds to carewor n arindo to w City men ; sham countrymen, with dank bulrushes and birds' nests that look unreal ; all combine into a picture rich in poetry—into elegy, ode, even hymn,—Tltorn• burg's Art and Nature. LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 8. Feruk 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 zette writes as follows :—" The overland mail from Constantinople conveys to us certain de tails relative to the approaching conferences of Paris, which are not 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 Porte 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. 1 The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) 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 bis 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 al], 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. do Sydow from Berne, the Secre tary of the Prussian Legation still remains and transacts business as usual. FRANCE. PAB,IS, MONDAY EVENING By an Imperial decree of the 14th instant M. Troplong has been appointed President of the Senate for 1857, and M. Mesnard, first Vice-Pre sident • and Marshal Count Baraguay General Count Regnauel. de Saint Jean d'Angel and Marshal Pelissie r, D uke de Malakoff, Vice !, Presidents for the same period. Another decree of the same date appoints Count de horny to be President of the Legislative Body for 1857 ; MM. Schneider and Re s v t e a i t l e , d lr , i s c a e y -P s t r h es e id T en ot t t s i , on a i n ia d is, G th en at . Va s t-Vimeux and yof aMI. large reduction u q o u ti e o s n to i r o s. the budget in I c t o i n s se p ci o n si e t n iv c e e l -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 Assemblee Nationale thus replies to a recent article published by the Times on the strange opinions offered by the J)ebats 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 a 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 la ding, 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. Wore Austria ever so confident of the support of England, she would not run the risk of giving us a serious ground for complaint ; she is 'coo well acquainted with her vulnerable position arr.d 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 imfluence of England on the Continent. with a disinterested policy, a policy worthy of selfq üßoaupt . io.s nEs,DEC. 15.—The followi n g were the last Everywhere that England presents her the traditions of her great statesmen, we shall ac cept her alliance and offer her our own." 3 per Cents a n r t e s s 4 3 9 ,5 5 6 1. 0 _5 5 5 0 0 9 New LoanSChe Cash. 75 fr. c End or 2ronth. 4 1 i 3an p k er 85A Credit Mobilier — 1,480 Austrian Belgian Fives 971. Spanish Throes...... Piedmontese (5) 92 Home Debt ....... Rom 6— a 6 u fr ( ' O Lyons r e l d ea i tnesr Mediterranean nAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c 1,325 Western ............... 850 Northern 940 Strasburg .... ........ 820 Lyons Geneva 1 1, 3 7_2 --- _— N l, G e r e s a w t n a Cette d D C i .. t e . t u o . ............ .... ................. 7 6 5 2 g .....-- 757 50 Austrian C0ra....... 802 50 PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. Letters from Berlin confirm the seriousmaa of the resolution which the Prussian Government has takE:n and communicated to the great Powers. Already opened to secu re a p as sage to the Swiss frontier diplomatic communications hav e been 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 de spatched the 9th. The New Prussian, Gazette pub lishes the following analysis of its contents : "This note commences by recapitulating all the advances 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 Unter 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. 11A31217RG, 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 intelli g ence 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 other from Messina to Girgeuti, Messina itself be ing placed by means of a submarine cable in cmn 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 months, 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. The import market has been pretty rteady and business done to a fair ex►ent. 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 folowing proclamations, issued by the Right Hon. the Governor General of India in Council, under data the let 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 Wiliiam, Nov. 1, 1856. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council having, under instructions from her Majesty's 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 Shell, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni 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 Cabal, or Candahar, or other foreign country, should invade Herat. In the event of troops being sent, the Persian Governmeat 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 beurbood of Herat to Persian soil. The Persian Government also engaged to abstain from all interference whatsoever in the internal affairs of Herat, whether " in taking 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 reedit), of the Khoetbeh, or an y o th er 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. On the other hand, it was agreed, in the name of the British Government, that " if. any foreign powers, such ae the Affghane or others, should wish to interfere with or take possession of Herat, the British Government, Or the requisition 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 cf Persia has manifested a deliberate and persevering dh re regard of the reciprocal engagements by which at the same time it became bound, and is now endeavouring to subvert by fere() 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 Arneer Dot Mahomed Khan, the ruler of Affghanistan, had been insieated byhis "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 given y the British Government ; nor, so far as tha,British bGo vernment is informed, had there been, when the asser tion was made, any act on the part o f Arneer uponpost Mahoined Khan evincing a desig n t o advance Herat. Nevertheless the Persian Government has executed its its intention. Not on l y have Persian troops; invade the territory of Herat, although the contingence whi,h alone could justify such an act has not come to pass, but they have laid siege to the cit y , and have interfered in its internal affairs ; while the government of Teheran bag n o t only ass umed the right to nominate t he r ul er 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 Government have been scarcely veiled ; and recently the movements of troops in aiffereet parts of Persia have indi ca t e d a determieation to persist in an aggression which is as unprovoked as it is contrary to good faith, The conduct of the Persian Government has been esty's G ov pronounced by her Maj ereer nmeat Br i . )t ennstituto an act of open hostilit y aga i nst G .Britain. Repara tion bas been sought, but without drawal of the Per s i an troops from thee success ig . hh ourho The with- Herat to Persian so il has beesdemandneedood of limi nary to the adju s t ment of differences to W ashi a prelimi nary acts of "ots- of Persia alo ne h ave given rise ; but the demandhas g been evaded, a n d, according to the most recent accounts, a Persian army st ill 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 measures 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 ihe Persian Gulf, will be guided by such instructions as the progress of events - and the policy of the British Govern ment may demand. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Council. (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. PROCLAMATION. Foreign Department, Fort William, Nov. 1, 18i6. The Right Hon. the Governor General bf India in Council having, under instructions from her Majesty's Government, directed that hostile operations against Persia shall forthwith be undertaken, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that Persian 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-re, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term. Provided that nothing herein con raised shall extend, or be taken to extend, to Pereian vessels having on board any officer in the military ser vice of the Persian government, or any article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Per sian government. And it is hereby further ordered 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, hound far any 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 inch at sea by any of the ships of the Indian navy, shall be nermittee 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, the Cum miesioners of Pegu and of the Tenasserim and Martabee provinces, and all officers and authorities whom it may concern, in her Majesty's Indian territories under the 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 ) SUMMARY.—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 instruction:: 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 fiona 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 inteu time of sending a force to Herat, on the plea that Bost 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. Her Majesty's Go vernment having remonstrated in vain, had con sidered this a positive act of hostility against Great Britain. The British Government having faith • fully observed its obligations, in no way counselled. Dost Mahomed, who seemed to have visited Canda har to tranquillise the country, on the death of one of his brothers who, governed there. The expedi tion now on its way to the gulf was therefore directed to be organised at Bombay, to act in s uc h manner as might be afterwards ordered, and compel the Shah to keep faith. It does not quite yet appear that there is any great probability of con flict, and very possibly the Sliah, whoa he hears of an armament on his shores, may promise all that is desired of him—that he will ever dream of keeping that of lius the aia Czar. is already A re Aid it pre paring promise a moment longer than suits him it were insanity to suppose. The perseverance in offence the proclamation reveals gives colour to the assump tion ai bh t ag e h dea ton andrumoured occupyhei s keep e a e p merei thetn borepuppetlong-coveted province of As p pledge till the mo men t we ,descend on Bushire. In this case we are playingth our frontier by the very measures propos e d f or keeping game t them the m a t a distance. enemy, drawing o r them u e ) the demon stration will serve no end whatever b e y on d prov i ng how reckless we are of our resources, an d h ow easily drawn into the wildest of warlike adventures,w 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 50,000 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 ju s t as little force our way into the interior of Persi a as • t o that of Russia itself. Already the commissariat and quartermaster general's departments report that supplies must all bo sent from Bombay, that our troops can be subsisted only from our ships, and that the villa gers have only to retire before us, when we starve before we are 100 miles from the 200 years have the shore. During never deemed ite at occupied India we have should have come to worthy of a treaty ; how it be found deserving of more than thought i n 1853 an during the previous century does not appear. It will be admitted that had we been without one the want would have occasioned us no injury now, and would have exempted us from a war w hich may involve England in embar rassments of which no man can tell the results. An order has just been promulgated by the ratagis trate of r oona, under instructions from Govern ment, prohibiting book-swinging and other bar barous t• prac ices throughout the Poona Zillah. Such a measure has long been desired by all who Iwish for the i m p rove ment of the natives. Of old it was believed—or careless and idle minds found it COUVenient to believe—that it was dangerous to meddle with any native practice however immoral , government of the Est ll,dia Cua.p.ny, are required to or revolting, that was connected with or claimed i give the necessary directions herein as to them may re the sanction of religion. But times are changed , spectively appertain. and innovations which might not safely have ben ' By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General Council.. attempted a century or half-a-century ago the age of India in is now ripe for. Suttee has long been suppressed. (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONE, Female infanticide is no less strictly interdicted, Secretary to the Gover nmen t o f I n dia. and now Government sees its w a y to the abolition PROCLAMATION. ,‘ of hook-swinging at fairs and r e ligi o us festivals. It Foreign Delia tmeut, F irt Williara, Nov. 1. The Right Hon. the Go vernor -G enera l o f I n di a in has not acted hastily or without making inquiries Council, being desirous that the hos`.;l3 operations now as to the extent to which the practice is carried on, about to be undert a k en against Persia should be attended and the light in which it is regarded by the en- with as little injury as possilie to individual interest, is lightened portion of the community. On the lat- pleased to notify that all subjects ot the Shah of Persia ter point the information received is stated to have residing within her Majesty's Indian territories under been highly satisfactory. the government of the East India Company, and not being consuls or consula r agen t s i n t h e serv i ce o f the Another barbarous custom, also prevalent at Jejooree, is interdicted by the proclamation ot Mr. Persian government, may continue to reside therein with pect o f and their 3 persons, tt, their lwill property, Davidson. A man runs a sword through the fleshy outrmolestation part of his leg for about a foot, and, drawing it out, thei r lawfu l in avocations, res tection so long as they siva! abstain fr ' o ey m w a i ll acts hostile sprinkles the blood on the entrance of the temple. to the British Government, and shall observe due obe- For this feat he receives large free-will offerings dience to the laws under which they live, and to all and the right to perform it is vested, as a valuable res .lutions or orders of the Governor-General of India privilege in a body of about 15 families, to each in Council. individual of which it comes round once in about By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of six or seven years. These men, however, long ago ladia, in Cour cil. declared that they would be glad to discontinue the (Signed) G. F. EDMONSTONE, practice (which Mr. Mitchell thinks is a remnant of Secretary to the Government of India. the rite of human sacrifice) if their incomes could be (True copies) H. L. ANDERSON, assured to them. Secretary to Government. 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 Harris was expected at Sedasheghur on the 10 t h inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKETS. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROM NOV. 4TH TO 16TH. • The Overland Mail from Lonuon, of the 10th Oct., reached Bombay in the afternoon of the 6th inst., per 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 ranges 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 favourable. Ixrom. Cotton Piece Goods—roe 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 ineconsee quence there is no change for the present of increase in value. Grey shirtings, 40 inches, of all descriptions, are in fair request, but there is little change to be noted in value ; 45 in. have declined Ito 1 anna, at which they are in demand. Grey domestics of all descriptions are dull of sale. Grey T cloths have become dull, and have declined 1 to 2 annas, except 51b., which are in fair demand, and have advanced 1 anna. Grey madapollame of all descriptions are in fair request. Grey jacconets are in moderate request. Grey long cloths have been in good demand, and large sales have been effected, but are for these last few days less inquired after. Reached and Fancy Goods—Bleached shirtings of low quality are in demand ; others are dull of sale. Of bleached madapollams the same might be said ; bleached jacconets, low to middling, are in demand, those of higher qualities being dull ; bleached twills are scarce, and in good demand ; satin spots are in very good de mand, and are rather scarce ; Turkey red plain is dull ; twills of stout quality are scarce and in demand, inferior are in moderate inquiry; mulls are in fair demand. Of lance goods low lappets, plain and coloured mulls, low ocok muslin, plain and dyed lappet scarfs, and grey and hleached dhoties are In demand ; bleached mulls middling and higher, and fine book muslin are dull ; dyed mada pollams, 28 yards, are in inquiry, as also dyed mulls of good quality ; lower of the latter are dull. Cotton Yarns—Both mule and water have been in good demand, and a fair amount of business has been done. There its no change in value except in 40 w ater end mule, which have advanced siighry, while 70 and 80 of the latter have declined a little. Dyed orange le lull, Turkey red in fair request, and green is in mode rate inquiry. Meters—English bar iron, sheets, hoops, and nail rod, both square and round, are in good demand, but with .ut change in value. Swedish leer and steel, in faggots and tubs are in demand—the latter had advanced a little. Pie lead is in good demand, while • heet is dull. Tin elates are in demand. Speiter has advanced, and .is in eeued demand. Copper—Braziers', sheathing, and tiles are in very good demand, and have advanced. Bottoms are in demand, but tnere has been no change in value. Nails are dull, rod scarce ; while of South American there is none available. Lead, both red and white, is in ! demand. Quicksilver is rather dull. Saffron of the heat quality is in good demand. Cochineal of the beet quality is in very good demand, and has advanced a little in price. Woollens—The market has been tolerably steadf. Flannel of all descriptions continues in demand. Spirits—Brandy and gin are both dull. The former declined 2.ana per gallon in wood. Beer of all brews is very dull ; 30 hhds. brew sold at Rs. 35. Marines Stores—Canvas, both brown and bleached. is in moderate inquiry. Twine is dull. Oil of linseed and spirit of turpentine are in demand. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The market has exhibited considerable activity, and prices have advanced on all elesceipteir both for delivery on the spot and for arrival. li T ipi h es no stock of any kin,l generally cleared. the extent of 15,000 candies, or 30,000 bales, end ~,q:),hdiloelfdo,rhcavheinbaeteinlerreepiosrt:!elniryfOlirttitehedoEi doing. h l c v b in o e t a h q r k l u l e o e t: o Surat r a a n v d u t b t r e o e ac a h t , R ol ,, d . , l a t t ;7 R ; e c a 0 1 03 12 0 ; a D , tolßlae. i. , o a 6 t Re. -7)m.. 1 a 1 n 22 earole, at Rs. ' lO5 ; and Saugioned, at RP. 118 for the 0 Hemp—No transactions have been re p orted English msnamp ion. rket, but purchases continue to be made for [o material continues in very good Sheep's Wool. — i a m d p v o a r n t c a e t d ion in . consequenced eu m demand, and o t f h t e h prices d Fis ea s s e t a h r a ce v . e b A e b n o i u n t v 7 e o l oqfuKeliit;roafsaa recent have letter about 300 bags changed hands. The good demand, 51‘11,odcit'haeanhdittteirc 'lungs of the former were purchased by native shippers, and of the prices continue as before. Pepper.—Butb Bh u. , ctrl and Malabar are in demaq• The latter is scarce, but there has been no change in the value. Oil Seeds.—Present delivery has advanced to Rs. 41 ; Rs. 4 6-16th s . H olders cont inue deliveryfirm. oif n January,Gujera tape seed a s ma ll quant i ty of 50 ny/t° has been imported, for which Re, 41 is the demand ; for arrival in January, Its. 4i a There has been no trans• action, but the market is very firm. Kurrachee, Rs. 4k for nngarbled, and Rs. 4i for garbled. No transactions have been done, but the market is very firm. Of Teel , Kurrachee, 12,000 candies were brought by a foreign house a day before the departure of the last mail, : de livery to b e comp l eted within the let of March ne xt, n: Rs. ; anti Ghattee at Rs. 22. Niger is in deman d for local consumption, at Re. 17. Opium.—Th e mar k et t ,i nce t h e 14 t h i nst . has exhibited consderable activity, and purchases to the extent 5001 1,500 ch es t s have been made at for Indore Re. 1,0 and for Rutl am an d l'ilundleidir Re. 1,055 to Rs. 1,062 ' which are the rates of the, day. colt Tonnege.—Freights continue firm ; for Live r p 31. 7s. 6d. ; for London, 3/. se. to 3/. 76.6 d. ; fo r Chinn? Re. 11 to Re. 12 per candy. China, the rates advanced to 2s. 2.1 d. to -Id. Exchan, e —A large supply of bills having com e fo ffirrosint • for or class paper, with a large business. This last e se .cal two, however, the rate has been lees firm. h -u° Cal , night, bills have sold at irregular rates during_ t . e night, commencing at 2s. 21(1. and up t , O 2s. Pd cutta Courts Bills, 60 days' sight. 9ii ; days', 984; ; Chide, 60 days' sight, 215. Ma9drasr 3° ---~ CALCUTTA A RKETS. (F r ont the Overland Bengal urlcaru, Nov S.) The Peninsular and Oriental Companys steamer Bengal, with London mail of the 26th of September, arrived on the 30th ultimo, aed the telegraphic message yesterday put us in possession of commercial accounts from London to the 10th of Octot,er. In imports the market has shown a hea l t hi e r aspect, particularly for Manchester g oods. • The Money Market rema ins as easy as last repre sented, and there has been no alteration in Bank's rates of discount and interest. Government Securities not much sought for, there being greater willingness to sell than to purchase. Exchange—The business done for the out-going mail has been on a moderate scale. The rate for first class bills has been stead y at 2 16 to 2 li. Only a limited supply has been received from Ch ive ina d, bywhic the steamers sold Li g h tn ing and Fi er y Cross, just arrh was at 2 14 to 2 1 9.16 th. EXPORTS. Raw Silk —Notwithstanding the last accounts from home the market has been pretty active, arid some trans actions have taken place at full former prices. European filature silk continues in go.,d demand, and we under stand high offers being made foe some parcels have been refused. The fall at home does not affect these sorts. Side Piece Goods —Supplies of corahs are daily arriv ing from the districts, but being in few bands holders are firm in their dema nd ; the y roust, however, 000 submit to lower prices, as the stock in the market is fast increasing, and the qualities being sech ae eot to OP courage transactions at high rates. Bandana; and choppahs have also improved in price about Rs. 5 to Rs. 6 per corge, but we have heard of no transactions. purchase of pcs. 112 Tusser is reported at Rs. 5 14 per piece. Cotton.—The favourable accounts from China have caused a rise in the market. Banda is Rs. 0 8 to Rs. 0 1g per maund higher. Jaloon and Bhoomaghur Rs, 06 t o e Rs. 0 8, and F urrackabad Rs. 0 4 per maund above th prices current a fortnight back. sugar. —Supplies in the market continue Very lig ht s and demand for Bombay unabated ; prices have conse quently risen about 10 to 12 annas per niaund on our last quotations, for yellow to white descriptions Benares• Boma is arriving freely, and Las also risen in price about 4to 8 annas. Garpata and Dallao, none in the market- Operations for Great Britain are limited. Saltpetre.—The market has improved since our last under a reduced stock, and f a i r inquiry for botb America a nd Grea t Britain. Prices of Gudua and Allygunge h ave advan ced 4to 6 annas per id. Low Chap-eh an =m d other inferior sorts have also imp roved in price owing to a great competition amongst the refiners. Rim—Table sort has been in moderate operation for Great Britain ; but the Inquiries f , ir the colonies continue g ood at firm price. The demand for Moonghy and turn for for the Mauritius, Reirbon and Chime, continua, and prices have slightly iinprove'd. Stocks of all sort: in the market are very light, and the new crop is 0° expected to arrive before a month hence. Freights.—The interveution t•f the native holicleet and the lim op pending the arrival o f th: Bengal, have ited caustd a r,tro eration,graciatibn in homew ard rate