The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO DON, FRIDAY ik'VENiple, SEP EMBEft '1856 THVATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING THE LADY OF LYONS. Followed by TWICE KILLED. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIS4E3IENT. ROYAL PR)}:CESS'S THEATRE, (fader the :Sfar..sement qr. Ca&RLEB KEAN. Tata ytiTP:NTIVO. MUSIC H kTH CHARMS. After whicn, PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Flvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRL E FOR AN HOUR THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bookatons. THra EVENTNG, THE BEAUX' STRA.TAGIM Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, CHARLES TFIE SECOND. To conclude with THE SPANISH SERJEANT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE„ Under the management of Mr. Charles Dillon, T RIS EVENING, BE LPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. To he followed by W. Brough's new ButiPscine, PERDITA, THE ROYAL MILE.MATO ; or, a Winter's Tale. Florin!, Mrs. A. Mellon (late miss Wool •ar) ; Autolycus, Mr. J. L. Toole; Hermione, Mrs. Thicitingharn White ; Leontes, Mr. 5, Calhaem ; Polixines, King of Bithvnia. Mr. Wm. Br , u7h (his first appearance on any gage) ; Fast Time, Miss Harriet Gordon ; Per dita. Miss Marie Wilton; k”tigonus, N. r. Barrett. Miss Rosina Wright. and a grand Corps de Ballet. • Stalls. ss. ; Dress Circle 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Plt 2e.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. Ilalf-price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprlator and Manager, Mr. B. webster. Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVPINDTG. IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with IRISH ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPFIITTIRATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Seventh Week ! Shakspere's RICHARD THE THIRD, with the introductioh of horses. The equestrian ll'u=trations iin,ginei by Mr. W. Cooke. Death of White Surrey. (Vide "Illustrated News," of Saturday, 6th.) Rattle of Bosworth Field, &c. After which, The EQUESTRIAN GEM-I in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a number of other Entertainments. Box-office open fr_mi Eleven till Foiir. Stage Manager, Mr. NV. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. -v. Co Ace, N.R. Vide "Illustrated News of Sept. 6th for the Death of White surrey. RIGA. WATER. AT LONDON EIRIDrIg. THIS DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft. 4 —Fvening 9 rain. aft, 5 To-Monnow—Morn. 32 rain. aft. s—Evening 52 uin. att 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 19. THERMOXETER, IN THE SHAWL 52 —highest sines noon yesterday. 50 —lowest this morning and during the night. 60 —this day at noon. RA RC' &mint, 29.90—falling. WIND, N.W.—Light, with cloudy weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. (%,11 se LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1856, The Austrian Charge d'.Affaires recently applied to the French Government to prevent the collec tion of subscriptions for the purchase of guns for the protection and armament of the fortress of Alessandria. Since that time the Russian Envoy has visited and minutely inspected the works, and has doubtless communicited a full description thereof to his Government. This intense anxiety respecting a fortification purely of a defensive character, and which has already rendered good service to Piedmont, affords a significant hint as to the intentions of two Emperors, and the promp titude with which the assurance was given by a third that steps had already been taken in antici pation of the Austrian demand, discloses the animus of the other wielder of an Imperial sceptre. forthwith adopted to check the evil, we shall, ere another year has passed, witness a monetary panic far more formidable in character, and serious in its results, than that which led to the com mercial crisis of 1847. Why, then, should not precautionary measures be forthwith adopted ? Why should the fatal comment, "too late," be applicable to everything connected with the administration of English affairs ? Under the present iniquitous code there is no mode by which the enormous exportation can be checked. So long as it proves profitable to the speculators it will continue, and the industrial population of the country will have to endure the most fearful misery and privations, in order that the money ocracy may still further enhance their overgrown hoards. Large sums have already been with drawn from the country. And the Times, a good authority on such a point, warns us that we must look forward to the exportation of at least eighteen millions of pounds sterling a large portion thereof in silver, within the year, commencing in July last. How, we ask, can this be borne with the existing money laws, the real cause of the national dis tress ? Should it take place, the Bank reserve, as well as the notes in circulation, will be reduced to the minimum amount, and there will not be sufficient of the measure and representative of value in the hands of the public to carry on the transactions of every-day life. Our fellow-citizens will be subjected to the fate of TANTALUS, being starved in the sight of plenty, while the currency quacks are carrying out their heartless views. As fve have already stated, there is but one efficient remedy—one mode by which we can escape from the difficulty. We must economise the precious metals—must provide a substitute for the sovereigns —which aro now used merely as counters, where one pound notes would far more efficiently discharge the rtecessary functions. These notes being issued on National security would be perfectly safe. There could, in fact, be no possibility of failure, or even of deprecia tion. While some 65,000,00 01. is annually re quired by the exigencies of tb.e Exchequer, any• thing that would satisfy the claims of the tax ga,herer, and render his visits —neither few nor far between—less formidable, would not be re garded as merely " worthless rags." They would gladly be received by butcher, baker, and all these with whom the anxious pater familias is brought into daily contact. 'The certainty that every person could forthwith pass them at their nominal value would insure t'neir efficacy. This is, then, what we require. The issue of really national notes of small denomi nations, in quanti ties sufficient to provide for the domestic circula tion of the country, with these we could weather the storm ; without ,them we !shall thave to go through an ordeal of no ordinary magnitude. Mr. JAMES WILSON has already clearly and dis tinctly pointed out that the issue of twenty mil lions of Government one-pound notes would be equivaleAt to the discovery of a store of gold of equal amount in the heart of England ! Why do we not profit by the information ? Why do we remain indifferent on a subject of such vital im portance, on which the welfare and happiness of the great majority of the people so greatly depend ? It is indeed hard to account for this extraordinary apathy. The bullionists have contrived to mystify the question, and to puzzle those who have not devoted time and consideration thereto. But the matter must ere long force itself into general notice ; and surely we should not wait until the evil has arisen. The stable door should be fas tened while the steed is still slfe. The Bank Charter Act must be revoked next ses sion ; and surely the topic is of suf ficient importance not merely to justify, but imperatively to require a winter session. It would offer a far better return for the senatorial labours than the Foreign Enlistment Bill, which embroiled us with America, and gave us only a German Legion, to be handsomely provided for at the expense of the English veterans who have borne the burden of the war. A National Treasure has just been secured by the expenditure of 3,8201. sterIing—SHAKSPERE'S birthplace, the cottage in which the " Immortal Bard" was born in the some time village, now the flourishing market-town of Stratford-upon-Avon ! Good news this, we take it, for every true-hearted, right-minded Englishman. No more fear now of a long-dreaded and at one time apparently an imminently impending desecration. The crumbling brickwork and worm-eaten rafters are no longer, thank Heaven, in danger of being carted away for so much " builders' rubbish"—as happened not very long ago (don't we all of us bitterly remem• her that act of clerical Vandalism !) in regard to another classic tenement—SHAKSPERE'S death place, not a couple of furlongs from SHAKSPERE'S birthplace, in that same world-famous Stratford upon-Avon. So that there actually remains no longer any vestige a t all of New Place—the com fortable dwelling-house in which the greatest poet the world ever saw breathed, his last on the me morable fifty-second anniversary of his birth : such a world of glory, of wisdom, and of poetry being comprised within the narrow span of time be tween April the 23J, 1564, and April the 23J, 1616, the dates of the coming and of the going of our glorious Dramatist ! Years ago—and the honoured home in which he expired was wantonly ' rased to the ground by the petulance of a spiteful Ignoramus, who even took a certain strange and despicable pleasure in tearing up by the roots the venerable mulberry tree said to have been planted two centuries gone-by ix the adjacent garden-plot by the glorious hand of WILLIAM SMAKSPERE ! Remembering which same heathenish atrocity the lovers of the name and fame thus outraged beyond the reach of reparation, feared, and not without much reason, lest some evil chance might in a similar man ner sweep from the surface of the earth the other, the earlier and humbler home ofSHARSPERE at Strat ford-upon-Avon. Hence the effort recently made for its purchase by a sort of national subscription. The effort but just now crowned with a success so signally satisfaCtory. The SHAKSPERE'S House Cammittee having at length been able to realise its design completely—buying at once and for ever not merely the cottage itself, but the adjoin ing tenements to the right hand and to the left ; a judicious supplementary purchase, enabling them to insulate from the accidents of fire and other casualties the humble pile in Henley-street, the object of so much natural veneration. It is at once curious and interesting to relate how all this has but just now been so very happily ac complished. Tile final purchase-money having been munificently supplied by:one JOHN SHAKSPEARE, a large-hearted, open-handed gentleman, of Leices tershire. A namesake—this-----of the Poet's Father, a namesake still living amongst us, and long may he still continue to live amongst us—the worthy Preserver of a wealth ho.knows how to distribute, of a name lie knows how to honour, of an enthu siasm he knows how to demonstrate ! A sum of 2,500/. in rieging golden coin of the realm ha s thi s noble spirited Leicestershire gentleman paid over to complete the purchase for the nation of the poor little cottage in which the "Immortal Bard" was born—a cottage glorified into a shrine by his advent, as the cottage of BAIICIS and PHILEI O2f The fact is that as a Constitutional Government, one of the few still remaining in Europe, Sardinia, is peculiarly distasteful to Despots. It is only less obnoxious than Great Britain, and, from its position, attempts may be more easily made against integrity and independence. It is particularly the bete noir of the Red Emperor. As the recognised champion of Italian freedom it disturbs his rest, and, like HAMAN of old, he in dulges his spleen so far that he can never be happy SO long as VICTOR, EMMANUEL, the modern MORDEV 11, retains his position amongst the poten tates cf Europe. We have thus rRANCIS JOSEPH to bully ; ALEXANDER, the recently-annointed. Czar and Pope, to spy ; and Lours NAPOLEON to play their game so far as his authority can extend. They are indeed par nobile fratrum, each doing his best, or rather his worst, within his own sphere to crush constitutionalism in any territory where it can be discovered. Their feelings are mani fested by their conduct respecting Alessan dria. But, fortunately, Englishmen are not bound to respect their wishes. They can still "do as they like with their own ;" and neither Prince, Emperor, Czar, nor Kaiser can control their determination. Why, then, should not the subscription, checked if not prohibited in France, be carried out in England, so as to achieve its object, to render Alessandria, if not impregnable, at least so strong as to delay for a considerable time the progress of any invader. VICTOR Em- MA.NITEL now leads the vanguard of those arrayed under the banner of freedom. Any reverse which he might sustain would be fatal to the cause every Englishman must have at heart, and Great Britain would probably be selected as the next victim. VICTOR EatatANuEL possesses irresistible claims on our gratitude. When Austria was basely tern porising, and Prussia professing a despicable neu trality, he came nobly forward, and with heroic confidence flung himself into the breach. Look ing merely to the past, he would be entitled to any assistance which he could require. But be yond the mere matter of gocd feeling, we should for our own sakes render it freely and liberally ; for although he may have to bear the brunt of the encounter, we may rest assured that, should he fall, our day of trial cannot long be deferred With a Government strongly in fluenced by the spirit of Germanism, no national pecuniary assistance can be anticipated. But there is nothing to prevent individual efforts, which should be the more energetic in consequence of the apathy and indifference of the Cabinet. The continued drain of the precious metals, to which we yesterday adverted, is indeed a matter of serious importance to the industrial interests of the country. Unless adequate measures be was glorified by the fabled advent of JUPITER I For the particulars of this remarkable act of munificence on the part of " JOHN SHAKSPEA RE, of Leicester, Esquire," we are indebted to that pl.easant, garrulous, bird-like Gossip in the illustrated London News, who delights the public week by week--(under the slovenly heading of "Town and Table Talk in Literature, Art, arc.")--- with so many appetising scraps of agreeable and out-of-the-way intelligence. Not any more de lectable crumb of comfort has he yet given us than the one now devoured with such eager avidity--..the one which assures us that a not unworthy name sake of the Great Poet has at length secured to the English nation the possession henceforth (until its solid bricks and rafters shall have crumbled into dust) of the cottage consecrated by the homage of three centuries, visited by so many obscure and famous pilgrims, and regarded by all with such natural and enduring interest as the birth-place of the greatest of all Englishmen I BABY FRANCE'S INVITATION. PARIS, 16 Mars, 1856, Now, All you Children, Born to-day, I here invite with me to play, As soon as you " bonjour" can say, And toddle out our Paris way. I'll have a palace full of toys, Tops, marbles, whips, and guns for boys; 'Of mimic war we'll taste the joys, The drum makes such a charming noise. Or, if a little lass you be, Of dolls you'll find variety, With egea that move—and almost see, And say, " Mamma, come quick ! dress me." We'll have a play-ground and a hall, Where boys may play at bat and ball; And girls may feign a morning call, Or drape their doll in evening shawl. And, should a doll behave ill-bred, Tears in a corner shall be shed, As you have wept, by Jeannette led Upstairs—when whipt and pat to bed. We'll plr4 a play as Kings and Queens, Or sfrdpherds dance in rural scenes, Ar.d money count with shells and beans, Ind keep shop with our little means. We'll dine—and, all set round, partake Of wine, and fruit, and jam, and cake, And jelly—in a natural quake! Where children their appearance make. And when gay daylight has expired— (As all our friends have long desired !) Within our cots we'll slumber tired, By all our dear Mammas admired ! So will we imitate of right All that our ELDERS doth delight, Who laugh and cry—and kiss and fight Their little day—and, then—" Good Night." For NiP - EuctiN - Louis-JsA.N-JosEPR (File de France: Given at our Cradle at the Tuileries, Signed { LH: gu7- E G l o N v E E s ß a ivic BB }Childoofflerance. INDIAN BITER NATIGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 9, Eilliter-street, London, 13th September, 1856. SlR,—The rapid manner in which the shares in all un dertakings lately projected for developing the resources of India have been taken up by the public shows the interest which India is beginning to 'excite in this country, and the perception of the enormous resources and the remune rative character of public works in that great dependency. This more general appreciation of the vast capabilities of India has been very much promoted by the lectures and publications of Colonel Cotton, late Chief Engineer of Madras, on the subject of Indian improvements, and, with your permission, I will recapitulate, for the informa tion of your reader, the conclusions arrived at by this emi nent authority. Colonel Cotton states that the primary wants of India are cheap means of internal communication, and a large distribution of water for the purposes of irrigation. From the want of cheap means of internal communication, the productions of the interior of the countrycannot be brought to a port of shipment in any considerable quantities, nor can British manufactures, especially of the cheaper kinds, be carried into the interior to that extent which would otherwise be possible. Great losses, not merely to the In dian Government and the native population, but also to the producing population of this country, consequently ensue. If the resources of India were properly developed she would be able to purchase nearly all the manufactures we produce, and would be able to supply us in return with moat of the commodities which we at present require to import from foreign countries. The first step in this course of development must be to cheapen the internal communications. The proportion of produce paid to the Government as rent has often to be left to rot upon the ground. The energies of the country, indeed, are para lysed by the existing difficulties of locomotion, since there is no inducement to raise produce for which, from the ex pense of transport, a remunerative market cannot be ob tained. To alleviate the difficulties of internal transport in India several railways have of late years been constructed in that country. Colonel Cotton, however, maintains that although railways are in many situations important aids to internal communication, that the bulk of the traffic in Indian produce must be carried on by means of the great rivers, as in America and other extensive tracts of country, inasmuch as it is only by water communication that the necessary cheapness of transport for rough and bulky articles—such as agricultural produce for the most part is —can be obtained. Railways in India will be useful for the transmission of passengers and of light, expensive, and perishable articles, for which rapidity of transmission is important. But water conveyance can alone insure suffi cient cheapness of locomotion to bring the wheat, sugar, cotton, and other agricultural produce from the heart of a great country like India to our shores, and by establishing steam navigation of a suitable character upon the rivers this object would be at once attained. At present the boats navigating the rivers of India have to be dragged by manual labour upwards against the stream ; but by the use of steam this heavy expense and feeble process will be exchanged for the cheapness and efficiency due to the use of that power, and the whole heart of the country will be effectually opened up. Such, then, are the main conclusions of Colonel Cotton upon this subject, and their soundness has been manifested by adequate experiment. Already has steam navigation been established upon several of the rivers of India with very advantageous results. The last dividend of the Ganges Steam Navigation Company was at the rate of 48 per cent. per annum, and the last return of a navigation company on the Godavery was at the rate of 65 per cent. per an num. These companies, however, are totally unable to fill the immense field which India presents for river navi gation of a profitable character; and some of the support. ers of those undertakings, and other persons practically acquainted with the subject, have associated themselves to establish an English company, which, by the use of an adequate capital, and by calling in the aid of European science to aid Indian experience in the wide introduction of steam navigation of the most suitable character, will, it may fairly be hoped, succeed in opening up the communi• cations of India in an efficient manner, to the great advan tage of that country, at the same time that it insures for its shareholders returns of a still more remunerative cha racter than any which have been already obtained. I have long given to the subject my careful. attention ; and from my personal examinations in India, and my cognisance of the capabilities of steam navigation in other parts of the world, I foresaw and predicted that it would prove largely remunerative to persons embarking in it. The experiment has now been tried ; the result has been successful--not, I must say, beyond what I expected, but beyond what I con fessed; and now the problem is to occupy the field in an effectual manner, as the merits of the undertaking and the magnitude of the field equally justify and demand. I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient ser vant, JOHN BOURNE. REDUCTION OF TEE RUSSIAN ARMY. We hear there is to be no more recruiting for the next three years, and this negative measure would in a few years more reduce the army by 100,000 or 110,000 men. It is also said that there will be a great reduction in the actual existing strength, by the diminution of the strength of companies and the disbanding of one battalion of each regiment. If this be true the Russian army will in a short time be less by 200,000 men the complement as signed to it by official documents before the war. DIINKELD, Sept. 16.—The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., arrived at Birnam Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, and proceeded northward, on his way to Dunrobin Castle, on Wednesday, to pay a visit to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland. The noble marquis was in excel. lent health and spirits. ROYAL Durum BANK.-A body of the shareholders yesterday had an interview with the directors of the Royal British Bank to ascertain the result of the inves• tigation into their accounts, and it appears that the liabilities of the bank will be about 540,0001., and the assets about 340,0001, The directors have resolved that the remaining 604 per share shall be at once called up. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 17. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort drove out yesterday aitethoon, accom panied by bis Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and his Serene Highness the Prince Eel ward of Saxe-Weimar. In the morning the Prince of Orange went out deer stalking. The Royal dinner party yesterday included his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, her Serene Highness Princess Am a li e of Hohenlohe-Schillingfurst, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord James Murray. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Cam bridge House, Piccadilly, yesterday, from St. Leonard's. Despatches were received at the CJlonial-office yes terday, from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Western Australia, and Malta. LATEST NE WS. MADRID, SEPT. 17. The constitution, as well as the additional act, has been very l favourably received. Nothing has yet been decided on relative to the sale of church property and the question of the octroi duties. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces that of the 12th the King of Naples had received Baron de Hubner. It is known that the Austrian envoy is charged with a mission in support of the remonstrance of the Western Powers. The International Congress of Beneficence held its first (sitting at Brussels on the 15th. After a speech from M. Rogier, who was re-elected president by accla mation, the assembly proceeded to the business of the day. A letter was read from the Intendant of the Civil List, announcing that his Majesty the King of the Belgians would honour the Congress with his presence on the 17th. CHEAP SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS FOR THE MIL LION.—it is said that a gentleman who was some years since favourably known as the manager of popular con certs in London is in negotiation with the St. George's hall Committee, Liverpool, with the view of giving ftionstre Saturday evening concerts in the large music hall at rates of admission which will allow the working people to be constant visitors there. SALMON FISHERY IN SCOTLAND.—The salmon fishing in Scotland closed on Saturday. The season has been upon the whole a deficient one; the greatest deficiency has been in the seacoast fishings and in grilse. Rod fishing had latterly improved, particularly in Aberdeen and Banffshire, but here also the season has been unfa vourable. We referred a few days ago to the sale of four of the smaller vessels of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company. Two of these, viz., the Propontis and the Harlingen, were purchased, we understand, by a Russian naval emcee. of rank for account of the Russian Govern ment. The sum paid for them is stated to be 23,0001., a price which seems to be considered satisfactory to the shareholders. It is also reported that the directors are in treaty for the s ale o f t we l ve o f the larger vessels. w ni i c n l g e giv A es n gr OH e lg a P t lS p e ro o m ne i L nen C ce ou i r it E s eir e . announcement :—" His worship the Mayor of Bath, oTu rr m b n e s o a t h h e f C o h l l r o o Mr. W. Bush, has had the honour of receiving, through the Lord Bishop of Durham, a remarkably fine haunch of venison from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, ay a slight acknowledgment of his Grace's appreciation of the mayor's courtesy and arrangements for the com fort and convenience of the court lately assembled in this city to adjudicate in the case of ' Ditcher v. Denison.' " PERVERSION IN HIGH LIFE. —The Northern Times, a Roman Catholic paper published in Scotland, says : " Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Argyll, who has I lately renounced the errors of Protestantism, received the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday last at 7 o'clock a.m., at the Cathedral of St. Andrew's, in this city (Glasgow). Her Grace subsequently heard mass, and participated in the Holy Communion. The celebrant on the occasion was his lordship (!) the Right Rev. Bishop Murdoch, V.A.E.D." THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE BELGIAN CONGRESS.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening.— eke the meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce this day, it was resolved, after an able and earnest, but very temperate discussion, on the motion of Mr. J. R. Jeffery, seconded by Mr. R. Gladstone, that Mr. C. Holland, the chairman, Mr. J. Torn, the vice-chairman, and Mr. J. Aikin, the treasurer, should constitute a de putation to the Free Trade Congress of Brussels, en be half of the chamber; and that Mr. W. Brown, M.P. for South Lancashire, and M. J. C. Ewart and Mr. Hors fall, the two members for the borough, should be invited to accompany them. FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—A circular, addrestelld to the principals of establishments, to the following effect, has been issued from the Early Closing Association:— "I take the liberty of informing you that the directors of the Crystal Palace Company have kindly consented that Saturday, the 20th September, shall be a shilling day ; and that the Early Closing Association shall re ceive part of the proceeds of all such tickets as may be sold through its instrumentality. The board of manage ment are desirous, therefore, on pecuniary grounds, that the attendance of visito rs should be numerous ; and also because of the hope that it may encourage the directors, ere long, to make Saturday a general shilling day. Under these circumstances, the board will take it as a great favour, if, amongst your personal friends, and the mem bers of your establishment, you will obligingly use your influence to secure a large company on the oc casion." BORTH AND EAST TAMAR MlKE.—There is no proba bility of the agents of these mines being able to re-open and work them. In South Tamar the water in the shafts rises and falls with the tides. A great deal of timber has come up the shaft from the 30 and 60 fathom levels. A great deal of timber has also come up to the surface in the river. On Saturday last, the water in the South Tamar shaft suddenly tell 14 feet. It must have found a way into the East Tamar sett, as the water was then higher in the river than it was in the shaft. In East Tamar the works are entirely suspended. The water is here rising rapidly, having broken through the slide in the level between the mine and South Tamar. At present the water is above the 60 fathom level, and is rising fast. THE CWMDYLE ROCK MINING COMPANY.—The wind ing up of this company proceeds on the petition of Mr. J. E. Delamere and Mr. G. E. Beckers, two of the share holders, who state that it was formed in 1850 to work copper mines in Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire, under a lease from Sir R. Bulkeley, with a capital of 30,0001., in 10,000 shares of 3/. each. Mr. Delamere subscribed for 582 shares, and Mr. Beckers for 696, and paid the deposits thereon. The mines, which are situated on the side of Snowdon,,were worked, but no profit was derived to the shareholders, and there are debt s an d li a biliti es amounting to 2,06 81. to be discharged. The working of the mine is now only carried on to a limited extent, principally to avoid forfeiture of the lease, and it is alleged that the difficulties in which the company have been placed, arose principally from the fact of its having com menced operations with a very small working capital. EXTRAORDINARY SUraIDE.—A suicide of a most de termined character was committed a few days ago in the Devon County Gaol, Exeter. An old man, named William Aggett, had been committed from Prince Town, Dartmoor, to take his trial on a charge of steal ing timber. He had, it appeared, cherished hopes of an acquittal, but a short time ago his son was committed on a similar charge to the same gaol. This evidently preyed upon his mind, and one morning Aggett was found suspended to a water-pipe in his cell. He bad only one arm, and this he had tied across his belly with whanilkerchief, and had also tied his legs together. He had taken other precautions to carry out his pur pose quietly, and bad contrived to hang himself with a eiece of tar rune which he had to pick into oakutn. His seck was not 'dislocated, but he was dead when found by the warder. CROSSING THE LINE.--Amongst the vessels composing the squadron lying off the west coast of Africa, there is one (the Heels) just gon e ou t t o j o i n t h ose alrea dy there. On crossing the line the savage ceremony of "shaving " was performed on about 90 unfortunate sailors. Amongst -.hem was one poor fellow, named Henry Green, who, after having been subjected to the infamous shaving pro res., in order to escape being dragged into the water by those ruffians stationed near him for the purpose, at tempted to jump into it. In the attempt, however, he knocked his head against some part of the vessel, and in a short time expired. On making a post-mortem examination it was found that the poor creature's neck was broken. The poor fellovi leaves a wife and family in Plymouth to deplore his loss. This barbarous custom is forbidden by the Admiralty, and it will be very strange should the conduct of the officer in command of the Hecla , on this occasion be allowed to pass without inquiry. THE GREAT COMET.—The German astronomers are divided in their opinions as to the reappearance of the great comet of 1556, and their learned discussions on the subject take up a great deal of room in the limited columns of their newspapers. It was known that Peter Fabricius, a famous Austrian mathematician of those days, had written a very erudite dissertation at the time, and published his own observations of the comet, but the work itself had been lost. A French translation, however, printed in 1557, has. just been discovered by the bookseller Herr K. F. Kohler, of Leipsie, amongst his old books, and he is now reprinting it for general sale. It is written in the form of a set of letters ad dressed to the Abbot of the Monastery at Lilienfield, in Austria, and contains a series of illustrations, one of which represents a segment of the starry firmament, on which is marked the course of the comet according to the mathematician's own observations. THE PERA.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 18.—This fine crew steamer, now the largest of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, arrived last night with the Indian and Mediterranean mails, and has acnimplished another rapid voyage from Alexandria. Although dur• ing the out ward passage the Pere, owing to a succession of strong head winds, was prevented from maintaining her usual rate of speed, yet homewards, with many diffi culties to contend with, this fine steamer fully compen sated for the loss of time experienced after leaving Southampton for Alexandria on the 20th ultimo. The passengers from Calcutta who have arrived reach Eng land in considerable less time than ever yet effected, the average speed maintained throughout the entire distance (which is calculated at 7,950 nautical miles) being 101 knots per hour. The company's screw steamer Nubia did the work on the ether side of the Isthmus, having the monsoon to contend with the greater portion of the way. When abreast the Cave Rocks, on the 11th inst., Captain Soy, the commander of the Pera, observed a flag on th em and men running about. Thinking they HOLLAND. might be some of the crew of the recently wrecked THE HAGUE, SEPT. 15. steamer Spartan, he bore away at once for the land, and r when as near as was j unicate. ' After being away about udeed safe he sent the chief offi ccr in a b oa t to com ma thi, ile session of the States General was o p ened day. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s t h e text of the speech an hour he di scovered that they were three Ara b s, wbo deliv ere d b y th e Ki ng : had come across from the mainland, and pitched a tent, Gentlemen,—To my great joy since I opened your last probably with the view of picking up anything wbi, h session the war between Russia and the allies has ceased, might remain of the wreck. Complaints have arrived and peace being re-established is already giving promise by this packet of the inattention of the Cowes pilots. of beneficent fruits. The Pera passed Portland at 6.30 p.m., St. Alban's-head I During those difficult circumstances we have main at 8, and the Needl es at 9 p.m., with the weather Mode Wiled relations of good will and harmony with foreign rate and fine, but did not see a pilot boat until she met powers, and we have every reason to rejoice in them at with the company's own pilot off Leap. The importance this moment also. of neglect of this description is easily understood, for in ; Our f orces b y l an d and sea fulfil honourably the duties similar inst ances th e ship may b e deta i ned several hours of their vocation. outside the Needles, or incur the probability of an acci- The required increase of materiel continues to be the dent in navigating that difficult part of the Solent, whicb, constant object of my care. with mails, passengers, and a valuable cargo on board, ' OM) colonies and possessions in other parts of the world is a matter of serious consideration. enjoy, generally speaking, a happy tranquillity. Dove. The French Government, unless some unfore seen events occur, is about to recal M. Brenier and the whole of the Embassy from Naples. That diplomatist's last despatches do not now hold out any hopes of an amicable settlement of the Neapolitan difficulties. M. Manin continues to receive numerous sub scriptions for the 100 cannons. Prom Bordeaux alone he has a list of 306 persons offering 612 f. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times (second edition), in a letter dated Sept. 11, says ; —As the Czar is his own Minister, and is un derstood to act entirely on his own judgment and responsibility, people are naturally very curious to know how he received the Ministers to-day, and according to the stories I hear, his Majesty was very gracious to M. de Morny at the levee, and conversed with him for some time. He alluded to the readi ness evinced by France to conclude the peace, and to remove all impediments to an entente cordiale. With Lord Granville he was, on dit, more reserved, and he is understood to have made some pointed allusions to the atti tude of the English Cabinet. "We were tres•lies in days gone by," said his Majesty, " but it is to be hoped that the estrangement will not con tinue." Lord Granville replied in a low tone of voice. To Prince Esterhazy the manner of the Emperor was at first exceedingly dry and cold, but the veteran diplomatist spoke with such effect, and gave such assurances of the sincere desire which actuated a large party in Austria to return to their premiers amours, that the Emperor was visibly moved, and held out his hand ere the Prince ceased. When the Turkish Minister was in troduced he read at some length his letters of creances, but the Czar became impatient ere the conclusion, and dismissed the Envoy with a few short sentences. At the ball in the evening the Empress danced with M. de Morny, Lord Gran ville, and the Turkish Minister. Shades of Ma hornet, Suleman the Magnificent, and Selim the Terrible, what must ye have thought when the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte led the Czarina forth to the polonaise I The Emperor danced with the Countess of Granville, and was very gracious in his manner towards her. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY ETZNING. General d'Orgoui (says the Semaphore of Mar seilles), ambassador of the King of the Birmans, has just arrived here in the Simcis. The general has been at Alexandria for the last two months, waiting for information from Paris as to whether he would be received. It appears that the last packet from Marseilles brought the requisite infor mation, and that an aide-de-camp of the Emperor would receive the Birmese mission at Marseilles. The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th, after giving the details of the late affairs with the Kabyles, adds some lines which leads to the belief that ex tensive military operations in Algeria will soon be commenced. It says :—" Now that we have had the time to assemble an imposing force at Dra el Mizan, not only is there no longer any danger of that post being attacked, but the moment is doubt, less near when we shall assume the offensive, and extend our dominion further. It is not, in fact, sufficient for us to resist our enemies ; we must, for our security, keep them always under the in fluence of our arms, and render it impossible for them to recommence their attacks, either against us, or against the tribes who have submitted to our rule." BOURSE, Sept. 18.—The following were the las quotations : a Cash. fr. a. End °Month. 4A per Cents (xd) ... 92 75 --f. —a. 3 per Cents 7O 50 70 60 New Loan 7O 50 Bank Shares 4,125 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,710 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s). 9l Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASE. fr. c. fr. c Orleans ......... ...... 1,360 Western 942 50 Northern - Strasburg Lyons .«...1,335 New Ditto Hediterranean 1,797 50 Grand Central 675 Lyons Geneva 785 Teste Cette 727 50 Austrian C0rn....... 870 lopment and progress, both moral and material, are making themselves apparent. Nevertheless, we have to deplore great disasters which have befallen some islands in the Archipelago of the Moluccas. My government, supported by' public bene ficence, is endeavouring to alleviate their sad effects. Although free trade with Japan has not yet been obtained, vr , o are nevertheless striving with perseverance to attain this result, In the, meantime, a provisional convention has confirmed the -ancient treaties, has facilitated the dealings of our chuntrymen there, and rendered relations with the government of this country more favourable. _ s- The lot of the slaves in the western colonies does not cease to form the subject of my dee? soticitude. Measures have been taken for ameliorating their present condition, in order to prepare their social reform, on which head propositions will be 'submitted to you during this session. The interior state of the country ought to inspire us with a deep feeling of gratitude. Commerce, navigation, agriculture, and different branches of industry are in a state that leaves nothing to be desired. Everything as yet announces alood harvest. My attention continues to be: directed to all those works that can insure the security and prosperity of the country. Mora rapid means of communication, so useful to its external and internal traffic, ought not to be wanting to the Netherlands. The plans for railways warrant the hope of seeing created a network of railways over the whole extent of the land. May this hope not be disappointed ! I de pend on your co-operation for supporting, at the expense of the State, private enterprises, where the resources of the latter may be insufficient. The favourable state of our finances will permit a con tinuation of the sinking fund for our debt, touching which a project of law will be laid before you for your delibe. ration. Projects of law for the organisation of tribunals, for a railway police, and other new projects, together with the remanets of last sessioe,:,w4l be`presented to you. The projects of law for , regulating the three branches of public instruction will be brought before you at one and the same time. By this means you will be better enabled to preserve the necessary connection between the parts that are intended to form an undivided whole. To preserve its inviolability for everything belonging to the domain of conscience is one of the traditional duties transmitted to me by my ancestors. Impelled by this motive, we have sought the means of removing, as far as possible, the numerous st , tuples that the project of law on primary education,bagieci::'rise to. I wish to insure with your assistance to the Netherlands scholastic institutions, in which the religious character of the nation, formed and developed for ages by Chris tianity, may be respected, and which may consecrate at one and the same time the requirements of science and the principle of national unity,. My serious intention is firfnfOli'tontinue developing the moral strength and material iielfare of the people, whose happiness is so dear to:tne. The proofs of affection; of-wirich-I-and my house have so often been the object, and,tvhicti , tas so recently been lavished upon us during those fes t t:fals that recalled so many honourable recollectionsi;sas'Well as the union and fraternity we have seen give me the assurance that I shall find the nation k et4 4 ,yeintdts representatives, ready to support me in m3* ieilli-rts4to consolidate the progress of all that is good aiidaiiCand to prevent dis cord from ever taking root in 0ue441 ; To this end may Almighty:Giaddign to bestow upon your efforts and labours his indispensable benediction ! I declare the present sessitnrig - ne- States-General opened. TAx t v., The Opinione of TUr4 of the 16th inst., pub lishes a Royal decreo49o4eAty; with the follow ing preamble : " Report, addressed to the King' by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Grace and Justice, at the audience of the 7th. inst. :--- " Sire,—One of the first acts by which the reign of your Majesty was inaugurated was an act of sovereign clemency. The Royal decree of the Bth April, 180, amnestying the persons implicated in the insurrec tionary movements, which 'occurred that year, at Genoa, was a presage of the mutual affection and admirable union between the King and the nation, which has distinguished your reign. Political necessity did not allow that Sovereign benefit to be extended. Nevertheless, and in order that too rigourous an inter nretation should not be given to the Royal decree, another decree was issued on the 26th of May fol lowing, declaring that the amnesty extended to all those who bad committed political offences, even out of Genoa, and to the authors and accomplices of the movements of Lerico, Recco, and Chiavari. All those excluded from the amnesty emigrated to foreign countries, and shortly afterwards the Court of Ap peals of Genoa pronounced a condemnation against the contumacious. Several among them petitioned the' throne for pardon, but the generous disposition of your Majesty's heart was paralysed by a doubt as to the legality of the position of the petitioners. The Council of State was consulted on the subject; and all the sections of that body, together with several of the most distinguished and respectable members of the judiciary department, unani• mously replied to the Crown, that, if amnesties can be granted to do away with effect of judicial sentences, and even to cancel them, individual pardons cannot be granted to contumacious persons visited with crimi nal condemnations. In order, however, to reconcil e the imperious exigencies of legality with one of the most precious prerogatives of the Crown, which em powers the Sovereign to do away by a general par don the effects of condemnations for acts, the painful recollection of which may be said to have been ob literated by time, and to comply with the intentions already manifested to me by your Majesty, I have the honour to submit to the Royal sanction the decree, in virtue of which the amnesty granted by the decrees of the Bth of April and 26th of May, 1849, is extended to those who had been excluded from its benefit. "VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., kc." " On the proposition of our Keeper of the Seals, and after consulting the Council of State and our Coun cil of Ministers, I have decreed— " The amnesty granted by our decrees of the Bth April and 26th May, 1849, on the occasion of the politi cal movements which took place that year at Genoa, is extended to all the persons who had been excluded from it by the first of those decrees.—Given at Turin on the 7th September, 1856. (Signed) " VICTOR- EMMANUEL. (Countersigned) "DE FORESTA." A letter from Alexandria, of the 13th inst., an nounces that the Russian envoy, Count de StaGkel berg, had visited that citadel, accompanied by the Governor-General of the Military Division. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter of the 13th says :—" The Aus trian Government has just received the reply of the powers to the memorandum relative to the organi sation of the Principalities drawn up by M. de Prokesch, and setting forth the reasons which op pose the union of the Principalities. This reply has satisfied the Austrian Cabinet, and it has been decided that nothing shall be said on the subject in the commission, but that the opinion of the Divans shall be followed. Owing, however, to the co-operation of the new Kaimakans, it is hoped that the Divans will be composed of men who will easily abandon the idea of a union. The Princi palities will therefore retain a separate administra tion, but it is thought that the dignity of Hospo dar will become hereditary, and that the same con stitution as in the Principalities will be established in Servia." The Austrian Gazette of Vien'na, of the 13th, says :—" At the end of the month a mission will be sent from this city to Perria to carry out presents from the Emperor to the Shah, and to bring back horses. It will consist of several officers, of a me dical man, and of a number of domestics, in all about 30 persons ; the chief of it is a lieutenant colonel who has been a long time in Persia. For merly several Austrian officers were employed to drill the Persian army, and Dr. Pollak, physician to the Shah, is an Austrian." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 15th, says :—" Queen Victoria has sent rich presents to the Princess Louisa, on the occasion of her approaching mar riage with the Grand Duke of Baden, and in a letter has expressed her regret at not being able to be present at the ceremony. The princess is the only sister of Prince Frederick William, who is to marry the Prince .s Royal of England." The same letter says :—" The price of all raw materials, especially silk, wool, and leather, has risen so extraordinarily that the government has thought right to demand from all the Chambers of Commerce their opinion as to the cause, and as to the means of preventing a further advance. The Prussian government has opened formal negotiations with Austria for en abling Prussian and German assurance companies to effect assurances in Austria. The Austrian go vernment is, by one of the articles of the treaty of commerce with the Zollverein, under a promise to do this. M. de Bulow, representative of Denmark in the Germanic Diet, had during his recent stay at Berlin frequent communications with the Rus sian Embassy. This seems to prove, what is gene rally supposed, that Denmark is supported by Russia in her conduct towards the Duchies, and in the negotiations sho is carrying on with respect to them with the German powers." NAPLES. A letter from Vienna of the 11th states that the demands of the Western Powers addressed to the King of the Two Sicilies comprised a general am nesty, including Poerio and Settembrini, and that the King, although he objects to a general amnesty, has consented to grant several individual pardons, and will also set Poerio and Settembrini at liberty as soon as the agitation caused by the pamphlets shall have subsided. DENMARK Another letter from Vienna, in the .National Gazette, of Berlin, says :—" Austria and Prussia have, it is affirmed, come to an und ers t an di ng as to the following steps to be taken with regard to Denmark—The question relative to the Duchies will be brought before the Germanic Diet by th e two powers, and negotiations will be opened by them simultaneously at Copenhagen. The Prus sian iepresentative will take the initiative at Frankfort. These measures will be carried into effect in the course of the present autumn." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th contain nothing of political interest. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid announced the promulgation of the consti tution of 1845, accompanied by " additional act" making certain modifications in it. A Madrid letter gives the following account of - these modifi cations : "In a reply to the 'Queen, the Ministers labour to show that, by the convocation and election of the Con stituent Cortes in 1854, the Senate which then existed was legally dissolved, and that consequently the revival of the constitution at that time in force,does not revive the Senate. A new Senate mast therefore be formed, and they propose that, as the number of the old one, 350, was excessive, the new one shall consist at the begin. ning of only 140 members, but that the Queen shall have the power of increasing the number. q'ney propose that the senators shall, as in the dissolved Senate, b e nominated for life ; also that they shall be chosen from the high dignitaries of the church, diplomacy, justice, and administration, from the chiefs of - the army, an d from the most remarkable men 'of the constitutional parties, and that the choice shall Ito be made as not to exclude moderate Progressists. An abusiie employment having been made by pzevious governments of the privi lege of creating senators, the ministers propo se t h at nomi nations shall henceforth no longer be made by batches,' bci place controlled during the and that, moreover, they shall only take session of the Cortes, so that they may the opinion of Parliament. The 'additional act' b Y further proposes that the Cortes shall assemble every year, and that their session shall last at 'least four but that the Crown shall have th e power topnirenrongtiume and dissolve them, subject, however, the conditi on o f their sitting the four month s . organisation of municipaliti es and provincial councils, the Ministers represent th at the constitution of 1837 gave these bodies too mu c h p b wer, and that they made ae undue use of it, but that the constitution of 1845, on them the other hand, dep r i ve d of almost all their power and placed them under the domination of th e Govern ment. The 'additi onal a t visions for avoidi ng accordingly, contains .pro these twoe' extremes,. and 'one of th e most important o f theme is that ' electors shall f ree l y choose a list of several sons for mayor, an d th a t t h e Government shall select of them. The nomination of mayors is a matter of great gravit y in. Spain, and it was for having transferred it from the ple to the Gover nment that the revolution of Is4o:a p gainst Queen Christina tookf place. As regards th e press,fihe 'addi tional act' declares that the principle to be adopted must be to guarantee to journalists their intiependende and dig• but, at the same time, to prevent theriritrom com mitting abuses, and especially from .attaeking the in. Violability of the Crown, and the legithnittritteroise of the authority of the government ; but the act, leaves matters of detail to be settled by a special law." The Austrian Gazette says learn froui good auto ority that the directors of the Credit In. stitution Leave authorised preparatory measures for promptly opening branch establishments, Par' titularly in Hungary ; for making advances on. merchandise ; for forziing an insurance office, and fur taking into consideration all the propositions having for c'bject to found industrial establish ments, working of mines, and manufactories for the constnletitm of machines." A letter fr:ol:4' Galatz says :—"The Austtisu government appNea. - % to have the intention of giving more importance to its consular agency at' Bvraila! and the vice-consui ha.% accordingly been proided with the assistance of a-dice-chancellor. European governments, generally Bp6sking, are beginning t° recognise the importance of the port of Braila g those of Belgium and 'Man d have 'recently,estab. lished consulates there." It appears certain that the llatperor of `Aus tria (says a Paris letter in the Indtpendance pf Br' s " sels) will extend his visit in Italy as . far ens i E e ; his The Milan journals themselves have given news, and add that the Austrian AmbaSsador (1.5 Rome is causing his palace to h e decorated for hi Majesty's reception, It is to be ptesuined Oa, the King of Naples will seize :he op p o itunity rater . visiting the Papal States in order' to haveau Tiew with the Emperor." An official bulletin of the 13th states that the Duchess of Parma is still labouring under an sal," quinsey, but that since the fifth day a perceptiwe improvement has taken place. LLOYD'S SHIP.PING.—(This Day ) LONDON, Sept. 19.—Wino. this day at noon, N. IY strong breeze and cloudy. nip, FALMOUTH, Sept. 18.—Wind N.—Arrived—Jas c l from Guayaquil. Sailed.--H.M.A. Insolent, fur COO' DARTMOUTH, Sept. 18.—Wind Off the Ipor% Shelburn, from Jamaica, had experivnced'a hnrricao° the 22d Aug., in 41 N. 56 W., carried away heads of for e, main, and mizen masts, &c. torpt STARCROSS, Sept. 18.—Wind for Miramichi. „ SWANSEA, Sept. 18—Wind N.N.W.--Arrived— rite, -- rite, from Baltimore ; John Knox , Cape 'D of Good r' Sailed—Visir, for Bombay. from BELFAST, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived.r.-Jane, Que Kl ec. - b NSALE, Sept. 17.—Wind S.L.ArTH ' from Quebec. ABERDEEN, Sept. 17.—Arrived—St;Anare, from I* vis' Straits ; H.M.Str. Jackall, Leith. • • t, 11/ WHITBY, Sept. 17.—The sloop Ann, of .this P. A nd taking the harbour yesterday got behind the'pot p ler became A wreck ; master drowned. ELECTRie TELBGRAPIII.) zor,t----4nt SO, . Arriced—Probit, from UTHAMPTON Bordeaux; Friday , Al ma , • Warne 1. ' Havre, to be docked; dei). and Mary, Witerferd• LlTErcroof,,.Fiidliy Morning Wind N.W. • - 1 Young Arrived—Joseph Tarratt, frow kreligarne ;, Alex. Eagle, St. John ' s, N. 8.; Araxes; screkw = 3taln e '.. l Em' andia ; Bellon, Demerara ; Henry B\lck, Mat M '' pire Queen, Quebec ; Gefion, KraNesoe.' Off.—City of Manchester screir,stesiLVert and Medora. • Sailed—Mercury, for Carboneur. ' • Or' QUEENSTOWN, el : : Wind. W.N.W. - Arrived—Magdalena Sophia, from- Gslate; A t"- • St. John's N.B. ; George, Constantinople (sr SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TEI4---- n 4 1; 1 5 A; rl. GRAVESEND, Fria , Wind N.W. tide last hours' ebb ; - fin .;,„ n je. Arrived, Sept. 19.—Doncaster, from ; Sailed—Rita, for Bilboa. 00 ' `, TA DEAL, Wind N.N.W. moderate. Sailed—The whole of.the outward frOm Passed—Her Majesty ' s' steamer Alt tlu g ' steo 3° '' the westward, for the river ; Norman, so*er from Nantes, London ; Voltigeur, Li ndon , mania, and Lobelia, London, Port Philip Sa";snd London, Madras ; ,loultan. London, 0-laagovi r t Li e stP London, screw steanier, Paris, London ; heiL in s of steamer Dee, Woolwich, for westward ; Corintm' steamer, westward, London. Bro d r ene2 Anchored.—Cesar Godfrey, from Sydney; 4.‘ brourg North America; Jonas Gobrielsen, Crimea - p , "' a f vooor For. J.-- Constantinople—all for London; Charlotte, Dantsic ; Daphne, Liverpool, Ipswich. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ' 81 BOARD OP TRADE; Se pt., •, Cape Race Light, Newfoundland. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Connell for Tn.- Coe give notice that the lighthouse recently erected upon m Race, Newfoundland, will be lighted, and will continu o exhibit a fixed white light from sunset to iniDrise OD OP after the 15th of December, 1856. • The light will be visible to seaward from 43- round by the S.E., and south to west. of The light is elevated 180 feet above mean water level • the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 17 miles fro e .ls ship's deck. The tower is striped red and white vertio lv n , It stands close to the old beacon, which has been cut (II .; The lighthouse is in lat. 46 deg. 39 min. 12 see. long. 53 deg. 2 min. 38 sec. W. [All bearings are magnetic. Var. 24 deg. W•t i bict N.B.—A toll will be levied upon all vessels boo" by this light. Buoy on Cross Ledge Shoal, Delaware BaY: e a is A third-class nun buoy, painted red, has been PW rza ,bt• seven-feet water, to indicate the foundation of th ° r•• house on this shoal. The foundation bears N.N.8., distant 15 Yarcb h The Ledge lightvessel S.S. W. • 91 1 The Ledge buoy S. by W.eta Lighthouse on Chandeleur Island Coast of Lou- ; 11 b ans e et The new lighthouse on the Chandelenr. Island hs g t completed, and will be light e d on th e 15th of dug s ite It is situated at the north en d o f th e i s l a nd, near„baget of the former lightho use , an d w ill s h ow a fixed wh" by means of a fourth order lens. The tower is white, and 50 feet high. stis 4 The light should bo visible from a distance of 13 O tt miles. ; ess' A safe anchorage in four fathoms can be had clur. ll ., terly storms under the lee of this light, by lAgg'"7,ter, east and north shore of the island in that depth of I/ t 0 round westerly and southerly, till the light is brow bear N.E. about two miles distant. c horag e The Ship Island light is visible from this an /4,8 Y, bearing from th e Ch an d e l eur Island light nearly (magnetic) 17 miles distant. By command of their Lordships. 3 .,her. JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydro:op? :—.. This notice affects the following Admiralty Port North America, sheet 6, No. 260 ; and the Geuer t o of the W e st I n di es , N o . 392 d , N. W. s heet; 0111° Lighthouse List. HELSINGTORS , •a u- ; m ori' It is hereby made k nown f or th e i n f or matioP,eL ahs ners that there has b een erec t e d on th e Rock of higho outside the fortre ss o f S wea b org , a b eacon of 66 fee" n or• the form of a six-sided py ram id, h av i ng o n each-sicle!ilo tition in two surfaces, painted in a light red colour of shades, an d th a t a t th e f o ll ow i ng p l aces provisiona l marks as described below, have been placed, vie. to 1. On the pl ace o f O rrengrun d s b eacon , outside t he $ lc, of Lovisa, a p o l e 42 f ee t hi g h, a t th e en d o f which is a C :0 and 12 props, put up hexagonally against the Pal e height of 2c; feet . to 2. At the place of Soderskars beacon at the entralle the the town of Borga, a pole 36 feet high, a squa re i e to end, and 12 pr o p s p u t up t r i angu l ar l y aga i ns t the P e a height of 27 feet. ve , o to• 3. At the place of Segelskars beacon, outside -", - ow n Buso pilot and custom-house, at the entrance toll'? 1:ral of Ekenas, a pole 34 feet high, with four equila—iii triangles at the end, and 12 props put up 120% 8 0 * against the pole to a height of 23 feet. h igh, 4. At the place of Hang Lighthouse a pole 42 1 8 °' with a larger and smaller cask at the end, and. 20 ft" P,• put up circularly against the pol e t o a h e i g ht of 26 NORDMAN, Captain First Cl aa. " ZILLIAOUB, Secretary. AN AMERICAN OPINION OF ENGLIND. A hundred thousand palaces adorn the island. what can feed the senses and passions, all that suen,e,: the talent, or arm the' hands of the int e lli gent class, who never spare in what they buy for their consumption, all that can aid science, grattfitasteL:l soothe comfort, is in open market. Whatever is ell' beautiful in civil, rural, or ecclesiastic' lent and ArebiS e ; tare, in fountain, garden, or grounds, the English srp ° , crosses sea and land t o see an d to copy at home. " Aeji taste and scien ce o f 30 peaceful generations, the g s4l.- , which Evelyn planted, the temples and pleasure he " - :a Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren built, the s" tfo that Gibb on s carve d, t h e taste of foreign and &nol artists, Shensto ne , P o p e , Brown, Loudon, rei t " e :i - os o in the v as t auc ti on , an d the hereditary,p rincifile upon the owner of to-day the benefit of ages of 19 " 1 of The present possessors are to thefull asabsolute as e l l b io their fathers in choosingand procuring what they hkee t il• comfort and splendour, breadth oflakeand villa,mountoa lage, pastu re , an d par k , sumptuouscastleand mo d er n &e; all consist with p er f ec t or d er. Th ey have no revelu w no Horse Guards dict a ti ng t o t h e CroWn.; rl,iie poissards and barricad es ; no mo b , b ut drowsy .111 es 1"," n „;o: daily dress-dinne rs , w i ne, an d ale, and beer, iDa• and sleep. With thi s power o f creation, an d t he pow for independence, property has reached an ideal P d, tion. It is felt an d t rea t e d as t h e nat i ona l life-hle°, The laws are trollied to give prop er ty th e se curest P i , o . sible basis, and th e p rov i s i ons to l ock an d tra nsre l ".o have exercised the cunniegest heads in a profession vit i , never admits a fool. Th e r i g ht s o f property n othing 0 , felony and treason c an override.' The hones is a Cle which the King cannot enter. The bank i s a strong boa to which the King has no key. Whatever surly sof t e h ' e ness possession can give is tested i n „England to „ dregs. V e st e d r i g ht s are a wf u l thi ngs, an d absoh?y. posseosion g ive s the smallest freeh o ld er id en tity of terest terest with the duke. But the proud es t res ult of tm .. . creation has been the great and refined forces it 13 .1 •, put at the disposal of the private citizen. In the see world an Englishman to-day h as t h e b est lot. ; 1 1 a King in a plain coat. He goes w ith - the mo st powerful protection, keeps the b es t companyeis' by the best education, is seconded by wealth ; English name and accidents are like a flourigh q.t tragrel pets announcing him. This, with his quiet style Of 111141 '- ners, gives him the p ower o f a sovereign withoutthe in conveniences which b e l ong to that rank. I• Much pref er .the condition of an English gentleman, Of the( better.. class, to that of any potentate in Europe whether travel or for o pp or t un i ty of society, or for access to mean • of science or study, or f or m ere com f ort an d ee l y. relation to people al home.—Enitrionti EngiA Trawl. kept lithe terin, Th for E ~,:.< e~ti~ ~ .i~~ notl relw or tl At Ame Son, nom lrnit( Tlnit4 (131 Stout: (ti Tirgi Voni 11lin( not Mini Illini Ba Blino Yid New Now Co New gal New gal N.Y N. I :Ft lane Pent to t' cipa and For (ire owi: dire low BR3 8p Inds g SI AL the: Coni Xtill Pon Ras