The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-20 00:00:00

AMERICA'S TRIBAL NATIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH.—MEXICAN FUNDS. REVERED SACAIMS,—The Sovereign Native Chief Saccomo, elect of all the white - faced Counterpoise-sac come's of Asiatic Europe, hitherto under the trust behalf of 1763, as based on the double eagle of Mexico united with Rome' civic one, by force of 1519 and July 1521, reiterative of the flux and reflux life-right of (the Sovereign Indian Chief herein represented for) the neutral-tidal'd isle lake of Tenustitan or M-x-ico, has learnt, from the sth decade of Peter Martyr, as of Welsh history, now of- necessity brought to light since a manifest scramble for our minerals by a set of robbers, under the designation of a Romish Theatricum Ecclesiastical-auxn of stage-playing idealists to the astra-geograph spiral movement, touching the signs and seasons, by words of sound without sense manifestation, whereby the rights of the natives to their in• seiz'ned elections—become a tinkling cymbal on the zenith shadow of the Z overhead—marked by our 29th September Nile-°-meter of the Great Spirit of Almighty God, for his earhtly sustenance by man as of nought. Tribal-sac'hemos and Sachims, learn that it pleased the fiscal authorities of the East, thro'our gulf-stream efflu vium magnetic, to direct the minds of all to our north - Bell-ot-regions in 1818, whence the cause of the Act. 58 Geo. 111. Regis, c. xx , in the month of May, to re decide upon our regional assynode perigee longitude, of the Cone citation-polar, visible at 4 deg. south of the equator, under longitude 60 W., whence this act be came the fulcrum of recognition of °Utrecht 1713, 26 Geo. 11., as of 1730, of Cherokee Carib chief election 1742, by BRUCE to the Quaker Affirmation Act, for the Esqui maux-Labrador-Carib- Indians, holding the Eastgard font set of GOw. from London, as the meridian line of Trinidad, decho. do-Morros, Paraguay, Al-cor .nentes of the Sacra mento and llermangildo of the su - south polar d i stricts. Know ye then, Sachims, that Si r William Ouseloy, the Lutheran Established Church Queens agent, placed before me, the circumstance of his having obtained the signature of 800 of the Sachims, as now guided by the Romish Jesuit Calvinistic priests, (late of the mexi- Sun), promising allegiance that you are not against the Queen of Heaven without being told who you are for I And as the same trick was played off on the Indians of the north, that their kt. scholastic teacher of Malta of Villa-gag news induction for the native education, without right of voice, b u t through a Scotch Queen as sister of Rome, w hi c h imposition has [since 1836, committee of th e H ouse of Corn • mo ns Gladstone, cha irman] passed over the native tribes, without sect distinction, to the care of Quakers, when the £lOO,OOO rent accumulation, of the Indian lands of Albany and Trinity Church, New York, with that of Buenos Ayres erected the Smithsonian Institution on the halved [1846 Congress Act] Washington district of Colum bia, whereby seizing the Indian responsibilities under a mixed Christ wig'd Commission for an internal sentry-box man, as the Sterling antagonistic to tho United States Legislature of 1776, which this counterpoise Sagamoth'ean edict for the whole of America, as the law of England for the Indians throughout the world. Sachims—lt is requisite to know that the Act of 1818 became the Regiscone shield of our tribes by the Crown Colony-Gov'nr.-Hamilton, thro' his Sheriff's, Captains Buchan & Glasscock's medium on Louis lBth's 1818—French Order's 3ty, placed the Caribess Indian lady, Mary March, as " in habeas virginals tenerum corpus Christi," under the State sponsors of Montague P. C. Charles Ackerley, acting lieutenant and crown surrogate of the Admiralty, as of the Board of longitude, before cited, for his ingress and egress [on 1658 act], for the collections of all wills and testimentary documents, without distinction of sect, creed, or colour, in 1820, for Newfoundland and Quebec, and at Rio Janeiro, Brazils, 29th August, 1825, by Stuart de Rothesay, Hamond, and A. Marcus Hill, secretary of em bassy, and Lord Sandys on £3,000 a year, the prin cipal, Ackerley, named as the sponsor protector of the Indian, on £9O half-pay R.N., now 40 years—the youngest of Malcom & the Saxon Margarate's offspring, in Holland- Brydges-Chamberlayne, whence " Constable of zf-Scot. land, as of the Mareschal College trust. Whence, Sachims, the cause of Ackerley's support of the Indian chief of America, Peter Basquet, elected by all the sovereign Powers Asiatic Europe as Rome's bailiff (not its vicar's), in charge of Admiralty's red flag and all tho symbols of power, on the 31st of January, 1842, who—on the rebel confusion, and loss of Indian respon sibilities, refused to give up his Indian personality for all, —thence became excommunicated, threatened to be shot, and deprived of the flag-union symbols of power taken out with Lord Ashburton in H.M.S. Warspite unknown to the Governor of Canada, whence, being between two fires, was sent to England by the Protestant magistrates to claim Quo warranto writ for the restitution of his imperial Indian power, as well as maintenance on public duty, now 19 years. Sachims—The repudiation in 1851 of my State under Extradition act 1843, for the criminal law brought to light through providence " Indian Mary March's sponsor" still living, who as the abovenamed Ackerly has supported me, Peter 8., [the Government N.B. interpreter for 40 years Sir H. Dougles and Lord Seaton, to wit,] as in duty bound under his first appointment as Lieut.-Capt. Cook and Lieut.-Major Cartwright's surrogatorial successor. Sac'homo's & Sachims. Ken By the act of 1818 (24-32 still pending), § 4.9, subjects or subject for equal rewards under Polar expedition to all parties, will now think deep of the danger of joining either party of the white faces or half caste Indian persuaders, and are hereby prohibited for their own dignity to recognise the proclamation as headed in the Times and Post "A Convention between, ENGLAND, France, and Spain," and signed 16th Nov., 1861, whereby you will perceive [that on such a title representing] the com mon law is not embraced in the said deed for the Indian's rights, as well as the alien's of contracting parties to keep sectarian peace on their soil. By reasons as follows :- 1. The flag union of the crosses on 3 James I. is a Chris tian Zollverein trading flag o and not a belligerent by the Ordnance issue of Jan. 31, 1842, from the Tower. 2. That the mythic words British and Britain, whether St. George's or St. Patrick's Channel, for excluding the word England from the 1782 sea charts, adopted without the general sanction of Europe, contrary to the Justinian Roman law basis of the x•Span'sh Faeroe e-gal union courts of law of 1521, and under 1764 trust, which has been already decided in the Spanish courts as inad missible, by the assumed Britishers and Frenchmen of in corporated St. Denis, under the words "except France" in March 3, 1815, U. S• 3-ty prior to Wellington and Blucher's signature for the carte blanche restoration of the Jesuits of the 2d order of Melchisidek on the 17th of June, 1815, the eve, of their battle of Waterloo. 3. The Papal assumption of Sir W. Gore Ouseley in collecting the signatures of the 800 Sachims for rebellion in my name, seen by his Wabash'd Walker succession in Central America, for the Sigismond life-tenure as sumption of the house of Savoy, for the seizing of Mexico from England's allies, caused his papist envoy, Capt. Aldharn, to be shot by the Indians, as sacrificing their nationalities to sectarian parties, made manifest by like convention ' Morocco bullion theft' for dynastic retro spective arrangements, in violation of Ackerley's pivot trust appointment of 29th Aug., 1825, for the benefit of all parties, without distinction of creed or colour, including the MONROE doctrines, [as that of the Manilla channel of communication], which elected the Indian Peter as the law's font, and recognised as such by Peel and Corby, and the King of Prussia at Windsor Castle, 1812. The foregoing reasons prove to ye', Sachims 1 Indians, aliens, and all others, that the Cabinets named in this con vention are engaged in carrying out the dictum of Mr, CANNING in a converse sense, being in total opposition to the legislative unity of the standard of weight and measure of 1824 and 1835, for raising the revenue under annual elec tion of paid laymen, as well as for guiding the commerce of the whole world. Therefore the gist of this letter, for my rights, yours, and all parties, is for the monetary recognition of all dues from America upon the principal of primary well-intention of the whites and the evident decay of human nature, by the loss of the Indian responsibilities in our regard by a brother and sister association for the future, under the law of Eng land, as unconnected with Church and State. PETER BRANT BASQUET, America's Sagamoth, (Nephew of Sac'mo Jos. Brant, 1775—Sac'mo Peter Toma Brant, 1825, of New Brunswick. C. H. ACKERLEY, P.C., —C. J., under Commission of Review, 1825-6 WOTTON LION BOWES, P.C, See The 6'tin, London, Nov. 16 1861. p 0 YAL ENGLISH OPEUA 1) COVENT GARDEN. Unior the management of Mia 3 Louisa Fyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING (2d time) TffE TOY MAKER. Mr, Henry Haigh, G. Fyne; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirl- Atter which, at Eight o'clock, RUY I3LAS. Miss Louisa Fyne. Mesdames Susan Pyne, Thirlwall, Jess!, M`Lean ; ISlessrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Patey, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five dally. No charge for bot king, or Ices to Box-keepers. Staf.re - Manwer, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-manager, Mr. I:dwarf - 1 Murray. T .,,EA TR E• RO YAL, HAYMARKET, Leslee, Mr. J. B. Buctstobc. TltT;4 EVE'NING. the performances will commence with THE WOLF' AND THE LAMB. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun dreary, Mr. 5 Ahern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. oung, &c. To conclude with MY lIUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYA L LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager---Mr. Edmund Falconer. Mrs. St. - He 'l l IRS EVEN nry. ING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy, After which, at a quarter to Eight (10th time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deel Iby lsh Edmun. e ssrs. Walter Lacy, H ermann V ez i n, Ch ar l es , Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Acting 3lanav,er--51r. P. 13 Ch Merton. P as usual. Doors open at half -past 6, to commence at 7. flux-office open daily irom 11 till 5. I.)OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- ..Li) Lasses and Manager, Mr. A. Thu l) m . 11 . S EVENING, .!EA.NE ['TB'S WEDDING. Miss M. at ris and Mr. IL Widdicomb. After which, at Eight 'o'clock, Shakesp eare ' s tragedy of OTHELLO, with new scenery, dresses, an d appointm en t s. Othello, Mr Fechter l'i EIS' THT ATRE-110 VAL, ADRLPRI.- 11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Tills EVENING, VIM PRETTY HORSEBBRAKER, Dir. J. L. Took, Mr. I'. Bedford, and Misi Woolgar. Aftcr which, the new drama, entitled TM , : OCTOR he or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA; written by the author ot he Colleen Bawn." and in which Mr. and Mrs. D. Boncican't will appear. A New Musical Introduction has been kindly pre sented by Si , znor Benedict, and will be performe I by the Orchestra, which has been re-organised, and will be con ducted by Mr. Riviere, by whom the incidental music his been selected and composed. The following arti,sts will make their :id appearance:—Mr. G. Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the i yccum. The other prin cipal characters in he drama will be performed by Messrs. Emery, Stephenson Billington, Paul Bedford, Rower. Mrs. Ilillington. Mrs. Marston, &e., &c. Entirely new scenery by Messrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, 3liss K. Kelly, &c. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. NE AY ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. THIS EVENING, to commence with ATAR GULL : 'Messrs. Sinclair, Graham, Butler, D. James, Worboys, ; MiSSES Chflord and Terry. After which Mdlle. di Rho na w ill appear in CAMELIA, and Dance two National Dances. Box-office open from 11 t o 5 . Doors open at halt -Past 6— Commence at SeTelL: CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR. SAM COWELL EVERY EVENING in his New Song, "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" (written expressly for him). Grand Selections from STEADELLA and LA TRAVIATA, By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises all the principal favourites of the day, viz.: Mr. Sam Cowell ; Mr. Marshall, in his new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;" Messrs. Harvey and French (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and his talented son, the best negro delineators; and Miss Harriet Coveney . Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, &L ; Stalls and Balcony, is. T HE 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Auber's New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENIa," and Verdi's new Grand opera, " Simonßoccanegra," by the entire Company. Male's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E derssohn (composed expressly for them). Varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran dal:, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marsh a ll, an d SAM COWELL. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. — Morning, 3h. 22m.—Afternoon, 3h. 36m. 'l'O -MORROW. -Morning, 3h. 53m.—Afternoon, 4h. 13m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 20, 186 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 36 —kighest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during tho night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMBTXR-30.25. WlND—South-Westerly; light, with fine and milder weather. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 186: We shall now see whether a lowering of the elec toral qualification is really demanded. The Trades' Societies at Glasgow, and the working men at Leeds, have, each, in their own way, started a working class movement. In those two towns we see, of course, that the desire for the franchise is general. It remains to be seen whether the work ing men of the kingdom at large have the same desire. On this all turns. No one will move, we might say, no one ought to move on this sub jectfor the working man if he doss not moves for himself. Political privileges are of no value to those 'who do not care to ask for them. When the Reform Bill was offered to the Middle classes, they moved heaven and earth to carry it; their eager ness for representation was itself the proof of their title to it. When once a class of persons can ap preciate the advantage of having their representatives in the great Legislative Council of the nation, they ought to have them there ; it shows that they desire to carry their objects, not by turbulence and brute force, but by the appeal to reason. We shall watch, therefore, with some interest the course taken now by intelligent working-men. Their own class having fairly and publicly put the subject before them, they cannot now pass it by, without, by so doing, giving a verdict against their political enfranchisement. We shall help them, heart and soul, if they help themselves ; but we do not think it our province to seem to lead them. Whatever working men really care about they find abundant means to show that it is with them an objectof interest. Whether persons think them right or wrong in the recent strikes, or in any preceding ones, none can fail to admire the bull-dog English courage with which they have endured privation and suffering to attain their end. We have often wished that some of their leaders in those strikes were in Parliament itself, there to debate their question, in the place where all public subjects are discussed with every advantage; and where, if information were deficient, they could sit them selves on a committee of inquiry. If working men value aright the advantage of sending their own advocates to the House of Com mons, the men who could carry out the recent strikes will certainly not want energy to show how they value such a privilege. If, therefore, they make no general sign, the Government, the House of Commons, and the present electors, will conclude that they do not care for the franchise, and will certainly not put them selves out of the way to confer it on them. Extravagance does no good. We should say, for instance, strongly as we hold that the franchise is, under free institutions, the right of every man not disqualified by ignorance or crime, that it is inju rious extravagance to represent English working men—and some five millions of them, too—as placed politically in the same positian as the same number of persons in Austria or Russia. This is the reverse of truth. What would English workmen say to being denied the right of assembling in public meetings —of publishing, without fear of the cansor, full reports of those meetings —of forming any society for any purpose, except by leave from the Government, and under police supervision—of publishing, as the Trades are now doing, their own newspaper without asking any ones leave—of signing petitions, as numerously as they please to the Legislature, none daring to seize and burn the sheets—of having a DUNCOMBE, or a ROEBUCK, or a SHAFTESBURY, and others, ready to master their case, to plead their cause in the Senate, ana to present their petitions— surely all this, though not all they ought to have, is great political power, compared with that of the operatives and the peasantry of nearly all the countries of Europe. It should never be forgotten, that in these days, the power of pub- licity is the great power. No hal cause which does not ultimately fall before it—no good cause that will not ultimately triumph by it. The free dom of the press is indeed the freedom of every Englishman who has a grifwanee ; the freedom of discussion both in and one of Parliament, is his freedom also—but the advantage of representation is that it secures fair discussion in the most ad- vantageous theatre for it hi the world, and that it enables the represented to give earlier practical effect to their ♦iews than they could otherwise do. The resolutions of the conference which termi nated yesterday seem to be very suitable to its ob jects. The first one is rather strongly expressed from the point of view we have already indicated. Regarding all the rights we have just mentioned as invaluable constitutional rights, we should rather have said that the working classes do not enjoy the - - all constitutional rights acceded to those few citizens whe enjoy the franchise, and that thus they have not the complete "constitutional protectiun"en joyed by other citizens " for their labour, their pro perty, their liberty, or their families." The resolu tions are wisely moderate in including all classes of Reformers, from the 11011. BENJAMIN DISRAELI to the advocates of manhood suffrage, in Parliament, if such mortals can be found there. They indicate, however, the extent of their actual agreement, for while they freely avow the fact, not to be concealed indeed, that earnest reformers differ ai to the extent to which they would lower the suf frage, the delegate s are, they say," unani mous i n declaring that they, and those whom they repre sent, are deeply dissatisfied with the state of the franchise, and claim such an extension of the fran chise in counties and boroughs as will give the working classes a fair, honest, and effectual repro- sentation in the House of Commons, as well as the proteetiot n of voters by the Ballot, and the distribu tion of he right to return members of Parliament more in accordance with population and property." If the working men do not now open a formidable campaign in their own favour, it will not be the fault of the conference. Petitions are recommended from every town, village, and workshop, the kind of reform petitioned for being left to the petitioners ; at the same time advising that friendly support should be given to every honest measure which may be proposed for the extension of the suffrage to the working classes, as well as for the protection of the voters by the ballot, and for a more equitable dis tribution of seats. And not only petitions, they also recommend the formation of reform associations on a broad basis, with a view to public meet ings, petitions, memorials, deputations, and all other constitutional means, including action in the registration and at elections. Here, at least, is work enough; to give concen tration and harmony to it, it is also proposed to hold a meeting of delegates in London soon alter the meeting of Parliament, to confer and decide on a measure to be brought before the House ; and it is suggested that meetings should also be convened in the other great towns before the meeting of Par liament. The last resolution is, however, the one on which Lord PALMERSTON will look at first most gravely. The disappointment with the past he will smile at, past politics with him are but an old song—but what will he say to the latter half of the resolution— " And that unless the present Cabinet introduces a Reform Bill immediately on the opening of Par liament they must forfeit the confidence of the people." A no confidence vote! he might exclaim at first sight, but a second glance would put all right; he would forfeit the confidence of the people. " Oh, yes," he will whisper, " that is quite another thing. I don't know that, on this question at least, I ever had it; sufficient to have the confidence of the Parliament, which confided in me enough to get rid of our last Reform Bill for me. May its confidence in that way last as long as I last in office." If the Government have acted in nothing else satisfactorily, they have unquestionably done so at last in regard to the affairs of the Red Sea and India Telegraph. The liberality of the proposal recently sent in to the old Company by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury with a view to the effecting of a transference of the line and property of the Company to her MAJESTY'S Government, has been recognized and very heartily acknowleged by Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON and the great ma jority of the shareholders. At a meeting of those shareholders, presided over but a very short time since by Mr. MARSHMAN—the proceedings at which meeting we reported upon the following day in our columns—the proposition of the Treasury Commis sioners was deemed, in point of fact, altogether ao satisfactory, that it was promptly acceded to : and this almost without a dissentient voice. It will be remembered, of course, that previously to this the Directors of the old Company had been— as in duty bound—" Endeavouring to obtain from the Government some arrangement for the repair of the line, but that the Lords Commissioners of her MAJESTY'S Treasury had not deemed it expedient to grant any further guarantee" to that end. Again, it can hardly as yet be forgotten that—immediately upon this decision becoming known—it was pro posed "to form a new company for the purpose of raising sufficient capital to repair the whole of the line," and to render it of service to the public at large. Thereupon a communication explanatory of this scheme was addressed to the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury—that communication re sulting in the proposition which has now been frankly accepted by the shareholders. And that proposition ? It can hardly be regarded as very surprising that it should have been thus at once welcomed very cordially, seeing that it relieves the company from the responsibilities of the line upon the condition that the whole of the capi tal shall be repaid by her MAJESTY'S Government to the shareholders. How this is now about to be effected to the advan tage at once of the Company, of the Public, and of the Government—cannot be better explained than in the very words of the proposal as expressed in the official letter written from the Treasury Cham bers by Mr. HAMILTON. The terms as there put on behalf of her MAJESTY'S Government are defined under three succinct clauses. The Treasury Com missioners proposing First—" To divest the existing company of all further responsibility in respect to the affairs of the Red Sea and India Telegraph with a view to transferring the entire concern to the hands of a new company, on suitable terms and conditions, should any such company be 'Armed with an amount of capital sufficient to justify a reasonable hope of the success of its object." Secondly—"To convert the present guarantee into a Government annuity of like amount, payable at the Bank of England, as in the case of other Govern ment annuities." And thirdly—" To reserve power to the Government to redeem this annuity at any time hereafter, on payment of a capital sum in proportion to the unexpired period which the annuity may then have to run." Whatever am biguity there might be in that third and concluding clause of the Government proposition was effec tually obviated by a very ingenious resolution passed at the meeting of shareholders already referred to. A Resolution setting forth with the sufficiently explicit declaration—" Resolved, that the proposition mentioned in the letter addressed by the Secretary of the Treasury to the directors of the Red Sea Telegraph Compamy on Oct. 15th last be and is hereby accepted,"—adding no less es- plicitly this very comprehensible condition—" on the understanding that it be made clear in the agreement with the Government that the intention of clause 3 in the proposal is that, in the event of the Government deciding to re deem the annuity, they shall pay a capital sum which will be sufficient to purchase a Government annuity of £4 Ms. per cent, per annum on each £lOO of the stock or capital of the company for the unexpired residue of the term." And so the matter has been decided. Who shall say otherwise than most satisfactorily to the original shareholders, to the public at large, and we believe it will be found eventually to the advantage in every way no 'ess than to the honour and credit of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government ? As was sen- tentious!y remarked by one of the directors, in reference to the interpretation put upon the third clause, the only vague or ambiguous clause in the Government proposal—" no thing but a Govern- ment annuity would be equal to a Government annuity." In other words— " None but itself could be its parallel I" As to the advantages likely —nay, we will not con tent ourselves with saying likely, but—absolutely certain to accrue from the completion of the parti cular line of electric telegraph. Who shall venture to depreciate them ? Remember the instance of Sir MACDONALD STEPIIENSON, when he stated the other day that one merchant had assured him of the fact that he should have saved £50,000 sterling could he recently but have transmitted one single message ! As to the feasibility of this scheme as it now • „p 4;•; *V 4 Z., • kt e' ' * • • • , 4 .- • V k , • .11 0 N THE SUN. TIJ,TA SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINU, NOVEL IBER 20, 1861. stands, it is almost sufficient to bear in mind such facts, for example, as that the capital required by the new company is as moderate as merely £lOO,OOO, and that the shares are only £2 each—the Limited Liability Act defining, of course, clearly enough the proportionate responsibility devolving upon each individual shareholder. As to the very moderate capital required by the Govern ment for the new Company—a capital expressed by a plum—it is encouraging to learn that two-thirds of it were subscribed within a few days from its first announcement. All things considered, we are not surprised to see Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON asserting very confidently that " The prospects of success were considered satisfactory by the highest authorities, that the result of success would be to impart a high value to the shares, and that the result of failure would be to recover the money laid out from the sale of the property of the old com pany now made"over absolutely to the new com pany. It was," he said, "a one-sided speculation with great contingent advantages, and without risk of losing the capital under any circumstances." Altogether certainly a most alluring enterprise ! Heartily do we wish it the success that we rest per fectly confident now is reserved for it. And we are all the more sanguine, of course, of the happy issue of the undertaking from our knowledge of the fact that there is now in daily use an un-- broken cable one thousand four hundred miles in length —namely, the great submarine electric cable of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph ! LETTS'S DIARIES FOR 1862. It is pleasing to observe that success only serves to stimulate the proprietors of these favourite pub lications to still further exertions in the path of improvement. The diaries for the ensuing year give an earnest of Messrs. Letts's keeping up with public expectation in their praiseworthy labours. Among other improvements, now that the French treaty expands our reciprocity with our neighbours commercially, are the names of months and days in French, thus making French and English " familiar as household words." The Earl and Countess of Erroll have arrived in town from Slaines Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Earl and Countess Courtown and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Ireland, Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the Hon. P. Cust have arrived in South Audley-street from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Rodney and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Brighton. THE WEATHER.--A number of persons visited the vat ious parks yesterday morning, and although the ice on the Ornamental water was in an exceedingly dangerons state, many of them ventured upon it in spite of the remon strances of the Royal Humane Society's officers, and heed less of the danger notices plentifully posted. The conse quence was that numerous immersions took place, none of which, however, fortunately had a fatal termination. The thaw which set in last evening will doubtless put an end to further risks for a time at least. THE OVERDUE CANADIAN MAIL STEAMER.-- LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Up to a late hour this afternoon the Canadian mail steamship North Briton had not reached Londonderry. The anxiety as to her safety continues to increase, while on the other hand there are many who be lieve—and naturally too—that the North Briton has met with bad weather, had her machinery damaged, and is either coming home under canvas, or she put back to Quebec. A despatch posted in the Liverpool underwriter's room to-day, says :—" North Briton, from Quebec, off Father Point, left for Liverpool on the 3d Nov., was de tained some hours in the passage down by fog." At Lloyd's yesterday 30 guineas per cent. were required to effect fresh insurances on the steamer North Briton, which is now six days overdue. The Cork Examiner of yesterday says that "The Africa, on her homeward passage, fell in with two large icebergs—a most uncommon circumstance at this time of the year, and further east than was at all usual." PROPOSED DINNER TO AIR. BRIGHT, M.P.—We (Manchester Examiner) are enabled to announce that at a meeting of a number of Mr. Bright's political friends, held on Friday last, it was resolved to ask Mr. Bright to a public dinner, at an early period. On Saturday morning a deputa. tion, consisting of the Mayor (John T. Pagan, Esq.), Al derman Healey, Esq., and Jas. Hoyle, Esq., waited on Mr. Bright to ask him to consent to accept-a dinner. We under stand that Mr. Bright replied that he felt much obliged to the gentlemen who wished to give this expression of good feeling, and stated that if his friends thought any remarks of his would be conducive to the public service, he should be happy to place himself at their disposal. The dinner will take place in the Public Hall, Rochdale, on Wednesday, Dec. 4. THE CITY CORPORATION AT A DISCOUNT.—Year after year the difficulty increases of inducing public men to be present at these festivals, and few besides minor shop keepers swell the promiscuous ruck at the tables. That the leading men of the city should invariably be absent is a fact as significant as it is incontrovertible, and it reveals the general opinion with which the corporation has come to be regarded. Its taxes and its dues, its slowness to cor rect abuses, its reluctance to depart from old forms, how ever mischievous in their tendency, its extravagance in purely selfish objects, and its insensibility to the duties which the age requires of it, have raised up ineradicable prejudices against it, and the day cannot be far distant when the reform it refuses to carry out for itself will be forced upon it by the House of Commons. There is no reason why the wealthiest city in the world should not re cover the position t which its importance entitles it, and which it never would have lost but for mismanagement and displays of meanness, appropriately illustrated by the pre posterous exhibition of Saturday last.—London _Review. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A Court of Aldermen of the City of London was holden yesterday at Guildhall; the Lord Mayor presided for the first time in his official capacity since his re-election to that office. After the for mal business had been disposed of, a series of resolutions complimentary to the Lord Maycr were passed. Sheriffs Cockerell and Twentyman made a report of the condition of the several gaols belonging to the City, from which it appeared that in Newgate there are confined 85 prisoners, in Holloway 371, and in the debtors' prison, Whitecross street, 137, only just one-half the ordinary number hitherto confined there. The general purposes committee made a report upon various subjects, among which was an appli cation by Mr. Alfred Skeen to be re• admitted a broker of the City of London. This application was refused by the court. The Gaol Committee, to whom a reference had been made relative to the nature, duties, and emoluments of the office of Governor of the Debtors' Prison, Whitecross. street) made a report to the court, in which they stated thatowing to the great decrease in the number of prisoners, from the recent alteration in the law relating to bankruptcy, and un til they had seen what further results would be obtained from its operation, it was impossible for them to come to any satisfactory conclusion as to what ought to be done with the office of governor of the prison, and they therefore requested that the matter might be allowed to stand over. Alderman Salomona moved, " That it be referred to the General Purposes Committee to consider and report as to the powers of the justices of the City of London, with re spect to committing boys to reformatories, and as to the best mode of exercising the same," which was agreed to. Sir J. Musgrove gave notice of kis intention, at the next meeting of the court, to present a petition from the inhabi tants of Broad-street Ward, upon the subject of the supply of gas to the City of London. The court then adjourned. FINSBURY ELECTION.—A meeting of liberal elec tors was held yesterday evening, at the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville, to consider what steps should be taken to secure a suitable representative for the borough, in the room of the late Mr.T. Duncombe. Mr. M'Donald presided, and in opening the meeting, paid a warm tribute to the memory of their deceased member. He then asked the electors pre sent to state their opinions, and advised them to select some gentleman of clearly defined liberal opinions in preference to one who only put on the mantle of liberty to secure his return. Mr. Bontems proposed a resolution to the effect that the candidate selected should be of advanced liberalism in reference both to home and foreign politics. This reso lution was duly seconded, and it was unanimously carried. —Mr. Benjamin Foster, of the Jerusalem Tavern, proposed that Mr. Chas. Dickens should be invited to stand for the representation of the borough. Mr. Dickens, by his writings, his intellect, his large human sympathies, had given good evidence that he was highly eligible to serve as a member of Parliament. —Mr. Hopwood thought Mr. Dickens was a very sensible man, but he doubted if he was the proper man for Finsbury—albeit, he knew something about elec. tions, as his description of the one at Eatanswill testified. (L , ughter.) The name of Mr. Samuel Morley having been mentioned, Mr. Elt said ho could assure the meeting that Mr. M rley had declined. The name of Mr. Edward Miall - was afterwards mentioned, but it was stated that he also would not be a candidate. Mr. Hodson thought Mr. Tor rens M'Culloch would be the proper man.—The Chair man here stated that Mr. Sleigh had engaged his Par liamentary agent, which was proof of his intention of standing.—Mr. Elt proposed General Thompson, and Mr. Moore suggested the name of Mr. John Stuart Mill. . _ After some further conversation, in which the names of Mr. Peter Alfred Taylor and Sir William Clay were spoken of the meeting wat, adjourned until Monday evening next. At Rouen, the day before yesterday, twin sisters, the wives of two workmen, at a few hours from each other, gar) birth each to twin boys,—Gall,pani. LtTE f NEW S. PARIS, Nov. 20. The Roniteur of to-day says : " The foreign press speak of certain incidents alleged to have accompanied the return of M. Fould to office. These rumours have no foundation whatever." BERLIN, Nov. 20. The election of the persons qualified to vote for the return of members to the Prussian Chamber of Deputies took place yesterday throughout the kingdom. The result of the elections in Berlin is decidedly in favour of the Liberals. Telegrams received here announce that similar results have been obtained in the provinces. MADRID, Nov. 20. The Queen is enciente. Senor Ros de Olano has been sent on an extra ordinary mission to Portugal. Marshal O'Donnell is convalescent. FLORENCE, Nov. 19. A box of gunpowder exploded to-day on the railway works near Orbitello, killing seven persons and wounding five others. NAPLES, Nov. 19. Vaglio, in the Basilicata, has been occupied by the brigands. A band of brigands has been put to flight near Pietragalla, in the same province, with the loss of thirty-three killed and several wounded. General Della Marmora has held a review of the National Guard of Naples, at which he addressed them in a speech. BRESLAU, Nov. 19. The Administrator of the Archbishopric of War saw was arrested in pursuance of Orders from St. Petersburg. The Prelate, 'who is ill, has been conducted to the citadel, and will be tried before a court-martial. The Government demands from the Chapter the election of another Administrator. The Chapter, however, refused to comply with this demand, and has appealed to Rome. BOMBAY, OCT. 28. Lord Canning has published resolutions permit ting the absolute sale of waste lands and the re demption of the land revenue on conditions of clearance and cultivation. The price of unassessed lands is not to exceed five shillings an acre, and that of cleared lands is not to be above ten shillings per acre. These rates are to rule for five years. The Governor of Madras has refused to annex North Canara to Bombay. Colonel Baird (?), in his final report on the famine, recommends the permanent settlement of the land and water revenue in the North-West Provinces. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 19.—The upward movement still continues, and the market shows considerable ani mation. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 70f sc. Railway shares also firm, with improved quotations. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 96 20 i Credit Foncier 1205 Do, end month.... 96 301 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 71 Roman Bank Shares 2920 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 780 Spanish Threes 49 Do. Account 782 50 Home Debt RAILWA.YB. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 9lO Lyons and Mediterranean 1030 .. 1031 25 Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 660 - .. 661 25 531 25 .. 532 50 580 - .. 582 50 352 50 .. - 512 50 .. 515 - 522 50 .. 523 75 SWITZERLAND. A letter from Borne, in the independence says : " The affair of the valley of Dappes is not so near a solution as appears to be believed in Paris. It follows the same path and takes exactly the same turn as that of Ville-la-Grand, that is to say, the reports of the Swiss agents contradict completely the version transmitted to the Imperial Go vernment by the administrative and military autho rities of the departments of the Jura, and also the explanations given at Berne by the Marquis de Turgot. M. Kern writes from Paris, as was expected after the language of the Moniteur, that the French Government denies in the most formal manner that there was on the part of France any violation of territory. It appears, says M. Thou venel, from the explanations given by the gene ral commanding the 7th military division to the Minister of War, that measures were only taken on the frontier to prevent a projected arrest, contrary to the established state of things on the disputed territory, and that it is not true that the French gendarmes or soldiers violated any portion of the territory of Vaud. The affirmation of General Faucheur, adds the Minister, is as cate gorical as possible in that respect, and the General says that he cannot understand why the Swiss authorities should have made any complaints. In addition to these explanations of M. Thouvenel to M. Kern, the Ambassador of * France gave to the President of the Confederation the assurance that neither the hamlet of Les Cressonnieres, nor any other point in the valley of Dappes, had been occu pied by the French armed force, the latter not having gone beyond the disputed territory. The Marquis de Turgot added that the measures of pre caution adopted by France would be continued as long as the situation should remain the same, but that the Imperial Government was ready to enter into negociations." ITALY. We have received a letter from the Central Com mittee of Prevision (Comitato Centrale di Prov vedimento), sitting at Naples, complaining of the tenor of a late telegraphic despatch, communicated to the journals by the Havas-Bullier agency, accord ing to which General Turr had communicated to the said committee General Garibaldi's intention not to order any movement for the solution of the questions of Rome and Venice, adding that those who might not accept this resolution had best leave the committee to act as they might think proper. This despatch, according to our letter, is erroneous, inas much as General Turr had received no mission of the kind from Garibaldi, who corresponds directly with the committee, while, on the other hand, a representative of the eommittee, M. Bellazzi, was at Caprera at the same time as General Turr, and would, therefore, have received directly any communication General Garibaldi might have thought proper to make; so that General Turr had no mission whatever to the committee. A letter from Turin, of the 16th, in the Con stitutionnel, says : " The nomination of a certain number of sena tors is imminent, and I can give you beforehand the names of some of them—General Della Rovera, Minister of War ; General Gianotti, Commander of the Ist Military Department ; the Marquis de Torrearza, Prefect of Florence, and Baron Bol mida, banker of Turin. The decrees will be to morrow submitted to the King for signature, as well as those for the nomination of all the Prefects and Sub-Prefects of Italy. The visit of the King to Naples is definitively fixed for January, and his Majesty will remain there until the end of February. The King will spend a fortnight in Sicily, where the people are very desirous ofi seeing him. Prince de Carignan will leave in a few days for Florence, to be present at the close of the exhibition and the distribution of prizes. He will be accompanied by the Minister of Commerce." Another communication from Turin says : " Since the return of M. Ratazzi, the most perfect accord has been re-established between him and the President of the Council, and according to all ap pearance, the session will recommence without in any way shaking the stability of the Ministry. At the first sitting, the President of the Council will, as is the custom in France and England, lay before the Chamber a volume containing the documents con nected with all the important acts accomplished by the Cabinet during the absence of the Chambers. Three embassies are now being organised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the holders of which, charged with provisional missions, will proceed, one to the Brazils and the other to Belgium, to thank the Sovereigns of those Powers for their recognition of the King dom of Italy, and the third to Lisbon, to congratu late the new King of Portugal on his accession to the tL roue. I have already mentioned the intention of the Government to indemnify Father Passaglia for the persecutions of which he has been the object on the part of the Court of Rome, by naming him Professor of Philosophy and Catholicism at the University of Turin. That project meets with some difficulty on the part of M. de Sanctis, who is of the school of Hegel, and consequently little inclined to create a chair of Catholicism. As Baron Ricasoli, however, is anxious for the appointment, the pro bability is that the nomination will take place. The entry of M. Fould into the French Ministry has produced a rise in the funds, and the loan has been done at 70." The Italie of Turin, of the 17th, says : " From information we have obtained, it appears that the entrance of M. Ratazzi into the Cabinet as .Minister of the Interior would have encountered certain difficulties, and would even have led to the resignation of several of the Ministers. As to Baron Ricasoli, he is not personally much opposed to confiding to M. Ratazzi, the portfolio of Minister of the Interior, so great in his abnegation, and so well does he understand that in circumstances of such importance as the present a statesman must, in the interest of all, think little of himself. Among the persons named as likely to be called on to fill the office of Minister of the Interior are M. Lanza, formerly President of the Chamber of De puties; M. San Martino, ex-Minister and ex-Lieu tenant-General at Naples ; and M. Spavanta, who has held office in the same city." THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION. - - - A despatch from Algeria, dated the 18th, an nounces that the Massena, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Surien de Lagraviere, had sailed from Oran for La Martinique. Fort St. John d'Ulloa is the first point to be attacked. This fort is the chief point of defence of Vera Cruz. General Prim, Commander-in-Chief of the troops which Spain Sends to Mexico, embarks on the 22d inst. on board the Ulloa, which will convey him to Cuba. Most of his officers have left for the Havannab. The squadron is expected to meet there about the 10th December. THE BLACK PRINCP, IRON-PLITED STEAMSHIP. The preliminary trial of the Black Prince at light draught took place at Portsmouth yesterday, under circumstances highly unfavourable for deve loping the ship's speed under steam, but attended with very satisfactory results, both as regards the working of the machinery and the speed attained, the mean of the runs made at the mile being nearly 141 knots. The ship weighed her anchor at Spit head at 12 30 p.m., and steamed away for the trial ground in Stokes Bay in charge of Captain H. Broadhead, commanding the reserve at Portsmouth ; Mr. A. Murray, chief engineer of her Majesty's dockyard ; and Mr. G. Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat, Mr. Thomas Penn, representing the manufacturers of the engines, and Mr. John D. Napier the builders of the ship. One hundred men from the Trafalgar, commanded by a lieute , nant of that ship, formed the crew of the Black Prince for the day, Commander R. Stokes being in chief command. Captain S. B. Dickson, of her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, was also on board as a vizitor during the trial. In proceeding towards the measured mile from Spithead the anchor was se cured and the fires made up for the race. The last, however, proved a difficult operation, owing to their having been lit with Scotch coal, which created a deal of clinker in the furnaces, and several turns were taken through the bay before the ship was fairly placed at the mile, at which four runs were made eventually with the following results : First run, with the tide.—Time, 3 min. 43 see.; speed in knots, 15.859 ; pressure of steam, 1811 b.; revolutions of engines, 55i ; Vacuum—forward, 251; aft, `5.1. Second run, against the tide. —Time, 4 min. 38 sec. ; speed in knots, 12 950 ; pressure of steam, 19I1b. ; revolutions of engines, 56-1. Vacuum-- forward, 251, ; aft, 25. Third run, with the tide.—Time, 3 min. 55 sec.; speed in knots, 15.319; pressure of steam, 191 b.; revolutions of engines, 56. Vacuum—forward, 26; aft, 251. Fourth run, against tide.—Time, 4 min. 36 sec.; speed in knots, 13 043 ; pressure of steam, 191 b. ; revolutions of engines, 55i. Vacuum—forward, 254 ; aft, 254. The draught of water was—aft, 24ft. 2in., and Forward, 21ft. 10in. The ship's proper trim, as aid down by her designers, is one foot by the stern. The propeller used yesterday was an improved Griffiths', at its finest pitch 30ft., with a diameter of 24ft. 6in., of the same pattern as the Warrior, but set at a very different pitch, which was one of the many unfavourable circumstances for the ship attending the trial. Like the Warrior, the Black Prince is warm below, as the following means of temperature in her engine -room and stokeholes will show :—Engine-room, starboard side, 90 deg. ; port side, 103 deg. ; midships, 93 deg. Passage between engine-room and stokeholes, 75 deg. After stokehole, after part, 95 deg. ; midships, 102 deg. ; fore part, 100 deg. Fore stokehole, mean of the three parts, 79. Temperature on deck, 47. The trial can only be taken at its worth as a purely preliminary trial, unexpectedly made, the ship out of trim, with coal of vastly inferior quality to that used by the Warrior on her trial, the stokers below tired out with their journey round to Spithead from Greenock, and all parts below necessarily retaining a great amount of heat, owing to the short time that had elapsed since the steam had been previously up. The last fact will account for much of the excessive heat in the en gine -room. Another point which is supposed to have had a prejudicial effect upon the ship's speed through the water is that since her launch some nine months since she has lain in the tidal basin at Greenock in comparatively still water, and her bot tom must of a necessity be somewhat foul. The " immersion of the screw," as it is termed, was not correctly ascertained, but one part of its blades during its revolutions, owing to the ship's small draught, must have been considerably out of the water. In her future trial at load draught, all these faults will be remedied, and judging by the speed attained yesterday, there can be little doubt that the Black Prince will prove as successful a ship in point of speed as the Warrior. It will be remembered that the ship's jury mainmast was carried away while she was lying at Greenock. This has not been re placed, and the ship came round with only her fore and mizen masts standing, which, no doubt, gave her a strange appearance as she passed the different points of view from the shore in her course round. The ship's deck, at first sight, has a mach more roomy lo)k than the Warrior's, but this is accounted for, not by any actual increase in dimensions, for each ship is, in all but one point, a counterpart of the other, but by the absence of the hideous excre scence on the Warrior's deck which has been digni fied with the name of a " ride tower." The only dif ference made in the construction of the two ships is in the form of the bow above the water line, the Black Prince's being of rather less breadth from the main deck upwards nearly to the fore rigging aft. This gives the ship a much handsomer and lighter appearance than the Warrior has, Her armour plates are of two descriptions, those in the line with her ports are rolled," and were manufac tured by Beale, of Parkgate Works, Yorkshire ; the plates above and below the ports are hammered in their manufacture, and are from the works of Messrs. Rigby, of Glasgow. The Black Prince will lie in her present position at Spithead until to morrow, when she will be taken into Portsmouth harbour preparatory to going in dock. IHE NAVY. Admiralty orders were yesterday received at Chatham for the Minotaur, old 74 gun sailing ship, attached to the reserve, to take the place of the Duncan, lazaret ship, employed on the quarantine service at Standgate Creek, Chatham, the latter having been ordered to be broken up. Intelligence having been received by Vice-Admi ral Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, that the wreekers on the Essex coast were busily engaged plundering an English merchant brig, which was driven ashore on the Swin Middle dur ing the late gales, a party of Royal Marines were at once despatched to the neighbourhood of Colchester for the protection of the stranded vessel. Informa tion was, however, yesterday received by the Admi ral that the ship had broken up. She was bound from Cronstadt for London with tallow. The mas ter, his wife, and nine children, with the crew, wero landed at Harwich. The whole of the fittings of the Comus, 13 gun sailing sloop, were yesterday removed by the joiners at Chatham dockyard, preparatory to the vessel being handed over to the convicts to be broken up. The Comus, although a very old ship, is still sound, but she is a class of vessel not adapted for the pre sent requirements of the navy. She was one of the vessels composing the blockading squadron under Admiral Gambier in the expedition against Copen hagen, and the capture of the Danish fleet in 1807. The screw despatch gun vessel Dart, 4, 220 horse power, attached to the second division of the steam reserve at Chatham, was placed alongside the dock yard yesterday, and took on board her boats, spars, masts, rigging, and other gear, orders having been received for her to proceed to Portsmouth, there to be attached to the first-class steam reserve. The Luther and the Almuth Catherina arrived at Chatham dockyard yesterday from Riga, with hemp for that establishment. Owing to the Russian ports being now closed by the ice these are the last vessels which will arrive this winter. The steam frigate Leander, 51 guns, 2,760 tons, recently converted from a 50 gun sailing frigate, and lengthened amidships 44 feet, in the dockyard at Sheerness, and fitted with Messrs. Boulton and Watts's horizontal engines, with expansion gear, 400 horse power, left Sheerness harbour on Mon day, the 18th inst., and proceeded to the measured mile of Maplin Sands for the trial of her machinery, previously to its being passed over to the Govern ment authorities. The trial was very successful, and the results far exceeded the expectations of the builders. They were as follows :—Average speed, with full boiler power, 11.633 knots per hour; re volutions, 61; pressure of steam, 201 b ; vacuum, 26 ; the diameter of screw (Griffiths) being 17 feet ; pitch, 24 feet; draught of water aft, 20 feet; for ward, 16 feet 3 inches. The half circle was accom plished in 4 minutes, and full circle in 6 minutes and 45 seconds, The ship Ns as in charge of Com mander 0. M. Crewe-Reed, of the Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam ordinary at Sheerness. Messrs. W. Price, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, and G. Blaxland, Chief Engineer, Sheerness Dock yard, were in attendance on the part of the Govern ment, Mr.W. Langdon representing the firm. The engines were in charge of Mr. H. Beckwith, the foreman of Messrs. Boulton and Watts. The Lee, gun vessel (5 guns, 80 horse power), has been taken to the measured mile to test her machi nery previous to being placed in the first division of the steam reserve. Her machinery worked well. The vessel attained a speed of 8 knots, although a fresh breeze and rough sea prevailed at the time. Her diameter of screw is 9 and her pitch 12 feet. She makes 97 revolutions. The Hero, 89, screw, Capt. Ryder, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and anchored at Spithead. The Edgar follows to-day. The 03tavia, 51, screw, steamed out of Ports mouth harbour yesterday, and tested her engines preparatory to her trial this day. The screw steam sloop Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, from Queenstown, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, and yesterday went into Hamoaze to have defects made good. The officers and crew of the paddlewheel steam tender Advice, M. Raymond, second master, com manding, were transferred on Monday to the gun boat Lark, which left Plymouth Sound yesterday (Tuesday) for Queenstown. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. P. P. Luxmoore to the Britannia, additional for service of naval cadets; Henry R. Harris, master, to the Swallow; W. H. Sloggett, surgeon, to the Edgar; T. E. Cosker, IL T. Guneon, and Abraham Hamilton, master's assist ants, to the Swallow; T. Goodman, assist.-pay master, to the Excellent; and W. Wallace, assist.- paymaster in charge, to the Swallow. THE A.ROII. On the recommendation of a Board of Commis sioners of Chelsea Hospital, which has been sitting at Chatham, under the presidency of Dr. Muir, C. 8., Inspector-General, for the inspection of the time-expired men and invalid troops forwarded to that garrison from the home and foreign stations, a further discharge of 163 non-commissioned officers and privates, of different cavalry and infantry corps, is ordered to be made to-morrow from the invalid establishment, St. Mary's Barracks. Each of the men discharged will be given a railway pass to the town to which he proceeds, which will convey him to his destination free of any expense. Under the new War-office regulations each man's claim is to be settles before he quits the invalid depot. Yesterday the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry forming the Chatham division was drawn up on its parade-ground, and, after inspection by Light.-Col. W. H. March, the entire division was marched some distance into the open country, re turning to their quarters shortly before 2 o'clock. In order to keep up the physical training of the officers and men the battalion will take marching out exercise on stated days in each week during the winter. THIS DAY'S MARKETS: CORN EXCHANGE. A somewhat increased supply of English wheat was on sale here to-day. Although the demand was not to say active, the trade ruled firm, and Monday's quotations were well supported. The show of samples of modern wheat was moderately extensive. Importers were firm in their demands, and all descriptions were held at fully previous rates. The amount of business transacted, however, was by no means large. Floating cargoes of grain were in very moderate request, at late quotations. The trade for barley was in a sluggish state, at previous currencies. Fine new malt sold steadily, at full prices, but other kinds were a dull inquiry. Oats moved off slowly, yet good and fine corn ruled firm in value. The supply on offer was tolerably large. Beans and peas fully supported previous rates, the show of samples being small. The flour trade was steady, and prices were maintained.] ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,130 1,450 ; 1,620 ' 410 480 sacks. Irish.. — -- 1,720 8,220 5,630 28,640 i 40 sks. bris. BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is passing in nearly all kinds of hops, and prices are well supported. Good and fine qualities attract the most attention. IVHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are and the trade, almost generally, rules firm, as follows : Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 's 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—A pony is matched by Mr. J. Fiddaman, of Lynn, Norfolk, to run 20 miles in one hour for £lOO. It is to come off near Lynn on Monday Dec. 2.