The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

NEY MARKET !IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. -- CITY, Two o'CLomr The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed firmly at a slight improvement. The sales were estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 1 ,500 were taken for export, and 1,000 on specu ation, comprising 170 Pernam and Maranham, at 1.1. t o 7d. ; 150 Bahia at End, to 62d. ; 300 k'Yptian, 61d. to od. ; 1,000 Surat, 41d. to 51d. ; and 150 Sea Islands, Ild. to ls. 7d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed with a downward tendency, the announcement that the Bank of flgland had raised their minimum rate of discount having a prejudicial effect. Commercial advices filen Antwerp state that t here Was very little activity it i the import and e xport trade of that market during the past week, and that wheat, coffee, sugar, and: general articles of colonial produce exhibited no material fluctuation in Prices. Of wool the sales were confined to Eng lish washed wools, and Buenos Ayres in grease, which realised previous quotations. Although there was no alteration in the prices of raw sugars Yet they were remarkably firm, and it is not ex pected that there will be any fall this season. The Bank of Holland has issued their monthly statement of accounts up the 30th September, the Principal items of which are as follows :—The notes in circulation amount to 84,767,340 florins ; bal ances of accounts current, 16,956,823f1. ; and species in the bank coffers, 67,010,212f1. The Bank of Prussia also give their monthly returns, showing that the amount of notes in circulation have increased to about 46,000,000 thalers, or 6} millions on the month of August, while the cash on hand has deoreased upwards of one million. The Directors of the Bank of France have refused to negotiate any bills having moms than 60 days to run, and have determined to lima their advances on Rentes to 40 per cent., and on. Railway Shares to 20 per cent. These restrictive measures, to gether with those adopted by the Bank of England, have naturally produced increased alarm with re gard to the present situation of monetary affairs. In France, however, more than here the crisis is to be apprehended, and the letters received fro Paris speak in very discouraging terms of the future. A variety of suggestions are made for alleviating the pressure, and opinion is much di 'tided as to the course which ought to be pursued by the Government and the Bank. The drain of silv er. continues, an d the efflux of gold f rom th e kof E ng l an d up to yesterday was very rapid. It now remains to be seen whether it will be checked by the advance in the rate of discount. The v ar i ous joint-stock banks have advanced their allowance for deposits on call from 41k to 5 Per cent. The French prices at the opening of the *ours° to-day are telegraphed at a slight advance. Vrom the commencement to the close of business Yesterday the increase in the minimum excited much conversation, and there seems to be a general impression th a t i t will have the beneficial effect of s toppin g the drain of gold. The next Bank re turn is exp ec t e d to exhibit some very unfavourable 11 fully c hanges, but its influence will no doubt have been anticipated. A furth er d ec id ed fall has taken place this morn ing in the English Funds, and Consols at one period were down to 901. This low point, how ever, h as a tt rac t e d the public, who are investing, w .hile th e Bulls are tempt e d t o renew their opera tions. A r eac ti on h as consequently commenced, fi at it is quite impossibl e t o say w h ether it will con .lllle- Consols are n ow 91 to 911 for money, and for Nov. The dealers are busy in making llrrangements for the settlement, which will be ver y heavy on e , an d it i s f eare d that the payment of differences may be attended by some instances of e mbarrassment. The " Contango" is still fully Per cent. Exchequer Bills are flat at ss. to 9s. Premium. ; and the Bonds are 981 to 99. The Foreign Market has also been depressed, a nd in so me o f th e l ea di ng securities the changes !lave been considerable. Turkish 6 per Cents. have ranged from 962 to ni, and the 4 per Cents. lave been 99,} and 98. Spanish Threes are marked 401, and the Now Deferred 24. Russian b per Cents. have been dealt in at 106; ditto 4 1 per Cents. at 96A- ; and Sardinian, 891 to 90. Mexican Stock is flat at 22. Peruvian 41 per Cents. e 761. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7I ; Mem 'can, 211 22 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., ! G 58 ; Portugu ese 3 p er C en t s ., 43 45; Russi an " Per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 98 ; vanish 3 per Cents., 422 31; ditto Deferred, 232 4 1 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 6 Railway. Shares have been subjected to much fla.riation, and the average decline is 1/. to 1/. 10s. . i .t ,ney are now, however, rather better, owing to e d slight improvement in the Funds. Foreign 11 Colonial are dull, but Paris and Lyons are very h eavy. • Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are lz'astive. Ilitt rr l Bll FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official List: C on pnon—• d on P Cent. Consol s A nnuitlea 91 4. 90 i It. te >ols f or Account . ... .......................90 1 90i lleciner Bills, 2icl. lA 13 000 59 5 p MOO .................................... 5 9 5 p ...... huall ........... . 5 9 5 p -La tto Bonds, 1858 3A or Cent. . 99 Ditto, 1859 b PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. intzilfan Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOO4 .qesican 3 per Cent bitto Account 221,1 ellivian Bonds 4i per Cent Ditto Account D itto 3 p er Cent 76 Ditto Account Aussiau Bonds, 1822 i; St., 5 per Cent lO6 SardinianDitto 44 per Cent.' 110114., 5 Per Cent. Ditto Account B9i 90 `ms t Boids, 3'per Cent . . bitto Account ..... ... . ..... ... . 2, rn .bitto N ew Deferred . , 3 per ....... IDitto Account aticitth gonds, 6 par cant .................. Ditto Account "4itt '7 o Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 7i 74 6 Ditto Account - 9• omeenis on the ai)ove E•avable in London. butch Excliang,e, 2 per Con 12 Guilders Di tto Account 91i Consols, money THREE O'CLOCK. 91i Ditto. account, October 8 4 " 27 MANUFACTURE EXHIBITION IN EDINBURGH. An exhibition will be opened within the National It allery, Edinburgh, about the middle of December, by the A rt Manufacture Association—an association Just established in Scotland, un d er the pres id ency o f the D u k e of Hamllton, f for the p urpose o f encou raging th e application o art to objects of utility and ornament. The association has in view to diffuse a general taste for household art, and to encourage the artist manufacturer to meet the popular demand it seeks *0 create. The society is likewise an i ts annual ex hibi t i ons purchases will art union, and at be made of works of art and unlit, whi c h w ill b e balloted for among the thsubscribers, who pay one guinea each. It is also intended at each su b scriber shall obtain a prize, and in the diver t of obj s, ects to be se l ected the objection to other art anion distrib u ti ng the same works to all, will be leubvisted. The association "look especially to the encou ogetnent of design and perfection of execution, as applied , br°44ee, carvings in wood, metal or ivory, to porcelain, glass, textile fabrics, and other materials susceptible of receiving the aid of high art in their productions." All these branches of art manufacture will be represented in the exhibition. While the East India Company and others are to display the productions of foreign Trtand colonial art the exhibition will chiefly illustrate the manufactures of the united kingdom. A large co • e ction of jewellery will be shown by the chief London louses, including Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, Messrg. liPhilips Brothers, (to. The porcelain, ner productions of the Potteries will be exhibited by kesers. Minton and Co., &c. The electro-type, electro china, and the FlitDlt:te, and bronze manufacture s of Birmingham will con ute a leading feature in the exhibition, which will .4.'86' include the productions in ornamental glass of Scot "4ll and English houses, the fi ner shawls of Paisley, " 41 and &e., lace, tapestrieß, and other textile t•l)rics, anti cabinet work and other household &cora t'/I• All articles intended for exhibition are to be sent ~° Edinburgh between the Ist and 10th of December, q,ItCl the will be opened to the public about the 4511, galle r y . . . ape • Tho exhibition will remain open for tree or four i'itot and will therefore prove one of the principal at e of the Christmas holidays in Edinburgh. The Riteconcl exhibition is to be held in Glasgow, where an in uential committee is being formed under the presidency Of Sir Archibald Alison. Already the society has ap ,eited about 300 agents throughout the kingdo m and 1_41,3 colonies, and has attracted a large body of subscri- hers. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Day. To-day the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the other peers named in the Royal Commission, having taken their seats on the woolsack, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons to the bar of their lordships' house. The Royal Commission was read by the Clerk at the table, and The LORD CHANCELLOR then formally declared the Parliament to stand prorogued until Thursday, the the 13th of November. The above proceedings only occupied their lordships a few minutes. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(his Da: COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn IN RE WHETTONE. This bankrupt was described as of Oxford-street, book seller, and to-day was appointed for further consideration of his certificate. The meeting was further adjourned, in consequence of the ill•health of the bankrupt. EX PARTE AS TO A PETITIONING CREDITOR'S DEBT. IMPORTANT QUESTION. Mr. Warrand, of Basinghall-street, applied tb open a petition in bankruptcy under the following circum stances :—lt appe2red that the petitioning creditor had obtained a judgment on one debt, and sought to make the debtor a bankrupt on a bill of exchange. His Honour at first doubted whether a petition could be granted after judgment obtained. Mr. Warrand submitted that the bill was wholly dis tinct from the judgment debt, and his client would make an affidavit to that effect. This having been done, His Honour allowed the petition. The other meetings were adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— This Day. GUILDHALL. Samuel Moses, cap manufacturer, of 120, Royal Mint street, Minories, was charged before Mr. Alderman Eagleton with obtaining by false pretences 14 felt hats, value 11. 4s. 6d., and on the 26th ult., 8 dozen of felt hats, value 8/. Ss., the property of Mr. J. A. Chester, hat manufacturer, of 8, St. A ndrew's.hill, Doctors'. commons. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was formerly in the employ of Messrs. Bebarfald and Son, Houndeditch. On the 12th September he called at the prosecutor's warehouse and said he wanted some "felts" for Messrs. Bebarfald and Son, to make up an order. In consequence of this he wa; shown some, and he selected 14, value together 1/. 4s. 6d., which he took away with him--an invoice having been first given to him, chrrging the goods to Messrs. Bebarfald and Son. On the 25th September the prisoner a called on the prosecutor, and had some sample hats, which he took away with him to show Messrs. Bebar fald and Son, and on the following day ho returned and had eight dozen in their names, signing a receipt for the goods. Prosecutor had been in the habit of dealing with Messrs. Bebarfald, but the former had never supplied the latter with goods. The prosecutor subsequently ascertained that the prisoner was not in Messrs. Bebar fald and Son's employ, and had not been sent by them for the goods, and he gave him into custody. Mr. Bebarfald deposed that the prisoner, who had been their traveller, left them in August last. He never authorised the prisoner to obtain the above goods from the prosecutor. Green, a city detective, apprehended the prisoner this morning in Rosemar d y-lane, and charged him with the offence, but be made no reply to it. In the prisoner's pocket-book he found some of Mess'rs. Bebarfald and Son's trade cards and the two invoices of the goods obtained. The prisoner was then committed for trial. MARL BOROUGH -STREET. WIFE BICATING.--Charier Barman, a tall middle-aged man, residing at 16, Porter-street, Newport-market, was charged before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting his wife, Ann Hannan. Complainant, whose eyes were dreadfully contused and covered with a bandage, stated that on the previous evening she was endeavouring to arrange matters be tween two friends who were quarrelling, when the de fendant, without the slightest provocation, struck her a violent blpw in the face with his fist, and blackened her eye. She directly ran up stairs and went to bed, but she had no sooner laid down than he rushed into the room and struck her again with great force, and blackened the other eye. He was proceeding to further violence when her cries attracted the notice of a constable who was passing, and who took him into custody. The prisoner, in reply to Mr. Beadon, said he might have struck his wife, but he knew nothing whatever about it, as he was drunk at the time. Mr. Beadon said that was a poor excuse for the dread ful beating he bad given his wife, and committed him for six months. SOUTRWARK. FEROCIOUS ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE —ATTEMPT TO BITE HIS FINGER OFF.—Timothy Caghlin, a ruffianly looking old man, was brought up in custody charged with committing a ferocious assault upon Thos. Green, police-constable 137 M, rnd attempting to bite one of his fingers off. The complainant, whose left hand was bandaged up, and who appeared to be suffering much from the inju ries he had received, stated that on Sunday morning, shortly before 1 o'clock, he was on duty in Kent-street, when the prisoner came up to him in a wild kind of a a manner and s a = d, " C ome w i t h me, and take my wife into oustody, as she has attempted to stab me." Wit ness went with him up a court close by and looked for his wife, but she could not be found. As he waci leaving that place the prisoner suddenly turned upon him like a madman, and threatened to have his life, at the same time knocking him against the wall. The prisoner then struck him in the mouth, when witness seized hold of him and pulled him out of the court. Several per sons came round them, and a man close by knocked him down ; he still kept hold of the prisoner, who, while strugglin g on the ground, contrived to get the forefinger of his left band in his mouth, and nearly bit it off at the second joint. The pain was so excruciating that he was compelled to let go his hold of him. Another constable secured the prisoner. The Magistrate remanded the fellow for a week, to ascertain the result of his violence. THE LOSS OF THE TAY. When the Magdalena arrived, last w ee k, f rom th e West Indi es , she re that th e T ay h a d fa i led to immediately reach St. Thomas, with the Me x i can ma il s, and that it had befallen h er . Th e R oyal Mail C ompany to be got r ea d y to proceed was feared some accidentat ordered th e T rent steamer the conjectu res a b out the ed T to the W es t I n di es, i n case Tay was wreck e d at the Lopez, y should be confirmed. The ( or Bi r d I s l an d , not far from Tampico, o n th e 30th ,chor and at Au th g a u t st isl l a a n s d t. , vy T a h it e ing roy fo a r l mail steamers lie a t an specie, passengers, cargo from T am pi co , an d mails,the Tay was lost in th e hurricane that swept over th e Mexican Gulf the latt er end August. Capt. Strutt was in command of the steamer, and Lieut. Stewart, Tay y e is crew, , thpiarsd elge'rs,waansdinmeaihlasrwgeereof sathveed. Tli;ecTro steamer belonging to the Royal Mail Fornrtphanyi that has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, th e . !lad Tweed having been wrecked on the Alicrane Rocks in the Gulf some years since. The Tay was one of the first steamers built by the West India Company. Some y ears struck on a rock, and was abandoned by her then ago she com- and mander, and an inferior officer remained with her saved her from being wrecked. Two years ago she was lengthened, and ,vas placed on the Brazil li ne. It is marvellous that more steamers are not lost in th e Me can Gulf, as the northers there are of the most f earful kind. Oftentimes the mail packets have to put on f u ll steam for hours, and even days together, merely to with stand the terrible tempests, making scarcely any head way. Full particulars of the loss of the Tay will most probably first reach England via New York, as there will be no news from the Gulf via St. Thomas in ordi nary course until the latter end of this month, or the be ginning of November. THE LOST FOUND.—On Friday, after several days of anxiety and fear, the owner and the friends of the crew of the brig Excavator, of North Shields, received a tele graphic message that that vessel had arrived in aaf,ty in a port in Holland, where she had sought shelter. She bad sailed 15 days, and bad been long overdue. VALUE OF LAND IN NEW SOUTH WALES.—At a sale of land in June last at Maitland nearly half au acre or land in Melbourne-street sold for 1,000/. ; the bank premises for 2,0251. ; forty-two acres of land near Os bom's grant, 8001. ; a quarter of an acre in Melbourne street, with improvement:, 9601.—Emigration—Record, Oct. Ist, 1850. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BATTY'S MENAGERIE.--An accident occurred on Saturday eight at Batty's Mena gerie. A man imprudently approached too near the den of one of the tigers, when the animal suddenly struck sc fa en ce e owfitchoriists paw, infli c ti ng a f ea rful considerable confusion ensue d l h a i c n e i r a a i r o o n s . s the A among the scared spectators while the wounded man was — Birmingham, M c r cu ry. carried out, bleeding profusely. on the res the one of )ortina. L'assara, rriter," States, sinister Lisbon. sion of to the Naples, written nt, ha s readers s n um - f Rus rpents foment es by od for e that is re- Greece t is ra editor at her ollow acled a Lion of lively ar his fists of pies of ), the ;range en in d, all ;ham °pied ide at to of ifying ilding Duce kpany parry, a and flange cies of ve be- Ifni to That rotes poi.- ,o the TIIE SUN s 140 NDON,TUESDAV NING OCTOIVEIt 7, 850. Sporti: vnce. FOREIG. 7NTION, The Nord of Brussels publishes in prominent type, and draws particular attention to the sub joined article, which appears in the journal de Frankfort as a communication from Vienna : "It is clearly one of the fundamental principles of in ternational law that the sovereignty of every indepen dent State ought to be respected as sacred ; that, conse quently, othe r S tates have not the right o prescribing the course of its internal policy —of exacting that it should follow their counsels, and especially of accom panying their demands by threats, or of having recourse to measures of compulsion. " The only exception to this rule ie the case when the internal policy of a State threatens in an evident manner to disturb the internal tranquillity or the ex ternal peace of other States. In that case, the States really threatened have the right to demand, and as a last resource, to obtain by force the removal of that danger. " T h e an inc i independentpl of the s a s c t r a e t r e l c h h , ara applicable,c t without distinction, of distinction, to every form of government, to monarchies ae well as t) republics. All States are therefore equally interested in the actual proceedings of the Western Powers towards Naples. Should they, in this instance, violate the fundamental principle above cited, they would inaugurate on our continent a new national law, making the internal policy of States subordinate to the will of Powers strong enough to exact it. "General and indefinite wars would be the inevitable result. The different States are therefore—for the des tinies of all are equally at stake—justified in devoting their full attention to the proceedings of the 'Western Powers towards the legitimate Sovereign of the King- dorn of the Two Sicilies. The question is not to ascer tain whether the internal policy of that monarch is de serving of praise or of censure, but to ascertain whether that policy threatens to disturb the internal tranquillity or the external peace of France and of England. "If it does not threaten them—and surely there is no manifestation of such a danger —those Powers have not the slightest right to exact a modification of that policy, still less to acquire it by force. " Yet if those Powers, because it is their good pleasure to declare as dangerous the system of Government of Fer dinand 11., or to see therein the germ of a revolution which might extend over all Italy, have made exactions, and now use threats (for every demonstration is a threat), which they are to put into execution should they not be complied with--which is probable—they thereby lay down at once a principle incompatible with the indepen dence of States, and, further, set an example the conse quences of which equally threaten the latter, because it makes the fear only of possible events a legal motive for intervention. "Thirty-six years ago there was also question of in tervention in the internal affairs of this same kingdom ; but it was asked for by the legitimate Sovereign, the grandfather of the present King. Although that fact alone justified the assistance given by Austria with the consent of France, of Prussia, and of Russia, the Aus trian Government nevertheless, in its diplomatic docu ments, referred to the 'immediate danger which threat ened it. "Thus we find in Prince Metternich's circular despatch of the 25th of July, 1820, the following passag e : "`The interests of his Majesty the Emperor are especially compromised in these sad events in conse quence of his political and persocal relations, of his near relationship with different princely houses of Italy, and of the geographical position of his own States.' "Austria possessed, moreover, the right by con tract of exacting that the Constitution of the Cortes should not be introduced into the kingdom of Naples, for it is said in a secret article of the treaty con cluded on the Ith of June, 1815, with Austria : "`As the engagements which their Majesties take by this treaty with a view to insure the internal peace of Italy make it their duty to preserve their States and their respective subjects from fresh reactions and from the evil of imprudent innovations which might occasion their renewal, it is agreed between the high contracting parties that his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies in resuming the government of his king. done (of Naples) shall not introduce any changes which are not in keeping with the ancientmenbayrciliiiis cal institutions or _ w i th the principles adopted Imperial and Royal Majesty in the internal system of his Italian provinces.' "Austria had, therefore, positively the right to exact, and even to obtain by force, a modificatio n of the Con stitution of the Cortes promulgated at Naples, although no one knew it exactly, even if the former Kiug Ferdi nand had published it freely, and bad not been compelled to do so. Prussia, France ' and Russia, as a lli es of Aus tria, had fully th e r i g h t to lend her their moral cud ma terial support against the revolutionary Government of Naples. "At the Congress of Troppau, Austria, Prussi a , an d Russia went very f ar i n principle, as appears from the circular despatch addressed on the Brh of Dec., 1820, by those three Powers to their representatives at the Courts of Germany and of the North. In the precis which accompanied that despatch the events of Spain, of Naples, and of Portugal ore designated as objects of the same alliance concluded against the French Revolution, and the hope is therein expressed that that alliance will also be able to put a check upon a new domination, net less tyrannical, not less horrible than that of revolt and of crime.' " The following passage then occurs : " ' The Powers have exercised an incontestable right by taking together common measures of safety against the States in which the overthrow of the Government, offectt d by revolt, if not considered as a dangerous example, would have for result a hostile attitude against all legitimate constitutions and Governments. The exercise of that riglt became a still ;more urgent neces sity when those who placed themselves in such a situa tion endeavoured to extend to their neighbours the evils they had drawn down upon themselves, and to propagate revolt and confusion around them. Such a position, such conduct, is an evident infraction of the compact which guarantees to all European Governments, because the inviolability of their territory, the enjoyment of peaceful relations which exclude any recriprocal onslaught upon their rights. The fact is incontestable, and is the point frem which the allied Courts etai Zted. The Mi nisters at Troppau, who were possibly provided with full powers from their Sovereigns, consequently con certed together upon the line of conduct to follow rela tive to the States the Governments of which had been violently overthrown, and upon th e p aci fi c or coerc i ve measures which might bring back those States into the circle of the European alliance.' " Although this precis expressed the hope that Eng land would join the other Powers responding to the in vitation of the King of Naples, conformable to treaties, and although Lord Castlereagh, then Foreign Secretary, had always shared the views of the three allies, he could not do so on this occasion ; and in a despatch dated the 19th of January, 1821, he had to declare that the King declined participating in those measures, which he con sidered diametrically opposed to the fundamental lams of England. " But (continues Lord Castlereagh in his despatch), even did not this decided objection exist, the British Go vernment would not the less be of the opinion that the principles which serve as basis for these measures cannot be admitted with safety as a system of laws between na tions. The Government of the King is of the opinion that the adoption of those principles would inevitably sanction and might eventually lead, on the part of less well inten tioned Sovereigns, to an intervention in the internal affairs of States much more frequent and more extensive than that which he is persuaded it is the intention of the august personage to exercise, or which would be in keeping with the general interests or with the real authority and dignity cf independent Sovereigns. The Government of his Majesty does not think that, ac cording to existing treaties, the allies have the right to assume any general powers of this description, nor does it think that they can arrogate to themselves such extra ordinary powers in virtue of any new diplomatic transac tion between the allied Courts, without attributing to themselves a supremacy incompatible with the rights of other States, or, even on acquiring those powers by the i s n p t e o c i al u c r o o n p s e e nof those same at federal, oppressive States, s3 7h stem, i without d w t ihnitorho woulduc ing not only be inefficacious in obtaining its object, but might lead also to the most serious consequences.' "These are words of wisdom, full of real respect for international law, for Lord Castlereagh and his colleagues the dnsyipa Governmenttby fortherev i Naples.andolcution did But n the force not favour revolutionary of truth made the British Government alive to the dan. gerous consequences of a principle incompatible with the independence of States, and made it reject it. Stuarto March, 1823, British " In like manner, in 1323, England refused to parti cipate in an intervention in the internal affairs of Sp a i n . 1 n 8 z C• ha w pad h adE i sr e ne h England asvgsoey ng i aba l a t yt the despatch LorddesParis,pCa consideredataenxhnPCanning gfi a explains ohn thee interventi on Sn 3" 1 : o 8 Ct le co n diti ons utervention jns -1 all tsea far toter t u s ' tified. The Minister points naonotyuathuytthphooarttihsteel hypothetical British etaolo b l obligation, a P t l i e o n n i , - o vee,e back nPthioaenwv as igns i p n ot t e h n e ti j a .e r s y ol a u t ti t o h n e s C ta o k ng en res t s he o r f e V , earnodnathdaitd not engage e er t a h t e e which might have taken place leorfiodSpareintLiced perfectly oAfbafupi April, : oN e because f lohBti2s allianceob , Ge co u av n u hiseisfreontr Government was uniformly r tnt abstainm e n Government from l a i dd recommended, a uncon n l cerned n(b,cfaeitnfovofaudcaidnnagy est since cn ee i internal t e ti naartti samet arffanasha• between France and Spain, his Government could not form an opinion upon what foundation the Cabinet of the Tuileries thought of a possible rupture of diplomatic Franc o by the Spa A i l n il affairs of w tion an event was feared apparently so improbable as a relations with the Court of Madrid, or vt o he r er u ne p inx o ie e s commencement Tho leniimte Plenipotentiary t o ia f ry hostilities a a g i a e i s i t i y s t F (continuesran the French territory, of any attempt to tamper with the de fidelity of her troops, or of any project to undermine s s i i e e r n ) on 'l d t h °t part see eoef the e e S l ;r r a ° r. ° i f s s h her political institutions ; and as long as the discussions and troubles of Spain were confined to her own terri tory France could not be allowed by the E ng li s h Geyerement to plead in favour cf forein u t„ tert en tion. If the end of the last ecntery and th e commencement of the present one saw all Europe leagued against France, it N:11$ itot en accoun t of inter nal cbanY,os which France teought eceess ary for her own political and civil rolormatioD, but b ecause she first at ernpted to propagate her I rine: •ph , is , and th en her (lontioation, by force of arm?. , "I),,es the King of the Two_Siciliee, it m i ght be , asked, seek to tamper with the Airitigh troops, or to undermine the political institutions of England • or does be endeavour in the slightest degree to spread his prin. ciples and e x t en d his dotnination by farce o f arms ? "And if h e does nothing of all this, an d i f in 1823 rig an inter ve n ti on i n the in ternal how can e l m i n 1 856 justify Great Brit a i n str ong ly disapproved o f i n t ervention in i t n h e theinternal paint affairs vw o i e o Spain,ff terms! affairs of the kingdom of Naples ?” TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. Although the subjoined list of quotations show several important changes in the betting on the Cesarewitch, yet the range of speculation was limited, and the investments for the most part were in only trifling sums. Middleton, who at the commencement of lag week was under con siderable suspicion, but in whose favour a reaction set in before the termination of the Newmarket meeting, was brought with increased force into the market, and at his closing price -15 to I—he was spiritedly supported, 100 to 6 was taken freely about Merlin. At one time 20 to 1 was booked about Barfleur ; but at last five points more might have been obtained without difficulty. The prices on the Cambridgeshire were merely nominal. DEREY.-16 to 1 was taken to some money about Mr. Bowes's lot, and 1,000 to 20 was booked five times about Colonist. The other quotations do not require comment. CLOSING PRICES. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cotswold (taken) 100 to 6 agst Merlin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Homily (taken) 25 to 1 agst 13r-fleur (taken) 25 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 30 to 1 agst King of Scotland (taken) 500 to 15 agst The Earl (taken) 40 to 1 agst First Fiy (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Lance 20 to 1 agst Pohnoodie Offers to take 25 to 1 about Cotswold DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's lot (taken) 1000 to 30 apt Athlete (taken) 45 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 50 to 1 agst Colonist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) 50 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Laird Duff (taken) The room will be opened on Saturday for the compar , ng of bets on the Cesarewitch. AQUATICS. PRINCE OF WALES' AQUATIC CLUB FOUR OARED RACE. A very capital four-oared race took place yesterday amongst the members of this newly-established trades. men's club, which did great credit to those concerned in it. Notwithstanding the state of the weather, it was witnessed by a number of spectators, and at the time fixed upon to start, half-past three, it was fortunately dry. The race was for four silver oars and a rudder, and the distance from Westminster-bridge to .Battersea ditto. The following was the result : White Mr. J. M`Guire I Mr. J. Bla ns h ar d Mr. G. Giammer Mr. T. Jackson Mr. T. Rapley, coxswain; Red 2 Mr. J. Matthews Mr. C. Iwaacks Mr. G. Blanshard I Mr. A. Green Mr. W. Dineen, coxswain. Blue Mr. J. Jones 1 Mr. C. Scott Mr. B. Guilland 1 Mr. J. Jackson Mr. E. Jaffries, coxswain It was a capital start, all going off well together. Blue took the lead, followed by Red, White close up. White then began to pass Rcd, and was soon up to Blue, and, after a good race, went by them at Vauxhall pier, and were through Vauxhall•bridge first by half a length. Red now overlapped Blue, and an excellent race went on to Thames-bank, where Red began to leave their opponents, and at the new bridge were clear, but after this they were never more than a length or two ahead. White won by four or five lengths : Red second by one length. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, 00T. 6. Charles Henry Pilkington was this day admitted an actual Fellow of New College, after two years' probation as scholar. A Convocation will be holden on Wednesday next at 12 o'clock, when the present Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Cotton, will resign his office, having 'widen the same for four years. At the same time the appointment of Dr. Wil liams, who has been nominated by the Chancellor to succeed to the office, will be read to the house. A Congregation for granting graces and conferring degrees will be holden o❑ Friday morning at ten o'clock, being the first day of Michaelmrs term. The visitation of the Bodleian Library takes place on Saturday. LITERATUj. PROJECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICES. (From the Timm.) The architects of all nations are invited to com pete for a work of as great importance and as great difficulty as ever fell within their province. At last, after enduring every inconvenience and in curring the utmost ridic u l e , t h e British Govern ment has been forced and ashamed into seeking what may be called a new habitation. It is of no use to run for parallels to any actual amount of private absurdity in order to do full justice to the condition of our present public Government offices. We should have to suppose something quite out of the way, for the fact surpasses all .fiction. Of twenty principal and subordinate departments not one has the least pretensions to an office adequate either in scale or in arrangement. There is not one official residence that can be called either dignified or comfortable, not one suite of rooms capacious enough for an ordinary reception. In the princi pal suite props are necessary to prevent a catas trophe as fatal as that planned by Guy Fawkes. What foreigners might suppose to be the most im portant (Alice in our Government, as the centre of our naval power, is divided into two halves three quarters of a mile apart, one of them being only a small section of a building, which it shares with other occupants. The Government of India is in a back lane, not unfrequently under water. The other offices are scattered here, there, and every where. Intelligent Londoners of thirty years' ex perience in the ways of the metropolis would be puzzled to point them all out on the map. Some departments rent houses, a single house, or two together • and others are so fortun a t e as to possess the freehold of residences that still are but indif ferent private houses.. The rents of wbo'e streets have risen because Government was hiring hou se after house for its ovn uses. The Ordnance -office has lately encroached on the neighbouring linen draper; the Treasury has an appendage over the way in Gwydyr-house ; the Records are, or were till lately, some in a chapter-house, some in a stable, and some over a magazine of gun powder. Meanwhile, we have gene on patching and piecing, adding a storey or a front, as business increased or self-respect might require. The Trea sury has been once raised and twice fronted within the present generation. The very sanctum sane toratm of the British Executive is a so-called street, but really a small court of houses of the class usually devoted to lodgers, and from time imine. morial with a large acre of rubbish before it. Meanwhile we are consolidating offices, increasing business, multiplying clerks, accumulating papers —crowding, in fact, every room, every passage, and every shelf. At last there is no choice left ; we must find more accommodation, and do it on a somewhat better system than we have done before. It is not to be supposed, however, that what has always been difficult when taken piecemeal should be otherwise than difficult when taken altogether. In fact, a new constitution for this country would be hardly a more serious undertaking than a new set of public offices. The first object proposed for the competition of the architectural world is vast, and, we must add, rather indeterminate. It is the concentration of the principal Government offices ou a site lying between Whitehall and the New Palace of West minster. The site itself is more accurately defined in the plans which accompany this invitation by a red line, which includes the Home-office, passes along the boundary of St. James's Park to Storey's gate, along the north side o f G reat G eorge -street, includes both sides of Bridge. street, a large pro posed embankment of the Thames, passes along the south wall of Richmond-mews, and crosses Parliament-street, the whole of which it includes,. excepting only the end of Richmond -terrace. Thus it appears that the whole of the large square bounded by Downing -street on the north, Great George-street on the south, St. James's Park on the west, and Parliament-street on the east, is doomed to destruction. So also is the rectangular space between Parliament-street, Palace-yard, the Thames, and Richmond-mews. The area is im mense, and the cost of buying. up the houses, indifferent as they are, will be considerable. For our part, however, we should have been disposed to go further. Why not take the whole area compre hended in the magnificent design of Inigo Jones f At this moment the purchase of the eight houses in Richmond-terrace, of Montagu-house, and of the three mansions in Whitehall-gardens—viz., the Marquis of Ailsa's, the Duke of Northumberland's, and Sir R. Peel's—is a mere question of, money,, there being no public sentiment, and to the best of our belief, no personal feeling likely to be offended by the purchase. With these residences Government would be able to acquire more than half as much area from the Thames. Again, after all the talk there has been about throwing open the Abbey, and after the desire so generally expressed • to clear the neighbourhood of the public offices and of the Houses of Parliament from the presence of inferior buildings, no plan will be satisfactory which stops short at Great George-street, and does not go right down to the Abbey. This would in volve Westminster Hospital, the Sessions-house, and the new Stationery -office ; but, apart from the question of money, these buildings have no claim to preservation ; and the question of money is only a question of time. The work is to be spread over a series of years, only it is d es i ra bl e to know at once all that is t o be done. We shall be charged, perhaps, with extending a scheme already expansive and indeterminate enough ; but the terms of the invitation are far more comprehensive and vague. Indeed, they amount to a rearrangement of the whole of that part of the metropolis on both sides of the Thames, and up and down ever so far. "The design is also to represent any improvements which the author may suggest in the principal approaches to the New Palace of Westminster, as well as in the com munications with the Surrey side of the river Thames, especially with reference to the situation of the now Westminster-bridge, the ulti mate position of which must be considered in con nexion with this design." We beg to submit that, in mere compassion to the foreign architects who may be tempted to spend their time till next Easter in arranging our 20 Government offices ou the 350,000 superficial square feet surrounded by the red line, that some batter instructions ought to be given as to the much larger objects also in con templation. When the foreign architect has been slavishly adjusting his design to the immediate neighbourhood he may possibly find, to his disgust, that the prize has been carried off by an English man who has included Charing-cross, Scotland yard, Abingdon-street, both banks of the Thames from Hungerford-bridge to Horseferry-road, and an immense portion of Lambeth, in his plan. He may find that in order to make his design agree able at head-quarters he ought to have swept away Westminster-bridge altogether, and thrown another across the Thames in a straight line from Charing cross, and another opposite Lambeth Church. He may find that, little as he knew it, he was at liberty • to encroach as much as ho pleased on St. James's park, to surround the abbey and its college with a green field, to transplant St. Margaret's Church to the entrance of Victoria-street, and, in a word, to make any suggestion recommended by its grandeur or its convenience. British architects, or perhaps, we should say, one or two favoured British archi tects, may know how far they may safely go ; but foreign architects will be apt to know nothing but what they read in the terms of the invitation and what they see in the plans. They ought, we humbly suggest, to be more largely or more exactly in formed. Three designs aro invited ; the first we have described, the second and third are respectively for a Foreign -office and a War-office, both to be included in the rectangular space between Downing -street and Charles-street, the block of buildings 'between King -street and Parliament street being marked for destruction. A paragraph in our columns has already stated the immense size of the buildings wanted and their various require ments. They are t o b e commenced as soon as el. sible on groun d now occupied by streets of awsw: class, and without i n t er f er i ng w i t h pu bli c husines face St. When they are finished it will only renalathteolerses of the fare. The re move into them the staff and the mate ri al two departments. The Foreign-office l :fames's-park, and the War-office to oc c u py h to the purp ose, _ eligible position in the noisy thorough fare. specifications are sufficiently exact as the rave .00ms • rer oi e t other fl orid Ita lianhenumber, size, and distribution of_ in the neigh _n given a s n itto or fol s l ome ow t haps however, some hint migh to the style—whether it of the Treasury the two ()faces to bourhood. Again, are ,bear any • numerous and discordant examp l es. another • iseyond the areas of resemblance to one the rooms, which a re given , the arc hi tect is left to _ . - make out by a difficult calculation in what ratio the two offices are to divide the given rectangle ; and t the tw it is quite poss ible tha o successful designs, if B ib l e s may not eby different exactly fit the space. It is very desirab lethat every doubt should be re moved, and that ) all the compe t it ors s h ou ld star t perfectly fair. Tat:Te are but two many instances of professional heattl;urriiaga produced by the suspi cam of private i nformation, or at least of greater . licence being given to ono architect than another. Thus far there is D o sign of favouri . i en; and, on the wise principle ltimittm 915 creole nu ornamen tal drawings are to be allowed_only models 0 11 the same s ca l e as the plans. This looks like justice. But justi ce i tself, in its sternest moods, i s oft en , defeated, and iu no trials so much as in those or architectur e . S o, w i t h out mean i ng an y o ffence ) we only entreat that th ere may b e no mistake as to th e nature of the designs a ll owe d t o com e Auto eompeti thou....4Times. Tender and True. By the Author of Clara Mori son. 2 Vols. Smith and Elder. This is a pleasing and interesting domestic story, attractive also from some originality in plot and locality. The authoress, it may be remembered, has previously published a story of colonial life, and her present work is called "A Colonial Tale." The hero, Robert North, is a man of excellent principles, and great strength of mind. He has received a stern and limited education from his uncle, a Dissenting minister, and all deficiencies in his knowledge or his fortune be has had to supply unaided. We are introduced to him as he is taking possession of a deserted paper mill in a quiet Eng lish village. He has always longed for a home and some gentle-lovi ng companion, who would rever ence his opinions an d b en d to his wishes. He meets with the realisation of his dreams in Mary Lancaster, the eldest . daughter of the owner of the mill. She returns his affection, but her parents oppose it. After some time they are induced to consent, and the marriage takes place. The chief interest of the story, however, only be gins here. Mary looks up to her husband' with reverential affection, she believes him to be "Ten der and True," in the words of a favourite old ballad. But somehow their happiness is not quite what she expected. North having been accustomed to much solitary st u d y and thought continues his old habits, and never ma k es hi s wife a sharer in his projects and ideas. Sh e i s not • gifted with any brilliant talents or great powers of mind, and soon abandons the attempt to com prehend his subjects of interest. She has been a most devoted and useful . member of her own family, and being much missed she is na turally glad to pay frequent visits to her old home. But her husband, to whom his wife's affection is all sufficient, cannot understand why it is not the same with her, and a feeling of jealousy and dis content arises in his mind. Ho never attempts to enter into her thoughts and wishes, and a want of confidence exists between them. Suddenly Mr. north meets with severe losses, and though he might have overcome them, he seizes the oppor tunity to insist upon emigrating to Australia. His wife is in the greatest distress, but he assures her it is necessary, and they sail. He prospers in the colony, an d lik es t h e l i fe there, but his wife pines for sympathy and companionship. She has, before this, arrived at the conclusion that her hus band is true, but not tender. After a few years her family follow her, and she is dismayed to find that her husband does npt share her pleasure. She is still more dismayed when, shortly after, she ac cidentally hears that he might have succeeded in England had he chosen. She bitterly exclaims to herself that he is neither true nor tender ; and while he is thinking her perfectly happy she is in wardly fretting and desponding. Her sister Rose comes to live with them. She has been always Mary's favourite and companion; she is possessed of many admirable qualities and is devoted to her sister. But Mr. North begrudges her her share of Mary's affections. Added to this, he is always disputing with her father, and does not harmonise with her mother, for he is harsh and unbending, and will takeno pains to conciliate them, owing to his jea lousy. At length the storm breaks out, and Mary charges him with being neglectful of her, indif ferent to his children, and neither tender uor true. Poor Mr. North is dismayed ; he had never ima gined his wife could doubt his affection for her, and he leaves home in perplexity. Ho meets a friend, who persuades him to accompany him on a visit to the diggings, and when there he falls seri ously ill from an epidemic fever. Meanwhile Mrs. North had arrived at the conclusion that she had been in extremes, and became alarmed at his ab sence. At length all is happily re-adjusted, and each is determined to fail no more in synipathy or confidence. Mary learns that there may be deep feeling with very little demonstration—Mr North that sympathy and consideration are due from the husband as well as the wife. Besides the domestic adventures of the chief persons in the story, there is an interesting chapter of romance about Rose Lancaster's love affail3. She is one of the most attractive of the dramatis personce, and the dif ference of character between her and her sister is very skilfully drawn. The authoress is, it is to be presumed, well acquainted with colonial life, as she informs us that she has followed the advice of the poet in selecting her subject—" That is best which lieth nearest"—and, consequently, the sketches of life and manners in Adelaide may L 3 considered portraits. Notwithstanding the some what sentimental title of the work, it is written in a very simple and straightforward style, and evi dences talent and experience. It enforces its practizal lesson silently but impressively, and no doubt some of the many readers of " Tender and True" will derive from it as much profit as plea sure. ORIGIN OF SMOKING TOCACOO. (From Willies Current Notes.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; thick and hazy weather, with drizzling rain. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 6.—Wind E. N.E.—Arrived—H.M.S. Doe, from the westward, and sailed for Escoi t, Melbourne ; Simos, New York; IL ILS tr. Salamander, Madera; New Union, Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 6.—Wind E.—Arrived—Waterloo, from London, for Sydney, N.S. W. FALMOUTH, Oct. 6.—Wind E.S.E. fresh—Arrived—.Pertiao from Mauritius ; Wilhelm August, Berdiansk ; Athol and Thankfui, Taganrog. Sailed—Abby Blanchard, for New Orleans j Capriosa and Santander (a.), for Bilboa. PILL, Oct. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Royal Blue Jacket, for Fayal. NEWPORT, Oot. 6.—Wind E. — Arrived—lsabella, from Malta. Sailed—Amy Scott, for Pernambuco ; Staghound, Antigua ; Wave, St. John's, NevEroundand ; Victory, Cape de Verde ; Thye, St. Thomas ; Ellen , Barcelona. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Blanch, from Quebec ; The Duke, Malta, leaky and with pumps choked, cargo shifted, and bowsprit sprung. (rER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Sailed—Belgique, steamer, for New York ; Rajah, steamer, Calcutta; Dove, Portland. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. -- - Wind E. Sailed—St. Louis, for New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind E. ; tide three-quarter ebb ; cloudy, with alight _ _ _ - Arrived, October 6.—Andrea, from Dram ; Pendennis, Villaviciosa ; Douglas, Cronstadt. Arrived, October 7.—Celerity, from Dantzic ; Union, St. Petersburg ; Mary and Margaret, Hamburg ; Chris tion Haab, Riga; Germania, Hamburg. Sailed, October 7.—Nithsdale, for Valparaiso; Panther, steamer, Boulogne ; Berwick, St. Petersburg. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.20 a.m. Wind S.E. by E., moderate. Anchored.—Guiding Star, from Singapore, for London. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. - -- --- The Sir J. Beresford, from Bonny for Liverpool, Sept. 20, in lat. 43 N., long. 30 W. The Hannah Fownos, from London for Sydney, Aug. 27, in lat. 9 N., long. 28 W. The Lillies, from Liverpool for Callao, Aug. 29, in lat. 13 N., long. 29 W. The Gwalior, for Cork, Aug. 19, in lat. 44 N., long. 33 W. The Sir William Wallace, from Aberdeen for Quebec, Sept. 6, in lat. 46 N., long. 57 W. The Dar c, for St. John's, New Brunswick, Sept. 11, in let. N., long. 47 W. The J. C. Boynton, from Liveipool for California, May 18, in let. 12 N., long. 20 W. The John Bunyan, from London for Sydney, New South Wales, June 28, in lat. 41 S. long. 46 E. The Gipsy, from Bombay for Liverpool, in lat. 42 N., long. 35 W. Te Ann of London and Magellan, both from Singapore for London, July 8, in lat. 1 N., long. 108 E. The John Williams, from London for the South Sea Islands, Aug. 21, in let. 15 N. long. 56 W. The Medu sa , f rom Liverpool' for Valparaiso, Sept. 3, in let. 12 N., long. 26 W. The Lismoyne, from Queenstown for Hongkong, Aug. 3, in let. 1 S., long. 18 W. The Echo, from London for Melbourne, Aug. 13, in lat. 12 N., long. 24 W. The Switzerland, from London for Adelaide, Aug. 13, in let. 12 N., long. 24 W. The Digby, from Hongkong, Sept. 3, in lat. 13 N., long. 23 W. The Guiding Star, from Singapore for London, Sept. 21, in lat. 43 N., long. 29 W. The Adventure, from Liverpool, Sept. 30, in lat. 47 N., long. 15 W. The Gipsy Q ueen , s t eer i ng south, June 20, in lat. 27 N., g lon. 14 W. The Caudahar, from Calcutta f or B e ll e i s l e, S ept. 30, i n lat. 45 N., long. 29 W. MILRKET NEWS.-(ni3 Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.-31eadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ Os; clover, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 12s por load. Trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2l 15s to 5/ Os; clover, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. A fair demand. WHITECITAPEL.—MoacIow ha 2/ 1i to 5/ s ; 4/ Os to 6/ O s; and straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ 0 12s per O load.clover A moderate demand and a sluggish trade. TEL COLONIAL. TEL—There has been more i nqu i r y f or common congou, and some useful old stocks have c h anged hands at full prices. brought full rat es . Greens of q ua lities were in goo d d emand and SUGAR.—There has been a very limited business tran sacted, although prices have been well supported. Some large parcels ef colonial and foreign are advertised for public sale during the week. The stocks in the hands of importers are much larger than at this time last year. COFFEE.—The market has been firm, and fully previous prices have been supported for roost descriptions. RICE.—The demand has been steady for all sorts, and prices generally ruled firm. Runt.—The transactions in this article have been limited, holders continuing to demand fi rm rates. Th e stocks on hand ar e l arge , an considerably above those at the same period last year. TALLow. —The advance in the rate of discount by the Bank of England has tended to depress th e market. P.Y.C., on th e spot, 50s 9d, and last throe months, 508 per cwt. MR. MACGREGOR AND THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.— T Jhhne Glasgow North B r iti d h D a il y Mail says :—Mr. o Macgregor has addressed to us a letter, in which ha promises to clear himself of the charges made against him in connection with the Royal British Bank. In stead of irdiiing epistles of this kind, Mr. Ma cgregor should proceed at once to his defence. Not a day should be lost by him in submitting his case to his constituents, and abiding, as regards his seat in Parliament, by their decision, ----- THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND BUCK, P. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,_Raving obEerved in your newspaper received by rue this evening the publication of some letters which have passed between myself and Lord Cardigan, may I beg the favour of your finding a space in your journal for my reply to Lord Cardigan's last letter, this reply having been delayed in consequence of my absence from home ? I am, Sir, yours obliged, GEORGE STUCLEY BUCK, M.P, Hartland Abbey, Bideford, Oct. 2. " Hartland Abbey, Oct. 2, 1856. "My Lord,--My latter of the 20th was intended to convey in a f ew wor d s a rep l y to yours of the 18th, con taining a n extract f rom t h e .Daily News paper. It seems to evade t h e express i on of my my attempt h as f a il e d to p l ease you, and, having no wish feelings upon the subj ec t, I gratefully avai l myse l f of the opportunity which you have afforded me f or g i v i ng a f u ll er i nterpretat i on of my spe " ech at T orr i ngton. You are anxious to know why your speech at Leeds appeareii to me unsatisfactory. My dissatisfaction, in measure, coincides with the much severer cendernuation which you will find in the Times newspaper of Sept. 4. This newspaper is no scurrilous portion of the press. It can hardly have escaped your notice, and I yet wait for the violent language with which you question a state ment contained in it, that your speech at Leeds was a 'fal sification of history tke writer in that newspaper said more ; indignantly he adds, England failed utterly in playing a great part in the late campaign. From the be ginning to the end, mistakes, quarrels, shortsightedness, want of skill, want of common professional knowledge, marred the exertions of the British army. From the first reconnaissanc e in Bulgaria to the last attack upon the Redan there were, on the testimony of high-placed offit• cers themselves, proofs of unmistakeable incapacity and folly. The men died, the horses died, the hospitals were without stores, the camp without victuals. A brigadier general of cavalry (your lordship) executes a movement which the general of division declared to have impaired his forces, while the general of division orders a charge which his subordinate (your Lordship) takes every occasion to sneer at as indicative of ignorance, or worse.' "Such sneers and such insinuations against your late commanding officer cannot fail to disgust others than the writers in the Times newspaper, and again call to our recollection h ow th e h orses starved under your command with stores at Balaklava—distant about seven miles ; how your Lordship, leaving your companions, your privations, and your command, sought the comfortable shelter of your yacht —an act of generalship unrecorded in the history of other cavalry commanders. "Your Lordship has done me the honour of writing a very interesting account of some portion of the cavalry affair at Balaklava. As the friend of Captains Nolan and Lockwood, I have not failed to gather the details of their gallantry and death. Your Lordship, however, may be aware that individuals, newspapers, a book writ ten by a Mr. Ryan, and to be bought at railway stations, have questioned your skill and judgment with reference to another portion of that battle, and your Lordship may, perhaps, ou a future occasion complete your narrative by giving details of the skill, judgment, and coolness with which you rallied and drew off your men from that terrible encounter. " Your lordship evidently requires from me some ex planation of my allusion to the sums of money paid for your advancement in the army. Considering your lord ship and Colonel Morris to be types of the two differing systems of promotion in the English army—your lord ship representing that of advancement by money with out distinguished merit; Colonel Morris, on the other band, illustrating that of advancement by distinguished merit in the field before the enemy in India and in the Crimea—l congratulated Colonel Morris upon having achieved by merit what it was reported your lordship had attained at the cost of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. " My attention was called to this matter by a return which was circulated among members of the House of Commons, giving the dates of promotion of every staff officer who had served or was then serving in the Crimea. Your lordship's promotion, without any distinguished, or, I believe, foreign service, was by far the most rapid of any officer. In May, 1824, your lordship was a cornet; in December, 1330, you obtained your lieutenant-colo neley. Your lordship was subsequently removed from the command of your regiment for organising a system of espionage in your order!) room by which you gathered matter for a court-martial upon Captain Wathen, a dis tinguished officer. Captain Wathen was acquitted of the charges preferred by your lordship, and you were re moved from the command of your regiment. Notwith standing this, your promotion went on, and in 1846 you obtained your colonel's commission. I confess, upon looking over this return, I endeavoured to ascertain from those acquainted with the Horse Guards' machinery how your lordship had attained such rapid promotion. I failed in understanding the process, but I was informed your lordship's advancement bad cost you 84,0001. If your lordship to secure your a.dvancernent were compelled to expend so large a sem, the inference can only be that au officer without such resources would fail in his advancement in the British army, and that money— not merit—decides the destiny of her officers. "I shall be happy to join ultra-Radicals or any other class of politicaus dining the next session of Parliament iu securing for the army a more just and efficient system of promotion. " I believe with you, the British public, although liable to deception, in the end judges a just judgment of the merits of her servants, and I wiil conclude with one more short extract from the same article in the Times newspaper of Sept. 4, That no such oratory as has been lately listened to should b 3 allowed to blind the public to facts which lees partial communities daily comment on. While in the eyes of both allies and enemies our army was reduced to a contingent by the incapacity of its chiefs, no provincial speeches at home can perma nently raise the character of the men who thus worked its ruin, and lowered the national fame.'—l have the honour to remain, my lord, your lordship's obedient servant, "GEORGE STUCLTY BUCK. " The Earl Cardigan, &c." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a special Court was held for the purpose of considering a report of the London Corporation Bill Committee upon the subject of the tax upon freedoms, and that of abolishing the office of compurgators. There was a very large attendance of members of both Courts. Columbus, in his first voyage of discovery, on his re turn entered the port of Nipa, in Cuba, Oct. 23, 1492, and on the following day, believing the coast to be Asia, left it in hopes of finding the city, which, induced by the Indians, he believed lay to the westward. On the 2d Nov. he deputed messengers to confer with the great king, who was supposed to govern this vast continent ; but, on the fourth day of their absence they returned ; they had found no Eastern magnificence, but simply a town about twelve leagues distant. Those messengers, in the course of their journey, observed, for the first time, the application of tobacco to smoking. This was de scribed as being in the form of a roll of a large quantity of the leaf, one end of which was on fire, the smoke be ing inhaled •by the mouth from the other, a process which occasioned the Spaniards much surprise. Thus, observes Navarette, was the first lesson given to Euro peans, of this extraordinary habit, that has become uni versal ; and hence the origin of the so-inuch prized and so far celebrated Havanas. The natives on being questioned why they adopted the practice, replied as woll as they could be understood, that it prevented them from feeling fatigue. Las Casas, the Spanish his torian, is the first to exclaim against the custom, being unable on his part to discover the benefit that was to be derived from it ; but Navarete inadvertently supplies a satisfactory answer, one that applies to other states as well as Spain, in simply observing, Who would have supposed that this new and curious vice could have be come so general, as to be one of the most profitable sources of revenue to the State ? This after all appears to be the most beneficial result of the use of the weed in all the various ways in which it is applied. Captain Beecher, in his recently published admirable work, the " Landfall of Columbus," p. 356, observ es —H ere , as sated by Las Casas, is the origin of smoking tobacco, a practice which, however extensive it may be iu other countries, has become so general in this, that, to the discredit of parents, it is even followed by children l the eternal cigar is seen iu the mouth of old and young, even in that of the ragged urchin, who swaggers along not only astonishing those who see him at his early hardi hood, but leaving them to speculate how he came by it, considering the price which must have been paid for it. Profitable indeed it is to the State, but indulged in to the cost of the pocket, the health, and the personal corn fort of society, as the following statement from an offi cial source of the amount of duty derived from tobacco in the United Kingdom, for the last three yeari will substantiate : i 1853 £4,560,827 1854 4,751,776 1855 4,704,663 These are toler a bly goo d roun d sums, contributing to the benefit of the state, if not of its subjects, and as may be added—wholly blown off in a whiff ! PORTRAIT OF THE LORD MAYOR. The LORD MAYOR—This is the first Court that has been held since I find that my portrait has been placed within its walls. Allow me to express to you my grate ful acknowledgments for the high compliment which you have paid me, and to express a wish that my life may for many years be spared, and that my humble efforts may be of service to the interests of the Corporation. THE NEWLY-ELECTED SHERIFFS. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman WIRE, the newly elected Sheriffs, Messrs. Mc 312 i and Keats, were invited to take their seats on the upper bench of the court. The Sheriffs took their seats accordingly, amid cheer ing. PHEEDO3/ OF THE CITY—ABOLITION OF THE TAX. Alderman HALE brought up a report from the London Corporation Bill Committee, and moved that it be adopted. The report recommended that upon applica tion to the Chamberlain's Office, on certain days and hours, all persons entitled will be admitu I to the free dom of this city by redemption, without the payment of any fee. Deputy HALE said that the subjects treated of in the report had met with the most serious attention on the part of the committee, who were unanimously of opinio❑ that the Court would act wisely in at ore° undertakkg the payment of tho five-shilling fee. If that course were to be adopted, a committee might be able to make an arrangement with the Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to future proceedings. The committee thougtt that the freedom of the City should be obtained for that class of persons who contributed towards its rates, and whose names were upon the Parliamentary Register, and who would only have to go to the Cham berlain's office and enrol their names. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ANDERTON said he never expected to have seen the time when the freedom of the City of London was not worth the paper upon which it was written. He agreed with the report only to a certain extent. Deputy 'HOLT strongly recommended the Court to be unanimous in receiving the report, which be cell ceived to be the first step in the ladder of reform. Mr. ROWE said he considered the present proceed ing a step in the right direction. Deputy BOWER expressed himself strongly in favour of the motion, which was put, and carried unanimously. Deputy DAKrN moved—" That the Chamberlain be directed to admit to the freedom of the City without further order from this Court, all persons making ap plication for that purpose whose names are on the Parliamentary Register for the City of London, in con formity with the report of the Corporation Bill Com mittee, and the order of the Court thereon." After a few observations from Mr. BLAKE and Mr. PERKINS, the former supporting, and the latter op posing the motion, it was put and carried. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. The Lord Mayor read a lotter from the Lord Mayor Elect, in which the latter expressed his willinguesa to take upon himself the duties of the Mayeralty. VACANCY. IN THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The LORD MAYox suggested that the vacancy shuuld be filled up with the least possible delay. Thursday, the Nth, was fisel upon the day for the considera tion of the subject. The Court adjourned. CHURCH POLITICS.—The Alton (II11tioi6) _Thitocrat ar, murices that one. p,n7-3svner in the .Rev. Mr. Haley's church offers to bet his pew, eligibly situated, and valuvei at 100 dollars, af;ainst a pow in the Rev. Mr. No.lon', churoli, on the reeult of the genera! election in NJ. vereber. [ADvErtzrsitmEsT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills efficient Rernediefifo r Scorbutic Affections.—Mr. Forster Ker, druggist, of Manchester, states, in a letter to Pro lesser Holloway, that a gtutiernan with whom he is acquainted suffered dreadfully from an eruption on the face. His chin had become so much inflamed and swollen that to shave was impossible ; but by the appli cation of lioloway's Ointment, and tlkirg Holloway's Pills at the sam e t i me, a perfect cure bas been effected,and it is glaf:ifying to st a t e th a t ever y vestige cf the scot. belie eruption has entirely disappeared.—S ,, i4l by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Ptol•issor Holloway's Evtablishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden•lane, New York ; by A. Stalnpa, nop!e ; A. Guidi3y, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY, It appears from the telegraphic advices received by the Euphrates Valley Railway Company, from Con stantinople, that General Chesney, accompanied by Sir John Macneill, was to proceed on the 28th Sep tember to Seleucia, on the coast of Syria, in H. M. S. Gladiator, this vessel having been placed by the British Admiral at the service of General Chesney for the conveyance of the company's staff of en. gineers to the scene of their labours. Upon the arrival of the expedition at Soleucia, surveys of the proposed route are to be immediately proceeded with, when much is expected from the energy and high scientific attainments of General Chesney and Sir J. Macneill. In explanation of the telegraphic announce ment (published in The Sun of Friday last, as received by the company through the British embassy at Con stantinople end the Foreign-office here) that a G per cant. guarantee is expected to be accorded by the Otto man Government upon a capital of eight millions ster ling, it is stated by the official represeetatives of the company that the original application was for a ;4ureran tee in the first instance upon one million only, this being the sum considered applicable for the construction of the first eectien of the line, extending from the Mt diterraaean to the Euphrates. They infer from t 1 e telegraphic despatch, however, that the Ottoma. Government prefers to entertain the project in its entirety, tied that the negotiations 'viii preceed upon the basis of an aggregate capita! of eight inillione, ap plicable to the constructit n of the entire railway from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gult. enccs be correct It these infer the It i s secure d from any dan , g r of cempetition as regards the furthi r sections of the propu,ocl rail way. Fuller rietaiis are looked for with much interest, the objecte coliternplaLiel by this com pany being of cosmopoetan importance. It is gratify ir; to find that in the present instance Turkish states men have shown a dieoosition to meet in liberality of epirit the ad vanceii of Western capitalists. The negoti ations with the Pelee, however, are understood to have bee ntnatri: , l;yfacilitated through the prompt aid af krded by Lard Ciazendon and Lord Stratford 'de Redellffe. POLICE3IEN CANNOT VOTE AT ELECTIONS UNDER THE NEW COUNTY PoLice BILL.—At the City of Exeter Revision Court, on Wednesday last, N. F. Erskine de cides! that the sergeants-at mace under the City Corpo• raAclo s nho are polic e oflimrs, ec , uld not legally remain on the list of votcis for Parliatnex.tary election purposes 'HE im eign in• übla vise om i4ted bred