The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-27 00:00:00

SHIPS OF WAR AT CI VITA VECCHIA. On the 15th inst. the Vanguard of the British squadron arrived at Civita Vecchia, composed of the Centaur, steam paddle wheel frigate, Capt. W. C. Clifford, C. 8., 6 guns and 200 men ; and the Osprey, despatch gunboat, Capt. H. J. Blomfield, 4 guns and 100 men. These vessels left the port of Ajaccio on the 14th, and are to remain at Civita Vecchia until further orders. Captains Clifford and Blomfield, with several of their officers, left Civita Vecchia on the 15th inst., in the evening, and arrived in Rome next morning, to take a hasty glance at the Eternal City before procee ding on their Neapolitan mission. Non combatant foreigners aria also beginning to flock in. No fewer than 17 diligences arrived from Civita Vecchia last night full of passengers by the Mediterranean steamers. It may be easily imagined that the British flag in a Papal port is an eyesore to the ecclesiastical autho rities, and Monsignor Delegate of Civita Vecchia will certainly not share the admiration of the French naval commandant on the station, who pronounced the proportions of the Osprey to be perfectly delicious." OCT. 18. Captain Clifford, and twelve officers of the Cen taur and Osprey, are still at the Hotel d'Angle terre in this city, but their passports are wisps for Civita Vecchia, to which port they expect to return this evening or to-morrow morning. They profess to be ignorant of the exact motive of their visit to tlle Papal shores; but as Captain Clifford is in * hourly expectation of despatches, it is probable that Civita Vecchia forms a convenient centre of com munication between the squadron at Ajaccio and the government at home, for orders received at Rome, by electric telegraph, might be sent down by estafette to Civita Vecchia in four or five hours, and forwarded to Admiral Dundas by the des patch gunboat Osprey in six or seven hours more. Should these orders require the presence of the fleets in the waters of Naples, the Centaur would be within a short distance of the scene of action, and would probably receive on board the members of the British embassy i on the suspension of diplomatic relations with Naples. The result of the ultimatum is now anxiously looked for, as it depends upon that whether Aus tria is to assume the merit of whatever conces sions may be obtained, and to cast her soporific influence over the more energetic line of action adopted by Great Britain, or whether, on the other hand, King Botnba will actually be so rash as to risk having his warlike sobriquet come into effect on his own stronghold. The excitement here is unbounded meanwhile, and the sensation produced by British naval uni forms amongst the astonished Romans and disgusted priests is not easy to be described. It is curious enough that the Government pretends to ignore the - whole occurrence, and the official paper, which goes into the minutest details whilst giving us intelligence from China, Madagascar, or California, never once hints at events so near home as the arrival of a couple of British ships of war in the port of Civita Vecchia. Om. 20. Captain Clifford, and the officers who accom panied him on his flying visit to the Eternal City, left Rome on Saturday evening, and arrived at Civita Vecchia again yesterday morning. The despatches which are to regulate their further movements not having been received up to yester day afternoon, the Centaur and Osprey continue to enjoy the hospitality of his Holiness's port; but their stay is not anticipated to be very long, espe cially as we have telegraphic intelligence this morning of the French fleet preparing to leave Toulon. At Civita Vecchia Capt. Clifford will be able to receive telegraphic information either from London or Naples iu a few hours. He thus occu pies a central position ou the base of a triangle of which Admiral Dundas's squadron at Ajaccio occupies the apex, enabling him to keep up a rapid and complete system of communication. THE HAULING-OP SLIP AT HASLAR. The hauling-up slip at Haslar for screw gun-boats is a new and peculiar adaptation of mechanical art to mari time matters. These boats, instead of, as on the old plan with men of war, being laid up in ordinary up Port chester Lake, &c., will be laid up in ordinary on dry ground, and under sheltering roofs of corrugated iron, on a spacious site, surrounded by a well-built brick wall. That site is a little above Haslar•bridge, and directly opposite the houses at the extreme upper end of High- street, Gosport. The works are of a very considerable magnitude, and no less than five contractors, each amongst the most eminent in their respective branches of trade, are engaged upon them. Thus the excavation of land and brickwork is entrusted to Messrs. Rigby, of London ; the iron roofing to Messrs. Grissell, of Lon don ; the supply of iron rails for the lines of railways required to traverse the boats along, to Messrs. Fox and Henderson ; the removal of tha mad at tha approaahaa to the slip in Haslar Lake is being done by Messrs. E. Smith and Co.; and the construction of the cradles on which the vessels are to be conveyed from the water to their berths or resting places is confided to the well known Mr. White, jun., of Portsmouth, who has made himself so very distinguished in the construc tion of slipways. In addition to all these firms Go vernment has contributed its share to the works by supplying the sleepers on which the rails rest ; they consist of the old timbers of men-of-war re cently broken up. Colonel Greene, Admiralty, direc tor of works, and Mr. Scamp, deputy-director, are the originators and designers of this slipway, and Mr. Mac donnell is the resident engineer. On visiting the slipway a few days since we were struck with the extent of the work and the great progress made within the short period of time that has elapsed since we intimated that it was in contemplation. Running from low water mark in Haslar Lake, there has been constructed a treble line of railway, about 130 feet in length. It pro ceeds from the water that distance in a straight line, and then reaches, at right angles, a "traversing" line of rails, of which there are seven separate lines. The " traversing" line is 120 feet wide and, at present, 1,400 feet long; but it may be extended to as great a length as may he requisite. Running down to this traversing line are the berths in which the gunboats are to b e pl aced. At present 45 of these berths are being constructed ; but this is only an instalment of the full number. The length of each berth is 115 feet by 30 feet. They ar e a ll covered by corrugated iron roofs, which are supported by iron columns and stanchions of the height of 13 feet. The columns are hollow, and by them the rain that may collect on the roofs will be drained off. Every ten of these berths are separated from the remainder by a stout brick wall, in order that in the event of fireit may not involve the whole fleet in destruction. A line of rails is laid down in each berth, on which to draw the vessel on its "cradle" up, but as soon as they are up they will be supported in a pocition io a way that will aflow of the cradle being removed for further use. The more diffi cult part n ow rema i ns o f exp l a i n i ng t h e mole by which the boats are to be drawn up to their berths. On the short line, whi c h i s on an i ncl i ne, running from t h e water, will be a cradle, and upon this a second one, and at high ater they will be lowered together under the gunboat, and thus, when everything is secure, the whole will be drawn up by s t eam - power to the " traversing " line of rails. Here will b e another cradle lying across and running on the whole seven lines of rails ; upon this cradle the boat will be drawn, still fixed to the upper of the two first -named cradles —then cradle No. 3 will be propelled by . a loco mot i ve up the seven lines of rails, going broadside en, till it arrives at the berth de , ttned for the boat it carries. By means of wit)dlasses the boat not yet released from cradle No. 2, will be drawn into its berth, and then when the vessel has been fixed in that manner, th e l as t name d cradle will be removed and the same process w ill b eg i n again with another boat. The drawing up of the first boat will take place on the 17th of Novemb er , an d w il l be an interesting event. TILE SURREY GARDESS CA-LAMITY. too ill to Yesterday morning Mr. Spurgeon being u w e, Park-i:reet, attend his services in his chapel, in Borough, his place was filled by the Fletcher, of Fmsbory-circus Cha;:el. T. Alexander at h t e he P s reachtr made some allusions to the late calamity gardens. The cry of fire was wholly groundlessufray buiiding could not even be set on fire, "lass ; the were deliberately applied to the various part. B s "te t t: building which were constructed of combustible of m rials. Then, as if t his was not enou g h, there was raised a cry that the roof was falling—a roof which way ealto gether remarkable for the s olidit y of its c o nstruction. f his words could reach the ears of those who had raised these cries, he would tell them that the blood of the seven poor creatures who bad come to an untimely < :) d was upon them, and that they were also guilty of hav ing sported with the lives of thousands, and tens of thousands, of their fellow-creatures. On Satunlay he had visited all those who wera in the hospitals, and con versed with them one by one. He was rejoiced to find them tranquil in mind, and recovering their bodily health. One gentleman, who looked cheerful and well, be found had broken his thigh ; another bad broken his fuaormnd— both b ones. Th e c h i ld who lost her speech he had recovered and gone home. One poor fellow who was dreadfully eh the mann er in Which bruised gave an affecting account of the gras s for twensy he was carried out and laid upon minutes hle the others were at - tended to ; s ome oldßch man to him, and , Natched over him till further relief camelief P arr n iv,d. He her" Mr. Spurgeon would be able at an early day to addro&s tht , w, and to resume his labours with increased efficiency. HEAVY Loss or DIAMONDS.—A gentleman named de Souza, who arrived al' Havre two days ago by the Franc Comtois from the Brazils, in hits hurry to land, would not wait for the turn of the tide, which would enable the vessel to enter the dock, but landed by a pilot boat. In getting from th e ve , e l i n t o the boat he let slip overboard a Small box containi::g diamonds, which he hoped would produce him a sum cf 200,000 f. A buoy was immediately paced to mark tie spot, and an experienced diver was engaged to seek recover the lost treasure. In case of success he is to receive 1,000 f., and 100 f. if unsuccessful. H e ha,.,; already made one attempt without result, and will slake ) another shortly.— Galignani. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE• Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING N 0 R 31 A. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIS ;EMENT. ROYAL PRINCE S'S 1131ATRE. Under the Mozs,gement of fAir. CHAILLLi FEIN THIS EVENING, A ILID3UMIIEE EIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with MARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bugltitone. THIS EVENDIG, WILD OATS. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To con:lude with THE GALICIA N FE rE. , LYCEIIM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. Seventh and Last Week of Belphegor, which, notwithstanding the nichtly crowded state of the Theatre, must be withdrawn for the production of premise! nove ties. The King's Musketeers every evening. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Delphogor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon, Followed by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with The B iLLET from the Burlesque of the " Winter's Tale.. " ROYAL THE 4.TRE ADELPIII Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Welter. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT 13. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. LUCIFER MATCHES ; OR, THE YANKEE -- ! STR TrIEATRP. Manager. Mr. T. Payne. TB 4 EITF',NTING, BARNABY MIDGE. After whieh, BELPHEGOR (Travestie. Mesdames; Cuthbert, Woollelge, E. Jacobs; Rim; Messrs. H. J. Tama, Clarke, Herbert, &c. Master Edouin. To conclude with OUT OS THPI LOOSE. Commence at 7. F tails, 3s.—Boxes. 2s.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THI3 EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with MEDEA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, (Thirteenth Week !) Embellished by Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained Horses, Shakspere's Tragedy o' RICH %RD THE HIRE.. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. Novel and electric effects ! After which, The unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, GYMNASTIC WONDERF &c., &c. To conclude with a number of attractive and pleasing Anmsment, Commence at seven. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stagy Admar.rer, Mr. W Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun • ;TIGER WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tus DAY—Mora. 2 min. aft I—Evening 18 min. aft. ti 59 nRROW—Morn. 33 min. aft. I—Evening 47 min. aft. THE WEATHER—SuN OTYICE, OCTOBER 26. THERMOMETER, IN TOE SHAM 57—highest sinse noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'49—falling. WINE, E. to E.S.E.—Fresh, with fine cold weather, Last night was the coldest this season. OCTOBER 27. 51 highest since noon yesterday. 45 --!owast this morning and during the night. 53 this day at noon. BARON wTTCR, 30 . 43. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Fresh, with fine, sunshiny, cold weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, h time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till ',- o'clock every evening. Ilieribers in the Country will please t Lbserra that the heading " THIRD EDITION Ls always to be seen on the papers containin, ;he latest news. If any difficulty be experience( a obtaining that Edition, a communication t( The Suit (Mace will remedy it. Sum Office, 112, Strand. Itil • , LINDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1856. The French Government disapproves of the liberty of the Press in England ! It has sent forth, as we have already stated, a cautious feeler, a significant hint, as to the necessity for repres sive measures—the gagging of the Press in th( United Kingdom—in order to prevent the possi bility of any comment that may be displeasing tf the sensitive feelings, not merely of the EMPEROR. but of those who may be striving to advance their individual interests at the expense of the bes• interests of the nation. The official organ speak, of "calumnies, which are the more odious as the - ) are conzealed under an anonymous mask." Bu we earnestly repudiate, on behalf of our brethren of the Fourth Estate, the unfounded accusation. It is easy to put forward charges couched in general terms, to talk of "calumnies" which have no existence save in the fertile imagination, of the writer. But we demand that there shal , be greater precision --that the bill of indictmen shall specify the overt acts which justify an accu saticn so stringent. It must comply with this reasonable requisitioi. before it can speak of the " deviations" of Englisi journals, or " the dangers of a system which, by destroying the confidence between the two Govern men ts, would tend to disunite two nations whose alliance is the best guarantee of the peace of the world." We deny, in the most positive ternms consistent with courtesy, the accusation, and arr ready to join issue with the Moniteur, and thos, from whom it derives its inspiration, on the ques tion of fact. But even were there greaterfoundatiot. for its assertion, we should still require to knos the meaningof itsassertion that these " calumnies'' as they are so politely termed, are " concealed under an anonymous mask, and can only be an swered by contempt." Can it for a moment suppose that anythin,., deliberately adopted by any of the leading organ', of public opinion, such as the Times or any of its daily coadjutors, can be truly designated as " anonymous i" We tell the Moniteur that it knows little of England, and still leas of English journalism, that an article if it is not w e ll a ware or paragraph in any one, even the least of these so-called "anonymous " sources, do not carry with them far greater weight than the published opinions of very influential pen.lons. When the Times admits a leadir:g article into its columns, it confers on it the fat, efeni of its prestige. It is no longer merely thQ view of the writer—but of the Times. It has adopted and made it its own, and thus affixed to it an authority which few Cabinet Ministers could confer. Should there be any qualification it is at once ascertained. The writer gives his name and address to the public, or privately to the Editor, In either case the matter is closely sifted before it obtains admission. Unless there is prima facie evidence in its favour it will be unhesitatingly re jected, however exciting the topic or excellent the composition ; and no wonder, when we con sider the stringent pains and penalties that attend any deviation beyond the exceedingly narrow limits within which the public journals are confined. It is not, then, with "contempt" only that statements in the English Press are to be " answered," to use the rather " Hibernian " illustration of the Moniteur. " I'll tell you," said the Irish functionary celebrated by JOE MILLER, " how I'll decide the point. I'll not decide it at all !" " These calumnies," quoth the Moniteur,_ " can only be answered by contempt !" —a clear proof that they, or rather what the Moniteur pleases to designate as such, are unan swerable, and cannot conveniently be specifically replied to ! We have great pleasure in referring to an article extracted from the Times into this day's impression, in which our contemporary speaks out boldly and unequivocally as becomes a leader of the Fourth Estate. We unhesitatingly add our humble endorsement to every opinion therein stated. We respect our faithful Allies, but, as we desire amelioration in our own system of Go vernment, we wish that they also should obtain suitable reforms. We are not silent respecting the shortcomings of our own Government. We shall not abstain from noticing the matters that are injurious to the best interests of La Belle France that prevent her, conjointly with England, from assuming that position which would insure the progress of liberal opinions throughout the globe. That privilege we shall never surrender, and highly as we appreciate the value of the French alliance, we know that it may be too dearly purchased, if it could only be retained at such a price. With the theology of theological disputes we have no concern. It is even less our business to bandy arguments with Archbishops and Arch deacons on Divinity than with Judges on Law ; and as we rarely do the latter, so we shall never attempt the former. The general character of any professional proceeding is, however, quite another thing ; in that we have the same interest as the hundreds who actually squeezed into the Guildhall at Bath to hear the Proctors and Judges of the Court, and the hundreds who would have squeezed in if they could. In truth, a very old English question was substantially under consi deration. It was, in fact, that of Popery or No Popery. It was whether one of the distinguish ing dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church was a dogma of the English Church or not. It was quite true that the Romaniser had not expressed himself in the language of the Council of Trent : that would not have served his purpose ; but it was true that he shaped his language as nearly as he could to that which the Vatican would hold on the same subject, without, as he hoped, con travening in words the Articles of Faith to which he owed his emoluments. The intention of our Reformers to deny the doctrine of transubstantiation is as cer tain and as historically notorious as their inten• Lion to deny the supremacy of the Bishop of ROME. It was always one of the testing points in the examination of Protestants by Papists, and fre quently vice versa. The practical English intellect, when once aroused, revolted as much against the doctrinal imposture of transubstantiation as our love of freedom did against the ecclesiastical su iremacy of the Popes. The popular conviction on this point is roundly asserted in the 28th of the Thirty-nine Articles, and the 29th article comple nents the 28th, by denying that the,wicked can, n the Sacrament, partake of the Body and Blood if CHRIST at all ; so clearly, in the judgment of )ur Reformers, was it impossible that the sacred dements should be more than elements. Till of :ate years, we all of us, however unversed in - heological subtilties, have taken for granted that, is Protestants, we were in direct antagonism to Catholics on this point. For the last twenty years, however, a well known and active clerical party has fallen in love with the cast-off beauties of Popery ; they held .mnoluments to be sure in the Church of England ; - hey had signed, in order to be entitled to those , moluments, the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church, yet they wanted to stand at the same ime, spiritually, in the awfully grand posi ion (to his own flock) of a Romish priest, and tlso in the comfortable position of the incumbent )f an English benefice. It is this broad fact ,vhich disgusts the people with Tractarians. No sue objects to there believing, if brought up in :his country believe they can, that the Poi.% is infallible and supreme, and that bread and wine tre flesh and blood. They may believe the earth -4 be flat, and the sun to move round it, if they ike, according to the brilliant scientific teaching 'f Popery. The thing objected to is the .ingentletnanly, the dishonest course of ° try - ng to run with the hare and to hunt with the 'rounds. We laymen instinctively feel that we hould have as few dealings as possible with a merchant who construed agreements as Trac arians construe religious articles, and we are apt to imagine that honour and evasion in religion have respectively the same moral character as in secular affairs. Every honest Tractarian un loubtedly thinks the Articles erroneous; then let aim renounce them and his emoluments together. Ue has been admitted to our churches on the ionourable understanding that he would not at empt to evade the Articles or to explain them :way, but that he would act, teach, and preach in he spirit of them. Here, then, is the real issue between these gentlemen and the laity. Shall they be allowed, as Archdeacon DENISON has just attempted to do, to drive a coach and six through the- Articles or not? That is -he point in which alone the public feels any ilterest, and we are glad that the Arch `)ishop has decided against theological fraud and chicanery, and enabled Englishmen to hope that -cclesiastics as well as Commanders-in-Chief will at last do their duty. The Tractarians who go to their own place, whatever we may think of their intel lectual capacity or soundness, we respect for their sense of honour ; but we have not only no re spect, but unavoidable contempt for the men who ;Ike the pay of on© Church and teach the doc trines of another ; for men who have signed a Creed, and who then preaeh and print language, meanly and shabbily chosen, to ova de the legal consequences of contravening it, whit a the senti ments conveyed are what those who di rew up that Creed would have rejected as what thi 7 intended to condemn. Of course, the Archdeacon has appclated. Ho nours and emoluments are sweet; on the sth of Ddcember next we are to know what ours° the appeal is to take. 'We suppose it wil iI be to the Judicial Committee of Privy Counci I. What that tribunal will do it is impo,sible to anticipate. It may, as in the G.DRHAM case, decide that two conflicting doctrines are equally the di Ictrine of the Church of England, for its lawyers iaturally are very timid of deci aions wnich depth a a man of his living, and equ; illy so of giving a, triumph to any party in the Cnurch. 11h9st pr obably, however, they will nob; reverse the de)ei, sion of the highest Ecclesi as ti ca l J u d ge on a dog ztr inal pt. 'int- Indeed, sh ou ld th ey d o so, i n wb .at. singe, ar THE SUN; LON DUN,_ MONDAY EYEN I 14' Gi.; position will it place the Church. The temporali ties are naturally a fitting subject for a lay judi oature, but while she is a Church, while she has able divines and rulers appointed by the civil power for her spiritual government, it will be in deed a prostration of the spiritual to the secular power, if the latter assume to be thg best judge in purely spiritual matters. We rather wonder that these super-High Churchmen are not struck with the voluntary degradation they incur, when they appeal on questions of doctrine to a civil Court. We should have expected to hear quotations of such passages as " giving holy things to dogs, and casting pearls before swine." Not that we can see anything very holy, or pearl-like in the neasori evasions—to us they read, when com pared with the Articles, very much like the pleas of the meanest pettifogging attorney. The manliness as well as the correctness of Dr. LUSIIINOTON'S remarks in delivering judguient are quite refreshing from the seat of ecclesiastical jus tice ; while the contemptible pleas put in by Mr. DENISON were such as to deprive him even of the honours of martyrdom. To raise at the twelfth hour the question whether the 29th Article—being oae of those he had signed —was really one of the Articles referred to by the Act ! Of that there can be no doubt ; but even if there could, for a man to plead for licence to contravene an article to which he had put his name ! Ecclesiastics really need to go into the counting-houses of the pity to learn morality. The Judge's noble assertion, however, of the duty of construing plain documents by their own intelligible lan guage, instead of calling in the aid of volumes of patristic learning, was, above all, important. We trust that all Judges who may have to do with this . controversy will not fail to use the same language. Nothing would more effectually meet the Romanism of our Tractarians than refusing to pit their subtle Jesuitry against the plain common sense of the Articles of the Church of England. On look ing at the whole affair we should say that none have succeeded so completely in making the chains and the mark of the chains on their Church apparent, as the Tractarians. For the second time now they have forced the Church, on doctrinal questions, into the Law Courts. They have laid bare the purely Parliamentary autho rity, not only of her property and hierarchical constitution, but of her very Articles of faith also. The final sanction given was that of an Act of Parliament ; it is not permitted to inter pret the Articles by Scripture, but as the judge showed only to accept the Articles unconditionally,, as the interpretation of Scripture. By the grace of an act of Parliament the Church of England is what she is ; and, awful conclusion, what Parlia ment has done Parliament can undo. For this view of the whole question the Church has to thank her Tractarian sons. Dissenters will not be slow to profit by it. REPORTED DEATH OF COPE There is no truth in the announcement in the morning papers that the unfortunate victim of the murdsrous as sault in Parliament-street died last Saturday evening. From inquiries made this morning at the Westminster Hospital we were informed that he was still alive, but in a very precarious state. MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. The Foreign-office.—The Earl of Clarendon, after discharging the duties of his department, left town ma Saturday evening for the Grove,'near Watford, Herts. The Earl of Shelburne, the first Under-Secretary, has arrived at Lansdowne•house, from Bowood-park, Wilts. Mr. Hamond, has gone to Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are surrounded by a distinguished circle of guests at Broadlands, near Romsey, Hants. Among the guests are—the French Ambassador and the Countess de Persigny, the Rus sian Minister, and the Countess Creptewitcb, the Sar• dinian Minister, &c. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood are surrounded by a select family circle at Hickleton hall, near Doncaster. Sir Charles's eldest son, a mid shipman, on board the Hannibal, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday from the Mediterranean. All the Ministers are expected in town by the Bth proximo, and immediately afterwards a series of cabinet councils will take place. Summonses were issued for a cabinet council on the 10th of the ensuing month, but have been countermanded, and appointed for a day or two later. The Duke of Argyll leaves Inverary Castle on the 6th of next month for town. Lord Panmure is expected in town either on the 7th or Bth of next month from his seat in Scotland. The Marquis of Lansdowne is at Bowood, Wilts, and will entertain a succession of visitors at that princely seat next month. The Earl Granville, the Lord President of the Colin• cil, and the countess, are expected to reach London in the course of next week, from Carlsbad, The Right Hon. Sir George Grey continues in town. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere returns to Stoke Park, near Windsor, on Wednesday next, from Bridge water. Lord Stanley (of Alderley) is in town. The Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith and the Earl of Harrowby are at their respective country seats. There is no truth in a report which has appeared in a contemporary to the effect that a large military hospital was to be established in London. Lord Palmerston has appointed Mr. Cherles Barring- ton to be his private secretary, vice Mr. W. Low, pro- moted in due course to be senior Clerk in the Treasury. Two Under•Secretarysbips in the War Department are to be reduced. Colonel Mundy and Mr. Monsell vacate their appointments. An influential meeting was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the 25th, for the purpose of organising an association for a monument to the Welsh portion of our army in the late war. Count de Morny is not expected to return to Paris before February next. The opening of the Prussian chamber has been post poned to the 30th of November. Lord Howden left Paris on Saturday, en route for Madrid, to resume his functions as Ambassador at that Court. The extensive additions to the Wellington Barracks, situated at the corner of Birdcage-walk and James street, Pimlico, are proceeding with great rapidity. The reduction of the army is being proceeded with very rapidly at Chatham, and troops ate receiving their discharge almost daily. Lord Minto arrived at Turin on the 21st. Oa Friday, the 17th inst., his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemouv, their Royal Highnesses the Comte d'Eu, the Duke d'Alencon, and Prince Philip of Wur temberg, accompanied by General Comte Damao arocl suite, honoured with a visit Captain Lendy's military establishment at Sunbury. The illustrious visitors were present at a lecture on military hygien, and at the rifle practice. After having visited the various field works, batteries, &c., and partaken of some bread baked before them by the students in their field ovens, they inspected the collection of military models, the studies, dormitories, &c. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours paid the minutest attention to all the details, pointing them out to his sons ; and, after having spent upwards of three hours on the grounds,, the illustrious party took their departure, expressing their entire satisfaction to Captain Lendy. Since his dismissal from the army Lord Ernest Vane Tempest has been (says the Brighton Gazette) a constant promenader on our cliffs, in his drag, and on Wednesday last he had the assurance tl present himself at an in spection of the 4th Light Dragoons, which took place on the Downs. His lordship's family are residing in Brighton. At the Wre.tminster Police-Court, on Saturday, the Ron. George Vaughan was summoned to show cause v phy an order should not be made upon him towards the maotenance of an illegitimate child to which Harriet Bride(' had given birth. An order was made for 2s. 6.1. a week and costs. Mr. aid Miss Vandenhoff are engaged for a few nights at the City of Loudon Theatre, and will make their first appearaics there this evening, in Miss Vaudenhoff's play of .` Woman's Heart." Notice is given that a petition for the winding-up of the Lancashire Debt Guarantee Company is expected to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Stuart on the first petition day in Noyeniber. OCTOBER, :'27, 185 e. LATEST NEWS. EARTHQUAKE IN EGYPT. MARSEILLES, OCT. 2G. A shock of earthquake was felt throughout Egypt on the 12th inst. At Cairo 200 houses were thrown down, and the remainder were nearly all damaged. The vast population, 300,000, had encamped outside the city. Smyrna and the Greek Archipelago were skaken by simultaneous shocks. The Isle of Rhodes has been devastated, and one of its largest forts rent open and thrown down. At. Canea, the capital of the Isle of Candia, the destruction and loss have been enormous. The city and mole are partially destroyed. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. By intelligence from Constantinople of the 16th, we learn that the difficulties relating to Bolgrad hare been arranged, a study of the localities having enabled a satisfactory solution to be arrived at. This is asserted both by the Journal de Constantinople, and the Presse d' Orient. The occupation of the Isle of Serpents has also been conceded by the Russians. The evacuation of the Turkish territory will take place on the 28th of October. From that date the Straits of the Dardanelles will be closed to all vessels of war, except as stipulated by the Treaty of Paris. The Cressy and the Colossus, line-of-battle ships, and the Curacao frigate are expected. The French squadron has not made its appearance. Sir Henry Bulwer is expected at Bucharest. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has not succeeded in his attempt to overthrow the Ministry in favour of Redschid Pacha. Omer Pacha is restored to power. Admiral Dundas arrived at Malta on the 18th, from Ajaccio. The Porte has resolved, says the journals, to convoke the Divan on the subject of the Prin- cipalities. Some English capitalists have proposed to lay down a telegraph from Constantinople in con nection with one to India by the Overland route. The Austrian Cabinet is at this moment en deavouring to bring Prussia over to its manner of viewing the occupation of the Principalities. A. note has been received at Berlin endeavouring to prove the necessity of the occupation. The Cabinet of Vienna principally grounds its arguments on the assent of the Porte. The Spanish Government has issued orders for granting passports to return to Spain to all Spanish subjects who have taken refuge in foreign countries on account of political reasons, and including such of the Carlists as are disposed to acknowledge the Government of the Queen. The French squadron destined for Naples stil remains at anchor at Toulon. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :-- " The most reliable intelligence I can get about the retirement of the English and French missions from Naples is that M. Brenier and Mr. Petre will leave about the 28th. The Austrian Mini ster at the Court of the Two Sicilies has received instructions to support the demand of England and France. It is not considered in Paris that the rupture with Naples will be attended with any political results of a revolutionary nature." The Pope has deoided on proclaiming a very liberal aWnesty for the Bth December. He has already granted pardons to the parties condemned in the trial of the 15th August. They are less numerous than was mentioned by the Venice Gazette, but will be completed on the anniversary of the Immaculate Conception. The Pope con siders the proclamation of that dogma as the glory of his reign 1 , THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. VIRNNA., Oct. 23.—The Ministerial Oesterrei chische Correspondenz contains the following article, in refutation of the assertion of the French organs of the press, that Austria is bound by treaty imme diately to withdraw her troops from the Danubian Principalities : _ " The prolonged occupation of the Danubian Principalities by the Austrian troops has recently greatly occupied the attention of the Paris papers. For the sake of accuracy we will at once state a fact of which the French journals seem to be igno rant—it is that Turkish troops still occupy certain parts of the Moldavo-Wallachian territory, with the same legal right (Rechtstitel) as the Imperial Royal troops. It is the same legal right which justifies the prolonged stay of the English fleet in the waters of the Black Sea, and that notwith standing the strict stipulations of the transitory and additional article to the treaty of peace, signed at Paris on the 30th March. "As Austria,, Great Britain, and the Sublime forte take the same view of the case, and act i❑ the same way, it cannot but excite surprise that the French press should attack and express dis trust of but one of those Powers, and at the same time represent the sole cause for the stay of the three Powers in their military positions in Molda via, Wallachia, and the Black Sea as an unimpor tant and indifferent matter. _ _ .- " The Treaty of March 30th is signed and sealed, and we are convinced that no one thinks of impugn ing it, that no Power will attempt to avoid the fulfilment of its stipulations. The Paris Conference understood by them that the Commissaries should go to Constantinople as soon as the gradual evacua tion of the Ottoman territory, stipulated by article 31 of the Treaty of the 30th of March, should be sufficiently advanced, and that the Commission should combine (combiner) its arrival in Bucharest with the complete cessation of the temporary armed occupation, as also with the fulfilment of Article 20 in respect to the rectification of the Moldavian frontier. "Now the rectification of the Moldavian frontier has not beex completed; on the contrary, it is still in dispute. . . As is known, Russia refuses to cede Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents, although those Govern ments which are more directly interested in the regulation of the frontier question insist on its doing so, and that in virtue (auf Grund) of the treaty of peace. " We are told that the fulfilment of the condi tions relative to the frontier, which were made in a solemn treaty, is a matter of secondary import ance to the realisation of the peace, but that the evacuation of territory by the troops or fleets of the allied Powers, although neither demanded nor desired by the Sovereign or Suzerain, is a point which must, before all others, be discussed. This is a kind of international logic which we do not profess. . _ " We repeat that the prolonged Austrian occu pation of the Danubian Principalities is based on the same legal right and titlo as the Turkish—on the same legal right as the occupation of the Black Sea by Great Britain. " The occupation of a part of the Turkish terri tory is not continued on account of any distrust of Russia, but simply because the regulation of the frontier is not yet settled. For the present, the troops and fleets of the three Powers will remain in positions which they must quit as soon as the frontier line of the Ottoman territory is definitively settled. " This 'mode of proceeding is in strict keeping with the closinr, sentence of Article 31 of th e P ar i s Treaty of March 30th, which, in speaking of the evacuation of the Ottoman territory, says literally, The periods (Les delais) and the method of execu tion shall be the subject of a convention between the Sublime Porte and the Powers whose troops have occupied its territory.' " Now, as has above been said, the Sublime Porte has fully agreed with Austria and Great Britain as to the proper periods (delais). " Having shown that the prolonged stay of the Imperial Royal troops and of the Turkish forces in the Principalities is based on the same legal foun dation as is the stay of the English fleet in the Black Sea, it follows, as a matter of course, that the occu pation will cease as soon as the cause for the same has ceased to be—that is, the occupation will cease as soon as the frontier question is arranged and settled. The settlement of the internal affairs and the future organisation and government of the Danubian Prin cipalities are in no connexion with the occupation, and the interest which the Imperial Royal Govern ment takes in the prosperity and peace of those countries will be shown by her friendly understand ing with the other great Powers, and in particular with the Sublime Porte. The settlement of the question of the Danubian Principalities cannot be adduced as a reason for the prolongation of the occupation." FRANCE. An Imperial decree, dated the 23d, enacts that, " as it is important to place in the Cour des Comptes a class of auditors who, by pre paratory studies, present special guarantees of apti tude for the functions of conseiller refetendaire in the said Court," such auditors shall be nominated by the Emperor, in number not exceeding twenty ; and they are to be aged not less than twenty-one nor more than thirty, are to be licentiates in law, and are to pass an examination before a commission. Another decree of the same date, in execution of a decree of the 12th June last, enacting that on the corps of Int , .ndance Militaire, a number of in spectieg intendant-generals shall be nominated, appoints six officers to be inspectors. BOTRSE, Oct. 25.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents - - 90 25 EV of Month. 71 T. —c. per Cents 66 20 66 25 New Loan — Bank Shares 3,925 Roman 87 Credit Mobilier 1,335 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese 89 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,245 Western Northern 945 Strasburg Lyons 1,260 New Ditto Mediterranean — Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 700 Teste Cette AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Africa has arrived from New York, with dates to the 15th inst. She has V 94,666 in specie, and she brings the Mexican mails, which should have been brought by the Tay. The Kansas elections had terminated favourably to the Pro-slavery party. The Free State party did not vote. A rupture of diplomatic relations betweenMe=la and Great Britain is announced. The George Law had arrived with the mail from California and $2,000,000 in specie. The demand for money at New York was more pressing, and although the supply of unemployed capital was still abundant, yet the rates were slightly higher, say a half per cent., the current rates being 81 to 94 per cent. for the best selections of 60 and 90 days mercantile paper; the Bank contractions continued on a moderate scale. There was a prospect of in creased stringency, heavy exports of specie being foreshadowed. Exchange on London, 9g to 94. A good demand had prevailed for cotton, in part speculutive, and the absence of an adequate supply had caused an advance of ic. A further rise was anticipated, independent of foreign advices, in flour and meal. An advance had taken place of from 10c. to 15c. Wheat was 3c. to sc. better. In pig iron there was not much doing ; for railroad and street there was considerable inquiry. Tobacco was firm, but quiet. Freights were without im portant change, and the business had been to a fair extent. The shipments of gold and silver since Jan. Ist were 29,090,584 dols., against 24,784,768 dols. STEAM TRADE TO AUSTRALIA. To-day a grand dejeu ne r w ill b e g i ven on b oar d th e splendid steam screw c l i p per I stan b ou l, l y i ng i n t h e Vic toria (London) Docks, to celebrate the inauguration of a new and much-needed line of vessels between the me tropolis and the Australia', colonies. The entertainment is given by the Australian Steam-clipper Company (limited), and the Lord May or , Si r M orton P eto, an d many other individuals of eminence in civic and mercan tile circles, are among the invited guests. This remark. ably fine first-class vessel, which leaves the Thames fir Melbourne on the 10th of November, is described as of 2,200 tons burthen ; and, besides great capacity for cargo, has superior and varied accommodation for a considerable number of passengers, at rates much below any offered hitherto in London, considering the conveniences offered and the scale of dietary gua ranteed. At she lies alongside the jetty she does not at first sight present that appearance of immense size which is suggested by her tonnage ; but an exa- i of her breadth of beam and depth of hOli soon removes this impression. An adequate idea or hrr dimensions is only obtained by standing on the poop, a point of view which enables the eye in take in length and breadth at one glance. The num ber of boats, and the provision against contingencies in the shape of life buoys, &c., testify to the care shown fer the lives of the passengers and crew ; and in all the arrangements the latest improvements in nautical science have been availed of. The chief cabin, the scene of to day's festivity, is remarkable for its length and the chaste beauty of its decorations, in both of which features it may vie with those of the great Transatlantic lines. The front is of polished mahogany, and on each side of the doors are lonic pilasters, with gilded capitals. Internally the fittings are white, the panels being relieved with gilt mouldings of a very tasteful character ; and a handsome chandelier is suspended from the ceiling. The establishment of a regular line of steam clippers, of the size of the Istanboul, and fitted with like sumptuousness, will commence a new era from a new point, in our intercourse with Australia, and induce many persons from the southern countries and the metropolis to proceed thither who are now deterred by length of passage and ap prehension of those sources of discomfort which we fre quently hear of as accompaniments o f an A i Australian voyage from London direct. The Istanboul, it s con& dently expected, will make the run outwards under fifty days. Nothing that expenditure or exp-rience can con tribute to render it a safe and plea ant,. as well as a s peedy one, is neglected on the part of the company, who appear resolved to make their line a model one for its purpose ; the Istanboul being certainly an excellent earnest of their intentions thus far at all events. She has been visited by large numbers during the last few days at the Vic toria Docks, which seem in great request for ocean going steamers tracing to London, Mr. W. Lindsay'. Indian steam fleet being now berthed there, as also the pioneer of the new clipper screw fleet for the West Coast of South America. The extent of these docks, the facility they afford of ingress and egress, and the fact of there being direct railway communication thence to all parts of the kingdom, seem to account for their popularity, irrespective of economic rates, as compared with the older and more confined London, Si,. Ka therine's, and other docks.—Liverpool Albion (Monday). BANQUET TO TR(' OP FIVERS OP TEA STAFFORDSHIRE MILITIA. A banquet was' given on tuesday last at Stafford to the officers of the Staffordshire Militia. In the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant, the chair was taken by the Right. Hon. the Earl of HARROWBY. Near the chairman were the Hon. Colonel Talbot, the Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Sandon, Lieut.-Colonel Dyott, the Hon. A. WrottesleY. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., Rear Admiral Mainwaring , General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., Viscount St. Vincent, the Earl of Lichfield, the Right non. Viscount Newport, Viscount I nges t re , a nd the Bishop of the Diocese. Lord HARROWBY, in proposing " The Army and Navy," remarked that he hoped Englishmen would not be ungrate ful-indeed that was a sin not common to our countrymen -(cheers)-and that they would never forget the services the army had rendered them. And while they remembered the services of their gallant army, and with what anxiety they looked for intelligence during the late struggle, be trusted that it would fill them with the determination to be prepared for another war, if unhappily they should be compelled again to enter into hostilities. (Hear and cheers.) No false feeling of security, nor a feeling that peace would would be lasting, should lead them to linw is ' a , economy in the measures necessary for the protection 00 their country-mea sures w hi c h a t one time were in e degree lost sight of, but w hi c h h e h o ped would rower be the case again. (Cheers.) When he spoke of an nus'n ee , economy he did not mean thet care was not to be ex ercised in the expenditur e connec t e d w ith th e protection of the country, but what h e wou ld h ave remembered was that that which was cheap es t was no t a l wa y s the best, and tha,, t : that which was required t o b e d one mus t be done, w ha ever the cost might be. (Hear.) At a subsequent stage of the proceedings Lord ITer r° !,, by, proposing as a toast, " The health of the officers, To' commissioned officers, and privates o f the Ist, 2d, and 3rd 4 .„ Regiments of Staffordshire Militia," said-Independ e t; of the direct services they had rend e red the country, .1", three regiments of Staffordshire Militia had c ontribute' upwards of 1,500 men to the re g ul ar arm y. He mig bt . 0 1 further, that the militi a h a d b een th e means of infindl e , martial spirit amongst th e p eo pl e o f th e cou ntry; an d to himself-he spoke as a civilian-he should like to se e , r militia used more as a means o f recru iti ng the reg u lar army. For some considerable time this important elernel• of the national defences had been allowed to rust scabbard, and after forty y ears ' peace it was thought o some that this weapon, belonging to other days, so llid the longer be fit to be called into us e . It was th o ught the people had become so immersed in trade and u najil ; factures that it would be impossible to man the militia et we did in former times. But he was h a ppy to 051 when the necessity arrived it was found that the ordin ary occupations of the people did not detract in the least f ro , 1 their high public spirit and d evo ti on t o th e i r country , " 2t 04 men of every class in life and of occupation also: l ° l ° l . r their ordinary pursuits and pl ace d th e i r time and ti ll, services at the disposal of th e coun t ry i n h er h o ur of n ee (Great cheering.) Sir R. PEEL, M.P., in acknowledging a toast drunk. to him, said he did not k now th a t h e cou ld w ith prePr ie refuse compliance with th e reques t w hi c h h a d been 031 ' 1 1 , and he would endeavour t o ma k e a f ew o b ser vation , ' ° what he had witnessed in Russia. He need not bay' then, that the noble repre sen t a ti ve o f E ng l an d et Court of Russia discharged the duty i m posed 11 P ° 0 him in the manner that was expected of him, is in a manner, too, which far exceeded the scald which other embassies discharged their duties , " try that he clearly enhanced the character of this co u e ° e 0 in the eyes of the Russian Court. Besides, in Earl Gras ville, ville, Government , had one who, though carrying e°Tirsteteos to its utmost limits, was not anxious to impress th e ; eo t sian Court, as another ambassador did, that a dine r t - be feeling prevailed towards Russia to what was re" llY ee ith case. He had had the opportunity of conversing "hO, Totleben, the distinguished engineer, and a hig b ,, i ll b nourable man ; and he had seen Gortschakoff, Men e°l Zse and a number of other distinguished personages , " m names were almost unpronounceabl e . H e h a d seen world' in Russia 120,000 of the finest infantry in the robing Those troops, in stature and appearance,exceeded royth-hee he had ever before witnessed, and he had been over f the whole of Europe, yet he had no doubt th a t the pluck o ge English army would be a match for them. (Chee r t ) t 0 had visited the fortress of Cronstadt,and there was " 1 4 , t be opinion, from the Grand Duke Con s t an tine down to the youngest "middy" on board the Vladimir, that h a . tio b energy of the commander equall e d th e p l uc k of the 1311 navy, that fortress at the present moment would be cruise bled in dust. (Hear.) Sir Charles Napier had been throu It gh the whole of the fleet and f or t ress , an d h e gave zt as opinion that it was impossible t o d es t roy t h e fortress' 03 , was certainly very clear at thi s momen t th a t it we possible to attack Cronstadt w ith success no w, but Y-seise the war commenced the case was v er y different, and e t man who commanded the fl ee t a t C o p en h ag en bad o°, DI; mended the Baltic fleet, or if a man p ossesse d o f the aln rl d and capacity of a Nelson h a d c omman d e d th a t fl ee t, bell e not the slightest doubt that as the fortr ess a t C ope nhage ° yielded so would Cronstadt have falle n . (H ear , hear.) 1111, he was most unjustly on his legs, th e y wou ld per h aps aloe him to say, that although peace had been concluded, ther e was much to prevent them from relying on a continuanc e of peace. They were on the edge of a volcano, whi eb , might break forth at any time ; and a mong th e cau ses fc" disquietude were Naples and the Danubian Principali ti t eg h . Had the war continued, there wa s no d ou bt that -to resources of Russia would have been inadequat e a ° cope with the resources of France and England , 613 0 that a most effectual blow would have been des • that power, from which it would have taken he r l 3 lone time to recover. But peace had been made, en u ci l a was to be hoped that it would continue, He must a t • that there never was a contest in which the people °l e i counties were more justly engaged than were th e people of this country in the late war, or in which the people he come out of it with greater honour and di s ti nc ti on . Sir HARRY SMITH , in returni ng th an k s for hi s heel"' having been drunk, said he thanked them from the 1 / 01 tom of his heart for the honou r th ey h ad that "Oate n ' conferred upon him. It had b een hi s good fortune in ec,erii; quarter of the globe to witness evidence of the princ ll3 4 - by which, as it had been sa id th at day, Englishmen weir actuated, viz., a disch arge o f th e duty they owed in thei r Sovereign. Howe ver f or t una t e h e might have been a' soldier, he was, he assured them, indebted for the ghat fortune to the men and his comrades, for, no matter WS mistake a g enera l m i g ht comm i t, the pluck of the Briti7 army would set it ri g ht. (L aug ht er and cheers.) g°ll,!nsi there was n o d ou bt, b ean th e su bj ect of a series of g fortune, and had w it nesse d many a contest ; an d no mss , he assured them, could witness the gallant deeds ° -1. hie countrymen without a feeling of pride at their braoli nor could he look back on the victories achieved by the h 1 0, . ;, of his countrymen without emotion. It had fallen to lot to organi se l ev i es f rom var i ous coun t r i es, an d to bril l them rapidly to the se a t of war, a n d he assured them , f r° his own experienCe and ocular demonstrati on , as wel l e s from history, that no forces were found so f or midah be those comin g from a country united within it se lf, and d w at people of which were united in their det erm i na ti on to ress s the common foe. (Cheers.) The militia system was a Inl o important part of the constitution, and h e assu red the that there was not a general officer in her M a j es ty's seil l e c e but could bear testimony to the active, ener ge ti c , devot ed ) and obedient services of the militia of Gre a t B r it a i n . (Cheer s : When he commanded at Portsmouth th ere were two rev e ; ments of militia there, composed chiefly o f law recr nits e "; such was the attention they paid to their officers that n i n o few weeks' time they were not only fit t o p er f orm gerril duty, but became effective, obedient, tru s t wor thy soldie r t It afterwards became his duty to comm an d i n thi s distit4 from Berwick to Peterborough, in which th ere w ere 10,T, or 15,000 militiamen, and he must say o f th e m, a s a n°"J c i that they had manifested every desire to please him, as wherein whereie the officers w e re ignorant of certain p o ints it °l s been their anxious study to be made acquainted WI e L 0 them. (Hear, hear.) One spirit seemed to animate Le,. whole of them-th a t of obedience to their Queen and t, ,b ei " country. ( Cheers ) It was indeed a great pleasure to 0 1 , 0 1 to be present on that occasion, when they had asseinlNA to do honour to the militia of the county, which co mpri; he was happy to say three most effective regiments. 11 0 1, first regiment was commanded by Colonel Talbot, whch i .ii though a young man, was an old soldier ; and h e , w ith s' regiment, gallantly volunteered to serve his country a broli His offer was accepted, and, although he an d hi s men tell not been exposed to the enemy's fire, they h a d been exe"'- to a more deadly foe-to the raging p es til ence and t h e lE oe i ness which walketh in darkness. (Hear.) That man mul e be a coward indeed who wa s no t rea d y to meet and greP,l,l with the enemy in the o p en fi e ld ; b ut w h en a commanon officer saw his men k noc k e d d own b y an unseen hand, Win pestilence raged aroun d hi m, th en, if h e maintained rees courage, and under such trying circumstances condue"l3 himself manfully, he deserved equal if not greater crew than the man who in the heat of battle led his men/ the cannon' s mou th . (H ear. ) I n C o l one l T al b ot t h e y et , such a man. (Cheers.) Of the militia of Staffordsln,-, generally, he was proud to say that they had been ren to discharge any duty demanded of them. (Chow.) ld the feeli ngs w hi c h an i mate d th e m iliti a as a b o d y he if°tl,.. relate an anecdote. There was an Irish regiment qu' - ee tered in Sunderland, and some of them in a disturbenss e got into the h an d s of the police. Paddy was no t the in,t; to stand by with arms in his hand and see his com es int o custody--(a laugh)-and accordingly the M e t , were rescued. The authorities of the town telegrhphed ee s him to remove the militia from the town, but ho rep el s,. that he would do no such thing, but would leave it to t_ie; officers to maintain order. A great fire shortly afterlif o 7,e took place in the town, and the militiamen, without De e : asked, turned out and rendered good service in extingut o ing the flames, and for which they received the pu b s ", thanks of the very men who had asked for their remov e ' (Cheers.) The gallant general resumed his seat amid „ ° e ; please by repeating that it was with the greatest pleig - a that he attended that day to pay honour to men who so nobly done their duty. THE GOLD DISCOV ERY IN T ASMANIA.-- Th e rerl, tO from the gold fields are s till encourag i ng . M r. Clark ' s who at the request of the authorities, inspected the l; was surprised at the promising indications of g old whit his short visit to Fi nga l s h owe d t o hi m . Unfortuusta he could stop a t eac h fi e ld b ut one d ay, an d therefore time but to make the most superficial obsera ; tions. Those observations will shortly .be publish to and as Mr. Clarke has expressed a wish to be allowe d f present them t o t h e go ld comm i ttee hi mse lf , I will r:a as yet detail th e var i ous remar k s w hi c h t h e re ver",,o gentleman h as ma d e d ur i ng hi s v i s i t. Gold ."8, lately been found in the neighbourhood of Deloriono about twenty miles from Launceston. The n ort b e e a papers speak hi g hly o f th e p ros p e ct o f a p a yi ng gold 0 0 being found in the locality speoiaed.—Audraligo New Zealand Qazale, THE MERRIMAC. SOUrEIAIVITTON, Ocr. 26. The United States screw steam-frigate Merrimac, which has been lying here for the last month, will it is expected, leave for Brest on Wednesday next, there to winter. The Mayor of Southampton will pay a parting official visit to the frigate to-morrow Captain Prendergast, the commander of the frigate, has returned from a visit to Scotland and various parts of 'England, and resumed command. Dur ing his absence the command has devolved upon Lieutenant Harrison, to whose courtesy some hundreds of visitors have been indebted. Nearly all the officers have had leave of absence, have visited the sights of England, and have been highly delighted with the coun try, and with the kindness and hospitality with which they have been treated. In consequence of the accou t of the Merrimac which have been published, a numbe.. of French and Dutch naval officer•+ have come from France and Holland to Southampton on purpo-ie to in spect the frigate. One of the French naval constructors has also been over here and visited her. He minutely examined her, and made copious notes of her peculia rities. A large number of naval officers from Ports mouth have also paid the frigate a visit. Mr. Dallas, the American ambassador in this country, was to have paid an official visit yesterday, but was unable to do so on account of some domestic uereavement. SJMO officers of her Majesty's ship Shannon were on board of her to-day, and a cordial interchange of civilities took place between them and the American officers. Last evening pest, about sundown, a small steamer with a large party of ladies and gentlemen approached doe to the frigate from Southampton, and moved slowly round her, seemingly to let the party view the exte rior of the frigate. Captain Prendergast happened to be on shore at the time. Lieutenant Harrison, with his usual courtesy, sent a boat off to invite the party on board. An answer was brought back that Lord Palmerston desired his compliments to Lieutenant Harrison. His lordship was much obliged for the invitation, but as it was getting dark he regretted that he and his friends had not time to see the interior of the frigate. On finding that Lord Palmerston was in the small steamer, Lieutenant Harrison immediately went off to her to personally invite his lordship acid friends on board. The lateness of the evening, however, prevented the acceptance of the renewed offer. The American officers still hope that his lordship, who does not reside far from Southampton, will honour the friga . e with a visit before she leaves Southampton Water. Large stores of provisions were put on board the Mer rimac yesterday, preparatory to her departure. Some of the officers of the frigate belong to distinguished fami• lies in the United States. The London public will shortly have the gratification of burning coal raised within 30 miles of the metropolis, close to a line of rail way . I t i s expected that t hi s will reduce the price of coal in the metropolis 25 per cent., and lead, most probably, to further disooveriea. I