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CINQUE-PORTAL, Wit-in-G" moot-court.—ln B. c. Diez-CinCkant.-90 0 N.—*Pilot-aoar arch'y by p• Istre-geograph . fiac to Dover's as Arrow . • • : : off-and-on, Diepp's-Rouen to Lizard-Pt. o'er Ind. Quadra...culmina tion zodiac wend t'rd minorca's LangueG'ock 409 N. State rope ' Anchor flag-tow' pres-by Tyro 'round the fat earth, as of Titua Vaspasian's meter. yr 79 in 1824-35 Act. A Bow/oigne circular—for illegal co-j-Regatta fete on the 27-Bth, Auguseen A.D. 1861, as eve of " the comber- Vhead'ng night of Ihon /3 apte'ft"—issued on the 13th, Old Lam'mass-day from " Mandato office (of the Grand master of Maltw's College, St. James's-st.", on U. S. c. 33, s. 7, 1800-2-as of Amiens Treaty-Nap), in dupelex 'Paul the cap son-scholastic, to welkin LzwEe' Ship way seal' of .traris, on an 'Earth-moving' Taught-error. * l z) x, This king' awa' Bamfin, out - jlot;m,,cirekeln [in mask proverb, "Like G.G.G.-father COPPER (1712) like G.a.G.+ Child:_-_-PALMERSTON (1861], as of H. J. Temple—cites the foisted charter of Bristol by L. P. 9 Amax, 24 July for its backwarn'ng to six, five, or four," comber- (on's in oi,er- Span'sh Cabotage) curvature a Latrinity-us., e'er the sunk Tort, Q. inn Jet j 'af land wad-set's prior to ?ope Nic.'s tax 1291-97-Doge ql.G,'s 9th, at Shore.xwx, ' pavillion, Bright-helm-stone meridian of London Lad, now resumed for " Carthage-mud port-Cot'hon, Edict Comfn., of Review in Egypt's 1828," by 9-10 W. 3d, c. 15, for undersigned's sole arbitration, 't w i s t T ur ki s h ALL and Codringtoul who didn't— " Scorn arbitration as a stain — To ninth and tenth of William's reign. On the aforesaid illegal mixture with, a Fixt earth Lan gueigoi czl* O'er Jee IV amen'ys astral.-Ist, See act I Edw. VI., o. re-enacted in 1832, by 2-3 Will. ~ cap. 9 . nt 2, sec. 4, 4 entitled, The Submission of the Clergy . Restra i nt of Appeals —as yet pending to Pombal's Brazil-9, in divers None intervention, 25 Henry 8, cap. 19, viz., v life-titled noblemen and spiritual persona have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching write in lay causes of correction, c m jure patronatus, and probates of testaments —Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other officers on behalf of the King's High ness, for validity. sake do bear the State e n d orsement, as well as the official Common-clerks name placed under the citor's name, and after the registered seal, in " Die Baaren Jetfm" TEST to Wit.— ca Pevensey : : *Bop. transit in A n te®c o'er Waitango's 3-ty. (0. S. 200 E. A.ers). Thus—Lvganum-Rotela's of Kent, under subsyderal lathe epochs for P. L audits to Bow towns prefix 51.10 N., its L'ond'on-wave over cp Wall-in-ford bye ,-, firencester Seven hundreds' (1-4 H. 4), as of Bristol's leva langu6' in alemare Cone-meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court." 2dly. Whence, by 1 Fhilip & Mary, c. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator of the Water's Silver-oar or Indian-paddle of the TEiloes Lode-manage ment of gfiscal-Crts. who, IikeWoLSEY, shall take en himself the power 'to direct and serve hi s own precept.' Where fore this Negative; since (by Russ-Dutch loan on America's trust-act 1832), pension'd "in ce—of a, Church-Queen's by civil list, —tho' in. d'er"Zija ;aces"—have ceased to be the head of Malcolm lII.'S Gi.O.G -son monetary Trust, in presbyteraq estate, and at your peril disobey this law —for one and all'—as based on Agricola's E,..cot and 'lot hand-up ceremonial,'—typic on Cmsar's silver coinage for electing yearly the village / Shat-29th Sept., or Simi call-meze—gmagistrates, in union with the 24th March 1. 27, Aug. 31, 1861 [unpaid-jan.ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET, Q [" Si Peu Qu' Rice], ams M p.m. Colonya/ Antipodal Chief Income-tax TAT freeman of 1842, as the Criminal Law's J.. Bulls. Extradition Act Constable of the Sea oTemple. Shores, bearing Elmerica's paddle of A' Lab cohere. Admiral's Court, late into Canterbury's 14 [2 March, '4l] (e-Guizote settlement for New Zea- H. M. Perley. land's Probate Crt., its alai ae.aepoy Stil'lord Warden—. Crown-egu CHARLES H. ACRERLET,: J.P. of Carib-ally'd England, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Seo- S C _ _ retary; Marcus HiII—SANDYS, Presbyter, 0 on The holy alliance abolition,' of_ Trevsor. clubs), its Standard meter-bearer 1837—ft. trove. R.N. pay' d double- oathii'd victim—supporter S.P. (LB.. of poor indian PETER 10 yrs, in Elder's duty. To all metre-rod Councils General' in nature's Year-law, under 1835's Municipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy, against New " Commiffion Christian Clubs," 11 Geo. 111, c. 55, in prevention, as at Dover and Cinque Ports 1772's on the resignation aver bull'srun of Clement 14's Jesuit priest total Abolition, for Earth Lay -resumption for all allotments of land, under the yearly Poor-law Guardians as are for the time being. :::Vide Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Arbitrations.—By the 9 10 W. 111, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, traders—(and all persons antipode'an to the whorle, as those under Turkish, 1809-Dardanell's Padi:hil treaty,' &c.)—desiring to end their controversies by arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage of (as Africa 1828's trust on Tony Monthermer' .A.CKERLET, Flag-Lt. of 0 cean 74), any person, should be a " Maori mane rule" of his Majesty's Admiralty courts of Record ; and in case of disobedience to such award or Umpirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),—t0 perform the same, shall be subject to the Penalties of Contemning a Rule of Court. LAST WEEKS OF ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THE BEETHOVEN NIGHT-THIS EVENING. Vocalistq :—Mdlle. PAREPA, Mdlle. LAURA BAXTER, and Mr. WEISS. Vocal and Instrumental Selection from the Works of Beethoven. The second part of the Concert Miscellaneous, On SATURDAY next a Grand VOLUNTEER NIGHT. when Reethoven's Battle Symphonrwill be performed b the ORCHE,;TRA (OF NEARLY ICO PERFORMERS) , assisted by Two Volunteer Bands under the direction of Mr. .Stanton Jones. Commence every Eveninn at 8. Promenade, le. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. - - 4 .1 1-1 EA R ROYAL, HAYM uKF.T. Le,vice., Mr. J. E. Bautatorie. THIS EVENING, the nertornaaneeg will enmmenao with FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &e. With THE cram: Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with the Ballet, BACCHUS AND AR lADNE. Commence a 7 110 YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 3lana , er---llr. Edmund Falconer. EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock, the new and suc cessful comedy, WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Charuters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson Preceded by, each evening, the new' and original farce entitled ['FIE FETCHES ; or, The Onconvanience of Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, September 23, when Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault will re-appear In THE COLLEEN DAWN. This Drama will be played for a limited number of nights durinf„r the preparation of the new American Drama, by Mr. D. Boucicanit, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA. Box-office open on Thursday, Sept. 19. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to Elcven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TIIAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, Arc., by 'Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonthmang. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T H E 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, "Simon Boc caneg,ra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame Enderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Messrs. M. P. Foster, Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, sixpenee; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. f3d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 2 8m.—Afternoon, lh. 47m. To-monßow.-Morning, 2h. sm.—Afternoon. ' 2h. 20m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEP UMBER 17, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. o—highest since noon yesterday. 4.5 —lowest this morning and during the night. 5 7—this day at noon. BARoIinTER-30.20; rising rapidly. W lND—Northerly to N.-E. moderate; with dull, cloudy weather. The Western and Irish coast were visited last week by Equinoctial gales, as we anticipated. t 7/ iQui• 4 ,„,..7?p),,;,y, „A5 . %, ,t t.,, • ~~ ~~ THE SUN, `;~' "~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1881. The Nil Darpan trial at Calcutta is one of the chief subjects which fill the India papers; nor i s this much to be wondered at. Vehement party feeling, harsh and questionable application of law, the questions of religious persecution and of the freedom of the press, are all involved in it ; and the Rev. JAMES LONG, who seems to be a weak minded and pious man, and one who, in the usual course (I things, would attract about as much notice as a useful Setipture-reader here, becomes all at once the most notable person in Calcutta. More is heard of about Mr. LONG than about the Governor-General himself. The Friend India says :—" The chief subject of conversa tion in all circles and of discussion in the press, during the last fortnight, has been the sentence of a thotrasaa rupees fine and one month's impriso [lntent LONG, of ti :assed Oil the Rev. JAMES Church Missionary Society, ' for libelling the editor of the Eny/ishinan and the whole lfdy of indigo planters in Lower Bengal. The fine was at once paid in Ccurt by a native gentleman, and Mr. LONG, now in jail, receives visits of sympathy from crowds of natives, from his missionary brethren, and from others. The Calcutta Missionary Conference has passed a series of resolutions on the subject which we print else where, and . the leading natives of Calcutta have presented an address to Mr. LONG full of sympathy and admiration of his conduct, in which they also condemn the uncalled for conduct of Sir MORDAUNT WELLS, the presiding Judge, who declared of an address which they presented to Mr. LONG pre vious to his trial, that he would have torn it in pieces." The chief points of the story are these. The indigo planters, and the ryots to whom they have made advances for the cultivation of indigo, are, as we have so long heard, in a state of violent excite ment against each other. Ryots allege cruelty and oppression on the part of the planters, the planters fraud, and non-fulfilment of contract on the part of the ryots, who have taken their money on the con dition of growing the indigo. The covenanted civil service of India has a standing traditional hatred of the planters, they are interlopers, who have endan gered their monopoly, and " the service" has there fore shown a disposition to side with the natives. The missionaries, as somewhat became them, were also the natives' advocates, hence the planters had against them no less than three parties—the natives, the covenanted civil service, and the missionaries ; and bitter was the strife and contention. While all these elements were fermenting, the natives composed, as is their wont, a drama, in which the indigo planters are of course made to play no very honourable part; and the thing was full of what to natives would seem racy telling hits on the gentlemen intended to be lampooned. Such dramas are their customary resort for popular attack—and are of about as much impor tance as an article in an English newspaper, per haps, of less. This one in point of literary character is thus described—" In itself the drama is neither more nor less filthy than the majority of such pro ductions, and must in all respects, except literary merit, rank with the lowest plays of the time of the Second CHARLES or the political satires of the days of the GEORGES. Even had it in all its original warmth of colouring been translated into English and published in the ordinary way, it would have excited no attention. But it appeared at a time when the controversy between the planters and the local Government was at its height, and with a native preface which, while it eulogised the latter in oriental terms, charged two of the daily papers with selling themselves, like JUDAS, to the planters' cause for a thousand rupees." Mr. LONG meets with this publication in his visits among the natives, and thought it ought to be brought to the notice of the English public as showing them what was going on in the native mind. There is no evidence that he was actuated by any malicious motive against any individual ; and as to the planters, even if he had been disposed to enjoy a joke on the body, there/does not seem to have been more in it than in any of the humorous satires of our friend Punch—though, of course in the state of native morals, we cannot expect that the allusions should surpass in purity the plays of ARISTOPHANUS himself, and those of the period of English history just referred to. " Satisfied," however, we are told, " that the drama was the production of a native resident in the in terior, and looking upon it as an ebullition of popular feeling, Mr. LONG, with the sanction and knowledge of Mr. SETON-KARR caused the produc tion to be translated by a native, purged it of some of its filthiest sentences, and added a preface, one passage of which may certainly bear the meaning that he vouched for the truth of the statements in the drama, but the whole tenor of which is against such a rendering. Had the production appeared in the usual way, it might still have been treated with indifference. But the publication was private, and of the five hundred copies printed four were sent to journals in Meerut, Lahore, Bombay and Madras, and about two hundred to leading men and societies in London." Mr. SETON-KARR was at the time Secretary to the Bengal Government, and he sent under the Government frank fourteen copies of the play to different parts of India, which seems, however, to have been repeatedly done before, with translations of native papers. Those sent to England were sent to such men as Lords STANLEY and SHAFTES BURY, Messrs. BRIGHT and COBDEN, the Hon. BAPTIST NOEL, and so forth—all of which, to us, appears like anything but secresy and conscious ness of a malus animus. Neither Mr. SETON-KARR nor Mr. LONG could have hoped to impose a libel lous slander on such gentlemen as these ; and their statement, therefore, seems every way credible that they thought a Drama like this an indication of what was passing in the native mind, with which persons interested in India would like to be ac quainted. We may add, that had the Government been as well informed in this way of what was going on prior to the Mutiny, we might have escaped that drealful disaster altogether. It would seem to be good policy to encourage the translation of everything - , were it possible. The planters, however, thought that they could find a legal libel in the drama, and it seems they were right. Unfortunately the law of libel remains in India in the same state in which it was before the late Lord CAMPBELL'S reform ; Mr. LONG was unable therefore to plead a justification ; the planters determined to proceed by criminal indict ment and to try a fall with their antagonists the missionaries. They had a full legal right as the law stands in India to do so ; though, in England, they would not, under similar circumstances, and with our amended law, have had the shadow of a I chance. Probably they thought a civil action would be hopeless, as the editor of the Englishnzan, whom they put forward, could prove no damage to the circulation of the paper, and actually confessed that he did receive more than the thousand rupees for his services to the planters. The indictment was Ist, for a libel against the editor ; 2d, for one against the whole body of the planters, and, strange as it• may seem to us, the jury, which was one, on the whole, likely to lean to Mr. LONG rather than otherwise, under the di rection of the Judge, found on both counts. Under all the circumstances, the punishment ought cer tainly to have been nominal. Before the sentence was passed, Mr. LONG read a statement which ex plained the motives that had actuated him in what he had done. He regretted that he had not added foot -notes to explain some of the passages that had given offence ; and said that the pamphlet did not contain his own views on the character of planters and others, but those entertained by the ryots, which he had considered it his duty to bring to the , notice of the Government and of gentlemen in high station in England. And we must say, after read ing the report of the trial, that the entire evidence fully sustained the truth of the rev. gentleman's remarks. Mr. LONG'S counsel laid chief stress on the :follow ing points :—" That the Landholders' Association had three courses open to them in seeking redress for libel. They might have instituted a civil actioll, or they might have proceeded by criminal informa tion ; in both of which cases he would have had an opportunity of defending himself. But they had selected the harshest . form of procedure known to English law. That law was found so oppressive above 16 or 17 years ago in England that a new Act was passed affording the defendant an opportunity for justification, but that Act had not been extended to this country. The passage in question contained no libel. It merely imputed that the two editors wrote profes sionally and for money in support of a particu lar interest, as was done in every civilized country. That there were four grounds on which the jury were bound to return a verdict of acquittal. Ist, the indigo planters of Lower Bengal were an un defined body ; 2d, the pamphlet was a dramatic fiction ; 3d, there was no evidence of libel. 4th there was no evidence of malice. 1. In the case of the clergy of the diocese of certain Jews in London, there was a unity and identity which the planters of Bengal could not lay claim to. 2. No jury would consider a drama as libellous, every play had an evil genius as part of - the dramatis personee. The character of LEGREE in " Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a case in point. All slaveholders were not necessarily LEGREES. 3 and 4. The pub lication was not a libel. The freedom of the press and the discussion of public matters should not bo restrained. Malice apart, the greatest latitude was allowed in the discussion of public questions, and on topics of general interest a warmth and freedom are tolerated which would not perhaps be submitted to in the case of a single person. The drama was not shown to have been published maliciously. Mr. LONG was neither the author nor the translator of the work, nor had he identified himself with the truth of the matter. If the jury found Mr. LONG guilty they would be carrying the law of libel further than it had ever yet been carried, and striking a serious blow at the freedom of public discussion in India." The result would seem to be to make a martyr of a worthy but rather weak missionary; to give the indigo planters a legal victory, but to fix on them a lasting disgrace; and, finally, to render necessary a change of the libel law in India, which shall assi milate it to that of this country. That Mr. LONG might have stated more clearly that he did not adopt the charges of the Drama is admitted, but that he intended to imply or assert their truth it is absurd to suppose. Russia, like ourselves, is ruled by a German family; bat how different the result of different training. Education has made our QUEEN a real Englishwoman ; and though under the degrading system which rejects all noble English blood as too ignoble for Royalty, we do our best to keep the foreign blood pure, we have yet no doubt that our Prince of WALES will turn out an Englishman every inch of him. But if our discipline manu factures Germans into first rate constitutional monarchs it can also make of them heart less and ruthless despots Tzars, in fact. Real Tartars European polish, as of old, serving only as a superficial disguise to the feline nature beneath. The savage with the " mild eyes" was succeeded by a son of whom it was thought that the heart was as mild as the eyes. But Czar-despots cannot get rid of their nature ; and we have now too many painful proofs that the present CZAR is no exception. The tamest of VAN AMBURGU'S huge cats could never be trusted not to kill a man, and the mildest CZAR can never be trusted not to deceive, torture, and murder in the interest of Czardom. ALEXANDER IL is at this moment but too plain an exemplification of the sad truth. Czardom is so holy a cause in his eyes, that to act the venal spy, and to ensnare the inhabitants of a town into acts which might afford a miserable pretext for whole sale butchery, is holy work. The Poles were created for his uncle CONSTANTINE to outrage, for his father NICHOLAS to murder by wholesale when they resisted his brother's outrages, and for ALEX ANDER 11. to decoy into a peaceful procession that he might shoot them down by drunken Cossacks— soldiers, if they deserve that name, so drunk, that they in some cases beat the officials themselves. The men, doubtless, were not remarkable for ten derheartedness ; but it was requisite to intoxicate even them before they could be trusted to butcher, without mercy, unarmed women and children. In the rudest soldier natures, it seems there is some thing more human than in the hearts of Germans educated for Czarship. The soldiers must be made half mad to do the horrid work which Czars and their higher officers could order in cold blood. It is no w certain that such has been the delibe• rate policy of the " mild CZAR" this year with Poland. The frightful massacres of this spring at Warsaw were beyond all doubt inspired from St. Petersburg. To tolerate national manifestations, and to encourage them, was a part of a deliberate design to extinguish them in blood ; the unhappy people being so far beguiled as to believe that they needed nothing but access in some authorised legi timate way to the " King of Poland" to insure atten- tion to their very reasonable requests. Unhappy men ! Unhappy women and infants !—they little dreamed that their supposed paternal monarch was a Tiger watching for their blood, and only remain ing quiet for a while, that his spring might be more sure and fatal. Lest, however, the Poles should too soon forget what a CZAR was, the lesson has been repeated at Vilna. The inhabitants of that town, it was known at St. Petersburg, could not forget their birth. They were Poles. And if they had in common with their nation to bewail a suppressed nationality, hey yet loved to keep in mind that they were not semi-barbarian Russians. The knowledge of such a state of mind was a cause of dark perturbation to the' mild CzAtt? What pretext could he find to satiate his morose hatred of noble patriotic recollec tions in blood. The inhabitants of Wilna were quiet, there was no excuse for bayonets and bullets ; could not something be done to get up the semblance of a crowd, a procession, a meeting, some kind of assembly into which Cossacks could fire, and with out being prize shots, be sure to kill and wound ? A willing tool was easily found, and we shall give the narrative of the business in the words of an evidently trustworthy correspondent of the Daily News. The letter is dated from Warsaw, the 10th of this month : "It is now proved beyond a doubt that the events at Wilna, of the 18th August, formed part of a preconcerted plan of the Russian authorities to draw the Poles into a collision with the soldiery, so as to afford the Government a pretext for avenging itself on them for the ceremony of the 12th i❑ memory of the union, which it appears gave great offence to the Emperor. Secret orders had been sent to M. NAZIMOFF from St. Petersburg, after his report of the ceremony had been received there ; and although their exact nature has not transpired, some words which the general was heard to say leave little doubt as to their purport :—' I will put a stop to these hymns, those stupid prayers, these demonstrations; 1 will restore order' —words which were soon followed by deeds that gave striking testimony to their significance. No time was lost in obeying the orders received from head-quarters. The first step in the disgraceful plot was taken a very few days after by the .Government agents who began to spread a report announcing the arrival of a procession. The authorities feigned to believe the rumour, and sent policemen to every house i n th e town to warn the porters against harbouring the pilgrims who were coming from the . kingdom. These were followed by other policemen, but this time in disguise, who, pretending to belong to the national party, exhorted the inhabitants to take the pilgrims into their houses and conceal them so as to enable them to escape the police. A police functionary, disguised as a pilgrim, actually entered the church of Ostrobrama, and announced in terms of the most touching eloquence to the congregation the approaching arrival of his companions." The first improbable reports of the helpless towns people having killed the soldiers, is as false as it was improbable. Not one soldier was killed. An eye-witness told the writer of the letter that the atrocities committed by the troops surpassed de scription." The massacre was begun by Colonel WASKLIEFF, by horsewhipping a poor old woman till she was covered with blood. The Cossacks charged the people, some with drawn swords, some with lances, and others with knouts. At the Pawhoulavka gate, at the square of the Holy Ghost, and before the church of St. Ignatius, there were heaps of bodies that had been trodden down by the horses or pierced with lances. At the last of these places ten persons were killed, and many more lives would have been sacrificed had not the people taken refuge in the church of the Bernardins. The sol diers were so drunk that they did not recognise friends from foes, and severely beat and otherwise injured several Russian officials who happened to be in the crowd. A list, a very incomplete one, of forty severely wounded was seen by our informant. M. NAZIMOFF and his complacent CZAR have had their fill of blood." What may be in the counsels of Providence for the Poles, it is not for us to predict ; but the ex perience of the present generation points to the conclusion that love of nationality is not an empty nor a hopeless sentiment. Greece and Belgium have regained existence within recent memory, and Italy is now before us as a nation born in a year, and already complete, except where the supercilious vanity of the heartless Frenchman and the sullen brutality of the Austrian mar the scene. Hungary, after twelve years of ceaseless efforts to make her a part of the trumpery Archduchy, is the fine old Kingdom of Hungary still—and what shall we say of Poland ? The fangs of Russian despotism strike into her very vitals, and yet she lives—lives more than ever. In the longest separated parts of the kingdom of the JAGELLONS, the Polish feeling is kindling afresh, and all things are preparing for the opportunity which even this generation may live to see. ACCIDENT TO 2HE GREAT EASTERN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 17, 5 P.M. The Great Eastern steamer is in the Offing, dis abled. Assistance has been sent to her. The above steamer sailed from Liverpool on the 10th of September for New York. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 18, 8.30. The Great Eastern is being now towed into the harbour. H.M.S, Advice has also gone to her as. sistance. QUEENSTOWN, 9 P.M. The Great Eastern has been obliged to bring up one mile outside the lighthouse, where she will remain till the morning. She has lost paddle_ wheels, and damaged her rudder and steering gear. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the General Commanding-in-Chief, returned home last evening from visiting the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, at Rumpenheim, near Frankfort, and from at tending the exercises of the Prussian army before the King of Prussia. His Imperial Highness the Duke Nicolas Leich tenburg, accompanied by Gene' a 1 Rehbinder, has left Cia. ridge's Hotel for Hamilton Palace. The Princess Kotchouby bas arrived at Claridge's Hotel from St. Leonard's. The Duke of Somerset has been staying at Stover House, Devon, since his official visit to Pembroke. The duchess and family are also staying at Stover. The duke and duchess are expected at the Admiralty early in the ensuing month. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are at their seat in Norfolk. A select party are visiting the duke for the shooting season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury arrived in town last evening from Jerveaux Abbey, Yorkshire, and depart to-day for Tottenham-park, near Marlborough. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family have gone to Palmer Castle to pass a few weeks. The Earl of Warwick and Mr. George Repton have left St. James's Stable-yard, for Warwick Castle, for shooting. The countess has left Harrowgate on a visit to the Earl of Wemyss and March in Scotland. The Earl of Rosslyn has left Claridge's Hotel for Scotland. Count and Countess Alexander Stroganoff and family have returned to the Clarendon Hotel from the Isle of Wight. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are ex pectel to arrive in town to-day from 'Palmer Castle, Kent. Viscountess Jocelyn has left Tollymore Park, Dundalk, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, at Baron's Court, Tyrone. The marriage of Viscount Clifden and Miss Seymour, daughter of Lady Augusta Seymour, originally appointed to take place to-day, has been postponed. -- - - In consequence of the demise of Earl Fortescue the marriage of Viscount Sandon, nephew of the late earl, and Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of the Marquis and Mar chioness of Exeter, has been deferred for a few days. The Baron and Baroness Charles de Rothschild and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley- square. DISCOVERY OF THE RETREAT OF ANCIENT IRISH KINGS NEAR CLONMACNOISE.—A correspondent of Saun ders' News Letter, writing from Ballinasloo, says :—" In the month of July last I sent you the particulars of some ancient regal ornaments which had been found by a coun tryman, and purchased from him by the Messrs. Haynes, of this town. The notice I then wrote attracted general at tention throughout the country, and several parties ex pressed an anxiety to obtain the ornaments, which were of pure gold, and consisted of a crown and collar. An intima tion was even sent through the authorities, under the regu lations of treasure trove, demanding the ornaments, of course at their proper value. They have since been publicly exhi bited in the collection of the Dublin Society, and much ad mired by those who reli,h antiquarian researches. The Messrs. Haynes offered the countryman a handsome douceur if he would point out where he found the relics, but this the wily native knowingly declined to do, no doubt expecting that other articles of value might yet be discovered in the same locality. He has, however, at length divulged the particulars. The man resided at a place called Skea, near the celebrated ruins of Clonmacnoise, on the brink of the Shannon. In the course of some agricultural operations be removed a large• flag which opened the passage to a spacious cavern, in which were found the crown and collar, together with some ancient bronze weapons and several utensils used for culinary purposes. The discoverer of this singular labyrinth kept it concealed from the knowledge of any one for a considerable length of time, but at length he has been induced to show it to a very few individuals under a promise of secrecy ; and as he is about to leave this country for Australia he intends for a consi deration to lead the way to this curious subterranean chamber, evidently the retreat of the ancient monarchs who reigned in_the locality. A. friend cf mine, who has been in the cavern, says that he was so fortunate as to have un veiled to his astonished view the intricacies of this hidden apartment, and many singular vestiges of a defunct race. It was no doubt, a fortalice and residence. The hard pressed chieftains and his followers found in its recesses the most perfect security and concealment, for if any pur suers had the temerity to tread the tortuous windings of the entrance, certain destruction was sure to reach them ere they reached the apartments, several feet below the surface of what appears to be a limestone crag. I forgot to say that amongst other relics of bygone days are ten ela borately ornamented slabs, of an octagonal form, and bear ing long inscriptions in the Ogham character. There are few who will be able to unravel thestory which these vene rable records display to the eye of the curious. No doubt they will yet form the subject of study and research to the antiquary and the learned. The discovery of this wonder• ful cavern throws much light upon the legends of Bryan O'Donoghue, and to this retreat from his enemies is no doubt due the story of his compact with the Evil One, from the consequences of which the Abbot St. Kierran is said to have released him. I intend to explore this retreat of the ancient chieftains of this neighbourhood on an early day, and to supply you with a description in detail," Li I i ;: 124 14 '-je NAPLES, SEPT. 17. During the night between Thursday and Friday last a band of 100 Bourbon brigands landed in Calabria between Breizzano and Brancaleone. They are now surrounded by the troops and the National Guard. The Duke de Montebello has had an interview with General Cialdini. PARIS, SEPT. 17. The Pays of this evening announces that the Viceroy of Egypt left Constantinople on the 15th inst. to return to Cairo, and that the Marquis de Lavalette will set out on the 20th inst. for Rome. FLORENCE, SEPT. 17 A deputation from the National Guard of Pa lermo, which arrived here in order to be present at the opening of the Exhibition, has been warmly received by the population. TURIN, SEPT. 18. The Nationals'lie of to-day states that Messrs. Robinson and Co., the contractors for the establish ment of a mail service for the Adriatic and the Mediterranean, have withdrawn from their con tract with the Italian Government, and forfeited the caution-money which they had deposited. VIENNA, SEPT. 18 Notwithstanding the denial of the Oste- Deutsche Zeitun g , it is now certain that Baron Kemeney, Aulic Chancellor for Transylvania, has tendered his resignation, and that it has been accepted by the Emperor. CRACOW, SEPT. 18, The state of things at Warsaw is still gloomy. Popular excesses continue to take place. The day before yesterday the shop of a glover in the Neu welt quarter of the city was demolished. Yester day the plate-glass windows of a German confec tioner's shop were smashed, and the fixtures and furniture broken to pieces by the mob, without any interference on the part of the police, who were present. AGRAM, SEPT. 18 The Agramer Zeitung of to-day announces that great resistance is manifested by the Turkish popu lation of Bosnia against the calling out of the Bashi-Bazouks for military service. THE OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 18 The Ceylon (from Southampton on the 4th of September) arrived at Malta at 6 a.m. on the.l3th, and continued her voyage at 9 o'clock the same evening. The Valetta (from Marseilles on the 12th) reached Malta at 6 p.m., and was to leave at 10 p.m. on the 14th inst. HOLLAND. THE KING'S SPEECH ON THE OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. The legislative session of Holland was opened on Monday, at the Hague, by the King in perßon ; on which occasion his Majesty delivered the following speech : " Noble and Powerful Lords,—Thanks to Provi dence, I have the happiness of being able again this year, on the occasion of the opening of the le , gislative session, to make favourable communica tions relative to the affairs of the country. If, unhappily, some provinces of the kingdom have suffered from inundations in consequence of the disas trous ice-drifts of our rivers, and if the distress • resulting therefrom has been extreme, the philan thropic spirit which characterises the people of the Netherlands, and the lively sympathies which have been manifested throughout Europe as well as in other parts of the world, have mitigated many of those evils, and contributed powerfully to assist us in our efforts to repair such great calamities. I attach the highest value to those eminent testi monies of humanity, and I consider it as an imperi ous duty to acknowledge the fact here publicly. " It is to me an agreeable duty to announce to you that the relations of the Low Countries with the other Powers continue to exist on the most satisfactory footing. There has been concluded with Belgium a convention which will regulate in an equitable manner the question of the derivation of the waters of the Meuse. In oar country, too, efforts are being made to favour international rela tions by the abolition of troublesome formalities. " I congratulate myself upon the fact that our forces continue to be distinguished by an excellent spirit, and that they display a laudable zeal to respond worthily to their important mission. We watch with solicitude the employment of the means you have granted for the augmentation of the defences of the conntry. Since the law regarding the national militia has been promulgated, we have been busily engaged with the framing of a law for the communal guards. " The position of our possessions beyond the sea is generally favourable. Some of those countries have been also tried and visited with great calami ties. We have had to deplore the loss of many of our people. Here again we have had reason to be convinced how closely united the Netherlands and their possessions are by the ties of mutual sym pathies. It is to be regretted that the risings in the southern and eastern parts of Borneo have not as yet been suppressed, and that they continue to demand the employment of our armed forces. But when I consider the many sew proofs of valour and fidelity which both our military and naval forces have given us, I am justified in regarding the future with confidence. "In regard to the West Indies, the abolition of slavery:is still a question of the highest importance. A bill on this subject will be immediately submitted to your deliberations. There will be also presented to you other bills concerning the colonies. " As to the affairs of the interior, they exhibit in many respects the most satisfactory aspect. " Although the situation of the timber trade may not be yet much ameliorated, the number of ships at sea has not diminished. The navigation is main tained at the same height. " Whilst the complications of the United States of America exercise an unfavourable influence on commercial affairs generally, the importations, ex portations, and transit trade have been, notwith standing, constantly augmenting. " The bills upon the medical service are ready, and will be soon submitted to you. " With the exception of one alimentary sub stance of primary necessity for the people, the har vest presents very good results. " The important question of the redemption of the tithes has occasioned much consideration, which has led to the elaboration of a bill, which will be presented to you immediately. " The arts and sciences continue to flouribh. The exposition of national industry which has just taken place in the province of Northern Holland has given evident proofs of the progress of industry. "The action of the law on primary instruction gives favourable results. " There is in preparation at this moment a bill intended to regulate the middle-class education. " It is with pleasure I communicate to you the fact that the numerous preparatory operations for the establishment of a network of railways are so advanced that their execution will be no longer deferred. The direction of the major part of the lines is already decreed. The execution of certain works of art will soon be proceeded with. Every thing induces us to anticipate. unless unexpected obstacles should arise, that a considerable portion of those works will be finished in the course of the next year. i‘ You may readily suppose that the last injuries to the dikes must necessitate extraordinary expen diture. Propositions will be made to you on the subject of the cost of reparation, as well as in re ference to the subsidies to be granted to the inte rested districts. "I look with solicitude to the creation of the provision of the fundamental law relative to the relations of Church and State. You will have pre sented to you a bill upon the suppression of the right of collation of the State in the Reformed Church, and also a bill regarding the pensions of ministers of worship. " Measures are in preparation for the carrying out of the new judiciary organisation. The last, hand is being put to the new code of criminal in struction, and to the project of the judiciary divi sion of the kingdom. Nevertheless, the date for coming into operation of the new judiciary organi sation, which was only voted in the month of Alay last by the Legislature, must be fixed further off. " The situation of the finances of the State con tinues to be favourable. Whilst circumstances have necessitated loans, we have been able to continue the redemption of the debt. "The produce of the ways and means has been satisfactory. " There will be presented to you immediately a bill upon the administration of the domains of the Crown. " You will have also to deliberate upon a new bill relative to the revision of the tariff of the duties on imports and exports. You will have to consider numerous and important projects. You have thus once more to fulfil an important duty. " May you all be animated by one and the same exclusive thought to favour the real interests of our dear country. " May your deliberations be carried on under the blessing of the Almighty. " I declare open the ordinary session of the States General." FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 17.—The market has been less animated to-day, and a smaller amount of busi ness transacted, but prices have been pretty well maintained—Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 15c. Railways quiet. The following are the last quotations : 41 per per Cents ... 96 20 Credit Foncier l2lO Do end month..., 96 30 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 15 Roman Bank Shares 2930 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 763 75 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 765 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l4lB 75 .. 1420 Northern New ditto .— Lyons and Mediterranean 1026 25 .. 1027 50 Geneva 357 50 .. 358 75 Southern 657 50 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard ......... 546 25 .. 547 50 RUSSIA. In the absence of the Emperor the citizens of St. Petersburg, on the fete day of his Imperial Majesty, forwarded an address of congratulation to him, by telegraph, to Livadia, in the Crimea. On the following day the Emperor returned a message of acknowledgment and thanks to his loyal subjects of the capital by the same channel of communi cation. By an Imperial ukase, the special schools sup ported by the State for the children of the lower class of civil functionaries have been suppressed as separate establishments. The children are to be re ceived into existing schools, to be educated among the children of other classes of the people, without the previous official distir, ction. The two Russian ships of war, the corvette Sokol, and the frigate Ilia Mourometz, of 54 guns, that composed the squadron of observation on the coast of Syria, have been recalled to the Baltic. ITALY. Notwithstanding the announcement that Gari baldi has refused the offer of a military command in the service of the Federal States of America, the latest Italian journals express considerable uncer tainty as to his decision. A letter in the Opinione Nationale hints that the General has accepted the offer, or has reserved his acceptance. The Opinione is unwilling to believe the rumour, asserting that the Liberator of the Two Sicilies owes his services, before all, to his country. The Armonitz of Turin states that Garibaldi and several of his old com panions in arms will actually proceed to America; and, in that case, asks, " What is to become of Italy ?" The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ex-King of Naples has replied to Baron Ricasoli's circular relative to the insurrectionary bands in the Neapo litan provinces, by a memorandum, in whic the Baron's statements are declared to be a tissue of untruths. The document terminates in these words : " Has such an epoch of destruction, ruin, and murder ever existed under the Government of the Bourbons ? Does the last half century show a number of capital executions approaching that of the persons shot in a single day by the Piedmon tese ? The times of Atilla are thrown into the shade by those of Piedmont. The brutal force of the most monstrous conquest aims at sub jecting the intelligence of a nation which upholds its dignity, which struggles to shake off the yoke of a tyranny introduced under the mask of liberty, and afterwards developed with the ferocity of the assassin. The people of the Two Sicilies, rich in all social resources, proud of those geniuses who were the glory of Italy, a people numbering about ten millions of souls, possessing great and powerful cities, could not, cannot, and never will become a province of Piedmont, deprived of everything which constitutes the grandeur of nations. The people of the Two Sicilies, therefore, combat spontaneously, and hitherto without any impulse from without, in order to recover their former greatness ; they claim the return of that splendour imparted to their coun try by the immortal Charles 111, who raised it from the state of a province to a kingdom; they demand the preservation of the religion of their fathers in all its purity, of which intrigues, cowardice, and treason have sought to deprive them." THIS DAYS HARE_ETS, CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English grain fresh up to this morning's market woe small, and the demand for both red and white qualities ruled steady at quite Monday's advance in the quotations of is per qr. The imports of foreign wheat are confined to 8,330 qrs., and the show of samples was very moderate. For most descriptions there was a steady inquiry at full currencies. Floating cargoes of grain sold readily, and the quotations were well maintained. Barley was very firm, and prices had an upward ten dency. We have to report a limited sale of malt at previous rates. Oats—the supply of which was small—moved off steadily at full quotations. Holders of both beans and peas were very firm, and in some instances rather higher prices were realised. Flour was in good demand at fully previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Irish.. ...... Whe lt. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 730 ' 150 i 820 1 190 1 790 Foreign ( 30 1 -- 6,880 j sack 7,840 brls. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is fairly supplied with new hops, which move off slowly at fram £7 7s to £l3 13s per cwt. Year ling and old qualities are a dull inquiry. Duty about £120,000. WHITECHAPEL. The trade is in a sluggish state, as follows :-- Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Sibs. by the carcase. DUNDEE.—GOOD NEWS FROM THE WHALERS.— A telegram was received in Dundee on Saturday evening from Peterhead, where the Polar Star had arrived "full," from the whale fishing. The following is the report of the Dundee vessels :—Camperdown, 14 fish; Tay, 14 (75 tuns); Polynia, 13; Alexander, 4; Dundee, 13; Narwhal, 24; Jumna, 18; and Wildfire, 15. A telegram received by another serron is somewhat different. It gives the following report : —Tay, bumper ship ; Narwhal, 14 ; Jumna, 24; and the )ther vessels as in the first telegram. If the vessels and cargoes all arrive safe, this will be, we believe, the most successful whale fishing season the Dundee ships have elver had, MEETING OF F_RENCLI _IMBASS,sDOE' • A letter from Paris says :—There will be quite a rendezvous of French Ambassadors in Paris this week, previous to their going to their posts—M. do Lavalette coming from England, M. de Moustier from Vienna, M. de Grammout returning from Rome, and probably M. Benedetti, who has gone to Trouville to fetch Madame Benedetti. It looks almost like a conclave, especially if one remembers that the Emperor himself is expected back from Biarritz during the week. This meeting of the French representatives at Rome, Vienna, Turin, and Constantinople may be, of course, quite fortuitous ; but under the present circumstances this fortunate chance, which coin cides at the same time with the return of the Em peror, may be used to bring about a certain har mony of action among them all. Complicated as the situation is in every one of the four countries to which the ambassadors have to go, and connected as the political questions agitated in them are, unity of action is more necessary than ever. As in many other things, there is a great differ ence between the political action of England abroad and the system of French diplomacy. England goes on the principle so often enunciated by Lord Palmerston, of judging each question which arises on its proper merits, while following certain tra ditional principles of action with respect to each Government—such for instance, as the maintenance of the Ottoman Empire, or the necessity of Austria as a great Power for the political equilibrium of Europe. As each political question arises in succes sion the first consideration always is to see if and how these traditional principles are affected by it. In order to arrive at the just appreciation of each question great liberty must be left, and is left to the representatives, and not only to those in the higher spheres, but likewise to those lower down in the diplomatic and consular hierarchy. In France, on the contrary, a general system of policy is followed abroad as at home, and every question which arises is studied and used to further this general policy. As the single representatives have not all the threads of this policy in their hands, liberty of action might be dangerous. Hence they are tied down by formal instructions, and whenever the slightest doubt arises they refer to their Govern ment, avoiding, as much as possible, all responsi bility of free action. This makes the position of French diplomatists rather awkward now and then, for they can often not even guess what part they are playing in this general policy; but it has cer tainly the advantage of bringing about a unity of action almost unparall e l e d, even b y R uss i a. This system, which has always more or less ex isted, has been brought to greater perfection by the present Emperor ; nor could it be otherwise. Foreign policy is an engine for home and dynastic policy, he alone has the key of it, and he must have pliant instruments to work it out. To do so he has an advantage to which is due in great measure the undeniable superiority which he has shown on so many occasions. In ether countries crowned heads and statemen have had small or no opportu nity of judging of the movement of the popular spirit which agitates more or less all Europe. Either overlooking it altogether or looking down upon it with prejudice and ill-will, they make light of it in the beginning and lose their heads in the end. The Emperor Napoleon, on the contrary, has lived in the midst of this rising popular spirit for 20 years, fol lowing it step by step in all its branches and rami fications, and knowing it in all its strength and weakness, not in France alone, but all over Europe. He indulged in no illusions about " temporary aber rations," but recognised an inevitable reality, and took account of it in his policy as one of the most powerful agents. Having once done so, he could not but see that this new element was sure sooner or later to modify and upset a great many diploma tic and powerful " axioms," that there were a great number of political prejudices which would be swept away, and that the two broad principles of nationality and popular sovereignty were tending to change the political surface of Europe. To follow movements of the popular spirit abroad, to judge of their importance and bring them in as one of the factors in diplomacy, requires rather dif ferent qualities from those that were wanted when diplomacy consisted in hunting out Court intrigues. It might require a little of the statesman, which can scarcely be always expected in diplomatists, how ever clever they might be otherwise. Hence the new system requires a new school, as it were, and diplomatists must be better kept in hand than before, Whether the ambassadors are to have a lesson in the new school I cannot tell, but it looks almost like it. SIR W. ARNSTRoNG AND CAPTAIN BLAKELY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—During the debate on the Patent Laws at the meeting of the British Association last week, Sir W. Armstrong related how he and Mr. Brunel were in 1855 constructing a cannon, when they dis covered that the method they had hit upon had been patented a few weeks before, whereupon they put aside their half-made gun. I, sir, was the patentee, and I have accordingly been held up to the readers of the provincial papers as a complete dog in the manger. In one paragraph I find myself figuring as one who, " through mere caprice or obstinacy, withholds from practical application a discovery, neither using it himself nor allowing it to be used by others." In another I see that on me is thrown the " re sponsibility of depriving the country of an inven tion which might have been to its advantage." As these papers totally ignore the reply I made at the meeting, I trust you will allow me to set myself right with my friends and the public through the columns of the Times . The facts are exactly the reverse of those sup posed by the writers I have quoted. I both made many guns myself and allowed others to make them. To Sir W. Armstrong I gave especial per mission to make experimental guns free of all licence, and offered a licence on all guns for Eng land at a merely nominal rent. I even asked him to build one gun at my expense, and he actually did bore one for Mr. J. Longridge, who discovered the plan just after me, but before Sir William and Mr. Brunel. I have always been quite ready to admit that the second and third, and indeed all in dependent discoverers have equal merit with the first, if there be any merit in discovery. I confess I see none, but I do think Mr. Longridge and my self deserve thanks for giving up mu c h t ime and i l s ab f o a u r r mo to re d d e i v ffi e e lo o p lt i 7f g ar th m e or d e trying—.persuading and —wh a t _persuading others of its value. We have left no stone unturned to induce Government to try our plan fairly. I have even offered three times within the last 18 months to construct and place at the disposal of Govern ment, entirely at my own expense, a 600 -pounder gun. Sir Wm. Armstrong confesses that he finds difficulty in constructing even a 300 -pounder, and ships huge shot must b e . If he will ne ith er t t h h r a o t w a n ga t in o s c t ru ir s o h n- i p n la t t h e e d ir himself build a gun capable of projecting such shot, nor let us do so, I cannot see that he is jus tified in throwing on us " the responsibility of de priving the country of an invention which might have been to its advantage." I am no advocate of the present patent laws—l believe in most cases they are injurious to inventors, and in few indeed necessary to foster discoveries—but the present case they do n o t a ff ect, for both Mr.L ongridge asd I are and always have been ready to sacrifice any and all our rights which clash with the public interest.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, T. A. BLAKELY. TILE PRICE OF GOLD The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille prem.; slid the short exchange on London is 25.421 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4291 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at aCt day sight is 1071 to 107; per cent., which, when compared witdhtlB:e Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange 13 against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rats learn no profit on !muslin gold to the United States. I I I