The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M.. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. —M. Jullien has the gratification to announce that Miss DOLBY and Signor MILLARD' will niake their first appearance this evening. Tenth time of the new grand French Quadrille, and first time of the grand selection from La Traviata. p re; gramine for THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Nov. 19) : p ar t I. Overture, Emyanthe—Weber ; Quadrille, from Meym-beer's opera L'Etoile du Nord—Jullien; Symphony, Andanie in E flat, from the Symphony in C—Mendelssohn ; Aria, Ds tllevolte sul campo d'onor (Pia del Tolimei)--Doni zetti-IWs Dolby ; Duo, Violin and Violoncello (Les Hugue nots), Tien:Ktemps and Servals), MM. Camille Demunck and Ernest Dennock, jun. ; Polka, My Mary Anne (ninth time), Jullien (dedica, 4 ed to Mrs. Barney Williams); Symphony, Larghetto from the Symphony in D—Beethoven ; Caba letta, La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)—Verdi--Signor Mil lardi ; the French Ruadrille, tenth time (Jullien), with varia tions for flute, lavolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Somenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig. Finale : "Partant pour la Syrie," " Vive l'Empereur." Part 2.—Opera, Grand dperatic Selection from Verdi's of " La Traviata," with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes, and Kcenig, being the first time of performance. Scotch song, " Over the Sea" (Mrs. Groome) Miss Dolby; Valse, Paul et Virginia— Jullien (3d time this season) ; Fantasia, "Violo d'Amore," an ancient instrument, Souvenir d'Ecosse—(Schreurs), Herr Schreurs ; Valse, Peri—D'Albert ; Galop, Pelissier—Jullien. Conductor —M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices if admission:—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., El ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting M•tn.9ger, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET , every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, ls. 6d. ; Pit., 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 78. ; Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers : —Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn. plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Caizi. THIS' EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (by particular desire) R.,ssini's popular Opera Comique, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLI A. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Clerici,' M. Gassier, Herr Formes, Signor Revere, Signor Mattoni, and c , ig,nor Lorini. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. Other characters by Mr. A. Younge, Mr. Templeton, Miss Bulmer, and Miss E. Wadham. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office e the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY), and every evening during the week, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which Perea 'Neva and the Spanish Dancers. With (2d time) an entirely new farce, entitled A FAMILY FAILING, in which. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. To be followed by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S' KNOCK. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Return of Mdme. Celeste.—Third Night of a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza. Third week this season of Madame Celeste. The successful new comic drama of A Border Marriage, with Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Mur ray every evening.—Good Night, Sig. Pantalon.—THlS EVENING, the comic opera of GOOD NIGH I', SIG. PAN TALON : by Messrs. P. Bedford and J. Bland, Misses Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Arden, &c. After which, with new sce nery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. Coneluding with A BORDER MAR RIAGE. Sir Walter Raebrirn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandie, Mr. Wright ; Mistress' Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murray and C. Leclereq.- Mendelssolm's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. FABIAN, or "IA Mesalliance," every Evening. Burlesque every Evening. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Nov. 19), a Romantic Play, in four acts, entitled, FABIAN, or " La Mesall ante," with new scenic and mechanical effects, &c. Fabian, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. Concluding with the Bnrlesque of THE WINTER'S TALE. Misses Woolgar, Wilton, Mrs. B. White, Messrs. Toole; Calbaem, Barrett, Brongh, &c., Miss Rosina Wright, and the Ballet. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. LESEReeR, Messrs. SitephPrcl and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWER GIRL; or, Convict Marquis.. Cranon, Yr. Creswick ; Louis Barennes, Mr. Cal vert ; Launay, Mr. Charles ; Baptiste, Mr. Widdicomb ; Le Beau, Mr, Vollaire ; Madeline, Miss Biddies. To conclude with DRED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Wncle Tiff, Mr. Widdicomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A. Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson; Lisette, Miss Ellis. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred. Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY A T HOME. MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus. Miss Maekell ; Crensa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs. Lullaby, Mrs. Stirling. Commence at ha't-past Seven. ASTLEY'S itOYAL AMPHITHEA.TRE. Lessee And Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING an entirely new Equestrian Spectacle. founded upon Mrs. Beecher Stowe's popular work, called DRED, in which will be developed its graphic Equestrian Sketches of Negro Life, by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses, expressly trained by him. After which, Miss Kate Cooke in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. Also Mr.. Tames Cooke. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-past six • commence at seven o'clock. Box.affice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. C A.N TERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lux company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: —Mi ss E . Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulf i eld, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghrnans, R. Grover, T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Cerri; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. iiarroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director,. Mr. J. Cau pp l 6 eld. Comm ence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Sters, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to, the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANIS:ff MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and. sing some of their favourite selec tions. RI(IH WATER AT LONDON P.R T Urx T a m DA y—Morn. 41 min. aft. 6—E vening 13 mi-n. aft 7 Tn.moago w—Aforn.26 min. aft. 7—Evening 26 min. a f t.. es' THE WEATHER—SUN OFFunt. NOvENIR - THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. za 1 9 . 50 —highest since noon yesterday. 44 .owest this morning and during the nirc'tit„, 50 —this dry noor. BAROMET7,II, 3010. WIND, N.W.—Light, with fine, st‘nshiny weather. Heavy rain in the morning. STAMPED EDITION 07? THE The Latest Edition of Ti Slc m , Stamped, in time for Post, may alwa• ys be had from half- past 5 till 7 o'clock evc ,ry evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heaTing " THIRD EDITION'' is always to be see a on the papers containing the latest news. I f any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that, Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Oface, .I_l2, Strand. f ( „ z, 41( , L L'iSDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1c56 The position of affairs just now appears to Le anything but siAisf.totory. The position of affair s , we mean, in a diplomatic poi n t of view con sidered, that is t o sa y, in regard to the grand problem of the mainfwance of international trail- quillity. How much, for example, that is un questionably of a warlike character is there not steadily looming in sight upon the political field of vision at this moment—at this moment when we are all crying "Peace, peace," according to the old parrot wont of communities threatened with some grand explosion of internecine and inter national conflict—probable WAR to the East with Persia—possible WAR to the West with America ! Yonder a hostile Shah—yonder an inimical Pre sident ! Besides this—a variety of Timed ques- tions, breeding and ill-blood among the na tions of Europe. Questions such as those involved in the affairs of Naples—in those of the Isle of Ser pents—in those of the Straits of Yenikale ! Miser able little bones of contention over which the "dogs of war" may very soon wrangle themselves iate fresh struggles----fierce and sanguinary. And all this while—with a rupture threatened at the Court of Teheran, and another talked of in the council chambers of King BOMEA, and gloom, and doubt, and terrors of all kinds settling heavily down upon the newly inaugurated Presidency of BIICHANA.N—the gay old Barnacle, the spark ling old Barnacle, the light in hand old Barnacle (meaning, of course, my Lord Viscount PALMERSTON) is babbling at Manchester with a sort of a jaunty superciliousness about the haughty and supreme resolve of England, of the Allies, to preserve this bran-new Peace—the Peace of Paris—the Precious Peace—inviolate ! Words ! words ! That is all we have had yet—that is all we are likely at this rate ever to obtain from our present policy as the fruits of our magniloquent diplomacy, as the results of our sanguinary cam paigns, as the climax and glory of all our ostenta tiously conducted negotiations. Russia, for ex ample, at the same time, retaining to the last the battle-field of the Crimea, having Sebastopol re stored to her to reconstruct again at her leisure in all its vast and formidable scheme orsystem of fortifica cations, having her former rank admitted anew at the councils of the aggregated powers of Christen dom, having no indemnity extorted from her in expiation of her wanton, and shameless, and ruinous, and infamous aggressions ! Austria hold ing, month after month, within her grasp the " material guarantee "—filched from the chief contenders at the very outset of the conflict, and retained in spite of them all long after the date of its ultimate conclusion—the " ma terial guarantee" of the Danubian Princi palities ! Naples still to the last outraging uninterruptedly the conscience of the Civilised West by her judicial atrocities and the flagrantly despotic ferocity constituting the secret motive power of her abhorred Government ! Nothing, in fact, anywhere discoverable in the condition of the European family of nations calculated in any way to console or to encourage—beyond the happy reconsolidation of late of what appeared very recently to have been rather seriously jeopar dised, namely, the one great pledge of the ulterior triumph of Right over Might i❑ Christendom, the glorious and, please GOD, solid and pernianent Alliance, Aggressive and Defensive, cemented between the two leading Powers of the world, those of the French and English Governments ! That is the mainstay—that is the chief solace—that is the sole good, as it seems to us, born out of all this mass of incalculable and complicated evils. The Anglo-French Alliance ! It may yet prove, with the blessing of DIVINE PROVIDENCE it will yet prove, the talisman of good to Christendom ! That is to say, of course, upon the one condition of the sincerity of the two Cabinets, of the identity of their views upon all the principal questions at issue, upon thecordial recognition by each of what ought in reason to be the common aim of both, the blending together of the interests, and hopes, and aspira tions at once of the twin peoples and of their Sovereigns. The Anglo-French Alliance once absolutely consolidated—and the two countries may laugh to score the simultaneous apparition of the auguries of evil—advancing upon then' both, or upon either of them, from the East and from the West, from Persia or from the United States, from any one or all of the surrounding nations of the European Continent, from the old or from the Lew hemisphere. Binding their rods of empire together about• the weapons of their blende,,l Power, the Axe of Battle must perforce be Lome and remain in their grasp, the Fasces of an irre sistible domination. On Monday we traced the causes of the leading monetary crises from, the commencement of the war in 1793 to the restoration of cash pay ments under the Act of 1819. In every instance the distress was created by an undue reduction of the paper circulation, and altogether removed, or greatly alleviated, by an increased issue. We shall now show that, notwithstanding the necessity for exchanging the bank note for gold on demand, similar events took place under the new regime, and that the only thing which ever endangered the convertibility of the bank note was, at first, the timidity of the Directors, which occasioned the panics ; and subsequently the mischievous operation of the so-called " self acting regulator of the currency," which invari ably moved in the wrong direction, making money, when plentiful, a mere " drug in the market," and when scarce increasing the pressure, and occasioning the wildest excitement and most abject terror, by a very Impolitic contraction of the issues at the critical moment. The very preparations for carrying the Act of 11319 into effect brought back all the calamities of 1816. The Bank had keen steadily importing gold in 1819, 20, 21. The natural results fol lowed, so that Government was compelled to come forward with measures for the relief of the exist ing distress at the commencement of the session 'of 1822. The general object of the various bills introduced was to force four millions of bank notes into the hands of the public, or, as the then Premier, Lord LITERPOOL, declared, " to extend and quicken the circulation." He con fessed that the means adopted might be in some degree inconsistent with the security of the recently adopted standard, but they were obliged to brave the danger. The exigencies of the time admitted of no alternative, and loans of bank Paper were made to the Government, to public works, to parishes, to landed proprietors—in fact, iu any quarter where adequate security could be offered for repayment. It is n ee dl ess to say that the addition of so l arge a proportion to the active circulation of the Sauk of England speedily led to an addition to provincial circulation—the private banks being then subject to no restrictions—and, as a matter of course, to the discount of bills of exchange and advances on all legitimate instruments of credit. We have it on the authority of Lord OVERSTONE, that, on any contraction of the circu tion of the country, bills of exchange would be contracted in a much greater degree--or, to use "in a ve r y i ncreased ratio. " The converse of propositio n i s a l so true, and any expansion w p a o ns nor ion of the currency is o sfoll rexedchbayngae.greTathlye n e ine e r ret e g ase i meansdcexPalisadopted of bills speedily restored credit. The nation recovered from its depression. Everything was couleur de rose, and the then Citancellor of the Exchequer (now Earl RIPON) Wila enabled to speak so confidently of the general welfare that he acquired the soubriquet of " Mr. PROSPERITY ROBINSON." The wiseacres of the day did not, however, dis cover the fact that if a considerable expansion of the circulating medium produced activity and comfort to the people an opposite course must be attended with very different results. In the be ginning of 1825 the screw was stringently ap plied, and by the middle of March no less than 1,300,000/. of the paper issues had been re called by the Bank. Between the 15th Marsh and 15th May, a further reduction of 700,0001. took place, and by November, in that year, no less than 3,500,0001. had been cut off from the amount of bank notes in the hands of the public. The results will not speedily be forgotten. A terrible panic ensued. The Bank was nearly drained of its gold. Only a few hundred thou sands remained in its coffers. An application was made to the Government to authorise what seemed the only available course—a suspension of cash payments. Fortunately, a wiser policy prevailed. As Lord ASIIBITIZTON, who conferred with Lord LTVERPOOL, Mr. HIISKISSON, and the then Governor of the Bank, stated, " The neces sity and pressure was purely domestic. The credit of the Bank, for all domestic purposes, was perfect. There was no man in the coun try who was not ready to take its paper as a means of circulation, and to give even his gold for it the moment he was assured his neighbour would take it from him again. What was wanted was something which everybody was disposed to trust as a substitute for what everybody distrusted, and the paper of the Bank of England answered, in such a state of things, the purpose as well as gold ; it may be said to have done so even better, as being more transmissible, and reaching more readily and rapidly the point where it was wanted." " In this state of things the remedy for the difficulty was obvious, and unanimously agreed to by us. Although the Bank had no specie left a large additional issue of notes was rna,da, and about 1,500,000 of those of 11., which were ciccidentally found to be in existence, were circu lated. The relief was immediate ! The country received a circulating currency in which everybody had entire confidence, and the useless gold was re turned to the Bank 1 The notes by this proceeding were increased from 19,748,0001., in December, 1825, to 24,479,0001. in March, 1826, and having served to relieve the pressure they gradu ally subsided before the end of that year to their ordinary amount again of 19,951,0001., while the bullion in the Bank was successively increased by this increase of paper in opposition to the theory of 1844, which pressure from such cause effected a necessary diminution !" It would be impossible to adduce a clearer or more unequivocal proof than the foregoing, estv Wished on such incontrovertible testimony, of the beneficial results arising from a course diametri cally opposed to the principles advocated by Mer cator, and subsequently adopted by Sir R. PEEL, and embodied in the Act of 1844. An extension of the issues by nearly four millions and three quarters was made within three mouths, at a time when " the Bank had no specie left," and the con sequence was that " the useless gold returned to the Bank." This, however, would scarcely have been the case but for the fortunate discovery cf . the condemned 11. notes, which to the full extent replaced an equal number of sovereigns, which had previously been circulating from hand to hand in the transactions of every-day life. The paper was so much more convenient than bullion that it was eagerly sought after, and had the Bank possessed the power of circulating more than the 1,600,000/. of 11. notes, there ii no doubt that they would joyfully have been accepted by the people, and that the results would be still more striking and decisive. A national bankruptcy was averted by their use, which, as Mr. JEREMIAII .FIARMAN, a well-known and expe rienced Director of the Bank, in his evidence before the Bank Charter Committee in 1839 1 declared, "saved the credit of the country." The same gentleman, on being asked whether it would not be a proper course to " redeem the issues, 1 when the bullion should be greatly drained by an unfavourable exchange," answered " Yes ; but then comes another question, and that is the risk that it may occasion to the commercial world, and the possibility that, by omitting to take that measure, some favourable turn would take place, and render the convulsion that might ensue from the measure itself unnecessary." The fact that the subsequent convulsions have all been occa sioned by undue panics arising from the stringent application of the bank screw establishes the accuracy of Mr. HARMAN'S reasoning. It might be supposed that the tried efficiency of the 11. notes at such an emergency would have led to their general , adoption throughout the country. But as if to prove the infatuation and recklessness of Ministers on the currency ques tion, the very following year, in 1826, a letter was addressed by the Premier and - the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Lord LIVERPOOL and Mr. RuerNsoN), suggesting the policy of altogether abolishing all notes under 51., a recommendation that was shortly afterwards carried into effect in England, although it was successfully resisted in Scotland and Ireland. The business of both countries has ever since been conducted in these notes, and it is notorious that sovereigns are only seen in the hands of some wandering tourists, and when taken by the inhabitants are either exchanged for notes at the earliest opportunity, or withdrawn from circulation for the purpose of hoarding. The crisis from 1836 to 1840 was again pro duced by the reduction of Bank paper, and was protracted simply because the Directors had not the courage to adopt in due time the course that had always proved successful. In 1839 the cir culation had been contracted to 15,317,010/. At length, when the American trade had been completely paralysed, and many of the leading firms either compelled to suspend payment or brought to the verge of bankruptcy, a wiser and more liberal policy prevailed. An addition of more than four millions was gradually made to the Bank issues, which in 1843 stood at 19,361,4101., and prosperity was thus restored to the nation. We have thus tra'zed the history of monetary crises during the s , cond great epoch, from the restoration of cash payments, under the Act of 1819, to the ena( ,fitment of the impolitic code of 1844, which was, directly opposed to all previous expecienoe, and, which, as we shall prove on an other oeeasion,, has totally failed to verify the anticip ationa of_ its authors and supporters. One pound.notes Laved the country. They were with drawn. An increased issue relieved distress, and brought hat lk gold to the Bank, and that was ren dered impo: ,sible by the absurd regulations which seemed expl -essly framed to ruin the trading and manufacturing interexts. The issulc of the struggle just terminated in the United Sta ,tts, however deplorable, has neverthd less a sign. ' , ,ficance which must not ISe overlooked. lion than a struggle of parties, it ha s b een a struggle of, principles, in which have b een arraye d on the on s nide the most unscrupulous and grasp. ing, and on the other the wisest and best, of the community—a struggle between light and dark ness, between liberty and slavery, between pro gress and retrogression in morals and in politics— a struggle whose issue in the very nature of things can be but temporary, and must lead to a pro longation of hostilities, in which the vanquished will assuredly be the victors, and the victory glorious and irreversible, even if circumscribed by the secession of the Slave States. The prospect may be too remote to influence the policy of many years to come ; but it must not be forgotten that in the recent struggle ele ments have come into play previously dormant— that while the advocates of slavery and piracy have merely closed their ranks, the friends of liberty and respect for international law have enlisted on their side new and powerful recruits. The sleeping respectability, so to speak, of the Union, and the dreamy students have issued from their retreats, if not in imposing numbers, still in ,threat ening array. The brute carcass may weary, and force be scattered, but the might of honesty and the sovereignty of mind enlisted in a great cause against superable odds never wearies, never sleeps, and never is ultimately beaten. The brave men and women of America, whose exertions in a holy cause deserve the admiration of Europe, have no cause for despondency. As surely as the sun rose on the morrow following their defeat, so surely, if they do not belie all reasonable promise, the victory, and possibly sooner than is anticipated, will be theirs. They have but to struggle on, and the rays of the , morning light will hail their per severance from the mountain tops. To descend, however, to a lower level, and deal with matters of more immediate, if not universal, _ . concern—let us at once say there is nothing for us but to accept the choice of the Southerners as the choice of the entire American people. We do so without malice, if without any very plea- curable anticipations for the future. Fear is beneath the dignity and greatness of this cowp- . try . , and cannot be entertained preparation is what is called for, and we trust such prepara tion will be made. Though the prospect be gloomy it is not positively dark. In the Presi dent Elect, if we have a politician whose antece dents are calculated to excite a degree of appre hension, we have also a man of sagacity acquainted with affairs, and by no means ignorant of the spirit and resources of this country. He has lived among us, and, if aware of our weakness, is also aware of our strength. He knows cur en• gagements, and has but recently had the strongest possible proof that the people as well as the Minister are earnest and capable to fulfil them. Knowing this, his cards may be difficult to play ; but with Great Britain armed against the worst, he may be disposed to find in such a spectacle one of many colourable reasons for backing out of the aggressive policy of the democratic platform to which he is pledged. The probable selection of Judge DOUGLAS as his principal adviser may be an ugly feature of his presidency, that gentleman being the repealer of the Missouri compromise, and having shown himself the ablest and most unscrupulous advocate of the extension of slavery. Rut there will be time and opportunity for both to turn round, and unscrupulesity is no pledge for consistency. If a favourable occasion for the seizure of Cuba, or for any other filibustering exploit, arises, no doubt the President and his Qabinet will be forward to embrace it. The just, though ini quiteus, expectations of the South will not be disappointed without sufficient reason. The fate of Cuba may, neverthless, be other than the Southerners anticipate. They have no super abundant wealth—the North cannot be expected to put forth its strength ix aid of their policy (its attitude will, in all probability, be menacing), they have a dangerous slave population, and war may even to them be made to appear too dangerous a game to play at. On the attitude of this country, backed by the resources of her allies, may be said to depend the foreign policy of the new President. He cannot be anxious to earn the unenviable reputation of a filibuster ; he cannot be expected to precipitate events which must infallibly—if we do our duty —result in throwing the States fifty years back, or bringing about an immediate and final separation of the North and South. He is a disciple of the expedient, and we must do our best to insure the expedient being oa the side of right. Giving him all reasonable credit for a desire to serve his country in an enlightened manner—it must not be forgotten that the South is the victor in a life and death struggle, and that it is mainly by annexation its political predominance can be perpetuated. Te its promptings, eager and insatiable, let us oppose the expression of a firm resolution and a state of naval efficiency in p alp able accordance with it. By doing so we may prevent war, save the South from the commission of grave crimes, rescue the President from a serious dilemma, and lend a moral support to the North of which it will not be slow to avail itself. At all events such preparation is an incumbent duty ; and should the worst anticipations be rea lised, and the newly-elected President's career be marked by piracy and aggression, we shall retire from the conflict, hurt it may be, but neither vanquished nor disabled. CABINET COI3NOIL. — A Cabinet Council was held yes. terday afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Eton. It. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Ron. M. T. Baines. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny left town on Monday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, Lance- shire. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and party are expected to. arrive at Goodwood, at the olose of this week, from Gordon Castle, Fochabers, N.B. The Duchess of Grafton left town yesterday, for Wakefield Lodge, near Stoney Stratford. The Earl of Euston remains in London. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers are staying at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The noble earl still remains at Middleton Park, Bicester. The Court of Belgium has gone) into mourning for four weeks, from the 16th, on account of the death of ' the Prince of Leiningen. The Corriere Italian° announces that the Count de Chambord will leave at the beginning of December for Venice, where he will pass the winter. ) The Russian Legation at Rome has issued a notice, reminding those whom it may concern of the articles of the Imperial manifesto of Aug. 26 last, relating to pass ports and to the amnesty granted to those who have left 1 Russia without permission. We learn that yesterday there were some fresh tran sactions at Lloyd's in insurance on the James Baines, at ) twelve guineas per cent. The impression in most quar- ters seems to be that the delay in the arrival of this ves sel is accounted for by the recent easterly winds, which have also kept out many other homeward-bound vessels. Mr. Pressly is now named as likely to succeed the late Mr. Wood as Chairman of the Inland Revenue. NJ r. Homan, according to letters received this morr- ing, is fast recovering from the e ff ects of his late acci dent. We stated a few days ago that the body of an old man named Stanley, " the Gipsy sing," had been found in the river Dart. Circumstances have since transpired which leave no doubt that the old man has been Enure dered. Active exerti o ns are being made by the poli& to discover the ruffians. g The Lord Lieute nan t of Ireland has b een visitin g his Northumberland est a t es . His lordship d ined a few days ago at Morpeth. The meetin wa s private. A further sum of 21. 10s. per share is to be p a y able to 1 ' the shareholders of the British Colonia l Bank and Loan je,Company on the 20th inst. ' . - 10, 1856, Prussia to the Helvetio Confederation. It is true that a note, more or less in conformity with the resolution of the Diet, is to be presented to the Council, but it is said that it is not menacing in substance or in form, and whatever may be the language of the Austrian Envoy, the Cabinet of Vienna prefers entangling itself as little as possible in the difficulties of the question. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. A decree in the Moniteur promotes M. Mesnard, first vice-president of the Senate, and president of the Court of Cassation, to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Another decree makes five promotions and appointments in the higher ranks of the magistracy. General Goyon, commander-in-chief of the French army at Rome, has arrived in Paris. The King of Piedmont is about to visit Nice' where he will remain until tim middle of December, and then return to Turin for the opening of the Legislative Session, which will take place, it is said, on the 20th of that month. His Majesty will afterwards return to Nice, and remain for a great part of the winter. _ The telegraph from Vienna announces the depar ture of the Emperor and Empress of Austria on the morning of the 17th for Italy. Three weeks will be devoted to Venice. It is doubtful if their Majesties will visit Milan. __ The Neapolitan Minister gives out that he will not leave Paris under any circumstances ! Accounts from Constantinople have been re ceived to the 10th. The Presse d'Orient speaks of an exchange of diplomatic notes relative to the evacuation of the Principalities. The Minister of Marine has received a report from Chef de Bataillon Morel, Governor ad inte rim of Senegal, dated St. Louis, the 18th October. It states that the steam advice boat, the Serpent, , had succeeded in exploring the river Falame, be low Senoudebou, to an extent of about 12 leagues, an operation which had previously been considered impracticable ; and that it had been ascertained that by removing certain obstacles in the river it will be possible to go up to the extent of 25 leagues. The passage of the steamer struck with terror the native tribes on the banks of the river who are hostile to the French. The territory bathed by the river is called the Bondou, and consists of immense plains which produce abund ance of maize and corn. By being able to na vigate the Falame, the French will not only keep the Bondou in check, but will be able to make their power felt to the heart of the Ram bouk and the frontiers of the Foulah Djallon. The report also gives an account of a visit made by land by some French functionaries via Farabane to Medine ; these functionaries were well received by the populations both of Farabane and Medine, and ;hay succeeded in effecting a reconciliation betNvee; the chiefs of the two places. A prophet, named Alhadji, who had been agitatingtheneighbouring country, had been defeated in - battle by some of the tribes friendly to the French. The report also gives an account of an attempt made by the Go vernor to reach Lake Cayar by the Guedai in a small steamer, but without success. In the Fouta the French had put down some attempts made by some of the chiefs to excite difficulties. At Podor commerce was active, and gum vas arriving in con siderable quantities. The volunteers of Oualo, in the service of the French, had made an expedition to the village of M‘Ball, in the country of the Trarzas, and after several engagements, in which they killed 47 Moors and captured 17, who were afterwards put to death, had returned with a great ❑umber of captives, 183 camels, 200 oxen, 104 asses, and 500 goats or sheep. BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 50 67 10 New Loan Bank Shares 3,900 " Roman Credit Mobilier ...... 1,305 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) B9 50 Home Debt LATEST 4 NE WS. THE AFFAIR OF THE ENGLISH GUN-BOAT. MARSEILLES, Nov. 17. The accounts from Constantinople are to the 10th instant. The journals announce that the Russian cruisers of Abasia having captured many Turkish vessels laden with contraband salt, Admiral Lord Lyons despatched some gun-boats to require an explana tion of this capture. But one of these gun-boats, the Badger, was desirous to penetrate into the Sea of Azoff, when the Russians refused her the permission to pass the Strait of Yenikale, and even fired upon her. PERSIA. There is no official intelligence of the fall of Herat, but it is stated to have been taken in September. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gatette of Berlin, says :—" It is believed hem that the intimate relations that have been es;ablished be tween the Cabinets of St. James's and Vienna will have some influence on the termination cf the Neapolitan difficulty. General de Martini has, it is said, received instructions to acquaint the Cabinet of Naples, in a confidential manner, that the slightest concession would doubtless be taken into consideration by England, who would then be inclined to abstain from all ulterior mea sures, and re-establish diplomatic relations." The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " The symptoms of public discontent, to which I have more than once directed attention, appear to have at last opened the eyes of the authorities ; and those whom the question touches more nearly, and who are most menaced by the situation, con template some important reforms in their re spective departments. The Minister of the In terior is said to be occupied at this moment in a careful review of the prefects and sub-prefects whose capacity is avowedly unequal to the duties entrusted to them. If it should be necessary some day to make an appeal to the country, the Govern ment would find that hardly one friendly voice would respond to it, but that it would hear one general cry of complaint, reproach, and indigna tion. It may be asked if the Minister of the In terior is aware of this perilous state of things. Contrary to the general belief, I take it for granted that he is ; and if so, he must without loss of time apply the necessary remedy. He must in troduce a radical reform ; he must shut his ears to all sentiments of favour or affection, or even of pity, and shake off whatever unwillingness he may feel, boldly encountering and immediately removing the obstacles that are in his path. He must, if he wish, as I do not doubt, to render a great service to the country, make a sweeping change in the administration over which he pre sides—an administration which the voice of the country has long condemned. If he listen to the suggestions or persuasions of interested persons any reform he may make will be of no avail. The new elections to the Legislative Corps will be hos tile to the Government, and the difficulties be would avoid would again present themselves on another ground, still more grave and still more menacing. It may the:. be too Lew for change or repentance, and of him. it may then be said— `Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causam.' "Among the symptoms of discontent observable in other places besides Paris, I may notice the fact that in one department—the Cher, I believe— where a vacancy has occurred, not less than nine persons have presented themselves as candidates. They may not proclaim themselves in formal oppo sition to Government, but they have come forward without consulting, or even communicating, as has been the ease hitherto, with the local authority. Until a very recent period the electors generally waited to see who was the candidate put forward by the Government. This time they have not done so. One able person, who is a member of the present Legislature, has signified his intention of proposing himself in what. ever electoral college of the department for which he sits a Government candidate shall appear. I anticipate considerable progress in the spirit and manifestation of opposition in the Legislative Corps. Several of the deputies are so discontented with the manner in which the estimates are presented to the Chambers that they have resolved to abstain in future from attending before the Council of State to support their respec tive amendments. In a short time, perhaps, the Chamber will muster courage enough to refuse voting the budget, on the ground that it is not sufficiently informed on matters of detail, or any other ground which some experienced tacticians among them will find no difficulty in discovering. What then will take place ? If the Emperor dis solve the recalcitrant Assembly, it is very proba ble that the electors, indignant at the manner in which their affairs have been administered by the delegates of Imperial authority, will answer to that appeal by sending back the very same men. It will then become an affair of the famous 221, whose re-election led to the Revolution of 'July and the dethronement of Charles X. Will a second coup d'etat be attempted? I doubt it. The situa tion of affairs is not the same as that which, ac cording to many people, excused or palliated the first ; and no one knows better than the man who has most profited by it that the same thing cannot be done twice within so short a period. It is fair to admit that the mind of the Emperor, all powerful as it may be, has been so policy foocr cupied with great questions of foreign the last three years as to leave him very little time for the internal administration of the country. Yet he had better look to it. His authority is undermined by his own delegates, and his name is brought into disrepute by un worthy acts of which he is ignorant, but for which an entire people consider him responsible. He had better look to it before the moment comes when to him also may be applied those terrible words which other rulers have heard before him trop lard !" NEUCHATEL. --- The Assemblee Nationale copies from a German paper, the Nouvelliste de Bamburg, a paragraph stating that— M. de Savigny, the Prussian Envoy to the Helvetic Confederation, is about to proceed from Sigmaringen to Berne, in order to read to thu Council a note relative to the liberation of the persons in custody, and of which the con tents will be strongly supported by M. de Menshen gen, representative of Austria in Switzerland, by M. de Malzen on the part of Bavaria, and M. de Dusch on that of Baden. In the event of the diplomatic steps taken at Berne sot being successful, the Prus sian Government Intends marching three corps of the army against the frontier cantons, and occupying Schaffhausen by way of guarantee; and Switzerland will be called upon to pay the expenses of the ex pedition." In this paragraph there are a few errors which it may be worth while to notice. M. Rodolf de Sydow, and not lg. de Savigny, is the Envoy of RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans ...............1,240 Western Northern 930 Strasburg Lyons 1,265 New Ditto Mediterranean ......1,680 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ..... 680 Tests Cette TURKEY. We have received the Constantinople journals and letters of the 6th, brought by the Sinai, but their contents are not of any great political in terest. No further change in the Cabinet had taken place, but a general opinion was entertained that some further modifications must shortly be effected. It was said that Reschid Pacha had experienced some warm opposition on the part of his colleagues, ,a circumstance which was the more unexpected by him that it is said to be the first time in his long political career that he has met with it. Some of the ministers had gone so far as to tender their resignations, which had' not been accepted. The acceptations, it was thought, would have taken place could any ono, have been found to replace Fuad Pacha as Minis ter of Foreign Affairs. Ahmed Vefik, formerly ambassador in Persia, was at first thought of, but the mere mention of his name was so unfavourably received by the public that the idea was abandoned. Mahmoud Pacha, the present Governor of Smyrna, was then written to, and when his answer shall have been received, the new Ministry will be con stituted, as all the other members have been fixed on. Business of any importance was suspended in consequence of this state of crises. Admiral Lyons had taken all his measures for wintering in the Bosphorus. The intercourse of the Russian embassy with the Porte was very active. M. de Boutenieff had a very long conference with Reschid Pacha on the sth. M. de Milly, the sub intendant of the French army, who had remained at Constantinople to settle the accounts of the French army, left on the 27th, the 28th being the day when the term expired for the total evacu ation of the Turkish territory . M..de Milly ro• . quired two days more to complete his hiswork, permission to but M. Thouvenel positively refused dete r mm t o e determined thatt.ile partth the conventionof France. s r h em oo a l i d n' b a e s s h tr e wasictly adhered No fresh accounts h ad been received from Candia, but the Porto had sent another steamer with a fur ther supply of provisions and other necessaries for the sufferers. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Fribourg in the Debats gives some details of the disturbances which took place there on the 9th, the fact of which we have already men tioned :—" in the evening of the Bth a number of persons entered a milk shop and compelled the owner to sell the milk at a reduced price to any one that came. On the following day, a carman who had gone with a load of casks of wine into the canton of Berne, filled his casks, on returning, with pota toes for the canton of Vaud. In passing through this place, the natur e o f hi s loading having been discovered, a crowd assembled, took possession of the cart and drove it t o the public square, where the casks were opened and the greatest part car ried off by the people. The prefect being informed of what had taken place ordered the potatoes to be restored to their own er , an d h e was pa id f or th e part which was missing. An individual who had ill treated another citizen at the time of this rob bery was arrested. Several of his comrades wished to rescue him, but the gendarmery stood firm, and arrested two of the aggressors. A fresh crowd as sembled before the guard-house demanding the release of the three prisoners, but the prefect ener getically refused to comply while the crowd re mained. On this, the most violent of them went away, crying out Aux Armes ! but when the crowd had somewhat dispersed the prisoners were set at liberty. About four o'clock, the waggon with the potatoes left the town escorted as far as the gates by the gendarmery, who were assailed by the people. At half-past four a fresh crowd assembled in the Rue de Lausanne, and stopped a large waggon, which was said to be loaded with potatoes. A party of gendarmes had great di▪ ffi culty in releasing it and making a passage for it to proceed on its journey. Five minutes after, an un fortunate event took place in the Rue des Oi▪ es. The lieutenant of the gendarmery and three of his men attempted to arrest a wor kman who was the ringleader in the previous d is turbances. The man, however, resisted, and in the scuffle he was shot through the bead, and died a short time after. The crowd on seeing this became exasperated, and bmaensas them) while Some raised cries of Vengeance ! A ux Armes For a moment, the gendarmes w ere in g reat d a nger , but, a reinforcement coming up , the y were extricated. The generate was bea ten, and for a time serious disturbances were app rehended. T he national guards at first turne d o u t, but many of them owtohmeresn, af terwards returnedwtoetrhetheierirhuhos exciting against the wereon the seen he contrary, armed force. One part of the n a ti ona l guar d, h owever , went to assist the genda rmery an d d e f en d the Arsenal. The night pawed off quietly, with the exception of some vociferations against the gen darmery. Measures of precautio n h ave b een a d op t e d for the fair of this day." RUSSIA. A ceremony, not perhaps quite suitable to present circumstances, took place at Moscow on the 4th, when the anniversary of the abandonment of that city by the French in 1812 was celebrated with p `freat pomp. The metrop o lit an bi s h o p, Philaretis, officiated. After the liturgy a procession took place round the. Kremlin, the great bells of the cathedral ringing all the while. POLAND. A letter from Warsaw of the llth, in the Debatx, says :—" Among the concessions for which Poland is indebted to the Emperor Alexander 11. is that of great liberty granted to literary works. The e msorship which was formerly so severe for every work printed in the kingdom or imported from abroad is now much less so. Several pamphlets which recently appeared are sold publicly. These works treat on questions of public utility, point out to the Government the material wants of the country, and the means by which the condition of the working classes in both town and country might be benefited. Our journals and these of Russia now discuss the great material questions on the order of the day, and it is rek marked that, in the circles, in the cafes, and other places of public resort, foreign journals, particu larly those of France and Germany, may be read, and it is very rare that they are now seen with large black patches, from articles being intention ally illegible, which were formerly so often seen on them. Since the peace several corps of Russian troops have left Poland and returned to the in terior of the empire, but the garrison of this city and of the fortified places near the Austrian fron tiers of Gallicia are still kept on a war footing. The other frontiers, particularly those of Prussia, are but weakly guarded." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th do not contain any political news of interest. The Gazette says that the bishops of Salamanca and Pampeluna hare sent addresses to the Queen thanking her for the concordat. It was said that Count do San Luis con templated becoming a candidate for Cuenca at the approaching elections for the Cortes. A letter says that there was no truth in the report that was cur rentthat M. Bazanallana was about to be replaced in the Ministry of Finance by M. Seijas. It says also that the proposed formation of a ministerial department for the colonies had been abandoned, in consequence of the nomination of M. Gonzales Bravo, who had been intended for it, to the em bassy at London. A letter from Turin of the 13th says The King is about to set off immediately for Nice, where he will remain until the middle of December, and then return to Turin for the opening of the Legis lative session, which will take place, it is said, on the 20th of that month. His Majesty will after wards return to Nice, and remain for a great part of the winter." THE P09.-LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT. TEIRAE LIVES LOST. A. lamentable occurrence took place during a dense fog which prevailed on Monday evening, in the vicinity of Hackney-wick-lane, at the south-eastern extremity of Victoria-park, which resulted in the loss of three lives. On the towing-path of Sir George Duckett's Canal, near the North London Railway arch, lived a man named Hayes, who bad charge of the lock gates, his wife, and five children. On Monday afternoon a Mrs. Chubb, the wife of a cooper, living in Ben Jonson-street, Stepney, accompanied by her daughter, a fine little girl, about six years of age, called to see Mrs. Hayes. About half past 7 the two females and child left, and, although the fug was so dense as to prevent the water being distin guished from the land, they strangely enough proceeded along the towing-path for the purpose of meeting Hayeg, who at the time was returning from the upper lock gate. Nothing more was seen or heard of them until yester day morning, when their bodies were discovered in the canal. It appears that Hayes reached his borne a few minutes after they had left, without seeing any thing of them, and was almost immediately called out by cries of " Help." He ran down to one of the lower locks, and found a private watchman, attached to some neighbouring new works, had fallen into the canal, and was struggling for life. Hayes after some difficulty got him out, and had him removed to his own house, where he recovered. The night passed without bearing an,' Hinge of the missing women. At length, however, about half-past eight, a brother-in-law of Hayes discovered the body of a little girl floating on the water of the lock, and, having got it out, identified it as that of the child of Mrs. Chubb. The drags were then usfd, and near the spot, just outside the lock, where there is s . even e fee_t_ re of . water by the bank, were found the bodies of towing path Hayes and Chubb. At this part of the canal h poor creatures, path somewhat suddenly turns off. T h e straight dwere removed to eubti,acteoutihde nwoatteorb.serTvheethbeedtjueern, al so walked Chubb was far advanced a th w e ai r ahcioteroHnearr,ts inquest.publie o u m s e r , a Old Ford-lane, Bow, to in pregnancy, and has left five children. Mrs. Raja& has also left a similar family. Vice Chancellor Sindersley has appointed Mr. 'Mkt. M'Creight official manager of the London and Coun t y Assurance Company, now winding up. The weather is unusually cold for the season at 111 _, seilles, although the thermometer has not y e t steee low zero. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, whose arrival at Marseilles has been announced, embarked on Friday for Corsica* The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-squa re, from St. Giles's, Dorsetehire. The Earl of Eglinton has arrived at the Clarendon, from Bath. sei A lles te s ie ta g t r e a s p from Mar dere e wheate remained calm h t i h c a tesp n a o t t c w h it r b e s c t e a i n v s ed it zes a te e r o d n a s y i MORE INCENDIARISM NEAR NOTTINGHAM.—On Mon •. without i i t n h o t u b tatanmyarket advance for of price. f th t discovered within about ami e o e own. One oc oppioe. At 8 o'clock a large curred upon the farm premises of Mr. Sylvester, of Not day night, the 17th inst., two more incendiary fires were of 11 acres, and a tare-stacic were discovered to be on fire. t w in h g ea li t a . m st , ac s k it , u t a h te e We are informed that the Bank of England yesterday' lent 20,0001. to the London Dock Company on its bonds a p t ro t d h u e c C, at 41 per cent. for three years. Considering the exist' i f " nigh value of money, and the still unsettled state of the market, some surprise is expressed at this operation. TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER, Tuesday.—Our noir' ket remains as quiet as it has been for a considerab le time past. Some descriptions of yarns keep pretty firm' , h but for others a small d ec li ne h as b een su b m i tte d t o wit h a view to secure some orders. Cotton, on the whole, is very steady and tends to the support of our market, bu t, nevertheless, it is satisfactory to find that, with the Pre- judicial influences at work, and the comparatively little there is doing, our staples maintain themselves as well as they do. There is no doubt, however, that the wile" producing power for manu f actur i ng i s not put forth. PRICE OF DOLLARS.—The dollars received by th e , Mexican packet hav e b een so ld a t 611 d., an advance °f id, on the p r i ce rea li se d f or t h ose b roug ht by the ea r l 6eptember steamer. In the interval, however, higher rates were paid for limited amounts, dollars being ve i l scarce. At IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION. ---- , half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mim e ; Association, held yesterday, the report and accoueee were adopted. It was also agreed to appoint a cotateitt.i. of shareholders to consult with the directors on the pr... tion and prospects of the undertaking. The loss du pd the last six months has been 3, 18 0 1 ., and the reser ve fge now consists of 3,0001. New 3 per Cent. Stock. A meeting was held last evening at the Camber ° Hall, Grove-lane, for the purpose of taking measure; tbe get rid of the present system of tolls inflicted upoo com munity in that locality. Various speakers adOes.7o the meeting, and resolutions condemnatory of the sys,L7o, were passed unanimously. It was stated at the Ines ere that upwards et 2,000 houses in the neighbourhood Wveir, at present uninhabited, and this circumstance was tirely owing to the present toll-gate nuisance. that s Letters just received from Constantinople state ,o, number of Greek firms have supplied the Ottoman 0 vernment, by way of loan, with a sum of -25,000,evn piastres, or about 201,0001. sterling, but the terns 11 1: ii , which the accommodation was granted have not tr spired The. tter Independance Beige, of Monday, states in n-e o f from Paris that Russia demands the neutralisation, • the Isle of Serpents, and the establishment there n o commission composed of representatives of the va rie t - o powers ; in return she will abandon her pretension s Bolgrad. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND.'',44g It" meeting held in this matter at the chambers of the ter of the Rolls, it was reported to Mr. Whiting, r r q ",. chief clerk, that the directors had not been able to w e nt their proposition of raising by subscription en— efi°ie r o n e money to pay off the liabilities, amounting t° B " t he 20,0001., and consequently • the order to Wind affairs will be carr i e d out in due course. It is tin"' stood, however, that it will be appealed a gainst' ma d INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.—At the Miobneo of examination of candidates for admission on the r° attorneys and solicitors of the superior courts,. the e tiort miners recommended as deserving of honorary dist il:l° oi Albert Gordon Langley, of Chudleigh, Devonshir e ' the council of the Incorporated Law Society W e d to cordiugly awarded a prize of books to be presents him. „ 'n re" THE GRAPES ARE SOUR.—Le Nord of Saturtsa.t' 00 ply to some articles which have recentlyappeared in e ro t of the London morning papers on the subject of the g reat de rail way scheme of Russia, says :—" Russia neit he id of mantis from England her iron, her capital, nor the a py bf her experience. England has not the menopoiY °f 0 ,0- those elements of success for a network of Russian tool ways. Russia can pass very easily through the &I n a of difficulty without the industrial or intellectual 1"-odi, Great Britain, and will not accept from her unfair the tions nor unjust demands. Whether the intelligence] D ot capital, or the iron of Great Britain part i c ipate a l ve t iu the construction of Russian ra ilways, those r i tro 7 g w ill nevertheless be made. When a government/ k l w hs. and powerful, which is at the head of 70,000,000 IN with bitants, has recognised the necessity of precceding,_oo, the creation of active means of communication hY steam, there will be no want of anything necessary for the intri b• went of its object. If, then, the capital, the iron, and it intelligence of Great Britain be employed in bath e will not be be Russia had solicited them, cause there are practical and enlightened mincl e ice• of country," the journals, s ee a mean s for the promot ion of their who, in spite of tie unreasonab le p rejno _ interests in fair and honourable speculations.