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LONDON, THURSDAY, But for the abominations veiled by the fine words, it would be quite amusing to glance at th e two great " Unions " which sustain the grand iniquities of the Old World and of the New. w e sometimes wonder that the Free " Independent and Sovereign States " of America adhere so pertinaciously to " the Vnion." For the " Holy Alliance," of Pree and Slave States, the former will put up with anything. But the other day they let the oligarchs of the South convert the Whole fair If orth into hunting grounds for fugitive eaves, allowed coloured freemen to be seized, tried by a judge who was paid a double fee for delivering them to a probably perjured captor, and sent into slavery without the intervention of a jury ; and just before they tamely submitted to a repeal of the act which made Kansas uncondi tionally free territory. True, the Free States Seem roused a little now, but we shall soon see whether they really have the pluck, with their seventeen millions of people, to deliver themselves from the three hundred thousand slaveholders, with whom they are now in Holy Europe can hardly comprehend Alliance. prehend thi s miserable subservi ency of the North to the South, of the Republics of Freemen to the Republics of Slaves. ? Yet what is E urope itself o f freemen and despots. A great federation The freemen in a holy alliance with the despots, and lending the strength of the free to strengthen yet more the hands of the Were th ere not a tacit union between despots. the courts of free countries and desp o ti c coun tries, did not the despots count securely on th e forbearance of free peoples, an d the secret co operation of their courts, th ey would tremble though sur rou nded by their immense armies. Th e Congress of - Vienna and. the American Declaration of Independence both are guilty of the same wicked ness. They professed to secure freedom, but they were based on the retention of bondage. A mer i ca professed to carry out the principle that all men were born, free and equal, but it doomed men by hundreds of thousands to be no thing but the goods and chattels of others. The Holy Alliance of Vienna professed to secure na tional independence by releasing all nations for ever from the great conqueror's yoke, but it doomed states and peoples to partition among the despots of the day, without regard to language, race, or even to royal promises. Russia in her late Circular calls this the-normal state of Europe, and justly may she do so, when of European tyrants it may be so truly said— Quos penes arbitrium est, et jug, et norm regendi. Like American slaveholders, they have made the retention, as political chattels, of such nations 45 Poland or Lombardy, a part of the normal condi tion of Europe ; and England has lived and lives to sustain this condition ; she put her hand to the accursed deed at first, and she has never recalled her signature. It is in this plain fact that the Wing of the Russian Circular lies. PAnonsToN and WALEW MI Gan only reply with the to quoque argument ; "Bless your impudence," they may exclaim, "you just escaped from the birch, and talk in that style to your masters. You that bullied the SULTAN, turned his servants out of office, de manded that he should agree to a new treaty whether he liked it or not, and put on him, first, the MENSCHIKONN pressure, ' then the pressure ' of a hundred an d fifty thousand men on his side the Pruth—you lecture us on respecting the right and independence of Governments I" To all which the CsAn would coolly reply, " Well, call me shameless if you please ; grant that you might have a more immaculate reprover; yet can you deny the truth of my accusations ? Don't you occupy Greece ? Don't you press on my dear cousin BOMBA ? Don't you want him to alter his mode of Government quite as much as I wanted the Turk to alter his ? Are you more content than I was to be refused by the weaker power ?" Not very easy would it be for the two Governments to meet these taunts; if the CZAR was wrong how, 071 their mon principles, can they be in the right One of their advocates, we perceive, puts forth the ground that abnormal danger may be prevented by abnormal means. If a man's house is on fire, he might break into his neighbour's to prevent a wider conflagration. Naples is ready to blame forth ; then the States of the Church and Lombardy take fire, then Austria inundates Italy to extinguish the conflagration then France rushes in that Austria may not tyrannise alone and then, of course, " the deluge," or floods and flames all over Europe. All very good and plausible. Fires and foods must, of course, be grand. But GORTSCHAROTO would not be driven off by splendid common-place figures. " Good," he might reply, "and we were afraid of the very same thing. We feared insurrection in the Turkish Empire. The SULTAN was giving equal immunities as fast as he could to Protes tants, and to my beloved brother Christians of the true faith too—the Greek Church ; but my Greeks would not endure equal immunities for all Protestants. Moreover, he was rapidly advanc ing in a thoroughly liberal system of administra tion, and our own subjects would have been dis contented with the sight of Turkish freedom. We wanted to prevent a conflagration, and our own house catching fire." WALEWSKI and PAL MERSTON could hardly point to the difference of their objects—that the CZAR aimed to prevent the extension of popular liberty, while they seek to obtain a little of it for the people. The rejoin• der would, of course, be, that that merely related to the different kinds of danger. That each , nonarch who intervenes in the matters of another nation must judge for himself whether there is danger, and - of what kind it is—that the Allies go to Naples to prevent a fire, and that the CZAR went to Turkey for the same purpose. We do not see, therefore, what men who call the arrange ments of the treaty of a Vienna a normal condi tion could say to the CZAR'S rebukes. In truth the clever sauciness of Russia is a just rebuke for the paltry and unworthy political basis on which the war was begun, continued, and ended. Had the " rights and independence of nations" been the object instead of that of " governments," ALEXINDER would not now have had a word to say. Nationalities were carefully ignored. Hungarians, Fins, Circassians—above all Pules—were never mentioned. The last were thrust into the notice of all by events. Polish recruits were forthcoming Polish soldiers offered to desert. Poland was acknow ledged to be the weak side of Russia Poland herself had been wronged since the Treaty of Vienna far more than Turkey, and still lay under the wrong. But no ; Poland had no national Government. It was the independence of Governments, not of nations, that the Courts fought for- vso Poland and Poles were thrust aside or forgotten, and all the scamps of Germany and Italy were enlisted rather than acknowledge a down-trodden and defrauded people ! All this time, therefore, in the diplomatic clish ma-claver about Naples, not a word has been breathed about the wrongs of the people ; we hear only of the danger of goading them too far—the danger to crowned heads---sto the cause of des potism—of Germanism—to the cause of Spiel berg, Cayenne, and other Imperial safeguards. It is not for us to justify the present Allies ; but if the whole affair be not a hoax we are much mistaken. Russia may taunt, and it is clever of her to do so, but she knows well that the Lord of Cayennewill never be very hard on the gaoler of Poerio—that appearances are all he cares for. The dungeoas of Naples endanger despotism in Europe more than the swamps of Cayenne ; he wants, therefore, to preserve a little outward decency there, to save the censure, genus despot fro m and cheaply to act th e generous despot with another despot's victims. He also wants to avert any possible pretext for Austria's march ing further into Italy ; he will take care of Rome and Naples, let Austria not move beyond the Legations. Only for decency's sake he obtains the aid of England and Sardinia, and Lord PAL. WESTON makes political capital out of saving the despots a dangerous Italian insurrection. Wh en we read of the Special Austrian representative at Naples, and her miserable fleet going to Naples via Malta, we may be sure enough of the real intentions of the Tuileries and Buckingham Palace. We cordially , concu i r n wi l t e h vo th w e i L th evi G a o th rm an an i y n , n o o r things German." r wi not being "particuarly e have had so many reasons to deplore the " anti-Anglican system" that so long prevailed, that we witness with intense sorrow the obsti n at e adherence usually thethe beteobnonxeiiorus of course.apri A poor relation is . vate family, an d i s f ar m ore objectioable ,, tolchoernir munities. N a ti ons "have no cousins. g o o w o n d subjects ornces a u d theirp a rm o charitiesuat claims on utheir l dreally should begin a t h ome. " We do not, of course, join i n th e absurd cry of " protection ;" o all we ask for is " a clear stage and no favour." But w e must earnestly and emphatically protest against British interests being invariably post poned to German interest; and every good thing being bestowed on foreigners, to the exclusion of British subjects possessin g far higher qualification.. We do not object to the formation of a military colony at the Cape. Far from it• It may, and, under other circumstances, would . unquestionably, turn out a u excellent investment of capital, a sort of assurance premium against another Kafir war, with all its annoyance and inconvenience. But we do complain, bitterly complain, that the offer has not been made to English veteran; of unex ceptionable character, in the first instance, who have been, or will shortly be, cast adrift in cons© quence of the reductions in the army and the dis embodying of the militia. The boon need THE SUN, _I4I',ONDON, TH'URSI not be indiscriminately offered. It would have been joyously received, as the reward of general good conduct, and an esprit du corps would have been excited, leading to very valuable results. It is not the 6d. per diem to be paid to the private soldiers that offers the chief inducement, although 6d. a-day, with nothing to do for it, would be very acceptable to many of our countrymen. But the " collateral advantages" will be regarded as far superior. The emigrants will carry with them wives, children, sweethearts, relatives, and friends. Each man will take his lares arnd penates, all, or almost all, that renders life valuable. He will be planted without trouble or expense in " the land of promise" with his household gods The earlier hardships that daunt many enterprising husbands and fathers will all be averted. An eligible building lot in a town, and, if in a village or new settlement, an additional lot of garden ground awaits him, with money to build a comfortable cottage, also privileges for depasturing cattle, Arc., and rations not only for himself but for every member, even the youngest child, of his house ; weapons, offensive and defensive, ammunition, uniforms, money advanced to purchase kitchen utensils and furniture, to be repaid by easy in stalments. Never, in fact, were such inducements held out to intending emigrants, and we venture to assert that, if offered to Englishmen, the appli cations might be counted, not merely by thousands and tens of thousands, but by hundreds of thou sands. No one can object to the "liberality and generosity "of the offer. It is only difficult to conceive any mercenary soldier willing to accept ls. per diem, hesitating for a moment to avail himself thereof, notwithstanding the bitterness of feeling with which he must remember the un fair and impolitic deductions charged against him in the paymastez's ledger. Let "a sufficient number of trained Englishmen" be only asked for, on similar terms, and the call will be promptly and adequately responded to. But the main objection to the project is, that we plant in the colony a number of men owing no allegiance to the British Crown, and possessing no sympathies in common with the British people. It is only natural, as the Times declares, that they should speedily " aim at independence on their own account." We could not wish to retain a colony against its will, but we should strive to make the colonists desir ous of retaining the connection with the mother country, which would be the case so' long as we acted fairly towards men of our own race, speaking the same language, and possessing the same religion with ourselves. But it would not be so with German aliens, who were ready to draw their venal swords in any cause where "gelt" could be obtained, and who would as readily give their services to BoisA as to Queen VICTORIA, if the conditions thereof could be satis factorily arranged. Once more, then, we demand Justice for Eng land and the English. We repudiate the poor relations of the "House of Coburg." We have rather too many of the clan, whom we would gladly get rid of, if practicable. We should not willingly saddle ourselves with additional burdens —of that class—illegally forced upon us. We use the terra " advisedly, inasmuch as we contend that every such measure, implying a considerable pecuniary outlay, should, in the first instance, be sanctioned by the British House of Commons, the legitimate guardians of the national purse. That every shilling to which the Legionaries can fairly lay claim under the terms of their contracts should be paid is just and right ; but ,there is no authority that can bind the public exchequer to the payment of the passage money—the 201. per head for erecting cottages, the 51. advance, the 6d. per diem for three years, or the rations for the families for ono year. The Prince has in this respect been "reckoning without his host;" and if the repre sentatives of the people resolve to maintain their unquestionable privileges they will teach a painful but salutary lesson, that will prevent any similar unauthorised invasion of their functions on any future occasion. CBILON RAILWAY. The terms proposed by the Ceylon Railway Company for the construction of the railway, under a guarantee of 6 per cent., have been passed by the Legislative Council. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are surrounded by a family circle at Badminton. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have taken a mansion at Brighton, and are expected to arrive there in the source of the present week. The Earl of Ellenborough arrived at Farrance's Hotel on Tuesday night, from Gloucestershire. The noble earl went yesterday to Penshurst, toattend the funeral of the late Viscount Hardinge, returning to town last evening. The mortal remains of the late Viscount Hardinge were yesterday deposited in the family vault, at Ford combo Church, near South Park, Penshurst. The funeral was strictly private. In addition to the immediate mem bers of the family, the Earl of Ellenborough and a few others attached personal friends of the deceased, attended the obsequies. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli, have arrived at Hughendon Manor, Bucks. The Hon. Justice Haliburton, author of "ifiam Slick," and Mrs. Haliburton, have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. MONUMENT TO SIB ISAAC NEWTON.—The inhabitants of Grantham are moving somewhat late—but assuredly never too late—in the matter of a monument to their great citizen, Sir Isaac Newton. Gold continues to he withdrawn from the Bank, a further sum of 40,000/. in bars having been taken yes terday for exportation to the continent. Large purchases of silver are likewise made for transmission to Hamburg and elsewhere. A meeting of the South Australian Copper Company was held yesterday, but an adjournment was agreed to for the receipt of further advices from the colonial manager. The recent changes in th• European money markets have greatly diminished the eagerness to make shipments of silver to China by the mail of the 4th. At one time it was expected the amount would be nearly a million and a quarter sterling, but doubts are now entertained if it will exceed 850,0001. Advices from Nelson, New Zealand, dated the 20th of May, confirm the report of gold discoveries in the neighbourhood of that settlement. They are at a dis tance of about 20 miles, and a considerable number of persons were flocking to them. The deposits lie at a depth of about five or ten feet, in a gravelly soil, and consist of flakes, or pieces, ranging from minute grains to the size of a pea. At the latest dates about 300 people were at work upon them, and the report was that no one obtained less than half-an-ounce a-day. MAILS FOR AIISTRALIA.—LIVEIRPOOL, Tuesday. —The royal mail ship Donald M‘Kay, Capt. Warner, of the Black Ball line, will sail on Sunday next, the sth inst., for Melbourne, with the usual mails for the Australian colonies, passengers and cargo. Letters posted here before $ a.m., with late fees to 9 a.m., and at the land ing stage to 10 a.m., on the sth inst., will be in time for due despatch. Tii INDIAN MAIL SERTICE9.—SOIITHA3IPTON, OCt. 1. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam ships Ava, Captain Steinson, and Aden, Captain Ber nard, sailed yesterday for the East Indies, via the Cape. The former vessel will be employed in conveying the mails to and from Calcutta and the latter will be placed on the Bombay station. The Rajah, Captain Norie, leaves for Singapore on Monday next. The addition of these three screw steamers will materially facilitate the transmission of the mails in India and China, and will make in all 25 ships employed by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, on the other side of the Isthmus of Suez, in the conveyance of mails, passengers, and cargo to and from the various ports in the East Indies. THE PRINCESS MARY OF CA.3IBRIDGE.—The Duchess of Cambridge and her daughter, the Princess Mary s(stoapypsinag at her letterfro ß m oy F al ra a n i k g f hss o n rt e ,o, s f s t e h a e t 2 a s t th ß ), um h p av en e h b ei e m en , close to this city, since the beginning of the month. It is rumoured that the duchess's visit to Germany this autumn, and her prolonged stay in this neighbour hood, have been enforced on her by the necessity of giving a reply to a proffer made for the hand of the princess on behalf of a youthful member of a monar chical house of the north of Europe. It is said that the overture has not lx en received in an unfriendly spirit, and that toe young prance is to be allowed to Visit Rumpenheim to plead his suit in person. The connection would not fail to strengthen the alliance yearconcludedneliagshtbourof h bet t we e en no F r r t a h n er e n e m a o n s d to England, coanesof and I near Olt/Wick. AY EVEIN 114e r OCTOBER 2 9 18'56, nformation then given. At the present moment Austria has some 14,000 men in Wallachia and Moldavia (four ir Bantry and t ffo cavalry regiments), and there they are likely to remain until the Allied Powers h xve come to an understanding with Russia in r eupectto Bolgrad. If men in office speak truth, neither Turkey nor England and France will object to the temporary stay of the Austrian forces iia the Danubian Principalities, as the tricky policy of Russia is likely to render the presence of the united fleets in the Black Sea ne cessary for many a long day to come. The rela tions between this Government and the St. Pe tersburg Cabinet are extremely cool, and no rapprochement has yet taken place between the two Courts, although the two monarchs are be lieved to wish for a reconciliation. Indeed it cannot be douraied that the Emperor Francis Joseph sincerely desifes to be on friendly terms with the Emperor Alexander, but it is pretty sure that as long as he rules over Austria she will neither bow the knee to nor curry favour with Russia. Pt is known to me that the St. Petersburg and 'Vienna Governments have re cently discussed the merits of the Neapolitan question, but the Imperial Cabinet did not lose sight of its engagements to the Western Powers, although it was much incensed at the behaviour of the French Government, " which, through M. de Bourqueney, had promised not to join England tri i any hostile demon stration against Naples." The words quoted were used by one of the best-informed persons in this -city, and information which has reached me from other quarters leads the to believe that the information they contain is strictly correct. It is to be deplored that the Commissioners for the Danubian Principalities should lose so much valuable time a.t Constantinople, but they cannot well commence operations until the frontier ques tion is settled, as it will be almost impossible to learn the real wishes of the inhabitants of Mol davia and Wallachia until the Austrians have quitted those Iprovinces. Stirbey is already agita ting against M. de Ghika, the Sultan's nominee, and there is reason to belive that the Austrians gave him their support." LATI;O - 67 NE WS. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 24. The affair of Montenegro is not yet arranged. Fresh troops are under orders for that country. MADRID, SEPT. 30. The Government is sending a strong squadron into the Mediterranean. It mounts a total of 200 guns. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (2d edition) says : " The Emperor is to reach St. Cloud to-morrow evening. Meanwhile every question, both foreign and domestic, is completely paralysed. I believe the last few days hare passed over without the Cabinets of England and France holding any com munications on the affairs of Naples ; probably tho close of the week will bring forth important decisions. Despatches from Naples for her Ma jesty's Government pass through Paris this even ing. Naples was perfectly tranquil on the 26th of last month, the date of latest advices. lam informed that the Cabinet of Vienna has suggested another Conference or Congress, to take place in Paris, for the purpose of settling various diffi culties which have occurred in carrying out the treaty of Paris. " The Nord, of Brussels, affirms that the ques tion relative to Bolgrad is not yet solved, and that Russia intends to bring it before the Euro pean Plenipotentiaries at their meeting at Paris. "Marshal Narvaez has left Paris, and is, it is said, on his return to Spain. If such be the case, I believe he will soon take the place of Marshal O'Donnell, who is not considered reactionary enough by the Queen." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " I am informed that the circular des patch of Prince Gortschakoff was read yester day to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by Baron Brunow, but I do not learn that a copy was left with him, or that it was demanded. As if to show that an undue importance had been attached in public to that document, other topics were discussed during the interview, and the circular was treated among the last. A difference is sought to be established between a simple des patch sent to a diplomatic agent, to be merely read but not officially communicated to the Go vernment to which he is accredited, and a formal notification directly addressed to the same Government ; and we are informed that it would be wrong to attach the same import anee to both. The present paper is, more over, meant as an exposition of the foreign policy of the Russian Government for the benefit of its own people, rather than addressed to foreign Powers, and anything like offence to England and France is strongly disclaimed. Such, per haps, is the view taken by the Russian Ambas sador, and the explanation given on the subject ; what faith they inspired, or how they were re ceived, I cannot say. But whether they produced the impression desired or not, I confess I do not understand the difference indicated between the circular-despatch to diplomatic agents, and a notification' to foreign Governments. The despatch is to all intents and purposes a notifi cation, inasmuch as it informs foreign Govern ments, and hardly in an indirect manner, of the opinions of the Russian Cabinet on certain ques tions of foreign policy, in which they are deeply interested, and it announces more or less vaguely what its own conduct will be under certain cir cumstances. It is the usual mode in which such things are done, and it is no explanation that the circular is merely a sort of manifesto, drawn up for the special edification of the Russian people. We do not forget that the proclamations and vehemeit addresses of the Czar to the fanatical passions of his people and army, and of which overweening confidence, arrogance, and even blas phemy were the characteristics, were explained away in a similar manner by the more prudent M. de Nesselrode. These audacious and insulting appeals we were then also told were intended exclusively for the Russian eye, and were not to be taken au pied de la lettre, and that great allowance ought to be made for a Sovereign who had to deal with the hordes under his rule who understood no other language. The time, how ever, is past when Russian craft could impose on England or France. When Prince Gortschakoff wishes to instruct the Russian people in his foreign policy he can address himself directly to them, but the Western Powers will hardly stand as whipping•boys for that interesting people. The real question is whether the circular is or is not a correct exponent of the foreign policy of the Rus sian Government. We are informed that the re lations between - Russia on one side and France and England on the other are of the most friendly character, and that no sort of difference is made in favour of either of the latter, whatever may be said to the contrary. I hope so, but I believe the Emperor Napoleon was right in his opinion, very recently expressed, that neither France nor England could afford to be over oonfident in the friendly professions of that Power, and that both should still remain on their guard." " What effect the circular despatch will have on our future proceedings at Naples I am unable to say. Tlio decisive measure has been adopted, and none of course will be so until the return of the Emperor to Paris. That return will not have to be waited for longer than to-morrow. The Neapolitan question is a difficult one, par ticularly for the Imperial Government. No one would be surprised at a rising against the trembling tyrant whose delight seems to be in the misery of the worthiest among his subjects ; and if the revolution took a direction favourable to the interests of the Imperial Family it might be tolerated if not encouraged. But none can say to the revolution "Go thus far, and no farther," and it may be as safe not to try the expo riment of a politi ca l convu l s ion in Italy with the ele ments of social disorder not yet destroyed in France. The return of P r i nce N a poleon much before the period intended h as, I suppose, given rise to ru mours referring t o N a ples. In fact his Imperial Highness is spoken of, I dare say without any just grounds, m a most probable candidate should the Neapolitan Bourbons cease to reign. I give you, without affirming or contradicting, the gossip of the day. " Both England and France are much annoyed at the continued stay of the Austrians in the Principalities, and at her unwillingness to fulfil her engagements. It will be hardly possible for the Divan to carry on its deliberations with Aus trian troops close to them. Fresh communications have been made on the subject. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " Full three months ago you learned from me that Austria would not be inclined to evacuate the Danubian Principalities until the Bessarabian frontier question was definitivelysettled, and infor mation to-day received enables pie to confirm the FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur of to-clay publishes the follow. ing BAYONNII, Sept. 30, 1.16 p.m.—Their Ma jesties left at half-past 12 o'clock for Bordeaux. From Biarritz to the railway station the road was crowded with. people, who loudly expressed their affection for their Majesties and their regret at their departure." " BOIDEAMX, Sept. 30, 5.8 p.m.—Their Ma jesties the Emperor and Empress and the Prince Imperial arrived safely at Bordeaux at 4.35 p.m." The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived in Paris : " MARSEILLES, 30th (Evening).—Marshal Ran don has left Algiers to assume the command of the expedition destined to operate against the Kabyles. The insurgent districts have already been proceeded against by General Yusuf, supported by the divi sion of General Renaud, and their submission may be shortly looked for. From Constantinople we learn that the Sultan is about to be invested with the various orders sent to him by the Queen of England and the Kings of Prussia and Portugal. Albania is overrun by banditti, and the cantons of Greece are in an equally troubled condition. Gen. Chesney is occupied with the plans for the railroad to be constructed on the line of the Euphrates, and instructions have been forwarded to the Turkish authorities to afford him aid and protection in his labours. The Affghans, now devastating two Per sian provinces, have as their leader the son of Dos t Mohammed, who is the ally of England. Notwith standing the important arrivals of wheat which have recently taken place, a sudden rise in price has occurred of from lfr. 50c. to 2fr. the 16 deca litres. This unexpected rise has been caused by the necessity of replacing the grain already deli vered, as well as by the renewed reception of unfa vourable advices from the Sea of Azoff." The Constitutionnel begins to speak more like a French newspaper than a Russo-German journal. After remarking on the singularity of a crusade undertaken against the principle of intervention in foreign s 4 6ates by a power which has attained its present vast proportions only by a judicious adapta tion of that very principle, thus continues : "By what right, might we inquire, can the Russian Dover ament offer to judge the conduct of the allied Powers towards the King of Naples ? What can authorise it to judge prematurely acts which do not exist, intentions w . nich have perhaps not been formed, and of the certainty , if which it cannot be acquainted ? How can it talk of a / pressure exercised on a monarch 1 The allied Powers have never intended to interfere with violence in the internal affairs of Naples. England and France have offered certain representations in the name of outraged humanity and in,the view of Italian tranquillity. Austria took part-in these representations, and participated in the same efforts. When Count Walewski, in the last sittings of the Congress of Paris, raised his voice, and called the attention of European governments to what was passing at Naples, the representatives of Russia did not protest. No, they maintained silence, as if the noto rious character of the facts had convinced them. The lan guage now attributed to the Russian Government, there fore, appears to us inconceivable. The same refers also to the remarks on Greece ; when her waters were given up to piracy, when the whole country was a prey to the most fearful brigandage, were not the measures adopted by the Western Powers dictated by the strictest necessity 1 And who would dare contest to-day the ex cellent effect produced by these measures on the country and its inhabitants 1 It would; moreover, be extraordinary were the Russian Government to in terfere in this question at a moment when circum stances appear changed, and when the protecting Powers are about to deliberate on the situation of this State. Such are the motives which leave us to hesitate in accepting as authentic the despatch attributed to Prince Gortschakoff ; it might be added that such a document would be rather ill-timed at the solemn moment when the representatives of the allied Powers are the guests of his Sovereign, and when so much deference and courtesy have been heaped by tbem on their former adversary. But, if in spite of its sus picious appearance, this document is at the bottom exact, what is to be concluded ? That Russia has renounced none of her pretensions, and again menaces the tran quillity of the world ? This we assuredly do believe. Neither the value nor the bearing of a document must be exaggerated which is addressed by a Minister to his own agents, and was doubtless not destined to receive the publicity given to it. We shall, however, soon be made acquainted with the true natur e o f this document, and the Government of France and England will not fail to reply to it, if necessary. In the meanwhile we would fain believe that Russsia, a wise and skilful Power, has not adopted towards the two great States, which do not intend to weigh with force on any Power, a tone of menace which is in no way calculated to re move the present difficulties." BOURSE, Oct. The following were the lad quotations End of Month. —f. —O. GG 45 Cash. fr. e. 4i per Cents 9O 3 per Cents 66 45 New Loan 67 Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,550 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedrnontese (5) 9O Home Debt ......,4 RAILWAYS-NOR CASE:. fr. c. fr. a. Orleans ... .. . ......... 1,290 50 Wester-. 892 50 Northern •—c 950 -- Strasburg Lyons • 50 Now Ditto ......... 792 50 Mediterranean — G ran d Central...... 620 Lyons Gonova 730 Teste Cette SWITZERLAND. The Grand Council of Neuchatel has voted, by a majority of 48 to 31, the dissolution of the bour geoisie, the creation of a municipality, the expul sion of the compromised clergy, and the dismissal of officials who had secretly or openly aided the late insurrection. Swords of honour have been voted to Colonels Denzler and Girard, The following is the address to the Federal Council, voted by the Grand Council of the Canton of Neuchatel, in its sitting of the 27th of Sep tember : "To THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AT BERNE. "Most honoured Sirs.—The Grand Council of the Republic of Neuchatel has just met for the first time since the sanguinary events which have disturbed the Canton, and its first sentiment was one of gratitude to the Federal Council, which gave so worthy and so ener getic a support to one of the members of the Confede- ration in danger, and to the whole Federal Assembly for its spontaneous and wa rm sympathy. "The Grand Council, gentlemen, therefore, does not hesitate to say th a t it i s the interpreter of the immense majority of the Neuchatel population in thanking you_ in thanking th e C onf ederation for the truly Federal and determined attitude assumed at the first news of the out break of the insurrection. it is not Firrply the independ. ence of a canton ; it is the honour of the Federal flag which was threatened. You understand this as we did, and we are happy to feel that we were not wanting in our duty towards Switzerland, to which we are proud to belong. "Whatever may have been the different forms under which Neuchatel was linked to Switzerland, it has al ways shown that it regarded Switzerland as its real, its only country. Every political period drew these bonds closer, until, in 1848, it proclaimed its independence, and took its place in the Federal Union free from all foreign ties. From that moment, gentlemen, our former relations with a foreign Prince became simply matters of history • we henceforward recognised but one public law—that of Switzerland ; and we reject, and will al ways reject, as the Confederation itself would do, every pretension of a nature to re-establish an order of things which the people repudiated in 1848, in vir tue of the right which every people has to select the form of Government best suited to its instincts and to its happiness. "Let us hope, gentlemen, that the mad attempt of September will be the last, and that certain men will at last understand that the past cannot be remodelled, and that a people who have gained their independence cannot be drawn backwards, any more than a man who has gained his manhood can be drawn back to childhood. "Be assured, gentlemen, that Neuchatel will show itself worthy of the sympathy which the Confederation has shown it, and that it will know how to make use of its victory to realise new progress in the Democratic life which is that of all Switzerland. " In the name of the Grand Council, "EUG. HUGUENIN, President. " ALF. DUBOIS ' "A. RIBAUX , Secretaries. "Neuchatel, Sept. 27t" SPAIN The Madrid Gazette of the . 27th ult. contains a royal decree, issued on the report of the Minister of Grace and Justice, which enacts that in order that thq most meritorious ecclesiastics may be chosen for the higher offices of the Church, nomina tions of dignitaries shall be made from a list drawn 1 43 by the Chamber of Royal Patronage. The Efoja Autografa, aeemi-official organ,deolares that it is not true as has been reported that the state of siege is to be raised on the 10th of the present month. All officers of the army residing at Madrid who did not present themselves to the authorities in the coup d'etat of the 14th July, and those who having presented themselves do not possess property or families in the capital, had been ordered to leave Madrid, and to reside at a distance of 20 leagues from it. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte had visited Bilboa to make philological researches respecting the Biscayan idiom. He afterwards left for Du rangs, Ermua, Azpeitia, and Zaranz, where he is to make similar researches. The Epoca says— " The relations between the Spanish Cabinet and those of France and England could not be more cordial and satisfactory than they are. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received very satisfactory replies from Berlin and Vienna to the despatches sent by our Government on the recent political changes in Spain. They congra tulate the Government on its conciliatory, moderate, and firm policy." A letter says— " The sequestration on the property of Queen Christina has been removed by royal ordinance." THE OVERLAND MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Valetta, R. Roberts master, with the mails from India and China, arrived at Marseilles at 9 a.m. this morning. The mails are to leave for London at 10 p.m. THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE BUN. Dr. Cullen presents his compliments to the Editor o: Me Sun, and begs to request the insertion of the follow. ing letter on the above subject. 11, Royal Exchange, Sept. 23, 1856, " Brompten, Sept. 15, 1856. " Dear Sir,—l have received and read your letter on the Darien Ship Canal. "I am well acquainted with the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Isthmus of Darien, having been profes sionally engaged thereon, as well as on the River Atrato from its mouths in the Gulf of Darien to its headwaters in the province of Choco, New Granada, and the moun tain regions on both sides of that river. • " My opinion of the practicability of a ship canal across the isthmus is derived only from a general and not a particular knowledge of the elevations existing between the Atlantic and Pacific. Now, I think that San Miguel is the only harbour on the Pacific coast at all suited to be the canal port on that side, aed that, whatever route be adopted, San Miguel must be the terminus on the Pacific side, as there is no other on that coast suitable. It is a very fine harbour. _ " On the Atlantic side, without taking into account Port Escoces, the whole gulf of Darien may be called a harbour, having plenty of water and good anchorage, and being well sheltered from the strong wind from the east prevailing about November. " The appearances of the land (from sea) on both sides of the Isthmus, I think, fairly warrant one in believing that there exists a valley pass through the Cordillera. I am of opinion that the land near to the mouths of the Atrato would be found to furnish a better route than that from Port Escoces, or, at least, the land between that port and the western mouth of the Atrato. "I am well aware that to express an opinion on the impracticability of the Darien route, when such route has never as yet been subjected to a particular or accurate survey by instruments and competent parties, would be perfect madness. It seems to me to be the only natural route for such an undertaking, and my engineering ex perience would not lead me to trust a mere ramble in the bush to condemn it. " It must be made a subject of close survey ; the world would not be satisfied with less, and any one acquainted with the dense forests and undergrowth of the Isthmus, where you have to cut every inch of your progress, knows that a survey would be a work of time. Ido not some times wonder at hasty opinions of impracticability from engineers when shut out from the comforts of civilised life, exposed also, it must be confessed, as exper i ence h as sadly taught us, to the Indian's arrow, and cutting their steps as they proceed with much labour. "A light but elongating ladder might be taken along with a surveying party, and raised at times far above the tallest monsters of the forest ' - the bearings of the most suitable route would by s u c h means be discovered, and then a proper survey could be made. " coastsconc urfully from yow with you pe u e xastrojee, which the c healthiness completely Darien bears out the statements of the medical officers of her Majesty's ships. "I should be glad to know that a proper survey had d t pi r a r aa i t m o c : i a c o d v a u e e b t a e l a very re; been undertaken, and fo u ndd n i d osmft t re o ti hetbteoepatrnshoudi it finroym experienceu w n h f a a t v unfavourable rnbol wouldwe opinion i the o a sir, yours faithfully, " BRAY, C.E. " Edw. Cullen, Esq., M.D., 11, Royal Exchang e." TEE CASE OF ARCHDEACON DENISON. It will be remembered that the Court presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and which was held at Bath in August last, in the case of Ditcher Y. Denison, made a declaration to the effect that the doctrines of the Archdeacon's ser mons were repugnant to the 28th and 29th Articles of the Church of England, and that his Grace allowed the Archdeacon till yesterday, the Ist of October, to revoke his errors. It was at the same time intimated that, if no such revocation was made and delivered into the Registry of Bath and Wells by that time, sentence in the case would b e delivered on the 21st of the present month. In compliance with this declaration of the Court, the Archdeacon filed, on Tuesday, the 30th ult., a paper of extreme length, in which he de fends the soundness of his doctrine, and cites a number of Protestant authorities in its behalf. Towards the end of the paper, the Archdeacon says : "The defendant begs, however, respectfully to say that, as it is not his duty to contend for lan guage only, apart from its substance —if it can bs shown to him that the language which he has em ployed in teaching the doctrine of the Lord's Sup per is, in one or more particulars, open to just ex ception, as conveying that doctrine under any aspect new or strange to the Reformed Church of England—the defendant will be ready to alter his language to such extent." The document concludes as follows :--‘ 6 All which the defendant, submitting respectfully to the consideration of the Court, has now only further to say—That it is not in his power to make the revo cation required of him by the Court." THE PARKS. In the Times of this morning we find the following letter from Mr. W. F oy, of the Plants Department, Chatsworth :--" As we are hearing so much at the pre sent time of the improvements said to be taking place in the Parks, I think still grea t er improvements might b e made at a v er y little additional expense, especially if done while th e p resen t a lterations are taking place, as most probably they would have plenty of refuse that would be useful for the purpose I suggest. I would mention St. James's Park for trial. What I propose is the introduction of half-hardy flowering plants, such kinds as would create a blaze of flower throughout the summer months, among which are geraniums, calceola rias, &c., plants that would not require any great amount of care or attention. I propose to introduce them in different parts of the Park, planting them on banks in masses of distinct colours at te lling points. For this ma y be, and where it cou ld b e j udiciously ti take advantage of what slight eleva done I would introduce more. I think this might be done at a very trifling expense, and without making any great alterations in the ground plan o f th e P ar k. I think, sir, you will admit it wouldadd greatly to it beauty, great bo on t o th e wor ki ng c l asses of the me tropolis. alsob ea There may be an o bj ec ti on made respecting the expense of furnishing plants for the above purpose. The expense would not be great, as that class of plants are readily propagated by thousands, the prin cipal thing being to keep the frost from them during winter. THE MOVEMENT OP SILVER. 111111 BURG, Sept. 20.—The very unsatisfactory state of our money market is beginning to excite serious apprehensions amongst our most experi enced financiers, and the great fluctuations in the price of silver and depreciation of the currency, together with the enormous rate of discount, have a disturbing influence on the produce market, and prevent purchases on a large scale from being made by our merchants, who are constrained to limit their transactions to the execution of bona fide orders accompanied by remittances. In addition to the large quantities of silver bought by the firm of Messrs. H. J. Merck and Co. and sent by them to Austria to pay the workmen and mate rials of the Great Elizabeth Railroad (Vienna to Fine, to join the Bavarian line), some considerable parcels of the same precious metal have been bought up here by the eminent banking-house of PaulMen delssoh n-Bartholdy, and sent to Berlin for coinage at the Mint, as the want of an adequate quantity of the circulating medium is severely felt in Prussia, where large quantities of dollars are continually being exported for the purpose of being melted down. There are also at this moment no less than six millions of dollars withdrawn from circulation and deposited in the cellars of the Hamburg Bank. The rate of discount, which has risen to 9 and 9i per cent., has never been so high here before, with the exception of the great crisis of 1826, in which year it varied for several months between 10 and 15 . per cent. Under these circumstances it is proposed to esta blish a gold standard in addition to the existing silver one. This idea appears to give general satis faction, and a petition to the Senate on this sub ject has been got up and lies for signature at the Exchange Rooms. A steamer arrived in the river to-day from Eng land brings 50,0001b5. of silver. INCREASE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England, without waiting for their usual weekly Court, resolved yesterday morning to raise their rate of discount from 4i per cent., at which it bad stood since the 26th of June last, to 5 per cent. The measure has been adopted a day earlier than was anticipated, in consequence of the extraordinary pressure of applications from parties desirous of securing an abun dant supply at 4i per cent. The amount taken on Tues day is said to have been 1,000,0001., and but for the announced alteration the demand yesterday would pro bably have been still greater. It has given universal satisfaction, and the only regret felt is that it was not adopted even earlier, since a large proportion of the amount withdrawn during the previoce two days had been not for the commercial wants of the country, although these, in connection with the approach.. ing 4th of the month, are heavy, but simply for trans mission on loan to the Continent. The rate decided upon is still one per cent. below that of the Bank of France, and the question is whether further rise will not immediately be found necessary. The movement yesterday sufficed for the instant to bring the demand within moderate limits, but with the finance cial facilities now existing between Paris and London it is altogether unlikely that it can prove sufficient to pre vent a continuous drain. A probability, therefore, exists that another advance of a half per cent. may be made ' to-day, or any sub sequen t d a y, w h enever th e s li g htest indications may present themselves of a renewal of the pressure. No instance of the rate of discount being altered on other days than Thursday has occurred since the panic of 1847, but the principle having now been re cognised that it is desirable to move as the events of the moment may render expedient, it is hoped that it will henceforth be acted upon, and that the artificial rush to obtain supplies before each weekly board day, when 9 , rise is considered likely, will thus be prevented for the future.—Times' City Article. MORE DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS ON Tll3 PART OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. BRIGHTON, OCT. 1. An affair of a most disreputable character has re cently occurred at the Brighton barracks, which bids fair to matoh in military delinquencies even the disgraceful conduct of the officers of the 46th Regiment, the verit able proceedings in connection with which must be fresh in the recollection of all. For some time the 4th Light Dragoons have been stationed at these barracks, and the officers have rendered themselves somewhat notorious as being of that class of "New England" blood, denoted in common parlance as " fast" men. It appears that recently a gentleman has joined the regi' meat as cornet, the son, we beleve, of a clergymaof and who, from either having no taste for practical jok' ' ing and joining his fellow-officers in what they might term innocent freaks of fancy, or from the circumstance ; of not wishing to run himself into unnecessary extrava gance' he has been subjected to repeat e d annoyances, but which he has borne with patience. A few nights since these annoyances reached their climax, for it is reported that a party of his comrades in arms set upon him bf force, and we suppose from what followed incapacitated I him by numbers from making resistance, for they der , nuded one side of his face of his whiskers and mustachios, broke his furniture, damaged his clothes, and we hear ' took his bed and put it into a quantity of water, a 5 alleged, for the purpose of seeing whether it would float. From the difficulty of ascertaining minute details, where a considerable degree of secrecy is observed, we cannot at present more than state the above particulars which have come to our knowledge through several sources. Suffice it to say, in consequence of a certain report to the Horse Guards, on Monday last, Gen. Laurenson, the General of Brigade, came down to Brighton, an d the following officers were ordered under close arrest, viz.. . Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, Capt. Burt, and Cornet Winstanley, and their swords taken from them. One of , two others, who either aided or countenanced the affair, it is said have slipped themselves out of it. The whole • matter, however, will of course undergo s t r i c t i n vest . '" gation, and we hope that the parties implicated will re ceive such measure of punishment as is their due. THE !WENT MOILER AT MALTA. MALTA, SEPT. 24. The trial of Giuseppe Mill, for the murder of Captain Thomas Graves, terminated about 7.30 p.m., h a ving ' occupied two days. Upwards of twenty doctors were examined, and a ll b u t two wereo f op i n i on t h at t h e wound was mortal from the first ; two, Dr. G. Port elli, and 0 pupil of his, Dr. Loferla, were of a contrary opinion, coo' sidering that death was caused by the manner in whip the wound was treated. The jury, consisting of nine Maltese, deliberated for two hours and unanimously declared the prisoner guilty of having wounded Captain Graves ; and one against eight declared with intent of causing him grievous bodily harm. This verdict the judge would not receive, :Ina the jury again retired for half an hour, and then re turned a verdict—guilty of having inflicted wilful and bodily harm, and that death ensued from acci dental causes which followed the wound, and not from the wound itself. The Crown-Advocate demanded application of the severest punishment (which is five to nine years' impri sonment), and the counsel for the defence, the mildest applicable according to the code, and the nature of the crime. The court, seeing no reason for mitigation of punish ment, in consequence of the gravity of the crime, core demned the prisoner to nine years' hard labour. The prisoner's coolness and calmness never deserted him. He appeared in every way unconcerned, and more like a spectator than the criminal. He chatted and smiled occasionally with the greatest freedom and ease. The French steamer from Constantinople, on the 24th, brought an Englishman, who afterwards paraded him. self through the streets of Valetta in a black wide-awako with white ostrich feathers. Being the day of the trial of the murderer of Captain Graves, some wag set a float a report that the stranger was a new Jack Ketch, se nt out for the express purpose of hanging the boatman. He left a few hours after, or he would have discovered that he created a greater interest than he would have found pleasant. SE 2T. 25. The French steamer, from Constantinople for Mar seilles, left last evening, and the French steamer, from Fgypt, leaves this morning for the same port. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Mr. Ga w ze, h a w b h o o o s t e m h a o k n e e r s i t n y be was Southampton, notsati La e te d l . y is ha e d ing s shopman inLnd o it London last week, he made inquiries about the cha racter of the man, and the result not being favourable, be discharged him last Saturday night. On Monday night there was a special train from Southampton to London for the passengers by the Channel Island mailpacket. About half an hour before the train started the discharged shopman got into Mr. Gaze's back premises, and stole a basket of boots and shoes, worth about 10/. The basket was rather heavy, and just as he was about carrying it off a boy passed, and he was asked to assist in carrying the basket to the railway. At the railway the boy asked for something for his trouble, and not getting enough he became impudent, and said that he believed the boots and shoes were stolen, and that he would go and tell Mr. Gaze. As soon as the latter heard what the boy told him he jumped into a cab and drove to the railway station ; but the special train had left. He telegraphed to Basingstoke, where the train would first stop. As it was dark, and not known in what carriage the thief was, and as the basket was placed with the luggage, and would not be claimed until it arrived in London, its owner bad to be discovered by a ruse. A policeman went th e platform at Basing s t o k e, an d , look i ng into every along every c arriage, said—" Here's a lot of boots and shoes got loose amongst the luggage, do they belong to any one by this train ?" In one of the carriages a young fellow thrust forward his head eagerly, and said the boots and shoes were his. "Do they belong to you, sir ?" said the policeman. " Yes ;" was the reply. " Then I apprehend you on a charge of stealing them, was the rejoinder ; and the stolen property and the thief were very shortly on their return to Southampton. TSE SCHOOLS OF MEDlOlNE.—Yebtereay the several metropolitan schools of medicine commenced their winter session. Inaugural lectures were delivered at Guy'3 Hospital school by Mr. T. Bell, F.R.S. ; at the London Hospital, by Mr. Bentley ; at Charing-cross Hospital, by Dr. Chowne ; at Westminster Hospital, by Dr. Fiucham ; at St. M ary ' s, P a ddi ng t on , by D r. T . K . Chambers, F.R.C.P.; and at the Grosvenor-place school, by Mr. T, Spencer Wells, F.R,C.S. WOW