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

ITER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.— M. jULLIDN'S CONCERTS. —M. Jullien has the gratification to announce that Miss DOLBY and Signor MILLARDI will make their first appearance this evening. Tenth time of the new grand French Quadrille, and first time of the grand selection from La Traviata. Programme for THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Nov. 19) : Part I. Overture, Euryanthe—Weber ; Quadrille, from Meyerbeer's opera. L'Etoile du Nord—Jullien; Symphony, Andante in E flat, from the Symphony in C—Mendelssohn ; Aria, Mile volte sul campo d'onor (Pia del Tolimei)--Doni zetti—Miss Dolby; Duo, Violin and Violoncello (Lee Hugue nots), Vieuxtemps and Servais), MM. Camille Demunck and Ernest Derannek, Jun. ; Polka, My Mary Anne (ninth time), Jullien (dedicated 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 Quadrille, tenth cl ti ar me in (J et ullien), with de , and varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe , , ophiclei cornet, performed by MM. De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig. Finale : "Partant pour la Syrie." " Viva l' " Empereur. Part 2.—Opera, Grand Operatic 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 Eceuig, being the first time of performance. Scotch song, " Over the Sea" (Mrs. Uroome) Miss Dolby ; Valsc, Paul et Virginie— Jullien (3d time this season) ; Fantasia, "Violo d'Amore," an ancient instrument, Sonvenir d'Ecosse—(Schreurs), Herr Schrenrs ; Valse, Peri—D'Albert ; Galop, Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 641. ; 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. HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— ' Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Mmager, Mr. C; Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALL ET, 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. Li 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 i n th e the most celebrated operas of th e g reat composers Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn. plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (by particular desire) Rossini's popular Opera Comique, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Clerici, M. Gassier, Herr Formes, Signor Rovere, Signor Mattoni, and qignor Lorini. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews. Other characters by Mr. A. Youuge, Mr. Templeton, Miss Balmer, 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, Beak, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box.office of 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. THEAT-RE ROYAL, H AYMARKET. 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 sang), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour e Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss I.l,:pabine. After which Perea ..Nena 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 Peres. Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE STAR OF ANDALFSIA. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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. Pants.lon.—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. Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A BORDER MAR. RIAGE. Sir Walter Raebnrn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandle, Mr. Wright; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and dnrine: the week will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMNIER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, Mlle ci OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by , Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murray and C. Lcclercq. Mendelssolm's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will Commence at 5 minutes before 7. LYCEIIM THEATRE ROYA G. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. FABIAN, or " La Mesailiance," every Evening. Burlesque every Evening. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Nov. 19), a Romantic. Play, in four acts, entitled, FABIAN, or " La Mesalliance," with new scenic and mechanical effects, &c. Fabian, Mr. Chas.- Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. Concluding with the Burlesque of THE WINTER'S TALL Misses Woolgar, Wilton, Mrs. B. White, Messrs. Toole, calhaem, Barrett, Enough, &c., Miss Rosina Wright, and the Ballet. ROY AL SURREY THEATRE. Lqßsees, Nifwtrs. Shepherd and Creawiek.. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWER GIRL; or, Convict Marquis. Cranon, gr. 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 ; Drcd, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; - Cringe Tiff, Mr. Widdicomh ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A. Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson; Lisette, Miss Ellis. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY AT HOME. MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus. M!ss 31askell ; Creusa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, lir. F. Robson. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs. Lullaby, Mrs. Stirling. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee And Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING an entirely new Equestrian Spestacle, 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. James Cooke. To conclude with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn- CA.NTERBIIRY HALL, Westminster-road.— k../ OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c. ' viz. : —Mi ss E. P earce, M rs. J . C au lfi e ld, Miss Bruncll, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jong hmans, R. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Currie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Cerri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R.A. ; h armon i um, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selee- Vow!. IIGa WATER. AT LONDON —Evening 13 r a i n. aft 7 Tine DAT--MOTTI• 41 Mill. aft. 6 Tn.moup.ow—Morn.26 min. aft. 7—Evening 26 min. aft. 8 --- n'HE WEATHEIt—SDN OFFICE., NOVEHEER 19. THEEMOMETF,E, IN 'MR SHADE. 50—highest sinee noon yesterday. 44 to-weer this morning and dnring the ni g ht. 50 —this de) noon. BAROMETER, 30 10. WIND, N.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weathee. Heavy rain in the morning. STAMPED EDITION OF "THE SUET ' The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may al (.v.lys ba had from half- past 5 till o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION' Is always to be seen on the papers containing, the latest news. If any difficulty be experien 3 ed in obtaining that Edition, a conitnunica,tion to The Sun Othoo will remedy it. Sun Office) 112, Strand. ‘.5 , 1111 , • L'ESTDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1856 ---~-_- now appears to be Th e position of affairs just anything but satisfactory. The position of affairs, we mean, iu a diplomatic p oint of view—con sidered, that is to say, in regard to the gran d problem of the maiiii,eilaut,e of interuational trau- quillity. How much, for example, that is un questio4ably 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 vexed ques tions, breeding and ill-blood among the na -1 dons 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 into fresh struggles—fierce and sanguinary. And all this while—with a rupture threatened at the Court of Teheran, and another talked of in the couneil chambers of King DOMBA, and gloom, and doubt, and terrors of all kinds settling heavily down upon the newly inaugurated Presidency of BUCHANAN—the gay old Barnacle, the spark ling old Barnacle, the light in hand old Barnacle (meaning, of course, my Lord Viscount PALNERSTON) 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. tioasiy 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 or system of fortifica cations, having her former rank admitted anew at the councils of the aggregated powers of Christen dom, having "to indgmnity 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 4he 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 in Christendom, the glorious and, please GOD, solid and permanent 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 sera the simultaneous apparition of the Auguries of evil—advancing upon them 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 new hemisphere. Binding their rods of empire together about the weapons o► their blended Power, the Axe of Battle must porfoice become 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 cireulation, 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 direetion, 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 1819 into effect brought back all the calamities of 1816. The Bank had been 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 piper were made to the Government, to public w°llo , to parishes, to landed proprietors—in fact, in any quarter where adequate security could be offered fur repay w en t. It is needless to say that the addition of so large a proportion to the active circulation of the Batik of England speedily led to an addition to provincial circulation —the private banks being then subject to no restri c ti ons — an d , as a ma t ter i of course, to the discount of n bills e and advances on all legitiat of e 'instruments xchan g o e f credit. 'We have it on the authority of Lord OvExsTONE, 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 his own words, "in a very increased ratio . " The converse of the proposition is also true and any expansion of the currency is followed by a greatly increased expansion of bills of exchange. The energetic means adopted speedily restored credit. The nation recovered from its depressi on . Everything was couleur de rose, and the th en Chancellor of the Exchequer (now Earl RIPON) was enabled to spark so confidently of the geuelal 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 ,he 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 acrew 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 Mareh 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 ASHBURTON, who conferred with Lord LIVERPOOL, Mr. HUSKISSON, 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 bs 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 B trik had no specie left a large additional issue of notes was made, and about 1,500,000 of those of 11., which were accidentally 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 ! 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, esta blished 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 months, 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 of 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 1,500,0001. of V. notes, there is no doubt that they would joyfully have been accepted by the people, and that the results would be still more striking and deeisive. A national bankruptcy was averted by their use, which, as Mr. JEREMIAH FlAnaLtsr, a well-known and expe rienced Director of the Bank, in his evidence before the Bank Charter Committee in 1832, 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, 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. thatma.N'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. ROBINSON), 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 the 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 exchauged for notes at the earliest opportunity, or withdrawn from circulation for the purpose of hoarding. The crisis from 1836 to 1840 was again pm 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 traced the hintory of monetary crises during the second grea t epoch, from the restoration of cash payments, under the Act of 1819, to the enactment of the impolitic code of 1844, which was directly op] nosed to all previous experience, and which, as we shall prove on an other oecasion, has totally* failed to verify the anticipations of its authors :and supporters. One poucd notes saved the cour ttry. They were with drawn. An increased issu e relieved distress, and brought back gold to the tank, and that was ren dered impossible by the a .bsurd regulations which seemed expressly framed. 'co ruin the trading and manufacturing interests. The issue of the strt •,ggle just terminated in the United States, however r deplorable, has neverthe less a significance whic mu3t not be overlooked. More than a strugglea of parties, it has been a Struggle of principles, in which have been arrayed ou th e one s id e tt iv i j ,,t unscrupulous awl graep- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY . EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1856. 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 ,he 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 night 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--•det 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 coun 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. Ho knows our 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. But there will be time and opportunity for both to turn round, and unscrupulosity 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 Cabinet will be forward to embrace it. The just, though iniquitous, 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 in 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 —.insult 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 on 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 lytis mainly by annexation its political predominance can be perpetuated. To its promptings, eager and insatiable let us oppose the expression of a firm resolutiond a state of naval efficiency in palp able accordance with it. 13y 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. ,se CABINET COUNEIL.-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 East of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Ron. R. 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, Lanca- shire. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and party are expected to arrive at Goodwood, at the close 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 Oorriere 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 ef Aug. 26 last, relating to pass ports and to the amnesty granted to those who have left 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. M r. foreman, according to letters received this morr ing, is fast recovering from the effects of his late acci dent. We stated a f ew d a y s ag o that the body of a n old man named Stanley, "the Gipsy King," h ad been fonud in the river Dart. Ci r cumstances have s ince trans p ired which leave no d ou bt th a t the old man ha s been mine. dered. Active exertions are being made by the police to discover the ruffians. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has been visiting his Northumberland estates. His lordship dined a few days , ago at Morpeth. The meeting was private. A further sum of 21. 10a. par share is to be payable to the shareholders of the British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ou the 20th inst. 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 Cette TURKEY. We have received the Constantinople . journals and letters of the Gth, 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 fist 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 one have been found to replace Fuad Pacha as Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Yefik, 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 bee'. 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 b ad remained at Constantinople to settle the accounts of i he French army, left on the 2 7th , t he 28th being the day when the term expired for the total evacu ation of the Turkish terr itor y . him permission Milly re quired two days more to his work, but co mplete r M e T a i h n o u a y s e n b eel waspo s determinedt ivelyr efus that atth p e e e rm on i v ss e i n o t n io t n o should ' be strictly adhered to on the part of France. No fresh accounts had been received from C l audia, but the Porte had sent another steamer with a fur ther supply of provisions sad other necessaries for the sufferers. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Fribourg in the Debits 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 to 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 talc n place ord ere d th e potatoes to be restored to their owner, and he was paid for the 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 aggre sso r s . A f re sh 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 As 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 to loaded with potatoes. A party of gendarmes had great diffi 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 Oies. The lieutenant of the gendarmery and three of his men attempted to arrest a workman who was the ringleader in the previous disturbances. The man, however, resisted, and in the scuffle he was shot through the head, and died a short time after. The crowd on seeing this became exasperated, and raised cries of Vengeance ! Aux Armes For a moment, the gendarmes were in great danger, but, a reinforcement coming up, they were extricated. The generale was beaten, and for a time serious disturbances were apprehended. The national guards at first turned out, but many of them af terwards returned to their homes. Some women were seen disarming their husbands, while others, on the contrary, were exciting them against the armed force. One part of the national guard, to assist the gend armery an d d e f en d The night pass e d o ff qu i e tl y , w ith t h h o e w A ev r e s r e , nal. went the exception of some vociferations against the gen darmery. Measures of precaution have been adopted for the fair of this day." RUSSIA. A ceremony, not perhapsquitTsuita,ble 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 great pomp. The nietropolitan liiahop, I'hilaretis, officiated. Atter the liturgy a procession took place round the. Kremlin, the, great bells of the cathedral ringing ad the while. POLAND. A letter from Warsaw of the 11th, in the Debats, says :—" Among the concessions for which Poland is indebted to the Emperor Alexander 11. is that of great liberty granted to literary works. The o:nsorship 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 those of Russia now discuss the great material questions on the order of the day, and it is i4P 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." LATEST NEWS. THE AFFAIR OF THE ENGLISH GUN-BOAT. MARSEILLES, Nov. n. 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 gunboats 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 oven fired upon her. ommow.kli;aMil 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 Gaiette of Berlin, says :—" It is believed here that the intimate relations that have been established be tween the Cabinets of St. James's and Vienna will have some influence on the termination c the Neapolitan difficulty. General de Martini has, it is said, received instructions to acquaint the Cixbinet 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 rnea- 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 he would avoid would again present themselves on another ground, still more grave and still more menacing. It may then be too late for change or repentance, and of him it may then be 'said— `Et propter vitecm 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 case 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 shalt 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 te) that appeal by sending back the very same MOD. 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 much oc cupiedor with great questions of foreign policy f 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 t err ibl e words which other rulers have heard before him --Vest trop tard !" NEUCHATEL. The Assemblee Nationale copies from a German paper, the Nouvelliste de hamburg, 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 the Council a note relative to tae 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 M. de Savigny, is the Envoy of Prussia to the Helvetic 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 Alf mniteur 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 Stench army at Rome, has arrived in Paris. The King of Piedmont is about to visit Nice) where he will remain until tbe middle of December, and then return to Turin far 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 gmperor 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 receivei by the populations both of Farabane and Medine, and they succeeded in effecting a reconciliation between the chiefs of the two places. A prophet, named Alhadji, who had been agitating the neighbouring 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 was arriving in con , iiderable quantities. The volunteers of Oualo, in the service of the French, bad made an expedition to the village of "l‘.l‘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 number of captives, 183 camels, 200 oxen, 104 asses, and 500 goats or sheep. BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The following were the last quotations : Casb. 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 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 have sent addresses to the Queen thanking 'her for the concordat. It was said that Count de 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 rent,that 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." TEE F09.-LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT. 20RBE 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 had 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 fog was so dense as to prevent the water being distin guished from the land, they strangely enough proceeded Wong the towing-path for the purpose of meeting Hayes, 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 home 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 hearing any tidings 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 used, and near the spot, just outside the lock, where there is seven feet of water by the bank, were found the bodies of Sri' Hayes and Chubb. At this part of the canal the towing' path somewhat suddenly turns off. The poor creatures, no doubt, could not Observe the turn, and so walked straight into the water. The bodies were removed to the White Hart public-house, Old Vord-lane, Bow, to await a coroner's inquest. Mrs. Chubb was far advanced in pregnancy, and has left five children. Mrs. Hay°r has also left a similar family. Vice Chancellor Kindersley has appointed Mr. W.ll. MiCreight official manager of the London and County Assurance Company, now winding up. The weather is unusually cold for the season at 3far• seilles, although the thermometer has not yet otood be low zero. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, whose arrival at Marseilles has been announced, embarked on Friday for Corsic.a. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and family have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square. from St. Giles's, Dorsetehire. The Earl of Eglinton has arrived n B lid ir e o ra m bl M e de seilles Bath. a tt e u ert r A edh e:m r O Clarendon,e nd seitiestesletagtreasphtihcatespritt xteairlgy ant calm wand in that market for Spain, wheat and without any advance of price., v il t r o it m N o ° re n i i ncendiary fires were day M n ° i lt g E ht, i discovered within about a mile of the of Mr S town . One on- E an o d 'c a loc t k a r e a s ! t s a r!: cuired upon the farm premise! . ylvester, of Not ooptpilele.aerAest, t N h cr l a 7t r h an iii rs s m t. were discovered to be on fire. We are informed that the Bank of England yesterday lent 20,0001. to the London Dock Company on its bonds twinhgehata-mst'a situate a t h te e a p t ro t d h u e c C e at 4i per cent. for three years. Considering the exist ing high value of money, and the still unsettled state of the market, some surprise is expressed at this operation. jktabt there veryuel view ri eel TRAD E oiwsp A iartsa D ietsd E aooti rem ai ns odni l yfisn l eeug E a asre :BPnsuono:ramqnuel REPORT.—MANCHESTER, I sse i mos e n — atm t adat descriptions r i has se E .s s hu T o apc bE f sp eß o y ob e' t a re : T t r eo n n u on f s e f : s s k r uoo d e ubn a e nevertheless, es it is satisfactory to find that, with the pro' amr y pt n . ich — tpotearne re O dskwti titdethyrtoe;fin:vir considerable pwleoarkm,aainndtaitnhethceommspealrvaetsivaeslywel l i i tt a l: ll e s e they do. There is no doubt, however, that the whole dtso A o re rT dci ttl orders. producing power for manufacturing is not put forth. u PRICE OF DOLLARS.—The dollars received by Mexican pa c k e t h ave b een so ld a t 61d., an advance? on the price realised for those brought by the earl) September steamer. In the interval, however, higher rates were paid for limited amounts, dollars being verf scarce. p i p • IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOOIATION.- - half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian M Association, held yesterday, the report and aeon'''. were adopted. It was also agreed to appoint a committeZ of shareholders to consult with the directors on the PO' tion and prospects of the undertaking. The loss dull the last six months has been 3 , 1801 ., and the reser ve fun now consists of 3,0001. New 3 per Cent. Stock. A maeting was held last evening at the Camberwell Hall, Grove-lane, for the purpose of taking meas uree le get rid of the present system of tolls inflicted upon w et com munity in that locality. Various speakers add res° the meeting, and resolutions condemnatory of the Fle t f o , were passed unanimously. It was stated at them en t ' r ; that upwards of 2,000 houses in the neighbourhoo d we at present uninhabited, and this circumstance was 13 tirely owing to the present toll-gate nuisance. hat g/ Letters just received from Constantinople stat e t 0, number of Greek firms have supplied the Ottoman i,f o vernment, by way of loan, with a sum of 25,00 0 a piastres, or about 208,000/. sterling, but the tern °P.p. which the accommodation was granted have n ot tr" spired. tter The Inclependance Beige, of Monday, states in a i e from Paris that Russia demands the neutra li s ation, • the Isle of Serpents , and the establishment there ? t o comm ission composed of representatives of the va rl° t o powers in return she will abandon her pretensions holgrad. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND. - 1: meeting held in this matter at the chambers of the '7,1 3 ; ter of the R o lla, it was reported to Mr. Whiting' fr y chief clerk, that the directors had not been able to °cog out their proposition of raising by subscription 80 ° ,, i- r oe money to pay off the liabilities, amounting to a-the 20,0001., and consequently the order to wine O der affairs will be carried out in due coarse. It i 8 un stood, however, that it will be appealed again el '' lr pee INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. — At the Aliohn-u of examination of candidates for admission on the rn ex o. attorneys and solicitors of the superior courts, "%ion miners recommended as deservingof honorary di s od Albert Gordon Langley, of Chudleigh, Devonshire' se' the council of the Incorporated Law Society ba ye d to cerdiugly awarded a prize of books to be presen ts him. ~ .0 re' GRAPES ARE SOUR. — Le Nord of Satur d a y, % t oe ly to some articles which have recentlyappe ared in oat of the London morning papers on the subject of the railway scheme of Russia, says :—" Russi a neit h a e o of mends from England her iron, her capital, nor the soy of her experience. England has not the inenopolY °I ra il' those elements of success for a network of Rossi n ..olo l ways. Russia can pass very easily through the no- id of difficulty without the industrial or intellectual a id i Great Britain, and will not accept from her u nfair t he tions nor unjust demands. Whether the intelligenn7 pot capital, or the iron of Great Britain participate ?i'v,oll in the construction of Russian railways, those rali trong will nevertheless be made. When a government" ; jo bs.' and powerful, which is at the head of 70,000,000 o w ith bitants, has recognised the necessity of preceeding_teo , bY % v i a . the creation of active means of communication there will be no want of anything necessary for thet a the pleat of its otject. If, then, the capital, the iron, 3 9 ; i0 it intelligence ot Great Britain be employed in but will not be be Russia bad solicited them , the cause there are practical and enlightened rnin cle di T o of country, who, in spite of tile unreasonable r f ej t O e , it _ 0 ,4 the journa's, see a means for the promotion of interests in lair and honourable speculations.., -