The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-11 00:00:00

s• *lsx-Jet-a a.m. Lagan rota' orT-Flot-s N. iirallAmurem-24 March- JT-29 Sept. mrrant'm) financials. THE PERIGEVAN-LONGITUDE PHILOSOPHY, ON —STAns-pobrri-uszfruict-- CINQUE-PORTAL, Wit-in-G" moot-court.—ln B. c. Diez-Cinc'kent-50 0 N. 'Pilot-soar arc-en-del by p hstrs-geograph /bac .• • :to @over's d• Arrow off end-on' Diepp's-nouen to Lizard-Pt. o'er Ind. Quadra.. culmination Tropic-wend t'wrd mmorca's Langue e'ock 400 N. Its state-rope Anchor fag-tow'4 pres-by Tyre 'round the fist earth, as of Titus Vsspasian's meter, yr 79 on 1824-35 Act for' neca-conchoidal, leet-Crts. The Boidoigne 'd illegal mist-Comgn-regatta fete of 27-Bth, August'en A.D. 1861—as Eve sham'd-on "the after math-E'head'ng night of Ihon apte'r —issued the 13th, Old Lammass-day from the " Jag'Assey's office (of Grand master of Malta's College, St. James's-st.", on U. S. c. 33, 0. 7, 1800-2-as of Amiens treaty-Nap), in dupelex, ' welkin Paul the capson-scholastic,' by Goal-LEwEs' in Ship way seal of ?Paris 'O'n kirk's 'Earth-moving' error. So to /' Command old words, that long have slept—to wake, Words that wise Bacon, and brave Raleigh spake." This fang awa Bamfin ' but Plot fm,„excht.nge as Corn hill-st. mi-chaT4 "Like Guo-father-131 CowEER-1712, like usaci.*child sprig PALMERSTON 1861 -as of H.J.Temple —cites the c h ar t er of Bristol L. P. 9 Armee, 24 forits backwarn'ng to six, five, a or four," combar- (on's Lath'm Span'sh Cab o t age ) curvature Latrini-u s l l )'e...„r the sunk Sport, Q. i nn J e ti m l an d wad- set's prior to , Pore ; pav - i lc on s , tax 1291-97-Doge 9.We 9th, at Shore uAm Bright-helm -stone meridian of London Lsd, now resumed for " Carthage-mud port-Co t' . hon, Edict e omffn., of Review in Egypt's 1828," by 9-1 0 c. 15, for undersigned's sole Etruscan " Arbitrat'm grate m Pontifiscum—o mgra tor" as G' log 68'3 'twist Turkish ALL and Codnn . gton, who in Clandian's •0 'way letter-A, didn't— " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th] To ninth and tenth of WilliamLs reign." ( . 110 10th. So, "no 15 81 's Earthrolling-bulls, with a Tat earth Langu e o , o i , zl,* er Jeyf amen'ys astral.—lst, S ee I Ed w. c. 2, reenacted in 1832, by 2-3 Will. IV., cap. 92, sec.'4,—entitlod, The Submission of the Clergy .Restraint of Appeals—as yet pending to Pombal's Brazil-9, in ach ita' intervention, 25 Henry 8, c. 19, 11' 3, Whereas divers life-titled noblemen and spiritual persons have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of correction 1)8 lure patronatus, and probates of testaments —Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other will-court officers, of the King's Highness, do bear the Echo Knight rider's fiscuatom'ary endorsement, as well as the Common-clerk's name placed under citor's name, after registered seal, in polar " Die Kaaren " Jet./ meridian pl Ref : : Rochester's in mane fed Antcec transit o'er N. Z . : Waithange d brother and sister's" 3-ty. as of-(-0. 5.209 E. Azores, fulcrum ponticulus-h.emispheraYm+ lst. re-ponti-Phi/imore'd as the old longitude -bridge-kirk-Dance o'er the L'aide- ivy " In silence, till the cheerful sun Has twice six months its star -wend run." Thus — lAganton-Eotalorum's of Kent under Syn-sideral lathe epoch for P. L' audits, to Bow towns 5119 N., 13 prefix over its L'ond'on-wave m Wall-in-ford bye fcirencester Seven hundreds' in 34-HEN. Ist.—mile'r Alnothus, to 1-4 Hen. 4's hogsh ea d o f wine Jus-" Ex-change-A 1." as of Bristol's leva lunguel in alt"mare Conic-meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court, not of ' Co-mercer's fi. fa., nrewing-sup,' as on Jesuit's ward books ea. fa.'d. " Think deep. —or touch not the Pyrean spring," 2dly. Whence, by 1 Philip & Mary, c. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator (to Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521., 81—now Utiecht's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-63, as o f Mexico's Philipine isled Bohun inspector of all A fiscal-f meter-Crts.), who like WOLSEY's Templer shall take en himself 'to direct and serve his own pr3cept.' Hence this cinq Negative ; since (by Rusan-Dutch loan on America's double-hdd-eagle-xopeck, 91's Mingan trust-acts of 1832),Rension'd Church-Queen's" in ca—of a, by civil list, —the' in 6 'er^fzeft farce" —have ceased to be the head of Malcolm nt.'s O.G.G -SOU monetary Trust in presbyteml kindred and at your peril disobey this law —for "one and all as breast-high'd on Agricola's E:cot and ' lot hand-up ceremonial," typic on Caesar's silver coinage for electing yearly the Ex'change phat's on 29th Sept., or mi-call-mete--smagistrates, on union echo-wall with the 24th March one—in " murri 27, Aug. 31, 1861 funitilciTan7ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET, g The flag-union Jag, Ist Fruit a.mMp.m. pacca-corn hill'd-tribune as Income-tax iv freeman, Antipod'n Crown colonit chief 4 Bulo.CF of 1842, The criminal law's Extradi c, Temple. tion act, Constable of the Sea-shores, Labouchere. bearing %America's paddle of Admiral's 14 [2 March, '4l] court, over Canterbury's Ge-Guizote H. M. Perley. settlement for New Zealand's Probate 3 Sept, '4l, Crt., its (lial rr-repoy Stil'lordWarden 'Pal v vis'a. tho' cruelly set up a medard necca machina, in " Paccarim gentis imagines." .* N. CHARLES' ' ACRERLEY, J.P.of Carib-allyd f Enaland, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad- .•• : : rairal G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec- Crown retary ; MarcusHill—SANDYS, Lay presbyt er's egm, on The holy ;alliance abolition,' of King- a clubs), its Standard meter-bearer 1837—Lt. I R.N. pay'd double-oathied victim—supporter Si of poor indian PETER 10 yrs, by Indian female Peu Qu' sponsorship 1890—thro' Quebec's Hamilton-' Rien Dalhousie, in Elder's duty for HIS and own's S.P.Q.R, instant State-birth provision, as the Mon tape Subsidy first-fruit loan 1814'20's, major Trevor- Cartwright's successorial Ombra-U'hom6, to trove. 1322'99's red-turban'd Hen. Quadra Manfre dum'y de flecearia,' on H. s's colona'd martin 5; IV V to GoNsaLvx 1816 regolamento-159, by Pius 7th on Ch. Baillie Urban Bth's capacity-oath, of 1749 Act- Advocate STUART de Trewcomin's ' en Gonfaloniere' 1825 passed, in C. A.'s naming Act 1-2 W. 4, Na. 54, as th" qoin'd Luther- Calvin popied for lay seignorage. To al 1 metre-roded ' Councils General' in nature's Year-law, under 1835's Municipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Comffn 'Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111, c. 55, male or female," as at Dover and Burgh-Ports 1772's on the resignation aver-bulesrun of Clement 14's Jesuit priest Abolition, for Earth Lay resumption of life-set allotments of land), over the yearly Poor-law Guardians—as are for the time being—on 1603's church Canon in vestry'red lettered functional succession —an afterthought of Q. Elizabeth's P. C. PEuRLEY-men, for oaths in retro O'way-sense, for sound office, whence stoppage of all pensions and ministers' money (for public works) whereby all Creed's are made self-supporting.—So be it—as everybody must say. " 'Tis thus that Heaven its empire doth maintain ; It may afflict—but MAN, must not complain." 4. Papal-tribunes of gursv minor Er-change bApointers* 0.8. Fiat-earth's Pierean philosophy to 1582, on COWPER'S 1671'S Huitson " Chiliarcha3'r" of St. Michael's PENN for Vox 4umana organ Tun' of Hidelburgh, in neligoland 3ty., Jan. 14, May-Copenhagen'd by C. xA. of Daphne, 1814. Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Survey Arbitrations.—By 9 10 W. in, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, sole-traders—(and all Antipode'ans as thoseunder the 'Turkish, 1809-Dardanell'd Padi;lia3 Jan' ,treaty,' 1841)—desiring to end all controversies by, arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage (as of Africa's 1828 trust on Thony Monthermer' ACXERLEY, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),—0f any person, should be made "on Captain Cook's mans rule in tribal Admiralty red-flag MAora,-plea," of his Majesty's courts of Record ; and in case of disobedience to such award or Umpirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (IF. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),—t0 perform the same, shall be subject to the penalties of Contemning a Rule of Court, "as Co'mis sion'd on the Anglo-Saxon Mexi-Spanish trust, tho' Cuba- Philipin'd to 1763-4-state Grants, as reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib-micmac's manor L'Boar's head, Inn-fan-Gee and Out-fan-G.-surtentation, without " Locatelli" death's. 'Noath polar Aetra's wehr-ring wolf to yawn, And view with trembling, whom they view'd with scorn.' 1 GUILTY 011 "NOT GUILTY FICTION" RIDER.— " The writ original—now police-sheet root In mistress-key'—spring of ev'ry civic-suit." The " not guilty" when GUILTY is the free and accepted for county-rate expenses, in all the courts—but, the guilty on written evidence to Female complainant, &c., before hear ing —is of right saved (50, E. 3) from a committal under the twofold spiritual and corporeal c tpacity of the casting voice in Judge, as counsel for the prisoner. The case in ques tion being a complicity 'twixt Mistake-plaintiff, and Defen dant, - pre- tacited—in order to obtain " a Court-christian naillie-day's criminal sentence," —as the October Laird o'Cockpen's Ist usAfruct, of the French treaty jurisprudence in the Marylebono Police-court on Wed., Oct. 2, " Bellew v. Baillie" co mm itt e d f or three calender months to the cells with loss of hair —omitting the real Rug'd-pursuer's name on civil law, table-turning, a Flemish-Balieu writ to wit, into a police-sheet-chargeress. The 0.-sister' prisoner, on faith of pre-arbitration with plaintiff in rug-laundress, for not having counsel--in proof of some facts, not truly forthcoming—Therefore, on suggestion,' Mr. Tyrwhitt may instantly ' from defunct justice,' as saving being outwitted—rectify this Cassandra ' washing-rug' trial between mistress and servant—in order for instant Henry 6th release, under Chief Justice Bruce- Belletv-Fortescue's " Kt.-Stapleton Statute" of 1442—(te Coldbath Vestal-women-jail-keeper's o'er the 600, in Tothill nun'ery-like prison), &c., on modern Bench-warrant as genitive-case'd 'of' sth Victoria, gap. 24. La voila I— " Provided always , Yea! that, if e'er Quack men or Lady Quacks interfere, Or take upon them—' as, a scholar'— 'Prohibitory' writ should follow." TREA TIVP—It 0 Y AL, Lesee Mr. J. B. Bn.,,,HkstAY,MARKET. T ili IR FVEN N(3, the performances will commence with A NEW WAY TO PAN OLD DEBTS. Sir Giles Over retch, Mr. Edwin Booth the principal American theatres); supported by the comp sy. After which, FITZSMYI'IIE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Wilkins. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TiißATit - Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris and Mr. H. Widdicomb. Alter which, a new and original comedy, in five acts, writ ten by John Brougham, entitled PLAYING WITH 1' ; .Characters by Mr. John Brougham (his 12th appearance), Mr. Ryder, Mr. B. Widdicombe, Mr. G. Jordan (of the principal theatres of the United States, his 12th appearance in Eng. jantl), Miss C. Lelciercq, and Mrs. Weston. With THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. .1.'4) Mana g er--Mr . Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, A MIDSUMMER'S EVE. Alter which, at Eig•ht o'clock, the new and success ful comedy of WOMAN; or, Lore against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in whials Miss Lydia Thompson will dance a New Volunteer Quick Step. !'-ices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at ... Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. EW THRA TRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-- t3ole Propriator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. r rn rs R Open for the Winter Season. D. elsher, vEN Messrs. INO, MUSIC HATIFI CHARMS. Romer, Warde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Alter which (24Rth time), TI B COLL I , IEN BAWN. Mr. D. 43oueicRult, D. Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Steph enson, V. J. smith, Romer, Roward, Ward ; Mrs. Boueicault, Miss Wimi" , rfer, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Tulonolude with LOV K AND R a UNGE Messrs. Fisher, Eutzry, C. J. Smith, ]Mrs. IL M arston, and Mi ss K . K elly. Doors open at half-past (s—Commence at 7. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF ALFRED MELD ON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Beethoven's Battle Piece and the Comic Orchestral Fantasia, "Three Blind Mice." - - MONSTER CONCERT THIS EVENING, comprising Twenty-eight Pieces of Vocal and Instrumental Music Vocalists--Mdlle. Parepa, Mine. Laura Baxter, Miss Julia Bleaden, Miss Annie Child, Mr. Lewis Thomas, and M. Fontanier. Commence on this occasion at 7. Promenade, ls. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. TO-MORROW (Satnray), being the last night of the Co n . certs this season, Mr. Alfred Melon's Benefit - will take place. RO YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison. will OPEN for the Sixth Operatic Season on MONDAY, October 21st, when will be presented (first time) an entirely new Opera, 1y Howard Glover, to be entitled HUY BLAS. Full particulars in future advertisements. iANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. 111 r. SAM COWELL every evening at Nine and a quarter tc Eleven. Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, 7 .I. I RAVLLTA, NORMA, MARTHA, Ara, By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Condo department comprises Messrs. Harvey and French, " The Nerves "—Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son—and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. TH E 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. SELECTIONS from Auber's New Comic Opera, "LA CIRCASSIENNE," by Miss Ernst, Messrs. Greene, H. Herbert, and the Company. And from Verdi's new Grand opera, " Simon Boecanezra," by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Geville, Morley, Greene, and the Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic Entertainments by Mr. and Master Wood, Harvey and French (The Nerves), Mr. E. Marshall, and Mr.W. Randall. Hall, gd. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 24m. To-MORROW. -Morning, Bh. sm. —Afternoon, Bh. 46m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 11, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 67—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this:day at noon. BAuomETER-29.52 ; a fall of nearly half an inch. WI - ND—S.-Westerly—blowing fresh and squally. It has been very stormy all night, with dirty weather ; now fine, but cloudy. TWENTY MINUTES PAST Two.—Storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. Weather very sultry all the forenoon. , w /4. 41 t 4.• 1 9e lkv % o -,-, ~, •POA 4. 4 s - V l '''' ' ' ' '. l. - * -1 ";-:' ,, N .::: -' ~,q) 4:0 • , - rit , ,,- ,..?-. ~7 , " t . • ~ Iv, t • --.._ • •• t.... -% • , ; : -....-,:; ...„.. THE SUN. LONPOrq, FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1881. The annual banquet of the Mayor of the city of Oxford is seldom inferior, as respects the after dinner part of the entertainment, to a banquet at the more pretentious Mansion House of the City of London. Indeed, though we heard much, re cen'tly, of the Lord Mayor's claim to re-election on account of his festive hospitality, we do not re member that anything was said of his haVing con trived to secure the best speaking which the coun try could afford. The Mayor of Oxford had at least two men of mark last Wednesday evening-- men whose opinions are always listened to with attention ; unfortunately its ministerial member, though he had hastily left Switzerland to be pre sent, was detained at home by sudden illness. Sir W. P. WOOD seemed to regret that his ac cepting a judgeship had excluded him from the line of politics. The recollection of days when he had been a Parliamentary representative was evi dently grateful to him. Almost with a sigh he raid to his audience—" The time has now passed when I could take any active part in the struggles of party. It is one of the regulations of judicial life in this country, and it is not for me to cavil at it, that only one judge, the Master of the Rolls, shall be permitted to occupy a seat in Parliament. At the same time my interest in the political questions which spring up from day to day has not ceased, and never can. On the whole I think the opinions I entertained when I had the honour to represent you have been confirmed by the events which have since occurred." So quiet had his life been for eight or nine years, that he seemed to wake up as from an absence from the old city of as many weeks rather than of years. And he glanced back to the Russian war as quite a natural topic. The results of both that contest and of the Italian struggle he adverted to with pleasure. Russia had been compelled to turn her attention to domestic improvement and the emancipation of her serfs, " which conferred so much honour on the present EMPEROR ;" while in Italy, " a great constitution had started into existence in a country which has long been distinguished by its love for fine arts, its genius, and its poetical temperament, but which for many long years has been kept down, and the aspirations of its people crushed by foreign despotism. For more than 500 years—from . the time of the poet DANTE—there has existed the most ardent desire on the part of the people of Italy for liberty and independence, which it is to be hoped will be attained by the conversion of petty states and sovereignties into one great kingdom. If, however, Italy is to enjoy real independence, ani to become happy and prosperous, its actions must be unfettered by party squabbles and animosities, while at the same time it must be left entirely free from foreign intervention." Mr. HENLEY also expressed strongly his satisfaction with the prospects of Italy, and affirmed that there was no Englishman, whatever his political feelings may be, who would deny to any other nation a participation in those blessings which this happy country now enjoys. It is one of those mercies which "is twice blessed It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." The American war could not be overlooked. A speaker recently illustrated the " wisdom of Par liament" by its refusal to discuss the merits of the great quarrel between our relations across the water; but wisdom does not, it seems, forbid in dividual speakers, any more than editors, from giving expression to their thoughts. Sir W, P. WOOD'S sympathies were with the North, yet he observed that " it must be a great public principle, be it right or wrong, which can actuate so large a body in the South in carrying on the struggle. They must feel they have grievances which require redress, and there must be some strong reason to induce 180,n00 or 200,000 men to band thetmelves together and make sacrifices, not only of life and property, but of the future material ititerests and prosperity of their country." It is cer tainly not very difficult now to determin3 what are the public principles which actuate both sides. His view of the issue was this :—" It has been said that Liberal institutions were on their trial. Nothing of the kind. What is really on its trial is whether an enormous eontinent like America can be governed by ono government, and I cannot conceive how Liberal institutions can be said to be on their trial in any other respect. Each party is willing to be governed by a central power. Instead of one government you have now two, one in tb n n arth and one in the south ; whether or not 'two ought to be continued seems to be the real issrie." France had her turn at Oxford ; Sir 11r . p . WOOD contrasted our municipal self-government with her centralisation, spoke with ,ride on our having given an asylum to four French kings, and yet having refused to deliver up:a political offender accused of participation in an atrocious act :—" The real question, however, was whether, if we handed him over, we should not forfeit the reputation we enjoyed of affording a refuge to all political offen ders_ What is it that WALLER tells us : Whether this isle was by convulsion rent Of the rude ocean, from the Continent, Or so created, sure it was designed To be a sacred refuge for mankirid.' That passage was quoted by Earl RUSSELL in the debate on the Conspiracy to Murder Bill, and as long as that noble earl presides over the foreign affairs of this country we may rest assured that those are the principles he will still continue to echo." A graver question by far was what we may term our military relations with France. All spoke of them, as they were in duty bound, as being just now " friendly," "peaceful," and so forth ; all such sen tences, however, are followed by the ominous little word—" but"—introducing something of rather a different cast. Sir W. P. WOOD tells us that " Our relations with France I sincerely believe to be friendly, but there never could have been a more gal lant, sensible, or rational answer given to the swag gering, bullying balderdash of the French colonels than the state of preparation we are now in for any emergency." Mr. LANGSTON, the member, spoke of our peaceful relations with France, but " remarked that the best means' of preserving a future amicable understanding would be for both countries to agree to a reduction of their warlike armaments." And Mr. HENLEY cannot discuss the mattemvithout resort ing to the ever-recurring—" but"—"The consequence of this national demand to arm is, that we have heavy taxes to pay. I wish it could have been otherwise, but I do not see how we could have avoided taking the steps we have taken. We must not for get that we have a neighbour on the other side of the water who might render himself extremely die agreeable. I have no reason to suppose that he means anything but what is right ; but if he does not mean what is right he certainly is in a position to make himself very unpleasant. Our best course, then, is to keep on terms of amity with him so long as we can in honour do so, but at the same time to be prepared for any emergency. We all know very well that no man is ready to pull the gloves off and attack another man for the mere pleasure of the transaction, if he knows that his antagonist is not only his equal in strength, but has just as good fists as he has. If it were not for the suspicion we have of our neighbour, and he has of us, I believe we should always be the best friends, but as it is we are each tempting the other to do that which he would otherwise never dream of." Verily LOUIS NAPO LEON and his unwarrantably large army and navy are become the "but" of every English speaker,as they certainly are the real—butt—of our Riflemen. Both Sir W. P. WooD and Mr. HENLEY had also a little to say on the subject of Parliamentary Reform ; we may possibly pay some attention to these remarks on a future occasion. At present we conclude with heartily endorsing one observa tion of Mr. HENLEY'S :—" I sincerely trust with my hon. friend Mr. LANGSTON, that our good friend over the water will get rid of some of the legions which he now possesses, so as to enable us, without unnecessarily alarming the country, to contract our warlike expenditure. At present we are simply spending money because we have neighbours who are supposed to delight in keeping us in a perpetual state of alarm. Our armament is therefore great, and consequently requires great taxation to support it. ELglishmen, however, do not care one farthing what they pay, provided they have only got money to pay it with: If they are called upon to pay heavily when the breeches ' pocket is empty,' it then becomes a serious matter. But strong as these reflections may be, I trust that circumstances may arise which may enable whatever government may be at the head of affairs in this country to rednce taxation before any lengthened period rolls over our heads." While news no less important comes to us from Naples than that recounting the trial and execu tion of BORGES and his companions —while yet more important intelligence from the far East comes to us via St. Petersburg announcing the unlooked for death of the Emperor HIEN FUNG, the des potic ruler of 400,000,000 Chinese—we have still leisure, and not only leisure, but inclination, also, to note the more peaceful tidings brought to us from our own provinces. Agricultural banquets still possess an interest for us. This, although autumn is now fast dying out into winter, and though with the fall of the leaf and the gathering in of the last portions of the year's harvest, there arrives infor mation as momentous in its way as that we have but just now particularised ! Not that we are in any respect whatever indifferent to the course of events either iri Italy or in China. The de mise of the Sovereign of one-third of the human family now peopling the globe, cannot possibly be viewed by even the most thoughtless spectator of events, with a mere affectation of apathy. Nor again, can the most blase politician amongst us assume with any appearance of sincerity an air like that attributed by SYDNEY SMITH to Lord MELBOURNE, i, e, an air of " careless deso lation," while watching the progress of Italy from one step to another on her advance to wards the realisation of her complete indepen dence. Only—we have such perfect confidence in that happy course of events which the world has been noting of late, whether in the south of Europe or in the east of Asia, that we have long since come to rely upon it that every fresh occur rence, here or there, will by necessity be found tending eventually to the good. Italy has a foe the less to the development of her political emanci pation. China has an opportunity the more, now that her late Sovereign has passed away, and that his successor is ascending the throne of those vast dominions—China has an opportunity the more for the dawning yet further of what she has already had a glimmering of, namely, the possi bility of her obtaining the benefit of something like political freedom—and even, be it said, the divine blessings of our common Christianity ! Of the future of Italy we have no fear. Of that re served for China (though more remotely) we are hardly less confident. So that it is really indi cative of any thing rather than of callousness whether with regard to the prospects of the Chinese or of the Italians, the fact that, while the telegrams flash to us tidings from Naples like that of the execution of BORGES, and from the East via St. Petersburg like that of the death of HIEN FUNG, we can yet turn with undiminished interest to the peaceful intelligence brought to us from our agricultural districts. - - Turning to these latest records of the festivities indulged in at this season by the tranquil cultivatorn of our soil, presided over for the most part by the respective representatives of each locality in the Imperial Parliament; there are two . to which we would here ver ver y bri e fl y , b ut at the same time y pointedly, direct attention. There was th e was that oth er meeting at H ounslow on Wednesday. A n d t h ere meeting at Egham on the day pre ceding. In neither instance have w v to Each of th ese convivial assembliesewe thad ery far wi go. easy distance, of the metropolis. One of the thin m— in Surrey. On e of them —in Middlesex. Both, nevertheless, thoroughly bucolic, And yet, in each instance, we find the themes usually discoursed upon at agricultural assemblies pat aside for the nonce as of comparatively small attraction, not a word about long horns or short horns, about turnips or mangel wurzel—the views taken by the speakers being far more imperial of its kind, relating now to our National Defences, now to our Foreign Policy. In reference to the Question of our Defences, for example, it was very happily said on Tuesday, at Egham by Mr. GEo. CUBITT, the county member— when that gentleman, as chairman, was proposing " Army, Navy, and the now habitual toast of the Volunteers"—that the latter are kept " not for defiance but for defence.' In these few words, the fact was put as truthfully as epigrammatically. And we do heartily commend the consideration of the fact as so put to the calmer judgment of those French journalists, our contemporaries, who have latterly been so exceedingly sensitive in regard to our armaments here in England, whether by sea or by land. According to the views taken of events here in the United Kingdom by the Parisian publi cists to whom we are now more particularly referring, there has been a wonderful amount of irritation so far as French feelings are concerned in the build ing of our iron-plated war -ships like the Warrior, in the advance of the Portland Breakwater towards completion, in the very cruising about of our Channel Fleet, in the mustering of from 150,000 to 200,000 of our Rifle Volunteers. And yet, all the while, in reference to every one of these move ments, it may be said quite as truthfully as it was said at Egham on Tuesday evening by by Mr. GEO. CUBITT, in reference exclusively to the last men tioned of them all, namely the Volunteers, that they are undertaken and sustained not the least atom in the world in defiance, but simply, solely, exclusively in defence ! The irritated Journalist of France cannot, of course, in the smallest degree comprehend how England or any other Power upon the globe can by possibility cast an eye askance upon the gigantic fortifications of Cherbourg—upon the imperial army of 600,000 men kept up, in a time of peace, upon a war footing —upon the gigan tic and still rapidly increasing navy of France, in spite of the two gla r i ng f acts that t h e F rench Em pire has neithera commerce nor yet colonies requiring any maritime armament of the kind And while viewing proceedings like those amongst themselves so very complacently with such imper turbable serenity—those same journalists across the Channel can view responsive proceedings amongst ourselves with such entirely illogical indignation • They have actually been gibing at England of late because, forsooth, according to them, she has been imitating France so very sedulously in the mere manner of her armaments—making the Warrior as a Pendant to La Gloire—answering the com pletion of the Fortifications at Cherbourg by the rapid construction of the Portland Breakwater, and so forth, When—even accepting those very facts as they are thus put—really and truly the so putting them is their most perfect jus tification ! It is simply that, for the " Quo" of France, England deems it but prudent to give the " Quid" instanter. It is, that if France deems it advisable to advance what may be termed an " Oliver"—England can hardly be reprehended for confronting it with what may be defined significantly as a "dlowland." No—the hon. gentleman who uttered the words already quoted in reference to the Volunteers, at Egham, on Tuesday, was simply articulating with manly truthfulness and brevity words that are equally applicable to all the rest of our armaments—namely, when he said, as truly as tersely, that they are kept, in Defence and not in Defiance ! As to the other provincial meeting—the dinner, namely, which took place on Wednesday even ing at Hounslow—a meeting addressed by the county members—Lord ENFIELD and Mr. HAN BURY—enaugh if we particularise, as worthy of ( especial note, one passing remark uttered upon the occasion by the last-mentioned representative. That significant assertion—the accuracy of which who shall venture to gainsay —uttered by Mr. HAN BURT, to the effect that the policy of the British Governmekt must henceforth be the policy of the People of England. And that, moreover, whether the Foreign-office be presided over by Earl Rus- SELL or by the Earl of MALMESBURY, whether the Prime Minister of England be my Lord DERBY or my Lord PALMERSTON. And this Foreign Policy this Policy of the People of England —this Policy of the British Government. Well, in one compact phrase, it is the Policy of Nen-Intervention. The loss of Lexington in Missouri will prove of serious importance to the North. The " City," for such it is termed, is itself a place of much conse thaendsaemome commands the the waters of larger branch of the Mississippi. All navigation of r sou o r f i, o i in the Western vast ast r A i l v i e s its waters from the North Western States will now be obstructed, and of course the free passage of men and stores. From the most trustworthy accounts also of the affair, there must be a very large num ber of Confederates in that part of the State. And however strong FREMONT may be at Cairo and St. Louis in the Eastern part, the rebels must be absolute masters of its entire West. As to the battle itself, now that the extravagances about it have given place to authentic narrative,it is still evident that MULLIGAN and his men were no Bull's Run soldiers ; they lost their fort, if so it could be called, but not their honoar. During the eight days of the attack the' , seem to have done all that should become men, and succumbed only to want of ammunition and want of water. They would accept no terms till no alternative was left them. The rebels seemed to have cannon sufficient ; they brought 16 to the attack. Their small arms were shot guns and squirrel rifles ! The commander of the fort himself, Col. MULLIGAN, was wounded in the leg with buck shot, How it was that no reinforcements reached the place has never yet been explained. It must have been known that some 30,000 rebels were getting around the 2,000 or 3,000 men at Lexirigton, yet there they were, left to themselves, without even ammunition enough for more than a day or two's defence. We can hardly suppose that FREMONT was sullen about the Presidential interference with his proclamation, and, therefore, left his brave sub ordinate to his fate; yet it would seem to have been no difficult matter to send reinforcements up the broad stream of the Missouri from St. Louis, where, already, to all accounts, he has 80,000 men. If, again, he meant to concentrate his troops east ward, and to think more of Kentucky than of Western Missouri, it seems to have been suicidal folly to leave detachments of three thousand men to be captured by the enemy, and thus lost for the rest of the war. It would appear that he ought to have recalled them. We confess that at present the affair is to us a mystery. One thing only is plain, that in Kansas and Western Missouri the rebels arc now the strongest, and have dismissed a small army to their homes stripped of everything, and pledged not to fight against the Confederates again. And this is the State whore rebel masters are not to be deprived of their slaves ! A State in which the Union men most certainly largely pre dominate, but into which great numbers of half bandits, half soldiers, have penetrated from the more decided slave states, and are at this moment coercing and overawing the Union men. If in any state in the old Union, slavery ought to be nut an end to, to clear the course of war it is Missouri. The slaves are now but few, only about one-tenth of the population ; loyal masters, if there were any, could easily have been compensated for their negroes, while if slavery had been once abolished there, it would have been next to impossible to restore it again successfully. Never surely did the timid PRESIDENT make a greater mistake than in cheek ingFßEmoNT,indeed in not going further. He ought to have declared Missouri a Free State, by the same right by which he suspends the Habeas Corpus Act in Maryland. VISIT OF LORD PALME.RSTON 20 PORTLAND. Lord Palmerston, accompanied by Colonel Jervois, R.E., and Deputy Inspector-General of Fortifica tions, visited the Portland Breakwater yesterday (Thursday) morning, and was received there by Mr. Coode and Mr. Beaufort, engineers. His lot d ship afterwards drove to the Verne Fortifications, over which be was shown by Major Nugent, com manding Royal Engineers of the district. Lord Palmerston then proceeded to the Convict Prison, over which he was shown by Captain Buller, in charge of the establishment. His lordship, who evinced general interest throughout his visit, re turned to Weymouth, and left by the 4.30 train for London. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador has ar rived at Brussels from Holland. Madame Musurus and family are passing the season at St. Leonards-on-Sea. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Italian Minister, has taken a mansion in Lower Brook-street for the ensuing season. Mr. Laing leaves England by the present India mail via Marseilles, and is expected to remain at Calcutta till May next. It is stated that the Chambers of Commerce of Lyons, Rouen, Mulhouse, and other manufacturing places in France, the trade of which with the United States has been prostrated by the civil war, have addressed memorials to the Imperial Government urging an immediate recogni tion of the Confederate States, and the raising of the blockade. A communication from Baden, in the Courrier du Bas Rhin, declares that the intelligence given of Mme. de Solms' death is altogether erroneous. She is in good health at Wiesbaden, the writer declares, and is expected at Baden in a few days. THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHlP.—Reporters were excluded from the meeting held at the offices of the Great Ship Company, 90, Cannon-street. A gentleman attended from this office, but he was informed the proceed ings were of a preliminary and private nature. The meet ing suggested by Mr. Taylor, at the London Tavern, did not take place. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE.—On Wednesday, at the Loddon petty sessions, Martin Pearce was charged with feloniously shooting at his mother, Mrs Rebecca Pearce, with whom he lived at Toftmonks, Nor folk, with intent to murder her. The case has been already reported. Mrs. Pearce would not admit that her son in tended to murder her, but persisted that what he had done was merely to frighten her. The magistrates decided on binding over the prisoner (who had been in custody since the 25th ult.) to keep the peace in sureties of £2OO, and him self in £2OO. They sternly admonished him on his unduti ful conduct, and expressed a hope that what had taken place would be a salutary lesson to him. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning Mr. William Danger, who for many years bad filled the situa tion of coastguardsman, was drowned at Bude on Tuesday last. On Monday evening he had been engaged for several hours in firing rockets, whereby attention was attracted to a distressed barge outside the breakwater, The crew were saved, although the vessel and the cargo were lost. About midnight, as was his wont, he took his usual rounds on the cliffs, and two hours afterwards was seen and spoken to. On Tuesday forenoon Mr. Thomas Ham and Mr. Francis Spettigue, both of Launceston, were walking on the break water, when they were alarmed at seeing a human hand protruding from the sand. On making an examination it was discovered that the body of the deceased coastguards man was firmly imbedded in the sand. On its being disin terred it was found that both arms were broken and the head fractured. On the cliffs above were his lantern and walking-stick, from which it is surmised that at the time he fell he must have been watching an object,— Western Morning News. ' THE FRENCH COLONIAL SYSTEM.—The new commercial system granted by France to her colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Isle of Reunion, super seding the former prohibitive regulations, came into force in the beginning of last month. By this change the above islands are opened to the commerce and navigation of the whole world. The importation of merchandise will take place on the same terms as into France, except where the colonial tariff is more liberal, in which case the latter rate is retained. Trade can be carried on under any flag, but, with certain exceptions, a differential duty 'is charged on foreign as compared with French ships. All export duties on colonial merchandise are abolished. English vessels will now be enabled to take cargoes of foreign goods to these islands, and return laden with pio duce, either to their port of shipment or to France. . 'the production of sugar is expected to be largely benefitted, and increased activity is also looked for in the coffee, dyewoods, and spirit trades. The principal articles imported by the three islands are wood for building, manufactured iron, salted meat and fish, butter, oil, flour, and coal, and at each colony there is a port offering every convenience to mari time commerce. The change from exclusive prohibition to a - system more nearly approaching free trade appears to be the commencement of a new and important era for these dependencies. AERATED BREAD.—The machinery for the manu facture of aerated bread has at length, it is stated, been ren dered sufficiently simple and inexpensive to be adapted to the working of small bakeries, and proposals have accord ingly been issued for a general meeting of the patentees. Strong allegations are still made as to economy of the pro cess, and Sir J. Liddell, the Director- G eneral of the Medi cal Department of the Navy, has just given the following testimony with regard to the quality of the bread produced : " Admiralty, Sept. 30. "Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 7th inst., requesting that you may be furnished with a report on the aerated bread supplied to Haslar Hospital by Mr. James Smith, of Southsea, I herewith send you extracts from a letter received from Southsea Hospital, dated the 27th. inst.:— " Having consulted the medical officers in charge of the various departments of this establishment in regard to their opinions of the aerated bread supplied to the patients under their charge, I find that the general impression is that the bread now supplied is very much more approved by the patients tnan any bread supplied by any former contractor of which either of them have any recollection. " No rejection has taken place since the aerated bread has been supplied.'—l am, sir, your humble servant, " J. LIDDELL, Director-General, &c. " Dr. J. Dauglish, Reading." PROFANATION OF TOMBS IN FRANCE.—The _France Centrale of Blois, under the title of "Profanation of Tombs," give the following account of an affair which, it says, has caused a great sensation :—" About twenty-five years ago a Portuguese gentleman, named De Castro, took up his residence with his wife and daughter in the village of Metiers, in order to be near his son, who was in the col lege in that place, founded by the Prince de Chimay. In May, 1838, Mme. and Mlle. de Castro fell dangerously ill, and died within a few days of each other. He had their remains placed in leaden coffins, and interred in the ceme tery of Menars. At that time the municipality of the village made neither temporary nor perpetual concessions of ground in the cemetery, and accordingly nothing was said to M. de Castro on the subject. But that system having been sub sequently adopted, a letter was sent to him in 1848, in his own country, to which he had retired, asking if he would purchase the ground In which his wife and daughter were buried. He replied that he would speedily proceed to Menars, and have the bodies exhumed to be conveyed to Portugal. But he never presented himself, and whether he wrote or not, is not certain; but would even his absence justify the act we are about to relate ? On the 12th Sept., the gravedigger of the village received orders to proceed, in presence of the deputy-major and the garde-champetre, to the exhumation of the two bodies. The two coffins were found intact, but they were opened. The bodies had not undergone any decomposition, so that at first the supposition was that they had been embalmed. No details have been given to us respecting the body of Mme. do Castro, but, as regards the daughter, we are told that beneath her shroud she was completely attired in the white dress of a maiden. Among other things, it is said that she had on gloves and white satin shoes, and that the latter alone had begun to decay. The bodies were subjected to a sacrilegious examination, in order to ascertain if any articles of value had been interred with her. They were then taken from the coffins, and in order that they might decay more quickly, were merely rolled up in the shrouds, and ignobly cast into the common grave of the poor I The coffins were taken away, to be sold for the benefit ohe commune!" The journal concludes by declaring that t t he inhabitants of Menars have manifested grea t indignation at this profanation, and express doubts that it is even legal. The suggestion that the Bank of France ought to contract a loan in England has been acted upon, but with modificatio.. s. It is not with the Bank of England, but with French and English h o uses that an arrangement has been made for 50,000,00 f., for which Three per Cent. Rentes are to be given as security. The French houses are to draw first. THE SUN, LUND() 4, FRIDAY SVLINING, OCTOBER 11, 18614 La E ,N EWs THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 11. Th e lioniteur of to-day publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, whi c h shows the following results, as compared with the September account : DECREASE. Cash in hand Treasury balance Advances 2 millions INCREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due.. 73 2-5 millions, Bank notes -4 millions. Current accounts -5 millions. The amount of Rentes and other funds at the disposal of the Bank is now 26,946,547 f,, against 54,514,797 f. last month. PARIS, OCT. 12. The Moniteur of to•day publishes a decree, ac cording to which all cargoes of grain, flour, rice, potatoes, and dry vegetables are exempted until September, 1862, from interior navigation dues col lected for the State on rivers or canals not conceded to public companies. By the same decree foreign vessels will enjoy the same privileges as French ships. The Moniteur also publishes a decree, appointing Rear-Admiral Jurien Langraviere to the command of the naval division which France will send to Mexico, and nominating the commanders of five ships of the expedition. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 9. At the second conference of the European Com mission on the subject of the union of the Danubian Principalities, great differences of opinion pre vailed among the representatives respecting the reserves made by the Porte in acceding to the union. There appears to be great difficulties in arriving at an understanding on this question. THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 11. The West African mail steamer Athenian arrived here this morning. Her dates are—Benin, Sept. 7; Fernando Po, Sept. 2 ; Cameroons, Sept. 1, Old Calabar, Aug. 29 ; Brass River, Sept. 6 ; Nun, Sept. 6; Bonny, Sept. 6 ; Lagos, Sept. 10 ; Accra, Sept. 12; Cape Coast Castle, Sept. 14 ; Capa Palmas, Sept. 16 ; Sierra Leone, Sept. 21; Bathurst, Sept. 25 ; Tene rife, Oct. 1; Madeira, Oct. 3. The Athenian brings 4,000 ounces of gold dust, and 33 passengers. She spoke the mail steamer Ethiope on the 26th September off Cape Palmas; all well. The Bight and the West Coast were very healthy. There was bad weather at Bonny, and very heavy rains had fallen at sierra Leone and Bathurst. King Peppel had arrived at Bonny. Disturb ances were anticipated. Palm oil was rather plentiful along the rivers and coast, but prices kept very high. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the Peninsular mails, arrived off the Needles at 8.40 a.m. SOUTH AMERICA. The Government of Peru has protested against the annexation of St. Domingo by Spain. The Spanish Cabinet is accused by the Peruvian autho rities of creating and encouraging disorders in most of the States of South America. During the public celebration of the fete of Gen. Castello, a band of robbers made a descent on the province of Pasco, and levied a contribution of 90,000 piastres on the inhabitants. The bandits were pursued, and most of the money recovered. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 10. The Afoniteur has the following :—" The King of Prussia passed the night of Tuesday at Dusseldorf, and was to have arrived the day after at Berlin. His visit to Compiegne, which has given rise to so many commentaries, cannot fail to exercise a happy influence on the relations of the two Governments, and everything leads to the presumption that it has left in the minds of the two Sovereigns an equally favourable impression. The King, in order to give a proof of the sentiments by which he was animated, presented himself, before his departure from Com piegne, decorations of his orders to the Ministers of the Emperor who were present there, and to the great officers of the Crown and Household. The Emperor, on his part, decorated with the Legion of Houour, according to their grade, the officers and civil functionaries in attendance on the King." BOURSE, Oct. 10.—The rumour, considered as well founded, of an arrangement having been come to by the Bank of France, whereby it will be able to obtain a supply of 50 millions of gold from Eng land, has imparted some little firmness to the mar ket, but without causing any material improvement in prices, Threes being now at 68f. 35c., with little doing. Railways quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 95 60 Credit Fonder ....1190 Do. end month 95 70 Belgian 41. lOO 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 75f Roman Bank Shares 2915 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 720 Spanish Threes 4sf Do. Account 722 50 , Home Debt RAILWAYS. I Cash. Account. Orleans 1347 50 .. 1348 75 Northern New ditto 905 .. Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern ....... Sardinian Austrian Lombard 1031 25 .. 1030 - 340 - .. 341 25 647 50 .. 648 75 530 - .. 532 50 602 50 .. 603 75 505 - .. 506 25 532 50 .. 532 60 ISLE 01 WIGHT. RirLE VOLUNTEERS.—A meeting took place in Gat combe Park on Tuesday for the purpose of presenting the pieces of plate given by IL W. Kennard, Esq., M.P. for Newport, and by the officers of the Cowes and Newport companies, to the fortunate winners. Mr. Kennard invited about 700 to a dinner in the park. Between 500 and 600 attended. The dinner and wines were supplied by Mr. Mew, of Newport. Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Clifford, M.P., and a number of other gentlemen were present, and some excellent speeches were delivered on the occasion. RESCUE PROM DROWNING.—As two young ladies were bathing on Monday afternoon from Barton's baths, at Cowes, one of them got out of her depth, and the screams from her, her sister, and mother attracted the attention of Mr. Woodyear, draper. He rushed into the water, and swam to the sinking girl's rescue. He attempted to take hold of her, but she caught him by the arm, and he swam towards the shore with one hand. Before he reached it ho found himself drawn under water, but still he succeeded in his object. He afterwards found that he had saved two lives, as the other lady who was in the same machine, in attempting to assist her sister, had got out of her depth, and only caught hold of her sister's clothes as Mr. Wood year swam back with her, and he thus saved them both. Between 30 and 40 years ago Mr. Woodyear plunged in at the same place to endeavour to save a young gentleman who was bathing with his father, hut the unfortunate young man sank before aid could reach him, and, though Mr. Woodyear dived repeatedly, the body was not obtained till life was extinct, One remarkable fact is that Mr. Wood year is nearly 60 years of age, and has been suffering from ill health for some months, an d i s a lt ogethek in a very weak state for such an undertaking. _ _ The Grand Duke Constantine, the Duchess, and the Duchess Olga drive to Cowes daily, and bathe from the machines on the beach, THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. To-day the Liverpool School of Science—an in stitution formed in connexion with:the Free Library and Museum, for the class study of science—was formally inaugurated by Lord Granville, Lord Pre sident of the Council, and other eminent men, who had been invited to take part in the proceedings and to attend a public meeting held in St. George's-hall in the evening. The gallery of the school, which like the Free Library and Museum itself, was erected at the expense of Mr. Wm. Brown, will comprise specimens of inventions and other matters of scientifi c interest and value, and will consist of four storeys. It is not yet finished, in consequence of the recent strike in the building trades ; but the other arrangements for the school having been completed, it was deter mined to open the establishment, and commence class operations. Invitations were issued to many noblemen and gentlemen who are conspicuous for their interest in scientific and educational matters, and amongst those who promptly accepted the re quest to attend the inaugural proceedings were Earl Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. Mr. W. Fairbairn, C.E., and several others. Yesterday morning a numerous party, comprising. Earl Granville (who had been during the previous evening the guest of Mr. W. Brown), and other visi tors, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr. W. Brown, and several local gentlemen, made a tour of the principal public buildings, and particularly inspected the Free Library and Museum, the latter being to-day for the first time opened since the removal of the specimens from the old institution in Duke-street. The visitors were conducted over the great central hall, which has been filled with a varied and fine collection of casts from antique and modern sculp ture; thence to the lecture theatre, which will ac commodate 500 persons ; and thence to the upper portion of the Museum. This section embraces five rooms, four of which are devoted to ornithological specimens, and the fifth to aquaria and preserved specimens of ichthyology and reptiles. The orni thological collection (formed almost entirely of the museum which was presented to the town by the late Earl of Derby), is very extensive, and has been arranged by Mr. Moore, the curator, with an in genuity and cart which greatly enhances its value and usefulness. After examining the various speci mens the visitors passed through the reading-room and library, and then proceeded to the Liverpool Institute (in Mount-street), where the Government Art Exhibition, and a large collection of valuable paintings, are at present deposited. From thence the party proceeded to the Albert dock, where the arrangements for loading and stor ing goods upon the most approved principles were shown. The visitors next embarked on board the Cunard steamer Satellite (which Mr. Mclver had placed at the Mayor's disposal), and sailed first to the Sloyne, where the river assumes a noble width, and where the largest steamer are moored, inspect.. ing the Conway training school ship, and the Akbar Reformatory, and returning by the Cheshire shore, thus affording the visitors an opportunity of witness ing the progress of the Birkenhead Dock works and landing stage. When opposite Egremont the Satellite steamed across to the Canada-dock, a new dock built more particularly for the accommodation of the timber trade, and beyond which is the Canada lock, 500 feet long and 100 in width. The immense gates (100 feet) of the Canada-dock are moved with the greatest ease by hydraulic power. In reply to various questions the visitors were informed that the docks on the Liverpool side measured nearly five miles in length, and included a water area of 280 acres, and a quay area of 15 miles, while the docks on the Birkenhead side measured six lineal miles, and embraced a water area of 166 acres, and a quay area of 280 acres. With all this accommo dation, however, the docks (on the Liverpool side at least) are found inadequate to meet the wants of the trade of the port. On disembarking the visitors went to the Town hall, where they were entertained by the Mayor. PUBLIC MEETING AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. At eight o'clock a public meeting was held in St. George's Hall, which was crowded in every part. The MAYOR (Mr. S. R. Graves) presided ; and upon the platform were Earl Granville), the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. A. Egerton, M.P., Mr. W. Brown, Mr. W. Rathbone, Dr. Fair bairn, &c. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting upon the auspicious circumstances which surrounded the inauguration of an institution which was intended to fill a gap between the initiated and the unini tiated in scientific matters. Mr. J. SAMUELSON, secretary to the committee, then read a report describing the origin and cha• racter of the school. It stated that the object of the institution was to aid the industrial classes and others of both sexes in procuring in struction in natural history, geology, chemistry, mathematics, geography, and mechanical and expe rimental physics, the school being supported by voluntary contributions, students' fees, and Govern ment grants. Earl GRANVILLE moved the first resolution, re marking that he deemed it a very high honour and a singular gratification to have been named in con nection with the Mayer of Liverpool and Lord Stanley, a nobleman of different politics from him self, as patrons and vice-patrons of the new insti tution. He moved—" That it is highly desirable that the means of obtaining instruction in the lead ing branches of science should be extended in Liver pool." The Exhibition of 1851 showed that however eminent we were in certain branches of science, other nations were fast competing, and some even almost distancing us. It was impossible but that some present should have been across the Atlantic, remarked the progress made in the application of science to art by that great nation, at a time when they were happily engaged in the arts of peace, and not, as now, suffering some of the worst calamities of war. (Cheers.) Having alluded to the progress of science on the Continent, his lordship expressed his satisfaction at the movement in favour of in creased scientific education on the part of the uni versities, particularly that of Cambridge. He paid a high tribute to the generosity of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, rigidly careful of the coun try's money in other matters, was just, if not gene rous, in his support of education and the cause of science. His lordship believed that the exertions of the Department of Science and Art had been most useful in the diffusion of sound scientific in struction throughout the country, and had im mensely improved the character and capabilities of scientific teachers. The result of this exten sion of scientific knowledge must, in his opinion, tend in an enormous degree to promote the welfare and prosperity of the country. (Cheers.) His lordship, in conclusion, drew attention to the local advantages which the pupils of a school of science had in a town and port like Liverpool, where the products from all parts of the world were collected, and where some of the highest engineer ing illustrations were also to be found. Dr. FAIRBAIRN, C.E., president of the British Association, seconded the resolution, tracing the progress of science chiefly in connexion with engi neering works. The resolution was then put and carried. tio T n h : _e with ihi Thatt loud H t nee. cheering, E. GLADSTONE, who was re ceivedeVe Schoolr ing , o m f o s ve e d ieu t o h e e a n b e o x u t t re t s o ol b u e -- established is eminently calculated to promote the beneficial objects enumerated in the report." He paid a warm tribute to the munificence of Mr, W. Brown, who, in addition to the erection of a free library and museum, had given a building also for the School of Science. Touching upon the subject of science generally, Mr. Gladstone noticed the effect of chemistry upon manufactures and of geo logy upon mining industry, the increase of the supply of gold, and the general advancement of the wealth and comfort of mankind. The most scientific works had been frequently suggested by the con templation of the most humble objects. Watt had gathered his idea of constructing a pipe of peculiar strength from scientifically examining the shell of a lobster, to Sir I. Brunel the common earthworm suggested the Thames Tunnel, and Wedgwood derived his most beautiful designs from a con templation of natural objects. Following out this train of thought, the speaker, in tracing tho origin of the oar, the wheel, and the plough, ascribed the first to the motion of the bird's wings in cleaving the air, the second t o t h e gy ratio ns of a pecul o ia b r se k r i v n a d ti o o f n h o a f w th k e and the third to an habitsintelli gent of that very h um bl e but useful animal the pig. (Laughter and c h eers. ) This contemplation of natural objects and the appli cation of the experience so gained had brought men From the humblest stations to the foremost positions —for example, George Stephenson and Hugh Miller. The right hon. gentleman, in eloquent language, denied that the cultivation of science tended to foster intellectual pride, and contended that thought ,; :W