The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

EP. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Night of the Season, Al 3 Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI, Mme. ROSATI—LE CORSAIRE, THIS EVENING (Saturday, August 2), will be Kt:muted Verdi's Opera, LA TRXVJATA. Vic'tette, Mdlle. Piccolomini; Alfredo, Signer Calzolari ; Barone Daupbol, Signor Vairo; Dottore Greuvil, Signor Baillou ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor E-ncventano. Between the acts of the Opera, Grand Pas de Dent, by latrine (her last appearance) and M. Vandris, accom panied by the Corps de Ballet. After the Opera the National Anthem, the solo parts by Mdlle. Piccolomini, Mdlle. Finoli, Signor Calzolari, Signor Belletti, and Signor Beneventano, supported by the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with the ("Land Ballet, LE CORSAIRT. Medora, Madame Rosati ; Conrad, Signor Ronzani. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box.otlica of the Theatre, Colonnade. Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYHARKET. tTader the Management of Mr. Bucketons. TTII4 EVENING, A COUICAL COUNTE3S. After which SECOND LOVE. Followed by THE CAPTIVES• After which TUE MEETS AND WRONO3 OF WOMAN. To conzlade with THE SPANISH SERJEANT. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster• Directress, Madame Celeste. Tlll3 EVENING, PAUL PRY. Followed by OIT li GAL. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of "Ir. CIIABLE3 KEAN. THIS EPENING, MUSIC HUH CHARMS. After which, THE WINTER'3 TALE. STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. VHS EVENING, TERT HOUSE IN HIGI STREET, Stipporied by Messrs. g‘uart, G. Cooke, Kinlm..h, and Basil Potter Mrs. Wollidge, and Miss I. Adams. Buckstone's Farce of 23, JOAN-4TREE ADELPELI. Tomkins, Mr. Van Buren. And the successful Tturlesque on LA SONNA. vIBULN. EITIno, Ml 3. T4lrlvrall ; Allegita. Mini miners; Amiaa, Mr. W. Shalders. Commence At half-past 7. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, .fr. Al&ed Wigan. THIS EVENING DELICATE GROUND. After whica. MEDEA. To conclude with A CONJUGAL LIISSON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP lIIT II EAT RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. TILTS EVENING, The grand military spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. Extraordinary scene of excitement. The Guards Inv tad, and b.:- holding their comrades fighting over again the memorable Battle. After which, The EQUESTRISN SCENES in the CIRCLE. Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained and docile horses, Svc., with a variety of other enter tainments. Holt-wilco open from E'even till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. RIGS WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 55 min. aft. 2—Evening 13 min. aft. 3 To-Moßnow-31orn. 30 min. aft. 3—Evening 47 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—Iux OPTIC!, AUGUST 2. TH►CRMOMRTER, IN TFIR SHADE. 80 —highest since noon yesterday. 67 —lowest this morning and during the night. 81—this day at noon. 8A.8.0M eras-30.18. WIND, Southerly.—Light, with broiling weather. te-_•? , ),, L, AAAV Crtll kZ:r LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1856, Lord PALMERSTON receives with complacent self-satisfaction the conventional compliments be stowed by the Chairman at the Fishmongers' Banquet. He seems to accept them as a right— to think that they have been fully and completely merited, and that they are in no degree ascribable to the ordinary courtesy that induces every host to speak in the most flattering terms of those who are at the moment enjoying his hospitality. It may seem harsh to shock the amour propre of which the Noble Viscount possesses so abundant a stock—to dispel the illusion so pleasing to the " First Lord of the Jokery." Bat although to a certain extent a painful, it becomes an imperative, duty to tell some homely truths, so as to convince the Noble Lord that the time for indulgence is rapidly slipping away, and that if he hopes to retain the important situation he now occupies ho must do something more than he has hitherto accomplished. A neat and well-timed address will not always satisfy even the most easy-going House of Commons, and the people will certainly require not merely "sayings," butareasonable proportion of "doings;" and what ever the Premier may affect to think, the unsatis factory and inglorious termination of the Var, the shortcomings of the past session, and the un bounded toadying of Germanism, have occasioned very painful impressions on the public mind, which can only be eradicated by a very different course next session, when the opportunity for decided action shall again arise. Lord PALMERSTON alluded with much felicity to the proceedings at the Banquet being so much more agreeable than those in which he had recently been engaged :7 the House of Commons. He might have added that They were to all in tents and purposes fully as useful to the country. The Government might take a useful hint from the members of the liberal and wealthy guild by whom they were regaled, and learn to provide a better class of entertainment when they again undertake to dispense the national hospitality to the hereditary and representative branches of the Legislature. The magnificent Banquet provided by the Fishmongers' Company afforded a striking contrast to the refreshment allowed to both Houses at the Naval Review. The profuse libe rarity of the company merited the great success "which it achieved ; while, on the other hand, the parsimony of the Government, while it insured " cheapness," the only point apparently aimed at, made it almost certain that there would be a more than proportional amount of " nastiness." It is therefore scarcely surprising that the natural results should have followed in each case. The Noble Lord spoke of the task that had fallen on the Government during the late War, as "a perfectly easy one !" If that were indeed the, case it is to be regretted that it was not bettet• performed, and that such terrible disasters as occurred in the Crimea, and which occasioned such an awful destruction of human life, bad not been averted. It may be said that the Noble Viscount; could not be held responsible for the blunders„ and more than blunders, of the Abardeanites during the first year of the War. But during: that time he occupied an influential and impor— tant position in the Cabinet, and might sti mu l a t e , his colleagues to the more efficient discharge of. their easy tasks. Bat allowing, for the sake of argument, the Aberdeenite failures to sink into oblivion, awl re garding Lord PALMERSTON as only responsible froni the time whenhe assumed the chief seat in the Cabi• • net, what can be said to the abortive negotiations at Vienna, and the Precious Peace subsequently THE A1t14%, LONDON; that, stepping beyond merely constitutional freedom, would insure the desertion of our Court and Aristocracy. M. MANILA knows that while the English people would exult in defending a Federal Italian Republic, our ruling caste, with our German Prince at their head, would rather fight agaicst it than for it. What Louis - _ NAPOLEON and FRANCIS JOSEPH would do, and or Court permit them to do, is MANIN'S fear. We fear with him. We believe with MAzzINI lat the Italians could nobly govern themselves as a republic. The past has taught them the danger and folly of domestic feuds, they want but an opportunity of free expression of thought and of free voting to prove themselves one of the most powerful of nations. All that Americans can do the far more cultivated Italians could do ; and it may well be remembered, that, to them we owe the civil law and the municipal institutions of Europe. They are by nature a legislative and a law-loving race, and no people under the sun would better sustain the majesty of the law. Still, however annoying to be dominated in their 'orm of Government from without, we fear there is little hope but in submitting to circumstances, We fool the force of MAzzmrs friendly re- monstrauces with MANIN, which appeared in Friday's Sun, and yet, cursed as the Con tinent is with despots who can scarcely endure the Sardinian Constitutional Government itself—who could hardly be kept in their own ter ritories, if more of Italy made even that approach towards liberty, is it not hopeless to expect that neir madness could be restrained if the country acquired complete Freedom ? Would England—we mean England's masters—declare themselves determined at any cost to allow no more interventions in Italy or elsewhere we should not despair ; but Mazzo . ' should know that our Royal Matrimonial policy has sold the foreign policy of this country to the despots of Germany. On the dagger question MAZZINI gives utter ance to noble sentiments. While neither he nor any sane man would plead for assassination, yet the prevalence of it, much exaggerated by the sentimental friends of tyrants, is due to their own tyranny. The assassin is not the only coward, nor always a coward at all. The brutal foreign despots and soldiers who oppress him are the real cowards. What courage do they show ? That of disarming others, arming themselves, and then goading the disarmed to resistance. There exists not on earth a more bullying, degraded, beaten, and thoroughly coward soldiery than that of Austria ; the white uniform and the white feather are now for ever associated. Beaten by NAPOLEON 1., beaten by Hungarians, beaten, for they dared not attack them, by Russians in the Principalities,—against such armed cowards and bullies assassination is not cowardice. We can not in every case tell even that it is wrong. The assassin may be the vindicator of his wife's or daughter's honour, or may even, like the destroyers of Domitian, have found that his own name was on the proscribed list. Lord CLARENDON him self declared the State of Naples, and the remark applies to all Italy, exceptional. Is it t• be won dered at that the exceptional state of " dagger vengeance" should exist there also ? " GOD forbid," as Mr. MONCKTON MILNES told Mr. DISRAELI ; " that where no man may speak or publish his opinions, that there should not be secret associations." Let not tyrants enjoy both their accursed tyranny and immunity from fear also. As we have said, we do not for a moment plead for assassination, but we do not think it more cowardly or more guilty than despotism. Endeed the latter has the greater guilt of ibeing he tempter. concluded at Paris ? In every instance tile same slavish subserviency to Germanism and Imperial ism, the twin curses of Great Britain, were dis- played. Our honour and interests were altogether disregarded. Our Government suffered itself to be made the tool of the French EMPEROR—ready to patch up a peace whenever it suited his pur pose to do so. Our enormous sacrifices of men and money were rendered fruitless and unavail ing. The blood of our brethren, uselessly shed, cried in vain from the earth. The honour and power of the AUTOCRAT was preserved intact, although he was, at the moment, comparatively at our mercy. He was left at liberty to pursue the tra ditional policy of his House, and the nefarious designs against Turkey, by which his father was actuated when he ordered his cohorts to cross the Pruth, and invade the territories of a friendly neighbour. And this is what the Noble Lord facetiously terms " accomplishing all the legiti mate objects for which the War was undertaken !" Creclat Judeetts Apella! He must have thought that he was addressing a company of that gallant, but proverbially credulous, corps, whose very names have passed into a proverb for gullibility. The only matter apparently accomplished was the tame and unnecessary surrender, at the dictation of France, of the principles on which our mari time supremacy was founded, and which a true hearted and high-minded Englishman declared that we would expend our last man, our last ship, and our last shilling, rather than see in any de gree impaired or forfeited. Was an alteration of the Maritime Law respect ing neutral flags and neutral goods one of the " legitimate objects of the War" ? If so, we must indeed have suffered greatly to concede the utmost that could be demanded by a triumphant foe ! Let Lord PALMERSTON, if he wishes to pre serve his position, look more to popular support and less to Court favour. He must be well aware that he is only tolerated by an influential person, who once before achieved his ignominious dismissal from office on account of his manly de claration that "England had no cousins." A similar experiment may again be tried when he has no longer the voice of public opinion in his favour. A bold and manly, as well as an active and ener getic policy can alone sustain him. He will re. ceive the support of the people if he merit it ; but if, blind to the signs of the times, he permits himself to be made the iastrument of Germanism, ho may rest assured that he himself will be one of its earliest victims, and compelled to give way o more accommodating Ministers. Seven years ago, on the testimony of Lord PALMERSTON, " Order" reigned in Rome. Society was content, and crime was almost unknown, but in the eyes of the aspirant to the autocracy of France, that was not order. The inhabitants there had chosen a republic, just as, if the Ballot boxes spoke truth, France in 1853 chose an Empire. They kept such a civil order as was never known before, certainly not within livingme mory, but they kept it without, indeed by getting rid of, Pope and Cardinals, to whom, however, they were willing to leave all their spiritual func- tions intact. But the triumvirs, with JOSEPH MAz- ZINI at their head, showed a capacity for civil ad- ministration fully equal to anything seen in France since the coup d'etat. This was doubtless their great crime. They proved thereby the capability of Italians for Republican, or self ' government, an example odious at the Tuileries, at Vienna, and, we are sorry to say, at certain places nearer home. The French P - ESIDEN needed, moreover, the 'aelp of his Catholic clergy, who only a year or two before had been busy planting trees of liberty ; they might be pur chased, and the noxious example of a well governed republic annihilated, if the POPE coul d but be restored ; while French vanity would be flattered by placing an army at Rome as a counterpoise to an Austrian one at Ancona. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was quite content, for a republic was not his pet "Constitution." Prince ALBERT was content, for though he could not hinder " Constitutional Government" from being " on its trial" in England, yet the idea of trying a repub lic in the face of Europe must have been nauseous indeed to a Coburg. Our secret diplomatists here, therefore, were but too glad to use the PRESIDENT as a willing tool for what they dared not have done themselves, and with the heart and good-will of English Autocrats the POPE was again, by French cannon and bayo nets, made Lord both of the bodies and the souls of the unfortunate Romans. MA ZZINI fled ; the reign of misrule began afresh ; the prisons were crammed, brigands ruled outside the gates and Cardinals within. Had a spark of genuine no bility and love of freedom been in Lord JOHN'S breast, he would have told the French President —if you intervene, we shall intervene too ; we will see Rome fairly polled ; we acknowledge tho de facto Government of Rome, as we acknowledged the de facto Government of France, and allow neither Austrian nor Gaul to disturb it. MAZZTNI appealed to Louis NAPOLEON, in a letter which history will preserve ; of course, in - vain. Seven years have passed away, and France istill supports despotic anarchy and brigandage in Rome, while the Austrians and King BOMBI do the tome all over the Peninsula; Piedmont stands alone, a proof that constitutional government main fains liberty and order as well there as a Republic (lid at Rome. Elsewhere, from one end of Italy to the other, life and property are at the mercy of spies and informers, of civil and ecclesiastical despotism. It is under these circumstances that BC MANTN, the admirable administrator of the Venetian Republic, for the short time it lasted, writes to warn the Liberal Italian party against the use of the dagger, and to advise their accept ance of the leadership of the KING of Piedmont, and M. MazzrNl writes, not to justify dagger war fare, but to show who is accountable for it, and to affirm his abiding conviction that a Republic ii. the true solution of Italian difficulties, because best adapted to the genius of the Italian people. On the latter point, both the patriots ought to be good judges. They both administered t heir respective republics with consummate ability and moderation ; they both tested the (;apabilities of their countrymen for conduct ing one, or the contrary. Their experience was probably equally satisfactory, and the difference between them lies, no doubt, rather in their view of the best means of excluding foreign interference than in their opinion of what is really best for their countrymen. MAZZINI be lieves that the hope of complete self-government . will alone be sufficient to r ouse th e It a li ans t o 1 an efflgt, sufficiently united and vigorous to eject the Austrians, and to overpower the traitor FEE ' DINAND. M. MANIN conceives that all the 6Monarchs of Europe w ould ban d together to sup press a republic, unabl e to brook the exposure of their own incapacity alongside the lib er ty, order, and prosperity which would immediately follow. Hence, M. MANIN counsels adhesion to Piedmont, which, no doubt, aspires to the lead of Italy ; after the part Sardinia took in the Eastern War, he thinks the Allies, espe cially, c ou ld England espe but afford hearty support to Pied asont, and all Italians who united with her, but GRAND BANQUET TO THE GUARDS. The public will be glad to learn that the com mittee who have the management of this fete have made arrangements with Mr. Simpson, of Ore morne-gardens, for this entertainment. The ban quet will take place in the pavilion in which Messrs. Waterer and Godfrey's American plants were exhibited. It will be remembered that the splendid exhibition was visited by her Majesty and the Royal family on the 9th of June. The pavi lion is capable of accommodating 4,000 persons at dinner. With the ample culinary means and first class materials at Mr. Simpson.'s command, we have no doubt that it will be one of the grandest displays that has taken place in Lon don for many years. RETURN OF THE ROYAL FAMILY PROM ALDERSHOT TO OSBORNE. SOUTHAMPTON, August I.—This morning her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur arrived from Aldershot by special train, and immediately embarked at the docks on board the royal yacht Fairy, Hon. Captain Denman, the tender Elfin also being in attendance. The Royal personages were azcompanied by Lady Churchill, Lady-in-Waiting; Colonel Buckley, Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen ; and Captain Du Plat, Equerry-in-Waiting to Prince Albert. The arrival of the Royal party being expected, a large number of persons had congregated in the docks. The usual arrangements were made by the dock officials, Messrs. Hedger and Levy ; and the Royal carriages were attended by Mr. Crombie, secretary ; Mr. Scott, traffic manager ; Mr. Beattie, engineer ; Mr.. Godson and Mr. Watkins, superintendents to the South-Western Railway Company. As the Royal yacht was leaving the dock the splendid paddle-steamer Atrato, Captaha Woolley, belonging to the Royal Mail Company, was moving out into the river, and the Royal party was evidently attracted by the noble ap pearance of this large vessel. Her R oval Highness the Duchess of Kent also embarked on board the Elfin, Capt. Crispin, this afternoon, on a visit to bur Majesty at Os borne. Her Royal Highness will return, via Southamp ton, to her residence at Frogmor© on Wednesday next. During the embarkation of her Majesty the ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company manned yards, and flags were hoisted on bard the Royal Mail Co:mpany's vessels, the crews of the various ships vociferously cheering as the Royal yacht left the docks. The Lords of the Admiralty are about to visit Port• land breakwater. Wheat-cutting commenced in the neighbourhood of Wareham. in Dorset, on Tuesday last. THE LATE BISHOP MONK.—The will of the late Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol was written upon half a sheet of letter-paper. He died possessed of property to the amount of 150,000/. —Qlteltenhara Examiner Colonel Teesdale, C. 8., the young hero of Kars, Colo nel Phillips, Major Jervis, Lieut. Col. Champion, and a number of fashionables embarked yesterday morning at the St. Katherine's Wharf on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steamship "Ravensbourne" for Antwerp. ARRIVAL OF GEN. CODRINGTON.—DOVER, Aug. I. Gen. Sir W. Codrington, accompanied by his Aide-de- Camp Capt. A. Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards, arrived at the Imperial Lord Warden Hotel this afternoon from Calais. Sir W. Codrington crossed the Channel in the South-Eastern Company's steamer Princess Maude, and leaves by train this evening for London. LIBEL.—On Friday a verdict, awarding 4001. damages to Mr. Duncan M‘Laren, was given in the Edinburgh Jury Court against Mr. Ritchie, proprietor of the Scots man newspaper, for the publication of a libel on that gentleman. The case arose out of the late election for Edinburgh, in which Mr. Adam Black was the success ful candidate. —Caledonian Mercury, The Board of Customs have sent orders - to Southamp • ton to give every facility to the landing of the baggage of his highness Mirza Wallee Hyde Bahadoor, heir parent to the throne of Oude ; to his highness Mirza Se candra Hushmat Batiador, brother to his Majesty the ex- King of Oude ; and to her Majesty Jeneb Allier, the Queen Dowager of Oude, and their suite, consisting of nearly one hundred persons, expected by the Etuine mail steamer next week. A MISSING VESSEL.—The Henry Nesmith sailed from Hartlepool to Herradura Bay on the 31st Aug. 1855, was:spoken on the 23rd Oct. in lat. 12 S. ion, 30 W., and has not since been heard of. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—A large quantity of timber has been discharged at the dockyard at Pembroke, some of it being of the largest dimensions, in order to meet the requirements of the ships building. Another first class ship of the line is now bailding atPembroke in lieu of the Howe, 120 guns, which was taken to pieces sometime since. When launched she will be the heaviest ship of her class, and will be nearly 4,000 tone burthen, and is to be armed with metal of the largest calibre. The old shipwrights' pensioners are still retained, as e their services have been found very valuable ip the car Tying out the models of the veesels. ~----- SATURDAY EVENING: ADGlnirc there. This meeting of the three Sovereigns has no political motive and is occasioned alone by family reasons. Besides the near relationship which exists between the three courts, the betro thal of the brother of our Emperor to the Princess Marguerite of Saxony sufficiently explains tha meeting. It is said that the Emperor and Em press of Austria will start for Isch.l towards the end of August. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, AUG. 2, 8 A.M. The Moniteur publishes the following de- spatch : " MADRID, AUG. 1, 3.30 P.M. " Saragossa has surrendered to the Govern- men t. " General Dulce made his entrance there to day, with his troops, at 1.30 p.m. " The whole of the Peninsula is tranquil and obeys the orders of her Majesty." MARSEILLES, FRIDAY, AUG. 1. Marshal Pelissier has arrived on board the Roland. He was received with great pomp. The banquet in his honour will take place on Sunday next. Forty-five vessels laden with corn arrived hen yesterday, and 25 this morning. SPAIN. The French Government yesterday received the following telegraphic despatch - " St. Sebastian, 31st July. "The French Consul to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. " Accounts from Saragossa are expected with the greatest impatience. Hopes are still enter tained of a prompt and pacific solution. We this moment learn, via Perpignan and Irun, that the whole of Catalonia has recognised the Queen's Go vernment. Navarre and the Basque provinces enjoy the most perfect tranquillity." The Madrid journals of the 28th have reached us in due course. The Gazette gives a long account of the rising at Barcelona. The garrison had three superior and eight other officers and 32 soldiers killed, and one general, four superior, and 18 other officers, and 177 soldiers wounded. The cemeteries of Barcelona and Garcia have received the bodies of 244 insurgents. To this number must ',be added those who were buried by the insurgents themselves during the contest, either within the part of the city which they were masters of or on the ground of the old fortifications. Imme diate interment was rendered necessary in con sequence of the extreme heat of the weather. The greater number of the wounded insurgents still remain in concealment, as only 135 have entered the hospitals. A body of carbineers of Huesca and some national guards have seized a hundred muskets and several boxes of ammunition which had been collected by the Junta of Sara gossa, and have delivered them up to the Captain- General of Navarre. The Government, in conse quence of the conduct of the national guard throughout the kingdom, has become strengthened in its idea of not reorganising that body. It is in contemplation at most to include in the national guard, if reconstituted, the largest tax-payers, as the probability is that from the state of the country they would remain quiet. It is said that a constitution of a liberal cha racter is to be published by the Government. The cabinet is said to be convinced that to convoke the present Constituent Cortos or even an ordinary chamber would be to return on its steps, to lose time, and to call everything again in question. The most important measures that the government intends carrying out as soon as order has been re stored are the re .organisation of the council of state, the augmentation of the army, and the regulation of the different state employments in the sense of the liberal union. The resignation of San Miguel as captain-general of halberdiers has been decidedly refused. The Diario, dating from Barcelona on the 24th, states that the number of persons killed in the con flict of the preceding days, and interred in the ce metery of the town, was 216, of whom 65 were soldiers, and 151 citizens, half of them belonging to the suburb of Gracia. This number does not include those who were subsequently put to death by order of the Captain-General. A Paris correspondent of the Independance Belge expresses his opinion that the system of terrorism will not avail to intimidate such a population as that of Catalonia ; and he says that amone , the manufacturing pppule t . - in of Barcelona there are not less than 20,00 La -'rench workmen, most of them ardent professors of democracy, and many of them expert at the barricades. If these men should once associate themselves to the existing revolutionary parties in Spain, the Government will not find it so easy to strike a decisive blow at the latter, but will have to contend with a most formidable organisation of workmen. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING, There was a report this afternoon that represen tations of a conciliatory nature, addressed by the Austrian Government to that of Naples, had had a good effect, and that the King had promised slight concessions and some modification of the system that has excited such universal reprobation, and in which the remonstrances of England and France have proved powerless to produce a change. The rumour may possibly be well founded, but siight concessions could hardly be expected to close the question, as they certainly would not put an end to the scandal Naples is giving to Europe. Official despatches reached Paris this day, corn irks from Constantinople, show that the Russian G6vernment is bent on insulting Turkey in every way possible. The Porte has referred several dif ficulties and grievances to the Governments of England and France. The vacation of the Council of State for this year will commence on the 15th August and terminate on the 15th October. A commission has been ap pointed to deliberate during that period on any urgent affairs which may require immediate solu tion. It is composed of General Allard, and MM. Vuillefroy and Boinvilliers, presidents of sections ; 15 councillors of State, 11 supernumerary council lors, 12 masters of requests, and 20 auditors. A decree in the M oniteur makes two promotions to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, and 39 nominations to that of knight, among officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who distiti 7 guished themselves in the late war. BOUIiSE, Aug. I.—The following were the lates quotations Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 50 —f. — a. 3 per Cents 7O 20 70 20 New Loan 7O 10 Bank Shar as 4,050 Roman Ecedialobilier 1,550 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 99i Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) . 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS—IOU CASH. fr. c. fr. o . Orleans .....;... ...... 1,400 Western 965 - Northern 1,050 Strasburg - Lyons . .«...1,415 New Ditto - Mediterranean...... 1,837 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva . -805 Testa - Cott() BlO Austrian Com. 865 - AUSTRIA. - VIENNA, JULY 29 We learn that the head-quarters of the Com mander of the Austrian troops in Moldavia were removed from Jassy on the Ist of this month, and that the evacuation of the two Principalities will very soon be completed ; but it will be seen that the Russians will take care to furnish the Austrians with a good excuse for prolonging the occupation. Austria declares that her troops shall not entirely quit the Principalities until the Russians have left that part of Bessarabia which is to be ceded to Moldavia, and Russia expresses her resolve not' to make a retrograde movement until the last Aus trian soldier has returned to his own country. Such is the present state of affairs, and such it is likely to remain if the Western Powers do not inter fere in the matter. The bad faith shown by Rus sia in respect to Ismail, Kilia, and Kars is perhaps .a kind of justification of the conduct of Austria. The Ost-Deutsche Post has learned from Jassy t hat the Turkish Commissary, Kiamil Bey, arrived in that city in the afternoon of the 25th. The E;ultan's representative was received with great c eremony by the local authorities, and the cora r under of the Austrian troops sent one of his g.ides-de-camp to wait on him. No one here gives credit to the report that a political alliance is about to be formed between Tuscany, and Naples under the aegis of Rome Austria, but it is highly probably that this Go vernment cherishes the hope that the three Powers it tamed may be induced to follow the example of - 11 lodena and Parma, and accede to the Austro l: ierman Customs Union. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 24th ult. contains the official announcement of the defini tive evacuation of the Crimea by the allies. Count de Persigny arrived at Dresden 'on the 25th ult. on his way to Carlsbad. A letter from Vienna, in the Augsburg Gazette, says : A small congress is about to take place at 'oeplitz. The EmpGror will start for that place a a few days. The Kings of Prussia and Saxony 1 611 meet at Toeplitz their consorts, now residing AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. The following is extracted from the letter of the Times' (second edition) Paris correspondent, dated yesterday (Friday), 6 p.m : Although the new Spanish Cabinet is still silent as to its plans, tho intelligence that reaches us to day with respect to them, through a semi-official channel, is of a natur9 to inspire uneasiness as to the future tranquility of Spain. The Government, considering that to convoke the existing Constituent Cortes, or a new Constituent Assembly, or the or dinary Cortes of the kingdom, would, under present circumstances, be productive of no good effect, but rather of troublesome complications, will abstain from any such convocation, and thinks of promul gating a constitution put together by itvlf or under its own auspices, and which is to be of a nature to satisfy all parties, from the upholders of monarchy and its prerogatives to the partisans of democracy. Such an assurance as this might make us believe that the Goddess of Wisdom herself had descended in the palace of Buenavista to preside at the delibera tions of Marshal O'Donnell and his colleagues. , What manner of constitution can it be that is thus immeasurably to surpass the results of the labours of successive councils of the nation, comprising, it is supposed, the ablest politicians in Spain ? We may be permitted to doubt whether the master piece, when produced, will justify the reputation given to it by anticipation. And its origin alone will render it unacceptable to the people for whom it was intended. What matters, it is asked, the origin of a constitution, so long as it is a good one ? The reply is, that it matters a great deal, for there is nothing all shades of Spanish Liberals have a greater aversion to, and are less prepared to re ceive favourably, than a constitution °drove, or graciously granted, by the Government, especially when that Government is of the character of the present one and ruling only by the bayonet. None will believe that the constitution will fulfil the conditions now predicated, but will rather ex pect it to prove one of those mockeries of constitu tions of which we have examples in Europe, and which are but flimsy veils to downright despotism. But, supposino , the promised offspring of the O'Donnell-Rios RosasMinistry to prove better than is hoped, it still will satisfy no one, because all will have in mind that what has been vouchsafed to-day by an act of arbitrary will, may, in a similar way, be withdrawn to-morrow. Such a constitution offers no security or guarantee whatever, and, as a shield to the national liberties, is the merest mockery. It might, perhaps, be forced upon and maintained for a while in Spain, by a man of superior mind and iron hand, but it certainly would secure no per manent tranquillity, and probably its first intro duction would be the signal for a struggle. Other announcements that come simultaneously with that of this masterpiece of constitutions, plainly indicate the means by which its framers reckon on being obliged to sustain and enforce it. The Govern ment, we are told, taking into consideration the recent conduct of the National Guard throughout Spain, is indisposed to re-organise it, but talks of forming, by and by, at some remote and undefined period, a sort of rosewater National Guard, con sisting of persons who are qualified by paying a certain amount of taxes—such a force as would never dream of fighting or of giving trouble to any Government. On the other hand, we hear that the army anti the civil guards—the latter a highly-paid corps, composed chiefly of old soldiers, and generally noted for its fidelity to the existing Government, whatever that may be, are to be augmented. In the present state of Spain these are dangerous announcements, well adapted to revive the smouldering embers of re sistance. If it be really intended to act up to' them, it had been better to do so without saying anything about the projects beforehand. Perhaps they are put forward as a feeler, but one might almost suppose that it was the wish of the Govern ment to provoke further insurrections, that it might gain strength by their energetic suppression, and by again letting loose the troops upon the people. Naval and Military Intelligence. The 20th and 97th Regiments are ordered to be quar tered in Portsmouth garrison, and will proceed there on the 4th inst. ; both are Crimean regiments. The 3d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade proceeds from Portsmouth to Aldershot ; the depot proceeds to Port Cumberland, near Portsmouth. On Thursday 8 officers and 246 men of the 96th Regi ment embarked at Kingstown on board the Cleopatra screw steam-transport, in which they will be conveyed to Gibraltar ; also 2 officers and 114 men of the 15th Foot embarked on board the same vessel for the same destination. The wives and children of a certain num ber of the men accompanied them, in accordance with the ,regulatiou of the service. Five officers and 126 men of the Sappers and Miners also embarked on board the Cleopatra, for the Cape. Her Majesty's ship Himalaya, Commander Priest, landed 16,000 of the British Foreign Legion at Ports mouth yesterday, who proceeded to the camp at Brown down. Her Majesty's ship Sanspareil, 81, Captain A. C. Key, C. 8., left Portsmouth yesterday morning for Plymouth. Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, 91, Capt. Gifford, was taken into the steam basin for repairs yesterday ; and the Colossus, 81, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, was taken out after repairs. The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain Tala vera V. Anson, in tow of the paddlewheel steam-frigate Valorous, 16, Captain Claude H. M. Buckle, from Spit heacl, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday. The London, 90, Captain William H. Jeteis, las towed from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Thurs. - day, and her crew unbent sails ; she is to be paid off. The Edinburgh, 60 guns, screw steamship of 600-horse power, to be commanded at Sheerness by Capt. Halsted, in charge of the steam squadron of reserve at that port, arrived there yesterday at 10.40 a.m. She saluted the commander-in•chief's flag and took in her harbour moorings. The officers and men belonging to the steam reserve are ordered to be immediately transferred to her , from the Formidable, 84 guns, guardship of ordinary, Captain Superintendent John Jervis Tucker. Yesterday Captain Cleveland's company (from Alder shots of the Royal Artillery, No. 2, of the 31 Battalion, left head-quarter. , ,Wo )lwich, and embarked on board the Royal mail screw steamer England, 1,150 tons register, Lieutenant A. D. Dundas, R.N., Commander (W. S. Lindsay owner), for the Cape of Good Hope. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Captain C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., to the Highflyer ; Commander H. J. Raby, to the Medusa ; and Commander W. T. Bate, to the Acts on ; John J. Ball, master, to the Blenheim ; J. S. Hill, master in command, to the Tyne ; Midshipman H. J. Dyke, to the Brilliant ; John Cotton, surgeon, to the Inflexible ; G. J. A. M'Cullagh, surgeon, to the Cruiser ; Robert C. Scott, to the Fury ; and John Bremner, clerk, to the Brilliant. ETON COLLEGE. ETON, AUGUST 1 The examinations conducted by the heads of the co lege and the two posers, which commenced on Friday last, terminated this afternoon, and the following is the result, as given out in Election-chamber, between 2 and 3 o'clock : Eton boys elected on the indenture to go to King's College, Cambridge, a 3 vacancies occur : Age. Hodgson Nelson Boys Mozley, ma lB Stow Barrett Cornish l7 I Graham Austen-Leigh, 17 The holidvs commenced on Monday last, and as no extra-week will be granted this vacation—although one was expected in consequence of the termination of war with Russia—the school will open on Wednesday, the 10th September, on which day the ,lower boys will arrive. The fifth form return on Wednesday, the 11th, and the sixth form on Friday, the 12th, when the whole school will have assembled. TnE SCHOOL AT ELECTION 1856. Upper School. Sixth Form 2O Fifth Form (Upper Division) 123 Middle Division BO Lower Division 133 Remove Fourth Form 126 4 Unplaced - Lower School. Third Form (Upper Greek) 2O Lower Greek 7 Sense 13 Nonsense 6 Second Form First Form Age. Total 667 Being an increase of 32 since Easter. Such is the healthy state of Eton that not a boy was left behind through illness. A vacancy having occurred at King's occasioned by the marriage, on Friday last, of Russell Day, EN.; ALA., one of the Masters of Eton, Hodgson, as 80031 all the result of the examinations had placed him as captain of the school, had the good fortune to get the rem gain tion. This young gentleman, consequently, leaves for King's, and Nelson is now the captain of the collegers. Mr. Watkins, ma., at election, was both captain of the school, and captain of the oppidans, a very unusual circumstance, that cf an oppidan standing higher in the school than any colleger. If Watkins should leave this half, which it is expected he will, Nelson will become captain of the school and chute captain of the oppidanr. METROPOLITAN BURD OF WORKS. Yesterday, the ordinary weekly meeting was held in the Council Chamber, Mr. J. Tkwaites, the president, in the chair, for the purpose of transacting the business set forth in an extremely heavy agenda paper. The financial paper showed a total general balance of 135,7821., of which 8,2601. was set down under the head of " available balance." The board was occupied from 12 up to 2 o'clock in hearinc , three appeals from the decision of several dia. trict Boards of Works refusing the appellants compensa tion for the loss of office under the operation of the Me tropolis Local Management Act. In the case of Mr. C. H. Hill, late Surveyor of the Highways of the parish of St. Mary'g, Islington, Mr. Dalton moved that an annuity of 1271. 108 for life be granted. This proposition was strenuously opposed by a considerable number of hon. members, and led to an animated discussion. Mr. Leslie spoke with much energy against awarding any compen sation whatever ; and Mr. H. L. Taylor moved, as an amendment to Mr. Dalton's motion, that 1001. ayear be granted for life. "Upon a division, this was negatived by 13 to 11, Mr. Leslie voting in the majority—a fact to which Mr. H. L. Taylor called the attention of the board, and charged the hon. member with voting in direct opposition to his spoken opinions ; in order, therefore, to give Mr. Leslie an opportunity of retracing his steps, Mr. Taylor said he would move that 1051. per annum for life be accorded to Mr. Hill, and was proceeding to further comment on the conduct of Mr. Leslie, when The PRESIDENT put it to Mr. Taylor whether the course he was pursuing, in referring to particular mem bers, was, to say the least, convenient ? Mr. LESLIE hoped the President would not now inter rupt the hon. member for the City, because it was his (Mr. Leslie's) intention to walk into the City presently, when he hoped the President would not interpose. Mr. Taylor would not induce him to retract his vote ; his hon. friend appeared to regard the proceedings of the Common Council as the only model of perfection. He believed that it was perfectly illegal to vote any com pensation to that gentleman. Mr. DIFFANGER trusted that Mr. Leslie properly ap- predated the kindness of Mr. Taylor in giving him an opportunity of amending his ways. The member for the City was a very powerful man, but be hoped the board would not be led to such an extent by the gentlemen from the City. He supported the motion. The proposition of Mr. Dalton was then put, and car ried by 14 to 12. FINANCES. Mr. DALTON brought up several reports from the finance committee, which he did not ask the board to take any action upon at present, but merely to permit them to be printed. From one of these documents it appeared that the debts of the late Commissioners of the Foundling estate, amounting to 19,3361., were recommended to be appor tioned in the following manner :—St. Pancras, 12,578/. ; St. Giles's, 6,7471. ; Holborn district, 10/. Toe debts and liabilities of the late Commercial Road Trust, amounting to 6,1941., were thus apportioned :—St. George's-in-the-East, 1,153/. ; Hamlet of Mile-end Old town, 2,476 ; Limehouse, 2,399/. ; Poplar, 1651. The subjoined is an abstract of the tabular statement submitted by the finance committee, " showing the pro portionate sums to be contributed by the several parishes, districts, and boards under the metropolis local manage ment in respect to amounts varying from 5,0001. to 100,0001., which may be assessed upon them generally by the Metropolitan Board of Works, and also the rate in the pound on their rentals." Total rental of the 47 districts, &c., 11,151,9371. Proportions—rate in the pound : £5.000 under 10,000 15,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70.000 80,000 90,000 100,000 The following is the rental of, and the propoitionate sums to be contributed by, some of the principal dis- tricts, &c.: — Rental of City of London £1,153,069—£10, 339 Mary I ebon e St. Pancras St. George's, Hanover•sq 893,976— 8,016 St. Mary's, Islington 437,000— 3,918 Paddington St. James's, Westminster 411,369 3,689 Mr. DALTON proceeded to give his reasons for re• questing the board to consent to the printing of so large a mass of papers. Mr. LESLIE interrupted the hon. member by remark ing that their " Chancellor cf the Exchequer" had not done well in entering into these explanations. After a brief discussion, in which Mr. lin.wicEs took exception to several of the items, the proposal for print ing was agreed to. HEIGHT AND PROJECTIONS OF HOUSES. On this subject, the superintending architect reports, " I am of opinion that there is no power given to the Metropolitan Board of Works, under either of the acts, to set any restrictions upon the heights to which build ings may be carried, so long as their walls are of a suffi cient thickness for the proposed height, according to the schedule regulating the thickness of walls by their heights and lengths ; neither do I find any powers limit ing the projections of cornices of buildings, but, on the contrary, cornices and copings, if constructed of fire proof materials, are excepted in the 26th section of the Metropolitan Building Act from other projections which require the consent of the Metropolitan Board of Works." IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUTHWARK. In reference to this subject, a letter was read from the office of the First Commissioner of Works, inquiring whether the board intended to proceed with any new line of street from London to Westminster bridges, on the Surrey side, during the present year. It was stated by the PRESIDENT that the committee appointed on the subject would make their report in a fortnight, and several hon. members said that this in quiry on the part of the Government originated in the committee having surveyed a new line of street on the Surrey side, without any such line having received the sanction of the board. The PRESIDENT intimated that it would be better if hon. members reserved their comment.; until the report was brought up. They could then, if they found it de sirable, " tackle the committee." THE CONVICT WILLIAM DOVE, The friends of this prisoner, now under sentence of death in York Castle, for the murder of his wife by strychnia at Leeds, are making strenuous efforts to ob tain a commutation of the sentence passed upon him. On Thursday Mr. Barret, of Leeds, the prisoner's soli citor, proceeded to London, with the view of obtaioine• an interview with Sir G. Grey on the subject. Mr. G. Reinhardt and Mr. John Brigg lift Leeds for London last night for the same object. It is anticipated that an interview will be granted this day (Saturday), and it is iotsnded that a deputation shall wait upon the Home Secretary, whose attention will be directed to a mass of evidence bearing on the question of the prisoner's sanity, and to four memorials which will at the same time be presented through him to her Majesty. These memo rials will consist of one from the jury, one from persons who knew the prisoner prior to his conviction, one from some of the medical men examined for the proseca- Con, and one of a general character from residents in Leeds, York, and elsewhere. These memorials pray for a commutation of the sentence of death passed upon the prisoner, on the ground that he is of such wfak -intellect as entitles him to the clemency of the Cross n. We understand that on Wednesday last a letter was re ceived from the Home-office by Mr. Morley, surgeon, in which Sir G. Grey bolds out no hopes of either a respite or a commutation of the sentence, and, unless the result of the interview to-day should be of a more favourable character, there is little doubt that the prisoner will be executed on Saturday next. On Sunday last Mr. Mor fitt, one of the York city missionaries, had an interview with Dove for two or three hours, and on Tuesday be visited him again. On Monday a gentleman who was to have married Dove's sister had an interview with him. He has also been assiduously attended during the week by the Rev. J. Hartley, Wesleyan minister. On Wednesday Mr. Wright, who has a general order from the Secretary of State to visit criminals like Dove, saw and conversed with the culprit on two or three occasions at intervals. Dove seems still to confide in the defence set up in his behalf at his trial. At any rate he has no notion of confe.sion. DiSVIMCEPUL PROCEEDINGS AT A CIIUBCH. During the last few months a dispute has ari4en be tween Mr. R. W. Jackson, the patron of Christ Church, West Hartlepool, and the Rev. John Hart Burges, the incumbent, with respect to the arrangements for erect ing a day school in connection with the church. Mr. B u rges having refused to conform to the views of Mr. Jackson, that gentleman has adopted somewhat extraor .dinary proceedings in order to compel him to succumb. Among these have been attempts to oust the rev. gentle man from the church, on the ground that, as the build ing has not been legally consecrated, he cannot fill the office of incumbent. On Tuesday morning the whole of the doors were securely fastened inside, and a large painted board placed in the yard, containing a notice to the effect that it was necessary to close the church till the necessary documents could be obtained legally sanction ing the performance of Divine worship. This notice was signed by Ralph W. Jackson. the patron, and the Rev. Henry Ridley, vicar of the adjoining parish of Stranton. The indignation of the inhabitants was very great, and, it having been announced that Mr. Burges would on Wednesday morning forcibly enter his church, a large crowd assembled on the spot. Accompanied by one of the churchwardens and a blacksmith, Mr. Burges, about 11 o'clock, broke open the whole of the doors and ob• tamed possession of the church. Mr. Jackson shortly afterwards arrived, and at once sent for a number of labourers and blacksmiths, who, under the direction of the land agent of the Dock ompany (of which Mr. Jackson is chairman), carried away the whole of the . doors, Mr. Burges at the same time performing the baptismal ceremony and conducting himself with the greatest calmness. The spectators wero loud in the r denunciations of such conduct, but the men proceeded as they were ordered ; and, after the doors were re moved, bricklayers were sent for by Mr. Jackson in order to wall up the several doorways. Great fears of an outburst were entertained, but the people contented -themselves with knocking down the bricks as quickly as they were put up by the bricklayers.—Monchotcr Guardian. TIIFI FISHMOI'GERS' COMPANY'S RUNE re. The first of August is always a gala-day at Fishmongers': hall. Thomas Doggett, the comedian, was a member of the Fishmongers' Company, and when he instituted the annual rowing match of watermen's apprentices, in comme moration, as it is said, of the accession of the house of Brunswick to the English throne, he left to that corpora tion the task of rewarding and complimenting the success ful competitors. They have accepted the trust, and carry it out every year in the most liberal spirit ; and sympathis ing fully with the intentions of the founder, they make ._. _ ;he anniversary the occasion not only of receiving and re- warding the aquatic champions, but of expressing their own loyalty to the throne. Yesterday, as usual, therefore, Doggett's Coat and Badge match, and the anniversary of the accession of the Brunswick family was celebrated at Fishmonger's Hall, by a grand banquet, at which peers, members of Parliament, and city dignitaries were assem bled. Lord Palmerston was then wearing for the first time in public the blue ribbon of the Garter. The Earl of For tescue, who displayed the insignia of the same most dis tinguished order, together with the collar and badge of St. Andrew, was there also ; and amongst the general com pany were Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, Right Hon. Dr. Lnshington, Hon. J. P. L. King, M.P., E. Ball, Esq., M.P., B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.; A. Pellatt, Esq., M.P.; the Chairman of the East India Company (Col. Sykes). The Deputy-Governor of the Bulk, the Governor of the Irish Society, Alderman and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Sheri ff Elect Alechi, the Master of the Drapers' Company, the Master of the Clothworkers' Company ; Col. Fawcett, Capt. H. Shuttle worth, Sir J. Easthope, Bart., Mr. Al• derman Humphrey, &c. The dinner, which was supplied and arranged by Bing and Brymer, the successors of Birch, of Cornhill, of turtlo celebrity, wasrecherchd and elegant, ani the wines included the rich Burgundy (of which we oftener read than taste), and the growth of vintages which are now said by the wine merchants to command fabulous prices. There was a vocal band under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, which enlivened the intervals between the after-dinner speeches by a va• riety of songs and glees ; and there was of course the City toastmaster, Mr. Harker, to announce and introduce the company and to give out the toasts. The healths of her Majesty and the Royal Family (which afforded an opportunity to a Mr. Wandsey, who assisted as - - prime warden, to congratulate the country on the benefits which the accession of the House of Brunswick had secured having been given, our allies—Frenoh, Sardinian, and Turks—with their respective Sovereigns, having been ho noured, and the Army and Navy complimented for their bravery and endurance in the late war—in returning thanks for which it may be noted that Colonel Sykes, who sat opposite to Lord Palmerston, declared his opinion that had the war been carried on we should have secured a much more advantageous peace—the three watermen who had gained the first, second, and third places were intro duced by the Fishmongers' Barge-master. Their names are George W. Everson (Greenwich), C. J. Row (Horse lydown), and J. T. Perkneall, jun. (Pickle Herring). Having taken their places in front of the prime warden, the barge-master was asked if the match had been fairly won, and the answer being in the affirmative, a few words of compliment and encouragement were expressed by the warder to the winner, G. W. Everson, accompanied by the more welcome present of a bottle of port wine for himself and another for his " gal," as he called her in reply to the question, " Have you a wife or sweetheart ?" The same agreeable ceremony passed in reference to the other twe, each having a " gal' to receive the second bottle of wine; and this part of the business being terminated, The PRIME WARDEN gave the healths of her Majesty's Ministers, upon whom he passed high eulogiums, declaring his opinion that the country must have risen in the eyes of the world by what had happened during their administration of public affairs, giving them credit for strengthening the military and naval power of the country, and of bringing the Russian war—which but for their exertions might have gone on for thirty years —to a satisfactory, an honourable, and a disinterested peace; adding that though they might not have fulfilled the wishes of every one, they had done all they could to assert the rights of the suffering European communities, and ex pressing his confidence that, whenever the proper time arrived for them to interfere for the restoration of the liberties of the European nationalities, they would do so backed by the approbation and sympathies of the British people. He thanked Lord Palmerston as a brother fish monger for his kindness in accepting the invitation, and hoped the noble lord would long continue to fill the office of Prime Minister. The toast having been drunk, Lord PALMERSTON spoke as follows—Mr. Prime Warden and gentlemen, I beg for myself and my colleagues in office to return you our most sincere thanks for the very kind manner in which you, sir, have been pleased to propose our healths, and for the very kind manner in which you, gentlemen, have had the kindness to receive it. I can as' sure you, gentlemen, that nothing can be dearer to the heart of her Majesty's Government than to receive these proofs and expressions which it has been my good fortune now to witness of the goodwill and good opinion of large bodies of their fellow-subjects. (Hear, hear.) The Prime Warden has been kind enough to speak in very handsome terms of the conduct of her Majesty's Government. In passing through the arduous period of time that has novr just elapsed, so far as constant study and zealous devotion of their whole time and their entire thoughts to the publics service may entitle them to your good opinion, they flatter themselves that in that respect they have deserved it. (Cheers.) The task of any Government of this country is in difficult times, and under difficult circumstances , easy indeed ; and the more difficult the circumstances the more easy the task becomes, because 'there never was * period when the nation—and I believe I may go furthers and say that there never was a nation that displayed such no ble self-sacrifices, such honourable public spirit, an d such a patriotic determination to unite themselves with and to afford to those who have the conduct of public affairs every possible means requisite to vindicate the na tional honour and to assert the national will, as the British nation at the present moment exhibits. (Hear, hear.) Nor was there ever a period when any nation had a Sovereign more thoroughly sympathising with the people she governs► or more ready to go hand and thought with them in the common cause. (Hear, hear.) Therefore the task, as I have said, which has fallen upon the government during the late war, was comparatively easy, for we had only to accePt and use the means which a generous people placed at our disposal, and direct those gallant men of the army an d navy who were ready and competent to do anything tha t human nature could achieve. (Cheers.) My hon. friend the Prime Warden has adverted to the terms of the peace which has been concluded. I think those terms have been generally considered satisfactory, and the more the, are reflected upon the more, I am persuaded, they be found to have accomplished all the legitimate ob' jects for which the war was undertaken. My boo,: ourable friend has touched upon some topics also whi ch are perhaps calculated to excite more of regret than satire faction—of causes we were unable to advocate and of in' terests we were unable to serve. (Hear.) But, however the generous feelings of the nation may point to suffering s they might wish to relieve, or to miseries to which they might desire to put an end, yet in all human affairs we must consider what we are able to do, and not allow our selves to be led away by a loyal and generous spirit to at' tempt what we cannot accomplish. It is necessary to re member that sometimes in attempting things beyond our means we may, by endeavouring to do that which is inines' Bible, injure those we may desire to serve. (Hear.) Gentle' men, it is gratifying to me to feel that I have the honour to be a member of this ancient corporation—an honorarl member only, it is true, for I cannot boast of any more timate connexion—but it is a proud satisfaction for any man to think that he is a member of an associatio n which has reckoned upon its rolls some of those distinguis h : ed men whom we recognise as the brightest ornam en t; of this country—(hear, hear)—an association which l a always remembered for the liberality of its opinions, an its adherence to constitutional principles ; and which 1 10 set an example to the country in times when such wool" lea were less frequent and perhaps more needed than now . ' (Hear.) It is not for me to remind you that this associatio n ! independently of its great antiquity, and its merits as 7 metropolitan corporation, is one of the best landlords et. Ireland. ( Hear, hear.) No society administers its gr eyli property in that' country in a more benevolent spirit to wards its tenantry or expends more of its revenues in I ° 3 ; provement, not of the soil merely, but of the condition of those who live upon it, than the Fishmongers' Company' and no society, therefore, is more entitled in that res Pee to our admiration and esteem. (" Hear, hear," and cheers! I must also be permitted to say that there are circumsta nce . connected with the present moment that render the i n/l. tation I received to be present here to-day more warn" larly agreeable. We who are members of Parliamen t are accustomed for many months in the year to sit - at a table not se well stored as this with things which are refreshing t o tti r e e body as well as to the mind. (" Hear , " and a laugh.) r are obliged to sit for hours, and days, nights, and during those many months in an assembly not always q uite s ° una nimous as this. (Laughter.) Taking then a vsl ue from the contrast, but with every, possible respect for th i l assembly in which I have spent so many hours, and ° which I ought to speak always handsomely, for in t he great struggle in which we have been engaged it has h e ' bayed as honourably and nobly as the people it repr e sents' I must nevertheless say that it is not quite so agreeab l S as the present. (Cheers and laughter.) I may be 4100 in conclusion, gentlemen, to take the liberty of p r oposing the health of one whose merits, public and private. sr ° well known to you.—viz., my hon. friend the Prime Ws r den, who presides' over us. The toast was drunk with the customary honours, * 134 the Prime Warden returned thanks. The next toast was, " The Honorary Members of th e . Fishmongers' Company," to which the Earl of For teouv replied. The PRIME WARDEN then gave "The City of Lona ot its Corporation and Commerce." He admitted that the . time had come for assimilating the corporation of Lo ndon to the other corporate bodies of the kingdom, but deer s ' cated any deprivation of its popular rights and privileg es : , Mr. Alderman and Sheriff RosE, who spoke to th is toas t condemned the government bill, as introduced in the PI: session, for reforming the corporation a London, which' he contended, was anxious to do all that it could to reforl itself. They had applied three times to the governint° n .. for enlarged :powers, in order that the y might ma ke t v o7, cons tituency of the Common Cou nci l more popular, 7 3 `, l had those powers been conceded every evil would hav e b remedied. He trusted that whatever change might sn: made, the corporation would be allo wed to retain !.!_id power of appointing its own magistrates, and perforni!7 those other duties it had hitherto so efficiently and sau factorily carried out. The Visitors coupled with the health of Vice-Chan sl: ' for Wood, and the House of Commons, with which E. Ball's name was united, were the co ncludin g to the which having been appropriately acknowledged by' ,_ l , O Vi ce -Chancellor and the hon. member for Cambridgesp`" the company separated. MINES.—The money market has been rather t i g ht !! this week, and not much business doing in stocksdr general, .but mining business has decidedly in 3 Pr °Te and a fair demand exists for many dividend and p rogr°. sive mines. We hope, now that mining sha res bo b " ; taken a turn upwards, we have seen the wor st of r, panic, and that we shall hereafter have to rep ort a lura, ther increase of business transactions, as well as 0 ' 3 , 1 r a proved state and prospects of the mines. The stain"!-_, was steady last week at an advance, and the genera low pression is that copper will not go much, ,if any , than it is at present,—Mining Jogvna,4 al Otis OP l for