The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-22 00:00:00

C INTERBURY FALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR. sAm . COWELL EVERY EVENING in his New Song, "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" (written expressly for him). Grand Selections from STRADELLA and LA TRAVIATA, llyMissßussell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprise; all the principal favourites of the day, viz.: Mr. Sam Cowell ; fir. Marshall, in his new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;" Messrs. Harvey and Wrench (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and his talented son, the best negro de'ineators ; and Miss Harriet Coveney Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. A.dmission—Hall, fid.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. MEMORIAL to the Late LORD HERBERT. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on THURSDAY NEXT, the .28th inst., at which His Royal Hl7hness 013 DUKE of CAMBRIDGE will preside, for the purpose of adopting such measures as may result in an appropriate Memorial to the late lamented Lord Herbert. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen have expressed their desire to support his Royal Highness on the occa sion : General the Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.8., S.I. General the Lord Clyde, G.C.8., S.I. General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Geo. Bowles, K.C.B. Lieut,-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., K.H. Lieut.-Gen. the Rl4ht Hon. i. Peel, M.P. Lieut.-Gen. W. T. Knollys. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Jones, ' K.C.B. Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir Jas. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Eyre. Major-Gen. Sir Richard 1. Dacres, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Sir Hope Grant, G. C. B. Major-Gen. Sir T. A. Larcom, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Sir Edward Lu gard, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Sir Alex. Tulloch, K.C.B. Major-Gen. J. Lawrenson. Colonel the Hon. Percy Her bert, C.B. James Brown Gibson, M.D., C. 8., Director-General of Military Hospitals. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chap lain-General. The Right lion. Viscount Pal merston, K.G., M.P. The Right lion. the Lord Chancellor. The Right lion. the Earl Granville, K.G. Ills Grace the Duke of Ar- K.T. The Right lion. the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. The Right lion Sir George Grey, G.C.11. M.P. The Right lion. the Earl Russell. His Grace the Duke of New castle, K.G. The Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., M.P. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., G.C.8., M.P. His Grace the Dukeof Somer set. The flight lion. T. Milner Gibson, M.P. The Right lion. E. Cardwell, M.P. The Right Hon. Charles Pel ham Villiers, M.P. The Duke of Wellington, K.G. The Hon. Algernon Egerton, The Duke of Sutherland. 1 M.P. The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., M.P.The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, K.T. The Marquis of Lansdowne, , The Right Hon. the Lcrd K.G. ' Mayor. The Marquis of Westminster, The Right Hon. Sir W. G. K.G. , Hayter, Bart., M.P. The Earl of Derby, K.G. The Right Hon. Sir John H.E. the Earl of Carlisle, McNeill, G.C.B. K.G., K.P. The Right Hon. H. U. Ad- The Earl of Shaftesbury. 1 dington. The Earl of Tankerville. 1 The Right Hon. T. E. Head- The Earl Stanhope. 1 lam, M.P. The Earl Spencer. Vice-Chancellor Sir William The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., ' Page Wood. K.P., &c. 1 Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart. The Earl of Carnarvon. ; Sir William Alexander, Bart. The Earl of Malmesbury, ' Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., G.C.B. i M.P. The Earl of Powis. ' Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., The Earl of St. Germans, M.P. G. C. B. I Sir James Duke, Bart., lI.P. The Earl De Grey and Ripon. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick The Earl Somers. Grey, K.C.B. The Earl of Bessborough. , The Solicitor-General. The Earl Grosvenor, M.P. 1 Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B. The Lord John Manners,M.P. Sir Roderick Murchison, The Viscount Sydney. 1 G.C., St. S. The Viscount Eversley. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. The Lord Stanley, M.P. 1 Raikes Currie, Esq. The Viscount Enfield, M.P. Capt. Drummond, R.N., C.B. , The Lord Elcho, M.P. . Capt. Douglas Gallon, R.E. The Viscount Castlerosse, Henry H. Gibbs, Esq. M.P. , G. G. Glyn, Esq., M.P. Rear Admiral Lord Clarence , Thomson Hankey, Esq,. M.P. Paget, C. 8., M.P. Peter Hoare, Esq. The Lord Bishop of London. , Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq., 1 The Lord Bishop of Oxford. M.P. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury. R. S. Holford, Esq., M.P. The Lord Lyttelton. IR. Monckton Milnes, Esq., The Lord Harris. , M.P. The Lord De Tablet' . 1 W. G. Prescott, Egg, The Lord Brougham and Henry C. Robarts, Egg. _..., Vaux. Baron Lionel Do RothsCaUgl, The Lord Dufferin and Clans- M.P. boye. David Salomons, Esq., Ald; The Lord Overstone. 1 M.P. The Lord Belper. 1 Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P4 The Lord Ebury. , H. Gerard Sturt, Esq., M.P. The Lord Lyveden. Travers Twiss, Esq., D.C.L. The Speaker of the House of Western Wood, Esq., M.P. Commons. Count P. E. De *trzelecki, The Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, ' C. 8., D.C.L. M.P. His Royal Highness will take the Chair at One o'clock precisely. _ J. STANDISII ITALY, Secretary. 208, Savile-row, Nov. 19, 1861. • OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyno and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. TTIIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OP GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Core. After which, at Eight o'clock, ROBIN HOOD. Messrs. Santley, George Honey. Patey, C. Lyall, and Uenry Haigh, Miss Susan Tyne, and Madame . Guerrabella (her 4th ap pearance on the English stage). Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. Stage-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. THEATRR•ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lame, Mr. J. B. Swinton.. THIR EVENING, the performances will commence with THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun dreary, Mr. S Ahern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. 'V FITS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy, Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Eight (12th time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmun Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. _ _ . ----- Acting Manager—Mr. P. B. Ch ttterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at I Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. t.?OITAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- 1 I) Lee and Manazer. Mr. A. Harris. Tli IS EVENINCI, JEANS PTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Barris and Mr. H. Widdicomb. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespe 're's tragedy of OTHELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr Fcchter EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. 31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Wool gar. After which, the new drama, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ' • written by the author of "The Colleen Bawn," and in which Mr. and Mrs. D. Boucicault will appear. A New Musical Introduction has been kindly pre sented by Sip. - ,nor Benedict, and will be performe f by the Orchestra, which has been re-organised, and will be con ducted by Mr. Riviere, by whom the incidental music his been selected and composed. The following artists will make their sth appearance :—Mr. G. Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ' • and Miss Denvil, from the Lyceum. Tho other prin cipal characters in , he drama will be performed by Messrs. Emery, Stephenson Billington, Paul Bedford, Romer, Mrs. Billing - ton, Mrs. Marston, Sze., &c. Entirely new scenery by Messrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, Miss K. Kelly, die. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albion di Rhona. Tills EVENING, to commence with a new farce, en titled ALL IN THE DARK : Messrs. Butler, D. James, Worboys, Miss E. Wilton, dr. After which, A THUMPING LEGA CY. Followed by SMACK FOR SMACK. After which, Mdlle. di Rhona will appear In CAMELIA, and Dance two National Dances. Box-office open from 11 to 5. Doors open at halt-past 6—Commence at &yen. T 1 , E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Anber' 8 New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENNE," and Verdi's new (}rand opera, " Simonßoecan,:t. , ra," by the entire Company. lialte's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E .derssohn (composed expressly for them). V a ried Comic Entertainments by Miss narriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran dal:, IlarveT and Fr ench (The Nerves), E. Msrshall, and Boxes, SAM COWEL 6d.L. Hall, 6d .; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private 10s. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD ME's,iher black gloom, Dismal grim p l a ces are these Roman Catacombs, their depths, the my ster y of the ir countle ss impene trable ramifications ; the numberless skeletonsalyinan gyhe path's side; the stran g e fi g ures p ainted on the walls, with their great eyes that seem to watch and follow you as y ou pass ; the certainty that at eve r y breat h you are inhaling pas draughts of deadly malaria, which bad enough in the op en air above is infinitely intensified by the confined al m „ phere and the wet spongy rock below, and above all the conscious ness that you are by yourself cut off from the rest of the world, some 60 or 80 feet underground, and that if you take a wrong turn out of the hundreds that present themselves, or if you let your light go out, you are likely to be irretriev ably lost, as no one will come to look fo r you, and no sound that you can utter will reach the open air. All these con siderations operate at first to make a visit to ore of the recently-opened catacombs absolutely appalling. I say at first, for a very slight degree of use soon begets quite an opposite sensation ; and after two or three visits, especially if made alone, and with some definite purpose, the feeling of terror becomes replaced by a peculiar fascination, and an almrst unappeaseable longing to penetrate farther end farther into the unknown depths. Than the mortal re mains lying so quietly in their several niches—martyrs many of them, and surrounded by the most expressive and touching symbols of the faith they died for—soon lose their t repulsiveness ; and the grim figures pictured on the walls, h at have kept their watch century after century, seem to include you in their protecting influence, while the con tinno r epetition of the Ch r i s ti an hope of the resurrection, piettated and symbolised every available apace, in every conceivable form and in i impartsvai n an air of sanctity to the plitee , that soon di s p e l s ' ai All the Year 40uain., n a 1 :"" and iniaginingas— HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THI,S DAY.—Morning, 4h. 28m.—Afternoon, 4h. 48z n To-troIROW. -Morning, sh. 7m.—Afternoon, I_sh. 285 m. TILE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 22,4 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50 --Nighest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.63; falling rapidly. WIND—S. -Westerly; fresh, with dull, rainy weather. t. 4,sY•trA'4c3 f , f. Ini• T' V 121:0IT° ' S THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1861. From reperts confessed to be " very confused," we gather the certainty that the Federal fleet has got to work. Port Royal is the point of attack, and it is certain, by the resistance, that the attack had been anticipated; it is said, however, to be just ready to surrender. The Confederates are obviously alarmed, for not only were they found in force, but their army on the Potomac seems to be sending some of its troops to the scene of naval attack. Even the General, BEAtTREGARD, is said to have thought the danger to South Carolina so much the most urgent, that he has relinquished the command in the North and gone to Carolina. In the west the fighting seems to be still on equal terms. First a Federal force from Cairo lands at a place called Belmont, beats the Confederates, and captures everything, with 100 men; but imme diately the Confederates come on their rear the Federals march for their boats, and with heavy loss on both sides the Federals retire. It is sad that these purposeless and bloody fights should be so often repeated. Many of them, however, afterwards dwindle down to small affairs. The thousands en gaged prove to be hundreds, and the hundreds killed, at most tens. Another Codederate steamer, with a valuable cargo, has run the blockade—and the Sumpter is once more talked of, this time as captured. The next news must be important. We shall soon probably understand a little better the prospects of Italy. The Italian Parliament has assembled, and RICASOLI has announced his policy. It seems to be as identical as possible with that which would have been pursued by his lamented predecessor, since it proffers to the POPE such inde pendence as he could scarcely have hoped for. The Emperor NAPOLEON had been requested to become mediator, but through want of concentration on the part of the Roman Court, the mediation fell to the ground. Roman pride, like that of Austria, clings to ignominious power, as if power on any terms were a prize. The POPE'S is, however, the more discreditable, because he holds it merely by foreign aid. The Romans at this moment are not his sub jects, but the subjects of France, which allow him to govern and tax them as he likes. It is LOUIS NAPOLEON, not Pope Pius, who is Sovereign of Rome ; nor dare the POPE do what he prohibits. RICA.SOLI asks of the PorE to renounce for ever such a trumpery Viceroyalty—asks him to exchange humiliating submission to a Suzerain at the Tuileries for spiritual, and ecclesiastical, and tem poral independence in the capital of his country. He and his Cardinals are to retain their dignity and inviolability. He is to have full liberty for all his acts of divine right as chief of the Church ; he may send his nuncios -whether he pleases; convene councils and synods without the intervention of the Government ; the right of eccle siastical benefices—doubtless some handsome livings —is given up by .the KING; as also, what our QUEEN would not resign, all right of interference in the nomination of bishops; and—the best thing of all in the eyes of the Vatican—" the King of ITALY will guarantee the POPE a certain revenue." Of course we in England can only imperfectly judge, previously to the discussions which will arise on them, of the value of these concessions. We can, however, see that they are very considerable. No Church in any State in Europe, except, indeed, the self-supporting and therefore independent sects in Great Britain, have anything approaching to such liberty. The Catholic Church in Italy will, under these arrangements, be, we should have thought, too free for any State Church. It will gain a degree of ecclesiastical independence amongst 20 millions of people, hitherto unknown, by sacrificing a detested and humiliating temporal rule over a million of Italians of whom France is the real master. Even nominal titles and powers are dear, however; witness how beggared Irish landlords clung to their mortgaged estates. His Holiness is much such another beggared Prince —and clings to his empty title, while the title deeds are in LOUIS NAPOLEON'S strong box. Nothing, however, can excuse the conduct of France. She promised to leave when the Papal independence was provided for. It is provided for. The enemies of Italy wish indeed to keep her out of her capital, and the poor Romans in subjection, but France is not professedly at heart an enemy to Italy, and she has no honourable excuse for her obstinacy. Just now, when she is in want too of money, she has the best reason of all to allege for accepting the independence of the Pope and granting independence to the long oppressed Romans, It may be hoped that M. FOULD will have a voice in this matter. The Confederate privateer Nashville has created a case which may well puzzle our international lawyers. If it be discussed on purely technical grounds, we confess we do not see our way to a per fectly satisfactory solution. The United States are recognised by us as e friendly Power, and we have but a few days ago allowed a vessel of war belonging to their Government to leave the waters of Southampton after having qualified herself to do what she pleased with any vessel of inferior force. But yesterday another vessel of the Confederate half of the United States comes and claims the same privilege—and we, having recognised the Confederates as belligerents, and declared perfect neutrality between the two belligerents, are now called on to do for the Nashville what we did for the James Adger. The Nashville seems indeed to want to make herself a better ship of war, or rather to convert herself from a merchantman into a ship of war; but that seems to be merely a question of extent of repairs ; the commission of Mr. J EFFERSON Av 1)Is converts her into a publi c s hi p of war. Perhaps a little might be said on the ground 'll - it to " take off her top deck and to fit her out as a vessel of war," is almost equivalent to build ing a ship of war for her owners; and it is pos s.b e our lawyers may be able to refuse so much. take the ground that the " asylum and hospitality" ity" asked by a ship which has suffered from weather at sea, cannot go beyond making good the damage done at sea.Troadecdt to a single make gun to her armament, or in any respect her more competent to fight than when she left the shores of her own country, would certainly be to take part in the quarrel by deliberately fur- Had a I nishing naval power to one side. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEAIBER 22, 1861. gun been thrown ove r b oar d i n th e s t orm, t or the deck been strained and become leaky, we might have allowed a gun to be taken, and have caulked or repaired the deck ; but to make the deck more fit for a fighting one, or to furnish ad ditional armament, is apparently aiding in the war. We suppose that as the American representatives here accept charge of the captured crew and make provision for their return to New York, their act will relieve us of all responsibility for permitting their landing. Otherwise it would seem that as it must have been a great convenience to the Nashville to get rid of them, and as the charge of them had nothing to do with " refitting," we might have been accused of aiding in the warlike operations of the Nashville, by relieving her of her troublesome and worse than useless " prisoners of war." This would have been, indeed, a refinement in legal quibbling, but no quibbling is too absurd for United States antho rities if they can quibble England into the wrong. Probably, however, Captain NELSON and his men would have settled the case for themselves, if offered by the privateer captain a landing on any friendly coast. Perhaps the question, however, may be raised whether the Nashville's entering the port with prisoners of war, and disposing of them there as best suited her convenience, may be placed by the lawyers in the same line with actually bring ing a prize into port. It may be argued that if the privateer had known that she could not get rid of the captured ere', she would not have destroyed the captured vessel, it might have been more con convenient to have left them on board of her. It is perhaps this destruction of the fine ship, the Harvey Birch, a vessel of 1,487 tons, American measurement, and which had cost sbout £25,000 in her construction, which will create the greatest dis gust. We do not deny its accordance with the laws of war, or rather with the usages of war, but it was to be hoped that Americans with their boasted civi lisation, would exhibit themselves rather in tho light of ameliorators of barbarous usages than fresh examples of them. Wanton destruction of valuable and useful property is a disgrace to any cause ; better have allowed the ship to remain for a derelict than to have burnt and sunk a noble vessel from mere revenge. The excuse is the conduct of the North in " in vading their territories, burning their houses, ill-treating their women, and stealing their negroes." Whether it is " invading" or lawful endeavours to suppress rebellion is, as yet, the question in dispute between North and South. "Stealing the negroes," if a crime, is the crime which England only de mands that the North should commit more fre quently—but as between the two parties the South boasts, justly, of their value in the war, and the North has therefore a right to treat them as " con traband of war." The other two accusations might doubtless be retorted on either side—they are but too common in the train of armies, but certain it is that the orders of the officers are distinct and their threats severe against such offences. The charge against PEAGRIM, is, not that any of his men in blind passion set the ship on fire contrary to his commands and desire, but that he, the commander, in cool blood, ordered his men to do it. It was an act of heathenish savagery, and will do, as it ought to do, much to make Englishmen loathe a cause in which command ing officers, on such vague provocation, can retaliate in such a wanton manner. We have not adverted to what would have been more worthy of a spirited sailor—namely, to have put a small crew on board, and to have attempted, as the Nashville herself did, to run the blockade; or if that were not practicable, to make for South America. We hope the inhabi tants of Southampton will not fail to let Captain PEAGRIM understand what they think of such Vandalism. One thing both Federalists and Confederates, we suppose, both understand, that the less we have to do with the ships of war of either of them the better we like it. We do not like .their war; we do Rot like the way it is pursued on either side ; we do not like the causes of the war ; and feeling no interest in it we do not want to offend either. American impudence is so great that either side will make a boast of getting all it can out of us, each at the same time looking angrily at us for helping the other. We would beg them, therefore, to keep their ships of war from our coasts. They are very unwelcome ; though perhaps the know ledge of that will only bring them oftener; we hope they will keep as much as they can on their own aide the water. Right glad are we to find that the Premier avows himself to be entirely in favour of a double Embankment of the river Thames ! Its embank ment, that is, not only on the Middlesex side, but on the Surrey side as well. This is, really and truly, of course, the only rational view that could be taken of the proposed enterprise. But, then, it is not always the rational view that is taken in re gard to projected metropolitan improvements— particularly by Prime Ministers. And it is there fore, because the view taken by oar veteran Pre mier is essentially the rational view of this magni ficent scheme of a Thames Embankment, that we hail the avowal of it by the lips of Lord PALMER STON himself, with such peculiar satisfaction. What is worth doing at all--a good old proverb tolls us—is worth doing well. And it is an axiom just as applicable to large undertakings as to small. It is peculiarly applicable to an imperial project like this of the Thames Embankment. For what, in point of fact, does that project of an Embalik meet undertake to do ? In a few plain and simple words, it proposes, among many other things, to do this—to transform the back entrance to London into the grand and noble and picturesque front en trance to the most wonderful city in the world — the largest, the wealthiest, and the most populous ! Time was when our river afforded to the inhabi tants of the capital, their favourite and the most frequented channel of communication. The Thames was then the Silent Highway. Instead of the cab and the omnibus clattering and lumbering over the crowded causeway—the wherry shot hither and thither to the stroke of the dapper oars wielded by that now almost extinct race, the race of our Lon don Watermen. Alas! the " Jolly Young Water men," sung of yore, in the popular ditty—he who erstwhile " used for to ply" near the ancient bridge at Blackfriars,has long since degenerated into that amphibious animal, the Surly Old Waterman, so called, we have been facetiously informed, because he opens the cab doors ! Then—in the good old times (" all times when old are good" as BYRON sings)—the Thames actually had a poet of its own ; as though its current were that of another Helicon : TAYLOR, the Water Poet ! Fancy the Thames with a Laureate of its own now ! Supposing we could witness such an incongruous phenomenon, 1 TAYLOR' S success as the Bard of the Thames, if he invoked any ought in reasnionYth to olo iu g l ial divinity , c okenotone for o f inspiration,the attend ants upon APOLLO, not one of the virginal off spring of MNEMOSYNE; but ---as a matt er o f courso —no other than CLOACINAI But, in former times, when the river Thames was really, in truth, a r i ver , and not, as now, a vast open sewer green turf grew down to its margin between bridges, just as it does sti;l in some favoured localities above bridge, say at Mortlake, here and there, and at Twicken ham. Our forefathers could think then, with an anticipative sense of refreshment, of taking a " header" after the fashion of the COLLEEN BAWN'S lover, during the hot summer days, into a stream —the notion of contaminating oneself by touching which, in these times, produces only a sensation very much like a shudder of disgust in every well regulated mind. Then the river shores, bet ween bridges, were not, as now, with a frightful literal ness of signification—river shores! Swans then frequented those margins of the Stream which are now only the haunts of those enfants terribles, those wretched little gamins de Londres known familiarly as Mudlarks. It is through the realiza tion of the magnificent scheme now about to be adventured upon—this grand project of a Thames Embankment, that all the old charms and beauties of the river Thames can alone be brought back to us; that all the existing evils and abominations now polluting its current and festering along its banks can be effectually got rid of ! And to dream of doing all this siniply by halves—by having merely one side of the Thames embanked, the Middlesex side and not the Surrey side as well, the northern bank and not the southern bank into the bargain— would be the merest absurdity, the sheerest folly well imaginable. It is precisely because we are so thoroughly impressed with the conviction that it would be so that we are so sincerely rejoiced that the Roble Viscount the First Lord of the Treasury has himself, betimes, so very distinctly avowed his solicitude to see an embankment of both shores of the river, and not simply of one shore. Thus, there fore, and thus only do we trust that the enterprise will be carried out. Then—in that case—upon those rational conditions—the main drainage of the capital being carried away from the river, and not, as now, into it—the filthy old ramshackle wharves being swept out of sight, the current of the Thames being restored to its original pellucidity ; a broad roadway being constructed upon either hand, with rows of houses raised beyond each embankment, houses rivalling and, we dare say, many of them surpassing the frontage of the Adelphi-terrace— this one metropolitan improvement alone will do more towards the adornment and beautification of the cities of London and Westminster than all the other metropolitan improvements that have ever been dreamt of by our palladian daydreamers put together. Only, however, if both shores of the river Thames be embanked together ! But the necessity of both shores being embanked we have happily seen at length insisted upon by the Prime Minister, and therefore we will encourage ourselves to hope and believe that so—and so only—will it be done. Supposing we but carry out this one grand project in the way of a comprehensive metropo litan improvement, as it is now proposed to be carried out—supposing we achieve this single scheme of a double Thames Embankment as it ought to be achieved—and supposing we do this promptly, and energetically, and with a will, we may yet in more ways than one outstrip our Parisian neighbours before very much longer in the labour of developing a great series of metro politan improvements. Paris, for one thing, has no such river to adorn as we have in our majes tic Thames—the Seine being insignificant by com parison. Besides which, if we have failed all this while to build superb edifices like the Louvre, to carry right through the most crowded quarters of our capital broad vistas of Boulevard upon Boule vard, running straight as an arrow from point to point—well, at least we have the consolation of reflecting that all this while we have not been plunging head over ears into debt like some others that we wot off Yet, while there is a profound satisfaction, of course, in remembering that hitherto we have manifested this conspicuous prudence in refraining from rash and ill-considered enter prises of metropolitan improvement—there is as suredly no reason why we should remain obdu rately apathetic when a scheme is at length un folded before us, by judiciously carrying out which we may ensure immense adornments to the capital —adornments that, while they will wondrously en hance its beauty, or we ought rather to say, perhaps, at length impart something like beauty and splen dour to its general appearanca, will, at the same time, increase its salubrity, and prove in the end actually (it cannot fail to do this) remunerative. Such a scheme, in truth, is this project of a double Embankment of the river Thames. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. NOVEMBER 21. The Swedish brig Aegir, Petterson, from Lulea for Rochfort, with a cargo of deals, put in here last night with loss of bulwarks and stanchions and stern frame started, having been struck by a sea during the gale of the 14th inst., when on the Doggesbank. The Aegir fell in with the Nowegian barque, Nouna, from Uleaborg for London, in a sinking condition, on the 15th inst , and took off her captain and crew, 12 in number, and landed them here. CHUROII RATES. —A vestry of the parish of Northwood was held at the Town-hall, West Cowes, this day, to take into consideration the propriety of making a church rate. The parties for and against the rate mustered strongly, and after a long struggle a rate of Id. in the pound was carried by a majority of three votes. REMOVAL or TOLLS.—The public have been for years seriously annoyed by the vexatious tolls demanded at the pier at Southampton. These have been at length removed, and now all poisons leaving Southampton for the Isle of Wight, or arriving from it, pass over the Royal Pier toll free. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have re turned to Blenheim Palace from visiting the Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry at Seaham Hall, Durham. The Marchioness of Ely has arrived at her resi dence at Prince's-gate from Windsor Castle. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have arrived at Bridgewater House from Worsley Hall, Lancashire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a party at dinner last evening at Cambridge House. A select circle assembled later in the evening. Her ladyship has issued cards for an assembly on Saturday next. Lord Llanover arrived at his residence in Great Stanhope-street on Wednesday evening. _ _ _ The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left 'Hughenden Manor on a vist to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland at Ainwick Castle. The Right Hon. Sir George C. Lewis arrived at Kent House yesterday from visiting her Majesty at Wind sor Castle. A memorial to the Court of Aldermen is in pre- paration on the part of the members of the Stock-Exchange, for an abolition of the annual tax known as " Broker's rents." The commercial telegrams from China received this afternoon are dated the 16th of October from Hong kong. The import-markets were still very dull from the pressure of large stocks. Canton had been evacuated by the British. The quotations of exchange were 4s. 50. at Hongkong and 6s. at shanghai, showing no alteration. Loss OF THE SHIP BRITISH FLAG.—Yesterday a despatch was received in Liverpool from Queenstown, announcing the :arrival there of the ship Ernst, having on board the captain and craw of the Liverpool ship British Flag, Captain Campbell, bound fi otn Liverpool to Bombay, with a large and valuable general cargo. Tho British Flag was a fine first-class ship, of 1,395 tons burden, belonging to the well known East India and China merchants, Messrs. Bates, Stenhouse, and Co., of Liverpool, aid' left Liverpool on the 6th c f the present month. There is no doubt but this vessel must have been caught in the recent heavy gales, for on the 13th inst. she was dismasted in lat. 45 N, long. 11 W, and shortly afterwards abandoned by the crew, which were, as we have already stated, saved by the Ernst, and landed safe at Queenstown this morn ing. The abandoned vessel had a crew of 37 men on board at the time of the disaster. THE FINSBURY ELECTION.—A requisition was yesterday got up by a number of influential members of the Court of Common Council, calling upon Mr. Lusk, one of the late sheriffs, to come forward as a candidate for the re presentation of the borough of Finsbury. The requisition islalready very numerously signed, and it is thought that if , Mr. Lusk should come forward, there is every probability Of:Illa being successful. LATEST NEWS. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (PER THE GLASGOW, via QITEENSTOIVN.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8, Evening. It is reported from Fortress Monroe that the commander of the Minnesota has received informa tion that the Federal fleet was bombarding Port Royal, and was meeting with a warm reception, the Confederates having been prepared for an attack some time before. The Confederates were com manded by Commodore Patrick. Another despatch states that Port Royal is in:a critical condition, and just ready to surrender to the fleet. Two Federal steamers have been wrecked off the ooast of North Carolina. The crew were taken prisoners by the Confederates. The accounts received are very confused. Im portant movements are taking place on the Lower Potomac, indicative of the despatch of large Con federate reinforcements to the points threatened on the Southern coast. It is reported that General Beauregard has relin quished the command of the Confederate army on the Potomac, and has proceeded to take the com mand in South Carolina. A despatch from Cairo announces that a Federal expedition from that place, numbering 3,500 men, had landed at Belmont, on the Mississippi, and attacked the Confederate force there, capturing cannon, horses, and 100 prisoners. After the Federals had taken possession of the Confederate camp, it was reported that the Con federates were crossing the river from Columbus in order to attack the Federals in the rear. The Fe derals were then ordered to return to the boats, when a severe engagement took place, and the Federals ultimately retired. The Confederate force was reported to number 7,000 men. The loss was heavy on both sides. The Southern journals report the arrival of the Confederate steamer Theodora at Savannah with a valuable cargo. The privateer Sumter is again reported to have been captured near Barbados. It is reported that President Davis will cer tainly be relieved of the Presidency. There is a large majority for union tickets in Maryland. The captain of the slaver Erie has been con victed of the capital offence of piracy. It is asserted that the Federal army in Missouri will not advance beyond Springfield. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 8, EVENING. Money easy. Exchange rather firmer. Bankers' bills 1071 to 1071. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Central, 79 ; Erie, 321; Illinois Central, 621. Cotton firm and advancing. Sales to day, 2,000 bales. Middling Uplands, 24c. Flour quiet. Wheat, good demand for export. Corn lc. higher. Provisions steady. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses unchanged. TURIN, THURSDAY. The Opinione of to day says : " The proposals for the partition of Italy men tioned by the Daily News, originated with Powers who have not the courage to declare themselves favourable or opposed to Italy, but who wish to play a part in European politics which their posi tion does not permit them to assume." NAPLES, THURSDAY. The brigands who were defeated at Pietragalla, in the Basilicats, have taken refuge in the moun tains and woods surrounding Lake Pesolo. MADRID, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day says : " Victor Emmanuel first claimed the Neapolitan archives in the quality of King of Naples. Spain, however, refused to recognise this title, and Victor Emmanuel then withdrew his previous notes, and confined himself to simply claiming the Neapolitan archives." PARIS, Nov. 21. The report, originating with the Paris papers, that General Cialdini had arrived here, proves to be unfounded. General Cialdini has not yet left Turin. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, says : "The Independance Beige amuses its readers with incidents purely imaginary relative to the late Ministerial modification, and in its number of the 19th instant pretends to divulge what has taken place in the councils of the Emperor. " The account given by the Independance Beige is entirely false." THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Massilia and Indus left Alexandria with the above mails on the evening of the 19th inst., for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Nemesis brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 16th inst. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, with the above mail, arrived off the Needles at 9.50 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 21.—The official announcement of the reduction of the rate of discount by the Bank of France to 5 per Cent., has just been made, but has not produced may improvement in prices, which are a shade lower than at the close of business yes terday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69! 95c. Little doing in Railway shares, The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 90 Credit Foncier l2lO Do. end month.... 96 —; Belgian 41 99 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 95 ! Roman Bank Shares 2930 Austrian .. 7l 25 Credit Mobilier 770 —; Spanish Threes.... 49 50 Do. Account 772 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1335 .. 1336 25 Northern New ditto 912 60 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1027 50 Geneva.. Southern 655 .. 657 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Loirbard AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated the 19th instant, says :—" Seven of the new Obergespane and Ad ministrators have taken the oaths. The other per sons designated for similar appointments have been called to Vienna partly to take the oaths, partly to receive special instructions. Those already appoic ted cannot leave yet, as they are not yet provid.d with the necessary funds." The rate of insurance on the gold (X 76,000) by tho James Wilson, from Melbourne, which has now been at sea 134 days, has advanced to 20 guineas per cent. This sum was paid yesterday. The James Wilson is of only 364 tons register, and is considered a slow sailer. The following will be the number of days em ployed in conveying the Mediterranean, India, China, Mn.uritius, and Australian mails to their respective ports no xt year. These mails aro to reach Marseilles from Lon • don in 2 days ; Malta in 4 ; Alexandria in 8 ; Suez in 9 ; Aden in 15 ; Bombay in 18 ; Galle in 26 ; Mauritius in 27; Madras in 30 ; Penang in 32 ; Calcutta and Singapore in 34; King George's Sound in 40 ; Hong Kong in 43; Mel bow= in 45; §ydney in 49 ; and Shanghai in 50. LITERATURE. The Cloister and the Hearth ; a Tale of the 41iddle Ages. By Charles Reade, author of " It's Never Too Late to Mend," " Christie Johnstone," etc., etc. 4 vols. Trubner and Co. Paternoster row. This is a remarkable work that is sure to attract a large share of public notice, alike from the wide spread reputation of its author, and also from its own superiority in many respects. It is likewise original in many of its characteristics, and notwith standing the extreme length to which the story runs, the interest is sustained throughout in a surprising degree. The reason is that the greater part of the narrative is so true to life, and the chief persons are real in their affliction, their excitement, their passions, and their pride. Margaret is just what one could suppose a girl of her style would become after long years that in sorrow and suffering of no common kind had formed her into a woman strong to endure, and a Christian faithful to triumph over temptation. Catherine is as exact a counter part of a busybody as ever was portrayed in a book. She seems to stand before us, so perfect is the sketch, one of these well-meaning folks who create an immense deal of mischief by their meddlesome ways and inveterate love of gossip and proneness to interfere in all things relative to everybody. Elias is well drawn in his way as one of those stern mediaeval men whose lives were as stiff and unbending as their figures appear on can vass. With all his strictness he did not succeed very well with his children, as no father could have had more despicable sons than Sybrands and Cor nelis. Gerard is the hero, and a striking one in all respects. His short life was full of perils and dis asters. He had to encounter from one cause and another as many trials as fall to the lot of three separate men in an ordinary state of affairs. He was full of the faults of youth, hasty, passionate, and precipitate, but time rolling on brought with the lesson of life increase of wisdom, and his career at last, according to the faith in which he was brought up, was a near approach to perfection. He resigned his dearest hopes because he thought the fulfilment wrong, and he was the more tried as the deceit and treachery of his brothers, whom he had never in jured, wrought out for him this deadly ill. It is hard to bear irremidiable troubles, but to have the sharpest sting inflicted by a relation, and when too late discover the fatal mistake is indeed bitter. The chief point on which the story turns that gives it its name is the fact of Gerard being informed that Margaret was dead. This was done by his brothers transposing letters in order to prevent the return of him they were jealous of. On receiving this fatal news, Gerard ful filled the intention of his early years, and be came a monk. Meanwhile, Margaret awaited his return, burning to see him, and show him their first born, not knowing of the barrier for ever raised between them. " You who know what lies in that word, maternity, enlarge my little sketch and see the young mother nursing and washing and dressing, and undressing, and crowing and gambolling with her first-born ; then, swifter than lightning, dart your eye into Italy, and see the cold cloister, and the monks, like ghosts, eyes down, hands meekly crossed over bosoms dead to earthly feelings. One of these cowled ghosts is he whose return, full of love, and youth, and joy, that radiant young mother awaits," The extraordinary events that followed on this mysterious fact are skilfully told, and some of the scenes aro dramatis in their exciting interest and their thrilling pathos. When Gerard saw Margaret in the church before him—a living woman come to hear the strange preacher, of whose celebrity her neighbours had so loudly proclaimed, instead of the corpse whose grave he expected to see noted in the churchyard, the reader has before him as startling a picture of the strange occurrences of mortal life as could be imagined or devised. When he recovered his surprise he found a living death interposed between those who stood before the altar in the hey-day of their youth, and believed themselves united for the rest of their lives. The succeeding scenes are some of them rather peculiar, but it must be borne in mind that the days here recorded belong to the past, and the general tone of society was, in every respect, differ ent from the present. Margaret rightly used her influence to drive Gerard from the hermit's cave to the world of his fellow-men, where he could employ the great talents with which he was endowed to the benefit and blessing of humanity. Their son Gerard was Le i link of connecting interest be tween the woman whose heart was with her treasure in the world below, and the man who had crushed down human happiness, and " Turning away his pale brow From earth and the light of the present, Looked to a heavenly spouse." The consistency of the sketch is maintained by not prolonging the description too long. Human nature could not have endured such a constant strain on its energies without at last giving way, and the plague that sweeps away Margaret, and the languor that overpowered Gerard were messengers of mercy and of grace to bear them afa_• from their cares and disappointments. They lived to illustrate a purpose, and that effected their mission was over. " The battle fought, the victory won," they were summoned to their reward, leaving an example behind them for their fellow-creatures to follow, and a memory to dwell upon of high and holy deeds. This book has its drawbacks in some respects. Parts of the narrative are too discursive, and the plan adopted of putting the most effective words in tremendous letters is not suitable in a work that treats of superior things and does not need to resort to clap-trap to make evident its merit, possessing more than the usual amount of interest and excitement in its chequered course. These and other defects are more than counter balanced by the success that throughout marks it. It is adapted to suit many tastes, and all competent judges will agree to its great discrimination of character and eloquent description of scenes. It is the pen of a ready-writer that has given us this stirring record of life in the medieval ages. Human nature was the same then as now in its main fea,- tureg and leading attributes—pride reigned supreme and passion revelled in undisciplined minds, love inspired the most daring deeds or produced melan choly and misery. Also we are shown that the light of a true faith, then, as now, though it dif fered in form, and was diverse in rules, was mighty to support and puissant to save those who trusted its its efficacy, and looked to its final triumph over the things of time and sense. It is not a useless task nor an idle lesson to teach, that simple folks who, centuries since, s',ept with the dead show us in these fragmentary relics of their lives. Their careers are chronicled in passages of great power, here adorned with eloquence of no common order, and there made interesting by many an incident of human kindness ; but the chief merit is in the fact that they point a moral in their simple lives, and yield a testimony in their holy deaths. They fol lowed what they thought the right road, though its course turned away from the paths of pleasantness. It was but fitting that at last they should find peace abide with them as a constant guest, and a promise that could not fail as their beacon light, from darkness unto day, from the world which is to that which is to come. There are some scenes that, in their several styles, are very effectively rendered. Gerard, when he was in Rome, was leading a very diflerent life to that which he afterwards adopted. His adventures with the Princess Clelia are very strange, and the wild rage that possessed her could only be found in a daughter of a southern clime, and then but under peculiar circumstances. Gerard's conduct was irreproachable, and it was a relief to him whem he met her, after having entered on his sacred vocation, to be able to impart words of counsel. His intercourse with the painter is also worthy of notice. The child, whose very existence seemed an anomaly, was des tined to be great hereafter, and far-distant genera tions were to sound the fame of him whose birth seemed a curse and his surviving an infliction at one time. Over the house where Margaret spent such lonely hours, and over whose threshold the expectant father never trod, was inscribed these words—" Haec eat parva domus natus magmas Erasmus." The following passages illustrate some of the most striking scenes of this remarkable work, which in incident and interest may vie with any of its renowned predecessors. It can lay claim to admiration from its retrospective glance at a notable period of history, and its apt rendering of fictitious events of no small amount of attraction. It is, therefore, probable that a verdict of approval will be pronounced in its favour at present, and the dwellers in distant lands, and those who at a future period peruse its pages, may ratify that judgment and pronounce valid that testimony. THE MONK AND THE PRINCESS. lc So part we—thou to the place that becomes thee best, thy father's house ; I to my holy mo th er ' s work I" t, Adieu," faltered the princess, " adieu, thou that I have loved too well, hated too ili, known and revered too late, forgiving angel, adieu—for over." The monk caught her words, though they faltered in a sigh. "For over I" he mica aloud with sudden ardour, " Christians live for ever, and love for ever, but they never part for ever. '1 hey part as part the earth and sun, to meet more brightly in a little while. You and I part here for life ; and what is our life ? One line in the great story of the Church, whose son and daughter wo aro ; one hanlful in the sand of time, one drop in iho ocean of ' for ever.' Adieu, for the little moment called ' life I' We p ar t i n trouble, we shall meet in peace ; we part creatures of clay, we shall meet immortal spirits; we part in a world of sin and sorrow, we shall meet where all is purity and love divine, where no ill passions are, but Christ is, and his saints around him, clad in white. There in the turning of an hour-glass, in the breaking of a bubble, in the passing of a cloud, she, and thou, and I, shall meet again, and sit at the feet of angels and archangels, apostles and saints, and beam like them with joy unspeak able, in the light of the shadow of God upon his throne, for over, and ever, and ever." THE SON OF GERALD AND MARGARET. First sch,QlAr and divine of his epoch, ho was also t 1 heaven-born dramatist of his century. Some of the best scenes in this new book are from his mediaeval pen, and illumine the pages where they come, for the words of a genius so high as his are not born to die ; their immediate work upon mankind fulfilled, they may seem to lie torpid, but at each fresh shower of intelligence time pours upon their students, they revive, they spring from the dust of great libraries, they bud, they flower, they fruit, they seed from generation to generation, and from age to age. FICTION ILLUSTRATING FACTS. " Not a day passes over the earth," says the writer, " but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs, the greater part will never be anown till the hour when many that are great shall be small, and the small great. But of others the world's knowledge may be said to sleep, their lives and characters lie hidden from nations in the annals that record them. The general reader cannot feel them, they are pre sented so curtly and coldly ; they are not like breathing stories appealing to his heart, but little historic hailstones striking him but to glance off his bosom ; nor can he under stand them, for epitomes are not narratives, as skeletons are not human figures. Thus records of prime truths remain a dead letter to plain folk, the writers have left so much to the imagination, and imagination is so rare a gift. Here, then, the writer of fiction may be of use to the public as an interpreter." THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. In the valley of Grindelwald the traveller has on one side the perpendicular Alps, all rock, ice, and everlasting snow, towering above the clouds, and piercing to the sky; on his other hand little everyday slopes, but green as emeralds, and studded with cows, and pretty cots, and life ; whereas those lofty neighbours stand leafless, lifeless, inhuman, and sublime. Elsewhere sweet common places of nature are apt to pass unnoticed, but fronting the grim Alps they soothe and even gently strike the mind by contrast with their tremendous opposite. Such in their way are the two halves of this story, rightly looked at; or the Italian side rugged adventure, strong passion, blasphemy, vice, peni tence, pure ice, holy men soaring direct at heaven ; on the Dutch side all on a humble scale, but womanish, and ever green, and as a pathway parts the ice towers of Grindelwald, aspiring to the sky, from its little sunny braes, so here is but a page between the Cloister and the Hearth. GERARD AND THE PAINTER. Gerard pursued criticism under difficulties. First, signor, I would have you know, that in the mixing of certain co lours and in the preparation of your oils, you Italians are far behind us Flemings. Meantime, I see in this picture the great qualities of your nation. Verily, ye are soils If we have colour, ye have imagination. Mother of Heaven, an he hath not flung his immortal soul upon the panel. One thing Igoby is this, it makes other pictures I once admired drossy, earth-born things. The drapery here is somewhat short and stiff. Why not let it float freely, the figures being in air and motion ? I will, I will, cried Pietro, eagerly, I will do anything for those who will but see what 1 have done. Humph ! This landscape it enlightens me. Henceforth I scorn those little muddled landscapes that did erst content me. Here is Nature's very face, a spacious plain, each distance marked, and every tree, house, figure, field, and river smaller and less plain, by exquisite gradation, till vision itself melts into distance. Oh beautiful, and the cunning rogue hath hung his celes tial figure in air, out of the way of his little world below. Here, floating saints beneath heaven's purple canopy ; there, far down earth and her busy lives, and they let you take this painted poetry, this blooming hymn, through the streets of Rome, and bring it home unsold. But I tell thee in Ghent, or Bruges, or even Rotterdam, they would tear it out of thy hands. But 'tis a common saying that a stranger's eye sees clearest. Courage, Pietro Vanucci, I reverence thee, and though myself a scurvy painter, do for give thee for being a great one. Forgive thee, I thank God for thee, and such rare men as thou art; and bow the knee to thee in just homage. Thy picture is immortal, and thou that haat but a chest to sit on, art a king in thy most royal art. Viva it maestro, viva. At this unexpected burst the painter, with all the aban don of his nation, flung himself on Gerard's neck. They. said it was a maniac's dream, he sobbed• Maniacs them selves, no, idiots, shouted Gerard. Generous stranger, I will hate men no more since the world bath such as thee. I was a viper to fling away thy poor dinner, a wretch, a monster. Well, monster will be gentle now, and sit with me. Ah, that I will. Whence goest thou. To (Tier supper on the instant. We will have the pic ture for the third man. " I will invite it whilst then art gone, my poor picture-child of my heart. Ah, master I it will look on many a supper after the worms have eaten you and me." I hope so,' said Pietro." THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very moderate, and the trade ruled firm, both for red and white qualities, at fully Monday's currency. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably extensive. The demand was by no means active ; nevertheless, a fair busi ness was transacted at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request at full quotations. In barley sales progressed slowly, yet no change took place in its value. Malt, with the exception of the finest qualities, was a slow sale on former terms. Good and fine oats sold steadily at quite previous rates, but inferior parcels were a slow inquiry, though not cheaper. The supply of both beans and peas continues small, and the trade ruled firm at full currencies. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a fair extent on for mer terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flou Eng1i5h........ 3,410 1,850 1,820 4lO I 1,330 Arek 1ri5h....... 2,670 F0reign........ 19,890 6,380 i 51,410 40 sks. 4.800 brls. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale here. Good and prime qualities are in steady request ; but inferior kinds are a dull business. In prices very little change has taken place, compared with our previous report. Per Slb. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Aliddling do. .. 3 4 3 6 1' rime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 10 4 6 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 adad bliddlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 6 Small pork .... 4 8 5 0 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops continue in demand at very full prices. Other descriptions, however, move off slowly; nevertheless, the quotations are supported. New Mid and East Kents .. 180 s to 225 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats .. 147 s 185 s „ New Sussex Belgian llos 120 s Bavarian COLONIAL. TEA.—A steady business has been transacted, and at public sale slightly enhanced prices have been obtained for the better qualities. Suamt.LThe market has been less active, and only good and fine descriptions have sustained previous prices. In the refined market there is little change of importance to record. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been effected in colonial descriptions, and inferior qualities have slightly declined in value. RICE.—The operations have been limited, and the few bafgaine recorded have been chiefly for export at previous quotations. - SALTPETRE.—Business has been active, and some ex tensive dealings have taken place in refined, at advanced prices. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and prices have shown increased depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 51s 9d ; December, 51s 6d ; and spring delivery, 52s 6d per cwt. SAILING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.—The Mon treal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer North American sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Portland. Besides the l anadian mails she also took about 43 pas sengers. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. have made a con tract with the new Telegraph to India Company for the supply of 200 miles of cable, which will be sent out to the Red Sea within a month. MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPHS.—WO are in formed that a convention has been signed with the Italian Government allowing English clerks to be placed in all the principal telegraph-offices throughout Italy, whereby it is hoped the irregularities hitherto existing will be obviated. We hear it is intended to maintain a telegraph steamer con stantly in the Mediterranean, for the speedy repair of any injury that may occur to the Malta and Alexandria cable, and that this vessel, when not otherwise engaged, will be employed stations, and goods, and passe ngers b etween the different and possibly between this island and Cor fu, if the Government will contribute a subsidy to assist in defraying the expense. The obvi ous a d vantage to the Go vernment of maintaining steam communication between two such important garrisons and naval stations as Malta and Corfu, leads us to hope that it will not lose so favourable an opportunity of obtaining this desideratum, which would at the same time be of great service in promoting the commer cial and social relations of the two islands. We understand it has been decided to replace the present land lines of the Malta and Alexandria telegraph at Benghasi, now erected on poles, by a liortion of the submarine cable, which is to be laid underground for greater security against accident, either from the weather or mischievously-inclined persons. This cable is to be conveyed to Benghazi in a sailing ves sel, and laid as soon as p ,ssible. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co.'s telegraph screw steamer Berwick loft again on Friday last for Marsala and Cagliari on her way back to England.— Malta Times, Nov. 14. REPEAL GF THE ITOP DUTIES: Yesterday after noon an influential public meeting of landowners, planters, and others interested in the hop trade, was held at the George Hotel, Robertsbridge, near Hastings, for the pur pose of deciding upon the steps which ought to be taken during the next session of Parliament in order to obtain a total repeal of the excise duties upon hops. The meeting was attended by numerous extensive landowners and hop planters of Kent and Sussex, amongst whom were Lord Harry Vane, M.P. for Hastings, who presided, Mr. Dod son, M.P. for East Sussex, Mr. Beresford Hope, &c. A memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer setting forth the unjust, unequal, and oppressive operation of the hop duties, especially since the recent legislative enactments with reference to the plant, and urging the total and im mediate repeal of the impost, was adopted. It was also resolved that petitions in favour of the total and immediate repeal of the hop duty be prepared and signed in the several parishes—and that the co-operation of similar associations in other counties be solicited ; and that the members of Par liament for Kent and Sussex were requested to solicit the co-operation of other members, with a view to obtain an ntorview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to present the memorial, and urge the necessity for an immediate re peal of the hop duty,