The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-27 00:00:00

ATEMORIAL to the Late LORD HERBERT. /- A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, TO-MORROW (THURS DAY), the 28th inst., at which His Royal Highness tha 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., 0.C.8. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Geo. Bowles, K.C.B. Lieut,-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., K.II. Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. J. 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. Sir Richard I. 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.R. Major-Gen. J. Lawrenson. Major.-Gen. the Lord Fredk. I'aulet, C.B. Colonel Sir Thos. Troubridge,. Bart., C.B. Colonel the lion. Percy ller bert, C.B. James Brown Gibson, M.D., C. 8., Director-General of Military Hospitals. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chap lain-GeneraL Dacres, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Eyre. The Right Hon. Viscount Pal merston, K.G., M.P. The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor. The Right Hon. the Earl Granville, K.G. This Grace the Duke of Ar gyll, The Right Hon. the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon Sir George Grey, G.C.8., M.P. The Right Hon. 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. Ilis Grace the Duke of Somer set. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P. The Right lion. E. Cardwell, M. I'. The Right Hon. Charles Pel ham Villiers, M.P. The Duke of Wellington, K.G. The Right Hon. the Lord The Duke of Sutherland. Mayor. The Duke of Buceleuch, K.G., The Right Hon. Sir W. G. K.T. Hayter, Bart., M.P. The Marquis of Lansdowne, The Right Hon. Sir John K.G. 3PNeill, G.C.B. The Marquis of Westminster, The Right Hon. H. U. Ad- K.G. dington. The Earl of Derby, K.G. The Right Hon. T. E. Head- ILE. the Earl of Carlisle, lam, M.P. K.G., K.P. The Rig - ht Hon. HA. Her- The Earl of Shaftesbury. bert, M.P. The Earl of Tankerville. The Right Hon. Spencer H. The Earl Stanhope. Walpole, M.P. The Earl Spencer. The Right Hon. J. Stuart The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Wortley. K.P., Szc. Vice-Chancellor Sir 'William , The Earl of Carnarvon. Page Wood. The Earl of Malmesbury, , Sir John Shelley, Bart., M.P. G. C. B. Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart. The Earl of Powis. Sir William Alexander, Bart. The Earl of St. Germans, I Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bait, G.C.B. : M.P. The Earl De Grey and Ripon. Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., The Earl Somers. M.P. The Earl of Bessborough. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. The Earl Grosvenor, M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick The Lord John Manners,3l.P. ; Grey, K.C.B. The Viscount Sydney. I The Solicitor-General. The Viscount Eversley. Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B. The Lord Stanley, M.P. ; Sir Roderick Murchison, The Viscount Enfield, M.F. ' G.C., St. S. The Lord Elcho, M.P. T. G. Baring, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Castlerosse, Captain Crawford Caffin, B.N. I M.P. C.B. Bear Admiral Lord Clarence R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Paget, Cr,.,. M.P. 1 Raikes Currie, Esq. The Lord Bishop of London. Capt. Drummond, RN., C.B. The Lord Bishop of Oxford. , Capt. Douglas Galton, RE. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury. Henry 11. Gibbs, Esq. The Lord Lyttelton. I G. G. Glyn, Esq., M.P. The Lord Harris. I Thomson Hankey, Escb. M.P. The Lord De Tabley. Peter Iloare, Esq. The Lord Brougham and Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq., Vaux. I M.P. The Lord Dufferin and Clane- I R. S. Holford, Esq., M.P. boye. ' H. Monckton Milnes, Esq., The Lord Overstone. I M.P. The I.ord Belper. 1 W. G. Preseott, Esq, The Lord Ebury. I Henry C. Robarts, Esq. The Lord Lyveden. ' Baron Lionel De Rothschild, The Speaker of the House of M.P. Commons. David Salomons, Esq., Ald., The Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, 31. P. M.P. Martin T. Smith, Esq., M.P. The Hon. Algernon Egerton, H. Gerard Sturt, Esq., M.P. M.P. Travers Twiss, Esq., D.C.L. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Western Wood, Esq., M.P. M.P. Count P. E. De *trzelecki, I C. 8., D.C.L. His Royal Highness will take the Chair at One o'clock precisely. J. STANDISH HALY, Secretary. I 208, Savile-row, Nov. 27, 1861. R 0 YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN‘ tinier the management of Mies Louin Fyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Li!,ssees. THIS EVENING, THE MARTUAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Corr'. After which, at Eight o'clock, ROBIN HOOD. Messrs. Santley, Georze Honey, Patey, C. Lyall, and Henry Haigh, Miss Susan Pyne, and Madame Guerrabella. 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. State -Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting,-Illanager, Mr. I; w d Murray. THEATRE•ROYAL, HAY - MARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, the oertormances will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun dreary, Mr. Sothern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. To conclude with BIY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. Ji a, — - liana Mr -72 4E- . 111 cfnulid r r eo T-T EATRE trrs l_ _ner. Mrs: St. EVENING}, Henry, GONE TO TETT A „. After which at a quarter to Eight (lath time) the new and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Edmun t Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, Acting Manager-31r. P. B. Cliqtterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at Half-past 8, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. YAL PR INCE S S'S THEATRE.- , Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. TII IS EVENING, JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Ilatrii and Mr. H. Widdicomb. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespeire's tragedy of OTH KLLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr }'echter EW T FIRATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHL- Solo Pronriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY lIORSEBREAKER. hi r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. After which, the new drama, entitled THE OCTOROON; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA; writtert by the author of "The Colleen Bawn." Mr. George Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the Lyceum. Tha other prin ci dal characters in the drama will be performed by Messrs. Emery, Stephenson BillinETton, Paul Bedford, Romer, Mrs. liillington. Mrs. Marston. &c., &c. Entirely new scenery by iessrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, aliss K. Kelly, &c. Doors onen at half-past f3—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 3fdlle. Albina di Rhona. THIS EVENING, to commence with a new farce, en titled ALL IN THE DARK: Messrs. Butler, D. James, Worboys, Miss E. Wilton, &o. After which, A THUMPING LEGACY. Followed by SMACK FOR SMACK. After which, di Rhona will appear In CAMELIA, and Dance two National Dances. Box-office open from 11 to 4. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at Seven. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. MR. SAX COWELL at Eleven o'clock in several favou rite Songs, incinding " THE lIOUSE THAT JACK BUILT." Grand Selections from STRADELLA and LA TR AVIATA, By Miss Russell, 31bT . Ernst, Mr : Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a poWerful Chorus, The Comic department :—Mr. Sam Cowell ; Mr. Marshall, in lii new song, "John Bull, you don't bamboozle me ;" Messrs. I isrvey and _Wrench (the Nerves); Mr. Wood and his talented son, the best negro denneators of the day; and Miss Harriet Coveney 3lusical Director, air. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T HE 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Selections from " 7.A CIRCASSIENNE," " Simon Roez.,a -11%;ra." and " Ernanl," by Miss Russell and Miss Ernst; Messrs. Albert (his first appearance), Morley Greville, (to. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.— liaite's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E. ders eohn expressly for them). And Varied Comic dall e , rt.EllnnTrit a s by - liss arriet Nerves), E. Msrshall, and Coveney, Messrs. IV. Ran- SA M &T.;;: r i r l . L id r, } l rench H (The Boxes, 10 s . gel. • ed.; Balcony and Stalls, i s ; Private SEVEN 'whic DAIS WITIIOIIT steamer Nymph, FOOD.—The Ro c k F err y Friday, at 11 o'clock, theh loft the landing stage, Liver pool,gside the ship Bl ue R oc k , in the river off on Roclying ssel; er ry - pier, and bound f or Sydney, to put on board a p a ear the capt a i n was boy was sent on board the ND:egeo:. Wh en alongside a ei i o told to take him on shore. The steal; n t d Rock Ferry of course first took him there andnn her w a y t o P. hen to 00l He was almost naked, and little elan than skin Live- and bone, and m ade the following statement t o the p ass engers and craw of the Nymph :—He is a native of London. His fathe r an d mother aro in Melbou rne, and he wished to getout to them: Finding that the Blue Rock was bound for Australia, he stowed himself away on board her (when she was lying in the dock) on ere 16th inst., expecting sho would Very shortly go to sea. She, however, went into the river, and still remains there; and he, being fairly "hungered out," was obliged to carne out of his hiding-place 00 Friday. He said the people on board the ship gave him some coffee and biscuit, but it would not remain on his stomach. Several gentlemen on board the Nymph, on hearing his tale, gave him money, and on being asked what he intended doing he said he did not know, but very likely " would be in prison before night." When asked what he intended doing on get ting to Sydney, Melbourne being a long way from it, he replied that he knew that, but he intended walking from Sydney to Melbourne. He said that when he went on board the ship on the previous Friday ho had not anything to eat nor drink with him. He had consequently been seven days without food or drink. The lad's story was corroborated by his appearance, for he looked more like a skeleton than anything else. He a l so s t a t e d th a t anot h er boy is stowed ama • captain, the same ship, but that he did not like to tell the . as he (the boy) appeared as if he could hold out a of ago. nis boy little longer. T - appears to be about 14 or 15 years HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Di .—Morning, Bh. 48m.—Afternoon, 9h. 23m. To-monnow.-Morning, 9h. 58m.—Afternoon, 10h. 32m. THE WEATHER,—Star Orricm, NOVEMBER 27, 1861, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—kighest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BA.UOMETER-29.87. WlND—South-West. 4 . ..„....,, ..",,,„,,,,,,,_.,,t•,_„. ~ _,f,..„;„, ~,T: „,,...•,,, •, A ••- '", 4'. -,--1--, - . s. • --,, t ‘ t,---L.1....,74‘3._ ,',77'4,-;',6.1 •NI 0 • ~ 1 .. • :-'r. , .." - , , - .5) . , - v ts ---4,---,,'=';10,;?.... • !'/:() I - r , : - '-',,, ..,. ,:•- s s - .- '4 —, 5.,... THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 1861. If we are not brought into collision with the Americans it will not be from any great delicacy on their part in avoiding what might give rise to a misunderstanding. The telegram just received from Southampton will certainly, when it is first read, excite a little surprise and, perhaps, indigna tion. That an American ship•of--war should place herself alongside a British mail steamer and forcibly take from her two of her passengers will seem a strange and insulting proceeding. The passengers were, it is true, " Confederate Commissioners" to Europe, and were no doubt sent on an errand hostile enough to the North ; they would probably have been the purchasers of large supplies of warlike stores for the South, and might have attempted to influence the opinions of important persons in this country and in France—they might, in a word, have been the most important contraband of war possible, although sailing away from the actual war. Yet the first feeling will probably be, that they were passengers under the British flag, and that the respect due to it was not exactly shown by boarding a mail steamer which it protected, and taking any one from on board her. Of one thing we are all sure, that, could the position of parties have been reversed, there would have been almost such an- other " magnificent rising of the North" as took place when the American flag was insulted at Fort Sumter, and the army of the Potomac would have been mustered on the St. Lawrence. Of course we have yet but the barest information So far as goods and passengers are concerned, our mail steamers are of course but private vessels ; and the Americans will point us to our QUEEN'S procla mation, telling her loving subjects that all aid ren dered to either of the belligerent parties must be at the risk of those who render it. If the steamer received the commissioners on board, knowing their character, the Americans will argue that she even rendered herself liable to seizure. But if not, and if the captain of the Jacinto obtained trustworthy infor mation at Havannah that the commissioners were on board the Trent, the delicate question will arise whether, not being bound for any blockaded port, nor carrying anything which has ever been defined, that we know of, as contraband of war, the Jacinto was justified in forcibly taking from the Trent the two passengers. Some dispute may also arise as to their character. They may plead that they were simple Americans, and as exempt from seizure by other Americans on the deck of a British vessel, as the two crews now at Southampton are. Refugees of course they are not. But, as we are friendly with both North more than exchange their angry looks. Nor is it merely that in England our police would be strong enough to prevent seizures by either party. Had the Americans landed on the smallest British island and taken the Commissioners off its soil by force, we should have resented the violation of the soil almost at the cost of a war. But a vessel of any country is confessedly, in international law, but an exten sion of the soil of the country, and hence it will be said that what could not be done on the island could not be done on the ships' deck. To this the reply will be that a ship has a double character, and is also a machine for carrying goods and passengers, and that, in that capacity, if employed to aid and abet the plans of either of the belligerent parties, she must, if her country were on terms of neutrality with both, take the consequences of joining one of the parties to the war. Such are some of the considerations on both sides. We can, of course, with so few facts before us, and . without serious consideration, pro nounce no opinion one way or the other. It is for the law officers of the Crown to de cide ; but even if the Americans have interna tional law on their side, we must think they have been guilty of an irritating piece of folly, and must take the consequence in the shape of the ill feeling they doubtless glory in provoking. It will be observed that the Funds have severely felt the effect of the untoward news, and that the gene ral impression is that it creates a real difficulty. It is said that all weapons are fair at elections, but there is one which the better feeling of the pre sent day refuses to use, we refer to attacks on a candidate through his religious sentiments. It is generally conceded now that such attacks are an infringement of religious liberty, and injurious to religion itself. So much has public opinion altered on this subject since the days of Lord ELDON, that it is felt to be a hardship when a man of otherwise good character is refused the civil right of giving his evidence in a court of justice, because he is an Atheist. It is with deep regret, therefore, that we have learned on the best authority, that the Cathedral interest was strongly worked against Mr. POTTER at Carlisle, and orthodox Dissenters appealed to to withhold their votes, because on some points of theoretical theology he held the views of a MILTON, a NEWTON, a LARDNER, and a PRIESTLY. Such tactics affix, we think, indelible disgrace on those who use them. 'The opinions which a man holds on such ecclesiastical questions as are discussed in the Legislature—on Church-rates, for instance—are fair weapons of influence either way ; but it is surely time that a man's pe rsona l op i n i ons on every point in theology should b e as sacred from attack at elections as the man uscripts 'which lie in his desk, and, if possible, more so. We are glad the party which resorted to these tactics has lost its election, for they deserved it ; but it would have been more to the credit of Carlisle if the resentment had boen so strong as to place Mr. HODGSON far behind Mr. POTTER. We say so because we see that in his speech, as re ported, Mr. HODGSON condescended to allude to Mr. POTTER'S theological opinions, and thereby implicated himself openly in what we think the most base and ungenerous mode of attack on an opponent. Mr. POTTER, though opposed to Church-rates, as they are really voluntary in Man chester, had given far more than could have been demanded of him by law. Yet Mr. HODGSON charged this free•spirited man with wishing for the abolition of Church-rates—because "of his =MB* THE SUN, 140NDON, WEDVESDA.Y EVENING, NOVEVIBER, 27, 1861. creed and his religion," and because " he despised the Church !" It is evident that Mr. POTTER, on the contrary, though he cannot love the Athenasian Creed as Mr. HODGSON does, nor see the beauties of its damnatory clauses, still regards the Church as a great agent for good on the whole, and, there fore, though not compelled to pay a rate, sponta neously subscribes towards its local expenses. What would Mr. HODGSON have said could the case have been reversed, and could Mr. POTTER have attacked Mr. HODGSON'S conscientious reli gious opinions —if, indeed, Mr. HODGSON'S opinions are matters of conscience not of custom or inheri tance merely—because they were unpopular at Carlisle. Had the electors of Carlisle been a constituency of MILTONS or NEWTONS—the reader must pardon the supposition—would not the ana thematising candidate of yesterday have been the candidate complaining of injured innocence if his maternal creed had been worked against him ? All the rest was, as far as we know, fair enough at an election. Railway position, advocacy of Church-rates, opposition to the Ballot, and so forth, may be reasonable claims on the voters of half the electors of Carlisle in their political temper, or stage of political knowledge, or subjection to political influence; and cotton might be a fair subject of banter, when an opponent rested so much of his ease upon it. But we shall ,be only too well pleased if the Carlisle election be the last one at which religious sentiments are hawked about to a candidate's disadvantage. Lord PAL MERSTON himself, with his preference of street cleaning to day's of humiliation, when the cholera visits Edinburgh, and hls denial of the ar ticle on " original sin," would stand but a poor chance if he were pitted against orthodox theolo gical candidates. Happily in most towns the man who came forward s% ith the avowal—" I am more holy than thou; I hold the Athenasian and Nicene creeds ; I believe to the letter in all Thirty-nine Article ; and I assert our admirable Liturgy to be hardly second to the Bible,"--would share the fate, with his fellow-men, which the highest autho rity tells us that the Pharisee does with God. So Mr. HODGSON must have his fling at the Ballot—that, however, was perfectly fair. He had the best reason not to like it ; for small indeed would be his chance, anywhere, were it the law of the land. He seemed to intimate as much by his line of argument. He shows that he might under the Ballot lose votes, which he had duly paid for. For he says, "It enables one man to promise a candidate his vote and then vote for another; it enables such a scoundrel to take money from one candidate and then vote for another; and it enables some lower scamp still to take a bribe from both candidates and vote for neither." Excellent! We agree to the letter with Mr. HODGSON. We should give as reasons for the ballot these very facts. Mr. HODGSON best knows why he thinks it a grievance that the pledged or purchased voter should be able to deceive the man who has brought influence or sovereigns to bear on his vote ; or why it is so great a grievance that a scoundrel may jilt the two scoundrels who have both parted with their money for what they would not dare to purchase except in the dark, and the • purchasing of which made them criminals. Could we suspect Mr. HODG SON at Carlisle or elsewhere to have given a single sovereign to secure a vote, we should be sure he looked anxiously to the polling book for the ex peeted name, and devoutly thanked heaven that no ballot box permitted the rogue he bought to fail in completing the bargain. For ourselves we beg to thank Mr. HODOSON, with his not inconsiderable experience, for the reasons which he thus assigns for open votnx—for L., 44 4.444. Lucy tCzclay root.. iw ue cause if a debtor of one of my wealthier supporters is required to give me his vote, give it he must. Because, again, if I give a man £5, or when the contest seems so close as a majority of one or two, — £lOO for his vote, vote for me he must. And again, because if I give him £lO and Mr. POTTER follows me with £lO, the man cannot get off by voting for neither. Such, em bodied in living forms must be the meaning of Mr. HODGSON'S arguments. And they seem to us, to be admirably telling ones for the ballot. We hays not indeed heard that a shilling was spent in actual bribery at Carlisle, but if it has been Mr. lIODGSON proved conclusively, that had voting been by ballot the candidates and their supporters would have been greater fools than men usually are on such occasions. Looking at the whole the Ballot Society will, we trust, present a vote of thanks to Mr. HODGSON. We have always thought the chief efficacy of the ballot would be in preventing intimidation, though it is also very useful against bribery. The latter opinion is now conclusively attested by a most excellent witness—" no purchased man," says Mr. HODGSON, " could be trusted to vote for his purchaser." Under which circumstances, we submit, purchasers would be scarce. We are very much afraid that the Government have got their policy into a cleft stick upon the subject of Reform. If they bring forward no pro posal whatever for the improvement of our system of popular representation next session—why do they occupy their present position upon the Trea Bury bench? If, on the contrary, they do once more adventure upon the introduction to Parlia ment of a new and Revised Reform Bill—will they carry it ? In either contingency of the alternative the answer—to say the least of it—is likely to be sufficiently awkward ! How difficult, if not hopeless, is tho position into which they, more than any one else, have contrived to bring the problem of Parliamentary Reform they have themselves plainly indicated. For example—there is the memorable fact that the arch champion of the cause of Parliamentary Reform (in:the estimation of the Whig party), that Lord JOHN RUSSELL, of all men, is Lord JOHN RUSSELL now no longer! As if intimating quite plainly to every one whom it might possibly con cern within the House of Commons, or without the House of Commons, that he regards his labours in behalf of Reform to have pretty well terminated, the noble lord quits his post in the popular branch of the Legislature, and retires to the otium cum dignitate of the House of Peers as Earl Rus- SELL ! Almost in the very act of so doing, more over, the noble lord avows almost wittily, but at the same time very disappointingly, that no satisfactory measure for the improvement of the representative system in this country can be reasonably looked for until the cause itself shall have been lifted upon a wave of public opinion sufficiently powerful to carry it over the Bar of the House of Lords. But—to the end of rousing Public Opinion to that height, and strength, and impetuosity—how are her MAJESTVS Ministers, the members of the present Reform Administration, acting ? Why, with so much of apathy in regard to the interests of Reform, with such practical evidence on their part of a feeling 43f almost despair, certainly of utter hopelessness, that —no wonder that cry was raised last week by oz ,e of the Southwark constituency, while Mr. LAMRD was in the midst of delivering his very able apt tech, to wit, that Lord RUSSELL, and Mr, GIBSON., and Mr. VILLIERS, while unques tionably Great k ,eformers, were also, at the same time, were at any rate indisputably of late years, very Slow Reformers. It is impossible not to recollect now with a cer tain feeling of indignation that while only a year or two back the hon. member for Birmingham was working physically like a Horse in the cause of Reform, and exerting himself intellectually to the very utmost in that cause, like an earnest and Reso lute Man as he is—he was left almest entirely alone to do this! Immense audiences were ad dressed by him in all parts of the country, and by him alone in the interests of Reform. His resplen dent eloquence was dedicated heart and soul to the furtherance of that great cause. Often and often, it is true, (as we ourselves never once hesitated to indicate at the time) with glaring errors of judgment in the manner of Mr. BRIM'S furtherance of it— but always, even at these times, we are perfectly well satisfied, to the very best of his ability, and with the most conscientious regard on the speaker's part to the cherishing of the popular interests—so far, at least, as he could understand them. All the while scarcely another finger being raised in advo cacy of the Reform Question—so that if Mr. BRIGHT had then "a clear stage and no favour"—ho had it all to himself ! From the odium of any participa tion whatever in this shameful apathy on the part of our leading reformers—Mr. COBDEN, we must remember, at once is spared—by the recollection of the fact that ho was unhappily at the time very ill, or at any rate so seriously indisposed as to be almost entirely " invalided." So far as one man could labour in the good cause, Mr. BRIGHT laboured. But how was it likely that any one individual, however gifted or however courageous, could effect in a few weeks, single handed, what it had taken a whole generation of eminent men labouring resolutely "together" and " with a will" several years to effect in the instance of the former Reform Bill ; namely, to carry it for ward in its course upon a wave of public opinion so powerful that it was borne at last, as Lord Rus- SELL expresses it, over the bar of the House of Lords. And this in spite of the determination ma nifested to obstruct its course by the most formi dable Opposition ? Again, it was clearly unfair and unreasonable to expect that any man—even Mr. BRlGHT—could do, in the interests ofiParliamentary form, in a few weeks what it took a whole League (and such a League !) several years to do in the in terests of the Free Trade Principles ! More parti cularly when the task requiring to be got through was all the more difficult (not in the latter, but in the later instance)—when it was not so much the reason of so very many that had to be convinced, as the apathy of so very many that had to be dissipated. The fact being quite notorious that at this very epoch, when no effort is being made in the cause of Parliamentary Reform—every one, without excep tion, is infavour of the Reform of Parliament. It is only a question of degree and proportion. After the Reform Bill laid upon the table of the House of Commons by Mr. DISRAELI in the name of himself and his Ministerial colleagues, it is needless to insist upon it that the Tories or Conservatives are as distinctly committed to the cause of Reform as ever have been either the Whigs or the Radicals. Mr. HENLEY himself is avowedly and resolutely A Reformer. It is only a question with him—and a very anxious question too —whereabouts to draw the line of demarcation, so that there may not be an attempt at an ugly rush to get across it sooner than might be anticipated. As to the origin of the Dilemma in which our Liberal Administrators now find themselves placed in regard to the Itef3rm Question, we have never had two opinions about it. For that dilemma they have no one in the wide world to thank but them selves. First of all they grasp at too ,And tnen Eney - _ toy rust place, they leave Mr. BRIGHT in the lurch quit© com placently, to toil on in the advocacy of Parliamen tary Reform as he best can—by himself! In the next place, when they have got their Conservative opponents in office pledged to Reform, actually submitting a Reform measure to them for their ex amination and approval—what course do they pursue, forsooth, under these remarkable, under these wholly unparalleled circumstances ? Why, in one sense, the verfmagnanimous course adopted by the Dog in the 111 anger and in another sense the wonderfully prudent course adopted by another canine wiseacre, the hero of the old apo logue about the Dog and the Shadow ! Instead of rejoicing (for the good of the cause and of the country !) in the fact that—at last—the Tories had conceded the Necessity for Reform, the magnani mous Whig Opposition refused to allow any one the right to give Reform but themselves ! Instead of holding fast on by that good, substantial, and succulent Reform Bill, that might have been "cooked" (in committee) into a very agreeable and appetising banquet if they had so pleased—No, my Lord JOHN and his followers must needs drop it altogether in the current of passing events, to snap at the shadow outline of a larger measure in the shape of those egregiously deceptive Resolutions. The result being—as we knew only too painfully —that of this Large Liberal Measure of Reform we have caught just exactly—Nothing ! AIR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS AT 110.31. E. The most delightful Actor of the Age—Charles Ma thews—on Monday appeared before a London Audience for the first time as the giver of An Entertainment. What was so familiar to the last generation is now therefore to become familiar also to this; videlicet—MATHEWS AT HOME I Theatrical Annalists will henceforth have additional reason to celebrate quite as intimately together as they have ever done those famous dramatists the Two Colmans, George Colman the Elder and George Colman the Younger—those inimitable monologists, the Two Mathews, Charles Ma thews the Elder and Charles Mathews the Younger. A welcome to the last-mentioned we here give "with a heart and a half"—as cordially as the crowded audience assembled on Monday in Her Majesty's Concert Room in the Hay market gave him their greeting with many a ringing round of acclamations. If anyone ever had a doubt about Charles Mathews being a favourite, a personal favourite of each member of the Public at Large, that doubt might then have been effec tually dissipated. It must have done any man's heart good to hear it. So spontaneous and earnest was the ap plause that welcomed the Entertainer and his accomplished wife upon the rising of the curtain. For, although we have spoken of Mr. Mathews— and not inaccurately—as a Monologist, just as we may say "his father was so before him," ho is yet something more than a monologist. Again and again, throughout the evening, he has the stage en tirely to himself—his entertainment then being strictly a Monologue. But repeatedly also throughout the evening his soliloquies are agreeably intercepted by the entrance of Mrs. Charles Mathews—when of course the Monologue breaks into Duologue. And how well they act together, how well they play thus into each ether's hands, anyone who longs for a hearty laugh can henceforth learn any day in the week, literally at pleasure. " Mathews at Home" now takes its place securely among the most popular of our London Entertain. ments. It is peculiarly welcome to us all now that poor Albert Smith has disappeared from the scene—leaving a hiatus that, ever since his premature and lamented death, it will be considered no disparagement whatever either to Mr. Wcodin or Mr. and Mrs. German Reed to say, has sadly wanted filling up. Here, in truth, is at last recognis able that mysterious something so often alluded to in mer cantile prospectuses as the long-looked-for desideratum. We have attained it at length among our metropolitan amusements, substantially and delightfully, in Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews' AT HOME, The Entertainment now given nightly under this name, may be described as a Spoken and Illustrated Autobio graphy. And, in this respect, it is just unlike anything that ever went before it. Mr. Charles Mathews, in fact, here tells the Story of bis Life—recounts his recollections and experiences. The printed programme calls them "Reminiscences, in Eight Chapters." These eight chap- ters being divided into two parts. Part I. entitled " The Romance," Part 11. "The Reality." Beginning some thing after the fashion of David Copperfield, who heads the first chapter of his personal history with those words, " I am Born "—Charles Mathews starts from the date of his birth, to wit, the 26th of December, 1803. It should have been remarked, by the way, that, upon the rising of the curtain, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews are discovered quite en lainille seated at the breakfast table At Home, in Gore Lodge, Fulham. Their elegant sitting room there is, in fact, the arena of the entertainment from beginning to end. An extraordinary variety of exquisite little glimpses of home and foreign scenery being intermitcntly opened up to view through occasionally dis-parted curtains at the back of the stage—revealing to us more illustrations of the "At Home" than we care to number up, painted by Mr. 0' Connor from Original Sketches by Mr. Charles Mathews himself. Among these—there is his father's charming little home-retreat of Ivy Cottage on Highgate-hill—where, as a boy, Charles Mathews the younger obtained his introduction to all the first wits of the day—George Colman, Theodore Hook, Lord Alvanley, James and Horace Smith, Sir Walter Scott, Coleridge, Moore, Campbell, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and a crowd of other celebrities, Afterwards, when he comes to describe his excursion into Italy as one of the entourage of Lord Blessington, we hear tell of others among his famous friends and intimate acquaintance—including among them : Lady Blessington, Count D'Orsay, Miss Power, Lord Byron, Denon, Sir William Gell, Dr. Millingen, the Abbe Campbell, and Sir William Drummond. We should have liked to have heard more, by-the-bye, than the mere men tion of Lord Byron's name, as it were purely par paren these. Perhaps hereafter Mr. Mathews may interpolate here. some allusion to the noble poet, comparable in its way—in its picturesque and graphic vividness—to that graceful por traiture of Count Alfred D' Orsay, the incidental introduc tion of which elicited last evening so very cordial a wel come from the audience. The pictorial illustrations at this part are introduced with an almost lavish abundance : com prising in the list of them—the Mole at Naples, the Villa Arconati, the Scuola di San Marco, the Amphitheatre at Pola, and the lovely Act Drop at the Marquis of Nor manby's private Teatro San Clemente at Florence. But immeasurably beyond any pictorial delineation, are the per sonal illustrations, or embodiments of character, scattered throwrh this most varied and delimhtful Entertainmo” , „., pc/mg, v trbuU nnnseit to be a more consummate artist than he did last night in his really wonderful impersonations—first of all of ItINALDo, a la Napolitana, the old fellow in spectacles, reading Ariosto to the lazzaroni, declaiming, explaining, gesticulating, sing ing, with the volubility of an improvisatore—and secondly, and beyond everything else, the gem of the whole evening, to our mind, the ITALIAN STREET PREACHER ! This last being in truth a perfect marvel of earnest, graceful, impetu ous, impassioned declamation. Another, but a very different character personated by Mr. Charles Mathews was in its way too, very remarkable, viz., the provincial actor and ex. manager, Barndoor Fowler, Esq., With Imitations of Himself—that is of Charles Mathews in propria persona in some of his more renowned characters, among them Sir Charles Coldstream. The lady in her turn—and we are certain she will be the last to find fault with us for giving her gifted husband precedence in this record of the First Nigat of Mathews at tome—Mrs. Charles Mathews on her side sustains to the full her reputation as a versatile and accomplished artiste—representing in succession Master Pumps, the blubbering school fag; A Lady's Maid under Difficulties ; Mrs. Dubbin, the irate landlady ; Miss Ophelia Melrose, the tragic actress ; and, above all, a sort of Trans atlantic Screamer, in the shape of Jemima , the Yankee Gal. How various the whole entertainrairts may be yet further conjectured, when we say that Charles Mathews sings, among other things, a la Terlet, a charming chanson, called Decant un Juge Excellent, and his own sweet little Welch love ditty, " Jenny Jones," and that he and Mrs. Charles Mathews dance together with perfect grace and agility the Tarantella Napolitana. " The Romance" of these same personal recollections comes to a close about the date of Mr. Mathews' first appearance upon the London Stage as a Light Comedian, namely, on the Gth of Novem ber, 1835—after he has done dreaming of being a punter, as he once did when wiling away a happy leisure time with his friend, Sir Edwin Landseer, at the Duchess of Bedford's hospitable Bothies of Glenfishie I Long after ho has done with his original profession—that of an architect, a profession in which he was ably tutored in the studio of Augustus Pugin, the Great Gothic Revivalist. The sober " Realities" of our Artist's theatrical experiences are not by any means the least instructive, as they are also beyond a doubt amongst the most amusing, of his personal recol- loctions, For his Father's sake—for his Wife's sake--for his own sake—Charles Mathews the younger wins from us that cordial applause that anyone might have pretty confi dently prophecied would be, could alone be, the weed of his Entertainment. It seems an odd thing to welcome a man at his own home—but we are here constrained to do so nevertheless We herewith welcome " Mathews At Home" as earnestly and heartily as the public at largo are now safe to welcome him nightly so long as Mr. and Mrs. Mathews shall continue to be At Home in the Haymarket. Lady Alvanley has joined the circle meeting the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. Loss OF ANOTHER HULL STEAMER.—The news of the lOss of Messrs. Wilson's new steamer Hobo had scarcely been received before another telegram reached Messrs. Z. C. Pearson and Co. from Captain Vickerman, announcing the loss of their steamer Beatrice, which was only placed on the Rotterdam line on Sunday night, in place of the steamer Enchantress, which was lost last week with 16 hands. She had been engaged for some time past in the Stettin trade, and was a favourite steamer on the line. She was of about 500 tons burden, and of 70-horse power. The telegram received states that the Beatrice, on arriving at the Helvoet, was driven during a strong gale on to the stone-pier there, rebounding from which she went on to a bank, from which she slipped into deep water, and sank in less than half-an-hour, her crew succeeding in saving part of her cargo, and also themselves. ENLARGING THE ADMIRALTY.—FormaI notices have been issued by the Board of Works and Public Build ings of their intention to apply to Parliament next session for an act enabling them to acquire the necessary space for enlarging the Admiralty at Whitehall. In the inquiry last session before the Commons' Select Committ m on the Board of Admiralty, the principal witnesses agreed that, as in France, so here the whole Naval Department should be concentrated within ono building. fir J. Graham stated that he considered it of primary importance, and that before he left office in 1855 ho brought before the Government a scteme for this purpose, proposing an encroachment upon the Admiralty garden. When the Crimean war came, ho found it necessary to remove the Surveyor (now Controller) of the Navy from Somerset-house to Whitehall, for the sake of constant communication with him, and to take the residences of two Lords of the Admiralty fcr the purpose; but this distinction of one of the chief officers of the navy from the rest gave rise to such jealousies that the step must be regarded as an error of judgment. He stated, also, that while providing room at Whitehall for the rest of the So merset-house branch of the department, it would be neces. sary, if the Board of Admiralty is to remain a Board, that there should be residences for the First Lord, a Naval Lord, and the Secretary, so that there may always be a Board on the spot. But in settling the plan for the new buildings I the question may be raised whether the Board is t , .) =thane or not, " LATEoI THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA We give the following telegram with all due re- serve: -- SOUTHAMPTON, NGl'. 27. The Royal Mail steamship La Plata has arrived Messrs. sliddel and Mason, the Confederate Commissioners, were forcibly taken out of the Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent. while on her pas sage from Havannah to St. Thomas by the Ameri can war ship San Jacinto." AGR AM, Nov. 27. The General Congregation of Croatia has, under certain reservations, ordered the military levies to be made in Croatia. The same Congregation has also notified to all the functionaries that all official correspondence is to be conducted in the Croatian language. BERLIN, Nov. 26. The case of Colonel Patzke, of the police force, was tried to-day before a jury. Colonel Patzke was sentenced to four weeks im prisonment for having used a false passport. He was immediately removed from the prison in which he had been confined previously to being brought to trial. Kohler was sentenced to five years,' and Schmidt to four years' imprisonment with hard labour. Lieutenant Greif, of the police force, was GARIBALDI AND THE NEAPOLITANS, We gave on Monday the substance, by telegraph, of the reply of Garibaldi to an address of the Nea politans on the anniversary of his entry into Naples. The address bore 22,000 signatures, and was presented to him at Caprera by Signor Car bonelli. The following is the General's reply in full : Caprera, Nov. 16, 1861. Your address, containing 22,000 signatures, is not the first of your acts which deserves my gra titude. I already owe you very much : I already owe you much affection. To my great regret, I cannot visit you at the present moment; but I will be with you when it becomes necessary. I will add one single word. It is the duty of every Italian to provide himself with a sword. The world knows you know how to use it; and I believe that the hour is at hand. This is intended for him who tramples under foot the rights of Italy by force and fraud. Yours for life, G. GARIBALDI. The Earl and Countess of Verulam are entertain ing a select circle at Gorhambury Park, Herts. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have left the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch's seat in Scotland for the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn's seat, Baron's Court, county Tyrone. _ _ The Countess of Cork was safely delivered of twins—a son and heir and a daughter—on Sunday, at her residence in Grafton-street. Her ladyship and the infants are progressing favourably. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS (DOWAGER) GREY.— The venerable widow of the late well-known statesman ex pired yesterday forenoon at her residence in Eaton-square. The countess had been ill only a few days. The late Dowager Countess Mary Elizabeth, whe was the only daughter of William Brabazon first Lord Pons , nby, was born March 3, 1775, so that she was in her 87th year. She married Nov. 18, 1794, Charles, the second and late Earl Grey, by whom she had a family of sixteen children, twelve of whom survive their mother—namely, Earl Grey, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, C. 8., secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick W. Grey, K.C.8., Senior Lord of the Admiralty ; the Hon. and Rev. John, the llon. and Rev. F. R., the Hon. Harry Cavendish, and the Hon. William George Grey; and daughters—Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, widow of Mr. J. C. Bulteel; Lady Caroline Barrington, widow of Captain the Hon. George Barrington; Lady Georgiana, unmarried; and Lady Mary, married to the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P. Information of the countess's death has been sent by telegraph to Florence, where the Earl and Countess Grey are at present residing. acquitted. TURIN, Nov. 26. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the Neapolitan members, the Duke di Proto and Signor Maddaloni, laid on the table of the House a petition demanding a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of things in Naples. This petition was worded in extremely violent terms against Sar dinia. The Chamber decided that it should be read in public sitting. Great sensation has been created by this incident. The Official Gazette of to-day publishes notes which have been exchanged between the English and Italian Governments relative to a proposition that Italian vessels entering lonian ports should enjoy certain immunities, and that English vessels entering Italian ports should be similarly favoured in return. NAPLES, Nov. 26. The Official four nal of to-day announces that the brigands are being concentrated near Ricigliano, and General Della Chiesa has despatched troops to meet them. ROME, Nov. 26. On the night between the 23d and 24th inst. a detachment of French troops made 110 brigands prisons near Alatri. They also seized two can nons i❑ the mountains. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora, sailing hence to-day, takes out for Bombay—bar silver, £231,920; silver coin, £350; bar gold, £5,050; sovereigns, £23,280; watches, &c., £7Ol 13s. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 26.—The Bourse has again been very crowded. Steck has been for the most part offered by speculators who have lately rather over bought, and now find it necessary to sell far the approaching settlement. The firmness of the mar ket has, however, prevented any material decline, 10,1116 I.IOW quuLeu at 70f 10c. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 15 Credit Foncier — Do. end month.... —1 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 10 ' Roman Bank Shares 2975 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 773 75 Spanish Threes 49 50 Do. Account 775 251 home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1337 50 .. 1338 75 Northern New ditto 917 50 .. 919 Lyons and Mediterranean 1030 .. 1031 25 Geneva 347 50 .. Southern 660 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian 350 Austrian Lombard . 523 75 .. 525 BELGIUM. The following document has been laid by M. Rogier, the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs before the Chamber of Deputies. It is the official recognition of the " King of Italy" : " BRUSSELS, Nov. 3. " Monsieur le Ministre,—After verbal communi cations renewed at different times, the Count de Montalto notified to the King's Government, by an official despatch of the sth of August, the now title assumed by his Sovereign, after a unanimous vote come to by the Chambers of the kingdom. " The Belgian Government thus found itself called on to decide on the recognition of the King of Italy. The death of M. Lannoy left the post of Minister at Turin vacant, and for about two months the management of the legation was confided to a Charge d'A f faires. That incident in our diplomatic relations with the Cabinet of Turin led the Govern ment to examine with fresh attention what it had to do, and the examination produced the firm con viction that the moment had arrived for quitting the expectant position in which it had hitherto remained. To have acted otherwise, leaving the post vacant, would have been to modify that atti tude, and would have given it a signification little compatible with the duties of a neutrality and with the interests of the country. "It is a generally admitted rule of public law that, on the part of a foreign Power to recognise another Government is only to recognise a fact—a rule which is generally followed, notwithstanding the free manifestation which a more or less consi derable number may be allowed to make of a con trary opinion. The foreign Powers in such a case recognise the possession, if the All being of their affairs require it.' " It may be remarked, Monsieur le Ministre, that, in addition to political observances, there are serious interests attached to the prompt solution of the question, and the Government is obliged to take them into serious consideration. France is negotiating with the Government of Turin a treaty of commerce, the speedy conclusion of which has been announced to me. Belgium, by a recent act, has just placed her commercial relations with a great State on a favourable footing, and follows with an attentive eye at Berlin the negotiations opened between the Zollverein and France ; she could not therefore allow the opportunity to escape, and neglect the care of securing to her commerce in the markets of Italy conditions equal to those which other Powers may obtain. "Moreover, at the moment when great works of public utility are or will ba projected, or are in course of execution in the Italian Peninsula, it is important that our manufacturers should meet with as efficittal a support in that country as their foreign rivals. Lastly, many Belgians who keep up business or family relations with the Italian States find themselves frequently embarrassed by the legal impossibility of getting documents vali dated which require to be rendered executory within thelimits of the new kingdom of Italy. " I have said enough, Monsieur le Ministre, to make you understand—and in case of need to enable you to make others do so—that the time Lad come for Belgium to bring about a state of things which, if prolonged, might have compromised our relations with that country. The line of conduct on which we have decided in presence of accomplished facts, and those which still exist, has been traced out to us by a great number of other Governments. " In recognising the new kingdom of Italy, we, like them, recognise a state of possession, without constituting ourselves judges of the events which have led to it, and we reserve to ourselves the liberty of judging of any eventuality which might modify that state of things. The journals have prematurely announced the recognition, but the fact is not far distant, and you will conform your language to the directions which I have just had the honour of tracing out to you. " Your presence at the Holy See sufficiently shows that the sending of a Belgian Minister to the King of Italy in no way changes our relations with the Court of Rome.—Accept, " C. ROOTER." SPAIN. It appears that ono of the Queen of Spain's chap lains, D. Fernando de Castro, in a sermon lately preached in presence of the Court in the Royal Chapel of Madrid, greatly surprised his audience by proclaiming his adhesion to the doctrines pro pounded by Father Passaglia on the temporal power of the Pope, and by advocating with much earnest ness the principle of a united Italy. D. Fernando de Castro, besides being one of the Royal chaplains, is Professor of General History at the University. " The sermon," observes one of the papers, " Was an energetic manifesto and an eloquent protest in favour of the cause of Italy, and the sen sation which it has produced proves that the public completely sympathize with the good cause, which De Castro has defended with a courage which does him much honour." A letter adds that the Court Chaplain " has gone far beyond Father Passagiia." The name of De Castro is not unknown to the Madrid public; he is said to be a man of great erudition, as well as of considerable talent ; but one can well fancy the effect of his sermon on the Royal family, the cardi nals, the prelates, and, above all, the Archbishop of Toledo, Father Claret, on hearing such doctrines defended in the hearing of the King and Queen, and so soon after the Royal Speech from the throne. TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND MOROCCO. The Madrid journals of the 13th publish the test of the treaty concluded between Spain and Morocco. It consists of eight articles, of which the following is a translation : "Art. 1. The Spanish troops shall evacuate Tetuan when the Moorish Government shall have delivered three millions of dollars. " Art, 2. The ten millions remaining to complete the war indemnity stipulated in the treaty of peace will be paid by half the revenue of the custom houses of all the ports of the empire, which the Sultan places at the disposal of the Queen of Spain, in order that she may have them collected by means of Spanish agents. "Art. 3. The Spanish agents and collectors will enter upon their duties one month before the Spanish troops evacuate Tetuan. " Art. 4. The demarkation of the limits of the fortress of Melilla will be made conformably to the Treaty of 1859, and the surrender of these limits will be made by Morocco before the evacuation of Tetuan. " Art. 5. The treaty of commerce mentioned in the treaty of peace will likewise be signed before the evacuation of Tetuan. " Art. 6. Her Majesty the Queen of Spain shall have the right to order the establishment in Tetuan , of a house of missionaries like that in Tangier; and the missionaries shall be able to devote themselveo to their sacred ministry in any part of the Moorish empire; and their persons, dwellings, and houses of refuge are under the special protection of the Sultan. "Art. 7. The conditions stipulated in the fore going articles shall be fulfilled within the term of five months, counting from the day on which the Caliph Muley-el-Abbas shall return to Tangier; but if they should be fulfilled at an earlier date, the evacuation of Tetuan will immediately follow. " Art. 8. The articles of the treaty of peace of I far as they ar o .. , ;: ifi v e p d po a s s e g d oo t n o us th p e us p s r i e b s i e e n: treaty, April 26, 1859, remain in full force and vigour so 4ceu shall be CARLISLE ELECTION. The polling commenced at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. During the whole of the previous night the zealous partisans of the two candidates pers,vi bulated the streets, looking after doubtful voters , and challenging each other with party cries of " Blue" and " Yellow" when they met: At 8 o'clock numerous " tallies" of voters issued from the coin' mittee rooms of the respective candidates to try and lead the majority. At 9 o'clock Mr. Hodgson's committee issued a statement, giving the numbers as follows :—Hodgson, 265 ; Potter, 170 ; majority for Hodgson, 95. At 10 o'clock they issued another' showing the numbers—Hodgson, 420 ; Potter, 3 3 8 ; the majority having thus decreased 13 in an hour• At half-past 10 Mr. Potter's committee issued their first return of the state of the poll, showing for theta a more favourable state of things. Their numbers were—Potter, 400; Hodgson, 450; majority O r Hodgson, 50. The excitement throughout the tow's increased es the narrow and decreased majority indicated the severity of the contest. At 11 o'c;)toak Mr. Potter's committee issued another statement. The numbers were—Potter, 419 ; Hodgson, 457 ; majority for Hodgson, 38. A quarter of an hour later another statement reduced Mr. Hodgson'S majority to 23, and at half.past 11 it fell to 17. At noon the numbers were—Potter, 471 ; Hodgson' 483; majority for Hodgson, 12. At a quarter past 12 the majority was reduced to 9, and at half-past 12 it was 6. The announcement of the state of the poll at half-past two, with only a majority of 3 for Mr. Hodgson, was loudly cheered by Mr. Potter's supporters. At three o'clock the tables were turned, Mr.Pottcr's committee issuing a statement showing a majority of 3 for Mr. Potter. The announcement was loudly cheered by the immense concourse of people who now filled the streets. No more s tate' ments were issued before the close of the poll at 4 o'clock, when Mr. Potter's committee clainied 9 majority of 1 vote, the numbers being 523 for ra ter, and 522 for Hodgson. The announcement was received with enthusiastic cheers, and the crowd, which was one of the greatest, if not the very greatest, ever seen in Carlisle, took up their posi tions before the hustings. Mr. W. N. Hodgson, the Conservative candidate, first appeared in the hustings, and the cheering of his supporters seemed to indicate that they claimed the victory. About half-past four Mr. Potter mid his immediate supporters were seen making their way through the crowd, who received them -with the greatest enthusiasm, waving hats and loudly* cheering. This showed the crowd how the events of the day had turned, Mr. Hodgson had by this time left the hustings. The deputy Mayor an flounced the numbers as follow : Potter Hodgson 536 533 The Dep u ty M ayor then Maj declared Mr. Potter duly elected. A scrutiny was demanded on behalf of Mr. Hodgson, but we believe that a scrutiny call only be obtained by petition to the House of Com mons. Mr. POTTER briefly returned thanks. Ho felt the responsibility of his position. The only pledge he would make was that he would do his duty by the electors. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAwsoN, M.P., who was received with loud cheers, said—Electors of Carlisle, I congratulate you on the great Tory reaction. (Laughter, and loud cheers.) This "stranger" has become your member. (Cheers.) The men of Carlisle have shown they do not care who the man is or where be comes from ; they look at what he is. (Prolonged cheers.) Mr. Potter has declared himself a thorough and an honest Liberal. He goes to Par liament to carry out those great principles which arc dear to the Liberal party. I believe he will be true to them, and that while he has been during this contest the popular candidate, he will prove himself in the House of Commons the member for the people. (Prolonged cheering.) A vote of thanks was given to the Deputy Mayors and the proceedings terminated. The crowd was afterwards addressed from Mr. Potter's hcadquar tore by §eyeral gentlemen. it ir?,: t it t iN,