The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

Tr j Continence at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, NOVEMBER 17, 1861 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 35 —kighest since noon yesterday. 28 —lowest this morning and during tho night. 3: —this day at noon. Emtomma-30.0. WIND —North-Westerly; light, with fine bitter, cold, frosty weather. Nov. 18. T HERMOMETER, IN THE BRADS. 30--highest since noon yesterday. 24 —lowest this morning and during the night. 32—this day at noon. BAROMETBIL-30.35. WIND —N.-Westerly ; light, with dull frosty weather. .1 ) . • '• • * '3 4\ 171 • ~.1 t* -4• F THE S UN. LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 18, 1861. In the game of beggar my neighbour the Em peror of the FRENCH has contrived to beggar himself; it was a consummation foreseen by many ; but so much mystery has involved the French finance, that few, probably, if any, knew the precise state of the evil, till the EMPEROR put his accounts again into the hands of M. ACIHLLE FOULD. Even he has not painted the case in the darkest colours, if the statement of a well-informed correspondent in a contemporary be true, that the excess of expenditure over revenue during the ten years of the extinction of free dis cussion will have burdened the country, by the time all is settled, with an addition of two hundred millions sterling to the national debt. The Free States will probably not incur a heavier charge in the attempt to vanquish the South, by two or three years of war carried on in the most extravagant style. It seems that Imperialism has cost the country on the average about twenty millions per annum mere than its representatives had agreed to. Naturally the result has been what we are prepared to learn, that it is almost impossible to find money to meet the demands for the current dividends. Looking at the whole affair, it makes us almost angry with ourselves that we were in such haste to build ship for ship with the Imperial man of war; we seem to feel that we might have been more sure of the result that he would soon become an Imperial man of straw; and yet our instinct was right, for it is just the men of straw who have nothing to lose by a desperate act. If they happen to be also men tof more musc l e, or to be better armed than their rpeaceful ne;ghbours, the men of straw are apt t become men of desperation. We must be thank :Sul, therefore, that severely as we h ave h a d to Imperial ambition in ship' nilding, it is cheaper than to have to pay for the ambition of Invasion. Haw little the form of governm en t seems to have to do with its goodness, unless indeed we may indulge the vanity of Pronouncing tionalism to have pro ve d its merits in our eonstitu- own 33untry—we might add in three or four more Powers also of Europe. The constitutionalism mhich his Royal Highness pronounced to be o n is trial, has seen at least three other forms of ;os ernment tried and found wanting of late Tars. The American, for instance, the favourite ine of the Tories, has broken down. There the 'allot box and the mob with its leaders were upreme ; but candid observers will confess that t was not the mob and the ballot which reated the mischief; but, the incompatibility Ix:- wen aristocracy with slavery as its domestic istitution, and freedom with that unwisely adopted et of the old world aristocracy, protection, as its andmaid. Liberty ought to be the mistress of the spublican household ; Mr. LINCOLN'S SARAH id HAGAR will never agree, and the modern BRAIIAM will have to adept the policy of his pro- 1% *OYAL ENGLISH OP COVENT GARDEN-. U. , _ler the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and DID !.. 7 Wm, Uarrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGiETTE. 3liBB Thiriwall and Mr. A. Core. After which, at Eight o'clock, ROBIN HOOD. Messrs. Santlev, Georze Honey, Patey, C. Lyall, and ElenrY Hakrh. yELLOZ.T. Miss Susan Fyne, and Madame ,Querrabella (her 4th ap. pearance on the I,Agligsh stage). Conductor, Mr. ALFR r.,"2 E PI A, The Box-offiee opcn from Ten to Five daily. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. Staze-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting- Manager, Mr. WR rd Murray. t.tEA'l'it s.l4' •it Y AL, HAYMARKET, Leagee, Mr. J. B. Backstene. i'f[l3 EVENING. the nertormanoes will commence with THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun dreary, Mr. Suthern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, .tc. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7: OYAL LYCEU M THEATRE. 1 I , Manazer--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy, Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Eight (Bth 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 Manag,er—lfr. P. B. Ch ttterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at hali-pitst 6, to commence al 7 Box-oflice open daily from 1 t till 5. I.'OYAJ, PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- I II) Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. 'tills EVENING, JANE r TE'S WEDDING. Misa M. Barris and Mr. A. Widdicomb. After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespe re's tragedy of OTHELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr, Fechter EW TH RATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.--e Sole Proprietor and Manaier, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEB :EAKER. 31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and 31184 Woolgar. 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. Boucicaa't will appear. A New Musical Introduction has been kindly pre sented by Sienor Benedict. and will be performed by the Orchestra, which has been re-organised, and will be con ducted by Mr. Riviere, by whom the incidental music h? s been selected and composed. The following artists will make their first appearance :—Mr. G. Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the Lyceum. The other prin cipal characters in he drama will be perfoimed by Messrs. Emery, Stephenson Billingaul Bedford, Romer. Mrs. Bimegton, Mrs. Marston, &c., &c Entirely new scenery by Messrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, Anse K. Kelly, etc. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. E W R GrYALTY Dean-street, Oxford -street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albino di Rhona. THIS EVENING, to commence with ATAR GULL Messrs. Sinclair, Graham, Butler, Jr% ; Misses Clifford and Terry. After which, Mdlle. di Rhona will appear in CAMELIA, and Dance two National Dances. Sixth appearance of Mr. Hall, who will perform TWO Solos on his Magic Bugle. Box-offlee open -Comm to 5. Doors open at half-past 6 ence at Seven. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Grand Selections from STRADELLA, LA TRAVIATA, and DINORAH By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. The Comic depart men t comprises Mr. Sam Cowell, Mr. Marshall, Messrs. Hervey and French, Mr. Wood and his talented son, and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmang. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. CANTERBURY HALL.--MR. SAM COWELL will sing a New Song, " rim WHOLE HOG OR NONE " (written expressly for him), THIS EVENDIG at ten o'clock. THE 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. E VER Y EVENING. Auber's New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENNE," and Verdi's new Grand opera, "Simonßoccanegra," by the entire Company. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame E derssohn (composed expressly for them). Varied Comic Ilntertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran dal:, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM COWELL. Hall, ed. ; Balcony and Stalls, 1s ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 15 m. —Afternoon, 211. 32m. To - BORROW.-Morning, 2h. 48 m. —Afternoon, 3h. 6m. totype, and to dismiss for ever the bondsm aid from his household. But Imperialism in two forms has made quite as bad an affair of it on this side the water. The E his Em peror, elected by the Pretorians, an d conf i rmed on throne by the ballot-box, has, as we now see, beggared his country by the ambition of taking the place of the Czar NICHOLAS, and be coming the Dictator of Europe. Absolutism over the nation's exchequer, which is the perfection of absolutism, has ended in financial beggary; and His Royal Highness will not deny that Imperialism sprung from the army and people, and sticking at nothing, has failed even in the hands of a con fessedly clever man. But if he looks to the south east of Europe, he sees purely hereditary Imperialism in even worse plight. Bankrupt that is also, and, at the same time, utterly unable to govern its own territories. Louis NAPOLEON has not half his empire hostile to him and governed by martial law only. The people who elected him do at least obey him. They do not refuse to pay taxes, and they subscribe willingly to his loans. The French Im perial beggar can probably have the forty millions of his actual deficit at once if he chooses to ask for it, the Austrian Imperial bankrupt could hardly raise four millions,except on terms extravagantly usurious. On the whole the verdict must be that mob Im perialism is bad;pretorian and ballot-box Imperialism worse; but purely hereditary right Divine Impe rialism worst of all —worst in the trial which all three are now undergoing. We hope his Royal Highness will soon have to make another Trinity House oration, and will tell us how far he concurs with our views of Governments on trial. All we now wait for is to see the proofs which the Dictator of France, and the would be dictator of Europe, will give us of the sincerity of his newpolicy Things stand thus. The EMPEROR needs a loan. That is clear. A frank statement of the state of affairs, and adoption of checks on future extrava gance are the undoubtedly best means of negotia ting a loan on favourable terms, When the loan is ob tained, and temporary ease returns, will the old prac tices return also. Can the court help spending ? Can the works on which so many thousands are em ployed be stopped ? Can the Navy, can the Army be reduced consistently with imperial ambition ? Is Imperial penitence more to be relied upon than that of another personage who when sick would even be a monk. This is what Europe wants to see. Two loopholes the EMPEROR has yet left himself. The power to transfer funds from one de partment to another, so that what is voted for Agri culture and Education may be spent, if the EM PEROR so wills it, on War. ;The other, that, by the very nature of his Government, he can not only again dismiss a Minister, but meal his right to de cree supplementary credits, and thus recommence at pleasure his secret preparations against any country he means to victimise. Prompt and bona fide reductions of Army and Navy will be the first omen for good, if good be really intended, NOVil :WIER 18, LSGI. K 7 ~ .~ y . the Account, are now at 69f 40c. Railways have been similarly acted on. The following are the last quotations :-- 41 per per Cents ... 96 20 Credit Fancier l2lO Do, cud month.... 96 30 , Belgian 41 99 75 3 per Cents ...... 69 35 Pied mon t eso Fives (3B 55 Do. end month.... 69 45 ' Roman Bank Shares ...... 29`: 0 i Austrian Credit Mobilier.. , . 760 Do. Accou n t...... —; Spanish Three s 49 25 762 50 i Home Debt RAILWAYS. C Orleans ................ I.33 ash. Account, s 1337 Northern .............. 9 85 986 25 50 New ditto .............. 910 .. 911 25 Lyons and Medit erranean 1027 50 .. 1030 Geneva.. .............. • • Southern .............. 650 • • 652 50 EWestern . • ........... 555 537 50 Sastern .............. 575 .577 50 ardinian .............. 352 50 .. 352 50 Austrian .......... 606 25 .. 507 50 L 0mbard......... 518 75 .. 620 J THE AUSTRIAN NAVY A letter from Trieste, dated the 12th inst., gives some interesting details respecting the Austrian squadron of evolution now assembled in the Adriatic. The squadron, which has been formed silently, consists of 50 vessels, of which 34 are steamers and 16 sailing vessels. In the former category there are some fast screw line-of-battle ships ; among others the Kaiser, 91 guns ; the Radetzky, Danube, and Adria, frigates, of 31 guns ; the Archduke Fre derick, the Dandolo, and Elizabeth, of 22 guns ; 10 first. class gunboats, armed with 5 rifled cannon each, and provided with machines of 230-horse power. The squadron is placed under the superior com mand of Archduke Maximilian, Lord High Admi ral of Austria, whose second in command is Rear- Admiral Bourguignon. The crews are chiefly Sclaves, Dalmatians, or Germans. Independently of the organisation of this squad ron the Austrian Government is actually construct ing 10 ships of war, among which are two cuirassed frigates, and six sailing vessels are being trans formed into steamers. Great works are under construction at Pola. THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION. Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La Patric publishes the following:— " The steam transport L'Aube, coming from Toulon, entered the port of Mers-el-Kebir at 2 p.m. on the 16th inst., where the Massena steam line of battle ship had arrived the evening before. " The embarkation of the troops destined to form part of the Mexican expedition commenced imme diately. These troops, which: had arrived from different ports of Algeria at Oran, of which Mers el-kKbir is the port, comprise a battalion of the 2d Regiment of Zouaves, a mounted squadron of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique, detachments of Engineers, Artillery, &c. " The Massena and L'Aube were were to sail on the 17th for La Martinique. TLe steam corvette Berthollet, from Rochefort, on her way to La Martinique to join the squadron under Rer-Admiral Julien de la Graviere, put into Lisbon on the 15th." MARTINIQUE. Accounts from Martinique and Gradaloupe to the 26th ult. have arrived. In the former colony the Governor had dissolved the Council-General on account of serious dissensions among its members; and that act had created considerable sensation. An oofficial return shows that in tl.e month of Sep tember an increase took place in the exports of sugar and coffee, and a decline in those of rum. Lwo fires occurred on the same day in a plantation called La Vapeur, one doing considerable damsge : there was no doubt that they were lighted up by incendiaries. In both Martinique and Guadaloupe decrees had been issued doing away with the formalities heretofore required to be observed to obtain passports to leave the colonies, the formali ties being three advertisements in newspapers of the intended departure, or the deposit of a sum of money as security for creditors. THIS DAPS SHIPPIN G. LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and dull weather, with sharp frost. CLYDE, Nov. 16 —Wind N.W—Arrived—Claubel from Demerara. Sailed—Young American, for Duneden N.Z. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 1 8.—Arrived —Africa, steamer, from NewiYork. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.--Wind N.W.—Sailed—Cathe rine, for Hayti. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Octavia, for Madras. FALmouTrt, Nov. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Mary Ann, from Rio Janeiro. GRIMSBY, Nov. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Christo bel, from Sunderland for the Cape of Good Hope, assisted in by a smack, with loss of foretopmast, maintopgallant, and jibboom, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOU, onda Morning. Arrived —Wild Duck, from THAMPTON Patras M ; Aud y enira, from Dublin. Sailed—Weser, for Lanelly ; Witch, for Launceston. (ET SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) , ay g. Arrived, Nov. 17—Askur, GRAVESEND from Dra Mond in ; Lord Mornin nl Staey, from Sonnesund ; Normandie, from Dunki r k ; J ames Rennie and Carl Alb er t, from leonigsberg ;tAngeli ne , from Riga; Planet, from Hamburg. Arrived, Nov. 18—Taurus, from Havre ; Gipsy, from Rotterdam; Senator, from Gottenborg ; Prevent, from Aalborg. Sailed,:Nov. 18—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Monday Morning. New York—both fromAnchored—Harrinton for Algoa Bay; Vision, for London. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S 9 a.m. ____ __ Nairn ' 30'20 35 33 S.W 3 8 0. __ Aberdeen__ 30.22 33 31 W. 3 Ib. Leith ... 3026 33 32 N.W. 2 ! ierwick 3026 33 31 W 2 b. . 2 5 b. Ardrossan , 30'33 33 31 E, 1 3t. 1 Portri , sh .. 0 Shields al way ... . Liverpool Valentia Queenstown 30.44 36 35 N. W. 3 4 e. 1 Yarmouth.... 3024 30 N. W. 4 om. 4 London 3013 38 N. N. W. 1 0 f. 0 Vover 3026 22 31 N. W. 4 1 h. 3 Portsmouth 3010 32 31 N. 3 60. 2 i'ortland Plymouth I enzance EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermoiheter in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for vaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; t., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., sno w ; t., th un d er. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb since (1 to 9). THE MURDER OF THE GAMEKEEPER NEAR 0 TLEY.—Yesterday morning, Waller, the desperate poacher for whose apprehension a reward of £75 was offered for murdering Smith a gamekeeper, near Bingley, was appre hended in a barn about two miles from the scene of the tragedy. He was concealed in the straw, and was haggard in the extreme. FLOOD IN TIIE NoltTII RIDING.—O❑ Friday the rivers Rye and Derwent overflowed their banks, and for many miles laid the land on each side under water. From Helmsley, in Ityedale, to Ayton, in the Derwent Valley, the rivers form a vast lake, and in the low-lying districts, especially about Newsham 'bridge, Ryton, and Yedingham, the roads are in some places three feet deep in water. On Friday night the waters were still rising, but the weather was Suer, On Saturday morning an alarming fire broke out at Mr. Clifford's, John's-court, West Smithfield. The inmates were aroused by the cracking of wood, and on opening their bed room door found th e fi rst floor on fire. Th ey i nstantly raised' an alarm and sent for the engines. In the meantime, Mr. Clifford was extricated from his bed much burnt. He was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he now remains, without the slightest hopes of recovery. With a good supply of water the engines got to work, but the fire was not subdued until consider able damage was done. The fire was caused by smoking in bed. Another fire, of a most alarming character, broke out on the homestead of James Marshall, farmer, Shundland farm, Hendon. The engines from King street, Baker-street, and Wells-street, were quickly on the spot, but the fire was not extinguished until some hay-ricks were destroyed, supposed to be the act of an incendiary. Yesterday a fire took place in the premises be longing to Mr. H. Gu pp, a cabinetmaker, &c., carrying on bu s i ness at 20, Crown-row, Mile•end road. As the Watling -street engine was going at a rapid pace along the road, one of the wheels got into an opening caused by the traffic along the thoroughfare, and the bumping of the engine caused the driver, a man named John Langston, to fall head foremost between the horses. He was removed to the London Hospital, but has sustained such serious injuries that he is not expected to recover. The flames could not be subdued until the premises in which the disaster commenced were burned down, and the private dwelling-house and contents severely damaged by fire and water. No. 19, in the same street, belonging to Mr. J. Bry, is also dam aged by the hasty removal of the furniture, &c. Mr. Gupp was fortunately insured in the Atlas Fire-office; and Mr. Hodsall, the assessor of losses, was quickly in attendance to take charge of the salvage. The other losses will fall upon the Phoenix Fire-office. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as a youth, of the name of Young, was delivering a newspaper at a shop opposite St. Matthew's Church, Oakley-square, he was alarmed by seeing a large quantity of smoke issuing from the windows of the sacred edifice. He immediately ran to the police-station of the S division, Pratt-street, where a number of men were preparing to start off on day duty. Upon the Acting Inspecting Sergeant Conway being told that the church was tat fire, he sent off the entire body to the spot, when it was soon found that there was a fire raging near the Communion -table. The sergeant was followed by Inspector Gibson, and in a few minutes by the parish engine from the workhouse. The police would not allow any door of the sacred building to be opened till the arrival of the engine. Upon that being in readiness, and there being a good sup ply of water, the hose was applied to the spot where the fire was raging, which was adjoining the pul pit. The progress of the destructive element was promptly arrested, and shortly after the arrival of two engiueb, from Crown -street and Holborn, was extinguished, but not before several of the pews and part of the flooring were consumed. The fire is supposed to have been caused by overheating the underground pipes and fines for warming the church. A sermon was to have been preached the same forenoon in the church by the Rev. Dr. Champ neys, on behalf of a fund, which is in course of col lection, for the repairs of the sacred edifice. The damage done will entail a considerable additional expense. • UN, LONDON, MONDAY EcV" After all our conjectures respecting the object of the great expedition, a high authority writing from Washington itself tells us that even its commander did not know it. Capt. DUPONT has sailed to do something, but what precise thing, the Government tells him not. Such at least is now the most au thentic story. Charleston seems to be considered a r very desirable place to capture, if only it could be done; but the harbour is defended as formidably as we pointed out a few days ago; and it now seems, that though the expedition is provided with surf boats, and the means of landing from the ocean, yet the coast north and south of Charleston does not admit of a landing. The shore itself cannot be approached sufficiently near by the covering ships, and the country when gained is of an impassable character. The Atlantic sea-board somewhere seems to be thought of, though this is not quite certain. The troops on board, it is especially remarked, are too raw and inexperienced to be destined to hold any important town. Wn ran oaly wait therefore, patiently, to see what our American friends are about. The veteran SCOTT'S retirement will be, no doubt, a gain. Whatever 31‘CLELLAN's abilities for Com mander-in-chief, they will be better utilized for the removal of the formal superiority of the aged General. The report is, however, that the com mand of SCOTT was not formal merely ; and that he is really responsible for the unlucky bat tle at Edward's Ferry. The inference from MTLELLAN'S language is that it was not of his ordering. Indeed, his own acts have always been cautious enough since he arrived at Washing ton, slid when bolder in Western Virginia they were successful. At present he is still pursuing the Fabian tactics; perhaps he can now allege that the expedition is a part of his strategy, and that after the enemy has been disconcerted by his movements then will be the time for him to act, We shall see, however; the truth more probably is that M'CLELLAN I cannot at all t rus t t h e a b ility of his subordinate (Alen's, and not sufficiently the discipline of his army of recruits, he speaks, however, confidently of speedy victory, and a severe but short struggle. In Missouri and Kentucky things still look gloomy for the North. Indeed, the two parties seem in both these States to be pretty nearly balanced. The South would seem to be making up its mind ror a long war. The press is urging on the planters the patriotism and advantage of growing chiefly provisions next year. The supplies will be needed they say, both by the army and by themselves ; while two or three cotton crops to sell at once, whenever the blockade is removed, will so reduce the price in the general scramble to get some ready money, as to ruin cotton growing for years afterwards. 'I his last mode of reasoning suggests a very grave question—whether, namely, a pro tective duty in favour of Indian cotton, should, in the event referred to, be laid on Ameri can cotton. Of course all our Free-trade principles rise up against it, and it may not be practicable to let other manufacturers take the unnaturally cheap American stores, while our own are permitted to resort only to the dearer cotton of India. Yet, if practicable, there will be much to be said for not allowing two or three years growth of American cotton to be let loose on the newly developed trade of India. The case will be exceptional; bat it will deserve grave consideration whether our own subjects, the ryots of India, whom for political as much as com mercial reasons, we have encouraged to grow cot ton, should be abandoned as soon as they are got fairly to work, to be swamped by the supplies damm e d np in America by the war. To us the case aompfspfereceaoernstartato be idme.e deserted outside the ordinary p• rovince taecioubgyhmt taonbcheessatveredfofrroArnmebreiienag. ~.....—..._ --------_____------------- llis Excelle gian Mini s t er and Madame Nov Lod ge , Windsor Forest. ncy the B el Van de Weyer are expected in town i n a few days from Count Wacktrneister, the ne wly - appoint e d Minis ter for Sweden a n d N orwa the Legation i n Grosvenor y, is ex pected at th e residence of - plat;e ear l y Sweden. next month, from The Countess de Flabault has issued f assemblies on Mondays, th e 18 t h and 25th inst cards., at C ove nr try House. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., come to town from Paris, and will leave town to morrow for their villa residence, Strawberry-hill, Twicken_ Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening at Cambridge House. Later in the evening her ladyship received the members of the diplomatic corps and the members of the aristocracy at present in town. Lord and Lady Gardner arrived in Dorset -street on Saturday. Lady Wilmot Horton is expected in town on Wednesday f rom C atton Hall, Burton-on -Trent. Lady Frances Harcourt has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel, fro m H erefordshire. Lord Frederick Beauderk has left the Burlington Hotel, Cork. street, sir Cleorge and Lady Hamilton have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from a tour through Ireland. The Right Hon. T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt, M.P., and Mrs. Estcourt have left Farrance's Hotel for Estcourt, near Tetbury. Mr. G. W. Clement, one of the pro Pr.. The Observer, and o f B ell ' s L etors of day. Life in Lonclim, , died on Satur, Johanna Wagner, wb the drama, with 1 " , ; ' 'has lately tak en aga i n to w —." . .a she began her caieer, has not been as successful ha was anticipated, and it is said that she will retnr:l to the opera. " Several journals," says the Opinion Nationale, " have announced that Kossuth is ROW in Paris, where he had had several conferences with Generals Klapka and Mieroslawski on the subject of the affairs of Poland and Hungary. We learn that not only has M. Kossuth not come to France, but has not even quitted Alvaro. He is detained there by a rather serious illness, which for some time caused uneasiness to his friends, but from which he is now gradually recovering." SEVERE FROST IN THE CHANNEL.—DOVER, Sunday Afternoon. —This morning a poor man of the name of Ladd, who had been exposed all night, and for 15 hours without food in a fishing boat, was brought into Dover har bour nearly frozen to death. In this state he was conveyed to the Sailor's Home, where every means for his restora tion were applied. There was no sensible pulsation when he was brought to the Home. At present he lies in an un conscious state, hovering between life and death. The medical men, however, have expressed a hope of his final restoration. But for this refuge for distressed sailors ho must have perished. THE ALPACA IN AUSTRALIA.—Of the seven alpacas brought by Mr. Ledger from Arthursleigh one died on the way, four have been killed and are being stuffed, and the other two will shortly be killed, in order to be ready for the local exhibition of articles to be forwarded to London. The following are the particulars of the animals that have been slaughtered :—Female Dame, age five years, weight of carcase 2901 b. ; wether, first cross, age two years six months, weight of carcase 1601 b. ; wether, second cross, age one year five months, weight of carcase 1391 b ; wether, third cross, ago one year three months, weight of carcase 1261 b The surviving animals are a pure alpaca and a wether of the fourth cross. The stuffing was progressing favourably. It was Mr. Ledger's intention to shear the flock in Novem ber, after the lambing. Promise is given of a very good clip.—Atustralian and New Zealand Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY MATCH AGAINST TIME.--Mr. F. Pengelley, a cab proprietor of Plymouth, arrived at the Raglan Barracks, Devonport, on Saturday, at 10.45 a.m., accomplishing a ride from London on an iron grey mare in 46h. 45m. The feat arose from a wager. Mr. Pengelley left St. Martin's-le -Grand at noon on Thursday, and was, to reach Plymouth within 48 hours. Neither the mare nor rider stopped any time on the way beyond when taking ne cessary refreshment. The mare was fed with gruel, and her rider refreshed himself with oat-cake. Both mare and rider appeared to be in no way distressed at the conclusion of the feat. SHOCKING DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.—An in quest was held a few days ago at Salcombe Regis (Devon shire), on the body of Miss Emily Mary Stephenson, daughter of Mr. David Stephenson, of the Cape of Good Hope, before Mr. Spencer Cox, the coroner for the district, when some distressing facts were elicited. It appears that the deceased young lady was staying with her grand mamma, an old lady residing at Myrtle-cottage, Salcombe- Regis. There had been a wedding there, and Miss Stephenson and other young ladies retired to their rooms to dress for dinner. While stooping down to open a box her sleeve caught fire from a candle, and being attired in white muslin she was immediately enveloped in flames. She screamed for help, and some gentlemen in the house ran to her assistance, and having covered her with clothes they thus succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The poor young lady, however, was so dreadfully burnt that she died soon afterwards. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. ANOTHER CRINOLINE ACCIDENT.--Betvreen 5 and 6 o'clock on Friday evening the inhabitants of Park street and Dartmouth-street, Westminster, were alarmed by laud screams from a young woman enveloped in flames. A crowd immediately collected, and several persons tore off the burning fragments of her dre s s, and after some time, by means of coats and rugs, the flames were extinguished, though not until her clothes had been burnt off to the bodice. She was conveyed in a cab to the Westminster Hospital, when it was ascertained she was so dreadfully burnt all over the body, especially in the lower extremities, but slight hopes were entertained of her recovery. The unfortunate sufferer was a domestic solvent of Dr. Allen, residing at 55, Dartmouth-street, and had been preparing dinner, when her crinoline caught fire, and in her terror she immediately rus i the Fox In n , B axter -gate, Loughborough, Joined the Marine Artill ery a b out 19 years ago, and in February last went abroad. H e was seized with an attack of paralysis, which took aw a y hi s speech, and every effort that medical 3r. h j e o d h in . t tr o n the der s w tr o e o e d t : EYTTI A ORDINARY RESTORATION OF SPEECH.-- con of M r . Wil l i am Underwood, of skill could devise was tried to restore him, but without success. He returned home about four months since, but quite dumb. On Monday last, being very fond of sport, he went out fishing in the neighbourhood of Loughborough, and had not been at the waterside many minutes before he caught two small fishes. Immediately after this, he succeeded in hooking a large pike, and after a long time trying to get it ashore, it suddenly made a bolt, break ing away his line, and he, of course, lost his fish. He felt so much enraged at this, that he actually in a stuttering manner uttered an exclamation. Believing it to have been some one behind him who had spoken, he suddenly turned round, but could see no one, and therefore came to the pleasurable conclusion that it must have been himself. He put up his rod at once, fell down on his knees, thanking God for the happy release he had experienced, and then made the best of his way home. Feeling so delighted at the thought of being able to talk, he used his ton gum very freely to him se lf a ll t h e way. On arriving at home, he fell into hi s mo th er ' s arms and cried out in a burst of ecstatic joy, "Thank God, I can talk."—lVottingnam Daily Express. A REMARKABLE VOYAGE.—The boy who was the only one on board the brig Amelia when she made her extraordinary voyage across Tees Bay, during the gale of the Ist and 2d inst., has given some account of his lonely passage, from which it appears that the Amelia, which be longs to West Hartlepool, was laid upon the gridiron, undergoing some repairs, the only perso n n on board oben . ing a lad name d Alexander Brown, a native of London. About midnight on t h e Friday th from her mo or i ngs and drifted out toe vessel b ro k e se. It was deemed imp oss ibl e t h at a light ship, Without ballast and without a crew, could outlive the increasing tempest of wind and seas which were running mountains high. It appears that the ship, stern foremost, was driven by the wind straight across the Tees Bay, and, about two o'clock on Saturday morning, she stranded upon the beach at Coat ham, near Redcar, and became a total wreck, During the perilous voyage, Brown was twice or thrice washed off the deck; but by some means, of which he cannot give any ac. count, he succeeded in regaining the ship, and on her striking the beach, by the same unaccountable means, he managed, in the absence of any assistance, to reach the land in safety. He had only joined the ship three days previous to the occurrence. —Sunderland Herald. The Courrier de _Lyon says:—The first of the four specimens of Imperial standards now being manufac tured in this city, to be hoisted on board any ship of war carrying the Emperor or a Prince of the Imperial family, is nearly finished, and will soon be forwarded to Paris. This standard is 4m. 10e. (13ft. 6in.) in length, and 3m. 50e. (lift. 6in.) in depth. It has on each side an escutcheon lm. 50c. (sft.) high, and the same in width, bearing the Emperor's arms. All round, on the field of the banner, are scattered 36 bees, from 15c. to 20c. (6 to Bin,) in height. Two of the standards are to be worked in fine gold, and the other two in gold-coloured silk. The escutcheons and their borders, with some of the bees, are woven in the stuff, exactly the same on both sides ; the ethers are put in afterwards, and have precisely the same appearance as those woven. The flags, made entirely of silk, are scarcely inferior in brilliancy to those worked with gold, and are, of course, much lighter. The Emperor will soon have an opportunity of deciding which of the four specimens he prefers, and then, we are assured, that orders, will be given for a considerable number of them, which will supply occu pation for many of our hands during the winter." SELF CAUGHT ROGUES. —On Thursday a gang of convicts wore employed at the Royal Clarence Victualling yard, Gosport, carrying coals to the engine-house, when one of them divided a piece of cake he had become myste riously possessed of, and which was quickly swallowed with infinite gusto by the trio. These pleasurable sensations were, however, soon succeeded by others of an opposite character, and the cake-eaters were seized with violent vomiting and other alarming symptoms, which eventually led to a confession, to the effect that tho piece of cake had t je the been purloined from the pocket of Mr. Bushnell, the engi neer. That gentleman, on learning the circumstance, found, coat-pocket a d ai aste e _fe peculiar nom 1 I:eetOd thatsiwe manner a :: s nmg p wnop i en e al r c ees e of cake which ho had placed in his t , teao b r uasdentendsitarsenic. c; declaredthat nycTerrhaetesa,s ta hn i ed t i r repentance h ts a had t e rooi.beenfnn gtethe eofthrui it made os their critical state necessitated their immediate removal to the infirmary of the convict prison . at Portsmouth, where gthreeautesustalpunatipel:acsoa.ntornerevridi:ay administered to and receivedrebi msite in such cases were were still suffering penitents with the 'somewhat severely, but were pr one ut t e e 4 out ~f 7 v. 4141%4. here. LI A T kT Li; AMERICA. L QUEENSTOWN The Royal mail steamship Afric a arrived here at 2.15 a. m , to-day, with 49 passengers and 400 dols, in specie for England. She landed 74 sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 3 a.m. All well. The Persia experienced easterly winds all th e way acToss the Atlanti c . NEW YORK, Nov. 5, EVENING. General M'Clellan has made a speech at Wash ington, in which he said that the war cannot be long, although it may be desperate. Secretary Cameron, in a speech which he delivered at Aston-house, said that the day of reverses for the Federal army had passed. Re urged the people to wait patiently till General M'Clellan's preparations were completed, and said that the General would pledge his life on victory. The St. Louis Republican states that great ex citement prevailed in the camp at Springfield, on account of the report of General Fremont's re moval. Many of his officers declared that if General Fremont were removed they would either resign or make him Dictator of the South-West, indepen• dent of the Federal Administration. The Secretary for War has inspected the fort fications of New York harbour. Mr. Edwin James has declared his intention of becoming an American citizen, and has made an application to the Supreme Court to be admitted to the New York Bar. The British steamer Racer sailed hence on the 4th inst. The British frigate Immortalite ariived on the sth inst. The Persia, Borussia, and Jura have arrived out. The ship Maritani, for Liverpool, has been wrecked near Boston Light. Twenty-seven persons were drowned. NEW YORK, Nov. 6, MORNING. The general impression is that the naval expedi tion will certainly be landed at Bull's Bay or Por Royal. General Fremont has received an unconditiona order at Springfield, relieving him from the corn. tnand. Several companies laid down their arms, and de clared that they would only fight under Fremont. The General expostulated with his troops, and urged them not to abandon their posts. lie then issued a farewell address to the army and prepared to set out for St. Louis. General Hanks (Hunter ?) replaces him. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 5, EVENING. Cotton very firm. Sales of the day 500 bales. Middling upland, 33f, to 24. Money easy. Good inquiry for foreign exchaHge, which is quoted 107 to 1074. Stoeks very firm. New York Centrals, 79-4 ; Erie, 33; Illinois, 621. Flour unchanged. Wheat and corn tending downwards. Provisions and coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Molasses inactive. PARIS, Nov. 18. The .3foniteur of this morning publishes a decree convening the Senate for the 2d December. MADRID, Nov. 17. Marshal O'Donnell, who has lately been indis. posed, is now better. TURIN, Nov. 14. The Government has granted the concession for the construction of a railway from Turin to Savona to an English company, represented by Messrs. Palten, Cargill, Greenfield, Gombert, and others. NAPLES, Nov. 16 (E VENING.) A deputation from Basilicata has dommnaca from General Della Marmora the adoption of energetic measures for the suppression of brigandage in that province. It is rumoured that disembarkations of small numbers of briganis coming from Malta have taken place in Ponille and the Calabrias. ROME, Nov. 15. It is said that the Pontifical Government is secretly preparing an expedition against Umbria. Fresh enrolments of brigands are being made FLORENCE, Nov. 17. The Nazionale of to-day announces that Bourbon intrigues are being carried on at Naples and in the province of Terra di Lavoro. TURIN, Nov. 17. It is believed that the resignation of the command of the 4th corps d'armee by General Cialdini will not be accepted by the King. The General will set out to-day for Paris, on a temporary leave of absence. The Ministry will shortly be completed by the nomination of a Minister of the Interior. Different rumours are current as to who will be called upon to occupy this post. No decision has yet been taken in the matter. BERNE, Nov. 16, The Federal Commissioners have returned to the Valley of Dappee, in order to complete their proto col on the recent violation of Swiss territory, from the verbal deposition of witnesses. A fresh violation of Swiss territory has taken place near Geneva. BERLIN, Nov. 16 (Evening). The Preuesische Zeitung of to-day publishes news from Warsaw to the 14th inst., announcing that, on account of the military being continually insulted, and the regulations of martial law being set at de fiance by the peciple, it was expected that the Government would shortly proclaim a special and formal state of siege in the city of Warsaw. M. Biatobrezeslti, Administrator of the Arch bishopric of Warsaw, was arrested on the 13th inst., on account of the churches being continually closed, and because he bad written a letter, worded in dis respectful terms, to General Luders. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Sultan, with the above mail, was to leave Malta for Marseilles at 4 a.m. on the 17th inst. The Moultfip, with the heavy portion of the mail, left Malta at noon on the 16th, and may be ex pected at Southampton about the 25th inst. The Jeddo brought the mail to Suez, arriving here on the 9th. THE OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. Tho Indus, from Southampton on the 4th, reached Malta on the 15th, at 10 a.m., and left at 4 p.m. for Alexandria. The Massilia, frozr, Marseilles on the 13th, arrived at Malta on the 15101, at 7 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. PRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. I . 6.—Sales for realisation have continued to-day, (iv d the natural result has been a retrograde moveml nt in quotations. Threes, for K ~*T• . M..':Y TEE BRAZIL _MAIL. PERNAMBUCO, Oct. 2 1.—Exchange on London, 251. Cotton 10,800 reis, and sugar 2,200 reis per arroba. The Oneida sailed hence on the 20th October. CLEARANCE OF 7HE PRISONS. THE QUEEN'S PRISON. (REGISTRAR WINSLOW'S Comm) The examination of debtors incarcerated in the Queen's Prison was resumed on Saturday Mr. Registrar Winslow went through twelve cases, some of which occupied a considerable time. (MR, REGISTRAR HIGGINS' COURT.) The case of a barnster, who had been in prison for the last eight years under a writ of outlawry, was argued at some length before Mr. Registrar Higgins. The managing clerk to the firm of Rogerson and Ford appeared on the part of one of the detaining creditors, and raised a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the rJgistrar in the matter until the prisoner was purged of his out lawry. He cited various authorities to show that an outlaw could not bo heard in any court of jus tice either as plaintiff or defendant, no matter what grounds of action or defence he might have. The prisoner contended that though he had been an outlaw, the fact of his person having been seized, he was purged of his outlawry by the very circumstances of his being in prison on the writ of ad legatunt. He also referred to a decision of Re gistrar Miller in the Whitecross-street Prison, in w hich" he held that outlawry was no reason why a debtor in prison should not be adjudicated a bankrupt. The Registrar said he should reserve his decision In the course of the day two prisoners were dis• charged by Mr. Registrar Higgins, who disposed oi 18 cases in all. WHITECROSS STREE I' PRISON. The Registrar (Mr. Miller) sat on Saturday for the purpose of disposing of cases No. 31 to 40 on his list. Thomas Dike, formerly a builder, of Denbigh place, Pimlico, who had been in prison since July last, and who had never been a bankrupt before or petitioned the Insolvent Debtors' Court, was op. posed by the detaining creditor for a sum of £1,500, odd lent him on mortgage. He stated his debts to be about £2OO, and amount of mortgages £5,500. His property consisted of eleven houses in Pimlico, and a small house in Dorsetshire ; he had also effected a policy on his life for £l,OOO in the London Assurance, which had been as signed to Mr. Mayhew. He attributed his bankruptcy to the fact of Mr. Mayhew having called upon him to pay the £1,553 due on mort gage without giving him a moment's notice. Mr. King, on the part of Mr. Al &yhew, produced the judgment obtained against Dike in the year 1855. The bankrupt repeated his statement, that he never knew of the judgment which was out against him till he was arn , sted in July. Mr. King said that the cause of his being opposed was that he was continually annoying the tenants in possession in every possible way. This was contradicted, and again Dike vowed he had never been sued. The Registrar declared that this was impossible upon the face of the documents produced. He was will ing to be adjudged a bankrupt, having no means ; another adjudication was granted, with the dis charge fretn prison. In the case of Joseph James Dale (or Dell) it ap peared he had been made bankrupt on Aug, 16, 1856; has passed his last examination, when his certificate was refused, and there was nothing on the order to permit his release after any period, he being im prisoned by the assignees on a B.A. certificate. He was also detained by a creditor who had not proved his debt under the Bankruptcy Act, The Registrar said he could not release the prisoner, but advised him ti make an application to the commissioners. He had been in prison nearly four months. Two prisoners had been discharged, and others had peti tioned the Insolvent Court, being "pending cases." This concluded the business of the day. LISBON, Nov. 16. The Messageries Tmperiales steam-ship Beam, with the above mails, arrived here at 8 30 a.m. this morning, en route for Bordeaux, She brings 600,000 fr. in specie. Rio DE SA NTPTRo, n„ f. 95. Ri.olinnge on London, 251 to 251 ; on Paris, 370 to 375. Coffee, good first, 6,400 to 6,600. The shipments of coffee since I the departure of the last mail amount to 106,400 bags, of which 56,945 bags were for the Channel. Stock, 160,000 bags. Exchange at Bahia, 251 to 25!. Sugar, 2,400 to 2,600 rein per arroba. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. _ _ The first consignment of goods for the Exhibition of next year arrived in London on Friday. As was the case in 1851, these earliest contributions are from Russia. The Government of the Czar are thoroughly in earnest in this matter, and they are resolved that the products, the industry, and the fine arts of the empire shall be well and thoroughly represented. Most of our readers will remember .what interest the Russian department excited at the last Exhibition, with its malachite doors and jasper vases, its rich jewellery and gorgeous em broidery. Next year the products of Russia will not be less interesting, and the description of goods which have already arrived as well as of those which aze to follow will serve to illustrate in a striking manner the vast wealth and resources of that great empire. The collections of pictures and works of art will, we understand, be exceedingly rich, and the treasures of art in the Winter Palace and other residences of his Majesty have been in the most liberal manner placed at the disposal of the Russian commissioners, with a view to selec tions being made for the purpose of shipment to London. The goods which arrived on Friday are, we are informed, mainly raw products and manu factures of iron and steel, a branch of industry in which Russia occupies a high position, and which was acknowledged at the Exhibition of 1851 by the award of one of the council medals. The reason why these things have been sent at so early a period was in consequence of the closing of the navigation of the Neva; and had the packages not been for warded before the frost set in, it would have been necessary to have sent them by a very circuitous overland route. DESIRUCTIV I? FIRES AND PROBABL LOSS OF LIFE. TO TRE CLERGY. ---T Quo WARRANTO. MURDEROUS POACHING , AFFAIR. - Early on Friday morning the neighbourhood of Lambton Castle, the seat of Lord Durham, on the banks of the Wear, was thrown into a state of great excitement by the report that the Lambton game keepers had been severely handled during the night iby a gang of poachers. It appears that a gang of poachers have been suspected of making depreda tions in the woods adjoining Lambton Castle, but nothing had been seen of them until between 2 and 3 o'clock on Friday morning. At that time four of Lord Durham's gamekeepers, named Smart, Colpits, Bowery, and Ferguson were going their rounds, and when near to Pictree they heard reports as of discharging guns. They heard about ten shots, and from the direction of the noise they supposed ; the men to be in that portion of the wood adjacent to the south turnpike. Suspecting that the men 2 had ceased poaching for the night, and that they 2 would in all probability make along the turnpike 2in the direction of the Barley-mow publichouse, the 7 watchers took a short cut from Pictree to the Bar ley mow , mow and there lay in wait. Th e watchers had not 1 waited long before they espied a lot of navvy -2 looking men approachintr under the cover of the 4 hedge on the opposite side of the road. As the men 0 approached the watchers perceived that there were 3 eight of them, and they had some game in their 2 2 possession, and three guns. Smart, when the poachers 1 came opposite to where he was concealed, went up to - them and asked where they were going, upon which one of them felled him to the ground with a gun from behind. Bowery, Ferguson, and Colpits rushed to the assistance of their companion, but were im mediately overpowered and knocked down. The contest was severe, and, in spite of the great courage and prowess of the watchers, the superior number of the poachers told severely. The men eventually managed to make their escape, and left behind them many traces of their desperate encounter. The whole of the watchers are more or less hurt. Ferguson seems to have been most fortunate, as he es3aped with only a bruise or two on the body ; but Smart and Bowery sustained several severe wounds upon the head, besides bruises on other parts of the body. Colpits, who had a severe and determined straggle with two of the poachers, was left in a hopeless state. After the melee he was found lying on the road insensible, his head and face covered with blood, which proceeded from three large wounds on the head, caused by the butt : - end of a gun. His companions had him co nveye d home, wher e surg i ca l a id was called in. In addition to the wound s ment i oned, it was found that Colpits had two of his rib s b ro k en away from the b ackbone. The injuries, th oug h very severe, have happily not men have been pron ounced d angerous. Though the got off the police are on their track, and are like ly to succeed in, capturing them all. A FEW PLAIN WORDS ON THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION. You, or most of you, think it right, as I may pre sume from yOur proceedings in vestry, to uphold Church -rates and to compel Dissenters to pay them. You think it, perhaps, not only right, but of posi tive advantage to the Church, to keep this obnoxious impost alive. I venture most respectfully to tell you that it is neither right nor to your advantage NO to act. And I invite you to a brief and friendly discussion on the subject. Let us begin at the beginning. What is "the Church ?" Ido not mean the Church of England.- We will have no confusion in terms. What is the Church" which existed before England was known ? It comprises, as you know, all everywhere, Dissen ters as well as Churchmen, who heartily accept the great truths of Christianity. This is the Catholic Church, or Church universal. A particular Church is a section of this comprehen sive Church, and the rightful members of every par ticular Church are members of the great universal Church. Whether a man worships in a "steeple house" or a "conventicle" —in a barn or a cottage —if only he does worship Him to whom worship is due, he belongs to "the Church" —to that Church which is older than the Church of England, and of a much broader and firmer foundation—to that Church which recognises a truth which one of the Fathers asserted c oncern i ng i t, in its particular form, " Übi tres suet, Feelesia eat, licet laid." You Church-of-England Clergymen claim for your limited Church the rights and prerogatives of an only and exclusive Church.• You map out all Eng land into parishes, ignore other members of " the Church" who do not belong to your Church, and assume the authority of acting in all things as if the Church of England were co-extensive and in deed identi ca l, w i t h t h e aforesaid Church of the broad and firm foundation, which we call the Ca tholic Church, or , the Church universal. If this be a mistake on your pa. t, it is a most unreasonable one. If not a mistake, it is an attempt at deception. Now, bvery man has .a right, and an equal right with all others, to worship God freely according to his conscience. No man comes icto the world with a higher right in this respect than another. There is no royal road, no clerical road, no Church-of-Eng land road to heaven : all must walk the same way and on the same level. If one man may tax another, or if one class or sect may tax another, for the sup port of that one's religion, then a special favour is enjoyed by one, and a special burden and disadvan tage is imposed upon another, in this matter of worship where all are rightfully free and equal. But it should be put to you, who have the education, refinement, and status of gentlemen, whether it is not a most contemptible thing that the Church of England, which has tithes and endow ments amounting to several millions a year, and. nearly all the aristocracy and great landowners on its side, should pretend to need an exaction from Dissenters—aye, even from th e very poorest of Dissenters—to keep the rich Church agoing—to pay for the sacramental elements, and to defray the ex penses of religious service down to the washer woman's bill for cleaning your surplices. Can you bring yourselves to believe that it is right—that it is as the good loving Master would have it—that brother Christians not of the Church of England should be &strained upon and imprisoned, for taxes levied for relief of communicants of that rich Church of yours? You think this state of things right, do you ? How do you justify it ? You appeal to the law of the land. Christianity, you know, is above and beyond the law, otherwise Christianity would have been abolished—at least in its genuine form--long ago. The Church —that is, the true Church —rests on Divine law: it belongs to the supernatural. "The Bible, the Bible only," we are told, "is the religion of Protestants." As Protestant clergymen, then, I may fairly ask, Where is your authority in Scrip ture for levying Church-mail on the people ? The Jews, with a religion which all the nation ac cepted, and amongst whom, therefore, were fonnd no Dissenters, had no compulsory exaction of any kind for religious purposes. Their tithes were free-will offerings, and were not enforceable by ' secular power, as are Church-imposts of modern times. Christianity, alas ! which came to free men from every form of bondage, has found, by means of the Church of England, a yoke and a burden unknown to the stern and rigorous code of Judaism. But still it is the law of the land, you say again. Yes ! if the majority approve. But does that make it right ? Are the laws of the land necessarily right ? Why do we repeal a small cart-load of them every year, if they were not probably, to a large extent, very, very wrong ? Yes! you say, it is the law of the land. We have but one response, and it is this—" More shame!" But now we ask you whether it is desirable for the Church of England that it should continue to ha a tax-gatherer and an oppressor ? Surely not. People instinetivo/y diolike what is forced on them, especially in matters of religion. To threaten a man with a constable and the lock-up is not the best method—certainly not the Christian method— of gaining his heart for your Church or your Master. Can you possibly think it is. You probably have never thought on the infe rence which reasonably and necessarily follows from your expressed apprehension that to abolish church-rates would be to ruin the Church. What becomes of the Divine foundation which you claim for your. Church, and where is your faith in the Almighty protection which guards and preserves His truth ? You preach faith, and have it not. You. speak of your Church as of a, rock against which even the gates of Hell cannot prevail, and then turn pale because an enlightened Parlia ment is likely to take the unchristian power of persecuting away from you! Christiait surely has s ome better defence than Justi n ces y warrants and the police. But as these seem going, you are, or affect to be, in terror lest the Gospel itself should go with them ! The Gospel was ushered in by a heavenly host, and Heaven has ever since been for all faithful ministers, martyrs, and confessors an exhaustless treasury of help. But in addition to the heavenly powers you want the police ! Reflect, clergymen of the Church of Eng land, before you ever say again, that your Church cannot do without Church -rates. You studied logic, probably, at Oxford or Cam bridge, I give an argument which you may put to the test :—The Church of England either needs Church rates, or it does not. If it does need them, it is not Divinely founded, nor is it Heaven protected. If it does not need them, there can be no:ground of complaint if they be abolished. —Yours faithfully, ~~ It,, iii ! an C a St, a P N e . Ind 1); 41 4.11 „, -Pax *54 4 uri Di tii V„„