The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-19 00:00:00

i k TEI —an aff.r+ for oat' stoppag TROVATORI 4 . INN-?et-semi a ' Lastan rota' otri-Flot-semi fl ics Wall - murem 24 March- -29 Sept. mrrant'm a; fi nancials in Treasury dates of the Fishery-park Laws. ST All' e-rpuaGre AN-LoNGITtr DE PRILOSOPRY, OR ELF, CTRO com Pass (-) TiPON lISE'FRUIT, OINQUE PORTAL, Wit-in-G" moot-court.-In , B. c. D i ez -Cm - c'kent 50. N. Polar*SOar - 'above ,t below daelin_,in &s tye _ ge ograph. • • : : to Cc over's a arrow off and-on' Dicier; s-nouen to Lizard-pt. o'er Ind. Quadra. , culmination Tropic-wend t'wrd senoras Langue O'ock 40a N. Its s tate-rope ' Anchor a flagatow'r pres-by Tyre 'round the fiat earth, as of Tittle Vespasian's meter, yr 79 on 1824-35 Act for Bac'ea-oonchoidal, leet-Crts. The Boce/oigne 'd illegal mist-Comgn-Regatta fete of 27-Bth, August'en A.D. 1861--as Eve sham'd-on " the after math- head'ng, night of Ihon apte'ft"-issued the 13th, old lammass-day from th'e Jag'r office (of Grand maestre mason of Malta's College, St. James'-st., on U. S. C. 1800 -2-la-off Amiens treaty-Nap-1 . 7), in dupelex, welkin _Paul the capsan-scholastic,' by Goal-LEWES' in Ship way seal' of !Paris Zonekirk's ' Earth-moving' error. So to-. " Command ofd words, that long have slept-to wake, Words that wise Bacon, and brave Raleigh spake." This lang awa Banefin, out a /tot ar,key-loop as, Corn hill-st eta-chaTda. "Like GOG-fat,her-131 CoWPl.lt:el7l2l, like ocsG.fchildspri PALMERSTO/4"1861 .as of -cites the charter of Bristol L.P. 9 Anna, 24 Ju y, . j: f m or P it e s back-warn' nz to six, five, or four," combat:4.ol2s in Lath m Span'sh Cabotage) curvature a Lat Yer the sunk .port, Q. inn Jet,catt land wad-set'sri p,nri:-olrBt-o2l.r,oppaevNiniico.n's, tax 1291-97- Doge 91G,'s 9th, at ShorenA- , Fright-helm-stone meridian of old London, Da-resumed Edict Com gh., of Review for" Carthage-mud port-Cot!hocn, in Ezy 0'8'1828," 9-10 W. 3d, 15, for Lt. A.'s arc Bows :nt Pontifiscum-EsOra sole-ea rn ican, Arhitrat'm ,terrrat.e tor" as G' log 6sfay3 'twist letterurkis ALI, and Codrington, who in Claudian's 0 'way lL come -a didn't- - - " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th.] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [nO 10th. Ist. So, to 1581's Earthrolling-bull's, with a Fixt earth tangueor a o i cast O'er He rniaJet'famen'ys astral, See I Edw. vs c. 2, re,... ena ct 234-yr. in 1832 by 2-3 Will. IV., c. 92, 0:4,-e n titled, The Submisston of the Clergy 4. Restraint o f Appeals -as yet pending to Pombal'a Brazil-9, in ach ita intervention, 25 Henry 8, c. 19, ¶3, Whereas divers life-titled noblemen and spiritual persons have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes 3f correction, De Jure patronatus and probates of testaments -Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other will-court officers, of the King's Highness, do bear th' E-Quoin-Xnight-rider's fiscustom' ary endorsement, as well as the 4 Common-clerk's name placed under citor's name, after registered seal, in polar "Ein Die Kaaren" J , t/ meridian g roof'd : R cachester-bridg,' din mama -fransit, o'er N. Zea Waithangi'd brother and sister's 3-ty. as 0. 5.200 a. of Azores (-) Verd' fulcrum ponticulus-hemisphorte'm 1 Ist re-ponti-Phi/imore- Te'ad, as the old longitude-bridge' Kark-dance o'er the L' aide-ley "In silence, till the cheerful gun Ilas twice six months its star -wend run." Thus-Laganum-Hotalorum's of Kent under syn-sideral lathe epoch for P. £' audits, to Bow towns 5110 N., fit prefix over its L'ond m n-wave'y bye Wall-in-ford fcirencester Seven hundreds' on 34-HEN. I.' Rayhere Kt., to 1.4 Hen. 4's hogshead of wine Jus-" Ex-change A 1." as of Bristol's levy latigu6 in Tenby's alt'mare meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court, not of ' Co-mercer's ji. Cr/rowing-sap,' as on Jesuit's . ward books ca. fa: d. " Think deep.-or tonal' not the empyrean spring," 2dly.„ Whence; by 1 Fhilip & Mary, c. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator (to Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521, 81-now litiecht's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-63, as of Mexico's Philipine isle'd Bohun inspector of all 3 fiscal-f meter-Crts.), who like WoLsET's Temple'r shall take en himself ' to direct and serve his own precept.' Hence this cinq Negative ; since (by Russn-Dutck loan on America's double-hdd-eagle-xoPegk, 91's Mingan trust -acts of 1832), pension'd Church-Queen's" in ca -of a, by civil list, -tho' in 6'er"Seft ,`acre"-have ceased to be the head of Malcolm nt.'s a.G.G•son monetary Trust in presbyteralkindred 1", and at your peril disobey this law -for ' one and all as breast-high'd on Agricola's ~'cot and a lot hand-up HTIKERA'i f typio, on Caesar's silver coinage for electing the yearly Abkari' ghat's on 29th Sept., or .Stmi-call-meze-magistrates, on life union Echo-wall, to the 24th March one,L,cf *Red Indian " murri nomins"- " To gain the race he eager tries ; his forfeit life's the stake." 27, Aug. 31,1861 [unpaidjanter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETIR BASQUET, g The flag-union Jag, Ist Fruit ea-MM p tn. pacca- corn hill'd-tribune as Income-tax - INT freeman, Antipod'n crown-colony chief Bule.Cr< of 1842, - The criminal law's Extradi- Temple. tion Gap, 3 -mile off-shore Sea -coastable Lab atchere. bearing Kamerica's paddle of Admiral's 'Pt •[2 March, '4l] court, over Canterbury's @e-Guizoto H. ivi. Perley, settlement for New Zealand's probate 3 Sept, '4l's Crt., its ea-m'poy Stir lord Warden Gap 1 viz'r. -the' cruelly set up a medaled T"-Becca r marline, in " gaccarire gentis imagines." .* x. CHARLES ' ACRERLEY, J.P. of Carib-allyd f Enoland, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad- .•• : : miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec- Crown retary ; Marcus Hill-SANDvs, Lay-presbyter's 414, on Can'ng's Holy Alliance abolition, of King- A clubs), the Standard meter-bearer of 1837-Lt. la.N. } 1: ay'd double-oathii'd victim-supporter Si of poor indian PETER 10 yrs, by Indian female Peu sponsorship 1820-thro' Quebec's Hamilton-' Rien Dalhousie, in Elder's duty for EIS and own's S.P.Q.R. instant State-birth provision, as the Mon taaue Subsidy first-fruit loan 1814'20's, major Trensor- Cartwright's saccessorial Ombra-U'homO, (to trove. 1322'99's red-turban'd Hen. Quadra Manfre dum'y. de peccaria,' on H. s's colona'd martin 5; 1; V to GONSALVI 1816 re,Tolamento-159, by Pius 7th on Scotch-Bailie Urban Bth's capacity-oath of 1749, Ad- Vosate STIIART Wortley-Newcomen's) en Gonfaloniere' 1824 passed in C. A.'s naming Act 1-2 W. 4, se. 54, as th"qoin'd popied Luther- calvin, for lay seignorage trust, over W. Russell and Stanley's Dead-hand (1683) yet-attaints, in secret propaganda. (Sion Hill) agency. To all metre-roiled' Colleens General' in nature's Year-law, under 1835's Municipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Comffn 'Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111, c. 55, male or female," as at the Burgh ports 1772's on the Shoreham resignation, aver-bull'srun of Clement 14th's Jesuit priest Abolition, for the Earth Lay resumption of life-set allotments of land), over the yearly Poor-law Guardians-as are for the time being-on 1603's church Car on in vestry'red lettered functional succession fought of Q. Elizabeth's P. C. I'BuRLEY-men, in retro-' O'way-sense. for sound office, whence )f all pensions and ministers' money (tor public Works) whereby all Creed'rs are made self-supporting.- So be it-for civic Asia-Europe's constabulary vox entry. " 'Tis thus that Heaven its empire doth maintain ; It may afflict-but attar, must not complain." I. Papal-tribunes, of (pursia minor E x change-house for b.k. pointers* in o.s. Fixt-earth Tow'r) 1582, on CowPzu's Huitson 1671's Chiliarchaer o of St. Michael's PENN for Tax humane organ Tun' of Hidelburgh, in Heligoland 3ty., Jan. 14, May-Copenhaaen'd by C. XA. of Daphne, 1814, as the Monts atte letter 15 P.C. Crown-pace before Embassy FOSTER'S' Abbe-locum £t.' of Hanover _Exmouth's 1816 3ty in Labouchere's father, Rothschild's Hessian 10-marc. 4 1 . - "Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1811, p. 1051. Survey Arbitrations.-By 9 10 W. in, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, sole-traders-(and all Antipode'ans, as those under the 'Turkish, 1809-Dardanell'd Padifhte Jan' a s treaty,' 1841)-desiring to end all controversies by arbitration, way agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage (as of Africa's 1828 trust Thony Monthermer' ACRERLET, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),-of any person, should be made "on Captain Cook's mans rule in tribal Admiralty red-flag MAour 4 -plea," of his Majesty's court.; of Record ; and in cars of disobedience to such award or Umoirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (I F. Q. Roview, Nov. 1829), -to perform the same, shall be subject to penalties of contemning , a Rule of Court, "as Pa-tax mis aion'd on the Anglo-Saxon Mexi-Spanish trust, yet Cuba to 1763-4-state Grants, as reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib- esicmac's manor L'noar's head, Inn-fan-ace and oot-fan-G.-sustenance of (without 'Locatelli' death's or further maddening poor PETER by exile cast from), family. "Neath polar Astra's wehr-ring wolf to fawn, And view with trembling, whom theyview'd with scorn.' lL GUILTY (OR NOT GUILTY FICTION) RIDER. " The sea-Writ original (now police-sheet root To St. Peter's-key) spring, of ev'ry The " not guilty" when CitivrY is the free and accepted for county-rate expenses, in all the courts—but, the guilty on written confession to Female complainant, before hear ing•—is of right saved (50, E. 3) from a slaughter under the twofold spiritual and corporeal capacity of the casting voice in Judge, as prisoner's police arbitrator. The case in ques tion being a complicity 'twixt Mistake-plaintiff, and Defen dant. re-tacited to obtain ' a St. Alva'nte Court-christian Bailli6-day's criminal fiat -papal'—as the October ' Laird o'Cockpen'e let ueefrnet, of the French treaty Concordat in tl-.0 ITr,rylesone Police-court on Wed., Oct. 2, "Bellew v. Paillir." c^mmitted for three calender months to the cells with lose of hair—omitting the real Rug'd-pursuer's name on civil law table-turning, a Flemish-Balieu ' Order' note into a police-sheet-charge like 'Art. 1 and 9 lan. 1813.' Thp freak forfriven prisoner, on over night pre-arbitration 'with Plaintiff in rug laundress, for not having counsel to explain the kneeling facts' not forthcoming—Therefore, on' anfrgpstion' Mr. Tvrwhitt and Prison Secretary must instantly' from defunct justice.' rectify this Cassandra hoax vashing-rna' trial between mistress and servant—in order i'vr instant release and reward, under Chief Justice Bruce -Beilow:Fortescue's Rt.-Stapleton Stat. H. 6' of 1442—(ts colillmth V es t a l- women- j a il - k eeper ' s o ' er t h e 600 , i n T o thill nnn pripon. Bcc.) in the c ivil B en ch- warran t, so genitive-cased-in 'of', sth Victoriee, c. 24 as—La voila I " Provided always, Tea I that, if e'er lake or lady Quacks interfere, t ' 4 " 11 1)(va them—gas, a scholar'— rrohillitory' writ should follow." ir„,,..-. r, W TA P ATRE p 0 --- v - - x T wriia,zusi,er, Mr. U. Webster. il Sole Prooriotor and ;T R ' - - ""' ADELPHI.- Open for the 1 ., Trq P.VF.ZTING. MUSTC RArir: , `,' 4 , ° Ti• D, L'i3Olor, Elmer, Warde, liTissos K. w ei r ARMS. m ess " . Atter w: , icit (255th time). TIR, co LL T, t niLaidlaw. ucleault 11 ' , oucieault, D. Fisher. Billinaton, s. i in " 4 ,,„ l3 W - NT. Mr, , (1 .T. Smith. isomer. Howard. Ward_; "Mrs2Ti j o' ' te T ther, son. ir /Agar, 'Airs. Billington. and Mrs. H. Lewis. ,Miss T..-)lonclude with LOVE AND HITNGp,R. Mess/. je rn ory, C. J. Smith , Mrs. H . Marsto n , and Miss R. sikPere; Doors onen at half - past 6— Commence at 7. Y. (I..INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, A , n) FINE ARTS GALLERY. 1f (70 WELL evory evening at Nine and a qiiarter Tso, Grand Selections from TRA VtATA. NORITA, MARTHA, and STRADELLA. By Miss Russell, 111 , 4 s Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The return of Itrr. LEVY, who will perform several cele brated Airs on the Cornet-a-piston. The comic. department cornurise4 Messrs. Harvey and French, " Ihe Nerves " Mr. Mmrhati—Mr. Iceod and his talented Son—and :Miss Harriet Coveney Musical Director, Mr. Jong,hmans. Admission—Hall, ad.; Stalls and Balcony, 1 , 3 H E 0 X F 0 R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENTNG. WEIL RCTIONS from Anber's New Comic Opera, " LA CliteAl3Bll,lliNE." by Miss Ernst, Messrs. Greene, H. Herbert; told the Company. And from Verdi's new Grand cfpera, " simon Boecancgra," by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Geville, Morley, Greene, and the Company. Full band and chorus.. I Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic French .1 nments by Mr. and Master Wood, Harvey and (The Nerves), Mr. E. Marshall, and Mr.W. RandalL Hall, 641.',.; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 108, 6d. \ i i , . If titip , toiA , „ , APO ',4°,.."...-:ii 1,72-::). ~ , % ~... u' 4 . ... z,...1, . Di ~, ._A„ 4; 4 ^, /1'•1( 0 ' ' WIT' , „,,,,,,i 4-4Zr' • ..-5.-. .7.-.... •,t-. ..... . THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1861. Every now and then, one meets with a pedant who, in conversation, pulls you up for using a word inconsistently with its etymology—" atonement" must mean at-one-ment, and merchantman a man who is a merchant—and for both these asser tions he will appeal to the infallible authority of our " venerable translation of the Scriptures." All we can do is to get away to another part of the room as soon as we decently can, and pity those who cannot manage to escape. Since the time, however, of the English SoLomoN, we have not been bored with a pedant on the throne; that nuisance seems to be reserved for that great maritime Power of the future, Prussia. A Prussian SOLOMON has at last ascended the throne—unhappily, like the English SOLOMON, only in his antiquated pedantry, not in his aversion to bloodshed. It was the same WILLIAM 1., who, as Crown Prince, after joining the despots in 1849 in putting down the German Parliament, shot by the score, in cold blood, the officers and soldiers of the garrison of Rastadt, which had surrendered trusting unhesitatirgly to his honour. That honour was satisfied by awarding them a soldier's death ; an honour conferred not only on soldiers, but on Professors and Mathematicians who preferred a German Parliament to the unqualified absurdity of government by right divine. We have little doubt his Majesty would repeat the same process with great pleasure if opportunity offered, which, however, is not very likely ; nations having learned a quieter way of puzzling their despotic masters, and saving them the pleasure of shooting their patriots. So, this KING by the grace of bullets, takes to lecturing the country on his "Kingship by the grace of GOD." The two are no doubt perfectly compatible. The bullet is King WILLIAM'S God. He holds his throne by virtue of it. But for the bullet, he would never have deli vered his lecture yesterday on Grace. He would have had, at least, to have given quite another turn to his homily Royal. He would have had the re presentatives of a really constitutional kingdom to address, and the interpretation of the old formula must have been the same which constitutional countries put upon it. We, in England, retain the formula, but we know what we understand by it, and so do our monarchs ; and since JAMES 11. bid farewell to the shores of our island, no sovereign has challenged his subjects by explaining to them that the crown was GOD'S gift to him, not theirs. Woe to the Ministry that dared to advise such a speech, perhaps to the monarch who dared to deliver it. How the old formula first came into vogue we are not antiquarians enough to know with certainty. We only know that it is quite a per version of the famous passage of the Apostle PAUL which has been the stock quotation of all the Divine Right school from the time when that miserable dogma began. The Apostle, guile less of any design beyond that of wishing the few Christians of the time to bear with patience the rule of such heathen governors as might anywhere exist, merely pointed out that like earthquakes and storms, they were ordained by GOD, and that, at the worst, the ordination of Government dis couraged evil doers and encouraged the good. It was no part of PAUL'S doctrine, however, that the CALIGULAS and NERDS of the Roman Empire ruled by the " Grace of GOD." He, like all sensible men of his time, must have regarded them as the scourge of GOD rather ; as the indications of his anger rather than of his favour; of the grace or favour he certainly said, as he certainly thought, nothing. We confess, therefore, to something like a shock at such solemn public profanity and Pharisaism combined as that of the King of PRUSSIA. Who told him that he is a gift of GoD's favour to the Prussians ? Is he inspired ? His de facto succes sion to the crown, we may believe to be of Divine ordination, in the same sense as that of Loins NAPOLEON'S to the throne of Prance, or that of the e' King of the Cannibal Islands" to his honour s ; but we must b e excused from taking the w or d o f the man who murdered, by the mummery of courts martial, the patriots of 1849, that he is any special Divine blessing to the loyal Prussians. He is as good a king; as they d eserve we doubt not. A. who have none o f th e habits of people self- gavern ent, who seem to care f or no freedom' butm that of their to ngues , an d not much for that, are as we l l off as they need be with whose formal announcement to he will listen is t t h o at th t e h i e r y ad m v a i y ce'L a a d a vi t s o e t h h i m e i and a re presentativ e s King following it, that is, of course, quite another question. The first King of PRUSSIA and the first NAPO LEON acted, no doubt, like sensible men in putting the crown on their own heads ; so far, every despotic monarch would make his' actions and the faots agree. King WILLIAM crowned himself, and rightly enough, since, at the head of a large army, his "right there was none to dis pute." But, to our thinking, had he taken the crown from a drumhead, it would have been more in keeping than to have taken it from the altar, and then proceeding to ex - pound his humility in so doing. A really strange kind of humility this ! The humility of first declaring himself Heaven's favourite, and then, for that reason, a despot ! a man whom his people might advise, but who was responsible to GOD, not to them ! Those religious sects who believe themselves Heaven's special favourites, have, in the eyes of others, not been remarkable for " humility," but rather for intolerable and profane self-conceit ; and why Kings who hold the same notion should not be remarkable for the same vice, it is hard to say. In the present case there can be little room for doubt. The humble King 'who thanks GOD that he is not as other men are, but a special Heavenly favour to his kingdom, makes it the ground of the most selfish and worldly ambition—that of being an absolute monarch, To Englishmen the country which has to put up with all this mingled charlatanry, meditevalism, royal arreganee, and profane mockery of the Deity, itself, to sanction their political enslavement, is a humbled country. The better, however, they like it, so much the lower do they sink in the scale of nations. Ask any Englishman at this day which stands highest in his regard—Hungary or Prussia —he will give three cheers for the Hungarians► at the mention of Prussia he will be unable to restrain a sneer. Think of Hungarians allowing a King to lecture them in the style assumed by the Prussian King ! Even the Emperor of AUSTRIA himself would hardly venture on that, he would be sure enough of receiving another of those un manageable missives from the pen of M. DEAK, of which he desires, to receive as few as possible. We quite expect to see the Prussians take it all as meekly as possible. What care they, so long as they can smoke, and drink, and speculate, and philosophise, and sing their national air, " I am a Prussian !" on which, after the Coronation, an Englishman's or Hungarian's remark would cer tainly be—" And rather you than I." A few useful hints may be taken from Mr. EWART'S retrospect of the last Parliamentary session, in his recent speech to his constituents. The honourable gentleman is one of the most prac tical and laborious and steady-going among our representatives. He is not often idle himself during session, nor is he ready in any way to connive at the idleness of others. 'Whenever he speaks in the House of Commons—not always the case this with those who take part in its discussions—he has some thing to say ! Generally he has some very useful or thoughtful proposition to make in regard to what is just then before the House—a suggestion always, whatever may be its particular advisability under the circumstances—at any rate worth looking into. He labours assiduously whenever he has the chance of doing so upon committees. He is almost invariably, we may say—we are tempted even to say he is in variably in favour of the most liberal and enlight ened views, whether in reference to details or in respect to generalities. All things considered, therefore, it is by no means likely to prove waste of time to note what Mr. EwART has to say about a dead and gone session of Parliament—knowing well that his design is to derive as much as possible from the retrospect in the way of light that may guide us onwards judiciously into the future, ena bling us to pick our steps, so to speak, wisely and well among the pitfalls prepared, according to wont, for the next session of Parliament. Now, for example : might not the Irish members wisely take a very useful hint, indeed, from one passing'remark made by the member for Dumfries to his constituents, as to a habit there is in vogue among the Scotch members, of which group of " canny " representatives Mr. EWART is one. He had just enumerated some of the lost and won Scotch mea sures of last session when this suggestive intimation was quite casually thrown out. He reminded his hearers that to many of the bills introduced by the Lord-Advocate he had given his cordial sup port, some of those bills not, however, being suc cessful : the Road Bill fell by the wayside," said Mr. EWART, "and the Salmon Fisheries Bill was lost in the troubled waters of legislature ; but some did - survive--for instance, the School Bill, the County Registration Bill, and others. To the School Bill," the honourable gentleman observed, " he had rejoiced to give his support, wishing to bet ter the condition of the schoolmasters of Scotland, ' but he did not think the bill went far enough. The County Registration Bills were also supported by him." Now came that casual intimation which we cannot but regard as suggestive of a very useful hint to the Irish Representatives. Mr. EWART remarking, in effect, that "The Scotch members had a very practical way of settling their subjects of legislation," and then adding, " The Irish mem bers were very fond of making long speeches, and sometimes, he might say, not very quiet or com posed or collected; but the Scotch members assem bled and held a kind of Scotch Parliament; they discussed their measures before they were introduced into the House of Commons, and then they were generally passed unanimously." Might not the Irish members ad henceforth upon this hint ? Or, do they shrink from the mere experiment, that Happy Family !—fearful, it may be, of the tragical fate of the Kilkenny cats ? Another and a totally different theme touched upon by Mr. EWART, in his recent address to his Dumfries constituency, is, we conceive, especially entitled to consideration. Reference is here made to his comments upon that important Committee of last session upon which the hon. gentleman was himself engaged, the Committee which it was hoped might have done so much towards the facili tation of the business of the country in the Com mons House of Parliament. The member for Dum fries reminded his hearers that, in regard to the labours entrusted to that Committee, he had himself ventured to make a " proposition which he hoped would be acceded to, and he thought it would — that one night in the week of the time of the House of Commons might be devoted to the serious busi ness of the country—that is, that one night in the week might be given to the public estimates, which was perhaps the most important public business they had to transact. He hoped," he said, " that they might see more rational hours in the House of Corn mons, and, as with other labouring men there are , fixed hcurs in which they begin and terminate their labours, be hoped the same might be the case in the house of Commons, and that they would see no more o f re 0 , t h at . s eh th th es e e y , irrational midnight, or indeed early morning 1 giql,ti c , A z i t r o at w ie h n i accustomed " surely lbeen gratefultoo n t g o the manes of poo r M r. BR urnEnyoli t It is beyond any doubt a most ludicrous anomaly in the sessional habits of our Legislature that the benches of the British House of Commons are chosen lounges for ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa, ' Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison—Miss FYNE and Mr, HARRI SON beg most r:spectfully to announce that the SEASON of tile Royal English Opera will NOT COMIC IL THURSDAY NEXT, Oct. 24. 'lbis Postponement has been occasioned in consequence of the Rehearsals of Mr. Howard Glover's New Opera of RID( BLAS not being in such a.state of completeness as would justify the first representation of a new work. The boxes, stalls, Arc., &c., hick ha w ve already been secured for Monday next, may be transferred to the Th u rsday Evening, on application at the Box-office. 11)0 Y AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. _ _ Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm, Harrison, Sole Lessees. Will OPEN for the Sixth Operatic Season on THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 1861, when will be produced (first time) an entirely New Grand Opera, In Four Acts, by Howard Glover, to be entitled RUY BLAS. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily.PTo charge for booking, or lees to Box-keepers. stagc-ManaZer, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. MannTer—Mr. Edmund Falconer. T i-HS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success tit comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, lrtd Miss Lydia Thomson. "ro conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in wa;: , 11 Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. P-ices as usual. Doors open at hall-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. THEA TRE•ROY AL, HAYMARKET. Lesgee, Mr. J. B. Butstoue. THIS F.VENING, the performances will commence with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Edwin Booth ; Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. Buckstone ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Young. A tter which, FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Wilkins. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Commence a 7 IRO YAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. TUTS EVENING. JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris and Mr. H. Widdicomb. Alter which, a new and original comedy, in five acts, writ ten by John Brongham, entitled PLAYING WITH FIRE ; lharacters by Mr. John Broughamihis 19th appearance), Mr. Ryder, Mr. H. Widdicombe, Mr. G." Jordan (of the principal thc , qtres of the United States, his 19th appearance in Eng /-1), Miss C. Lelc lercq, and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with a new Transatlantic Extravaganza, PO-CA-HON-TAS. Mr. John litougham, Mr. A. Harris, &c. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. Om.—Afternoon, 2h. 20m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 2h. 38m.—Afternoon, 2h. Mm. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 19, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.02. WlND—Easterly—light, with fine weather. Heavy fogs in the mornings. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1861. nightly repose with so many of the national repre sentatives. Perhaps as sweet slumbers as are any where enjoyed out of bed are those which are indulged in night after night by hon. and right hon. members—the hat of each dreamer drawn down over his brows as " a blind," the drone of the debate ringing upon his tympanium as the most dulcifluous and effectual of lullabies. The fact is notorious. Anyone who cares, almost upon any chance night of a session, to scrutinise the House as it is, may recognise there, more sleepers than can bo detected at afternoon service in a fashion able church during the dog-days. And that, in itself, is saying a great deal. In effect, by no assembly that could be named, might that inane chorus, familiar to semi-inebriated Englishmen, about not going home until morning, " till day light does appear"--be chaunted more appro priately than by the British House :of Com mons. As, with equal truth, might the more lively among our M.P.'s carol upon almost any night's sitting, in between their refreshing " naps" the old somniferous Scotch ditty, having the refrain— " We're a' noddin', nid, nid, noddin' I" With ample reason, therefore, has Mr. EWART on his own part, and on that of his brother represen tatives expressed a hope that " They might have a more rational mode of proceeding, and that habits of business would be introduced—habits so far dif ferent that economy of labour would be the result." This is certainly much to be desired, both for the sake of the House of Commons itself, and for the interests of the country at large. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Thursday next. The Prince Dmitry D. Sokolinsky has left Long's Hotel for Hastings. The Prince Boris Galitzin has left Long's Hotel for Paris. The Due de Gramont has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Blantyre, and Lord Leveson Gower arrived at Folkestone from the Continent yesterday, by the South-Eastern Rail way Company's new steamboat, the Victoria, Capt. Paul, making the passage from Boulogne in the unprecedented time of one hour and 26 minutes. The party took luncheon at the Royal Pavilion Rote!, and proceeded to London by the special tidal train. The Earl and Countess of Bective have left their residence in Park-street, Westminster, for Underly Hall, Westmoreland. Sir Edwin Scudamore Stanhope has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Holme Lacy, near Hereford. Sir Archibald J. Campbell, Bart., and Lady Agnes Campbell have left Fenton's Hotel for the North. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Helensburgh, N.B. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Whittaker have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Hurst House, near Ashton, THE WEATHER IN FRANCE.—The magnificent autumn weather which has covered many trees with fresh foliage, the succession of Royal visits and fetes in the shady woods of Compiegne, hunting and shooting, dinners and excursions—in one word, all the charms of dignified repose and social enjoyment to which the Court has been addicted for the last fortnight, seem to have exercised a lamentable influence on the progress and solution of the question upon which the welfare and traiquillity of 22,000,000 Italians depend. No wonder. Everything invites to repose and enjoyment, and decision—a decision so full of weighty con sequences—implies labour and a strain on the will. It must be besides remembered that even natures constitu tionally the most active feel from time to time the necessity of rest; how mach more those which constitutionally in dolent display only under a powerful stimulus an activity which often astonishes. In the latter case, however, the epochs of seeming lethargy are in reality often a time of in ternal labour which matures and shows its fruit all of a sudden when least expected. A NEW AMERICAN ACTRESS,—We hear that Miss Jane Coombs, who has, for some two or three years past, been the leading star at all the principal theatres in the United States, will shortly make her first appearance before an English audience, Mr. Buckstene having engaged her for the Haymarket Theatre. We learn, from autho rities on which we place perfect reliance, that, as an actress of high class comedy, as well as in juvenile tragedy parts, the professional abilities of Miss Jane Coombs are of no veunnon order; she is reported to be handsome, gracefully tall, and possessed of a lady-like carriage and demeduour, advantages which, in themselves, go far towards ensuring success. We shall be much disappointed if Miss Ccombs does not prove a most welcome addition to our stage. She will appear, we understand, in the course of next month.— Era. The Courrier du Gard furnishes some further particulars relative to the late catastrophe in the mine. The two men who, as we have already mentioned, have been extricated, were so exhausted by the emotions and fatigue they have undergone, that fears are entertained for their recovery. These men had, with ancther, who fainted from exhaustion and fell into the water, on the first alarm taken refuge in the upper part of one of the galleries, but the space in which they stood was so confined that they were obliged to keep themselves doubled up in order not to fall into the water, which touched their feet. The dinner of one of the men and a bottle of wine remained, and with this they were supported during their imprisonment. Fears are entertained that no more of the men will be got out alive. The number of widows and orphans made by this catastrophe is 40 of the former and 120 of the latter. Every assistance has been afforded them, and the subscriptions opened have been liberally met. The Toulonnais states that the large steam transport Finistere, which arrived at Toulon from Port Vendres on Monday, received immediate orders to proceed to the coaling station and prepare to embark various de tachments, consisting of 1,400 men of all arms, destined to fill up vacancies in the army of occupation at Rome. DEAF AND DUMB MARRIAGE IN LEEDS.—On Wednesday, a young man and woman, respectably con nected, and both deaf and dumb, wero married at the office of the Superintendent Registrar, South-parade, Leeds. The bride and bridegroom attended, accompanied by their friends, including a brother of the latter, who is suffering from the deprivation of the senses of hearing and speaking. The ceremony as conducted by Mr. Geo. Beckwith, the registrar, who wrote down the usual questions, the answers being given by the bride and bridegroom in writing. The marriage excited considerable interest, a similar ceremony not having occurred in Leeds for some years. RETIREMENT OF THE REV. J. MACNAUGHT, OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S, LIVERPOOL.—CONGREGATIONAL AD DRESS.—At a very crowded meeting of the congregation, held in Mill-road School, on Thursday evening (Mr. F. J. Seaton, senior churchwarden, in the chair) an address was adopted and presented by Mr. Unwin, another church warden, to Mr. Macnaught. During a long speech in reply, which was frequently interrupted by demonstrations of applause and sympathy, Mr. Macnaught stated that his separation from the ministry was final. He urged his late congregation, however, to keep within the pale of the church, and to labour actively to bring about those reforms which they mutually deemed so essential to its health and re sintenance. Mr. Macnaught recommended a liberal con tribution towards the fund for defending Dr. Williams' suit—a sentiment which was received with hearty cheers. Before the close of the meeting several members of the con gregation expressed their high opinion of Mr. Macnaught's character and ministerial services, their regret at his depar ture, and their hopes for his future prosperity and happi ness. Large numbers of ladies were present. THEORY OF CONSUMPTION.—In the sitting of the Bth, of the Academy of Medicine, Dr. Piorry read a paper on the treatment of phthisis, in which he developed the following propositions:-1. Pulmonary phthisis is a com bination of multifarious variable phenomena, not a morbid unity; 2. Hence there does not and 'cannot exist a specific medicine against it ; 3. Therefore, neither iodine nor it tincture, neither chlorine nor sea salt, nor tar can be consi dered in the light of anti-phthisical remedies ; 4. There are no specifics against phthisis, but there are systems of treat ment to be followed in order to conquer the pathological states which constitute the disorders; 5. In order to cure consumptive patients, the peculiar affections under which they labour must be studied and appreciated, and counter acted by appropriate means ; 6. The tubercle cannot be cured by the use of any remedy, but good hygienic precau tions may prevent its development ; 7. The real way to relieve, cure, or prolong the life of consumptive patients is to treat their various pathological states, which ought to receive different names according to their nature; 8. Con sumption thus treated has often been cured, and oftener still life has been considerably prolonged ; 9. Phthisis should never be left to itself, but always treated as stated above ; 10, The old methods founded on the general idea of a single illness called phthisis are neither scientific nor rational, &c. ; 11. The exact and methodical diagnosis of the various pathological states which constitute the malady will dictate the most useful treatment for it, A MILL BURNT DOWN AT HALlFAX.—Yesterday morning a mill, near North Bridge, Halifax, and known as Paper Mill, though not actually employed in that branch of industry, was destroyed by fire. The premises belonged to the executors of the late Mr. Thomas Holmes, and were in the occupation of several tenants—a dyeware grinder, cotton spinner, wire drawer, bobbin maker, blacksmith, &c. The fire was discovered about one o'clock, and in about two hours it was entirely gutted. The damage is estimated at between £3,000 and 4000. The building was insured in the Unity Office, and the tenants' stock in other offices.- -944 "" e r Examiner, It is understood that the sale of the bills to be created under the credit of £2,000,000 opened on behalf of the Bank of France on Messrs. Rothschild and Messrs. Baring commenced in Paris yesterday. HAY 'PAPER.---At the Exhibition of Metz may now be seen specimens of paper manufactured solely of hay by M. Mellier, of Cuset-in-the-Allier, and sold at 751 (13) the 100 kilogrammes (about 2 cwt), 98f when tho, paper is composed of equal parts of hay and rags, and 108 f when it contains 25 per cent only of hay.—Critic. It seems that the Spanish Government are mak ing an attempt to place some of their Treasury 5 per cent. Bonds on the London market. An advertisement has appeared inviting subscriptions at the price of 98 for about £2,000,000 of these bonds (one-half reimbursable on the 31st of December, 1862, and the other half on the 31st of December, 1863.) It will merely be necessary, under the circumstances, to warn the English public that Spain, being stained with a gross act of confiscation, in which sbe still persists, no securities which she may issue are allowed to be officially quoted or dealt in on the London Stock Ex change. As the London market is the only one that can be relied upon in times of general financial or political diffi culty, investors would be likely to find such bonds as those now offered totally unsaleable during any European cri , is. We have more than once had occasion to men tion the late Rev. Walter Dunlop of the U. P. Church, Dumfries. To a kind clerical correspondent in that neigh bourhood, lam indebted for the following. He was very much esteemed by his congregation as a faithful and affec tionate minister. Few men equalled him for racy humour and originality. Many anecdotes are recorded of him in connection with his ministerial visitations. He was firmly persuaded that the workman was worthy of his meat, and he did not hesitate occasionally to intimate how agreeable certain " presents" would be to him and his better half. He was widely respected by all denominations, and his death was greatly lamented. One evening, while making ' his pastoral visitations among some of the country members of his flock, he came to a farm-house where he was ex pected:; and the mistress thinking he would be in need of refreshment, proposed that he should take his tea before en gaging in exercises, and said she would soon have it ready. Mr. Dunlop replied, " I aye tak' my tea better when my wark's dune, I'll just be gaun on. Ye can king the pan on, an' lea' the door ajar, an' I'll draw to a close when I hear the haam fizzite." Another day, while engaged in the same duty of visitation, and while offering up prayer, a peculiar sound was heard to issue from his great-coat pocket, which was afterwards discovered to have proceeded from a half-choked duck, which he "had gotten in a pre sent," and whose neck he had been squeezing all the time to prevent its crying,--Reminiscences of &atoll, Life and Character. TERRIBLE STRUGGLE 1 , 1011 LIFE.—OR the 28th ult. Hugh Sutherland, a fisherman residing in Lunnasting, Zetland,with the intention of visiting his daughter inWhal say, left home in a small boat. When he had proceeded about half way across the Sound, which is five miles broad, the boat suddenly capsized. He succeeded in getting hold of the boat, but it continued for some time to roll over among the waves, so that he was often under water. At the time the accident happened the tide was going south, and con sequently it carried the boat along with it, the man at the same time holding by the keel, which was only 10ft. 6in. in length. For three hours the action of the wind and tide made her move in a south-west direction towards Nesting, and when she was within half a mile of the Nesting shore the tide then turned, and she was carried in a northern direc tion towards the east point of Lunnasting, the wind blowing all that night a stiff breeze. About six o'clock next morn ing, the boat was driven ashore two miles to the north of Sutherland's house. When within a few yards of the land she struck against a stone, and went to pieces, and with the assistance of one of the broken boards the poor fellow was able to reach the shore. But here an almost insurmount able difficulty still presented itself. The cove or narrow creek into which he had been driven by the wind and waves was surrounded by perpendicular rocks, the lowest part of them being 50ft. high. There is just one place where it is possible to climb the steep ascent. Cold, drenched, be numbed, and exhausted as he was after struggling between life and death for 12 long hours among the foaming billows, he must try to find his way to the summit of the precipitous rocks. Twice he made the attempt, and on each trial was unsuccessful. The third time he managed—he knows not how—to reach the top of the rocky wall, and, having then faltered thanks to Heaven for his extraordinary deliverance, he went to a house that was near, where some dry clothes and some cordials were given to him.—,Tohno' Groat Jour nal. CHARGE OF MURDER.—A few days ago Mr. Whitmarsh, one of the coroners for Wilts, held an inquest on the body of Frances Pearce, the wife of a labourer at Chippenham. It appeared that the deceased went to Chip penham on Saturday last to meet her husband. They there went to a public-house, and remained drinking for some hours, and when they left, between 8 and 9 o'clock at night, were both drunk, but the deceased was the worse of the two. On their way to Langley Burrell, a 'witness named Bristow met them in a lane called Greenaway. He saw both deceased and her husband fall down, assisted to help deceased up, and afterwards, on hearing her husband telling her that he would cut her head off, he asked the husband what be. moant, to which he ic t lieu that he would fight any man in England. Next morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a cowkeeper, on going to attend his cows in a field not far from the lane, met the husband, but thinking, as he appeared in drink, that ho had lost his way, said nothing to him. He soon afterwards saw a woman's bonnet, and further on, not far from the hedge, the body of the deceased. She was very much bruised, had several marks on her face and body, and blood on her clothes, and on the back of her head there was a contused lacerated wound. Christopher Cole, who lodged with deceased and her husband, gave evidence to the effect that the husband came home early in the morning, and said, " Get up ; my old woman is down in the Ninepin Field, but whether she has had a fit or not I can't tell. She is tearing her bonnet, and knocking herself all to pieces." He accordingly went to the field, and finding de ceased could not walk, wheeled her home in a barrow, where she lived about ten minutes, but did not speak. Two surgeons gave it as their opinion that the cause of death was effusion of blood to the brain, probably the result of the wound on the back of the head. The jury returned a verdict " that the deceased came to her death by extreme violence, but by whom that violence was administered there was no evidence to show." Superintendent Wright imme diately took the prisoner into custody on the chargr, of murdering his wife. LADY PALMERSTON'S ESTATE AT HIGH PARK. —After severalyears' unremitting labour, thecolliery shafts at High Park, near Nottingham, the estate of Lady Pal merston, hvve hit upon an excellent vein of coal. To com memorate the event, Messrs. Barber, Walker, and Co., the owners of the colliery, entertained the whole of their nu merous workpeople on Tuesday to a grand festival. T.Bar ber, Esq., occupied the chair, The number of persons pre sent was about 1,600, and the fare, to which ample justice was done, comprised 35 rounds of beef,weighing about 501bs. each ; 25 hams, about 221bs, each ; 52 plum puddings ; and 700 gallons of beer. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been duly honoured, H. B. Campbell, Esq., pro posed " Lord and Lady Palmerston," observing that the noble lady who owned tho estate upon which the colliery was situated was distinguished by every attribute that can adorn her exalted rank. He believed ho might say that she contributed to every charity on every occasion with that liberality which is the characteristic of philanthropy. (Applause.) He held in his hand a letter which, though of a strictly private nature, and addressed to his worthy re lative, the chairman, yet so beautifully expressed the senti ments of Lord and Lady Palmerston, that he would take the liberty of reading it. Mr. Campbell, amidst great applause, read the letter, which was as follows :—" Broadlands, Oct. 10, 1861.—My dear sir,—l have to-day received your letter, which has been forwarded to me by Mr. Fox. I should have been very happy, as well as Lord Palmerston, to have attended the interesting meeting you so kindly proposed, but it is quite impossible for us to leave home at present. We arrived here only ten days ago, having been detained away by a very severe family affliction, and Lord Palmer ston has now a great deal of business on his hands, and we are expecting a party of our friends next week whom we cannot put off; but we were very happy to hear of the opening of this new colliery, and of th© very interesting treat of so many workmen enjoying such a splendid hospi tality in commemoration of the event. It would have given us great pleasure if we could have been present on that in teresting occasion, and also to see the wives and children enjoying their treat on the following day, but we could not just now leave home by any arrangement ; therefore, we .we have only to express our very sincere regret that we cannot attend your very interesting meeting, and to offer our best wishes for the success of the undertaking. (Ap plause.) Pray also express our thanks to Mrs. Walker for her kind invitation, and, believe me, yours very sincerely, EMILY PALMERSTON." The toast was then drunk with all the honours, the immense company being upstanding. Several other toasts were then given, and the proceedings terminated. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM KEITH MURRAY.—Sir William Keith Murray, of Ochtertyre, near Crieff, died about 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning, after a brief illness. Sir William resigned the office of Lieutenant-Colonel 6f the Ist Administrative Battalion of the Perthshire Rifle Volun teers about two months ago, on account of bad health ; but, after travelling in the north several weeks, his health con siderably improved, and he took an active part in the com petition of the Crieff Volunteers on the 17th of September last. About ten days ago, however, the deceased baronet was seized with typhus fever, from which he never rallied. Sir William was 60 years of age. He was twice married — first to Lady Keith, daughter of Sir Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar, and secondly to Lady Adelaide, daughter of the first Marquis of Hastings, who died in December last. Sir William, who leaves a family of five sons and five daughters, is succeeded by his eldest son, Captain Patrick Keith Murray. The deceased baronet was greatly respected, and his demise will be severely felt by the community of Upper Strathearn, and especially by the in habitants of Crieff and the poor of the district. For several years previous to the commencement of the Volunteer movement, in which ho has taken an active part, Sir William devoted much of his time to the science of astronomy. He erected at great expense a large observatory at Ochtertyre, to which he freely invited the inhabitants of the district.— Scotoman. 1.4 1 1.14 CORONATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. KONIGSBERG, OCT. 18. The Coronation of the King of Prussia took place to-day. The splendour ;displayed in the various proces sions was very great. After the Coronation ceremony, which took place in the church of the Castle, the processions pro ceeded at noon to the Throne-room, where Cardinal Geissel, in the name of the Catholic clergy, and Prince Solms-Lich in tie name of the nobility, ad dressed the King. His Majesty then proceeded down the grand staircase to the courtyard, and, surrounded by the whole Court, his Ministers, and the invited wit nesses of the Coronation, received the addresses of the Presidents of the Prussian Chambers, and of Count Dohna•Lauck, representative of the Estates. The King, in reply to these addresses, said:— " The Kings of Prussia have now worn the crown for 160 years. " I am the first King to ascend the throne since the Crown has been surrounded with institutions in harmony with our time. " But, remembering that the Crown comes from God, I have notified by my Coronation in a sacred place that I have received it in humility from His hands. " I know that the prayers of my people have ac companied me in this solemn act, and that they also pray that the blessing of the Almighty may rest on my Government. " The love and fidelity which have been dis played towards me since my accession to the throne, and which have just been manifested in so touch ing a manner, are tokens that I may recon, under all circumstances, on the fidelity, devotedness, and self sacrificing spirit of my people. " Trusting in these qualities, I could renounce the custom of requesting an oath of allegiance and fidelity from my faithful people. " The gratifying proofs of affection and devotion which were lately afforded me an the occasion of a fatal event have strengthened this confidence. " The providence of God has preserved the bless ing of peace to the dear Fatherland. My valiant army will protect it against dangers from without. As regards dangers in the interior, Prussia will re main free of them, because the throne of her Kings remains strong in its power and its rights. "If the unity between King and people which has made Prussia great continues to exist we shall be enabled, on the ground of acknowledged rights, to resist the dangers of an agitated period and all the threatening storms. " May God so will it !" The Minister then read the Act of Foundation of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, of the Order of the Crown, and of the extension of the Order of Hohenzollern. He also read an Act of Amnesty, several grants of nobility, and grants of orders. . The King, when the ceremonies had been con cluded, lowered his sceptre three times, and re entered the Castle amid the hearty and enthusiastic cheers of the people. PARIS, OCT. 19. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Courrier des Alpes and the Journal des .Rennes have received a first warning. TUltilsT, Om. 19. The report that the King of Italy is about to prnnanii to "'Topics is unfounded. VIENNA, OCT, 19. An Imperial Patent has been published to-day, ordering the collection of the direct taxes in a simi lar manner to last year, with the reservation, how ever, that any changes in the taxation which may be necessitated by circumstances, shall be consti tutionally effected. MADRID, OCT. 19. The Correspondencia Autografa of to•daysays "--- " Spain, France, and England will despatch, a joint expedition to Mexico, by Spain v► ill make a direct demand for satisfaction for the special insults she has received. THE BRAZILS MAIL. LISBON, OCT. 16, MORNING. The Messagerie Imperiales steamer Guienne, with the above mail, arrived here yesterday at 5 p.m. At Rio, on the 25th September, exchange on London was quoted 25, 251 ; on Paris, 370. Coffee, good first, 6,000 to 6,200 reis. Total shipments since the departure of the last mail, 126,926 bags. BAHIA, SEPT. 29. Exchange on London, 25i. Sugar, white, 2,500 to 2,700 per arroba. The price of cottons re - main unchanged. PERNAMBUCO, OCT. 1. Exchange on London, 25. Sugars, browns, 2,100 reis. Cottons, 9,800 reis. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 18. The Patrie states that the French war steamer the Imperial will be detached from the squadron of evolution and added to the naval force to be sent to Mexico. The Imperial will carry the flag of Admiral Jurien de Lagraviere, who is daily ex pected at Toulon, from the coast of Syria. BOURSE, Oct. 18.—The market has slightly im proved in prices, but business continues very in animate. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f. 90c. Railway Share Market quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations : 4t per per Cents ... 95 75 Credit Foncier 1165 Do end month.... 95 80 Belgian 4} lolk 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 95 Roman Bank Shares 2900 ' Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 695 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 697 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1327 50 .. 1330 Northern 9BO .. 981 25 New ditto 9OO Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1026 25 Geneva Southern 632 50 .. 635 Western E as t ern Sardinian A us t r i an Lombard 622 60 .. 623 75 BROUGHT OUT BY ACCIDENT.—There have been very F °pular writers who have been broughtthoouutgbyt they acci h den a t d . They did not know what precious vein of thought at command till they stumbled upon it as if by chance, like the Indian at the mines of Potosi. It is not much that we know of Shakspeare, but it seems certain that it was in patching up old plays for acting that he discovered within himself a capacity for producing that which men will not easily let die. When a young military man, disheartened with the service, sought for appointment as an Irish com missioner of Excise, and was sadly disappointed because he did not get it, it is probable that he had as little idea as any one else that he possessed that aptitude for the conduct of war which was to make him the Duke of Wellington. And when a young mathematician, entirely devoid of ambition, desired to settle quietly down, and devote all his life to that unexciting study, he was not aware that ho was a person of whom more might be made—who was to grow into the great Emperor Napoleon. Such cases suggest to us that there may have been many Pellets who never held a brief, many Keans who never acted but in barns, many Vandykes who never earned more than 6d. a day, many Goldsmiths who never were better than penny-a -liners, many Michaels who never built their St. Peters, and perhaps a Shakspeare who held horses at the theatre door for pence, as the Shake peare we know of did, and who stopped there,—Frazer's JiagafilEt ANOTHER FRENCH ARS.ENAI. The .17oniteur de l' Armee gives the following on the establishment or a great military arsenal in the centre of France : " In the times of the old wars of France, when the communications were slow and difficult, it was necessary to have many arsenals of artillery, to dis tribute them along the frontier, in order to have thcm ready for emergency. After the great wars of the Empire, but, above all, since the development of the railroad system, it was, on the contrary, re cognised that there would be an advantage to have thorn in a central position, in order to assure to these arsenals all conditions of security." According to this principle, and following the in structions of the Emperor, the subject has been studied with the view of constructing in the most convenient locality the different arsenals of con struction, foundries, &c., and to apply the best methods of industry which can be followed in the construction of war material. For this purpose the town of Bourges, between Paris and Lyons, situated close to a river, with various industrial establishments, and with easy communication, was chosen as the most appropriate spot. For the realisation of this national idea the Em peror, by a decree of the Ist of October, declares the acquisition of the ground necessary for this arsenal of public utility, and the Minister of War has im mediately written to the Prefect of the Department du Cher, giving the necessary instructions to hasten the solution of the affair. The activity given by the Minister to all the branches which belong to his administration will allow to begin soon the works destined to give France a great military centre. LETTER FROM EX•PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. The letter from Mr. Buchanan, already men tioned, which advocates a vigorous prosecution of the war, was, it seems, read at the Unien meeting 'n Pennsylvania on the Ist of October. It is as fol- L3WS " Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 25,1861. " Dear sir—l have been honoured by your kind invitation as chairman of the appropriate committee, to attend and ad dress a Union meeting of the citizens of Chester and Lan caster counties, to be held at Hayesville on the Ist October. This I should gladly accept, proceeding as it does from a much-valued portion of my old Congressional District ; but advancing years and the present state of my health render it impossible. Yon correctly estimate the deep interest which I feel, in common with the citizens who will there be assem bled, in the present condition of our country. This is in deed serious, but our recent military reverses, so far from producing despondency in the minds of a loyal and power ful people, will only animate them to more mighty exer tions in sustaining a war which has become inevitable by the assault of the Confederate States upon Fort Sumter. For this reason, were it possible, waiving all other topics, I should confine myself to a solemn and earnest appeal to my countrymen, and especially those with out families, to volunteer for the war, and join the many thousands of brave and patriotic volunteers who , are already in the field. This is the moment for ac tion—for prompt, energetic, and united action—and not for the discussion of peace propositions. These, we must blow would be rejected by the States that have seceded, unless we should offer to recognise their independence, which is entirely out of the question. Better counsels may hereafter prevail, when these people shall be convincedthat the war is conducted, not for their conquest or subjugation, but solely for the purpose of bringing them back to their ori ginal position in the Union, without impairing in the slightest degree any of their constitutional rights. Whilst, therefore, we shall cordially hail their return under our common glorious flag, and welcome them as brothers, yet, until that happy day shall arrive, it will be our duty to sup port the President with all the men and means at the com mand of the country, in a vigorous and successful prosecu, tion of the war.—Yours very respectfully, ' (Signed) " JAMES BUCHANAN." JUNG WILLIAM I. OF PRUSSIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER. Siu,—To-morrow, October the 18th, William I. of Prussia will be clad at Konigsberg with the ermined mantle of royalty, and place the crown on his head. On this occa sion it may interest the English reader to learn something of the antecedents of that Monarch. The following page from the history of the popular movement of 1849 will, perhaps, serve that purpose. The populations of Rhenish Bavaria and Baden, having risen en masse, in 1849, in support of the German Parlia ment which was threatened by the monarchs of the Con federation, the then Prince (now King) of Prussia pro ceeded as commander-in-chief of a powerful army to stifle the movement. Many battles were fought in the open field, the Baden soldiers making common cause with the people—until at last, owing to the overwhelming numbers of three royalist armies, acting in co-operation, the Provisional Government of Baden was overthrown, its Constituent Assembly dissolved, and the Grand-Duke re stored by Prussian bayonets. The struggle of the population of South-Western Ger many had lasted from the end of May to the end of July, 1849, when the fortress of Rastadt, the remaining bulwark of the popular cause, also capitulated. Its garrison had been led to expect that a free retreat would be granted to it, and in this belief opened the gates. But scarcely had it done so, when, at the order of the then Prince of Prussia, the whole garrison was disarmed and imprisoned in the casemates ; whereupon, on the 31st of July, a series of exe cutions by court-martial began, which lasted until the end of October. The following are the names of those who were put to death by sentence of a court-martial under the auspices of the then Prince, now King of Prussia : Max Dortu, officer of the popular army—shot. Von Biedenfeld, colonel—shot. Frederick Neff, professor—shot. J. Tiedemaun, governor of the fortress of Rastadt—shot. Heilig, major in the artillery—shot. W. A. von 1 rutzschler, member of the National Assem bly of Germany—shot. K. Hofer, professor—shot. H. Boning, colonel of the Legion of Exiles—shot. G. Kromer, soldier—shot. Ph. Zenthofer, non.-commissioned officer of the Legion of Exiles—shot. K. Lenzinger, sergeant in the cavalry—shot. Mniewsky:major of the Polish Legion—shot. P. Lacher, soldier—shot. Elsenhanns, secretary of the Ministry of War—shot. K. Jacobi, commander of the forts A and B of Rastadt —shot. Schade, soldier—shot. H. Dietz—shot. Cunis, carabinier—shot. Guntard, soldier—shot. Valentin Streuber, communal councillor, and president of the Neo-Catholic community at Mannheim—shot. Jager, soldier—shot. Bauer, pioneer —shot. Killmarx, non-commissioned officer—shot. Kohlenbeeker, trumpeter—shot. A. Bernigau, major of the National Guard at Mannheim —shot. Schrader, of the artillery—shot. Johann Jansen, geometer—shot. These are only the names of those who, according to offi cial accounts, suffered death by a formal sentence. The number of those shot without any formality is not exactly known. The number of political prisoners was so large that, though all the dungeons, casemates, many school rooms, &0., were full, there was still not room enough. Many of the prisoners were ill-used and beaten in Haynau fashion. Women were imprisoned for having given comfort to the wounded. The property of prisoners and exiles was confis cated. The leaders were declared to have a joint liability for the payment of twelve million florins of " costs of war." They were also d ec l are d to h ave f or f e it e d th e i r civic rights; this l a tt er sentence b e i ng i ssue d even against the veteran leader of the Constitutionalist party, Adam von Itzstein, who had not taken part in the rising. The number of those who fled from the country was larger than had been the case in other subjected countries with populations 30 times as large as that of Baden. The popu lation of Bad en consequen tly decreased in an extraordi nary degree, and even to-day-12 years after those events— it is in numbers still less than it had been before the " re establishment of order" by the Prince, now King of Prus sia, William I. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Oct. 17 K. B. is S t e ra o d tt it i i s o h nar n y o . bl l e n - A case of humour inl sauppmosaed, man has been narrated, and , Scotland, some hundred years ago, madhouses did not exist, or were on a very limited scale ; and there was often great difficulty in procuring suitable accommodation for patients who required special treatment and seclusion from the world. The nobleman in question had been consigned to the Canougate prison, and his position there was far from `comfortable. An old friend called to see him, and asked how it happened that he was placed in so unpleasant a situa tion. His reply was, " Sir, it was more the kind interest and patronage of my friends, than my own merits that have placed me here." " But have you not remonstrated or complained ?" asked his visitor. "I told them," said his :ordship, "that they were a pack of infernal villains." "Did you ?" said his friend, " that was bold language ; and what did they say to that ?" " Oh," said the peer, " I took care not to tell them till they were fairly out of the place, and wed up the Cauongate."—Reminiscences of L 14(44811. Lflo am? Character.