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In this last collective display of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaganza—Ste "THE SHIPWRECK," "THE PHANTOM COMBAT'," and "THE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns cat,on s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). QTRAND MUSICK HALL PROMENADE CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. With a full Band of Forty Performers. Conductor, Mr. F Kingsbury. Vocalists :—Madll( a. Wilks, Molbloff, and Mayer. Instrumentalists : —Violin, Signor Giovanni Adelmann ; Cornet, M. Duhem ; Pianoforte, M. Mattel, Pianist to his Majesty the King of Italy. Admission, is. ; Private boxes, 10s. 6d.; stalls, 20. ConrEence at Eight. STRAND MUSICK HALL. MUSICK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. CO3IICK AT TEN O'CLOCK. 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TOILE" Sher Wood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERIVOODOLE ; "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsnleet bot " Priczos Patent.," front td. ties, tid. and Is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold 'm the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Priv; s Patent Caudle company"( Limited), London. r ,--- ( / Ij2IA/i/t/f/ 7- e - e6 g L- V ) /i , Cal;he ‘ ,__ , 044, 0/6terti ...; • . - .. • --,0 , - ,;+.4 4 1 ' - e.a.... --..!,,,..- ~, ,,;„1 1 N,,, , , : ' 4.4 W' . 4 - %Vino - •-. ‘4-1:g . ' ' • " rt i oiti th ' l ; l J' • - i • , . . • A. , r - -i - 'N ! il7 .4- ,. ). ,, * ,.., . f . • . 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The die covcries previously mentioned, of overcharges to the amount of £1,423 and £1,656 in the years 1862 and 1863, are due to en investigation ordered by the Lord Chancellor to be made as to the Leeds district court. It is proved that the mes sengers are constantly in the habit of crei,lo)ing brokers, notwithstanding the abolition of,,that custom ly the act of 1861, and of charging the same in their accounts, which, being sanctioned by the registrar as taxing-m tster,the Loh citor to the estate is compelled to pay. As to the 'Ushers —The du'ies of the ushers would ap pear to be simply to attend upon the court, for which their salaries, varying from £BO to £lOO per annum, seem to be ample remuneration. But it is apparent from the evidence that these individuals exercise such occult influence over the legal practitioners in these courts as enables them to levy very heavy contributions in the shape of charges for useless copies of proceedings, which the solicitors feel bound to take in order to avoid obstruction in the despatch of business. In an appendix of nearly 200 pages are a variety of im , portant documents which were Communicated to the coin. mittee, or called for by them, in the course of the inquiry. Cotton Supply Association. At the usual weekly meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from Malta, reporting that the two gins presented by the association to the Maltese Exhibition have been set up,'one in the large village of Zebbug, where any one is at liberty to clean his cotton by it free of charge, and the other is one of the Government houses in the neighbouring island of aczo, for pub lic use. By this means it is hoped that the gins will be useful, and be appreciated in spite of the great prejudice prevailing against anything new. The quantity of cotton raised in these islands has hitherto averaged 3,500,0001 b. per annum, and the produce of this year is expected to be 4,500,0001 b. Experiments are in progress with three sorts of 'oreign cotton seed, the results of which will be communicated. The land is principally a good fruitful clay, mixed more or less with disinte. grated calcareous sandstone. In some places there is a mixture of fine red loam, but there is supply of water. A letter was received from Jaffa, reporting the results of cotton cultivation on the Palestine Model Farm, and enclosing samples of the cotton grown there from seed sent out by the association. The Egyptian and New Orleans varieties are de scribed as presenting a beautiful appearance, the plants being about four feet high and very full ; the cotton is white, fine, and of long staple, and has been grown without irrigation. The cotton raised from native seed in the district has this year proved a failure; the plants, though looking healthy and promising during the whole of the BMW], have borne but little, and in many cases nothing what ever, whilst the cotton is coarse and of short staple. It is represented to be highly important that exotic seed should be largely introduced, as both climate and soil are most favourable to the culti vation of cotton, and that without irriga tion. A letter was read from Mr. Hyde Clarke, describing an interview at Constanti nople with Fuad Pacha, Grand Vizier, in which he urged upon the Government the importance of taking immediate measures to ensure an ample sup ply of American seed for distribution in Turkey, and the fulfilment of the promises made by the Porto to liberate the cultivators of cotton from the vexatious interference of the tax collector, as well as the necessity of securing the construction of roads and railways. Samples of cotton, called "Laren,' were received from Porn, with an intimation that this quality is likely to come forward in consider. able quantities before long. The cultivation cf cotton is reported to be progressing favourably in Rio Grande do Sul (Br z• Is), and that some parcels are on their way to Liverpool. A sample was re ceived of a fibre from the West ladies, described as growing in a pod I:ice cotton, and a small shrub ' called fcnako, the bark of which is used to make cords for tying horses. A letter was read from the hoe orery agents of the association at Bomb►y, containing details of the distribution of American and Egyptian seed forwarded to them, and which has been sent throughout the presidency, and to other parts of India. Copies of the draft of a new tariff for the Datch colonies in the Eastern Seas, which has been submitted by the Netherlands Go vernment to the States-General were received from the Foreign office. Consular reports on the cul tivation of cotton in the district of Aleppo, Corfu, Ceara, Maceio, Bahia, and Damascus were received from the Foreign-office, together with a despatch from the acting consul-general at Constantinople, enclosing a report from the vice-consul at Adria nople. lie states that satisfactory accounts have been received of the districts of Ouzounkuiprn and Dimotica. The crops from American seed are in forward state, and there is every reason to hope that they will give good returns. The reports from most parte of the districts in Thrace and Bulgaria represent the crops from Egyptian seed to be by no means encouraging, and the generality of growers are of opinion that this exotic cannot be successfully naturalised in this part of European Turkey. A large supply of Ame rican seed for distribution in Adrianople, Ouzoun. kuipru, and Dimotica, is earnestly recommended. The return from the Pashalik of Aleppo, Adana, and Marasle states that 310,000 acres were planted with cotton in 1863, and 745,000 acres in 1864—that but a very small quantity of American seed has been sown this year, and the produce, which was 212,500 cwt in 1863, is expected to be 215,000 cwt in 1864. 'The crop is sent to Mersyna and Alexandretta. The cultivation of sesame seed, castor oil plant, and rice has been entirely abandoned for that of cotton. In the Pashalik of Adana a species of worm resembling a small silkworm has done considerable damage to the cotton plants, and destroyed, it is calculated, about two-thirds of the pods ; so that, though more than double the area has been sown, the produce will not be much greater than last year's. In the pashaliks of Aleppo and Maraslo the crops are very promising. The insecurity occasioned by the inroads of the wandering tribes, bath Bedaweens and Tur comans, to whom large sums have to be paid, as blackmail, is a serious obstacle to the extension of cotton cultivation. Large tracts of fine arable land ad along the banks of the Euphrates, easily irrigae ble, and still bearing traces of ancient cultivation, are now lying waste. From the island of Corfu it is reported that the land available for cotton is of small extent, and the produce, always insignificant, has rather diminished than increased. No cotton is exported; it is solely cultivated for home consump tion, and is not likely to extend during the feverish Excitement of political changes, and whilst many in tricate questions, affecting the relative position of landlord and tenant, remain to be determined by legislative enactment. In the island of Cephalonia there are no materials for forming a reliable esti mate of the extent of land planted with cotton, which is only cultivated for home consumption. In the island of Z trite, the soil being unsuitable for cotton, but little was grown until within the last three years, during which it has somewhat increased; the produce last year was 12,0001b5, and this year is expected to be 40,0001b5. The return from Ctara (Brazils) states that no reliable estimate can be formed of the extent of cotton cultivation in that proviuce, but the annual shipments from 1845 up to last year show a considerable increase; the want of population is the great drawback. It is estimated that 4,480,0001bs will be exported this year. In the province of Alagoas (Brazils) the area planted with cotton in 18G3 was about 90 square leagues, and the increaao this year is ten per cent. The produce, which in the former year was 49,609 bales, or 310,056 arrobas of 32ib each, is expected to be doubled this year. Up to the end of August, 43,614 bales, or 224,984 arrobas of 32tb each, had been exported. in the province of Bahia no materials exist for forming an accurate estimate_ot extent of laud planted with cotton, NI hiuh is, howev t i, small very liftlr, it any, foreign seed has Leen used THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1864. fßlo fERSONS SEEKING LANDED IJU~ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RzSIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY- To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Ilaliway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. K and If. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing' a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. 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Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great _ _ _ COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. Religious Crisis in Turkey, DEPUTATION TO LORD RUSSELL. Yesterday afternoon, a deputation consisting of Lord Cal thorpo (President) and other members of the British Organisation waited, by appointment, upon Lord Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of bringing under his notice, by memorial, the cir cumstances connected with the religious crisis in Turkey. The memorialists stated that trey desired, with great re spect and equal earnestness, to fix his lordship's attention upon certain recent proceedings of the Turkish Government at Constantinople which constituted a serious violation of religious liberty, and were in direct contradiction both of the spirit and letter of the famous Hatti Humayoun, published by the Sultan in 1856. These proceedings,they were aware, had been brought under his lordship's notice, as well by her Majesty's Ambassador to the Sublime Porte as by different religious and missionary bodies in London. They were, consequently, as well known to his Lordship as to render it necessary for them to detail them at any length, They might be briefly described as consisting in the shutting up of looms hired by missionaries and by agents of the Bible Society, in which they peaceably conducted their Christian labours ; in the seizure and carrying away of Christian books ; and in the imprisonment of converts to Christianity from the Mahommedan faith, and their threatened banish ment from their native land. These arbitrary and unjust acts the memorialists submitted were not only inconsistent with the principles of toleration professed by th© Turkish Government, but an express infringement of that clause of the Hatti liumayoun in which his Majesty the Sultan em ployed these distinct and emphatic words—" A*3 all religions are freely professed in my dominions, none of my subjects shall be injured in the exercise of the religion he professes, nor shall ho be molested in the exercise of it." This con cession to religious liberty, as was well known, was made by the Sultan at the earnest and conjoint importunity of nations professing Christianity, and was more especially duo to the enlightened and long-continued efforts of her Majesty's late Ambassador at Constantinople, Lord Stratford de Red cliffs, The memorial which was presented contained the following passages :—" Your memorialists would respectfully repre sent to your lordship how incumbent it is on the British Government, to whom Turkey owes so much, to look to the fulfilment of the pledges she has given, and still to main tain by British diplomat} that freedom from persecution for Turkish subjects becoming Christians, and that liberty for missionaries to propagate the Christian faith, which it is the distinguished honour of British diplomacy to have eehieved. Your memorialists are not ignorant that the recent intolerance is attempted to be justified by the Tur kish Government on the plea that the missionaries and some of their converts have acted with great indiscretion in promoting the spread of the Christian religion, and have preached in places and among persons whtre they were likely to excite public disturbance, and it is even alleged that the converts were imprisonoi for their own protection against the violence of the populace, which they either had excited or were in danger of exciting. Your memorialists are perfectly assured that this allegation has no satisfactory foundation in the facts of the case, and that the appre hended popular disturbance was little less than a gratuitous and exaggerated surmise. Besides that, it will be apparent to every one that it is as dangerous to admit such a plea as it is always easy to frame it. It is particularly objected by tho Ottoman Government that missionary operations have been carried on in the khans, or, as they were sometimes called, the inns of the city, places to which mixed multitudes resort, so that the public peace is endangered, and in which in former times it was said nothing of the kind was attempted. But your memorialists are able to state, on the contrary, that for more than a quarter of a century the missionaries have been accustomed to rent rooms in the khans in con venient places for meeting those persons who wished to come to them for religious inquiry; and as some misappre hension exists on the nature of the places thus designated they submit the following remarks :—The khans in Con stantinople, while they are sometimes described as if for the purpose of a clearer definition, by the explanatory word inns, are inns not in the sense of the European hotel, but rather in the sense in which Sergeant's-inn or the other Inns of Court in London aro E 0 deneminated. They aro large buildings, having an open court in the centre, and are divided into a great number of rooms, for the most part small, which are tented and occupied by individuals or companies, and used by them in storing merchandise, for workships, or to dwell in, or in short for any purpose at the occupier's pleasure. The khan is a public place, but these rooms are no more public than are the chambers of a barrister in Lincoln's-inn. No person enters them but at the invitation of the occupiers, or with his consent. By no fair use of language could any canvassing of the claims of Mahomedanisre, or any exhibition of the superior evidence of Christianity into which a missionary might be drawn in answering the inquiries of those who resort to him in these rooms, be represented as a public attack upon the religion of the country, for the rooms are private. Into a church any one may enter, for it is open to all, but the doors of a room in the khan are closed, and the public are not admitted, but only individual persons whom the missionary pleases to receive. In these private rooms religious meetings hate been accustomed to be held for years, expositions of the sacred scriptures have been given in them, and the doctrines of the Bible discussed with Greeks, Armenians, and Turks, and without disturbance given or received. Missionaries, it may be added, have never attempted to preach in the open court of the khan, any more than in the streets of the city. To prohibit them therefore from thus resorting to and using the khans in the way explained—the only way in which they have used them, is not only an act of intoler ance, but an uncalled-for abridgment of the liberty which has long been enjoyed and never hitherto abused. Your memorialists aro constrained in conclusion to observe that these proceedings of the Ottoman Government upon which they have animadverted are conceived in the spirit of that ancient exclusiveness which characterised the policy of Turkey in former days, but which they hoped had become obsolete under the guidance of Christian statesmen. They are a practical repeal of some of the most precious provi sions of the Htttti Humayoun, and the first steps at least of a retrograde movement which, if it bo not stopped, will conduct the rulers of that country back again to the time when a Mussulman could embrace Christianity only at the peril of his life. The limits of religious liberty, as now de fined by the Turkish rulers, are narrowed down to a prac tical negation of it almost altogether. "The Ottoman Go vernment," it is said in Sir Henry Bulwer's letter to the Secretary of the Committee of the Evangelical Alliance at Constantinople, dated August 1, "is willing to allow Pro testants and all Christians to exercise their own religion in the Ottoman dominions, in churches or quietly at home, but it will not allow any attempts, public or private, to assail the Mussulman religion. It will allow Mussulmen to become Christians, but it will not allow them, any more than it will other Christians, to go about speak ing publicly against Mahomedanism. Your memo rialists feel certain that they need enter into no argu ment to satisfy your lordship that the enforcement of these views will inevitably put a stop to all missionary efforts and prove utterly subversive of all roligi.u , l liberty in Turkey ; nor can they refrain from cxpre:sing their cur prise and deep sorrow that such views should be motioned in express terms and be sustained by the influence of a British Ambassador, the immediate successor of that eminent statesman to whom Turkey is indebted for the Matti Humayoun of 1856, which has been justly extolled as the charter of her liberties, and as one of the noblest monuments of modern European legis lation. These are not the view, as they are persuaded, which the British nation supposes are to obtain in a coun try for the defence and preservation of which it has expended so much blood and treasure, and they appeal against them with the greater confidence to your lordship since you have I spent a long and honourable lire in promoting civil and re ligious liberty, and will not now, as they are firmly con vinced, permit this liberty to be violated in any country in which British influence can protect it.'' Lord RUSSELL, after adverting to the facts as they bad been explained by the deput a ti on , and to th 9 explanations which were contained in th e exp l ana tions of Sir 11. Bulwer, said the subject should have 'his fullest consideration, It was explained that Lord Stratford do Itedcliffe had some delicacy in taking a personal share in presenting the etemorial to Lord Rusiell, but had expressed his earnest hope that the noble lord would find himself 'at liberty to at tend iffectuaily to its contents. His lordship, in a letter addressed to the Committee of the Alliance, added, " Her Iklak”sty's Government have, in my opinion, most rightful and urgent motives for keeping the Turkish authorities to a full execution of the Hatti Humlyoun, and in particular fur pressing upon them the bounden duty of not impairing or allowing to be impaired, that part of the Imperial charter which provides for the complete enjoyment of reli gious freedom, and its open exercise without molestation by all classes and every individual of the Sultan's subjects." Our Commercial Relations with Germany and Russia. (From the Ataneh ester Gttudian.) On Tuesday Mr Ward, C.R., the charge d'affeires at Hamburg, attended a meeting of the directors of tho Man chester Chamber of Commerce, to ascertain the views of the chamber as to any modifiCations of the Z ellverein tariff whenever opportunity may arise for carrying those modifi cations into effect. The members present were--Messrs H. Ashworth (chairman), 11. J. Leppoe, 0. Heywood, J. Hole liday, A. Cassels, the Mayor of Salford (Mr W. Pearson), and li. Fleming (secretary). The CHAIRMAN read Mr Ward's letter of introduction from the Foreign-office, wherein it was stated that Earl Russell desired to give the board the opportunity of person ally communicating with Mr Ward, and explaining to him their views as to any modifications in favour of British in dustry which the Governments of the German Customs Union, if any opening for doing so should arise, might be urged to adopt in their tariff. lie (the chairman) said that the appearance of a Government representative at that chamber was of good omen. lie trusted that Mr Ward might be followed by others, so that there might be an in dication that diplomacy abroad was animated by the same s k drit as mercantile affairs at home. Mr WARD said it gave him great satisfaction to be able, in accordance with the desire of her Majesty's Government, to appear before the representatives of the commerce of so great and important a city as Manchester. The object of his presence was twofold first, to state the real position in which this country stood towards the newly-constituted Zollverein and the tariff which would immediately come into force; ;and, secondly, to ask the chamber for its opinion, and also for suggestions, in regard to the improve ment of that tariff. The chamber was probably aware that the German Zollverein was instituted between 30 and 40 years ago, that it was very popular in Ger many, that it had tended very much to increase the material wealth and resources of that country, and that it had also added something to the political influence which Prussia exercised over the smaller States. Being bound by the Governments of ether States, Prussia had not been able to realise all its wishes respecting the German tariff, and in the course of time alterations and reductions of that tariff had been made. But none of those alterations was of more importance than those proposed on the occasion of the negotiation of the commercial treaty with France, which began three or four years ago. On the occasions of those negotiations he,with thcl3ritish ambassador atßerlin, endeavoured to obtain a reduction in the duties upon British commerce. On presenting themselves at Berlin, the first question they were asked was as to what equivalent they would offer for the reduction they wanted. They were ob liged to answer that they had not any, because the British Parliament had lately made a liberal tariff for all nations; and that as Germany was enjoying the benefit of that libe ralised tariff, Prussia would act under the same principles as had been adopted with such geed effect in England. In the end, the Prussian authorities promised to concede to England all that was given to France, which was, in fact, placing England on the same footing as the most favoured nation. Efforts were then made with the Berlin Board of Trade to induce the Zollverein to adopt the tariff upon the ad valorem principle, instead of the metrical system by weight; but it was considered that the latter system was so universally adopted by the German merchants and manu facturers that they would not be pleased with a change, and the suggestion was not carried out. Ile (Mr Ward) did not think that any proposal to alter that system would be sue cessful. The treaty with Fiance was signed on the 2d of August, MU; and in consequence of the promises made by Prussia, this country became entitled to the benefit of the tariff. Prussia then commenced getting the consent of other States, which was a task she had the utmost difficulty in accomplishing. It was only on the very day before the end of the term fixed—viz., the Ist instant—that she got the consent of the four States that most objected to the measure', viz , Nassau, Besse Darmstadt. Bavaria, and Wur temburg. These States gave their adhesion on the 30th of September; on the Ist October the treaty was completed, and the Zollverein was reconstituted on the basis of the new tariff. That tariff would come into operation on the Ist July, 1865, and would continue for 12 years. The principle of the Z illverein was unanimity as regarded all its delibera tions and considerations; and, therefore, the voice of any one State, however small, was of the same weight as that of Prussia. It hal been much discussed whether an alteration in that respect would not be an improvement, but unfortu nately, things remained as they were. The tariff contained many reductions of duties, and many of them were not without importance to trade in general, and to the cotton districts. The duty upon cotton yarn, for instance, was re duced from 3 dols. to 2 doll; that was from 9i. to 62. per centner (1121 b). There was a reduction in the duty upon cotton twist from 8 to 6 dole. per centner; and in cotton manufactured stuffs from 50 dots., which had been the usual rate, to various rates of 30, 16, and 10 doll. per centner. There were also important reductions with regard to iron ; in the case of pig iron it was 25 per cent. Duties were also reduced on woollen stuff:, mixed goods, and chemicals used in manufactures. The export duty on rags was reduced ne4rly one-half, being from 9s. to ss. per centner, which was a matter of some importance to papermakers. All non enumerated goods which were formerly charged Is. 61. per centner were now free. Considering all these reductions, he thought that, though tho new tariff did not go the length of a really good free trade tariff, it was a very important progress in the right direction, They might fairly entertain hopes that in the course of years the Zoll verein would go still further and appreciate the true prin ciples of trade, and see thegreat benefits which the adoption of them had conferred on the commerce, finance, and gene ral welfare of this country. The British authorities had not omitted to furnish the Prussian and other German Govern ments with those valuable statistics which the Board of Trade had lately published, showing the progress which England had made in consequence of the adoption of the free trade system. 'The strong arguments afforded by those statistics would not be without weight, for the Free Trade Association at Berlin was highly appreciated, and it worked by its branches very actively throughout Germany. Free trade had many friends in the Prussian House of Deputies, and the Upper House was entirely composed of free traders. Tho landed proprietors and nobility were to a man free traders, which was the very reverse of what had been the state of things in England. They saw that they had no interest in maintaining the protective principle. The but wieh the small er ..spiaarmstaclt, Nassau, and d ffieulty of carrying out free-trade measures with th e interests were too strong others, er v ss e „ r e ws i u n he ehr et ea ' a si s h er n o t na t vaanr w ui a i f t ,a h oit iu P er r si u sce s g for the Government. The rule hitherto adopted in the Zollverein for triennial conferences would con tinuo to be maintained ; consequently there would bo an opportunity every three years for carrying out any sugges tions with regard to the redaction of duties which it might be expedient to make. It was also possible that political and other questions might afford other opportunities for effecting the same end sooner than they expected. At the expire tier. of the 12 years over which the treaty was to extend it was competent for any State to retire upon giving two years' notice. Whilst the France-Russian negotiations were going on, a separate negotiation was pending with Austria. Austria tried very hard to persuade the Southern German States to leave the union, and form a separate union with her, Austria was also desirous that the treaty which existed between her and the Zollverein since 1853 should be renewed. That treaty secured a preferential admission of Austrian manufacturers into the Zollverein. Without tho permission of France, which was to bo on the footing of the most favoured nation, Prussia would not make the concession which Austria desired, and the probability was that Austria would now lose the benefit of the Zolh erein treaty, and that Austrian manufactures would be admitted into the States of the Zollverein on the same footing as those of Eugland and other nations. It was considered in Ger many that the reconstitution of the Zollverein was a great triumph of Fr uesiau commercial policy,andAustria felt very sure that her commercial relations with Prussia had for the moment been cut away. Ho understood that the Austrian Ministers had expressed great readiness to treat NI ith other nations, and mate their arrangements, if possible, inde dendent of Prussia, lie was not very sanguine that &iv thing important would follow from that. The Austrian Go vernment had many difficulties to deal with in the repug nance of her commercial bodies to any alterations; and again, Austria had never gone down to the level of the tariff of the Zellverein ; if she had, it would have been diffi cult for Prussia to have prevented her and some other German States from forming meet tariff was also higher the- rein. Austri ,, y— • ut the Zollverein. Her one revised tariff of the Zollve- was still strongly in favour of a treaty with —veldl • awl Iler product: , math) it iroportaut 154c11 ar- •.- rangements with foreign nations should be effected, They must hope that the Austrian manufacturers would make further efforts towards freeing their trade, and further improvements in that ccun try might, though slowly, be expected. Through the re commendation of the Gorman Commercial Diet, the sub ject of a treaty of commerce between the Zollverein and Russia had been ventilated, The Commercial. Diet recom- mended that the Treaty should contain general reductions applicable, on both sides, to all nations. Should it tako effect the Russian tariff would be reduced largely, and the Zollverein would admit every description of Russian pro duce duty free. Tho negotiations had hitherto been pri vate; but a negotiator who came from St Petersburg to Berlin was told that as soon as the reconstitution of the Zollverein was completed negotiations with Russia would be opened officially. If a treaty was sffected ho an ticipated great benefits to this country, for whatever beno• ti's were given by Russia to Prussia would also be secured to England, for we stood on the footing of the most favoured nation with Russia. The treaty would also be beneficial to Russia herself. for it would stop the enormous smuggling on the frontier, and admit English goods legiti mately, and he hoped to a much greater extent. In reply to Mr Leppoc, Mr WARD said that he was in structed in 1861 to represent English interests at Berlin on the occasion of the conference between Prussia and France. _ _ _ Mr LEProc said they were all indebted for the very lucid and valuable information which had been given by Mr Ward ; and they were glad that the Foreign-office was beginning to take more notice of them as a Chamber of Commerce. He regretted that at the conference between Prussia and Franco in 1861, Prussia forgot that she had a quid pro quo for all she could offer us in the repeal of the corn laws (for we had few duties beyond the excise) ; and that on the occasion of that repeal England did not avail herself of the opportunity of obtaining a promise of a cor responding boon from other countries. With regard to Austria, he was quite of Mr Ward's opinion. A short time ago, when it was proposed that he, as a member of that chamber, should go to Austria to set forth the advantages of free trade, he expressed his objec tions to such a course, because he wss convinced that at present it would be useless. He could not believe that Austria would give up her protective system. In the case of Russia Mr Ward had made a passing remark about the smuggling on the frontier. That smuggling was carried on to an enormous extent. In fact, he did not believe that the Government got one-twentieth of the duties that were due to it, In 99 cases out of 100 English goods were passed through the Russian ports by means of false declarations, which wore connived at by corrupt officials, who received a pro rata share of plunder, something after the manner that prize money was distributed to a ship's officers and crew, He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr Ward. The motion was seconded by Mr HOLLIDAY and adopted. On the motion of Mr 0. HEYWOOD, seconded by Mr. CASSELS, the following resolution wes passed :—" That the best thanks of the directors of this chamber are due and are hereby given to Earl Russell for the opportunity afforded of conferring with Mr Ward, C. 8., her Majesty's charge d' affaircs at Hamburg. The directors have learned with great gratification the important concession, especially as regards the staple manufactures of this district, which has been made by the Z Alverein. They also contemplate with pleasure further reduction, and a bolder adoption of free trade policy." The meeting then separated, The New Bankruptcy Act. Yesterday was issued, in a blue book of 530 pages, the report of the select committee appointed to in. quire into the working of the New Bankruptcy Act, together with the evidence heird before them. This report is simply a postponement of any decisive re• commendations until next session. It is as follows :* The length of time spent in the important inquiry en- trusted to your committee has rendered it impossible for them to do more than report the evidence taken by them, while fulfilling the duty imposed on them. To report use fully on so difficult and intricate a subject requires great care and much thought. Many attempts have already been made to legislate with effect upon this important branch of administration, and the failure of these manifold 'effult3 makes it imperative upon Parliament to act with great cir cumspection and deliberation in all futur3 proceedings in this matter. Your committee therefore hope that at the commencement of the next session of Parliament they may be reappointed, and thus that stll2,ient time may be aff )rded for a duo ccnsideratim of the many intricate questions that have to be decided b4ure Effie:ocl legislation is possible. ... It appears, however, that a long draft report watt proposed by the chairman, Mr Moffat, and read to the committee, though the above, proceeding from Mr Ito( back, was ultimately adopted. This draft report, which is of considerable length, contains the following paragraphs respecting the commissioners, the cfficial assignees, the credi. ors' assignees, the registrars, the accountant in bankruptcy, the mes sengers and the ushers, denoting to a certain ex tent the nature of a great part of the evidence : That as regards the commissioners, there is concurrent testimony as to the great uncertainty of their decisions; complaints are numerous as to the delay of all matters ad ministered in the court, and also as to neglect in exercising the powers of punishing fraudulent debtors with which they arc invested by the Act of 1861. That considerable public inconvenience has also been experienced from the it regular hours and short periods during which the courts are open in London for the transaction of business, and that the affairs of the district courts appear to be adminis tered in a still more objectionable manner. In one case it was proved that a commissioner of the Leeds court, who is in receipt of .£l,BOO per annum, resides in London, and attends the court at Leeds for a few hours only.once a fort night. It will be obvious that such laxity on the part of the commissioner, bring the head of the court, gives the tone to the other officials. As respects the Official Assignees.—There appears to be a considerable amount of negligence and indifference in the collection and distribution of the funds. A case was quoted in which so long a period as nine months elapsed atter a dividend had been declared before payment was made, although the money was lying at the credit of the official assignee's account. Much of thi s neg li gence i s s t a t e d by several witnesses to arise from the alteration in their mode of remuneration by commission to fixed salaries of £l,OOO or £1,200 a year; this view was supported by the evidence of Mr. Commissioner nolroyd, Mr Miller (the chief regis trar) by Messrs. Lewis, Lawrence, and Reed, experienced London practitioners, and by Mr. Sampson Samuel Lloyd, President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce ; all of whom concurred in advising that if the services of official assignees are retained, their remuneration should be partly by salary and partly by commission. There is no uniform system of keeping accounts ; no sufficient control, either in respect to their duties or their accounts ; that they stand in an anomalous position with respect to the creditors' assig nee, who has, in the first place, to audit the official assig nee's account, the official assignee in return auditing the accounts of the creditor's assignee. The system of audit is of an incomplete and unsatisfactory character, being usually made in a crowded room, where the accounts of 20 or N different estates are all frequently audited at the same time, amidst much noise and confusion. it was further proved that very serious defalcations have occurred in the ac counts of the official assignees ; that they not moire quently obtain power to sell tho property of the estate previous to the choice of the creditors' assignee, and to the detriment of creditors. That these gentlemen aro not selected on account of any fitness fur the offices. In the case of the Birmingham district court, it was stated that two of them had been bankrupt, one as a banker and one as a stockbroker, one was a newspaper editor, and the fourth a clerical agent. That the principal amount of labour in the collection of the debts is thrown upon the creditors' assignee. That it is clearly proved that no check or supervision exists as to whether the assets are collected or left uncollected either by the official assignee or the cre ditors' assignee. As to the Creditors' Assignees.—The existing act places upon the creditors' assignees the responsibility of collecting and settling all debts over £lO in value, but does not provide the remuneration previously apportioned to the official as signee, and therefore the affairs aro frequently handed over to solicitors, whose charges prove very onerous to the estate. The arrangement has consequently not been found to work advantageously, but it is suggested that payment by com mission to creditors' assignees would partially obviate this disadvantage. As to the Registrars.—These gentlemen appear to hold an anomalous position, occasionally discharging the func tions of the commissioners, and when Lot so occupied their duties appear to bo such as would bs butter discharged by 1 experienced accountants; their utility under the existing system appears to be of an extremely limited character; 1 as to the control which should be exercised by the regis trars over the meesengers of tho court, it appears that in one of the district courts two of the registrars were actually ender pecuniary obligations to the messengers of the court, and had been so for many years. The registrars are entrusted with the au lit and taxation of the passsngers' bills of costs against the bankrupt estate, and in the cases referred to, each of the messengers . is reputed to have overcharged sums, amounting in one case to £1,423, and in the other to £1,566 in two years, which overcharges had been allowed by the re - * 1 , „is , trars and retained by the messengers. AS regards the Accountant in Bankruptcy—This :officer appears simply to discharge the duties of a \ . treasorer, hav ing: no control whatever over either the °Metal or creditors' assignees, or their accounts. As to the Messengers.—The payment of the officers fre quently constitutes a very heavy charge upon the assets, although it has been imported. About 935 tons a cotton was the produce of 1863, and tons, werft, received up to the end of August in thiS Year: 2 Bast' roads, and the want of means of transport, are great hindrances to the cultivation of cotton, and govern ment has not done anything towards the removal of impediments. Her Majesty's Consul at Damasa cus states that he has had the queries of the associa tion translated into Arabic, and forwarded them to the mudirs of the districts, and the sheikhs of the principal villages, but the answers have not yet been received. From personal inquiries made at Baalbek, he reports that 1,000 acres were planted with cotton in this district in 1863, and 3,000 in 1864, and that the produce in the former year was 36,0001b5, and is czp;:cted to be in the latter 180,000Ibs, which is sent to 13eirut. The cr:,ps look healthy. American seed had not succeeded; the plants came up well,but the autumn reins set in before the pods were ripe. The native plfait does not require so long a time to come to perfection. The climate. is cold, owing to proximity to Mounts Lebanon and An•i-Lebauor.. Vaziot.;s grants of seed were made, which closed the proceedings. The Distress in Lancashire. PRESTON. At the weekly meeting of the Relief Committee held at Crooked-lane on Monday night there was a further increase in the number of cases relieves'. It appears from the report presented that the num.. ber of cases was 2,413, comprising 8,983 persons, who had been relieved at a cost of X 251 7s 2d, being an increase of 113 cases, 34S persons, and 111 15s 2d in cost. The chief constable's report shows that there were 8,973 operatives workieg six days per week, 1,346 five days, 1,322 four days, 4,599 three days, 45 two days, and 11,139 totally unemployed. The num ber of mills totally closed was 27, and the loss of Wages for the week £9,833 Gs. Owing to the pre. valence of scarlet fever and other sickness, the Re lief Committee ordered their visitors to report as to the extent to which this prevailed, also the condi. tion of the dwellinghonses and premises in the dis tricts affected. The result of these inquiries showed that during the past fortnight there had been 192 cases of scarlet fever, 41 of which had proved fatal, The sanitary condition of the worst part of the town was in many instances very bad, open cess pools and other nuisances being enumerated. The committee referred these reports to the local Board of Health, who promptly instructed their inspector to see that the evils complained of were at onto remedied. BLACKBURN. The Relief Committee met on Monday evening, in the Town-hall, under the presidency of Council lor Sturdy. The hon. secretary, Mr Henderson, reported that the sub-committee had distributed relief last week to 334 cases, representing 1,450 persons, at a cost of £lOB 7s 63; as compared with last week this is an increase of GO oases, 300 per• sons, and of £l5 6.3 3d in the amount expended. Tae t xpenses of the committee for the week were £l2s. It was agreed to recommend the Educational Committee to issue school certificates for the atten• dance at a day school of the children of those in rea lief, the attendance to be paid for at the rate of 2d per week, as formerly. Mr Alderman Hutchinson called the attention of the committee to a statement which had been made public that the Oldham Re lief Committee distributed relief to the unemployed operatives in the Oldham Union. This statement had been made the basis of an argument in favour of the Blackburn Relief Committee undertaking to relieve the factory operatives now out of work in out-townships of the Blackburn Union. It was, however, contrary to fact. Whatever might be the boundary of the Oldham Relief Committee, there were, or had been, eight additional Relief Committees organised or in operation, and four of these district committees had been before the Manchester Cemmittes that morning as ap plicants for a grant. In the Blackburn Union here had been a local committee established in 13 townships in addition to the borough of Blackbui n, end if the distress increesed in these districts these committees could at once make application for a grant to Manchester. The meeting adjourned till Monday next. The statemeLtA.lderman Hutchinson refers to was made by Mr Dickenson at the Board of Guardians meeting last Saturday. It will be, therefore, understood that Mr DiekenEon's raiseion to the Relief Wmtnittee was unsucceesful. BURNLEY. There are now ia Burnley no less than 23 mills and sheds at a complete ; the mrsjarity of the remainder are running short time, and a fear exists that even these may succumb to a fluctuating market, The effect of this severe depression has been to add considerable numbers to the unemployed operative list of the local Relief Committee, and the committee have now to exercise great discriminaa Lion in selecting the most deserving cases from the multitude that present themselves. Last week's returns show that 650 applications for relief wore made, which occupied the committee two consecutive days in examining ; the result being that 344 cases were entertained, representing 1,424 persons, who were relieved at a cost of £126, the average indivi dual earnings amounting to 2d per week, Some of the young unmarried powerloom weavers have banded together and issued a circular, wherein they solicit the assistance of the public in the following terms :—" Distress in Burnley.—lt is no use our applying to the Relief Committee for aid, because their zule is not to support single men. Now, be cause we are not married we are, as a body, likely to perish. Looking at these things, in the name of humanity we ask the public what we are to do. The law forbids stealing, and starvation cannot be borne much longer, for our frames are almost ex. hausted. There is a necessity for our taking some honest means for our support." During the past week the Board of Guardians expended in relief £241 2s 3d, against £2ll lls 8d in the correspond ing week of last year; 107 vagrants were relieved, and there are 113 inmates in the house, against 126 in the corresponding week of last year. CHORLEY. During the past month there has been a steady and gradual increrse in the distress in this town, which may be attributed partly to the stoppage of two large mills and the adoption of short time at others, and partly to the inferior quality of the material, in the working of which the hands are not able to earn near the amount of wages they would if the material were good. Pauperism is rapidly on the increrse, the number relieved during the week ended on Tuesday, the 25th inst., showing an increase of 260, as compared with the number in the receipt of relief a month ago. The state of em•, ployment according to the latest returns is as fol■ lows :—Usually employed, 4,867 ; unemployed at present time, 1,395 ; employed full time, 1,931 ; employed five days per week, 460; weekly loss in wages, £BB4 ss. The town itself is in a very dus pressed state, es evinced in the number of empty shops and cottages in the town and the almost weekly failures in business of the tradespeople. The Relief Committee are about to resume active operas tions this week, having received a grant of £l5O from the Central Executive Committee on Monday. The committee relieved a few cases last week out of 133 which they had in hand, being the balance left from their previous operations. A letter from the Poor Law Board was read before the Board of Guardians on Tuesday, inquiring into the health of the paupers in the Chorley Union, and it was ret solved that the matter should be considered htiore a special meeting on Tuesday week. THE LATE GALE.—The forebodings otprcssed in our accounts of the gale in the Moray Firth on "WE dnesday ar,d Thursday, whieh . appearul in cur impression of FridaYl have unhappily been fully realised. The boats which were missing from PortcsAe and Buckle have now becn3 ii,e ascer tained beyond question t o h ave been lost. In'lii)e i doubt that Lost, the Gley, it i s nary considered b ey all the crew, cousi n ti ns of nine men,ee, Another boat bel ong i ng to Buc kl e was s ithin a quarter of Shamrock, of Po r t ess i o , was cas t ashoreie men were all lost.n within a mile of her p or t , an d her cre w of n have on : bee s ' drowdrow ned. l also a log. The Altogether, no fewer men belong rig• to the two been lost, l eav in 12 widows an villages, w hi c h are both in JS(Qtsaigie. 4 r o therleks children,— 2 th G d op v :;rish of Iluthven, have THE NEW NOVEL. This day, at all Libraries, in 3 vols., nAR TIN TOBIN, By Lady CAMPBELL. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Flect-street.