The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-26 00:00:00

13,ECENT PEERAGES, ;..~ ~., It is somewhat remarkable that during the time the Earl of Aberdeen presided over the destinies of this country—a period extending from the resigna tion of the Darby Government in December, 1852, to th e accession of Lord Palmerston to power in Felw :nary, 1855—he did not confer th e h onours o f the peerage upon a single supporter of his Adminis tration. He did not even create a peer in the person of his own Lord Chancellor, for at the time Lord Cran worth was called to the woolsack he had already been in the House of Lords two years, having been elevated to the Upper House by Lord John Russell in December, 1850. Nor for many months after and Palmerston assumed the helm of the State vessel were any additions made to the ranks of the Ministerial supporters in the House of Lords. Early, however, in 1856, Sir James Parke, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, retired. after an experience of 28 years upon the judicial bench. It was believed that Sir James would be of great assistance to the five law courts of the Upper House—Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, Campbell, St. Leonards, and the Lord Chancellor; so on the 16th of January, 1856, the Queen was pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting to the retir ing judge the dignity of a peer under the style and title of Baron Wensleydale " for the term of h i s natural life." Parliament assembled on the 31st of January, and almost immediately Lord Campbell, other the Earl of Derby, and Lord Lyndhurs t, wi th members of the upper branch of the L egislature, their brought the matter before the attention o f of .Lordships' House, questioning t h e right the Crown to create peerages for life. Debate after debate succeeded, and at lengt h the Peers, be an attack upon believing the innovation to of Lords, decided the constitution of th e Souse that such a the recipient of th e g t av a nd vote in that Hou se , patent honour no right to et and recommeade— A l‘linisters to create the ti t l e afresh. To this they at first objected, but after six months' considera tion Lord Palmerston bowed t o the decision of the Peers, for on the 23d of July a new patent was issued, with the usual remainder to he i rs male. On the 26 th of Feb., 1856, Si r Gilb ert John liee.theote, Bart., onewhile M.P. for Rutland shire, ascended to the Painted Chamber as Lord Aveland. Sir Edmund Lyons, for his services as commander of the Black Sea Fleet during the Rus sian war, was, on the 23d of June in the same year created a peer under the title of Lord Lyons. On the 29th of August the Prime Minister made an other addition to the law lords. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, who for more than a quarter of a century had been a steady adherent of the Liberal party in the House of Commons, and who at that time represented Nottingham in conjunction with 11Ir.Walter, now 31,P. for Berkshire, was elevated to the peerage as Lord Belper. About a fortnight after ward--on 10th Sept.—Mr. Edmund Burke Roche, who had sat for the county of Cork from July, 1837, to April , 1855, was raised to the peerage of Ireland as Baron Fermoy. His lordship was returned for Marylebone upon the retirement of Sir Benjamin Hall from that borough in July, 1859. On April 4, 1857, Lord Cowley, who with the Earl of Clarendon represented England at the Conference at Paris in 1856, was rewarded with an earldom for his diplo matic services. On the 11th of the same month the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, who for 18 years had discharged the duties of Speaker of the House of Commons, was gazetted as Viscount Eversley. On Sept. 10, Lord Robert Grosvenor, who for a period of 35 years in the House of Commons had zealously supported the Liberal policy, was elevated to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Lord Ebury. On the same day the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay, who had retired from the re presentation of Edinburgh, February, 1856, joined the ranks of the Government supporters in the House of Lords as Lerd Macaulay. On the 15th of January, 1858, the Hon. Charles Compton Caven dish, who had sat for Bucks since 1847, was raised to the peerage as Lord Cheshanst. This was the last peer created in Lord Paimerston's first administra tion, for iu the succeeding month the noble viscount resigned upon the carrying of Mr. Milner Gibson's adverse amendment on the Conspiracy Bill, and Lord Derby reigned in his stead. As in the forma tion of his first Government, so in the construction of his second, Lord Derby's first peer was his Lord Chancellor. On the Ist of March, 1852, Sir Edward Sugden ascended to the woolsack as Lord St. Leonards ; on the Ist of March, 1858, Sir Frede rick Thesiger received the seals as Lord Chelms ford. On the 2d of August following Sir John Yarde Buller, who had represented South Devon in the Conservative interest from 1835, was raised to the Upper House as Lord Churston. On the 16th of the same month Sir Colin Campbell, who had saved India, " the brightest star that shines in our commercial constellation," received his well-merited reward in the honours of the peer age to which he was called as Baron Clyde of Clydesdale. Still in August, and on the 28th of that month, the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton- Leigh, who had declined the Chancellorship in Lord Derby's first Administration, was sent to the House of Lords by that Minister as Baron Kingsdown. On the 14th of April, 1859, the ranks of the Go• vernment in the Lords were increased by the acces sionof Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth, bus "ex, who took his place among his peers as lord Leconfield. On the following da Mr. W . Tett en Y Ch , Egerton, who had sat for North the : e e a from 1832, was added to the rolls of on the I :tlle as Lord Egerton of Tatton ; and. the thi r d p ee r in as m an y days wa s created in the of Tredegar. person of Sir Charles Morgan, aforetime me P rn ar b k, Monmouth. Sir Charles was i r for Brecon, and was henceforth to be known as 4471 Tredegar. The last honour conferred by t Nifty 21, 1859, e rby Administration was on Viscountane Canning, the pacificator of India, received greeerti r , ielona for his services—an act all the more two k ive the part of a Govern ment which only a had several before, through its Secretary of State Generae.verely censured the policy of the Governor. writer d e escaped defeat the sacrific e only through of the de spatch—Lord Ellenborouo i . the month of that u nionth of June, 1859, Lord Palmerston reappettreln b d Trea sury benches as the head of her mayesetn,the overn ment, and was not long in takin g me i tialt Y reb G t coun terbalance the influent© of the Conservative On the 2 7th of the peerss created by Lord Derby. month Sir B. Hall, then M.P. for Maryi, botiei a lv me elevated to be a member of the higher bra nch of the Legislature as Lord L lanover. On the followi ng da , J the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, who from the year 1831 had represented the borough of North. ampton, received the title of Lord Lyveden, and took his place in the Upper House. On the 18th of August the Right Hon. Henry Labor here, for 29 years representative of Taunton, was rewarded with a peerage, taking his title from the name of the town which had so often returned him as its mem ber. On the 13th of February, 1860, Lord Ward was honoured with the extinct title of Earl of Dudley. On the 27th of June, 1861, Sir Richard Betheil was elevated to the woolsack as Lord IVe'st bury ; and about a month later, on the 30th of July, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was rewarded with an earldom, retiring among the cool shades and vene rable associations of the House of Lords ae Earl Russell. On the sth of August the Right H on. ee Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Who had filled Ad •the office of Lord of the unratty in several Whig Ministries, a p eer by the t _ was created Lord Palmers ij e of Baron Fitzhardinge. With this a season, for 'yarn appears to have been satisfied for the noble Premie Y r nearly two years elapsed before the M inisterialists bethoughtin him that the ranks of augmentation. It was the o Upper House required present year that the eldest n 4a the 7th of July in the S om erset, who, according to th t e son of the Duke of commonly known as Earl St. ;M aur Gazette was the House of Lords in his father'surl' Was called to the style and title of Baron Se lifetime, under of the prorogation of Parliament, the 28th n the f day July, Mr. Brand moved for a new writ f or the borough of Pontefrac t, Mr. B. Monckton Milnes, who had represented the place for 25 years, havi ng accepted the office of stew ard or bailiff of he r Majesty'. Chiltern Hundreds. A few days afterwards Mr, Milnes merged into Lord Houghton, while Colonel White, of Woodlands, a long-tried and honest sup porter of the Whigs, was thenceforward to be known as Baron Annaly, in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It will thus appear that during the seven years and few months which represent Lord Palmerston's two administrations, he has created 17 peers and one Irish peer, besides raising two, Earl Cowley and Earl Dudley, to a higher gradation in the peerage. Lord Derby, during his 16 months of office, added the names of seven new peers to the rolls of the House of Lords, and advanced one a step—Earl Canning. A peerage created by each Minister is already extinct—that of Lord Macaulay by Viscount Palmerston, and that of Lord Clyde by the Earl of Derby. Lord Canning's earldom also died with him. Between the oldest and the most recently created peerages there is a difference of exactly six centuries, th e barony of de Roe having been in existence since the year 1264.— Western Morning News. INDEPENDENCE OF POLAND. night a pu blic meeting of th e i n h a bi tants of IslLatinagton, con vened by the National P o li s h League, was aheld in Myddelton Hall, 115, U pper -street, Islington, in favour of the independence of Poland. The Right Hon. Lord C amp b e ll , one of the vice presidents of the League, presided, and among th ose pre sent on the platfo rm were Pope Hennessy, Esq., Nix.; F. Lawrence, E sq . ; Richard Wilmot, Esq. ; Major (r;dish C h d a e s. Sz legatuelc;z Napoleon Lachszy F rm . Z a, a. E ba s , q. E ; s l .. Vize, Esq. ; C. H. Elt, E sq . ; M essrs. W a ll arage, Collett; E. Beal es , Esq., (Presid en t o f the League), Peter Carrigan, E sq., William Fitcham, Esq. Mr. J. R. TAYLOR, the hon. secretary, read let tors of apol ogy f or unavoidable absence from Sir S. M. P e t o, Mr. Cox, M.P., the Rev. Hugh Allen, DiD., and Mr. R. B. Sheridan, M.P., the letter enclosing a cheque for £5 in aid of the funds of the League. The Noble CHAIRMAN on rising to open the pro ceedings was loudly applauded. In the absence of the representatives of Finsbury he ventured, as one of the vice-presidents of the League, to explain the objects of the meeting and the position which the League took with reference to the question at issue. They wished to draw out the expression of a strong public opinion in the first place of the people of the metropolis on the question of Polish independence. From its extent it was impossible to do this thoroughly unless by holding separate meetings in the various boroughs of the metropolis. Last week they broke ground in the great borough of the Tower Hamlets, with, he hoped, good results, and he hoped a similar result would ensue on this occa sion. The meeting had a right to ask what were the precise results at which the League aimed in calling them together. They aimed at creating as it were such an atmosphere around the Government as would enable them to act with confidence and determination upon their own views and convictions on this question. They did not aim at urging upon the Government any definite opinion or policy, but simply to call into existence a public feeling which would enable them to take high ground, and at the same time deprive them of the power of complain ing that they were held back by any slackness or faintness on the part of the people. (Hear, hear.) If an additional reason was wanted it would be found in the fact he had stated at the Tower Hamlets last week, namely, that the most eminent patriots at Warsaw, whom he had recently consulted on that subject when in that capital, were most desirous of an agitation in this country. Finding that such an agitation was not undervalued by the Polish leaders, he felt bound to take part in it. He held that in the interest of Great Britain it was important that Poland should be a free and independent nation. If it was restored to its ancient position it would exist, not as a republic or under a despotic regime, but under constitutional arrange ments, and every country eo governed was a source of strength to constitutional Great Britain upon the Continent. The desire of the leaders of the incur. rection was to restore the Constitution of 1791, which more nearly approached that of Great Bri- tain than any on the Continent. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Belgium, all constitutionally go verned countries, leant most strongly to British policy. What countries were most strongly opposed to that policy ? The most despotic, such al Russia. (Hear.) Should, therefore, the indepen dence of Poland be restored, it would be under con stitutional arrangements, and that would lead to an alliance with us. (Hear, hear.) It was said Ity some veteran diplomatists that if a war should hap pen between France and Great Britain, it was im portant that Russia should hold Warsaw, in order to enable her to act in Western Europe. But if a war of that kind did arise, who could say that Russia would not side with France, instead of England— (hear, hear)—and in that case England could only look to the German Powers for allies, and as long as the Czar reigned at Warsaw he reigned also at Ber lin and Vienna. (Hear,) It might be asked, if Poland was made independent, what guarantee would there be of the permanence of that situation in the face of the tremendous odds they would have to face ? What chance was there of that object being attained against such fearful odds ? The League did not disguise from themselves that the Poles were fighting against fearful odds; but they saw that since the commencement of the present struggle, three years ago, the Poles had made few errors, while very many had been committed by the Russi an Government, and they had hopes that success would be ultimately found on the side which committed the fewest errors. (Hear, hear.) Calculation of contin gencies united with sympathy in commanding our hest wishes as well as our best efforts in aid of that success. The present troubles commenced almost with the accession of the Czar to the throne. He visited Warsaw, and the Poles, misled by the reports of his clemency and friendly feeling, approached him with an ill-founded confidence in his good intentions towards their country. When they met him in this spirit, they drew from him in reply this language— "No dreams, What my father did was well done, and I endorse it." That was the first error. Then in 1860, by the fiat of the Emperor, the representa tives of the three partitioners of Poland were assem bled in Warsaw, and that meeting roused all the old love of Polish nationality—the presence of these men was an error, because it brought to the recollection ot the Poles al. their wrongs and all their ancient glory. (Hear, hear.) Then, in 1861, came the well known massacre of February, in which Polish blood was shed without the smallest provocation or justification. That error was followed by the still greater one of the dissolution of the Agricultural Society and the banishment of its high minded and enlightened pre sident, Count Andre Zamoyski. That society was to niPosed of the most patriotic, enlightened and mode rate rues in Poland, whose counsels would have had an i tem _ tte one© use influence on their country. Its dissolu tionthrew the influence into the hands t o extresnablernen, and made the insurrection inevi have. Count a o t; t t Z4.moyski and his friends would evil day of internecine war as long as possible ; but with their downfall the day o f the civil wee ~,,a r s a tt e b counsels passed away and result. Then came that r e w e r i h r e o i c c r t h l ng ha _ all Europe has rung, and recruitment with Nyl i jo i and l E a s u t r i o y p e theeedemned as a gigantic urg e d eer_ror oerftc:antu.mdelionsly the six p e ri l' s practically g coni:: it andu Russia gi the a t by y strong h theol d Powers, and Great judgment, Poland sn o u t ch by an tr a e c a c t u y m b u u l t a b t r on of hand. hope that of policy, and of actions induced a strongof PI the Power which could be guilty of then, must all in the end, and t he Lea g ue, in that belief " xpressio n of public opinion as would enable the G a y upon the people of t his country such an e urged es nmeet to take their stand upon their own recorded opi n i ons on this question. (Loud cheers.) Mr. HENNESSY, who was warmly received, moved the first resolution, which was, " n'at the devoted heroism of the Poles in their present and in their past struggles for the independence of their country entitles them to the admiration and support of Great Britain." The hon. member said the cause of Poland appealed at once to the judgment and the feelings, and he was glad to sae present both men and wom e n. Th e cause o f P o li s h independence was, no doubt, familiar to many, if not all of them, but in eupport of the resolution he would briefly run *Ter th© leading facts with respect to the partition THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1863. of Poland by Russia, Austria, and Prussia, the three great robber Powers of modern Europe. The part played by England was one not of active participa tion, but of abstention from active advocacy even of ad a d r tbi thatee se been at Vi enna, Lord every ma n the to r d t r e r a a t m e s e t r o st w o n h s i c a h i they Russiath e. t ea He said y e sahi p a m ty pi , re was responsible for the systema ticallyaonbsdewrvoavninicoaenl aotifendt the h b e y etree which at all events sought to do Poland some good, and the question was, what would the British Government do ? In 1830 and 1831, when the Poles last rose, Louis Phillippe proposed to Lord Palmerston, then Foreign Secre tary, to unite in the joint intervention proposed by France,pssruia which he refused to do, thou g h A us tria and were willing. For 30 years the despatch of Lord Palmerston in reply was concealed, and it was only last year that its production proved Lord Pal merston had thrown the weight of this country on the side of Russia when Poland was in arms 30 years ago. (Hear, hear.) As the noble lord had truly said, the six points lately proposed asked for far less than was guaranteed to the Poles by the treaty of 1815. (Hear, hear.) But the contemptuous and contumelious tone in which Prince Gortschakoff threw back the demands of the British Government was in fact invited by the statement in Parliament, that under no circumstances would they go to war for Poland. Singe then Lord Russell,at Blairgowrie, had announced that Russia by its violation of the treaty of 1815 had forfeited its sovereign rights in Poland ; but he had followed that up by a de- 1 spatch the weakest, the most inconsistent, and the most discreditable ever penned by a British Minister, descending even to state that her Majesty's Government had received with sincere pleasure the assurance that the Government of the Czar was animated by benevolent intentions towards Poland. (Oh, laughter, and shame.) That might be the end of Earl Russell's Polish diplomacy, but they had not therefore come to the end of ehe Polish question. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman after referring at some length in condemnatory terms to the London treaty of 1852, said that the writers who deprecated war to uphold the treaty of 1815, urged a war to enforce that of London, which on the Continent was called the treaty of Russia. What was the cause ? Was there not some Russian influence at work here also ? [f so, would the people of this country who really ruled the ruling classes, take care that a different policy was not pursued in two questions resting upon treaty obli gations ? (Hear, hear.) It was the duty as well as the interest of this country to support the cause of Polish independence. The Emperor of the French had declared, like Lord Russell, that Russia had forfeited its rights in Poland. If both France and England joined in a formal declaration to that effect, what remained ? Why, the independence of Poland. The weak and small voice of the Foreign Minister had been since backed up by a stronger, who would certainly write no weak notes. (Hear, hear.) He had been asking this country to join him in intervention on behalf of Poland, but in his humble opinion the Emperor was strong enough by himself, and he believed in due time he would follow words by action. Our own Government were in a very uneasy state at present, the number of Cabinet Councils showed that ; bat their only object was to do nothing and keep themselves in office. The interest of England, on the contrary, was that either with France or any other honour able ally we should aid in making Poland a free and independent nation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FREDERICK LAwßENcE:seconded the resolu tion in an eloquent speech, which was frequently and warmly applauded. Mr. COLLETT said while he approved of the course taken by the League in submitting the question to the separate metropolitan constituencies, he totally disapproved of the way in which the agitation was conducted. They must go to the root of the matter, which was to be found in the pro-Russian policy of Lord Palmerston, who ought to be impeached. (Loud cries of " Oh," and " Question," in the midst of which the speaker proceeded at some length to review Russian and Polish history, amidst frequent interruptions, and concluded by moving the follow ing as a rider to the resolution) :—" That the marl time strength which enabled England to coerce Russia in 1801 having been placed in abeyance by the illegal surrender by the British Government of the right of search in 1856, the power to restore Poland can be recovered only by reversing the De claration of Paris, which is happily still unsanc tioned by the Queen and Parliament." Mr. AlmEs seconded the rider, which was lost, only four hands being held up for it, and the reso• lution was then unanimously agreed to, as was the next, moved by Mr. Beales, president of the League, and seconded by Mr. TV allarge, " That in the opi nion of this meeting, her Majesty's Government would be fully justified in granting the demands of the insurgent Poles by acknowledging their rights as belligerents, and by protesting against the title of the Czar to any further dominion over Poland." The proceedings closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the noble chairman. Sir B. Bridges and Sir E. Dering at Ramsgate RAMSGATE, Wednesday, The annual dinner of the Isle of Thanet Agricul. tural Association was held last night at the Royal Hotel. The Most Noble the Mar quis of Conyngham presided, and there were present Sir B. Bridges and Sir Edward Deering, members for East Kent ; Mr. Knatehbull•Hugessen, M.P., Sir N. J. Knatchbull, Bart, H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P., and about 80 of the magistrates, leading inhabitants, and tenant farmers of the Isle of Thanet. The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the County Members." Sir BROOK BRIDGES, in responding, adverted to the important subject of providing suitable cottages for the labouring population. He contended that the subject was one for landlords rather than their tenant farmers. The latter were Hot expected to provide dwellings for their labourers. As a rule they had no land of their own on which to erect dwellings. He thought the landlords ought to pro vide cottages on their farms without looking for a direct return in the shape of rent from the occupiers sufficient for the money expended. Such cottages would be of advantage to both landlords and tenants and the farms would ba proportionately increased in value. (Cheers.) Sir EDWARD BERING, who was very warmly re ceived, also returned thanks. In the course of his remarks he said, speaking of the proposed Congress —Whether that Congress will take place seems to me very much more than doubtful. If it should be destined to take place, I only hope that, before our Government accept the invitation, they will have a distinct understanding as to the subjects to be brought forward for consideration. (Cheers.) It is self-evident that if there is one thing more than an other which is likely to lead to confusion, discontent, and everything of an unsatisfactory nature, it is the entering upon diplomatic negotiations without hav ing a distinct and definite object in view. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the special object for which this Congress is to be called together—l use the words of the Emperor's letter—is to regulate the present affairs and insure the future peace of Europe. (Hear.) The regulation of the present affairs might not be very difficult. It is understood that the Con great wou!d confirm the changes which have taken place since the treaty of 1815. This may not be a very pleasing task tosome of the assembled potentates—to the Emperor of Austria, for instance, who has been deprived of a large tract of territory. (Hear, hear.) But the Congress would deal with whatever has taken place as accomplished facts. (Hear, hear.) But when you come to the future, then the difficul ties and embarrassments that must arise will be very great indeed. The only allusion made to the future by the Emperor of the French in his letter 18 in that portion whe re h e sa y s h e s h a ll go i n t o th e Congre ss w i thout any pre-conceived system to pro- P o se, and i n t h e spirit of justice and moderation. (Hear, b ear.) I do not enough find f a ; fault t it with w o u l the d h w a o r r d d l s y , which sound plausibl e be possibl e to f ra m t e a de c l ara ti on i n l anguage more indefinite and bet intentions that the wer riter calculated to disguise the real has with regar d t o th e subjects to be bro ught forw ar d . (Hear, hear.) When we come to think of it, wh at are we to assume would be done in the case of Russia, a power possessing a million of men, and which has already refused to discuss the Polish question ? Is it to be supposed I that Russia would at once surrender her indepen dence, and submit the future fate of Poland to be decided by the Congress P Then look at Austria. Is it likely that she will permit the fate of Venice and the quadrilateral to be determined by a majority of votes ? And even with regard to the Emperor of the French himself, is it in the nature of things that, with the finest and best-appointed army in the world, he would withdraw his troops from Rome at the bidding of any Congress ? These are the ques tions which at this moment excite the greatest interest, and which are likely to convulse and agi tate Europe from one end to the other. (Hear, hear.) Until these questions are satisfactorily set at rest there can be no reduction of the large arma ments now maintained, nor any alleviation of those heavy burdens which in every country in Europe press so heavily on the industry of the people. (Loud cheers.) In two words, gentlemen, the posi tion stands thus. In the face of those great events which are every day occurring, and which press for Emperor of the French calls a Congress Powers to discuss the general state f solution , of t h e h t When n he that Congress assembles, if it ever o a ffa i r s. m rt h should do so, there are two courses open to be pur sued. In the first place, they may abstain from all those vital questions which are in fact the very apples of discord. If they do this they will nullify their deliberations. (Hear, hear.) But on the other hand, if they do discuss these matters, they will have to deal with questions which, as no man knows better than the Emperor of the French, will be very unpalatable to the great Powers of Europe. (Cheers.) There is no middle course. If the Con gress meet, they must adopt one of the alternatives I have named ; and I confess, whichever they shall adopt, I am at a lose to see how it is calculated to solve the difficulties Which exist, or in any way guarantee the peace of Europe. (Cheers.) or the Marquis of Anglesey, and that the forged 1 signatures bore not the slightest resemblance to the signatures of those noblemen. Sergeant Huggett, detective police•ofpicer, said— From information I received I wont yesterday after noon, accompanied by Sergeant Funnel] and In spector Tanner, of Scotland-yard, to the Bell public house in Basinghall-street, where I saw the prisoner. I addressed him as Captain Heatley. He said, " That is my name." I said I was a police-officer, and had instructions to apprehend him for uttering several bills of exchange, purporting to bear the sig natures of Lord Uxbridge and the Marquis of Anglesey. He said, " Quite right ; they were given to me by Captain Massey," I asked if he could give me the address of Captain Massey. He said he could be found at the Junior United Service Club. I asked if he had any bills about him. He said "No." I cautioned him to be sure, as I should have to search him, and that if he had any bills he tod better give them to me. He thereupon took from his pocket a bill for £l,OOO produced. It is dated the 27th October last, and purports to be drawn by the Earl of Uxbridge and addressed to " The Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey," by whom it purports to be accepted, and is payable four months after date. I asked where he had got it. He re plied, " From Captain Massey." I asked when. He said, " Last night, at the Junior United Service Club." Inspector Tanner told him he had fur ther charges to make against him of forging the name of the Earl of Westmoreland to several bills of exchange. The prisoner was then taken to a police-station, and on being searched a list oZ bills to the amount of £9,000 in the whole was found upon him. In some of these the Marquis of Anglesey appeared to be the drawer, and the Earl of Uxbridge the acceptor, and in others Hugh Massey purported to be the drawer, and the Earl of Westmoreland the acceptor. The prisoner said he was formerly captain in the 60th Rifles, and that Captain Massey was the senior captain in the 19th Foot, but was generally known as " Redan Massey." I have reason to believe that Captain Massey is now in India. The prisoner had also several letters in his possession, on the backs of which attempts appeared to have been made to imitate the handwriting of the three noblemen in question. 1 On this evidence Mr. Lewis asked to have the prisoner remanded. Mr. Champ said the prisoner was prepared to plead guilty to the charges. He had already given such information in the matter as was in his power, by which he desired to testify his true penitence for having committed these crimes. He had been driven to do so from dire necessity, and the only re paration he could make he now made, through him (Mr. Champ), by confessing his guilt. He had furnished a list of his forgeries, which had since been given to the solicitor for the prosecution, and he now desired to be committed to prison at once. Mr. Lewis said the prisoner had only manifested his penitence since his arrest, and that only on the previous day he was trying to raise money on the bills in question. The Lord 'Mayor eventually remanded the pri soner until Wednesday next, to admit of the atten dance of the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Uxbridge, and the Marquis of Anglesey. CHARGE OF FORGERY. Yesterday Frederick George Heatley, otherwise Captain Heatley, a man of 27, described as of no occupation, and residing in Winchester-street, Pimlico, was brought before the Lord Mayor at the justice-room of the Mansion-house, in the custody of Sergeant Funnell, a city detective officer, charged with forgeries to the estimated amount of between £9,000 and £lO, OOO, with intent to defraud the M the Earl of U x b r id ge , an d th e Earl Westmoreland. That i s th e genera l le sey accusation against the prisoner, but the examina tionarqu oisf o f An yesterday was confined to the specific charge of forging and uttering two bills of exchange for £l,OOO and £5OO, with intent to defraud the two first-named noblemen. The case excited considerable interest in a crowded court. Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the examination This he prefaced by a statement intended to explain some parts of the evidence, which would otherwise appear obscure or u nintelligible. The prisoner, he said, who was charged with forging bills of ex change to the amount in the whole of about £lO,OOO, described himself as having been a captain in the 60th Rifles, and he was now evidently in a state of distress. He was utterly unknown to the three noblemen whose names he was accused of forging ; and the mode in which he committed the alleged frauds was extremely daring, though he could hardly have failed to foresee in the end that it would result in discovery. It appeared that in the first instance the prisoner handed a bill of ex change for £l,OOO , pur p or ting to be drawn by th e Earl of Uxb r id ge an d a ccepted by the Marquis o f Anglesey, to Mr. Wylde, of the Alhambra Palace, and asked hi m to di scoun t it f o r £5OO in money an d h.ll fe r for some i l5OO worth of th e s h a res in the palace. Mr. Wylde not being in a position to give effect to the prisoner's wish at the moment , a d vance d hi m £lO, a t hi s re quest,terthoerarmyepaunrtpimose. Subsequently purpose, and retainedthe Mr. Peters, a commission agent, was introduced to the prisoner, who instructed him to procure the bill in the hands of Mr. Wylde, by repaying him the £lO, and then to get it discounted. Mr. Lewis then related the circumstances which turned upon that transaction, as they ware afterwards proved in evidence, explaining by the way that the prisoner had bought to implicate Captain Hugh Massey in some of the forgeries with which he was charged, but it was due to that gentleman to state that there was no proof of his complicity beyond the mere statement of the prisoner himself, which was not believed. The Earl of Westmoreland was now in Paris, and the Marquis of Anglesey, being in the country, could not attend the court that day, but he should eventually call them, as weil as the Earl of Uxbridge, to give evidence for the prosecution. He believed there were bills forged and uttered by the prisoner to the large amount the had mentioned in circulation now, but the sum the prisoner had raised on them was comparatively small. Mr. Charles Peters, of 105, Rutherford-street, Lower-road, Islington, was the first witness called. He said—l am a commission agent, and have some acquaintances who discount bills of exchange. About the 9th of November, from some information I received from a Mr. George Knights, I went to the Alhambra Palace, in Leicester-square, and paid £lO to Mr. Wylde, in consideration of which I re ceived from him a bill of exchange for £l,OOO, which I subsequently returned to the prisoner. A day or two afterwards the prisoner was introduced to me as Captain Heatley, at a publichouse in Bush-lane, Cannon-street, by Mr. Knights. I then told the prisoner that the bill in my possession, which I had received from Mr.Wylde, was informal and useless, in consequence of the stamp being damaged, and of the name "Uxbridge" to the acceptance written over an erasure. The prisoner said he would get another bill in about two or three hours from his friend Lord Uxbridge, with whom he said he was on most in timate terms, as he was also with the Marquis of Anglesey. On the same day the prisoner met me at the same publichouse, and brought the bill of exchange produced for £l,OOO, dated the 17th of October last, payable three months after date at Messrs. Hoares, the bankers in Fleet street, pur porting to be drawn by the Earl of Uxbridge, and addressed to " The Most Noble the Marquis of An glesy," by whom it purports to be accepted. He said he had got it from the Earl of Uxbridge. When he handed me that bill I returned the first bill, which I had told him was useless, and took the second £l,OOO bill to Mr. Antony, of Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, to be discounted. It was then dis covered that the date was written on an erasure, and, in consequence, I saw the prisoner a few days afterwards, and:explained that circumstance to him. He said he could procure other bills from his friend Lord Uxbridge. I told him I thought I could get bills discounted for £l,OOO and £5OO. He asked me to provide the necessary stamps, as he shouldnot like to ask his lordship for them. I got two stamps, on which the two bills produced for £l,OOO and £5OO are now written. I then went with him to a coffee house iu St. Martin's-le-Grand, and there in my presence he wrote the bodies of the two bills. He said if I would accompany him to the Junior United Service Club his friend Lord 'Uxbridge and the Marquis of Anglesey, whom he had to meet there, would sign them. I went there with him. He entered the club-house with the bills and I waited outside. He returned in a few minutes and said their lordships were not there, but that he knew where to find them at Pimlico, that he would go to them and bring me back the acceptances. We then arranged to meet at Carter's publichouse in the Haymarket. I went there and he joined me in about half an hour after I had left him. He then handed me the two bills for £l,OOO and £5OO, with the names of the Earl of Uxbridge and the Marquis of Anglesey appended as they now appear, as ac ceptor and drawer respectively. Ho said he himself saw them signed by the earl and the marquis. I then took the bills to Mr. Antony to get discounted and left them with him for the purpose, cautioning him at the same time as my suspicious had been ex cited. I have seen the prisoner frequently since that time. In a conversation he told me he could procure the Earl of Westmoreland's bill for £l,OOO if I could get it discounted. By Mr. Champ, the prisoner's attorney—The prisoner never told me he was acting as agent for the noblemen in question. Mr. Lewis explained that Messrs. Hoares, at whose bank the forged bills were made payable, were not the bankers of either the Earl of Uxbridge SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON AND WARWICKSHIRE HUNT MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. Match, £5O. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr H. M. Owen's Confusion, 6 yrs, Bst 51b .... (Ileslop) 1 Captain Watson's Peru, 4 yrs, Sat (E. Harrison) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Peru. Confusion jumped away with a clear lead, which he maintained to the end, and won unwillingly by three quarters of a length. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, sft, for all ages ; gen tlemen riders ; jockeys 6lb extra. 5 fur, 6 subs. Mr C. P. Hudson's Tolurno, 4 yrs, Oat 121 b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr Gage's The Flower Safety, 3 yrs, Bst (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 2 Mr F. Swindell's Somersault, 5 yrs, 9st slb (Mr. W. Bevil° 3 Mr C. Peck, jun.'s, Bernice, 5 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Dixon) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Tolurao, 7to 4 agst Flower Safety, 4 to 1 agst Somersault. Flower Safety held a slight lead of Tolurno to the dis tance, where the favourite went to the front and won easily by a length ; Somersault, who was third throughout (but was never in the race) was beaten half a dozen lengths from the second, and Bernice was tailed off. The Two-Year-Old Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25 added ; winner to be sold for £lOO. Half a mile. 8 subs. Mr C. P. Hudson's Diploma, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (S. Mordan) 1 Mr F. Granviile's Mary Ramsay, 2 yrs, 7st 121 b (Jas. Nightingall) 2 Mr J. Doyle's Jewel, 2 yrs, 7st 91b (T. French) 3 Mr Kempson's Dreadnought, 2 yrs, 7st 91b (car. Tat 11Ib) (Cox) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agsc Jewel, 7to 4 eget Mary Ramsay. The two favourites jumped away together, and in a few strides were several lengths in front of Diploma, who fol lowed third. Rounding the turn Jewel obtained a cleat lead, but in the straight Diploma and Mary Ramsay got on equal terms with Jewel, and Diploma coming away at the distance won by two lengths ; a head separated the second and third, and half a length between the third and fourth. There was no advance on the selling price of the winner. A Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25 added. Three quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr Cherry's Disappointment, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (T. French) 1 Mr F. Swindell's Somersault, 5 yrs, Est 11th (E. Taylor) 2 Mr C. Peck, jun.'s, Bernice, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (E. llarrison) 3 Mr Clayton's Fairy King, 2 yrs, Est (S. Mordan) 4 Mr W. W. Baker's Lady Derby, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Jas. Nightingall) Betting-11 to Bon Bernice, 7to 2 agst Disappointment, 6 to 1 bar two. Disappointment made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half; half a length between second and third; the others beaten off. The Selling Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; certain penalties and allowances. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. Mr T. Hunt's Jacob (late Boniface), aged (£3O), lOstlolb (J. Knott) 1 Mr Barter's Pilot, 4 yrs (430), Ost 81b (J. Land) 2 Mr T. Stevens's Edith, 3 yrs (£3O), Bst 21b (car Bst 31b) (Payne) 3 Mr Jones's Killarney, aged, (MO), lOst lelb (J. Hadley) 4 Mr W. Barnett's Butterfly, aged (£3O), 10st 101 b (G. Hoinaan) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Butterfly, 2to 1 agst Jacob, sto 1 agst Edith, 10 to 1 (offered) eget Pilot. They started at a wretched pace, Jacob making play until rising the hill, where Edith took up the running, but in the succeeding quarter of a mile Jacob resumed the lead, main tained it to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third. Butterfly refused at the second hurdle, and took no further part in the race. The winner was bought for 125 guineas by Mr J. Higgins, of Leeds. The Leamington Grand Annual Handicap Steeplechase of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with £lOO added, for all horses; winners extra. Four miles. 27 subs, 16 of whom declared. Mr Moss's Portland, (bred in Jamaica), 6 yrs, lOst 61b (J, Knott) 1 Captain Knox's Cheviot, lOst 61b (Mr W. Bevil]) 2 Mr B. J. Angell's Ireley, aged, list 21b..(Mr Coventry) 3 Tally-ho and Remedium (late Helwith) also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Portland, 7to 2 agst Cheviot, 4to 1 agst Ireley, 6to 1 agst Tally-ho, 10 to 1 agst Rernedium. Ireley, Cheviot, and Portland alternately led until within half a mile from home, when Ireley (who several times re fused) dropped away from the other pair, who raced to the last two hurdles, where Portland took up the running, and won by 30 lengths ; Ireley cantered past the post. The other two refusing were out of the race iu the first half mile. The Farmers' Steeplechase of 50 sous. About three miles. Mr W. S. Chapman's Harkaway, 6 yrs, 12st 131 b (Mr T. Parker) 1 Mr Wilson's Sutton, 12st ;lb (Mr E. Wilson) 2 Mr Milward's Little Lady, 12st 61b (including 101 b ex) (Mr James) 3 The following also ran :—The Kite, The Rasper, Prin cess Royal, and Ladbrooke Lass. Betting-11 to 8 agst Princess Royal, 9 to 2 agst Little Lady, 5 to 1 agst Harkaway, 8 to 1 apt the Kite. Won by two lengths; a length between second and third. A. complaint was lodged against the winner on the ground that the rider was not a farmer. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase, value £lOO, by subscription of 10 soya each, for 4-yr-olds and upwards; gentlemen riders; professionals 61b extra. Two miles. 10 subs. Mr T. Ivens's Sir William, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (in 61b ex) (W. White) 1 Mr Golby's Church Militant, 4 yrs, list (Mr Edwards) 2 Mr Rich's It's All Over, 5 yrs, 121 41b (in 61b ex) (B. Land) 3 Mr Tempest's Merrimac, 6 yrs, 13st 71b (in 141 b ex) (Captain 'fempest 4 ) Mr E. Down's Arlescott, 4 yrs, list .. (Capt. Holyealce) Mr Bird's Screw, 6 yrs, 12st 71b ............ (Mr Mr W oo d ) s Blake) Mr Holman's na Measham, aged, 12st 71b ( O_wner) Mr F. C. Morgan's Arimaspian, aged, 12st . lb•.( Miss Amy and Chamade also ran. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Church Militant and Miss Merrimac, Amy, 5 to 1 agst It's A ll Over, 6 to 1 each agst Measham, and Sir 'William, 7 to 1 agst Screw, It's All Over led over the front hurdle, after which Miss Amy took up the running until reappearing in sight on the far side of the course, where Sir William went up, main- tamed the lead to the end, and won by five lengths ; a bad third. Arimaspian and Miss Amy walked in. Chamade fell at the second fence, but neither jockey nor horse was injured. Match, 100 sous, h ft. No weights mentioned. On e mile and a half. Mr. Coventry's Itockley, 6 yrs—Major Wombwell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs—off by consent, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TlMES.—lmperfectly as we are acquainted with the institutions of Japan, we are still not without the means of forming an accurate opinion on a point which is just now of the greatest importance. We can scarcely tell how the Japanese are governed, or what are the influences at work to affect the posi tion of foreigners at the settlements opened under the Treaty. We do not know with any certainty what are the relations between the supreme Govern ment and the aristocracy, or what the views by which their respective proceedings are determined. On these points we can do little more than estimate probabilities, but there is a point most intimately connected with the questions now pending on which there happens to be no room for doubt. We know from unimpeachable evidence that the people of Japan are ready and willing to trade with us, and that they are as freely and as naturally disposed to buy and sell as we ourselves are. Their country is rich in products of great value, and they are ex ceedingly quick in answering a demand. They have discovered with singular acuteness what pro duce will prove most remunerative, *sad have acted accordingly. They are now drawing considerable sums of money from foreign countries, and receiving imports of great utility ; nor will it be easy, we think, after a perusal of the statements subjoined, to doubt the effect of those circumstances on the general disposition of the people. Be it remembered that four years ago there was no trade with Japan whatever. For two centuries that populous Empire had been sealed against all foreigners, with a single and scarcely appreciable exception in favour of the Dutch. A couple of years ago—that is to say, at the beginning of 1862—the trade at one of the ports opened under the Treaty had already become consi derable. As many as 33 foreign vessels, with an aggregate burden of 15,000 tons, arrived at Kana gawa in the first six months of the year, 14 under the British and 12 under the American flag. But we have now an official report of the arrivals at the same port during the first six months of the present year, and we find that in the brief interval between these periods the trade had all but doubled itself. The re turns give 74 vessels in place of 33, and the tonnage as 25,000 instead of 15,000. Our own share, too, in this trade has been more than maintained, for, out of the 74 vessels 40 were British, and 19 only Ame rican. There can be no question, therefore, about the natural expansibility of this commerce. When we recollect that the spring of the present year was signalised by political disturbances threatening the very existence of our settlements in Japan, we must acknowledge that a trade which could make such progress under such discouragement must be a very legitimate trade indeed. But there is something more to be learnt from these returns. The Japanese of Kanagawa, who bought goods of us to the value of 170,000 in 1862, enlarged these dealings to the extent of £112,000 in 1863. It will be said, per haps, that these are insignificant figures after all ; but they represent the trade at a single port, and for six months only. The essence of the story, too, is in the comparison between the two successive years. If the Japan trade does but continue to grow at this rate, it will soon form an important branch of our national commerce; and there is evidence to suggest that such a growth is not improbable. It was but the other day that we knew little or no thing about the production of silk in Japan. The first importation of this article took place in the summer of 1859, but the failure of the silk crop in France and Italy naturally turned the attention of our merchants to the capabilities of remoter regions, and one of the first inquiries made in Japan was for silk. It was answered with incredible promptitude. In 1862 the Japanese—we are still speaking of the port of Kanagawa alone—sold us £200,000 worth of this commodity ; but in the year following they had more than doubled this supply, and the total amount of silk exported from Japan during the present sea son is valued at nearly £2,500,000. In four years, therefore, a supply of a very precious article has been more than quadrupled. Nor is this the only speci men of Japanese enterprise. After inquiring so successfully for silk, we proceeded to inquire for cotton. The Japanese had hitherto only cultivated this plant to a small extent for their own use, and in 1862 they had not a single pound to spare for us. No sooner, however, had the demand been notified to them than they set to work, and their very first year's contribution, received during the present season, amounts to nearly 9,000 hales. The American supply made no such beginning as that. When, therefore, we describe the exports from Ka nagawa alone as amounting to upwards of half a million in value, that sum in itself tells but a small part of the tale. What renders these figures so re markable is the proportion which they bear to the returns of the year previous, which reached but a quarter of a million. The fact to be noted is the dis position which these transactions irresistibly evince When we discover that the first demand on our part is met by the Japanese with such energetic efforts to creste a supply, it is impossible to believe that they are wedded to political exclusiveness, or that they can desire a return to the isolation of former days. On the contrary, we must necessarily con clude that a people so disposed are only kept to their old traditions by force and terror. The great nobles of Japan may be opposed to the new policy as inimical to their interests or authority, but the customs on which they insist with such savage bigo try can have no real hold on the population of the empire. It is possible enough that the old laws or traditions of Japan did ordain that foreigners should be massacred whenever they were found ou Jepts nese soil, but it is safe to conclude that, except for the commands of the aristocracy, such laws would no longer sway the proceedings of industrious and enterprising traders. The idea that a people so eager to sell would feel an impulse to murder those who came to buy is utterly absurd. So far as we can judge, we have the Government and the people on our side, and the aristocracy and their retainers against us. It even appears as if the Ministers of the Daimios themselves were disposed to peace and amity, though they are unable to impress this policy on the minds of their masters. Under such circumstances, it is not to be expected that we should submit to injuries at the hands of these wil ful and obstinate nobles. Besides the guarantees of the Treaty, we have probably the support of the Government, and certainly the goodwill of the people, and there is no reason why we should surrender these advantages for the satisfac tion of a class. The alternative before us is simple. We must either give up this growing trade alto gether, or we must defend our rights to such pur pose as will secure the lives and property cf our countrymen. If an Englishman may be murdered on a high road simply because he meets a Daimio and his retinue, there is an end of our sojourn in Japan. It may be true enough that such an offence was a serious crime according to the old traditions of the Empire, but unless these traditions are re pudiated we can have no place on Japanese terri tory. Nor can we think it altogether unprofitable to eradicate such doctrine. It is almost as charitable to reclaim a people from habits of indiscriminate assassination as to reclaim them from cannibalism. We should not, perhaps, have charged ourselves spontaneously with the mission ; but if, in protect ing the lives of our countrymen, we can teach these Japanese better morality, we shall have done them some service. It is deeply to be regretted when innocent people suffer for the faults of their rulers, but that, unhappily, is an incident of all wars alike. We must protect ourselves by force if we cannot enjoy security otherwise, and when arms are once appealed to the consequences are rarely confined to those who have deserved them. POST.—At the present juncture it may not be inopportune, for various reasons, to point out what are the stipulations and provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1856 with reference to the neutralisation of the Black Sea. In the preliminary negotiations for peace it was proposed that the Black Sea should in future be open to merchant vessels and closed to vessels of war. No naval arsenals were to be erected or maintained on its shores. It Was pro posed that the protection of the commercial and maritime interests of all nations should be secured in the Black Sea and its ports by institutions con formable to international law an d to ester ee customs referring to matters of this nature. In neutralised e conformity with this, Article XI. of the : treaty declares that " the Black Sea is waters and its ports are thrown open to the mercantile marine of every, nation, and are for mally and for ever ioterd.i cted to the flag of w ar either of the Pow ers possessingits coasts, or of any other Power, with the exceptions mentioned in the fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the treaty." By Article XII., commerce in uh t ra h eb e waters alletht,o an e o f the Black Sea sh all be p e rfectly frtoehes,etoadmned ports s d v,e s la u on b pdi v o o f e itself. A r ti c l e XIII de clares police,ce t n t only n f ls, such framedto regulations commerce e m g am u lear spiritct that, the Black Sea being its neutralised, i ac cordancetenanee or with establishment terms of fpon Article coasts x. o"ftmheilmitaariyn-- maritime arsenals is alike needless and purposeless ;" in consequence whereof, " the Emperor of Russia and the Sultan engag e neither to es t a bli s h nor t o maintain upon those arsenal whatever." coasts any military-maritime Article XIV. is to the effect that the Emperor of Russia and the &Ilan, having concluded a Convention for the purpose of settling the force and the number of light vessels necessary for the service of their coasts, and which they re served to themselves to maintain on the Black Sea, such Convention shall be annexed to the treaty, and be construed with it, having the same validity . and effect as if it had been part and p arcel thereof. It is further expressly declared and stipulated thae this Convention " cannot be either annullal .or modified without t he assent of the Powers signing' the present treaty." The Powers signing the trc n . a . ty wer e England, Austria, France, Russia, Sardi.is, and Turkey. Let us now pass to the Convenaon t ine which is declared by the treat y to form part nd parcel of itself. The Convention sets out with de claring by its first article that the " high contrct ing parties mutually e n g a g e not to have in the. Black Sea any other vessels of war than those nod which the number, the force, and the dimensions aro thereinafter stipulated." What these vessels are to consist of is specified in the next article, which pro vides that the Emperor of Russia and the bultan ° "reserve to themselves each to maintain, in th Black Sea, six steamvessels of fifty metres in lengtt! at the line of floatation , of a tonnage of eidbl hundred tons at the maximum, and four light stools or sailing vessels, of a tonnage which shall not. el: cud two hundred tons each." Su ch are the stil?",.. lations by which the two Powers are bound "` Wit f , - ; reference to the neutralisation of t he Black Sea, at the Convention wherein they are comp rised is t° be deemed and construed as an integral part of th , Treaty of Paris, to which, as we h ave seen, Bug, lard, France, Austria, Sardinia, Turkey, and B at us, sia were parties. Reports have been circulated telo Russia has disregarded these provisions o f the tre"' But until there is positive evidence produced of t 131 :, it is to be assumed that Russia is incapable of clo m .; or, at least, has not done, such an act — a n act Wilict would of itself give just grounds to three of the r eti , European Powers, and to Italy and Turkey in C°11 " junction with them, for going to war to en force observance of the treaty thus broken , in case) : peaceful remonstrances failing to p roduce a sat 250 factory effect. The five Powers who , in additiou t f Russia, were parties signataries to the TreatY Paris, are under an obligation to see that it 18 "Lie observed by the last-mentioned Power. But g, should hope, and be disposed to believe, that Br t sia would not disregard the solemn obligatio ns 0 ; treaty made so recently as 1856, whatever she a) have done in the.case of treaties made no longer s° than the Treaty of Vienna. Perhaps it may not b° out of place if we venture a few remarks here lei: the warlike preparations which appea r to b e actile`.7o going on throughout the Russian emp ire. As 11 Power or Powers that we are awa re of contemplatt't any aggression upon Russia, it must be admitted tout these preparations have something portento us abou r them. As Russia has no reasonable grounds to fai l an attack from other Powers, the irresist ible logletl, inference is that she meditates something aggl sive herself. The Russian army is , it is sta t e being augmented and placed upon a war footlyg ; We hear of a sum of £ 15, 000 , 000 having beet quired within the past half year for military poses beyond the usual peace expenditure ; and , exclusive of large additional sums applied in Pra°4 viding necessaries for the increased troops, suet' clothing and food. Quantities of provisions °l.ci being bought up for the army. New foundaries r arsenals for producing arms, ammunition , p lates ' l % covering ironclads, rifled steel cannon of the 113,°,9t formidable construction and dimensions, with sP, and shell of the most approved and destruetl,("c types are spoken of as being established. Poso. e i , mills . are being established in proportion. Quaol,', ties of munitions of war of all kinds, including supplies of saltpetre, are also being imported W . ; abroad. We hear of Government orders being gi s n to the St. Petersburg foundries for supplies of s°:, and shell ranging from 15,000 to 50 , 0 0 0 . Guns9,:t; being . cast to throw shells of 5001 b. weight. be l",:g frontier and maritime fortresses are of strengthened with earthworks and by meauls.4 iron plates a foot thick . Torpedoes for explo(11"te under ships' keels, and blowing them to pi eces, lai d being constructed; 300 are said to have been down to defend Cronstadt. One of the chanuo ls .,l l blocked up by the sinking of 300 vessels filled scil`s, stones, after the manner of the Federals at CLar'ear ton. Mention is also made of a new engine of `Bt of singular construction, for which the Goverotneii"t is stated to have granted a sum equal to abb ti , £27,000. It is a large water-tight vessel for marine navigation. It is to be furnished s u harp:prong at its:prow, but its chief use is to uOier sist, it seems, in placing infernal machines u. 0.„,„ ships' bottoms and exploding them by electrtello.l, Finally, by next summer there are to be 16 Ir ° of clads at Cronstadt, 12 of which are to be monitors turret ships. We give these alleged fa cts as t,bei( reach us. The statements in question ar e certa) :c of such a character as to deserve attentio n ; at i es until they should be proved unauthentic. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a small supply of wlle!. t : with a ready sale, and for fine samples the prices of fo re. week advanced is per quarter; other sorts as 7, / to Malting barley fully supported late rates ; grinding is cheaper. Oats and Leans were fully as dear. + 39 0 ..... White .. 45s to 46s I Barley 375 . to 0 34 0 114 d.. to ' 264 Beans .43s to 44s I Oats.. .22s ... ...... 5 to New 38s to 40s I Peas HULL th —. , W a.4 . At this day's market e show of TUESDAY sy, l at English - 0 15 1- small, with a fair sale,at fully is per qr advance uP ° oar: currencies. Foreign held firmly at is more m oney. a ley met a fair sale, at late prices. Oats were more ju ti.jog atter, but not quotably dearer. ~ 6 . 6 Wheat.... Old white....per qr 438 Od to ' , I O d Old red 77 New white .. „ New red Barley.... English malting 32s 0 to 6 63 Grinding Saal and Oderbruck 123:1966:: °CI () 'lc:l t 1 32s Od to 35s ~ Holstein and Danish 3oe 0(1 to 31: u, 28s od to 3 1 ° o `; Grinding Oats English'', Archaiwel and Riga, per et.. 0812 id to ~; 3 4 1 Friesland and Dutch ' 0513d to 0 80 ki Swedish and Danish Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon New tick 24 4 34 00 2 2 sa s s : 1 °°2 o 6 d d i d ddt t ( t i t oo to . 2 4 4 3 4 4 : 3 3 1 : 6! 11 ` 6 ! -1 !i f 308 Od to 335 ocl Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers .. 32s Od to 3 4 o cl Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to --- : 5 oj Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 5 05 03 . crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) l:9 5 0 to £ 0 v 0 Foreign 8150 to 0 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 0 10 0 Bones 5 5 oto u MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white .; 41s Od to 46s Od ; new r ed, 39s Od to 43s per 3 6 s,t -° st e . ; beans, 39s to 41s for old ; new sorts, 368 to 38s per 3 ° of barley, 358 to 37s for malting, and 28s to 328 per (1,,r• grinding; new oats , 20s to 2 3s Od per 24 stone; ol u ' to 295. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 1 9 ' Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec' 3 1 ' via Marseilles Dee' 4 , Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec' 0, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena No v ' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton De c • .4, via Marseilles Nov' ' Falkland Islands 2 6 ' Gibraltar, via Southampton NO. 0 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dee' 5/. via M a rseilles Nov. 6, India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov'. ' Portugal.... via Marseilles Dec 6A: ............ Dec. 106, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamp ton Nov. `i, via Marseilles Newfoundland . • N N o ° v T : ' ‘76' Oporto and Vigo .. ............. o s, U. S. and British N. Americ a, b y Brit packet Nov. ' by U. 5.6 packet 4. -- by ‘ Canadian packet Noy' co. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and leneriffe ......... Dec. .. . i' Bahamas, via New Yo rk .. Dec. 0, Mexico ............. ! ... ..... ! ....... .... Nov. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, ! Deo , ;1 5 ' CalitOrnia , and B ritish Columbia .. _...•!*.. Births. llEcTou.—On the 24th inst., at 7, Stanley-gardens , Q 1 f‘ A A Bington-park, the wife of Alexander Hector, E s(l '' d aug hter. H A RmAN.—On the 23d inst., at 23, Great Curaber i l i j d :l place, the wife of E. R. King Harman, of a 00 heir. th ° LEARMONTH.-0a th e 24th inst., at 93, Eaton - Places of wife of Li eutenant-Col..Learnionth, of Dean, N.''' son. FISHER --O n 24th inst, at St. 14 311 0 1 0 NN Effri on a th g e es Hampton, Charles Fisher, Es( to Marian Jeane“e' eldest daughter of Mrs. Wuste l m " ann. gad HAYWARD—PEARSE.—On the 24th inst., at Saint", cif Magdalen, Reigate, Mr. William Hayward, of 1 0 ',: s Kent, to Sarah Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Tho r- Pearse, of Redhill, Surrey. Deaths. set , ADAIR.—On the 21st inst., at Heatherton-park, S°lll-1. Alexander Adair, Esq., aged 71. rIC . GLANVILLE.—LateIy, at Ballaugh, Isle of Many -- IF. Glanville,aged 53. GEA.VES.—On the 24th inst., at Woburn -place, - Graves, Esq., aged 78. HAlewooD.—On the 22d inst., at Hill House, Eli', Div, bridgeshire, Mary, eldest daughtersurvivsurvivingeoft he „ 70" yowl. John Harwood, Esq., of Exning House, near .0(3 ket, aged 92. ,„ttiao HoDsoLL.—On the 24th inst., at Iloxton, Mr. Hodson, formerly of Wrotham, Kent, aged 75. THOMAS.—On the 25th inst., a t 4, Waterloo-plaoc(:: "`,O, burn, John William Thomas, of 153, New 13ond-s west, aged 41. • - London : Prinzed and Pulqialied by WILLIA3I AND .0 r'l °,' of No. 112, Strand, Pri nter, at THE SUN Oftice No. 1 Strand, in the Prec inct of the `savoy, in the CQ U hihitilepex.,—Thursday, Norember 20, UM ~ ~I (II