The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LINE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. LAST TBBER NIGHTS of Mr. GUSTAVUS V. BROOKE. THIS EVENING, SraFT. 21, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYOIS. Supported by Messrs. D.* V. Brooke, A. Younge, Belto Moorhousc, Leslie, and Evans;' Mesdames Anderton, Belton, and Di=n. To ,conclude with THE FOUNTAIN OF BEAUTY, in which Miss Featherstone and Miss E. Ormond will appear. Reduced prices us usual. THEATRE ROYAL ADELL'IiI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. MIS EVENING, SEPT. 29, Will bs performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsell e, G. Lee, Leigh Murray, C. Selby, Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. • Atter which, will be presented SA.RDANAPALITS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBBAL To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. WIll:am Cooke. Mr. W. Coosa: feels the greatest pl.:ague in announcing that the Grand Mythologi , al Burlesque Spectacle each Night increases in attraction, and the pleasing and instructive na'uro of the ant ject has already gained the attention of Parents and Guardians, who nightly flock :o the Amphitheatre with their youn,;er branches to witness the astounding and classical effects introduced in this un rivalled production. In crder to keep up the uninterrupted chain of novelty, an engagemen , has been entered into with Signor CARLOTTI and Si4nor FRANCOIS, who will introduce their matchless Feats as performed before the Rajah of Nagpore. These extraordinary Artistes are pronounced incredible. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 29, And during the week, will be presented (the 16th time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITI4,II',I DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PH/ETON; or, THE FIERY COUR-ERS OF THE SUN, supported by the entire strength et the Company. New and original Scenes in the Circle, introducing Signor CAR LOTTI and Signor FRANCOIS. Concluding with (89th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. 4V West. LAST NIGHT OF TEE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. By desire, repetition of the Grand Apron!le Fetes. Re-engagemen' of Miss Poole. Fireworks at half-past Eight. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 29, cHustArT, Splendid MENAGERIE, Promenading Elephants. First Exhibition of the " Hamadryas" Baboon, a very rare species. MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive in large Glass Tanks. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of the " FEAST OF LANTERNS," DISPLAY of FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE JUNKS. Concert at a Quarter to Six. Fireworks at Half-past Eight. Admission, is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. hard wind —o vercas t . SOUTHAMPTON-.W., - S.W., strong breeze --overcast. PORTsmouTH—N FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S., strong breeze —scud. GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze —overcast. STROOD—S., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAT —Morning 20 min. afteril I Evening 0 min.aft. 0 To-Mbailow —Mornin g 54 m i n . afterll i Evening 19 min.aft„ 0 THE WEATHER.--Sus OFFICS, Sspr. 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 56 lowest this morning and luring the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13. WIND, W.—Dull weather. ,:;..- RZ , Clie b t u 4'4 . _ ‘ i- 11$) 11, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1853. It is still maintained by the principal organ of her MAJESTY'S Government that even now war is by no means imminent, and that, after all, no energetic measures have been taken for the trans mission of maritime aid from Besika Bay to the waters of Constantinople. Supposing these state ments to be accurate, then would they constitute only additional and more damning evidence of the incapacity of the present Administration. Let occurrences actually prove that the Cabinet has persisted in its old policy of timorous delays and abject concessions, and it will not be difficult then to decide who in this Eastern contention are the blusterers. To suppose, however, for an in stant that no bolder, nobler, manlier front will be presented by England to the Russian AUTO CRAT, would be, we conceive, under existing cir cumstances, altogether preposterous. It would be preposterous after the energetic language addressed to the men of Greenock by Lord J. RUSSELL. It would be preposterous, especially preposterous, after the panegyrics pronounced at Perth, and afterwards at Glasgow, by Lord PALMERSTON upon the sagacity and resolution of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. Demonstrate now that no larger powers have been accorded to Lord STRAT FORD, that no instructions have been forwarded to Admiral DUNDAS authorising him to afford assist ance, if required, to the British Ambassador at Constantinople --and you will effectually cap the climax of the turpitude of the Coalition, you will prove that the members of that Coalition have rendered themselves contemptible as brag garts, after having sullied their reputation for pa triotism by their pusillanimity. Either the remarks made the other day by the Leader of the House of Commons go for nothing —in which case they would be no less despicable than the vapourings of PA- Routs--or they signify an intention on the part of himself and his Ministerial colleagues, to lend, at last, efficient support to the honourable inte rests and inalienable rights of the Turkish Govern ment. Either (again) the tone adopted by the Noble Member for Tiverton, when referring re cently to the present occupant of the Foreign office, went for nothing—in which case it would imply . a disgraceful sympathy with the bullyings of a BosAna--or it auguredlthe display of a more Chivalrous bearing towards the CZAR on the part of the ruling Coalition. It is obvious, there fore, that statements thrust, of late, officially tpon the attention of the community, have o_ lily tend e d t o place the Cabinet in a new, and 11 , 11 ..."P00ted, and in some respects still more paltry enem ata than any upon whi c h it h as hitherto blundered. Another of the delectable conse quences of the confusion inseparable from an un principled political co mbination —another of the happy fruits of the Coalition— blessed results o f t h e Joint-Stock Administration. A mysterious silence has hitherto concealed from the public knowledge many of the short comings of the ABERDEEN Government. Occa sionally that silence has been broken. Inadver words h ave tently, and therefore inopportu n ely,iriiserwhich h ave fallen from the lips of 3l afforded ' a glimpse of the disagreements rife among the advisers of the SOVEREIGN. Everybody recollects, for exa mple, how the " orthodox," "low Church" sentiments of the author of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill were repudiated by the Prime Minister in that communication to Mr. MONSELL, in which the former strove to conciliate the good w ill o f the Ultramontanists I And so it has been repeatedly, time and again, at intervals, ever since th e " t rave ll e d Th ane " b roug ht "All the Talents" together in the same Cabinet — effecting that miracle by the craft of compromise and the magic of inconsistency. Nevertheless, it had up to the last week or two been only at mo ments that Secretaries of State, and other high Personages in the Goverment, had broken from the tether of their taciturnity. Until Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke out boldly the other day at Green ock, and until the citizens of Perth and of Glas gow were addressed by Viscount PALMERSTON in direct allusion to the foreign policy of the Earl of CLARENDON, the community had only listened to a few whispered syllables of blurted disclosure and incoherent revelation. At length, however, it is different. The people have listened to senti ments to-day which they might have hearkened in vain for yesterday. They have heard the Mem ber for the City of London, the Leader of the Rouse of Commons, declaring that war would be preferred by the Cabinet to a that pacifi cation. They have heard the Representative of the borough of Tiverton, the Chief Secretary of the Home Department, commending the Earl of CLARENDON, in so many words, as a statesman " who, by his, independent and truly British ing, by the firmness of his mind, by the gre feel of his tal en t s , b y t h e clearness of his e greatness and by th e d e t erm i nation which animates his con , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1853. duct, will," said Lord PALMERSTON, " amply an swer and repay the confidence and support which, I trust, and am persuaded he will receive from the great mass of his fellow-countrymen." It is not merely to vague words of encouragement that the country is lending ear consequently—but to distinct promises of energy, and to explicit predic tions of a more chivalrous line of policy : promises and predictions, it will be observed, made 'by two of the most conspicuous members of the ruling Government. Assurances of considerable weight as coming to us from the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and of Viscount PAL MERSTON. It is scarcely credible, therefore, we maintain, that the language of these statesmen can be, as the official organ would intimate, only "fire and fury, signifying nothing"—the lan guage voluntarily uttered by the Leader of the House of Commons and by her MAJESTY'S principal Home Smr(tary. No: in spite of every declaration o the contrary, we must believe, for the credit of Lord PALMERSTON and bis Ministerial colleague, that the boasts of the one and the panegyrics of the other have been justified by the transmission of larger powers to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and of more resolute instruc tions to the British Admiral in the Medi terranean. Otherwise, the Coalition will be shown to have yet more shamefully paltered with the honour of the Crown, by meeting Russia with words of menace and acts of subserviency —a con jecture which every patriotic observer must be loath to entertain, until actual events have proved beyond the possibility of doubt that the national credit has indeed been thus infamously and de plorably compromised. Yesterday afternoon a favourable reaction occurred on the Stock Exchange. Up to that time the downward tendency of the quotations of stocks and shares still continued. It is useless to attempt disguising the fact that a complete panic had set in on the Stock Exchange, that sales of public and private securities were pressed, the holders submitting to the most serious sacrifices, in order to obtain a present command of money, for which, in all human probability, they should be seeking new investments within a few weeks at greatly advanced prices. The excitement was, in fact, increasing, although no new circumstances had been brought to light—no fresh authentic intelligence had transpired to account for or jus tify the unreasoning alarm. A rally, however, took place on the arrival of the Typhoon and Marlborough from Port Philip being announced, bringing with them nearly eighty thousand ounces of gold, of the value of close on 320,0001. ster ling ; and also on the Essex being reported, said to bring about ten thousand ounces, of the value of 40,0001. more. It was also discovered about the same time, that the Bears had been carrying their operations a little too far ; and that so far from their being an excess either of Stocks or Shares for delivery, there was, in fact, a short sup ply, so that the last price of Consols was 92k. It was said that after regular hours there was a slight falling off, and that transactions took place at 92 to f It is to be anticipated that the Ursine fraternity will make the most energetic efforts to continue the excitement hitherto prevailing, and to ensnare other victims in their toils. They will not easily permit such rich booty to escape from their clutches, and the readiness with which many per sons, during the early part of the week, threw their property unreservedly on the market, must encourage further attempts on the pockets of the community. We trust, however, that the parties, who are now fully awakened to the designs of those desirous of reducing their purses to less plethoric dimensions, will profit by the salutary warnings, and preserve their property from the grasp of the spoilers. Everything, in fact, that has hitherto come to light should be regarded with satisfaction—should allay rather than en hance their apprehensions. We should feel thank ful that a portion of the combined squadrons have entered the Sea of Marmora, and there would be additional cause for self-gratulation if we could. be assured that the remainder of the French and English Fleets had anchored in the same position. The real ground for alarm would be a continuance of the strange and unaccountable timidity and vacillation that has brought so much contempt and dishonour on the British name, that has destroyed our ancient prestige, and en couraged every puny despot to insult and injure British subjects, and to disregard the representa tions and remonstrances of British diplomatists, affording fresh illustrations of the fable of the living ass and the dead lion. But the once ma jestic animal is not dead. It had been drugged with soporifics, but, when at length aroused, woe betide its long-eared assailants. The intelligence that the long-continued apathy had been shaken off, should be received with joy and satis faction by every manly heart in the United King dom, and every right-minded Englishman should lend his aid to support and sustain the party anxious to vindicate and retrieve the honour of his country, in place of attempting to injure the financial resources of England and paralyse its in dustrial energies. There is but one consolatory cir cumstance connected with the transaction, which is, that any degree of pusillanimity will carry with it its own punishment—that an avenging NEmßsis will pursue the terrorists, and that they will suffer a just retribution for their conduct, in the losses they sustain through their unreasoning folly. What, we ask, is there so very formidable in the anger of Russia--even if sustained by Aus tria—to produce such excessive terror—such dis graceful alarm ? If, according to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, " peace without honour is no longer peace"—if it be nothing but "a truce, a preca rious truce, to be denounced by others whenever they may think fit—whenever they think an op portunity has occurred to enforce by arms their unjust demands, either upon us or upon our allies"--should we not rejoice at the approaching termination of this untoward state of affairs, at any cost ? Has not the protracted suspense been as injurious to our commercial interests as any war in which we could be called on to participate? Have we not suffered as much m inetary derange ment as if, on the first invasion of the Danubian Principalities, we had displayed the Union Jack in the Black Sea and in the Baltic, and had made Russia deeply rue her unscrupulous and unwar ranted aggression ? If we lived on a volcanic soil, should we not willingly accept permanent safety at the expense of a present eruption ? and why should we not, in like manner, seek a conclusive and permanent arrangement of the constantly im pending quarrel —a final solution of the difficulty, without which there can be no honourable or enduring peace. We have already endured the evils of war without its advantages ; and if we, in conjunc tion with the other great maritime European Power, do not muzzle the greedy Bear, w e s h a ll continue to en d ure similar evils to the end of the the world ; they have never for a moment been disguised, and she has only waited for a favour able opportunity for carrying out her nefarious objects, and pushing her incessant encroachments to their natural termination viz., th e annexat i on of Turkey in Eur o p e to her own dominions. That opportunity she saw in the accession to office of the Coalition Government, and the assumption of the chief place i n t h e British Cabinet by the "good and excellent A ou whose apathy, if not connivance, she fancied she might depend, and thence the proc ee di ngs which have entailed such practical inconvenience and such enormous losses on all the nations of Europe, and more especially on that which had the misfortune of being placed under That she the direction of such a Minister. was not mistaken in her estimate of the First Lord of the Treasury is unfortunately but too notorious ; but, happily, his vacillation has been counteracted by the steady and unflinching deter mination of the British people—his apathy has been counterbalanced by their active energies. Never were we b e tt er p re p are d f or war , an d, what is: even more to the purpose, never was Turkey more ready for the final appeal to arms. In place being taken at a disadvantage, a better time c , Auld not have been selected, and we almost thank the AUTOCRAT for suffering his cupidity and am bition to hurry him on to such lengths, that no further mistake can exist either as to his own grasping and aggressive policy, or as to the treachery and perfidy of his congenial associate— the " RED EMPEROR." The Porte has now numerous and well-discip lined troops, amply provided with all the muni tions of war, and burning with anxiety to be led against the invaders of their country. The insults of Russia have sunk deep into their hearts, are branded in indelible characters on their memories. A degree of enthusiasm is felt by even the com monest soldier, which must exercise a material in fluenca on the contest. They will also have many valuable allies—Poles and Magyars —victims of despotism from many lands will flock to the standard, burning to strike' a formidable blow against the hated tyrants who have driven them from theirnativesoils to wander as refugees through every country that dares to afford them shelter from chains and stripes—the gallows or the fusil lade. Are such men to be despised ? Is such assistance to be slighted ? They will inscribe the history of their unparalleled wrongs and sfiffer ings in letters of blood on the Calmuck hordes of the despot to whom these wrongs and sufferings may be mainly if not altogether attributed—drive them from the fair provinces they have so wan tonly and so unwarrantably occupied, and carry the war into the enemy's dominions until Russia be restricted within its ancient boundaries, and compelled to disgorge the plunder of past genera tions. Meantime France and England, in cordial co operation, will scour the seas, until the flag of Russia, or of Austria, if she join in an iniquitous compact with the Northern Despot, dare not ven ture on any sea or ocean—nay, more, until their ports are occupied by French and English fleets, their fortifications dismantled, and their commerce annihilated, What can they, or either of them, do to France or England, more particularly when Hungary, and Poland, and Lombardy will pro vide ample occupation at home, and rise regene rated from their ashes into constitutional States ? We have nothing to fear but from the timidity of our rulers and our moneyocracy, some of whom would sacrifice at the, shrine of Mammon the liberties of the world, even of their native land, provided they could retain their own vile pelf without diminution or reduction. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 26 Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended divine service yesterday in the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Lee, of Greyfriars, Edinburgh. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness dined at Aber geldie in the evening with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. SEPT. 27. The woods of Balmoral were yesterday driven for deer. The shooting party consisted of his Royal High ness the Prince, Count Alexander Mensdorff, and Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Majesty the Queen. the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred were present during the drive. The Royal dinner party in the evening, in addition to the Royal suite, consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, and Sir George and Lady Couper. Major-General Sir Richard Doherty had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. The Bishop of London had also an interview with his Grace at the Colonial-office. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town last night from Carlisle. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES, 5 SO VS. Coleraine Sabra .... TOWN PLATE. Nutpecker Three ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Ilex Four ran. FOURTIVRIENNIAL STAKES. Nabob Three ran. MATCH, 100/.—Nathan beat Little Gerard easily. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. .. 1 4to 1 agst King Pepin (taken—in great force) 1000 to 60 on the field, bar one. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market was flat and closed heavily, with prices of American and Surat id. per lb. lower. In Ameri can under sd. the decline is still greater. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at Rd. to Rd., 200 Bahia at 6id. to 6gd., 300 Egyptian at 6.0. to 6d., 500 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 40 Sea Island at is. Bd. to 3s. per lb. Railway Shares were rather firmer. This morning there has been a delivery of let ters from Australia to as late a date as the 3d or 4th of July, by the ships noticed yesterday. The greatest, anxiety prevails in circles where the whole facts of the case are not well understood, concerning the result of the enormous shipments of goods not only already arrived, but known to be on the way, and which were leaving up to the close of last week. Upon looking over the exports, we find that their amount was excessive until within a few days, but that there is now greater caution and more difficulty in getting freights. The losses will fall chiefly, we apprehend, not upon the regular Aus tralian merchants, who, having made good profits at first, have been acting very cautiously since, but upon a large number of private individuals, not in trade, who have been anxious to have a "little spec," and have sent out almost anything they fancied might suit. In the same way, a great number of wholesale dealers and manufacturers have acted as merchants, and shipped freely. Among them it is that the pressure, if any, will be felt; but no one can doubt that the Australian trade, on the whole, had yielded enormous profits, and that it is high time, in the interest of the colonies, that a fall in prices should occur. At the meeting of the South Sea Stock proprie tors, held this day, it was stated that the balance of the Bond Debt remained at 4,5001. A long and interesting discussion took place i n res p ec t to the payment of those who had agreed to have money for their stock ; but it appeared, from the state ment of the Chairman, that they, as trustees, could not pay back the money without an express Act of Parliament for that purpose. It was considered by many present that such an act ought to be pro cured without delay. A Committee of Bye-laws was chosen for the ensuing year. The English Stocks have been buoyant, and there is a good deal of buying back. More favour able accounts are stated to have been received from Constantinople, where the peace party were getting greater influence. Consols opened at 91/ to 92, and have since risen to 93k- to I. Already money stock is said to be scarcer— a strange assertion after the recent assertions of and abundant supply. But the truth is that no one can ascertain in periods of excite ment how matters exactly stand. Exchequer Bills have been done at Bs. to 155., and India Bonds at 3s. to 10s. prem. India Stock has been firm at 243. The Foreign Stock Market has been more elastic. Mexican Bonds have been 23 to 23,1, and Peruvian 71 to 72. Equador is steady at 4i. Brazilian old Bonds have been worth 100. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 412 Russian 5 per Cents. have been done as high as 1144, after opening at 111. Dutch 24 per Cents. are 62 to 622. In the Railway Market this is settling day, and prices have all advanced in consequence of the rise in the funds. Caledonian have advanced 1/. to 21., Great Western 10s., North-Western 1/. to 21., Mid land Norfolk 11., York and Berwick 4, and York and North Midland 1/. French Shares are better likewise. The Gold Mines have been very quiet, and the Land Companies' firm. The Australian Banks are fiat. BANK OF ENGLAND. Another alteration has been made by the Direc tors of the Bank of England at their meeting this day, in the minimum rate of discount, although loans upon stock are obtainable at a lower rate than the Bank has charged. The charge is now 5 per cent. This sudden fall is attributable to the advance in the Bank rate. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From th,e 02,icial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities' 92 1 11 31 4 2 India Stock ......... 243 India Bonds, £lOOO . . lO 3 Ditto, under £lOOO 4 , Bank Stock for Account 216 Consols for Account 9li 314 2 111 / Exchequer Bills, id. £IOOO £5OO l5 8 10 13 die Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. E O Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent TITRE 100 'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent Eqnador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4k per Cent. 7l 3 Ditto for the Account 72 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 4li Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lll 14 k 12/ Ditto 44 per Cent Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 221 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 62i 2 Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. .... 924 1 92 4 1 Consols Ditto October Account , MARKET INTELLIGENCE---(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Sept. 29, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale per Imperial Quarter. WEEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANO. I PEAS. 56, 9a 35s 91 I 20s 61 35s 7d I 41s 91 39s 8d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I HARM. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 53s Od 31s 10d 21s Gd 34s 5d 41s 6d 37s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. } BEANS. 1 PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 1)4,461 ; Barley, 12,C42; Oats, 10,666; Rye, 548 ; Beans 1,651; Peas, 703 quarters. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER IN THE NORTH. (From, the Inverness Advertiser of Tuesday.) MR. GLADSTONE AT DINGWALL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was presented with the freedom of this ancient burgh to-day. The right hon. gentleman quitted Dunrobin Cast'e yesterday, passing the night at Tarbat House—the seat of the Marquis of Stafford—and arriving in Dingwall at half-past one o'clock. There he drove to the residence of his relative, Mrs. Chisholm, and a few minutes after wards signified that he was ready to receive the Magis trates and Council. It happened, unfortunately, that the Provost, Sir James Matheson, Bart., was detained at Lews Castle ; but Bailie Macdonald and the other members, accompanied by Sheriff Cameron, the Rev. Mr. Sutherland, and several other gentlemen, proceeded thither. They met a most cordial reception from the right hon. gentleman, with whom was Mrs. Gladstone and several other ladies. Bailie MACDONALD briefly expressed the gratification with which they welcomed him to the place, and ex plained the resolution to which the Council had come. Mr. GRIGOR presented the burgess ticket, w hich bore to be given in testimony of the high respect and estima tion entertained by the Council for him " as the sup porter of liberal economical principles, and as one of the most enlightened statesmen and financiers who has ever taken part in the public affairs of this great empire;" and conferred upon him in the usual form the " power to use and exercise all the privileges and immunities" belonging to an honorary burgess. Mr. GLADSTONE then spoke as follows : " Gentle men, I accept with the liveliest pleasure, and with strong sentiments of gratitude both the burgess ticket which you have been pleased to confer upon me, and also the address with which you have been good enough to accompany it. If, as you have said, you think this occasion of my visit to Dingwall one of interest to you, much more so is it an occasion of interest to myself. My occupations have been of such a nature as not to allow me to visit this part of the country so frequently as I could have wished. The time that has elapsed since I last had the honour of acquainting myself with Dingwall is no less than 37 years. I have brought with me now my son, who is much farther advanced in boyhood than I was then. The period I have mentioned is a large part of human life, it comprises one full generation, and most of those whom I now address could, if I mistake not, only have been children when I was last here. I have watched with the greatest interest, as it was imposSible I could not but watch, the many changes which have been effected in this part of the country since that period. It has pleased Providence to impress this beautiful dis trict with signs and tokens on the physical conformation of the country which render it easy to retain in the memory its highly interesting features. And, so far as the surface of the land is concerned, I have witnessed with delighted surprise how the diligence, prudence, energy, and enterprise of Scotsmen have been continually engaged in making the wilderness to blossom as the rose. I do not mean to say that these effects are peculiar to this district ; but I am persuaded that in no part of the country has the progress of improvement been more rapid. The town of Dingwall itself has undergone an entire transformation since I knew it. The houses which at that time were conspicuous for their good ness have now been thrown into the shade, and every where we witness delightful specimens of that ac tivity and progress which now characterises every part of the country. I think you are aware that those who are connected either by blood or recollection with the Highlands of Scotland, do not easily lose their interest in the population, nor their attachment to the soil. For me, the connection of my family with Dingwall must ever be a source of the ten derest and most endearing association, because she to whom I owe my birth was not only a native herself, but although removed far away for scores of years, continued to cherish an attachment towards it in a degree not sur passed by any of its inhabitants. On every personal and domestic ground therefore I cannot but feel deeply grate ful for this tribute of your regard. While saying this, I am bound to mention likewise, that I cannot criti cally examine the opinion you have been pleased to pronounce upon my public conduct. I ought not, however, to omit, mentioning my admiration of the tone and spirit in which your address is conceived. In it you express a just and praiseworthy hope that I and the Government of which I am a member, " may long continue to eschew party warfare, promote safe and progressive reform, and carry out in all the institu tions of the state thorough and needful amelioration." Gentlemen, I do feel and believe, and it is a source of no small satisfaction to myself, that the present Govern ment is distinguished more than many which preceded it by coming less in contact with mere party organisa tion, and being less pledged to the purposes of party warfare. It is composed, as you know, for the most part, of men having great experience in public ser vice. This is my twenty-first year of public life, and yet I am, certainly not its youngest member, but still young, compared with those veteran statesmen who occupy the chief places in the councils of her Majesty. They are united by an honourable bond ; and I may take it upon me to say that their objects and wishes are no other than you have expressed. I spoke of those changes on the face of the coun try which are palpable to the eye, but other changes, also, have taken place, during the lapse of those event ful years to which I have referred—changes involving a greater amount of legislative effort after improvement, and comprising larger and more beneficial results than have ever been gathered together during any period of the same length in the history of our country. Looking to the course which legislation has taken—setting minor objects aside—allowing for that freedom of opinion which, thank God, prevails in this country—and for the differences with which that freedom must be attended, I think we must all feel that the institutions of the country have been working well—that they have been working for the benefit of the mass of the commu nity. The steps taken may by some be deemed too slow or too short ; but, on the whole, they have been in what is called the right direction—the character of the policy which the country has pursued has been of a nature which will honourably distinguish her his tory, and which marks her state and condition in a manner the most favourable as compared with those of other nations. When Lord Aberdeen took office he de clared it to be his special mission—not of course, putting other objects aside—to defend, complete, and seal that great work of commercial reform the extension of which has been the main characteristic of the last ten years. I hope you think him faithful to his pledge. At this par ticular moment, when it is pleasing Providence to press on other nations something like a scarcity of the fruits of the earth, I hope there are none among those whom I address, who do not feel profoundly thankful for the adoption of that wise policy, by which we have removed every trammel and restraint on the supply of that article upon which- our population are depen dent for subsistence. It is the lot of man to labour —to earn his bread by labour ; but it was a sad and miserable delusion, when, in addition to this pe nalty laid upon him in the wise counsel of God, we undertook to interfere and render scarce by artificial laws the bread upon which he is to subsist. I really must say that all who took a part in the beneficial work of altering those laws ought to feel thankful to the Almighty for being permitted to share in carrying through measures so beneficial in their tendency ; so full of bene volence towards the masses of the community ; and—if I must add another motive—so calculated as that legis lation has been, and has shown itself to be, to strengthen the attachment of the people to the institutions of the country, and to confirm alike their sentiments of sever-, ence for law, their loyalty to the Throne, and their ap preciation of the blessings they enjoy from the constitution under which they live. There never was a more signal example of the advantages to be derived from the adop tion of wise and well-considered improvement than that exhibited by this country. These must speak to the mind of every public man, and recommend a pesever ance in that course which experience has shown to be fraught with so much benefit. And, if other encou ragements be needed, they are to be derived while tra velling through the land from meetings such as this— where intelligent men, chosen to represent the wants, wishes, and interests of particular localities, come for ward to receive us with expressions of decided approval and kindly overlook our many deficiencies. I trust the effect of these testimonies will be to inspire us with a determination to devote ourselves, so long as we remain the servants of the Crown, with at least singleness of purpose, and without regard to party objects, to the promotion of the public welfare. I beg again most sin cerely and cordially to express my gratitude for the hon our you have have done me, and to express the satisfac tion with which I accept the freedom of this burgh which it has been your pleasure to confer upon me, and have listened to the wise, sound, and judicious address with which it was accompanied. Wine was then served round to the company—Mr. Gladstone drinking to the prosperity of the burgh. The ceremony then ended, and the assembly separated. long experience of public life, who may have been known in other times and under other circum stances by varying party designations, but who, when a crisis arrived in the history of the country on the great question of commercial legislation, cast away every per sonal consideration, forgot every personal distinction, and asked themselves alone in what manner can we best serve the Crown and the country ? (Cheers.) With these wise and eminent men, united on that ground and for such an object, it has been my happy lot to be associated. I have derived profit from their profound experience, I have shared the honours awarded to their established character, and by their advice and support I have been enabled—if there be any benefit to be drawn from the financial labours of last session—to compass what could not otherwise have been attained. (Cheers.) At any rate, and to whatever cause I may be indebted for the tribute, I receive it with delight, and my satisfaction is enhanced by the manner in which it has been conveyed. I am much gratified by the assurance you have given me as to the manner in which the proposal was received by the Town Council, and I am glad to see by this crowded hall that their sentiments are shared in and - confirmed by the community— that this is not an affair of a party or a class, but has its origin in a spontaneous and gene ral sentiment pervading the mass of the people. It was not for any mere party purpose that Lord Aberdeen accepted the post which he now holds, or that Lord John Russell—who himself had held the office of Prime Minister with honour and distinction—consented to join him ; and I flatter myself that their views for the pro motion of the general welfare will meet a yet wider ap preciation, successful though they have been already in securing a large measure of support from the repre sentatives of the people in Parliament—a support ratified by such manifestations on the part of the people themselves as that of which I have now the honour to be the object. (Cheers.) Allusion is made to two principal subjects in your address—the two subjects which perhaps press most urgently on public notice at the present moment—the commercial legisla ture, which will for ever render memorable the last ten years, and a reference to foreign politics and govern ments. With regard to the subject of commercial legis lation, I have already said that I stand here to-day reaping where others have sown. I had indeed the honour to be associated with the late Sir Robert Peel in the earlier stages by which the principles of that legisla tion which is now more fully recognised were introduced ; and to my dying day it will be a source of satisfaction to me that, from the formation of his government onwards, I was honoured to bear, if an humble, still a laborious part, in giving effect to those improvements and alterations of our commercial and fiscal laws which have shed upon the country richer and more numerous blessings than even the anticipations of the most sanguine dared have looked for. (Cheers.) During five or six years past we have been congratu lating ourselves on the enjoyment of them amid cheap ness and abundance, though we may have felt that a time would come when, from a pressure upon tl • means of subsistence, the people would have less facPity in obtaining access to them. And how marked is the testimony to the wisdom of recent legislation in the spirit which now prevails ! Go back to other times and we find that when corn was dear the natural anxiety and impatience of the people vented itself in violations of law, in riot, and in bloodshed ; and even in other coun tries this continues still to be the case. Only afe w days ago I read of the governors of two Italian towns losing their lives as a sacrifice to the impatience of the popula tion arising from such a cause. Thus it ever has been where man steps in to correct Providential arrangements, and where the pressure of scarcity is aggravated by unwise laws. But see the contrast here ! Not in this quarter, but in other quarters of the country, there is a deficient harvest, and the demand for corn to France has affected our markets ' • but not through all England or S co tl an d i s t h ere heard a murmur of impatience or discontent, for the peo ple rest satisfied that if there be a dispensation of scarcity it comes from that Providence'whose it is to dis pense the measures both of abundance and want, they know that human legislation has done all that it can to effect free scope to the energy and industry of man, and hence there is everywhere that tranquillity, content ment, and self-reliance which we should most desire to prevail. (Cheers.) Your Provost has said that we have not met here to celebrate a party triumph. There was a time when the question of protective duties was made one of party struggle and conflict. There was a time, even after the victory had been achieved, when a large party adopted " Protection" as their motto and in scribed it on their banners. But those times are gone by, the force of truth has won its way, and I scarcely believe that after the evidence which the lapse of time has accumulated, there exists any longer a section of the community who, if they had the power, would wish to step back, to alter, or modify a system of legislation so beneficial. (Cheers.) What was once but an opinion of philosophers in their closets, spread from one class to another, occupied the minds of statesmen, obtained the voice of Parliament, took the force of law, is now the fixed policy of England, and reigns enthroned in the sanction and heart of the country. (Loud cheers.) And let me add the expres sion of an anticipatory hope that the end of its triumphs has not yet been reached. The example of England is of mighty force. Her example has had much to do in persuading the other nations of Europe that in a re strictive commercial code there was some magical secret of national wealth and prosperity. But the delusion once rejected by us it will not be long maintained by them ; the emphatic testimony to the advantages of free commerce which the triumphant results of a full and unsparing application of its principles has yielded here, will work its way among the intelligent people of the continent, producing a similar development of plenty and blessing among them ; mutual intercourse will be advanced, and the benefits which come in the train of increased communication and augmented wealth will thus be multiplied ; great social and moral aims which we desire to see promoted will be helped onwards, the tendency to international strife and war will be re pressed • and if we do not thus realise all the blessings which Christianity promises to mankind, many of these evils which must seriously hinder their advance will be taken out of the way. (Loud cheers.) Your address also adverts to my humble efforts in behalf of those whom I believe to be oppressed in another country. It must be painful to us, natives of Great Britain—citizens of a country where the principles of liberty and obedience to law are both held in deserved veneration—of a country where the most extensive changes are brought about by legal and rational means—it must be most painful for us to look abroad over the Continent and see how little progress the nations of Europe have made in the path of temperate and rational freedom. There is one year which I fear must be marked as very disas trous in their annals—l mean the revolutionary year of 1848—for while certainly there was much which deserved to be swept away, the effect was to provoke a terrible reaction—to diminish the hope of rational free dom—to exasperate the spirit of despotism where it ex isted—to develope extreme opinions —and to diminish the prospect of gradual and temperate advance to that system of constitutional government—the results of which we so happily enjoy. In the country where it was my fortune to reside at the period to which allusion has been made, I perceived that great sufferings were inflicted on large numbers in consequence of this re actionary spirit—a spirit, the natural effect of whose manifestations is certainly to provoke popular resist ance, and to engender many terrible evils. Ido en tertain an earnest hope for the improvement of Italy ; and, so far as the present Government is concerned, I am sure it will be their endeavour to promote that object----not in the spirit of reckless propagandism, which would raise up the national spirit against us, but by such a wise and temperate policy as will secure our moral influence. At present we cannot speak with satisfaction of foreign politics. You well know that causes are operative which threaten the peace of Eu rope. I trust you also know, and are well persuaded, that the most anxious efforts of the British Govern ment have been directed towards the maintenance of general peace, and the protection of those who want strength to protect themselves. (Cheers.) No assurance from me to this effect is wanted. for the temper and at titude of the'peop!e h tve'sho•A it how thoughtfully they confide in their rulers, and how anxious they are for the maintenance of peace combined with honour. The time is happily past when an ignorant eagerness for war could take possession of masses of the community, we do not fail to profit by the lesssons of history, though after 40 years of peace, when most of us have grown up with out any actual experience of the evils of a state of war, we may be apt to forget their number and magnitude. The heavy burdens which war entails on posterity is the least of its evils ; it is the effusion of human blood, the dissolution of domestic ties, the letting loose of a moral scourge over a country which ought to be thought of, and which impose an absolute obligation on Governments and statesmen to avoid it at the cost of any sacrifice short of duty and honour. This isthe prin ciple which has guided the Government throughout the negotiation of the last few months ; and by this rule they would still act, knowing that it was with individuals as with nations—that a war might be :very popular at its commencement which would be very hateful at its close, just as there were few people who entered on a quarrel otherwise than brave and self-reliant, but who might not like it much ere all was over. Mr. Glad stone, then, rernarkiug that the shades of evening which were closing round them, conveyed a warning to be brief, proceeded to refer to the future—alluding especially to the great change which has of late come over the spirit and temper of parties. At the sacrifice of much personal feeling, in violation of the strict terms of poli tical consistency, many useful measures had been carried through, with the farther effect of completely disorgan ising old party connections. The House of Commons was not now divided into two compact forces opposing each other on every trivial point ; the broad contrasts of party had been obliterated ; and members of the legislature ex ercised more their own reason, and were a,etuated to a greater extent by their honest convictions. This in itself was real progress ; it was a result which augured well for the triumph of reason and justice. It was aconsequence of this state of matters th - a.t the present administration had received so large an amount of what is termed "independent support." From its character and ex perience, it was peculiarly bound to go on concili ating favour of that kind ; and the best way to ac complish such an object was neither, on the one hand to hug past abuses under the pretence of maintaining our institutions; nor on the other, recklessly to urge a demand at variance with the essential characteristics of our institutions. This also was the true way to obtain the confidence and support of the people at large whom it was alike vain and undesirable to attempt to govern on the principle of a blind superstition. lie thought he might safely promise this would be the course the Government would pursue ; for himself, he would yield obedience to no other principle. The right hon. gentle man concluded by repeating his thanks for the compli ment bestowed on him. At the close he was raptur ously applauded ; and after three cheers had been given for him, with the addition of one for the Provost, the meeting separated shortly after six o'clock, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. - It is announced that Prince Napoleon is indis posed. It is said that the Prince was unwell on leaving Paris for the Camp of Helfaut. Daring the review on Sunday ho suffered severely from the heavy rain, and on his return to Paris he was at tacked with inflammatory fever. As yet, however, his position causes no uneasiness to his friends. The Brest fleet was unable to arrive at Dunkirk during the Emperor's visit to that port in conse quence of a severe gale of wind, which forced Ad miral Charner to take shelter in the Downs, where the ships rode out the storm without damage. It was expected that the Admial would be able to manoeuvre his squadron within sight of Boulogne previous to the Emperor's departure for Paris. The Duke and Duchess de Alba, in leaving PO' for Madrid, have taken with them magnificent pre sents from the Empress for her mother on the oc casion of her birth-day. Lord Brougham has arrived at the Hotel Dden rice. The Archbishop of Paris has returned to Nis from his estate of Belle Eau, where he has beenr f r siding for some time. A decree of the Emperor of the 20th inst. cell s out 40,000 men of the 80,000 of the class of 1852 7,188 for the navy, and 38,812 for the army. o ' s is nothing more than what is done every year, in order to fill up the vacancies caused by those wh ni t e term of service is about to ex pi re . Th e 40 3 1-7 men are to join their respective cor p s Isle 15th from 15th to the 20th Oct. next. The octroi receipts of Paris (says the idoniteur) amounted on the 16th of September to 28,838,5 00 f. If they were to continue in the same proportion during the whole year, they would reach the stun of 40,713,2001., that is, would exceed by upwards of 4 millions the produce estimated in the budget for the year. The Momiteur publishes Imperial decrees, pro' mulgating the convention between France and the Electorate of Hesse, for the reciprocal protection ef, the rights of property in lit era t ure an d wor ks or art, and the postal convention concluded between France and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The latter is of great length, entering into very full details of the rates of postage, modes of conveyance, i and other points for the am e li ora ti on o f th e postal intercours between the two States. The general account of the commerce of France with her colonies and foreign countries during the last year, which has just been published by the Ad ministrations of the Customs, contains some infor mation which will be read with interest by those persons who did not pay particular attention to the monthly returns. The French Government has requested that of Austria to furnish it with all the documents rela tive to the mode of supply of provisions at Vienna. The Bourse was more than ordinarily agitated yesterday, and there were numerous fluctuations, according as favourable or unfavourable reports pre vailed. The 3 per Cents. opened at 75f., and rose to 75f. 15c. on a report that the Northern Powers had made no objection to the passage of a -portion of the English and French fleets through the Dar" danelles. A species of panic subsequently arose, in consequence of various alarming reports, among which the most serious was that M. de Kisseleff, the Russian Minister i n P ar i s , had demanded hie passports. The Three per Cents. then fell to 74 1 . 10c., at which they closed for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,195 f. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 500 f. ; Great Northern, 822 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 915 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 880 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 730 f. ; Western of France, 700 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette 592 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 510 f. ; Lyons ana Geneva, 505 f. ; Shares of th e B an k o f C r edit Mobilier, 717 f. 50c. THE LATE GALE& The accounts from the coast continue to furnish details of numerous casualties during the recent heavy gale. The outward bound sea-going steamers appear to have had a most severe trial, and the escape of some trading between the Eastern ports and Holland have been surprising, The wind, which had moderated to• wards Monday evening, and remained so throughout the night, seems to have freshened on the following morning, and to have blown with much force. The French squadron, which had been delayed in the Downs by the boisterous weather until too late to do honour to the Emperor at Calais, and got under weigh on Tuesday morning in the hope of reaching Boulogne in time to receive his Imperial Majesty, could not make any progress against the stiff south-wester, . . which was blowing right up Channel ; and, in order to avoid any serious misfortune, the fleet ran back, in the course of the afternoon, to its old anchorage in the Downs, where the ships were brought safely up for the night. Yesterday (Wednesday) morning they made another start, but with no better success, it is reported, the wind continuing to blow hard. It is bringing up, however, a number of homeward-bound ships ; among them several from Australia, with a vast quantity of gold on board. The vessel which was wrecked at the mouth of Blake ney harbour, near Cromer, with all on board, was the John and Hannah's Endeavour, of Goole. The crew endeavoured to reach the shore in the boat, which was capsized by the heavy surf, and all perished. Several of the bodies have been cast up on the beach, among them that of a woman. While the gale was at its height, the smack Rover, of Scarborough, was driven from her anchor, near the coast, and cast upon one of the adjacent sands, where, it is feared, the whole of the crew met with a watery grave. The wreck previously reported on the Long Sands turns out to be a small schooner. Nothing is known of the hands. The Royal Adelaide steam-ship, which left the Thames on Saturday night for Leith, encoun tered the full force of the storm. She contrived to make her way as far as the Spurn, but the tempest was too much for her ; her rudder became damaged, and she had to get back. Happily, she succeeded in making Lowestoft harbour. The screw-steamer Ivanhoe, on a passage to Leith from Rotterdam, had to run into Grimsby with loss of steering wheel and other damage. The Glenalbyn steamer, which was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, was driven far out of her course by the gale, and eventually had to make for Grimsby. The Royal Victoria, Mr. Hunter, master, a large ship, which h a d a rr i ve d ff the Spurn from New Orleans, had a most marvellous escape. Early on Monday morning the heavy wind and tremendous sea drove her from her anchors, tear ing away the windlass. She was brought to for some time, but the increased gale blew away much of her canvas. She afterwards shipped a heavy sea, which did considerable mischief on deck, and filled the cabin with water. The wind continuing north it was deemed advisable to run for the Downs. Getting round, how ever, to the westward, a course was shaped to Lowes toft, which she reached. The Mary Ann, Stone master, bound to Newhaven from Sunderland, was not so fortu nate. While off the Kentish Knock and endeavouring to weather the gale, she was overpowered by it, and made so much water that the crew were compelled to abandon her, and, doubtless, she soon foundered. The hands were picked up by a Yarmouth smack, and have I since lauded at that port. ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE Or BREAD.—Yester day much surprise was expressed by the public, but particularly by the mechanical and working classes, as the majority of the bakers throughout the metropolis rose the 41b. loaf one penny. The first-rate bakers at the West-end, the Strand, Holborn, and the City, now charge 111 d., and some even is. for the best wheaten bread ; the second class bakers,Bld. to 9Ad. per 4 lb., weighed on delivery. In some of the populated dis tricts, however, many only charge 72d. to Bd. the loaf, also weighed on delivery, and good wholesome bread. The bakers, as an excuse for this sudden rise, state that there is not onlya great deficiency both of wheat and flour in this country in consequence of a bad harvest, but that a great quantity is being exported to France and other parts of the Continent. Ma. BuNN.—This popular gentleman is coming out in great force in the ensuing month. His new work on America, under the taking title of " Old England and New England," is announced by Bentley for early pub lication, and great expectations are entertained of it, from his well-known racy style of writing. Mr. Bunn will also, immediately after, give his new entertainment on the result of his visit to the United States ; and from the in iss ue of his previous ones, which w ere so success ful A m erica, as well as this country, Mr. Bunn is with most of the leadi ng i nst i tutions of the provinces o i efi to give this novel lecture. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—A fair average busi ness was transacted in these markets to-day, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, SEPT. 21.—The supply of stock in to-day's market wis good, yet the demand was steady, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 10s to 11 18s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 18s to Si 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 15s to 1')/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, ii 8s to 1/ 16i per load. Trade firm. DEATH OF THE HON. AND REV. SOMERVILLE HAY.— This hon. and rev, gentleman died at Brighton on Sun day last, in his 37th year. He was the only son of George, 16th Earl of Erroll, by his third marriage. He married, in 1843, Lady Diana Erskine, daughter of the Earl of Buchan, by whom he has left an infant family. THE SWEARING-IN OF THE SHERlFFS.—Yesterday the swearing-in of Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place, according to custom, in the Guildhall; and previous to the ceremony, Mr. Alderman Wire entertained the members of the Innholders' company, of which he is a member, and also the deputy, the common council, and some of the principal inhabitants of the ward of Wal brook, at a breakfast, at Girdlers' Hall, Basinghall street. Many of the most distinguished civic function• aries were present, and amongst them Mr. Alderman Salomons, who, however, was compelled to retire in consequence of a public engagement. Various toasts were proposed and warmly responded to by the company, their chief object be'ng to acknowledge the services per formed by the sheriffs in office, and to give support and encouragement to the gentlemen who were about to undertake the duties. GLASGOW HARBOUR.—Our harbour is unusually crowded with shipping' at present, the berths at both the north and south sides being fully occupied, and, in many instances, by three and four tier of vessels abreast of each other. At no former period have we seen so many, large ships in the harbour at one time. Some idea may be formed of the immense traffic, both export and import, continually going on, by simply glancing at the huge piles of goods th a t maybe seen under the sheds, A very large proportion of this traffic is with our Austra lian colonies ; and, judging from appearances at the wharfs, the intercourse with that land of promise is still increasing with unabated vigour. It was but the other day that we noticed the completion in this city of four first-class omnibuses to ply at Melbourne, and also an iron house for the same place. A few days, and, packed in a very small compass, both will be on shiptoard, and off to their destination. And these are but trifles among the many thousand shipments of the same kind which are constantly being made,--Okagow paper. MR. GLADSTONE AT INVERNESS. Mr. Gladstone arrived here shortly after five, and was received at the Union Hotel by a deputation of the magistrates and Town Council, who accompanied him thence to the Courthouse. The large building was crammed in every corner, and among those present was a considerable number of ladies. Mr. Gladstone, on entering along with the Provost, was received with loud applause. The Provost, on rising, introduced Mr. Gladstone to the meeting, and introduced the purpose for which they had assembled—requesting the town clerk to read the address which had been prepared. Mr. GLADSTONE rose to respond. He spoke as fol lows:—Mr. Provost, Bailies, Town Councillors, Brother Burgesses, Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt is with great and lively satisfaction that I find myself enrolled by your Town Council, not I hope without the approbation of ' the community they represent—(cheers) —on the list of burgesses of this ancient burgh—a burgh which occu pies, and I hope may continue to occupy, a distinguished place in the history of Scotland. There are various causes, quite independent of my own merits, to which I may owe this honour. I think it not unlikely that the ; connection of my family with this district of the country —a connection which I shall ever most fondly cherish and remember— may have suggested to you the confer ence of this distinction, to which I could otherwise pre sent but a slender claim. lam not unaware that in other respects, also, I derive advantage and reap honour from the association which it has been my good for tune to form. Ido not forget that lam associated in the service of the Crown with many distinguished statesmen of great ability, unstained character, and RUSSIA AND TURKEY. - - - Letters from Constantinople of the 16th, an nounce that a Cabinet Council, at which the Sultan presided in person, was held after the fete of the Bairam. At that Council there were only four personages, exclusive of the Sultan, namely,l the Grand Vizier, Redschid Pasha, Me hemet Ali Pasha, and the Chief of the Religion, Scheikh-ulJslam. The object of their deliberations, or the resolutions, if any, which they adopted, were not known, though the meeti ng o f th ese grea t dig nitaries was regarded as of considerable importance. Whatever may have been the motive for the com paratively small detachment that is now before Constantinople, it is not supposed that it will be long allowed to remain isolated from the fleets themselves. One or two private letters from Constantinople state that the Sultan was unwilling to demand the presence of the English and French ships of war on the ground alleged by some of the dip lomatic body, namely, the protection of the English and French residents, and of the Christian population generally against the fanaticism of the Mussulmans, or his personal safety against his own subjects. There'is no truth in the rumour of a protest on the part of the Aust r i an , P russ i an, and Russian Ambassadors against the passage of the Darda nelles. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madr d are of the 23d inst. The new Cabinet did not intend to publish programme, being anxious to be judged by their acts. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, 24th, says : "The Madrid Gazette announces that the question of Marshal Narvaez has been solved ; the Marshal may return to Spain when he thinks proper. The new military organization will comprise, it is said, the nomination of several Generals who had formed part of the moderate Opposition." We find in the Gazette, of the 23d, three Royal decrees, suppressing -1. The Tran sa tl an ti c Council, instituted by the decrees of the 30th of Septembers 1851, and 26th of January, 1853 ; 2. The Conr mission for the Revision of Administrative LINO; and 3rd. The Junta, created by the decree of the 15th of January last, for the purpose of framing a project of law for the establishment, at Madrid, of washing-houses and baths for the working: classes. Those different projects are to be referred to the Royal Council and to the local authorities , with an invitation to propose to the Government" the measures they may deem advisable. The Marquis de Gerona, Minister of G ra ce and Justice, had arriv e d at Madrid, and was to take that evenin g the oath of office in pre sence o f th e Q u een. The Marquis de Moli ns , Mi n i ster of Marine, he' informed Count d e S an L u i s, by the telegrap h , that he would immediately repair to his post. The police had arrested the author of a nunbe' of incendiary an d seditious publications which Da" circulated for some time in Madrid. The Three per Cents. were done at 43g ; 0 1 New per Cents. ' at 201; th e D e bt o f th e Foo.' Class, at 10 3-16; and that of the Second, at 51- THE CASE OF AIISS UUIVIVINGEAMIg A deputation from the Protestant Alliance had an in • terview yesterday with Lord Clarendon at the Foreign' office in reference to the case of Miss M. Cunninghame , a Scotch lady, who was recently arrested at Lucca, a nd is now confined in the prison of that city upon a chart of distributing the Bible and the "Pilgrim's Progress- The deputation consisted of the Earl of ShaftesburYt Colonel Alexander, Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, the Dr. Beech am , M r. J . Cook Evans, the Rev. W. H. Rule, Mr. T. Hamilton, and Captain Giberne, and was ceived in the most courteous manner by the Foreign Secretary. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY briefly explained that the object of the deputation was to lay before his Lordship the case of Miss M. Cunninghame, and to solicit the in' tervention of her Majesty's Government to procure 00 lady's liberation from prison. His Lordship, after soot° remarks upon the case itself, proceeded to express him' self in the strongest manner upon the barbarous nature of the law under which Miss Cunninghame was arrested' and indulged a hope that the most earnest efforts of the Government w ou ld b e us ed to rescue a B r iti s h s ubject from the indignity thus offered to her. The Earl of CLARENDON said he entirely concurred in the opinion expressed by Lord Shaftesbury as to th i n character of the law in question, which was no t on ly contrary to the principles of the Gospe', but t o th e spin of the age. His Lordship said he was quite fare-gilt with the facts of the case, having rEceived a dispitt e h' from Mr. Scarlett on the subject, and th at h e h a d I° B t no time in forwarding his directions to that gentle man, which he did the same evening by the post. M r ' : 3 Scarlett had acted with the gre a t est zeal in the m atter , and in a manner to secure his (L or d Clarendon ' s ) entire approbation. All the m em b ers of the Cabinet f whom he (Lord Clarendo n ) h ad had an opportunitYn co mm unicating entirely agreed with him in t h e view took of the case, and he felt that it was one in which.,n.; exertion should be spared on part to secure 31 r, Cunninghame's release. His Lordship concluded his attention, the deputation for urging this subject uP °ll „, 3 g attention, adding that their so doing afforded a strops of the interest felt in the case by all cl as : e " . his The deputation, after thanking his Lordship for courtesy, and th e prompt manner in which he ha d talon up the case, withdrew. t l b 2 e s -j . r i G e l Il A u . I p t e o r f sli th a e re RES MININGCOMPANY.—At the Meeting of . t/2 f Linares Mining Company, held yesterday, a dividend °. profit of 6,312/., notwithstandinglawsatssix i declared. nontbs , T oa h p e enir ri ttpieoorrni material statedslea,tvi(eet itlaoill in the p r i ces at which the stock of lead an d lead oreing been valued, and the nece ssar y increase to th e world d 0 f expens es of the mine. 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