The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 .117 LL lEN'S CONCERTS. MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL 1!•IABCH. The Last Night but Ten. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY, Nov. 17), will be pro.' duced (for the sth time) the New Grand Descriptive Composi tion, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assiste d b y the drums and fifes of the Grenadier Guards , the Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Quee n ." nci of Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper Boxes, Is. ei Gallery, Is. ; Dross Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s, Gd. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars , m a y be had at the Box. office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HE It MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The GRAND BAL MASQUE, which will close M. Jullien's Nineteenth Season of Concerts (1857), will pake place on MONDAY, Nov. 30. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with g: new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Bnckstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. To be folJowed by THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), es. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Drees Boxes 3 I ipper Boxes ........ ....... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 Pit. Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. AA) LAST WEFIK BUT TWO OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will ba performed nakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by (2d time), a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed BETTY MARTIN, After which, a new romar.tic drama, called THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Pollowed by the original Apropos Sketch, entit.ed TILE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India / Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe's new opora, THE ROSE OF C a STILLE. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A, St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Ms. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with (11th tine) a new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ; I , 4talls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper oxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to t, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees. Messrs. Rob3on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers) To conclude with A CONJUGAL LESSON. • Commence at half-past Seven. 130YAL SURREY THEATRE, IN Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new and powerful edrama, entitlei INDIA. IN 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Cres wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmore, Tapping ; Miss M. Eburtie, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. After which, THE BARRISTER. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted. Ono, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow n?, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S'elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs, Badzey, Madlie. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Bri nell, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchield, and E. Mack n ey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, drc., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DA.T —Morn., 5 min. aft. 2—Even., 23 min aft. 2 To-510/010W—Morn., 33 rain. aft. 2 —Even., 53 rain. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—Sus °mos, Nom 17. TMERMOMITER, IN THEI SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.1.'3. S.E. ; thick and hazy, with cold weather. §lnt, %,111 LONDON, TUESDAY, NOT. 17, 1857. Enraged by the failure of the scheme to ruin the industrial classes, for the exclusive benefit of usurers and money lenders, the Times has flung aside all disguise, and at last exhibited its true colours. It has nailed the "black flag" to the mast, and is manifestly determined to proclaim war to the knife," rather than its patrons should lose a single particle of the unfair advantages they have obtained under false and fraudulent pretences. We nse the terms advisedly. For it now appears that the specious pretexts put forward on behalf of the act of 1844, were merely colourable, and had no real foundation. It was first declared that the act would prevent fluctuations in the value of money --which, as Mr. COBDEN declared in his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on banks of issue in 1840 had occasioned "greater evils, pecuniary, social, and moral, than the direct failure of all the banks of issue since they were first established in the country !" In fact, Sir R. PEEL, the putative parent of the OVERSTONE Bill, described it as a measure to prevent the oc currence of those periods of monetary crisis and commercial alarm and derangement, which the previous measures regarding the currency had failed to prevent ! We do not say that these were the exact words, but they convey the pur port and effect of his chief argument, and that on which the bill received the legislative sanetion, and was permitted to become part and parcel of the law of the land ? Within three years, however, it was found that the enactments had not only failed to produce the batended effect, but that far greater perturbations had occurred than at any former period, and "a monetary crisis and commercial alarm and derangement" utterly unparalleled up to that time. The rate of discount, which, but for a short period in 1839, when it was at 6 per cent., had during a century and a quarter never exceeded 5, or been less than 4 per cent., had vibrated from 2 to 8 per cent., exciting at one time the wildest aPeculation, and at another the most disastrous to.agnation. The position was shown to be utterly untenable ; and the responsible author, rather than confess the total failure of his pet crotchet, was gu ilt y o f what used, 1 styled "a departure," or, in other words, a com plete shifting of his ground. In 1847 he declared that "the main °hied of the act was to secure the couver ' of SIOLI paper mto gold." Not one word did ho utter on that point in 1844. The convertibility of the Bank note was not questioned at that time, and the subsequent statement was a palpable afterthought. In fact he subjected himself to he tossed Gin the horns of the dilemma, that there * was a direct falsehood deliberately put forward either in 1844 or 1847. Both• speeches could not have been founded on fact. Ile was equivocating at one time or the other. "Mercator" —the "Mercator" of the Times— last year adopted the latter view ; but it was manifest that whenever it became convenient t)i assign a ne•A ground, no scruples would prevent the parties from putting forward a new version of the, main object of the Act of 1844. This suspicion has been converted into certainty by tbn money article of the Times of this day. Aceczding to the bullionist organ, it is virtually and practically to annihilate " creclit," so that although the convertibility of the note b 3 still maintained, no relaxation should take place, that "prudent " (read " over-reaching ") creditors should be enabled to ruin their unfortunate debtors, or, to use the very words of the bullionist organ, " toforce one portion of the community, who allow themselves to be drawn into -a panic, to pa; t with their property, at a sacrifice-, to another and more clear-headed portion, who find themselves in a condition to buy it." Thf) cloven foot thus peeps out in all its naked enormity. Hence forward there can be no mistake. The people understand the true nature of the issue. It is whether money, or its representative, is to be rendered scarce and dear, and commerce and manufactures annihilated, in order that " prudent creditors"—(usurious bloodsuckers might have been the term)—atiould, with SHYnocK-like avidity, enforce the 'very "pound of flesh " for which they had contracted The Times confesses the extent to which the prin ciple might be carried. It says :—" No doubt, if the Government letter had net appeared on Thursday, money would have been worth 20 or 30 per cent., owing to the general panic that would have been created." And it considers it much better that such a convulsion should have occurred than that the arbitrary limits for the issues on securities should have been exceeded. It is well to understand the true nature of the question about to be submitted to the collective wisdom of the nation. It may be impossible to fix such Protean antagonists. but for very shame sake they may be unwilling to go further. Now, then, the Times itself in the prelimi nary part of the same article states that "in England every contract is made in gold," that "any man who comes under an engagement to pay a certain sum on a certain day, pledges himself to deliver so many sovereigns.",, Now, although we totally dissent from this assertion, and are prepared to prove its utter falsity, let us, for the sake of argument, suppose it to be well founded. Even if the certain sum were to be paid in gold, why should the debtor be placed under undue restrictions ? Why should a certain portion be uselessly locked up in the cellars at Threadneedle Street, in order to produce an arti ficial scarcity, and thus enhance the price of the circulating medium in which the liability is to be discharged ? If " gold was to be left to its natural coarse," why should there be an obligation on the bank to withdraw a large portion thereof from general use ? There should be perfect freedom of action. The argument of the Times, however applicable it may be to the Act of 1819, is fatal to that of 1844 and the regulations thereby establish ed. Here we might stop ; but as Parliament should legislate for the great body of the people, we assert that the Times has proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the total inadequacy of a purely metallic currency. If it is to send up the interest of money to 20 or 30 per cent. under any circumstances, it is absolutely unsuited to the nation, and a better system must be devised, in which fair play will be given to debtors as well as creditors, or, in other words, to the industrious classes as well as to the money lenders. Equity has repeatedly interposed to prevent un conscientious forfeitures, and mortgagees are not permitted to enforce a foreclosure at a tenth part of the real value, because the stipulated day of payment had elapsed. A. fair and equitable arrangement, in accordance with the spirit of the contract, will be readily granted by monetary re formers. They require no undue advantage for themselves, and they will strain all their energies to prevent those who, if the doctrines of the Times be correct, would be natural enemies, in place of beneficial auxiliaries, from obtaining such at their expense. Although the disprof •rtion between Talking and Acting, between Words and Deeds in reference to the progress of Public Works in the Capital still continues to be something deplorable —we are nevertheless making steady but slow advance in the multiplication of our Metropolitan Improve ments. The Drainage of London, and with it the Purification of the Thames, still remaining a pro blem to all appearance as difficult of solution as a riddle of the Sphinx—a nut hardly to be cracked even by the portentous Jaw of a BAZALGETTE ! Tf, however, we set that question aside indefinitely for:future consideration—doing this with as much equanimity as we can possibly muster under the circumstances—it will be admitted by the more discerning, we opine, that really we are somehow getting on pretty fairly altogether. The river, it is true, is still without even the prospect of an embankment. An opening from that Silent Highway right up to the south front of St. Paul's Cathedral has yet to be commenced. Something in the shape of an advantage remains to this very day to be taken of the void site of the vanished Fleet Prison in Farringdon-street—a site in its way about as unsightly as the gap where a front-tooth has been suddenly knocked out in a skrimmage— or rather where it has slowly decayed away some curious grinder ! The Fountains (so called) still squirt from their two burst bottles, the ginger -pop overflowing the twin dumb-waiters in Trafalgar square. NELSON, yet, continues fo: - 1)rnly mast headed on the top of his Pillar in the centre of that Finest Site in Europe without the guardian ship of those Four granite Lions, which Britannia has with niggardly and grudging parsimony failed to eke out, though aided to that end by a douceur of 5001. from the coffers of the late Russian Cz ir, NICHOLAS. All this is, no doubt, quite true, and a great deal more of the like kind : but—O we are getting famously on with our MetropAltan Improvements, nevertheless ! Ara we not? Why just let us for a few moments enumerate. There is the new palace at Westminster, for instance, with iti last bran new glory—Big Ban ! To be sure, there. is Big Ben-the Monster Bell that " bears off the belle" from all the other bells —the grand, booming Bourdon of Parliament. A bell that SCHILLER alone could adequately sing the founding of—a giant labour worthy of the smithy of the CYCLOPS, or of the metal-workers of Brob dignag. To begin with then ; there is Big Bm —but no ! literally, in regard to this matter, " the least said the soonest mended !" Big 113 n, we all know by this time, but to-y well, is fit merely to hang in the Bell-Tower of Bedlam ; or to he used, let us say, as an appropziate signal for the meeting (whenever they do meal) of the Commissioners de Lunatico Inqiiirendo For— Big Ben, unhappily, tarns out after all to be— cracked ! Wherefore, we won't begin our list of metropolitan triumphs with this one : it worw but a questionable commencement. Setting Big Ben aside, therefore, we will venture to obse.rve— there is the New Bridge at Chelsea! a md : there is, we repeat, the New Bridge at Chef, sea. But—unfortunately here, again, We are son le how at fault, for this grand new brid g e, whe n the very best has been said of it, is only, after all, another Toll-bridge. Another petty "stric ture" of copper like that strangling the traffic across the river at Battersea, at Hun gerford, at Vauxhall, at Southwark, arid at Waterloo ! Another cluster of wretched little toll-gates where the myrmidons of the CIIA.RON of our Styx levy the miserable dole of a " brown " upon the living—until one is fain to wish that the Charons, whether of the Quick or of the Dead, would cut their Styx henceforth altogether I Nei ther, then, will,we open our catalogue of recent suc cesses, in the shape of metropolitan improvements, by boasting about the new Chelsea Bridge ; any more than by bragging about Big Ben. At any rate, we may surely refer, with some degree of complacency, to the clear sweep made in one direction by the inauguration of Victoria Street, connecting Pimlico with Westminster and in another by the opening of New Oxford Street, running the old thoroughfare of that name directly onwards into Holborn. A grander improvement, howbeit, than any (such as these) of a simply local and, therefore, restricted character, is such an one as the benificent change for which, if we are indebted to any one man among the whole concourse of our practical philanthropists more than another, we are most assuredly bound in gratitude to Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER. Need we add, after the significant mention of his name, that we allude, of course, to the virtual close of the filthy and obnoxious system of intra mural interments, and the substitution for our old London Graveyards of our new and picturesquely beautiful suburban cemeteries ? Enough if we content ourselves at this moment with a reference to that one comprehensive innovation. If in nothing else—in that, at any rate, we may find encouragement. STOPPAGE OF THE WOLTERITAMPTON AND STAFFORDSHIRE BANK. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEC.) WOLVERHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Wolverhampton and St iffordshire Banking Company has stopped. The definite course to be stated on Monday. The town is panic-stricken. THE MONETARY CRISIS IN SCOTLAND. GLASGOW, MONDAY. A private meeting of the shareholders of the Western Bank was held here to-day. There was a unanimous expression of feeling to go on with the bank, and for this purpose upwards of 600,0001. were subscribed by the more wealthy share holders, for which they were to receive 7 per cent. the first year, and 5 per cent. afterwards. The deficiency of the funds of the bank has not as yet been ascertained, but it is thought that a million sterling will suffice to meet the loss and enable the business of the bank to be carried on as usual. This sum, it is confidently expected, will be made up iu a few days. Many of the de positors have expressed their confidence in the new management, and will continue to transact business with the Western. The public has every confidence now in the notes of all the banks. THE PRIVY COUNCIL. WINDSOR, MONDAY. Her Majesty held a Council at three o'clock this afternocn. Present—His Royal Highnesa the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Secretary Labou chere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smitb, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Earl Spencer (Lord Steward), the Duke of Wellington (Master of the Horse), and Lord Ernest Bruce (Vice Chamberlain). At the Council a proclamation was issued summoning Parliament to meet for the despatch of public business on Thursday, the 3d of December. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Soltykoff and Prince Galitzin have left the Clarendon for Paris. His Exleffency the Ambassador of France came to town yesterday from St. Leonard's-on-Sea. His Excel lency returned to the coast last evening. The Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk has left Worksop Manor, where her grace has been staying for some time past on a visit to Lord and Lady Foley, for Eaton Hall, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of West- minster. The Duchess of Athole has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley arrived at their mansion in Grosvenor-square, yesterday, from St. Giles House, Dorsetshire. His lordship is expected in town to-day. The Earl of Gifford has returned to town from Yester House, Haddingtonshire. The Earl and Countess of Shannon gave a select party at Castle-Martyr, near Cork. Colonel the Right Hon. William awl Lady Louisa Tighe have joined the party from Woodstock. The Earl of Enniskillen has arrived at his seat, Florencecourt, in Ireland. The Hon. Col. Cole, M.P., has within the last few days also arrived at Florence- court. The Earl and Countess Somers have taken a residence in Rome, in wh;ch city the noble earl and countess propose to pass the winter. Viscount and Viscountess Newport are passing the season at Devonport House, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Viscount and Viscountess Lismore leave England the beginning of the ensuing month for the Continent. The noble lord and her ladyship are expected at their new residence in Wilton-crescent, in a day or two, from Ireland. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley have returned to town from St. Leonard's-on-Sea, where they have been staying for some time past. Lord George and Lady Adelin Manners have left Cheveley Park on a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The noble lord and her ladyship are expected in town the latter end of the week. Lord Dufferin has left Yester House, where he has been staying on a visit to the Marquis of Tweeddale for some time past, for ChiHingham Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady aivia Ossu!ston. Lord and Lady Harry Vane arrived at their mansion, in Grosvenor-place, on Saturday, from Chevening Park, Kent, where they have been staying on a visit with the Earl and Countess Stanhope. Lord Huntingfield has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lady Charlotte Wolfe and the Ladies Hutchinson have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, fr sm Dublin. We regret to learn that Rear-Admiral Graham had an ap)plectic se z ire on Sunday evening, and great fears are entertained as to his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard have arrived at Farrance'e Hotel, Belgravia, from their seat, Camseyashe, near Woaibridge, SuffAk. THE SIAMESE PRINCES, —The visit of the above princes to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, which was put off owieg to the death of the Duchess de Nemours, is now fixed for Thursday next. Their Royal Highnesses are expected to arrive at Windsor by a special train of the Great Western Railway at one o'clock, and proceed di rect to the Castle, where a magnificent entertainment will be prorided for theta in the Waterloo Ckamber. The Seringapatam left Melbourne on the 15th Aug. with 12,180 ounces of gold, and the Essex en the sth of Sept. with 105,255 oz., together valued at 469,740/. The Great Britain sailed from Sydney on the 3d of Sep tember with 5,7121. The Robert Lowe steamer, with troops, had arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on her way to India; also the Beech worth, sailing transp , ,rt. This news has come via Ceylon. The mail from the Mauritius is stated to be on board the same ves,el as the Australian mails. At a meeticg of creditors of Messrs. Wilson, Hallett, and Co., whose suspension was announced on the 2d inst., held at Liverpool on Friday, it was resolved to wind up the estate under inqiecticn. The demand for discount at the Bank yesterday was again extremely heavy, and it is presumed that the in fringement of the Act of 1844 must have made further considerable prigress. At Hamburg the rate of discount hae receded to 9 1 per cent. A further total of about 130,000 sovereigns was despatched to Ir4!and yesterday. In consequence of the news just received from India the authorities at the Thrse Guards have decided that the r.hole of the offic:irs belonging to regiments in that conntry who are now at home on leave shall proceed forthwith t ,i)in the hearl-quarters of their respective It is said that the arrangement for the Cunard eteatner Africa, which left Liverpc f ol for New York this morning, to cal' at Cape Race, so that the news of the suspension of the Bank Caarter Act might be telegraphed from Newfoundland, has been defeated by the Admiralty ag.et ia,t having attempted to send the requisite autho rity to her commander until two hour.e after the vessel bad sailed. The Vanderbilt, however, which left South ampton yesterday, has been ordered to touch at that point. A letter (,aye the _Literary Gazette) bas just been received from Madame Ida Pfeiffer, from Tanariva, in Madagascar, in which she says that she is in good health, and has been extremely well received in the island. The day previously she had been invited t , ) court, to play on the pianoforte, and had given so much satisfaction that she was immediately presented with a quantity of fowls and eggs in recognition ,of her musical powers. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, MONIUY EVENING. A private telegram has been received in Paris, announcing that the elections in Piedmont have been favourable to the Government. Five out of seven of the Ministerial candidates for Turin had been elected, and there was a scrutiny pending for the two others. Throughout the kingdom, exc.:pt at Genoa, which is the focus of the opposition, it was believed that the Government would command an imposing majority. It was remarked that the greater number of the upper classes had voted for the Government. The Ministerial crisis, if indesd the choice of a person for the office of Minister of Justice deserves the name, is over. M. do Royer, Procureur- General at the Court of Cassation, is the person the Emperor has selected to take the place of the late M. Abbatuc.i. The fete day of the Empress taking place on Sunday, the bands of the National Guard of Com piegne, of the 2d regiment of Voltigeurs, and of the 2 , 1 Cuirissiers of the Imperial Guard assem bled at an early hour in the morning, and played a s slate under the windows of her Majesty. At one o'clock the Emperor, followed by General Rollin, adjutant-general of the palace ; General Count de Montebello, one of his aides-de camp ; Captain de Cadore, one of his orderly officers ; and Baron Bourgoing, equerry, mounted on horseback and zeviewed the troops of the garrison in the park of the palace. The Empress..ffi and the P r i nce Impe rial, surrounded by the officers and ladies of their household, and all the persons now on a visit at the palace, were at the windows of th e s t a t e apartments during the review and the filing off of the troops, which took place amidst loud cries of " Vive l'Empareur !" " Vive l'l m p era t r i ce !" " Vive le Prince Imperial 1" At 9 o'clock in the evening a display of fireworks, organised by the authorities and at the expense of the town, took place in the park. In the course of the afternoon her Majesty sent 2,000 f. to the mayor to be distri buted to the poor. Other donations had previously been sent by the Emperor to the different hospitals and charitable institutions of the town. BOURSE, Nov. 16.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents 31er Cents 6'.; 45 Bank Shares 2915 C r edit Foncier Credit Afobilier 730 -- Roman Do. Account 727 50 Austrian Belgian 4i (xd) 9si— Spanish Threes — -- nedmontese(s) — Home Debt — RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. tr c. . ()mans 1250 Midi Northern ,---. Western New Ditto A — Lyons and Med 7B7i Grand Central -2 New Ditto... Geneva 570 Austrian Coca. ...... 636 A THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest states that the Walla chian Divan had not held any new sitting since its vote in favour of the national programme. The committee elected by the Divan was, however, occupying itself in drawing up a memoir in support of that vote which the assembly is to present to the commissioners of the European powers. The Divan was to meet on the Bth to hear that docu ment read and to deliberate on it. The corpora tion of traders of Bucharest gave a grand banquet to the deputies of the Divan ; and of those depu ties only three, Bibe3co, Stirbey, and Oteleicheano, absented themselves. The publication of Prince Gortschakoff's and Aali Pacha's notes , and the declaration of th e Prussian Correspondence, lead the Debuts to re vert to the subject of the principalities. Replying to the imputation made against the Divans by Turkey that their demands are revolutionary, this journal says " What do these demands amonnt to ? Is there in them anything else than the eternal programme of those legitimate demands made by all badly-or ganised and badly-governed peoples—equality in the eye of the law, equality of taxation, a better administration of justice, and other such things ? We can well conceive that such demands must be considered highly revolutionary in Turkey, for to act upon them there would be to accomplish the most radical, and at the same time the most salu tary revolution that could be conceived in that country. But to make the members of the Divans pass for revolutionists in the eyes of the West, which recognises the institutions they ask for, will be a little more difficult. In France, for example, the declaration cf such principles will seem rather matter of course than revolutionary. If these are revolutionary demands, then the admi ral commanding our Mediterranean fleet must be an agent of the revolution, for it is pretty much this unfortunate programme—a programme des tined to make the round of the world—which he has been suggesting to the Boy of Tunis, and which we are doing our best to make acceptable to all the barbarians both of the East and West. If, therefore, the cause of the principalities be destined to perish, it will not be because it is a revolutionary one. Those who give it that name are not the dupes of the fears with which they would inspire others ; and they know better than any one that it is not upon the debates of the Divans, but upon the decisions o f ca bi ne t s, th a t the destiny of the principalities now depends." RUSSIA. Le No d publishes the text of the rescript by which, with the exception of Anapa, Soukhoum- Kale, and Redout-Kale, all other Russian ports on the coast of the Black Sea are closed to the ves sels of the other Powers. It is as follows : "Since -the restoration of peace some doubts may have arisen relative to the navigation and commerce of foreign nations in the Black Sea. Is is therefore, with a view to put an end to doubt on the subject that the Imperial Government deems it advisable to make the following communicatfon to the public, and especially to foreign commerce. " As solemnly proclaimed by the rroaty of Paris, the waters and the ports of the Black Sea are open to the commercial navies of all nations. Free from all restric tions, commerce in the waters and ports of the Black Sea is subject only to regulations of quarantine, cus toms, and police, in a spirit favourable to commercial transactions. "Such are the express terms of the Treaty of Paris. It is the intention of the Imperial Government to adhere scrupulously thereto in so far as it is concerned. "But the regulations for health, customs, and police, however liberal may be the spirit in which they arc con ceived, renders necessary measures o! surveillance, and along the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea they are doubly necessary in consequence of the internal state of the provinces of the Caucasus. " Establishments for quarantine and customs exist at Anapa, Soukhoum-Kale, and Redoubt-Kale. Consse quently, for the moment, those three points are alone open to foreign vessels. If, eventually, circumstances should allow the establishment of customs and quarantine offices in other localities on the said coast, and to admit thereto foreign vessels, due notice will be given to com merce. Meantime the approach of the ports, bays, and havens on the Asiatic coast, with the exception of Anapa, Soukhoum-Kale, and Redout Kale, is prohibited to foreign vessels. "To certify the regu'arity of their destination foreign vessels are bound to have their ship papers wised by the Russian consular spats. "The Imperial Government does not wish in any manner to obstruct or impede the development of licit and regular commercial transactions. It le in the sani tary interest of its coasts much more than in a fiscal interest, it is in the interest of public order, as benefi cial to foreign commercial transactions as to those of the natives themselves, that the Imperial Go vernment will enforce—as it has a perfect right to do —the observance of the restrictions abos e announced. Any attempt of the masters of foreign ships to commu nicate with the coast—with the exceptisn of Anapa, Soulthoum-Kale, and Redout-Kale—wid therefore ren der it necessary for the Russian authorities to have recourse to those measures of repression estahlished against smuggli ng , an d aga i ns t e very infringement of the sanit ary roust take laws. th e d v e u s e t thereto upon Those w consequences expose h e t i h r e nicsoeni SWEDEN. " The recent rejection by the Swedish 'Yet," says the Independance of Brussels, "of the govern man t bill for modifying in a liberal spirit the exist ing laws on religious matters h%s drawn forth almost universal blame from the press of all countries. This expression of opinion on the part of most of the journals of Europe has caused a certain sensa tion in Sw e d en ; b ut i t wou ld bo difficult to say to what extent it h as modified the disposition of the country, and o f it s l ega l re preser' , atives. It id to to remarked t h a t , t h oug h the government was reproached for not having presented a more liberal measure to the Diet, it knew well that, from the senti men t o f t h e assembly, no more liberal one h a d a chalice of being adopted. It is now clearly p rove d t h at it wou ld have been foolish to think of go i ng f ur th e r under preFeiit eir cumstancts, and all th a t can be desired for the movement is that th © C a bi n et of Stockholm shall persevere in the sentiments of toleration. It is to be hoped, however, that Sweden, enlightened by the sen,iinent which has spontaneously manifested itself in all parts of Europe, will understand that she must place herself on a 1 , ,vel with the spirit of ' the times, and th at i t i s i mposs ible for her, as for eveiyother power, to maintain henceforth a semi- barbarous system of legislation which enchains one of the most precious liberties of man—that of conscience." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th mention a rumour that Admiral Armero is about to resign the Ministry of War, and to take that of Ma rine, retaining the Presidency of the Council ; and that one or two of the Vicalvarist (O'Don nell's) party were to be introduced into the Ca binet. The Espana says that Mr. Dodge, the United States Minister at Malrid, has sent in his reiignation, but that he has done so en tirely from the state of health of his family, and other private considerations. Rumours of forged notes of 200 reals of the Bank of Spain being cur rent are declared by the It'spana to be unfounded. A royal decree supersedes the general direction o f the marine, and makes some changes in the consti tution of that department. The Gazette notifies that the Ministers of Finance Interior, and Public Works have ceased to act as directors of credit com panies. All the troops of the garrison had ma noeuvred in presence of the King and the Duc de Montpensier. The directors of the Bank of Spain had deliberated on the propriety of raising the rate of discount, but had come to the resolution to maintain it at its present figure of 5 per cent. Some foreigners are stated to be trying to create disturb ances at Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia ; but the authorities were aware of their movements, and were on their guard. The Staffetta of Turin of the 12th states from Naples that upwards of 400 persons implicated in a conspiracy have been arrested there in a single night. It adds that the Neapolitan police has been led to the discovery of this conspiracy, not by any revelations of Capt. Piscane, of the Caglictri, but by Mazzini's articles in the Italians Popolo of Genoa. "The pretended dispute," says a letter from Frankfort, " between this city and the United States is now reduced to this, that the American Consul had some inquiries made respecting Frobel, who has, in fact, been ordered to leave Frankfort." The Second Chamber of Denmark has just adopted the second reading of the bill lately brought before it to ensure liberty in trade and manufactures, and has agreed to the proposition of the Government fixing the Ist of January next as the time for its corning into operation. A letter from the Hague of the 13th says—" The Minister of Finance his presented to the Second Chamber a bill enacting that the sum of 10,515,000 florins, arising from the excess of receipts over ex penditure for some years pas j t, and from the sale of colonial productions in 1857, shall be paid into the sinking fund of the national debt." PRINCESS'S THEATRE. An amusingly extravagant farce, entitled " A Case of Conscience," in which ample scope is afforded to the comic talents of Mr. David Fisher, was produced here last evening. The hero, Mr. Clamber, is kept from nearly the outset in a ludicrous condition of suffering from the embarrassment of riches, which appear to have befallen him through a rather improbable species of assassination, which he imagines he has effected on a denizen of the Celestial Empire by touching a spring in London. A pocketbook containing 5,000/., which he finds lying at his feet, and which he fancies is the pro duct of supernatural agency in conseqnenc) of his at* tempt against the life of "John Chinaman," he fruit lessly tries various expedients to get rid of, as if it was another bottle imp, especially when he discovers that his sudden accession to opulence is as distasteful to the brother of his beloved Lucretia, as was his pra vious poverty. The real owner of the notes is, however, discovered, after Clamber has sent them to a friendly stockbroker, with instructions to operate for a rise, while there is a general fall in the market. The effect of this movement was in consequence of a sudden rise in stocks, to turn the five thousand into ten, which sets matters right to the satisfaction of all parties—the scruples against money of the brother, Mr. Seneca Stokes, being finally vanquished. The good acting of Miss Murray, Miss Rose Leclercq, and Messrs. F. Cooke, Raymond, and Everett, contributed to the suc cess of this joyous trifle, which was received with uni versal favour by a crowded audience. The scenic splendours of " The Tempest" are to be withdrawn after next week, when " Richard the Second" will be revived, and played up to Christmas. We should, therefore, advise every one desirous of wit nessing one of the masterpieces of the great enchanter, to avail himself of the golden opportunity. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. The new prize drama of the " Village Born Beauty" seems to have taken the East-end by storm ; this is the fourth week and yet the doors are besieged at an early lour each evening. No drama for years has made such a powerful impression. It seems as if the ladies liked to go to a theatre for the purpose of crying, and so impres sive is this piece, that gentlemen yield to the impulse of nature, and down their cheeks may be seen the tear of pity for the fate of poor Lucy Wentworth, the unfortu nate heroine. The fall of Delhi winds up a very agree able evening's performance. Mr. Nelson Lee is up to his eyes in pantomimes, he, this season writes 28 in the country and 4 in London. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CASUALTIES DURING THE MUTINIES. In continuation of the lista published in the Homeward Mail of the 16th Sept., Ist, 16th, and 20th Oct. Allen, Assistant Surgeon James Bedford Anderson, John Grattan, Civil Engineer, Cawnpore Anderson, Mrs. J. G., Cawnpore Bateman, Lieut. Rowland, her Majesty's 64th Regiment Bayne Mr., East India Railway, Cawnpore Benn, Mr., East India Railway, Delhi Berkeley, Leopold, Uncovenanted Civil Service, Lahore Briscoe, Lieut. Rived. Villiers, her Majesty's 75th Regt. Cooper, Major George Lewis, Bengal Artillery Dalyell, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas, 421 Bengal Native Inf. Davidson, Ensign John Tierney, 26th Bengal Nat. Inf. Greathed, Hervey Harris, Ben g al Civil Service Grierson, Lieut. Thos. Beattie , her Majesty's Bth Foot. Hanna, Mr., East India Railway, Cawnpore Harris, Capt. Robert Robison, 67th Bengal Native Inf. Henderson, Ensign Robt. Wm., 72d Bengal Native Inf. Henry. Lieut. James Win., 3d Bombay European Regt. Hobson, Mr., East India Railway, Allahabad Howfray, Lieut. Robert Popkin, 17th Bengal Native Infantry Hunt, Captain Robert, her Majesty's 61st Regiment. Johnson, Ensign Thomas Boswell, 28th Bengal Native Infantry La Toucbe, Mr., East India Railway, Cawnpore Macaulay, Assistant -Surgeon Robert Welbank M'Gregor, Lieutenant Francis Alexander Robt. Murray, 52d Bengal Native Infantry Miller, Mr., East India Railway, Cawnpore Neill, Gen. James Georg 3 Smith, Ist Madras Fusiliers Nicholson, Gen. John, 27th Bengal Native Infantry Onunaney, Manaton, Collingwood, Bengal Civil Service Pakenham, Lieutenant, her Majesty's 84th Foot Pogson, Lieut. W. Waldegrave, her Majesty's gth Foot Robertson, Lieut. Colin Alexander, 28th Bengal Native Infantry Scott, Ensign E. Cadell, 28th Bengal Native Infantry Smith, Lieutenant Robert Arthur, Bengal Artillery Taylor, Mr., East India Railway, Delhi Tytler, Lieutenant, her Majesty's 60th Rifles Wetb, Lieut. J. V. W. Henry, her Majesty's Bth Foot Webster, Lieut. Joseph, her Majesty's 78th Highlanders White, Ensign, 28th Bengal N at i ve I n f antry Wild, Lieut. E. John, 49th Bengal Native Infantry The blowing were included in various lists of casual ties, but we have sine() been glad to learn that the offi cers named have escaped : Edgell, Captain R. J ,hn, 53d Bengal Native Infantry Robertson, Major Alexander, Bengal Artillery Rasaer, Captain C. Potts, her Majesty's 6th Dragoons MARI= NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 Oa; clover, 3/ 10s to 51 04; and straw, 17 6s to 1/ 103 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 Os; clover, 3/ 106 to 5/ Os; and straw, 11 tis to 11 10s par load. A fair supply. - - W HITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ N ; clover, 3/ 103 t o 51 O. ; aud straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. TEX.--This market has slightly improved, common cong,:u having advanced is Id per lb„ with the usual prompt. SUGAR.—The inquiry has been active for good grocery qualities, at an advance of about 3s per cwt. on the lowest prices current last weer. There is, however, little dispo sition shown on the part of holders to effect sales. In the refined market a fair inquiry has sprung up for dried goods, and an advance on dried goods may be quoted of 2s Gd to 3s 61 per cwt. COFFEE, —For Plantation Ceylan there is a steady de mand, and last Tuesday's rates have been refused by holders. Some few sales have been effected at a slight im provement. RICE.—The market is dull, and little improvement can be noted in value. Rum.—Business is very inactive, and no sale of import ance has been reported. FRUlT.—Prices remain steariy. There is yet little en quiry for new currants, and good qualities fully maintain their value. SALTPETRE.—The market is inactive, no sales having been reportel TALLOW.—The market is fist, and very few sales have been effected. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 50s; all the year, 48s 61 ; January to March, 503 per cwt. South American, 46s 61; Australian beef, 51s 6d per cwt. TIIII MO VEY CRISIS. TO TEEN EDITOR OF Triz BUY. Str,,—Your remarks and those of your corre spondents upon the currency question have con veyed so much instruction to myself and other readers, that I venture to ask for information re lative to some terms, which will often be used in the coming discussion. 'Lie terms to which I refer are " standard," " measure," " value," and " price," and I am the more anxious to know the truth, because in some of the London journals the , e terms are employed in such a manner as to produce confusion in the minds of those who study the complicated questions involved in the currency. We read, for instance, that "gold is a measure of value," that " gold is the standard of value," &c., &e. ; while others say that " corn is the standard of value," and " gold is the measure of value." First with regard to standards and measures ; it is laid down by mathematicians that a measure must be some definite magnitude or quantity, having reference to a fixed standard. Fur ex ample, that a yard, a furlong, or a mile, are all " measures" of length, but that they have all a ceriain ratio to the "standard" yard, which used to be kept in the Exchequer or the Tower. For scientific purposes the " standard" is a certain length calculated by means of the Seconds' Pendu lum at Greenwich ; but for commercial purposes the " standard" yard of the Exchequer is deemed sufficient. Thus in measuring length we have one fixed standard, and several mewures—as yard, furlong, &c., which are all in a certain proportion to the original standard, which serves as the point of de parture, or " basis of measurement." May we apply the same mathematical principle to the question of value ? That is to say, must the standard be some fixed quantity, and must the measure or measures all have some ratio to the standard ? If so, it is the height of absurdity to say that gold, corn, or any other commodity, can be either a standard or a measure of anything. It seams to me that a shilling, a crown, or a pound, may be measures, and that a pound sterling may be a standard of measurement ; but to say that "gold is a meature," seems as reasonable as to say that "a mountain is a measure," or that "a forest of trees is a measure." Gold may be the com modity in which the measure is calculated, but that is quite another thing. But assuming that the Government pound sterling, of a certain weight and fineness, is the "standard," and that the shil ling, the crown, and the pound in common use are "me isures," of what are they the measures ? It can hardly be denied that they are measures of price : for if you ask a tradesman what is the price of a hat or coat, he will immediately answer "one pound," or "two pounds," as the case may be ; and by this he means that you must give one or two pounds, which are each equal to the Go vernment pound sterling, and which bear a cer fain ratio to the same. Therefore the price of commodities is measured by definite sums of money, which sums have refer ence to a standard fixed and determined by the Government.. But value would exist even if there did not exist a single coin in the kingdom ; the exchange of com modities, bearing value, is the fundamental princi ple of barter. What, then, is the " standard of value ?" and what are the measures having a ratio to thAt stan dard ? If the pound sterling is the " standard of value," then it coincides with the " standard of ptic?," and we have no check or any means of comparing the one with the other. And yet as price and value are not the same thing, it must be desirable to have such means of comparison. If any one says that gold is the standard of value, I ask what gold ? Is it the gold at present in Eng land, or in Europe, or in the whole world ? want some definite answer, and not a vague gene ralisation. If it be answered that the corn bushel is the standard of value, I can understand that, and can clearly see how it may be compared with the pound sterlirot as the standard of price. But then the corn bushel is not rOcognised, and it might be asked, why should corn be chosen ? The difficulty seems this—to know whether there be a standard of value as distinguished from the standard of price. For it seems that as value is the ratio of commedities compared with each other, so price is the ratio of commodities as compared with money. _ _ Iu ordinary conversation, we often speak of value when we ought to talk about price ; but such confusion of terms is not pardonable in the case of writers who teach the people. Above all things, the difficulty is great enough without introducing any confusion in the terms " standard" and " measure" ; for if there be any meani.u.4 in words, the standard or " standard measure" is the " basis of measurement," and the various measures are nothing else than calculations made upon th 3 basis, according to a certain ratio. Any information upon this matter will be very acceptable.—l aw, Sir, yours respectfully, Liverpool, .Nor. 16, 1857. X. T. THE MONETARY CRISIS AT HAMBURG. HAMBWRG, Nov. 12.—1 n spite of the severe and trying crisis in the United States, when each suc cessive post brings the news of banks at , pping pay ment, commercial houses failing, and bills being returned with protest, it is satisfactory to be able to state with the single exception of Messrs. Win terhof and Pieper, whose failure took place last week, the merchants of this city have hitherto jus tified the confidence reposed in them, and upheld the credit of the Hamburg Exchange. The day before yesterday (Tuesday) they were exposed to the most severe ordeal of the whole crisis, for on that day arrived simul taneously the intelligence of the stoppage of the Western Bank of Scotland, the failure of Messrs. Naylor; Vickers, and Co., Messrs. Denuistoun and Co., and a large Dutch house (F. Gallenkamp and Co. ' of Amsterdam), by all of which ou r merc h an t s are losers to a considerable amount. In addition to this the news came of the Bauk of Eriglapd's rais• ing their rate of discount to 10 per cent., which had the immediate effect of producing a similar rise in our own discount market. And as if all this was not sufficient for one day, it was further reported that Prussia was going to prohibit the export of silver dollars, which, however, fortunately turned out to be a canard, put in circulation by the alarmists. But though no failures have as yet actually taken place, it is not unlikely that a good many may be looked for, if the crisis in England and America does not soon pass over, and above 20 firms are mentioned whose bankruptcy is expected in the course of next week, and amongst whom are some of our oldest and most emi n ent houses. It is stated that a well-known publicist, Dr. Wollheini de Fonseca, is about to establish a new, journal of colossal dimensions, tq be a Rusiian political organ like Le Nord at Brussels. In spite of the sympathies felt here for everything Russian it is rather a hazardous experiment, as Hamburg publishes at present a more than average number of political, social, and local newspapers of all sorts and sizes. Universal satisfaction has b2en produced here by the intelligence that at the solicitation of the Chain bers of Commerce Mr. Baines has undertaken to bring forward the question of the Stade Dues on the meeting of Parliament. A PROCURNSS.—Madame Annie Rosenberg, wiko has achieved an infamous reputation by a long course of dis solute practices, was on Saturday brought before Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, having been appre hended early that morning, under a warrant which was issued against her at the last sessions, for keeping a disor derly house. When the warrant was issued the prisoner was in Hamburg, where she bad been in the habit of visit ing periodically, for the purpose, it is alleged, of procur iug gitlz, whom she induce-i, upon various pretences, to accompany her to Liverpool, and then accomplishes their moral destruction. Early on Saturday morning she arrived in Li , erpeol from Hamburg, baying iu her charge three young Belgian girls, for whom she bad procured temporary lodgings in Everton, but whom ulti mately she intended to lure into her den of infamy and vice in Hotbam-street. Fortunately, however, detective officer Smith was " on the spot," and just as Madame Annie was completing her arrangemeute, he tapped her gently on the shoulder, and informed her that she was " wanted." Mr. Campbell, who appeared for tho pri soner, pleaded the great hurry of tee capture and inabi lity of the prisoner to instruct him fully. He asked if she could be liberated on her own recognisasces 1 Mr. Mansfield—l believe this- lvoman's business consists in getiag girls from Hamburg and other places, and ire portieg them into this town for infamous purposes. She is a most notorious wo:nan in her business. My ofn ee in the mater, however, is 6m e ply inr i i i i i i i:i tt i :h a e l, r a u n n d d l er sh i a h l o l have performed my duty by o Rae isier'e, warrant. She must enter into her eVIII re cognisances in 2001., and find two sureties in 1001 each, to appear for trial at the next sessions. Mr. Patteson, who was the prosecuting eolicltor in the case of the Linoc,treet " hop," also appeared to prosecute upon this occasion, The three girls, who have been thee happily rescued from the toile of the precuress, will be taken care of by the police authorities until they can be re stcred to their friends. The girls themselves were not in court, nor did their names transpire. The prisoner is also said to have a large establishment cf a disgrace ful nature in London, where she is reported to occupy a house magnificently furnished. Rumour states that at a sale, some time ago, of the household effects of a, Liverpool gentleman, whose state of health demanded his removal to a more genial climate, she purchased a wardrobe which had not very long previously cat its owner 4001,--LiVerpool POLISH' MEETING ON INDIA. (THIS DAY.) To-day being the anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley Stuart, a meeting of the Polish Historical So ciety was held 'at Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, to cornmemorats the memory of the departed champion of the Polish cause. In the absence from London of Colonel L. Szyrma, president, the chair was occupied by the vice-president, Vlajor C. SZOLCZEWSKI, who thus addressed the meet ing :—Another year has passed over our heads, and, as regards the world in general, the veil of oblivion has been irawn closer still around our beloved fatherland. But see who know that this veil covers not a dead nationality (as Russia would have the world believe, whose elements are being rapidly transmitted into a second Russia), but a living body, still instinct with the energy of patriotism and the love of freedom and independence, we have met once more on this anniversary of a most painful loss to give a proof of this enduring national life, by express ing in the name of Poland her undying remembrance s f and gratitude to, Lord Dudley Stuart, the faithful friend who, for so many years, had unfurled the standard of her independence, seeking to rally around it the sympathies if Europe, and who may be said to have died, as he had lived, for,our cause. When his memory shall have perished from a neng us, then, indeed, we may say that all hope for Poland is gone ; for a nation that forgets its benefac tors, and particularly such as have exerted themselves in the interest of its highest spiritual life, will soon lose its self-respect, and with this all that renders it most worthy of independence. But, thank God, so low we Poles have not fallen. Deep in our hearts we still cherish the remembrance of those who have stood by us in our adversity, and, above all others, the remembrance of him who was taken from among us on this day three years ago. To dwell in detail on the great services readered by Lord Dudley Stuart to our cause would be super fluous in an assembly where every member is as familiar with them as myself ; but it will, perhaps, not le out of place, as a tribute to the memory of the poli tical sagacity which he always evinced, as regards the cause so dear to his heart, to point to the present stater )1 p ilitical affairs in the Danubian Principalities, where, once more, is being verified what he so often said, that Russia's subtlest and most victorious battles were fought in the sphere of diplomacy—where her greatest triumphs were generally achieved after a signal defeat in the field. tend as a piece of intelligence that would have been 4rat.fying above everything to the friend, to h moor whose memory we have assembled, and which ought to be most cheering to us, I would further mention that All the authentic information that we obtain from I'eland continues still to show how well-:Tounded was th a hope ve entertained during the recent great European con flict, that the people of Poland was fully prep: 'red to rise against its oppressors had the Allies but giv en the •ignal, and to prove that the hope of independence is still the loadstar of the nation. As an unbiassed testimony to the feelings that animate our coun trymen at home, I may mention that an Enelish nan very recently returned from Poland, a, ter a Lang residence there,and on being asked the other .lay, by one who was inclined to believe is e the umours so iiligently spread by Russian a gents, whether it was true that there was no Polish patriots except among the emigration, exclaimed with flaishing eyes—" True I nay, nothing can be more false Cin the Jontrary there is not a Pole who is not a patriot I " It Was from the love of his own happy country and from nis appreciation of its free and ennobling institi ttions that sprung, in the first instance, Lord Dudley St wets sympathy with the wrongs of Poland, and I may, t here tore, be permitted in connection with his name to tay a few words in allusion to the terrific struggle in rhich this country is at present engaged, and for its 'nice, issful issue, fir which it has the warmest wishes of . ;very lover of mankind. Some few, indeed, there are v 'lose feelings out-tripping their judgment, seem to plat, ► the Indian mutiny in the same category as the ri;ing o; the oppressed nationalities in Europe, and who mai atain that the Hindoos have the same claim to support and sympathy as Poles, and Hungarians and Italians, But, supposing, even that this was not a national move ment in India, which there is, however, not reason for b. 'Hey ing—shall we allow the noble efforts of civilised na tieing to throw off the yoke of foreign despots, who are e. idea vouring to stifle every expression of this national life, to be confounded with tee purposeless rising of bar birian hordes against a Governmant, which, thou rh it he of foreign race, and though it may have been E vale - Limes mistaken as regards administrative measures , hal ever, evinced a sincere desire to rule them with and mildness, and has carried its respect for their national peculiarities and religion so far, as even to have this tolerance held up against it, as a matter for scorn and reproach. Shall we allow the sacred cause of na liberty and independence, and the o pen and bon(); irable warfare of chivalrous and highly principled patrio ts, to be confounded with the cause of a set of cow ardly and treacherous ruffians, whose only deeds of v alour consist in the butchery, and worse than butcher y, of helpless infants and defenceless women, and . whos s so l e aimseetns idea o plunder such a r?Nan indtifiea y,eveenrymntniloyn of causesfeelmgr ;:r And I against the ;incite l am sure, atleast,ta l t mouaryssianycerienstthweisnhaesmaereoffoarltl h P e o s l u is c h ce p s a s ' of the nation which has for so many years afforded us gee irons hospitality, and of the country that is the ohie f re presentative of liberty, true order, and indepeni fence in the woad. Major GIELGUD, in paying a touching tribute . sf re spect to the memory of Lord Dudley Stuart, obs ;rued that the Poles in this country are not indifferent ti ) the fearful struggle now going on in India, and are an xious to convince the British public of their feelings in that respect. He then proposed the following resolutio, 2:— " That this meeting deeply sympathises with the disasters which have befallen England in her In dian empire; and, grateful for the generous hospitality v. +jab she long afforded to the Poles, begs to testify its fee lingo by contributing, as, far as the means of the refu gees allow, to the fund which is now being raised for the relief of the sufferers from the Indian mutiny. Colonel B. Wteeeizesst seconded the resolution, and said that it would be difficult to define the tends 'near of the revolt in India, but he could not cont em plate, without shuddering, the massacre of in no. cent chddren and women, which bad nothing to do with the subjugation of India. He felt horrified at the de , Os of Nana Sahib—for, supposing the movement in In• lig , were even a national one, such deeds as were committ ed by that monster would, certainly, in the opinion of eve 1 man, soil for ever the cause of so unscrupulous an assa sin. This recalled to his (Colonel's) memory the acts the late Emperor Nicholas, in 1831, during the late Polish war of independence, when the Cossacks, whose Hetmat or Chief was the present Emperor, cut off the breasts oe. all Polish women at Osztniana. The present Emperor begged his father, on his knees,. to bestow a medal of honour on the regiment which had committed such a barbarous atrocity on that unoffending class. Yet none of the foreign prints had the boldness of informing the English public of that fact. Now Alexander and Nana Sahib may pass to posterity as brothers in crime committed upon the weaker class of humanity whom every law, human and divine, confides Vo general pro• tection . Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, which separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. A rum of 5/. ss. was subscribed, chiefly in amounts; from 61 to a few shillings, which will be duly forwarded to the Indian Relief Fund. We learn from Stockholm that the house of Messrs. Johns and Co., of that city, has engaged to supply the loan of 20,000,000 of rix thalers banco to the Govern ment to carry out the railway schemes, at an interest of 5 5-Gths per cent., and to be liquidated at par in the space of 40 years. The Rev. William Hamilton, 8.A., has been licenscri by the Lord Bishop of Chester to the.stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Warrington, Lancashire, on the nomination of the Rev. William Quekett, the rector, who has recently obtained a license of non-resi dencs on account of ill-health.? THE RON 07 THE SUM/I.—The extraordinary run of this powerful steamer is hikhly creditable to Captain Cooper, her respec',ed commander. She arrived at Port Philip on Wednesday night, Sept. 2, having wade the passage from Suez in 37 days, bringing English intelli gence to the 17th July—the shortest time, on record . The following are the cates of arrival and departure: ; From Suez 26th July, at 11 p.m ; arrived at Aden Ist August 8 a.m. ; sailed 21 August, 6 a.m. ; arrived at Galle 10th, at 7 a.m. ; sailed again 12th, at 2 p.m. ; sr• rived at Melbourne 2d Sept., at 11 p.m. We wore fad voured by Mr. Smith, the purser, with files of the latest Papers, also our correspondent's despatches, which were promptly handed to us by Captain Walker, of theWonga Wonga. The intelligence by the Simla has thus been received four days in advance. She sailed from Mel bourne Heads at 9 p.m., on Friday, the 4th, and hove. to for a pilot off the Sydney Lighthouse on Sunday night, at 9 o'clock, thus making the passage in 48 Ileum Captain Cooper states that he experienced strong S.l winds all the way from Galle to the Leuwen, or his time would have been shortened considerably. The Royal Mail steam-ship European arrived at Point de Galls on the 21st, and sailed again on 3d July.—" Sydney Morning Hayed. brioliT RIME AT PRESTON.—With the exception of five or six firm, the whole of the cotton manufacturer.; an d spinuerb in Preston have either closed their mills altoge ther or have commenced working short time, the latter being the course generally adopted. There are about 70 different mills in the town, three and in some instance four mills being e worked and belonging to one firm. I n these 70 mills it is calculated that not less than 20,00 0 persons are employed ; and some idea of the depressed state of the staple trade of the town and its immediate district may be formed when it is an accredited fact that the 1.1, ve-rage employment of 20,000 hands does not exceed at present more than three full days per week. Of enure s this state of things has not exrsted until within the pest few days, several of the largest firms in the town having within that period commenced working short time. Th e district for a few miles round P I ester] is also simila rl y affected. At Walton, Moon's Mill, B a mber-bridg e *, (Thorley, Sanaleebury, F ar i ng t on, an d H og ht o n, places within a ladies of five miles of Preston, the 1 111 ; owners have been comp e ll e d t o resor t to t h e a l tern ative °` short time. In two o f th e t owns hi ps name d t h re e or four mills nave been entirely stopped, and throughout the Pres' ton Union commercial matters have experienced such severe check that numbers of families have been compelled to seek relief from the hands of the parochial -authorities, who being unable, under the existing regulations of the Poor-law Board, to grant necessary relief to the appli cants who are chi e fly ab;ebothed persons have writte , to the gen era l b oar d i n L on d on , requesting them to the cancel such an absurd regulation. The pover t y in union is very great, and every day adds to its quota. ~, J YIN' 0 V E Rf 718:1'57