The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

HIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIILL lEN'S CONCERTS. r !Gdns. Jetty Treffs, Herr Deek (Primo Basso from the Grand Opera at Dresden), Signor Yeroni, and M. Edouard Remenyi. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH THIS EVENING (SA.TURDAM November 2) , Will be produced the New Grand Descr i p tive Composition, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by 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 Queen." Prices of Admission—Promena de, is • Upper Roxes, ls. ; Gallery, is. ; Dress Circle, 2s . 6d.; ' Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and upwards. Prospectuses with full particulars, may be had at the Box. office of the Theatre; of th all e principal libraries; and at Jellien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ITER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— m.•JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, MONDAY, Nov. 30. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that his GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE will, this year, take place at Her Majesty's Theatre, on MONDAY, Nov. 30. M. Jullien's present Bal Masque will be given with the same splendour as has been displayed in those magnificent fetes he has presented to the public on previous occasions ; , fetes which have unanimously been pronounced as unsur passed in Europe. It will take place at Her Majesty's Theatre—an establishment so famous for the splendid balls which have been given within its walls under the most dis tinguished patronage. M. Jullien is determined that this, his Nineteenth Bal Masque in England, shall equal, if not excel, any of its predecessors in brilliancy and splendour. The Orchestra will comprise 110 musicians—Conductor, M. Jullien. The newest and most fashionable music will be played, in eluding M, Jullien's " Indian Quadrille," which has achieved such signal success during the present season, and several new Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles, composed expressly by M. Jullien for his Concerts and for this occasion. The dances will bo regulated by 14 Maltres des Ceremonies, whose arrangements will bo strictly carried out. No one will be admitted except in evening dress or fancy costume. This regulation will be strictly adhered to. The whole theatre will be ornamented with garlands and wreaths of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. For this pur pose Messrs. Chabot and Co. who were charged with the decorations for the grand ball at the reception of the Empe ror Napoleon 111., Stuttgart, have been engaged at a great expense, and will arrive in England expressly to arrange, at Her Majesty's Theatre, a display, which will be seen for the first time in this country. Mr. Nathan, of Castle-street, Lacester-square, has been appointed Costumier to the Bal. Tickets for the ball, 10s. 6d. The prices of admission for spectators (for whom the uudience portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be, dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2s. 6d. Private boxes from 3/. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra charge. Ticket for the ball, places, and private boxes, may be secured at the box-office of her Majesty's Theatre ; of the principal librarians and music sellers : and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The doors will be open at half-past 9, and the dancing com mence at half-past 10. Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by M . Epiteaux, of the Opera Colonnade, and at 1 o'clock the supper will be served. HBR MAJESTY'S THEATRE GREAT CLASSICAL CONCERTS. A HAYDN NIGHT, A MOZART NIGHT, A BEETHOVEN NIGHT, A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT, and A WEBER NIGHT. M, JULLIEN has the honour to announce that, in conse quence of the great number of persons unable to obtain admis sion during the last performance of the " Indian Quadrille," he has made arrangements to postpone his departure for the provinces, and to give a few more concerts at Her Majesty's Theatre. The great and unprecedented success attending, the " Indian Quadrille," and, the other works lately pro duced, has prevented M. Jullien giving those classical nights which he was the first to introduce to the English public, and which have always been received with such distinguished favour by musical amateurs and the public generally. In order to comply with the repeated requests of his nume rous patrons, M. Jullien has arranged for a SECOND SERIES OF CONCERTS, which must necessarily be of very limited duration, owing to his departure on his provincial tour shortly before Christmas. They will commence on TUES DAY, Dec. 1. It is M. Jullien's intention to give, during their continuance, a " Haydn Night," a " Mozart Night," a " Beethoven Night," a " Mendelssohn Night," and a "Weber Night." On these occasions the first part of the programme will be selected solely from the works of one of these great masters. The second part will be varied as usual - M. Jullien has the satisfaction of announcing that he has succeeded in retaining the services of that popular ♦ocalist, Madlle. JETTY TREFFZ, At the close of this Second Series of Concerts, Madlle. Jetty Treffs will leave London for Vienna, M. Jullien having been unable to induce her to stay, even for his provincial tour. Soloists of the highest celebrity are also engaged for each of the Classical Nights, including the celebrated pianist©, Miss Ara bella Goddard, and the Hungarian artiste, M. Edouard Re menyi, solo violinist to her Majesty. The magnificent decorations which were prepared for the Bal Masque will remain during the continuance of these Con certs. The whole theatre will be ornamented with wreaths and garlands of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. The decorations have been prepared by Messrs 4 Chabot and Co., who were c' arged with the decorations for the grand ball at the Telleption of the Emperor Napoleon 111. at Stuttgart, and who were engaged, at a great expellee, for the express yurpose of arranging at her Majesty's Theatre a display WI hieb. will be seen for the first tine in this country. M. Jullien feels confident that he will receive, for his Second Series of Concerts, a continuance of that distinguished pa tronage and support which have already been so freely ac corded to him. A Mandelssohn Night will be given on Thursday next, December 3. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. JL Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. • THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL N ITCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Ferran, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White s . an Mrs, g. Fitzvrilliam After which, a new farce, by the author of Box and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Bnckstone Will sustain an original ch tracter. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST NIGHT OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspore's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preoedod by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MIDDIE ASHORE'. Mfrs Marie Wilton. Alter which, a new romantic) drama, cared THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Followed by the original Apropos Sketch, entitled THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA FYNE, and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Characters by Miss Lou's% Pyno, Miss usan Pyso, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St, Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Hareaon. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with tho new Farce, entitled A PAIR OP PIO . EONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. . Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ; Utalls, 6s. ; Dress ("ink), ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. • Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls,—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.l OYAL SURREY THEATRE, IL Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will bo performed TFIE WIFE'S RE 17E/10E, Atter which, INDIA, 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Ores wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdieomb, Belmore, Tapping ; Miss M. Eburne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow nT company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of B,lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &e., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, %fiat Bru nel!, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R, Grover, T. Fareant, S. Toaec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Allyyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchleld, and E. Mack ey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master ailliame • Director, llerr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Bevea o'clock precisely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock. HIGEI WATER. AT LONDON DRIDGE. THIS DA?—Mor n., 38 min. aft. 10--Even. 18 min. aft. 11 I°-34°" " --111 " 11 ., 44 min. aft. 11 —Even. 0 min aft. 0 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, NoVEMBICR 28. TIIERMOXICTER, IN THE SHADE. • 48—highest since noon yesterday. 41--lowest this morning and during the night. 42 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30.18. W IND, N . to N.E. ; light, with fine cola sunshiny wea ther. * . lip 1, V , ?, -. ..:,,, - i'+;l 4 -` - - .:\ ,, , -1 - Itn,, , , 4.. 1, ,, , . kt; --.:;4.).‘"- ' j ly , - "":' - 172;' -4 . - -`-Z-i.-', .____ ' LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 1857. Soule of our contemporaries have been waging war over the question of the co?ts of the mutiny. Shall England or India pay them ? We trust there is now no doubt whatever that the verdict of battle will be in favour of England, but some seem inclined to deny that the verdict might to carry costs. The Examiner boldly pleads not j only that the vanquished party cannot pay, but that he ought not to pay. That England has disentitled herself to saddle India with the Ex- pence of putting down the insurrection, by rea- son of her misgovernment of the governed. Now, on this latter point we join issue, and affirm that it is perfectly just that India should pay for her own rebellions, and that our misgo- vernment—and in many respects it has been bad enough—is not of a kind which entitles the culprit to escape penalty. "It was not India made the rebellion, but we ourselves," says the Examiner, "for we gave to it a form of government which no other people ever gave to a conquered country, . _ and it was that vicious form of government which produced the catastrophe." If England gave her own "glorious constitution "—so adored by Lord JOHN RUSSELL and our able Whig contemporary —to a conquered country, it would give that country a form of government never given before by any conqueror. That argument we may drop, therefore, without further notice. The real question is, whether we gave India a government which ought to provoke to insurrection ? Even our contemporary can hardly deny that, when practicable, the costs of any war ought to fall on the aggressor. Never was there a greater instance, perhaps, of ignominious departure from politicjustice, than when Turkey was left burdened with the costs of the Russian aggression—when she was left financially weaker than the power which had, by a groundless invasion of her terri tories, robbed her treasury enormously. Long will Europe smart, and Circassia, and all Asia, too, for the moral cowardice of Lord PALAIERSTON, and we fear the worse than cowardice of LOUIS NAPOLEON in giving up the war with Russia before they had taken security for peace by com pelling her to reimburse Turkey, and, indeed, all the Allies. The Russian debt ought to have been augmented by some 150,000,0001., and the CZAR would then have been quiet enough for a long time to come. So in India now, we hold that nothing is more important than that India should feel that rebellion is a thing which must not occur again. Sepoys must feel it by hanging, banish ment, or slavery ; the mutineers must be swept for ever from social existence at least, and their friends and families must long remember that to have another mutineer belonging to them is to lose them for life. But not only that. It may be hard, we freely own, though not harder than the lot of all inno cently connected with convicted criminals, that those who took no active part in the rebellion should pay for it. Who should pay if they do not ? We, in England, certainly took no part in it whatever. The kinsfolk and countrymen of the actual rebels are the parties most reasonably im plicated in the results of the rebels' conduct. It must be remembered, too, that the vast majority of the natives have been, at least passive spec tators of the mutiny. The Native Princes, who, knowing the strongest side and their own interest, have continued loyal, could in many instances not even keep their own troops faithful to themselves ; and while numberless gratifying instances of native fidelity have occurred, yet it cannot be doubted that natives generally sympathised too readily, though warily, with the insurgent troops. As to the provocation arising from our form o government, however, we cannot concede it for a moment. There is a sense, no doubt, in which it is true ; but it is a sense which enormously ags gravates the guilt of the mutineers. So far as they were concerned, the only error of our Go vernment was trusting them too much—they have abused that trust by rapine, murder, and worse than murder. They were favoured, petted, grati fied in everything ; they have rewarded their pay masters and their over-indulgent rulers, whence they drew their pay, by " looting" their trea suries and plunging their swords into the bosom of those who could deny them nothing ! The catastrophe has, therefore, been produced by causes which surely double the guilt of its imme diate authors. We acknowledge the folly of the Company and its unpardonable policy in regard to Europeans, but as surely as AssaLoat and his abettors deserved to bear the penalty of their deeds, so do the East India Company's Absaloms and their abettors. The misgovernment of the Company in the case of the Sepoys most strongly resembles DATID'S mismanagement of his vain and prodigal son—a mismanagement which gives a pretty clear conception of what was justice to ABSALOM, and what is justice to &pop. As to the sufferings of other natives under our rule, they have little cause also to complain of the way in which we have exercised our power ; that we might have done infinitely better for the country by rescuing it from the monopoly of a commercial company at an earlier period, is tru-. Still we have not taxed the natives more heavily than our predecessors, while we have given them such freedom from the miseries of internal war, as they never enjoyed before. All, moreover, that we have heard of in respect of tortures to extort revenue, or to obtain evidence in courts of justice, have been the malpractices of natives, not of Englishmen—they are abhorrent from the nature of the worst of our countrymen, and were put down by us as soon as known. So far, indeed, as natives are concerned, all they have had to endure has been due to the venality and cruelty of na tives themselves when employed in our service. There is not, indeed, any phase of our govern mental proceedings in India which does not, so far as the bulk of the population is concerned, leave them responsible for the cost of the mutiny. We acknowledge, indeed, that the practicability of getting the money is quite another question. There may be, and will be much difficulty in that. A property tax, or an increase of taxes, may seem equally hopeless in the case of a nation taxed to the uttermost, and with its few rich men of com merce, men also of the profoundest commercial cunning. We need not now enter into the details of what may be done. Some of them we have already indicated, and more may yet be indicated, but we must not lose sight of one all-import Lnt source of revenue " water," exclaimed Sir CIARLES NAPIEn, "is gold in India"—and NAPfER proved it by his water-works in Scinde, all thwarted as he was at last. " The mines of India," said Col. COTTON, " are water mines, and worth more than all the mines of Australia." And Col. COTTON proved his words on a magnificent scale in the Madras presidency. He proved in practice what his admirable book proves in argu ment, that the revenue cf India might be doubled, and yet the pressure of taxation be comparatively less than it now is. He proved, too, that the works might refund their cost annually while in progress, and that in six years' time the great changer might be completed. In any discussion of a loan, or of a guarantee from this country, a guarantee would v just thatcanals an d i rr i ga tion should have the prece isutgip,niflanteiocnes.sarlyv,eevshenonolfarhaialva: s be a e r no fear of any guarantee falling back on England eventually, if some provision was made at the same time for working the " water-mines of India." The decision in the case of BROOK V. BROOK will be looked for with intense anxiety by many families of unimpeachable morality and a deep sense of religion._lt is, we believe, the first time that the validity of a marriage legal in the place where it was contracted has been questioned, with the single exception of that of the Duke of SUSSEX. Sir FITZROY KELLY clearly explained the distinction between that case, which arose under a totally different law—the Royal Marriage Aet—imposing personal restrictions on certain members of the Royal Family, and those occur ring under the Act of 1835. The former might reasonably be regarded as binding on the parties in all parts of the world, although grave doubts were entertained of its operation, save so far as the succession to the Crown was concerned, and many sound lawyers conceived the arguments of Sir THOMAS WILDE, afterwards Lord TRURO, to have been conclusive on the point ; but Lord LYNDHURST' s Act was clearly local in character. It did not even extend to the whole of the United Kingdom. Scotland was specially excluded from its operation, "Provided always, and be it enacted that nothing in this act shall be construed to extend to that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland," is one of the express provisions of the statute, and, a fortiori, it cannot he considered applicable to any other country not under the jurisdiction of the British Parliament. The attempt that has been made to brand with illegitimacy innocent children, perfectly legitimate in every Protestant state in Europe, is to say the best of it very ungracious. The stale pretext that it was for the spiritual welfare—pro salute animce— of the party, cannot be advanced in this instance. Death had already dissolved the union, The fastidious prejudices even of HARRY of Exeter could no longer be offended by persons not acting in ac cordance with his extreme views. Why, then, this extreme rigour, this excessive zeal on the part of the law authorities of the Crown ? Simply to levy exorbitaat legacy duties, to get ten in place of one per cent., and for this purpose they are willing to impose civil and religious disabilities of the most objectionable character, on high-minded sod honourable persons, and to deprive the eldest son and lawful heir of the deceased testator of a share of the fortune earned and intended for him. Divers opinions prevail respecting the pro priety of these marriages. The Church of Eag land is divided on the subject. Many of the Bishops, and many most respectable clergymen consider that there is no valid reason that can be assigned against them. Such a union is certainly not racaum in se. It is no longer contended that the 18th of Leviticus, 18th verse, is applicable. The very words relied on, "Nei ther shalt thou take a wife to her sister to vex her * * beside the other in her lifetime." Here the very reason is assigned. It is that it would ors the first wife ; and there is no maxim better recognised than that which declares, Cessante ratineo, cessat lex. A dead wife cannot be vexed by any subsequent nuptials of her husband. But there is even a stronger ground—the operation is ex pressly limited to the lifetime of the first wife, and there is, therefore, an implied permission to form such an alliance after the termination of the diability. And what is unanswerably to the purpose is, that Parliament has for ever done away with the idea of the criminality of these unions by legalising them in 1835. In America these marriages are, as Judge STORY informs us, common in almost all the States -- "and so far from being doubtful in their moral tendency, they are deemed the very best sort of marriages emphatically adding, " In my whole life I never heard the slightest suggestion against them, founded on domestic or moral considerations." In addition to this they are recognised in every Protestant countzy in Europe, with the exception of one small State in Switzerland. But the most important point of all is, that by the nume. rous Dissenters in England—a majority of the Protestant population—it is not considered that these marriages are either interdicted by Holy Writ, or that they are themselves in any degree reprehensible. Now, why should this influential body be restricted in the tenderest point, the selection of a partner for life—one who can confer happiness on the father and be a faithful guardian of the infant children ? Why should a doubtful Canon of the Church of England—not recognised by a large proportion of the clergy, bind these independent men who take the Scriptures as their only guide ? Why should they be bound by the fancies of the Bishop of EXETER or of the Oxford pet ? They are sufficiently numerous and influen tial to insist on justice, to declare that they shall not be slaves to fanatics. The arguments of Sir F. MILLI/ are unanswer able. He has proved beyond the possibility of doubt that a marriage in any Protestant country in Europe, is binding to all intents and purposes : that the children are legitimate, and that there is no social or political disability arising therefrom. Were it otherwise, we might witness such an anomaly as a man having two legal wives and two legitimate families —the one recognised at Altona or Hamburg, the other in England. The case of the QUEEN v. CHADWICK is not at all in point, for that was a criminal case, where, of course, the prisoner in the dock, of whose moral guilt there could be no question, was entitled to, and received the benefit of the doubt. We are not displeased at the ven tilation of this question. Truth always benefits by discussion, and we earnestly trust that the result will be the enactment of a law removing ono of the latest and most intolerable remnants of the penal code from the national statute book. Her Majesty has signified her gracious intention of opening the Session of Parliament in person. CABINET COUNCII..—A Cabinet Council was held yes terday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lords Albert and Ronald Leveson Gower have arrived at Worksop Manor, Notts, on a visit to Lord and Lady Foley, from the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The noble duke and duchess are expected at Stafford-house early in the ensuing week. The Duhe and Doebese of Marlborough are visiting the Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry at Wynyard-park, Stockton-on-Tees. His grace comes to town early next week. The Earl and Countess Craven and the Ladies Craven have returned to town from a tour of visits. The noble earl and her ladyship will leave London in a few days for Ashdown-park. The Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone returned to Belerave-square a few days, since from a tour of visits. The c nintess has since left for Paris. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., have returned to town from Strawberry Hill, Twickebham, where they have been entertaining com pany for some time past. The Earl end Countess of Sandwich are passing the season at Hinchiebrolte House, Hnutiogdonshire. The Earl and Countess of Camperdown and Lady El'zebeth Duncan arrived in town, yesterday, from Scotland. The E trl Howe left town, yesterday, to join his family. circle at Gopsall, Leicestershire. The Earl of Li-towel arrived in town on Wednesday from I.l , lelton Mowbray. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers arrived in town on Wednesday from Upton Hall, Warwickshire, and leave to-day to join the circle visiting the Earl of Cardigan, at Dean Park. Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining a succession of company, during the past month, at Nor ; wanton Park, Rutlandshire. The circle broke up last ' week, preparatory to the removal of the family to town for the Parliamentary session. Lady Dover is staying with Lord and Lady Begot, at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire. The Hon. :Leopold i Ellis has arrived at Dover House, from visiting the Merquis and Marchioness of Stafford, at Lilleshall Salop. rHE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVICifING NOVEMBER 28, 1851, LATEST NEWS. CHINA. We (Times) have received the following letters by the extra mail brought by the Norma SHANGHAI, SEPT. 27. This morning the Norna, Peninsular and Oriental steamer (extra), starts for Suez, with 1,500 bales of silk. She has been put on entirely for commercial purposes, and will probably go round by Bombay. It is quite uncertain, there fore, whether her letters will arrive earlier than the next regular mail, so that, even if I had any political news to communicate, this is not a favour. able opportunity. The few words I have to say, therefore, must be of commercial matters—a little Rialto talk. Silk is in Shanghai just now what the " Derby" is at Tattersall's early in May. Every one is talk- ng about it, and some are speculating in it. The - - , Chinamen are afraid of the news by the next mail, and have reduced their demands by 20 dols. a bale. Some people think they see their way clear with this reduction, and have bought up 3,000 bales. Others, however, believe that this will not do. They argue that the statistics of silk, the stocks in England, the stocks in France, a►nd the 12,000 bales actually in . Shanghai, look bad for high prices ; that the easiest thing in the world to be supprime is a silk dress ; and that, therefore, the present demands are dangerously high. Of this opinion are the Capulets and Montagus of this settlement. So John Chinaman is likely to keep a large portion of his 11,000 'bales, and also of his 80,000 bales up country, unless he can make up his mind to lower his prices. But our long-tailed friend is very rich. He has been tempted by last year's high prices to sell all that hoarded box silk which Chinamen (whose civilisation does not extend to a national debt, or to joint-stock banking establishments) are in the habit of laying by for rainy days. He can afford, therefore, to hold, and at present he is not in clined to drop very low. A curious illustration of Chinese Government has arisen from the sudden wealth accumulated in the silk districts by the demand and the prices of the last two years. The Mandarins (as in our ignorance we call all Chinese officials, from a sergeant or tide-waiter to a Governor or a Prime Minister) went forth into the country ►here wealth was said to have accumulated for a general "squeeze." The ofEcial eye had marked the sponge to swell, and the official hand had de scended to press it. But the country folk do not manure their mulberry-trees, and pick their leaves, and breed their silkworms, and wind their cocoons for mere amusement. They flew to arms —which were probably their bamboo carrying poles—and drove the squeezing party out of the country. "Tread upon a worm and it will turn," say we English, in one of those pompous false hoods which pass from mouth to mouth as coined wisdom. The Chinese silkworm breeder ought to have known that if you tread hard enough and full enough the vrorul will not turn, but will squeeze. The Mandarin party certainly knew this. They sent to Hangchau for soldiers—they returned and set fire to the village wkence they had been ejected—and now what was, when I traversed it last month, the most prosperous dis trict of China, it being visited with all the bless ings of immediate Imperial attention. I should not wonder if this matter spread, for a Chinam e an will fight for his dollars. Tea, they tell me, is selling from Gd. to Bd. per lb. dearer in Shanghai than it is in England. The wise men say that the first crop having been lost, and the stocks being low, this uncomfortable state of things is likely to continue. You will be glad to hear that opium has reached a tremendous price, so that the opium smoker—and every man who wears a tail in these parts takes an occasional whiff—will persevere in his bad habits under considerable discouragement. HONG KONG, 00T. 5. Our latest dates from England are to the 10th of August. The steamer with the 26th of August mail is daily expected. The agent for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company despatches the steamer Norma for Gallo and Suez to-day, and, for the chance of letters from Alerindria going on before the mail of the 15th inst. fro m thi s. I take the oppo r o tunity to g ive you a few lines, although there is nothing of importance to communicate. Lord Elgin is still here, and lives on board the steamer Ava. Ido not hear that it is his inten tion to proceed north at present. _ . The steamer Emperor and three more gunboats have arrived here. I am glad to notice that her Majesty's steamer Furious was at Singapore, and reports that she left 12 gunboats at Anger ; as it has been a fair monsoon here for a week or so, we may expect this considerable addition to the naval force to arrive any day. It is generally believed that, as soon as all the gun-boats have arrived, a ♦ery strict bloekade of the Canton river will be esta blished. This will, no doubt, check altogether the small trade that has been going on at this place and Macao. The vessel taking foreign rice from Shanghai and regarding which there was some difference of opinion between the French Consul and the foreign inspectors, was allowed to leave the port without any interruption from th• Custom-house autho- rities. The Russian. steamer... America has left Shanghai for the Gulf of Pecheli. • Pekiu Gazettes Are down to the 27th August, but do not refer again to outside affair'. Provi sions in the north appear to be excessively dear, and vessels taking rice to Tientsin are exempt from duties. On the night of the 30th ult. there was a strong gale here ; but the damage was trifling. At Macao, however, the destruction of lifo and property was considerable. The steamer Lily, which wag chartered by the French Government, returned to-day from the Gulf of Tonquin. By this opportunity I learn that a French bishop had beeu decapitated in Cochin China, and that a great many Christians wore murdered. I have not been able to got par• titulars yet. Here the stocks of manufacture are very light, and prices show a further advance. Shirtings, grays, 6.12, sold at 3 doll, and 7.4 at 3 do:a 10c.; cotton yarn, Nos. 16 and 24, hava been sold at 30 dols. per picul ; Turkey opium, 560 dols. nominal. Exchange, 4s. 111 2 - 1. to 55 , . on Eng land ; on India, 224 r. to 2281 r. ; Sycee silver, 6 per cent. pm. ; gold, 22 dols. 50c. per tael. Tonnage is plentiful. At Macao purchases of scented teas have been made at rather higher rates ; no country teas have been received. From Amoy our dates are to the 29th ult. Teas had advanced in price. No sales of shiitings reported. Cotton yarn had been sold at 29 dots. 10c. for Nos. 16 and 24. Fuo Chow advices are to the 29th ult, Tho price of tea was somewhat lower, as foreigners were holding off, The great scarcity of Foo Chow dollars was causing difficulties in settling for teas.'l Shanghai advices are to the 26th ult. Shirtings were rather lower. 6i Catty grays quoted Ti. 2.3 to Ts. 2.3.5. Deliveries of all kinds only 33,000 pieces. Lead quoted Ts. 6 to Ts. 6.2. Teas—The finest kinds of black teas were fully as dear as previously, but the medium and good kinds were Ts. Ito Ts. 2 cheaper. The second crop of teas was arriving freely. Settle ments since the 16th ult., 14 chops black tea and 39,000 packages green, the latter at about pre vious rates. Six vessels were loading for London and five for the United States. Silk.—The first and second qualities Tsatlee were unchanged in price, but the lower sorts had given way Ts. 10 to 20. Taysaams were not much inquired for, and had given way. Settle ments, 3,000 bales. Arrivals 45,800 bales, of which 36,000 bales had been settled. Quotations were— Teatlee, No. 1 ... T 5.470 0 Taynarns, No. 1 Ta. 375 0 2 ... 450 0 2 060 0 3 ... 420 0 3 340 0 4 ... 400 0 4 320 0 Inferior 370 90 Inferior 290 300 Exchange on England, 6s. Bd. to 6s. 92d. for six months' sight bills; on India, 306 rs. to 309 rs. Freights to London, 31. for tea, and 61. for silk. • We have no later dates from Manilla than to the 26th of August. Our latest dates are from England, Aug. 10 ; Calcutta, Sept. 2 ; Bombay, Aug. 30 ; Singa pore, Sept. 19 ; Manilla, Aug. 26 ; Melbourne, Aug. 6 ; Sydney, July 17 ; Shanghai, Sept. 26. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals from Great Britain.—Hongkong,. Sept. 24 ; Testimonial and Ottoline, from Car diff ; 25, Catherine Jamieson, from London ; 26, Oscar, from London ; and Maria Diedrika, from Sunderland ; 30th, Catherine Maria, from Swan sea; October 1, H.M.'s gun-boat Leven, from England ; 2, H.Ml's gun-boats Algerine and Stamp, from England ; Her Majesty's yacht Emperor, from England ; 4, Two Gesell wisters, from Cardiff. Shanghai, Sept. 12, Queens berry, from London ; 16, John Chisholm, from Liverpool ; 20, Maggie, from Cardiff. Departures—From Macao, Sept. 19, Aden, to Liverpool ; 27, William Simpson, to London. Foochow—Spitfire, to London. Shanghai, Sept. 18, Assyrian, to London. FRANCE. The Moniteur of yesterday contains an official announcement that the session of the Corps Legis latif will be opened at the Palais Bourbon on Satut day (this day), at two o'clock in the afternoon, when a communication is to be received from the Government. HAMBURG. HAMBURG, FRIDAY EVENING. At an extraordinary meeting of the Civic Coun cil held to-day, it was unanimously agreed to accept the . propo , ition of the Senite, to create Exchequer Bills to the amount of fifteen million marks banco, to be lent on the security of imperishable merchan dise, state bonds, or railway shares. HAMBURG, Nov. 25. The Board of Commerce has posted up the fol lowing notice to-day in the Exchange Rooms : " It would greatly tend to allay the excitement, and contribute to restore commercial confidence, if those merchants who have already made their ar rangements for the immediate future, and are prepared to meet bills of exchange on them falling due in the next few days, would express their readiness to . pay, such bills immediately after de ducting the discount. Those houses inclined to Hfollow this suggestion are requested to send their 1 firms to the offices of the Board of Commerce in the Exchange. Hamburg, 25th of November, 1857." AUSTRIA. Tmora, Nov. 25.—The Oesterreiehische Zeitung of this morning has au article on the projected telegraph between Ragusa and Alexandria, which deserves particular attention, as it was written by order of the Finance Department. In substance it is as follows "The Austrian Government entertains an idea of contributing to the completion of the telegraphic com munication between the East and the West, but it will depend entirely on England whether the plea will be realised. "Austria is willing to construct a submarine tele graph between Ragusa and Corfu, and to continue it by wall of Zante and Candia to Alexandria. She is will ing to establish the necessary stations and offices, and to forward the despatches in English and in certain other languages. The British Government has expressed its readiness to establish a telegraphic line from Saez, by way of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, to Bombay. "The British press makes two objections to this plan. The one objection is to the telegraph being carried through the Red Sea ; the other, to those conces sions being made which Austria demands. Many influential persons in England and Wiz seem to think that a telegraphic line through Western Asia would be preferable, Such 'a lino would suit Austria remarkably well, as all despatches which arrived at Constantinople would have to, pass through European Turkey and the Austrian dominions, un less, indeed, the English should prefer to have their telegrams forwarded by the Russian telegraphs.' If the West Asiatic telegraph should be constructed, Austria will not have to epond a farthing, and will still be an indiQpensable link between India and Eng land. The Times, however, is fully aware of the nume rous objections which there are to the line through Western Asia, and believes that the waves will be the best protection for a telegraph to India. " The concession which Austria requires from Eng land is a reasonable indemnification for the outlay for the construction and maintenance of the proposed telegraph. The great undertaking will oust millions (of florins), and these Austria cannot possibly expend unless , she has a prospect of obtaining proper interest for them. The present interrup tion between Cagliari and Malta • shows how difficult it is to calculate what it will cost to lay down and to keep a submarine telegraph in proper working order. As is already known, the British Government will be at liberty, if the Ragusa-Alexandria line of telegraph should be made, to send its despatches from Corfu to England by any route it may choose, and we believe we may add, that tl a Austrian Government only lays claim to the exclusive privilege of forwarding the telegrams between Alexandria and Corfu as leng as no other competing (concurrirend) line shall have a cheaper tariff for despatches khan the Austrian telegraph.' The only guarantee which Austria can have that her telegraph from Ragusa to Alexandria will pay is, that the British Government will agree to send its despatches by it, as long as no other line will under take to forward them at a lower price. " The only conditions on which Austria will undertake to accomplish the gigantic task of carrying a cable across the Mediterranean are—the exclusive right to! forward the British despatches from Corfu to Alex andria, and the construction by England of a correspond. ing telegraph across the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. These concessions are the price which England will have to pay if a work so conducive to her interests is to be carried out." SACIIED HARMONIC SOCIETY. This society commenced a new season last night at Exeter Hall, with a performance of Haydn's " Third Service," Meudelssohn's "Lauda Sion," and Spohr's " Last Judgment." Haydn's Mass is that composed for the coronation of the Empercr Joseph 11., and is usually styled the "Imperial" for that reason. The " Lauda Sion" is a very tine work, worthy of its composer. An English cantata is adapted to the air, and this part of the perform ance was perhaps the treat successful. It was a little trying to Spohr's work to follow so closely on two such eminent masters, but it was nevertheless listened to with groat attention. It is unnecessary to say that the bind and chorus, under the direc tion of Mr. Coats, who was loudly greeted on his entrance, were all that could be wished The hall was crowded, and the audience paid marked atten tion to the music. The principal solo vocalists were Mr. and Mrs. Lockey, Madame Rudersdorff, and Mr. Weiss, all of whom acquitted themselves with credit. Owing to the nature of the perform ance, there was little upportunity for individual display, but the duets and quarto tts were eminently successful. The chief solo of the evening fell to the lot of Madame RudersdorEf. It was the beautiful air from the " Lauda Sion"—" Lord, I will at all times bless thee," —and she rendered it with full appreciation and feeling. The Siamese ambassadors and their suite honoured the hall with their pre sence, and occupied one of the galleries. The next oratorio will be the "Messiah," which is announced for Friday, the 11th December. THE BANK ACT AND PRESENT CRISIS. .THE COURT OP DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE TRANSPORT OF TROOPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —You have so ably written upon the subject of the Bank Charter Act, that I venture to intrude upon your columns with a few observations, as to the cause of the present crisis, and the working of the act in question in times of pressure. The supporters of this act of the late Sir Robert Peel, affirm that it gives security for the payment in gold for the Bank note, that it acts against over trading, and that it cannot in any way be prejudi cial t o the prudent dealer ; I deny these hypotheses and will prove that the action of the bill has no beneficial effect in one case or the other. Now, as regards the convertibility of the bank gold, there is no security whatever, for at the pre sent moment I believe it is in the power of the Joint Stock Banks to cause the Bank to suspend specie payment by simply withdrawing the amounts they hold there on deposit, the actual credits being considerably above the amount of gold now in the Bank cellars, thus, therefore, with out any run from the public depositors. the Bank is evidently at the mercy of the Joint Stock Banks in question. As regards overtrading—l am sure that no Act of Parliament ever did or ever can prevent it ; trade is based upon credit, and not upon bullion, and so long as merchants and traders can obtain credit, they will enter into speculations and lia bilities far beyond the amount they can pay, should a sudden commercial crisis occur as at present with America and India. As regards the protection this Bill gives to the merchant who does not speculate or overtrade, allow me to observe, that in October, 1847, I received from the Continent some large remittances consisting of Bank Post Bills at 7 days' sight, and drafts upon bankers at 3 days' sight, to meet the payment of Foreign Stocks, which I had bought to order, these high class remittances did not meet the exigency of the times, for I could not got them discounted at my bankers or at Messrs. Gurney and Co., and if I had had no other re sources to depend on I should have stopped pay ment, with Bank notes virtually in my possession. It is difficult to point out a remedy ; it appears to me, nevertheless, that, as the Joint-Stock Banks have the power to allow an interest to the depositors upon the amount they lodge, the Bank of England should at least have tho same rights. I feel con vinced that if our national establishment granted a maximum interest to their depositors, the greater portion of the 30 to 40 millions sterling now in the hands of Joint-Stock Banks would find its way into the Bank cellars, and that we should not so often be subjected to these frightful times of pres-. sure and distrust. As the law now stands the Bank must always be in danger ; the present Bank Bill is a fair-weather one, but in stormy times, it becomes a mockery, a delusion, and a snare.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, T. U. London, Nov. 20. THE CURRENCY. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sin,—ln the leading article of the Times of this morning it is asserted, with reference to the subject of the transport of troops to India, that the East India Directors have bean the partisans of that method of marine locomotion, which best accords with their antique traditions ;' that it was only when the danger became extreme that the directors were prevailed upon to take up the best vessels and to send out the men with the utmost despatch ;' and further, that, 'in defiarce of remonstrance, troops were sent in ships which have lost seven weeks on the voyage.' I venture to state that These aliegations are without any foundation, and you will, no doubt, bo glad, in justice to the body against which the charges are made, to admit a contradiction in your columns. With regard to the ships Areta and Bucephalus, which are stated to have been employed "in de fiance of remonstrance," it will be found that these ships were engaged before serious news reached this country,* and that they conveyed troops which hid been provided for ordinary service, and not in cosi sequence of requisitions from the Government of India after the mutiny had broken out. They would, in fact, have gone if India had remained in the most perfect tranquillity. You have also been misinformed as to any remonstrance having been made against the employment of the ships ill question, as they were, on the contrary, engaged with the expressed concurrence of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, by whom all such arrangements are approved before being carried out. Ever since the news of the mutiny had reached these shores the great desire of the Directors bas been to transport the troops for which they had made requisitions to her Majesty's Government by the readiest and most speedy mode ; and they obtained some of the largest and quickest steatnerst for the purpose, as well as fast sailing clippers, which, by reference to Sir Charles . Wood's speech in the House of Commons on the 17th of July, it appears the Government considered superior, in many respects, to the former. Instead of being " prevailed upon" to adopt these measures, and instead of "remonstrances" being used against the engagement of slow sailing vessels, the Directors at one:determined, upon the receipt of serious intelligence at the end of June, to engage the fastest vessels, and those which could be got • ready with the least delay, without reference to price. It is well known that, in several eases, ships of superior size and make were selected in prefer- , ence to others which were offered at a lower rate. Such, I aver, was the real state of the case. The production of papers can alone prove it satisfao t orily ; but, in the meantime, erroneous impree" sions may be produced and prejudices engendered. In the event, therefore, of your considering that I have the means of judging, I trust that you will allow this contradiction to the grave accusations against the East India Directors to go forth. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Nov. 27. VERAX. * The Areta sailed on the 18th of June and the Baca' phalas sailed on the Ist of July, the intelligence of the Meerut revoit having been published in these column' en the 9th of June. This was in the estimation of everybody but the Directors " serious news ;" but they still der , . patched the only reinforcements then ready in vessels which have made voyages of 126 and 114 days respectively. t The news of the Capture of Delhi was published by u 8 on the 27th of June, but in the whole of July, out of :32 ships, only two steamships wore despatched. Lady Dofferin is staying on a visit with the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Stover Lodge, Devonshire. Lady Arthur Hervey and the Hon. Mrs. Singleton have arrived at the Brunswick-hotel, St. James's, froth Bury St. Edmund's. S,r Robert and Lady Emily Peel arrived in town a few days since, from Drayton Manor, and have since left on a tour in Italy. The Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Charlotte Denison will arrive in Carlton House-terrace Tuesday next, from Ossington Hall, near Newark. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor-gate, for the season, from a v ide to Mr. Henry Drumm ond, M.P., at-Albury Park.. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel and Mrs. Peel have arrived in town, from the Continent. They will leave to-day for Avington House, Hampshire. Colonel and Mrs. Frazer and Miss Fraser have arrived at Edwards' Hotel, from Brighton ; Professor William Rogers has left the same establishment, for Liverpool. The Hamburg letters yesterday mention the failure of Messrs. Levin Hertz Sohne, a very old and respectable mercantile firm. Mills, T il he a No r thsgi for v of M r abo ut r British. 8 :A 0 o . Dai ly 01Cruickshank, andllia of the of B m announces efi r i o d f ge d e at t J. a he f and Corn s Glasgow • Wright, cotton brokers. It is feared that in the r latter case the liabilities are considerable. It ,is stated that the Government will not bring for ward any financial measures until February. All questions regarding a funding of Exchequer bills, or a loan in any shape, are therefore for the present set at rest, THE NUMBER OF DAILY ER PRISONS.—It appears that the average daily number of prisoners in criminal pri sons in England and Wales, is 17,75 4 . MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—The packets conveying mails once a week between Grimsby and Gottenburgh, 'under a contract with the Swedish Government, having ceased running, no more mails can be sent by that route until the re-opening of the navigatian next spring, of whic h due notice will be given.—By command of the Poste master-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.-- - N o '•, 2s :, SIR WILLIAM DON, BART.—This eccentric actor is eie present a prisoner in the Bristol gaol, having be e in ° arrested on a writ of ca. ea. He has filed a petition the Insolvent Debtor's Court at that city, and is to be brought up on Monday before the judge, Sir J. EardleY Wilmot, Bart., for the purpose of being admitted to bail* THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—We regret to state the the Duke of Newcastle, while hunting with the Earl of Scarborough's hounds, near Kneesall, on Thursday bole was thrown from his horse, and falling on his elbow dise located his shoulder. Fortunately two medical nsine were in the field at the time, and his grace was carried to a cottage, where the fracture was reduced, &0., and he was conveyed home by Dr. Ward, of Wellow-balls Early on the following morning the duke started off to Nottingham to attend to his official duties as Lord- Lieutenant of the county of Nottingham.—Nottinghar re Review. THE LA.NOASHIRE CHIMNEY-STALKS. —The chi hick :noel shafts form a branch of practical architecture in vrh our Lancashire friends excel. However these erections may have become vulgarised, in the perception of inset persong, from their number, and, the deleterious at!: opaque mass which some of them emit, they are_ L i hunier ous instances beautiful objects —not less so .11 the Egyptian obelisk. They are ustially octag ' plan, rising directly from the ground with k raP id l Y d: diminishing sides, and are termi n a ted by a nee- 113° the ing and cornice ; and what is required in them for , due effect, is a somewhat better character about the be . and careful proportion in the detail s at the summit. 1e cons t r uction and the materials aro eene rall y , as they are required to be, of the first order.—The Builder. s VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTION THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Department. —The Ass S tan Chaplaincy to the Royal Artillery Garrison,. Wviea has become vacant by the death of the R Sailo"i". Connor.—The Foreign Department.—The Vice-Coneille ship at Paraiba, Brazil, has become vacant by t prmotion of Mr. 'Vredenburg. Salary, 2001. Co b _, Guard.—Mr. Harper, Mater, R.N., Chief O ffi cer, 137 been removed from Islands of Kane to Tangen t . Custome.—Mr. Frederick Preston has been appointed a clerk and Searcher at Lan caster. Mr. James Gul_ has been promoted from E leventh to Tenth Clerk in tha Receiver-General's office, London. Mr. G. F. Wild has been promoted from Sixteenth to Fifteenth Clerk SW ja the Receiver-Genera l ' s Office, London. Mr. M. J. moor has been promoted from Seventh to Sixth Clerk at Cork. Mr. D.. Barry has been proe moted from Eighth to Seventh Clerk at Cork. Scotland.—The office of Principal of the Univer city of Glasgow has become vacant by the death of Mr., Duncan Macfarlan. Jersey. —, The of fice of Bailiff (Chit': Magistrate) of the Island of Jersey has become vac*" by the death of Sir Thomas Le Breton. — Civil Service Gazette. STATE OF TRADE IN ROCHDALE.—The following the result of inquiries into the state of tra de and of th: working populationithin the district, ex t en ding in ° S o direction from Bluepits through Rochdale tovrArip.. Bacup, a lergdi of seven miles; and in the other, v e eluding 01,iham-road to Littleborougli—an are a " lech miles by five. In thatarea there are 96 mills, re tn. 1 0 'info' illation had been gained, and at which there hands are employed ordinarily. Of the 96 1 twO are &ix, with 1,427 hands, en tirel y stop Pee ; ar days of them being in Rochdale. Running fee e a week, and emeloying 5,379 hands, ttere a tt x od . mills in Rochdale ; two ru nnin g four &le do pe balf7employing 32 0 . hands ; seve n running three do., employing 1,316 bands; and two running are 826 employing 930 hands. In Rochdale* hare are a persons working short time ; and in the distritoi ;ethe r giving a total of 15,050, exclusive of the 1,427 * time unemployed. There is very little difference in ,lu_orsl worked in the cotton and woollen mills ; but th P, ce ps opinion of employers in the cotton trade is that, e: 6110 :1 a vely great change take place, they will be c° l t ios entirely to close. The few who are working f u ll letiag are simply working up cotton on band, or one 3 P day old orders. Several mills that up to last I ".. n f o ur worked full time, are beginning this week to, re i r ch a o days only. The machinists are suffering ab as e I ra the other branches of trade ; for in some t hose Cae hands have been reduced nearly one half, and es of work are so for an average of 31 days onlY• Irbr io these firms bad been running over-hours before the P t a P eo —mild so pressing had been the demands uPs9D,OOIO. that they had made accommodation for 1,500 fre our mill One firm slx.tes—" We calculate that to kee n P d u 111 1 the -' standing for one week is a dea d loss of 701.; a nearly tb. versal feeling of the milloivners is, to work nacelle*/ angst the ordinary time as is at all possible." It is ;atm to add that there is a good deal of distress loperatives, and that largely increased re feared by the relieving officers.—/ffandeOter TO THE EDITOR OF TRH OtTN. Sin,—`Wen you recently gave your readers, so admirable an article, fortified by the opinion of the first Sir Robert Peel, it occurred to me that you would render acceptable service if you could afford space in your valuable journal for liberal extracts, from Hans trd, from the speeches of that day. I am old enough to remember much of the de bates of the last 50 years ; and have frequently been told by one who sat in Parliament 40 years, but since deceased, that he himself heard Sir Robt. Peel say to his son in private, "Robert, you have doubled my fortune, but you have ruined your country." He no doubt expected that the crisis would be nearer at hand ; but it shows with what sagacity he foresaw its ultimate effects. It is now evident, that when the Free-trade mea sures were adopted, the currency of the coun try should have received fur►her consideration at the same tifne. Every encouragement has been given to the expansion of trade, whilst the currency has remained under restrictions—which appears to me to be like an attempt to run a loco motive with wheels of different diameters. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. 27th Nov., 1857. THE EXPECTED CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. We learn by telegram from Marseilles that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail packet Vectis, with the overland Calcutta, Bombay, and the missing Australian mails, left alta at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived at Marseilles at 10 a.m. on Friday. Having made a longer passage than anticipated, she was not in time for the mails to be forwarded by the regular train, but they were despatched by special train at noon of that day. It is not unlikely that the special train may have overtaken the regular express, and that the mails will arrive in Paris by five o'clock this morning. In that case they will come ou to Boulogne by special train, thence to Dover by special mail packet, and to London by special South-Eastern train, and will arrive at the General Post-office by three o'clock this afternoon. But it is feared the mails will not arrive in Paris before seven o'clock this morning, when fluty will come on to Boulogne by special train, and, arriving there about noon, will not reach London before five o'clock this afternoon. However, all that can be done by anticipation has been arranged by the General Post-office autho rities to get these all important mails to London in time to deliver the letters for the metropolis this evening, and to despatch the country portion by the evening mail trains. The mail-packet Prince Frederick William, after landing at Dover the extra China mail last night, started off again to Boulogne to fetch the Calcutta, Bombay, and Australian m ails. It happens most unfortunately that there will be no water in Boulogne harbour at the time of the arrival of the mail there, but if theyreather should improve to-day the Prince Frederick Wil liam will go out into the roads at Boulogne, and, if practicable, will embark the heavy mails there, without waiting for the tide ; but should there bo too much swell of the sea on the bar she will not be able to bring the mails out before five o'clock, and then they cannot roach Loudon before about half past nine. The Australian mails, per Simla, of the following dates—Sydney, O c t o b er 11th, and Melbourne, October 16th, may be expected in Londou De cember the .6th. THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS AT NAPLES, We are glad to be able to state that despatches from Naples i bring intelli g ence of a more satit,fac tory nature n regard to the two English engineers who were made prisoners some months ago with the crew of the Cagliari .. steatner, when that vessel landedinsurgents on the Neapolitan coast. The Government has hitherto refused to allow any com munication with the prisoners. Report said that they were ill-treated, and even that One of them had attempted to commit suicide. The English Government has made energetic ro. monstrauces on the subject, and the Neapolitan authorities have at last permitted the prisoners to be visited. Mr. Pugh, the chaplain of the mission, his seen them. He found them, with the captain of the steamer, confined in an airy room. The men had no complaints to make, and said they were suf ficiently supplied with money by an agent of the steam-packet company in whose employment they are. For the future, the British Vice-Consul will be allowed access to them. lie has engaged counsel in their behalf, and it is hoped that legal forms can not much longer dela y their trial and l. Morning Post. 6' POST PRAELIA PRAEMIA'." Oh mightiest honour for most great desert ! Oh worthiest deeds, and worthiest recompense !; For Delhi captured, and for Lucknow saved, Shall Wilson, Havelock, now for all time hence Be known as K.C.B.'s and baronets; Aye, baronets--I pray you mark, not knights That first was dAred—the very Times cried shame, And so, the next small dole was dol'd them out, And they are baronots: Oh, wond r ous ; shout ! Cry out, ye gaping nations ! -tell to earth How England lia3teneth to requite those men Who stood between her and an empire's loss, Who strove, endured, and fought s rind won—and then Were ba-onets. Ayo baronets ; these three Strong men—brave Wilson, Havelock, Lawrence, nay I pray you pardon me, I did forget, Though much rejoicing to be K.C.B. That last-named gentlemais but as yet A pau'o post futurum baronet, M. P. Glasgow, Nov. 26. THE REPRESENTATION OF PAlSLlZY.—Political affairs in Oak burgh continue to be very much at sixes and sevens. La.t night it was publicly intimated that Mr. Merry, notwithstanding that there was a requisition in his favour, signed by considerably above 400 voters and ready for presentation to him, had intimated that he did not intend to offer himself as a candidate. This an nouncement, and a strong feeling has been expressed again,t the expression of op inion on the part of Mr. Merry. Last night it was also intimated that , Mr. Baillie Brown Douglas had refused to offer himself a a dds a cesanddidat meet i e. Mr Lam o nt, of l i noc kdow, last night rse a ng in the Exchange Rooms. Ile was subjected to a tedious "heckling," but he stood fire remarkably andll, severe we and gave very general satisfactiou.—Aortit British .Daily Mail of yesterday,