The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

I' HE SUN' ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL of our salt, who were clothed, fed, paid, armed, is sow universally known as the only article that can be depended upon for the growth, restoration, and for improvinz and and disciplined by ourselves, had turned against beautifying the Haman Hair, the Beard, Whiskers, and Mustachios, I their benefactors, and perpetrated unheard-of 'proved beyond question by its successful resulrs for more than half , a century past, and when every ether specific has failed. For Children I St is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful Mead of Hair. Price 3s. 6d. and 75.; Family Bottles (equal to four small), les. I6d. ; and double that size, 21s. CAUTION.—On the wrapper of eaeh bottle are the words, " Row %sans' Macassait OIL," &c, in white letters on a lacework ground, and their signature, " A. HO WI, _.NI) and SONS," in red Ink. Sold at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Per miners. beautiful complexion, and soft and fair hands and arms, are fully realized and sustained by the use of ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Oriental Botanical Preparation. Freckles, Tan, Pimples, Spots, Discoloration, and other cutaneous visitations, are eradicated by its application, and give place to a radiant bloom and transparency of Complexion. It obviates all the effects of Climate on the Skin, whether With reference to cold and Inclemency, or intense soar heat. Price 4a. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per Bottle. Catrrim4.—The words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOIt," are on the Wrap per, and their signature, " A. RoWLAND and SONS," in red ink, at foot. Sold at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Per fumers. SOUND and WHITE TEETH are indispensable to personal attraction, and to health and longevity for the proper mastication of food. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentriflee, compounded of the choicest and most recherche ingredients of the Oriental Herbal, and of inestimable value in Preserving and Beautifying the Teeth, imparting to them a Pearl like Whiteness, Strengthening the Gums, and in rendering the Breath sweet and Pure. CarrioN.—The words " Rowland's Odonto" are on the Label, and " A. Rowland and Acing, 20, Hatton-garden," on the Government Stamp affixed on each box. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by them and by Chemists and Perfumers. lIER' MAJESTY'S THEATRE GREAT CLASSICAL CONCERTS. A MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. Madlle. Jetty Treffz, Madame Ruddersdorf, Miss Arabella Goddard, and M. Edouard Remenyi. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH 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," be 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. It is his 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 THIS EVENING (THURSDAY, December 3), will be produced the New Grand Descriptive Compositiou, 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." M. Jullien has the satisfaction of announcing that he has succeeded in retaining the services of that popular vocalist, Madlle. JETTY TREFFZ. At the close of this Second Series of Concerts, Madlle. Jetty Treffz 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 pianiste, Miss Ara bella Goddard, and the Hungarian artiste, M. Edouard Re xnenyi, 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. Chabot and Co., who were e arged with the decorations for the grand ball at the reception of the Emperor Napoleon 111. at Stuttgart, and who were engaged, at a great expence, for the express r urpose of arranging at her Majesty's Theatre a display which will be seen for the first time in this country. M. Juliku 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. The Concert will commence at 8 o'clock. - - - Piees of Admission—Promenade, Is ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at the Box. offlee of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstona. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MITCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buckstonc, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farrell, Miss Amy Sedgviick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new fares, by the author of Box and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Buckstonc will sustain an original ch trader. C including with TIIE FISH OUT OF WATER. Savorry, Mr. Compten. Sam Orohostra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of th 3 evening), Fs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. (1. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 o Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kern. THIS EVENING, will bo performed S'4alc;per3's Traz , dy of KING RICHARD 11. King Richard 11., by Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen, by Ifr?. C. Kean. Preceded by a now Itrc2, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MIDDY ASHOR'I:. Miss Marie Wilto 3. After which, a new roam tic drama, cared THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benj-inan Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Poßowed by the original Apropes Sketch, entit.cd THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF C.l STILLE. Characters by Miss Lou sa Pyne, Mies Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Pres..;ott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, 11r. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, M. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey ant Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and Ils. 6d. ; Mils, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, ls.—The 13,;x Office is now open daily, from 11 to Er, wider the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Rob ion and Emden. TITIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original er.medietta, by Sterling Coyne, Esq., called WHAT WILL THEY SAY AT BROMPTON ? Mr. Robson, drc. After which, LEADING STRINGS. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by R 'bort R. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, dtc. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, dagbes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. COMM= CO at half-past Seven. 110YAL SURREY TELEITRE. 1.438':0 ZS, Alesini. Shepherd and Croswiek. THIS EVENING, will bo performed TIM WIFE'S RE VENGE. After which, INDIA, 1857. Mcs,srs. Shepherd, Cm wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmore, Tapping • Miss M. Eburne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. To conclude with WELLINGTON FIGGS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminzter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow mg company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of S , lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, lliss Bru nell, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, It. Grover, T. Farcant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. I. CritcMeld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. k_7ommence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THE WEATHER—SUN Orincg, DECEMBER 3. TEINEMOMETER, IN THE 67—bigheat since noon yesterday. 5l lowest this morning and during the night. 5a — this day at noon. TIABAIVITITFB, 29.79—falling fast. WIND, S.W. ; light, with fine weather. " 5 ~~~, , LONDON, TIT URS DAY' DEC ' 3 , 1857. This day will commence one of the most portant sessions in which the Parliament of the United Kingdom has ever been engaged. It is true that we are not =corned in any European war, and that her MAJESTY will be enabled t announce that she receives the most amicable assurances from foreign Powers. But we Lava bad to chcounter even more dangerous few. Our Indian territories have been distracted with intes- tinal commotions— " Civil diaFen9ion, with UR vip'rotn, tnotb, That gnaws the bowels of the C)nanon weal," had been in operation. Those who had partaken atrocities. The lives—not only of the officers by whom they had been invariably treated with kind consideration and indulgence, but even of their wives and children—of every European, male or female, adult or infant, were sacrificed under cir cumstances of unparalleled brutality and barbarity. The mild Hindoo seemed to have, by some magic change, been turned into a Red Indian, with some fearful vengeance to inflict. The ven detta was proclaimed against England and the English, and fearfully was it executed at Cawn pore and Gwalior, and other districts, by demons in human shape, headed by the infamous NANA SAHIB. But, happily, the neck of the rebellion has already been broken. "The snake is scotched," though nct yet "killed," and a searching and stringent inquiry must be instituted into the causes of the fearful revolt; and an improved system of government must be instituted, by which the anomalous double, or rather treble Government may be completely abolished, and the affairs of India conducted under a single department, where there shall be no divided responsibility, and the British Parliament can exercise its legitimate in fluence over the Anglo-Indian Empire —secure in the welfare, prosperity, and happiness of its faithful inhabitants, and prevent the abstraction of one of the brightest gems from the diadem of Queen VICTORIA. There is another, and, if possible, more im portant subject that must be forthwith attended to. The Bank Charter Act has totally failed in its intended operation. It has falsified every prediction respecting it, and oven the statements made as to its objects long after its first suspen sion. Sir R. PEEL declared that it was intended to prevent fluctuations in the value of money, and panics similar to those of 1838-0. Not a word was then spoken respecting its ensuring the con vertibility of the Bank-note, and for a very good reason that was never questioned. The credit of the Bank was good for every do mestic purpose. It was not that there was a doubt of payment, or that the amount of bul lion in its vaults was taken into consideration, until the publication of its weekly returns led to the apprehension of a deficiency in the circulating medium, in consequence of the reduction of the bullion stored in its vaults. Notes were just as acceptable as gold. Even in 1825, the fortunate discovery of a box of 1/. notes averted the suspen sion of cash payments, and the permission to extend the issues was equally beneficial in 1847. Thero was, therefore, no question respecting con vertibility until little more than a twelvemonth ago, when a person writing 'under the Nom de plume of "Mercator," and who was stated, by the organ of " the hard calculators," to be an eminent finan• (pial authority, declared that the sole object of the act was to ensure convertibility, or, as it was termed, that the bank-note should always main tain its value—a matter, by the way, which was never doubted. The reason of this departure was obvious. The alterations in the value of money bad been more sudden and violent, and occasioned fir greater distress and difficulty than at any previous period. The suspension of the Chai ter, in 1.841, proved not only its inefficiency in that respect, bat that it was calculated to promote the very evils it professed to remedy. A new pretext then should be put forward, and this has also been exposed and detected. And now the hideous monster has been stripped of its disguise, and stands revealed in all its deformity. The object was not to prevent, but to create panics—not to ensure, but to endanger convertibility—which has been more imperilled by its meant than at any former period. It is to serve "the hard calculator ;" to enable him to obtain 20 or 30 per cent. for money, at the exper.se of the industrious classes—to confiscate the property of those who do not quite so thoroughly understand the working of the OTERSTONE system of currency. This intention will, however, be defeated. The people of Great Britain have been awakened from . their apathy, and will in sist on the repeal of the obnoxious, and we may aid, iniquitous law. The chief danger now to be avoided is procrastination. It will be attempted to shelve the question for a time. But the Fabian policy can no longer pre vail. The artful dodge is now thoroughly un derstood. We yesterday spoke of the promised Reform Bill, and that, we ara glad to find, will at all events be brought under the consideration of the Legislature. According to the last despatches received from India, and printed at length in The Sum of Mon • day evening, it would appear that the Organiser of this terrible and gigantic revolt of the Sepoys in the Bengal Presidency distinctly selected, as the pretext. fur the outbreak, the rumoured (and, of course, fallacious) notion that Eugland was about to attempt the conversion of the llindoos by main force, by terrorism, by physical constraint, to Christianity. The conjecture that it was really so, has been prevalent amongst us from the com mencement. The authentic revelation now brought to light proves that the supposition, instinctively arrived at, was in no way erroneous--=that in very deed this monstrous delusion as to the pro selytising designs of Great Britain Was made use of, with little less than devilish adroitness, by the fomenters of discontent, and, in the end, of open and bloody insurrection iu Hindostan. The con triver of the Bengal Mutiny, indeed, seems to have displayed a villainous ingenuity by spreading abroad among the native soldiery the corrobo rative belief that the first step towards this com pulsory conversion from Paganism —a measure insidiously resolved upon, it was reported, with a view to the preliminary destruction of caste, the very basis of Hindoo religion —was the greasing of the rifle cartridge ! So that, after all, it turns out that—madness though the Bengal Mutiny is in itself—there has been decidedly all the while (as the more sagacious opined from the outset) a "method in the madness " of the Bengal Mutineer It i 3 curious—now that we have arrived at this definite conclusion as to the real source of the Indian outbreak—it is sufficiently curious, to re mark, in regard to the " report," and the sub sequent " defection," a rather singular coinci dence, that of the extraordinary and glaring similarity of the Sepoy mutiny of 1806, and of the Sepoy mutiny of 1857—the revolt in the former instance at Vellore, and in the latter in stance Et Futteghur ! According to the Proclamation of the Madras Government—elated the 31 of December, 1806— a report bad been then spread and credulously believed among the Sepoy troops that it was [we quote the very words of the Madras Proclamation] " the wish of the British Government to convert them by forcible means to Christianity." Vonce was it, that on the 10th of July 1806, the Euro pean barracks at Vellore — conta i ning at the time w fo e u r r e s c l o u tu r P otd itendteecompanies of th e 0 9th Regiment-- twu battalions of Sepoy troops re volted from the annpany's servi ce ; w ho poured in a murderous lire through the dog and windows, and so effected the deadly work of that ever infamous massacre. Having destroyed those ill-fated companies of the 69th regiment, the mutineers then carefully butchered every one of the European sentries, cut down all the soldiers they found at the mainguard, and even remorse lessly put to death the sick they discovered in the wards of the military hospital—besides this, ransacking the officers' bungalows and destroying in cold blood every person they chanced to find in them ! Such was the horrible massacre result ing in 1806 from the revolt at Vellore : the spirit of mutiny spreading afterwards from that nucleus of defection, to Nunydroodand Bangalore. And this outbreak—half a century ago, remember ! originated in the belief that the British Govern fluent were about to convert the Hindoos by main orce to Christianity ! Then, as now, a little trumpery notion getting abroad among the Sepoys strangely but strongly in corroboration I Then, not as now about greased cartridges, but—to the effect that the Sepoy turban (that crown of the Brahmin !) was about to be changed into some thing very like the then helmet of the European Light Infantry ! Sucb, in brief, is the cu rious and, but for its frightful consequences in each instance, tho ludicrous coincidence observable on comparing the Bengal Mutiny of 1857 with the Vellore revolt 50 years earlier. There were the same passions at work in each instance, the same sanguinary fanaticism, the same lament able and disastrous misapprehension. Ouly that what in one instance was little more than a strictly local outbreak has proved in the other to be the insurrection of a whole army : necessitating in consequence not simply the application of a rigor ous corrective, but the total reorganisation of our whole scheme of Oriental government. THE PROMISED REFORM ! Who fears to look at 'SS, And England's new Reform ? The man who hints—" We'd better wait"— Is but a slave--a worm For what is Palmerston to us If he deceive the laud ? He's nothing better than a Russ, Or German, to command. We want an honest man to rule, And hold his promise clear; We'll have no knave to play the fool, Let him be Prince or Peer. For England hates all sorts of guile Her promise she will keep With faith untainted—as her isle Is guarded by the deep. Her honour stands untarnished yet— That honour is Ler boast ; And though oppressive bo her debt, She scorns to shirk the cost. No !—England w;11 her right defend, Repudiate no fair claim, But will have justice in the end, And put her foes to shame. Then why should he who rules the roast Insult us with a sham, And p%mise, with an air of boast, Reform by way of flam ? The game is up, if false ho prove— For people, prince, and all Will spurn the man who bilked their love s And kick him in his fall, A certain gentleman, 'tis said, Believes—but trembles too— And Palmerston may feel afraid At what ho dreads to do. " Who wants Reform ?"—the Bishops cry ; " Not we !"—so say the Lords. And for the Commons—" All my eye ! " Reforms arc empty words. " The people must reform themselves " Before they look to us ; " The thing's got up by talking elves, " Who like to make a fuss." But hear the people—what say they Reform we'll have at last ; The Ballot fust—and, well-a-day The rest will follow fast." As all mast pay, with life at stake, Prepared in peace or war, The safer conduct is to make Men happier than they are. Half-measures—palliatives, won't do Nor promise -make-believe ; Let's kave the bill, or you may rue The day you most deceive. We want but justice—favour none, Respecting those in power ; With conscience free— save God alone, And equal laws,—no more. We want no shufflers, great or small, To play us thimble-rig ; An honest Tory, after all, Seems better than a Whig As for your Radical, so pure— Who scarcely knows his mind, Till some " mistake" his fancy lure— Then mark—how blows the wind I Consistency—the cant of knaves— Sounds well—while well to do : But let a change come o'er the waves, His conscience changes too ! There's no reform required by men Who pocket thousands clear ; But those who want a place —why, then, Just hint at one next year. And buy them up ;—if not with gold— A title—promise—praise : Some modest merit won't be sold, But swerves by devious ways. " This is no time for mending laws ; " Hindo4an needs the rein; " And currency that is and MU, • " Has broken down again ! " And hasty legislation mars " Its purpose,—does no good ; " Besides, we're overhead in wars, " And people cry for food,! " You see, we hate (plain truth to tell) " Your Charter ; point by point " Won't do ; and laws that have worked well " May be pat out of joint." How long our confidence abuse— The path of duty shirk ? Bad people always find excuse Like lazy ones to work. " Let well alone ! " exclaims the Peer— 'Tis well for him, no doubt ; But for the poor—what charm will cheer Existence—dying out I Can he sustain his wife, his child, On promise, and be quiet ? Nature revolts, and turns him wild— Starvation runs to riot. And heaven above, and earth below, May pity the forlorn, Whose only solace is to know That "man was made to mourn I" But hold : the Premier wants fair play ; His is no easy task : Let him but once more have his way, He'll double what you ask ! So yield your birthright—meu who fought And weathered many a storm ? No !—husband freedom dearly bought, And nurse it by .Reform -ODRUM. ..tl/4.17 ti sre%y S - "-•-• • I HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY—Morn., 39 min. aft. 2—Even., 4 min aft. 3 To-tionsow—Morn., 27 min. aft. 3 —Even., 55 min. aft. 3 LONDON, THURSDAY EVRNING DECEIiBER, IS5l' COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council and Court, at three o'clock yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The Council was attended by bii Royal Highness the Prince Consort ' • Earl G?anvil!e, Lord President ; Marquis of Lans downe ; the Earl of flarrowby, Lord Privy Sehl ; Viscount Palmerston, Pint Lord of the Treasury; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the E trl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affaii s ; the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Cautrol • Lord Stanley of Alderley, Pre: Went of tho Board Of Trade ; the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Earl St. Germano, Lord Steward ; and the Marquis of Bredalbane, Lord Chamberlain. At the Pi icy Council two Orders in Council were issued dir. cling the Divorce and Matrimonial Act, and also the Probate Act, bh u uld come into operation on the 11th of January next. The Q teen's Speech, on opening the S , 2,sti)n of Parlia ment this day, was approved. rho Duke and Duchess of Montrose and Lady Agnes Graham have arrived in Belgrave-square, from Bseharan House, near Stirling, having paid a visit en route to Mr. Davenport, at his seat in Cheshire. The Earl and CouLteas Stanhope - h” Info town for Chevening Park, Kent. OPENING OF PARLIAIVIE NT. The opening of the session of Parliament to-day by her most gracious Majesty in pers on , was evi dently regarded by the metropolitan community as something more than a State formality. The pre vailing distress in the manufacturing districts, and the state of commercial affairs in the city, tended in a great measure to damp the ardour of the vast concourse of people of every class who crowded the line of procession, and this circumstance accounted for the somewhat quiet manner, when compared with other "occasions, in which her Majesty and the Prince Consort were received as they proceeded from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. The state of the weather was not at all calculated to exhilarate the spirits of the holiday makers, and although the sun shone out at intervals, it was in all respects a regular December day—dull, damp, and coil. As the carriages of the different Ambassadors drove by the inmafes wore received with more or less cordiality than usual. The Turkish, French, and Sardinian Ambassadors were very formally re cognised, as was Mr. Dallas, the American Minis ter. A similar discrimination was exercised in re gard to the leading statesmen of the day. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Palmerston were recognised and apple - tried, while some of the other Ministers met with the same favourable reception. Her Majesty entered the House of Lords about 2 o'clock. There was a very large attendance of peers and peeresses in the house, and of persons entitled by rank and privilege to be present at the ceremony. The doors of the magnificent chamber in which the lords spiritual and temporal hold their councils were opened at twelve o'clock, and shortly after that hour those who were priviliged to obtain seats began to arrive. In the ante-chamber and corridors through which the Royal procession was b pass raised seats were provide I, and a very large number of persons were enabled in this manner to witness the arrival and departure of her Majesty. The attendance of the members of the corps diplomatique was more than usually numerous, and amongst the first arrivals were the Brazilian Minister, the Haytian and Portuguese Ministers, the Turkish Ambassador, the Russian Ambassador, the French Ambassador, and the Sardinian Am bassador. The members of the embassy from Siam were also present, and the brilliancy of their costume gave an additional grandeur to this usually glittering group. A great number of the Judges attended, amongst whom were the Lord Chief Justice of England Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Sir Frederick Pol lock, &c., Sc. The Episcopal bench, in front of those occupied by the Foreign Ministers, was very fully attended. Amongst the peers connected with the Govern ment, in the house when her Majesty entered, were the following :—His Royal Higlmess the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Esrl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Towns sheud, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Abing don, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl Spencer, Viscount Syd ney, Viscount Torrington, Lord Portman, Lord Carew, Lord Byron, Lord Dufferin, Lord Foley, Lord Camoys, Lord Stanley (of Alderley), Lord Lilford, and Lord Ward. Several leading members of the Opposition were also present. The Lord Chancellor (Lord Cranworth), attended by his principal officers bearing tiro mace and purse, arrivel shortly before two o'cicck, and proceeded t) the ante-room to await the arrival if the Queen. The appearance of the house, just previous to the entry of Her Majesty, was gorgeo . us in the extreme, as the sun was just then pouring in a flood of golden light through the magnificent stained win. do ws of the chamber. A flourish of trumpets and the firing of a royal salute announced that bcr Majesty had eivered the palace, and shortly afterwards the greAt officers of state iu procession entend the house, and her Majesty, who leaned upon the arm of the Prince Consort, was conducted to the throne. The Crown was carried on a tre'vet cushion fringed with gold, by the Marquis of Lalsdown ; the Sword of State by Earl Graiville. His Royal Highness, the Prince Consort, occupied the chair on the left of the throne, and the Earl Granville, holding the State sword, took his position between the Prince and her Majesty. The Lord Chancellor stood upo n t h e f oAstep of the throne on the right of the Queen, and the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, occupied her position on the right of the noble and learned lord, and the noble Marquis who carried the Crown, the Lord Privy Seal ( t h e Earl of Harrowby), and the Lady in Waiting, formed the remaining portion of the group round the throne. Her Majesty, who looked extremely well, was attired in a white brceaded silk robe, richly embroidered with gold. Her Majesty also wore a robe and train of purple velvet, trimmed with ermine and embroidered with gold flowers. Her Majesty having iniitnated thxt the peers and peeresses might resume their seats, the Speaker and the members of the House of Cointuo h n , s u w se er t e o s h u ie n a r ; the Royal y m°rlc l, j interval to ofl ir of their lordships' . A three or four minu'es 'riving elapsed, the Commons, headed by the Speaker and chief officers of the house, and accompanied by a large number of members, made their appearance. Amongst the persons near the Speaker were-- Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Mulgrave, Vis count Castlerosse, Viscount Monck, Viscount Duncan, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Alfred Paget, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Ron. Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, the Right Hon. H. Fitzroy, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, the Right Hon. W. Cowper, the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Sir Richard Bothell, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Hon. Henry Brand, Hon. 0. P. Bouverie, Hon. O. P. Villiers, Sir Henry Keating, Mr. Wykenham Martin, Mr. Ackroyd, Mr. T. C. Baring, General Buckley, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald (Solicitor-General for Ireland), Mr. R. W. Grey, Mr. Massey, Mr. Bernal Osborne, Mr. H. Danby Seymour, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. James Wilson, Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Mr. Charles Clifford, Mr. Barringt(,n, &c., &c. The Lord Chancellor then advanced to her Ma jesty, and on bepded knee presented a copy of the Royal Speech. Her Majesty, who remained sitting, then read in a clear, firm, voice, the following speech : QUEEN'S SPEECH. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "Circumstances have recently arisen, connected with the commercial interests of the country, which have induced me to call Parliament together before the usual time. " The failure of certain Joint-Stock Banks, and of some mercantile firms produced such an extent of distrust as led me to authorize my Ministers t o to recommend to the Directors of the Bank of Eng land the adoption of a course of proceeding which appeared necessary for allaying the prevalent alarm. As that course has involved a depaiture from the existing Law, a Bill for indemni fying those who advised and those who adopted it will ba submitted for your consideration. " I have observed, with great regrel,, that the dis' ut bed state of commercial transactions in gene ra 1 has occasioned a dimi nu ti on o fd emp l o yment in the manufacturing districts, which I fea r cannot fad to b) attended with much local distress ; 1 trust, however, that this evil may not be of long duratfou ; and the abundant harvest with which it has gra ciously pleased Divine Prividenee to bless this land, will, I hope, in some degree mitigate the suf ferings which this stato of things :ant unavoidably produce. " While I deeply deplore the severe suffering to which many of my subjects in India have been ex posed, and while I grieve for the extensive bereave ments and sorrow which it has caused, I have derived the greatest satisfaction from the distin guished successes which have attende d the heroic exertions of the comparatively small forces which have been opposed to greatly superior numbers, without the ail of the powerful reinforce ments despatched from this coup try to their assist ance. The arrival of those rein forcements will, I trust, speedily complete the suppression of this widely-spread revolt. " Th o gallantry of the troops employed against the mutineers, their courage in action, their endurance under privation, fatigue, and the effects of climate ; the high spirit and self-devotion of the officers ; the ability, skill, and persevering energy of the com manders, have excited my warmest admiration ; and I have observed with equal gratification that many civilians placed in extreme difficulty and danger have displayed the highest qualities, includ ing, in some instances, those that would do honour to veteran soldiers. " It is satisfactory to know that the general mass of the population of India have taken no part in the rebellion, while the most considerable of the native Princes have acted in the most friendly manner, and have rendered important services. " I have given directions that papers relating to these matters shall be laid before you. " The affairs of my East Indian dominions will require your serious consideration, and I recom mend them to your earnest attention. " The nations of Europe are in the enjoyment of the blessings of peace, which nothing seems likely to disturb. The stipulations of the Treaty Which I concluded with the Shah of Persia have been faithfully carried into execution ; and the Persian forces have eva cuated the territory of Herat. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, "I have given directions that the Esthnate3 for the net year shall be prepared for the pur pose of b.,ing laid before you. They will be framed with a careful regard to the exigencie3 of the public service. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Your attention will be called to the laws which regulate the representation of the people in Parlia ment, with a view to consider what amendments may ba safely and bane ficially made therein. "Measures will be submitted for your considera tion for simplifying and amending the laws relating to real property, and also for consolidating and amending several important branches of the criminal law. " I confidently commit to your wisdom the great interests of my e:npire; and I fervently pray that the blessing of Almighty God may attend your counsels, and may guide your deliberations to those ends which are clearest to my heart—the happiness and prosperity of my loyal and faithful people. At the couclwiion of the speech, which was lis tened to with profound attention, her Majesty re turned the copy of the Royal Spee:th to the Lord Chancellor ; and, the procession having re-formed, her Majesty and the Prince Consort quitted the house, and the ceremony terminated. Their Lordships then adjourned until 5 o'clock. The Speaker, on his return to the House of Com mons, read her Majesty's speech, and adjourned until the usual hour of commencing public busi- ness. PARLIAMENTARY ENTEI?TAINMENTS. Earl Granvil!e, the Lord President of the Council, as the lea ler of the Miuisterial party in the House of Lords, gave a full-dress Parliamentary dinner last even ing at his lordship's house in Bruton-street, as customary on the eve of the opening of Parliament. 'Afire were present his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrid2e, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Cianricarde. the Marquis Townsheud, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of flarrowby, the Had of Abingdon, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Shelburne, Earl Spencer, Viscount Sydney, Vi,c,unt Torrington, Lord Portinan (the mover), Lord Caravi (the seconders, Lord Byron, Lord Dufferin, Lord Foley, Lord Camoys, Lord Stwiley, of Aiderley, Lord Lilford, and Lord Ward. After dinner it:Arl Granville read the speech to be delivered by her Majesty at the opening of Parliament to-Jay. Viscourit Palmerston, as Firit Lord of the Treasury, had a full-dress !Parliamentary dinner last evening at Cambridge-house, The circle included the Right Hon. the Speaker, Mr. W. Martin and Mr. Ackroyd (tile mover and seconder of the Address), the Right Hon. Sr G. Grey, the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. II Labouchere, the Right Hon. V. Smith, the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper,the Rerht Hon. W. G. Hay ter, the Earl of Musgrave, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord E Bruce, Lord A. Paget, the Att irney-Gsneral, the Solicitor- General, the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Viscount Monck, Viscount Duncan, Mr. T. G. Baring, the Hon. E. P. Bouvetis, this Hon. H. Brand, Gen. Bu&elev, Mr. C. Cl if ,rd, Mr. C For the Right Hon. H Ftzroy, Mr. R. W. Grey, the, Right R. Lowe, Mr. Massey, Mr. B. o,borne, Mr. H. D. Seymour, the Right Hon. H. Herbert, Mr. J. Wilson, the lion. G. Ponsonby, andtMr. C. Barriogten DEATH OP MRS. GURNEY.—Mrs. Gurney s relict of the late Ft, H. Gurney, Esq , died at Burlingham, Nurbik, yesterday, after a few hours'illnesg, aged 64. DEATH OF MR. NORMAN MACDONALD.—It is with deep regret that we announce the de4tai of Mr. Norman - Macdonald, the Controller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department, who died on Tuesday night under a eery sudden visitation. The deceased gentleman on Tuesday afternoon, after calling on the Marquis of Breadalbane, Park-line, went to Lady El a ',bah Hope Vere, and during his visit he Neal sea d. with an apoplectic fit while conversing with the Marchioness of Ely and the family circle present. Dr. &one was inst ietly c died in, and Mr. Martin of Grosvonor-trees was sent for, the latter gentleman having for some years attended the deceased. Mr. Macdonald was removed about 8 o'clock t 6 his resi dence at the Lord Chamberlain's office in St. James's Palace, and notwithstanding the utmost attention, ho died at a few minutes before 10 o'clock. Tho d ee , as " was the only son of the late General Sit John Macdonald, K C. 8., for many years Adjutant-General at the Uoiss Guards. He succeeded about 5 years ago Sit William Martins, as' Controller of the Lord Chamberlain's De. pertinent. Mr. Hodges, of the Western Circuit, has been ap pointed Chief Justice of the Cape Colony. The selection of Mr. Hodges for this appointment has been in no deo ° lee influenced by party considerations, as Mr. Hodges has never taken any share in political discussion, M r , Hodges is the wither of a valuable work o n ra il way . lands. Mr. George Cavendish Bentinck met with an accident while hunting with the EArl of Lonsdalo's hounds oa Tuesday last, and had the misfortune to dislocate his collar bone. GAS LIGHTING.—A. very elaborate and useful treathe from the pen of Mr. Henry Gamer, a distinguished American engineer, has just appeared. The peculiar interest attached to the essay is, that it brings under notice Longbottom's celebrated patent for the production of brh,i)nt and economical gas from resinous oil. Mr. Longbottom's patent is now generally adopted both in America and Europe, and its power is equal either to the largest or smallest compass for a theatre or a mine, a palace or a cottaee. Mr. Longbot!o u carried off tt e prize at the New York Ex'libition, and has establisle I a large factory at Leeds for the elucidation of his bril liant discoveries. Some of the most eminent chemists of the day have visited the latter establishment, and witnessed his simple but masterly power in the manage ment of light. In our sanitary improvements, at the present day, gas forms a moat important ingredient. , FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR CLEMENT WOLSELEY, BART —The remains cf this much-respected baronet arrived in this town by the mail train on Tuasday morning, and were accompanied by his oldest son, ald heir to the title and estates, Sir John Richard Wolseley, Bart. ; his only brother, Clement Wolseley, Esq. ; Rev. Dr. Minden, J. B. St. George, Esq., and B, Van Romrigb, Eiq e brothers-in-law to the deceased. The body was removed from the station-house in a hearse, drawn by four horses, Rad proceeded towards the Club-house, where it was joined by several carriages, belonging to the gentry of the county. The cortege proceeded towards Sand brook-park, by Ratlaglass, where a large number of the Wolseley tenantry and people of the district met it, and thence proceeded t ) 'fellow, the inhabitants of which paid every respect to the memory of the deceased. The funeral service having concluded, the body of the late worthy baronet was consigned to the tomb of his ancestors. The family of Wolseley is a branch of the very ancient House of Wolseley, of Staf forde:,ire, whose ancestors have held the lordship of Wolseley in unbroken succession fromEdric de Wolseley, in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the earesent day. Diming the Civil War, in the reign of Charles I , Cul. Wolseley served with distinction under Cromwell, and commanded the cavalry (Cron] well's Ironsides) at the battle of Worcester. He surveil in Ireland with Sir Rardress Waller, was present at the assault on Carlow Castle, and accompanied the Protector during his campaign is the South: Captain Richard Wolseloy, third son of Sir Charles Woleeley, Staff irdshire, accom panied King William, and was present at the Battle of the Bayne. He was the founder of the Irish branch of the NVolseley family, of Mount Arran, or Wolseley, county Carlow. The B.,ronetey was created in 1744, And the present baronet, Sir John Richard, is the sixth in succession.—Carlow Sentinel. LA't EST NEWS HAMBURG, DEO. 2. It is positively stated in commercial circles that a proposition will be made to-morrow to the hereditary burgeoise of the city to issue a decree ordering that a renewal of three months shall be accorded to these who will be otherwise obliged to suspend their payments in consequence of the existing crisis. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1. The houses of Johns and Co., John Berber Strochmberg, jun., J. H. Menck, and several others of 1-ss importance, have stopped payment. The Crcdit Society commenced its operations yes terday. A feeling of discouragement generally prevails. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. BOITLISE, Dec. 2.—The following were the las . quotations : - Cash. fr. End of Month. li por Cents - -;. 3 per Cents 67 30 Bank Shares 3OOO Credit Foncier - - Credit Mobilier 755 Roman - Do. Account 750 Austrian - Belgian 4i - r icd mon tose (5) BB home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CA BEI. Ir. c. Tr c. Orleans - Midi - Northern - - Western — - New Ditto - Lyons and Mod 865 Grand Central - New Ditto... .. ..... 845 Sardinian . 427 4- Geneva 630 Austrian Cora. ..,.., 662 - SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. contain no political news. The Minister of the Interior had sent a circular to the governors of provinces stating that the Queen hai learned with profound regret that, in spite of orders frequently given, there are still 2,655 towns and villages in Spain which aro without suitable cemeteries, and directing them to have properly-enclosed burial-places formed with out delay wherever necessary. The canali-ation of the Ebro is pryceeding actively ; and the navi gation of that portion of it which lies be tween the sea and Mequmenza is now going on regularly. A slight shock of earthquake hafi been experienced at Pontevedra in the province of that name in Galicia, but it is not stated that it caused any damage. One of the Madrid journald has the following : " The largest ,province in Spain is Cuenca, and the smallest Guipuscoa ; that which has the greatest num ber of municipalities is Burgos, and those which have the least are Cadiz and Murcia; that which has the greatest number of towns is Granada, and that which has the fewest Cordova ; Barcelona has the laigest population, and Alava the smallest ; the province which in proportion to its extent is most thickly populated is Pontevedra, and that which is most thinly populated is Cuenca." Intelligence has been received from Algiers to to the 29th ult. by Oe Nil steamer. Everything was perfectly tranquil in the colony. General Baron Renault has artived in that vessel at Mar seilles, on his way to Pari9, to take part in the lalmirs of the consultative infantry committee. MONTENEGRO A le'ter from Vienna of the 27th ult. says : "A great many Montenegrin fugitives are arriving on the Austrian territory, especially the relatives and friends of Aare() Durascowitch and Michael Vuco, who were lately &Jo. at Ricks. All the pro perty of these persons having been confiscated, their families are without resources. It appears that the greatest terror reigns in Montenegro, and that the Prince regards every one who exercises influence over the people as his enemy." Another letter from the same place and of the same d tte in the Ilambargh News says :—" Baron do Steel, Russian secretary of legation, has arrived here from St. Petersburg with despatches for Baron de Bud berg ; it is said that these despatches are relative to the recent Russian ordinance on the navigation of the Black Sex. It appears that the great powers are not satisfied with the declarations of Pritie3 G-ortschakoir, and that they demand the complete and immediate execution of the treaty of Pari4 on the subject." "In consequence," says the New Prussian Gccette, " of the temporary suspension of the laws regulating the rate of interest, the Bank of Prussia has decided on lending oa shares and bonds at 8 per cent., and on merchandise at 7. BAJA are at 7i. A Vienna letter in the New Prussian, Gazette lays :—" There seems to be no doubt at present that England is favourable to the views of Ger many in till affair of the duchies. According to information which we have received, England will not confine herself to merely approving of the pro ceedings of the German powers, but will support any proposition tending to solve the difficulty in favour of Germany." A Frankfort letter says : "The unexpected arrival in this city of M. de Bille- Brahe, the Danish Minister at the Court of Austria, natu rally gives rise to a vast number of conjectures. What is most probable is, that M. de Bille-Brahe has been charged to convey to Frankfort the assurance that his government is animated by a desire to enter on the path of•concessions towards the Duchies. M. de Blle-Brake accompanied by Baron de Bubw, the Danish Envoy, went un the day of his arrival to Count de R.-.iichberg, President of the Diet, where he remained for a long time "liid"Onfere'nce.. M.' de Bismark-SAionhausen, the .P.,russian Envoy, was present at Vie interview. This next step on the part of the Danish Cabinet has doubtless been caused by the re:iolu:ion come to by the Di e t i n th e s itti ng o f the 18th, in favou r of the Duchy of Lauenbourg, the catLplaints of which, al ret forth in the memorial pre sented to that assembly, have been admitted as legal and well-founded. It is el o thought that M. de Bille- Brahe is charged, on the part of his government, to deliver to the President of the Diet the reply to the c , msiderations se'. forth in then port, which the Bavarian Envoy was charged to make on the claims of Lauen bourg, and that Count de BAchherg vull hasten to com municate to the Diet the result.of the conediatory over tures which M. do Lille-Brabe may have made to law in the name of the Danish Cabinet. An important modification has taken place in the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, • in execution of the new constitution. The " gene ral administrators," MM. Servals, Eyschen, and de Scherff, have resigned ; but the latter is to con tinue, until a successor is appointed, to act as Ad muistrater-General of Rtil ways, with a vote in the council. The government is now composed of M. Simons, with the title of Minister of State and of MM. Wurth-Paqueta,nd. Augustin, Directo: s-Gene ral. The Council of State has also just been reconsti tuted. M. de la Fontain, ex-Governor of the Grand Duchy, has been appointed president of it for the period fixed by - he organic decree ; and the other members are MM. Willm ir, Ulveling, Judo!), Servals, Thilges, Eyschen (ex -members of tbe Go vernment), F. FescAtore, M. Wirz (Chief Engineer), Count d'Ansemburg, and Merscb. The new Go vernment and the Council of State were installed on the 29th ulf. by Prince Henry. The Government is about to bring out, under its surveillance, an official journal called the Journal de Luxembourg. The cantons of Uri, Schwytz, Upper-Unterwald, and Vales have commenced a civil action against the cantons of Fribourg, Lucerne, and Zoug, for the settlement of the expeuses of the war of the Sonderbund. THE CASE OF MARY KING. ._~_. The following reply to it memorial addresoed by the Protestant Alliance to the Earl of Clarendon, in refer tnce to the case of the above -named girl, has been received : " Foreign-office, Nov. 30, 1857. " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acknowler4e the receipt of a memorial from the com mittee of toe Protestant Alliance, requesting an inveFti gation into the circumstances connected with the case of a young girl, named Mary Ann King, who, against the eoutieut of h. q. mother, was removed from a convent at Norwood to a situation at Ilavre, and who has quitted her eitnaiion without leavin;s any traco of her pretent abode ; and I am to acquaint you in reply, that her Majoaty's Arobal,ador at Paris has huen instructed to request that the Government of the Emperor will cause inquiry to be made respecting the child, and to have her restored to her mother.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble eervant, (Signed) ‘ "To the S ecre t ar y o f t h e ProtestantA‘Seß . Alliance." PENSIONS TO INDIAN OFFICERS. —Yesterday, at tho Court of Directors of the Heu. East India Compariy, it was resolved to grant to Major-General Sir A. Wilson, K.C.8., an annuity of 1,0001., and to Lady Neill, the widow of the late Brigadier• General Neill, and to Mrs. Nichols.m, mother of tho late Brigadier-General Nichol. bon, special pensions of 5001. per annum, respectively. These resolutions will come before a special court of proprietors of East India stock, on the 15th instant, for confirmation. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The Royal Mail Company's steam ship Orinoco, Captain Baynton, arrived this day at half-past two p.m., from the West Indies, with the usual mails in charge of Lieut. Newport, Admiralty agent. On her homeward voyage the Orinoco expEri enced line weather for the first fivo days ; the rest of the voyage strong N.E. winds, with heavy swell, which considerably retarded the progress of the vessel. The latest dates brought by the Orinoco are-- Tampico, Nov. 1; Vera Cruz and Grey Town, 4 ; Santa Martha, 6 ; Colon, Demerara, and Trinidad, 9 ; Havana, Carthegena, Jamaica, and Grenada, 10 ; Barbadoes, 11 ; Jacrnel and Antigua, 12 ; St. Kitts, Nevis, and Montserrat, 13; Porto Rico, 14; and St. Thomas, 15. The Orinoco brings 79 passengers, and - on freight 843,648 dols on merchants' acc.tount ; 537,784 dols of gold dust and gold in bars ; 97,176 dols of silver its bars ; 465 scrolls of cochinea►, 1,5001. pearls, 1 barrel of coffee, 159 cases of cigars, 157 bales of tobacco, 24 bales of sarsaparilla, and a general cargo, consisting of merchandise and samples. Total value of specie, 1,468,1081. Her Majesty's Ships of War—The Imaum, at Port Royal, Jamaica; Tartar, San Domingo; Arachne, Belize ; Basilisk, Jaseur, and Jasper, coast of Cubs ; and Brunswick, Colon (Nov. 8). The Company's Stearn Ships—The Thames, Captain Gdlies, Spanish Maio ; the Trent, Captain Leeds, St. Thomas; the Dee, Captain Woolco . t, Spanish Main ; the Clyde. Captain Reeds, Barbadoes and Demerara ; the Conway, Captain Lewis, Jamaica ; the Eagle, Captain ale, Honduras; the Solent, Capt. Woodward, Gulf of Mexico. JAMAICA. We have intelligence from this island to the 10th November, and take the following extracts from the Morning Journal of that date : " The most noteworthy subject of local interest since the sailing of the last packet is the continual encouraging reports which have been received from the mines. If there be anything wanting to clear up all doubts, if any exist, as to our mineral wealth, it is to be found in the opinions of disinterested parties, who have recently visited some of the mines. Two mining agents, Captains George and Middleton, gentlemen of reputed geological knowledge, arrived here in the Saladin, on their way to the Mariquita Mines in New Granada. Thesegentlemen, having kindly yielded to the solici'ation of some persons connected with the Ellerslie and Bardowie Mining Company, have examined the mine at Salisbury Plain, and made a favourable report. "We are sorry to find that with all the agitation that has been created on the subject, the slave trade is still being actively carried on, an additional proof of which is furnished in the intelligence brought here some few days ago, by Capt. Ergas, of the Ocean queen, who reported that on the morning of the 16th, when about 3 days' sail westward from Havana, he was boarded by a small Spanish steamer, the officer from which over hauled his papers, and made a minute search of his vessel for the purpose evidently of ascertaining whether she was a slaver. As everything, however, was found correct, Captain Ergas was allay\ ed to go on his course. "On the evening of the same day, however, a few miles east of the Colorados, a fine barque, carrying all American ensign, being in company, the same steamer suddenly darted out from one of the small inlets with which the coast abounds, and soon ran alongside the barque, which was immediately boarded. In a few seconds the American flag was hauled down and the Spanish flag run up, and before 10 minutes had elapsed every sail on board the barque was close reefed. The steamer then made fast a hawser to the prizs, and towed her off in the direr ion of Havana. There can be 1 110 doubt she was full of slaver. " Two vacancies have been created in the Honourable House of Assembly, by the lamented death of Mr. 0 . Franklin, senior representative of the parish of Thomas in the East, and by the resignation of Mr. M. Bravo, representative of the parish of St. Dorothy, who has resigned in consequence of having accepted an office of emolument under the Crown. Two other vacanies are like:y to occur, it being the intention of Mr. A. J. Liudo, representative of Trelawny, and Mr. Francis Stanford, representative of Metcalfe, to retire, "The Circuit Court for the precinct of St. Catherine was opened on Mi,nday, the 21 November, before the Hon. Bryan Edwards, Chief Justice. His Honour, in charging the jury, remarked that the Dumber of cases on the calendar (nineteen) was larger than usual, but they were all cases of an ordinary character, and did not require any particular observations from him. " The Legislature will assemble to-day for the despatch of bu , iness, "Trade has been extremely dull for the last fortnight, and the provision market is very badly supplied, espe cially iu flour, pork, and fish. " We regret to announce that there have been cases of yellow fever in tic& city and its vicinity, but we are glad to ray that the health of the i sl a nd is o th ervvise good." , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. During the past fortniglit only tw o veise l s h ave arrived from the United States. All American stuffs have been scarce, and the financial difficulties in the United States have operated to deter ship ments. Prices are consequently very high, and consumption has been somewhat checked, and sales very limited. In domestic products pimento is de pressed, quotations as last. Coffee promises fair, and the first deliveries are coming to market. Log wood is very inactive. EXCHANGES. —On London.—Ja m aica Bank, 00 days, par. ; 60 days, A per cent. prom. ; 30 days, 1 per cent. pm. Colonial Bank-90 days, die. ;69 days, par. ;39 days, per cent. preinj commissariat bills, 1- per cent. prem. Merohan ti bills-90 days, to 1 per cent. die. per et. MEXICO. The political news is to the effect that President Comonfort would have especial powers from Carl" gresl, under certain restrictions, which he wou ld raise troops in order to put down any revolu!ionary spirit shown, by the reactionist party. He wo uld also Le empowered to raise five millions of dollars for financial expensds. He is prohibited from making any treaty with foreign powers, by which territory would be alienated. The disturbances in Guerriro still continue ; and Gen. Alvarez is beleaguered b Y the Indians. The state of the Republic is r ather gloomy ; but it is to be hoped that the Congres s and Presideut will work' together, wherr they w ould doubtless succeed in extricating themielve s fro m their present difficulties, and for Lify their p osition against their political opponents, who have now no head to direct their efforts. DEME RARA. The Court of Poi' Dy have met twice during the fortnight, but the business transacted was of 110 publiC importance. The commission sent to explore the interior of the colony have returned, and report valuable discoveries, having found gold, platina,. and iron in the British territory. The weather continues fine, and is favourable for ripening canes. Manu facturing operations_are being carried on with great vigour throughout the colony, and produce was coming in rapidly for shipment. Imports in fair supply with a limited demand. Exports coming in freely to market. Tonnage ample. PANAMA. An attempt has been made to assassinate Mr. Alonsalve, the editor of the Spanish portion of the Panama Star and Herald. _ _ _ ..... The rumour of the massacre of upwards of 100 emigrants on their, way from the Great Salt Lake City to Panama is confirmed. SOUTH PACIFIC. The South Pacific mail arrived at Panama on the 6th ult., with the semi-monthly mails, and 127,740 dollars in specie. The dates ara Valparaiso, Oct. 15 ; Caldera, 18 ; Islay, 22 ; Callao, 26 ; Paita, 27 ; Guayaquil, 28. From Chili we learn that, since the, new Minis ters have entered on the discharge of their duties, perfect tranquillity has been restored, and all parties are uniting in co-operation with the Cabinet. An extraordinary session of Congress has been called to consider the estimates for 1838. The revolutionary party in the Republic of Bolivia, under Dr. Linare?, have almost succeeded in their endeavours to upset the Government of General Cordoba, who is almost driven to the last extremity, and will ba soon compelled either to flee or surrender. From Peru we learn that the revolution appears to be no nearer its termir;ation. Th© sieg e o f , Arequipa is still progr e s s i ng , w ith much loss of on Loth sides. Mr. R. P. Nisbet, M.P , has arrived at Maurigy Hotel, from Southbreame ' House, Wilts ; Sir Edwin Scuflamwe Stanhope has left the same es'Ablishment for St. Leonard's-an-Sea. last the CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS —On Saturday fourth cor.cert of the season took place, on which (Va., sion Mademoiselle, or, perhaps we should say, L a Signora Finoli, made her first appearance before a numerous and fashionable audience, and was eminently suecessfol. This young lady, with consideralle personal attractions and extremely pleasing manners and appear" ance, possesEes a rich, full voice of extraordinary Pow!! and compas; which has evidently been highly cultivai", , and of which ' she appears to have perfect commend' Nothing could exceed the very charming manner in will" she sang Meyerbeer'e " Ah mans fill," the t x,oution of which was replete with d e lica c y, t as t e , and judgmen t ) notwithstanding which it did no t pro d uc e the effe°' chat might have been anticipated. It was howeve r otherwise with It3ssini's Pensa alla Patria," which Signora Finch subsequently sang with unexceptionab le purity of style. It was in fact faultless. The audience was taken by surprise, hergreat powers were appreciated and she was most enthusiastically encored, and com pelled, after some delay, to repeat it, when she was again honoured by long and loud demonstrations of applause, which she most richly merited. indeed we may con gratulate this young lady as having made a most triumphant debut. Heir Molique , in his usual effective stale,vvh performed two of his own c om p osition, and the e performance went off with perfect satisfaction. 9