The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-06 00:00:00

ER JUL MAJESTY [EN'S 'S THEATRE. L CONCERTS. MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ THIS EVENING. The Indian Quadrille and General Havelock's Triumphal March, dedicated to the Heroes of India, is in active re hearsal, and will be produced on Monday next, Nov. 9. Fslees of Admission—Promenade, le ; Upper Bows,; Gallery, Is.; Dress Circle, 2s. 6(1.; private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and upwards, b e h a d at the Box . Prospeetases, with full particulars, naay libraries ; and a t office of the Theatre ; of all the prin ci p al Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYNIARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock; with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. i. On stance, Miss A. Sedgvrick. After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. BuckstOne ; Cox, Mr. Compton. Followed by MAKE YOUR WILLS. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. 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 'loxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ... 3 0 U ppe r Voxes ....... ....,... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit , 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Ga llery 1 0 Lower Gallery .. 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6N. half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEASRE. P.-oprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST FOUR WEEKS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVEITIN 0, will be performed 6bakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preeeded by LIV2NG TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee---Mr. Ben. Webster. _ . THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular druna of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, an original Apropos Sketch, entitled THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India 4 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 MiS3 LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pc-formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyae Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, %fr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with (second time) a new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, Is.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Rob3on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR TAILS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swauborough. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, sad Mr. G. Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. I.IU Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, She Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. Ater which, a now Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. To conclude with AVARICE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ?IT company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &e., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru nel], and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Ear:ant, S. Tonee, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critch9eld, and E. Mack ney, Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dcc., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morn., 23 min. aft. 4 Even., 49 min. aft. 4 TO-MORnow---Morn., 15 min. aft. s —Even., 14 min aft. 5 TRH WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, NOVE➢IBER 6. THERMOMETER, IN TIIE 62—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 57 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30.04—rising. WrerD, N.W. ; light, with hazy weather. 44 4.' ' I rj r L.lll - 11 4 LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1857. The Bank of England has again raised its minimum rate of discount, which now stands at 9 per cant. And it is said that other restrictive measures are under consideration, as well as a further advance, possibly to ten or even twelve per cent. How is it possible that domestic transac tions can be carried on with such an exorbitant and usurious rate of discount ? The bullionist organs preach submission to the sufferers—de clare that no really sound establishments can be affected by the high price of money. This is all bosh. It is very well for money lenders and usurers, who would look with satisfaction on 20 or 40 per cant, but it is ruin to the real crea tors and producers of national wealth, who will, if employers, be compelled to suspend payments and close their factories, and, if operatives, to appeal with their families to the tender mercies of the union workhouses ; and all through they are, according to the Times and its servile dock of imitators, to play the game of the moneyocracy, and offer themselves up as volun tary sacrifices at the shrine of Mammon ! We do not—we cannot believe, that the indus trious classes are such fools—or that they can be misled by such specious fallacies, and pompous platitudes. The evil has come home to every man's door, and unless adequate remedies be forthwitk administered, it is impossible to form any accurate estimate of the results--which may be, more ter rible than has yet been anticipated. The Times and its disciples preach against panic —why, there must be a panic. Money at 9 per cent. at head quarters, and nearly double that rate to parties who have not extraordinary facilities for obtaining discounts at Lombard-street or Threadneelle street, must necessarily produce not merely a panic, but a well grounded conviction of approaching ruin. They have the example of Now York before them. Eighteen, twenty-four, thirty-six per cent, was demanded and paid, on unexcep tionable paper, and the grievance would have gone on increasing had not the commercial com munity, purely in self-defence, carried the war into the enemy's camp, and, by a run on the banks, enforced a suspension of cash payments. The people of Eugland must do likewise. It is obvious that no relief will be affirded until the bank itself is pressed to the utmost. Let them run for gold, let them withdraw their deposits, and . _ the M oneyocracy w i ll speedily b e b roug h t to their senses. In 1830 the cry was, " If you woul d stop the Duk e, go for gold ;" and now we say, if you Would get rid of the iniquitous and impolitic monetary code, g o for bullion. If the bank-notes are but " worthless rags," do n 't k e« p them. Lit th ere be a purely metallic currency, so far as you are concerned, 3.ud b y sternly insist.- iug on it for a brief period, you will get rid of the incubus that has been preying on the vit of industry, and paralysing its ener g ie s. The Times says that "the Bank can undertake to provide for wants, not fears." This is pure bombes'.. It is an exhibition of its own apprehensions— *, mere attempt to disguise the unequivocal failure of the OVERSTONE enactments. If these regulations be good for anything, they ou g ht to bear th e strain. The anchors by which a vessel is preserved from shipwreck are not prepared merely for fair weather : they must bear the utmost strain that can reasonably be anticipated, aud, if not suited for the emergency, they stpuld j It ought not to be forgotten for an instant, in regard to these 80,000 or 100,000 Bengal Sepoys who have suddenly turned their brands upon us as mutineers, that their ingratitude is, in a manner, quadruple. Recollect, in the first place, that their enlist ment was voluntary. Remember, in the next place, that their pay was at once secure and munificent. Boar in mind that they had retiring pensions insured to them—sufficient to guarantee for the evening of their lives the solace of competence, and consequently of contentment. And hold in memory, beyond all this, the fact that they possessed absolute assurance, not less than their European officers, of—promotion by seniority. Always, of course, upon the proviso that they did not forfeit all claim to the boon by neglect of duty or misconduct. Yet, these are the men who have suddenly, by one flagrant and insensate act of revolt, scattered to the winds—their "voluntary" service !—their "ample " pay !—their "inevitable" pension ! and their " promotion "by seniority ! These are the men who have, in recompense for being thus pampered, perpetrated in cold blood atrocities, for a parallel to which we may search in vain the pages of evan Asiatic History. It is startling enough to remember the precise words formally written no less than a full quarter of a century since by Sir CHARLES METCALFE— words exactly bearing upon this present calamity --•words which may still be found in a state paper penned in 1832 by the hand of that eminent man, a paper relating in its very title to the Machinery of Indian Government. Quoth Sir CHARLES METCALFE fivo - and twenty years ago in that memorable passage of that news paper—" Our ►hole real strength consists [the tease applies equally to 1857 and 1532 L] in the few European regiments, speaking comparatively, that are scattered singly over the vast extent of subjugated India." In the QUEEN'S troops—not in the native regiments. Not in the dark-blooded &Toy band 4 loitering away their time down those long parallel rows of matted huts termed the " lines " of their regiments in the chosen sites of their military cantonment—sprawling in oriental indolence along the rude cushions of their ch ar poys until the hour i tt last strikes transforming them from the semblance of mon into a grimly horde, seemingly midway between demons and ourang-outangs. The peril encountered at such a juncture being to a certain extent of course easily calculable by the Europeans. Calculable for instance so far : That we may have in recollection the fact that every regiment of Native Infantry had nominally at tached to it 25 European officers—several of them with families. Every regiment besides this con sisting of tea companies—each company being composed of two commissioned native officers, the captain and lieutenant, otherwise the Soubhadar and Jemadar ; with twelve uon-c )m -miasioned native officers, viz., six sergeants or havildars, and six corporals or naiks—with 100 Sepoys, rank and file. Such literally were the explosive materials among which in the spring of this year the sparks of revolt were abruptly and mysteriously scattered broadcast. The Maho medan and Hindoo elements—both equally ini mical to ourselves—being at the outbreak in the Bengal army as one to fifteen ; that is to say, fifteen Hindoos, (and these for the most part high-caste Brahmins and Rajpoots) to one Maho medan. For years and years the danger had been lying dormant under those suspicious pro portions. It had often been suspected. It had occasionally been clearly recognised, and pointedly indicated, and boldly and explicitly prophesied, as already shown by our extract from that State paper, written in 1832 by Sir CHARLES MET CALVE. But earlier than that date, as fia back as the July of 1824, Sir JOHN MALCOLM had bluntly declared in so many words, " The native soldiers are always appealed to [are, observe, in 1824 !] and the advice to them is [is, mark, in 1824 !] in all instances I have met with, the same." And that advice—note it well, every syllable of it !—" Your European Tyrants are few in number ; kill them !" It is preeisely, literally, actually the very self-same advice addressed far and wide in 1857 to the Bengal mutineers ! It is the opiteme, in one in stance, of the policy of old MEERZA. ARO° ZUFFUR —the fugitive octogenarian Pfiuce, who assumes to himself the title of King of DELHI, styling him self in that capacity MAHOMED SURAJ-00DEEN SHAH GHAZE ! It is 023 plan 11pOL1 Whiell the Rebels are everywhere summoned around the green standard of the Mogul insurgents. It is, , to sum up all in one phrase, the gist of the advice given to his felloWere by the monster of Cawnpore, the sleek and infamous SREEMUNT NURSOO PUNT, the ad o pt e d son of the late ex-Peisliwab, BADJEE Rao, the eld est on known and execraatemdfagr hisan and adopted wide face of th e earth b o eovertnbse new r- y the abhorred name of NANA SAHIB ! Few, however, though the European! " Tyrants" of India have been, comparatively speaking, in point of numbers, they have never theless proved too many for their murderous as-1 sail Ants—those only being killed ( 6 0 s1.4 imix , who were unfortunately in the first instance surprised. The tide of war has happily now turned, and is already rolling back with cumulative force and re doubled velocity upon the mutineers. A very important interview has taken place between Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and a deputation from the Metropolitan Board of Works, in refe rence to the important question of the main drainage of the metropolis. Mr. J. THWAITES, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board, clearly explained the wishes of that body. We must say, however, that Sir BENJAMIN HALL proved beyond the possibility of doubt the propriety of effecting greater improvements, no matter what might be the expense, than those suggested by the subordinate body. The object of the Legislature, which created that body, was to cleanse and purify the Thames, to prevent it from becoming the receptacle of every abomination that might be cast into it, s that it might no longer be the cloaca maxima of the metropolis. It is manifest that this design cannot possibly be accomplished so long as impurities are suffered to flow into it from any quarter, whether within or without the district placed under the jurisdic tion of the commissioners ; and also that the sewage matter must be conveyed to a sufficient distance, to prevent the possibility of its being conveyed back with the flowing tide. Half measures would be worse than useless, and only lead to enhanced expense at some future time. They should therefore be sedulously avoided, aid a large and comprehensive measure, adequate to the magnitude of the emergency, introduced with all convenient speed. &Ir. THWAITE3 declared that the whole matter turned on a question of finance. Sir BENJAXIN HALL clearly and distinctly refuted his arguments, and pointed out the impolicy of any short-sighted and inadequate expedients. He showed also that the metropolitan districts—comprising property rated at no less than twelve millions sterling per annum—had ample means to complete a work worthy of the British nation, and effectually pro viding for the contemplated objects. The cost of so doing would be provided for by a rate of leas than 6d. in the pound, and, considering the import ance of the object, that could not surely be con sidered a very serious sacrifice. But the purification of the Thames may be re garded as a national object, and some assistance ought to be rendered by the public Treasury. Tais assistance need not be by money. It need not cost a single farthing to the Exchequer, but an issue of Exchequer-billy, or a National Guarantee, would enable the parties to obtain the requisite funds at 3i or 3i, in place of at 5 per cent. This would virtually save a third of the entire cost, and without the slightest risk to the country. Of course the Chancellor of the Exchequer must be consulted, and Sir BENJAMIN HALL very kindly volunteered t) accompany Mr. THWAITES on any day that he might select for the purpose of fully discussing the entire matter with Sir G. C. LEWIS. Let a final and comprehensive scheme be proposed, and we are quite satisfied that it will be received in a proper manner, and that the existing difficulties will be smoothed away, and every thing arranged in a mode alike honourable and beneficial to the metropolitan districts and to the community at large. BANK BATE OF DISCOUNT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—lthink yon will agree withme ' and with the bulk of the merchants in this important city, that it is high time something were done to give relief to the money market in such periods as the present one. The Times would have us sit down quietly, and finance so as to accommodate ourselves to cir cumstances. This is all very well for the great capi talists, who have money to lend ; but then—the ot'.er party ! Do the borrowers believe it is a right state of things, and that all should have their profits m sucked up ai trade stagnated, mills stopped, and all hands turned adrift ? No, sir ; they see that all should not suffer for a knot of " fast" traders iu Now York, and they suggest that Government should afford relief by authorising the Bank to issue, say five millions of one-pound notes, with the national guarantee, such notes to take the place of the departed gold, but to be withdrawn as we revert to a more wholesome state of things. To-day the rise caused a deal more anxiety than the Times will admit. Your obliged eorrant, MANUFACTURES. PROROIATION OF PARLIAILENT.—HOUSE OF LORDS this day.—Their lordships formally assembled this after noon, for the purpope of hearing the royal commission read by which Parliament was again prorogued until the 17th December. The ceremony occupied only a few minutes. The Duchess of Inverness entntained at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at her apartments, in Kensington Palace, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess B.3rnstorff, the Duke of Bedford, Count Bran denburgh, &c. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are still Alnwiek Castle, Northumberland, entertaining a sel3ct circle of visito►s. Tae Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury are pass• ing the seasou at Tottenham Park, Wilt., The Marchioness of Londonderry is staying on a visit wi h the Earl of Roden, at Tullymoro Park. The nobl3 marquis is at Mount Stewart, Thwnshire. Tlio C Antess Craven and the Ladies Evelyn and El'zAbeth Craven return to Ashdown Park to-day from visiting Lord and Lady Camoys, at Stonor Park, near Ileuley-au-Tiiames. The noble earl has been in town two or three days, but will leave to-day to join his family at Ashdown Park. The Earl ani C,unteas of Cork and Lady Harriet Da Burgh left town yesterday morning, for We!beck Abbey, the neat of tde Duke of Portland. The Earl of Malmesbury is expected in town to-mor row, from Heron Court, near Christchurch. Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Miss Ellis are staying on a visit with Lord and Lady Aveland, at Nor man ton Park, Rutlandshire. Lord and Lady Carington are passing the season at Tickford Park, near Newport Pagnell, Bucks. Lord and Lady Londesborough and family are pass ing the sewn at Grirnston Park, Yorkshire. Lady Peel and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stcnor arrived in Whitehall Gardens yesterday from a tour of visits in Scotland. Viscount Goderich, M.P., and Major-General Thomp son, M.P., bad an interview with the Earl of Clarendon, and presented memorials from the Leeds and Bradford Chameers of Commerce upon the subject of commercial intercourse with the parts of Central Africa recently explored by Dr. Livingston. Mr. Ju-t ea Cresswell, who has bean appointed the Judge of the New Court of Probate, has just appointed lis cousin, Mr. Robert N. Cresswell, barrister-at-law, to be his secretary. Lady Havelock, the wife of General Havelock, ac companied by her two daughters, arrived at the St. Katherine's Wharf, London, on Wednesday morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steamship Holland, from Ostend. BUST or THE LATE Ma. BROTHERTOL—A. very striking and beautifully executed bust of the late Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P., has just been planed in the Manchester Town Hall, it having been executed by Mr. M. Noble, on a commission soon given after Mr. Brotherton's death, on behalf of some of his personal friends and admirers. Tae bust is of white marble on a pedestal of black. LORD FITZHARDINGE'S WILL—The Bristol Mercury says :—"Wit.h regard to the late Earl Fitzhardinge's will some particulars have transpired. The property almost in its entirety, so far as any member of the family is concerned, passes to Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley. We believe we are right in saying that none of the younger brothers benefit in any way, Mrs. Berk , r comes in for a handsome share. She is left 20,0001. in cash, an annuity of 1,0001., German Cottage, Chelten ham, the villa she at present holds in that town, and Acton Hall, near Berkeley. To each of her children is left 2,0001., besithe a cemaiissieu in the Rifles for one son and a living in the church f,r anetber. Mrs. Bunn's fertuces weed-1 seem to have been on the wane, as she only gets 1,0001. and 7001. p2r annum. We are told UM one con.iit:on att,L.Jilcd to the bequest of Act )11 to Mn.a Barker was, that she sbculd sell it to Sir Maurice Berkeley if ho wished to pessess it, and that be has purchased it of her." The G/evseete• Jourea/ says —" We understand, also, that the deceased has be queathed 10,0001. to Mr. Moreton Berkeley ; a gun, and some other trifles, to Mr. H. Berkeley, M.Y. ; aud his yacht t) Mr. Augustus Berkeley, whe, since sold it. Nut a shilling has been left to any of his dependent', high or low, and it may be added that the do of o household servants at Berkeley Caetlo have s beandischargei." it is said, has THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1.857. be discarded as worse than useless. Iu landa i the act that has once been suspended, must now again be set aside, should never again be restored. It has been thrice " weighed in the balance and found wanting," and must, therefore, be completely abrogated. The emergency is great, so also should be the remedy. The mere authority to issue additional notes will not now be suffi cient as it was in 1847. There is a con tinuous drain to India, to the Continent, and to America. Any bullion that may arrive from Australia—the only quarter from whence it can be expected, will be purchased over our heads in ou7: own markets. The Bank of England cannot compete with parties willing to pay a handsome premium. They must yield, and involve the en tire community' in suffering and distress. An issue of 1/. notes would probably suffice ; but the only certain cure would be the establishment of a domestic currency, receivable in payment of every national impost. This would at once afford the necessary relief. Millions, aye, tens of millions of sovereigns, now required for the transactions of every-day life, would at once be liberated, and flow into the public treasury or the coffers of the Bank, and general- ease would be restored within a few days, or weeks at the out side. Let monetary reformers then take advantage of the opportunity. Let the industrious classes shake off the apathy which has permitted and pro duced such untoward results. The game is in their own hands, they hold the winning cards, and if they do not choose to play them, they have only themselves to thank for the consequences, whatever trey may be, In America the amount of failures, officially reported since Ist August, has been nine hundred firms, with liabilities amount ing to ninety millions of dollars, or eighteen millions of pounds sterling. In this country the amount will be far greater, unless summary and decisive measures be adopted to check the grow ing evil. LATEST NEWS. THE MEDITERRANEAN. ....1111111nam• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, has arrived with advices from Alexandria to Oct. 21 ; Malta, 26th ; Gibraltar, 31st. The Sultan brings a number of military and naval invalids, women, and children, from Malta ; on freight 1,500/, in gold coin, 32 cases of shawls, 80 packages elephants' teeth, 30 bales wool, 72 bags gum, and 71 packages general merchandise. Her Majesty's ship Tartarus was at Alexandria ; Hibernia at Malta ; and Curlew at Gibraltar. During the voyage the Sultan spoke the Austra lian barque Lucy, the Antwerp brig Bellona, the barque Rialto, and steamers Dutchman, Indup, African, and Ripon. Gibraltar exchanges on tho 21st—London, 501 ; Paris, 537 ; Genoa, 539 ; Marseilles, 538. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. By an Imperial decree in the Moniteur General Renault has been raised to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, General Chipuis to that of Grand officer, and. Colonels Comignan and Legrand to that of Commander. Other decrees make eight promotions to the rank of officer, and 32 nominations to that of knight, and confer 45 military medals among officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of different branches of the military service. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here :—. " MARSEILLES, Nov. s.—The Sultan was much an noyed on hearing of the vote of the Divans, and on the following day testified his irritation when dining with RPschid Pacha, and a!terwards to Fethi Pacha. Mons tv.pha Pacha did not resign, but was dismissed in rather a rough manner. A firman was sent to him in the night to tell him that he had been placed en disponsibilite. Aali Pacha, and Fuad Pacha, president of the Tanzimat, were requested to ramain at their posts. The Presse d'Orient contradicts the assassination of Christian priests by the Kurds. Lord Stratford de RedcliEfa attended the service performed on the fast day of the 221, on account of the affairs is India." BounsE, Nov. 5.—A telegraphic despatch has announced that the Bank of England has raised the rate of discount to 9 per cant. French Secu rities were, however. steady to the close, when the following were the last quotations : Cam• fr. End of mos% 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6i 80 67 —• Bank Shares 294) Credit Foncier 515 Credit Mobilier 772 50 Roman Do. Account 770 Austrian - Belgian 4. 4 , (ad)...... 57 Spanish Threes --- Fiedniontese (5) c.o Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASII. tr. c. fr e. Oceans Northern - - Western 3 — New Ditto Lyonsand Med BO5 Grand Central - New Ditt0.......... 305 Sardinian . 455 -- Geneva s9 o= Austrian Com. ....„, G:3;-- BELGIUM. The ministerial crisis in Belgium does not appear to have advanced raucli towards a solution. There seems to be no doubt that M. Henri de Brouckere did accept the mission to compose a new cabinet, and the following names were at one moment in circulation as those which would be found on his list :—Liedts, interior ; Faidar, justice ; Quoi]in, finance ; Renard, war ; and M. de Brouckere him self taking the administration of the department of foreign affairs. The intention was, it appears, to form a miniitry merely for busine , s, to carry on affairs until the elections in June, 1858. Since then, M. de Brouckere, having ascertained from several confer ences with members of the left that such a position would be untenable for any Ministry, found himself obliged to inform the King that the projected arrangement could not be carried out, and that he feared it would b 3 impossible for him to compose a Cabinet. So mctters, the Belgian journals state, now remain, the general opinion being that ano titer member of tbe Left would bo sent for by his Majesty. Meanwhile, the Ministerial crisis has led to some changes in the programme for the opening of the session on the 10th inst. A review of the civic, guard of Brusels, which was to t tke place on that day, has been countermanded, and it is believed that on the present occasion there will nut be either a royal sitting or speech from the throne. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the let, which have ar rived in due course, contain a good deal on the alleged ministerial crisis, but what they sly amounts to nothing more than what was sta!e I yesterday. The Espana, a semi-official organ, though repro ducing the details given by its contemporary, repeats its declaration of the previous day that " for the present at leapt the rumours of a minis terial crisis have no reasonable foundation." The same journal states, in contradiction to what has brea said, that neither the Duke de Valencia (Nar vaez) nor M. Bravo Murillo has any intention of going abroad; it says also that Queen Christina does not intend to retuin to Spahr for the present, though invited to do so for her daughter's accouch ment. The Fenix affirms that if the Q ueen g i ves the Pope has p rom i se d t o b e hi s that the Duk e an d D uc h ess g b o n d t f l a r t t h o er a , p if ri a n p ce r , incess, de Montpensier are to be godfather and godmother. The Queen and King, on leaving the church of Atocha on the previous evening, were so struck with the appearance of the planet Jupiter that they wait to the Observatory expressly to view it through a telescope. A royal decree appoints M. Lozano, ex-Minister of Justice, public prosecutor of the Supreme Court. A Vienna letter, in the Cologne Gazette, says : " Whilst Austria and England present their con gratulations to Prince Alexander of S erv i a o n his escape from assassination, and their approbation of his measures, the consuls of France and Rus sia adhere to the protests of th e sena t ors w h o have resigned against those measures. This con duct on the part of France excites groat surprise ; but it causes none as regards Russia, for the said senators belong to the Rus s i a par t y . S evera l Tervians, compromised in the recent plot, have sought refuge on Austrian territory, and will not be given up. No orders have been given to in crease the Austrian troops in the Wiowodine." A letter from Milan, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The reduction which is about to be effected in the Austrian army will be greater than was at first intended, being in fact the most consi derable since 1848. Tao depot battalions of all the regiments are to be suppressed, and the third bat- Wiens are to be charged to form recruits. The companies of the battalions retained are to be re duced to 80 mei], that is, to half their present number. As the army thus reduced will scarcely sutfice for the garrisons in• Lombardo-Veneta, the 2d corps d'armee will be increased by a regiment of infantry. Not fewer than 30 generals are to be placed on the retired list. The regiments of Romagna and Ancona are to pteserve their present effective." The vote of the people of Neufchatel on the de cree of the Grand. Council relative to the eleJtoral bases for the Constituent Council is fixed for the Bth. The Grand Council is convoked for the 9.11 inst. to receive the vote, and take measures accord- Ing!y. A letter from Naples, of the 30th ult., states better, though the that the Princess Donna Maria, sister of the King, and wife of Don Sebastian, of Spain , had beeline so ill that the last sacrament had been administered to her ; but that H H. afterwards became a little to be felt respecting her. ' greatst disquietude continued A PRISONER JUMPING T/IROUGEI A RAILWAY WINDOW. —La s t n i g ht in f orma tion wax received by the police of the escape of a prisoner named Henry Wheat ley, supposed to be connected with a notorious gang in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo-road, Larnb.tb. Two officers were conveying the man to Stafford gaol along the South Staffordshire Railway, when he entered into conversation with th em , a d m i t ting that he was guilty of the critno imputed to himand said that when be got liberated h e wou ld never be guilty of a similar offenco. Whilst the train was proceeding at its full speed al)ng the line, and when about half way between \Vichuor and Alrewas station, he made a sudden dart through the window of th e carr i age, and, jump i ng upon t h e side of the railway, managed, befuro any communicAtion could be made with the guard or engine -driver, to effect a retreat. He h described as follows:-5 feet G inches high, slender make, pale cmplexion, dark brown hair in small ringlets, worn rather long, brown eyes, small beard,. light colour, sharp-pointed zone, thick lips, an d proonnent chin. At the tine he j.iniped through the window he wore a heck (14) with peak fashi o nably mule, and fi xe d j auntily on one villa of his bead, a loose dark overcoat, dark- co l oure d t ro u sers , drink-vexl-, and lace - up boots, been carryi ng "e°- He is u;well-known cardsharprr, and has recd, tly with patent leather to and brass lace - on that business at Nottin ham, Sheff ield, and Th g rmiughai n , an d th ere i s no d ou bt be will attempt to do the s ame i n London. A ILI' R CA. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 5. The United States steam-ship Vanderbilt. Capt. Edward Higgins, arrived at Cowes this - Morning from New York, which she left on the eveuing of the 24th ult. Her depa , rtrre was del a y e d for six hours, expecting to bring the mails of the Collin's steamer Atlantic, which had met with some trifling accident, but she did not bring them. The Atlan tic was to leave for Liverpool on the 26th. The Vanderbilt brings 183 passengers for South ampton and Havre, but has no specie. Her arrival off Hurst was telegraphed at 9 a.m., but the small steamer, with her passengers, &c,, for this port, did not arrive here till after 2 p.m. The delay was caused by the Vanderbilt touching the ground at the Brambies as she was making Cowes, there being a very dense fog at the time ; but she fortunately got off again easily without sustaining any further damage than three hours' deteni ion, and has pro ceeded on to Havre. She has had very rough weather during the voyage across the Atlantic. The Jason, screw steamer, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 23d, having experienced during the passage a series of heavy gales from the westward, with a sea running the equal of which had not been seen by the oldest seaman on board. Despatches had raached Washin ;ton from Col. Alexander, commanding the advance of the Utah military expedition—the first received since the de tachment left Fort Leavenworth. Col. Alexander and his command, consisting of eight companies of the 10th Infantry, had marched a distance of 620 miles within the time allotted by the orders issued by General Hanley. The soldiers had enjoyed ex cellent health, and the loss of animals had been but trifling. The United States' surveying-ship Arctic, Com mander Berryman, arrived at New York on the 22d. She had been absent over three months, making surveys along the coast of Newfoundland connected with the Atlantic Telegraph scheme, and deep sea soundings and thermometrical observa tions in the Gulf Stream. Inreference to the Ohio State election a despatch from Cleveland of the 22d says : " The official returns from 72 counties have been re e ived. Chase's majority, official and reported, is 2,027. The indications are that the Senate will stand 15 Re publicans to 18 Democrats ; and till House, Republicans 46, Democrats 57." suffice to fill the vacuum ceused by depreciation and actual losses. It is well known that some of our largest railway loons have been neeeotiate,tl in London by the Anglo-American 'banking hence:?, aod it is also well known that they are direct holders of large amounts of our most worthless railroad securities and bonds, which are not worth to-day 10 cents on the dollar, and ranked as the lowest class before this revulsion commenced, Those houses wilt be sorely tried by this panic and pro stration. The class of houses In London and Liverpool that will feel seriously the state of our markets are those directly end indirectly connected with our foreign im. port trade. Those conce ns are pretty well distributed and pretty well backed up with capital. They are located in all the principal cities of Great Britain, and are able to stand a pretty good bleeding. We do not fear much for this class of merchants, for the aggre gate amount due from this Aide in the way of trade is not large. It must be borne in mind that our actual indebt edness on our last year's foreign trade was not at the close very heavy. Payments up to the last moment be fore the revulsion commenced were liberally made, and we have only to point to our immense exportation of specie during the year ending June 30, 1857, for a con firmation of this statement. The balance due at the close of the old year, and the obligations incurred on the new, are so well distributed among the manufacturers of Bu-ope that we do not look for any disastrous con sequences to that class. In 1837 the foreign import trade of the country was carried on through credits with three great banking houses in London and the re vulsion brought thorn down without ruining any of the manufacturers of Birmingham or Manchester. This debt is now better distributed, and withal cannot be very large. The railroad interest is a verydifferent affair. The full indebtedness of the different railroad companies is represented on paper, and that paper flcats about from hand to hand as so much currency, Cr settles down in the hands of capitalists and others as so much productive property. So long as its credit and negotiability is main tained, its value is real, and represents actual wealth. It will pay debts from one man to another, and serves ma terially in adjusting balances in money matters. Tile moment this enormous interest became discredited, that moment hundreds of millions of property became nomi nally valueless, and all these widely extended banking houses and business houses generally dealing in and based upon this class of securities found themselves at once without support. We have seen the effect of the collapse in this propsrty on this side of the Atlantic. It will not be many weeks before the full effect of such an utter annihilation of value will be seen upon the same class of banking houses in London." • NEW YORK COMMERCIAL REPORT. FRIDAY, OCT. 23. Ashen—• The receipts were light and prices were firmer. Pots were saleable at 61c, while pearls were scarce at 6c, and few or none to be had at that figure. Breadstuffs—Flour : There was a good domestic and eastern demand, with some purchases for export, while the market was firm and closed at an advance of about 5c per brl. The sales embraced about 9,000 to 10,000 brie, at about the following quotations :—Superfine State, 4 dole 70c to 4 dole 80c ; extra State, 5 dole to 5 dela 25c ; Western Ohio and Ohio superfine, 4 dole 70c to 4 dole 80e ; extra Ohio and Western, 5 dole 25c to 5 (leis 70e ; Canadian superfine and extra, 5 dole 10c to 6 dole 75c; Balcimore, Alexandria, and Georgetown, 5 dole 40c to 5 dole 50e, ; Southern fancy and extra, 5 dole 90c to 7 dole 20c ; choice extra family and bakers' brands, 7 dole 25c to 8 dole 500 ; rya flour, 3 dole--24c-te , 4 dole 60c ; corn meal, 3 dole 25c to 3 dole 80c. Canadian was firmer, with sales of about 400 to 500 brie at the above figures. Southern was in better supply, and prices closed heavy for common, while extra was unchanged, The sales embraced aboat 1,500 barrels to 1,800 barrels at the above figures. Rye flour and corn meal were steady at the above prices, with little doing. Wheat—There continued to be a good demand, while prices were without change . of moment for prime to choice lots. Common and me dium grades were easier. The sales embraced abOut 25,0.00 to 30,000 bushels, including red Southern, at 1 dol 25c, 1 dol 30c, a❑d 1 dol 34c ; prime to choice white Southern and Tennessee, at 1 dot 40c to 1 dol 48c ; Chicago spring and Milwaukie red, at 1 dol 04c to 1 del ; and Indiana and Ohio white, at 1 dol 25c. Corn wag easier, with sales of 20,000 bushels; Western mixed at 69c to 70c, with one cargo out of order at 68c. Rye was quiet at 80c, Oats were steady for State and Western, at 47c to 50c. The New York Republican State Central Com mittee had issued an address to their friends urging them to instantly organize in support of the prin ciples and candidates of the Republican party. From Washington a despatch informs us that the President, hearing that ex-Prsident Piece contem plated visiting Madeira for the benefit of his wife's health, had, through the Secretary of the Navy, tendered him a passage in the steamer Powbattan, which was on the eve of leaving for the East Indies, touching at Madeira. The Liverpool packet-ship Jacob A. Westervelt took fire in New York Harbour on the 23d in her cabin, and before the flames could be subdued she was damaged to the amount of about 2,000 dots. A meeting of the directors and shareholders of the New York and Erie Railroad was held on the 22d in the lecture-room of the Mercantile Library, for the purpose of raising subscriptions to relieve the road from its present financial embarrassments. About 400,000 dole. were subscribed, and a com mittee appointed to collect subscriptions. A convention of delegates from New York coun try bank was hold at Syracuse on the 22d. 0 wing to the insufficiency of the notice given—the cir culars calling the meeting having been destroyed by the burning of the mailbags on the Central Rail road a few days ago—there was but a thin at tendance, only 36 delegates being present, re presenting a capital cf some 6,000,000 dole. Re solutions were adopted recommending the coun try banks to discount to the extent of their ability, and to aid in bringing produce to the seaboard ; also appointing a special committee to effect au association for the mutual protection and interest of the banks, and to arrange a system of redemption and exchange. Tha delegates expressed themselves very freely with regard to the city banks. The meeting stood adjourned, subject to the'call of the special committee. Several large and extensively known houses in New York had signified their willingness to receive consignments of flour and grain from the West, among whoMbesides Messrs. Spofford and Tileston, we may mention Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn, and Co., and others had been mentioned as willing to do the same thing, and to pay freights and charges to New York, with the view of aiding in the move ment of breadstuffs from the interior to the sea board, by which the present pressure might be alleviated and exchanges equalised. Commercial affairs continued in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory state. The 11, ew York Rercad of the 24th, in its review of the previous day's money market, says : "This (the 23d) has been every blue day in wall-street. So far as the stock-market is concerned we see nothing in the immediate future but depreciation and disappoint ment. As for speculation, it is out of the question. The bulls have a very gloomy aspect, and outside holders of stocks who want money must make up their minds to take lower prices. At the first board to-day Virginian Sixes declined 2 per cant. ; Bank of Aim rice, 1 ; Cumherlind Coal, ; Pacific Steamship Company, 2 ; New York Central Railroad, 1i ; Galena. and Chi• cego, 2z ; RFadieg, 1 ; Michigan Southern old, 11 ; ditto preferred, 1 ; Panama, le ; Illinois Central Rail road, 1 ; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 2 ; Cleveland and Ti ledo, 1 ; Chicago and Rock Island, li. Illinois Central bonds alvanced 1.1 per cent. There is no life in the market. "At the second board the decline in prices was to some extent upon a very limited amount of business. Nearly all the transactions were for cash. Virginia State Sixes fill off 6 per cent - . • Erie bonds, 1871, 2 ; Pennsyl vania Coal, 4; New York Central Railroad, 3 ; Had on Railroad, 1 ; Michigan Southern preferred, 1 ; Erie Railroad, A ; Reading, 2 ; Panama, 2 ; Chicago and Rock Island, 4u ;La Cross and Milwaukie, Stocks are rapidly running back to the oil level. "The apprehensions in financial circles regarding the course of the money-market and money matters gene rally are as great now as at any timo during the present revulsion, and the panic is as wide-spread and as iutende as at any previous period. The next steamer from Europe is looked for with the greatest anxiety. She will not bring the worst by a great deal. Up to the date of her departure they had received in England nethiag worse than the suspension of the Philadelphia and Balti more banks and a few heavy failures among the com mercial classes. Wharf the news of the suspension of the banks of the City of New York arrives in London there will, beyord all doubt, be a panic equal to anything realized on this side. The susee melon of the Bank of , England and the Beek of Franca are events we shall not be surprised to see reported by any steamer after that. We do not see how they can continue specie payments in tie face of an active demand for gold for shipment to the United &etas. Wo understand that a large amount of sterling bills of exchange were re turnee by the Europa. Bills drawn by the Pennsylvania Bank in Linden were returned protested for non accep' ance. They are supposed to have been mere kites for vpeculative purposes. Bills drawn by Robb, Hallett, and Co., in London, were also returned non-accepted. The return of them bills must create a great deal of difii• culty among houses here who remitted them to meet maturing liabilities abroad. The acceptances in London in antic potion of remittances from this side to meet the bills, have, of course, been made to an immensa amount ; and as no remittances have been made since the revulsion here commenced, the position of houses in London must be rendered very precarious. "Tee assistant-treasurer reports tc - day as follows : Total receipts $102,597 94 'IAA payments ••• ••• ... 140,997 06 Total balance ••• . •.. 5,910,106 52 Of the receipts to-Jay $41,000 was on aecount of duties. " The total number of faileree officialy reported since the let of August is about 000. It is estimated that the total liabilities of these su , pensione will anaorn to full 90,000,000 dole. It will be seen by this that there is plenty of food fir a general bankrupt law. During the whole of the revulsion iu 1837 :he number of failures reported in this city was about 500 ; but the re tures under the bankrupt law, in 1841, showed that 5,000 took the benefit of that ace, showing liabilities amounting to about 50,000,000 dole. " The announcement of the suspension of Robb, Hal lett, and Co, this morning created some surprise. Tnie is a branch ef a house of the same name in New Orleans. The bank of James Robb, of New Orleans, is a stock company, and therefore a separate concern. The house of Tallest and Wilfe, of San Francisco, was founded some years since by Mr. Robb, but it is, wo believe, in no way connected with the houses here, except in their eschaege operations, which wile we understand, be pro perly protected. Messrs. Robb, Hallett, and Co. have a branch house in Leaden, and they have done a very large foreign exchange business. A good many of their bil s, it is reported, came back by the Europa. " The Lebanon Valley Railroad Company has been obliged to suspend its work near Aarrisburg, and 550 labourers are diesharged from its unfinished sections. _ " The work upon the whole line of the Auburn a:ol Allentown Railroad was stepped last Wednesday , owin g to the suspension of Messrs. Chntcau, S.a iford and Go. All the workmen have been discharged. "The. etc:unship Persia, from Liverpool, ty a e bout nce f r d o u lu e at this per:, with seven days' later inte Europe. Her arrival is bring will be of the lookeefor. We have no doubt the edvices she w i11 ,1,0 full fiirco of our N n n before f most unfavourable character. Thu in financial revul-ien her depeiture, ant the , will E ffect will will havo Lo st 'rho difficulties and embarrass meets the nenee - ra' r " . E -dead heel: doubtless, been meets of the 13.;0k of . ts s.verely ar•gra"--;l by the iu lli gence country, and we may look f or teken out fr o m this , ee account mee t gow .s. l'ae bankruptcy of our l arge rselroeti companies must be unfayeurable in elligeece to a !ergo body of European and to those houses Sbandan, Captain QUICK PASSAGE. The clipper ship directly erm"ce cd with the tioancess a these companies ',Vela r Grei has just made the pas age from the Q . it:bec tie Lowe will he cf the most startling importance. The to 6 . 1 - d seventeen days, which, so ar as we are aware, Aiiglo-American banking houses el London will be the ' Y e f (1 . 1 ton record for a sailing ship. She is most serious sufferers by the collapse in our railroad c is th. A- es .1 nautical men a perfect inedel, which considered al credits. Several of them must be very deeply not little for our Clyde buildenz.-0/$3l/01Q DGtily involved , says . a and their capitals, however large they may be, may not. Mail, " Coffee—Tae auction sale held to-day was a fair one, sustained prices. About 1,310 bags of Rio were sold at 108 e to llac—average, 10 60c ; 700 to 800 ditto. Marcaibo were so'd at p t ; 50 Rio at 11c; and 100 mats of Java at 16 is ; and 40 Maracaibo at 12c. ".Cotton was quiet, the stock very light, and no sales of mo►nent were reported. Sales were made (reported yesterday by telegraph) in New Orleans at V t o to 10c for middling to good middling, with sales of 3,500 bales. Freights—To Liverpool about 15,000 bushels of corn, la bags, were engaged at Gig ; 10 tons of oil at 22s 61 ; flour was quiet at 2s 3d, and cotton at Ad ; 400 boxes cheese wore taken at 25s ; 400 barrels lard at 20:. j and 300 barrels rosin at 2e 3d. To Landon-11 barrels ashes were taken at 27s 6d, and 300 barrels rosin at 2a 31. To Glasgow-5,000 bushels of wheat were engaged yes terday, in have, at Bd. A vessel was taken fi,r deals, to load at St. George's for Liverpool, at 775. Rates to Havre were unchanged. Fruit—The sales wore confined to about 200 to 300 boxes raisins at about 2 dole 50c to 2 dole 60c, and layers at 2 dole 75c to 2 dole 60c. Halves and quarters were unelianged.. Hay was in fair shipping demand at 55J to 650, with sales of about 300 to 400 hales. Iron was dull and prices unchanged. Limo was quiet at 62(.: for• common, and at 1 dol for lump. M lases—Sales of 50 hogebeads Cuba muscovado and 34 ditto Porto Rico were made at private tering. Navel Stores—The market was steady for spirits, with salon of 400 to 500 barrels at 40c . for cash. Crude was firmly held at 3 dots 50c per 280Ib. Common rocin was heavy, while sales of about 2,000 barrels were reported at 1 del 35c to 1 del 40c per 310Ib delivered, and about 1,200 barrels strained No. 2 were reported at 1 dui 05c per 3101 b. Other kin's were quiet. 0 is—The market was heavy, and sales-of about 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of American linseed were made at 63c to 65c cash. The chief movements in crude sperm and whale was confined to shipments hence ar.d from Now Bedford for Europe on owners' account. Smad sales of relined winter bleached whale were reported at 85c, four months. There was no movement worthy of notice in other kinds. Provisions—Pork was dull and lower ; the sales were clnfined to lots of from 100 to 200 brie, including mess at 20 dole 500, and 16 dole 500 to 16 dole 75c for prime. Beef was in limited demand, and the market "heavy ; sales of western repacked were made at 12 dols 50„ to 13 dols 50c, and 75 b,le extra country prime sold at 9 dols 25c to 9 do's 75c, and old and new mess ditto at 10 dole 500 to 13 dole ; other de , criptions were unchanged. Bacon and cut meals were quiet and nominal. Lard was unchanged, with sales,of 100 to 130 brie at 12c to 13c, and choice at 14c. Butter and ehee,e were unchanged. Rice—Sales of 2,250 bag,..1 7 0f - 671cu:taWere made at p t, and small lots of Caroline at 33 to 43. Sugars—There continued to be a good demand from the trade. and pria,.s were firmly maintained. The sales embraced about 1,261 hhds, included in which were 261 . 1 2 lihds. Porto Rico at 6 ic, 810, and 8 c, and the re mainder Cuba mucsovale at 6,ie, 71e, aid 83. Tobacco—The business 13 unsettled and very little doirg. The sales embraced 23 hh - 1, , , Kenimeicy at 8,,, to 14u ; 32 bales Havana, at p t ; 133 bales Cuba, at this article article • p t ; 9 bbds stripes , damaged , at auction, at 33 to 6 : }c, a verage 613. T — h S er a e les is of y 4 e o t O n b o r t ls hin n g - ere do m in a g de hai at INNV'hooisilLY the trade is per;ectly stagnant. We have nothing to report either for cash or on time. We . ime. ' e continue our quotations, for we cannot give a correct value to any description of wool. A cash buyer can make his own price for any kind of domestic. GENERAL WILSOY. At a dinner at Beecles, Suffolk, to commemorate the fall of Delhi, Licut.-Ceionet Wilson gave the ,following interesting sketch of the career of his oroth3r, General Wilson. Althou4ll he has hitherto had no European reputation, he has not been un known in India. In 1819, at the early age of 17, and before ha had eitnpleted his military studies, the India government being in want of artillery officers, he want to Bengal. Having theme completed the practical part of his education, he was employed in various parts of that large empire until the siege of Bhurtpoor iu 1824, where he commanded a battery of heavy guns ; and from the efficient manner in which they wore worked, and the exe cution done, he was publicly thanked by Lord Combermere, and also r,ceiveil a medal. Shortly after this he vas appointed artillery staff oflicL,r in • the Neeniuch division, where he remained several years. He was afterwards appointed superinten dent of the foundry at Calcutta ; and it is a curious as sy ~veil him as ag t a h i no those e fa.,t that most of the guns employed the enemy during the siege of Dahl, used by the enemy against us, were cast by him when holding that appointment; and bear his name. In 1842, after an absence of twenty-four years, h e visited his native country, and remained here(ijuatbaliutt two years.. On his re turn to India, s o highly Was he thought of by th e g overnment of the time being, th a t he was immediately appointed A Ge,neral of Artillery, an appointme n t w hi ch he - artillery n ery lroldreluinfigtiulistiiiieedliatsttoPtuankjeacuobmwmaarndbrooll out,rtill wafr in the division of the late lamented of the Sir Hugh Wheeler. For his servicm on that occasion he rec ..ived a seeTnid wed 11. At the conclusion of that campain again roturi.ed to this country o year's lea ve o f absence, and visited haul, near P t o t n il e lg siding. On his sec. l,l l l l l , gay, 1 return lvhe rteollwuralsia me at m n e thenle wasre appointed command ant of artillery in Bcngal, and was also made Brigadier of Meerut. The gallant officer proceeded, in fra'.ernal and deservedly corn phint'mary terms, to narrate General Wilson's more recent services, and he stated incidentally that after one b. tee the general found that five days had passed without his changing his clothes. THE LA UNCE OF THE LEVIATHAN. " A 114eubartic" writes. to a contemporary as follows : I have read with great interest your report of the failure of the launch of the Great Eastern or Leviathear. It seems clear to ine that it was caused by a needless and most uncalled for deviation from the ordinary method of launching ships. Why the old-fashioned mode of allowing- the cradle to slide down a well-greased inclined plane, where the wooden surfaces are prevented from coming in con- - tact by grease, should hav e b een d epar t e d from, is a question Mr. Brunel is called upon to answer. From the stuallf st sloop to the largest man-of-war that has ever been launched, an inclined plane, of a slope of one foot in twelve, when lubricated with grease, has always been found to answer and to in sure perfect success. The proportional difference between the bulk and weight of the Leviathan and the Duke of Wellington is not greater than that which exists between the largest man-of-war and a small sloop or cutter. The engineer of the Great Eastern seams to have sought to immortalise him self by a new method. Neglecting altogether a principle he has made use of most successfully in one part of his works, he has introduced it into another in such a manner as to frustrate his purposes. - fearful only that his ship should slide down the ways with too great a velocity, he sought to check that velocity by bringing ono surface of iron in contact with another under great pressure. This was the method Mr. Brunel adopted to chock the revolution of his great drums, and to hold back the great Leviathan, and it was successful. Is it not astonishing that he should have failed to perceive that upon the same principle his cradles would not slide down his ways ; that the enormous pressure even of the resolved portion of the weight of the Leviathan on her ways would produce such a pres sure as not only to prevent the motion of hereradleF, but even to cause the rails to imbed themselves into the flat plates of iron at the bottom of the cradles ? It may be said, however, in answer to this objec tion, that the monster ship did move. She did ; but only when by the premature start, before her ways were covered with water, the surface of the rails was thickly cove re d w ith blacklead. When this lubricating material had been washed away by the rising tide, every effort made to start the ship down the incline failed to make her budge an inch. Mr. Brunel is a railway engineer; surely La must know how absurd is the attempt to diminish friction when ono surface of iron is brought in con tact with another. His rails were not even polished. The surfaces of the plates of iron whioh formed the base of the cradles, and which were intended to slide down the rails, were, as I have been told, roughly ground on a grindstone. Mr. Brunel has the satis faction of determining that a flat iron surface glid ing on longitudinal railway rails cannot launch a ship on an incline of 1 in 12. In all machinery where it is intended to obviate friction, as your report truly states, iron is always made to work in some other metal. Metals of the same kind are never brought in contact ; the ne glect of this established practice has caused the failure of the launch. Whether Mr. Brunel waits for the spring tides of next month, or whether he waits for the Greek Kalends, I do not believe he will be able to force the Great Eastern down her present ways into the water. I cannot help regretting that the skilful builder, who has so admirably done his work in the construction of the beautiful ship, was not in trusted with her launch. I believe he would have been wise enough to have worked on well-tried principles. The failure, which every well-wisher to a great and noble undertaking must regret, would not have been caused by an engineeriDg blunder, arising from a neglect of the laws of prac tical mechanics. T.H.E RUSSIANS ON THE AMOOR .RIVER. We take the following from a New York paper —" Mr. P. API). Collins, at Senora, American Consul for the eastern coast of Russia in Asia, ar rived at the mouth of the Amoor iu July. He came through the interior of Asia and Siberia from St. Petersburg. He was one of the first arrivals dew" the river this spring. Mr. Collins embarked at the highest point of the river Ingoda susceptible of navigation, in a boat with two oars and a small sail, about 450 versts east of the navigable water of Lake Baikol, just over aisd at the foot of the Goboleney Mountains, and about 100 verats north of the junction of the Mon golia. Descending the Ingoda to its junction with the Shika, ho passed down to its junction with the river Arg,oon. These two rivers are about o t r hi S s a Mg a i h s s l i i s e s n i p o p f h o f e M th a e n c n h o o r e t s h . M T hre.igoel Collins 1,000 verats f r o m w h ere b e em b ar k e d from the i v A i ni ga o t o io r, g visited the great Manchoo city of Igoon, where he was received with barbaric pomp by the governor of the country, in a pavilion ou the banks of the river, but was not allowed to inspect the city. This he, hOwever, afterwards remedied by eluding the vigilance of the river police and landing at a Pie t lower down the river. He arrived at the Russian port near the mouth of the Amoor in July, after performing a voyage of 4,000 vcrsts by water within 60 days. Mr. Collins passed the winter and spring in explorations in Siberia, in visiting an immense extent of country, voyaging in all some 16,6 00 versts since he left St. Petersburg. He is the first American that has crossed Asia from west to east-- from ocean to ocean—and the first white man except Russians, who has crossed the Goboleney mountains and the first who has ever visited Mongolia and Manchuria, and explored those countries from the centre of Asia to the sea. Mr. Collins ex pt cted to leave Amoor about Sep!ember for Sin Francisco, by the way ()Whine. The Russian war steamer America left the Amoor in only for China, with Admiral Pottatten and suite. The admiral ° goes to China invested with full power by his go vernment to make a treaty with the Chinese, a nd also to watch the , operations of the English durini _ the war. A Tho Rus;ian government have had two iron steamers built in Philadelphia. They brought out in sections and erected on the river during the winter by Awricans. They c ommenced running as soon as th e r i ver was clear of ice this spring. They a re sma ll b oats but well adapted for the navigation o f th © A tnoor. O n the i r tr i a l t r ipe they proved very successful. The Russians we re highly to gnu up the pleasedwith performances.otohre,iraaistanceof2oo mile9* They acre 2 They expe c t t o have three more of a similar pat' tern on tie river next year. There are two Aa le : ricau engineers in the employ of the governme nt on the Amoor. These are from San Francisco; Navigation opens on the river about the Ist 0 1 June, and h a e l m id o c ti l t o h s eosf theoluitv e t r h e i sls veryt Nov. ee er T e h — e twheeatthheert mometer ranging as low as 3 0 degs. below zero her • for months. The country is burie d i n snow an d ice during six months of the year. The travelling is done principally with dogs and reindeer, and it is not an unfrequent occurrence for the inhabitants to have their limbs frozen. The Russians h a ve dis covered coal on the Island of Sagahlien, in the Gulf of Tartary, about 150 miles from the mouth of the Amoor. It is of a superior quality for steam ing purposes (bituminous). It is found on the sur face, in veins averaging live feet thick and from eight to ten feet wide. It app e tra t o be in great abundance. Capt. IY. H. H u d son i s one of the commanders of the Pacific Mal Steam-ship Com pany's steamers. He commanded the steamer America from San Francisco to the A.moor. After delivering the steamer up there to the Russian Government, he started for the United States by the way of Siberia, in company with seven Russian LARGE FAILURE. The suspension was announced yesterday morn' ing of the old_ and important hou4o of Naylor, a tSheffield.statedo n Vickers, and Co., steel - manufacturers and iron - The been linil i r';il o la t nt9; authority, but they are ru amount of liabilities moured to range between 600,0001. and 700,000/. The firm is of the most respectable character, and ifs difficulties aro understood to have arisen soldy from a total cesTation of remittances from debtors lu America, whose position a few months b,ck seetneol, worthy of all confidence. It is confidently believed that the s t o pp age w ill prove b u t t emporar y, and it may be hoped arrangements will be forthwith made to prevent the regular business of the establishinot ls from being impaired or materially interrupted . They have branch houses at Liverpool, St oc kholn,. New York, and Boston. At the commencement Of ; the present year they possessed a clear surplus et 200,0001., besides large private property ; and, al their positive tisses thus far iu America have been extremely small, delay in remittances being as Yet the only asceitAined evil, the prospects of the cro ditors are very favourable. Annexe) is the circular issued :--- "Sheffield aol Liverpool, Nov. 4 . " With the deepJst regret we bare to inform you th a ; the utter disorganisation of commercial and tinanain' affairs in Amer.ca and the impossibility of seeing the end of the present crisi s ma k e a temporary suspens i on 0 . payment imperati ve upon us. We have instruc ted Alensrs. Har nood, Banner, and Son, of Liverpool, to propere a statment of our affairs which will prove out: aseete to consist iu so great a proportion of metals and real property, and our surplus to be so large, that the evarual payment in full of your claim is beyond qu°g: tion, and that all we require is time. This statement will be ready to be laid before a meeting of our creditors on Tuesday the 24th inat., at 2 o'clock, at our offices i n Shtiffielei, at which we urgently request your attendance. " We remain, &c., " " NAYLOR, VICS.ERS, Atm CO. .~' ~~ r~,..