The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. The Last Night but Two. Madlle. Jetty Treffa, Herr Deek (Primo Basso from the Grand Opera at Dresden), and Signor Nicosia (his first appearance in this country.) The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MAR THIS EVENING (THURSDAY , November ), itwia be produced the New Grand Descriptive ComposionßlLLE, by M. Jullien, entitled TH E INDIAN QUAD a nd GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL the MARCH, drums performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra,, assisted by and fifes of the Grenadier Guards the Coldstream G " uarßuleds, and the Scots Fusilier Guar ds ; and a Gra " nd Chorus, Britannia," and " God Save the Queen. Prices Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper BOXOS, Is. ; 421allery, ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s, 6(1. and upwards. rticulars, may be had at the Boa- Prospectuses, with full pa office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. 111 EA MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, MONDAY, Nov. 3G. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that his GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE will, this year, take place at Her Majesty's Theatre, on MONDAY, Nov. 30. Jullien's present Bal Masque will be given with the same splendour as has been displayed in those magnificent fetes he has presented to the public oa previous occasions ; fetes which have unanimously been prononnced as unsur passed in Europe. It will take place at Her Majesty's Tceatre—an establishment so famous for the splendid balls which have been given within its walls under the most dis tinguished patronage. M. Jullien is determined' that this, his Nineteenth Bal Masque in England, shall equal, if not excel, any of its predecessors in brilliancy and splendour. The Orchestra will comprise 110 musicians--Conductor, M. Jullien. 4. The newest and most fashionable music will be played, in cluding M, Jullien's " Indian Quadrille," which has achieved such signal success during the present season, and several new Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles, composed expressly by M. Jullien for his Concerts and for this occasion. The dances will be regulated by 14 Maltres des Ceremonies, whose arrangements will be strictly carried out. No one will be admitted except in evening dress or fancy costume. This regulation will be strictly adhered to. The whole theatre will be ornamented with garlands and wreaths of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. For this pur pose Messrs. Chabot and Co. ' who were charged with the d ec orations for the grand ball at the reception of the Empe ror Napoleon 111., Stuttgart, have been engaged at a great expense, and will arrive in England expressly to arrange, at Her Majesty's Theatre, a display, which will be seen for the first time in this country. Mr. Nathan, of Castle-street, Lc icester-sqaare, has been appointed Costumier to the Bal. Tickets for the ball, 10s. 6d. The prices of admission for spectators (for whom the audience portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be, dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2 s. 6 d. Private boxes from 3/. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra charge. Ticket for the ball, places, and private boxes, may be secured at the box-office of her Majesty's Theatre ; of the principal librarians and music sellers : and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The doors will be open at half-past 9, and the dancing com mence at half-past 10. Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by M. Epiteaux, of the Opera Colonnade, and at 1 o'clock the supper will be served. THEATRE "ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buckstone Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, 4.rs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new farce, by the author of Box and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Buckstone will sustain an original character. — To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Drags Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST THREE NIGHTS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed nakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MIDDY ASHORE, Miss Marie Wilton. After which, a new romantic drama, called THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Followed by the original Apropos Sketch, entiEed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India t Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. 1.1 OY AL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. * Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA. PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be performed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Characters by Miss Lontsa. Pyno, Miss Susart Pytie, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A_ St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr, Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. tid., £2 25., and £1 1.1.5. 6d. ; iitalls, 6s. ; Dross 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. Chatterten, jun.l R 0 YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Rob;on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original comedietta, by Sterling Coyne, Esq., called WHAT WILL THEY SAY AT BROMPTON ! Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert It, Brough t Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob -8311, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, limbos, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. COinmenee at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. I_ll6 Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE. WIFE'S RE VENGE. After which, INDIA, 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Cres wick, W. Smith, Vollairs, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmore, Tapping ; Miss M. Eburne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone, To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—Tho follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dtc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyra, Miss Bru nen, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Heushaw, B, Grover, T. Farrant. S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albys ; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchfield, and E. Mack nay. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 33 min. aft. B—Even., 13 min. aft. 9 To-MORROW—Morn., 48 min. aft. 9 —Even. 19 min aft. 10 THZ WZATHER—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 26. TEIERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest sines noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 42 —this day at noon. BARO3IETIII, WIND, North-Easterly; rather fresh, with dirty, cold, rainy weather—snow and sleet. V- % 4 5: -,r4 : ; , ,01 1 , ,e, 7 1 • 31- ~~~~ ^ 3~r r LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1857. The telegrams from India, most of which ap peared in The Sun of last night, are eminently satisfactory. They prove that Lucknow is per fectly safe, and that the miscreants, by whom it had been invested, have had their diabolical cal culations frustrated. The women and children whose fates so long , vibrated in the balance, and for whom such intense sympathy was manifested in this country, may now be considered as per. fectly secure. There is no further danger of a repetition of massacres, such as those that occurred at Cawnpore, taking place in the capital of Dude.' The gallant HAVELOCK did not desert those whom had preserved with so m uc h r i s k an d l a bour. Toe life of the glorious NEILL was not vainly sacrificed 1 Sir HENRY HAVELOCK, Bart., and K.C.8., remained with 1,500 men in the residency at Lucknow, and 1,000 more, with the sick and wounded, were at Alumbaz, but three m il es distant. Communications were difficult, but any pressing emergency could at once be fairly encountered. A convoy of pr ov i s i ons, too, had came in from Cawnpore, under the escort of 25P, men, who had nobly braved the perils of the It seems wonderful th a t so d'angerous journey. small a band could have accomplished so great an enterprise. The rebels must have been completely paralysed by the dashing exploits of the small body by whom they were triumphantly defeated. lisvmeocx might have won his way back at the point of the bayonet, with the use of which he has proved himself to be so well acquainted ; but with the generous chivalry for which he is con spicuous, he would not hazard the lives of help• less women and innocent children. He had no fears for himself or his devoted troops, but he looked to those who had such powerful claims on his protection. The arrival of the 53d and 93d Regiments, which more than, doubled his strength, relieves us from any possible apprehen- Isions ; and as GREATHED'S columns were expected on the 30th October, six days after the arrival of the above valuable reinforcements, he would be enabled to act on the offensive, with a force of 7,000 troops under his command. Knowing what he has already accomplished with a fourth part of the number, we may rest contented with the as surance of what he will then have the power of doing, and that no feasible opportunity will be lost by one in every way so competent for the discharge of his arduous and important duties. Colonel GREAT - HED has shown himself to be a worthy coadjutor of HAVELOCK. With 3,000 men he rapidly pursued the Delhi fugitives, and, having overtaken them at Bolundshuhur, and after two hours' fighting, routed them with heavy loss of men, guns, and ammunition. Malaghur was afterwards taken and blown up. At Ally ghur another victory was gained. But the great triumph was at Agra. The rebels made a sudden and unexpected attack, but GREATHED was not caught napping. The assault was completely de feated, and with enormous loss to the enemy, who left 1,000 men on the field and all their guns, 43 in number, and five lacs of rupees, the pro duce of previous plunder. Our loss was com paratively trifling. We earnestly hope that the recognition of these eminent services may not be so long deferred as in the case of General HAvz- 26, ISS" THE SUN, LONDON,"; THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMPAR LOOK. It appears that " loyalty is now the order of the day," and that parties are anxious to discharge their liabilities to the Anglo-Indian Exchequer ; We may thank HA.VELOCK and WILSON for these satisfactory results. _ . NANA SAHIB is again in the neighbourhood 'of Bithoor. He must now be brought to a true sense of his situation, and convinced of the reckless folly of which he was guilty in so early displaying his demoniacal disposition. It is said that further disaffection has been manifested by some petty chiefs. We can, how ' ever, bear such puny demonstrations with com posure, knowing that the rebellion has been vir tually crushed, and its neck broken. - Many troops, more than 5,000 in number, had arrived in Calcutta, whose aid will be peculiarly valuable, although the danger had been practically averted before their arrival. The knowledge that they are on the spot, ready for service, will work wonders with our doubtful friends. The intelligence is the most satisfactory we have received since the commencement of the dis turbance, with the single exception of that which gave the glad tidings of the capture of Delhi, and the relief of Lucknow, at the very nick of time. Immediately upon the meeting of Parliament we shall know what we have to expect from Lord PAL3IBRSTON. Whether the Noble Viscount will " keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" in the matter of the New Reform Bill! Whether he will give that promise the go-by altogether ! Whether the country is to be flatly baulked, or adroitly bam boozled ! All this and a great deal mora to boot the electors will have a tolerably fair opportunity of knowing long before Christmas. Another week —and the Lords and Commons will have as sembled for the despatch of business at Westmin ster. Another week—and the Premier will have reached his Ides of March, the Third of December. Then the Ministerial intentions will " out," in spite of official reserve, of the silence of Placemen, of the mystery of Administration, of the Cim merian gloom enveloping at all seasons the por tentous designs of a dominant Government. At any rate we shall learn then, notens volens, what are our prospects for the ensuing session, what— to borrow the memorable phrase rendered popular once upon a time by the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition—what precisely may at this momen t be " looming in the future 1" Ministers must make a clean breast of it in regard to their Indian policy, and in regard to their Financial policy. According to idiomatic slang—there is no compulsion, only they must ! They must at their earliest convenience— upon those two principal themes—begin with the beginning I And it rests entirely with the Legis lature itself whether that beginning is or is not to be what is significantly designated tho begin ning of the end ! Whatever may be said or not said by Ministers in reference to Reform, in allu sion to Education, or in regard to such compre hensive questions as the codification of the Laws of England, or the organisation of a general scheme of administrative improvements— they must necessarily, and unavoidably, and per force, " speak out" plainly and to the purpose in the matter of the Revolt in Hindostan, and the crisis in the home Money-Market. Here, at least, are two difficulties, so enormous, so urgent, so admitted—that they cannot in any way by possi bility be either slurred or glossed over even by a consummate Evader of Evils like Lord PALMERS ton. Besides—the very pretext for this ex traordinary meeting of Parliament in the beginning of December, instead of at the commencement of February, the very plea and pretext for this unusual precipitancy in convoking the Chambers of the Imperial L3gis lature is the extreme and obvious urgency of one of these two grand difficulties to the Nation and to the Government. Wherefore, upon that head, we have the guarantee of a distinct and explicit explanation. To dream of silence upon the com panion difficulty at a juncture such as the present were, moreover, to say the very least of it, the height of the ridiculous. With the Empire still vibrating, as it were, under the shock—with the popular heart still bleeding for so many dear ones outraged and slaughtered with inhuman barbarity —with the hideous well of Cawnpore yet reeking with its terkible exhalations—with the streets of Delhi ringing but yesterday with the yells of flying Sepoys :tad with the shouts of victorious Englishmen—with NANA SAHIB to this moment at large—with the loyal friendship of HOLKAR and ScrNpillt imperilled—with WitsoN of Delhi, and HAVELOCK of Lucknow, only partially re warded even now a cuspide coronis, the sword of battle yet triumphantly brandished in the grasp of each, while we are doling out to them in turn a bit of ribbon and a baronetcy—with all these sights and sounds, and glories and horrors of the great contest crowding thickly around ug, Silence or Indifference were alike au impossibility within the walls of Parliament. It is tolerably evident, therefore, that after very little more than a week shall have elapsed from the present time, the country will have learnt from its rulers their instant opinions and their ulterior designs in regard both to the Indian Mutiny and the Monetary Crisis. In neither case is the continuance of our old system of apathy and procrastination practicable. Recent occur rences—here close at hand in the city, there far away in Hindostan—have proved that something must inevitably be at length adventured upon— here in regard 0 the rival claims of a gold and paper currency—yonder in reference to the con- duct of the affairs of India by a single or by a double Government. Afterwards, namely when we have obtained an inkling into the ministerial projects in these two widely divergent directions, we must in due course elicit the cherished notions of the Cabinet—sup posing them to have any—in the matter of Par liamentary Reform, or in that of Educational advancement, or in that of Administrative Im provement, or in that of the proposed consolidation and systematization of our whole complicated and apparently chaotic and hetero geneous scheme of Jurisprudence. We must to this end —to the gratification of the merest curiosity—be on the alert, and watch ful. The champions of the popular interests must—pry and catechise ! Otherwise we may be quite certain we shall have no one single explana tion volunteered. Apart, therefore, from the comprehensive curiosity upon all kinds of subjects laudably entertained by great Party Leaders like the Noble Lord the Member for the City of Lon don and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the County of Buckingham—we lay great store upon the sectional inquisitiveness prettyceitain to be brought to bear upon the taciturn chiefs of the Cabi net by subordinate but still considerable members of the popular branch of the Legislature. In re ference, for example, to Parliamentary Reform — by the Hon. Gentleman the innovating Member for East Surrey ; and, among others, let us hope (if health be but sufficiently restored to him), by the newly-elected representative for that grand old stronghold of reformers, the great manu facturing town of Birmingham. In refer-' ence to Educational Advancement—by the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Droitwitch, and the noble lord the member for King's Lynn ! In reference to Administrative Innovation by all the scattered, but still, we be lieve, earnest and devoted leaders of a late dis rupted association. In reference to Law Re forms—in the Commons by men like Mr. CRAM FETED, and in the Lords by the great law-reform ing ex-Chancellor. It is tolerably certain, in. fine, that Government has more abundant temp tations than ever for habitual and (in one sense) constitutional delay—and hardly less certain that, with these temptations, Ministers have also plenty of excuses, as the saying is, "cut and dried." It behoves the champions of the popular interests, therefore, all the more resolutely to deny to the Cabinet what can alone render either availablc he opportunity. With a single exception, all the daily journals are comiug rapidly round to the opinions which we have so long expressed on the all-important question of the currency. The Times, however, still fulminates its thunders against the Govern ment for suspending the Act, which occasioned all these terrible evils sustained by the industrial community, and there is a shrill but subdued echo from some of " the penny whistles." The object of these ponderous bolts is perfectly manifest. They are intended to deceive the com• munity by leading to the supposition that the Government had any choice in the matter, or that the Old Lady could have continued her pay ments, had the relaxation been longer withheld. These frivolous arguments cannot, however, deceive any unprejudiced and disinterested person. Nor will the blatant appeals in favour of the " hard ealculators" who ex pected to make 20 or 30 per cent. of their money, and to purchase property at half its actual value, excite much sympathy amongst the people. Those who are able and willing to earn their daily bread by their daily toil, and whose entire capital is rendered inconvertible by the monetary crisis, are far more deserving of compassion. The arguments of the Times are utterly untenable. They go against any description of credit, or the issue of any but a purely metallic circulating medium. With that the parties could occasion monetary disturbance, could hoard, and create confusion by combined action. The Government interference, however, although indispensable, defeated their nefarious designs. They are obliged to be contentedjwith 15 or 20 in place of 30 or 40 per cent. Hine Ode lachyrmcc. This is the cause of their mourning, but few who are not per sonally concerned will join in their lamentations. It is only as a measure and representative of value that gold is required. We should not be poor, or wanting in capital, although there were not a single ounce of gold in the kingdom. We should still have what Sir Lucius 0' TRIGGER denominated " the dirty acres," producing an abundance of cereals and every de scription of agricultural produce, the implements of husbandry by which they may be cultivated. Abundant stock, oxen, sheep, pigs, horses, our granaries loaded with corn and grain of every description, instruments and ob• jects of art. These are real riches that will maintain the people in comfort and happiness if permitted to be freely exchanged. But a medium is required, and gold has been proved to be inadequate. It might just as well be argued that we should go back to a state of barter, as that we should restrict ourselves to what are called "the precious metals." Gold, or silver, will always be useful as commodities, and fetch fair prices according to the laws of supply and de mand, but it is ridiculous to restrict ourselves thereto, and see our brethren enduring sufferings for R hich there is not the slightest necessity. Labour is the true standard of value, and matters must be brought to that standard, now that the theories of the currency quacks have been proved to be untenable, and destructive of the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the nation. We understand that it is the intention of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to propose the pant of an annuity of 1,0001. a-year to General Sir Archdale Wilsou, of Delhi, and also to grant two several pensions of 5001. to the nearest sur viving relatives of the late Generals Nicholson and Neill. In the case of General Nicholson, we be lieve the pension will accrue to his mother, and in the case of General Neill to his widow. We confi dently trust that government are prepared to pro pose a . pension of 1,0001. a-year to General Sir Henry Havelock, of Lucknow, who is a Queen's officer. . General Wilson, as also Generals Nichol son and Neill, were Company's officers.—Morning Paper. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The screw steamer Petropolis, Captain Theodore Paulsen, which arrived here yesterday morning from Hamburg, sails at daylight oa Thursday for Lisbon and the Brazils. She takes out about 110 passengers, a large ship snail, 19,2581. in specie for the Bank cf Brazil, diamonds valae 2,6001., and 700 tons of English, French, and German merchant disc. The cargo of the Oadine steamer, which vessel has been docked at this port in consequence ol ground ing ou the Margate sands last week, has been trans shippel te-day in the Vanguard steam-ship, en route from London to Dublin. The Ondine proceeds to Scot laud to be repaired. A serious accident occurred at Canterbury last week to Mrs. Kemp, of Kemp Town, who was descending some steps in the cathedral when she fell and fractur,cl s .me ribs. She was immediately conveyed back to Fo,keetone, where she was staying, and, although not yet out of danger, is progressing as favourably as could be expected. MEDICAL RELIEF FOR. THE POOR IN FRANCE.—The French Academy of Medicioe at the request of the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, has been de vising a scheme for the establishment of medical officers for the relief of the poor in every canton throughout France ; these medical officers are also to be the regis trars of deaths. This object was recommended to the Councils General of the Departments by M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, 1854, and again in a circular which he addressed to the prerects last August. Seve• ral departments have already adopted the system, and it is now proposed to make it universal. THE ADDRESS.—We understand the address to her Majesty, in answer to the Royal Speech, will be moved in the House of Commons by Mr. W. Martin, member for West gent, and seconded by Mr. Akroyd, member for Huddersfield. His Excellency the Ambassador of France, and the Countess de Persigny leave town to-day on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk has left Eaton Hall, where her grace has been staying on- a visit with the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, for Worksop Manor, on a visit to Lord and Lady Foley. Her grace is expected in town on Monday next. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon, from Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire. Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry . left Holderness House, a few days since, for Wynward Park, Durham. The Marquis and Marchioness of:Clanricartle are ex pected in town early next week, from Ireland. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementia Villiers come to town to-day, from a tour of visits. The noble earl is staying at Middleton Park. The Earl'Howe has returned to to town, from Gap sall, for a few days. The Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fans have arrived at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The Earl Cawdor and Viscount Emlyn will come to town early next week, for a few days, from Golden Grove, Llandilo. The Earl Cstdogan is daily expected in town from Wales. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Yarborough have arrived at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners arrived in town a few days ago from visiting the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. The noble lord and her ladyship have since left for Slough, where his lordship has taken a re• sidence for a short period. Lord and Lady Foley are expected in town early next week from Worksop Manor, where they have been re ceiving company for some time past. Lord and Lady Burghersh are staying on - a visit with the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton House, Gloucestershire. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby are passing the season at Torquay, where they intend-to etsy until the latter end of nest month. ~ Lord Daff , rin has arrived at Stover House Newton Abbot on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, from visiting the Marquis and Nlarchioness of Stafford at Lilleshall, Shropshire. .• Lord and Lady John Scott have returned to the Cla. rendon, from Frittendean House, near Staplehurst. The Count and Countess Pradox have left the Bruns wick Hotel, St. James's, for Paris. Mr.. and Lady Isabella Stewart are expected in town, at the latter end of the week, for Brighton. General Sir Harry and Lady Jones have arrived at Farrance'e Hotel, Belgravia, from Sandhurst College. • We regret to learn that Lord Panmure is suffering from a severe attack of gout, which prevents his attend ance at the meetings of the cabinet. The King of Prussia a few days since permitted a visit from his o'd and intimate friend, Baron Alexandre de Humboldt. This is the first person out of the royal family that his Majesty has received since his illness. We regret to learn that the Hon. Lady Ramsden, mother of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P., Under- Secretary of State for War died en Sunday last, at Byrain Hall, near Ferrybridge. Her ladyship was youngest daughter of the first Baron Dundas, and was born in February, 1797. By the death of her ladyship the families of the Earl of Zetland, the Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, Lord and Lady Muncaster, Sec., are placed in mourning. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Married, on Tuesday, at East Clandon Church, by the Rev. C. V. [feline Suoa ners, rector of Ringwold, Kent, and Chapk'in to the Queen, Francis W. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, elieet son of the Right ITon. Sir Maurice F. Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, and nephew of the Doke of Richmond, to Georgina, only daughter of Col. Holme Sumner, of Hatchlands, near Guildford. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—In consequence of the great amount of rain which has fallen this week, the meet on Friday will be at Iver-heath instead of Hilling don, at 11.30. ; Tie BRITISH BANE PROSECUTIONS.—Some misappre hension exists as to the return by Mr. Sergeant Byles of his retainers in this case. We understand that the real facts are that the retainers were only accepted con ditioeally by the learned gentleman's clerk, and that the sergeant declined to accept them, on the ground that the labour was more than he could satisfactorily under take consistently with the claims of other clients whose retainers he had long before received. PRECAUTIONS AIAINST FIRE.---A new fire engine reached Burton-upon-Trent on Saturday last, from the factory of Mr. Mereweather, of Long-acre, London, for the establishment of 'Messrs. Allsopp, the ale brewers, whose premises are very much enlarged; and it is the intention of these gentlemen to form from among their men a strong fire brigade, with helmets and every neces sary qualification for such a body, to be available for any emergency at Burton-upon-Trent. FIRE IN THE CALEDONIAN-ROAD, AND GREAT DE STRUCTION OF PROPERTY.—The most extensive cOnfla• gration that has occurred in the neighbourhood of the Caledonian-road for some years past, broke out last evening between 6 and 7 o'clock, and at the time this account was written, hall-past 10 p.m., there seemed no chance of the fire being entirely extinguished until an advanced hour this morning. The premises in which the misfortune originated were of vast dimensions, inasmuch as they stretched in one direction nearly 100 feet, and they were 46 feet wide. They belonged to Messrs. Tnompson and Croswell, builders, &c., and are situate in Richmond-street, Thornhill-square, Caledonian-road, a short distance from Thornhill-bridge. SALAIIIES OF VESTRY CLERKS.—A return moved for by Mr. Duncombe,lM.P., for Finebury, gives particulars of the salaries paid to the various vestry clerks of the metropolitan parishes under the new Metropolis Local Management Acts. These salaries range from 10/. to 5001. a-year, The latter amount is received by the vestry clerks of St. Luke's, Old-street ; St. Mary's, Newington (Surrey) ; and St. Pancras. The clerks of St. James's, Westminster, St. George's, Hanover-square ; St. Mary, Lambeth ; Marylebone, Paddington, and St. George's in-the-East, receive from 4001. to 4501. each. One vestry clerk receives 6001. but in this cue there are three .g joint and separate parishes. It is aleo proper to add that in most cases the salaries are subject to deductions for clerks' salaries, &c. In the case of St. Nicholas, Deptford, no salary is received by the vestry clerk, who is remunerated by fees for his professional services. AUSTRALIAN STOCKS.—The depression in the .stock and share market noted in our last. Circular has been in creased by the stronger comae of the crisis. The business of the Stock Exchange, however, has been very limited in the Australian stocks. Comparatively, the most transactions have been in the stocks of several banks, the Australasian, Oriental, and Union of Australia, the first of which, from 80/, has touched 751., with partial recovery, while the Orie n tal fell to 331/., and the Union to 461. The E n glish, Scottish, and Australian Char tered Bank, and the London Chartered of Australia, re spectively dropped to 164/. Some transactions in the Geelong and Melbourne Rail, and Australian Agricul tural Land, indicate a slight decline. New South Wales Government 5 per cents. have been done as low as 934, and South Australian 6 per cents, at 101, in both in stances interests accrued since let July being conceded, as usual, to the buyer. Outside the Stock Exchange we have a number of Melbourne Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds (with Victoria Government guarantee) of periods 1867.74, offering at par, with accrued interest since let instant paid for by purchaser, on which terms sales are being effected.— From the Circular of Westgarth, Ross, and Co., dated London, Nov. 23. DEATHS Br BURNlNG.—Yesterday Mr. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, held an inquest at Guy's Hospital on the body of Sarah Jones, aged 50, wife of -Mr. Edward Rowland Jones, a commission traveller, of Union-street, Hackney. On the 7th Nov. the deceased • went to the house of a Mrs. Holt, who was her laun dress, and whilst there commenced drinking with a woman named Spencer. Spencer went away before 11 o'clock, but about 10 minutes to 12 a person named Thompson, who was passing at that time saw the de ceased stagger out of the house in flames. She threw water over her and the fire was extinguished, and she wr a afterwards conveyed home, but it was deemed necessary to remove her to the hospital. Mrs. Holt bad gone to sleep, and she could not account for the deceased catch ing fire, as there was no fire in the grate at the time. She died in the hospital on Saturday night. Mr. Payne yesterday held an inquest at St. liertholemew'e H spi tal on the body of Mary Ann Wheeler, aged four years.. who also came to her death by bdrning. The child was left - playing on the stairs by har,'Whilat she went below to shake a carpet ; but in about two minutes she heard the child scream, and on running to her she found her in flames. She was removed to the hospital, where she died on Saturday night. The jury in each case returned a verdict of " Accidental death." THE UNEMPLOYED POOR IN LEICESTER. —A. gnat number of operatives have been thrown out of employ ment in Leicester, and a very large number of others are only working half or short time. As is usually the case under such circumstances persons are patrolling the suburbs and outskirts of the town beggieg and singing. but the I p n r e former o seasons o o r f g d e i n s ? r e al ! b t r h e a i s o bheass of t b usually e p o b a e u e e n , in the present day no such result is feared. Some of those who formerly led the working classes in such times have improved their own position, while others have e migrated. But, above all, the poorer part of the weed ing clas s es have themselves considerably advanced in knowledge. This is evidenced . by their manifesting the strongest desire to keep the peace, and by their having placed themselves under the guidance of a Baptist miniter of the town, Mr. S. J. Chew. On Sunday a large meeting of the unemployed was held in the Pas ture, a piece of ground near the town, and a deputation was appointed t) wait upon the m agistrates and rsque:t them to use their influence with the board of guardians to grant outdoor relief to the deserving able-bodied poor during the present pressure. Oa Monday morning the deputation waited upon the magistrate 4, when the board (xpresed an unwillingness to interpose, as the beard cf guardians were an independent body. The magistrates, while expressing their willingness to do all they could to alleviate the sueftee nge of the poor, said that they would not permit any parties to be singing or begging in the town or its outskirts. On Monday a larger public meet ing was held, when a deputation was appointed to wait upon the board of guardians, and the strongest disposi- Coe was evinced to keep the peice. The meeting was addressed by two Dissenting ministers. The deputation had their interview with the Poor Law Guardians ou Tuesday evening. A very good feeling appeared' to exist on both sides, and the board appointed a small coin. . i mittee of its body t o con sider the mattt r, and report to 1 the board as to the beat means which could be taken at the present juncture. PRUSSIA. BKRLIN, Nov. 24.—The severo cold that has set in here so suddenly seems to have produced an other change in the Royal plans, for yesterday the King and Queen removed from Potsdam to Charlottenburg without taking up their usual residence in the Stadtschloss in Potsdam at all, or waiting at Sans-Souci for the first fall of snow, as the King had so lately decided. The removal took place by land, and along the country roads that have lately been repaired for the occasion. We have no news at present how the King bore the long drive, but as for some time past his daily drives have been gradually length ened, and his strength has been regularly increas ing of late, we have every ground for assuming that "no news is good news." The Prince and Prin cess of Prussia have had severe colds since they took up their residence here in Berlin ; and, in fact, it is rather difficult to find any family in which the majority of its members is not affected in some way with colds, sore throats, or catarrh. Tho King of Prussia, says a tolegraphie despatch from Berlin, has taken up his residence al Char lottenburg. The Council of the States and the National Council of Switzerland are convoked for the 7th Dec. next. The Madrid journals of the 21st do not contain any political news. The Epoca affirms that the Bank of Spain, by the measures which it took in consequence of the run on it, deserves the thanks of the country. Accounts from Constantinople state that M. de Gundlach, Prussian charge d'affaires, and M. de Boutenieff, Russian Minister, have paid the usual - visits to Resehid Pacha, the new Grata Vizir. By order of the Emperor of Austria subscriptions have been commenced for the victims of the gun powder magaziue at Mayence throughout the em pire. The Emperor has given 2,000f1. The clergy are to lend their co-operation. . In the sitting of the Second Chamber of Hesse Darmstadt on Saturday, the President on taking the chair made a short address, in the name of tha Chamber, stating his sorrow at the terrible catas trophe at Mentz, and expressed a hope that the Germanic Confederation would indemnify the in habitants for their loss. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of the Lord Raglan from Cape Town we have received our letters and papers, dated Sept. 23. We extract the following from the summary of the Cape Argus : 2 - "By the latest English journals we perceive that it was thought in England, up to August, that we were still in dread of a Kaffir outbreak ; but it is not so. Instead of being engaged in destroying our savage enemies, both the people and the Go vernor are actively employed in saving them from destruction. They are in a wretched state ; thou sands of them have died from starvation, and they are flocking into the colony to obtain relief. On the frontier Kaffir relief committees have been formed. to provide applicants with the neces saries of life. In the Western Province, also, Oom mittees have been formed to collect subscriptions for the same purpose. The Frontier Relief Com mittees' proceedings did not please Sir George Grey. He regarded their philanthropic exertions as likely to thwart his plans, and when they wrote their views to him, and asked his Excellency to publish them in the Government Gazette , he flatly refused to do so, and told them that he did not agree with them. He pointed out to them that their measures for Kaffir relief, however well in tended, might do much injury. "His Excellency remarks that it has been vtry generally stated that the Kafirs have, in the events which have recently transpired, been acting under a superstitious delusion. It is his belief, however, on the contrary, that the conduct of the Kafir nation resulted from a deep-laid political scheme to involve the government in war, and to bring such a host of desperate enemies upon us as might render the destruction of many amongst the Euro peans a by no means impossible event. " His Excellency states this, not that it makes him in the least less ready now to save the Kaffirs from starving, but simply to show that, with the safety and welfare of all her Majesty's subjects resting in his hands, he must beware of the chiefs and people of a nation who had recourse to such desperate means to destroy those of whose interests he is the guardian—and he there fore necessarily must be. cautious EC) to relieve the distress of the Kaffirs as not to peril the lives and safety of the people of this colony or of Natal. It is known that Kreli has even recently been trying to create a fresh excitement, and that sever?! of the chiefs, regardless of the sufferings' of their people, are doing their best to hold them together for the purpose of preserving their strength, and taking advantage of any opening that may present itself. , By the last accounts, it appears that the prophet has himself headed a band uf robbers. This letter from his Excellency gave great satis faction to the majority of the colonists. It should be stated here that the Kaffir Relief Committee in Cape Town had from the first resolved to hand over their funds to his Excellency for disposal. We have not yet heard how much the Committee suc ceeded in collecting iu Cape Town and its neigh bourhood, but we believe very little. Tho move ment was by no means popular Old colonists have a great deal of difficulty in comprehending how it can be their duty on one day to shoot Kafirs, and on the next to unloosen their purse-strings to pro vide funds for feeding them. The chief Macomo is a prisoner. He was taken is the colony without a pass, and has been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. The inhabitants of the Western Province are looking forward with much anxiety to hear that the construction of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway has been undertaken by a company in Engtind upon advantageous terms. At G aliam's Town there is a movement in favour of a railway from that town to Port Elizabeth, but the inhabitants of the latter place are generally in favour of a line from that place to Graaf-Reinet, and the inhabitants of Graaf-Reiuet have joined with them in keeping alive an agitation in favour of that line. Since the departure of all th — e troops that were in this city, when the melancholy news arrived from India, the Cape Royal Rifles have been performing barrack duty in the most exemplarymainer, and the corps has been gre atl y augmented of i late. There is a rumour afloa t that the English and In dian Government, together, have instructed the Go vernor to purchase a thousand horses. This has operated on the own ers of horses just as the high prices of wine did on the wino farmers. They do not care to sell at any price, and the most absurd and extravagant prices are a-ked. No doubt many will, as in the case of wine sales, overstand their market, and will find, by and bye, that they have made a great mistake. The rumour that the Governor is instructed to purchase a thousand horses is not true. He has about three months before him iu which to purchase about a hundred and fifty. It was said at least three months ago that there was not a horse in the colony to be had for love nor money, but this was a mere rumour got up by interested parties. Hundreds have been exported since that time. Horse, doubtless, cote ni.:nd high prices, but there is no scarcity. The Cape horses lately imported into India and the Mauritius have fully realised the expectat ons of purchasers. We are all anxious to hear how our mails are to be forwarded from Engtsnd, now Lindsay's line has beeu discontinued. Surely we are not to be left for any groat length of time uncared ---- ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a woman, aged 63, the wife of a Chelsea pen sioner named Davies. The woman was one of a crowd of persons who stood looking at a fight at the corner of West-street, St. illartin'e-lane, when a cab drove up and knocked her dogn, and the wheel passed over her body, She died yesterday at Charing-cross Hospital. A gen. tleman who was in the.cab gave the driver hie card ; but the driver having lost it, and there being no witness present, the coroner adjourned the inquest till Monday for the attendance of come periou who Jaw the ACCidOnt. LATE 'r NEWS. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. The following has been received at the India Board : To THE EAST INDIA HOUSE. Dated CAGLIARI. Intelligence from Calcutta of the 22d Oct. Important papers had been found in the Palace at Delhi ; nothing, however, of date anterior to the outbreak at Meerut. A commission bas been issued for the trial of the King, and it was uncertain whether any pro mise of his life had been made. Sir J. Lawrence superintends the administra tion of the Delhi territory. Colonel Greathed's column arrived at Alloy Forck (? 4th) Oct., defeated the fanatics there, and marched on Akrabad on the sth, which they destroyed, and reached Agra on the 10th, where they were attacked suddenly by the mutineers (Undore and Ghopar) (Indore and Gwalior ?), whom they soon defeated, with the loss of 13 guns and all their camp equipage, driving the survivors across Kharee. The latest date from his camp is the 14th Oct., when ho crossed the Jumna, and was making the best of his way to Lucknow. Indian (writes ?) on the 10th Oct. that the mutineers of the Gwalior Contingent were march ing towards Cawnpore via Jhansi. The intelligence from Lucknow is 13th Oct. General Outram had urgently applied for large supplies and reinforcements to be organised at Allumbamek, about four miles from the Residency, in preference to Cawnpore. Communication between Allumbamek and Cawnpore quite open, but not between Allumba mek and the Residency, in the neighbourhood of which the whole rebel f6rce is concentrated. A convoy of provisions reached Allumbamek safely on Oct. Gth from Cawnpore. About 3,000 or 4,000 fugitives from Delhi, with four guns, were expected to reach Sheorajpore, near Bithoor, on Oct. 19th, but on the same day a force of GOO men, with guns, from Cawnpore, attacked the rebels, and utterly dispersed them. Bajoinh Sing, it is certain, has turned again& us, and it is supposed that most of the large Tal lookdars have also. Accounts from Rajah (Rewah?) of 16th Oct., stating that Lieut. Osborne's house was threatened by about 2,000 rebels, who were deterred from attacking him by the preparations he had made. A wing of the 17th Madras Infantry, with two guns, were ordered to march to his relief, and ar rived at the Cuttra Pass, and his position improved. The Europeans at Saugor are still in the fort, and relief urgently required. The protraction of the contest before Delhi had begun to tell on the population at Ahepursaub (the Punjaub ?) Nothing from Rajpootana, Central India, Bun delcund, Hyderabad, or Nagpore. No accounts from Bombay of 13th Nov. Two more of the King's sons haye been sentenced to be shot, and execution was to take place on .13th Oct. The Bheels, at Chaudup have dispersed, and tranquillity prevails throughout Gourjeret. The Bheels are still in rebellion at Nassick, on the frontiers of Kadkandash. All quiet in Scinde, Bombay, Madras, and the Nizam's dominions. The Vectia *ill leave Malta at p.m. [hour omitted.] MONTANARO. It is said that the proposal made by the French Government to refer the question of Holstein to the Paris Conference has not succeeded ; the German Powers, with Austria and Prussia at their head, have declared that it is for the decision of the Germanic Confederation exclusively. MODENA. The Messaggere of Modena, of the 18th, declares that a convention has been concluded with the Holy See, by which it is established :-1. That the donations granted by the Dukes of Modena to vari ous religious orders shall be understood to apply only to those of their convents which exist within the Modenese territory. 2. That the Dukes of Modena shall have the power of transferring such donations from one order to another, as circum stances may dictate. 3. That such property as is at present considered of disputable origin, although presumed to be ecclesiastical, shall revert to the State. It then publishes a decree from the Grand Duke,' enacting that whenever the Ducal Govern ment shall exercise any of the rights vested in it by the said convention, the latter shall be speci ally quoted, and that the ecclesiastical pensions secured on the disputed property above mentioned shall be converted into rentes of the public debt. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENINS. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience to Col. Barman, who took leave of his Majesty on the cessation of his functions as Minister for the Swiss Confederation. Admiral Don Manuel Blanco En calada, the Chilian Minister, also had an audience of leave, being about to return to his country. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here Wal lachia has decided on declaring its incompetency on the subject of the solution of th e . questions of BERLIN, Nov. 24.—T rr h jT e eh eE D ca i e v ele a e r sucia a siit cl eicin h a o le c nc o th f w in er c e or t p h o e ra l t as ed t a o m ft b h e e errisinth. the internal organisation of the province. It has also resolved on demanding authorisation to send a representive to the Congress of P nd b a go ov. is suppressed , BouasE N ov. and h e e nc f e o f ll. o p rt zw h ni inQ uMteheAenD MADR ID, 25 Council. expected. 2s. --- quotations : Cash. h. 44 per Cents . 3 per Cents 67 1,5 - 67 15 Bank Sharea 2990 —; Credit Fonder 530 Credit Mobilier 756 25 Roman Do. Account 753 75 Anatrian Belgian 44 - . 961—‘ Spanish Threes —'— Piedmonteae (5) BB -- Home Debt RAILWATS-FOB CA.BII. tr. t. tr c. Orleans. N'ortbern A — Now Ditto ,...,. 7go Strasburg / — Lyons and Med ; 820 Grand Central i — New Ditto... .. ..... 817 Sardinian Geneva, 6OO Austrian Cum. ...... 657 i THE PRINCIPALITIES. De A l uts e c t h t e er p fr o o s m t B of ac v ha ie re n si i :of 8 7 a h y e s - D i n u r t i h n e gOestthe discussion on the memorial which the Divan in tends appending to the four points, the nomination of a foreign prince as chief of the. Principalities was brought forward for consideration. On this occaiion Demetrius Ghika, nephew of the Prince Caiwacan, made'the following proposition :—‘ That the eventual nomination of a native chief for the united principalities, even were he a man of genius, and possessed of every virtue, wou ld only increase the c Ilainitie3 and sufferinas of the principalities.' This proposition was carried unanimously." AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette officially announces a mea sure connected with the reduction of the Austrian army, the Minister of War having orderedthe sus p.nsion of the purchase of horses for military ser vice throughout the whole of the district of Moravia and S.le ia. A Vienna letter in the Elberfeld Gazette says "Prince Callimaki has lately had several confer ences with Count Buo l, Burin ; which he declared to him that his government had no intention of occupying the principalities with a military force. The assemblage of troops on the frontier had, be said, no other object than to guard against even tualities and to maintain order in the provinces on the right bank of the Danube." On the same sub ject, the Augsburg Gazette,- under its Vienna head, says :—"Tbe existence of a confidential no t e f rom Turkey, which was delivered at the sam e time as the second Turkish circular of the 28th u ltimo, appears to be admitted, hi it, tho Porto calla at- tention to the necessity of taking measures `of pre caution in a military point of view. It is, in fact, known that Turkey has already adopted somemea• sures of the kind." The Count de Flandre left Vienna early in the morning of the 20th. Count O'Sullivan, the Belgian ambassador in that city, and the members of his legation accompanied H. R. H. to the rail way station, where a company of infantry was drawn up to render him military honours. The Prince was received at the railway station at Dres den by Prince George of Saxony, second son of the King, and was conveyed by him in a court carriage to the Victoria Hotel. VIENNA, Nov. 22.—1 t is believed here that two reasons induced the St. Petersburg Cabinet to ex press its resolve not to meddle in the Holstein- Lauenburg question " as long as the sovereign rights of the King of Denmark are respected." The one reason is, that the Scandinavian move ment in Sweden and Norway, and in part of Den mark, makes it uneasy ; the other, that it is not inclined to give offence to the Prince of Prussia, who is a patriotic German, and as firm of purpose as his royal brother is the reverse. THE INDIA IBCEMENTS. The telegraph despatch published in The Sun yesterday afternoon contains the first announce ment yet received of the actual arrival in India of any portion of the reinforcements ordered out in June last, immediately after the mutiny became known in England. They are as follows SHIPS ARRIVED AT CALCUTTA. Thebes, sailed July 31, with 209 troops of the 38th Regiment. Golden Fleece, sailed Aug. 6, with 934 troops of the 34th and 42d Regiments. Caledonia, sailed 'Tidy 26, with 376 troops of the Ist Regiment. Areta, sailed June 18, with 214 troops of the East India Company. Bucephalus, sailed July 1, with 223 troops of the 35th Regiment. SHIPS ARRIVED AT MADRAS. United Kingdom, sailed Aug. 4, with 410 troops of the 38th and Rifle Brigade. Carthage, sailed Aug. 1, with 220 troops of the 38th Regiment. Allied& Castle, sailed July 23, with 422 troops of the 19th Regiment. SHIPS ARRIVED AT GALLE. Australian, sailed Aug. 15, with 306 troops of the 42d Regiment. Robert Lowe, sailed July 28, with 438 troops of the Ist Regiment Candia, sailed Aug. 15, with 672 troops of the 19th, 20th, 34th, and 97th Regiments. Whirlwind, sailed July 30, with 353 troops of the 19th and 42d Regiments. Sussex, date of sailing unknown, with 465 men, Rifle Brigade. John Bell, sailed Aug. 5, with 406 troops of the 38th and 60th Regiments. William Hammond, sailed July 23, with 238 troops of the 29th, 53d, and 60th Regiments. A PLAN TO CHECK FUTURE PANICS. TO THE EDITott OW THE SUN. SlR,—Approving of the energy and ability with which you expose the fallacy of the present exist ing currency laws, and the necessity of a great alteration in the Bank Chaster, now about expiring, I am induced to hand you the enclosed prospectus, ; and should you find any merit therein, you are at liberty to make what use you think proper there with, only to suppress my name, and of which I send you my card and address. 25th Nov., 1857. ANTI-PANIC. 1. To prohibit the exportation of sovereigns. 2. To lay an export duty on" bullion on the following sliding scale : Bank rate of discount, at 5 per cent.-1 per cent. duty. Ditto not exceeding 6 „ 1i „ IP Ditto lo 7. PP 2 PP ft Ditto OP 8 JP 3 ~ It Ditto PP 9 ~ 3 & ~ 91 , 10 or more, 4 „ 3. To meet the increased commerce since 1844, the Government or Bank of England to issue 10 or more millions of inconvertible paper in 2/. to 101. notes (on a coloured paper distinguishable from existing notes), and such new notes to be a legal tender to the extent of 100/. 4. To facilitate the introduction and issue of there notes to the community, the Bank to charge 1 per cent. below the minimum rate of discount. 5. To allow private and joint-stock banks to increase their issue of notes 25 per cent. upon thoir present limi• • tation. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —I hope the tone adopted by your great opponent on the currency question will not have a tendency to frighten persons, who have only a mo derate estimate of their abilities, from the discus , - sion. Some of our fair country readers consider that Lord Palmerston. and the Chancellor of the Fxchequer must be greatly relieved from :the fatigues of office by having t he line so pl y chalked out for them, on all public_ re ma a tt t erp ri b ta y in a journal whose profession is t o lead G at all ve l e di n s t s s. May aidto I be a n: t r t pe rmed a d a t t o t a h s e k b , a w n h k e , t t h h e o r y , as go b r e io Pr v 7 are particular from whence it comes, so that they ;et it honestly 7 I p erceive that the y take i t when sent from Russia, Australia, or New York ; and it has occurred to me that, as it is stated there are two millions and a half of people in the metropo lis, and no doubt thousands among them without a shilling in their pockets, yet it is possible that, as a whole, they may have a sovereign apiece on the average, ;whether, if the Minister had, a month before this panic, allowed a few millions of 11. a nd 21. notes to be issued, an amount of gold w ould have been drawn into the Bank which would hale met every emergency, without increasing the gen' ral amount of issue at all. The bullionists themselves argue that notes are perfectly safe, if they are the representative of gold, and surely a 1/. note is as good for one sovereign as a 5/. note is for five. In country districts the small paper issue even 03 private establishments i s found perfectly cony& nient. And why this absurd system of resisting a. small paper currency, based on gold, is persist e l in, I am at a loss to discover, except it be, t h " whilst trade is free, the means of carrying it on sr° to be limited. And on any occasion, when moue/ becomes dear there shall be a double screw powe r to make it dearer, and throw the trader into 00 jaws of the capitalist! and the insured. - I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER THE IMMIGRATION SLAVE TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am instructed by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to solicit the favour of your giving publicity in your column • to the accompanying report of the presentation to the Earl of Clarendon, of a memorial against the itnnaigration slava trade.—l am, Sir, Pu rls obediently, L. A. CHAMEROVZOW, Secretary. 27, New Broad-street, E.C., Nov. 25, 1857. DEPUTATION TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. On Tuesday last a deputation waited upon the Earl of Clarendon, at the Foreign-office, for the purpose of British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society against the immigra tion slave trade now carried on by the French from the west coast of Africa. The memorial called the Earl of Clarendon's attention to the address presented by a deputation from the society to Viscount P a lmerston be July last, on the oceaeios of the attempt made by the West India body to obtain the sanction of the Governments to a general sebum/ of immigration from t ie coast of Africa, ral dwelt upon the evils which, as bad been predicted—had resulted from the adoption of the scheme by the French Govern ment, through the agency of the Messrs. Regis and M Co./ of Marseilles. It .is stated on the authority r: Consul Campbell, at Lagos, that the Portuguese and the Spaniards had greatly stimulated the trade in slavish for they had outbidden the slaves in their demands for socalled immigrants, and shipped large numbers of negroes ; and, as one consequence of this demand for men instead of commodities, the native chiefs were abar doning legitimate commerce to turn their attention &gala to slave-dealing. Quotations were added frogs the letters of the Rev. H.. Townsend, Church Missionary at Abbeoe kute, and from the Sierra Leone Advertiser, givii g epee cial instances of the injurious opeoltion of the new' scheme, and denouncing it as open slave trading. The memorial concluded by expressing a hope that the Government would adopt the promptest means of putting an end to a new traffic in human beings, which, if not checked at once, was likely soon to assume illimitable proportions, with results as disastrous as any that hare attended the prosecution of the slave-trade itself. The Earl of CLARENDON expressed the gratification it afforded him to re wive eo large and influential a deputa tion, which he could see, from the list of names ha nde d in, embraced delegates from all parts of the c ountila de ight therefore be regarded as an evidence of the l: 'n and general interest that was felt in the quest ion wil°, the memorial brought under his notice. Suc h a dePd r lion was very encouraging to the Governme nt, which, e need scarcely observe, was 'in possession of the fullet! information on the subject of this " new systems" of taming labour : one he did not hesitat e to designate the slave-trade, unmitigated and undisg uised. The s.sib°l. ' $ r, quest:on, however, has been submitt ed to the coneldee tic n of the French Government, which he believed nAr. not foreseen that the result of attempts to obtain grants from Africa would be the revival of the slave-trades and ha felt quite sure nothing was f u rther from lb a i,hee or the thoughts o f the Em p eror of the Fr% than to re-open this execrated traffic in opposition to 1; .. policy of the leading civilised powers, and to the known national sentiment of this country . The S:bl cou ld scarcely be exaggerated that must arise from checking of the legitimate commerce which, on m ate parts of the African coast, had totally superseded ~d• wrade in slaves, and in others was rapidly eetingonalL7 it. This was a point which bore intimately on the 01. 6 ' . mercial interests of this country and to the iroportends, of which the Government was fully alive. The dePutoie tion would be enc,,nraged to hear that the attemPts the French agent to obtain immigrants bed been so o ts P , successful, he (Lard C atendon) thought he migh t I , iej e tore to say that, even on this account, the specula:, 00 would be abandoned, at least for the present ; an d , _ o t effort should be spared the Governmeet to pre . 1 1 . e the renewal of a traffic between which and the al: trade there was no appreciable difference. Se assurede the deputation of his cordial sympathy with the le . bj_ t n i ; of the . Anti-Slavery Society, and his ooncurroPc• 11A sentiments set forth in the memorial.