The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIILL EEN'S CONCERTS. MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH The Last Night but Nine. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, Nov. 13), will be pro duced (for the 6th time) the New Grand Descriptive Composi tion, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fifes of the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." rrices of Admission — Prome nade, 1s ; Upper 74oxes, lg. (Unary, ; Dress Circle, 2 s. 61 . ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at the Box *dice of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jnllien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ErF. MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The GRAND BAL MASQUE, which will close sf. Jullien's Nineteenth Season of Concerts (1857), will take place on MONDAY, Nov. 30. Applications to bi made at the Box-off 'e of the Theitre, rirHEA TR E ROYAL, IIAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Blackstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Scdgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an lirs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. To be followed by THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P,t Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery .. 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. OTAL r'RINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST WEEK BUT TWO OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Play of TEE TEMPEST. Preceded by (3d time), a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS ETENING, will be performed BETTY MARTIN. 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, entitled THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's fir India t Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be performed (for the last time) IL TROVATORE. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, 12s. 6d., .E. 2 and £1 I.ls. 6d. ; v4talls, 6s. ; Dress Circ7e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2e.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. R 0 Y A.L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. Tins EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Vollowed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers) To conclude with A CONJUGAL LESSON. Commence at half-past Seven. STRAND THEATRE.—THIS EVENING, will he performed TILE GENTLEM fN OPPOSITE. After which, TUE CRICKEP ON THE HEARTH. John Peerybingle, Mr. Emery; Dot, Miss M. A. Victor; Bertha, Miss Herbert. To conclude with TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY. Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Leicester Buckingham, and Miss Herbert Commence at Seven. Stalls, 351. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. It) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Orsswicl. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and powerful drama, entitle•.l INDIA IN 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Cres wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmorc, Tapping ; Miss M. Eburne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. After which, THE BARRISTER. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CA.NTERBETRY RAU., Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow n1; company of Vocalists are engag,od for the performance 'Aelections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzoy, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyra, \fiss Bru nel', and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Fareant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime. and Mr. St. Aibyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. I. Critchyield, and E. Mack net. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, M•tster Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at &even o'clock precisely. Sappers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 38 min. aft. 2—Even., 53 min. aft. 2 To.MOßßOw—Morn., 8 min. aft. 3—Even., 25 ca , n aft. 3 THE WEATHER—Scrx OFFICE, NOTEXBER 13. TKIRXO3II4TER, IX TAB SHAME. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. Be.Roxrrien, 30.23. WIND, S.S.E. ; light, with fine sunshiny weather. - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOT. 18, 1857. Parliament is to assemble for the dispatch of business on the 3d December. This judicious proceeding was shirked by the Government to the last possible moment, until the ignominious failure of the Bank Charter Act, and the violation of the existing law of the land, rendered the step indispensable. The session will therefore prac tically commence within little more than a fort night ; and although the business before Christ mas may be exclusively devoted to monetary and Indian questions, yet the Royal Speech must be delivered, shadowing forth the Ministerial inten tions for the entire session of 1858, as well as for the short preliminary one of 1857. It is, therefore, incumbent on every person interested in the welfare and prosperity of the country to keep the Government up to its work, and to pre vent, by every possible means, the evasion of positive promises, to the intense disappointment of the great body of the people. Already feelers have been thrown out, in order to ascertain the state of the public mind, and to discover whether the bold experiment of with holding the anticipated Reform Bill may be safely attempted. The Morning Post, in a semi-official article, declares that it does " not expect to hear anything about a Reform Bill—first, because such a calamity as that which has occurred in India, no more than the late Russian war, presents a fa vourable opportunity for the calm discussion of a question which lies at the very root of our politi cal system ; and, secondly, because the public in England care very little, or nothing, about the ex tension or equa!isation of the franchise!" Aiding, "They would sooner hear of the capture and execu tion of that execrable miscreant NANI SAHIB than of the enactment of the most sweeping measure of Reform, proceeding even from the Paterfamilias of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, whose familiar spirit, or political Mrs. HARRIS, is an ever-threatened Reform Bill." The Morning Post is supposed to derive its inspirations on such subjects directly from head-quarters. We may, therefore, fairly conjecture that the above are the views of Lord PALMERSTON himself, and that be has at last made up his mind to cast aside the ill fitting mantle of pretended reform, and to appear, without further disguise or concealment, in the more congenial colours of rank Toryism. It must, therefore, be evident that ho never intended to bring in a Reform Bill—that the specious pledges Which he put forward on the eve of the " Appeal to the Country " wore hub so many tubs flung to the electoral whalers. An attempt, in fact, to take the wind out of Lord JorrN RUSSELL'S sails, and to secure for himself the support that might otherwise have been given to his political rival. Indeed, the Premier is an experienced adept in this sort of manoeuvring. It is ) unfortunately, but too notorious that there is ;r«5..V,7 not a single man in the United Kingdom more strenuously opposed to everything approximating to real reform than he is. And that he will, should a favourable opportunity arise, strain every nerve to reject or postpone, ad Grcecas Kalendas, any large and comprehensive measure. But in this instance, he may find that he is reckoning without his host, and that his organ is altogether mistaken in supposing that " the public in Eng- land care little or nothing about the extension or equalisation of the franchise." The most cunning schemers frequently outwit themselves i❑ endea vouring to take in their dupes, and Lord PAL MERSTON may possibly find to his cost that such is the case in the present instance. We may venture to remind our contemporary that the introduction of an adequate measure of reform would not act as a protection or amnesty to the miscreant NANA SAHIB, and that his cap ture, and execution by the hands of the common hangman, will follow as a matter of course, albeit the franchise be extended, and its due exercise ensured by the ballot, and freedom of choice conferred on the enlarged constituencies by the abolition of the property qualification. The fatal rope will not do its work less efficiently be cause the English people are henceforward to be fairly represented in the House of Commons. Indeed, the certainty of such a course might pre vent Lord CANNTNG, or his umbra, Mr. J. P. GRANT, from any further manifestations of il:- timed clemency. We may then insist on reform without checking the operations for the suppres sion of the rebellion, or the condign punishment of the sanguinary miscreants who have so rashly engaged therein. The views of the Morning Post receive very significant corroboration from another quarter. The Times follows suit, or rather leads from its own hand simultaneously. The Jupiter tonans of Printing House Square is also favourable to pro crastination, or rather a postponement sine die. It seems to think that the two great questions— the Indian mutiny and the infringement of the Bank Charter Act could not be carried on pari passu with the unequivocally promised Reform Bill. We cordially concur in the opinion that neither of these great questions can be postponed to another Parliament. .Nor is there the slightest necessity for such a course. The Bank Charter Act has been so clearly con demned by its second suspension, that it can never again be imposed on the nation. The Govern ment has ample materials for legislation. It cannot again be permitted to resort to the stale dodge of shelving the impor tant subject, until the public mind has become weary and indifferent. We trust that every monetary reformer, every Englishman who has the interests of the commercial and manufac.. turing population—indeed, of the entire indus trial community—at heart, will refuse to pass any act of indemnity for the violation of the monetary enactments of 1844, until the incubus has been removed, and a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country has been established. There is nothing to prevent such a measure from becoming the law of the land, even bofore Christmas. The Bank has violated its Charter, and it has no longer a claim for con sideration. In 1847 this was not the case. Although promised a bill of indemnity by the Government, the necessity did not arise for bring ing forward the proposition, and it had a further tenure of seven years, which has since expired. The nation must not relinquish its vantage ground, and, indeed, under any circumstances, a year's notice is all that could be required to ter minate the injudicious and iniquitous contract— s contract alike opposed to public policy, and to the inalienable rights and privileges of the great body of the people ! In like manner the Indian Mutiny may be fully discussed, and if the double Government requires the assistance of the people of England— thus failing in the consideration, given for their renewed tenure of office—a new and more efficient administrative system May be organised, without reference to the protracted term granted in 1853. An Address to the People of England has been issued by several consistent and well-known re formers, which will be found in another part of this day's impression. The principles there pro mulgated will be gladly accepted by the community at large. Of course, the de tails must be arranged, but they have long been ready. It will be well for Lord PALMERSTON, if he anticipates the movement. But should he not do so, he may rest assured that an independent measure will be introduced, and if any confidence can be reposed in the faith of public men, will be carried. He must recollect that a large majority of the popular representa tives are solemnly pledged to their respective constituencies on the subject. The matter was only evaded last session on the deliberate understanding that it was to be brought forward in that which is now rapidly approaching. The breach of promise will, if attempted, be severely punished. "The Paterfamilias of Whig libe ralism," as he is contemptuously designated by the Post, will not be slow to avail himself of the golden opportunity, and to play out a return innings with the Noble Lord, who in 1852 over threw his Government, and deprived him of his position as Prime Minister of the " United Kingdom." Mr. Pin concluded one of the most memorable speeches he ever delivered in the House of GM mons—his speech in 1;83, upon the then Coalition --with that terse and felicitous close to a superb peroration, " And if this inauspicious union be not already consummated, in the name of my country I forbid the banns I" It would not be in the smallest degree extrava gant to put those very words at the present mo ment in the mouth of any true-hearted and right minded Englishman. Applying them to the new and odious c3mpact entered into between the British and Austrian GovernmentF, in reference to the project of a continuous telegraphic con.- muuication with the Asiatic Continent, more par ticularly between ourselves and our Oriental pos sessions in Ilindostaal. According to this absurd arrangement we are pledged to the Government of Vienna to use no other than Austrian wires between Ragusa and Alexandria. It is the last great blunder of our most sapient authorities at the Treasury. " If," say they to Austria, "you (Austria) will but lay down a submarine wiro from Ragusa to Alexan dria, we (the British Government) will use no . other line but that ; we will transmit our tele grams by no other route than the, running from Ragusa to Alex tndria ; and iu connection with that route, we undertake to complete at our earliest convenience the metallic fibre of the Electric Telegraph from Suez to Bombay or Kur rachee." In other words, " We volunt%riiy and deliberately bind ourselves over to place tb a magic cord of communication from London to Calcutta, from this time forth and for ever, in sce::ula Keeu lorum, entirely at the disposal, at the whim and mercy, of the Austrian Government." That is literally, really and truly, about the English of it, or rather, perhaps we should say, about the German-English of it—of this bungling, biltudel_ ing, abominable "slip of the pen" between the wily Viennese and the purblind and scatter- brained British Government. Wherefore, it is, we repeat, that the memorable words used by Mr. PITT, in 1783, may now in 1857 be placed not inaptly in the mouth of every right-minded Englishman. "And if this inaus- picious union be not afready consummated, in the name of my country [he might even say, in the name of Europe, of the World, of the whole Human Race] I forbid the banns !" For, after all it is positively, we are bold to assert, one of the most egregious errors that the dullest Administra tor perhaps ever yet committed ! What, let us ask, now in explicit and distinct illustration of this, What (as our Gallic friends have it) is at this moment the precise bearing and character of—" the situation ?" It is simply this: —A Telegraphic communication must as speedily as possible be secured in one way or another between England and her E tstern possessions. That Necessity we have long recognised. It is a Necessity which the late bloody revolt in India has but very recently enforced—rather, should it be said, very empha.tical:y and conclusively de monstrated. All this, of course, Granted. But —next, How may it be best accomplished, by what means, in what direction It is a problem, the solution of which has long resolved itself into an alternative. Either—the Red Sea route, or the Euphrates Valley route ! Either—the shortest way, following the course taken by the Euphrates through the soil of Asia Minor south wards to its entrance into the Persian Gulf, or the longest way (one barred, however, only by natural impediments) trailing the submarine wire along the bed of the Red Sea, skirting the extended coast line of Arabia, even round by the acute angle formed by that coast-line at the Straits of Babel Mandeb. To that alternative the difficulty has been long reduced, and this notoriously. Finally, between the branches of that same inevit able alternative, the British Government has at length made its deliberate selection. It had decided at last in favour of the Red Sea project, and its preliminary labours for the carrying out of that project are now, we believe, in course of active preparation. This Red Sea route being preferred apparently, notwithstanding its greater length, be causeof its being at any rate secure from interruption by every thing save accidents by nature, Government fearing, it would seem, the'meddling fingers of the lawless tribes of Kurds and Arabs scattered along the banks of the Euphrates, and doubting whether those meddling fingers could even be securely kept from tampering with the precious " fibre " of the Telegraph by " blackmail," however regularly paid and abundantly squandered. Nevertheless, whatever the reasons for the selection of the Red Sea route, that route has at last bean preferred to the Euphrates Valley routs by the slowly delibe rative judgment of the British Government. For ourselves, we are so heartily rejoiced at any deci sion of any kind being at length positively resolved upon—in spite of all the tangling coils of red tape and the complicated labyrinth of circumlo cution that we are not unwilling, "at a pinch," to waive our own preference for the more direct, and, consequently, much shorter, and obviously far less expensive route, along the Euphrates Valley. This, we repeat, simply from our exultation at some positive deci sion of some kind being ultimately arrived at by our hesitating and procrastinating Government. But, lo ! no sooner have we made our minds up to something like a magnanimous concession, when forth creeps this rieliculus mus of a conditional agreement with Austria ! The nature of the agreement we have explained. Its miserable con , sequences need no explanation. They are, un • happily, only too app irent. They reduce the whole scheme of the Electric Telegraph between England and Hindostan, between London and Cal cutta, to something like a nullity. They place the entire project permanently within the grasp of the Austrian Government. That is to say, if this preposterous compact be really persisted in ! A supposition we are loath to entertain for a single instant. The notion is altogether too ludicrous and inconceivable. man this, surely " The force of folly could no further go I" The blunder stum bled into by the Treasury in this matter, is al together of itself so glaringly conspicuous, that it has undoubtedly only to be pointed out to be at once and instantaneously recognised. Whatever the pledge given upon this subject to the Cabinet at Vienna by those incomparable wiseacres, our Ministerial authorities at the Treasury, the blot must be blotted out, the error must be erased for England will never consent (because of one absurd mistake on the part of her rulers) to render nugatory henceforth, in regard to her oriental dominions, the whole glorious advantages otherwise readily derivable from the Electric Telegraph. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the officia residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmer ston, Eerl Granvi,le, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panrnure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines.. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, and the Earl of Sefton, have returned to Croxteth, near Liverpool, where they intend shortly to receive company. Their Royal Highnesees the Prince and !Princess de Joinville returned yesterday to Claremont, from their recent tour in Turkey and the Crimea. Their Royal Highnesses are observing the strictest privacy, consequent on the distressing family bereavement they have lately suffered. Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, accompanied by the viscountess, has returned to Combermere Abbey, from Leamington. The noble viscount bas entirely recovered from his recent attack of influenza. Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family have arrived at Cambridge House, from Windsor. Lady Milford has left town on a visit to her father, the Earl of Wicklow, at Silwood House, Brighton. A passenger by the Emeu steamer, from Melbourne for London, via 2dareeilies, states that net only the Marseilles portion of the mail was taken by the Ad miralty agent in the boat, when the Emeu got en shore, but also those marked Southampton. This refers ode to the letters ; the newspapers were kept on board the Emeu. The Australasian, with the passengers!, gold, and newspapers, may ho expected at Southampton on the 20th, and probably the missing letters will arrive by the ner; Indian mail, due about the 30th instant, and which will be telegraphed perhaps on the 27th. The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bankirg Com pany, which closed its doors yesterday, was a bank of issue, with an autborised circulation of 35,3781., and its general liabilities we supposed to range between 400,0001. and 500,00 C/. It had a nominal capital of 500,0001., of which 100,0001. is paid up, and accordir g to its last return 7,000/. had been appropriated to a reserve fund. The number of shareholders is about 200, and the principal losses will fall, it is presumed, on persons connected with the iron trade. CORPORATION REFORM BILL —We can state, on the best authority, that Government have resolved on rein troducing the Corporation Reform Bill, in the short session which is to commence in December, in order to ensure its passing into a law before the close of the sg.siien of 1358. The bill will be substantially the same as that of last se sion. The City is to be divided ieto 1(3 wards, giving six member:: to each ward ; but ce have reason to believe that Sir George Grey, if pressee, will so far yield to the wishes of the Corporation as to allow seven members to each ward, making 112 C m oron Councilmen and 16 Aldermen. PRICE: OF GOLD —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 9 per mills premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.35 per 1/ sterling. On comparing tb s • rates with the English Mint price of 31. lie. 10A. pe ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is abuts t 2-10_hs per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advic•es from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 p tnerk, and the short exchange on London is 13 51 per 1/. sterling. Standard g.ll at the English Mint price is therefore nearly 5-10ths per cent dearer in Lund( n than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New VO) k on London for bills at 60 days' sight is variously quoted at from par up to 108 per cent., the latter being for first-class paper only. There is, consequently, at pre sent no advantage in sending gold from this country, as compared with drawing bills from America. THE SUN, LONDO:iN,7 WEDNESDAY EV,EN'ING, iNOVE.MBE'R),'":I:B;' ! ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Last evening an opera buffa (quite new, we believe, to this country) entitled " Crispino e la Conaare," was pro• duced at the above theatre with complete success, Crispino, the cobler (Signor Carrione), and his spirited little wife, Annetta (Signora Fumagalli), a struggling Venetian couple, are on the print of committing suicide throegh stress of rent, and perhaps other quarterly diffi culties. But their last passionate prayers for money are attended with more than the average success. A fairy, La Comare (Signora Beilosio), who has an ancient grudge to feed against the medical profession, selects our cobbler as her engine, sets him up as a successful quack, works miraculous cures for him, fills his money-bags and pro cures him, strangest of all, the public gratitude. But there is another side to the picture, and the stilted cobbler must be taught the good old lesson of " the beggar on horseback." In his hour of pride he forgets his benefactress, like many another hero of a fairy tale, and is snatched in a moment from his high estate to what the libretto politely designates a subterranean abode. There, having been sufficiently tortured by the revelations of a magic mirror, he is restored, on giving security for future good behaviour, to his better half, his children, and his wealth. The new tenor, Signor Giorgetti, pleased us very much. This young gentleman possesses a pure and beautiful voice, which he uses already with such taste and skill am to induce us to augur for him a brilliant future. He had little to do on this occasion, but the impression he made was so favourable that the manage ment will doubtless soon bring him forward in some more important part. The opera was received throughout with great ap plause. Three pieces were enthusiastically re-demanded, and the principal performers called for at the termina tion of each act. LYCEUM THEATRE. The utmost success has, up to the present period, attended the efforts of Miss Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, to revive, at this theatre, the taste for English opera. From the commencement of the campaign the house has been nightly crowded by most brilliant.audienees ; and the increasing success of Ealfe's new opera " The Rose of Castille," will, unquestionably, enable the talented management to bring their lahours to a successful and prosperous - termination. It has been said that the powers of Miss Pyne as a vocalist would prove in sufficient to withstand the great exertion of nightly singing the very difficult music allotted to the heroine, but on the occasion of our second visit, last evening, although we listened most attentively, not the slightest difference was to be discovered in her voice, and instead of diminished strength we noticed a decided improvement, in fact, the difficulties were met and mastered with the skill of a most accomplished musician. The part of Manuel, the muleteer, is exactly suited to Mr. Harrison's voice, and although we regret he has not one of those delicious ballads allotted to him fox which he is so celebrated, his muleteer's song will be come an especial favourite with the musical public. It would be an injustice to close this brief notice without awarding our weed of praise to Mr. Mellon, for the per fection to which he has brought his band and chorus. TBE GAS MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There can be no more crying evil than the co m bination of a corporate body for the purposes of mono poly, to the unjust aggrandisement of its own pecuniary interests, at the expense of the convenience and the pockets of the public. We are at present threatened with serious detriment throughout the metropolis from a coalition of the gas companies, who seem determined t• pull together for the pur pose of victimising the gas consumers. This impending evil has evoked the strenuous opposition of the ratepayers of Marylebone, whose spirited proceed• fogs in reference to this grinding monopoly were reported in The Sun of yesterday. I can adduce a striking proof of the endeavour on the part of our illuminators, to feed themselves fat at the expense of us householders. A certain company has, within the last fortnight, been pleased to impose a new tax of one pound on each house as a charge for laying on the connecting gaspipe ; in other words, making consumers pay for opening the streets and laying down the pipe which, atter all, is the property of the company and not of the consumer. Surely, when we are thus shamelasEly shorn, it is high time that a general awl decisive movement should be made to free ourselves from these social tyrant., and I trust that The Sun, and the other journals which befriend popular rights, will reprobate such extortionate imposts as are now being fastened on us by the leagued despotism of the gas companies„—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, 7, Chenies-place, Bedford New-town. A. L. MIDDLE TEMPLE, Nov. U.—BARRISTERS-AT-LAW. The underraeationed gentlemen have this day been called to the degree of the outer bar, and wore published in the Middle Temple-hall this evening :—S. Bathell, Esq., of University College, Oxford, 8.A.. second son of Sir R. Betbe her Majesty's Attorney-General, and one of the Masters of the Bench of the Hoe. Society of the Middle Temple ; S. G. Payne, E.q., of Brasenose College, Ox ford, 8.A., the only son of Sir C. G. Payne, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law ; and A. W. L. Gall w ey, of the University of London, the fourth son of Christo pher Gallwey, of Killarney, in the county of Kerry, Esq. LTNEtt TEMPLE, Nov. 17.—The undermentioned gen tlemen were this day called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, viz. :—F. F. Pinder, Esq., B.A. ; A. Cohen, Esq. , B.A. (Holder of the Studentship awarded in Trinity Term, 1857) ; W. Gurney, Esq., M.A. ; H. Stone, E s q ., B .A. - G. W. Barker, Esq., M.A. ; A. Austin, Des., B.A. ; E. F. Hesketh, R. Laycocs, Esq., 8.A., S.O L. ; S. W. Chapman, Del , B A. ; E. S. Bowlbb Esq., M.A. ; J. Sharp, Esq. ; R. Walters, E , cs , M.A. ; and A. J. Hunt, Esq. Lamaze's-INN, Nov. 17.—The undermentioned gen tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister at-Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz.:—S. J. Hunter, 8.A., Cambridge (holder of a studentship) ; G. Waugh, LL.B , London (certificate cf honour, first class) A. Wilson, 8.A., Oxford ; E. S. Roche, Esq. ; W. H. Nelson Haste, Esq. ; J. Hornby,, 8.A., Cam bridge ; S. C. Bosanqnet, M.A., Oxford ; R. Potter, 8.A., Landoll ; A. Ramsey, 8.A., Oxford ; E. G. Als ton, 8.A., Cambridge ; F. J. S. Edgcombe, M.A., Ox ferd ; E. L. Ames, M.A., Cambridgeshire ; H. T. S. Dicey, 8.A., Cambridge ; D. S. Meadows, 8.A., Ox ford ; W. Pc T. Phillips, 8.A., Oxford ; and W. Ho:s gate, M.A., Cambridge. POLISH MEETING, — EIIaATIIM.—In the speech of Major Szulczewski, at the Polish Meeting, yesterday, instead of " but supposing even that this was not a national movement in India," it should be "hut sup p icing even that this was a national movement." THE OVERLAND MAIL.—It appears that the time occu pied is the transmission of the Calcutta mail (ruin Paris to London on Saturday last was less than stated yester day. The train left Paris at 5.50 a.m., and arrived in London at 2.56 p.m., the passage from one capital to the other having bean perfcrmed is nine hours six minutes. On the 28th ult., the timo occupied in con veying the Bombay mail from Paris to London was 8 hours 54 minutes ; but on that occasion the French railway train ran to Boulogne (169 miles) in 10 minutes less time, and the South-Eastern Railway train ran up to London (831 miles) in 17 minutes less true ; but the steam-packet was longer on the passage 130 statute miles) on the 28th ult. than on Saturday last. Had the railways, therefore, run at the same speed on Saturday as on the 28th of October, the time eccupied in performing the j iurney between Paris and London would have been 8 hours 39 minutest, which, as stated yesterday, would have been the quickest time in which the passage has ever been made. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN AT NEW COLLEGE, after Oxeronn.—An inquisition was yesterday (TuesUrri day vers ) ity coroner, and a jury of matriculated per eone, to inquire noon taken beforo Valentine Cox, E s q into the sudden death of the Rev. Charles Alceick, 1.A., formerly Fellow of New College, vicar of Adder bury with Barford, St. John's Curacy, and Milton Ham let, but who has for some time past been residing et Midhurst, Sussex, who was discovered in a water eloxet in the college. The deceased was on a short visit to New College, and had attended the "Gaudy" on Thursday last. Oa Friday morning he appeared a 3 as well as usual. He had told his eervant he should leave Oxford by the 10 30 train, and return to New College on Tuesday. Nothing more was seen or heard of hem. It was noticed since t .en that the door of ono of the water.slisete in the college had remained fastened, but, as this had occurred before, it was not opened till yesterday morning, when the body of Mr. Adcock was found inside. The jury returned a verdict That the deceased died suddenly, and from natural causes." BEE MAJESTY'S BUM:Hot:INDS DEATH OF MR. DAVIS'S FAVOURITE HUNTER.--Tie turn- art on Tuesday (yesterday) was at Maidenhead Thicket, and the day being beautifully fine there was an unusually large field, including many sportsmen from London. Miss Gilbert was also there, and rode remarkably well. Must of the tfficers of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and Scots Fusilier Guards were else present. Toe doer, on being uncarted, made away in the direction of White Waltham. Soon afterwards the celebrated mare ridden by Mr. Davis, the royal huntsman, fell with him, and the vete ran huntsman was stunned by the fall ; fortunately a medical gentleman was present, who rendered him every assistance, and after a little delay Mr. De.vis " shook his feather ~" re-mounted, and Went away as if nothing had happened. The deer after wards ran a dug, which occupied nearly an hour at almost racing speed, and then went away in the direction of Henley. On arriving at Harley Bsttorn, a vicious brute, ridden by seme strangsr, kicked out as he was passing close to the royal huntsman, its legs going under Mr. DAV:B'B foot, and kicking the off nied leg of his ware, which it broke, and she was obliged to be killed on the spot. Mr. Bryant , of Cumber and Lodge, gave up hi s hunter to Mr. Davie, and he follo wed tee hounds as far as Medenbani Abbey, where the deer crossed the Thames, and Mr. Davis, acting on the advice of his friends, left the field. This was the first fall Mr. Davis has had for the last three years. The unfoitanate mare had never before made a mistake, and it was afterwards remarked by Harry King, the "whip," that she was the best mare is the Royal stablee. ATEST NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamship Baltic has arrived. from New York, with 2dvices to the 17th nst., and 47,000 doll. in specie on freight. The aspect of monetary affairs was thought to be improving, although there was no essential re lief, nor had the bank acted upon any general plan, which compelled merchants having heavy payments to make to resort to the brokers. The advance in the rate of Exchange was considered as the best indication of the improvement, and bankers' bills on Lyndon, at 60 days' sight, were quoted at 108 to 109, and in some instances 101915 was demanded. The New York Courier and En• qu:rer says the chief difficulty in re-othblisking business and the currency upon a reliable basis is the deranged state of the domestic exohanes. The operations of the Stock Board were upon a larger scale, with considerable buoyancy among buyers and sellers. Reading Railroad shares advancing, and nearly all stock on the list showing better prices. The following were the closing rates for leading railroad shares :—New York Central Railroad, '7li ; New York and Erie Railroad, 14 ; Haarlem Railroad, Gi ; Reailing Railroad, 341- ; Hudson River Railroad, Igii ; Michigan Cent. R., 50 ; do. Southern Railroad, 121 ; Panama R., 78 ; Baltimore and Ohio: R., 42i ; Illinois Central R., 85 ; Cleveland . and Toledo, 33i ; Chicago and R. June. '7l ; Ma. waukie and Mississippi, 2i ; Galena and Chicago, 69k. The New York Courier and Inquirer quotes exchange on London 60 days' sight, from 108 to 1081. There was, it sap, no essential relief in ,ho money market. The Shipping and Commercial List says Money is, perhaps, the shadow of a shade easier. The most that can be said is, that unexceptionable names go at LI to 2 per cent. per month, while the majority of live notes run from 24 to 3E; per cent." The business in cotton continues light, at nominal prices. Flour was rather duller ; the common grades of wheat had declined ; better kinds firm. Iron at a standstill. Sugar depressed. Tobacco dull. Rather more activity in freights. At Elavanuah, on the 30th, exchange was arbitrary, according to quality and necessity. The quotation on London was 9 per cent. prem. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. An Imperial decree nominates M. de Royer, Procureur-General at the Court of Cassation, to the post of Minister of Justice. It is said in semi-official quarters that the pros pect of an understanding on the unpleasant ques tion of the Principalities is all but certain, and that the compromise which has more than once been alluded to is likely to be accepted by all the Powers, including Turkey. It is affirmed that Red•ichid Pacha will offer no opposition to the plan of administrative union. The fact of the minis terial journals having been recommended to use conciliatory rather than irritating !language when speaking of the Grand Vizier shows that there is some foundation for the statement. Despatches have been received from the Admiral commanding the French fleet on the South Ameri cto station, announcing that the state of the Dominican Republic was such that the Admira: found it necessary to interfere for the protection of the French residents. The following caution to emigrants proceeding to St. Domingo appears in the Moniteur : " A certain number of emigrants lately left France for St. Domingo, and another departure has 'seen announced. The accounts received as to the position of the first emigrants not being favourable, French colonists will act wisely in ad journing their intention of establishing themselves in the Republic of St. Domingo." A telegraphic despatch received at the Mediter ranean Telegraph Company's office to-day announces that a telegraphic message sent by the Elba to Cag liari yesterday (16th inst.), gives the good news of the wires having arrived at middle passage, and adds, " all going very well, cable settling down easily. Wind N. W. Fair weather." The Moniteur publishes the official customs re turns for the month of October : "The receipts amounted to 14,402,8941., being a de" crease of 2,121,591 f. on the corresponding month of last year. The produce of the first ten months of the preseat year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1856, shows an improvement of 9,280,469 r., the total receipts being respectively 157,583,4321. and 148,302,9631. The items of revenue which show the gr,atest increase during 1857 are foreign c ota olonial sugar, 9,317,0801. ; coffee, 4 , 858 , 299 F. ; pble liquors, 4,069,417 f. ; coal, 556,618 f. ; linen thread, 99,232 f. ; nitrates of potash and soda, 63,635 f. ; mahogany, 62,991 f. ; indigo, 56,3541. ; flax, 45,4441. ; gold and silver, 43,495 francs ; copper, 32,657 francs; tallow, 29,5181. ; cattle, 12,679 f. ; and sundries, 1 776,821 f. Those articles which show the greatest falling off are ; French colonial sugar, 4,071,232 f. ; bar ; iron, 2,652,3321. raw cotton, 1,499, 055 f. ; corn, 1,062,854 f. ; rough iron castings, 855,073 f, ; cocoa, 359,2611. ; raw wool, 312,7461. ; oils, 154,325 f. ; olea ginons seeds, 106 , 2181 . ; cochineal, 56.573 ; pepp er , 49,227 f. ; pig lead, 42,886 f. ; salt, 15,8221. • raw an d spun silk, 13,777 1 . ; fres h and salted meat, 10,8121." The Spectateur has received a " warning" for the feuilleton by M. A. Achard published in the num ber of yesterday. The departure of the 30,000 soldiers of the class of 1854 who by order of the Emperor have obtained furloughs is actively taking place. The furloughs on the expiration of the six months may be r ene wed. BounsE, Nov. 17.—The following; were the last quotations Cub. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents .. 9O 50 —fr. - 3 per Cents GI 65 "9 73 00 5 7 I Credit oan Fond 63 i e r 5O Bank Shares -- Credit Mobilier 5OO Do. Account 732 50 A us t r i an BGi Belgian 4 4 Spanish Threes ; (xd)...... 931 83 riodmontese (5) — Home Debt — RAILWAYE—FOR CASE. i t Orleans - c. Northern - W es t ern New Ditto Lyons and Med . 797 i— Grand Central New Ditto... ....... t - Sardinian Geneva TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals and letters to the 6th via Triesie. After the religious ceremony of the previous day, of which we have already given an account, had terminated, the ministers assembled in council at the residence of Mehemet Ali Pacha, Minister of Marine, and re mained sitting for a long time. It was generally suppcsecl that the principal object of discussion was the question of the principalities, and the choice of the Ottoman statesman to whom should be con. fided the difficult mission of pleading the cause of Turkey a t t h e f uture con f erence s. It was not thought probable at Constantinople that Mehemet Djemil Bey, ambassador at Paris, would remain charged with teat missiin, although the powers are to be on this occasion represented only by their second plenipotentiaries, and Fuad Pacha was spoken of as likely to be appointed. Nothing de finitive, however, has been decided oJ, and all re mained matter of conjecture. RUSSIA. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg baying lately given notice that only the three por's of Anapz, Souk homn Kali), and Redout Kale, ou the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, wou!ei be open to foreign vessels LT the present, and au Austrian journal having objected that this regulation is an infraction of Art. 12 of the treaty of Paris, the Nord proceeds to argue in the following terms on the late regulation and its bearing on the article : " How is the measure c onplained of cont rar y t o th e principl e o f fre3dorn of tiadeestabli.heti by the treaty of Paris I Th e th ree ports just openel to foreign flags aro the only ones which are favourable to commerce. The other points on the eastern coast do not offer ether a sure refuge or sufficient Resources or security. It is evident that consulships cannot be established in insignificant localities, without commerce, or where the navigation is dangerous, or where the persons frequent ing them might be subjected to attacks from the neigh. bouring mountaineers., The Russian Government, in opening the three ports on the eastern coast which are the best situated, has bad only in view the interests of commercial men. Besides, it must be taken into con sideration that the coast of Abasia forms the edging, as it were, of a country in open revolt against its sovereign. Certain foreign vessels, if not subjected to surveillance, would find it more profitable to carry on a contraband of war than a honest commerce. The affair of the Vixen, which made so much noise about 20 yeaas ago, nnd which was about to cause such grave complications, has not been forgotten. Ic cannot be disputed that, for its own security, the Russian Government cannot tolerate transactions for supplying ammunition and arms to the insurgents. Another consideration, perhaps the most imperative of those which have influenced the determination of the Imperial Government., justifies the measure which a Vienna journal blames with so little reason ; we refer to sanitary precautions. The popula r tions of the East are constantly menaced with the inva sion of the plague, because they are in contact with Alussulman races, which, as much from natural apathy as religious prejudice, take no precautions against that visitation. In those countries the sanitary regulati,ns dictated by prudence must be rigorously observed ; the quarantine establishments are a benefit for Europe, which is thus preserved from the epidemics which almost always infest the East. Far, then, from being encroached on, Art. 12 of the treaty of Paris by the application - of regulations relating to police and sanitary matters, fully completed." The last mail from India has brought accounts from Pondicherry to the 9th ult., which confirm the intelligence brought of the perfect tranquillity of the country. The Moniteur Officiet of the colony says :—'• The drought which has prevailed for the last nine months has at length ceased. Ou Sept. 20 the sky became clouded, but it was not until the 27th that the rain commenced, when it came down heavily—an event most important both for the health of the inhabitants and for the crops. At Montrepaleom, some little hail fell, but it was of very short duration, and soon changed to rain." The Univers says :—" The German Journal of Frankfort appears to have really believed the news that the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem had been deposed by the Greeks ;it announces that the Austriim clergy, armed with the Concordat to extend its influence to the East, is very desirous that a member of its own body should be the new bishop of Jerusalem, and that its choice has fallen upon Mgr. Mislin, who is now in Paris about the business, the nomination to this bishopric belong ing to Fiance.' There is no truth whatever in these allegations of the Frankfort Journal: the patriarchal seat at Jerusalem is not vacant, the right of presentation or nomination belongs to the Holy See alone, and Mgr. Mislin's only moti►e for coming to Paris is to publish a new edition of his work on Palestine." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th have reached us. It is stated that there is no truth in another report that the Government intended to suspend the calling out of 30,000 men of the provincial militia. The disquietude which exists at Barce lona is stated to have bean occasioned by the dis covery of a Caro-republican plot. The Government, however, had full confidence in the fidelity of the garrison, and was determined to put down with energy any attempt tit disturbance. The Espana attacks with great vehemence the law on the sale of national and ecclesiastical property, and de • dares it is a socialist measure ; but most of the other journals defend it. Accounts had been re ceived from all parts of the country that within the preceding few days there had been tremendous hurricanes and torrents of rain, and that great damage had been done. A letter says that General de la Concha, captain-general of Cuba, had written to the Government to say that i❑ the event of a rupture with Mexico he could place 58,000,000 reals from the colonial treasury at its disposal. He added that next year, after paying all the expenses of the colony, it will be able to remit 150,000,000 reals. Tho Nuremberg Correspondent states, from Munich, that Count Ludolph, the Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires to the Court of Btvaria, has re turned there as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. It is believed that he will be accredited to Berlin in the same capacity, but that he will reside at Munich, the projected marriage of the Prince Royal of Naples requiring a fixed diplomatic agent in the capital of Bavaria. It is not the Ist January next, but the Ist Jan uary, 1862, that the new law on liberty of manu factures and commerce, passed by the Danish chambers, is to come in' o operation. The opposi tion wanted to postpone the execution of it to a still later date. The Swiss Federal Council contradicts, in a cir cular, the statement that England would enlis men in the Canton?. THE MONETARY CRISIS. WOLVERHAMPTON, Nov. 17. Great consternation was occasioned here this , morning by the closing of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank—an establishment which has long held a leading position in connection with the iron and manufacturing trades of this town and almost the whole of South Staffordshire. Instead of opening its doors at the customary hour of busi ness, the following notice was posted The directors of the Wolverhampton aed Stafford shire Banking Company deeply regret to infor the public that they are under the necessity of closing for the pre sent the business of the bank. It would greatly add to the pain which the directors feel in taking this step if there did not exist the most absolute srfety as to the liquidation of every claim against the bank; and the directors will forthwith take the most prompt means to satisfy every account and relieve any inconvenience that may arise from this unavoidable occurrence if the cir cumstances should not justify a continuance of the bank. The directors trust by Monday next they shall be able to state the definite course that ca❑ be taken. " By orthr of the Board, "JOSEPH WILEY, Manager. The proprietary are so wealthy that depositors will not be the losers. The mayor has issued the following notices : The mayor of Wolverhampton begs to inform the holders of notes of the Wolverhampton and Stafford shire Banking Company that all notes will be paid in full. Arrangements are being made to continue the circulation of such notes as usual. "Holders are cantioned not to dispose of their notes at less than their full value. "M. IRONMONGER, Mayor." Five ironmaking liriws hive already issued circulars callinc , their creditore. They are F. C. Perry, W. Riley and Sons, the Wolverhampton Iron Company, Sony Brothers, and Rose, Higgins, and Rose. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 17. The commercial panic has at length affected South Staffordshire. Up to yesterday credit was, as far as outward appearances went, maintained ; but this morning the doors of the Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Banking Company were closed, and the suspension of Messrs. Riley and Son, in the iron trade, announced. The latter firm attribute their failure to want of " the usual ac commodation" and the suspension of several firms indebted to them. Their liabilities are estimated at 40,0001. or 50,000!. This is strictly corrobora tive of the fact we stated last Monday. Four months' bills are becoming due and cannot be met. The proprietary of the Wolverhampton and Staf fordshire Banking Company is the wealthiest com pany in the neighbourhood. •The misfortune of the district is that the circumstances of the present crisis have induced suspicions against many other houses which are not at present justified. MARIET NEWS.--(his Day.) CQRN EXCHANGE. Very little English wheat was received fresh up to-day, but there were sevoral of Monday's unsold samples on offer. Very few millers were in attendance, and the trade ruled heavy, at Monday's declino in the quotations. The imparts of foreign wheat are 7,330 qrs. Evan the finest qualities were neglected, and prices ruled almost nominal. Floating cargoes of grain were offering on lower terms. Barley and malt moved off heavily, at about Monday's currency. Then; was a large quantity of oats on sale, and the de wand for them was heavy, at previous i atas. Beaus and peas were almost nominal. The flour trade was heavy, and the top price of town made qualities was 478 per 2SOlbs. ARRIVALS TUTS WEEK Wheat.' Barley. Malt. 1,380 I 1,470 I 1,120 Oats. English, Irish Flour, 11,‘20 Foreign...,. 17,330 I 2,940 15,350 3,300b15. 400 selis. BOROUGH HOP. We have a fair demand for fino new hops, at full price! In other kinds very little is doing. WIIITECHAPBL. The trade generally ruled steady, at full prices: —Beef, from 35 Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 35 2 , i to 4s ant ; veal, 33 LO to 45 Sd ; pork, 35 6d to 5s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. DEATH OF MR. A. STAFFORD, M.P.—DUBLIN, Tues day.—This afternoon Mr. Augustus Stafford O'Brien Staff , ,rd, M.P. for North Northamptonshire, died sud denly at Morrison's .Hotel, Dublin. He had been in delicate health, but his decease was not expected. Thy hon. gentleman had just returned from Cratloe Woods, county of Clare,. An inquest will be held to-morrow. TEE GREAT EASTERN. Since the first failure vague rumours have al ways been flying about that this maritime town ship was to ba launched in a private and off-hand manner. Within the last few days these reports have assumed such a circumstantial "consistency, and named not only the day but even the hour at which the operation was to be commenced, that the suspicions of the most incredulous were gradually overcome. Yesterday was the day thus arb;trarily fixed, and yesterday accordingly witnessed the dis appointment of many hundreds and even thousands of the would-be sightseers. From a very early hour in the morning (many hours earlier, indeed, than it was possible to have launched any vessel at all) the visitors began to arrive at the yard from all quarters. The horrid ditchy tracts round Poplar and Lirnehouse seemed animated, and even the Isle of Dogs wore a cheerful aspect under the unusual influx of vehicles and pedestrians. The lively and intelligent natives of the districts we have mea -1 tioned, however, seemed by no means to have fallen victims to the general hoax, and were as a matter of course, in a proper frame of mind to enjoy the disappointment of those who had. Each fresh om nibus and cab load of eager spectators therefore was hailed with derisive cheers, and cries of " The Leve Athon ain't a-going," which, though rather obscurely expressei, none were at a loss to under stand meant dat there was to be no launch that day ; and such they found was literally the fact. The doors of the yard were kept rigidly closed, and as admittance was refused to all and the men had most positive orders not to take in cards, the great rush of visitors was effectually excluded. These after vain efforts to oppose the Cerberus at the gate, betook themselves to neighbouring points of eleva tion which commanded a view of the yard, and there remained with a patience worthy of a better cause. The river steamboats, of course, were laden to the water's edge with reckless cockneys (for steamboat companies had actually advertised the launch as positively fixed for yesterday), and all along the Deptford shore was crowded with a con course of fog and mud-enduring spectators. Now, it is not in our power to inform our readers when the launch, or the next attempt at it, will really take place, but we can at least tell what per haps may save the public such a fruitless journey to Millwall as that of yesterday. Our readers, then, may implicitly depend upon it that the time fixed for the launch wilt be kept a strict and most pro found secret—that no persons, no matter what their influence or even connection with the com pany may be, will be admitted to the yard on that occasion, and that the first which the general pub lic is likely to hear of it at all is that the vessel is at last afloat, or that another attempt hes been made to move her without success. It is no exag geration to say that every possible precaution is being taken to keep the time which will be ap pointed for this next attempt a real secret, and even the workmen employed in the yard will not know when it is to take place till they actually be gin to push the gigantic vessel down the " ways." Any of our readers who were present at the first attempt on the 2d of this month will see the impe rative necessity for this sect esy being observed. On that occasion the yard was thronged with visi tors, who were constantly getting into danger and always getting into the way. It was then ascer tained, when too late that beyond a doubt a grea t error had been committed in admitting any person at all, while, in consequence of the publicity which the event had obtained, the river was so thronged with steamers crowded down to the water's edge, and halting right in the track which the vessel must have taken had she slipped off the ways, that it would have been nothing short of downright man slaughter to launch her under such circumstances. To get rid of all these difficulties, and most espe cially the last named, it has been decided, as we have said, to keep the whole matter secret in the strictest sense of the term. Let our readers, therefore, be on their guard, and turn a deaf ear to announcements or rumours of the launch, no mat ter from what quarter they may come. All the preparations making for the next attempt are ready, and the matter now rests with Mr. Brunel. Di rectly he perceives that the time and tide have come, the effort to move the ship will be made at a single hour's notice. We may mention, however, that it will not be long delayed, for it cannot be concealed that the launching ways have yielded, and o m n or t e he u m nd , e a r nd the t h t a r t e m e v e e n r d y o u w s e we week i g sh h e t m wl a i y ich yi b el e d er s s ti t l i l p remains in her present position greatly increases tie difficulty of moving her at all. During the whole of yesterday the workmen were employed iu getting the cables and tackle which is to haul her down towards the river in working order, so as to have everything ready at a moment's notice. Beyond these movements, and that the artists from the firm of Cundall, Howlett, and Downes, of B Ind-street, were employed in complet ing the beautiful series of photographic and stereo scopic views of the hull and interiors of the engine rooms, nothing was doing or done to recompense the curiosity of the hundreds who stood gazing into the yard all day. THB INDIAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY" We have received the following correspondenc e relative to the European and Indian Junction Tele graph Company : "TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIIC. " Gresham House, Old Broad-street, London, Nov. 17. " SlR,—The Times having declined to insert the accompanying 1.-qter, with enclosure, addressed by me to it on the 14th inst., I shall feel much obliged by your giving it a place in your journal.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " W. P. ANDREW." "TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sir,—With reference to your leading article of to-day on the subject of telegraphic communication with India, in which you . state that her Majesty's Government has adopted the Red Sea route, I have to request that, in justice to this company, you rill he good enough to inse r t th e accompany i ng co py of a letter acidnsied to me as chairman of the com pany, on , the 11th instant, to Lord Shelburne. -4- am, sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) "W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.„ " Gresham House, Old Broad-street, Nov. 14. " Gresham House, Old Broad-street) London, 'Nov. 11. "My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 4th inst., to the effect that while her Majesty's Government regretted the decision at which the Turkish Govern ment had arrived regarding the application which this company had made for a concession for a line of telegraph from Seleucia to the Persian Gulf, her Majesty's Government could not hold themselves givenr b e y s p t oh the co i o b m l fo assurance e pan for the as thatexpensesher Majesty'ste e that o nphaGandyo Government mapplication incurred had to the Porte would be successful. " 2. I have to state, for the information of the Earl of Clarendon, that the directors did not con sider that her Majesty's Government were in any way responsible for the expenses incurred by them in their endeavours to establish telegraphic communi cation with India, and no such demand was intended to be made in my letter of the 14th October. 111 e board merely expressed their regret and surprise av Mr. Under-Secretary Hammon's letter of 21st September stating that tier Majesty's Government had reconsidered the whole question of establishing telegraphic communication.. with a ste p which the directors did not think that her m a jestys Government were justified in taking, considering the arrangements that had been entered into with the Austrian Government and with this company, and a proceeling so little in accordance with the countsenance and support hitherto extended to this company by her Majesty's Government. "3. As the board, however, cannot but think that Mr. Hammond's letter was written in entire forgetfulness of the arranzement above alluded to, the directors addressed, on the 16th inst., a letter to the Secretary to the Treasury, a copy of which is annexed, for Lord Clarendon 's information, in' tiniatieg their willingness to apply again to the Turkish Government for a concession upon certain conditions specified therein. "4. In conclusion, I would mention that the total estimated expense of establishing telegraphic comme,nicaton with India, via Seleucia and the Persian Gulf, is little more than half that required for the satire object by way of the Red Sea, while ihe r,,ute via S. leucia and the Persian Gulf would witi,draw the line from the political influences which might prove adverse to the interests of this country, were the line carried either through E g ypt or Constantinople.—l have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) "W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. " The Earl of Shelburne, &c." The Tower Hamlets Militia left London yester day morning en route for Newry. THE LORD RECTORSHIP t F GLASGOW lINTVERBITr. —Monday bein g the day appointed for the election of Lord Rector of our University, at 10 o'clock the pro fessors end students assembled in the common hall. Professor William Thomson, Vice Rector, presided. After an imi.ressive prayer in Latin by the Reverend Professor Hill, the laws relative to such occasions were read, and thereafter the several nations were distributed in the various class rooms for the purpose of voting. After a short ab:ence the general result was made known y Mr. J. G. Eraser, B.A , the oldest student in the natio Loudoniana, favourable to Sir B. B. Lytton. The. unaniinGus voice of the alionvi re-elected the author of the Cax;ons to the office to which he was last year appointed. r j