The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

THE ,i_intpoof tanbarb + TUESDAY, .A 7 OVEMBE.R 20, 1855 THE DUTY OF ENGLISH CHURCHMEN TOWARDS THE EASTERNS. -- , d..-• AT present, and for some time past, the eyes of all in England have been anxiously turned towards the East ; and the ears of all anxiously open to receive tidings of our brave soldiers and sailors there engaged in resisting Russian aggression, and in propping up the somewhat decayed fabric of the Turkish Empire. The war in which we are engaged has already proved both bloody and expensive ; and is - likely, for all that appears to the contrary, to cost us much more, both in men and in money, than it has yet done, before it is brought to a conclusion. That some few disapprove of what England has done, and is still doing, is a well-known fact ; but it is equally well known that no war was ever before entered upon with more hearty concurrence upon the part of the people generally. They had decided that the late Emperor of RUSSIA. was a merciless despot, determined per fas et nefas to seize the possessions of his weaker neighbour ; and that the success of his schemes involved deadly peril to the cause of European civilisation generally, and to the commercial greatness of England, in particular : and, having arrived at these conclusions, they were impatient of the delays which were caused by the attempts made, in the first instance, to avert the war by negotiation, and by the various diplomatic forms customary under such circumstances. They would have been well pleased had war been declared at once upon the passage of the Pruth by the Russian forces ; and, when the long-looked-for declaration at length appeared, it was received with enthusiasm throughout the length and breadth of the land. The popular gratification was all but universal. Now, while we concede to the very small minority, who took a different view, a perfect right to form, and give expression to, their own opinions, we think that we have a right to expect from them credit for a generous and chivalrous impulse in behalf of the-majority. The people were not anxious for war for its own sake—(in that sense we are not a military nation, and God forbid that we ever should be)—but because they believed that it was necessary, in order to protect the weak from the injustice of the strong. Even the opponents of the war—those who deem it to be utterly unnecessary —must regard its advocates as acting upon a generous impulse, though they may think it one originating in misconception. What is wanted, however, is, that the people generally, who so earnestly advoc . ate the war against Russia for the protection of Turkey, should take some little interest in that portion of the Greek Church which exists under the temporal government of the SULTAN, and also show some anxiety to diffuse the light of the Gospel among his Mahomedan subjects. Here are two distinct fields, inviting the labour of British Christians, viz., the Christian and Mahomedan population of the Turkish Empire. The former need our assistance to elevate and enlighten, the latter to convert. Yearly upon Good Friday, the great day of atone ment, the Church of England prays solemnly in behalf of all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and_ Heretics, that God would have mercy upon them, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of His word ; and so fetch them home to His flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord. But are we to consider that our duty is fulfilled when we have thus prayed ? having thus prayed, are we to sit still, and fold our hands, as if nothing remained but to wait patiently, or rather idly, for God's answer ? Surely in this, as in every thing else, common sense tells us that, while we look to God to bless our efforts, we should work with as much diligence as if all depended upon our selves—while we acknowledge that God alone can give the increase, we should be just as careful to sow the good seed as if the sowing were all that is necessary. Now we are quite aware that British Christians are too apt to regard the Greek Church pretty much in the same light as they regard the Church of Rome : or rather, perhaps, while they dread and hate the latter, they despise the former, regarding them at the same time as equally and hopelessly corrupt. Still, we think, a very little consideration will show that they occupy very different positions with regard to ourselves. The Church of Rome is aggressive, and claims dominion over our faith. It would, if it could, subdue us, in common with all Christendom, to hini who claims to occupy the chair of St. Peter. The very reverse is the case with the Greek Church ; and if it errs at all in this respect, it is in the opposite direction, in not making sufficient effort to diffuse such light as it possesses among those with whom it is brought in contact. The Church of Rome shuts out all reasonable hope of reformation ; while the Greek Church leaves ground of hope, that whereinso ever she has erred, she may be induced to retrace her steps. And, above all, the Greek Church is a fellow witness with ourselves against that monstrous claim to supremacy, which the Romish Church so persever ingly urges in behalf of her chief Bishop. Nay, her witness in this respect is even more valuable than ours : for whereas we were for centuries subjected to the See of Rome, she never was. We regard not the submission wrung by the force of circumstances from the last of the Palceologi. That he was induced by the hope of Latin aid to barter the religious rights and freedom of his people, may be a blot upon his otherwise-noble character; but it affords no argument in favour of Rome as against the Greek Church, simply because the submission in question was not the act of the Church, but was from the first pro tested against by her. True it is that Cardinal Isidore, the Romish legate, subsequently said mass within the walls of St. Sophia ; but he said it to the walls. The crowds who commonly filled them stood aloof, nobly determined rather to trust themselves to the Moslem, by whom their city was then beleagured, than accept temporal deliverance at the price of spiritual bondage. In point of fact, we luaow that the union between the East and the West, involving as it did the submission of the former to the latter, remained a dead letter ; and that the Greek Church has retained it independence upon Rome to this hour. But it will be said that, though independent of Rome, it is equally corrupt. This we deny, but will not now stay to argue about. Rather, while admitting, for the sake of argument, that they are equally cor rupt, •we would call upon our fellow-Christians to compare their past opportunities. The arts, the sciences, the learning, of the West have been at the command of Rome, and she has pressed them into the service of superstition. She has shut her eyes to the light, and sought to shroud herself in darkness. But the Greek Church, if corrupt, has had corruption forced upon her. Her children, whatever may be their con dition now, have been down-trodden by a grinding despotism. Poverty and ignorance have been forced upon them ; and ignorance has engendered, as it a l w ays will engender, superstition. The wonder is, not that the Greek Church has' fallen from its first estate, but that it subsists at all—not that Christianity has become somewhat corrupted, but that it has not been utterly extinguished. These considerations we think, aniov sufficient to show that the Greek " Va - • Church has a claim upon us ; and that her position that occupied by towards us is widely different from may best discharge th e Church of Rome. How we our duty, even while warring bership with her, against a nation whose people for the most part claim mem we shall endeavour to show when we return to the subject. That we o u g ht to do something, we do not anticipate that any one will deny. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING MANY topics of surpassing interest have, during the past week, presented themselves for reflection by the cogitating public of the British metropolis, conspicuous among which have been the proceedings and embarrassments of pseudo statesmen and pretended philanthropists. The necromancy of these distinguished performers, which has been displayed on stages widely separated from each other, has met with formidable competition in the race for popular applause by a female adept in the art of deception. The didactic effusions of Lord JoHN RUSSELL at Exeter-hall, and of the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE at Chester, —nay, even the anti-national patriotism of COBDEN, and his affiliated brotherhood of sym pathisers with the expatriated red-republicans, have one and all been eclipsed in notoriety by the sublime artifices of " ALICE GREY." The performers in all the cases have been veterans in their respective lines of art ; yet it must be admitted that the lady excels the gentlemen in the ambidextrous facility with which she played her pranks. While according the palm of superior manipulation to the artiste whale trickery, like that of many another counterfeit, was successfully traced at " Birmingham," it would be unfair to overlook the pretensions of the other candidates for notoriety. First in the list of aspirants comes the knot of doughty charlatans who on Mon day last assembled in St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, under the congenial auspices of Mr. MIALL, M.P., to protest against the recent expulsions of refugees from Jersey, and against the apprehended Alien Bill. This country is, and has long been swarming with refugees from all parts of the continent, and here the desperadoes of every land have been made secure in their self-sought and freely-granted asylum. No one ever pre tended to say or imagine that the British people were there fore identified with the political views of their uninvited guests, much less that they shall be entitled to embroil our govern ment with those to whom they bear personal enmity. If any man in private life selects an outcast, and, besides bestowing on him the rites of ephemeral hospitality, admits him also to the abiding sanctuary of his fireside and his home, he is not understobd to adopt the stranger's animosities and friendships. On the contrary, if there be not an express stipulation of an opposite tendency, the object of such hospi talities is expected to deport himself in such a manner as will in some sort accord with the partialities of his host, or at all events in such a manner as will neither bring scandal nor danger upon his establishment. If, however, the stranger so conduct himself as to draw down either of the latter upon the individual or the household who have sheltered him, will any man assert that it is a violation of the laws of hospitality to extrude him from the mansion whose purity or safety he has compromised ? Assuredly not ! Mr. MIALL himself would be among the first to clear his own fireside of such domestic pests, if by any accident they had obtained admission to it. Are we, then, to understand that he and his brother pro testors are inclined to impose a code of social morality upon the nation which they would repudiate in their own persons ? —to regulate the public hospitality by rules which they would not allow to govern that of their own household? Such a rabble-rout of mat-contents would have been incomplete with out the accession of a Russian emissary, and that element has been supplied by the adhesion of Mr. COBDEN. That worthy does not deem it expedient to appear at the meeting in pro pria persona, but he sends a carefully concocted missive, in which, after expressing his cordial sympathy with the objects of the meeting, he takes the opportunity of insinuating that the present war is one of despotism against liberalism—the latter principle being in his estimation represented by the paternal sway of the CZAR, while the former finds fitting champions in the valiant armies of the Allies. That the ex trusion of the refugees from Jersey, in which place they had vio lated every claim to the rights of hospitality; had no connexion, immediate or remote, with the , war against Russia, every one knows ; but it would not have suited the object Mr. COBDEN had in view to have represented the case in its true colours. He has the cause of Russia to advocate, and he must devise means for effecting that purpose. That it draws him into strange absurdities, is no matter of surprise —the surprise being that a man of his general astuteness is not more on his guard, and that one so cunning is not more care ful in selecting his weapons. Mr. COBDEN is one of the Peace society men, and, as such, objects to war as productive of misery, rapine, and, above all, of slaughter. In his letter to the meeting held under the auspices of MALL, Wiracs, JONES, and Co., he sympathizes with the exiles, and condemns their expulsion from Jersey as a,violation of our Constitutional law, forgetful of the fact that the gentlemen with whom he desires to fra ternize are the avowed enemies of all existing laws, recogniz ing only the rights of might. For their benefit he would uphold a law which he thinks would screen them from de served punishment, and leave them secure plotters against the existence of that and every other law. He denounces war on the ground of its inhumanity; but he entertains no repug nance to the advocates of assassination. He in the most emphatic terms condemns public slaughter under any pretext I - but sees no social disadvantage in a mass of private murder, provided only the victims belong to the ruling classes, and are not connected with the Russian Autocrat. The reckless desperation of Russian policy would be - gratified by the kindling of a revolutionary flame in Western Europe; and Mr. COBDEN —who knows that in no other place is it so likely to gratify the CZAR, and to promote his views, as if the plans were concocted, the train laid, and the torch applied in England with characteristic effrontery, although slightly at variance with his usual cunning, joins those who in all probability have very different objects in view from his. The poet tells us, "poverty brings us acquainted with strange bed-fellows ;" surely he could not have contemplated the alliance so unnatural between an advocate for " universal peace" and the propagandist of general assassination. The enlightened constituency of the West Riding may possibly be proud of their representative, although a strongly expressed opinion to the contrary, is understood to be prevalent there, and will be, it is said, emphatically declared on the first pos sible opportunity. Concerning Lord JOIIN RussNLL's two last displays, viz.: that on Friday se'nnight at the Guildhall, and that on Tues day last at Exeter-hall, public opinion is greatly divided. In the former, most men of judgment see clearly in his reception the proper reward for that duplicity of political conduct which induced him to seize upon the subject of Jewish Emancipa tion as a stalking-horse on which he might ride rough-shod over the electors ; but which he conveniently stabled when ever his own electioneering purposes were served. Of late, his popularity has been sadly dimmed, and the wretched plight in which he was left by the exposure of his double policy at Vienna sunk him so low, that few in his position would have thought of attempting a recovery. His Lordship is admittedly a " plucky old boy," however, and was resolved to have, another ..trial... Failing on the Friday in his further attempt upon Israelitish credulity, he came out strong on Tuesday in his appeal to Christian charity and forbearance. On the latter occasion he addressed to the Young Men's Chris tian Association a very long and elaborate essay, "on the obstacles which have retarded moral and political progress," in which lie no doubt uttered much which was new and not a little which was true, the chief drawback being, that most of that which was new was not true, and that which was true was not new. ' Among the matters coming under the latter description was his estimate of himself. "What I have to deliver," said his Lordship, "may seem to you in many parts to be proving that which has been abundantly and frequently proved, to be enforcing that which needs no further enforce r ment—and to be wasting time in discussing the value of that which has long since been ascertained and appreciated." In the perfect truth of these observations most people will en tirely concur. They are also equally applicable to the ready prelection of which Mr., GLADSTONE has oftener than once lately delivered himself in your neighbourhood, the chief point to be gathered from which is, that iu him, as in the case of Lord John RUSSELL, the country is possessed of a statesman out of employment. Apropos of the lecturing system : many sound-headed men are of opinion that it is carried rather farther than expediency would dictate, or prudence warrant. The intent is no doubt good, although the mode in, and the extent to which it is carried, may well admit of question, if not of r eprehension . At the present time there appears an unreasoning desire on a l l hands to acquire knowledge without devoting to it the labour and time indispensable for its acquisition. To devise schemes by which you thcan be converted into philosophers, before they have ceased to trundle hoops or become adepts in the art of playing at marbles, seems at present to be the universal rage Every town, nb matter what may be its size, now has its in stitute in which a " statesman at large" or a peripatetic scholiast , crammed on some subject or other, may hold forth. It is an object of merely secondary consideration what may be the line of erudition in which the" professor", is great. That may be the history of religious schism, or he, may be devoted to the most obstruse mysteries of natural philosophy ; he may have a partiality for unfolding the "beauties of Shakspeare," or ex cel on the " Musical Glasses," may have a penchant for " Ad ministrative Reform," and be a " dab" at demonstrating that in his own particular case at least " the right man is not in the right place." His object is still professedly the same, to make lads wise without the trouble of thinking, learned without undergoing the drudgery of study. This rage for acquiring ready-made knowledge, like that for ready-made clothing, is a peculiarity of the age, for which no individual is greatly responsible. It belongs to all, and on all must the responsi bility of its culture and existence rest. Its tendency is to nurture surface learning and give currency to shallow pre tence. In our better class of schools, and even in our univer sities, the Professor or Master never pretends to teach a language or a science by lecturing alone. He knows that the principles of either can only be mastered by constant and severe study; and that without mastering the principle, the etudent can never be converted into the scholar. He will not even recognize as students those who only listen to his pre lections, but carefully examines them to test their knowledge, and supply deficiencies or suggest the means for doing so, in collateral branches of science ; and ascertaining the extent of their knowledge of the history of those subjects on which they are engaged, and in stimulating them to further exertion. A very opposite course from this is observed amongst the most of our popular lecturers. The result of the learning-made-easy system is an extensive cultivation of amusing exhibitions highly pleasing in themselves, and, if not too much relied on, much to be commended. Its abuse, however, is obvious in the glib use of technical phraseology in relation to science and art which obtrude themselves so unpleasantly, not to say absurdly, into the intercourse of society. This abuse is also painfully observable in the ready assumption .of inferences and th, enunciation of conclusions with regard to questions upon which the wisest and most profound men of past ages have hesitated to pronounce a judgment or come to a decision. The tendency of the age has been and unquestionably still is to work every thing up to railway speed. The result is, that lads are crammed with surface information upon the leading features of one or two things, and are then passed off upon the world as men of learning and knowledge. The working of our public depart.. ments proves this to be incontrovertibly true. Of the numerous competitors for - Public employment, the result of the examina tions would lead to the belief that "admirable CRICECTONS" are as plentiful as blackberries ; yet when was complaint so loud or so well-founded as to the incompetency with which every one of these departments is administered ? To judge by outward appearances and surface reports, knowledge of every kind has departed from age and experience, and been concentrated in the boldness of youthful speculation, and the daring of inexperienced temerity. In days gone by it used to be a proverbial excuse for the shortcomings of youthful instinct, that it was impossible to put an old head on young shoulders ; now the difficulty appears to be to find a young head upon any shoulders. The heads at least are all old now, if age is to be measured by the assumed acquisition of know ledge. The absurdity of such a system will be at once appar ent, when we recollect that even the shallowest of these lec tures, which is supposed to convey a wholesale amount of ready-made knowledge into the mind of the unprepared lis tener, is itself the result of considerable study, and the con centrated essence, if it may be so said, of a large amount of reading, digested and arranged and compared with collateral facts and circumstances, of which the mere auditor is not made in any degree cognizant. From an incidental allusion to the mismanagement of pub lic departments, the transition seems a natural as well as an easy one to those departments for the management of which no one is immediately responsible. For nearly a month, two important Ministerial offices have been vacant ; the Post- office is without a head, because its head has been transferred to India, a somewhat lengthened journey, nearly every body will admit; the Colonies for the better part of a month have likewise been without a responsible director, the vacancy in this instance being occasioned by the intervention of Him— Who kings and tars despatches, and who, in the present instance, carried off Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII, a Colonial Secretary of pretty generally admitted intelligence, and good intention , A Ministry which, for so long a period, is unable to fill up two such important departments for so long a time, whatever its apparent popu larity, cannot be a strong Ministry. This proposition seems almost self-evident ; but it is borne out, and almost made certain, by the concurrent statement of men of all political parties. Of course the remarks of the representatives of the different political•sections differ from each other in detail; but among the two leading sections the same result is pointed out unmistakeably—the one counselling, The other surmising, a dissolution of Parliament as the means of solving the difficulty by which they both consider the PREMIER to be beset. In circles generally well informed, it is freely stated that the Cabinet is once more diviKled, and seriously divided, on the• question of questions—the war. On the vital question of car rying on the war or not, the Cabinet is said by some parties to be much in the same condition in which it stood before the secession of Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Afr. SIDNEY HERBERT. Another section of club gossip-mongers maintain that Lord PA.LMERSTON is not " master of the situation," but is coerced by German influences, similar to those which caused his retirement from Lord Jour( RusstLes government prior to his giving it the coup de grace on the Militia Bill. These'same parties add;. that it is an attempt to counteract those German influences which has induced the generally flippant, but uneommunicatlvr, member for Tiverton to be so bellicose in his recent speeches, and in particular in that which he delivered at the Guildhall on Friday week; which met with so much applause,.while•the appearance of his quondam colleague was received with derision and oppro brium. If half of what is said be.true, as to the controlling influences behind the Throne, Lord PATIMEESTON should at once, at least so say the oracles of all the club divans, appeal to the people ; others, not less observant, who give the PREMIER credit for being " up to a thing . or two," say that old PAM is doing all that is right, and iectintiously bringing his opponents to a " dead lock," when he will.spiritedly brush up, and show that he is TILE MINISTER. The missiom of General CANROBEET to the Swedish court continues a fertile theme for the gossip of metropolitan and other coteries. According to some of them; the object of the gallant general is twofold. The one to negotiate a marriage between Prince N.ATOLEON, heir-presumptive to the present EMPEROR of the FRENCH, and a daughter of the Royal Rouse of Sweden :.- the other, to fix the terms of political alliance be tween that country and the other allied powers of Western Europe. The reception of the French Ambassador has been of the most regal description. A royal carriage, drawn by eight horses, was dispatched to bring..- him in state to the palate, where the whole court had assembled to meet him. By the Swedish 'press it is stated that the alliance is abso lutely concluded, and that, as a consequence, the Government is about to convoke an extraordinary diet for February next, whose sitting will be short—not more, it is said, , than three weeks, and immediately on its rising that war will be deelred • against Russia. Beyond this, some persons assert it as quite certain that the plan of a campaign in Finland, drawn up by, Colonel 11AGELBTIIN, a distinguished Swedish officer, which was prepared at the beginning of the present war, and sub mitted to, the Emrsnon of the FazNen, by whom it was , greatly approved of, will be speedily carried into execution. So rapid- and complicated are the relations of parties and events in their fluctuations and re-combinations in the course of a great war,.that there is nothing to create surprise' in the statements above made. The probabilities are much: rather that they are premature than unfounded. The announcement of such intentions by the press is, however, significant of their being welcome to the great majority of the people.. The sup position that such resolutions wilt be carried out lead's to many serious and interesting considerations. If the Scandinavian monarch and his people, whosa interests unquestionably lie that way, join the Western Alliance, how will that operate on the quasi neutrality of Austria and Prussia ? The answer to this question is, in all probability, to be determined by the estiraatuwhich these powers will form of its immediate chances of success. If its speedy success is self-evident and inevi table, it is more than likely that, those valiant and considerate friends will at once join the coalition, and add the weight of their persuasion in bringing the Cz to terms. I very little doubt exist as to the early success, of the Allies with the aid of this newly-found friend, the F'russo-Austrian game will most probably eventuate in some new arrangement et the pieces on the diplomatic checquers, by which an endeavour. will be made to let Russia down as gently as possible. The contemplation of a doubtful, or even protracted issue to the Struggle, would, in all likelihood, bring the two dominant German powers into:immediate league- with the Caen, which Would inevitably inaugurate a general European war, of which no living man can venture to predict the end, on limit the duration. In such a contemplation of the subject as is involved in this latter supposition, the safety of Turkey be comes a very secondary consideration. To the nations in Europe it will, be an effort for re-arranging their relations, for restoring in many instances- degraded nationalities, and " choking off," to use a vulgar though expressive term, the wolf which gnaws into their vitals. To Russia, it will be a deadly struggle for retaining place and prestige, for re sisting the disgorgement of her prey, for , opposing the retrocession of her policy, the relinquishment of her cherished hopes and fondly indulged day-dreams of a century and, a. half's duration ; and this will not be accomplished in a day nor in a year. That it is the real interest of all the European Powers cannot be doubted, to combine in resistance to the northern incubus, which presses downward and onward over the whole range of the European Continent, while it settles down on Asia, and presses its enormous paw upon America. Events seem to point decidedly towards the commencement of such a combination. In Sweden the popular voice-has - sofar al ready declared in its favour ; and the recently promulgated Im perial decree, which permits the purchase of foreign ships, or the entrance of materials for shipbuilding, duty free, into France, will still further enlist the public feeling in its favour. The bonds of union seem to be more closely drawn between the Allies and Belgium ; and even Saxony and Bavaria are pluck ing up a courage not altogether new to them, but one which has been long held in ominous and unsatisfactory abeyance. They now proclaim themselves weary of the present state of matters in the Diet, and have despatched able ministers to Paris to lay before the Emperor the strong disposition existing in the principal minor German States, not only to originate a new course in their home arrangements, but to claim some share, as they have some interest, in Europe= negotiations. All these considerations, while they augur ill for Russia, offer few well-grounded reasons for believing that the war will be ter- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. minated in a campaign or two. On the contrary, the elements of strife seem only thickening and gathering round us ; but some Consolation may be extracted from the knowledge which such a state of things brings with it, and that is, that the elements of strife were stored up, and sooner or later the storm must have burst upon us. The interest of the war in Europe seems over for the present season, and its vicissitudes and triumphs seem once more ranging themselves around the footsteps of the commander and the army who absorbed the glory of both in the first cam paign. OMAR PASHA and his brave battalions are sustaining in Asia the renown they acquired at Silistria. Tidings of im portant victories in Georgia have reached all parts of Europe, and complete a year of military disasters to Russia, sadly sub versive of her vaunted martial prowess. In London the coming season promises to be a more lively one than the last, and happily, notwithstanding some mone tary arrangements, here and there, and the lingering and exhausting pressure of taxation, there is less cause for gloom than in the events which heralded the Christmas of last year. The theatres are all agog with play and spectacle, or such a combination of both as renders it a hard task to say where the one begins and the other ends. At Sadler's 'Wells, the " Comedy of Errors" has been revived with good effect. The Adelpbi is happy in the efforts of Madame CELESTE. In the Standard, the bold attempt to revive the taste for NAT LEE'S extravagant heroics has met with some success in the revival of " Alexander the Great." The turgid declamation and in flated sentiment of this bombastic tragedy met with a tolerable reception, although some points of it were too strong for swallowing, and produced outrageous laughter in the audience. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF ALLEGED ROBBERY. THREE men, named John Rea, Thomas Rea (brother of the former), and John Lennon, were on Friday, and, by adjourn ment, on Saturday and yesterday, charged before the sitting magistrates, in the police-court, under the following somewhat singular circumstances: —A few days ago the American ship Libby sailed from this port for New York, but, having struck upon the bar, she was obliged to put back. On being taken into the Sandon Graving-dock, it was ascertained that she had sustained so much damage that she would require re-coppering, although she had only been newly coppered about three weeks previously. In accordance with the usual practice, the copper, on its removal,•was to be loaded and taken to Messrs. Moss and Co., who were to furnish the new copper sheathing. On Thursday five loads were passed out of the dock gates, but four only found their way to Messrs. Moss and Co.'s yard, the fifth being taken by a person named Lawrence Connor, and the three prisoners, to the store of Mr. Ellis, of Dutton-street, where it was bought by the manager as old copper, and a cheque for £25155. 4d. paid for it. On looking at it the next day Mr. Ellis perceived that it was comparatively new copper, and suspecting dishonesty, he gave information to the police ; which led to the apprehension of the prisoners ; but Connor could not be found. Mr. Campbell, who appeared as the legal adviser for the prisoners, explained that they knew nothing of the copper farther than having been employed by Connor to take it to Ellis's. The police stated that Connor, the captain, and mate of the ship were not to be found at present, and the whole affair seemed to them (the police), mantled in mystery. In reply to his worship, the officers said they could not find out the owners, consignees, nor agents of the vessel. There was some' gentleman named Young, whom they had heard about, as having something to do with her, but at pre sent they were totally ignorant of anything more, as the captain and all belonging to the ship seemed to have abandoned her. On hearing this statement, his worship adjourned. the' case until Saturday, when the captain (Captain Bishop) and his mate appeared for the purpose of stating what they knew of the matter. Mr. 31`21roy, master-shipwright, explained that they were prevented from attending on the previous day by business at the County Court. Captain Bishop, on being examined, said he knew nothing about the prisoners. He di rected the mate to cart the copper to Messrs. Moss and Co.'s, but certainly gave no orders as to any other place. He did not know the man Connor. In reply to Mr. Campbell, he said Mr. Ellis had been repaid for the copper which had been got hack from him. Alexander, the mate, was alsd examined. He said , he gave no directions to any person• to take the copper to any other place than Moss and Co.'s: On Wednesday evening he saw the prisoner Lennon with a cart at the dock quay, an& he was told that he had come for the copper. Sup posing that it was Moss and CO.'s cart, he permitted the cart to be loaded, and it went away. He beliei'ed be also saw Thomas Rea there, but there were so many people about at the time he-could not be quite sure. Mr. Ellis, who , had bought the copper, stated that he had that morning received the money he had paid for it back from the captain,, who told him it had been, left at the ship. Mr. Campbell contended that there was no'criminating evidence against his clients, and ap plied for their discharge, but Mr. I.`,Obin, one - of the magis trates, observed that the case was still 'so involved in mystery that he must remand them until Monday, by which , time the police, he trusted, would have succeeded in finding Connor. The brothers- Rea were admitted to bail on the representation of Mr. Campbell' that a near relative was dangerously ill. This case- was' resumed yesterday, before 'Mr. J. A. Tobin and , Mr. w: Earle, when the prisoners , were brought up on remand. The first witness called was Mr. W. Hone,. agent for the Boston underwriters•,. whose evidence was -not of importance in reference to the• - case; Detectives , Marks • mad Kennedy said that' on , Saturday evening.tha•prisoner Lennon told them that the mate• of the ship had got' £9 of the money which had been received for• the metal; and that the. dock-gate man had got a sovereign out of it. Edward: Toole, foreman to Mr. M'Elroy,..stabed: that on Wednesday last, he got ta from Lennon to give to the mate, which he did. He (witness) had no acquaintance with. Len non, who came to him at - the graving dock and: gave • him the money to give to the mate, which he did. Fox, the-dock-gate • keeper, denied that he hit& got any money. After somefurther investigation, the evidence did not further connect the prisoners with the robbery, and they were COURT AND FASHIOZr. THE Royal. Family continue at Windsor, in thaenjoyment of excellent health. Her-Majesty has received but few visitors during the week. A 'mucus prevails at Oxford to the effect that there is a probability of the youthful Prince of Wales becoming a mem& ber of that University. Tuz Lord Chief-Baronlas , appointed Mr. Edkvnrd Archer Wilde, junior clerk of assize on the Oxford circuitinthe place of Lord Truro, resigned. - - - Sin JOrgx JERVIS, the‘Lord Chief-Justice of tlie:Conrt of Common Pleas, is so seriously indisposed as to prevent hina, from attending to his judicial duties. AT A CONVOCATION held at Oxford University r on Tuesday, Mr. C. B. Brodie, Babiol College, eldest son of Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., was. elected to the professorship .of chemis4y,. in the room of Dr. Danbeny, who haelresig,ned that appointment. - - TUESDAY'S Gazette. contains a notification that the Queen has given orders for the -appointment of Marshal :Pelissier,. commanding in chief of the French army in the Crimea, to-be an honorary member of, the military division of the first-class,. or Knights Grand Cross, of the most honourable order of the Bath. th s re ,(" o. Bm THE DEMISE C7l. LORD TRURO, a chancellor's pension of exp.erchaann(neullmorsfa,l_hinamtoelyth, e s y ti n ll• ai l iurs iving - t, and'St. Leonard's. There are two of Ireland, namely, Lord St. Leonard's and the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne. Lord LocirslgnnroTuhgehrame 7eL Truro 'was one of the survivors of the legal gentlemen who defended Queen Caroline. OXFORD UNIVERSITY,—A correspondent of the Merillil34 vertiser states, " a movement has for sometime past been on foot to obtain a suitable candidate who , will oppose Mr. Gladstone at the next -election, and it is supposed that either Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., of Oriel College, or Dr. Bullock :Worsham, Warden: of •Merten College, will be •the champion of the Opposition. party. It is generally believed throughout the University that Mr. Gladstone will sustain a defeat." LORD PALMERSTON FOR THE CITY OF LSNDON,—A move ment is on foot amongst a large number of influential citizens for making arrangements to return Lord Palmerston for the eity . of London at the next general election. It is not intended to ask the noble lord to become a .candidate—to which it is probable ha might have some objection,--but to nominate him, and when •returned to give him the •option of accepting the seat or not. This course is to be taken as an acknowledg mens by the citizens of London of the vigorous manner in which he-has carried out the war ; and there seems to be no doubt, so. strong is the feeling of the city of London on the subject,. that the noble lord will be most triumphantly re turned at the head of the pole.—DaiP y. News. Pronne.Troris, on a large scale are now being made at Windsor Castle, for the reception of Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, who, accompanied by Count. Cavour and a numerous suite, is expected to arrive there in the early part of December. The state apartments, which are closed from the public until further orders, will be furnished in the same magnificent manner as on the occasion of the visit of the, Emperor and Empress of the French in April last. With: the exception of the Presence and; Audience Chambers (which will be fitted up for purposes connected with the performance of the usual theatrical entertainments,) the apartments. placed, at His Majesty's disposal will be precisely the same as occupied by the Imperial visitors, viz., the Rubens or King's Drawing-room, the King's Closet, the King's Council Cham ber, and the Zuccarelli and Yandyck-rooms. Tux PRINCESS ROYAL--The principal feature in the pro ceedings of the Court since the return of Her Majesty from Balmoral has been the admission of the Princess Royal into a position in the Court Circle, in which she becomes freed from the restrictions that have been necessary during her childhood. The change, though seemingly sudden, has been very gradual, for the Princess was present at a Drawing room during the past season, which is, of course, as with other young ladies, a recognition of an entree into society. Although the Princess was present at Court at an earlier age than is customary with the daughters of the nobility, yet she was not younger than is recognised as strictly correct with personages of the exalted rank of the Princess. Since the Court has been domiciled at Windsor her Royal Highness has several times joined in the royal dinner party, and her entree into society is, therefore, complete. The Princess Royal very markedly resembles what the Queen was at the same period of life. Her Royal Highness is at an age when a year will make a great difference in the style of her beauty, and the change in her growth within the last two years has been so remarkable as to make it difficult to form a positive opinion as to the future. A PARIS paper states that a number of persons are occupied in the neighbourhood of Sens (Yonne), in collecting thistle heads for a paper manufacturer, who uses them as a substitute for rags. The paper made from them is said to be of a very superior quality, and to present a saving of forty per cent. MUSIC AYD THE DRAMA THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, IN THE CONCERT HALL, LORD NELSON STREET. THESE concerts continue to receive extensive and well deserved patronage. The idea of affording high-class musical entertainments, at such a rate of charge for admission as would enable the working-classes to participate in the enjoy ment of them, was ',liberal and bold, and its long-continued success has fully justified the attempt. On Saturday last, the entertainment consisted of a lecture on " The Patriotic Songs of England," with vocal illustrations by that veteran and favourite singer. Mr. H Phillips, of the celebrated " Glee and Madrigal Union." The house was crowded in every quarter, by a most orderly and intelligent, as well as a well-dressed audience, who testified their approbation of the sentiments contained in the songs, and of the mode in which the vocalist expressed those sentiments, by wellstimed and judiciously applied plaudits. On Mr. Phillip's talents as a singer it is not necessary at this time of day to offer any observation. His reputation,as a thoroughly trained musician and effective vocalist, has been too generally and too long established and admitted to require eulogy from us. Suffice it to say, that he sung with all his wonted fire and expressive good taste, and fully earned the applauses he received. His singing of Shield's bold and spirited melody, "The Arethusa," was received with hearty applause, and elicited a warm and unanimous encore. The tasteful prose narrative with which he introduced the song, relating the adventures of the " Saucy Arethusa," prior and subsequent to the daring exploit which forms the subject of the ballad, was listened to with much interest, which came to its climax when he intimated that the frigate tight and brave, As ever stemmed the dashing wave, is now moored as a hulk in the .Mersey. In accordance with a fashion. which has voluntarily established itself for several years past, his Worship the Mayor (John Stewart, Esq.) presided on Saturday night, his second public appearance since his election; the first being invariably made at St. Peter's Church, on the Sunday immediately following his acceptance of office. His appearance on this occasion, when he was accompanied by George Warden, Esq., J. B. Brancker, Esq., and W. Rathbone, Esq., was welcomed by loud cheers. During the interval between the first and second parts of the concert, Mr. CAINE, the chairman of the committee of management, proposed a vote of thanks to his worship for his kind atten dance and presidency on that evening. In proposing this, the speaker at considerable length reviewed the progress of the institution, and remarked in eloquent and convincing terms on the benefits conferred on the humbler classes of so ciety, by being made participators in pleasures of an elevating tendency, instead of being condemned to share only in those recreations and enjoyments which are associated with scenes of dissipation and are held only too frequently in the haunts of vice. He adverted in strong terms, but not stronger than the occasion warranted, to the decorum and pro priety of demeanour which everywhere prevailed in the densely crowded hall„ as an evidence of the thorough respecta bility of the great number assembled. He alluded in feeling and tasteful terms to. the benefits conferred on the institution by the countenance and encouragement afforded to it by mem bers of the upper ranks of society ; but remarked that the mainstay of its success consisted in the orderly and con tinued support of the masses, for whose enjoyment it had been originated, and by whom alone it could be sustained. Mr. RATHBONE seconded the motion, and in doing so ad verted to many of the advantages which such an institution conferred upon the working* classes, dwelling emphatically on it as a means of withholding them from the tavern and ale house, and of elevating and refining their sentiments. The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation. His Worship the MA - von then rose, amidst loud applause, and said he wished he could truly express his feelings for the kind reception they had given him, He thanked them most sincerely for their very warm and; cordial welcome, and he could assure them he had witnessed , with great pleasure the proceedings of that evening, for he' did not anticipate seeing so many happy faces, and he never witnessed more decorum. ( Heat, hear.)' In the performance of those duties which would devolveupon him during the year, hedid-not expect nor anti cipate that he should meet with anything- that would give him moreeordial or' more sincere pleasurethau being there that evening. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) , Whether in public or private life, he assured them his sympathies went with their sympathies—( " Hear, hear," and applause)—for he felt that they were then upon ground where all good- men could unite, in • endeavouring to promote the happiness• of the working - classes, by providing them with that reasonable,-rational, and innocent enjoyment, which must afford great pleasure both to them individually, and to all mankind;- for he would re mind every husband and every father that he hadtbeliappiness cf others - committed to his care—that the happiness of others . near and dear to-him depended on his conduct. ( Hear, hear.) He was sure had great pleasure in findinthem•enjoying l feeling, ages. .htehetihu thanked themselves in that, proper and rational way which he had wit f isiien,j s-Je ur d ei t y ha fo t r e t v h e eir min i g tind expression (Hear, r ear o H e thanked . his friend—his much-esteemed and respected friend, Mr: Rathbone, and his more'modern friend, Mr. Caine, whose name he hal eften beariin:oonnemion with that institution, and he believed he ( Mr, Caine) well deserved what had been-said of him. Mr. Rathbone - he had known for many years ;.and he had known that, up. on.every occasion where the happiness- of the people was to be prometed,. there Mr. Rathbone - was to found. (Great appleuse;.during which his Worship • resumed his seat.) , The proceedings of thetveningwere brought to a conclusion at about ten minutes before ten o'clock, by Mr. Phillips. sing ing " Rule -Britannia," the audieneejoining heartily - and with: good musital Cadence iv the eherus. The mayor; before leaving the hall, handed over a donation. of in aid of the objects-of the' Saturday Evening Coneerts.. SACRED HARMONIC • SociETY.--The first concert of this society is announced for the 30th inst., in St. Georga's-hall.: The principal-vocalists (except Mr.: Thomas, who is naw- to a. Liverpool audience) are welbknown favorites. The Choraanf the society is in .a. high state• of efficiency. The only seats available to the:public-are in the gallery, the body being-ire. served exclusively' for subscribers.- There can be bull little doubt that the 'hall: Will' be• crowded en the inauguration—or the society, whigli Posiesses , many claims to support. AT THE ROYA.E. AlltirEi - ITGEARIRE, Mr. Copeland has brought out a grand military spectacle on the subject el: the Crimean campaigns, in which:all the battles are fought " o'er again." The spectacle; like one on the same subject which was produced some. time :since,. at the same theatre, proves very attractive.- It is:not possessed of much dramatic interest, but as a fairly- grouped series- of military tableaux, - it: is deserving of attention. A IVlEmonukm to the Wallasey- , Commissioners lies for - al - gusto tare in the Exchange News-reom, requesting the to take steps -to improve then-resent ferry accommodations at Egremont and.New- , Brighton,.which are complained of as highly clang-erow, andinadequate to the wants of the residents , . in \ that part of Cheshire. The-signatures are headed the names of Mr. Harold littletblei.Mr. J. C. Ewart, Mr. James- Buchanan, &c. TIM second Pecture tonnectsd. with. the Kirkdale World* Men's Reading-room:and Night-school was delivered- to-a crowded audience,' in , St: Mary'S-Sahool-room, on Tuesday, by the Rev. G. S. Ball.; trector of St.. Thomas's, Birmingham. The subject was." Home, . and how to make Home happy,"" which was treated in-an interesting manner by the - rev. lec turer. The institution is most successfully progressing. About eighty attend the , night-sebools every evening. - • fairly andre l f r y r e o . tma completelyo nun IN A Corroli =3.1in5...--OnTlaarsday afternoonAout. half-past three o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in .the sentehing room of the mill of Messrs. Riley and Co., eotton spinners and manufacturers, Salmon-street, Preston.. The fire-engines were. on,the. spot in six. minutes afterwards, _and promptly got to. work. Three fire. annihilators were-intro hwt ao h l r e k. ir , t a hh b der o e u fle r s at mi ae • W i wi n h e e e r duced, but they did not explotle until some time ha d °lapped a e x f t p e l r o d t h e e th li e g y ht fa h atl ad • ibieneneaxptiplingeduisthoingtherb,e a f \l a d , n 't e v s h_e n t h t a h i eng only te g e thee ff oet e i ct ilinit b etda e eel i rrl n 3i, g iiati t e,d o rmeoa, dti rod i i e r, t ,o l ad i rn e eevi fi hg r E 7 • es mcgd, be-- sides a quantity. of loose cotton. LATINCIt Oa A . 1 0RTAR , BOAT.—on Tuesday, a , . mortar boat was launched from the iron shipbuilding yardo.of Mr.. John Laird, Seftou-street. She is constructed of iron and it is said is the first built of that material. Hitherto if,Ls been supposed that iron-built vessels would not stand the immense shock required for mortars, and the one launched cib Tuesday therefore is only an experimental craft. She is CO .feet- long between perpandiculars,2o feet beam, and 6 feet depth.of hold. She is yacht rigged, and is of great strength. Her deck is built of wood as well as. the shell-room and magmine, and she , is all complete.tchreceive her mortar and ammunition. The great advantage, and perhaps the only one, of constructing them of irou i is the facility of building them. Ti less than three weeks this vessel - has been built and. 3quipped, and almost any number could have been constructed-im the same time. A large concourse of persons assembled, to witness the launch, in consequenceof the novelty of the vessel. She left the Ilersey.on.Wednesda,y, about three o'clock in tour of the Uncle Sam, her destination being the arsenallof Portsmouth. Tim FREE LIAE,LRIES.—The Free Lending Libraries have now been iu operation two years, and the success which has attended them is altogether unprecedented. They commenced with, about 30 readers, and 2,000 volumes; now there are 5,000 readers and upwards of 11,000 volumes. The number of volumes received and lent, for the week ending 14th November, amounted to 7,480, and on Monday and Tuesday last, no fewer than 3,061 volumes were received and issued, being an average of 1,530 per day, and it is computed that between 1,400 and 1,500 borrowers passed in and out of the libraries during this period, and this. without bustle or con fusion. There is a rapid accession of readers daily ; and the Library and Museum Committee, anxious to carry out these excellent libraries with spirit, are, adding largely the popular literature of the day, having purchased for these libraries alone, during the past week, nearly :1,000 volumes. - - - HORRIBLE CRUELTY BY A F.ATILEE.—At the Police-court, on Wednesday, before Mr. J.. A . . Tobin, a most horrible case, of cruelty to a child by its father was investigated. The accused, a rough-looking fellow, about 35 years of age, named John MTie, a dock labourer, residing in Saltney-street„ was charged with having beaten his daughter Elizabeth, an ema ciated little creature three-and-a-half years of age, but appa rently not more than two, years old, in the most savage manner, with'a thick leather girdle, such as porters wear around their waists. The child was brought into court in the arms of a female, who resides near the residence of the father. Its face was literally black all over from the. ill-usage she •had received, and her legs and other portions of her body bore similar marks of brutality.—William Johnson, residing near the prisoner, said that on Sunday last the prisoner was intoxi cated; and, ascertaining that he had been ill-using one of the children, he went in and brought three away, which com prised his family, his wife having died shortly after the birth of the infant he had so shamefully beaten. Seeing that the whole of them were well nigh starving, he gave them a good dinner, and subsequently went in and remonstrated with their father on account of his conduct. The prisoner said that he could not help it; that he had no wife to look after them. Witness replied that that was no excuse, and said that if he had provided them with food they would help them selves. The eldest child, a girl about five or six, told him that her father had beaten her little sister with a leather girdle, and then, taking the child in his hands, tossed her up to the ceiling.—The eldest girl was called; but- on being interrogated, it was apparent that she knew nothing whatever of the nature of an oath. The magistrate, therefore, declined to have the child sworn. Prisoner was committed to goal for six months, and hard labour. Directions were given for the care of the children. [NOVEMBER 20, 1855• AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. theA in f t l3r e iY lli ca g . the 6th inst. The Africa brought 119 passengers, and $ BO specie on freight. A st eneeCaptain from British Harrison,ali d Boston I ;oi t lt i v i ehtichhe American arrived 7th,e n r o do y lf a lr e l smu mail nxd eawy, s team's ie,o l l Asia N e T w h aeytUoH Halifax United States xthe ne 3thi. de steamship 6t h instant,tns tinstant. anntd. Baltic, th e r hence, oyal m 1 Id a s f ea r/ v u ;sl ii rirTedheatsticeaemwshlioprskEoinictshsoen6atnhdinAsrtaagnot., from Sonthara_,Pt Joseph ; The United States District Court had sentencee jA ILVeirighoneiell,rvioacosthilivitnoigte3tvaeodursco,ofirrmeenpslripiotninnagmenemtnoteinatnfboder, at:fi,eeDweßilf,tosi,s:oo.iF7tritiLs writing on the sth, says :—" The cabinet was in ses?Aa no tit late hour this evening. It is understood here in OK I , to circles that the cabinet have some pretty knottylvsll,l4,7,oo dispose of. Quite a large budget of despatches arr . e? ) ,"„ t re Saturday, from Mexico, and were communicated to 0 ,1 ;. ty tary of state to-day, through General Almonte. it; 7 ' g bly Lai; last foreign mail, which arrived here this morning, , !,..„„isel portant despatches were received from our minister at x,' . ',, , e t . te all of which, I understand, were considered by the c!'",;',defr day, and, it is believed, have reference to Mr. Crewe , culty, all of which will be developed in a day or tra ct, A dispatch, from which the following is an ext, l :oo. been received by the United States Admiralty from taA, e dit` States Mediterranean commissioner, S. L. Breese. _ . l, a ro; is not given :—"Sir,—l have directed Captain L° I 4 O II S A P , teed to Genoa for a supply of coal, and on his return ', bio : r ; for Naples, to which place I am earnestly requestea of ~,, resident minister to send a vessel, the political stal o V in that kingdom havin assumed a threatening stet ais soon as the presence oft he vessels at INTaples maY b . 6 itlie.t with, I propose to proceed, as I have already aPPrIf _A towns w t n ta us e no n hn t a , tpthpoenCynoopnrrtsehtva coastan i t l Constantino o a p ot l f e st h ; me a y i r i shoulddna Mediterranean, t g i t i : 0 and Syria,) have subsided in that h e ard ( pl a .a s ce i , t i d vil sali:":9o :ti l had hoped to find the Constellation here, having oo sw arrival, on the 10th inst., at Gibraltar. Her P r e „ s f e eres t3t ; to a m olohuffnas o Ataevh s bie t asrrlutsae a lear c oagark e acceptable, ipeo p ietaaic t hrni rtc a eeg tau b rnrtc l e oo,don , nnfuicoa s tmc i ria n sonphltr c eoiler e ii: se correspondent ,ehpp.fmreotonyrspatdeuekorsesceesnttsesiieti vessels n toglnlh t n. mroe a tirft i aoo i eesor d steub,: p reiti a i r ! ectia b os:ipti a lt, b ei 3::; : rja e ..ili ; iia,f. - : - eie: eaiyies at least .": o,ic toe ado : i lea eseilt. my command when she arrives ; and in vi e "; fo rce of , a „ D ed, beg leave to urge an increase to the preseat I° . 4p rosv l ' a 0 ii ? b,.. p , naree d iton u rda e seetffin t eop o atnleb:re:i M ne e t xico te-d b a y y t t h he e United pretest S ef tat t e h s e G m o e v x e i r co tTo oe e ll' ot,,i ' mt erlt o rumoured that General Almonte presented t° Gole i t t clet against the payment of the three million ia s `' , „, ; It' ,hot the Mesilla treaty to the assignees of the eta l- aticiF,,,,is• believed that if Mr. Attorney-General Cushitic, , f . tliW the loans were regularly negotiated on the fa it 'ithe signments, the protest will be disregarded, an 0 paid." - t due il ioull A letter from Washington says, that the a te xe , joi the $3,000,000 Mexican indemnity was nearly Alf 0 drafts already presented. The question of the le,y . " . 1 drafts had been submitted to the Attorney-Ge ncr in Cr f rlmeaybc land creonasupe N srorcit e :nt int r i,h a yaete A lenei,:oa y dvgtndpe i e directed thetat- 1 co l l, e get ~:0, sounding lirtolpe partialdol l r thlle e e: el t ipsii t Islands. ysnt f r ii Pointi lague t eeigo l dr ixr i eaeod e cxr olsle:ye t asi fidno l itut v : \vierfhn government lee i leßi 1 Toe!ro.rnan o rieongHsa f t:tqdhtttoot ß ueoletso: em,ueea, explore e .ps2sxr k apetop h i lir ilip:tit a ebhoe:, n rri; jetTsa l ot, cul l : ei lua e ettryb ekAer n iii er. it:: : :::00,:ioceit ca r ifei 01 , 000: icibsr r,..;,: i 7t,1, eicir,lo:: li fest, . of Denmark, to land cables on the shores of ltA "ai. P - a ielti waters of the countries above named. J „ e ieg„„ilrei,' Six men had been arrested in Wisconsin for .150 i Bated tions osethe track of the Milwaukee and Missl''' o eo s ' ~ They thought they had not been sufficiently c c.- _ a sk' cattle killedby the trains. r , .4-r 0 4, trre It is stated• that in Kansas a secret militarSci 11010 , had taken place, designed. to control the atf , itt.,, l gsell „ tory, and to resist the execution of any law r - tr Territorial Legislature. 'lrcla' °IV' A fatal catastrophe occurred on the Pacific Ila i d ,y , l'A f t ot,.° Ist instant. A train left St. Louis on tbat„,:ieel_je" ferson city, tetelebrate the opening of the Paclui4.o o l,ifi that place, and: on passing ever the bridge ,a ' fiver 0 17 gave way, and the train fell a. distance of twentY", 00, c tir feet. Some of the cars plunged on those beeeatil, „ 1 0 0 , e s' d t ial h ielc e iuil i e r i.uaa p tsre o an z pe id ran e ste r i mt o it u neb s i wheels, eal down the me tamed its position . on the rail. Twenty-two lx . '" r . , killed, and a large aumber wounded. „ ~, Ore c r e itS , The St. Louis Herald states-that Mr. WII" a- ,;i. tliP. 0 , r n , member,) and a: l i purpose of joining the Continentals (the celn,ri t i l tile m ., , lie 1 113 ' ' in St. Louis that he-should sail lOiFielalifax on tThisli A day with a company of seventy-five men for the 13rI 11 0; of Official he was to be-captain. , 0011 11 04 in Nicaragua havxng reached tbe 1 "" L ' ed ecenpied the attention of the Government , , and ~,e , Gorerntnelet , •sSP - vi/- Paulding, of the home squadron, NYOuld „ ro wbly be l' iril Cl' to proceed thither immediately, with. •1 i' " special „,,p+ regarding events in that (Barter. I l '` , 0 Advises from Nicaragua: report that Genel,, v o"/ the lath ult., embarked at Virgin, and before daylight hawing been reinforced by a small party of Cabitulie s teV , r e •eionnningsltiresbalt whichlde d iige3.eaif- .. 0. cc: forty-five p cc : ilt-fLtyc elfitvhitnohee. den r :r e:e: h tu t u dt li ii l l r g ei e eini t tie .' /3:7, :no n tl le e V o i I t t t oi pc;, ,? w ore ge, the ex l. o four miles of Granada. After a Tn id 1 5 ,eitaoat eneount\e. z reached the city, and gained the PO - . + t , eon.es. ensued, 011::,1 any serious resistance. Here a shalT - laid and se r f t ; resulted in a loss to the enemy of ftft° 6l 4 , o . a of the ci ` P tlle, wounded, and General Walker took P e ' ss6s ; captured 1/ ; L s of Nicaragua. Subsequently the fort W 5 ,1 the citizie?l;o Americans. Order baying been reset "re - 7 ofene eal it e jio Granada held a public nieetingeand tentleTed , e d e clio,,,,ts favour of General Corral. C the presidentship of the republic, which honour t.- I , n ited ~ ' ,:re Minister to Central America, after meal soli ci .Ar riciar o ge seeded to Rivas, with propositions of peacerbseat, Co 07 Riiae r and learning that General Corral:' n'a 9- a, a -- by tile tj tY 'Wheeler attempted to return, but was-proval u t iit 6l l°ll 4 vernor, and detained two days; nor:was - he . r 6 '' - b Of j3 ie WPM , was threatened with an uttack. This-brewc_ce be," the part of Corral's forces, led to: a coerespendeScorrajjorl the-U.g. Minister and the- General. Oul.be ` 2 f inis ii . ',,,erl rendered, a treaty of peace was formeel',- ana e ' t eese,:dur victory became complete. During the pr ogress l oth ,P .1 e . A others , of importanee were transpiring. On the Or:1 Fry and Parker H. French, with sixty meu, ef,egllv!,' boardthe Virgin, which also carried thepassenge'so ji arr from California, with the intention of: capturing the r ge l th e The occupants of the fort,. hOwever, fired uee.r 01 01/ o ' o t.,,,, with. cannon, and the expedition was aleandoneff* 0 , ,Aoo e , being unwilling to risk the lives- of the- paeseng e j 0 4 v 0 ,ty, 23rd the steamer conveying:the .outward bO O , O ft ° ,lr d passengers by the Star of the: West wee , :sired l'P' t illio,, f g 0%, fort. A thirty-two poundi shot struck the-boat , ''' t/'. and a child, and seriously injuring :the- reachinerl6o jr, to this an attack was madeq.Lpen the- returning f or r at Virgin Bay, by the Government , fbeees s whet ) 4 1 were killed, and eight others severely wounded• tt° des e Caleana.—Considerable - property had. bee , ' t ,„s}o`,'4 Mug and Ontdrio streete,Kingston, Canada Wc s ." / ;ot t5O ',„ The Montreal Gazette-eautions the.public aP l i s 'jot' felt four. It is said that some dealers- buy ba rr f e lier , ~ best brands, and then filEthem up witii,flour of - i d seription, much of which.is adulterated; r r 9 Virgotn loabt Colonel recentin nes.ri'"rixnvrd:t‘rvry,aietmihillaind:etere„rip'a:eatiabstrivid!,irtbj,oo,:pgeetnreabinula,leielr:s.atyrion.sil_t:_diailed.t:O.fstiol:toilleo,:io,..4,,v,,,:),lll, At Quebec the Commissariat had adt , ertied I°- d, carry six thousand barrelk-of eartrictss•to Er t glan A., CO3IMERCIA.L INT.IiiLLIGIDTC' 60 Pv 7' ,i if nw - Youtc-, sel, a v,, There was no pressure, money ameng t bee t: l et, r ' merchants. There was. an increased , dernamd 311 '2 4 1 0 ao porters, who, having oaeasion to make r eraittano':ol e fso there was more inquiry-for bills to-beTaid for bY tile .t , , 4;* The cash rates for steliug bills were quite los s ,'' l o, l r..) houses being inclined. to sell at 1.08 i,., The 13: 0 "',4 " ;; ,r,t' with only a slight diminution, their usual line ;01 r,tt , ‘,ol There was no alteration in the rates. for cornia r i, fof pl°,¢ the brokers since our last; namely, 8 , to 9 per ce l ' ife,' l p cf c ' i first-class paper, and 9,t0 12: for. paper not s c ' i ot o , Exchange on England. in. fair demand, at 108 t° . s 'o o fil l' Bills on France, f. 5.171 to f. 5.21.1.. f be ili. , t o COTTON.—The unfavourable accounts of, " c ei,,,,,t; o o market had led to a further decline flc. to l e ' otcer 2 , the stocks here are so much redneed that the : 1 ,3 10' 4- 3 4' be considered nominal to some extent. The ill' . h e ir mated at 5,000 bales. tll t oe, tlO tlie ,t4t' The New Va.:lA.:Courier and Enquirer, of .„" 0 dri says :—" The week,opened very quietly, and w: g no il ' o ny of Baltie's advises; on Saturday, there 114 ",;55e4 4 h e; change in price.. On receipt of her aremintg 11 1,0 1 4, 11l suspended, and .the small sales since effected, 15 ' . ric"4o: l 11 P to aPV chiefly for home use, have been at very irreg! .„ _, i ing from ic-.. to Ic. decline. The stock here is a re 'oe id ' , for the season, and the present rates, therefor e s tet g 0 y . public opiaion of value. The quotations reP,,01 0 ' . .,,'4 , ' 7 at which small: parcels. can be, or are daily . d- 10 ;„ r Or c re if ‘ i the rates at-which there would be free buying -I %i e 5 ( f . 1 b e i ri are anxious to know how many more turns- ° , 4 e r A crj victim ean : bear before he is relieved, or whe."' s - i,te 'es allowed; to expire on the rack ; and all on. thip s vl th e si' late themselves that this country is freed tr ° r o l power of a national bank." 1 ic As oo o t ,li - to t iO-.e on flour on receipt of the advices, per 13altie, , ea cy, 01 i Patv.APSTI7FTS. — An advance of 25c per ba lle tic ' te from Liverpool. The market, however, closed,'l i i s clalotc; 11 , at only 12tc. per barrel above the prices of "Lice l :oo . Wheat had advanced Sc. per bushel, with extew 10 here-and in the interior for shipment to Fral lce. v 0 was lc. to 2c. per bushel dearer. ,i VIVO 7 op mess pork, principally for home use, at s2 2 P cy fOcefie i ll PROVISIONS.—SaIes to a moderate extent 11 , 1 .;' ) • t'o q 4 '., d e 'c'd mess, and $21,25 for prime. Prices ruled h ell an d to se Lard was in demand at 11-1-c. to- 121 c. Butter a i re ulfs c "' „:3 ,5 ' without change. Growers of hops we A . ,, ,, , any further-decline in prices. __,, c e A. , InoN.—ln Scotch pig small sales had taken Il ye rpS ; g FREIGHTS were inactive. We quote to Ifprf7o 4 l cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per lb. ; flour, 3s. 6d. Pe' a ii, 14, ; I :,. lid. per bushel. To London :—Flour, 4s• ~`",:per!,C, , grain, 14d. per bushel. To Havre ;—Cotton, - 1 :,:i v ev:„ 1 .,,, , $1 per barrel; grain, 25c. per bushel. To 137, t 0t0` '. , 1 lc. per lb.; to llamurgh, Lie. sic. per lb. 600. j ot Int NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31.—Cotton sales 79 d oe _ ie .p. all Southern pos unchanged. a-head of same,,, s. $ 1 .':,,t"..! Nov. 2. Cotton Sales 3,000 }..)°,, i ; pgaw c i, per lb. ;to ilec ej i week 38,000. Receipts for the week 46, 0 w' rr teeS, o ttol;. last year.—Nov. 3. Baltic's news received. b. U oi and market unsettled. Sales 3,sooS°vlAcerr° changed. Sales 7,000 bales. Freight to Havre lc. 200 sNov.(By 6, E s l ix ect p r a i .— T i e , l h e e gr a a e P:Ad oa f o or s rpe °l : 4 l l NRw YORK, active, with a limited supply. Rates for ca ste . 1 and for short first-class paper 8 to 12 per change in good supply, rates for best ba . uke_ r il 'a du i !: bales. 3oo Breads barrels.tu f fs w : h F e l a o t u Flour 1082. Freights unchanged. Cotton easier clo) 66 3000 bushels. Provisions : pork quiet, bi 'better barrels ; beef lower, sales 350 barrels ; lardecoteb active; sales 1,850 barrels. Iron quiet ; at C. $35,50, six months; lead firm. Bice steady' allow steady, at 12c• : s a i end ,a117;.1t;t1 Tilt noted f( eeased v TitE Institut h ,,chilare, -"", On the 1 ‘ ) ' 12 ( jst 3l .2 vie