Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-13 00:00:00

MITHSON lAN HOTEL, B Rosy - milt, Corner of Hocs•ros-srstrr, New YORK. N a med In honour of the SstrrnsomAN IssTrzonorr, Estalished at WAS moroN, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Fntds bequeathed by JAMES SMITLISON, of Eracr.cio. Kalisz the Friendship of th OFFICES 3 Of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. Liti - USEEIENTS, PUBLLO THIS DAY. TIINArs.2 ROYAL—Professor Anderson-7 p.rn.l ROYAL Ass palTnE.lTE.E—Draniall Po - formance —7 p.m. PanciAnmorno HAlL—Photnas's Grand Concerts-8 p.m. MINGLE:e3 CIRQUE VAMETE, Daly-street.-7 p.m. LIVJUPOOL ACADESIY'S EXHIBITION, Postoffice-place. iaora.t. COLOSSEUM—GenoraI Entertainmoat-6.30 p.m. Ca - For sdve , tl , ement I_s°9 scco:d piza. 'r 4Vi •,,,,,,... Ft. IttA , r 2 ,d, t ~ -. ; „:,:t „ ... , t p , , C J, Itr l' f! a 101 y e V A .,.• - ;,' 4, ....'2.) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1-S-37. THE DAY'S NEWS. The Bank '.et of 1811 has been suspended—not - rescinded—on the understanding that the Bank of England will not lower their rate of discount - from the present standard-10 per cent. We in another column publish the Movernment letter, signed by the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and addressed to the Governor and Deputy Go vernor of the Bank of Sogia.nd. 'his letter states that her Majesty's Government see, with much concern, the many failures th-it have taken place, including Jcint-stock Banks in Eng land and Scotland, and the distrust in com mercial circles wniehihas been endangered thereby, and therefore will introduce a bill on the assem bling of Parliament to indemnify the Bank of England for any notes which they may issue above the emotion authorised by the law of 1841; but to prevent any abuse of this authority the Bank is not to reduce their rate of discount below the present figure. The facts contained in the letter alluded to were known on the Liverpool. Stock Exchange shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon, an I there was im mediately a re-action in the market,-which closed at a considerable advance upon the prices previously current. On 'change it was not definitely an nounced till after four o'clock, bat its advent was hailed with much satisfaction by the many mer chants there assembled—indeed, it seems to have been slightly anticipated, as we never re member to have witnessed the attendance of such a large number of the heads of our leading firms as were las:, evening congregated on our Exchange flags. Brokers who, previous to the latelligence being made known, had offered their produce at an almost ruinous price, immediately retired front the market, and would not do business at their former demands. The difficulties of the Liverpool Borough Bank may now .be said to be at an end. Yesterday, the adjourned mere:inn of the Share holders was held at the Bank, at which a series of resolutions were passed. They are in reality the same as those previously agreed to—Deposits up to £2OO are to be paid on demand. These above that suns are to have bills supplied them : ss. in the pound at six months.; Os. at twelve months, a.ed Os. at eighteen months, and Os. at twenty-four months—these bills to bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. The Bank is to be wound up, and a convnittee of five gentlemen have been appointed to carry out the resolutions. No doubt the Bank will, under a new name, and a new management again resume business. The crisis in Glasgaw is settling down. Yrserday the run on the Glasgow Banks for gold was very slight indeed—arid the notes of the two suspended Banks, the Western of Scotland, and the City of Glasgow were received in mercantile circles at par Notwithstanding that such excitement hee pre vailed respecting monetary affairs, the news from India has come in for its full share of discussion. According to the leading journal., the news is glorious, and, after five molithii . suspense, we may breathe freely. "It may now, indeed, be said, that the Indian mutiny is at an end. To cheer and support us in a great flaJnAil crisis we have the news that the most deadly perils have been escaped and the most brilliant SliCieSS:-S gained on the field -which has so -long fixed the attention of the world All that now remains is to follow up the victories which have been so galautly won—to drive the enemy not only from the great towns and the military stations, but from the villages and plain 3, and to deliver the unhappy provinces from the scourge of a laTless and desperate soldiery. There is, no doubt, still much to do, for 100,000 armed men cannot be dispose t of in a month or even in six months. Bat we have no longer before us the apparition of a hesnle Empire, capital, and army. All that rernaiii is a set of isolated bands, ravaging the country Without purpose, system, or hope of success. To route and exterminate this ruffian rabble must he the work of the troops who have by this time poured into the country, but who will have found the main strength of the ne.uti neers destroyed before they arrived." It would n ow appear that the opinion current among political and military rani is that nothing is left to be accomplished but a srries of minor operations. It is no longer the 1.:•:01:1 . 1ile3t, but the paciliina tion of Bengal and the North \Vest Provinces that has to be acehieved. Nothing would conduce more effectually ao trauquilise the dioiffeeted than the news that the " King of Kings" had been reprieved by a Brtish captain of cavalry, while his sons had been shot is the scene of their discomfiture. Tae Punjaub continued to be free from the insurrectionary taint. Possibly, advan tage may be taken of the di turbed staee of the roads between Mooltan and Lahore, to represent that territory as rebellious; but cur readers were acquainted a fortnight ago with the fact that a few robber tribes 11.14 tak en advantage of the Sepoy mutiny to renew the system of plun der hithertd checked by the brilliant administration of Sir John Lawrence. The agitatiots, though inconvenient, has no political me.artiug, signifying, nothing more, in truth, than the natural disposnion of brigands to make the most of a time during which the ordinary police are en e ,aged ie military duties. The British o.nnunistriener Inste be depended upon to es:Create th tee E 011:( of annoyance. As to the Madras Peeshienno, thisteiken loyalty is a most sin r isfacZey sign that our general authority has not been impunned. The defeat of the Bengal rebels by nativ, troops near Jabbul pore must laive disheartened those who sill counted upon an insurrection of the low-cote renimente. That the Itajpootana districts are more or less disturbed was known some weeks ago; the present mail brings no inure than a vague confirmation of that intelligence. The Bheel outbreak is neither more or less than an enterprise on the part el confederated and hereditary lilieve3; bt.o it is an Important piece W' infermation that the southern Islahratta .States, and the Ninam's cottatry remain perfectly quiet. The rebellious faction its Sindh has been kept under, although its spirit has not been entirely quenched. A &spate'', which we publish the morning, dated Bombsy, Oet. 17, intimates th tt the rebels have been beaten everywhere, and th the country is quiet. Let us hope that there is no exaggeration in this staterneat. . . As tne time for the mserabling of parliament approaches, hon. members are most assiduous in their endeavours to propitiate the good .fe.,3lin ,, towards them. Aceor tingly, they are now ren dering an account of their stewardship, an d without doubt, they put as good a gloss upm their conduct as they poe&bly can. Mr, Itoupell has jest been addressing the Lambeth coristitue:ley. He was dissatisfied that no measuro of refnrm was brought forward last session, and also that Mr. Berkeley's motion for the ballot had been unsuc cessful. He severely blamed Lord John Russell for his opposition to this measure. He supported the Superannuation Bil!, but was against the Divorce Bill. He objected to largo territories being under the control of a joint stock compan3 —the Hudson's Bay Company, which was no bene fit to this country, He then, amidst loud cheering, THE NORTHERN TIMES, LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1857. adverted to the favourable news received from India with regard to Delhi, Lucknow, &c. He regretted, however, to have to state the loss of two brave men—Generals Neil and Nicholson. He felt that if the attention of the people of England had been more early, called to the question, the great calamity would have been avoided. To show the ignorance and indifference to such subjects, he would state that he once went to the house under the impression that he . should find some interest in a debate on India wnich had been announced, but was told at the doors not to go in, as they were going to have a ' count out." He hoped that now the day of retribution was approaching no red tapeism or want of confidence would prevent •martial law being proclaimed and carried out against all found in arms. Lst a tax be placed on all India to defray the expenses of the war instead of taxing the people of England. That giant monopoly the East India Company must be swept away. There must be no truckling to Hindooism or other forms of religion. The rule in India must be characterised by more firmness and consistency. The usual weekly meeting of the Dock Commit tee was held yesterday. The proceedings ware not of any importance, with the exception of the reading of a correspondence between Mr. Mason, Dock •Secretary, and Mr. Alderman Nicholls, of Manchester, on the recent Manchester Conference. Mr. Mason invited Mr. Nicholls and others, on the part of the Dock Committee of this port, to visit the Docks, and see for themselves. The other local news of the day is not of the least moment. Some interesting news is transmitted from Russia. Another batch of Poles has been anines tied, but their names are not given, and are, there fore, most likely not of great note. Feelings of independence and offended dignity, caused by the rough proceedings of the Russian police, have manifested themselves among the students of Moscow; and it seems that public opinion in Russia is strongly on their side. It will be recol lected that some time ago similar demonstrations were made by the students at Kiew. The impel . - lance of these movements will be best understood by remembering what took place in the 'German universities a generation ago. In mili tary states the first resistance against their military character proceeds from the learned classes, for they are most sensitive on those points of dig nity which military commands offend, while their younger members are the most ready to resort to arms. It is now distinctly announced by a usually well-informed German journal, that the ukase, abolishing serfage in Russir, will be published on the 17th of next month, the birthday of the late Emperor Nicholas. Even if the measure should not be a radical one, which can hardly be expected, it wi 1 have to be considered as the most important step which the civilisation of the world owes to the present year, The question . of the union of the Danubian. Pri ncipalities, still occupies the attention of the Euro pean powers. A telegraphic despatch announces that the government of the Sultan has drawn up another note against the union of the Principalities. Much agitation prevails in those provinces. Th) con vention of the States bordering on the Danube, relative to the navigation and regulation of that river, which hitherto Licked the signature of Turkey, leas now received ir, according to Vienna lettere, and has thue become part of the public law of Europe. From France we learn that the bullion in the Bank of France is improving, and is now supposed to stand at nearly two huedred millions of francs. The Payee positively denies the truth of a reported attempt upon the life of the Shalt of Persia, said to have been committed by an individual of the sect of the Barbis. The Emperor has determined to purchase for his private account a domain of 10,000 hectares of land in Algeria, on which he intends to establish model farms. The Belgian Legislative Assembly was opened on the 10th ins'. without any ceremony. The King was not present, nor was there any speech in his name. Both hcuses wore immediately ad j ourned. SFN)ND STTSPENSTOM OF IIIE BANK CHARTER ACT. IT is our pleasing duty to announce that the Bank Charter Act of I 544, and its parent abomination of 1819, were suspended, a second time, yesterday. The language employed in the important despatch frclrn which we received this cheeringinformatioi, is as obsoure as the most Fantastical diplonilte could well desire, when about to su rrel , ler a darlin; principle, and ack now - le3g.._i an error which is universally looked upon as the worker of national sin. The Government having yie:ded to an unprecedented pressure from without—to which the NORTIIERN TIMES, as the fearless exponent of the commercial and general opinion of this great mercantile community, has contributed not a little—the announcement reaches us that the Bank of England is permitted to issue an uniimiel a nount of notes so long as the minimum rate of discount remains at 10 per cent. The wo:ding of this intelligence shows how reluctantly this tardy and long-deferred relief to trade was conceded, and how unwilling its authors were to declare the Bank Charter Act a contemptible and palpable failure. But it is perfectly. useless to attempt to deny the fact. The nemt Bank R2turns., which were, no doubt, shown to the Government yeserday afternoon, would have exhibited a state of things which would admit of no farther parley or delay. The Bank must, in fact, be in a deplorable eon- cliti ,n, " according to law." Ia every other respect, that establishment is safe enough, as we shall see in a day or two, the Directors are allowed to act for themselves, without the inter- ferenee of PEEL'S and OVERSTOXE'S insane inter- meddlers. The public will receive the legal tender note with the usual confidence, and when commercial credit recovers the shameful shock it has jest received, the rate of discount will be lower within a ninth, as it was when the Bank Charter Act wa3 suspended in 1847. A large issue of notes at even 10 per cent. will sustain prices, and merciaants will then 1 - ,Lt able to meet their engagements, although at a heavy Tiny will not bc wholly ruined by usury and depreciation combined. At present, however, we can do no more than announce the glad tidings to our numerous rea- ders. An " unlimited issue of notes" is, not withstanding all the dangers those words carry with them in some deeply interested quarters, the only hope of commercial and maritime salvation left for England ! This is surely a grand triumph for Currency Reformers. The Whig rate of discount will speedily give way when commercial paper is suffered to float for what it is worth in trade, once again. It is only when PEEL'S gold sharks are let loose on the mercantile property and industry of the people, that any real danger is to he apprehended. They are fortunately muzzled once more, but it matters not what amount of relief it may give the country, we shall have but very little to thank the PALMERSTON Cabinet for, as the half- mouthful of relief we have received could not be wrung from them before hundreds of our most respectable and wealthy traders were reduced to beggary, and many millions of hard and honestly acquired property sacrificed to the rapacity of the Bullionists. Finally. with the suspension of the Act of 1844, we must include that of 1819— for the former was meant as the completement of the latter—and when one breaks down, the other must follow as a natural sequence. It appears as though the Habeas Corpus Act is to be suspended before the Bank Charter Act of 1844 is abandoned. But let those ,who would precipitate a civil war beware of the inevitable consequences. We can have no armed revolutions in happy and manly England. Moral changes, such as the times require, can be brought about by the employment of those Constitutional means which we have still at our command. The present crisis is the result of a glaring breaking down of great ruling princi ples. The monetary quackery of a bewildered and benighted few is ravaging the broad and world-wide fields of commerce. Trade is no longer a pursuit which is supposed to be guided by the genius, intelligence, and enterprise from which it has sprung. Monamania is attributed to those who contend that it has elements pecu liar to itself, and fixed laws from which we can not depart without falling into chaos, such as that which is now before our eyes. "Trade must be free, that we live by our industry," is one of its immutable maxims ; and yet 'nen of business and politicians of the Manchester School declare that trade must be restricted that gold may not leave the country—meaning thereby that, the metal with which we purchase must not be employed for the very use for which money is wanted! Is trade free while such a system pre vails ? We were told only yesterday that the Royal Bank of Ireland can pay a dividend of 14 per cent. after carrying a lame balance to its reserve fund. But mark how that comes to pass. There has been no commercial speculation—id est, the few who have monopolised the Bank's favour have excluded fair trading enmnptitinn. and have made the public pay monopoly prices for their imports. Where is the trade in Dublin, or in all Ireland put together, to justify banking profits of 14 per cent. ? Restriction in every industrial pursuit has produced the " gratifying result," and not an enlarged and free com merce. Such things cannot be where there is a machine at work which requires that every interest of the Commonwealth must give way to the objects of its employers. Restrictions are forced on trade to fleece the holders of produce of the last sixpence of their profits and capital; and when this has been accomplished we hear of large banking dividends. A hurricane is raging nearer home, however, and in a country where the people have not been reduced to serfs, shep herds, and stall-feeders. We have a mighty trade, arising from all the deversified pursuits which belong to civilisation, and indomitable industry, which diffuses its blessings all over the habitable globe, to cherish, and to carry forward untl human toil has developed those natural resources by which all nations may live in peace, happiness, and independence. It is vain to oppose crotchets to this sublime design. Human industry must be rewarded, and the unrestricted commerce of nations is the only source - from which its bounty can be derived. The Stoics laid it down as an axiom, that men were entirely wise or entirely foolish, and so thoroughly were' they convinced of the soundness of their con clusions, that they would entrust none but their wise men even with the waving of a finger; but it does appear as if we had now arrived at an epoch •in the world's history when drivelling imbeci!es and their hirelings were left to guide the destinies of the greatest empires upon earth, and to make war upon all those institutions which the urgent necessities of the human family have called into existence. Of these, trade and commerce have provi dentially assumed the greatest dimensions, and any hostility shown towards them cannot be called " political" in the general acceptation of the term. Thy are simply destructive, and those whose substance is threatened with con fiscation must enter their solemn Constitutional protest against further hostility to the commercial prosperity of England. Banks were introduced to aid and not to govern and crush the merchant and trader, and where reason is suffered to prevail it cannot be denied that their interests are identical. But by some absurdity they have been placed in direct anta gonism to each other, and in the efforts of the weaker to crush the stronger, both have fallen to the ground. Banks, when they attempt to restrict trade under any designing or solid pre text, at once destroy their own power, and reduce their charters and acts of Parliament to so much waste paper. The stern necessities of the great family of nations—hunger and nakedness—are incessantly calling aloud for increased and in creasing trade, and our response is, " Your merchants are not worthy of credit, and your traders are so ignorant of their business that they don't know when they have trade enough." That the middle classes who have the Parlia mentary franchise in their hands should submit to such a system as this, is perfectly amasing. That our merchants, whose power in the State is greater than that of any other section of the community, should pay so little heed to their own safety, is equally surprising. They have not been without timely admonition. The NORTHERN TIMES has repeatedly exposed the utter rottenness of our money laws, and the incalculable dangers which were hanging over the merchant. We have plainly foretold, that the present crisis would overtake the country. We have as often stated that they would find no Sympathy in the Whigs, and that the legislative mind was too much saturated with Whiggery to think of allowing commerce to supply its own wants. We now contend that the tone and temper of both our Government and Parliament must be changed before we can expect any solid cornmer cial amelioration. They will cling to the old fallacy of " I promise to pay on demand," until national bankruptcy proves the impossibility of such a thing under any circumstances. Enough of this has already been shown, to satisfy the whole mercantile public that an entire re-adjustment of our monetary system must be undertaken by parliament early in the ensuing session, It has been stated that Lord PALMERSTON looks on the pressent crisis as a sort of providential, set off against the popular demand for Parliamentary Reform, and it appears as if the Premier was resolved to cling to it as long as it retains a par ticle of vitality. It remains, however, for the country to decide how long the existing com mercial distress is to last, and what panic laws, if any, are to be left on the statute book. The Bank Charter Act has failed. It was invented to supply the country with money at a moderate and something like a uniform rate of discount ; but it has only lived long enough to exhaust the rich produce of the gold fields of California and Australia, and plunge the commerce of Great Britain into a hopeless state of bankruptcy. FINANCIAL CRISIS AND LABOURING POOR. FROM the contemplation c.f the crash of American Banking Houses, and the suspension of large inland Banks.; from the fall in the Cotton market, the short-time movement in the manufacturing districts, the rise in the rate of interest, and the almost impossibility of raising loans—let us turn to the effect of this calami- LuUs Stutc of inaccers on toe class on Whom it eventually falls with the greatest weight. When the great house of A. B. and Co. fails to meet its engagements, and we almost gloat over the figures of its million sterling of liabilities, we know that A. and B. and Co. will not be deprived of the necessarie s of life, and that the wives of all concerned will not forego their winter clothing, or that of their children ; but with the case of the labouring poor, whom this financial crisis will throw out of work, the case is widely differeat. JAMES SMITH, a cotton porter in the employ of the bankrupt firm of Messrs. A. B. and Co , is also a ruined man, but his failure makes but little noise in Financial circles. He is at once reduced from 21s. a week to absolute poverty ; his wife may arrange with the pawnbrokers for his supper for a few days, and at the expense of his Sunday clothes and all her under garments, may provide breakfast for his hungry children for a week or two, and then real tangible ruin will be within his doors. Messrs. A. B. and Co. have had a good educa tion, and may show the Christian virtues of patience, resignation, and tidal ; but JAMES SMITH has a harder trial to pass through, and less education to enable him to see the real cause of his poverty ; perhaps, too little principle to bear it as he should. The case of JAMES SMITH therefore claims more of our sympathy than that of A. B. and Co , and the case of JAMES SMITH is many thousand times more ' numerous. We are, we believe, about to enter upon a period of great distress ; large bodies of our fellow-townsmen will be out of work this winter; the Financial crisis will check expenditure among the higher classes, and that large class which lives by the expenditure of the rich, will be partially thrown out of employ. Cheap food will, to some extent, alleviate the distress of the working classes; awl we may indeed, be deeply grateful to Providence for the very bountiful harvest with which he has, this year, blessed both Europe and America; but when work is not to be had, and the labourer has no money at all, it is a poor consolation to him that bread is cheap. We shall have a time of great distress in this city between now and next spring, and we would ofE!r some few words of friendly advice t.) the philanthropists and practical Christians among our fellow townsmen. Two winters ago a famine was in the land ; a long continued East wind deprived our dock labourers of their usual wages, and starvation stalked unrelieved in our streets. Vie rose to the occasion, grappled with the misery, and to a great extent overcame it. But we did not stir till outrage and riot had forced the necessity upon us, and the haste and recklessness of our action showed that we rather yielded to brutal force than came forward to meet real but modest want. Noisy beggars, or threatening criminals were served before, often, indeed at the cost of, unassuming poverty, and of those true-hearted men and women who "to beg are ashamed." Four-pound loaves rolled amid the gutters of the streets inhabited by thieves, and bags of meal were handed across the counter in the lowest spirit shops for a" ha'porth of gin." Meanwhile, honest poverty was unsought for, and starved in solitude. We believe that all was done that could be done at a moment's notice, with a ma chinery unequal to the task, and under the influ ence of external pressure, but this time we must be better prepared. Arrangements must be made for the establishment of offices where soup, clothes, and even money may be given, after due inquiry ; and every means must be taken for the immediate relief of all who are deserving, whether they ask or not. The case of the honest labourer will thus be met ; and the idle vagrant, and criminal portion of the population, will be unable to tempt him to join them in scenes of disorder and riot— stern JUSTICE on the other hand must put an immediate stop to the outrages, and rifling of provision shops which disgraced the town two years ago. We understand that this matter has already engaged the attention of our worthy Stipendiary, Mr. MANSFIELD, who is ever in his public, as in his private capacity ready to take the lead in any measure which seems likely to conduce to the welfare of the honest poor ; and we draw attention to the subject, confident that he will receive a hearty support in carrying out a com prehensive scheme for relief, which may be put in operation when it is wanted. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and if our gloomy anticipations are unfulfilled, which God grant they may be, it will do no harm to be fully prepared for the poverty and starvation which may suddenly come upon us, if a hard winter follows a Com- mercial crisis, I ;CANADIAN REGVIENTS.—We believe it is in contem. plation either to invite Canada and the lower colonies to supply some regiments for actual service, or to take them if they are offered, as they were for the Crimean campaign a few years ago. In the article which we recently copied from " Blackwood "—and which we had some reasons for knowing was from the pen of Sir Archibald Alison—the " red tapeisna " of the British ministry was bitterly animadverted upon for refusing, on some petty technica 1 grounds, the service of the Canadian volunteers. Lord Palmerston, evidently smarting under this censure, or at least desirous of explaining the matter to the people of England, took an early opportunity of assuring the House of Commons that the service of the Canadians was declined on account of some delicate questions which were then pending between England and the States—that is, that it was not desirable to take men out of Canada under such circumstances. These delicate questions are now all disposed of; ani we believe the Canadians would at present be most acceptable troops. They would, of course, have to take upon themselves all the responsibi uripc and teizards of soldiers in a foreign campaign ; and they would be the first colonists in the history of England who could put John Ball. jan , on ',their flag, and fight side by side with their ancestors against a foreign foe ! We have laid bare Eagland's difficulties in the premises. Of the fitness of men ;.brought up in or accustomed to Canada, for such a service, there can be no question. A Canadian legion would coma out of the , war, we feel assured, with high honours ; and if the necessities for men should become greater than they are, or Britain's foe shou!d become too many for her defenders, Canada will willingly mix blood with her blood, aad gladly help to bear aloft her 111 g and her fame.— Toronto G:obe. THE COURT. WINDSOR, Nov. 11. Royal Ifeinese . Prinee Alfred returned to Adver balk on Tueeday, attended by Lieutenant Cowl, R.E. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge tock leave of her M ije;ty is the afternoon of yesterday, and left the Castle, attended by Lie lt.-Calonel Clifton. Licut..G6neral William ani Lidy Codrington, and Miss Coilrington, also took their departure. The Qae:n and Prince Consort, attended by Vi2coontes3 Jocdyß, Major-Gen3ral Buckley, and Captain the Hon. D. do Roe, went to psy a visit to Claremont this afternoon. DEATEI OF TIIE DUEMESS DE NEMOURS.— The Court Circular announces the death of this lamented Princess, whose aceouchement took place at Claremont on the 2Sth ultimo. Her royal highness had gone on favourably for some days, and the:; attack under which the Princess sank on Tuesday,was as sudden as it was unexpected. The Duke do Nemours, and the whole of the mernb..rs of the exiled royal family, are plunged in the deepest grief by the visitation. Intelligence of the sad event was for warded by express to Windsor Castle at an early hour in the afternoon, and the Prince Consort :immedi ately proceeded to Claremont to pay a visit of con dolence. Tae Duchess de Neneours was a daughter of the Grand Duke F3rdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was consequenCy cousin of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Her royal highness was born in 1822, and married in 1840 the Duke de Nemours, by whom sho has four children—the Count d'Eu, the Dac d'Alentlon, the Princess Marguerite, and, after an interval of eleven years, the infant whose birth has preceded by only a few days the untimely decease of his illustrious mother. On Wednesday night the mortal remains of this lamented Princess were placed in a shell of Spanish mahogany, lined with white satin, and workmen have been engaged at Claremont in fl , :ting up the picture gallery as the mortuary chamber, under the direction of Mores. Bunting and Sons, upholsterers to her Mejcaty, St. James's - street. Tho remains are placed on a catafalque. The Catholic service, we understand, will be performed by Cardinal Wiseman, and the same ceremonial will take place when the body is depasited in the Renann Catholic chapel at Woybrilge, to be . after wards placed in a tomb near that of his late M:desty Louis Philippe, ex-King of the French. AMUSE lENTS. HlNGLaa's " Grand National Steeple Chase," at the circus, despPe the panic, draws crowded hou7es, and the enthusiastic applause bestowed on the pnfortnance, is the best proof of its value in public estimation. To those who have not witnessed this piece of excellent equestrian perfdrmanca, it may seen that it is a dry d-tail of same imitative scene in the circle, but such is not the case—it is a genuine goad steeple chase, melding all the acc'dents by Tied and field, that generally accompany such exciting spot!. Last evening aad Wednesday the house was crowiel by the eliee of the sporting world, now attending the races, and the Earl of Sefton was es) present. All expressed their unbounded approbation of the whole. On Monday there will be an entirely new and interesting performance. _ SIGNOR LA.BLACRE.—There is no truth in the report circulated by some of our cotemp3raries that Signor Lablache has had an attack of apoplexy. The great artiste is now residing on his estate near iiaples, and is in much better health than he has enjoyed for some time past. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TrtußsDA Y ' M. Abbatucci, the Minister of Justice, is dec d ' The Legislative Body is convoked for the 28th• THE INDIAN MUTINIES• CAGLIARI, Nov. 11. The following message, prepared in the office °- f the Bombay limes, is dated BOMBAY, ()cr. 11. General Havelock relieved Lncknow Residency on th e 25th of September, stormed the enemies batteries on th e 26th, and took the greater part of the city on the 29 i b ' Four hundred and fifty were killed and w° lllldei. Among the killed was General Neill. Delhi was completely occupiel. On the 2Gth the O g and Quen were captured. Three princes were ello t . elts A column 2,000 strong had gone in pursuit of the r e ' a on the western banks of the Jumna. The killed s ti wounded on the 14th of September wore 1,178. General Nicholson was dead. A °heel (Bheel ?) rising in Nassick had sinc e beeil nearly suppressed. Captain Henry was killed. The rebels have been beaten everywhere. The country i 3 quiet. n for Three regiments from England have reac h e d COO - Bengal. One was expected at Bombay immediately. THE LATE BRIGADIER GENERAL NICSOLS4SI Brigadier General Nicholson, whose death, from 0°1la : received in the assault of Dalhi, is repo r t e d by the telegr a P"; was the son of a physician of the county of Dablin, a lid ho nephew of Sir J. Hogg, Bart., o f th e I n di a House , V I ; gave him a direct apDointmnt to the Bergal Aral Y' 1339. In that year he became Ensign in the 27th Re s -, ment of Native infantry; saw active service in 00' 11 0 -* tan in 1341-2, where he was taken prisoner at Gb 1155 ,4 during the Sutlej campai.zn, and only resmed by the ar ri ' dc of Sir R. Sale and Sir G. Pollock. He was subseclu e l l : - i employed with the Army of the Punj cub during 13 ; w. f whilst holding the post of Assistant to the ILsid e° ,.: Lahore, Sir P. Currie, who, in his letters and despat em- : . freq :ently mentions him in terms the hi , hest • He was present at the actions of Saloolapore, 01i1114 :8 wallah, and Goojerat, for which he had rec eived ec l war :medal, with one clasp, a nd was ra i se d by 'P, iil bo brevet to the rank of Major. O n th e b rea king out of 'e mutinies he was entrusted with the command of a br i gli and gained a splendid v i c t or y i n J u ly l as t, near P el f ; over the rebels sent out to intercept the sieve traig• A $ this gallant achievement ke had recen tly been crests;o Companion of the Bath. He was only in his 35:h at the time of his death. THE LATE BRIGADIER GENERAL NlCalb General Neill, of the Madras Fusiliers, who is reP —t by the telegraph to have been killed in the assaul t j a i Lucknow, was the son of the late Li eu t en ant-0 010w ; Smith Neill, of Dalry,Ayrshire, N.B. He was bore a b° , ll ,l the year 1810, entered the Madras army in 18 36, 11- • served in the first B u r m ese w a r , d u ring which he °g a l ; the Adjutant-General's department. He subsegee% was in command of the escort of the resident at NagPA °r and on the breaking out of war with Turkey 10 volunteered fur active service, and held a cowl: o°4 lT :he Turkish Contingent. Returning to India, ht, the most ' command of the Ist European F as il cers one O f the the splendid regiments in the servi ce , an d as Se nn o f mutinies broke out was entrusted with the cam els of of brigade. He took part with Havelock in the c a P:; re the . Cawupore, and our readers will remember hi sl air General who forced the high caste Brahmins e n o re knees to wipe np the blood-stained fl oar of the Ca li° _, } %ot tragedy. lie was generally spok en o f a s one of t he able and promising officers in the Company's service. Sots ' LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FO'-'O,ljOP CLOTBING.—Number of boys c l ot h e d f or week c Saturday, November 7th, 543; corresponding w ee year, 339 ; increase, 204 boys. tide The watch placed in French cabs to mark tu e d s iec i bare, it appears, proved a temptation to thieves, an telsa. the establishment o f th e new system 59 h ave been 5 t hat The robberies were effected with so much desteritLate the vigilance of th e d r i vers was i n va i n ; the 113' made to pay 45f. for each watch stolen. wet. Weeeneoce—(ln Sunday last, t'vo Sermen s f the I preached in W t sl e y Ch ape l , W ater l oo, on b e half ° l id' Foreign Missions of the Wesleyan Society ; in the nu,°:e the by the Rev. Ebenezer E. J en ki ns from Madras, a nd 1 sad evening, by the Rey. Nevison Laraine of we e terin o, on Wedne3day evening, a public missionary in eetin ersu e , c hell in the above c h a p e l, f or t h e f ormat i on of a eaf er fl te r auxilliary. The chair w as t a k en b y M r . C Seaford, `a: and addresses were deli v e re d b y t h e Revs. E. 3. ° l '" Ala of Sc et, T. Pennington, Leraiee, H. Herwee" day Follows. The corections after the s er m o ns on Su n , 0 10 1- Wednesday evening, amounted to the handsmee £59 1.. o A WONDERFUL STATE O F EDUCATION.—The f o llow f.°elof e, epistle was receiv e d at t h e Bi r k en h ea d Po" ' - ‘ 4O m'" / yesterday, having reference to the case of a ma il , Ec ep.' 4 9 assaulted three policemen and th en ma de bin ee If "November 9 iam write a fu lines to tell is the of fit, bni filin with thri pliees at water bw and he ditl rn it nei he is woorkin now at king woor k co l y d talwr eu° i ,cal n , mold and is nem John Will s i n an d if n want eea At e look for it you must as for Jones is col him post ° e 't ig login at Eliza,buth Jones t re ydd n an d hi dici Jcha Jones and if you want to have hie) you 0 ;4 9,e0 to look for him bee for Saderda mornin-e-4,. ig e eet e , ° ,e send a later to M rs Jo nes tiil h o c h oo l f or it ; cral e tl treuddyn"—the envelope was a dd resse d " t 136 burekned—Chester—chi r "— an d w i t hi n a c i r cle ie tre e hand bottom corner, was the word "swife" 0 0 0 10 13 PRESENTATION TO N. SAQUL—At a - t ioot bets* me: ring of the Live-pool N ew H e b rew congree c esa l s it. last evening at their b:ard•room, Synagogue' t he c voto' Hope-place. D. Davis, Esq , president, il l le ;eel+ Annonest those present were Messrs. J. Serolie Pape quinos, B. Nelson, I). Davis, R. Moss, &c. joit e The professor of music, Bedford Street North, w ag t. e e ea ettend f ar 'b e p ur p ose o f aceep 'i ng a test imen k l uot eleef t lo chairman in a brief, but appropriate, speech lisle ettr the professional services renderrel gratuito the e% e e o f SF.qni, and felt pleasu-e to express the thanks ° i s ei e d e ices' tive, who, among themselves, have purchase'l !hat ser' b icli plate as a recognition of that gentleman's in' sic li tee He then presented Mr. S with a silver Icrei, s;a; is engraved this inscription Presented A• 04% in by the Committee or the Liverpool New freh re ," e 3rri u . the tion, as a merk of their esteem for his valuah'ileoie ft ) 'obr gratuitously instructing and e mductieg c ,, eb 2 r n es t eirseemtim of the New Synegogne. 51 , ) ,, in tei' 5617, 1857 " Mr. & qui returned thiu' rv i e esg r " speech, saying he w ou ld b e g l a d t o g ive his se leie t i tonsly on any future occasion. ,r tho 0 0 sroßic SOCIETY. —The Lieerary Section e i ht i ot held its first meeting for the session last I V. A. °r eef' Grand Jury Room, Sr. George's ; gre .iee e as eee el in the chair. Among the donations stel:fle etu t ; Levele f f., ins been received, w ere —P rec eelioge of e i e tt't Architectural end Ar c h eee t,gieel Seeiey !ical soe ig a l Part 3, from the society ; J ourna l of the State of e l e cas t, Vol. XX , Port 2 ; Annals of the Wa rs eeiward n irs l Century, by Major-G eaera l t h e II m• gecha p cie D.C.L , from th e aut h or; R emar ks on tu teree eti. Seeicture of the C o t ten Fib re , by Gilbert J . the Goo 141° from the auth or; T he Qu arter l y J ou rnal of „.; Stee e i e ft S , ciete, No. 52, Nov. 1, 1857, from the soe r iV ie eve r " t o Mr. thereon was to have read the par r r° etten dli leli er but as be was unaveieably prevented froill o ree d a .cie tf gap was filled up by the Rev. Dr. Hunece w " o f the su e d bi which be had prepared for a future meeting; oce siVi u wa! During the delay in the night's peoceedinf,e n , s od this cireumstancs, an animated convern o ld Ben OA; started by the chairman, took place on tr__ off seat:,o o proverbs" pec u li ar t o L anc ashire, and it a' saute eons" a collection of such proverbs would paper for as evening's entertainment. ~__ [Sip t ,.. ' 11 ro vER C l i t 4 4 d 41verno 418 PEN