Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS:

Yesterday, there was rather. more buoyancy in
commercial affairs generally. The failure of the
Bank in Wolverhamwon has not turned out so
disastrous as was at Lint supposed would be the
case—the liabilities are set down at £600,0430,
. This bank, however, exceeded its legitimate func
Lions. For some time past, as might have been
-expected from the position of the trade of the
-district, the bank was pressed to extend its dis-
counts. It did so, and, unfortunately, as it has
proved, beyoud its available means. It gave
assistance, unluckilly, with too little prudence,
-and too great liberality. Early last week a great
,deal of uneasiness was excited in the minds of the
directors by the discovery of the fact, that an
:undue amount of accommodation had, unknown
to the general body, been offered to certain parties
who would not otherwise have received it. On
'Thursday, it ,was deemed prudent, as a matter of
precaution, to decline discounting alwgether, and
this fact naturally originated rumours of pressure
having fallen upon the bank. Urgent applications
-were Made, but the directors did not feel them
selves .at liberty to comply with them. On
Friday and Saturday, the applications were
renewed, but circarnstanoes on the latter day
had rendered any adequate compliance with them
a matter of impossibility, as a very large amount
•of acceptances bearing the bank's endorsement
were returned. An application for assistance hail
been made to the Bank of England, and had been
complied with, but it was found insufficient. On
Friday and Saturday rumours of the difficulty
began to .creep abroad, although in commercial
circles the position in which the Bank was likely
to find itself placed, owing to the returned bills,
was pretty welt known. On Saturday evening;
many persona declined to take its notes, Through':
out ounday hopes were entertained that it might,
by obtaining further assistance, he able still
successfully to encounter the diffieulties of its
position. The assistance however was unattainable,
and the feeling of alarm having spread, the result
was such a heavy withdrawal cf deposits on Mon-
day as placed ,all hope of a successful struggle
with- the- -(iitliaut-y, in -the-present stain of the
Money b(yond eieettition. We under.
stand th it a deputation is now in London fur the
purpose of laying the particulars o the case before
the directors of the Bank of England, with the
view of obtaieing .such assistance as may enable
the bank at once to resume business. Upon the
success of the deputation we cannot venture to
speculate, but we hope that when the very serious
consequences likely to follow upon the coatiaued
suspension, nod the thorough security with which
it may be afforded, are placed before them, that it
will not be withheld.

The Irish Government has displayed some
vigour in its pro xedings against the Rey. Fathers
Cenway end Ryan, the prosecution of whom, on
charges preferred by the House of Commons on the
last Mayo election, has been undertaken by the
Irish law officers. Neither o: the reverend gentle.
men, it scene?, made any appearance to the -
officio irt Formations filed against them some weeks
since. Wareants were issued for their arrest, and
as they Eye in a part of leelatal where at one time
'it was said " the King's writ dia'nt rue," and which
even at present; is not remarkable for its devotion
to law and order several detachments of her
Majesty's horse and foot soldiere were put en route
to Balliurobe. Mr. Cunway, ho-,vever, on heaeing
of these undeniab!e peepaeatioes for his capture,
took train by another line for Deblin, and appeared
on Tuesday in the Hail of the .Fear Come s, Dub-
lin. Of Mr. Ryan's whereabouts, the Irish papers
give no particulars.
Street preaching was revived on Sunday in
Belfast, under eircums anoes which seemed to
-challenge another riota a laree holy of police,
however, imposed awe on the would-be belligereets.
We have to record the death of Ma Augustus
Stafford, M.P. for North Northamptonshire The
event took place suddenly in Dublin. Mr. Staff net,
ealeo formeav bore the name of Staffard O'Brien,
was a well known member of the Conservative
party. He was Secretary to the Admiralty in Lord
-Derby's Administration. Personally aecora plished
and amiable, although without remarkatile ability.
-he was much regarded and liked by meet men of
all parties
• Respecting Indian affairs we have little, if any-
thing, -fai-ther to sly A London eotemporary, of
yesterday, publishes very equivocal intelli.7ence
. It same that the Indian Governin,7nt has the means
at its disposal for reinforcing General Haveloek,
and thus enabling him to save the British survivors
at Lueknow. The force relied upon for this pure
pose is said to consist of ta.e :Queen's ,23ed, 82nd,
and 93rd Regiments; troops which, it is steted,
!have arrived at Calcutta. All depends .apon time
and wisdom; and we should er,e, that those who, ie
Calcutta, complain of, the conduct of the offieials
have all along euntended that Lord Canning had
%the necessary atrength for the relief of tho
Lneknow garr;son. Their indictment against the
GLvernment amoiints to an accusation of not
haring observed he'rue nature of the danger, and
thereby neglecting t;o erapioy every available
resource to meet it. Sc far back as May, there was,
it is contended, an ample- force at the diepesal of the
G Ivernvnonf, either to have made mutiny impos-
sible, or ao have trampled it down the moment it
exhibited itself; but we are informed that tie
energy, and courage, and deciaion needed, 10 order
to make tbae strength available, were wanting.
On the 24th• at May, Lord Canning telearaphed
to Sir Henry Lawrence as fellows :—" It i§
impossible to piace a wing of Europeans - at
Clawnpore in leas than 25 days. The Govern-
ment dawk and the dawk cowponies are
fully engaged in crlrrying a company of the 8-itit
to Benaree at the rate of 18 men a Cy. The'
entire regiment of the Fusiders, • about 900
strong, cannot be expected at Thnares in less than
10 or 20 days." Now if, in May, 25 clays were
required to convey 500 men to Cswnnore, how
long will it take the same Governor General to
convey 3 000 to Lucknow in October, the distance
between Cawnpore and Lucknow having now to he
fought step by step in the face of a powerful and
ergAnised foe ? Those who would shield the

Indian Government from the charge of imperreling
interests so dear to the British nation, should solve
this problem. It not only involves the question of
the safety of our friends at Lucknow, but that of
the capacity of our present Indian officials.
Of domestic news there is little or none. News
from the manufacturing districts is anything but
agreeable. At Nottingham, where many operatives
are out.of employment, serious riots occurred on
Wednesday, which it is to be hoped may not be
imitated elsewhere. One fact, however, mentioned
by the reporter, seems to prove that the rioters
were actuated more by wantonness than impelled
by distress, as the bread, of which they robbed the
baker's shops, was thrown about the streets. Still,
much distress prevails in that district.

Locally, there is very little stirring. In our
impression of yesterday, we gave the brief outlines
of an attempt that was made to murder Mr
Madden, a butcher in London Read. The full
particulars will be found in another column.
The Baltic arrived here yesterday, with four
day's later news from the United States. From
the American papers wo glean some intelligence
respecting the Central American question. We
are informed that an officer in the Costa
Rican service, under instructions from his
Government, has taken possession of the
San Juan River, and having announced
its blcckade to the authorities at Greytown, has
refused to allow boats or other Nicaragua craft to
pass up or down. The same officer, w'ho is no
other than Col.'Castty, who figured in the Walker
War, has also been directed to demani of the
commandante of San Carlos the custody of that
fort, and, in case of refusal, to enforce its surrender.
It is alleged, by way of apology for this extraor-
dinary move, that Walker is contemplating another
invasion of Nicaragua, and that a Costa Rican
army alone is capable of defending that Republic.
Making every allowance for the correctness of this
supposition, the step last taken by nosta Rica
can only be regarded as an open declaration of
war. It is clearly a mesas belli, for she taken vio-
lent possession of her neighbour's forts and terri-
tory, in defiance of that neighbour's protests and
remonstrances. We are not yet informed what
measures the actual Government of Nicaragua will
adopt to repel this usurpation of its rights ; but
General Martinez, who has just been elected Pre
sident, is not the man, if report speaks truth, to
submit to Costa Rican aggression. The next mail

from Central America will probably bring us more
definite information on this point, If a war
between the two States should be the result of this
Costa Rican move, then Walker's chances would
again rise in the ascendant, for, after the comba
tents had thoroughly exhausted themselves, ho
could easily step in himself and decide the issue.
Nor is he likely to lose such an opportunity. The
great struggle between Nicaragua and Costa Rica
is for the transit route. We are told that the
latter has annulled the 'Webster grant in
consequence of non ful-fitment of contract,
and is now willing to place the transit under
the protection of the United States on the
sole condition that its
.neutrality be pre
served. This is certainly a fair offer, bat its
good faith is not supported by present appearances.
It is strange that diminutive States, in the position
of the Central American Republics, cannot see
that their only security from the fillibustering
invasions they so much dread, lies in unity, Yet
as soon as Costa Rica and Nicaragua have suc-
ceeded, after a long struggle, in expelling
Walker from their soil, they get up a quarrel
between themselves for the most insignifi-
cant • causes and jealousies. It really
seems as if the special. destiny of these.
Sates was to ruin each other. General Walker has
written a letter to the Secretary of State, in which
he denies, "with scorn and indignation," any vio-
lation on his part of any Act of Congress, or any
intention to do so He says ho will not so far for-
get his duty as an offi _er of Nicaragua as to violate.
the laws,of the United States while enjoying hos-
pitality within its lithits. At a fire at Brownsville,
Texas, on the 10th ultimo, 95 kegs of gunpowder
exploded, killing four persons and injuring several
others. The loss is estimated at 200,000 dols. -
There is very little news from abroad to-day !
It apeears probable, we ought almost say certain,
that Russia has adhered to. the proposition of the
Berlin Cabinet in the Pricipalities question, thr:t.
is• to drop the hereditary dynasty, and unite tLio
provinces uktoet; a ll,,opodar to be nominated, not
elected. A festival had been given to M. de Lesseps
at Vienna. which has some significance as a demon-
stration
.by the commercial eubjects of. our Austrian
ally against Lord Palmerston's opposition to the
Suez Canal.

THE London Times is growling most
savagely .over the failure of the trade-swind-
ling Bank Charter Act of 1844. This
result our great money oracle proclaims
to the world, has been produced by gross
commercial immorality, and positive dishonesty
on the part of the mercantile men of England.
Our cotemporary asserts that we are bound by a
contract to pay all debts and demands in gold
The exact time at which this impracticable
compact was entered into is not stated. Not a
word is said about the money juggling of 1819,
which converted the bright dawn of European
peace, and England's commercial prosperity,
into a deluge of bankruptcy and destitution.
The proportion which representation bore at
that period, to taxation, is overlooked by the
scribes of Printing-house-square, for the conve-
nience of the Bullionist. Not a word is said
about the rotten Borough system which polluted
the British Legislature of that day. The pos-
sibility of performing human promises where
honesty of intention and determination of pur-
pose are beyond all question, contemptuously
overlooked. But the truth is, a rotten and cor-
rupt Parliament pledged the country to pay the
interests of a certain amount of National Debt
and Taxation, in gold. They also took upon
themselves to promise that all civil contracts
should be paid in gold, a commodity which the
British Empire did not produce in those days.
Still they bound the people to pay all demands
in a foreign metal, and to possess this we were
forced to part with our native produce at any
sacriace. Having done this in the name of a
posterity whOse numbers and growing diversity of
wants were not considered ur known, they fixed a
price on gold befond which the Mint should not
go under .any circumstances. The subject was
thenceforth to receive 31. 17s. 101 d. for every
ounce of gold sent to be coined, and no more.
Coniequently, when the precious metal rises
above this price abroad, the foreign exchanges
are said to be against us, and gold leaves our
shores. When it falls below the Mint standard,
the exchanges are in our favour.

The prime object of this specious scheming was
to compel the former, mentioned by the London
Times, to pay the interest of the National Debt,
which was contracted, in "shin-plasters," in fo-
reign gold, and to give twenty shillings in gold or
silver for the " promise to pay on demand" or

bullion note, which was never w orth more than
ten or twelve shillings in the pound, if we mea-
sure its value by the bullion reserves held by the
Banks. A more detestible piece of political
terpitude was never conceived by any assembly
We have, however, struggled against its iniqui-
tous operation, with an amount of moral fortitude
and courage which does honour to the whole
mercantile community. We have toiled onward
year after year in the vain hope that some latent
good—some small measure of relief—lay buried
beneath its thousand coils of trickery, stupidity,
and self deceit. We have submitted over and
over again to the sacrifice of many millions of
our floating substances, to give to what, in an evil
hour, was made the law of the land. We have seen
ourselves plundered, and laughed at by all the
civilised nations upon the earth without a murmur,
rather than question the wisdom of a statute or
the integrity of Parliament. But the whole
scheme of 1819 and that of 1844, have proved
themselves to be arrant impostures, and abomi-
nable subterfuges for scourging the labouring
and mercantile classes with usury, the most
oppressive the world has ever witnessed. The
paper pound for which we are now paying 10,
11, and 12 per cent. interest, represents only
ls. 6d. of bullion, We would, therefore, require
181. 10s. in this paper, in order to pay a contract
of 1/ in something like an equivalent to geld. If
we, were to follow the Bullionists, absurdities to
the letter, the value of the debtors sovereign
would be equal to 191. 10s. in notes, and this is
the currency for which the London Times would
leave the trading public, to pay 20 or 30 per
cent. The " leading journal," would also com-
pel us to pay taxes and debts in this money in
the absence of gold ! What sickning folly ! _
But we cannot .afford to part with our
enlightened cotemporary so abruptly. He
says ;—" Every engagement being based on gold,
gold was to be left to its natural course. No
man who had contracted to deliver it would be
subjected to any other risk than that resulting
from the legitimate variations in its market
value." Now, the reverse of this is the fact.
Gold is not left to its " natural course," and
well the writer in question knows it. The
British Mint is forbidden to give more than
:l/ 17s lOid in coin for the ounce of gold, and
while we have a low standard price fixed on a
commodity, how can it be said that the State's, or
any other debtor, is only " subjected to the risks
resulting from the legitimate variation; in its
market value ?" Such nonsense may serve to
gull our London friends, but it is thrown away
upon the keen commercial mind of the North.
The debtor is not allowed the benefit of a natural
advance in the price of gold. The crushing
influences of taxation and all trade contracts,
when that metal falls below the standard, is his
portion of the bullion juggle. If he were allowed
to reap a golden harvest his sovereign ought to pay
off 191. 10s. of debt enntrftripd
is said to represent gold. But no honest man
asks or dreams of such a thing. It is only the
Bullionist who really seeks to violate his contract.
He cannot produce gold to fulfil his engagements
to the State or the public, and yet he makes the
world pay ten per cent. for paper which has only
eighteen pence in the pound of cash at its back !
And when this is discovered and made manifest
to the whole community, the London Times
questions the right of the Government to inter-
fere and save the mercantile substance of the
country from the wholesale spoliation of the
workers of this system, who have only ls. 6d. in
the pound to meet their own contracts,. and can
only save themselves by 'forcing the balance out
of others in either meal or malt.

We are much mistaken in the character of the
British Parliament if they will longer tolerate so
bare-faced au imposition. After nearly forty
years of experience, we find the bullion scheme in
a hopeless state of bankruptcy, such as might
well elicit from our metropolitan scribblers one
of those exuberant displays of morality they so
often treat us to when an individual trader hap-
pens to fall a victim to the law, which was
designed to make money scarce and dear, and
"cause a fall generally in the price of all commo-
dities." That a statute which was specially con-
cocted to depreciate the prices of the goods, for
which a man contracts debts, the moment they
get into his possession, and then compels him to
pay their full value in gold, should have so long
disgraced the country must be the amazement of
all nations. It is useless now, however, to talk
of paying all contracts in gold. That metal
must be left as free as cotton, and another
basis found for our note circulation. And since
the London Times declares the time has arrived
when witnesses must be examined, and the
power of relaxation" now enjoyed and exercised
'by the Crown is to be settled by Parliament, we
would suggest the propriety of placing our
cotemporary in the box, as his evidence as to how
panics are created, would be both amusing and
instructive. He talks largely of the credit given
by Banks to " the lowest Class of speculators,
and their disreputable paper." It is very hard to
understand the meaning of all this abuse. We
have always been led to believe that banks exist.
on the credit the public give them ; and the
panics of 1837, 1847, and 1857 would not have
occurred if the Banks had been able to sustain
their credit. This our restrictive money laws
render impossible, and our London instruc-
tors have yet to discover the exact amount of
money which will give us an increase of trade,
and not create a further want of cash to carry it
on, without leaving the debtor to meet his con-

tracts in the midst of depreciation and panic, as
though Ships, Colonies, and Commerce were
mere bubbles, and the rest of the national wealth
a passing shadow.

WE are sorry to say that the more closely we
peruse the details of the news from India, the
greater reason we have to fear that when the Bri-
tish troops entered Delhi they gave vent to an
unbridled passion ; and, instead of acting as
Christian soldiers, merely imitated the atrocities
of the Indian Sepoy. Any one acquainted with
human nature, and the history of military cam-
paigns, must have expected that an infuriated
soldiery, intoxicated with rage and revenge, on
gaining entrance to a city where they had encoun-
tered a protracted, fierce, and deadly resistance,
would not hesitate to take ample vengeance on
the enemy. But while the expediency and jus-
tice of such a course was generally admitted by
the great bulk of the people of this country, there
were some, including even divines, who went
further, and even howled for extermination.
Now, we deem such a course unchristian, and is
only an imitation of that savage ferocity which •
marked the massacre at Cawnpore, and reflects
but little credit an the General, or his army which
followed, no matter how remotely, the butcheries
which marked the progress of the mutiny in
Bengal. Vengeance is not wholesale extermi-
nation; and a careful examination of the accounts
from Delhi convince us that a battle of extermi-
nation • was fought when Delhi was captured.
This, we fear, was the result of the
raving of certain portions of the Press
in this country, as well as the
unmerciful cries which went forth from many of
our pulpits. Of course all these unfeeling sen-
timents reached India, and when the day of
carnage arrived, General WILSON'S men bayoneted
all the city people found within the walls. These
were not a few, inasmuch as from 40 to 50 per-
sons were found in one street. And we have
the authority of a British officer writing from
Delhi for saying —" These were not mutineers,
but residents of the city, who trusted to our
well-known rule of pardon." " I am," says this
blood-thirsty officer, whoever he may be, " glad
to say they were disappointed !" Further on he
adds :—" Mercy to such beings is a mistake ;
they are not human beings, but at best wild
beasts, deserving only the death of dogs !"
Such sentiments are a disgrace to humanity, and
all who espouse them unworthy of the name of
Christian. The Indians are human beings—are
created of the same God who called the British
—of whom the gallant, civilised, and humane
captain whose sentiments we have just quoted,
is one—into existence. And if they are not as
polished in manners, humane in disposition, and
religious in character, the fault is more that of
Great Britain, which hasruled them for a century,
than their own. And it must be borne in mind,
that of such a nation, and such a people, one
Lue riposties uas made a remark quite appli-
cable to the natives of Hindostan :—" These
having no law, are a law unto them-
selves." We certainly must say that a
more unsoldierlike declaration than that

quoted above, we have never read. We may
be deemed maudling, sentimental, and un-
patriotic, but notwithstanding, we shall not
refrain from characterising this wholesale murder
of defenceless citizens, who were not only un-
armed, but neither aiding nor assisting in the
struggle which had been the cause of the long
and desperate conflict. Surely these citizens,
people born in, and belonging to, Britain, had
enough of suffering, not only from the
horrifying deeds of the native troops, as well as
all the deadly consequences, inconveniences,
and privation, which it was their misfortune to
endure throughout the prolonged and obstinate

siege.
If all our former statements from India were
correct, the native people did not participate i n
the mutiny. If so it is doubly certain that the
Europeans in Delhi were free from the taint of
treason. Indeed, it would be a most damaging

character to British rule in India, to suppose that
every male inhabitant in. Delhi was a participator
in the attempt to upset British autho-
rity in Bengal. Granting then, the truth
of the asertion, that the emute was a
military one, why in the name of all
that is sacred and humane, have our troops been
permitted to bayonet by hundreds the very people
who have been said to be so enthusiastic in
our cause ? One of two things is certain.
Either the people of India are against us, and
previous reports have been deceiving this country,
or else we have acted the part of British Sepoys,
and disregarded all those feelings and principles
which constitute the true Christian.
In a former article we alluded to the fact that,
although Delhi is captured and Lucknow
relieved, we cannot regard the contest as finally
over• Before we re-establish British rule in
India, a work of considerable difficulty and danger
has to be encountered and overcome. Certainily,
then, it becomes us not to show, in the very act
of our first real conquest in the present difficulty,
that we are possessed of the same brutality and
ferocity as our Indian enemies. It is the game
of " Generals" to act, as they term it, with
"vigour," and strike " terror" into the breasts
of the rebels by making " terrible examples" of
every one who comes within the thrust of the
bayonet or the sabre. To rule a country with
anything like advantage to the rulers, and profit
to the ruled, fear must be the main element of
gOvernment. It is because we believe the
excesses committed at Delhi will do much to

estrange the native population of India, and
because we consider it unjustifiable, that we have
thus condemned it.

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FRANCL—The Spectateur
(late the Assemblee Nationale) has received a warning for
the following passage in the feuilleton of yesterday, signed
by the eminent writer M. Amedee Achard :--" Apropos
of incomes derived from the Bourse, the forest of Com-
piegee just now presents a singular spectacle every day
when the hunting is over. The death-halloo has just
sounded ; gallant cavaliers, excited by the joys of the
chase, are seen in their court uniforms gaily watering 11D
and down the avenues. Suddenly one of them pulls out
his watch ; perceiving that it is four o'clock, he puts spurs
to his horse and rides off to Compiegne as hard as he can
go ; another follows him, then another, and another ; till
at last the whole hunt is seen riding with all speed in the
same direction. It is a regular steeplechase, in which
diplomatists, men of wit and leisure, fortigners of dis-
tinction, and other court guests are mixed up pell mell.
They take the shortest way, they leap over ditch and wall,
and enter Compiegne like a squadron of Hussars charging
a battery. Where are they going ? To the Hotel de la
Cloche. But they are not going there to dine—a far more
sumptuous dinner than the cuisine of that hotel could
supply is awaiting them in the Imp3rial Palace of Com-
piegne. They come to inquire what has been done at the
Bourse- At the Hotel de la Cloche they find their Stock
Exchange agents waiting for them. As soon as they
dismount a chaos of voices is heard. 'What is the price
of the Bente ?' How about the Credit Mobilier ?'
Have .you sold my Orleans ?" Are Austrians firm ?'
The whole Bourse list is passed in review ; ' premiums,'
' continuations,' put and call,' and such jargons
resoutris in all directions, and an hour afterwards the
noble hunters proceed to the chateau, thinking much less
about the stag than the Bourse. The next morning at ten
o'clock they return to 'he Hotel de la Cloche, where they
find the sum) agents waiting to take their orders for the
day's operations. Such is play at the Bourse." Tue
grounds for the warning stated is the body of it are that
the above narrative is radically false."

TAR DIVORCED NITIFR OF OMER PACElA,—Several French
journals having announced the presence in Paris of the
divorced Wife of Omer Pacha, the following details of her
career are given by the Patrie :—" She was born at Reps,
in Transylvania, and was sent at the age of eleven to one
of the best boarding schools in Bucharest. Some lessons
on the piano developed wonderful musical powers, and at
the age of fifteen she possessed a remarkable talent on that
instrument, It was at that period that Omer Pacha, who
was then the military commandant of Wallachia, met the
young lady at a soiree, and being very fond of music, fell
in love with her, and subsequently married her. She was
compelled to submit to Mussulman habits; the Christian
became quite a Kliaaoun (Turkish woman) ; never left the
house except veiled and attended; but, contrary to the
oriental habits, accompanied her husband in his warlike
expeditions. She was greatly delighted with the glory of
his arms, and cemposed triumphal marches, which were
played by the Turkish regiments when in battle. The
oily child born from this marriage having died from an
accident, Omer Pacha hoped by a new union to have an
and perhaps also to attach himself to the old Turkish
party, • and he, therefore, demanded in marriage the
daughter of llafiz Paella, its chief. R;:nnin in ;he harem,'
he said to his wife, but she was too proud to accept a coli-
ditioa so unworthy of her, and demanded a divorce, which
was granted, and she has come to seek an honourable
asylum in France. This lady is only about 23 years of
age."

THE LATE ME. MST Hastie, as might
naturally have bean expected, died possessed of consider-
able wealth. A few of his bequests are as follows :—The
punch-bowl of the poet Barns, and a book containing a
number of the bard's manuscripts, are bequeathed to the
British Museum. To Colenel Stewart, his cousin, who is
1.4-
his two landed estates, and all his other heritable property,
his furniture and plate, and the sum of £20,000. Colonel
Stewart is besides constituted residuary legates, Mr. R.
Stewart, M-. J. Stewart, and M. W. Stewart, likewise
cousins, are to receive £5,600 each. Captain Hastie, a
nephew, we believe, is likewise to receive £5,000. Captain
Blackwood, Elinbargb, and his brothers, are to 'receive
£2 000 each, and the ladies of the slim family Zl,OOO each.
To the Paisley Infirmary he has bgraeathed 1:500, to Mr.
David Murray £3OO, and to Mr. William Phillips £lOO.
These are all tee legacies which came to Paisley. Alto-
gether tha money legacies left by Mr. Hastie amount to
upwards of £50,000 geaerally, in addition to these men-
tioned, ranging Pram £l,OOO to £3,000. All the bequests
under £l,OOO are to be paid free of legacy dal, acid the
Paisley legacies are to be paid out of funds to be realised
from the £1.900 of Paisley Burgh stock which belonged
to the deceased. Tae four executers a-e all resident in
London, and are to receive £l,OOO each.—Pais3ey Herali.

THE LEVIITZAN.—It was generally expected that
an )ther attempt would be made on Tuesday to launch the
Leviathan steam-ship. Tae railway and steamboat compa-
nies had advertised boats and trains for the accommodation
of the public, and though neither the rail nor the river
appeared to be largely patronised, there was yet a tolerable
crowd in attendance, mostly of well-dressed persons, wh
held tickets of admission to the yard, and who ware loud
in their complaints of disappointment. how the report
got abroad that an attempt would be made it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain ; but the period for
la inching the vessel is so no necessarily involved in se cresy'
that the public may well be excused if they betray any
impatience in the matter—or grumble at the proceedings
of direc!ors, officials, and Jacks-in-office. No doubt it will
be announced just a 3 positivzly tn-m)rrow as it was yester
day, alai to-day, that the launch will take place, or rather-
that an attempt wig be made to effect the launch; and it
would save an immensity of tranb'e ro a in :if either
Mr. Yates, the secretary, or Mr; Bruuel, the engineer,
would formally announce that due notice will be given -o f
the next attempt—unless, indeed, they contemplate slippin g
her off in the night:

THE RULER OF Fittircu AND THE RULER of ENGLAND
—Can there be any doubt that the Mansion-houso speech
wa., both is words and tone, a decided menace. Why
should the unpleasant eventuality havo been intimated 4,t
"if any foreign nation dreamed in its visions that the
time had arrived when a different bearing might be
exhibited to England ?" The least informed hearer o
this speech could have divined, without prompting, thaf
the Prime Minister must have been aiming his words at
some particular power or great personage. It is worth
while inquiring at what European power this menace in the
"come on " style of " a judicious bottleho!der " was
levelled. The Minister's offensive and threatening word
can only be interpreted es a menace to Frame: ; and it is
characteristic of Lord Palmerston that after htviug ben
one of the first to acknowledge the Emperor of the French
he should now be equally forward in exciting public pre-
judice against him.—P, ess.

The Siamese Atnbassadars, who daily gratify their cu.
riosiry with the most remarkable sight, of the metropolis,
on Monday, visited with their suite the establishment of
llessrs. Sari and Sans, gold and silyzrstnitlis, of C,rnhill.
The princes were much struck wi th the arrangements an:l
decorations of the new buildinz, and also at the exten-
and costliness of the stock; they were conducted by the
proprietors over the whole of the
premises, and before
The
visit expressed their great gratification at the visit.
visit of the ambassadors to Queen Victoria at Windsor
Castle, which was put off in consequence of the death of I

the Duchess de Nemours, is now fixed for Thursday pelt,
Their Excellencies are expected to.arrive at Wind ,r
1
special train of the Great Western Raqvray a t one o'ci7ter°
and proceed direct to the Castle, where a magnificeot ei
tertainment will be provided far them in the Waterloo
Chamber. The ambassadors after being conducted
the private and state apartments, and seeing ths ni°,l
interesting objects in and around the Castle, will, if t;
weather should permit, be driven to Virginia Vl3tet'
through some of the most beautiful drives in the Grea
Park. The visitors will return to town in the evening'

• 65
MR. E. W. THOMAS'S SHILLING CONCEB-
IA
THE PHILHARMONIC HALL.

As these excellent concerts approach their &se' sd,
was grest,ce,
audiences increase. Yesterday morning
vance upon the previous Wednesday morninee atteuto
and last night was a very gaod assemblage.
to " Zsnoni" was repeated with success. The be 0
slow movement from Beethoven's sysaPhrnll,A,4
minor, a selection from Mendelsshon's
mer Night's Dream," solos from Mr. a
s. la
on the clarionet, and Mr. Cattier on the double baeile
the morning a noisy quadrille, called " The Fall of 1)8
was introduced, but did not prove such a success e 6
Baeten's selection of national airs—English, Irish'S,°.lt se
and Welsh—which had been played with great e;,,—coia
Monday and Tuesday evenings. Miss Louisa in the
sang " Come e Bello" and " Where the Bee Su''ks
morning, " Ah Forse e Luz" and the "Rustic ChttAroe tlio
evening, and on being encored gave " Coming 4116
Rye." This evening, Mr. Horsley's overture tfh, first
Merry Wives of Winthor" will be played for ;grow
time.. Mr. Thomas will take his benefit tc;4l—tatdei
night, and we trust that it will be a bumper'
will positively be the last day. The over;

ea Gibbs,
The Queen of the East, belonging to Altest'il. sat/1;
Bright and Co's. Eagle Line of Packets, sai'el a" esetaa
on Tuesday, the 17(h inst., with 247 passengers, 'cre WV
fourteen first cabin as d twenty-two fore cabin, ti e all
and valuable cargo. The next packet of this Itc is 11 °a
Tornado, of 1,830 tone register, to sail on 01° .9 03
December ; and the steam-clipper Royal Charter ' oil'
to sail on the 7th January, 1858. List of saloon 13/306).
gars, per Queen of the East, for Melbourne :—Rsi'lesePpi
Don, lady, and infant, rater B. Wallace, E'„gs t 'as; s Ye.
Whittam, Rev. John Clark, Eliza Cooper, LJP-fiet•
Cooper, Rev. John Me k ant lady, Davis DiaTer6
M'CallumPatrick Wean am, Thomas Conway' 001,/ci
THE CADOGAN LIBEL CASE.--SUBMARINE DILI° 00 A
to We are glad to find that the friends of Mr. EvallB,' ferioro
the defendants, are not deserting him in his c, De St
under his severe sentence upon what is believed the taeli,
improper verdict. We find that, in addition to til get s!
meeting held at the London Tavern, with a view tOOO t"
the facts (many of which were not legal evidences to °I/t
trial) before Sir Grey, they have forwarded petitiontotri
town ; also to Manchester, Birmingham, and 00101,
portant towns These petitions are now in the rviste
signature. There is also a subscription eat
c? 00
defraying the heavy expenses of the defence, ir ta d,le
efforts are being made on Mr. Evans's behali iss lAll
trust that all those who feel an interest in justlsaoa
done, and that an innocent man should not be !lee Or
in his efforts to do a public service, will subserw a
0,
quota towards the expenses. es
SaLiveseoOL AND ITS MINISTERS.—The merab°,l4ol-4
friends of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, voloea;
assembled last evening, to Moderate in a call CO faeoaPe
to become their pastor. The Rev. R T. Martin, oi,t,e ba
the
preached from Ist John, c. i, v. 11 , and after l'i,iov,t
service in connection with such an interesting 006`d, Odd
Rev. Dr. Graham, of Ayr, was declared eleete eseatl.l
most harmonious call given in favour of that ri, o',
gentlemen to become the pastor of the congregati°4s°l.
body of Presbyterians has been without a stated o'`.`l ci"
for the last twelve years, having met in the esPaelailOt
fellowship meeting. In the year 1855, they Pal Are eblteeN
selves under the inspection of the Glasgow -:eistrs•"°ol
and, since that time, have had the occesionalullohe ,
of one of its' ministers. Now that they are irlorsle'''
obtaining the ministration of such a man as pr. 0f ell
it will be regarded by all who seek the vielf4Laieerp°°4o
gelical religion in large towns, to be a boon t? bola' Al
and, should they succeed in the object of the4.loa to ';'4,
may with confide -ce look forward to an asl'aainisteie
number of those large hearted and evaneeljea oseng to
who seek, not only a higher tone of movalitaieeee- ell
Graham is much esteemed among tae ettnr37,-sa' sapP°r,te
rich_ but filar, cunalla .ha netr...._ _,,,f th a rt, id Itim',l
deeply interested in ragged schools, and a meetsc7,-- ilq't
of missions. The congregation at presene"; lleniiii,
hall of the Philadelphia Chambers, .E[a°-`ll;a,d 10th
look forward, at no distant period, to ba pro.'-- •$
more suitable place of worship. ca Ed iliteo
Tee MORNIONS.—On Sunday evening la:t, I 'i°
ll
d i oa
the Assembly Rooms Great Goo•ga-strast, an 3sorslos
it occupied by the followers of Joe Smith theodo
Mr. il
and there I was disgusted at hearing a erteesl 115
returned from the Salt Lake. This indiviuhaess
.a
forward, " being introduced by another of t, 00;4
impostors," and said, addressing the comPal3.' ea '")`o
"My dear sisters and brethren, and friends, Yoe lo
forgive my rough way a speakin. I came ho=se abet
country, and have been used to drive 05 at of
plough; you know it is saad in the Pal). at
I was murdered-this is not true -I am 'IN./00"o
you see me, but its like many lies which aen 'ea Plod
the papers. Well, I've been to the Valley, au „itet,,,/,
Brigham Young the prophet. I know he is a Pr°ra ot',ie
there is no other prophet, and there never wasi, eslae
only one.summet like 1800 years since." So tieto
dinary speaker had forgotten Joe Smith, as ''''d tia.„6" 45
condemning themselves—for it evidently aePeerarello;l/
prophet alluded to 1800 years ago was Christ. ateit soca;
further said, " I have not much #o say (althoug as oaf
returned &Om. the Valley), so I shall conclude °Yoe °Dos
one and all to coma and be baptized je do 11
tree church ; but I tell you, if you aseolsoo'l
wish to cone and receive the Holy, 60.00
the laying on of our hands you nod not, Inlcoroelai'ol°,
not want you." This much from one that h'"„ ie ,sio
the valley of the Salt Like, to make conver'lia al°,o' tli,"
England ; when he got up to speak he eeirtali-ef Ye OF
more like one from the Valley of the sheo°" tee ',"tgoitl,
0, whoa will these characters be put (1001; siii;o;
that appear time after tine cry aloud for heti Pr;ll6,l'
we exhort Englishmen to awake, arise,' il" frafil• sster",
these impostures seducing and carrying aIS diets' es'
native land our beloved sons and t alt" ovae
We speak against, and rightly too, of honses,lo illAtoo
but these deceivers have a whole city of the .a.,115 ° A
which is destroying the body, and raining tillie's ill„. sr
once kind and affectionate daughters, and le,,g, ea Irle,i4
hopeful sons into monsters. Is it not time ratio
• sour
doing something to prevent their further er3g•od go-doil
it is time they were driven out of our helliell ba 0,,,
May the time soon come when Mormonism 1 rooVees'
away with—yea, driven to its own native e's 6„ at° ' A
deep.riAhticsoznrecrsresuspi t
AcoolvdeAerz
let
.h e earth as the waters '4" eh iP -
meeting for the session elie it,
.
ai, v.IV i jil, 0
AoefentileiosesooGelCeAtyL ov70:151
ri-l'ldi.Vogi7,
at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street; lu•re. 0,41/ ore $l
in the chair. Mr J. Evans, Cornwallis-strew',,• . sasser
sts2ahne3o
the Bayeux
rdi associate
ysanaer;dy,c,ei3auforxteo,
announcedhn
IT aftrphoeemstsmember.rtoytheh:7ae,
ttoyfAdte
h;oi e item° otrheu;
emgmarßn:it
Council
diaail I
id.
o‘
islof.
vizogani
he,hiht ,
,1:98:5000:ciete;
" Reports of Meetings of the Oxfoed 71,..70, v;ghve
barcomeo
ft o
designs
gcn:,sn
sentel conclusion, obny, isatuconsequence
ve fot tl
oil; ot
4., 0li0left°011;
future, no student should receive the same Pr' SI; 0:e0
time. Mr. Platen, in referring to arse 0,1301
observed that the remark was sometimeef eaalleacthe
the greatest beauty frequently arose en:t;„sted, 1 edge
which the architect could not have euue'r plos° ,a, „1
which in the first instance he seemed na°12,...t esfea,a
was pricalarly struck with the force Of t",,,it 15;005
observing what had taken place is, Ir. Vs's° 11
alluded to the alteration of the shop c"Ld to ,--ootvg
optician,authorities
co,rrnit
imeLs3
no
to
-street. It was at first intellun'asa°36 f tipie
front a plain bow-window, which, though "gets! ;toa.
common-place;
tbhuetproo
projection,
pushed ba:lc, and out of that difficult/ Aead Pa'eaed
edmeseigrinteoifththeef,doe4swn
w itch struck him as at once handsel:Oar:a a ' cOP:,f
He believed that the architect was 3rd •L's. e":.'' I ba°,lo/;3
ent,othtehNeritlrleale In' dgealb
of their society. Mr. Hey said that be le-t'hee el"'soo
, nhionitseelalfimwhtho
not allow the projection. Mr. .111'.enBittolewlt:5;t3iliabtit:ibliciCig'fbr11:1111
c lee in point, showing the restrictions of the-a 9 eiwootil
A model of Turner's g"
Bereer De•ector, ' for their,
and explained by Mr. F. Beale The p3Pgrt:,, 139 Ylle?..
ing was "A. plea for the beautiful in tr witer,,slo
Horner. In the course of Ws remarks twee of t'iovi
is p to
those who embod the absurdities of hi iced coir,
ycould 0340 tile te
art, and urged that their labAr3 call owing
‘1,,f0
beylnsacioeintunofmitt pwapmerrt.hire
othrusernk.s of
dest • race.= of art and annihilation of tag :•rig Aare -
and
apy ridicule on the Pte-Rephalite deg. riaelP til
the Inge"

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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS®

By Submarine and British Telegraph.

F.EtANCE.

SARDINIA.

SPAN.

PRUSSIA.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1.
The Three per Cent. Rants have risen nearly per cent•
to,daY, Closing at 67f. 10e.

G e
teral Garabildi is a clutlidate for the Piaimintese
pa

MADRID, Nov. 17.
4 Ilagelll slate of s'ege has been raised in the province of
c 4) Vabrucia, and A.-,dalusia.

BERLIN, Nov. 18.
billitl-lnorrow the Committee to investigate the Danish
'llles> will make its report to the German Diet.

161.t.he Rev. William Hamilton, 8.A., has been licensed by
the Lord Bishop of Chester to the stipendiary curacy of
10" ,Parish church of Warrington, Lancashire, on the
sh4l:'ation of the Rev. William Quekett, M.A., the rector,
ne" cos recently obtained a license of non-residence on
i!ult of ill health.
nil; e understand that the rent roll of the late Earl Fitz-
rtlo4'in, including the large Irish estates, amounted to
letd 4 £200,000 a year. The Northamptonshii property;
‘0 be fully £30,000, is left to the second son, and the
Riding property, about £20,000, to the youngest,
Ves leaving heavy legacies.
annanorer AND THE 'UNITED STATES.—The pretendd
thlePate, says a letter from Frankfort, between this city and
se ee united States is now re 'uced to this, that the American
ha:sol had some inquiries made respecting Frobel, who
+in feet, been ordered to leave Frankfort.
Tee
th, Chroniquer of Frinurg states that the crop of
Wes and pears is so abundant in the canton of Lucerne
,nn every house is literally crammed with thrill, and
ost as bitter complaints are now raised at the abundance
Ntalieht have been called forth by a scarcity. Cider and
nip+ the growers say, will be so plentiful that the price
be too low to afford any profit worth speaking of.
I`e
31 MORMONS GETTING BEADY FOR WAR.—The Mor-
p'n according to a letter from Onaah City, in the New
04,11 c Times, are on the march ; and only ten or twelve
bed,' on the Loupe Fork of the Platte river, near the
k:;,'itt of Beaver, and known as Beaver settlement of
niirracnn about ene hundred miles inland from Omah
It!' Some renegade Mermons, or seceders from the
ha anon Church, fleeing from the Danints of Salt Lake,
reached that settlement, bringing the news that a large
/lees of the Mormon militia, nnder Brigham Young and
Ait,
C. Kimball, were preparing to leave Salt Lake City,
the Provision and ammunition fir six weeks campaign in
the Mountains to the eastward, and thus stop, if possible,
Progress of the -United States Corps.
BZASSENGERS per Baltic, Captain Comstock, from New
urk, November 7tb, 1857.—Mrs. S. Alofsen, W. K.
eats, Mrs. Bennett and two children, A Brickwedde,
kas Liu Butler, Mrs J. G. Charrand, George Cleesby,
lb,' and Mrs. J. Coats, jun., Miss Coats, Charles C. Com-
fe
In Samuel Cooper, George M. Cousin, G. F. Dale,
n.ePh E. Dibb, Mrs Donnely and two children, William
d. John Joyce, W. P. Lee, James Lempsey, Mrs. M.
is and child, Antoine Luie, Henry M. Connell,
11 acdonaid. S. J. Madhouse, J. W. Mese, and servant,
0 Newton, jan., Mr. and Mrs. John Norris, jun.. Mrs.
pir,ttiel Norris and child, C. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs.
Bellan, two children and servant, S. Pritchard, Leon
ttelnayvac, A. Verret, Mr. Wakeman, J. 'Wentworth,
i,4'Y Winer, and K. H. Younke.
to SCAPII GOATS or Mrsitunn —"The ignorant directors
the Editors of the Times would burden our shoulders
1,4' the onus of the mutiny 1 This is really too good ; and
Itone the
- tileject not too serious, would be a joke indeed.
thswever they may lay the flattering unction to their souls,
dig Government is entirely the calve of this terrible
pei7eLer, which, had it been wiser, could never have hap-
an4But Only fancy the amount of territory that has been
°zed within my time, and with no increase to the
reee,
tnennnen force—or next to none— and then,' the fact of
aeznnieaving one of the most magnificent magazines in the
ni‘n 'under the care of native troops after the warnings
011`40nt end that have, from time to time, been received
%%Ithane two points, tho foot *hat /A. ...qt.) army
`nnettilY has, of late, been spoiled and pampered, the
the ret4lnfortune rests; and the more the matter is sifted,
Onece.-re sell this prove true —take my word for it. I see
the Tucker has been giving it to them. It is do him
thenrle body of officers look to do them justice in this
tt .I°nr of need—when others are abusing them so very
Juostnly"—A Bengal Officer.
OpVIIIELTI SPECTACLE IN THE SUNKEN RUSSIAN ITAN-
Iluß,;4ll.—Towards the end of last month, by order of the
testi Government, the Russian vessel of the line.
1,400°4, of whose foundering in the Gulf of Finland with
s men on board, we had a report at the time, was
earee
ben„ tted for, found, and examined by English divers
in gesot thither for the purpose. According to a narrative
tats Danish paper, the divers found 1,100 corpses in the
crier of the vessel, so that 300 seem to have been on
ese deck when the frightful accident happened. The
enrPe s,es were mostly found embracing each other, or
in;glng to the portions of the cabins ; decompoition had
Featl3l set in. So horrible was the spectacle that pre-
td itself to the divers as they went over the lower,
0-the" and cabins, that one of them felt himself, for
tome tinge, quite unable to Danko his report, and refused
nti down any more, preferring to leave again for
sePaud. The livid faces of the corpses. with their eyes
nia, and fixed, looked all the mere frightful, as the glass
lie'Le diving ball and the diving helreers is so constructed
eg raagoify, and consequently to distort the objects
I.),lmined through it. Attempts to raise the vessel w.ll
°bably not be made before next year.
Oi'IIOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT TO A. SPOaTSMAN.—(3II
hLIaY morning, the inhabitants of Leicester were much
e°,eked by a report that Mr. Richard Shirley Harris (an
e44ee _ rTive manufacturer, and nephew to Mr. J. D. Harris,
t e,tee members for the borough) had been f )und shot,
the neighbourhood of the town. De :eased, a young
Nan of 23, welt out shooting on Saturday afternoon, at
fr?W Parks, and not returning at the time expected, his
fneaLcie became very alarmed. An active search was made
tbo by his friends and the police. The search continued
bre'n_'ghout the night, but proved unavailittg until day-
aten't when sherly before seven the corpse was discovered
tapt 200 or 300 yards from the farm-house, whence lie
ie." started. There was not the slightest mark of any
models, and from the position of the wounds, it was
tOrnatly impassible that deceased had voluntarily clis-
thrged his gun. There was an extensive gue-shot woued
theengh his arm, ar d the snot appeared to have penetrated
ss,,eheef, and braken the main trunk of the circulating
n causing death to ensue in a few minutes. It is
R'ereN'e'l that deceased was crossing some rails, with his
tea
in
him, and that he did not percaive a quickset
eee n the vicinity, against which the trigger caught, and
sta!ie(l the gun to explode. Mr. Harris's gold watch and
artna Were found perk* ctly safe. His dog had remained
,the corpse all the night. The gun sties a double-
ish'e'led one, -and shortly before flee o'c!ock on Saturday a
colrer had heard two reports of a gun, in quick Euccet,..-
tc,til, frctu the direction in which &am.] was Intend. le
se,Pn's inquest was held on Sunday evening, when a
Anet of " Accidental death" was returned.
'Y aims —FATE OF A DRUNKARD.—A. death still more
too,ol than the above, when viewed in the light of eternity,
atte" Place at Lisnaminty, near Portadown, on the 9ch inst.,
let miserably perished from the effects of
ye :licating drink,' The deceased bad bean for sixteen
Ljs a clerk in the Glen Mills, He afterwards went to
4stogan, and obtained the situation of clerk and traven er—
re, n with one, and afterwards with another, of the
0 Pectable gentlemen who owned breweries in that town.
te, agenerous disposition and manly character, he was
shTeoted by his employers and endeared to his companions
to associates ; but to such a man his position, dangerous
ren,allYwas especially so to him, and the naertral
ktune it followed. He became a victim to the drink sold in
oPnblic-housesewhere his business frequently called him ;
about five years since, on the death of his father, he
C.,_obliged to relinquish his situation, and to retire to a
in the country. Here his dissipated habits continued.
bra.elfortned they are most difficult, if not impossible, to
nitinn through. Again, and ageing he made resolutions to
tee over drink; but, after a little time. the breath of
Iteration swept them away. He commenced to drink on
(lief tesday, the 21st nit.. and continued to do so until he
fete
gem exhaustion on Monday morning, the 9th instant,
Inee7'in on his farm, where he cohabited with a degraded
alinae whom his habits had led him to associate with.
atin—"e effect has such a fate on- others, that this woman
lltd„,44other of the witnesses were evidently more or less
the influence of drink' at the inquest, and it was
titty bl to hear her tell how that, two or three times the
t.. fore he died, in bitterness of heart, he had said,
Bet a upon whiskey !it has been my ruination, but if I
Itlcit, '4Q' this I'll quit it." It was too late. At the
eho at held on the body by Mr. Atkinson, the verdict of
;q was " Death from the excessive use of ardent
was
of Newry Telegraph.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS TUESDAY EVENING.

It is said, in semi-official quarters, that the prospect of an
understanding (n the unpleasant question of the Principali-
ties is all but certain, and that the compromise to which I
have more than once alluded is likely to be accepted by all
the Powers, including Turkey. It is affirmed that Redschid
Pasha will offer no opposition to the plan of administrative
union. The fact of the Ministerial journals having been
recommended to use conciliatory rather than irritating
language when speaking of the Grand Vizier. shows that
there is some foundation for the statement.

Despatches have been received from the Admiral com-
manding the French fleet on the South American station,
announcing that the state of the Dominican Republic was
such that the Admiral found it necessary to interfere for
the protection of the French residents.
The following caution to emigrants proceeding to St
Domingo appears in the Moniteur
A certain number of emigrants lately left France for St.
Domingo, and another departure has been announced.
The accounts received as to the position of the first emi-
grants not being favourable, French colonists will act
wisely in adjourning their intention of establishing them-
selves in the republic of St. Domingo.
Several of the journals comment with asperity on the
events that occurred on the capture of Delhi. The Con-
stitutionnei, says :
All Frenchmen have read with surprise and indigration
that passage from a letter of an officer of the victorious
army of Delhi (and not in au official report, as was at
first stated, owing to a mistake of the translator), in which
it is coolly narrated how all the inhabitants of the town
that were met with by e._e English soldiery were pet to
death. The officer says :—" Forty or fifty persons had
got together and concealed themselves in some houses ;
they were not mutineers, but residents, who, relying upon
our habitual clemency, hoped for pardon. lam glad to
say they were disappointed." Such an act and such a
sentiment require no comment. . . . Our neighbours
have latterly complained that they are not liked in Europe.
We feel bound to tell them frankly that acts such as these
are not of a nature to conciliate sympathy for, them in
France. We cannot rejoice at their successes in India,
unless they observe the laws of humanity, and maintain
the honour of European civilization.
•
The Univers exclaims :

Disappointed! What a delicate expression to intimate
the Let that the throats of these individuals were cut for
no Other reason but because theyrtsuled in Delhi! The
English journals, while gloating over details lilt; these
with delight, continue to protest against the cruelty of
their enemies !"

The Gazette de France, as might be expected, is more
violent than any of the other journals :
We see in these atrocities, against which no voice has
been raised in the London press, a proof that Englund has
renounced all hope of bringing back to submission to her
sceptre, this vast empire which has thrown off its
allegiance. The war is not one of repression or rem quest,
it is a war of extermination. England openly adopts the
doctrines of terraism, and puts them in practice in Elindo-
sten . . . England is the only nation of the present
day capable of stretching the rights of warfare to the
extent of slaughtering, withuut mercy, the entire population
of a eity,taken by t smelt. The spectacle which she has•
given to the world places ker out of the pale of civilisation
and humanity. It h impossible to doubt that the sentiment
of universal reprobation which she has excited, must have
important constqnences for her. She may conquer the
Senoys, but she cannot conquer the public opinion of
Europe—she cannot conquer God. No; we will never
believe that she can restore her rule over the Indian peoples
by these horrible means. Conquests, unaccompanied by
moderation, clemency, and that selicitude of the well-
being of the subjugated people which springs from a sense
of right, are never durable. Attilla, and other man-
s'ayers of his class, passed over the earth like a pestilence;
they founded nothing, never conqueied anything in reality.
And FO it will be with the English in India ; the blood
they have shed will cry out against them, and engender
new martyrs.

It is a relief to the foregoing to quote the following
remarks from the Press::—

The English viet )ry at Delhi, at sr hictt we rejoice with
all our hearts, was accompanied by some acts of excessive
severity. These acts are to be tegrettrd : but let us
beware or exaggeration ; anu ape% e en, let us :livid -that
ridicule which must ever attach to a display of indignation
in cold blood. We love clemency, we admire generosity,
and we are not of those who think that to strengthen the
foundations of any power whatever, it can be a good thing
to bathe them in blood. This, in our view, is but an
elementary teaching of morality, or, what is the same
thing, policy enlightened by experience. But although
these doctrines cannot be too often called to mind in the
face if parties who forget end Governments who violate
them, can it in conscience be said that they are rigorously
applicable in India after the frightful tragedy which has
been playing there for the last four months? Is it pr ssible,
is it just, to institute a comparison, as certain journals
have done, between the Sepoys and the English soldiers—
between Nana Sahib and General Havelock ? The Sepoys
surprised and cut the threats of defenceless English—
men, women, children—without allowing them to escape
to the mount tin and the jungle, there to trust to the
tenderer mercies of tigers and hyenas. The English
shorted no mercy to scoundrels who had ripped up, cut in
pieces, burnt, and violated their wives and children.
There is, it att.-pears to us, a very considerable difference
between the two cases; and therefore the Spectateur very
sensibly remarks " when we think of the savage acts
committed by the Hiudeor, and the horrible situation
ie. which the, English troops were placed during upwards
of four months, one can neither wonder at their exaspera-
tion nor judge their conduct harshly."
The .3fon,iteur publishes the official Customs' return for
the month of October.—" The receipts amounted to
14,402,894 f., being a decrease of 2,121,8911. on the
corresponding month of last year. The produce of the
first 10 months of the present year, as compared with the
corresponding period of 1856, shows an improvement of
9,280,469 f., the to'al receipts being respectively
157,583,432 f. and 148,302,963 f. The items of revenue
which shows the greatest increase during 1857 are foreign
colonial sugar, 9,317,080 f. ; co&e, 4,858,299 f. ; potable
liqu,rs, 4,069,417 f. ; coal, 556,618. ; linen thread,
99,232 f.; nitrates of potash and sods, 63,635 f.; mahogany,
62,9941. ; indigo, 56,351 f. ; flax, 45,444 f. ; gold and
silver, 43,495 f.; copper, 32,657 f. ; tallow, 29,518 f ;
cattle, 12,679 f.; and sundries, 1,776,821 f. Those
articles which show the greatest felling off are :—French
colonial sugar, 4,071,232 f.; bar iron, 2,652,332 f. ; raw
cotton, 1,499,055 f.: corn, 1,C62,854f. ; rough iron
castings, 855,073 f. ; cocoa, 359,261 f. ; raw wool,
312,746'. ; oils, 154 3251'.; oleaginous seers, 106,218' ;
cochineal, 56,573 f, ; pepper, 49,227 f ; salt, 15,822 f.;
raw and spun silk, 13,777 f. ; fresh and salted meat,
10,812 f."

AU STRIA.

VIENNA, Nov. 14.

As the speech made by Baron Bruck at the dinner given
to M. de Lesseps has created what is commonly called " a
sensation," I send you a translation of it:—
" I take the liberty to propose one more toast. It
appears to me that an assembly which has met for the par.
pose of publicly recording the interest which the Austrians
take in the project for cutting a canal across the Isimus of
Suez, ought not to seperate without testifying its deep
interest in the lamentable conflict in which England is now
engaged in India. All the assertions that have been made
respecting the causes of the conflict are, in my opinion, of
no weight when compared to the cruelties which the
rebellious Sepoys have committed. It must be taken into
consideratic n that India will fall into a state of total
anarchy, and will for a lc ngth of time remain closed
against civilisation, if the authority of England is not
speedily restored in her large and beautiful Indian empire.
We see mcst important colonies springing up in Australia ;
we see France, Russia, and even America coalescing with
England in order to open the ports of Japan, and of other
countries in those remote regions, and we also see them
endeavouring to force China to ccnsent to place her
relations with other countries on a more reasonable basis.
It does not admit of a doubt that the completion of the
prcjected Suez Canal would be the most efficacious way of
furthering the great work of civilization in the East. In
the name of civilization, then, I call on the assembly to
drink to the toast, Success to the English arms in India."
On the 28th October the Porte forwarded to its • diplo-
matic agents abroad a circular, in which it repeats what
was said in its despatch of September 23, and protest
(se prononce) against any attack that may be made on its
suzerain rights or on the integrity of the Turkish Empires

It is even said that the Constantinople Government has
alluded to the possibility of its being necessitated to send
troops across the Danube for the maintenance of peace and
order in Wallachia and Moldavia, but there is ne reason for
supposing that it has done so. The political excitement in
both the provinces is very great, but nothing has occurred
to render the intervention of the Porte necessary. Ac-
cording to authentic advices from Constantinople, which
reached this city yesterday, the Russian and Prussian
Ministers have followed the example of M. Thonvenel, and
have had no communicaticn with Redschid Pasha since
his appointment. The Sardinian Minister, who is con-
fined to his room by indisposition, some days ago sent his
dragoman to offer his congratulations to Redschid Pasha
About a week since Selim Bey, a colonel in the Turkish
army, arrived here with despatches for Prince Kallimachi,
but nothing concerning their contents have yet transpired.
On the 15th October the Kustendji Railroad Company
paid £6,000, as deposit or " caution money," into the
bands of M. Musurus, and received from him the firman of
concession. The statutes of the company have already
been laid before the Council of the Tanzinaat.