The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

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LTADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.— A Remedy for
13 ious and Liver Complaints.—Those who suffer from
bile and liver complaints should try the effects of this
valuable remedy, a few doses of which will make the
sufferer feel elastic and vigorous, remove all impurities,
give a healthy action to the liver, and strengthen the
stomach. If bilious attacks be allowed to continue with-
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&Annear to ha the, wi.,....rt,A,tonount autho-
rised to complete the lines is 60,000,000 dollars, half in
bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum,
and half in ordinary shares. The interest on the bonds,
payable at the rate of 4s. to the dollar, will require a net
receipt of 2,800,000 dollars per annum. The working ex-
penses for the whole length of 607 miles should not exceed
3,612,000 dollars per annum ; and any excess earned ulna
the sum of these two amounts, viz., 6,412,000 dollars would
for the benefit of the ordinary shareholders. The re-
ceipts for the first six months of the present year earned
upon the 322 miles then open were 2,579,737 dollars ; and
for the months of July, August, and September upon the
490 miles then in work they were 2,011,676 dollars. If the
receipts of October, November, and December equal
those of the preceding throe months, as it is assumed they
will, then the gross receipts for the year 1865 will be
6,603,089 dollars. Had the v.-hole of the 490 miles been
opened throughout the year, the receipts, at the rate
earned for the last three months, would have
amounted to 8,046,704 dollars. But an additional length
of 117 miles of the company's lines remains to be com-
pleted or brought into use, and when this shall have been
done it is only anticipating a vary small growth in the
traffic of the main line to suppose that the total 607 miles
of lines then in work will earn as much per mile per annum
as that which has in the present year been obtained upon
the smaller mileage already open. In that case the gross
annual receipts will not fall short of 10,015,000 dollars, and
after deducting the interest on the Bonded debt and the
working expenses, as above stated, a balance of 3,573,500
dollars would remain in favour of the holders of the ordi-
nary stock. The results already achieved are extraordi-
nary for a lino recently opened, and before it is possible
that the arrangements for the conduct of the Through
Traffic can have been so far perfected, or its existence as a
new route so widely known as to have attracted to it, more
than an inconsiderable part of the business which must ulti-
mately flow on to it. Looking at all these facts, and at the
experience already attained of the amount of local and
through traffic which the line commands, it appears to me
to be perfectly certain that the interests of the bondholders
in the Atlantic and Great Western Railway are from this
time quite secure, and that after their claims are satisfied
the ordinary shareholders may look to be immediately
rewarded with a considerable dividend, which must grow
with the extending business certain to come upon their rail-
way from year to year."
The reading of the report frequently elicited loud cheers.
At its conclusion,
The CHAIRMAN said they now invited any questions
which the bondholders might feel disposed to put to
them.
No response having been made,
Mr. HULL, of Liverpool, said ho had visited their
works in company with their chairman, and he would
at once say a more magnificent country he had never seen
than that through which their line ran. It would be of
the utmost importance to the bondholders to promote emi-
gration to the splendid country of the Far West. It was
a fact that although Ohio was much larger than Great Bri-
tain the population only amounted to 21 millions. Let the
emigrant go to Ohio instead of New Zealand and Auckland,
as in that fine country he would find greater advantages
than the other could by any possibility hold out. They
must also inculcate the principles of free trade. (Hear, hear.)
The country was unparalleled for its unbounded wealth of
vegetable productions, and a more hospitable or friendly
people did not exist.

Mr. ROBINSOY, of the Ebbw Vale Company, also ono of
the gentlemen who accompanied Sir Morton to America,
spoke in high terms of the railway and the country through
which it passed.

A SHAREHOLDER said he did not see how the increasod
traffic was to be carried on with only a single line of rails.
Mr. FORBES said there was a large ratio of goods over
passenger traffic—it was about double, but at present the
line was quite adequate for all purposes. Tho time might
come when the question of doubling their line might arise,
but that was not the question for them to consider at pre-
sent. What they had to do was to get all they could out
of what they had got before they laid down additional lines
of rails.
The CHAIRMAN said the bondholders would be called
together every year, and everything would be laid before
them in the most open and candid manner. It had been
said, "How is it, if your railway is so good, the Amerieans
don't invest in it ?" All he could say was, that Mr. Aspin-
wall had $300,000 in it, and a gentleman holding a
position similar to our Chancellor of the Exchequer
bad 8-120,000 invested in it. (Hear, hear.) in
fact ho believed that one-third of their bonds were held
by Americans.
A cordial vote of thanks having been awarded to the

chairman,
Sir MORTON PzTo, in returning thanks, said he felt
highly gratified at the compliment awarded him. How-
ever, he had one,thing to say to every person then present.
He doubted not but that each of them took an autumnal
trip, either to Germany or Switzerland ; but what he
advised them to do next year was to visit their own pro-
perty in America. He could assure them they would meet
with a friendly and kindly reception, such as they would

Much sensation has been caused in India by an
English girl of 14 years of age having been sold to
the Chief of Bhatwa, in the Kattywar territory, to
be placed in his harem. He is said to be 70 years
old, and to have bought her of her parents for 3,000
rupees (300). The following particulars are front
the Delhi Gazette of Oct. 21 :—" It appears that a
certain chief, who holds sway in the State of Bhatwa,
in the Kattywar territory, and who is named
Khamaldeen or Kumaloodeen, lately conceived a
desire to add to the live stock in his harem, although
bowea nowt by the weight of 70 years, by pro-
curing an English girl and inducing her to take up
her residence within its sacred precincts. For this
purpose emissaries were despatched to Ahmedabad,
where lived an Englishman with his wife and chil-
dren. They were a dissolute couple, by all accounts,
and of course had long rubbed skirts with poverty ;
yet they had something which the wealthy chief of
Bhatwa did not possess. They had an English girl,
their daughter, named Anne, a girl of about 14
years of age, and the Bhatwa emissaries having
looked about them, and ascertained the resources of
the place, at once determined to make the parents an
offer for the person of their daughter. The sum of
3,000 rupees was the temptingbait which wasto make
them drive their little fish into the Nawab of
Bhatwa's net, and the experiment succeeded. The
father agreed, for and in consideration of 3,000
rupees, to consign his daughter for her life to the
tender care of Kumaloodeen. The bargain having
been struck, the contracting parties made the best
of their way to Bhatwa, where the money was to
be paid and the goods delivered. Arrived at their
destination, this child of 14, the offspring of
English parents, and a daughter of the Chris-
tian Church, was handed over to her purchaser,
and the delicate-minded parents became the
happy possessors of 3,000 rupees. At this stage
of the proceedings, a clergyman, the chaplain of
Rojkote, to whom the circumstance was reported,
tried to interpose between the unnatural parents of
Anne and her brutal purchaser, by calling upon the
political agent of Kattywar to exert his authority
and rescue the child from the destruction to which,
body and soul, she was doomed by her natural
guardians. Our correspondent does not vouch for
the truth of the report which has reached him
touching the action taken by the political agent
in the matter, but what he says is, that Anne, after
she had become the Nawab's property, was
solemnly made to abjure the errors of the Chris-
tian Church, and formally received into communion
with the follower of the true prophet. The political
officer, it is said, deputed his jemadar to be present
at the ceremony, and this functionary brought him
a full and particular account of all that took place
on the occasion. The next step in regard to the
child was to marry her after the Mahomedan fashion
to her purchaser, but, before this interesting
cere-
mony (which, we believe, is not regarded quite in
the light of a sacrament by the sons of peace) was
performed, the political officer is reported to have
caused the youthful bridegroom, just turned 70,
to draw up a marriage settlement, by which the
new light of the harem is secured in the posses-
sion of an income of 2,000 and odd rupees per
annum, including an item of 30 rupees for pan
and sooparee, which may be looked upon as
an equivalent for pin money. The political agent,
however, was not satisfied with this provision for
the present wants of Anne, and being a far-sighted
man he took care to secure her against any unplea.
sant accident, such as desertion, for instance, that
might happen in the future. He caused another
deed to be drawn up, by which it is stipulated that,
in the event of her being at any time banished from
that blessed abode of virtue, the harem, she is to
receive, for the term of her natural life, the hand-
some allowance of 250 rupees per mensem,`or 3,000
rupees per annum." The Delhi Gazette does not
not vouch for the truth of the statements in its cor-
respondent's letter, which describe the part taken
by the political agent.

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LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING IN CALIFOT:NIA.—The
first locomotive ever built in California, has just made its
trial trip on the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad.
The cylinders of this locomotive are 18 inches in diameter,
with a 24 inch stroke ; the driving wheels 5 feet in diame-
ter, length of locomotive 26i feet over frame; diameter of
boiler 44 inches, containing 141 two-inch tubes 11 feet in
length ; total weight of locomotive 30 tons. The locomo-
tive drew four cars containing 300 invited guests, cud on
the return trip made two miles in 108 seconds, the best time
yet accomplished on that side of the Rocky Mountains.

Another meeting was to be held in Birmingham
last evening, principally composed of working men,
whose objects are to recommend the adoption of
residential suffrage and vote by ballot. Mr. BRIGHT,
however, has been forced to excuse himself, as he is
already pledged to attend a similar meeting in the
same town next week, but he encouraged the
leaders of the movement to obtain a demonstration
of the wishes of the unenfranchised. All these
various assemblies are significant of the times, and
former experience has proved that when the sturdy
men of the North take up a notion strongly, they
very seldom abandon their efforts until theory has
become practice and the Legislature has endorsed
their wishes.

LONDON, FRID.IY, NOV. 24, 1865.

There are not wanting significant signs of the
interest felt by the people generally in the question
of Reform. They have often been charged with
indifference to it, and statesmen and politicians who
themselves shrink from troublesome innovations
have frequently found an excuse for their own
trifling with an important matter in the inaction
and supposed apathy of the public. During filo
last few months, however, the people of the North
at least have begun to bestir themselves, and the
fact of Earl RUSSELL having been called to the head
of affairs gives an additional reason for pressing on
the question. jhe public have, in fact, got
somewhat tired of discussing the same points
over and over again, and not being by
any means prepared to proceed to extremities,
they have left Reform alone of late, at least with
the exception of, for the most part, extracting
pledges from their representatives. They may well
ask, indeed, what they are to agitate for ? They
have been promised Reform Bills by rival parties ;
they have seen it mentioned in the QUEEN'S Speech ;
they have heard its necessity admitted by politicians
of all grades and shades of opinion. But, after a
good many years of patient expectation, the people
are beginning to perceive that unless they agitate
for it they will never get Reform. The present
generation of statesmen would be very glad to
evade the disagreeable duty, and to leave the
p
troublesome glory of passing a Reform Bill
to their successors of a future day. Even,
Lord RUSSELL would be well content to rest
and be thankful for the laurels he has already
won, only, unfortunately, he has reached a point in
the ascent at which rest is impossible. He must
either proceed or slip back. His reputation as one
of the Reformers of 1832 prepares the public, in spite
of all subsequent failures, for some comprehensive
and statesman-like effort, and accordingly we find
Reform meetings being held in different parts of the
country for the purpose of exhibiting the strength
of the general feeling. The National Reform Union,
whose members have been busy during this interval
of comparative quiet and inaction, held a meeting
on Tuesday evening in the Free Trade Hall, Man-
chest,a-, which was unanimously adopted. The
principal speaker on this occasion was Mr. JACOB
BRIGHT, who congratulated the members of the
Reform Union upon the hopeful prospects with
entered upon the campaign. which they Notes of
preparations were, he said, being sounded in many
of our large towns, where Reform meetings were
being convoked, but Manchester ought not to be
left behind, for it had " a far greater centre of
population and a knowledge of political organisation
and agitation which ought not to be surpassed.,,
Every one agreed that the new Government must
bring in a Bill of this kind in the course of its
first session ; but the question remained what the
chief features of that BM were to be. Mr. JACOB
BRIGHT; in
referring to this matter, said he thought

The Fenians seem resolved to lose no opportu-
nity of defending themselves, and spare no efforts
to avert the consequences which their rashness and
presumption have brought upon them. However
skilfully they may plan, and however ably their
cause may be pleaded, it will all be of no avail, and
they must reap as they have sown. A more com-
plete defeat could not have been than theirs, morally
as well as legally, and no doubt the scorn and con-
tempt which they have met with irritate and exas-
perate them almost beyond endurance. The last
attempt which they have made has also proved
a failure, although it was most certainly a
clever device to gain time, which is gene-
rally the last resource of the despe-
rate. It is satisfactory in every sense that the
motion was lost which was made in the Queen's
Bench yesterday, to remove the indictments found
against certain prisoners at the Special Commission.
The reason alleged for such a demand was that it
was impossible for a " fair and impartial" trial to
take place in Dublin. At any rate it is a testimony
to the loyalty and good sense of the inhabitants that
such assertions should be made by these conspira-
tors. No doubt they thought that, if unsuccessful,
they would still be counted as heroes who
fell in a noble cause, even if they were
not raised to the glory and dignity of
martyrs in the work of freedom. Archbishop
CULLEN has declared the iniquity of their doings,
which has given them great offence, and likewise
the newspapers have condemned them. Ingenious
as these excuses are at first sight, a little reflection
will soon show how false is their argument and un-
founded their basis. It is not at all requisite or
desirable in cases like that of the Fenians for the
organs of public opinion to abstain from criticism.
Every one is agreed beforehand as to what the result
of the inquiry will be, although it is highly
desirable that all be conducted in a fair and open
manner, and that every advantage which
the law allows be afforded to the prisoners who are
on their trial. There is no opportunity for preju-
dice to intervene, nor is there any cause why it
should do so. The general verdict of the pnblic
has decided against the perverse and mistaken
persons who carried on this mad attempt, and de-
nounced in terms of the strongest reprobation the
fax more responsible and guilty parties who con-
cocted the design and sent others forward to
do the work. The most perfect unanimity
exists in Ireland regarding this subject. All
ranks and classes, of whatever religion and politics
they may be, axe agreed in condemning the Fenians.

a good deal of light was thrown upon it by the It must be -a bitter mortification to those who have
former opinions of Earl RUSSELL and his proposi- made such. a parade about their grand doings to
tions in 1852 and in 1860. "jn 1852 he proposed find the complete and utter failure which they have
that the borough franchise should be a£s rating made. A greater mistake has not been made in
franchise, and in 1860 a£6 rental. In 1852 he the memory of the present generation, and vexa-
proposed a £2O county franchise, but in 1860 he tious all the length of the proceedings in the trials
proposed a £lO franchise. That showed progress." and their complication must prove to the authorities,
Since that time, as Mr. JACOB BRIGHT was careful the public watch them with interest that is unmixed,
to remind his hearers, the House of Commons has with doubt as to their termination. Whether mali-
given its assent to a £lO franchise. Mr. GLAD- cious or mischievous, whether originators or fol-
STONE, he added, had been an assenting party lowers, the prisoners must pay the penalty of their
to two of these Bills, and it could not be acts, and no one will pity those who have shown so
supposed that Earl RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE, little regard for peace or propriety.
now the two leading spirits of the Cabinet, would
retract from their openly avowed opinions. The
thirteen years which have elapsed since 1852 have,
as the speaker justly observed, produced wonderful
changes in this country, and in no respect have
they been more remarkable than in the improvement
which they have produced in the condition of the
working classes. There is much, very much, left
to do ; but the intelligence and education, the
tolerance and enlightenment of the working men
of to-day are very different from what they
were thirteen years ago. Arguing on this
view of the question, Mr. BRIGHT asked why
the Government should not face the difficulty more
boldly, and instead of fixing the suffrage at any
arbitrary limits, give a rating and household suf-
frage which would be final, and which no man
would think of disturbing. " Why should not
householders have votes ?" he asked. The
municipal franchise is of that character, so
it would be no great innovation ; and if
the Government had the courage to do
this, if they would grant a rating and household
suffrage, he believed that as long as our present
notions of representative institutions lasted all
parties would be satisfied. This would indeed
be an excellent solution of the problem, and
it is one which really constitutional Reformers
have often suggested, because while extending the
suffrage to its widest limits, it still guarantees that
the voter shall have what is termed " a stake in the
country," that he should give his fellow-citizens
hostages for his steadiness, industry, and the support
of law and order. It would be easy if this broad
basis were adopted to add clauses by which lodgers
' of a particular class and considerable minorities
should be represented, but so long as the question
of a pound more or less rental, or the distance of a
few miles more or less from a town, makes the
elector or the non-elector, we shall have no effectual
settlement of the constitution of the country.
The meeting at Bradford on Wednesday evening
was a very large one. The requisition for calling
it was declared by the Mayor to be unequalled in
the borough, being signed by 2,500 inhabitants, in-
cluding many of weight, character, and position.
Mr. FORSTER, M.P., addressed the meeting at some
length, and declared his confidence in the new
House of Commons, the Government, and the
Liberal party. Mr. FORSTER, however, shrewdly
added that the real danger was that many M.P.'s,
just safely landed at St. Stephen's after a sharply
contested election, would not favour the introduc-
tion of a bill that should disturb their seats. There
is, however, one counterbalancing consideration,
which is, that, if from the pressure without a Reform
Bill becomes inevitable, these gentlemen will not
dare to oppose it for fear of losing all favour with
their constituents. Mr. FORSTER, while advocating
the lowering of the franchise, objects to its
lateral extension being made a principal ob-
ject ; but the excluded, members of the middle
classes, the lodgers, and others who are understood
in this term, have as good a right to demand
electoral rights as the working-man. Mr. FORSTER,
however, refrains from advocating any particular
measure, saying, very truly, that it is best to throw
the responsibility upon the Government, and to
oivp them a fair hcoaiug in Iv hatcycr thoy propOSe.
The Bradford meeting concluded by addressing a
memorial to Lord RUSSELL, assuring him of their
confidence and determination to support a compre-
hensive measure of Reform.

The Diet of the Province of Lower Austria has
now been opened, and the proceedings will naturally
be looked forward to with interest. A resolution
was read which condemned;the September Patent in
strong terms. There was great justice in the re-
marks made concerning the matter, and it is satis-
factory to meet with so spirited and outspoken an
address in the centre of the interests so materially
affected by the vacillation of the Imperial Govern-
ment. The resolution was adopted by a large
majority, which renders its remarks all the more
significant. Nothing could be more decided and
really stronger in effect, if not in expression,
than the terms employed in this resolution.
It is said that the September patent is likely to
overthrow all " feeling of right" in the popular
mind, and also that it prevents the consolidation of
the Empire and the material welfare of the people,
since it retards their progress and injures their true
interests. This is in sum and substance exactly
what the independent nations of the world have
been declaring since the extraordinary step was
taken in September. All intelligent and experienced
persons foresaw the evils that would inevitably
follow upon the adoption of such a retrograde course,
and time has fully realised their expectations
and fulfilled their prophecies. It is proposed to
appoint a committee to take into consideration the
" reactionary effect of the September Patent upon
the welfare of the country, and to draw up a report
thereon, and make the necessary proposals." Baron
SCIIMERLING voted against the resolution, which is
a tribute to its merit, and shows that it militates
against the mischievous tendencies of the Go-
vernment.

The consequences of the Gastein Convention
are becoming more and more apparent, and
conspicuous among these tokens we may men-
tion the recognition of Italy by Bavaria and
Saxony. These lesser states think that they
may follow their own inclinations, and do not give
themselves any concern as to what Austria may
desire or dislike. All this is very distasteful to the
authorities at Vienna, and may finally bring about
a rupture between the allied powers of Germany.
Neither Austria nor Prussia will consent to forego
any cherished schemes, and therefore it is impos-
sibl,, that they can go on much longer without
coming to a disagreement, especially when we take
into account the many secondary interests that are
at work, and the additional causes of dispute that
are surd to arise owing to the complication of cir-
cumstances.

We have good reason to hope that the threatened
Chilian difficulty has passed over, and that the
active measures taken by the European Powers, as
well as the vigorous resistance to aggression offered
by the Republic itself, have produced the hoped-for
effects. It is asserted that Spain has notified to
the British and French Governments her willingness
to accept the mediation of the European Powers.
and the Patrie of last evening states that instruc-
tions have been sent to Admiral PAREJA not to
attack the Chilian forts. The Spanish Govern-
ment, indeed, could hardly fail to discover their
mistake. The influential representations made
to the British Government urged the Foreign-
office to the display of unwonted promptitude
and energy, while it appears that the French
EMPEROR has assured the deputations from the
trading towns that his Government will take " effi-
cacious measures" for the protection of French
commerce in Chilian waters. This significant sen-
tence coming from a Power which does not allow
its interests to be disregarded with impunity
may well startle the arrogant Spaniard.
They are likely enough, however, to regret their
unwarrantable proceedings, for before the matter is
arranged their commerce may have suffered from
Chilian allies, while they will even in this short
period have inflicted considerable damage on the
trade of Valparaiso. Fortunately the crisis has been
short, and the Chilian Government has proved
equal to the occasion. But it seems to be the fashion
in this highly moral and enlightened nineteenth
century for a strong Power to attack a weak one
with no better excuse than the difference of their
respective forces. Let us hope the failure of Spain
will turn the tide of diplomacy another way.

REFORM MEETING.—A great Reform meeting was
held at Bradford on Wednesday night, the requisi-
tion for calling which was actually signed by upwards of
2,500 persons. The speech of the evening was delivered
by Mr. W. E. Forster, the member for the borough, who
expressed his strong conviction that the Government would
submit a Reform Bill to the new Parlioment. A memorial
praying that Lord Russell would frame a thorough measure
of Reform, and protesting against any further postpone-
ment of the question, was unanimously adopted, and a
deputation appointed to present it to the Premier.
A PRACTICAL Juriv.—At an industrial exhibition
recently held at Vienne (Isere), a variety of artificial legs,
constructed on an entirely now principle, were exposed to
view. The jurymen, whose duty it was to decide on the
comparative merits of the instruments, were much per-
plexed ; at last they bethought them of assembling half a
dozen Crimean and Mexican amputes and starting them
over a half mile course equipped with the rival logs. The
prize is stated to have been won by an invalide, both of
whose legs had been taken off at the knee, but who never-
theless went over the distance in nine minutes.

CHURCH-RATES IN LAMBETH.—An ingenious plan
seems to have been adopted by the Lambeth vestry for
paying a church-rate in disguise. Some revenue is derived
from land known as Pedlar's Acre, and it is the custom to
vote money from this source for the use of the church-
wardens of St. Mary, Lambeth, for the repairs of the
church, bell-ringing, and other purposes. At the meeting
of the vestry yesterday, a motion was proposed to grant
£lOO out of the funds to the churchwardens—the proposer
saying that the money was to bo taken from the Pedlar's
Acre Estate Fund. It was objected, however, that the re-
venue from the Pedlar's Acre was paid over to the general
fund, and that the vestry had no power to grant the money
for church purposes. This view was supported by a legal
opinion from Mr. Bennet, of Sergeant's-inn, the eminent
authority on all church-rate law. The vestry, however,
by a majority of 45 to 14, voted the money. The parish-
ioners therefore pay a church-rate in disguise.
How THE PUBLIC ARE DECEIVED BY ITALIAN
ORGAN GRINDERS.—At a meeting of the Middlesex magis-
trates yesterday Mr. E. W. Halswell drew the attention of
the court to the case of two Italian organ grinders com-
mitted to Coldbath Fields Prison from Clerkenwell Police-
court for begging. Ono of them was Augustine Guytani,
committed for 14 days, and on being searched the follow-
ing money was found upon him :—.£l3 lls. 3d. in English
money, and ten gold coins, viz., two French coins of 100 f.
each, two Italian coins of about equal value each, ono
French coin value .50f., three French coins of 20f. each,
and two ditto of 10f. each. The other grinder was An-
tonio Perino, committed for five days for begging, and
there was found on him 16s. Gd. in English money, and
forty-three gold coins of the value of 20f. each. These
large sums of money would be returned to them at the ex_
piration of their sentence, but a portion would be deducted
for their maintenance while in prison.

THE BLOCKADE AT VALPARArso.---Advices from
Valparaiso, via New York, state that the blockade con-
tinues. The Nauphanto arrived and was warned off on
the 18th ; the Burns reported put into the Falkland Islands.
All the minor ports of Chili have been opened by the
Chilian Government to foreign commerce, and all import
and export duties taken off. Martial law has been de-
clared all over the Republic. Disturbances have com-
menced among the miners, and several mines have been
already abandoned.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE GALE.
PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING.
The gale last night from the south-west was more
severe than on Wednesday night, but all the ships in
port rode it out in safety.
This morning, at eight o'clock, when the tide rose,
the stranded emigrant ship Amoor was forced back
eastward beyond her first position, and the weather
prevents any intended assistance by steam tugs.
10 A.m.

The gale is not abated ; the wind has gone more
to the west. The schooner Eliza, of Penzance,
laden with coal, broke from her moorings at Mill-
bay, struck against the quay, and went down be-
tween the pier and the pontoon ; crew saved. The
French schooner La Marie, of Bordeaux, with
wheat, has carried away her bowsprit and received
other damage. The south-west moorings of the
pontoon have parted.

HUNGARY.
PESIH, Nov. 23 (Evening).

The elections to the Reichsrath for the inner
town of Pesth took place to-day, when Herr Deak
was returned as member. Upon the result of the
polling being made knovn he delivered a speech to
the electors, in which he expressed his opinion that
the Reichsrath would be able to solve the highest
and most urgent questions of the day, and to
establish the basis for a better future; but, con-
tinued Herr Deak, we must not entertain too san-
guine hopes, although at tae same time we should
not give way to despondency.