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the regular Army or as the Royal Navy of England.
Insomuch is this the case, that among the customary
toasts now proposed at all public banquets, coupled
with the Army and Navy, comes by right and
with spontaneous cordiality the invariable mention
of the Volunteers. It was while proposing
this very toast in his capacity as Chairman
of a public banquet yesterday, in the Freemasons'
Tavern, that Mr. GLADSTONE took occasion to
avail himself of the opportunity to enlarge upon
the merits of this auxiliary force in the defences
iof these islands. Added to the fact that these
remarks of Mr. GLADSTONE were appropriate to
the toast in its ordinary point of view, it should
be observed, of course, that they were especially
appropriate yesterday at the moment of his speak-
ing, for, inasmuch, simply, as the toast, then
and there enforced by his eloquent panegyric of
the Rifle movement, was, in a manner, the
Toast of the Evening. "It is not,"
said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "for
me, to speak to you in detail upon the pros-
pects of the volunteer force. There is no doubt
that it is not an easy matter to maintain perma-
nently
a force of that description. lam not about
to enter upon the particular measures which have
been recommended. All I can venture to say on
the part of the members of her Majesty's Govern-
ment is this, that I believe that they value the
Volunteer force as highly as it is valued by the
country at large, and every proposal relating to
its welfare is certain to receive from them the most
careful and anxious consideration. It is not easy
to say to what point you may securely go in asso-
ciating a Volunteer force with public assistance.
It is quite evident that, if it is to retain the
character of a Volunteer force—that is to say, if
it is to retain the character which is to give it
is prineip it value— it must in the main be
self-reliant and self-sustaining." A reflection par-
ticularly likely at all times to find favour in
the eyes of a Chancellor of the Exchequer ! And
one, consequently, enforced with especial earnest-
ness upon the attention of his hearers yesterday by
Mr. GLADSTONE—remembering (as who can fail to
do ?) that we are spending thirty millions annually
upon our national defences, very nearly one whole
moiety of our frightful yearly expenditure of
£70,000,000—and this at a moment when our
manufacturing districts are suffering from the effects
of a cotton famine as disastrous to the prosperity of
the country as anything that has occurred since the
potato disease that desolated the sister island
eighteen years ago! No wonder the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer commends as self-
supporting that Volunteer movement which
may, by its continuance and by its consolidation into
one ofour regular defensive institutions, enable him
and his successors to diminish gradually the
ruinous outlay found necessary of late to ensure by
reasonable precautions the safety of this country
from invasion. The dinner at which Mr. GLAD•
STONE offered this mingled tribute and advice—
was, it should be remarked, one of the most
successful of the convivial demonstrations upon
which our metropolitan riflemen have adventured
of late with a mind to keep up that mint de corps
which is the sustaining power of every popular
movement. It was the St. Martin's division of the
13th and 14th companies of the Queen's West-
minster Rifle Volunteers who met together thus to
witness or receive, as the case might be, the various
prizes recently won by their inspiriting compe-
tition. Gladly would we recognize more and more
of these festive demonstrations--especially if to the
pest of Chairman should be promoted men of autho-
rity and of eloquence like the right hon. the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.

DEATH OF Mit. JONAS WETtli.-We have to
record the death of the renowned breeder of sheep, Mr.
Jonas Webb, late of Babrabam, Cambridgeshire, which
took place on the evening of Monday, at the house of his
brother-in-law, Mr. 11. Marshall, of Cambridge. About
three weeks ago, Mrs. Webb, being an invalid, was ordered
a change of scene by her medical attendants, and expressed
a desire to visit her brother, Mr. Marshall, and went to
Cambridge accordingly. Mr. Webb, visiting her, was in-
duced to remain, he being then in his usual, but not robust
health. Mrs. Webb got worse, and died on the sth inst.,
the anniversary of the birthday of her son, who was to have
been married on that same morning, but whose marriage
was of course postponed. When Mr. Webb realised the
idea that all hopes of the survival of his wife were over he
fell into a nervous fever, never rallied, and died between 7
and 8 p.m. on Monday, on the 66th anniversary of his own
birth, and on the day on which the remains of his wife were
interred. Mr. Webb's physicians stated that they could
have successfully combated the disease, but were powerless
in regard to the mental shock.
The Annales du Commerce Exterieur states that
the onerous tax of the derbend, which, contrary to the sti-
pulations of treaties, has up to the present time been exacted
in certain parts of the Turkish Empire, not only on mer-
chandise intended for importation, but on internal com-
merce, has been finally abolished by a decree of the Sultan.
A PLEA FOR TREES IN STREETS.—The long blank
of the sides of the road leading to Brompton from Knights-
bridge-green, recently widened to admit the Exhibition
traffic, does, now that traffic has ceased to fill the space,
make itself painfully distinct. Is it not desirable that the
west side of the road should be planted with trees ? There
are many large trees that will grow in far worse places than
this road will be, open as it is; witness the noble one that
gladdens people's eyes in dense Cheapside, and the very
many more that are bidden deep among the horses and
rooted in the grim City churchyards. The most picturesque
street in the metropolis, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, owes almost
all its beauty to the trees that adorn it. Chelsea Hospital
Gardens have lost nearly all their grime since the fine
avenues of planes have decayed, probably through neglect
or improper trimming. Those who saw those splendid trees
at the time of the Duke of Wellington's lying in state will
now be grieved at the blank dreariness of the great spare
space, wherein only a few ghastly trunks are gathered.
Would it not be well to replace the trees that once made the
Brompton-road green, taking care they did not relapse into
the scrubby state of yore, and replenish Chelsea Gardens as
soon as may be ? There are miles of wide roads in London
similarly improvable, where, too, as at Brompton, there can
be no question of the roadway being injured by drippings
from their boughs.—Atheneum.
CAPTURE OF A SEAL AT DALKEY.—On Friday
evening a large white seal was caught asleep on the rocks
at Dalkey by a fisherman of that locality. It was the size
of a new .born calf, and must have mistaken its latitude in
coming to these waters. We do not remember bearing of
a white seal being taken off our coast at any time. This
peculiarly coloured denizen of the deep is indigenous to
Newfoundland. The captor of the fish intends to profit by
his prey by either selling or exhibiting it.
VERY LIKELY.—A young woman called Pride,
a follower of some one called Richard Weaver, and an
aspirant for baptism at the hands of Spurgeon, has been
dipping into her mistress's money. This is a fair instance
of spiritual pride and what it leads to.—. Fun.
RHYME AND REASON.—Prussia, crusher.—Fun.
THE RIGHT THING.--The Emerald and Galatea
have been ordered to proceed to Bermudas, in anticipation
of any complication which may arise from the excess of
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A PRETTY CASE.--The stewards of the Jockey
Club, having investigated the
charges
body against Colonel Burnaby in
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either party." What a prettycourt, where it is made
rather
prosecutor I- -Fun.
To JACK-o'-LANTERNS.—If fenny folks
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f,
ththave seen
anything of this individual, who from some mareh proceed-
ings lately would seem to have made himself scarce
am this
country, they will oblige by giving information, as
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paper editor is in immediate want of a light articlee
Inquiry
of this
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kind.—Address, Will o' the Whisper, Privat ry
Office.—tun.
Advices from Brest state that the screw line-of-
battle ship Turenne, which had conveyed Gen. Forey to
Mexico, returned on the 7th from Vera Cruz. When she
left the state of affairs was satisfactory. Gen. Forey had
made arrangements to leave for 01 izaba, where Gen. de
Lorencez was to give up the command to him. Gen. de
Lorencez, aho had received permission to return to
France, was to embark on the let of November at Vera

Cruz.
A gland fete is spoken of for the opening of the
new Boulevard du Prince Eugene, which is to be inaugu-
Lrhted by the Emperor in person on Saturday next, the fete-
-1", of the Empress.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 12, 7.22 A.M.
Advices have arrived, per the Kangaroo, from
New York, to November 1.
General Mitchell has suffered a severe repulse at
Mackay Point and Pocotaligo, in an attempt to cut
off the railway communication between Charleston
and Savannah. The General is blamed for his rash-
ness by the Northern press.
The advance of General M'Clellan, from whieh
so much was expected a few days since, has not
assumed any large proportion. The quarters are at
Berlin, on the Potomac, seven miles from Harper's

Ferry.
The Confederates are in force at Winchester, in
the Shenandoah Valley, and on the road from Win-
chester to Gordonville.

The exploits of the Confederate steamer Alabama
excite great dissatisfaction in this eity. The Govern-
ment is reproached with culpable negligence and
apathy in not taking measures for her capture.
The Merrimac No. 2 is said to be ready for sea.
The New York ship Alleghania, bound from Bal-

timore to London, with a cargo of guano, was cap •
tured on Wednesday, in Chesapeake Bay, by a party
of Confederates from the shore, and burnt. The
captain, mate, and pilot were taken prisoners.
General Wool has arrested several citizens at a
Union meeting in Baltimore, for the offence of en-
deavouring to procure signatures among his own
officers for his removal from command. The Pre-
sident has ordered the arrested persons to be set at
liberty unconditionally. It is expected that Uenersi
Wool will resign.

Judge Clifford, of Massachusetts, granted a writ
of habeas corpus in the case of Mr. W. H. Winder,
of Philadelphia, illegally detained in Fort Warren.
The sheriff was denied admittance to the Foit to
serve the writ. The Judge has declared that he has
orders to enforce the sentence.

The election of the Democratic ticket for the State
of New York, on Tuesday, the 4th instant, is con-
sidered certain. The President has expresed his
surprise and regret at the turn which the elections
have already taken. The Democrats expect to carry
the States of New Jersey and Massachusetts, as
well as New York.
There has been a series of strikes among the work-
ing men of New York for increased wages, in con-
sequence of the depreciation of the paper currency
and the alarming and rapid rise in the price of the
necessaries of life. The demands of the working
men have been acceded to.
General Banks is to be appointed to the command
of an expedition to Texas.
General Maclernand is to co-operate with Admiral
Dupont on the Mississippi.
NEW YORK, OCT. 31, EVENING.
The Confederates are still in force in the imme-
diate front of the Army of the Potomac.
General Burnside has moved down along the
eastern base of the Blue Ridge Mountains and
formed a junction with General Sigel.
It is reported at General M'Clellan's headquarters
that General Bragg is on his way to join General
Lee in Virginia.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.

Great activity is observable on the part of the
Confederates, who are in strong force between
Winchester and the Potomac.

Large bodies of Confederates are moving without
baggage along the Front Royal Road, and others
towards Shannonvale Springs and Castleman Ferry.
Federal General Stoneman has occupied Leesburg

without opposition.
The Federals have occupied Charleston, in
Western Virginia, and Grand Junction, Mississippi.
The Confederates are in force nine miles from
Grand Junction.

General Curtis reports that the Confederates have
been routed near Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Deserters from Richmond report that the steamer
Merrimac No. 2 is a complete success.
The Southern journals state that Federal General
Butler has landed at Pensacola with 7,000 men. It
was expected he would advance to the junction of
the Mobile, Montgomery, and Pensacola Railroad.
The Commercial Advertiser asserts that Nash-
ville is surrounded, and that the inhabitants are

nearly starving.
The Federal Governor of North Carolina has
proposed to hold a conference with the Confederate
Governor of the State to discuss the position of pub-
lic affairs and the aspect of the war. The further
objects of the proposition are not stated.
Washington despatches assert that many of the
Southern slaveholders are running their slaves
through the blockade, and selling them in Cuba.

The New York Municipality has resolved to issue
paper currency in amounts under
3,000,0001d0 dole.
1:

Numerous strikes have occurred in different
branches of trade, but employers have consented to
pay the wages demanded.
It has been found impracticable to serve the writ
of habeas corpus at Fort Warren.
A large republican meeting has been held in
New York. The speakers declared the determina-
tion of the Republican party to subjugate the South
and endorse Mr. Lincoln's proclamation.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, OCT. 31, EVENING.
Money easy. Gold, 291 per cent, premium
Exchange, bankers' bills, 143.
Stocks advanAng. New York Central, 105:
Illinois, 811; Erie, 641.

Cotton very firm. Middling upland, 61c. to 61ic
Breadstuffs heavy. Flour, 15c. ; and wheat, 2c,
lower. Corn, provisions, and molasses steady
Coffee and sugar very firm.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, Nov.

Ad vices received here from Vera Cruz state
that the French have strongly fortified all the ap-
proaches to Orizaba, and rendered it a safe base of
operations. I hey are also reported to have erected
a battery of rifled cannon on the heights leading to
El Ingenio, and to have rendered other strong posi-
tions impregnable.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Nov. 11.

The King has had a fall from his horse and dis-
located his arm. His Majesty is progressing
favourably.

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, Nov. 11.

The Duke de Saldinha has set out for Rome. The
Government has obtained a great
majority in the

elections.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Nov. 11.

La France of this evening contains an analysis of
the circular addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to
the Italian Cabinet.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys explains that the French
Cabinet has confined itself to declining the discus-
sion of General Durando's circular, and distinctly

states that this circular being in opposition to the
constant tradition of French policy in Italy, cannot
serve as a basis for negotiation.
The circular of the French Minister examines the
different phases of the Italian question, and states
that the Imperial Government has constantly ex-
pressed the firm resolution of preserving Rome
against all aggression, and protecting the indepen-
dence and the sovereignty of the Pope.
M. Drouyi de Lhuys testifies to the loyalty of
the Italian Government in repressing the late rash
enterprise, but states that the French Cabinet does
not admit that, bS a recompense for the energy and
moderation of the Cabinet of Turin, France should
be obliged to evacuate Rome. "At no period;"
concludes the Minister, "has the French Cabinet
given to Piedmont and Italy the hope that it would
1 sacrifice to them Rome and the Papacy,"

BOURSE, November 11.--The market has been
heavy, and the English funds arriving with a fall
of I, Rente followed the retrograde movement.
Threes, for the Account, are now at 70fr. 60c.
Mobilier are rather offered, as are also Railway
Shares, and quotations are generally a shade lower.
The market closed as follows:

---
4t per Cents .. 98 25 Bank Shares 3310
Do. eud month.... Credit Fonder 1260 --
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 50 Italian Loan 7l 85

New 3 per Cents .. -- --
Do. end month....
Credit Mobilier... 1150
Do. end m0uth....1135 -
RA IL

Roman
Austrian
Spanish Threes S2A
Home Debt .. 5O 25

_ ~ AYI3.
Cash. Account.
Orlcans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1155 .. 1155
Geneva....
Southern B5O .. 847 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
L--,lna' d - 596 20
- 52-

527 60 .. )27 50
North of Spain
625 627 50
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona 330 337 50

FRANCE AND ITALY.

The following is the full text of the analysis of
M. Drouyn de Lhuys' despatch to the French
Minister at Turin, a telegraphic summary of which
has already appeared in our• columns :
La France says :

"An Italian journal (the Armonia) has published inexact
informati n respecting the d espatch addressed by M. Drouyn
de Lhuys to our representative at the Court of Turin, which
has been copied into different French journals. One of our
correspondents at Turin, whose position allows him to have
seen that document, sends us the following analysis of it,
which is evidently conformable to the true direction of
French policy in Italy :
"M. Drouyn de Lhuys says in his despatch that the
French Cabinet has confined itself to declining all discussion
on the circular of General Durando, declaring in precise
terms that it could not serve as a basis for a negotiation,
and that it was in opposition to the constant tradition of
French policy in Italy.
" A rapid glance at the events of 1848 will suffice to bring
that opposition into relief. In fact, when the Pontifical
Government was upset in 1848 by an anarchical movement,
France intervened with a view to restore it and support it
in the name of an interest of a superior and universal order.
Circumstances have rendered necessary the maintenance of
a corps d'armee at Rome to guarantee the safety and inde-
pendence of the Sovereign Pontiff.
"The Sardinian Government, then under the Gioberti
Ministry, showed itself favourable to that policy, and gave
its consent.
" Since then France has rendered signal services to Pied-
mont in particular and to Italy in general. The remem •
brance and beneficial results of the campaign of 1855 loudly
attest it.
" But after the conclusion of peace, and when at Zurich
an attempt was made to organise the new state of things,
the Government of the Emperor, at the same time that
it gave the most manifest proofs of its sympathy for Italy,
never ceased to make the Cabinet of Turin understand that
it did not mean to relinguish the protection it had given to
the Pontifical States, and that it should maintain its troops
at Rome.
" Shortly afterwards I, sly lost a statesman of rare eleva-
tion of mind. France, understanding the extent of that

loss for a young State that stood in need of that firm and
skilful hand in the difficult task of its organisation, resolved
to come to the assistance of the new Kingdom, and officially
recognised it.
'• But that recognition was accompanied with the formal
declaration that nothing was changed insomuch as the oc-
cupation of home was concerned.
" When a violent invasion deprived the Holy See of
some of its provinces, the French Cabinet did not hesitate
severely to blame that act, and broke off its diplomatic rela-
tions v, ith the Turin Cabinet.

" The Imperial Cabinet has, therefore, constantly ex-
pressed its firm resolution to preserve Rome against all
aggression, and to protect there the independence and the
sovereignty of the Pope.
"Recently a daring enterprise seemed to menace the
States of the Holy See. France would not have allowed a
rebel to violate the Pontifical territory. She would have
known how to extend her protecting hand to put aside that
danger. The Italian Government itself had the wisdom
to stop that revolutionary movement.
" France applauded that act of energy. But it would be
an error to suppose that, to recompense the moderation and
the energy of the Turin Cabinet, the French Government

must (dolt) deviate from its policy and evacuate Rome.

"It is evident that General Durando's circular was
written under the influence of this error. The French Cabinet

cannot admit it as a starting point of negotiation. At no
period has it ever held out the hope, either to Piedmont or
Italy, that it would sacrifice to them Rome and the
Papacy.
" The policy of the Emperor's Government is therefore
characterised by all the antecedents which M. Drouyn de
Lhuys enumerates in his despatch. That policy has always
been guided in a spirit of conciliation, which does not sepa-
rate the interests of Italy from the rights of the Papacy.
It is that conciliation which France has always followed
up, and to which the Minister makes a new appeal."
" Our correspondent," concludes La France,
" in sending us the above analysis, adds that the
note of M. Drouyn de Lhuys is imbued with the
most perfect moderation, and with deep sympathy
for the future of Italy:,