The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OE THE

SHARE MARKETS:-(TIIIS DAY.

THISTLE.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

(FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN.)
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.

The Queen held a Chapter of the most ancient and
most noble order of the Thistle, at three o'clock this after-
noon in the Castle.

RAILWAYS.

100

Her Majesty entered the Throne Room (where the
Chapter was held) accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert. Her Majesty wore the kirtle, mantle,
and collar of the Order ; and his Royal Highness the
mantle and collar.

Aberdeen
Ambg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn. Junct
Birming. Wolverh.
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lancsh. d;
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
0250 and £25 Cons.
IDo., £20.;... •••

The Queen being seated in a chair of state, the
Knights Brethern of the Thistle, in their mantles and
hoods cf green velvet, wearing also the collar of the
Order, having been called over by the Secretary, passed
into the Throne Room, and by the gracious permission
of her Majesty took their seats at the table.
The knights present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Mansfield, and the Earl of Elgin.

The Sovereign signified her Royal pleasure touching
the election of a knight into the Order, and the Knights
Brethren proceeeed to the election, and the suffrages
having been collected by the Secretary and presented to
the Queen, her Majesty ;commanded him to declare
that the Right Hon. Thomas Earl of fladdington had
been duly elected a knight of the most ancient and most
noble Order of the Thistle.

The Earl of Haddington was received at the door of
the chapter-room by the Earls of Mansfield and Elgin,
the two junior Knights Brethren present, and was con-
ducted between them to her Majesty, preceded by the
Secretary (bearing the ribbon and badge on a cushion),
and the Gentlemen Usher of the Green Rod.
The sword of state (borne by Sir William Martins,
Gentlemen Usher) was delivered to the Queen by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Senior Knight
present, and the Earl of Haddington, kneeling, had the
honour of knighthood conferred upon him, and his lord-
ship having kissed her Majesty's hand, the customary
oath was administered to his lordship by the Secretary.
The noble earl again knelt near the Queen, and the
Secretary presenting her Majesty the ribbon and jewel
of the Order, the Queen placed the same over his lord-
ship's left shoulder, after which his lordship had again
the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand, and having
received the congratulations of the Knights Brethren,
retired.

50
20
50
25

50
164
St.
20

The Chapter proceeded to a second election, and the
suffrages having been collected, her Majesty was pleased
to declare that the Most Noble George Augustus Frede-
rick John Duke of Atholl had been duly elected a
Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the
Thistle. His Grace was introduced between the two
junior Knights, was knighted by the Queen with the
sword of state, and the oath having been administered,
was invested by her Majesty with the ribbon and badge
of the Order.

Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian.
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
iJ übl in &Belfast June
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deon JunAion

IDo. New

East Anglian
Do.. (XIS &
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A
Stock
Do., B. Stock
Do., New A
East Lancashire

100
86
100

East & West Ind. Dk.
& Birming. June
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles
Ediu. Prth. &Dundee
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Northern Stk.
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock ....... .
Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.Y
Great Western
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
I Do. , Thirds
Lancash.andYorksh
Do., Fifths
D 3. Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern

812 s

all
11i
100
174
all

The noble duke having received the congratulations
of the Knights Brethren, withdrew.
The Chapter proceeded to a third election, and the
suffrages having been presented to the Sovereign, the
Queen was pleased to declare that the Right Hon. Fox
Lord Panmure had been elected a Knight of the most
ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle.

His lordship was introduced between the Earls of
Mansfield and Elgin, and kneeling near the Queen re-
ceived the honour of knighthood with the sword of
state, and her Majesty then invested the noble lord with
the ribbon and jewel of the Order in the same manner and
with the like ceremonies as the preceding, and Lord
Panmure having received the congratulations of the
Knights Brethren, retired.

all
7
100
JOG

The Chapter being ended, the Secretary, by command
of the Sovereign, again called over the Knights, who,
with the officers of the Order, retired from the Royal

Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
London & Blaekwall
'Loud. Tilb. & Sthend.
Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
Lond. and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths
Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0
London andS. Westu.
Do., £5O.
Do., £4O
Liidndrry& Coleraine
Ludndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch.Shef.& Lineln
Do. Man. & Lin. Un
Midland

100
42
34
all
all
100

1106'
100
47rf
17
all
100

Do. Binung. & Derby
Midld. G. West. (I re.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmarket

Do., BuryExtension.l
Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd.ll
Newry &Enniskillenl
iNewry Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor. . •
Norfolk .

Northn.Counties Un,
North British ,

North Devon, No. 1.
po., No. 2

Do., A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North Staffordshire
North Western

N. & S. Westru. June.
Oxford, Worcester, &I
Wolverhampton I
Scottish Central
scottishMidland

St.
St.
St.
St.

presence.

The officers of the Order present were—Sir John
Stewart Richardson, Bart., Secretary ; and Frederic
Peel Round, Esq., Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod.
Both gentlemen wore their mantles of green satin and
carried their respective badges.

Albert William Woods, Esq., deputy secretary, was
present and assisted at the ceremony.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Al-
fred, and the Princess Alice, and also the Duke and
Duchess of Brabant, the Princess Charlotte of Belgium,
and the Count of Flanders, were present in the Throne
Room during the investiture.
The Court was attended by the Countess of Desart,
Lady in Waiting ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T.,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of WelPtigton, Master of
the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Cham-
berlain ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the House-
hold ; Viscount Sidney, Captain of the Yeomen of the
Guard ; Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Frederick
Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde, Groom in
Waiting to Prince Albert ; Sir George Philip Lee,
Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard ; Colonel the Hon.
Horace Pitt, Silver Stick in 'Waiting ; Colonel Hay,
Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; Lieutenant Colonel
Fitzmaurice, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard ; the Pages
of Honour in Waiting ; and Lord Drumlanrig, Comp-
troller of the Household.

Closing Prices
this day.

194 —20 i
41 - 4i
I
fli —9,
13 —ll dis,

16 -- 18 1
5i -- 4:3d
94 -- 96
50i -51 f
154 -- 164'
13 -- 15 1

44A -- 45i1
7i -- 8i
-
3 -- 34
12 -- 124

38 - 42
29 - 29

20
20
50
20

si... --- 6

... - ...
57 -- 59

21 - 23

78 79
55 57
123 - 125
1101 - 103
79A - 80

85 -- 88
10 -12 p
62. -- 63
7A -- 74(11
5 -- 4
12i- 13

par a-7.4 84
pm
95 96 d
1021 - 1021
id p
72 74
14 —13 d
13 —12 d

19 -- 20

591 -59 i
33 - 35

52 54
i d par
5i gd

46 49
4 3d
25i ... 26i
8 101

14 2
7
6hcl
7i
par 2p

100
100
100
1100

37 - 38
87 89
53 - 55
60 - 62

Shrewsbury & Bi i mg.
Do. L. & N. Western
Guaraute ad St cook
Shrewsby. & Herefd
Shrewsby. & Cl,ester
(N. W. Min;
Do. Halves, .
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
South Devon

South Eastern
South Wales i
S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun
Do

iStockton & Hartlepl.
Thames Haven Dock,

21s.
100
20
114
100

Business done
this day.

50
15i

11i 12 i

761 9
56 4i 7 6
1231

and Railway
Vale of Neath

Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West Cornwall.

79i 80 4 80

Wimbledn & Croydon
York Newctl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland

Shr. Paid.,
•
50
301
301
304
304
St.
50

London &
N. West.

Gt.Westn,
Do

all
100
all
100

Do
Do
L.&N.W
Caledon

!Gt.Nrthn.
Gt. Westn
117 k. New.
& Berw.
Y. &NMd
Do
Do

12f
20
20

!S. Eastern
Do

Norfolk..

I.&N. W.
& Midld.
Stckton &
Darliugt.
Midland..

E. Count
Do
Do
L.&N.W
&Ln&Yk
Do

98 - 101
48 - 50

138 - 142
30 - 32

107 - 1091
251337: 1- 254148:1
21 -25x(-1

St.
St.
25

2i - 3

98 -- 1;66

59 - 61

100
100
18i

GtNorthu
Do

:Lancash
Yorksh.
M.MClean
Stockt. Ry
Darlingt
Do

62 li 2 lb

137 - 142
137 - 142

Her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard lined the ap-
proach to the Throne Room, under the command of
Major Phibbs, the Exon in Waiting.
A Guard of Honour of the Foot Guards, with "the
hand of the regiment, was on duty in the Quadrangle of
the Castle during the chapter.
The Queen gave a dinner in the evening in the Wa-
terloo Chamber to the following illustrious circle, viz. :
His Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Imperial
Highness the Duchess of Brabant, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Brabant, his Royal H igh ness the Count of Flanders, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and
Duchess of Atholl, the Belgian Minister, the Marquis
of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Elgin,
the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Mulgrave, the Lady
in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in
Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline Bar-
nington, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Baroness de Speth, the
Rev. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, Lord Pan-
more, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary
Hood, Sir George Couper, Colonel Dixon, commanding
officer 2d battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, Lieutenent
Colonel Parker, commanding officer Ist Life Guards,
Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel Moerkerke, Baron
Prisse, Monsieur Ricken, and Mrs. Glover.

12k'
124_25

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14 -- 16
71— 81
11 -- 13
4 -- 3id
14. -- 16
58 -- 59
331 -- 341

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62 63
91 - Bid
41 3id
45 --46 i,

1E SHARES.

b. 6 98

...xdl

6 - 61
3 -
38
4 - 5
4 - 1 13

10
25
10
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1 - lfp
1 -14 p
13 -13 i

18 20

21 - 3,1

1116 --
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106 - 108
74 - 81
64 - 7
99 - 101
95 - 100
95 - 100

d par
138 1.40

2 - 3

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6 - 7
8i 9i
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95 44
1011 2i 3
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138 140
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100 - 102

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16 -- 17
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12 -- 14
Par P
23/ -- 24/
98 -- 102
19 -- 20

93 - 96
41 - 41
i id

FOREIGN.

pAntwerp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June.
Beziers to Graissessa6
Charleroi& Erquelin.
Dijon and Besancon
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Do. Extension
Gt. Indian Peninsula
IGd. Junct. of France
Gt . Western of Canada

Shares
Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c,
pref
Luxembourg
Do. (Railway)
Do.

10
20
20
20

Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. ct. pref
Lyons & Diediterran.
Nladras

Namur & Liege (with
interest)
Do. (ex interest)

'Northern of Frtinee
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
(fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.)
Nor wegianTrunkPref
'Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
ParisCaen &Cher')rg
Quebec & Richmond
Rouen and Havre
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
Sth-Eastrn. of France
Southern of France_
Upper India
West Flanders
Do. 5. per c. Pref
Western of France
West. of Switzerland,

97 i

3 2 d
11
4 2d
12 13
1
2 2id
—31 p
d— P
—11 p
2 2ip

2i 1
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5
1
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29 - 30
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MINES.

13ushiess
this day.

1 all Agua Fria
1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold s d par
10s. all Anglo Californian
10 2 Australasian ll
20 5 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera 1 id
1 all Australian Freehold
1 all Ave Maria —
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d ar
1 all British Austrlu. Gold d
20 13.5 British Iron
35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued
at .L 5 pm 4 5 5 4/
30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 2i 3
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 34 —36 35
1 Carson's Creek
40 all Cobre Copper 4l —43
5 1 Colonial
... 15 Copiapo
St. all Copper Min. of En; 55 65
25 all Do. Pref. 7} p. cent 5 7pxd
5 all English and Austrin
Copper Smeltg. Co 24 3
20 all General
2 all Great Nugget Vein_ 4d— s p 2/
2 all Do. Registered
3 all Great Polgooth
1 all Lake Bathurst — 4 d
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares
1 all Loud .&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co.
1 all Mariquitq,
10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 61 7
1 all New Granada d— par
1 all Nouveau Monde - 4 p
10 5 Nova Scotia Mining
and Copper Smeltg. .
5 1 Port Philip — 4 d
1 all Quartz Rock
50 all Rhymney Iron
15 15 Do. New —
30 10/ Santiago de Cüba
1 all South Australian id
10 7 Tin Croft 5 7
284 all United Mexican 34 4
1 all Waller — dis
1 all West Granada d
1 all West Mariposa
1 all Yuba - d
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 7l 73 71708 724 71
50 all British N. American ...
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China d— 4 d
100 25 Colonial — •••
100 20 Commercial of Loud —
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian 2 lid 81
20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia —
50 20 London and County
50 10 London Joint Stock 22 24
100 20 Loud. & Westminster 33 35
20 2 London Bank of Aus-
tralia and India ...
50 22 National of Deland..
25 all Oriental Bank of
Corporation. 43 45'
25 5 Do. New —
100 25 Provincial of Ireland
10 a 1
}Rll .•
5 Doyal Australn.Bkg. •
& Gold In?i) Co 4 die— par
25 all South Australia 39 41
25 all UlliGn of Australia 69 71
2 Do. New 6l 74 71
50 10 Union of London.., lB 19
40 all Union of Madrid
MISCELLANEOUS
100 35 Australian Agricult. 33 40 36 94 40
20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail
10 8 Australis. Royal Mail
50 384 Brit. American Land 55 60
100 324 Canada
5 5 Crystal Pa1ace,...,,,, psi
4 2 Crystal Pal. of France
20 3 Eastern Steam ..
1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat
20 16 General Screw Steam
20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar m
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
10 3 Netherlands Land l4 Ad
20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam
50 all Peninsular & Oriental 74
50 25 Do. Do.
•••
100 60 Royal Mail Steam
25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 34 36
1 all Subrnar. Telegraph
5 2 L niveral Emigration
and Colonization
100 284 Van Diemen's Land 151 —l6 154

153 - 16

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY•)

3i - 341

124 -- 134
74 -- 84
16 -164 pi

39 —4O
36 -- 36,E
2 4p
3 1
18i 19
ld id
d
4 P
2 4p,

8
5a i i

33"

25 6

COVENT GARDEN.

Full average supplies were on sale here to-day, and a
steady business was transacted as follows :

FRITIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s Od to 6s Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each • hot-house grapes,
is Od. to 3s Od ; foreign ditto, 6d to is per lb ; apples,
3s to 6s per bush.; pears, 2s to 5s per half sieve ; lemons,
is Od to 25 Od ; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz. ; almonds, 2s
to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 100 s to
110 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts,
95s to 1055 per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100 ;
peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to
3s per dozen ; figs, is to 2s per dozen ; damsons, 2s 6d to
3s 6d per half sieve ; melons, is to 3s Od each.

VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 94 to is Od ; Brussels sprouts,
2s Od. to 2s Gd per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 4s ; greens.
2s Od to 3s Od per dozen bunches; red cabbages, 2s to
5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 120 s to 190 s per ton ;
turnips, 2s Od. to 3s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen
bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; celery, 9d to
is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve ;
onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, 1s to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 64 to Bd. ;
garlic, 64 to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score ;
small salad, 2d. to 3d per punnet; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od
per bundle ; mushrooms, 6s Od. to 8s Od per bushel; parsley,
2s Od to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; beet, is Od to
is Gd per dozen ; radishes, is Od. to 3s Od per dozen
hands ; artichokes, 3s to 6s per dozen ; sorrel, 6d to is
per half sieve.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geese, 5s to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 3s 6d to 5s 6d each ; Ducks
is 9d to 28 9d; tame Rabbits, 9d to is 6d ; wild ditto, Gd
to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, Os Od to Os Od
each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od
to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od per couple;
Capons, 3s to 4s 6d : Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d per couple ;
Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 9d; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares,
2s Gd to 3s 6d; Leverets, 3s Od to 5s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Gd
to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal
6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to
is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 8s Od to
9s Od; French ditto, 5s 6d. to 7s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh
Butter lls Od to 12s, and English lls to 13s 6d per 12 lbs.

BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 3s 6d to 17s ' • Brills, is Od to 5s each; Salmon
Trout, is to is 4d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 12s 6d ; Soles,
3d to 2s 6d per pair ' • Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, is to
5s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, is to 5s Od per doz.;
Doreys, ls Od to 7s; Mullets, 6d to 2s 6d each ; Common
Oysters, 10s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 59s Od per
bsh; Mackerel, 00s to 30s per 100 ; Smelts, 180 d to 3s pr doz.;
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Od to 2s Od per gallon;
Bloaters, Is Od to 2s 6d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 3s Od
to 4s Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 3s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice,
4d to is each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace; Tench, 2s Od
to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut,
6d per lb. ; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, is Od to
2s Od per lb. ; Flounders, is to 1:s 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon,
6d per lb.; Pike 6d each.

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 29, 1853.

SIR CHARLES WOOD AT HALIFAX.

On Thursday evening the President of the Board of
Control attended a public dinner given by the corpora-
tion, in the New Assembly Rooms, to the retiring
Mayor, Mr. S. Waterhouse. Mr. F. Crossley, M.P.
for the borough, the magistrates, and leading men of
the district, were also present.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " Her Majesty's Ministers,"
and coupled with it the name of Sir Charles Wood, one
of their borough members, as well as a member of the
Government. (The toast was received with loud cheer-
ing.)

Sir CHARLES Wood responded, in a somewhat lengthy
speech. He dealt a rather smart blow at the almost
defunct Protectionists, defended our free-trade policy,
spoke eulogistically of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
budget, justified the bill for the disposal of the clergy
reserves in Canada, and described his own measure for the
government of India as the best that could be adopted
under existing circumstances. He touched finally upon
the Eastern question :—I hope (said the right hon.
bart.) I am not too sanguine in saying that, in spite
of adverse appearances, I do still entertain a strong
belief that we shall yet be able to avert the most fearful
calamity of war—(applause)—at least I am sure of this,
that the most earnest and unremitting efforts will, as
they have already been, be directed towards this end.
I grieve to say that former efforts have not been success-
ful, and that the Porte has made a declaration of war
which, however much I may regret, one can hardly feel
surprised at ; for the Sultan has shown an amount of for-
bearance entitling him to our admiration and sympathy.
But there is such a thing as a state of uncertainty, which
may be even more injurious and galling than the evil
of war ; therefore I am not surprised, though grieved,
that the Porte has taken a step which is against the ad-
vice of its best friends. But, sir, we do not despair even
yet of being able to avert any formidable war from
arising out of these circumstances. That some acts of
hostility may occur, is possibly to be apprehended ; for
we cannot tell what acts large bodies of men
actuated by bitter hostility to each other, with arms
in their hands, and located in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of each other, may commit. But they are
separated from each other by a broad river, which is diffi
cult to pass, the winter season is approaching, and there
are great hopes that, even after the declaration of war,
actual hostilities may not be commenced at present ; and
that the season which is approaching will give time for
reflection, and for the interposition of the efforts of every
power in Europe, which by their position are able to
exercise an influence in the matter, and which are in-
terested in endeavouring by some means, consistent
with the honour of both the opposing parties, in
preserving the peace of Europe. Of course it is impossible
to speak with any confidence on the subject as it at pre-
sent stands. The issues of peace and war are not in our
hands, and however great our interest may be in pre-
serving peace, we may not be able to restrain those fa-
natical spirits who are bent on war. But I believe that
the other powers of Europe are also anxious to maintain
peace, as it is for the interest of all that the general
peace of Europe should be maintained ; and I will con-
clude by saying that, by the blessing of Providence, I
hope we shall yet be able to avert the greatest of all
evils—war. (Applause.) Several toasts followed, and
the meeting did not separate till a late hour.

STEAM NAVIGATION TO .AUSTRALIA.

(From, the Times.)

We are at length beginning to reap, though very
tardily, the benefit of steam navigation to Austra-
lia. At last we have found steamers in the Har-
binger and Argo which are able to compete suc-
cessfully with the best sailing vessels, and to esta-
blish what people had almost begun to doubt—the
superiority of steam over sails for the purposes of
ocean communication with Australia. "We do not
wonder that the merchants of Melbourne should
assemble to pay their tribute of respect to the
directors of the General Screw Steam Navigation
Company, and to congratulate them on the posses-
sion of vessels which have been able to reduce the
distance from England to two months instead of
four, and to place us at last in something like
steady and permanent communication with our
thriving colonies in the Southern hemisphere.
The Argo left Sydney on the 11th of August, Port
Philip the 24th, and arrived here by the passage
round Cape Horn in 64 days from the latter place,
exactly the time which she occupied in steaming
out to Port Philip by the Cape of Good Hope.
Here, then, is another commentary on the report
of the Parliamentary committee, which recom-
mended vessels to return by the same way that
they went, instead of taking advantage of those
westerly winds which carry them with a flowing
sheet over the vast ocean intervening between
Australia and Cape Horn. The company has
well deserved the congratulatory address of the
Melbourne merchants, and has done honour
to the naval reputation of England by the
feat which it has performed. Indeed, the
voyages it
of the Harbinger and Argo are events of
which is scarcely possible to exaggerate the
importance. The obstacles which separate us from
the
.vast insular continent where our race seems
destmod to achieve great and enduring triumphs
are in a great measure overcome, and we look for-
ward with no vain or idle confidence to a further
reduction of the distance which parts us from the
golden shores of the South. It is, indeed, high
time that we should have speedier and more'regu-
lar communication with Australia, for there are
symptoms in the horizon which denote a coming
storm. We have not now to deal with the ordi-
nary 6 case of a colony demanding from the
Home Government the management of its in-
ternal affairs, but of a turbulent democracy, puffed
up by the sudden and unforeseen possession of
enormous wealth to make the most unreasonable
demands, and to prosecute them by the
.most vio-
lent and disorderly means. The. gold diggers of
Victoria claim, in tumultuary public meetings, and
with threats which it is impossible to misunder-
stand, a reduction of the license fee demanded by
the Government, and an amelioration in many
other respects of the hardship of their condition.
When it is considered at what a paltry rate the
vast riches of Victoria have been abandoned, to be
despoiled by the first corner—when we reflect on
the many millions which have been dug out of
the earth in consideration of a revenue by no
means equal to defray the expenses which the dis-
covery of gold has occasioned, we should stand
aghast at the greediness and unreasonableness of
the demand, if we did not reflect that cupidity was
never able to set bounds to itself, and that an ac-
cess of fortune sudden and wonderful beyond
all example was sure rather to increase the arro-
gance than to diminish the covetousness of the
miners.

To the demand of tumultuous and armed public
meetings and of a delegation which wafted person.
ally on himself, and does not seem to have exceeded,
so far as we can judge from appearances, in the
respect shown to the representative of her ajesty,
Mr. Latrobe, the present Governor of Port Philip,
has replied in a calm, sensible, and well-reasoned
letter, which does great credit to his judgment and
temper, and ought to convince the malcontents
that threats and violence are quite unnecessary
against a Government ready to accede to all their
demands against which it cannot show an unanswer-
able reason, ready to investigate every complaint
brought in a tangible form, and only deaf to their
representations where the law of the land or some
paramount necessity renders compliance impossible.
The first demand of the miners is for a reduction
of the license fee, which they treat as a tax levied
on a part of the community which is at present un-
represented. It is impossible to imagine a more
ludicrous confusion between meurn and tuurn. The
gold fields are, as we have often shown, not the
property of the miners who may encamp upon them,
but of the Crown, held in trust for the colonial pub-
lic. The miner has no more right to work and ap-
propriate the property of the Crown without pay-
ing a suitable price for it than that of any private
individual; the payment exacted in return for such
appropriation is no more a tax than the royalty
paid for a miner a colliery, or the rent of agricultu-
ral land. The license fee is at present regulated by
the law of the land, and the Governor has no power
to repeal it ; and, when it is considered that these
discoveries of gold have raised the expenditure of
Government many hundreds per cent., and ren-
dered an enormous outlay necessary in roads made
by labourers paid ten shillings a-day, and in police
receiving a still larger stipend, it is not unreason-
able that they who have caused all this expense
should contribute something towards its liquida-
tion. The second request is that " licenses" should
be issued for monthly or quarterly periods, at the
option of the licensee. The third request is for a
longer time in which to pay the fee ; and the fourth,
for a speedy sale of agricultural lands in the mining
districts, Mr. Latrobe appears ready t. acquiesce
in. The fifth he rejects, and with good reason, for
what request can be more exorbitant than that
those who are found working without a license
should be punished only by the fine of one pound ?
Such a fine would amount to perfect impunity to
the miner for the non-payment of the fee, and by a
very simple application of the principle of assurance
might be made the means of depriving the Govern-
ment of a large portion of its revenue. The sixth
and last demand is that the constabulary should go
unarmed when collecting the revenue, and to this
also the Governor is ready to accede. If the men
are only anxious to remove any real or imaginary
harshness in the collection of the revenue, these
concessions will, we should imagine, be found ample
and satisfactory. If they desire more, we trust
that there is a sufficient power at the command of
the Executive to repel, if necessary, force by force.
No calamity could be greater to the colony than
that just at the time it is beginning to settle down,
after the tremendous excitement of the last two
years, Government should kindle anew the gold
fever by yielding to the exorbitant demands of the
miners. Sound policy would require a much higher
tax ; but to reduce it below the present amount
would be to betray the dearest interests and hope-
lessly to subvert the social equilibrium of the co-
lony.

PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—The Convocation of
the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury,
which stood prorogued to Friday, October 28, was
further prorogued to Saturday, November 30, accord.
ing to the tenour of a Royal writ, by the Vicar-General
of the Most Rev. the Archbishop of Canterbury, Pri-
mate, and the Metropolitan, under a special commission
from his Grace to that effect. At 11 o'clock his Grace's
Commissary, Dr. Twiss, attended by the Registrar of
the Province, Mr. Francis Hart Dyke, entered the
Jerusalem Chamber, when his Grace's Commission
having been read by the Registrar, the Commissary
directed the Royal writ to be read at length, after which
the schedule of prorogation was read by the Registrar
and signed by the Commissary.
EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.—DEATH OF GEN. COUNT
DB NEUILLY.—The Concorde of Reims gives the follow-
ing details of the circumstances connected with the re-
cent death of General de Neuilly at Chillons-sur-Marne,
the exactitude of which, it declares, it can fully guaran-
tee :--“ For some time past rumours were in circulation
respecting the conduct of the Countess de Nenilly, who
was represented as keeping up criminal relations with
Captain de Laporte, her husband's aid-de-camp, and
frequently repairing to the private rooms of that officer.
These rumours, it must be declared, at first met with
general disbelief, particularly as they had commenced a
little after the death of the only child of the countess,a
charming young woman, whose loss) had plunged the
countess and the general into the deepest affliction. At the
_
same time persons were unwilling to suppose that a!
officer to whom the general had acted in th.
ternal manner could act with such base
d with so
talk
the public However, the captain and the countess acte
little reserve that their intrigue was soonn, zeigraraqttuLa.
of the town, so that some of the generath
misted to put a stop to it by mentioning
referable to have
general. Perhaps it would have been p efirniftltdesr dt
oe the
appealed to Capt. de Laporte hirotsheelf,
gbeunte thera
as gentlemantot
wat
who had undertaken to enlightoen.enounc
ng
i the intrigue
was going on selected the course f d
to the husband. Accordingly on Sunday morning, just
shooting, a secret intima-
as the General was going
outieeffect that the Countess de
tion reached him
tf
rte left the hotel, and that she was
Neuilly had just
to be found at the lodging of Captain
at that moment
de Laporte, on tte first floor of a house in the Rue St.
xi; ise The General proceeded at once to the house
knockeHdelohuedalyrd aitnstidliee dthoeorwoofredsta,
mentioned, and
I de Laporte's rooms. It
is he ! it is he ! we are lost I' pronounced by his wife
in an accent of the greatest alarm. Open ! open at
once 1' cried the general, ' or I will burst open the door!'
At the same moment Captain de Laporte appeared on
the threshold with a pistol in each hand, and, barring
the general'
s passage, threatened to fire at him
if he at-
tempted to advance a single step. A rapid and terrible
scene of altercation followed, and then both pistols were
fired nearly at the same moment. The general received
both balls in the centre of the breast, and fell heavily,
rolling from the top
of the_ staircase to the outside door,
bathed in his blood.
The report of the pistols attracted
some persons to the spot, and they found the unfortunate
count at his last gasp. The coward! the wretch! he
has assassinated me!' he exclaimed, and then expired."