The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

LtthDON; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1856.

Lord PALMERSTON, who has recently been
cc starring" with great success in the provinces,
has achieved an extraordinary triumph on the
metropolitan boards. It would, indeed,
be diffi-
evit to discover more competent audiencez than
those before which the Noble Premier has so re-
cently appeared at Manchester, at Liverpool, and
at the Guildhall of the City of London. Almost

every influential class in the cm. anaunity was well
represented on these important ; and interesting
occasions. At the chief seat c f manufacturc—
the "Cotton Metropolis," as i t has been con-
temptuously styled—he met alx Idy of men who
have, pe:haps, a deeper interest in the mainte-
nance of universal peace and tr tuquillity than
any other that could by any pos si bility be pr.-
duced. Thanks to our wooden walls and the
indomitable spirit of our gallant Cie fenders by sea
and by land, there is but little :pt •ospect of the
British soil being polluted by the f: lotsteps of an
invader. We may see our friend 3 and relatives
pouring forth their blood freely alai d willingly in
defence of the safety, honour, and ixr elfare of their
native land. There may be the so% wds of lamen-
tation and mourning at many ha arths for the
loved ones who have gone forth i n the pride of
strength to fight the battles of theia: country, and
whose remains are now mouldering; on a foreign
strand—there may have been inte rise pressure on
pecuniary resources, occasioning se were privations,
and cutting off many comforts th; at had almost
become necessaries ; but England 1 a: is still been ex-
empted from " the horrors of wf such as the
inhabitants of less favoured lands :have witnessed.
But there is still quite sufficient; to induce the
manufacturing interests—the cm dors and pro-
ducers of national wealth—to dai:;est war for its
own sake, as depriving them of ti he markets for
their fabrics, and so largely enhancing the cost
of production that they can scarce hope to ob-
tain reasonable profits on their otrtlay, or even to
execute the orders which may be tendered for

their acceptance.
The inhabitants of the commercial emporium
of England have equal reason to dread hostilities,
so far as their private and personal interests are
concerned. Trade only flourishes in a. season of
general tranquillity, and they would find greater
difficulties and increased expense in obtaining the
commodities in which they dealt, while there
would be a depreciated demand in consequence of
the pressure on the resources of their customers
from the additional taxation. The guests at the
Lord Mayor's banquet were of a mop •e varied
character. All classes, and every shade and
variety of political opinion, were the re repre-
sented ; and yet the unanimity was as striking,
the reception as enthusiasti:, and the a pplause as
rapturous at the Guildhall as at Mririchester or
Liverpool. Lord PALMERSTON must have exer-
cised a potent spell to control so maai.y different
elements, and mould them all to his will !
And yet the solution of the problem, is compara-
tively easy. It requires no (Epirus -to discover
the answer to the enigma. He had only to dwell
on a single key note. He might have played on
a single string, without lessening the efficiency of
his performance. All that was necessary was a
satisfactory pledge that England would not suffer
herself to be either bullied or ovjoled, but
that she would steadfastly insist oit the due
performance of the very lenient conditions
and stipulations contained in the Treaty
of Paris. The symptoms of dupli-
city and insincerity displayed by the
AUTOCRAT—the more thah probable defec-
tion of France, only stimulate :the national
enthusiasm, and induce the people to nail the
British colours to the •mast, and unhesitatingly
ignore the suggestion of compromise.
It was the significant declaration of Lord PAT.,
MERSTON, that "the duration of peace, must depend
on the honour and fidelity with which its condi-
tions are observed" that led to the "loud and
prolonged cheering" with which his name was re-
ceived at the Guildhall. The applause was even
more emphatic when he alluded to the gigantic
efforts made at the commencement of the present
year, and to "the finest army and the most magni-
ficent fleet that were ever engaged in defending
the honour and the rights of England." When he
referred to the spirit of the English people being
thoroughly aroused, and the prospects of future
successes if the war had continued, the plaudits
were even more rapturous ; but when he repeated
the announcement of his inflexible resolution
that " the conditions of the peace should be faith-
fully executed and honourably observed, and
that then the peace of Europe would be placed
upon a secure and permanent 'oundation," the
excitement passed all ordinary bounds—the com-
pany literally rose at the speaker. Each man
vied with his fellow to see who c,►•uld most highly
honour the truly English Minister. Every feeling
was lost in the anxiety to show that they were
determined to support to the last shilling the
course of policy indicated by the First Lord of the
Treasury.

Can any doubt, then, remain as to the state
of the popular mind The appearance and re-
ception at Manchester was a " great fact, " to be
duly weighed by the Tillers of other
nations. It was strengthened and confirmed by
the meeting of Liverpool ; but that at Guildhall
was the crowning triumph of all. We are, in-
deed, proud of cur country and our countrymen.
They have well maintained their ancient reputa-
tion ! We are now proud of onr Minister. We
only regret that his language was not as
conclusive six months since. Then, indeed, we
might truly have rejoiced. But, we shall
not, white such declarations are before
us advert to auy unpleasing subject. Let
Lord PALMERSTON only fulfil his pledges, and the
People will unanimously support him, and he
will achieve a reputation higher than that ever
gained by an English statesman. He will show
himself to be indeed the man of the day, and
earn his best reward in the unalloyed respect and
gratitude of his countrymen.

The good feeling manifested by the Chief Com-
missioner of Works in his reception yesterday of
the deputation from the Metropolitan Board is
certainly very honourable to him. It is not
every member of the Government who, after
being slighted and thwarted as he has been,
would listen so patiently to the representatives
of the offending parties, and manifest so much
earnestness in obviating the public evil which
their conduct had rendered imminent. Sir
BeNJAMIN HALL, however, is evidently one of
those men to whom the claims of duty are para-
mount, and who think they best consult their
own dignity by subordinating personal considera-
tions to action for the public good. By a
perusal of the report of the proceedings, which
will be found elsewhere, the reader will find the
Right Hon. Baronet has undertaken to give a
definitive decision on the plan of the Metropolitan
Board for the Southwark improvements in three
days, in order that the required Parliamentary
notices may be given in time to prevent another
year's delay. Conduct like this speaks for itself,
not likely to behotretrt,e:f
abyfactht,eofpwubhliiceit.
and is
that the Surrey
papers,
ei is s a2llyo althoughremindssi bly i
phnuionibralinsth—edvoinz"Thursday (on which
promised),
can publish an extra
day his decision is
edition 011 Saturday, should the three days be
found insufficient, thus allowing him two days
more for the deliberation of a question of so much
importance as to warrant, under other circum.
stances, the employment of as many weeks.
We have the greater satisfaction in calling his
attention to the z.bovu facts, because we are appre.

pensive lest the common fate of doing things in
a hurry should await his good-natured efforts, and
his main design in furthering the improvements in
question should, to a great or less extent, be
frustrated. Not being in possession of the plan,
we are ignorant of the precise latitude of action
reserved by the Board, and to which they call
upon him to give his assent. This is a matter of
some importance, for, judging by the general
outlines of the plan, it is by no means so matured
as to be unsusceptible of considerable improve-
ment. To go no further than the proposed en-
trance of the great new thoroughfare from Lon-
don-bridge to Westminster, it seems to us
that, in avoiding the Borough-market, an
error would be committed. ' The deviation, it
is true, involves no great increase of distance,
and might possibly be attended with a consider-
able diminution of expense. But, on the other
hind, we would submit the nearer the entrance of
the new street is to the London-bridge Railway
Stations, the better for passengers and purposes
of traffic, and for the character also of the en-
trance itself. As it appears to us, the contem-
plated avoidance of the Borough Market would
entail a more circumscribed as well as remote out•
let westward than is desirable or necessary ; and,
consequently, that using the space occupied
by the market in question would be the best plan
after all. The cry of " needless expenditure,"
we think, would be quite out of place when
applied to a scheme commending itself by such
advantages. The improvement sought for is
surely of too great and permanent a nature for
the purchase of the Borough Market to stand in
the way of its due accomplishment. It is not a
mere temporary road, but a thoroughfare we may
almost say, to last for ever, the construction of
which the Metropolitan Board is to take in hand,
and the question of expense should be considered
accordingly. What might reasonably be objected
to in a temporary way may be anything but un-
warrantable when it relates to a great artery of
traffic. If ever the motto of "do well what
you have to do " is specially applicable,
it is to a case like this—for a blunder oxen
committed may be regarded as being as good
as irreparable. We need not say how desirous we
are the Southwark improvements should be effected
as speedily as possible to justify us in requiring
they should be properly executed. Such require-
ment does not stand in need of it, for it is in
itself a proof of our impression as to their impor-
tance, were any further proof licking than the
repeated suggestions and complaints at the abomi-
nable delay of the Board which have appeared in
our editorial columns. We wish both Sir BEN-
'YAMIN HALL and the Metropolitan Board well and
happily through their labours, which will only be
the case if they result in the greatest possible
advantages of a reasonable nature being secured
to the public.

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE OF
LEININGEN.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.
The customary rejoicings in celebration of the birth-
day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales have not
taken place in consequence of the serious illness of
Royal Highness the Prince of Leiningen, son of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and half-brother
to the Queen.

Her Majesty, whilst at the camp at Aldershot, was
apprised by express of the illness of this illustrious
Prince, and on her return to the Castle tlae Queen dis-
pensed with the usual attendance of the military and
private bands in the evening, and there has been no
music since at the Castle.

From the Fame cause the annual ball given to the
mProbers of the royal household, in celebration of the
Prince's birthday, which her Majesty and the royal
children generally honour with their presence, is post-
poned.
The fat de joie and parade movements before her Ma-
jesty and the Prince, in the Home Park, by the troops
in garrison, were also dispensed with from the like
Cause.

AD invitations to Lhe Castle which had been previously
issued have been countermanded.

Expresses arrived on Saturday night, and at nine
o'clock yesterday evening, conveyed no favourable in-
telligence in regard to the state of the Prince.

The Prince ot Wales attained his 15th year on Sunday,
and the only public demonstrations which have taken
place here in honour of the day were the ringing of the
'.bells of the Chapel Ro_, al of St. George and St. John's
'Church, and the firing of a r73yal salute from the Cor-
poration ordnance by the town bombardier, in the
Bachelor's-acre.

Should the illness of the Prince of Leiningen continue
unfavourable, it is expected the Court will retire to
Osborne.

The plays announced to take place at the Castle on
Thursday next have also been postponed.

The Duke of Leeds has left the Clare' 4on for Southern
Rectory, nett.- Scsaffham.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to town,
from Herefordshire.

Sir George Grey arrived in London last evening, from
Fallod en.

BuCratpotn., 'yWro.rtitishhaisrea.rrived at the Clarendon, from Bishop-
DOVER, Monday, Eight a.m.—Two Russian frigates
(one a screw) are off here, bound down channel.
A telegraphic despatch, doted Revel, the Bth Nov.,
reports four dc;:rees of frost at that port.

The half yearly meeting of proprietors of the Bank of
Au-trp.lash, eltied I,r for the Bth December.

Of the 298,0001. in specie brought in by the
a.om New York, 69,500/. was destined flr Havre.
Lord Goderich has been named as most like), to suc-
ceed Mr. Cobden in the representation of the West
Riding.
The Journal des Chemins de Fcr estimates at 300 mil-
lions of francs the sum which the diff(Tent railway com-
panies will require to continue their works in 1857.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Dartmouth was
held on Thursday to promote the proposed railway from
this: town to Tcrquay.
The commercial advices from New York state that
three failures had occurred, chiefly among importers of
dry goods, the aggregate liabilities being 250,0001,
The monthly return of the Baiik of France, which will
be published in London on Friday next, is looked for
with great interest. _ _

Cheltenham has struck a medal in commemoration of
the visit to that town of the learned members of the
British Association.
TIIE TEA TRADE, Nov. 10.--The deliveries in London
estimated for the week were 631,2451 b., being a decrease
of 35,0331 b., compared with the previous statement.
At the Leeds Court-house, on Saturday, Harrison,
" The Wizard," was committed for trial on a double
charge of bigamy.
The twenty pictures by Turner, exhibited yesterday
for the first time, at Marlborough-house, excited great
interest. The building was very numerously att ?Tided.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.—Mr. Leighton George
Rayne, Mus. Bac., and organist of this college, has been
appointed to the office of organist of St. Mary's Church.
Toe journals of Genoa announce the arrival in that
city of the advocate Mignona, lately condemned by the
criminal court of Naples to perpetual exile from the
kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.—The Arabia, which
may be expected at Liverpool on Sunday next, will pro-
bably bring some telegraphic intelligence, via Halifax,
of the result of the Presidential contest.

Toe statue of the Duke Charles de Mecklenburg,
father of the late Queen Louise, was stolen a few nights
since from the garden at Potsdam. The metal was
stolen from the original thief, and both the fellows were
discovered through the sale of it at a very low price.
A correspondent of the Times suggests that in order to
economise the time at present occupied in collecting
railway tickets, the collection of them at the last station
stopped at, in place of the system now adopted of stop-
ping the train a short distance from the terminus.
Jz-nes Brant, Esq., late her Majesty's consul at Erze-
routn, has arrived at Dover. This gentleman has been
appointed to the consulship at Damascus, and is home
on leave, having been absent at his post at Erzeroum for
nearly 20 years.
LECTURES TO THE WORKING CLASSES.—Last night,
Montagu Chambers, Esq., Q.C., M.P., delivered the
sec ind of the course of lectures to the working classes ,
in connection with St. Dunstan's Church, in the Girls'
School-room adjoining the edifice, Fleet-street, which
was crowded to overflowing.
COLLISION AT SEA.—QUEENSTOWN, NOV. 7.—The
Mary Macklin, Captain Shea, of and from Cork, for
Cabirceveen, with a cargo of maize, foundered off Mizen
Head yesterday, after being in contact with the screw
steamer Mange ton, from Liverpool to London, which
put in here tc-Jay and landed the crew.
The wonderful hues of American autumnal foliage are
well known in Europe by descriptions of admiring tra-
vellers. They have never been more beautiful than this
year. The forests and hill sides are large bouquets of
crimson, orange, scarlet, and soft browns, relieved by the
dark green of the firs and pines.
A telegraphic despatch was received yesterday at the
Baltic Coffee-house, dated St. Petersburg, Monday
morning, according to which the Galt -5.,a3 covered witk
ice as far as Toibeacon. In consequence of this sudden
setting-in of cold weather about 120 ships were fast in the
ice. The thermometer showed "10 to 12 degrees of
frost."

LATEST NE WS.

THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.

The Avon has arrived with the Brazilian and
River Plate mails, 74 passengers, 12,0001. in
specie, and diamonds and precious stones valued
at 37,0001., besides a full cargo. The dates are
—Buenos Ayres, Oct. 2 ; Monte Video, Oct. 5 ;
Rio, Oct. 15 ; Bahia, Oct. 19 ; Pernambuco,
Oct. 21 ; St. Vincent, Oct. 29 ; and Lisbon,
Nov. 7.

Monte Video is tranquil.
The Indians are making advances towards
Buenos Ayres, driving off tho cattle, and taking
many inhabitants prisoners. A force has been
sent against them.

In the Brazils the engineering and other works
are progressing rapidly.
The business in dry goods during the past year
has exceeded that of the last five years. Large
shipments of coffee have been made to Europe
and the United States.

At Rio, the exchange is 2di. ; freights, 50s.
At Bahia, exchange 271 d. ; freights from 50s. to
60s. Business brisk. • At Pernambuco, exchange
271-d. Business brisk, and speculations of all
kinds rife.

Cholera has nearly left the Cape de Verdes.
Teneriffe and Madeira are comparatively healthy.
The first of the Australian steamers, the
Oneida, arrived at St. Vincent on the 28th ult.,
all well, and highly satisfied with the ship and
the arrangements.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.

The Emperor, the Empress, and: the Prince
Imperial arrived at Paris yesterday, the 9th inst.,
at a quarter to 4 o'clock.
Their Majesties were accompanied by General
Count do Montebello, Aide-de-camp of the Em-
petor ; Count Baccioccbi, First Chamberlain ;
General Fleury, First Equerry • the Marquis of
Conegliano, Chamberlain ; iY M. d'Ayguesvives
and Bachon, Equerries of the Emperor ; the
Countess de Montebello, Baroness do Pierres, de
Saulcy, Ladies of the Empress's Household ; and
Madame de Brancion, Under-Governess of his Im-
perial Highness the Prince Imperial.
Their Excellencies the Ministers of Stale and of
the Emperor's Household, of the Interior, of War,
Marshal Maanan, General Regnaud de Saint-Jean
d'Angely, the Prefect of the Seine, and the Prefect
of the Police, had the honour receivino. their
Majesties at the station. A battaliuu of the Gen-
darmerie of the Guard was drawn up in the court.
The Emperor and Empress immediately entered
a caleche for St. Cloud.
A numerous crowd which had awaited their
Majesties' arrival in the vicinity of the station
welcomed them with loud and warm acclamations.
These acclamations were continued all along their
route.

The health of their Majesties and of the Prince
Imperial is excellent.
The crisis in railway shares still continues ; but
the movement in the Routes, though prices were
tending downwardd on Saturday, nevertheless re-
sists the influence of the retrograde action of the
shares.

Count de Persigny left for London at one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, furnished, it is said, with
very conciliatory instructions from the Emperor.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA., Nov. 7.—The only nows to be commu-
nicated is, that Count Leo Thun, the Minister for
Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, a day
or two since tendered his resignation to his Sove-
reign. His Majesty declared that ho was well
satisfied with the services of the Minister, and de-
sired him to retain his portfolio.
There was a tremendous panic on 'Change to-day,
and most of the new railroad shares were to be bad
at par. The Lombardo-Venetian shares, which were
at 133 six months ago, were to-day at 03 : Credit
Bank shares, at 200f1., were 2311. lower than they
were yesterday ; and orthern Railroad shares fell
10 per cent.