The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON'DONI MONDAY EIVEN,F,N'GI NOVEMBER 2, 1857.1

followed, they would long previously have pur-
sued a course which would have defended them-
selves without bringing the mercantile anti trading
classes to the verge of ruin, and compelled them,
in self-defence, to combine against establishments
that manifested so little regard for their interests
or sympathy with their sufferings. Speculators
first occasioned the panic, in order that they might
profit by the confusion and pick up handsome pro-
fits in the general sacrifice of property that must
ensue. In many cases the weapons so artfully
aimed at others recoiled deservedly upon them-
selves. It is at all times easier to create than
to allay excitement, to produce evil than to re-
store tranquillity. Men, however, will nct
profit by experience. " The greed of gain," the
auri sacra fames, will stimulate them to proceed-
ings by which they endanger the wealth in their
possession, in seeking to increase it by unfair
means, until, like the dog in the fable, they forfeit
the substance in grasping at the deceitful shadow.
Notwithstanding the alleged decision of the
banks to give increased facilities to houses of un-
questionable solvency, there had been, within the
week previous to the departure of the Niagara,
which left New York on the 21st ult., a diminu-
tion of loans c.f 3,751,427 dole., of specie
3,590,951 dole., and of deposits of 9,820,817
doll. It is obvious, therefore, that the experi-
ment of inconvertible paper has not yet re-
ceived a fair trial, and we are prepared for
the latest statement vid Halifax, to the 22d
of October, that the New York money
market was " very unsettled and decidedly
more stringent," and that on the Stock Exchange
a considerable decline had taken place in all sorts
of securities. There had previously been a very
decided improvement on the announcement of the
suspension of cash payments, and that would have
been maintained, if the Banks had acted with
judicious liberality, rendering adequate assistance
to those who had legitimate claims to support.
It is obvious that the drain of specie across the
Atlantic will not cease, and that the increase of
the minimum rate of discount by the Bank of
England even to 8 per cent. will not suffice
to protect the bullion in its vaults. Week after
week we see great reductions in the active cir-
culation and the amount of bullion. The pres-
sure of the screw is felt throughout the entire
country. Solvent houses are brought to the
verge of ruin, and only too happy if, by submit-
ting to the most serious losses, they can avert
actual bankruptcy ; and this state of affairs will
continue until they take matters into their own
hands, and compel relief from those who extract
unholy profits from their sufferings. It is the
Bank Charter Act, with its ridiculous prohibition
of small notes and restrictions on currency, that
has occasioned all the mischief. Had we 1/.
notes—which saved the nation in 1825, and
would save it again in 1857—such an amount of
gold would be liberated that we could freely
suppiy the wants of all other nations, and that
without any departure from the principle of con-
vertibility. But there should be an unlimited
power of expansion according to the discretion of
the directors. The exorbitant rate of interest is
in itself an evil of no ordinary magnitude. But,
bad as it is, the difficulty of procuring money at
almost any price is far greater. It paralyses
our energies, and prevents us from weathering the
storm.

Why should not relief be at once afforded
by the suspension of the restrictions of the Bank
Charter Act, and of the absurd prohibition against
small notes The examples of Scotland and Ire-
land prove beyond the possibility of a doubt that
11. notes are far better calculated for the business
'of every-day life than sovereigns. Mr. JAMES
WILSON, by far the best financier in the Ministry,
has explained that an issue of 20,000,0001. of
such notes would add to our command over every
description of commodity, woul I give us
additional purchasing powers, as great as
if bullion, to an equal amount, had been
discovered in the centre of England. But still
the Government will do nothing for the indus-
trious classes. They harden their hearts against
the sufferings of the people, and listen only to the
suggestions of the moneyocracy. Matters cannot
long continue in their 'present state. Parliament
should forthwith be convened. The Indian as
well as the financial difficulty requires legislative
consideration. Lord PALMERSTON may dispose of
the one but he cannot cf the other, and, during
the three months that must elapse before the meet-
ing of Parliament mischief may occur which can-
not be remedied during many years. The display of
apathy and indifference at the present crisis may
go far to impair the Premier's popularity.
is at present slumbering on the brink of a vol-
cano, and should an eruption take place the
results may be more terrible than he as yet has
any notion of. Lot him be warned while there
is yet time, and not permit himself to be made a
tool of by those who have their own selfish objects
to promote, and who care nothing for the wants
and wishes of the great body of the people.

Cotton from India is the great desideratum of
the day. Manchester demands it ; the interests
of India demand it ; we may add that those of
miserable millions of slaves in the Republic where
"all men are born free and equal," demand it. But
upon whom does this onus lie of moving and acting
in this work ? American slaves cannot move, and
their masters would prevent all cotton growing in
India if they could. The Indian Government
has enough on its hands, in all conscience just
now, and is likely to have for some time to come,
in its more legitimate province. All that G
►-
vernment can well do at present, and probably
the best thing it could do under any circuta;
stances, is to afford every facility for private com-
mercial enterprise. For this the Indian Govern-
ment, absolute as it is, has more in its power
than the Home Government has in any domestic
matter. There are are at present, to be sure,
three Governments to be consulted—the Board of
Directors, the Board of Control, and the govern-
ments of the several Indian Presidencies. We
believe, however, that in matters of local manage-
ment the Board of Control never interferes,
and that the East India Board with its
representatives in any of the Presidencies,
do as they please. Practically, it lies then with
the East India Company to say whether they will
afford such encouragement and aid as a Govern-
ment can do through its absolute powers, and
through its public and efficient sanction to pi ivato
enterprise. It is private commercial enterprise
on which reliance should be placed to do the
work. Manchester—we have often said it, and
we repeat it—Manchester itself must put
shoulder to the wheel.

Now we are gratified to believe, on good
grounds, that the board of directors is inclined to
In something in earnest for Manchester, if Man-
chester will but do its own part. Some docu-
ments are now before us, which go far towards
satisfying us, that the East India Company will
furnish the aid of the necessary governmental
powers, and we have every reason to think that of
a government guarantee also, for an effective sys-
tea) of irrigation and canal transit in the Madras
Presidency. Manchester, as we have undentood,

wished the government of this country to do

everything through a royal commission with full
powers to execute such works as they pleased,
the funds to be raised by a Government loan.
We must confess our surprise that the great Free•

trade City should have thought of such a principle
of operation. Certain we are that Parliament
would object to it, and that it could never be ac-

cepted by a country which has constructed its own
canals and railroads. The plan proposed by the
"Madras Irrigation and Canal Company" ap-
pears to us incomparably the best, combining as
it does the legitimate aid of Government with the
vigour and energy of private enterprise. The
Indian Government can save the Company all
such heavy costs as railroads here incurred in
carrying their bills through Parliament ; for it is
literally the lord of the soil. It can do
It can give a guarantee of mini-
mum interest on the capital expended on
works sanctioned by their own Engineers, and
thus raise the requisite funds without difficulty ;
while its past experience shows that the guarantee
is merely nominal, and that the Government
itself will be a prodigious gainer. The Govern-
ment being the landlord of the country, it has but
to stipulate for a fair proportion of the increased
returns from the irrigated districts, and its own
revenue will thus be largely increased. The
East India Company gives a guarantee and
powers to take land ;—the Irrigation Company
pays for such aid by sharing fairly with Govern-
ment the increased profits from the land, and by
submitting its choice of districts to be irrigated, and
its general plans, to the Indian Government for
sanction. The transaction between the Govern-
ment and the Company is, therefore, analagous to
a landlord here granting a loan for draining
and improving a farm, and receiving repayment
in the shape of a higher rent.
Of course the whole scheme must rely on the
certainty of profits, and of large profits too. Now, on
this point there can be no doubt whatever : Indian
irrigation is not an untried experiment. It has been
abundantly and successfully tried even by native
rulers, and it has been tried by ourselves. In a
future article we will enter fully into the splendid
and undeniable proofs and illustrations of this fact;
for the present we assume that a profit of SEVENTY
PER CENT. is proved, by the most unquestionable
records, to be the average profit of a large extent
of irrigative works already executed. The East
India Company itself has furnished the proof of
this. It can prove it by receipts in hard cash,
and it will own that an amount of capital, equal,
perhaps, to that expended on British railways,
might be invested on irrigation and canals in
India, with every reasonable certainty of similar
returns I

more.

Assuming for the present this fact, we would
earnestly press on the vast cotton manufacturing
interest in Manchester, that they should make
this work their own. If the East India Company
gives, as we believe it will do, their efficient sanc-
tion to the proposed company; if they do it as they
will—if they do it all—upon the report of their
own most trustworthy representatives in India,
we must hold that Manchester should
add its open and practical sanction to
the scheme also. What would be the
object to that great community of merchar.t and
manufacturing princes, to subscribe largely to the
shares in the proposed company ; which would,
we presume, willingly place some foremost Man-
chester men in the direction. The Electric Tele-
graph to America, and the Fine Arts' Exhibition,
show what Manchester can do if it with ; but
here is an object peculiarly their own. Their one
want is cheaper raw material ; could they obtain
that there really seems no limit to the demand
they could create for their manufacture ; we
might add, and to the profit they could realise
for themselves.

We have often thought that the Cotton
Manufacturing District has now arrived at that
magnitude in population, and that competency
to deal with the entire present cotton produce
of the world, which shows that some kin,l of
cotton manufacturing emigration is wanted. But
it would be useless for the rising and increas-
ing generation of cotton spinnent and weavers
to carry their skill in that line to other countries.
They could not work more cheaply there than at
home, and if they could they would but injure
the markets for those they left behind. Na ;
what is wanted is, that an emigration for cotton
grousing should set forth from Manchester—that
practical and energetic young men, who now build
fresh mills, to squabble with the present ones for
the limited supply, and yet farther to enhance its
price,—that these young men should go forth to
sow and to plant, to clean, prepare, and send home
increased supplies of articles which all want. Their
energy and capital are the very thing which ludi
needs ; the cotton they could grow is the very
thing their fathers and brothers need. India is
certain to be made, now more invitin gto Europeans.
Let Manchester be the first to accept the invitation.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Wednesday
next, the 4th inst., at Windsor Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir Geo. C.mper, arrived
at Clarence-house, St. James's, on Satarday morning.
Her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore in the after-
noon.

His Excellency the Netherlands Minister left town on
Saturday on a ♦isit to Sir Henry and Lady I§entinck, at
their seat in Yorkshire.

The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and the Ladies
Edith and Emily Somerset have arrived at their town
residence from visiting the Earl and Countes of Wil-
ton, at Heaton Hall, Lancashire.

The Marquis of Lansdowne remains at Riwood,
Wilts, and is not yet recovered from his attack of gout.
The Duke of Beaufort and Sir William C. Codringtou,
Bart., M.P., pa-sed through town on Satun'ay, from
Newmarket to Badminton, the noble duke's seat in
Gloucestershire, where his grace will receives succession
of friends during the hunting season.

The Duke of Portland arrived at Harcourt House,
Cavendish-square, last week, from his seat, Welbeck
Abbey, Notts.
The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining company at
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, for a few weeks, before taking
up his residence at Bright,ln for the winter.
The Marquis and Marr:hioness of Tweeddale have re-
ceived satisfactory accorints of their two sons, Loris
William and Frederick. Hay, who are both in the Civil
Service of the Hon. Beet India Company, in the Bengal
Presidency. _ _ _

The mortal rernaies of the Hon. Edmund Phipps,
brother of the M.arqui 3 of Normanby, were on Saturday
interred in the Necropolis at Woking. The funeral was
of a strictly private and unostentatious character, and
was attended only by the Hon. Colonel Phipps, the Earl
of iVialgrave, and od:her members of the
M. Guttman, a e ommission agent at Pestb, abseGoded
on the 22d, l4aving; behind him debts to the ainoAt of
about 10,0001.
Tax ON NEWSPAPERS VIENNA, Oct. 31.—The
Cfficial Gazette announces the imposition of a tax upon
newspapers of one kreutzer (4/s centimes) per sheet.
The same impost will apply to foreign journals.
THE LATE TI tIAL FOR LIBEL ON THE HON. MR.
CADOGAN.-9. public meeting of the friends of Mr.
Evans, one of 'Gbe defendants, was held at the LDndou
Tavern, to-lay, to receive suggestions and co-operaton
towards obtai.taiog a commutation of the sentence of 12
mouths' impi.iiionment, which had been passed upon
him. After a short discussion, a memorial to that
effect to Sir G. Grey, wet unanimously agreed to.
Tug Tic, ea OF LiATOLIFF-HIGHWAY.—This animal,
which rece•atly escaped trom the security of Mr. Jam-
rack, has been purchased by Mr. E imonds, proprietor
of Womb ell's Windsor Castle Menagerie. The pr;ce
paid was upwards of 4001., and even at that sum the
animal is considered each a fine specimen of his kind
that he is considered a cheap acquisition.
THE GIANT DoG.—A somewhat singular presentation
was madfi to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, on Wed-
nesday la it. Mr. E. Butler, of New York, had the
honour cf introducing his remarkably fine American
dog " P,:ince" to her Majesty and the court, in the
quadranile. This dog was Fora in Pennsylvania, and
resetublem in colour somewhat the coach-dog of other
days. He is remarkably docile, yet possesses unusual
courage vad strength.

THE INDIAN MAILS.

On the sth inst. the Bombay-awl Calcutta packets
will be due at Suez, with news from Calcutta up
to the 10th of October, and from Bombay up to the
17th of that month. This news should reach Lon-
don, via Trieste, on the 12th inst. By the last
packets Delhi was 20 days' post from Calcutta, and
14 days' from Bombay, and Cawnpore was six days'
post from Calcutta. There was considerable delay
in the post reaching Calcutta and Bombay from
Delhi for the last packets, on account of the muti-
nous state of the intervening neighbourhood. If
Lucknow was relieved at the time it was ex-
pected to be, it would probably be about 7 or 8
days from thence to Calcutta. It is possible that the
roads between Delhi and Calcutta or Bombay might
be clearer of interruptions than by the last accounts'
and that it might be only eight or nine days' post
between the former and one of the two latter places.
Lucknow was expected to be relieved on the 25th
of September. It is probable, therfore, that by
the next accounts we may have news from Delhi
up to a fortnight after it was captured, and from
Lucknow up to nearly a fortnight after it was re-
lieved. This news will undoubtedly be most im-
portant and interesting, for it will most certainly
contain the details of the capture of Delhi and most
probably of the relief of Lucknow, and such ac-
counts of the operations of the mutineers as will
enatile us to judge how much longer they will
be able to defy the Indian government. It is
quite possible that we might have an Indian tele-
gram via Sardinia in anticipation of the news by
way of Trieste, next Monday, that is on the 9Lh.
instant.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —We understand that
great savings have been made, and are making, in the
working expenses, without affsctin2 the efficiency of the
establishment. As many as 600 builders kept on various
parts of the line, have, we hear, been discharged.
llerapadt.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN.—
O❑ Saturday afternoon Mr. C. F. Carttar, coroner for
West Kent, held an inquest at the Unicorn Tavern,
Greenwich, on the body of James Crossley, aged 22. It
appsared that the deceased, who was the son of a farmer
I residing in the neighbourhood of Manchester, was en-
gazed driving piles at the works .of Messrs. Scott Rue-
sell, Millwall, preparatory to the launching of the Great
Eastern, when he received such serious ii.juries that he
expired soon after being taken on board the Dreak-
nought hospital ship. The jury returned a verdict of
, accidentl death.

Fivx DEAD BODIES FOIIND.--Yesterday afters ton in-
formation was rec-ived at the metropolitan police office
that during the day had been found in the river Thames,
off Deptford, the body of a man about thirty years old,
5 feet 8 inches high, with dark hair, and dressed in a
blue striped over s'airt, a shawl pattron waistcoat, a pair
of black trousers, and on his person was found an ancient
coin, marked "G. V. B." It was su-petted that he had
destroyed himself. A man. whose name is at present
unknown, was found in the parish of Dagenham, in
Essex, quite dead. He was about forty years of age,
5 feet 9 inches high, with dark hair, and dressed in a
blue Guernsey shirt, the cloth trousers, flannel drawers,
blue worsted stockings, and he had his shoes suspended
round his neck. A percussion cap pistol was found
at his side, marked "V. R. Tower." Information
was also receiv;sd that on Saturday a female, name
unknown, about 55 years of age, five fees and a had'
igh, &robed down dead in Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-
'guard. She is described as being fair, and dressed in a
fancy straw bonnet, a red and grey worsted plaid shawl,
' a lilac cotton gown, grey stockings, and leather slippers.
She had in her possession a basket containing ss. in
silver, a calico bag, and a latch key. Intelligence was
ikewise received that on Saturday afternoon a respect-
ably dressed young female was observed by some boys
to pass along the towing path of the Regent's-canal, and
precipitate herself into the water. Information of the
occurrence was sent to the police-statien, but the body
could not be recovered until life was quite extinct.
The body of a gentleman was also found in the Regent',
canal at Litnehouse. The deceased was aged about 30
years, five feet fou' inches high, had grey hair, and was
dressed in a black frock coat, black satin waistcoat,
white shirt and stockings (cotton), Wellington boots,
a black fa.hionable cap with peak, and a black silk
hand k,rchiet.

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BLACKLANDS, NEAR
PLYMOUTH. —On Saturday James Beghurst and Thomas
Brown were again brought up at Rdgway, charged with
bruglarmusly entering the house of W. Braddon,
of Blandlands-house, and attempting to murder him.
The servants of the house were the only witne. ess
examined that day. Their evidence proved that Bog-
burst, when in the service of Mr. Braddon, had o
one occasion passed through the bars of the kitcl e
window. Those bars are 74 inches wide, the
same as those in the window where the eetrat ce was
effecte I. The chambermaid stated that when the shot s
which were found in the rear of the premises after
the burglary, were brought to her she exclaimed they
are Ji ID:4 shoes (meaning Boghurst), and at this time
she did not know that he was in the country; not
having seen or heard of him for two years. Bog-
horst has a very long foot and a peculiar tread, and it is
thought that the evidence which will be brought to
hear upon this p int will be very important in the case.
The prisoners were remanded to Saturday next, and
were banded over to the county authori lee fi r convey.
ance to Exeter. Brown fainted during the t astnination.
We are also glad to hear that Mr. Braddon is recover.
ing, although but slightly, from the s, vette wounds in-
flicted on him. He has not yet given any account of
the affair.

Sallied. Leonard Tilley, Esq., has been appoint d
Secretary, arid Charles Fisher, Esq., Attorney-General
I for the prairies of New Brunswick. Joseph Sherving.
ton, Esq., has been appointed Treasurer, and Willi sm
Quin, Eeei., Accountant for the Treasury Department,
island of Antiena. Jules Colin, Esq., has been appointed
a &strict Magistrate for the Island of Mauritius.
TIM CONDEMNED CONVICT AT NEWGATI.—The mur-
derer Davis, woo was sentenced to death on Saturday,
by the Lord Chief Baron, is in a pitiable state of mind,
and appears to have given himself up to utter despair.
During the whole of the trial on Saturday, he trembled
vilently ; and during the whole of yesterday, he wept
almost without cessation. No hive is held out t) him
that there will be any commutation of his sentence, and
the chaplain has earnestly entreated him to prepare for
the fate which awaits him. The execution will take
place on the morning of Monday, the 16. h inst.
THE SLAVE TRADO.—About 20,000 imported slaves
are expected in Cuba during the next three months from
Africa. Stippling for that purpose is fitting out in Ame-
r cs. Toe high price of sugar has greatly stimulated the
value of slave labour in Cuba.
SUSPENSION OF ARRANGEMENT FOR AFFORDING
ADDITIONAL MAILS TO AND FROM JERSEY AND
GUERNSEY.—In coneequence of a reduction in the
number of days of sailing, and an altera
tion of the hours, of the packets between Weymouth
and Jersey and Guernsey, tee arrangements which were
made for the conveyance of additional mails to and
from Jersey and Guernsey by means of these packets are
suspended.—By command of the Poetteaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Becretary.—General Post-office, OA. 31.
A. VISIT TO LEIQH HUNT.—Buchanan Read, h
has just come hither from Rome to fulfil some paint-r's
engaaeinects, took me the other evening to visit Leigh
Hunt—the sole surviving star of that constellati( n
which dawned upon the literature of England will the
present century. The old poet lives in a neat little
cottage in Hammersmith, quite alone, since the recent
death of his wife. That dainty grace which is the chief
charm of his poetry yet lives in his person and manners.
He is 73 years old, but the effects of age are only phy-
sical ; they have not touched that buoyant, joyous
nature which survives in spite of sorrow and misfortune.
His deepest eyes still beam with a soft, cheerful,
earnest light; his voice is gentle and musical ;
and hie hair, although almost silver white, falls in
soft silky locks on both sides of his fee,. It was grate-
ful to me to press the same palm which Keatee
and Shelley had so often clasped in friendly warmth, and
to hear him who knew them so well speak of them as
long-lost companions. He has a curious, collection of
locks of the hair of poets, from Milton to Browning.
That thin tuft of brown silky fibre., could it really have
have been shorn from Milton's head, I asked myself
" Touch it," said Leigh Hunt, "and then you will have
touched Milton's self." "There is a life in hair, though
it be dead," sail I, as I did so, repeating a line from
Hunt's own sonnet on this lock. Shelley's hair was
golden and very soft; Keates's a bright brown, curling in
large Bacchic rings ; Dr. Johnson's grey, with a harsh
and wiry feel ; Dean Swift's both brown and grey, but
finer, denoting a more sensitive organisation ; and Charles
Lamb's reddish brown, short, and strong. I was de-
lighted to hear Hunt speak of poems which he st ll de-
signed to write, as if the age of verse should never cease
with one in whom the faculty is born.—Bayard Taylor's
Letter in the New York Tribune.
GOVERNMENT PROTECTION TO EMIGRANTS FOR
CANADA AND WE UNITED STATES.—As soon as au
emigrant ship reaches the emigrant station in the St.
Lawrence, at Grosse I-le, a few miles below Quebec, she
is boarded by the Government Medical Officer. If there
are any sick on board they are landed and remain at the
hospital, at the expense of the Government, until they
are cured. Ixtmediately on the ship's arrival at Quebec,
Mr. Buchanan, the Government Emigration Agent, goes
on board. He inquires into all complaints, and sees that
all the conditions of the: Act of Parliament for protect-
ing emigrants have been strictly
complied with. This
he is able to do in a most effective manner, as, when-
ever an emigrant ship leaves the British port for Quebec,
the Government Emigration Officer port at the forwards
to him, by mail steamer, a list of every passenger, with
their names,
ages, sex, trade, &c. This list is always
received by Mr. Buchanan a fortnight before the ship's
arrival. He thus possesses every particular that may
be useful to him in prctecting the emigrants, and direct-
ing them to where they can at once get suitable employ.
went. If there be any just cause of complaint against
the captain of a ship, justice is afforded by a summary
law passed for the purpose, and Mr. Buchanan himself
superintends the prosecution. The Government of
Canada has issued a Pamphlet upon the resources of the
country and the prospects in store for the industrious
of all classes who desire to make it the land of their
adoption. This pamphht, as well as full particulars of I
the throngh-booking system, by which emigrants are
protected from the time of their landing until they
reach tbcir destina'ion, together with maps of the
Canadian Railways, sbowicg their connection with 1
these of the United States, continue to be issued
gratuitously to all who apply ter them. personally or
by letter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada, 21, Oid Broad-street, London, 8.0.

ATEST NEWS.

FRANKFORT, OCT, 31.

The Official Gazette announcesthat the question
of Holstein has been referred to a Committees of
the Diet to report on.

Hanover has proposed that, in case of the ob-
stinacy of Denmark, the dispositions of the Con-
stitution of Holstein which may be contrary to
the federal rights of Germany, shall be declared
void.

This proposal has aluo been referred to the
Committee.

BERNE, OOT. 30.

All the elections for the Grand Council are now
known, except those for the canton of the Grisons.
The general result will not change in any respect
the federal policy. A small number of nomina-
tions, which have remained undecided, will neces-
sitate a fresh election. M. Barna, formerly envoy
to France, has been returned in the Valais.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

The Moititeur says :—" A notification from the
Government of her Britannic Majesty makes known
that the Commander of the English naval forces in
China has declared the port and river of Canton in
a state of blockade since the Bth of last August, and
that the measures authorised by the law of nations
will be enforced against all who shall attempt to
violate such blocide."

We also road :—" The obsequies of General
Cavaignac were celebrated on Saturday at the
Church of St. Louis d'Antin. Detachments from
the several corps forming the garrison of Paris
rendered military honours to the illustrious de-
ceased."

By an imperial decree, the electors of the second
circumscription of the department of the Sarthe
are convened for the 22d of November, to elect a
Deputy, in the place. of M. Langlais, appointed
Councillor of State.

The Jour nm des Actionnaires srays
" The report of the Minister of Finance indi-
cates that measures are about to be concerted
between the government, the bank, andthe railway
companies, relative to the bonds to be issaed by
the latter. We are assured that these measures con-
sist in the bank advancing to the companies sums
more or less important on the deposit of their
bonds, and that it wiil afterwards issue the bonds
at the time and under the conditions which mty
appear most opportune. It is said that the Go-
-vernment will authorise the bank to employ, for
the advantage of the companies the sum of
59,000,000 f., which, it is said, are at its disposition
under the treaty made with the bank."
BOURSE, Oat. 31.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr.
16 per Ceuta
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End of Month.
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3-per Cents 67 23 67 10
Bank Shares 2930 Credit Foncier 515
Credit Mobilier 790 Roman

Do. Account 792 50 Austrian -
Belgian 43 993— Spanish Threes 4oh
fiedmontese (5) 904 Home Debt

• THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—The story of "Janet's Repentance"
concluded in this number. It is told in an in-

teresting manner throughout, and the latter part
is equal to what has gone before. The wretched
husband closes his sad life by an awful death.
Another sufferer is also released, the unfortunate
Mr. Tryan, whose weary pilgrimage has been gone
through iu doubts and difficulties. Happily for him,
however, he had a bright evening tai the stormy day
of life. The entire renovation of Janet's character
was a noble end to a career of spiritual labour. It
is truly said that the memorial of Edgar Tryan,
which bears the fullest record, is that of the suffer
ing sinner " rescued from self-despair ;" and the
friends of the departed could wish for no better
perpetuation of his efforts, and no more lastinv,
tablet for his memory " To live in hearts
we leave behind, is not to die." " Notes
on the Isthmus of Panama" is the title of
a paper which gives a brief account of
the writer's experiences of Central America.
The chief attraction in Blackwood is, of course, met
with in the subsequent paper, the sixth instalment of
" What will he do with it." In this number the
plot thickens, and some fresh figures appear on the
scene, forming a dark contrast to those who have
already won the heart of the reader. The brilliant,
versatile, yet simple-hearted old man and his
charming little Sophy, are tracked by an evil-
minded group— Rugge, the manager, and two new-
comers' who appear to hold some important clue
to the thread of the narrative. Some connection
between Darrell and the poor wanderers is again
hinted at. While these pursuers are on their track,
the fugitives are reposing themselves after their
success, recorded in the last number. The good
Mayor alarms the affectionate grandfather with
hints of the delicacy of his little charge, and inte-
rests himself in their fortunes with untiring bene-
volence.

"There is," says a Latin love-poet, "no why or
wherefore in iking, ' Hartopp, therefore, had taken, from
the first moment, to Waifs— the staid, respectable,
thriving man, all muffled up from head to foot in the
whitest lawn of reputation—to the wandering, shifty,
tricksome scatterling, who had not seemingly secured,
through the course of a life bordering upon age, a single
certificate for good conduct. On his hearthstone, beside
his ledger-book, stood the Mayor, looking with a re-
spectful admiration that puzzled himself upon the for-
lorn creature, who could give no reason why he should
not be rather in the Gatesboro' Parish Stocks than in its
chief magistrate's easy-chair. Yet were the Mayor's
sympathetic liking and respectful admiration wholly un-
accountable? Runs there not between one warm human
heart and another the electric chain of a secret under-
standing ? In that maimed outcast, so stubbornly hard
to himself—so tremulously sensitive for his sick child—
was there not the majesty to which they who have
learned that Nature, has her nobles, reverently bow the
head ! A man, true to man's grave religion, can no
more despise a life wrecked in all else, while a hallowing
affection stands out sublime through the rents and chinks
of fortune, than he can profane with rude mockery a
temple in ruins—if still left there the altar.
The story promises in every way to be a worthy
successor to "My Novel." A letter from Tlepole-
mus to Irenmus, entitled Cambria and Cottono-
polis, despite its formidable names, will well repay
perusal. It opens with some pages ou those terri-
ble mutinies which are now the grand subject of
the day, and the writer, after saying it is hard to
believe how bad or how good men maybe, contrasts
Nana Sahib, " the accursed through dominions ou
which the sun never sets," with the British Joshu
as he styles the gallant Havelock, and justly ob-
serves,—" If this Indian mutiny has unsealed the
blackness of a bottomless pit of villany, it has also
brought to light a strange diamond-mine of human
heroism. Think of the chaplain of the Church
of England, at Cawnpora, reading the service for
the burial of the dead to his rank-fel-
lows, in momentary expectation of the vol-
ley which was to slay them all ! " He asks,
who but a nation thinking too lightly of
its military duties would have placed such implicit
confidence in a mercenary army, and instances the
ruin of Carthage from a similar mistake. " What
a mercy," exclaims the writer, "that the Russian
war and the Persian war were over before the
mut:ny broke out, and what a mercy that they
were idiots enough to revolt before they had ob-
tained possession of that tremendous arm, the En-
field rifle, on a question of the cartridges to be em-
ployed in its use." India, he happily observes,
was won by the sword, but kept together by
bands of red tape, which it did not need the
strength of a Sampson to burst. The latter part
of the letter is employed in discussing the Man-
chester Exhibition. The two last papers are on
somewhat similar topics. The first, " A Few
Words from the Khyber," tells us how the residents
of Peahawur fared during the late troubles; and
the latter, " The Company's Raj," endeavours to
exonerate the East India Company from the blame
so generally attached to them.

The United Service Magazine.—This number
has an interesting table of con ents. It opens wii h
a " project for raising a special body of tro
without interfering with the ordinary recruiting,"
and suggests that a body of troops should be formed
of young men respectably connected and well
educated, who are without any &finite occupation,
many of whom find an opportunity for employing
their energies in colonial life. The writer stipu-
lates that in these regiments serving as a private
soldier should not deteriorate the social position,
and that a fair chance of promotion should be Ac-
corded. " The Indian Mutiny," and "The Indian
Army," afford subjects for two papers, and discuss
those all-engrossing topics with ability and modera-
tion. Another paper, "On Military Reform,"
strongly advocates the abolition of the purchase
system, and instances some ridiculous sums which
have been given for the command of a regiment,
and adds that many regard the giver of 10,0001. for
a troop of dragoons as a greater hero than the best
soldier that ever drew a sabre. An article "" On
Military Quarters A.broad" describes the beautiful
island of Ceylon, and "A. Visit to the Tcherna-
Morsky Cossacks" transports us to a very different
locality. "The Seats of Insurrection" is the tit;3
of a paper containing some useful information. A
brief "Memoir of the late General Barnard"
renders full justice to his military qualities and
achievements. " The Legends of the Black
Watch" afford a pleasing variety to the more
serious contents. "The Editor's Portfolio'' cen-
sures with becoming severity the ill-timed inter-
ference of Lord Canning and his counsellors at
Cawnpore. All the intelligence of the month re-
specting the two services is given at length.

Dicblin.—The first article is on " France. The
Monarchy—the Republic—and the Empire." It
is deserving of attention, being written in a calm,
sensible manner, without any extravagant bias
towards any side. It criticises a recent work by
M. de Cassagnac on the subjects referred to, and
justly condemns the exaggerated encomiums he
lavishes on the second Napoleon. After dwell:ng
on the various points of importance, the writer
observes that France has not gained by the fall of
the monarchy of July

"The empire has given material prosperity to France,
and that is all. The free p'ay of the intellect exists no
wore in France. The desire of sharing in the government
of the state—' the highest earthly desire of the culti-
vated mind'--can be reasonably ebtertaine I by none but
the priest and the para4itti. All the genius of France
is in exile or in obscurity. All its political liberty is
dead."

" M'Correack's Grudge," is continued. The tale
promises to be au interesting one, and some of the
chief characters are sketched in a bald style. " To
Rome—Out," is a paper in which some wanderings
to the sunny south are chronicled; but the tra-
vellers do not seem to have enjoyed their excursion,
to judge from the records of it here given. Some
objects of interest, and, some forms of beauty
rivetted their gaze, and called forth their crio-
&ums, bet as a general rule the visit was
a failure. " Our Foreign Courier" is the
title given to a series of articles descriptive of
French litra,ture, which are exceedingly well
written. The last was novels and works of fiction ;
the present one includes works of mark by some
of the most eminent members of the French
Church, and travels, chronology, history, arc.
This resume (1* national literature is a very de-
sirable thing for those who wish to have a general
idea conveyed to them of the progress of letters
abroad, without being able to spare the time or
the means necessary for a personal' investigation
of the subject. "Alexander Smith's City PU611105"
are spoken of, and after entering on their merits
and demerits, the reviewer takes the opportunity
of mentioning the severe censures bestowed upon
the poet in some quarters, and especially the writer
would defend Mr. Smith from the charge of plagiar-
ism brought against him. After showing that
some of the statements are exaggerated, and others
not fully proved, some extracts from Wordsworth
are given to exemplify that he too occasionally
borrows the thoughts of others, or unintentionally
rope its them ; and for the consolation of the
votary of the Muses, it is remarked, in env-
elusion, that "He was a greater critic than Mr.
Smith's accuser, who was told that he could `no
more crush Tee Excursion' than he could crush
Skiddaw.' " " The Castle of Dublin" continues it s
varied records. "How we talked about the Indian
Mutiny" conveys some interesting information ou
the all-important question of the day. "Hugh
Miller and Geology" is, perhaps, the best subject
in this magazine. Its perusal will interest all those
who take it up. "When all of genius that can
perish dies," it is a welcome task to dwell on what
cannot depart with life, but remains to instruct ~

and delight the world. The sad close to his nol
life is thus spoken of :

"The dew h of such a man under any circumstances
would have created deep sensation ; under the peculiar
circumstances which attended it, it sent a thrill 'of min-
gled awe and sorrow through every heart ; but neither
amongst friends or strangers, fellow-workers or oppo-
nents, was there a second opinion as to the lofty princi-
ple, profound genius, and sincere piety which in such
meet proportions formed the characteristics of this won-
derful man. The veil of reverential charity was hung
by unanimous consent over the closing scene, and all
men joined in the deep lament that followed a Christian
philosopher to an untimely grave.
4" Oh ! what a noble heart was there undone,
When Science' self destroyed her favourite son !
Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit ;
She sowed the seeds, but death has reaped the fruit.
'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow,
And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low."

Fraser's.—The first article in Fraser is entitled
" About Edinburgh," and is founded on a recent
volume called "Edinburgh Dissected." It attacks
the work itself, but gives some pleasant sketches of
life iu the Scottish capital. "Lord Macaulay of
Rothley" is the title of the following paper, and
gives a brief but interesting account of the family
of the historian. "A Precursor of The Vestiges"
brings to the modern reader the substance of a
work published nearly a century ago, and now
almost forgotten. It is by Robinet, and was origi-
nally published in Amsterdam, under the title " De
la Nature," and propounds the curious and unten-
able theory of " L'Echelle des Etres." The scientific
reader may feel some interest in perusing these
traces of the state of scientific speculation at that
period. A paper on "Metropolitan Communica-
tions" censures the deficiency of our thoroughfares,
and discusses several proposed improvements.
Among other plans, it approves of the grand junc-
tion of all the railways at Charing-cross, and treats
at length of the scheme for the embankment of the
Thames—a scheme which all metropolitan residents
must desire to see put into practice, as worthy of
the capital of the English nation. Amongst some
curious statistics respecting the locomotion of Lon-
don, we are told that " the 800 omnibuses of the
metropolis daily go over a distance far greater than
the circumference of the earth." Mr. Pearson has
taken the trouble to calculate the number of per-
sons and vehicles passing in and out of the city
daily, and estimates the total number, irrespective
of penny boats and foot passengers to the railway,
at 572,000, the omnibus travellers numbering
88,000. It is justly remarked that the first 'gm of
all street reformers should be to relieve the pressure
in the heart of the city. The Poultry and Moor-
gate-street are especially mentioned. The paper is
sensibly written, and evidences a careful considera-
tion of the subject. "The Interpreter" proceeds
with interest. The schemer, Ropsley, being dan-
gerously wounded, confesses his machinations to
Egerton, when it is unfortunately too late for repa-
ration. Another plot seems to promise misfortune
for the young Vicomte de Rohan. The papers on
" Natural History" gives us an account of rollers
and kingfishers, and tells us the habits and haunts,
as well as the mythological origin of those beautiful
birds. Mr. St. John's abridgment of the " Me-
moirs of St. Simon" receives a severe criticism,
while t'le original work is spoken of with the admi-
ration usually accorded to it. The second paper
on the " Taste of the Day" censures the dress of
the present time with not unmerited severity.
Men's dresses are thus spoken of :—" Our men's
dresses of the present day are, and for the last sixty
years have been, with the exception of some of those
of the North American savages, the most absurd,
unbecoming, and inconvenient with which we are

acquainted." The " Congress at Birmingham" is
discussed with ability, and with a thorough appre-
ciation of the objects it proposes to itself. A "Me-
moir of the late Daniel° Manin," and a paper on
the Indian Mutinies, and the morals to be
drawn from them, conclude the number.

Bentley's Miscellany. —Mr. Dudley Costello's
story of the fortunes of " The Millionaire of
Mincing-lane" progresses in its usual manner. It
chronicles in this part some events of importance,
as may be guessed from the titles of the chapters :
—" A Discovery," "A Catastrophe," and "The
Scale Trembling." It is called a tale of the times,
and is designed to exemplify the dangers attending
the course of a fraudulent merchan6 ; but as un-
happily, there have been of late years many such
warnings in real life without much apparent effect,
it is scarcely to be hoped that the end proposed
will .be attained by this story. "The Day of
Humiliation" forms the topic of the next paper,
and the writer takes the opportunity to pass a very
severe and well-merited censure on the tardiness
and apathy of the Government last session. He
recals the answers made to questions asked in the
house, and the scorn with which all fears of dan-
gerous consequences were met, and concludes by
prophesying a " day of humiliation" for those
whose culpable negligence has permitted such catas-
trophes. An amusing paper, calle I 'French,
Fashionable Life," is founded on a work by Baron
de Mortemart Boisse, and affords an insight into
the usages of Parisian court etiquette. "Moat
Grange" is the title of a story told with skill, but
the subject is painful. It is the first instalment.
Monkshood, in his retrospective reviewals, takes
for his subject "Horace Walpole's Letters," and
gives numerous extracts. The record of "A Fort-
night's Sport in the Highlands" is concluded, and
the " Life of an Architect" continued. The latter
gives some mournful glimpses into the interior of a
madhouse. Among the remaining papers is one
on " Wrench Almanacs for the ensuing year," and
another on " The Grand Mosque and Palace of