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able sculpturesque genius, or perhaps we should be
nearer the mark if we put instead of the word
genius the monosyllable taste—we are very fond
of raising memorial statues in our public places to
the fame, good or evil as the case may be, of cele-
brated personages—mostly warriors, statesmen,
and sovereigns. We had in the middle of Leicester-
square, for example, until Mr. WYLD replaced it by
his noble effigy of the Great Globe, the sculptured
presentment of one of the most disreputable roues
who ever sat upon the throne of these realms. We
have just fixed upon its pedestal, at Whitehall
another statue, the statue, this time, of a Great Sol-
dier, and, in many respects, a great man, but one
who was, in life, a flagrant peculator, and was, in
death, a self murderer. We have long ago, for no
reason that anybody can at all divine, elevated
among the clouds, upon the summit of one of our
noblest columns, the grandoise " carvelled effigy "
of that high and mighty prince (we believe, among
other titles, he was a Bishop, and, unfortunately,
he was, once upon a time, a Generalissimo) H.R.H.
the late Duke of YORK. We have these
and several other national monuments scat-
tered about our metropolis already repre-
senting, some of them; really great men, like
NELSON and WELLINGTON, a few of them good
men, but the majority really and truly men of very
i indifferent character.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERT EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs).
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAH.
Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E.- W. Hackney.
--•— - •

Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 22.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
34—highest since noon yesterday.
31—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.54.
WIND, N.W.; light, with fine cold weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

This DAY.—Morning, 10h. 33m.—Afternoon, 11h. 10m.
To-Monitow-Morning, 11h. 39m.—Afternoon, :Oh. Om.

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THE SUN.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1859.

England might now, we conceive, wisely and
worthily build up among these another and a
nobler monument than almost any of them, a monu-
ment not inaptly representing the genius of this
great Iron Age of Engineering. The central figure
upon this monument, the sculptured effigy of

It was a noble and affecting spectacle that was
witnessed yesterday in the old Abbey down at
Westminster. The funereal honours paid to the
remains of ROBERT STEPHENSON were offered
before GOD to his memory by a whole people
expressive of an admiration for his genius and
an appreciation of his worth, in which our gracious
SOVEREIGN herself took occasion most graciously
to evidence her sympathy. One regret survives,
however, even in the midst of the melancholy
satisfaction with which we look back to this strik-
ing ceremonial. It is a regret, almost an indig-
nant regret, that ISAMBARD BRUNEL also was not
buried there in Westminster Abbey, by the side of
his friend and compeer, ROBERT STEPHENSON.
Selection in their instance has the appearance of
being invidious. For it would be difficult
to award the palm of superiority to either
of those truly great and world - renowned
engineers. They have both signalised their rare
capacity as men of sublime constructive ingenuity
and of almost unparalleled scientific daring by the
production of works of gigantic magnitude—works
that are likely to attest their powers to many after
generations. Conspicuous among these works the
Great Western and many other railways were to
BRUNEL what the North-Western and many other
railways were to STEPHENSON. If the latter
achieved wonders across the Menai Straits, the
former did the like by bridging over with a line of
ocean steamers the broad bosom of the Atlantic.
STEPIIENSON died just as that grand Victoria
Tubular Bridge across the St. Lawrence was
barely completed. BRUNEL had, immediately
prior to this, breathed his last upon the very
morrow, one might say, of the successful launch
of *his chef d'ceuvres—the Great Eastern, the
grandest of all the modern products of naval
architecture. Speaking of his lamented demise in
September, we observed at the time in these
columns—and observed, we hesitate not to insist
now, without one particle of exaggeration—that
later times, looking back to the engineering
labours of our own generation, and beholding
prominent, rather we should say supreme,
among those labours the marvellous attestations
of the genius of BRUNEL and STEPHEN-
SON, may say in truth what was said of
old—" There were Giants in those days ! "
Our contemporary, the limes, more recently
remarked, in its biographical comment upon the
decease of STEPHENS)N in October, in this present
month of October, that a sort of double throne was
occupied by the two great engineers whose loss we
have now had bitter reason to mourn simul-
taneously. The more complete and accurate our
appreciation of the high merits of each, the more
disposed must we be to regret, as we do regret, that
—not STEPHENSON alone, but that BRUNEL and
STEPHENSON were not now sepnitured side by side
in Westminster Abbey—sharing in death the
homage they had won in equal proportions
during their lifetime from all ranks and classes
of their free-born countrymon.
It is too late now to do more than lament that
BRUNEL was not interred under the pavement of
the Old Abbey last month, as his friend and rival
was interred there only yesterday.
But it is not too late for the nation to award to
the memory of both a meed of grateful admiration,
to which they do certainly appear to us to be alike
entitled. And in doing this we might pay a grace-
ful and appropriate tribute also to the memory of
their distinguished fathers—remembering that
there were two great BRUNELS, father and son ;
and that there were also (father and son) two illus-
trious STEPHENSONS.

Without possessing nationally any very remark-

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1859

with the Chinese four or five months ago ; thus

securing the privilege of visiting any part of the
country. Russian agency in China is a permanent
and übiquitous institution.
_

The state of affairs in the North-West remains
devoid of any great interest'. Central India is still

in an unsettled state, and letters from Gwalior

mention that a large number of rebels are sheltered
in the scattered towns and villages, where they are

screened by the native officials of the district. In
Jhansi, the fugitive sepoys are yet troublesome,

and in Bundelcund, Feroze Shah has taken the field
at the head of a large body of rebels, whose wan-

derings extend over a wide tract of wild country.
_ _

In Northern India the frontier districts of Ne-
paul are still occupied by the Nana and his 10,000
or 12,000 adherents. It is singular that Jung Ba-

hadoor does not interdiettheir residence in his ter-

ritories ; at any rate, why he does not send his
troops from the north, to scatter them along the
plains, where they can scarcely hope to evade the
vigilance of our soldiers. So long as the operations
against them are directed from the south, they
are only driven into the mountain fastnesses
higher up, where it must be extremely
harassing to follow them. The quiet inhabitants of
the district are severely ill-treated, and it would not
therefore be anything wonderful if in the despera-
tion of their rage they should excite one another to
rise. The ill-usage to which the population are
subjected may either have this effect or compel
them to abandon the country.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

The campaign must be resumed very soon, and
we believe the preparations for it have already
commenced. But it is clear that the operations
against the rebels must be conducted on some
system different from that hitherto adopted—some
plan that must lead to a speedy and successful
result. These pests have too long held their
ground in Central India and Nepaul, and they are
now holding it in spite of great difficulties. They
want the command, the morale, the discipline,
the supplies, the ammunition, or all these things,
to maintain an effective resistance ; and yet

mails.

they have not retired from the field. We be-
lieve that a great deal of harm is caused by offering
pardon to those who, after having done all the mis-
chief in their power, are willing to surrender them-
selves to avoid a worse fate. It is a bad example
to the others, who can lay the flattering unction to
their souls that they might desolate the country.
without running any great risk, and yet hope in
the end to be pardoned. Are we to be allowed to
believe that from a sentiment of humanity such men
should be pitied, who perhaps a few hours before
their surrender were attacking villages, and killing
thousands of people? And must we, by giving
them the benefit of the amnesty, shake hands with
them as enemies who respect each other. A more
energetic policy on the part of the Government, we
are firmly persuaded, is the only step capable of
accelerating the conclusion of a peace so ardently
desired by all.

In our presidency the events are few. Mr. Har-
rington's Licensing of Trades and Professions Bill
is likely to meet with considerable opposition in
commercial quarters. We believe the Bombay
Chamber of Commerce regard the tax in the same
light as the Bengal Chamber—as unjust and indi-
cative of a mistaken financial policy; and a com-
bined effort is being made to oppose its introduc-
tion. The progress of the movement, we should
think, would be successful, if carried out with
spirit and determination. Taxation is largely re-
sorted to in these hard times, as a means of raising
the revenue ; it is at least as much one of the great
questions of the day as education or administrative
reform, perhaps as the war itself, for it springs
directly from the late disturbances in the north-
west.

The second reading of the bill occasioned a good I
deal of discussion among the members of the Legis-
lative Council, the exemption of cfficials being the
principal objection to its provisions. The objection
was met by the addition of the following clauses :
" Every civil officer and every military officer shall
pay a tax at the rate of three per cent. per annum
on his pay, and that the same may be deducted by
Government from his pay, provided the pay of such
officer exceeds Rs. 100 per mensem. That every
military officer on the general, divisional, brigade,
or personal staff shall pay a tax at the rate of 3d.
per cent. on the amount of his pay and allowance,
and that the amount may be deducted by Govern-
ment from his pay, provided that the salary of such
officer be not less than Its. 100 per menscm. This
concession, however, does not remedy the exclusive-
ness of the tax. It falls unequally on the several
classes of people, and while the industrious have to
bear the burden, the wealthy fundholders, land-
holders, and other classes are left alone. It is on
this ground that the Bengal Chamber of Commerce
have already protested against the bill..
At the last meeting of the justices of the peace
in the Town Hall, Mr. Hutchinson was elected
Municipal Commissioner, in the room of Dr. Buist,
resigned. Dr. Buist left this for Calcutta last week,
to take up his new appointment as Superintendent
of the Government Press at Allahabad.
There are strong expectations of risings in the
districts belonging to the Guicowar. The insurrec-
tionary movement in which the Waghers are chiefly
concerned, is rapidly spreading. A force is to be
despatched to the scene of the disturbances. A con-
temporary mentions amongst the regiments who are
now under orders for the service are H.M.'s 28th
Regiment, at present quartered at Colaba, and the
6th Native Infantry, now en route from Poona.
The expedition is under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Donovan, of her Majesty's 33d Regiment.

The following is from an extra of the Bombay
Standard, dated Sept. 27 :
Mr. J. I). Inverarity, Rev. Com. S. D., is to go
to Scinde as Commissioner. It is an invidious office
to succeed so well graced an actor as Sir Bartle
Frere. Mr Inverarity has long experience, know-
ledge of business, and very conciliatory manners.
It is supposed that Mr. Rose, Collector of Sattara,
will succeed to the vacant revenue commissioner-

ship.
The Punjaubee regrets to hear that Dr. James
Barber, Senior Surgeon, died on the morning of the
15th instant at his residence in the Citadel of La-
hore. The deceased gentleman was 57 years of age.
A correspondent of the Lucknow Herald says—
" We expect some changes during this winter and
some stirring events on the frontier, for which, one
in the Commissariat says, they are quietly making
preparations."
A severe storm visited Bombay yesterday. It
was disastrous to the cutter Nerbudda, Indian
navy, and the American ship Waban. The light.
ning struck the topmast of the Nerbudda, splinter-
ing it to pieces, and then, passing down the lower
mast, struck a Lascar, who was seated with four
or five others under a tarpaulin, and killed him
almost instantly. The Assistant Surgeon of the
Victoria was speedily in attendance, but his skill
was of no avail. The injury to the Wabati was still
greater, but happily without loss of life."

COMMERCIAL.

BOMBAY, SEPT. 26.

The English mail of the 18th ultimo arrived here
on the 10th instant; that of the 3d instant on
Saturday last, the 24th ; and the China mail of the
23d ultimo on the 18th instant.
The active tone of the import market has some-
what abated. Owing to the unsettled state of the
weather, which still prevents a regular trade with
the coast and the interior, and there being a large
stock in second hands at market, buyers do not
evince much anxiety to purchase. Former prices
however are sustained, and a moderate amount of
businesl has been transacted during the fortnight.
It is feared that a fall of prices will take place
before our next report.
The export market is somewhat quiet, being
scantily supplied with stock, which state of things
will continue until the opening of communications
telltoesefso fortnight. i2gsh. t;d. The rates
Documento p opened
e paper tahs b2see n 1 p3,lalc6ed .(1
at 2s. IL-d. to 2s. 11d.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
MALTA, Our. 17.
At Gibraltar, the Marlborough, 131, bearing the
fl ig of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, the commander-in -
chief; the Conqueror, 101; the Orion, 91 ; the

Princess Royal, 91 ; the Renown, 91 ; the Cen-
turion, 80 ; the Victor Emmanuel, 91 ; the Car-
demis, 21; the Scylla, 21 ; the Vulture, 6 ; the
Scourge, 6 ; the Coquette, 4 ; the Lapwing, 4; the
Growler, gunboat ; the Africa, depot ship ; the
Redpole, steam.tug. On their way to Gibraltar
from England, the James Watt, 91; the Cesar, 90 ;
the Agamemnon, 91; and the Virago, 6. On her way
to Malta from Gibraltar the Supply, 2, storeship.
On her way to Gibraltar and England the Firebrand.
At Tetuan, the Doris, 32. At Tangiers, the Quail,
gunboat. At Malta, the Hannibal, 91, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Mundy, second in command
afloat • the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the
flag Of Rear-Admiral Codrington, superintendent
of Malta Dockyard; the St. Jean d'Acre, 101 ; the
Renown, 91 ; the London, 90 ; the Brunswick, 80 ;
the Recruit, 6; the Assurance, 4; the Vigilant, 4;
the Banshee, 2 ; the Boxer, 2 ; th© Hearty, tug ;
the Azov and Kertch, sailing gunboats. At Naples,
the Cressy, gunboat ; and Terrible, 21. At Corfu,
the Racoon, 22; and Osprey, 4. At Syra, the Me-
dina, 4, surveying vessel. At Candia, the Tartarus,
4, surveying vessel. At Pasuda Bay, the Liffey, 51.
At Smyrna, the Euryalus, 51. At Constantinople,
the Intrepid, 6 ; and Caradoc, 2.
The Argus, 6, left Malta some weeks ago ; and
the Exmouth, 90, on the 16th, but their destination
is not known.
The Edgar, 91, bearing the flag of Rea r-Admiral
Erskine, and the Neptune, 91, were also at Gib-
raltar by last accounts.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING.

The Tagus has arrived with the Peninsular mails,
19 passengers, and £5,000 in specie. Her latest
dates are Lisbon, the 17th, and Vigo the 18th.
The ship Golden Age, from Old Calabar, with a
cargo of palm oil, put into Vigo with ten feet of
water in her hold. The brig Mary Ellen also put
in there.

The Tagus passed the Sultan with the outward

The steamer Milford Haven, the pioneer of the
new line to the Brazils, had arrived at Lisbon. A
banquet took place on board which was attended
by many distinguished personages.
There is no material alteration in the rates of
exchange.

PRINCE ALFRED AT SMY.RNA.

SMYRNA, OCT. 4.

LORD J. RUSSELL'S REFORM BILL.

We have been requested by Mr. Davidson to pub-
lish the following correspondence :
Aberdeen, Oct. 10.
_ _ _

My Lord,—Before you leave this country for the " great
metropolis," permit me to whisper in your ear a few words
of salutary import. You now occupy a peculiarly proud
position, for, by common consent, the country looks to you
as the framer of the new Reform Bill expected next year.
Were you to follow the precedent of the former bill, you
would provide for enfranchisement and disenfranchisement
also ; but I hope you will reserve the latter for a separate
measure, to be afterwards brought forward. There are
several English burghs which should be disfranchised—
wholly or partially—but you can scarcely expect their re-
presentatives willingly to vote for their own political ex-
tinction. Neither Whigs nor Tories will readily show such
self-denial, for they are but men, and human nature is
selfish. By including disfranchisement in your bill you
would rouse the ire ofthe doomed members, and so obstruct
the passing thereof. This can be obviated by limiting your
bill to enfranchisement, while, at the same time, your task
will thus be easier. Let your bill simply provide for the
extension of the franchise, reducing it to £lO in counties,
and £6 in towns. The £lO francnise is Mr. Locke King's
plan, sanctioned by Lord Derby. The £6 franchise is your
plan, to be confirmed, I hope, by your colleagues. If any
of these gentlemen decline going this length, they should
retire, and make way for more advanced Liberals. By
confining your bill to enfranchisement, and lowering the
franchise as aforesaid, you will ensure the support of all
earnest reformers, including Messrs. Cobden and Bright—
a host in themselves. So sustained, you will be able
triumphantly to meet any opposition by the Tories, which
would then be as fruitless as Mrs. Partington's attempt to
stem the Atlantic with her broom. Excuse this communi-
cation, prompted by attachment to the cause of Reform for
thirty long years.—l have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your lordship's most obedient servant,
JOHN DAVIDSON.
The Right Honourable Lord John Russell,
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
Abergeldie Castle.

Foreign-office, Oct. 15, 1859.

Sir,—Lord John Russell desires me to Convey Co you his
thanks for your letter of the 10th instant on the subject of
Reform. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
John Davidson, Esq. J. V. LISTER.

On Friday, the 30th of September, her Majesty's
ship Euryalus, which had been so long expected,
was descried making her way into Smyrna Bay.
Her Britannic Majesty's consul, Charles Blunt,
Esq , immediately proceeded on board to pay his
respects and. place himself at the disposal of his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred during his stay.
Soon after a Turkish admiral arrived, with an auto-
graph letter from the Sultan to invite his Royal
Highness to visit Constantinople. The frigate was
received with the usual salutes of a vessel of war,
his Royal Highness being considered as a private
visitor ; his excellency, Mohamed Pacha, the gover-
nor-general of the province, however, tendered to
the Prince every mark of courtesy and attention
that it was in his power to bestow.
The Prince landed on Saturday afternoon, and
was attended by the consul and his family, and on
Sunday after service the officers of the frigate
visited the ancient Acropolis and other objects of
antiquity, which were explained to the Prince by
Major Cowell, his tutor, who includes in his attain-
ments a scholarly knowledge of these classic sites.
On Monday his Royal Highness left the Euryalus
in the morning, and attended by Major Cowell and
other officers, and her Britannic Majesty's consul
and his interpreter, proceeded first to the palace,
and made a visit to his excellency Mohamed Pacha,
where he was received with the due ceremonial of
eastern etiquette. The Sultan, as a compliment to
the Prince, had sent down a fine band of 60 perfor-
mers, which during his stay at the palace played
selections of classic and popular music, not omitting,
on his arrival and departure, the National Anthem,
which they gave with good effect.
Having taken leave of Mohamed Pacha, his
Royal Highness and party proceeded, in three of
the ship's boats, to the railway station at the other
end of the city, where they landed, and were re-
ceived by Mr. Hammond and Mr. Hyde Clarke,
the representatives of Mr. T. R. Crampton, the con-
tractor for the Ottoman, Smyrna, and Aidia Rail-
way, by whom his Royal Highness had been in-
vited to visit the works, and proceed along the line
of this the first railway in Western Asia. Here
the Royal party was joined by the Misses Blunt,
the interesting daughters of the consul, who accom-
panied the youthful Prince throughout the excur-
sion under the guidance of the consul. The Prince
walked over the station and examined the new saw-.
ing machinery; as the visit was private no display
was made at the station, but Mr. BroWn and Mr.
Wilkin, the other officials of the company, were in
attendance to accompany the Prince and his coin-
panions. Colonel Rechid Bey Old Mustapha
Effendi appeared on behalf of the Imperial Govern-
ment. Mr. Hammond, who had charge of the
arrangements during the day, drove the engine of
the Royal train, which he caused to be preceded by
a pilot engine, and for further safety had all the
points on the line spiked until the return of the
Prince; a largelocomotive followed the train, which
was composed of the contractor's earth waggons,
provided with cushions, as the line is not yet open
for traffic. Mr. Meredith, the engineer in chief,
attended the Prince and the ladies in their carriage,
and explained the works and the features of the
country, and Mr. W. Haskoll, the resident engi-
neer, Mr. Dallas and Mr. Browning, gave expla-
nations to the officers of the Euryalus.
While passing through the suburbs indications
were met with that the Royal trip was not unno-
ticed, for many ladies and gentlemen stood along
the line, and boisterous crowds gave demonstra-
tions of enthusiasm for the SOR of the Queen ofEng-
land at the Caravan Bridge crossing. Several herds
of camels were stopped, and their drivers fired off
their pistols, while numerous spectators cheered.
At a rock cutting further on the native workmen
had raised rude triumphal arches, with emblems in
foliage and flowers, the peasantry fired off their
guns and pistols, and the labourers burst out with
as good a hurrah as their imitations of the English
could reach. The cheer was raised again as the
youthful Prince courteously lifted his cap in
acknowledgment.
Soon after some interesting remains of Genoese
and Roman aqueducts were reached, while the walls
of the old Genoese castle loomed from the heights
above. Mr. Hammond drove the train slowly and
steadily, the better to show the visitors the works
and the country. At Boudjah, the first station, and
at other places, crowds were assembled, flags dis-
played, guns fired, and great enthusiasm was ma-
nifc sted.
The most interesting feature of the sight was the
demeanour of the poople during the day, for the
whole country was on the alert. Ina field three or
four labourers would be seen, who stood gravely
cap in hand Nni h ile the Prince passed ; others would
pay some salute, and anon, the group would be made
up with women and children dancing and skipping
with delight. The native navvies, still more demon-
strative or better drilled in such observances, were
to be found drawn up in line on each of the rails at
el
their places of work, each with hi,s prick
Aorrmshov enian,
as under arms, while Greek, Turk,
Arab, Tartar, Syrian, and men of a score of na-
tions, kept up a cheer, and among them, grinning
with delight was to be noted many a stalwart negro
from beyond-the valley of the Nile.
At Seydikeni station, 10 miles from Smyrna, the
whole of the English, Frank, and native ladies,
gentlemen, and population were assembled on each
side, and a Greek papa headed a large school of
children, each of whom held an olive or myrtle
branch in his hand.
The train held on through a country rich in vine-
yards, cornfields, and olive grounds, and among
beautiful mountain scenery, till Mr. Hammond had
driven about
miles, the furthest. point on the
works which hies consider ed despirable to reach, when
d the arty descended. The
he backed the train,
officers of the Euryalusa had brought with them the
servants of the mess and some refreshments, and a
table was soon rigged out by them and the consul
in an engine shed near, which, in expectation of the
event, had been decorated by some English navvies
with pomegranate branches,s
. and
,t,he inscription in
chalk, " Prince Alfred's Klein; (siding), which
received more attention for its orthography than its
loyalty. The Prince took the head of the table,
having ne of the consul'izir. daughtersßrownin
ong,eil‘tihre.risiiads:
side.
Mr. Brown, Mr. Roper,
koll, and other gentlemen were invited to join the
party.
In clue time the train was made up for the return,
Mr. Brown escorting the Prince, ladies, and consul,
to the Royal waggon. Thetrainw
the rejoicing
population backej o
caitno.
a
smart speed to the city of Smyrna;
population was as enthusiastic as beore, and a most
beautiful view was obtained of the Valley of the
Meles under the setting sun. On his departure the
Prince modestly
.expressed his gratification with the
excursion, and his thanks to Air. Hammond for the
attention which had been shown.

THE NEW APPROACH TO COVENT GARDEN.—
Very rapid progress is being made in making !the north-
approach to Covent Garden from the corner of
western
Lon...acre. More than two-thirds of the site has been
cleared, and a new building for lgessrs. Debenham and
Storr is in course of construction at the corner of King-
street. The new street is expected to be open for public
traffic early in the ensuing spring,