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FRANCE. The Bank of France lias raised its rate of discount to 4 per cent. I The Jtonkenr states that the rumour of an impending mOlE. fication of the Cabinet is altogether unfounded. The Bulletin tie Paris stites that the Solon went out with despatches for the two Admirals in Besika Bay, instruct- ing them to enter the Dardanelles, and tint the two fleets will be in the Bosphorus oil the 7th inst. The Sfoniteur of Wednesday contained the following n- nouncement:—Science has just lost one of its mo.,t glrious representatives. The illustrious F. Arago died at the Obser- vatory on Sunday, at six in the evening, after a long illness. M. Aragowas ne of tho.se rarc intelligences whleh combinc the double talent of enriching science by their labours, whilo they diffuse it by the lucidity 0.1' their lessons and writings. The Emperor, who knows how to honour all the national glories, has desired to prove how much he feels the loss sustained by France and the learned world in the person of the great astro- nomer. His Majesty has ordered Marshal Vaillant, Grand hrhal 0.1' the Palace, and the Minister of Marine (now exer- cising. ad interim, the IUllcthns of Minister <)1' Public Instruc- tion) to attend the funeial in imperial carriages. Francois Araga was born on the 26th February, 1786, at Estagel, near Perpignan; he was consequently a little more than 07 years of age; and he died two days before his fete, which was celebrated on the 4th October. He was educated at the College of Perpignan. One day he met an engineer of mines, whose brilliant costume struck him. "What l11lBt bo done to wear the noble insignia of science?" asked lie. "Enter the Ecole Polytechnic." And how is that to b. do.:1c?" I- By undcreoin" certain examinations." 11 ITier, and when can one undergo these examinations?" At Montpelicr, and after seriously studying mathematics." "I will study mathematics, and will enter the Eeole Polytcchnique." One or two years after, in 1804, Francois Aro entered the c]¡o.,], and was at he head of the pupils admitted that year. Ia 1806, when n:.ly twenty years of age. he filled the functions of secretary of the Bureau des Longitudes. Shortly after he was charged with a scientific mission in Spain; he tlii-re incurred great angers from which he only escaped to fall into the hands of an Algerian corsaire. To recompense the glorious labours of this rude campaign, the Academy of Sciences violated its regulations, anl] admitted the young and intrepid scu-nnt when only 23 years of age, Xnmerons researches, experiments, and inventions have immortalized his name; but his principal chims to renown are-1st, magnetic nnrl1"0t,1torr polarisation; 2nd, magnetism by the action of currents; 3rd, magnetism by rotation. Francois Arago was an encyclopaedic genius. Sciences, letters, and social eeonomy-his vast intelligence eln- braced all with an ever equal superiority. At the Ecole Polytcchnique, the Academic, the Observatoire, and the Muni- cipal Council, the extent find variety of his knowledge, and especially the astonishing faculty of assimilation, vulgarisation, and application with which lie was gifted, placed him every- where in the first rank. As an orator he was distinguished ly marvellous lucidity of exposition, by the abundance, facility, and picturesque energy of Ills delivery. As a writer, lie was distinguished by clearness, elegance, and a sustained firmness of style—qualities which place him on a par with the most distinguished of our prose writers. He possessed," says Timon, "the secrets "f the language, as w ell as the secrets (If the hC'11"t." "Never," says one of his biographies, "cUd h'nn head undertake, without breaking, such :1n enormous ma ^s "f labour." Av.i:;o considered every man idle who did to j wnrk fourteen liotirs a-Llay. Days of that kind were, how- CVr, for him ,lays of repose. He was enaged at the samo time in chemistry, phvsics, mechanics, astronomy, natural Iiistcrv, philosophy, and literature. He was a member of all the scientific or industrial associations in the world; his study was literally encumbered with plans to eX"I!ne and memoirs to analyse. The the iiiiin ici pfil i +, t lie ?stabl i?,liiiieiit s ,,f util?t, 1),i,at, inl!tht; found in him an a; five and disinterested counsellor and enlde. His time was given to 1!1 things and to everybody. At the game time t?i?t Lê had an eve to what passes aboYe he had onc to what bkes t1 :ce here, and amidst all his absovbing 1 and varied occupations .■ t?iii, to sll,)w Iiii""Ifall-,I ch t-n inj ilk,rs in the saloons of P:tri?.

ITALY. The latest neeounts from Rome arc of n most mrbncholy character. M: Mattei, a respectable wine-merchant, had been arrested, together with M. Dallabetta, a sculptor, M. Zarloffi an officer of the National Guard, and at least 20 non-comis- sioned officers and privates of the Pontifical army, who, it is said, are compromised in the conspiracy oftlie I 5tli of August last. Considerable excitement prevailed in the Eternal City. The difference between the British and Tnscan Governments on the subject of the arhitary arrest of Miss Cunninghame, on an absurd charge of proselyting, is far from being arranged. Miss Cunninghame is still detained in prison. The regimen of walking exercise in the open air, recom- memled by the medical advisers of the Pope, docs not appear a sufficient remedy to keep down his increasing corpulence, and lie has been lately ordered, in addition, to play an hour every day at billiards. This His Holiness does from 5 to C in the evening, generally with Monsignor Stella."

AMERICA. By the United States' mail stcamship Franklin, we have, dates from New York to the 24th ult. The yellow fever continues to rage with great virulence on the plantations, and in the various towns of Louisiana, Missis- sippi, &c., but the epidemic was rapidly decreasing at New Orleans and Mobile. The accounts respecting the crops in Louisiana, Texas, and the other southern States were very favourable. An immense and entlmsiatic public meeting was held at the Metropolitan-hall, New York, on the 22d ult., for the purpose .,f voting a testimonial to Captain Ingraham, of the United States' sloop-of-war St. Louis, in appreciation of his gallant conduct in rescuing the Hungarian, Kossta, from the Austrian frigate in Smyrna H"rbour, The demonstraUon was of a most e:rctive character. The Cunard screw steamship Andes arrived at Boston, from Liverpool, on the 22d ult. On the Iltli lilt., she encountered a tremendous hurricane, during which Mr. John Maxwell, the second mate, was washed overboard and drowned, and Captain Hatchings was so badly injured that he died the same after- noon. Telegraphic despatches from Washington state that General Almoto, the Mexican Minister, had received intelligence of large discoveries of gold on the Rio Mescala, which is on the route of the Mcxican Ocean Mail and Inland Company. Thousands of Mexicans were flocking thither. A terrible encounter is reported to have taken place in the mountains near El Paso, between a party of 14 Americans and some 200 Apaches, in which 11 of the Americans were killed. The United States' Dragoons stationed near the spot were too few in number to render any assistance in repelling the Indians. The last accounts from Texas deny the reports of the hos- tile disposition and movements of the Mexicans, and declare that more friendly feelings never existed between the people of the two countries.

INDIA AND CHINA. lniESTi:, Oct. 11—The steamer Calcutta arrived at 4 :<.111" ill 110 hours from Alexandria, with the following intelli- .cucc:- "Alexandria, Oct. 6—The American squadron, under Com- modore Perry, reached Japan on the 8th of July and left again on the 17th. It was well received, but the opening of Japan was postponed to the spring of 1854. The rebellion in China continued to progress, and Pekin was expected to fall soon, and with it the Hien-foung dynasty. Manufactures everywhere in better demand expected in the China markets. Tea in demand and Congou higher; raw silk and Cassia had also risen. The exports of grain from Egypt wero still going on, and the question of stoppage unsettled. 'riie 'Iilc had but was fa1Jing, "The accounts from Burmah are unsatisfactory. The war party »t Ava was increasing in strength. The King alone j ■revents war. Our new provinces are overrun with large bands of robbers, who lay them waste, with the view of drivm<* the inhabitants into Burmah. These bands are so stronf that it lias been judged prudent to increase the force at Prome. Our troops arc sickly. The Persians have obtained possession of Herat."

THE CIVIL WAR IN CHINA. A iiaml ofecer on the China station furnishcs the following information ,g,di?,g thc esp,etiv,? positions of thc Imperial and Insurgent forces in China. Hermes, Shanghai. "I take this opportunity of writing a few lines about the important and interesting movement here, our boats having just returned from Ching-kiang-foo, where they had been in search of some deserters from the Salamander, enticed away by the Toutar's (Chinese Governor's) people. They report that the insurgents, by the confession of the Imperialists, confirmed by themselves, had taken Fung-yanc the capital of a department, some time since, and had beaten a large force which we knew to be somewhere there under ICeshen. The latter also stated-and I have no doubt of it- that they had taken Kwei-tih, also the capital of a department, and close to the Yellow River. From the few vessels at the mouth of the Grand Canal, as compared with what there were there when we passed, and from the few troops at Ching-kiang-foo (from 3,000 to 5,000), as compared with what then were there (50,000 or 60,000), they must have a large forec in the north. Many have been inclined to say that they were losing all the moral effect of their capture of Nankin, and that they showed themselves unequal to the emergency; but it a ppears to me that their plans have been and are admirable. They brought away a quantity of children, and, I suppose, women, from Quang-si, whom it would have embarrassed them exceed- ingly to hare carried on at present; so they fortified and pro- visioned Nankin for their reception; and then, or rather at the same time, commenced fortifying Ching-kiang-foo, as the key to the Grand Canal, leaving force enough in them to defend them, and, by occasional sallies, to keep the Imperialists under the impression that their forces were greater, and so draw off attention from what was their real object all aloug-viz" the capture of Pekin, I had no doubt that their intention, when we were up in the Hermes, was to proceed thither with all convenient haste, but they evaded our question by sayiD¡!, "Y e are waiting orders from the Tt\e-pillg-wang:' 01', 'waiting for a revelation as to where we shall go.' The effect has been to keep 15,000 men at Ching-kiang. foo, and I fancy the whole of the army of General Hc:mg-he that was lately made Viceroy of seven provinces, poor man, though 75, and is now ordered up to Pekin to lose his head. Soon they will not get any one to undertake the charge. While the insurgents were fortifying these places they were building or altering boats-l presume to carry their commis- sariat, for, as they have stopped the supplies going north, they would require to take supplies with them. Building or alter- ing vessels was necessary, because this is rather a low time of the year for the cana], You will obserre that the places taken rather indicate that they are not travelling by the canal. This may be partly be- cause it is low, and partly to beat the forces opposed to them in detail, or to prevent a junction between the Manchoo army under Keshen and the Chinese army under Heang near Nan- kin, for though they should advance upon Pekin, it would be fatal for them to lose Nankin. There is a large Tartar force in Whagnan, near the mouth of the Yellow River, and they may wish to avoid this for the present. 1 fancy this last move up to the Yellow River has been made in a fortnight, and the probability is that, as the forces were assembled there, having passed them, their course will be rapid. They still keep up their stoutness. I had it from a very intelligent Chinese Scripture-reader, who has been in England and speaks English very well, that he was told by a soldier, near Nankin, where he had been, that 1,000 soldiers offered to join the insurgent ranks, but would not be accepted unless they embraced Christianity, which they refused to do. "The gates of Nankin remain open, but, it is said, the ground in their vicinity is mined. I was much amused by the Tontar here, who, when enlarging upon the nl11nhcrs of the Imperial army, and depreciating the number of the insurgents, being asked why they did not retake Nankin, said, 'Why it is all full 01 holes: the Imperialists drove a lot of butf,t1ofs in, and they all disappeared, so they were afraid tofollow lest they should tumble in.' The whole country seems hostile to the Manchoos, and will turn instantly the insurgents arrive at Pekin and issue their mandates. They have excellent information from all parts. Thus, there was a large sum of money coming up from Canton for the Imperialists; they sent a party of 400 from Nankin, who made a sweep round to the south, and cut off the party escorting the treasure, and returned to Nankin in safety, passing through the Imperialist army each time They received our officers and the Consular interpreter most graciously, but expressed a wish that Europeans should not visit them unless they intended staying, as the Imperialists would take their heads, and say the insurgents had done it. They were evidently unwilling that we should know their movements, lest they should transpire, and the Imperialists become aware of them; but I think the latter are getting ap- prehensive, and are drawing their forces by degrees away from Ching-kiang-foo. They admitted to our officers that they had no expectation of retaking any of the places, and are, indeed, getting quite reckless as to conscquences, seeming more con- cerned to know where opium was to be had than anything else. Strange to say, the first question they asked was, Have you any opium to sell ?' and, on our people visiting their junks to the number of 70, they found nearly all were opium smokers, certainly all the mandarins. The Admiral of the fleet was so much under its influence that two or three minutes after having entered our boat to go round the fleet he fell asleep, and very shortly begged off, as quite unable to go further. These fellows never go into action, and seem quite content if the vessels fire both sides, regardless of whether they hit anything, or whether there be anything to hit. They have made a noise, and, because not taken or sunk, they report a triumph. The insurgents are daily becoming more popular. Seeing that they do violenco 10 so many of the feelings of the Chinese, the wonder is how they should be so popular as they are. It can only be that the Manchoos are intensely unpopular. "At one time the Chinese Roman Catholics (not so the European) were apprehensive of the success of the Manchoos, because, they say, if they succeed, Christianity, in every shape, "will be proscribed practically if not professedly, and their heads itaken off professedly for political offences. There has been a demand for Christian books, more par- ieularly from Shang-tung, for the last month or inore, and it continues unabated. Others, again, ask for books of the same religion as that of the insurgents, and some have even asked ifor instructors to be sent among them. The insurgents are wonderfully satisfied as to their ulti- mate and early success—they talk of two or three months. ¡The General at Ching-kiang-foo said, I am gettin"g an old man now, but I should beat any 12 of those fellows opposed Itous;* and, speaking of arms—'The muskets often miss fire because our powder is bad; and, as for those with caps why we don't understand them, and if we did, we llùe'I; I ftho caps; now, the spear never misses fire, and these Impe- rialists are afraid of it.' The greater number of the junks that were sent from the jPei-lio for grain are going back empty, nearly all the people ■refusing to pay their land-tax. There have been frequent disturbances near here, in consequence of their attempting to force it, and the Government has in each case been obliged to gi ye in,"

;f-orrigu,& (Eotoniot Jlisttlloiti). Turkish Punishment of Conjugal Infidelity.-A Turkish woman was lately sacked and thrown into the Bosphorus. A very intelligent man, who was at the pier when she was brought down to the caique, describes her as a young woman of 22 or 23 years, strikingly beautiful; and, with the exception of a short quick sob in her throat as if she had wearied herself out with weeping, she was quite calm, and submitted composedly to her fate. She was let down by two soldiers, in her usual dress, her yaslnnack only torn from her face, and rowed off to the mouth of the bay, where the sack was drawn over her without resistance. The plash of her body in the sea was distinctly seen by the crowd who had followed her to the water. It is horrible to reflect on these summary executions, knowing, as we do, that the poor victim is taken before the judge, upon the least jealous whim of her husbund or master, condemned often upon bare suspicion, and hurried instantly from the tri- bunal to this violent and revolting death. Any suspicion of coniiiiei-ce with a Christian particularly is, with or without evidence, instant ruin. Not long ago the inhabitants of Ar- naout-keni, a pretty village on the Bosphorus, were shocked with the spectacle of a Turkish woman and a young Greek hanging dead from the shutters of a window on the water side. He had been detected in leaving her house at day-break, and m less than an hour the unfortunate lovers had met their fate. They are said to have died most heroically, embracing and 'de- clanng their attachment to the last. Such tragedies occur every week or two in Constantinople, and it is not wonderful, considering the superiority of the educated and picturesque Greek, to his brutal neighbour, or the daring and romance of Europeans in the pursuit of forbidden happiness. The liberty of going and coming which the Turkisli women enjoy, wrapped only in veils, which assist by their secresy, is temptingly favourable to intrigue, and the self-sacrificing nature of the sex when the heart is concerned, shows itself here in proportion to the demand for it.-N.P. Willis's Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean. Extraordinary Case of lethargy.—A French paper relates the following singular case of lethargy On the evening of the 30th lilt., a young man, the son of a widow residing at Illhcensern, who had been ill for some time, died. His mother, who is a poor woman, went to some of her neighbours to pro- cure a shirt and sheet to prepare the body for interment. The mother and a neighbour then set about the melancholy opera- tion, but met with, an impediment which somewhat retarded them. The deceased had a deformed foot, which they thought would prevent the body from going into the coffin. In order to remove this obstacle they resolved on breaking the bone, which was done, and the body was laid out as straight as though it never had been deformed. The body was then carried into another room and covered with a sheet, About II o'clock at night, the woman, who was to watch the body, entered the room to trim the lamp, and remarked that the sheet over the body had been moved. She called the mother, and on exami- nation it was found that the leg had again resumed its deformed position. In about a quarter of an hour the young man wns seen to breathe, and soon after he spoke, complained of hun'ger and thirst, and demanded a glass of wine and something to eat. He then related to the persons near him that lie had been ,a Ion, journey, a long journey, and that he had spoken to his father and some friends in another world. The young man is still alive, but is not out of danger. A Murderer's Scruples—Two priests of the little town of Cabo-Currubeda, province of Galicia, in Spain, long entertained a mortal hatred of each other. Eight nights ago, the younger of the two went out with his domestic, and waited at the corner of a l street until the other priest appeared. They then stabbed him with a poignard until lie fell dead. The two criminals were immediately arrested:-it was not difficult to discover them, as the priest had by mistake left his own umbrella by the side of the corpse and had taken that of the victim. The domestic, when arrested, had his hands bloody, and the poig- nard with which the crime was committed was found in his pocket. On the tonsure of the murdered man the letters M. J." were cut. They are the initials of <! Mary and Jesus," and it is a common belief in the province that if a priest be suddenly killed, the cutting of these letters on his tonsure will save him from damnation. It is believed that they were cut by the priest from a feeling of charity.—Galignani. Abbas Pasha and his Dog.—Abbas Pasha lately obtained from England, by great exertions, a gigantic mastiff, of the celebrated Lyme breed, and the monster was the talk of the whole city of Cairo. As the Pasha's private secretary pro- ceeded through tlio narrow streets, accompanied by his very docile but very formidable-looking acquisition, the Turks did not fly, nor did they seek shelter, nor put themselves in attitude of resistance. They stood still and trembled. Some muttered only" Wonderful I wonderful!" others adopted literally the Haydon phrase, Our trust is in God." One old man was heard to exclaim, "Many of the creations of God are terrible!" and another gravely asked the dignified dog, Art thou sent to consume us utterly?" The general expression, however, was, "God can protect us even from thee, oh terrible olle Xew Quarterly Review for October.

Jrelaitfc The Great Exhibition.—In a financial point of view the past week has not been as satisfactory as could be desired. The attendanee upon two or three days was very meagre, sink- ing upon one occasion to little more than 5,000 On Saturday, however, there was a rally, and from that day tlto price of admission was to be reduced to 6d. The Great Will Case.—Dr. Kelley has delivered judgment in the case of Dease v. Kelly auù others, for conspiring to destroy certain papers, alleged to be of consequence to the plaintiff in her prosecution of her claims to tlio property of the late Mr. Kelly, estimated at upwards of 500,0001. The learned gentleman delivered a most elaborate judgment, and concluded by declaring that in his opinion, the facts put for- ward in evidence did not constitute a criminal offence, and he therefora dismissed the summons. Appalling Railway Accident.—A terrific accident, followed by a lamentable loss of life, took place on Wednesday evening on the Great Southern and Western line at Stmffan, within a few miles of the Dublin terminus. A cattle-train ran at full speed into a passenger train, going clean through a first-class carriage that was last in the train, and driving the remainder into a heap of ruins. Of the passengers in two carriages scarcely any escaped without serious injuiy. Two were killed, two men were not likely to survive the night, and five or six were badly injured, all having broken limbs or serious contu- sions. The secretary of the railway has furnished us with the ollowing authentic list of the casualties —Deaths:—Mr. Jelly, Queen's County; Mr. Eagan, Parsonstown; Mr. Bateman, Cork; Mr. M'Nally, Dublin; Miss Kjrwan, Dublin; Miss Pal- mer, Dublin; MissHetheley, Dublin; Mr. and Mrs. M'Swiney, Kenmare, county of Kerry; Mrs. Smith, Mallow; Mrs. Knapp; Mr. Hall, Kildare; Joseph Herwood, servant to Dr. Stokes, Dublin. The following persons were seriously injured, but are progressing favourably:—Miss Ellen h, rrell, Dublin; Miss Emma Pack, Parsonstown; Esther Cotley, Parsonstown;. Mrs. Latham, Blackes; 31r. Neville,, county of Louth; a child of Mrs. Knapp a child of Mr. and Mrs. M'Swiney. Tenant-Right Conference—The conference of Irish repre- sentatives and others engaged in promoting what is called the tenant-right cause was opened on Tuesday in the council- rooms of the Irish Tenant League. Extraordinary efforts were made on tho part of those interested in organizing the convention to make it as imposing as possible; but, if its first sitting present a fair ground of estimating its importance, it is not likely to be considered very formidable either for ti e numbers or influence of those by whom it was attended the harmony and wisdom which pervade its deliberations, or the manifestation of public sympathy and support for its policy. The assembly comprised about one hundred gentlemen, amongst whom were Messrs. Lucas, lII,P,; Duffy, M.P., Tristram Kennedy, M.P.; Sergeant Sliee, 1II.P.; Richard Swift, AI.P.; G. H. Moore, lII.P.; J, Bowyer, M.P.; lVm. Sharman Crawford, Alr. Potter, III,p.; W. Magan, :I.P,; Dr, M'Knight, Dr. Grattan, J.P.; the Rev. Mr. Rogers, the Rev. Mr. Quade, Rev. Alr. Redmond, ReY. Mi-, Langan, Rey, Mr. M'Cullagh, P.M Rev. Mr. Dowling, P.P.; Dr. Grey, Mr. Wilson Gray, Mr. Elliott, Iiev. Robert Corbet, co. Clare, &c. The Late Tragedy.—The body of the wretched man who committed suicide, after attempting to commit murder in a house of ill-fame in French-street, was exhumed for the third or fourth time on Wednesday, and at length conclusively iden- tified. The exhumation took place at the desire of Air. Andrew Mein, of the firm of James and Andrew Mein, wool-merchants," Jedburgh, Scotland, and of Mr, J. W. Grainger, a magistrate of that town, and manager of the British Linen Company's Bank there. Immediately on the remains being exposed, both gentleman positively identified them as those of a person named Jai-nos AI'l,arlane, who had been a clerk in the establishment of the Messrs. Mein, and who had, on the 25th of August last, in the absence of one of the firm, forged the name, of his em- ployers to a cheque for 7151., which sum he obtained at the bank in in a few hours after abscondcù, mountet1 oil one of his master's horses. He-proceeded to a railway station cightmitcs from Jedburgh,and thencc took the train far Alford, situate within 30 miles of Aberdeen, where his family, con- sisting of a wife and child resided. The forgery was detected on the following Saturday. Handbills offering a reward of SOl. for his apprehension was then circulated. It was ascer- tained that Mrs. M'Farlane disappeared from Alford about the -same times; nothing has been since heard of her. M'Farlane was traced to Liverpool, but there further intelligence of him ceased. Alr. Everitt, commanding the Roxburghshire police, was, at the joint expense of the British Bank and of govern- ment, despatched to New York, but, of course, as it has now proved, without success. The body on being raised on the present occasion was, from the rapid progress of dc- composition, almost unapproachable until a quantity of deodorising matter had been cast upon it, when it was found to bear accurately the different marks set foiih in the foregoing descriptive particulars, and was at once positively identified by Messrs. Mein and Grainger as that of M'Farlane. On returning from the cemetery ilfr. Mein and .Mr. Granger proceeded to the Detective Office, Exchange- court, where the wearing apparel and other articles that appeared to belong to deceased, the gold watch, chains, & with one hundred and eight pounds in sovereigns were lodged. They there identified a black walking coat as having belonged to M'Farlane; also his hand writing, giving his name as "Webster," on a paper label on a guncase; a memorandum book belonging to the Messrs. Mein, and eontaining various entries. Information as to the identity, together with one by Mr. Grainger, claiming the property got ill French-street, were then sworn, and it was arranged that the property as claimed should be restored.

THE PANAMA ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. Tile service by the Isthmus of Panama ivill soon be inaugu- rated. The mode of carrying out the communication will be as follows:- The Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company will convey passengers and the mails from Southampton to St. Thomas. For this part of the service, in addition to their already large fleet, they have purchased the La Plata, a very fast steamer, and two others of greater tonnage are preparing for the trade, with an anticipated speed equal to any vessel now afloat. When the ship touches at St. Thomas another vessel will be ready coaled, in order to prevent delay, to pro- ceed on to charges direct. The West India Mail Company have built three most beautiful steamers for that portion of the serviee-the Solent, Tamar, and Tyne. The first of these left Southampton with the mail on Sunday, and on her trial trips averaged fourteen knots, or sixteen statute miles. Arrived at Chagres, the mails, &c., will be taken over the isthmus to Panama by rail in about one hour. The Australasian Pacific Mail Steam-packef Company, who are to operate with the West India Mail Company direct to Chagres, with the British and North American Steam Naviga. tion Company (Cunard's line), via Liverpool, New York, and Chagres, and who are also in conjunction with the Pacific Company's mail steamers plying from Panama along the coast of South America to Peru and Chili, have had built, or are building, six large screw steamers to ply across the Pacific Ocean from Panama to Tahiti and Sydney. The first ship of the fleet was launched in July, and a second was sent off the stocks shortly after her. These two vessels—the Kangaroo, by the Messrs. Caird, and the Emu, by the Messrs. Napier- are running a close race for sea. It is expected both will be nearly ready together, and may be expected to make a trial trip in a fortnight, and start for their destination in November. The third ship, built by Messrs. Miller, Ravenliill, and Salkeld, on the Tyne, named the Menura, has been sent into her native element, and every expedition will be used to start her off to the Pacific, to take up the service with the other ships of the company. The other three vessels are progressing simulta- neously on the stocks, and will not be long before they are launched. Here then is a speedy prospect of the opening up of the route to Australia rid Panama. °

A MILLION NEW TESTAMENTS FOR CHINA. I ? »uggesiion na& iieen made by Thomas Thompson, ES'l-' of Poundsford Park, promulgated by the Rev. J. A. James, of Birmingham, and adopted by the British and Foreign Bible Society, to send out to China as soon as practicable, a million copies of the New Testament. The cost, we believe, will be something less than 20,0001., and measures are already in progress for obtaining the money. We can conceive of no more appropriate method of turning to account the present marvellous movement in the Chinese empire. With those who believe, as we do, in the- divine authority of the Scriptures, there can be no question ac-to the duty imposed upon them to seize every opportunity placed within their reach, by the Pro- vidence of God, for giving to Holy Writ the widest possible circulation. The want of China cannot be denied; the readi- ness of the people of that vast empire to receive religious in- formation appears to be most cncouraging- and during the present period of revolution, when old superstitions are being mercilessly overturned, and when novel doctrines arc courting public attention, it does seem singularly appropriate to pour into the ports of China a flood of spiritual light, mire ct simple" as the French would say, or, as we would phr,1Se it, '• without note or comment." It is one of those enterprises the majestic simplicity of which would only be injured by elaborate recommendation. It needs no argument to support it-it will stand in its own strength. Hence we will not do it the injustice of formally pleading for it-to have named it we think, is enough—and we arc sure that the great majority of our readers would regard te- ridiculously superfluous any attempt of ours to enlist their spmpathies in its favour.— Konconformist.

STATISTICS OF CRIME IN PARIS. In the year 1852, 21,316 persons were arrested at Paris, and of these by far the larger number-that is to say, 19,695, were taken in the fact of committing the acts for which they were afterwards indicted before the courts. The amount of arrests in flagrante proves the prolllpitude and activity of the police. The months of October, November, and December show fewer cases of arrest than any other month of the year. January presents by far the largest number of arrests—namely 2,350. Of the 21,316 persons arrested, 1,153 were immediatcly discharged, and 574 were takes to the hospitals of St. Denis and Villet-Cotterets. Among the 21,316 prisoners there were 2^8 lads and 531 girls under age, 1,536 were foreigners and 12,770 were for the first time in custody. 6,123 of the persons arrested were inhabitants of the department of thc Seine. Of the foreigners 441: were Belgian; there were 314 natives of Saxony, 136 Dutchmen, 106 Prussians, 104 natives of Switzerland, 84 Italians, 65 Bavarians, 39 Austrians, 36 Poles, 33 natives of Great Britain, 29 Spaniards, 16 Hessians, 16 Hungarians, 16 Danes, 14 Swedes, 5 Persians, 1 Turk, 2 Greeks, and 2 Egyptians. Of the 21,316 persons arrested 6,414 were taken upas vagrants,2,698 were arrested for begging, 1,396 for the infrac- tion of the police regulations, and, 10,508 persons who could not properly be considered as malefactors. There were 41, arrests of forgers and coiners, 3 cases of concussion," and 1,648 of rebellion-that is to say, in many instances of resist- ance against the police. 2J6 persons were arrested as guilty of the sale of prohibited books, 21 for accidental manslaughter, 37 for murder or attempts to murder, 595 for indecent assaults, &c., 116 for adultery, and 39 far the abduction of minors. There were 53 arrests for highway robœry, 145 for haase- breaking in the day, and 30 for housebr?lin,- at night, 387 for t]?(?fts committed by servants, 95 for thefts in himses, 3,176 for simple laroeny, 43 for receiving stolen goods, 5:7 for fraudulent bankruptcy, 480 for swindling, and 372 for abuse of confidence. Among the persons arrested are 9,350 day labourers, 924 mliwinakors, 763 servants, 746 carpenters, 673 se,l,1Stresses, 632 masons, 590 drivers of vehicles, 566 locksmiths, 484 tailors, 363 housepainters, 323 cabinetmakers, 321 merchants' clerks, 299 chiffoniers, 292 bleachers, 279 bakers, 26 keepers of wineshops, 222 printers, 20 turners, 201 salaried servants of various kinds, 197 cooks, 193 butchers, 191 prostitutes, 104, jewellers, 139 engravers, 132 proprietors of houses, gardens, &.C., 126 paperstainers, 126 gardeners, 116 hatters, 111 boys at school, and 91 wigmakers.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. DISCOVERY OF THE NOKTH-WEST PASSAGE. Important news was received at the Admiralty on Friday, with reference to the Arctic- Expedition. Commander Ingle- field, of Her Majesty's ship Phoenix, has arrived in town, and announced to their Lordships the gratifying fact of the safety of Her Majesty's ship Investigator, Captain M'Clure, about which great anxiety began to be felt. Commander Inglefield also brings tidings of the discovery of the long sought for North-west Passage. He is the bearer of despatches from Sir Edward Belcher, Captain M'Clure, and Captain Kellett. No trace has been discovered of Sir John Franklin's expedition, and Captain Inglefield announces the loss of the Breadalbane, the consort ship of the Phoenix, and the death by drowning of a gallant officer of the French Imperial Navy, Lieutenant Bellot. The despatches thus received are filled with long and highly interesting details connected with tlie.expcditiou. Somo idea of the news contained in the despatches may be gathered from the following extracts, made from Captain Inglefield's official report:- Her Majesty's steam sloop Phoenix, off Thnrso, Oct. 4. Sir,—I have the honour to report to you, for the informa- tion of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my arrival from the Arctic Regions, bringing with me the important in- telligence of the- safety of the Investigator, and the discovery of the North-West Passage, though, unhappily, without find- ing the slightest traces of the missing expedi ion, either by this route or on the field of search occupied by the squadron undcr Sir Edward Belcher's command. I am the bearer of despatches from that officer and Capt. Kellett, and Lieutenant Cresswell, of the Investigator, whom I appointed from the North Stllf aB supernumerary to this ship, is charged with the lettel's and journals of Commander M'Clure. As his journal is of eonsiderahle length, I will endeavour to acquaint you with the substance of it, that their Lordships may thus be early informed of the leading features of the Investigator's discoveries; but. ere I enter into this matter. I deem it to be my outy to acquaint their Lordships Kith the result oi the expedition I have the honour to command; and. though I have carried out their Lordships' instructions to the letter, and, I trust, to their entire satisfaction, it has not been without great difficulty, considerable peril to the .afety of this vessel, and the total loss of the Brcadalbane transport, without, the Joss of a single life. "This unfortunate event, which occurred on the morning of the 21st of August, off Becehcy Ioland, no human power could have averted; and my own vessel, which at that time had the transport actually in tow, barely escaped a similar fatc, receiving a severe nip, which raised the stern several f.-et and arched the quarter-deck, destroying the rudder and sercw; one of the beams forward was sprung, and the port bow par- tially stove, breaking one of the riders and forcing in the ptanking. This latter damage, there is some doubt, may have been sustained in a heavy gale on the morning of the 18th of August, when the ship was severely nippedoff Cape Riley. The ice master is of opinion it was received in Melville Bav while forcing a passage under full steam through some heavy ice; however this may be, I have little doubt, but that fur the solid nature of the stowage of our hold, and the strengthenings fitted in England, we must have shared the same fate as the unfortunate Breadalbane." Commander Inglefield then proceeds to give a narrative of the principal events connected with the expedition of the Phoenix, from the time of their arrival at Disco. The following extract may interest geologists At Lievoly I obtained information of a coal mine about 25 miles from the harbour on the southern shore of the island' and I am told that the coal to be obtained here is in such quantities that a ship might take 1,000 tons. For burniii" in stoves it is preferred by the Danes to English coal. I obtained a sufficient quantity of an inferior sort to make trial in our boilers. A copy of the chief engineer's report I enclose, marked L i,' and I bave retained on board four casks of this fuel for their Lordships' disposal." The latter part of Captain Inglefield's despatch is cbieflv occupied by a summary of the news from the searching squadrons, and especially of the discoveries made by Captain M Clure in the Investigator. In the concluding part of his report, he says:- "There are two remarkable discoveries mentioned in Captain ,lf'c lure's journal-viz,. some smoking hillocks and a petrified forest. He also states that during his intercourse with the natives he only once met with any hostile demonstrations. This occurred at l'oint Warren, near the Mackenzie, where, on attempting to land, two natives with threatmi-? ge,?ti?res \uyed them off. It was not without much dimcuity that ti?,? were pacified, and then they related that all their tri? but the chief and his sick son had fled on seeing the ship ajWin" as a reason that they feared the ship had come to revenge the death of a white man they had murdered some time ago. They (through the interpreter) related that some white men had come there in a boat, and that they had built themselves a house and lived there; ;,t last the natives murdered one, and the others escaped they knew not where, but the murdered man was buried in a spot they pointed out. A tbick fog com- on prevented Captain M'Clure from examining this locality, which is much to be regretted, as here is the probable position where a boat party endeavouring to- return by the Mackenzie would have encamped. "1 have now only to state, further, for their Lordships' in- formation on this head, that Commander M'Clure bad ma le arrangements for deserting the ship, to have been carried out a few days later than the opportune arrival of the officer from the Resolute, and that Captain Kellett sent his surgeon to report upon the health of the crew. jf4,, aho desired that, should there not be among them 20 men wh) would volunteer to remain another winter, Captain M'C'lure was to desert his vessel. The intrepid was expected at lk-nher Island with the crew, and Sir Edward Belcher had ordered the Xorth Star to be prepared on her arrival to proceed to FnglanJ, sailing on the 1st of September, and to leave the Irtrenid at Beechev Island in her dead."

PHILOSOPHY OF AIR-CURRENTS. Already a knowledge of the hitherto unnoticed variable winds has enabled navigators to shorten their YOjngcs to SOlflC parts of the world by fully one-third of the usual time, and in a few instances to one-half. In speaking of the growing im- portance of our intereonso with the Australian colonies, Lieut. Maury expressed his belief that in a few years the run to and from Australia from this conatry would be accor.r-jiished by ordinarily good sailing vessels in 140 days, instead jf. as at present, 180 to 200 days. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that shipowners, merchants, and mariners should take a deep interest in them. Time has ever been considered U3 :noney, and surely this was never more tmly the case than at the ore- sent moment, when electric telegraphs, high-pressure loco- motives, and improved screws are doing all that electricity, steam, and iron can do to annihilate space, and bring O:stfiiit places together. In thus looking, however, to shortening the voyage to and from the other side ef the glube no new and costly mechanical .1ppJiancc. are needed, no novel motive power I.! thought of, not a new rope is required, not anextra square yard of canvass is asked for—all that is needed is a thorough know- ledge of the winds at sea, so that the navigation tnav, by avoiding such of then., as arc adverse to him, make u-e only of those which are in his favour. In so far as this practical, mattei- of fact end is arrived at, the man of the world will, of course, feel warmly interested in the inquiry. But the sym- pathies oftlicstudent of science are not less enlistcd on the side, for lie will by su jh means gather together many new and beaatifnJ facts serving to iJJustratc tire economy of Nature In some of her grandest operations. Without a doubt it will be through a knowledge of the world of winds that we shall arrive at an understanding of many phenomena at present but guessed at. The course and duration of the air-currents will explain the fertility or skriJity of manyjarge tracts of country. The direction of the winds will go far to account for the luxu- riant growth of particular plants in particular localities. The winds will be found to be the great ministers of good through. out the surface of this globe, carrying on their invisible wings precious gifts yielded up by ocean to fertilise and beautify the earth in far distant places, 1I1,d by a still wider and higher influence so to equalise the evcr-reeurring disturbances- of temperature, moist'ire, electricity, foS to fit the world for the life and health of the many species animal and vegetable— which exist upon i's varied face.—Dickens's '• ilctmhcl.1 V'o-rds."

THE AZTEC CHILDREN. I The following extract respecting the Aztec children ill"; be of use in clearing up any doubts respecting tlie.n Xor.'cn. Sham. "Proceednigs of the Boston Society of Natural History, taken from the Society's* Records, Jan. I, 1S51; De, Samuel Cabot in the chair. Dr. J. jf. Warren read a paper containing some observations upon two remarkable Indian children, a boy and girl, from Central America, who had lately- been exhibited in iioston, known as the Aztec children.' Tie had been led by his exaniination of dIem to the following con- clusions:— 1. That these children are possessed of a very low decree of mental and physical organization, but are not idiots of the lowest grade. 2. That they probably originated from perants belonging to se-me of the mixed Indian tribes. 3. That they do not belong to a.race of dwarfs, because history teaches us the truth of the doctrine stated by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, that dwarfs cannot perpetuate their kind. At the conclusion of Dr. Warren's paper, a letter was read by the Secretary, addressed to him by 3Ir. E. G. Sfiirer, corroborating Dr. Warren's view of the true character of the so-called "Aztec children," containing the following state- ment:— The Commandant of the Port of La Union, in the State of San Salvador, Central America, informs me that t.ey were born somewhere near the town of Santa Ana, in that State, of parents, one of whom certainly, if not both, was dwarfed or deformed and imbecile. The Indians residing in the vicinity of Santa Ana are civili/ad, and centuries ago adopted Spanish enstollJs and tho Spanish language. >o far as I could discover from a few words of their ancient lan¡;¡,.1¡:e which came into my possession, they belong to the Cholucteeaa | or Ch..t,g?,. stock, which, before the conqr.est, extended OYCr a part of San Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, but which was chiefly concentrated around the Gal: of Fonseea." -Atl,t¡¡œwn.

GRAND EXPLOSION OF MINES AT CHATHAM. I For the last two months the noyal Engineer establishment, under the entire direction of Colonel Harry D. Jones, has been engaged in preparing mines of a new construction, with, a view to practice in mining, and "Jso with the object of em ry- ing on the course of drill in subterranean wariare. On Friday afternoon, the whole force of the Hoy-,J and East India Sappers and Miners, aad the officers of the Engineer establishment, assembled oa the field works near te St. Mary's Creek, to wit- ness the operations under the úrctrô of the director, Colonel Jones. All the tocat authorities had been invited to witness the experiments, and for the accommodation of the ladies and officers the top of the casemates were opened, as the situation afforded a full view of the works. Shortly ft,, 2 file sound of the bugle was given as the signal for the commencement of the operations, which was a submarine explosion iu the river Medway. It appearcù that a raft of censidcrable strength was placed in the river at a mile destroyed by a chargo of 1001b. of gunpowder ifred by the voltaic battery placed at the edge of the creek. The explosion was magnificent. The raft was shivevvd to atoms, and the effect on the water pro- duced a cone to the height of 150 feet. Ihe next explosion was that of firing a fougass, an experi- ment fur projecting stones The plan of the mine was oval, and about 21 feet in length and 11 in width. In this mine was placed a charge of SUlb, of gunpowder. Over the charge was put all oak shield of considerable thickness, measuring 3 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 6 inches square. Over the shield was then placed nearly six tons of flint stones. The mine blew up with tremendous effect; the stones were scattered in a1l <1irectiO:1s. The next mine fired was a field redoubt, the extent of which was 50 feet in the gorge. Each of the flanks was 50 feet with the faccs to a salient angle. At each 51 feet in this redoubt was placed eight charges of gunpowder; one of 140.b., two charges uflOOib., and five charges of 60lb. each. The whole of these cliarsres exploded simultaneously by the voltaic battery. By the force of the gunpowder the v«nh was driven "stance: ,vcrvvr- ?rncdup.o.?,, l The ne:-¡t expel'im,-nt was tJ.at of Ll'"ochil1' the of lllt of Lr, \as of oak, strongly <?, .,th oafc For the pur]>ose cf b]ON%'illg structilr? t powder, of 701b, wasp,acedat\tr;ir; sand bags. The chare bad the (1?ired effv brcach,?h.chtr? fourah?stc.uMv.i),? fhewxt?pcrimMt?fo??,?, .in.!sto,M,forthepurpose.f?<.rta;ni,?" powder that will force a certain quantity ( distance. TI? ,re 11-1 ?ll" an hand-grenades Medacert.ua distance gunpowder. ThcpX{)]Miionsc!?cdbyMo?))]'' in a C0I ?as done most ef!cctua))y. The <ir..tc?? small charge of ''?- of powder to weaken tb b"ckwa]),wh,c,h?,?con..ideMb)ethic) d..tcyt? otl?" <.Kp).?sf<,)jc?d,.ne.f.. for f r6n01ibh o7 f powder, which made a breach ofi S o! the ?"?e"'s wnt off to faction of an presellt.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE tX! ■ MANCHESTER. J fie inauguration of the Manchester Kobert Peel took place on Wednesday aftern ings were marked by much ceremony and e interest-an interest which was enhanced by the presence there of the Jamrntd stat colleague when he last held office, the I.'igh stone, M.l' the Chancellor of Her Ma The statue 1m been erected in front of t- and thither a vast assemblage of peor assembled at 12 o clock to witness the j-rr. On reaching the platform erected on th, between it and Mosley-strect, Sir the Monument Committee, the Bishop other gentlemen, came forward snd took t the chair to be occupied by the Mar or. M an hour after their arrival, the precscdin" the presence of the Chancillur of the £ the Bishop of Oxford, Archdeacon Wil t and the ladies, bad gone to the cathed service. At length the party arrived, and Mr. Gladstone on his appearance wa John Potter, having called towards him. A.H.A., the sculptor of the monument. immediately commenced. On benches platform were Mrs. Gladstone, Lady 1] other ladies. When the covering was removed fron was a loud, general, r.tKl iong-continued w,, is a colossal one, of bronze, representing the great in the attitude of addressing the House of Corn-no either side, and on lower pedestals—so low ir:t.d a to destroy the unity of the group—there a.. i-o JCf figures in a sitting postu."?, intended to represent. (JTl •emus of Art, the other the Genius of Commerce Wi; respect to the principal figure, the sculptor has not been happy in the likeness; as a representation of the "f' -t-jv, Sir ?bert, it will be consider bv most of those wh; ;.? h?m a, a faiJure; but the attit ude is very jifetike and Mtu-J an.l-'? one which Sir f'LK!?t dt?n assumed when ad.i-.K.a f'et.MM. His right iegisaiittic in advance.hi/n'ht?' hùldig a scroll, Iints do?,u-rd., while the Wt ana -C*' upon the hip. The artist has had the good t.?te to ''r..? the mc?.m costume; the Mpjc .?tcut is co?.red ty a cloak the folds of which supply all the details of drapery \? anv sculptor Joald wish to perpetuate. The only inscription i on '?"? of the peJc?), and c:Isi"ts of the i,?gle -?.?. p The )ryor briefly addressed the ?embtase, observing•• if tli?v r,tded ti,? tt?, -.rk of art, they mu.!? very much struck with its elegance and completene-s. '/j worsh'P "ft'-wd to the endearing regard in which the name of .Sir Robert Peel was held by the millions of his fciV. countrymen; and then introduced the Chancellor of the Ks. chequer, as his most able and consistent supporter durin j! • arduous struggle for coinmercial freedom. (Gerat cheering > Ir. Gladstone then came forward amid immense cbeern"- and said, Althrjgh I have not the title, although I have a/ the right, to address you, which belongs to your worthy d,ief magistrate, or the title which belongs to the ?ntkman 1,? has so ably di?h?d ins trust to.dav ? Chainn?. of "-? Peel Monument Committee,—yet I ho]ie yea will Knnit 1M to say a few words trion this occasion, of interest so deep t, all those who really know and really appreciate the character nl the acts of the late Sir Robert Peel. (Ilea: hear.) Thi< Is I great occasion—it :8 an occasion that tcils of imieli z, that which it exhibits to the eye. In the first it possible not to reilect that there are still, unfortuiiatelv countnesmEarope, notwithstanding the general mitigation of laws and Government*,—it is impossiLle not to retlect ¡). there are still countries in Europe witere, when we speak (.n the one hand of Governments, and kings, ar.d statelier'nil on the other hand of the people, we speak of two powers that are adverse and all, to one another—without symptLy, without a consciousness of their coinii)unit,, f l u- when we stand here, ve see the statue of aman who was chosen Minister of the Sovereign, who enjoyed her unV-naied confidence, who had a place, I may sav, not or.lv in l.c-r c an- cils, but in her heart—(bear, hear);—who was the defender c the laws and institutions of the country, but who was likc-wi- the chosen favourite of the people—(hear, hear),1:1d name has been engraver., as I firmly believe, even- boar; of the thousands, of the myriads, that now surround id- ealise of the acts that he performed and the beiit-firs t)iir conferred upon England. As one who has d ,-plv profited ac- by the example only, but by the guidance of that great states- man—as one who has had, and I hope his valued. opportunities of il)l,i-eciatiii.- his ine ve;it. respectfully to bear testimony to you upon the point i- si far as I am able to juuge, beyond all things distinguis"hed liian It is easy to enumerr,t many characteristics of the greatness of Sir I;. Pech We all know the immen'e breadth and r:;? prehensiveness of his understanding—we all know that iie. beyond all living statesmen, and j^erbaps be -ond a:1 srat" .sme-: who preceded him, thoroughly understood the workings of r. noble constitution, aud appreciated and sianded to the very depths the feelings and the character of the greatest delitiera- tire and the oldest popular assembly in tIn world, the British House of Commons. It is easy to speak of 1 is ability, of his sa- gacity, of his indefatigable iiidmttt: but great as were tiicia- tcllectnal powers of Sir R. Peel, if you will allow me, as one who may call myself his pupil and his in j-oiitles. I* bear my tl, I ??,u.t a, tl.-t there was so:i)"t!iirT greater still in Sir. Robert Peel—something ,t m,,r, :•.< £ mirable than tbe immense intellectual endowments with which it has pleaded the Ahnighty to gift hiir. and tha, was, bis sense of public virtue-it was his purity of con- Rcienee-it was IÚ" determination to fillow the public good— it was that deposition in him which, when he had to e h o<» between personal oase and enjoyment, or again, on the otiu: band, between political power and distinction and what !■ knew to be the welfare of the natio; his choiee was ma le ar once; and when his choice was once made, nonan ever saw hi: Jwsitate-no man ever saw hnn 11:;1d back from that whioa was necessary to give it effect. (Cheers.) I heartily re;:i;e that, in erecting to his memory this great and worthy "1"- ment, you have chosen for it a site ,rllieh is most ia tannery with the histories it is intended te commemorate, ald with t: ideas which it is caku1:lted to a';aken, You have not placil it in some gilded hall, where it -might have been the a tion of sanisconnoisseur Jll art, or might have been visited 1; the wealthy and the luxurious classes; but you have cJMf:J for him tlia place where he wculd have wished to 1)1. in tU face of day, in the greatest thoroughfare of this mighty C¡ty, in the hc.vrt and centre of tiie commerce of wlier: thousands and tens of thousnds will from day to dav pass lj the place where lie stands, and have presented to tiieir e y -s and to their minds a spect.le which can awaken ia then: sentiment except one of public virtue and of grateful r-:e llei- t'oii. And, Mr.Mayor, i; is the last word whicii I will aJ-resS to ycz when I sav this,—may G0ct grant that m:my or :ill:" who shall traverse this crowded thoroughfare, as thev t .e wckk which has been "Jiis day delivered over to youi c;Ie, my have awakeneù within their breasts the noble and ,bJe desire to tread, each for himself, in his OWJ sfl i vide or be it narro v, the path of dity anJ of vir.uc diseharging those functions whieb ippertain to us as cit'-cr. t discharge tbe", in the spirit of that great rata —the "I'ir:- :1.101 the determination to allow ';0 difficulty, n < i stand betwcen III mal the performance of his. lut upon it that daty in this country is the road to f:ne-t".t a public men do not reap their reward, as in barbarous tia- s they may have sought it, fran immense and extensive sions, measured upon the s4rfice of th0 earth, they reap :j form fir more prceious, when like Sir Robert Peel. bequeath a name which is the property not 0"]: of tmi- own descendants—but of every man who calls hisnseit a„ Englishman—a part cf our common wealth—something tL?? li(?It? to endear us t? our common countl'so;nc¡lur t-- utakcs us feel that England is. indeed a čQumry t]¡;lt it Housing to belong tJ—a country that has a great and be!»aC1" part to p!ayintbs deigns of ?vi.ieneef?r t? i?t'?' and advancement of mankind. (Loud cheers.) The second great divi-sioa of the uav's proceedirga v-s presentation of three addresses of welcome to t h,\I.;< ¡h' of the Exchequer from the Mayor aud cort:??  city, from the Chamber of Commerce and M_ -0 -1   M.?'? from the Commercial Association, l iie-e ■■■ plaN in the large room of the Town Hall, w a ¡ at ihe end of tho hajJ next the council-chamber, aa -i*. presidency of Mr. Hobert names, the NUvjr. ',s- After the Mayor, on behalf of tlle co'1.'rt:on, h. pressed to Mr. Gladtone thecordiai welcome úf the .-niia^1^ s of Manchester, the liight lion. Geutleman returned  a speech of considerable length, in which he n''er policy of the l'resmt government, and its effect >i' im- to add that the polished anJ artitic eloquence e thc .1, called forth a succession of p1auJits from liis a: a:t■■ J- commerce of the country generally; and it is alua-t- a*- The prc,*di,??,6 closed with an entertainment '.o ,;1 Ilor of the Exchequer, which was b;,1 out m l apartment The ;f;(y?i-t.resid?t,haYin?"?'? gentlemen. 1Ie Mayor presided, having on the honoured guest, and on the left the Bishop vt