The Express. — London, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

etc ex;•refliC Ideeetiodearte Int - te;deti ihT"lhr soon ;;," ihroa &ides paper, met be at the tes. these, Ilesierledezeet,, by Tye eltleek ea the des of pelleat Tun Erwin. TRU DICONSTANT. Yee. Cbippeadsee, mAA. Vining ; Ws. IL FDAlrUllate sad THE MN OF ANDALUSIA. 21mi Sgralels Daras.—l/Li MENTZ!) AT ODOM Kr. Ilookaort.—Aad VIE GALICIAN INTL Trio Mims% NORM irSirrirlallL—PlZA&RO. Kr. sod OEM C. IL•sa.-4d • GAME OF ROWS. LTCZIIK. Tris Evans.). DELPHIOOL Mr. sad Kra C. DiCca.—Aad FIRMA, IHL ROYAL MILKMAID. Messrs. W. troop, Toole, W Whams; Mn A. Kellam (Iso Woolcsr4 Mlm Clardair MUM 'face, sot Kra D. White. SURREY. TM &vim, THE PLOWIE GIRL Kam Gambit Rei Mar; l Warr oft.— THE !ILIA FAIIILT.—And HOW WE LP/E IN TUE WORLD Or LONDON. laa ilbepluid sod Widdloosb. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. tam Deir—Morulag, Mi. Neu Xisnos. 7k. Om To-sesiow—liorala& 7k. Vis Aftsresca, li lialair i I LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7. Tun French Bourse is in a state of crisis, which will probably be aggravated by the news of the rigid measures adopted yesterday by the Bank of England. The singular feature amidst this convul sion is the vague feeling of expectation now prevail ing amongst the frequenters of the Bourse that pro jects for the relief of the falling market will shortly be adopted by the Government. The most carious part of the affair is that two persons ma scarcely be found to agree as to what would be the beet palliative of the existing pressure. Some, of comparatively moderate views, confine themselves to the hope that the Government will sanction the postpone ment of the remaining instalments on the last loan of 31,200,0001. According to the terms of sabsorip lion, the payments on this loan amount to about 1,660,0001. per month, and will not terminate entil the 7th of February next. This liability doubtless constitutes a considerable drain upon the French money market at the present period, when the calls for railway and other undertakings, home and foreign, are heavy. A Inspection of the large monthly issues of new Rester from the loan would also tend to relieve the Bourse, which is at present surcharged with stock. The immense amount of newly created Renter which is mill held in epees leave hands, and the promos of which has occasioned so serious a depredation of the fends, would thus have a better cheeps of being gradully absorbed by the investments of the public. It cannot be denied that this step to relieve the Bourse would be a legitimate one; but there is, it is feared, one grave obstacle—the French Government cannot dis pense with the money; or, if it should alatrive nominally to allow more time to the subscribers to the loan, it would doubtless be compelled to borrow from the Bank of France. The Bank, which is already curtailing its accommodation to the public, would then be obliged to adopt further steps in the same direction. As, moreover, the measure would be merely temporary, and perfeetly in operative as a check upon the metallic drain from which this establishment is now suffering, we do not me how any great degree of aid mid be derived by the money market at large from a palli ative of this kind. Other parties of extreme Emulative views, express a hope that the French Government is seriously en tertaining a project for authorising a suspeasion of cash payment' by the Bank of Frew. Could we thick this is really the ow we should indeed deeply deplore what would be the aban donment of Francs to &nen, political and financial, of the worst upset. It is tree that prece dent for such a course may be readily paraded, but the French monetary system now differs essentially from that of any other epoch. Look at the extent of liabilities to which the country is committed, both at home and abroad. Look at the extended foreign emernerce indicated by the statistics which tho Govern meat and its literary retainers display periodically with so march satisfaetioe. Look, more than all, at the condition of the labouring population, and at the general dearness of provisions, at the same time bearing in mind that die dearness prevails despite enormous imports of foreign grain, mmemitated by the partial failure of the harvest of 1866, and by the inundatious and other disasters of 1868. la* also, at the failure of the ilk amp, whisk will divert to Chins a vast mem of foreign money that ordinarily flows into the pocket of the French cultivator. Cassias how greatly aggravated would be the berthas" of the poorer classes of society were the prim' of the tweesearise of life to be farther raised, foreign capital to be repelled, aid all foreign trade checked, by the set of the Oce. vernessat. To all them and many other evil', seriously threatening the stability of French inatita time, would ensue, we are convinced, from a 'aspen *n of sash payment' by the national Bank. These evils, we feel persuaded, the Rurnaos la net rash enough to hazard. Without running through the list of daancial crotchets new floating in the nothing atmosphere of gambling Paris, we may yet refer to on more, which, is forming a kind of needles between two extremes, seems to have aught the buy of some parties whose views are ordinarily entitled to rapist. It is urged that considerable relief might be imparted to the money market by an he.. by the Bank anew paper, the principal and interest of which should be gia untied by the Government, and which should be reisbursable at par at the expiration of twelve mamba from the date of nese. Baton may ask. what would such a scheme amount to but a fresh creation of Ternary notes or Exchequer Billet It is probable that by a meanie of this kind the Govern ment might be enabled to postpone payment of the balance of the last loan; but this would be merely releasing the market from liability with ace hand, whilst calling for further supplies from another directios. If the proposed security is to be an entirely now one, there would also be nearly a or. tainty that the issue would remain a permanent incubus upon the market; for, if such paper floated, the Government would assuredly be in no hurry to withdraw it, and • rise in the authorised rate of interest would always enable the Fiona Minister to make freakiness. The new paper would thee, to our mind, merely involve a fresh drain epos the money market, and tend to render the Rena sad ions du ?Vapor lees tempting as a medium of investment. It is high thee that the French Goverementakould recognise the realities of the existing nineties, sod, discarding all financial jugglery, determine to meet the emergency by the adoption of an moswerviNg policy of restriction upon specalstive Giessen. What is it but an excise of speoniation, l•jedisissiy tee tered by the Government, that has led to the present incensing embarrassents P If the oppoeite system of policy be henceforth followed, we entertain little doubt that the inexhaustible resources of the nation would eventually carry it without serious detriment through the present dieloelties. If the EIIPIIOI de ewes the chariots for wisdom and foresight attri. bated to him by his friends and fiatteren,he will have ' recourse to the needful action without delay. Let him n•assers the public mind of Europe by intimating hie intention of rigidly repressing speculative ten dencies until the money market shall have tally re covered its equilibrium. Let him signify to hungry capitalists, who, unchecked by the crash at home, are rushing to even the farther end of Europe for new concessioos, involving many millions sterling of capital, and a corresponding drain of gold, that the energies and the capital of France are already suffi ciently taxed. Let him at the same time hint to the jobbers surrounding the court, that prominence in Bourse .speculations will henceforth sot as a bee to the Imperial favour. Let him, above all, invite the assistance of the monied public of France and of Europe, and check the hoarding of the pre aim metals which is now going on to a serious ex tent amongst hie subject., by authoritatively de claring that the prevailing rumours of a forthcoming financial coup cntat are baseless. It is by measures of this salutary bearing, and not by fresh issues of paper, which can only stimulate the deux of gold, that the existing crisis ought to be met. France wants specie wherewith to fulfil her engagements to the foreigner, and not inconvertible notes to make more counters foe the gamblers of Paris, sad further to shake confidence both at home and abroad. Above all, there is need of a check upon that high gam blicrhouse, the Credit Mobilier, which has created so much of the present rain, and which threatens, whilst enriching its administrators, to undermine the imperial Institutions whence it unhappily took its origin. CO, Court. BALMORAL, OCT. 6. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon. seem paatect by the Prunus Royal and attended by the Dasher of Wellisigton. His Nightingale arrived at Balmoral yesterday. Lord Punters likewise arrived at Balmoral sad UMW= 1 a atteadanes epos her Majeety. The royal dimmer potty included the Decks* of Rest, the Princes Amalie of Holtenloke eshilllnifurst, Prince Victor of Hohsaloke, Lady Annals Brace, Lard James Murray, Lord Pusan. sad Yir Nightlagale. Tho Preach ambassador had as interview with the Karl of Claroados yesterday at the Forefga-sillee. A depatatioa hoes the eponatitiao of Swath Asterism Bondholders, coediting of Messrs. J. D. Pool's, Joe•Ph Tacker, R. T. Gower, and B. llosatta, had an interview yesterday with the iarl of Clarendon. His Royal Highness the Pelmet Wales, attendid by Colossi Canudiab sod Mr. Gibbs, arrind at Voiles Royal Hotel, Tsigsnouth, as Tharsday snafu,. Oa Fri day,aftar fallowing the tows sad asigbboubood,ths Prises walked to Torquay, rotundas by teats. Oa Saturday, Ma l Royal Hig►am drove to Manbead, the ant of Sir Lydon' Nom men, But, who had the basest of eatartaialag tbe I Primo at lantana ; altar whisk his royal blibane pro-1 ended as his tour. Viscount Falkland Du loft the fit. Otiorge's Hotel. Lord Virus has left the mum establishment, tot Sudbury H.U. Derbyshire. Viscount Ebrington is about to prcooed on a °ma gmata taw. We ate happy to Iwo that hopes ate later eased the sight of oaa eye Rey yet be proserved. Viscount and Viscountess Cioderich have arrived in tows from a soutissetal toss. Lord and Lady Ldford have left the Bt. George's Hotel for Lilford Perk, use Handle. Lord lintinfield hu loft the sane ostablishnent for Hornbill's" Hell, &Wolk. Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild and MISS Hotlto:Mild bays rotamod to tows from Ate la-Cbspollo. Lady Peal has arrived in Whitehall•gardeae from Bislieremirs. Major•Gonfral Sir Geerge and Lady Buller have left their reddens* in Breton street for Corte. The Lord Mayor sleet hu nominated the Rev. Albert AM.., X.A, lecturer et St. H.lea'e, Bishopegate, sad late mete el St. George% Hanover-nem, to be We elaplala. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Wednesday, the 22a4 bah, toe the banquet to the Crimean *oldie's Or hosed Is Inlaid. Than Is DO truth whatever in the report of Baron l'ennefether's doatb. Tke following telsgraphie hepatitis has boon resolved :—"Clossel. Mooday, 1 o'clock. Ma roped of tko death of Bacon Peasefethar is without low dation ; he was at chuck bete goats/day, and was i■ pada! koaltb." A fortnight ago a M. Meisel. an Austrian lieu teems, was shot la a duel by a Pnssisa eater. The latter oksd him to lot ►im light his sigar at that which he was mobs,. The nom* was earoded to, bat the Prussian mensal the sigar so clumsily that be boat M. Meisel% gagers. The Arida* eater mattered sanethiag about siasesisso. et which the other tea ogees sad &alleged his. The shams was roseptea ; the parties. who were at Graetesberg, erases& the fustier tate Bilesia, sad at the Int shot Lisatesaat Moist was mortally wovaded In the hags. Rossini bee arrived in Paris. Lord Jobs Ransil wu expected at Turin oa the 3/4, rides the following dry ke mu to be estertaiaed by the Britli aloister. An Evangelical Continuo is to west at Berlin oa the 3nl of sett month, to deliberate woos VelitMe preyed tiros coaceralsi rellyiees matters. The eosfereare will meet at the Soya Palter, wad the King will be repreeeatad by M. do B.sm, Malabar of Worship. 1 THE BISHOP OF LONDON ELECT. Dr. Tait, Dam of Cat lido, recently appointed to the bishopric of Loadoo, took his fa:swell of the people of CuHeft on Beads, afternoon test, when hi preached ii the eathedsal. Although the weather was solovearobio the spangle Mike we crowded, mural bulked persona, who wen unable to obtain seas, beiag obliged to stead la the skeis sal side skies. The mayor aid corperatka atleadod la Oa algal sepeolty, a • mark of mast to the Aim Dr. Taft Within tart frost the 3rd attune of Maleshi, nth aid 171 k Semi—" This they that hand the Lord spike Mu in to author: sad the Lied harkened, mad heard it, sad • hook of ramembrana was valetas before Him for these that hand the Lea, sad that thought sus His same. Lad they shall be Mae, lath the Load of Rests is that day wham I make up my jewels; sad I will spare them, ea • man openth his ewe sem Mat senoth Ida" The does began his Omens by referring to may pups of &Olsten which show the uncertainty of ialividoal position la this world, as well as of hams. life generally. Re them ensiled lo his &paktum! as Bishop of Laudon, and sawed his adieus that ha was deeply impressed with the great reepoadbillty of that baportaat Mace sad besought diem Si astiase their prayers on his behalf as a alalster of gospel; he s/se adverted to hie rant family bassoonist, and, fa osulselie, eatrested his beaten to sumrt the night mho* whisk he had esta blished for the educatioa of the *Wren of Übe lahossiag poor —to direct their emetics towards making previa* for lb. religious Matractlea or pastoral mapervisicia of the huautreds of poor who ware Mantes of the workhouse la the sty—cad to gin tints aid in upped of the Clurhtlas Baden' tiesty. The disoaree, which was both able and slcqunt, ocupled nearly sa hoer is delivery. Asa proof of the esteem la which Dr. Taft is bud It may be sated that a amber of the inhabitants have sobaeribed the slue of 6001. towards the armies of • monuorisl endow is the cathedral to the an children whisk he lately lest by stariathas. During the six years ha has been In Carlisle the dia. has taken great tamest is the welfare of the eity at large, having la a gnat measure best las:rmontal la raw idealist tin 'Modal gramme school, whisk fa many p—is larayllama. had bees allowed to fall tae daey—la ester Wishing tits DUMMY Maeda Baciety and the Clank of leglaad 'altitudes—le Wafts, the restoralfts of the sathetral—mad L preatotiag ideation unapt the week. lag dosses lea the iselsacholy anal whiab deprival the don of lie out of nun WM:ea be has resided ebMy at laktiadr, tillawater, the eat of W. Mushall,Req., ite last Cumberland, and h at roust a gout of G. R. Boi., of Itiokorby Bow. Ho will Mho kb doper- Ism Is Lesko to tho wash eta few dogs. THE .11/CPREBI3, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1856. ever rennin visibly inferior to her rival? How many inns- Lions tonneau& with manaisetnnis issue from Germany ? Namely any, benne Germany has bat nasty entered Usti the ananiactarlog liart„ and because the genius of the Germas will never, and briery ezessable reaeonsAttaiathat precision in detail, those practical habits of which the pain. of Bugled is alone eapable. Fro trade would tinnier' place Germany, as far as regards her manafacturiog pro duction., at the fit of England. France is in the tame position. She is neither the first commercial nn the first monfactuing power in the world. She poetises ether qualities which ore infinitely more 'turnable. But if, by a misplaced vanity, the fondles the idea that she has no com petition to dread, her manahotaren will fall osprey is the foreigner. In the Paris corn market during the early part of last week, prim remained firm, but on the news being received that large quantities of oorn had arrived at Marseilles, the quotations gradually gave way, and on Saturday the four marks, which bad been at 89fr. 600. and 90fr. the 157 kilogramme., fell to 880. offered. The remove at the Halle is l at present nearly 12,000 metrical quintals. Wheat also was lower at the end of the week, the price being 481 r. the 120 kilos. for the finest kind, and 48fr. and 48fr. 500. for inferior qualities. All the information received confirms the previous intel ligent)* that the harvest is a little superior to an average year ; and the large arrivals within the last few days at Marseilles Itad to the belief that prices must still farther decline. The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 66f. 15c. for the end of the month; and the Four-and.a-aslf per Cents. at 90f. 600. Orleans Railway shares, 1,240 f.; Great Northern, 940 f.; Strasburg, 8801.; new shares, 787f.500.1 Paris and Lyons, L 2401.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 1,690 f.; Western of France, 800 f.; Bordeaux and Gtte, 690 f.; Great Central of Fran" 610 f.; Lyons and Geneva, 725 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 1,486 f.; Austrian Railways, 780 f. THE MOSCOW FETES. (PlOll • LORD GRANVILLE% STATE BALL. MOSCOW, Sen. 25. Knowing that your regular correspondent has left Moscow, it has mined to me that your readers would be glad to learn some particulars of Lord Granville's state ball, which may justly be pro' flounced one of the crowning fêtes of the whole cern. menial. It is already known that through the pre vious exertions of Sir John Acton, his lordship'. nephew and secretary, the British Embassy was the best lodged of all the distinguished strangers, in the magnificent palace of Prince Oraziani, an Italian nobleman, who I believe consulted more his taste than his finances in fitting it with costly furniture and articles of art& The magnificent suite of rooms had been newly decorated for the present occasion, and a new dancing room extemporised, in the shape of a pavilion of regal dimensions, erected by our old friend Ben Edgiogton, of London-bridge. The rooms, although smell an comparison with the vast saloons of the Kremlin Paler*, are still of handsome proportions, and when decorated in warm glowing colours and well lighted—nothing like plenty ot light—have a truly splendid appear ance. It is hardly necessary to ay that last evening they put on their beet aspect, when, set out in grand parade, and filled with everything that was noble, distiaguished, or well-dressed in Russia. The imperial party was, of course, received at the principal entrance by the noble host, and conducted to the throne, or rather seat, which had been prepared for his Imperial Majesty's reception. Every man was in uniform. and every woman in plumes and diamonds; the finest music filled every settle, and the walls exhibited a perfect galaxy of wax-lights. Yoe may, therefore, imagine what must have been the effect of the picture, when, at a signal from the imperial guest, the ball com menced. The Czar danced often and well, honour ing in succession Lady Granville and Lady Emily Peel by selecting them for his partners. The sup per was laid in the poroelain.room, the scene ot hour friend M'Allister ' e exploits ; but for the Empero r imself a magnificent repast was spread in one of the saloons that fill up the long front of the building. To this room none but the most select of the guests found admission. Ia order that his Imperial Majesty might not be incommoded, the invitations were under eight hundred; but so greet was the anxiety of the Russian noblesse to "assist" at Lady Gran. villa's ball, that it is thought his lordship will be obliged to have an encore, at which, I believe, his Imperial Majesty will also be present. Nothing could exceed the gracious friendliness and condescension ot the Emperor's deportment. Ifs chatted freely and fre quently with his distinguished host, and danced very often ; in short, threw himself with complete abandon into the spirit of the evening's entertainment. ANOTHER CASPAR HAUSER STORY. A letter in the Allgnstise Zeitmag tells a moat rossantio story of a girl who was (media November, 1863, wandering about near the village of Wekkirehion, in the Banat, almost in &savage state, usable to speak intelligibly, though eke was fall grown. The girl has bees carefully thawed. dam that time, by Friedrich Heir, the teacher to whom she was sonfided by the municipal authorities of ' Offishoelt. She knew able to give some assetht of herself, and the melt has been pitblisited by_ Here Rib la a pm , phlet jest printed at Frankfort. What sea be eadested trim her is that before she wee ilve guts old she was mined and serried away trace her mother, who lived, ascardbig to her demeiptioa, in a lug howls, like • smile, with three towers, and pr., bably situated somewhere is Hungary. For some fifteen or Mathes yeah afterwards she lived in a place under grimed, in the midst*, a forget, where she was tended by ' so old woman Gelled Bertha, and a man named BIWA( used to bring food and sloth's for both of them. About 'eves years after her snivel there, a little baby, two or three months old, named Adolf, was brought to the sublimate= dwelling, sad reiminith there from that time. No untrue. don was given to either of the children, but they were kindly treated. In October, 1863, their foster-mother Bertha took the girl out of the cavern, put her into a carriage draws by two hones, and conveyed her to the place where she was abandoned, aim Aschaffenborg, wheat* sits wandered about until she was fonud ' by the mantry people. The little boy was left behind in the underground abode. Seth is the story which Herr Bak bee been able to gather from the girl's broken thrones ' dons. The Minds* g eat has directed all possible researches to be made by the I eial authorities to Moir up this mysterious affair. The Paris ecerespondent of L. Nord states that arrests ben been made anisaget the gendarmes of the Spine, and area &angst the Z At one of the last representations at the great theatre at Mesmer at the sloes of the ballet, Ins Fain de himbre." in whist: Mae. terito appeared, one of the posts supporting the maw, fell upon the charming dometiss, threw bar down, and taloned her shoulder. Ber light dress took fire, bat moistens was promptly rendered, sad happily Mme. Canto escaped with bet slight Harp. The Empress Dowager of Rawls arrived on the let at Warsaw. Bbe was to pars through Breslau on the Srd, on her way to Dread... A letter from Modena, in the Risorgintento of Taria, states that the Doke of Modena Is fortifying his (natters on the aide of Piedmont, and beildiag a now fort under the walls of Reggio. The communal common of Most, in Belgium, has voted a very energetic protest sgaiast the deolantioas put forth by the Bishop of (neat against the edeastin system pursued la Belgium, assertion that Ms grames affirmations were altogether ealumalem, GB far se We Oaks, of Mat was oneented. _ _ _ Th.Diario of Madrid says that • M. San Tritsbao, woe a deeeribed as a merchant and journalist, hu eon witted suicide from having mad* aaaucesufal speealaUcas oa the Stock lizehaage; &so, that two specaletcrs had beams bankrupt, sad that several others, unable to west their sugageseects, have amended. "We call the s foss 'mates of the goventweat," says the Der*, " to the state of the Stook littehaage, sod are of °puma that with out wattle, for the Nimbi of the Cents, it ought to adopt measure" for puttieg an end to seek thatastrophee is we have reeently wlmesned.. The Vigo** of Dieppe says :—" Herrings bays jest basso to sake their appearance ea ear west. The anal boats from Treport lave easplit some Isuadreds, whisk have been brought to this market, where they have fetched 30e. and 40e. seek. The Dieppe boots have also taken a small quaatity. M. lame, the painter, This just arrived in Peril. Is spits of l's great age (Oglay-tera) ha baa jest eseamed, during t►e vesadoa, a *bare repeeseurbm " The Birth of the Musa prssldsd mew by Jupiter." Time are fa It fifteen Isom of mall Comatose, but draws sad grouped with olairsbie ekll4 THE IMPERIAL VISIT TO LOMBARDY. To get op the requisite amount of loyal demonstra tion for the Emperor of Austria's visit to his Lombard dominion', a long letter of instructions has been addressed by M. Anelli, delegate governor of the province of Como, to his subordinates, the district commissaries, desiring them to exert all their in fluence to induce the municipalities and communal deputies to make a great show of zeal, and prepare an enthusiastic welcome for Francis Joseph and his consort, who are expected about the end of November or the beginning of Member. HT. Anolli prescribes the erection of triumphal arches along the Emperor's route, the stationing of bands of music at the entrance to all the towns and villages, the illumination of conspicuous buildings, and the attendance of the podestas or mayors, the municipal congregations, the communal councils or depleies, headed, of course, by the commissary of each district or by his adjutant, to welcome the imperial visi tors at appointed places; and he also directs that the government officials, the clergy, the nobles of the province, the different corporations ;and public insti tutions, and the principal trades, shill send represen tatives of their respective orders to greet the Emperor at the gate of every palace in which he proposes to sojourn. These specifications are worth noticing at the present moment, as they will inform us what we are to expect from the spontaneous loyalty of the Lombards when the Emperor arrives. M. Anelli orders each commissary to convene a special meeting of the communal deputies, and propose to them some means of providing for these festivities. He is anxious that the commissaries should, as early as possible, inform him of the result of these endea vours; and he signific ntly remarks, "I need not remind you that, where the royal commissary knows well how to prepare and direct the communal assem blies, the deliberations of the latter have always a sa'isfactory result." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE MONETARY CRISIS IN FRANCE. (3T 311T1811 AID ?LEIB, TIMIDLY MORNING. The Maniteur publishes a report of the Minister of Finance, relative to the budget of 1856. The most remarkable points advanced by the Minister are the' following : "That not only the amount of revenue of 1854 I I has been attained and passed—not only the extraor dinary level of 1853 is reached—but the first mouths of the present year, compared with the oorresponding months of the last year, show a considerable incraus. This increase, for the first six monshs alone, is 83,000,000 as against 1864, and 28,000,000 as against 18614 " Much has been said of the exportation of bullion. A succession of bad harvests, the purchase of silk from foreign sources, and other less legitimate muses, have influenced, no doubt, the 'export of French coin. Silver especially has become the object of a trade which disturbs the public mind. This trade consists in selecting the finest coins, and obtaining for them their surplus vales. This unfair choice of coin, which tends to destroy the general equilibrium, wee by ancient law considered as a high misdemeanour, and was punished by avers penalties. Modern legislation cannot be powerless against each an abuse, which has nothing in common with the undisputed principle of commercial liberty. The Government of your Majesty is justly concerned about this matter. "The two first loans have been entirely paid up, and the terms of the last, which will suffice to liqui date all the expenses of the war, are fulfilled with exactitude. "The public revenue le augmenting in a hitherto unparalleled poportion. The taxes ore paid with the most exact punctuality, and even often in advance, "Money flows into the public treasury. The pay ment of the last six monthly payments of the rent* has left us a mauve of 110,000,000. "It must be evident to every sensible man that thew facts are the indices of a situation of things which is fundamentally good." PRUSSIA AND 51 Ls Nord says that the question of Neufchatel will shortly divert attention from the subject of Naples, The King of Prussia, irritated by the reply made to the note of M. de Sydow, and by the recent deci• alone of the Federal Council upon General Dufoar's report, has signified to the Helvetic Conf.dention,that if the prosecution of the royalist prisoners is not aban doned, and if those individuals am not set at liberty, Prussia will enter at once upon the military ramp& Wm of Neafohatel. A letter from Berlin states that the Austrian go remanent has asked to be informed of the intentions of Prussia in the affair of Neufchatel, and that this query is interpreted as a sign that Austria will act in concert with Brassie. I According to the ZionosUs Gazette ds Prune, the Gersten Dist intend, boniedtely upon resuming their sittings, to enter upon the consideration of the rights of the Bing in this matter. By amounts from Naples, dated the god, we learn that General Martini, Austrian ambassador, arrived in the capital of the Two Sicilia on the 29th ult. On the 30th, King Ferdinand came from Gaeta to Naples, and presided at a Cabinet Council. At the ' departure of the courier all wee uncertainty as to the solution of the crisis. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVININO. The decision of the Bank to discount co bills of longer date than sixty days, instead of ninety as heretofore, has made a grand sensation at Paris. The Bank hu farther resolved that it will not lend more than 20 per cent. upon shares or railway obligations, or than 40 per cent, on Reines, calculated after the rats of the day. These measures were agreed to yesterday at Bt. Cloud, the directors of the Bank having assembled there to submit them to the Emperor. There is still a question of gitiog forced currency to bank notes; but, before arriving at a tlaal decision on this head, It is wished to assertahe the opinion of the prefects as to the probable effect in the provisoes. _ The swarm of the Bank act most unfavourably upon oommercial matters, giving to some undertak ings the coup do grace. All the editor of the Paris journals were sum mooed to-day to the Ministry of the Interior, and were ordered to withhold all comments upon the financial and commercial crisis. M. Bißuilt, Minister of the Interior, hu left for Nantes, where he will stay a month. Daring his shines M. Abbatuoi, Minister of Justice, is charged with the oMee. On Wednesday afternoon the .11roperor, it in laid, will review the Imperial Guard in the Champs de Mare. The Emperor and Empress:left St. Cloud yesterday afternoon in an open carriage for the Bois de Bou logne, where a vast crowd had mesabled, partly to enjoy the beautiful weather, and partly to me the cascade of Lonphaaps, which wee to play for the first time In primulas of their Mejsetiss. Shortly after the arrival of the Imperial party at the cascade, the Emperor gave a signal, and a fine sheet of water burst forth. The cascade succeeded perfectly, and was mach admired. The marriage of Count de Cashmeres, auditor to the Council of State, with the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Charles Lucien Bona parte, is unounced. The mail from Algiers briage news from Kabylia to the 24th ult. The divisions of Generale Renault and Toad have had a brilliant engagement with the ineorgent Kabylee, in which the lose of the latter was very cootiderable. Um Neent articles published by the Debate in twat ethartade are replied to by the Unimre and die Clinehlhellessiesi. The former displays on this ooteutios a candour which ia remarielde, sad this uprose' itself: flotillas ma prevent the assufsehulag laterests of Beg. had fro. being were prosperous this those of imam ; the abandons, of espitel, tits cheaper mien of raw matetial, sad a sommersial sad warming npezerity, reader the 'empathise of ear Neighbours 'beheads. Thus are sew tale actions that ere more *Ural them Oben to meimmelal penults, sad °empathise will modem that Result 'bleb h eo ohm witnessed amongst the samodemerers of our mos. try. The meat skilful Memo Melt at the "apexes of that, rivals. Two asthma of unequal /wee may eater fete seespetitiee, bet ens wW aseemerily ride Itself to ties ailmaters of the other. Noshing sea be mesa ripeovely trim Mee this. Is Prease espable ci eempetlai with Ilealead is the predectise of suaufeetares ? Lay this ifa•MiO• beim our peat auuhetorere, for they, sad ash assemble, sea reply is it. It Is Waives that &Pisa is per as tiimes the country of meaufesteries. Prase whines lens ia panel iodwariel lameness, if act from Bealead W. Wait that Flues tee Reds pest presses, but bee the wrolred these balms LINA without which she win THE AMERICAN FRIGATE MERRIMAC. The local variation of compasses on board ships is matter of the most serious consequence, and of the greatest interest. It has been already stated in the Ex prim that Inch variation is p ted on board the United States screw steam frigate Merrimac, now lying in South ampton Watt'', by three magnets. Each of thee. magnets is about 2 feet long, • little more than one inch la width, sad about throe quarters of an inch in thickens. One of the magnets is placed immediately under the compass oa the upper deck, its direction being fore and aft. Another Is placed under that one in the same direction, and fa fastened to the ceiling of the matn deck. The t►ird is fastened to the same ceiling, about 4 feet distant oa the larboard vide, and its direction is athwart the ship, so that it is at right angle, with the other two magnets. The invention of this contrivance for counteracting local eerie don is doe t. Captain Morris, the commander of an Ameri can coasting steamer, and is much in use in United States merchant ship, ; but the Merrimac is the first man-of-war in which it has been tried. The Americans have done away with the old-fashioned cutlass for onion, and the substitute for it is a straight, short Roman sword, adapted to cot and thrust, arid is an exceedingly handy and formidable weapon in boarding, where fighting men are crowded together. Both the Mini@ rifle and Brown Bess are on board the Merriman, and the men are armed alto with pistols, and the officer' with re volvers; 130-pound and wher heavy shot can be thrown from the enormous guns of the Merrimac, with good aim, upwards of two miles, and would do terrible execution that distance. The lug on which the gun-lock works on Dahl gren's guns is cast with the gun, and there is a spare leg which could be easily made available, should soy damage be done to the one in use. Every one of the guns on board the frigate has the elevating screw. The gun carriages are the French pattern : they have only wheels forward, and the binder part rota on the deck, aid acts like a bran to prevent too great a recoil in firing. The lender part of the carriage, is assisted forward again by roller handspikes. The shells used on board the frigate have an improved fuse, which cause them to bunt with great accuracy. The head of the mop for sponging out the guns is made with bristlee, which is a great improvement en the old sheepskin sponge. Floggiog has been done away with is the American navy for four or five yeses past. The punishments resorted to on board the frigate are military confinement, reduction to the neat inferior rate, deprivation of liberty on shore, eatra police duties, and loss of pay. The frigate's Grew have fresh meat and bread now they are in harbour, each man being allowed one pound of meat a day. They have beef four time" aid pork them times a week. There is divisional enrolee of guns on board on Tuesdays, Wedneedays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Mondays general exercise of guns takes plasm, aid on Saturdays there is exercise at fire qunten, when every movement is gone through, es if a fire ware on board. The arrangements in cue of firo are very complete. The force pampa and fire hose are kept In the moot perfect readiness. The windlarms and captain do not appear to have the improvements that are to be seen on toad British men-of-war. Dinner tables for seamen have not been introduced into the Americas Davy, and the men still sit on the decks to at their meals. The seamen of the Merrimac have a small library; they are also getting up theatrical anossemettr, Red formic@ among themselves a choir of Ethiopiaa lingers. The same order, quietness, and cleanliness are to be °nerved on board of her as are noticed in English line-of-battle shim. Admiral the Earl of Hard wick@ and other naval officers have visited On Americas frigate, and have ezamined her with the utmost minute ness and interest. The following is her list of officers :—A captain, seven lleutenante, sine masher, one surgeon, ose past moistest surgeon, one assistant surgeon, one purser, a captain and tient e of marines, four past midshipmen, and four midshipmen. There is no chaplain 03 board. The captain is bound by law to have Divine Invite at imitable times and places,but he is not limited to any pertinent form of worship. Oa board the Merrimac, however,as on board most American ships of war, the Church cf Boglaud envies fa read. The cams of the Merrimac have been elected honorary members of the Soathempton Club during the stay of the frigate at the port of Southampton. All persons are allowed to visit the frigate, ea it is oostrary to American republican notion , to admit by tickets or to make any distisetion between per sons. It is expected that a email steamer will ran to the Merrimac from Southampton for the convenience of vintora, should there be any continuance of fine weather. THE GREAT BELL OF WILBTMINIITER.—WEST ' HARTLEPOOL, SOND&T, OCT. s.—The schooner Wave, Moncrief master, of Wisbeach, which was chartered for the unman°. of the great bell for the Westminster clock to Loudon, was taken out of Mr. Pile's graving dock on Tuesday last. Having taken on board the remaining por• Non of her eargo—eanietieg of pig iron and coke—the Wave sailed this isthmian for her destination, where she may be sepeetad in the course of the ensuing week. LORD BROUGHAM IN THE NORTH. Lord Brougham has for I weeks past been • joarning at his seat in Westmoreland. He has recently completed has 78th year, and on his birth-day visited Mr. Jeeob Thompson, at his atodio at the Hermitage, Heekthorpe, accompanied by Captain Inglegeld, R.N and the Rev. W. Elwin. His 'mishit was induced to sit for a photograph, from which admire le and p untie. imprtesions have been taken. His lordship is In eticollont health. He frequently takes* stroll in the vicinity of his seat, end converses freely with the "gray coats" of Westmoreland, many of whom were his steady supporters, during his celebrated struggles for the °moon. nation of the county from the thralcithen of the house of Lowther. Ma. ARCHIBALD HASTIE, M.P.—Mr. Archibald Matte, M.P., addressed nie constituents in Paisley on Friday last. In the course of his remark', he referred to the eseanne of importance which had been introdueed daring the put session, and more especially to the view he had taken of each. At the close a vote of confidence in him was pseud. MILITARY EXPENDITURE.—Tba Essex Gazette states that 'overeaten' has given 10,8001. for Middlechurch Form, sear Colchester, for the porous of Converting it into a military pared ground. PEEL PARR, BRADFORD.—Mr. Titus Salt and Messrs. Milligan, Porto., and CO, have paid to the commit ' tee their promised subscriptions of 1,0001 each, and Mr. Alderman Rand his subscription of 2501., in completion of the 10.0001. fond. This provides for the porches. money of the park ; but the public spirit and liberalii of the town will be drawn upon to the amount of upwards of 2,0001., for the erection of proper easiest= walls and ornamental lodge satranees.—Lewis Mercury. Mr. Albert Smith has been visiting Chanionni, where he appears to have bees received with great re- Jokier. Yesterday," says the Goodie de Serene, "the whole valley was alive to welcome Mr. Albert Smith ; the local authorities sad the greater portion of the population received esihnsiastically the artist and author who has popularised with the English tacunions amongst cur mountains, and the generou man who stretched out a help log hand to the victims of the conflagration of July, 1856 Up to a late hear at night the merry gonad of music end the Erie( of merlon is frost of the hotel where Mr. Albert Smith was stopping bore witness to the general delight at his pumice." COURT OF COSDIO.Y COUNCIL. Yesterday a special court was held for the purpose of considering a report of the Lwidon Corporation Bill Committee, upon the alibi( ct of the *az woo freedoms and the abolition of the office of oompurpator•. There was a very large atteodence of members of both courts. POILTRAITOf THE LORD MAYOR. The Lonoliavo;i 2 ll;sl;tht7fiZ CO:;rthat his been held since I found that my pc malt has been plaid within its walls. Allow me to express to you my grateful acknow ledgmects for the high complun-nt wtorb yea have paid me, and to express& wish that my life mly for nutty yuri be spared, and that my humble tit - des msy be of latiCe tO the interests of the c )rpora!ion (Chairs ) THE NZIMT-ELECTED 1311ERIF113. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman Witte, the newly elected sheriffs—Messrs. Mechi and Keats—were invited to take their seats on the upper bench of the court. The Sheriffs took their seats accordingly, amid cheering. THE LATE HE. TrioKAI EXERT HALL. Mr. STIVIZMON (who was de•ply moved) said that in giving to the court an early intimation of the death of Mr. Thomas Henry Hall, chairman of the Improvement Com mittee (and one of the represeutstirce of the corporation at the Board of Works), who expired on Thursd las', he did not wish to tax the feelings of those present by dwelling upon the missy public acts and the general public c tracts/ of the deceased. They w. re known and appreciated by all. (Hear, heir.) He would not encroach upon the ssnetuary of private life further than to say that those enlightened principles and that discriminating philanthropy which cha racterised the whole of Mr. Hall's public acts were but the reflection of his many private virtues. (Hear, hear ) Mr. DE JIMMY said that no man for many years past bad had entrusted to him more important works, or had carried them out with more goal, energy, judgment, and honesty of purpose than their late friend. (Hear, bear.) He begged to move, "That impressed with a profound sense of the lose occasioned to the corporation and their fellow citizens by the decease of their lamented c( 'league, Thomas Henry Hill, Ertl this court avails itself of the earliest opportunity to place on record this testimony of its estimation of his character and services. Po/wooed of qualities peculiarly adapted to the useful exercise of an influence resaocshly conceded to those who, by nape rior merits, have obtained to prominent position, and totally regardless of personal considerations, he was eminently actuated and guided by an unswerving spirit of truthful ness and independence, which rendered him a worthy ex ample of manly honour and virtue. He died as he lived, honoured and admired—end the remembrance of his ex celleace can be effaced from the minds and hearts of all who enj sled the advantsge of his acquaintance or friend. ship. Earnestly sympathisiog with his bereaved widow and family, this court expresses its sincere trust that a humble submission to the inscrutable (levee' of the Divine Will may sustain them in the hour at their severe affliction." The motion was carried unanimously. FREEDOM OF THE CITY.—AIOLITION OF THE TAX. Deputy HALE brought up a report from the London Coe. pennon Bill Committee, to whom, on the 31st day of July last, it was referred to carry into execution their report, then delivered in, on presenting the petition to tho Roue of Commons in favour of the bill for the enlargement of the franchise, the repeal of the stamp duty on freedoms, and recommending the repeal of the corporation fines and fees inctuding the ancient fine of 21. 6s Bd. The commit*: stated that they had laid before them dominate by which it appeared that there was a payment of ss. to the London. bridge Approaches Fund, and 4s. to the compurgatore, upon all admissions to the freedom of the City. They had directed Mr Remembrances to oanfer with Mr. Recorder, and request him to communicate with the Chante:ler of the Exchequer, to ucartaia if her Majesty's government would consent to receive as a commutation for the said duty the average annual amount mad for the last seven years up to the 3rd of December, 1866. That at a subsequeut meeting of the committee the Remembrsncer revirted that he bad con ferred with the Recorder, who was of opinion that it wan inexpedient to enter into any correspondence at present with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but that the subject might be brought under the coneNeraiion of the govern ment at some future time with the view of inducing parlia ment to receive the said ge annual sum The committee having attentively cenaidered all the circumstances luta ninsously recommend that the court should pay the sum of five shillings upon all admissions to the freedom aa directed by the said acts until some arrangement could be made with her Majesty's government in respect thereof. Tee committee also recommended the discontinuance of the compurgatcn and the repeal of the orders of the court dated the 29th day of April and sth Nnvember, 1839, so far u the same related to the fees to he taken by the conopur gators, and that the town clerk be directed to prepare a letter to be distributed throughout the respective wards, informing the inhabitants of the resolutions of the court, Deputy HALE said the committee thought that the free dom of the City should he obtained for that class of persona who contributed towards its rates, and whose names were upon the parliamentary regiater, and who would only have to g_o to the chamberlain's dike and carol their names. Mr. ANDERSON laid he never expected to have seen the time when the freedom of the City of London wee out worth the paper upon which it was written. He agreed with t's upset to a certain extent, but we. desirous of callMg the attention cf the coon to the situation in which the City of London Or atan Asylum, end other chin i ' , would be placed if the proposed *lteration were carried iato effect. Part of the fonds of the City of London Orphan Asylum had come to the freemen who had subscribed them, but according to the contemplated change ao funds arising from freedoms would go towards the sup port of that most excellent charity. Care ought, therefore, to be taken that persons seeking to become freemen should coctribute as their fathers did, they wets afterwards to become recipients of the charity In addtion to this the funds of the corporation were not in s sufficiently saddle. tory state to support that asylum, considering the very ex tensive calls that were continually being made upon them for other charitable purposes. Toe new Metropolitan Cattle Market had entailed a severe lots upon the corporation, who were now threatened to he dei.rivea of the coal duties. After remarks from Deputy Holt, Mr. Howe, and Alder man Wire (who con tratulated the court on the near com pletion of that enlargement of the constituency for which he had so many years laboured), the reirrt was unanimously adopted. _ . . Deputy Damn; then moved—" Tbst the Chamberlain be directed to admit to the freedom of the City, without fur ' ther order from this court, all persons making application for that purpose whose names are on the parliamentary regis'er for the City of London, in conformity with the report of the Corporation Bill Committee and the order of the court thereon." Unless they got upon the fell of the City during the present month the acceset , n contemplated by the motion they would fail in their tot. rtion of widening the basis of their institution. (Hear, hear.) The motion was put and carried. THE LORD MATOK ELECT. The LORD 1111YDRre;daleiter fromt he Lord Mayor elect, in which the latter expressed his willingness to take upon hhaeelf the duties of the mayoralty. VACANCY IN TIII WITROToLITAN BOARD OP WORKS. The LORD MAYOR—It becomes my duty to call the attention of the court to the vacancy that has occurred in the Metropolitan Hoard of Works; and, ns I believe the business before the board is of the highest importance, not only to the City but to every part of the metropo:ia, I would suggest that the vacancy should be filed up with the least possible delay. I will therefore, if it meet with the appro bation of the court, name Thursday, the 16th, for that business. I should ill discharge my duty it I did not take this opportunity of saying how sincerely grieved I am at the lose of Mr. Thomas 11.mry Hall, whom I had known and esteem, d for a great number of yeah. His lon, lam sure, as has been racut truly rated to-day, will be severely felt by us all. (Hear, hear.) He was • man who combined the simplicity of childrio,d with the vigour of manhood ; and I lam aura that no member of this court c str ezecu:ed his duties to the corporation, ur to his fellow-eit , sens, with more seal, efficiency, and ability than the gettleman whose Iwo we so di ,ply depl.ire, ann with whose family we so aloe. rely oympathise. (Hear, hear.) The court adjourned. CAUTION TO INNKEEPER 9.—A very clever swindle was r ffectea last week, M Ashford, by a tenon having the appeanoce of a cow:lmre al traveller. It appears that the indivilual in question drove up to the Camloinn, on Tues day night, with • horse and err', with luggeg•, and put up for the night. Soon Brier his *nivel, however, he said Mat be h.(l lost hie porte•monsaie in the high-street, con taining two 51. Baok of Eogland rotes, flee saytreigns, sad some loose silver. Next morning tee crier wee sent coned the town, bill printed end well simulated, and solve mea sures taken to recover the money. The sup;:ored gentleman wee in much trouble he:ause be did no: kr,. the number of the motes; but as Ir mold sac. rein by tr-ing to Maid stone, he determined to go by Newton's einnibui, ant re turn in the evening; previous to his depaemre, borrowing three igns et the landlord, and lerivirg the cart hen hind him. hot returning in the evening or the next day. suspicions as to the charettn of the " gentleman " wen aroused, ■nd it W.. 0 discovered that the Ivirre end cart had been hired of Mr. Watson, of Ettnegaie, to whom they were afterwards given up. Thew hereabout. of the swindler hes not yet been discove 'rd.—South Earern Gazette. FATAL ACCIDILNT AT CHELMSFORD RAILWAY STATlON.—Yesterday em ote& at six as two plate layers were recur - oleo upon the line from their work, when near the goods' shed at the station here, noe cf them, named Joseph Gosling, knocked eft his companion's cap, and to evade pursuit ran in b-tween a stationary truck and some other loaded trucks, which were bring ihun.c.l at the time. Reirre, however, he had gamed the butlers, one of them caught him on the beck and crushed ►im to death. De ceased, who lived at Springfield wharf, has left a wife and four ebildren.—Suez Herald. TIIR EXPERIMENTAL IRON PAVEMENT laid down in Leadenhall-street, opposite the Church of St. Katherine Cree,dJes not exhiblt that fixedness and stability so OMNI* Nal to be r.garded in the pavement of the permanent car. eiage-ways of the metropolis. Tnr various corovartmente which this pi.semect is laid down already show very con siderable indications of wear, and the vibrations to which they are perpetoolly sohjectrd show a certain looses's. sad want of tenacity and endorsees, the reverse of which ie the characteristic of Incite paring, especially when properly hid in the narrow•gauged courses.— Budetmg News. CRY S TAL PALACE. -- ONE EMILIA'S° DAY.-.a MOWDAT, OCTODIR 6.—Adenissioas rtra payment, 3,108; itto by season tickets, 211. Total visitrrt, 3,319 F I