The Express. — London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

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Tun Committee of the Stock Exchange propose to suspend all transactions in their Howe in the shares of the Crystal Palace Company, so long se the Directors of that Isstitution refine to recognise the validity of the fraudulent transfers which they have recorded in their Register of Shareholders. This de termination will necessarily produce those explana tions as to these frauds which the Board of that Com pany have far too long delayed. As yet, all that we really know about them with any certainly are the two or three carefully selected oases which have been made the basis of ROBSON'S prosecution. But the public have been kept studiously in ignorance whether all hie (mods come under that clampdowns; what are the total amounts of the frauds actually per. petrated by that culprit, end actually registered by the Company; whether b• had or had not any accomplices in or oat of the Crystal Palace Estab lishment; haw it was he so long escaped detection, to say nothing of suspicion; and what the Directors intend to do in the matter beyond prosecuting their late clerk and agent. What, it may he asked, hate the public to do with all this? A very great deal, we reply. The public are deeply interested iii the exposure and detection of all crimes, but especially of frauds like this, by which soy and every perron may be so easily and so helplessly victimised. The prosecution of Roneox may be very safely left to the Directors and their lawyer', but the conviction of that scamp is really the least important part of the matter. We want to know, and we must know, the who!. story—how, in a well-ordered Com• pony, it was possible he could go on forging and registering in this way. And if the Company were not well ordered, if proper checks and counter' checks were not taken 'initial fraudulent transfers, we want to know who is liable foe the loss—the Company, the Directors, or ROBSON*/ victims P The Directors refuse to magpies the validity of the false t twisters their clerks registered. But if the treaders have actually been made on the Register of Sbareholdere, inasmuch as it is a book of legal import, and the foundation of all right of property in the Company, the question is, how the Direeton can purge that Register of the shares they have trans ferred out of one name into another! Let is suppose a ease in which, after the fraudulent transfer has been registered in that book, the shame so improperly registered have been extracted into the half-yearly Register, to which is affixed, in public meeting of the shareholders, the public seal of the corporation. To talk of repudiating the validity of such a transfer is idle commute. But if the bona fide purchaser of fraudulently transferred and registered shame is to be recognised as their lawful bolter, what is to become of the innocent holder of those shares out of whose name they have been wrongfully taken ? Of coarse he cannot b: allowed to suffer—that the law will not permit; he must be reimbursed, suffer who else may. . . . _ But how are both parties to be indemnified—bow are the honest buyer and this honest shareholder, who never eol4 though bin shares base been trans. Tarred, both to be saved from loss—how are their interests to be reconciled? To allow both to stand! on the Register is impossible, for the legal power of the Company as to the iesue of shares is of course restricted, sod any issue beyond the number it is lawfully empowered to issue would constitute an illeg►lity and a fraud, for which the Directors would at once become personally liable; it would, more- over, were it legal, Pea positive wrong inflicted on the general body of the proprietors. In short, that mode of solving the difficulty is not to be thought of. Some people. it seems, suggest as a means of extri cating all parties from the dilemma, that all the shares should be called in, to be extinguished, and the capital consolidated into stock. To this course there is both a legal and a practical objection. The general Act of l'arliament regulating the Crystal Palace Company does not authorise any consolidation of the capital of the companies under its provisions into stock, as the 't ltsilway's Clauses Consolidation Act" does. Aod here lien a huge legal absurdity. ho sooner du railway companies, call up the whole capital of any clam of their shame, than they can and do consolidate the shares into stook, and so get rid of all the trouble and labour arising out of an infinitesimal splitting up of the capital into shares. But although the Crystal Palace Com pany cal'ed op the entire capital of its first class of shares at once, beanie it vs. obliged to pro- ceed ander another statute, there is no power to consolidate its shares into stock. Hid there been, it is quite poesible that this fraud might never have been perpetrated ; for, so far from the complication arising out of shares being say protection to share holders, the confusion attending nimbus renders the simpler and easier proses of stook far more protn tire. Bat because the one Act of Parliament was prepared by one lawyer, and the other Act by another lawyer, we have this ridiculous discrepancy between one public company and another public company. One clue can have its capital in stock; the other must have it divided into stares. But except that the calling in of all the shares would lead to a general overhauling of the share car ' tificates and a comparison between them and the Share Register, it would have no practical effect in solving the present difficulty. And who would like to trust their share certificates with an office and an institution in which experience has so disastrously proved there is so little security for that class of documents. The course adopted by the committee of the Stock Exchange is an expedient much more likely to bring about some settlement ; for it will suspend all transactions in the Company's shares until the Directors are brought to a more rational frame of mind than they appear to be in just now. The fraud arises from their lichee. Of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. Foe the loss they, then, are morally reponsible. That moral responsibility they ought at once and without any delay to convert into a legal one; and by purchasing in the market the proper number of shares, they could recoup the shareholder out of whose name the shares tampered with have been improperly transferred. That is the just and proper solution of the affair. It is quite idle to suppose that men are to go on for ever voluntarily assuming the position, the profit, and the patronage connected with the direction of public eempanies, and when any fraud or loos crocus, refusing to bear the responsibility. Happily in the present ease the sum required to replace the shares fraudulently transferred and registered is a very ensuageable sum, and we invite Mr. AMDZISOI4 and his colleagues to set directors generally a proper example, by at once making good out of their own pockets the loss which has fellers on innocent people by their negligence. To prevent the lllCUtfiltloll of such frauds, the lug gestion made yesterday by our intelligent and active City writer, that on the receipt of deeds of Manatee notice should be at once sent to the sellers of the transactions they embrace, is one worthy of the oonsi• deration of public companies generally. It is the practice of the Bank of England on the male of Console and its own stock, and acts very usefully as a protection. At all events, some cheeks must clearly be adopted by companies with limited liability with a view to verify transfers, otherwise we shall soon have fraud, on a gigantic scale occurring. The whole system of registration and transfer in our judgment requires reconsideration. It is clumsy and inconvenient. As the case before us shows, it eon. brine in itself no sufficient protection against fraud. It is improperly regarded by Boards of Direction as a department beneath their attention, se one that may be left to officers only. Of the registration books there is no sufficient or independent audit. In short, the only real security shareholders have is the honesty of the worst paid clerks in the whole staff of the company—of clerks too who, as Mason's career testifies, are exposed to all the temptations of entering into Stock Exchange speculations, which they have no capital to carry on. gipt Court. WINDSOR, OS 28. The Duke of Cambridge (attended by the Hon. L Undoneld), sad the Preach Ambassador sad Countess Persigay, mitred yesterday etveraeoa on a visit to her M.jssty. In oddities to the visitors, the dieser party tithe semis, included the Dachas of Kent, the Primo Royal, Prisons Amelia of Hobsaiohe Schillingfant, Lady Agenda Brace, Lady Mary Heed, Major-General Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and S.r Clomp Cooper. The band of the Coldstream Guards played during dinner the following pints t Orator% " Deb Qs. reee * 0. A. lledirres. Frirwkw. "Makes ..... ......... Weber. walla, •The Fereetare" Quadrille, "Catedaabir (Seder oriodle) r= ". Her Majesty's prints bend elterwarde etteaded tithe Castle, aad performed t h e following seised= : Orerbare. Der Debirretber der Older" Weber. fantasia OR Russian Rudy. twee d'lonseele sad Tric 1A Mean arm Cbrielege. i itAr IM Ms Quota nolfal fa Um Costa pram this miss. Prim Alain. aampaaled by tba Dais of Ombriais sad tbs Fraud Alabama's. mat oat Matiag. The Sardinian Minister arrived es Monday et St. (illee's, Dorastehire, co a visit Is tb Bari d B►afterbaq, from }headlands, theta, t►r reddens, ef Ifiessat PsWinton. The Lard Chief Judea of Reiland arrived at Stratba des Houton Meads evening, from his seat. Hartrigge. Roabergitalare. His Royal Rieman the Doke of Cambay, the o.sorai Cosesteadieg-fa-Chiof, niU Mors to the Horse Guards this tortaocsfrosa Melting hem Msjssty at Wisdom Cutts I• The Duke of Devonshire ban arrived at Devonshire house from Limeys Cestle.his grare's seat i■ I reload, whore the noble duke, dories his residence. displayed his customary priscaly hospitality. The Doke and Dukes' of Sutherland leave Dun robia Castle, North Britain, in tbs mono of the pretest week, for Trentham, Btaffordehirs, intend's', ~ogle, to pay a swiss of visits. . . The Marquis and Marchioncsi of Clanricarde and Lady Harriet Ds Hargb have arrived at Panama' Castle, Galway, for Gs• anima. The Coasters (Dow.) Granville has arrived in tows from visitieg the Coutes, of atrial* et Castle Hrwsrd, Yorkshire. Mr. sad Lady Georgia' Fallertoa hare j,ined tire Courtin fro. Littlehaseptoa. _ _ _ . The Earl Bathurst, who has bees on a visit to the Doke sod Dothan of lt , esesoad. it 03M011 Coate, seer ?Imbibers, N 8., is expected to arrive at Oakley Park, Oloarestenbire, is a few days, from Seetlaad. The Earl and Coantses of Weetworaland have bus stain eativaay at Aptberpe Hall, Northaaaroatkire. Viscount sad Viseovntess Villiers bave arrived at Middleton Park, seer Bloater, as a visit to the Earl sad Coaster of Jamey, frost trptea Han, Warwiebablre. Lady Muiaa - Alfaed is entertaining a aaeotamdou of visiton at Astatidge Costli, Herts. Colossi the Hos. Percy H.rbtrit, M.P., has Jolted Os putt. The Bishop of Oxford end Mn. Wilberforce have returned to the Episcopal Pulses is Oxfordshire from visit. ion the Es?! of Aberdeen at Radio House, sad the Duke and Dashes. of Richmond at Gordon Castle. Baron de Vidal hu arrived at the Clexcadoa natal from Paris. Lord Howden ha left Paria for his past at Mylad. Sir John Stewart, Burt., of Balligawley Park, im shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar the eldest Mumbler sad 00-heirew of Mr. George Powell Houghton, of Bit .smock Raw, meaty of Wexford. Sir Jobs Stewart (late 6th Islekillier) to use of the heroes of the Crimes coupe', end, SG aide decamp to Gemini the Hem. 811 George Calmat et takenease, wee eke's* Mee whom he tell, ad a opiate" of the shell that killa the noble general twk off the helmet of Sir J. Stewart. The Lord Mayor has ',plated s farther suss of 15,000 ff. to the feed for the relief of sellerete by the Preach feesiletleu. This nine the total to 860,000 tr., ee 34,0001. dune,. Dr. Kane, the distinguished American Annie na vigator, bad as Interview yesterday with the Leeds of the Admiralty ; also with Caplan Weillnns, the hen of the hydr iraphieel department, by whoa be was mat sordidly received. Re regret be leas that Dr. Hass Is is very is different health, sesonsomt as his groat own= sad ra ngers diaries his espedltices Is ewe► of Makes Mr Atha Presidia sad party. I • THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, IRSB. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE TURKISH MINISTRY AND THE ALLIES. The Pays contains the following : We yesterday published a telegraphic despatch from Trieste, announcing the resignation of the Otto- man ministry. Intelligence has this day reached Paris that the resignation was in fact given, but that it was afterwards withdrawn. The following, if our information is correct, were the circumstances at tending this incident :—After the Ottoman cabinet had taken the resolution to cell for the evacuation of the Turkish territory and the Black Sea within the time fixed by the treaty, efforts were made by the powers directly interested in the question to induce the Sultan to change his mind. The cabinet then thought fit to offer its resignation, but in consequence of an autograph letter addressed by the Sultan to Aali Pasha, the Orand Visir, soaring him that his highness had never at any period had greater confidence in him than now, the resignation was withdrawn. We need not add that the continuance of the ministry in power implies the maintenance of the policy which they had adopted." Tho Journal do ionsianlinopk of the 20th contra dict/ the news of the approaching departure of the English squadron. The Ilsdeposdames Belge gives a rumour to the effect that Russia intends, if the British fleet dote not kave the Black Bea immediately, to send two semis to the month of the &spheres with the in structions to demand a peeesge. Our cotemporary, however, is very desirous that its readers should treat this only as an ow dit. AUSTRIA AND TURKEY. (mom ova oast 001113/PONDINIVra VIZNINA, Tvisaav Evaaugo. The Austria* Cor►espondsses deliberately reite rates its mention of Sunday last. It again denies totally the statement of the Corsaitslicowl, Pays, and Paris, that the Ottoman Parte had protested against the occupation of the Principalities by Aus trian troops, and it does this notwithstanding the persistent assertions of those jonrnsls to the contrary. The Dabail of this day says—u Ia spite of declare tions to the 000trary, oozing from Vienna and men tioned in the various French journals, we persist in repeating that Turkey has demanded simultaneously and repeatedly the evacuation of the Principalities by the Austrian troops, and the departure from the Black Sea of the English fleet. If the step taken by the Port* in this matter has sot the character of a pro test in form, it has at least that of a desire expressed in the clearest terms. With this reservation we maintain completely the news we have already slyest." THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION. A letter from Vienna, in the AsegsbNrg says:—" M. de Martini having spoken to M. de Carafe, Minister of Foreign Affairs at Naples, on the 'abject of Naples being represented in the Congress of Paris, the minister replied in the following sense: ' The aim of the Congress is to settle the affairs of the Bast, and not those of Italy; it world be neces sary, in order to deliberate on the questions of Italy, for all the governments of the peninsula to be repre seated at it. Now, the C3sgress, as at Kant own posed, consists simply of powers that are hostile to the go►eramset of the Two Sicilia', and any dimen sion ea its offers would therefore be superfluous.'" - OUR RELATIONS WITH PERSIA. Ths Paris papers publish the following despatch : ' 8 MARSIIILLIA. WIDSPADLY. " The French Ambassador at the Court of Penis has arrived at Teheran, on hie return from Constanti nople; and it is said that his Bus Saucy had pre nlled on the Shah to make pea°. with England. " The preparation' for the English expedition to the Persian Gait nevertheless continued, and on its ad. Persia was fortifying Herat, a Frenchman named Bohler directing the works." SWI f Z ERLAND. A letter from Berm, in the Colors' Gazette, states that two members of the Grand Council of Neat chatel, MM. de l'Eteog and Cretillat de Cacaos, are in custody for having taken part in the insurrection of September. According to the Bused, the inquiry into the Neuf chatel affair will be handed over to the Chamber of Aocusation by the Pc:cumin-General, with all the documents connected with it. The Chamber will then deeide which of the prisoners arrested will have to appear before the supreme tribunal of the canton• The greatest activity is being need in order that the trials may take place before the end of the present year. SWEDEN. The King of Sweden'. speech on the opening of the Diet, on the 23rd mast., contains the following paragraphs: . "'kin; commissions, consisting of an equal number of Swedes and Norwegians, have just drawn up the draught of a bill for regulating the commerce and navigation between Sweden and Norway. "A mixed commission is occupied with Bain; the contingents which each country has to provide for the defence of the independence and for the maintenance of the common glory. "Au enlightened toleration for the faith of other., based upon the love of one's neighbour, and inspired by an indomitable conviction, constitutes the es sence of the dogmas of the Protestant Church. "The ancient laws which impede the freedom of worahip must therefore give way, so that the com munity may be in harmony with the constitution. “ Bills for the abolition of the punishment of exile, and for reforms of the Criminal Code, will be laid before you." THE OVERLAND MAIL. (AT SDINAIDIN AND annex TILIONAPN.) TRUST% OCT. 28. The steamer Bombay arrived on the 28:h October, at 8 o'clock p.m., in 188 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, Ocr. 21. The India and Chins mails leave Alexandria to day, with adviots from Calcutta to Sept. 22; Bom bay, Oct. 3; Hong Hong, Sept. 12 ; Shanghae, Sept. 14; Canton, Sept.lo; Ceylon, Sept. 17; Mansiting, Aug. 27; and Melbourne, July 26. Tranquillity generally prevails throughout India. The rainy swam had closed favourably. Prepara tions kw the expedition to the Persian Gull continued. Deaths by cholera in the Ponjaub onormoas. Money market may; only three at four thousand rupees subscribed for the West Loan. Exchange at Calcutta, 260. Eachaup at Bnabay, 2s. lid. Crop of dee it China has been diminished by inundation. Priem rising. Exchange at Bbanghee, 7.6 i ; at Canton. 4.10. fiaaritiaa, Asg.27.—Bagar market satin, at Ma. advaaaa. blelbonrno,Jaly 23.—G01d production improved, 82,668 ounces by escort ending Daly 19. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (710 X OM °lnt PARIS, ToseDAY Emma. At the risk of uttering what the Moccitewr may I perhaps denounce as an'" odious calumny," I feel it an imperative duty to say emphatically that instead of being in harmonious relations, the cabinets of London and Paris are at this moment almost at dag gers' draw. The difference between them on the ques- tion of the execution of the treaty of Part. is mat serious, and u to what is to be done with Naples, they are absolutely at fixes and sevens. The French government, I learn from a good source, is apprehensive that England may be driven to occupy the Island of Sicily, la order, in case of a oonvulsion in Europe, to give her &point d'appui equal to that which France and Austria have acquired for themselves by their respective occupations of Rome and Lombardy. I really oannot explain the approximation of the English cabinet towards the policy of Austria but by the conjecture that diplomatists mut have reasons of which the publics are ignorant to suspect a secret alliance between France and Russia. I observe that the Nord, the Rueian organ at Brussels, speaks now in almost identical terms with the French government journals of the questions on which the French and and English governments are understood to differ. Moreover, I notice that the Feria, a new paper, published under government aversion, reproduces the following extracts from German papers: The Dt;rte;be dor sot believe to the oottessenos of the Aaglo•Fraeh aliases. T e Wow Gissette Wake dim will be so fresh wafer- sows at Yarn. The upshot of all those ceejsenerso is the probability of ea &lanes betwore Fraser sad Bess* sad according ki the Braise Gass, a Mtn to NIPOI. O . 111., of whisk Baron Seebeck, who laciest returned front Bes sie, b the bearer, is coaaostod with the project for this 'Memos. The Dresden Journal announces that the Gratd Duke Constantine is shortly coming to Paris. There have been considerable fluctuations at the Bourn to-day, owing to the spproa thing settlement. It appears that the "bears" have oversold them selves, and conesquestly the balance of operations has resulted in a ries. The Rents Gland at 87fr. 6c. for cash, and 66fr. 900. for amount, with a rise of 88c. and 40c. Mobilise rose 20fr. Railways were firm. Lyons and Mediterranean rose 10fr., Orleans, Bfr., and the other lieu from 2fr. 600. to Mr. The Bank of France not only puts on the mew with regard to loans, bat is rigorously calling in stoney doe to it. The Credit Mobilise itself has lately been forced to pay up a debt of 10,000,0001 r. to the bank. The Parris contains the following most amusing paragraph :—" It will be seen by the extracts which we publish in another solemn, from the principal London papers, with what energy they mallets themselves with the blues expressed by the °Melia organ of the French government of the attacks of certain organs of the English press, and with the appeal made to the good sense and fair feeling of the British people." Turning to the extrude alluded to I find that they consist of nothing she than a trans ' lation of an article of the Morning Post, and a short and garbled quotation from the very article of the noses, for the publication of which the French authorities thought fit to confiscate every oopy of that journal which came to Paris this morning. Really this humbug is so disgusting that it cannot be stigmatised in too se vers terms. The French government will perhaps say that it is not responsible for the Petrie ; but if, with all its warnings and repressive laws, it cannot drill its own press, why doss it pretend to interfere with ours? If there be in England any people week enough to listen to the appeal made to their "good sense and loyalty" by the Moneteur against their free press, let them know that the French government seizes a foreign journal which displeases it, and then allows, if it does not instruct, its organs ex to misrepresent the contents of the suppressed paper as to lead French readers to sup pose that the foreign journal approves of the very act which in reality it denounce.. Several more erred& were made last night in the populous quarters of St. Denis and St. Martin. The cause, I am told, is that several workmen bavestruck toe a rise of wages and abort time. Moreover, save nil of the parties arrested are accused of having posted placards complaining of the dearness of pro- visions, &a. Some of dime inscriptions, I am told, were traced in phosphoric letters, which were visible on the walls at night. TURKEY. COWIE ova OIVX lam not sure what your postal commue.— nay be with Rhodes; bat imagine you will have heard of the earthquake of last Sunday morning, which was there attended with such fearful loss of life and such lamentable destruction of property, and which appears to have been felt more or less severely throughout the Levant. It was felt here, and though not attended with any serious consequences! beyond a comparatively trifling damage to various buildings, created, from the length of time the shock' Bete& the most intense anxiety and apprehension. aim shocks are frequently felt here at the close of the dry season, but generally speaking they list only from five to ten seconds at the outside, and the motion in almost every instance is horizontel and tremulous. The sheet of Sunday morning commenced with vertical palpitations, which continued about half a minute, sad then changed to slow, long, horizontal oscillations from south to north, the whole shock lasting fully two minutes. The past season has been sensually dry, and as experience shows that the most severe earthquakes have always occurred after a very dry season, the general fear was that this shock was the precursor of some terrible convul.ion. With the recent fate of Brava and the standing records of more remote catastrophes here before our eyes, you may comely° that the fear and anxiety crowded into those two minutes was terrible. The effect of the present critical sate of money affairs in Europe into restrict the commercial transac tions of this place to a mere nothiog compared wi'h other seasons, and some of the largest exporting houses have entirely suspended purchases for the English markets; our exchanges have gone up at a great rate, but the rapid rise is in a great measure attributable to the promoters of the Benue Na tionale at Constantinople, who among others have sent in a tender to the Porte for the loan required to retire the Caimd and base coin. They are principally Greek bankers—very influential and very rich. Their idea is to force the exchange, and then hold the consequent drain of gold in terrorens over the govern.' meat to facilitate negotiations. There is a happy combination of Turkish and Levantine morals in this manoeuvre. Our trade is consequently very fiat-- all holding back but the Turks, who are ready to borrow any amount of money Comore ci rordinaire. The Levantines have a very horrible way of mur dering each other. Two days sines a boatman took &lodise by the sem, swung him round, and chopped him to pieces with a hatchet. This was in the epee street. There were plenty of bystanders, but having no personal interest in the tranuotioo, they did not interfere. It does not appear to have occurred to the police authorities that this was a case in which they might have come forward with advantage. If the family of the viral= take the matter up, the perpetrator will have to pay blood money. If they do sot, he will be at large till it salts his convenience to shop up somebody else. N.B.—There are 2,000 police here. Her Majesty's steam frigate Curacao, Commander the Hon. G. B. Hastings, arrived this morning vs rot& to Constantinople. BMYANA, Oct. 18. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. PHILADELPHIA, Ocr. 14 Pennsylvania is the Quatre Bras of our Waterloo, whose final battle is to be fought on the 4th of Novem ber. To-day the State elections take place in three of our great oornmonwealthe—Pennsylvania, Ohio, land Illinois. In each the people elect to-day their state officers, and their representatives to the 35th Congress, which is to serve two years from the 4th of next March. Cheat interest is felt in these oleo lions, for the results will tell powerfully upon the whole nation in the general election in November. But the most important of all is the election in Penn sylvania. The candidate whose friends carry this ✓ate today for local offices will go into the Novem ber election with a prestige by no means contemptible. With a view of arriving at more satisfactory conclu sions, I came over to Philadelphia a day or two ego, and shall remain till the result is definitively known. You will by the Africa, which Bails from New York to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, receive the latest telegraphic news from all the States where election. are held to-day—later than I can give you from this city. Ohio is considered safe for Fremont, beyond a peradventure. Illinois is contested, but the prevail ing opinion is that Fremont will carry it; while Pennsylvania, a far more important state, is exceed ingly doubtful. Mr. Buchanan's last hopes rest upon succor in his own state. He was born, and has always lived in Pennsylvania. If he loses his native state, his last hope would seem to be blotted out. Hen there are but two regular tickets running— one Buchanan, who sweeps with him the entire demo. ratio party; and the other an alliance between the friends of Fillmore and Fremont, who meet as =mon ground to exterminate a common foe. Aside boa the numerical power of this alliance at the ballot-box, a moral power goes out over the coin. 'sanity f rom the alliance which will probably deter mine some thousands of otherwise doubtful votes. Mr. Buchanan has found the whole campaign an uphill work. There is little in the man's life, prin ciples, or pen= to command confidence, and nothing to inspire admiration. It is undoubtedly true that Mr. Fillmore has during the last few weeks been rapidly gaining from both his rivals, and his chances have so much improved that it is safe now to ray that the election will probably go to the House of Representatives—since, three candidates being in the field, no one of them can be sure of getting a majority of the votes direct from the people. If it is left to the House of Representatives, it again becomes a matter of doubt which of the candidates may prevail. No one there now commands 16 States, and there the election would go by States—each State mating one vote. There being 31 States,l6 would be to a choice. In such an event (not unprecedented) the delegates from each State meet and vote for some member of their college to mat the vote of the State. The candidate who has been before the people— who may be preferred by the delegation—will receive the vote of the delegation. As things now stand Mr. Buchanan would have 10 or 12, Mr. Fremont 12, and Mr. Fillmore the balance of the 31. The Fillmore men, holding the balance of power. would hardly surrender that important position; bet hold on and hold out until they could bring one se the other wing to their support. True, they could fight it out till the 4th of March, when the Congress, or rather the lower branch of it, would cease to exist, and consequently could perform no further official acts. In this cam the Senate, which is a more per • manent body (or rather a body always in existent's, since twothirds of it are always in office), would by the constitution proceed to elect aVioe-President, who as acting president would role for four years. The' choice of that body would be Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, now the candidate of the democratic party for the Vice-Presidency. A rumour has during the last twenty-four hours been extensively circulated through the United States, to the effect that the Governors of all the fifteen southern States were to meet today at Raleigh, in North Caro:ins, to consider what mea sures they should take in the event of Colocel Fre mont', election. If it be true, and the meeting has taken place to-day, it is safe to lay a wager that these worthies have before now dissolved the Union, over • good dinner, and that they will return to their homes to-morrow cogitating how they may best succeed is building up their own private fortunes out of the spoils and emoluments of the Black Republican Pre sident's administration. Southern politicians are always dissolving the Union; but they are always sure to get all the offices from the administration in power which they can by hook or crook obtain. NEW PASSPORT REGULATIONS FOR RUSSIA. The following ukes, relative to the entry into ' Russia of foreign foremen, gleams, &c., hae just been published at St. Petersburg : " In virtue of the ulnae of his Majesty the Emperor, the senate use received the report of the Minister of the Inte rior of July 21 of this rear, relative to the imperial ordon name published in a ukase of this senate, dated Sept. 9, 1847. eeeetrateg the formalities to be observed in regard to the entry within the Smite of the empire of foreign workmen and appreotion engaged by aufseteren and tradomeople. According to this ordoneence Russian menef smarms and tradesmen are to be responsible for the persons engaged by them, and must present especial polies authorisation for the admission of these foreignen Into Resale. " His Majesty Lae now been plumed to order u follows: —Henceforward the Russian embassies, legations, and con • striates are authorised to deliver, as they may deem neces sary, and without demsnaing a priginrioary permission of the Russian authorities, to all foreigners without distinc tion, certificates and passports of entry within the limits of the empire, with the following inceptions : " 1. Peruns whose entry into Russia is specially pro hibited by the government. "2. Pumas with regard to whom Russian embassies. legations, OT consulates, puma definite information of an unsatisfactory character. "3. o:psies, organ-players, hawkers of drugs and sta tuettes, and vagrants generally. "As in virtue of these new arragementa respecting pus port', the measures of general safety erquired by the ukase of the sensate of Oct. 21, 1847, relative to the entry of foreign fi roman and workmen (by the terms of which our saanSfactsren and tradesmen were to be answerable for the foreigners whom they employ, and were bound to pr• Ina, in order to obtain their entry) a police certificate, become neel•srtbe Minister of the Isterior refers the matter to the &nate, in order that they may take the menu/ steps I to abolish the said measures." On the 24th the Empress Dowager of Russia dined with tte King et Baldish', Prises Eugenie of Savoy Carignan, end Count Cavan'', at Genoa. In the milieu her Ilisjealy went to the theatre to beer a concert given by Bivort. The Journal de Moscow publishes the following latter, addressed to the Metropolitan of the City by the Empress Dowager of Russia Most eto into t Metropolitan Philarete,—During the years of sore trial which Provi ding permitted our country to experience, I formed an inward vow, while raising my prayers to heaven for this mention of the war, to bring at the oonolusion of peace an offering to the Monastery of St. Serge worthy of the sacredness of that retreat and of its historical renown. To day, when Russia enjoys the long•desired peace, and has celebrated with joy the coronation of my beloved son, the Emperor Alexander, I proceed to accomplish my vow in tending to your eminence a chalice adorned with precious stases, given to ms at the commencement c f the war by my husband or imperishable memory, and therefore associated with the sweetest recollections. May this offering ever form part of the treasures of the monastery, as a sign of my thankklems for the innumerable benefits which the Lord has deigned to rhed upon Russia, a dear to my heart. Commending myself to your eminenee's prayers, I remain ever your affectionate—A xxxxx DRA." A letter from Algiere, quoted by the Brined* fadependance, states that the celebrated lion-killer, Jules Gerard, she ie now a lies attached to a bureau In the Province cf Constantine, has been robbed of the sum of 70.000 banes, which had been seat him by • French friend for the purchase of an estate is Africa. At the date of the lest accounts the fortifications of ►ihodes were mosidered to be in a very son% state from the effects of the II rtbquake on the 12th. The fort of Bt. Apse threatened to elute, by its Poll, the entrance to the NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMPBALTY, OCT. 28. APPOINTMENTB.—Lion. tenant W. A. V. Boys' (1829), to the Coast Guard. Second Muter W. F. Low (1849), to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth. Midshipman G. F. S. Jespes, to the Gladiator, 6, paddle wheel Mean frigate, Mediterranean station. CHATHAM, OCT. 28. General Sir John Burgoyne, G.U.8., H.R., inepec tor-general of fortifications, anompaoitd by Major G. J. Graham and his aide-de-'amp, arrived from London this afternoon for the purpose of neeivire the whole of the stone and equipments brought home from the Crimea by the Turkish Er gineer Corps. In consequence of the im mense quantity of stores to be deposited in the Ordnance notes, the troops of the Turkish Engineer Corpa have been engaged nearly three months in unpacking them and plat ing them in the situations Resigned for them at the gun. wharf, under the immediate superiatender co of Captain G. Allan and Quartermaster T. B. Thornett. Some idea of the immense quantity of stores brought home and deposited at this garrison may be formed when it is stated that they are sufficient to fully equip an army of 26,000 men. Among the articles are upwards of 100 waggon, filled with tools, barneate, and storm of all descriptions; a photograph wog won, containing all the requirements used in that art; a printing press, a waggon containing telegraph sppa ratne, with about ten mike of wire, about 10,000 spades and pickaxe', sixty-four pontoons, forming 32 rafts, each raft supporting a weight of between three and four tone. There are also upwards of 100 tents, en immense number of India-rubber boats,capable of holding nearly fifty persons, and, in fan, every requisite for an immense army. Sir John Burgoyne having inspected the stores, they were given over to him by Captain Allan, and they will be de• posited with the other stores belonging to the Royal En gineer,. THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN P, STREET. About seven o'clock last evening the unfortunate man, Richard Cope, who had not previouely articulated a single word, was heard by one of the nurses in the ward where he was lying to whisper his ability to eat something. Immediate information was given to Mr. liarshell, the hoses surgeon, who, after seeing the patient and consulting with Mr. Bernard Holt, the senior surgeon, felt it his duty to communicate with Mr. Walker, chief superintendent of the metropolitan police, at the King-street station, with a view to obtain the attendance of a magistrate at the bedside of the injured man. Mr. Welker at once put himself into communication with Mr. Burnaby, chief clerk at the Bow street police court, who, on learning that there was a pro ' bability of Cope identifying his assailant, promptly de spatched Inspector Bradstock to the House of Detention for the prisoner, himeelfundertaking to see Mr. Jardine per sonally, sad explain the circumstances to that learned ma gistrate. Mr. Jardine, on learning the facts, at once accompanied Mr. Burnaby to the hospital, where they arrived at 9 o'clock, end awaited the coming of the prisoner,who was brought in a cab in charge cf one of the warders of the prison, accom panied by Inspector Btadstock, end soother police officer, very shortly afterwards. On being told by one of the warders that he was about to be taken to Westminster ' Hospital, the prisoner neither said anything, nor manifested the slightest emotion. He was securely handcuffed before entering the cab, end during his transit through London he made no remark to either of the officers. Upon the prisoner's arrival at the hospital, Mr. Marshall having fleet satisfied himself that Cope was in a perfectly rational state, and able to articulate, allowed Mr. Jardine and the other officials to be introduced. Mr. Burnaby took a position dose to the bedside of the injured man, to whom be ezplained Is a soothing manner the occasion of the visit, introducing to his Mr. Jerdine,who stood on the other aide of the patient's bed. All being in readiness, the prisoner was brought in between two silicas, and placed at the foot of Cope's bed, In a position allowing full observation of his features. Tie prisoner bore this trying ordeal with remark able nerve, looking down sternly, and unmoved upon the emaciated ►nd pallid form of his victim, whose personal appearance was rendered more haggard than it would other wise have been by a grizzly beard and moustachioe, which nearly covered his Gee. Tie first question addressed to Core by Mr. Burnaby was—" Do you know the man standing at the foot of your bed ?" Cope 'arrayed him with a penetrating glance for some few moments, end then faintly ejaculated—" Yes." Mr. Burnaby pursued the question by inquiring how ho knew the prisoner, upon which Cope replied, in a tremulous voice, " That is the man who struck me." Mr. Burnaby neat asked Cope whetter he could tell what it was be wee struck with ? Cope looked enviously towards the prisoner, and articulated, in a thick guttural voles, "A lift-preserver." Mr. Burnaby then asked the sufferer whether he could tell how many blows bad been given to him by the prisoner ? Cope appeared anxious to reply more fully to this inquiry, but, star an effort, was only able to articulate a simple N 0 ... _ . Mr. Burnaby, after a short pause, neat asked Cope whe ther the prisoner bad spoken to him before cemmeneing to attack him. The unfortunate man, whose utterance up to this point bad been gradually becoming more imperfect. smeared excited by the last question, and in reply muttered some inarticulate sounds from which nothing mid be gleaned. Mr. Burnaby looked towards Mr. Marshall, who all this time stood at the bedside watching the effect of the exami nation en his patient, and on gathering from him that • *optimisation of this mode of elimination might probably be very prejudicial to Cops, Mr. Burnaby said he had got quite enough, and that if the patient would affix his mark to the deposition he should not be Doubted any further. Upon this intimation Cope stretched out his hand and tremblingly affixed his attestation, upon which the prisoner was removed, and the few present retired,tainfully affected with the seene they had witnessed. . . After the megistrate bad retired, Mr. Marshall informed Mr. Jardine that the hesitation exhibited by the patient in rot lying to the last question cectriused a dread of M aimed paralysis, and theteore it was that he had felt it advisable to stop the eaamination when all that was legally stecessuy had been obtained. The prboner was conveyed back to the House of Deten tion in a cab, 'cc =poled by the officers who had brought hies to the hospital. His suit from the hospital was a celled by • great crowd of 'limiters. After Mr. Jardine had retired, Mr. Walker, chief super• handset, and Mr. Thornton, principal t dicer of the Lon don detective police, cop d a desire to put one other question to Cope, if his condition w. ted snow it, in order to assist them in the inquiries they were en.vire f in relative to the prisoner's scene:Thee. They were desirous to ascertain whether Cope had any previa, knowledge et his 'melee, and as they causidered it trebly importelit to tho ends of juq.ce that acy should ascertsin this feet, Mr. llurnaby, with the s.nciion of Me. Marshall, undo rook to =Ass the inquiry. It was done with all due care, and rte patient, having had half en h.ut's repose, repl , ed by a distinct negative. He had never seen his nessilant before. A suspicion which had been entertained is therefore satis factorily dispelled. The Duke of Marlborough, hoe leaned an order, which hangs up in the porter's lodge, that each person de sirous of visiting the interior of Blenheim and its truant's of art and science, will be free from all charges on payment ef the suns of Is., and at the loot of this order there is ap pended an invitation to the public to make kn .wn at the steward's office any infraction of it. In respect to the gardens, open ell and every day (save Sundays) is the public, the gardener has permission, for his own and his men's attendance u,-on the visitors, to require the sum of twopence per head, and no more. " Othniensis," who has visited the palace and gardens since the establishment of the firegoing regula tions, states that they are strictly carried cut. . 4 Sorely," he adds, "there is nothing in this which exhibits anything bet fell symptoms of a desire to gratify the critical desires of connoiseenre of the fine arts, as well u to conciliate the goodwill of the pre anus magus, who at the rime time are allowed the fad nage of the park. It stet be borne in mind that the conduct of these last is often anything bat conciliatory. Oar best thanks are certainly due to the Duke of Marlborough for his new mulattoes, and we can only say, acne's noon " Onersizi has removed from Corsica to Pieimont, and intends, it is mid, to become actively connected with journalism. " Piedmont (a Turin correspondent of a Ras , elan paper remark.) presents a curious epectacle at this mo ment. Five times less In size thin England, and in the enjoyment foe eight years only of the institutions which have had root in the British soil for centuries, it has already be come the mayhem of all opinions and pieties, and of person ages of every rank. At this very moment, while receiving the Empress Dowager of Mavis, it opens its doors to the most famous revolationsries. Orleanists on one side, and Mantises on the other, are prone, aadieg their opinions; and while Mamba &pater° Is expected at Genoa, some officers of the Dos Carlos party seek emp'oyment in the ranks of the army"