The Express. — London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 28, 1856. A kits: from Constantinople, of the iStb, states that oscsiderable astonishment was felt at the capital on the morning of that day, by the appearanee of an American frigate, the Constellation, which entered the port, saluted the Ottoman flag, and quietly anchored beside the Ajaccio and Desperate. The Journal de Cowdaistinople describes the great fire in that capital :—" Yesterday, about halt-post 11 at night, a fire broke out in a house situated in one of the main streets of Osliondji Youlook, at Pere, half way down the hill. Ina few minutes the flames took hold of the adjoining houses, and made cruel havoc in such a dense mass of timber edifices. Help was soon at hand; the firemen and labourers, under the orders of several of the high officers of state, made great exertions to abate the fire, and demolished a number of the surrounding houses to prevent the fire from spreading beyond them; but, unfortunately, the supply of water from the cisterns and fountains of the neighbourhood was insufficient to keep all the engines at work, and the rain, which began to fall about two o'clock, was not copious enough to have much effect upon the flames. It was not till seven in the morning that the conflagration could be got under. Its ravages extended on the one aide as far as Bulbul 1)&60, and in the other direction, to Tchikour ; between five and six hundred houses were destroyed by it. Notwithstanding the confusion which prevailed all night, no serious personal injury was sustained.' The correspondent of La Preue adds that the charitable inhabitants of Constantinople have responded liberally to the appeal made to them, on behalf of the sufferers by this conflagration ; the French soldiers' barracks, which had been purchased by contractors, were offered for the temporary lodg ing of the destitute families; many poor persons were admitted at nos into the hospital of the Sisters of Charity, as well as Into the houses of compeseionate Musulmano; and performances were to be given for their benefit in the theatres of Pera, and other places of public entertainment. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. (711.011 0111 OWN 0011101111PONDINT.) LIVERPOOL, TH 0 EIDLY. This morning, the Liverpool and Philadelphia I Steam-ship Company's iron screw steam-ship Kan garoo, Captain Ewing, arrived in the Mersey, from PhilaZelphia, which she left on the 13th inst. She her brought a full complement of passengers. From the New Orleans Piet:lvan* we learn that General Walker has appointed Ferrinere Ferris as Nicaraguan Minister to the United Stater, and that Colqnhoun was about to return home. Walker's prospects are highly flattering; a large accession to WI forces was expected, and that there would be no I more fighting, and • proclamation of peace was looked for on an early day. Farther California news states that there is a prospect of heavy rain in different portions of the States, and that it is likely to be a proeperons season at the reins.. From New Orleans the despatches report that the rivers are rising, and that heavy receipts of cotton are anticipated. The markets are easier. Quote tines unchanged. Commercial affairs at New York unaltered since the Asia sailed. Fraud and irregularities are reported on the part of the officer, of the New York Stock Company at Philadelphia. Balinese is dull. Stocks lighter. Breadstuff, lower. THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE PARANA The accident on board the Parana steamer in the Southampton dock., on Wednesday afternoon, arose from the steam chest having been blown by the menus of steam from the shell of the boiler. The Panne was, fortu nately, coaled, and the coal Meeks n►roundieg the boiler prevented the chest from being blown to • distance, and doles; damage to the Alp, or killing or wounding more individuals than those who have bees mimed. In the em tattoo, it was believed that Mr. Jones, one of the junior maniere, was injured. This, however, wu happily not the use. Knoughton, one of the men who was killed, had evidently attempted to escape, sad, while doing so, the hot steam overtook him, and he fell back, sad was scalded to &Mb. Some short time elapeed after the 'coldest ire any attempt could be snide to drag out the dead bodies, or to rescue those. who were injured. One of the first who ►t tempted to do so was • gentleman named Ritchie, billesiging to the royal mall company. He got hold of one of Wolof feriae, and in attemptieg to pull him oat from wherrille lay was burnt is the hand. In the former report of the disaster • man named Brown was stated to have bees among the killed. The name of the deceased, it appears, should have been Robb'. A quantity of boiling water was blown upwards, end appeared Ic We sir Ilk. floe rain. This, in descending, flowed down the steps of the saloon,and soup of the servants there narrowly escaped being scalded by it. The government iaspector had not long left the ship when the accident happened. The royal mail company yesterday o►dered cellos for the men who were killed, and wW be at the expects* of their funerals, if the friends of the de ceased desire it. The relative' of those who were killed were lingering about the docks yesterday, and were sadly *Mimed ►t their sudden and untimely deaths. A coroner's inquest was opened, yesterday afternoon, on the men who were killed, but the coroner expressed hie in tention of merely opening the [agility and ' , loaning the investigation, after enalaing a few witnesses. Wen ex amined were Mr. Jolts McCrar, foreman boiler-hiker to the cempeny, end Mews. Wylie and Tate, the Beat and mend eogineen of the Panne. Toe Ir evidence mat to the effect that the Penns bed her steam up on the afternoon when the explosion took place, for the purpose of trying the boilers previous to going out of dock neat Monday. An elimination made after the explosion showed that the star board forward boiler had a rent at e ach end, from which as inuneses tamps of steam would immediately arise. The nut extended at one end 8 feet, and at the other 13 feet or Id feet In length. The original thickness of the boiler plates was thne.eightke of an inch,and a messurement of the thinnest part, after the enplanes, showed firosiatiseethe of an inch. The bode:stied been in use four yean. The rents exhibited no symptoms of previous defect la the metal. The pressen about five minutes before the explosion was only 1211 m. with the safety valve eased. None of the witnesses, after songful examination of the boiler, could assign any opinion use the canoe of the accident. The inquiry was then adjourned. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE DAILY NEWS: LONTON MORNING PAPER. petos ~ estampsil 4d., Nampo' DE Tka Leading Liberal ilearaaL the schema el tra• ONOMMOI sad of all Pnand reform, le the en teat sod ealta et Ha praerit ares—ls the steamy et It. tair myt.ttii. awl is the sorted esareuttals sad etestsersisl totaratalles mown.", ie lite tit!. railway. sod tacestery artietas—tals mew la a nVIALION ISZWS II RELIABLZ AND IMPARTIAL. Aa rzehaatoely sem Ira of •Isityptrks to the Leda. am oareghad 1.3" ..""Priem4lll; UN LAZO 1112411 Q IMPORT. errbet a ILICLL'DIN ALL OrMIPMI ADVISTEIUMML Ito. riapeedeek and. 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Amu, S 3, LILY NEWS SUPPLIED mad LENT TO READ bills HE EXPRESS —The PUBLILI sad TRADE PPLI CD every Mamma, at liddiast 4,be W. ST EPA NN 101f Bonkeeller and News Agent, Id, Ilentinedon-sOvet, teed. DAILY !INNS SUPPLIND and LIST TO .11N . :71 1 ; the morning. eta /4' xpreoo. TO COI WwWwwwit erect tw "The Itattwo; tapir I,_ met, llork mien Itt M s 2118,111/ MOW at the 12/ pui. MATKAMUM. Tan Emma, THE SCHOOL 1011 MMUIDAL Marc CL IP predate. Buckram*. Howe. Compri., ehl Ihmlods; Mem Talbot. —A FAMILY WAILING. Mr. Berheleer Ile B. her.—Peter haaa sad the Semarre Camera—AM MY LIME *DOME,. PILIMCMWS. Tina *ranee, A MUGU IMAM 111011111 DREAM. And OUR WIVE; or, The Rare of Maim. Rider , sad Mebse; Mims Murray .ad C. Lederer& Taw Immo. FABIAN Ca . Mandlara M. sad Nn. Dlllos.—The Bedouin Arabs mat go througth User wcedertei per. forethaara. And the burlesque or TRI WINTEWS TAM Mr. J. L. Toole; bream and T• 11 EYIIIII,O, ROB ROT. 61.4 n. ("ravish ; Mimics, Voßake, Bral POW, Tapplsg %Bd. mad Maim ; Miss L Pew, Mrs. N. Itrookes. less Rills—Sod DRELL Hews Widetkomb, "Mir, W- M., Ran" sad Colvin; lam Jerks's, Mr RIMY& STANDARD. Tan ETZinWe. LINO 111ENILY SUL IDis Olga—And DEED Yr. Jugs Joiasse. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BUDGE. lir MT—Xeres& fl Ger-.......Ahnic5. Nu NAL To•soasaw—licrds& Si kia.........Aftseak IL to. LONDON, Flllllll'. NOVBMBRE 28. they never paused to consider that the risk they ' sought to avoid might probably be rsudered un avoidable by the very means adopted to escape from it. For these repeated sales have, of °muses lowered the market valise of the shares of several banks; the fall in the price of the shares is remarked by depositors;—they presume that some reason must exist for a shareholder seeking to get rid of his pre sent liability, and that resew, they naturally con• elude, is a knowledge that the position of the bank is unsound. They coosequently withdraw their balances, and probably communicate to others their reasons for doing Ite; the fact at any rate becomes patent to those in the habit of receiving their cheques ; distrust spreads; the position of the bank is weak ened, and it may eventually be plunged into serious, or perhaps even irretrievable, diScalties. And ell _ _ this evil may be brought about by means of a few panic-stricken shareholders, ignorant or forgetful of their rights or liabilities, and who have chosen to sell their share at almost any price, instead of endea- Touring first of all to learn what grounds really or probably existed for their vague kers. To assume that they were bound to rely on any reassuring state ments that might be made to them in reply to their inquiries, would, of course, be unreasonable ; but the) might at least ascertain bow far the unfavourable rumours which reached them could be traced to any trustworthy source. For ourselves, we have invariably found on inquiry that the mysterious hints and inti mations we have received touching one bank after another resolved themselves into the merest hearsay. When traced es far back ss possible, they either appeared to have grown out of the most trifling facts, or were utterly repudiated by the supposed authors. In a few months the shareholders of all the Joint Stock Banks will have,at the meetiop, an opportunity of insisting upon a well•authenticsted statement of their position, and upon a thorough and searching audit for the future; and in the meantime, as they an neither rid themselves of their liability, nor ascertain the true condition of the various banks, it argues little vetdorn on their parts to imperil their own fortunes, and those of hundreds besides, by sacrificing their shares at any cost, and thereby proclaiming to the public their want of confidence. If, when the proper season arrives, they should find the directors unwill ing to take the steps neteseary for furnishing well guaranteed and precise statements of amounts, and for securing a thorough and searching audit, it will be high time to retire from a position which may then undoubtedly be regarded es one of some peril. If, after thelterrible warnings given by the Tipperary and Royal British Banks, shareholders or depositors are obtuse enough to suffer matters to remain in their old condi doe, we can only say that they invite knaves to plunder them ; they place temptation in the way of honest man, and if they suffer from their own folly they have no claim either to the sympathy or assist- ance of the more prudent or mon fortunate portion of the public. Elie Court. IT was of coarse to be anticipated that the recent disgraceful failures would give a sever, shock to the eoufidence the public had hitherto reposed in Joint Stock Banks, and the effects of the distrust thee segesdered have been seriously aggravated by the samestary pressure which has existed for some time peat. The public mind has consequently been peen lianly disposed to give attention to every idle or malicious rumour resecctiog these useful establish ments, and for some weeks those rumours have been inusually rife, pointing now at one bank, now at another, although in some, probably in all cams, they were utterly devoid of foundation. It is impassible to exercise too much caution in giving the countenance of toleration even, to these flying reports. There is unfortunately a class of persona who possess a morbid taste for calamities, and who hover shoat society like birds of ill omen, croaking of peril and rain which their gloomy forebodings sot infrequently aid is eonverting into sad realities. An idle suggestion, an incautious word, in times of fisencial crisis, I. re petted eagerly; growing, like all ealamnies, as it woes from mouth to month, it reaches at length • portentous sae, acquires a most formidable power. and too often preclume the moat calamitous results. So tender is the fabric of commercial credit, that the The Counter: of Jersey and Lady Clementin_ most airy fiction has power to injure —the most or Tinian have arrived la Berkeley-equate, from the Ballad founded rumour, if widely spread, to destroy it for a Hotel, Brighten. The estates. sad her ladyship will leave while. At such • time as the present the seeds of tows is • few days be Middleton-park, Osfordshire. mischief fall upon a soil only too ready to motive The Earl and Coont°°° Gra°eill• entertained a these, take root rapidly, and bear their Alagerous wdect circle at Maser, at their =asks is Bruton -street, fruit. When reports of commercial pressures» float. /arterial "' fig about, banks are especially liable to the evil we Lord and Lady Overdone and the Hoe. Miss , the latest arrivals at Bright... have indicated ;at such periods moat sage are dia. "snow L l oy d an says of the departure o f posed to be prudent, but prudence rapidly degenerates the Dyke sad Deane of Richmond, Lady Ceenlia Gerdes into suspicion, suspicion into panic, and widespread Leman, and suite, hoes Gordon Cutlet, for the tooth : rain ensues. Depositors withdraw or diminish the, t. The departure of this noble fatally is always matter of balances when the credit of a beak is hinted at; the Mat regret is this Vieller. Their limes disleen• • bank is compelkd on its part to call in its loans and PrihellY he•Pileihr is the ha e ea *Gig 'salsifies'' , sulk , limit its accommodation, crippling very seriously the lee the:me:w e e het h we 11 frequent a wte 6 eb visil etg baby th ibla ale' clad a poori ~woes of commercial men ; and when th e Beak how radio . " hoe 'mew . of England makes no advances on stock, and restricts The seat brother to the late Mr. Lockhart, its discount to short iated paper, bankers cannot so was John Gibes* Lockhart (late editor of the Quarterly readily convert their securities into cash. Although Reins, sad son-la law of Sir Walter Soon), who died at is reality solvent, it needs bet a somewhat severe run Abbotsford la November, 1864. Velem there is a distil...- to tempi a back at such a time to stop payment. tion to the contrary, ha is likely, therefore, to be seceseded The float blow may be given by mere idle or la big .°l°lll l k bb b 's l i t of eMbirto. Hope i e ° i t a bthy l oy d misehisvons pa, -1111 '1°11 " a of whom swim g tb f e Mr. j tMi o ; l44 l's eldest d it aaehter ' , w So o phia Seott. aug in London—the pests of the club and the counting- The ootooKey of installing Dr. Tait, the newly bows ; or it may happen that some customer a pp o w te d Bum% of Leaden, win take place at St. rears of the bark, annoyed at finding the acootomodatios Cathedral on Tbanday apt. Dr. Tait will mesh his Sgt De has hitherto received soddenly limited, whispers sumo*, as Bisbee et Linde., is Suede, afternoon lest, at his suspicions in the ear of a friend, they are repeated 14 L.hoon'it Piooodalb is the oceisio• a the n - oteoioll of as certainties, the blow falls, end huodreds are at mem that @bulb after the mew 11"1"1 " involved in partial or total r u i n . The Herald envyenvywith regard to the see of Ripon : —"Ti. days age Lord Palawritaa hesitated b e t ween t w o Against interested or silly mischistinakers of this of th e divtiley presseeses of Cembrieg e . Ilemething escorted kind Joint tkock Banks poems no WOW of defence to tem hie anomie, weer way, end be a week part the whatever; mil our readers can seemly Knowles the nest probable same. have been Mr. Dab, the vitae of St. amount of injury which has already been done by Peewee sad Mr. Basra**, the motor of St. 011 "'"`" these floating and vague reports, the authorship of the-Fields. Hither of those vembil de msdit to Lord Pal which it ie in most c see impossible to trace. Bub "11111w hbh ;1111611; peuba m l y l b e l we neirontell" the of all a w sak sport from this *moo of injury. the ohoroholdoro ery will be Is favour of the snood of the two, who is the themselves have been absurdly active in aggravat- 'lmam and more vigeteus nee." ing the evil. It was ipirtectly natural that the We (Glasgow Daily Mail) understand that mid ightful amount of suffering inflicted on in- the 1,0001. subscribers is this efty to the Aden* gblr westere of this class by the failure of the graph Illetsrpvies is Mr. Thinkers', she gesemled bib gab Tipperary aid Royal British Banks should have setietioe es Saturday. created serious alarm in the minds of others similarly We (Gble g ew Daily Mail) lel" that the large situated. We cannot be surprised th at t h ey should fettle plea, by Cooper, was sold to a geatlemen in the ireu at last have become alive to the fact that no amy of Weer' yesterday, by Mean ' &awe end Masada, for We w. respectable names on the direction was • gum:tastes g By the kindness of an otiose of the Court of Bank against mismanagement, or even fraud; that bank reptey, Robles was permitted yeetenlay to am his wife— audit. were as valueless, and ea loosely een. the last tine, it was aid, that he would be enabled to do se dotted, as those of other sompanies; and that dig As twisty Pen ever whisk his misses a liso•- while they were solacing themselves with the P er ",„„ t " • °°t°° l °- The marriage of the Hereditary P r ise s o f T uscany centemplation of magnifiesat statemests of so. eiaiaaa Of asemaela de wir se ttis ii Priseess wi t h aas of Bezoay was celebrated at Dres counts, and indulging became and dividends, the huge mass of fraud It is stated Paris tha grist t the reigning Emmen of was perhaps about to topple down and sweep their It will *mg ff the th the e who!. aeons of existence away with it. The timid, I n whw ee k a ft w b por the Imperial Prince without waiting either to consider their true legal tangoes, the yews, heir to the throne is reiwswatad with position, or to ascertain on what basic their property the Woad Carus of Logien .f Reeser, Gadded'', la actually stood, have hastened to sell their shares es the Bares's lap. the first whisper that has reached them respecting The lad Parlist from C° ll dootiooPlo, the Ifydupe, their particular bark. They did not reflect that by beceght is Fames term meg Toekish *aeon, who me se Peril whit the inentlea et somplatia g M s * so doing tin y could got gee rid of their liability, litLitary leg idoeutoo. but were still subject for three yeses onward to General Rogdanowiteb, of the Russian artillery, be called upon as contributors In the event of faller*. she he. b.., „ d .„ 4 by the g sp „ s , Almada to write They sever thought of what the probable smelt of ea 'Metal Way et the sage of esbasespe Ms salved la t his harry to sell would belt it fond many imitable i Pura. WINDSOR, Nov. 27. The Quota, with the Prince of Wales, walked in the Rowe•park this noes*, sad visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogman. The Priaeese Royal sad Priam. Al.. also walked is Rene park. Prinet Albert, aosowponlost by Fetus Frederick Willis* of Prisons, went ost shooting. A deputation of the visiting jadeite of the Middlesex Lusatia Asylum ►ad as fats/view with Sir George Grey yesterday at the H...-lion. The deputed°n consisted of Sir A. Spasms. (shairatea of the Boswell Commis dollen), Mr. C. H. Cottrell (chairing. of Colney-hatch Colasitte.), Lord Robert Grammer, Mr. Townes& Mr. Woodward, Mr. Hallowell, Mr. B. J. Armstrong, Colonel Elegy, Mr. Augoatin Robinson, Mr. Frani. Bosley, Mr. W. P. Bodkin, Kr. George Dodd, 'self Mr. Thomas Toner. Mr. Pale had an interviow with Mr. &enter, Ulm share yesterday at the Coloaial-oSies. Mr. asunder' (the Steretary to the Great Weston Rail way Compeay) sad Mr. Arthur Heathen (et the General Post. °Mee) had an iaterview with the Chancellor of the Rachiquer yesterday, at his cartel residence in Downier west, as the veld«t of the Gloaceater sad Hereford mail. The ladle's! Committal of the Privy Conseil eat pester. day. Tho appeal from Bombay, "Mode. HOIVIII*4II r. Canada.. .a ot►en" (pert heard), was concluded. PRUSSIA AND NRUFCRA'TEL. Letters from Berne of the 24th inform us (says the Independence Beige of yesterday) that on the morning of that day, General Dufour arrived there on his return from his mission at Paris. According to the rumours current at Berne, the General has brought with him propoesla of an arrangement, which the council immediately took into consideration. M. Nara, President of the Neufchatel Council of State, and M. Aime Humbert, Secretary of State of the same canton, have arrived at Berne. in order to acquaint themselves of the prc positions brought by General Dufour, end to give their opinion upon them. It is anticipated that the Log of Prussia will allude to the subject of Neufchatel in his speech to morrow (Saturday) in opening the Legislative Ses sion, and this passage in the speech is looked for at Berlin with anxiety. In a letter from Borne, to the Paris Prose of yes terday, it is observed that the Swiss federal authorities before procoeding to the release of the prisoners, de mand 'wide, guarantees that that act shall •bo followed by au acknowledgment on the part of Prussia of the independence, of NeufohateL It is believed at Berne (according to this correspondent) that France, without contracting a formal engage ment, hes promised to employ iss good offices at Berlin to obtain this result. It is also thought that the Western Powers are firmly opposed to the em ployment of coercive measures on the part of Pruasia. The Presse enters into details respecting the strength of the Helvetian army. These forces num ber in all 162,943 men ; to there we may add the Cantonal troop., numbered at 40,000, and 12,000 Swim, who can be recalled from Naples. There ire thus upwards of 200,000 men at the disposal of the Swiss government. A RUSSIAN MEMORANDUM. We read in the Fordot yesterday :—" Many journals persist in affirming the existence of a Russian circular relative to the attitude taken by the courts of London and Vienna in the question of the rectification of the frontiers. Oar oorrespondent at Berlin informs us positively that no such circular exists, but that Prince Gortchakoff kas transmitted to the reprreen tide's of Mania abroad a memorandum re leave to the questions of Bolgrad and the lea of Serpents. Prince Gortchskoff insists upon the necessity of the reassembling of the Congress. The despatch which accompanied this memorandum does not, sayo our correspondent, bear the character of a circular note; it is without im• portant*" The aims correspondent adds that the representa tives of Ramis have been directed to communicate the above•mentiooed memorandum to the govern ments of Ragland and France, and to call their attention to the opportunity for amicably terminating the dispute by a conference. SPAIN. A Madrid letter of the 23rd states that the Flamm Minister has made a treaty with the Bank of Spain, in virtue of which the latter undertakes to pay the forthcoming half-yearly dividend on the exterior debt. The Revisits Hadar of Madrid has ceased to ap pear, in consequence of the Minister of War having Issued as order of the day declaring that the Queen did not think it a fit journal to b, read by the army. This makes the fourth paper that has disappeared within a mouth, the other tbrce being the Nano', the Corks, and the Association. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PION OM OWN PARIS, TAIMIDAT KYIXING. The foreign mails to-day bring sews front many quarters, which goes far to confirm the existence of the intrigue which I d oed yesterday. The official organs in Berlin, confident of support at the court, as distinguished from the cabinet of London, state positively that England has consented to a second Cosgresi, and several of the Belgian journals, with out having any precise information, went something in the wind and take notice of confident reports that the Boigrad question is as good as settled. This, however, is not, as I have the strongest remelt for believing, the case. The French, the Pnts elan, and even, possibly, the Austrian gc • vernments may think that the extraordinary in fiance brought to bear upon Lord Pahnerston's dc termination is so strong that he must give way, but it is certain that up to this afternoon nothing is known here to warrant the supposition that the English minister, relying upon the support of the country in a straightforward course, does not still hold his own. The government journals repressot Eng land as still recalaitrant,tod have evidently received tweet instructions to protest against the presence of our ships in the Black See, and to recapitulate the arguments for a Congress. The Bourse has been very good. Although doubts were entertained as to the realisation of the expecta tion held out yesterday that the Bask of France would take bills with nventrfive days to run, a report that the Bank of England was likely to lower its discount to six per cent. bad a considerable effect upon the market, and it was con firmed that the Bank of France is in au improved position. The Rents rose 600. for cub, and 60c. for amount, closing at 68fr. 86e., and 68fr. 85c. Mobi lier rase 40fr. The Lyons Railway rose 22fr. 600. Mediterranean, 23fr., and the other lines from Mr. to 10fr. The Marquis d'Autonini, the Neapolitan Mioister at the wort of Freon, whose departure has fre quently been prematurely announced, left Paris this morning at 7 o'clock, promiedinir direct to Brussels, to which court, it may be remembered, he is also accre dited. The Zisdspaidoises sage he has ordered his furniture and choice cellar of wine to be sold. u It is stated," mays th• dissembles Nagionals, " that the Remiss ;overman h about to Had to Posh as as Multi to the embassy of Cent Hissoliff, Prison Joaseapolf, who is married to the daughter of Carat de Hihsaisplarra. who bed married a niece of the fawns Potesalla. Prises Joasoupoff le you's and possesses as Inman firma.. He has beta ordered to heap up great state. and ha kw already seat orders to rest a large hoses sad re famish It la t►e nest splendid style." The oisoolation of tboo Nord of Broom . Is, a( dm 201 b, Wm prohibited at Vieaaa by tbe polio aatiteritise. h:Paris latter in the iroevalslisdepandatua says :- 4 * A legacy of 1,000,000 k. has beta left to the Areardatioa of Arils% but with the cooilltioa that Baroa Taylor, presi des& of the weosiatiss, low pereenally to Algeria to idlest It. The age sad health of the hero*, sad the semis of the year, mode hiss hesitate far a earnest, bet We zeal fn the lassitaties has detemissii him to undertake the *wag with cereals preesetkar." The amid Coma of Fribourg has jut granted u amnesty to the panes. mated daring the late riots Maths* to the demon of revisit's& A letter ken Amsterdam' oreatioeis the Inset in that sty of a MU Imhof., wb hod 00001,6 0 7 01, dovotk on of Wasik. et tbo Nethorloodo Doak, to got s forged kW for 12,000 lariat dioeosatod. It lo sided that be had Wm kiGt of tbo sumo *parker Wed Is hie pesteedee, to Vie elessat el NAN lute. SKETCHES OF LONDON ACTORS AND TURKEY. YEE. ALFRED MELLON, LATE MISS WOOLOAR. It is but little more than a twelvemonth back that the theatrical world was threatened with the loss of one of its popular favouri•es. No " farewell benefit" I or "last appearance" waa announced, but quietly the name of Miss Woolgar disappeared from the bills of the Adelphi Theatre, where for mauy seasons she • had been one of the attractions. To those conversant with theatrical gossip the cause of this secession was no secret : the lady had entered into another engage ment, and bad made her first appearance in what Mr. Buckstone designate. as the comedy of "Married Life." It takes a very long time to get accustomed to a new name when the old one has been so familiar to the tongue, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon must for some sea sons to come submit to be called Miss Woolgar on the playbills. It was with feelings of real satisfaction that on the opening of the Lyceum Theatre, under Mr. Charles Dillon'. mansgement, the public found the name of an old favourite on the roll of the new compny. Mi a ss iVoolgar's style of acting affords but few points for critical observation, it. general tone being pleasing and satisfactory rather than brilliant. Without ever being great, she is always amusing. Her mirth and gaiety, if not a portion of herself, are at least so cleverly put on, that they do not appear as if adopted for the mere purposes of acting. Miss Woolgar, without ever having made a positive/wore in any of the characters which she has assumed, has in most of them contrived to leave upon the audience an impression eminently satisfactory. This may be ascribed to a certain smoothness in the acting, and an absence of that straining after effects which so frequently defeats itself. Among the personal ad vantages of Miss Woolgar may be mentioned regu lar and pleaeing features, easily lending themselves to most varieties of expression, bat better suited on the whole for the gay than the sentimental; a voice capable of much modulation ; and a graceful, well formed figure. Although this active. has not made for herself a long list of characters by which she can be specially identified, she has accomplished that which is no easy task—viz , acted many parts with eclat, while the recollection of the original repre mutative was fresh in the memory of the public. To do this, and to do it successfully, requires not only great study and thought, but a careful avoidance of anything like imitation. Thu, as Cleopatra—the character in which she inado her debut, in the farce of Antony andeleepatru, and which Mlle Emma Murray had rendered so popular, Miss Woolgar acted with a freshness, gaiety, and esprit, which were all her own. Agaie, as Nelly O'Neill, in The Green 8e,!,.., a cha racter Mrs. Fitzwilliam had played wish such marked applause, Mies Woolgar suffered in no way by the comparison. If we did not find all the warmth and breadth which characterised the former lady's style, we had in their place youth, earnest is., and sincerity of purpose. Perhaps the best original dramatic part which Miss Wool gar has had is Lemuel, in The Flowers of the .Forest. Her delineation of the gipsy boy could scarcely have been more real had she studied the phases of character in the tents of that wandering tribe. In burlesque, Miss Woolgar has been the representative of I long succession of princes, gay and chivalrous, (=tulle aid captivating, as befit the denizens of that " quint fable land" which generally furnishes the subjects for this class of entertainment. In this particular line she possesses a particular merit—that of letting the rhyme flow trippingly from the tongue: the points are made without apparent effort, as if unconscious of uttering a pun, yet failing to make it tell; while her sing ing, if lacking operatic pretensions, is all that is required for the occasion. The character in which Mies Woolgar re-visited the glimpses of the footlights is Florizel, in the burlesque upon the Winter's Tale. It was of the usual class to which this lady has been so long accustomed, and has been toted by her with all her former excellence. Her retirement and rest, while it has given her health and more freshness, has not deprived her of any of those "sirs and graces " with which she was wont to delight us on former ()unions. With the exception of one season, when Miss Woolgar played at the Lyceum Theatre under the maosittmeat of the Keeley., she has been throughout her theatrical career a member of the Adelphi company. MUSIC. DRURY-LANE ITALIAN OPERAS. The performance of the Barbiere di Siviglia leetl night was marred by an untoward event, the sudden India rattles of the charming Rosins, Madame Gassier. The part was taken (as was announced) at an hour's notice by Mdlle. Berti, a young lady who appeared list season, at Her Majesty'aTbastre, in several small parts, and acquitted herself very creditably. The indulgence of the audience was earnestly entreated in her behalf, and she required it, for the part was quite beyond her strength, and she got through it rather than performed it. The weakness of • part which demands so much spirit and brilliancy damped the whole opera, and was especially irjurioos to Reichardt, who appeared for the first time u Count Almaviva. He acted and sang admirably, and is evidently one of the best representatives of the ter we have seen. We hope be will have an oppsrtunity of repeating the part with better support. LA Roos DE FLOSINCS—Few operas which have lately appeared o• the Parisian stage have obtained a more genuine sancta this the above place, which was produced last week at the Grand Opera. It is the work of Signor Biletta, a young Italian cowpoxr who resided some yean in London, ►ere he was admired in our musical cite.= for his genies, aid esteemed for his excellent qualities. His English opera, The While Mope, brought out here during that period, notwithstandlog a very Imperfect performance, nude an impression which is not yet forgotten. Ile has been mere fortunate now ; and his aew opera, aided by the means red appliances of the great French musical theatre, has already laid the foundation of • reputation which it only lies with himself to maintain by future works. The Judgment of the public has been confirmed by that of the press. The most eminent e n tice ate unsoimons in their opinion, and vie with each other la the warmth of their commendations, and among his eulogists is Rector Berlioz himself, one cf the most illustrious of living zunoicisne. The subject of the libretto, which is by M. de St. George, is vary like that of oar well-known Adeiphi drama Vlc. torine. A young woman, on the eve et marriage, has admitted into her heart or fancy a liking for another man than her Aimed. Giving way to this weakness, she fells Into • course of folly, sinks deeper end deeper, till she resolves to end her woes by suicide. She throws herself into the river, aid waking, finds it was all the dream. Of course she takes the lemon, and is happy. This subject, if not now, is interesting, end is so nested as tv give room for excellent musical effects. The composer leas not throws the opp7rtunity away, and the manic is dramatic as well as beastifal. We find in Gefismain the following estimate of its merits, which may be taken as a concise ezpremion of the general opinion of the Parisian critics Opera plots are little subject to criticism, and the prineat 14 Leith= better nor worse than the average ; the best point in it is, that it affords due opportunities for the empower to display his talents. Of these Id. Selena has availed hiseeelf with the tact and talent of a true musician. Not free of morn from the defects and indecision of Inez wiener, his work i► throughout tick in matical Idiots and in froth and graeioas inspirations which seam to want bat a certaiu amplitude of development, which experience alone can give, to became swish of melody and harmony in the charming wheal of Bellied." The opera is extremely well performed, the priacdpal parts being =satanic' by Roger. Bonnebit, and Mdile. Moreau-Sainte. The Emperor and THE LATE ARREST 07 MR. MOORE AT BERLIN. —la t long comettiniestion to the daily journals, Mr. Morris Mears statm that on Friday evening last be sent the follow. log note to Lord Blomdeld Berlin, Nov. 21, Friday evening. My Lord,—l have been informed that on my rotors to my apartments at 23, Tauben-strasso, I shell be molested by the Berlin polies. This will be entirely without provocation. as I smapalossly abstain from speaking of politics. As • British citizen I reqnset the protection of the British Embassy.—l am your obedient servant, Mout* Mann. To the Bight B hie Lord Blonfleld." The following letter wee received by Mr. Moore at seven o'clock on Bouday evening Berlin, Nov. 23.—Sir,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of year letter written on the inning of the 21st fallout, informing me that you ex. petted to be molested by the police. At en interview which I bad with Bares Mantauffal softy yesterday I endeavoured to learn the nature of the suspicions existing eyelid yes. Eacelleacy was at that tines ignorant of the prow& Inge of the police, but I heard inheitquently with 'WNW dettlihat yes had been set at liberty after as interrogatory, Won the satherities.-1 am, sir, year obedient humble' servant. BwArtllo.—To Morris Moore, Fag." "The Austrian Miaister of the Interior," says the LTCLUIL—A party of Bedosio acrobats, or tors Miens hraelae, t. has jest extended to all the empire a blero, appeasd at this theatre last night. There are nine of prohibition which has bitltaeto bees appifeable only to eer- them, men sod boy s; and they are certainly very capital tale provisoes, and by whisk Jews wen ted from performer. is th way. They seat through a variety of naiad or trading in 'harsh Tama, cenelftsm, boors of hats of strength and agility; throwing suromersets. taking saints. to. At Park the trade to thews articles is carried on tremendous loom mid (treeing groups and pyramids by by Jews, collie' thomoalvos orthodox. These individuals standing on each others' beads. One man took • flying leap. sedately deserve to be excluded from the Jewish coo. clean over the beads of a &son peAple, ond another swW eannity." supportieg the weight of all the rest, clustered above hliM. Th e ccac cu m ent of the canton of Bans l a t e ly Tbe perlormaneee were exceedingly clever ; but they wigs t w h e e l y l a W " Crt be h tt L r ein a g i , ted hote a ver a an to d risnt .„l - the ',Rants, of t h a t rot, with a go ld asp for very like tie things we oonatently see at Astlev'a ; to whisk isso la Divine MUM. Aessaats from Violins, in the Nord, mention a " i L l i i i tr Fi t . o by ba Tthh im e l way, h aa r ry ilished by the 'adieus. grand bear haat whist' was lately orgasisod in Transyl nada by the governor of that proving, Prince Ch. de CRTIITAL PALACE.— ONE SHILLING lishersetsealiors, wed la which statists of these animals Tnuistia• Nov. 27.—Admissions es payinest, 607; Las were either Mel ea waiskleL by mama dikes', let. Total skiing, 795, , - Empress ante froze St. Cloud to witness the first represen tation. It nes eathely successful, end the name con tthues. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. SITTINGS AT NISI Petra AT WISTISINSTRA MIA TIMM, LkSSI4IS La LORD Calk T BASCOM AIID 0011 ON /CAM. SPRINGBITT V. LING-1.994ULT. Mr. Jcyee appeared fir the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Ballaatine for the defendant. . . Both the plaintiff end defendant were in the employment of Mr. Hayes, the distiller, and the action was brought to recover compensation in dameges for an assault. It appeared that the plaintiff intend Mr. Hayes's service In July last, and lit the following August be received • notice to leave, and, in pursuance of that notice, left in the September fol lowing. Conceiving that the defendant was the primary cause of his removal, he wee greatly aggrieved, and charged him with being so. Angry words passed between the parties, the defendant eitigmatieing the plaintiff as a liar, and he, on the other hand, calling the defendant a sneak. On the evening of the 4th of October the defendant called at the plaintiff's house twice, but on each occasion failed to obt4in an interview; but, subsequently, he received • note from the plaintiff inti mating that en interview might be had. Accordingly, the defendant calls.' again, saying he had Came to demand an apology, adding that it was a lie to accuse him of being the cause of the plaintiff's dismissal. To this the plaintiff replied that be had no apology to make, and desired the defendant to leave his house. An altercation ensued, and, according to the plaintiff's version of the case, the defendant struck him • violent blow when le►ving the house, and challenged him to come out in the street. This friendly proposal was not acceded to by the plaintiff, and the defendant thereupon demanded his hat and umbrella, w►ich he had lost in t:e onelie. They were thrown out into the street by the plaintiff and his wife, and, on the plaintiffs retiring within doors, the defen dant struck him • blow on the head with the umbrella. The plaintiff, In his crove-ezemination, said t'• at when he called the defendant &sneak he meant to insult him, and that be was afterwards made aware by Mr. Hayes, his employer, that the defendant had not been the cants of his rem.val—the true moo being that Mr. Hayes considered him incompetent. He also admitted that he, in the course of the struggle, spat upon the defendant. The substantial defence set up was that the pnvocation which the plaintiff bad given i• the first instance, by making an unfounded charge, was suffi cient to justity the a•aeult which w.• committed, and that the defendant had struck the plaintiff for having offensively spat upon him. . . 'Tbs .- Chief Baron, in the count of h:s summlngnp, com mented rather ly on the growing practice of bringing such eases into the superior courts, and expressed hle surprise that any men should come forward in a public court lied openly av it' , that he wee guilty of that most disgusting and affective act—. spittieg at another. There was one redeeming circumstance in the plaintiff's fav /UT, white was th A he had given the most candid and fair statement of the whole matter. Whether this course wis to be =glinted to a disregard to decorum or a regard fir truth, it was diffi cult to Bay. The facts were fully before the jury, and they would deal with them u they thought fit. The jury having remained rime time in cusultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages The learned Judge refused to certif;. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. MOM ■L COMXO4IO.III 1101.10 TD. IN RI DAVID SAIiCL AT. The bankrupt was a leather manufacturer, of Richardson street, Bermondsey. This was the examination meet. ing. The accounts commence on the Ist of Janu ary, 1855, with a surplus of 2 62a The bankrupt now owes to unsecoied creditors, 2.3041. ; holding consignments as security, 1,5621 ; liabilities, 11,1671. The suet, are returned at 6421. in good debts. cash 1681., and property 1,0614 Doubtful deb'., 1,1311.; bad ditto, 1,6401 . The profits Fad been 3 6 . 571.; loom 3.4981. (tncluding the bad Mite); trade serum', 1,8281. ; house and personal ditto, 5761. The liabilities arise chiefly on bills of Holland, De Jungb, Christian, Yonder Heyde, and other parties, which were either drawn or accepted by the bankrupt. The principal liability cre ditor is the London and County Bank, to the amount of 4,4521. ; the list ales includes the National Discount office, Birchin•lacie, 6841.; Messrs. Rothschild, St. Serithin's. lane. 6641.; smiths Repel British Bank, 8601. This liability arises on tWOITS bills drawn by the bankrupt on Magnus, M'Nally, Skevingtio, Oald, Youcg, bishop, Kaufman, Callender and Sono, and Strange. The bad deb.s include one of 7661, stated to be due from Barclay and Poore, of Brick. lane. [The cue is proceeding ] CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. OLD COURT. THE PARLIAMENT STREET MURDER. At the @Min of the court, Joseph Jeokial, alias Robert Marley, egad 39, was rimed at the bar to plead to an indict ment charging him with the wilful murder of Richard Cope. The prisoner, who did not appear to exhibit any emotion. pleaded not guilty in a firm tone, an.i he wu then re moved. The court was filled at an early hear, sad a great deal of anxiety appeared to be evinced to hear the procer dings. Shortly after ten o'clock, Mr. Baron Alderson sad Mr. Justice Coleridge took their 'eau on the bench, and the prisoner was then again placed at the bar. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Sleigh was camel for the prisoner. The learned counsel for the prosecuticn baring opened the case in a brief speech, the foil° eing evidence was ad s:toad : Mr. Frederick Berry, examined by Mr. Clerk-1 am • jeweller, and reside at Stafford-row, Pimlico. My Shop is in Parliament-street. It prGjews beyond the house, and there is no room over it. The shop is not more than three feet and a ball deep. The door of the shop swings on two poets, and I generally est on the left hand aide as people entered, end the deceased worked oa the opposite side to me. The counter in the shop is about two feet wide, bat the deceased had ncthing before him but a work-board. and be was sap d from the shop by a glass partition and door. The deceased hat: been In my service for ten ycare. My custom was to have the stook of jewellery packed up every night, and pat in a saeret and mare place. No one slept upon the premises. The deceased and I generally left the shop together ; but if I went first be used to bring the keys and • box in a blue bag to my houses If we left together, he aset to carry the bag and bon. Tn. box was empty. I was at the shop on the night of the 20th of October. The stock consisted of wetches and jewellery that were exposed in the window for sale. I want away from the shop • few minutes after eight on the 20th of October, leaving the deci seed in the usual plate where he worked, behind the ekes door. I returned to the shop a few minutes past nine on the some evening, and I then found the deceased an my side of the shop. I stayed about ten or twelve 116111801 , , and when I left the shop was stilt open, the got burning, and the deceased had commenced packintt up the stook. and had put away the/ watches 1. ft to repair. The stock on my side was all in the window and counter. I brought • flag basket with me, sentaining a cod-fish, when I came back, and I placed it in front of the counter, and told the deemed to bring it with him to my house when he came with the keys. This basket conid Woe been seen in the plum where I left it when the door was opened. The decewed was quits well when I left him, and he only complained of a pain in his knee. lie was a cripple and a very small man. lie ought to have been at my house by about twenty minutes to ten, but he did net come; and the next morning 1 heard he was at the hospital. . . By Mr. Sleigh—The deemed ■ev:r eatnyl tined of a tough. Nothing was stolen from the shop but the fish owl the basket. _ _ George Lerigo live at Chapel. aqui, Oaford strut, and am a milliner's porter. I was passing Mr. Berry's shop, from Westminster-bridge, in the night of the 20th Oct., stoat bet past nine o'clock. My attention wu attracted by bearing & grosn from tte inside of the shop. It was like that of some one who wu sufficing. I saw three men minding close to the door ef the shop, and apparently lookieg in. The right-hand side of the door was open about an inch, and quite sufficiently to eneb'e soy one to se• the counter of the shop. I naked the men what wu the matter, and they said it was a man sad his wile quer relhog, and I walked on, leaving them behind. When I had got about sin yards on, and not quite as far as the mews at the back of Itichnson.l.tvirace, I returned, not fading satisfied with the answer the man had given me, and west again to the door of the shop. AU three men were still there. I opened the door. There was a gat-light is the shop,"and I saw the prisoner standieg en the left band aide, and leaning over t►e counter, with a life-pre• server la his band, with which be was striking 'the deceased, who was crouched down behind the counter. Ms struck him on his bare bead on the left tides and I /111 him strike three or four blows. I then appealed to the pusees•by for assistance, end at this time the three men I had drat wen had gone away. The persons I applied to stopped and looked in, end the prisoner turned round from the man be was striking, picked op a parcel from the floor and a piece of lighted cis e. from the counter, and went out of the shop, with the lifi•preeereer still in his possession• I did not notice what sort of a parcel it was that the in. hl~~ t