The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-24 00:00:00

R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY, Oct 3d. Acting M anage r—Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager Mr. E. Stirling. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,W. Farren, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Kra. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. ... THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (first time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled lv IC HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank Matthews, Graham, Garden; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This splendid New Theatre, replete with every comfort, WILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1859. AI)ELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS ! ! !—On which occa sion 31r. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms, &c., will appear. The performances will consist of a DRAMA (2d time), of the highly successful piece of ONE TOUCH OF NATURE ; a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, Sept. 22, and every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. And TO PAREN rs AND GUARDIANS. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock: CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. —The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con lefts), the extraor .inary Violin Performances of the ode- Lrated Infant DELEPIERIU FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Conceit. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George 'Tolson (the Irish Come• dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer beer's new opera of DINNORA. THE WEATHER.-SVN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 24. THERNOXETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 65—lowest this morning and during the night. 74—this day at noon. BauomETEn-29. 8 0. WIND, South -Westerly; fresh, with line weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnts DAY.—.Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. lm. To-Moßßow-Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 52m. Congress or no Congress, there is happily every reason to hope for the best in regard to the libera tion of the Italian peninsula. Under Providence, the Italians have now, to this end, simply to look to themselves. They possess at the present moment what they have for centuries pined for in vain— the opportunity. Throughout the whole of Lom bardy, of Tuscany, of Parma, of Modena—ltaly at this moment belongs to the Italians. Let that not be overlooked. And, together with the recollection of that, let it also be especially borne in mind that but very recently the three duchies and Lombardy were, directly or indirectly, under the domination of the Austrian empire. Lombardy—that we all know is absolutely and completely un fait accompli —lopped from Austria, and amalgamated with the Sardinian territories. The Germanic Princes until within a few months back reigning in the duchies have been summarily deprived of their authority by a rising of their own subjects of yesterday—have hastily fled beyond the frontiers of what constituted until yesterday their own dominions—have doomed themselves as far as they possibly could to perpetual banishment from Tuscany, from Parma, from Modena, by enrolling themselves among those mercenary troops who fought under the banners of the two-headed eagle against the liberties of the Italian population. Sud denly left to themselves the people of the duchies have presented to Europe, during these last four or five months, a spectacle off—what ? Anarchy ? Pillage ? Massacre ? Nay, absolutely of the very reverse—a spectacle of calm self-reliance, self restraint, and self-possession. " A Tuscan " wrote the other day in the Times a letter, dated from Florence, implying in every syllable of it that our English views on the character of this spectacle presented to European observation by the Duchies was from first to last nothing better than a delu sion. But delusion in a matter of this kind we hesitate not to declare to be an impossibility. The gaze of Europe during all these months has been in a manner concentrated upon Central Italy and its population. We are living, moreover (re member that), in the days of steamboats and railways, of electric telegraphs and of newspapers. The journals of Belgium, of France, of Prussia, of Germany, but above all, the journals of England have scanned closely and searchingly every movement of the population of the Duchies. There has been scattered abroad in all directions from that central point of the Duchies a perpetual stream of correspondence , There can be no " hocus pocus" in regard to a matter of such glaring notoriety. In that broad flood of light which has during the last half-year been thrown continually upon the state of things in the Duchies, we cannot help seeing things there as they actually are, not simply as we might wish them to be. But fortunately the two things, as it so happens, have been there all this while identical. The Tuscans, the Parmese, the Modenese have been precisely what we should have wished then to be. They have been all this while — we know it—it is not matter of conjecture, it is Pureand si m pl e matter of fact—they have been throughout the whole of this interval in which they have been left to themselves, Calm, Resolute, and Prepared. They have preserved order amongst themselves. . They have had elections and discus sions —they have passe d resolutions of the most vital import—they have closed parliamentary value—aad th ey h ave d one sessions of histor ical all this with th e uninterr upted maintenance of general tranquility. There have been no outrages, no insurrectionary movements, he violations of the public peace, or seizures of private property_ none at any rate that we can get any tidings of from any quarter whatever. And in the meanwhile the 'Crowned Champio n of the Liberty of Italy, King VICTOR EAIMA NUEL, has had his dominion aggrandised by the incorporation into it of the whole of the magnificent province of Lombardy. He has had kis chivalrous reputation enhanced by his per sonal participation with his heroic French allies upon the battle-fields of Magenta, Montebello, and Solferino. He has had his hands strengthened by all these recent events, both as a soldier and a Sovereign. And that other great Soldier of Italy —the preux chevalier of the Free Corp of Italians, the great modern Condotheri—GAßlßALDl—is he not at this crisis in the destinies of Italy—there, in the very spot, of all others, where the friends o f Italy would most like him to be ? In the Duchies • themselves ! With 20,000 disciplined troops at his command ! Himself untrammelled by any prince at his elbow—free from any one of the petty meshes woven by diplomacy ! With his good sword is his hand—the ball at his foot—and the goal before him ! Besides it were ridiculous to regard Villafranca as capable of being in any way definitive. For the arrangement there was simply an arrangement, conditionally and so forth, between two potentates, between the Emperor of FRANCE and the Emperor of AUSTRIA. Their Imperial Majesties might decide whatever they pleased over that little green table, where he of Austria pulled the flowers to pieces, while he of France puffed his his little paper cigarettes—BUT after the Emperors have parted and passed from the scene with stage alarums and a flourish of trumpets, like the kings of a Shaksperian drama—there are some others to be consulted before the views of their Imperial Majesties can be so very readily carried out ! There are a few Italians in the Roman Peninsula—say about 28,000,000 ! There is King VICTOR EMMANUEL in the North, with his power enhanced by the actual absorption of all Lombardy into his dominions—as well as by the proferred allegiance of the populations of the Duchies ! And at the central point there are GARI BALDI and his 20,000 patriotic Veterans ! Again, then, we say—Congress or no Congress—there is every reasonable hope for the best (whatever the prophets of disaster may say to the contrary) in in regard to that already half realised day-dream of the Italians—the political liberation of the whole Roman Peninsula. Even now, to all intents and purposes, Italy is for the Italians. Lombardy is rescued from the grasp of Austria. Tuscany, Parma, Modena—are rid of their German dynasties. A little more—and this " little" not on the part of France or of any other foreign Power, but on the ' part of the Italians themselves—a very little more, • and Italy may be free, as free as the Milan procla mation predicted—Free from the Alps to the Adriatic ! Our Tory friends in Lincolnshire deserve as suredly the praise of moderation. We lately heard the counsel given to propose a vote of "no confi dence," on the re-assembling of Parliament, and to crush at once the men whose small majority has, by the Election Committees, been almost converted into a minority. Lord ROBERT CECIL and Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE advise, however, in a far different strain, and one which we may be pretty sure the leaders of the Conservatives will adopt. It is perfectly certain that, unless the present Ministry be guilty of some inconceivable blunder, a "no-confidence" motion would utterly fail. Scores of the best Conservatives, if they did not vote for it, would walk out of the House. Business must all be brought to a complete standstill if any set of men could be found, who, on the mere question of the per sons who should hold office,would call for an annual vote, although no fresh election had taken place. Even were Lord PALMERSTON and his friends in a confessedly small minority, we should argue now, as we did for Lord DERBY last year, that their pro posals ought to have a fair trial. They have turned out their predecessors ; it were simply childish not to see what they themselves propose to do,better than those whom they deposed. We may feel certain, how ever, that the sentiments of the members for Stam ford are those of the great body of respectable Conservatives. Lord ROBERT CECIL justly observes that we have had now not fewer than seven Ministerial crises in a period of nine years! and that the result was that Ministers never had. time for useful legislation, being almost always strange to their business. These crises, we know, nearly always occur in the very middle of a session, and spoil that session for all but mere routine business. His lordship depre cated a change of Ministry unless with the reason able hope of obtaining a majority—such an one as should enable the Government to carry its measures through both houses. And while he, of course, thought it very patriotic in the late Government to accept office when in a confessed minority, under the circumstances he did not think it would be to their credit to place themselves again in a position essentially so humiliating. In these views Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE entirely concurred, and held that the conduct of the Opposition should be " firm but not factious." It would be easy, he showed, for so large an Opposition to find many occasions, by taking advantage of casual opportunities, to embarrass and defeat the Government, but such a course he could not sanction. The present Government has certainly no easy task before it. On the Italian question they will, we doubt not, do their best. Lord ROBERT CECIL seems a little afraid of their being too liberal abroad ; we have always, however, acknowledged that we are heartily glad that men with their an tecedents have charge of English influence at this moment ; and, unless events compel us, ere long, to think otherwise, we shall hope that they will obtain for Italy all that can be gained by influence alone. We must confess that we fear Lord R. CECIL'S friends would have cared more for Austria than for Italy, which we, and we believe the great majority of Englishmen, most certainly do not. Italy will possibly be no easy task ; but it is satisfactory to hope that PALMERSTON, RUSSELL,arId GLADSTONE would never disgrace themselves, if the blue-book should not show, eventually, that they had main tained, in every way short of war, the rights of Central Italy. The chief difficulties, however, will be home diffi culties. With a Chinese war urgent, demanding money, as well as men, it will not be easy to meet all expenses, without asking for another fourpence in the pound in 1860. The National Defences will call for a larger outlay still, unless the five millions can be saved in the way indicated by Mr. LINDSAY and Sir MORTON PETO. But this would be to cut the throat of aristocratic jobbery, or to supersede aristocratic incompetence by men who knew how to get most work done for money. And, the wail in Downing-street, at the Horse Guards, and at the Admiralty, would be such that no old stagers dare provoke it. The ways and means for next year are a task that Conservatives will do wisely, indeed', to cast on their opponents. The income-tax should then lapse, by the arrangements of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. The people, too, will have been just smarting under the extra five mil lions taken from them through this odious tax ; yet probably he will have to lay stripes on the old stripes, and to re-impose a tax demonstrably the most unjust of all. He will have to do it, also, in the face of the Manchester_ men, who are now agi tating to the very hopeful cry of " more income tax!" but who will, we expect, have been compelled by the country to change that note for the very opposite one before Parliament meets. And then tloir Reform Bill. What can that be but to make it of more worth to the country than Mr. DISRAELI'S last ? We have it on the testimony of Mr. LINDSAY thct he had, before he gave his vote, an explicit engagement, in writing, that the DERBY Government would at least propose a £6 rental franchise in boroughs, and a £lO one in the counties, with the disfranchisement of 36 small boroughs. We are certainly curious to see what Lords J. RUSSELL and PALMERSTON, backed by Mr. • ~ ~ .....„:,...,,.... , 4,44 --,. ,'" ;aat: 0 . ,V.. 41 : , ~ , ; . ~, 4 4 f , 0 ,/ , .' ..,,„„,„1,41#4 ;'.. _ % .,„1....„ ,- ----:. IT' ~ ..,..,..40::-, , gr." — Atk ib : : %, r- ,, ...-- - - -. , < 4.- . \ . 4„ . .- .., 1.4, '-:, 4.: " I .k . b lr 1777›,„ ' O OIIN '' ./i) , , -......., ' ' ' • f' , ` 'V. •' i. ' ~... (T t ~,,,,.....„ ' THE SUN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1859. THE SUN,' LONDON! SATURDAY EV %NING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1859. GLADSTONE, will offer better than this—proposals, too, which the Lords would have, of course, accepted from their own party. If nothing better is offered, we are losers, so far as Parliamentary Reform is concerned, by the change of Government. If more is offered, what will be the fate of such a bill sent up to the Lords by a paltry majority ? The autumn session was, of course, a mere piece of claptrap ; and though the Chinese war would be of itself a suffi cient reason for one, we may be certain that that, and Reform together, will not induce our Whig leaders to place themselves under the supervision of the country. No questions can now be asked till next February, and they have not forgotten the example they learned when schoolboys—fuge per contatonein—which means, let Mr. ROEBUCK have no chance of putting questions. For four long months they, no doubt, will " take the good the gods provide them." There is actually a reasonable prospect now opened, or at any rate opening, of an end being at length put to this deplorable Strike, for the furtherance of what is known as the Nine Hours' Movement. The small end of the wedge has been inserted. Negotiations have been commenced. There is a talk about a compromise—of the only compromise that could be dreamt of under the cir cumstance—one in its character mutually honourable —honourible at once to masters and to workmen. Heaven send that the hopes thus kindled of speedy, and let us also trust permanent, reconciliation may really prove to be now in a fair way of being realised. The credit of inaugurating this move ment towards a reconciliation is due apparently, in the first idea of it, to Mr. POMEROY, a confidential foreman in the employ of Mr. MYERS, the eminent master builder in the York-road, Lambeth. A communication written by this foreman of Mr. MvEits—a letter written by Mr. POMEROY, it should be observed, entirely, "of his own notion and unknown to his employer"—was addressed somewhere about the middle of last week to Mr. RICHARD HARNOTT, well known and respected among his fellows in the west country as the Secre tary of the Central Committee of Operative Masons, at Bristol. It occurred to Mr. POMEROY that this Secretary to the Central Committee of the Opera tive Masons at Bristol was the very person to un dertake, with the happiest chance of success, th• delicate and responsible duties devolving upon any one who should attempt to negotiate a reconcilia tion. Mr. HARNOTT once before had tried his hand very happily—it was in terminating a strike among the masons down at Netley Abbey—in the work of conciliation. Mr. POMEROY knew this, and knowing it urged the proposed mediator to make a similar, though a much greater, attempt in regard to the closing, if possible, of this far more formidable, and in many ways already most disastrous, strike among the building ope ratives of the metropolis. The appeal was happily not made in vain. Mr. HARNOTT hastened up from Bristol to London by railway, bent upon an attempt at least at this most desirable work of reconciliation. In the detailed and interesting narrative given elsewhere in another part of our impression of this evening, descriptive of the progress of these pro ceeding, there is mentioned an incident in con nection with Mr. HARNOTT'S visit to Lon don which certainly does, as the report observes, " afford a curious illustration of the dis trustful feelings imported into this particular strike, and of the tyrannical restraint which a trade society often imposes upon its own members." In regard to this incident, we learn that " The Paviors' Arms Committee were early apprised of this circumstance [the journey from Bristol], and when Mr. HARNOTT reached the Paddington sta tion on Monday morning he was met by several of the London masons on strike, who were awaiting his arrival, and whisked away in a cab to a com mittee-room of one of their lodges at the Sun Tavern in Lambeth, in sight of Mr. POMEROY, who had gone to meet him. Two of them slept in the same room with him, and the surveillance over him during the day has been equally systematic.' Since then we rejoice to know that this feeling of jealousy has diminished—has by this time pretty well faded out. That Mr. HARNOTT has con quered the good opinion of his fellow operatives, and that matters are, in many respects, really and truly, in a fair way towards a satisfactory read justment. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Srvr. 21 Her Majesty drove out yesterday, accompanied by the Princess Alice, and attended by Lady Churchill and the Hon. Emily Cathcart. The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking. The Prince of Wales and the Count de Flandres went out shooting. Her Majesty's dinner party included the Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales, and the Count de Flandres. SEPT. 22, Her Majesty yesterday drove to the Girnoe, accompanied by tho Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Arthur, and attended by the Hen. Emily Cathcart. The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking. The Count de Flandres went out deer-stalking. Her Majesty's dinner party included the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, the Earl of Elgin, Lord John Russell, Mr. and Mrs. William Russell, the Hon. Elliott, Dr. Robertson, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. _ . Despatches for the Governors of the North Ame• rican Provinces, and also of the settlements on the West Coast of Africa, were sent yesterday from the Colonial office. --- His Highness Prince Lieven accompanied by his family and suite, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-streot, from the Isle of Wight. The Duchess Dowager of Clevel and has arrived in Grosvenor-square from her villa near Twickenham, is route for her grace's seat in Yorkshire. The Earl of Radnor is receiving company at his seat in Berkshire. The Right lion. Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, and General Buckley, M.P., and the Lady Catherine Buckley, are among his lordship's guests. Baron de Lampiere and Baron de Carayon la Tour, have arrived at the Oatlands Hotel, Weybridge. Mr. Hastings Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell passed through town on Thursday, on their way to Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO WALES.—It is ru moured in Bangor that the Queen purposes honouring Col. Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, Menai Strait, with a visit on her return from the Highlands, and will take the opportu nity to inspect the Great Eastern at Holyhead. A report that the visit of the Great Eastern to America is to be delayed for twelve months, during which she is to be exhibited at the various seaports of the United Kingdom, is positively contradicted at the office of the company. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH.—The steamers Im pArador and Imperatriz are expected to leave the Mersey on Friday next, the 30th inst., with the remainder of the Red Sea Telegraph cable. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, a few days ago, received the following communication from Lord John Russell :—" Abergeldie, Sept. 15, 1859. Sir,—l am much gratified by the intelligence you gave me of the vote of the magistrates and town council of the city of Aber deen, resolving to confer upon me the freedom of the city. I regret that I should have been prevented by indisposition from receiving the honour at the present time, but if the 28th instant would suit the magistrates and town council, I propose to be in Aberdeen on that day.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Provost, your obedient servant, J. RUSSELL. —The Lord Provost, Aberdeen."—The ceremony will, therefore, take place on the 28th, in the Music Hall.. REWARD TO A FIRE-ESCAPE CONDUCTOR.—It iS announced that the gold medal subscribed for by the in habitants of the Ward of Cheap, with the money also sub scribed will be publicly presented to Fire-escape Conductor George Low, at a meeting to be held in BoW Church vestry, next Monday, at three o'clock. The rector will occupy the chair. The gold medal lies for public inspection at the maker's, Mr. John Bennett, watchmaker, 65, Che " apside, and bears on one side the follo win g inscription : —Medal of Honour, Cheap Ward, City of London, On the other side is engraved—" Presented by the inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap, in the city of London, to conductor George Low, as a memorial of their appreciation or his con duct in saving 14 lives, on the occasion of a fire in Cheap side, 18th July, 1859.". LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, SEPT. 24. The King of the Belgians was to leave Biarritz last night for Geneva, via Marseilles, where, it is said, he will confer with several important person ages. It is supposed that the jottrney of his Ma jesty is in some way connected with the proposal of a congress at Brussels. The report of the foundation of a Kingdom of Central Italy, under the rule of tho Count of Flan ders, has been positively denied, and declared to be without foundation. ST. PETERSBURG, FRIDAY NIGHT. The interest on monies deposited with the bank is reduced from 3 to 2 per cent., instead of increased from 2 to 3 per cent., as stated in the previous telegram. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING, The Patric of this evening contains the follow- in g : " According to a message received at Paris the Archduke Maximilian is about to be appointed Governor of Venetia, with extraordinary powers, and a Congress for the settlement of Italian affairs is to be held at Brussels, under the presidency of the King of the Belgians." No official or other announcement confirms the statement of the Patne. MUNICH, SEPT. 22. The Conferences between the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtem berg are ended. The Ministers are completely agreed upon the question of the Reform of the Diet. It is also supposed that the cgteition of the Hesse Cassel Constitution was one of the subjects discussed at the Conferences. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, SEPT. 23. The Director of The Police has refused to sanction the publication of the Statutes of the National So ciety established for the purpose of promulgating the reform of the Diet. Upon this the society has appealed to the Senate. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 23. The Gazette of the Senate publishes an Imperial ukase, ordering : " 1. The concentration of all institutions of credit under the Ministry of Finance. "2. The issue of 5 per cent. bank-notes in ex change for those at present in circulation, the draw ing to take place every year, commencing with the year 1861, and to last for 37 years. " 3. That all moneys deposited with the Bank are to return 3 per cent. interest, instead of 2 per cent., as heretofore. " 4. The term of service in the army to be 15 years, and in the navy 14 years." TRIESTE, SEPT. 22. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer, just arrived, brings adviees from Constantinople to the 17th inst. Derviseh Pasha and Riza Bey are appointed Ambassadors to St. Petersburg and Teheran. Two steam frigates have taken fresh draughts of troops to Crete. The statutes of the new Bank have been sanc tioned by the Government. Two cases of plague have occurred at Beyrout, and have caused strict sanitary measures of precau tion to be taken. The concession for the railroad to Varna and Rutschuk has been granted to the Turkish Consul at Antwerp. The telegraph cable between Chios and Smyrna is broken. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 23. Adviccs have been received from Constantinople to the 14th inst. The garrison of Constantinople has been considerably iicreasid. The issue of bonds of the Turkish Treasury has been postponed. There was a downward tendency of exchanges. Amicable relations had been established between Turkey and Persia. Schaniyl was betrayed and delivered up a pri soner to the Russians for a bribe of 6,000,000 roubles. The Circassians continue the war against Russia. Matters in Candia were assuming a serious aspect, and the Turkish Government has de spatched numerous troops to make a vigorous movement. FRAN CE. PARIS, FRIDAY. Tho 111oniteur publishes the following : " Considering Art. 19 of the organic decree of the 17th Feb., 1852, the following communicated note has been addressed to the Opinion Nationale : " The Opinion Nationale, in its number of the 21st inst., published an article which contains the following paragraph : " I suppose that to-morrow, if in my soul and conscience, and for the interest of the country, I should consider it my duty to discuss, not the form or the principle of the Government, nor the eter nal laws of morality and society, but simply an act of the Minister of the Interior, or even less than that, a detail of the organisation of the press for instance, or a simple measure adopted in error by a sous-chef-de-bureau of that all powerful administration which holds in its hands the life and death of the journals, I must be either a hero for my courage, or I must be very sure that the functionary whose acts I am about to criticise is himself a hero of justice and abnegation, a Cato, a Brutus, or an Aristides. If he is only a simple mortal accessible to the counsels of human weakness, it is clear that I am nothing but a madman, and that my journal has lost by my imprudence 50 per cent. of its value.' " It is to be regretted that serious writers should allow themselves to be led away to interpretations which completely pervert the legislation which they attack, by setting at nought the respect due to the law. The Opinion Nationale very well knows that the journals have a right to discuss the acts of the Government, and that they make use of it every day without any risk. It also knows that the high responsibility of the Minister of the Int*. rior is directly involved in all decisions connected with the application of the decree of 17th Feb., 1852, and that for the smallest details, as well as for the whole, his solicitude is everywhere present as a guarantee for every interest." The official journal also publishes the following article, also relative to the press:— " Considering Art. 19 of the organic decree of the 17th Feb., 1852, the following 'communicated' note has been addressed to the Journal des Villes et des Compagnes : ," Your journal, in its number of the 20th, ex presses itself as follows with regard to the lafe acts of the Government on the law of the press:— We asked for a law, whatever it might be, because a law is liberty.' However strange that application may he, the Go vernment thinks it right to reply by re-pointing to the fact that the decree of the 17th Feb., 1852, is an organic law which had precisely for object to re gulate the liberty of the press. The same journal adds:— " "rhat it only requires a momentary want of thought or an error committed by a subordinate clerk to, if not compromise, at least disturb, the existence of a journal.' "To that allegation made in bad faith it will suffice to reply that Art. 32 of the abovenamed decree states that a journal cannot receive a warning, ex cept by a ministerial decision, or be supported in certain cases determined by the law, except by an Imperial decree." The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the persons of his suite, took an excursion three days ago across the French frontier, and after having visited Irun and Fonterabia returned in the even ing to Biarritz. A Paris letter in the Nord says :—" Prince de de Metternich, if I am well-informed, conveys to Biarritz propositions which differ from those addressed by Lord John Russell to the Cabi net of Vienna in favour of the principle of non intervention in the affairs of Italy. Austri t con sents to admit that principle, but on condition that it shall be applied to Piedmont, as well as to - every other foreign State, in case that power should en deavour to repel an attempt of the Italian princes to re-establish their authority. If Piedmont were to intervene, Austria, it is stated, would exercise the same right, and her troops would cross the Mincio. You perceive that this new phase of the negotiations is a delicate one, and may eventually lead to a resumption of hostilities in Italy. Ido not yet know what will be the reply of the Em peror of the French, but it is not doubtful that if the Archdukes attack the present government in Tuscany and Modena, the Piemontese army could not look quietly on, and then war would recom mence. This is said to be the hope of a certain party at Vienna.. It is true that the policy of peace triumphs at this moment at that court, but it is strongly opposed by some persons, and espe cially by the generals." Dovnsz, Oupt. 23.—The market has been firm. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 5c., im proved to 69f. 20c. ; Mobilier varied from 792 f. 50c. to 807 f. 50c; Lyons, 893 f. 75c. to 900 f. ; Orleans, 1,387 f. 50c. to 1,395 f. ; Northern, 930 f. to 935 f.; Eastern, 662 f. 50c. to 665 f.; Southern, 512 f. 50c. to 515 f.; Austrian, 550 f. to 552 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 553 f. to 557 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 95 75 I Credit Fonder Do. end month .. I Belgian 41 99 25 3 per Cents 69 15 Piedmonteso (5) .. 85 50 Do. end month — Roman B5 75 Bank Shares 2845 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 805 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 932 50 .. 930 New ditto. B2O .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean B9B 75 .. 990 Geneva 530 .. 527 50 Southern Western 585 585, Eastern Sardinian 417 50 .. 415 Austrian Lombard -- • . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 251. 121 c. ; money, 25f 10c.; three months, paper, 24f. 97tc.; money, 24f, 921 c, MOROCCO. A letter from Oran in the Univers gives some curious details of the cause of the movement on the frontier of Morocco :—" Serious events are in agita tion on the Moorish frontier. The death of the Emperor Abder Rahman has let loose in Morocco passions and ambitions of every kind, as well as all the fury of Mussulman fanaticism ; and fears are naturally entertained that the effect of what is tak ing place there may be felt here. Civil war can not in fact prevail in Morocco without causing agitation in this province, and the isolation of the tribes becomes nearly impossible when religious prejudices are brought into play against the French. The affair merits serious cox sideration, and from my personal relations with the empire of Morocco I am enabled to give you in formation which you would probably not get from any other quarter. There exists in all the north of Africa Mussulman religious associations, the members of which are called khouans or brethren. The two principal seats of this association are at Ouezan, a town situated about 60 miles from Fez, and at Alexandria, in Egypt. They extend their ramifications into all the tribes of Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco, and are in close relations with the marabouts and most of the masters and professors of the Mussulman schools. An idea may therefore be readily formed of the influence of those khouans, and they may at any given moment excite a revolt on any point of the Maghreb. This is an assertion which will not be contradicted by any one really acquainted with Algerian affairs. It is therefore completely evident that the explosion of fanaticism of which Morocco is now the scene must inspire us with uneasiness, and lead to the adoption of mea sures to immediately crush insurrection, should it attempt to raise its head. The brotherhood of the khouans are deeply convinced of the speedy arrival of the Moule Saa, or Mussulman Messiah, who is to exterminate the whole race of infidels. Prophe cies, which are being circulated from the Sahel to the Sabarra, announce the speedy appearance of this Mandi (he whom God directs), and of this powerful ruler of the Mountain of Gold. Now, the chief of the Moorish bands who have crossed the frontiers of Algeria de clares himself to be the Moule-Saa in person, and I have heard a prophecy lately quoted, which formally declares that it is in the year 1860 that the Mandi is to accomplish his great mission. Another oracle even makes known the triumphant march of the liberator. Being a native of Sous-el- AkEi, he will enter that town, then proceed to Fez, 'and thence advance on Tlemcen and Oran, both of which he will entirely destroy. He will after wards march on Algiers, encamped in the Meidja, then take the road to Tunis, remain there 40 years and die. The prophecies, in accord with the Koran, give the very description of this divine personage. He is to bear at the same time the name of Reviver of Islamism ; and the chief of the religious insurreetion in Morocco calls himself by that appellation. This new Messiah has been long preparing his way, and he is the chief of a sect which it is stated positively has thousands of ad herents in French Algeria." The Precurseur of Antwerp gives the following account of the measures adopted by the War De partment for the execution of the works in that city :—" A public adjudication will take place at Antwerp on the 31st October next ; the undertaking will be contracted for in one lot, and at a fixed price ; the department estimates the whole of the works at about 40 millions of frame ; every per son sending in tenders must, before the day of adjudication, deposit as guarantee a million of, francs, and the works must be terminated within three years." A communication from Munich of the 20th, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" The general opi nion here is that Baron de Beust, the Saxon minis ter, has not come here for family affairs only, and that idea has been confirmed by the arrival of M. de Hugel, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Wurtem berg. These two statesmen have this morning had a conference with our Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. de Schrenk. At this conference was also pre sent our deputy to the Germanic Diet, M. de Piordten. There can be little doubt that the Fe deral question has principally occupied the atten tion of these statesmen." The Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. The Correspondancia Antografa gives an account of the Spaniards at Ceuta having, on the 13th, made a successful sortie against the Moors—killing 20 or 25 of them (the account does not say precisely which), and wounding many Who were carried off. The loss of the Spaniards is set down at one killQd and eleven wounded. The same semi-official autho rity asserts that the vessel recently fired at by the Spaniards from Tarifa was not an English one, as stated in the London newspapers, but a German one of Hamburg ; and that the reason of the firing we- that she had left the port without displaying her flag. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON. —Our readers will learn with much regret, that Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent engineer, is at this moment in so serious a state of illness that his friends are apprehensive of a fatal result. It would be a curious and sad coincidence should their apprehensions be verified by the , event, con sidering that the other most eminent engineer of the day, Mr. Brunel, died only a week ago.—Morning Advertiser. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23 The Ariel steamer, Captain D. Wilson, from Now York on the 10th instant, with the English and French mails, has arrived off Cowes, and proceeded to Havre. She brings 11 passengers for this port and 118 for Havre, 150,000 dols. for England and 300,000 and a general cargo for France. Her ad vices are anticipated. September 14, at 7 a.m., in lat. 44, long. 56.50, passed the Borussia steamer, hence for New York ; 18th, at 11.30 p.m., in lat. 49.36, long. 31, the Vanderbilt steamer, hence for New York ; 19th, at 5 p.m., in lat. 49.58, long. 26.20, the bark Josepha, of Shields, bound east. MADAME LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT IN DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) It is now just eleven years since the public of Dublin—nobles, gentles, and commoners—repre sented by a succession of audiences by far the most crowded, brilliant, and influential ever brought together at any one time, or within the precincts of one building, rose, as it were, en masse, for the purpose of according a true Irish welcome to Jenny Lind, the acknowledged Queen of Song—the Swedish Nightingale—admittedly then the first alto soprano vocalist in the world. Who that was conversant with life in Dublin at that period can forget the ardent anxiety pervading musical circles as regarded the obtainment at any cost of places in the Theatre Royal during the Lind engagement ? or who that witnessed the debut of this gifted lady on the Dublin stage can fail to remember the en thusiastic receptim which hailed her entree on the boards of the " Old House," the hushed and all but breathless delight of the overflowing audience as the tones of her wondrous voice floated on the ear in gushes of thrilling melody " like music heard in dreams," or the outbursts of passionate admira tion evinced in peals of plaudits at the conclusion of delirious song or magnificent scena ? Wehave rea son to know that there still exists amongst all classes of the intellectual community of Dublin the fullest remembrance and most lively recognition of the rare vocal ability and transcendant musical genius which characterised the performance and ensured the triumphs of Jenny Lind in the proudest and palmiest days of her splendid achievements on the stage of Italian opera. If any proof of this fact were want ing, we might refer to the circumstance, that seats and places have been for some time at a premium, for Madame Lind Goldschmidt's opening concert at the Antient Concert Hall, on next Monday night. It may be observed that the miscellaneous concerts at which Madame Lind Goldschmidt will perform in Dublin and in the provinces, are, or will be, just so many fortunate incidents in favour of the music loving public, resulting from a spirited engagement entered into with " Madame" by the eminent musi cal entrepreneur Mr. Mitchell, of London, to whose exertions the music-loving section of the Irish pub lic stands indebted for many recherche and delight ful treats. Mr. Mitchell, on ascertaining the fact of Madame Lind Goldschmidt's intention of visiting Ireland this autumn, and of taking the leading soprano part in Handel's grand oratorio " The Messiah," seized on the opportunity thus offered, of suggesting the presentation of a series of concerts in Dublin and the provincial towns, during Madame's intended brief sojourn in Ireland. This arrange ment has been happily completed, and thus, what was originally intended to be an all but a private visit to Dublin on the part of Madame Lind Gold schmidt—varied simply by her appearance and performance in public on one occasion, as a free gift in the cause of charity—will now be made available through Mr. Mitchell's exertions, and the kind consent of the distinguished Donna, for the delight of thousands, some in renewing for mer gratification in hearing her matchless voice once again, and others in participating in a vocal treat, of whiek they had heard much, but which, under ordinary circcumstances they could not hope to enjoy. The first of the miscellaneous concerts is fixed to take place in the great hall of the Antient Concerts, on the evening of Monday next, the 26th inst. The second concert will take place on Wed nesday, the Bth inst., at two o'clock. The artistes engaged to sustain Madame Lind Goldschmidt in these entertainments comprise Signor Belletti, an artiste whose delicious voice and perfect musical training have gained for him a high reputation on the operatic stage; and the justly celebrated solo violinist," Herr Joachim, whose performances have been so often and so justly prized and appreciated at the Dublin classic concerts. The pianoforte accompaniments will be given by Herr Otto Gold schmidt, an artiste distinguished in the highest musical circles as a masterly performer on that noble instrument. The programme of the first con cert includes a rich and varied selection of favourite pieces from the operatic and purely lyric composi tions of Beethoven, Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, &c.; also, choice pieces composed by Chopin, St. Heller, Benedict, &c., &c. In this list will be found more than one of those brilliant soprano solos with which Jenny Lind was once accustomed to electrify the Dublin audience in the days of her operatic splen dour. She will also introduce some rare and beautiful morceaux of Norwegian and Styrian melody. This is, indeed, something beyond an every day attraction, and, judging from the public excitement manifested, we cannot doubt but that the coming concerts will be in the highest degree brilliant and successful. THE HERRING FISHERY. The Moniteur ds Flotte gives some details con cerning the herring fishery :—" The common her ring, which is so abundant in all markets, is taken generally on the coasts of Europe from the extre mity of Scandinavia as far as Normandy, and sometimes even lower down, but never so low as the Bay of Biscay. Swedes, Norwegians, Russians, Danes, Germans, Dutch, English, Scotch; Irish and French, all take part in the herring fishery. The number of men employed is about 100,000, and that of vessels 3,ooo—not counting a number of small boats. Herrings breed with remarkable rapidity. The females are in number upwards of two-thirds more than the males, and some of them contain as many as 60,000 eggs. The abundance of herrings is such that it is not diminished either by the fishing or by by the destruction committed by large fish and by innumerable birds. The herrings move in shoals, which are sometimes from eight to ten miles long, by two to four wide, and of unknown depth. These immense masses, which advance very rapidly, are distinguished by the presence of birds flying above them, and by the agitation of the sea, and at night the place which they occupy is phosphores cent. In 1781 herrings came in such large quanti ties to Buscoe, on the coast of Gottenburg, that they were caught by the hand. In 1784, 1,400,000 f. worth of herrings were caught in the space of a fortnight in Loch Urn. In 1773 there was such an invasion of herrings in Loch Torridon that 150 fishing beats naught from 12 to 20 casks each in the space of a single night. In some cases 50,000 her rings have been caught by a single cast of the nets, and it is also said that the fishermen of Dunkirk, Calais, Dieppe, and Boulogne have frequeitly taken 280,000 herrings in a night. The Dutch take great interest in the herring fishery, and the arrival of the first herrings of the season in one of the ports of Holland is celebrated with public rejoicings. In the 15th century the Dutch had 700 large vessels employed in the fishery, and the quantity of fish they caught may be estimated at 30,000,000 a-year ; in the 17th century the qnantity rose to 50,000,000 ; but it has since greatly declined. The English fisher men take at present about 7,000,000 tons annually, and the Dutch not more than 35,000 tons. In France, 180 vessels of 8,000 tons burden are employed in fishing herrings for salting, and take about 8,500,000 kilogrammes a-year. Of these vessels about 100 belong to the port of Boulogne•sur-mer alone; the rest to Dieppe, Fecamp, Saint-Valery en-Caux, Calais, Treport, and Gravelines. The number of vessels employed in fishing herrings which are sold fresh is 470, of about 10,000 tons burden, and they catch about 13,000,000 kilo grammes annually. They belong to the aforesaid ports and also to those of Barfleur, Berck, Dun kirk, Etape, Le Hourdel, Port-en-Bessin, and Saint Valery-sur-Somme. At Boulogne the fishery is better organised than anywhere else in France, and is carried on by means of associations composed of the owners of the boats and the crews." A NOVELTY IN A SCOTCH DIVINITY HALL. — Several students belonging to the evangelical churches. of France and Italy are at present prosecuting their studies in Edinburgh, in the theological seminary of the United Pres byterian Church. Oa Monday last one of these gentlemen, M. Antonio Cresi, was called upon to deliver a discourse in the Junior Hall, before Professor Lindsay. M. Cresi entered the pulpit, and, to the astonishment of professors and stu dents alike, preached an eloquent and animated sermon in French, and of which it is only just to say that it was cha racterised not merely by much felicity of diction and acute ness of argument, but by a thorough soundness of evangeli cal sentiment alike pleasing and refreshing. The surprise excited by the sermon had scarcely ceased, when to com plete the novelty, the learned Professor proceeded to deliver his criticism upon it in the same language, amid l ou d b ursts of cheering from Cresi's fellow .students, who seemed highly gratified at the " innovation." Professor Lindsay charac terised the discourse as one of rare excellence, stating that in his opinion the preachp. had ha n dl e d th e i mportan t truth contained in histext in a most m as t er l y manner, an d concluding by expressing the hope that Mons. Cresi him self would yet live to see the day wh en , b y t h e preac hi ng of such truth, his native Italy would enjoy, in their fullest extent, the blessings of civil and re li g i ous lib erty . M o ns. Cresi, we believe, has studied for some time at the Evan gelical School of Geneva, and is about to proceed to Jersey as a Protestant pastor,-scoteith press. _........,...,_ STATE OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS -w ____ (From the Spectator of this day.) • The letter of our Paris correspondent found to contain information of great interest in connection with the we at Biarritz, on the accuracy of which we believe our readers may rely. We refer to the statement that there has been no important movement in politics since I last wrot! to you; a rumour emanating I believe from a goo!. source, and which has produced a favourable effect win be on the Bourse, leads us to expect an amicable settle on of the Italian question. n appears that qa: Emperor accepts the plan of the Icing of t a , Belgians ; which is, to give the fortresses oi Peschiera and Mantua, and the States of pa!: me, and Modena, to Sardinia, to reinstate tias House of Lorraine in Tuscany, and to restore the Legations to the Pope after le 0 variety d of necessary reforms. Very few ivine the real intentions of his Imperial Marl); but it is believed in the highest quarters that. ; .does not desire to obtain Tuscan), for his cons lu i nor is there any foundation for the report, which has circulated lately, that the Count de Flanders la to be put forward as a candidate. It is a lso con: fidently expected that the first part of the rea_t9 people os of Zurich, which concerns the cession of Lornbardy:€: will be signed in the course of next wek. 111,111. n just heard, on the best authority, that, inc l u ded 1 , the arrangement I have communicated to you, the stipulation that Venetia shall have a Govedrn; ment, institutions, and an array of its own on._ the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, with Tun to has b e t he held c on a c t ui ß T r e u n s c s e e tl s f , . ofustria. which title of Grand Duke of Venetia; this stipulati.oso AsiC37 g ressia a, 1 ,, to be the President. The Bourse is . very foul . -- \ Leopold is MINING INTELLIGENCE. ------ - (From the Mining Journal of this day.) . , particul? r o ll _ The Mining Share Market is in a active state, not from mere • speculation, but fr ~e': bona fide business • the public, during the having purchased largely for investment ii-dlyr,. end and other mines, and in consequence of the . 1 :t creased demand and the limited supply of stocic: good rise has taken place in several. Progresll, mines, too, have had a large, amount of atteetle,.,,'' and the state of the market is such as to lead On': expect d a still further rise in msny off hem. Among dividend concerns' mostly sought er ,hav e '- Wheal Clifford, Margaret, Herodsfoot, West C!lr 3- don, Tincroft, Mary Ann, Providence Mines,}ll,l: ston Down, Rosewarne and Herland, Wheall7_, lawny, &Te„ Progressive : Wheal Grenville,Trelow.t?, Tamar Consols, Tolcarne, North Robert, Great Ala Bre , fred, North Downs, Great Crinnis, South Cara Wheal Unity, East Russell, West Alfred, Strei Park, and several other shares. we d o ti otteT „ much change in the metal market, but there. al: been a slight improvement in the copper there. The Government and the East India CaP031,7 h is v v a a n n e ce ed in at th th e purchased largely of late, and a demand .vm.: e a d. thought likely to arise in France may cans!. ' ll ., ad vance off an d le/tve de , estntderard. part Wofhtehael wCelieffko,rd at 260 to 265. Herodsfoof have been in gr eat o; mand during the week, and leave off at 19 to 'de no change noticed at the mine. Cook's Kitchen iet.l,,, mand, and have risen to 11, 12 ; the mine is h;`,.2,1 very soon to pay dividends,as we are in ,I,_-17e-4. Consols, 31 to 3-4, and mine said to be looking,ee,'" to Bedford l United, 71 to '73; Calstock. Consols, dealt 3 . . Treloweth shares have still been largelY ata7eo in, and leave off' at 4-,3,-- to 5 ; the latest rePer t(e ii to the lode in the engine-shaft continues wort% fis a 12 tons of copper ore per fm. • the 110 eas i t,t; i ing little T improved. West Alfred Consols, ae.lielneo.. . reloweth, have advanced to 20 ; the raill e i : ci ' r e of ing out well; the 75 west continues in a haledcoars e to ore worth £3O per fm. ; a winze has been ing the back of this level, and six men are A s A t°P oon aw ay good ore ground, which wills:wari. le, siderably to the next sampling. durrow,. 17s. to 18s. ; the lode has been cut 1/1 3 is 4 engine-shaft, and the latest advices state, it spar, to . 5 ft. in width, composed of m u etc' hrhesl par, and a little grey and black copper ore. „„ a Grenville shares have been in good req uest , . tile leave off at 4 to 41; the lode is improving a l i d o , engine-shaft below the 90 ; the 90 west is 2 ft l oo t and on Wednesday w as worth £ 2O p er flue ~ `"/ eas tera now so rich, though again improving; roe the stopes in the 80 are yielding 1 ton per fei• ; row western stopes producing 1 to 11 ton per i f te i.k cal' ibe d nor e ol e tak n hte , eend 3 . 9 , 3 it o t o re l s e t hl 7 l l B l o o t s o . r t hoef mineorc s a h al as Pl e n Viov ea n ;4,awf,tehrertehinissoasmkaeempvpreloirifiyigtsri.tchhegtoretyieefise ellzasrrebeeteea to pay cost, and _--....-.•• .: NEW PLANETS. , coverer e L r e o v f e r t r h i e e r p , awhoseplanet N f e a p m t u e n a e s the e o k r n e ivf . t s v i ; written a letter of the highest interest to poet' the astronomer, on the subject of certain tina cc- f the able discrepancies between the observations °` o,o j, transits of Mercu over 'the disc of t h ee ace,llll the results of calculation . The facts lows :—The theory of the sun having b l resu lts fully revised, and compared woodyhe_; of 9,000 observations of that trfer-curi various observatories, the motion of 1 " -e ",. 0 21 had in its turn to be revised. Now there a' ro , s isferencild observations of the inner contacts of disc with that:of the sun, taken within a Pe i ri s e n re -151 years, viz., between 1697 and 1848, anc• „ fire liable ; yet in these transits there appears to be ~Z se gressive error, which amounts to as much asn i ",,a, to conds of an arc in 1753. Now, can it be supP°s-0 explain such a constantly repeated divergcncehoold such men as Lalande, Cassini, Bouguer, ts:c•fli have committed mistakes amounting to seve',ivg nutes of time, and mistakes, progressively va,rtar from one period to another ? This would be absallio. impossible. But there is another curious circus' o f i notle fo , stance, viz., that by increasing the secular the perihelion by 38 seconds, all the above . observe' is tions are found to be correct to a second “L' r •er some cases even to half a second ! 3 1 • then proceeds to show, that in order to esf" al- a to addition of 38 seconds, we should h u a l ' increase the mass attributed to Venu s . 1 4 „I ll ted tenth of its amount. This mass cal e- Aso to be the 400,000 th part of that°Meier been however , found, by other calculations, 111.45. too large, so that increasing it is out of the ( I" tion. Hence M. Leverrier concludes that the t e bo cess of the motion of Mercury's perihelion Inus,, owing to some other cause as yet unkno"„o,,f us, and this cause he supposes to be either 'be, planet, or a series of small bodies circulating 10.. tween the sun and Mercury.—M. Faye' ~,ilLnces municating this letter to the Academy oD,,,e'„'"fop' suggested that all the astronomers of -""lijt should now direct their attention to the snl a spots on the disc of the sun, in order tail s° i v, whether there were among the m any nu mite Po d it netary bodies which had hithert o escaped hbserfter tion. Such bodies had often been lookeob without success ; but this p r oved nothing, 6ra; rt*irches having been made at me re hoz° re. now, however, there were serious grounds for d b e peating such attempts, and total eclipses ving Nveu' . no f the most advantageous periods for obser 1-00, minute body in the immediate vicinity of the 0 A total eclipse, he added, would be vis ible 004 Spain and Algeri t in July next. SuPPc se all ars tronomer at Campvey, for instance, to Pl o t. himself exclusively for such an observation, ling if, ing everything else relating to the eclipse ; be a quarter of an hour before th e proper tinl. remained in a dark room in orde r to guard his r r ays' from the dazzling influence of the sola3a whose effects continue for several rninuteS, cause vision to be indistinct a t the decisive bed ment, he might, as soon as the ecli p se had reactot its maximum, observe the heavens with the gr e ,t r to accuracy, and perhaps discover what had hit' o o, escaped notice under less favourable circutustanc ___.--- THE WRECK OF THE EXPRESS STEAM FAC„V,; :i . —SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—By telegraph from the vis nee Islands we learn that the South Western Con3Pteu steamer Expremb under the commando f Capt. Mabb, vi vi be wont ashore on the Corbiere Rocks, off Jersey, ha 5 ,1 1 ;,%, oc'' come almost a total wreck. The severe storm ri" 4- go. curred on Wednesday evening did her consider 0 Last evening her bow was loose, and she appeared t° b e we nt worse,l n 1 much lon ger . an s hould The breaking up. This morning her masts and boilers boo over the side, and it was evident the ship coul d ll° a for outtheher, 4ect will not survive the shock. A report is current to theide• anweoaththerersthorams bberceoamkeu;l;ege sjo that her commander had attempted to commit ell tite r, Although nothing can be done on board exceptat low I ' o ', tbe every exertion has been made to save the moveabe:l. 1 ...4 ship. The engines and boilers have been taken t, p " the furniture and ship's stores have all been seve a _ to ot TILE RUSSIAN AND INDIAN LOANS._ . 3 ... "15 p er already paid on the Russian loan of X12,000,000,21°,10 to cent., and a further payment of 13 per cent. pent.foils duo will then alments, el _., day. The contract price having been 68, 40 per oar en remain to be discharged in three i 10th of Poo °, ing respectively on the Ist of November, the 1 ,_ in w hice ber, and the 25th of January. The uncertainty remain on the question whether there is any uounnjoinge6 balance yet to be thrown on the London St °,‘ ~; d the sc—P b°, the R uss i a n G ove rnment have allowed the subsctbriorastot° continues to exercise a depressing effect, an _., e ,t, o f 25 r e .; fallen to to i die. There will also be a J.. PaYThe prct lrtr,.' cent. on the Indian loan on Tuesday next. s , _ love r, el of the £5,000,000 remaining to be pai‘d u t n i t o , nu The two realet°l°l4 will consequently be but £437,500. 25t11 of £1,750,000, and the amount to be pro fixed for the instalments of 26 per cent. each are October and the 22d of November. tjee A go y , Bart., will of the late Sir Jarase ~. .id',, n this occa s ! r .". proved in the Supreme Court by his sworn under 851 s Jejeebhoy, Bart., late of DoinbayPsoanrsseeTtrNevroniot'oaf:La.) property, personal and real, .vas rupees—XB,soo,ooo. I