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THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY -LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Flotow' IS Opera, MARTHA. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. J. G. Patey, Mr. T. Gratton Kelly, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude witlfit ne Ballet Divertissement LA FLEUR D'AMOUR : Mescllles. w L. Michelet, Morlacchi, a n d Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of KING JOIIN. King John, Mr. C. Kcan-7-Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce ot AWAY wrryt MELANCHOLY. T REAT RE -ROYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TEI IS EVEN ING will be performed LONDON ASSU SANUE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c. lIE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. And ANY FORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs.C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MT AUNT'S HUSBAND; Mr. Swanborough, Mrs, Selby, Miss Ternan. _ _ Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The New Tariff : Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, la. ; Galleries, 6d. Great and Extraordinary Sensation produced by the new and brilliant Decorations—Splendid Act Drop—Magniftoent Chandelier—Appropriate Scenery. Dur THE ing B the week the new and successful drama of BATTLE OF BOTHWELL RIG. With THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, comprising the evolutions and equitations of the first Professors in the world and their unequalled Stud of Horses. To conclude with a Farce called A MISTAKEN STORY. , No fee for booking. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. C A NTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D6ETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. 11911 shaw, S Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L Hime. Mr. Radsey Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell. Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, Mr. E. Taylor, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks —Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce tnat THE FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open on Wednesday next. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCT. 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 52 lowest .this morning and during the night. 56 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.07. WIND, North Easterly ; moderate, with dull weather, OCT. 25. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BARO3IETER-30'27• WIND, North Easterly; fresh, with dull weather. THE SUN. MONDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1858. The difficulty between the French and Portu guese has been arranged ! This would be a satis factory announcement if the matter stopped there, but, unfortunately, we are compelled to go a little further—to inquire into the nature of the original difficulty, and of the arrangement thereof, and whether the latter has been freely and voluntarily entered into, or under such pressure that no option was allowed to the weaker party. It will be in the remembrance of our readers that Lord BROVEIHAM long since denounced the French " emigration" scheme as neither more nor less than a slaveArade under a different designation. The intending emigrants were puchased at a sti pulated price ; they were not free to ignore the bargain ; they were compelled to fulfil the terms of the contract, however onerous or in tolerable. They had then to incur all the horrors of the sea voyage—crowded to excess—without any regulations to abate the annoyance or to maintain the health of the cheerful emigrants! The Portuguese Government, which, since the accession of the young King, has shown an earnest desire to participate with Great Britain in pro curing' the annihilation of this atrocious traffic, had made sundry wholesome regulations for that purpose. Amongst others, one published in the Official Gazette at Lisbon, on the 2d August, 1856, " prohibiting the embarkation of negroes from Mozambique under any pretence of free-labour engagements, such being held to be a virtual con tinuation of the slave trade, and consequent evasion of the decrees of December 10, 1836, and December 14, 1854," The French authorities were fully cognizant of these decrees : they could not plead ignorance, and therefore it signified little whether it were a vessel sailing under the French flag, or one under the control of a government agent that had been arrested for the violation of a notorious and binding The Charles and George had been arrested for a breach of these regulations, as well as for having been a regular slaver. She had been captured at anchor in a port which foreign vessels were pro hibited from entering, had on board 110 negroes, and was fitted with false decks and other acces sories held to constitute prima facie evidence of her being engaged in the slave trade. The question was subsequently tried before a court of competent jurisdiction at Mozambique, and the captain was eventually sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, to the costs of the prosecution, and fines amounting in the aggregate to about £llO sterling; while the Government agent and the crew were acquitted on the ground that they were not proved to have had any participation in the purchase of the slaves, for which the captain and his interpreter were condemned. Nothing could apparently be fairer than all this. But the French Government bitterly com plained, and rightly demanded redress. The Por tuguese immediately offered to abide by the arbitration of any neutral Power selected by France itself. But even that was not sufficient. Its honour was concerned, and instant satisfaction was indispensable. It certainly seems strang e that France should be the first nation to disclaim the proposition put forward, and, we believe, unanimously adopted at the Parisian Conferences ; or, at least, so far fritter it away as to render it of no practical utility. Henceforth it must be, to all intents and purposes, a mere dead letter. We should have thought that questions of what have been termed " honour" would have been those most urgently re quiring such mediation. Mere material differ ences are easily disposed of, but the most sanguinary wars have invariably been occasioned by the most trivial points of etiquette. It was the most convenient matter on which any man or nation could pick a quarrel, and therefore the whole clause introduced into the Parisian Treaty must fall to the ground. We must say that it is not creditable to a great nation to resort to such subter fuges, more especially against one of inferior power, and that for the apparent purpose of establishing a slave trade, albeit under a different designation. It uow appes, according to the telegram, that the Portuguese Government delivers the Charles et George to Fro.) ti ce, declaring it cedes only to the threatened empl( - ment of force." This i a dig ne that oug ht t o hay_ weight nified protest, and o w ith the Emperor• His - 4nthority, or •; other his strength, has been 2 , vett xi. That era - 'ng honour that induced him t o carr y matters with the high hand has been satisfie d. He may now listen to the dictates of truth and justice —may yield to the pt o; nptings of his better judg ment, and consider whether any portion of the • proceedings es n be justified, and whether it is not he who really owes an indemnity to Portugal, not Poi tugal to him. At all events, that troublesome cl 3 )rnent in a French calculation, "honour," has bee - a eliminated from the equation— that can no long( tlisturb the result. One solu tion will therefor( be rejected, and the other will, we trust,be that whit h truth and justice would dictate. Let the investigat . Lon be of the most searching class. But let its chara( ter be such that implicit reliance can be placed on t J accuracy of the result. The hon our of France havi •ag been satisfied, the Government of Paris should. be the most anxious to show that it was justified in all its proceedings, and that from the beginnii ag it had no real reason to shirk If it should appear that it s regula the inquiry. tions have been. abused or perverted, it will then feel it its duty to adopt others not so easily evaded. Several other speeches delivered in the provinces have again to be recorded. Speeches upon the increase of Ragged Schools, upon the improvement of the labouring cla sses, upon the spread of the knowledge of Christianity. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is again the orator in the first of these instances-- the Noble Lord advocating on Friday the interests of the ragged and industrial schools of Ardwick green, down at Manchester. The speaker in the second instance—that referring to the amelioration of the social and domestic' condition of the labourer— ' being Mr. WILLIAM LONGMAN, the eminent publisher, that gentleman (in the absence of Lord Entity) addressing himscl: in -very earnest words on Friday (as Chairman of the evening) to the members of the Chorleywoood Asso ciation, down in the parish of Riekmans worth. The individual referred to in the third and last instance—that relating to the dis semination of religious knowledge—being no less a personage than the Lord Bishop of OXFORD, who descanted also on Friday upon the subject particu larised at considerable length, down at Bradford, addressing himself, there and then, to a somewhat excited, not to say occasionally even uproarious assemblage. The Statesman spoke on Friday in a tone emi nently dry, didactic, and deliberate—the Publisher, in an argument as genial in spirit as in purport it was really practical and straightforward the Prelate in terms so thoroughly independent that they tended simultaneously to rouse the ardour of his 1 supporters and sympathisers, and to irritate the op position of his antagonists. The different receptions accorded to these three very different speakers on Friday evening at Bradford, at Chorleywood and at Manchester con trasted as strikingly as the themes, the localities, and the auditors. Lord JOHN in the midst of his humane statistics is greeted with an occasional "hear, hear," 'ty the philanthropists of Manchester. Mr. LONGMAN is listened to with serious and lively attention by the cottagers of Chorleywood. The Bishop of OXFORD is perpetually interrupted at Bradford by alternate or mingled cheers and hisses, applause and disturbance—retaliating upon the dissentients by referring to what the Right Reverend SAMUEL WILBEItPORCE calls " a few nasty articles in newspapers," and (when greeted upon this remark with snore outcries of opposition) with yet more irritating allusions to what the Prelate hesitates not to designate in the heat of the moment " a few nasty hisses from nasty mouths' —a retort polite followed by blended cheers, hisses and laughter. Although the last-mentioned speech is of course the most important of the three, by reason of the superior dignity at once of the subject and of the speaker—it is by many degrees, to ourselves, at any rate, of all the three, the least interesting. We turn with a sense of satisfaction from the stormy and, at times, tumultuous assemblage at Bradford, to the more orderly and sedate meetings, upon the same day, here at Chorleywood, there at Man chester. It is encouraging, moreover, to find such good fruits growing abundantly out of the efforts made —yonder, in behalf of the poorer classes of our crowded cities—yonder in behalf of the labourers in our rural population. The development of the beneficent scheme of the Ragged Schools through out the United Kingdom is marked in a very signal manner by the proceedings of Friday, at Ardwick green, Manchester. Those proceedings consisted of nothing less than the public inauguration of the Ragged and Industrial Schools of that particular locality in that great metropolis of the manufac turing districts. The whole system of these admirable establishments was explained by Lord JOHN as lucidly as succinctly to his attentive audience. It is interesting to note in this way from authoritative lips the record of " A Day," passed by these poor Ragged School Children. At six in the morning the inmates lodged and fed in the institution rise and prepare the rooms for the reception of the poor out-of-door children. At seven the little ragged urchins from the streets have assembled. They wash and breakfast at eight—then they have prayer, reli gious instruction and reading from the Scriptures. From nine to twelve—three important hours—they are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and geo graphy. At half-past 12 they have dinner. From Ito half-past they wash themselves (a rather curious arrangement) and have recreation. From half-past Ito a quarter past 4 they are busily em ployed in various industrial occupations—winding bobbins, sorting bristles, making paper and canvas bags for tea and coffee dealers, weaving, clogging, tailoring, and shoemaking ; the girls learning needlework and housewifery. From half-past 4to 5 there are prayers, singing and oral in structions. At 6 all are assembled together for family worship. Afterwards they have tea and recreation. At 9 o'clock the indoor scholars retire to rest, and the out-of-door scholars are dismissed. Such is the wholesome system regulating one of these north country Ragged Schools. No less encouraging in its way is Mr. LONGMAN'S account of the benefits already accruing from the influence exercised upon the locality by the Chorleywood association for the promotion of industrious and provident habits among the labour ing classes in that part of the parish of Rickmans worth. The history of this association during the last four years is illustrative anew, and that, more. over, very happily, of the good resulting from the once much controverted system of Allotments. It signalises, in a remarkable manner, also the extra ordinary advantages arising from a cordial co-ope ration between landlord and tenant, employer and employed, rich and poor, with a view to the amelio ration of the social condition of the latter —namely, the poor, employed, tenant population. • ..„,1 6 . - Oak. ,114 1 q. 4 4, 4,114ef •. **P.A e. ;37 t-bROIT COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, OCT. 23. The Portuguese Minister and Countess de Lavradio ar rived yesterday afternoon, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Captain Elphinstone, R.E., and Lieutenant Cowell, R.E., had the honour of being included. The band of the Grenadier Guards played during dinner : Overture—" Fra Diavolo" Waltz—" Adelaide" Selection—" Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Quadrille on Welsh airs The Florence March Angelo Mariana. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Drawing-room the following airs : Overture—" Le Pere Gaillard" Benedictus—" Requiem" Mozart. Cavatina—" Les Diamans de la Couronne" Auber. Menuet du Bceuf Leopoldstadter Polka The Queen, with Princess Alice, rode out on horseback this morning, attended by the Countess of Caledon, the Earl of Vernlam, Major-General Hon. C. Grey, Col. the Hon. A. Liddell, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, went to London by a special train of the Great Western Railway and drove to Bucking ham Palace. , Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, R.E., went to London by an early train. The Prince Consort and Prince Alfred returned to Wind sor in the afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived from the White Lodge. Sir John Pakington also arrived at the Castle. The Portuguese Minister and Countess de Lavradio and Captain Elphinstone, R.E., returned to London in the fore noon. Her Majesty's dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness Princess Alice, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, her Royal Highness the Princess of Leiningen, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Sir George Couper, Mr. Gibbs, Major Lindsay, and Lieutenant Cowell, R.E. The band of the 2d Life Guards performed during dinner. Overture Thomas. Selection—" Zampa" Polka Gungel. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and played in the drawing-room the following compositions Overture—" The Rose of Castille" • . Balfe. Chceur et Scene—" Les Diamans de la Couronne" Selection—" Silvance" Rondeau—" Le Tambourine" Rameau. Minuet de Boeuf Haydn. Hochzeits Marsch SUNDAY, Oct. 24. The Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and Princess Helena, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor per formed the service. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were sent on Saturday to the Governors of the colonies on the West Coast of Africa. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has left Claridge's Hotel, for Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess Platen have returned to the re sidence of the Legation, from Sweden, after an absence of three months. The Countess de Stackelberg and the Baroness de Casis have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. The marriage of the Lady Katherine Hamilton with Viscount Valletort will take place to-morrow. Lady , Simpson and Miss Simpson have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—The National Gal lery and Vernon Collection, at Marlborough-house, Pall mall, was reopened to the public this day. The days for public admission are changed to Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; Thursdays and Fridays being set apart for the admission of students only. COMMEMORATION OF THE ADMISSION OF JEWS TO PARLIAMENT.—We are informed that in addition to the sums given by the Barons Rothschild to the general fund, &ron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P. intends presenting the City of London School with £2,000 , to found a scholarship of the value of £6O per annum. Thus he marks his appre ciation of the exertions and feelings of the electors of the City of London, to whose children this reward of merit will be open.—lewish Chronicle. THE END OF THE LONG VACATION.—The long vacation terminated on Saturday, and to-day the several law offices of the common law courts will be opened at the usual hours, as also the judge's chambers, in anticipation of the forthcoming Michaelmas Term, commencing on Tuesday week, when the new Chancery orders aro expected to be issued, and when the new Chancery Amendment Act will come into force, under which the novel appearance of a " jury " will be seen in the Court of Chancery, assigning damages for wrongful acts on injunctions, and under breaches of agreements, &c. PROPOSED BANQUET IN MANCHESTER TO MESSRS. GIBSON AND BRlGHT.—Circulars signed by Mr. George Wilson, have been issued, stating that "it has been sug gested that it is highly desirable that a banquet should take place in the Free-trade Hall, on an early day, for the purpose of congratulating the hon. member for Birming ham on his restoration to health ; to celebrate the return of himself and his late colleague (the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson) to Parliament for the boroughs of Birmingham and Ashton ; and to express our thanks to them for their patriotic conduct during the last session of Parliament, as well as for their long and faithful services as representatives for this city." ILLNESS OF SIR JAMES BROOKE.—It will be remembered that Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, ad dressed those assembled at the soiree of the Athenteum, in the Free-trade Hall, on Thursday evening. Just before the conclusion of the proceedings, Sir James, who had not previously complained, retired hastily from the platform; and Mr. Thomas Fairbairn, his host during his stayin this city, following immediately, found that Sir James was very unwell. Not without some difficulty, he was got into Itir. Fairbairn's carriage, and conveyed to the residence of Mr. Ransome, surgeon, St. Peter's-square, when that gentle man found that Sir James had been attacked by paralysis The attack was, however, slight ; and we are happy to add that there is no doubt of Sir James's speedy and complete restoration. He remained at Mr. Ransome's until yester day afternoon, when he was removed to Northwood-house, Sedgley-park, the residence of Mr. Fairbairn.—Manchester Guardian. OCEAN STEAMING.—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 23.—The Cunard Royal Mail steamship America sailed to-day for Halifax and Boston, having on board the usual mails, a large and valuable cargo, and 120 passengers. The next vessel in connection with this fine fleet of steamers to leave the port will be the Asia, which takes her departure for New York on Saturdaynext. The screw steamer Kangaroo, belonging to the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company, arrived here this afternoon from the Clyde, where she has been receiving new boilers and con siderable enlargement. She is appointed to take out the United States' mails from this port for New York on Wed nesday next, the 27th inst. To-morrow afternoon (the 24th) the steamship Athenian sails hence on her first voyage un der the new African postal regulation, which orders th e Royal mails to be forwarded direct from Liverpool and Ma deira, Teneriffe, and the West Coast of Africa. She has on board a heavy mail, a fair cargo, and a full complement of passengers. The Liverpool agents are Messrs. W. Laird and Co., Castle-strreet. PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS.—At the Essex quarter sessions this week an application was made by Mrs. Allen, the widow of Dr. Allen, for a renewal of the licence of a private asylum, for many years carried on at High beach, near :Epping. The Rev. Mr. Lewis called the attention of the Court to the report of the Lunacy Commissioners, made three or four years ago, in which they said :—" e found four female patients fas tened in one of the upper rooms, without a fire, and with the window open; they were poorly clad, and their sleeping accommodation very deficient. The small room occupied by one of these patients was very offensive, and the blankets were wet with urine. These four patients sleep on stretchers with only blankets under them, and another patient at Leo pard's-hill (a man) sleeps on a stretcher, having not even a blanket beneath him. There is altogether a great deficiency of general comfort in the establishment." Mrs. Allen un dertook at the time to remedy these things, but the rev. gentleman assured the Court the asylum was now in the same condition. It appeared that some of the patients paid £2OO a-year, but Mr. Davis and Mr. Gurney Fry, two ma gistrates appointed to visit the house, said they found the sleeping accommodation inadequate for the 16 patients they found there, and the ventilation bad. They heard no com plaints of unkindness, but the patients did not look so well as they ought to do, and there was an air of poverty about the place. In consequence of this the Court declined to re new t,he license, and at the expiration of the old one the asylum will be closed. The Tiden of Stockholm relates another case of religious persecution in that country :—" A persoon named Hejdenberg, of Elftdalh, thought fit in 1856 to abjure Lu theranism, and to adopt the Baptist form o f worshi p ; and he taught' his new creed. For the abjuration and the teaching he was brought to trial before the Royal Court of the town. As however it appeared that he had not re ceived from the clergy the warnings which are required to be given to abjurers, he was acquitted on the first charge ; but as, with respect to the second, it was shown that ho had on a Sunday held a meet ing and had expounded the Scriptures, he was de clared guilty of violating the law of conventicles, and of profaning the Sabbath ;' he was accordingly fined 69 rix dollars. He appealed to the Supreme Court at Stockholm, but the condemnation was confirmed. He very recently presented a petition to the King for pardon, but it has just been rejected." _ An extraordinary suicide was committed three days ago at Oullens, a village near Lyons. A grocer of that place on Tuesday having been teased by his cat killed it, "and his wife, who esteemed the animal greatly, was very angry and reproached him. At supper the woman again com plained of his having killed the cat, and she persisted in talking about it, in spite of his repeated requests to let the matter drop. At length he flew into passion, and a violent altercation ensued. The woman said something which wounded him deeply, and seizing a large knife he cried, " If you do not instantly demand pardon I will kill you 1" She refused, and with a violent blow in the face he felled her to the ground. Seeing that blood flowed and that she remained senseless he raised her and placed her in a chair. At this moment a police officer who had heard the altercation entered and asked, " What is the matter ?" " Something serious 1" answered the grocer, and so saying he plunged the knife into his heart and fell dead. About two years ago he was bitten by a mad dog, but the bite was cured, L C NEWS. FRANCE AND PORTUGAL. LISBON, SUNDAY. The Portuguese Government delivers the Charles et-Georges to France, declaring it cedes only to the threatened employment of force. PARIS, MONDAY, OCT. 25, 8.30 A.M. The Moniteur announces that the Portuguese Government has restored the Charles-et-Georges, and set the captain at liberty. The Patrie says—" Portugal has yielded, not from fear, but from wisdom. It has less considered the insufficiency of its army than the weakness of its cause. It was a cause without justice, and con sequently without authority over public opinion, and without support in Europe." THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from Cape Town to the 4th of September. The small-pox still prevailed there, and had spread to Worcester. Great sanitary precautions had been adopted. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. BOURSE, Oct. 23.—The market was heavy at the opening, but afterwards rallied on a report that the ultimatum of France had been accepted by the Portuguese Cabinet. Threes, after having been done at 73f., 10c. and 72f. 95c., rallied to 73f. 20c. ; Mobilier varied from 900 f. to 9201. ; Austrian, 661 f. 25c. to 663 f. 75C. ; Orleans, 1,347 f. 50c. to 1,352 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 870 f. to 875 f. ; Southern, 567 f. 50c. to 570 f. ; and Northern, 967 f. 50c. to 970 f. The fol lowing were the closing quotations : q per Cents. 95 50 Do. end month 95 76 3 per Cents 73 Do. end month 73 15 Bank Shares 3125 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Fonder 640 Belgian 41 lOl 25 Piedmontese (5) Roman 93 15 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 421 It tIJ ATB. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. Bl2 50 .. 812 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 872 50 New ditto — • • Geneva 620 .. 620 Midi — .. 570 Western 612 50 . . 615 Eastern Grand Central — -- .. ---. Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f 100. ; three month s , paper,. 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 921 c. PERSIA. A letter from Teheran of the 15th September says :—" The examination made into the accounts of Mirza-Agha-Khan, ex-Sadragan (Prime Minister), who, with his two sons, is still in custody, has re vealed facts which are almost incredible. Thus, though his salary was not less than 1,000,000 f. a year, he appropriated annually 6,000,000 f. ; and during the war with England he levied on all the country a tax, which he called ' Tax for the Holy War,' which amounted to 12,000,000 f., but of that sum only one-fourth went into the treasury—the three others not having been ac counted for by him and his creatures. It is alleged that one or two influential parties have strongly solicited the Shah to take this individual into his service again, and on his refusal have even em ployed threats. But the Shah has remained firm." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 20th, says:--." The speech of the Prince of Prussia has not produced so much effect on the public as it did on the persons who heard it delivered. Something more decided —a strong manifestation of the personality of the Prince, such as used to be seen in the speeches of the King, was expected. In the private meetings of the various fractions of the Cham ber of Deputies which . have been held, very ani mated discussions have taken place. The majority of the deputies think it natural to accept the Re gency established by the King as a fait accompli. The extreme right thinks that as a general principle the Chamber has nothing to see in the question ; for as the sovereign right of the King comprises that of instituting the Regency, it is unnecessary, it maintains, to invoke Art. 56 of the Constitution. The extreme left pretends that according to Art. 56, cited by the Regent, it is unnecessary that the Chambers shall also examine the necessity of the Regency, by adopting a resolution on the subject. The question whether or not there will be any debates will depend on the manner in which the message is drawn up. It is probable that the ex. treme right will abstain from voting. The Princess Frederic William and the Princess Charles were present at the opening of the Chambers, and this is the first time that any Princesses of the Royal family appeared on such an occasion. The moments of the present Cabinet appear to be counted. The only thing which can delay its fall is a feeling of gratitude to Baron de Manteuffel, who, so t o spea k , restored the Monarchy in 1848 . M. de Westpha len,seat in ex-Minister o th f e De l p n u te t to s r, has resign e d hi s ." The following is the text of the message relative to the Regency of Prussia, addressed by the Prince Regent to the Chambers : "In the name of his Majesty the King, we. William, by the grace of God, Prince of Prussia, Regent, address the following message to the two Chambers of the Diet united. In consequence of circumstances which were exposed to you at the opening of the present session, his Majesty has thought fit to invite us, by a rescript dated the 7th of this month, of which a certified copy is an nexed, to assume the Regency. HoWever painful entertaining o heart, we have not been the conviction that it is imperatively and urgently commanded by circum athbilse actto refuse may b t circum stances. In consequence, we have, by the ordinance of the 9th of this month, of which a certified copy is also annexed hereto, assumed the Regency of the country, and we shall continue to govern in the name of the King, until the itay on which his Majesty, by the grace of God, shall be again able to exercise the royal power himself. We consider this act as the accomplishment of a duty towards his Majesty the King and towards the country, a duty which is im posed on us by the royal invitation addressed to us, and by the position near the throne which we by the grace of God occupy, and which is in accordance with Art. 56 of the constitution of the 31st Jan., 1850. We have convoked without delay the two Chambers of the Diet of the monarchy, and we in vite them, by these presents, to recognise on their part, in a united sitting, the necessity of the Re gency which his Majesty the King has recognised, and which we have recognised ourselves. After which, we will satisfy the prescriptions of Art. 58 of the constitution. Given at Berlin the 20th October, 1858. (Signed) " WILLIAM, Prince of Prussia, Regent. (Countersigned by all the Ministers.)" A Berlin letter states that the first despatch which the Austrian Cabinet addressed to that of Berlin since the establishment of the Regency was that by which Austria has withdrawn her preten sion of not allowing Prussia to take part in the garrisoning Radstadt in time of peace. SPAIN: The Madrid Gazette of the 19th contains a royal decree which is of some interest to the Spanish nobility. It enacts-Ist, That it shall be no longer necessary for a person to be in possession of the title of viscount before obtaining that of baron, marquis, or duke. 2dly, That no title once cancelled can be recovered. 3dly, In order to obtain the title of viscount or baron, it shall be necessary to bring proofs of having done personal services in favour of the nation and the throne, of enjoying the in come and of having all the other reqis r th eqr isuimedenbtron law,ed in the regulations. 4thly, In no future decree, the Minister of Justice and Public Worship, to whose department belongs all that relates to titles, shall propose to her Ma jesty the granting of two titles in one diploma, even if one of those titles should be that of vis count i and for the future, _the fact of king the son. of a count, marquis, duke, or baron shall not be considered as giving the right of viscountship. The Gazette also contains a notification by which grandees and other persons holding titles are informed that those who have any'claims to make with reference to having their names inserted in the official guide (" Guia de Foresteros") for 1859, must make them in writing before the 15th of next month; and it is declared those persons who use a title which is not set down in the official list as belonging to them will be liable to pains and penalties. The other journals are filled with election mat ters. The Espana had again been condemned to a fine. As a proof of the height to which party spirit is now carried, a letter has the following : " The tribunals have become now a sort of arena in which things which cannot be printed can be spoken with impunity. Newspaper prosecutions are very frequent, and the advocates who are charged with the defence of editors, being generally public men, employ to the utmost the latitude allowed to the bar, not to defend their clients, bnt to aggravate the attacks and the libels for which they are prosecuted. When such trials take place, the benches and every standing place are occupied by well-dressed persons, who take delight in the polished invectives that are thus delivered against public men." The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that the Odessa Company is displaying the greatest activity in turning the Villafranca establishment to account. The directors of the works have already arrived ; the necessary stores and supplies have been ordered at Toulon, and upwards of 200,000 metres of timber have been bought for the buildings to be erected. The steam-engines are to be sent from England. Count O'Donnell, aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria, who went to Warsaw with an autograph letter from his Majesty to the Emperor Alexander, has accompanied the latter to St. Petersburg. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. _ LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, 12 P.M. The royal mail steamship Arabia has arrived from New York, with advices to the 14th inst. She brings 82 passengers and 453,000 dollars in specie. On the 14th she passed the Africa, Indian Em pire, and North Star going into New York. The news from the States is of no interest. The mail from California had arrived at St. Louis, but the telegraphic accounts are meagre. The water at Fraser River was too high for mining, and business was much depressed at Victoria. Several skirmishes had taken place with Indians in Oregon. In Kansas, so far as known, the elections were in favour of the Republicans. Two late despatches have been received from Mexico. One says that Gen. Vidaurri had been defeated by Miramon near San Luis ; and the other, Miramon had been routed by Vidaurri, and had blown out his brains in despair. Governor Garza had levied a contribution on all foreigners at Tampico, to the amount of 100,000 dollars. The Administration at Washington has received an official document from those in power in two of the Society Islands, proposing a surrender of them to the United States. Havana advices to the 10th contain nothing poli tically important or interesting. Sugars were quiet and declining. Freights were dull at New York on the 13th. The business in stock. was small, but in the Ex- charge market the scarcity of commercial bills enabled drawers to obtain a good price for their exchanges. There was a fair business done in ster int% at 110 to 1091, and in francs at 5 12i. Money was without alteration in price. The news by the City of Baltimore from this rut tended to depress the market for breadstuffs. The cotton market was heavy, and prices unsettled. The pork market was heavy, and prices had declined —especially for old. Beef was unchanged. Prime mess and hams were quiet and nominal. Lard was plentiful, and prices unsettled. In freights there was rather more offering, and rates at the close manifested a little more tone. At Baltimore, on the same day, flour was dull aid heavy, but wheat unchanged. At Cincinnati wheat and flour were both dull, but there was no change in provisions. At Buffalo rather more was doing in flour, and prices were easier ; wheat, however, was dull and ' heavy. - At Oswego flour was inactive, all wheat a shade lower. THE PENINSULAR HAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra, Capt. J. D. Steward, with the above named mails, in charge of Lieut. Irwin, R.N., Ad miralty agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning. She left Gibraltar Oct. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; and Vigo, 20. On the outward voyage the Alhambra experienced south-westerly gales across the Bay of Biscay, and northerly winds along the Portuguese coast. Homewards she had southerly winds on the coast, and in crossing the bay a north easterly gale ; heavy rains at Gibraltar and Lisbon. His Serene Highness Prince George of Saxony, with his doctor and aide-de-camp, were passengers by the Alhambra, from Lisbon. She brought in all 20 first and eight second-class passengers, and on freight £2,350 in specie, 18 haltchests of lemons, 125 half-chests of oranges, 12 cases of plums, 50 cases of eggs, 26 boxes of grapes, 10 barrels of nuts, 3 casks of wine, and 13 packages of general mer chandise. By the Alhambra we have received our papers and letters from Gibraltar to the loth inst., which should have come by the Indus. His Excellency the Governor presented new colours on the 13th to the 2d Battalion of the 6th or Ist Royal Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. The ceremony took place in the presence of a numerous assemblage of spectators, and was followed in the evening by a grand ball and supper. By the arrival at Gibraltar on the 12th of the Dutch steamer Rotterdam, from Malaga, intelligence was received of the loss of the Orient steam-tug, which left Gibraltar the previous week for the Bos phorus. The following account of the accident is taken from the report of Joseph Swan, late master of the Orient :—" Left Gibraltar on 6th mkt., the boat being tight and in good order. All went on well until 4 a.m. of the 7th, when the Orient sud denly sprunk a leak. All the pumps were set to work, but the water gradually gained on them. Put her head for 'Malaga, and commenced baling and clearing the deck of the coals, but all to no effect. Seeing she was filling, we took to the boat, and had scarcely got clear when she went down head foremost at about half-past 4. At 6 a.m. was picked up by the Jeune Amaury, of Nantes. The captain was very kind to us ; but, as he had no accommodation, we went on board the Sunbeam, of Whitby, Capt. Walker, who did all in his power to make us comfortable. I return both captains my sincere thanks for their kindness to crew and self while on board their vessels. Capt. Walker, finding his provisions getting short, bore up, as the wind was west, and anchored off Point Molinos, six miles from Malaga, on the 10th inst. I then landed part of the crew, and the remainder got on shore yesterday, from which place we were for warded by the British Consul, per steamer Rotter dam, to this port, where we arrived this morning." On the outward passage of the Alhambra she landed at Gibraltar the crew of the Tuscan s hi p Maria, Capt. Salacca, which was completely lost off the bar of St. Übes, on the coast of Portugal. The ship was from Constantinople, laden with wheat for Falmouth. The Tuscan Consul forwarded the mate and crew to their homes, via Marseilles, in the Dutch steamer Rhone. The Neapolitan brig Eduardo, Capt. R. Chirico, had arrived at Gibraltar from Callao. She is the first vessel bearing the Neapolitan flag that has ever rounded Cape Horn. The Eduardo, after discharging a cargo of Sicilian produce at Glasgow, was chartered to take out manufactured goods to Callao, which was done to the entire satis faction of the receivers, who procured her return freight to Europe. She brought about 400 tons of guano for Valencia, from which port Captain Chirico intends proceeding direct to Naples, where he expects to get the award of merit usually granted by the Neapolitan Government for such enterpris ing conduct. The British merchant steamer Albanian, Captain J. Parfitt, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 14th, and left on the following morning for the East. The French Government steamer Titan, which was detained at Gibraltar for 24 hours, owing to the boisterous state of the weather, took her depar ture at half-past 6on the morning of the 15th, with the Barbary correspondence for Oran and Algiers. The Spanish steamer San Servando, also detained on account of the weather, did not leave until the same morning for Cadiz. She was conveying some passengers to proceed to London in the Gibraltar s t eamer , appointed to start from Cadiz on the 17th. Among them was the Rev. G. Alton, of the We*. leyan mission in Gibraltar, with his family, pro ceeding to Ramsgate, to which place he has beer appointed. The weather (writes our correspondent on the 15th) has been rather stormy for the last three days, but it has moderated a little this morning. The atmosphere is very heavy and cl ou y. At 8 this morning he av y rain fell, accompanied with thunder and lightning. When the Alhambra left Lisbon on the 19th the settlement of the French claims was understood to depend upon the arrival of the Portuguese Minister from Paris, who was daily expected with con ciliatory proposals from the French Government, in respect to which he had telegraphed to Lisbon. The British steamship Victor Emmanuel and the steam corvette Racoon were at anchor in the Tagus, as well as the French ships of war Austerlitz and Donawerth, and the steam corvette Yonne. The Lisbon exchanges by this packet are quoted —for three months on London at 53:;1 ; Paris, 528 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Hamburg, 48 ; and Genoa, 527. Few transactions had taken place, and stocks were dull at the rates of the previous packet. THE BOMBAY MAILS. The screw steamer Malta, belonging to the Penin sular and Oriental Company's fleet, Captain Henry Down, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning, bringing the heavy portion of the Bom bay mails. She left Alexandria on the 11th inst., Malta the 14th, and Gibraltar the 18th. On freight the Malta brought four packages of specie value £1,700, and 1,325 packages of miscellaneous articles, principally consisting of silks, shawls, and flax. Among the passengers by the Malta (10 first class and 13 second) were Capt. Sir Lionel Smith, Lady Smith, two children, and servant ; Capt. White, 12th Lancers; Lieut. D. G. Clery, 4th Regiment ; Lieut. Le Brien, 18th Regiment; Mr. G. C. Musters, R.N., Dr. Moekler, Dr. Martin, Mr. W. Dundas Cleote, Mr. Duncan, &c. Her Majesty's steamer Medina left Alexandria on the Bth inst., for Candia, for the purpose of assisting in the laying of the submarine telegraph cable. At Malta on the 14th were her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Ceylon, and Wanderer, and. the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamship Panther. On the 14th the Malta passed the company's steamer, Pera, outside of Malta, bound for Alex andria, with the India and China mails of the 4th, from Southampton ; and on the 15th she passed a steamer supposed to be the Damascus. The latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar stood as under : London, 20 days' date, 50 146 ; Paris, ditto, sf. 28c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 30c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight d dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, a dis ; Valencia, dis. ; Barcelona, y pm. Spanish pillared dollars, 3 per cent pm., nohe and no demand. The Malta made the quickest run out to Alex andria on reord, having accomplished the voyage in 10 days 13 hours, including 19 hours' stoppages, being under 10 days in actual steaming. She hail light winds and calm weather during the passage. On the homeward voyage she met with moderate weather in the Mediterranean, but after leaving Gibraltar she encountered heavy gales from the north-west, veering gradually round to the north east. Had it not been for this heavy weath er th e Malta would, no doubt, have also made the quickest run home, having been only six days seven hours from Alexandria to Gibraltar, inclusive of eight hours' stay at Malta, and without any assistance from her sails. Quarantine is still exacted at Gibraltar and. Malta ; so that, although this steamer had a per fectly clean bill of health from Alexandria, the passengers who landed at Malta would be subjected to seven days' confinement in the Lazaretto. THII FRENCH CLAIMS ON PORTUGAL. (From a Correspondent of the Times) LISBON, OCT. 19. The letter of your Paris correspondent, inserted in the Times of the 9th inst., contains a fair resume of the French and Portuguese versions of the dis agreeable question arising out of the capture of the French barque the Charles-et-Georges, Captain Rouxel, by the Portuguese schooner of war Zam bese, of the port of Conducia, near Mozambique, on the 29th of Nov., 1857. The Charles-et-Georges having been taken to the latter place, the judicial process shows that she was by sentence of the judge at that port, declared a good prize on the Bth March last, the captain being condemned to two years' t hard labour and to pay the costs of the pro cess, together with a fine of about £llO. This sen tence was founded upon the fact that the Charles et-Georges had not only been captured at anchor in a port which foreign vessels are prohibited from entering, but had also on board 110 negroes, and was fitted with false decks and other accessories held by the decree of December 10, 1836, to con stitute criminal proof of slave trade. The sentence is now under review in the Lisbon Relagam or Court of Appeal, and the Portuguese Government naturally refer the French claims to the expected decision of that tribunal. On the French side it is contended that the Charles-et- Georges was, under the inspection of one of its Government agents, Nicolas Correl, engaged in the conveyance of free labourers to the island of La Reunion, and that nothing was known at Mozam bique of the instructions of the Portuguese Govern ment prohibiting the embarkation of negroes from that province ; while the Portuguese show that two positive orders had been issued, dated Feb. •27, 1855, and July 30, 1856, and published at Lisbon in the official Gazette on Aug. 2, 1856, prohibiting the embarkation of negroes from Mozambique under any pretext of free-labour engagements, such being held to be a virtual continuation of the slave trade, and consequent evasion of the decrees of Dec. 10, 1836, and Dec. 14, 1854. Independent of the many suspicious circumstances which tend fully to justify the Portuguese in this case, the French Government cannot decently plead the .excuse of ignorance, which might have better availed the owners had not that Government coun tenanced the proceedings of the Charles-et-Georges by placing an agent of its own on board. With a French Minister at Lisboa and Consular authorities in the Portuguese possessions, the Go vernment could not ignore the facts, that the ship ment of negroes even for free labour was prohibited at Mozambique, and that the vessel would be liable to capture at the interdicted port of Conducia. Captain Rouxel was brought to Lisbon in the Charles-et-Georges in consequence of having ap pealed to the tribunal of Reintim against the sen tence at Mozambique ; and being now at large, as I understand, under the French Minister's bail, until the affair is settled, it appears mireasonable to expect the Portuguese Government to entertain any claim for the release of the vessel, much less for indemnification, until reasonable time has been allowed for that tribunal to pronounce its judg ment. The crew of the vessel and the French Govern ment agent were declared to be acquitted by the judge at Mozambique in consequence of it being proved that they had no participation in the pur chase of the slaves, for which the captain and his interpreter, Abdallah, were condemned. It appears that a portion of the 110 negroes had been engaged at Comor ; and I am assured the tes timony of the French Government agent, Nicolas Correl, contained in the judicial process, declares that the stipulations of his Government had been carried out in their engagement, but " that those stipulations had not been complied with in respect to the negroes bought by the - Captain on the coast of Quitangonha, a fact which he would represent to his Government in the report it was his duty to make upon his arrival at the island of Reunion. The port of Conducia, where the Charles-et- Georges was captured, is upon the coast of Quitan gonha, and if the French agent repudiated the pur chase of negroes effected by Capt. Rouxel and his interpreter, there is a still greater reason why the Portuguese Government should be protected from coercion by the arbitration of a neutral Power, which would lead to a full investigation of all the facts, which are in many points of a conflicting nature. In the first instance the Portuguese Government's proposal of arbitration was rejected by the French Government, though it was offered the selection of any neutral Power it might prefer for arbitrator ; but as I understand the Portu g uese Ministe r at Paris, Viscount de Pa iva, has tele g ra p hed that he is on his way to L isbon, and may be expected t o arrive here to-morrow or the next day by the steamer from Nantes with conciliatory proposals, it is anticipated some plan of arbitration has at last been acceded to by the French Government. - - THE COPPER MINES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.— Labour is now rapidly returning to its original source of engagement in South Australia, and there seems every rea son to believe that there will henceforth be no lack of able hands to assist in the full development of the several mines more or less opened up and worked upon. The principal copper mine now being worked is that of the Burra Burnt, which pays at the rate of 400 per cent. per annum to its original shareholders, the ore yielding on an average 22 to 24 per, cent, of copper. The Kapunda, of which the work ing capital is only £6,000, it is said, produces at the rate of £25,000 per annum, and gives only 15 per cent. of copper from the ore. At Chamber's Mine, an entirely private en terprise, the average yi e ld i s equa l to that of the Burnt Burra. The Port Lincoln, already proved to be highly pro ductive and rich in yield, now lies inactive from the apathy of the pres en t private owners of the land. Two mo i f e e i Tr ri s l. of great promise are now being opened up. tons,Rlai an of a S v o era ut g h e A yi u e s l t c fa c l if ia 2 , I gi t v o e w s, aboutopneracpenrotc.luo.7:ooeaptper; a2nood the other, the Bon Accord, although notr 9 e j t gives good indications of early yield.—.Jliai; CLOSING OF THE LYCEUM. This theatre closed on Saturday evening after a brief but very brilliant season of nine weeks, the great success of which was owing to the comedy of " Extremes." Mr. Falconer at the close of the play —which was on the occasion of his benefit—came forward amidst the warmest demonstrations and delivered an address, of which the following are the most interesting portions : " I will not attempt to dilate upon so purely personal a matter as the motive which induced me to risk the responsibilities of management further than to say that I had some faith m my work— much in the talents of the company I was fortunate enough to obtain for its exposition ; but that I had far more, and that in opposition to a cant, in the sympathy of the public with any earnest attempt to give in legitimate form a dramatic entertainment with some smack of nationality—an efficient pre sentation of an original play, tolerably true to English, or rather let me say to British principles ; for, I suppose, ladies and gentlemen, there needs no ghost from the grave to tell you' that I happen to be an Irishman. Out of my success—l suppose I may assume success, as the comedy has been played fifty times during a season of fifty-one nights, and the treasurer has never had occasion to suggest a change of performance—out of this success, no greater feeling of gratification has accrued to me than came from the verification of my faith in the existence of that sym pathy upon the part of the public, and of its readiness to assert its existence with any reasonable excuse. Ladies and gentlemen, I have the greatest disinclination to assume the character of Mr. Puff, but as we are likely to meet again it is mere courtesy as well as business to inform you that I have taken the theatre for a longer term, commencing on Boxing night ; and it is a mere matter of fact to state that nearly all the present members of my company will at that time give me their aid ; that I shall also have the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Louise Keeley; and, at the conclusion of their present engagement,. of Mr. and Mrs: Charles Young, of Miss Ronne. Wright, and several other artists of professional reputation ; that Mr. Robert B. Brough has under taken to write the new Lyceum burlespie, the scenery for which is already in the process of being painted by Mr. William Calcott, late of the Hay market Theatre ; and that the Harlequinade of the comic Pantomime will be sustained by the Lauri Family. I will not make you extravagent pro mises of unusual wonders, but I have reasonable hope to present you with that legitimate and worthy-of-being-seen entertainment which the union of such skilled artists as I have named is almost certain to produce. In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, to my thanks, let me add my sin cere wishes, that you may all of you realise those blessings of health, prosperity, and content which are so necessary to the full enjoyment of the more imaginative pleasures which poets, painters, and actors in grand conjunction are labouring to create for your entertainment at Christmas, and which are almost essential at that holiday time to insure a good night's rest to the juniors who dine on roast beef and plumb pudding." FATAL COLLISION AT SEA. SHIELDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The melancholy intelligence has been received heie that the brig Wingrave, belonging to Mr. Hewison, of North Shields, has been run down as she was proceeding on her voyage to London, and that her crew of 13 hands have perished with her. The particulars that have been received here are, that a screw steamer, the Kangaroo, trading between London and Inverness, has put into Lowestoft with her bows carried away. The captain (the agent to our Tyne Clubs' reports) seemed disinclined to say much about the cause of his damage ; but it has been ascertained from the crew that on the previous night the steamer came in contact with a laden brig and sunk her. The agent reports that the men say they put out the boats and pulled to where they heard the cries of the seamen in the water, but were unable to save any of them. A boat and the stern of a long boat were picked up next morning among some wreck in the neighbourhood of where the col lision occurred, with the name of the Wingrave painted upon them, so that little doubt exists but that that was the unfortunate vessel. By one of those strange fatalities that so often occur in sea port towns, the master in command of the Win grave, Mr. Hodgson, was called upon to take charge of her very shortly before she proceeded to sea on her last and fatal voyage. The old master, Mr. Hart, who had had command of her many years, being taken unwell, was obliged to give up charge of the vessel to him. Fears are entertained that another fatal disaster has occurred. The Margaretha, which has arrived in the Tyne from Altona, reports that within 20 miles of Tynemouth Castle she fell in with a great quantity of wreck and timber and deals floating about in the sea. The nights have been dark and foggy during the week, and several minor colli sions, such as carrying away yards and masts, are reported. FIRE-ENGINE FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVE.RNMENT. On Friday morning, at 7 o'clock, this new ma ahine was worked at the Grand Surrey Canal, Camberwell, in the presence of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London fire brigade, Mr. Brown, of the 'Westminster Fire-office, Mr. Ap pold, inventor of the centrifugal pump, Messrs. Shand and Mason, the makers, and other gentle men. The engine was only completed on Thurs day, and on account of the close of the St. Peters burg shipping season was during the afternoon put on board a steamer for that port. In 10 minutes from lighting the fire sufficient steam was obtained to throw a 5-8 jet of water to a considerable eleva tion. This was changed for larger ones up to one inch in diameter, the height from the latter being equal to that from a brigade engine when worked at its greatest speed. Two jets, one being 7-Bths of an inch, and the other a 16th smaller, were used at one time, and projected the water to the same height. This arrangement will prove of great value at a fire. All present expressed themselves much gratified at the performance, and were astonished that so much power should be got out of such a small machine. The space occupied is the same as by one ordinary brigade engine • but it is equal to three in power, as worked m the usual manner by 28 men, so that an equivalent to the labour of 84 men is obtained. It is also worked with great steadiness, very little noise or vibration being perceptible. The engine is fitted with springs and high wheels for quick travelling, and at the close of the experiments was drawn rapidly by a pair of horses to the factory in the Blackfriars-road, six of the spectators being on it besides the driver. The boiler, which is fitted with perpendicular brass tubes, is placed in the centre of the hind axle, the steam and fire-engines being placed over the front axle. The hose and suction pipes, with the imple ments, have their places in or about the engine, so that all are carried with it. Messrs. Shand and Mason intend making at once one or two of their patent steam fire-engines with various improve-, ments—this being the first land steam fire-engine they have constructed ; so that it is hoped that London will not be behind St. Petersburg in this matter, and that steam fire-engines will soon super sede the ordinary hand-engines worked in our streets. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednes day night an inquest was held, at the Grand Turk Inn, on the body of a young man, 30 years of age, named William Bcstall, a bone-button turner, living in lodgings in Wood cock-street. The evidence went to show that on the last fair Saturday night the deceased returned from the " pleasures" of the holiday in a state of intoxication. Managing to get to his lodgings, the woman who kept the house being also the worse for liquor and gone to bed, Bestall sat down stairs by himself, and, as is inferred, went to sleep. Whether he had been using lucifer-matches or whether he had gone to light a pipe too near to the fire is not positively kn own . H owever, the next that was heard of him was that, awaking, he found a portion of his garments on fire, and running up stairs endeavoured to throw himself on the bed in which his landlady was. She was so much frightened that she got up and jumped out of the windoiv, and deceased followed her example. Singular to say, no bones were broken, as to either of these parties, and after some time the fire of the clothes of deceased was extin guished, and he was taken to the General Hospital. Here, of course, every care was taken of the case, and for some time strong hopes were entertained that Bestall would re cover. But a few days since a change for the worse came on, and he died from the effects of the accident on Sunda, last. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The parents of the unfortunate young man lived at Sheffield. —Birmingham Post. GOUT.—Th: Abeille Medicale contains an article on the use of the oil extracted from the horse-chestnut as a sedative in gout. In order to extract this oil, the horse chesnuts are first ground to powder ; the latter is then treated with sulphuric ether, which dissolves the oil, resin, and sapontine contained in the mass ; the oil is then obtained pure by evaporating the ether. Ten kilo grammes of horse chestnuts yield ten grammes of oil. To use it, it must be applied with a fine hair-brush on the part affected : if the pain is very intense, the unction should be applied circularly so as to arrive gradually at the centre. When the first application is absorbed, a second one is applied after the lapse of a few minutes, and then a third and fourth if necessary. The oiled part is then covered with blotting-paper, cotton, or flannel, and then with oil skin ; the patient must be kept in perfect repose. In some cases the application of oil causes an increase of pain for the first half-hour, after which the sedative action com - mences ; but generally the pain gradually, disappears without any aggravation. The apple pounding is now going on briskly, and the yield of cider is more abundant than had been anti cipated. Several cargo es o f app l es f rom th e Ch anne l Islands ceed £1 per hogshead.—. Plymouth Journal. F re to lleb -11 rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1858 all it