The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-04 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, D A RURY-LANE Under the Management of Miss E. Pyne and Mr. IV Harrison. THIS EVENTSG, MARITANA. Characters by Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne, 31iss 31. Prescott, Mr. Ferdi nand Glover, Mr. George Honey, Mr. .T. G. Patey, Mr. Bar tleman, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR D'AMOUR Meadlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. IRIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of KING JOHN. King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TUTS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU• RAN1..31 , 3 : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c. HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. And ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. • ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST: Messrs. Selby, Parselle, and Miss Swan orough. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MY 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, is. ; Galleries, 6d. Great and Extraordinary Sensation produced by the new and brilliant Decorations—Splendid Act Drop—Magnificent Chandelier—Appropriate Scenery. During the week the new and successful drama of THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIG. 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 FAMILY JARS. No fee for booking. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, -Westminster-road.— Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters, and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 4. THERMIMETER, TN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70. Witt r, South-Easterly ; light and foggy, with rain in the morning early. 4 10 16 , , • 11,, 4.1 ,, ' r 0 IT owner. If really nitional'notei of small and con venient denominations were issued, this useless gold could be stored up in the public Treasury, available for any emergency that couli possibly occur. Mr. JAMES WILSON, an uncompromising bullionist, has declared that the issue of twenty million of £1 notes would be equivalent to the dis covery of twenty millions worth of gold in the heart of England. There can be no question as to the accuracy of his statement ; but still the boon is denied, simply to please the "hard calculators," and permit them to obtain advantages over their less cunning neighbours. The only 'use of gold is to adjust our foreign balances. A very small sum only is required for this purpose. Indeed, generally speaking, the balance is in our favour, and we are to receive, not to pay, bullion. The supply might safely be left to bullion dealers, who would charge according to the inevitable laws of supply and demand. If gold were treated like any other article of commerce, it would seldom or ever be either at a considerable premium or discount, and our foreign merchants, for whose convenience the principle of " convertibility " is maintained, would be far better off in having to pay a trifling premium for specie than in witnessing the rate of discount quadrupled, and in being prac tically unable to obtain money for these securities or goods, save at the most alarming sacrifices. The only parties who could complain would be those anxious to invest their money in foreign securities, or to hoard it, or the " hard calculators" - who desire to dip their fingers into their neighbours' pockets, without being liable to a criminal indict ment. None of these parties are entitled to any great amount of sympathy. The two former would be seldom affected, save when, the evil had attained extraordinary magnitude ; and, surely, any trifling inconvenience that they might sustain would be more than compensated by the welfare, happiness, and comfort of the rest of the community, who would enjoy that inexpressible blessing—a circu lating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. It is thoughtless to confound moderation with indifference. There is an unusual moderation just now in the political temper and demands of the country, but, we believe, anything but indifference. Our present rulers and our leading politicians will make a fatal mistake if they overlook this distinc tion. There is no disposition to press what are called extreme opinions, however strongly they may be held, if likely to interfere with the unanimity necessary to gain the most important points. Re formers almost everywhere are disposed to meet each other. They will join to obtain what they can agree to insist on, but this has nothing kindred with indifference either to Parliamentary Reform, or to an honest and truly liberal measure. Look at all the elections, at all the meetings— even agiiculturalmeetings—it is taken for granted everywhere that a more just representation is THE SUN. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1858. needed, and that even Tories will propose one. The subject is broached everywhere and under all forms. Every public speaker seems to regard it as an essen tial part of his speech. Could this be if the subject had not laid hold of the public mind? Speakers do not select topics on which no one feels any interest, and the presumption is that both speakers and hearers knew beforehand that each were interested in the subject. At the few elections which have taken place since the close of • the session, with Otte exception, all have witnessed that the electors were not only expecting a Reform Bill, but one which should comprise all the great points of the Liberal programme, and the sons of Peers have had to announce themselves advocates of the Ballot and of the Church-rate Abolition. It "What is a pound ?" That was the question by which Sir ROBERT PEEL mystified Parliament and procured its sanction to a code, which has twice produced the most fearful distress and misery throughout the entire country, and brought it to the verge of bankruptcy and ruin; which occasioned within a few months greater loss and pecuniary trouble than the whole of the British outlay on the Russian war. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that he solved the problem by producing a yellow coin weighing 123 grains of gold of 22 carats. That was unquestionably " a pound" according to the present law, but the fallacy was in representing it as the only possible pound that could be produced, and in which every promise and liability must eventually be liquidated. This was a grave mis take, and one that has been productive of very injurious consequences to the nation. It is one that led to the ill-considered law of 1819, and to the still more mischievous supplement thereof in 1844. It produced the panic of 1847, when many of our merchant princes, whose firms had taken generations to build up and consolidate, were compelled to suspend pay ment when £60,000,000 to £70,000,000 worth of property was brought within the juris diction of Ba,singhall-street, and virtually sacrificed—when production ceased, mills and fac tories were closed, and the labouring classes were converted from the creators and producers of national wealth into unprofitable consumers— when the provident persons who had saved a por tion of their earnings were compelled to expend their cherished stores to sustain existence, and less prudent labourers to cast themselves and their families on the tender mercies of the union work houses—when, finally, the Bank of England was only saved from stopping payment by a promised indemnity for the violation of the law that had produced, or at all events greatly aggravated, the evils. has all been pretty quietly done, but still it has been done. With the solitary exception of Leo minster, which nothing but the Ballot can really enfranchise, all the elected, and all the candidates have been obliged, and most have been willing enough, to hang out the popular flag. It is yet three months before her MAJESTY'S Speech is to announce that Lord DERBY means to do something or nothing. We can hardly expect that organisation should yet be very common. Still we have had occasion to notice a flourishing and active union at Newcastle, and another at that for midable lever of democracy, Birmingham, besides Ballot and other Reform Societies. It is not cora- mon with Englishmen to make great politica] efforts till near the time for action ; the excitemennt about the Bill of 1832 was nothing till after the Duke's celebrated declaration, and the rejection of the first Bill, and then even the stiffest old Tories feared to play Dame Partington. Now, we be lieve that so general is the feeling that something fair ought to be done, that should the Govern ment either ignore that feeling, or should they even attempt to impose upon it by some delusive measure, they would raise a per fect storm in the country. Men are quiet because they know something must be done. For a long time it has been held to be the business of the Cabinet to initiate and to carry through great national measures, and there is, in consequence, too general a tendency to leave agitation " till we see what Ministers will do." Hence, in great part, the moderate temper and language of leading Reformers. They do not threaten, do not even combine, but simply, on every suitable occasion, utter or cheer advanced Reform opinions. Now, we do not much care at present to urge a more excited tone, and to kindle anything like wild fire ; it is not needed. Since the Reform Bill—and it is one of its blessings—we can do our work with out Peterloos and Bull-rings. Quiet yet firm com bination is now omnipotent, and we can, if we choose, have a first-rate Reform Bill. Why not take the steps-forthwith to secure it ? Thee best of Mr. BRIGHT'S recommendations, because the most prac tical, was that the towns of the country should petition largely, and that Reformers should combine and bring in their own bill, leaving Government and the ‘Vhig Opposition to take their own course. The first of these proposals is easily enough accom plished, and it would have considerable weight. Few are the towns in which a large number of the inhabitants would not unite to petition for further enfranchisement, for the protection of the Ballot, and for their fair share of representatives. Peti• tions for these objects would be signed by millions, and great numbers in the counties would also ask the same thing. But we are not dogmatic. Let all classes petition for what they think desirable, but let them petition. These were the terrible consequences of the erroneous answer to the interrogatory, " What is a pound ?" Had there been a more philosophical inquiry, it would at once have been discovered that " a pound" was anything which conveyed to the possessor such a command over the necessaries and comforts of life as the sovereign, or " pound of amount," gave on the average of transactions. Every Paterfamilias well knows that no inconsi derable portion of his income is required to satisfy the claims of the tax-collectors and rate-collectors. Whatever will content these inexorable creditors will be gladly received, no matter of what mate rial it may be made, whether of coined gold, stamped leather, or engraved paper. But it may be said that he may receive a larger portion of these notes, or tokens, than would be required to liquidate his proportion of the public burdens. If so, the issue of these notes or tokens, being scrupulously re strained within proper limits, under the authority of a department responsible to Parliament, some of his neighbours will require that 'which he has to spare, and it will be freely accepted by landlord and tradesman. The butcher and baker will gladly exchange meat or bread for that which will satisfy the salesman or miller. And the hatter, tailor, hosier, and bootmaker would rejoice at being asked to exchange their commodities for the "rags," which, although intrinsically "worthless," would still possess the purchasing power. Indeed, as the Times itself admitted two years . since, the whole of the internal commerce of the country might be carried on -without a single ounce of gold ! A deposit of Con s eis,:or the fact that the notes would be received in payment o f t axat i on, would render them universally acceptable. Thi s doctrine cannot be impeached ; and y e t, to the lasting disgrace of our Legislature, it has not been acted on. We do not economise the precious metals. There are at least fifty millions of sove reigns passing from hand to hand, the purpose whereof would be far bettor answered by £1 notes. In Ireland etr Scotland sovereigns are scarcely ever seen, save in the hands of some wandering tourist, and, when received in course 'of business, are paid away as speedily as possible. The notes for £l, £1 55., £1 10s., and £1 15s. are greatly preferred, and if lost or PlAudered the value can be more easily recovered than the sovereign, which cannot be identified after it has once passed float the hands of the lawful With regard to Reformers bringing in their own bill, we should say it must do good. It would be prepared and well canvassed some time before Par liament met. The thing could not be done in a corner, nor need it be—it would be every man's busi ness, and let everyone that pleased have a hand in it. Let it be subjected to the sneers of the " Leading Journal," to the nonchalance of the Whig journals, and to the onslaughts of the Tory journals. When all had been heard, a great meeting of delegates might assemble in London, and decide upon its final clauses, one by one. The Government would then know at least what to do. They could accept or reject it; they could, in the latter case, send their ow n bill and the country's bill to try the result of a general election. In the latter case the course recommended would be invaluable. A mere nega tive issue is a bad one to go with to the hustings, It might eject Lord DERBY and yet decidenoihing for the future. When the country had pronounced that it would not have Lord DERBY'S bill, it would not have pronoun Ced definitely what it would have. A year would probably be saved in the passing of the Bill, if two were sent down to the electors for their approbation. We find fault with continen tals for looking to Government for everything ; but our folly is equally great if we look to one Cabinet, necessarily aristocratic, for a Reform Bill which shall do full justice to the people. The people must do their own work if it is to be well done. LATEST NEWS. DISMISSAL OF THE PRUSSIAN_ MINISTRY. BERLIN, WEDNESDA . The following members of a new Prussian Minis try have been appointed : Prince Hohenzollern, President of the Council. M. Schleinitz, Foreign Affairs. M. Bethman-Hollweg, Public Instruction. General Bonin, War. The rest of the present Ministers are to be dis missed as soon as the arrangements for supplying their places are completed. THE VIENNA BANK. We have reeeived the following telegram from Vienna : VIENNA, Nov. 3. The National Bank of Austria has resumed payments in silver according to the new currency, 105 fl. new (Waehrunq) for 100 A. old. ( Cone. Muenze). Five per Cent. Metalliques closed yester day National Loan 86.90 Exchange on London 10.25 LORD STRATFORD DE RED ' CLIFFE. It appears that the vessel having Lord Stratford de Redcliffe on board, which ran aground near Smyrna, was not the Caradoc, but the frigate Curacoa. The Caradoc only conveyed his lordship to the Curacoa. EURYALUS AT FERROL. MADRID, WEDNESDAY. The Euryalus, having on board Prince Alfred, has arrived at Ferrol. The Epoca, an Opposition organ, states that 40 members of the Opposition have been elected. ' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1858. the birthdayfete - of the Queen, by order . , it was said, of Concha. The Quebec timber-market was less animated, owing to the fall fleet not having been large. Vessels were scarce, and freights rather better. The following is a report of the New York market up to the 22d : " Cotton dull and unchanged. Sales 1,000 bales. Midling uplands at 121 e. Flour without striking change. Superfine state, 4 dols. 25c. to 4 dols. 35e. ; round hoop Ohio, 5 dols. 25c. to 5 dols. 40c. ; mixed to good southern, 5 dols. to 5 dols. 40e. Wheat heavy, and lc. to 2c. lower. Chicago spring, un sound, 70. Western red, 1 dol. 2c. to 1 dol. 6c. Southern nominal. Corn lower. Mixed western, 661 c. ; trifling lots at 67c. to 71c. Beef unchanged. Pork firm. Mess, 16 dots. 40c. to 16 dols, 50c. ; prime, 14 dols. 12e. to 14 dols. 50c. New bacon quiet. Lard heavy, at 10c. to 101 e. Sugars quiet and unchanged. Coffee ditto. Spirits of turpen tine dull at 45e. to 50e. from 3 dols. 75c. Crude turpentine 3 dols. 931 c. Linseed oil heavy at 68c. to 70c, Hides and tallow unchanged. Freights firmer. Cotton to London, 3-16 ; flour, 171 ; grain, 52 to 6. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 21. Cotton easier, but quotably unchanged. Sales 11,000 bales. THT NORTH SEA TELEGRAPH. The landing of the North Sea submarine cable took place at the village of Weybourne, on the Norfolk coast, on Sunday last. The screw steamer William Corry, accompanied by a smaller paddle steamer, the Reliance, arrived off Weybourne about noon with the cable on board, when the operation of landing it at once commenced. A rope was first brought on shore from the William Corry, and fastened to the flag-staff of the Coast-guard station, and then by means of two boats, one towing the other, the cable was brought ashore. The work was performed in a very short time, and without any apparent difficulty, in the presence of but few spectators. It was not for a want of interest felt in the neighbourhood about mach an undertaking, but from the uncertainty when it would take place, that such a small number of persons were present at the landing. The steamers had been expected every day for a week, and several fruitless journeys were made in consequence of false reports of their arrival. In the course of the afternoon a great many visited the spot. The departure of the William Corry with the cable to Embden took place at a quarter past 4 p.m. She fired two guns, which were responded to from ihe shore, and pxo ceede4 on her way... The cable, when landed, was conveyed to the " guard room" of the Coast-guard station, whieh is the North Sea Submarine Tele graphic Office for the time being. As soon as the necessary apparatus was affixed, it was found that a perfect communication existed between them and steamer lying about half-a-mile from the shore. When eight miles out to sea, the commander and other officers on board proposed the health of those on shore, and bade them good night, which was responded to. A'telegram at noon on Monday informed the officers at Weybourne that the steamer had payed out 90 miles of cable, and on Tuesday afternoon they received one with the welcome tid ings that the steamer had reached her destination. THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN LIN• COLN'S-INN-FIELDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l am desired by the trustees of Lincoln's inn-fields to inform you, that as the show of chry santhemums in the garden of the fields is this year finer than usual, they have given orders to their gardener to admit all respectable persons applying to view the same during the ensuing fortnight, such admission to be between the hours of one and four o'clock in the afternoon.—l am, &c., WM. MANNIN, Secretary to the Trustees. 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Nov. 1, 1858. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 3. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the Prima and Princess of Leiningen, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce, the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Sir James Clark, and Captain Grey (Rifle Brigade), also Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel, and Major-General Sir Harry Jones, who arrived in the after noon. The Queen and Prince Consort walked in the grounds of the Castle this morning. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Captain Grey, Rifle Brigade, left Windsor in the forenoon. A Cabinet Council, the first after the recess, was held yesterday, at three o'clock, at the - official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the . Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Gen. Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. IV. Henley, and Lord John Manners. The Earl of Derby left London yesterday even ing for Windsor Castle. The Hon. A. Stewart, C. 8., Judge of the Vice- Admiralty Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia, had an interview with Sir E. Bulwer Lytton yesterday. Mr. Brooking had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Colonial-office. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has given a Ceylon writership to the successful condidate in an open competi tion of the students of Glasgow University, of which he is Rector. His Highness the Prince Mitschwin has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Paris. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in town yes terday morning from Hatfield. The Earl of Derby left London yesterday even. ing for Windsor Castle. The Lady Elizabeth Brownlow and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. Lady Douglas and Miss Murray have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Baron Stutterheim has arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Germany. General Peel arrived in London yesterday from Windsor Castle, in order to attend the Cabinet Council. Col. Gooch and Mrs. Gooch have left Fenton's Hotel for Melbourne-hall, Derbyshire. CANADA.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.— Royal Mail steamship Nova Scotia, with the Quebec mails of the 23d ult., was off Donaghadee at 1 p.m. yesterday. She is hourly expected. Dense fog prevailed this morning. BOMBAY.—LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.—The following telegram was posted in the Underwriters' room to-day : " Bombay.—Cotton, 5 to 6 rupees lower ; freights, 15s. ; exchange, 2s. ; import market good." THE RIVER PLATE.—LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.—The following telegram was posted in the Underwriters' room to-day,—" Montevideo.—Brisk demand for British manu factures; exchange 41i; no bad news." WESTERN RAMC—CALL OF LlOO PER SHARE. —This call was due on Monday, and we were informed in the evening that it had been paid to the extent of £503,000. The promptitude of this response must be highly gratify ing to all who are desirous to see the bank's affairs speedily wound up.—Glasgow Mail. SUICIDE ON THE MIDLAND RAlLWAY.—Yester day (Wednesday) morning, a respectably-attired man, not yet identified, committed suicide on the Midland Railway, betweeen Cheltenham and Gloucester, near the Chosen bridge. The parliamentary train had arrived within about four miles of Gloucester, when the driver observed the de ceased, and as the train approached he deliberately placed himself in a stooping position in front of the engine. No time was afforded to avert the calamity by a stoppage of the train, and he was literally dashed to pieces, fragments of his body being scattered upon the line, while considerable por tions of flesh and of his wearing apparel were found still adhering to the engine and carriages on the train reaching Gloucester. SERIOUS COLLIERY ACCIDENT:—An accident of a very serious nature occurred in one of the Coltness Iron Company's pits at Coltness on Friday last, by which two men, lost their lives. It appears that they, along with a son of the former and brcther of the latter, had been taking down Pyotshaw coal for some time past. They were in the act of filling a hutch when about 20 tons of coal came away on them, and of course killed them on the spot. The other two were repairing some piece of a road back from where they were working, or very likely they would have met with the same fate. We believe William Gibb's father, who was underground manager to the Coltness Tron Com pany, was killed in one of theirsits fourteen years ago.— Glasgow Herald. - DINING WITH A Bigior.—One of our leading prelates not long ago invited to his hospitable mansion in London a country rector, an old friend, from one of the re mote provinces. The simple-minded gentleman came about five o'clock, having a notion that he should arrive about the dinner hour. Soon after lie had taken his seat tea was brought round. " Well," thought the rector, " this is bare living, at any rate; if I had known I would have had a beefsteak at a chophouse before I came ; but I hardly ex pected that a bishop would dine at one o'clock. Is it a fast day, I wonder." He drank his tea, however, and said nothing. About half-past seven o'clock his bed candle was placed in his hand, and he was conducted to his sleep ing -room. " Call you this London ? (he soliloquised) why, I should have fared far better at Silverton; I should have had my comfortable mutton chop and my glass of beer at nine o'clock, and I should have been in bed at ten, well fed, and contented. But here I am, half-starved, in the' midst of splendo-tr—as hungry as a hunter—almost ready to do • your my blanket, like the boa constrictor—ha, ha !—and where everything looks so grand, Well, fine furniture won't make a man fat ; give me substantial victuals, and you may take the gilding." Soliloquising in this fashion he undressed himself, puled over his ears h:a cotton night cap, " with a tassel on the top," as the song says, and en' t into bed, coiling himself up comfortably ; and being of a ix-giving temper he soon forgot his troubles, and sr nk into his first sleep as sweetly as a " christian child ;" when lo after a while, bells begin to ring, and a smart knock at his door resounds through his room, and a voice is heard saying, "Dinner is on the table, sir l" The old gentleman awoke in considerable confusion, not knowing whether it was to-day or to-morrow; and according to the most authentic account he appeared shortly after at the dinner t tble, though in, a somewhat ruffled condition as relates to his wardrobe, and mentally in a Mize of uncertainty as to 1113 day of the we 3k and the meal he _was eatiec,—Awerte atogazine, for November, THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, Nov. 4. The Vectis, with the mails from Bombay . , arrived at Marseilles at 8 this morning. The mails left for London at 10. The passengers remain in quarantine until to morrow morning. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Pera steamer, Captain Jamieson, has arrived. She left Alexandria, Oct. 22d ; Malta 25th ; and Gibraltar, 29th ; and brings 116 passengers, three packages specie (value unknown), 1,555 bales and 45 cases silk, 43 bales wool, 39 bales flax, 328 sacks barley, and sundries. She spoke on the 28th the steamship Brenda, and the Pasha's steam yacht Said; on the 30th the schooner Sophy. The usual fleet was at Alexandria. At Malta—}ter Majesty's ships Marlborough, Princess Royal, Hibernia, Wanderer, and Curlew. The comet wa,s last seen from thoPera at 7 p.m. on the 29th ult., in lat. 36.6 N. The Pera experienced a white squall, and saw several waters2outs while coming through the . Mediterranean, nearly abreast of Algiers. She had a hard easterly gale across the Bay. Her Majesty's ship Urgent, with invalids, &c., arrived at Gibraltar from Malta en the 26th, and left for Portsmouth on the 27th. The Centaur left same day for Portsmouth. The steamship Crimean, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on. the 28th. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The mail stea raer Avon, Capt. Revett, has arrived with Buenos Asses dates of September 27 ; Monte Video, 30 ; Rio,. October 10 ; Bahia, 14 ; Pernam buco, 16 ; St. Vincent, 24 ; and Lisbon, 31. She brings 81 passengers, £63,487 in specie, dia monds value £30,987, and cargo of tapioca, tobacco, cigars, and sundries. The Tamar le ft St. Vincent on the 21st for Brazil. 0ct.14, the A vc.n spoke the British barks Lavinia and Eleanor, em tering Bahia; 16th, lat. 1.7 N., long. 31 W., passed British ship Shooting Star; 20th, lat. 5.15 NT-, long. 29 W., passed American bark Sally Mave. The firm of Plowes, Son, and Co., at Rio, had suspended paymen t. Coffee supplies w, ere very moderate at Rio ; prices had advanced 10Ors . per arr. in all grades. Stock 65,000 bags. Groi and sugars in fair demand and prices full 200 rs. hi.g her, with tendency to a further rise. Very small wales of hides, and stock in creased to 16,354. Exchange 2C4 and 261 at 90 days. Stocks of sugar at Bahia very small. Last transactions were at 2,..700 per arr. for browns, and 3,100 whites. Coffee in brisk demand, and stocks of Bahias were de axed toff at 3,800 and 3,900. Prices of cocoa varied front 3,700 to 3,850. No fresh supplies of cott on ; last sa,les at 8,500. Inquiry for hides still brisk.. No tapioca in the market. Exchange receded to 24 1, and something was effected at 261, on 'easy terms of payment. Freights-455. I ,iverpool, 20s. London. Not much basin ess at Pernambuco. Supplies of stio ar small and operations limited; brown Pernams.-„ 2,450 to 2,800; whites, 3,100 to 3,700. Large sir oplies of cod fi.h. Stock of flour 20,000 barrels.., The import duties on these two articles have r gain been reduced, cod fish now pay ing only 500 r per drum, and flour 900 per barrel. Prices of cott en d'clined from 5,200 to 7,600 and 7,700. Good. derr.and for hides. Exchange closed at 26d. The Medvrr, w ith ar tillery troops from Wool wich, to Ceyl on , ti called at Pernambuco on the 6th ult., all well, and. proceeded. The Benmuick Dhui, from London to St. Helena, went ashore on the 11th, near the Island of Hamaraca, to the 1 forth of Pernambuco. She was got off, and towed • to Pernambuco, where she would be surveyed and ra paired. N - AN_TAD A . LIVERJ?C (EY E gELEGRAI'II.) The Nova Set - Alan._ has arrived , W ith the Canadian mails of the :j3d. .OL, tHURSD AY gORNING. She was off the port yrsterday z wening, not get 11p, o w i ng tc , but could the clause fog. Aavices from Vene. r eport that the country Ives quiet. Advices from Havanna h . eport that the judges of the Sup er i or C our t h a d a ll re, iig ned in consequence of not receiving the usual sal uti, from the military at SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Cornelius Grennell, from London, off New York; the Nova Scotian passed the Arcadian, of Liverpool, at anchor, and Lady Hobart, in the St. Lawrence, and the ship Montreal, off the Calf of Man ; Celes tial Empire, and George Washington, and W. Lar rabee, from Trieste, at New Orleans ; Lady Falk land, from Bristol; Defender, from Portsmouth; Everthorpe, from Hull ; Princeton, from Neath ; and Quebec, from Liverpool, at Quebec ; Savannah, from Liverpool ; St- Nicholas, from Havre ; Eliza beth; and Amaranth, from Bremen; Waltham, from Cardiff; and Palestine, from London. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Advices from Vienna state that the Baroness de Bourciemy, wife of the French ambassador in that city, died on the 30th ult., after giving birth to a child. BOURSE, NOV. 3.—The market has been steady, but with a very limited amount of business doing. The settlement of the shares account has gone off easily. Mobilier have been in request. Threes varied from 73f. 15c. to 73f. 10c. ; Mobilier, 925 f. to 935 f. ; Austrian, 662 f. 50c. to 663 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,347 f. 50c. to 1,350 f. ; Lyons, 876 f. 25c. to 877 f. 50c. ; Southern, 567 f. 50c. to 570 f. ; and Northern, 972 f. 50c. to 975 f. The following were the last quotations :- 4 . 1 per Cents. .... 96 I Credit Foneier.... 650 Do. end month : . -I- 3 per Cents 72 90 Do. end month• 73 5 Bank Shares. 3125 Belgian 4f — Piedmonteso (5) Roman 94 Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 920 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 915 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern - 977 50 .. 975 New ditto. — .. 817 50 Lyons and. Mediterranean 877 - "50 .. 87 5 New ditto Geneva Midi — -- • • Southern Western - 610 ~ 610 Eastern Grand Central — .. —.— Sardinian 455 .. 450 Austrian : : 525-- Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95e. ; money, 24f. 921 c. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the Ist says :—" The Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, who is a re lative of the royal family and a general in the army, has arrived here from Switzerland, in obedience to a summons of the Prince Regent, and it is believed that he has been entrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet. The Prince belongs to the Liberal party. M. de Schleinitz, who was formerly Mini ster of Foreign Affairs, has also arrived here, and it is said that he likewise has been summoned by the Prince Regent. He, too, belongs to the same party. In the event of a Liberal Ministry being formed, M. de Schkinitz is spoken of for the department of Foreign Affairs, M. de Bethmann-Hollweg for that of Public Worship, M. de Mathis for the Interior, General Hermann or General Bonin for War. General Hermann, who commands at Stettin, has not played any part in politics, but the Prince Regent is said to think highly of him." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. are almost exclusively occupied with election affairs. The Peninsular Correspondence says —" It appears that some of the neo-Catholic candidates have adopted the desamortisation law as a theme for de• nunciations of the Ministry, and allege that the Government is socialist, disdainful of the rights of property, and so on. Their remarks, however, have found but little echo among the elec tors, who are for the most part well aware of the monstrous abuses which have been made of public property held in mortmain for charitable purposes, the little rent it produced, scarcely ever more than two per cent., and consequently the little good derived from it by the poor ; whilst they know that the public stock which is to be given in payment of this property will yield 7 per cent." The same semi-official organ, in reply to some complaints made, asserts positiveiy that the Government has not unduly interfered in the elections. The Espana has been tried for the fourth time for libel, and sentenced to a fine of 36,000 reals and costs. It was, besides, under pro secution for three other articles. The Leon Espa nol, another daily print, is also about to be tried for seditious libels. The French paper the Inde pendance has been seized ; the semi-official Corres pondancia Autografa has received a " warning ; " and prosecutions have been instituted against the Iberia and the Parlamento. The Official Bulletin of Gravada contains a summons to one John Wil liams, an English subject, to present himself before the judge of the district of Campillo, to answer an accusation of swindling by means of false letters of exchange: Letters from Ragusa, in the Trieste Observer, state that on the 12th October a combat took place near Schienizza, in lierzgowina, between a party of Mussulmans and another of rayahs, amongst whom there were several Montenegrins and Gra hovans. Two Turks and four Christians were killed, and many wounded on both sides. The Russian consul, Schuleznikoff, left Ragusa on the 15th for Metrovich and Mostar, in company with the Russian courier Resobrasoff. On the 19th ho Rakow Rado nich, charged by Prince Danilo with a special mission, the object of which is still unknown, em barked at Cattaro for Constantinople. A telegraphic despatch in the Independance of Brussels asserts, on what it represents to be good authority, that the Pope has resolved to modify the existing regulations as to the baptism of Jewish children. The same despatch says that accounts from Naples represent that General Filangieri, having had frequent interviews with the King, was considered likely to be reappointed minister. LITERARY PENSION.—We are informed that Lord Derby has granted a pension of SAO per annum to Mr. Peter Whittle, author of a history of Preston and other antiquarian works.—. Evening "reran?. DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.—At the Liver pool Police-court, yesterday (Wednesday) a young man named Charles 3l 4 Carran was brought up under the follow ing circumstances :—About two o'clock the previous day, Mr. Levi, an outfitter, residing in Great Howard-street, was standing at the front door of h is house, counting some money, when the prisoner came ur , seized him by the arm, and struck him a violent blow on the side of the face, which knocked him staggering into the shop. The prisoner fol lowed, and repeatedly struck him over the face, while he endeavoured to take the money out of his hand. The cries of the prosecutor attracted attention, and a crowd gathered round the door, through which the prisoner endeavoured to escape, but was caught and taken into custody. The com plainant, whose head was comptetely covered with band ages, identified M'Carran as the man who assaulted him, after whit's the prisoner was sent for trial at the assizes. TILE' NAVY. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham for 11 artisans belonging to the dockyard to be discharged from that establishment on various pen- LITERATURE,. Fellow Travellers ; or, the Experience of Life. By the Author of " Margaret, or Prejudice at Home." 3 vols. Hurst and blackett. There is much to engage attention in this work; it is altogether different to the ordinary class of fictions met with. There is a boldness in the sketches, a freedom in the style, and a depth in the thought that forcibly impress the mind of the reader. The details of the story are in themseelves singular enough to form an attraction, although they are secondary to the skill which has chro nicled the remarkable characters which appear in these pages. Avice Desborough, the heroine, is a delightful creation of fancy ; but she is real in the delineation of her brave spirit, warm heart, and pure nature. A life-like semblance seems imparted to her shadowy existence, as we follow her steps through the thorny paths in which she seemed forced to tread. It was not likely that a young girl, abandoned by all who sh ou ld h a ve protected her, as Avice was, could be enabled, by her own limited experience, to judge correctly as to her course in life; hence the great error she committed, in being married to Mr. Thorpe, was excusable to a certain degree. She had been in the habit of in dulging in romantic schemes, and her scrupulosity was carried to an inordinate excess when she ab stained from addressing William Osborne, her brother's devoted friend, to whom that dying rela tive had given the solemn charge to protect his orphan sister from the dangers that he saw encompassed her. It would have been more true courage to have appealed to him than to have rushed into a union with a comparative stranger, who, however high-principled and kind hearted she might reasonably regard him, was not possessed of those finer feelings, those nobler sen timents, which are the true poetry of life, which, once inherent in the character, cast all other attri butes into the shade. A sadder fate could hardly have been devised for Avice than to be immured in such a living tomb as her desolate home amid the crags of Burnham.- An actual acquaintance with the world would have been infinitely preferable to such extreme isolation from all that was genial to the tastes, sympathising with the affections, or kindred to the spirit of the enthusiastic Avice. William Osborne's is a noble character. There are flaws and deficiencies in it, it is true, but there are sterling worth to be recognised, and genuine qualities to be respected. In his scorn of mean ness and duplicity, his indignation against tyranny and oppression, his sympathy with the disressed, his sorrow for the sorrowful, in the exertion of his utmost strength for the protection of the weak, the liberal distribution of his wealth for the relief of the poor—in these and many other instances he stands revealed as a member of a glorious commu nity, as one of Nature's gentlemen. He might have been of more service if he had boldly faced his troubles, instead of shrinking from them, at his father's death ; but it was as much his unsuspicious mind as his horror of the scenes that took place at Staunton Court that induced him to turn and flee from its precincts, and there was something essen tially characteristic of his strong nature in the resolution planned and carried out of relin quishing a princely fortune, and working as if de pendent actually on his own exertions for support, by necessity instead of choice. Catherine Moore is a very powerful example of the good that may be effected by decision and promptitude. She was placed in a most trying situation, but she possessed, fortunately for her own satisfaction and the welfare of those she benefited, a clear insight into the claims of duty, and, once having seen the beacon to guide her way, she followed on unflinchingly, with a zeal that deserved to win its goal, and a spirit whose bravery well merited its victory. The un happy life of Miss Osborne is the darkest passage in the story, and is indeed a melancholy picture to contemplate. It is not the less likely, however, when it is remembered how cruel, selfish, and un scrupulous were the dispositions of those who were her tyrants. Mr. Rycroft is ably sketched, as a man possessed of the most grovelling tendencies, whose self was his idol, and whose personal pro sperity was the only thing he cared for. It would be difficult to suppose a better representative of what is termed " of the earth, earthy," than is evi denced in the entire career of this successful schemer. But the hour of retribution came at last , though its advent was as sudden in its startling terror as the coming of a thief in the night. It is remarked in " Coningsby" that " the altars of Nemesis are beneath every outraged roof," and such appears peculiarly illustrated in the case before us, when Mr. Rycroft, fancying himself secure from inva sion and safe from discovery, beheld the brother of one of his victims appear, and, in the name of his de parted relative, demand justice and insist on resti tution. It is a powerful scene in which Catherine Moore leads in the victim of a life of cruelty, she who might have been deprived of reason through her tortures, had not her indomitable courage sus tained her strength, and nerved her to endure till the day when she might hail the overthrow of her enemies. The false and crafty agent was ejected from his guilty stronghold by the master, who should long before have taken up his rule, and William Osborne, after a long course of years passed in the turmoil of the world, seemed to retrace the past and begin life over again. If there was a subdued light now shining over his path, and if the spirit of Alice Thorpe could not rejoice as in the smiling days of her youth, it was the touch of time that had left an impress, and not the stings of a troubled conscience, nor the remorse for wasted opportunities that haunted their past as a moth fretting a garment, or hovered over their future to blight the flower of its promise. The success that crowned their sufferings is described as " one of the noble triumphs that ,May be achieved in time by faithfulness and high belief, by singleness and purity of purpose and aim, that stand out grandly amid all grand endeavours in vindication and assertion of the everlasting life of man." Throughout the narrative there are many personages met with, who are delineated with much skill and adroitness. Mies de Burgh, the old gentlewoman, who lived in her retirement, apart from the gay world in which her former companions mingled, is a finished pic ture of her peculiar class, simple and true-h ear t e d —a warning to the heedless crowd who passed her idly by—a living example to those dead to the duties of their responsible positions. The sister of Avice, the giddy countess, is very naturally described as a selfish woman of fashion, who forgot the ties of kindred, and ignored everything great or small, but what immediately interfered with her comfort, or could possibly conduce to her benefit. It is not often that so able a work oomes under the notice of the critic, or attracts the admiration of the reader of romances, as the one before us. It records not only the visible world of action, but reveals glimpses of the hidden world of thought. In its powerful expressions and vivid sketches, it dis plays that knowledge of human nature which all must possess who would truly typify the might and mystery of its ruling passions. It is, in every sense, a superior production ; and, as such, it will doubtless obtain esteem and consideration from those who can distinguish the genuine front the counterfeit, and be charmed with the creation of a master-mind.. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE OX FORD RAILWAY.. DUDLEY, WEDNESDAY. It will be remembered th a t w hil e M r. T. M. was holding Phillips, the coroner for Staffordshire, his inquest on the bodies of 14 of the unfo r t una te excursionists who came by their death by th e colli sion of two holiday trains on the above line of rail way, near the Round Oak station, another was added to the list of victims—Mrs Hodges, who died at Prince's End. This being in the ,distriet of another, Mr. Hincheliffe, that gentleman formally opened an inquest on the body, but adjourned It until after Mr. Phillips should have finally con eluded his inqu'ry. Accordingly yeste r d ay M r. Hingcliffe was occu pied at Prince's End, near the place, with the in quest on Mrs. Hodges. It is unnecessary to go again into the evidence as it was a mere repetition of what was given on the inquest before Mr. Phillips on the fourteen other sufferers at Brierly hill, full reports of which have already been pub lished in The Sun. The jury, after devoting twelve hours to the in quiry, returned (as in the inquest at Brierly-hill) a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Cook, the guard in charge of the break of the retreating train; but they did not accompany their verdict, as in the former inquiry, by any charge of blame against the Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton. Railway Company. They, however, expressed an opinion that Harris,, the officer who accompanied the train from Wol ver h ampton to Worcester in the morning , ought, o n hi s arrival at the latter town, to have informed M r. Adcock, the secretary, that Cook had had passengers in the break van with him. CURIOUS DOWN-lIILI, JOURNEY .—As some young girls Were a few days ago playing on the side of a hill near Asti, in Piedmont, one of them to amuse herself crept into a large barrel which was lying there, propped up by a fe w s'ones. Her companions, by way of a joke, and without thinking o f t h e serious consequences that might have oc: curred, removed the stones and set the cask in motion, and it kept rolling until it reached the bottom of the hill, a dis t nice of about 250 yards. Several persons who witnessed the progress of the cask were amused by the nu merolo bounds it m a d e i n consequence of the obstacles it met with, but they were alarmed at finding on its reaching th e bott om that there was some one inside. Stran to say, on the girl being rele ase d from her awkward position, it was found that all the injury she had sustained was some slight scra tcaes and a few trifling bruises. mons. The Dolphin, revenue cutter, Lieut. R. H. H. Mends, having embarked stores at Chatham, has sailed from that port. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty I, Lieutenants—Richard P. Fitzgerald to the Excellent ; T. B. M. Sulivan to the Liffey; J. S.Troysden to the Royal Albert. Masters—Charles E. H. Farrant (additional) to the In dus; Ambrose J. A. Berton and Elijah J. Kemp to be Chief Officers in the Coast Guard. Second Master—Thomas D. Nicholson to the Jasper. ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACTION OFF FERROL. This day (Thursday) is the 53d anniversary of the capture, by Sir Richard Strachan's squadron, off Cape Ortegal, of four sail of French line-of battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, when the enemy lost 700 killed andwomided, and the British 24 killed and 111 wounded. The following is a list of the surviving officers, with the ships in which they served, together with the rank they at present hold : Retired Vice-Admiral George Bentham was mid shipman of the Hero. Retired Rear-Admiral William Bohun Bowyer was midshipman of the /Eolus. Captains on reserved half-pay—Samuel Wriford was midshipman of the Caesar ; Thomas Ferris was midshipman of the Caesar; Louis A. Robinson was midshipman of the Courageux. Retired Captains—William Style was midship man of Revolutionaire ; George Bowen was mate of the Namur. William Hext was senior lieutenant of the Santa M argaritt a. Retired Commanders—Edward Libby was lieu tenant of the Namur ; Francis Darby Romney was midshipman of the /Bolus; Edmund Scott was midshipman of the Hero. Lieutenants on Reserved Half-pay—Robert Am yett Newman was midshipman of the Courageux ; John Wm. Henry Handley was midshipman of the Namu. Retired Lieutenant, with the Rank of Comman der—lsaac Birch was midshipman of the Caesar. Master on Reserved Half-pay—Francis Prior was master of the lEolus. Royal Marines—Lieut.-General :James Irwin Willes was second lieutenant of the Revolutionnaire. First Lieutenants on Reserved Half-pay. Richard J. Parsons was the first lieutenant in the Revolutionnaire ; Alexander Campbell was second lieutenant in the Phoenix. THE ARMY. A movement has been set on foot at Chatham for the purpose of procuring a higher rate of remune ration for the masters of the dockyard lighters be longing to that port. Yesterday orders were received at the Invalid Establishment, Chatham, directing accommodation to be provided at St. Mary's Barjacks for 72 sick and wounded soldiers belonging to the sth (Fusi leers), 6th, 10th, 13th (Prince Albert's Light In fantry), 19th, 20th .38th, 42d (Royal Highlanders), 53d, 58th, 60th (Rifles), 73d, 79th (Highlanders), 80th, 82d, 94th, and 97th Regiments, who have arrived at Plymouth in the Abeona from Calcutta. The following troops, soldiers' wives, and chil dren disembarked from her Majesty's steam troop ship Urgent, at Portsmouth Dockyard, on Tues day night, and are berthed in Cambridge and Cole wort Barracks until they can be sent to their seve ral destinations :—Captain Malony and three men of the Royal Artillery; 2 sergeants, 2 men, 1 wife, and 1 child of the Royal Engineers; 2 men of the 2d battalion of the 2d Foot, Lieut. 'Gape (sick), 6 sergeants, 31 men, 41 wives, 83 children of the Ist battalion of the 3d Foot; 1 man of the Ist batta lion of the 14th; Assistant-Sur con Greer, of the Ist battalion of the 21st ; 2 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, 3 corporals, 21 men, 53 wives, 82 children of the 46th ; 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, 1 corporal, 50 men, 51 wives, and 85 children of the 91st ; 1 sergeant of the barrack department, 6 officers' wives, and 6 children ; total, 531. _ The following promotions are spoken of at Wool wich as likely to take place shortly in the superior grades of the Royal Artillery—namely, Col. Bloo mfield, Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty, acting com mandant of Woolwich garrison and Colonel of the Royal Horse Artillery, to be Major-General ; Col. Teesdale, commanding the field batteries, to be Colonel of the Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. G. R. Barker, C. 8., at present serving in India, to succeed Lieut.-Colonel Maude in command 'of the Royal Horse Artillery. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, K.C.8., commandant of Woohvich garrison, on leave of ab sence in Nova Scotia, has obtained the sanction of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief to prolong his stay in his native country beyond the period of his specified leave of three months, now expired. The new system of ventilating the men's sleeping rooms of the Royal Artillery Barracks at Wool wich is progressing most favourably. The right wing of the west range is now completed, and at a comparatively small expense according to the bene fit derived. The noble entrance known as the West Gate,_ is in course of being ornamented with a gun metal bust of her Majesty, about four feet in height, which is about to be erected in the vacuum in which the old public clock formerly stood, and which for some years past has presented an un sightly appearance of black planks of wood. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING}. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 25 sous. Five furlongs. Mr. T. Stevens's Boundaway, by The Fallow Buck, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Custance) 1 Mr. Locke's New Brighton, aged, Bst 121 b . :(Ashmall . ) 2 Mr, T. Cliff's The Jade, 4 yrs, 7st 91b .... (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Syria, Polly Johnson, Poodle, Misty Morn, Belladona, Burns, Birdlime filly, Shamrock so-Green, Windfall, and Little Pegotty. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Boundary, sto 1 agst Polly John son, 6to 1 each agst The Jade and Little Pegotty. Won by a neck ; same distance between the second and third. The Autumn Flying Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added; the second to save his stake. Rather more than half a mile. 31 subs. Mr. Dray's Little Gerald, by The Emperor, aged, Bst 61b (Charlton) 1 Mr. T. Hunt's Cumberland, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Fraser's Nelly, 3 yrs, Oat (car. 6st 11b) (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Lady Abbess, My Niece, Brandy Ball, Broadbrim, Gaze filly, Windfall, Rosedale, Eltham Beauty, and Timandra. Botting.-2 to 1 agst Broadbrim, 3 to 1 agst Nelly, 5 to 1 agst Cumberland, 8 to 1 agst Little Gerard. Won easily by two lengths ; a head between the second and third. Hurdle Race (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; winners extra. Two miles, over six hurdles. 17 subs. Mr.• Locke's Romeo, by California, aged, list 51b (W. White) 1 Mr. Walker's Wee Willie, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .... (Kendall) 2 Mr. Besley's Parga, 5 yrs, lOst (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Theory, Relapse and Toddy. Won by three-quarters of a length ; bad third. he Worcestershire Grand Annual Steeplechase (Handi cap) of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra. 25 subs. Mr. Briscoe's Abd-el-Kader, by Scutari, aged, lOst 101 b (Green 1 Mr. Land' s Th e H un t sman , 5 y rs , list 101 b (B. Land, jun.) ) 2 Mr. Symond's The Freshman, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Lovescy) 3 The following also ran :—Little Tom, Old Dog Tray, Morgan Rattler Longford, Brompton, Ghika, Telegram, Glenamour, and Fearless. Betting-7 to 2 agst Ghika, 4to 1 agst the Huntsman, sto 1 agst Abd-el-Kader, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by ten lengths; a length between the second and third. The Selling Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, &c. About two miles. Mr. Martin's Nigger Lass, by Slane, 4 yrs, llst 31b (60) (Mr. Willoughby) 1 Mr. B. Land's The Farmer, aged, list 81b (£4O) (B. Land, jun.) 2 Mr. Lancaster's Magog, 6 yrs, 12st (L6O) (Calder) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Nigger Lass, who won by half a dis tance. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles. Mr. Ward's Fanny, 6 )Ts, 9st 12Ib (G. Holman) 1 Mr. Audinwood's Little Yeoman, aged, list 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. Farmer ns Miss Somerville, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (Nightingall) The following also ran :—Parga, Commodore Charley, Comet, Too-late-to-mend, and Boadicea. Won by a neck ; bad third. Match : £l.OO, h ft. One mile and three furlongs.—Mr. Locke's Romeo. aged, Bst lib, received forfeit from Mr. Moreton's Wanderer, 3 yrs, Ost 111 b. BARON ROTIBCIIILD.—A spectacle of more than usual intarest, even in its ordinary aspect, but fraught with still greater si g nificance when deeply pondered, was pre sented on Saturday last to the congregation assembled in the Great Synagogue, D u k e 's-plac e . One who is the em bodiment of what wealth and station can command, the representative of a recent triumph of enlightened liberality over ans of prejudice and intolerance, the Baron Lionel de Rothschild, surrounded by all nearest and dearest to him, came to proclaim his fealty to the hallowed institutions of his fathers, and to bring his third and youngest son, thir teen years of age, as a claimant of his own free will for admission as a responsible member of the synagogue. The ceremonial, sometimes called from analogy, conlirmation o was a most impressive one.—Jeivish Chronicle. 11 8e; ri ( P I tic to.. fo r dis gel. di ful for rat an `l FJ