The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

POSTPONEMENT OF PERFORMANCE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. - Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smins.—Acting Manager, air. Charles M vr athes,--Stage Manager T , Mr. Robert Roxby.—he public is re rpectfully informed that this ESTABLISIIME.NT will OPEN for the regular DRAMATIC SEASON, under the Management of Mr. lg. T. Smith, on WONDAN , October 8, on which occasion Mr. Elliot (}ales, Lucy Escott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the - National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical Xgvptian Drama, written by E. Fitzball, Esq., and which has for Apwerds of IS mon.hs engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani bat, and decorative departments or this theatre, will positively le produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de -1 ail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when sYer available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee has the greatest p7easure in announcing that he has engaged that inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a fi'eries of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin cipal members of the Lyceum Company. 'I hat distinguished tragic actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, tell be likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth coming season, while the scenic department will be under the immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee, in thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama, which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary to state that, so connected as everything relative tit gypt is with mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare neither trouble nor expenditure in order to present a strictly accu rate picture of the regal and domestic history, habits, manners, ant ens toms of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and to reproduce, as far as possilve in scenic accessories, those colossal masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose enormous dimensions, overwhelmed by the Shocks of nature or the fury of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and turn ng sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection. Ti hat nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic talent, ant iflustr ded by artistic and mechanical effects of entinly novel construction. Herodotus, Deno'''. Wilkinson, the libraries of the British and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together with oth , r authorities, have been carefully consulted to iur Insure the most rigid correctness in all the details and appointments; and in thus reviving the associations of a people that existed upwards of 4,000 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather, however, than speak himself of what has been done, heal eaves the laurels to be distributed by the public to those artiste who w be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in vites the critic and the antiquary to Judge of its merits and attest the fidelity of the most minute details. Thu ancient an 4 modern authorities consulted by. and the whole of the Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the entire suPerintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon, Aglio, and assistants. The gas ;fittings by James Palmer and as sistante. Th striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Mies Br adley, and assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., are all so w. Property-Master, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give treater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and music by 11. I.anrent, Esq. Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker and assistants. The following artistes have been already engaged: —Miss Glyn, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Ta'bot, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Miss Wadham, Miss De Vere, Miss Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A. Younge, r George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Robertson, 2, 1 r. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Laporte. The Ballet :—Madame Louise, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Charles, 3ldile. Therese, Miss Smith, Miss Brown, and 24 ladies of the Corps de Balet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of 300 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of the Egyptian drams, presenting a coup d'eeil of surpassing magni fie,exce and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson, Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the direction of Vr. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre will be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, H tYMARKET. Under the N'anagement of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. WM be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRE £TY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by COURT FAVOUR. After wliicb,.a BALLET. To conclude with A RIGS IN THE DARK. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio ! THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Wlll re presented, with entirely New and Niagnificent Appoin //sent% NIAGEC and SITATERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Itapping. ITAT.F AN-110CM wurii THE SPIRIT being the mast surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. - • - Prices of adinission:—Private Boxes, It. I Is. 6d. and IL Is. ; Orclie3tra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 33.; - Upper Boxes, 29. ; Pit, I s.: Gallery, 61. So Half-price. Mx-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Neat at Two o'Clock dogs open at flalf•past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS RVENI NO. Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Followed by LA. CHALET. To which will be added THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. To conclude with SALLY SIIIRT ; or, The Clockmaker's Hat. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPITITIJEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Ceoke. Tremendous excitement ! Electric effect and incomparable success THIS EVENING, A Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, by J. 11. STOCVELER, Esq., called, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! After which the skilful GYRATIONS of EQUESTRIAN' ART in the CIRCLE, including the Champion Vaulter and the French Troupe Voltigeurs. - - - • - - • • The effect produced by the staze and ring being formed into one vast battle-field, with a host of auxiliaries and a superb stud of hor e., is one beyond all precedent ! The Fall of Sebastopol will be acted every evening. gox-pffice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Leo. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. sun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TATA DAY—Morn. 1g min. aft. 9 —Evening 5 min. aft. 10 To-go RROW—Aforn.so min. aft.lo —:.vening 28 min. aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Oct. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67 highe:it since noon yesterday. 56 —;owest this morning and during the night. 61—this di,v, at noon. I BAROMETER, down to 29'35; now 29'48. WiTrn, S.W.—Fresh, with squally weather and occa sional rain. We had a very heavy storm of hail, rain, and thunder yesterday afternoon. - e , § 1 , 131 , - LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1855. cheapest market, but we most unnecessarily and unwisely curtail the paper money that would, so far as the home trade and manufacture were con cerned, act as a substitute for bullion. We still perversely ignore the introduction of a national note, and prevent the circulation of any of a smaller denomination than 51., thus making sovereigns the ordinary medium of exchange, when the 11. notes would far more efficiently dis• charge the necessary functions of a circulating medium. which all experience goes to prove erroneous. Is it injurious to the service to have men in the prime of life, and in the full possession of all their faculties, at thehead of our troops? Wasted millions and needlessly slaughtered thousands—millions wasted and thousands slaughtered—through the incompetency of worn-out veterans, testify to the contrary. Is it injurious to the service to have respect to vested interests, and to deny to our Indian officers who have spent a commis sion's worth in preparation for a commission the privilege enjoyed by those who have simply paid for a commission to sell it? The commonest knowledge of human nature will supply a negative. Is it injurious to the public service to teach young officers habits of forethought and economy ? If it is, the system must be condemned, for it as suredly is well calculated to do that. To talk of its adding to the too general indebtedness of Indian officers is only in effect to say, they are ' otherwise so indebted by their own extravagance that the slightest additional burden is seriously felt. The objection would, indeed, have force if they were ill remunerated for their services. So far, however, is that from being the case, cal culations are available which show that an Ensign may save 10/. a-month out of his pay by the exercise of ordinary prudence and thrift. Nor is this all. That great Indian reformer, Sir CHAS. NAPIER, whose attention was particularly directed to the subject, leaves the subscription out of his enumeration of the causes of this indebtedness. Injurious to the service ! It is to be hoped, though we extremely doubt it, that Mr. VERNON . SMITH had a better system in contemplation when he gave expression to such an opinion. If so, the sooner he promulgates it for criticism the better. As it is we must content ourselves for the present 6 with repeating—That system injurious which has created us the most efficient army we have—an F army inferior to none in the world ! It is said that the Bank of France has taken advantage of our absurd regulation to obtain a large quantity of gold, at far less thah its actual value under existing circumstances. We do not, and cannot, justly complain of this operation. It may be a wise and salutary precaution on the part of that great corporation to strengthen its hands and prepare itself for any emergency. Why, then, should it abstain from bearing away the golden fleece which our folly offers to the first adventurer. It is surely better that it should get into the hands of our faithful Allies than of the despicable neutrals, or even of our actual and avowed enemies. As we will not retain it, let it go to those who will make a good use of it, rather than to others that will render it highly detri mental to our interests. It is our own fatuity that renders that which might be an inestimable benefit a positive disadvantage, which we should seek to get rid of as soon as possible. There will, of course, be an extraordinary amount of suffering endured in the operation, but as it is the red tapist system not " to shut the stable door until after the steed has been stolen," the sooner the horse is abstracted the better for the country, in asmuch as the period of suffering may thereby be abridged. It requires no argument to show that a state of warfare requires a very extended circulating medium—a very liberal use of a paper currency. We pointed this matter out long ago, at the very commencement of hos tilities, emphatically demanding the issue of really national notes of 11., 21., and 31., which would be receivable by all the tax-collectors of the country, and could therefore never be greatly depre ciated. But, unfortunately,Mr. GLADSTONE then pre sided at the Exchequer, and we now know itwas not his policy to afford any facilities for carrying on the War. His object was rather to disgust the people with hostilities, and induce them to accept any terms which the CZAR in his clemency might feel disposed to offer. The honour of the National Standard was nothing to the integrity of the Monetary Standard, and, therefore, the Aberdeenite Chancellor of the Exchequer did nothing to re lieve the pressure occasioned by the War, but, on the contrary, increased the burdens. Sir G. C. LEWIS has also shirked the question. But ho cannot long do so. The exigency which we long since predicted is at hand. Every day's delay will be exceedingly prejudicial to the national interests. Something must be done. What is it to be ? We confess that we have no great confidence in the ex-Reviewer. It is to Lord PALMERSTON we look for the adoption of the necessary steps. The navigation of the ves sel of the State has become peculiarly intricate. It is indispensable that the chosen pilot should be doubly vigilant ; not merely discharging his own especial duties, but seeing that his subordinates, for whose efficiency he is responsible, are also com petent to the performance of theirs. Let him at once look to the most important topic in reference to the War. Let him consider the currency question in all its phases, and see that proper means be adopted to lessen the impending danger, which, if longer neglected, will become of a very formidable character. The Directors of the Bank of England have pgain raised the minimum rate of discount, which now stands at 5 1 1 ! per cent. It was but a week since they had advanced it to 5 per cent., so that the increase has been not only very marked and decided, but, as many contend, quite uncalled for. Cinsiderable dissatisfaction has therefore been ex cited in inuential quarters, who find that the supply of money at previous rates was fully equivalent to the demand, although that demand was enhanced by various exceptional . circum stances. Nor was it at all ascribable to the exi gencies of trade. There were no wild speculations on the tapi-s which it was considered necessary to check at the expense of considerable embarrassment, if not absolute ruin, to hundreds of industrious and well-disposed per.-:ons, the creators and pro ducers of national wealth. Even the ordinary red-tapist expedient of making the orderly and estimable members of society endure serious pri vations, in order that a trifling difficulty might be interposed to the indulgence of the vicious pro pensities of a single reprobate, was not in any way called for. The solitary "SYKES " was not sufficiently active to require the sacrifice of hecatombs of the SMITHS, and BROWNS, and ROBINSONS, usually immolated at his shrine, with out compunction, or sympathy. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia arrived at Glasgow from Balmoral on Monday night by the Scottish Central Railway, and proceeded southward. Sir George Grey has relieved the Duke of Argyll in attendance on the Queen at Balmoral. The marriage of Lord George Manners, M.P., and Lady Adeliza Fitz.llan Howard was celebrated yester day at the parish church of St. James's, Westminster. NAPLES.—The Bing of the Two Sicilies and the whole of the Royal Family went to venerate the relics of St. Januarius, at Naples, on the 19th ult. COPENHAGEN', Oct. 3.—At a sitting of the Council of State, held yesterday, the King signed a constitution, having reference to the form of monarchy, and including electoral laws. The children of the Licensed Victuallers' School will be present at the morning performance of Professor An derson to-morrow (Saturday), at two o'clock. R. P. Collier, M.P., has announced his intention to resign the Recordership of Penzance, and will sit for the last time in that capacity at the approaching sessions. On Friday last an order was received at Gordon Castle for Lieut.-Colonel his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar to join his regiment, the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, now encamped at Aldershott. The gallant Prince left the following morning. Dr. Miller is at present engaged on a Geological His tory of Scotland, which he intends to be the great work of his life. The Rev. J. M. Dixon, rector of Trinity, in Bath, has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells to the office of Diocesan Inspector of Schools, in the room of the Rev. H. Calverley, rector of Southstoke, resigned. On the night of the 25th in st. there will be a total eclipse of the moon. The Rev. Robinson Scott, appointed by the Irish Con ference as a deputation to visit the United States, for the purpose of promoting the cause of Methodism in Ireland, and his companion, the Rev. William Arthur, of London, have arrived safely at New York, and have met with a flattering reception. Among the Indian passengers by the Ava, which left Southampton yesterday with the East India mail, were General Wheeler, Colonels Davidson and Bellassis, Lieutenant-Colonels Michell and Lowth, and Captains Lowe and Henry. His Imperial Highness Prince Louis Lucien Bona parte is now staying at Aberystwith, and is so nsuck pleased with the place that he will remain for some time. His Highness takes a warm interest in, and fluently speaks, the Welsh language, and is attached to the Welsh people. - I; is currently reported at Taunton, in Somersetshire that there is to be a militia encampment on Blagdon , hill, about four miles from that town on the Honitoii road. It is deplorable enough when those who are placed at the head of affairs take no steps to remedy the most glaring defects in the systems they are called upon to administer. It is more deplorable still when they throw obstacles in the way of those who do, and are aided in their en deavours by the authority of law ; but most of all is the case deplorable when the subjects of official obstruction are the very parties who have suffered from these defects, and at their own cost have striven to remedy them. A. recent decision affords a case in point, and deplorable in the superlative degree. In the Indian army, as is pretty generally known, the seniority system obtains. As a natural conse quence, vigorous and enterprising officers found the road to promotion effectually blocked up against them, and that to the detriment of the public service. Grizzled veterans, who had fairly entitled themselves to the blessings of re pose, felt reluctant to luxuriate on half-pay while it was possible to retain the privileges and rewards of a rank to which under the system they rightly considered themselves lucky to have ob tained ; and the spectacle was presented of men tal and physical decrepitude occupying positions demanding the utmost vigour of mind and body, to the exclusion of men who possessed those qua lities in an eminent degree, and were eager to exercise them in the public service. The evil grew more and more glaring, and, directly or in directly, was repeatedly made the subject of com plaint to the authorities at home. No remedy, however, being forthcoming, it grew intolerable, and the officers of the Indian army concocted a remedy themselves. They originated a fund, towards which such officers as felt disposed sub scribed, .for purchasing out their over-healthy seniors after a certain age ; and, the scheme working well, the Company made the subscription compulsory. This act on the part of the latter has recently been pronounced illegal in a decision by the Chief Justice, while the system has been declared injurious to the service by the President of the Board of Control. OXFORD.—Mr. David E. Norton, 13. A., of Oriel Col lege (second class in classics and first class in maths mw,ics, 1854), has been appointed to a mathematical mastership at Bromsgrove School. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD IN IRELAND.—Yeater day the majority of the bakery establishments in Cork raised the price of bread one halfpenny the 41b., the price now being, white, 10id. ; household, 91 , 1. NEW DOORS, LIMERICK.—The wall of the new docks, near the pier, Limerick, has given way, and caused a suspension of the works until Mr. Gibbons, the engineer of the Board of kVorks, arrives to inspect it. TREASURER or LlMERlCK.—Yesterday Major Thomas Packenham Vandeleur was unanimously elected as trea surer for the county of Limerick by the magistrates of the county. The salary of the office is 400/. a year, late Irish currency. BABY SHO \ - 'V. —We (Eastern Counties Herald) have heard that it is the intention of certain parties (we believe the promoters of the Withernsea show) to get up another baby show at Hull. If this be so, we trust no eounte- Lance will he shown towards it. Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave two days ago a farewell dinner to Abi-el-Kader, who is about to leave Paris for his new residence—Damascus. Marshal Vaillant, the Marquis and Marchioness de St. Marina, Lord and Lady P(rtarlington, Prince Petro towski, Colonel Claremont, the British Military Com missioner at Paris, General Daumaq, &e., were among the distinguished personages invited to meet th e Emir. The following are the terms in which the elevation of General Pelissier to the dignity of Marshal was an nounced to him by telegraphic despatch The Min ister of War to General Nlissier. —Paris, September 11. —His Majesty orders me to inform you that he raises you to the dignity of Marshal of France. lam happy, most happy, to have to announce to you this good news." WALWORTII WORKING MEN'S INSTITUTION.—A meet ing of a scientific and conversational character was held on Wednesday evening in connection with this institu tion, at the Clayton School-rooms, York-street. The walls were hung with paintings, drawings, and engrav ings, and the tables covered with a large collection of novel, ingenious, and interesting articles. The meeting was very largely attended by the working men of the neighbourhood and their wives. DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning a fright. ful accident occurred to James Ickbird, a painter, Ed mond-street, Southampton-street, Camberwell. The unfortunate man was at work on a ladder, when some one called his attention, and in coming down he slipped and fell from a considerable height. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where he now remains in a most pre carious state. SINGULAR ACClDENT.—Yesterday a singular accident, and one entailing considerable loss, occurred at the Wellington Dock, Liverpool. A cart was standing at the edge of the quay loaded with copper to the value of between 7001. and 8001., when the horse became restive and backed a pace or two, until the wheels went over the dock side, and cart, horse, and copper were precipitated into the water. The horse was drowned, the weight of the cart quickly causing' him to be in gulfed. Yesterday evening the dredges were being ac tively applied for the recovery of the copper. THE BRIGHTON HARRIERS.—The hunting season is approaching ; and we are informed that the Brighton harriers intend to take the field next Wednesday, throw ing off at the race-course. The others meets will be— Saturdays, at the Dyke ; Mondays, Patchara ; and al ternate Wednesdays at Thunder's Barrow. The hounds have bad a trial day or two, and we hear that they are in capital condition. They will be under the able direc tion of Mr. Willard in the field, and there is this season to be a whipper-in, which will give additional eclat to the hunt. The Chief Justice, it is to be presumed, under stands the law, and gave his decision in accordance with it. We put the question, therefore, aside, and turn to the dictum of Mr. VERNON SMITH. Strange to say, the opinion of that gentleman, pronounced though it was in Parliament, was supported by no sort of proof. The President of the Board of Control, who should have been fully acquainted with the working of the system be condemned, was in no better position in relation to it than was that mellifluous CAIN who hated Br. FELL. The system was his aversion, but " the reason why he could not tell." Well may our Indian officers find themselves bewildered between the legal decision of the one and the philosophical dictum of the other. The public are clamouring for a remedy for a most serious evil ; the Indian officers have supplied a remedy out of their own resources, and the Chief Justice declares it to be illegal, and the President of the Board of Control "injurious to the service." When was there a reform that was not pronounce,d both on the highest authority ? It would appear at first sight to have been a mere wanton interference with the national prosperity, organised and prepared by the philo-Muscovites, with the patriotic view of disgusting the people with the War, and inducing them to accede to the views of " Germanism," by the patching up of a temporary, and precarious, and dishonourable truce ; which they would dignify with the sacred name of Peace ! But on further consideration it will appear that the objectionable movement was, to a certain extent, justified by the provisions of our infamous currency laws ! Yes, it is the Bank Charter of 1844, now happily on the eve o f c l os ing its disreputable existence, that has occasioned this untoward interrup tion of the monetary facilities—so urgently required by the industrious classes, and so essen tial to the power of defraying the enormous bur dens so ruthlessly inflicted on the people by Mr. GLADSTONE and his successor Sir G. C. LEWIS. EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrant passengers from the port of Cork during the last week amounted to 418. Of these there were 70 emigrating to New York and 12 to Melbourne ; and on Wednesday the Van gnarl steamer to Liverpool had 56 American emigrants, 55 of whom had taken passages to New York. This return gives an increase of 153 to last week over this in the number of emigrants to America, and of 84 in the number of emigrants to Australia, but this decline may be accounted for by the inclemency of the weather during the past few days. SALE OF SHARES IN THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. —Yesterday Mr. Robins put up to auction, at the Auc tion Mart, several shares secured upon the property of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The first lot was a renter's share, the owner of which was originally enti tled to 2s. 6d. per night of performance, but upon which is now paid ls. 3d. After some competition the share was knocked down for 40 guineas. The second lot con sisted of five joint-stock or proprietor's shares of 100/. each, which had been paid in full, and which were directed to be sold by the executors of the late Mr. Thos. Walsh. The lot went for 20 guineas ; and another lot, consisting of eight similar shares, produced only,.six guineas. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. --This elegant establish ment opened on Monday last under the management of Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. The interior has been beautified, and is now rendered the most comfortable in the metropolis. Mr. Chas. Pitt is the leading tragedian, supported by a company of first-rate ability. Various novelties, we understand, are in a forward state, if we may judge from the pieces on Monday; and from the manner they were acted and produced there is no doubt of a successful season. We have repeatedly pointed out the propriety of " unrestricted competition" in money, and the incompatibility of what a very powerful writer designated as "Free Trade and a fettered cur rency." We showed the imperative necessily of having a recognised measure of value, which would suffice for carrying on our domestic trade, and preventing it from being disturbed by our foreign relations, and the demands of another ' na tion. Under the existing system, we not o n ly buy our• bullion in the dearest Eknd sell it in the The illegality of energetic Indian officers making a common purse in order to clear the way for their promotion, to the advantage of the public service and of their worn-out seniors, w e have already as good as admitted, for the simple reason, we are not acquainted with the musty precedents of the law on this head. The alleged injuriousness to the service is a different matter, and we caunot allow a dictum to go unquestioned THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6 1855 The Bank of Ireland yesterday increased the rate of discounts per cent., making the minimum for Irish bills 51, and for English bills 5, per cent. STORM AT MANCHESTER.—A terrific storm of thun der, lightning, hail, and rain, passed over Manchester between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of yes terday. Col. Clarke has been appointed Commandant of the Monmouth and South Wales District, in the place of Gen. Cloete, who leaves next week to await orders in London. Screw steamers are about to run between Southarnp - ton and Hythe, one of the most ancient ferries on South ampton water. READING THE WAR NEWS.—The readings of the Rev. W. Hutton, curate of Christ Church, 'have been attended by a large number of the working classes, anxious to hear the latest intelligence respecting the war. The persons assembled manifested the most lively interest in the description of the various events, and testified by great applause their hearty sympathy with their victo rious fellow-countrymen and their allies. — Wolverhamp ton Chronicle. WHISSY.—The enormously increased duty on whisky has (says the Limerick Chronicle) lessened the consump tion to a degree never anticipated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The working class are taking to brown stout, and the higher ranks are exchanging for wine, upon which there is no advance of duty. The increase of duty upon Irish and Scotch whisky was estimated by the Treasury to produce 1,000,0001., but the decrease on this head of revenue is 266,0901. on the last quarter. The revenue will be less, through illicit distillation, in the coming winter. A letter from Inspruck, of the 28th ult., says : " During my sojourn at Ischyl I frequently saw the Emperor and Empress of Austria. The Emperor is a good-looking young man; he is endowed, it is said, with prodigious activity, and wishes to pass for the first sol dier in his empire. The Empress is the youngest of all the consorts of Europe. With an elegant form and most pleasing features she has that bloom of youth which nothing can surpass, and when she passes on horseback along the promenades of Ischyl she is the object of general admiration." CHURCH RATE DIFFICULTIES.—By the late refusal of a rate in the parish of Hackney the churchwardens find themselves placed in an awkward predicament. A con siderable balance was paid over to them by their prede cessors, which they concluded would be available for or dinary church-rate purposes ; but on taking counsel's opinion they find they cannot legally appropriate one sixpence without the consent of the vestry, which has just decided against any church-rate at all. On Saturday last (Michaelmas-day) a quarter's salary became due co the long list of officials connected with the church, when, instead of sterling coin of the realm, they received a civil intimation that there were no funds to pay them. RUSSIAN TALLOW TRADE.—St. Petersburg advices to the 20th ult. report a few transactions in tallow. The total quantity despatched this season from St. Petersburg and the interior is stated at from 36,000 to 40,000 casks, and it is estimated that about 40,000 casks more remain to be disposed of. The total quantity of Russian tallow available for exportation this season would appear to be only about 80,000 casks. The average exportation of tallow from Cronstadt for the 30 years ending with 1853 was 127,310 casks per annum, and for the five years preceding the declaration of war it was 110,000 casks. As the I.reseut season's diminution is in face of the high prices which have ruled for this ar ticle in the London market since 1853, these figures are interpreted as affording a striking proof of the injury which the war is inflicting upon the productive industry of Russia. RAILWAY EXTENSION IN WALES.—The Maesteg line has been staked out by the surveyors, and in a few months operations are to be commenced. The South Wales,Cornpany intend making a branch line from Car diff to Penartla, in addition to the one projected by the Taff Vale Company. A tidal harbour is to be made in the river Ely, with stages for loading coal, so that ves sels may at once receive their cargoes. The Vale of Neath extension, down the Aberdare-valley, is to be commenced, having been surveyed and mapped out. This will open the extensive coal district, in the centre of the valley. The Rhondda branches of the Taff Vale are fast approaching campletion, and will soon be opened for traffic. The Rhymney line, commencing at the head of the valley of that name, is in progress, and will run into the Taff Vale at Pentyrcb, six miles from Car diff. The projected alterations, in order to avoid the Swansea Vale crossing the South Wales upon the level, are immediately to be commenced. THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT SUMMER SEAT. — The adjourned inquest on Scott, one of the guards of the East Lancashire luggage tram killed on Thursday last at Brookabottom siding, near Summerseat station, by a passenger train coining suddenly out of the tunnel whilst the luggage taain was at a stand, and running into it, was held on Wednesday, at the Derby Hotel, Bury. After several additional witnesses bad been examined, the Coroner summed up, expressing an opinion that the accident had occurred through the signal not working properly. The jury, after deliberating about 10 minutes, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Several of the passengers are still confined from the injuries sus tained, but it is believed that one of them intends to sue the railway company for 1,0001, damages.—Manchester Guardian. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.—On Monday a public meeting of the inhabitants of Oldham was held in the Town Hall, convened by John Platt, Esq., mayor, in compliance with a very numerously-signed requisition which had been presented to him, "for the purpose of memorialising her most gracious Majesty to grant an unconditional pardon to John Frost, Zephaniah Wil liams, and William Jones, but more especially to John Frost, as that unfortunate gentleman has expressed a strong desire to return to his native country before he dies, being now upwards of 70 years of age." The spa cious room was well filled. Mr. Councillor W. Wool stenholme was in the chair, and the objects of the meet ing were explained and ably defended by Mr. J. Greaves, Mr. J. B. Horsfall, Mr. A. Frith, Mr. J. Kershaw, Mr. John Nield, Mr. W. Knott, Mr. W. Barlew, and others. The memorial to her Majesty was unanimously adopted. THE ALLIES AT KERTCH:—We read in the Malta Times: —On the sth of September the Himalaya vessel took to Kertch from Balaklava. about 130 of the 10th Hussars, and the same number of the Chasseurs d'Afrique a few of the Land Transport Corps attendant on our division of cavalry, and two or three English artillerymen. The operation of disembarking the cavalry was performed by the French steam gun-boats towing flats, with 16 men and horses in each ; but, owing to the weather having become stormy, it was not completed till the morning of the 10th. By the arrival of the Himalaya we have re ceived the latest accounts from Kertch, at which place and at Yenikale the allies possess a force of some 12,000 men, English, French, and Turks. At both these places the allies are actively engaged in strengthening their posi tions, and the cavalry scour the country round, causing the country people to Lring in large supplies of cattle, sheep, and forage, for which they are paid full vaiue. On the first night of the Chasseurs d'Afrique going out they surprised a party of Cossacks, and took eight of them prisoners, but the officer in command escaped by entering a house in the village and getting out by a hack way. The 10th Hussars have taken up very comforta ble quarters in a building which formerly served as a seminary for young ladies, and have changed the hard ship of sleeping on the ground under a tent for a com fortable dwelling and luxurious couches. A few grand pianos, which have escaped the general destruction, may be seen in the officers' quarters. A police force has been organised by the French out of the Tartar po pulation, partly officered by Poles, and the men are distinguished by a yellow stripe on their arm." COMMITTAL OF A MATE FOR THE Loss OF HIS VESSEL. —A case of considerable importance under the new Merchant Shipping Act was investigated, yesterday by the Rochester magistrates, Capt. G. Burton presiding. Wm. Wheatley, an old north country mariner, late mate of the brig Tonbridge, belonging to Rochester, was charged (under the 239th section of the Merchant Ship ping Act), with having on the 3d of last September oc casioned, by neglect of his duty, the total loss of that vessel on the Gunfleet Sands, and endangered the lives of the crew. Mr. Hills prosecuted on behalf of the owners. The Tonbridge was on her voyage from Shields with a cargo of coals for Rochester, and on the morning of the 3d, the prisoner, who was left in charge of the vessel, was ordered by the captain to keep the vessel S.W. half S., and to call him as soon as he saw the Sunk Light (which is visible 10 miles off). The captain then went below. Between half-past 2 and 3 o'clock the prisoner went below, and called out that the ship was ashore. All the crew turned out just as they were, and discovered that the vessel had struck on the Gunfleet Sands, and was a total wreck. The captain and crew (with the wife and child of the former) took to the boat, and after being in much danger, owing to a heavy ground sea, were picked up by a fishing smack and taken into Harwich harbour. It was stated that the navigation near the Sunk Light is not considered dangerous In clear weather, and the prisoner could not have got into danger had he kept the course he was directed to do. It ap peared that the prisoner had stated, in conversation, after the loss of the vessel, that he mistook the Sunk Light for the Knock Light, adding that he had orders to call the master, but could not tell why he had not done so. Mr. Bassett, for the defence, attributed the loss of the ship to an error in judgment, and contended that there was no evidence to the contrary. The Chairman said that the bench had decided on committing the pri soner for trial ; and ho was accordingly removed to the City Gaol. REPORTS ON RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—CoIoneI Yol land, inspecting officer of the Board of Trade, has ref ported on the accident which occurred on the 27th o- June at Stratford. After an explanation of the cir cumstances he says :—" I have no doubt that the accident was entirely caused by the negligence of the plait layers, in having failed to insert a cotter or pin in the left end of the connecting rod of the points, and I think the Eastern Counties Railway ma nagement have acted judiciously in directing all their points on the main lines to he supplied with two instead of only one connecting red." As to the accident at the Barrow station, the same officer reports :—" I have, therefore, no doubt that the collision was entirely caused by neglect of duty on the part of the engine driver in not having kept a proper look out. I should, however, re commend that the attention of the directors of the Mid land Railway Company should be called to the propriety of altering the present north distant signal, if permission cannot be procured for clearing the trees which are now behind it; and in that case I think that if its height were doubled it would be very much better seen ; and I should also represent the desirability of increasing the siding accommodation at Barrow station, since, but for the de lay in removing the waggons in the siding standing near the switches, the single • waggon intended for Barrow would probably have been left and the train have got away before the other came up. With reference to these recommendations the directors report that they have improved the signals, but that they cannot purchase land for the sidings. LATEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF RIGA. The telegraphic despatch which we published yesterday, announcing the bombardment of Riga, is confirmed by the following : BERLIN, FRIDAY, OCT. 5. On the 28th of September eight vessels of the Baltic fleet bombarded the batteries at the mouth of the Duna (Riga), with little effect, but they afterwards severely injured the battery at Sullen. 'VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING. The Government has this day proposed to th Bank the following financial measures : The Government hypothecates to the National Bank, as security for the debt due to the latter, domains of the State to the value of 1'75,000,000, with the revenues of them, and a power of sale. At the same time the National Bank is authorised to create a bank of hypothecation, with a capital of 20,000,000, and in exchange to issue new paper. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. Rumours have been very rife to-day, in well informed circles, that the Russian Government has invited Prussia to take steps towards a re newal of negotiations with the Western Powers. Public feeling in Russia has begun to show itself since the fall of Sebastopol. The large proprietors have lost a half or even two-thirds of their revenue from the want of an outlet for produce, and from the abstraction of labour. The Government functionaries and the youth just from the military schools are alone in favour of a continuation of the war. Among the Russian Generals who fell on the Bth were Generals Youscroff and Voicikoff, the latter an aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and a par- ticular favourite. Baron Brunnow, lately Russian Minister in London, has just left St. Petersburg for Frank fort, to resume his post as Russian representative to the Diet. The Government here has notified to the Ber lin journals that no attacks on the Western Powers will be permitted. VIENNA, THURSDAY. A despatch from Odessa states that the Czar is expected there on the 7th of October. The Austrian Correspandenz says that the Allies have authorised the trading in corn by neutral vessels in the Sea of Azoff. We learn from St. Petersburg that the Em press Mother has returned from Moscow. The following is the second despatch of Prince Gort%chakoff in full : " SEPTEMBER 26, MIDNIGHT. "Yesterday the enemy issued from Eupatoria in considerable force, estimated by General Scha- belski at 33,000 men, and occupied on one side the village of Saki, and on the other those of Schabak, Orta-Mamei, and Sup-Sa,mai. They retired in the afternoon. " Our advanced posts, which had fallen back, have resumed theiz positions. " Nothing new on the left flank. The enemy increases the fire of his mortars against Severnaya (the North Fort). " A successful skirmish has taken place near Kertch, between our Cossacks and the enemy's foragers. Five and-twenty English and French hussars were made prisoners." No further confirmation has been received here of the retreat of the Russians. THE CRIMEA. " The last accounts from the Crimea," says a letter from Vienna of the 3Gth ult., in the Post Ampt Gazstte, " come down to the 28th. Informa tion had reached the French camp that the Russian army had been reduced to 120,000 men by the losses in the late combats ; that Gen. Gortschakoff was endeavouring to concentrate his forces as much as possible, in order to be able to maintain himself against an attack from the allied army until the reinforcement of 20,000 men, which he had ordered up from Perekop, should have arrived. They were expected about the end of the month, and it was thought that the general would then retire into the interior of the Crimea. General Gortschakoff begins by degrees to direct his am bulances towards the north. A letter from Varna, of the 22d, states that five blockading steamers have left for the Gulf of Odessa." FRANCE, PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. No official despatches have confirmed the re ported retreat of the Russians, and the informa tion from Sebastopol, which may be depended upon, tells us that the enemy is throwing up new works on the north side—so extensive, indeed, that the French have found it necessary to plant batteries with a view of impeding their con struction. We reckon on the retirement of the enemy from the north of Sebastopol under the supposition that Prince Gortschakoff has no means of supplying his forces with food beyond a limited period, and that the holding of his present position is not a strate gical necessity. But may we not be arriving at false conclusions on both questions ? The Russians, be it remembered, possess two roads of communication—one by way of Perekop, and the other leading to the Putrid Sea by the bridge of Tchougar. The main army occupies the plateau of Belbeck. The reserves are at Simphe ropol and Bakshi-Serai. The forces immediately on the north side of Sebastopol occupy Forts Catherine and Constantine, with the citadel, Sievernaya, and the Telegraph. A force is hover ing about Kertch, and 40,000 men guard Perekop. It is notorious that an immense amount of the precious metals are constantly leaving England for Russia. Is there no means of preventing this unholy trading Can we do nothing to impede the traffic of war materiel still carried on through Prussia ? It is hard on our fighting countrymen to know that the means of their destruction comes from the mother country. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day:-- " MADRID, 3.—ln the sitting of to-day a bill was read to the Cortes, fixing the contingent of the Spanish army, for 1856, at 70,000 men. The Cor tes afterwards approved of a bill containing liberal enactments relative to the admission of political refugees on the Spanish territory." " TRIESTE, 3, Evening.—A report was in circu lation at Constantinople that Marshal Pelissier would not for the moment push his operations to the interior of the Crimea, and that he would limit his efforts to attacking the forts on the north of Sebastopol. The troops at Eupatoria would in the mean time continue to harass the enemy by their demonstrations. French troops were expected at Varna. The intelligence from Trebizond, which reaches to the 20th September, says it was thought that the cold would prevent the Russians from con , tinning their encampment round the place longer than the month of September." On the proposition of Prince Napoleon, Pre sident of the Imperial Commission, the closing of the Exhibition has been- definitively fixed for the 15th November next. The distribution of the recompences, awarded to the exhibitors by the jury, will take place on the same day. This deci ' sion, by prolonging the period of the exhibition I for a fortnight, gives it the duration of Biz months, fixed by the Imperial decree which established it, the opening having taken place on the 15th May last. The Emperor and Empress will be present at the closing ceremony, and his Majesty will him self distribute the recompences. By decrees in the Moniteur, Rear-Admiral Penaud, in command of the French naval force in the Baltic, and Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, in command of the French naval brigade at the siege of Sebastopol, have been raised to the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour ; four cap tains in the stavy to that of Commander ; ten cap tains to that of Officer, and 25 ieutenants and other officers of the navy and marines to that of Knight. Another decree confers the military medal on 50 non-commissioned officers in the navy and marines. The Moniteur also publishes, in nearly four columns of its smaller type, the new code of civil and criminal law, and political constitution of Montenegro, signed by the too-celebrated Prince Danilo Petrowich. BOURSE, Oct. 4.—The market continues very heavy, and stock having been freely offered prices aro again lower. The following are the last quota tions : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 50 90f. 50e. 3 per Cents 64 45 64 60 Credit Mobilier 1220 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B4 50 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS—]SOB CASII. fr. c. C. Orleans Western 766 25 Strasburg Cato 665 Havre — -- llediterranean 1200 Cherbum NOT thorn Lyons„ ..,... Austrian Com. ...... 742 50 TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 24th ult. says :—" Fuad Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been indisposed for some days. Prince Ladislas Czartoryski intends, it is again said, to organise a corps of Polish Cossacks. It h rumoured that General Beatson had been recalled, his attempt to organise the Bashi-Bazouks being considered a failure. Letters continue to speak of the opposition manifested by Lord de Redcliffe against the Otto man Cabinet. It was known that the English Go vernMent was little disposed to support its ambas sador in his pretensions, and that it had serious thoughts of replacing him. According to the ac counts received from all parts of the Turkish em pire thn taking of Sebastopol had everywhere caused the greatest delight. Fetes and rejoicing had taken place in every part of the country. The following is a letter dated Kamiesh of the 24th:— " Orders from Paris prescribe the fortification of Sebastopol. Certain streets have been already cleared, and engineer officers have begun to trace a line of de fence, which will derive considerable strength from the nature of the ground. The commission, named to arrange the division of the immense booty which has fallen into our hands, is at present hard at work pursuing its task. The number of pieces of artillery is fabulous, but there are many of them unfit for service. Marshal Pelissier has distributed crosses and promotions, and he has made several important changes in the principal commands. Gen. de MacMahon has received the reward of his gal lant conduct, by having the command given him of the corps of reserve, in the room of General Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, who returns to France. Gen. Vinoz, who commanded the 2d brigade of the let division, replaces Gen. de MacMahon. NAPLES. We learn from a letter dated Naples, Sept. 21, that the taking of Sebastopol has caused the greatest excitement in that city ; the people are full of joy at the news, but are obliged to smother their feel ings. The Royalists are terrified. Banquets have been held at the English, French, and Sardinian embassies with great pomp. On Monday last the King of Naples was presented with a very strong diplomatic note, brought by a special courier from London, Another letter mentions that all who had been marked by the police as having loitered about the British, French, and Sardinian embassies on the occasion of their being it in honour of the late successes of the allied forces, have been arrested as taking part in those festivities contrary to the Royal will and pleasure. PIEDMONT. The Piemonte of Turin, of the 30th ult., an nounces that the King of Sardinia's health con tinued to improve. On the 30th the following English vessels had arrived at Genoa to embark Sardinian troops for the Crimea—namely, the steamers Himalaya, 3,500 tons; Jason, 2,500; Golden Gleece, 2,000; Bahiana, 1,600; Charity, 1,000; Cambria, 750; and Cana dian, 1,760 ; and the sailing vessels King Philip, 1,390, and Veloz, 570. The Sardinian steamer Corriere di Genova was consumed by fire off Castiglione. Captain Barra chino and his crew escaped to Leghorn, and re turned to Genoa in the packet Maria Antoinetta. ITALY. TURIN, SEPT. 30.—Another document was pub lished yesterday morning in the Gazette del Popolo, at Turin, and is without signature. It is as follows : "Sicilians,—The tyranny of Ferdinand Bourbon has arrived at its last hour. He has vexed his subjects and attacked the Western Powers, who will not tolerate in the Mediterranean a Russian pro- Consul, and he cannot renounce this alliance to which he is bound by conformity of princi ples and interests. The moment is supreme—it would be folly to supersede, folly to delay it. The French and English men-of-war before long will appear in the Neap( I'm waters. Let us rise—not French, nor Eng lish—but Italians, unfurling the sacred tricoloured flag. Lost is the tyrant if he yields, because from the mon strous edifice of his tyranny one stone cannot be re moved without its falling. Lost is he if he resist'', be cause against him will be raised the indignation of the Western Powers, and the lung compressed rage of the people. " Sicilians ! Remember the atrocities of that Caligula, the blood of our martyrs, the tears of so many widows and orphans, the infamous sufferings of so many dissolved families reduced to misery by that hatred which never forgives. Malediction upon us if we ever forget the bom bardments, the sackings, the fires, the butcheries, the rapes, of Messina and Catania. We have not forgotten the churches burnt, and the Monti di Pieta' rubbed, and the priests murdered on the altars, nor the blind and paralytic put to death in the almshouses, nor the sick hemmed alive in the hospitals, nor the grey heads of old men, and children snatched from maternal arms, impaled on barbarous bayonets. Honest men crowd the galleys and the Ergastole, and robbers are in the King's Palace, in the magistracies, in the ministries, and in the first ranks of the army. They rule us with the bastinado like the slaves of olden times, and worse than the slaves, because they were nourished by their masters, and we over-fed with our blood those who flog us. "We who now speak have been silent for six years, considering as a misfortune any inopportune movement. Now, with serenity of conscience, we say the day is ar rived. Let us banish old antagonisms and unnatural animosities. Union amongst all honest and energetic men, not weak or bad ; liberty is holy, and our pure and unstained men should become apostles agd soldiers of it. " Sicilians !—No one has the right to impose upon you any form of Government. The sovereign people will manifests its will, and it will be conformable to the ho. nour and wants of Italy. " VIVA L'ITIALIA. "Palermo, 20th September, 1855." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Captain Joy, we received dates from Alexandria, Sept. 21 ; Malta, 25 ; Gibraltar, 30. The Euxine brings 43 passengers, one box of specie, and a cargo consisting of silks, shawls, gum, wool, &c. The following transports had arrived at Gibral tar en route to the Crimea :—Cochrane, Alster, Melbourne, Tonning, Baretto, jun., Camperdown, Earl of Durham, and Prince Arthur. The Euxine spoke the steam-transports Nos. 20 and 146 on the 26th ult., and on the 29th exchang e d signals with the screw transport No. 230. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 4.—By the Penin su l ar an d Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, C a pt a in Christian, with the Peninsular mail s , in charge of Lieutenant Darby, R.N., w e h ave dates from Gib raltar, September 25 ; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisbon, 29 ; Vigo, October 1. the Iberia brings 30 packages specie, value 4 r passengers ; on freight, 16 2/. and a cargo consist ing of 262 chests of lemons, 96 2 boxes of almonds, 1,202 boxes of raisins, 1,986 elephants' teeth, 11 scearsvesedoffreugi, gtB,o6coa4skbsoxofeswoinf wine, 9 rapes, 32 boxes of pre -10 cases of c i gars, general and 30 packages boxesesof of tomatoes, mer chandise. During the voyage the Iberia experienced mode rate and fine weather. Oa the Ist inst. she com municated with the mail steam-ship Tagus, 7 deg. west of Corrobeda ' • a ll well. Vie Madrid left her Majesty's ships St. George and Neptune at Lisbon ou the 29th ult., and the French steamer Newton stationed at the Tagus, and the Rodeos and the Guit'n'da, which put in for coals en route from Brest for Cayenne and Se, negal. The Gipsy Queen, belonging to the Royal Yacht Club, was also anchored at Lisbon. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-trans port Nubia left Lisbon for Malta en route to the Crimea on the 29th ult. The steam-transport No. 28 wag at Lisbon on her way to the Crimea. The screw -transport Tonning, No. 65, was at Cadiz on the 26th ult., having been obliged to put in for coals before proceeding to the Black Sea. Few transactions had taken place upon the Lis bon Exchange, iu consequence of the scarcity of takers—London, three months, 541 ; Paris, 529 ; Amsterdam, 42 ; Hamburg, 48i ; and Genoa, 528. Three per Cent. Stock in demand at 42 to 421 ; also Bank Shares at 123 to 115 milreas discount per 500 milrea shares of the Bank of Portugal, and at 16, 1 2 to 18 per cent. prem. on Oporto Bank Shares ; Lisbon Bank notes were at per cent. discount. Our Lisbon correspondent writes : "The young King is rendering himself popular with the troops and people generally, by visiting barracks, hospitals, &n., when least expected, and not sparing his censures of unsatisfactory rations or other irregularities. I hear his Majesty expressed great satisfaction at the efficient state of the Hospital of St. Jose. He, his brother, and father attended the Spanish Minister's ball the other evening ; the King was very quiet, but the Duke of Oporto danced a great deal. Yesterday the Pope's Nuncio gave a grand dinner, and other diplo matic festivities are announced in honour of the new reign. " A very disagreeable incident took place at the State dinner given by the King on the 18th, at the Adjuda Palace. M. Ozoroff, the Russian Minister, could not find the place which had been destined for him at the Royal table, and being probably out of temper with- the news of the fall of Sebastopol, his Excellency took the matter up rather warmly, but was prevented leaving the room by a Portuguese nobleman, who gave up his own place ; he was ultimately pacified by the production of the card, which bore his name, and bad been carried off the table by Madame Ozoroff's dress." PRINCE MURAT AND THE "TIMES." The following letter from Prince Murat, ad dressed to the Times, but which we have not seen in that paper, appears in some of the Paris jour nals : " Monsieur,—An article in your journal which has just been communicated to me, tends to represent me as an adventurous man, who would wish to profit by the difficulties into which the Neapolitan Govern ment has fallen, to revolutionise the country. Happily, you say, the spark is extinguished, and what could now only end in a conspiracy in by favour, will give place, at a more or less distant period, to the union and independence of Italy which can only be realised by Piedmont. Your article would lead to the belief that in succeeding, I should have been an obstacle to the union and independence of Italy. I know not what proofs you can bring forward in sup port of that assertion. The jourrals occupy them selves a great deal with a letter written by me to my nephew two years ago, and which without being publicly known, was so to all those who had an interest in being acquainted with my opinions. That letter was not published until after Piedmont had declared by her alliance with France, England, and Austria, as well as by articles inserted in the ministerial journals that she renounced all idea of aggrandisement of ter ritory, and that she would respect the present state of Italy. How, then, could a change of dynasty at Naples interfere with or injure the ideas of Pied mont ? Let the latter dec'are herself, let her raise the standard of the union, the independence, and liberty of all Italy, and I pledge myself here, as I did in my let ter not only to be any obstacle in her way, but to give to her all my co-operation and that of all the men whom reminiscences of the past attach to my family ; for it would be the realisation of the ideas of my father, to which 1 shall always remain faithful. My political and family position make it a duty for me to abstain from any polemical articles in the journals. I therefore wish that this letter may serve as an answer to all attacks which malevolence may direct against me for the future. —Accept, &c., " LUCIEN MuRAT. " Chateau de Buzendal, 24th Sept." THE TURPENTINE TREE. The State of North Carolina contains, it is said, up• wards of 2,000,000 of acres of wild swampy land, which is covered by a heavy growth of rich pine timber. The trees are generally of great size, and extend in unbroken forests for miles and miles. These forests are more raiz. able to the state than all its mines of golden ore, for they produce immense quantities of tar, pitch, turpen tine, and resin. The juice of these trees is produced and manufactured in this wise :—A. cavity is cut in the trunk of the tree near the ground, capable of holding about three pints ; above this, in various places, incisions are made in the tree, and a shallow groove is cut in the bark, leading from every incision to the hole, so that all the sap escap ing from the wounds will flow down to the reservoir de signed for its reception. The process of chipping is repeated every week or two, to give a fresh surface from which the juice exudes, un til after a few years the trees are blazed on every side to a height of 10 or 12 feet. Large forests of dead trees are constantly seen standing, tall and erect, without branch or bark, resembling a large ship-yard filled with tall dismantled masts. Into the boxes near the ground the juice, a crude turpentine, begins to flow about the middle of March, slowly at first, but more rapidly as the season advances, and slowly again in autumn, until it ceases altogether i❑ winter. The liquid, about the con sistence of honey, as it flows, is removed from the exca vations as they are filled and tran4ferred to barrels, where it becomes a soft solid. The average yield of these trees is about five gallons each year. A. barrel of this sap contains, usually, seventeen per cent, of oil or spirits of turpentine, and this is distilled from it by means of a rude distilling apparatus, consist ing of a large iron retort, capable of containing two or more barrels. The turpentine is placed in the retort, the oil driven off by process of distillation. and stored away, and resin is left as the residuum. But the uses of the pine -tree do not cease with its life. In the trees of the long-leaved pine the resinous mat• ter becomes concentrated in the interior layers of the wood when its vegetation ceases. This dead wood, known throughout the South as light-wood, is then selected for the manufacture Of tar. The tree is cut into billets of convenient size, which are placed together in a pile and covered with earth, in much the same manner that wood is placed in a charcoal kiln. The stack of wood is built, however, upon a mound of earth prepared for the purpose, the summit of which declines from the circumference to the centre, where a cavity is formed, connected by a little canal with a ditch which surrounds the mound. After the pile is ignited, fire is placed in the centre of the top, and a slow corn• bustion maintained until all the resinous matter is melted, running into the central cavity, and from that into the outer ditch, where it is collected—the tar of commerce—and placed in barrels for exportation.—Cen tral Antlricait Advocate. M. SoYEII.—A letter has been received from this gentleman, dated the 22d, in which no mention is made of his labouring under an attack of Crimean fever. Last night a grand demonstration took place at Blackheath, to celebrate the fall of Sebastopol. The bonfire, which was nearly thirty feet in height, was made about one hundred yards from the wall of Green- wich-park. There were upwards of 60,000 persons present. The Vestry of St. Pancras have determined on prose cuting the authorities of St. Martin's-in-the -Fields, for the recent desecration of the dead in St. Martin's Cemetery. A RUSSIAN NOT ENTITLED TO SUE.—In the Wolver hampton County Court ou Saturday, Myers Faber sued Benjamin llyams for 24 weeks' wages, at 4s. a•week, which, as plaintiff a ll ege d, defendant had agreed to pay him for assistance in his business on Saturday night aad Sunday. The plaintiff was examined through the me dium of an interpreter, and among the first questions put to him were several relative to his birth and country. From the answers it appeared that the plaintiff was a Russian subject, having been born within twelve miles of Warsaw, and having lived there u n til recen tly. M r . Underhill, for the defence, thereon objected that, being a Russian subject, plaintiff's rights were in abeyance during the war. After some little discussion the judge sustained the objection, and the case was struck out.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. FELINE iTTACIIMENT.—Eighteen months ago an offs cer of a vessel bound from Greenock for Melbourne got a cat from a family residing in Greenock, and took it to sea with him. The vessel was wrecked on the coast of Ireland, but the crew and passengers were all saved, and managed to get their luggage ashore. The officer landed his cat in safety, leaving it at a farm-house near the place where the vessel was wrecked. The astonishment of the family to whom the cat belonged may be imagined when, many months after the shipwreck, it walked into their residence in Greenock. How it managed to find its way thither from the Emerald Isle is a mystery.— ecotsnian. ASSAULT ON A RACE STAND.—A few days ago,gat the u N p V p e e s r L t Bromwich ambou rn , P B e t e t r y k Sessions, e, w h o M i sr. well Joseph Sax on, of x in sporting circles as the proprietor otlan extensive stud of known of racehorses, or a ppeared on a summons, c h arg i ng h i m with h assaulted Mr. Bolton, landlo r d o f t h e N ew Inn, HandSworth. The complainant stated that he visited Lichfield races, and whilst one of the races was being run, be stood upon the Grand St an d l oo k ing through his glass at it. In the course of the contest he remarked to himself that one of the horses engaged in the race, called Cleveland, which is the property of Mr. Saxon, was in difficulties, and to show that the remark he had made was correct the horse directly afterwards broke down. A. remark to that effect was made by a bystander, and Mr. Bolton remarked that Cleveland had been trying to win the race. Mr. Saxon, who stood near, instantly gave him a severe blow on the face, and threatened to repeat the same conduct if one blow was not enough. Mr. Bolton replied that the one blow was sufficient ; he should make defendant pay for that. Mr. Saxon ad mitted having struck the complainant, but justified the assault by saying that the complainant imputed that he was not running his horse honestly. If on a future oc casion he heard the complainant or any person make a similar observation, he would repeat the same conduct. He had lost CO/. in bets on the race ; and, besides, his horse, for which he had been offered 300/., had broken down, and he afterwards sold it for Si. The Bench in flicted a fine 0f,405. and c os t s , an d or d ere d t h e d efendant to find two sureties in 251. each. The expenses, amount ing to 51. 12s. 10d., were immediately paid, and two friends of the defendant, who were in court, were bound over for Mr, Saxon's good conduct. 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