The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-19 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRT-LANE. 1 Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, 'Will be perfornied MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Roxby and A. Yonnge F. Matthews , Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E.!. Ed ga-, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, Sc.c. • Miss Glyn, Mrs. Selby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland. &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMAREET. Under the Management of 'Mr. Suclutone. THIS EVENING• WIII be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL. FIGHTER. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE• After which, THE - SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with A DAUGIUFER TO MARRY. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, 3fadame Celeste. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE. Characters by Messrs. Hod son, P. Dedford, C. Selby, Parselle, J. Wand, Garden, &c. ; Misses Diary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &C. Followed by ♦ MOVING TALE. To conelude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL LYCEUM TEEATRE. • Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely Nev and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYATERY, in twelve eats, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling ilinstrations of Spirit-Rappin. H ani AL-P -AN-HOUR WITH THE SPIRITi , being the most surprising interesting series of experi men ts ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already tq see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. lie. 6d. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Steil.", 4s. Dress Foxes, Se.; Upper Rotes, 2s. ; Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 dimly ' Grand Morning Per f o rmance on Saturday Next at Two e'Clock D o ors open at Lialf-past One. • ROYAL SUERZY THEATER. Lessees; Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. • FLEXMORE'S (le Danseur Comique) BENEFIT. and Last Appearance at this Theatre; also of that celebrated Danseuse, Mdlh.. ,►iTRIOL, will take place on THURSDAY, Nov. Ist, 1855. Drama, Ballet Connive, Concert, Farce, Ballet Extraordinaire Melo-drama, &c., &c. Tickets to be had of Mr. Flexmore, (6, Hercules-Bnildings, Lam beth,. and ,at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily, from 10 until 3 o'clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr; Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. After which, a BALLET. To which will be added ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE. To conclude with KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Complete, unequivocal, and triumphant success I THIS EVENING, The wondrous and exciting Military Spectacle, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Storming of the MalakhotT—Moonlight View of the Doomed City - Sortie of the Russians —Cavalry, Infantry, Can non—English, French, and Sardinians. The stage and the ring in one vast battle-field After which the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA, Including Mr. J. H. Cooke's extraordinary novel Equestrian Feat, the Sant du Pont du Cirque, with other Entertainments. - Box-offic.e open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. . Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. vr. Cooke, !tin. ITIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 56 min. aft. 6—Evening 40 min. aft. 7 To-SfoltßOW—Morn .58 min. aft. 6 —Evening 20 min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57 hghest since noon yesterday. 50 —!sweat this morning and during the night. 58 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'18. WIND, W.S.W .—Light, with very fine weather. 0, ri.t: - A9 . .) - , Taitjr .'''' j'—... , . , ,r-- ..,. , .t, , ;• ci , * ,. 4.. , _ --, ..../} -'7 1 / 4 -;; ; ',ot,; - "; '"''' ' ' ~, 4W ~. ,a t k till . C:7l AV WO 4-V,' LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1855. We yesterday announced the very stringers; measure adopted by the Bank of England in thi, increase of the miniinunt rate of discount to six per cent. for bills not having more than GO day to run, and to seven per cent. (t) for bills not ex ceeding Or, days t This is indeed a heavy blov and great discouragement to the trade and com merce of the country—one that may make ever , person engaged in any description of business which credit is indispensable, tremble in anticip. tion of the trials and hardships ho may have t( encounter. To many it conveys the sad tidings of bankruptcy and utter ruin—to all, except th( members of the moneyocracy, who extract unholy profits from the sweat and labour of over-toiled operatives and the difficulties of struggling trades men, the certain anticipation of vexation and loss. It also shows that the Directors of the quasi National Bank anticipate a further heavy drair , on their resources, and that they may be com pelled to adopt still more onerous rates to protect themselves from the very formidable consequences that may ensue, if the severe restrictions of the Bank Charter Act be steadily enforced. Were it otherwise, we should not have had such rapid ad - vancseata time when there is no undue speculation in existence, and when our internal trade is univer sally admitted to be in a particularly healthy and sound condition. We are told by the great organ of the bullionists that even at this moment the total absence of commercial distrust is as marked as ever." A significant and valuable admission, inasmuch as it completely eliminates from the great financial problem tht. enormous quantity of twaddle with which it was unduly encumbered on previous occasions, and places the burden in the right direction, showing that it has arisen exclusively from the mischievous operation of the so-called self-acting regulator of the currency—the infamous and impplitie Bank Charter Act of 1844. Fortunately, that d in equitable law i s rapidly drawing to a c onc l us i on. It will exPiec in the course of the ensuing • year, and it is of vital consequence that it should never be renewed, but that a more salutary monetary code s hould be substituted for that, which has occasioned su ch fearful damage to the welfare and prosperity of the nation during its existence. . AtAthe very commencement of hostilities we pointed out the pressing necessity of adopting timely measures to arrest the drain of bullion, which it required no extraordinary power of va - ticination to predict. When all other nation -4 were encouraged to provide themselves with au ample provision of the -most important " sinew of war" at our expense--when even Russia itself could make afrangements for supplying its greatest want from our stores—it was perfectly clear that every blot which our absurd legislation left exposed would be hit ! A very ordinary degree of calcu lation would establish not merely the probability, but the absolute certainty of this result. We are already reaping thefruits of the unparalleled apathy and in.souciance. of our Financial Minister. But there is yet time to preve nt t h e com plete development o f danger, to arrest the progressof the impending the road to ruin. ' the State machine on . Let us pause in the mad carper, ere it be too late. We have already been seriously . , but not fatally, hurt. :In another month the injury may be irre trievable, 'a n terl dwe may h a ve cause bit yto de= plore-thO infatuation that induced us to perse vere. reek ' " al i in the desperate experiment. The great evil to t E , guarded against is the in cessant and rapid drain of bullion from our ports. Can , this be arrested • crippling l' our do hout cri "nestle trade? And if ' in . ao Low, or whatmannei . , This is the great, the all i i mportant problem • but, fortunately, it requires' no i :Eotru'S"to discover a satisfactory solution! The cause of the difficulty is patent to the '''World, and b. removing that cause the pernicious effects. will.a l3o cease: Let a , suitable circulating raectium) adevutte to the ~.~ .; 4 .~~ , ~ ►. 4%, wai ats and exigencies of the country, be supplied, and: a considerable portion of the forty millions of so - rereigns, now in daily use, will be liberated to IT Leet the national wants. Thirty years since— i n December, 1825—the Bank of England was saved from stopping payment by the accidental discovery of a box of one-pound notes. At the moment it had but little more than a single mil lion of gold in its coffers. They were at once sent into circulation, and the delight—for no lighter term will express the feeling—with which they were received, proved that the want of a secure small-note currency was alone required. The one-pound notes saved the country, and within a single week the peril bad passed away. Why should not a similar result follow a similar operation in the present instance ? No adequate reason can be assigned, and it is an imperative duty on the Government to adopt the necessary steps without a moment's delay. We cannot conclude without earnestly inviting public attention to the communication of a well known and highly-respected correspondent, Mr. HAMER STANSFELD, to whose excellent sugges tions we have repeatedly adverted. The pe tition which he has prepared is one that should be numerously signed, to show that those most interested are sensible of the magnitude of the emergency, and aware of the na ture of the remedy so urgently demanded. It will strengthen the hands of the Government, and enable it to follow the precedent so success fully adopted in October, 1848, by the suspension of the Bank Charter—the teterrima cause mali— the primary cause of all the mischief that has arisen. It is marvellous, after all, to notice the growth of public opinion. Labouring, as we poor jour nalists are, to form it, in the midst of our ceaseless toil, and appearing to make almost no progress com pared with the amount of effort, we are occasion; ally liable to overlook the advance really gained. Our readers, no doubt, generally gave a glance at least, yesterday, at what so notable an ex- Minister as Mr. GLADSTONE would say on the great subject of our colonies. His remarks, in one sense, were not distinguished by any peculiar novelty ; the speech itself was, in fact, an extem pore one, delivered at the request of mechanics, and intended not only to instruct the middle and working classes, but also to gain shillings and sixpences in the form of admittance fees, for the benefit of a village literary institution. The elite of the neighbourhood, we are informed, attended in crowds, and, therefore, we may hope that sovereigns and notes were almost as numerous as the shillings, and that the treasury of the insti tution was as much enriched as the minds of the elite and non-elite who were present. To many, we imagine, Mr. GLADSTONE was himself as instructive a lesson as his oratory, and even more so. They well knew all he could tell them off-hand about the colonies, but to think of him, a good fair-going Tory, telling them such things ! They listened to him de •cribing our colonial policy of 80 years ago, pointing out as antiquated, as needing but men tion to be their own refutation, the dicta which swayed the minds of our grandfathers, obstructed the perceptions of our own fathers, and left us much obstinacy to overcome ; describing also the indignation of this country at the colonies' denial of our right to tax them while unrepresented, and the style in which true Liberals were denounced as Jacobins and traitors if they agreed with the colonists. It doubtless occurred to many of his audience while listening to all this, that the ad vance during the last 80 years must have been great indeed. Here was no Reformer, no Radi cal, but a veritable Conservative portraying for .amusement the exploded errors of his own party. Describing what he would surely have done and 4:4id had his life been cast on those days, and then Mowing how much wiser even Tories had now become, no ono could with more appropriate ness, have quoted the motto— " Teinpora. mutantnr, et nos, Mutamnr in illis." If Mr. GLADSTONE has thus advanced upon the Toryism of 80 years back, what ought to be, and what must be, the position of a Sir W. MOLES- WORTH ? Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks were necessarily free from Blue-bookism, and entirely elucidatory of general principles, and we really do not know that we could find fault with any of them. Except from his known hankering to give the Episcopal Church in the Colonies the privileges of Volun taryism and State Churchism together, which Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Mr. WALPOLE will never let him do, he seems to be quite a safe successor to Sir W. INIOLESWORTH, whenever one of the ebb ings of party may carry the Hon. Baronet back to Opposition Benches. Uncharitable folk may even surmise that he is informing all whom it concerns, that if Conservatives of all grades will coalesce as a Peace Party, he can cheerfully take the Colo nies, if the Great Hebrew insists on having the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. Which of our Colonies would repudiate a Minister who touches on all old Tory notions of Colonies but to refute them? We once thought Colonies were to be held for the profit or revenue they yielded to the parent State, er that as adding to the extent of our dominion they might increase its magnificence and influ ence ;—or, that we might render all their fine fisheries, farms, mills, &c., conducive to our own plitrposes ;—or, that they might furnish snug berths and offices for our needy respeotables, for 1 whom the Treasury Benches could not find room at home ; or, that they might afford facilities for propagating the Gospel;--or, because if striPl s 4l of her Colonies, England must in evitably fall ;---all these things Mr. GLADSTONE mentions but to fling them to the winds • most of the m h e h ardly deigns to honour with a ' rehtation. He would have England estimated on ly for what she is really worth ; he thinks colo nial men best qualified for colonial offices. Emi grants now leave to improve their fortunes, not to spread azistianity, or qven,„as in the day s o f tile STUARTS, to enjoy liberty of conscience ; and fOr her greatn ess and g lor y , En g land must rely not g t e o n n ce, the p e i r n s d e u v s e t r r a y n,e, p a. of her own ext s e:s s ivo tiiotism, and virtue. th co e l i o r ni i e n s t ' e b ll u i Mr. GLADSTONE s eems quite prepared to treat tile wish of any colony for independence as a per febe but a reasonab le, atly harmless, it may tiling. H e even a dd u ced the ancient Greek cola Ideation, in whi c h the colony w as politically entirely independent, retaining only a friendly re lation to the mother city, as the best mode of 41onisation! At the same time he illustrated, it seems very fully, the benefits of emigration in raising the pried of laboui at home, and Creating arkets for the manufacturer abroad ; thus corn , , ending colonisation as the enricher of all. A collection sermon,, in such a , I .style, could hardly fail to elicit hearty cheers ; atle h out-an d-ou t liberality, in this department,-::such demonstra tions of advantage,toall from what is going on jcist now at such a hitherto unpar'alleled rate, must have been gratifying to any audience. But, to come from Mr. GLADSTONE—from the great orator of the House of Commons --and from him standing not on the floor of " the Rouse," but eitting behind the table of a country Schoolroom, —really, the Liberalism, and the condescension together, will enrapture more than the villagers of Hawarden. In one respect Mr. GLADSTONE surpassed his present associates. As a member of the peace Party he kept the peace. He let Russia and her chastisers equally alone. The War, the CZAR, and PALMERSTON were all forgotten, at least practically ; he preached peace by confining himself to what none could quarrel with, and by keeping aloof from foreign or party politics alto gether. At the present time, when every speaker who varies the monotony of the recess—from the Premier to W. 8.--seems unable to refrain from adverting to the all-absorbing topic—when Mr. BRIGHT must denounce the Press, because its writers no longer starve in back garrets, but even venture to be in the majority against him, of course from mercenary motives, since, like him self, they abjure starving,—Mr. GLADSTONE alone seems quite content to talk for an hour or two, and to leave the War to Lord PALMERSTON and the country. Would that he had always been as discreet ! His language then would not have en couraged Russia, and discouraged the army. His speech at Hawarden will not be translated in ex tenso for the Invalide Russe ; in two respects it would be a mortification to Russia. It would show her a country overfilled with energetic in habitants, in contrast to her steppes thinly peo pled with inanimate serfs ; and it would set before her the difference between colonisation by the conquests of despotism and by the enterprising vigour of honourable commercial ambition. In another column will be found a report of an address by Mr. MACGREGOR, M.P., to the people of Glasgow, in which, according to his annual custom, he gives an account of his stewardship. The Hon. Member for that busy emporium of commerce reviewed, it will. be seen, with much discrimination and judgment the doings of the late session, and put the questions of the War in a very forcible manner. " The present War," he said, "had been most seriously and deliberately entered into for the 'purpose of defending the liberties and freedom of mankind against a con spiracy of monarchs more insidious and dan gerous than any that had ever been recorded in the annals of the world. He granted that we in these islands might for a while longer have held aloof from this War ; but from the first he was of opinion that the most fatal policy for this country, and finally the most ex pensive with regard to taxation, was to defer de claring War beyond the time that that step was resolved on,"— an opinion, we may remark, abundantly justified by the event, and strikingly fortified by the speaker by a reference to the Holy Alliance. The conspiracy he describes as having been in full or fuller vigour than ever at the outbreak of hostilities, notwithstanding the hypocritical pretensions of Austria. Adding, "If we had not gone to War we should have had a combination of all the military forces of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, to prevent anything like the development of civil, religious, or political liberty throughout Europe. An attempt made in the Italian States would be put down as the insurrection in Hungary was put down by Russia, and a rising in Poland would be crushed by the aid of Prussian and Aus- trian armies.'' Not less forcible and conclusive was his censure of that Ministry whose conduct hardly excites less suspicion of treachery than the stores in Sebastopol lend countenance to the alleged tyran nical designs of Russia, in whose wake Austria and Prussia should ever be looked for. Equally satis factory was his indignant reprobation of the policy and the conduct of that mon grel herd " The peace party ;" while still more so was his ♦igorously expressed resolution to sup port the carrying out of the War with the utmost energy, in union with France, until the only de sirable peace can be secured, and his advocacy of having recourse to a loan instead of increased taxation to meet the necessary expenses. The speech ought, however, to be read, and we there fore commend it to the thoughtful perusal of our readers, and not least to that of the dissatisfied gentleman who so bitterly questioned the speaker respecting the Scottish Education Bill at its con clusion, and who need a good deal lof that en lightened liberality of feeling by which it is dis tinguished. We are positively bankrupts in sympathy. The magnitude of the demand overpowers us, and we are compelled to resort to a lesion of fortitude. Gentlemen in broadcloth, whose purity is as starched and immaculate as your cambric, and whose personal humility and sympathy for your fellow-sinners in distress is so strikingly manifest when you are at prayers, put up your odoriferous handkerchiefs, moistened so heavily with tears—. have done weeping for the fate of that martyr to kindliness, Captain HILL, and console yourself with the reflection that this is a world of trial, and that what cannot be cured must be endured. If this won't do, try another tack. Picture to yourselves the greatness of the sacrifice he has made, and the delightful effect the record of his devotion is calculated to produce. You can't ; well, give over sobbing and we'll try to do it for you. The glory of benevolence, it is said, is to pity the undeserving, and the greater the glory the greater the sacrifices you make in manifesting your pity. You nod assent ; and where, let us ask, could your pity descend lower than to the cells of Messrs. STRAHAN, PAur, and BATES ? To the cell of the begging-letter — or "something-to-your-advantage" writer ? Surely not. To that of the petty area sneak, with that distressing hankering of his for Pewter pots? By no means. To the cell 'of the gay swe]l-mobsman, with his gentlemanly slang, refined manners, and oharmingly-prehensible fingers ? To No. 50, where the enterprising gentleman who stopped farmer HODOB the other day with a modest request for his 'watch, and whatever valuables he possessed to keep it company, and, in exasperation at. the clumsy fellow's lack of promptitude, went far to brain him? To the cell of Mr. SYKES, that hardy child of the night, whose centre bit now and then made its owner's way into honest doors, whose bludgeon was not good. to look at by candle light, and whose reprobate-look. ing 'the dog k eeps whining for its master at prison gates ? You are bursting with impatience to reply, Certainly not ! It does You credit I These are but common culprits, for whom, though ,there may E 4 d in th is no defen c e, som ething 0 way of extenuation. Thoy were born with craving stomachs and principle than that of sharp wits, and 'bred on n - o• a he . Your neighbour possesses good SOeietY and indoctrinated in "never starve while wha r t 'They were not early 11111tu; * against them.- is to be had for taking," of Captain a o p f ta C i ll n in the sociveitcytimofsß:lifpsee:r arch and State. Un like thea c cu c s th t h o o emi choicest objects sn p s compassion, siociety had some protection and entrap the unwary confiding in their associ a . did not plan incursions They built to 41 4 oanp andels h ung gave unconscious s n c i o o uals alms sto Admirals. lure dens. They did much evil, doubtless ; but the gallant soldier fighting for his country . had not to u:oga i E3.-.1114 tt.7(1074.41- 0.4 .~:.i ~yYs enter the field heavy at heart, less with the pre sage of an untimely grave than with the know ledge that, owing to their rapine, his wife and little ones must enter comparatively destitute on a cold world at his decease. They broke up no domestic hearths, where the charities were made almost divine by the graces ; and if they inflicted pain it was only on a few—they did not deal out wretchedness wholesale to thousands, It was not to them the kindliness of Captain HILL descended. It was not for them he violated his duty. It was for more undeserving characters than they, for the bankers who had " put money in their pockets," that the prison roles were set at nought and the House of Detention was alter nately transformed into a confidential snuggery, a drawing and a dining room, into which prohi bited luxuries and convenient means for the evasion of justice might freely pass. To undesert like theirs the clamours of outraged society for atroci ously violated confidencewere to your heroic friend an additional recommendation; and to heighten his claims on your admiration, his sacrifice as he could not fail to know involved a dangerous illustration of the truth of a doctrine which saps the founda tions of society—" There is one law for the rich and another for the poor." it is hard so great a philanthropist, so good a Christian as Captain HILL should be suspended, but console yourselves with admiration of his heroism, and the reflection that he is not yet expelled, and pray that the " low Radicals' may not have further power over him! THE GREAT FIRE AT THE GREEN MAN TAVERN, BLACKFRIARS ROAD - DEATH OF THE LANDLORD. LATEST PARTICULARS. A sensation, which it would be almost impossible to describe, has been caused throughout the whole of the parish of Christchurch, Blackfriars-road, owing to the dreadful fire which occurred on Wednesday morning last, in the premises belonging to Mr. Hallewell, the Preen Man Tavern, Green-street, Blackfriars-road, as reported in this journal yesterday. Since that report was written it is to be regretted that Mr. Hallewell, the landlord of the premises, has died from the combined effects of the burns and the inju ries he received from- falling out of the second floor window. His sister-in-law (Miss Sutton), who remains in St. Thomas's Hospital, is also so seriously injured that not the least hopes can be entertained of her re covery. During yesterday a very searching inquiry was made by the officials of the fire brigade for the purpose, if pos sible' of tracing out th e o r igin of the fire, the result of which clearly showed that the gas was not turned off at the main, as was at first supposed. Cooper, one of the engineers belonging to Chandos-street station, asserted that after the fire was extinguished he went into the pre mises, and turned the vapour off, at which time it was escaping into the front of the premises. Whether the gas was the cause of the accident could not be learned ; but one thing is quite certain that it must have added considerably to the vigour of the fire. A more searching inquiry will no doubt take place at the coroner's inquest, which it is understood will take place at twelve o'clock to-morrow. The lodge; John Otten, who was sleeping on the upper floor, has been enabled to leave the workhouse. The principal injuries he has received are severe cuts on the arms, occasioned by the broken glass in the windows, -and a few trifling buras on the body. He states that he went to bed at half-past nine o'clock, at which time the house was open, and there was then not the least smell of an escape of gas or of wood burning. The first that he heard of the fire was by the springing of the police men's rattles, when he found the flames coming up the staircase, and the smoke was so dense that he was nearly suffocated. Finding that he was unable to descend by the stairs, he got to one of the front windows, and by great exertion h e man a ge d t o ge t ou t o f th e window, and by swinging round the corner of the wall he climbed upon the roof of the Church-street Sunday School, where he remained almost stifled with smoke until Perkins, the conductor, arrived, with the Royal Society's fire-escapes, and rescued him just at the moment he was about to precipitate himself from the roof. He was quite certain that!the fire did not begin in any of the upper rooms ; but, on the contrary, in the lower part of the premises, most probably in the bar or the cellar. The latter plaoe seems the most probable, as even the beer barrels there are destroyed, and the metal pipes melted, which would hardly have been the case bad the fire burned down wards from the bar or parlour. The unfortunate man, Mr. Hallewell, it appears, had his leg amid thigh broken, and his cheat was almost laid bare by the action of the fire: As he hung by the win dow sill the fire ignited his shirt, and the flaming then seized upon the lower part of his body, burning it in a frightful manner. When lifted out of the cab the driver, not knowing that his arm was broken, laid bold of it, when it actually sprang from its original posi tion. The whole of the surgical staff was in constant attendance upon the poor man, but he expired on Wed nesday night. The distance Miss Sutton jumped out of window was 35 feet, and when she reached the ground the flames still surrounded her. To rescue her the police and fire escape conductor were obliged.to climb over the back wall and lift her over, when she was taken first to the house of a female neighbour. In placing her on the bed, the flesh came off her bands. The school kept by Mr. Lamb has been temporarily closed, owing to the building being so much burnt and the floors saturated with water. The houses on the opposite side of the street are also so much damaged by the fire that the shatters cannot be taken down. Men were busily employed during the day in shoring up the walls to prevent them falling upon the heads of the firemen. This has been done at the ex pense of the Imperial Fire-office, in which company the building was insured. A telegraphic message was yesterday sent off to Mrs. Hallewell, at Cheltenham, informing her of the distres sing event, and she was expected to arrive in London last evening. One very fortunate circumstance is that the widow and her five children were at their country house, or it is quite probable that the whole family would have perished, for the Staircase was completely on fire before the discovery was made. :jiadthe fire escape been sent for only two minutes sooner the whole of theresidenti might have been rescued in safety, for the unfortunate deceased had just reached the-ground when the conductor entered the street, Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council, this Friday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor, on 'Wednes day afternoon, from Abergeldie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glo ucester ar rived in town on Tuesday, from Brighfc in . Her Royal hasH the seaside, s derivedie, much andis i a d vctaw in the enj o y men t ofo :Age from h er resi denceigllneasts h good health. The Duchess of St. Ardans and Lady Diana Beau clerk have left Edinburgh, : , g for Lees House, Coldstream. Lord and Lady I'oltimore, accompanied by Major- General Sir Geo,rge Buller, K.C.8., left town this morn ing, for Sand;noe House, the seat of Mr. Rowland Er rington. Lord, and Lady-John Russell are at present on a visit to tlie Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the Ikon. Mrs. Cradock. Oa Tuesday morning his lordship and Lady Russell, in company with the Rev. Dr Cradock, visited many of the University buildin gs , In the evening a select party of the elite of the University sAned'at the Principal's lodgings. ' The Dowager Lady Panmure and Mrs. Arthur Shir ley have arrived at Princes-gate, from Paris. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Wednesday even ing, from Balmoral. The 'right hou. baronet accompa nied her Majesty from Scotland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Harpton Court, Kington, Hereford. The Marquis de Moustier, French Minister in Prussia, has arrived in Paris. , , The Bank late for advances on Consols, Turkish Scrip and other Government securities will be 6 per cent. Major Knatchbull, who some mouths ago absconded in arrear to the Government, has recently di e d i n America. On Wednesday Le Nord expressed its disbelief in any assault having been made upon Kars. Of the number of the New York Herald containing the announcement of the fall of Sebastopol more than 80,000 copies were sold. The ceremony of the distribution. bf the medals at the Paris Exposition is expected to 'oe of the most imposing character. LONDON UNIVERSITY.--T, dPORTANT.—We und ers t an d that the Senate has re':.teived a communication from Sir George Grey, intiv_iating that in the opinion of the Go vernment the ,Q,enato ought to concede the points upon which they • • 'nave so long opposed the graduates, and that that boil ought now to be admitted into the Univer sitY - with the privileges of convocation and the right to n`Jminate members of the Senate. Accounts from Egypt state that the exportation of corn will be prohibited, in consequence of the insuffici ency:ofthe-overflowing- of the Nile, giving reason to fear &famine. The Austri an pence has prohibited the circulation of General IClapka's work, entitled "The War in the East during the years 1853 and 1854." THE DATECONFLAGRATION IN THE BLA.CRIBIAItS-ItOAD. .--An inquest was held this morning, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Mr. J. Hallwell, the landlord of the public-house in which the fire commenced. A ver dict of "accidental death" wa s returned. THE WAR. 7 --M r . W y ld, the well-known Geographer to the Queen, is again in the field, with a new map and chart, for the enlightenment of those who would follow intelligently, step by step, the progress of the war. The present production describes the coast between Otchakov plicolaiev and Southern Russia; in addition. to which there is given in the corner of the broadsheet a small chart of the coast froth Odessa to Perekop. The utility of a good map, &c., of these coasts at the present moment will be obvious to all, and this we can cordially re- Oommetad . _ THE SUN, LONDON s FRIDAY EVENING S OCTOBER 19, 1855. ,: . . LATEST NEWS. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 17. A despatch from Nicolaieff, of this day's date, says that, up to the evening of yesterday, nothing had taken place. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor Alexander will go to Kieff before he visits Warsaw. All the reserve and the militia are being con centrated at Kieff, under the command of General Paniutin, and the Emperor is going thitherto pass them in review. The Baron Prokesch-Osten's mission to Paris is now said to have been specially directed to the affairs of the Danubian Principalities. The system there is to be completely reorganised, and the relations between the Turkish and native authorities and the Austrian Commanders of the Army of Occupation strictly defined. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. Denmark has appointed a commissioner to attend the November conferences. Bluhme is appointed manager of the conference on the Sound Dues on the part of Denmark. It is confirmed that Denmark will propose their capitalisation as a step to their extinction. THE CRIMEA. We read in the Post Ampt Gazette :—" Accord ing to accounts from the Crimea which reached Vienna the advanced posts of the allied armies were on the 12th only five leagues from Bakchi- Serai. The Russians were retiring very slowly, and it appears that Liprandi, who is constantly ex tending his flank, has an intention of retiring on the line of the Belbek and of inclining on the po sition of General Gortschakoff. It is thought that the battle which must definitively decide the pos session of this ground will take place very shortly. What is certain is that the Russians can no longer cut oft the allies from the road of Bakchi-Serai. It is singular enough that the Russians should have surrounded the north side with a chain of new fortifications and placed it in a state to support a siege. All the plateau on the north side is covered with redoubts and earthworks, and on the line of the Belbek new works, constructed in the form of the Mamelon, have been raised." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 9th, in the Hamburg News, says:— " The consequences of the fall of Sebastopol begin to be felt at Simpheropol. A great number of the inhabi tants of that place have already abandoned it. That town had profited very materially from the siege of Se bastopol. According to a letter of the 7th September, its population at that date amounted to 70,000, and they were constantly increasing by the arrival of persons of all denominations, principally tradespeople. It at last became impossible to procure lodgings. Rents were as dear as at St. Petersburg. Not less than 50 roubles (the rouble is somewhat under 4fr.) a month were asked for a place which before had bee❑ only worth about 140 roubles a year. Firing had also become excessively dear, but bread continued at a moderate price, in consequence of the constant arrivals from New Russia and the distant provinces. The number of shops, which before 1855 was only 438, is now 800. At the late fair at Poltava two thirds of the goods were purchased for Simpheropol." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day : " MADRID, 17th.—The Borges faction has been put to the route, with a loss of 8 killed and 16 wounded ; all their arms and ammunition were seized. The affair of Hayti has been settled. The sitting of the Cortes to-day was without interest." " ATHENS, 12th.—Tumultuous manifestations from the Russian party have taken place in this capital. Cries of ' The King for ever !" The Queen for ever !" Long live the Czar !' were raised by the crowd. Demonstrations, hostile to GeneralKalergi, were made in front of the hotel of the Russian em bassy. There was no repression on the part of the authorities." The Emperor ycztoithky received a letter from. the King of Prussia, notifying the birth of a prin cess, daughter of Prince Frederic Charles Nicholas of Prussia, his nephew, and the Princess Maria Anne, daughter of the Duke of Anbalt-Dessau. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant yesterday visited the Exhibition of Industry where they were received by Prince Napoleon. The Darien, steam-frigate, left Toulon two days back for the Crimea with the 81st Regiment of the Line on board. The Emperor has been graciously pleased to promise that a part of the cannon taken at Sebas topol shall be employed in casting the colossal statue of the Virgin to be erected on the Corneille Rock, in the Puy-de-Dome. It will be remem bered that the Emperor lately gave a sum of 10,000 f. towards the subscription opened for that purpose. The Bank of France has increased its rate of dis count to 6 per cent. on bills ; it will advance on railway shares only 30 instead of 40 per cent. Bourse 3 per cents., 64f. 15c. The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th announces that the wandering Arab tribes are now beginning to build and plant, and that they have entered into an arrangement with some contractors for the construction of houses at the price of 3,500 f. each. The export of Algerian wool during the first six months of 1855 amounted to a million of kilo grammes. The Poles who inhabit Algeria have been informed that such of them as would enter the Corps of Ottoman Cossacks would obtain a free passage to Constantinople, and their expenses paid during their stay in that city. THE BOURSE, OCT. 18.— CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 6l 10 64 15 New Loan 65 10 Bank Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier l2OO Austrian Belgian Fives 9sl— Spanish Threes 3B Piedmoutese Bl 50 Home Debt 32i RAILWAYB-FOB CASH. fr. e. c Orleans Northern Lyons. .. ...1105 -- New Ditto 757 50 Mediterranean 1220 Grand Central 595 L•Lone Geneva 665 Teste Cette AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says : " Wo learn from good authority that the Emperor has given his sanction to all the propositions made to him at Ischyl by the Minister of Finance, and it is therefore probable that the projected mea-ures will soon be car ried into execution. We have no particulars of these important measures, but the general outline is to estab lish a new institution of credit to receive the name of "Banque G6n6rale de Crddit," or Hypothek Bank, with power to advance upon public and other securities. The effect of this new Credit Mobilier in the Austrian capital is expected to prove beneficial to the commerce and in dustry of the empire, inasmuch as the paper of the bank may be negotiable in London and Paris, and there by tend to increase the metallic currency of the country by an influx of gold and silver, which are almost un known at present in the Imperial mint. Likewise it is expected that the undeveloped resources of the southern dominions will receive an impetus from the probable in troduction of new capital, and the Government be en abled to finish many important public works in these provinces, such as the great southe rn li ne of railway from Vienna to Trieste, and their contemplated docks on the shores of the Adriatic," ASIA MINOR. Letters from Trebizond to the 26th of September announce that Ali Pacha, who, with a force of 3,000 cavalry (one-half being irregulars), was pre paring to make a dash into Kars with a supply of barley, had been attacked at Panina by 1,500 horse, when, notwithstanding the exertions used by the Pacha to get his troops to fight, favoured as they were by numbers, and in which he was se conded by Major Stewart and Captain Cameron, the irregulars took to flight, and the regulars wore not long in following their example, abandoning to the enemy all they possessed, including the barley, so much needed by the famishing garrison of Kars, and several pieces of artillery. The deserted Pacha in command, and the two British officers with him, fortunately escaped capture, and suc ceeded in getting safely into Erzeroum, with the loss, however, of all their personal effects. The cholera at Trebizond has not spread. THE AMEBIC/AN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 18.—The United States' mail steamer Baltic will leave this pt,rt for New York on Saturday, with the mails, a full cai go, and a large number of passengers. Letter s intended for her should be posted in Liverpool before 12 at noon, with late fee at 1 p.m., and at the 1 anding-stage at 2 pm. ANTICIPATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. Our (Morning Herald) papers and letters from India, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, have just arrived. They hear dates as follows :—Cal cutta, Sept. 8 ; and Bombay, Sept, 12. There is nothing from China by this conveyance. The news from Bombay, both political and commercial, bas been anticipated. That from Calcutta we now subjoin : CALCUTTA, Sept. B.—l do not know if you see the Calcutta or other Indian journals ; if you do, you must have bee n amuse d a t th e hi g hl y contra dictory statements regarding the health and the intended movements of Lord Dalhousie. As re gards the former, the people of England will be glad to hear that one who appears to be held in high public estimation has so far recovered as to be able to take horse exercise again. By the last ac counts from the Neelgh err i es th e G overnor -G enera l was still at Kotasherry, but was expected early in the present month at Ootacamund, where he in tends to entertain society and to give a ball. As regards his lordship's further movements, I can give you equally explicit information. The steamer Feroze has been ordered round from Bom bay to Calcutta, and a telegraphic message to the President of the Council states that she left on the 4th inst. On her arrival here she will be prepared for the use of the Govern or G enera l , un d er instruc tions in his own handwriting, and upon a plan drawn by his own handwriting ; the fittings up of the Zenobia will be transferred to her, and she will be despatched so as to be ready to receive hi lordship at Madras about the middle of ilex. month. Lord Dalhousie will be here at the end o October or the beginning of November, unless he should make a run across the Bay of Bengal to look once more at Rangoon, in which case he may not reach Calcutta before the commencement of December. It is thought likely that the Feroze, after bringing up the present, will bo sent to Suez to convey the future Governor-General to the seat of government. Lord Canning will not, however, displace Lord Dalhousie '-on his arrival, as is cus tomary in the change elf rulers, for his commission is couched in peculiar terms, and he is only to re ceive charge of the Government when it shall please his predecessor to make it over to him. Major Banks, whose visit to Lucknow has been a nine days' wonder, leaves for Madras, en route to the Neelgherries, by the mail steamer, to morrow morning. The exact object of his mission to the capital of Oude has not been divulged, but it is known that he was the bearer of despatches to the resident and of an autograph letter to the King from Lord Dalhousie, and that direct inter ference is about to take place in the affairs of the country, even if it is not to be annexed. An officer of the Commissariat has been sent to pre pare a camp for the Gevernal-General on the Oude frontier, and the forces at Cawnpore and Benares are not to be reduced during the coming relief of troops ; indeed it is said that the garrisons at them will be augmented, and it is re ported that an army of exercise will be formed. at Cawnpore during the cold weather. Sir Wil liam Gomm ordered the 19th Native Infantry from Lucknow to take the field against the Santhals, but General Outram would not permit the regiment to march, and communicated what he had done by telegraph to Lord Dalhousie, who sent anything but a complimentary message to the Commander-in-Chief. Sir William marches as far as Agra, there leaves his camp and proceeds to Bombay, en route to England ; General Anse!), the Commander-in-Chief at Madras, will, it is be lieved here, succeed to the supreme command. The Santhal rebellion happily languishes, and will pro „bably die a natural death before the advent of the cold weather will admit of the troops being again actively employed. Messrs. Haliday and Dorm cannot get on together, and the Council declined a second time to proclaim martial law in the disturbed districts, although urged by General Lloyd, the Special Commissioners, and others at a recent con ference in Calcutta. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal was again an advocate for the adoption of the measure ; the President of the Council aLd the majority said, "It is now too late." The consequence of this will be that the insurgents will escape the punishment they merit; already the men known to have murdered Mrs. Thomas and her sister have, it is feared, got off free, as the magi strate cannot obtain evidence sufficient to commit them for trial. The Kohat frontier is in a disturbed state, and troops have been sent out. Two armies of exercise will, it is said, assemble in the Punjaub during the cold weather, one to watch the frontier and Cashmere, the other to watch Cashmere and Buhawulpore, but the exact localities for their assembly have not been fixed, and I much question if they will really be formed. The Governor-General will not interfere In the quarrel hebvveen the M.h.raja Goolmb Siugh and his nephew Raja Jowalur Singh, but recom mends them to settle their differences amicably ; any retainers of either taking refuge in British ter ritory are to be disarmed. There are many reports abroad of the movements of the Russians in Cen tral Asia, and the Persians are said to be acting in concert with them, in spite of the declared neu trality of the Court of Teheran ; but I do not attach sufficient credit to these rumours to enter into any details regarding them. We have no further intelligence of the progress of the Nepaul army in Thibet, and the last we heard of the Ava mission was that it had reached the frontier station of Thayet Mew, and would proceed onwards on the 11th of August to the Bur mese capital. Measures are, it appears, to be taken to coerce the Rana of Oodeypore, the highest among the princes of Rajpootana, and troops are to go out from Nusseerabad and. Neeminch for that purpose. I believe I have now given you all the news that is worth recording, except that we have had a plea- sant change in the weather, and soft heavy rain for two days past, which was much required after a lengthened draught, for we have had little rain since the end of July. A rapid rise is taking place in theTGange at both Benares and Mirzapore, which indicates a heavy fall in the north-western provinces; it has come in time to avert a famine, but not to prevent a scarcity, or save the indigo crop in those districts. COMMERCIAL REPORT. (Front the Bengal Hurkaru of Sept. 8.) CALCUTTA, SEPT. 8 Since the issue of our last report, our export trade has continued in a healthy state. The advices received by the last two mails of t: - .e position of the English mar kets for Indian produce proving favourable, the demand for several articles has been brisk, rice, wheat, and seeds being the favourites, and prices have advanced, the more so as supplies are not plentiful. There has has been ' however, no want of tonnage, which has prevented an advance in the rates of freights, and shipments to Europe are going forward on a very fair scale. Our import trade continues to suffer severely for want of adequate conveyance of g rods by steamers to the upper provinces, and dealers, being unable to obtain ton nage, are deterred from purchasing, in consequence of which much difficulty has been experienced by holders in effecting sales. Arrivals likewise have recently been numerous, and will further tend to increase the depres sion of the import trade, which is far from recovering from the effects of a tight money market. We learn, moreover, that advices have been received from Mirza pore and other places in the upper provinces complain ing much of the want of rain, and apprehensi ms are en tertained of damage to the crops. We hope these apprehensions will prove groundless, otherwise our im port trade will experience a further depression. During the present week, we regret to observe a fur ther downward tendency has been manifested in the prices of all sorts of British piece goods, and mule twist especially seems to share the decline more than the others. Our money market is showing symptoms of improve ment, but the effect of the increase in the rates of discount and interest established by the directors of the Bank of Bengal, which we noticed fn our last, is being felt principally by holders cf government seen ritlea.- -There is-no doubt that the gradual increase of the Bank of Bengal rates during the past month is attributable to the large demand for loans, which the state of its finances is unable to meet. This demand on the part of the mercantile public cannot but he conQi dered the result of the opening of the ill-timed an ill managed 5 per cent. "Public Works Loan," which hip drained the market of a considerable portion of funds, which otherwise would and ought to have been used for the legitimate purposes of trade. We do not believe that our money market can recover for some time to come from the shock it has sustained by a measure nu the part of Government, which, in spite of its necessity, has been severely and justly condemned, both by the Indian and English public. The members of the Supreme Council have had the satisfaction of discovering ere this that their anticipations that immediately after the d o i ig of the so-called " Public Works Loan," Government se curities would recover their former value from the depre ciation which the announcement of the loan would create and did create, have not been realised. True it is, a tempo rary improvement in the value of the 4 per cent. stock did take place, and the 5 per cent. also commanded a pi e mium of 1 to 14 per cent., but this improvement could not possibly last long, from the very fact of a large capi tal being locked up, which sooner or later must h sve been required in the course of business for different pur poses. What the " Public Works Loan" had left un done, the directors of the Bank of Bengal seem desirous of consummating, as the raising of the rates to their h highest limit and increasing the margin on loans of have already caused a serious depreciation in the is the hope, however remote, that vernment stock, and the only consolaioinnleeofmt stock holdersteofatuhveeuraahiethough unexpected circumstances now h tn over lossea which sr ve them from the heavy stances might yet occur to a k t h e d o d, have a h l h t h t osupgffhegr suffered their their heads. Permanent stockholder depreciated, property is now much Tbxousliout last week - Sicca very sad ,predicanien . that extent as the speculators, who find themselves in a F ur per Cents. had been selling at a discount of 15.8 to 16-8 per cent. Company Fours at 13.12 to 14.0, and the New Fives at 14 annas to 1-2 per cent., which are the current rates ; but a slight improvement in the value has taken place, the rates being about 1 per cent, bet ter. Although the Bank rates continue unaltered, the lightness has relaxed a little in the Bazaar, and money can be obtained on good securities at 10 per cent, per annum, which is 2 per cent. lower than those charged by the Bank of Bengal. In the share market very little has been doing, Bank of Bengal shares only being in demand at Rs. 6,400 each. Exchange remains unaltered, a limited amount of busi ness having been done for the outgoing mail. Freights, since the arrival of the telegraphic despatches via Bombay, with better accounts for produce of this country from London, have not improved, owing to scarcity and high prices of produce ruling here. Rice has been engaged for London at 4/. 55., ,and wheat 4/. 10s. Seeds are wanted at 51. 55., but offers have not been wade above Si. 2s. 6d.; in ether articles little doing. Extensive business has been done for Mauritius during the present week, and more than five or six ships fixed which have engaged about 60,000 bags, or equal to about one month's consumption in that island, and this has been done to finish shipments before the approaching Mahomedan and Hindoo holidays. The rates paid are various, from Rs. 1-13 to R'. 2 a bag according to the size of the vessels. A ship has been taken up to load at Bassein on her return from Australia at 4/. 10s. pe ton for a rice cargo, and another one for Rangoon at the same rate after her return &ens Mauritius. Freights to Bombay have gone down, and offers for dead weight at Re. 1743 a ton and Rs. 14 for light freight are nowmaking to ready ships only. Tonnage at present is adequate to the demand, and unless produce be plentiful and prices moderate in future, the lirge tonnage shortly expected must cause a reduc fon on our present rates, unless ships prefer going after thc, niiddle of November next. The long, and constant holidays from the middle of October t , ) the middle of No vember will induce ships arriving between this and the 20th inst. to secure cargo, and this inducement alone mar affect freights very much. INnfao.—lt is now almost a matter of certainty that the crop of the ensuing season will fall short of 100,000 maunds. Exports from Ist November, 1854, to Ist September, 1855 : Chests. Maunds. To Great Britain France 6,141 22,459 North America Red Sea, B )mbay, and Gulfs 1,613 6,114 Other parts 2O 54 Tot Al. . 27,086 105,037 EXPEDITION IN THE &TRAITS OP KEhTOII. ( From yesterday's Moniteur.) The Minister of Marine has received from Ad miral Bruat a letter, dated Oct. 2, containing the following information : "The expedition against Taman and Phanagoria had been postponed through various causes, and I had de cided on directing Commander Bouet to carry it out with the means he already had at his disposal, and without waiting for further orders. lam happy in being able to announce to your Excellency that this expedition has been completely successful, and that the results are not without importance, for they deprive the enemy of the basis of operations he might have selected for a winter campaign. Taman could receive and shelter several thousand soldiers. At Phanagoria vast edifices might serve as hospitals or barracks. "Commander Bouet has not yet been able to prepare a complete report of all the circumstances attending this expedition. I hasten, however, to transmit to your Excellency the details he gives me. "On the 24th of September the combined expedition set sail from the Gulf of Kertch and steered for Taman. Commander Bonet had collected ten gun-boats ; Captain Hall had taken away three of them, one paddle-steamer, and one steamer of light draft, well adapted for the con veyance of troops. Oa arriving off Phanagoria, Com mander Bouet had a few shells thrown into the interior of the redoubt for the purpose of causing it to be evacuated. In the meantime the gun-boats laden with troops continued their route, and effected a landing one mile to the east of the fort, at a spot where the cliffs are low enough to allow the plain to be swept from the sea. The Cossacks, however, collected from all sides, and several araba.s were on the move, carrying off into the interior whatever could be hastily removed. The dis embarkation met with no opposition. At four o'clock in the evening. the troops were collected in the establish ment, which had been completely abandoned, but left intact. Before night all the arrangements of defence were made. The Allied troops had before them from six to eight hundred horsemen, who retired as soon as a few shells were thrown among them. The next morn ing we wore occupied with demolishing such of the houses of Phanagoria as might furnish materials for the construction of barracks at Cape St. Paul. " We found at Phanagoria sixty-six pieces of cannon and four mortars, which were already unserviceable. At Taman we discovered eleven 24-pounders buried in the sand, and broke up their carriages. Commander Bouet praises highly the active and cordial co-operation of Captain Hall and Colonel Osmond. He thought that by the 2d or 3d of October the destruction of Taman and Phanagoria would be complete, the removal of the materials on Cape St. Paul finished, and that be should be able to return with the troops and the flotilla to the Gulf of Kertch.". CONCORDAT BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE HOLY ,SEE. We borrow from a letter sent from Rome to the Venice Gazette (an official journal) the following analysis of the Concordat which has been con cluded between the Holy See and the Austrian Government : The Catholic religion shall be maintained and pro• tected, with all the rights and prerogatives accorded to it by the holy canons, in every part of the empire where it dominates. The Placetum Regium is abrogated. The relations of the bishops with the Holy See in spiritual affairs, the relations of the bishops with their clergy and the people, their instructions and enjoinment* in spiritual affairs, are free. The nomination of the vicar and the college, the grant ing or refusal of ordination to such as appear unworthy of it, the foundation or collation of curates, the institu tion of publie prayers, the convocation of the synods, the publication of pastoral letters and injunctions, the prohibition of dangerous books, belong freely to the bishops alone. Tile religious education of youth, the chief superin tendence over religious instruction, are confided to the bishops, and subjected to an ecclesiastical inspector of all the primary catholic schools. Tne appointment of the catechists is confided to the bishops, and the teaching of theology or of the canon law is forbidden to every one without their approbation. Ecclesiastical affairs are judged by ecclesiastical judges according to the rules of the canons or the instructions of the Council of Trent, and matrimonial affairs alone, in their relations with the ecclesiastical effects of this sacrament, are brought before the lay judges. The bishops have the full right of punishing those priests who transgress ecclesiastical discipline, and of inflicting penalties upon such as violate the laws of the church ; whereas temporal justice can only take cogni sance of civil affairs, and of the crimes committed by ecclesiastics ; but in this latter case the bishop must be previously informed. In prisons, the ecclesiastics will be separated from lay prisoners; in churches, the immunity will be maintained, in so far as the public safety may permit. The disputes of laymen with respect to patronage will be judged by temporal judges. Verbal or written defamation of the Catholic religion, of the holy liturgy, as likewise of the' bishops or priests, will be interdicted. The bishops of the province will be heard for the pre. sectation of new bishops to the Holy See. All rights claimed by the bishops over the seminaries are recognised, including their nomination of the rectors, professors, and teachers. • The priests are chosen from among the candidates, the first dignitaries of the cathedral chapter are appointed by the Holy See, should there exist no right of patron• age, the others by the Emperor, with the exception of those proceeding equally from the right of patronage or being connected with the free disposal of the bishops. The right of appointing priests to all the canonicates, and to all the livings where a right of patronage exists, the result of a scientific or pious foundation, belongs to the Emperor, on condition that the election shall fall on one of the three candidates whom the bishop shall have proposed after a preliminary examination. The Holy See has the full right of creating, with the Emperor's consent, new dioceses and new parishes. His Majesty engages to make an adequate allowance for such livings as are not yet properly endowed. The law relative to the property of the church will be administered in conformity with the instructions of the canonical institutions ; in what concerns possession, the rules prescribed by the canons will be observed. Free intercourse between the religious communities and their superiors who reside at Rome are guaranteed ; these latter will have the full right of visiting the monas teries of the monarchy, and of publishing 'circulars touch. ing the discipline, Ste. The religious orders have the right of opening novi ciates, bishops-that of instituting, with consent of the Government, both menageries and convents. Th e prop rLy of the church is declared sacred and in• miolable, and the church is maintained in its full right of acquiring property. No suppression or sale can take place without the intervention of the Holy see ; the rights of the bishops remain always intact. The estates of the church will be administered accord ingapTpohientreigdhftorotiliceoal i i n n i , et t ra ith ti e o s n i o s of ra va a c in an ta t m li e v d in w g to the canonical instructions ; a commission will be s herever it still exists, and his Mbajesty undertakes to procure an endowment having legal force wherever it no longer exists. All other affairs, not included in this Concordat, will be regulated in accordance with the doctrines of the church and the regulations approved by the Holy See. The Cuncordat is declared to be national law in per petuity, and it abrogates all the laws and arrangements that hare hitherto regulated ecclesiastical affairs in the state. An association Las been formed at Stnttgardt (Wur temberg) for purchasing provisions by wholesale, selling them to the poor at cost price. .r. ,