The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROVAT , DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, R 11l br.; performed MIRRIED FOR M^NEY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. r• ohert Mosby and A. Yonnge ; Mrs F. Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss ::ason will appear. To be followed by NITOCRLS. Characters by Messrs. F. Di gs-, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, ; Miss Glyn, Mrs Selby, Ales Da Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, 8:c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Undar Ma Management of Mr. linekstone. THIS EVENING, Wl2 be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, VIE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by TUE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, THE SPINISq. DANCERS. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE ROYAL ADKLPYI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrets, Madame Ca!esta. THIS EVENING, Wig be performed RORY CYMORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son. P. Bedford. '. Selby, Par3elle, J. Maud, Garden, &c. ; Mimes Nary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by BETSY E 4KER. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL OLTIIPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR . SCAND AL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, F. Vining, G. Vining, A. Wigan, Robson, &c Ifrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Stirling, and Misses Castleton, Marston, and Bromle3. Alter which, the National Anthem. To conclude with CATCHING A MERMAID. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, lA, Norfolk -street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THU, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will Ise presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint- Meats, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. TULIP AN-ElOU'it WI T s PHUT+, being the most surprising and Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 51,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 1/. lie. 4d. and li. le. ; Orchestra Stalls, 4s. : Dress Boxes,Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, In.; Gallery, 6il. tie Half-price, Box-oftice open tYons. 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performan Doors open at Half-past One. on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock ROYAL SURREY THEATZE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creewick. FLEXMORE'S ale Danseur Comique) BENEFIT. and Las Alnearance at this Theatre ; also of that celebrated Danseuse, Mdlle AtTRIOL, will take place on THURSDAY, Nov. let, 1855. Drama, Ballet Comique, Concert, Farce, Ballet Extraordlnalre, Melo-drama, &c., &c. Tickets to be had of Mr. Flexmore, F 6, Hercules-Buildings, Lam beth, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily, from 10 until 3 o'clock. EOTAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EYENLNG, Will be performed SIMP 4 ON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. After which, a BALLET. To which will be added ALL THE WORLD'S A. STAGE. To conclude with KEiSING GOES BY FAVOUR. ASTLETS ROYAL. AMPMITIIZATItE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Coke Complete, unequivocal, and triumphant success THIS EVENING, Tha wondrous and exciting 5111itary •Apectacle, The FALL or SEBASTOPOL ! Storming or the Malakhoff —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 I After which the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA !minding Mr. J. IL Cooke's extraordinary novel Equestrian Feat, the Sant du Pont du Cirque, with other EntertainmenL-. Box-oflice open from Eleven tM Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Elegy Manager, r. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 58 min.aft. 6—Evening 20 min. aft. 9 To-Niottaow—liiint. 8 in. aft. 10 —Evening 52 min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFISE, Oct. 20. THERMOMETER, IN TIM SHADE. 60 —highest since neon yesterday. 51—lowest this morniag and daring the sight. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'30. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather. f , ' t 4 1111, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1855. Kinburn has capitulated I The gate to Nico la.ieff and to Kherson—or rather one of its pillars —has fallen into our hands. Oczakoff must speedily follow ; and, late as it is in the season, we may still hope for some very decided results against what we are told may be regarded as the present granary and arsenal of Southern Russia. The official account of this highly im portant operation will be found in another part of our impression. It will be seen that the three forts on the Kinburn Spit surrendered, and are now occupied by the Allied forces. The troops bad previously landed to the southward of the forts, and thus, from the simultaneous action by sea and land, the arrival of reinforcements, and the retreat of the garrison were effectually cut off. This brilliant affair was happily managed with very trifling loss to the assailants. The enemy had 45 killed, and 130 wounded ; while the gar rison of 1,500 men, and the guns-70 in num ber—and all the munitions of war have fallen into our hands. We trust that the occasion may be improved, so that the legitimate results may follow. It is p(e iliarly important that both Nicolaieff and Kherson, the earance whereto are commanded, should be fully disposed of before the setting in of winter affords a temporary respite and an opportunity of adding to the defences, and enhanci n g the difficulties of the necessary operations ! As we have repeatedly stated, we are quite satisfied to leave the matter in Sir E. LYONS's hands, if be has only a carte blanche to act according to his own judgment, and to damage the enemy to the utmost degree. After this work has been perfected there will still be time sufficient to deal with Odessa, and to teach the CZA.R. that the Western Powers are really in earnest, and that he cannot hope for extric itio a through the intervention or intrigues of Germanism. Ho has already b een those sod-disant media sufficiently deluded by tors. He must, even at this hour, know that he cannot obtain peace save by a real submission, and giving unexceptionable rnatterial guarantees fir his future good. behaviour, and a n ample indemnity for the expenses which his misconduct has occasioned to his inoffensive neighbour, and to those who so nobly stood forward in the cause of truth and justice, in defence of right agai nst might ! We are told on good authority that "King LEoroLD of Belgium has lately been actively and personally exerting himself with a view to the re eitablishment of peace !" We can easily credit the rumour, which possesses a verisimilitude that carries with it almost positive conviction. We have already had occasion to allude to the strange neutrality of the wily ULYSSES of the House of COBURG—a neutrality perfectly diszraceful to himself, when his close aid intimate connection with the British Court, and the deep debt of gra titude which he owes to the British nation, is taken into consideration. But it appear s th a t we have something far worse than neutrality to guard against. The pensioner of England, who, althou g h "tninally an independent Sovereig n, think a it ad visaisle to retain his claim aga inst the British Exchequer, and to have Clatanont wait stained for his exclusive burdened tax- use at th© expense of the over- Payers, wishes to play the ga'.ne of Germani sm, an d , a t the sugges tion of his new co I tussia connexions, to save from the humiliation and i n j ury w „ 1 , s he has richly merited. He an opportunity of earwigging has unfortunate ly the English Couri ;, And exercising a very sinister influence over pg ,rawas closely connected with our beloved SovEit mos, ,n(i there is but too much reason to fea r th at he it i availing himself thereof to the utmost e: ;tent. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY FvENIFfI, OCTOBER 20, 185 - It is one of the heavy penalties we pay for the which diplomatic appointments are made to our folly of requiring foreign alliances for the mem- consular and diplomatic offices. Our diplomacy bors of our Royal Family, and if we perversely has been the scoff of continental statesmen from the first BONArARTE downward:;, that from its very stupidity and inferiority we have lost the most important results of our power, of our victories, when we got them, and of our vast expenditure. Why, for example, when we had got possession of Egypt, and had Alexandria and the route to India secure, we gave it up and left the highway of our commerce, and the commerce of Europe, and the means of the civilisation of the East to the accidents and caprices of mere barbarian authority, they can never understand ; nor are we about to attempt any answer. We admit—and it is part of the great case for Administrative Reform, quietly gaining upon the public mind—that our former wars have left us with a double burthen of debt, and not half the advantages due to such success as we obtained. England wants no sinister advantages even in commerce, as she showed when she gave to all nations, to the United States and to others who have shown no disposition to do the like, an equal participation iu the commerce which was opened by her arms, and at her ex pense, in China. It is her grievance, and it is really a grievance in which other nations may well sympathise, that her diplomacy has had, and for aught that now appears, has not now any arriere pease, as to the means of insuring that advance of civilisation which is due to such large abstractions of the means of improvement at home, which are made for the sake of this War. Sup pose, as we must do, that we succeed against Russia ? What then ? What are our authorities prepared to require for the improvement of the condition of the people of the East ? The past justifies the belief that diplomacy has no specific measures prepared to insure that the barbarian and wretched occupants of the fairest portions of the world, the ruined seats of the first civilisa tion, shall be left in a better condition than is Greece itself, after all our expenditure of blood and money and sympathy. Let the public indeed ook to this betimes, and ask for satisfactory act on the delusion we must be contented to abide the consequences ! But it is not with the Court of St. James's only that King LEOPOLD is intriguing. The visit of the Duke DR BRABANT, with his Austrian Arch- duchess, to our august Ally, bears a very I significant aspect at the present moment. It follows rapidly on that of the heir presumptive of the Prussian Throne to Balmoral, which, com ing so rapidly after the capture of Sebastopol, excited the strong disgust and indignation of the nation. Well may the English people exclaim— " Save us from our (pretended) friends 1" We . can confide in the valour of our soldiers, and, despite the malevolent and calumnious libels that have been industriously circulated, on the skill and efficiency of our generals. But we must exercise the utmost vigilance against the uncon stitutional influences that may be, and we fear have already, been brought to bear on our Go vernment. The British People must look to this through their chosen representatives. They have learned, from bitter experience, that Prussia can not be trusted. While pretending neutrality s'lo has rendered far more efficient aid to Russia than if leer troops were arrayed under the same standard in open and undisguised hostility to our f )rces. Through her intervention the Russian commerce has been carried on with but little in terruption or embarrassment ; and the sinews and even munitions of War have been furnished to our adversary. And at the very time when this despicable conduct has rendered the Court, not the people—for we shall always distinguish between the pro-Muscovite faction and the honest aspirations of a high-minded nation—peculiarly contemptible, we have the Royal " CLlcQuor" babbling anent his warlike predilections, and his "infinite regret" that he has not been called, as his departed father was, to be the leader of his army in War. Many may have thought that the great poet of human na ture had drawn an exaggerated picture of ancient Pim'. swallowing his leek, and gt the same time indulging in grandiloquent terms respecting the AIISWOTS. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. martial ardour which he has had such intense difficulty in neutralising ! But the course of The Mermaid, from Melbourne, was off Holy head this morning at 8 o'clock, with about 400,0001. on freight. Prussia shows that it was an ower•true represen• Wien of degenerate human nature. Nor is Austria, in any degree, in a better posi tion. To contemptible meanness she has added duplicity and insincerity, and an infamous breach of her solemn undertakings. She, too, strives to gave the twin despotism—and when Russia is driven to extremities, when the stringent penalty of her transgressions is about to be exacted, seeks to avert the well-merited punishment, and to asserts the course of retributive justice. Had she acted in an honourable and straightforward man ner, on the first invasion of tho Principalities, the War would have been altogether averted. , Had she faithfully observed the terms of the Treaty of the 2d of December it would long since have been brought to a conclusion. Under the peculiar circumstances of the cases it is more than ridiculous to attempt any further interposi tion, directly or directly, through her diplomatists, ,r, still worse, through connexions of the Royal Family. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF SIR WM, MOLFSWORTH, BART, M.P. We regret to hoar of the sudden and alarming illness of Sir William Molesworth, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The right hon. baronet had been ailing for some little time, but it was only a week ago that the state of his health began to occasion any anxiety. Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Elliotson, and Mr. H. C. Johnson, have been in constant attendance upon him in Eaton-place, but we are very sorry to be informed that their report is such as to give cause for the gravest apprehensions. His arduous duties at the Colonial-office, and the anxiety of his mind during the momentous period of his official life, have, it is feared, principally contributed to impair the health of this distinguished statesman. The discount houses have given notice that they hive advanced their rate of allowance for money at call to 5 p(r cent., dating from yesterday. Their previous rate was 4i per cent. The demand for money yesterday was moderate, both at the Bank of England and out of doors, but the rates charged by the discount houses are scarcely in any case more than a fraction below those of the Bank. A.dvices from Amsterdam mentinn that the Bank of Roland have resolved to decline selling silver, which, at a fixed price, has heretofore been their custom. This will be an additional obstacle to the transmission of fur ther amounts to India and China. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—We understand that the senate has received a communication from Sir G. Grey, intimatinfg that in the opinion of the Government the senate ought to concede the points upon which they have so lone r'N-liSed the graduates, and that body ought now to he drnitted into the university, with the privileges of c mvocation and the right to nominate members of the senate. But worst and most contemptible of all is our faithful friend and relation, King LEOPOLD ! He who owes his throne, his position, and his in fluence to England, to be intriguing against her ! —intriguing to make her sacrifice the advantages she has acquired by the valour of her troops, and the enormous pecuniary sacrifices which she has freelylencountered. He should receive a !sig nificant hint, such as can only be given by the Parliament, that such conduct will not be tolerated, tnd that should he persevere in the course on which he has entered, he must submit to the ir.- evitable consequences. It is not when Sebastopol is in our hands, and when Kinburn has capitulated, And the road to OczAkoff, to Kher: •n, and to Nicolaieff has been opened, that such proceedings can be sanctioned. Under such circumstances we see with deep regret the protracted prorogation to the 11th day )f December. We do not distrust Lord PAL SIERSTON, but seeing the back stairs and sinister influences against which be has to contend, we iesire to strengthen his hands by the moral sup port which he will readily receive from the Re presenbatives of the people, the legitimate expo !lents of the popular wishes. Tie Genoa Gazelle announceq that the Counts3s de Neuilly is expected shortly at Genoa,, thence t ) proceed Ccreegliano, where she intends to pass the winter. General della Marrnota has applied to the Piedwon te;e Govtr mPiit for provisions sufficient to last until tbe end of March. Her Glace the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and C ,untess Grosvenor, and Lord and Lady Blayntyre, have arrival at Meurice'a Hotel. allie. Dave,ne, (laughter of the stage•manager of the Theatre Francais, an artist only in her SOth year, has just executed a bust of Beranger. Thu is the first time that the celebrated song-writer has consented to sit, and the likeness produced is considered a striking one. _ _ The crop of olives in Corfu this year is abundant, so that much of the misery entailed on the country-people by the present war will be greatly relieved. Considerable sensation (says Galignani) has been caused in theatrical circles at Paris by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Villars, one of the best actors of the Gymnese. On Saturday he did not arrive et the theatre, and in consequence the performances had to be charged ; and since that day he has not returned horns, and nobody can say what has become of him. THE GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. RAILWAY. This railway was to be opened from Callian to Wassind on the Ist of this month. Wcssind, by railway, is fifty miles from Bombay, and is conveniently situated within a few yards of the Thull Ghat road, near to Shapoor. In comparison with the old route via Bhewndy, the Thull Ghat traffic, if forwarded by railway from Was. Sind, will arrive five days earlier in the fine weather, and ten or twelve days earlier in the rains. Tile cost by railway will be the same as if the goods were sent by the old route. Loss 01 TWO &firs BY FIFE.—The A.berfoyle, Nourse, bound to the Mauritius and London, and with her cargo, rice, wheat, &c., complete, took fire and was scuttled ; the tide flows over her at high water, and the swelling of the grain hrs force I up the main deck, and many of the upper deck beams are broken ; the cargo has been mostly got out of the between decks ; an at tempt will be made to raise her next springs. Calcutta, Sept. 8: The Emma Zoller, Keslake, from Sheliac, N.B , to Grimsby, with deals, caught fire yesterday, and and was abandoned near the Humber.—Cromer, Oct. 18. The following are some details relative to the mem bers of the new Greek Cabinet :—M. Bulgaris, the Pre• sident of the Council and l'tl;nister of the Interior, was previously senator of Hydra. Colonel Smolents, the Minister of War, was born at Austria, and brought up at the military school of Vienna ; he took par,: in the first war of Greek independence, and wrs in consequence presented with the righ s of a citizen of the country ; he is a man of good scientific attainments, and originally belonged to the engineers; he has been since 1333 con nected with the War Department, and was, before Lis nomination to the Ministey, secretary general of that It is so frequently repeated by the Legitimist party in France, and by writers, and in society on the Continent, that England has the greatest c tuse for rejoicing at the defeat of the Russians, inasmuch as we have the greatest interest in the contest, on account of our Indian possessions, that the statement may, unless it be repeatedly contra dicted, obtain currency as a generally admitted truth. Now it should be made known that the best military authorities in England and India were agreed, that if Russia were to have India as a gift on condition that she should send thither an army fully equipped and sufficiently strong to hold that continent when it got there, the odds were greatly against her being able to do so. She might dis turb our relations with Persia, and give us trouble on our borders—she has done as much as she could there already without military force—and with her strongest military force, and with all her barbarian alliances, she was never seriously feared or thought of. It should be known that, by all sound Indian statesmen, the Afghan war has ever been viewed as a culpable blunder and a groat disaster. It is pointed at as a case where the avowed responsible Minister, Sir JOHN Cam aOIIIIOIISI3, ought to have been im peached ; and, in the recent discussions on Ad misistrative Reform that very case has been adduced as showing the necessity for measures for making the responsibility of the holders of high offices a truth. Foreign politicians may, h owev er, be assured that, in the welcome giv en to tke National Guards of Pa ris , when they visited London fi ve years ago—the fi rst friendly step, between the peopl e o f the two countries—n e ither our Lord Maire the people at large, had perhap s, nor our Aldermen, nor i any arricre pence that id be a source of safety for India against R more friendly relations with the French people 1.7011 ia uss • We can tell -them that I n di a h as b ee n as little thought of by - the Engli s h p eo pl e , d ur i ng the later periods of the present War, and, except that it is a matter of just discontent, that a large proportion of Indian army , w hi c h i s not neede d th e re, for its safety sh ou ld no t h ave b een made ava il a bl e during 1 the present W ar . the department. M. Betlis, Minister of Justice, was also brought up at Vienna, but is a Greek by birth, and a lawyer by profession. He has been for many years Pro fessor of by Law at the University of Athens. M. Silivergos, the Ministerof Finance, was, when appointed to the Ministry, President of the Supreme Court of Ac counts. M. Miaeulis, Minister of Marine, who has been for a considerable time secretary general in that depart ment, is a eon of the well-kbowa Greek admiral of that name, and was educated at Munich and London. The portfolio of Foreign Affairs has been offered to M. Tri couple, Greek Ambassador at the Court of London, and brother-in-law to M. Ma.vrocordato, but his acceptance is considered doubtful. Meanwhile the Minister of Fi nance holds the portfolio of Foreign Affairs ad int6. - :.n. The Northern Bee says that from the Ist of 111 to August 21, th• voluntary gifts sent to the chancery of her Imperial Majesty the Empress, for the wounded soldiers in the Crimea, amounted to the sum of w ol4 t s ii , n the 72of last week, from Aug. 15 to . 21 1 t0 ,1 15 11 e , a 2 n 9 ( 9 ,1; 1 ) .. 1 84 . c u . ,. Among the offerings of silver money it presentedby a singleindividual, whow ishe s u r it is amusing, if it were not socially !nig" chic - aims, to see, all over the continent, politicians attributing to our diplomacy long lines of finely sp policy ; whilst they are, in the great w ajority of instances, ridiculing the whole of the diplomatic service, and the appointments of our ambassadors, and the lowest attaches, as well as the consular service for the neglect of public duties and exclusive attention to private plaiures, or for the utterly inefficient manner in COURT CIRCULAR. VIP DSOB,, OCT. 19. Her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council at 3 I o'clock this afternoon, at the Castle. Present at tho Council :—Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord Presi- `' dent, Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Trea sury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Panmure Secretary of State for War ; Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain, officiating for the Lord Chamberlain. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued from Tuesday, the 23d inst., until (it is understood) Tuesday, the 11th December. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Turkish Minister and the Portuguese Minister had audiences of her Majesty, to which they were in troduced by the Earl of Clarendon, the Queen's prin cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Bishop of Sierra Leone had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Earl Granville and the Earl of Clarendon. The Right Hon. Sir Richard Pakenham, K.C.8., late her Alajesty's Minister at the Court of Portugal, had an audience of her Majesty. The Sheriff of London and the City Remembrancer arrived from London, and also had an audience of the Queen. Lord Byron was the Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. N. Hood the Groom in 'Waiting. Viscount Palmerston and Lord Panmure remain at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. His Excellency Count de Lavradio, his Excellency M. Musurus, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Spencer, Lord Paornure, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Sir Charles Wood, and Mr. Greville travelled from London to attend the Queen's court by a special train on the Great Western Railway ; and at the end of the court, the Hanle party, with the exception of Loids Palmerston and Panmure, returned to town by the same route. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governor of Canada. Yesterday the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Man chester, Lord Mandeville, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady Newport, Lcrd Canterbury, end Col. Parker, who have been spending the week at Heaton Hall, near Prestwick, with the Earl and Countess of Wilton, vi sited Manchester, and epent some time at Mr. Grundy's Repository of Art, U.yal Exchange-street. The distin guished visitors afterwards went through Mr. Houlds worth's silk manufactory, in'Portland-street. They were accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Wilton. The Duke of Devonshire is expected to reach Chats worth early next week en route from Ireland. His grace has derived benefit from his residence at Lisruore Castle. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are receiving a select circle of visitors at Wimpole Hall, near Cam. bridge. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and family are passing the season at Becket House, near Faringdon. Lord and Lady Milford have left the St. George's Hotel for Picton Castle, South Wales. Sir Thomas Gage has arrived at Edwards' Hotel from Paris. Colonel Alston and Mrs. Afton, and Mr. Graham and Miss Graham, have left the same hotel for Liverpool ; and Mr. Eiliutt and Miss Eiliott for New York, United States. Lady Ashford has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Major Macdonald has arrived at the same establishment. The Rev. Frederick A skew Bickmore, 8.A., has been instituted to the United Rectory of Cranwich and Vicarage of Didlington, with the Rectory of Colveston annexed, in Norfolk. The postmastership of Exeter has become vacant by the death of Paul Measor, Esq. The deceased gentleman held the office for nearly half a century. The Emperor of the French promises that a part of the cannon taken at Sebastopol shall be employed in casting the colossal statue of the Virgin to be erected on the Corneille Rock, in the Puy•de-Dune. Strangers are still flocking to Spa ; the last list pub lished shows the number of arrivals since the beginning of the season to be 7,331. Baron Brupow, formerly the Russian Ambassador in England, left Berlin in the evening of the 14th, for St. Petersburg. The 15th was the anniversary of the birth of the King of Prussia, and of his entrance into the army 50 years ago. This double commemorative festival was cele brated at Berlin on Monday with much splendour. APPEALS FROM THE REVISING BARRISTERS.—The pre sent revision must be concluded by the end of the month, and appeals be entered for hearing in the ensuing Mi chaelmas Term. The annual expense of the revision is 17,8501. BANK RATE OP DISCOUNT.—In consequence of the advance in the Bank rate of discount, the joint-stock banking houses have advanced their terms fur deposits of money on call. SPECIE. —The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Leine amount to 318,9281., of which 45,871/. is gold for Alexandria, Bombay, Ceylon, and Madras, and 273,0571. silver for Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. The two previous fortnightly remittances were 486,0501. and 505,8591., and the present total, therefore, shows a large comparative decrease. LOSS OF THR FRENCH STEAMER CYGNS. PARIS, Oct. 11.—The Cygne (French steamer), Magnan, from Marseilles, was run into and sunk off the entrance of the Bosphorus by an Austrian steamer, previous to the 9th Oct. ; crew saved. The Rev. Mackenzie Walcott, M.A., of Exeter Col lege, Oxford, lecturer of St. Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, has been appointed curate of All Saints, Knightsbridge. The cardinals and prelates of the Vatican were not prevent at the " Te Deum " celebrated for the fall of Sebastopol, whilst their presence was remarked at the palace of the Russian legation on St. Alexander New ski's Day. The French Academy has at present three receptions of new members to make—those of M. Legouve, the Duke de Broglie, and M. Ponsard. The Academy of Sciences Las two vacancies to fill up—those caused by the deaths of M. Mirbal and Dr. Majendie. The Cologne Gazette states that the Russian General, Baron Korff, has been deprived of his command, on ac count of his conduct near Eupatoria, and that he is to be brought before a courlaraartial. The Austrian police have prohibited the circulation of General Klapka's work, entitled, "The War in the East during the Years 1853 and 1854." Three of the most popular foreign musical composers of the day—Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Verdi—are now in Paris. DEATH or AN EMINENT AGRICULTURIST.—Died, a few days ago, Mr. John Gillett of Erizenorton, Oxon, who was distinguished as an agriculturist, but more esp e cial.y as a breeder of Cotewold Down Sheep. REPRESENTATION OF HEREFORD.—A vacancy follows in the representation of Hereford by the bankruptcy of the Whig M.P., Sir Robert Price, Bart., iron merchant, whose name appears in the Gazette of last night. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Thursday there was a general rise in the price of bread of one half-Lenny per 4 lb. loaf, making it 91-d. and 80. (seconds) at the cheap bakers. The full price bakers are charging 100. and 11d. FOUNDERING OF THE BRITISH BARQUE KENT.—LIMA, Sept. 11.--The Kent, British barque, from Callao to England, founded on the 3d Sept. in lat. 13 S., 100. 79 W. ; crew saved and arrived at Callao. Osman Paella, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Sinope, has been exchanged, with 44 of his seamen, for Russian prisoneex, and is now at Constantinople. Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., has consented to lay the foundation-stone of Kingsgate Chapel, Holborn, on Wednesday, the 24th inst. Au address will be delivered on the occasion by the Rev. William Brock, minister of Bloomsbury Chapel. LEAMINGTON MORALITY.—The Cheltenham, Guarlian says the Leamington magistrates resolve to discounte nance the prosecution of persons keeping houses of ill fame, of which there aro 47 in Leamington, on the ground that it will drive a ll th e gentlemen away, and the town will be ruined. wiTthhesti;alawc: consequence George(P of aris the (Paris) is sat present covered serious illness of Madame Thiers, wife of the ex-minister of King Louis Philippe. The workmen engaged on the New River Company, laying down pipes at Pentonville, yesterday morning, came in contact (to all appearance) with the foundation of an old building, about four yards distant from the place where the late mysterious discovery of a coffin and skeleton, took place, about two feet iu thickness, and as hard as iron, with a layer of mortar an inch thick, which appears to be as hard as rock at the present time. A conference, consisting of the plenipotentiaries from the Saxon duchies of Weimar and Gotha aid the two principalities of Schwarzburg, was to be held last Thurs day at Weimar, to deliberate respecting various legisla tive projects. Among the latter will be the measures decreed by the German Diet relative to the " abuses of the press." A MAN KILLED AT L A MBETH PALACR.—Yesterday morning J. H. Dorsett, stonetna,", 33, Temple street, St. George's-road, was accidentally killed under the fal lowing circumstances :—The deceased was in the ems ployment of Mr. W. Wilson, b uilder, Hi g h-street, Lam beth, who is repairing the inter ior of the p alace ; ho fel l from a high scaffold, and was picked up in a state of insensibility, and expired while being conveyed to Guy's Hospital. MINES.—The mining market has not been in a very active state this week, and great fluctuations have taken place in two or three descriptions of shares. The further, and almost unprecedented, increase in the rate of discount which has been announced by the Bank directors, however much it may check the ex port of gold, does not tend to encourage speculation, or to improve prices of purely speculative mines. In dividend stock prices are better s ustained.—Minin g Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.--A fatal acci dent occurred on Thursday on the high road leading from Woolwich to London, by which a young girl was killed and three children more or less injured. It appears the mother of the children had planed them in a small cart to take them for a short ride, when, while p roeeeoing along, a large waggon came up at a trot, and before the cart could be drawn out of the way one of the wheels of the waggon struck it, at the same time covering the ground with blood from the poor unfortunate child. The lifeless body was taken to the neighbourinz inn, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. into France, and intended to be employed in ship building. The Bank of Franco yesterday issued the follow ing notice .—" The Council general in its sitting of the 18th October, 1555, has raised to 6 per cent. per annum the rate of discount and of interest on advances." - - Some foreign newspapers have remarked on the absence from Paris of Count de Ilatzfeld, the Prus sian Minister. The Pays say that he merely went to Cologne, on the occasion of the King's visit, and that being there he took a few days' leave of absence to go to Berlin on private business. A letter from Constantinople, of the Bth, in the Pays, says :—" Austria has again begun to raise pretensions which have been vigorously opposed by the Porte ; she demands nothing less than to occupy Bosnia, under the pretext that the distur bances which incessantly agitate that province ex ercise great influence on her own subjects: It is now officially announced that Baron de Koller, who has lately been fulfilling the functions of nter nuncio, has been recalled, and that he is to be re placed by M. Prokesch Osten." BOURSE, Oct. 19, Two o'Clock.—There has been but little business doing to-day ; the market was heavy, but prices were maintained on Rentes, as it was known that the Bank continued to advance with the same proportion on Rentes, and had only curtailed the facilities of loans on deposits of Rail way Shares and Debentures. THE BOURSE, OCT. 19. CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. P. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 90f. 10e. 3 per Cents 64 64 15 New Loan 65 25 Bank Shares 32CO Roman Credit Mobilier 1175 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 50 Homo Debt R 3 80i 58 321 MR. OLIVER'S AFFAIRS.--LIVERPOOL, Oct. 19 o a n t thel ; This mornin g , e 7 Sl6ourt of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Comruisiii ported by Mr. B e ..t r rd Stevenson, 21r. Quain, barrister, sup by Mr. Lowades on swell, solicitor to the bankrupt, and scribed to the deedolflehalf of the creditors who bad sub application to the eseignment, appeared to make an bankruptcy, on the Court to annul the adjudication of formal, the affidavitgorrtheildg that the petition was in formal, nfor,nal, and the affidavit petitioning creditrir's debt Mr. Mauesty, barriAer, a vzifying the petition informal. and Mr. Murray, for the Bankmtt by Mr. J. B. Lloyd, pared to oppose the a ppli cat i on . of . Quebec, were pre with the case, the legal gentlemen but before proceeding Consulted three-quarter s of an hour, at the expiration of which for about time Mr. Quain ob tained the permission of his Honour to withdraw for an hoar, for the purpc, so me underA an ding in the matter. On Mr. Manesty, addressing the Commissioner, that he would annul the adjudication, as evidence L ren• eted would be forthcoming. His Honour immediately ceded to the application The deed of a,sigeta„t havin g now been in existenc co months becoales a bona SI instrument, and no peedings in bankruptcy ea , be founded upon it. -TE - Fri lA- 3 - .01 SURRENDER OF KINBURN. ,500 PRISONERS TAKEN. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 20TH, 1855. The Secretary of the Admiralty begs to ac quaint the Editor of The Sun that the intelli- gence contained in the accompanying document has been received in this office : Off the Mouth of the Dnieper, 17th Oct., 1855. The three forts on the Kinburn Spit, mount ing upwards of i 0 guns, and garrisoned by 1,500 men, under General Kokonovitch, have this day capitulated to the Allied Forces. The day before yesterday a flotilla of gun vessels forced the entrance into the Dnieper, and the Allied troops landed on the Spit to the south ward of the forts ; thus, by their simultaneous operation, the retreat of the garrisons and the ar rival of reinforcements were effectually cut off, so that the forts being bombarded to-day by the mortar-vessels, gun-vessels, and French floating batteries, and being closely cannonaded by the steam line-of-battle ships and frigates (having only 2ft. of water under their keels), were soon obliged to surrender. The casualties in the fleets were very few, but the energy had 45 killed and 130 wounded. A steam squadron, under the orders of Rear-Ad mirals Stewart and Pellion, lie at anchor in the Dnieper, and command the entrance to Nicolaieff and Kherson. The Forts are occupied by the Allied Troops. The prisoners will be sent to Constantinople immediately. LORD CLARENDON'S DESPATCH. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 20. Lord Clarendou has received this day the fol lowing intelligence from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, dated Oct. 19, 1855 : " The Allied fleets bombarded the three forts of Kiuburn on the lith. "The garrison of 1,500 men and '7O guns, under General Konowitch, capitulated, and are sent prisoner to Constaninople. " The loss of the allies was unimportant. "The Russians lost 120 men. " The forts were taken possession of by the Allies. The fleets are anchored at the entrance of the Dneiper." PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFFS DESPATCH ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 18. The fortress of Kinburn resisted the Allies by a very heavy fire up to the 17th. At noon on that day the fire ceased, and at 3 p.m. the enemy (the Allies) entered the place. Up to the 17th there was nothing new in the Crimea. DANTZIC, FRIDAY MORNING, The Tulture has just arrived. Admiral Dundas is at Ledsund, and returns to Nargen on the 21st inst. The weather is extremely bad, and heavy snow storms are prevalent. BERLIN, FRIDAY EMNING. A telegraphic despatch received here from St. Petersburg states that the Russian troops are leaving the shores of the Baltic, and everything shows that no fear is entertained of any further operations of the Allies in that quarter for the present season. The Civil Governors of Uleaborg and Wasa, on the Gulf of Finland, have been ennobled by the Emperor for their activity and vigilance whilst the Allied cruisers were on that coast. It is stated on good nuthority that King Leo pold of Belgium has lately been actively and per sonally exerting himself, with a view to the re establishment of peace. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa, in the Post Arnpt Gazette, says : " Hitherto no regiment of the grenadiers has been under fire. The reinforcements despatched to General Gortschakoff consisted of several battalions of militia, and a portion of the cavalry reserves, which were nearest the scene of war. When the regiments of the guard in Lithuania heard of the departure of the grenadiers, they demanded of the Emperor permission also to take part in the war. General Gera% itsch conveyed however to them a negative reply, with the observation that their desire to combat for their Czar and country would be realised without necessitating their departure for the Crimea. The number of wounded and sick Russians hut augmented in a most terrible manner since the fall of Sebastopol, and the convoys of wounded and mutilated men which leave the north foi is are endless. Troops have been despatched by General Gortschakoff via Pere kop to Nicolaieff. A field battery which had fought on the battle of the Tchernaya had arrived at the latter place." A letter from Vienna, in the Ost Deutsche Post. tNya ;—" It, Was if/ Asia that the Russians placed their best hopes ; it was there that the organs of the Russian Government gave vent to their boast ful inspirations. The Turks,' they said, will encounter a fearful fate when attacked in Asia.' Now, after much hesitation, the attack has been made, and has failed, the Russians having been defeated. It seems that a species of malediction overhangs Russia in this war. The second year has arrived without witnessing a single victory. Sinope was the last triumph of Russia ; and then from Oltenitza to Kar.-; what a series of defeats 1 what hecatombs of human life ! what destruction and what loss of prestige ! The belief in the power of Russia is shaken, and what chance does she pos sess of continuing the war 1" The Gazette de Cologne, in a letter from St. Petersburg of the 10th inst., states that General Baron de Korff has been cashiered for his conduct before Eupatoria, and ordered before a court-mar tial. Owing to the great quantities of useless or infirm men who are dismissed from the army, and who, not having attained the rank of officers, are without resources, and reduced to mendicity, the Russian government has resolved to alleviate their fate. Permission will be granted them to establish themselves on the crown lauds, and a succour of from 20 to 50 silver roubles will be granted them. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVRNINCI. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received here to-day : BERLIN, 18th.—The Danish despatch concerning the Conferouces on the question of the Sound Dues bears date the I st inst. It is accompanied by a memorandum and a statistical account drawn up by the Danish government. In these documents Den mark looks at the question more particularly in a political point of view. The o niteur contains a decree exempting from import duty for three years from the present time, building timber, eabinet-niaking wood when above a certain thickness, rough castings, bar and shee'L iron, rough copper and zinc, hemp and flax, pitch and tar, tallow, and other animal grease imported RAILWAYS-70Z CASB. fr. e. c Orleans ... ...... 1090 Western 757 50 Northern Lyons ....,... 1105 New Ditto ..... ...... 751 25 Mediterranean 1190 Grand Central 5BO ', Tons Geneva — Teste Cette 660 Austrian C0m....... 722 50 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 14th, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" Except M. de Hubner, the am bassador at Paris, all the representatives of Aus tria to the great powers, the chiefs of the em bassies of St. Petersburg, London, and Berlin, and M. de Prokesch are now at Vienna. There are good reasons for thinking that they are waiting here for the result of certain negotiations which are now going on between the courts of Vienna and Paris. There is no doubt that the alliance of the 2d December has entered into a new phase of de velopment, which will strengthen still more the bonds of friendship and of confidence which exist between Austria and France." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Correspondence of the 16th says : " Several journals persist in publishing the report that the Cabinet of Prussia, either from its own suggestion or at the request of the Russian Cabinet, has addressed propositions of mediation to the Western Powers, and is constantly endeavouring to prepare the way for negotiations for peace. Al though there can be no doubt that the Prussian Government sincerely deplores the continuation of a sanginary war, which entails so many sacrifices, yet the above assertions are devoid of any real foundation. It is certain that no overture on the part of the Russian Government to the effect spoken of has been received, and Prussia would not feel any inclination to spontaneously undertake a work of mediation, which, under existing circum stances, presents no chance of success." A letter froth Berlin of the 16th says : "A certain number of employes of the electric telegraph have just contracted engagements with the Russian General Guhardt to go to Russia. It appears that the Russian Government intends immediately to increase the number of its tele graphic lines." TURKEY. SCUTARI, Oct. B.—Miss Nightingale leaves to day for Balaklava, and all the nuns or sisters of mercy now at Kululee Hospital are also going to the " front." General Beatson, who is now at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Therapia, with his two aides-de-camp, has been relieved of his command pro tern. by Gen. Smith, who proceeded from Buy ukdere by order of General Vivian. This decides the question as to whether General Beatson is under General Vivian's orders or command. Sir Harry Jones, Royal Engineers, with his aide-de-camp_ is at the Palace Holpital, the former far from well. Although one can see that General Jones is holding out to the last, still the general opinion is that he will have eventually to go home. Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd, R.E., is next senior to Gen. Jones, but Lieut.-Colonel Chapman, C. 8., at present is commanding iu the Crimea. The depot at Scutari, which fluctuates greatly as to numbers, has been lately increased by the offi cers' stores, and a few men and horses, for Beat son's Horse Artillery, together with the Driver Company, as it is oddly called, of Sappers and Miners. Only one brigade, under General Neil, o f the Turkish contingent infantry, is left behind in camp at Buyukdere, with 1,100 Turkish cavalry under Goneral Shirley ; the latter, which ought to be 4,000 strong, are badly mounted, the horses vary ing from 13 to 14 hands high, and yet from 301. to 431. have been paid for each. All the other brigades of the Turkish contingent, numbering about 8,000, are at Kertch. General Vivian has not yet re turned from the Crimea. When will the English Government learn experience, and cease to pay in such a most extravagant manner this useless con tingent force. We have received letters from Constantinople to the Bth inst., brought by the Cheliff. There was no longer any idea of modifications in the per sonnel of the Cabinet, notwithstanding the ill-will attributed to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe against the majority of its members, and particularly against Mehemet Ali Pacha. t was said at Con stantinople that the Engl 4 sh Ambassador is not supported in his hostility by his Government, but that be has been requelt:d La imitate the prudent reserve of his colleague of Franco, who had de clared that he would not interfere in any way with the internal affairs of Turkey, so long as the inte rests of his own country and those of the alliance did not suffer. The Madrid journals of the 14th hare arrived in due course. Upwards of 160 deputies had reached the capital. The responsible editor of the Estrella had boen condemned to six years' imprisonment for seditious libel ; and had been sent off to Zamora to undergo his punishment. The Espana says that General San Miguel, in order to lose his seat in the Cortes, has refused to accept the post of Commander-General of the llalberdiers, or the rank of Grandee of Spain. A war steamer, the Santa Isabel, was about to be sent from Barcelona to Genoa, to convey the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier back to Spain. The 14th being Sun day, the Stock Exchange was not open. The Federal Council of Switzerland has just de cided that the Cantons shall bear the expense of the shooting-grounds and ammunition required for the instruction of the carabiueers prescribed by the Federal law. Every other expense is to be de frayed by the Federal Treasury. ERRATA.. -In the review of Mr. Macaulay's "Speeches," published in our impression of Thursday evening— "bits" should have been printed "lists ;" "even the blow," "es ery blow ;" "my own editor," "my own edition ;" and (twice) " Curl " instead of " Carell." TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL Winnum. - At a numer ous meeting of Norfolk magistrates at i:orwich, yester day, a resolution was unanimously agreed to congratu lating Major-General Windham on his escape from the perils incident to the assault on the Great itedan on the Bth of September last. The resolution also expressed admiration at the long enduring gallantry, courage, constancy, self-devotion and self.possession of General Windham, and thanked him for the example he hail held out to British soldiers. Tao Earl of Albemarle, who seconded the resolution, took a review of the career of General Windham in the Crimea, and read compli mentary letters addressed to him by Sir W. Codrington and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It was alto unanimously agreed that a handsome sword should be presented to the gallant officer. Captain Windham , .R N., ret urne d thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham, who is of a Norfolk family. WHITTINGTON CLUB.—The building in Arundel-street is, we are glad to hear, rapidly progressing towards completion, and until it is ready for occupation the coal inittee of the club have made arrangements for holding the usual drawing-room evening s a t th e F reem asons Hall, Great Queen street, so that the members will not be deprived during the ensuing season of the enjoyment :.'forded by these pleasant and agreeable meetings. • THE ENROLLED PENSIONER S. —Y es t er day m orning the local companies of enrolled Chelsea Pensioners of the n Tower division ass em bl e d at t h e T ower for three u days' e drill preparatory t o th ree d ays ' b r i ga de drill Park of the wh o l e o f t h e di v i s i ons o f the district, h:Bea, the Regent's P ar k, T ower , K ens i n gton, and e at the end of th e mon th. A general inspection will take place on the 31 s t i ns t an t, when tdheorf General Tulloch. e will be a muster n]nl of about 2,500, un d er the eo OPERATION OF THE NEW LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. —There i s some misunderstandititogaes_nttoottioepeorpatefr(atlionnn th of the act. The new law is toc m the lst of January, but e new vestrymen are to be appointed in November. The meetings now held hi parishes divided into wards are to secure "right men in the right planes." THE LATE ATTACK ON TAMAN. A letter from Kertch, of the 2d inst., in the Con6titutionnel, gives some further particulars of the sinices;3ful attack on Taman. : "You will not be much astonished at hearing of the complete destruction of Taman, Fanagoria, and some of the surrounding villages, but a few words of expla nation as to the position of those places, and their valuable resources, will suffice to demonstrate the ne cessity of the late expedition. Taman and Fanagoria, which are situated at only a short distance from each other, are built on the slopes of hills forming part of the uninterrupted chain which closes the horizon on the eastern side of the strait of Kertch. The distance which separates the two shores is about nine or ten miles ; from one to the other, the passage of heavy waggons on the ice is perfectly practicable in the depth of winter, and it is well known that last winter the Russian army in the Crimea received the greater part of its supplies by that road from the coast of Asia. The existence of Taman and of its vast buildings, which th;s winter might again shelter a considerable body of troops, was a perpetual danger for our possessions at Kertcb , and more particularly at Yenikale, which could not be protected by the flotilla. Taman was a free town, and independent of the empire, and was admitted to certain privileges of neutrality. Only a few days ago it was a depot of corn, of provisions of all kinds, of timber, and of clothing. There were also there a large num ber of wooden huts for barracks, and the refusal of the town to deliver 'them up to us, to meet the pressing wants of our troops, led to the expedition, and the re sult is, that we have now, in eur possession a large quantity of corn and timber, all the wooden huts which we require, as well as storehouses full and camp equi page and clothing. These last-named articles you may imagine are not the least valuable to us, and we shall this winter see our soldiers wrapping themselbes up in the large Russian great coats, or, as one of them expressed himself—' We shall have comfortable dressing-gewna.' Our vessels are now engaged in taking on board all that the enemy has left us, and it is probable that they will have to make several trips with their cargoes. The troops are well established on shore ; they have taken up a position where, in the event of an attack, which is not very probable, they can be well protected by the guns of the vessels. In two or three days w e shall have completed our work, and nothing will remain of Taman but the name and the place. The laws of war ere hard, and the consequences of them are terrible ; but they are necessary, particularly as we are situated. A great part of the town has been set fire to by our shells, and a fresh breeze from the northward tended to spread the flames. Every night we witness grand illuminations, the glare of which is reflected across the strait. In the anticipation that there might have been a considerable number of troops concentrated at Taman, an order had been given to five large English gun-boats to quit the Spit of Ara hat on a given day, and effect a diversion in the Gulf of Teroruk, situated at the eastern entrance of the Sea of Azoff. This diversion vas effected, and produced the best results. It bad the effect of bringing to that point numerous detachments of in fantry, who, on hearing the cannon at Taman, hastened to the assistance of that place. Temruk has, however, shared the same fate as Taman, for the English have annihilated it." Taman is an island of Russia in Europe, situ ated between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, at the entrance to the Strait of Yenikale. Its length is 40 kilometres (25 miles), and its breadth about the same. The inhabitants are almost all Cossacks. It possesses springs of Petrole, which is a kind of dark brown or black naptha, that throw out a considerable amount of odour and smoke when set fire to. On the island may be seen the fort of Fanagoria, and the ruins of Tmoutarakan, which place was built on the site of the principal town cf Taman. The princes who resided in this latter town, from the 10th to the 12th century, often played a very important part in the revolts which took place against Russia. In addition to the fort of Fanagoria, there is also a town of that name, situated on the island, and mentioned by Admirpt Bruat. A great number of villages axe to be seen all round the coast. THE SING OF PRUSSIA AND HIS ARMY. BERLIN, Oct. 17.—0 n occasion of presenting to the King the sword that the officers of the army have subscribed for, the Prince of Prussia used the following words : " The representatives of your Majesty's army appear before you in an unusual manner and to perform an unusual act. Unbounded respect for your Majesty as our King and Captain, and the recollection of the gracious indulgence which we have so fre• quently experienced at your Majesty's bands have alone emboldened us thus to appear before you. To. day the army celebrates the anniversary on which your Majesty, now half a century back, entered its ranks and became its companion in arms—an era full of the most impressive recollections. Not a year had passed before your Majesty was called to witness the cruel destinies that befell the army and the country (1806). But your Majesty was then also a witness how our Royal Father, eliminating all that was old and obsolete, with firm and sure hand called into life a new military organisation founded on patriotism and honour. And when the King, to whom your Majesty in the darkest moment of our lives gave the name of Hero• King (Heiden-Konig), sum moned his people to arms, your Majesty was not only a witness, but a heroical participator in the achieve ments which stand imperishably chronicled in the annals of the Prussian army. When peace was restored, an element that had been created in the moment of need (Land weir) was permanently associated with the stand ing army. In this army your Majesty rose step by step till Providence called you to be our King and General issimo. With unremitting activity and affection your Majesty has ever since cherished this jewel of Prussia and furthered its development. And when a period came, which we all would fain see blotted out from Prussia's history (1848), the army stood by your Majesty in unshakeable fidelity ; and, when many of us were called upon to lead parts of it against the enemy, the youthful warriors showed themselves worthy of their forefathers, and the enthusiasm with which the people obeyed your Majesty's summons to arms is a pledge that its ancient devotion to the lineal King is still undi minished and that it is capable of great deeds. These are the most eloquent proofs of the gratitude of a nation of soldiers for the unflaggingly affectionate solicitude of its chief. No more appropriate day than the present could have been chosen by the army for lay ing its thanks at the foot of the throne, and at the same time congratulating itself that Providence has for half a century chosen its first companion in arms to be its brilliant ensemble of martial virtues. In token of this unbounded gratitude the army ventures to lay at your Majesty's feet the weapon which in the Royal band of its chief will ever lead it to glory and new honour. With this aspiration, with which we are all every moment ready to offer up our blood and our lives for your Majesty, I lay this weapon, in the name of the army, at your Majesty's feet. Long live the King I" After this, and while the cry of "Long live the King" was still sounding, the King took the sword, had a porte-ekee attached to it, put it on, and answered with much emotion— PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—An important meeting on the subject of Parliamentary Reform is to be held in the Town-hall, Northampton, on Monday next, the 22d inst. It is expected to be one of the most important and influential meetings ever held in that part of the country. COLLISION IND Loss OF LIFE.—DARTMOUTH, OCT. 16 —The Maria, Vick, from Newcastle to Valentia, has been brought into harbour with bows store, foremast sprung, rigging cut away, and other damage, having last night been in collision, about 25 miles S.E. of this harbour, with the Chica (Bremen barque) bound to China ; one man drowned. ANOTHER PRUSSIAN PRINCESS.—The Emperor of the French on Thursday received a letter from the King of Prussia, notifying the birth of a princess, daughter of Prince Frederic Charles of Nicholas of Prussia, his nephew, and the Princess Maria Anne, daughter of the Duke of Anhalt-Deassu. The Minister of Grace and Justice at Turin has issued a circular, directing that the oath to be administered to the members of the Jewish persuasion in courts of law is to be as follows :—" I swear, calling God to witness for the truth of what I say." This oath is to be taken on the Jewish bible, and the person sworn is to keep his head covered while pronouncing the above words. GAME.—Game has not been very plentiful of late, though the market is still pretty well supplied with par tridges, which are selling at from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d. per brace. Black game are scarce, and sell at from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per pair. Pheasants are beginning to make their appearance in the market, but they are still very rare— jus t n ow they sell at from 4s . 6 d. to .55.--Ayr Adger. tiser. THE BRADFORD PATRIOTIC FUND.—The Bradford sub scription to this fund is now closed. The gross amount raised is 4,6281. 7s. id., from which the moderate sum of 391. 18s. 6d. has to be deducted for expenses; the balance, 4,5881.85. 7d., has been remitted to the Bank of England. The result is very satisfactory.—Bradfo r d Observer. SPECIFIC CLASS OF TRADE BILLS.—The annexed communication relates to the operations of the measures of the Bank on a specific class of trade bills :—" City, October 19.—Sir,—I beg to call your attention to the very serious inconvenience to which the numerous whole , sale houses whose engagements fall due on the 4th of ea..;11 month will be subject to by the resolution of the Bank of England not to discount hills having more than 60 days to run, except at the high rate of 7 per cent. If a house holds bills due on the 4th of January, and wishes to discount them, to provide for payments on the 4th of November, it will be shut out from the Bank of England except at 7 per cent. As those bills would ea the 3d of November have 62 days to run, and as most tra le bills are drawn at three or four months' date, the wholesale traders will be, for all practical purposes, shut out from the Bank of England. If the limit had been 6 5 days, instead Of 60, it would have afforded cousiderab, lo sir, your obedient servant, —A THADBU. " I am so deeply moved by this proof of my army's love and affection that you must not expect a speech from me. One thing. however, I must say, and that is, how infinitely I regret that I was not called, as my departed father was, to be your leader also in war. That which I feel bound to thank the army for the devotion that I have always found in it, and almost more ; still I must thank it for having chosen my nearest relation to be its spokesman—him whose happy fate it has been to lead my banners to victory !" acc fer Set rai In chz dui 25, to this 31E to• ob: asj Mi