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e, yet r fella below aly as &RTEK. to 38s to 60s to 50a to —a to —a men, k, but )reign, is done itinues e cakes to , 5 to 78 38 to 72 i 3 to Of 30 to 05 'sr TOM. .MOII Od I/ 00s Od . to Si Om 0 001 Os 162 s Cod s to SO )s to Os o 12115 m 11458 Od none 30 10 25 773 i • TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTHWARK. , T HE lamented death of rola late Represennetan e, Sir WMiam Moleswerth s has again caused a vacaY i W the representation outhwark. At t preparation hanhe late electio I abstained from going to thef So pelf, the time forving been so abort. I have again been solicited to allow inyself to become candidate. which I cheerfully accede to, and announce my intention of thistime going to the poll, feeling satiOled that the electors of t he large and i m portant borough of Southwark, te whom honour myof sentiments are so well known. will this time do at e the CJectin as their representative. „ I object to ; personal canvass, Oinking that every e'...n t°r s h°nld exercise his right of voting unsvray ed and unbiassed, an: we only expenses I will be put to will be those necessary to the p :4l. I shall, however, have pleasure in attending electorsdistr:et meetil:: " where my presence may be required ; and, if the approve of my sentiments, they will send me to Parliament ; If not, they will choose 's better man. This is the way, in my' opiaion, elections should be conducted, especially in the metropolis. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble RL servant, CHAES NAPIER. • MarchLstoun, Hants, Ott. 22, 1853. RIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, for allowing pensions not exceeding 401. per annum to the Widows and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of the Established Chnniii, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and Ireland. The next Election of Pensioners will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street„ on TUESDAY, November the 27th ; ROBERT BAXTER, ,in the Chair; wken four ladles will be placed on the funds. The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A. Hon. The Rev. J 0111.7 EDMUND COX, M.A., F.' .A. j Secs. • HENRY BRAMALL, Secretary. c The Report, List of Subscbers, &., may be had t the Offices of the COrporation, 4, St. Martin' ri s-place, Trafalgar-squarae. R THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGI() and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of ! . .he North, in 12 es, acts, with vel ever-cand hanging extraordinary variety of incidents ,, continuo us surpris no effects. Magic and.. Mystery is an entirely new entertainme n t , pos sessing dittinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement; It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of thein on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positionirmid unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce ISlagic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ;h first, visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in ono peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment ment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employ t•f the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor timity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where- ever it has been used for ne farious p ur p oses, or whenever by I resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, I the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subj ect of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible ifor Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the essmniunica.tions which reach him on the subject. He regrets :that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen 'Oho, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so .easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions the on spirit-rapping are expressed , and eve r y evening, within Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's; only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the trames of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figura in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is ' sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the volution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate sial objects about the room, proved to.be too much of a ques • tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now ha Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who - is well-known throughout the Anglo-Sszon world as a splendid humbug, offered hini 2,000 dollars per annum if he would, perform at his museum in blew York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums conic' be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under - 2o), an or phan, and in very bad health : but ho would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping -- does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and ' writes a book on the subject, be considers it t be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is au answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Broug ham had their seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day ale permitting themselves • to be deluded •by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martha's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the peop le of En g land as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of tho last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,--a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ling, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 27, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—Act L The Mesmeric Couch ; nr, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard Will do • by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ises., and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most romplpx forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeu eils Choisies : or, Puck's Own p oc ket Book, with Puck himself w ithin it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears ' for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou. ble.' in which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation —black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which wo u ld seem th e most inappropriate. Act 5. LEcrin de Verse ; ee, the Casket of Creesus. Int o which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, b a ked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. .A. New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement p upon the" inexh aus tible bottle," i na smuch as the Wizard sbottle will not only b e in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, a t the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-rank, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin,. rum,. _whisky, uoyeau, or any other wine or spirit required , and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with th e S p irits ; o r, a n Expose of itpirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping t a ble and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic A mal g am, in which the property of m ammon t h e Wizard's patrons will underg o some stran ge phoseg, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory —the banners of Eng land, France,Turkey, and Sardini Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. it The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommecl's ooffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. 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These two points, previous to the present war, were scarcely fortified, and the most repent. accounts only mention the existence of one•battery at Otchakoff ; but mice the bombardment of Odessa the Russians compre• hended the necessity of defending that passage, and the siege of•Sebastopol has taught us the promptitude with which the enemy can raise fortifications, and make up in that respect for lost time. The forts of Kinbburn fell into the 'lands of the allies .on the 17th. If Otchakoff, as it appears probable, be attacked in its turn; the de fence it can offer will not be of any length. The cap ture of these two fortresses will open the passage of the mouth of the Dnieper to the Anglo-French squadrons, and in consequence the road to Nicolaieff and Kherson. The occupation of Otohakoff would, moreover, permit the despatch t,f a land expedition against the first named town. Nicolaieff forms the point of a triangle, having the mouth of the Dnieper for basis, and of which the citadel of Otchakoff and the town of Kherson'occupy the other extremities. The toads which conduct to them do not appear to offer any serious obstacles." • Our contemporary thus describes Kherson . "Kherson, the capital of the government of the same name, was for many years the central point of the naval and commercial resources of Russia in the Black Sea. There were to be found at the same time arsenals and dockyards. Sebastopol and Nicolaieff successively de prived it of its importance as a military establishment. Later it was abandoned by commerce i.a favour of Odessa, and its population, which once counitised from 15,000 to 18,000 soulg, fell to 6,000 or 8,000 Kherson has no other importance than that of being situated on the high road which leads from the centre of the empire to Peri kop." The Pays expresses itself on the same subject in the following terms : " The telegraph leads us to believe that the allied fleets are at this moment at anchor in the depths of the mouth of the Dnieper. The distance from that point to Kher son is but 15 leagues. Is it the intention of the allied admirals to press on towards that town I We are un able to reply, but the mouths of the Dnieper offer two or three principal branches, of which the medium depth is from 22 to 25 English feet. At Kherson the river is one mile broad and 50 feet in depth, and it would be no small triumph to destroy the creation of Potemkin, which would disperse its 12,000 inhabitants, and would transform into ruins its dockyards , arsenals, barracks, and magazines. It must not be overlooked that the capture of Otchakoff by the allies would open the road by land to Nicolaieff, and the former town is, in the opinion of the Moniteur, unable to offer any serious resistance. The first success at Kinbourn facilitates every other enterprise in that direction, and will keep in check all the Russian forces scattered over the country from Odessa to Perekop." A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Hamburg News, says :—. "The last news from Nicolaieff, to the 6th, announces that the Emperor will not proceed to Odessa as he in tended, but will remain at Nicolaieff until the move ments and uitimate objects of the allied fleets in ths Black Sea ate positively known. On the 3d the Etnpe rer inspected two battalions of the militia of Orel ; and on the sth his Majesty went out to meet the crews of the fleet, Nos. 37, 38, and 39, who were arriving from Sebastopol (Nos. '34, 35, and 36 having previously come in). Batteries and bastions have been built at Nicolaieff, under the directions of the Czar and the Grand Duke Constantine. These batteries are specially prepared for throwing incendiary shells of a new description, and which are said to carry three English miles. It is said that if only one of these shells falls on a vessel it must set her on fire." Naval and ,Ailary Int .I tirsib 1 - 1 s led A letter from Dalai>lava, dated Oct. 8, gives lowing intelligence :—" The Diamond, 28, Capt. Ha, on, sails to-day to juin the fleot. Surgeon-D,xriman dio at Therapia Hospital a few pars alter being invalided. Surgeon Pearce has been in. alided. Second Lieutenant Lennox, of the Royal Marines, j, - iirts the Leander." Vice-Admir.il Sir Thos. C,ciirane, K C. 8., Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, struck his flag last evening at sunset, and left on leave of absence for a week ; the Admiral-Superintendent of the Dockyard being also at. sent, Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, C.D., of her Majesty s ship Excellent, hoisted a blue pendant as Commodore of the second Class pro tern., being the senior officer in the port, and temporary Commander-in-Chief; Capt. Eliott, C 8., of her Majesty's ship St: Vincent, is temporarily Superintendent of the Dockyard. The Hawke, 60, screw block-ship, Capt. Ommansey, was taken into the old basin at Portsmouth yesterday morning to nat., The Transit steam troopship, Com mander C. R. Johnson, was also taken into the steam basin to repair defects. The Blazer and Prompt, mor tar-vessels, have beeu docked also at Portsmouth for re &Ciao- The steam-transport Earl of Aberdeen, No. 20, arrived at Spithead yeste r d ay morn i ng, f rom th e E as t, with the following passengers and invalids :—Lieut. Robinson, ; Capt. Webb, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Major Hunt, of the 74th ; Col. Phillpot and servant ; Miss Charlotte Salusbury, Lieut. Lyons, Capt. C'astin, Mr. Strange, Capt. Carew, Mr. Pope, first mate, and Mr. Master, second mate of the steam-transport Culloden, wrecked at Ba!aklava in the storm of Nov. 14, who have remained orisoners in the hands of the Russians since then ; Robt. King, John Thomas, Jas. Allen, Hugh Duncan, David West, John Robinson, W. Alexander, Sergt. Lindrop, Joseph Benoy, J. Bryan, Thos. Cross, Duffy, J . . Gar lock, T. Haynes, ---Ryaulds, Pat. Welsh, W.Whittaker, Jahn Freeman, Thos. Mudyinan, Thos: Eaton, Walter Roberts, J. Robinson, A. Randall, T. Thompson, Robt. R&itb, Wm. Marshall, Thomas Cunningham, James Hall, Robert Biker, S. Crabb, T. Whitcombe, A. Wilkie, J. P skins, G. Browne, G. Clarke, S. Butcher, Jas. Watts, Wm. Moore, Wm. Hopkins, Wro. Holden, Daniel Hall, Thomas Hall, Charles Marshall, Peter Parker, Richard Ewsgard, W. Piggott, John Pratt, John Lester, James Priilove, G. Rggry, W. Chaplin, Mrs. Hannah, Mrs. L•ndap, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Stephen. Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Tagg, and nine children, and seven horses. The Earl of Aberdeen brought Major-Genera' Sir Harry D. Jones, R.E., frOin the camp at Sebastopol, with the in tention of bringing him to England, but he was so ill on arrival at Scutari that he wis compelled to disembark, and was left there. The Earl of Aberdeen went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon. There hare been no arrivals or departures from Wool wich since Monday, with the exception of sundry small craft in the employ of the Ordnance Department, for the conveyance of military stores and prcjectiles of war from the Lowrnoor and other foundries. Of these from 10 to 14 arrive daily. Lofty pyramids of shot and shell have again a:cumulated in the Arsenal-yard, and among the number are four of the monster 42-inch shells, three of the same kind having been landed there about three weeks ,ince, as an experimental sample. Further trials are in tended to be made with these formidable-looking mis siles previously to the issue of a greater number for ser vice, it is supposed, in the Crimea. Brigadier-General Wooldridge left Dover on Saturday last, by the packet Queen, direct to the seat of war in the Crim e a. P re viously to the gallant officer leaving the camp at Shorncliffe the whole of the British German Legion was paraded, when the Brigadier received from them a simultaneous and enthusiastic party cheer. Lieut.-Col. Murray has resigned toe command of the Ist Regiment, German Legion, and Lieut.-Col. Hairky has succeeded him. Brigade-Major Mills will embark with the regiment in the Simoom. Captain Oldershaw, Royal Artillery, director of the submarine telegraph at Yarns, has now the superinten de ice at that station of both the Crimea and Constan tinople lines. Toe Rev. G. Morley has been appointed officiating clergyman to the Roman Catholics of Chatham garrison, in place of the Rev. Henry Lea, M A. Staff-Assistant Surgeon Carte is relieved from duty at Chatham, in order to enable him to prepare for embar kation for the East. In consequence of the crowded state of the military prison, Fort Clarence, sundry pri soners have been sent back to their corps without ad- mission. Detachments of sick and wounded soldiers from regi ments in the Crimea, to the number of 59, with one wo man, arrived at Chatham at 5 p.m. on Monday from Portsmouth ; they came home in the ship Transit, in charge of two officers—viz., Lieutenant C. G. Breton, 4th Foot, and Lieutenant J. J. Bacon, 95th ; they left Ba'altlava_ on the 23d of September. After medical in sp,:etion by Staff Assistant•Surgecn Macartney, 38 were selected for surgical treatment in the hospital Fort Pitt, and the remainder were sent to the Invalid Depot. Several of the me❑ were still suffering from their wounds, which were partially healed. The following appointments, made at the Admiralty yesterday, appeared in our late editiuu last night ; Lieutenant George G. Wallace to the Sampson. Lieutenant Theophilus M. Keleall to the Arachne. Lieutenant William Jardine to the Heela. Lieutenant James H. Ringrose to the Polyphemus. Master James Saunders to the Fisgard. Assistant-Clerk Francis J. Puhuan to the Sampson. Assistant-Clerk Martin J. Hay to the Polyphemus. Assistaut•Gla-k. Thomas Silk to the Arachne. Assistant-Clerk William A. Martin to the Hecla. WAR •MEETINGS.—We (Scottish, Daily Noes) under• stand public meetings are about to be held in all the large cities of Soctland, to take the question of peace or war into serious consideration. The bands of the French army (says the Journal de Maine-et-Loire) have just received an organisation which singularly improves the position of the regimental musi cians. A. young man who enlists as a musical pupil may now reach the rank of musical officer, by rising through all the intermediate grades. NEARLY BURIED ALIVE.—The danger of too rapid in terment was exemplified in a very extraordinary manner in this town during the last week. A young man, who had been suffering from malignant fever, to all appear ance died on Tuesday morning. To avoid the danger of infection which might arise from a corpse remaining in the house all night, a coffin was immediately commenced, the certificate of death sent for, and urgent application was made to the incumbent of a church in one of the suburbs to allow the corpse to be interred the same even ing. This, however, he declined, considering the pro ceeding too hasty, but consented to the interment tak ing place the following morning. The result proved the propriety of the delay ; the grave was dug, and the coffin ready, bat the dead man in the course of the night gave signs of returning animation, and at the hoar fixed for his burial was in the comfortable enjoyment of a cup of coffee, which he had asked for, with every prospect of recovery.— Wakefield Journal. Two CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.—Yesterday morning Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, received information from Mr. Vaughan, the summoning officer of St. - Matthew, Bethnal-green, respecting the death of two children who had perished from suffocation. The first case related to a child named James Stanton, aged three months, whose parents reside at Church-street, Bethnal-green-road. The deceased was placed in bed by its mother on Sunday night, and when she awoke on the following morning the child was found to be quite dead. Mr. Eagle, the surgeon, of Church-street, was called, who said the child had died from asphixia through pressure, most probably by being overlaid. The body awaits an inquest. A second infant, aged two months, named George Whit ing, of Austin-street, Hope-town, Bethnal-green, was found yesterday morning lying in bed between the pa rents. He was lifeless, and when seen by Dr. Burchell, of Kingeland-road, had been dead about two hours from the effects of suffocation, under similar circumstances to the first-named case. Deaths from the causes referred to are unfortunately sadly on the increase latterly, and the notice of the ooroner is very frequently called to them in the over-populated districts at the east end of London. HARVEST IN CANADA.—Extract from a letter re ceived by Vero Foster from Stephen J. Fuller, Captain Norfolk County, Canada West, R.N., dated Sinscoe, add, with referenoe to emi- Sept. 20, 1855 :—" I may gra is themselves, that there is no portion of this conti nent at the present time where emigrants can do so well as in this county and its vicinity. Wages are unusually high—three dollars a-day 6d. sterling) and board have been paid this harvest for able-bodied men, and men are n ow gettingli dollars (ss. 3d.) for digging po tatoes. The lrvest has been most abundant, hay aloes hav i n g suffered from rain ; but the root crops were never finer. Potatoes are most abundant and excellent, oats the heaviest crop ever produced in Canada, turnips, carrots, and mangold wurtzel never equalled. I ha ve mangold wurtzel now weighing 161b5., and a - mouth's growth yet before them ; add to this that the seed time, now nearly over, has been the most favourable I remem ber in Canada, rain, mild and warm, having just fallen in sufficient quantity after sowing, and the breadth of wheat already sown exceeds anything previously L - snown here. The price 1A dollars (6s. 3d.) a bushel, is unus ually high with such an abundant crop, and must go down when seeding is completed, and threshing iviner rally commenced, to 1 dollar, which is always a good and remunerating mice and one at which farmers col get rich without risk. Lands are rising rapidly, 101 " must continue to do so, from the facility now everywhere aff,,rded for internal communication and transport d produce to , the sea-board. I am astonished that re have not more immigration of men with moderate caws tal, particularly agriculturists. No country offers at finer field.," The Erapress, some time ago, pu rchased the Hoter Lauristou and its dependencies, in the Champs Elysees, for her raother, the Countess de Montijo, and her sister, the Duchess de Alba. On. the ground belonging to the hotel are some buildings, in which M. Magnier, a brewer, and M. Genest, proprietor of a diorama ?flare senting the bombardment of Odessa, carry on busitresa. In the lease made to these persons, it was stipulated. that they eb ould be obliged to leave on receiving six rue nthe notice., and as their premises destroy the beauty o t the hotel, a notice to quit on the let October was , inly given to them. But they did not leave, and have s 'mess s he wn no disposition to do so. Accordingly, au a l pli cati nn was on Saturday made to the President of the Civil Tribunal sitting in chambers, in the min( s ' 3l " E..M. Eugenie Marie de Guzman, Countess de T 'eh*" and' Empress of the French," to.authorise the expu .111 011 , of Magnier and G enes t, and to Order the demoliti oil 01 thrs buildings occep;ed by them. Those parsons di d neft, appear, sal the president decided that in the ev tut 01 their not leaving within 24 hours the Empress s hould be, authorised to turn them out by force t o remo' re their Cffects, and demolish the buildings which they motor, All at their expense.— Galignani. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24 1855. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND ANK of DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-mall East, London. Established A.D. 1814: _ll_3 The WARRANTS for the HALF-YEAItL Y INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, to the !Mil June, are ready for delivery, and Payable Daily between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. July 10, 1855. Prospectuses and forms for opening accounts sent free on applica tion. SULTAN MULLIGA.TA WN EY, MADRAS ►l 4 and MALAY CURRIES, AWAUBS, COAPTU, and ocher Indian Dishes, are prepared daily at the ORIENT AL HOTEL, Vere street, Bond•street, by the punil and successor of the late HadJee Alkte, in a style ecrial to his predecessor. The Oriental Divan, the smoking-room of the Hotel, is unequalled for splendour of decora tion, loftiness, ventilation, and comfort. Dinners ala care. Private Dining-rooms for large or small parties. All continental and orien tal languages spoken. B RITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New road. London. NOTIPE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the LIST for 1555 of HYGEIAN AGE • TS duly appointed for the Sale of Mr. Morton's (the Hygelst) Vegetable rniversid Medicine throughout the world is now printed, and may be had gratis on application as above. • Ai ORISON and Co., Hygels:s. y OZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED I CAPSULES, approved of by the erench College of Physicians, •liccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and teknowledired by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on spoil caticm..—Frice per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the investor, (,4 A.BRIEL JOZILAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. Spirit of the Public Journals. .- -_ -~~a...-..._- ter, transforrh herself. - When the whole sense and aim of the national existence is disaprointed other forces will come into play, au& for the result we can aflord to wait. At all events, our course is clear ; we must persevere until the aggressive power of the enemy is destrOyed— There is no reason. that we should look forward to remote po sterity, and hesitate to act because nothing that we can. do will last for ever. It is said that the result of this war cannot be foreseen ; it-is true, yet we will proceed, conscious that where our cause is just the result of success *ill! be prosperity and peace. It is urged that we only-see a step before us ; we answer that we will take that step, for then we shall see a step still further. Many things that are dark will make themselves plain as we go on. Many obstacles that look - vast at a distance will be easily surmounted. If we cannot regulate Europe for posterity we will for our own time, and give posterity a vantage ground' which will ena bl e it to defend itself. - Beore courage and an active will the - dreams of destiny and an inevitable future vanish. Political fatalism has nearly given Europe to the most barbarous and crafty of its foes ; a brief period of. courage, endurance, and sacrifice has already; broken the spell and falsified the prophe cies of a thousand years.. Th ere i s encouragement to proceed when the history of the past and the experience of the present point- oat the same course. (From the rinsoieicel t io d y ; ) The King of Naples is indulging in the exalta tions. of triumph. He has fairly conquered ; he has baffled Europe, and won his way to victory through the Temple of Peace. We acknowledge our defeat. The battle-ships in which we trusted have proved of no avail. The Neapolitan monarch laughs them and us to scorn. The case.,between us stood thus :—Some little time back the Police Minister at Naples grossly insulted a diplomatic agent of Great Britain. England demanded satis faction, and threatened hostilities if satisf a ction were denied. The King of Naples immediately lowered his tone, and promised compliance with the requisition. Assurances of the most explicit kind were given by his Ministers that this man, Mazza, should be instantly dismissed. liisnm teneatis—we took the King's word as guarantee for a fact. We believed him, and so may he said to have deserved the result. For a moment, and Scarcely for a moment, this favoured agent and friend of the Neapolitan King was nominally dis missed from office. Even durin g the period of transition he continued to discharge the duties which he had ostensibly resigned. As soon as the storm from the West had blown itself out, and the awful vision of a hostile fleet at anchor in his beautiful bay had passed away from the mind of this politic Bourbon, he revived, he drew breath, he was a King again, every inch a King. To policy enough had been conceded, and now let stern resolution have .its turn. Let Gaeta be for- ( From the Times of this day.) A prophecy has for a thousand years hung over the East,—for a thousand years Constantinople has believed that it saw in dim prophetic vision its ultimate lords. That city of decaying empires has always dreamt of the barbarians who were to come —a race fiercer, more crafty, and more enduring than that which overthrew old Rome. The great Leo withstood the full tide of Saracen invasion, though, while Charles Martel has been handed down by fame for defeating a predatory band of Arabs, the deeds of the great Byzantine Emperor, the real saviour of Europe, are almost forgotten. Constantinople rolled back the tide of Saracen con quest, and from that hour the empire of the Caliphs began to decline. The Imperial city was doomed to fall seven centuries later beneath the sway of the race which had succeeded to the Arab inheritance of empire. But neither when the Isaurian Emperor was threatened by the fleets of the Caliph, nor when the the last Palceologus perished by the Otto man sword, was there any belief that the Moslem was the true destined lord of Constantinople. Superstition and history both pointed to the North. New Rome would fall under a race which should come like the Goth and Lombard from the great nursery of nations. When, in the ninth century, the name of Russia was first heard by the pilots of the Euxine, the old vague belief was strengthened, and tke faith in predestined empire added to the terrors inspired by the fiercest and most power ful of the northern hordes. In the course of two centuries Constantinople was four times at tacked by the Russian fleets. Their port for pre paration or retreat was the estuary of the Borys thenes, the spot where the flags of France and England now wave over the batteries of Kinbourn. Their galleys often assembled at a little narrow harbour of the Tauric Chersonese, for ages the refuge of pirates, now famous through the world under the name of Balaklava. Ages passed on ; Constantinople fell before the Crusader, a yearly decreasing circle marked the limits of its imperial sway ; when the Sultans were at Broussa and Adrianople, the city of the Bosphorus knew its impending fate ; yet, though the Russian was still in the heart of his deserts, and the Ottoman was almost on the imperial throne, the legends of the Greek still pointed to the yellow-haired race who were to bear rule in the latter days. The old wars were now over, the Muscovite worshipped ac cording to the ritual of Eastern orthodoxy, and confessed the primacy of the Byzantine Patriarch ; he was no longer a terror, but a hope ; he was to rise up as an avenger, and to deliver the sacred dome of St. Sophia from the pollution of Moslem rites. No sooner was Mahomet sovereign of the city than the duration of the Ottoman sway was predicted. It was to last 400 years. No prophecy is more explicit, has been more widely extended, or has raised greater expectation. From the White , ISea to the Pirsian Gulf it has been the belief of millions. Its origin we know not ; but, unlike most predictions, it has been equally received' by those who feared and thosa who hoped its fulfil ment. Greek, Russian, and Turk have alike ac cepted it. It has stimulated the ambition of the Czars, it has encouraged the obstinacy of the Rayahs, it has unnerved and depressed the Turks, made them more reckless of the future, and more selfish in the concerns of to-day. The Christian has never ceased to speak of Roumelia as his coun try, and St. Sophia as his church ; the Mussulman has acquiesced, and often seeks to bury his dead on the Asiatic shore, that they may rest in peace in their own land. Natural causes seemed so likely to have inspired and to be tending to. fulfil the pro phecy, that even Gibbon—no ready believer—gives an ear to its revelations. " Perhaps," he says, " tbe present generation may yet behold the ac complishment of the prediction—of a rare predic tion, of which the style is unambiguous and the date unquestionable." The prophecy, however, is not yet fulfilled. Its accomplishment seems more distant to us than it did to a historian of the reign of Catherine. We are now engaged in a struggle against the last of the barbarians, and as yet its course promises well for civilisation. The Russians are not now de. scending the Dnieper to carry terror into the Golden Horn. On the contrary, the ships of the West have burst the gate which defends the last strong hold of the Czar's naval power, and are preparing to strike a blow which will crush it for at least a 'century. Kinbourn and Oczakoff have both bowed their necks to the allies. Nearly a thousand years ago the Russians were terrible at sea while on land they were scarcely a match for tribes that have long perished. Now their courage and skill in the field are unquestionable, but their navy seems au expensive and sickly exotic. All has changed but the obstinate and aggressive spirit which the Greek fire of the Byzantine galleys could hardly tame, and which now, through unceasing disaster and the reprobation of the world, still resists the arms and the arguments of the West. A conviction of the strength, the endurance, and the ambition of the Russians gave rise to a series of prophecies, which have nearly caused their own fulfilment by the despondency they have generated. We cannot wonder that the unlettered conquerors of Constan tinople and their angry and brooding vassals should believe when the calm and reflective historian of an age that talked largely of reason was almost con vinced. We have no faith in historical parallels, nor do we wish to make a display of learning. There is a moral to be drawn from these old prophecies about the Russians, from the despair and cowardice which have nearly fulfilled them, and, lastly, from the courage which, once put forth, has, in less than a twelvemonth, shown their vanity. The Eastern world believed that the Ottoman was to fall before the Muscovite in the year 1853. An English poli tician would smile at the superstition, but what would be his own language ? " After all," he would say, " it is evident that the Russians must have Constantinople some day. Russia is a coun try which it is impossible to attack with success ; Turkey is worn out and. can no longer resist ; the Czar wants an outlet for his navy, which is divided and shut up in two inland seas ; he is bent on pos sessing the Bosphorus, and I do not see how it is to be prevented. It is a gloomy prospect, but it is the natural course of things, and we must be con tent." Were not those who uttered, or at least felt these arguments, a majority three years since ? Even now it is asked why we should attack an enemy whom we cannot crush ? Englishmen have been under a spell as well as the tribes of the East. Philosophical historians have equalled in supersti tion the priests of Moscow or the peasants of Rou melia. The evil has increased in our own day. The theory of race has been carried so far as to become a kind of ethnological Galvanism. Certain portions of the human race were reprobated and s b c e r . e st w v a e te ss a e m la c fo lr r wsar Abouttran_ doomed to vassalage or extinction. The manifest destiny of others was to rule and regenerate. The Russians were elected and called to the empire of WAR T have rt b A e N e S n Po fo ß u T n a d . the old world. To speak of resisting them was a folly, showing only a narrow education and a limited ports a dozen of them are now in the transport service, and intelligence. Yet they have been resisted, the tide they carry a larger number of horses and soldiers, and a has turned, noman now speaks of their invincibility, greater quantity of warlike stores, i -11 proportion to their few even remember the doctrine of their inevitable tonnage than any other kind of steamers. future. Let us, th e refore, take new courage, and THE SWISS LEGION.—The non-commissioned officers believe that men and nations make their own des- and privates gave a dramatic performance on Saturday tinier. We were not born into the world only to night last, at the Dover Theatre, in aid of the widows witness a catastrophe. If barbarism and slavery are and orphans of the British army whose husbands and to overspread Europe it will be our own fault, and — to li b b e e parents have fallen in tl,e Crimea. Th e en t er t a i nmen t not a misfortune decreed by fate. Russia is still was under the special patronage o f C o l one l s D ic k son , Raines, and Sultzerberger. vast, powerful, and threatening ; but this is not the Wl3ll C R LEDON AND B.OYD " An.way.—This line of first time that civilisation has been menaced and railway was opened for traffic on Menday. Six trains that a single heroic deed has saved it. It is the run each way daily from the Waterloo Railway property of such aggressive empires, when with'. over the above line to Mitcham and Croydon. Also, in stood and turned back in their course, to wither concection with the above railway, 13 trains depart and or fall to pieces. It may be said that we cannot arrive daily at the London-bridge statie is ofthe iht Rr g ou crush Russia, but she may destroy, or what is bet- Failway. [ified, and Capua add a sterner glory to its tra ditional fame. Let lumbering field-pieces be dragged along the Chiaja and up the Toledo. Let the word be passed among the Lazzaroui to keep their stilettoes well ground and their powder dry, for the State is in. danger. Such appears to have been the tenour of the orders given forth, and, when the necessary measures were taken, Mazza— his country's pride—donned his uniform once more and repaired to the Palace. The King would see him as in the good old times—not as during the intercalary 24 hours when his Sovereign's soul was heavy and the Western barbarians imperative. " What will be said," writes our Neapolitan corre spondent, under the date of the 13th of this month, —" when it is known that Mazza is still the ruling spirit of the police ; when he told his myrmidons so in an address in public after his fictitious fall; that he was seen as late as the sth of October walking in front of the Royal Palace, dressed in his official uniform, and that he paid his Majesty a visit ?" It is added, that even during the short period when this wretch Mazza was nominally dismissed from the service of his Sovereign other dismissals of persons who were known to •be more favourably disposed to England were made at the same time, in order to diminish the effect of the concession. The Neapolitan Court, however, was soon dis gusted with the comparative honesty of its own proceedings. Until the Sovereign _ and his Minis ters had waded through The dirtiest pools in the slough of falsehood and treachery they suffered• from the unaccustomed cleanliness of their seusa tione. .The affair may possibly strike upon the- less astute mind of the northern races in a very diffe rent manner. In one sense, no doubt, it might seem, sufficient to leave a Kite , who has paltered with goo I faith and violated his pledged word to the contempt of Europe and of the civilised world. We do not, however, think that it is consistent with the character of a nation so powerful as Eng land to acquiesce quietly in the position of a dupe. If the King of Naples has violated his word in the manner charged he must be compelled to fulfil it, whatever the consequences may be to himself, to his States, or to the Italian peninsula. We have consistently , deprecated intervention in Neapolitan affairs, not that we are ignorant of the detest able character of the Government and of the fiendish oppressions exercised in its name upon so many of her fellow-Men ; we have done so upon the simple grouna that freemen cannot be extemporized. If a nation be not strong enough to win its freedom, it is certainly not strong enough to keep it. Nothing would result from premature insurrection but reaction, hang ing, shooting, chains, famine, and indescribable sorrow. We have no wish to take the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into our own hands, nor to meddle in its affairs in any way. Now, it is said that if two or three English line-of-battle ships were to anchor in the Bay of Naples and another in the harbour of Palermo King Bomba's subjects would rice against him from one end of his kingdom to the other. That is, surely, a matter for his con sideration rather than for ours. We neither wish to participate in, nor to hurry on any premature explosion ; but we must not b e told that the trou bled aspect of the King's affairs is a reason why we should be denied satisfaction for a gross insult which no civilised nation would endure from ano ther. If the King of Naples's subjects be ripe for rebellion, that is no reason why he should outrage England with impunity ; nor is it easy to see how the bona fide dismissal of Mazza can add to the em barrassments of his situation, which are the result of his own acts of oppression, not of the exigencies of foreign powers. Under all the circumstances of the case we trust to hear shortly that the English Legation at Naples has reported upon the real position of this question. If faith has been substantially kept there is an end of the matter; if not, England will not be trifled with nor deceiv.ed;although the result should be a political conflagration in the dominions of the Nea politan King. We are told that the universal re port We certainly heard atinig in h N apltesie act of isthat perfidy. Austria is secretly backing th e K a very different tale at the outset of this dispute. Then we were told an Austrian Archduke had in formed the King of Naples that, if he persisted in his mad career, the Austrian Court neither could nor would assist him. Such a course of policy is far more creditable to the character, as well as the powers, or o discernment of the Austrian Cabinet ; for cer tainly any assistance they could bring to the a Neapolitan monarch would scarcely save his domi nions . fro n m gla t n n d alone. attacks W of e the hve no maritimewish to enter upon such a quarrel. Englisbraen had a thousand times rather that the a ffair were peacefully arranged by the simple process of keeping faith. We will not, however, be trifled with. In a few weeks a great portion of the Black Sea fleet will be disengaged and free for service in the Mediterra nean. 'There is, indeed, quite sufficient force at Malta for all that is required. Tt would be ridi culous to speak of the King of Naples as a serious I opponent ; but we confess, when we. hear the name of Austria so frequently mentioned, now as taking violent part against our gallant allies the Piedmon tese—now as in close union with the Pope—now as inspiriting the King of Naples to energetic per fidy—it seems not, improbable that the Italian peninsula may become at a no very distant period ' the scene of important events. BEPBBSENTATION OF SOUTH WARE. MEETING OF ELECTORS. Yesterday evening a meeting of electors of the borough of Southwark was held at the Queen's Head, South wark, in complianclb with the following circular, which was extensively distributed : " October 23. 1855. " Dear Sir,—A vacancy having occurred in the repre sentation of the borough of SoutfiWark from tho much to be lamented death of the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Moles worth, Bart., I bavo to request the favour of your attend ing a meeting of the friends of George Scovell, Esq., at the Queen's Head Inn, Borough. this evening (Tuesday), at 6 for 7 o'clock precisely, to determine upon the steps neces• sary to secure his election to supply the vacancy.—l am, dear air, yours most faithfully, HERBERT STURSIY." The meeting was attended by a very large number of electors, and the large room of the Queen's Head was densely crowded. Mr. - Jon, who was called to the chair, said he was delighted to see so many electors present in support of a gentleman whom they proposed to elect. (Hear, hear.) 'Their friend Mr. Scovell had already been before them in the capacity of a candidate, and his political views were consequently well known. On one occasion, when Sir William Molesworth was a candidate, Mr. Scovell took the chair at the meetings of his connittee, and mere.tban once stated that he would never endanger the seat of that right hon. baronet by his candidature. In deed, he said that be would never enter the field if he tbougbt such a course would endanger the right hon. baronet's return. (Cheers.) He promised that when ever circumstances called for a new election he would present himself to the constituency, and he was now before the electors in fulfilment of that promise. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) would now call upon Mr. Hancock to propose the first resolution. Dr. WALSER was rather anxious to ask some quer- tions before 'the meeting started. - He held in his hand a circular calling the meeting and nominating a man. He was not aware that a similar course had ever been adopted in that borough, and he altogether objected to it. (Hear.) He had a great respect for Mr. Scovell, but before he pledged himself to support him he would like to know what were his opinions, or at all events to see his address. The nomination of Mr. Scovell appeared to be the work of Mr. Stormy, who . had adopted a course which be did not think would tend to secure his election. If the electors of Southwark wanted Mr. Scovell, they should have Mr. Scovell at a public meeting, and there, in the face of the constituency, ascertain what were his sentiments. He considered Mr. Sturmy's circular to be a great liberty taken with the electors of Southwark. (Hear, hear, and great confusion.) Mr. NEwaekN thought that Mr. Scovell's friends bad taken a wrong step. A duty was about to devolve upon thdih to elect a gentleman to represent them in the great council of the nation, and they were acting in a hasty, if not a suicidal, manner. (Cries of " No, no."). Seine time ago Mr. Scovell was a candidate for the representa tion- of the borough, and the result then showed that his principles were not in accordasice with those of the great majority of the electors. (A. voice—" He was the win ning man, no doubt.") It was clear that Mr. Scovell was not the winning man on that occasion, for he lost the election. Much had lately been said about having the right man in the right place. No doubt Sir William Molesworth was the right man in the right place, and all that he (Mr. Newman) wanted was that he should have a worthy successor. There were two or three candidates in the field, and he thought the electors should wait a little before they pledged themselves. Mr. HANCOCK then came forward to move the first re solution. He very much regretted that one better qua lified than himself had not been called upon to do honour to the memory of their late representative, a man of whom he had no hesitation in saying England was proud. Unfortunately for the electors of Southwark, that dis tinguished statesman bad been removed from them by de;tth in the midst of a career which promised to be of the highest usefulness to his country. Mr. Hancock concluded by moving the following resolution : " That compelled by political considerations to make immediate arrangements to fill up the vacancy in the re presentation of the borough of Southwark consequent upon the much to be lamented decease of their late vatued mem ber, the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., this meeting feel themselves imperatively -called upon to ex press their deep sorrow that he should have been thus sud denly removed, just as he was entering upon a position for which be had so eminently qualified himself, and wherein he would have upheld the honour of his country, have to record their appreciation of his political integrity and fearless independence as a member, and his talent as a statesman, and to deplore the loss sustained in her Ma jesty's counsels and by the country as well, at this import ant juncture, by his untimely decease." Mr. CORNER, in seconding the resolution,. said all of them respected and admired the man who bad repre sented them so faithfully and so well. A great calamity had befallen not only that borough, but also her Majes ty's Councils and the nation at large, in the death of a most honest and a most intellectual statesman —one of whom the country had indeed reason to be proud. (Hear, hear.) He would long live in the memory of the electors of Southwark, aided as they had been by the wisdom and integrity of such a man. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and was carried without a dissentient voice. Mr. PARKER moved the next resolution, which was as fallows :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the claims of George Scovell, Esq., to fill the vacancy in the representation of Southwark best deserve the support of the electors, as from his long and intimate acquaintance with the borough, and his well-known liberal principles, his return will most advance the political and local in terests of the borough." Mr. MARTIN seconded the resolution. He had known Mr. Scovell for a great number of years, and he was glad to see such a meeting in his favour, the number of gentlemen present being almost enough to carry the election. (Laughter and cheers.) The resolution was agreed to, Mr. Newman's hand being the only one held up against it. Mr. STORMY returned thanks on behalf of Mr.Scovell, and added that he was enabled to state that that gentle man would be in London to-morrow. He had just re ceived a telegraphic communication from Mr. Scovell to the following effect :—" Paris, Tuesday. I shall cer tainly stand. My address as soon as possible." On the motion of Mr. G. D. FIELD, seconded by Mr. ALDERSON, a committee of electors present was appointed to take the necessary measures for securing Mr. Scovel►'s election. Mr. STURMY said that the friends of Mr. Scovell were very anxious to call a public meeting of the electors, but they had re'ramed from doing AO out of consideration for the memory of their late representative. No meeting would be called until after Sir William Molesworth's interment, unless any other candidate who might ap pear determined to call such a meeting. This announcement was met with very hearty expres sions of applause. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceed ings. ELECTION FOR HUNTINGDONSBIRE. HUNTINGDON, Oct. 23.—The election of a member of Parliament to supply the vacanoy in the repre s entation caused by the elevation of Lord Mandeville, the late member, to the dukedom of Manchester, took place this day at Huntingdon ; but the proceedings were almost of a routine character. _ . The county has for a period of 18 years been in the hands of the Conservatives, but lately the Liberal party has been gaining strength, and on the demise of the late Duke of Manchester an organisation was attempted, and resulted iu a semi-cansent from John Moyer Heathcote, Esq., of Conington House, to stand at the next vacancy ; but eventually that gentleman declined to contest the county on the present occasion, and the consequence has been that Mr. James Rust, of Alconbury House, enters Parliament without opposition. There was a total ab sence of all the demonStrations usual at foregone elections for Huntingddrishire. The friends of Mr. Rust met at -the Fountain, and proceeded thence to the place of ll election, at the Town-hall ; Mr. Heathcote and his friends met at the George, and also attended the hall. R. Hussey Hussey, Esq., proposed, and the Rev. Jas. Linton, of Hemingford, seconded, the nomination of Mr. James Rust, and each passed a high eulogiuni upon Mr. Rust's private character and business habits, the latter being evinced by his discharge of his duties as chairman of the Quarter Sessions, and otheriublic offices. No other candidate being proposed, Mr. Rust was de clared duly elected. In making his acknowledgments be said that he should, in taking his seat in Parliament, rank himself amongst those who recognise the Earl of Daby as their leader ; but in so far declaring himself a party man, he wishedit to be understood that he claimed for himself the privilege of most careful examination of all measures brought before Parliament, and he could assure them that all that were likely to be beneficial should have his support. A vote of thanks to the sheriff concluded the pro ceedings, and the meeting dispersed. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 23.—There has been some inquiry for India this morning, but the offers made were very low, and more with a view of testing prices, since the giving way of the cotton market yesterday at Liverpool, where prices generally underwent a change, and Ame• rican samples were selling, at Id. to Bd. Far lb. lower. The giving way of prices in manufactured goods has been in a corresponding ratio to that On cotton, and cloths may be quoted at lid. to 3d. per piece under the rates of last Tuesday, while yarns are fully l i d. to Id. per lb. down. The enormous discounts charged by the London houses on first-class paper of three months' date are, however, the main obstacle to business,. and the more prudent of our traders are taking Steps to reduce their liabilities at once within the safest possible limits by withholding such orders as have not yet been given out, and by withdrawing all their contracts with manufac turers as far as possible. The orders cancelled, in fact, are on a very large scale, and sellers report that they have not witnessed a more gloomy day in this business since the year 1847. Spinners report to the same effect. On Saturday and yesterday some of the houses holding orders for yarn that have been lying over at limits for some time took advantage of the exceedingly favourable opportunity presented by the present low prices, and a fair amount of business was thus quietly transacted ; but tellers of yarns this morning report the market as fl at as that for cloth, with great irregularity in price, which, in fact, are mostly nominal. Messrs. John Slagg and Co, report :—" The increas ing tightness and difficulty of the money-market cause buyers to keep as much as possible out of the market, and restrict their purchases to the execution of pressing orders only, and the business of the week has conse quently been on an exceedingly small scale. In prices it is difficult to giie correct quotations, the irregularity is so great ; but all kinds have again declined, and, compared with Tuesday last, there is a difference of ld. to 3d. per piece to the disadvantage of manufac turers." At a late hour last night the following address from Sir C. Napier, dated Merchistoun, Hants, Oct. 23, was extensively circulated and posted throughout the borough: WINDING-UP OF MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S LAND SCHEME.—The members of this notorious scheme con nected with Barnsley and the immediate district have, during the past week, at Sheffield, through Mr. Jew" Lowe, their secretary. proved their claims upon the society, before F. Roxbury, Esq., barrister-at -law, the w h o paid 8391. In Yorkshire, commissioner appointed for that purpose by the Chancery. The object the Master in Chancery has in view is to ascertain how to apportion the s urplus assets of the company equitably amongst all the accredited claim the entire payments from whom a ea n i t i s y . far as can be made out by the into the Although at the time it contained a population of little more than 13,000 persons, it yielded 345 members, who paid 5571.; Rother ham, it appears, had 70 members, who paid 307/ .; and Sheffield, 620 members, there were w n e , r 2 e 8 5 7 , 1 4 . 6 ; lwhiiwhile, members,ao company ' s „ emi t s , about 90 ,0001. is the whole amount sacnhoerontehetrhatnowßnaernnstierye! more en M th a ul te ia r s i t n i. which wee subscribed, this sum having been paid by about 70,000 pe rsons'. The expetience of the commis sioner, who has set in several of the principal towns, goes to show that in the localities he has visited by no mean s the whole of the subscribers have put in their claims. - On the average above one-third of the claimants have re-appeared, and about two-thirds of the amount subscribed has been claimed.—Leeds Mercury. _ FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND AN OLD EEPERINENT.—A Vienna journal records a WEST ERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday evening, as tho six new instance of the extraordinary power of the imagine- o'clock train from Killarney was approaching the Mal tion. A medical man, with permission of the authorities, low station, it was signalled to stop, in order to let the proposed to a notorious criminal undergoing punishment train from Dublin pass. The train from Dublin having in one of the city gaols that he should be pardoned, passed, a signal was made that the line was clear, en provided he consented to sleep in the bed 9f a patient which the Killarney train again started, and the sudden who had just died of cholera. The man, thi n king cholera jerk caused three drovers who were sitting on the side a contagious disease, hesitated some time, but at last of one of the trucks attached to the train, with some consented, on the promise being made that if he were pigs which they had purchased that day at Mill-street attacked every possible means of s aving him should be fair, to lose then balance. Two of them fell in among employed. In a few hours after being placed in bed the the pigs, but the other unfortunately fell out under the prisoner had a regular attack of cholera. The usual wheel of the truck, which passed over his chest, causing treatment was applied, and he recovered, owing, how- inetaetaneous death. An inquest was held at Mallow, ever, in no small degree to the extraordinary strength of before Mr. Coroner Jones, and a verdict returned in ac his constitution. The man's astonishment was unbounded cordance with the evidence. The deceased, whose name on being told that his attack of cholera was entirely was Howard, was a resident of this city, and his body owing to imagination, the bed in which he bad been was c mveyed home. We understand that no blame laced not having been occupied by a cholera patient. 'is attachable to any of the officials of the railway. " TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTHWARK. "The lamented death of your late representative, Sir Wm. Molesworth, has again caused a vacancy in the repre sentation of Southwark ; at the late election I abstained from goiog to the poll, the time for preparation having been so short. I have again been solicited to allow myself to become a candidate, which I cheerfully accede to, and announce my intention of this time going to the poll, feeling satisfied that the electors of the large and im portant borough of Southwark, to whom my sentiments are so well known, will on this occasion do me the honour of electing me as their representative. I object to a per sonal canvass, thinking that every elector should exercise his right of voting unswayed and unbiassed, and the only expenses I will be put to will be those necessary to the poll. I shall, however, have pleasure in attending any district meeting where my presence may be required, and if the elect ors approve of my sentiments they will send me to Parliament; if not they will choose a better man. Thisis the way, in my opinion, elections should be conducted, especially in the metropolis.—l am, gentlemen, your obe dient humble servant, " CHARLES NAPIER." Mr. Conyngham's name appeared on placards posted throughout the borough ; and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., is also spoken of as a candidate. who, busi- L and , and orted dling were held dlow, • 53