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

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA.N . E. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR NIONEY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Lobert Roxby and A. Younge ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss W. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Ch aracters by Messrs. t.F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, Sic.; Miss c Glyn, Mrs. Selby, Mies De Vere, Miss Anderton , Miss Cleveland, /s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY,,,,IARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Duautone. THIS EVENDIG, • Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, THE SPANISTI DANCERS. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPRI, proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, WIII be performed RORY OnfORE, Characters by Messrs. 'Hud son, P. Redford, C. Selby, Par.elle, J. Maud, 'Garden, &c. ; Miabce Diary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by A MOVING TALE. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J.,H. Anderson,lB, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in spud ratio I THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented. with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve eats, arranged In two parts, by Professor Andersen. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALT AN-FLOUR WITH THE SPIRIT.S, being the mast surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of ally theatre. • 84,721 person' have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of ,admission: —Private Boxes. 11. lie. 6d. and 11. Is. ,; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; pit, is . . Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 6 daily. Grand Morning Performance en Saturday Next at Two o'clock. • Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creewick. FLEXMORE'S (le Dauseur Comique) BENEFIT. and Last Appearance at this Theatre ; also of that celebrated Dansense, Mdlle. AITRIOL, will take place on THURSDAY. Nov. let, 1855. Drama, Ballet Comique, Concert, Farce, Ballet Extraordlnalf , Melo-drama, &c., &c. Tickets to be had of Mr. 'Flexmore, C 6, Hercules-Buildings, Lani beth, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily', from 10 until 3 o'clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON' AND CO. After which, SIM PATCH. After which, a BALLET. To which will be added ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE. To conclude with KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIitT BATKX. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Complete, unequivocal, and triumphant success I THIS EVENING, The wondrous and exciting Military spectacle. The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Storming o; the Malakhoff —Moonlight View of the Doomed City - Sortie of tho Russians —Cavalry, Infantry, Can; non—English, French, and Sardinians. The stage and the ring i one vast hattle-field 1 After which the EQUESTRIAN EXERCIES in the ARENA Including Mr. J. 11. flooke's extraordinary novel Equestrian Feat, 111 Sant dn. Pont du Cirque, with other. Entertainment Dox-oftlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W W.,. .:Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director; Mr. W. Cooke, Sun: HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEM DAY—:-ITorn. 56, min. aft. 6-7.vening 40 min. aft. 7 TO-MORROW—Morn.S6 min. aft. 6 —Evening 20 min. aft. `.l THE WE.i.THER.—SUN OFFICE, Oct. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57- highest silica neon yesterday. 50 —towest this morning and during the night. 53 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'18. WIND, W.S.W .—Light, with very fine weather. _r','~.~ ":"1 7- :.;" . " d ‘31131 LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1855. We yesterday announced the very stringent measure adopted by the Bank of England in the increase of the minimum rate of discount to six per cent. for bills not having more than 6G days to run, and to seven per cent. (!) for bills not ex ceeding 95 days I This is indeed a heavy blow and great discouragement to the trade and com merce of the country—one that may make every person engaged in any description of business in which credit is indispensable, tremble in anticipa tion of the trials and hardships he may have to encounter. To many it conveys the sad tidings of bankruptcy and utter ruin—to all, except the members of the moneyocracy, who extract unholy profits from the sweat and labour of over-toiled operatives and the difficulties of struggling trades men, the certain anticipation of vexation and loss. It also shows that the Directors of the quasi National Bank anticipate a further heavy drain on their resources, and that they may be com pelled to adopt still more onerous rates to protect themselves from the very formidable consequences that may ensue, if the severe restrictions of the Bank Charter Act be steadily enforced. Were it otherwise, we should not have had such rapid al - vancseat a time when there is no undue speculation in existence, and when our internal trade is univer sally admitted to be in a particularly healthy and sound condition. We are told by the great organ of the buliionists that even at this moment " the total absence of commercial distrust is as marked as ever." A significant and valuable admission, inasmuch as it completely eliminates from the great financial problem th, enormous quantity of twaddle with which it was unduly encumbered on previous occasions, and places the burden in the right direction, showing that it has arisen exclusively from the mischievous operation of the so-called self-acting regulator of the currency—the infamous and impolitic Bank Charter Act of 1844. Fortunately, that in equitable law is rapidly drawing to a conclusion. It will expire in the course of the ensuing year, and it is of vital conse quence that it should never be renewed, but that a more salutary monetary code should be substituted for that, which has occasioned such fearful damage to the welfare and prosperity of the nation during its existence. At the very commencement of hostilities we pointed out the pressing necessity of adopting timely measures to arrest the drain of bullion, which it required no extraordinary power of va ticination to predict. When all other nations were encouraged to provide themselves with an ample provision of the . most important " sinew of war" at our expense—.when even Russia itself could make'arrangements for supplying its greatest want from our stores—it was perfectly clear that every blot which our absurd legislation left exposed would be hit ! A very ordinary degree of calcu lation would establish not merely the probability, but the absolute certainty of this result. We are already reaping the fruits of the unparalleled apathy and insouciance of ourFinancialMinister. But there is yet time to prevent the complete development of the impending danger, to arrest th e progress of the S t a t e machine on the road to ruin. Let us pause in. the mad career, ere it be to o l ate , We we already been seriously, but not fat a ll y) hurt. ...In another month the injury may be irre trictizahle,:t and we may have cause bitterly to de- . PThre the' infatuation that induced. us to perse vere) ree.kiesslY ip.the desperate experiment. , The ruat evil to be guarded against is the in cessant and rapid drain of bullion from our ports. Can this be mestic trade? Andi fso, attested without crippling our do- This is , the great, the how-, or in what mann er ? alb : important problem ; but, fortuntitelyy it require s CEDlpus to discover satisfactory solutio n ) ll* mouse of the difficulty i s patent to •the world, and by removing c ause the pernicious effects will a that also tease. Let a auitable circulating medium, 64 1 equate to the i` t• • • ,VgioVi wants and exigencies of the country, be supplied, ; and a considerable portion of the forty millions of sovereigns, now in daily use, will be liberated to meet the national wants. Thirty years since— in December, 1825—the Bank of England was saved from stopping payment by the accidental discovery of a box of one-pound notes. At the moment it had but little more than a single mil lion of gold in its coffers. They were at once sent into circulation, and the delight—for no lighter term will express the feeling—with which they were received, proved that the want of a secure small-note currency was alone required. The one-pound notes saved the country, and within a single week the peril had passed away. Why should not a similar result follow a similar operation in the present instance ? No adequate reason can be assigned, and it is an imperative duty on the Government to adopt the necessary steps without a moment's delay. We cannot conclude without earnestly inviting public attention to the communication of a well known and highly-respected correspondent, Mr. HAMER STAMM)), to whose excellent sugges tions we have repeatedly adverted. The pe tition which he has prepared is one that should be numerously signed, to show that those most interested.- are sensible of the magnitude of the emergency, and aware of the na ture of the remedy so urgently demanded. It will strengthen the hands of the Government, and enable it to follow the precedent so success fully adopted in October, 1848, by the suspension of the Bank Charter—the teterrima causa mall--- the primary cause of all the mischief that has I arisen. It is marvellous, after all, to notice the growth of public opinion. Labouring, as we poor jour nalists are, to form it, in the midst of our ceaseless toil, and appearing tomake almost no progress com pared with the amount of effort, we are occasion ally liable to overlook the advance really gained. Our readers, no doubt, generally gave a glance at least, yesterday, at what so notable an ex- Minister as Mr. GLADSTONE would say on the great subject of our colonies. His remarks, in one sense, were not distinguished by any peculiar novelty ; the speech itself was, in fact, an extem pore one, delivered at the request of mechanics, and intended not only to instruct the middle and working classes, but also to gain shillings and sixpences in the form of admittance fees, for the benefit of a village literary institution. The elite of the neighbourhood, we are informed, attended in crowds; and, therefore, we may hope that sovereigns and notes were almost as numerous as the shillings, and that the treasury of the insti tution was as much enriched as the minds of the elite and non-elite who were present. To many, we imagine, Mr. GLADSTONE was himself as instructive a lesson as his oratory, and even more so. They well knew all he could ell them off-hand about the colonies, but to think of him, a good fair-going Tory, telling them such things ! They listened to him de scribing our colonial policy of 80 years ago, pointing out as antiquated, as needing but men tion to be their own refutation, the dicta which swayed the minds of our grandfathers, obstructed the perceptions of our own fathers, and left us much obstinacy to overcome ; describing also the indignation of this country at the colonies' denial of our right to tax them while unrepresented, and the style in which true Liberals were denounced as Jacobins and traitors if they agreed with the colonists. It doubtless occurred to many of his audience while listening to all this, that the ad vance during the last 80 years must have been great indeed. Here was re Reformer, no Radi cal, but a veritable Conservative portraying for amusement the exploded errors of his own party. Describing what he would surely have done and said had his life been cast on those days, and then showing how much wiser even Tories had now become, no one could with more appropriate ness, have quoted the motto— " Tempora mutantnr, et nos, Mutamur in illis." If Mr. GLADSTONE has thus advanced upon the Toryism of 80 years back, what ought to be, and what must be, the position of a Sir W. MOLES WORTH ? Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks were necessarily free from Blue-bookism, and entirely elucidatory of general principles, and we really do not know that we could find fault with any of them. Except from his known hankering to give the Episcopal Church in the Colonies the privileges of Volun. taryism and State Churchism together, which Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Mr. WALPOLE will never let him do, he seems to be quite a safe successor to Sir W. MOTYAWORTH, whenever one of the ebb rugs of party may carry the Hon. Baronet back to Opposition Benches. Uncharitable folk may even surmise that he is informing all whom it concerns, that if Conservatives of all grades will coalesce as a Peace Party, he can cheerfully take the Colo nies, if the Great Hebrew insists on having the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. Which of our Colonies would repudiate aMinister who touches on all old Torynotions of Colonies but to refute them? We once thought Colonies were to be held for the profit or revenue they yielded to the parent State, or that as adding to the extent of our dominion they might increase its magnificence and influ ence ;—or, that we might render all their fine fisheries, farms, mills, &c., conducive to our own purposes ;—or, that they might furnish snug berths and offices for our needy respectables, for whom the Treasury Benches could not find room at home ; or, that they might afford facilities for propagating the Gospel ;—or, because if stripped of her Colonies, England must in evitably fall ;—all these things Mr. GLADSTONE mentions but to fling them to the winds ; most of them he hardly deigns to honour with a refutation. He would have England estimated only for what she is really worth ; he thinks colo nial men best qualified for colonial offices. Emi grants now leave to improve their fortunes, not to s pread Christianity, or e ven , as in the days of the STUARTS, to enjoy liberty of conscience ; and for her greatness and glory, England must rely not on extensive colonies, but on the industry of her o wn sons—their intelligence, perseveran ce , pa triotism, and v irtue. • see ms quite prepared t o treat Mr. GLADSTONB the wish of any colony for independence as a per fectly harmless, it may be but a reasonable, thing. He even adduced the ancient Greek col()- nisation ) in which the colony was politically entirely independent, retaining only a friendly re lation to the mother city, as the best mode of colonisation ! At th e sam e time he illustrated, it seems very fully, the benefits of emigration in raising the price of labour at home, and creating markets for the manufacturer abroad ; thus corn mending colonisation - as the enricher of all. A collection sermon, in such a style, could hardly fail to elicit hearty ch eers ; such out-an d- ou t liberality, i n thi s department, such demonstra tions of advantage to all from what is going on just now at such a hith er t o unparalleled rate, I must have been gratifying to a n y au di ence. But, I . to" come from Mr. GLansTortt---from the gr ea t . orator of the House of COMMOI3S--and from hi m . standing not on the floor of " the House," but a idi ng behind the table of a country schoolroom, 4 - euziL4 —really, - the Liberalism, and the condescension together, will enrapture more than the villagers of Hawarden. In one respect Mr. GLADSTONE surpassed his present associates. As a member of the peace Party he kept the peace. He let Russia and her chastisers equally alone. The War, the CZAR, and PALMERSTON were all forgotten, at least practically ; he preached peace by confining himself tb what none could quarrel with, and by keeping aloof from foreign or party politics alto gether. At the present time, when every speaker who varies the monotony of the recess—from the Premier to W. B.—seems unable to refrain from adverting to the all-absorbing topic—when Mr. BRIGHT must denounce the Press, because its writers no longer starve in back, garrets, but even venture to be in the majority against him, l a course from mercenary motives, since, like him self, they abjure starving,—Mr. GLADSTONE alone seems quite content to talk for an hour or two, and to leave the War to Lord PALMERSTON and the country. Would that he had always been s discreet ! His language then would not have en couraged Russia, and discouraged the army. His speech at Hawarden will not b• translated in ex tens° for the Invalide Russe ; in two respects it would be a mortification to Russia. It would show her a country overfilled with energetic in habitants, in contrast to her steppes thinly peo pled with inanimate serfs ; and it would set before her the difference between colonisation by the conquests of despotism and by the enterprising vigour of honourable commercial ambition. In another column will be found a report of an address by Mr. MACGREGOR, M.P., to the people of Glasgow, in which, according to his annual custom, he gives an account of his stewardship. The Hon. Member for that busy emporium of commerce reviewed, it will be seen, with much discrimination and judgment the doings of the late session, and put the questions of the War in a very forcible manner. " The present War," he said, "had been most seriously and deliberately entered into for the purpose of defending the liberties and freedom of mankind against a con spiracy of monarchs more insidious and dan• gerous than any that had ever been recorded in the annals of the world. He granted that we in these islands might for a while longer have held aloof from this War ; but from the first he was of opinion that the most fatal policy for this country, and finally the most ex pensive with regard to taxation, was to defer de claring War beyond the time that that step was resolved on,"— au opinion, we may remark, abundantly justified by the event, and strikingly fortified by the speaker by a reference to the Holy Alliance. The conspiracy ho describes as having been in full or fuller vigour than ever at the outbreak of hostilities, notwithstanding the hypocritical pretensions of Austria. Adding, "If we had not gone to War we should have had a combination of all the military forces of Russia,. Prussia, and Austria, to prevent anything like the development of civil, religious, or political liberty throughout Europe. An attempt made in the Italian States would be put down as the insurrection in Hungary was put down by Russia, and a rising in Poland would be crushed by the aid of Prussian and Aus trian armies. ° Not less forcible and conclusive was his censure of that Ministry whose conduct hardly excites less suspicion of treachery than the stores in Sebastopollend countenance to the alleged tyran nical designs of Russia, in whose wake Austria and Prussia should ever be looked for. Equally satis factory was his indignant reprobation of the policy and the conduct of that mongrel herd " The peace party ;" while still more so was his vigorously expressed resolution to sup port the carrying out of the War with the utmost energy, in union with France, until the only de sirable peace can be secured, and his advocacy of having recourse to a loan instead of increased taxation to meet the necessary expenses. The speech ought, however, to be read, and we there fore commend it to the thoughtful perusal of our readers, and not least to that of the dissatisfied gentleman who so bitterly questioned the speaker respecting the Scottish Education Bill at its con clusion, and [who .i 7 : need a good deal t o f th a t en lightened liberality of feeling by which it is dis tinguished. We are positively bankrupts in sympathy, The magnitude of the demand overpowers us, and we are compelled to resort to a lesson of fortitude. Gentlemen in broadcloth, whose purity is as starched and immaculate as your cambric, and whose personal humility and sympathy for your fellow-sinners in distress is so strikingly manifest when you are at prayers, put up your odoriferous handkerchiefs, moistened so heavily with tears— have done weeping for the fate of that martyr to kindliness, Captain HILL, and console yourself with the reflection that this is a world of trial, and that what cannot be cured must be endured. If this won't do, try another tack. Picture to yourselves the greatness of the sacrifice he has made, and the delightful effect the record of his devotion is calculated to produce. You can't ; well, give over sobbing and we'll try to do it for you. The glory of benevolence, it is said, is to pity the undeserving, and the greater the glory the greater the sacrifices you make in manifesting your pity. You nod assent ; and where, let us ask, could your pity descend lower than to the cells of Messrs. STRAHAN, PAUL, and BATES ? To the cell of the begging-letter or "something-to-your-advantage" writer ? Surely not. To that of the petty area sneak, with that distressing hankering of his for pewter pots ? By no means. To the cell of the gay swell-mobsman, with hilt gentlemanly slang, refined manners, and charmingly-prehensible fingers ? To No. 50, where the enterprising gentleman who stopped farmer HODGE the other day with a modest request for his watch, and whatever valuables he possessed to keep it company, and, in exasperation at the clumsy fellow's lack of promptitude, went far to brain him? To the cell of Mr. SYKES, that hardy child of the night, whose centre bit now and then made its owner's way into honest doors, whose bludgeon was not good to look at by candle light, and whose reprobate-look ing dog keeps whining for its master at the prison gates ? You are bursting with impatience to reply, Certainly not ! It does you credit ! These are but common culprits, 'for whom, though there is n o defence, somethi ng may be s a id i n the way of extenuation. They were bor n w i th craving " What a t stomachs you r uei neighbour usharp possesses wits, and bred on no othe r principle than that of never starve while W is to be had for taking. " RILL'S g. They were not early accustomedtporig:cipd society and i n d oc t r i na t e d i n the choicest principles of Ch urch and State. Un compassion, s ociety had so me p ro tection again s t th em. They Un like the objects of Captai n did not plan incursions in the society of Bishops, and entrap the unwary confiding in their associa tion with unconscious Admirals. They built no chapels and gave no alms to lure victim s to their dens. They did much evil, doubtless ; but the gallant soldier righting for his country had not to 3dii t 1 ,c, - ;10111afu cI;;;;ci t ,GiiiV ►:. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING ,_OCTOBER l9, 1855. enter the field heavy at heart, less with the pre sage of an untimely grave than with the know ledge that, owing to their rapine, his wife and little ones must enter comparatively destitute on a cold world at his decease. They broke up no domestic hearths, where the charities were made almost divine by the graces ; and if they inflicted pain it was only on a few—they did not deal out wretchedness wholesale to thousands. It was not to them the kindliness of Captain HILL descended. It was not for them he violated his duty. It was for more undeserving characters than they, for the bankers who had " put money in their pockets," that the prison rules were set at nought and the House of Detention was alter nately transformed into a confidential snuggery, a drawing and a dining room, into which prohi bited luxuries and convenient means for the evasion of justice might freely pass. To undesert like theirs the clamours of outraged society for atroci ously violated confidence were to your heroic friend an additional recommendation ; and to heighten his claims on your admiration, his sacrifice as he could not fail to know involved a dangerous illustration of the truth of a doctrine which saps the founda tions of society—" There is one law for the rich and another for the poor." It is hard so great a philanthropist, so good a Christian as Captain HILL should be suspended, but console yourselves with admiration of his heroism, and the reflection that he is net yet expelled, and pray that the " low Radicals" may not have further power over him! THE GREAT FIRE AT THE GREEN MAN TAVERN, BLACKFRIARS ROAD - DEATH OF THE LANDLORD. LATEST PAItTICUL ARS. A sensation, which it would be almost impossible to describe, has been caused throughout the whole of the parish of Christchurch, Blackfriars-road, owing to the dreadful fire which occurred on Wednesday morning last, in the premises belonging to Mr. Hallewell, the Green Man Tavern, Green-street, Blackfriars-road, as reported in this journal yesterday. Since that report was written it is to be regretted that Mr. Hallewell, the landlord of the premises, has died from the combined effects of the burns and the inju ries he received from falling out of the second floor window. His sister-in-law (Miss Sutton), who remains in St. Thomas's. Hospital, is also sa seriously injured that not the least hopes can be entertained of her re covery. During yesterday a very searching inquiry was made by the officials of the fire brigade for the purpose, if pos sible, of tracing out the origin of the fire, the result of which clearly showed that the gas was not turned off at the main, as was at first supposed. Cooper, one of the engineers belonging ,to Chandos-street station, asserted that after the fire was extinguished he went into the pre mises, and turned the vapour off, at which time it was escaping into the front of the premises. Whether the gas was the cause of the accident could not be learned ; but one thing is quite certain that it must have added considerably to the vigour of the fire. A more searching inquiry will no doubt take place at the coroner's inquest, which it is understood will take place at twelve o'clock to-morrow. The lodger, John Otten, who was sleeping on the upper floor, has been enabled to leave the workhouse. The principal injuries he has received are severe cuts on the arms, occasioned by. the broken glass in the windows, and a few trifling burns on the body. He states that be went to bed at half-past nine o'clock, at which time the house was open, and there was then not the least smell of an escape of gas or of wood burning. The first that he heard of the fire was by the springing of the police men's rattles, when he found the flames coming up the staircase, and the smoke was so dense that he was nearly suffocated. Finding that he was unable to descend by the stairs, he got to one of the front windows, and by great exertion he managed to get out of the window, and by swinging round the corner of the wall he climbed upon the loot' of *be Church-street Sunday School, where he remained almost stifled with smoke until Perkins, the conductor, arrived with the Royal Society's fire-escape., and rescued him just at the moment ho was about to precipitate himself from the roof. He was quite certain thatLthe fire did not begin in any of the upper rooms ; but, on the contrary, in the lower part of the premises, most probably in the bar 09 the cellar. The latter place seems the most probable, as even the beer barrels there are destroyed, and the metal pipes melted, which would hardly have been the case had the fire burned down wards from the bar or parlour. The unfortunate man, Mr. Hallowell, it appears, had his leg and thigh broken, and his cheat was almost laid bare by the action of the fire. As he hung by the win dow sill the fire ignited his shirt, and the flames then seized upon the lower part of his body, burning it in a frightful manner. 'When lifted out of the cab the driver, not knowing that his arm was broken, laid hold of it, when it actually sprang from its original posi tion. The whole of the surgical staff was in constant attendance upon the poor man, but he expired on Wed nesday night. The distance Miss Sutton jumped out of window was 35 feet, and when she reached the ground the flames still surrounded her. To rescue her the police and fire escape conductor were obliged to climb over the back wall and lift her over, when she was taken first to the house of a female neighbour. In placing her on the bed, the flesh came off her hands. The school kept by Mr. Lamb has been temporarily closed, owing to the building being so much burnt and the floors saturated with water. The houses on the opposite side of the street are also so much damaged by the fire that the shutters cannot be taken down. Men were busily employed during the day in shoring up the walls to prevent them falling upon the heads of the firemen. This has been done at the ex pense of the Imperial Fire-office, in which company the building was insured. A telegraphic message was yesterday sent off to Mrs. Hallewell, at Cheltenham, informing her of the distres sing event, and she was expected to arrive in London last evening. One very fortunate circumstance is that the widow and her five children were at their country house, or it is quite probable that the whole family would have perished, for the staircase was completely on fire before the discovery was made. - 13adthe fire escape been sent for only two minutes sooner the whole of the residents might have been rescued in safety, for the unfortunate deceased had just reached the ground when the conductor entered the street. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Counoil, this Friday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. H er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Highness rtgheele. Her Duchess of Gl ouces t er ar rived by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cooper, arr i ve d at her residence , Frogmore, near Windsor, on Wednes day a fternoon, in town on Tuesday, from Brighton. He r R o y a l Hi g h ne ss has derived much advant age f rom her resi dence at the seaside, and is now in the enjoym en t o f good health. The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Di ana Beau clerk have left Edinburgh, for Lees House, Coldstream. Lord and Lady Poltimore, accompanied by Major- General Sir George Buller, K.C.8., left town this morn ing, for Sandhoe House, the seat of Mr. Rowland Er rington. Lord and Lady John Russell are at present on a visit to the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the Hon. Mrs. Cradock. Oa Tuesday morning his lordship and Lady Russell, in company with the Rev. Dr Cradock, visited many of the University buildings. In the evening a select party of the elite of the University dined at the Principal's lodgings. The Dowager Lady Panmure and Mrs. Arthur Shin. ley have arrived at Princes-gate, from Paris. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Wednesday even ing, from Balmoral. The right hon, baronet accompa nied her Majesty from Scotland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer 'left town yesterday for Harpton Court, Kington, Hereford, The Marquis de Moustier, French Minister in Prussia, has arrived in Paris. The Bank rate for advances on Consols, Turkish Scrip and other Government securities will be 6 per cent. Majorlinatchbull, who some months ago absconded in arrear to the Government, has recently died in America. On Wednesday Le Nord expressed its disbelief in any assault having been made upon Kars. Of the number of the New York Herald containing the announcement of the fall of Sebastopol more than 80,000 copies were sold. The ceremony of the distribution of the medals at the Paris Exposition is expected to be of the most imposing character. LONDON UNWERSITY.-7-IMPORTANT.—We understand that the Senate has received a Communication from Sir George Grey, intimating that in the opinion of the Go vernment the Senate ought to concede the points upon which they have so long opposed the graduates, and that that body ought now to be admitted into the Univer sity with the privileges of convocation and the right to nominate members of the. Senate. Accounts from Egypt state that the exportation of corn will be prohibited, in, consequence of the insuffici ency of the overflowing of the Nile,, giving reason to fear a famine. The Austrian police has prohibited the circulation of General Klapka's work,. entitled " The War in the East during the yearslBs3 and 1854." THE LATE CONFLAGRATION IN THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD. —An inquest was held this morning, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Mr. J. Hallwell, the landlord of the public-house in which the fire commenced. A. ver dict of " accidental death" was returned. THE WAR.—Mr. Wyld, the well-known Geographer to the Queen, is again in the field, with a new map and chart, fai the enlightenment of those who would follow intelligently, step by step, the progress of the war. The present production describes the coast between Otchakov Nicolaievand Southern Russia; in addition to which there is given in the corner of the broadsheet a small chart, of the coast from Odessa to Perekop. The utility of a good snap, &c., of these coasts at the present moment will be obvious to all, and this we can cordially re commend LATEST NEWS. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 17. A despatch from Nicolaieff, of this day's date, says that, up to the evening of yesterday, nothing had taken place. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor Alexander will go to Kieff before he visits Warsaw. All the reserve and the militia are being con centrated at Kieff, under the command of General Paniutin, and the Emperor is going thither to pass them in review. The Baron Prokesdi-Osten's mission to Paris is now said to have been specially directed to the affairs of the Danubian Principalities. The system there isto be completely reorganised, and the relations between the Turkish and native authorities and the Austrian Commanders of the Army of Occupation strictly defined. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. Denmark has appointed a commissioner to attend the November conferences. Bluhme is appointed manager of the conference on the Sound Dues on the part of Denmark. It is confirmed that Denmark will propose their capitalisation as a step to their extinction. THE CRIMEA. We read in the Post Ampt Gazette :—" Accord ing to accounts from the Crimea which reached Vienna the advanced posts of the allied armies were on the 12th only five leagues from Bakchi- Serai. The Russians were retiring very slowly, and it appears that Liprandi, who is constantly ex tending his flank, has an intention of retiring on the line of the Belbek and of inclining on the po sition of General Gortschakoff. It is thought that the battle which must definitively decide the pos session of this ground will take place very shortly. What is certain is that the Russians can no longer cut oil the allies from the road of Bakchi-Serai. It is singular enough that the Russians should have surrounded the north side with a chain of new fortifications and placed it in a state to support a siege. All the plateau on the north side is covered with redoubts and earthworks, and on the line of the Belbek new works, constructed in the form of the Mamelon, have been raised." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 9th, in the liambtcrg News, says:— " The consequences of the fall of Sebastopol begin to be felt at Simpheropol. A great number of the inhabi tants of that place have already abandoned it. That town bad profited very materially from the siege of Se bastopol. According to a letter of the 7th September, its population at that date amounted to 70,000, and they were constantly increasing by the arrival of persons of all denomications,.principally tradespeople. It at last became impossible to procure lodgings. Rents were as dear as at St. Petersburg. Not less than 50 roubles (the rouble is somewhat under 4fr.) a month were asked for a place which before had been only worth about 140 roubles a year. Firing had also become excessively dear, but bread continued at a moderate price, in consequence of the constant arrivals from New Russia and the distant provinces. The number of shops, which before 1855 was only 438, is now 800. At the late fair at Poltava two thirds of the goods were purchased for Simpheropol." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day : " MADRID, 17th.—The Borges faction has been put to the route, with a loss of 8 killed and 16 wounded ; all their arms and ammunition were seized. The affair of Hayti has been settled. The sitting of the Cortes to-day was without interest." " ATHENS, 12th.—Tumultuous manifestations from the Russian party have taken place in this capital. Cries of The King for ever !' The Queen for ever !" Long live the Czar were raised by the crowd. Demonstrations, hostile to GeneralKalergi, were made in front of the hotel of the Russian em bassy. There was no repression on the part of the authoriti es." The Emperor yesterday received a letter from. the King of Prussia, notifying the birth of a prin cess, daughter of Prince Frederic Charles Nicholas of Prussia, his nephew, and the Princess Maria Anne, daughter of the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant yesterday visited the Exhibition of Industry where they wore received by Prince Napoleon. The Darien, steam-frigate, left Toulon two days back for the Crimea with the 81st Regiment of the Line on board. The Emperor has been graciously pleased to promise that a part of the cannon taken at Sebas topol shall be employed in casting the colossal statue of the Virgin to be erected on the Corneille Rock, in the Puy-de-Dome. It will be remem• bered that the Emperor lately gave a sum of 10,000 f. towards the subscription opened for that purpose. The Bank of France has increased its rate of dis count to 6 per cent. on bills ; it will advance on railway shares only 30 instead of 40 per cent. Bourse 3 per cents., 64f. 15c. The Moniteur Algfrien of the 15th announces that the wandering Arab tribes are now beginning to build and plant, and that they have entertd into an arrangement with some contractors for the construction of houses at the price of 3,500 f. each. The export of Algerian wool during the first six months of 1855 amounted to a million of kilo grammes. The Poles who inhabit Algeria have been informed that such of them as would enter the Corps of Ottoman Cossacks would obtain a free passage to Constantinople, and their expenses paid during their stay in that city. THE BOURSE, Oct 18.— CLOSING PRICES. Cash, fr. e. End of Month. 4. per Conte 9O 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 64 10 64 15 New Loan 65 10 Bank Shares 3200 _Roman Credit Mobilier...... 1200 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 954 Spanish Threes 3B Piedmontese Bl 50 Home Dobt 32 RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. ff. c. c Orleans ... ... 1115 Western 767 59 Northern Lyons ... 1105 New Ditto 757 50 Mediterranean 1220 Grand Central 595 - L y ons Geneva 665 Teste Cette 665 Austrian Corn. ... ... 730 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says " We learn from good authority that the Emperor has given his sanction to all the propositions wade to him at Ischyl by the Minister of Finance, and it is therefore probable that the projected measures will soon be car ried into execution. We have no particulars of these important measures, but the general outiine is to estab lish a new institution of credit to receive the name of "Banque Generale de Credit," or Hypothek Bank, with power to advance upon public and other securities. The effect of this new Credit Mobilier in the Austrian capital is expected to prove beneficial to the commerce and in dustry of the empire, inasmuch as the paper of the bank may be negotiable in London and Paris, and there by tend to increase the metallic currency of the country by an influx of gold and silver, which are almost un known at present in the Imperial mint. Likewise it is expected that the undeveloped resources of the southern dominions will receive an impetus from the probable in troduction of new capital, and the Government be en abled to finish many important public works in these provinces, such as the great southern line of railway from Vienna to Trieste, and their contemplated docks on the shores of the Adriatic." ASIA MINOR. Letters from Trebizond to the 26th of September announce that Ali Pacha, who, wi'h a force of 3,000 cavalry (one-half being irregulars), was pre paring to make a dash into Kars with a supply of barley, had been attacked at Panina by 1,500 horse, when, notwithstanding the exertions used by the Pacha to get his troops to fight, favoured as they were by numbers, and in which he was se conded by Major Stewart and Captain Cameron, the irregulars took to flight, and the regulars were not long in following their, exa mple, abandoning to the enemy all they possessed, including the barley, so much needed by the famishing garrison of Kars, and several pieces of artillery. The deserted Pacha in command, and the two British officers with him, fortunately escaped capture, and suc ceeded in getting safely into Erzeroum, with the loss, however, of all their personal effects. The cholera at Trebizond has not spread. THE AMERICAN MAIM—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 18.—The United States' mail steamer Baltic will leave this port cargo, and New. York on Saturday, w ith the mails, a. full d t ed and a large number of p assenger s. Letters intended her should be posted in Liverpool before 12 at; noon, with late fee at 1 p.m., and at the jandirg-etao at 0 PM. ANTICIPATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. Our (Morning Herald) papers and letters from India, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, have just arrived. They bear dates as follows :—Cal cutta, Sept. 8 ; and Bombay, Sept. 12. There is nothing from China by this conveyance. The news from Bombay, both political and commercial, has been anticipated. That from Calcutta we now subjoin : CALCUTTA, Sept. B.—l do not know if you see the Calcutta or other Indian journals ; if you do, you must have been amused at the highly contra dictory statements regarding the health and the intended movements of Lord Dalhousie. As re gards the former, the people of England will be glad to hear that one who appears to be held in high public estimation has so far recovered as to be able to take horse exercise again. By the last ac counts from the Neelgherries the Governor-General was still at Kotagherry, but was expected early in the present month at Ootacamund, where he in tends to entertain society and to give a ball. As regards his lordship's further movements, I can give you equa ll y exp li c i t information. The steamer Peroze has been ordered round from Bom bay to Calcutta, and a telegraphic message to the President of the Council states that she left on the 4th inst. On her arrival here she will be prepared for the use of the Governor General, under instruc tions in his own handwriting, and upon a plan drawn by his own handwriting ; the fittings up of the Zenobia will be transferred to her, and she will be despatched so as to be ready to receive hi lordship at Madras about the middle of nex month. Lord Dalhousie will be here at the end o October or the beginning of November, unless he should make a run across the Bay of Bengal to look once more at Rangoon, in which case he may not reach Calcutta before the commencement of December. It is thought likely that the Feroze, after bringing up the present, will bo sent to Suez to convey the future Governor-General to the seat of government. Lord Canning will not, however, displace Lord Dalhousie on his arrival, as is cus tomary in the change of rulers, for his commission is couched in peculiar terms, and he is only to re ceive charge of the Government when it shall please his predecessor to make it over to him. Major Banks, whose visit to Lucknow has been a nine days' wonder, leaves for Madras, en route to the Neelgherries, by the mail steamer, to morrow morning. The exact object of his mission to the capital of Oude has not been divulged, but it is known that he was the bearer of despatches to the resident and of an autograph letter to the King from Lord Dalhousie, and that direct inter ference is abou:• to take place in the aff a irs of the country, even if it is not to be annexed. Au officer of the Commissariat has been sent to pre pare a camp for the Governal-General on the Oude frontier, and the forces at Cawnpore and Bewares are not to be reduced during the coming relief of troops ; indeed it is said that the garrisons at them will be augmented, and it is re ported that an army of exercise will be formed. at Cawnpore during the cold weather. Sir Wil liam Gomm ordered the 19th Native Infantry from Lucknow to take the field against the Santhals, but General Outram would not permit the regiment to march, and communicated what he had done by telegraph to Lord Dalhousie, who sent anything but a complimentary message to the Commander-in-Chief. Sir "William marches as far as Agra, there leaves his camp and proceeds to Bombay, en route to England ; General Ansoe, the Commander-in-Chief at Madras, will, it is be lieved here, succeed to the supreme command. The Santhal rebellion happily languishes, and will pro bably die a natural death before the advent of the .cold weather will admit of the troops being again actively employed. Messrs. Haliday an d Dorin cannot get on together, and the Council declined a second time to proclaim martial law in the disturbed districts, although urged by General Lloyd, the Special Commissioners, and others at a recent con ference in Calcutta. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal was again an advocate for the adoption of the measure ; the President of the Council ai.d the majority said, "It is now too late." The consequence of this will be that the insurgents will escape the punishment they merit; already the men known to have murdered Mrs. Thomas and her sister have, it is feared, got off free, as the magi strate cannot obtain evidence sufficient to commit -- them for trial. The Kohat frontier is in a disturbed state, and troops have been sent out. Two armies of exercise will, it is said, assemble in the Punjaub during the cold weather, one to watch the frontier and Cashmere, the other to watch Cashmere and Buhawulpore, but the exact localities for their assembly have not been fixed, and I much question if they will really be formed. The Governor-General will not interfere in the quarrel between the Maharaja Goolab Singh and his nephew Raja Jowalur Singh, but recom mends them to settle their differences amicably ; any retainers of either taking refuge in British ter ritory are to be disarmed. There are many reports abroad of the movements of the Russians in Cen tral Asia, and the Persians are said to be acting in concert with them, in spite of the declared neu trality of the Court of Teheran ; but I do not attach sufficient credit to these rumours to enter into any details regarding them. We have no further intelligence of the progress of the Nepaul army in Thibet, and the last we heard of the Ava mission was that it had reached the frontier station of Thayet Mew, and would proceed onwards on the 11th of August to the Bur mese capital. Measures are, it appears, to be taken to coerce the Rana of Oodeypore, the highest among the princes of Rajpootaua, and troops are to go out from Nusseerabad and. Neeminch for that purpose. I believe I have now given you all the news that ' is worth recording, except that we have had a plea sant change in the weather, and soft heavy rain for two days past, which was much required after a lengthened draught, for we have had little rain since the end of July. A rapid rise is taking place in the'Gange at both Benares and Mirzapore, which indicates a heavy fall in the north-western provinces; it has come in time to avert a famine, but not to prevent a scarcity, or save the indigo crop in those districts. COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the Bengal Hur/cam of Sept. 8.) CALCUTTA, SEPT. 8, Since the issue of our last report, our export trade has continued in a healthy state. The advices received by the last two mails of tie position of the English mar kets for Indian produce proving favourable, the demand for several articles has been brisk, rice, wheat, and seeds being the favourites, and prices have advanced, the more so as supplies are not plentiful. There has has been, however, no want of tonnage, which has prevented an advance in the rates of freights, and shipments to Europe are going forward on a very fair scale. Our import trade continues to suffer severely for want of adequate conveyance of goods by steamers to the upper provinces, and dealers, being unable to obtain ton nage, are deterred from purchasing, in consequence of which much difficulty has been experienced by holders in effecting sales. Arrivals likewise have recently been numerous, and will further tend to increase the depres sion of the import trade, which is far from recovering from the effects of a tight money market. We learn, moreover, that advices have been received from Mirza pore and other places in the upper provinces complain. mg much of the want of rain, and apprehensions are en tertained of damage to the crops. We hope these apprehensions will prove groundless, otherwise our im port trade will experience a further depres-ion. During the present week, we regret to observe a fur ther downward tendency has been manifested in the prices of all sorts of British piece goods, and mule twist especially seems to share the decline more than the others. Our money market is showing symptoms of improve ment, but the effect of the increase in the rates of discount and interest established by the directors of the Bank of Bengal, which we noticed in our last, is being felt principally by holders cf government secu rities. There is no doubt that the gradual inere:ise of the Bank of Bengal rates during the past month is attribut.ible to the large demand for loans, which the state of its finances is unable to meet. This demand on the part of the mercantile public cannot but he consi dered the result of the opening of the ill-timed and ill managed 5 per cent. "Public Works Loan," which hate drained the market of a considerable portion of funds, which otherwise would and ought to have been used fur the legitimate purposes of trade. We do not believe that our money market can recover for some time to come from the shock it has sustained by a measure on the part of Government, which, in spite of its neee3sitY, has been severely and justly condemned both by the Indian and English public. The members of the Supreme Council have had the satisfaction of discovering fro this that their anticipations that immediately after the clo ig of the so-called " Public Works Loan," Government se curities would recover their former value from the depre' ciation which the announcement of the loan would create and did create, have not been realised. True it is, a tempo rary improvement in the value of 'the 4 per cent. stock did take place, and the 5 per cent, also commanded a pre mium of 1 to 11 per cent., but this improvement could not possibly last long, from the very fact of a large capi tal being locked up, which sooner or later must h tve been required in the course of business for different pur poses. What the "Public Works Loan" had left un done, the directors of the Bank of Bengal seem desirous of consummating, as the raising of the rates to their highest limit and increasing the margin on loans have already caused a serious depreciation in the value of go vernment stock, and the only consolation left to the though unexpected circum stances stock holders is the hope, however remote, th?,, ,, t h s t ome favourable ,ng ccu o r ve t r o h save them from the heavy losses whichit, now yet occur their beads. Permanen t stockholders, although their property is now much depreciated, have n ot suffered 'o d predicament. Throughout l a st week Sicca that extent as the spec ulators, who find themselves in a Very lit 4 ~°~~ ~~ ~,~„p : ~n,. • ~,~.., F ur per Cents. had been selling at a discount of 15.8 to 16.8 per cent. Company Fours at 13 12 to 14-0, and the New Fives at 14 annas to 1-2 per cent., which are the current rates ; but a slight improvement in the value has taken place, the rates being about 1 per cent.. bet ter. Although the Bank rates continue unaltered, the tightness has relaxed a little in the Bazaar, and money can be obtained on good securities at 10 per cent. per annum, which is 2 per cent. lower than those charged by the Bank of Bengal. In the share market very little has been doing, Bank of Bengal shares only being in demand at Rs. 6,400 sash. Exchange remains unaltered, a limited amount of busi ness having been done for the outgoing mail. Freights, since the arrival of the telegraphic despatches via Bombay, with better accounts for produce of this country from London, have not improved, owing to scarcity and high prices of produce ruling here. Rice has been engaged for London at 4/. 55., and wheat 4/. 10s. Seeds are waited at 51. 65., but offers have not been made abcve 51. 2s. 6d. ;in other articles little doing. Extensive business has been done for Mauritius during the present week, and more than five or Six ships fixed which have engaged about 60,000 bags, or equal to about one month's consumption in that island, and this has been done to finish shipments before the approaching Mahomedan and Hindoo holidays. The rates paid are various, from Es. 1-13 to Re. 2 a bag according to the size of the ves=els. A ship bas been taken up to load at Bassein on her return from Australia at V. 10s. pa ton for a rice cargo, and another one for Rangoon at the same rate after her return from Mauritius. Freights to Bombay have gone down, and offers for dead vvei' t at Rs. 17-8 a ton and Rs. 14 for light freight are novimaking to ready ships only. Tonnage at present is adequate to the demand, and unless produce be plentiful and prices moderate in future, the I,rge tonnage shortly expected must cause a reduc t on on our present rates, unless ships prefer going after th reiddle of November next. The long and constant holidays from the middle of October t') the middle of Nw vember will induce ships arriving between this and the 20th inst. to secure cargo, and this inducement alone mar affect freights very much. INDIGO.—It is now almost a matter of certainty that the crop of the ensuing season will fall short of 100,000 =undo. Exports from Ist November, 1854, to Ist September, 1855 : Chests. Maunds. To Great Britain France 6,141 22,459 North America Red Sea, B imbay, and Gulfs 1,613 6,114 Other parts 2O 54 T0t%1.. 27,080 105,037 EXPEDITION IN THE STRAITS OP KERTCII. (Prom yesterday's Moniteur.) The Minister of Marine has received from Ad miral Bruat a letter, dated Oct. 2, containing the following information " The expedition against Taman and Phanagoria had been postponed through various causes, and I had de cided on directing Commander Bouet to carry it out with the means he already had at his disposal, and without waiting for further orders. lam happy in being able to announce to your Excellency that this expedition has been completely successful, and that the results are not without importance, for they deprive the enemy of the basis of operations he might have selected for a winter campaign. Taman could receive and shelter several thousand soldiers. At Phanagoria vast edifices might serve as hospitals or barracks. "Commander Bouet has not yet been able to prepare a complete report of all the circumstances attending this expedition. I hasten, however, to transmit to your Excellency the details he gives me. "On the 24th of September the combined expedition set sail from the Gulf of Kertch and steered for Taman. Commander Bouet had collected ten gun-boats ; Captain Hall had taken away three of them, one paddle-steamer, and one steamer of light draft, well adapted for the con• veyance of troops. On arriving off Phanagoria, Com mander Bouet had a few shells thrown into the interior of the redoubt for the purpose of causing it to be evacuated. In the meantime the gun-boats laden with troops continued their route, and effected a landing one mile to the east of the fort, at a spot where the cliffs are low enough to allow the plain to be swept from the sea. The Cossacks, however, collected from all sides, and several arabas were on the move, carrying off into the interior whatever could be hastily removed. The dis embarkation met with no opposition. At four o'clock in the evening the troops were collected in the establish ment, which had been completely abandoned, but left intact. Before night all the arrangements of defence were made. The Allied troops had before them from six ti eight hundred horsemen, who retired as soon as a few shells were thro wn among them. The next morn ing we were occupied with demolishing each of the houses of Phanagoria as might furnish materials for the construction of barracks at Cape St. Paul. " We found at Pbanagoria sixty-six pieces of cannon and four mortars, which were already unserviceable. At Taman we discovered eleven 24-pounders buried in the sand, and broke up their carriages. Commander Bouet praise• highly the active and cordial co-operation of Captain Hall and Colonel Osmond. He thought that by the 2d or 3d of October the destruction of Taman and Phanagoria would be complete, the removal of the materials on Cape St. Paul finished, and that he should be able to return with the troops and the flotilla to the Gulf of Kertesr." CONCORDAT BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE HOLY SEE. We borrow from a letter sent from Rome to the Venice Gazette (an official journal) the following analysis of the Concordat which• has been con cluded between the Holy See and the Austrian Government : The Catholic religion shall be maintained and pro tected, with all the rights and prerogatives accorded to it by the holy canons, in every part of the empire where it dominates. The Placetum Regium is abrogated. The relations of ►,he bishops with the Holy See in spiritual affairs, the relations of the bishops with their clergy and the people, their instructions and enjoinment' in spiritual affairs, are flee. The nomination of the vicar and the college, the grant ing or refusal of ordination to such as appear unworthy of it, the foundation or collation of curates, the institu tion of public prayers, the convocation of the synods, the publication of pastoral letters and injunctions, the prohibition of dangerous books, belong freely to the bishops alone. The religious education of youth, the chief superin tendence over religious instruction, are confided to the bishops, and subjected to an ecclesiastical inspector of all the primary catholic schools. The appointment of the catechists is confided to the bishops, and the teaching of theology or of the canon law is forbidden to every one without their approbation. Ecclesiastical affairs are judged by ecclesiastical judges according to the rules of the canons or the instructions of the Council of Trent, and matrimonial affairs alone, in their relations with the ecclesiastical effects of this sacrament, are brought before the lay judges. The bishops have the full right of punishing those priests who transgress ecclesiastical discipline, and of inflicting penalties upon such as violate the laws of the church ; whereas temporal justice can only take cogni sance of civil affairs, and of the crimes committed by ecclesiastics ; but in this latter case the bishop must be previously inormed. In prisons, the ecclesiastics will be separated from lay prisoners; in ...lurches, the immunity will be maintained, in so far as the public safety may permit. Tne disputes of laymen with respect to patronage will be judged by temporal judges. Verbal or written defamation of the Catholic religion, of the holy liturgy, as likewise of the bishops or priests, will be interdicted. The bishops of the province will be heard for the pre sentation of new bishops to the Holy See. All rights claimed by the bishops over the seminaries are recognised, including their nomination of the rectors, proles ors, and teachers. The priests are chosen from among the anadidates, the first dignitaries of the cathedral chapter are appointed by the Holy See, should there exist no right of patron age, the others by the Emperor, with the exception of those proceeding equally from the right of patronage or being connected with the free disposal of the bishops. The right of appointing priests to all the csbnonicates, and to all the livings where a right of patronage exists, the result of a scientific or pious foundation, belongs to the Emperor, on condition that the election shall fall on one of the three candidates whom the bishop shall have proposed after a preliminary examination. The Ho ly See has th e f u ll r i g ht o f crea ti ng , w ith the Emperor's consent, new dioceses and new parishes. His Majesty engages to make an adequate allowance for such livings as are not yet properly endowed. The law relative to the property of the church will be administered in conformity with the instructions of the canonical institutions • in what concerns possession, the toles presc r ib e d by the canons will be observed. Free intercourse between the religious communities and their superiors who reside at Rome are guaranteed ; these latter will have the full right of visiting the monas t-lies of the monarchy, and of publishing circulars touch ing the discipline, &c. The religious orders have the right of opening novi ciates, bishops that of instituting, with consent of the Government, both mi.na4teries and convents. The prop. r:y of the church is declared sacred and in• violable, and the church is maintained in its full right of acquiring property, No suppression or sale cant-take place Without the intervention of the Holy See ; the rights of the bishops remain always intact. -- The estates of the church will be administered accord ing to the canonical instructions ; a commission will be appointed for the administration of vacant livings. The right of collecting tithes is maintained wherever it still exists ' and his Majesty undertakes to procure an endowment having legal force wherever it no longer exists. All other affairs, not included in this Concordat, will bh regulated in accordance with the doctrines of the church and the regulations approved by the Holy See. The Concordat is declared to be national law in per petuity, and it abrogates all the laws and arrangements that have hitherto regulated ecclesiastical affairs in the state. An association has been formed at Stnttgardt (VI"; temberg) for purchasing provisions by wholesale, sw" selling them to the poor at coat price.