The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-14 00:00:00

pIIRSUA:•:IT to an Order of the High Court cf Chancery. m.zde in a came where;n:Thos rienr Stran zways Is plaintiff, and Richard Baker Leslie defends. , t, all perso , ns e;aiming to he Creditors of WILLIAM LESLIE, late of Mark am place, Chelsea. In the county of Middlesex, gentlemen, the intestate in the proceedings named, who died in or about the month of August, 1353, are by their solcitora, on or before the 9th day of D cernher, 1 4 h 6, to come in and prove their debts at the chambers of the ree-Chan oeltor Sir Richard Torin Kinder , ley, No. 3, Stone -bunchily, Lincoln's inn. Middlesex, or in default ther'of they will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of the said Onler. Tuesday, the 16th day of December, 1856, at Three o'clock in e afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing And adj the afternoon, at the nald Cleambers, Is appolnted tor hearing nd adjudl .stlril upon the claims. Dated this sth day of November, 1856. CHARLEA PUGH, Chief Clerk. L MBE - AT, WIII ['MORE, and HAMPTON', 7, John-stre , t, Bedford-row, Plaintiff's Solicitors. TIER MAJESTY'S THE ATRE.— M. JIILLIEN's CONCERTS.—L=AST APPEARANCE but ONE of CATHERI HAYES.— M. Julien's New Grand French Quadrille. —Programme for VHS EVENING (Friday, Nov. 11), to commence at 8 o'clock : Part I. Overture, Euryanthe (first time this season) — Weber ; Quadrille, from Rossini's opera Semiramide : Symphony, Andante in E flat, from the Symphony in C Minor—Mendelsohn (se-ond time this season); Grand Scena. " Softly sighs," Der Freise' utz (Weber).Cather ine Hayes (her last appearance but one) ; Solo Oboe, Souvenir de la, Montagne (Lavigne) M Lavigne ; Polka, MY MarY Anne (fifth time)—Jullien (dedicated to Mrs Barney liams); Symphony, the Andante, from Snohr's Symphony the Power of sound. descriptive of the Creation of Music —S , ohr ; the French Quadrille, sixth time of performance (Julien), composed as a compan , on to the English Quadrille, on French popular melodies, military airs, marches, &e. Introduction : "Rendez moi ma Patrie, on laisocz moi mourir," performed on the carnet-a-piston by Herr Kcenig. N o- 1. " Le Petit Tambour," marche et chanson. No. 2 " La voila cette France cheric," national song, with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, and cornet performed by MM Dc Foley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, and Koen ig. No. 3. " Veillons an saint de l'Empire " No 4. "Le Pitit Caporal," with four variations for ophlcleide by Mr. Hughes. No. 5. " Monaco." an old French tune, favorite of Na poleon 1., and performed gener , lly at his appearance by the military bands and fifes of the old Empire Finale : " Por tant pour la Syria." " Viva l'Empereur " An interval of 2.5 mil:totes between the parts. Part 2. Opera, Grand Oneratic Selection from Verdi's opera, Il Trovatore, with solos for oornet, oboe, and ophicleide, by Herr Koenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes ; Ronde Finale, " h, non ginnge," L a Sonnambula (Henna), Miss Catherine Hayes—Valse, La Prima Donna (hy desire)—Jullien ; Corneto Obligate, Herr Koenig ; Solo, Violoncello (Sery tie) M. Eemunck, jun. ; Symphony, Allegretto in B fiat, from the Svmnho"y in F Beethoven ; Valse,Zerlina -Kcenig ; Galop, Pelissier—• `'Al bert. In rehearsal, and shortly will he perform- d (for the first time) a Grand Selection from Verdi's celebrated opera of" La Treviita," with solos by M'ssrs. Le FI ; Lavigne, De Folley, 13 , nnenberg, Dulvm, Hughes, a• , (1 Koenig. Con ductor—M. Julien Promenade, Is ; dress circle. 'is td. ; private boxes. l'"ot 6d., 's , and inwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principil libraries and musicsellers'; and at .Tullien and "in.'s, 214, Rezent-s' ITel, T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LAN E.— IJ.sßee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting M mazer, Mr. C. ITathows Stage Manager, Mr. R. R , aby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY.aneI BALLET, every Evening. during the Week. at 01(1 Play house Prices. Upper Gallery, Is. ; Gallery, is Pd. ; Pit, 3s. ; 17nner Boxes, 3e. 'd. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Stalls, 10s. Pd. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four pine s. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introdnctisn of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succzeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to foregs their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers: —Madame Grisi, Madame Ruderedorif, Madame A.madei, Madame Sed lazek, and Maaame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt. Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Alhicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com plete chorus under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the comedy of THE BUSYBODY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, R. Roxby, A. Vounge, Tilbury, Vincent ; Miss M. Oliver, Miss Wadham Miss Bulmer, drc. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Arnim', by Madame Gassier. To be followed by he Second Act of DER FREISCHUTZ. Supported by Madame Rudersdorff, Mdlle. Serllatzek, Signor Albicini, and Herr Formes. Terminating with the celebrated Incantation Scene. T. conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Cement will appear. Boxes stalls, and places can he secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, frond 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Door; open at hilf-past 7. commence at 8 THEATRE ROYAL. H YMARKET THIS EVENING (Friday), To-morrow (Saturday), and every evening next week, THE SCHOOL FOR. SCANDAL, in which Mr Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone • Crabtree, Mr Compton; Joseph Surface, r. Howe ; Cir Oliver gm-face. Mr. Rovers ; Moses, 'Er. Clark: Sir Harry 'w th a senrr), Mr. \V Farren ; Lady Teazle. Miss Reynolds ; Mrs Candour, Miss Talbot : Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter : Maria Miss E. Sabine. After which the Spanish Ballet of THE STAB. OF ANDALUSIA. in which Perea Nene and her unrivalled Comnany, who=e engagement is about terminatinz will appear To be followed by Mr. Buckstone (To-night and To-morrow only) in LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Cammence at 7. THEATRE ROY L, ADEL PHI. Tt.turn a MIA iron (1-1 , .51 - p.—P.laikivelv the last waek for a long period of the celehrat , d drama of Green Bushes. Great success of the new coml.! drama, called A Bor der Marriage, in which Mr Leigh Murray will aopear.—Mr. Wright in a new charalter. and zs Muster Grinnilge. in The Green Bushes.—THlS EVENING, 'HE GREEN BUSHES or A Hundred Years ago, in W'ieti Madame Celeste will appear in her celebrated character of Miami. Muster Grinnidge. Mr. Wight, and Jack Gong. Mr P. Bedford (their oririnal cha racters). With a A BORnER MARRIAGE. qir Walter 11,seburn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandle, Mr Wright lfstreas M;ss Wrildham On Moudav next, Nov. 17, positively will be produe,d a new fairy ballet extravaganza, called the Elves, or the Statue Bride, in which Madame Celeste will sustain the prin ipal earacter. A new drama, in which Mr. Ben. Webster will perform, is Ala , in rehearsal t""TICETTNI THEATRE ROYAL A Mr. C. -UP THIS EVENING , Frida7, Nov. 14), a Romantic Play, in four acts, entitle 1, FATIIAN, or " La M,sallUnce," with new scenic and mechanical erects, &c. Fabian, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Pauline. Mrs. Dillon. Concluding with the Burlesque of THE WINTER'S TALE. Miss Woolgar; Miss Wilton, Mr. J. L. Toole, Ste., &c, -11 OY PRTNqESS'S TFIE TI,E. ) THIS EVENING a.nd (1'17+)7 th , + week will be presented Shalopleare'i play of t 1 'TffYiITNINTER, NIGFErA DRE A't. To clncluslo with Shlrilan's traTic play of Pr -ZIR E t O reemores3ei int, three act ). Mendc,ls eohn's celebrated overture to & Mil.stunmer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROYAL SI7RM:Y THE .A.TRE. Llqieeq. M-94 -s Sh9p'lPrl an 4 Creswick. TFIIS EVENTINT 4 , DRED. Torn Grmloi, Mr. Shep herd.; Dred, Mr. Cres,cie'; - .; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Vuele T.ff, Mr. Watliconth ; Clayton, M'•. F. Charles ; Nirrt Gor don, Miss A. Eiddlos ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson; Lisette, Miss Ellis. To conclude with TIE OLTTCA3T BROTII ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE. Tpqßle, Mr. Alfr4l Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY AT HONFI. MADE 1. Orlon, Mr. Altlislu Linn, Nils; ; Orpheus. Mss Maskell ; AiSi 11. Stanley ; lledea, Mr. F. Rn? sin A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robs)n; Mrs. Lullaby, Mrs. Stirling. Commence at ba'f-rnst Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPTI E.' F, k.TRE. Lessee ,tivi 111Tivrer, Mr. W. Cooke. L,Lit Nights of Richard the Third. THIS EVENING (Fifteenth Week !—a fact unparalleled), Phakspere's Tragedy of RTC 'Ft Ain THE T 'TIRD, with Flectric Equestrian effects by kir, Win. Cooke's noble palfreys. Richard, Mr. James HairmAT. After which, the inimitable SCENES in the CIRCLE, by list-rate equestrians. Miss Ka e Ceoke, la Perle de Faxen°. To conclude with a select, PIECE FINALE. Doors open at half-nast six ; comnaenee at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. In preparation, a grand Equestrian Spectacle called DRED. "-JIG"! ST ATT!,II. kT LON vits nAT—Morn. 39 min. aft. 2 —13 , 7- 7 ,1,,, 3 3 Tom.. 24, An. aft. 3 47 'To 3 k7fTE'l- N TETE _ , "ENIBRR 14 rff •Trf.) , r!'l74ll. [1.7 " - 11! 0, 4 ' t, Arinak - f. , n 1.0,PM AY 41 th la 4-orni , r ,TO Inr n. r,„ night 42 4 ".° "n'2 A r 2 9 .92. WIND, N.—Moderato, with bitter, cold, sunghiny PARLIAIYINN'TARY NonaE3. Parliam.entary kr,ents, Solic'tors, and others, having' Notices, and who may be too late for -1,-,11.9 111 1 111 time of publi cation, are rsTllctfaily inform?,d that their Notiops will be i:serted h " THE SUN up to Twelve o'clock To-morrow (Saturday) Evening, and thereby save the next Session of Parliament. srs OFFICE, 1 I , b Nov., 1858. t r 3 1 ) : b , - ' is • • t ' s L , tRI• •L'.v+ EIVIBER 14, its Q;, licdn. ` ::3ll7 ' t iealrzg of the mc.r.s!ar7 'l-)f tha cQurth'Y azd ttia ernbitant rate a chsceunt charged by af t , National Bask ing establishment, we stated that there were st s i gn ifi ca nt symptoms of other restrictions beim- , ' speedily added, or , in Threadneedle -street par . lance, a further turn of the monetary screw beim- , - applied in the Bank parlour." A few d ays previ cozily We announced that "although the rate of Waist is enormous, it is more than hinted, that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, NOVEMBER l4, 1856. it will speedily be increased I" These gloomy predictions have already been fulV and completely verified. The Bark Directors yesterday resolved on an advance to an uniform rate of interest of per cent., thus abolishing the distinction that previously existed between bills coming to matu rity at more or less than sixty days. Nor is this all. It was also decided that bills having more than 30 days to run will not be re discounted for the brokers; so that virtually credit cannot now be obtained for more than a single month, and that at the ruinous charge of 'T per cent. by the Leviathan, which implies a cost of at least 8 or 9 per cent. to trading and manufac turing firms. The discount houses, following the old lady's lead, have advanced their rate for money held on call to 6 per cent., and a similar allowance is made on deposits by the joint-stock banks. We are told that the announcement of the advance caused "considerable surprise." We must say that we did not by any means share in the feeling. We saw the imperative necessity of the Bank adopting stringent measures for its own security if the unwise and impolitic provisions of the Bank Char ter Act of 1844 are still to be maintained intact. Every continental nation was coolly providing for its own wants at our ex .sose. France is outbidding us in our own mar kas, and purchasing the bullion forwarded to our shores, at higher prices than the Bank of England is allowed to offer. Austria has, since the begin. ning of the year, increased its stock of bullion by some three millions and a quarter, or about 60 per cent. addition to what it previously held. Russia is making convulsive efforts to insure the payment of no less than FORTY THREE MILLIONS OF POUNDS sterling in specie, for the alleged purpose of constructing a line of military railways, which can never by any possibility pLy as commercial speculations. There was a steady and continuous drain of bullion from our shores, which there was no possible chance of arresting, and the Directors were therefore compelled to resort to the only means in their Dower, however inadequate, of checking the out fl of the precious metals. But although the attempt occasions the most injurious consequences to domestic industry, it has but little effect in arresting the evil. As the Times declared last month, at the time of the last turn of the Bank screw, "if the Bank of France" (and, we may add, of Vienna or St. Petersburg) "are determined to buy gold at any sacrifice, no addition of one or two per cent. per annum will be regarded. The only limit to such an operation must be found in the exhaustion of their power to buy up bills on this country, or to obtain credit here." This ii unquestionably true. The remedy is utterly inadequate to the disease I It may cause wide-spread ruin and distress amongst the work ing population, bring many houses of unquestion able solvency to the verge of ruin, if not to actual bankruptcy, and occasioning a serious reduction in value of All classes of securities, public and private, and bitter privations to the working classes. Surely it is time that s ,me real attempt should be made to arrest the monster grievance ere the golden opportunity has passed away, to provide an adequate remedy before the patioit is in a moribund condition. A , we have repeatedly explained, the only suitatle mode is to provide a domestic currency that will not be Available either for exportation or hoarding—a currency which, "being required solely for internal commerce, no necessity could exist for gold being held against any portion of it." Even the Times itself long since admitted the efficiency of such a circulating medium, de claeing that " es deposit of qovertime.lt Stock, or the fact of its being receivable fur duties, would at all times keep it from, fluet , fation, in value ! " Eters, then, is the just solution of the important and interesting problem. We can only prevent that disastrous fluctuation, which CoBDEN de clared to have occasioned greater mischief than the failure of all the banks that ever stopped pay ment, by the creation of a really National Bank, issuing really National Notes of small and con venient denominations, which would answer every domestic exigency and render gold, what it ought to be, a commodity, in which we could compete with other nations when they strove to carry it off at inadequate prices from before our very faces. The Times tells us that " the present advance should be viewed without the slightest commer cial apprehension !" What-:--7 per cent. for money, and an inadequate supply even at that exorbitant rate, not to occesion any uneasiness amongst those whose business requires great faci lities for obtaining the pecuniary accommodation absolutely indispensable I It says that " What is going on is merely a scramble on the part of other countries for our money, and as, to avoid a final crash in their speculations, they are ready to offer anything, they will of course succeed, unless ! we take care to keep up to the full range of their biddings !" Tiuis is truly a peesing prospect for industrial int eres t s . Ti e - e r must coolly behold 1 other countries scrambling for English money, and I be prepared to outbid them, not because there is any want of capital, but merely of its measure and representative. Although our resources are almost inexhaustible, there is a "famine" of cur rency that produces the most serious mischief, And this will only be added to the longer we ab ' stain from looking steadily at our position in a true point of view, and immediately adopting the remedial measures which the magnitude of the emergency and the vast interests at stake impera tively require. The use of national one pound notes to the extent of twenty millions sterling would econo mise the precious metals, and render gold, now uselessly circulating from hand to , hand in the tramsee , ione of every-•lay We, available for our r , foreign tr. Lde. It would, as Mr. JAMES WILSON long since declared, be to all intents and pur peees as beneficial to the national prosperity as if a mine of gold of equal value had been disco vered in the heart of England ! Why, then, is the step delayed ? Why do we suffer our bullion to be exported without adopting energetic means to arrest the continurmi eh%) ? Simply because we allow 'the trtoneyocncy to wallow in wealth at the expense of the many, and, by a perverse a dherence to rules, the impulicy whereof has b een 10r,,,,, since clearly established, sacrifice th e welfare pity. The crisis wil a l a t d hi h s a t p i p m in e e p ss ro o b f ab th ly e lead e°m un to ti a " remedy. Nine years • the saed national enthusiasm difficulties were overcome the moment the , by the susp en si on o f I the Act the excite ment w as impossible to keepupaway, and it produced menn t ary reform. The people were bartlbOfie e d bye fictitious investigation that was never intended to produce any results, but was merely to tide over the dith'culte• until the question could be quietly shelved. We are now suffering for our folly, and it will be our own faults if we can again be deceiveL We shall only have ourselves to blame for any privations we may be compelled to undergo. The Bank Charter Act has virtually expired, and we are still endurin g severe sufferings from its baleful operation. W e ' see the evil, but we hare not exhibited the energy or activity which so untoward a state of affairs urgently demands. It is somewhat remarkable that, while the me tropolitan population have been patiently waiting to bo rid of the sewage, the retention of which THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. SOLE LESSEE-. 4. H. PEPPER, ESQ. The enterprise of Mr. Pepper, as the Sole Lessee and Manager of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, really appears to be inexhaustible. His Programme, just now, or Syllabus, or what ever else we may please to call it, is marked by an entire series of Novelties, or, as our allies across the channel have taught us to say, by a succession of new and interesting "Specialities." No wonder, therefore, that out of an enterprise like this, com bined with a remarkable sagacity of selection, and an indomitable energy, and an unflagging perseve rance—no wonder, we say, that out of an union of all these laudable qualities combined, Mr. Pepper should have contrived to draw forth the guerdons of success in almost every one of the various and contrasting sections of his large and motley establishment. Insomuch so that, now in 1856, nearly 20 years from the date of its original establishment, we still find the Royal Polytechnic Institution flourishing among the wreck of much younger and more showily preten tious undertakings of a scientific character. The Collisseum in more senses than one a mass of "artificial ruins "—the Adelaide Gallery the mere vulgarshow-room alternately of mammoth trees and preposterous marionettes—the Panopticon a gaudy pile of gilt gingerbread, abandoned to dust and cob webs, its fountain dry, its organ silent, its doors double locked by the iron force of bankruptcy—the one only success among these scientific caterers to the public amusement and the popular instruction being the " old original" structure at 309, Regent street, incorporated by Royal Charters in 1838 and in 1852, the illustrious Patron of which is H.R.H. the Prince Consort, the Sole Lessee of which is Mr. J. H. Pepper, Manager and Lecturer, the industrious and indefatigable ! Simultaneous with the crowning triumphs of the Polytechnic Institution in this year or grace 1856 —and, doubtless, having a great deal to do with those same successes—there is especially noticeable the important event, in the history of the Institu tion, of the Unio b recently effected between the " Society of Arts" and the " Royal Polytechnic." An union so eminently successful, that already we believe in this First Term, 1856, the number of pupils enrolled has reached an aggregate of no less than 390 altogether ! As indicative of the charac ter of the result it may be here briefly notified that the current time-table of classes for this winter ses sion marks a diversity of subjects for each succes sive week as remarkable as the following :—. For Monday, Arithmetic, Algebra, and Chemistry; for Tuesday, Geometry, Mensuration, and Geography; for Wednesday, History, Literature, and the French Language ; for Thursday, Mechanics, the Elements of Mechanism, and the German Lan guage; and for Friday, Book-keeping. Dr. White being the arithmetician and al , ebraiet ; Mr. Pepper and Mr. Buckmaster the chemists ; Mr. Tear the geometrician ; Mr. Chapman the geographer ; the Rev. C. Boutell the exponent of the belles lettres ; M.r. Bridge the mechanician ; Mr. Macpherson the accountant; and Messrs. Roublot and Heidenheim the linguists. It is observable, however, altogether apart from the mien of the Society of Arts and the Royal Polytechnic, that the popular scientific Insti tution of London displays a really remarkable variety of attractions upon the long catalogue of its stereotyped advertisement. For example, be ginning on the 3d of this present month of Novem ber, at eigkt o'clock in the evening, there are the Musical Lectures by G. A. Cooper, assisted by seve ral able artistes, and by a choral aid of no less than 100 voices. Again, Mr. Pepper himself— in addition to his attractive Lecture (with Experiments and Dissolving Diagrams) upon Bessemer's new and marvellous process of manufac :airing iron and steel—recently delivered two lee sires upon the " Chemistry of Fireworks"—a theme appropriately selected for Wednesday, the sth of November, and brilliantly illustrated for the occa sion by a variety of miniature fireworks, con structed by the skilled hand of Mr. Darby, the -minent Vauxhall Pyrotechnist. Besides these allurements on the Programme of the Polytechnic, there have been—there are still t , be—divers re narkable literary attractions. There " have been," for example, Mr. Walter Rowton's Lectures on he Writings of the most popular Author of the A.ge, our glorious and in many respects incompar able Boz ! And with these appreciative prelec lions upon the Works of Charles Dickens—Drama • tic Readings of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Miss Mary E. Webb, the coloured native of Philadelphia, U.S., who first read the masterly fiction of Harriet B. Stowe in Landon, at Stafford Heine, before the assembled guests of her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland. There area to be" critical and poe tical lectures by Mr. Tall Tophain, on the 17th Instant upon Lord Byron, and on the 14th instant upon Thomas Moore. Again, among the coming wonders of the Polytechuic, the public have 1 oromise held out to them o f en j oy i ng, on t h e 1 3th proximo, a Lecture, by Mr. Brayley, on the Geology and Physical Constitution of the Moon-- with a pass i ng glance, let us hope, by the lecturer, upon the vexed question about the rotation of our lovely satellite upon its axis ! And another allur ing Lecture, on the, 15th proximo, by Mr. Rum ball, upon the " Beauties of Creation," with especial regard to the means whereby man be comes acquainted with them thi s particu lar lecture upon the Beauties of N a t ure b e i ng. in point of fact, the first of a series of lectures on the exquisite theme of the "Five Senses." There are, besides all this, several minor attractions the marvels col. lected noticeable just now among lected together at the Royal Polytechnic Institu tion. Noticeable even among the whirling wheels and pinions, and steel bars, and leather straps of the moving maze of machinery —among such familiar wonders (wonders still though so long familiar) as the diving bell, and the electric machine, and the steam gun, and the like scientific miracles ! One being G. Harvey's exquisite Dissolving - Views of " Life in the West"—revealing the growth from the rude Log Hut to the magnificent City, among the Fields and Forests and Prairies of the United States — Dissolving Views accompanied by an Illustrative Lecture by Mr. Leicester Buckingham. Another of these noticeable recent additions to the Poly technic being Napoleon Montanari's ingenious Col lection of Figures delineative of the different charac ters of "Mexican Life"—Life, Savage and Civilised, with all its varied costumes and attributes. A Shilling being the admission fee to all this—can there be any marvel, then, that that old and favourite haunt of sight-seers continues still night after night, noon after noon, and morning after morning, to be crowded, that success still follows like its shadow upon the enterprise displayed by Mr. J. H. Pepper - la his management of the Royal Polytechnic Insti , ;ution ? has been found so prejudicial to longevity, the metropolis has been flooded with the moral drain age of the Continent, German and Italian razcals and cut-throats to wit, " the offscouring of all things," whose prolonged retention is fraught with more immediate danger to life than the other, thou 4 much more easily to be got rid of. NV° content ourselves with calling attention to the coincidence, without pointing the moral to be derived from it. As our readers are aware the enlistment of foreign mercenaries in the Briiish service met from the first with our most marked disapproval. Subsequent events have proved to demonstration the correctness of the view taken by The Sun of the matter. Abroad the various foreign legions thus enrolled have not been of the slightest service to us, but, on the contrary, their enlistment has involved us in the gravest difficulties with neutral Powers, actually all but occasioning war between us and the United States. At home they have neither benefited us by their example as soldiers nor as citizens ; have utterly failed to secure the confidence of the population, and at their very best done no more than draw their pay and jabber during drill. Their virtues being of this negative character, what have been their vices ? Week by week, for long before their breaking up, the public ear has been shocked by narra tives of outrages on their part as wanton as they were cowardly, and almost invariably cha racterised by a murderous intent. Now it was an unoffending civilian beaten or stabbed, now a few British soldiers having to defend their lives against overpowering numbers, and now some swindling transaction as heartless as impudent, followed by some atrocious murder, as if to set forth the capacity for evil of this dire importation in the boldest relief. Such was the conduct of these foreign mercenaries during the war—such the use of these auxiliaries for whom nothing was deemed too much, and whose treatment up to their discharge has been of a nature admirably calculated to excite feelings of discontent in the mind of the far less favoured British soldier. And now when the public ought to have been ridden of them—abundant time having elapsed for that desirable consummation—they are still among us, not a whit improved, but more dangerous to the public peace than ever. Instead of contemplating occasional forays in the camp, they are scattered abroad throughout the metropolis, to be met with everywhere and on all occasions, affording proof of the wisdom of their being shunned. No woman's delicacy can be said to be safe from the pollution of their touch—no manly protecting breast from the sharpness of their steel. Inflamed with beer, purchased by money obtained at no cost but that of the tax payer, the rascally hand obeys the impulse of the licentious eye, and the rebuke of offended woman hood, no less than the interference of the indig nant spectator, is met by a thrust with the cowardly knife. The police meet with no better fate, their short staves a►ailing little in a struggle with the murderous blade. In one day, and that day yesterday, the Guildhall, Worship-street, and Thames Police-courts were simultaneously en gaged in the investigation of outrages such as we have described, and committed by discharged members of one or other of these mercenary legions. No one's life is safe with them. At the latter police-court the astounding intelligence was eliminated during the proceedings, tha , " there are about. fifty meu belonging to the British Italian Legion prowling abou Stepney and Whitech4pel, and they arf all armed with bowie knives and stilettos." Thos. who entertain the desire that their days may be long in the land will be disposed to postpone theb visits to this locality. As for the women they must put a bridle on their tongues, and be excae I ingly gentle in their repulses if they would escape at once violation and murder. How long is this sort of thing to continue ? How long are peaceable British citizens to find their native meridian darkened by exposure to atrocities that would hardly be tolerated under an Italian sky ? Were these mercenaries refugee, from foreign tyranny, with no other fault than an inveterate love of liberty, and two or three black sheep among them broke the peace after an offensive fashion, they would be promptly enough dealt with by the Home-office. The act which arms the Home Secretary with exceptionable powers ought surely, if in force at all, to be turned to some good account. Why are not these cowardly ruffians brought at once under its ope ration ? Why are they not one and all driven out of the metropolis and transported to the lands which gave them birth, and are doubtless glad at th. thought of having got rid of them ? Favour in a high quarter may do much, but it cannot be per mitted to throw its shield over drunken reprobates and assassins like these. If Sir G. GREY would not have the odium of these transactions cast on himself and the Government of which he is a member—if he has any fellow feeling with his outraged and endangered countrymen and coun trywomen, and is shocked, as they are, at being subjected or exposed to such ruffianism, he will order an immediate police hunt, which shall not cease until every member of these legions through out the country is beaten' up and placed under surveillance, preliminary to the speediest possible deportation. Are have, surely, native villains in abundance to guard ourselves against, without having the scum of continental rascaldom in ad dition—the wielder of the knife and the stiletto, as well as tho wielder of the life-preserver and the garotte. SNOW. —The hills in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorsetshire, were covered with snow on Monday night last. NEWPORT (MONMOUTHSHIRE). Charles Lyne, Esq., R.N., was elected Mayor on Monday last. Sir A. Cockburn, the Attorney-General, has succeeded to the Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas, is a great crandson (Ways the Bath Ch ro nicle) of Dr. Ayscough, a Mr. Maitland, secretary to the Civil Service Commis farmer Dean of Bristol. He is heir presumptive to the sion, will also act as secretary to the Civil Service Ste. eerenetcy at present held by his uncle, the Dean of perannuation C'mmiesioners. Y etc, and lately held by another uncle, the late distin- THE PARLIAMENT STREET ASSASSIN. MARLEY.—For gukhed Ade iral Sir George Cockburn. prudential reasons, the fetal termination of the assault DEATH OE LORD "CARSDALE.—We regret to announce on the unfortunate man Cope was concealed from the i.e death of th e NIA Hhin. N a th ae i e i Curzo n , R.r o n weltesin, Marley, in the House of Detention, until Wed scars ale, which took place at Farnah-hall, near Derby, ne-day evening, when he was visited by the Rev. Mr. on Wednesday last. Toe late Lord Scarsdale was born Jephson, the chaplain of the prison. When, in the course on the 3d of January, 1781, and was consequently in of his interview, the reverend gentleman informed Mari his 76th year. The heir presumptive is the Rev. Alfred l e y of the death of the ill-fated Cope, he never expressed Curt tn of Kedleston, second son of the late Hon. and the slightest contr i t i on for his en d , an d i n hi s d emean our Rev. Alfred Careen, who was born in 1801, and w ho was callous and hardened in the extreme. In answer to married in 1825, Sophia, d aug ht er o f R. H o ld en , Esq. some observations, he replied that he had faced death too Mr. W. P. Andrew (chairman of the Scinde and Eu- many times to fear it now. In a subsequent pare of the nitrates Valley Railway Company), Captain Cole, Mr. evening, on being spoken to by a warder, he said that he J Entwistle, Mr. G. K. Fairleolme, Col. the Hon. A. was not afraid of d ea th, an d wou ld . '"go to the gallows Gordon, C.B Mr. Arthur Hudson (S u p er i n t en d en t of like a brick." Af ter hi s comm i tta l f rom Bow.street, yes- , the Australan Agricultural Company), Mr. J. B. H e ath, terday, on a charge of wilful murder, on his arrival at F.R.S.Sardinia), Mr. W. H. Hovel, of A us. Newgate, he ex c l a i me d to t h e officers, " I believel have trails), (ConsulSirCharles f Nicholson (Chancellor of the Univer• come to stop with you for some time." He was spef dily M sity nd o: Ir. Syd vv ne m. y), Commanderstarumno. Civil E og i n eer, Montagu O'R e illy, R.N., cons i gn ed t o hi s cell, which he w i l l occup y until his trial. a GENERAL CILINGARNIZP. AND l'at A Boxis or .I.,Ton elected r 1 sof the Royal Geographical ' have been Society. :v.Axr.T.—The following letter has been addressed by Ter WESTMINSTERF/PROTE II ENT,BONDHOLDEBS.—A i General Cliangarnier to the Brussels Nord :—" Maline, I ing .of these bondholders took place yesterday, Mr. Nov. 10, 185 6.-11,1 r. Editor,--There has been pointed Og'e in the • chair, when two plans were submitted to out to me in one of the letters dated from Paris, inserted in thee them to adopt the Westminster L an d Act ob. i n your journal of the 9th Nov., the following sentence : tained last session, and to subscribe additional money, `A great deal was said at a certain period of the confi.- with the view of resu-nitating the property. A strong dential conversations between the Emperor Nicholas and was manifested aeamst any such proceeding, and Sir Hamilton S e y mour on the su bj ec t of Turkey. Ras it w as untended t h a t a full investigation o f th e a d m i n i s e site would in h er t urn b old a fine band if thepossessed tration of th e Westminster Commission is essential for certain letters addr esse d b y L or d Normanby to General tie intere-te of the bondholders and the public. The changarnier—letters whi c h it has not been thonght suit in Chancery already instituted will, it is asserted, apropos to publi s h, b ut wh i c h a re not destroyed. , I disclo se the disreputable c i rcums t ances Connected with have never received a single letter from L or d N orman b y the operations of that body, and be attended with bone- relative to the fo re i gn po li cy o f Bigland.— Receive, gir, ficial :nults to the credito:s. Z 6 ' l o CuIiGABNISic." LYCEUM THOAT RE. Last evening a romantic play entitled " Fabian, or is Mcsaliiance," was produced at this theatre for the first time, and met with the most decided succe s. The play is a new adaptation of " The Black Doctor," aid there fore to recount the tale thr•.ugh all its c complexities would be needless. The leading incident of the version pre, duced last evening will be understood by the following brief description. The " mesalliance," from which the play takes its mere, consi.ts in a marriage with a cer- , tain Pauline de la Raynark, the daughter of the Mar quis de la Raynarie, and Fabian, a mulatto, who has been a slave to the marquis, but has recovered his free dom for having saved the life of his master. He studies medicine, and eventually becomes celebrated for certain cures he has performed. His fame spreads in all directions, and a fever of a dreadful character vi siting the isle of Bourbon, the scene in which earlier portions of the play is laid, hia aid is eagerly sought by the white folks, who before had only endured his pre mence. The Marchioness de la Raynarie and her daughter Pauline are seized with the fever, and the nr. - her, who is saved through the skill of Fabian, quits the i,laiiel to return to France before her daughter has sufficiently recovered to proceed with her. News arrives of the death of the marchioness, and marriage takes place be tween Fabian and Pauline, who believes herself to be an orphan. The mother has, however, escaped death, and she summons her daughter to France. Upon Fabian's arrival the marriage is discovered, and he is thrown into the bastile. The capture of the fortress by the people releases him, but his incar ceration has bereft him of reason. A. friend finds out by whose orders he was immured, and Pauline is de nounced to the Convention as an aristocrat. He► biding-place is, however, discoveree, and Fabian, while endeavouring to convince the mob that the lady is his wife, is struck dead by a bullet aimed at Pauline. The part of Fabian was sustained by Mr. C. Dillon with great ability. In the scene in which he is taunted •e his negro birth his acting was that of a con summate artiste, and elicited unbounded applau-e Indeed the whole performance was di4inguisbed 6y an avoidance of point-making, and without once over topping the modesty of nature ha held the feelings of his audience entirely at his coin mand. Mrs. Dillon's Pauline was a chaste and (Meat. performance, and in certain parts of the play she exhi• bited great power and pathos. The other ciaarae.ter, were very efficiently sustained. The play has been put upon the stage in a very striking manner ; and some ot the effects, for instance the rising of the waters in the mulaqu's cave, and the storming of the bas'ile, are ex traordinary. At the termination of each act of the drama Mr. and Mrs. Dillon had to appear before the curtain. i❑ obedience to the call of a delighted audience. MISS P. NORTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS. Mrs. German Reed last evening resumed her highly attractive entertainment at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent -street. The audience was exceedingly numerou., and, if the first night of a season can be taken as a cm terion, a season of unexampled success is certain. The chief features of the performance did not rest upon and novelty, and it is not. necessary on this occasion to say more than that Mrs. Reed's powers were as con•picuou as ever, and that she really merited all the applause sh, received. STEAMSHIP ONEIDA. The following letter ha been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,— As the great and uniform friend of progress, and as having exerted so much influence in the formation of this line of steam communication to Australia, it will not uninteresting to you to hear of her whereat) ,uts, and a few of the most prominent facts of this rather eventfu voyage. We left the Solen*, as you are aware, midday the 19th inst., and have bad the most beautiful weather ever since, but mainly light and unfavourable winds, which, bough insufficient to retard our course, furnish fresf. proofs f the indisp usable necessity of steam, auxiliary or entire, to render a quick passage u-rtain. A sailing ship of the finest qualities would have done but little in comparison. We have made, as our position will show, a steady 270 or 280 miles per day, consuming from 50 to 70 tons of foal in he 24 h pure, and entered this splendi harbour last night to replenish our fuel. It i- greatly to be regretted that we shall lose from three to five days in that operation, the coal losinß brought from the shore to the ship in lighters, and wi lie half a mile out. Tue vessel, a comfortable seaboat, and admirably veutilated, is commanded and officered by intelligent and energetic ►nen ; the pr bvisiona varied and abundant, and the CUZBi7LC and attendaece superior to anything I have seen in so long a voyage, and I have made the pa .•age five times in first-class ships. We have 50 passengers, about equally divided in num bore between noviciate adventurers and old col .niits re• turning —persons of intelligence and educat►on, who spend their time agreeably in conver•ation and reading. The principal group is, of c turse, Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor ~f Victoria, his wife, child, and aid-de camp, whose dignifie•i and courteous manners imoart a tine to our circle. His Excellency occasionally con• verses with men of intelligence around him, and especi ally if they have resided long in the colones, and are interest -d in their pro,:ress and institutions. He reads diligent•y and takes plenty of exercise, and seeros alto g• tiltr a man of very active habits. It is impossibe nat to believe that, added to his valuable experience in the West Indies, his vigorous and well disciplined mind, his conciliating and affable manners, will rend.-r him truly acceptable, and even popular, in the colon) which he is about to govern. de has indeed great advantages over his immediate predecessors, in that the colony is fast settling into order and prosperity, almost every irritating topic is re• moved between the colonies and the Crown (and the squatting question the only one between the colonists themselves), while his burden in other respects will be greatly lightened by administering a " responsible go vernment. His errors, too, should he make any, will be visited with less critical severity than those of Sir C. Hothatn, whose death was accelerated at least by some who were ignorant apparently that criticism and courtesy might be combined, and who are now showing signs of c impuuction. Besides, he will go with the re• , putation of an accomplished civilian, and not that of a martinet, or fresh from the quarter-deck. Nous verrons It is doubted whether we shall call at the Cape, but as 20 days might be required to reach its neighbourhood, and that will involve the consumption of 1,000 tons of coal, it appears to tee absolutely certain, and especially as the company are bound by specific contract to steam the entire distance. If this little narrative is deemed eli4itile for your columns it may afford information t• and g, atify other•, as well as, Sir, your obedient servant, A PASSENGER. St. Vincent, Cape Verd Islands, Oct. 29. Count Persigny has nut yet had an interview wi'h Lord Clarendon since his return. The Count, however, expresses himself confidently that the instructions which he has brought over ae e of a nature to restore the accord of the two Cabinets. The precise nature of those in etructiens we have not been able to learn, but we are inclined to believe that France offers to support the Dig- Itch vie w of the B .Igrad question, provided England will acquiesce in the proposed union of the Principalities. It is to be hoped Lord Palmerston and his Cabinet will agree to ne such conditions, whatever may be the lean. ing of Lord Clarendon ; for the union of the Principali ties wil be the first step to a declaration of their inde. peedence, and a declaration of their independence the assured precursor of their annexation to Russia.— Morning Paper SALE OF THE SURREY AND SUSSEX TOLLS.—Yesterday a general meeting of the trustees of the above roads was held at the Sessions-house, Newington, Mr. Johnston in the chair, for the purpose of letting the tolls on lease for the term of one year—commenCing on the 31st of Dec. next --to the best b:dder. The tolls realised last year the sum of 20.020/, over and above the expense of col lectine the same. The gates and bars at which the tolls were collected extended from Camberw e ll- gate, i n . Sur rey, to East Grinstead gate, in the county of Su s ex, and included Kennington-common gate, Peckham gate, Kingston gate, Albany-road bar, A idington-square bar, Southampton-street bar, Red-cap bar, . with numerous other bars. There was a crowded attendance of lessees, but there being no offer the auction was declared at an end. Subsequently a tender from Messrs. Levy and Co,, for 24,5601., was accepted. On the p rev i ous day a meet ing" of the trustees of the North Rent division was held at the Green Man, Blackheath, when the Ws in this division were put up to ancrion. The sum asked for was 11 74.01., but there was no offer, WESTERN GAS LIGHT COMPANY.—TheannUel meeting of the proprietors in the above company was held yesterday at the offices, Argyll-street, R-gent-street ; Mr. Francis Wm, Russell, M.P., in the chair. The secretary, Mr. S. Barber, read the report from the directore, which stated their regret that owing to the accident which oc curred in June, 1855, to the large gasholder, erected by the company's former engineer, they were unable to de clare any dividend upon the working of the concern for the 13 months just p as t. T he consequences of that acci dent were far more serious than was:at first anticipated, nor was it until the 27th Dee, last that the gasholder was available for regular service. Up to that period, there fore, the company had to 'meet a constantly-increasing demand for gas with only one-third of the gasholder room that pre v i ous l y ex l stee. The supply of the district with gas was, under the circumstances, only accomplished at a very heavy cost to the bempany, and accounted for the small bal ance of profit remaining The gas rental of The Madrid papers of the 9th have reached us. the last year exceeded that of the Preceding Year bY The Gazette contains a circular fr o m th e Mi n i s t e r 2,829/., but th e i n c rease of manu facturing items had been of the interior to the governors of provinces, sot in the aggregate upw ar d s o f 8,0001., an amount which ti ng forth the manner in which the decrees of 1845 would have been sufficient to pay a dividend of 4!, per relativetothe press, which havebeen re-established, cent. The reportdded that the works had been co 81. are to b e carr i e d ou t. Amongst other things, the derably e n l arg e d arid i m p rove d, and the company's engi neer had expressed himself perfectly satisfied with th e governors con t r oversies on reli g i ous su bj ects, except with per new gash o ld er. The present storeage room was adequate to the supply of one million cub i c feet per diem. During mission of the bishops; and o f anyt hi ng "i ncons i st ent . the current b a lf. year the work i ng h a d b een more profit- With religious respect for the sacred person of the able than at any previous period. The report wasmonarch or the thron e t or any • or, adopted, and the retiringauditore re-elected. The services proper Yl,. other . of the bases of society ? or attacking the right of of the directors were acknowledged ty a vote of thanks. lastly, renecialg offensively on foreign sovereign. Cash. fr. c End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 40 66 50 New Loan Bank Shires 3,850 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,255 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 97 Sp in i s h Th roes Piedmontese (5) B9 Houle Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1,2 , 0 Western Northern 877 50 Strasburg (x d) 795 Lyons 1,230 New Ditto (x d) 725 Mediterranean 1,575 Grand Central ... 55 ► Lyons Geneva Cette A royal decree in the Gazette annuls certain enact rnents in a circular of the 3d September, 1854, siis. pending nomil.a ions to vacant cures and depriving bishops of some of their patronage. A second de b 6-4 nominates General Co taller Captaiti , Gent - ral of Porto Rico ; and a thiid appoints General Las sala to the Military Governorship of Cadiz. The 'gazette also contains royal decrees which sup press the Council of Admiralty and re•estab- Nil it in another form, under the name of "direction of the navy," and which make be long expected nomitiaticris of the new Royal Council of &ate, M de la Risa being appoin.ed VicePre6deot, of it. The Espana says th .t the Queen, as a mark of special esteem, bad presented the Duke de Valencia (Narvaez) pith the finest horse in her staiiles, and had at the same time written him a flattering autograph hitter. The Queen ordered the equerry charged to present i the horse to tell the duke that if he did not like the animal, he might exchange 't for any othox she possessed. The Boja Autografa says that the Civil Governor of Madrid has forbidden th e dis cussion of politics in coffee-h uses and other places of public resort, and has made the owners of such establishments re,p ,, nsible for the execution of his orders. A slight dt cline in the price of wheat and oilier grain had taken place in the market of Madrid. A letter from Helsiogrors, in the Austrian Ga zette, says :—" The activity displayed in the im provement of our navy continues in spite f3f the advanced season. It is natural that Sweden should he alarmed by these measures, and the Govern ment of that country has determined not only on carry ng out a series of fortifications la the inter or, which will form a system •f central defence, but will likewise reinforce the existing forts. Tee firearms of the army will l.kowise be changed ; and, in a few year the whole of the Swedish army will be armed with rifles. An order for 5,000 rifles for conical balls has already been given in Belgium. The staff officers of the Swedish army are at present °cell" pied in drawing up a minute map of Sweden." The Nord says :—" According to accounts which we receive from Trieste, King Orho arrived there on the Bth, and iminedia-ely embarkrd on hoard the Austrian war steamer Prince Eugene. In the suite of his M±sty was M. Notaras, the marshal of his Court ; Col. Botzaris, his aide-de-camp; and Prince Mourousi, his orderly officer. On his aryl . val the King was received at the government hotel by Boron de Mertens,_ the civil awl military gl om'. nor ; Rear-Admiral Baron de Bujacoviich, arid all the military and naval olfic , rs then at Trieste' Chevalier de Giachenesi, the Greek consul, wag 41so present to pay his respects to his Majesty' Followed by this brilliant era cegt4, King OLIIO pr o ; ceeded on board the steamer, which left the pe r ,", under salutes from the forts and the vessels'of war. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yeste r ' day (Thursday) : kin. Fr. e ' Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 85,105.' 281 --; Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 772,049 7: Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks - Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 36,723, 936 1 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 26,026 ,500 Do. in the branch banks - 1),. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 - , Advances on Ti ea ury hills lei t-.+ t-s of the reserve fund 52,190,045 98 Rrnies of disposable funds 12,980, 750 14 El tel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 5,311, 728 --- ti:x pe uses of administration 1,536,625 63 Premiums on the purchase of matihres 2,764,0 97 81 Suudr es , 3,515,3 51 55 950,150,905 5$ BELGIUM. The usual grand dinner given by the King of the Belgians on the occasion of the opening of the Chambers has been postponed, in consequence of the Duke de Brabant being much fatigued by his journey from England. The steamer only arrived in the 'riddle of the night at Ostend, and the train which conveyed his Royal Highness to Brussels did not get in until six in the morning of Tuesday, the day of the royal sitting. The Belgian Senate met after the royal sitting, and again elected the Prince de L•gne their presi dent. The Marquis de Rodes proposed that a message should be transmitted to the prince with as little delay as possible, to inform him of his re• election, and to express the wishes of the members for his speedy recovery. This proposition was re eeivi-d with loud applauseand ads pted unanimously. M. was then named first vice president, and M. de Ranesse second ; and after the usual measures adopted at the comnencement of a session the pro oeedings terminated. Th e Chamber of Represen tatives also held a s it t i ng, and, after the usual nomination of the bureaux, several electoral proceedings were verified and some of the new members admitted. The next day another short sitting was held, and the remain ing members took the oaths and their seats. The other proceedings merely consisted of the nomina tion of cuestors and other nutters of routine. LATEST NEWS. M A RSE,LLES, FRIDAY. CONSTANTINOPLE ) Nov. 7.- Redschid. Pacha has already presided as Vlzier at a State Conoco. Mehemet Paella will re ai , l bis L newt of Miuis..er of Marine in the new Mods-ry. Fuad Pacha remains Minister of the Ulterior. The Persians, who had taken Herat, have been expelled by an Affghan army. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. We have news from Bombay, by the Vectis, to Vith Oct. The Delhi Peizette, of the.,l3th, confirms the fall of Herat by SA nine. The' G- ,vernor and his family have been pat to death. The Persian Army has been reinforced to the number of 100,000 men. Dost Mahonamed is without supplies. His ,roops in Kandahar are in a state of mutiny. The E tst India Company will send him fuodi. The Calcutta journals criticise freely the pro ected Euphrates Railway. They maintain that .ts rates of transport will be too high. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13. The King of Denmark is suffering from a severe Attack of erysipelas in the head. He lies at the Chateau of Fredericksburg. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), iu his letter dated yesterday, says : "It is rumoured that the French Government is in complete accord with England relative to the Neapolitan question ; and is prepared, if lines 4iry, to assume a more energetic attitude. The 11Iarquis Antonini, King Ferdinand's repreiewta ive here, wds yesterday informed by the Miuister )f . Foreign Affairs that there was no chance of his staying in Paris, and that he and the whole of he Legation will have to retire. He .expects to ieavo to-morrow or the . day after for Brus4el, though I believe his passports have not yet been lelivered to him." A telegraphic despatch from Cherbourg an nounces that the Russian squadron, which bad been expected in that port, arrived there on Tues day evening. It was believed it would remain at Cherbourg a fortnight or three weeks. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor yesterday received at the Palace of the Tuileries, in solemn audience, Count de Kisseleff, the Rus,ian Ambassador, who had to urettent to his Majesty his credentials as represen tative of Russia at the Court of France. His Ma jesty arrived at the palace at one o'clock, and shortly after five state carriages proceeded to the hotel of the Russian embassy, in the rue du Fau Bourg St. Honore, and conveyed thence to the Tuileries the ambassador and the various persons if hie staff. The Colin entered the court of the Tuileries to the sound of military music, and the iroops rendered him the usual honours. Tile re ception took place with great splendour, in pre sence of the Ministers and chief officers of the Im perial household, when the ambassador in present ing his letters of credence addressed the Emperor is follows : " Sire,—The Emperor, my august master, in appointing me his ambassador to your Imperial Majesty, charged me o devote ail my care to cultivate the relations of friend• ship which unite the two empires. I shall ..onsider myself happy if, at the end of my caree', I have contributed to cement between France a - id Rus•ia that union which secures to the general peace one of its most durable guaran tees. In the name of my august sovereign, I have the honour of presenting to your Imperial &I'ijesty the cre dentials with which I am furnished ; and I venture to hope that you will receive with kindness the homage of my profound respect." The Emperor replied in these terms " Monsieur le Comte—From the moment thatthe treaty of peace was signed, my constant pre-occupation has been, without weakening my ancient alliances, to alleviate by friendly measures everything that might be rigorous in the strict execution of certain conditions. I have learnt with pleasure that my ambassador at St. Petersburg, animated with thsse sentiments, has known bow to acquire the kindness of the Emperor Alexander. The same wel come you may be assured awaits you here, since, indepen dently of your personal merits, you represent a sovereign who so nobly knows bow to subdue the sad remioiseences which are to , • often left by war, in order to think only of the advantages of a peace cemented by relations of friend ship." As soon as the reception had concluded, the am bassador was conveyed hack to his hotel with tile same ceremonial that had marKed his coming. The Queen of England having exprtssed the in tention of presenting a commemorative medal to the French troops who formed part of the exp-di tonary corps iu the Baltic, the Minister of War has published a notice calling on all those who took Dart in that expedition to send in before the 30th inst. their claims, supported by proper certificates, to the general commanding the division. Mars ial P.-dissier appears to be running a round of fetes in Normandy. The one that perhaps afforded him the most pleasure was the banquet to which he was invited at Maromme, where he was born the 18th Brumaire, year 3 of the Republican era. The Archbishop of Rouen, the President of the Court and the Procureur, Admiral Cecille, the General commanding the division, and others were present. The Marshal expressed himself as fol lows when his health was proposed : " Gentlemen, —I have had the satisfaction this morn• ing of informing you how happy I felt at findi, g myself among ysu—among my real fellow-citizens. I thank you in the name of the army for your words of isindnes-, for the success of the aroky is the palladium of true liberty and social order. For my own part I shall r,fn always remember your cordial reception, and it is with p emotion that in this po br chapel, where I received b e waters of baptism, I have this morning been enabl e o with you all to invoke the benediction of the Most High on our Sow-re go, no him wan has saveu and prot,•cted France. Vice l' Ampereur B )uRsE N iv. —rl telegraphic despatch, an nouncing that the Bank of Engliud had raised its rate of discount from 6 per cent. to 7 per cent., has produced a sudden fall, and prices closed as follows : DR. Capital R serve fund 12,980,750 11 Res ,,,, iminobiliere - Notes to bearer, in circulation - Do. of branch banks 63,896,475 —; Do. to order (Post bills) -- Bills pa, able at sight 2, 953,759 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 9 ° ,979 ' 177 83 102,152,006 57 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 25,142,950 -- Dividends to be paid 678,355 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries .. 1,629,993 9 25,729 4,693,27 0 " 950,150,90 5 . 0 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. Fr . C. CR. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day B7 97 0 6 4 60 0 2 5 1 90 6 13 8 °6l 3.673 Bills becoining due in Paris Bills io the branch banks Advances ~ n coin and ingots Do. iu the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 76,027,93 6 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 38,06,000 •"" Do. in the branch banks Do, to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000 ns Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds .. Hotel and furniture of the Bank 142,80 75 0900,0000 Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration Premiums on the purchas e o f mati h res 2 51 ;1 21 2 85 8 86 ;5 61594 Sundries 84,5515 DR. Capital Reserve fui.d 91,250,000 *--14 12:980,750 Reserve irnmobiliere Notes to bearer, iu circuiation ....., 60 4 ;1 0 2 000 i °74 ° 1 :: Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post hills) Bills payable at sight Account -current of Treasury Creditor 101,412, 641 $ 9 ..., Various ac coun t s - curreu t Do. branch banks 23,3 7 9 .9 41 25 i Dividends t o h e p si d 916,4:) 44 Disc unt, i n tere,t, a n d e xpe ns e s .2.--- 9 Charge for sale keeping of securities Re-di-counts of the last hon . -year Overdue bills 6undries ----------46 1,002,170,644 as It appears the India mail, telegraphed yesterdasioto having arrived at Marseilles. has brought later se°,:tib of from China, v a Bombay. The dates are to the I°l'ooo September from Shanghai, and the 29th Septerober to of Hond,k••ng, being about a fortnight later. The r ° , o oo exchange at Shanghai had experienced a further a dc ate of 2d , the quotation being 7s. 13J., and silk had 1. 0 0 risen. At Hongkong the exchange, which Way 1? ously 4s. 101(1 , now stood at 4s. 10d. I 00 The absence of intelligesce respecting the !sold • Baines has caused the premium of insurance uP ° f b o by that vessel to advance from its previous rat e " g ot guineas to eight guineas per cent., a considerable (ter having been done at Lloyd's at the latter price th is 11 ,011; noon. The original terms for specie by these vary from 355. to 401. per cent. s y i ds A l ' The contest regarding the situation of the iti - i lo sk ready collected from the assets of the Royal Britig, b ,, - c seb stilt continue.. It appears tnat about 100,00 0 /. '"„ c ert, 1' now producing n i d o the uei n g h aatinclys interest,of the c ffiwchi while m t a h n e a g m e ia r , fr i k u teht C er b ap t i - t i j ai s od : o npveerrciennt.n,oannsclegtuheantcheisnpirtohpeosintpionnnatiotidninstribute it 5 90 1e0 moving in the Bankruptcy Court. The Vice-C ll „° ° ;,iar has suggested th a t t h e di s t r ib u ti on s h ou ld be ola,u e , h ia ig out prejudice t o t h e r i g ht s o f e ith er C o urt, beb resisted by the representative of the o ffi cial ass ign'cre' bankruptcy. It is stated that a petition has bee° sented to the Court of Bankruptcy on behalf of: : st ies tribntory mei creditor, praying that the adjanc may he annulled THE BRIDGE CATASTROPHE NEAR DARLINGT°'„ ';ert Wednesd a y the quiry was resumed before th e 00r e i ' v en. but was again adj iurned at eight o'clock in tba le t, ing for the atiendance of Mr Howison, the arc s I or Mr. Marshall, who attended for Mr. Cad , th „Jr, tractor for the bridge, said it was necessary for 1 ;0 Howison to be examined, in order that be wig" ey ed ie how it was that certain springing-stones soentoloiob the specification and omitted from the bridge , bed dot/ several witnesses considered to be essential t o the _„di of the bridge, had been omitted. Mr. Cail ws ; €4 „ i i re e i to prove that he took those stones out of his est- I his Mr. Howison's suggestion, and that he reclu,c„edber tender to the extent of 201. on that account.--tww ter Guardian. :doe °f F R E E DO3I 01' THE PRESS.—By the kind iserin.-'OO4 Lcuis Napoleon, the publieatii n of Pune: , c° ll/rj : i teuea on Monday morning last, at 6 a.na , and coo o3 ' e t, without any interruption from the French G ael. w an/ up to a late hour on Tuesday night, until ther_a millions of copies nece ssar y t o satiate the inc? oi of ' veracity .4 the Univ e r sa l Public were stru ck Vice illoniteur I - Pun. pl eat. TUE Ie ROYAL BANK OF a IRELAND.—The sau n a s , d s eg. heing of the proprietors of the Royal Bank was .„ 8 a dor te, day—Pat, ek tion of the direct. ' D Waller moved th . 0 . IS report, r.d to resolution- " That the directors be permit 000., crease the amount of the reserve fu' dto ' -p e al Reid, Es ,in the chair. Alerioe 03,6 had an aGn. objection e T n a ti y o l i o l Tayl o r tanectohnedert,nhowen ,rif,:snolrguetn.ieigv'e siotStjaieta: tootle - It as the bank bad 71, kofECient. The Chairs and other directors suPP"" tbs mohltion, which was pawed usaisouoli. 1,002,17 - 0, 644