The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER '2l, 1856, DIONEY MARKET POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGTOOD. CITY, Two o'Oioon The Liverpool Cotton3flarket yesterday was much excited through the advices per the Canada, and prices were rather higher. The sales were 30,000 134108-1700 on speculation and 3,000 for export. The Railway Share Market was active, at au ad vance on Saturday's rate. Accounts from France relative to the agricul tural situation of the country and the state of the g r ain mark e t s are o f a more f avoura bl e c h arac t er . i t downward mov e men t i n p r i c es is not rapid, is uit - quiet and regular, and the accounts from t he departments report a gradual and steady in crease in the supp li es o f w h ea t a t the depots, so tbit t it is expected by November they will be am ply provision e d. The urgent labours of the f armers at this season of the year have been ter minated earlier than last autumn ; and the scarcity of m oney caused many to sell at lower rates than th e market prices. ,The advic es f rom Vi en na state that the panic Which had been produced on the Bourse at the first 11178 of the probability of France and England Wi thdrawing their envoys at Naples, and the pre „l3ltration made for the departure of the allied squad us, had subsided, and stocks, which had declined ' ll c onsequence, were recovering. The scarcity of :P e ek), however, continues, and the premium on t he precious metals in exchange for bank notes had risen to 8 per cent. ; and it is expected that if the cur rency is not relieved shortly by a supply of specie this will advance to 10 per cent. The int e lli g ence from Paris relative to the moue t.3 crisis continues of a rather contradictory cha racter, but it is evident that an improved feeling Prevails with regard to the future. It is supposed that purchases of gold will still be effected, and it Is to be hoped, therefore, that our supplies from 4tistralia and the United States will be more than sufficient for the requirements of the Bank of trance. In Lombard-street and at the Bank of England the re z _ is an active demand for discount accommo dation, which is not obtainable even on the best desc riptions of paper under the of f icial minimum. The supply of capital is sufficiently ample, however, to ° o mmercial purposes, and, as trade is mo derately active, this is a satisfactory fea ture. There can be no doubt that the value o money will be maintained for some time, 'bough the Directors may soon be enabled to re sume_ thei r a d vances on St oc k. Th ere was some IPeetatio n that this important step would be to adopted to-day, but the period has not yet arrived r such a concession, and the Directors made no alteration in their restrictive policy. The market for English Stocks opened with firmness at yesterday's latest quotations, but upon ' 44 Offer of 10,0001., by an influential operator, bee n became rather weaker, and there has since no recovery. The transactions, both real th li u speculative, have not been very numerous, and e uncertainty prevailing as to the probable eQu rse of events checks an extension of speculative dealing. Consols for money have been 914 to 92, b een 917 4 to 92k. For account the bargains have u een at 92k 1, and 92k sellers. They are now 911 Ce nts. 91i 92 respectively. The New Three per vents. are 911 1, the Reduced 91:g to 91k, a nd the Long Annuities 2 13-IGths. Bank !took is 2101 to 213, and East India Stock 228. 'lchequer Bills remain at 3s. to Gs. premium. For Foreign Securities there has been a very dull Market, except for Turkish 6 per Cents., in which business has continued active, at a decline, owing to the probability of a fresh Turkish loan. These bonds have been 89± 1, and 89 k 90. The 4 per Cents. are about 99/ 1. Spanish Threes rule heavy a t 4 11, and the New Deferred at 234. Russian 5 Per Cents. are marked 108, and Sardinian 881. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 7j ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto 3' per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; 42i ; ditto Deferred, 231 24; ditto Certificates, 4i 51; ditto Passive, 6± t. The business transacted in the Railway Share Market has been to a fair extent, and rather large transactions have been recorded in Brighton, and Lancashire and Yorkshire. Caledonian, Brighton, North-Western, North British and North Eastern, -Berwick-, showed an advance of to per cent., while Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern have exhibited a like decline. East India, Great Western of Canada have improved about Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Indian Peninsula and Namur and Liege are firmer. Per nambuco are quoted 51, and Scinde Very few transactions are reported in Joint- Stock Bank Shares, and prices are without material alteration. London Chartered of Australia im proved to 19k, London and Westminster are 4O to 46k, and South Australia 34. Miscellaneous Shares are neglected. Canada Government 6 per Cents. brought 1121 ; North of Europe Steam, 15/ ; and Scottish Australian In vestment BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (from the Official List.) Sn.n.. , done. Rank Stock - 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities C 2 14 24 1/ 2 11 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 2 15-16 13-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l3 171 India Stock Ingia Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account 924 i 24 Exchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 Small • Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent.. 9 Bl I i Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B5 Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 2ll Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 44 Russian Bonds, 1822, 2 St., 5 per Cent lOB Ditto 41 per Cont. Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sohnisl Bonds, 3 per Cent 44 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Swedish Bonds, 4 per Cent. T alieh isonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account B9l 4 90 89 8i i x d I')itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 99 1 'Ditto Account 991 Dividends on the above pa vabip tr. London. Dutch Exchange, 2:3 per Cen., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates YOLOCK. Crynaols, money THRE E 91 t i 2 Ditto, account, N ovem b er 6 92k .....—..—__,... VISIT OF THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY TO LIVER' POOL.—On Tuesday evening the Grand Duke of Tuscany arrived at the Victoria Hotel, Liverpool, under the title of Count Alberese, attended by the following suite :—H. E. M. Lenzoni, Marquis Nerli, Commander Frescebali, Bat. Antinoni, Captain Silvatier, and M. Schaeffer. On Wednesday he visited the docks and St. George's-ball, and the other public buildings, accompanied by his suite. His Royal Highness is said to have been much pleased with the town, and left for London on Wednesday evening. FIRE IN WHITECHAPEL.—A destructive fire took place at Whitechapel yesterday morning on the premises of Mr. M. Mansfield, rag-merchant. The inmates bad great difficulty in effecting their escape. After great exertions on the part of the firemen it was subdued, but not until the premises were nearly burnt out, and the Louses adjoining, belonging to Mr. T. Hanson, broker, and Mr. A. Wright, bellows-maker, w're seriously damaged by fire and water. The loss will fall on the Sun and other offices. MOUNT ETNA:LA correspondent of the Times says if a tourist wishes to ascend Mount Etna from Catania he can easily walk to Nicolosi in the evening, and he will find accommodation for the night. Starting next morning on foot, at four o'clock, ho can walk without any hind rance to the summit of the crater, and arrive at Catania in 15 hours. ..- --- Daniel Ruffy,secretary to the United Patriot's Benefit Society, George-street, New•road, was yesterday com mitted for trial by Mr. Long, for embezzling the sum of 1/., the property of the trustees. Mr. Lewis, the soli citor who attended on the part of the society, said the defalcations of the treasurer were estimated at 1,5001. Two children, a boy and girl, aged respectively 12 and 10 years, were yesterday charged before Mr. Arnold, at the Westminster police-court, with stripping the lead off the roof of the house in which their mother occupied the attic. The father cf the children gave notice of the robbery. The case was remanded to make inquiry re specting the disposal of the metal. MARLEOROUG U-STRE ET. A CRIMEAN HERO IN TROUBLE.— William Dumbarton, a private soldier, belonging to the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, whose breast was adorned with the Crimean medal, was brought before Mr. leaden, charged with assaulting and attempting to rob John Bolderon, a servant out of place, residing at 26, Stanley-street, Paddington. The prosecutor deposed that about a quarter past 9 last night, being troubled with an attack of spasms, he thought a little fresh air would do him good, and ao cordingly he went into Hyde-park for that purpose. He entered by the Marble Arch, and proceeded down the middle walk, when defendant met him and wished him good evening and passed on. Witness had not walked far when the prisoner came after him, and placing himself before him, said, " How are you ? I have not seen you for a long time." Prosecutor told prisoner that he had the advantage of him, and they walked on some dis tance talking together. The prisoner then suddenly seized him by the arm and demanded a shilling of him, and on his telling him that he had not got a shilling the prisoner laid hold of him by the throat with one hand and attempted to rifle his breast pocket with the other. Witness called out " Murder" as loud as he could, and in a minute or two a constable came up, when he gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in defence, said the prosecutor first accosted him, and wanted to take indecent liberties with him, which he resented, and threatened to give him in charge of the police. The prosecutor no sooner heard this than he began to call out " Murder" most lustily. The result was a constable came up, and he was given into custody. The prosecutor underwent a most searching cross examination, but his evidence was not shaken in the least. Police-constable, 201 A, said about half-pact nine last night he was on duty in Hyde-park, where he heard the cry of " Murder" three or four times proceed from the direction of the Magazine Barracks. He ran to the spot, and just as he got up he met the prisoner, who, in answer to bis inquiry, said " it was all right." The pro secutor then came up and gave the prisoner in charge for attempting to strangle and rob him. The prosecutor's clothes were in great disorder, and the prisoner did not mention anything about his taking liberties with him for full ten minutes after the present charge was taken. This the prisoner denied. Love, 167 A, corroborated the evidence of his brother constable. Mr. Beadon said it was a case for a jury to decide, and committed the prisoner for trial. SOUTHWARK.' IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT A JEWELLER'S.—John Brown, a well dressed man, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with stealing a gold chain, value 4/. 155., from the shop of Mr. Francis Putley, watchmaker and jewel ler, Newington•causeway. The prosecutor stated that on Saturday evening the prisoner came into his shop and stated that he was con nected with a family at Southampton with whom he was acquainted. He then said that he wanted to purchase a gold chain. Witness showed him several, but neither of them suited him ; and after requesting one to be manufactured of a particular pattern, he was about to leave the shop. His son, however, detained him, and asked him for the chain he had in his pocket, and a policeman was called in, and he was given into custody. Witness did not see him conceal a chain, neither had he missed one at the time. The prosacutor's son said that he was sitting in the parlour at the back of the shop on Saturday evening, when the prisoner came in and asked to be shown some chains Witness was reading a book at the time, but he looked sideways at the prisoner and saw him take up a chain and put it in his pocket. Ha got up then, passed quietly through the shop, and requested a lad living at the next shop to go and fetch a constable. As soon as the latter came up the prisoner was about to quit the shop, when witness put his hand upon him, and told him he had one of his father's chains about him. He indignantly denied it, and went to wards the coun ter, when witness distinctly saw him put the chain on the counter. He then gave him into custody. Tne prisoner declared that it was all false what the young man had stated. He never concealed the chain about him, as it was on the counter among the other chains all the time. Police-constable 63 M said that when he took the pri soner into custody he denied the charge. Mr. Barcham said that, according to the evidence, it was a case for a jury ; therdfore he should cmmit him for trial. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ,SURREY LITERARY GOSSIP. OCTOBER, 1856. Very welcome indeed is an announcement which has recently made its appearance, to the of that the admirers of the late Miss Mary Russell Mit ford may look forward to the speedy publication of a selection from her Correspondence. A selec tion to be edited, so the rumour states, by her intimate friend and literary executor, the Rev. Mr. Harness. Charming, we may be sure, were all those light sparkling letters, flung off in the abandon of familiar intercourse with her intimates, by the ever-delightful and animated authoress of "Atherton" and other Tales, of "Belford Regis" and its suburbs, of various dramatic writings, poetical and picturesque, but, above all, of those exquisite and classic sketches of rural life and manners, " Our Village." A village as famous in its way (what though the description of it was in " humblest prose"—a garb of simple russet, so to speak, as modest and unassuming as that of the brown-feathered nightingale)—a village as famous in its way as though it had been Goldsmith's Auburn, and Crabbe's Through, and Mason's Garden, and Somerville's Chase, all rolled into one—sparkling in its style as any wayside runnel bubbling under the hedgerows, grateful to the eye of memory as any verdant meadow or leafy cop pice, beautiful and fragrant in its associations as any bank of greensward flowered over with the wood anemone, the violet, and the primrose. We shall await with eager pleasure the coming -forth— probably in the course of next spring—of this pro wised Correspondence of Mary Midord, the Eng lish Hobbima in pen-and-ink. It must be confessed that with all his short comings elsewhere, Lord Palmerston has done well as yet in regard to the distribution of the miserable little 1,2001. a year placed at the disposal of the Prime Minister for the encouragement, or rather for the solace, of the most necessitous among the meritorious cultivators of Art and Literature. An earnest of good in this direction, at any rate, has been vouchsafed very recently by the awarding (it is said at the suggestion of the veteran Lord Brougham) of 100/. per annum to the widow of the late lamented Gilbert Abbot A'Beckett, so well known, so long and so widely, as an able magistrate and a delightful wit. Together with this acceptable intimation of the moderate pension thus wisely and generously awarded to the relict of one who was at once a laborious man of letters and a meritorious public servant—comes to us the mention of another 1001. per annum set aside (happily during his life time) to another and a younger humorist, Angus B. Reach, the author (among other things) of that very startling romance illustrative of the Corsican Vendetta, "The Bo )k with the Iron Clasps," a tale of glamour, appropriately illustrated by the wierd pencil of George Cruikshank. Gariously enough there are two popular His tories of England now appearing in monthly parts, penned each by a veteran and accomplished litera ' teur—one (Bradbury and Evans's) by Charles Knight, the other (Cassell's) by William Hewitt— this, remember, in spite of the great national theme having already been treated in a popular form by men of genius as remarkable in their rare way as Charles Dickens and Oliver Goldsmith Bo it said, however, In simple justice to Mr. Hewitt and to Mr. Knight, that there was ample " room and verge enough' left both by Boz and Noll—the annals by the latter being strangely bald and meagre, those by the former being yet more strangely tinctured with all sorts of perverse pre judices. Success then, say we, to each of these new popular national historic enterprises—pro ductions, both of them, profusely illustrated. There are two theatrical " facts" just now the talk (and no wonder) of the metropolitan lovers of the histrionic. First and foremost, the liveliest expectation is awakened by the circumstance of a new play being underlined in the bills of the Lyceum—a new play by Westland Marston, the poet-play-wright, well-known as the author of " Anne Blake," but better known still as the author of the " Patrician's Daughter." An an nouncement this, which gives promise of Mr. Chas. Dillon's enterprise as a manager keeping pace in some measure with his fame as an actor, a fame won and nightly increased by his remarkable im personation of Bolphegor. Secondly, a very easily comprehensible interest is felt in the fortunes of the five-act drama called "Bianca," recently in preparation at Drury-lane—an interest none the less vivid and comprehensible now that the dra matist, William James Robson, late clerk in the Transfer-office of the Crystal Palace at Sydenhain, stands committed to take his trial at the Old Bailey for forgery or embezzlement to the tune of some 20,000/. or 30,000/. The mysterious demise of the late Charles Row croft, ex-Consul at Cincinnati, has naturally enough awakened the sympathy of all those who remember the humours and preasantries crowded togother in the pages of his delightful "Tales of the Colonies." Having received his exequatur from the United States with Mr. (now Sir John) Crampton, the unfortunate ex-Consul at Cincinnati dies rather abruptly, certainly very prematurely, under some what suspicious circumstances on board the Ame rican ship Cherubim—the rapid decomposition of his body necessitating a hasty burial in the deep sea, whence no Mr. Hera path or Professor Taylor can be afforded opportunities for experimenting in quest of strychnine or antimony. Is it not a rather curious and interesting coincidence to be remarked —now that wo have Charles Dickens's " Little Dorrit" (the milliner that was !) before us, so well advanced—that Charles Rowcroft's "Fanny, the Little Milliner," was issued some few years ago as an illustrated monthly serial story—divided into two parts, or books, or divisions, one " Po verty," the other " Riches 1' It is at least, we say, a coincidence. Mrs. Harriet Becher Stowe (by means ofilitun dreds of thousands of half-crown volumes, 'and very much smaller editions of the larger issue of the same book at six shillings) continues to win " golden" opinions in England as well as in America, as a reward for her thrilling tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Dred. This same " Dred" being (after another fashion than that of Mr. Burke's very taciturn colleague) " Ditto to Uncle Tom's Cabin !' " As the Times' critic very well said of these celebrated anti-slavery romances —two hits right in the Bull's eye (query John Bull's) running ! Honour, and glory, and fame, and profit—such as this—to the Clarkson among female novelists, the Buxton of the pen, the Wil berforce of literature ! THE POLITICAL CHARACTER OF NARYALZ. ( From the Union of yesterday.) • In a moral and elevated point of view, the successive downfall of the heroes of the late insurrection offers a most instructive example. O'Donnell overthrows the San Luis administration by means of a sanguinary in surrection ; he is then overwhelmed by the revolt, and compelled to accept the omnipotence of Espartero ; the Duke of Victoria, invested with the most absolute dictatorship ever exercised by a man of the sword, is attacked, undermined, and driven away by his for tunate rival ; O'Donnell, for a moment triumphant, believes his triumph to be definitive, but of a sud den, without a struggle, without public emotion, and on leaving a ball, he finds himself replaced by Marshal Narvaez, his personal adversary, and the founder of the system which fell before the pronuncia , mento of Vicalvaro. In truth, we may recognise the practical justice which the revolution exercises on its most devoted adherent. What are we now to expect from the ministry constituted under the presidency of Marshal Narvaez ? At least the names of which it is composed are not unknown ; and we are not compelled, as has been the case since two years, to search the chronicles of journalism, or the gossip of the parliamen tary back-stairs, in order to discuss the antecedents or to divine the politics of the individuals called to power. Marshal Narvaez ) notwithstanding the cunning which he possesses in common with all these sol diers armed as statesmen, and who are often more cunning than diplomatists, has a fixed plan, which he has twice followed whilst at the head of affairs. But will he be more successful in 1856 than in 1845 and 1350 ? The difficulties are now even greater ; and will the tactics of the past, which will be the policy of the present, succeed in overcoming them ? Of this we are not confident. There exists in the system of Marshal Narvaez a double and conflicting tendency which para lyses its success. He possesses at heart conservative and monarchical instincts ; he is attached to authority, particularly when he exercises it, and to such a degree that he is given to exaggerate its rights. But at the same time Ice is intimately connected with the revolution ; he was the instrument of that disastrous policy which shattered the fundamental law of the Spanish monarchy; the Marshal seeks to realise an impossible alliance, that of the revolution and of authority. In any country not profoundly shaken, under a monarchy faithful to hereditary principles, he ciderab le perseverance st r e noh. would have the en n might have rendered use f u l serv i cee, wh il t hi s energ y and o s e a ndowed s h t i a s te of min i Spain, stry w with n as a minister holding power on conditions such as those imposed by Isabella, he will oscillate perpetually between dictatorship and revo!ution. He will not be deaf to ideas cf order, to the legitimate instincts of the Spani-h nation, and to certain representations ; but at the same time he will irritate hostile passions, and will fortify the elements of discontent which aro R.) rsady t otransform themes:lees into insurrections. He will succumb to the same yoke which has twice dominat, d and overthrown him ; and in the end ho will have done nothing more than perhaps have delayed, but also have strengthened, a reaction even more serious than the one which exploded in 1854. The clergy of St. George's-ic-Lhe-East have adopted the plan of preaching from the steps of th parish church, and large congregations have been collected, consisting of persons who, it Is supposed, would not enter the building itself. GARDENS. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. , 1 A visit made yesterday to the Surrey Gardens and inquiries instituted on the spot enable us to , throw some additional light upon the deplorable calamity which on the preceding evening resulted in the death of seven unfortunate persons, and in injuries of different degrees of severity to a greater number of others, as already related in this journal. It would seem now beyond the range of probability to ascertain by whom the false alarm of danger was raised, with what object, or from what cells°. The subject at present is one entirely of speculation, and it is likely to remain so. The prevalent opinion, especially on the part of the police autho rities an , l the office-bearers in Mr. Spurgeon's con gregation, is that it was a preconeerted movement. One circumstance goes to support this hypothesis. it is stated by Mr. Superintendent Lund, who was present from the commencement of the service, and occupied a seat on the basement of the build ing immediately in front of the preacher, that ho sew three men who sat together on the same floor rise up simultaneously and cry "Fire !" and that this was the signal for the furious rush that was instantaneously made towards the places of outlet from the hall. He has since identified the exact scot from which they rose, and it happens to be right in the very centre of the ground-floor, there being a back to the seat which distinguishes it front all the rest, and marks its exactly central po sition. The inference from this statement is that the three persons in question were acting in con cert, and that they bad gone early, and deliberately chosen that particular place in the ball as the most eligible for carrying their diabolical machination into effect. But for what purpose was the alarm given, unless by thieves? It was said yesterday, on aprarently competent authority, that the highly skilled metropolitan pickpockets would never think of originating a rush of the kind which ensued, to afford an opportunity for the exercise of their craft, inasmuch as they would k no w it would preclude their acting in concert, which they hold is essential to success. This statement is given hero for what it is worth, but one would think that this was just the state of things in which they might expect to operate with effect. It is worthy of remark, that though Superintendent Lund had a number of de tectives scattered among the audience, not one of them was able to recognise a single pickpocket, but the police authorities have since heard of some cases of robbery committed during the confusion. Besides the detectives, who were there in plain clothes, there were eight policemen in uniform in different parts of the building, and about 60 office bearers attached to Mr. Spurgeon's congregation were stationed at various points to assist people in getting seats and to maintain order. There was a rumour abroad yesterday that just before the alarm of fire was given a person in the congrega tion stepped out of his place to call the notice of an attendant to an attempt made in the upper gallery to ignite some gunpowder ; but at present this story rests on testimony not altogether satisfactory. As to an alarm from fire, it so happens that there is not a single fireplace or flue in the whole build ing, nor within 100 yards of it. But the hall is lighted with gas, and therefore the occurrence of fire The whole would f b e t beyondhe calamitous the range con co f nsequences possibility.nences that ensued from the rush are supposed to have taken place in the first 5 or 10 minutes after the alarm was sounded, and during the deplorable panic with which it was immediately followed. Three persons, one of whom, a woman, was dead, were taken off the roof of a refreshment-room which runs along the northern side of the edifice, and on which it is probable they had leaped from the windows of the gallery above, a distance of between 20 and 30 feet. In the lower part of a window at the east end of the second gallery the glass was entirely broken, and there at least two persons were found with their heath protruding through the panes into the open air. Tice window is a great distancefrom the greyed, and the suggestion is that, having broken the glass with the view of jumping out, they found th e l ea p so fraught with danger that they gave up the thought, but could not altogether retreat to their original position owing to the pressure of the crowd behind. The little boy who was killed, and whose name has not since been ascertained, he having been carried away by his father to his own resi dence, was seen to leap over the balustrade of the circular stair-case at the north-eastern tower, lead ing from the galleries, a distance of upwards of 20 feet, and fell with great violence on the stone floor beneath. Several of the women who were killed were found in positions which indicated that, un able to bear the enormous pressure of the crowd, they had sunk down, or fainted away, and then been trodden to death. Though the greater part of the balustrade of the stairs in the north-west tower gave way in the fearful struggle to escape which was waged there, it is asserted-that not more than two persons fell through the breach, and that no loss of life occurred from that cause. Two per sons, howeVer, were - said to be trodden down on the stairs. It is, still a my stery how Samuel Heard was killed, the only man in the crowd who appears to have lost his life. He was an extraordinarily powerful man, 24 years of age, and about six feet high. From his body being found on the roof of the refreshment-room, and from a severe wound on the back of his head, the inference is that he had leaped out of a window of one of the galleries above, and been killed iu the fall. A man was seen to jump right through the thick plate glass panel of the door at the south-east entrance to the building. By some it is thought remarkable that ho should have performed this perilous feat, seeing that the door through which he leaped was unlocked all the night ; but it seems the door opened in wards, instead of outwards, and the probability is that the pressure of the crowd from the interior prevented its being opened, which may account for the circumstance. The fact would seem now to be es tablished by the testimony of many persons present that not only did Mr. Spurgeon attempt to continue the service after this deplorable accident, but that several of his office-bearers went round among such of the congregation as remained, or had not es caped, to make the ordinary money collection. It would be perhaps but charitable to suppose that at that time they were unaware of the fatal results of the calamity. The whole of the persons killed have been now identified. The damage done to the Music-hall at the Surrey Gardens by the accident is not very considerable. It consists principally of broken windows, and 501. will cover it all. Tlie building was minutely in spected yesterday morning by Mr. Tyler, the manager of the garden s ; Mr. T. K. Holmes, one of the directors ; Mr. Horace Jones, the architect, and Mr. Ellis, the secretary, all of whom expresged themselves convinced that, beyond the broken windows and balustrades, the structure had sus tained no injury, and that there was no cause for the alarm which unhappily led to the lamentable results that have brought sudden bereavement to several families, and deeply wounded the public mind. All the sufferers at Guy's Hospital are likely to recovar. STATEMENT OF MR. MOORE, ONE OF THE DEACONS. At a meeting, held at the Chapel in Park -street last night at eight o'clock, over which Mr. Spur geon usually presides, Mr. Moore, a deacon, made the following statement with reference to the ac cident : n "Had it not been for an overwhelming sense of duty I never could have come here to-nigh'. I am mo m r o e r ii bee n fi s t er t a o blea in been. With regard to the ori g in of the alarm last night there is no doubt that it originated from wicked, designing tiler. nd bed. distressing e dray passed through than this has a I never If ever Satan was permitted to take human appearance and walk the earth, it was on last night. Oh, that dreadful scene! But I must now let you know what particulars I have ascertained concerning the extent of the calamity, as preaching to-night is quite itnpossible. At au early hour this morning I was at the Gardens, and found that seven persons had been killed, five of whom are lying at the workhouse, and about 25 or 27 others more or less mutilated. Some of these we fear will not recover, but we must hope for the best. You are anxious to hear about our poor pastor—he is very bad. Very bad I say, not from any injuries or bruises he has received, but from the extreme tension on his nerves, and his great anxiety. So bad is he that we were fearful for his mind this morning. Under these circumstances, only one thing could be done, that is, to send him into the country away from the scene. As we knew that a great number of persons would call at his house during the clay, we sent him early this morning ; so that none of his egg t;;ements can be entered into this week. From infornaation I have just received, I am enabled to tell you that to nig,ht he is a little better, but still very prostrate. Mr. Olney (another deacon) is ill in bed. "Lot us be more merciful to our enemies of last night than they were to us. That wicked wretch —that than whom we are justified in calling a mis creant—who first gave the dreadful signal by which so much life was lost. [Here Mr. Moore, with many of his audience, burst into tear: , .] Lot us even pray for him. Who knows but that he may one day stand in this room and own his great crime, and seek for repentance ?" The chapel was not nearly so full as it usually is on these occasions ; and the dejaeted counts nances, the sorrowful looks, and the tears of many of the audience, would have been alone sufficient to indicate to a stranger that some dreadful event had taken place. A few minutes before the conclusion of the meet• ing, Mr. Moore stated that intelligence had just reached him•of the death of another sufferer. The name did not transpire. He also assured the audience that he (Mr. Moore) was the first who pro posed to Mr. Spurgeon to preach iu the Surrey Music Hall—against that gentleman's wishes from, the first. The money 4311ected last night, amount ing to about Si., was intended to be devoted to the families of the sufferers, and a further collection was made after the service last evening. It was announced that Mr. Spurgeon, as soon as he was sufficiently recovered, would preach a sermon with the same charitable object, and every means are to be taken to alleviate, so far as it is now possible, the distress of the surviving relatives of sufferers. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A gentleman who was present in the hall on Sunday evening, thus describes the scene . :-1 oc cupied on e o f t h e f ron t sea t s i n the second gallery, when, during the second prayer, the first symptoms of confusion wero manifested. This appeaiel to me to be occasioned by au intentional rush of some person or pe rsons w h o were at the side of the plat form, causing i n an i n st a nt a great deal of confu sion, and inducing the congregation to rise from their s eats i n all parts of the b u ildi ng. A moment after, and the cry of " Fire !" was raised by a voice in th e b o d y o f t h e h a ll ; a dd e d to w hi c h a cry of " The bells ! the bells !'' and in an instant, and in the greatest confusion, there was a simul taneous rush of the immense body of people for the doors and windows. Seeing the minister appa rently but little moved and using his utmost efforts to induce the people to remain in their seats, both by voice and gesture, I jumped on my seat and called out " A false alarm," " Keep your seats ;" but terror had so seized upon the major part of the congregation that an individual voice had. but little chance of gaining a hearing. It was endeavoured to attract the attention and to calm the fears of the multitude by singing a verse of the hymn that had already been sung, but, unfortu nately, only a few of those who were on the plat form were able to join. I then made for the stair case, partly to see the cause of the confusion which had originated below, and partly, also, that it inglit be safer in case anything should prove to be wrong. Upon descending the staircase a horrible sight presented itself—the balustrade had already been thrown down and lay broken in fragments at the bottom ; a great number of people, Men, wo men, and children, lay huddled in a heap on the second landing, completely blocking up the stair case, and causing numbers who were still crowd ing down either to fall upon them, or in their fright to jump down the opening caused by the broken balustrade. The police were unable for some minutes to ascend the staircase to render as sistance, and were obliged to content themselves by calling to the people not to jump down ; while a number of the congregation above were appa rently undecided what to attempt. After dragging back by main force several who appeared deter mined to jump down, calling out at the same time to those who were still crowding to keep back, we succeeded in opening a window close by ; desiring two or throe to jump out, and two or three others to assist inside, we passed them into the open air —three quite dead to all appearance, and many others so severely injured that in some cases, no doubt, death was the result. After collecting the scattered articles of clothing I passed out, thank ing God for my own safety. There appeared to be no police in the upper part of the building. Had there been, the accident on the staircase might surely have been prevented. (From the Times.) On Sunday night 20,000 persons wont to an immense Music-hall in what were lately the Surrey Zoological-gardens, to hear a great preacher. The hall was new, and the preacher was young,—they say only twenty-five. His hearers have outgrown his own chapel, and outgrown Exeter-hall, till the ' Strand was all in a commotion every Sunday evening, with crowds looking wistfully at a notice which told them in large letters that the place would hold no more. So they are building him a place somewhere to hold about 15000, and meanwhile they took the Surrey Music-hall for four Sundays. It is a building with two or three tiers of galleries—galleries inside, and balconies outside, and all sorts of devices for hearers, whether sitting or standing. It was built for 10,000, s but on this occasion it is said that 12,000, or even 14,000, crammed into it, while a large crowd besieged the doors, and a still larger ono the entrance of the gardens. Would not any reasonable being haVe some misgiving as to the consequences? Indeed, it appears as if everybody had, and the misgiving itself produced the consequences. There was au alarm ; no one . can say certainly how or from whom. It might be a cry of "Fire," or "The roof," or the tinkling of a bell t but in a moment-the -vast aesomblago was in motion to the doors, rushing, screaming, tramp ling down ono another, clogging the staircases, breaking the balustrades, tumbling over to the bottom, &Mug upon one another. By a merciful Providence not Mx hundred, but only six ' were killed, and rath er more ser i ous l y hurt. The preacher kept his place, preaching, pn.ying, and giving out psalms ; the surviving congregation re turned to their seats ; the boxes for the new chapel were rattled about, and the service concluded almost as if nothing had happened ; and all the consolation to the friends of half-a-dozen well dressed women, as they are described, is that at least they perished in a religious act, while listen ing eagerly to what they believed the voice of Heaven for the good of their souls. Such incidents are not uncommon, though it is not quite true to say that they cannot be helped, and every fresh instance suggests fresh cautions. A good many years ago, when St. Luke's, Chelsea, was newly built, and thought a paragon of Gothic architecture, there were floating rumours as to the stability of its stone vaulting. It was a new experiment ; the old secret was lost ; the "paste , board walls and light flying buttresses were mistrusted. So one evening, after a charity sermon, while the hymn was singing and the plate was going round, the officials aloft thought the congregation had gone out and let down the chandeliers ; the people in the free seats made way for the falling galaxies in haste ; the benches were overturned ; there was a cry " The roof, the roof;" in an instant all was confusion, noise, and dust, and one could only see that the whole congregation was flying over the pews to the doors like loaves in the autumn wind. Happily, the panic was more on the ground than in the galleries, and by the time the congregation had packed the passage so closely that they could not getout they came to their reason and returned to their places—not, however, before the clergyman who had been reading the prayers, after a vain attempt to open the door of the reading-desk, vaulted clears over it. St. Luke's has • acquired a character for stability by this time, and so, it is to be hoped, the Surrey Music-hall will in the end. But let not the warning pass wholly away. All the wonder is that, the alarm once given, the results were not worse on Sunday night. There mig'it have been a real downfall, visible though in significant, a flake of falling flame, an explosion of gas; and then what would the 12,000 people have done ? How many would have gone over, the bal conies, or been jammed fifty deep in the staircases? A public building ought to be constructed with special regard to these fearful contingencies, and under the Metropolitan Building Act of course the Surrey Music-hall must be supposed to have ful filled the requisite conditions. The means of exit, however, it now appears, were not sufficient for the case of. a panic, and the balustrades could not rasis`, the pressure or the force applied to them. If the conditions of the act were fulfilled, they are not themselves stringent enough, and ought to' be amended, or, at least, some authority given to the surveyors to profit by the warning. It is a very common remark, and one which we have made in this place before, that the entrances, staircases, and pas Sages of our places of public assemblage, our theatres, music-halls, and even our churches, are not on a scale commensurate with the internal ac commodation ; and that they are not equal to those of similar buildings abroad, or, as far as we have the means of knowing, of ancient. ampbithea'res. For example, it takes a quarter of an hour for the occupants of the reserved seats in Exeter-hall to get out of the labyrinth into the open air. In case of actual fire, how many of them could get out at all, or ever re-appear, except in the form of calcined bones ? Net ma n y, we sus pect. In the event of a mere alarm the exit would soon be stopped with fifty dead bodies, and tie rest would have to make a virtue of necessity, and stand their ground unhurt. But it is not creditable to this country,that we should run such terrible risks. Gambling with life is worse than gambling with money. When Covent garden was burnt there were only 200 people under the falling beams ; au hour or two before there were several thousand. May not Mr. Spurgeon also condescend to tak; a hint from this untoward event ? There are limits to all things, even to hearers. Est modus in rebus; sunt eerti denique fines. The human voice is limited. Stentor himself could not be heard by the whole human race. On certain, occasions 20,000 people are assembled in St. Paul's, but they do not bear, or expect to hear; on the contrary, as soon as the preacher appears in the pulpit they take out sandwiches, buns, brandy flasks, and newspapers, .No church in the metropolis holds thotigh.some have a name for more. Thu° is something, then, very ambitious, to say th e i least, in the attempt to have five times as many hearers as any body has bad before. Let Mr. Spurgeon be at least content with as many as the Surrey Music-hall was intended to hold, sitting in comfort and with sufficient means of exit. It ap pears that he has the means of controlling the ad mission, since his own special flock is secured places before the'proselytes and strangers are let in. Ile can charge a shilling a seat, and, if that is not enough, half-a-crown ; in which case he will h ave some hearers who would not venture to push their way through a mob let in free. We do not say this from any desire to stint Mr. Spurgeon of his audience.. We have no wish to criticise his style of oratory, which severe critics affirm to be of the familiar, bold, and irreverent sort. On the eon tr..try, we are delighted to hear that there is o ne man_ in_the metropolis who can get people to hear his sermons from any other motive' than the fulfilment of a religious obligation. The men who have awakened slumbering generations, who have began mighty movements, shaken idols, or Popes, or huge vices from their throne, have not been uniformly characterised for severity of language, sobriety of illustration, and chasteness of style. Luther, Latimer, and many others, were remarkable for the contrary. Mere faults of style ai e no concern of ours, ant apparently are tolerated by the British pub] (when the substance finds an echo in their understandings or their hearts. But there is a certain moderation, as we have said, to be observed in all things —even in the size of con gregations, little as we are accustomed to think of restricting them. Woeld. Mr. Spurgeon be so good as to attend to the subject at once ? Next Sunday, instead of 20,000, the Surrey Gardens will be blockaded from 4 o'clock by at least 50,000. They will expect to hear, not only Mr. Spurgeon, but also a sermon from him on the sudden fate of the victims last Sunday. The prospect is rather a serious one, and if this gentleman and his friends have the means of providing against a crush, or eeffect of a panic, they will be held responsible for omitting to do so. (From the Daily News of this clay.) Perhaps the most deep-thoughted of Chaucer's Tales is one in which he illustrates the unexpected manner in which Death steals upon us. Three roysterers in a - tavern hearing of the death of a boon companion, ask who killed him, and are told it was nobody but Death. In their drunken bravado they set out iu search of this Death, to revenge them selves for the loss of their comrade by killing him. On their way they meet an old, old man, who, in reply to their inquiries, tells them that Death is on before. By the way they find some money, which they agree to conceal and share among them selves. A sequestered nook is sought out where there they may divide the treasure unseen by any body. One of them is despatched to the town to bring food and. wine. Avarice tempts him to put poison in the viands that he may obtain the whole. Meanwhile his fellows have entered into a simi lar conspiracy against him, and on his return embrace an opportunity to stab him. They then partake of the poisoned food and die. The old man they met was Death, who is often nearest to us when there is least show of his presence. _ _ _ Of the immense multitude which flocked to the Surrey Gardens on the evening of Sunday last, there was probably not one who had the slightest presentiment that he was about to witness a scene as appalling and scarcely less fatal than a battle. Some went in search of instruction ; others in search of excitement ; others, again, in the faint hope of ridding themselves of ennui. Bat none dreamed of danger. Even among those who are prone to make the uncertainty of life their theme of conversation, there was not one in all likelihood who applied to himself tha words of Scripture— " This night thy soul shall be required of thee." All are hushed throughout the immense hall, save the preacher, upon whose accents they. hang in breathless silence, when a slight tinkling is heard —the vibration, we are assured by one who was present, of a glass shade over a more than usually powerful jet of gas. Two or three of the audience cry out " Fire !" At this ill omened sound the bulk of the congregation loss all self-possession. Each feels his own alarm heightened by contagion from his neighbours. Some cry out, " The roof is falling." The human mass heaves and surges like a tempest-tossed sea ; mad rushes are made to doors, windows, and staircases ; the weak are borne down by the pressure, and in the intensely selfish agony of fear the rest trample over them ; others crowd into narrow passages or frantically precipitate themselves from high windows; the wailing of the wounded, the clamorous shrieking of those who are separated from theirfriends, heighten the madness of the moment ; and, after an aimless struggle of less than an hour, eight mutilated corpses are discovered by the dim light, while many maimed for life halt away, or are borne off by the sur7ivors. And all this fatal panic was utterly causeless. There never was any appearance of tire ; the roof and wails of the building are still compact and strong as when the builders ceased from their labours. Thus Death steals upon us when least in our thoughts, and effects his purposes with weapons incognisable to mortal :ense. But men aro not satisfied with such a view of the matter. They nia:it have some one to be angry with ' • some one to blame for c a us i ng th e m i sc hi e f. Accordingly we find Mr. Spurgeon and his friends attributing the alarm to a plot of the swell mob, seeking to create confusion iu order that they might have au opportunity to plunder. The tinkling of the over-heated glass shade appears to have sug gested this idea. They magnified it into the sound of a bell, and the sound of one bell they speedily magnified—as in tie story of the three black crows —into the sound of many bells. Mr. Superinten dent Lund has disposed of this fallacious notion. Ho, who knows from long experience the habits of thieves, remarks that the alarm was given by per sons in the very centre of the assembly, and that swell mobsmen would have selected a position near the door, as favourable to the exercise of their peculiar industry. But Mr. Lund is in his turn equally infelicitous in his attempt to explain the origin of the panic. Without condescending to assign any reason for his belief, he attributes the alarm to some enemies of Mr. Spurgeon, desirous to annoy that gentleman by dispersing his hearers. It is really too much to call upon us to make such an uncharitable assumption without offering one iota of evidence. Nor is it at all necessary. History is full of precedents of fatal and unreasoning panics produced without any adequate cause. The obvious aim of the authors of the two explanations to which we have adverted is to place Mr. Spurgeon and his friends in the attitude of martyrs to the cupi dity or ill-will of others. On the other hand, voices are already raised imputing the whole cala mity to these gentlemen. It is asked why they collected such a miscellaneous crowd together in circumstances so favourable to the excitement of a disastrous panic ; and comments the reverse of flattering are made on the composition of the as sembly, and on their motives for drawingit together, and the means they resorted to with a view to the accomplishment of that object. We are quite as little disposed to join in this cry as in that raised by Mr. Spurgeon or by Mr. Lund. A similar accident might have happened at a play, or a concert, or a crowded political or philanthropic) meeting. Are we to Ire told that men ought never to be allowed to gather together in great numbers because of some rare accident ? It is true we do not regard the crowds attracted by Mr. Spurgeon, or his mode of attracting them, as tending to edification ; but our liking or disliking has nothing to do with the ques tion. He and his friends, we have no doubt, sin cerely believed that they were working fax good, and there are some who conscientiously look on plays and political meetings as abominations. But while we exonerate Mr. Spurgeon and his friends from the blame of causing the catastrophe, we are by no means disposed to blink the question of their conduct after it bad happened. Unless they are grossly misrepresented, it was irrational and callous in the extreme. Mr. Superintendent Lund—who is obviously the reverse of unfriendly to Mr. Spurgeon—has stated that he had the great est difficulty in inducing him to desist from preach. ing. Now, what was one of the topics said to have been insisted upon by the rev, gentleman amid the appalling scene that was being enacted around him ? That it showed the necessity of having a chapel of their own ! Would the disaster have been less in a chapel calculated to contain 12,000 people ? But the crowd tad been assembled to collect asumbnsmcroitph tion towards the erection of such a m chapel, and Mr. Spurgeon and his friends were un willing that the opportunity should be lost. There fore this untimeous reminder ; therefore Mr. Spur ;eon's exclamation to the panic str i c k en fugitives, that they were more afraid of temporal than eternal death ; therefore the indecent rattling of money & go further, and rbooixneasrkinontitiletierceaallTis t W na e nn ra er i in which Mr. Spur geon and his friends left the meeting, without one attempt to aid or soothe the sufferers ; but we are willing to make allowance for the bewilderment which such a spectacle was calculated to produce. Two morals we are disposed to draw from this calamitous event. The first is, that every one be fore mingling in such a donee and excited crowd 33 that of Sunday evening should cautiously estimate his powers of self-preservation in the event of a panic. The man who without being able to swim should plunge into a deep and billowy tide or rapid torrent would warrantably be accounted mad. But tides and torrents are not more deaf or resist less than a closely packed crowd wildly struggling under the excitement of panic. The second is, i that all who take upon themselves the charge of education ought incessantly t o impress on the minds of those entrusted to their charge the moral duty of preserving calmness and self-possession in, crises of real or apparent danger, and to seize every opportunity of training them to such habits. The most pacific pursuits are not exempt from sudden danger, and men should be prepared beforehand to encounter it at any moment. In conclusion, we may add that though crowded assemblies cannot always be dispensed with, they ought never - to be congregated without some adequate cause and due preliminary precaution. Let Mr. Bpurgeou and his friends ask themselves whether the congregat ing of ithmense nocturnal crowds is really calculated to promote true religion. And let the proprietors of places of public resort take care that their halls have sufficient means of egress. We make this last remark with no reference to the Hall of the Surrey Gardens, which appears to be unusually well provided in this respect ; but only think of such a panic occurring in Emeter-hall or almost any of our theatres, with their narrow and tortuous passages ! THAMES. ROBBERY BY A FOREIGN WOIIAN AND HER PARA moun.—Godfrey Holman, alias firedericle. Rollin, alias Horner, with several other aliases, and Maria !fuller, alias Hansom, alias Ansell, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a variety of property of a woman named Ansell, whose name the female prisoner had adopted. All the parties are Germane, and lived in the same house, in Little Prescott-street, Whitechapel. A few flays ago the presecutrix, who rented the house, went to Hamburgh, leaving the prisoners in charge of her apart ments and furniture. On her return seven or eight days afterwards, she found the house closed. On effecting an entrance she discovered that the whole of her furniture had been removed. There was not a single thing belonging to her left in the house. A few days afterwards the female prisoner was taken into custody by Police-sergeant Foay, an intelli gent detective officer, 7 H, and he traced to her pos session two looking-glasses and five pictures belonging to the prosecutrix, and which the prisoner had pawned at the shop of Hales and Roche, in the Commercial-road. George Dale, their assistant, positively swore to the juvenile prisoner pawning the articles, although she made an attempt to deny it. Foay subsequently appre hended the male prisoner, who had absconded when the woman was taken into custody. He was found con cealed in a lodging-house in Spitalfields. The male pri soner had pawned a blanket and a quilt at the shop of Mr. Cresswell, a pawnbroker, in High-street, White chapel. The officer had secured the whole of the furniture and effects belonging to the prosecutrix. The property was found in various places. The prisoners on being called on for their defence be gan criminating each other. The woman said that Horner told her to take the things out of the house, to which he replied in German that she was the thief, and that he had nothing to do with the robbery, except pawning the goods at her request. Foay, in answer to a question by the magistrate, said the house where the parties lived was no better than a brothel, and the object of the prosecutrix's journey to Hamburg was a questionable one. Mr. Selfe said the prisoners had undoubtedly appro priated to their own use property which was left in their oare. He fined them 51. each, and in default of payment sentenced them to one month's imprisonment for un lawful possession of the property. MiIRKET NEWS.—(This r. ay.) HAY MARKETS. SHITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 15s ; clover do., 3l lOs to 5l lOs ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 123 to 4/ 16s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 103; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ 15s; clover do., 31103 to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. an d l a rge quautities have bee n t a k en f or h ome TEA..—The business doe in the new c rop h as b een ex tensive, consumption sumplios fim. n r at full prices. The general aspect of the market SUGAR.—As large quantities are advertised . fur public sale during the week, purchases by private . contract have been limited, at about previ . ous rates. Prices, however, are expected to rule rather higher. COFFEE.—There has b een an active demand for fine colory plantation Ceylon, and full prices were readily ob tained. Common qualities a nd native were unsaleable, and previous prices were not supported. The stocks on hand are estimated to be about 1,400 tons lee than at this time last year. RICE.—The market has been quiet, and prices have shown no material alteration. Rum.—Thero has been very little inquiry, and the de mand has been confined principally to the superior quali ties, which realised barely p r evious rates. TALLow.--The market has been buoyant, and 55s was readily obtain e d f or P . Y.C . on the spot. Sub s equ entl y , however,sprTnasss per cwt. it receded t o 54 s ; a ll the year was 54s 6d, and FATAL RESULT O F P RACTICAL JoKiNa.—Yosterday aninquest was opened by Mr. Rutter, cor oner, Mn chester, on the b o d y o f T homas Hitchen , ag ed 13, toe son of a mechanic a t P en d leton, w h o se death resu lted Man from a practical joke. The deceased was employed at the mill of Sir E. Armitage and Sons, Pend:eton, and on Friday was playing with three companions at a cloth press, when one of thorn asked the boy to lay his head within the press. He did so, when one of the lads tu rned the screw until arrested by a shriek from Hitchen. The y r eleased himin great alarzn, and found blood floc - mg from his ears. The unfortunate boy only survive d till the following evening. The inquiry had not terminated when the report left. -37 PAPOLITAAT QUESTION. The principal Paris correspondent of the Presse Beige, who, up to the recent change in proprietor ship of the Independance of Brussels, had fulfilled the same function in the latter journal, and whose communications, distingushed by the letter Y, often contained sound and reli a bl e i n f ormat i on, now offers the following review of the Neapolitan gut stion "It is impossible not to remark the importanee of the direct communication made by the Emp e ror of Russia to the King of Naples. The advice given by the Emperor Alexander to the King, to submit the settle meni; of the existing question to the wisdom and equity of the Emperor Napoleon, has not alone for object to free the Neapolitan question from all possibility of a serious conflict ; it has a more general and a more ele vated character. It displays the sentiments entertained by the Emperor Alexander for the Emperor Napoleon, the confidence which is accorded to the sovereig e , o f France, and the great authority obtained by him in Europe since the conclusion of the treaty of Paris. With respect to the Neapolan question itself, I must contra diet several rumours which have been propagated within the last few days, and which tend to exaggerate its gravity. An ultimatum addressed by France and England to the King of Naples hoe been spoken 6 f. Nothing in the communications of the Western Powers has had in the slightest degree the character of an ultimatum, nor even a 'comminatory form. Likewise, a circular of Count Walewski, in rep'y to that of the Prince Gortschakoff, has been spoken of. This would lead to the conclusion that an animated correspondence has commenced. Count Wa lewski may certainly have written to certain represen tatives of France in foreign courts on the subject of the Russian sircular, at d may have ccaveyed to them the ulterior communication received by him from St. Peters. burg., in order that they might be cognisant of the in tentions of the Russian Cabinet, as likewise of the man ner in which these intentions have been appreciated by the French Government ; and that they might be ac quainted with the relations which exist between the two Cabinets. But the Foreign Minister of France has never, I am informed, written a circular 'Mk...this subject which possessed the character of a diplomatic document, and intended to receive publicity similar to that which an indiscretion alone gave to the Russian circular." LLOYD'S SMPPING.--ahis Dc.y.) LONDON, Oct. 21..—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Oat. 20.—Wind E.—Arrived.—H.M.Str. Dee, from the eastward, with four gun-boats. Sailed— H.M.S. Colossus, for the Mediterranean. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 20.—Wind E.—Arrived William Stewart, from Bombay; Mariner, Manzanilla ; Pigeon and Velocity, Labrador; Burlington, London, for Adelaide, S.A. FALMOUTH, Oct. 20.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Sailed— Terosa, for Havana ; Nonrmahal, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Alex ander, Brussels. ILFBACOMBE, Oct. 20.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—.Arrived.— Sudannah, from Prince Edward's Island, for Gloucester, bad been in contact on the 30th ult., on the banks, with a barque, which unshipped her bowsprit and stove star board bow. SHIELDS, Oct. 20.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Kate Sweet• land, for New York. CARDIFF, Oct. 20.—Wind N.E. —Arrived— Dynamene, t.om Newcastle, N.B. Sailed—Jenne Aflele, for Cey- TEIGNMOUTII, Oct. 20.—The Rising San, of and for this port, from Shields, took the ground in entering, and the swell hove her on to the beach, where she now lies. ARENDAHL, Oct. 3.—The crew of the Magdalene, of this port, from Newcastle to Elsinore, which was aban doned on the ath inst., has been landed here by a Danish vessel. (PER ELECTRIC TELE:MAPS.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Fritheof, from Skilleptes ; Pet, Newport ; Va• lentine, Cork ; Reaper, Tralee ; Crescent, Swanage ; Clipper, Hartlepool. Sailed—Le Coq, for Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Hawiatha, from Tatinagouche. DUBLIN, Oct. 20. Wind N.W, Arrived—Maria, from Charente; :Jessie, Rotterdam. Sailed.--Waterwitch, for Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 19. Wind &S. W. Arrived—Majestic, from Rio Grande; Alabama, Akyab; Athole, Taganrog. (BY BUBMAZINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.51 a.m. Wind E., tide five hours' ebb, fine. Arrived, Oct. 21.—Paris and London, No. 3, screw tearner, from Paris. Sailed.—Butgadengen, nteamer, for Bremen. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.43 a.m. Wind S.E.; light and fine. Passed, Oct. 20.—Vibelia, from Riga, for Bayonne; Flora, from Hamburg, for Valparaiso. The Calloe, from Calcutta, for Hamburg, has been sup- plied with an anchor hence. VESSELS SPKEN . The Castle Eden, from Lo ndon for M WITH adras, Aug. 11, in lat. :38 S., long. '23 E. The Egmont, outward bound, Sept. 29, in lat. 15 N., long. 27 W. The Kertch, from Liverpool from Callao, Sept. 4, in lat. 13 N., long. 24 W. The Earl of Mulgrave, from London for St. Thomas's, Oct. 9, in lat. 42 N., long. 16 W. The Lady of the Lake, bound for Algoa Bay, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Alice, of London, from Charleston for London, Sept. 21, out nine days. The City of Toronto, from Glasgow for Quebec, Sept. 28, 40 miles S. of St. Paul's Island. Her Majesty's ship Tribune, Aug. 28, in let. 14 S., long. 32 W. The Callinci, from Bahia for London, Sept. 30, in Ist. 3G N., long. 37 W. The Chandernagore, from Bombay for London, Sept. 14, in Lt. 15 N., long. 35 W. The Windsor, from Bombay for Liverpool, Sept. 18, in lat. 22 N., long. 36 W. The Hart, Oct. 4, in Ist. 39 N., long. 35 W. The Odlngland, from Quebec for Hull, Oat. 9, in lat. 47 N., long. 27 W. The Francis B. Cutting, bound west, Oct. 10, in lat. 46 N., long. 24 W. The Cerebus, Sept. 12, in lat. 9 N., long. 23 N. The Edward Johnson, from Liverpool for Callao, Sept. 15, iu lat. 11 N., long 24 W. The Electric Flash, from Africa for London, Sept. 16, in lat. 12 N., long. 24 W. THE MAILS. — SoIITHAMPTON, Oct. 20.—The Penin Ruler and Oriental Company's steamship Indus, Captain Brooks, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the Indian and Mediterranean mails, 120 first-class, 15 second-class, and five deck passengers, specie tor I n d ia va l ue 507,299 1., ' for Alexandria 1,8001., and a full general cargo. Among the passengers are Luke Reid and, two daughters, the Bishop of .Colombo s Getieral Laurie, Major-General, Mr:, and Miss Horne, Colonel Hartley, Maier. Sutherland, Qrimes, Pott, and and Lewis, Captains and Mrs. Which, Soppet, Comp ton. and Warden, Captains Bullock and Bannister, Lieutenant-Colonel -Hallwell, Dr. and Mrs. Mndge, Rev, and Mrs. Miller, Bayley, and M on t gomery, M rs- Colonel Jack son , and Lieutenant and Mrs. Brown. The Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, with the next mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, is expected about Thursday next. The United States' mail steamer Fulton, Captain Wotton, sails from Havre and South ampton on Wednesday next for New York with the French and English mails. The screw steamer Union will leave on the 23d inst. with passengers and cargo for Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. Arrangements have been made to establish an additional regular monthly ".!n s. munication between this port, Lisbon, and the Braz il s. The first steamship. Teutonia, a screw vessel of _ a " tons burden and 400 horse power, will sail from 11-u l burg about the 18th of Ddcernber, and Vito her t Lisbon em depar ture from this port on the 24th, calling route to Pernanibuco, Bahia, and Rio de Jan eiro. THE MEDITERRANEAN,—SOCTHAMPTON, Oct.r •-‘v ef screw steamer The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw noon, from Alhambra, Captain Joy, arrived to-day, at 7 packages the Mediterranean, with two passengers, consisting of 102 of specie, value 3,6501., a'? (1 " 4 8 c e l a i Z, o f gum, 516 bales packages of elephants' teeth, 4 1,621 boxes of raisins, 82 of wool, 43 cases of sponges, a eiro. a on th e kages of sundries. The r s i 3 2 o n P the sth inst ., Malt e 13th. During the voyage Majesty's ships Vesuvius,Vigi lant,AboiteheasmobfraallientotnAdlse,:ahaneeirdi 9th, and Gibraltar on th this packet:passer 'acca, eu route to Malta, to Coquctte, and off Cape St. V' join the British squadron ; also t- incent saw the • with the outwa r d • steamer Ma Ind, Peninsular mails, British brig Candle and the American ship Mary Bluett. T e i e he d a ys and nine hours from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the same day. Her Majesty's gunboat Coquette sailed for Malta, and the Vesuvius for the wag e left on the morning of the 14th. BANK Or FRANCE.—The letters from Paris continue ti) describe a tendency to greater steadiness, but the ac counts regarding the position of the Bank are still con tradictory. Some persons assert that, notwithstanding t i 8 better appearanc e of affairs in general, it continues to lose money every day. Probably such improvement as may be observable is chiefly at the branches, and that upon balance there is a recovery. The large contract lately made f or go ld is insisted upon as a reason for con fide"; nail, in additi on to t hi s, t h e B an k an d the Go vernment are s ai d to h e using the strongest may be able persuasions upon such money dealers ' in Europe as they to influence, to induce them for the moment to limit any transaetions th a t m i g ht h ave th e e ff ect of drawing silver from Paris.