The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

VIQN E Y MARKET alii; CITY, Two o'Or.ect: The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, without any material change in prices. 4 -he sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by the exporters. Letters from Paris, relative to the Greek Loan, of which the powers interested are demanding re imbursement, mention that, of 60,000,000 f. advanc ed, Greece touched very little of it. The loan was ab sorbed by the expenses of the auxiliary Bavarian corps, at the installation of the Bavarian Regency, and by the indemnity accorded to Turkey for the cession of the province of Phtiolide. Of the 60 Millions, Greece only received 8 millions for her uvirn benefit. Thf., activity of the Greek people, since 1833, is sh own by the fact that the revenue of the state, which for years continued at 7 mil lion francs, has risen to 16 millions in 1856. The advices recently received from Russia dwell at some length upon the proposed network of rail „ W ays, the concess i on f or w hi c h i s s t a t e d t o h ave been granted to a French company. The precise ter ms have not yet transpired, but according to r umour they are fortunately not likely to be of a character that will attract subscribers in any of the European money markets. We say fortunately, becaus e the extent of foreign enterprise which has already been undertaken has greatly contributed to the extraordinary pressure for money which now generally prevails. It is expected that the capital required is about forty millions sterling, on which it is imagined the Russian Government will offer 4i or 5 per cent. per annum guaranteed interest. Although there is no immediate chance of the pro ject floating at a premium, it is feared that when ever the money market becomes easier, and a favourable opportunity presents itself, parties will be tempted to support it, Such a contingency Would be very discouraging, and tend to prolong the inconvenience which is at present experienced. It was only a few days ago that the great Credit Mobilier Company, notwithstanding the heavy liability which it had already incurred, undertook the construction of the Spanish Railway ; and it is 11111 01 to be feared, unless some check is soon inter- I Ne ed, that the financial distress of France will in erease to a very serious extent. Louis Napoleon, almost immediately after the conclusion of peace, Ptohibited the formation of new joint-stock coq t am es durin g t h e present year ; and it is evident to relieve furth er i nterference will be necessary in order relie ve the Paris money market. The v, Y•Aiast Indian M oney _Markets, according to tit'euadvices brou g ht b y t h e O ver l an d M a i l, con e Posed in a satisfactory s t a t e , b u t th e recen tly pro appearA per C ent. G overnment L oan d oes not tu to have received much support. Notwith of 4 11 , c lihg thr ee weeks had elapsed sinca the notice ‘ue proje c t was announced not more than about T r : 5 ° ,,., Q9 r upees had been paid into the Calcutta —"'llrY,rnost of whic h was tendered by Govern for ;* btioials. M oney was c h eap, an d o b ta i na bl e rate.egitinaate purpose s o n reasona bl e terms. The G d. of excha nge at Shanghai on London was 7s. Til t() 78 . 7d. f or 6 months ' bills. k e , b uainess transacted in the English Stock t i art cie has b een small, but the quotations are de b `4l3' firmer. Th ere h as b een no i ncrease in th e j a 1 1 4 . fide transactions, and the speculative dealing ha s l i ttlite d, but th e genera l t one o f th e mar k et ' Pro x ; 11:11 / 1 . °vecl. Consols for money and the 6th 1 42 1110 have been 921- k, and 92k and r,i• They are now about 92i and a re 9 ' 3 for D ecem b er . Th e N ew 3 per Cents. E tin s 1 , 4 : to 92, and the Redu ce d 91k Exchequer the Goads decli ne d t o par an d 4 s. prem i um, and are 981 /. Bank Stock is 212. '''' - p s ,? r eigla Stocks are neglected. Turkish 6 p er th-e'A‘s• hav e improved to 89i 8, and 90 aI, while ce 11 Per C ents have b een 99 i . Portuguese 3 per Itte• a re 43i to 44. Buenos Ayre s 86k, an d teh 2 1 P er Cents. 64k. toc.a.h.,e followi ng are th e nom i na l prices of Foreign can j4e Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 71 ; Mexi -3 21 1 ; Peruvian 4 per Cents., 75 7 ; ditto 43' 5 er . ~?e u ts-, 54 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., entB -I.llB siatt. 5 per Cent s ., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Deferred" 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4.11 ; ditto 31 24 ; d' • 51 6 ; ditto Nasive, 6k i 5 ditto Certificates, 2 The last week's r t oascertained receiptsascertained up this Oay, are in round figures as under :- 1F,56. 1855. li.%eratth.....Weestern ................... £29,563 .£25.905 tern ,§ o tth w C'Vestern 6 1 1 4 ,, 0 0 04 74 .Brighton 6 16 4 :2 14 7 0 g Midland *********************************** ***** 16,088 14,469 ******** no 737 28,907 C i % ll l e t d h o - n ail terc ********* 21,883 20,728 ire;lB,eta sN:carnt ***** 12,445 11,294 hi re and Yorkshire 2 2 2 5 4 6 6 4 0 3 2 1 5 0:0 42 15 0 • E,x.eter ...................... . 6:743 6,537 ttaas_tea°l_,:nnedasnire 6,634 5,617 I.ann ster and Carlisle 6 632 6 395 ch Sheffield, Lincoln . 10,060 9,609 North Load NorthN 8 on 2,461 2,056 Ulstevaiteafford 6,941 6,538 Ede 4,707 3,594 1,535 1,511 qre",Tgb and Glte. ow butaeiritei;ite.rn of Canada 6,002 5.040 16,294 12,718 enisn toilie transactions in the Railway Share Market bray ha ve been very small. This being what is ee " ticket day," the dealers have principally 11 occupied with the necessary arrangements for '10(3 half -monthly settlement to-morrow, the 31st. 14.0 111 e of the principal shares have shown an inn v‘eruent, viz.—Great Northern, 10s. ; Great an . e , Ble rn, 7s. 6d. ; South Western, 15s. The French „.". Canadian lines are dull, but prices rule steady, ln. joint-Stock Bank Shales very little business I I h as been effected, and prices are without material 1 alter a ti on. Mi scellaneou s Sh ares aro inactive. Canada t °v rnment 6 per Cents., however, have slightly Unproved. .i.tITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the 0.07m:a List.) ittvone, done tank Stock ...................................... 212 a per CAlt. Reduced Annuities ............... 914iiiiia 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. .............. 1 2 h $ New 3 per vent. Annuities ............... . 91 , i 2 1i 2 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 2 15-16 Fitt° :30 Years expire sth Jan., 1860 3,1 I' Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885.., 183 Itpli , . Rends, .ClOOO ......••.. ................ . Con Ditto, under £lOOO ......................... .. 5 6 p sols tor Account ............................. 92.1 Exchequer Bills, '.W. V 5601000 ............. .. ....... ............... 4 p par %ma 11...................... ................... 4 5 1 6 p . ................ . ...................... 4 5 1 6 p Ditto Bonds, 1858,3 i per Cent.......... 98i i Ditto, 1859 ........... ... PRICES OF FOREIGN ..................... 981 FUNDS THIS DAY. Puen os Ayres Bond.s, 6 per Cent. ............ - ~ Ditto Account .... ............... . ..... . ..... 86i r ortuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853,3 per Cent .. '..................... 4:i 4 takiht, Bonds, 6 par cent •... .......... 89 90/1 90 x a Ditto account, November 14....„ 90i 90 89i 90 x d Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 99i r - H. m en u, 3 n the shore , vshle in tond o p Dutch Exchange, 2. per Coral.., 12 Guilders C . 4 f D itto 4 pe r Cent. Certificates ........ .... 95 THREE O'LOCK. Consol s, money 92 4 A D itto, acc oun t , N ovem b er 6 "1 " PACHA AND THE PRINCESS DADIAN. of thfollow. e Times Ing letter h as b een addressed to the Edito r << 81r, —The letter from Lieutenant Cadell that ap- P2 a ayed in your paper of Friday last has induced me to ke further inquiries with regard to the matter at einic ~ I find th at t h e handsome furniture of the Princess Rad ian reached R e d ou b t Raleh on the 19th January, Reruns credible and j am acquainted with four trustworthy and who s aw it t h ere, in the house of Omer Pasha, ° r der the care of his servants. the " The hypothesis that it was destroyed at Sugdidi by enraged soldiery must therefore fall to the ground. I have already stated, it was carefully forwarded 4,0 h„,„..,. ..-1 quarters, and arrived in excellent preservation. " In reply to Lieutenant hissCadel charge, that 1 was not correct' in my account of enal m o veme n ts,on allow Are to say that I only intended to h an outline of them as would show that he was absent from hea ! l- quarters, and therefore uninformed of what t . speak Passing ther e a t t h e per i od of which I was about • - '• I was perfectly acquainted With the manner lu whisk his time was spent, and I knowingly cam trered the events of some dap, into the words, events obtained leave of absence," because those 'ou r Coal' i i rc ulaterial.—l have the honour to be, Sir, Longo; " opedient servant, Oct. 2S. THE SUN, Lcurp , ON, rn CRS DA '; EVE 14 G, OCTOBER no 1856 T 1-1,-; !;z_ A R IV/ Aaa:ET 16 ri ',A(I," .vk. Paid . 1 nAILWAYB. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. Si2s it. St. 10' 20 20 20 £25 (issd. at £46 Bristol and Exeter }Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Ar glian ....... Eastern Counties.. East. 'r A. Stl• De., B. Stock Do., New A..... East Kent I East Lancashire _.. Edinburgh &Glasgo., Edinb. and Peebles lEdin.Prth & Dunde i Forth & Clyde Jun.:., ( Furness. Do. Extension..... Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck...... Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western........ Do. Stour Val, Rai Gua. Stk.. ............ Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlini IDo., Third 5........ Do, New Thirds Lancash. and York eh Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport London & Biackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst Loud, and N. Westn I Do ' Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8 ... 0 Do. Eighths ........ . London andS. West , I Lndnirry&Colerain Lndnfirry.St Ennisk Wanch.Shef. & Lind. ' Di., Man. & Lin. IT, Do. J L. Ricardo's 1100 1100 100 1 all 100 all 100 all 1 100 100 130 100 100 lou 3, 100 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Bastn. Jnriet I +.,lfast 3i ballymoza. Wolvorb Stour Valley Laneah. a Cheshire, Junot Do. Chetah. `Sri Blackburn 4 4i 81 8i 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 tyt: , &Tyne orighn 10( 50 100 100 100 92 - 93 551 55 33 35" ~N w~ • 9 i - 10 1 8 6 17 35 .:;7 23 - 25 ••• 7 - 6 80i 81 -52 53. 3 . 2 --- ii 8 - 93 - 94 82 84 L2O 125 .14 116 64f 64i 71 - 74 5 t 6 i 5i 64 94i 95 G 1 [O5 107 [On - 104 par - p par - I r - -105 i 1 id arrangement hildlsnd 78i - 79 51 - 53 10. Birmng. Delo ifidld. G. West. (Ire. ►o, Half Shares__ ioweastle& Carlie! qwpt.Aberg.&Hrf , tavrry & Enniskilli Jewry, Warrenpoin .... .•••• 14 15 And Rostrevor lorfolk vorthn.Connties T., 'North British ,th Devon Rail. Dock Stock 48 - 50 3i - St 37 38 ;(.., A Stock...-. to., B Stock N.Kastern--Berw to. do. Hatension 7 9 i • 80b -21 171 _8 56 - 57 93 97 5i rti 6 - 0. 10 11 26 28 O 1 - 103 21 - 25 69 7t 47 - 49 i 14i 15 77 7 70 1 7 0 9 5 3d 2 14 16 %7 39 . - .8i - 19 5 5i .6i ---- i'i 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i • .". •. • .... ... 7 - 9 FOREIGN. ...,...,. v, Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June I;eziers to Grai see so, e Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd , a, g. 5 p. c Do. 13 A. lid 6 - 1 4 I - Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry.l ,Carmeaux & Toulouse ••• i d ••• 1 Coal Mines and Ry Ceylon A shares__ Do. B. do 4{ 4i - .. 1 33i - 34.1 10 - 11 Demerara tob Rhenish Eastern of France no, Kew Eastern Bengal . East Indian A and B, Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Bnds.,'s' Do. do. do., '59, de Euphrates Valley ... Eur. In.Ju.Tel.Rail. Geelong 4.z. Melbourne guar. 5 per c( nt.. Gd. Trunk of Cam]; Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6 Do. Comp. 613. c., do at. Central of Fran Gt, Tu. Pen. g. 5 p, c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Great Luxembourg... Gt. Western of Canada Do. New 22 - 22 14 - 21- 224 - P 23i - 24 11 - 12 77 - 82 3 - 41 211 - 213 14p 4$ - 4-4 23i - 241 2 - 20, 99 - 101 112 - 117 112 - 117 IDo. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou• option Italian Junction...... Lake Const. & Bask Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Pist. 5 p. c .p. Lyons and Genova ... Lyons di Mediterran Ws.dras, guar. 4 I).e Dr. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3dEx., g. sp. c Maria Antonia Do. do. Now 107 110 1141 64k 4 10“ 57 64 5 413 1 I i 71 24i i St. Et. 10 2 . 7 2 ! ! 20 16 St.; St. St. St. St. St. 20 I 25 25 1.2 i 40 5 St. 25 4 441)1 pn , 8 i p 1911 20 211 —21 i id - r iP Namur da Liege .... Do. do., 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons ?aris and Orleans. Recife & San. Fran. (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, Rome and Frascati„ Danish ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse 00. 5i p. cent. Pref iciude, guar. 5 p. c 8 - 801 19i - 20 37 - 370 - 9 49i -50 i 48 - 50 par i pl 19 - 20 4 - 19}- 9i - 10 i 2tp Do 4outhern of France 3t. Andrew's' and pm Qnebeo (A).,. West Flanders Do. 6 per c. Pref V. dt N. W. of Franc, Western of Austria West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref. 4Ptainna ... - 41 - ii 9i - 10 31 - 35 i - lip , . ..... ... 48 i 55 4. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS RAILWAYS. Corapan C!wln yesterd London &' N. Wiest. Caledon... E.IJ daE.O Gt.Nrt ,n. E. Count. Caldonian. 10 , 0 TOO all 100 Do Gt. WOO Yk. New. & Berw. Y. IgNhic Do.. Do S. Baden Do IPeto & Co ;Do , , I Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld Stekton& Darlingt. Midland En. Conn. E. Count. all all all iBi, Do Do L. & N. W Do Gt Northn Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey hf.MClean Stockt. Darlingt Do OtWeatn. A - 97 98 - 102 12 - 14 L 34 - 136 4 ... 4i ~N ~ .• • •• len .. "''' ... 12i 22i 108 - 13 - 23 - 11 1p PO '..' ... No "'"'" ... 21 - 2i k - 94 P - i 55 - 57 • '''" ••• . .... ••• • ••• - fii 84 3d 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 100 'boo 100 100 100 100 l ail t 5 PREFERENCE SHAMES. asi' 92 BlythandTynelOpe , c. pref. (issd. at 501 Brim. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. .Ches. &Ho. On.si p, Do. do. Prof. No. 2. Do. do. Prof. No. 2. Cork d[Bandons3p.c. Dun.Prth .4 Aber. J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex.spcNo. Do. No. 2 . o. New 6 p. a. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. Si. 10 per cent Do. 101. Debontr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lane ash. 6p. cts E. kW. York.j. sthr Edin. & Gi. 5 p.c. sh ' Ed, Prth. &Dun.4p.c Furness. Ohm &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 6 p. c Do. 5 p. cs. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p. e D 0.5 p. c., Red. at I p. c. pm... . ..... Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pr< Gt. S. 4W. (Ireland' Do. 4per c. Pref. S Ot. W.( B. t Exspc )o.con. red. 4i p.c. )0. con. red. 4 p. c )o. irred. 4p. C. . Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Birm. Pref. Sh )o. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... )o. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. )o. do. do I Do. do. do ...... 'An. &York. F. f 20 Do. 6 p. c. Stoelt r,on. &B. 0.5 pc. No.l )o. P., 5p c. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 p. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & N'uneaton 5 p. et... ILOn.& S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares 22. aondy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.; Sh 4.,5.,& L.. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 )o. do. 34 per cont. 4arypt.& Carl. 4 p 0 'NI. 40; per cent )o. do. lid. Consol.6 p.c St ►o. Con.Br.Nr. 6pc De. 4; p. c. Pref. - Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., dre., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfolk Debenture .. Do.Praf. 5 p. c. St el Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c.pf.,1847 Do. Wv. V.5pc.,1847 North British Y. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e tWo.I Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.YorkEl. & Fur. North Staffordshire.. pc._ Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Beot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 3 j p.c. pf. st south Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c eh S Wales Gua. 4p. 0 Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksli.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 P.C. till July 1, '56 IWaterfd.&Kilk.6pc 95 --- - ii - 5 6 - 6j 106 - 110 93 - 98 k - i I , Ili - 12iip ... - ... 75 - 77 •• ••• .15 - 117 .09 - 111 103 - 105 61 - 63 10 -10 i •H 6 6• 93 95 86 88 86 88 98 • 100 9/ 101 17 1 0 101 70 72 19i 20 9/ 104 14 id ,36 138 135 - 137 114 - 116 .. --- µ .5G - 158 66 - i - 70 ~. ••• 136 - 138 98 - 100 87 - 81 1 - lir ••• ....' ••• ••• '''' ••• 102 -104 92 7- 94 •• - -•• I - ill ; 107 60 - 65 15 - 16 123 - 24 100 - 102 9i -- 10 27 - 28 2 - 3p 3 - 31 61 i MINES. ig a , I rlh knglo Californian Australian Baden (Gd. Duchy of Ble3nar. Iron & Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 Pm) Do. Cocaes Si Cuiab Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Prof. 7i p. cent copiapo . !Fortuna Genual Gt.Nug,getVeinßeg ;Great Polgooth I Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty ........... Linares Lusitanian Mariquita ,New Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgi.Sil.& Lo. Min. (Port Philip ;Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cubs. , Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Pin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australis ........ if - 1 5 =2 •7 1- 21 31 - 31 18 - 20 52 - 54 32 - 36 26 - 28 14 - 16 - I : 1 2 - 3 7 ... -- •.. 8 id P 4 - i - / - 6 - 11 usinesb this day. 22 - 24 5 - 7 1 • 2i - 3} 14i 6s. all all all Z - 33 - 34 3i - 4,T all all 12e ••• .... ••• i .... i ... - .r, MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Airicult. 23 25 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... 10 all Berlin Water W or k s 51 5 i 50 40 Brit. American Land ... 100 3Li Canada ll5 120 St. 100 C. 0.6p.e. Jan&July 1121 113 113 12,,z St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... St. 100 De.6p c. Mar & Sept ... 6 all Crystal Palace.. —2 i 5 all Do. Preference...., 5 5t 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston I ron O re ...... 20 15i Eastern Steam.., St .1100 Elect r i c Telegraph._ 92 94 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. t 5 al) En.dcAus Cop Sm Co 1 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 11 —l2 1l 4 all bond. Gen. Omnibu s 31 3i 31 20 10 Magdalena St. N av i n 10 all Meditoran. Elec. Tel. I; 10 all Mexicau&S.Americn. 2i 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. 25 1 Do. New ... - 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. SpcP iss at 1d id p 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 . . N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian 20 17 Nrth.of Europe Steam 3 2 d 1 all Oriental Gas 1 1i 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p ip 5 all Peel R r . Ld. & Mi nr l. 2/ —2i 21 Pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 69 6 50 10 Do. New 4 5 p 141 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 .01 Scot. Austral. Invest lfi 1 all Ditto New 25 all South Austral.:Lard 34 56 1 at Bubmar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1 al i Do. Registered_,,,,., — 1 20 Trust& L. Co.U.Can K. 100 I.si FaxDicv , m's LA,/ 16 161 isi OrM•6l).o.Jazgauky to T.: +« MINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron PoHonk.) THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAtfrisi, William, Jams Robson, 35 years of age, late a clezk in the Crystal Palace Company, was this morning ar raigned for fraud and forgery. The prisoner, who looked remarkably well, appears to have regained his self-pos session. He walked with a firm quick step to the front of the dock, and leisurely and minutely scrutinised the audience. Eight indictments, containing several counls in each, were read to him, to all of which he pleaded not guilty in a cheerful tone of voice. Arrangements had been made by the Sheriffs in anti• cipation of the assemblage of a large crowd of persons eager to gain admission to the court and obtain a glimpse of the prisoner, whose doings has excited much of the attention of the public and given a degree of notoriety to his name, but they were superfluous, the avenue of the court being no more crowded than on ordinary occa sions. Mr. Gifford said he was instructed to defend the pri soner, who had recently been committed for trial on two charges of felony. Six others had now been preferred against him, with respect to which the prisoner had had no notice either of the nature of the charges or the evidence by which they were to be supported. Under these circumstances he (the learned counsel) hoped his lordship would consent to the trial being postponed till the next session. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, for the prosecution, objected to the postponement of the trial. At the examination before the magistrates an intimation was given to Mr. Robson. The Lord Chief Baron—Who is Mr. Robson ! Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—The prisoner. (Laughter.) An intimation was given to him that other charges would be preferred against him, and at his request be was committed on the two charges that had been heard. He (Mr. Sergeant Ballantine) objected to the postponement, on the ground of the serious illness of Mr. Fasson, registrar for the Transfer-office, a principal witness, which might prevent his attendance next ses sion to give evidence against the prisoner. The Lord Chief Baron—l cannot entertain the appli cation, so as to make an order, unless the facts are reduced to affidavits. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—That of course applies to both sides. The Lord Chief Baron—Yes. I cannot do otherwise, except by the consent of all parties. _ _ Mr. Gifford said the affidavit should be furnished. He would renew his application later in the day. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine suggested to the prisoner's counsel that the prisoner should be tried on Saturday. Mr. Gifford said there were eight indictments against the prisoner, of six of which he had had no notice, nor the evidence by which they were to be supported. Mr. Sergeant Dallantine said the prisoner had notice on, Saturday last of the nature of the charges to be pre- ferred against him. Mr. Gifford said yes, but no particulars of the evidence by which the oharges were to be supported. It was that he mostly complained of. The subject then dropped. Shortly before two o'clock Mr. Gifford, who had put in his affidavits asking for an adjournment of the trial to the next session, on the ground that the prisoner had not had time to prepare his defence, renewed his appli cation to that effect. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said that he bad hoped to be able to consent, and was anxious that the trial should be postponed as asked by the prisoner, but he had been in formed that witnesses had been brought from all parts of the country to give evidence on the trial, and it would be inconvenient for them to attend next session. He suggested that the trial should be postponed till Saturday. Mr. Gifford asked his lordship to allow him to read the affidavits he had put in. The Lord Chief Baron—Certainly not at present. All I can now do is to say the, case shall not be taken to-day. Mr. Gifford said he would apply to the Court again by-and-bye. ; been delivered, He made the acquaintance of Neary lin July, 1853, who was then in the habit of coming to Mr. Fossey's house, on one of which occasions Neary proposed to Mr. Fossey that they should conspire to rob Walker. Fossey became bankrupt in December, 1855, or January, 1856, and in February witness com menced business on his own account, within 100 yards of Fossey's premises. He was unable to say if he sent a circular to the prosecutor, but he had dealt with him to a small amount within the last two monthF. He first informed Walker of their frauds in August, after he (witness) had been established in the business the previous February. After hearing some further evidence, The learned Judge stopped the case, and asked the jury whether they wished to hear the counsel for the defence ? The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of "Not guilty." Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said there were other circum• stances connected with this case, but after the verdict which had just been returned he wished to postpone proceeding further until to-morrow The learned Judge consented to the arrangement. Tossey was admitted to bail in 1,0001. At the rising of the Court no definite arrangement had been made as to the day on which Itobson's case was to come on. We understand, however, that it is the intention of Mr. Gifford to apply to Baron Martin to,morrow to postpone the trial to the November see• sions. COLONEL TURA AND THE ENGLISH FOREIGN FICE. TO THE RDITOII: OF THE SIIN. SIR,—I yesterday received All intimation from the Foreign-office, to present myself he:e this day, at 2 p.m., in relation to a passport for which i applied a month ago. I was received by Mr. Lenox COnyngham, who informed me that Lord Clarendon has reftmed me a pass port for the following reasons : lat. That I have been naturalised in consequece of a statement that I have been five years resident in Great Britain, and that this statement is incorrect. 2d. That last year I entered Wallachia, and was there arrested by the Austrians on a charge of military delict, in consequence whereof misunderstandings and collisions were occasioned between the English and Austrian Go vernments. It was added that immediately after my release I proceeded from Constantinople to the vicinity of the Austrian head quarters ; and that this movement on my part led to a protest from the Austrian authorities. Sd. That I had declared it was my intention to reside henceforth in England—a declaration inconsistent with my application for a passport to Constantinople. On these grounds, and with a view to prevent any collision with Austria, the passport for whioli I applied was refused. With regard to the first allegation, it is well known to many Englishmen that from 1850 to 1853 I resided in England, although it is true that I spent several months of each year at Turin, in Switzerland, or in Paris. With regard to the second head, it is known to all that my arrest was owing to no fault of mine, but that I fell into a trap laid for me by Austria. If the incident had any consequences unpleasant for the British Govern ment, my four months' imprisonment certainly had nothing pleasant for me. My visit to Rustchuk (which by the bye was not near the Austrian head-quarters), after my liberation, was un avoidable, because I had in the first place to give expla nations respecting my accounts to Mr. Calvert, agent for the Land Transport Corps, and to recover my baggage, the greater part of which went a-missing during my confinement. Besides, Austria had no right to protest about the matter, inasmuch as my sentence was simply exile from the Austrian territories, and Rustohuk is in Turkey, separated by the Danube even from Wallachia and Moldavia, which are only occupied, not possessed, by Austria. How my projected journey to Constantinople can compromise England is to me inconceivable, seeing that my object is simply to obtain employment on the rail way works contemplated or in progress. I must main tain myself by my industry unless, indeed, the English Government is willing to allow me a couple of hundred a year to remain here in idleness. There is little danger of my venturing into the Austrian dominions, unless a time should come when I can do so, sword in hand— and then no Austrian passport would be required. E. TIJRR. P.S. I subjoin a note of the time I have had my head-quarters in England : In 1850 In 1851 In 1852 In 1853 In 1854 (in Malta) 3 (From September, 1855, till March, 1856, I was em ployed in the army of the East, or in an Austrian prison.) In 1856.. 7 months. 3 months. SUMPENSION OF FOX, HENDERSON, AND CO. The suspension took place yesterday of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. The event has been prematurely announced in several quarters, but, as will be seen from the date of the followinffcircular, it did not formally occur until yesterday morning, some embarrassments which wes privately known to have existed at the beginning of the week having been temporarily adjusted. During the past year the firm have experienced occasional difficulties, which were greatly increased by the reckless circulation of reports affecting their credit. By great efforts they were enabled to maintain their position up the present time ; but the renewed pressure in the money•market, and the discovery of losses from heavy foreign contracts just finished have now compelled them to call their creditors together. It is understood that upon the completion of their annual stock-taking and balancing the house have found that they have suffered to the extent of about 70,0001. by the construction of the Zealand (Danish) Railway. This, combined with unprofitable results from some other works, and the impossibility of realising or of obtaining sufficient advances upon the large amount of shares and debentures they hold in the various under takings with which they have been connected, has left them in a position in which they could make no further sacrifices without jeopardising the ultimate liquidation of their general liabilities. They have, therefore, taken the advice .of the persons most largely interested, and have resolved to suspend. It appears, however, to be the general feeling that an extension should be granted them, and that they should be allowed at once to resume, upon a full and satisfactory exposition of their engage ments and assets being submitted. Their total debts are stated to be about 320,0001., of which about half are unsecured : " London-works, Birmingham, Oct. 29. " Sir,—lt is with the deepest regret we have to an nounce to you that we have been compelled to suspend our payments, and have therefore to solicit the favour of your attendance at a meeting to be held on Friday, the 7th of November, at 1 o'clock precisely, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in Birmingham, to consider and determine the most effectual and speedy mode for the adjustment of our affairs. " A statement of our assets and liabilities will in the meantime be prepared for the consideration of the meet ing, and we trust that the propositions then submitted will, under all the circumstances, be considered satis factory. " We remain, sir, your obedient servants, " Fox, HENDERSON, and Co." LOSS OF LIFE AND ACCIDENTS FROM THE FOG. Yesterday a dense fog prevailed in the metropolis and suburbs, in consequence of which several lives were lost, and many persona ;sustained injuries. Travelling by railway was attended with danger, and most of the river steam-boats ceased to run. The fog continued during the night. Several serious accidents took place on the railways;and many persons in the streets received in juries from being knocked down and trampled upon by the horses. About 10 o'clock last night a man carrying a lighted flambeau was knocked down by a vehicle in the .Waterloo-road, and was much hurt. Serious acci dents took place on the London and South-Western Railway. At Wimbledon a man named Houghton, who had been for some time employed as signalman, en deavoured to signal the 11 a.m. express down train, and was in the act of crossing the metals, when the engine of the train struck him on the lower part of the abdomen, hurled him over the rails, and his body was then forced a distance of at least 15 yards. The next fatal case was that of a man named Watkins, who was employed at the points near the Wandsworth station. He was crossing the metals to display the signals,`and, not hear ing the train approaching, was knocked down and in stantly killed. The railway guards describe the fog as having been more dense than for some years past. In deed, the prevalence of the fog led to a circumstance probably unprecedented, several of the races at New market having been postponed in consequence of it. There was a report last night that a clerk on the Great Western Railway lost his life near Reading, from being unable to see his way across the rails. In addition to the loss of life caused by the fog, much damage was done to the river craft by collisions. The engine of the goods train on the North-Western Railway ran off the line within a few miles north of Wolverton, tore up the rails, and intercepted the whole of the traffic. The accident was accompanied by the deaths of the engine driver and stoker. Fortunately none of the passengers have sustained injury, although not less than seven trains have been detained on their route. Serious apprehen sions were entertained for the safety of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who, it was alleged was a passenger by one of the intercepted trains, but such was not the case. About 2 o'clock this morning the fog began to diminish. The private letters from Paris yesterday were again of a better character. Some rumours of large failures at Lyons had been positively contradicted, and the im pression was favourable as to the position of the Bank of France. CoAL NEAR LONDON.—Mr. Burnell, civil engineer, has written to the Times on this subject, and says the report most likely originated from a communication he has addressed to the Brighton Railway Company, relative to some discoveries he has made near Horsham. A correspondent of the Times, this morning cautions persons against crossing Paddington-green at night, Thigeo, be ear% Abound in the seighboluhood. )o.do. G.N.E. :Pure Do. Leeds 00. 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The prisoner Neary was confidential clerk to the pro secutor, who bad full confidence in him, and many of the details of the basiness were entrusted to him. He first entered Mr. Walker's employ about six years since. He left him in 11154, not, however, on account of any fault, and re-entered his service in 1855, upo❑ his ear nest application, and being in a state of great poverty. In 1354, the prosecutor being unable to meet his liabi lities, called his creditors together (amongst whom was the prisoner Fossey, to whom he was heavily indebted), and they ultimately agreed toaccept a composition oflss, in the pound. The business was continued, and Mr. Walker and Mr. Fossey still continued dealing with each other down to June, 1856, Neary at the time being in the prosecutor's employment. A quarrel took place between Walker and Fossey, which resulted in a claim upon Walker, by Fossey, of between 5,0001. and 6,0001., which was still pending in Chancery, with the exception of a portion of the amount, which was under the consideration of a gentleman of high standing at the bar. During the law proceedings the prosecutor discovered that Neary was in constant communication with Fossey, and ho at once dismissed him from his ser vice, Mr. Walker, according to the learned sergeant's statement, "not choosing to have abou% him a traitor, who was eating his bread and receiving his wages." Fossey, who is a timber merchant, supplied Walker with timber for the construction of Crimean huts for the Government. At first Fossey carried on business alone, but be was afterwards j , )ined by a relative named Steele, and it was from young Mr. Steele, who had been a clerk i n Fossey's employ before his father joined him, that Mr. Walker received the astounding information which led to this prosecution. From the communication it appeared that Neary and Fossey met every night, drinking and smoking together, and that at these meetings they con• certed delivery orders and fabricated false documents with a view to their being brought into Mr. Walker's books, to obtain money from Walker in cases where no goods had been delivered, and in others where there bad been falsifications in the accounts. In one month the frauds perpetrated on the prosecutor in this way amounted to 3001. Mr. T. J. Steele, jun., 21 years of age, said that the prisoner Fossey was his uncle. Witness was now, in business as a timber merchant. Fossey directed him to go to Walker's and obtain payment on an account amounting to 8001., but he objected, on the ground that there were so many discrepancies in the account that he would rather Fossey should settle it himself, and as Fossey knew the discrepancies to which he (witness) alluded to, no remark was made on it. Fossey said he considered he was justified in making the overcharges, to secure himself as much as he could, because, he thought, Walker would stop payment. The witness was th i gn examined at great length on the details of the frauds alleged to have been committed. He proved the forwarding to Mr. Walker of a number of de livery notes for goods which had never been supplied. The transactions involved frauds to the amount of several hundred pounds, and had been going on nearly the whole of the time Neary had been in the prosecutor's employ. On a cross-examination of the witness, Mr. Sergeant Shee produced the prisoner Fossey's book, containing the entries made by witness, which gave rise to a short discussion between the learned counsel as to who should put the book in as evidence. In the course of which, The Lord Chief-Baron said it was quite clear that the witness was in the wrong place. It was clear that the witness ought to be in the dock, but it was not quite so clear that the prisoners who were there were in their proper position. Cross-examination continued—He had frequently spoken to his father on the subject s but not to the ex tent to which the frauds wore carried. His father paid Fossey 1,0001. to join him, on condition that when 'wit ness came of age be was to take his place. He bad wfre quently discussed with h i s father the propriety of his in vesting the 1,0 00 /., be cause, he (witness ) th ought, it was a good opening, and he should do well. By Mr. Sergeant She e—And all this tim e you knew my father, be that Fossey was a sw indler and a thief 2 f W o r r i e the he joined ss—Yes I Fo k s n s e e w y, it re w m a o s n w st r r o a n te g cl andith rn for sticking it on. (Laugh ter.) Mr. Sergeant Shee—There was a systematic " sticking it on ?" (Laughter.) Witness—Yes. Examination continued —Notwithstanding the com munications he made to his father, no one told Walker of the " sticking on" System. His father, with a full knowledge of the circumstances, invested his 1,000/. with Fossey, in order. that he (witness) might succeed hi m when he came of age. He explained to his father that stiokiig it '94: meant olaargiog for goods that had neve irttrV Wbition SUN OFFICE, Sias o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Stormsail.... Pope Joan Four ran. 501. HANDICAP PLATE. A.F. Knight of Avon Vandermeulin Tyre.............................................................. Fourteen ran. W on b y three quarters o f a length HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Dewdrop __- 1 King of Forest Huntingdon Fifteen ran. Won by three quarters of a length. SWEEPSTAKES OF 0 SOVS. Dead Heat with Bel Esperanza and South-Western. Somerset Four ran. Stakes divided. GLASGOW STAKES. Messenger Mohawk , ..................... Keepsake Bel Oiseau . . Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Spinet Susan Lovell Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. M. D Augury Bannockburn Won in a canter. MATou—Alliance won. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Remedy. Dupe . Barbarity Ten ran. Won by half a length FREE HANDICAP. Fisherman Mincepiel Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Longsight 1 Caliph 2 Alcyone Six rani LATEST BETTING. FIRST-CLASS NURSERY STAKES. sto 1 agst Peeping Tom 100 to 15 agst M.D. Bto 1 aget Somerset Bto 1 agst Moose Bto 1 agst Admiral Lyons 10 to 1 agst Jewess filly SECOND-CLASS NURSERY STARES. sto 1 agst Imperieuse (taken) DERBY-1857. 1000 to 30 agst Ackworth (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Pyrrhus the Second (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Messenger (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Bel Oiseau (taken) Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET HOTJGHTON MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Optional Selling Plate of 501., for three year olds and upwards. The winner to be sold by auction, Ise. Cambridgeshire Stakes Course (1 mile 240 yards). Mr. Mellish's Noisette, 6 yrs (501.), Bst...(Fordham) 1 Mr. Flintoff's Blossom, 5 yrs (501.), 7st 121b(T. Cliff) 2 Mr. Stevens's Questionable, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 71b (Prior) 3 Mr. R. I'Anson'a Berezina, 4 yrs (501.), Tat 7lb No betting. (Charlton) 4 Won by ahead ; bad third. Owing to the dense fog Berezina nearly ran over the chains at the Red Stand. The winner was bought in for 80 guineas. Sweepstakes of 19 sovs each, for three year olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs if de. manded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 y ar d s .) Lord Wilton's Dramatist, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Cresswell) 1 Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Fordh am ) 2 Mr. Whittaker's Teddy, 3 yrs, st 71b (Bearpark) 2 Corin, Sulpitia, and Mary Ann also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Dramatist, 4to 1 each agst Teddy and Tams Deer. Won by two lengths, the same distance between the second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Mellish. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three year olds and up wards. The winner to be sold for 150 soya, if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. 5 subs. Mr. Harrison's Spinster, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bearpark) 1 Mr. T. Walker's Oltenitza, 3 yrs, 7st 71b...(Kendall) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Frederick, 4 yrs, 3st 21b (Prior) 3 Imposture and Pyrrha also ran. Betting--6 to son Oltenitza, 3to 1 aget Spinster. Won on the post by a head ; three lengths between the second and third. The sport wai most unexpectedly suspended. A dense fog prevailed during the morning, rendering it impossible for the spectators to see objects at a distance of 20 yards. The first race, for which four horses started, was run at the time appointed, but the jockeys were unable to distinguish the course. One of the horses, Bere. zina, went nearly over the chains at the Red Stand, and the other three narrowly escaped coming into contact with the posts and rails. The second event took place at an interval of about an hour, on the flat, but the fog had not cleared up, and the spectators were not able to see the horses until they were close upon them. Still a third race was run, with manifest danger to jockeys, horses, and spectators, and the Stewards then, very properly; ordered 'a discontinuance of this pursuit of sport " under difficulties." The races have never, we believe, been thus postponed at Newmarket through inclement weather within the memory of the oldest turfite. In 1836, on the first day of the Houghton Meeting, men were employed to clear the snow off the Criterion Course ; and in 1846, so dense was the fog that the Course was marked out by sawdust. Oddly enough, another lapse of ten years takes place before the sport is again interrupted by unpropitious weather. The eight undecided races were postponed until this day (Thursday), and the unclosed Plates and States for this day are withdrawn. SPORTING NOTES. FOG-BOUND. The oldest inhabitant has had his memory sorely taxed to recollect when Newmarket Races were before postponed, and of course the circumstance is not within his recollection. He is certainly a most aggravating authority, and should be made President of the Know- Nothings. My remembrance cannot furnish me with an instance of the sports at head-quarters having been before suspended on account of the skiey influences. In 1836 the snow had to be swept off the course before the races could be run ; in 1846 the course had to be tracked out with sawdust ; and now, in 1856, the races had to be entirely stopped. What will happen in 1866 the imagination may help the reader to guess. The first race which was run over the Cambridgeshire course was seen by few people. Not even the horses could be ob served looming in the distance, and the whole lot of them narrowly escaped running slap into the Red Stand. Two more races were held on the " flat," and then the " Admiral" gave orders for the sport to be discontinued, much to the annoyance of a popular baronet, who wished to have his match run off. The people then left the heath, and got back into the town as best they could through the fog and mist. I have not time to enter into particulars of the Cam bridgeshire running. My pick—Vengeance and Elo quence—were second and fourth. Mr. T. Parr, and Messrs. T. and S., to whom Malacca really belongs, are the principal winners. The reports about Vengeance being sold were, after all, founded on truth, and the reader may be prepared to hear of his removal to Findon. This change of ownership superstitious people seem to fancy accounts for the horse's running second, for his present proprietor, like Mr. Peeryburgh, who was al ways very near making a joke, has throughout the season been very nearly pulling off a " great thing," but has been destined to obtain the barren honours of econd place. Pole Star did not go very well in the market, and took no prominent part in the race. The delay which was caused in getting the horses off was most vexatious. Some of the jockeys were most refrac tory, and I hear that two of them have been fined 201. each. The Nursery Handicap was published last night, and it caused much dissatisfaction. Of the seventy-nine entered thirty-one have been left in, and they have been divided into two classes. For the first class I fancy Farmer's Daughter filly and Gaberlunzie. For the second class Companion and Rowlade. The unclosed stakes which stood for to-morrow (Thursday) have been withdrawn to make way for the races not decided to-day. In all probability, therefore, the meeting will extend over Monday next. A. FRESH MAN, Newmarket, Wednesday night.. LITERATURE. .History of the Consulate and the. Empire of France, under _Napoleon. By M. A. Thiers. — V 01.,,,,; XIII. Willis and Sotheron. Volumes 14 and 15 will complete this great his- r tonic masterpiece. The labours of M. Thiers are consequently rapidly approaching their termina tion. This remarkable instalment (the antepenul !' timate !) brings us in fact within view of the • grand and overwhelming catastrophe—the pathetio and heroic close of that wonderful narrative which has been happily termed the Fairy Tale of • ' Modern History, the downfall and death of the great Emperor and King Napo. leon ! Within view of it—are we not ?—that -‘ grand and overwhelming catastrophe consummated in the little death -chamber at Longwood, and commencing at Wat er l oo — nay ! rather should it be said dating back mu c h earlier, from the rupture With the Pontiff, from the seizure of the Peninsula, from the invasion of Russia, from the divorce from . Josephine. Those arch-errors, to say the least of them, which brought down the avenging blade of Nemesis, by snapping asunder the death-thread of the later Damocles ! Already two out of these • four enormous blunders on the part of Napoleon have been described in earlier chapters by the master-hand of M. Adolphe Thiers--the result - of the occupation of Spain being here illustrated by fresh anxieties, mingled with new glories and new disasters—that of the putting aside the Bride of Lore for tits Bride of Ambition being in its tura . illustrated by the record of the birth and baptism of that young Astyanax the King of Rome ! Be.. yond all question one of the most enthralling and masterly portions of M. Thiers' narrative of the , War in Spain is that in which he here relates the memorable siege and capture of Tarragone—a victory by which General Suchet won for himself the glorious baton of one of the Imperial Marshals of Napoleon. As for the account given in the previous chapter or book of this g reat history by M. Thie rs of the advent of the King of Rome, we wmoarythdy of having eclareitat once to be penned in words fallen from the golden style of Tacitus. Are we, in so speaking, guilty in its re gard of any hyperbolical exaggeration f Let the subjoined excerpt from the volume under our hand suffice of itself to demonstrate conclu sively to the contrary. • It is the passage in which the annalist depicts the heroic Founder of the Napoleonian Dynasty holding aloft in the presence • of the grand dignitaries of his empire the infant King of Rome in the cathedral of Notre Dame. "On the following day, the 9th of June, Napoleon, accompanied by his wife and his family, conducted his son to Notre Dame, and presented him to the ministers of reli g i on . 1 hundred bishops and twenty cardinals , the Senate, the Legislative Body, the mayors of the large towns, and the representatives of Europe filled the sacred enclosure, where the imperial infant was to re ceive the waters of baptism. When the Pontiff had concluded the ceremony, and given the King of Rome into the hands of the governante of the children of France, Madame de Montesquiou, the latter transferrei • him to Napoleon, who, taking him in his arms and ele vating him above his head, presented him in this manner to the magnificent assembly which assisted at the cere mony with a visible emotion which speedily became general. This spectacle moved all hearts. " How great is the mystery which surrounds human life. How grievously would the spectators have been surprised if, behind this scene of prosperity and gran deur, they could suddenly have beheld a crowd of rains, torrents of blood and fire, the flames of Moscow, the ice of the Beresina, Leipzig, Fontainblean, the Isle of Elba, Saint Helena,tthe death of this august infant at 18 years of age, in exile, unpossessed of a single one of those crowns which were now accumulated on his head ; and could they have beheld, besides, all those other revoln- • tions by which his family was still to be raised up after having been overthrown." It is in the very book (xli.) recounting the par ' titulars of the birth and baptism of Napoleon's son, that the biographer of Napoleon describes at • considerable length, and with minute particularity, the rupture between the Pope and the Emperor, a rupture from which the paling of the star of the great Bonaparte may be incontestibly asserted to have commenced. The Council is the significant title of this portion of the narrative, meaning by that phrase the National Council, through which Napoleon hoped, but hoped in vain, to overcome the resistance of the Sovereign Pontiff. Very striking indeed is M. Thiers' account of the unex pected issue of this notable assemblage (dating from the 17th of June, 1811), "when the Prelates, scarcely collected together a few hours, manifested. . the sentiments with which they had become in spired—sentiments of sympathy for the sufferings of Pius, and of aversion for the despotism of Na poleon ! About the most startling manifestation of which sympathy was that evidenced through the lips of the uncle of Napoleon himself. Refer ring to which M. Thiers says : " Immediately after the sermon, Cardinal Pesch, with the mitre on his head, ascended the throne, which was decked out in the customary manner for this ceremony, and took the oath prescribed by Pins IV.:—I acknow ledge the Holy Catholic and apostolic Roman Chura, Mother and Mistress of all the other churches ; I promise and swear sincere obedience to the Roman Pontiff, suc cessor to St. Peter, Chief of the Apostles, and Vicar of Jesus Christ." No marvel that a council thus inaugurated be came before long tedious and distasteful to the haughty Lord of Europe, or that weary at last of the religious contest involved in it, Napoleon be came only solicitous in the end to get rid of the assembled ecclesiastics. Within the compass of this same forty-first book besides the record successively of the birth and baptism of the King of Rome and of the assembling and scattering of the National Council—M. Thiers relates events as remarkable in their way as the transference by Napoleon of the portfolio of foreign affairs from the Duke of. Cadore to the Duke of Bassano ; as the permission accorded by Napoleon to Bernadotte to accept the proffered crown of Sweden, a crown proffered to the Prince of Ponte Corvo solely with a view to the conciliation of the Emperor of France, or as as he might then have been termed more correctly, the Emperor of Europe ; above all, as the gradual preparation for the final rupture between Napo leon and the Russian Autocrat. Tarragone, the theme of the forty-second book, follows in due course: an important section of the History, in which we learn not merely the particulars of the siege and seizure of that great fortress by the French soldiers under General, afterwards Marshal Sachet, but besides this—of the return of Joseph to Madrid, of the temporary relief of Ba dajoz by Marmont and Soult, of the recapture of Figueres, of the revictualling of Cuidad Rodrigo, of its ultimate fall on the 19th of January, 1812, before the desperate assault of the British forces under Wellington, and of the ulterior nomination by Na poleon (prior to his own departure for Russia) of his brother, King Joseph, as the Commander-in- Chief of the whole of the imperial forces of France in the Peninsula. Finally comes the forty-third book—the beginning of the end—the book descrip tive of the commencement of Napoleon's downfall by the ever-memorable and, for him, the wholly disastrous passage of the Niemen on the 24th of June, 1812—the momentous crossinc, of the Rubi con, of the Evil F or t unes o f the Gallic Omar. Whereupon M. Thiers closes this thirteenth vo lume of his " History" with these sad and solemn reflections : "Thus the die was cast. Thus Napoleon marched towards the interior of Russia at the head of four hun dred thousand men, followed by two hundred thousand others. Thus the same man who two years before, on his return from Austria, had reflected a moment on the lesson given at Essling, had taken pains to bestow peace on the world and on his empire, to 'endow his throne with hereditary stability, to assume the character of a man of domestic tastes, to appease all enmities, to eva cuate Germany, and to force England to make pea ce ; this same m an , we say, was now advancing to the north, leaving behind him France exhausted and disgustedwith. a murderous glory, all independent minds indigna nte he e t his political tyranny, and Europe weary Yo had laid upon her; whilst all those feelings were ine.e sul lenly cherished in the ranks of the army :_h all an took with him, an army composed of troops I na tions, only held united by his genius and his prosperity. distant tracts What would become, in the midst ' f the army of six hun dredof country it now traversed, of this vast of the k ; suddenly pale from before their sight _ for the world in a man thousand men, following one st ar, our misfortune, has been solved . still remains to inform i This h this is p s ro ta b r l s e h m o n t l d o ner it can never forget ! But it informed by the clamou ref a terrible it has only been d and heroic recital we are catastrophe. In this sa not he a ac t e r e a u ce ts b , Glory we shall meet with at ever it, by the detailed narrative of events, of that of which every about to engage. of beyond the step xi en 3 ; of of a e n b . u " t of full of tear . Greek Tragedy—a voice s and It is the grand and awful voice the Choiuss good fortune tenderness, poignant with t and thrilling with the tones of lamentation. • The telegraphic accounts from China are to the 13th of September, and report a i enewal of the adverse move ment of the rate of exchange at Shanghai, the quota tions having advanced from 7s. 2d. to 7s. 6d: This, however, was owing to the last mail having broUght only a small amount of silver, that of the 3d of July, with 456,4371., not being yet due. At Canton there bad been a favourable turn, the quotations having re ceded from ss. Oid. to 4s. 100. The export of tea to date were 14,500,0001 b., and of silk 19 000 bales. The season's supply of t ea was expecte d to b e v ery short. Prices of silk, o n account of the adv i ces f ro m . thidside, were 30 &As per picul hi g h er . 'Th e settlern e nts to date , had been betw een 32 ,000 and 35 , 000 b a les. The Mormonites h ave t a ken a beer -shop at Meet near Bow and intend converting i t into a.ohapel, for. the purpose of expoUndiog "their pectgiar religions v 1 FqK. • •