The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-20 00:00:00

NEW WORK. Sy THE 31.4.RQU13 OF NORMANSY. Immediately will be published, in 2 vols. Bvo., YEAR OF REVOLUTION. From a journal kept in Paris in the Year 1848. By 4 . b.43 MARQUIS of NOBMANBY, K.Gi London: Lon4man, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-- M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. -M. Jullien has the gratification to announce that Miss DOLBY and Signor MILLARDI will make their second appearance this evening. Eleventh time of the new grand French Qua drille, and second time of the grand Selection from La Traviata. Programme for THIS EVENING (Thursday, Nov. 20:— Part I. Overture, Euryanthe—Weber ; Polka, Flirtati9 —Julien; Symphony, Andante in E flat, from the Symo. phony in C—Mendelsohn ; Aria, Mile volte snl campo d'onor (Pia del Tolimei)--Donizetti—Miss Dolby ; Solo, Violoncello (Servals) Ernest Deraunck, jeune. ; Polka, My Mary Anne (tenth time), Jullien (dedicated to Mrs. Barney Williams); Symphony, Andante, from the Pastoral Sym phony—Beethoven ; Cabaletta, La Donna e Mobile (Rigo letto)—Verdi—Signor Millardi ; the grand French Quadrille, the eleventh time of performance (Jullien), with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig. Finale : "Partant pour l a S y rie." " Vive l'Empereur." Part 2.—Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's of " La Traviata," with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes, and Koenig, being the second time of performance. Scotch song, " Over the Sea" (Mrs. Groome) Miss Dolby; Valse, from Donizetti's Opera, Lucrezia Borgia—Jullien ; Fantasia, Violo d'Amore, an ancient instrument, Souvenir d'Ecosse—(Schreurs), Herr Schreurs ; Valse, Peri—D'Albert ; Galop, Pelissier—D'Albert. Conductor—M. Julies. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes; 10s. 6d., Ells., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers'; and at Julien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. .Acting MAnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery , ls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upp er Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, 10s. 6d 4 ; Prlvate•Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. ra consequence :of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he ha re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage• ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers : —Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersderff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn. plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform Mozart's Grand Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI, with its powerful east : Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Formes, Signori. Lorini, Rovere, Gre gorio, and Mons. Gassier. After which, TRYING IT ON. Characters by Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. A. Younge, Mr. Templeton, Mrs. Selby, Miss E. Wadham, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at hilf-past 7, commence at 8. H TgATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), and every evening during the week, THE SCHOOL FOR, SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr, Rogers; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Mi4s E. Sabine. After which Perea "Iv ena acrd the Spanish Dancers. With (4th time) an entirely new farce, entitled A. FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. To be followed by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Return of Mdme. Celeste.—Fourth Night of a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza. Third week this season of Madame Celeste. The successful new comic drama of A Border Marriage, with Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Mur ray every evening. —Good Night, Sig. Pantalon.—THlS EVENING, the comic opera of GOOD NIGH l', SIG. PAN. TALON : by Messrs. P. Bedford and J. Bland, Misses Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Arden, &c. After which, with new sce nery,, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A BORDER MAR RIAGE. Sir Walter Raebnrn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandle, Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and. during the week will lae presented Sha,kspeare's play of A AIIDSUAINIER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, tu two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher; Misses Murray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. LYCEUM THEATRE ,ROYA L. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance," every Evening. Burlesque every Evening. THIS EVENING (Thursday, Nov. 20), a Romantic Play, in four acts; entitled, FABIAN, or " La Mesallianee," with new scenic and mechanical effects, &c. Fabian, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. Concluding with the Burlesque of THE WINTER'S TALE. Misses Woolgar, Wilton, Mrs. B. White, Messrs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, Brough, &c., Miss Rosina Wright, and the Ballet. 111 OYAL SURREY T'LIE AT RE. 'ARROW:4. Mews. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWER GIRL; or, Gonviiot Marquis. Cranon, Mr. Creswiek ; Louis Barennes, Mr. Cal vert; Lanny, Mr. Charles ; Baptiste, Mr. Widdicomb ; Le Beau, Mr, Voltaire ; Madeline, Miss Biddies. To oonclude with DR,ED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, 31r. Potter; uncle Tiff, Mr. Widdicomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charlr,s ; Nina Gor don, Miss A. Biddies; Cora Gordon, Miss Ja.ckson; Lisette, Miss Ellis. ROYAL -OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY A T HOME. MPIDEA. Creole, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus. Mss Maskell ; Creusa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. • A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs. Lullaby, Mrs. Stirling. Commence at ha`f-past Seven. rPHEA.TRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TAMING OF THE SHREW. Christo. pher Sly, Mr. Phelps ; Petrue'aio, Mr. H. Marston ; Grumio, Mr. L. Ball ; Katherina, Miss Atkinson. To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian Spectacle, called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp. With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses, t ra i ned by him. Terrific Sinking t of the Steeds in the darksome Swarap, dr.c. After which, the SCENES ha the CIRCLE ; appearance of Miss Kate Cooke, &e. To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.' Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. EVENlNG,, estminster-road. INTERBURY H AL L T v ------- k_ f OPEN EVERY The follow ing company of Vocalists are engag e d f Selections from all the popular Operas, for the performance of Glees, Duets, &c.E. Pearcelri gals, Choruses, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; yr. J., Caulfield, Caulfield, Jonghmans, R. Grover, .T. Raiuo, T. r an . ant ild, Herr F. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Conde ; Master s 'A S. Jones, J. nett, and Cerri; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. mach, :.stin, Ben forte, J. Harroway, R. A.. ; harmonium„T.Y Caulfield, director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Soy., 0 , 0 jun. ; c isely, Suppers, dze.. until twelve o'clock, In addition to usual Vocal Entertainment, the cf;le,brated s .; I n I to MINSTRELS will appear in costume !P!, Ni ue ra and ElevenSli o'clock Every livening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions. ELMO. WATER AT LONV.ON --- Tars DA,T—Morn. 47 min. aft. it —"Lvening 26 min. s f t . 8 T6-1 1 40BRow—Morn. 4 niln.aft. 9 —Evening 4D Mill. Oft. 9 THE WEA.THER—Surr 0 EFIOE, NOVEMBER 20. THEWIOIfETEB, 1 1 ,1 T :TV SHADE. ' 51 —highest sin= asen 3terdsy• 50 —lowest this =min.; and dreng the night. 53 —this dlsy at noon. BARD!' tETEB, 30 09. WIND, N.N.W. to I.W. —Light, with dull, mild wimther. r ti- L.4 )t ; At m 4 S C.'"' LINDON, TAURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1856 ".Huth, it's all a mistake, according to your a d age . ,‘ when the cat's away the mice will p l ay .' A clever, pushing fellow, WALEWSKl— reliable, too, when he knows I'm at his heels — but--bah ! it's always the case—apt to push too far when he has the opportunity. Of course he can't really sympathise with RusfJia—he's a Pole—a little high-flown gen 6 rogity to a great Emperor in his hour of humiliation —that's all. Polek are constittitionallY romantic and chivalrous. As to representing my views and sentiments, that is all bosh ! You must look for them in the Moniteur, and not in the Constitutionnel. I was in Compiegne—Wamwsar in Paris, when the article you complain of was written. On my return, you see, WALEWSKI was brought to book, and you had all you could desire by way of amends in the Moniteur. I chsprish the English alliance. It is my destiny. The peace and hap piness of the world depend upon it," &c., &c. Such would appear to be the Napoleonic expla nation of the untoward article in the Constitution nel, the injurious effects of which on public confi dence, not even the presence of the Emperor in Paris, the relinquishment of the intended festivities at Fontainbleau, and the article in the Moniteur have sufficed to dissipate. The public can believe as much of this expla nation as they like. There is no limit by Act of Parliament, that we are aware of, to English credulity. It were charitable to gulp it all. Explanations, demanding a greater effort at de glutition, have been swallowed before now, and will be, no doubt, again and again ! It may, how ever, be as well if we recount a reason or two for the little incredulity we may have had to overcome. Our Imperial ally would laugh at us if we accused him of over-scrupulosity. The readers of The Sun would laugh at it if it denied a desire on his part to enter within the hallowed pale of divine right legitimacy. The hero of an ever-memorable coup d'etat —the man of December, the garotter of the French Press, and would be garotter of the English, the pos sessor of a will so inexorable that friends and foes have alike had to bow before it—the Emperor who rules as well as reigns—the Imperial ally, whose veto sufficed to put a stop to a necessary war at the precise stage when the French Eagles flashed bravely in a meridian sun, and the English Standard was about to be gloriously elevated from the mud in which it had been draggled— well it was hard to believe a foreign-Foreign Secretary would dare to publish a line of which he was not assured this man, his master, would approve ! It turns out we were wrong —we have NaroxxoN's word for it ; the article in the Moniteur establishes the fact beyond the possibility of question. But WALEWSKI is not yet dismissed—Russia is as audacious as ever—BoatnA laughs at us—not an object of the War is fully attained. There is uncertainty everywhere ; and the disciples of Peace talk most of all about War. To calm their troubled minds, let us again assure them it is our Imperial Ally's best policy for the present to keep the alliance intact ; that his greatness, his very existence, depends on it more than on anything else ; and that he begins to see and feel, even more clearly than before, if that be possible, that such is the case. WALEWSKI'S dismissal, it may therefore be taken for granted, is already decided on. Otherwise, what would not be thought as to his master's sincerity ? And when it comes, we for one will set our faces like adamant against its being accounted—a tub thrown out to the whale. Our Governments, it must be confessed, are not very lucky at alliances. Somehow, the alliances they make don't do us any good, and are regarded with not altogether unwarrantable sus picion. Can the fact be philosophically accounted for ? Are our Ministers mere islanders, and nothing more ? Our fleets dominate in every ocean, our lag waves on every continent—her MAJESTY'S subjects at home are a miserable mi nority in point of numbers to her subjects abroad —our commercial marine enters every port—our commercial enterprise influences every Exchange. They ought to be something more. If any people have the right to be called citizens of the world, and are necessarily concerned in the general inte rests of mankind, we are that people. It can hardly be that it is for want of knowledge of foreign affairs our Goverments are so unlucky. It were to expose oneself to the charge of slandering our fellow-countrymen if one gave utterance to such an imputation on their good sense. What, then, is the cause of this perpetual buig ling ? Can it be our Governments deal with indi viduals instead of masses, with dynasties instead of nations, that the alliances they boast of and have to apologise for have too narrow a basis to be 'secure ? Let the reader judge for himself. 4 7 11 we say is—of all alliances, an alliance with France is the one we estimate at the highest valte ; and we should have less apprehension for its continuance, better hope of its perpetuity, brighter augury for the welfare of Europe, and a serener prospect of the elevation of our common humanity, wore we more firmly assured the Anglo- French alliance was an alliance with the British nation and the noble French people, as well as with the French Emperor, NAPOLEON the Third ! We can scarcely feel surprised that the unfo:- tunate creditors of the Royal British Bank should be anxious to expedite a final arrangement of the affairs of that unfortunate concern. We all know the old adage respecting the value of the " nim ble shilling," and there are few whom experience has not convinced of its accuracy. It is, then, a matter of vast importance to all concerned that the available assets should be divided with the least possible delay—that even a small dividend should be speedily paid. Trifling as it may appear to legal eyes—that may ba opened to the widest extent at the attempt to rescue any por tion of the oyster from its legitimate devourers— there must naturally be felt by the sufferers a degree of excitement sufficient to justify riz invasion on the time-honoured territories of judicial routine. It is sufficient to know that a large sum is in hand, the immediate distribution whereof would materially alleviate the distress of the auffefers—that it is contended for by con flicting jurisdictions, and that the contest may probably be carried through various courts to the ultimate appellate tribunal. It is therefore peculiarly desirable that every stage in that progress should be got over with the greatest possible despatch, so that the final decision may be expedited, and the inevitable distribution, which, according to established precedents, will be paid . out of the fund iu Court, may be reduced to the lowest amount practicable. We must admit the total irregularity of the course adopted by the committee of depositors. To addresi the Court, save through the ordinary channels of so li c i tors and counsel, was enough to make e very hair in the various wigs present at the usurpation stand on end. The memorial could not, of course, be received. But it does not by any means f o ll ow that it will be useless. Although the able Vi ce -Chancellor, in whose hands the matter is placed, coul d not give an official answer to the memorial, he must be perfectly cognisant of its contents, and fully co nv i nced of the accuracy of its statements. not profess to be He could influenced by a matter so irregul ar l y b roug ht b e f o re the Court, but he will be so just as much as if the information had come through a legal gentleman duly instructed. The very effective address cf th e Chairman ce Committee cannot have been di sregarded. The Vice-Chancellor asellocrn: proverbi a ll y " make decided corr ectly. bad , precedents." But there are few cases so hard as that of the depositors in the Royal British Bank, or so fully justifying a departure from the ordinary course. We grant that such steps may generally be regarded as inexpedient, and that they must invariably be discouraged by the Court ; but, in the present instance, we fancy that the depositors will have no reason to regret the step taken by their committee, who have certainly displayed a degree of zeal and energy entitling them collectively and individu ally to the highest credit. The Judge may require tithe to decide a " vexed question," but he will certainly not be the less anxious to do so in consequence of the memorial, although he may only have arrived at a knowledge of its contents through the public journals on the evening of the day that it was tendered for his acceptance. We are glad to see our old friend Mr. MIINTZ has again entered the field on the all-important question of Currency Reform. Mr. MuNTz has, in his time, rendered important services to the good cause ; and, although we may differ in some points of detail, we rejoice in the assistance of an auxiliary so efficient and energetic ; one, too, who has the power and the will to explain his views in the popular branch of the Legislature. It is true that he has not manifested much ac tivity for some years past—that five years have elapsed since he entered the lists against the bullionist Champion on behalf of the sound prin ciples of which he is the conscientious advocate. But that may, in a great degree, be ascribed to the general apathy and indifference that prevailed amongst these who would not take the trouble of investigating the difficulties of a very intricate subject, and who could not be stimulated to action when suffering under no im mediate pressure. He, however, displayed his foresight by the motion for inquiry which he originated last session. He said that before the close of the year a great pressure for money, and a consequent advance in the rate of interest, was inevitable. He, therefore, brought forward his motion, although without any sanguine hope of immediate success, as a judicious preliminary movement, and subsequent events have vindi cated the policy of the course adopted. Should the exorbitant interest now charged be increased, or even continued at its present rate, the nation will be fully prepared for energetic action ; and an amount of enthusiasm will be displayed not inferior to that which signalised the agitation for the abolition of the iniquitous bread tax. It is not by flippant jests or ill-timed raillery that arguments inch as Mr. MUNTZ adduces can be disposed of. The Times may desire to see Mr. MuNTz a canon in " the Cathedral of Rag land" and vicar of Papertown, but we are far better pleased to see him in his present position as the independent representative of a large in dustrial constituency, peculiarly interested in the due solution of by far the most important political problem of the day. Mr. MUNTZ is not to be silenced by such means, and the Times may be well assured that it cannot suppress the rapidly increasing agitation on the subject by such attack. The Times, with a ponderous attempt at jocu larity, declares "if a man were to tell us that clothing were a bad thing because it was impossible always to adopt it to the temperature of the air, or the state of the circulation, we should ask, "Do you then propose we should go without it 1" Far from it. But we believe that it is very nearly as absurd to suppose that a fixed state of garments should be enforced by sumptuary laws}— that a rheumatic patient should be compelled to wear the light garments of a Hindoo within the Aretie circle, or that a healthy young num should be ordered to wear furs under the smeltering heat of an African sue. The analogy in this case is complete. No Currency Reformer has ever recom mended the abolition of a circulating medium, or a return to the old style of barter ; but every one has insisted on something calculated to answer the exigencies of the day. What is suitable to one state of affairs is altogether inopportune at another time and under totally opposite circum stances. The Bank Charter Act establishes a fixed and invariablerule, from which no deviation is allowed. When there are no bubble schemes on foot, no wild speculations, and trade and manufactures are in a sound and healthy condi tion, it cannot be requisite to starve industry, and to reduce the creators and producers of na tional wealth into unprofitable consumers. It is equally injurious when such schemes ar• on foot to be obliged to force money on the market at a low rate of interest, and thus stimulate and foster the evil. But this is what the Bank Charter Act is calculated to do, when gold is flowing into the c)untry, and ther a is no continental competition for the golden products of Australia. The Bank must purchase any gold offered at 3/. 1751. 9d. per oz. They cannot keep it idle in their vaults. The interests of the proprietors forbid such a course, which would speedily reduce the dividends to very attenuated dimen sion. They therefore are obliged to force money on the market at 2 per cent., trusting to bring back matters to the old state by a species of legerlemain process, when the time has arrived for the stringent application of the screw. Fluc tuations in the value of money, or, what is nearly the same thing, in the rate of discount, thus be come inevitable, and the People are at one time surfeited and at another starved in the midst of plenty. We must get rid of this unwise and impolitic system. All that is necessary is that the people should be aroused—that they should be taught how deeply their own welfare and pro sperity, and the comfort and happiness of their families are involved in the result. Let every Monetary Reformer now exert himself zealously and energetically, and ere many months have elapsed we shall have to congratulate the nation on its emancipation from the most oppressive tyranny that ever existed -- the despotic authority of the Moneyocracy. The Times has made a great mistake, surely, in the " ha'porth" of argument which figures in its bill of banter against Mr. BERKELEY on Tuesday. It says—it has said it twenty times—that the Ballot is of no use, because everybody's vote must be known in England. It is only a small part of a man's life ; his life is known ; as is his life so is his vote ; therefore his vote is known outside the ballot-box. Almost as many fallacies as words. We don't kno v every one's vote beforehand. Who knows or ever knew the vote of the Times beforehand ? It voted black a week ago ; who can insure a black ball for the same, object next week ? We indeed would rather 'oet five to one on a white one. The Times on Tuesday bantered Mr. BF.R KELE; bantered the. Ballot, and all who happened to be in the compa - ay. It has done it annually ; w will guarantee that some d ay, i n some t o tiff with who Lord J. RUSSELL and th e Whi gs, it w ill now who not banter them, and declare Mr. BERICBLEY and the Ballot a gre at fact ? Nor is every man's vote a part of his life. That is just the tiling we complain of. His conversa tion at hie. ceNn table and his friend's table are a part of his life ; if he be not in too much subjec tion hid ueli'spaper is so too ; and should his land- THE SUN, LONDON, TRIURSDAY EVENING, NO 20, 1856, lord be tolerant of hisdoings, provided he do but vote right, his occasicnal attendance at a public meeting may be a pats of his life also. But his vote is a part of his landlord's life, of his mort gagee's life, of his creditor's life, of his customers' life, of his employer's life. Advocates of the Ballot want the man's life and his vote to be con sistent. The frequent glaring instances to the contrary are what, more than any other reason, will not suffer the question to sleep. We are indignant at seeing the known Liberal compelled to falsify the political witness of his life by plumping for my Lard BROMPACRE'S eldest son, when he would rather vote for plain Mr. JOHN SMITH, who, as he thinks, would cut down taxa tion, and at least is a sensible Reformer. Unhappily them are two classes whose votes we can prognosticate with certainty. "Tell me who your companions are, and I will tell you what you are," is a law amongst the moralists, and, tell me who your landlord is and I will tell you what kind of hustings' politician you are, will hold quite as true. Suppose an agent can vassing Berkshire for the registration or an elec tion, could not the editor of the Times tell him how the tenants would vote to a man ? Would the Editor trouble himself about each tenant ? Would he not make out a list, or two or three lists of the landlords, and say—There, Mr. Agent, there you have them. Write to each of the gentlemen in that list, then the stewards will be directed to send you the number and names of the electoral flock on each estate ; see that they 4re all on the register, or see that they are all at the poll, as the case may be. There is another well-known class, for which we should refer the Times to Nottingham, whose votes can as certainly be predicted ; the gentle men whose votes vary with the funds, the candi date's funds we mean. True, they are often in doubt till the eleventh hour ; in that case there is, perhaps, a seeming uncertainty. None, how ever, in reality. The highest bidder will be the buyer. It may be difficult to say which of the rivals will bleed best, but none at all as to the vote going with the most sovereigns. Sometimes, however, at the Nottinghams the Honourable Nabob LONGPIRSE goes in to win. It is known that he does 30. Some barebone of a Radical (nay contest the borough on party principles, and just to insure that the Honourable Mr. LONG PURSE shall " down with the dust, and no mis take," but the votes were sure enough from the beginning. The buyer, and the follow-townsmen of the voters, could have named them all. These worthies the Times always takes under its special charge. It tells us they are the sellers of votes made for the buyers of votes—that the want is reciprocal and urgent, who shall hinder them from coming together ? What the Times hath joined together, let no profane Ballot put asunder. Now we (1) not at all question the knowledge of the Times as to the perfect adapta tion of the buyer and seller of votes to each other. Having had no dealings in the article, we must defer to superior authority. We can only well believe that, as in other contraband traffic, the mutual understanding must be good, and the gain, on the whole, large. Still—though as in the case smuggling, we should speak with deference in the presence of an old smuggler, so we feel some touches of diffidence now—still we imagine the perfect adaptation may be somewhat marred by 'he preventive service of the Ballot. It would he rather inconvenient for the buyer not to know for certain whether his money had brought him money's worth, or whether the buyer had not sold the same article to two parties, and furnished it to neither, or, if to either, of necessity to an enemy in one case. Consequences like these would some what interfere with the perfect adaptation, be cause it would just give play to those trivial moral in/perfections which disqualify buyers of stolen goods from dealing, under certain, eircum stanses, with sellers of the same. But then America, the everlasting America, not certainly the land which has most of our love just now, in America every one's vote is known. Is it ? Then why do those 'cute Yankees retain the Ballot ? They are not the gentlemen to ad here to a practice from superstition or for form's sake. They must have some reason. And it will puzzle a wiser correspondent of the Times than Mr. ARROWSMITH to find a better one, than that Americans fiad it useful as far as they want it. hundreds and thousands of Americans do find it convenient not to reveal their votes at all, or sooner than they like. The advan tage is, therefore, recognised by all. Even the most independent man may have occa sional reasons for preferring a secret vote ; 'and most dependent persons in times of excite ment may prefer it greatly. Testimony to its value as the means of independent voting, and of preserving quiet at elections, is abundant enough from America, from Belgium, from Geneva, from every place in which it has been tried. Indeed the Times' own American correspondent by the Arabia dilates on the simplicity, ease, and quiet ness with which not a President only, but nine State officers, were balloted for in one room, and at the same time. Eas the Times forgotten its correspondent's description of the room, with one end railed off separate from the rest, with the ten ballot-boxes for officers from the President down to the inspector of schools, the concurrent supply of tickets, and the order with which each voter falls into his quens, answers to his name in the register, and quietly declares his secret vote ? We beg to refer the Times to the Times of the 17th, for the hundredth answer to its misuse of American practices. As to Mr. BERKELEY, he can take good care of himself and of the Ballot too ; and, should the Ballot be a little more the fashion, we can assure him that we know beforehand the vote of the Times. The Grand-Duke of Saxe Coburg is engazed on another new opera. It is entitled Diana von Soimages. Mr. Layard has left London for Constantinople. The works on the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway are progressing satisfactorily. The 103 d session of the Society of Arts commenoed last night, Col. Sykes presided. A letter carrier in the Wandsworth district was yesterday fully committed for trial for letter stealing. Letters from Paris this morning describe the discount market as easier. The officers of the Russian ships at Cherbourg have been invited to visit Paris. A meeting of Buenos Ayres bondholders has been fixed for the 26th inst. Thera is to be an exhibition of photographs:in Paris on the 15th of December next. At a meeting of the Rhymney Iron Company, held yesterday, a dividend was declared of 11, on the 501., and of 6s. on the 451. s h ares . The Queen o f N a pl es i s s o near her confinement tha t prayers are b e i ng o ff ere d n p in the churches of t he kingdom for h er sa f e d e li ver y. The tempor ary station of the West - end of L ondon and Cr y stal Pal ace Railway, at Wan dsworth-common, will open on the Ist o f D ecem b er . Operations have commenced on the Exeter and Yeovil Railway. The tunnel at Maiden Beenlitree, near Crew - kerne, 13Pgu n , an d th e gr ound in the neigh bourho&d of Westerton i s s t a k e d out , h is liable to refund t o the true owner the The Court o f C assa ti en , in Paris, h as confirmed the judgment of th e I m p er i a l Court which decided that a money-changer value of a stol en b an k no t e if he should cha n g e one. The ceremony of confirming th e new Bishop of Lon don was performed this morning at Bow Church, Cheap side. The sacred edifice was crowded by persons anxious to witness the ceremony. The new Bishop is to be consecrated next Sunday. by the The precise amount of the shipments of speeie Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo is 599,6901., of which 26,975/. is go ld for Alexand ria, Ce y lon, and Madras, and 572;715/, silver for Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. SAFETY OF THE JAMES BAINES. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The James Baines passed Cork last evening. ARRIVAL OF THE LIGHTNING. The Lightning, Captain Enright, belonging to the Black Ball line of Australian packets, has just arrived. She left Melbourne on the 28th August, and on the 30th Oct. spoke the ship James Baines, in lat. 29 13 N, long. 33 14 W, and parted company on the 3d of November, in lat. 36 50, long. 48 30. The Lightning has brought 150 passengers, and 140,000 ounces of gold on freight. The following vessels were in the port at Mel bourne when the Lightning left :—The Harlequin, the Charlotte Ann, the Colin Campbell, the Kennington, and the State of Maine, from London ; the Belcarrig, from Liverpool ; the Fleetwood and the Crimea, from Glasgow ; and the Sports man and Boston Light, from New York. The dates by the Lightning are—Melbourne, Aug. 28 ; Sydney, 20 ; Adelaide, 16 ; Hobart Town, 21 ; Launceston, 20 ; and New Zealand, July 26. The James Baines was very heavily laden with copper ore and tin, and owing to the advices from England an advanced price had been obtained in Melbourne for wool, and the demand was active. The quantity coming forward did not meet the de mand. In tallow, mixed was unaltered. Mutton had declined, and beef had recovered and was in active demand for shipment. In hides the demand for shipment was good, but few were offering. The Melbourne markets were generally firm and steady. The elections for the two Houses of Parliament had commenced. The roads to the diggings were improving, and as the stocks were very light an immense trade was expected. Notwithstanding the heavy imports prices had not suffered any material diminution. Imports continued slightly in excess of exports. The accounts from the various gold fields are on the whole favourable, the escort returns for the fortnight being considerably above the average of the last three months, while the prospects for the ensuing summer are quite encouraging. The discovery of new gold fields in New South Wales had attracted a few persons from the Victoria diggings, but the greater bulk of them had re turned. Reports from various parts of the inte rior state that the rush towards the Sydney fields had all but, if not entirely, ceased. The depar tures from 'Victoria by sea had exceeded the arrivals by 90 persons. Throughout the province extensive farming operations being undertaken a great demand for labourers was anticipated. The labour market was dull. Gold was in demand for shipment by the Light ning, and the price advanced to 755. 6d. The non-arrival of the escort with the produce of four of the gold fields, owing to the swoollen state of the river Loddon, make the weekly re- turns appear rather small. Exchange on London, drafts against gold pur. chased at par. Freights, 41d. per oz. Insurance, 11 per cent. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. (BY MIONETIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, which was to leave New York on the Bth instant, with the mails from the United States and British North America, arrived off the Great Ormes Head at eight o'clock this morning. DEATH OF PRINCE WORONZOW. We have received a telegraphic despatch from Odessa, stating that Prince Woronzow died at that city on the 18th instant, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Th• Nouvelle Gazette de Prusse affirms dot Russia is willing to renounce her claim to the Isle of Serpents, but persists in retaining Bolgrad. BERLIN, Nov. 18. Authentic communications announce as certain the approaching abdication of the King of Den mark in favour of Prince Ferdinand. A letter from Berlin, in the Cologne Gatette, says :—" A second proposition has been made by the Russian Government, and is favourably re ceived here, with reference to the re-opening of the conferences. It is hoped that the concessions which Russia appears willing to make will influ ence the Governments which have hitherto opposed the re-opening of the congress." M. Antonini, the Neapolitan Minister, leaves Paris on Friday or Saturday next. The Federal Council of Switzerland, it appears, have no objection to release the prisoners of Neu chatel, on condition that the Kicg of Prussia re nounces all claim to the sovereignty of that Can ton. It is not p robable that his M ajesty shows any disposition to make that concession. A great sensation was created in Madrid by the news of the Conference held at St. Cloud on the affairs of Spain by the E mperor, Lord How den, and M. Turgot. Persons in Paris affirm that its result was the firm determination that France as well as England should not even make a single remonstrance, much less move a soldier or a ship to save Queen Isabella or her dynasty, if by her folly, obstinacy, or obedience to bad counsel, she should bring on herself and her throne that mea sure of retribution which most people in Spain expect. The Vienna Correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), in his letter dated Nov. 17, says : "It has more than once been hinted to me that Sir Hamilton Seymour bas made E unplea sant communications' to Count Buol on the sub ject of Naples, and a Hamburg paper has now received perfectly reliable' information from this city, that the British Minister at the Court of Vienna even spoke to Count Buol of the possi• bility of an eventual landing of troops in Sicily, if King Ferdinand 11.. remained obdu rate. It does not appear at all probable that such an experienced diplomatist as Sir Hamilton Seymour would show the cards of his Government to the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, but it certainly has reached my ears that he is not entirely satisfied with the policy of the Austrian Cabinet in the Neapolitan question. By the by, information which probably deserves full confi dence has reached me from Naples, that the Laz zareni and some of their scoundrel patrons have got up a plot for massacring the resident English and French, if their Governments should take any hostile measures against the King. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : " The German journals declare that Russia has addressed a circular despatch to all the Powers represented in the treaty of Paris, on the Ser pents' Island and Bolgrad questions. It is believed that the Czar withdraws his claims ; but, " I am correctly informed, on unacceptable con- ditions." A private letter from Madrid, dated the 15th, confirms; the appointment of Gonzales Bravo to the Embassy of London, A Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette, who is generally well-informed, states that " France has made concessions to England in the frontier, and England to France in the congress question. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Debuts offers the following comments on a late article published by the Post : "The language employed by the majority of the Lon don journals is not of a nature to facilitate the solution of existing difficulties, or to maintain and draw closer the friendly relations of the two countries. We believe that the English press attaches a great value to the main teiance of the alliance between England and France, a value equal to that which we attach to it ourselves. And we likewise are partisans of the English alliance ; we desire it to-day as we desired it ten years ago ; but we wish it to be founded on conditions which form the necessary basis of every alliance ' that is, on a condition of pe r f e ct and absolute eq ua lity between the two parties. We can not admit amongst the conditions of the alliance the obli gation which it is sought to impose on the Emperor Na. poleon, of changing one of his ministers, simply because that minister displeases England. On such conditions the alliance would become intolerable, or, rather, no alliance could exist, for between France and England an alliance is only possible when it imposes no sacrifice on the honour, independence, and dignity of the two nations. This is the manner in which we understand, and have always understood, the English alliance ; it is certainly thus that it is comprehended in France. In the article of the iforning Post, which we reproduce, it is as serted that all the governments of France who have not maintained and treated with consideration the English alliance have been punished. This declaration is singular. But there are other pretensions no less singular in the said article. What can we reply for example to the ac cusation against the Emperor of Russia of sending the princesses of his family abroad on political missions l In verity, if the Russian princesses can no longer enjoy the liberty of travelling in Europe without an outcry being raised by the English journals to the effect that a violation of the treaty of Paris has taken place, we cannot understand where such exigencies are to cease. The treaty of Paris would appear to have been concluded with the view of extending the critical propensities of the English press over all Europe, and over the rela tions of private as well as public life ! France can certainly never submit to such singular pretensions." BOURSE, Nov. 19.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 75 67 70 New Loan Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,365 Austrian Belgian Fives ....... .. 97'— Spanish Threes — Piedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1,255 Western Northern 955 Strasburg Lyons 1,287 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,715 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette TURKEY. Thu truttunal de Uvicatuntiabuple publishes the speeches of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and of the Sultan, on the occasion of the ceremony of the in vestiture of the Garter. Lord Stratford said— " By order of the Queen, my most gracious Sovereign, and in virtue of her Royal mandate, I have the honour, in eoncert with Sir Charles Young, chief Kiug-at-Arms, and my colleagues on this occasion, to present to your Imperial Majesty the insignia of the mot famed and most noble Order of the Garter, founded, as your Majes ty knows, by ono of the most illustrious princes of the long series of the monarchs of England. "The Queen, in nominating her plenipotentiary to invest your Majesty therewith, esteems herself happy to give a public mark of her friendship and of her Royal consi deration for your august person, and thus to make manifest to the world her cordial desire that the alliance so usefully established between the empire of her Ma jesty and yours may be maintained without interruption and mutually cemented. "In adding to the numerous species of glory which surround your Imperial name a distinction without pre cedent, your Majesty may attribute it to that personal benevolence, to that policy of conciliation, which have associated your Government with the great European family, and the results of which, already proclaimed, only await their full execution to show er everywhere around the most precious benefits. " May I be allowed in my private name to express hew deeply I feel the honour which will be reflected by this investiture upon me, the humbleinstrument destined to perform it 9" The Sultan replied— " I receive with the highest satisfaction these noble insignia as a new and striking marktofe Englishthefriendanhaitioonf w hich her Majesty the Queen and the have given U 3 so many proofs, and for which we are ever grateful. " I attach the more value to this mark of friendship, as it is at the same time an imperishable memento of the h a ppy alliance of our two empires —an alliance so fruit ful in good results, and so useful for the accomplishment of the work which I have undertaken to insure the wel -1 fare of all classes of my people. "I also consider this event as a new consecration of that alliance. I shall hasten to write to her Majesty the Queen, to express to her my gratitude ; but in the meantime I beg you to convey to the Queen the ex pression of my thanks, and the assurance of my most sincere friendship. Your lordship must feel persuaded that it is also a pleasure for me to receive these noble insignia from your hands." ROME. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing : " ROME, Nov. 13. " General Count de Goyon, recently appointed to the command of the F renc h d i v i s i on, arrived at Rome on Saturday evening. He was immediately presented to the Holy Father and to the Cardinal Secretary of State. His Holiness and his Eminence displayed the most friendly courtesy to the General, and gave him the most distinguished reception. The language addressed by the new Commander-in-Chief to the Sovereign Pontiff and to his Minister appears to have elicited sentiments of ex treme satisfaction and of deep gratitude towards the Emperor. "General de Montreal left this morning for France, taking with him the regrets and the esteem of all those who came in contact with him, whether strangers or natives. His successor, from a feeling which was fully appreciated, led all the officers of the garrison to take a solemn leave of him. The Holy Father, in bidding fare. well to M. de Montreal, addressed him in the most flattering terms, and gave him his portrait set in bril liants. "The Government Committee on the Finances has just met and has held some sittings. The Holy Father has recently given audience to the deputie. of the pro• vinces and appealed to them for their support for settling the forthcoming budge'. In coneluri ing his address to them his Holiness congrate lated himself on being able to present to the com mission a budget the very small deficit in which presented a considerable diminution upon the last one, and allowed the hope that a perfect balance might soon be expected. In fact, the draught of the budget for 1857, which has just been published, shows a deficit which does not amount to one-twentieth of the revenue of the Pontifical States. Subtracting the sinking of the debt and unforeseen expenses there would he a surplus. The indirect taxes, especially the Customs, thank s t o th e measures recently taken, exceed the expectations of the Governatent by the returns already made, and by those they still promise. The sum of these results is emi nently satisfactory, and speaks well for the real resources of the country, and, at the same time, for the care be stowed by tl4e Government in the regulation of the finan cial system. NEUCHATEL. A letter from Paris, in the Nord of Brussels, says General Dufour has had several confer ences with the Emperor on the subject of the Neu chatel question, and it is believed here that au arrangement will be come to between the Helvetic Confederation and Prussia. Th e F e d era l Council is disposed, as I have already stated, to release the royalist prisoners of Neuchatel. The language of General Dufour confirms this fact. On the other band, the King of Prussia, satisfied by that mea sure and by the adhesion of the Germanic Diet, will not prove himself exacting in the conditions of a territorial cession of the principality." Oa the 25th of October M. Cabot was le:wished from Nauroo by his own disciples. We (Edinburgh Courant) are authorised to state that the Rev. Dr. Robertson, Pi•fessor of Divinity and Ec c'esiastical Hi itory in the University of Edinburgh, will e proposed as Moderator of the next General Asseaably. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—The Liverpool and Philadel phia Steamship Company's Steamship City of Manches ter, Captain Petrie, left the Mersey at 1.40 p.m. to-day for Philadelphia, with 140 passengers and a small cargo. The Arabia royal mail steamship sails for Bos ton on Saturday, when letters and papers intended for her will be rec,ived at the Liverpool Post-office till noon, with a late fee of 3d. at 12.30 n.m., and with a late fee of is. at the landing-stage at 1 Pan. 'lhe fine ship Sar dinian, belonging to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's White Star line, leaves Liverpool for Melbourne to morrow (Thursday), with 250 passengers, a full cargo, and a ship's mail. THE SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANT.—A circular has just been addressed to the shareholders of the Gene ral Screw Steam Shipping Company. It details the plan upon which it is proposed to form a new company, to be called the 'European and American Steam Ship Company (Limited), which is to purchase the eight large vessels of the General Screw Company for the sum of 373,0231., or 211. per ton. It is propsed that the share holders in the General Screw Company shall take shares in the new association at the rate of 81. for every share now held. The new lines of steam communication which it is proposed to occupy at once are those between Bremen and New York, between Havre and New York, and between Hamburg, the Brazils, and River Plate. The circular calls upon the shareholders to immediately express their views upon this proposal. THE STEAM6III.P GREAT BRITAIN.—This famous ves sel is undergoing further alterations of an important cha racter at Liverpool. She has had a new sternpost forged at the Mersey foundry, which is said to be the most ponderous piece of wrought iron ever pat together fv any purpose ; she is to be fitted with a new double bladed screw, of fine pitch, to be attached to a lifting apparatus ; will have a new figure-head—lion and uni corn life-size ; her masts have been moved forward, and alterations have been made in,her rig to enable her to carry one-fourth more canvass than heretofore ; and a full poop has been built on deck. In consequence of altering the position of her masts, she will have one in stead of two funnels, and that will be oval in shape. She will be able to carry nearly 600 passengers, about 2,000 tons of 'ergo, 1,000 tons of coal, besides Agree and water for a voyage to Australia. Her advertised day of sailing is the 15th of February next. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.— SOUTHAMPTON, Wednes day Midnight.—A. public meeting has just been held here to take into consideration the claims of the several candidates to represent Southampton in Parliament in the room of Sir Alexander Cockburn. Mr. Alderman Dusantoy took the chair. The only candidate present was Mr. Edwin James, who made a long and eloquent speech, which seemed to give general satisfaction. No resolution was come to respecting the candidate who should be selected by the Liberal party, as it was men tioned that Mr. Weguelin, the governor of the Bank of England, had determined to come forward. Messrs. Harman, Pegler, and Andrews were the chief speakers besides Mr. James. Mr. Mechi's name has been men tioned as a candidate. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, one of the candidates for the representation of Southampton, has issued a handbill announcing his resignation, on the grounds that he does ji not wish. to divide the Liberal interests. It is considered that this resignation will favour Mr. Edwin James's chance of election. DEATH FROM FALLING INTO A TANK OF BOHAN& WATER.—Yesterday morning Mr. F. J. Carttar, coroner for Bent, held an inquest at the Druids' Arms, Green wich, on the body of a fine lad, 16 years of age, named James Loammi Golding. The deceased was employed at the colour-works of Messrs. Parker and Co., near Deptford-creek. Near the engine belonging to the factory is a tank about 10 feet deep, which receives the condensed water of the boilers. On Saturday aft-rnoon deceased crossed the tank, which was partly covered with some planks, for the purpose of procuring a towel and soap, and in jumping back he missed his f toting, and fell into a depth of seven feet of boiling water. His cries for help brought to his assistance his father and other workmen, and having been extricated with considerable difficulty he was taken on board the Dreadnought Hospital-ship, and, after lingering in greatest agony for four hours, death put an end t o his sufferings. The jury returned ' a verdict of ``Accidental death," the coroner at the same time recom mending that proper protection should be afforded in future by of en having the tank wholly covered. the THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.--The return tries for the approaching exhibition are very grtasfyi9 . 7. They are as follow :—Cattle, 109 ; shee p , 46 ;pg , poultry, 1,210 ; pigeons, 2 05 ; and roots, 119. - The council have Midlandexcellent Railwaya r r arrangements Companies,em e nt ahn s with is hoped that large n umbers of country vi s i tors will the d North-Western it avail themselves of the facilities thus offered. The special trains will be announced in a few days. We understand that the liberal regulations for the seat sion of the working classes have afforded great is faction. Last year, on the Wednesday afternoq, eight thousand persons visited the show, and it 1° anticipated that this year the numbers will be eta' teriaily increased, the cheaper rate of adriii.o l ° ll the be extended to the whole of Friday. It is hoped that .1 workmen from the neighbouring districts Wi ll t h e themselves of this privilege. As to the quality t sa exhibition, we learn that in the cattle classes one °` a principal breeds, the Devons, will probably be better re presented than on any former occasion—the Smithfield Club, when the two great shows have been held to having hitherto received the support of tilt! map. rity of breeders of this stock. The entries of pigs are g pigs there will be a very and in the two classes for young considerably more numerous than they 1-weaet year ee a f b r o o u m r n the g p ße i c r u nz n i i n a l r Y . fine display. We trust that t he result of the show will difficultiesbsuche as underto which the theyc o u a n r ham Gazette. CONTINENTAL CHECKS ON POISONING.—In France the chief safeguard is a restriction d dard of profi c i ently b e f ore they ct p io h n ar u m p a o c n ie t n h s e , s who al e o m f u alts pl n e o d v a ci n r e e g s u t i o a r p randopegrleyn-egruaal It receive their licence. In Austria all powerful medicines though not commonly considered as poisons, are marked w ith a dagger (+) in the Pharmacopoeia, and such medis tines cannot be sold legally without medical a uthoritls t h ro ughout Italy the sale of m e di c i nes an d po i s ons ° strictly limited to the licensed farmacista. In Praoeier a c n o n S t t r a o t l e s o , v a e n r d t h S e w m e d a e n n n , the i n G o w v b e i r c n h in t e h n e t e th x e er s e m ise a s lle a r d G ir e e rm ct pharmacies are conducted and poisons sold. In Swit zer ' land it is one of the functions of the Board of Health to take precautionary measures against the sale of poien e • The wholesale supply of poisonous drugs and P re P ar t"; tions is per m itt e d to properly-qualified retailers , but tPt latter are obli ge d t o k eep such su b stances i n a sePraie part owri tah without ti ct h he e -eo p f .u r , e re m ietr i t s .e e n s , Ta u a h n et hdo namer a it r y e n f ot allowed to sell them ma yors oofatmheedpiucarchmaasner, ameetl: entered in a book, and a label must be attached to r tif poison b o ttl e or paper, stat i ng " the name a nd qua d of the substance, the name and address of the Yen the quantity sold, and the purpose to which it is to be a rt plied." Th e purchaser must sign his name in a book, ears leave his mark attested, and this register, with the writsthe order for poisons, must be preserved and produced conk,. requisition of th e authorities.—Medical Times and v Mon* A FRENCH SWINDLER.—The Court of Assizes on e day tried a woman of loose character, name d Vauch i e r l o ; for robbery. After being several times condem ned ; the swindling and robbery, she took up her residence in Rue de la Fidelite, generally dining at a small e tt bib house in the Rue St. Laurent, kept by a man and t so . wife, named Larmet. On the 30th April, she wen oti t the house as usual, and begged Mme. Larmet to g a the r. and procure her some particular dish, promising, as o sse was no one else in the place at the moment, lose• care of the establishment during her absence. ofs ia Lamet went, and immediately on her return the 11 ° o s e left, saying that she was not very well, but tha‘ i ' o would return a little later ; she, however, did not,uwer The next morning the Larmets discovered that a ul l in gth had been forced open, and that all their sai:foisls amounting to 3,575 francs in bank notes and 4001 had been taken away ; also, that a sum of be tills 7 francs and tight francs had been stolen from the.. s he As no person bad been in the place but the prison4o at was arrested, and 2,466 f. were found on her. P nro first vehemently denied her guilt, and threatene d to for secute the Larmets for falsely accusing her ; but a bet wards she admitted that she had taken the mond ., A l e, said that the sum was 2,910 f., and not 3,57 .51 :j, the a however, would not say what she had donew it 0.0. 3 portion of the money which was not found on h er ; boa was declared guilty, and sentenced to ten years labour. S s i ATTEMPT TO ROB THE BANK OF IRELAND '" O . - , c t LOW.—A most impudent and daring attempt to a 030 entrance into the branch of the Bank of Ireland, /:;, pen Own, occurred last night, Nov. 17. About 000 P oise s o'clock several persons got s into the rear of the Pr had in question without being perceived, although '7 11 ; 0 et" to pass several dogs, and having cut a pane of g bi of the w i n d ow o f th e b ac k door, they en d e avour i on means of a chisel or lever, to force the lock ofAtlitor it guts which protected the back of the house. ii:tosis serel strenuous efforts they had to give up the bank * despair. According to the regulations of the t b e ing porter slept in the office, provided with arms, b e r the bee' wrapped in the arms of Morpheus he did not b no , noise. The ruffians next proceeded, by reed : s ebie' ladder, to try their luck on Mr. Stoyte's pr0:60%7000' adjoins the hank, but in this way they wer e like the 0 0 successful. They tore the wirework which was e n o f glel ride of one of the windows, and cutting a P ane bie ban omit with a diamond, one of the fellows pu t in Dearing and found beneath a large quantity of delft. ding oa the noise that must necessarily he created by treL ir for' the ware, they abandened the place and tried . ; .0 t he,: tune in the next house, Mr. W. Whitmore s, °ln 00. , Ole were more successful. They effected an entrap fr , is proceeded to break open doors, desks, drawers, _rogyer v arious apartments. Havin g secured a n umber e s ' she spoons, knives and forks, and other valuaolMionaii lighted on a mahogany box belonging to the i fs broil Brothers, which they conveyed to the yard n e , sol e open with some blunt instrument. It contain tt . oss e, snuff-box, value 501., a valuable silver c ork-sere w s ' he firov of pistols, and some papers ; but in their hurrY s i_l A w ere two articles escaped the notice of the thieves, found with the box in the place this morning. etolen fro 's, yet known what amount of property was - sot a t a Mr. Whitmore's, but the police are on the s e ey„ b ode,. ruffians, who are supposed to be some of r e p ent n' s ee;' militia or ticket-of-leave men who are at p r f jog through the county.