The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

T RNI SHED APARTMENTS.— rJ W a nted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOM, Three BED ROOMS, and separate KIT CHES, where there are no other lodger., near a chief thoroughfare ; between Chnin g -cross and llyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desipant. References exchanged. Address, with full rable occu partichlars, T, 104, Strand. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but Two—New Grand French Quadrille —the grand Selection from La Traviata—Miss DOLBY and Signor MIL LARDI—First appearance this Season of the celebrated Pianist Miss ARABELLA GODDA.RD. Programme for TUTS EVENING (Monday, Nov. 24): Part I. Overture, William Tell—Rossini; Polka, Flirta ; Symphony, Andante from the ;Symphony in E flat—Mozart; Song, "The green trees whispered low and mild" (words by Longfellow)—Miss Dolby ; Solo, Trombone, Lieder ohne Worte, Signor Cioffi—Mendelssohn ; Polka, My Mary Anne (the thirteenth time) —Jullien (dedicated to Mrs. Barney Williams); Fa , tasia, Pianoforte, the Recollections of 'rola, d, N iss Arabella Goddard—Moscheles; Varsovienne, the Warsaw—Jullien; Cavatina, " Una furtiva lagrima," Signor Millardi Donizetti ; the French Quadrille, the fourteenth time of performance (Jullien), with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophieleide, and cornet, per formed by MM. De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Son nenberg, Hughes, and Kceuig. Finale : "Partant pour la Syrie." Vive l'Empereur"—Jullien. Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " La Traviata," with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophieleide, and cornet, byMessrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Dnhem, Hughes, and Kcenig,.being the fifth time of performance. Scotch song, " Come ferry me o'er " (Mrs. Groome) Miss Dolby ; Valso, La Prima Donna Jnllien ; Cornet Obligato, Herr Koenig ; Solo, Les Parti neurs (Le Prophete)- Liszt; Valse, Victory —Koenig; Galop —D'Albert. M. Jullien has the honour to announce that he has made arrangements with Miss Juliana May (prima donna from the Grand Opera at Verona), and Madame E liza Pome (from the principal theatres ef Italy), who will shortly appear. Conductor—M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, Is, ; .!)ress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, Ls. 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 Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE 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-horse Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper B oxe s, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Stalls, Ios. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drnry.lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has 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 Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovers, 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 Donizetti's opera seria, LUCREZIA BORGIA (positively for the last time). Supported by Madame Grisi, Madame Amad -i, M. Gassier, Signor Calandreili, Signor Revere, Signor Albicini, Signor Gabussi, Signor Mattoni, Signor Mariani, and Signor Volpini. After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Templeton, ctc. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places oan be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, frog► 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half--past 7, commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, and during the week, (Wednesday excepted), will be performed 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 sang), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Snearwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the new and successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last six nights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea Nina and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI: Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every evening in the new comic drama of A Bordor Marriage.—THlS EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT : by Mr. Leigh Murray Mr. Parselle, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new mud fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Blfes. 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. far Walter Raelsurn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Daudie, Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with Sberidan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three act?). Rolla, Mr. C. Kean; Elvira, Mrs. C. Kean. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. YCE UM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Monday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA, by Miss Rosina Wright and Corps de Ballet. Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and Miss Woolgar. Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole. ROYAL SURREY TStEATRE. Leggmeq, Mewire. Shepherd and Crescriek. THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Rey, Mr. Creswick ; Rashleigh, Mr. Potter ; Francis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Vollaire ; Dongal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal braith, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes ; Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis. To conclude with DRED. TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed LITTLE DORRIT. Mes rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald. THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz- Inman, &c. And THE CAPT kIN S NOT A MISS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leggee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborongh (her first appearance). And (first time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER; Messr3. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Mss Marston. Commence at ha - f -past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS . Under rim Management of Mr Phelps. THIS EVENING. HAMLET . Hamlet, M r . Phelps ; Ghost. Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr. L. Ball ; Queen, Miss Atkinson ; Ophelia, Miss M. tburne. Tc conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lneaee a►nd Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian Speetacle. called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp. With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses, trained by him. Terrific Sinking of the Steeds in the darkson►e Swamp, &c. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE; appearance of Miss Kate Cooke, To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box _ o fa ce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ----- CANTERBURY HALL. W ef 7t ------ , i nster-rnad._ 0 PEN EVERY EVENING follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for Madrigals, p g : i rformance of Selections from all the popular Operas, m Glees, Duets, &c., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. 7 Choruses, Miss Brunel', and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Jonghnaans, R. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S. ,2lerr F . Parker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Anstin•On"p%. J . nett, and Corri; Mr. Satin Cowell and E. Mackney. piano forte,--'n- J. Harroway, B. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre' ' cisely. Suppers, ftc., until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Enter'ainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and El even o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions. —........ BIGEI. WATER AT LONDON BRTDrig, THIS DAY—Morn, 0 min. aft. 0 --Itvening 0 min. aft. 12 Tq-m0Rg0w.....m 0rn .19 min . dt.l2—Evening 37 min. mi. 12 THE WEATHER—Sim 01710 E, NOVEMBER 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56 —highest sins, noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05. N.W. to W.N.W.—Light, with fin -, weather. sunshiny NOVEMBER 24. 57... blithest since noon yesterday. 52—iowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. • AltOMF!!'.111, 29 88—falling. N.W. Strong, with heavy rolling , clouds and gusty weather, but fine. QI ) 'A -1,-t;; ~'y~~,• L9S.I}ON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1856. There is joy in Threadneedle -street. The Money Market is once more' eas y . That is to say, the necessary accommodation for carry i ng on the trade and commerce can be ebtabaed-s-albeit, THE SITN, LONIY.OIN, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1856. at an exorbitant cost of soma 8, 10, or 12 per cent., that completely destroys the profit of the merchants and manufacturers, or rather transfers it into the pockets of the moneyocracy. All classes of securities are once more buoyant, and quotations on the stock exchange have materially improved, and all these felicitous results are mainly ascribable to the almost simultaneous arrival of the Lightning and the long-expected and anxiously looked-for James Baines—the former bringing gold worth, in round terms, some 560,0001., the latter 700,0001., or in all about one million and a quarter sterling ! These sums are not even added to our own stock of bullion. Our continental competitors are still in the field, and as they are willing to pay more for the coveted article than the Bank is permitted to do, under its charter, they must, of course, obtain the preference I We are indeed congratulating ourselves that, out of the amount brought by the Lightning, 70,0001., or one-eighth of the whole, has escaped their clutches, and that reasonable expectations may be entertained that a portion of the remittances by.the James Baines may be permitted to remain in the country ! Can there possibly be a stronger commentary on the terrible operation of our iniquitous mo netary code than that afforded by this extraordi nary state of affairs ? What would be thought of a private individual worth, in helms, land, furniture, cattle, stock in trade, and " capital" of other descriptions, some 5,0001. or 6,0001., being materially affected in all his transactions, and his mind being greatly exalted or depressed by the addition or substraction of a sovereign and a quar ter ? Should he, in the former event, be prepared to launch into extravagance, or to indulge himself with luxuries, or, in the latter, to cut off ordinary comforts, and dispose of a portion of his real pro perty at a heavy sacrifice—should it fluctuate in value from such comparatively trivial causes— the man who so acted would be thought a fitting inmate for a lunatic asylum, and the certificate of two medical practitioners would be thought unnecessary to show that he was incompetent to the due management of his own affairs. And yet this is precisely what we are doing under the existing currency laws. Political eco nomists unanimously concur in the opinion that there is a complete analogy between the affairs of nations and of individuals. Now, the accumu lated and realised property in the United Kingdom has never been estimated lower than from five to six thousand millions, and a million and a quarter, the amount conveyed by the Lightning and James Baines, bears the same proportion thereto that 11. ss. would to the property of a man worth 5,0001. or 6,000/. Should not, then, our legis lators be held justly responsible for the purely gratuitous and uncalled-for inconvenience occa sioned to the industrial interests of the country, by the vast addition to the price of money, and the exorbitant rate demanded, and reluctantly paid, for pecuniary accommodation ? But we are told that there was a marked ame lioration in the Bank Returns, which sufficiently indicated the turn of the tide, even before the arrival of the Australian treasure ships. The weekly account of the Bank of England for the week ending the 14th instant showed an addition to the bullion in both departments of 154,0151., and to the notes unemployed of 456,3801., while there kas been a simultaneous reduction of the active circulation by no less than 309,9501. This decided amelioratian could not have been produced in a single day.- - It -must have been spread over the whole of the week, and the Di rectors of the Bank must have been perfectly cog nisant thereof at the time when thy =gave a fur ther turn to the monetary screw, by_advancing the minimum discount to a uniform rate of 7 per cent., and decided that bills having more than 30 days to run should not be rediscounted for the brokers. It therefore appears on the infallible evidence of their own accounts that the announce ment which, as we were told by the bullionist organ, " caused considerable surprise," was wholly uncalled for, and that all the risk and inconveni• ence to the commercial world might have been averted without the slightest danger. There is, however, a significant explanation of the change. The addition to the Rest during the week has been 17,2261., much more than the average at this season ; and there is every reason to suppose that the profits will be still greater before we see any material reduction in the starvation price of money, or of the unnatural constraint, that has so long paralysed every department of commerce and enterprise. The public may feel naturally indignant, but the Directors will laugh in their sleeves. The Bank may exclaim with the muse, celebrated by Horace— " Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse cdomi, simulac nummos contemplor in arca I" An increased issue of paper would relieve the general distress, but the Directors have reduced the activo circulation by 309,9501. during the last week, of which the public have any account, in addition to 297,0001. abstracted in the preced ing week, being more than 600,0001. within a single fortnight. Can the persons who have thus acted be considered proper controllers and ma nagers of so important a department, on which thd welfare and prosperity of the nation so greatly depend ? It is obvious that they should, at the earliest possible moment, be relieved from a trust which they have so shamefully disregarded, and which, indeed, was directly counter to their own peculiar interests. The direction of the national currency should be placed under the care of public officers, directly responsible to Parliament for their acts. There should be a really national Bank, and really national notes, of convenient denominations, which, as clearly pointed out by Mr. JAMES WIL SON, M.P., nearly ten years since, would " im mediately liberate at least twenty millions of capital from unproductive use, and render it available for the purchase of food and raw mate rials, for the employment of our population, and for all the purposes to which such an increase of capital could be. applied." This is what the nation requires, and this it will obtain, if the people are only true to themselves, and persist steadily in the demand for that which their welfare and prospe- rity so imperatively require. As to th e e ff ects to b e pro d uce d by thi s im portant chan ge we shall adept the words of the present Secretary of the Treasury (in the Economist, of 9th May, 1847). The Honourable Gentleman said—" While therefore, at present, we economise th e capital of the country by the note use of five-pound s and upwards to the extent we would accomplish the same t o of the 11 4 e, extentO OO , 000 0 1 ~ of 34,000,0001. or 20,000,0001. in addition, by the us © of one-pound notes,and with the most perfect safety, We should thus immediately add to the effective capital of the country, to our stock of commodities, or, what is the same thing, our command over them, to the extent of 20,000,000 1 ., just as much as i f we dug that quantity of bullion out o f the centre of E ng _ land ; in the same way as France will add to th e amou nt of her capital by extending he r i ssues f ro m notes of the denominatio n of 201 . to tho se of 51., and in the same way as Russia h as, by the, law of 1839, accumulated in the fortresses of St. Peter's and St. Paul's, bullion or capital to the extent of 19,000,00 1 0 !" Mr.. WILSON now holds an important office, ►a Secretary of the Treasury. He may be unable to pursue an independent course ; but surely h= its opinion must have con siderable weight with th' Government of which he is a respected and influential member, and he ventures to assert t' hat they will not be withheld whenever " the pressure from without" shall foroe the all-important question on the considera tion of the Cab hint In accordance with the advice given in these columns to the population down the river, the Erith Drainage , Committee and the people of Gravesend are i - a arms about the sewerage of the metropolis. T'aey very naturally object to have the filth of Loudon emptied in their neighbour hood, and call upon Government to interfere on their behalf. The Erith Committee are about to urge by deputation on Lord PAL3IERSTON the propriety of appointing a scientific commission to take the subject of the metropolitan sewerage into consideration, with due regard to the future, as well as the present. Further, they are about to seek the co-operation of the authorities of Graves end, which, no doubt s they will secure. The more combined and resolute the movement, and the less the delay, the better for all parties. That the Metropolitan Board will agree to the amendments on the plan B suggested by Sir L EN JAMIN HALL is exceedingly likely. The Board will undertake no more on its own responsibility than it can help ; and the Chief Commissioner having stated the minimum to which he can give his assent, that minimum is pretty sure to be adopted. The result will be what the people of Erith and Gravesend dread, unless Government is moved by pressure from without to aid ih carrying the sewage to the sea, the only proper outlet. What encouragement can be given for Government interference becomes matter for careful considera tion. Chancellors of the Exchequer are not easily convinced in questions of outlay ; and It will be well to show what aid the population, including the proprietors of the marshes, down the river can render towards the accomplishment of their desire. Liberality on their part will do them no harm, however good their case. If they give proof of their desire to contribute a fair quota to the expenditure required the better chance they will have of success. All that can reasonably be demandel from the inhabitants of the metropolis we are quite sure will be ungrudgingly conceded. One thing they will not assent to, and that is any unnecessary delay ; and in this they are perfectly right. There is not a man of sense among them but would gladly see the sewerage carried to Sea Reach—that, in the general opinion, being the proper point of outfall. The course to be adopted is therefore quite clear, and we trust it will be pursued with promptitude and energy. One thing in connection with the drainage question should not be overlooked, and that is the sewage discharged into the Thames above the metropolitan boundaries. This notoriously affects the purity of the stream in an injurious manner at the present time. The population is rapidly increasing, and it will never do to have the Thames relieved from metropolitan impuri ties, and suffer impurities nearer to the fountain head to be discharged into it. We draw atten tion to this subject because it is in danger of being overlooked at a time when it should enter into engineering calculation, in order to provision for the future. The sewerage question may turn out greater than it is believed. Of course, the drainage of the metropolis is the primary con sideration, and must first be attended to. This, however, is no reason why when it is to be done it should not be done with an eye both to present necessities and the probable requirements of the future. On the contrary, it goes to prove the wisdom of harmonious consultations, and of giving the Government, so ably represented by the Chief Commissioner, every legitimate encouragement to lend its aid. As we have intimated before, with an outfall at Erith, the great Drainage question would be very imperfectly solved. To this we now add, the same remark will in a minor degree apply to any scheme which overlooks the sewage dis charged above the metropolitan boundaries into the Thames. We really wish the able and active Chief Commissioner of Works had reserved more controlling power to himself in reference to the drainage at the outset of the Board. We should have had better hope of a perfect system of drainage if he had. The Metropolitan Board has shown itself, so far as yet, " very young." THE ATLANTIC TELBGRAPII COMPANY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The projectors and provisional directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, considering that it will be interesting to the public and yourself to be ac quainted with the fact, have instructed me to infor:n you that they have felt themselves justified by the state of the subscription list in accepting tenders for the manufacture and shipment of their cable by the 31st of May next, and that they hope to effect electric tele graph communication between Europe and America by the end of the following month. Nearly the whole of their capital has been already subscribed, and when the few remain'ing shares are taken the present acting body will proceed to elect, upon the nomination of the share holders themselves, a permanent board of direction. The contract price for the cable is considerably within the estimate, and to thig, not the least gratifying part of their announcement, the directors have now the pleasure to add that they have just received a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury evidencing, by the liberal support promised to the company, the warm in terest taken in the project by her Majesty's Govern ment, and their readiness to encourage and promote its success.—l have the honour to remain, sir, your obe dient servant, W. DE LA. MOSE, Secretary pro tem. Temporary offices, 117, Bishopsgate•street Within, Nov. 21, 1856. It is understood that it is not her Majesty's intention to receive company at Windsor Castle at present, as has been reported. The private band has been dismissed until Cbruitmas. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny entertained a select circle at dinner, last evening, at Albert-gate House. The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk has taken the man sion in Hamilton-place, late the residence of the Earl of Cork and Orrery. The Earl Granville paid a visit to the new schools of science and art at Brompton on Saturday morning. The Earl and Countess of Desart are staying on a visit at Ashdown Park, the seat of the Earl and Coun tess Craver. Viscount Hawarden has arrived in town from his seat, Dundrum Ca-then, Ireland. Lord de Tabley has arrived in town from Knutsford, Cho-hire. Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison have taken a home on the Marine Parade, Brighton, for the season. The marriage of Capt. Fitzclarence and the Hon. Miss Sydney is fixed for the 21 of next month. The marriage of Col. Biddulph with the Hon. Mary Seymour is fixed to take place on the 2d proximo. The marriage of Col. Paget with Miss Grenfell is to take place on Wednesday next. Capt. Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., is appointed Aide de Camp to the Queen, in the room of Lord Edward Russell, promoted to flag by the demise of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF IRELAND.—Writs bearing teste yesterday have issued for electing a Tem poral Peer of Ireland, to succeed the vacancy made by the demise of James, Earl of Bandon, in the House of Lords. At Hamburg the rate of discount has receded to 51 per cent. The Omar Pasha brings 2,268 ounces of gold, valued at 9,0721., instead of 2,000 sovereigns, as previously reported. The Phoenician has also arrived from Sydney, but has little, if any, gold. GENERAL BEATSON. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has ordered a court of in quiry to assemble in London immediately, composed of the following officers :—Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., President ; Major-General Lord William Paulet, C. 8., Majlr-General Lawrenson, C. 8., Major-General Cameron, C. 8., CJlonel Norcott, C.B. The duty imposed upon this court is to investigate the serious charges and accasatione made during the recent war by general Shirley against General Bastion and which - charges led to the removal of the latter cheer from his oommand,—Observer. APPOINTMENTS.—The Duke of Newcastle is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, iri the room of the Earl of Scarborough, deceased. The Right Hon. J. ituart Wortley, Recorder of London, is appointed her 'Majesty's Solicitor-General. The Queen has appointed Mr. Sergeant Kinglake (brother of the author of Eothen") Recorder of Bristol, in the room of Sir A. J. Cockburn, appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Henry Davison, of the Inner Temple and the Welsh and Chester circuit, is appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court at Madras. Tim ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.— A large meeting of influential persons was held on Satur. day last in Chester, the Marquis of Westminster in the chair, for the purpose of taking steps for securing the visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to that city in the year 1858. Resolutions in furtherance of the object in view were passed, and the necessary measures for promoting the objects of the meeting duly taken. The Bishop of Down and Connor has invited the Rev. Dr. Cumming, the well-known Minister of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, and lecturer against Popery, to visit him in the episcopal palace, near Belles'. Dr. Cumming has accepted the invitation, and undertaken to give a course of lectures in that city. CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL.— The Very Rev. Dr. Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop elect of the Diocese of London, was consecrated yester day morning by his Grace the Lord Primate, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, occasion being taken at the same time to ordain the Rev. H. Cotterill, M.A., to the Colonial Bishopric of Graham's Town, in succession to the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, deceased. - Taa NEW BISHOP of LONDON.—The Lord Bishop of London has appointed the following gentlemen to be his chaplains :—The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A., Canon of Canterbury, Examining Chaplain • the Rev. Frederick Blomfield, M.A., Rector of St. Andrew, Un. dershaft ; the Rev. A. Ramsay Campbell, M.A., Rector of Aston ; the Rev. Frederick Gell, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Wm. Knight; M.A., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, Secretary to the Church Missionary Society. DEATH OF A FORMER DEAN OF SALISBEfRY.-012T obituary columns have recorded the death, at Sonning, Berkshire, of the Rev. Hugh Nicholas Pearson, D.D., in his 80th year. He graduated at St. John's College, Oxford, in 1800, and took the higher degrees of B.D. and D.D. as a "grand compounder" in 1821. In the year 1807 the prize of 5001. given by the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D. D. (Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William, Bengal), for the beat essay on missions in Asia, was adjudged to Mr. Pearson, who printed the work at the Oxford press in the next year under the title of A Dissertation on the Propagation of Christianity in Asia. He obtained the Deanery of Salisbury in 1823, and resigned it in 1846, and since that time has been living in retirement at Sonning, where he died last week, surviving by six years his successor in the deanery, the Rev. F. Lear, B.D. An original picture by Raphael, belonging to the Royal Collection, has been lately rescued from oblivion at Hampton Court. It seems (says the Athenceum) to be the portrait of Raphael by his own hand, which was described by Passavant in his tour in England as exist ing in Kensington Palace at the time of his visit. Since that period many of the choicest pictures have been re moved to Hampton Court, in order to afford the public a free enjoyment of them, and this appears to have been overlooked in the transit. The words " Raffaello Urbi eus fee." are inscribed on a button of the painter's dress. RAPHAEL' CARTOONS AT HAMPTON COllRT.—Hitherto, these enormous works have been fixtures against the wall, and so great was their size that in case of any sud den necessity it would have been impossible to get them ont of the windows. Now, by means of very simple and clever machinery, the cartoons can be slid down from their usual level to touch the ground, moving as easily with balanced weights as the sash of an ordinary win dow. In case need for artists to study, these massive works can ched from the line in which they slide, and be tur round in any direction best suitable to the student. More than this, the cartoons themselves have been fitted upon newirmade strainers, which may in an instant, by unbuttoning, be detached from the frames ; and the strainers are constructed with a joint in the middle, so as to bend forward and fold the cartoon hori zontally, to facilitate the transport. THE TURNER COLLECTION, MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE. — The following pictures have been added to the Turner Collection at Marlborough-house, and will be open to the public to-day, the 24th :-471. Jason in search of the Golden Fleece (1802). 477. The Goddess of Discord in the Garden of the Hesperides (1806). 487. Ruin—Cattle in water (about' 1311). 507. Scenes from Boccaccio (1828). 508. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus (1829). 517. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedaego (1832). 519. Regu lus leaving Rome (1837). 555. The Visit to the Tomb (1850). . , Miss CATHERINE HATES AND HER GOLD ER00011.—... On Wednesday last, as Miss Hayes was leaving London for Brighton, between the station and the carriage, she had the misfortune to lose a gold brooch, formed in the shape of Erin's harp, handsomely studded with diamonds, presented to her by the inhabitants of Victoria, South Australia, during her recent visit to that capital. On her arrival in Brighton she immediately telegraphed to London announcing her loss. A gentleman happened fortunately to be the finder, who instantly delivered it to the cantatrice, declining to receive any reward but the cost of the advertisements. We hope the fair vocalist of many climes will favour the honest finder with a pretty epistle and her autograph, which will soon be valuable if all (notes) are true. Limxiticx AND ENNIS RAILWAY.—The deed of con tract was signed on Tuesday by Mr. Dargan, the con tractor. The spirit of progress is making way in our county.— Clare Journal. THE SOUTH DURHAM AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A meeting of provisional directors and gen tlemen interested in the proposed "South Durham and Lancashire Junction Railway" was held on Tuesday last at Kirkby Stephen, when John Wakefield, Esq., was elected chairman, and Henry Pease, Esq., deputy-chair man. There were gentlemen present from Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middles. borough, &c., and it was unanimously resolved to pro secute the undertaking with the utmost vigour. We understand . that 30,0001. was subscribed in the room, and that among the subscriptions were the following : John Wakefield, Esq., 5,0001. ; Jos. Pease, 5,001/. ; Matthew Thompson, Esq., 5,000/. ; Bouch, Esq., C.E , 5.0001. ; Isaac Wilson, Esq., 2,500/. ; Henry Pease, Esq., 3,0001. ; John Whitwell, Esq., 1,000/. ; J. J. Wilson, Esq., 1,000/.—Westmoreland Gazette. LEWES AND UOKFIELD RAILWAY.—OS Thursday last the committee of the directors, including the chairman, R. W. Blencowe, Esq., Sir H. Shiffner, Bart., Sir C. Blunt, Bart., A. Donovan, Esq., J. Ellman, Esq., E. Barchard, Esq., and B. Godlee, Lg., had an interview with the directors of the Brighton Railway Company, by whom they were most courteously received. The ob ject of the interview was to obtain from the Brighton Railway Company a guarantee of 4 per cent. upon the estimated outlay of constructing the above railway. The plans were carefully gone through, and the object of the interview at once acceded to, so that the new project is now placed upon a safe, satisfactory, and remunerative basis to the shareholders.—Sussex Express. THE COLLISION ON THE NEWPORT AND HEREPORD RAILWAY. —The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Hands and Mr. Hicks, who met their deaths by the collision near Nantyderry on the 12th inst., was resumed on Friday and Saturday at Abergavenny—evidence being tendered to disprove the changes of neglect made against the com pany, and Mr. Humphreys cross-examining the witnesses with the view of showing that on a line ever so properly made and kept, an engine run on the curve described, with a broken spring, at 25 miles an hour, must neces sarily run off. The inquest wes then adjourned until Wednesday next, and will probably occupy two or three days more. FIRE AT TRINITY CHURCH, MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday morning, during Divine service, a fire, though not of a serious character, broke out in the above church. It ap pears that a number of bandies of firewood had become ignited in the furnace-room on the basement of the sacred edifice. This room was under and between the side and middle aisles, at the north end of the building. The engines of the parish, several of the London Brigade, and that of the West of England Office were promptly sent for, and they as promptly attended ; but, fortetnately, the fire was extinguished during the inter val, the damage being confined to the destruction of 12 or 14 bundles of wood, and the splitting of the large stone over the hot-air flue. From the inquiries made it was ascertained that the fire was occasioned by the over heating of the hot-air flue. FIRE IN BEDFORDBUILL—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the im mediate neighbourhood of Bedfordbury, Chendos-street Covent-garden, owing to a fire breaking out in the pre: inises belonging to Mr. Rooeelkake, hair-dresser, carry ing on busmen at No. 24, in the first-named street The flames originated in the ground floor, and when discovered the back rooms and the whole of the bedding were in flames. The engines of the London Brigade, from Chandos- s t ree t an d other stations, were quickly in attendance, and owing to the combined exertions of the firemen and neighbours they succeeded in subduing the fire, but not, however, until considerable damage was done to the building and its contents. Unfortunately the sufferer was uninsured. THE MONSTER WROUGHT IRON GUN.—We look for ward to the trials of Shoeburyness with guns of vari ous calibre, ending with the large wrought iron gun, against the floating battery Trusty, with considerable intereet. It is reported that several officers and men have volunteered to remain on board to signal the effect of the shot. This may be true as re gards the guns of less calibre, but we venture to assert that when the time arrives for trying an arm of so formidable a nature as the monster gun no one having a care for his safety will dare to remain in so critical a position. Had the Mersey Forge gun been an untried weapon there might have been found men sufficiently incredulous of its power to brave the danger, but when it has been ascertained that at point blank, and with a charge of 501 b., it can project a 2801 b. solid shot 6,080 yards, and that it shivers a wrought-iron plate of the same strength as those protecting the floating batteries as if it were a square of glass, there is reason sufficient to make them pause before incurring any risk. To test the power of the monster gun against the floating bat teries ie a judicious step. It will show scientific men how far such batteries may be trusted in the day of danger, and it will teach the nation tho value of this splendid weapon, for which it is indebted to the s kill and ente r p r i se of Li verpoo l, and the facilities on the banks of th e M ersey for working large masses of wrcu;ht iron. If the result is what we expect it will be, and the worth of the monster gun is made apparent by the destruction of the Trusty, it will be military establishment s shall not be set on a g by a question for th e i mme di ate co nsideration of Govern ment whether th e e ff ect i ve stren gth of our naval and iron guns, making our offensive power so formi d ab le that no nation she dare to addition perma nent wad g on of itssau m ey ore to w ng roti ue gh at t Old England, LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, SUNDAY, Nov. 23, 1 P.M. According to telegraphic advices from Constan inople, Aali Pasha was only 24 hours in office. He and Redschid Pasha, could not agree. MARRID, Nov. 20. The Ministry of Finance is actively employed in producing a statement of the new financial plans of M. Borsallana. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21. The Grand Duke Nicholas has a son. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition) says— " Almost all the organs of the foreign press speak of the Frontier Question as a matter which is on the point of being satisfactorily settled ; but it is not clear to me what is meant. Russia (and the news is authentic) still insists on re taining possession of Bolgrad, and the policy of France is just as equivocal now as it was ten days or a fortnight since. It is well known to me that M. de Persigny, on his return to England, gave tranquilising assurances to the British Government, but any change of measures in France must be preceded by a change of men. M. de Walewski still insists on a resumption of the Conferences, but Austria positively refuses, and will continue to refuse, to aecede to the wishes of the French Government until France, England, Austria, and Turkey have come to a complete understanding in regard to Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents. When the Four Powers are able to agree the Conference will meet to settle certain matters connected with the Treaty of Peace, but you may be sure that the Emperor of Austria will not again permit his representative to share in a discussion on any matter which is foreign to the Oriental question. The illustrious descendant of the Hapsburgs does not seem to think that the establishment of a permanent Areopagus in France would conduce to the welfare of Europe ! " There are at present several foreign finan ciers cf note in this city, among others Messrs. F. and A. G. Baring, of London, and Mr. W. Borski, who is at the head of the firstßussian house in Amsterdam. It is related that the three gen tlemen 'are endeavouring to persuade the Vienna bankers to take a share in the Russian railroads, but it is difficult to believe that such can be the case. The Austrians are not particularly re markable for their patriotism, but still they will not assist Russia in the construction of roadswhich would enable her to march half a million of soldiers across the frontier in somewhat less time than she now could 50,000. It is asked here whether the Barings and Hopes are considered good patriots in England, but naturally no direct answer can be given to such a ticklish question. The Augsburg Gazette learns from Poland that, if the projected Russian railroads, had been completed when the late war broke out, " the immense superiority of Russia would at once have been seen." The correspondent does not deny that Russia is so impatient to have her railroads completed in order that she may use them for military purposes. One of the most important reforms in Russia is the abolition of the military colonies. According to a correspondent of the Gazette de Cologne the Russian military colonist was a slave, who rose, worked, eat, prayed, and retired to rest at the sound of the trumpet or drum. As Hereditary Prince, Alexander saw the evils of a system which he bas now put an end to by means of two ukases. Three steam sloops, fitted with screws, are to be built at Nicolaieff, in 1857. General Prince Barya tinski, the new Stadtholder of the Russian possessions in the Caucasus, who is on his way to Tiflis, reached Astrakhan on the 19th of October. The Prince took such a roundabout road in order that he might be able to inspect the Cas pian fleet, which has been greatly reinforced, and is likely to be of the very highest importance " should certain events occur in Persia." After passing a few days at Astrakhan, Prince Barya tinski went on board the steamer Tonki, which conveyed him to the fortress of Petroff." In reference to the subject of Neuchatel, the Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " Herr von Sydo w, the representative of Prussia at Berne, had an audience of the President of the Confederation on the 17th instant, and on the following day delivered in to him the Prussian despatch, demanding the liberation of the prison ers as a preliminary to all negotiations." THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin contains the fol lowing :—" According to accounts from Galatz of the 4th, the European Commission of the Danube was officially opened on that day under the provi sional presidency of the Prussian Commissioner Bitter. At that meeting, the Turkish Commis sioner Omer Paella was appointed president in his quality of repre:,entative of the Sultan, sovereign of Moldavia. It was decided, on the proposal of the French commissioner, that a French gun-boat stationed at Galatz should proceed to the banks of Aljani, at the mouth of the Sulina, and that the Turkish war-steamer off Salina should leave for the same spot, to render the river once more na vigable, and remove th e obstructions which exist." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Phare, of Cherbourg, says :—" One of the vessels of the Russian division now anchored iu our roadstead, the screw frigate the Polkan, has been taken into the military port iu order to have her bottom examined, and to undergo repairs. She is a magnificent vessel, and any maritime power might Ise proud of her. Ten subaltern officers of the division have left for Paris, where, it is said, they are to be presented to the Emperor by the Count de Kisseleff, the Russian ambas sador. A grand dinner and ball have been given to the officers of the squadron by the maritime prefect ; and the general commanding the depart ment has also given a dinner and a soirée in their honour. An aide-de-camp of the Grand Duk e Constantine and the Consul-General of Russia have arrived here. A terrible tempest has caused much damage at Ostend. The sea has broken its barriers, and threatens the town. The Momiteur confirms the composition of the new Turkish Ministry, as already given. The English and French policy at Constantinople is again united. The French journals ask how is it Ali Pacha is the Minister of Foreign Affairs ? The Fresse contains a startling announcement. In the course of a description of the intentions at tributed to the English Government in the Persian Gulf, which comprise the occupation of the island of Karrak, our contemporary remarks : , 6 Karrak, it has been forgotten, belongs to France in virtue of a treaty concluded in 1769 between M. Pyrault, our consul at Bassora, and Kerins Khan, probably the wisest of the sovereigns who have reigned over Persia in modern times. This treaty is doubtless but little known ' • but that consideration do es not diininis'i its importance, since no ulterior convention has abolished or modi fied it," M. Emile Girardin is, it is said, about to dispose of the 47 shares out of 100 which he holds of the journal La Presse. The future purchaser is a well known rich capitalist, and the price to be paid is 850,000 f. (31,000/.). The same capitalist was disposed to purchase the Patrie, but the price demanded was the capital of the profits derived from the paper, which are said to be 2 40,000 f. (6,0001.). The Council of the Bank of France met yesterday at the Finance -office, for the purpose of obtaining an anthorißation to increase the capital of the Bank. The effect produced on the funds by that step was favourable. The Bulletin des Lois contains an Imperial de cree, opening a supplementary credit of 1,300,000 f. to the public Treasury for the payment of military pensions iu the course of the present year. BOURSE, Nov. 22.—This day the market has been again buoyant, and securities obtained a decided advance. It was reported that the directors of the Bank of France had demanded of the Government to increase its capital, which is now quite inade quate to the importance of its operations. The market continued steady to the close, when the following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c End of Month. per Cents 3 per Cents 63 20 68 5 New Loan Bank Shares 3,990 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian Belgian Five 5......... 97i— Spanish Threes 42A Piedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c fr. c. Orleans 1,265 Western Northern 950 Strasburg Lyons 1,312 58 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,715 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... Teste Cetto NAPLES. Another letter from Vienna, in the New Matz burg Gazette, says :—" Sir Hamilton Seymour re• cently gave to our Cabinet the positive assurance that England would not undertake anything with regard to the Neapolitan affair, of a nature to serve the projects of the revolutionary party in Italy, or to disturb the tranquillity of the Penin sula. It is positively stated in diplomatic circles that France has undertaken to mediate between Denmark and the two German powers in the affair of the Duchies." A letter from Vienna, in the Weser Gazette, says :—" A pamphlet, published in French, is handed about in diplomatic circles here, which con tains an apology for the conduct of Naples, and indicates some reforms which that government might effect. Among them are mentioned the ap plication of the military conscription to Sicily; the formation of military colonies for veterans and invalided soldiers ; the calling in of the copper coinage; the substitution of charges d'affaires for ambassadors ; changes in the customs tariff ; the release of Poerio, d:c. It is thought that this pamphlet emanates from an official source." NEUCHATEL. Mr. James Fazy, of Switzerland, has addressed a letter to the editor of the Siecle on the subject of certain allegations made in several Paris journals on the subject of Neuchatel. The writer positively denies that the treaty of the Congress of - Vienna in 1843 has any bearing on the subject of Neuchatel, inasmuch as Switzerland took no part in that Con gress ; and moreover asserts that Prussia has no right to that canton, as the King of Prussia on the 15th Feb., 1806, ceded the principality of Neu chatel to France, with all the other districts and places which did not actually form part of Prussia Proper. His letter concludes as follows : "I repeat that the treaties of 1815 have nothing whatever to do with the question of Neuchatel, which is entirely confined to the internal polity of Switzerland. I maintain that, even in the point of view of treaties, the King of Prussia cannot invoke the text of any one in his favour in order to warrant the in tervention of other Powers. To those treaties themselves I only accord the relative value which Austria, Russia, and Prussia have attached to them in annihilating the republic of Cracow ; France in four times changing her internal government ; and Belgium in separating herself from Holland." SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived. The Gazette announces in a few lines the insurrec tion at Malaga, and says that it took place at a moment at which the garrison was being changed, in order to relieve some of the garrisons in Africa, and it admits that the insurgents cried " Vivo la Republica !" The Espana, however, on its part pretends that the real cause of the rising was not known, but that it was supposed that it was to favour smuggling. This journal says that the num ber of soldiers wounded was eight, and that the insurgents had from 15 to 20 wounded and three killed ; the Gazette does not say what the loss of the troops was, but states that that of the insur gents was five killed and " some" wounded. The Captain-General, after the rising was suppressed, published a very severe bando, and gave orders that the insurgents taken prisoners should be tried by court-martial. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24. The Asia has arrived with advices from New York to the 12th, and $368,367. The Baltic had arrived out at New York. The screw steam-ship Kangaroo, hence, had arrived at Philadelphia. Advices from San Francisco to the 12th received in New York by telegraph from New Orleans, report that trade was active and mining prolific. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says rumour has thus mapped out the Buchanan Cabinet— General Cass—Secretary of State. Governor Toney—Secretary of the Navy. Colonel Richardson—Postmaster-General. Howell Cobb—Secretary to the Treasury. Jesse D. Bright—Secretary of the Interior. The Attorney-General not " spotted." _ _ Telegraphic - advices from Central America, re ceived via New Orleans, state that Walker's posi tion in Nicaragua was still more favourable. In Oregon the Indians were troublesome, and Governor Stevens, who had advanced to negotiate with them, was compelled to retire. The entire country north and east of Day's River was in pos. session of the Indians. Contrary to the previous published returns, Illi nois had voted the Buchanan ticket, making the returns as at present ascertained — Buchanan Fremont ll4 Fillmore 8 The Hon. J. M. Clayton, the American Minister who negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, died on the 9th, after a protracted illness. According to the Herald,— _ _ _ " The general opinion that be had been overreached by Sir Henry Buiwer affected his spirits ; an d it i s sa i d he wag several times driven to his bed by illness pro duced by anxiety of mind." The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says : "That the British Government do not like the aspect and condition of things at Panama, and have informed our Government to that effect. They are fearful, judg ing of the report of Commissioner Corwine some weeks ago, that our Goverment contemplate, following out the suggestions contained in the report of that gentleman, occupying the isthmus of Panama with a strong force sufficient to protect the rights of American citizens in transit over that strip of country. Our Government, I understand, have not come to any fixed determination as to what they will do. The instructions, however, of Mr. Corwine, our consul at Panama, are clear and ex plicit ; and if, in his judgment, anything should arise which would seem to demand it, a Government vessel will be sent there and remain there too, to protect Ame • rican citizens at whatever hazard ; and Secretary ➢Tarcy, I am fully persuaded, will so inform our anxious cousins across the Atlantic." The New York' Courier and Inquirer says :-- "No candidate that was not elected has ever received so large an electoral vote as Fremont, and no successful candidate so small a one as Mr. Buchanan is likely to have, if, indeed, he has been chosen by the people." In Warren-street, New York, a fire had broken out in a wholesale drug store. and destroyed pro perty to the amount of 500,00 dols. A great conflagration had occurred at Syracuse, devastating the city to the extent of nearly 1,000,000 dols. and rendering numbers houseless. New York commercial advices state that the stock-market, which had generally advanced dur ing the past week with an active business, closed dull, with a tendency to reaction. The demand yesterday was mostly of a speculative character, but the prices generally were not affected. The demand for railroad bonds was limited, with a downward tendency of prices. At the second board an increased activity prevailed at a heavy decline for the leading railroad shares. The demand for money was still active, m a i n l y from the produce dealers and stock operators, but the necessities of the mercantile community at large were not so p r essing as they were last w ee k, and the general belief appears to be that the worst of the " fall" stringency is over. First class paper went freely at 0 to 10 per cent, for 30 to 60 clays, and 10 to 12 per cent. for three to six months. °The Bank specie averages show a handsome in crease, despite the non-arrival of the Californian packets and the large export from this port and Boston last week. In exchange the business for the Asia has boon but, as low as p r i ces were quote d , prettybills on L a , don were 8 to 9.1 per cen t. prem i um ; 1, Paris, sf. 20c. to sf. 171-c. at 60 days, and sf. 12c. short sight ; and Hamburg, 361 to 361. In the cotton market the European and Southern advices combined have exerted a depressing in fluence, and prices declined fully Vie. ; at the de cline there has only been a moderate demand, mainly to meet the immediate requirements of home spinners. The demand for pork has been limited to the wants of the local trade, which has been small, the, consumption being restricted by the high prices ruling. The last accounts per Atlantic of the New York flour markets report a decline of sc. to 10c. per barrel. This was followed by a more considerable reduction, so that up to Thursday evening the fall in prices was not less than 15c. to 20c. per barrel, as compared with the last quotations. Since thou, however, the recovery has been equally decided, and at the close this day prices, with a strong market, are quite as high as on the morning of this day week. In tobacco we notice the sales of 86 hilds, of Ken tucky and Marysville, at 12c. to 15c.; 219 bales Ha vannah, part 35c. to 37c. ; 12 cases Florida, 20c. to 60c. ; and 84 do., dried leaf, 12c. to 26c., usual terms. The market for manufactured is quiet, the season for active operations haying about closed. Scotch pig iron was inactive, with further sales of 200 to 300 tons at 30 to 31 dols., mostly 30 to 35 dols., six months ; and 150 tons 27 dols 50c. cash, and 14 days ; 100 tons English refined bars sold at under 60 dols. ; 50 ditto common, 54 dols. ; 50 ditto rod, 66 to 69 dols. ; 25 ditto hoop, partially damaged, 72 dols. 50c. ; and 25 ditto, boiler plate, 3ic., six months. English sheet is firm at 3ie. for singles, and 4ic. for doubles and tre ides. Liverpool coal was in small supply, but the mar ket for foreign generally was dull, and prices rather in favour of buyers. Freights are firmer to Great Britain, with an active business. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11. Sales of cotton to-day 16,500 bales, at a decline of c. to lc. We quote middling, at 111 c. to 11ic. ; red wheat, 62c. ; white wheat, 67c. ; mixed corn, 72c. Another account says cotton has slightly de clined ; sales to-day, 1,700 bales ; operations are waiting steamers' advices. White corn is quoted at 75c. ; freights dull; sterling exchange, 84c. p.m. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Falcon, hence, has arrived at Savannah. The Roger Stewart, hence, has arrived at Mobile. The Ocean Queen, hence, has arrived at Charlestown. The steamer Kangaroo, hence, has arrived at Philadelphia. The Oswego and the Lucy and Harriet, hence, have ar rived at New Orleans. The A. Z. Green, the steamer Baltic, the Comstock, and the Mindlege; hence, and the Tempest, from Glasgow, have arrived at New York. o - ' - ' ' r' LITERATURE. Life's Lessons. By Mrs. Gore, author of " Mothers and Daughters." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work claims attention from its brilliancy and vigour, its social sketches display the knows ledge of the world which so peculiarly distinguishes its authoress, and many of the events that appear in its course are unusual, if not original. In the first place, the time is not the present hackneyed. period so proverbially the fashion in recent ro mances, when the heroes disappear front their home circles to join in one or other of the engage ments famous in Crimean warfare. Again, it is not very remote, not at all romantic or mysterious, but yet sufficiently untrod to be fresh, namely, thirty years ago. The heroine is a most interesting cha racter. She attracts from her very inexperience and ignorance more than many might from the display of shining abilities. Her position in social is a strange one, and as such liable to many mis' constructions. Born of a lowly, though honourable family, which on the mother's side was Dutch, she became in the course of years mixed up in the con cerns of those greatly her superiors in rank and social acquisitions, although Nannie Balfour pc's' sessed an advantage of her own, inherent in Na' ture's nobility, the charm of an innate refinemen t and the grace of a pure heart. She was unfortu nate in many of the circumstances of her early years, for mystery is an evil attendant on the path of a friendless orphan, as Nannie afterwards be came. A great deal of skill is manifested in the delineation of the widow Varnham and her war ward son Maurice. The gentle recluse who spent so many years of sorrow and Buffering was no match for the fierce and undisciplined youth, who inherited so large a share of the father's nature, that father whose dark career had cast an ever lasting shadow over the path of his wretched wife. To the young and guileless heroine all this was unknown, when she perceived in the visitors to their quiet village the devoted mother and attached son. With the ill success that ever attends conventional engagements Nannie regarded the project of her parents and aunt to effect a union between her and. her quiet cousin, Elisha Hildyard. While she acknowledged the merit of the suffering youth —for Elisha was very delicate—her heart inclined her to regard the bold and dashing Maurice, so bright .. with early strength and youth's excitemen t. remained for the hours of trial to demonstr at as t e r utter vanity of the courage that was the soPPnI tv of selfish indul gence an d untame d ass ion s, Pa develop° the full for ce o f th a t strength p w hich, un known and unnoticed i n th e h our o f ease, bec omes potent to succour and m i g ht y t o sav e when distress aid danger threaten. Eli s h a Hildyard was gif ted . with the latter attribut e , as Maurice possessed the former feeling. In the interval, however , during which the one advanced and the ot h er retrograded in moral excellence, the heroine met with many strange adventures. The proprietors of the pro perty on which her relatives were engaged as stewards were of a noble Dut ch fam i ly, and some thing more than the common bond between master those hose and servant existed between had for succeeding g enerations held t he same families rela tive position of mutual benefactors. The agent or trustee who zealously labours in his devolved duties, or faithfully delivers up with life his trust, has a claim on the regard of his employer, inasmuch as having conferred a benefit which money cannot assuredly command nor wealth adequately requite. It was with the respect engendered by such a sen timent that the Van der Helde regarded the family of the Veihonts, of which latter was Nannie -Bal" four. It is not, therefore, improbable, that whe n improved by a liberal education and intercourse with a superior class to that of her native village in point of worldly estimation, idea that the ge ntle ma , should have been admitted and by so many richer nobler ci rc l es . I t was impossible to bec ome acquainted with h er, w i t h out respect i ng an d admir ing her. Her first change was her introduction to the long-absent holders of the house in which her mother had passed the greater portion of her lif e family reasons the son of the old proprietor came over for a short time, 20°131 ; panied with his wife's relatives. This brilliant circle of young and lively persons was a change to Nannie Balfour. They remained but a short tin e ' but the acquaintance then formed was never after wards relinquished ; and when, in after years, ° t .O English village maiden visited their foreign lancle she was warmly welcomed by those who, wh. r , seeing her in far different and much grander °l e a cumstances, never forgot how she first charm ed them in her simple home where she was pecullarV, in her place, because she fitted and adorned it. "-I is deserving of notice the episode of the foreign nobleman's stay in England, in which is skili ° O J , portrayed the evils attendant on the race cours e ' Not that unqualified censure is to be applied t° o f proceedings, but it would be well for the Peae ° many if no prototypes had existed for Lord aka e, gill, and if Sir Ralph had no living liken es 'i m i Fortunately for the individuals herein cone e r u rae , they were wise enough to withdraw in tl ro . although they had to make many sacrifices o f P. party to atone for the few days of feverish e xe;te o f moat passed in England. During the period o f Miss Balfour's foreign sojourn the revolution 0.. 1830 occurred. This, of course, rendered h e f„ P ful sition an awkward one, and she had some Par' o p, scenes to go through. Her health suffered ir e d many causes, but the chief one was the envene °l ,,q dart of malice. From the most t r i v i a l events , 0 e and hatred can deduce marv e l s , and at IL- re many things conspir e d t o g i ve a colour to th e they ports spread by th e "W ar b urton W as ps," as the t he were appropriat e ly t erme d. Th e t a l e nt 01 do . author has here a fair field for its exercise, i ° o iol tailing with vraisemblance and vigour these,, s i q b ur delinquencies. Few can rise like Nannie , L ' a ro sed superior to the strife, and can pass unu°,..cha through the fiery ordeal. A great variety °' t he rector meets the view in perusing this work' ge, range extends through different countries, , o de ad disposition, from the volatile Leonce vine, to the solemn Van der Helde ; and eg a t he England, from the sober Lord Garstan e c , wily Skewgill and the time-serving Wick" so . It is therefore to be regarded, with the Other in cessful works by the same authoress, as pcnasiould their peculiar style—a style which, if al l t he not choose for their study, none can del l •Y ir possession of sparkling satire and powerful des Lion. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE' The UNIVERSITY Nat u raI HONOURS.—OXFRD NOY. .... --- , T , examiners in the Setwol of Science 114 " -111 . afternoon issued the followin , class-list :—C I3 " Clarke' Gre Griffith, Jesus College. Class 2. Charles G. 1 7 . , err:ester College ; 'E'd ward H. F. Coseua, St. 1 ‘ 18r57 Hall ; Robert Henniker, Trinity College ; - Lloyd, Magdalen College.—JOHN- p Las g• ' # PAIL I , ..s. STOREY MASKELYNE, HENRY J. T. SIIITH, exaouoo SELECT PREACRERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF C )11 :, b r 0 .• FOR THE YEAR 1857.—The nomination of s elect pr:ea" : 0 , by the Vice - Chancellor, the -octors, the regi us P• f i, fessor of.ch feasor of divinity, and the P‘ Margaret pro the Bishop , nity, took place on Thursday last, when . the of Salisbury '; the Principal of Brasenoss College I , be Rev. A. S. F. Michael, Fellow of Queen's College ; '' d the Rev. G. H. Curtei., Tell..w of Exeter Coe nominatedau for Rev. W mr ,i W. TA -r'e 4 3 11. /College, were the year N 57., ' ° aIQ Wiiii74lll.