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ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—' JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week. —The New Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 9) : p ar t I.—Overture, Rny Blas—Mendelssohn (received with great applause at the Mendelssohn Festival) ; Quadrille, from Aaber's Opera, Massaniello —Jullien ; Symphony, Presto from the Symphony in A—Beethoven ; Ballata, " Per non istare" (Marie de Bohan) Madame Eliza Poma—Donizetti ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the 2d time)—Jullien ; Concerto (Andante and Allegro), Violin, M. Le Hon—Mendelssohn ; the French Quadrille, with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, DeYong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg,, Hughes, and Koenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empereur— Jullien ; Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " Il Trovatore," with solos by Herr Kcenig, MM. Lavigne, Pratten, and Hughes ; Quadrille, The En gl ish, with solos by MM. Collinet, Lazarus, Prattes, and Koenig ; Cavatina, " Ah, quel giorno " (Semiramide) Madame Eliza Perna — Rossini • V a lse, Faust —D'Albert ; Solo, Violoncello, M. Demunck, jun.—Servais; Polka, the Lady Bird—T. Browne; Galop, Eglinton—Koenig. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., El ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries aid musicsellers'; and at Jullien 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. Last week of performing before the Christmas Holidays.— The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented Dramatic Company, at the following reduced tariff of prides, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. ; Upper Boxes, is. 6d. ' • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle , 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10e. 6d., ls., 1/. 11s. 6d., and 2/. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews , Mr. R o bert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason. After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. in which Messrs. Charles Mathews, Robert Rozby, A. Younge, Miss Mason, and Miss M. Oliver will perform. To be followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Templeton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wadham. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by lien s . Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night, the 726th inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. , which, for gorgeous splendourand effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime. The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, awl the pantomime produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, will bo performed (by desire) Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's comedy of MONEY, in which Mr. Murdoch will make his second appearance in this country in the character of Evelyn ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale ; Mr. B. Stout, M.P., Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves, Mr. Compton ; Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgiana, Mrs. E. Fitzwil- Ham ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE CAPTIVES, being the last week but one of their final engagement. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac tion.—Second Appearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride.—The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated d:ama of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, farselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. . . After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, waled THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Thcatr.) 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. Wr'ght, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, &e. L YCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. Production of " The Cagot." THIS EVENING (Tuesday), will be performed a now and original English play, in five acts, entitled THE CAGGT; or, Heart for Heart, Supported by Messrs. Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and the entire strength of the company. After which the extraordinary Troupe of Bedouin Arabs will go through their surprising performances. Followed by THE DEAD SHOT. Louisa Lovetrick, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Hector Timid, Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosiva Wright and the Coryphdes. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts; called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murrey and C. Leclercq. . . _ -7 31;tidelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, BIRDS OF PREY, Charles Benne. pent, Mr. Cresvrick. After which, SARAH'S YOUNG MAN, To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, VIRGINIUS. Virginias, Mr. Phelps ; Appius Claudius, Mr. A. Rayner; Dentatus, Mr. H. Manton; Icilius, Mr. F. Robinson. Virginia, Miss M. Eburne ; Ser via. Miss Atkinson After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. STRAND TREAT RE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed OVER THE WAY. Mr. Kiuloeh, Mesdames Woolidge and E. Wilton. 'TWAS I; or the Kiss and the Rose. Mesdames Cuth bert. Gregory, and Wo•lidge • Messrs. Kinloch and Howard, LADIES AT ROME; or, Gentlemen, we can do without You. Mesdames Fitzinman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury, Gregory, Baker, dze._ And BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, and Clarke : Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, E. Jacobs, and Willy Edonin. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanborough and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. P. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half-past Seven. * A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with tho se s pl en did E ques t r i a n Tableaux and . 111 ustration s by Mr. W COOKE'S trained horses, which obtained for it s continuous ma of 90 nights ! Richard, Mr. James Holloway. Mr e . W. tr which, th e SC ENES in the CIRCLE. Appearance Cooke, jun., dtc. Doors open at half-past six • commence at seven o'clock. Pox-oce open f rom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Weffist. Eq uestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. C ____ A.NTERBITRY HALL. estminster-road.— OPEN 'EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Voc are engaged for the performance of Selections from all themepopular operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, tire., viz. • . — Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel and Miss Slimmers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Grover, T. = Rain°, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Jonghmans, R. and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, Ben- Barker, W. Melling, Cowell and E. Maekney. Piano forte,Cox J. Harrovian R• ft-. ; _harmonium J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre & G ., until twelve o'clock In addition to cisely. Suppers, the usual Vocal Entertainment, th e celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costu me at Nine and Eleven o ' c l oc k Every Evening, and sing some of th eir favourite selec- Lions ais 9 WATER AT LONDON Rim )Gv... Tats DAT—Morn. 27 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min, aft 0 TA-MoTtitow—;:forn. 53 min. mft. ll—Eveni ng 2 1 cam.,,..fjp) - WEI A.TIIE —S tiN OFFICE, DECEMBER 9 . TagRIf())IETER, IN VIE SnADE. 61-highest sin&o noon yesterday. 54 -lowest this morning and (luring the night. 53 -this day at noon. BARCMETEE, 29 4C -falling. virmr —Variable, but fresh, from S.S.E. to S.S.W. and S.W., with dull, cloudy, mild weather, inclining to rain. It rained a little last night. V v4, lA4 , e 2 '4) si,A4J3, L ) 1 DON TUESDAY, DECENIBEE 9, 'tem A nova/ Cornminion of the Fine Arts is under stood to be just now upon the eve of appointment. A Con mission intended to examine into the really " vexc.l" Question to what, after all, shall be , the site of our new National Gallery. A Com mission entrusted with the responsibility of select ing for this purpose either Trafalgar-square or K e nsington Gore—the " Finest Site in Europe" or a Cockney Cabbage-garden ! A Commission de signed, moreover, to delibe ra t e upon the desira bility, or the undesirability, of conabining, with. the New National Gallery (wherever it may be erected) the Fine Art Collection and the Archmo logical Collection now encumbering the crowded galleries of that great National Ark of the World's Wonders—the British Museum ! It is announced, in fact, already—semi-officially—that the members of this Commission are to be as follows :—Firstly, My Lord BROUGHTON, the highly-cultivated Whig Baron of '5l, with a taste in art and letters altogether unimpeachable. And who, besides being F.R.S., and G.C.8., and partner in the great Brewing firm of WHITBREAD and Company, and son-in.law of the late Marquess of TWEEDDALE and friend of the Lord BYRON, and annotator of " Childe Harold," and we don't know what else, as a man of Wealth, and Family, and Intellect, has been so much of a Party Poli tician all through his life, that if we wanted to name the very type of a Whig—a Whig of the Whiggist Whiggism—we should assuredly be tempted to name him, the quondam Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, ex-Secretary at War, ex-Secretary for Ireland, el-Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, and ex-President of the Board of Control, under successive Whig Governments ! Secondly, as a member of the proposed Commission of the Fine Arts in relation to the scheme of a new National Gallery—the Dean of St. Paul's Cathe dral, the Rev. HENRY HART MILMIN, Poet, Dramatist, Critic, Ecclesiastical Historian, Editor of Gibbon, Reviewer in the Quarterly, Author of Fazio, and altogether a very scholarly and ingenious contributor to various departments of Polite Literature. Thirdly on the list, there is the name of RICHARD FORD, a remarkably able art-critic, who is best known to the generality as author of the " Handbook to Spain," and one who is, perhaps, as well " up" as any man living (not excepting from the catalogue of competitors the hon. member for Perthshire) in regard to MURILLO and VALASQUEZ. Fourthly on the list of these intended commissioners, we find mention of one no less eminent than MICY.A.EL FARADAY, the greatest Living Chemist and Electrician, one of the most illustrious of our Inductive Philoso phers, a max of European Reputation, and one who is recognised as among the nobles of Nature, though born sixty years ago the son of a poor blacksmith. Fifthly and sixthly, completing the list of Commissioners—one Mr. GEORGE RICH MOND, and another, better known, Mr. CHARLES COCKEREL', Royal Academician, not only one of the members of the Academy, but ever since 1840 conspicuous among them as its Professor of Architecture, an able Practical, and a yet abler Theoretical, Architect, a mere tyro in the Gothic, little better than a dabbler in the Mediaeval, but a perfect master (as far a modern can be) in the Classical order of architecture. Such are the six commissioners. Altogether, with one exception, capital names as names go—but How (it may be asked) in this particular capacity as Fiae Arts Commissioners ? How, as the names of men who will be expected by the nation to be above all Court influences and Party predilections ? Let us Hope, at any rate, for the very best from them. Let is look to have at their hands a decision as thoroughly independent in its way as the most memorable of all the divisions last session in the House of Commons—a division in which a consi derable majority of the members, it will be recol lected, vindicated, boldly and strikingly vindi cated, the dignity of their position and character as the popular representatives. Clinging still, as we do, more and more tenaciously to the conviction, that no better site, after all, could anywhere be found in the Metropolis for the new National Gallery than the present ma jestie site on the north side of Trafalgar-square, looking down the broad sweep of Parliament street, between the Horse Guards and Whitehall, to the grand old Abbey and the glorious new Palace of the Legislature, in Westminster—Let us hope, above all things, that the proposed Com mission may not prove too literally its right to the name, style, and title of a .Royal Com mission ! The friends of fiscal and financial reform have only to exhibit a zealous and energetic determi nation that the Income Tax should be repealed or amended, to ensure a very decided amelioration 'thereof during the approaching session. When Sir CHARLES WOOD proposed a considerable increase in the impost, without any modification, by which it should be rendered more equitable and less inquisitorial, he was met with a general burst of indignation from every district throughout the length and breadth of the land, which speedily compelled that unfortunate and incompetent financier to abandon the experiment. At that time we repeatedly pointed out that the objection was not to the tax per se, but to the very oppres sive and unfair mode in which it was levied. Per haps there is no impost, which, if judiciously applied, would be more popular, or better calcu lated to supply the wants of the Exchequer, with a minimum, amount of annoyance tb the taxpayers. But the determined manner in which successive Governments have refused to recognise the dis tinction between income and property has exaspe rated the People and induced them to oppose the entire charge, which, producing sixteen millions to the Exchequer, cannot be surrendered by any Financial Minister without the substitution of in direct burdens that must greatly enhance the price of articles which, if not of primary neces 6ity, have become indispensable to all classes. It is but a matter of simple justice to the DERBY Administration to state that Mr. DISRAELI recognised the propriety and neces sity of some modification, and that he pro posed to charge temporary and precarious incomes arising from industry at a lower rate than those derived from accumulated and realised pro perty. This, although not going far enough, was a step in the right direction—the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge, which would speedily be followed by far more extensive alterations. The overthrow of that Government, in consequence of the unwise and impolitic attempt to increase the House-duty, however, prevented the sense of the Represe-Atative branch of the Legislature from being taken on the interesting and important question,. Had it been otherwise, there is no doubt that it would have been carried by an overwhelming majority, and that no Minister could. afterwards attempt to restore the nominal e q ua lity between all kinds of income. When Lord AnEaDEEN formed his Cabinet, direct intimations Were Publi c l y and Premier by gratuitously given the and the Leader of the Commons that a impost sh ou ld t a k e p l ace, an d the rPeople,evis . ofthe d with the satisfactory assurances. refrained from the agi . tation that had pre viol' sly been o rgan i sed throughout the entire tour itry. It was Mr. r l ' 41)8 T 0 :•:7E alone who stood out against his cille dee( iption, his the fraud. -.UPS. His was th e y He well k new th a t h e e renewal con Id not attempt tf) stem a the t orrent b opr losition. Had he asked f or a aim p l direct of iche impost for three years longer, as had b een customary with his predecessors, he w ou ld have received a direct refusal, and had he pressed the re solution would have been ignomini ously ex- paled from office. But by the specious pretext tb at the tax should be gradually red uce d until its total abolition in 1860, he bamboozled the House and country, and obtained a renewal for a longer term than had been granted to any of his predecessors. We pointed out the palpable fraud at the time, but the nation was in toxicated with the flattering but delusive expectation of getting rid of it altogether. We showed that, although it might by a possibility be done without in 1860, on the dropping of the Long Annuities, no Minister would make the attempt. He would always regard it as an THE SUN, LONDON, TUESIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1856. available fund, to provide for any possible deficiencies, or to make further progress in the removal of indirect taxes. Nothing, however, would remove the scales from the popular sight ; and Mr. GLADSTONE triumphed over his colleagues, the Parliament, and the People. We need not explain how speedily the delusion was dispelled. In a single year the tax was doubled ; the following it was further increased to 16d. in the pound, at which it now stands, and at which it will remain until April, 1858, unless the pressure from without should compel the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ab stain from availing himself of a paltry and dishonourable quibble, and to take the opinion of the Legislature upon the entire question during the ensuing session. There is, perhaps, no better mode of enforcing speedy discussion than pressing the proposition advocated by the Metropolitan Association, for reducing the charge to its original amount from and after the termination of the financial year, in April, 1857. The spirit of the Act, the inten tion of the Legislature, was clearly to grant the additional duty for one year, and no longer, after the termination of the War. The Precious Treaty was signed at the latter end of March, but as the ratification was delayed until towards the close of April, Sir G. C. LEWTS attempts to avail himself of a very discreditable dodge to continue it for an additional year. Such an act in private life would reflect indelible disgrace on the perpetrator—would for ever disqualify Lim from the friendship and association of honourable and straightforward men ; and we cannot think se badly of the chosen representatives of the People as to suppose that they would sanction, by approval, such a course. By pressing that claim, by exhibiting an un bending resolution to get rid at all events of the excess of the charge from April next, the Finan cial Minister will becompelled to take the opinion of the House, and submit it to the will of the majority. It will then be necessary to point out the impropriety of the so-called equal taxation of all incomes without reference to the source from whence they may be derived, so that there may be no excuse for pretending that the people had acquiesced in the unfair assessment. Had it not received the legislative sanction it would seem an act of supererogation, a sort of fighting against shadows, to adduce arguments to prove the absur dity of th• case. A man with 3001. per annum arising from well•circumstanced ground rents, or the dividends on 10,0001. Consols, has no trouble. The tax is paid by his tenant, or deducted at the Bank. There is no inquisitorial prying into his most secret affairs—no smuggling by grasping officials. All his receipts are available for his own use and benefit. He has not to make provision for the time when sickness or change of fashion may reduce or destroy his resources ; or for his wife and children, when the protector, the pro vider has been removed to another world. But irlle professional man or tradesman has to make large deductions, not only for insurance and savings, but also for changes essential to the con duct of his business, and for which no allowance is made, for bad debts, and a variety of other drawbacks. Every available shil ling may be swept away by the collector, and possibly vexatious costs added. If in debt, he cannot sell out a few hundreds, which are no longer subject to the tax, but must borrow money at an exorbitant rate of interest ; while he is not permitted to make any reduction of payment, though a considerable portion of the fruits of his exertions goes to satisfy the claims of creditors. This is so palpably unfair that it requires only a decided effort to insure success. Let the people, then, exert themselves in due time. Let there be a long pull, a strong pull, and, above all things, a pull altogether, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer must succumb to the clearly ex pressed wishes of the nation. Is there anything in it ? We mean the appa rent interchange of courtesies between the rulers of France and Prussia ? The Empress EUGENIE, who appears not only to be a good horsewoman, but also to know it, is greatly taken with a horse of a breed in the exclusive possession of the King of PRUSSIA, and sees no reason why she should not say so. The King of PRUSSIA, long-eared, as Ambassadors are said, now and then offensively, to make the Monarchs they represent, is quite delighted at the opportunity to play the gallant to so fair a lady, and the way being smoothed presents her with a stud of the horses in question. The lady is grateful, the EMPEROR is gratified, and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour is on the way to King CLICQuOT ere the horses have reached Paris., All very natural and very proper. Unfortunately, however, the very natural and the very proper are now and then made a cloak for sinister designs by despotic rulers of the pre sent day, so without affecting to be wiser than our neighbours we are at least entitled to put the question with which we commenced. Was there any coincidence between the Empress's admira tion of " the coal black steed," and the probabi lity of Austria requiring a spur to quit the Prin cipalities after the coming Conference is ended, or between the horses being put in the way of the Empress's admiration, and the proposed settlement of the affair at Neuchatel by France in conjunction with this country,Austria, and possibly Sardinia ? Court flunkies will doubtless be very ;nisch disgusted at any other interpretation being sought for than that which lies on the surface. No matter, if that interpretation be the right one, we are not to blame for the little hesitation we have shown in accepting it. It would not be diffi cult for us to prove that an unusual interchange of Court courtesies has generally turned out to have had a significance unfavourable to some Power, and mostly to the interests of a Free State. It may be the ca-se on the present occasion, just as readily as no.i ; and, at all events, no harm is done by a little speculation as to motives in an affair so interesting. Have the poor Swiss nothing to offer for EUGENIE'S admiration but their hide ! pendent spirit, and their resolution to vindicate, even at the sword's point, their outraged rights ? If they have not, alas for them ! Neither Emmoß nor EMPRESS have any admiration to spare for what Englishmen deem one of the noblest sights in Christendom. So far as Liberty is concerned, the French MIPEROR and the Prus sian KING row in the same boat, and that carries the black flag and a brace of eagles, birds of prey, at present. Thera is another interpretation which it is but fair to give. The absolute ruler of France—the elect, it has been said, of the sovereign People—though the traditions in vogue at his Court, so far as ceremonial at least is concerned, are associated with a period when, by right Divine, the Monarch could say, " Vet at c'est moi" —is about to be crowned. The despots of Europe were "a• happy family " the other month when ALEXANDER crowned himself — why should not they be so again ? Why rtcl u , indeed? Catch us in another scrape through giving any other answer. MR. SPURGEON AT THE SURREY GARDENS MUSIC HALL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Sunday morning last we determined to hear or ourselves the popular young preacher, and ac . . _ cordingly joined the immense throng, it could not be less than from six to eight thousand, which in spite of the tempestuous weather filled the Music Hall on that occasion. Wishing to gain a good view of all, we ascended by the fatal staircase to the re al:Ted seats on the second gallery. Many of our readers doubtless know how imposing is the coup cl'osi/ from that position. It is obvious enough why the congregation and preacher were for a long time not aware of the fatal accident which bad occurred, since no one from within calk see the staircase in the tower. The service was of the most orderly kind, and such as is usual in most dissenting chapels. The Singing from so many thousand voices had a peculiarly solemn and impressive effeet. The preacher had chosen repentance, and a very solemn text, Psalms c. vii., v. 12, " If he turn not he will whet his sword," for his subject. His prayers were appropriate to it, as were also his remarks on the latter part of the 25th chapter of Matthew, which was the portion of Scripture read. If what we heard last Sunday be a specimen of Mr. Spurgeou's usual preaching, therewas certainly nothing at all more extravagant than would be beard from most of the Evangelical clergymen and Dissenting preachers in the country, There wereno outrageous descriptions of Divine angerand future punishment,nor any wire-drawn refinements on the theology of repentance. His statements on the latter point were characterised by remarkable common sense ; they were forcibly expressed and illustrated, as were his arguments for the necessity of repentance. Indeed, there was little in which preachers of all creeds would not have concurred. His voice is a noble one, filling the whole place with the greatest ease ; at the further end of the building we did not miss a syllable. His manner was perfectly unrestrained, but not irreverent. His command of language is very con siderable, but does not lead him, for an eeptempore speaker, into verbosity. His style is unfettered, homely, forcible, and abounds in pointed remarks. There was a total absence of anything humorous or ludicrous, if it has been his habit to indulge in such things. The secret of his popularity, taking last Sunday as a specimen, appeared to us to be something very different. It was impossible not to feel that the preacher was absorbed, not in himself, but in his audience. The formal separation of the pulpit did not sepa rate him from his hearers. He conversed with them—he was one of them. He did not lecture them ex cathedra, or indulge in disquisitions or topics out of their line of thought, but spoke with them as he would have done on a solemn subject in *heir own houses. Most of our pulpits " die of dignity," but while there was nothing unbecoming on Sunday, the preacher placed himself on a level wi.:l all. Of course a vivid fancy, and considerable powers of expression, aided by a first-rate voice, will account for much; but we think what we have pointed out was the chief reason why, among so many thousands of hearers, we could not, and we looked carefully, detect a single sleeper. Our more dignified preachers might study with advantage the phenomenon of this youth's popularity. We can only say that, for our part, his manner disarmed criticism, and we could think only of his probable usefulness to the thousands present who, we are con dent, by their appearance, are not listeners t o our cus tomary , pulpit prosaics. Lord. Chief Justice CIIIPBELL, with his son, was present on the platferm, and seemed to take the same view with ourselves ; he remarked several times to one of the mana gers, after the service, in our hearing, and els° to Sir RICHARD MAYNE, who was likewise pre sent, " He is doing great good, sir—great good." London could find room for twenty such preachers ; they are just what the populace needs. DBURY-LANE TBEATICE. The operatic performances undertaken by Mr. Wil lert Beale, in conjunction with Mr. E. T. Smith, having come to an end, the more legitimate business of the house recommenced last night—the prices, too, return ing. to the former economical tariff. The amusing drama entitled " Aggravating Sam," played so many times at the Lyceum, was revived for the occasion. In this, as well as in the " Captain of the Watch," which followed, Mr. Charles Mathews and Robert Roxby filled their old parts, and with the old success. The audience were delighted to once more encounter the pertina cious Sam, who only lives but to worry and perplex his neighbours. The entertainments terminated with "Two Heads better than One," and a ballet divertisse ment, in which Mdles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont were announced to dance. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Sir Bulwer Lytton's comedy " Money" was played last night, Mr. Murdoch assuming, for the first time in London, the part of Evelyn, the varied and opposite features of which he indicated with considerable force and effect. Lightness is not his characteristic; but the peculiar quality of his comedy is now well known, and the intelligence of his conceptions and the native ease of bit deportment have been considered equivalents for the masculine hardness which more or less pervades his style. His Evelyn is quite as iteritorious as the other char- acters which he has undertaken at the Haymarket Theatre. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last evening the popular drama of "Janet Pride" was performed, Mr. Webster resuming his original character, and appearing for the first time after a long interval of absence. This excellent actor was received with an amount of applause that bore emphatic testimony to the high position which he holds in the estimation of the public. He played with his usual graphic discrimina tion ; and the drama, further aided by the melo-dramatic skill of Madame Celeste, and the comic exuberance of Mr. Wright, who now succeeds Mr. Keeley as Dicky Trotter, passed off with the old spirit and effect. The house was well attended. A Cabinet Council was held this day at the official residence of Lord Palmerston. Madlle. Piccolmioi made her first appearance at the Italian Opera, Paris, on Monday evening. She met with immense success. TIIR ROYAL BRITISH BANS.—Sir F. Kelly com menced his reply in this important case before the Lords Justices this morning. At the close of the arguments it is expected that the judges will take time to consider their deci s i on. To-morrow (W e d nes day) a Grace will be submitted to the Se na t e o f the Un i vers ity of Cambridge, by confer. ring the d egree o f D oc t or of Divinity on the Rev. Robt. B:ckersteth, M . A ., B is hop designate of Ripon. A. matrimonial alliance is shor tl y to t ake p lace between Major Colville, brother to Lord Colville , and Miss M. Georgiana Baillie. second daughter of Evan Baillie, E sq. of Dochfour. Mr. Richard Andrews, the Mayor of Southampton, and candidate for the representation of the borough, now lies dangerously ill at his residence at Winchester. Felice Orsini will deliver a lecture, at St. Martin's to-rnorrow at eight o'clock, p.m. Dr. Coxe, sub-librarian at the Bodleian, is about. to start for the Levant in search of MSS. The Univer sity has given Dr, Coxe leave of absence for 12 months at the request of government. Nine Frenchmen, political prisoners, had arrived at New York from Cayenne, whence they had escaped. The Longridge prize of 401. for general proficiency in medicine and surgery was awarded by the Council of the London U n i versity, at their session on Satur d a y l a st, to Mr. Jame s Gibb s Blake, of Taunton, S omerse t s bire. MDLLE. D'HERBIL, the juvenile pianiste, whose per formances last sea son exc i te d the admiration of all who heard them, h as at Madrid, un d er the immed i ate pa t rona ge of the Queen of Spain, lately been playing with great success It is stated that the directors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia will, at the approaching meeting, recommend a dividend of 2i per cent. for the half year ending the 30th of June, and that the accounts received from the colony continue satisfactory. A meeting of the East India Coal Company took place yesterday, when the report detailing progress was adopted. The machinery lately sent out has reached the mines, and it was expected to be speedily put up. Strict economy is exercised in the management. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised five vessels —two for Sydney, two for Port Philip, and one for Adelaide, with an aggregate capacity of 3,868 tone. The rates of freight exhibit increased firmness. LATEST N E WS. ! BERLIN, MONDAY, The Prussian note, relating to the Neufchatel prisoners, was expedited on the 6th. It discusses the question of the right of the Federal Council to deal with them, and hints at the adoption of energetic measures. Tke Grand Duke of Baden has granted a gene ral amnesty to the political offenders of 1849, with some exceptions. Those who have remained in the country since their condemnation recover their civil and political rights. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29. The Second Army, under he command of General Luders, who is now on leave, is dissolved. The 4th, sth, and 6th army corps, of which the Second Army was originally composed, will re sume their place as distinct corps. THE AUSTRIAN AMNESTY. The following are the autographic decrees by which the Emperor of Austria amnesties a number of political prisoners, and raises the sequestrations in Lombardy : " Dear Field Marshal Count Radetsky,—l have resolved entirely to raise the sequestrations laid, on the 13th Feb., 1853, upon the property of poli tical emigrants from my Lombardo-Venetian king dom. You will at once take proper measures for restoring the estates to those who can satisfactorily show themselves to be their proprietors. At the same time I authorise you for the future to take measures for receiving returning emigrants again into the country, and restoring to them the quaity of Austrian citizens where they may have lost it, and to grant them pardon when solicited on a for mal promise to conduct themselves hereafter as loyal and faithful subjects. I charge you immedi ately to publish this my sovereign will. " Tenice, Dec. 2." 4 6 FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Dear Field Marshal Radetsky,—l grant an en tire remission of their penalty to the persons here after mentioned, who have been condemned for high treason or for other criminal acts contrary to public order, viz. :—Guiseppi Fiuzi—Paolo Flora —Guiseppe Paganoni—Giulio Faccbli—Angelo Mangili Domenico Fernelli Attillio Mori Guiseppe Nova—Paolo Veladini—Carlo Sabbioni —Antonio Lazzati—Ferdinando Bos;o Omero Zannucchi—Giovanni Nuvolari—Giovanni Ma laman Carlo Marchi Lisiade Pedroni Agostino Galli Guiseppe Merini—Ctrlo Girotti —Luigi Dolci Giovanni Vergani (recte Swo boda) Girolano Cagliari—Domenico Cesconi— Luigi Pastro—Alberto Cavalletto—Francesco Ros setti—Francesco Strada—Siro Negri Ambrosio Giussanni Paolo Lombardi Paolo Longoni_ Giuseppe Brusa—Caelo Marelli—Carlo Peroli— Luigi Pagani—Carlo Ferrini—Pietro Campanara Andrea Triboldi Luigi Rosetti Giovanni Mpoogrgeira—ni—CarlotoMniaozzmolionrib—inCi arloßellixi—Angelo Gaetano Gosen— Ginieppe Scaltritti—Francesco Pagani—Vincenzo Longate—Giacomo Ghirardelli—Ulisse galis—An t onio Z anetti—Paride Petenati—Serafirio Rastelli —Giovanni Bernarda—Fraquelli Gio Battista— Pietro Fraquelli Giovanni Bianchi—. Giovanni Faggi—Giacomo Geninazzi—Andrea Grlndi—An tonio Leoni—Giovanni Cordoni—Marcc Chiesa— Gaetano Mandelli—Francesco Spernazzitti—Giu seppe Gariboldi—GiuseppelAlnisetti—Liigi Nara. " FRANCIS fosEpll. " Tonic°, Dec. 2, 1856." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EYENING. According to the Debats, Turkey is the only Power which has not sent in its adhesion to another Conference, but its assent is considered c tr t a i n . It is the general impression at Berlin that the affair of Neuchatel will terminate in a corkpromise. The lifortiteur states that his Excellency, Baron Hubner, Ambassador -Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary of the Emperor of Austria, was received yesterday by the Emperor, and delivered a letter from his imperial and royal master, notifying the marriage of his Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, brother of the Emperor, to the Princess Margaret of Saxony, daughter of the King of Saxony. The Monitory also contains a decree, prow.ulgat ing a convention for the mutual protection of copy right in works of art or literature in the two States of France and Wurtemburg. The ball given on Sunday evening at the Opera, for the benefit of the poor of the arrondissement, was honoured by the presence of their Majesties, who arrived soon after eleven , and did not retire till one in the morning. When their Majesties appeared in the Imperial box they were greeted with loud and repeated cries of " Yive rEmpereur I Vive rlmperatrice !" which were renewed on their leaving. Their Majesties were attended by a bril liant suite. The Princess Mathilde was also pre sent. The ball was crowded, and the result will prove very favourable for, the poor. Advices from Constantinople, of the 26th ult., state that Ministerial councils wero taking place every day under Reschid Pacha. The Prussian Oonsul-General, M. Meusebach, arrived at Bucha rest on the 20th ult. THE AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The African mail-steamer Gambia arrived at noon to-day, with the homeward mails. She brings eleven passengers, 1,269 oz. of gold, 350 puncheons of palm oil, with cotton, cochineal, and other African produce. By this arrival we learn that, at different parts of the coast, there were again disputes between the iatives. At Old Cameroons, the missionaries and traders were at variance respecting some Sierra Leone people, whom the former had taken under their protection, and who were trading in an underhand way. There was a great battle being fought in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, and there had inhabitants and great loss both on the side o f the and the natives. The previous steamer brought news that an attack on the town was imminent. BETTER TREES. —Though there has been a considerable increase in the population of South Shields, the expendi ture for the poor, in maintenance and out-door relief, •6s. • wasl 863/ 7d during the first half-year of 1856, as , ma p ed with on expenditu re of 3,0061 . 14s. 9.; d. in the c ompared with n expenditure of 3,0061. 140, 9d. in the s ame period r of 1350, showing a decrease of 1,1431. 85.2 FORGING A RAILWAY PAM—LIVERPOOL, December 6.... —George Nash, who describes himself as a reporter for rai l w ay newspapers, was charged at the police court to• day, on remand from the previous week, with having travelled from London to Liverpool on the London and North-Western Railway with a forged pass. The case w as proved, and he was ordered to pay the fare, 21. 55., and was also convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs, or to be committed for two months. THE SHREWSBURY ESTATES.—LIVERPOOL, December 6.—The following circular has been addressed to the tenants of the Shrewsbury estates is this neigh bourhood :—" 32, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, Dec. 1, 1856. Sir,—Wo find thst Earl Talbot's agents are trying to persuade the tenants in Staffordshire and Chehire that his lordship is now entitled to those estatee,although the first legal step towards establishing his claim has not yet been taken. Similar attempts have already been made in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Worcester shire, by advertisements, by personal notices, and oven by treating the tenants at public - houses, b ut w i thout success, the tenants on those estates having very pro perly considered that these are not the means by which such an important question can be decided. There are other claimants of the earldom, any one of whom has just as much pretence as Earl Talbot fir claiming the estates, but none of them have thought it right t o interfere with the tenants, while their claims to the earldom as well as i to the estates remain wholly uninvestioated. It is only as Earl of Shrewsbury that any one can cl a i m th e es t a t es as against the trustees of Lord Edmund Howard ; and, until some one of the claimants has established a title to the earldom, he cannot even question the right of the t r ustees (as it is clearly th e i r duty) to retain possession of the estates. If any y claimant should hereafter esta blish a claim to the earldom, which we believe impossible, Lord Edmund and t rustees will be quite prepared to maintain in the courts of law that the late earl had full right, like every other landowner, to dispose of own family estates, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by the old act of Parliament on which Lard Talbot relies, hut which, like all other laws imposing penal ties on religious opinions, has .ong since been repealed. We trust that the Shrewsbury tenants in Stafford shire and Cheshire will follow the unanimous example of the tenants on the other estates, and continue (upon the indemnity of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk) to pay their rents to their old landlords until (if ever) the House of Lords shall have decided that there is an 'Earl of Shrewsbury,' and the courts of law shall have determined that he is, as such, entitled to the Shrewsbury estates.' The Duke of Nor folk's written indemnity will be given to each tenant at the ensuing audit, or it may be obtained in the mean time upon application to R. J. Butler, Esq., Alton :Cowers, or to Thomas Hogging, Esq., Trafford-lodge, near Chester, the local agents of the Staffordshire and Cheshire estates.—We are, air, your obedient servants, CUREIE, WOODGATE, and Wiwatts." AUSTRALIA. the Arrival of the True Briton we have received our letters and papers from Melbourne, dated Sept. 12. She brings nearly 100,000 ounces of gold, about 400,000 e. The Red Jacket was announced to leave Mal bourne for England on the 25th of September. The Golden Era bad arrived out. The Melbourne Herald, of Sept. 11, in its " Summary for Europe," says : " Keeping our little controversies to ourselves, and making allowance even for the neglect of the Home Government as well as for the boundless extravagance and ludicrous incapacity of our local Administration, we may safely epitomise the sub stance of all that is contained in the following sum- ntary under the heads of tranquillity—prosperity —and progress. _ " The gold fields—which every experiment and inquiry shews to be inexhaustible—are yielding a larger produce, and new ones are being opened in all directions. Recent discoveries have been reported both of tin and silver, and a careful exploration is being made of a coal mine, to which we alluded in our last summary, said to have been found on the shores of Port Phillip. Quarries of slate and marble have been pointed out, and last, though not least, of all these additions to our wealth and comfort, a bank of codfish has beed sprung, so to speak, in the neighbourhood of King's Island, in Bass's Strait. "Our first general election is going on with great animation—the most remarkable feature in it being the great intelligence displayed by the mass of the people, and the consequent discomfiture, so far as we have gone, of those gentlemen who have been so bold or so eccentric as to declare their ad hesion to the present Government. Old colonists now in England will be amuspd at learning how completely the ancient regime—which in their time used to be regarded as a fixed institution, and in deed a dire necessity—has been shaken and con verted into a laughing-stock and a bugbear. " The information we have received as to the mail contract is not deemed satisfactory. The Peninsular and Oriental Company will do all they can to carry our traffic too far to the eastward. We want one transshipment only, and a direct line from Suez. " Although our winter has not yet passed over, and the pools of mud which still form many por tions of our so-called roads to the diggings have sot yet been dried up, the spirit of trade, and the indomitable perseverance which characterises our workers is the hive, have kept pace with the wants of our mining population, and secured, if not brisk ness, at least vitality to our markets. The steady and increasing supply of gold, with the almost daily discovery of new deposits of the precious metal, are in themselves sufficiently cheering ele ments of our commercial prosperity ; but when to these are added the wide-spreading labours of our farmers and agriculturists,—the fast changing features of the country around us,—the wild bush disappearing for the cultivated plain,—it is not difficult to foresee a course of prosperity and plenty which must ensure the improved condition and Sound advancement of ourselves, and of the thou sands yet to come amongst us. " Our rikurns of all kinds show a state of real prosperity and healthy trade, which under common prudence must lead to results as great, and much more lasting, than those of the past. Not that we can record anything like excitement in trade, oi even great buoyancy in our commercial trans , actions. "House property and land in Melbourne is also rising. The following properties were sold last week :--- "Brick building, Chapel-street, Prahran, of s: rooms, for 750/. ; Star and Garter Hotel, St. Kilda, 4,600/. ; two acres of 'land, East Prahran, 600/. ; 32 feet to Collins-street West, by a depth of 80 feet, for 1,6001. Also let on a long term, allotment one of section 11, East Melbourne, at 1001. per annum. "In the midst of political meetings and elections, as a contemporary remarks,—the railway question has experienced more real advancement than during all the five years of gold mining that have been comparatively lost to the country. The Attorney- General has set the Government right with our citizens on the subject of the central terminus, which is to be at Melbourne, and not elsewhere, as had been currently rumoured. "Our resources and mineral and other wealth appear to increase almost daily. We boast of our own slate, stone, marble, in several localities ; and we have this week seen a specimen of atone from a newly-discovered quarry at Western Port, which promises to be very valuable for foot pavements and other purposes. Two vessels were despatched yesterday, and are expected to arrive here again in a week or two with full cargoes—enough of the stone being to be easily obtained to pave the whole of Melbourne. Large quantities of silver and tin, copper and iron, as well as coal, are now within our reach, and are gradually being introduced into use and for expel t. " Black manganese is a lso found largely, a nd a shipment of a considerable qua ntity of it to Eng land is about to be mad e as an exper i ment. In our last summary, we mentioned that the codfish had been caught near our shores , and further investi gation has fully c onfirmed . the fact. It will not be long before this luxury will be found in another d and add o lagoons around our diggings, the growing comforts of our miners. cc With her growing population and her increas ing resources, 'Victoria may indeed cry ' Onward !' "Railroads, roads, and bridges, are now the order of the day, and uppermost in the public mind, not only at election meetings, but almost wherever else a discussion of a public nature takes place. The construction of our great lines of rail way between the capital and the gold fields, is to be prosecuted by the Government, and a Railway Board has been recently appointed, and is supposed to be busily employed in the preliminary details of such vast and important undertakings. Already tenders have been accepted for the construction of 8 miles 77 chains and 38 links of the line between Melbourne and Williamstown, and though 21 con tractors had tendered that of Messrs. Thomas Miles and Co. was accepted for 20,826/. 7s. 4d. neighbourhood of the golden claims, one is aston ished to find quite a new feature presenting itself; parties with a couple of boxes washing the head ings and tailings of what were the richest claims. Although wages may not be made in this Bendi gonian manner, still sufficient may be obtained to pay for rations and form the foundation of a future rise. The late floods have caused more activity in the dry diggings, which seem to be turning out fine prospects. It is astonishing to find the num ber of little places on the banks of the creek where good wages may be made. The more they are tried the richer they appear. A small flat large enough for half a dozen claims was struck this week, with two feet of very good washing stuff.'' A correspondent, writing from " Sebastopol," to the same journal, remarks : " Some of the claims on the dry diggings ar• turning out well ; few only have bottomed. A party of four men obtained 6 ozs. 14 dwts. in a day and a half by driving. Many fresh faces ap pear daily. I have every reason to believe this flat will be the leading summer dry diggings. I have seen some good prospects taken out of one or two claims. Since writing the above, it has been communicated to me that the bridge opposite the Sunbury Hotel, Woolshed, has been washed away Two men who have just come overland from the Stony Creek Diggings, and are now working here, have informed me that, from the flattering re ports they saw in the newspapers, they left Ben digo for the Stony Creek diggings, via Mel bourne. They took the steamer for Sydney, tra velled from Sydney to Stony Creek, and on arriv ing there a singular scene presented itself, viz., that of a fire, resembling a bush fire. On inquilly it appeared that the diggers, maddened by finding themselves duped and being misled by false reports, were actually burning cradles, tubs, ac. ; in fact, all their working implements. These men travelled overland, and are now working on this flat." Dunolly, a newly discovered field, was attracting much notice, and the usual " rushings" from other localities. The locale is thus described by the cor respondent of the Sandhurst Courier : " The road to Dunolly lies past Campbell's Bul lock Creek, thence across the plain on Kaye's run, over the Loddon Bridge, past Sandy Creek, Jones's Creek, and then on to Dunolly. At present there are about 54,000 people on these diggings ; the great rusk seems to be towards the Burnt Creek and the Alma. The extent of ground which has been covered in such a short time is sur prising ; they spread over a surface of at least five or elf, miles. The sinking towards the Burnt Creek Is 517 to 40 feet, and the ground is very wet ; the 5 1 er" age depth is 25 to 30 feet. There are veil fe ly complaining ; certainly there are some, but to tak e a the average they are all doing first rate. T he g old is very nugetty, and several large .nugge ts bay been found. There were rumours yesterday of lore nugget 101ilbs. weight having been foun d but one 181bs. and one 201bs. weight wer e foun : the other day. A party bottomed the ir yesterday, 32 feet, and took 47ozs. off the bo thorn.t Most parties think that these diggings will be Per, manent. Public houses, grog shops, ac., ab°lll/4. to a great extent ; but most of them are in an un finished state. Stores of every sort are going gl ) 0 1 1 every day, and the place looks as if it was no t rae e one of those mad rushes, " come to-day and g on , to-morrow," but has got a look of permaneo;?, about it. The people on the whole are yell °,.f. derly. There are two banks opened — t he Bank a". - Victoria and the London and Chartered Bail*, Provisions are not so dear as I expect ed ; ev.erifs thing is very reasonable. Mechanics , es p ecle rl* c arpenters, are very scarce. The Bank of Viet° old o pened on Saturday, and could not buy all the g that was brought to them, as they had not O w cient cash." FINGAL GOLD FIELDS. The H. T. Advertiser has the following excitement was created in town yesterday by tu arrival of Mr. Maning, of the firm of Messrs. 31 011 ,; ing Brothers, New Wharf, from the Fingal al it fields, with specimens of about 4 ozs. of gold, an" a large piece of quartz weighing upwards of 40 lb" supposed to yield about 10 ozs. of gold. Than specimens are exhibited at the Gold ConlPanf. Office, Royal Exchange,where t h e y have bee n inspected by numbers of our citizens. P r i v ate l e tter o from ingal hold out great hop es of success to in, F dustrious diggers, but whose operations have NO, materially impeded by the r ecent inclement s tate o' the weather. The now q uartz reef promises well, and the crushing machines are anxiously looked for, MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET. There is still a g ood supply of man in the mart b u t they are 1112 Willing to hire under the prese o quotations, a nd are shy at makin g l ong engagementh O a s the sheep washing, shearing, and genera l W time is now rapidly approaching. Skilled labour i 6 about the same, and not a great many unemplo. yeclo: Females are in demand and wages, if anytDll3_„°' are rather on the advance ; fe w si,th withoutßations. 301. Marriedperannuemou.plWewill take less the Ditto, with families families... 70 to i f 0 0 60 to i Gardeners G rooms Storekeepers, per annum .... Shepherds 3O to 3„' Hutkeepers, per annum Ploughmen, 209 to 25s per week Farm labourers, do. 22s 6d Shearers, 163 to 203 per hundred She'p-washers, 25s per week Mowers, 8s to lOs per acre Reapers, 20s do. Threshers, Sid to 10d per bushel Bullock-drivers for reads, 30s per week Do., for farms, 25s do. Horse team drivers for roads, 253 to 3Os ton Hey cutters and trussers, 35s do., or 7s pe r Male cooks, 20s to 45s per week Waiters, 20s to 30s do. Blacksmiths, 503 to 60s do. 6rpenters, 2/. per week Rough do., 30s. Without Rations. Blacksmiths, 4/. to 4/. 108 per week Carpenters, 12s to 15s per day Masons, 14s to 15s per day Bricklayers, 14s to 15s per day Plasterers, 14s to 15s per day Quarrymen, lOs to 14s per day r dip Labourers, 88 to 108 per day ds 10' per Able pick and shovel men for roa and tent accommodation Stonebreakers, 6s 6d to 7s per yard CompeEitors is 41 per thousand Pressmen, 11. to Si. per week £ q 5 FEMALE DOMESTICS. 30 to Th oro ugh servants ....................... 25 to Housemaids .............................. 3 0 to Laundresses .............................. 3 5 t 4° C00k5................................... is t o oSO Nur5emaid5................................ ,po Needlewomen gorp Oriental scholar, ----- ----- o i.t_t g le a o .:Cli OF B _ - e e tbe ARON VON lIAMUER --The deatu . _., barn ' in 2oth 01t., , at Vienna. BarofogInsat8311:::10:ekr:FI: allowedse emed r w e h c e en r tly h a 1774, al; Gratz, in Styria, where his father oi; pied From nhisdhroanwouhr:blte::.orsii.distaitonthin:eEiti: the public :Woo earlie.st ohildhood a mysterious i i t ! o g free tbe t t n o gratify his inch.Pations by entering the 0 Ariel ° ' instituted Oriental Academy at , job , envenialetdtrahcitmedsetlfheofnohtiiscesoe:vt;tess.celienbrtahteed il)reenp:orp-to who this time his edition of Dieninskils Lexicon: , i l aid line he produced several poeme, both orig.lnta „0.0 translated, from the Eastern languages. In 1 was sent as dragoman to Constantinople, whence Pe . t he transferred to Egypt and employed as interpreter tostor English army in Abercrombie's campaign. kle,,,tate mequently attache to the Austrian embassy at titi e , 4 o3e tinople, and Consul in Moldavia. In 1811 he b e ";,00 i n terpreter to the Vienna Chancery. In 181; here ee made a counsellor, and in 1835 a baron. Of late Yee':r had retired from the public service, and lived oe hiPos tates in Styria. His wo rks , E e 1 are ye o p n x n d m i e r o v u s . e , v i t h e 11308 t tal portant being his o f Oriecetty Science," 1804 ; " Glance at TUrkisnli'Liiterature,!`"ol History of Per Belles Lettres," 181 8 ; " °r the A.saassins," 1818,; "History of the Ottoman -rellilhe 1827-34 "History of Ottoman Poetr " 1330-38; -, 0 Mongols in Russia," 1840 ; " The MoYt;g le in TWO% 1843. The value of these wiirke is eat,°but it has to , " ethought to be lessened by a propenlrty to romantic se: uldatton, and in the case of the Ottoman history by a: 0 n of nue, though not unnatural, bias in favour of the VT, esteemed, Austria. The baron's philological labours were l i re being considtired to display raore learning eelt,, Baron n rch than philosophical depth or logical exacto .67_ Hammer was ex-President and Senior Metall: of the Vienna Academy of Science, and is said to . 10 0 . won the decorations of 20 different orders, and to e tbe , been a member of almost every literary societY i n t he world. His remain were borne to the grave by _ .O students of the Oriental Academy, of which, ae vue Jy_ men ti o ned, he had been onq of the earliest studento.- Literary Gazette. OUR GOLD FIELDS. Returns since our last Summary have been kept up to their average, although some allowance might be made for the licence of general election times at the diggings. Quartz crushing operations were being extended, and no doubt could exist of the ultimate success of such a system. The escort returns for the week ended 30th Aug. were : Mount Alexander and Bendigo ... 16,756 Ovens 14,066 Ballarat, including Geelong Maryborough Fiery Creek Avoca 1,251 Daisy Hill 1,323 M`lvor Mount Blackwood 58,887 For week ended 6th September : Ballarat, including Geelo n g . 16,151 Mount Alexander and Bendig,o Mary borough ............. .. 4,870 Daisy Hill ~ Av0ca.................................... ; 36,021 Giving a total for the year of 1,804,011 ozs. The escort from the Ovens arrived in town on Monday evening with 11,202 ozs. The quantities shipped during the two weeks re ferred to wore to — Sydney Launceston Adelaide Per Lightning to Liverpool „ Labuan to Hong Kong „ Lady Hayes, do. „ Kossuth, do „ I'acifico, do. „ Sydney ... 2,278 . . 20 ... 180 139,344 5,403 3,402 2,263 445 2,000 In order to enable our friends at home to form their own opinions as to the state of affairs at the gold fields, we append a few extracts from th e latest country p a p ers a t h an d. The Beechwerth C onst i tut i on recor d s the follow ing as a " Sign of th e Ti mes :" a file of walking down the Woolsbed Creek, in the •.. r,~,t,+~ ~ ..y