The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

TiIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING LONDON ASStRANCE. Followed by Burlesque of PIZARRO. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIMEMENT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES BUN THI3 EVENLNG, NITRIC HATH CHARMS. After which, PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Favira, by MrS. C. Kean. To oonclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARXET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucki3tCMS. THIS EVENING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conaludo with THE GALICIAN' FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon, THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. After which, the New Burlesque, founded on the Winter's Tale, supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss VToolgar), Miss H. Gordon, Mrs. B. White, Miss M. Wilton, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, and Brough. Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. Hall:price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPTH. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. DireCtreSS, Madame Ce!Litt. THIS EVEI9ING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOU.Y. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES ; Olt, THE YANKEE - ! STR 11ND TEMATRE. Manager, Mr, T. Payne. THIS EVENING, THE OLD COMMODORT By Messrs. J. Neville, Herbert, Clarke ; Mrs Woollldge, and Miss ...'.dams. After which, OF A GE TO-MORROW. By Messrs. Rinloch, Herbert ; Mrs. Woolidge, Miss Gran tham, and Miss Cuthbert Followed by, first time, an erlginal Purlesqne, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled BELPTIEGOR. Belphegor, Miss Cuthbert ; Ilsy, Mr. Clarke ; O'Mugaway, Mr. Herbert; Tommy, Master W. Edsuin: Madeline, Mr. H. J. Turner; Marietta, Miss Thirlwall ; Aramints, Mrs. Woollidge. Ballet, by Mdle. 4iar e lia• les and full Corps. To ecnclude with INS AND OUTS, In which Mr. Morris will make his first appearance here ; Messrs. J. Howard, Herbert, and Miss Adams, &c. Commence at 7. Stall;, U.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITTiv.ATP.E. Lessen and Mana,ser, Mr. Wm. Cooke. pnis EVENING, (Ninth Week !) Rhakspere'3 Traqedy of RICTIARD TUI THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Eqnegtrian Iltu.trations. Death of White Surrey, Battle of Bosworth Field, &c. Splendid Tableau of the mor tal conflict. After which, The AMUSEMENT 4 in the ART :1 , 7A. To oonclue.t with a varizty of Entertainments. Comrnenoe at s enn. 8 0x .,, f .,„ open fr n Eleven till FOTIr. Stage a n a W. West. Equestrian Director, 91r. W. Cooke. inn. Et IGri WA.Twit la r,cy•Torrq THIS DAY—M.I)7m. 1 min. qft. 3 —Evening 16 .m 17.- et.. 3 11-I, Mohßovir—Nr orn. 33 min . e t. 3 —rinfrning 44 nl/2. aft.. 3 TUE WEATTIRE—SuN OFFIcE, OCTOBER 1. "ea 77R7,101177111, ni 71.4-DE. 57—highest sines roen vostfr , 77. 54--lowest this nerdy:- *nd (Irvin , . the night 64 —this day 'at noot. R, A v0c,7.7 , .:1!, 29.90—rising. 'VC r ixD. W.—Light, with cloudy weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sqn, Stamped, in time for Past, may always be had from half- Past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. SU scribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seea on the ppm• containing he latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Elitioa, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, strand, Zi 4 LONDON, WED:s.TESDA.Y, ooToB ER 1, 1%56. The Revenue Returns for the Year, half-year, bound to say that th ey are and quarter are o nce more before ear' and. we are quite as favour a bl e as we could have anticipated, although they d o not yet come up to the estimate of the Chancello r of the Exchequer. That learned Pundit, in his last year's Budget, calculated on obtaining 5,300,0001, from new taxation. He has obtained 3,211,7081,, and was therefore only 2,088,2921. in excess o f the actual results—no trifling sum in itself, but nothing to a financier who fancies that there are no limits to taxation, and that every additional impost must necessarily bring a corresponding in crease to the exchequer. We have, however, re peatedly explained the fallacy of such conclusions. In fiscal matters it by no means follows that 2 added to 2 will amount to 4, or that if 2 be sub tracted from 4 there wilt not be far more than 2 remaining. It is but justice to Sir G. C. LEWIS to state that he was following in the wake of a Minister who was labouring under the delusion that he could provide for all the extraordinary expenses of the war from actual revenue, and that no por tion thereof should fall on posterity, for whose benefit it was mainly, if not altogether, under taken. Mr. GLADSTONE had doubled the Income Tax. Sir G. C. LEWIS added 2d. in the pound, or 16s. Bd. per cent. The former expected to obtain more than six millions and a half by the duplication; the latter hoped to add two millions more by the additional 2d. Mr. GLADSTONE raised the Malt Duties, which Sir G. C. LEWIS could not therefore touch ; but be endeavoured to extract 1,200,000/. from " the corn of the tropics " in addition to 700,0001. previously put on by the Aberdeenite Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 1,000,0001. from Scotch and Irish spirits in addition to the 450,0001. which Mr. GLADSTONE hoped to obtain. One P e nny per lb. on coffee was also expected to yield 15 0,0001., and 3d. per lb. on tea 750,0001. more. The total anticipated increase for the two Years wasno less than 15,157,0001., of which nearly four-fifths have been obtained ; that is to say, in the year ending 30th S e pt., 185,5, 8,344,7811., and in the present y ear 3,211,708/. ; making altogether 11,556,4897., or a little over eleven millions and a half in round numbers —the defi ciency being about 3,100,000 i. As to the particular heads or it ems , we find that increase there is in the Custo ms an ion the year of 250,8581., on the half-year of 59,72/., but a decrease on the quarter of 37,1431. Tea, not withstanding the additional 3d. Per lb., has yielded 142,0001., and sugar, d esp i te the addi tional 3s. per cwt., estimated to produc e in the year 1,200,0001., 177,000/. less ; while the articles that were permitted to remain without alteration showed a considerable increase th at nearly made up for the deficiency in the matters from *high such large additions to the charge were expected to produce. 112 the Rawl% there -is an increase is the year i • revw; 13$CTOBER 1' !$56 wEDNES I DA 7‘; N g j THE SUN, of 473,608/., on the half-year of 550,6261., and on the quarter of 309,0001. This comes partially from the increase of the Spirit Duties, estimated to produce 1,000,0001. sterling. There has been a drawback of more than 200,0001. paid on account of stocks of malt on hand at the termi nation of the enhanced duty. In Stamps there is a. decrease on the year of 9,524/, but an increase on the half-year of 104,0311., and of 117,926/. on the quarter. This is but a beggarly account for the legacy and Euccession duties from which Mr. GLADSTONE anticipated such large results. In Taxes there is an increase on the year of 39,5271., a decrease of Si. (!) on the half-year, and an increase of 3,000/. on the quarter. The accounts under this head, however, generally depend on the stringency of collection. The Property Tax alone verifies the estimates. The addition on the year is 2,275,1261., on the half-year 869,3731., and on the quarter 752,3781., the total amount received during the year (15,940,3311.) closAy approximating to the six ' een millions, which it was deemed Uto pian to anticipate. If the assessment were only rendered more equitable, this would be the best tax that could be levied. As it is, is the most demoralising in the black list. The Post-office has an increase on the year of 59,0581., a decrease on the half-year of 9,0001., ind no change whatever on the quarter. Some of our contemporaries have considered the in crease due to the postage on newspapers. We have, however, not sufficient evidence to warrant Le conclusion to the full extent ; but even were it so, it would not make up for the stamp duty relinquished by the Financial Minister during the most serious operations of the war. The remaining items are of comparatively trivial importance. In Crown Lands there is an increase of 8,3411. on the year, of 2,3411. on the half year, and of 1,3411. on the quarter, while in Miscellaneous there is an increase of 184,7141., but a decrease of 37,5671. on the half year, and 32,2141. on the quarter. Such are the results of these witnesses to the elasticity of our national resources. As we have already stated, they are quite as good as we had anticipated, bat nothing on which either Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir G. C. LEWIS, or the people can greatly pride themselves. They prove that we still possess the sinews of war, and that we may tura out very troublesome—ens i:oinors to any who choose to attack us. The Scottish motto, " Nemo me impune lace,ssit," may be profitably considered by some parties of Im v2rial dignity. It is at once curious and instructive to note how it actually came to pass that power in the very moment, so to speak, of complete victory, It the very climax, as it were, of certain posses ;ion, slipped away in Spain from the grasp of ESPARTERO, as it had done previously in France from that of LAMARTINE. The spirit of patriotism in each instance was altogether too credulous and and self-sacrificing. Both the Spanish Dictator ~nd the Gallic Dictator proved, under the pros sure of a great emergency, too gentle and genial in the midst of intrigues, demanding at the hands ef an actual ruler the most rigorous promptitude and the most stern and pitiless decision. It was blunder of LAMARTINE to believe in, and asso ciate himself with, LEDRU ROLLIN ; as it has more recently been the blunder of ESPARTERO to do the like by O'DONNELL. The only difference between the destroyers of the political authority and prestige of ESPARTERO and LAMARTINE being, ' that while both LEDRU ROLLIN and O'DONNELL were in extremes as adventurers in statecraft (the one representing the exaggeration of democracy, the other tha exaggeration of absolutism), the latter crowned his policy with success, and the form - er with complete, entire discomfiture. Each infamous in the eyes of Europe—the one in triumph, the other in defeat. Alike objects of execration to every dispassionate observer through out Christendom. LEDRU ROLLIN for having rendered altogether impracticable the beautiful lay-dream of a Poet-Philanthropist, by intrigues resulting in the bloodiest civil conflict of modern times—that of June, 1848—a combat * during which, literally and actually, the sacred emblem of Peace, the Palm-branch borne through the roaring streets of the French capital by the anointed hands of DENIS AFFRE, the good Archbishop of Paris, was bathed in the blood of a martyred Patriot and Pacificator ! O'DONNELL, hardly less criminal than his prototype ROLLIN, by reason of his having dissipated the hopes of anything like Constitu tional Spanish Regeneration through the medium of the late wanton butchery in the streets of Madrid, ` 1 C arnage delib era t e l y p l anne d i n cold blood., as au excuse for a su dd en an d tota l c h ange i n the actual sy s t em of the Monarchical G overnmen t. Where as , however, LEDRU ROLLIN fell with the guiltless victim of his intrigues (guiltless at least in all but the fatal toleration of the arch-con spirator), triumphed by mean s o f th e sacrifice of hi s confiding and so f ar cu l pa bl e colleague —a c o ll eague as blameless ( o th er w i se ) and as unfortunate even as ALPuoivs 1, - DE LAMARTINE. Nevertheless, out of the two l amentable catastro phes here alluded to, out of the downfall of the Spanish Dictator of Three Years, as previously out of the downfall of th e G all; .c Dictato r of Three Months, and •as invariably out of f eve ry great calamity recorded upon the chequered pacie of history, annals darkened and illumined alter !lately by so much Crime and so much Glory-., good is so far derived from evil that a dread example is presented in each case as a perpetual , warning to the future possessors of supr eme power, whether as soldiers or as statesmen. If that Warning shall teach a salutary lesson here after in but one solitary instance, not in vain will the baubles of supreme authority have slipped from the grasp successively of ALPHONSE DE LA MARTINE and BALDOMERO ESPARTERO. GORTSCHAKOFFS CIRCULAR. Le Nord of Sunday speaks of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff in the following terms :—" We publish to day the t ex t o f a circular addressed by Prince Gort schakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander 11., to the representatives of RuE3• eia in forei gn countr i es. This document appeare d this morning in the Cologne Gazette. Its importance cannot but strike every one. It is the clear and precise pro gramme of the foreign policy which the Emperor's go vernment bas adopted. It is the complement of the official documents that have emanated from the Empe ror himself, or his minister, and of which we had pre vious knowledge." On Monday the authenticity of the document was again recognised. THE GENERAL INDUSTRY SOCIETY. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Will you favour me with epace in your journal to say that the connection of my name with the Gene a,l Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly Society is entirely unauthorised, that I have never known anything whatever of s uc h a soc i ety or had any interest therein.—l am, &c., J. T. BROeKS. British Freehold Land and Permanent Building Companies, 8, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, September 29, The Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and attended by a numerous suite, returned to Claremont yesterday, from Oxford, in whith city the members of the ex-royal family have been aclQuzning Nino Saturday last, METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. (This Day). THE SEWERAGE QUESTION. A meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held this afternoon at the Council-chamber, Guildhall, to " consider the report of the engineer of the Board on the whole question of the northern and southern drain age, with comparative estimates of different points of outfall and modes of disposing of the sewage." The report above alluded to, with the cost of the same, have already been published 4 S un. Mr. LESLIE moved the rejection of the report, on the ground that the plan propounded by the engineer was inapplicable and too expensive. He argued in favour of the adoption of a plan that would save the sewage, which might be sold to the manure merchants and a large annual sum realised thereby, which would go to wards liquidating the cost of the undertaking. The board ought to pause and consider where the money was to come from for such an enormous outlay as was required for carrying out either of the proposed plans. It would be impossible for them to raise three, four, or five millions for the drainage of the metropolis. If, however, they reduced the size of the sewers proposed, and the work ing establishments to be connected with them, and divided the surface water from the drainage, they might get a plan within reasonable limits, the money for which they might be able to raise. The motion was not seconded, and it consequently fell to the ground. On the question that the report of the engineer be taken into consideration, a long discussion arose on a point of order, whether' the resolution of the 12th of Au gust, negativing any outfall on the south side of the Thames prevented the board from again taking a scheme providing for such an outfall into their consideration, without previously rescinding that resolution. The Chairman and the Clerk gave it as their opinion that the board must rescind the resolution of the 12th of August, before they could consider a plan of drainage for the south side. Mr. Howe moved that the board should consider the fourth proposition in the report, and adopt that part of its fixing the discharge at Sea Reach (marked D on the plan). He felt certain the public would not object to the cost of a scheme that would effectually drain the metropolis and carry the sewage a distance of 40 miles from the city. He urged the board not to delay further the consideration of the scheme. Already the subject had been under the consideration of the members for 8 months. All must or ought to be conversant with it, and capable of giving an opinion, and come to a decision on it. Mr. DENNES seconded the motion. Mr. SEELEY reminded the Board that on the 17th June the Board passed a resolution approving so much of the engineer's report a 3 related to the discharge in Barkinf) , , Creek (making the discharge at the south side A on the plan), on which The CHAIRMAN said that that resolution must be re scinded before he could put the motion of Mr. How sin its present form. It v;a9 competent for any member to move to-day that the outfall should be on the north side. Mr. DOULTON moved that the outfall of the southern draina;e should be at D marked on the plan (Sea Reach). The hon. gentleman was about to discuss portions of the engineer's report, when Mr. Deputy iIA7IBISOIT rose to order. The CHAIRMAN Said that be thought it would be better for the beard to arijourn the discussion on the question till after the resolutions referred to in the discussion had been rescinded, when they would be able to enter fully into all the propositions in the Engineer's report. The' suggestion was agreed to, and the discussion accordingly adjourned. The Armonk continues to find evidence satis factory to its own editors of the health and pro sperity of Ciceruacchio, although the Austrian journals are most prudently sil;nt on the subject. It is said, on good authority, that the Sardinian Parliament will not meet again until the begin ning of next year. At present it stands adjourned to the ,end of November. it is believed that the outlay of the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary at the Czar's corona tion has amounted to nearly 2,000,00011., or about 200,000/. sterling. The a4orities at Milan are said to be casting about in iiiery direction in search of noblemen to meet the Emperor of Austria and present an ad dress to him. According to the foreign papers the Countess de Chambord is enceinte, but the truth of the sta,.e merit is denied iu Vienna. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining a sel,ct circle of iriends at their seat, near Snithampten. Madame Rktori h performing at Brussels. •The concession for lighting Madrid with gas has been awarded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier. The Bishop of Londm yesterday morning formally lodged hiB resignation with the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Genoa Cotriere Mercantile announces that Lard John Russell was shortly expected at Turin. The hea!th of Lard John Manners, M.P. for Col• c!if , ster, is, wo (Essex Herald) regret to hear, in a very precaiipus gat°. his reported that Captain Hackett, an officer who lost an arm in the service, has been selected by Sir Charles Wood to fill the vacancy at Greenwich Hospital, caused by the lamented decease of the late Captain Mowbray. THE SHERIFF3' DINNER.—The inauguration of Mr. John Joseph Mechi and Mr. Frederick Keats was celebratei last night by a grand banquet at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The entertainment dis played to the greatest advantage the resources of the establishment. The guests numbered upwards of 220. In Pied:nont the subscriptions for the armament of Alessandria, continue to , pour in. Following the ex ample of M. Cavour, the Chevalier Alphonse de la Marmora and M. Ratazzi, Minister of the Interior, have just subscribed 2001. each. A special meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company was held yesterday, when a resolution was passed authorising the directors to take the necessary measures for bringing the undertaking under limited It appears that trader debtor summonses have been taken out in Bankruptcy against Mr. Alderman Ken nedy and Mr. F. J. Law, with regard to an alleged clai-u of the Newcastle Banking Company for 4,0001, and interest. The question of liability has, however, yet to be decided, and the demand may not be eventually sustained. BANKRUPTCY OF J. VT, ROBSON.—At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday a petition was opened against the estate of W. J. It )bson, lately in the service of the Crystal Palace Company, who is described as an anti mony smelter. NEW LINE OF STEAMERS TO THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—On the let December next, the firm of Messrs. W. H. Laird and Co. will com mence running steamers between this port and the Old Calabar and Bonny Rivers, a line which will, no doubt, give a great impetus to the trade between Liverpool and the WeA Coast of Africa, EXHIBITION OP LOCAL ART AT MANOHESTER.—It is intended to have an exhibition of the works of local and native artists in the new picture gallery, which is being erected in Peel-park, adjoining the present museum. A MILLER FINED FOR SELLINGADIILTERATED FLOUR, —At the Bodmin Guildhall, a few days ago, Mr. Win. Lander, of Berrycombe Mills, in that borough, was fined in the mitigated penalty of 101. and costs for sell ing flour adulterated with rice. SUSPENSION OF A GOODS' TRAFFIC MANAGER.—We are sorry to learn that, in consequence of some irregula rities in his department, Mr. Samuel Salt, goods mana ger of the London and North-Western Railway Com pany (north•castern division) in this city, has boon for the present suspended.—M anc h es t er G uar di an . ART- MANDIFACTITRE ASSOCIATION.—Edinburgh, in addition to its School of Philosophy and recent literary re putation, its D a ti ve A ca d emy o f A r t s an d S c h oo l o f Design, and its general architectural embellishment, has put forth yet another claim to be considered the " mo dthe with r e uAt Merseyhthe monster Steel" in th e f orma ti on o f an A ssoc i a ti on f or th e Encouragement of A r t-M anu f ac t ure . IMPO RTANT EXPERIMENT S .—A series of important ex p e riments will b e ma d e at Sh oe b urynees t o - morrow of the enst and Iron gun,erwroughtbpairoomnny. s manufactured hundreds db d y s of round s w i l l be fired to ascertain the accuracy and range gun. The trials are to be made in the _ NWH OLESOME MEAT.--A man name d K n i g ht, presencecar rying of the se l ect comm i ttee of artillery officers. the finedtrad Si. e of a butcher, in Chapel-street, West minster, on s yesterday, at the Westminster Police -court, for selling unwholesome meat. Stowell, the informer, was yesterday committed for trial by Mr. Elliott, for obtaining 51. by fraud from Mrs. Penny, the landlady of the Newington Arms public-house. At the Southwark Police -court, yesterday, Mr. John Marsh, a weigher in the Customs, was charged, with another man not in custody, with unlawfully inciting each other to the commission of unnatural practices. The case was remanded until Thursday next. Bail was accepted for the prisoner's appearance. THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA..—The army of occupation, we are told by the official returns, costs annually 9,500,0001., which for 100 , 00 0 men is certainly not an e xorbitant estimate. The Government and police cost about 400,0001. The civil administration and attempts colonization 80,0001. 30 T 0, 0 0 O/ h . e r The h i e s highest a t present, year of receipts r , a • b therefore, an annual balance of 2,400,0001. against the colony. BY R P ED R u Iz I T O E N S O H F Ir I:_OS B T y AGE the O N pr L o v E i T s T io E n ß s s T o O f aM ATreasur ysUßlTltl warrant, dated 9 th postagen it e on Kingdom letters au d by private ship ins b t e a t n w t, ee t n he thetr Mauritius is redueed to a combined British and colonial rate of—For a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, is. ; exceeeing one ounce and not exceeding two ounces, 2s. ; acd so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. The postage of letters to Mauritius may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ItoinuiliA Dux, secretary. LATEST _NEWS. PARIS, OCT. 1. The Emperor arrived at Bordeaux yesterday evening. HAMBURG, S]nT. 29. Prince Napoleon arrived hero this evening. His Imperial Highness and the persons composing the expedition alighted at the Hotel Victoria, where they will remain several days. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 22. The Bessarabian Commission is expected here. The rumour of the replacement of Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe by Admiral Lord Lyons seems improbable. Dost Mohammed, at the head of 5,000 men, has made an incursion into the province of Sistan. The Persians still occupy the environs of Herat. The AffghanB have invaded the province of Candahar. The Sultan has accepted the decorations of vari ous Orders from England, Prussia, and Portugal, and has sent a splendid diamond necklace to the 'Empress of Austria. The authorities are ordered to aid and protect General Chesney and'his coadjutors in their ope rations for the Euphrates Railway. The English telegraph from Varna to the Bos phorus is broken. Greece is tranquil, except on the frontiers. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (2d edition) says : " I have received a strange communication to day, which, however, is declared to be founded on good authority. It is asserted that Austria has agreed with Naples to get up political demon strations in various parts of Italy, should the English and French fleets appear in the Bay of Naples. These demonstrations will be organised by the police, and are to express republican opi nions. M. Hubner is said to have been the medium employed to agree with Naples on this policy. Austria will thus turn to the Western Powers and exclaim—' You see what your inter ference has done ; you hare encouraged republi canism throughout Italy!' Events alone will show if there be any truth in these assertions ; I give them just as I receive them. "I am able to assure you that if an Anglo- French squadron is sent into the Bay of Naples Sardinia will despatch one or two vessels also. The Governments of England and France are completely united in their views with regard to Piedmont." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says :—" M. de Brunow bad an inter view with the Minister of Foreign Affairs to-day, and presented a note. The interest attached to the Italian question and the recent despatch of Prince Gortschakoff induce as to belieVe that M. de Brunow's communication had reference to the condition of Naples, and perhaps was not essen tially different from that despatch. This, how ever, is but conjecture. In some quarters it is thought that, notwithstanding the present critical state of affairs, an arrangement is not improbable, and that the King of Naples will at the last mo ment listen to the advice of those who, after ail, are his best friends. But whether it be from prudence or conviction that flit; system of govern ment so long prevailing at Naples be changed, the people no less than the King will profit by it." The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : As it has more than once been suggested to me that the King of Naples would hardly have displayed such extreme obstinacy had he not been assured that Austria was strongly opposed to the idea of a hos tile demonstration against him, it may bo well to lay before you a succinct account of the conduct of the Imperial Government towards Naples on the one hand, and towards B ugl and and France on the other. Even during the war Austria repeatedly counsel led the King of Naples to avoid giving offence to France and England, " her allies," and since the conclusion of peace she has not ceased to urge the King of Naples to make the concessions so strongly insisted on by the Western Powers. The Austrian Government has, however, always carefully avoided encroaching on the sovereign rights of the King of Naples, and that for a reason which is self evident. If Austria were to join England and France in their present attempt to force the King of Naples to govern his subjects rationally, would she not assist in establishing a precedent which might, perhaps, be a source of great future in convenience to herself ? When the official papers are laid before Parliament, it will be seen that the conduct of Austria in the Neapolitan ques tion has been anything but disloyal. She promised to use all her influence on the King of Naples in order to induce him to make the required concessions, but she, at the same time, de. clared that she could not possibly go beyond per suasion, as arbitrary interventions in the internal affairs of States were contrary to international law. It is not my intention to say that the exact lan guage employed by the Imperial Government has now been given, but the words employed certainly convey the sense of the communications from time to time made to the London and Paria Cabinets. That this Government has done all in its power to persuade France not to join England in a hostile demonstration against Naples may be considered certain, for it does not attempt to conceal its vexation at its want of success. Before this sub ject is quitted Wraay be observed, that the King of Naples could not have been rendered obdurate by a knowledge that Austria was averse to any intervention or demonstration, as the Imperial Cabinet did not consider it advisable to communi cate its opinions on the subject to Prince Petrulla. Reliable information has been given me that the Chevalier de Martini is the bearer of a very urgent appeal to the "good sense and judgment" of the King of Naples ; but no one is inclined to believe that it will be of the least avail. One of the best , informed and shrewdest diplomatists in this city is of opinion that the Austrian Government will not actively interfere in the Neapolitan question, " un less, indeed, there should be a revolutionary out break in Naples, in which case she might consider it advisable to make her peace with Russia, which she could easily do by offering to assist the embar ( rassed (Neapolitan) Monarch." It is generally observed that much less is now said about the friendship between Austria and France than was the case a few weeks since, and it begins to be suspected that this Government is not particularly edified by the way in which France receives the advances of Russia. If anything could make Austria desirous to place herself on a more satis factory footing with Russia it would be the persuasion that the policy of France was about to undergo a change. The Russians have a very powerful party here, and otrong holm are eutertabaed by r3QIIIO of ho highest nobility that Austria will sooner or later " break with the Western Powers, and return to her former friends." According to advices of the 16th from Bessarabia the Frontier Commission has come to a standstill at Bolgrad. It is said that Russia offers to con struct a road at her own expense through the Yalpuck Sea, and besides promises not to fortify Bolgrad ; but it is hardly probable that the Allies will consent to settle such an important matter in such an unsatisfactory way. Up to four o'clock p.m. on the 26th nothing was officially known at Vienna of the arrest in Lom bardy of certain ci-devant members of the Anglo- Italian Legion ; but if any of the men who returned to Austria were deserters, the probability is that the prevalent rumour, according to which they have been sent to the fortress of Mantua, is correct. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EYENINe. , The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Em peror, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial were to leave Biarritz on the 30th of September, at 1 p.m. Their Majesties would sleep at Bordeaux, where they w ou ld rema i n th e I s t o f O cto b er, and arrvre at St. Cloud on the 2d. One of the first sn'ojects which will occupy his Majesty's atten tion its that of the finance. The Pays contains an article on the Russian cir which appears to emanate from some The Pays doubts if the text of the act, although it appears to believe t cd t e a lsac t piraa t til h lco e shot c eu i rs c c u eel lar represents the general views of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg on the affairs of Greece and Naples. The article concludes by saying that if tha document in question is exact, it regrets the language which Prince Gortsollakoff has employed, besause it is feeble and petulent. The Emperor yesterday reviewed at Bayonne the 35th and 46th regiments of the line, just returned from the Crimea. A letter from Copenhagen of the 25th, in the Moniteur, says :—" Prince Napoleon arrived yes terday at Copenhagen, and immediately had a private audience of the King, after which his Im perial Highness retired to an apartment which had been prepared for him, and received a visit from his Majesty, who presented to him the grand cor don of the Order of the Elephant. All the persons attached to the expedition afterwards had the ho nour of being presented to his Majesty. At five o'clock there was a grand dinner in the Hall of the Knights, where covers were laid for 100, among the guests being the ministers, the great dignitaries of the Court, and the principal personages of the State. All the persons forming part of the expedi tion, the officers of the Refine Hortense, and the personnel of the French Legation were also pre sent. Prince Napoleon was placed on the right of his Majesty. Towards the close of the dinner, the King rose and proposed a toast to the health of the Emperor of the French, and soon afterwards ano ther to Prince Napoleon, who replied in a short speech and proposed the health of his Majesty. While the toasts were being drunk the band sta tioned in the orchestra played the French and Danish national airs. After dinner, the royal family and their guests proceeded to the theatre, where the diplomatic corps had assembled with a numerous and fashionable audience. Out of compliment to his Imperial Highness the re presentations were quite French. After the over ture of the " Muette," a comedy of Moliere trans lated into Danish was performed, and was followed by a ballet, the libretto of which, printed in French, was distributed among the persons present. Both on entering and leaving the theatre, the King and his Imperial guest wore received with the loudest acclamations. On the following morning, Prince Napoleon visited the arsenal, and afterwards re ceived in the salons of the French legation the Ministers of State and the diplomatic corps, who had assembled on the initiative of the Russian Minister, who presented to the Prince Rear-Admi ral de Glassenap, who is attached to the staff of the Emperor Alexander." The government has received a report from Chef de Bataillon Morell of the marines, now acting ad interim as Governor of Senegal, dated 13th August last. After giving an account of an excursion made by that officer in the upper country as far as the new post of Medina, situate at the foot of the cata racts of Felou, the document states that the influ ence among the native tribes of Al-Hadjl, the fanatic propagator of Islamism, had considerably d e c re a se d, and that a number of those who have hitherto been hostile to the French have recently made their submission. The report adds that the most perfect tranquility prevails on the river from St. Louis as far as Medine, and recommends persons engaged in commerce to send a sufficient supply of mer chandise to the different trading establishments for the supply of the natives. The last accounts which had reached Senegal from Podor announced the arrival of large supplies of gum. A letter from Constantinople of the 18th Sept., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says :—" The Prus sian steam corvette Dantzick, which recently ar rived here from Malta, where she had put in after her expedition against the pirates of the Riff, is to form part of the flotilla which, 'according to the treaty of Paris, is to be stationed at the mouths of the Danube. The French steam-corvette Chapta arrived here yesterday from the Black Sea, after having towed the Alerte steam gun-boat to the mouth of the Danube." BOURSE, Sept. 30.—The market has been rather more buoyant, as it has been reported that the sending of the French fleet to Naples had been adjourned ; but a reaction took place when it was known that the English papers insisted on sending the fleets. The following were the last quota tions : Cash. fr. s. E n d of Month,. iper 4i per Cents 9O 50 67 —f. 50.. New Loan 67 50 Bank Shares 4,010 Roman O., 86 Credit Mobilier 1,552 50 . Austrian Belgian Fives. 961 Spanish Threes....„ Piodmontese (5) — Home Debt ...... ~., RAILWAYS —PCB C: AEI. - ________ .._____ fr. a. fr. 1 Or/eats ........ ...... 1,297 50 Western 892 50 Northern - Strasburg Lyons .... 1,265 Now Ditto Hoditerranean 1,750 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 730 Teste Cette 687 50 Austrian Com. ...... 788 57 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 25th Sept. says : " A conference, which lasted a considerable time, took place yesterday between Count Buol and the French, English, and Neapolitan ambassadors After the conference, despatches were sent off by the latter to their respective Cabinets, and it is now stated that the English and French demon stration will be adjourned for a short period, in consequence of the representations of the Austrian Cabinet." Another letter from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Gazette, denies the truth of a rumour that an Aus. trian squadron was to proceed in the direction of Naples. de M A- , str: Minister to the Genera. ..e ..artini, A ustrian Court of Naples, embarked on the 23d Sept, at Trieste for his post. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of Sept. 27, states that the Russian General Mansuroff left that capital on the previous day for Paris. "It is thought," says the letter, "that his visit is connected with a political object." Another letter from Berlin, in the Precurseur of Antwerp, says :—" It is feared that, if the ex port of specie does not soon decrease, the Prussian Bank will be obliged to make a further advance in its rate of discount. The question has been started whether the bank can legally exceed 6 per cent. ; but there can be no doubt on the subject, as the restrictive law only applies to loans on deposits." HANOVER. A letter from Frankfort, of the 27th Sept., gives the following analysis of a despatch which has been recently addressed to the representatives of Hano ver at the German Courts :—"lt states, in the first place, that the Budget of 1848 contained not only a series of provisions contrary to the federal laws and unjust towards the King's civil list, but that it was combined in such a manner as to im pede the progress of tbe•Government, unless the latter would expose itself to the alternative of either submitting to the chambers or having its action completely paralysed. The budget which has been submitted to the chambers, the despatch declares, is drawn up in the most moderate spirit, and only asks for what is absolutely necessary to secure the King and the Government a position compatible with their dignity. Unfortunately, all attempts at conciliation have failed before the obstinacy of the second chamber. The opposi tion has been principally dineted by the old ministers, who have considered the rejection of the proposition of the Government, and the maintenance of the work of 1848, as a means of getting them back ;to their old functions. The first chamber alone has shown that it has un derstood the proposition of the Government. The ordinance of the 7th Sept., adds the despatch, is imprinted with the same spirit of moderation a 3 haracterifsea the budget, and, the document con.: eludes by expressing the hope that the Govern ment of - will render justice to the feeling which has animated the Hanoverian Government in this affair." ITALY. NAPLES, Sept. 25.—A report has been circu lating through the city for several days that things had been arranged here, and that the King had only requested "time." Up to Tuesday nothing had been conceded. There is evidently great bar existing on the part of Government, which affects much bustle and preparation. Thus every morning one sees cannon taken through the streets, and powder waggons going from the arsenal to some outlying fort ; and two vessels, one called the Ercolano, laden with arms, left for Sicily on Tuesday night. The arms, too, which were deposited in the Castello Nuovo, are being taken into the in terior to Capua. To use, however, an old English proverb, it is nothing but a " great cry and little wool." Not a shot will be fired ; and if the French and English Governments will only show them selves in thorough earnest every concession will be made. THE POLITICAL TRIALS. The examination of Captain Acuti, formerly Co mandante of the Bagni of Procida, came on unex pectedly on Tuesday morning. It was a very simple and brief affair and disappointed those who expected a scene. On his being called before the court, the President expressed a desire that he would repeat his evidence, adding that documents in their posses sion were in opposition to what he had formerly stated. To this Captain Acuti in substance replied, that either hehad been misunderstood by the court or had himself misunderstood it, but that it had been his desire to say exactly what the court had suggested—that is to say, that he had inflicted the lashes not by virtue of a direct order from his Ma jesty, but in obedience to a royal rescript. Most people, however, think that this is only throwing the difficulty on remove further back, for the re script is either lgal or illegal ; if legal, it throws the entire responsibility upon his Majesty ; if illegal, the Minister ought to be impeached. But whether it be either one or the other is of little consequence in a country where power does what it wills, because it wills. On the examination being concluded, the President requested to know whe ther the Attorney-General would continue his re quisitions, when the great man declared his ina bility to do so, or to fix a time. Later in the after noon, however, the next morning was appointed. On Wednesday morning, therefore, at 10 o'clock, the Attorney-General began hisrequisitions, which, after continuing for four hours, he put off until the morrow. His address consisted of a recapitulation of the general facts of the case, and of the evidence given by each witness examined. A work written by Massimo Azeglio, entitled, " I Lamenti dei Lombardi," was lu ded to three times during the proceedings. It was spoken of as a work of revolutionary character and tendencies. Another feature, too, was the use which was made of thee term " liberals." It was frequently used, and evi dently in a had sense, as though it were equivalent to demagogues. It may also be noted that instead of confining his remarks strictly to the details of the case he introduced charges of violence against the Padre Superiore of the Teresiani Scalzi who was present. The tone, however, of the speech was altogether more moderate than had been ex pected. There was a " narsezza di evidenza " against several of the prisoners, said the Attorney- General ; and these, it is presumed, will be par doned ; perhaps exile will be the punishment of the others. A letter from Pesaro (Roman States), of 19th Sept., gives the following account of the manifesta tion which took place there on that day, and which we have already summarily mentioned :—" This town has been to-day in a state of great agitation. Since 1851 the government had laid a tax upon trades, which, however, it has hitherto been im possible to levy regularly. Yesterday the govern ment sent a fresh intimation to various tradesmen, summoning them to pay the arrears of the tax. This morning all the shops were closed, including those of the bakers, and various seditious notices were posted up. At length, about 11 a.m., the President issued a notification announcing that the tax was suspended for the present, and imme diately all the merchants and tradesmen re-opened their establishments, and public tranquillity was restored." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 26th September an nounces that the Queen has approved of the trans fer of the concession of the Madrid to Almansa Railway from M. Salamanca to Count de Horny, Baron de Rothschild, and others. • M. Olozaga had` arrived in Madrid. Several nominations of now governors of provinces had been made. M. Mon, it was positively said, was about to be ap pointed ambassador at Rome. The Espana says that on the 22d Marshal Nat vaez had not received his passport, and that on applying at the embassy at Paris for it he had been told that the order to deliver it had not arrived. Oa the 25th, it adds, things were in the same state. It was calculated, says the same journal, that the sum which the go vernment would have to pay the clergy for the sale of its property was 16,500,000 reals. The sale of civil property was continuing with great activity. The grand review of the garrison by the Queen, which had been long talked of, had been fixed for the sth October. The Eloja Autogrofa says that the decline which has lately taken place on the Stock Exchange of that city is caused by the ope rations of speculators at Paris. A letter says that nothing had been settled with respect to the re establishment of octroi duties, and that it was not true, as was reported, that a tax of 8 per cent. was to be imposed on the salaries of the holders of go vernment situations. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden arrived at Manheim on 26th September, amidst the loudest marks of delight from the inhabitants. The Grand Duchess Stephanie and the principal autho rities were waiting for the bridal party at the landing-place of the Rhine, where their Royal Highnesses stept on shore from the Hohenzollern steamer at half-past three in the afternoon. The Grand Duke and his young bride, after a short conversation with the Grand Duchess Stephanie, entered a carriage drawn by six horses and made a triumphal entry into the town, which was mag nificently dressed out for the occasion. After passing through several arches of verdure and flowers, and having received complimentary ad dresses from the various corporations, the cortege arrived at the palace, where immediately after a grand reception took place. In the evening, the Grand Ducal party attended the theatre, where the opera of " Undine" was given with a great luxury of costumes. At night the whole town was brilliantly illuminated. The next dayat tr o a n in e o'clock their Royal Highnesses left byspecial for Carlsruhe. General Mouravieff, who left Tiflis on the 31st ult. for St. Petersburg, issued, on the eve of his departure, the following order of the day : " Going to the place of destination which a superior order communicated by the Minister of War has indi cated to me, I remit until the arrival of Prince Bariat inski the command of the army to Prince Bebutoff. It has been reserved to me to serve only a short time with you, warriors of the Caucasus ! In leaving you, perhaps for ever, I address you my thanks for all the remini scences of our intercourse, which are so dear to me, and which I shall :never forget as long as I live. I have witnessed your success in combats and your patience, a quality inseparable from bravery in the true warrior ; I have beheld also your great zeal :—all, your inalienable property, valiant comrades, so truly Clevoted to your Czar and your duty. And as to you also, preserve, I beseech you a kind souvenir of my effort s and my cares, which have always had for their o bj ect to assure the welfare of the service and the amelioration of your posi tion. I have always considered you as one of the finest ornaments :and one of the most brilliant hopes of our beloved country. May God crown your ulterioropio ceedings with success." A letter from C a tt ara o f t h e 18th, in - the Austrian Gazette, says :—" Th e state of affriirs is H erzgowine and B osn i a i s d ep l ora ble. The dtssen. new governor Isaac Pacha , sions between C a th o li cs and Ivlussulinans continue, and the is cou stantly engaged in conciliati n a , them. The Catholic clergy have much to sufferfro e 'm the flosniak Mussulmans, and even th e bi s h op has h a d to send a complaint to the Sultan on the subject. At Moslar the MUS sulmans penetrate into the houses of the Christian s and into the convents to seek for young German are concealed b y and girls, wh o , as t h ey pretend, have declared their i n _ tention to emb r ace Islamism, a the Chri s ti ans on that account. The King of the Belgians and the Royal fa m il y, with a numerous s uite, left on Sunday morning on an excursion to Twenhout. They returned i n th e evening to Laekeu, where a grand court dinner was given. A letter from Berlin, of the 26th, says :—" Se veral Russian officers who were placed in different regiments of the Guard here to obtain a practical knowledge of the service of the Prussian army, have left for Belgium to examine the great manu facture of muskets, and they will afterwards pro ceed direct to Russia." The King of Sardinia entertained Mehemet Djemil Bey, the Turkish ambassador, at his table, on the 25th. Among the guests were Sir J. Hud son and the Due de Grammont, the British and Freud. ambasfiadorise AMERICA LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The City of Baltimore has arrived, with advices from Philadelphia ,to the 18th, and $50,000 in specie. The Whig Mass National Convention had met at Baltimore r the North American Mass Convention was assembled at Syracuse ; the Republican Mass Convention was sitting at Pittsburg ; the Demo cratic Convention was assembled at Dayton. All these conventions were well attended. At New York the cotton market continued firm, with a fair business. Flour has d downward ten dency. Grain was dull, with a deCline in prices. Corn was lower, with a fair business. The busi ness in freights was very large. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday, after further deliberation upon the questions arising out of the recent frauds in Crystal Palace shares, adopted the following resolution :—" Resolved, that where shares in the Crystal Palace Company have been duly registeredand acknowledged by the company, the committee decline to interfere." As regards a considerable number of shares in respect of which, although transfers have been sent in to the company, certificates of registration have not been issued by the company's recognised officer, we understand that the committee have come to the resolution to trace such bargains to the original seller, who will then be required to supply other shares of acknowledged validity. The decision of the committee appears to be based upon the view that the :buyer of these shares considered that he was buying the genuine stock of the company, and that consequently his right must be maintained. In each case the decision of the committee refers merely to the internal discipline of the Stock Thc. change, and affects in no degree the responsibility of the Crystal Palace Company to make good the losses sustained through the fraudulent practices of their recognised officer. With reference to this point it may be useful if we publish the Bth clause of the Crystal Palace Company's deed of settle ment, which is rather curiously worded. It runs as follows : " Register of shareholders to be conclusive as to the lawful proprietorship of shares.-8. That any person who shall from time to time be or appear registered in the register of shareholders as the proprietor of any share shalt, unless and until his share shall by operation of law or otherwise become vested in some other person, be treated and recognised by the company as the lawful and rightful proprietor of such share, although in fast be may have been improperly so registered, and no other person claiming or entitled to be the proprietor of such share shall have any claim against the company in re spect thereof but only against the nersou who shall be so registered and his representatives." ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. The season at this establishment has been brought to a close by two special musical performances on Monday and last night, when most of the important features of the previous concerts were included in the programmes. Monday night was appropriated to the benefit of the conductor, M. Julien, and last night formed the termite nation of a series of entertainments which are in every respect unparalleled in the history of popular music. But a few years since music was in this country one of the most costly and rarest of luxuries, and while almost every capital on the Continent had its cheap concerts, in London no music of any value was to be beard by any who could not afford to disburse the half guinea which for years was the prescriptive passport to a " classical concert." Nous avons chango tout cola. and ,London, trading, money-making London, now offers more good musical performances at a low price than can be found in any other city in the world. For several years past shilling concerts, thanks to M. Jullien, have been in vogue, but it has been reserved for the spirited proprie tors of the Surrey-gardens to carry out the system to an extent which could hitherto scarcely have been dreamed of. By the erection of their colossal music hall, with its capacity for accommodating its audiences of eight or ten thousand, they have done more to spread and improve the popular taste than has been effected by any single effort of past times. What if the performances be of a very mixed character, alternating between the gravest of oratorios aid the lightest of quad rilles ? They must be so to appeal to a mixed audience ; but every classical piece that is played has its influence in raising the public taste. Thus, last night, there must have been a very general appreciation of the beautiful among the assembled thousands, to judge by the almost unanimous way in which Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was demanded. We hope for much from the concerts at the Surrey Gardens, and have no doubt that their next season will be a most successful one. This year's performances have extended over a period of less than three months only, the hall not having been coin plated until the summer was well advanced ; but with the whole of next season before them, and the prestige which the establishment has now acquired, the proprie tors will probably find their expectations more than realised. The performances last night comprised selections from "Elijah," "Midsummer Night's Dream," the music to " Macbeth," various songs and ballads, and instrumental solos. The list of vocalists included Misses Stabba,c.la and Poole, Messrs. Millard, Perret,, and Leffler, and* Hamilton Braham ; and the audience was nearly as on the first Alboni night, when there was scarcely stand ing room left in any part of the hall. FRENCH THEAT D.:IAN-STREET SOHO. The performances at this theatre last night were a. agreeable melee of little comedies, exteractes, and singing Much praise is due to Mr. Fernand Strauss for his ad mirable acting in all the pieces he took part in, and his endeavour to establish a French theatre here. We were highly amused with a very lovely piece called " Le Brag Mysterieux," which will be repeated on Tuesday next, and in which the talented cxlerpreaeur, M. Strauss, Lucien, and Madame Fernande will appear. Our Crif mean friends will be glad to hear again M. Leclerc, who sings several comic and sentimental songs, which aro given with much taste and true expression. "Lee Deus Normands," and "Les DeuxAveugles," are stock pieces, and afford the highest amusement and gratification to the audience, which we were glad to perceive last night was unusually crowded and fashionable. We understand several novelties are in preparation ; and in conclusioti must not omit to mention that the piani,t, Monsieur Bedouin, performed several pieces in first-rate style, and, was most warmly applauded. PANMIIRE DINNER.—We _learn that this dinner 100 now been fixed to take place in a handsome pavilion erected within the grounds at Edzell Castle, on Tharp' day next, the 2d October, at four o'clock. There will be a very large muster of his lordship's tenantry presents and, from what we hear of the arrangements for the oe' casion, nothing will be wanting which can add in avl Way to the mark of respect intended to be shown to the noble lord.—Arbroath. Guide. MISS NIGHTINGALE.—The Salisbury and Winchester Journal gives Miss Nightingale's answer to the address of congratulation to her on her return home, which wee voted by the inhabitants of Christchurch at a pu blic meeting :—" A berdeen, Sept. 17, 1856.—5ir,---I wish it was in the power of word s o f m i ne to ex press th e gra t e ful pleasure with which I have received the mark of your sympathy with the recent labours of my comp an ions and myself. Little as I am able to say what I feel, I yet greatly regret that my absence from th e home where your kind communication was addressed has caused so long an interval to elapse before I could return the ack no wledgment which I - now beg you t o accept, and to convey to t he gentlemen whom you r i e present. To know , wh ile engaged in a distant Soul that there wa g for us an intelligent symp a th y at h o me, was our most cheerin g su pp o rt under many difficultie s, T this feeling exp ress i on of it on our retur n greatly enhan ce t o all of us the happiness o • receive beg, sir, t o su b scribe myself your grate' fu and obedient serva n t, F LORENCE N IGHTINGALS .--' cannot f o r e r n c e e To William Ferrey, RAILWAY ACCIDENT -.8 :--q.A.' n i‘ I aaccident, ro Christchurch." fortunatel y ti attended with fatal consequences, occurred yesterday morning on the Woolwich line to the 11.30 down trail ] . from London bridge, which, after passing the Blackheat h tunnel, came in collision with a number of coal-waggon s from the Angerstein junction, which were in the no s of being shunted off the line. The train was travelling e t the rate of about 20 or 25 miles per hour. The engin e was thrown off the rail, and several of the carriages w ere shattered in splinters. A telegraphic message was ae" spatched to Woolwich, requesting immediate medical assistance to be forwarded to the spot, when Pre; Thchardson, 13ossi an d Allinson haste ne d thi t h er , sou found nin e personsmore or less severely, but not seriously injured. Colonel Tulloh, superintendent of Woolwich arsenal, who was the only passenger in one of the first class carriages, received a very severe bruise, which bas disabled the use of his right leg. Traffic was for hovel at a standstill, until the broken carriages could be cleared off the line; consequently the arrival of each successiv e train was considerably delayed throughout the entire dal , A MARINE LOCOMOTIVE.—Mr. William Lonsdell, machinist, of Memphis, Tennessee, has invented what be terms a marine locomotive, and which is designed to be substituted for the present steam water craft, by making fee base of the boat the propelling agent instead of paddle-wheels, as now used. The invention consists le using two huge parallel hollow screws in the place of the present keel, and revolving them by means of stead' power, so that they will cut their way through the water , as a common screw cuts into wood. The screws are constructed of iron, and, as before stated, are hollovro but are divided into compartments as a precau tion. against sinking, in case o f an accident. The ca bin of the locomotive will be constructed on framework, ele vated above these screws, and will be more pleasantly situated than the cabins of our river steamers, admitting the passage of fresh air beneath its whole length and breadth. It is believed that when fairly put upon the eater, and under advantageous circumstances, the loco motive can make about 30 miles an hour, and thus coal' pete with our railroad trains in speed as well as safety. The model been put upon trial, and has performed to the satisfaction of the inventor and numerous witnesses. — 1i4741114104 Star. 4 * x