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

THKATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, 1 , 41% 111. Smith. TIIIS EVENING LONDON ASSrEAIcCE FOIIOA ed by Burlesque of PIZARRO. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIS iEMENT. ROYAL PEINCESE'S TaEATTiE'. Cider the MAnutinont of Mr. CHLBLES Kslaft THIS EvEN'TTI, MUSIC H ITH CHARMS• After whien, PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRINICE FOR AN' FLOUR. TIIKATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under 03.13 Management of Mr. Bnekstor... TRIFI EVENING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To con:lade with THE GIA.LICLLN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon, THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR, Belphecor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. After which, the New Burlesque, founded on the Winter's Tale, supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late NtisS Wool •ar), Miss H. Gordon, Mrs. B. White, Miss M. Wilton, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, and Brough. Stalls. 55.; Dress Circle. 4s. ; UPPer Boxes, 39. ; Pit 29.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. salf.price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. RoyA.T. THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, ' IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES ; OR, THE TANKRE - ! STR TNEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. TH.S EVENING, THE OLD CIMMODIItF. By items, J. Neville, Herbert, Clarke • Mrs Woollidge, and Miss I. Adams. After which, OP AGE TO-MORROW. By 3 tents. Nev Lie, Kinloch, Herbert ; Mrs. Woolidge, Bliss Gran tham, and Miss Cuthbert, Followed by, first time, an original Purleseine, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitb;,i BELPHEGOE. Belphegor, Miss Cuthbert ; Rev, Mr. .Clarke O'Mugaway, Mr. Herbert; Tommy, Master W. Firiolin: ,Madeline, Mr. H. J. Turner; Marietta, :Kiss Thirlwall ; Araminta, Mrs. Viroollidge. Ballet, by Mdle. •Niar'e Charles and full Corps, To conclude with INS AND OUTS. In le kich Mr. Morrie will make his first appcaranen here; Messrs J. Howard, Herbert, and Ifiss'idaras, &c. Commence at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes, 2s.—pit, Is.—Ciallery, 6d, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, (Ninth Week!) Sbakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Death of White Surre y, Battle of Bosworth Field, !cc. Splendid Tableau of the mor tal conlict. After which, The AMESEMENTS in the ARENA. To conclude with a variety of Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Box-offtce open from Eleven till Four. Stage an er . 31 r. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. RIGA. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai' DAY—Morn. 1 min. a ft. 3—Evening 18 min. aft. 3 To-NORRow—Morn. 30 min. aft. 3—Evening 44 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57— highest sines noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. " — Ws day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 90—rising. Wr4l3, W.—Light, with mild, cloudy weather. STAIVIPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Seen, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing he latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The iNn Offi ce will remedy it. Su ra, Office, 112, Strand. *t r a: 4 b :a f eit . f 4 • LOl%. t DON, WEDNETh OCTOBER 1, 1056. Thet Revenue Returns for the year, half-year, and cp aarter are once more before bound to say that th ey are quite re us, and we are favourable as as we co m old have anticipated, opnh yet co eup to the esti ma t e of the they do not a the E: tchequer. That learned Pundit, in l,• eu°l; of last year's Budget, calculated on o bt a i n i ng 5,300,0001 from new taxation. He has obtained 3,211,7 081 and was therefore only 2,088,2921. i n excess .0{ the actual results—no trifling sum in itself, b ut nothing to a financier who fancies that there are no limdts 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 will not be far more than 2 remaining. It is but justice to Sir G. C. LEWIS to state that ho 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 he endeavoured to extract 1,200,0001. from " the corn of the tropics " in addition to 700,000/. previously put on by the Aberdeenite Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 1,000,0001. from Scotch and Irish spirits in addition to the 45 0,000/. which Mr. GLADSTONE hoped to obtain. One penny per lb. on coffee was also expected to yield 1 50,0001., and 33. per lb. on tea 750,000/. more. The total anticipated increase for the two years wainoless than 15,157,0001., of which nearly four-fifths have been obtained ; that is to say, in the year ending 30th Sept., 1855, 8,344,7811., and in the present year 3 , 211,708/. ; making altogether 11,556,48 W., or 3 little over eleven millions and a half in ro un d num bers —the defi ciency being about 3,100,000/. As to the particular heads or items, we find that , there is in the Customs an increase on the year or 250,8581., on the half-ye ar of 9 ,272/., but a decrease on the quarter of 37 1 ai 4 • Tea, not withstanding the additional 3d. Per lb , has yielded 142,0001., and sugar, deapi± © the . addi tional 3s. per cwt., estimated to p ro d uce in the year 1,200,0001., 177,000/. less ; le _ the articles that were permitted to remain withoutl alteration showed a considerable increase that nearly made up for the deficiency in the m a tt ers from which such large additions to the char ge P ere expected to produce. In the Excir,, there is an. increase in the year of 473,6081., on the hal,year of 550,62 G/., and on the quarter of 309,0001. This comes partially from the increase of the Spirit Duties, estimated to produce 1,000,000/. sterling. There has been a drawback of more than 200,0001. paid on acc'iunt of stocks of malt on hand at the termi nation of the enhanced duty. In Stamps there is a decrease on the year of 79,5241., but an increase on the half-year of 104,0311., and of 117,9261. on the quarter. This is but a beggarly account for the legacy and isuccession 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 2,275,126/., on the half-year 869,373/., and on the quarter 752,378/. 2 the total amount received during the year (15,940,3311.) closely approximating to the six teen 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, it 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., and 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 the 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 2,341/. on the half year, and of 1,3411. on the quarter, while in Miscellaneous there is an increase of 184,714/., but a decrease of 37,567/. on the half year, and 32,2141. en 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, but nothing on which either Mr. GLADSTONE, • Sir G. C. Lnwrs, or the people can greatly pride themselves. They prove that we still possess the sinews of war, and that we may turn out very troublesome cus tomers to any who choose to attack us. The Scottish motto, " Nemo me impune laeessit," may be profitably considered by some parties of Im perial 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, at the very climax, as it were, of certain posses sion, 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 and the Gallic Dictator proved, under the pres sure of a great emergency, too gentle and genial in the midst of intrigues, demanding at the hands of an actual ruler the most rigorous promptitude and the most stern and pitiless decision. It was the blunder of LAMARTINE to believe in, and asso ciate himself with, IMRE . ROLLIN ; as it has more recently been the blunder of ESPARTERO to do the like by O'DorrxEm.. The only difference between the destroyers of the political authority and prestige of ESPARTERO and LAMARTINE being, that while both LEDRU RoLizsz and O'DoNNma, were in, extremes as adventurers in statecraft (the one representing the exaggeration of democracy, the other the exaggeration of absolutism), the latter crowned his policy with success, and the former 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. LEDRII ROLLIN for having rendered altogether impracticable the beautiful day-dream of a Poet-Philanthropist, by intrigues resulting iu the bloodiest civil conflict of modern times—that of June, 1848—a combat during whi c h, 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• tionalSpanish Regeneration through the medium of the late wanton butchery in the streets of Madrid, a carnage deliberately planned in cold blood, as an ezeuse for a sudden and total change in the actual system of the Monarchical G)vernment. Whereas, however, LEDRu ROLLIN fell with the ginuialtillebssuvt i t c: le iin of his i ntr i gues ( gu i ltless at least fatal toleration of the arch-con spirator), O'DoNivr2LL triumphed by means of the sacrifice of his confiding and so far culpable colleague--a colleague as blanaeless(otherwisu) and as unfortunate even as ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE. Nevertheless, out of the two lamentable catastro phes here alluded to, out of the downfall of th e Spanish Dictator of Three Years, as previously out of the downfall of the Gallic Dictator of Three Mouths, and as invariably out of every great calamity recorded up on t h e chequered page of history, annals darkened and illumined alter nately 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 supreme 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. THE SUN, VON fiON, WEDNKS'DiyY 14:VENI.NO- OCTOBER 1 1856 LATEST NE WS. PARIS, OCT. I. The Emperor arrived at Bordeaux yesterday evening. HAMBURG, SEPT. 29. Prince Napoleon arrived here 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 prov:noe of Sistan. The Persians still occupy the environs of Herat. The Affghans have invaded the province of Cardah?r„ The Sultan has accepted the decorations of vari ous Orders from England, Prussia, and Portugal, and has sent a splendid diamond ne3:klace to the Empress of Austria, The authorities are ordered to aid and protect General Chesney and his ooadjutors in their opi. 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 g•et 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 e:Kpress republican op;- Mons. 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 have 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 had an inter view with the Minister of Foreign Affairs to-day, and presented a note. The interest attacked to the Italian question and the recent despatch of Prince Gortschakoff induce us 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 all, are his best friends. But whether it be from prudence or conviction that the system of govern ment so long prevailing at Naples be changed, the people no lees 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 be well to lay before you a succinct account of the conduct of the Imperial Government towards Naples on the one hand, and towards England and France on the other. Even during the war Austria repeatedly counsel led the King of Naples to avoid givillg 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 quer. tion has been anything but disloyal. She promised to use all her influence on the King of Naps 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 internationallaw. 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 Paris 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 it may 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 ono is inclined to believe that it will bo 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 whisk case she might consider it advisable to ma k e h er peace with Russ i a, wh i ch r s a h , e ised cou(lNdeeaapsoillyitdan) Monarch."oby offerinu t o assist the embar- 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 s us p ected that this Government is not particularly edified b y t h e way i n 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 strong hopes are entertained by some of GORTSCHAKOFF'S CIRCULAR. Le Nord of Sunday speaks of the despatch of Prince G. , rtschakoff in the following terns :—" We publish to. day the text of a circular addressed by Prince Gort ehakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the E , operor Alexander 11., to the repieientatives of RUS sia, in foreign countries. This document appeared 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 has adopted. It is the c implement of the official documents that have emanated from the Empe ror himself, or his minister, and of which we bad pre vious knowledge." On Monday the authenticity of the document wns again recognised. THE GENERAL INDUSTRY SOCIETY. -Cr TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will you favour me with space in your journal to say that the connection of my name with the Gene ral Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly Society is entirely unauthorised, that I have never known anything whatever of such a society or hal a ny interest therein.—l am, &c., J. T. BROOKS. Britiih Freehold Land and Permanent Building Companies, 8, New Bridge•street, Blackfriars, September 29. The Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke and Duciie-;s de Nemours, and attended by a numer.ns suite, returned to Claremont yesterday, from Oxford, in Ivbich city the members of the ex-royal family have been 4° i'xtrning aince Saturday laat. 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 in The Sun. 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 gu3t, negativing any outfall on the south side of the Thames prevented the board from again taking a scheme providing for such an eutfall 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. Flows 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. DHNNER 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 ae related to the discharge in Barking 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 s in its present form. It was competent for any member to move today that the outfall. should be on the north side. Mr. ➢OULTON moved that the outfall of the southern drainage 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 HARltigorr rose to order. The CHAIRMAN said that he thought it would be better for the board to adjourn 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. 'he Armonia, continues to find evidence satis factory to its own editors of the health and pro sperity of Ciceruacchio, although the Austrian journals are most pruAently silent 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 2,000,0001, or about 200,0001. sterling. The authorities at Milan are said to be casting about in every direction in search of noblemen to meet the Emperor of Austria and present an ad dress to him. According to the forei g n papers the Countess d e Chambord is enceint e , but the truth of the state ment is denied in Vienna. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining a select circle of friends at their seat, near Southampton. Madame Ristori is performing at Brussels. The-concession for lighting Madrid with gas has been awarded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier. The Bishop of London yesterday morning formally lodged his resignation with the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Genoa Corriere Mercantile announces that Lord John Russell was shortly expected at Turin. The health of Lord John Manners, M.P. for Col chester, is, we (Essex Herald) regret to hear, in a very precarious state. It is reported that Captain Ha2kett, 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 SHERIFFS' DINNER.—The inauguration of Mr. John Joseph Mechi and Mr. Frederick Keats was celebrated 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 Piedmont 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 liability. 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 claim 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. Robson, 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 Ist December next, the firm of Messrs. W. H. Laird and Co. will corn m‘nce running steamers between this port and the Oid Calabar and Banny Rivers, a line which will, no doubt, give a great impetus to the trade between Liverpool and the West Coast of Africa. EXHIBITION OP LOCAL ART AT MANCHESTER.—It is intended to have an exhibition of the works of loc.J and native artists in the new picture gallery, which is being erected in Peel-park, adjoining the present museum. A MILLER FINED FOR SELLINGADULTERATED FLOUR. —At the Bothnia Guildhall, a few days ago, Mr. Win. Lander, of Berrycombe Mills, in that borough, was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10/. 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-eastern division) in this city, has been for the present suspended.—Manchester'Guardian. ART-MANTJFACITURE ASSOOIATION.—Edinburgh, in addition to its School of Philosophy and recent literary re putation, its n a ti ve Academy of Arts and School of Design, and its general architectural embellishment, has put forth yet another claim to be considefed the '" mo dern Athens" in the formation of an Association for the Encouragement of Art Manufacture. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS .—A series of important experiments will be made at Shoeburyness to-morrow with the monster wrought-iro n gun, manufactured by the Mersey Steel and Iron Company. Some hundreds range tr Iv of 00 Lf the zths oe of rounds w ill b e f i red to ascertain the accuracy and gun. 3,r E select m E c The a e trialscommitte e o are r a e r t 1 0 l e b r y e o made ffi oe the presence —A man named Knight, car rying on the trade of a butcher, in Chap e l- s t ree t, West minster, was fi ne d 51 . yesterday, at the Westminster Police -court, for selling unwholesome meat. Stowell, the informer, was yesterday committed for trial by Mr. Elliott, f or o b ta i ning 51. by fraud from Mrs. Penny, the landlady cf 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. Thu 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 2,500,000/., which for 100,000 men is certainly not an exorbitant estimate. The Government and police cost about 400,0001. The civil administration and attempts at colonization cost about 300,000/. The highest year of receipts was about 89,000/. There is at present, therefore, an annual balance of 2,400,060/. against the colony. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO MAURITIUS Be PRIVATE SHIP.—By the provisions of a Treasury warraiit, dated 9th instant, the postage on letters con veyed by private ship between the United Kingdom and Mauritius is reduced 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. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two ounces, 2s. ; and 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 lettrrs may be for Wa r d ed un p a id, a t th e opti on o f the sender.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND Hu z, Elecretary. he highest nobility that Austria will sooner or later " break with the Western Powers, and rcturn to her former friends." According to advices of the IGth 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 iu 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 fortrc:ss of Mantua, is correct. PRANCE. *, TUDAY EVENING. The Moniteu r o f to- P day ARIS announ ES oes that the Em peror, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial were to leave Biarritz on the 30th of S3ptenaber, at 1 p.m. Their Majesties would sleep at Bordeaux, where they would remain the Ist of October, and arrive at St. Cloud on the 2d. One of the first subjects which will occupy his Majesty's atten tion is that of the finance. The Pays contains an article on the Russian cir cular note, which appears to emanate from some official source. The Pays doubts if the text of the despatch is exact, although it appears to believe that the circular 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 Gortschakoff has employed, because 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 t 3 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 Reine 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 were 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 Medine; situate•at the foot of the cata racts of Felon, the document states that the influ ence among the native tribes of Al-Hadjl, the fanatic propagator of Islamism, had conside ra bly d ecrease 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 an: 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 : Caah. fr. a. End oftleuth. 4. per Cents ...... SO —f. —O. 5 per Cents 67 50 67 50 New Loan 67 50 131nk Shares 4,010 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,552 50 Austrian 3olgian Fives L'Gi Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s)...... Home Debt ...,..„ RAILWAYS—PCB CASH. If. e. fr. o Orleans 1,297 53 Western 892 59 Northern .. O 950 --- Strasburg Lyons . 1,265 Now Ditto Hediterranean 1,750 Grand Contral Lyons Geneva 730 Taste Cette 687 50 Austrian Com. ...... 788 57 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 25th Sept. says : " A conforence, which lasted a considerable time, took place yesterday between Count Duel 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. G-cneral de Martini, Austrian Minister to the 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 :—" It states, in the first place, that the Budget of 1848 contained not only a series of provisions contrary to th e federal laws and unjust towards the King's civil list, but that it was combined in such a manner as to im pede the prbgress of the Government, unless the latter would expose itself to the alteinative 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 iJ 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 directed 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 as 3 haraaterises the budget, and the 4m:tient 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. I\TArLEs, 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 fear existing on the part of Government, which affects much bustle and preparation. Thus every moaning 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 he had 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 one remove further back, for the re script is either legal or illegal ; if legal, it throws the entire responsibility upon . his Majesty ; illegal, the Minister ought to be: impeached. Bu whether it be either' one or the other is of littl consequence in a country where power does what it wills, because it wills. On the examination Laing 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 th e morrow. His a dd ress 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 attended 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 theA teiin " liberals." It was frequently used, and evi dently in a bad 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 " scarsezza 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. Tho Madrid Gcmette 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 Morny, Baron de Rothschild, and others. M. Olozaga had arrived in Madrid. Several nominations of new governors of provinces had been made. M. Mon, it was positively said, was about to be pointed ambassador at Rome. The Espana says that on the 22d Marshal Narvaez 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. On 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 Lloja 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 impose 4 on the salaries of the holders of go-1 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" wag given with a great luxury of costumes. At night the whole town Was brilliantly illuminated. The next day at one o'clock their Royal Highnesses left by special train for Carlsruhe. General Mouraviefr 2 who left Tiflis o n th e 3 1st 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 Bririat 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 ; have beheld also your great zeal :—all, your inalienable property, valiant comrades, eo trisly devoted to Your Czar and your duty. And as to you also, preserve, I beseech you a kind souveninkof my efforts and ray cares, which have always had for their object to assur e 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 hop es o f our beloved country. May G o d crown your ulterior pro ceedings with success." A. letter from Cattara of th e 18th Austrian a Gazette, says :—" Th e state of fi'ars in. tlerzgowine and B osn ia is deplorable. The in the ' dissen sions between Catholics and Mussulmans continue, and the new governor, Isaac P ac ha, is constantly engaged in con c ili a tin g th em. The C a th o l ic c l ergy have much to sufferfrom the Bosniak Mussulmaus, and even the bishop has had to send a complaint to the sultan on the subject. At Moslar the Mus sulmans penetrate into the houses of the Christians and into the convents to seek for young German girls, who, as they p re tend, have declared their in tention t o embrace Islamism' and are conc ea led by the Ch r i s ti ans on that account.' The King o f th e Belgians and the is family, With a uumeroui suite, left on Sunday morning c h an excursion to Twenhout. They returned in tl e ev-ming to Laeken, where a grand court dinner w as given. A letter froni Berlin, of the 26th, says << Se veral Russian o fficers who wero pl ace d in diff eren t regiments of the Guard here to obtain a practicalknowledge of the service of the Prussian array, for Belgium to exami ne tho facture of have l e ft great manu muskets, and they will after war d s pro ceed direct to Russia." The King of Sardinia, entertained Mehemet Djemil Bey, the Turkish ambassador, a t his table, on the 25th. Among the gues ts w ere Sir J. B on and the Due de Gr atemo nt, th e British and French arabassadom 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 hadmet at Baltimore ; the North American Mass Convention was assembled at Syracuse : the Republican Mass Convention wag sitting at Pittsburg ; title 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. Flow: has a downward ten dency. Grain was dull, with adecline in prices. Corn was lower, with a f a i r business. The busi ness in freights was very large. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Committee of the Stock Exchange yeste,"day, after further deliberation upon the questions arising out of the recent frauds in Crystal Palace sharer, adopted the following resolution :—" Resolved', that where shares in the Crystal Palace Compan,f have been duly registered and acknowledged by th..e 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 or . gina3. 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 Ibuyer of these shares considers d that be was buying the genuine stock of the company, avd that consequently his right must be maintained. In each case the decision of the committee refen 4 merely to the internal discipline of the Stock Ex- . 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 e I went, which is rather curiously worded. It rune 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 anr share shall, 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 fad 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 compaiu in re' • spent thereof but only against the person who shall be 0 0 registered and his representatives." ROYAL SURRBY G.eI..RDENS. The season at this establishment has been brought to $ close by two special musical performance)? on Monday and last night, when most of the important features of the previous concerts were included in the pvog'rammee. Monday night was appropriated to the benefit of the conductor, M. Julien, and last night formed th,9 termi nation of a series of entertainments which are in ever! respect unparalleled in the history of popular music. BO 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 bad its cheap concerts, London no music of any value was to be heard by any • who could not afford to disburse the half guinea which for years was the prescriptive passport to a " classical • concert." Nous awns change tout cela, and Loncivei trading, money-making London, now offers more goo° musical performances at a low price than can be fount"' in any other city in the world. For several years pae 4 shilling concerts, thanks to M. Jullien, have been it'', vogue, bat it has been reserved for the spirited propriS' 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 mu sic hall, with its capacity for accommodating its audit:n;(oo • of eight or ten thousand, they have done more to ' spread and improve the popular taste than has been 4 e&cted by any single effort of past times. What if tke performances be of a very mixed character, alternating between the gravest of oratorios aid the lightest of quad. rifles t 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, 10. st night, there roust ' have been a very general apPreciatiCu of the beautiful among the assembled thousands, to juo'ge by the almost unanimous way in whi c h endelsso,hn'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 ono. This year's performances have extended over a period of lees than three months only, the hall not having been cony ' plated until the summer was well advanced ; bin:" with the whole of next season before them, and the preeige which the establishment has now acquired, the proprie tors will probably find their expectations more tbs. 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 Stabbach and Poole, Messrs. Millard, Perren, and Leffler, mnd Hamilton Brahara ; 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 THEATRE, DEAN-STREET SORO. The performances at this theatre last night were 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 big endeavour to establish a French theatre here. We were highly amused with a very lovely piece called " Le Bras Mysterieux," which will be repeated on Tuesday next, and in which the talented cxterpreneur, M. Strauss, M. Lucien,. and Madame Fernande will appear. Our Cri mean friends will be glad to hear again M. Lellerc, who sings several comic and sentimental songs, which are given with much taste and true expression. "Les Deus Normands," and " Les Deux Aveugles," 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 conclusion 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 has now been fixed to take place in a handsome pavilion erected within the grounds at Edzell Castle, on Thurs day next, the 2d October, at four o'clock. There will be a very large muster of his lordship's tenantry present, and, from what we hear of the arrangements for the oc casion, nothing will be wanting which can add in any 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 was voted by the inhabitants of Christchurch at a public meeting :—" A berdeen, Sept. 17, 185 6. _Si r ,—I wish it was in the power o f words of mine to e xpress the grateful pleasure with which I have received the mark of your Little regret a s lam that sympathy w ith th e recent labours of my companions inaby absence f rom the le to say w h at I feel, a l nd myself. yet greatly home where y our kind commun i cat i on was addressed has caused s o l ong an interva l t o elapse before I could return the acknowledgment which I now beg you to accept, and to convey to the gentlemen whom you re present. To know, while engaged in a distant land, that there was for us an intelligent sympathy at home, was our most cheering support under many difficulties. To receive this feeling expression of it on our return cannot but greatly enhance to all o f us th e happiness of house- I beg, sir, to sub scr ib e myself your grate ful a nd obedient servant, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.— To William Ferret', Esq., Mayor of Christchurch." RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —An accident, fortunately un attended with fatal c onsequences, occurred yesterday morning on the Woolwich line to the 11.30 down train from London-bridge, which, after passing the Blackheath tunnel, came in collision with a number of coal-waggons from the Angeistein junction, which were in the act of being shunted off the line. The train was travelling at the rate of about 20 or 25 miles Per hour. The engine was thrown off the rail, and s everal of the carriages were shattered in splinters. A . telegraphic message was de spatched to Woolwich, requesting immediate medical assistance to be forwarded to the spot, when Drs. Itchardson, li nss i , and Allinson hastened thither, and found nine perso n s more o r less severely, but not seriously injured. Colenel Tullob , superintendent of Woolwich arsenal, who was the only passenger in one of the first class carriages, rece i v ed a very severe bruise, which has disabled the ese of his right leg. Traffic was for hours at a Standstill ; until the broken carriages could be cleared off the line; 3onsequently the arrival of each successive train w a s considerably delayed throughout the entire day, A. MARINE LOCOMOTIVE.—Mr. William Lowden, a Machivig, of Memphis, Tennessee, has invented w h a t b e t erm , a marine l ocomot i ve, and which is designed to be substituted for the present steam water craft, by ma king tae base of the boat the propelling agent instead of p a ddle-wheels, as now used. The inventio n consists in using two hive parallel hollow screws in the place of the present k3el, and revolving them by means of steam power, £0 that they will cut their way through the water as a 'commot screw cuts into wood. The screws are constructed a iron, and, as before stated, are hollow, but are divded into compartments as a precaution against sinkieg, in case of an accident. The cabin of the locomotiee will be constructed on framework, ele vated above these screws, and will be more pleasantly eituated that the cabins of our river steamers, admitting th e , passage of frosh air beneath its whole length and breadth. It is believed that when fairly put upon the water, and under advantageous circumstances, the loco motive can make about 30 miles an hour, and thus com pete with cur railroad trains in speed as well as eafety. The model hai been put upon trial, and has performed to the satisfaction of the inventor and numerous witnesses. fraisAiniton Star, 1 E ~._~.