The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

Ejt MA.JESTY'S THEATRE. 11 JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last peek.—'fie New Grand French Quadrille. Programme for THIS EVENING (Tuesday, Dec. 9): — p ar t, I.—Overture, Rny Bias—Mendelssohn (received with great applause at the Mendelssohn Festival) ; Quadrille, from Auber's Opera, Massaniello—Jullien ; Symphony, Presto from the Symphony in A—Beethoven; Ballata, " Per non istare" (Marie de Rohan) Madame Eliza Poma—Donizetti ; Polka, The Minnie Polka (the 2cl time)—Jullien ; Concert o (Andante and Allegro), Violin, M. Le Hon—Mendelssohn ; the French Quadrille, with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleide, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, DeYong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig; Finale Partant pour la Syrie, Vive l'Empercur— Jullien ; Part 2.- Opera, Grant Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " A Trovatore," with solos by Herr Kcenig, MM. Lavigne, Pratten, and Hughes ; Quadrille, The English, with solos by MM. Collinet, Lazarus, Prattes, and Koenig ; Cavatina, " Ah, quel giorno " (Semiramide) Madame Eliza Poma— Rossini • V a lse, Faust —D'Albert ; So lo, Violoncello, M. Demunelt, jun.—Servais; Polka, the Lady Bird—T. Browne; Galop, Eglinton—Koenig. Conductor-32. Jullien. To commgnce at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, ls. ; Dress circte, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., £lls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and mnsicsellers'; and at Jullien and Ce.'s, 214, Regent-street. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. Last week of performing before the Christmas Holidays.— The eminent comedian Mr. Charles Mathews, and the talented Dramatic Company, at the following redu ced tariff of prices, lower than any other west end theatre :—Galleries, 2 6d. and ' ; Upper Boxes, is. 6d, • Pit, 2s. ; First Circle, s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls. ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6( 1 -, V. ls., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Second price at 9 o'clock. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the comic drama entitled AGGRAVATING SAM. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews , Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Walton, Mrs. Selby, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason. After which, the celebrated drama entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH, in which Messrs. Charles Mathews, Robert Roxby, A. Younge, Miss Mason, and Miss M. Oliver will perform. To b 3 followed by the laughable piece TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Supported by Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Templeton, Mr.Worrell, and Miss Wadham. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, arranged by Mons. Petit, of her Majesty's Theatre, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont, of the Grand Opera, will appear, assisted by a powerful Corps de Ballet. On Boxing Night, the 26th inst., will be produced a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., which, for gorgeous splendourand effects, will surpass all the former pre-eminently successful efforts which have given to this establishment a world-wide celebrity for pantomime. The magnificent scenery by the inimitable artist, Mr. William Beverley, and the pantomime produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. rPHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1 THIS EVENING, will .130 performed (by desire) Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's comedy of MONEY, in which Mr. Murdoch will make his second appearaace in this country in the character of Evelyn; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Chippendale ; Mr. B. Stout, M.P., Mr. Buckstone ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. W. Farren ; Graves, Mr. Compton ; Lady Franklyn, Miss Talbot ; Georgians, Mrs. E. Eitzwil liam ; Clara Douglas, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chip pendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers, in THE CAPTIVES, being the last week but one of their final engagement. To conclude with THE DUMB BELLE. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Genuine Success.—Unprecedented Attrac tion.—Second Appearance of Mr. Benjamin Webster, and re vival of the Great Adelphi drama of Janet Pride. —The grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. THIS EVENING will be performed the celebrated d:ama. of JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, ra.rselle, Garden, Bland; Mesdames Celeste and M. Keeley. After which, with new scenery and appointments, the new fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatra Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Weght, Paul Bedford, C Selby, Le Barr, &c. L YCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. Production of " The Capt." THIS EVENING (Tuesday), will be performed a new and original English play, in five acts, entitled THE CA GGT; or, Heart for Heart. Sunported by Messrs. Dillon, Stuart, Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and the entire strength of the company. After which the extraordinary Troupe of Bedouin Arabs will go through their surprising performances. Followed by THE DE AD SHOT. Louisa Lovetrick, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Hector Timid, Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with a Ballet, by Miss Rosina Wright and the Coryphees. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSIMINIER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Mesirs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, BIRDS OF PRET, Charles It enne• pont, Mr. Creswick. After whiff; SARAH'S 'YOUNG MAN. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER,. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, VIRGINIUS. Virginins, Mr. Phelps ; Appius Claudius, Mr. A. Rayner; Dentatus, Mr. 11. Marston; Talus, Mr. F. Robinson. Virginia, Miss M. Eburne ; Ser ♦ia, Miss Atkinson After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. TRAND THE A.T RE.—MAna.qer, Mr. T. ••• Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed OVER THE WAY. Mr. Kinloch, Mesdames Woolidge and 15, Wilton. 'TWAS I ; or the Kiss and the Rose. Mesdames Cuth bert, Gregory, and Woolidge ; Messrs. Kin:och and Howard. LADIES AT HOME; or, Gentlemen, we can do without You. Mesdames Fitzinman, E. Jacobs, Lennox, Norbury, Gregory, Baker, &c. Ai BELPITEGOR (Travestie). Messrs. G. Lee, Howard, and Clarke ; Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, E. Jacobs, and Willy Edonin. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boles, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Lessee, Mr. Alfred THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Swanhorongh and Herbert. And the new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. P. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at half-past Seven. A .STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY. TIN EVENING Shake re's 'Pragedy o f RICHARD THB I THIRD, w ith those splendid Equestrian Tableaux and Illustrations by Mr. W. COOLIE'S trained horses, which obtained for it a continuous run of 90 nights ! Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. Appearane. of Mr. W. Cooke, ju n a te Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. flox•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. C A.NTERBIjity ~.. .LL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVER Y EVENING.—The follow ing com pany of areVocalist;opli engaged for the performance of Selections from all the l a . Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Glees, Duets, &c. - viz. : _NiinOrras, Madrigals, Choruses, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summa Rain° . Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T . Masters m Austin, Ben- Barker, W. Melling, and P. ConicT. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowe anil Caulfield, jun. ; forte-, J. Harroway, H. A. ; harnaoniu B . I,Tiackney- Piano director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commencemat cisely. Suppers, dm.. until twelve & do :yen o'clock pre In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the cel ebrated SPANISH MI NSTRELS will appear in costume at I,in and Eleven o ' c l oc k Every Evening, an d sin g some of th eir favourite s e l ec . ions - WATER AT LONDON BRI1)(1 tr . Tam DAT—Morn. 27 min. aft. 11- -,Aveang 0 Mill. aft. 0 Ta•Mosit ow —Morn. 53 min. att.ll--Eveumg 21 4 ft 12 TH E WE A.TH OFFICE, DECEMBER 9, THERWOUFEER, TN PRE SRAM 61—highest since noon yesterday. 54 —lowest this morning and during the night. 58 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 48 —falling. Wlwr - - Variable, but fresh, from S.S.E. to S.S.W.I and IS -W., with dull, cloudy, mild weather, inclining to rain. It rained a little last night. t___ "..:::__:: , ----- , :v.„- , -,,,.....,k5; ~,5 11. 1 1, ,___--,,,,,,,,,,.„-..„-:*,....3,_:::,..4.5., ,„„ r t i . 1 .. „--- ....- ) 4 . ,,, -. 4 ,- ,_-.-__,._,1..---.A., LtNDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 13:)3. A Royal Commission of the Fine Arts is under stood to be just now upon the eve of appointment. A Conamisgon, intended to examine into the really 4 ! vexed" Question as to what, after all, shall be the site of our new National Gallery. A Com mission entrusted with the responsibility of select ing for this purpose either Trafalgar-square or Kensington Gore—the "Finest Site in Europe" or a Cockney Cabbage-garden ! A. Commission de signed, moreover, to deliber ate upon the desira l bility, or the undesirability, of combining with the New National Gallery (wherever it may to THE SUJN I TILONDON,_ TUESiDAIY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, erected) the Tine Art Collection and the Archeo logical Collection now encumbering the crowded galleries of that great National Ark of the World's Wonders—the British Museum llt is announced, in fact, already—semi-officially —that the members cf this Commission are to be as follows :—Firstly, My Lord BROUGHTON, the highly-cultivated Whig ' Baron of '5l, with a taste in art and letters altogether unimpeachable. And who, besides being F.R.S., and G.C.8., and partner in the great Brewing firm of WHITBREAD and Company, and son-in-law of the late Marquess of TWEEDDALB and friend of the Lord BYRON, and annotator of " Childe Harold," and we don't know what else, as a man of Wealth, and Family, and Intellect, has been so much of a Party Poli tician all through his life, that if we wanted to name the very type of a Whig—a Whig of the Whiggist Whiggism—w should assuredly be tempted to name him, the quondam Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, ex-Secretary at War, ex-Secretary for Ireland, ex-Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, and ex-President of the Board of Control, under successive Whig Governments ! Secondly, as a member of the proposed Commission of the Fine Arts in relation to the scheme of a new National Gallery—the Dean of St. Paul's Cathe dral, the Rev. HENRY HART MILMAN, Poet, Dramatist, Critic, Ecclesiastical Historian, Editor of Gibbon, Reviewer in the Quarterly, Author of Fazio, and altogether a very scholarly and ingenious contributor to various departments of Polite Literature. Thirdly on the list, there is the name of RICEAND FORD, a remarkably able art-critic, who is best known to the generality as author of the . " Handbook to Spain," and one who is, perhaps, as well " up" as any man living (not excepting from the catalogue of competitors the hon. member for Perthshire) in regard to MURILLO and VALASQUEZ. Fourthly on the list of these intended commissioners, we find mention of one no less eminent than MICIMA.EL FARADAY, the greatest Living Chemist and Electrician, one of the most illustrious of our Inductive Philoso phers, a man of European Reputation, and one who is recognised as among the nobles of Nature, though born sixty years ago the son of a poor blacksmith. Fifthly and sixthly, completing the list of Commissioners—one Mr. GEORGE RICH MOND, and another, better known, Mr. CHARLES COMEERELL, Royal Academician, not only one of the members of the Academy, but ever since 1840 conspicuous among them as its Professor of Architecture, an able Practical, and a yet abler Theoretical, Architect, a mere tyro in the Gothic, little better than a dabbler in the Mediaeval, but a perfect master (as far a modern can be) in the Classical order of architecture. Such are the six commissioners. Altogether, with one exception, capital names as names go—but How (it may be asked) in this particular capacity as Fine Arts Commissioners ? How, as the names of men who will be expected by the nation to be above all Court influences and Party predilections 2 Let us Hope, at any rate, for the very best from them. Let us look to have at their hands a decision as thoroughly independent in its way as the most memorable of all the divisions last session in the House of Commons—a division in which a consi derable majority of the members, it will be recol lected, vindicated, boldly and strikingly vindi cated, the dignity of their position and character as the popular representatives. Clinging still, as we do, more and more tenaciously to the conviction, that no bitter site, after all, could anywhere be found in the Metropolis for the new National Gallery than the present ma jestic site on the north side of Trafalgar-square, looking down the broad sweep of Parliament street, between the Horse Guards and Whitehall, to the grand old Abbey and the glorious new Palace of the Legislature, in Westminster—Let us Dope, above all things, that the proposed Com mission may not prove too literally its right to the name, style, and title of a Royal Com- mission ! The friends of fiscal and financial reform have only to exhibit a zealous and energetic determi nation that the Income Tax should be repealed or amended, to ensure a very decided amelioration thereof during the approaching session. When Sir CIAALES WOOD prcposed a considerable increase in the impost, without any modification, by which it should be rendered mere equitable and less inquisitorial, he was met with a general burst of indignation from every district throughout th• length and breadth of the land, which speedily compelled that unfortunate and incompetent financier to abandon the experiment. At that time we repeatedly pointed out that the objection was not to the tax per se, but to the very oppres sive and unfair mode in which it was levied. Per haps there is no impost, which, if judiciously applied, would be more popular, or better calcu lated to supply the wants of the Exchequer, with a minimum amount of annoyance to the taxpayers. But the determined manner in which successive Governments have refused to recognise the dis tinction between income and property has exaspe rated the People and induced them to oppose the entire charge, which, producing sixteen millions to the Exchequer, cannot be surrendered by any Financial Minister' without the substitution of in direct burdens that must greatly enhance the price of articles which, if not of primary neces sity, have become indispensable to all classes. It is but a matter of simple justice to the DERBY Administration to state that Mr. DISRAELI recognised the propriety and neces sity of some modification, and • that he pro posed to charge temporary and precarious incomes arising from industry at a lower rate than these derived from accumulated and realised pro perty. This, although not going far enough, was a step in the right direction—the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge, which would speedily be followed by far more extensive alterations. The overthrow of that Government, in consequence of the nnwi3e and impolitic attempt to increase the House-duty, however, prevented the sense of the Representative branch of the Legislature from being taken on the interesting and important question. Had it been otherwise, there is no oubt that it would have been carried by an overwhelming majority, and that no Minister could afterwards attempt to restore the nominal e q u ality between all kinds of income. When Lord ABERD EEN formed his Cabinet, direct intimations were publi c ly and gratuitously given by the _Premier and the Leader of the Commons that a revision of the impost should take place, and the People contented with the satisfactory assurances refrained from the agitation that had pre viously been organised throughout the entire country, It was Mr. GLADSTONIC alone who s t oo d out against his colle agues. His was the deception, his the fraud. Re w e ll k new that he co uld not attempt to stem the torrent by a dir ec t 'ti opposi er '. Had he asked for a simpl e renewal of the impost for three years longer, as had been customary with his predecessors, he would have reoeived'a direct refusal, and had he presed the resolution would have been ignominiously ex . gelled from office. But by the specious pretext that the taz: should be gradually reduced until its total :abolition in 1860, he bamboozled the House and country, and obtained a renewal for a longer term than had been granted to any of his prelecessors. We pointed out the palpable fraud at the time, but the nation was in- toxicated with the flattering but delusive expectation of getting rid of it altogether. We showed that, although it might by a possibility be done without in 1860, on the dropping of the Long Annuities, no Minister would make the attempt. He would always regard it as an available fund, to provide for any possible deficiencies, or to make further progress in the removal of indirect taxes. Nothing, however, would remove the scales from the popular sight ; and Mr. GLADSTONE triumphed over his colleagues, the Parliament, and the People. We need not explain how speedily the delusion was dispelled. In a single year the tax was doubled ; the following it was further increased to 16d. in the pound, at which it now stands, and at which it will remain until April, 1858, unless the pressure from without should compel the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ab- stain from availing himself of a paltry and dishonourable quibble, and to take the opinion of the Legislature upon the entire question daring the ensuing session. There is, perhaps, no better mode of enforcing speedy discussion than pressing the proposition advocated by the Metropolitan Association, for reducing the charge to its original amount from and after the termination of the financial year, in April, 1857. The spirit of the Act, the inten tion of the Legislature, was clearly to grant the additional duty for one year, and no longer, after the termination of the War. The Precious Treaty was signed at the latter end of March, but as the ratification was delayed until towards the close of April, Sir G. C. LEWTS attempts to avail himself of a very discreditable dodge to continue it for an additional year. Such an act in private life would reflect indelible disgrace on the perpetrator—would for ever disqualify him from the friendship and association of honourable and straightforward men ; and we cannot think so badly of the chosen representatives of the People as to suppose that they would sanction, by approval, such a course. By pressing that claim, by exhibiting an un bending resolution to get rid at all events of the excess of the charge from April next, the Finan cial Minister will becompelled to take the opinion of the Hottse, and submit it to the will of the majority. It will then be necessary to point out the impropriety of the so-called equal taxation of all incomes without reference to the source from whence they may be derived, so that there may be no excuse for pretending that the people had acquiesced in the unfair assessment. Had it not received the legislative sanction it would seem an act of supererogation, a sort of fighting against shadows, to adduce arguments to prove the absur dity of the case. A man with 3001. per annum arising from welloircumstanced ground rents, or the dividends orrlo,oool. Consols, has no trouble. The tax is paid by his tenant, or deducted at the Bank. There is no inquisitorial prying into his most secret affairs—no smuggling by grasping officials. All his receipts are available for his own use and benefit. He has not to make provision for the time when sickness or change of fashion may reduce or destroy his resources ; or for his wife and children, when the protector, the pro vider has been removed to another world. But Se professional man or tradesman has to make large deductions, not only for insurance and savings, but also for changes essential to the con duct of his business, and for which no allowance is made, for bad debts, and a variety lof other drawbacks. Every available shil ling may be swept away by the collector, and possibly vexatious costs added. If in debt, he cannot sell out a few hundreds, which are no longer subject to the tax, but must borrow money at an exorbitant rate of interest ; while he is not permitted to make any reduction of payment, though a considerable portion of the fruits of his exertions goes to satisfy the claims of creditors. This is so palpably unfair that it requires only a decided effort to insure success. Let the people, then, exert themselves in due time. Let there be a long pull, a strong pull, and, above all things, a pull altogether, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer must succumb to the clearly ex pressed wishes of the nation. Is there anything in it ? We mean the appa rent interchange of courtesies between the rulers of France and Prussia f The Empress EUGENIE, who appears not only to be a good horsewoman, but also to know it, is greatly taken with a horse of a breed in the exclusive possession of the King of PRUSSIA, and sees no reason why she should not say so. The King of PRUSSIA, long-eared, as Ambassadors are said, now and then offensively, to make the Monarchs they represent, is quite delighted at the opportunity to play the gallant to so fair a lady, and the way being smoothed presents her with a stud of the horses in questfbn. The lady is grateful, the EMPEROR is gratified, and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour is on the way to King Craccenor ere the horses have reached Paris. All very natural and very proper. Unfortunately, however, the very natural and the very proper are now and then made a cloak for sinister designs by despotic rulers of the pre sent day, so without affecting to be wiser than our neighbours we are at least entitled to put the question with which we commenced. Was there any coincidence between the Empress's admira tion of " the coal black steed," and the probabi lity of Austria requiring a spur to quit the Prin cipalities after the coming Conference is ended, or between the horses being put in the way of the Empress's admiration, and the proposed settlement of the affair at Neuchatel by Franco in conjunction with this country, Austria, and possibly Sardinia t Court flunkies will doubtless be very much disgusted at any other interpretation being sought for than that which lies on the surface. No matter, if that interpretation be the right one, we are not to blame for the little hesitation we have shown in accepting it. It would. not be diffi cult for us to prove that an unusual interchange of Court courtesies has generally turned out to have had a significance unfavourable to some Power, and mostly to the interests of a Free State. It may be the case on the present occasion, just as readily as not ; and, at all events, no harm is done by a little speculation as to motives in an affair so interesting. Have the poor Swiss nothing to offer for ETELENIE'S admiration but their inde pendent spirit, and their resolution to vindicate, even at the sword's point, their outraged rights ? If they have not, alas for them I Neither EMTEP.OR nor EMPRESS have any admiration to spare for what Englishmen deem ono of the noblest sights in Christendom. So far as Liberty is concerned, the French EMPEROR and the Prus sian Time row in the same boat, and that carries the black flag and a brace of eagles, birds of prey, at present. There is another interpretation which it is but fair to give. The absolute rules• of France—the elect, it has been said, of the sovereign People—though the traditions in vogue at his Court, so far as ceremonial at least is concerned, are associated with a period when, by right Divine, the Monarch could say, " L'etat c'est moi" is about to be, crowned. The despots of Europe were "a happy family" the other month when ALEXANDER crowned himself— why should not they be so again ? Why not, indeed! Catch us in another scrape through giving any other answer. MR. SPURGEON AT THE SURREY GARDENS MUSIC HALL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Sunday morning last we determined to hear For ourselves the popular young preacher, and ac- cordingly joined the immense throng, it could not be less than from six to eight thousand, which in spite of the tempestuous weather filled the Music Hall on that occasion. Wishing to gain a good view of all, we ascended by the fatal staircase to the re served seats on the second gallery. Many of our readers doubtless know how imposing is the coup d'ceil from that position. It is obvious enough why the congregation and preacher were for a long time not aware of the fatal accident which had occurred, since no one *rom within can see the staircase in the tower, The service was of the most orderly kind, and such as is usual in most dissenting chapels. The singing from so many thousand voices had a peculiarly solemn and impressive effeot. The preacher had chosen repentance, and a very solemn text, Psalms c. vii., v. 12, " If he turn not he will whet his sword," for his subject. His prayers wore appropriate to it, as were also his remarks on the latter part of the 25th chapter of Matthew, which was the portion of Scripture read. If what we heard last Sunday be a specimen of Mr. Spurgeon's usual preaching, there was oertainly nothing at all more extravagant than would be heard from most of the Evangelical clergymen and Dissenting preachers in the country. There were no outrageous deseiiptions of Divine anger and future punishment,nor any wire-drawn refinements on the theology of repentance. His statements on the latter point were characterised by remarkable common sense ; they were forcibly expressed and illustrated, as were his arguments for the necessity of repentance. Indeed, there was little in which preachers of all creeds would not have concurred. His voice is a noble one, filling the whole place with the greatest ease ; at the further end of the building we did not miss a syllable. His manner was perfectly unrestrained, but not irreverent. His command of language is very con siderable, but does not lead him, for an sestempere speaker, into verbosity. His style is unfettered homely, forcible, and abounds in pointed unfettered ] There was a total absence of anything humorous or ludicrous, if it has been his habit to indulge in such things. The secret of his popularity, taking last Sunday as a specimen, appeared to us to be something very different. It was impossible not to feel that the preacher was absorbed, not in himself, but in his audience. The formal separation of the pulpit did not sepa rate him from his hearers. He conversed with them—he was one of them. He did not lecture them ex cathedra, or indulge is disquisitions or topics out of their line of thought, but spoke with them as he would have done on a solemn subject in their own houses. Most of our pulpits " die of dignity," but while there was nothing unbecoming on Sunday, the preacher placed himself on a level with all. Of course a vivid fancy, and considerable powers of expression, aided by a first-rate voice, will account for much; but we think what we have pointed out Ras the chief reason why, among so many thousands of hearers, we could not, and we looked carefully, detect a single sleeper. •ur more dignified preachers might study with advaitage the phenomenon of this youth's popularity. We can only say that, for our part, his manner disarmed criticism, and we could think only of his probable usefulness to the thousands present who, we are confident, by their appearance, are not listeners to our customary pulpit prosaics. Lord Chief Justice CAMPBZLL, with his son, was present on the platform, and seemed to take the same view with ourselves ; he remarked several times to one of the mana gers, after the service, in our hearing, and also to Sir RICHARD MAYNE, who was likewise pre sent, " He is doing great good, sir—great good." London could find room for twenty such preachers ; they are just what the populace needs. D.RURY-LANE TBEATI:E. The operatic performances undertaken by Mr. Wil lert Beale, in conjunction with Mr. E. T. Smith, having come to an end, the more legitimate business of the house recommenced last night—the prices, too, return. ing to the former economical tariff. The amusing drama entitled " Aggravating Sam," played so many times at the Lyceum, was revived for the occasion. In this, as well as in the " Captain of the Watch," which followed, Mr. Charles Mathews and Robert Roxby filled their old parts, and with the old success. The audience were delighted to once more encounter the pertina cious Sam, who only lives but to worry and perplex his neighbours. The entertainments terminated with "Two Heads better than One," and a ballet divertisse ment, in which Mdles. Emilie and Jenny Osmont were announced to dance. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Sir Bulwer Lytton's comedy " Money" was played last night, Mr. Murdoch assuming, for the first time in London, the part of Evelyn, the varied and opposite features of which he indicated with considerable force and effect. Lightbess is not his characteristic ; but the peculiar q uality of his comedy is now well known , and the intelligence of his conceptions and the native ease of his deportment have been considered equivilents for the masculine hardness which more or less pervades his style. His Evelyn is quite as Meritorious as the other char acters which he has undertaken at the Haymarket Theatre. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last evening the popular drama of "Janet Pride" was performed, Mr. Webster resuming his original character, and appearing for the first time after a long interval of absence. This excellent actor was received with an amount of applause that bore emphatic testimony to the high position which he holds in the estimation of the public. He played with his usual graphic discrimina• tion ; and the drama, further aided by the melo-dramatic skill of Madame Celeste, and the comic exuberance of Mr. Wright, who now succeeds Mr. Keeley as Dicky Trotter, passed off with the old spirit and effect. The house was well attended. A Cabinet Council was held this day at the official residence of Lord Palmerston. Mane. Piccolmini made her first appearance at the Itati e en Opera, Paris, on Monday evening. She met with immense success. Tax ROYAL Beams BANK.—Sir F. Kelly com menced his reply in tlis important case before the Lords Justices this morning. At the close of the arguments it is expected that the judges will take time to consider their decision. To-morrow (Wednesday) a Grace will be submitted to the Senate of the University of Cambridge, by confer ring the degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Robt. Baillie, Bickerstetb, M.A., Bishop designate of Ripon. A matrimo n ial alliance is shortly to t ake p laee between Major Colville, brother to Lord Colville, and A li" M. Georgians Baillie , second dau g hter of Evan Mr. Rich ar i A n drews, the Mayor of S outham p ton, Esq. of Dochfour. and candid a t e f or th e r epresentation of the bor ou g h, now lies danger ous l y ill at his residence at Winchester. Felice O re i n i w ill deliver a lecture , at St. Martin's Hall, to- morrow a t e i g ht o'clock, P.m. Dr. Coxe, sub-librarian at the Bodleian, is about to start for the Levant in search of MSS. The Univer sity has given Dr. Coxe leave of absence for 12 months at the request of government. Nine Frenchmen, political prisoners, had arrived at New Yo'k from Cayenne, whence they had escap ed. The Longridg e prize of 401. for general proficiency in medicine and surgery was awarded by the Council of the London University, at their session on Saturday last, to Mr. James Gibbs Blake, of Taunton, Somersetsh4te. MDLLE. D'HETtIIL, the juvenile pianiste, whose per formences last season excited the admiration of all who heard them, has lately been playing with great success ntwirid, under the immediate patronage of the *teen of Spain. It is stated that the directors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia will, at the approaching meeting, recommend a dividend of 2i per cent. for the half year ending the 30th of June, and that the accounts received from the colony continue satisfactory. A meeting of the East India Coal Company took place yesterday, when the report detailing progress was adopted. The machinery lately sect out has reached the mines, and it was expected to be speedily put up. Strict economy is exercised in the management. The departures from the port of Loudon for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised five vessels—two for Syduey, two for Port Philip, and one for Adelaide, with an aggregate capacity of 3,868 tons. Tie rates of f;:eig'at exhibit ir.creasA firmness. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, MONDAY. The Prussian note, relating to the Neufchatel prisoners, wai expedited on the 6th. It discusses the question of the right of the Federal Council to deal with them, and hints at the adoption of energetic measures. The Grand Duke of Baden has granted a gene ral amnesty to the political offenders of 1849, with some exceptions. Those who have remained n the country since their condemnation recover their civil and political rights. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29. The Second Army, under the command of General Luders, who is now on leave, is dissolved. The 4th, sth, and Gth army corps, of which the Second Army was originally composed, will re sume their place as distinct corps. 1 8 5 6.1 AU IA By the arrival of the True Briton we have received our letters and papers from Melbourne, dated Sept. 12. She brings nearly 100,000 ounces of gold, about 400,0001. The Red Jacket was announced to leave Mel bourne for England on the 25th of September. The Golden Era had arrived out. The Melbourne Herald, of Sept. 11, in its "Summary for Europe," says : " Keeping our little controversies to ourselves, and making allowance even for the neglect of the Home Government as well as for the boundless extravagance and ludicrous incapacity of our local Administration, we may safely epitomise the sub- stance of all that is contained iu the following sum- mart' under the heads of tranquillity—prosperity —and progress. " The gold fields—which every experiment and inquiry shews to be inexhaustible—are yielding a hrger produce, and new ones are being opened ii all directions. Recent discoveried have been reported both of tin and silver, "and, a careful exploration is being made of a coal mine, to which we alluded in our last suromaiy, said to have been found on the shores of Port Phillip. Quarries of slate and mar'..% have been pointed out, and last, though nit; least, of all these additions to our wealth and comfort, a bank of codfish has been sprung, so to speak, in the neighbourhood of King's Island, in Bass ' s Strait. "Our first general election is going on with great animation—the most remarkable feature in it being the great intelligence displayed by the mass of the people, and the consequent discomfiture, so far as we have gone, of those gentlemen who have been so bold or so eccentric as to declare their ad hesion to the present Government. Old colonists now in England will be amused at learning how completely the ancient regime—which in their time used to be regarded as a fixed institution, and in deed a dire necessity—has been shaken and con verted into a laughing-stock and a bugbear. " The information we have received as to the mail contract is not deemed satisfactory. The Peninsular and Oriental Company will do all they can to carry our traffic too far to the eastward. We want one transshipment only, and a direct line from Suez. " Although our winter has not yet passed over, and the pools of mud which still form many por tions of our so-called roads to the diggings have not yet been dried up, the spirit of trade, and the indomitable perseverance which characterises our workers in the hive, have kept pace with the wants of our mining population, and secured, if not brisk ness, at least vitality to cur markets. The steady and increasing supl,y of gold, with the almost daily discovery of new deposits of the precious metal, are in themselves sufficiently cheering ele ments of our commercial prosperity ; but when to these are added tits wide-spreading labours of our farmers and agriculturists,—the fast changing features of the country around us,—the wild bush disappearing for the cultivated plain,—it is not difficult to foresee a course of prosperity and plenty whieh must ensure the improved condition and sound advancement of ourselves, and of the thou sands yet to come amongst us. " Our returns of all kinds show a state of real prosperity and healthy trade, which under common prudence must lead to results as great, and much more lasting, than those of the past. Not that we can record anything like excitement in trade, oi even great buoyancy in our commercial trans actions. "House property and land in Melbourne is also rising. The following properties were sold last week "Brick building, Chapel-street, Prahran, of six rooms, for 750/. ; Star and Garter Hotel, St. Kilda, 41.,600/. ; two acres of land, East Prahran, 600/. ; S 2 feet to Collins•street West, by a depth of 80 feet, for 1,6001. Also let on a long term, allotment •ne of section 11, East Melbourne, at 1001. per were : Mount Alexander and Bendigo ....• 16,766 Ovens 14,066 Ballarat, including Geelong Maryborough Fiery Creek Avoca 1,251 Daisy Hill l l ' 1,323 M`lvor Mount Blackwood 58,887 For week ended 6th September : Ballarat, including G eelon g Mount Alexander and Bendigo Maryborongh .............. - Daisy 11i11........... 503 Avoca , . 87 36,021 annum. "In the midst of political meetings and elections, as a contemporary remarks,—the railway question has experienced more real advancement than duripg all the five years, of gold mining that have been comparatively lost to the country. The Attorney- General has set the Government right with our citizens on the subject of the central terminus, which is to be at Melbourne, and not elsewhere, as had been currently rumoured. " Our resources and mineral and other wealth appear to increase almost daily. We boast of our own slate, stone, marble, in several localities ; and we have this week seen a specimen of stone from a 'newly-discovered quarry at Western Port, which promises to be very valuable for foot pavements and other purposes. Two vessels were despatched yesterday, and are expected to arrive here again in a week or two with full cargoes—enough of the stone being to be easily obtained to pave the whole of Melbourne. Large quantities of silver and tin, copper and iron, as well as coal, are now within our reach, and are gradually being introduced into use and for export. " Black manganese is also found of it largelyto, shipment of a considerable quantity aEnndga land is about to be made as an thatexpertihe inencto.d fis l h n li o a u d r last summary, we mentioned further t w i i ll nvesti gation tbie gation has fully c on b een caught near ofiurrmsehdortehse, and fact. diggings, and add another to long before this luxury will be found in ponds and lagoons around our the growing comforts of our miners. "With her grow in g p o p ulation and her increas ing resources , Victoria may indeed cry Onward !' " Railroads , roads, and bridges, are now the older of the day, and uppermost in the public m a d, not only at election meetings, but almost wlerever else a discussion of a public nature takes place. The construction of our great lines of rail way between the capital and the gold fields, is to be prosecuted by the Government, and a Railway Board has been recently appointed, ab is supposed to be busily employed in the preliminary details of such vast and important undertakings. Already tenders have been accepted for the construction of 3 miles 77 chains and 38 links of the line between Melbourne and Williamstown, and though 21 con tractors had tendered that of Messrs. Thomas Miles and Co. was accepted for 20,8261. 7s. 4d. OUR GOLD FIELDS. Returns since our last Seminary have been kept no to their average, although some allowance might be made for the licence of general election times at the diggings. Quartz crushing operations were being extended, and no doubt could exist of the ultimate success of such a system. The escort returns for the week ended 30th Aug. Giving a total for the year of 1,804,041 ozs. The escort from the Ovens arrived in town on Monday evening with 11,202 ozs. The quantities shipped during the two weeks re f?,rred to were to — Sydney 2,278 Launceston Adelaide Per Lightning to Liverpool ,„ Labuip to Hong Kong „ Lady Hayes, do. „ Kossuth, do 2,263 „ Pacifico, do. „ Sydney In order to enable our friends at home to form their own opinions as to the state of affairs at the gold fields, we append a few extracts from a file of the latest country papers at hand. The Beechwovrth Constitution records the follow ing as a " Sign of the Times :" " In walking down the Woolshed Creek, in the THE AUSTRIAN AMNESTY. The following are the autographic decrees by which the Emperor of Austria amnesties a number of political prisoners, and raises the sequestrations in Lombardy : " Dear Field Marshal Count Radetsky,—l have resolved entirely to raise the sequeStrations laid, on the 13th Feb., 1853, upon the property of poli tical emigrants from my Lombardo-Venetian king dom. You will at once take proper measures for restoring the estates to those who can satisfactorily show themselves to be their proprietors. At the same time I authorise you for the future to take measures for receiving returning emigrants again into the country, and restoring to them the quality of Austrian citizens where they may have lost it, and to grant them pardon when solicited on a for mal promise to conduct themselves hereafter as loyal and faithful subjects. I charge you immedi ately to publish this my sovereign FRANCIi JOSE?". " Tenice, Dec. 2." " Dear Field Marshal Radetsky,—l grant an en tire remission of their penalty to the pArsons here after mentioned, who have been condemned for high treason or for other criminal acts lontrary to public order, viz. :—Guiseppi Finzi—}aolo Flora —Guiseppe Paganoni—Giulio Faccidi—Angelo Mangili Domenico Fernelli Attilli) Mori Guiseppe Nova—Paolo Veladini—Carle Sabbioni —Antonio Lazzati—Ferdinando Bosi( Omero Zannucchi—Giovanni Nuvolari—Giovanni Ma lama Carlo Marchi Lisiade }edroni Agostino Galli Guiseppe Merini—Calo Girotti —Luigi Dolci Giovanni Vergani (irtcte S wo boda) Girolano Cagliari—Domenico Cesconi— Luigi Pastro—Alberto Cavalletto—Francesco Ros setti—Francesco Strada—Siro Negri Ambrosio Giussanni Paolo Lombardi Paolo longoni— Giuseppe Brusa—Caelo Marelli—Carlo P ero li— Luigi 1; Pagani—Carlo Ferrini—Pietro Cnnpanara Andrea Triboldi Luigi Rosetti —Giovanni Morer— Carlo Mazzolini—Carlo Poggiani—Antonio Morbini Gaetano . G osen — Giieppe Scaltritti—Francesco Pagani—irlncenzo Longate—Giacomo Ghirardelli—Ulisse Solis—An tonio Zanetti—Paride Petenati—Serafinl Rastelli —Giovanni Bernarda—Fraquelli Gio l a tti s t a — Pietro Fraquelli Giovanni Bianchi—Giovanni Faggi—Giacomo Geninazzi—Andrea G raddi—An tonio Leoni—Giovanni Cordoni—Marco Chien— Gaetano Mandelli—Francesco Spernazzati_Giu seppe Gariboldi—GiuseppelAlnisetti — Lui Nava. " FRANCIS J)sEpli. " Tenice, Dec. 2, 1856." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVa,TING. 1 According to the Debats, Turkey is he only Power which has not sent in its adhesion tc another Conference, but its assent is considered certain. It is the general impression at Berlin that the affair of Neuchatel will terminate in a com )r oraise. The Moniteur states that his Excelleric3, Baron Hubner, Ambassador -Extraordinary and ?ienipo tentiary of the Emperor of Austria, was •eceived yesterday by the Emperor, and delivered a letter from his imperial and royal master, notif2ing the marriage of his Imperial Highness the Abhduke Charles Louis of Austria, brother of the Emperor, to the Princess Margaret of Saxony, daugiter of the King of Saxony. The Moniteur also contains a decree, proikulgat ing a convention for the mutual protection o copy right in works of art or literature in the two States of France and Wurtemburg. The ball given on Sunday evening at tho opera, for the benefit of the poor of the arrondissenent, was honoured by the presence of their Majsties, who arrived soon after eleven, and did not etire till one in the morning. When their Majesties appeared in the Imperial box they were grketed with loud and repeated cries of " Yive l'Emperaur ! Vive l'lmperatrice !" which were renewed on heir leaving. Their Majesties were attended by a )61- liant suite. The Princess Mathilde was also )re sent. The ball was crowded, and the result yin prove very favourable for,„ the poor. Advices from Constantinople, of the 26th ut., state that Ministerial councils were taking Pltce every day under Reschid Pacha. The Prussirn Oonsul-General, M. Meusebach, arrived at Bucla. rest on the 20th ult. THE AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTII, MONDAY. The African mail-steamer Gambia arrived al noon to-day, with the homeward mails. She brings eleven passengers, 1,269 oz. of gold, 350 puncheons of palm oil, with cotton, cochineal, and other African produce. By this arrival we learn that, at different parts of the coast, there were again disputes between the Natives. At Old Cameroons, the missionaries and traders were at variance respecting some Sierra Leone people, whom the former had taken under their protection, and who were trading in an underhand way. There was a groat battle being fought in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, and there had been great loss both on the side of the inhabitants and the natives. The previous steamer brought news that an attack on the town was imminent. BETTER TlMM—Though there has been a considerable increase in the population. of South Shields, the expendi tenance and out-door relief, ture for the poor, in was 1 ,8631. 6 s. 7d. dur th ing . in the first half-year of 1856, as w ith an expenditure o f 3,0061. 14s . 9 e d. in the periodco same of. 1850, showing a decrease of 1,1431. FORGINO A. RAILWAY PASS.—LIVERPOOL, December c --George Nash, whe describes himself as a reporter for ',away n ewspapers, was charged at the police court to day, on remand from the previous week, with having travelled from London to Liverpool on the London and North-Western Railway with a forged pass. The cane wa s proved, and ho was ordered to pay the fare, 21. Se,, an d was also convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs, or to be committed for two months. TAB SVIREWSIBURY ESTATES. —LIVERPOOL, December 6.—The following circular has been addressed to the tenants of the Shrewsbury estates is this neigh bourhood :—" 32, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, Dec. 1, 1856. Sir, —We find that Earl Talbot's agents are trying to persuade the tenants in Staffordshire and Cheshire that his lordship is now entitled to those estates,although the first legal step towards establishing his claim has not yet been taken. Similar attempts have already been made in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Woreester shire, by a dvertisements, by personal notices, and even by treating the tenants at public-houses, but witho*t success, the tenants on those estates having very pro perly considered that these are not the means by which such an important question can be decided. There are other claimants of the earldom, any one of whom has just as much pretence as Earl Talbot fir claiming the estates, but none of them have thought it right to ititerfere with the tenants, while their claims to the earldom as well as to the eetates remain wholly uninvestigated. It is only as 'Earl of Shrewsbury that any one can claim the estates as against the trustees of Lord Edmund Howard ; and, until some one of the claimants has established a title to the earldom, he cannot even question the right of the trustees (as it is clearly their duty) to retain possession of the estates. If any claimant should hereafter ester end, a c l a im to the earldom, which we believe impossible, Lord Edmund and trustees will be quite prepared to maintain in the courts of law that the late earl had full right, like every other landowner, to dispose of his own family estates, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by the eld act of Parliament on which L' rd Talbot relies, but which, like all other lows imposing penal ties on religions opinione, has lung since been repea l ed. We trust that the Shrewsbury tenants in Stafford shire and Cheshire will follow the unanimous example of the tenants on the other estates, and continue (upon the indemnity of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk) to pay their rents to their old landlords until (if ever) the House of Lords shall have decided that there is an 'Earl of Shrewsbury,' and the courts of law shall have determined that he is, as such, entitled to the ' Shrewsbury estates.' The Duke of Nor folk's written indemnity will be given to each tenant at the ensuing audit, or it may be obtained in the mean time upon application to R. J. Butler, Esq., Alton Towers, or to Thomas Hoggins, Esq., Trafford-lodge, near Chester, the local agents of the Staffordshire and Cheshire estatee.--We are, sir, your obedient OOTTBiItR, CURRIE, WOODGATEI and WILLIAMS." neighbourhood of the golden claims, one is aston shed to find quite a new feature presenting itself :)arties with a couple of boxes washing the head ings and tailings of what were the richest claims . A.ltbough wages may not be made in this Bendi gonian manner, still sufficient may be obtained to pay for rations and form the foundation of a future 'rise. The late floods have caused more activity in dry diggings, which seem to be turning out fine prospects. It is astonishing to find the num ber of little places on the banks of the creek where good wages may be made. The more they are tried the richer they appear. A small flat large enough for half a dozen claims was struck this week, with two feet of very good washing stuff." A correspondent, writing from " Sebastopol," is te same journal, remarks : ______. " Some of the claims on the dry diggings are turning out well ; few only have bottomed. A party of four men obtained 6 ozs. 14 dwts. in a clay and a half by driving. Many fresh faces ap pear daily. I have every reason to believe this flat will be the leading summer dry diggings. I have seen some good prospects taken out of one or two claims. Since writing the above, it has been communicated to me that the bridge opposite the Sunbury Hotel, Woolshed, has been washed away. Two men who have just come overland from the Stony Creek Diggings, and are now working hero, have informed me that, from the flattering re ports they saw in the newspapers, they left Ben digo for the Stony Creek diggings, via Mel bourne. They took the steamer for Sydney, tra yelled from Sydney to Stony Creek, and on arriv ing there a singular scene presented itself, viz., that of a fire, resembling a bush fire. On inquirh it appeared that the diggers, maddened by finding themselves duped and being misled by false reports, were actually burning cradles, tubs, Acc. ; in fact, all their working implements. These men travelled overland, and are new working on this flat." Dunolly, a newly discovered field, was attracting much notice, and the usual " rushings" from other localities. The locale is thus described by the cor respondent of the Sandhurst Courier : " The road to Dunolly lies past Campbell's Bul lock Creek, thence across the plain on Kaye's run, over the Loddon Bridge, past Sandy Creek, Jones's Creek, and then on to Dunolly. At present there are about 54,000 people on these diggings ; the great rusk seems to be towards the Burnt Creek and the Alma. The extent of ground which has been covered in such a short time is surprising ; they spread over a surface of at least five or six miles. The sinking towards the Burnt Creek is 3 5 to 40 feet, and the ground is very wet ; the aver" age depth is 25 to 30 feet. There are very 631/ complaining ; certainly there are some, but to take the average they are all doing first rate. The gold is very nugetty, and several large nuggets hav e been found. There were rumours yesterday of a nugget 101ilbs. weight having been found heret but one 181bs. and one 201hs. weight were fen° the other day. A party bottomed their l'^la yesterday, 32 feet, and took 47oes. off the bottion' Most parties think that these diggings will be per manent. Public houses, grog shops, b,,, abound to a great extent ; but most of them are in an 11°- finisbed state. Stores of every sort are going: 0 P every day, and the place looks as if it was no t merel one of those mad rushes, " come to-day and ri le tomorrow," but has got a look of permanency about it. The people on the whole are YerY of derly. There are two banks opened —the Bank 'Victoria and the London and Chartered Bank- Provisions are not so dear as I expected ; eci ever./ thing is very reasonable. Mechanics, esp al! car penters, are very scarce. The Bank o f Victoria opened on Saturday, and could not buy all the g ol d that was brought to them, as they had no t so cieut cash." FINGAL GOLD FIELDS. The H. T. Advertiser has the following :--Gr eat excitement was created in town yesterday by th e arrival of Mr. Maning, of the firm of Messrs. Mali: inn Brothers, New Wharf, from the Fingal go l d fields, with specimens of ab out 4 ozs. of gold, an a large piece of quartz weighing upwards of 40 lbs se., supposed to yield about 10 ozs. of gold. Tho exhibited at the Gold Coi'll Office, Royal Exchange, where they nave mpan been inspected by numbers of our citizens. Private letters from Fingal hold out great hopes of success to bein dustrious diggers, but who se o p erations have en. materially impeded by the recent inclement state of the weather. The new q uartz reef promises well, and the crushing machines are anxiously looked for. MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET. There is still a good supply of men in the marke t, approaching. but they are unwilling to hire under the presen t shearing, and general bu s notations, and are shy at making longengagemen ts . Skilled labour is abou the same, and not a groat many unemployed' a t i s m t e h the is sheep pi Was hing,dlid l y Females are in demand and wages, if anytbink are rather on the advance ; few will take lean 011 30/. per annum. With Rations. £ £ Married couples, witho u t families 70 to 8° Ditto, with famili es ••• 70 80 to Gardeners V 65 Grooms °L; „ Storekeepers, per annum 5O to Shepherds ... Hutkeepers, per annum ...... ....... 25 to a° Ploughmen, 20s to 25s per week Farm labourers, do. 22s 6d Shearers, 16s to 203 per hundred She3p-washers, 25s per week Mowers, 8s to 10s per acre Reapers, 20s do. Threshers, 8d to 10d per bushel Bullock-drivers for roads, 30s per week Do., for farms, 25s do. Horse team drivers for roads, 25s to BOs to , Hay cutters and truesers, 35s do., or 70 Pe r •Male cooks, 20s to 45s per week Waiters, 208 to 30s do. Blacksmiths, 508 to 60s do. Carpenters, 21. per week Rough do., 30s. Without Rations. Blacksmiths, 4/. to 4/. 108 per week Carpenters, 12s to 15s per day Masons, 14s to 153 per day Bricklayers, 143 to 15s per day Plasterers, 14s to 153 per day Quarrymen, 10s to 14s per da y del Labourers, 88 to 103 per daY„ ro ads, 101 Per Able pick and shovel me° and tent accommodatio n yard ' Btonebreakers, 6s 6d to 70 Per ' Compositors, is 4 , 1 per thou sand Pressmen, 41. to 51. per week FEMALE DOMES TICS. 30 to 35 25 to aq, . Thorough servants ....................... Housemaids ............................. no to 35 3 ° 5 to 40 Laundresses .............................. Cooks ....................................... is to 30 Nursemaids ................................ • ao Needlewomen .... . ......................... DEATH or death or [es great Oriental HAMMRR•`The , p aa • BsA7...thz7. imiii7AintEeßr...N.lrgb: on the 26th ult., at Vienna. Baron von balt.ilro,nwiendlt7oi7ng-isr,tl.attti gratify ratain Sty tier where lii 8 fa ther c'e i c: ' From an honourable ' position in the pu ,Alinebile W I 0 From who availed 12. im h is to i w n a ci r i cl u s at t i h u e ns E a b s y t, seemed to draw earliest . childhood a rassterious 2:Z,, pas recently rep . where h h e is attracted u himself of his services in the P A b oot tionof hie this tlt n time he produced several poems, both origie2.soo slated, from the Eastern languages. In 19r 00 sent a ,, dragoreau to Constantinople, whence P e t he tr a nsferred to Egypt and employed as interpreter toot, English army in Abercrombie's campaign. il° W e° ate ct oot sequently attache to the Austrian embassy at ‘,°-403e ira t e p r, and Consul in Moldavia. In 1811 be h e ote instituted t h e Oriental notice of A i h c ae dceerienyibt:reijarl altiittn;T:Pitooho hoej interpreter to the Vienna Chanei-ry. Iu 1 817 -e re l ie made a counsellor, and in 1835 a baron. Of late YeA kio oe had retired from the public service, and lived en P t " iat, lutes in Styria. His works are numerous, the 03,°e•eetfri portant beim! his " Enclycopdic View of vfoi 6 i Science," 1304 ; "Glance at, Turkish Literature, of l icit : lb:l i 002) s unt7ogg-3rhoy4th i;oti f o,ni P hbß e ei r u t s 4 lts i o a ssirs n aye,n l ; e e fld t 08 l e b4 s tyot o r a : m e ,p t a, i nT r o e phr s eei ' : 'email:So:1;8;0;3.18s 3 i0n.38 peg hl. ae,j, 0 oistor9:o ' t ht_;. AK:a9sins," 1818; "History Of the Ottoman VI/lief 1343. The value of these works is great ,but it bee ' e rt . undue, ation, and in the case of the Ottouiair of dye, , though not unnatural, bias iia favour of e Were est'ikeeu'tria. The baron's philological labours 7o°4 been being considered to display more learriT :00, resea m rc e h d, worlda. than philosophical depth andlogical e xa so , 0 Or Baron Hammer was ex president Senior Pit ~/. of the • Vienna Academy of Soience and is said to p o , won the d • . ' bricrtoarTlytiheitil, decorations of 20 different orders, apa t? 0,,, . . were borne to the grave woo, remainsmHemisber of almost every literary s ocietY 1., the students of the Oriental Academy, of w hich, " Ile VS.'" mentioned, he had been one of the earliest Auden Literary Gazette,