The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

rfER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'z= , CONCERTS. —Miss CATHERINE HAYES.— PROGRAMME T HIS EVENING (to commence at R o'clock ):—Part. 1. Overture " Zampa" —Harold. Quadrille " The Prom enade"— E tigelke (ar ranged from Mons. Jullien's early work, 1830.31, by his Li brarian). Symphony—Allegretto from the " Symphony in .A."—Beethoven. Aria—" Come per me" (La Sonnambula) Bellini. Miss' CATHERINE HAYES. Concerto (No. 6) — Violin-4)e Beriot—Mons. Le Hon. Polka--" The Flirta tion Polka" —Jullien. Svmphony—Andantino from the Ita lian Smphony, " Pilgrim's March"--Meadelssohn. Quadrille "The English"—Jullien. No. I—Convivial. No. 2. Gothique. N 0.3 —Burlesque. No. 4.—Sentimental. N 0.5. —Naval and Military. Solos by Mr. Collinet, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Pratten, Mr. De Folly, and Herr Koenig. National Anthem—" God save the Queen," by the fell Orchestra and Chorns. An interval of twenty minutes between the parts. Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera, 11 Trovatore, with solos for cornet, oboe, and ophicleide, by Herr Koenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes ; Irish Melody, "The harp that once," Miss Catherine Hayes—Mrore ; Solo, Trumpet, M. Duhem—Duhens; Symphony, Presto Scherzando, from the Symphony in A—Beethoven ; Valse, from Douizetti'q opera Lnerezia Borgia—Jullien ; Solo, Violoncello, M. Demunck— Servais ; Galop, Pelissier—D'Albert. Conductor—M. Jullien. Saturday, Nov. 8, will be performed (for the first time) the French Quadrille, composed by M. Jullien expressly for this Concert, and as a companion to the English Quadrille, with recitatives, solos, and variations for Oates, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messrs. Pratten, Collinet, De Folley, Lavigne, Lazarus, Duhem, Hughes, and Koenig. On Monday, Nov. 10, will be performed (for the first time) a Grand Selection from Verdi's opera La Traviata. Promenade, public boxes, and gallery, ls. ; private boxes, a guinea, and upwards. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Reduced Prices as usual :—Gallery, 6d. ' • L o wer Gallery, Is. ; Upper Boxes, is. ed. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle Boxes, 2s. ed. ; Dress Circle, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., ls., 11. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s. Fifth night this season of Mr. Charles Mathews, who will perform in the Comedy of The Busybody, and Cool as a Gacumber.—Mr. and Mrs Keeley in their original characters in Twice Killed.—A New Divertissement arranged by Mons. Petit, supported by Mdlles. Osm9nt, Therese, and Sinor Veroni.—THlS EVEN ING (Friday), the Comedy of THE BUSYBODY. Cha. meters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, R. Roxby, A. Youuge, Vincent, Tilbury, Templeton ; Miss M Oliver, Miss Bulmer, Miss Wadham, Miss Barnes, &c. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER, in which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. To be followed by TWICE KILLED, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley in their original characters. To conclude with a Ballet Diver tissement. Doors open at half-past 6. Commence at 7. rn consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of Italian Operas, the Lessee begs to announce that he has entered into arrange ments with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., of Regent-street, who have succeeded in prevailing upon Mine. Grisi, Mme. Gassier, and the other eminent artistes to-forego their conti nental engacements in order to appear for a few nights longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers. Ma dame Grisi will perform on Monday, Nov 10, in Bellini's opera of Norma, supported by Madame Sedlatzek, Signori Lorini, Gabussi, and Herr Formes, at the old play-house prices. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beak, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application for scats is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. rrHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING and To-morrow (Satur day), by desire, the comedy of THE INCONTSANT, in which Mr. Murdoch, who has been so greatly success= fill in his representation of the character of Young Mirabel, will repeat that performance for two nights ; Old Mirabel, Mr. Chippendale ; Duretete, Mr. W. Farren ; Oriana, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam ; Bizarre, Miss Talbot, After which, the renowned Spanish Dancer, Perea Mile., and her unrivalled Company. To he followed by the farce of GRIM SHAW, BAGSHAW, and BRADSIIAW, in which Mr. Buck stone will sustain his original character of GRIMSHAW. Concluding with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. On Monday, Nov. 10, The School for Scandal. Commence nightly at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PFII. Return of Madame Celeste, who will ap pear in the successfully revived drama of Green Bushes. Great success of the new comic drama, called A Border Marriage, in which Mr. Leigh Murray will appear.—Mr. Wright in a new character, and as Muster Grinnidge, in The Green Bushes.— THIS EVENING, the renowned drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, or A. Hundred Years ago,in which Madame Celeste will appear in the character of Miami. Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright, and Jack Gong, Mr. P. Bedford (their ori ginal characters). With a new comic drama, called A BORDER MARRIAGE, by Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. Wright, Miss Wyndham, die. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and dnring the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSITAIMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three act.). Mendels sohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. L YCEUM THEATRE ROYA L. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, 'THE CAVALIER. Captain Har. grave, Mr. C. Dillon ; Mrs. Hargrave, Mrs. C. Dillon. Fol• lowed. by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Artagnan, Mr. C. Dillon ; Constance, M'ss Woolgar. After which, a new farce, called DOING THE HANSOM : Mr. J. L. Toole. Concluding with the Ballet from Winter's Tale. TREA.TRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, RICHELIEU. Richelieu, Mr. Phelps; Barnadas, Mr. H. Marston ; De Mauprat, Mr. F. Robinson ; Louis, Mr. A. Rayner ; Joseph, Mr. J. W. Ray ; De Bering hen, Mr. Belford ; Huguet, Mr. T. C. Harris; Julie, Miss M. Eburne. To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO " THE TIMES." ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, DRED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Uncle Tiff, Mr. Vtiriddicomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A, Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson. Mons. Finis and Family. After which. THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A QUIET FAMILY. To conclude with THE SPANISH REBEL. TRAND T FIE A.T R E.—Maamer, Mr. T. L - 71 Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed THE YOUNG HUSSAR ; CUPID THE CONQUEROR; and BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Mesdames Cuthbert, Wool ledge, E. Jacobs, &e. ; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Clarke, Her bert, dm. ; Master Edouin. Commune() at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. Gallery, 6d. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigati. THIS EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robsrm. A MODEL OF A WIFE. Bonnefoi, Mr. A. Wigan. MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jassn, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus, Miss Maslcell ; Creasa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. . Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (Fourteenth Week), embellished by Tv-striau effects b y 11 . r. W. Cookc's Ilor'cs, the Tragedy o f RICHARD THE THIRD. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the ren%wned EXERCIS649 in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a routine of varied and soled Amuse ments. Coinmenee at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. 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Lord PA.LVERSTON has truly declared that " the leisure of a lainister of the Crown, durin the recess, is not altogether such rd period r. , f tran quillity and repose as many-may suppose it to be." ExPerto crede ! The Noble Lord can certainly speak feelingly on the subject. At Manchester yesterday he Underwent labours more severe than he would have to undergo during the most onerous period of the Parliathentary campaign.- He de livered no less than three orations on different matters, each and every one of which was distin guished by that peculiar tact and felicity of ex pression Tyr which he is so justly celebrated. He had necessarily a wide field on whi c h to enter, and it is but simpl e justice to say that, whil e h e touched Le sp o k e varied subj ec t ; on and adurnciel so many ai - ld in a znanner befit.ti4g th e Prini, Minister cf Eri4 , 'anci CD each and all —on the I conduct of the War and the terms on which Peace was concluded, and on which alone it can be maintained—the domestic princlples of govern ment on which, his Administration is founded ; and, finally, the advantages of a noble institution for promoting the social elevation of its members, and qualifying them to become better citizens, while promoting their own happiness by devoting the so-called " hours of idleness" to their intel lectual and moral advancement. filled his instructions. The Lieut.-Colonel was, it appears, in an official capacity at the camp of OmEr. PACHA at the very moment when the latter wrote, saying that if the garrison stood firm only twenty days he would relieve them ; but not a single word of encouragement or advice was for warded from the Lieut.-Colonel of Engineers to his brother Commissioner. Notwithstanding the promise of OMER PACHA, nothing was done to redeem his voluntary pledge. The faithful and devoted band stood out to the last, until exhausted by fatigue and reduced by famine they were rendered in= capable of effecting their escape. And for this betrayal of his trust, General WiLLums declares, that "as long as a soldier of that garrison sur vives, the names of those two men (OmER PACHA and SELI3t PACHA) will be execrated." Within the space necessarily devoted to an article in a public journal, it is impossible to attempt to give anything approaching to an out line of the Premier's views on these varied topics, or to comment thereon fairly and impartially. We can only glance at the most important of all, that on which the public attention is rivetted for the time being—viz., the foreign policy, past, pre sent, and future of the PAL3IERStON Adminis tration. This is certainly lifting the gage flung down by Lieut.-Colonel SIMMONS. The matter cannot ter minate where it is, and in the controversy that ensues the public may hope to gain some new light as to the causes that led to that deplorable calamity which Russia affected to regard as an adequate set-off against the fall of Sebastopol and the other reverses sustained by her armies during the pro gress of the war. If Lieutenant-Colonel SIMMONS persevere, we are convinced that General WIL-, MIMS will be ready and willing to answer him, when and so often as occasion may require. On that all-important subject he has spoken like the Lord PALMERSTON of former days, the truly English Minister, untainted by Germanism, and determined to maintain the honour and dig nity of Great Britain intact through every diffi culty. He has boldly declared, even while expressing a fervent hope that the Peace might be lasting, that " its duration must depend upon the honour and fidelity with which its conditions are fulfilled ;" emphatically adding—" I trust that that Power which brought upon itself the hostility, either active or moral, of all Europe, by a forgetfulness of international rights and duties—l trust that that Power having con cluded a Treaty, will observe that Treaty, and fulfil it with faithfulness, and then, no doubt, peace will be of long duration." This is a significant and well-timed hint that, under his administration, England will not suffer herself to be either bullied or cajoled ; and that the AUTOCRAT, if he wishes to avoid another war, must carefully eschew the flimsy and pettifogging pretexts by which his Ministers endeavour to evade the performance of obligations solemnly and deliberately contracted ; that the spirit of the Treaty, as well as the mere letter, must be strictly and honourably observed ! If the policy of his Government be strictly in accordance with the opinions thus nobly enunciated, Lord PAL MERSTON will merit and obtain the confidence of the nation, and the people will earnestly desire for him a long continuance in place and power. He rendered ample justice to the enthusiasm of the entire community with respect to the just and necessary war into which we were forced, and to the well-tried bravery of our gallant seamen and soldiers, when he explained how greatly they alle viated the "apparent " difficulties of the task on which he entered. He well knew that no impedi ments would keep back, no dangers intimidate, thcae who had firmly resolved to defend the cause of truth and justice, even to the last man and the last shilling ; that every reasonable application would be cheerfully responded to—all that was required being to satisfy the people that their sacrifices should not be made in vain, but that ample securities should be obtained from the un conscientious aggressor against any continuance in the reckless course to which he had been prompted by overweening ambition and insatiable cupidity. With such unflinching resolution on the part of the nation he might well feel sanguine that every difficulty would eventually be satisfactorily sur mounted. inquiry of the authors of the second report has, of course, extended to the extent of the purities discharged into the Thames. All they have been enabled to gather on this head tends to show it is immense. It is sot merely the quan tity from the metropolis, but from the crowded populations scattered from the river's source downward. To a removal of this evil, and also to the necessity for a constant supply of water to householders, in order to prevent contamination of , the water, attention is very properly directed. In the latter case the contamination of the water, by remaining in leaden cisterns, is certainly ob vious to the senses, for those who know the taste of pure water will readily detect it. These, un fortunately, however, are but few in number----we mean in London. The utility of a constant supply of water to provide against fires will at once he admitted. In brief, the results arrived at by the authors of the second report are—satisfaction with what has been done by the companies in couipli atm° with the Act, and a recognition of the in creasing pollution of the Thames, accompanied by a recommendation that early attention be directed .-to the towns draining into the Thames and its tributaries, and into the Lea and Ravensbourne, above the present source of supply, so that mea sures may be adopted with regard to the drainage of these places, which will permanently preserve the supply of water to the metropolis in its utmost practicable state of purity. We leave off - frith a : profounder sense than ever of the inP una b ent duty ge to better sanitary kno, n e - been done. o a f c c o p u u n t t t t n h g a n o has Lord PALMERSTON fully vindicated himself from the accusations that had on previous occasions been so unsparingly hurled against him as being " the firebrand of Europe," ready to engage his country in hostilities on the slightest provocation, or at least to proceed to the verge of war on in sufficient grounds. He truly explained that " a country like this, with great interests at stake, and a great reputation to maintain, with our fellow•subjects scattered over the whole face of the glob, with our property floating upon every ocean, with commercial transactions extending to the remotest corners of the earth, acted wisely to guard against the approach of insult and the very appearance of wrong, and that it is easier to stop the beginning of such affairs than to find a re medy when the evil has risen to a great magnitude, and when great efforts may be required to check it !" This is, indeed, the great corollary to the whole some maxim—yi vis pacem para bellum—you pre serve peace by being at all times prepared for war---you prevent wrong or insult by exhibiting at all times an unbending resolution to repel it, and to obtain ample redress for any that may be inflicted. Between the fate of TANTALUS and that of the householder, shut out from access to a supply of [pod water, the disparity may seem considerable. It is not so great, however, in reality, as to ren der comparison idle, or to divest the question of what sort of water we are supplied with of vital importance. In point of fact, the quality of the water we drink is deserving of about equal consi deration with the quality of the food we eat, and the air we inhale. Unfortunately, this proposi tion is not so generally admitted as it ought to ; nevertheless, it meek with sufficient accept ance to lender a cursory notice of the Blue Book lying before us likely to be at once interesting and useful. The work to which we refer embraces two re ports to the General Board of Health. The first relates to the chemical quality of the supply of water to the metropolis, and is the production of A. W. HOFFMAN, F.R.S., &c., and LINDSEY BLYTH, Esq. The second relates to the works of the Metropolitan Water Companies, and is the production of the superintending inspectors of the Board. The metropolitan reader will be aware obedience to certain requirements was made im perative on the various water companies by the Metropolis Water Act of 1852, and at the outset it is satisfactory to find a laudable promptitude has been shown by the respective companies to fulfil them, the proof of which is they have not waited for the expiration of the period allowed by the Act for the various improvements, but have anticipated it. The chemical analyses have been confined to the determination of the hardness of the waters before and after boiling, and the amount of solid and of organic matter contained in them. To say the result is satisfactory would be incor rect ; there is, however, real cause for congratu lation, On the whole we find an improvement on the result of the analysis made in 1851. The hardness of the waters in 1856, for instance, is, with one exception, somewhat less than in 1851, though not much, save in the case of two or three companies—to wit the Kent, East London, and Hampstead. A very considerable diminution, however, is observed in the amount of organic mat ter. This is more especially the case with the waters of the Great Junction, the West Middlesex, the New River, and the East London Companies (the diminution in the latter previously most charged with organic matter being of about three fourths). This is certainly agreeable informa tion, the salubrity of water depending, it is believed, more on the absence of organic matter than. on any other condition, and the more agreeable because the result is shown not to be accidental, but to be traced to special causes, and mainly to the improvement which has taken place in the collection (including change of locality), filtration, and general management of the supply of water to the metropolis. The improve ment may therefore be regarded as of a permane: a t nature, and is calculated to aspire us with th e belief that further purification may reP,,,s ona bi y b e looked for. In connecti on w ith this subject we h ave some curious informatio:ds calculated to c l ou d any vivid expectations and which leads us again to express rel b eret that of the ten existing water companiesi five, to wit the Chelsea, the Grand Junc ti 4ri, the Southwark and Vauxhall, the Llmhc ath and the West Middlesex, derive their ale table sy of waterfrom the Thames. From a presented in the second report, as extracted frr An the Report of the Committee for Scientific Inquiries, in relation to the Cholera Epidemic of 185* it is shown that while the organic matter in both the Chelsea and Battersea water is, as might be expected, considerably in excess of the Lambeth Company's supply, from Thames Ditto; the Battersea water has it not so much in excess of the Thames Ditton supply as the Chelsea has it in excess of the Battersea—while the water from Kew (the Grand Junction) within the tidal influence, and receiving t he drainage of a very large population front immediately above, approaches much more nearly to the quality of the Thames Ditton supply. Add to this the facts that the South wark and Vauxhall water, which was condemned as the worst supply, and the Thames Ditton water, the new source of supply, at that time certainly the best, were the only two waters then furnished to the metropolis in which any trace of ammonia was found ; and the inference, it is justly remarked, will naturally be drawn that chemical analysis does not at present convey en exact underst - inding of the danger to health which a particular water 2nay occasion. " In deed," it is added, "we understand it to be an admitted fact that it is a most difficult thing discover by any chemi c al process hitherto adopted the precise amount of the poisonous ingredients which may produco such injury to she system, while on the other h an d it, is iw .possible to say how small a quantity o f :;nel matter might not, under certain cLecuirhs',alices, be injurious. in N ither can such tents be usu a ll y d e t ec t e d e;.%-rea* by the senses. It 215 true we found the filtered waters of the Comp ar.iea in every case bright to the eye and pleas-' e, to the taste, but neither eye ico7er 'even a dang erous amount o n f or iu p;l i a r t i e ty w i i d; a ll a i wate r when that water is in a fresh and cool s' Ate.), We call the attention of Londoners tow It follows. " The waters from the shallow 'a 'el is of London, perfectly bright as they are, frequently present, under exit• mination, eride nce of impurities derived from the innumerabl e cesspools and sewers with which the metropolis is riddled and traversed, but these i mpurities mal r not be d e t ec t e d b y the senses. The w a t er al p ays comes cold a n d sparkling from the p ump, aal 1, in ignorance of such dangerous impregn a ti e , it has been a l mos t universally pre ferred for c; sin king." So much, or rather so little, for a na l y. d the evidence of the sense& The - - We heartily congratulate Lord PALMERSTON and the people on the sound and far-seeing policy thus boldly enunciated ! Let him carry out these views, and he will obtain the respect of his S•vuREIGN, the gratitude of his fellow-citizens, and the unalloyed approbation of his own conscience for the faithful discharge of the arduous duties confided to his charge, not less by the favour of the QUERN than the good-will of the People. "Oh that mine enemy would write a br io ), It would have been well for Lieut.-Col. 5 d r,, 01 ,, , and the reputation of the General w ;Pich he so hastily and recklessly rushed forwp.rd to su p por t. , if he had abstained from a,ttae:aing, on slender grounds, the Hero of Kars % and compelling him to vindicate the accuracy of his assertions. The statement put forward in the letter given to the world was 'merely hypothetical. General WIL LIAMS, while smarting under the unmerited neglect —or something worse—with which he was treated, expressed a hope that the Turkish General " would P..ct like a brave and resolute man ;" adding, "if he does not, I will mark hiin with my ink, in spite of his great reputation.' Lieut.-Colonel SIMMONS has called on General WILLIAMS to redeem the pledge, and he has done so with a vengeance, and in a manner that will render the task of justifying the leader who, with such materials at his disposal, permitted Kars to fall without any energetic or determined effort for its protection, one of no ordinary difficulty. There are few who are not aware of the gallant — we might almost say desperate—defence offered by the English Commissioner, and which, had he been at all supported, would have averted one of the darkest blots respecting the conduct of the war frcm the character of the Allies. It was, however, believed in many quarters that the evil was occa sioned by the ex.tr d• a. mnifasted in the earliearp aor in part t a o th f y th a e nd su i m ni m itr er e , re a n nd ce that the mischief was inevitable at the time th a t within four da' OHER PACHA had brouBht his troop s to Ba,toum, ys journey of Kars, a n d b u t s i x tor the march of troops. General W ILLIAMS shows that he does not participate in this opinion, and that h© cons id ers OMER PACHA. to as deep in the mire as any of th e beat than parties implicated —that he was but little, if anything, better SELI3I PACHA himself. The gallant General tells a plain unvarnished tale in ' supp or t of this impression, and one that will require a clear and distinct answer from Lieut.-Colonel SIMMONS, should he still persist in his ~ e lf-impos ed task. Indeed he has now to defend not only 03IER PAcRA, but also himself, from a grave par. ti4ation in the ge,neral apathy as to the fate of R'iLzrAtts and the brave men who 60 nobly ful- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1856 MUSIC. Fair Annie. Ballad. Written by floury P. NoTra. Composed by Frank B. Tussaud. F. Moutrie. Another song from the same hand to which we were indebted only the other day for the charming ballad of " The Little Gipsy Girl "—a ballad re cently and, let us add, favourably noticed by our• selves. " Fair Annie " we confidently commend as an advance upon its predecessor—both in regard to its sweet and tender melody, and in refereuee to its eminently graceful accompaniment. There is one thing, however, in the song before us, it is absolutely impossible not to wish better—we mean the " words"—" poetry" it would be simply ridi eul ms to call Mr. Novra's ballad. As to the ori ginality of the thing—don't we very well remem ber poor Haynes Bayly's once popular ditty, " She wore a Wreath of Roses," one verse of which runs thus— " Her footsteps bad the lightness, Her voice the joyous tone— The tokens of a youthful heart, Where sorrow is unknown." Repeated here—with such a rhyme ! " Her footstep has the lightness Of the young and graceful fawn, And though of lowly station, She a palace would—adorn !" A cockney twang impossible not to wince under ! Apart from which, However, apart from the words by Mr. Novra—" Fair Annie" possesses, as a simple ballad, a charm few will fail to recognise. A charm creditable to the ear, taste, and fancy of the youth ful composer, Frank Tussaud—the g ran d son , it appears, the son, of the l a t e M a d ame Tus saud, of the Wax-work Walhalla celebrity ! VISIT OF LORD PALMERSTON TO LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6. In answer to a letter from the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. J. Stewart) expressing a wish that Lord Palmerston, before leaving this district would pay a visit to this town and port, Sir Thomas Birch has replied that his lordship will be in Liverpool by half-past 12 o'clock to•morrow (Friday). The Premier will be met at the railway station by the Mayor and some of the prominent members of the corporation. After being introduced on 'Change he will be taken to the Town hall, where he will probably receive a deputation from sonic of the principal associations, which met to-day at the Cham ber of Commerce and agreed to a resolution, to the effect that they should congratulate his lordship on his first visit to this great seaport, at the same time regretting that his brief stay and the short notice they had received of his visit had pre cluded them from offering a more formal congratulation. The noble lord will then, it is believed, after lunching at the Town-hall, ride through some of the principal thoroughfares, inspect St. George's-hall and other places of interest, and perhaps take a sail on the river, returning in the afternoon to the residence of Sir Benjamin Heywood, at Manchester. FATAL EFFECTS OF TESTING STRENGTH.—On Satur day a fatal occurrence took place iu Liverpool, at the Lime-street station of the Lon lon and North-Western Railway Company. It appears that several of the por ters were amusing themselves with feats of strength, in lifting bundles of steel bars, when one of them, named James Butler, while in the act of rising, with one of the bundles on his sh.eilder, which he had stool ed to if , slipped his foot and fell. The bundle of steel bar, struck mei el, the neck, close to the base of the skull, crushing him so severely as to cause a great flow of blood from his month and nose, and from both bis ears. He died in less than twenty minutes from the time of receiving the injury. The deceased, who was about fatty years of age, was married, and had one child. THE LAND FOR THE LADIES.—In the King of Swe den's speech on the recent opening of the Swedish Diet, the following remarkable passage occurs :—" A just ep preciation of the rights of woman being a sure guaran tee of her fidelity in the fulfilment of her duties and of her mission in the family, it is my intention to propose to you that unmarried women shall be considered of age at 25, which is recognised in nearly all the States of Europe." Sweden is clearly the land for the ladies. There, it appears, that up to what is here considered the tolerably ripe age of 25, a girl is supposed to be in her minority, or nonage ; in short, as we say, of no age at all. At 30, we apprehend, she is still looked upon as quite " a young thing;" and, at about 50, as being "in the prime of life." " Fat, fair, and sixty," is probab!y the formula which, in Sweden, is expressive of female maturity ; at 70 a damsel begins to be a little passes, and at 80 is c3nsiderel to have attained to " a certain age."—Punch. THE VINTAGE IN THE VENETIAN KINGDOM.—The Courrier Franco Italica& says :—" The vintage in the Lombardo Venetian kingdom, as well as throughout the whole of Northern Italy, has begun this year to com pensate the vine growers for the losses which they had suffered from 1852 to 1855. The grapes are this year abundant, their state of maturity perfect, and the fruit heavier than usual. The agricultural superficies of the Lombardo Venetian kingdom is 3,967,376 hectares. In Lombardy one-third, and in Venetia one-half is covered with vineyards. The average production of each year previously to 1852, when the oidium first made its ap pearance, was in the Lombardo Venetiat kingdom 4,000,000 hectolitres, representing a value of 100 millions of francs. Venetia every year exhorted 200,000 hecto litres into Lombardy ; and after consuming a great quantity, also export-'d a considerable amount to foreign countries. In Veneda, wino constitutes one-third of the agricultural production of the country. Verona, Padua, Vicenza, and - Celina produced 1,800,000 hectolitres of wine. In 1847 the vineyards of Venetia ptodus:d 2,413,500 hectolitres, but AR 1854 only 342,500. The produce of 1856, it high prices continue, will therefore make up for some part of the losses of the proprietors, and two other good years will entirely remunerate them." ROBBERY BY A BANDITTI.—The Pi 61882 d'OriCnt of Constantinople gives an account of a horrible crime, similar to those of the chauffeurs which caused such ter ror in France in 1793 :—" Four bandits wearing masks entered on the 17th ult. the house of M. Nonna, of the village of St. George's, near Sulina, and seizing his wife, who was alone in the house at the time, summoned her to say where her-husband, who was supposed to be rich, kept his money concealed. The poor woman solemnly declared that he had no money secreted, but they, not believing her, bound her head atd foot, and committed great atrocities on her, amongst othings cutting and !ricking her back and the fleshy parts of her person, and applying a lighted candle to her bosom. Whilst they were thus treating the woman, M. Norma came in,.and he was served iu the same atrocious manner. At length, finding that their victims could not reveal the existence of any treasure, the fact being that they were by no means so wenthy as had been imagined, the ban dits went away, taking a small sum of money which happened to be lying in a drawer. The neighbours hav ing come in found the man and his wife in a deplorable plight, hut medical assistance having been promptly pro cured it was hoped they would recover. Two men sus pected of having formed part of the band were subse quently arrested ; one of them is a man of some property in the neighbourhood of Sulina." MURDER IN FRANCE.--A young workman, living On the Bou'ovard de la Butte Chaumont, in a quarrel with his father two days back, s tabbed him with a knife, and afterwards gave himself ? int) custody. The wounded man, named Maillard, was conveyed to the hospital, but the knife, it appeared, had touched a vital part, and he died very shortly after his arrival. The deceased was a maker of list slippers, and for some time conducted him self so badly as to occasion violent quarrels between his family and himself. On the day in question he, without any sufficient reason, beat his younger son, a boy of 14, with great violence ; the elder son, a young man of 19, tools his brother's part, and this so exasperated the father that he turned him (the elder) out of doors, at the same time forbidding him ever to return, After wandering about the streets for some hours, the young man, thinking that his father would have become calm, returned home, but the man on seeing him peremptorily ordered him to leave the house, and as he did not obey, seized him by the shouldstrs to push him out. This led to the conflict in which the fatal stab was given. The young man, who manifests the most profound sorrow at what has hap pened, has been sent to the Prefecture-to await his trial. THIS DOUBLE MURDER AT ALDERNEY.—The Guernsey Star contains the following additional particulars of this barbarous tragedy :--"At a late hour ou the night of Saturday last two Frenchmen, named Jean Langlois, a publican, 60, and Louis Thiesse, a labourer, were bar• baroutly murdered by two It ish workmen, named Tifno thy Kelly and Nugent Loughnan, aged respectively 17 and 21. According to the accounts which have reached us, Langlois, who resided at New Town Braye, was in his house at about 11 o'clock, atsd ti,at Thiene and an other Frenchman were siith him, together with hislarmiy. The two Irishmen, on arriving, knocked at the door and demanded admittance, for the purpose of obtaining drink, but there being a sick child in the house the in mates were unwilling to let them in at that late hour, and Langlois and Thiesse went out to speak to them, and persuade them to go away, but the two Frenchmen had no sooner issued from the door than they were at tacked by the Irishmen, one of them stabbed Thiesse in the heart, causing immediate death, and then stabbed Langlois in the groin or lower part of the abdomen, and in a few minutes he was a corpse from the effect of hmnutrrhage. A third man, who was a, witness of this tuddeu and fate! attack, and ran off to obtain medical a s s istance, was pursued by the murderers, knife in hand, but he fortunately effected his escape and gave informa tion of what bad happened, the Irishmen in the mean time quietly returning to their lodgings and going to bed, where they were apprehended at four o'clock on Sunday morning, and from whence they were taken to prison. At a :subsequent hour of the same day the CCM! t went to the spot where the murder was committed ta collect evidence, and when this has been cdmpleted the prisoners will he brought to Guernsey for trial. It is stated that previous to the tragic events above nar rated there had been some bad sling between the Irish men and Langlois, but not of a nature to cense any apprehension of serious results." ARISTOCRATIC FEELING IN ENGLAND.—SO exaggerated is the influence of the aristocracy in England, or rather so servile is the spirit of the middle classes, that a noble man in the vicinity of his country seat, as compared with the same in his London club, is as the magnified flea in the plates of a treatise upon entomology compared with the same insect in its natural condition. The "Lord Anything" of an obscure country neighbourhood it talked of by all its squires as if there were something specific in the very heofs of his coach horses. To them he is a regal personage. They know the names and number of his servants—the arrangements of his household. On all occasions they quote his sayings ; and when he says nothing, they wonder what he thinks, till reasonable be ings vhiting in the neighbourhood become sick of his very name,—The Reflector. THE. AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY. The Niger arrived here this morning with Afri can mails, 18 passengers, 2,000 ounces of gold, and a full cargo. She left Fernando Po on October 2d ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 9th ; Cape Coast, 11th ; Mon rovia, 14th ; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Gambia, 24th ; Goree, 25th ; Teneriffe, 29th ; and Madeira, 31st. The coast generally was healthy. Affairs were quiet ; trade was dull. Teneriffe and Madeira were free from cholera. The scourge, Prometheus, and Minx were at Lagos. The Hecla, Myrmidon, and Bloodhound were at Sierra Leone. The Candace mail packet and the Haspar were at Madeira. A serious collision occurred at Bonny on the 21st of September among the natives, many of whom on both sides were killed and wounded. The affray was terminated by the interposition of the traders. Since the removal of King Peppel the chiefs have had frequent disputes, which are likely to continue unless the King is restored. The traders fired on the town of Cameroons on the 25th of September, in order to frighten the natives, who refused to pay their debts. No damage was done. The inhabitants of Lagos are fearful of an attack 'rom King Rosoko, who claims some slaves there. Yesterday a scaffolding was erected in the vestibule of the General Post-office, for the purpose of removing the present roof. It is to be replaced by one of glass. The Nuremberg Correspondent has a letter from Swit zerland, which says that enrolments for Naples on a large scale are being carried on very actively in that country, a high bounty and good pay being offered to recruits. DISCOVERY or AMBER.—A letter from Konigsberg states in the province of Prussia, not far from the coasts of the Baltic, a large layer of yellow amber has been discovered. It is in Prussian Lithuania, near the vil lage of Prockuls. A telegraphic despatch 'tom Frankfort states that the Committee of the Diet, composed of the representatives of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, Baden, and Hesse Darmstadt, has declared in favour cf . Prussia as regards tb• affair of Neuchatel. Prus s ia is, according to the Journal des _Debuts, likely to join the Russo-French alliance, which the organ of the Orleanists is anxious to see established, in the interest of course of the Napoleon a nest A journal of Niort (Dena-f,"„„)y y says that for some drip past flights of birds have been seen in the ne i g h• ''. considered an it d ',al the north to the s o uth. Thi s i s b urhood passing i f: wonof an early and severe winter. Gasnam'a Towle, Sept. 19.—The 80th Regiment arrived here this morning, after a toilsome march from the lirty. The band of the 6th marched out to welcome teem, and headed the column of about 300 strong in their entry to the city. DEATH OF LORD MIDDLETON, CAPTAIN R.N.—W regret to announce the death of Captain the Right Hon. Dighy Lord Middleton, which mournful event took place on Wednesday, at Wollaton, Notts. He ente red the navy May 20, 1782, and obtained his first coin mis• sion Jan. le, 1794. Dzirrn or CAPTAIN DANIELL.--Retired Captain G. Dar.lell died on the 2,1 inst., at his residence, Mount Dillon, Dublin. He entered the navy June 24, 1810, DEUM OF COMMANDER GLANVILL.—Retired Com mander G. Glanvill (order in council, 1816) died at Southdown, Millbrook, recently, at the advanced age of 86. He entered the navy June 3, 1790. DEATH OF PAUL DELAROCHE.—The French papers announce the death of the celebrated Paul Delaroche. Ile was onlr y 59 years of age. He had the satisfaction before b;..s death to see re.tored his great work, the finest mural, painting in France, which was feared to have been, irreparably damaged by the fire at the Ecole des P.:elux Aril about two years ago. In the course of the morning of Tuesday last he was engaged in conversation with M. Horace Vernet, his father-in-law, with M. Goupil, and with one of his medical attendants. Death was out of his thoughts ; and it is even men tioned that he sent a message to a tailor respecting tile shape of a new coat. Shortly afterwards, while sitting in an arm chair—without betraying any agitation or uttering a groan—his head fell on his breat—and he was dead. When M. Vernet and his friends reached his side he was a corpse. The cause was disease of the heart. DEATH OF Mu. A. BRETTLE.—A few days since an ordinary announcement in the advertising columns of ealignanes Messenger stated that Mr. Alfred BreAle had died of epilepsy at his residence, 91, Champs Ely sees. It has been since stated in some London journal that the deceased gentleman, being at the Chantilly races, gave up his seat inside his carriage to a friend, add getting upon the top seat he fell off (having drunk too much champagne), and died of the injuries received. Some of Mr. Brettle's friends, not being satisfied as to the cause of his death, have applied to the Procureur- Imperial to postpone the funeral, and order a post mortem examination, which is expected to take place to-day. FRENCH COINAGE. — By a ministerial decision, for every million of francs struck off in five franc pieces there are 50,0001. produced in smaller coins —viz., 10,000 f. in 2f., 25,000 f. in lf., 12,5001. in 50c., and 2,5001. in 20c. The million of gold is divided as follows :-850,000f. in 20f. ' 100,000 f. in 10f., and 50,000 f. in sf. pieces. Letters from St. Petersburg state that Prince Gort schakoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has had a long conference with Baron de Werther, the Prus sian ambassador, on the subject of Neuchatel, and that the Comes of Prussia and Russia aro in accord as to the steps to be taken in this affair. The journals of Vienna, on their side, state that Austria also shares the views of Prussia on the subject. ANOTHER DEATH IFROM INJURIES RECEIVED AT THE SURREY GARDENS.—La 4 evening Mr. W. Carter, coro• a T t h t e h j e ur S y u a r ner for East Surrey, held an inquest at Stamford Rooms, Stamford -street, Blackfriars-road, relative to the death o g f ui A r t y r. h J e ar d n i e d a Ciare, who was one of the parties injured accordingly returned IMPORTANT TO P., on Sunday, the 19th ult. The Coroner intimated that after the recent lengthened in tryto the expense of examining the numerous witnesses. not consider it necessary to put the coon n ga an open verdict. 'ueeiceea built ship y s LIVERPOOL Th ' - -u'leclay.—The committee of the Liverpool Underwriters'. Association have received a communica ot'ffionccfsrom UIPoWNERS AND UNDERWRITERS.— ; New York, announcing that the insurance that city have agreed to limit the loading of red in the carriage of grain to th-.taa-fourths of their registered tonnage. 11ADAmE TUSSIUD's EzEtarrtoan—Several additions have lately been made ft the orchestra by a clever adap• tation of drums Cymbals, bells, &c. ; they are chiefly at tached to other instruments, and thereby greatly in• crease the p ower and efft.ct, of the musical department, which is one of the charms and graces o f a t trac ti on to this popular e s t a bli e h ment. M any nove lti e s are, we un derstaud, during the tim e o f the Catt l e Sh o . e i n B a k er - s t re et. in progre ss t o a m use and instruc!. the visitors The Toronto Colonist says :—"We understand that the Government have just completed a survey and plans to build two fertil:letter's and two towers at St. Lam bert, South Blo»treal. One of the fortifications we un derstand, and one of the totters, Is to be erected above the VictoriaLbridge ; the others just below the works of the Champlain and St. Laveretice Railway Campauy." A letter from Lille says :—" Nothing is talked of here but an affair whi c h , if carried out, will completely change the face of the town. It is in routemplation to demolish the ramparts and fortifications, and carry the line of de fence beyond the edjeir ing commune of %tra;.--:naies and even E-querrie s . Lille, which has now a population of from 75,000 to 80,000 souls, heaped as it were one on another in courts and garrets, will then be able to breathe freely, and have Plenty of accommodation." THE LATE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN SPITAL FIELDS.—Yosterday morning the police-constable War- Der, 53 H, and the young man Moore, who were stabbed by the German on Sunday morning last in Spitalfields, were reported by the house surgeon of the London Hos pital to be in a.very dangerous position. The condition of Moore has not itnproved since Tuesday, and of the two he appea rs t o b e in the more critical state. A letter front Berlin, of the 3d, says :—" The Russian Aide-de-camp Aldebinski, who arrived here last week front St. Petersburg, has left for Paris. His journey is connected with the more intimate relations now taking pace between France and LATEST NEWS. CONDEMNATION OF THE " COITSTI TUTIONNEL" BY THE " MONITEUR." PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this morning contains the following highly important article : " The Constitutionnel of the sth inst. contains, on a disputed point of foreign affairs, an article which we should be very sorry to allow to be thought to emanate from the Government. To envenom a discussion is not the means to bring about a solution. " England and France, who made the war and the peace together, and who are agreed on all the great questions of the day in Europe, find thems9lves divided on one . of a somewhat small (asset faible) interest. "Will the difference be settled by a previous understanding, or by the Conference? That is the only thing to be decided. But in any case we have the firm conviction that the difficulty will soon be dissipated without falling into the double error of weakening the English alliance, and of failing to fulfil contracted engagements." MARSEILLES, Nov. 5. Accounts have been received by sea from Naples to the 3d. The King came to the capital on the 30th ult., and held a Council of Ministers. An envoy had left for Rome; charged with a mission. He was expected to return to Gaeta on the Bth. The French steam frigate Duchayla and an English steamer were cruising off Naples, and had exchanged salutes with the forts. Some of the officers landed and walked about the city. It is said that those vessels are td re main in observation, and are to be successively relieved by others. There was a report of the intended publication of different decrees relative to administrative mat ters and to public works. A - letter from St. Petersburg, in the Presse of Brussels, says :—" The question of the settlement of the frontiers of Bessarabia is not considered here as of a nature to give rise to serious misun derstandings. The question of ceding or of hold ing Bolgrad is really not important enough to give rise to the breaking up of alliances ; it is, however, a favourable opportunity for exciting a schism between France and England. Our Govern ment, I repeat, is decided on executing the con ditions imposed by the treaty of Paris, which are, in fact, neither onerous nor humiliating ; only, in the accomplishment of its duty, it displays the slowness which has become pro verbial." A letter from Vienna, in the New JVurtzburg Gazette, says :—" It is not believed here that the Congress of Paris will meet on the 15th November, as was stated some time back. It is certain that neither Austria, England, nor the Porte considers the actual moment as opportune. It is assured that the understanding of France and Russia on certain points of the question of the Principalities, such as their future organisa tion, the settlement of their frontier, and the Austrian occupation, was come to some weeks ago ; and it is added that these States agree per fectly on various other political questions." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Cracow of the 2d :—" The prolmagation of the occupation of the Danubian Principalities and of the Black Sea by the English has the conse quence of causing numerous corps of Russian troops to stay in Southern Russia, in Podolia, and Volbynia. Up to the present time not one of the corps which left the Crimea has appeared in the interior of Russia or in Poland. The two divisions of Grenadiers which left the Crimea in the spring, and which were to have gone to Moscow for the Coronation, did not arrive there, but have remained in the south. Political reasons can alone explain the retention of these large bodies of troops in the southern provinces.", The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), in a letter dated yesterday, says : " For some days past rumours were current of an amp - reaching modification of the French Cabi net ; and the return of M. Billault to Paris was said to be awaited for that purpose. The discontent existing in the faubourgs, the destitution among the working classes—not so much from want of employment as from the high price of 'all the ne cessaries of life—the dissatisfaction among th e manufacturing people, the financial or monetary crisis, the frequent discovery of seditious placards, and the aspect of affairs generally at home and abroad, were all sufficiently legitimate motives of alarm. The reports of the Prefect of Police, con fidentially and directly addressed to the Emperor, showed that the condition of the people was any thing but satisfactory, and that their murmurs were not unfounded. M. Billault returned to Paris on Monday evening, and immediately resumed his functions. A Cabinet Council met yesterday at Compiegne, and then various questions were brought before it in the presence of the Emperor, and fully discussed. One member of the Council spoke at con siderable length, and he proved that the sufferings, and consequent discontent of the Parisian popu lation, were to a great extent owing to the finan cial measures of the Government ; and that the discontent of the manufacturers was attributable to their fear of radical changes in the tariff. The Council sat for some time, and questions of foreign interest were also discussed.; but whether any or what solution of the present difficulty was to come to I do not know, but the rumours of partial changes in the Ministry continue to circulate." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : " If the language of the French Ministerial presa were to be taken as the view of the Em peror, and the majority of his Cabinet, we should Come to the conclusion that the treaty of Pat is not worth more than waste paper. No doubt all this will have an injurious influence on the decisions of Russia, as regards the execution of certain arti cles of the peace contracts which that Power en tered into. I still believe, however, that the Parisian Ministerial press does not convey- the f ore i gn policy of the Emperor at this critical . 1.110- ment. I have observed on -various occasions that until Imperial displeasure has been expressed false views on more than ono subject have been pub lished in language which did not in any way prove the policy the French Governinent intended to adopt. This was the case as regarded the affairs of Italy and Greece ; and I believe the tone of certain French newspapers on the disputed art i c l e s of the peace treaty is equally opposed to the views of the Emperor. At all events his Majesty, I prem. - tine, must have learned the exact v iews of tiara British Cabinet from the Ambassador at the Court of St. James', who is still at Com peigile. I have little doubt events will occur which will disperse the clouds now hovering in the political atmosphere. The visitors at Com peigne who are now enjoying the Imperial hospi tality will disperse on the Bth, and the Court will reach Paris on the evening of the 9th ; meanwhile the affairs of State are carried on pre c;sely as if the Emperor were at the Tuileries ; Lord C and M. Brunow being at the palace of Compiegne, each, no doubt, thoroughly aware of the intentions of their respective Govern ments." HERAT. The following extract is taken from a letter which appears in the , Voniteur de l' Anna of the sth, written, it is stated, by an .European officer, serving in the Persian army before Herat "The Persian army coneist; of 25,000 infantry, of a body of cavalry which occupies the whole of the sur rounding country, and of a regular siege train, the whole under the command of a General-in -Chief named Tziz-Khan. The siege works are direoted by a French officer of great merit, formerly a student at the Poly technic School. The batteries are commanded by cap tain Kirziz, a Persian officer of considerable talent. The cavalry is under the command of an Austrian officer. The principal engineering operations are being directed against Fort Noucbky, which i 3 the key of all the external works. By the latest accounts, dated the 2d of September, the breaching batteries had opened against the soethern face of this work, and if it were taken, which appeared probable, the fall of Herat would be certain. There would then be nothing to oppose to the besieging army but an old bastioned wall, built in 1838, which could not resist a regular attack properly led. An English officer, late of the Company's service, direct, the engineering operations within the town, but Isa Khan's army is in a complete state of demoralisa tion, and every day numerous desertions go to swell the Persian ranks. ITALY. The following letter has been addressed by M. Manin to the if - nione of Turin. : " PARIS, Nov. 4, " Sir,—Your Parisian correspondent has included me among the partisans of Prince Mm at. That statement is incorrect, and I hope you will permit me to rectify it. I rally to the flag of the national party, who6e wish is the independence and unification of Italy. I may accept an advance, though slow, in the way which leads to a final objet, until an opportunity be presented of attain• ing it completely ; but, in any case, 1 disapprove and re jecs every retrograde or divergent step, and I therefore reject and disapprove the MAiratist solution as anti national. The Muratist solution would not be progress, but retrogression. IF, for our misfortune, it succeeded, it would consolidate the Austrian domination in Northern Italy • it would introduce i n N a pl es an indirect foreign dependence ; it would probably dismember Sicily, and abandon it to another foreign influence, and it would create a most serious obstacle to future unification. Murat on the throne of Naples could not, even if he wished, establish a national policy, nor a liberal policy. Murat on the throne of Naples would be fatally, and by the inevitable force of circumstances, the rival and the antagonist of the House of Savoy, and necessarily the friend and the ally, secret or avowed, of Austria, the natural enemy of that house. " Ile who affirms that Murat, when King of Naples, would give a liberal Constitution, form an alliance with Piedmont, and furnish a contingent of troops for the car against Austria., is either a dupe or a deceiver. Such things Murat while a Pretender may promise, but that promise Murat when King would not and could not fulfil. "Far from me any intention of personal offence. I speak not of the man, whom Ido not know. I speak of the situation and its inevitable conditions. I sum GP my intimate convictions in these words —he who is a partisan of Murat is a traitor to Italy. Accept, Sr,c., " MANIN." FRANCE. PARIS, TIIIIRSDAT EVENING. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday morning at half-past nine at the Palace of Compiegne. By an Imperial decree the act interim manage ment of the Department of the Interior by M. Abbatucci ceased yesterday, and M. Billault re sumed his functions. We read in the Constitutionnel :—" Two London journals, the Observer and the Times, announce that the Emperor Alexander 11.. in order to reward Count Walewski, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the services which he rendered to Bo" sia, during the war has restored to him the estates' which belonged to his family. M. Walewski doe s. not possess any property in Poland, and the Itti sian Government has never confiscated any belonging to his family. The statement made by the English journals is therefore compl e tely Br" founded. It is to be regretted that j ourna l s w hich respect themselves should aid in the circ u l a ti on of such calumnies." estates Tho Debats, with the majority of the Paris press, approves of the article published on Wednesday by the Constitutionnel, and contains the following ob servatiens : " Will fresh conferences be opened in Paris ? Three weeks ago the question did not exist, for the new conferences were spoken of as a project tha t had been agreed to unanimously by the Powers re presented in the first congress of Paris. If we are to believe rumours that have obtained a certain consistency to-day this project is doubtful, and en counters the opposition of two of,the powers which had in the first instance approved of the measure. These two powers, it is scarcely necessary to add, are England and Austria. It is refused in London and Vienna, so it is said, to take part in the neW Congress, or a consent to participate in it will be given only on the condition that Russia shall be excluded ! This new conflict, of which we have been aware for the last few days is alluded to this morning by a journal which has probably derived its information from a good source. This conduc t of England and of Austria is easily explained by the differences of opinion which have arisen be" tween those powers and France relative to the occupation of the Principalities and of the Black Sea. It is evid en tl y f eare d that the ma j or ity of the congress of Paris would not be favourable to the pretensions of Austria and of England. T he journal of which we speak offers on this subject certain observations, the truth and opportunene e l of which are of a nature to meet the approval e t all. We canno t un d ers t an d, f or our par t, wha t plausible motive can be advanced in order to ex' elude Russia from the new conferences. Russia interested in several questions which are to be d is ' cussed in the new conferences. By what right cel l these questions be discussed and decided on in the absence of that power ? We therefore believe th at Austria and England will not persist in the opl 3 °' sition which is attributed to them. W e believe that the new congress will meet because it is nece, s " sary, and it is necessary because it is the oci means of settling the secondary difficulties the,. have arisen in the execution of some of the articl e ' of the treaty of Paris. It has been agreed upo n i that the congress should meet in order to deci de on all these reserved questions. Surprise 'lneY' therefore, be expressed that two of the powe rs which signed the treaty of Paris should'w:thrlraf themselves from the application of principles which they proclaimed in common with the other powerli We are Confident that England and Austria sill submit themselves to the rule which was e stah' lished by themselves. BOVIIT-T, Nov. 6.—The following were the las t quotations • _ _ Oa*. fr. c. Mid of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cent 3 (i6 50 tit) 65 New Loan Bank Shares 3,875 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,300 Austrian 40. Belgian Five 5........ 94 Spanish Threes 351 Piedmontese (5) B9 Homo Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fY. ,S . fr. c. Orleans ...............1 , 230 W es t ern - Northern ............... 930 Strasburg .. B9 Lyons . ............ 1, 9 55 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,035 --Grand Central - Lyons Geneva ...,.. 700 Testo - A Gotta SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 2d, says :-" T h e government having received some numbers of titi Paris journal, the rresse, iu which are insert ed article:; signed by Patricio de la Eseosura, & c ; minister of the Crown, and loaded with favel lr and decorations by her Majesty—articles contaJ tv Mg grave offences against the Queen, our Su" - reign, and against the King, has resolved to trails; mit these numbers to the tribunals, in order tb d ' a prosecution may be instituted against the autli°r, For that purpose the necessary orders have alr e6d9 been given, the act being, according to the exis tiv ; laws, sutject to the Spanish. tribunals. No on e can doubt that the tribunal which is to try' ti` ease, jealous, lik . o all Sp an i ar d s , o f th e honou r °f a its will exercise the activity requi rc ts by st ) e g v ilt regn v l ean ' affair, which offends the so ntilvel l , of all honourable men of the country who b as t , read these discreditable writings." The isktei f t a l Progressist journ a l, h as cease d t o appear . Se f- , persons, compr om i se d i n th e i nsurrec ti o n of A J ul i o have, in virt ue o f t h e recent amnesty, returne%), their homes. Th e D u k e d o V a l enc i a (Narvae who had been indisposed, is better. the The Prussi an governmen t h as j us t pu blishe—, be new cluitoms tartf of the Zollverein, which will carried into e xecu ti on on th e Ist January, 185 ' n,' . Lr ' The edit ors o f th e p rov i nc i a l j ourna ls in Au s ; A 10 have received verbal notice that they are nT ae n . discuss the merits of measures which have n° t °- spoken of in the official journal.