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APARTMENTS. — Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOST, Three BED ROOMS, and separate KIT CHE 4, where there are no other lodger , near a chief thoroughfare ; between Ch•'ring-cross and Hyde-park•corn er preferred. Any Party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged. Address, with full particulars, T, 104, Strand. E R MAJESTY'S THE ATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERT S. Last Week but Two—New Grand French Quadrille —the grand Selection from La Traviata—Miss DOLBY and Signor MIL• LARDl—First appearance this Season of the celebrated Pianist Miss ARABELLA GODDARD. Programme for THIS EVENING (Monday, Nev. 24): Part I, Overture, William Tell —RossiniFlirta tion—Jullien ; Symphony, Andante from the 'Symphony in E flat—Mozart; Song, "The green trees whispered low and mild" (words by Longfellow)—Miss Dolby ; Solo, Trombone, Lieder ohne Worte, Signor Ciefft --M.endelssohn ; Polka, My Mary Anne (the thirteenth time)—Jullien (dedicated to Mrs. Barney Williams); Ea , tasia, Pianoforte, the Recollections of Irebs d, iss Arabella Goddard —Moscheles ; Varsovienne, the Warsaw—Jullien ; Cavatina, " Una furtive , lagrima," Signor Millardi Conizetti ; the French Quadrille, the fourteenth time of performance (Jullien), with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleidc, and cornet, per formed by MM De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Son nenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig. Finale ; "Part ant pour la, Sync." " Vive l'Empereur"—Jullien. Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " Traviata," with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, t r umpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messr s . Le Hon. Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg , Duhe m, Hu g hes, and Koenig, being the Eft' time of performance. Scotch song, " Come ferry me o'er " (Mrs. Groome) Miss Dolby ; Valse, La Prima Donna Jullien ; Cornet Obligate, Herr Koenig ; Solo, Les Parti neurs (Le Prophete) Liszt; Valets, Victory—Koenig ; Galop —D'Albert. M. Janie' has the honour t announce that he has made arrangements with Miss Juliana May (prima donna from the Grand Opera at Verona), and Mada me Eliza Pome (from the principal theatres of Italy), who will shortly appear. Conductor— rivate M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. P boxes, 10s. 6d., gt is , and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre at all the principal libraries and musieseller s '; and at Jullien and-Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Mlnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, 59. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented snecess that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing, upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers :—Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed- ' lawk, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere, Mr. Tenxant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn. plete chorus. under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform Donizotti's opera seria, LUCREZIA BORGIA (positively for the last time). Supported by Madame Grisi, Madame Amad:iM Gassier, Signor Calau dreili, Si g nor Rovere, Signor 'Albicini, Signor Gabussi, Signor Mattoni, Signor Mariani, and Signor Volpini. After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Templeton, &c. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Malles. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, and during the week, (Wednesday excepted), will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which lir. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstsne ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a wig), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the new and successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last six eights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea Nena and her unrivalle , l Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI: Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celesta will appear as the Statue Bride every night. Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every eveninc in the new comic drama of A Border Marriage.—THlS EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT : by Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. Parselle, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, with ne* scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Iroperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celesta, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, Sec. Concluding with A BORDER M,klL -11.IA.GE. Sir Walter aebnrn, Mr. Leigh M urray; Dandle, Mr. Wright ; Mistress R Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING and during the week will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three acti). Rolla, Mr. C. Kean; Elvira, Mrs. C. Kean. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. YCETJM THEATRE ROYA L. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Monday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA, by Miss Rosina Wright and Corps de Billet. Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and Miss Woolgar. Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole ROYAL SURREY TTE AT RE. Lesse.s, M9sksrs. Shepherd. and. Creswick. THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. Creswick ; ita,shleigh, Mr. Potter ; Francis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nigol Jarvie, Mr. Vollaire ; Dougal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal braith, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mn.e Brookes ; Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis. To conclude with DRED. T RAND T A.T RE. —nana9,er, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed LITTLE DORRIT. Mes rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald. THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz- Inman, ke. And THE CAPT %IN S NOT A MISS. C,,mmenee at Seven. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d, ROYAL OLYMPIC TFI.E.A.TR E. Lesigne, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vinin g; Mrs. Stirlin g , Miss Swan - bo . ronot (her first appearance). And (first time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER; Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at ha f-least Seven. riIELEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS, It tinder Mati , gement of Mr Phelps. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Phelps ; (Most, Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr. L. Ball ; Queen, Miss Atkinson ; Ophelia, Miss M Eburne. To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES. ASTLEY'S ROY .L AMPHITHEA.TRE. Leggee Manafzer, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian Speetacle, called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp. With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W Coake's Horses, trained by him, Terrific Sinking of the Steeds in the darksome swamp. & e. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; appearance o f miss Kate Cooke, &c. To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS. at half-rmt six ; commence at seven o'clock. B017:07a5 open ceopen from Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. Went. Equestrian Director, Jrir. W. C oo k e, juu. ---- C A.NTERBURY HALL, W es t --The - OPEN EVERY EVENlN;ainster-reari._ Mr g s als, Choruses, follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for th Caniti.eri Caulfield, . s d, Herr F. Selections from Al the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, of Glees, Ducts, k,c., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J. Jenghmans, E. Grover, T. R.ino T. Farrant Barker, IV. Melling, and P. Corrie Masters Austin •T• , H . A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield P i Ll o 7 nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. M3,ekuy."l, Ben forte, ,T. HarrownY, director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clo'ef c 'l ,',' until twelve o'clock. In additioiir - cisely. Suppers, dEc., the nanal Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANIStIoI MINSTRELS will appear in costu som me e of at Ni n e n and Eleven o'clock Every Evening , and sing theirfavourite sele tions. __ ______ WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Evening 0 min. aft. 12 Tn-Moußaw—Morn.l9 m i n . sit.l2—Evening 37 min. aii„l2 THE WEA.TFIER—SIIN OPTICS, NOVEMBER 23. TEIZIIMOVETXII, IN THE SZIADII. 56 -highest sinab noon yesterday. 52 - lowest this morning mid during tha night. 54i --this day at noon . BARnIifrTER, 30 . 05. WIND, N.W. to W.N.W.—Light, w ith fine, sunshiny weather. NOVEnZER 21. 57—hIgheat since' noon yesterdNy. 52—lowest this morning and during Oa sight. 66—this clay at noon. RA, ROM 29.88--fal cloud.s and N.W.— St rong, w i th heav ytling gusty weather, but fine. 1 ~.,,,,, ~..., ~,..„..,,,,,„,,. „.._ - t i re , , ) c.-±,-t - e-pot-r- r , „ ----, t.. 1 ~..1.14L--2,cf,?4, .. z .... ) -, , . T N.. , * ' j;1 a: i----Z- 7- ;:- 1111.1 L .ON, MON i) v , NOVEMBER 24, 1866, Th e re is joy in Threadneedl e - s t reet. The Money Market is once more envy. That is to say, the necessary accommodation for carrying on the trade and commerce can be obtained...albeit, at an exorbitant cost of some 8, 10, or 12 per cent., that completely destroys the profit of the mei chants and manufacturers, or rather transfers it into the pockets of the moneyocracy. All classes of securities are once more buoys nt, and quotations on the stock exchange have materially improved, and all these felicitous results are mainly ascribable to the almost simultaneous arrival of the Lightning and the long-expected and anxiously looked-for James Baines—the former bringing gold worth, in round terms, some 560,0001., the latter 700,0001., or in term s , some one million and a quarter sterling ! These sums are not even added to our own stock of bullion. Our continental competitors are still in the field, and as they are willing to pay more for the coveted article than the Bank is permitted to do, under its charter, they must, of course, obtain the preference I We are indeed congratulating ourselves that, out of the amount brought by the Lightning, 70,000/., or one-eighth of the whole, has escaped their clutches, and that reasonable expectations may be entertained that a portion of the remittances by the James Baines may be permitted to remaiu in the country ! Can there possibly be a stronger commentary on the terrible operation of our iniquitous mo netary code than that afforded by this extraordi nary state of affairs ° What would be thought of a private individual worth, in houses, land, furniture, cattle, stock in trade, and " capital" of other descriptions, some 5,0001. or 6,0001., being materially affected in all his transactions, and his mind being greatly exalted or depressed by the addition or substraction of a sovereign and a quar ter? Should he, in the former event, be prepared to launch into extravagance, or to indulge himself with luxuries, or, in the latter, to cut off ordinary comforts, and dispose of a portion of his real pro perty at a heavy sacrifice—should it fluctuate in value from such comparatively trivial causes — the man who so acted would be thought a fitting inmate for a lunatic asylum, and the certificate 'of two medical practitioners would be thought unnecessary to show that he was incompetent to the due management of his own affairs. And yet this is precisely what we are doing under the existing currency laws. Political eco nomists unanimously concur in the opinion that there is a complete analogy between the affairs of nations and of individuals. Now, the accumu lated and realised property in the United Kingdom has never been estimated lower than from five to six thousand millions, and a million and a quarter, the amount conveyed by the Lightning and James Baines, bears the same proportion thereto that 11. ss. would to the property of a man worth 5,0001. or 6,0001. Should not, then, our legis lators be held justly responsible for the purely gratuitous and uncalled-for inconvenience occa sioned to the industrial interests of the country, by the vast addition to the price of money, and the exorbitant rate demanded, and reluctantly paid, for pecuniary accommodation ? But we are told that there was a marked ame lioration in the Bank Returns, which sufficiently indicated the turn of the tide, even before the arrival of the Australian treasure ships. The weekly account of the Balk of England for the week ending the 14th instant showed an addition to the bullion in both departments of 154,0151., and to.the notes unemployed of 46,380/., while there has been a simultaneous reduction of the active circulation by no less than 300,950/. This decided amelioratien could not have been produced in a single day. It must have been spread over the whole of the week, and the Di rectors of the Bank must have been perfectly cog. nisant thereof at the time when they gave a fur. ther turn to the monetary screw, by advancing the minimurn discount to a uniform rate of 7 per cent., and decided that bills having more than 30 days to run should tot be rediscounted for the brokers. It therefore appears on the infallible evidence of their own accounts that the announce ment which, as we were told by the bu lionist organ, " caused considerable surprise," was wholly uncalled for, and that all the risk and inconveni• once to the commercial world might have been averted without the slightest danger. There is, however, a significant explanation of the change. The addition to the Rest during the week has been 17,226/., much more than the average at this season ; and there is every reason to suppose that the profits will be still greater before we see any material reduction in the starvation price of money, or of the unnatural constraint, that has so long paralysed every department of commerc and enterprise. The public may feel naturally indignant, but the Directors will laugh in their sleeves. The Bank may exclaim with the muse, celebrated by Horace— " Populus me sibilat, at Iniki plaude Ipse doing, sintulac nummos contentplor in arcs!" extent of 19,000,000 !" Mr. WILSON now holds an important office, as Secretary of the Treasury. He may be unable to pursue an independent course ; but surely his opinion must have con siderable weight with the Government of which he is a respected and influential member, and he ♦entures to assert that they will not be withheld whenever " the pressure from without" shall force the all-important question on the considera tion of the Cabinet ! In accordance with the advice given in these columns to the population down the river, the Erith Drainage Committee and the people of Gravesend are' in arms about the sewerage of the metropolis. They very naturally object to have the filth of London emptied in their neighbour- hood, and call upon Government to interfere on their behalf. The Erith Committee are about to urge by deputation on Lord PALMERSTON the propriety of appointing a scientific commission to take the subject of the metropolitan sewerage into consideration, with due regard to the future, as well as the present. Further, they are about to seek the co-operation of the authorities of Graves end, which, no doubt, they will secure. The more combined and resolute the movement, and the less the delay, the better for all parties. That the Metropolitan Board will agree to the amendments on the plan B suggested by Sir BEN JAMIN HALL is exceedingly likely. The Board will undertake no more on its own responsibility than it can help ; and the Chief Commissioner having stated the minimum to which he can give his assent, that minimum is pretty sure to be adopted. The result will be what the people of An increased issue of paper would relieve the general distress, but the Directors have reduced the active circulation by 309,9501. during the last week - , of which the public have any account, in addition to 297,0001. abstracted in the preced ing week, being more than 600,000/. within a single fortnight. Can the persons who have thus acted be considered proper controllers and in‘- nagers of so important a department, on which the welfare and prosperity of the nation so greatly depend It is obvious that they should, at the earliest possible moment, be relieved from a trust which they have so shamefully disregarded, and which, indeed, was directly counter to their own peculiar interests. The direction of the national currency should be placed under the care of public officers, directly responsible to Parliament for their acts. There should be a really national Bank, and really national notes, of convenient denominations, which, as clearly pointed out by Mr. JAMES WIL soN, M.P., nearly ten years since, would " im mediately liberate at least twenty millions of capital from unproductive us% and render it available for the purchase of food and raw mate rials, for the employment of our population, and for all the purposes to which such an increase of capital could be applied." This is what the nation requires, and this it will obtain, if the people are only true to themselves, and persist steadily in the demand for that which their welfare and prospe- rity so imperatively require. As to th e e ff ec t s t o b e produced by this im portant change we shall adept the words of the present Secretary of the Treasury (in the Economi s t, of 9th May, 1847). The Honourable Gentleman sa i d -- " While therefore, at present, we economise th e capital of the country by the use of five-pound notes and upwards to the extent of 14,000,0001., we would accomplish the same to the extent of 34,000,000/ . or 20,0 00 , 0001 . in addition, by the use of one-pound notes, and with the most perfect safety, We should thus immediately add to the effective capital of the country, to our stock of commodities, or, what is the same thi n g, our command over them, to the extent of 20,000,000 1 ., just as much as if we dug that quantity of bullion out of the centre of Eng- 1 l an d ; in the saw) way as France will add to the amount of her capital by extending her issues from notes of the denomination of 201. to those of 51., and in the same way as Russia has, by the law of 1839, accumulated in the fortresses of St. Peter's and St. bu lli on or capital to the TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Erith and Gravesend dread, unless Government is moved by pressure from without to aid in carrying the sewage to the sea, the only proper outlet. What encouragement can be given for Government interference becomes matter for careful considera tion. Chancellors of the Exchequer are not easily convinced in questions of outlay ; and it will be well to show what aid the population, including the proprietors of the marshes, down the river can render towards the accomplishment of their desire. Liberality on their part will do them no harm, however good their case. If they give proof of their desire to contribute a fair quota to the expenditure required the better chance they will have of success. All that can reasonably be demanded from the inhabitants of the metropolis we are quite sure will be ungrudgingly conceded. One thing they will not assent to, and that is any unnecessary delay ; and in this they are perfectly right. There is not a man of sense among them but would gladly see the sewerage carried to Sea Reach—that, in the general opinion, being the proper point of outfall, The course to be adopted is therefore quite clear, and we trust it will be pursued with promptitude and energy. One thing in connection with the drainage question should not be overlooked, and that is the sewage discharged into the Thames above the metropolitan boundaries. This notoriously affects the purity of the stream in an injurious manner at the present time. The population is rapidly increasing, and it will never do to have the Thames relieved from metropolitan impuri ties, and suffer impurities nearer to the fountain head to be discharged into it. We draw atten tion to this subject because it is in danger of being overlooked at a time when it should enter into engineering calculation, in order to provision for the future. The sewerage question may turn out greater than it is believed. Of course, the drainage of the metropolis is the primary con sideration, and must first be attended to. This, however, is no reason why when it is to be done it should not be done with au eye both to present necessities and the probable requirements of the future. On the contrary, it goes to prove the wisdom of harmonious consultations, and of giving the Government, so ably represented by the Chief Commissioner, every legitimate encouragement to lend its aid. As we have intimated before, with an outfall at Erith, the great Drainage question would be very imperfectly solved. To this we now add, the same remark will in a minor degree apply to any scheme which overlooks the sewage dis charged above the metropolitan boundaries into the Thames. We really wish the able and active Chief Commissioner of Works had reserved more controlling power to himself in reference to the drainage at the outset of the Board. We should have had better hope of a perfect system of drainage if he had. The Metropolitan Board has shown itself, so far as yet, " very young," ,e THE ATLANTIC TELKGRAPII COMPANY, SlB,—The projectors and provisional directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, considering that it will be interesting to the public and your,elf to be ac quainted with the fact, have instructed me to inform you that they have felt themselves justified by the :vats of the subscriptio❑ list in accepting tenders for the m inufacture and shipment of their cable by the 31st of May next, and that they hope to effect electric tele• graph communication between Europe and America by the end of the following month. Nearly the whole of their capital has been already subscribed, and when the few remaln;.ng shares are taken the present acting body will proceed to elect, upo❑ the nomination of the share holders themselves, a perman-nt board of direction. Tile contract price for the cable is considerably within the estimate, and to this, not the least gratifying part of their announcement, the directors have now the pleasure to add that they have just received a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury evidencing, by the liberal support promised to the company, the warm in terest taken in the project by her Majesty's Govern ment, and their readiness to encourage and promote its -uccess.—l have the honour to remain, sir, your obe dient servant, W. DE LA MOSE, Secretary pro tent. Temporary offices, 117, Bisbopigate-street Within, Nov. 21, 1856. It is understood that it is not her Majesty's intention to receive company at Windsor Castle at present, as has been reported. The private band has been dismissed until Christmas. • His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Per, , igny entertained a select circle at dinner, last evening, at Albert-gate House. The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk has taken the man sion in Hamilton-place, late the residence of the Earl of Cork and Orrery. The Earl Granville paid a visit to the new school of science and art at Brompton on Saturdiy morning. The Earl and Countess of Desert are staying on a visit at Ashdown Park, the seat of the Earl and Ciun tees Craven. Viscount Hawarden has arrived in town from his seat, Dundrum Cashelf, Ireland. L , rd de Tabley has arrived in town from Knutsford, Che.hire. Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison have taken a house on the Marine Parade, Brighton, for the season. The marriage of Capt. Fitzclarence and the Hon. Miss Sydney is fixed for the 2d of next month. The marriage of Col. Bidduiph with the Hon. Mary Seymour is fixed to take place on the 2d proximo. The marriage of Col. Paget with Miss Grenfell is to take place on Wednesday next. Capt. Hasting's R Yelverton, C. 8., le appointed Aide de Camp to the Queen, in the room of Lord Edward Russell, promoted to flag by the demise of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelino Percy. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF IRELAND.—Writs bearing testa yesterday have issued for electing a Tem poral Peer of Ireland, to succeed the vacancy made by the demise of James, Earl of Bandon, in the House of Lords. At Hamburg the rate of discount has receded to 51 per cent. The Omar Pasha brings 2,268 ounces of gold, valued at 9,0721., instead of 2,000 sovereigns, as previously reported. The Phrenioian has also arrived from Sydney, but has little, if any, gold. GENERAL BELTSON. - His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has ordered a court of in quiry to assemble in London immediately, composed of the following officers :—Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., President ; Major-General Lord William Paulet, C. 8., Major-General Lawrenson, C. 8., Major-General Cameron, C. 8., Colonel Norcott, C.B. The duty imposed upon this court is to investigate. the serious charges and accusations made. during - the recent war by general Shirley against General 'Beaten!, and from wh hi ich scora charges ra ae l n ed . L o otl;6erve removal : of . the - latter Officer APPOINTMENTS.—The Duke of Newcastle is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, in the room of the T ESr Earl of Scarborough, deceased. The Right Hon. J. .., . LA.O NE W • s ;neat Wortley, Recorder of London, is appointed her ........... \lajesty's Solicitor-General. The Queen has appointed \lr. Sergeant IC.' iglake (brother of the auth or of , Nov. 23, 1 P.M. " Eothen ') Recorder of Bristol, in the room of Sir A. td vices from Constar J. Cockburn, appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Henry Davison, of the Inner Tem p le and ‘24 hours in office. the Welsh and Chester circuit, is appointed a Puisne .loultd not agree. Judge of the Supreme Court at Madras. Das ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.— ••• A. large meeting of influential persons was held on Satur- ItARIZID, Nov. 20. day last in Chester, the Marquis of Westminster in the chair, for the purpose of taking steps for securing the is actively emplo3 visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to that city in ; of the new flan( the year 185 S. Resolutions iu furtherance of the object la view were passed, and the necessary eneasures for oromoting the objects of the meeting duly taken. .... The Bishop of Down and Connor has invited the Rev. iR SBURG, Nov. 27 Dr. Cumming, the well-known Minister of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, and lecturer against Popery , to ,la s has a son. visit him in the episcopal palace, near Belfas'. Dr. Cumming has accepted She invitation, and undertaken to give a course of lectures in that city. lent of the T imes (s. CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL. — The Very Rev. Dr. Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop elect of the Diocese of London, was consecrate d yestei • ins -of the foreign day morning by his Grace the Lord Primate, in the testion as a matter Chapel Royal, Whitehall, occasion being taken at the same time to ordain the Rev. H. Cotterill , 11 1. A., to the ing satidactorily s Colonial Bishopric of Graham's Town, in succession to what is meant. the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, deceased. THE NEW BISHOP OF LONDON.—The Lord B isho p of sntic) still insists London has appointed the following gentlemen to be his Boigrad, and tl7 chaplains :—The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A., Canon of Canterbury, Examining Chaplain ; the Rev. 3quivocal now as Frederick Blomfield, M.A., Rector of St. Andrew, Uns night since. I dershaft ; the Rev. A. Ramsay Campbell, M.A., Rector AL de Persi of Aston ; the Rev. Frederick Gell , M. A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev , Wm . Kni g ht, land, gave tra 'A.A.., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, Secretary British Governex to the Church Missionary Society. DEATH OF A FORMER DEAN OP SALISBURY. —Our in France must 1 obituary columns have recorded the death, at Sonning, M. de Walewski Berkshire, of the Rev. Hugh Nicholas Pearson, D.P., in his 80th year. He graduated at St. Joh n ' s Colle g e, he Conferences, Oxford, in 1800, and took the higher degrees of B.D. I will continue • and D.D. as a "grand compounder" in 1821. In the year 1807 the prize of • 500 /. given by the Rev. Claudius of the French Buchanan, D.D. (Vice -Provost of the College of Fort .d, Austria, and William, Bengal), for the best essay on missions in , Asia, was adiudged to Mr. Pearson , w ho p rinted the understanding g work at the Oxford press in the ne xt y ear under the r of Serpents. Il ' title of A Dissertation on the Propagation of Christianity in Asia. He obtained the Deanery of Salisbur y in 0 agree the Cs ' 1823, and resigned it in 1846, and since that time has in matters conn been living in retirement at Sonning, where he died it you may be last week, surviving by six years his suc cessor in the deanery, the Rev. F. Lear, B.D. it will not ag An original picture by Raphael, belonging to the share in a dis Royal Collection, has been lately rescued from oblivion at Hampton Court. It seems (says the Athenecurn) to be )reign to the Os the portrait of Raphael by his own hand, which was sendant of the described by Passavant in his tour in England as exist ing in Kensingt sn Palace at the time of his visit. Since k that the es that period many of the choicest pictures have been re- .gus in France • moved to Hampton Court, in order to afford the public a free enjoyment of them, and this appears to ha ve been rope overlooked in the transit. The words " Raffaello Urbi- t present sevt i sus fcc." are inscribed on a button of the painter's dress. RAPHAEL' CARTOONS AT HAMPTON COURT. — Hit herto, this city, solo these enormous works have been fixtures . against the trin" of Lon m wall, and so great was their size that in case of any sud- the head of the den necessity it would have been impossible to g et them ont of the windows. Now, by means of very simple and It is related. clever machinery, the cartoons can be slid down from their usual level to touch the ground, movi n g as easil y avouring to j with balanced weights as the sash of an ordinary win- a share in ti dory. In case of need for artists to study, these massive works can be detached from the line in wh ich the y slide, it to believe, and be turned round in any direction best suitable to the Austrians ar student. More than this, the cartoons themselves have .sir patriotism been fitted upon newly-se:rade strainers, which may in an instant, by unbuttoning, be detached from the frames ; a in the comet and the strainers are constructed with a joint in the 3r to march h middle, so as to bend forward and f rld the cartoon hori zontally, to facilitate the transport. tier in sorrel THE TURNER COLLECTION, MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE.— 000. It is The following pictures have been added to the Turner Collection at Marlborough-house , and will be open t o the [piles are c public to-day, the 24th :-471. Jason in search of the but nature Golden Fleece (1802). 477. The Goddess of Discord in the Garden of the Hesperides; (1806). 487. Ruin—Cattle to such a in water (about 1811). 507. Scenes from Boccaccio tvette learn (1828). 508. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus (1829). 517. ,Ited. Russil Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedaeg,o (1832). 519. Rego- Ins leaving Roam (1827). 555. The Visit to the Tomb Lien the let (1850). MISS CATHERINE HAYES AND HER GOLD BROOCH. — ariority of l On Wednesday last, as Miss Hayes was leaving London The corm for Brighton, between the station and the carriage, she is so impat had the misfortune to lose a geld brooch, formed in the shape of Erin's harp, handsomely studded with diamonds, a order it presented to her by the inhabitants of Victoria, South poses. Or Australia, during her recent visit to that capital. On her arrival in Brighton she imaaediately teleg ra p hed to Russia is tl London announcing her loss. A gentleman happened According fortunately to be the finder, who instantly delivered it to the cantatrice, declining to receive any re ward but the 3olognc th cost of the advertisements. We hope the fair vocalist of h, who roe' many climes will favour the honest finder with a pretty epistle and her autograph, which will soon be valu able if rest at t' all (notes) are true. a Hereditz LIMERICK AND ENNIS RAILWAY.—The deed of con• tract was signed on Tuesday by Mr. Dargan , t he con- system WI tractor. The spirit of progress is making way in our leans of county.— Glare Journal. tted wit' THE SOUTH DURHAM AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION .e ff RAILWAY.—A meeting of provisional directors and gen , in 1 tlemen interested in the proposed "South Durham and Lie netv Lancashire Junction Railway" was held on Tuesday last at Kirkby Stephen, when John Wakefield, Esq., was Is in th , elected chairman, and Henry Pease, Esq., deputy-char- His, rea' man. There were gentlemen present from Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Barnard Castle, Darlington , Middles- The Fri borough, &c., and it was unanimously resolved to pro- that he secute the undertaking with the utmost vigour. We understand that 3 0 ,0001. was subscribed in the ro om, t, which and that among the subscriptions were the following : • to be John Wakefield, Esq., 5,0001. ; Jos. Pease, 5,0011. ; Matthew Thompson, Esq., 5 , 0001 . ; Bouch , E- q ., I certain C.E , 5.000/. ; Isaac Wilson, Esq., 2,500/. ; Henry a few d Pease, Esq., 3,00 01 . ; John Whitwell, Esq. , 1,000/. ; r ent on J. J. Wilson, Esq., 1,000/.—lVestmoreland Gazette, LEWES AND UCEFIELD RAILWAY.—On Thursday last .ed. him ' the committee of the directors, including the chairman, P. W. Blencowe, Esq., Sir H. Shiffner, Bart., Sir C. Blunt, Bart., A. Donovan, Esq., J. Ellinan, Esq., E. eferenc( Barchard, Esq., and B. Godlee, Esq., lied an interview comes[ with the directors of the Brighton Railway Company, by whom they were mist courteously received. The ob- ject of the interview was to obtein from the Brighton ierr vo Railway Company a guarantee of 4 per cent. upon the estimated outlay of constructing the above railway. The tae, ha plans were carefully gone through, and the object of the deratic interview at once acceded to, so that the new project is now placed upon a safe, satisfactory, and remunerative ring d basis to the shareholders. —Sussex Express. Etch, d THE COLLISION ON THE NEWPORT AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Hands and s a pr , Mr. Hicks, who met their deaths by the collision near Nantyderry on the 12th inst., was resumed on Friday LE D and Saturday at Abergavenny—evidence being tendered to disprove the charges of neglect made against the corn- se Boy pany, and Mr. Humphreys cross-examining the witnesses Ug : at 25 miles an hour, must neces with the view of showing that on a line ever so properly 4th, t ma d e an d k e pt, an engine run on the curve described, officil with a broken spring, al, pr sarily run off. The inquest wes then adjourned until ter. Wednesday next, and will probably occupy two or three ler 0 days more. ility FIRE AT TRINITY CHURCH, MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday Mold morning, during Divine service, a fire, though not of a , Fre serious character, broke out in the abov e church. It ap- tioT pears that a number of bandies of fir e wood had become j ignited in the furnace - room on the basement of the t rkis . sacred edifice. This room was under and between the side and middle aisles, at the north end of the building. e, sa The engines of the parish , several of th e London ""g2 gist.'Brigade, and that of the West of England O ffice were promptly sent for, and they as promptly attended ; but, fortunately, the fire was extinguished during the inter val, the damage being confined to the destruction of 12 or 14 bundles of wood, and the splitting of the large TI stone over the hot-air flue. From the inquiries made it was ascertained that the fire was occasioned b y the over- ress' heating of the het-air flue. )IIT FIRE IN BEDFORDBURY.—Yesterday afternoon, about DCO7 four o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the im her mediate neighbourhood of Bedfordbury, Chendoe-street She Cevent-garden, owing to a fire breaking out in the pre: o , miser belonging to Mr. Roceolka ke, hair-dresser, carry 'ofc ing on business at No. 21, in the first-named street it The flames originated in the gro und floor, and when by discovered the back rooms and the w hole of the beddin g were in flames. The engines of the London Brigade, 83 from Chandos-street and other stations, were quickly in t ( attendance, and owing to the combined exertions of the P fire nen and neighbours they succeeded in subduing the n fire, but not, however, until considerable damage was 1 done to the building and its contents. Unfortunately the sufferer was uninsured. THE Mowseen WROUGHT IRON GUN.—We look for ward to the trials of Shoeburyness with guns of vari ous calibre, ending with the large wrought iron gun, against the floating battery Trusty, with ceusiderable Interest. It is reported that several officers and men have volunteered to remain on board to signal the effect of the shot. This may be true as re gards the guns of lees calibre, but we venture to assert that when the time arrives for trying an arm of so formidable a nature as the monster gun no one having a so critical a po s itio n . H a d the Mersey Forge gun b een care fur his safety will dare to r emain in an untried weapon there might have been found men sufficiently incredulous of its power to brave the danger, but when it has been ascertained that at point blank, and with a ekerge of 501 b., it can project a 2801 b. solid shot 6,080 yards, and th a t it shivers a wrought-iron plate of the same strength as those protecting the floating batteries as if it were a square of glass, there is reason sufficient to make them pause before incurring any risk. To test the power of the monster gun against the fleeting bat teries is a such step. It will show sci entific men how far sech bagel hos may b e trusted iu the da y of d a nger, and it w ill teac h the nation the value of this splendid weapon, for which it is indebted to the skill and enterprise of Liverpool, and the facilities es on the banks o f th e M er sey for working ge mas of wrought iron. If the result is what we expect it will be, and th e wor th of the mo nster g un is made apparent by t h e d es t ruc tion of the T rust y , it will be a question for the immediate consideration of Govern ment whether th e eff e ctive strength of our naval and military establishments shall not be set on a perma nent peace footing by the addition of more wrought iron guns, m a ki ng our offensive p ower so formidable that no natio n s h a ll dare to wag its .saucy tongue at Old England, ~---- TIENNA, SIESDAY, Nov. 23, 1 P.M. According to telegraphic ad - vices from Constan inople, Aali Pasha was only `4 hours in office. Ho and Redschid Pasha coultd not agree. MAIMID, Nov. 20. The Ministry of Finance is actively employed in producing a statement of the 11 e w financial plans of M. Rorsallana. ST. PETER SBURG, Nov. 21. The Grand Duke Nichola s has a son. The Vienna, correspondent of the TiDLCS (second edition) caps-- "Almost all the organs -of the foreign press speak of the Frontier Question as a matter which is on the point of • being satisfactorily settled ; but it is not clear to me what is meant. Ilussia (and the news is authentic) still insists on re. taining possession of Bolgrad, and the policy of France is just as equivocal now' as it was ten days or a fortnight since. It is well known to me that M. de Persigny, on his return. to England, gape tranquilising assurances to the British Government, but any change of measures in France must be preceded by a change of men. M. de Walewski still insists on a resumption of the Conferences, but Austria says : The effect produced on the funds by that step was favourable. The Bulletin, des Lois contains an Imperial de cree, opening a supplementary credit of 1,300,000 f. to the public Treasury for the payment of military pensions in the course of the present year. BOURSE, Nov. 22.—This day the market has been again buoyant, and securities obtained a decided advance. It was reported that the directors of the Bank of France had demanded of the Government to increase its capital, which is now quite inade quate to the importance of its operations. The market continued steady to the close, when the following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c End of Month. 4 3 / 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 20 68 5 N, ew Loan Bank Shares 3,990 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian Belgian rive 5......... 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O Home DOA ItAiLwAYs-FOR CASH. Orleans 1,265 'Western Northern 950 Strasburg Lyons 1,312 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,715 Grand Central ...... 592 50 Lyons Geneva Teste Cette positively refuses, and will continue to refuse, to accede to the wishes of the French Government until France, England, Austria, and Turkey have come to a complete understanding in regard to Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents. When the Four Powers are able to agree the Conference will meet to settle certain matters connected with the Treaty of Peace, but you may be sure that the Emperor of Austria will not again permit his representative to share in a discussion on any matter which is foreign to the Oriental question. The illustrious descendant of the Hapsburgs does not seem to think that the establishment of a permanent Areopagus in France would conduce to the welfare of Europe " There are at present several foreign finan ciers of note in this city, among others Messrs. F. and A. G. Baring, of London, and Mr. W. Borski, who is at the head of the firstßussian house in Amsterdam. It is related that the three gen tlemen are endeavouring to persuade the Vienna bankers to take 'a share in the Russian railroads, but it is difficult to believe that such can be the care. The Austrians are not particularly re markable for their patriotism, but still they will not assist Russia in the construction of roads which would enable her to march half a million of soldiers across the frontier in somewhat less time than she now could 50,000. It is asked here whether the Barings and Hopes are considered good patriots in England, but naturally no direct answer can be given to such a ticklish question. The Augsburg Gavette learns from Poland that, if the projected Russian railroads, had been completed when the late war broke out, " the immense superiority of Russia would at once have been seen." The correspondent does not deny that Russia is so impatient to have her railroads completed in order that she may use them for military purposes. One of the most important reforms in Russia is the abolition of the military colonies. According to a correspondent of the Gazette de Cologne the Russian military colonist was a slave, who rose, worked, eat, prayed, and retired to rest at the sound of the trumpet or drum. As Hereditary Prince, Alexander saw the evils of a system which he has now put an end to by means of two ukases. Three steam sloops, fitted with screws, are to be built at Nicolaieff, in 186'7. General Prince Barya tinski, the net* Stadtholder of the Russian possessions in the Caucasus, who is on his way to Tiflis, reached Astrakhan on the 19th of Octobec. The Prince took such a roundabout road in order that he might be able to inspect the Cas pian fleet, which has been greatly reinforced, and is likely to be of the very highest importance " should certain events occur in Persia." After passing a few days at Astrakhan, Prince Barya tinski went on board the steamer Tonki, which conveyed him to the fortress of Petroff." In reference to the subject of Neuchatel, the Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition) " Herr von Sydow, the representative of Prussia at Berne, had an audience of the President of the Confederation on the 17th instant, and on the following day delivered in to him the Prussian despatch, demanding the liberation of the prison ers as a preliminary to all negotiations." THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES The Bourse Gazette of Berlin contains the fol .owing :—" Accordini to accounts from Galatz of the 4th, the European Commission of the Danube was officially opened on that day under the provi sional presidency of the Prussian Commissioner Bitter. At that meeting, the Turkish Commis sioner Omer Pacha was appointed president in his quality of representative of the Sultan, sovereign of Moldavia. It was decided, on the proposal of the French commissioner, that a French gun-boat stationed at Galatz should proceed to the banks of Aljani, at the mouth of the Sulina, and that the Turkish war-steamer off Sulina should leave for the same spot, to render the river once moro navigable, and remove the obstructions which exist." FRANCE. given e m en aritim PARIS, SUNDAY. The Phare, of Cherbourg , sa y s :—" One of the ves sels of the Russian division now anchored iu our roadstead, the screw frigate the Polkan, has b ee n taken into the militar y port in order to have her bottom examined, and to undergo repairs. dd r on ball b h y a have b e She is a magnifi cent vessel, and any maritime d power might be proud of her. Ten subaltern o ffi ce rs of the division have left for Paris, whe re , it is said, they a re to be presented to the Em p eror by the Count de Kisseleff, the Russian ambas sador. ; and the ge neral commandin g the e depart ment has also given a dinner and a soirée in their honour. An aide-de-camp of the Grand Duke Constantine and the Consul-General of Russia have arrived here. A terrible tempest has caused much damage O s tend. The se a has broken its h at arriets, and threatens the town. The Mowitcur confirms the eon,P°'l • ti" of the ne w Turkish Ministry, as already - f!.lVerl E n glish and F rench policy at ' The Constantinople is again united. Th e French journals ask how is it Ali Pacha is the Minister of Ferel • The iliesse contains a startling Affairs ? pg announcement. In the cours e of a des cription c. tr ib u t e d.to the English Government in the Persian the intentions at- Gulf, which comprise the occupation of the island of Karrak, our contemporary remarks :_._. , 4 Karrak, it has been. forgotten, belongs to F r ance in virtue of a treaty concluded in 1769 between M. Pyrault, our consul at Bassos,, and Kerim Khan, probablythe wisest of the sovereigns who have reigned over Persia in modern times. This treaty is doubtless but little known ; but that consideration does not dimi' ish its importance, since no ulterio fled it," r convention has abolished or modi- M. Emile Girardin is, it is said, about to dispose o f the 47 s h ares out of 100 wh i c h h e h o ld s o f t h e journal La Passe. The future purchaser is a well }Town rich capitalist , and the price to be paid is 800,000 f. (34,0001.). The same capitalist was disposed to purchase the Patric, but the price demanded was the capital of the profits derived from the paper, which are said to be 240,000 f. (6,0001.). The Council of the Bank of France met yesterday at the Finance-office, for the purpose of obtaining an authorisation to increase the capital of the Bank. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBE R 24, 1856. NAPLES. Another letter from Vienna, in the New Wurtz burg Gazette, says :—" Sir Hamilton Seymour re • cently gave to our Cabinet the positive assurance that England would• not undertake anything with regard to the Neapolitan affair, of a nature to serve the projects of the revolutionary party in Italy, or to disturb the tranquillity of the Penin sula. It is positively stated in diplomatic circles that France has undertaken to mediate between Denmark and the two German powers in the affair of the Duchies." A letter from Vienna, in the Weser Gazette, says :--- " A pamphlet, published in French, is handed about in diplomatic circles here, which con tains an apology for the conduct of Naples, and indicates some reforms which that government might effect. Among them are mentioned the ap plication of the military conscription to Sicily; the formation of military colonies for veterans and invalided soldiers ; the calling in of the copper coinage ; the substitution of charges d'affaires for ambassadors - changes in the customs tariff ; the release of loerio, &c. It is thought that this pamphlet emanates from an official source." NEUCHATEL. Mr. James Fazy, of Switzerland, has addressed I a letter to the editor of the Siecle on the subject of certain allegations made in several Paris journals on the subject of Neuchatel. The writer positively denies that the treaty of the Congress of Vienna in 1843 has any bearing on the subject of Neuchatel, inasmuch as Switzerland took no part in that Con gress ; and moreover asserts that Prussia has no right to that canton, as the King of Prussia on the 15th Feb., 1806, ceded the principality of Neu chatel to France, with all the other districts and places which did not actually form part of Prussia Proper. His letter concludes as follows : "I repeat that the treaties of 1815 have nothing whatever to do with the question of Neuchatel, which is entirely confined to the internal polity of Switzerland. I maintain that, even in the point of view of treaties, the King of Prussia cannot invoke the text of any one in his favour in order to warrant the in tervention of other Powers. To those treaties themselves I only accord the relative value which Austria, Russia, and Prussia have attached to them in annihilating the republic of Cracow ; France in four times changing her internal government ; and Belgium in separating herself from Holland." SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived, The Gazette announces in a few lines the insurrec. tion at Malaga, and says that it took place at a moment at which the garrison was being changed, in order to relieve some of the garrisons in Africa, and it admits that the insurgents cried " Vivo la Republica I." The Espana, however, on its part pretends that the real cause of the rising was not known, but that it was supposed that it was to favour smuggling. This journal says that the num ber of soldiers wounded was eight, and that the insurgents had from 15 to 20 wounded and three killed ; the Gazette does not say what the loss of the troops was, but states that that of the insur gents was five killed and "some" wounded. The Captain-General, after the rising was suppressed, published a very severe bando, and gave orders that the insurgents taken prisoners should be tried by court-martial. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24. The Asia has arrived with advices from New York to the 12th, and $368,367. The Baltic had arrived out at New York. The screw steam-ship Kangaroo, hence, had arrived at Philadelphia. Advices from San Francisco to the 12th ult., received in New York by telegraph from New Orleans, report that trade was active and mining prolific. The Washington correspondent of the .Nevi York Herald says rumour has thus mapped out the Buchanan Cabinet— General Cass—Secretary of State. Governor Toney—Secretary of the Navy. Colonel Richardson—Postmaster-General. Howell Cobb—Secretary to the Treasury. Jesse D. Bright—Secretary of the Interior. The Attorney-General not " spotted." Telegraphic advices from Central America, re• ceived via Now Orleans, state that Walker's posi tion in Nicaragua was still more favourable. In Oregon . the Indians were troublesome, and Governor Stevens, who had advanced to negotiate with them, was compelled to retire. The entire country north and east of Day's River was in pos session of the Indians. Contrary to the previous published returns, Illi nois bad voted the Buchanan ticket, making the returns as at present ascertained — Buchanan ............ Fremont ........... .• • • Fillmore ................. The Hon. J. M. Clayton, the America' Minister who negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, di e d on the 9tn, after a protracted illness. According to the " The, general opinion that he had been overreached by Sir henry Bulwer affected his spirits; and it is said he was several times driven to his bed by illness pro duced by anxiety of mind." The Washington correspondent of the .New York Herald says : 174 114 "That tt - ie British Government do not like the aspect and condition of things at Panama, and have informed our Government to that effect. They are fearfal, judg ing of the report of Commissioner Corwine some weeks ago, that our Goverment contemplate, following out the suggestions contained in the report of that gentleman, occupying the isthmus of Panama with a strong force sufficient to protect the rights of American citizens in transit over that strip of country. Our Government, I understand, have not eomo to any fixed determination as to what they will do. The instructions, however, of Mr. Corwine, our consul at Panama, are clear and ex plicit ; and if, in his judgment, anything should arise which would seem to demand it, a Government vessel will be sent there and remain there too, to protect Ame • rican citizens at whatever hazard ; and Secretary Marcy, I am fully persuaded, will so inform our anxious cousins across the Atlantic." The New York Courier and Inquirer says :-- "No candidate that was not elected has ever received so large an electoral vote as Fremont, and no successful candidate so small a one as Mr. Buchanan is likely to have, if, indeed, he has been chosen by the people." In Warren-street, New York, a fire had broken out in a wholesale drug store, and destroyed pro perty to the amount of 500,000 dols. A great conflagration had occurred at Syracuse, devastating the city to the extent of nearly 1,000,000 dols. and rendering numbers houseless. New York commercial advices state that the stock-market, which had generally advanced dur ing the past week with an active business, closed dull, with a tendency to reaction. The demand yesterday was mostly of a speculative character, but the prices generally were n ot affected. The demand—for railroad -bonds was limited, with a downward tendency of prices. At the second board an increased activity prevailed at a heavy decline for the leading railroad shares. The demand for money was still active, mainly from the produce dealers and stock operators, but the necessities of the mercantile community at large were not so pressing as they were last week, and the general belief appears to be that the worst of the " fall" stringency is over. First class paper went freely at 9 to 10 per cent. for 30 to 60 days, and 10 to 12 per cent. for three to six months. The Bank specie averages show a handsome in crease, despite the non-arrival of the Californian packets and the large export from this port and Boston last week. In exchange the business for the Asia has been pretty l a rge, but, as low as prices w ere quoted, bills on London were Si to 01 per cent. premium ; Paris, sf. 20c. to sf. Mc. at GO days, and sf. 12c. short sight ; and Hamburg, 36 to 361. In the cotton market the European and Southern advices combined have exerted a depressing in fluence, and prices declined fully lc. ; at the de cline there has only been a moderate demand, mainly to meet the immediate requirements of home spinners. The demand for pork has been limited to the vrants of the local trade, which has been small, the consumption being restricted by the high prices ruling. The last accounts Per Atlantic of the New York flour markets report" a decline of sc. to 10c. per barrel. This was followed by a more considerable reduction, so that up to Thursday evening the fall in prices was not let than 15c. to 20c. per barrel, as compared with the last quotations. Since then, however, the reca very has been equally decided, and at the close thh day prices, with a strong market, are quite as high as on the morning of this day week. of 86 hhds. of Ken- In tobacco we notice the sales tucky and Marysville, at 12c. to 15c. ; 219 bales Ha vannab, part 35c. to 37c. ;12 cask Florida, 20c. to 60c. ; and 84 do., dried leaf, 12c. to . 26 c., usual terms. The market for manufactured is q, 'jet, the season for active operations having about c, losed. Scotch pig iron was inactive, with further ss les of 200 to 300 tons at 30 to 31 dols., mostly 30 to 35 dols., six months ; and 150 tons 27 dols 50c. caCh, and 14 days ; 100 tons English refined bars sole ' at under 60 dols. ; 50 ditto common, 54 dols. ; 50 ditto rod, 66 to 69 dols. ; 25 ditto hoop, partially damaged, 72 dols. 50c. ; and 25 ditto, boiler plate, 30., six months. English sheet is firm at 37 4 c. for singles, and 4ic. for doubles and trebles. Liverpool coal was in small supply, but t he mar ket for foreign generally was dull, and prices rather in favour of buyers. Freights are firmer to Great Britain., with an active business. NEW ORLEANS, Nov.• 11. Sales of cotton to-day 16,500 bales, at a d.ecline of to ie. We quote middling, at 111 c. to lam. c. ; red wheat, 62c. ; whito wheat, 67c. ; mixed carn,. 72c. Another account says cotton has slightly de clined ; sales to-day, 1,700 bales ; operations are waiting steamers' advices. White corn is quoted. at 75c. ; freights dull; sterling exchange, 81-c. p.m. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Falcon, hence, has arrived at Savannah. The Roger Stewart, hence, has arrived at Mobile. The Ocean Queen, hence, has arrived at Charlestown. The steamer Kangaroo, hence, has arrived at Pkiladelphia. The Oswego and the Lucy and Harriet, hence, have ar rived at New Orleans. The A. Z. Green, the steamer Baltic, the Comstock, and the Mindlesex, hence, and the Tempest, from Glasgow, have arrived at New York. LITERATURE. Life's Lessons. By Mrs. Gore, author of gg Mothers and Daughters." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work claims attention from its brilliancy and vigour, its social sketches display the knows ledge of the world which so peculiarly distinguishes its authoress, and many of the events that appear in its course are unusual, if not original. In the first place, the time is not the present hackneyed period so proverbially the fashion in recent ro mances, when the heroes disappear from their home circles to join in one or other of the engage ments famous in Crimean warfare.' Again, it is not very remote, not at all romantic or mysterious, but yet sufficiently untrod to be fresh, namely, thirty years ago. The heroine is a most interesting cha racter. She attracts from her very inexperience and ignorance more than many might from the display of shining abilities. Her position in society is a strange one, and as such liable to many mis lconstructions. Born of a lowly, though honourable family, which on the mother's side was Dutch, she became in the course of years mixed up in the con cerns of those greatly her superiors in rank and social acquisitions, although Nannie Balfour pos• sessed an advantage of her own, inherent in Na ture's nobility, the charm of an innate refinement and the grace of a pure heart. She was unfortir nate in many of the circumstances of her early years, for mystery is an evil attendant on the path of a friendless orphan, as Nannie afterwards be came. A great deal of skill is manifested in the delineation of the widow Varnbam and her waY' ward son Maurice. The gentle recluse who sPen i so many years of sorrow and suffering was 11,_° match for the fierce and undisciplined youth, rria° inherited so large a share of the father's nature- that father whose dark career had cast an MI lasting shadow over the path of his wretched rue' To the young and guileless heroine all this was s unknown, when she perceived in the visitors to the' quiet village the devoted mother and attached s el i i t i With the ill success that ever attends convey e ngagements e ngagements Nannie regarded the project o f parents and aunt to effect a union between her al t, her quiet cousin, Elisha Hildyard. Whil e fa r acknowledged the merit of the suffering youth"' - Elisha was very delicate—her heart incline d he i; regard the bold and dashing Maurice, s o brig it with early strength and youth's excitenaeut• the remained for the hours of trial to demonst rate O ster utter vanity of the courage that was the sul)Ps c i to of selfish indulgence and untamed passiou s t a e n was develop° the full force of that strength becomes known known and unnoticed in the hour of ease , di ess potent to succour and mighty to save N i i! len ss - s s ' r fted mid danger threaten. Elisha Hildyara vr— 'd i the with the latter attribate, as Maurice posse s s° • former feeling. In the interval, however, dull which the one advanced arid the ethe r retrcrat in moral excellence, the heroine met ss i strange adventures. The propr ietors engagedoftthem o pr as Y s perty on which her relative s were b f a mily, and some' stewards were of a noble D ew ee n f a m m a e s s thing more than the common. and servant existed between b t ° li n o d s e b whose t w ene actors. The agent o had for succeeding generations held the same rely' tive position of mu tual b l ours in his devolve _ t rus t e e who zealo usl y ab duties, or faithfully delivers u p with life his trust, has a c l a i m on the regard of his employer, inasmuch,. com mand nor wealth adequately requit e ' It as having conferred a benefit which money ca nna" assuredlywith the respect engend ere d by such a e °l- i t w e a n s t that the Van der Heide regarded the fo i l o f the Verhonts, of which latter was Nannie four. It is not, therefore, improbable, that whey ri pointwi h of as uwpoerrlidolryclass estimation,tothat ot that a h t e t r he native g entive mailedi improved by a liber a l e d ucat i on an d intercourlla a g id e e l i should have b een admitted by so many richer a s u ~, nobler cir c l es . It was impossible to bee°'', acquainted with h er , w ith ou t respecting and adLhitro ins her. Her first change was her introducti on the long-ab 23n t h o ld ers of the house in w hich -11 ,- er mother had passed the greater portion of her life Hawksbill. F or f amily reaso ns the son of °toll°, old proprietor came over for a short time , ace. ae uied with his wife's relatives. This brilhs to c i rcle of young and lively persons was a 0 111114 . e - 1 e Nannie Balfour. They remained but a short ter, but the acquaintance then formed was never a ft the wards relinquished ; and when, in after yearst_ds, English village maiden visited their foreign 13'100 she was warmly welcomed by those who, W e i r , seeing her in far different and much grande r ros a cum Lances, never forgot how she first oha i r o ey them in her simple home where she was can t, l It in her place, because she fitted and adorn 1 40 is deserving of notice the episode of the fc'i o gy nobleman's stay in England, in which is sh l or se. portrayed the evils attendant on the race ;e t° itS Not that unqualified censure is to be applieu c of c , proceedings, but it would be well for the Pillow many if no prototypes had existed for Lord- 055 0. gill, and if Sir Ralph had no living lik e L l ro e a Fortunately for the individuals herein canoe, they were wise enough to withdraw il l s f pro" although they had to make many sacrifices ',cote,. perty to atone for the few days of feverish e io d or ment passed in England. During th e Peroo of Miss Balfour's foreign sojourn the revolutler pO - occurred. This, of course, rendered 1 ' 3 0 3 0 1 sition an awkward one, and she had soul° S solo scenes to go through. Her health suffer ° co a many causes, but the chief one was the eu /e , j:l 0 04 dart of malice. From the most trivial evehl'lsooae and hatred can deduce marvels, and at be re' many things conspired to give a colour to t t hey ports spread by the "Warburton Wasps they ports the were appropriately termed. The talen t 9 ip de: author has here a fair field for its exercise, 50 ciaL tailing with vraisemblance and vigour thes i3 e delinquen c i es . F e w ca n rise like Nann ie b orne' superior to the strife, and can pass 'w i r d oh through the fiery ordeal. A great var ietY k' . the reefer meets the view in perusing this w or k age/ range extends through different count rie d; aud disposition, from the volatile Leonee tia io se ville, to the solemn Van der Heide ; aucl 3 70 t lit' England, from the sober Lord Garstaee.D. e• wily Skewgill and the time-serving 117,,bq0 pe" h©r su in It is therefore to be regarded, with the c erfe et cessful works by the same authoress, as P,, wool' if their peculiar style—a style which, den y 3 th e not choose for their study, none can do crir possession of sparkling satire and powerful Sion. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGE NCE -0- qi ~.1 b: : UNIVERSITY HONOURS.—OiFORD NOV. ,--,,,, thi examiners in the School of Natural' Science ° I .- Geo' afternoon issued the followin g lass list •••"' ClaS° - 11 . t. ' Griffith, Jesus College. Class c " -- - ' a -or I Worcester College ; Hall ; RobsgerialLeHT:n Edward ,n ge ni k ._ er, T t H. 2.t 3 f , .. ~''• Charles c C 0 7 iseegnes,:, :4 . 1 r i g! Lloy d, STnu IVNIIAa n College.—Jogg PEIILL - ' o3 i n era_ n • r E ---E f --.ENRY J. T. SITE, 01K a ,,, 0 00 Pm SELECT PREACHERS AT TUE 'UNIVERSITY OF . ..ale s e WI P r " by it t T h ri eV Y i E c tl a- R af cellol;,hetnhoerapinroactlool;so,f ttihieect rePgs: drop fe . s t sor of divinity, and the Margaret professor of 0 13 1 Y . , took place on Thursday last► when th e . the Rev. Salieburyl the Principal of Brasenose College. . 0 Revv. A. S. F. Michael, Fellow of Queen's COll4 tbe 'G. H. Curteis, Felliw of Exeter as ; Sad i for Rev. W. Temple. of Balliol College, were le the year 1857 - . -