The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

TILE SUN. NFU Wanted. for a Ledy and her. Servant, a R NISHED APARTMENTS,— Vie) - I doubt the deep interest taken b y the community I at large in this interesting subject, and the earnest SITTING-ROOM, Three BED ROOMS, and separate determination to obtain speedy red ress. What cell: se where there are no other lodger•, near a chief thoroughfare ; between Cloring-cross and Hyde-park-corner of the impost, I ever may be thought of the polices preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the a dvertiser a desirable occupant. Referenees l ox of the oppressive inequality or. its assessment, Addre3s, with full particulars,2,2l -1 there can be no difference respeetzhe g the unfairness fo ' • a the full amount o f tb .e war-tax for a IT_.._ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— levym„ M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last l fear longer than it was intended • to be granted by Week but Two-First appearance of Millie. Juliana May Parliamnt or than it was suppo sed it could p ossibl y (prima donna from the Grand Opera at Verona).-Isth time e • of the New Grand French Qua drille, and Sixth time of the be enforced. It was m erel y b y a, discreditable trick grand Selection from La Traviata.-Madame Elsa Ponie(prima la be protr: Lcted until the sth donna from the principal theatres in Italy), will shortly 'nave Viet the charge con.- the honour of making her first appearance in England.-On Apr il , 1858. The Peace wa s , to all intents and Thursday, Nov. 27, the ce lebrated Pianist Miss Arabella Goddard will make her sec ond a pp earance this sea on. purposes, concluded in March 'last. But by the Programme for TUN EVENING (Tuesday, Nov. 2 3):- übstitution of the word " rati fieation" for "con- Part I. Overture, William Tell (second time this season)- Rossini ; Quadrille, the Promenade -Engelke ; Symphony, i clueion," it is endeavoured to ems intain the tax in Andante from the Symphony in E flat (second time this sea all its o ppressive stringency fc+r twelve months son)-Mozart ; Ballata, " Questa o gnelia" (Rigoletto), Signor ; Polka, My Mary Ann (13th time)-Jnllien ; longer than was at all contemplated, either by Solo, Trumpet, M. Duliem-DnliCill; Varsovicnne, the War- saw (second time this season)-Jullien; Grand Aria. P.etly, 1 the Parliament or the People ‘of Great Britain. Miss Juliana. May /her first appearance) - Donizetti ; the k If Government insist on the :necessity or expedi- French Quadrille, the fifteenth time of performance, with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophieleido, and cornet, ency of the present rate, they have full power to pe , •forme(l by MM. De Polley, De Tong, Collin et, Lavi g ne, brine Sonne therms, Hughes, and Kc'enig; Finale ; "Partiait pour la g the matter fairly before) the Legislature. Syrie," ej'Empereur"-Jullicn. The Chancellor of the Exchequer can explain the Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verali's opera. of "La Travi , ita" (sixth time of performance) with solos for point fully in his financial scheme, and then it violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophieleide, and cornet, will receive full consideration. This course would byMessrs. Le lion, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg:, Thu hem, Hughes, and Koenig ; Air, " Una fartiva Lagrima" (Flis;r avoid even the imputation of deception—a mat d'Aineri), Signor Millardi-Donizetti ; Valse, La Prima Donna ter of vast importance to any Administration, (fourth time this season), Cornet Obligato, Herr Keenig- Jullien ; Concerto (No. 6), Violin, M. La Hon-De Beriot , which should be placed even beyond suspicion on Grand Aria, Ernani, Miss Juliana May-Douizetti ; Valse, Victory-Koenitr, ; Galop, Etna.-D'Albert• such a point. Canductor-M. Jumen To commence at 8 o'clock prices. Great disingenuouaness has,. however, been die ef admission :-,-Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. fd. ; private boxes, 16s. 6d., CI is , and upwards. Private boxes to be. played ab initio in referen'.se to this impost, secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-oil:Ice of t at Jhe the ulli atr en although Mr. GLADSTONE has rendered himself . e at all the principal libraries a nd musiesellers'; and and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. more amenable to the accusation than any of his predecessors. It was always represented as a mere temporary burden—only required for an existing emergency, and one that could be dispensed with after a few years. It was by these means alone that the gross injustice of charging precarious and temporary incomes, obtained by physical or intel lectual labour, at as high a rate as if derived from accumulated and realised property, was tolerated. In 1842 Sir ROBERT PEEL asked for it for three years to restore the shattered finances of the nation. During the interval be effected so many fiscal improvements that it was gladly renewed for a further term of three years, in order to enable him to push his experiments to their legitmate conclusion. A very different person, however, was at the head of the financial department when the matter was again forced on the consideration of the House and eountry. " The iron bad deeply entered into the souls " of the commercial community ; and when Sir CHARLES WOOD proposed a considerable increase, it was received with universal execration—not, as we explained at the period, against the tax itself, which, if fairly apportioned, would have been preferred to indirect imposts, but to its un just and unequal operation. The unfortunate financier was but too happy to obtain a renewal of the charge for a single year. Had it not been for that compromise it would have been unequivo cally rejected. But the monetary condition of the country forbade so formidable a mode of tes tifying the displeasure of the people. In 1849 it was renewed for a further term of three years, due notice being given that the Minister should " set his house in order" during the interval, and be prepared to bring forward a more equitable project. Mr. DISRAELI, although not going sufficiently far, made a move in the right direction by recognising a distinction be tween permanent and precarious incomes ; but the overthrow of the DERBY Administration pre vented his scheme from being adjudicated on by the Legislature. It was then thought that the matter would be satisfactorily disposed of. The Premier, Lord ADERDREN, and the leader of the House of Commons, Lord Joarr RUSSELL, succes sively declared that the system could not be de fendel. Parliament and the country were all but unanimous ; but unfortunately Mr. GLAD, STONE had resolved to carry out his crotchet, and by his indomitable energy he defeated the wishes of the entire community. He per suaded the nation that it was better to abolish than to modify the impost, and by a specious and flattering tale induced them to believe that it was possible to do so. The result was that he got it renewed for a longer period than any of his pre decessors, under the supposition that a reduction should commence in 1857, which would lead to the eventual expiration of the burden in 1860. The bait was eagerly swallowed, although we explained the absurdity of the notion, and the nature of the gross deception practised. A single year verified the accuracy of our predictions, the tax was doubled in 1853, and subsequently raised by Sir G. C. LEWIS to 163. ia the pound, to be continued until a year after the termination of the war. This, by a species of official legerdemain, has been construed to mean something more these two years, and this is the first although by no means the only point to be assailed. It is the whole question whet the taking of the Ma lakhoff was to the capture of Sebastopol. All other matters must speedily follow. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer cannot spare eight or nine millions sterling, and therefore the point must be put on a proper foundation, so as to satisfy the country. If energetic efforts be made in the right direction there must be a satisfactory ar rangement, and those who display zeal and activity ia producing a result so desirable will entitle themselves to the thanks and gratitude of their fellow citizens. Ny' THEATRE ROYAL, DRUB,Y Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Msnager, 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, Is. ; Gallery, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, los. ed. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success 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 foregs 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 Rndersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame sassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful hand and cog. pletc chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the first and only time) Donizetti's opera, LUCIA DI L kMMERMOOR. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Chierki, M. Gassier, M. Kinn', Signor Gabussi, Signor Albiciui, and Signor Volpini. After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Templeton, &e. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mhos. 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 epeu at lulf•past 7, commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, IJAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, and durint, , the week, (Wednesday excepted), will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, MI% Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers; Moses. Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Parrett ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria Miss E. Sabine. After which, th• new and successfnl farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fans will appear. With (for positively the last fire nights), the ballet of EL GAMBESINO, by Perea Lena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. rrHEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHL Real Success. Great Adniphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fair Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every evening in the new comic drama of A Border Marriage.—THlS EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT: byMr.Leigh Murray, Mr. Parselle, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, with new 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 Theatri Imperiale de i'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kat% Kelly, Cbatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wr'.ght, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A BOP.DEE. MAR RIAGE. Sir Waiter Raeburn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandie, Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and durinz tha week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which will be prod:lced a ne-.v petite e.)ni1,17, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ;, or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher; Misses l!furray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, airs. C. Dillon. After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA, by Miss Rosina Wright and Corns de Ballet. Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and Miss Woolgar. Gmelndiog with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole. R OYAL SURREY .T A-TR E. Mtsirs. Shepheril an:l Creswick. T}IIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr Creswick ; ItAshleig,h. Mr Potter ; Francis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Vollaire ; Dongal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal braith, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes ; Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis. To c:mcin‘le with Dltr.D. TRiO.TD T E A.T E.--M n•i%er, Mr. T. P.Lyne. —THIS EV" ENI NTI- will be performed LITTLE DO-TtRIT. Mesq.s. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald. THE QUEEN'S MIrSKF,TEERS. '.Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz inman, &c. And THE CAPI'.% IN'S NOT A MISS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Poxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. L,39Ree, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborough (her second a pp earance). And (second time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at ha'f-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the M ana gement of Mr. Phelps. THIS F.VENING, HAMLET. Hamlet, :vll% Phelps ; Ghost. Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr. L. Ball ; Queen, Miss Atkinson ; aphelia, Miss M. Minnie. S . : conclude with FRIEND wAcur,Es ASTLFXS ROY AL A:NATILET ILE AT 11, E . Lessee to (1 Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian Speetacle. called DRED or, A 7,1 e of the Dismal Swamp. With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W. rooke's Horses, trained by him. Terrific Sinking of the Steeds in the darksome sw amp, 4e. After which, the SCENES i n t h e CIRCLE ; appearance of Nfiss Kate Cooke, &T To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors/ open at haq-past six; commence at seven o'clock. Box Stage , -office open from Eleven till Four. West. F,qxestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. "The pearly shell for him and thee, The oyster is the lawyer's fee," The unfortunate shareholders and creditors of the Royal British Bank have ample cause to ac knowledge the accuracy of the illustration afforded in the well-known fable. Their substance is con. sumed, their rights withheld, while the legal shuttlecock is tossed backwards and forwards between the long-robed players. The great ob ject, of course, is to obtain the most speedy dis tribution possible of the large amount on hand, and to make provision at the earliest possible time for the liquidation of the balance. But this is defeated by the earnest contest between the official manager and the official assignee as to which of them shall have the pleasing percentage allowed for the duty. While they can fight for • heir own peculiar interests at the cost of the victim s , while all the expenses on either side ars to be paid out of the fund in Court, we may be assured th a t th e matter w ill b e carr i e d on from Court t o C ourt until it terminates i n a manner similar to th e l ea di ng Jarn dyce. At case of Jarndyce and present the decision is favourable to the official ass i gnee, but the official manager is not discouraged. There are the Judges of Ap peal, who may t a k e a different view of the sub ject ; and the House o f L or d s, a f ter a f ew years' consideration, may again alter either or both shar e h o ld ers, i f t h ey h ave decisions. The unhappy pay for all if not, the the means, will have to less willfall on the creditors, wh o w i ll, during the interim, be deprived of the relief that would be a fforded by the division of the fund. Surely such a state of affairs should n ot he allow e d t o con tinue. The depositors may well e xc l a i m, " A plague on both your houses." It would practically be far better that they should pay both parties than suffer their property to be frittered away by such vexatious litigation. Surely an arrangement might be made for the immediate division of the available assets, allow- C A NTERBURY HALL, w„Cilift,., OPEN EVERY EVENI NG, , er-road • biz compa ny of Vocalists ar e en g a ged for the The follow e Caulscld, Selections from all the popular Operas, m adri2a l ' e f f°r mance of Glees, Duets, ctc., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce, airs, -''' Choruses, and ' Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Canfijeic Miss Brunel], Jonghmans, E. Grover, T. Aaiun. T. Farrant, $, ,Tons, Herr P. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters At ta i l i ° n " , s ' j • nett, and Corri ; 31r. Sam Cowell and E. Maekney. -- ' ir u " forte, J. Harroway, 11. A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield P f -no ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre- , c; Rely. Suppers, dre., until twelve o'clock. In additioti re o . tho usual Vocal EntcrLainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tions ----• _ ___•••=.1=111. awn WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAT—Morn. 19 min. aft.l2—Evening 37 min. sft. 12 T I.sloltßOW—Morn. 56 min. &M r?, —tvening 16 min. aft. 1 --- THE WEATEIEE—SuN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 25. TiIimMODINTER, IN TEM SHAD& 56 --highest rinse noon yesterday. 41 -lowest this morning and during the night. 40 -this day at noon. RASONWrIB, 30 . 09 —rising. Wire weather: NT ine-ITNTningW. —Light, with fine , cl ear, sunshiny to frost. ______------• 's4tin L )NDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1856. The recently-formed Society for the Reduction of the Property and Ineorne Tax from 16d. to 7d. in the pou nd held a meeting, la s t even i ng, at t h e Lond - on Tavern, for the purpose of bringing the i mpor t an t question, for the due solution whereof they have associated themselves together, under rub!ic comideration. The numerous and influen tial attendance proved beyond the possibility of LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, NO 25, 1866 ing the contest between the rival officials to be ' fought out at their own proper cost and charge, until it arrived at a conclusion analogous to that between the celebrated Kilkenny cats. Seriously speaking, 2-1 1 per cent. is quite enough to charge the victims for the receipts and distribution of the money, without having it quadrupled by exorbitant costs. The depositors care nothing from whom they receive it. All they want is an early dividend, and that those who alone are concerned in the point in dispute, should fight the matter at their own expense. The present I state of affairs is really disgraceful to the legal administration of the country. Our hardy seamen may be hardy, in part, from he dangers, hardships, and privations they have :o confront and endure, but certainly from no excess of sympathy shown in their behalf. Lands men who "sit" or labour "at home at ease" seem to have little conception of what the gallant fellows have to contend against. Their notion of a sailor's life would by no means prepare them to enjoy the fun of the story wickedly circulated in depreciation of the Brighton fishermen, one of whom is described as taking his lantern to the margin of the beach to see which way the wind blew. The fact is, it requires a powerful effort of the imagination to realise the pictures given of dangers and hardships the remembrance of which we have known to bring the salt tear to the eye of the sturdy veteran. Even those who live in the vicinity of the coast, and, winter after winter, watch with thrilling anxiety the progress of some fated vessel to its doom, and who daily come across some memento of wreck and elemental war- rare, can hardly do so thoroughly. How many there are in our seaports who, after one voyage marked by no great severity of endurance, find their youthful ardour dissipated, and quit the ocean,. with its perils, for pursuits which, if im , peded by difficulties, are unattended by privation and danger. We wish it were in our power to impress the actual nature of the sailor's career indelibly on the minds of our fellow-countrymen. The recent losses at sea, summed up in the " upwards of one hundred vessels lost," would then be pondered over after a different fashion than now, and we should entertain more hope of something effectual 1 being done materially to diminish the annual sacri- fice of useful lives. Apart from the question of humanity, to put the matter in the most selfish light, we cannot afford such a perpetually recur. ring sacrifice. We have not, and we say it ad ♦isedly, a sailor to spare. The Wreck Register for 1855, recently pub lished by the Board of Trade, has led us once more to pen reflections of this sorf. It must not, however, be inferred that it records any in crease in the amount of sacrifice, or is altogether of a gloomy nature. The contrary is the fact. We hive occasion to rejoice over a remarkable diminu tion in the number of lives lost as compared with previous years, though we cannot say as much with respect to the hardships encountered. In 1853 we find the number of wrecks recorded 832 ;of lives lost, 689. In 1854, wrecks 987, showing an increase of 155 ; lives lost, 1,549, or more than twice the number in the preceding year. In 1855 the number of wrecks and casual ties, 1,141 ;of lives lost, 469. In other words, an increase in the number of wrecks, and a remarkable diminution, both absolute and propor tional, in the number of lives lost. It is in the latter fact we find reason to rejoice, and also a justification to some extent, of our initiatory remarks. ROYAL DISE HOSPITAL, GBAY'S-INIc-ROAD,—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending 22d November, 1856, 600 was 1 ,972, of which were new cases. How comes it to pass such a diminution can truthfully be recorded ? The explanation, if it excites a pang of regret for the past, is well calculated to stimulate hope for the future. The loss of life in 1854 was so startlingly great that uncommon efforts were made at head quarters and along the coast, for the rescue of poor JACK, the result being an increase in the number and in the efficiency of the usual apparatus for the preservation of life. From an average of about 130 lives lost per month to about 40 lives lost per month—the reduction is immense. And from such a reduc tion may we not fairly argue the possibility of a further reduction, as well as a criminal negligence in the past ? Why should forty gallant British seamen be monthly engulphed, in sight of their very homesteads, if the sea can be deprived of any portion of its prey ? This leads us to the increase in the number of wrecks. Of course, we can't absolutely control the elements, but ship owners and underwriters can send out trustworthy vessels and competent crews. This, however, precisely what they don't do. Auy sort of craft that can be made to pass muster is sent out ; any sort of crew, however weak and ill-assorted, will serve their turn. The able-bodied British seaman must have a reward commensurate with the labour he renders ; and to meet competition the shipowner, in a penny-wise-and-pound-foolish spirit, has recourse to the feeble Lascar and the unhandy foreigner to eke out the number of his crow. The result of this and other causes is a growing increase in the number of casualties, a serious loss of life, and much needless suffering. It says a great deal for the efforts of the Royal National Life Boat Institution, and commends most, powerfully its claims on the subscrip tions of the benevolent, that with so many rotten ships and inefficient crews afloat it has been able to effect so much. The largest proportion of wrecks, we observe, is on the east coast. Doubt less this may in part be attributed to the largest proportion of sailing vessels being found voyaging along that coast, as well as its ironbound cha racter. But 576 wrecks in one year is unmis takeably excessive. We very much question if due precautions were taken in the selection of sound-timbered vessels and competent masters and crews, whether two-thirds of the number might not have been prevented. By this time a collier should be able to thread the intricacies and dangers of the passage with comparative safety, allowing, of course, for unexpected gales. What adds to this conviction on our part is the fact that a large proportion of the wrecks are the result of collisions—so large a proportion as 278, or one fourth of the entire number. This may in part be attributable to the crowding of the decks with cabins, (tc., so as to interrupt the sight of the helmsman, and the admitted imperfection of the system of sig nalling also. Still we fancy the imperfections both of ships and crews have most of all to do with the matter. In either case the blame mainly rests with the shipowners and underwriters, while the Board of Admiralty aad the Trinity Board are not free from it. Let us hope the recent disas trous losses will open the eyes of all parties to the policy as well as the duty of doing more than has been done for the safety of poor JACK, who has really been badly used by the country which owes so much to him. In con clusion we would again draw attention to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, which is one of JACK'S best friends, and is do serving of all the aid a benevolent public can render. Unfortunately the institution cannot show, or rather get the public to witness, one of their boats out in a storm to rescue a perishing crew, or we could promise them an inundation of subscriptions in the metropolis. A Cabinet Council was hell, yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treanory, in Downing street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmer ston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Gray, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wocd, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Al derley, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. Admiral Dundas is to be Liberal candidate for Green wich. From almost all the continental cities the tone of the private letters continues to be very satisfactory. The Bank of Frankfort have reduced their rates of discount from 6 per cent. to 5 per cent. At Hamburg there has been a slight reaction from the downward tendency of the discount-market, the rate, which bad fallen to si, being now again 6 per cent. Silver continues to be sent to this country from the continent to meet the Eastern demand. From Ham burg some bars have just been despatched, while from Paris sf. pieces still come in considerable quantities. The sales in the Encumbered Estates Court, Ireland, from the 14th to the 20th, have realised the large sum of 198.038/ , and the rates were on a very high range, averaging about 27 years' purchase on the net rental. The late General Guyon left two sons and one daugh ter. The Emperor of the Ftench has already nominated one of the boys to a vacancy in the Polytechnic School, and has promised to provide, if possible, for the other. A letter from Rustchuk mentions that arrangements are just now being made in the D obrudsc'na for the return of about 1,400 Bulgarian families, who had fled into Bessarabia at the time of the taking of Matschin and the siege of Silistria. According to the monthly statement of Messrs. W. and H. Laird, the export of coal in October was 516,07$ tons against 404,086 tons in the corresponding month of last year. The principal increase has been to Ame rica, Denmark, PrusFia, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Austria. The commercial advices from New York state that the recant recovery of the stock market has been maintained, although the news from Euzope was discouraging. The distrust inspired by the disclosures, both in England and America, of the irregularities in the transfer department of railways, had caused stock to decline in price. GREAT WESTERN OF BENGAL RAILWAY.—The Max ter in Chancery Humphry has at length decided that all transfers of shares or scrip in this abortive company are illegal and void, and has directed the declaration of a dividend of the assets in the hands of Mr. Quitter (of the firm of Quilter, Ball, and Co.), the official manager, among the original allottees -of shares, the result o which is that the transferees of shares or scrip will not be entitled to participate. GALE AT LIVERPOOL. —LIVERPOOL, Monday. —II blew a severe gale from the northwest on Saturday night and Sunday, but decreased this morning. The casualties reported are trifling. The chief damage has been sustained by the American ships ashore on the Burbo Bank—one of which has entirely gone to pieces —the Louisiana, for New Orleans, and another, the S. M. Fox, for New York—is rapidly breaking up. The screw steamer Constitution is hourly expected at Southampton from Antwerp on her way to New York She belongs to the same line as the Belgique, the pio neer ship o the Belgian Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company. THE BRAZILS.—The steam-packet line between South ampton and Brazils, by the Union Screw Company's steamers, will be rosepended this month. The steamer Celt, belonging:so that company, will not leave South ampton until. the 23d of next month. These steamers will in %tine call at Pernambuco, as well as at Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. ARRIVAL OF THE MADRID. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam packet Madrid, Captain George Bradshaw, Admiralty agent,Lieu t. Darby, - R.N., arrived at Southamphen with the Peninsular mails yesterday. Her dates were—Gibraltar, Nov. 15 ; Cadiz, Nov. 16 ; Lisbon, Nov. 19 ; Oporto, Nov. 20 ; Vigo, Nov. 21. The Madrid brought 15 passengers, amongst whom were Sir John Rennie. THE STEAMER EUROPEAN.—Captain Ellison has been appointed to the command of the European, which takes out the next Australian mail. This was the officer who made the celebrated boat voyage from the Alacranes to Sisal, when the Tweed was wrecked on the former, some years since. He also commanded the Avon during the great storm in the Black Sea, and saved his ship by per forming the daring feat of running her through the rocky and narrow ensrance into Balaklava harbour during the height of the storm. OUR OCEAN STEAMERS.—The freight charged for the specie taken out in the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Colombo last week amounted to nearly 12,0001. Since the enormous exports of silver to the East the passengers and specie freight by one of the Alexandrian packets amounted to the value of the ship. The length of the lines which the Peninsular and Ori ental Company's packets at present traverse is 17,664 miles. There aro now two important mail steam packet lines in connexion with that company's packets, which are worked by independent companies—viz., the one between Aden and the Manritius, and that between Calcutta and Burmah. The highest single passenger fare in the world is 1651. which is the suns charged by the above-named company for a passage from Southamp ton to Shanghae. By recent arrangements the arrival home of the West India packets fits in with the depar ture of the East India ones ; this has increased the wonders of modern travelling. A person can now take leave of the Pacific Ocean from the west at Panama, and in eleven weeks he may salute the great ocean from the east on the coast of China. During this period be would have travelled nearly 15,000 miles, hare crossed two oceans and two great seas, sighted some of the most re markable places in ancient and modern history, and lauded on the four quarters of the globe. The expense • of such a trip is 2201. SUNKEN WAR VESSELS AT SEBASTOPOL TO BE RAISED BY AN AMERICAN.—A. Boston paper says :—" John E. Cowen, Esq., of this city, who is now in Russia, has just entered into a contract with the Russian Govern ment to raise the ships of war and other vessels, 52 in number, sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol at the time of the siege. It will be remembered that Mr. Cowen, under contract with our Government, succeeded, after repeated effsrte of British engineers had failed, in raising the wreck of the United States steamer Missouri, sunk in the harbour of Gibraltar. Mr.Coweu will commence operations in the harbour of Sebastopol next spring." PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been con tinued activity. The number of ships reported inward was 280, showing an increase of 51 over the previous week. These included 54 with cargoes of grain, rice, and flour ; 23 with fruit of all sorts, 9 with sugar, and 1 with tea. The number of vessels cleared outward was 103, includino . 12 in ballast, showing a decrease of 25. In the Australian trade there is a considerable diminu tion in the number of vessels on the berth. The total is 45, being a decrease of 11 from the last account. Of those now loading 6 are for Adelaide, 3 for Hobart Town, 3 for Launceston, 3 for Melbourne, 1 for Moreton Bay, 7 for New Zealand, 14 for Port Philip, 6 for Sydney, 1 for Swan River, and 1 for Warrnambool. The depar tures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week have comprised 7 vessels-4 to Sydney, 2 to Launceston, and 1 to Hobart Town, with an aggregate capacity of 5,594 tons. The rates of freight exhibit a tendency to increased firmness. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING STATISTICS.—The following is a return of ships inwards and outwards in the foreign trade of this port for the week ended Nov. 22, 1856 ; and of ships r eported inwards from Jan. 1 to the s ame date, as compared with the corresponding period in the year 1855 e—Entered inwards—Week ended Nov. 22, 1856—ships, 77 ; tonnage, 45,491; week ended Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 49 ; tonnage, 20,486; increase in ships, 28; increase in tonnage, 25,005. Cleared outwards—Week ended Nov. 22, 1856—ship, 73; tonnage, 41,474; week ended Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 87 ; tonnage, 40,626 ; de crease in ships, 14; increase in tonnage, 848. Reported inwards—from Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1856 —ships, 3,917; tonnage, 2,211,538 ; Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 3,760; tonnage, 1,869,112 ; increase in ships, 157 ; in crease in tonnage, 324,426. THE CHESTER MURDERE R . —Jackson remains in the d in which he appeare d at his examina tion. We understand that his friends have declined same dogged moo ad vancing any amount whatever for the purposes of his defence. He wiil have, therefore, to rely upon coun sel appointed by the judge for his defence.—Chester Chronicle. THE BRITS 111,RDER.—The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate George Carter, who was murdered in a secluded spot in the vicinity of Erith, was resumed yesterday at the Crown Hotel, Erith, and again adjourned. The strongest fact elicited against the innocence of Worrell, the man who was suspected of the crime, and who committed suicide on Friday last in the Greenwich Police-court, was the identification of the gouge found in the hand of the murdered man. John Mayo, a carpenter, said the instrument was his property. He lent it to a young man in the employ of Worrell's father, who had not since returned it to him. MURDER FROM DISAPPOINTED LOVE.—LEICESTER, Monday.—This morning a man named Wedge , a brick layer's labou rer , was brought before the mayor and sitting magistrates at the Town-hall, charged with the wilful murder of Eliza Bond, by administering poison to her. It appeared that the prisoner had for some time b:en paying his addresses to the deceased ; but a few weeks ago she gave him notice that his attentions would no longer be acceptable, and the pr isoner was supplanted by another party. He then declared he would poison the young woman. Last Saturday evening he was in her company and offered to fetch her a bottle of Scotch ale, to which she consented ; but immediately after par taking of it complained of feeling ill, and died yesterday morning. The circumstances of her death led to sus picion being entertained of poisoning by strychnine, and the prisoner was consequently apprehended. Only the bare facts of the case were given in evidence this morn ing, and the prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded. A. coroner's inquest will, however, be held this evening, when medical evidence will be adduced as to the cause of death. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Friday last Miss Ricardo, of Titness Park, Sunninghill, sister to Mr. S. Ricardo, M. P. for Windsor, was riding through the Long-walk, in com pany with her brother-in-law, Capt. Bastard, and his daughter, three of the Misses Codrington,and Maj or Blanc. After passing the double gates, the horse ridden by Miss Ricardo suddenly bolted.' As the animal reached the gate at the end of Park-street, the porter of the Upper Lodge, leading to the Castle, ran to shut the gate, but had not time to close it within a yard, when the horse, in attempt ing to force itself through the narrow sp ace, brou g ht the lady in viol en t contact with the iron post. The col lision threw Miss Ricardo off, and she sustained a severe fracture of the thigh. She was taken to one of the royal lodges, where s h e rece i ve d p ro mpt medical atten dance ; and her thigh b e i ng part i a lly set, she was c onve y ed to Titness Park, w h ere s h e was attended by Dr. E llison, of Windsor, and M r . B rown Sunninghill. Miss Ri car do, we are happy to sa y , is doing well. (the family surgeon), of LATEST N E WS. MARSEILLES, Nov. 24. Icy accounts of the 14th, from Constantinople, it appears that 600 wooden houses had been de stroyed by a fire at Pera. The authorities and the Sisters of Charity had taken charge of the families who were left without ' an asylum. Another extensive fire had broken out at Adrianople. The catastrophe at, Rhodes, occasioned by the lightning having struck the itnmense store of gunpowder which was placed in the vaults belong ing to the Ancient Knights, destroyed the whole Turkish quarter so completely that only three children were saved. The Journal dc Constantinople states that a Russian company in the Black Sea has purchased forty steam-vessels. The Sultan has conferred the order of the Medjide on the Hereditary Prince Royal of Persia, and decorated several of the Persian Ministers. Ferukh Khan, Ambassador of Persia to Franc; had been at Constantinople, and paid a visit to Baron Boutenieff, the Russian Minister. The prices of corn have fallen at Marseilles, owing to the arrival of 80,000 hectolitres. MADRID, Nev. 23. The Gazette denies that Lird Bowden had de manded explanations with regard to the future policy of the Cabinet. BERNE, Nov. 23. The Federal Council refuses unanimously the demand of Prussia for the unconditional libeza tion of the Neuchatel prisoners. It declares itself ready to eater into negotiations, and con sents to renew relations on a neighbourly footing; but, at the same time, will leave justice to take its legitimate course. FRANCE. The French mail had not arrived at the time of our going to press. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 22. I cannot send you any details relative to what has ; recently occurred in the highest political spheres ; • but two persons, who know exactly how matters stand, have to-day informed me that the Bessara biau front ier question may be considered settled "in as far as Bolgrad is concerned." It was not said whether Russia had yielded, or whether England, Austria, and Turkey had come to an understanding with France ; but the positive assurance was given me that New Bolgrad w*uld eventually be ceded to Moldavia. The same may be said as regards the Isle of Serpents. Although Austria retrogrades in most things, she progresses in all those matters which come under the more direct cognisance of the Minister of Finance. It is but a few years since Baron Bruck, as Minister of Commerce, abolished all prohibitive duties, and he is now about to enter into negotia tions with Prussia for facilitating the intercourse between Austria and the Zollverein. Austria is willing to listen to any suggestions that may be made by the Zollverein, and she trusts that it will display equal complaisance should the Imperial Government make proposals for facilitating the intercourse between the different Customs-Union States, and for reducing the duty, in both tariffs, on the produce of foreign countries. The Frankfort Post Zeitung has learnt from Berne that the Emperor Napoleon received Gene ral Dufour, " who was formerly one of his teach ers," in a most friendly way (avec les demonstra tions de la plus granule amitie). The Swiss general was closeted with the Emperor for three hours, but the latter still strongly insists on the liberation of the Neuchatel Royalists. In the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gall there were '7B voices against, aid 45 for, the abolition of capital punish ment. Executions have to take place by means of the guillotine in an enclosed space, but in presence of witnesses. The Augsburg Gazette learns from the Polish frontiers that the Russians are not likely to be in any hurry to fulfil the obligations which They took on themselves in the month of March, "as they know that they have nothing to fear from the guns of the British vessels in the Black Sea until April, 1857. The concession granted to the Theiss Railroad Company has appeared in the Wiener Zeitung ; but you long ago received a correct summary of its con tents, and it would therefore be superfluous to say anything more on the subject. NAPLES. NAPLES, Nov. 20. His Majesty lives within a world of his own, and beyond it cares little perhaps for what is going on. His flatterers crowd about him and offer their incense daily • and the offering is duly accepted, and through these odorous clouds little is seen distinctly. In previous letters I called your atten tion to the impious epithets which the Giarnals (the Court journal) was always applyirg to Ferdi nand 11. ; for a short time they were modified, but since the Ministers of the allied Powers have left there has been another outbreak, and all that the most impious and fulsome adulation can repeat is daily published in the Times of Naples. I send you a translation of a leader in the number of the 17th, not as a mere literary curiosity, but as a specimen of tone which is adopted by those who know how best to crawl into the royal favour, and as being highly significant of the feeling f the Court, for in this country, where the censor blots out every offensive word, not a line would be per mitted which did not meet with approbation. The passage runs as follows : " Felicity and joy ever dwell where our adored Monarch is with his august consort and his royal children. Every act of theirs, every step, is an example of edifying piety, of provident love for the good of all, of charity, of munificence without limits and without parallel. The best of kings, the best father of a peop le boundlessl y devoted and grateful to him, consecrat es unweariedl y to the cares of State certain days, condescending to direct his benign attention to whatever is subj ected to his exalted and th the re sapientd which iejudgment,ads f a r n oi d n e G ve a n eta in tohisCeaysteeonnlilnge drives on he finds no greater pleasure than that of s u ccourin g and benefit ting ; nor does ho re-enter the Palace until after having visited the house of God, gathering about him her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Princes, as well in the temples as at the altars, as he did on the evening of the 13th inst., at the first hour of right, receiving the benediction in the Church of St. Judas Taddeaue, which was added by his piety not long since to the many sacred monuments of his incomparable zealfor Divine worship. And this is the flame which, burning ever in the magnanimous heart, compels the Sacred Hand which rules our destinies to scatter with out ceasing in our necessities, in vast sums, the balsam of beneficence. Among most recent examples of Sovereign generosity, we ought to cite the many thousand ducats there bestowed (query, where? On the road between Gaeta and Castellon° ?) by his beneficient Majesty to the indigent, if undeniable truths had any need of proof." The Malacca, British war steamer, which came in on Saturday, is likely to remain here, at all events until further orders, a fact which gives us all satisfaction, for though we are in a state of the most perfect tranquillity, and the Liberals are re solved not to disturb it, all contingencies should be provided for, nor is it consistent with the dig nity of a great people that any of its members should be left unprotected. THE LATE PRINCE WORONZOW. one wh o h e ld hi g h The arrival of the report of the decease,inilin r at in Odessa,Enalan England this t 1 Eldistinguishedx c R i t u ed s s i a a n n y n r o e b ol l e a m r k a n i a , s E o l a d g i l e a r n , d a . n d B d u i t p 4 1 o o - not t ofhoantly fa com mands in all the Russian battles a ga i ns t N apoleon —who enjoyed more than any other th e con fid ence o f the Emperor Alexander I. — as an intimat e f r i en d o f t h e late Duke of Wellington — and, in the beau m on d e , as one of the handsomest figures that graced th e cour tly sa loons of Europe. Ybeuatts ago throughout the name Europe, was The Woronzow family is one of the most ancient of the Russian nobility, and latterly was much advanced by the Empress Catherine. The late prince was general in-chief in three campaigns ; but his principal military achievements were those of the war of the Don. For several years he filled the office of Governor-General of White Russia, including the Crimea, acquiring an im mense amount of property in several provinces, and a large portion of the town of Ode-sa. He subsequently held the office of Governor-General of the Caucasian provinces, and had a favourite residence in the southern Crimea, which has b een exto ll ed b y v i s i tors f or t h e mild ness of the climate, and the oriental splendour of its gardens and l awns . the Od mother essa and of By the de a th o f P r i nce Woronzow , M r . Sid ney Her bert, M.P., w ill i nherit a considera bl e amount of pro perty in tshoemreighotthheoro.partsof gentleman sou(tuhadery Pembroke) h av i ng b een s i s t er of the late prince —(B en ce Russia, Odessa was spared I) Since the National Gallery was closed in the autumn many p °tures have been hung on the line, and therefore are more advantageously seen. This change, in several instances, is a material improvement. THE lITLEOK REGISTER FOR 1855. This important document has been recently published by the Board of Trade and presented to both houses of rarliaaient. The facts it discloses are very interesting in their character. The register proceeds to state that the total number cf wrecks and casualties repoieed to have occurred to vessels on the coast of the United Kingdom in 1855 is 1,141, representing► a burden of 176,514 tons ; 963 being British, Il colonial, and 116 foreign, of which number were— Totally lost by wreck 272 Stranded and recovered Stranded, but whether total or partial loss not reported . Totally lost in collision Seriously damaged in collision l7B Slightly damaged in collision Leaky and foundered 49 Leaky and put back to discharge and repair 47 Destroyed by fire l4 Found " derelict" Dismasted and otherwise damaged ..... Abandoned 2O Capsized and sunk Seriously damaged by spontaneous combus tion of cargo 1,141 Of these- - -7 576 occurred on the East Coast ) 251 „ ~ West Coast tof Great Britain. 117 ~ „ South Coast .) 127 „ ~ Irish Coast. 10 ~ off the Seilly Islands. 6 „ 31 ~ „ (Amnia' Islands: „ Northern Islands—viz., Orkneys, Shetland, and Hebrides. „ Isle of Man. „ Lundy Island. 1,111 Of which the number reported to have been stranded on the various sand.; and banks were-7 on the Scroby, 4 on the Kentish Knock, 4 on Whitburn Steel, 1 on N. Bishops, 3 on 'West Hoyle, 1 on the Sunk, 1 on Long Sand, 2 on Dogger Bank, 3 on the Barber, 1 on the Balls, 3 on the Gaa, 3 on the Shipwasb, 6 on the Hasboro', 1 on the N. Bull, 1 on the S. Bull, 16 on the Goodwin, 4 on the Gunfleet, 1 on the Hook, 4 on the Brake, 1 on the Langharn, 2 on the Middleton, 2 on the lSlaplin, 1 on the Nore, 3 on the Barnard, 2 on Hubber stone Pill, 2 on the Pye, 5 on the Newcome, 3 on Car diff Sands, 1 en the Barrow, 3 on the Blacktail, 2 on the Swin, lon the %Vainfleet, 2 on Tetney Sand, 3 on the Galloper, 1 on the Knowle, 1 on tho Tongue, 1 on llayle Sand, 1 on the Uoatharn, 2 on Barb° Bank, 1 on N. Spit, 3 on the Nash, 1 on the Blakeney, 2 on Arklow Bank, 2 on the Rose, 6 on Donna Nook, 3 on the ()were, 2 on the Stanton, 2 on the Herd, 2 on the Holm, and 4 on the Leman. The number of casualties in each month was— January February .... 123 June March April Of the whole number of vessels wrecked or damaged,- 511 were under 100 tons. 496 „ 100 and not exceeding 300 tons. 67 „ 300 PI 600 „ 27 „ CO3 900 „ 4 „ 900 PP 1,200 „ 6 „ 1,200 and upwards. 34 of the number wero steam vessels. FREIGHTS. Manure and oilcake 1.12 Iron, ironstone, or cop per ore Grain, oatmeal, or flour 85 Cotton . Timber or bark Fruit or potatoes ll Passengers Coals 2 t-.) Colliers in ballast Salt General merchandise Clay Other ships in ballast 90 Fishing smacks l6 Unknown 3lO Stoo, limo, slate, or „ bricks 2Bl Number of wrecks in 1852, 1,015 ; in 1853, 832 ; in 1854, 987: in 1855, 1,141. Wrecke reported in 1855 show an increase of 12 4 per cent. as compared with 1852 ; of 37 . 1 per cent, as com pared with 1853 ; and of 15.6 per cent. as complred with 1854. Tins increase in all probability arises, in part at any rate, from the facility with which returns are now ob tained from inspecting commanders of Coastguard and receivers of " wreck" under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854. The number of lives reported as saved from wrecked vessels was : By luggers and other small craft By assistance from shore with ropes, mortar apparatus, &c. By ships and steam vessels Bylifeboats ............................................. 25 By individual exertion of a meritorious character 9 . 433 . 399 ~ 290 1,388 The large number of lives thus saved from shipwreck during the past year is a most gratifying feature in the return, and clearly shows !pow much can be accomplished in the preservation of life on occasions of such calamities by well-lirected efforts. It also shows how much has been done in this respect by that useful society, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in conjunction with lifeboat establishments around the coast. Through the increased encouragement given to seamen forming boats' crows, the improvement in the build of lifeboats, their more perfect eq ipment, and their increased num ber, there has come into existence and action a machi nery for saving life more commensurate with the urgent demand for it, and more creditable to this maritime country than has ever existed in any former period in its history. There can be no doubt that much credit is due also to the excellent and judicious arrangement of the Board of Trado in the distribution of its grants to ac coaiplish this desirab!e object. In 1855 the total number of lives lost was 469. In 1854 the total number of lives lost was 1,549 ; in 1853, 639 ; in 185'2, 920. The number of collisions reported is greatly on the in. creme, being 217 against 94 registered in 1854, 73 in 1853, and 57 in 1852. This increase is perhaps attribut able, in part at any rate, to the sawe cause as that of the number of wrecks ab3ve mentioned. . . . MR. MORRIS MOORE AND DR. WAAGEN. To the Miter of the Preusziehe Zeitung. Tnese frequent collisions irlquationably arise in a great measure from the hampering of vessels' upper decks with cabins and other constructions which shut out from the view of the helmsman the object ahead of his ship. Collisions at soa, with all their fearful conse quence,:, are, the return states, steadily on the increase; and it is full time that serious attentionshould be directed to the subject. The want of a well understood signal of distress in cases of collisions is also a sad desideratum. Tile wreck experience of the year 1855 has b,:en ex tremely favourable to life ; the number lo st being 451 less than 1852, 220 less than 1853, and 1,080 less than 1854, the only casualty of magnitude being the ship John, off the Manacles, on May 3, by which 191 lives were lost. Six lives were lost in the Stranger, on the Barber Sand - Bin the Maria Branson, Bode ;21 in the Merritt ' , on the North Bishops ; 6 in the John Bannerman, Carnarvon Bay ; 8 in the Ampulla,, ou Beech Haven ; 5 in the Sovereign, off Hetnpton ; 6 iu the Commercial, off Flanaborough Head ; 8 in the Brails ford, on We-it Hoyle ; 12 in the Enchantress, off Dunge ness ; 7 in the Echo , off Bard.e y ; 6 in the Cnarlotte and Mary, off Aldborough ; 5 in the Coarles, on Whitby ; 18 in the Will-o'-the -Wisp, off Burn Rocks ; 6 in the Hero, off Youghal ; 10 in the Etneihiden, off Cape Wrath ; 13 in the Haddock Boat, off Matray Head. ARREST OF MR, MORRIS MOORE, AT PLTLIN. We are informed, by a letter from Berlin, of the 22d inst., that Mr. Morris Moore, of Soho square, was arrested by the police of that city on the pre vious evening, between the hours of ten and eleven. Our Correspondent says :—" Those with whom he has associated here are quite at a loss to explain this proceeding ; for it is not known to any one that he has at all mixed up with political matters. His whole activity in this city was concentrated upon the study cf the art-treasures which it con tains, and particularly those of the picture gallery in the Royal Museum. As you will see by the article from the Kreuz Zeitung (translated else where), Mr. Moore had a dispute with the direc tor of the gallery, Dr. Waagen. These things, you must believe, are quite possible amongst us ; and I must request you, for the same reason, to place full reliance on this communication, when also, for good reasons, I omit to write my signa- . tura to it. You may positively announce the fact of the arrest in your journal, and also add credence to my intimation respecting its connection with tae circumstances to which I have referred. I have only further to say, that I informed the English Ambassador here, Lord Bloomfield, of the circum stance, about eleven o'clock last nigh, and again this morning in writing. We shall now see what steps he will take in the matter."—Morning Ad vertiser. Sir,—ln your impression of the 20th inst. there is a report of the meeting of the Wissenschattlicher Kunst verein of Monday, the 17th, upon which I beg leave to offer some remarks. You say that "a somewhat pro tracted debate" took place as to whether the design of the picture representing "Apollo and Marsyas," in my possession, and of which I had the honour to submit to the meeting a daguerreotype , wit h other illustrations, was really the conception of Raphael. Though present at the meeting, I am utterly ignorant of any su c h debate. According to your rep orter, this alleged debate was raised in consequence of doubts expressed by Dr. Waagen ; but these can only have been uttered i n a manner to elude the possibility of a reply—a procedure which forbids the very idea of a debate. I have since, however, been informed by several gentlemen, that Dr. Waagen bestirred himself considerably, if not effectively, to create such doubts; and he is, perhaps , not without cogent and peculia r reasons for his activity. I cannot but regret that the drtor, who appears to have stood alone in his opposition, should have abstained from bringing under my notice his obje c ti ons ; f or i t wou ld have been a satisfaction to me to have t a k en a l esson f rom such a monster of criticism. Bat the opp or t un ity i s lost ; and the entire concurrence in my views of the most dis tinguished members of the meeting, whether sculptors, painters, engravers, or amateu rs , may b e d eeme d inade quate to resist his fiat. I would therefore suggest an expedient for determining whi c h o f us two i s m ost en titled to confidence. I invite the conn o i s seurs of Berlin to feast their eyes with a work which embodies Doctor Waagea's ms!hetical conc e p t i on o f R ap h ae l, an d a s to the authenticity of which the Doctor forbids us to enter tain any doubt. The work in qu e stion is No. 147, a " Virgin and Child," in the Berlin Museum. On turning to page 46 of the Official Catalogue they will be edified by the discovery that Doctor Waagen has bad the nerve to baptise this naisera;tle, fLxy, wad vamped-up objec " an undoubted Raphael. As you have made mention of the original drawing by Raphael, of the "Apollo and Marsyas," in the "Imp. e Reale Acca'letnia delle Belle Arti in Venezia," the fol• lowin , ; extract from the Official Catalogue of the Raphael drawings there, published July 31, 1854. cannot but be interesting to the connoiseurs of Berlin :—" Apollo e Maria. Di , egno all' acquarello ria l zato di bracca. Opera dt rara perfezione, cut Raffaello mostra tutta la, sua eleganza . . .fu reconoi-ciuto essere indubbia ciente di Raffaello, &c." This description is marked by an asterisk ; and a, Lotico at the beginning of the cata loguo says :—" desegni piu' pregovoli Bono contrassegnate da un asterisco." It givei me great pleasure to add that this judgmett in the Venetian catalogue upon the drawing is borrowed, though a ithout acknowledgment, from your distinguished fellow-countryman, Director Joseph Daniel Bohm, of Vienna, a real connoisseur of art. I am, Sir, yours, ac., MORRIS MOORE. 33, Tauben Strasse. The following observations on the sitting of the Wissenschaftlicher Kunstverein, referred to by Mr. Moore, are translated from the Kreuz Zeitung : " The report which we gave yesterday of the last meet ing of the Wissonschaftlicher Kunstverein (Scientific Art Meeting), on Monday, the 17th instant, contains some errors. The importance of the subject demands that they should be rectified. Those errors bear upon Raphael's original painting of Apollo and Marsyas,' in the posses sion of Mr. Morris Moore, which, by the by, is not, as other journals have stated, 15 feet in height, but only 15 inches. There was no debate as to the really Raphael esquo origin of the picture,' neither did Dr. Waagen utter any doubts openly in opposition ; for during the whole of this meeting, he did not openly utter a single word on the subject. The fact is simply this—the secretary of the so ciety raised a doubt whether, already in 1505 (the date given to the picture) Raphael was acquainted with the Apollo Belvidere—the character of which has some resemblance to the Apollo in the picture—as Raphael did not go to Rome antil some time after. The original drawing for the pic ture by Raphael in the " Imp. e Reale Accademia, dells Belle Arte di Venezia," and which the Venetian Cata logue, pointing to the picture in Mr. Morris Moore's pos. session, expressly and emphatically declares to be undoubt edly by Raphael, places the authenticity of that picture beyond doubt. At the meeting of the Wissenschaftlicher Kustveroin there was no one, with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Waagen, who, on inspecting the daguerreotype, &0., taken from the painting, and submitted to the meet ing by Mr. Morris Moore, did not at once recognise it as a genuine design by Raphael. It is almost superfluous to add, that it is impossible to pronounce a decided judgment as to the authenticity of the painting itself without seeing it, since for that it would be necessary to consider the colouring, &c. ; but about this no question whatever was raised at the meeting." SPORTING NOTES. THINGS TALKED ABOUT. The columns of " The Life" of yesterday were as crowded with racing news as they were in the middle of the season. The report of the doings at Shrewsbury and Ludlow alone occupied more space than some of the Spring Meetings at Newmarket. The work, however, is now completed, and the thorough-breds will be for a brief period dismissed to their straw beds. The only fixtures for the present year are Ipswich, and Windsor for the current week, and Cambridge and Waltham Abbey for next month. A retrospect of the past season is, on the whole, satidactory. What if orr tain secessions from the turf have been announced I Some of those who have retired can be well spared, whilst the gaps made in certain quarters have been satisfactorily filled up. Lord Ernest Vane Tem pest, of unenviable notoriety, has purchased remarkably fine yearling, named Child of the Ocean, which is being prepared for its maul heavy engagements by Daley, of Newmarket. The report that Lord Ernest is libout to form a large racing stud is, I believe, unfounded. It is to be hoped tbat his lordship will exerciee more discretion on the turf than in the army. He is certainly going amongst persons who will teach him the use of caution and a governed temper. A baronet, whose outspoken opinions re-petting Sir Charles Napier and Cronstadt have obe tained for him not a little popularity, has several pro• raising two-yr-olds under the care of John Day, at Disuebury ; and the pluck that he has already displayed gives promise that the match-making days of the turf will be again revived. Lord Exeter and General Peel are about to re-form their racing establishments, and this fact has created con siderable gratification, for the purple jacket and oran g e cap, and the blue and white stripes have been too long absent from our race-courses . Tee Shrewsbury Meeting was chiefly remarkable for the success of Mr. T. Hughes, who has only a small stud, yet with his tact and discrimination in placing his animals he has managed to pull off several "good things" during the season. At Shrewsbury he was in wonder ful luck, winning the Shrewsbury Handicap with Ro meo, the Hurdle Race with Emulator , an d the wit Cup with Red Rose. The " doings " possess no interest, and they do not require further reference. AU things considered, the meeting was not so successful as the November gathering last autumn, still ldr. Frail was doubtless satisfied with the result of his undertakin.g. His " benefit" at Ludlow was most successful, and the termination of the sport in that loca lit y down went the curtain on the legitimate racing of 1856. Those metropolitan turfites who are not tired of out• door pastimes will find two p leasant days' sport pro vided for them in the neighbourhood of Windsor on Teursday and Friday next. Of the horses en tered for th e minor events I know littl e or nothing. The " Gran d Steeplechase" may be ca rried off by Ben Laud's intended animal. Mr. Merry's venture at Ipswich will be only attended with negative success. Should Hopeless Star be sent for the Grand Steeplechase —all steeplechases are called "grand," why, lam unable to determine—she ought to follow up the Shrewsbury success. Mr. Gilby, the owner of Ella, who ran second for the Nursery Stakes at Newmarket, has lodged a formal objection against Mongrel, on thaground that the horse Mongrel has been improperly d e s cr ib e d as half•brad. The question is of considerable importance to breeders of horses, as the decision arrived at by the referees will affect the pedigrees of certain other animals. John Osborne is anxious that the investi g ation should take pla ce. I believe that he is of opinion that Mongrel is pro perly described as half-bred. Whatever error has been committed will be attributed to certain inaccuracies is the Stud Book. Nov. 24. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. Trie Shrewsbury and Ludlow settling caused the root% to be well attended. The business of paying and,rro celyiug exclusively occupied att ;ntion, an d the OW be t which were laid on the Cuebter Cup and Der b y were so t worth quoting. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK BY MESSRS, TAT' TERSALL, YESTERDAY (MormAY). , Gr The following were the property of Mr. G. kloboon • G uineo e ' Pauli Monti (2 yrs), by Weatherbit—Rhedycirla) 275 engaged in the Oaks, 1857 A brown colt, foal by Weatherbit—Rhedycina.•• -nn Contender, by Cotherstone, 5 yrs l9 Incubus, by Slaae, 5 yrs The Fleet, by the Flyiug Dutchman —Lady °f 20 Littlecot, 2 yrs ................. . NURSERY STARES, DEBBY.—We have been ipforgl by the clerk of the course that this race, w hich was 10f dispute, has been decided in favour of the ov;Per Master Bagot. The letters from Calcutta by the last mail give a the account of da:'nage and inconvenience caus ed ° shipping interest by the freshes in the Gange s this Ye7fi; and insist upon the urgent necessity for the construct'''. of wet docks. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OP MR. W. COPIrI-• , —A report to the above effect has been widely circniesi., in Cardiff this week ; and it is further said tha t a re Hart) tion inviting the Hon. Col. Stuart (son of Lord J. 07-up to come forward at the proper period has heel g!:f his Mr. Coffin's advanced age probably is the callse,"100e1 resigning the representation of the borough. Ica! Stuart is expected at Cardiff to express his P"si..tisieb opinions about the second week in Decernber.- -- A" - Mercury. 00., THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—A writer in the lion of this morning, concludes his remarks on the concha,. of the National Gallery with the following chaet tions :—Let us hope that the coming pire without the grant of a proper " estimate" fe w s se suitable erection of a new gallery. It is a disgra ce 0 00 the national pictures crowded and dispersed a s thei o d, are in Trafalgar-square and islarlborougb-hccslL, peS further, that the site will be continued in L° l 1 '" - t the outside the central population, for whose in to r° s our public money is voted. All that is needed is dins sufficient for the cost of a building of adequate f s uch session will nor the sions and good ventilation. The transportation .teal will a national institution to the suburbs of the °P i ' • never be sanctioned by public opinion. At -00 11 1- T ELEGRAPHI C COMMUNICATION WITH ABIE d New York Journal of Commerce, of Nov. 10, 6 %00 "We understand that to-day telegraphic conalcrive pet for business purposes will be opened on the nevi , a sevi• Jobe i vi oha ' put in operation between this city and St. foundland. The distance from New York to S. 1 ,11 5 Newfoundland, following the teleg mp li V OA 1 18 fool miles. Along a part of this distance, nO rne 1 1 ' ,4 85 Aebpe Bay, N.S , to Cape Ray, Newfoundland, 00 l a id miles, a superior English submarine cable bas si , he ~,iiest with the utmost success. Of the whole route,_;tol (from New ork to Nova Scotia), are under the . 0 ,. 0 0 of the American Telegraph Compse9,.llaving their 786 at 21, Wall-street, in this city, and the bale.c i e J A of i s under !..pq. miles, (including the submarine cable), the Newfoundland Company, of which Peter Coore'r. etnn°°l d a th e re 'A' of this city, is president and a heavy large part of the line on this route is new, au rosining portion has been recently °verbatim' A ll thoroughly repaired, most perfect awl competent judges to be one of the stantial lines in the country." • and the whole is pronounero..-eb