The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

STAINES, WOKI.TGHAM, and READING, ant LONDON e.nd SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAYS. A CHEAP FAST TRAIN from READING to Waterloo -bridge Station, LONDON, will leave Reading at 3.15 a.m. daily (Sundays e xcepted), commencing on Saturday, Ist November next, till further notice. FARES—READING TO LONDON. First Class. Seco' d Class. Single Journey..,,,, 4s. I 3s. Tickets will also be Issued at those f.res FIt'IM LONDON to BEADING, by a Train leaving Waterloo -bridge Station at 7.45 p.m. daily (Sundays excepted). First Class. Second Class. Double Journey From Reading, available to return from Waterloo-bridge Station at 4.40 or 7.45 p.m. the same day, or if issued on Saturday, available to return by any Train up to Monday inclusive. Double Journey Tickets at those fares will also be issued from London to Reading on Saturdays by the 4.40 or 7.45 p.m. Trains from Waterloo-bridge Station, available to return from Reading by any Train up to Monday inclusive. Those Tickets will be available at Reading and London, but at no other station, and only by the Trains above-mentioned. By order. Waterloo-bridge Station, 28th October, 185,3, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. — Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—Mr. E. T. Smith has tho gratification of announcing that be has succeeded in making arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., of Regent-street, for the appearance of those eminent artistes, Signor Mario, Signor Lorini, Signor Rovere, Signor Albiehil, Mons. Gassier, Herr Formes, Madame Grisi, Madame Ama dei, and Madame Gassier, who will perform in a series of Italian operas at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, This Even ing and during the week, being their last appearances previous to their departure for the Continent —THIS EVENING, will be performed Bellini's beautiful opera, LA SONNAM BULA. Arnina, Madame Gassier Liza, Madame Sedlatzek; Count Rodolpho, M. Gassier ; Alessio, Signor Aaltoni ; and Flvino, Mr. Tennant (his first appearance). After which, the celebrated Incantation Scene from Weber's romantic opera, DER FREISCHUTZ. Caspar, Herr Formes ; Max, Signor Albicini. To-morrow (iu consequence of its great success and the unprecedented demand for places at the box office) Madame Grisi will repeat her splendid impersonation of Norma. ) fter which, Rossini's opera comiaue, Ti Barbiere de Siviglia. The music of the operas will be aided by a full Band and Chorus (selected from the Corps of the two Italian Operas and the leading musical societies of the metropolis), under the direction of Signor Li-Calzi. Chorus —Soprani—Mes dames Chierichi, Byers, Sharp, and Cook; Contralti, Gold smith, Weller, and Jackson ; Tenori—Signori Gabussi, Chic riwai, Sharp, and Grice ; Bassi—Mattoni, Talamo, Stuart, and Fabretti, assisted by others of the Royal Italian Opera. Band—Chef d'Attaque, Zerbini (the Royal Italian Opera), Simmonds (the Royal Italian Opera), Kelly (the Royal Italian Opera), Bort (the Royal Italian Opera), Torneur (the Royal Italian Opera). Viola —Alsept (the Royal Italian Opera) ; Violoncello Vieuxtemps (the Philharmonic and Jullicn's Con cents); Contra-basso—Kliegl (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts); Flute —Remusat (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Oboe—Lavigne • her Majesty's Theatre) ; Clarionet —Sonnenberg (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Bassoon--Hardy (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Trumpet—Leloup (the Phil harmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Horns • Stoekel (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts), Grieben (the Philhar monic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Trombone —Donizctti (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Tympani—Jefferson (the Royal Princess's Theatre). Prompter—Sig. Galli. In order that these first-class musical entertainments may be placed within the reach of the public generally, the charges for ad mission will be reduced from the tariff of the Italian Opera prices to the old playhouse prices of Drury-lane Theatre. The music may be obtained and places booked at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, Regent-street ; and at the box-office of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, second night of the re ♦ived comedy of THE DRAMATIST, in which Mr. Murdoch, who is nightly received with enthusiasm, will make his se cond appearance as Vapid ; Lord Scratch, Mr. Chip pendale ; Floriville, Mr. W. Farren ; Ennui, Mr. Buckstone ; LadyWaitfort, Mrs. Poynter ; Marianne, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam ; Louisa, Miss Talbot. After which, the renowned Spanish Dancers, Perea Nena and her Company, in EL GA.MBI:- SINO. To be followed by the farce of GRIMSHAW, BAG SHAW, AND BRADSHAW, with Mr. Buckstone in his ori ginal character of Grimshaw. Concluding with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. To-morrow and Saturday, Wild Oats (Rover, Mr. Murdoch) ; the Spanish Dancers ; and last two nights for a long period of The Little Treasure, with Miss Blanche Pane and Mr. Buckstone in their original characters. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Positively the Last Week of those popular favourites, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, the original Irish Boy and Yankee Gal, previous to their departure to the pro 7inces.-11th and Last Week of Ireland As It Is.—Last Nights of Lucifer Matches, or The Yankee -- !—The Irish Tutor ; and Our Gal.—Mr. Wright every night in the screaming Adeiphi Farce of Domestic Economy.—THlS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS ; or, The Middleman. Ragged Pat, Mr. Barney Williams (who will sing " Billy O'Rourke," and dance with Mrs. Barney Williams their cele• brated Irish jig); Judy O'Trot, Mrs. Barney Williams (their original characters, and performed by them 763 nights in America). With DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Grumly, Mr. Wright; Mrs. Grumly, Miss Wyndham. THE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole (alias Teddy O'Rourke), Mr. Barney Williams. And OUR GAL ; by Mrs. Barney Williams, with the popular and eccentric song of "My Mary Ann." On Sa turday a variety of popular Performances, for the Farewell Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, previous to their departure for the provinces. Madame Celeste will make her first appearance this season on Monday next, Nov. 3, in a popular Drama. Mr, Leigh Murray will appear (for the first time here these 12 months) on Monday next in a new comic drama, called A Border Marriage, in which Mr. Wright and Miss Wyndham will also perform. 110 Y AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shaksoeare'q Dias of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three act;). Mende's sohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. L YCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. Seventh and last week of Belphegor, which, notwithstand ing the nightly crowded state of the theatre, must be with drawn for the production of promised novelties.—The Ring's Musketeers every evening,. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dillon. THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon ; Constance, Mss Woolgar. To con clude with the Ballet from Toe Winter's Tale burlesque. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND SOR, Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps ; Ford, Mr. H. Marston ; Page, Mr. A. Rayner ; Slender, Mr. F. Robinson ; Evans, Mr. L, Ball ; Shallow, Mr. J. W. Ray ; Mrs. Ford, Miss M. Eburne ; Mrs. Page, Mrs. H. Marston. To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO " THE TINIES." ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, DRED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Uncle Tiff, Mr. Widdicomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A. Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson. Mons. Fillis and Family. After which, A QUIET FAMILY. To conclude with THE FOSTER SISTERS. STRAND THEATRE. --Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed BARNABY BUDGE. After which, BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Mesdames Cuth bert, Woolledge, E. Jacobs, &c. ; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Clarke, Herbert, &c. ; Master Edonin. To conclude with OUT ON THE LOOSE. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robson. A MODEL OF A WIFE. Bonnefoi, Mr. A. Wigan. MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus, M'ss Haskell ; Creusa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (Thirteenth Week), embellished by Equestrian Illusirations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained Horses, Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE T4IRD. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. Noel and electric effects After which, the unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, GYM NASTIC WONDERS, &c., &c. To conclude with a number of attractive and pleasing Amusements. Commence at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, M r , W, Cooke, jun. Fr[G a WATER AT LOVDON 3RIDGE. TITS DAY—Morn. 30 min. aft 2 —Evening 46 min, aft. 2 T n .fi t foßnocv—Morn. 1 min. aft. 3—Evening 15 min. aft. 3 - THE WEATHER—Sux OFFICE. OCTOBER 30. THEB3fOMETER, IX THE SLUM 46 -highest singe noon yesterday. 46 -lowest th lt is morning and during the ni g ht. 57 -this day noon. BAROMPYrnB, 3025. Wm, S.W.—Light, with fine, mild, sunshiny weather, The fog has gone. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Elition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. ' 4 ‘. l lsoribers in the Country will please to cbserra that the heading " THIRD EDITION" Is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sur& Offioe will remedy it. S AI Office, 112, Strand. T 92 -bck 111 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1858 we Warned th e It is just a for tni g ht since public respecting the new operation, by which an ernthent firm had contracted to supply an enor mous amount of tipeois, 140,000,000 francs, or 6,400,0004 iterlin, to the Beak of Twice. We then pointed out the serious consequences 1 that might follow a continuance of the drain that has so long been carried on, and emphatically called on the Government to adopt early and energetic measures to arrest the progress of the formidable evil. But another transaction has just been concluded of such magnitule that the matter above alluded to sinks into comparative insignificance. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg has just contracted with a French company for the construction of an extensive system of rail ways throughout the North, the cost of which will amount to no less than 1,000,000,000 francs, or 40,000,0001. sterling ! As we have already explained, it is utterly impossible under the sys tem that casts so many impediments in the way of travelling in Russia that these lines can pos sibly prove remunerative speculations. The population is sparsely sprinkled through Russia, so that if even the most perfect liberty of loco motion was tolerated there could be no travelling equal even to that which takes place on our own most neglected lines, and the production of articles for exportation are no less than 70 times greater per square mile in England than in Russia. What chance then, we ask, is there of any profit beyond the Government guarantee ? Are there not opportunities for investment at home, just as favourable as those now offered by Russia, viz., 5 per cent. for a limited time—the whole of the railways ultimately becoming the property of the State ? We have put these points prominently forward, inasmuch as they are the matters which capita -alists will most closely look to. There are few, indeed, who are actuated by patriotic considera tions. A quarter per cent. more or less has far greater effect than anything connected with the welfare and prosperity of the nation, and the happiness or misery of the working population. We must then speak to the great majority of the speculators by the only arguments that they will attend to—viz., the prospects of profit or loss, so far as they are individually concerned. Many of the parties who are now disposed to venture their hardly-acquired savings may re member the fearful crisis of 1825, when a na tional bankruptcy was only averted by the fortuitous discovery of a box of 1/. notes. A still greater number have had cause to ponder over the rail way mania of 1845.6, when " the nation got out of its depth by undertaking more than it could accomplish." None of these things, however, seemed so ominous as the course on which the Western Powers have just embarked. Although the English railways might not return very large dividends, the money was spent at home ; although many private families were heavy stifferers, the nation greatly ben efitted in the,long run. Time and space were, if not prac tically annihilated, greatly economised, and the productive powers of the nation largely enhanced. The parties who lung their capital into the gulf might to some extent be regarded as national be nefactors. But in the present instance there will be no stimulus afforded to the national industry. ft will be a constant and unceasing drain. Every shilling, too, of the 40,000,0001. subscribed for by Englishmen must be paid in hard cash. Nothing but gold or silver will be received, and the bullion thus exported will be retained in Russian coffers, while the work will be paid for to Russian serfs in greasy rouble notes that cannot be exported from the country. Russia will, undoubtedly, greatly benefit by the operation. She will replace the stock of the previous metals exhausted during the late war, and obtain a valuable series of military railways, which she well knows how to render available when she thinks proper to re sume the " traditional policy," which has only been suspended for a brief period. By suf fering ourselves to play the Russian game ; we are providing her with intent weapons to use against ourselves when the time arrives for "Cossackising " Earope. The Western Powers will be exhausted by the fruitless attempt to supply bullion to_ the insatiable claimant, whose unceasing cry, like that of the horse-leech, will still be "Give, give." The speculators may too late find that they have entered into engagements far beyond their means, in contracting to supplA bullion to more than four times the amount of that now stored in both departments of the Bank of England, which only amounted to 9,760,452/. at the time of the last return. Long before the last instalment has been transmitted, there may be a change in our currency laws that will prevent the victimisation of England. How will they then contrive to make their remit tances ; and should they fail in so doing, may not all their previous payments become forfeited ? We trust that all persons who contemplate taking any share in the inauspicious speculation may calmly and attentively think on these rnat ters, before they engage themselves in specula tions that may bring ruin to themselves and families, and which, under the most favour able circumstances, will not pay a better rate of interest than may be obtained in many legitimate undertakings at home, which, in place of leading to a commercial crisis, would tend to a healthy activity iu the industrial market, and the creation and production of national wealth of an important character. If, however, the people will not take care of their own money, it is the duty of the Government to step into the breach and to prevent, while there is yet time, the consummation of the most fearful transaction that has ever transferred English capital into the pockets of foreigners. Very low indeed. • Hardly possible to get lower ! Our precious Government have taken service with Austria, and actually commenced doing some of the dirtiest of her particularly dirty work. The dignified gentleman at the Foreign office who placidly assented to the onslaught on the Belgian Press, and courteously suffered him self to be otherwise outwitted by Corsican craft, has assumed the office, if not the livery, of an Austrian gaoler, and has found his first victim, of all men in the world, in Colonel Turin ! On that gallant but unlucky individual he has locked what we suppose we must call the gates of England. The Colonel, who has his bread to earn, wants a passport for Constantinople, whither he desires to go in search of civil employment, and the Foreign office refuses him A, passport. Refuses him for fear of offending Austria ; imprisons him—for a kingdom is a prison to a man who longs to get out of it, and cannot—and is not ashamed to assign as the main cause of this shameful outrage ou liberty the fear of his liberation occasioning acerbity a second time between Great Britain and Austria ! The next news, we suppose, will be the same consideration being shown for the feel ings of Austria's friend and ally, his Sulphurous Majesty BOMBS of Naples ! About the lowest depth of degradation to which a Ministry can sink. It may assist the reader's comprehension of th e entire affair if we again record the circumstances which brought the name of Colonel Tuas, promi nently before the British public. A native of Hungary and enrolled in the Austrian ranks, on hearing of the Hungarian revolution he joined the army of CHARLES ALBERT, under whom and else- ' I I where he did good service to the cause of Italian and Hungarian independence. During the late war he distinguished himself in the Crimea, more par ticularly at the battle of the Tchernaya, where he won the notice of certain British Officers, which resulted in his being employed to purchase horses and carriages for the British Land Transport Corps. In the conscientious discharge of this im portant duty he entered the Principalities, then as now, occupied unwarrantably by Austrian troops, having, however, first obtained an assurance that he would not b 3 meddled with. He was treach erously seized and imprisoned, then tried and sentenced to be hanged as a deserter, which fate he only escaped by the resolute and, we believe, compulsory intervention of the Fo reign-office. On his liberation he went to Con stantinople, where, as his reward for fidelity to us and months of mental and corporeal suffering, he found he was discharged from the British ser vice. He repaired to Rustchuk to look after his effects and give an account of his stewardship. A telegraphic despatch from our Government over took him, bidding him instantly depart, Rustchuk though Turkish territory, being in too close vicinage to Austria not to awaken the apprehen sions—the cowardly fears rather—of our rulers. He came to England, where his accounts arrived after him, in July, and he has had to wait until within the last few days before the small sum due to him was paid, with sundry deductions, includ ing income tax, by one of the Circumlocution Offices. Having left a number of his brave com panions in arms in Turkey, where a grant of land awaits him, and being comparatively destitute, he applied to the Foreign-office for a passport to Constantinople as a naturalised British subject. This has been refused him ! On what grounds ? We have already indicated the substantial one ; but we will here give the whole, as assigned at the Passport-office : " Ist. That he wants proof that he has resided five years in Great Britain. " 21 That he went last year to Wallachia, where he was arrested by Austria on account of a military crime that he had committed, which caused much embarrass ment to the British Government, and which occasioned an acerbity between the British and Austrian Govern ments. " 3d. That after he was liberated he proceeded imme diately from Constantinople to Rustchuk, in the neigh• bourhood of the Austrian head-quarters, which caused a new proteßtation. " 4th. That he, stated that he meant to stay in Eng land, on naturalisation, to which this request for a pass port to Constantinople is a contradiction 1" The facts being that he has notoriously resided for a considerable portion, if not the whole, of each of the last five or six years in England. That the only military offence with which he can be charged is leaving the Austrian army to fight under the banner of CHARLES ALBERT and his native country, and that the cause of acerbity between England and Austria was the interfer ence of the former to rescue him, a British agent, from the fate to which Austrian treachery, cruelty, and contempt of international law had consigned him. That, in going to Rustchuk, he merely moved from one part of the Turkish territory to another, the latter being nearer to Austria than the former. That he has the best of possible rea sons for going to Constantinople, viz., to provide himself with the means of living. It has actually come to this. The Government of Great Britain is afraid of that congeries of political abominations—that most dastard, de ceitful, cruel, and cowardly of tyrannies, Austria It dare not perform an act of ordinary justice for fear of exciting the " acerbity," forsooth ! of that lion-coated calf. We are in want of Austrian aid, and to get it our Foreign Minister must con denu\--lid by F lay eu part or gaol— honout dignity, and credit of England laid aside ; and the N fir4t prisoner must be a gallant soldier, whose only fattlt is, he has served us with unsur passed fidelity--.a noble patriot, whose life has long been, and now is, at the service of his coun try. The acerbity of Austria !—an alliance with Austria. An English Government afraid of the one, and solicitous for the other ! Austria, that licksthe dust as readily asit crushes with its armed heel. Austria; that never yet was confided in, and failed to earn the infamy and the plunder of treachery ! If this sort of thing is tolerated, where are we to stop ? Austria may demand the extradition of Col. TIMM and KossuTH—may call on Turkey to deliver over OMER PACHA and other refugees to her tender mercies. The public should speak out. Their interference it was alone that induced our Government to rescue Colonel TITER. Let them move again, and Colonel TURR will have every facility for his intended departure offered him. But the time has also arrived when the Foreign•office must feel to its innermost cabinet the power of public opinion. The abject slavery of the people under the dominion of the Foreign office must cease. The people must know what is doing, and not be content to know what is done, when a blunder cannot be repaired. Else woe for our future interests as a nation ! MUSIC. The Little Gipsy Girl. Ballad. Written by Henry P. Novra. Composed by Frank B. Tussaud. F. Moutrie. A charming little song, the words of which are as unpretending a.' the melody is sweet and viva cious. It is the first time we have enjoyed the privilege of estimating the musical abilities of Mr. Frank Tussaud, hitherto wholly unknown as a composer, but very well known indeed in a minor, but very attractive, branch of the Fine Arts, as one of the sons of the late Madame Tus sand, the eminent modeller in wax, and once upon a time a chosen attendant at the Court of the un fortunate Marie Antoinette. We hope it may by no means prove the last opportunity we shall have of according to Mr. Frank Tussaud, as a graceful and original melodist, the weed of two or three passing words like these words of merited, and, at the same time, of cordially sincere encouragement. " The Little Gipsy Girl " is pretty enough, and sparkling enough, and altogether, be it said, freshly exhilirating enough to be quite secure of this for some time to come—of not lying forgotten and ne glected i❑ the drawers of many a fair young musician's Canterbury, wasting its sweetness, not like Gray's flower, "on the desert air," but among the deserted airs of many new and old ballad favourites. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING! PO'C‘TO'BEIR HAYMARKET THEATRE. The great success which attended the resuscitation of "The Inconstant" and " Wild Oats," with Mr. Mur doch as the hero, probably induced Mr. Buckstone to essay another revival last night, that of Reynolds' "The Dramatist," in which Mr. Murdoch also sustained the chief character. The piece was, on the whole, extremely well acted ; whilst Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Murdoch, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, as Ennui, Vapid, and Marianne, were especially admirable. The curtain fell amid enthu siastic applause ; and the general result of this new experiment upon the theatrical taste of the present day may therefore be described as felicitous. The perfor mances on this occasion were for the benefit of that most spirited and intelligent artiste, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, who has been for some time past an established favourite with the Haymarket audience. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DE SALI3.—The Countess de Sails died on the 27th inst. at Avignon, in the south of France. Her ladyship was at the time on her way to Rome, where she proposed to pass the winter. The registration fees on registered letters passing through the poet yieli a revenue of 25,0001. a year. The subscriptions received up to this date (Sept. 28) for the Hume Memorial amounts to 1,3381. 11s. 2d. The Gresham Lectures for this term commence on the 3d of November. The music lectures take place on the 22d, 224 and 25th of November. Tho public aro ad• =Mod gratis. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin in the Nuremberg C orres pw. dent says :—" The replies of several govern ments of the Confederation to the late circular note of Prussia, and particularly those of Bavaria and Saxony, aim at guaranteeing the Convention from any active intervention against Switzerland. But as Prussia has never intended to act seriously against that power the views of these states will give rise to no difficulty." NEUCHATEL. The Build, in allusion to the question of Neu chatel, states that the Federal Council has resolved to draw up a detailed memorial on the subject, to be laid before the Congress. General Dufour and the inspector of the Federal artillery have, it adds, been sent for to Berne in order to give their advice on a new organisation of the Federal army in divisions and brigades, and on the creation of a general Staff. The plan of this organisation will shortly be laid before the Federal Council and rendered public. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazetteofthe2itti contains the de cree, mentioned by telegraph, which fixes the float ing debt at 640,000,000 reals. The report of the President of the Council (Narvaez) on which the decree is founded, and which is published in the Gazette, sets forth various reasons to show that the amount of 440,000,000 reals, at which the floating debt had been fixed was insufficient ; it besides de clares that the receipts put down in the budget for the present year are notoriously insufficient to meet the obligations of the government, and that conse quently the latter is preparing plans for establish ing "permanent taxes and revenues." The minis terial papers publish a declaration "by authority" to the effect that, whatever the opinions of the present Minister of Finance on economic questions may be, he is convinced that the government owes protection to national manufacturers, and that con sequently the Catalonian manufacturers have no thing to fear from him. Owing to some differences of opinion with the Government, the municipality of Madrid had talked of giving in its resignation, but after an interview with the Minister of the Interior it abandoned its design. The nature of the dissension is not stated. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 21st of August. Reports of disturbance on the frontier were again current, and the following Government notice was issued on the 16th of August : "GOVERNMENT NOTICE. —No. 283, 1856. " Colonial-office, Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 16. " His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner finding that considerable alarm has been created by reports which are in circulation, that a great meeting was held by the Caffre chiefs upon the sth instant, on the borders of a river on this side of the Kei, at which were present the Chiefs Kreli, Macomo, Siwani, Dilima, and others, who had all unanimously resolved on war, has di rected the publication of letters, which show that, on the day named, Sandilli and Dilima were with Government a uthorities in their own districts, discussing the state e thee iuntry. His Excellency has further ascertained that, on the same day, the Chief Siwani was also pre sent with Government authorities in his district. " Very alarming reports having also been put into cir cdation regarding a great meeting of Kama's tribe, which teok place on the 4th Aug., and doubts having been ex pr ssed regarding the conduct of Kama and his own son Samuel, the great chiefs of that tribe, his Excellency has also directed the publication of the minutes of the meeting which was on that occaQion held ; and as, in the present time of excitement, it is of great Lo , lsequence that nothing should be done to create a feeling of distrust and suspicion in the minds of the Caffre Chiefs, his Excellency earnestly impresses upon all persons the propriety of refraining from cir culating alarming reports, the truth of which they have not ascertained. " By command of his Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner. "RAWSON W. RAWSON, Colonial Secretary. At Bow-street, yesterday, Mr. Jardine fined a woman 10/. or three months imprisonment, for giving a servant girl a false character. The girl turned out to be a thief. The magistrate at the end of the day, in consaquence of strong representations, remitted the fine. COLCHESTER AND GRAVESEND RAILWAY.—The surveys of this line, which is intended to be made from the Lon don, Tilbury, and Southend at Pitsea to Maldo n an d Colchester, with a branch to Burnham, are completed, and plans and books of reference will be deposited before the required time. THE POLICE COURTS.—Nothing of the slightest im portance oecurred at the principal pollee-courts this morning, np to the time o o f our despatches leaving. At the New Court, yesterday, Mary Eaves was sen tenced to four years' penal serv it u d e f or u tt er ing forged Bank of England notes. In consequence of the excitement caused by be 12th_eeedwa amination of Cope, in th e p resence o f Marley, disturbed night. M r . B . H o l t , w h o was absent troenif London at th e ti me , h as expresse d his disapproval rseal. the patient being su bj ec t e d t o s o trying n A correspondent complains of the ttieffords - the trees in Rott e n -row, which, he say s, a protec cutting down of tion from showers, and, what is more mportant, shade i in hot summer afternoons. the Duke of Wel. A letter dated Malta, Oct. 25, y but ex lington, Conqueror,sha s e p &c-, t are re, ect orders still by the mail of to-morrow to man in prison for the It is stated that Marley , t murderous outrage in Parliament -street, is the sari of a deceased Colonel of MaririeS esterday James Burton was At the Mansion.hou fully committal for triallsef, in the Minories. oyr s tealing a roll of cl o th f rom A the shop of Mr. r The Royal decisionend relative to the right of Prince Christian of Denmark to be a member of the Privy Council of State has been published. BY f articlein the Augsburg Gazette w e l earn theolalll important facts That the Rus sianowing Governmen t still has troops in the whole of that territory which it will have to cede to Mel davia ; and 2. That the statements o f some re spectable Austrian papers that " the evacuati on o f the Danubian Principalities will not take place until the internal affairs of those provinces are re emiated" are incorrect. The Russiaft squadron took its departure from Kiel on the 26th for the points of destination of the several ships composing it under Rear- Admi ral Berens. The screw frigate Polkan is said to be destined to proceed t o A t h ens ; the brig Phi loktel to Constantinople, while the screw liner Wiborg and the frigate Cast,r will have to wait at Cherbourg for further orders. Accounts from St. Petersburg to the 20th inst. mention that the night frosts are felt to be very severe for this early period of the year. Along the shores of the Gulf of Finland ice has even already made its appearance, but has disappeared again as quickly before the rays of the sun. The ship ments of corn from St. Petersburg continue very lively, and supplies of this article begin to be very scarce. Copenhagen accounts mention that the military stores of the Government have been embezzled to a considerable extent, and the committee appointed to investigate the subject have already discovered no less than 58 persons engaged in these frauds, all of whom have been brought before the civil tribu nal to be tried. LATEST NEWS. The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday (Wednes day), says : " Whether well founded or not the opinion is very general that not only does there exist a seri ous difference between France and England on more than one point, but also that the latter has been completely reconciled with Austria, and that the former is now on more than friendly terms with Russia. This is not the opinion merely of persons who live on the mere reports of the hour, but it is a fact that the Austrians in Paris take pains to impress on every one the same conviction; and that they make it a boast that it is not possible for two Cabinets to be on more amicable terms than those of Vienna and London at this moment. That, on the other hand, a corresponding senti ment prevails between Russia and France is equally believed, and so far has the notion spread, that a certain ox-Minister of Louis Philippe is said to have recently declared his readiness to wager a reasonable sum that England and Austria on one side, and Russia and France on the other, would be soon more openly hostile ! In all these sinister predictions the wish, no doubt, is father to the thought ; and you may depend upon it that that thought will be worked by those who would be happy to witness such a consum mation. If we are to believe these persons the same rivalry that formerly existed between the heads of the French and English diplomacy at Constantinople is once more revived ; and that we are destined to witness those conflicts which did no great honour to either Government, which impaired their real influence, and perhaps did not much advance the interests of Turkey. They who talk in this sort of way report that Lord Stratford long since explained to his Government the alarm ing progress of French influence, and the absolute necessity of recovering the ground which had been lost. He is said to have pointed out the necessity of avoiding anything, at such a moment, that would displease the Turks, and force them into the arms of our i vals, as well as the imprudence of demand ing the execution of the fine projects of reform which were to secure the Turkish Empire from Russian interventien in future, by removing all pretext for it, and make the Empire of the Padi shah worthy of being counted in the civilisation of Europe. In a word, that he recommended that matters should los left as they were, if it were de sirable to make head against the influence of our ally, who in such matters is much more tolerant. The counsels of Lord Stratford were taken into proper consideration, and appreciated at. their full value; and we are told that he received from his Government, convinced by his reasonings, unli mited powers to act as he pleased. It being evident that France had the support of Russia, of course England sought or accepted the co-opera tion of Austria ; and the despatches which have arrived for some days past were the evidence of the struggle which is going on, and which appears to be only in its first phase. " Then, again, in the Italian, or, more pro perly speaking, in the Neapolitan question, we have been equally at variance, though the dissension was not so manifest. The French were all along disposed to act with extreme forbearance in comparison with the more decided policy of England. That this was so is proved by the mild language of the Ministeial papers, and of those abroad that are supposed to share the ecninueace aau rcovive the inviration or commands of the Government. That gentleness was so little concealed that for some time it was even doubted whether the diplomatic relations with Naples would be interrupted for a day. Under such circum stances the public were hardly prepared for the note in the official organ of the Government, for it con tained here and there expressions which were not entirely consistent with the mild expostulation we were here disposed to continue to the last ; but it was explained by the fact that whatever vigour it displays is solely attributable to the English Government, who, if they could not decently bombard Naples, were at least deter mined to bombard its Sovereign with words. " I give you the impressions that are found to prevail among some political personages here ; but I find elsewhere also the dissension between Eng land and. France seems to be taken as a fait accom pli. A letter from Mun ich, emanating from n contemptible source, says much the same thing. The letter is dated the 10th of October ; it was mislaid by accident, but though not of recent date Ido not think it entirely void of interest. It says 1— • England is by no means satisfied with France, who seems indifferent about requiring from Russia. the exe cution of the treaty of the 30th of March. In the question of Bolgrad France is favourable to Russia; and then comes the c rcular ot Prince Gortschakoff, which ought naturally to draw closer the alliance of France and England, and even that of the 2d of December. But England, who perceived this dsposition on the part of France, draws closer to Austria, and the first sign of her friendly disposition is her consent to the continued occupation of the Danubian Prin. cipalities, to which both Russia and France are equally adverse. And then comes the Italian question, on which France and England are united, but to which Russia and Austria are opposed. It is believed here that nothing serious will be dine in Italy, and that on this subject Austria is perfectly tranquil. In such case all will go on well ; France and Russia may under stand each other, and England and Austria the same. Such must be the case if the meeting, demanded by Russia of the Cabinet of the Tuileries, of the Confer ence at Paris to settle the Bolgrand affair is opposed ley Austria and England. I can assure you that Rus sia calculates on creating an unpleasant feeling between France and England during the Conferences." THE PRINCIPALITIES. Contradictions continue_ to be exchanged be tween Paris and Vienna oo the subject of the Principalities and the intentions of the Porte. At Paris, people insist that the Porte has re quired the withdrawal of the Austrians ; at Vienna, the contrary is obstinately maintained. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" M. de Budberg and Baron de Bourqueney have during the last few days had several conferences with Count Buol, the object being the meeting of the Conferences in Paris. Russia is very anxious that it should take place as soon as possible, and on this point she is in accord with France. But when the Cabinet of St. Petersburg demanded that the difficulties relative to Bolgrad, the Isle of Serpents, &c., should be regulated by the parties who signed the Treaty of Paris, it was only one of those means of causing delays which form part of the Russian policy. She hopes that the Conferences cannot take place so soon, and wishes to please Franco by urging the meeting. When the Conference is really convoked she will find plenty of excuses for delaying it. Our Cabinet perfectly understands this poli c y of Russia, and will do all in its power to defeat it. A second letter from Vienna, in the P os t Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" A report is current here that Prince Petrulle, the Neapol i tan Ambas sador, had delivere4 to the Cabinet of Vienna the reply to the pr o p os itions made by General Martini at Naples. W e are able to contr adict this state ment in the most positive manner, no noto, of the kind baying been d e livered to Count Buol. ' A third letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette s ays • , c The secre t treaty between the s Porte and Austria, of which much has been lately spoken, does really exist ; but it concerns the re organisation of the Principalities, and not their occupation." FRANCE . PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Tho Debats contains the following observations on the recent reconciliation of the Cabinets of Lon don and Vienna : " European politics are now subject to singular trans formations, and the execution of the treaty of Paris prepares for us each day some fresh surprise. One of the most curious is the reconciliation that has been accom plished between England and Austria, which the jour nals of the two countries now confide to Europe. The memory is too full of the bitter and violent polemics in dulged in only a short time ago by the English journals, with respect to what they termed the Machiavelism and duplicity of Austrian policy. But now everything is changed; the most important English journal, the Times, openly defends this very policy, and it asserts that the Cabinet of Vienna has not the best reasons in the world for not evacuating the Danubian principalities. The organs of the Austrian government opine on their side that England has no less excellent reasons for main taining her fleet in the Black Sea. This is not all ; they applaud to the skies the particular claims acquired by the English Government and its representative at Vienna to the friendship of Austria by combining their mutual efforts against the ur'on of the principa lities, formally supported in the Congress of Paris by the first plenipotentiary of England, Lord Clarendon. At Vienna the game is now considered as won. We do not know the extent to which the article in the Morning Post, which states that the British fleet will remain in the Black Sea until the execution by Russia of the conditions imposed by the treaty of peace, represents the views of the British Government. But in one point matters are clear. Notwithstanding the declarations to the contrary which arrive from Viel.na, we persist in repeating that Turkey has demanded simultaneously and at repeated intervals the evacuation of the princi palities by Austria, and of the Black Sea by England. If the steps taken by the Porte had not the character of a protest in form, they expjessed at least its desire in the clearest manner." BOURSE, Oct. 29.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of 3ronth. 4i per Cents 3 . yer Cents 67 50 66 45 New Loan Bank Shares 3,900 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,360 Austrian Belgian Five 5......... 99 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) B9 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1,242 59 Western Northern 942 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,267 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,640 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 703 Teste Cette ,SURREY GALDENS. Yesterday an extraordinary meeting of tho share holders of this company was held in the refreshment room of the Music Hall, for the purpose of receiving the report of the direct )rs, relative to their proceedings up to the 10th of October last, and to submit tkeir plan fir future arrangements ; and also the deciaratii)Th of o dividend. Mr. Thomas Knox Holmes occupied the chair. This meeting created considerable interest, i❑ conse quence of the recent calamity at these gardens, and the propriety of the directors permitting their use for pur poses for which they were not intended. The balustrades have been repaired, but the recom• mendation of the jury has not been fully complied with, though the new iron railings arc fast locked in iron an chors cemented with lead to the stone work, which pre caution was stated on inspection by competent survey ors t be sufficient, the entire stability of the building, from the tests it has received, being free from all doubt. Tt e CHAIRMAN said that a few days ago the report of the directors had been circulated amongst the sharehold ers, and he thought that it bad given them general satis faction. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the accounts, it had been thought desirable to abstract only so much as really affected the income of the company. Gentle men who were conversant with works of this character were aware that the expenditure of capital was confined to the purchase of property, to building, and charges of that description, and that such capital was represented by what was commonly called stock. The principal question to deal with at a meeting with reference to dividend was the amount received from those sources of revenue which the company always hoped to maintain, and for that reason the accounts now presented were not in the form of a balance sheet, which would be laid be fore the proprietor at the annual meeting, but merely referred to the income of the company. The amount paid for music, vocalists, salaries, and all the current expenses connected with the gardens was 10,4681. ss. 3d., and there was due to the company the sum of 9681. 7s. 9d. On the other hand, the receipts had amounted to 12,6381. 18s. sd. for admissio❑ to the various perfor mances, and the amount received on the sale of cham pagne, cigars, and refreshments generally, was 7121. 15s. Bd., leaving a balance in favour of the company of 1,9161 is. 4d. He trusted that the simple statement would be most gratifying. (Hear.) It was impossible to 00ok an account of that sort. There was no abstract question of premises, or buildings, or additions there to. It was a simple account of the moneys received at the gates and the galleries, and the number of admissions would appear in the balance-sheet at the end of the year. It should be recollected that the whole of the amount received had been taken during a period of the year when London, to a certain extent, had emp tied itself, and that class of society from whom the direc tors always anticipated great support, and who, as far as they had remained in town, had accorded that sup port. The amount received from that class had far ex ceeded his anticipations. (Hear.) He would now make a few remarks with reference to the course which the directors had pursued during the ten weeks which the gardens had been opened. The directors thought it advisible in a❑ establishment of this nature—possessing the finest music hall in Europe, not only in form and convenience, but for the conveyance of sound —to open the gardens with a festival which in magnitude had never been excelled and seldom equalled in this country. They did not consider whether they should derive a benefit from that festival ; they had two objects in vie ee. The one was to bring from the musical cities of the world par ties who would be able to speak of the success of the undertaking in their own country ; the other was to in duce the great singers who had hithertho held them selves too lofty to sing to the million to come forward and take part in the selections of M ..Jullien. (Hear, hear.) He had been informed, and he believed quite correctly, that previously to the erection of this hall Madame Alboni had never sung at a concert where the price of admission was less than a guinea. The experiment had established the fact, that the greatest professional singers did not object to sing to those who were willing to pay for hearing them. (Hear.) He did not wish to hold out the pro spect of an enormous dividend, but the dividend which they were about to declare that day would be paid out of the bona fide receipts of ten weeks, after paying all the enormous expenses of the festival week. (Hear.) It was unnecessary for him to descant on the pleasures of music or the benefits which society would derive fie m in stitutions of this nature, for there were many gentlemen present who were more able to do so than himself. He would simply confine his observations to the finances of the company, and the unfortunate calamity which had occurred last Sunday week. On hearing of the accident he immediately came down to the building, and on the next day, with the very able assistance of Mr. Jones, ascertained the superficial contents of the galleries, of the body of the hall, and of the different exits. He had also felt it his duty to attend the inquest from its com mencement to its close, and felt bound to state that the more he looked into the provisions against such an accident, the more was he convinced of the super excellence of the building. (Hear.) He had obtained measurements of most of the principal theatres and other places of public entertainment in London. It would be unjust towards those who had afforded him facilities for acquiring this information to specify it in detail. He would treat them as a whole, and felt bound to say that this building, in proportion to the number of persons it would contain, could deliver them in one tenth of the time that would be occupied in any other budding. (Hear, hear.) This was a very simple proposition. There were exits from the body of the hall on the ground floor to the extent of 145 feet. Now, assuming that the hall was completely filled, and that the persons divided themselves so as to flow out equally at each exit, the building could be emptied in 40 seconds. There was no comparison between the facilities of egress afforded by this hall and Exeter Hall ; and he mentioned the latter because it had been occupied by Mr. Spurgeon for a similar purpose. He believed the danger arising from a panic would be as great if the whole of one side of the building could be thrown open as in a more confined space, and that was distinctly proved by the evidence before the jury ; for the whole of the per sons who met their death were withi❑ six feet of the door of the gallery at the time. They fell on the first flight of stairs, and so falling were crushed. It was dis tinctly proved that no death had been caused by the giving way of the balustrades. On the contrary, their giving way eased the pressure, as was proved by one of the witnesses who was on the fl ,or at the time. It did not require either an immense number of persons or a narrow space to cause death in the event of a panic; for, in this case, the very persons who were not crowded together were those who lost their lives, and his belief was that, if a sudden panic seized a crowd at the top of the steps leading to the Duke of York's Column, and they hastened down those steps with peat rapidity, los' of life would be the result. (Hear, hear) Comparatively speaking the number of lives lost was small, fur a short time previously, in a panic which occurred at a Jewish synagogue in , 5 Warsaw,oo.o not ( l e e a s r s . ) thanT The jury, lives were lost in a c ongregation of i their verdict at the inquest appe n d e d a recommendation that an alteration should b e ma d e i n the stairca se. His opinion was that no a lt erat i on an d that no ihnudmealinvefroirneg sight could prevent an accident from unforeselk causes. At the same ti me it was d ue t o the jury, who iffd inves tigated the case with the greatest circumspection, with an entire absence of hostility to any one, and without reference to the preaching of Mr. Spurgeon, to say that the directors felt bound to attend to that recomrnenda wastnhuo,rt tohnbellyputhbelicdesireof amusementtli tion as far as it was in their power to do so. (Hear.) views of the p p u ub i l e ic s , a b f u et t y i . t was their Independently of that, ,t ce:nts7clenrg the e directors bad requested directors to meet the tdhuetyy wereto do b s o o t , m f d o r to (Hear.) Mr. Jones Entertaining to tmhaereoapsiunriovneys, of the four tower-, a n d ma k e a report in reference to any alterations which he might think it desirable to suggest. A sketch has been pre pared by Mr. Jones and estimates were in preparation, and he truste d that it would be s atisfactory to the sh are , - ' holders to know that the expense of altering the staircases would would g be mosttrifleit rid ng— of the narrowness ab out 7 n o a l. rt e o a w ch n J . emovese,cthuotf co M- equal on 0 f the proposed alteration small endnot onlyo of the i s d t e e r p, in an th d the themselves, es would be, from one end to the oth er —i n other words, in their width r words, there would be a succession of square steps. (Hear,) said, this could be done a t a small As he h a d a l rea dy expense, and it was the universal wish of the directors to carry out the im provement. (Hear.) Nothing could exceed the stability of the building, th e manner in which it had been executed, and the accommodation which it afforded to the public. It b a d been most minutely inspected by Mr. Mullins, the district surveyor, and Mr. Tyler, who felt the import ance of having a report from an impartial m person not connected with the building,• having addressed a letter to that gentleman on the subject, had received the following reply : " Brixton, Oct. 28, 1856. "Dear Sir,—Ab sence from home has prevente d me from replyi ng to yours of the 25th earlier, but I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to the stability of the Music.hall at the Surrey-gardens when I inspected it in my official capacity of district surveyor after the late melancholy accident. The building must have been severely tested without showing the slightest sign of failure in any part, if I except a few balustrades being di-placed in the lower part of one of the staircases.— I am, sir, yours truly, "JOHN MULLINS. " W. Tyler, Eq., Manager." He (the chairman) trusted that the shareholders and the public would continuo to believe that it was the inten tion of the directors to carry out their professions. Within 16 weeks from their becoming possessors of the soil the building rose to its present grandeur, and not withstanding the hurry and difficulties which frequently arose after contracts ware signed, he was happy to say the directors never had a difference of opinion with the architect or the builder. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving a re,olution to the effect that the report be received and adopted, and that a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending January 1, 1857, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, be paid to the shareholders upon the shares now issued and fully paid up previous to the let January next, and that all future dividends be payable on the let July and the Ist January in each year. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded, Dr. LEvEH inquired if the 5 per cent, was clear of the income tax' _ The Cu tiameN replied in the negative. A PROPRIETOR inquired the amount of shares paid up. The CHAIRMAN replied that in round numbers the a mount paid up was 32,000/. The resolution was then put and agreed to. Dlr. CoPPOCK, on the part of the directors, wished briefly to state their intention as to the luture. They intended to make the building in its arrangements and details much more complete than it was at present, and to dive increased conveniences to the public visiting the gardens. They intended to improve the means of accese to the building, add to carry out those alterations to y~ ~.., which the chairman had alluded as' having been rendered desirable in consequence of the late accident. (Hear, near.) They trusted that during the winter the ball I would not remain unproductive, but that it would be turned to profitable ace,itint. That was one of the rea sons fc.r accepting the (der of Mr. Spurgeon, who was to ,pay 151. for the use of the hall on each Sunday, which was at a rate equal to a profit of about 2& per cent. It was intended to let the hall throughout the week for pure and legitimate purposes. A plan was before the directors for the formation ;of a choral society, and arrangements were in progress for the Introduction of amusements into different parts of the ;ardens, which would attract visitors without the neces sity of their remaining so long. It was their intention -o carry out the scheme honestly and fairly. There had seen no cooking of the accounts and there would be none. (Hear.) Although the labours of the directors had been great, they had been repaid for their trouble in witness ing the success of the undertaking. There had never been a more honest undertaking brought before the pub lic, and the directors had never attempted by any kind if jobbing to press it forward by any unfair means. Nearly the whole of the shares had been disposed of, and he was convinced that they would soon be at a consider able premium, (Hear.) The undertaking would not only produce a large revenue to the shareholders, but it would afford the means of the most wholesome amusement to the public at large. (Hear.) He could not sit down without acknowledging the obligations of the directors to the magistrates and the poiice of the distric t, and p cularly to Superintendent Lund—(hear)—who, whenever his other duties permitted, was continually on and about the premises, seeing that his men were p.-operly placed, and giving them such directions as enabled them to per' form their duties in a most satisfactory manner. (Hear.) The public had every confidence in the undertaking, and he believed that on future occasions not only would a dividend equal to the present be declared, i.i'ut that that the directors would be able to present a Lonus, which in the course of a very few years would repay all the principal. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FLEMING wished to know in what position the directors stood with regard to Mr. Spurgeon, and wile; ther he would be permitted to preach in the hall agt , ie Mr. CoPPoCK replied that a contract had been entere d into for letting the hall, but they had heard nothin,C since the accident. If the shareholders wished to eV press any opinion OR the subject, they were at liberty to do so, but he thought it would be better to suspend any inquiry as to the state of the contract to which he had alluded. (Hear, hear.) It would be mach better to leave the matter in the hands of the directors. Mr. FLEMING complained that the original intention had been departed from, by letting the gardens to e popular preacher. Mr. WYLD, the late M.P. for Bodmin, defende d the conduct of the directors. Mr. OAKES, formerly mayor, and still one of the me: gistrates of Gravesend, approved of all the directors ha d done, and cordially supported the resolution. M. JULLIEN said no place of amusement for purely vocal and musical performances, with which he had been connected throughout Europe, was superior to the Surrey Music Hall. After some discussion, Mr. WESTON, the auditor, said the accounts bad been most accurately kept. Mr. CorPocic said he was hound to say that the exa" tions of Mr. Superintendent Lund and the poli ce, on the occasion of the late calamity, deserved their highest approbation. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. NEW PASSPORT REGULATIONS FOB RUSSIA. The following ukase relative to the entry into Russia of foreign foremen, workmen, dec., has ills", been published at St. Petersburg : " In virtue of the ukase of his Majesty the Enver° , the senate has received the report of the Minister o f the Interior, of July 21, of this year, relative to the imperial ordonnance published in a ukase of the senate, dated Sept. 9, 1847, concerning the formalities to be obs erve u in regard to the entry within the limits of the emP ire of foreign workmen and apprentices engaged bct Russian manufacturers and tradespeople. Acoor ing to this ordonnance Russian manufacturer s and tradesmen are to be responsible for the pe rs ti / engaged by them, and must present a sP ec police authorisation for the admission of these fore i g ner into Russia. " His Majesty has now been pleased to order as fel lows :—Henceforth the Russian embassies, legatioos,a and consulates are authorised to deliver, as they ralv deem necessary, and without demanding a prelim ina % permission of the Russian authorities, to all fore i g ner, without distinction, certificates, and passports of entry within the limits of the empire, with the following e " ,' . ceptions : " 1. Persons whose entry into Russia is specially P r°. hibited by the Government. " 2. Persons with regard to whom Russian etnbasstie.„6 legations, or consulates, possess denite information 0 " ." unsatisfactory character. "3. Gipsies, organ players, hawkers of drugs a statuettes, and vagrants generally. "As in virtue of these new arrangements re s P ect i ing passports, the measures of general safety req uire by the ukase of the senate of Oct. 21, 1847, rel ative to the entry of foreign foremen and workmen (by the terms of which our manufacturers and tradesmen w ho were to be answerable for the foreigners whom they em ploy, and were bound to present, in order to obtaio their entry, a police certificate) b ec ome useless —the Minister of the Interior refers the matter to the Se nate, in order that they may take the necessary steps t° abolish the said measures." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This DaY• LONDON, Oct. A—Wind this day at noon, S. ; breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Oot. 98.—Wind E.N.E. A rr ived—Eliza - PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind E.S.- - Sailed—Walrner beth, from London, for the Gaurelbourne. Castle, for Australia; Burlingto' , • vo x's FALMOUTH, Oct. 21.—Win d ble. —Off the port Puzzle, from Xabea. a N.—Arrived— Maria, from BELFAST, Oct. 27.—W` n miramichi PETERHEAD, Oct. . Liverpool, N.S. ; Catherine, Traveller, arrived from 1!.7 l fish 201 tuns, reports speaking Davis' Straits, wit 2 h 6th ult., with 1 fi s h-15 tuns. ~.,. the Clara, on th. _ sE I I s. a : n rfa i r s ne h sdhe i d eisl o l m T w. j v f e t e l rd f s e_ t , s wfroemiling: of thil t hird of cargo probably wet. place ; P e R t e E r v s b A o u L n r'g .3ote t'. Oct. 2 1-4 :l 4l l ; Tn i ' h n ° d i SCILLY. Shanghai, NsHA Oct. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—APP'tol3, ' f r om Cuba. f ro m Shanghai. (PER ELEOTRrt TELEGRA Pd.; LIVERPOOL, Thursday oruia• Wind S. Arrived—Pilot Fish, from New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRArq a ra . GRAVESEND. S ' w ith Wind S. ; tid e t wo hours ' flood, ; Thum 9 g weather, liht, slight fog. Arrived —Baron Osy, from Antwerp; Helena, fr°l33 Smyrna. DEAL, Thursday, 9.52 a.333' Wind S.S.N., moderate. Passed—H.M. S. Deo, from the westward, for Ml s the rciolveorm; Colombo, all for London.l l ford, St. Vincent ; Aries and Star of the LIA...RKET NE Ws.—( rols ay ) CORN EXCEIANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Oct. 30, 1856, made up from the Returns Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and "" per Imperial Quarter. WELEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 1 FSA :a 66s 4d 45s 81 27s 11 405 lld 46s 61 44 ' THE SIX WEEKS' AVERA - E. 'Os% wnEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I 1 RIR. I BEANS. 65s II 44s 21 26s 6d 41s lid 45s 81 43 ' QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. „„04, Wheat, 116,277 ; Barley, 67,606 ; Oats, 15,397; Rye, 503 5,248; Peas, 1,864 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL. — The trade genera„n, inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4 d ; bli 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3 s 8 d to bsnd per Sibs, by the carcase. tocl‘ SouTHALL, Oct. 29.—The supplies of each kind of 8 - 6 were moderate, and the trade generally ruled inactive'S; follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4 s 8 d; Mutton, 3 s 8 d to 4s lv to Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81b 0 , sink the offal. # ROMFORD, Oct. 29.—Prime beasts, sheep, and pigs r eadily, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was -54 a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; Mutton , ..a 8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s lOd; Pcrk, 3s 10d to 5s 2d r 81bs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 10s ; clover an! 3/ lOs to 5/ 10 s; an d s t raw , 1/ 5 s t o 11 N per o ' l- Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 12s ; c a d, lover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ lO s ; a nd straw, 1/ 68 to 1/ 108 per lo A averae supply, and a slis demand. love r WHITECHA g PEL.—Meadow ha ug y, g 2/ h 103 to 4/ 10s ; c a ct. do 31 lOs to 5/ 128 ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per lc A slow trade. FLEET OF THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM CostrA o r; The principal vessels of this company were offered °,. sale yesterday, by Bailey and Ridley, in the CaptainiA, room, at Lloyd's ; but although there was a full attten;f ance of merchants and others interested in this clos e property, the whole were allowed to pass with out sinule bidding. It was announced at the conclusi° f that the directors are still open to treat for the sale the ten vessels, either collectively or separately, by P r vate contract. i THE EXPEDITION TO TENERIFFE.— Professor C. - r ai ' s r Smyth, the Astronomer Royal of. Edinburgh, in a lel 3 e o addressed to the chairman of be Kew Committee a let be B m r e i t t e is o h ro A lo s g s i o c c a i l i ati n o s n t , r s u a m y e nts supplied by the 800 eA , °le f s " During our voyage w Trade, which, I am told, have been devised on a priociP d s uggested and perfected by the Kew Observatory' if ile y o ur committee. I mu st congra t u l a t e you much oil b ' ef e xcellence of the instrum en t s an d arrangements, for t oe gave me more satisfaction than I ever felt before in 13 c1 use of meteorologic a l i ns t rumen ts, and I shall b. tu a to hear if similar instruments are procurable fo r — t oo purposes, and how far they extend." It cannot b e e • generally under s t oo d among sc i en tific ob s ervers of 113 e. teorological phe nomena th a t barometers and thereO ca ro . ters constructed on really scientific principles an d of perly verified a t t h e K ew Ob serva t or y, with tab le .% corrections of err or s for each instrument, can be obtainao from any of th e p r i nc ipal instrument makers throug h Lb the kingdom at a very moderate cost. T.Thles ai e L ippe instruments ar e p ro perly verified, the trouble an" ~..,D o . usually devoted to the recording of atmospheric P'' ;new, are generally thrown away and waited.