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UNFURNISHED APA R,l MEN VS Wanted for a L Awl r S,-tiraw , a SITTING-ROOM, Three BED ROOMS, and separate KIT cgEN, where there are no other lodger , near a chief thoroughfare ; between Charing-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. Re f erences exchanged. Address, with Hill particulars, T, 104, Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last Week but Two—The New Grand French Quadrille. —The last time but Two of the Grand Selection from La Trayilxta. —Miss Juliana May.—Madame Elisa Poma(prima donna from the principal theatres in Italy), will shortly have the honour of making her first appearance in En,?:land ,—S tend appear ance this season of the celebrated PIMA*: ArAbella Goddard. Programme for T"::IS EVENING (Thursday, Nev. 27) • Part I. Overture, Will am Tell (fourth time this se :fon) Rossini; Quadrille, the Promenade—Engelke ; Symphony, Andante Cantabile, from the Jupiter Symphony—Mozart; Radiate, " Questa o quella" (Rigoletto), Signor Millardi ; Polka, My Mary Ann (16th time)—Jullien - Fantasia, Piano forte, " Recollections of Ireland" (Moschelles) Miss Arabella. Goddard ; Varsovienne, the Warsaw (fourth time this sea soz)—jnllieu ; Grand Aria, Ernani ! involami (ErnanP,, Miss Juliana May (her thir 1 appearance) —Verdi ; the French Quadrille (the 17th time) with collations for flute ; flar2;eolet, oboe, clarinet, ophiclei•ie, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenber!., Hughes, and Koenig; Finale ; Partant pour la Syrie, Vice l'Empereur,— Jullien. I Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verei's los opera or of " La Traviata" (Bth time of performance) with so f violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes, and Koenig • Fantasia, Pianoforte, Les Patineurs (Le Prophete), Liszt, Miss Arabella Goddard ; Valse, Moun tain Daisy—D'Albert ; Tyrolienne, In questo seraPlica Petly), Miss Juliana May—Donizetti ; Polka, Flirtation — Junin ; Air, "Una furtiva Lagrima" (Elisir d'Amore), Sig nor Millardi—Donizetti ; Valse, Victory—Em i g ; Galop, Etna—D'Albert. Conductor—M. Jullien. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices •f admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle. 28. 6(1. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d., El is., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of an the d at Jullien theatre ; at all the principal libraries and mu sicsellers and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting MAnager, 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 Pricei. 'Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, ls. 6d.: Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, 58. ; Dress Circle, 78.; 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guine-s. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALI AN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succ‘eded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers :--Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame A.madei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Rovere, Mr. Tensest, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn. plate chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the last time) Rossini's popular Opera Comique, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Clerici, M. Gassier, Herr Formes, Signor Rovere, Signor Mattoni, and Herr Reichardt (his first appearance this season). After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Templeton, dze. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will ap. B pear oxes stalls, and places can be secured of M essrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co. ' Regent-street, sad at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, To-morrow (Friday), and on Saturday evening, 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, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark; Sir Harry (with a song), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Soeerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which, the successful new farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last three nights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea Nona and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every .vening.—Urgent Private Affairs and Good Night, Signor ?antalon.—THlS EVENING will be performed URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Selby; Misses M. Keeley, Kelly, Arden, &c. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza,. galled THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform ing with unexampled success at the Theatrz Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wr'ght, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr. &c. Concluding with the comic opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIG. PANTALON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and daring' the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, called OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal eharactors by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses -Murray and C. Leclercq. Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. L YCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Thursday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. After which the extraordinary Troupe of Bedouin Arabs . will go through their surprising performances. Conducing with the Burlesque of THE WINTER'S TALE. Misses Woolgar Wilton, Mesdames B. White, Wiston, Messrs. Toole, Calhaem, Barrett, &c. OYAL SURREY T CIE ATRE. 1.) Lessees, Mews. Shepherd and Cresivick. THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr Creswick•; Rashleigh, Mr Potter ; Frai cis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Volla.ire ; Dougal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal braith, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes ; Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis. To conclude with DRED. TRAND T HEAT RE.—MAnazer, Mr. T. 17.7 Pavne.—THlS EVE NI NIG will be performed LITTLE DORRIT. Messrs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald. THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz inman, &c. And THE C XPTAIN'S NOT A MISS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, :'s. ; 13 ,- mces, 2m. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfvd Wigan. THTS EVENT7si(I, WIVES AS THEY IVER,E AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses swanborough and Herbert. And (fourth time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER. liessrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and '.Mss Marston. Commence at haif-pest Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Under the Management of Mr . Phelps. THIS EVENING, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Christopher Sly, Mr. Phelps. After which, WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. To conelwie with BETSY BAKER. ...LisTLErs ROYAL AM PFTIT Fl ATR E. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First Week), MACBETH, with Eques trian Innidratinna by Mr. W. Cooko'g 11014111,2, frnined by him. Macbeth, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; Miss Kate Cooke in her elegant act of m an6ge, To conc l u d e with OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-paqi six ; commenee at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four St W. West. Eqxestrian Director , Mr. NV. eo a o g k e e, M i a n n n a . ger, Mr' CANTERBURY HALL, Weattn . OPEN EVERY EVENING, _T} lB Ing company of Vocalists are engaged for th performan c e of The follow- S e l ec ti o ns from all t he p o p ular O p eras, Madri gls i. Choruses, Glees, Duets, t ire., viz. :---Mis.o E. Pearce, Mrs, ' Caulfield, Mi s s Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J. Caulfield Jongliman,, R. Grover, T. 11,illo T. Farrant, s, ,Jones, F. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, nett, and Corti ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney, p i ., - "' forte, J. 7!arroway, H. A, ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, ju'r; director, Mr_ J. Caulfield, Commence at Seven o'cloc , 1; p r '," cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'c!ock. In addition t o . the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourite selec tion'', . ILEGa WATER. AT LONDON BRTDG.F... Tins DAY—Morn. 33 min. aft. I—Everini 48 min , an , 1 To-Moscow—morn. 5 m i n . a ft. '3---Evonitv 22 :ni. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—Sus' OFFICE, NOVE3IBBR 27, Thsinfoxsmi, IN rFai 48—highest sinae noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETIB, 29.69 —rising. WINT's W.S.W.—Light, with fine, mild weather. crek _4141, - LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVENIBER 27, Under any possible circumstances the Income must and PropertY Tax he brought before Parlia ment in the ensuing Session. It would he dis graceful to the Government to retain by a dis- Graiitabje trick 24 igtF4 V 2ch kasliwamt did not intend to grant. Sooner or later the question tflusit be [in.:right and r the consideration of the Legislatur , -, and it would not only be for the honour, but also for the interest of the PALMER. STON Administration to anticipate the inevitable discussion, and obtain the decision of Parlia ment at the earliest possible time. At present the Income-Tax Association is labouring merely for the reduction of the impost to the rate at which it would have stood, from and after the sth Apri', 1857—if the bills for continuing it for a af!:Be. Mlle ratification of the Treaty of Peace bad Licr reeetv,,cir the Royal assent. That is un questionably the first point to be gained, but it is only a step towards the goal that must ulti mately be attained. As we have repeat edly explained, the nation does not object to a Property Tax, if fairly and equit ably apportioned. Any impost is, of course, oti)jectiuliable, and the Financial Minister too often resembles the Irish druaiiner, who complained of the unreasonable conduct of the "floggee," whom he could not please by striking either iiivll or low. But as the castigation should be administered in either one form or the other, so must taxation be continued in order to provide adequate means for the liquidation of the national liabilities and the maintenance of the national establishments. There is no impsst rcore equitable and expe client; than a judiciously apportioned Property Tax. Rone more objectionable than a charge on precarious and temporary incomes. The moment a man 3ossesses "a stake in the country" he becomes a fitting " quarry" for the collecting hawks. There is nothing inquisitorial in the pro cess by which he is assessed. A certain portion of his rents or dividends is stopped in transitu. In place of receiving 6001. he gets only 5601., and he feels proud in the notion that, like a gsod citizen, he has contribu.ed his portion to the national expenditure. The publics debt fairly fell on him, because any Parliament was entitled to charge existing pro perty, and he received it, whether by descent, or purchase, subject to all its liabilities. But it is very different with the man who gains his daily bread by his daily labour, physical or intellectual. Fie feels that his ancestors had no right to mort gage his exertions, that if he derived no advan tages from their provident forethought he could not be saddled with any liabilities. He was nominally born free, aid should not be compelled to toil for the benefit of others. There is thus a preliminary objection to the operation of an Income Tax, which should prevail before any un prejudiced and impartial tribunal ! And if we consent, for the sake of argument, to enter into further dismission, it must not be supposed that we waive or surrender that decisive point. But supposing that all parties could be equally assessed without reference to the sources from :thence their incomes were derived, the notion that all incomes, whether permanent and cer tain, or precarious and fluctuating, should be equally charged, is so absurd that if it had not received the Legislative sanction it would. seem to be fighting with shadows—to make the giants first before we kill them—to enter into serious arguments on a self-evident question. The idea that the tax will ever be relinquished is simply ridiculous. The Chancellor of the Exche quer, whoever he may be—no matter whether WOOD, DISRAELI, GLADSTONE, Or LEWIS occupy the station—will not consent to relinquish an item that realises sixteen millions sterling per annum. It is, therefore, as well to place the entire subjgt on a solid foundation, so that in any event the people can have no reasonable cause of complaint. We have borne with the im post rot no less than fourteen years. Every Minister, from Sir ROBERT PEEL to Sir G. C. LEWIS, has endea►oured to show that it is not worth while to amend it, as it is only for a brief period that he requires it. Mr. GLADSTONE carried his hypocrisy further than any of his predecessors, and obtained a much longer term. But the people, who have served a double apprenticeship of 14 years, may at last become rational, and deal with tie matter on its real merits. Should Lord PALMERSTON decide on a just and equitable course, he will render himself the most popular Minister that ever presided over a British Cabinet. Fiscal and monetary reformsare the great wants of the nation. He has parly satisfied the country with respect to his foreign policy. They now want to know his views on domestic subjects. Let him abolish the Income Tax, place the charge on property on an equitable b Isis, and give the people a really national 1/. note, and he will be the most popular Minister that this country ever had. His power will be consolidated, his hold on office secured, and his name will descend to pos terity as the English Minister who caused the mime of Englishman to be respected in every part of the world, and who also made their homes prosperous and happy, by relieving them of un just burdens, and creating a circulating medium that gave every man that great desideratum,—" a fair day's wages for a fair day's work !" What earthly guarantee can Russia give ou railway For a loan she can pledge her whole revenue if she will, but fur a railroad Russia can give no guarantee worth an honest man's taking. We asume, of course, that she does not offer tier four or five per cent. on the fair cost of the line, be it what it may ; that would be equiva lent to creating a new loan to an indefinite amount, for the payment of the interest on which she must saddle her revenue with a first charge for the benefit of the shareholders. She will do nothing, like th - at. If she would contract with coniptent and respectable foreign firms, to exe cute the work for a definite sum ; if she would then take the working into her own hands, of course executing it by contract, and bear herself the loss or receive the nett profits, foreigners might feel pretty safe, that is as safe as in other Russian securities ; but of nothing do we feel more confident than that the ultimate sharehold ers in ..,ny Muscovite railway conce.4sion will find themselves " chiselled" out oF. fifty, if not one hundred, per cent. of their investments. Prior to all examination, this would be our c'uaviction, We would urge our friends to avoid Russian Railway Stock or Shares. just as we Would urge our sous, at the University, or in the Barracks, to keep out of the Jew money-lender's hands. If she issues a loan, she has no means, except thos e employed by Austria, or Spain, or Pennsylva n i a , of cheating her foreign creditors. This would n o t su i t it become her interest toher, repudiate that herit all foreign ; sho u d l e d h we have no more doubt of her doing it than of her readiness to Hango humane antagonists, or to cheat the allies at Bolgrad or the Isle of Serpents. Not to pay interest On a loan would slop the sup plies for all future projects of ambition ; but to inveigle the simple-hearted customers of the BARINGS, the HOPES, and PEREIRES o f Western Europe, into a speculation which would ruin them and set her up with military railways, would be to her matter of ezultatum. Nay, i t Would raise the popularity of the CLut to the utmost, if his troops were seen steaming along 20 miles az Lour, the coat of Yrazca and .11:40a4d every " varedshed Cossack" would sing Te Deums to the Czar Rho had fleeced his enemies in time of peace. The troops would ride to Kaffa or to Warsaw, enlivening their transit across their barren steppes by the band playing the new Russian popular air of " The Western Sharehold- erg Folly." We begin to hope, however, that the Westerns way yet save the Russian bards and minstrels the trouble. The letter of the " Hertfordshire Iu- cumbent," which we inserted yesterday, must open the eyes of all who wish to see. Two things are quite plain, both of which we insisted on from the first, that the lines are military, not commercial lines, and that they will never pay, for this gene raticn at least. As to the first, we know that hundreds care not twopence whether they make money out of a loan to crush Hungary, or a rail road that might ultimately bring Russia to the confines of India. Money is money to such men ; if in shifting the shares about, they can get a per centage, or make a " good spec " by Bear and Bull feats on the Exchange, the money would be quite as acceptable as the most honourable gains. We trust, however, that the fact referred to will prevent so many better men from entertaining the project for a moment that the shares will never float. We suppose it is the obvious military character of the proposed lines which has called forth the fiat from the Ruler of France, forbid ing the French newspapers to advertise the shares. He may also think that it is better for him that money should flow into France than out of it. As to the profit, never was the old adage of " dreading the Greeks even with presents in their hands" more appropriate. Already the gifts are augmented ; 16,0001. per mile is now to be allowed instead of 10,0001. for construction ; iron is at last to be imported duty free for railway purposes ; and the interest guaranteed is raised to 5 per cent. All very plausible ; but what if the difficulty of obtaining efficient labour on the barren plains of Russia, the large rivers to be crossed, the lengthened undulations of the steppes and long cuttings, the dearness of serf labour, and the remoteness from the appliances of civilised life, should make the railways as costly as in more thickly-peopled countries. Why, then, the result is that the railways may cost almost double the estimate, and the lucky shareholders will receive no interest at all. One piece of cunning worthy of Russia—worthy rather in its audacity than its dexterity, is a clause in the agreement which will enable the Russian Government as the end of twenty years to purchase the lines, on the basis of the nett profits for the preceding three years. Should these therefore be, as we fully expect they will be, nil—then Russia will take possession of the lines, having merely paid interest, perhaps one per cent, on the actual cost, to the shareholders for the twenty years. There is but one way in . winch terms worth having can be had from Rus sia, and that is the old and approved one, the way in which all good bargains are made with the Russian Government namely, by handsome bribes to the "offs," " goffs," and " koffs," whose official salaries would starve them, but whose cor ruption makes their fortunes. Really, after all, the impudence of Czardom is as great as it is cunning. Its schemes are as shameless as they are plausible. From the con clusion of the " precious peace" to this hour the overreaching has been so palpable, though al ways defended by some plausible but dishonotrable subterfuge, that one almost questions the superior sunning of Russia. It is the cunning of an acknowledged sharper. There is nothing like it, except Yankeeism, in the world. You are cheated to your face. If you don't resent it, or yield for peace and quiet, it is a triumph ; if you show your horns, there is no blushing, it is only to hold out if possible, and to retreat. Russia is not really angry when she blusters. That is all mere assumption and pretence to carry her point if possible. She is only angry with herself if she has not been quite deceitful enough. Like other impudent knaves she " tries it on." If Europe will make her army four times more dangerous by building her railways, if the Allies will allow her to get water communication with the Danube by a false map, or to threaten its mouth by seiz ing a Turkish island, all well ; if not, wby she is none the worse off. Honour she has not lost, not having the article to lose; and of territory she has lust none, for she had no right to it. Russia is the embodiment of audacious cunning. The junction of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans by means of the proposed Honduras Railway would appear to be one of those things which are at once exceedingly desirable and practicable. In these days of steam despatch gold mining and astounding colonial development, a scheme which will insure a saving of 1,500 or 2,000 miles in the route to India, China, and Australia is worthy of more than a momentary consideration, and such a scheme is the forma tion of the railway in question. Crossing the 160 or more miles of territory intervening beween the two oceans, the Honduras Railway will carry European and North American travellers, mails, and merchandise at a rapid rate to the remark ably capacious Bay of Fonseca or Conchagus, from which steamers, owing to the almost unbroken calm, can speed them on the Pacific towards their destination at the rate of 15 or 20 miles an hour. The practicability of the scheme comes next in order, and oa this head we beg to refer the reader to the letter of Dr. SCHERZER, of the Imperial Academy of Vienna, to Sr. DON TICTOR HERRAN. The learned doctor, it will be seen, points out the great valleys of the , rivers Ului an'cr Goascorau (the former emptying itself into the Gulf of Honduras and the latter into the Pacific) as offering every facility for the construction of the line. Collectively, he tells us, these valleys have a length of 160 English miles, and the greatest elevation of the country where they may be said to join each other is but 2,400 feet. Tile thorough reports," he proceeds to say, " which have been published on the pro posed railway by Mr. SQUIER, formerly Minister of the United States in Central America, supported as they are by the high authority of Captain FITZROY, R.N., in his communication to Lord CLARENDON on the subject, render it unnecessary for me to enter into details ; and I accordingly confine myself to saying that, throughout my tra vels, I have had abundant opportunities of verifying these reports, and can testify to their accuracy." As to the eligibility of the proposed railway route we have this testi mony—" Between Mexico and New Granada there is no point which from its geographical position is so favourable as that afforded by the isthmus of Honduras, and whether we look to the transport of passengers or of merchandise, the rapid trans mission of the mails and of treasure between the Atlantic States of the United States and Cali fornia, or between Europe and Australia and China, in all these respects its advantages are most obvious. The ports which form the points of departure on both seas combine the conditions most favourable for the realisation of the vast en terprise, but more especially that on the Pacific. The Bay of ronvioa may perhaps be considered as the safest gad rAot commoZow port on tlo entire western coast of Atherica. All the navies of the world might meet in the grand basin to exchange, for the benefit of humanity, the deli cious products of the tropics against the manu factures of European civilisation." Many might say as much, but testimony like this, on the back of corresponding testimony, front a recognised authority, must be allowed great weight. In addition to the advantages of the railway already indicated, we have the assurance of great facilities being forthcoming in Honduras, towards its construction, and the prospect of the cultivation of the remarkably fertile and salubri ous plateau of Central America, by English and other settlers, to say nothing of the mineral riches to be met with in the country. Nothing, apparently, is wanting to recommend the scheme to favourable consideration, and all that remains for us to do at present is to wish the projectors the success they deserve. DUTIES OF THE COMMON SERJEANT. Unlike the office of Recorder, which is in the appoint ment of the Court of Aldermen, that of Common Serjeant is vested in the majority of the Common Council, who " in Common Council assembled" decide the matter in the event of a contest. The salary is 1,500/. per annum, with some additional fees for extra business. The office is always held by a barrister, and the main duties are as follow : The Common Serjeant has to attend at the sessions of the Central Criminal Court, where he sits as one of the City judges. The praotice is for the Recorder to sit in one court and the Common Serjeant in another, the judge of the Sheriffs' Court sitting (as a commis sioner) in the early part of the day to try any short cases there may be before the judges come, and to prepare the court for them. The Common Serjeant has to sit usually about four or five days in each session, and his ordinary duties are those of a judge in a Crown Court. It is his duty, if any difficulty arises in any case, to consult the other judges when they are there, or if tne judges are not there, to consult with the Recorder, or with the commissioner. Besides these duties he has, in case his opinion is required, to attend the Court Of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council, and the Com missioners of Sewers, to which body be cx.dicio belongs. He also has the duty of acting as assessor to the Sheriffs at Common Hall, on the day of the election of the City officers, proclaiming the names and advising the Sheriffs as to any points which may arise at the time. The Com mon Serjeant is the officer of the Sheriffs, and he pro- claims the names of those who are to be nominated as candidates. His duty as Common Serjeant practically precludes him from practising at Westminster Hall, al though this originally was customary. The reason of this is, not that he is officially prohibited froin doing so, but because the number of sessions at the Central Cri minal Cuurt has so increased that he cannot do so, the number of such sessions formerly being eight, while now there are twelve during the year. The terms of bis appointment do not debar him, in fact, from attending any court, except inferior courts of criminal jurisdiction. The present Common Sergeant has not been more than 12 months appointed, he having obtained the situation upon the retirement of Edward Bullock, Esq., who held the appointment between five and six years. Morning Advertiser. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Clucmcil to-morrow at Windsor Castle. _ _ _ Viscount Palmerston gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers last evening at his residence in Piccadilly. Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir M. Fitzhardinge Berkeley has resumed his duties as Senior Naval Lord at the Admiralty. Tne marriage of Colonel ?aget with Miss Maria Grenfell, daughter of Mr. C. W. Grenfell, M.P., for Windsor, took place yesterday morning at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico. Mr. Firmly had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yes;erday, at his official residence in Downing street, Mr. John Francis had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to submit a proposal for stamp ing the covers of newspaper agents with an impre.sed die for postal purposes in lieu of the attached label now in use. Lord and Lady Byron have left Eaton-place for their son's residence in Oxfordshire. His lordship has nearly recovered from the severe injuries he received on the occasion of - ,he recent collision near the King's Langley station of the London and North-Western Railway. LADY BYRON.—By the death of Lord Scarsdale, on the 12th inst., theaheyance of the Barony of Wentworth (cr. 1529) is terminated in favour of Lady Noel Byron, widow of the celebrated poet, who becomes in her own right Baroness Wentworth. Free emigration to Australia is again resumed, and a large number of single girls are wanted for the colonies. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 621 d., being an advance of Id. on the price realised for that by the preceding packet. Tian Orriog or ItsconmEn.—A Special Court of Aldermen will be held on Saturday, at Guildhall, for the purpose of formally receiving the resignation of the Right Hon. J. A. S. Wortley, M.P., the recorder of the City of London, and for taking the necessary steps for the election of his successor. Mr. Herriss is made deputy-chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr, Spencer Ponsonby, wire ac companied Lord Clarendon in the capacity of private secretary to the Conferences of Paris, is appointed to the vacancy created at the Board by the promotion of Mr. Herries. Mr. Spencer Ponsonby was previously private secretary to Lord Palmerston during the time he held the seals of the Foreign.office. A dinner, in commemoration of which a piece of plate press nted to the station-master of Windsor, took place yesterday at Slough. The piece of plate consists of a handsome silver vase, engraved with the following inscription :—" Presented to John Madigan, of the South-Western Railway-station, Windsor, by the season ticket holders and other passenger 4, as a trifling acknow ledgment of his unremitting attention to his duties, and the primotio of their comf rt as passengers." It is stated that 315,0001. out of the 350,0001. re quired as the capital of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, by whom it is hoped to establish electric commu nication between England and America in the early part of next summer, has already been subscribed. 100,0001. has been taken in the United State', 104,0001. in Lon don, 71,000/. in Liverpool, 25,0001 in Manchester, 14,0001. in Glasgow, and 1,0001. in Leamington. On Friday next the shares are to be allotted. The report of the Tru-t and Loan Company of Upper Canada, issued preparatory to their meeting on the 2d of December, states the profits for the half-year ending the 30th of September at 9,9841. A dividend at the rate of 7e per cent. per annum (less income tax) is recom mended. 1,867/. is to be carried to the reserve fund, which will then amount to 11,6851 ; 2501. is to he written off preliminary expenses, and a balance of 4731. is to be carred to the credit of next half-year, DEATH OF Mn. ARTHUR DILLON THE ACTOR.—Mr. Arthur Dillon, the father of Mr. Charles Dillon, the talented lessee of the Lyceum, died on Tuesday evening, after a long illness, at his lodgings, Broad-court, Bow street. Mr. Charles Dillon was on the stage in the last act of "Fabian," when the melancholy intelligence reached the theatre, bat it was not communicated to him until the performances had come to a conclusion. Mr. ANGUS B. REM:IL—This gentleman, whose lite rary exertions were premature:y terminated about two years since by paralytic affection, expired at his resi dence at Denmark-hill on Tuesday last. He had Hot quite completed his 35th year. Mr. Angus Reach's amiable qualities, no less than his intellect, had endeared hi n to a large circle of friends, and we had occasion to record that the most successful of amateur theatrical pf r formances was given for his benefit. Later her Majesty was pleased to confer upon him the gift of 1001. He leaves a widow, but was childless, and his remains will be deposited in the cemetery at Norwood. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—RESIGNATION OF MR. UoRRIX.—Mr. Corrie, the police magistrate of Clerkenwell Court, and who has been, since its forma tion, representative for the parish of St. Pancras in the Metropolitan Board of Works, has resigned his seat at that board. Inability to give up sufficient time to the important duties of a member of the metropolitan board, coupled with those pertaining to his magisterial capacity, is a-signed as the cause of such resignation. COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLlVAY.—Yesterday morning, at ten minutes past 8 o'clock, an alarming collision took place on the London and North-Western Railway, at Leighton Buzzard. Happily it was unattended with lose of life. One second class passenger carriage was almost smashed to ato m s, and the b rea k van o f the Dunstable train asas likewise crushed. The monster springs and axletrees lying about bent and twisted in all directions, show how violent was the encounter. Had it happened two minutes earlier the result would have been dreadful to contemplate, five passengers having just go t out of the very carriage that was HO completely smashed. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—On Monday evening last, a complimentary dinner was given at the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-street, by upwards of thirty of the gentlemen con nected with the evenin g ; the W e ekly Dispatch newspaper, to Mr. Richard Wood, th e highly esteemed publisher of th at nna!, and manager of the establishment. The chair was filled b y th e su b- e ditor of the paper, the guest of of the h the te editor rary of s t athe being o n h a i n s d r t ig h h e t ot a h n e d r members left. The printing department was also fully represented, there being but ono absentee on the occasion, and even the humblest persons identified with the Dispatch were permitted to be present, as the festival was intended to be an expression of the general feeling entertained with respect to Mr. Wood by all who came within the sphere of his operations. The chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. Wood, referred to the fact that that gen tleman ha'l held his arduous and responsible position for nearly thirty-'our years, and he added, that during that time Mr. Wood had conducted the duties of his office in such a manner as to obtain for himself esteem and regard, and to eecure for his proprietors the greatest possible advantage. The editor bore his testimony to the sterling worth of Mr. Wood, and the company drank the tout with the utmost cordiality. Mr. Wood returned thanks for the flattering compliment that had been paid to him, in terms which showed how deeply he appreciated the honour that had been conferred upon him. The evening was spent in a manner that must have been hi g hl y gra tifying to the promoters of the "tribute of respect," as it undoubtedly was to tke re• cipient of it. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY. Vie steamer America arrived at this port this morning, Nov. 26, from Alexandria, which she [eft at thrae•quartera past 11 o'clock a.na, on the 20th instant.• The India and China mails were to leave Alex andria on the 2011, with advices from Bombay, Nov. 3 ; Calcutta, Oct. 22 ; gong Kong, 15 ; Canton, 13 ; Shanghai, 8 ; Mauritius, 20 ; Cey lon, 31. Final arrangements were in , !nurse of execution for embarking the expeditionary corps to the Persian Gulf. The fleet was expected to sail on Nov. 10. The cash balances in the Government treasuries of India are stated by the Gazette to have been thirteen millions sterling—an inexplicable large amount. At Bombay the money market was rather tigher, and the banks had raised their rates of discount 1 per cent. ; Government and other secu rities were lower than before. Freights continued high. The import market was steady. A good harvest was reported from almost all parts of the interior. Exchange on London, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 2.41. At Calcutta the import market had improved. Money was plentiful. Freights to Europe firm. Exchange on London, 2s. I.ld. At Madras there was no change in the prices of imports. Money was very abundant. Exchange on London, 2s. Id. Exchange at Canton, 43. 81d.; Shanghai, 7s. 6d. to 7s. Bd. English and American firms were withholding duties on exports from Foochow Foo, until satisfaction should be given for the murder of Mr. Cunningham. BERLIN, Nov. 25. The Prussian Correspondence states that public opinion in Europe is in favour of the rights of Prussia on Neuchatel, and concludes by calling to mind the great military power of Prussia. VIENNA, Nov. 2G. The Turkish Ministerial crisis is over. Redschid Pasha, is Grand Vizier ; Ethem Pasha, Foreign Affairs ; Aali Pasha and Fuad Pasha are Ministers without portfolios. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition), dated Nov. 24, says : " Within the last four-and-tweaty hours oppor tunities have presented themselves for learning the opinions of several well-informed persons on more than one matter of importance, and their observations, combined with information acquired at other reliable sources, will enable me to give your readers some insight into the actual state of affairs. The policy of France is still unsatisfactory, for instead of positively declaring 1 1 that Russia must fulfil to the letter the engage ments which she entered into on the 30th March, she is endeavouriug to mediate between the St. Petersburg Cabinet and England and Austria. The London and Vienna Cabinets, however, still insist on the cession of Bolgrad to Moldavia, as they agree with the Porte in thinking that the freedom of the Danube will be but imaginary if that town remains in the possession of Russia. Austria was an unfitting mediator between Naples and the Western Powers, because she is on principle op posed to any intervention in the internal affairs of independent States, and France cannot act as arbiter between Russia on the one side and Eng land, Austria, and Turkey on the other, " be cause she has made promises to Russia which she cannot possibly keep without violating her engagements to England and Austria." In the sentence quoted you have the opinion which pre vails in Austrian official circles, and the general impression here is, that the Emperor Napoleon, i he values his reputation for consistency and goes'. faith, will be necessitated to make a change in his Cabinet. As long as M. Drouyn de Lhuys was Minister for Foreign Affairs all went well, but his successor has managed matters so clumsily that he deprived his Imperial master of the confidence of Austria, disturbed the friendly relations be tween England and France, and greatly diminished the influence of Fiance in the Turkish capital. The partisans of Napoleon aver that he will be a gainer by the change, if he can secure the friend ship of Russia and Prussia, instead of that of England and Austria ; but dispassionate lookers-on are not of the same opinion. In the estimation of the St. Petersburg Cabinet the Emperor Napoleon is a political adventurer who may be of service to Russia, but neither the Court nor its official ad visers feel any s ympathy for him. I n the o p inion of the Imperial family the Count de Chambord fa the legitimate heir to the French Throne, and Louis Napoleon is probably still spoken of as "se Monsieur,' and " Monsieur Bonaparte," as was the case three years ago. We still hear from Paris and Berlin that the rapprochment between the French and Prussian Governments is increas ing from day to day, but a closer alliance between France and Prussia would be so unnatural that it could not be of duration. It is rumoured that the Emperor Napoleon has promised not to interfere should a Prussian corps d'arinie march against Neuchatel, but the report cannot be correct, for the news of the movement of Prussian troops towards the Gallo-Swiss frontier would not fail to raise a storm in France whichitwonld to very difficult to lay. Enlightened German politicians consider his Majesty Ki ng William IV. of Prussia "a European misfortune," and heartily wish that he had less imagination and feeling, and more judgment and firmness of charac ter. Th e Prince of Prussia is known to be even more anti-Austrian than his royal brother, but those persons who know him more intimately assert that, if he were on the throne, the policy of the Berlin Government would be very different from what it now is. It is self-evident that the natural allies of Prussia are England and Austria, but the King seems to fancy that an alliance with France and Russia would be more conducive to the welfare of his country and people." NEUCHATEL. The Inclependance of Brussels, after mentioning the announcement that the Swiss Federal Council had unanimously refused to release the royalist prisoners at Neuchatml, says :—" We are among the number of those who would have preferred to have seen rather more condescension on the part of the Federal authorities. Nevertheless, it is but fair to admit that, in presence of the attitude as sumed by Prussia, it was difficult for the Federal Council to have come to any other decision. Had it yielded to the kind of intimidation which it was perhaps wrong to attempt towards it, it Would not probably have obtained the appro bation of the people of the Confederation, jealous as they are of their independence. The even tuaity of coercive measures azd the' oorialon actiron of several German States, far from inducing Switzerland to yield, must, on the contrary, have impelled her to resistance. - .Lc must not moreover be forgotten that Prussia demanded the release of the prisoners as a right • and that while saying that she was well disposed to come to an arrange ment as regards the groundwork of the question, she did not at all make known, even by allusion, the length ahe would go in the path of conciliation, when she should have obtained this first conces sion. To grant an amnesty, not from motives of political clemency, but by admitting the innocence of the prisoners, the Federal Council could not do, For that course would have been to furnish its ad versaries with an argument against Switzerland in the negotiations which are to definitively regulate the destinies of Neuchatel. The Federal Council has besides declared that it was ready to open ne gotiations and to renew relations of friendship and good neighbourhood with Prussia. It remains now to be seen how this latter Power will reply to these overtures." Petitions are now being circulated in the Neu chatel army which are covered with signatures. The petitioners beg the members of the Federal Council to allow them to be the first to march, in the event of the independence of Switzerland being attacked. They take a solemn oath to shed the last drop of their blood rather than suffer any fo reign domination whatever, and their request ter ininates with the cry of " A l'avant garde ! Vive la Confederation !" FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Assemblee Nationale says :—" Our readers no doubt remember that the Legislative Body, on the 2d July last, voted a law which authorised the inscription in the Great Book of the public debt of Three per Cent. Stock of 200,000 f. each for the heirs of the female branches of Louis Philippe's family, affected by the decrees of the 22d January, 1852. We believe that the French Government having notified through a diplomatic channel, to the parties interested, the promulgation of the law of the 2d July, the Duke Alexander of Wurtem berg, in the name of his son, a minor, and the Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg, in the name of the Princess Clementine d'Orleans, his wife, have re fused to profit by the provisions of the law." BOURSE, Nov. 2G.—Two o'clock.—The market has teen very buoyant, the bears having been obliged to buy back a part of their stock. It has been announced that the bullion of the Bank of France has increased since the last official return by 18 millions of francs. Threes have been done at 68f. 20e. and 68f. 40c., and are now at 68f. 30c. Mobilier varied from 1,415 f. to 1,425 f. Railway Shares have been in good demand, and obtained an advance of from 10f. to 15f. Half-past Three.—The market continued firm to ,he close, when the following were the last quota ;ions : Cash. fr. c. Eni of Month. 4} per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 35 68 30 New Loan Bank Shares 3,975 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,420 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 4l Piedmontese (5) 9l 50 Home Debt RAILIVATS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,270 Western Northern 947 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,317 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,710 Grand Central ..... 595 Lyons Geneva Cette SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the Ist due yesterday and those of the 22(.1 have arrived. Their contents are not of political importance. Some of the per sons recently arrested at Madrid had been sent ' away to their native places; others had been handed over to the judicial authorities. The food question continued to excite great interest. The wheat pur chased by the Government was l,eginning to arrive at different ports ; at Alicante 3Z;0,000 bushels had been received or were expected daily. It was said that the municipal elections would take place about the middle of next month, so as to enable the municipalities to commence operations at the commencement of the new year. At Malaga the Military Tribunal had set at liberty some of the persons accused of having taken part in the insurrec tion, but in consequence of seditious cries having been uttered 30 other men were arrasted and fresh mili tary precautions were taken. An official return shows that the imports into Spain amounted in 1855 to 1,023,764,323 reals, and the exports to 1,259,363,492 reals ; the customs duties received from the imports were 166,223,940 reals, and those on exports 411,211 reals. It was with France that the greater part of the trade was carried on, Eng land standing next. THE _RUSSIAN .RAILWAYS. In a private letter from St. Petersburg, it is stated that the feeling of high satisfaction which had been entertained some little time back at the completion of the arrangements for a system of railways has of late given place to considerable de jection on the repeated arrival of intelligence from Paris as to the chill thrown upon these speculations by the French Government, and the cool reception that has in consequence been extended to them. The disappointment is all the greater that even the inveterate Russians had just by that time con vinced themselves that railways were not quite such bad things after all. They were even desirous that Russia should be thoroughly intersected with iron roads, and the sooner the better ; and being better acquainted than any foreigners can be with the utter improbability of the local traffic of any of the lines paying for many years to come, they had fully made up their minds that the foreigners should pay for the honour of introducing. their "demoniacal innovations" into Holy Itusia out of their own pockets. The milk of human kindness and gratitude that was beginning to overflow in the Russian bosom at the benevolence of the f means i re ofn entrepreneurs, in themselves finding the as sud conferring such benefits on Rnsskia h b e i een a denly soured by the very unmi,iaveen'afittisdeicritnioils the French Government has given that if Russia wants railroads she may construct them with her own money. To make matters worse, Germany has not shown herself any more willing to come forward with the needful, and this has been the unkindest cut of all ; they had not expected that of Germany ! BATE OF DISCOUNT. Although the desirableness of an immediate re duction of the rate of discount is generally admitted, great doubt appears t o preva il as to its being ' adopted by the Bank this week. The Bank direc tors being the only p ersons who can judge oftliereturns which will appear in next Friday's Gazette, it is possible they may have reasons for delay which cannot yet be appreciated ; but, supposing these returns to present favourable features, their hesitation to give relief from the exceptional pres sure which has lately prevailed will be regarded by many with disappointment. There is no branch of the industry of the country which can remain unaffected by the existing state of the money market, while with such firms as are under heavy commitments based upon calculations of an ave rage rate of discount it constitutes a daily question of actual loss to be sustained. To railway coin panies and other public bodies requiring at regular periods to raise large sums on debentures it is like wise a formidable point. One plea in favour of hesitation will probably be that it is desirable to give time to ascertain if the firmer tone of the con tinental exchanges will be maintained ; but, not withstanding the feeling that if there is any room for doubt it is al wa y s b e tt er to e rr on the side of caution, the matter is too important for delay to be justified on merely conjectural grounds. It must likewise be borne in mind that just in proportion as the present rate is upheld beyond its natural and proper term the rebound to a different condi tion will be more sharp—a contingency always to be guarded against as much as possible. With respect to the continental exchanges, they are now free from any feature to cause apprehension, especially as it is not necessary to the satisfac tory course of trade that they should remain in favour of this country, whose function it is to discharge all the Australian and a great portion of the Californian payments that fall due to fo reigners, contenting itself with the surplus that may remain. As regards the rates of di scount now in force upon the continent, they undoubtedly fail to warrant the maintenance of 7 per cent. in London. At Paris first-class paper can be nego tiated at 52, at Vienna, Frankfort, and Amsterdam 5 per cent. is the general charge, at Hamburg it is 6 and in Belgium 4 per cent. We arc, therefore, altogether out of harmony with the rate s o f o th er commercial cities, and while on the one hand it is true that the recent approach to a recovery of con fidence throughout _b. - trope is yet far from having made such progress as to remove all doubt as to its being permanent, there is on the other enough to a uthorise a favourable m ovement f or t h e presen t, and nothing to prevent the step b e i ng re traced if e ven in a short time such a course should be found desirable.—Times. DOWN NVITH THE PEumßuLATons.—Hooping.congh and oronchitis have been largely LW to children in the last ten days. Medical men of experience attribute much of the prevalence of the complaint to children being taken about in p e r am b u l a t ors , i n w hi c h they sit for hours without motion of the limbs or exorcise to k co p up the Ico'ssi.ry LI Ei,ATU F„ The Mildmayes; or, the Clergyman's Secret. By Danby North. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. This is a story of twenty years ago, and the date may perhaps be allowed to account for some of the extraordinary incidents. It is a tale of a most ro mantic character, and, in the present day, would be extremely improbable. The Mildmayes are two beautiful sisters, and form a very attractive pair of heroines, though their ambition and love of wealth involve them in serious troubles. Their cousin, Eustace Mildmaye, is the clergyman whose secret gives the second name to the book. Lady Rock forest is the evil genius of all parties. She is half out of her mind, and regards the two sisters with most vindictive feelings, owing to some injuries rece ved from their mother. Added to this, the old romance of a false heir is introduced, Lady Rockforest having substituted the child of her nurse for her own infant, which had died, in order to secure the property. This crime she confessed to Eustace Mildmaye in a moment of excitement. Influenced, partly by a dislike to repeating a con fession, and partly by a fear of the threats of Lady Rockforest and her attendants, he concealed the fact, which embittered his life and gave rise to much subsequent misery. The conclusion of the story is most romantic. The sisters are carried off to the wild and deserted mansion of Lady Rockforest, in accordance with the plans of their half crazy enemy. One of them undergoes such a succession of frights and accidents that the finale leaves her with grey hair. However, their friends come to the rescue, and Lady Rockforest dies ; another evil character commits suicide, and the remainder of their aiders and abettors are surren dered to justice. The unfortunate clergyman dies, from an illness resulting from mental agitation, and the sisters are both married to some other actors in the tale. Though extremely unlikely and romantic , many will no doubt find matter for admiration and interest in the exciting scenes described. To the lovers of the wild and startling it offers considerable attractions; while those who prefer the reflection of real life in fiction will be disappointed. But the mystery preserved throughout, and the intricate character of the plot, together with the many un common features of the story, give it an air of originality and excitement th a t qua lifi es it to take its place in the class of romantic fictions, even though the romance borders on the extravagant and the originality occasi touches the absurd. Russian, Popular Tales. Chapman and Hall. This little volume is translated from the German version, and edited by Jacob Grimm, famous for his edition of " Household Stories." The t .les are met with, we are told, in every part of Russia, and the lower orders amuse themselves with theta in the winter evenings. They are much of tho same class as most old romantic stories, with fairy adjuncts. Some indigenous Sclavonie features are pointed out to our notice in the introduction, while other parts, it is confessed, bear a s troll resemblance to some of the old German household fairy tales. They are only interesting to the gen . : ral reader from the fact that so little is know' about the tastes and customs of the Russian low er classes that the perusal of their favourite narratives . may throw some light on their national peculiari ties. Nevertheless, an hour's entertainment 11:0, be gathered from the record of the wonderful (3% ploits of the giant-killing heroes. The book 1 handsomely bound, and illustrated with woodcut.' THE ARREST OF MR. MORRIS 'if 0011 E. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The following particulars of the arrest, ani subsequent release, of her husband, by the bea d J . ° the secret police at Berlin, have been forwarded ig me by Mrs. Morris Moore. Although Mr. Moor was provided with an F. 0. passport, no r eason fe i : the outrage committed upon him was ass i g neu t Should you deem this communication of sufficie u f importance, you will, perhaps, do me the favour rie; giving it a place in your columns. Mrs. Ma Moore writes as follows :- 27, Soho square, Nov. 9 ,4 •, : , " Dear Sir,—On reading my husband's letter t'''' morning, I was not a little startled at the announce; went of his having been arrested on Friday night, at about half-past nine, at his lodginvs, 33, Tna, b ,, e o Strasse. He had scarcely closed his door when a '',. knock was heard ; and, upon opening it, a Ye l e, - ; looking fellow presented himself, saying that he " - r the Chef de Police. Immediately afterwards four °tiled policemen forced themselves into the room, and demandeut to examine his "papers." They pulled everything 517,?tc0, li without mercy, rifled his pockets, and, _highwayman' demanded his purse, from which they took two Pi es e c or of paper, and then returned it. They look ed at poor Apollo, upside down, as if they thought theyeeroe zat discover something revolutionary in hiel• Tbe'sbes of drawing perfectly staggered them- The Raphael's pen were so many indications orri (' et outrage , monarchs. My husband protested against the T or and spoke of appearing to the English Arabassador.h 0, laughed outright at this. They then seized a bundleol: papers which they had selected as the most suspici 0: hroned looking, and desired him to go with them. lie F .o a i Arvv n o t to o_ mh,Lt a ,:eiwi c . tahp‘hbveai,r,,h,etke When he ~ itbetweenthe aCs two stn r d Y - I° ' k in g fell°wB ' 2. " - • after 20 minutes ride arrived at the Great Police-On At 20 minutes past eleven two armed policemen morello', remained there all night, and at ha .•p in, belongedand his t o o t r h i original nc civil il captorsdepart department o t f h e .. r .e s sa e es l ct v r e tee s tn o p ff tohl ei c aA zi t i h os i • f this outrage that a British citize r d i m through nal d iv i t s h i e o streets o f tII e o p f Berlin, e s t a a n b d i i3 i ° 1A , 0 . . t ct i r .u r . g nr wag ee m utr o h r de n u : le g zaonii ngi oy usheredh u a ba „, i nto demandedto t the e p:e s i e n n c a e n o i f m t p h e e r a r t i f f e i pt something about the irrespoe r should isone d be i n d r t a h g e. g xc e e e went. The upshot was, that he (the procureur) had P t , s ibili i , a word to say of the p lice. He also sneered at the English gui le , t h e r 12 my husband was called into ar e—e o p o rtmanteau, eau, cue At h l a o e l . r f l? narrowly "He has been n ote f Li (e : dci r ei Co. .d w t a o , open e h d i . s carpet' the Gallen, } -)37 a man who is known to . be !, spoor, pulling his p• ap-rs about, he said—" On est votre P. k . r ° ote , f b emile l" He insisted upon seeing ~a t c h ha v e pe,i),,ic: b b b rought n g s i h ai t ka i t ri h bg i : a b o rs : e t s : .t his Gallery P tn . “k. This is very significant. Moreover, on thef cl° the ing of the eter.ge, there appeared au article the i r th e Rational Zeitung, with my hu-band's signature, il l vl W_ vas a, tacked, tamely enough bowever.' nog' fluieuuss:it:ll a t m ti:g this statement of facts to the -s - ' ner . lisp public, I abstain from commentary 0 $l4 sir, yours, &re. WILLIAM CONINGOAS. Kemptown, Nov. 25, 1856. da ted The Berlin correspondent of the Tinie s / f Or November 24, says :—" With the view a t 1: 131 viatiug any apprehensions or anxiety "' c osy' letter of Saturday last might probably bav 6 g o or e o to the friends and relations of Mr. Morris -' of bitl I have telegraphed to you the news so ul' liberation, which I trust will arrive joi3ol taneously with that of his arrest, or, al Betels more properly be called, his unintentiona terdsf: tion at the head police office. My yes inane: letter also contained the details of his exa lll f c'''„ and the causes that led to his interroga ti°l2. o3att ' now dismiss the subject with the assurance 3,,e0i: far as I have been able to assure myself, tbe but i li a auces to which he has been subjected ar e ~ o f bei v '; natural and almost inevitable consequence' yojtieov the friend and associate of political refug ees obj e f ) , the country to which those refugees are a a sd " 0 of suspicion, and which suspicion is inc re rs fe e his being notoriously the bearer of let" '!„ " them to persons here who are also looked d o tb", the Government with no favourable eY e • ~...e ct s i .e r as on every other occasion of British gliSioist6 quiring protection and assistance, our otti tit here has been most prompt in his ree re s :tioll i r; and exertions, while our Secretary of -liew7o0 ili a mediately put himsel uinto commuuiciletibtaio 8, the various legal authorities here, an d ° D at ul' a every explanation of the most satisfactorloo ose The Prussian authorities, on their part, P eir dti t _i; no undue hardships in the execution of tue_oloP, and have lent a willin ear to the represirgoorri° made in favour of ours ountryman, and 1 ‘ bil 4t ° c e is thus deprived of any chance of adorning,' F P as the victim of continental oppression all rigour." - - ~.i. , ---- 1 ' r 11. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN Til — , 5° AMPTON DOCKS. --or--. fil Of ° De , ft BURSTING OF THE BOILER OF 11 „, e i',' - 17,A1 41 " MAIL COMPANY'S STEAM-SHE 1-'4"--,,5/$O, SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY ° I ; 0 pil l : At 5 o'clock this evening, the enapl4 d e s Irl 3 t c iftil °IV ampton Ducks were much alarmed by a re hp• her eion on board the Parana, Royal Mail boilerstell7s on a . cause was soon ascertained, the foremost dde str at starboard side had burst, and caused death a n diatelf a p tion to all around. Assistance was irl rne e e nte r f e t he hand, and as soon as the stoke-hole could be c). t dreadful scene presented itself. Three poor e- 0 , W e L e i name of Pothecary, Norton, and Rogers, fi re Tn e et , lie lying dead, being scalded in a most severe '' most pitit;i r , lying around were several others in the f ool ''. o o plight. Medics,: aid was quickly on the sP ° .`'bt or P i 0 Cheeseman having taken one case in hand , V r ' ro ry i li os . other poor fellows were taken to the i n ' l is OP be dreadful state of suffering. It is said thatic rs o f t to, sibl two of them can survive. Two of the and om e ljalli _ e j Ripon, steam ship, Messrs. Woodgates Lis o , o o , i tio , gether with the crew of that vessel, lent t heir /` ;dongside, Were quickly on the spot, a nd lei' rot'' , able aid in extricating the sufferers. 0 0 t butl awtil this bforward moment in i additionaln consequence .!.. i cs i t l o nc: f, prevailit:g, it is impossible to glean mare i ii r° l- 4 t be , Since writing the above, I learn that 0 0 '' 1 the rerers died on his way to tha Infirmary. ~_..a o .0 p Palrnizzzeaqu Plata en willoaccidentftno tb ritt:ailtsh3ofl24:l7;°93 nA ~~Ki ,~. e .1