The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of !dr. CHI= KEAN. THIS EVElinTfl, MUSIC II tTII CIiA.RMS. After which, PIZARRO. Bolls, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN 110178. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucket One. THIS EVENING, AB YOU LIKE IT. After which, The Spanish Dancers. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN. To con; lode with THE SPANISH SERJEANT. . ROYAL THE A.TRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which TIM IRISH TUTOR. To conclude with OUR GAL. STR ‘ND TrIEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, CHARLES THE TWELFTH. The Pas des Sabots by %Idles. Christine and Agnes. Followed by TWO PRECIOUS SCOI7NDRELS. Les Jeux leariennes by mons. Finis and Family. After which, MISCHIEF MAKING. Alliance Dance by Mdles. Christine and A gnes. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Commence at 7. Stalls. U.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, MEDE A. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL, ASTL'ErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and ganay,er, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Shakspeare's Richard the Third illustrated. THIS EVENING, The brilliant gem of London, Shakspeare's RIC FIARD TUE THIRD, with equestrian illustration by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. White Surrey slai i under his royal master, wounded, dying, and dead horses in the wattle of Bosworth Field, &c. After which, The EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Risible Farce . Box-office open fr3rn Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. jun. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 23 min. aft. 4—Evening 55 min. aft. 4 T.A-MORRow—Morn. 1 min. aft. s—Evening 15 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—Strx OFFICE, SErrEmuza 4. THICRNOMETEII, IN Tag SHADS. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night: 66 —this day at noon. BAWMETIII, 30/3—falling. WIND, S.E.—Light, with fine weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half- past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe 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 Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. : 4r-A, q ? , ~kl.F.÷-_„,. ~.31;AA.,.„, 5,1113^1, ,„,p,r,_,_,,5,t,_„.,--,,,,,,, . , 4 LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1856, The value of " the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge" has long been fully recognised at St. Petersburg. It is a portion of the tradi tional policy inaugurated by PETER, and steadily- kept in view l y his successors. Any aggression, however trifling, furnished a precedent for others of greater importance. It was, in fact, sowing the seed riom whence a goodly crop of intrigue and disturbance might eventually be gathered. We have already seen the results obtained from the quarantine establishments of Russia at the mouths of the Danube, and how the pretended anxiety of Russia for the health of the inhabitants of the Principalities was made the plausible pre text for transferring their trade to Odessa. Any claim or usurpation must therefore be carefully and vigilantly investigated and strenuously re sisted. A single act of omission may lead to con sequences of a very serious character. We cannot then feel surprised at the alarm excited in the Turkish capital by the seizure of the Serpents' Island. A barren rock may be of little practical value, and the desire to maintain a proper system of lights so as to afford greater security to vessels trading to the Danube afforded a specious excuse for the interference. But the Ottoman Government has had painful experience of Muscovite duplicity, and must be well aware that there is no real intention to improve the navigation of the river, at the bar of which, in violation of every promise, the Russians permitted so large an accumulation of sand and other oh structions. There was but too much reason to doubt even the fairest professions ; and the con tinued occupation of Kars, the wanton destruction of Ismail and Reni, and the forcible occupation of the island commanding the debouchure of the river, more than justified the suspicion of some secret projects in the Russian mind by no means favourable to Turkish interests. The far-fetched and pettifogging reasoning —the absurd character of the pretexts—added to the doubts that must have been entertained respecting so early a viola tion of the terms of the Treaty, in every particular so peculiarly advantageous to Russia. The prompt and decided conduct of the English Admiral sum marily disposed of the point. But it would have been far better had the Russians abstained from the abortive attempt, or hail our French Allies exhibited similar resolution to enforce the condi tions of the contract entered into under their own auspices, They have not done so, however, an d there is but too much reason to fear that the spirit of Imperialism is in the ascendant, and that, ac cording to the time-honoured Scotch proverb, "Hawks won't pick out hawk's e'en." It is deeply to be regretted that Great Britain is not better represented at Constantinople at the present time. Lord STRATFORD, it is said, is in dulging in a fit of the sulks similar to that which occasioned the fall of Kars. His pride and ar rogance appear to have been again roused ; and for the gratification of personal pique, he is in flictingdeep, and possibly permanent injury, on the national interests. He seams to exhibit a haughty indifference to the progress of events, and main isolated p os iti on from those , tains a completely with whom it is his duty to keep up a frank and cordial intercourse. Because he is not the absc lute dictator of Turkish politics— e „ not place or displace the ministry at his mere will, he chooses to hold aloof, and to disregard every point w hi c h he was most closely bound to regard, in the in• dulgence of his ill-temper. How long will Lord Etzmaimox submit to THE SUN, LONDQN,, - abitSDAI EVENING,' SEPifiIMBER, 4, 1 LATEST NEWS. tINSURRECTION IN SWITZERLAND. PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. An insurrection took place yesterday in the Canton of Neufchatel. The cry of the insurgents was—" Vive Le Roi 1"* The authorities are in the power of the insur- gents. • This rising is no doubt in favour of the longstand ing claims of the King of Prussia to the territory of Neufchatel. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 27. The Minister for War has resigned. The Spanish Envoy, M. de Souza, has received his letters of recall. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The military measures that our Govern ment is taking in Italy, and which do not merely consist in placing the sth corps of the army on a war footing, have gven a fresh impulse to the hostile sentiments of Sardinia towards Austria. It is stated that the Sardinian army is to be in creased, and that Count CAvour has already ad dressed a note to the Sardinian Ministers at Foreign Courts, in which he declares that this measure has been adopted solely in consequence of the policy of Austria, and intimates pretty clearly that he will not tolerate a purely Austrian intervention in Italy." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : "The only political question that just now ex cite a slight interest here, and is the subject of some conjecture and conversation, is that of Naples, concerning which various rumours have, within the last two or three days, been current. The report of an intention of sending a few men of-war to the Bay of Naples is unfounded, or at least wholly premature ; but it is thought less improbable that England and France may come to a resolution of withdrawing their diplomatic re presentatives. "Letters have been received from Grey-town, mentioning the sudden appearance there of a com plete British squadron, consisting of 12 ships of the line. The news seem causing quite a sena tion this afternoon, and I presume we shall have it at full length in to-morrow's papers. It will, doubtless, prove to be a mistake, or we should have had telegraphic intelligence of it from Eng land." this untoward state of affairs ? He is well aware ' of the combination of circumstances that prevented an impeachment of this faineant Ambassador when Mr. WHITESIDE'S motion was decided. Should further grounds of complaint be afforded a similar escape may not be so ea-ily accom plished. English influence, that ought 3. 0 be predominant at Constantinople, has fa:den to zero. The conduct of Lord STRA".CFORD is quite sufficient to account for the -unto ward event ; and surely it is incumbent , on the British Government to adopt steady and decisive measures to arrest the evil, aud to restore that which is of such importance to the welfare and prosperity of Great Britain, and the permanent peace and tranquillity of Europe. Any remonstrances on - the gross favouritism displayed towards the German Legion may now be too late to avert the evil so loudly and so ge nerally complained of. It is, however, right to exhibit the transaction in a right point of view, Ind to let the nation thoroughly understand the nature of the secret and unconstitutional influence which produces such untoward results. We have already explained how the bounty on enlistment was quadrupled to the Germans, that it was not only paid in full, but that those who desired their discharge were not sent forth naked and penniless on the world, like the Tipperary boys, but with a full year's pay in their pockets. None, however, were sent away except at their own re quest. Some had favourable, although not very legitimate, speculations in view, as the records of our criminal courts sufficiently testify. Even the promise of a comfortable farm at the Cape, with a commanding German influence in the new mili tary colony, could not keep them. But the ma jority were but too happy to close with offers that would willingly have been accepted by our own tried and veteran soldiers. They kaow that they can turn the scale against English colonists by arraying themselves under the banners of the discontented Boers, with whom they will be more inclined to fraternise than with the mere English. It the very time that this gross and nu-English job is about to be perpetrated, we have not only the men who must be discharged when the limited terms for which they were enlisted will expire, as will shortly be the ease, but there are great re ductions in contemplation, if not actually deter mined on, amongst the regiments that have ren dered the most efficient services during the late war, and also in the Anglo-Indian Empire. How great a boon would an offer like that made to the Germans be considered by these hardy veterans. To receive a snug grant of laud, in a healthy climate —to be conveyed there with their wives and families free of expense—those who are still bachelors being invited to change their condition before their de parture—to be allowed to carry with them their weapons of warfare—Enfield rifles, &C., to have the means of stocking these farms ; and being assured of the companionship of their old associ ates, would indeed be no ordinary induce ments. What persuasive arguments would they supply to the Serjeant KITES of the recruiting department if they could hold out such prospects to the youthful aspirants for military fame. If they could truly state that, at the end of some ten, fifteen, or even twenty years, the meritorious soldiers who had received stripes on their arms, not on their backs, in ight look forward to the otiana cum dignitate of becotn- ing lords of the soil, landowners, having to pay neither rent nor taxes, and only owing allegiance to their beloved Sovereign, the bait would be irre sistible, and there would be no reason to complain of the difficulty of obtaining eligible young men ready and willing to take the QUEEN'S shilling when tendered. Indeed we do not know that it might not, like the Civil Service, be ere long ren dered the subject of competitive examination, at which the junior branches of respectable faith lees might eagerly offer themselves. All these things, however, are freely grauted to the mercenaries who never heArd a shot fired in anger, and who only drew the blood of English soldiers at Aldershot. Well may Englishmen complain ; and they will scarcely be soothed by hearing, on the authority of a PrU3- sian correspondent of the Brussels Presse, that the parties are indebted for this extraordinary favour "to the influence of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, who strongly recommended to Prince ALBERT his former comrades in the Schleswig-Holstein cam• paign, of whom the if.zion is principally com• posed. There is a verisimilitude about the tale ,hat induces us to lend an easy credence thereto. It is certain that the conception would not arise in any English mind, and would scarcely be acceptable to any English heart not com pletely touched by the jargon of the day— or inclined to regard the Germans, and especiAlly the Coburgians, as a superior race, from. whom the governing cast?, can alone be obtained. What are the Bralbniuical privileges, to those of the more fortunate natives of a petty Duchy which, even at the beginning of the present century, was comparatively unknown, and the representative whereof had not the income of a respectable squire in an English county wherewith to main tain his ducal dignity ? What is to become of Italy ? has become the great question of the day ; and, what is still more, it is evidently hastening to a solution.. However anxious the effete statesmanship of Europe may be to avert the long-contemplated crisis, events are becoming too many for them, and the hour of peril for despots and of trial for freemen rapidly approaches. If we turn to Naples there is to be witnessed a spectacle of great significance. Backed by a large standing army and his fortresses guarded by ten thousand Swiss, perhaps the most faithful of all mercenaries, the position of FERDINAND was sufficiently formidable to give insurrection pause. Now division has entered the rinks of the tyrant king, and blows succeed to murmurs on the part of the Neapolitan soldiery against the favoured Swiss. Even the grenadier regiments are said to have given token of insubordination, and, as a matter of course, the oppressed population eagerly proffer the disaffected troops their sincere sympathy. In such a state of things there is little to be dreaded from the Swiss—for faithful, or unfaithful, they must speedily succumb before a general rising of the people. Thus it will be seen the most formidable obstacle to a revolution is re moved, and Mene Mene Tekel Uph ars i n i s as good as written on the walls of the royal palace. In the Papal States and in Lombardy we meet with s) mptoms hardly less significant. The peasantry in the Romagna, armed with that dread power which breaks through stone walls, has* been seen in open insurrection. Iu Civita Vecchia the Roman and the French troops entertain the most hostile sentiments, and hare almost come into collision. In the Legations the Municipality loudly and boldly protest against any furth€r Austrian occupation, and the doorposts of Lom bardy, covered with revolutionary manifestoes, testify to a like revolt against foreign and oppre&- sive domination. Italy is waking out of her troubled slr43p. Will it be a transient meteor or the sun ( Jf Liberty that illuminates ber uprising ? One, thing may be fairly affirmed of all revo lr.iionary movements—they should not be under taken rashly. Much must always be taken for granted—and we trust the popular leaders by this time are aware to what extent credit may safely be given. Nothing, certainly, should be taken for granted that can be insured by foresight and activity. A baffled rising is a stab to the ca use of Liberty, and those who would rashly precipitate the coming crisis are Liberty's worst enemies. Now is the time to make assurance doubly sure ; and that man is the best patriot who calmly con templates all contingencies, and does his best and speediest to guard against them. The Roman valour is too enthusiastic to be misdirected or wasted without heavy blame. One question is on every lip—What part is Sardinia to play in the coming struggle I This is a question which the Italian people should best be able to answer. To us Sardinia seems to offer a nucleus round which it would be wisdom for the revolution to gather. That kingdom offers at once a safeguard and an example of what well ordered liberty the Italian mind is capable, and with Sardinia in the fore-front of battle the cause of Italian independence would acquire a dignity and a weight in European opinion it is not likely otherwise to command. The independence of Italy and the freedom of Italians is not, on the other hand, likely to be insured unless the revo lution be conducted as a vindication of national and popular right, and not as a matter of dynasty. VICTOR EMMA.NUEL, as the constitutional ruler of Italy, with the consent and for the benefit of Italy, is a spectacle we should contemplate with satisfaction—but VICTOR EMMANUEL as the ag grandiser of the House of SAYOY and the tool of a NAPOLEON, is what we sincerely trust Italy will not consent to. Now is the time for VICTOR EMMANUEL to show what is in him. A great future is before him. Is he equal to the opportunity 7 Has he strength to be relied on—honesty on which Italy may depend-- wisdom, of which there is so much need t We cannot answer these questions. We don't know. We only hope and trust he has. Whether or not, Italy must, i possible, be independent and free, as once, independent, she must be respected. HEAVEN help her in the futuxe as she helps her self, and as her long and grievous suffering leads the friends of liberty to desire. This brings us to our diplomacy. At Naples we have no Am btssador, and elsewhere what have we A few honest, liberal-minded English diplomatists, ntore attached to constitutional liberty than the for tunes of a clique, might do good service to the cause of liberty just now in Italy ; but unless they be better than the general run Italy will be better without our Ambassadors. Has Lord PALMERSTON an Italian policy. HARVESTING CORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The Sun of yesterday contains two articles from correspondents, as well as a leader, on the desirability of adopting more effectual means of harvesting corn, and they reminded me of a plan generally adopted in the Tyrol, well known to the majority of observant tourists, but probably to a very small number of English farmers, which is perhaps worthy of imitation, particularly in the hilly and more rainy districts of Wales and Scotland. Fir poles from 9 to 12 feet high, with their short branches standing out (very much like a hat stand), are pitched at proper intervals, and the sheaves four in a tile, with the ears turned to the centre, are hung upon these branches or arms, each pole providing shelter for about 45 sheaves. On the mountain sides, in the neighbourhood of Inn spruck, I have seen wheat liarvested in this manner, which had suffered very little from a heavy fall of snow which had occurred ten days before, and much of which still remained unmelted on the ground. ED. JAS. MAUDE. Sept. 3, 1856. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S RUSSIAN VIEWS.—In the press, and dedicated to his Imperial Majesty, Alexander 11., of all the Russias, a full and faithful account of Sir Charles Napier's late visit to Russia, showing how Sir Charles went up the Neva, and how he didn't land ; how he sent up his card to the Russian •fficer, and how he was permitted, with his carpet-bag, to board the Rus sian three decker ; how be was treated, toasted, and roasted ; how he took St. Petersburg by surprise, and how he captivated Cronstadt. The work is accompanied with drawings by the gallant Admiral, showing the alarming strength of that magnificent citadel, against which it is demonstrated Britons always must be slaves, it being no use whatever to try correct firing by sharpening their cutlasses. To be had of the author, Sir Charles Napier, Knight of the Russian Order of St. George. N.B.—A cheap edition for the Electors of Southwark.—Punch,. CAYENNE.—M. Louis Blanc entreats the Times (and the Times, to the confusion of all evil doers, assents to the entreaty) to print a circumstantial account of the suffer ings of the French political prisoners at Cayenne. Their miseries are made as palpable as the bars of Austrian dungeons—as undeniable as the bastinadoes of Neapoli tan gaolers. The bullets sent to the hearts of Brunetti and his two sons (the youngest martyr aged 13), and all murdered by Austria to oblige his Holiness, were not more fatal than are the words, words of anguish scream ing from the Island of Despair against the belief of the ever•lying Moniteur. How can Louis Napoleon preach clemency, moderation to Francis and Ferdinand ? H.,w can he keep his imperial face, and talk of mercy, jus tice ? How can the schoolmaster point to a text of mercy his own fingers incarnate with the blood of vic tims ? And yet we hear of such merciful doings, done in thankfulness for the b rth of the imperial child ! Done, too, in the name of that blessed baby On their late way to Biarritz the Emperor and Empress, with the child, made a halt. One of the people asked to see the puppet. " Nly friend," said the Empress, "I should he happy to show him to you, but he is asleep." With all the Moniteur talk of clemency, we fear it has been the same with Mercy. "My friends in Cayenne, I should be happy to show her to you, but she is asleep." When, we ask, may she be expected to fairly wake up 7 Punck. THE PROJECTED BUILDINGS BY GOVERNMENT.—At this moment when the public attention is so generally drawn to the improvements projected by the Govern. ment in the buildings which are about to be erected, it becomes a mattes. of the greatest importance not only to know what architects and builders are to be employed and what plans are proposed, but that equal attention should be given to the materials with which those plans are to be carried into execution. It is notorious that some of the best specimens of public buildings in this great city have been- constructed of such perishable materials, that not only has a constant expense been incurred in repairing them, but in some instances so rapid has been the decay that it has been found less expensive to pull them down altogether and supply their place by completely new erections than to repair them. It is, therefore, most important that in the selection of a stone which is to be em ployed in their projected buildings, the greatest care and attention should be used, and this will appear the more imperative when it is a fact known to builders that the raw material itself of which a building is com posed costs nearly a third of the whole charge incurred. Sir Charles Bat ry has very judiciously continued to use for the new Houses of Parliament stone selected by the Royal Commission of Geologists, appointed for that pur pose, which is better calculated to resist decay, and at the same time to afford those employed in the carving of it opportunities of exhibiting their skill, from the hardness and closeness of its texture. It is true that some prtions of the stone used in the new Houses of Parliament have exhibited symptoms of decay, but it seems from Sir B. Hall's answer to a question in the House of Commons, put in the past session, that this is not the case with that which has been used during the last three or four years. This stone is a magnesian limestone, and known by the name of the Anston stone. Sir F. Murchison, Mr. Smith, the late Dr. Buckland, and others, whose avocations led them more particularly to a discussion on this point, and one of whom, in a lec ture delivered before the Royal Society of Architects, and who visited the Anston quarries for the express pur pose of testing the quality of the stone, after speaking in high terms of its fitness, and noticing the objections that at one time were made to its use, says, " for want of proper selection a small quantity of this stone (which quantity it is admitted was liable to objection) had been used at Westminster, but the proportional quantity is not more than might have been expected had any other been used." Croat praise is due to Sir C. Barry's judg ment for still using the stone with which he commenced, and any person who will take the trouble to examine the new Houses of Parliament even in a casual manner will see its great applicability to public buildings. From a misapprehension of the term cheapness in the carving and cutting of stone, with respect to its hardness, it is scarcely necessary to say that where durability and good workmanship are required, the mere saving in the wages of the workmen, which is after all comparatively trifiin project e d is not an o bj ec t i n wor k s un d er t a ken by the Govern ment and paid for out of th e public purse. We hope that the selecti o n ma d e by th e arc hitect at Westminster pulgio buildings, will be followed by o th er arc hit ec t s empl o y e d i n the TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 25.—The diplomatic re. lations between Turkey and Russia have been re. newed. • To-day the Russian Minister is to be received in audience by the Sultan and to present his cre dentials. No fresh news has arrived from the Serpents' Island, but I have heard some further details about the late attempt made by the Russians to introduce an additional force on the Island. There seems to be no doubt that had it not been for the precau tions taken by Lord Lyons, and the presence and energetic advice of Captain Hillyar of the Gladia tor, they would have been successful. Two more of our gunboats have gone up to strengthen the hands of Captain Hillyar. I hear the Chaptal, the only French man-of-war here besides the aviso Ajaccio, expects likewise orders to go up in a few days to the Black Sea. No news from Admiral Stewart and the Hanni bal. Colonel Geales, the British Commissioner with the Turkish army at Erzeroum, who arrived the day before yesterday by the merchant steamer Baroness Tecco, left her at Trebizonde. Colonel Geales brought no news relative to the evacuation of Kars by the Russians. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, Sept. I.—The intelligence that has recently reached this city of the arrival of the steam-ship belonging to the Hamburg and New York Steam Navigation Company, called the Borussia, at the port of New York, in the short trip of 13 days and 16 hours from Cux haven, has caused a vast deal of satisfaction to the mercantile community in general, and is considered one of the quickest voyages on record. As the average of the run between Liverpool and New York is about 12 to 13 days, this success from 01;x -haven to that place is thought a feat to boast of by the people of Hamburg. The second steamer of the same line, the Hammonia, sails hence today, and intends doing her best to accomplish the run in the same time ; bets to a considerable amount are pending thereon. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. " The Emperor and Empress," says the Mes sager of Bayonne, " embarked on Saturday morn ing in a small boat, and although the sea was rather rough went on board the Pelican, which was under weigh in the offing awaiting the arrival of their Ma jesties. The Emperor caused the steamer to run along the shore as close as possible from Biarritz to St. Jean do Luz, and crossed the bar of Bayonne at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The Pelican, under the pilotage of an old fisherman of the place who had been recommended to the notice of the Emperor as being acquainted with every part of the coast, passed over the bar in per fect safety, and running alongside the Qiiai des All es Marines, their Majesties were enabled to laud without difficulty just opposite the place where the carriages were in waiting to convey them to the Villa Eugenie . On Sunday the Emperor and Empress attnded Divine service at the new church, and did not afterwards leave the villa. After dinner there was a reception and a soiree dan sante. In addition to the company already men tioned as having the honour to attend the weekly receptions, there were present on Sunday General Rippert and Mme. Rippert • Baron Vigeni, French consul at St. Sebastian, M. Olozaga, ex Spanish ambassador at Paris, and M. Pacheco, Spanish charge d'affaires at London." BOURSE, Sept. 3.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. s. End of Month. 41 per Cents 94 50 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 7O 45 70 75 New Loan 7O 45 Bank Shares 4,150 Boman Credit Mobilier 1,627 50 Austrian Belgian Fives 99i Spanish Threes — Piedmonteae (5) 92 25 Home Debt ......., RAILWAYS-TOR CASH. fr. a. tr. c. Orleans ......... I,3N Western 945 Northern 1,017 50 Strasburg Lyons ............ ....., 1,340 New Ditto Niediterranoan 1,750 Grand Central Lyons Genova 790 Teste Cette 752 50 Austrian C0rn....... 872 CO NAPLES. The Journal de Francfort continues to receive diplomatic communications from Vienna on the affairs of Naples. A letter of the 28th ult. says : Several journals have st::ted that France and Eng land have presented an ultimatum to the Neapc litan Cabinet, the rejection of which would com pel a recourse to arms. No one here has any knowledge of such a proceeding having taken place, and as to the employment of force, it would be a very dangerous precedent to compel an independent monarch to make modifications in the laws and internal regulations of his government. It may be with certainty admitted that, even were France and England determined under certain circum stances to adopt coercive measures against the King of the Two Sicilies, they would, before re sorting to that extremity, endeavour to bring the existing differences to an amicable understanding by the intervention of a friendly Power. The efforts of Austria to induce the King of the Two Sicilies to consider the demand of the Western Powers less in the point of view of principles than of practice are of quite a confidential character, and in no way bear that of a mediation in the true sense of the word." A correspondent at Naples desires to call atten tion to a disgraceful system, encouraged by the Government of King Ferdinand, of tampering with the electric tele gra ph. The telegraph with Eng land bas been open two years, and he alleges that, incredible as it may appear, the private messages of merchants and others "are divulged, the instant they arrive, to a set of monthly subscribing 'specu lators, who sot upon them and affect the markets in most cases before the despatch has been deli vered to the rightful owner." He also states that a commercial paper at Naples publicly gives the substance of each message, contenting itself with the sole omission of the names of the receivers. The telegraph, it is added, is under the control of Government, the officials consisting, for the most part, of old Custom-house employes, who are bound to hand a copy of each despatch as it arrives to the Ministers of Finance and Police. AUSTRIA. The Emancipation, of Brussels contains the fol lowing description of the new law which is being prepared for the communal organisation of the Austrian empire : " The law is to be applicable to the whole of the mo narchy, with the exception of the military frontiers and the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The communes will not be subjected to the absolute influence of the great landed proprietors, but will have the right of electing their mayors, deputy-mayors, and municipal councillor-. As to the complete emancipation of the peasants it remains a fait acquis. The provincial deputations will hold an annual session, but their committees will be permanent. The Eraperar reserves to himself the right, when circumstances may require it, of assem bling all the representatives of the monarchy, and to call together the ordinary members of the provincial deputa tions. These provincial deputations will be composed, not of all the nobles in virtue of their rank, but only of those who are landed proprietors ; and their nomination will arise less from their quality of nobility than from the fact of their being landowners. Landed proprietors, who are not nobles, may form part of the same provin cial deputations. The members of the high clergy will not figure in provincial representations except as owners of land. Au exception is made in favour of delegates from the Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures." PRUSSIA. The German, Journal of Frankfort states that Count Benkendorff, the Russian military plenipo tentiary at Berlin, is appointed Russian minister at Stuttgard, and that General Adlersberg, the son of the officer of that name who was governor of Simpheropol during the war, is to succeed him at Berlin. A letter from Berlin of the 31st ult., in the Con stitutionnel, says :—" The King left yesterday for Pomerania, accompanied by avery numerous suite. Prince Charles of Bavaria left to-day to join his Majesty." The Bourse Gazette of Berlin says :—" Baron de Pentz, ex-consul of Prussia at Alexandria, is waited here daily. He will proceed to Rio Janeiro, where he will represent Prussia in the quality of minister plenipotentiary. We learn from a good source that Baron de Pentz, thanks to his energy, has succeeded up to a certain point in arranging the difficulty which had arisen between the Prussian subject Loftier and the Egyptian government, re lative to the navigation of the Nile. The Pacha will not be able to maintain the monopoly which he has granted to an Egyptian company, and a French company is being formed at Cairo, which also intends to run steamers on the Nile." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. contain no political news of interest. The Queen had given a grand ball in honour of the Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his bride ; and it was observed that, during the entertainment, General O'Donnell and the other Ministers remained constantly by the side of his Majesty. The Prince and Princess Adalbert left the day after the ball for La Granja and Segovia. Great changes in the magistracy were talked of " in order," says one of the journals, "to raise it to the position it ought to occupy." The Espana complains that the traffic on the rail way of the Mediterranean was very badly managed. The Epoca states that the steamer Hernan-Cortes has been ordered to cruise between Malaga and the Spanish possessions in Africa ; and it says that the government watches over the latter with great care. The cholera had completely disappeared from Madrid, and only a few cases occurred in the provinces. The Countess de Montijo, mother of the French Empress, had commenced giving a series of amateur theatrical and musical perform ances at her villa - at Carabanchel, a few miles from Madrid.—A letter iron a ministerial source says : "It is said that the question of the dissolution of the Cortes has been indefinitely adjourned, but this merits confirmation. Numerous fires have taken place in different provinces, but it appears from a searching investigation made by the govern ment, that several of them were accidental, and that others were caused by farmers themselves to prepare the ground for sowing." THE CRIMEAN MEDAL. Admiral Hamelin, French Minister of Marine, has addressed the following circular to the mari time prefects, the governors of the colonies, &c. : " Gentlemen,—ln consequence of a first communica tion, conveyed in rather vague terms, and made by Lieutenant-Colonel Claremont, Commissary of the Eng lish Government, I had announced on the 15th of March and 12th of April last that the medal instituted by her Majesty the Queen of England would be granted to all the officers and seamen belonging to ships of the State which had served in the Black Sea or the Sea of Azoff at the period of the landing of the allied armies in the Crimea and subsequently. It appears from more explicit indications, supplied on the 10th of May last by Lieutenant-Colonel Claremont, that the English Government only grants the commemorative medal in question to those who took purt in engagements or actual military operations, from the landing of the army in the Crimea, until the capture of Sebastopol. Those restrictive conditions should necessarily be extended to the personnelof the French navy. Such was the object and spirit of the circular os the 24th of June, 1856, the different clauses of which are in every respect conform• able to the rules adopted bg the English Government for the concession of the medal to British seamen. I was anxious to give you those explanations in order to pre vent the applications that might be made by officers and seamen to form part of the Black Sea fleet, but who do not posses the qualifications mentioned by the British Commissary. "Paris, July 28, 1856." ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—Mr.I39.ron Bramwell will attend at chambers on Tuesday and Friday until further notice. AMENDMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW.—The Lord Chancellor's bills to amend the criminal law have been printed, and will, it is understood, be brought forward at an early part of the next session. A grand Protestant synod which is to establish an in- dependent organisation of the Protestant Church, is to be convoked by the superior ecclesiastical council of Berlin, and will assemble in that capital in January next. THE MEDITERRANEAN.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 2.50 a.m. —The Peninsular and Oriet.tal Company's steamer Ava, Captain Field, has arrived with the India, China, and Alediterrane-,n mails. A telegraphic despa•ch from Stockholm, received at Copenhagen on Saturday last, announces that the cholera has entirely disappeared from that city. M. do Per4gny and I'd. de Rayneva!, the French am• bassadors at London and Rome, passed through Droi , - den on the 31st ult,, on their way from Carlsbad to Paris. A FANATIC.—A letter from Rome announces the death of Princs Charles Doria, who every year was accus tomed to distribute a sum of 40,000 f. in alms. He wrs a saccone, and, not content with what he gave himself, used to go, barefooted, dressed in coarse sackcloth, wi h a thick cord round his waist, about the streets, imploring charity from the passers by for the poor. We understand that General Chesney, as commis. sinner of the Euphrates Valley Railway Company, ac• companied by Sir John APNeill, the engineer•in chief, and a staff of engineers, left Ir-t night en route for Con stantinople and Syria, to obta;n the firwan for the con cession for the railway, the preliminaries having being previously arranged with his Highness the Granu Vizier when iu this country. Tho mission bas secured the sanction and concurrence of her Maje-ty's Government, and is assured of the countenance and support of the British Ambassador at Constantinople. From the ad vanced stage of 'the negotiation, it is expected that General Chesney and Sir John M'Neill will only be de tained a few days in Constantinople, end that they will proceed with the engineering staff to make the necessary surveys of the line between the Meditsrranoau a❑d tLe Euphrates. THE AMERICAN MAILEL—LITERPOOL, Sept. 3.—Tlie United States' mail steamer Atlantic sailed hence t:- day for Halifax and Boston with 119 passengers and a large cargo ; and the British and Not th American mail steamer Arabia sails for the same destination to•morrow. THE SALE OF POIEDNS.—The law relating to the sale of poisons will undergo revision in the next session. There is an act in force requiring a person to enter in a book the sale of arsenic, and the regulation should be extended to all poisons. We regret to announce the death of General Sir Henry Frederick Campbell, K.C.8., G.C.H., Colonel of the 25th Regiment, which took place yesterday at his rai deuce inLowndes-square, &ter a protracted illness. This venerable and gallant soldier was in his 87th year, and was within a few days of 70 years in the service, which he entered Sept. 20, 1786. After serving in Holland and Flanders iu 1793 and 1794, Sir Henry, then a colo nel in the army, proceeded to the Peninsula in command of the Second Brigade of Guards, and was present at the passage of the Douro, capture of Oporto, and action at Salamanca. A severe wound, received at Talavera, compelled him to return to England. In 1811, how ever, he rejoined the army as maj,r-general, and again commanded the Guards at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Shortly afterwards succeeding to the com mand of the Ist division he accompanied the army in its advance into Spain, and was present at the battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid, and siege of Burgos, for which servioes he was made a K.C.B. Sir Henry was twice married, and numerous families are placed in mourning in consequence of his death. Among them is his son, Colonel Campbell, Col. the Hon. C. J. F. Stanley (brother of the Earl of Derby). Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., Col. Moorsom, and Mr. Henry Currie, of West Horsley-place, Surrey. By the death of Sir H. Campbell the colonelcy of the 25th, or King's 0 nn Bor derers, is placed at the disposal of the Duke of Cam bridge. n 56 , AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The screw steam-ship Kangaroo, Capt. Ewing, arrived in the Mersey at noon to-day from 1• hila• delphia, after a capital passage of little over 12 days from the Delaware, having left on the 22d ult. We have files of Philadelphia papers to the 213 t, inclusive—two days later than previously to hand, and by telegraph from the other towns of import ance in the United States to the 20th ult., one day later than to baud by the Asia. The Kangaroo brought 31 cabin and 100 steerage passengers, $12,000 in specie, and 15,683 bushels of wheat, and 650 barrels of flour as cargo. The Africa (steamer) and David Crockett, hence at New York and China, at Baltimore, from Liver pool, on the 20th ult. The only news of interest by this arrival is con tained in the Washington correspondence of the Philadelphia North American, as follows : " It is calculated that there is at this time a majori , y of the members of both Houses i❑ the city, but there is ❑ot a sufficient number to engraft the Kansas restrictive proviso on the Army Bill. The extra session, it is thought, will not extend beyond Saturday, and may probably ter minate on Thursday. There is no truth in the statements alleging a disagreement in the Cabinet concerning the policy of an extra session ; that step was resolved upon before leaving the capital on Monday, and was so given out in well-informed circles, with the President's autho rity. The democratic members, and others, who had arranged their departure, doubtless expressed dissatis faction at their compulsory stay or return. Senor Esca lante, Spanish Minister here, has sent his resignation borne, being unwilling to serve under O'Donnell's Go vernment, unless it should be aided by the Progresista party, of which he is a leading member. This step is regretted by the embassies hire, among which he is de servedly popular. Mr. Lumley, late British Secretary, 1 a sing received no authority to represent the Legation, will leave the city temporarily." A despatch from Washington, dated August 20, says :—" The members of Congress received their pay under the new bill providing for their com pensation, - viz. $3,000, commencing from the 4th March, 1855, and ending 4th March, 1856, and at that rate for every day from the last-named period up till to-day. The members who have been volun tarily absent during the session certified upon honour as to the amount of time they lost, for which a pro rata deduction was made from the salary. A bill for a line of steamer; to run be tween New York, Plymouth, and Hamburg passed unanimously the post-office committee of the house, and will be acted upon early next session. There is a general good feeling towards the project." Details of the recent dreadful storm appear in the papers to hand. The telegraphic accounts which came by the Asia being very meagre, we annex the following from the New Orleans Picayune of Aug. 14 " LAST ISLAND INUNDATED. - SHOCKING LOSS OF LIFE. "The rumour which prevailed yesterday of the de struction of Last Island in the late storm is probably too true. We have only some general reports of the greatness of the disaster, and a few vague particulars of the loss of individuals and families. The accounts brought from Thibodaux and Berwick's Bay by the Opelousas Railroad last evening are confirmatory of the inundation of the island, the destruction of the buildings, and the probable loss of a great many lives, reaching perhaps to six or seven score. In the meantime, the anxiety to learn the particulars is very great, and the means of communication between the city and the scene of the suffc ing are very slight. " Last Island is an island in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been for some years made a summer residence for planters and their families from the interior parishes of Lafourche and Attakapas, and some from the city. It is distant from the main land at the mouth of the Bayou about 20 miles ; the nearest land is five or six miles dis tant. The island is about 25 miles in length, and from a half to three-quarters of a mile wide—only three or four feet above the level of the Gulf. It is exposed to the full sweep of the waters and the southern breezes, which have made it a desirable retreat in the summer months. This year the island is reported to have been well pa tronised, and the anxiety is therefore intense to learn who were expcsed to the storm, and what losses we have to deplore. _ _ " The ordinary access by the pity is via the Opelousas Railroad, to Bayou Bosuf, and thence by steam-boat to the island, going and returning twice a week by the steam-boat Star. The Star appears to have been wrecked in the storm, and the reports below make the wreck the only refuge of all that remains of the submerged island. By the arrival of the Opelousas cars this afternoon we hope to have further details, and pray that the accounts heretofore may have been much exaggerated. "In the meantime we subjoin such items as we have been able to gather. The following letter will show the excitement caused by the reception of the intelligence of the disaster at Brasher City, and the promptness with which steps w ere taken to send relief to the survivors : " Brasher City Hotel, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 7 a.m. "Editors, Picayune—Mr. John Davis has just got here from Last Island in a small sail boat, and reports Last Island entirely swept of all the house; by the storm of Sunday night, and that 137 lives were lost by the disaster. This is the amount hurriedly ascertained at present. _ "Berwick'a Bay, Aug. 13, 1856. " In great baste we have just sent the Major Aubrey to the assistance of the sufferers who are now clinging to the hull of the steam-boat Star. She starts hence in one hour, only waiting to wood at this place. " Respectfully yours, " EUGENE DALY.' "Mr. Davis, above referred to, we a:e informed, is the keeper of the oyster saloon beneath John M'Don nelrs restaurant, in Common-street, in this city. He succeeded in getting his wife, we learn, into a place of safety, and then started to procure aid. He was accom panied to Berwick'o, we are infor.ned, by the engineer of the steamer Star, which he left on Tuesday morning. "The depth of water on the island, referring as %se understand it, to the highest portion, is reported at five feet. Toe wreck of the steam-boat Star is stated to be lying on the island, near where the hotel of John Mug gah formerly stood. "The rise of the inundation is said to have been of unparalleled rapidity, the height of 5 feet being reported to have been attained in two minuteq. Although we were to read hours instead of minutes, it will not be difficult to understand what a wild excitement and fearful havoc it must have caused, with no succour at hand. "All the houses on the island were swept away, and it is particularly reported that most of those staying at the hotel were drowned. "A list of reported victims, we are informed, was for warded to Masher City or Ber wick's Bay, but we have not been able to find any one in the city who has brought up a copy of it with him. We have, however, heard the names of a few of those alleged to have been drowned, and give them as they have reached us, but without vouching for their correctness :—Mr. Hart, of this city ; Win. Rmhelle, of Pattersonsville ; Mrs. CJIDO (name probably otherwise spelt), of Pattersonville ; J. Muggah (coproprietor of the hotel), wife, five chi Pren, and brother ; Mrs. (11a.skell and two children of Franklin; the bar-keeper of the hotel (name not ascertained). " It is stated that there were about 400 persons on the island at the time of the disaster ; and the number surviving, on the wreck of the Star is estimated at from 250 to 275. " Meet of these reports, with numerous others to be traced to no reliable source, were current throughout the city last night, and naturally created great excite ment, which will not be allayed until we have fuller and minute particulars of the disaster. It may be safely in ferred, however, that the worst of it as a whole is given in our version of it, and that ef f icient aid has been for warded to the survivors. The fact of a list of those sa crificed having been Made up, shows that on the spot the survivors were collected, and in a posiion to aid them selve-i, at least to some extent. We hope to see those belonging to this city back by this evening, and enabling us to give a complete and exact account of the sad occur rence." (From the New Orleans Bulletin of August 14 ) " PAINFUL RIIIIOUR OF A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.— It is stated en the authority of the engineer of the steam boat Star, plying between Tigerville and Last Island, that the latter place has been compleAy submerged, the sea hiving been driven over the island by the late southerly winds, which have been blowing a gale for the last three days. The island had become a favourite re sort, particularly for the planters in the Attakapas and adjacent country, as well as for many of our own citi zens ; and at the time of the catastrophe there must have been a large number of residents located there for the summer. We learn that 137 lives were lost. This is frightful, and we shall wait with painful solicitude for further particular.; " We learn that the proprietor of the hotel, Captain John 3luggah, and family, and the wife of five children of a gentleman by the name of Comes, were among the lost. The disaster occurred on Sunday night. " The Caillou islands were also inundated, and great destruction of life and property reported. " The steamer Star, which was at Last Island at the time of the overflow, was resorted to by the residents as a place of refuge, but she soon went to pieces. She now lies a wreck on the site of the hotel. " DISASTERS BY THE STORIE.—The Belize packet steamer, Capt. Labarthe, is reported to be whore be tween here and the Belize. The steamer Ophelia went to her assistance on Tuesday, but had not returned last evening. The steamer Star, plying from Tigerville, on the Opelousas Railroad, to Last Island, is reported to have been driven ashore, and efforts were being made to pro cure a boat to take her place. " The ship Bowditch, Capt. Smith, which cleared on the 3d inst. for Tigo and a market, with a cargo of staves, is reported as being d;stnasted of Pass a l'Outre and had six feet of water in h er h o ld . Th e s hi p Ellerslie, Capt. Coutts, hence for Pensacola, in ballast, was ashore a few miles above the Passes." A letter dated NWYork, Aug. 20, says : " During last night and this morning we were visited by one of the greatest rain storms that has been known in this neighbourhood for a long time. The streets have been more thoroughly cleansed by this outpouring of the elements, in a few hours, than could be done by contract in twice as many months. The wind blew a strong gale from the eastward at the time, and much anxiety is ex pressed in relation to the fleet of vessels at Quarantine, it being feared that many of them have been driven ashore. As the most of them have their cargoes on board, ald no men to work ship, they are in .a very helpless condition in case of a aqua'', Of course we hays had the usual accompaniments of flooded cellars, trees prostrated, &c. " The emigration from the ports of the United King dom last quarter was less by net , rly 6,000 than the emi gration (66,111) in the spring quarter of 1855, and was less than half the average emigration (113,141) of the corresponding quarters of the eight years 1847-54. "CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—The following news from Kan sas was received here this morning : " The Free-soilers have discovered that the organised plan of the pro-slavery party is to concentrate men, arms, and ammunition at different points in the territory, for the purpose of makinv, a sudden and general attack im• mediately after the adjournment of Congress, and expel al the Free-state settlers. Twelve fortified block-houses have been erected at different Pro-slavery points, which are well supplied with cannon, rifles, and ammunition, garrisoned pricoipally by Missourians. " On the night of the 12th inst. a company of Free state men attacked_the fort at Fianklin for the purpose of securing arms, when a fight ensued between them and the forces stationed there, which la-ted four hours. One Free-state man was killed, and one seriously wounded. Three Missourians were wounded. The Free-state men captured a block-house, took one cannon and 50 stand of arms ; the latter included many of the rifles seised at Lawrence in May by the Pro-slavery men. " The Missourians retreated to camp Worthington, south-west of Lawrence, and it is feared there will be further disturbances between the parties, although quietness now exists." An extra of the Leavenworth. Journal, on the 4th, has the following call to arms :—" The border towns are greatly excited, and a general muster of Missourians is demanded by the Pro-slavery leaders in the territory." (A LATER DESPATCH.) Additional intelligence from Kansas, this afternoon, states that before the attack on the fort at Franklin, the Free-state men applied for the dispersion of the Pro slavery force that had gathered there, under the procla mation of Governor Shannon, which was refused. A. meeting was held at Kansas City, on the 15th, at which it was resolved to send 2,000 men immediately into the territory. A meeting was held at Lexington, on the 16cb, and a resolution was passed that they would send their quota of men, to help to settle the difficulties, by the first boat. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. By the United States mail steamer Arago, Capt. Lines, with the French and English mails, 123 passengers, and 363,000 dols. in specie, we have intelli g ence from New York to the 23d ult. The Arago, on the Ist inst., in lat. 48.55, long. 21.65, fell in with ship Amoy, of Gloucester, with the hatches both full of water, and abandoned. The Africa arrived atNew York, from Liverpool, on the evening of the 20th ult. Intelligence from Kansas is exciting. There are reports of half- a- dozen sanguinary conflicts, in which the Free-State men appear to have gained some advantage. It was also stated that the town of Lecompton had been captured, and the State pri soners rescued. Accounts by way of St. Louis con firm these reports. In accordance with the proclamation of the Pre sident the extra session had commenced with the usual preliminary business. A message received from the President was read: It briefly recapitulates the result—the breakingull of the military establishment, which would, in his opinion, follow from the failure of Congress to grant the appropriations for the army. .The Senate held a short executive session, and concurred with the house in a resolution allowing bills to be signed that had, from want of tine on Monday, failed to be perfected, and then adjourned. The house, without unnecessary delay, wen ti into committee of the whole house, and reported the Army Bill as it stood at the breaking-up of the regular session, the Kansas proviso included ; and it subsequently passed the house by a vote of 9 3 against 85. Thus the question stands as before. The two houses have come to a deadlock. The New York Money-market had slightly itr proved. Foreign exchange ruled heavily. Bills on London were quoted at 1091 to 1091 ; Pawl sf. Mc. to sf. 16ic. The stock-market was firm and buoyant. The cotton-market was steady, without change of moment in prices. Prime new wheat bad ad vanced in price, but old continued dull ; corn Vie firmer, and sugars active ; freights steady. At New Orleans cotton was unchanged, freights dull. Sterling exchange, 9:. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental CompanT'S screw steamer Ava, Captain Field, with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, we have dates from Alexandria, August 21st ; Malta, 25th ; and Gibraltar, 29th. The Ava brings 88 passengers, among whom is H.R.H. Prince Adalbert of Prussia, from Gibral tar ; and a good cargo, consisting of elephant's teeth, gum, mother.of-pearl, wool, wheat, &c. On the 29th ult. the Ava was in collision with the brig Blanche, of Teignmouth, off Tarifa: damaging the rigging of the brig, and carrying away one of the starboard water-boats of the Ava• The British transport brig, British Lion, 5° days from Balaklava, with Government stores, for Deptford, sailed from Gibraltar on the 28th ult. The transports Tudor, Mauritius, and Thomson Hankey, jun., arrived at Gibraltar, from Malta, on the 29th. The British steamer Andes, five days and a-half from Liverpool, arrived the same day. Lieut. Richard Wilson, of the 2d York Militia, died at Gibraltar on the 28th ult. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 3.—Wind this day at noon, S.; Plea • sant breeze and fine clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived" Camilla, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope, Wit il loss of bowsprit, mainmast, foretvinast, bulwarks, &0. and one boy missing. Sailed—H.M.S. Resistance, for the eastward. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Arrived—Taurus (s. tpt.), from Halifax. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Conqueror, from Mobile; A. Z., Ironsideor and Star of the West, New-York ; Franklin King, NO York • Beaver, screw ste..mer, F a lmo u th. Sailed—Emerald Isle and Ellen Austin, for New York; Sila-, Greenman, and Thalatta, New Orleans ; Janet int blado, Cronstadt ; Susan G. Owens, Calcutta ; Patriarch and Tara, Aden ; Emily A. Hall, Havannah; Fanny For syth, Bombay; Arabell, Boston. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 2. Wind S. Arrived—Matilda, from Galatz ; Blue Jacket, N° °l York; Amazon, Altato; Warhawk, Barbadoes. KINGSTOWN, Sept. 3. Wind S. Arrived—Richmond, from Windsor, Nova Scotia. (BY SUBDIABINB ANli imam TELZGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.14 a.ra• Wind S.W., tide 41 hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, Sept. 3.--Xforsatia., from St. Petersburg. Arrived, Sept. 4.—Emma and Maly, from Caen; August' Gravelines. Sailed—Sir E. Bank., steamer, for Calais ; Paris and London, steamer, Paris ; Vi c t or i a , s t eamer , H am burg , Fyencord, steamer, Rotterdam. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.49 a.m. Wind S.S.E.; moderate. Passed—William Thomas, from St. Lucia, for London ; Propontis, screw steamer, London, for westward ; London, for Canaries ; Eclipse, London, for Guernsey. M 4.ItKET NEWS.— ;This Day.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Sept. 4, 1856, made up from the Returns of tb. Inspectors in the differeat Cities and Towns in England and per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. ) BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. BEAMS. I ?Lin d 70i 81 45s 11 27s 01 44s 11 453 41 393 l i d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAn E. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RIE. I BEANS. rzo' d 73s 51 433 3d 27s 2d 463 5d 45s 3d 41s 4d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 65,735 ; Barley, 4,291; Oats, 5,634; Rye, 297 ; 1,702; Peas, 904 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Moadow hay, 31 Os to 5/ 103 . • clover , ji. 4/ 48 to 6/ 10s; and straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. fair demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 53 to 5/ 10s; clover , 4/ lOs to 6/ 103 ; and straw, 11 Bs.to 11 14s per load. Trad e steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 5/ 105; clover , 41 83 to 61 12s; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per lob& A moderate supply and a fair demand. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand ruled active, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton; 3s 2d to 4s G 1; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Veal, 430 d to 5s 4d . Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. SouTHALL, Sept 3.—We had a slow sale for beasts itn a lambs, on rather lower terms. Most other kinds of s tocif sold steadily, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 6 „ A d' Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s lu" to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Sept. 4.—The trade generally was inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d t 0 5s 21 ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; Pcrk, 311 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. MADAME TLISSAUD'S EXHIBITION. -- The Portrait Model of William Palmer continues to draw numerous visitors, more particularly strangers who visit the lee" tropolis during this period of the year, and to them th e portrait of this cold-b'ooded criminal is an object of grea t curiosity and interest, for few can equal him in the number of his supposed v i c ti ms. M any nove lti e s are, we understand, in preparation and will soon be exhibited for public inspection. A CANDIDATE FOR POOR LAW RELIEF.—At the last meeting of the Wortley board of guardians applicatioe for relief was made by a woman who stated that her first husband had enlisted for a soldier and deserted ber that her second husband was dead, her third lost, and hne three children. MO The firmly, and Su: 12,00 J Oa spe %rant 60. ; 4icl. to per lb. quiet, a Ginn the fair tio n , w i at titles that in silk froi neighbe crop w stated t tion ha Sicily ; lastane( Pri ces . Tian p, the lett Were ad strained Parts le , Would e latio n ii raent s 0 every p Thelikely t( China, from th at th e r of the p Indus, be seen The to this Rai Cline i e rn , ( Norte moat there M►t S hare YeSte! to 46. Th( te rda . ( Mae the p ternai kir mik ti per 15 Per New 7 Lo ng bit India Dit o . b ago Ezc pit it.l( }4exic 'Dit Perwi „ Dit :118f3i Jap an Bil „, 1)11 .11:11rk Di Dllte