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

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS.— Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a SITTING-ROOM, Three BED •ROOMS, and separate KIT CHE NI, where there are no other lodgers, near a chief theronglafare ; between Chning-cross and Hyde-park-corner preferred.. Any party unused to letting would find the advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged. Aildress, with full particulars, T, 104 Strand. ITER MAJESTY'S TFIEATRE Last M. JULLIEN'S CONCE RTS. Week but Two—First appearance of Mdlle. Juliana May (prima donna from the Grand Opera at Verona). -15th time of the New Grand French Quadrille, and Sixth time of the grand Selection from La Traviata.—Madame Elisa Pome (prima donna from the principal theatres in Italy), will shortly have the honour of making her first appearance in England.—On Thursday, Nov. 27, tho celebrated Pianist Miss Arabella Goddard will make her second appearance this season. Programme for TillS EVENING (Tuesday, Nev. 2" , ): Part I, Overture, William Tell (second time this season) — Romani ; Quadrille, the Promenade—Engelke ; Symphony, Andante from the Symphony in E flat (second time this sea son) —Mozart ; Ballata, Questa o quella" (Rigoletto), Signor Millardi—Verth ; Polka, My Mary Ann (13th time)—Jullien ; Sole, Trumpet, M. Duhem—Dnhena ; Varsovienne, the War saw (second time this season)—Jullien; Grand Aria, Betly, Miss Juliana May ;her first appearance) Donizetti ; the French Quadrille, the fifteenth time of performance, with varia tions for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophiclei3e, and cornet, performed by MM. De Polley, De Yong, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig ; Finale ; "Partrat pour la Syrie," " Vive l'Empereur" — Jull ien . • Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera of " La Traviata" (sixth time of performance) with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, ophieleide, aud cornet, by Messrs. Le Hon, Lavigne, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Dtfiern, Hughes, and Koenig ; Air, "Una furti va LagriMA" (Elisir d'AmorJ), Signor Millardi—Donizetti ; Valse, La Prima Donna (fourth time this season), Cornet Obligato, Herr Kcenig— Jullien ; Concerto (No. 6), Violin, M. Le Hon—De Beriet ; Grand Aria, Ernani, Miss Juliana May—Donizetti.; Valse, Victory- -Koenig ; Galop, Etna —D'Albert. Conductor—M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of admission :—Promenade , ls. ; Dress circle, 2s. 64- ; privat• boxes, Lis. 64., £1 ls., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatr.e at all the principal libraries a nd musicsellers'; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ELEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— TLessee, 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-honse Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper B o xes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, 10s. ed. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the. Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artistes to 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.ma.dei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Volpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and com. plete chorus, under the direction of Siguor Li Calzi. THIS EVENING,, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the first and only time) Donizetti's opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Chicrici, M. Gassier, M. Kinni, Signor Gabussi, Signor Albicini, and Si g nor Volpini. After which, PATTER V, CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Templeton, &c. To conclude with a Ballet, in which Mdlles. Osmont will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, and during the week, (Wednesday excepted), will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Snrface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Beaja.min 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 Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria. Miss E. Sabine. After which, th - new and successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING, in which Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the last five nights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea Nena and her unrivalled Company of Spanish Dancers. To conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI: Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit ! THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in which Madame Celeste will appear as the Statue Bride every night. Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every evening in the new comic drama of A Border Marriage.—THlS EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT: by Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. Parselle, and Mrs, L. Murray. After which, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform. ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Imperiale de l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha racters by Madame Celeste, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly. Chatter Arden, Messrs. Wr'ght, Paul Bedford, C. Selby, Le Barr, &c. Concluding with A. BORDER MAR RI AGE. Sir Walter Ran.burn, Mr. Leigh Murray Mr. Wright; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and durinz the week will he 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 yk characters oy 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. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the highly successful Play of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ; Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon. After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA, by Miss Resina Wright and Corps de Ballet. Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and Miss Woolg,ar. Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole ROYAL SURREY TT.IE AT RE. Lec;.eq, Mestqrs, Stieph ,, nl and Creswicic. THIS EVENING, ROB ROY: Rob Rey, Mr Creswick ; Rashleigh. Mr. Potter ; Fra❑cis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nico . Jarvie, Mr. Vollairo ; Dougal, Mr, Tapping ; Major Gal. braitb, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Brookes Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis. To conclude with DRED. T RAND T FIE A.T —M Amager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed LITTLE PC. RIT. Mes , rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald. THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz. inman, Ite. And THE CAPT \ IN'S NOT A MISS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. L9Rstee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborough (her second appearance). And (second time), a new farce, JONES. THE AVENGER. Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston. Commence at ha f-mast Seven. THEA.TRE ROYAL, SA.DLER'S-W ELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Phelps ; Ghost, Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr, L. Ball ; Queen, Miss Atkinson ; Aphelia, Miss M. Eburne. • Tc conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES A T STLE S ROY AL P FITT Fl E ATE, E. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian Spectacle. called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp. With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W. Cooke's Horses; trained by him, Terrific Sinking of the Steeds in the dark Some warnp, &c. After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; appearance o f Miss Kate Cooke, size. To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS. Doors open at half-east six : commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till F our Stage Manager, Mr. W. Ne st . Equestrian Director, M r. W. Cooke. inn. c.4...l,.rrEßßultY HALL, w e ,; --- - perormance of OPEN EVERY EVENTN4I`IB/er-r,,K4. i . d earllfiekl, inz company of Vonlists are engaged for tl;e —Ple "low , Tor F. Selections from all Vie popnlar Operas, .Madri Glees, Duets, Sr.c., viz.: —Miss E Pearce, m r t a 1 C'oril'ea, , Miss Brunel], and Miss Summers; Mr. J. Caulfield, Grover, T. R4ino. T. Farrant, S. Jonghmans, R. Barker, IV. Melling, and P. rorrie ; Masters Austi"'i I, Ben nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney, r '' ren " forte, J. Harroway, R. A. ; harmonium, J. Caalti fld pi -i a"- director Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven 0 , ,i4ii . " . ; e'sely. Suppers, &v. , until twelve o'clock. In additioPare the usual Vocal Enter .ainruent, the celebrateil SPANPit° MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine; and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sins some of their C: ivourite selec tions 31°11 WA.TF,.;I3. AT T,01,11)01 -T i! T32s DAT—Morn'. 19 rain. af1.12 —9,r,nif,;., 37 mil_ 12 2: , 1-Mospeya—Morn. 56 —Eve ding 16 -Ku! 1 TEtE VirENTHEIt--Sur _.NOV.E3II3ER 25. Trinit5lOlEZTER, IN r`i' ,4 .56 sinet, noon vostorcily. 41 osyrst this morning .rd) drip the night. 40 day at noon. 'A, It tkis stIZB, 3( l ).o9—rising. Nv ni n -N•I'Ll - V. —Light, with fine, clear, sunehiuy weather, inclining to frost. r , 111 < r ' •D (,); _ L - )N - ' , ON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1856. The reci3ntly-formed Society for the Reduction of the Property and Income Tai from 16d. to in the pound held a meeting, last evening, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of bringing the important question, for the due solution whereof they have associated themselves tog e th er, under public. consider4tion. The numerous and influen 106yond the pos.iibility of tial attend.ince proved THE SU4, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 11456 doubt the deep interest taken by the community at large in this interesting subject, and the earnest determination to obtain speedy redress. What ever may be thought of the policy of the impost, or of the oppressive inequality of its assessment, there can be no difference respecting the unfairness of levying the full amount of the war-tax for a year longer than it was intended to be granted by Parliament, or than it was supposed it could possibly be enforced. It was merely by a discreditable trick tliat the charge could be protracted until the sth April, 1858. The Peace was, to all intents and purposes, concluded in March last. But by the substitution of the word " ratification" for "con elusion," it is endeavoured to maintain the tax in all its oppressive stringency for twelve months longer than was at all contemplated, either by the Parliament or the People of Great Britain. If Government insist on the necessity or expedi ency of the present rate, they have full power to bring the matter fairly before the Legislature. The Chancellor of the Exchequer can explain the point fully in his financial scheme, and then it will r,ceive full consideration. This course would avoid even the imputation of deception—a mat ter of vast importance to any Administration, which should be placed even beyond suspicion on such a point. Great disingenuousness has, however, been dis played ab initio in reference to this impost, although Mr. GLADSTONE has rendered himself more amenable to the accusation than any of his predecessors. It was always represented as a mere temporary burden—only required for an existing emergency, and one that could be dispensed with after a few years. It was by these weans alone that the gross injustice of charging precarious and temporary incomes, obtained by physical or intel lectual labour, at as high a rate as if derived from accumulated and realised property, was tolerated. In 1842 Sir ROBERT PEEL asked for it for three years to restore the shattered finances of the nation. During the interval he effected so many fiscal improvements that it was gladly renewed for a further term of three years, in order to enable him to push his experiments to their legitmate conclusion. A very different person, however, was at the head of the financial department when the matter was again forced en the consideration of the House and country. " The iron had deeply entered into the souls " of the commercial community ; and when Sir CHARLES WOOD proposed a considerable increase, it was received with universal execration—not, as we explained at the period, against the tax itself, which, if fairly apportioned, would have been preferred to indirect imposts, but to its un just and unequal operation. The unfortunate financier was but too happy to obtain a renewal of the charge for a single year. Had it not been for that compromise it would have been unequivo cally rejected. But the monetary condition of the country forbade so formidable a mode of tes tifying the displeasure of the people. In 1849 it was renewed for a further term of three years, due notice being given that the Minister should " set his house in order" daring the interval, and be prepared to bring forward a more equitable project. Mr. DISRAELI, although not going sufficiently far, made a move in the right direction by recognising a distinction be tween permanent and precarious incomes ; but the overthrow of the DERBY Administration pre vented his scheme from being adjudicated on by the Legislature. It was then thought that the matter would be satisfactorily disposed of. The Premier, Lord ABERDBEN, and the leader of the Rouse of Commons, Lord Joux RUSSELL, succes sively declared that the system could nut be de fended. Parliament and the country were al' but unanimous ; but unfortunately Mr. GLAD STONE had resolved to carry out his crotchet, and by his indomitable energy he defeated the wishes of the entire community. He per suaded the nation that it was better to abolish than to modify the impost, and by a specious and flattering tale induced them to believe that it was possible to do so. The result was that he got it renewed for a longer period than any of his pre decessors, under the supposition that a reduction should commence in 1857, which would lead to the eventual expiration of the burden in 1860. The bait was eagerly swallowed, although we explained the absurdity of the notion, and the nature of the gross deception practised. A. single year verified the accuracy of our predictions, the tax was doubled in 1853, and subsequently raised by Sir G. C. LEWIS to 16d. in the pound, to be continued until a year after the termination of the war. This, by a species of official legerdemain, bast been construed to mean something more these two years, and this is the first although by no means the only point to be assailed. It is the whole question what the taking of the Ma lakhoff was to the capture of Sebastopol. All other matters must speedily follow. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer cannot spare eight or nine millions sterling, and therefore the point must be put on a proper foundation, so as to satisfy the country. If energetic efforts be made in the right direction there most be a satisfactory ar rangement, and those who display zeal and activity in producing a result so desirable will entitle themselves to the thanks and gratitude of their fellow-citizens. "The pearly shell for him and thee, , The oyster ii the lawyer's fee." The unfortunate shareholders and creditors of the Royal British Bank have ample cause to ac knowledge the accuracy of the illustration afforded in the well-known fable. Their substance is con seined, their rights withheld, while the legal shuttlecock is tossed backwards and forwards between the long-robed players. The great ob ject, of course, is to obtain the most speedy dis tribution possible of the large amount on hand, and to make provision at the earliest possible time for -the liquidation of the balance. But this is defeated by the earnest contest between the official manager and the official assignee as to which of them shall have the pleasing percentage allowed for the duty. While they can fight for heir own peculiar interests at the cost of the victims, while all the expenses on either side are to b e paid out of the fund in Court, we may be assured that the matter will be carried on from Court to Court until it terminates in a manner similar to the leading case of Jarndyce and Jarn dyce. At p resent the official assignee, the decision is favourable to but the official manager is not discouraged. There are the Judges of Ap peal, who may t a k e a different view of the sub ject ; and the Rouse of Lords, after a few years' consideration, may aF,ain alter either or both decisions. The unhappy shareholders, if they hare p the means, will have to pay for a ll—if not, t h e loss will:fall on the creditors, Wh o w i ll, the be interim, be deprived of the relief that afforded by the division of the fund . S urely such a state of affairs should not he a l lowed to con -1 tinue. The depositors may well exclai m, 441 pl a gue on both your houses." It would p ract i cally be far better that they should pay both parties than suffer their property to be frittered aw ay b y such vexatious litigation. Surely an arrangement might bc made for th e immediate division of the available at•sers, allow- ing the contest between the rival officials to be fought out at their own proper cost and charge, until it arrived at a conclusion analogous to that between the celebrated Kilkenny cats. Seriously speaking, 21 per cent. is quite enough to charge the victims for the receipts and distribution of the money, without having it quadrupled by exorbitant costs. The depositors care nothing from whom they receive it. All they want is an early dividend, and that those who alone are concerned in the point in dispute, should fight the matter at their own expense. The present state of affairs is really disgraceful to the legal administration of the country. Our hardy seamen may be hardy, in part, from the dangers, hardships, and privations they have to confront and endure, but certainly from no excess of sympathy shown in their behalf. Lands- men who "sit" or labour "at home at ease" seem to have little conception of what the gallant fellows have to contend against. Their notion of a sailor's life would by no means prepare them to enjoy the fun of the story wickedly circulated in depreciation of the Brighton fishermen, one of whom is described as taking his lantern to the margin of the beach to see which way the wind blew. The fact is, it requires a powerful effort of the imagination to realise the pictures given of dangers and hardships the remembrance of which we have known to bring the salt tear to the eye of the sturdy veteran. Even those who live in the vicinity of the coast, and, winter after winter, watch with thrilling anxiety the progress of some fated vessel to its doom, and who daily come across some memento of wreck and elemental war are, can hardly do so thoroughly. How many here are in our seaports who, after one voyage marked by no great severity of endurance, find their youthful ardour dissipated, and quit the ocean, with its perils, for pursuits which, if im peded by difficulties, are unattended by privation and danger. We wish it were in our power to impress the actual nature of the sailor's career indelibly on the minds of our fellow-countrymen. The recent losses at sea, summed up in the " upwards of one hundred vessels lost," would then be pondered over after a different fashion than now, and we should entertain more hope of something effectual being done materially to diminish the annual sacri fice of useful lives. Apart from the question of humanity, to put the matter in the most selfish light, we cannot afford such a perpetually recur ring sacrifice. We have not, and we say it ad-. tiredly, a sailor to spare. The Wreck Register for 1855, recently pub lished by the Board of Trade, has led us once more to pen reflections of this sort. It must not, however, be inferred that it records any in crease in the amount of sacrifice, or is altogether of a gloomy nature. Tne contrary is the fact. W© have occasion to rejoice over a remarkable diminu tion in the number of lives lost as compared with previous years, though we cannot say as much with respect to the hardships encountered. In 1853 we find the number of wrecks recorded 832 ;of lives lost, 689. In 1854, wrecks 987, showing au increase of 155 ; lives lost, 1,549, or more than twice the number in the preceding year. In 1855 the number of wrecks and casual ies, 1,141 ;of lives lost, 469. In other words, an increase in the number of wrecks, and a remarkable diminution, both absolute and propor tional, in the number of lives lost. It is in the latter fact we find reason to rejoice, and also a justification to some extent, of our initiatory remarks. stow comes it co pass such a aiminution can truthfully be recorded ? The explanation, if it excites a pang of regret for the past, is well calculated to stimulate hope for the future. The loss of life in 1854 was so startlingly great that uncommon efforts were made at head quarters and along the coast, for the rescue of poor JACK, the result being an increase in the number and in the efficiency of the usual apparatus for the preservation of life. From an average of about 130 lives lost per month to about 40 lives lost per month—the reduction is immense. And from such a reduc tion may we not fairly argue the possibility of a further reduction, as well as a criminal negligence in the past ? Why should forty gallant British seamen be monthly engulphed, in sight of their very homesteads, if the sea can be deprived of any portion of its prey ? This leads us to the increase in the number of wrecks. Of course, we can't absolutely control the elements, but ship owners and underwriters can send out trustworthy vessels and competent crews. This, however, precisely what they don't do. Any sort of craft that can be made to pass muster is sent oat ; any sort of crew, however weak and ill-assorted, will serve their turn. The able-bodied British seaman must have a reward commensurate with the labour he renders ; and to meet competition the shipowner, in a penny-wise -and-pound-foolish spirit, has recourse to the feeble Lascar and the unhandy foreigner to eke out the number of his crew. The result of this and other causes is a growing increase in the number of casualties, a serious loss of and much needless suffering. It says a great deal for the efforts of the Royal Nation;;l Life Boat Institution, and commends PLast powerfully its claims on thii subscrip tions of the benevolent, that with so many rotten ships and inefficient crews afloat it has been able' to effect so much. The largest proportion of wrecks, we observe, is on the east coast. Doubt less this may in part be attributed to the largest proportion of sailing vessels being found voyaging along that coast, as well as its ironbound cha racter. But 576 wrecks in one year is unmis hkeably excessive. We very much question if due precautions were taken in the selection of sound-timbered vessels and competent masters and crews, whether two-thirds of the number might not have been prevented. By this time a collier should be able to thread the intricacies and dangers of the passage with comparative safety, allowing, of course, for unexpected gales. What adds to this conviction on our part is the fact that a large proportion of the wrecks are the result of collisions—so large a proportion as 278, or one fourth of the entire number. This may in part be attributable to the crowding of the decks with cabins, &c., so as to interrupt the sight of the helmsman, and the admitted imperfection of the system of sig nalling also. Still we fancy the imperfections both of ships and crews have most of all to do with the matter. In either case the blame mainly rests with the shipowners and underwriters, while the Board of Admiralty and the Trinity Board are not free from it. Let us hope the recent disas trous losses will open the eyes of all parties to the policy as well as the duty of doing more than has been done for the safety of poor JACK, who has really been badly used by the country which owes so much to him. In con• elusion we would again draw attention to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, which is one of JACK'S best friends, and is de serving of all the aid a benevolent public can render. Unfortunately the institution cannot show, or rather get the public to witness, one of their boats out in a storm to rescue a perishing crew, or we could promise them an inundation of subscriptions iu the metropolis. ROYAL FE HOSPITAL, GRAT'S-INN-ROAD.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending 22d November, 1856, Ras 1,972, of which 600 were new cases. A. Cabinet Council was held porday at the official residence of the First Lord of the 7easory, in Downing- street. The Ministers present wte Viscount Palmer ston, the Lord Chancellor, the Mrquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir Geoge Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouclere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Excheque, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Srnitf Lord Stanley of Al derley, and the Right Hon. M. T Baines. Admiral Dundas is to be Liberl candidate for Green wich. From almost all the continent' cities the tone of the private letters continues to be vey satisfaAory. The Bank of Frankfort havoieduced their rates of discount from 6 per cent, to s . pc cent. At Hamburg there has been & flight reaction from the downward tendency of the disount•market, the rate, which bad fallen to si, being► nov again 6 per cent. Silver continues to be sent tc this country from the continent to meet the Eastern demand. From Ham- burg some bars have just been despatched, while from Paris sf. pieces still come in couiderable quantities. The sales in the Encumbered Estates Court, Ireland, from the 14th to the 20th, have realised the large sum of 198,0381, and the rates wer' on a very high range, averaging about 27 years' purch►ee on the net rental. The late General Guyon left tvo sons and one daugh ter. The Emperor of the Frew has already nominated one of the boys to a vacancy in the Polytechnic School, and has promised to provide, if possible, for the other. A letter from Rustchuk mentons that arrangements are just now being made in the Ihbrudscha for the return of about 1,400 Bulgarian families, who had fled into Bessarabia at the time otthe taking of Matschin and the siege of SiliAria. According to the monthly statement of Messrs. W. and H. Laird, the export of coal in October was 516,070 ams against 404,086 tons in tle corresponding month of laws year. Tne principal increase has been to Ame rica, Denmark, Prussia, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Austria. Ile commercial advices fron New York state that the recant recovery of the stock market has been maintained, although the news from Eui.o l .e was discouraging. The distrust inspired by the disclosures, both in England and America, of the irregularities in the transfer department of railways, had caused stock to decline in price. GREAT WESTERN Or BINGAL RAILWAY.—The Mae ter in Chancery numphry 13a3 at length decided that all transfers of shares or scrip is this abortive company are illegal and void, and has dimmed the declaration of a dividend of the assets in the hands of Mr. Quilter (of the firm of Quilter, Ball, and Co.), the official manager, among the original allottees of shares, the remit of which is that the transferees of shares or scrip will not be entitled to participate. GALE AT LIVERPOOL. —LIVERPOOL, Monday. blew a severe gale from the northwest on Saturday night and Sunday, but decreased tais morning. The casualties reported are trifling. The chief damage has been sustained by the American ships ashore on the Burbo Bank—one of which has entirely gone to pieces —the Louisiana, for New Orleans, and another, the S. M. Fox, for New York—is rapidly breaking up. Tue screw steamer Constitution is hourly expected at Southampton from Antwerp on her way to New York Sbe belongs to the same line as the Belgique, the pio neer ship of the Belgian Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company. THE BRAZILS.—The steam-packet lino between South - ampton and Brazils, by the Union Screw Company's steamers, will be suspended this month. The steamer Celt, belonging to that company, will not leave South ampton unql the 23d of next month. These steamers will in future call at Pernambuco, as well as at Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. ARRIVIL OF THE MADRID. The Peninsular and Orieetial Company's steam packet Madrid, Captain George Bradshaw, Admiralty agent,Lieut. Darby, R.N., arrived at Southampton with the Peninsular mails yesterday. Her dates were—Gibraltar, Nov. 15 ; Cadiz, Nov. 16 ; Lisbon, Nov. 19 ; Oporto, Nov. 20 ; Vigo, Nov. 21. The Madrid brought 15 passengers, amongst whom were Sir John Rennie. THE STEAMER EUROPEAN.—Captain Ellison has been appointed to the command of the European, which takes out the next Australian mail. This was the officer who made the celebrated boat voyage from the Alacranes to Sisal, when the Tweed was wiecked on the former, some years since. He also commanded the Avon during the great storm in the Black Sea, and saved his ship by per forming the daring feat of running her through the rocky and narrow ensrance into Balaklava harbour during the height of the storm. Oun OCEAN STEAMERS.—The freight charged for the specie taken out in the Peninsular and Oriental Corn nany'e steamer Colombo last week amounted to nearly 12,0001. Since the enormous exports of silver to the East the passengers and specie freight by one of the Alexandrian packets amounted to the value of the ship. The length of the lines which the Peninsular and Oil ental Company's packets at present traverse is 17,664 miles. There are now two important mail steam packet lines in connexion with that company's packets, which are worked by independent companies—via., the one between Aden and the Mauritius, and that between Calcutta and Burmab. The highest single passenger fare in the world is 1651. which is the aunt charged by the above-named company for a passage from Southamp ton to Shanghae. By recent arrangements the arrival home of the West India packets fits in with the depar ture of the East India ones ; this has increased the wonders of modern travelling. A person can now take IYMfleliCt i \cotkq i fiG QfiferaffiVil tho vg,4,gfttrimittwil east on the coast of China. During this period he would have travelled nearly 15,000 miles, have crossed two oceans and two great seas, sighted some of the most re markable places in ancient and modern history, and landed on the four quarters of the globe. The expense of such a trip is 2201. SUNKEN WAR VESSELS AT SEBASTOPOL TO BE RAISED BY AN AMERICAN.—A Boston paper says :—" John E. Cowen, Esq., of this city, who is now in Russia, has just entered into a contract with the Russian Govern ment to raise the ships of war and other vessels, 52 in number, sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol at the time of the siege. It will be remembered that Mr. Cowen, under contract with our Government, succeeded, after repeated efforts of British engineers had &fled, in raising the wreck of the United States steamer Missouri, sunk in the harbour of Gibraltar. Mr. Cowen will commence operations in the harbour of Sebastopol next spring." PoRT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been con tinued activity. The number of ships reported inward was 280, showing an increase of 51 over the previous week. These included 54 with cargoes of grain, rice, and flour ; 23 with fruit of all sorts, 9 with sugar, and 1 with tea. The number of vessels cleared outward was 103, including 12 in ballast, showing a decrease of 25. In the Attstralian trade there is a considerable diminu tion in the number of vessels on the berth. The total is 45, being a decrease of 11 from the last account. Of those now loading 6 are for Adelaide, 3 for Hobart Town, 3 for Launceston, 3 for Melbourne, 1 for Moreton Bay, 7 for New Zealand, 14 for Port Philip, 6 for Sydney, 1 fer S Nan River, and 1 for Warrnambool. The depar tures from the port.of London for the Australian colonies during the past week have comprised 7 vessels-4 to Sydney, 2 to Launceston, and 1 to Hobart Town, with an aggregate capacity of 5,594 tons. The rates of freight exhibit a tendency to increased firmness. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING STATISTICS.—The following is a return of ships inwards and outwards in the foreign trade of this port for the week ended Nov. 22, 1856 ; and of ships reported inwards from Jan. 1 to the same date, as compared with the corresponding period in the year 1855 :—Entered inwards—Week ended Nov. 22, 1856—ships, 77 ; tonnage, 45,491; week ended Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 49 ; tonnage, 20,486; increase in ships, 28; increase in tonnage, 25,005. Cleared outwards—`Week ended Nov. 22, 1856—ship 73; tonnage, 41,474; week ended Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 87 ; tonnage, 40,626 ; de crease in ships, 14; increase in tonnage, 848. Reported inwards—from Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1856—ships, 8,917 ; tonnage, 2,211,538 ; Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 3,760; tonnage, 1,869,112 ; increase in ships, 157 ; in• crease in tonnage, 324,426. THE OUSTER MURDERER.—Jackson remains in the same dogged mood in which he appeared at his examina tion. We understand that his friends have declined ad vancing defense.He ea willo amount t have,'w ha t t h e v e r e r e o f r o e r , t t h o e replyu rs poses op oo o o f o o h o i sel appointed by the judge for his defence.—Chester Chronicle. THE ERITH MURDER.—The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate George Carter, who was murdered in a secluded spot in the vicinity of Erith, was resumed yesterday at the Crown hotel, Erith, and again adjourned. The strongest fact elicited against the intiocence of Worrell, the man who was suspected of the crime, and who committed suicide on Friday last in the t e ,w i h t o t o had a young not since m Greenwich Polic e - cour t, was the identifica tion of the gouge found in th e h an d of the murdered m an. John Mayo, a carp en t er , sa id the instrument was his prop ert y . lle lent i e t t in h o i y m. o o MURDER FROM bISAPPOINTED LOVE.—LEICESTER,'s la f Worrall's fAhr Mondae.—Thi s morn i ng a man named Wedge , a br i ck - layer h oerer, was b roug ht before the mayor and sitting magist ra t es a t th e T o wn-ball, charged with the wilful murder of Eli za B on d, by administering poison to her. It app eare d t h at t h e pr i s oner had for some time an returned in t he been paying his addresses to the deceased ; but a few weeks ago she gave him notice that his attentions would no longer be acceptable, and the prisoner was supplanted by another party. He then declared be would poison the young woman. Last Saturday evening he was in her company and offered to fetch her a bottle of Scotch ale, to which she consented ; but immediately after par taking of it complained of feeling ill, and died yesterday morning. The circueistat.ces of her death led to sus picion being entertained of poisoning by strychnine, and the prisoner was consequently apprehended. Only the bare facts of the case were given in evidence this morn ing, and the prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded. A coroner's inquest will, however, be held this evening , when medical evidence will be adduced as to the cause of death. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. —On Fri - ley last Miss Ricardo, of Titness Park, Senninghill, sister to Mr. S. Ricardo, M. P. for Windsor, was riding through the Long-walk, iu corn parry with her brother-in-la 4 , , Capt. Bastard, and his daughter,three of the Misses Codrington,and Major Blane. After passing the double gates, the horse ridden by Miss Ricardo suddenly bolted. As the animal reached the gate at the end of Park-street, the porter of the Upper Lodge, leading to the Ca3tle, ran to shut the gate, but had not ' I time to close it within a yard, when the horse, in attempt ing to force itself through the narrow sp ace, brou g ht , the lady in violent contact with the iron post. The col lision threw Mi ss Ricardo off, and she sustained a severe fracture of the thi g h . Sh e wa s taken to one of th e ro y al lodges, where sh e rece i ve d pro mpt medical attendanc e ; 2,nd her thigh bei ng part i a lly set, she was con ve y ed to Titness Park, w h ere s h e was A ttended by Dr. Ellison, of Windsor, and Mr. Brown (the family surgeon), of Sunninghill. Mies Rkardo, we are happy to say, is doing well. LATEST NE WS. MARSEILLES, Nov. 24. By accounts of the 14th, from Constantinople, it appears that 600 wooden houses had been de stroyed by a fire at Pera. The authorities and the Sisters of Charity had taken charge of the families who were left without an asylum. Another extensive fire had broken out at Adrianople. The catastrophe at Rhodes, ocsasioued by the lightning having struck the immense store of gunpowder which was placed in the vaults belong ing to the Ancient Knights, destroyed the whole Turkish quarter so completely that only three children were saved. The Journal de Constantinople states that a Russian company in the Black Sea has purchased forty steam-vessels. The Sultan has conferrer the order of the Medjide on the Hereditary Prince Royal of Persia, and decorated several of the Persian Ministers. Ferukh Khan, Ambassador of Persia to France, had been at Constantinople, and paid a visit to Baron Boutenieff, the Russian Minister. The prices of corn have fallen at Marseilles, owing to the arrival of 80,000 hectolitres. MADRID, Nov. 23. The Gazette denies that Lord Bowden had de manded explanations with regard to the future policy of the Cabinet. BERNE, Nor. 23. The Federal Council refuses unanimously the demand of Prussia for the unconditional libera tion of the Neuchatel prisoners. It declares itself ready to enter into negotiations, and con sents to renew relations on a neighbourly footing; but, at the same time, will leave justice to take its legitimate course. FRANCE. The French mail had not arrived at the time 01 our going to press. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 22. I cannot send you any details relative to what has recently occurred in the highest political spheres ; but two persons, who know exactly how matters stand, have to-day informed me that the Bessara bian frontier question may he considered settled "in as far as Bolgrad is concerned." It was not said whether Russia had yielded, or whether England, Austria, and Turkey had come to an understanding with France ; but the positive assurance was given me that New Bolgrad w.suld eventually be ceded to Moldavia. The same may be said as regards the Isle of Serpents. Although Austria retrogrades in most things, she progresses in all those matters which come under the more direct cognisance of the Minister of Finance. It is but a few years since Baron Bruck, as Minister of Commerce, abolis'ied all prohibitive duties, and he is now about to enter into negotia tions with Prussia for facilitating the in tercourse between Austria and the Zollverein. Austria is willing. to listen to any suggestions that may be made by the Zollverein, and she trusts that it will display equal complaisance should the Imperial Government make proposals for facilitating the intercourse between the different Customs-Union States, and for reducing the duty, in both tariffs, on the produce of foreign countries. The Frankfort Post Zeitung has learnt from Berne that the Emperor Napoleon received Gene ral Dufour, "who was formerly one of his teach ers," in a most friendly way (avec les demonstra tions de la plus grande amitie). The Swiss General was closeted with the Emperor for three hours, but the litter still strongly insists on the liberation of the Neuchatel Royalists. In the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gall there were 78 voices against, asid 45 for, the abolition of capital punish ment. Executions have to take place by means of the guillotine in an enclosed space, but in presence The dugsburg Gazette learns from tae rash frontiers that the Russians are not likely to be in any hurry to fulfil the obligations which they took on themselves in the month of March, "as they know that they have nothing to fear from the guns of the British vessels in the Black Sea until April, 1857. The concession granted to the Theiss Railroad Company has appeared in the Wiener Zeitung; but you long ago received a correct summary of its con tents, and it would therefore be superfluous to say anything more on the subject. NAPLES. NAPLES, Nov. 20 His Majesty lives within a world dins own, and I beyond it cares little perhaps for what is going on. His flatterers crowd about him and offer their incense daily; and the offering is duly accepted, and through these odorous clouds little is seen distinctly. In previous letters I called your atten tion to the impious epithets which the Ginnale (the Court journal) was always applying to Fordi nand 11. ; for a short time they were modified, but since the Ministers of the allied Powers have left there has been an3ther outbreak, and all that the most impious and fulsome adulation can repeat is daily published in the Times of Naples. I send you a translation of a leader in the number of the 17th, not as a mere literary curiosity, but as a specimen of tone which is adopted by those who know how best to crawl into the royal favour, and as being highly significant of the feeling of the Court, for in this country, where the censor blots out every offensive word, not a line would be per mitted which did not meet with approbation. The passage runs as follows : " Felicity and joy ever dwell where our adored Monarch is with his august consort and his royal children. Every act of theirs, every step, is an example of edifying piety, of provident love for the good of all, of charity, of munificence without limits and without pa rallel. The best of kings, the best father of a peop le boundlessly devoted and grateful to him, consecrates unweariedly to the cares of State certain days, condescending to direct his benign attention to whatever is subjected to his exalted and sapient judgment, and even in his evening drives en the road which leads from Gaeta to Castellon he finds slaccceonurnintigi afteraud benefit.having visited the house of God , g atherin g about him her Majesty t n i o n g g ; terre an nor r does pleasure he r e thaneut reenter that the of ya the Queen and the Royal Princes, as well in the temples as at the altars, as he did on the evening of the 13th inst., at the first hour of righ t, receivin g the benediction in the Church. of St. Judas Taddieus, which was added by his piety not long since to the many sacred monuments of his incomparable zealfor Divine worship. And this is the flame which, burning ever in the magnanimous heart, compels the Sacred Hand which rules our destinies to scatter with out ceasing in our necessities, in vast sums, the balsam of beneficence. Among most recent examples of Sovereign generosity, we ought to cite the many thousand ducats there bestowed (query, where? On the road between Gaeta and Castellone ?) by his beneficient Majesty to the indigent, if undeniable truths had any need of proof." The Malacca, British war steamer, which came in on Saturday, is likely to remain here, at all events until further orders, a fact which gives us all satisfaction, for though we are in a state of the most perfect tranquillity, and the Liberals are re solved not to disturb it, all contingencies should be provided for, nor is it consistent with the dig nity of a great people that any of its members should be left unprotected. THE LATE PRINCE TFORONZ9TV. remark insEo n l g i l e a r n , The arrival of the report of t h e decease, at Odessa, o f is d. But 40 years ago and diplo matist,the name was not only famili ar i n E ngland, but through o ut Europe, as that of o ne w h o held high com mands in all the Russian battleg against Napoleon —who enjoyed more than any other the con fid ence o f the Emperor Alexander I.—as an i nt i mate friend of the late Duke of Wel lin g ton— and, in the beams monde, as one tkdisthiansgunii:the excited xc tu ed ss a ia n n y d of the handsomest figures that graced the courtly sa loons of Europe. Th e Woronzow family is one of the most ancient of the Russian nobility, and latterly was much advanced Empress Catherine. by the in-chief in three campaigns ; but his principal military achievements were those of the war of the Don. For several year) ho filled the office of Gov,:roor-General of White Russia, including the Crimea, acquiring an im mense amount of property in several-provinces, and a large pot tion of the town of Ode..4a. He subsequently held the office of Governor. General of the Caucasian provinces, and had a favourite residence in the southern Crimea, which has been extolled by visitors for the mild ness of the climate, and the oriental splendour of its gardens and lawns. By the death of Prince Woronzow. Mr. Sidney Her bert, M.P., will inherit a considerable amount of pro perty in Odessa, and some other parts of southern Russia, the mother of the right hou. gentleman (Lady Pembroke) having been sister of the late prince—(Hence Odessa was spared !) Since the National Gallery was closed in the autumn many p ctures have been hung on the line, and therefore are more advantageously seen. This change, in several instances, is a material Improvement. THE WRECK KEG-IST:ER FOR 1855 This important document has been recently published by the Board of Trade and presented to both houses of ?ornament. The facts it discloses are very interesting in their character. The register proceeds to state that the total number of wrecks and casualties reported to have occurred to vessels on the coast of the United Kingdom in 1855 is 1,141, representing a burden of 176,544 tons ; 963 being British, Il colonial, and 116 foreign, of which number were— Totally lost by wreck 272 Stranded and recovered 216 Stranded, but whether total or partial loss not reported 167 Totally lost in collision Seriously damaged in collision l7B Slightly damaged in collision Leaky and foundered Leaky and put back to discharge and repair 47 Destroyed by fire l4 Found " derelict" Dismasted and otherwise damaged Abandoned 2O Capsized and sunk Seriously damaged by spontaneous combus tion of cargo 1,141 Of these 576 occurred on the East Coast 251 „ „ West Coast of Great Britain. 117 ~ „ South Coast .27 ~ „ Irish Coast. 10 ~ off the Scilly Liana. 6 „ 34 „ „ Channel Islands. „ Northern Islands—viz., Orkney; Shetland, and Hebrides. „ Isle of Man. „ Lundy Island. 1,141 Of which the number reported to have been stranded on the various sands and banks were-7 on the Scroby, 4 on the Kentish Knock, 4 on VYhitburn Steel, 1 on N. Bishops, 3 on West Hoyle, 1 on the Sunk, 1 on Long Sand, 2 on Dogger Bank, 3 on the Barber, 1 on file Balls, 3 on the Gaa, 3 on the Shiuwash, 6 on the Hasboro', 1 on the N. Bull, 1 on the S. Bull, 16 on the Goodwin, 4 on - the Gunfleet, 1 on the Rook, 4 on the Brake, 1 on the Longhorn, 2 on the Middleton, 2 on the Vlaplin, 1 on the Nore, 3 on the Barnard, 2 on Rubber" stone Pill, 2 on the Pye, 5 on the Newcome, 3 on Car liff 1 on the Barrow, 3 on the Blacktail, 2 on the Swin, lon the Wainfleet, 2 on Tetney Sand, 3 on the Galloper, lon the Knowle, 1 on the Tongue, 1 on Hoyle Sand, 1 on the Coatham, 2 on Burbo Bank, 1 on N. Spit, 3 on the Nash, 1 on the Blakeney, 2on AA:low Bank, 2 on the Rose, 6 on Donna Nook, 3 on the Owera, 2 on the Stanton, 2 on the Herd, 2 on the [folio, and 4 on the Leman. The number of casualties in each month was— January ...... 102 May 5B September ... 64 February .... 123 June March ..... 93 July 4l November ... 176 April Of the whole number of vessels wrecked or damaged,- 511 were under 100 tons. 496 „ 100 and not exceeding 300 tons. 67 „ 300 fl 600 „ 27 „ 603 ff 900 „ 4 „ 900 1,200 „ 6 „ 1,200 and upwards. 34 of the number were steam vessels. FREIGIITS. ffanure and oilcake 1 Timber or bark Iron, ironstone, or cop- 1 Fruit or potatoes ll per ore Grain, oatmeal, or flour 85 1 Coals 2 fot,ton Salt General merchandise Clay " 12 Unknown 3lO Stone, lime, slate, or bricks 2B Number of wrecks in 1352, 1,015 ; in 1853, 832 ; in 1854, 987: in 1855, 1,141. Wrecks reported in 1855 show an increase of 12 . 4 per cent, as compared with 1852 ; of 371 per cent. as com pared with 1853 ; and of 15.6 per cent, as compared with 1854. This increase in all probability arises, is part at any rate, from the facility with which returns are now ob tained from inspecting commanders of Coastguard and receivers of " wreck" under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1154. The number of lives reported as saved from wrecked vessels was : By luggers and other small craft By assistance from shore with ropes, mortar apparatus, &c. By ships and steam vessels By lifeboats 251 By individual exertion of a meritorious character 9 1,388 The large number of lives thus saved from shipwreck during the past year is a most gratifying feature in the return, and clearly shows how much can be accomplished in the preservation of life on occasions of such calamities by well-directed efforts. It also shows how much has been done in this respect by that useful society, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in conjunction with lifeboat establishments around the coast. Through the increased encouragement given to seamen forming boats' crews, the improvement in the build of lifeboats, their more perfect evipment, and their increased num her, there has come into existence and aetion a machi ,v,7(.fos life m ore commensurate with the urgent country than has ever existed in any former period in its history. There can be no doubt that much credit is due also to the excellent and judicious arrangement of the Board of Trade in the distribution of its grants to ac• coniplish this desirable object. In 1855 the total number of lives lost was 469. In 1854 the total number of lives lost was 1,549 ; in 1853, 689 ; in 1852, 920. The number of collisions reported is greatly on the in• create, being 247 against 94 registered in 1854, 73 in 1853, and 57 in 1852. This increase is perhaps attribut able, in part at any rate, to the same cause as that of the number of wrecks above mentioned. These frequent collisions unquestionably arise in a great measure from the hampering of vessels' upper decks with cabins and other constructions which shut out from the view of the helmsman the object andd of his ship. Collisions at sea, with all their fearful conse (peaces, are, the return states, steadily on the increase; an d it i s full time that serious attention should be directed to the subjec:'.. The want of a well understood signal of distress in cases of collisions is also a sad desideratum. The wreck expert"noo of the year 1855 has been ex tremely favourable to 11!'' ; the number lost being 451 less than 1852, 220 less that: 1853, and 1,080 less than 1854, the only casualty of m.lg%itude being the ship John, off the Manacles, on May er, on the by,which 191 lives were lost, Six lives were lost in the Barber Sand ; 8 in the Maria Brans.tnt:67'nfi.gßude ; 21 :t ttzhe3J,oeb_ti in the Morna, on the North Bishops ; e Bannerman, Carnarvon Bay ; 8 in ho p ;e _ in Beech Haven ; 5 in the Sovereign, off Ho iop .on , the Commercial, off Flamborough Head ; 8 in tile Bran,' ford on West Hoyle ; 12 in the Enchantress, off Dunge , ness% 7 in the Echo, off Bardsey ; 6in the Charlotte and Mary, off Aldborough ; 5 in the Charles, on Whitby ; 18 in the Will-o'-the -Wisp, off Burn Rocks ; 6 in the Hero, off Youghal ; 10 in the Eineihiden, off Cape Wrath ; 13 in the Haddock Boat, off Matray Head. ARREST OF MR. MORRIS MOORE, AT BERLIN. We are informed, by a letter from Berlin, o f th e 22d inst., that Mr. Morris Moore, of Soho square, was arrested by the police of that city on the pre vious evening, between the hours of ten and eleven. Our Correspondent says :—" Those with whom he has associated here are quite at a loss to explain this proceeding ; for it is not known to any one that he has at all mixed up with political matters. His whole activity in this city was concentrated upon the study of the art-treasures which it con tains, and particularly those of the picture gallery in the Royal Museum. As you will see by tile article from the Kreuz Zeitung (translated else where), Mr. Moore had a dispute with the direc tor of the gallery, Dr. Waagen. These things, you must believe, are quite possible amongst us ; and I must request you, for the same reason, to place full reliance on this communication, when also, for good reasons, I omit to write my signa ture to it. You may positively announce the fact of the arrest iu your journal, and also add credence to my intimation respecting its connection with tae circumstances to which I have referred. I have only further to say, that I informed the English Ambassador here, Lord Bloomfield, of the mown stance, about eleven o'clock last night, and again this morning in writing. We shall now see what steps he will take in the matter." --Morning Ad vertiser. MR. MORRIS MOORE AND DR. ITAAGEN. To the Editor of the Preusziche Zeitung. Sir,—ln your impression of the 20th inst. there is a report of the meeting of the Wissenschattlicher Kunst verein of Monday, the 17th, upon which I beg leave to offer some remarks. You say that "a somewhat pro tracted debate" took place as to whether the design of the picture representing "Apollo and Marsyas," in my possession, and of which I had the honour to submit to the meeting a daguerreotype, with other illu-trations, was really the conception of Raphael. Though present at the meeting, I am utterly ignorant of any such debate. According to your reporter, this alleged debate was raised in consequence of counts expressed by Dr. Waagen ; but these can only have been uttered ie a manner to elude the possibility of a reply—a procedure which forbids the very idea of a debate. I have since, however, been informed by several gentlemen, that Dr. ' Waagen bestirred hi mself considerably, if not effectively, to create such doubts; and he is, perliaps, not without cogent and peculiar reasons for his acivity. I eaneot but regret that the doctor, who appear s t o b are stoo d alone - in his opposition, should have abeteined from bringing under my uotice his objections ; for it would have been a satisfaction to me to have taken a lesson from such a monster of criticieto. But the opportunity is lost ; and the entire concurrence in my views of the most dis tinguished members of the meeting, whether sculptor , , pinters, engravt err ainateurs , may be deemed inade quate to resist his fiat. I would therefore suggest an ex p e dient for determining which of us two is rrioA el,, titled to confidenee. I iuvito the carineisseure of Berlin to feast their eyes with a work which embodies Doctor Wasgen's pathetical conception of Raphael, and as to the authenticity of which the Doctor forbids us to en ite tai„ a ny doubt. The, work iu quesion is No. 147, a rc Virgin and Child," in the Berlin I,lto , enin: On turning to page 46 of the Official Catalogue they will be edified by the discovery that Doctor We' agen has had the nerve to baptise this miserable, foxy, and v.einped•up objet " an undoubted Raphael. As you have made mention of the original drawing by Raphael, of the "Apollo and Marsyas," in the "Imp. e Reale Aces emia delle Belle Arti in Venezia," the fol- lowing extract from the Official Catalogue of the Raphael drawings there, published July 31, 1854, cannot but be interesting to the connoisseurs of Berlin :—" Apollo Marsia. Di.•egno all' acquarello rialzato di breccia. Opera di rara perfezione, en cui Raffaello mostra tats la sua eleganza . . .fu reconosciuto essere indebbia mente di Ranello, &c." This description is marked by an asterisk ; and a notice at the beginning of the cats logue says :—" N. 8.—1 desegni piu pregevoli sono contrassegnate da un asterisco." It give; me great pleasure to add that this judgmett in the Venetian catalogue upon the drawing is borrowed, though with',ut acknowledgment, from yourdistinguishea fellow-countrytlien, Director Joseph Daniel Bohm, of Vienna, a real connoisseur of art, I am, Sir, yours, ace., MORRIS MOORE. 33, Tauben Strasse. The following observations on the sitting of the Wissenschaftlicher Kunstverein, referred to by Mr. Moore, are translated from the Kreuz Zeitung : " The report which we gave yesterday of the last meet ing of the Wissenschaftlicher Kunstverein (Scientific Art Meeting), on Monday, the 17th instant, contains some errors. The importance of the subject demands that they should be rectified. Those errors bear upon Raphael's original painting of Apollo and Marsyas,' in the posses sion of Mr. Morris Moore, which, by the by, is not, an other journals have stated, 15 feet in height, but only 15 inches. There was no`debate as to the really Raphael esque origin of the picture,' neither did Dr. Waagen utter any doubts openly in opposition ; for during the whole of this meeting, he did not openly utter a single word on the subject. The fact is simply this—the secretary of the so ciety raised a doubt whether, already in 1505 (the date given to the picture) Raphael was acquaieted with the Apollo Belvidere—the character of which has some resemblance to the Apollo in the picture—as Raphael did not go to Rome until some time after. The original drawing for the pic ture by Raphael in the " Imp. e Reale Accademia dells Ballo Arte di Venezia," and which the Venetian Cata logue, pointing to the picture in Mr. Morris Moore's pos session, expressly and emphatically declares to be undoubt edly by Raphael, places the authenticity of that picture beyond doubt. At the meeting of the Wissenschaftlicher Kustvereiu there was no one, with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Waagen, who, on inspecting the daguerreotype, &c., taken from the painting, and submitted to the meet ing by. Mr. Morris Moore, did not at once recognise it as a genuine design by Raphael. It is almost superfluous to add, that it is impossible to pronounce a decided judgment as to the authenticity of the painting itself without seeing it, since for that it would be necessary to consider the colouring, &c. ; but about this no question whatever wee raised at the meeting." SPORTING NOTES. THINGS TALKED ABOUT. The columns of " The Life" of yesterday were as crowded with racing news as they were in the middle of the season. The report of the doings at Shrewsbury and Ludlow alone occupied more space than some of the Spring Meetings at Newmarket. The work, however, is now completed, and the thorough-breds will be for brief period dismissed to their straw beds. The only fixtures for the present year are Ipewieb, and Windsor for the current week, and Cambridge and Waltham Abbey for next month. A retrospect of the past season is, on the whole, satisfactory. Wnat if ()Jr tain secessiens from the turf have been announced T. So:ne of those who have retired cats he well spared, whilst the gaps made in certain quarters have been satisfactorily filled up. Lord Ernest Vane Tem pest, of unenviable notoriety, has purchased remarkably fine yearling, nagged Child of the Ocean, which is being prepared for its mane heavy engagements by Daley, of Newmarket. Tbe report that Lord Ernest is about to form a large racing stud is, I believe, unfounded. It is to be hoped that his lordship will exercise more discretion on the turf than in the army. He is certainly going amongst persons who will teach him the use of caution and * governed temper. A baronet, whose outspoken opinions respecting Sir Charles Napier and Cronstadt have ob tained for him not a little popularity, has several pro• raising two-yr-olds under the care of John Day, at Danebury ; and the pluck that he has already displayed gives promise that the match -making days of the turf will be again revived. Lord Exeter and General Peel are about to re-form their racing establishments, and and the this fact has created c onsiderable gratification, purple jacket and orange cap, and the blue and white :stripes have been too long absent from our race-courses . Tee Shrewsbury Meeting was chiefly remarkable for the success of Mr. T. Hugnes, who has only a small stud, yet with his tact and discrimination in placing his, animals he has managed to pull off several "good things' during the season. At Shrewsbury he was in wonder ful luck, winning the Shrewsb ur y Handicap with Ro meo, the Hurdle Race with Emulator , a nd the Welter Cup with Red Rose. The " doings " possess no theyvi inters. st, e ee' eequire further reference. All things considered, the meeting was not s o sueuese fat es the November gathering last autumn, still Mr. Frail was doubtless satisfied with the result of his undertalon.g. His " benefit" at Ludlow was most successfu l, and with the termination of the sport. in that locality down went the curtain on the legitimate racing of 1856. Those metropolitan turfites who are not tired - of ort out door pastimes will find two plea san t days' !p pro vided for them in the nei ghb ourhood of Windsor on 'Thursday and Friday next. Of t he horses entered for the minor events I know little or nothing. The "Grand Steeplechase" may be carried off by Ben Laud's intended Mr. Merry's ven ture at Ipswich will be only attended with negative success. Should Hopeless Star be sent for the Grand Steeplechase—all steeplechases are called grand" why, lam unable to determine—she ought to , follow up the Shrewsbury success. Mr. Gilby, the owner of Ella, who ran second for the Nursery Stakes at Newmarket, has lodged a formal o bjection against Mongrel, on the ground that the h orse Mongrel has been improperly described as half-bred. The question is of considerable importance to breeders °f horses, as the decision arrived at by the referees vrillaffect "tie pedigrees of certain other animals. John Osborn* is anxious that the i nves ti gat i on s h ou ld take pla ce- I believe that he i s o f opin i on t h at M on grel i s pro perly described as half-bred. Whatever error has been committed will be attributed to certain inaccuracies 10 the Stud Book. Noy. 24. A FRESEL MAN• TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. The Shrewsbury and Ludlow settling cause d the ro r ° ll3 o . to be well attended. The business of paying aud,ege ceiving exclusively occupied attention, an d the fe vi of which were laid on the ()pester Cup and Derby were worth quoting. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK BY MESSRS. -.-- TERSALL, YESTERDAY (SIoNDAY). The following were the property of Mr. G...flobg °ll. g GOO Pauli Monti (2 yrs), by Weatherbit—Rhedycin* 6 engaged in the Oaks, 1857 ........................ 00 A brown colt, foal by Weatherbit—Rhedycina... 1„o Contender, by Cotherstone, 5 yrs .................. 1:91 Incubus, by Mane, 5 yrs ............................. The Fleet, by, the Flying Dutchman —Lady of n Littlecot, 2 yrs ....................................... NURSERY STAKES, DEBBY.—We have been inf °rl :in by the clerk of the course that this race, which wit t of dispute, has been decided in favour of the ovgle Master Bogot. • - Joni The letters from Calcutta by the last mail giv°, n n she account of daniage and inconvenience caused Thor, shipping interest by the frcshes in the Ganges this Y tio p and insist upon the urgent necessity fur the const rue of wet docks. ,r. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OP MR. W. CoFri g ' !Wed —A report to the above effect has been widely ei.",itisi.- in Cardiff this week ; and it is further said that n t P o strt) tion inviting the Hon. Col. Stuart (son of Lord 3. • uP' to come forward at the proper period has been got bill Mr. Coffin's advanced age probably is the causer:loo4 resigning the representation of the borough. ",,rtie Stuart „.` tuart is expected at Cardiff to express his 13-riiSt°ll opinions about the second week in December.----- Mercury. f irioese THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—A writer in the ` t i it ioo of this morning, concludes his remarks on the 0 13 o vr of the National Gallery with the following ° l7ls nt ef• tions :—Let us hope that the coming session following the pire without the grant of a proper " estitunt. ° t° see suitable erection of a new gallery. It is a disgran k e i , o off the national pictures crowded and disperse d as tu e .' oadt are in Trafalgar-square and Marlburough.hous.°l3; Dot fnrther, that the site will be continued in I.A 3 n d thn outside the central population, for wh ose interes oto public money is voted. A ll t h a t i s needed is Iraeir sufficient for the cost of a building a adequate f 0 , 0 111 sions and good ventilati on. The transportation .° I w ill a national institution t o the suburbs of the OPP never be sanctioned by public opinion. TaA TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH AMIC3--- New York journa l o f Commerce, of Nov. I°, says "We undert:taud Owl to-day t e i eg raphiceo mixo Toj aso for business purposes will be opened on the new ," / ow put 10 operation between this city aril St. 'T o r :j o hg' toundland. The distance from Now York Wire"*;,, N . 07, fouodland, following th e telegraph , 000 miles. Along a part of this distance, naine%.„ Ashpe Bay, N.S , to Cape Ray, Newfoundlanp's'slioid miles, a superior Eogilsh , e b niar i n e ca ble has 80 miles. with the utmost success. Of the vi hole rou te ' 3 cont r°l (from New .irk to Nova Scotia), are under the ir age s ha ving th i ce S S6 , the American Telegraph CompanY, at '2l, Wal!.. , treet, in this city, and the balantba't mile , (including the slibmarine c able), is under rpci• the Newfoundland Com a of which Peter Coops of this city, is president P n a Y n ' d a heavy stockhollie large part of the line on this route is new, o'_ u ie d And 'naming portioti .11,as been recently overhanced,l3Y thoroughly repaired, and the whole is proco' o ` l, _A ptsb• c - impetent ju,.ges to be one .1 the most perfect an,- e;, nttai lines in the country."