The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

THE NEW NOVEL, ®UT ON THE WORLD, By HENRY MOAN, LL.D., Will be ready on Thursday, Sept. Sta, at all the libraries, in 3 vols. Hurst and B'ackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great 31arnorough-street. TiIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. r. TIIIFI EVENING TELE LADY OF. LYONS. Followed by TWICE KILLED. To conclude with A BILLET DIVERTIS iEMENT. ROYAL PRII•:('F.;.c, I,FAXATP.Y.. Ceder the NanaFrem, , ilt CHARLES {RAN. TM' MUSIC H CL' .ARMS. A (tor whion riz:klllto. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; r lvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. T. cowhide with A PRIM E FOR `IOLTR 1 11P.ATitir. !VAL, ". Under ;:liAniwe.rneilt of %Tr. Bnclum.-,oc, EVENING, ME' BEAUX' STRATAGEV. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, CHARLES THE SECOND. To con 310th with THE SPANISH SERJCANT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Mr. Charles Dillon, THIS EVENING, BELPIIEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. ChAs. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. To be followed by W. Brough's new BurlesqUe, PERDITA, THE ROYAL MILKMAID ; or, a Winter's Tale. Florizel, Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Wool 'ar) ; Autolycus, I, lr. J. L. Toole ; Hermione, Mrs. Buckingham White ; Leontes, Mr. Calhaem ; Polixines, King of Bittwnia, Mr. Wm. Brotrzh (his first appearance on any stage); Fast Time, Miss Harriet Gordon ; Per fita. Miss Marie Wilton; Anti onus, Mr. Barrett. Miss Rosina Wright, and a grand Corps de Ballet. Stalls. 55.; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, ; Pit 25.; Gallery, " b eraa. Is. Commence at 7. Half•prie3 to all parts at 9. Box Office ope daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRS ADIMPEEL Propriator and 6iaca;er, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, 11adame Ce!ostt !His RVENINg, IRELAND AS IT IS. Fo!lowed by DOUF,SrIC ECONOMY. After which THE IRISH TUTOR. To coricla,!e with OUR GAL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIiPIIITEIF,ATRE. Lessee and M'ana! , ;er, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Seventh Week ! Shak , pere's RICTIARD THE THIRD, with the introduotioh of horses. The equestrian iliu:trations itwginei by Mr. W. Cooke. Death of White Surrey. (Vide " Illustrated News," of Saturday, 6th.) battle of Bosworth Field, &c. After which, The EQUESTRIAN GEMS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a number of other Entertainments. Box-office open fr - iin Kiev •n till Four. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. Cooke, Jun. N.B. Vide " Illustrated News of Sept. 6th for the Death of White Surrey. UGTI WATER. AT LONDON BRID4g. THIS DAY—Morn. 32 min. aft. 5 —Evening 511 min. aft. 5 Ta-Mmcgocv—lforn. 15 min. aft. 6—Evening 43 <nin. att. 6 THE WEATHER—SIIN OPPIOE, SEPTEMBER 20. THERMOVTTER, IN TrIR SHADE. 53 --ilighest sines noon yesterday. 49 -lowest this morning snd during the night. 57 —this day at noon. FAILOMETXIt, 30 s—rising. WIND, N.W.—!rash, with cloudy weather. shower in the forenoon. Slight STAMPED EDITION 07 " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The San, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be hail from half- past 5 till 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 experiemed in obtaining that Elition, a communication to The Sun °thee will remedy it. Sun, Office, 112, Strand. r2tir Y a ro o cin:' LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1553 There is a rod in pickle for the magnanimous Boar's ! The forbearance of the Western Powers is at length exhausted, and, as " the beginning of the end," there will be an immediate cessation of diplomatic intercourse. France and England will henceforward have line-of-battle ships and frigates as their representatives, whose bristling cannon will contain arguments that cannot be despised or answered with contumely and insolence —nay, will speak trumpet-tongued when the time for action has arrived—and their formidable booming will appeal to the only feeling of which the be nignant FERDINAND is capable. This is a tangible and decided course becoming the Western Powers. It has not been adopted until the eleventh hour —until every poseible in• ducement had been afforded to the Monarch to adopt a more humane as well as a more judicious policy. But in vain. Ile was incapable of un derstanding or appreciating minor persuasions, and must, therefore, be allowed to " dree his weird." All that he requires is the requisite quantity of rope, and he will not fail to apply to the best purpose for the welfare and happiness of the suffering inhabitants of tla , Two Sicilies. After all, it will rot require any energetic measure on the part of the Maritime Powers to bring the amiable FERDINAND to his senses. Deprived of the moral protection ~ of France and England—left in the hands of his own subjects, he will speedily learn the real dif• culties of his position. From his wanton cruelty and recklessness of disposition lie has alienated those who could alone have saved him from tie consequences of past errors. In trusting to Austria he will find to his cost that he has long been leaning on a broken reed. Such has been his wilfulness that he has not even striven to conciliate, or paid proper respect to the admonitions of his last auxi liary. The to queque argument which, with complete ignorance of the existing state of affairs in India and in Ireland, he thought proper to address to the English Cabinet, sealed his fate. He has only himself to blame for the punishment that must inevitably follow. What, then, will be the result of these im portant movements. England and France are more than justified in withdrawing from all inter course with so wrong-headed a potentate. They would, indeed, be fully warranted in adopting a still more decisive course respecting a matter wherein the peace of Europe is so greatly com promised. But it is, perhaps, better that they should act rigidly on the principle of non intervention, neither interfering themselves nor permitting others to do so. Lot the Neapoli tan Despot and his long-suffering and greatly oppressed people settle their own affairs. All we have to do is to take care that there shall be " a clear stage and no favour," and that the cause of truth and justice shall have every fair play. Ho a , long BOMEA can maintain his position under these circumstances is his own concern. We shall regard the event with comparative indifference, feeling assured that if the people are worthy of freedom they have the opportunity of attaining it. Oar ships of war will afford ample protection for all English and French subjects who may chance t.) be involved in the rapidly-approaching conflict. Such as it is, the matter is one of vital conse quence to th© cause of Liberty. The interference,. IMEMMetill has invariably been in the nuse of hear tless Despots ! It has seldom, if ever, been made on telialf of oppressed and suffering Nationalities. When a Monarch shocks every feeling o. huma nity, he is simply left to his fate ; v.ut if be offers the most trivial and merely colot:rable con cessions, he is still sustained and supported. The measure now taken should have long since been adopted ; but it was not until the - whole body of Sovereigns were compelled to pro nounce the conduct of their brother Mo narch too bad that he was at length : , ..bandoned to his fate. If, however, there be a general rule against only meddling with mis government, however palpable, the principle should be extended so as to provide against any annt:d assistance to a Sovereign against whom his :-.lll , jects have felt it necessary to rise. lasting ascendancy —surely the North will not decline the battle. The territory on which the teeming population of the Free States would na• turally pour itself forth, which is theirs by posi,. tion, by the sh - Amefully abrogated Missouri com promise, and by political necessity, is now sought to be wrested from them by the most barefaced perfidy and outrage. If the Free States will sub mit to this they will submit to anything. We will hardly suppose that they would not rather renounce the Union, and bid the slaveholders settle it with their slaves as they best could. The issue would not long be doubtful. ' The truth is, the South dare not quit the North. The threat of dissolving the connection would bring them to their knees. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) Mining business continues in a very active state, and the increase of share transactions is daily perceptible. There have been within the last week or two some very important improvements and discoveries in a few pro gressive mines, which have caused a great influx of buyers in the market, as well as a rise in value in many st)cks equal to 100 and 200 per cent. Added to this, the satisfactory state of the metal trsde, to which we alluded last week, has given greater confidence in mines in general. We confidently look forward, therefore, to even a far greater increase in mining trans actions, and are of opinion that before long other mines we might mention may cause as much excitement in the market as Great Alfred has done : shares in this mine rose as high as 16, and then became flatter, not from any fall ing (If in the mine, for it continues to improve, but from the price inducing many parties who purchased before the rise to realise their gains, which in some cases have been very considerable ; the shares left off at 14 to 14:3. United Mine shares have been enquired after at 140 to 150, and an improvement may be looked for in the mine. Porkellis, as a tin mine, is holding out great prospects, and at the present price, 11/, per share, are considered cheap. At East Trefusis, there is a very fine gossan lode, and shares in request at 2} to 3. At Grambler and St. A übyn, the lode in the 24 east has improved to 201. per fin. South Frances, 360 to 365 ; Basset, 285 to 290 ; Great Devon, 400, ex div. of 101. per share de clared on Wednesday ; after paying this dividend, about 5,0001. are added to the balance in hand, and the divi• dead at the next bi-monthly meeting is expected to be 12/. per share. Alfred Consols have been sought after, and have risen to 153, 16 ; Grenvilles have advanced, with a good demand, from 15 to 2f, 21 ; the lode in Newton shaft is daily improving, and should a course of ore come in shares will go to a high price ; altogether, 24,0001. bare been expended on the mine, and from its immediately adjoining South Frances, and on the ran of the Basset lodes, the progress of it is watched with great interest. Any discovery in Grenville would also cause a demand for West Grenviile and South Condurrow, shares in both of which are now at mere nominal prices. East Pool have been enquired for at 275, but there are few sellers. Great South Tolgus, another good progressive mine, likely soon to pay dividends, has been enquired for, at 10 to 104 ; Holmbush, 2 to 21 ; Tamar Consols, I to 1i ; South Tamar, I ; West Basset, 30 to 31 ; North Basset, 38 ; Uny, 4f to 4f ; Mary Ann, 38 ; Hender, 4f to 4# ; Sortridge Console, 2i to 2f ; Gonarnena, 27. Wheal Buller, owing to a reported improvement in the eastern levels, rese from 295 to 250, but left off at 330, sellers ; the next dividend, it is reported, will not be more than Si. per share. North Frances, 10 to 10; ; Treleigh (old scrip), #to ; North Downs, 2i to 2i ; South Tolgus, 150. • Paella, has arrived here. But in this great affair literature, and the lite rature of fiction too, has done and will do its part. "Uncle Tom" and "Dred" have opened the eyes of millions to see what they never saw before. Genius has indelibly fixed in tho minds of all freemen the inevitable wickedness, cruelty, oppression, degra dation of whites as well as blacks, and corruption of Christianity itself, inherent in, or attendant on, American slavery. Politicians may wish to ignore the power of a woman, but the power of genius and truth c mibined, whether put forth by man or woman, transcends that of the calcu lating politician. It can sap his intrenchments and baffle his calculations ; and, little as FRANKLIN PIERCE may like to acknowledge it, he may greatly thank the thrilling pages of HARRIET BEECHER STOW-E for consigning his mediocrity to ignominious oblivion. His own misdeeds have compelled him to flight, but a woman has struck the fatal blow. At the vary worst, should Kan sas fall for the present, should BUCHANAN and slavery triumph, we should yet believe, till we saw to the contrary, that in four years more the North would, be victors. We announced iu our impression of yesterday that there was no longer any hope of an amicable ::rrangement of the Neapolitan difficulty. Fur- her advices confirm the accuracy of the intelli gence, and show the full extent of the difficulty in which the incarnation of the Bourbom spirit is ~ew placed. We can easily anticipate that there .viii be whining remonstrances and servile apolo ,ies offered now that it is seen that ) - die foundations of the throne have been ;11aken, and that the very sceptre itself is falling fr.An his relaxed and paralysed grasp. But the last chance of redemption has passed from his imbecile hands. It is now too late for leniency. W e must be merciful to the people, or at least permit them to work out their own safety. Every thing practicable has already been tried, but in vain. He would not allow us to save him, and having wi[lidrawn in disgust from the fruitless effort, we cannot again hold the aegis of protection be tween him and his indignant subjects. It cannot be said that this decided step has been taken without ample warning. He will now only have himself to blame for the results whatever they may be. We shall await the next accounts with some anxiety, although we cannot entertain any serious doubts as to the result, which must even.. tuate in the triumph of the popular side. American Slavery has long been the great scan dal of civil and religious freedom. All the des pots and autocrats of Europe point across the Atlantic, and defame Liberty through thu deeds of its unworthy children. But is the. disgrace precisely what has been represented ? All the States are guilty of having admitted, contrary to the intention of the founder of the Republic, ad . litional Slave States into the Union ; all are guilty of the Missouri compromise ; all guilty of its re peal after slaveholders had gained all they wanted from it ; and when its repeal opened Kansas and Nebraska to slavery ; and all are guilty of the atrocious Fugitive Slave Law ; but the depth of the disgrace is the conversion of the Republic into an oligarchy of tyrants. America has been a Re public in little more than name. Tenice was so termed under its lordly oligarchy, and so may the States be—but the fact is, that three hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders are an absolute oligar chy, both in the North and South, to the extent of their wishes, over twenty-seven millions of people ! In their own States the slaves, and, we may add, the non-slaveholders, are wholly in their power, with the latter they can do every thing but flog them ; and in the North, where they do not reside, and where they desire nothing more, they are as absolute, politically, as Austria in her subject provinces. The burning dis grace of the North is, that it is the Lom bardy to the Smith- NAw York, Pennsyl vania, Massachusetts, and all the free and populous States of the North, have been hiClerto but the subject provinces of the three hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders. Some twenty millions of freemen bear the yoke of some five or six millions of whites and slaves together. The ignominy is the greater because they could eman cipate themselves at once. At the next election for Congress they could do it; and at the impend ing presidential election they could make a great -tep towards it. With an anti-slavery President, And a large majority in the Souse, it would be practicable to bring the Senate to obedience be fore the slaveholding senators could be exchanged for men who refused to hold property in human beings. We repeat, then, that America is by its own disgraceful cowardice, not a republic, but an ,)ligarchy. And what an 'oligarchy --not of le , :cent, of title, of education, not even of purse, hut of negro slaves ! Possession of negro slaves, America, raises men to the dignity of Lords of the land. To lack slaves is to be at the mercy, politically, of those who have them. Nobility is conferred at the patent office of the slave pen or the slave auction, and the HALEYS are the : Kings-at-Arms. 1 ; The precise amount of the specie shipments by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo is 435,0351., of which 8,5001. is gold for Alexandria and Madras, and 426,5351. silver for B imbay, Madras, and Calcutta. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 620. per ounce, being an advance of id. on the price realised for that by the preceding packet. In some instances a slightly higher rate was paid in the early part of the week. 16 Yesterday was issued the report from the select com mittee on contracts for public departments. The com mittee having entered upon the inquiry late in the ses sion, have confined themselves to simply reporting the evidence, and recommending the re - appointment of the committee nest session. ' Late yesterday afternoon it was rumoured that some irregularities, involving a considerable sum, have been discovered in the transfer of a certain number of Crystal Palace shares. The shares, which left off on Thursday at 2 to 21, were quoted yesterday 11 to 2, and closed with great heaviness. CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINERSHIPS, INLAND REVENUE. —The following gentlemen successfully passed their examination at Somerset-house on Wednesday, the 10th instant, for promotion to the rank of Examiner :—Mr. Edward S. White, of Dewsbury ; Mr. Philip T. Evans, of Pimlico; Mr. Edward T. Crabb, of Bromley; Mr. Thomas Peacock, of Sunbury ; Mr. John Mullany, of Islay ; Mr. William Young, of Retford.—Civil Service Gazette. A company called the Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company has been formed, with a capital of 250,0001., in 251. shares, to establish a direct communi cation with Melbourne. They have already purchased three vessels,—one of 1,470 tons and 100. horse power ; one of 1,170 tons, 80-horse power ; and one of 1,400 tons, 60-horse power. The first will leave London on the 10th of November, touching at Plymouth for pas sengers. The directors assert that, although their vessels will cost only half the amount of those lately employed on the route, and will consume only a ninth part of the fuel, they will carry thrice as much cargo and make the passage in the same, if not in less, time. THE ANNITERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE AL3fl. This day (Saturday) being the anniversary of the glo rious victory at Alma, will be especially celebrated at the camp at Aldershot. Among the various preparations have been the erection of a large marquee by Benjamin Edgington, of Duke-street, Tooley-street, in which a splendid banquet will be given by the officers of the 7th Fusiliers to those of the 231 Welsh Fusiliers and the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The foregoing troops, it may be remembered, in conjunction with the 33d Foot, at present in Ireland, formed a portion of the Light division, and came under the command of General Sir W. Codrington, at that great triumph, the battle of the Alma. ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-..The announcement that a sum of 200,0001. will be required to make up the defici ency in the assets of the Royal British Bank was re ceived yesterday without much surprise. This will in ♦olve calls amounting to 661. 13s. 4d. upon each share, even assuming that the whole of the proprietary respond; but there can be no doubt that a large number will be found wholly unable to pay anything. The loss to be sustained by those who have property that can be at tached will therefore be proportionately increased. In addition they must also prepare to meet the flagrant expense which invariably attends a winding-up in the Court of Chancery, and which in this instance likely to come up to any one of the worst examples. THE BAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE.—The Governor- General has came to a decision regarding the transfer of the Punjaub offices of audit and accounts from Agra. They are to be made over to the Chief Commissioner of Lahore, from the Ist of May, 1857. An uncovenanted auditor and accountant are to be anpointed, each upon a salary of 700 rupees a month. It is stated that the Indian Government has found it necessary to withhold from several civil servants permission to proceed tci - Europe on special leave or on furlough, in consequence of the number absent making it difficult to fill up va cant offices. It has even been suggested not to allow any exten-ion of leave except on medical certificate. LOSSES OF A RUSSIAN VESSEL AND SEVEN LIVES.— LIVERPOOL, Friday.—lntelligence was received here this afternoon of the total wreck of the Ru-sia❑ barque Ahta, of Wasa (Finland), which left this port on the 9th inst. for Wasa with a cargo consisting of salt, anchors, chains, molasses, cotton, rum, and gin. The calamity occurred at a place called Hain, about five miles east of Thurso, in the Pentland Frith, on the 16th inst. She was com manded by Capt. Jarvelin, a Russian, who, with his wife and five of his crew, met a watery grave, amongst whom was an Englishman, said to have been shipped at this port. Two of the crew were saved, one of whom, named John Lundstra'n, can speak very good English, and a Russian called Bruckman, who speaks no English. THE WAY TO RUSSIA.— Preface.— About a fortnight ago Brown met Jones at his own door in Tyburnia. Jones had his hands full of stone jars and tin cases. They have not met since they had the following conver sation :—Brown : Hallo, Jones, whatever are you going to do with that tremendous bundle of putted meats and preserves?—Jones : Why, you see me on the point of starting for Russia. I haven't a minute to spare. I leave you to send away the servants—lock up the house— close the shutters—shut myself up in a back bed-room —light the catnphine—and leave word with the char woman to tell all visitors for the next month—" If you please, Sir, master's gone to Moskey, to see the Hem peror crowned." These little things are the provisions to last me on the journey. Goodbye, my boy ; I'm off.— Punch. It has long been the wonder as well as the grief ' ,f England to witness year after year the growing :unniiiations put upon the American Lembardy. ro the European one, the presence of lityonets )y tire hundred thousand, removes the disgrace ,f submission ; but in America there has been tiol,hing but servility. in Eagland, with universal iuffcage, and members apportioned to population, .ve should like to see the oligarchy which could flake our Parliament pass laws at its bidding. - ;Ve hope, however, the tide is turned. We re •ognise the magnitude of the defeat in the late surrender of the restriction imposed by the Lower f - lou3e on a treacherous President. It was an igurnninious surrender on the part of those who vcre able last spring to return their Speaker, ind who had before them all tile villanies perpetrated and perpetrating by the President and the border ruffians in Kansas. Still we hope !t is but the larger wave in a falling tide, and that it will reach thus far no more. It ought not to discourage Freesoilers, but to arouse and pro voke them to yet greater efforts ; and we may !lope that it will. If so, BUCHANAN and human slavery will meet their deserts in—the political )ottatniess pit. The gain would be great, in the present state of things, to add one more to the 'our non - slaveholding Presidents, and to prevent the addition of one more to the thirteen slave holders who have filled the office.. Moreover, La changes made, down to the lov.-est officer, orhen a new party accedes to office, makes tile administration of the American Executive a very powerful political engine. Now every office is til!ed by pro-slavery men.. THE EFFECT OF LITERARY GARBIGE.—At the Shef field Police-court on Thursday a fork-grinder, named W. M‘Dermott, aged 17 years, was charged on remand from the previous Tuesday, with attempting to shoot and rob Mr. B. Moxon, a cutler, reeident at the village of Crookes, near Sheffield. Mr. Moxon was going home with his wife about half-past 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and when passing along a newly formed road leading into Leavy-greave, a suburb, was met by the prisoner, who presented a pi s t o l at his head, demanding "Your money or your life —I'm hard np." Mrs. Moxon, in great trepidation, implored her husband to give up his money, but the latter suddenly struck the fellow's hand with his walkingstick. The pistol went ell with out doing poitiugrsauned b y harm, and the prisoner immediately ran away,anyd Ms soundly nd l y belaboured h Moxon, who caughthim t o h n the Glossop-road the walking-stick. Prisoner escaped, but was almost imme diately recaptured and given in charge to a policeman. When asked his trade prisoner replied " What I've been doing to-night ;" and on being requested to give up his " tools" produced from his trousers-pocket a pistol, saying, "This is the little boy that has done the job." He afterwards said he had committed the offence " for a living," and because he had " nothing to take to." The latter statement was subsequently found to be untruel(the prisoner having during the evening given his mother, with whom he resides, 9a. as his earnings, and paid 2s. 6d, for the pistol, besides 3d, for powder and shot), and a very different cause for the daring act was assigned. Froro a statement made by his brother ' it appeared that the prisoner has recently been reading some literary garbage obtained at a circulating library, purporting to narrate the adventures of " Claude Du Val, or the Dashing Highwayman," and has been gre Alv excited by the " brilliant exploits" of the redoubt able Claude. The story so wrought upon his youthful imagination as to lead him to purchase powder, shot, and pistol, and attempt to become a humble imitator of the fabulous highwayman. The prisoner had previ'ously said he was sorry for the offence, but smiled when his brother revealed the secret of his strange conduct, and appeared rather to pride himself on what he had done. He was committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes at York. We have also great hope that Kansas will yet :)o refused admission as a Free State. PIERCE will, of course, more or less openly aid the border rufli tns, and enable them in November to return 411(A.lier L?gislature by means of the atrocious , vs enacted by the present fictitious one. 1 3;it two thing 3 may yet vanquish him one, the Northern min, short as the time ceding the 3,000 armed and provisioned nwn, (leinanded by the late Governor REEDER, fijilt 01It with the slavery marawlers the righti )f the genuine residents. The other, that should .'e,tud aril violence triumph technically in Kansas, Cetigress e.,ln still refa3e the application of a Legislature, constituted by such frauds, for ad- oission as a Stave State. The North must see ;hat to prevent the consummation of this atr.. cious job demands all their energies and firranois. The South has now dared the North to resist its THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVE NC, SEPrEMBER 20, 1856 LATEST NEWS CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 12, The Naib Chief of the Cireassians, sent by Sefer Sefer Pacha, who is at the head of 30,000 men, has issued a proclamation, calling on all the Circassians to fight the Russians with energy. The Emperor of Russia has granted charters to three steam-navigation companies. One in the Black Sea will ply between all the important ports of the Black, Mediterranean, and Adriatic Seas. The inhabitants of Leghorn have sent 1,509 francs, the result of small contributions, to the royal treasury of Turin, as their subscription to the 100 guns of Alessandria. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. A decree in the M oniteur puts an end to the ad interim, administration of,the Ministry of State by M. Abbatucci, M. Foulu having resumed his func tions. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the customs revenue for the month of August, which amounted to 14,070,134 fr., being a decrease of 3, 972, 696 fr. as compared with the corresponding mouth of last year. The receipts of the first eight mouths of the present year amounted to 114,592,525 francs, being 24,671,685 fr. less than in the cor responding period of 1855. Among the articles which during the eight months have shown the principal falling off are coffee, 6,004,674 fr. ; raw wool, 4,516,662 fr. ; foreign colonial sugar, 15,848,617 fr. ; potable liquors, 1,145,416 fr. ; olive oil, 400,352 f. Those articles which have given the most improved receipts are corn, 1,293,137 f. ; French colonial sugar, 1,129,448 f. ; raw cotton, 889,089 f. ; coal, 503,441 f. ; bar iron, 457,884 f. ; sesame seed, 190,356 f. The Marquis de Turgot, French ambassador at Madrid, has arrived in Paris from Bayonne. Count do Rayneval, French ambassador at Rome, and who on account of the state of his health bad been forced to temporarily quit his post, left Paris yesterday to resume his functions. BOURSE, Sept. 19.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. a. 4} per Cents (ad) 9O 50 3 per Cents 7O 45 New Loan 7O 50 Rank Shares 4,125 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,710 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes.-- eiedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt .......,.. End of Month. --f. —ea 70 60 RAILWAYS—NOB CASs. fr. c. f r . Orleans 1,352 50 Western 940 Northern - Strasburg Lyons Mediterranean 1,802 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 785 Tests Cette 730 Austrian Corn...-. 867 50 AUSTRIA. Accounts from Vienna say :—" It cannot be denied that the episcopal conferences which have taken place during the last three months in our capital have rather disquieted than calmed the in telligent part of the nation. It is believed that several important articles of the new Concordat which require interpretation could not be settled before the closing of the conferences, and that con sequently a second meeting of high ecclesiastical dignitaries must take place in January and Feb. next. It appears that decidedly there does not exist complete accord between the Austrian bishops of our German possessions and those of Lom bardy as to the manner of carrying into effect several organic articles of the Concordat, and amongst them the censorship to be exercised on books and publications. For certain categories of books and printed papers the Concordat a scr ib es the full power of censorship to the ecclesiastical authorities, so that they are not obliged to consult civil functionaries on the subject, the initiative of the latter being confined to political writings. However, some Italian bishops desire to extend the sovereign right of censorship and that of visa to all printed books which may appear iu their diocese, whether scientific, economic, technical, or anything else. The German and Hungarian bishops, on their part, appear disposed thus far to confine their power to religious works. It is be lieved, however, that the latter prelates, from the desire to extend the power of the church, will in the end adopt the opinion of their Italian brethren." SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 18.—The Gazette publishes a decree naming the resident Minister of the Two Sicilies at Madrid Grand Cross of the Order of Charles 111. The Madrid journal of the 15th contain no poli tical news. The Epoca says that, notwithstanding what has been said about the refusal to allow the Duke de Valencia (Narvaez) to return to Spain, it has reason to believe " after the promulgation of the constitution there will be no objection to the return." The same journal declares that the rumours that had been current that a large mili tary force, was about to be sent to Africa to chas tise the pirates of the Riff, were unfounded, or at least premature. All foreigners residing at Huesca and in the province without passports had been ordered, says the lepoca, into the interior. The Berlin journals publish the programme of the fetes which will take place on the occasion of the marriage of the Grand Duke of Baden with the Princess Louisa of Prussia. These fetes will com mence on the 20th, the day fixed for the marriage, aid will last for three days. A letter from Philippolis, in Roumelia, of the 4th, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" A superior officer of the Turkish staff is now engaged in mak ing a tour through all the towns of Bulgaria, in order to interdict the right of carrying arms, as that right leads to many sanguinary quarrels. The Turks warmly oppose this interdiction, and on more than one occasion it has been found necessary to inflict from 150 to 200 blows on the soles of the feet of refractory Mussulmans." A letter from Naples states that the reception of baron de Hubner by King Ferdinand was merely a matter of form, and that no political mat ters were discussed. The baron afterwards had the honour of being presented to the Queen and other members of the royal family. The Austrian. Gazette of Vienna of the 15th has the following :—" Ciceruacchio is not dead ; he is at Constantinople, and is in a very brilliant situa tion. Some of his countrymen and one of his domestics have brought this news to Toulon. Dur ing the war in the Crimea ho was engaged in the wine trade at Balaklava and afterwards at Sebas topol, and he gained a great deal of money. His wife resides at Rome, and hopes soon to see him." A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 11th, in the Constitutionnel, says :—The - Emperor has not re turned here for his fete, and is not now expected until the end of the month. According to an approximate calculation, the medal which the Em peror has ordered to be coined in remembrance of the campaign of the Crimea will be distributed to more than 1,500,000 persons. THE EMPERoR OF AUSr.RIA'S EXCURSION. "`•11I A letter from Vienna, in the Itioniteur, gives a consecutive account of the late excursion of the Emperor and Empress of Austria, of which we have already given some detached accounts :-- "Toe Emperor immediately after his return from Gran, where he was received in the most enthusiastic man ner by the Hun;arian population, again set out in com pany with the Empress for Carinthia. Their Majesties arrived at Klagenfurt!' on the 3d amidst the loudest acclamations, and after visiting all the civil and mili tary establishments and the hospitals, were present in the evening at a grand ball given i❑ honour of their visit• After remaking in the town the following day, the Emperor and Empress left on the sth, and continued their kiurney to Upper Carinthia, passing Villach, Spittal, and Obervelluch to Ihilieenbruth. On the 7th , at the early hour of four in the morning, their Majes ties attended Divine service, and soon after the Em peror on foot, and the Empress part of the way on horseback and part in a sedan chair, ascended a high mountain, from the top of which a magnificent view of the surrounding country could be obtained . Their Ma jesties returned to Klagenfurth on the evening of the 9th and on the following day set out for Styria passing through Lower Carinthia. On taking leave of the civil, mili tary, and ecclesiastical authorities, the Emperor ex pre4sed his warm gratification at the reception which had everywhere awaited his approach, and said that his soj•)urn in Carinthia would be one of his most agreqable reminiscences. In the afternoon of the 11th, the Emperor and Empress arrived at Gratz. Triumphal arches and decorations of every kind had been erected, and at night general illuminations and the cheers of the crowd expressed the delight felt by the people at the presence of their sovereign. Their Majesties age ex pected in the Austrian capital on the 15th." CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Sept. 19 (FROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—Arrived— Sept. 12. Gloriana, schooner, 134 tons, Joseph Gee, Esq., from Dartmouth ; Ginevra, schooner, 142 tons, Sir E. Colebrook, Bart., from Greenock ; Gipsy Queen, schooner, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., from Dover. 13. Capricorn, schooner, 344 tons, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., from Southampton ; Columbine, schooner, 72 tons, Captain R. H. Smith Barry, from Yarmouth ; Sultana, yawl, 130 tons, Lord Colville, from Guernsey ; Zoe, schooner, 161 tons, the Earl of Yarborough, from Guernsey. 16. Hussar, brig, 120 tons, Lieut.-Col. T. Pier Williams, M.P., Ryde. Sailed—Sept. 16. Gipsy Queen and Zoe, for the westward. Yachts at and about the station- -Capricorn, Gloriana, Sultana, Hussar, Columbine, and Aurora. The Earl of Yarborough finds his health so much im proved since he has taken to yachting that he intends keeping afloat as long as the fine weather lasts. Lieut.-Col. T. Pier Williams has taken one of the large houses on the Parade at West Cowes. The Vice-Commodore (C. R. M. Talbot, Esq.) has given directions to the Messrs. White to convert his yacht into a screw steamer this winter. She is to be ready for sea by April next. The new Club House is being prooeedad with with every possible despatch. As many men are employed on it as can find room to work. THE POTATO DISEASE.—More than half the crop in this neighbourhood has been destroyed by the disease. It is very similar in its effects to the year 1852 ; but there was such quantities planted that the price is not likely to range high. Turnips are a very bad crop ; corn an d bay very excellent ones. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 18. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, attended b 3 Col. de Casembroot, left Balmoral yesterday morning. The Earl of Clarendon likewise took his departure for Taymouth Castle. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort walked out yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar enjoyed the sport of deer stalking. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge leaves town early in the ensuing week to honour Sir George Wombwell with a visit at his seat in Yorkshire. The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining a succession of visitors at Lismore Castle, the noble Duke's seat in Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, from Carton, County Kildare, the Hon. and Rev, the Dean of Lismore, and Miss Brown, Mr. and Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. 'Geo. and Mrs. O'Callaghan, Mr. and Mrs. William Cavendish, &c,, have arrived on a visit to his grace. The. Duke of Roxburghe has left the Clarendon for Floors Castle, Kelso, N.B. The Duchess of Wellington is at Yester House, Had dingtonshire, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale, who are entertaining a select circle there. The Duchess subsequently goes in waiting on the Queen at Balmoral. The Duchess of Beaufort has returned to Gopsall Hall, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Howe, who are surrounded by a family circle. The Duke, during the week, has been staying at Doncaster for the races. MISS NIGHTINGALE AT BALMORAL.—Miss Night ingale arrived at Bal:noral on Thursday, on a visit to the Queen, by special invitation. It is expected that she wilt remain a week or two in the Highlands, to rest re her shattered health. The Cheltenham Examiner says, the Bishop of Glou cester and Bristol has determined to be enthroned by proxy, but it is not yet known on what day. THE BISHOP OF EZETER.—The Plymouth papers an nounce the somewhat serious illness of the Bishop of Exeter. His lordship is 79 years of are. THE NEW IRISH PEER.—The Dublin Gazette of Tues day contains the announcement of Mr. Burke Roche's elevation, to the peerage, with the title of Baron Fermoy. The Glasgow Herald announces the death of its " ami able and accomplished editor, Mr. George Outran), ad vocate." The Town Council of Elinburgh have elected Mr. Donaldson to fill the post of Master of the High School, vacated by the death of Dr. Boyd. PRICE OF GOLD IN BELG/1331.—The national bank of Belgium has notified that it will take gold pieces of 20f. only at the value of ltf. 80c. Mr. W. M. Pleniston's services have been secured by the iire , itors of the Pernambuco Railway as engineer io chief, and he sails from Southampton, with his stiff of as,isiarits, on the 9th October. MAIL FOR JAMAIOA.—A mail will be made up at the Liverpool post•office on Monddy, the 22d lest., for Kingston, Jamaica, which will he carried out by the new screw steamer Saladin. Letters requi7e to be posted in Liverpool before 2 p.m. on the 221 inst., or with late fees until 2 30 p.m., each letter or newspaper to be marked " per Saladin." RETIREMENT OF MR. NOBLE OF THE CUSTOM.—This gentleman, who lately held the situation of first clerk in the Receiver General's Office, has retired from active service, and now waits the decision of the Treasury as to the amount of retiring pension, which we hope will be the full amount to which he is entitled after 43 years' honourable and faithful service.—Civil Service Gazette. DREADFUL FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH.—PORTSEA, Thurs day aihrmng.—Last night an alarming fire occurred in Queen-street, Portsea, which has entirely consumed the premises occupied by Mr. Buckle, draper, Portsea, and very much injured by water the premises of Mr. Smithers, watchmaker and jgweller, and the house of Mr. Attwood, grocer ; consequently all the above are compelled to suspend business for some short time. LOCAL CHARGES ON SHlPPlNG.—Yesterday mOraing the report of the select committee on this subject was issued. It is a very bulky affair, extending to 703 folio pages, and is, besides, embellished with maps and draw ings. The committee simply report that they have con sidered some of the matters to them referred, and have taken evidence thereupon, which they have agreed to report to the hotne without any expression of opinion. The price of the report is marked Bs. FARNHAM —IIOP PICKING AND OPEN•AIR PREACH ING.—The Rev. J. S. Utterten, vicar, addressed a large congregation last Sunday in the open air. There was a motley group of persons of all classes, with a large pro portion of hop-pickers of the poorest order and roughen exterior. The text was taken from Revelations, and the sermon was li•tened to with profound attentien and evident emotion on the part of many. A considerable number joined in singing a hymn, during which, and while the vicar was praying, almost every head was un covered. The whole service was most solemn ; not a sound was uttered to interrupt it. A large number of " Wayside Tracts" were distributed among the strangers, who received them with the greatest avidity. Notice was given of another service of the same kind next Sunday ; but the hop-pickers are already beginning to diver.4o to their several homes. SAILING MATCH BETWEEN THE EUGENIE AND WATER KELPIE.—It will be remembered that in the London Model Yacht Club Race on the 9th inst., the Water Kelpie, which, however, bad been passed by the Eu genie, mistook the distance buoy, and consequently did not round, the Eugenie winning. Mr. J. Barn, the owner of the Water Kelpie, not feeling satisfied :via l his defea', challenged the Eugenie 's owner, Mr. F. Sweeting, and accordingly another snatch was made between them, Mr. Sweeting staking 121. to Mr. Ham's 101. The match will take pace on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock, the distance to be sailed being Irons a flag moored off the Sea Witch, East Greenwich, to another flag-beat off the "Royal" Graves end, and back to Greenwich. The match is to be sailed under the London Model Yacht Club rules, with four men in each boat, and Mr. T. H. Williams, vice-commo dore, has kindly consented to act as umpire and stake holder. The Eugenie will have the No. 1 station op the south shore, and should • the weather prove favourable, a capital match is aatioipated. RUSSIAN CORONATION FITES. Moscow, Sept. 11.—The sight presented at the the tre this evening was, perhaps, the finest as a spectacle of the many which the Coronation has yet offered to us. It had nothing of the stiffness of a procession or that ultra-artificial look of which such formal proceedings cannot be divested, and which is indeed their very essence j but it ‘4 , 36 at the same time, a great State ceremony, and there was quite enough of gold and glitter to satisfy the eye, and of form and dignity to convey to the mind an impression of solemnity. The Emperor went in state to the Opera, and all the foreign Ambas sadors Extraordinary, the Ministers and strangers of distinction, the officers of the empire, the mem bers of the Court, the Generals and Admirals, were invited to attend on the occasion. It was called the " Spectacle Gala." No theatre iu the world could have afforded such a coup d'seil, for, although it is not so deep as the Ficala, the Moscow salle is broader across, and is said to be Mote spa cious ; it displays to perfection all the toilet and uniforms of the audience, and there is no doubt but that it would have :been difficult to equal in variety, richness, and magnificence the very distinguished and brilliant crowd who attended this evening by order of the gala. The house (which is decorated in the richest manner in white and gold) contains six rows of boxes, or, more properly speaking, their are six tiers of gal leries, open at the front, and without any bar riers to the line of seats, but at the back of each gallery there is an inner row of boxes, into which the occupants of the seats in front can retire , if they wish. These boxes are draped with red or crimson hangings, and the seats and cushions of the house are of the same colour. There are no pil lars, columns, or caryatides to support the boxes, and thus all the audience sit out, as it were, on open benches, and can see and be seen all around, except when they wish to retire into the inner circle of covered boxes. It began to rain in the afternoon, but the only effect that had was to make the lamps used in illuminating the outside of the theatre and the large square in which it is placed pale their fires and cause great anxiety to their attendants. At 7 o'clock the whole of this square was filled with car riages, which the Cossacks and Gendarmerie bad difficulty in reducing into order. The lights of the illumination flashed through the drizzle on a sea of tossing plumes, feathers, and waving crests, through which the "eternal Cossack," just as much at home here as on his old look-out from Canrobert's hill, rode like a dolphin. The pillars and the facade of the house were covered with the ciphers and honours of the Czar traced in characters of fire. But it was, for the sternest disregarder of these things, almost impossible not to give way to a thrill of admiration and surprise on entering the body of the house and taking the first look from the pit. A Roman amphitheatre was probably a grander, but it could not have been a more brilliant sight. A gorge ous and magnificent crowd filled the theatre, but the arrangements were so good that there was neither hustling, confusion, nor noise. There were no ladies in the pit, so that the .effect of the many splendid uniforms was homogeneous, but the front rows of the first tier of boxes were occupied by the mistresses of creation in full dress—such diamonds, in coronets, circlets, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches—in all the forms that millinery and jewel lery could combine those precious stones they were present—looking their best, and filling the house with an atmosphere of flashes and sparks in the rays of the waxlights. The grand ladies of the Russian Court—the haughty old haute noblesse—were there, rich with the treasures won, in ages past, by their hard pated ancestors from Tartar, Turk, or Geor gian. Some of these ladies are very beautiful, but if there could be any portion of womankind which, as a rule, could be said not to be exquisite and of resplendent charms, it might be safely affirmed that they lived in Russia. The exceptions to such a remark are very conspicuous. There is one little head which always attracts any eyes that may be near it—a baby mignon face, with the most peachlike colour, enveloped in a wild riotous set ting of flaxen hair, which bursts from all control of band or circlet, and rushes in a flood over the shoulders. It is such a face as inspired the artists who operated on old Dresden china, and it belongs to a young Russian Princess, who has just burst upon the Moscow world. Another lady near her is Juno herself—a statelier and more perfect beauty could not be seen. A little further on there is a lovely young Moldave, married to a Russian Prince, who has just been sent off to the Caucasus —three months after the wedding. There are also —. But the catalogue—not raisonne, I fear— must cease here for the present, for the crowd in the pit increases, and the Emperor may be expected every moment. In the front rows of the pit are placed the Generals and Admirals, Privy Council lors, Officers of State, Chamberlains, and person. ages of the Court. Behind these are similar offi cers, mingled together with members of the foreign missions, and the strangers who were invited to be present. There were not half-a-dozen black coats in this assemblage of distinguished people ; all the rest were in full uniform. Lord Granville was already in his box in the grand row on the left hand side of the Emperor's state box. M. de Morny and the French Embassy were placed in the box on the right of the Czar's. The other Minis ters and Ambassadors were provided with places in the same row, and the attaches who had no room above were accommodated with seats in the pit. It was past 8 o'clock when the Emperor appeared, and the instant ho was seen the whole of the house rose as if thrilled by an electric flash, and cheered most vehemently again and again. The Czar and Czarina bowed, and every salutation was the signal for a repetition of the enthusiastic uproar, through which at last the strains of "God preserve the Czar" forced their way, and the audience resumed their places. On the left of the Czar was the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar ; on the right the Empress, and next to her the Grand Duchess Constantine and Princess of Leuchtenberg. The Grand Duke Constantine sat in a demi-box on the left of the Emperor. As soon as the greeting and the National Anthem ceased, the orchestra commenced the over ture to " l'Elisir d'Amore," and the opera, which was admirably sung by Bosio, Lablache, and Cal zolari, was performed amid a dead silence. It was followed by " La Vivandiere," in which Elrito made her appearance. The other day we went to visit the arsenal in the Kremlin. It was a fete-day, and every public office was closed ; but on the Commandant being told that an English Major-General was with the party, ho at once came out and accompanied us over the place. Before the war this arsenal contained 400,009 stand of arms; it now has only 150,000, of which nearly 100,0)0 are sabres and long swords. There are many different kinds of firearms here, but the most remarkable thing is the change which this war has introduced into the Russian ideas of effi ciency and manufacture. I recollect we were asto nishe'd to find that many of the troops at the Alma were armed with old flint firelocks altered for per cussion caps, and that the stocks were of the old an tiquated form, very small and narrow at the butt, which is still preserved in the East. All these arms to-day were full in the butt and stock and provided with excellent percussion locks. About 10,000 stand were fitted with an improved sight near the breech, and were adjusted to fire with precision up to 600 metres a large conical ball with a hollow base. About 20,000 stand, perhaps, were rayes, and had a turn and a half of rifle twist in the barrel and a Liege sight. Most of these weapons are made at a town in Siberia, where they find the iron is better than that at Tula. The riff rms, how ever, had originally been muskets, An 1 . he barrel did not look thick enough to bear the rifil g- Many firelocks of this kind were used at Sebastopol towards the end of the siege. A few thousand stand of arms were of the old style—flint locks and small stocks—others were horsemen's carbines, some sets of which were long, heavy, and cumbersome. The new musket weighs 14 livres, with 'bayonet at tached; but we saw a new pattern Li:. e rifle which will weigh only 121 livres (40 Russil - ivres biling equal to 361 b. avoirdupois). There , also sttb;es ili here for nearly 100,000 cavalry, and t. of them are superior to the weapons we found in rimea. IF The swords for the Dragoons and he vairy, which are exceedingly long, seemed v - good in deed, and had itgtmhahenoc2rdrde4edriisitnaparbTsing and were - better ba lanced than is usually the case with Russian arms. The artillery swords and those of the Cossacks are in leather or wooden sheaths, and are somewhat curved and sharp—those of the heavy cavalry are in steel scabbards, and are straight with sharp points. The former have no guard to the hilt, and there has been recently introduced the practice of wearing them, as we would consider it, back foremost—that is, with the convex side of the sheath upwards, the buckles bung attached to it, so that the concave side of the curve is towards the ground. They also showed us rather a cum brous affair—a sword for the Dragoons,G s r o e m ha e d r ie e or u s i : merits of which are in verity still only a-cheval. Attached to the sheath of the sword is the bayonet, to be used in case the Dragoon dis• mounts and uses his carbine as an infantry soldier. ion of cuirasses for cavalry There i s a a l s e c o . n s , i r d h e e r s a e b l e e f t c h o e l 1 ec t Guard are of brass well those of the Cuiras wlievirelsi e ; .bout 16 livres. The disbanded regiments g T are carefully kept ss p it a ea d rne d d e aa c rr l o , d s a e i fo i df steel,w e most creditable. l . he. . I E I evecrayrehtlaalcrei,i every f e a ry ll tilock,hearmsele is sslwl clean, iegilsh l y and without rust.th the bar rels The Commandant said that every piece was cleaned and greased th ree ti mes a year. Hay ing thoroughlywalked through longhalls and g a ll er i es fill e d 1 , with muskets, sabres, and cuirasses, we were glad I - - to descend to the ground lloor, where the artille carriages, caissons, and harness for field guns a• - kept. Of these there is a very small display Moscow ; but all the carriages bore the date 1856, and were models of streng th and lightne as well as of workmanship. The mode of elevatia and depressing the gun seems more siirple than on a own—it is by means of a triangle of ;vio°d,P lace e vertically on the carriage below the gun. , t h e apex of the triangle towards the muzzle, an towards the trail ; this triangle is worked tory: ar and or backwards by means of a simple cog wile e 1,,% handle, and as it moves forward the breech, it . '"i" o rests on the upper leg of the triangle, is of court ba a t elevated, and when it recedes the breech is lowered'The most noteworthy thing, however, about o carriages was, that the body on which the gun rem 0, consists of plates of sheet iron, which form a boll ther and light but - very strong support—wheth er are good for service is another thing. Th' e cre us ; sians seem to have a predilection for iron cal lia ° for field and position guns, and the example.l. we saw at Yenikale and Kinbourn did not cert aJu l ,justify it as regards the latter. The harness is Ito nlitably light and strong, and is beautifully 100 ° the tram for the leading horses are merely of toPe' well oiled and painted. Here again we heard tba the " licorne" will be used henceforth in all -R to batteries, but the officer was very anxio us prevent the credit of the introduction of the gun, being given to the Emperor Napoleon, and in sistea, that it owes its origin to the great Frederick of Prussia. The carriages we saw were, however, R 3" Bor 91h. guns. All these carriages are kept morel; varnished, so that one can examine the fibre an condition of the wood till they are required for service when they are painted the usual peag reept so familiar to us. The open artillery carts, wi ll : , of which we saw at Mackenzie, are no longer use as the war proved they were worthless, octa" paratively. FINANCIAL POSITION OF TILE COUNTRY. (From the Pima' City Article.) The opinion entertained regarding the favour able character of the financial position of the cowl' try at the present moment appears to require 01311 one additional fact for its confirmation. The great activity of our export trade, the moderate and legitimate nature of our expenditure, and, for the moment, the comparatively prudent tation of our foreign investments having al l been demonstrated, the sole point .on whi c h a doubt might yet be suggested as to th e p ro" bable COMO of our future pecuniary rel gtioti i must consist in the question whether our exisv ing of goods on hand stands at a fair aunts 'or her we have yet to incur heavy Parn ents to br fig it up to what might be deemed adeq ue• On this subject it is impossible to arrive at any more than a general inference because the g ret ' mass of merchantable property in the country is o ln - posed of items too multitudinous ivid too wid e l T distributed to admit of any statistical I.lfornis t a l_ while at the same time the complication' joi n : as nitely increased by such fl uc t ua ti on s in Yorl e tht may have occurred between any periods .tha be selected for comparison. Judging froin , .t' ue ; ur . markable confidence which has been observab le rst ing the past eight or nine months in every OPte ment of our national industry, and, o n thff -) 1 of hand, taking into account that the averags raltectis discount, while it has not been so heavy as, A ° "- courage the manufacturer from bolding ir rai r ,"t o serve of raw material, has yet been high enougu_io deter him from venturing upon any spselli ati ne accumulations, it would seem reasonable to sgiu t o - b that our operations, on the whole, have be oll-1411 ,,d as not merely to maintain us in a position' V T , as that which we occupied a year ago, but .'to' ha caused us to recover a fair proportion of the dito _ , nution naturally sustained during the worst p i n " sure of the war. Taking as a test thirteen tif t ."; principal articles of commerce, this expeotatioa would seem to be corroborated. S u bjoined is II statement of stocks held on the Ist of the resell& month, as compared with the corresponding P eri° of 1855 and 1854 : STOCKS. 18 54 ' Articles. Sept. 1, 1856. Sept. 1, 1855. zel• .,... ____.. l' Cotton, in U.K., bales 799,000 637,700 )89, 000 Su;ar, tons Tea, 1b5............ • • 27, Indigo, in London, chests 25,637 19,434 19, 935 Nice, t0n5..... 45,920 11,399 35, 218 Silk, bales ....... Coffee, tons . ... .. • • maltpetre, tons.. • • .. • • • • • • 6,337 7,700 Hides, No. 92,100 90,000 15 „000 4° Tallow, cask; .... • • .... •• 8,450 35 , 5 66 31, 3 1 Cocoanut Oil, tons • • • ... • • 4,021 5,640 3,7: , Rum, puncheon5... ..... Pepper, black, tons ~ --- -- A considerable increase is here presented in maul important articles over September, 1855, while as contrasted with 1854 there is still a large deficiency. In money value, at present prices, the amount nor held of the above articles would perhaps show an • excess of about 1,000,0001. over what was held last year, while it would fall short of 1854 by nearly 5,000,0001., but this calculation would be much less favourable than that we are entitled to malce , since the great deficiency is in silk, and the vror of the stocks of that article held in 1854 and 1 851 ' must not be reckoned from present quotations` Taking this and some other analogous features jilt° account, it would probably be more correct to re gard the increase upon last year as nearly 2,000,0001., and the diminution from 1844 as e e i tween 3,000,0001. and 4,000,0001. Ali these must be regarded, however, as little better than tural figures. Even in the above list the m:lJe,r,l tl of the totals comprise merely the stocks he''' . London, and not in the United Kingdom b ' 3 : utmost that can be said is that so far as they` il () they support the deductions which a general retro spect of the business of the country and the course of the discount-market wou ld a ppear to warr an t on the subject, and that th ese deductions are su° as fully to sustain th e re li ance on ou r conline r . ca ' and monetary prospects which every other conside ration has already tended to inspire. MR. AND MRS. SIMS REEVES AT TEL 'STANDARD THEATRE, SHOREDITOR• Those who have not visited this splendid thei—tre H ilt be agreeably surp r i se d t o fi n d a b ea utifully•decor atea . house, well lighted and v en til a t e d, an d comfortable P a d vete bqxes, which some of the theatres at the Wee" ll 4o cannot boast of. Last night we made a pilgrimage to the East to hear ou r f avour it e t enor , and well wer e repaid, for we never heard him in better voice, nor ell; saw him act with greater spirit. Sims Reeves certainolif is a great artiste. He knows well the best means pleasing the audience he is performing to. This w d manifest in his admirable singing, acting, dancing, a ° quaint humour, when he gave the popular ecat `•Auld Lang Sy n e," w hich w as li s t ene d to with b r eat . e less attention by a h ouse crow d e d t o th e ceiling, the delight of the audience to a man (the ladies, of c ours were in extacies) was so gr e at th a t Mr. Sims Bee ves s repeated it—and, if possible, with increa s ed effect. Sims Reeves was, as she always is, the pink of fa?ble lt i and perfect to a nic e ty. H er c h arm i n g singing °, " Within a Mile of Edinboro' Town" will long be re . . membered by her eastern admirers, who applauded be' to the echo ; and the truly artistic manner in which she seconded her talented better•half, in the duets, "I . " you leave me now in sorrow," and " Forlorn and broken hearted," delighted their enraptured audience to th e greatest extent But what shall we say of the gem of the evening, gt Good bye, sweetheart; good bye 7" We can say but one word (as sung by the prince of tenors, Sims Reeves), and that word is perfection. To hear this sweet ballad, as We heard it sung last night, is alone worth a visit to Mr. Douglas's theatre; and we congratulate the spirited lessee on the success that has attended his theatrical career, but more particularly on the present occasion. In rendering homage to our favourite vocalists we must not forget to mention the excellent acting of Miss Ade laide Cooke as Helen Macgregor, of Mr. James John stone as Rob Roy, of Mr. C. W. Bernard as Major Galbraith, of Mr. John Mordaunt as the Dou. a l crea ture, and the v e ry h umorous an d qua i nt perform-. ance of Mr. J. Gates as Bailie Nicol Jarvie, which afforded considerable amusement, not only to the audience, but to his companions on the stage. The evening's entertain ment concluded with "The Mysterious Lady," in which two established favourites at this theatre, Mrs. R. Homer and Miss Eliza T err y p e rf orme d t h e pr i n cipal parts with their accustomed success. Various attrac tions are in prep ara ti on f or th e ensu i ng week, which we are sure will afford the highest gratification to our eastern friends. THE GOLDEN -SQUARE DISTRICT, LONDON.—WiII 9 ° , 11 , allow me, th roug h th e me di um o f the Builder, to ca ll the attention of the vestry to the " pest-house" in Mar" shall street, at the present time, as I hear application. i 8 made for a licence to carry on the business ! One blood - bole, two bullock-pounds, one dung-hole, three slaughter houses, two cow-houses, one grain -hole, several stables, a tripe-boiling establishment, with large coppers, Ic e . , from one huge " factory" to emit nauseous smells, poi' sonons vapours, and foul air to the inhabitants of a closely-packed and as closely confined neighbourho od " Notwithstanding the vigilance that has been taken by the sanitary officers, under Dr. Lancaster, these smells, &Q.? still continue. During the hot weather the door of the tripe - house is left o p en , t o l e t ou t th e effluvia, whic h joined i with what proceeds from the grain-hole, an d slaughter-houses, &c., make a delightful relish for the neighbours when they open the windows in the earl', morning. So confined is ibis "hot-bed of malaria," that some beasts were this summer in a stat e of putrefac tion before the flesh could get cold, which I am told on authority I can believe, would not h a ve been the case had a proper amount of air, unpolluted, surrounde d them. All that is asked of the vestry is, to do justice to the poor who surround this "precious place" by re; fusing the licence, and rooting out the far i f dissatisfaction that is so loudly proclaimed by working and justly complaining people. I had forgotten to state two new gullies were made just above the outle t of the drain in Marshall -street, some 12 months since, to cleanse the main sewer perfectly.—The Ruikkr• --;~" Th quiet] sales sales Bahia wise Mace Si mai We we quota an' i 7 no t si 'l".h Yor k been m erci b• sing S pect otwi rt :Ma Ad root., had o, a grec sale TN not in to 107 sorts firmne of the silks fi at 4,0( ranged Lett that th had as subject two ne money many. refusei of thes which, risen t one ba The ending able c: n' the private bullion metals tipal cl Actil Sever Goya Other Notes No n the I ble ye rather of spec Steam eave S The creased the ext local ca what in The] that the only ha ther dis is now retrogrz been 94 for acco are now premiui 229 230 Forei tively haw del 1021. Cent. C The fi Stocks Mexicar 3 per Ce 45 to ditto 41 Cents., Certifies Railw weaknes lines a taken p 1 Stocks a with a Canada. Minin United ] In Ba tions 111 Crystal about 5s that son transfer amount, transpir BRIT'S 3 per Cer , India Stoc Consols (a E toheq £lOO %nal] Ditto E Ditto, PRICES Buenos A Ditto A Cuatemal. Mexican Ditto A Portugue: Ditto, 4 Bp T,IF) Ditto .A Ditto /. 2 Ditto P rirkibh Ditto A "Oitto C Ditto A Dutch Ex Ditto 4 POLITI Aberdeei Statesme deenshire krd'a vis Earl of C TESTII tants of ' gale reel, of her la • at her rt rally, an desk, ex Wished . of the inseriptic on her se 8,1856,, Lea, He communi • Wish that a !cannel only a vi course of present I poi*. Cons Ditt4 Milli, Rest Publi ()the]