The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-17 00:00:00

LITERATURE. .pelf and Self-Sacrifice. By Anna Lisle. Groom bridge and Son. A valuable contribution to our store of "moral" fiction, and if we are not mistaken a maiden effort. If so, we can congratulate the author on more than the average success, and prognosticate for her a useful, and it may be a distinguished career, pro vided she cultivates t sshe ought her unquestion able talent for this species of composition. " Self and Self-Sacrifice" is a story of woman's life, in he main truthfully conceived and naturally deve loped,iby one evidently possessed both of taste and feeling, and able to produce impressive effects. Though by no means complex in plot or crowded with characters, ‘, Nelly's Story," such is the second title of the book, is invested with sufficient variety and force of incident to carry the reader with growing interest to the conclusion. The purpose of the author is of a highly moral and practical nature. Primarily, it is "to portray the quiet virtue of self-sacrifice," to render the beauty of holiness more attractive than the false allurements of the world, and to show that there is bat one strength that is able to nerve us against temptation. Secondarily, to illustrate the import ance of sound religious training in youth. Nelly —the narrator—is an orphan, who is brought up by a stepmother, a lady of cold exterior, but endowed with strong passions—along with her half-sister, little Edith. Her early . days are clouded with an oppressive sense of injustice, being as much an object of quiet but unconquerable aver sion to her stepmother as Edith is of demonstra tive fondness and pernicious indulgence. To add to her sorrow she is perpetually reminded of her sister's superior beauty by taunts of ugliness—by no means warranted as the remainder of the story will show. Fortunately for her future welfare in this school of adversity she is not without a friendly guide in the peason of Aunt Mary, her deceased father's sister—a very pleasing and well drawn character. To Phis lady, the proud, sensitive child naturally repairs, and finds in her affectionate s ympathies rescue from a state of isolation, as well as receives counsel characterised at once by , piety, discrimination, and good sense, and admir ably calculated to sober her perturbed spirit and direct her future course. A bright morning dawns at last on Nelly. Having, in a successful attempt to rescue her little sister from the sage of a bull, she is tossed by the infuriated animal, and wakes to consciousness with the hitherto cold eyes of her stepmother ,gazing fondly upon her, having sacrificed a bitter sense of injury by Nelly's mother to a womanly recognition of the fine, gene rous qualities of her stepdaughter. Nelly's first great grief is over ; she finds what she has ever more longed for—a mother. The day, however, is soon overclouded. Her new-found mother's brother, uncle Rob, appears on the scene, and, by his ill-advised speculations, reduces his sister to comparative poverty. Aunt Mary adds her means to those of her sister-in-law, and they live toge ther for a brief period, when the latter dies of grief, leaving her daughter, the idolised Edith, to the eharge of Nelly, to instil into her mind those religious principles which she had failed to implant herself when they were most likely to take firm and lasting root. Nelly battles bravely with the world, and fulfils her promise. The great event of her life, her first love, pledged before the death of her stepmother, proves to her a source of the bitterest trial. The impulsive and negligent lover, for whose sake she had made many sacrifices, becomes the false lover, and to her keen anguish she finds her successful rival in "little Edith," the child of her adoption, who thus rewards her sister's kindness from her childhood upwards. Womanly vengeance is permitted a temporary sway, but principle triumphs—she gives up her reclaimed and rewon lover, and her sister is married. In the fate of that sister the tragedy of the story is centred, but we will not forestall the reader's curi osity further than by saying, the self-sacrifiein; spirit of Nelly meets at last with its reward, while over her unfortunate sister's name and fame there is cast a cloud her premature death can hardly re move. The above is scarcely an outline of the story, but is enough for our purpose. Some of the scenes rise to dramatic intensity, and the prin cipal characters are portrayed with graphic skill, and leave behind a corresponding impression. The work is not without defect.i, but these are such as might be expected from a novice. Taking it as a whole, we would commend " Netly's Story" to the notice of those who, can appreciate a tale of fiction written with a moral aim, and marred by no maudlin sentiment, but healthy and invigorating in tone, and demanding no sort of compulsion to insure its perusal. How a Penny _became - a Thousand Pound;. Houlston and Sonenian. A good shilling's worth of " philosophy teaching by example" is here. A curious, interesting, in structive little volume, containing a great deal of sound common sense, quaintly convoyed, by a writer who appears to have happily caught a spark of the spirit of Stern; without apeing the mariner- isms of that singular humorist. He professes himseif to be a small tradesman, who, some years ago, in 1843, became impressed with the produc tiveness of a penny, if set apart from the general risks of business, turned to a proilt, and allowed continually to grow by the augmentaton of its own profits, which were not to be diverted under any circumstances, until a riven sum hal accumulated. By earnest determina.ion and discreet manage ment, the Peony had growa in 1855 to the impor tant sum of On e Thonsand Pounds. For the modus operandi, we ram-t, refer to the shrewd and amus ing pages of the industrious autobiographer, who appears to have been gifted with a felicitous com bination of luck and judgment. It may not be within the scope of every man's capabiliti es to carry out to a practical issue the theory of our Penny-wise (but not Pound-foolish) philosopher ; but the details of his enterprise are well worth perusal, and, being "level to the meanest capa city,' may set many a thrifty soul in the right path to turn his or her copper piece to shining, solid gold. The Art-,Tournal.—Tie principal illustratiPil for the month a r e H ar di ng ' s " Hyd e -p ar k in 1801, engraved by J. B. Allen, " The Madonna," by Carlo Dolce, engraved by F. Ball—both pictures in the Royal collection—and " Titania," engraved by J. H. Biker from the bas-relief by F. M. Miller. The latter is a work of high promise, but to our thinking falls short of the conception of the artist. The British artist selected for illustra tion is the renowned Turner —three of whose pic tures, displaying his " light" and " dark" styles, contribute to the value of the number. The literary portion of the jou rna l is, as usual, ri c h i n criticism, information, and suggestion, on both high and every-day practical art. The Church of England Monthly Review.— Has an article ou " Physical Geography and National Development," in addition to a number of contributions interesting to Churchmen and biblical students. T!ie " Church of England Quarterly Review" is, we perceive, to be amalga mated with it, and it is to appear in quarterly as well as monthly parts. Willis's Price Cur rent.—The list of new publica tions and " Current Notes f or th e M onth " are pre faced by original paper 3 on literary anti antiquari an subjects, the first of which presents us with new f ac ts respecting " Robinson Crusee." The paper i s illustrated. SOUTItA3IPTON, Oct. 16.--The Peninsular and 0 • men tal CorapanY s screw steamship Sultan, Captain Co o k, sailed this afternoon for Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. The Sultan conveys CO first-class and 72 second-class passengers, among whom are the Princess de S a lerne, Duke and Duchess d'Auccale, Prince do Conde, Countess de Cooffier, Monsieur de Contieri e , secretary to the Duke d'Aumale, and suite, who will land at Cadiz. On freight the Sultan has about 130 tons of cargo. This vessel has been placed upon the Mediterranean line to act as an extra ship for the purpose of conveying passengers and cargo which is left over by the regular mail steamers. The Alhambra, Captain Joy, the first of the additional packets, is ex pected to arrive at Southampton from Alexandria, Malta, and Gibraltar about the 20th in cant. The Colombo, Captain Cooper, with the homeward India and Mediterranean mails, is expected about Saturday. The Royal mail steamer Orinoco, with the West India and Pacific mail s , and the United States' mad steam ship Washington with the mails from New Y ork, for Germany, France, and England The Atrato, with the is . expected to-morrow. West India, and Pacific mails, and the Elaine, with the • . Peninsular mails, sails at mid-day to-morrow. FEMALE SERVANTS Fon do mestic servants who really AUSTRALIA —Female in great demand in Aultr .' i l oadn&rstand their bii,iness are a and a re sure t o o btain im mediate employment a t good Emigration Commissioners wilvla:". To all such the passages on the f Mowing. conditions :—Tha can , a l n. i r d e a a n t t es must not be under 18 nor over 35 years of 'health haveand free from unexceptional character ;in good They must be of t my.iitnsaid lived in bodily and mental defects. Tney service as cooks, housemaids, nurser }.maids, laundry maids, or as servants of al work ; and the ; due,: satis'actory certificates and testimoniaylsmounstthpersoe point:4. ----EV tigeat ion Record. RIFLE SHOOTING.--THE INDIAN PRINCES. —O n W ed. needay the Nawab of Surat and ether Indian princ e ,, with their suite, paid a visit to Captain Jay, at his r.: silence, near Hendon, and enjoyed the sport of rifle an d pigeon shooting. The Nawab has the reputation of being a first•rate shot. A large party bad be, 3n invited to meet d the illustrious guests, and the whole sat down to a ejeuner ; at the conclusion of which the princes re entered their carriages and left for town,. THEATRE ROTA% DRURY-LANE. Leone, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING THE ADVEN TUREIZ. Followed by Burlesque of PIZARRO, To conclude with BALLET DIVERTIMEIWEITT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. trader the Management of Mr. Meatus REIN THIS EVENING. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with PIZARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3fARKET. Under the Management of Mr. BtlekatoM THIS EVENING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Balphogor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon: Followed by (for the first time) THE KING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with The BALLET from the Burlesque of the "Winter's Tale." Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Roses, 3e. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. Half price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES ; OR, THE YANKEE ! R IND TrIEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. TELLS EVENING, THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. After which, A Ballet Divertissament. Followed by an original Burlesque, entitled BELPEIEGOR. Mesdames Thirlwall, Woollidge, and Cuthbert; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Herbert, Clarke, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Commence at 7. Pall% 3e.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, I Gd, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, STILL WAVERS RUN DEEP. To conclude with THE rinsr NIGHT. ISTLEr4 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Af non.ler, {r. Wm. Cooke. TM 4 EVENr_TG, 165th Nrght !) Shakgpere's Tragedy of RICHARD TIM THIRD. - Richard, Mr. J. Holloway. Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. A success unprecedented. After which, The attractive SCE NTE ; in tha CIRCLE, combining daring and elegance. To eonelnee with a Melange of Amusements. Commence at Seven. ilme-mlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manage”, west. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 42 ruin. aft. 3 —'Evening 3 min. aft. 4 1 1 :14.4oaRow—Horn. 27 min. aft. 4—Evening 47 min. aft. 4 THE WEATITER—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 17. TIMIIIOII.RTER, IN THE SHADE. 60 —highest einf.:e noon veeerday. 51 —loweet this roornirg, and during the night. 59 -this day at nor.n. BAaraarrna, 30•13—an extraordinary rise. WIND, N. W. by W.—light, with fine weather, but hazy. STAGED EDITION OF " TEE SUN." The Latest Elitiou cf The Stem, Stamped, in tine for Post, may always be had from half- past 5 till o'e!ock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will pleas© to observe that the heading "THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sum Office, 112, Strand. :77., ,141, judicial blindness. What faint traces of reason were left bim have been obliterated by the Rus sian Circular. He must " dree his wierd." That is the long and the short of it. Nothing less than his abdication will suffice, and it would be well if the people do not rise and win their own freedom at once, to hold that forth as a sine qua non without which there can be no departure of the fleets. The soldiery, if they have brains, would in all probability be paralysed; and between their wavering and the attitude of the citizens the coward fears of the tyrant might be so played on as to insure his abdication without bloodshed. Unfortunately the disturbing causes are so nume rous, and the information at hand so unreliable, that no man can say what a day may bring forth. A rising of the lazzAroni, for instance, may preci pitate matters ; for we can hardly believe the fleets would float idly by while such butchery as the lazzaroni are likely to indulge in, was going on. We must content ourselves for the present with indulging the hope that, " come what may," the constitutional liberties of the Neapoli tans will one way or other be res t ore d t o th em , and before long established on an enduring basis. What between overseers, workhouse masters, and clerical magistrates, to say nothing of inat tentive doctors—the lot of the destitute poor is by no means enviable. Now we find some poor unfortunates dying outside the wor kh ouse for want of parish aid, and now others within it neglected, or flagellated, or taken before the Bench and unmercifully sentenced. Instances of the kind, we apprehend, are but too familiar to the reader's recollection. That miserable tragedy in Bethnal-green, where hunger held such mortal revel, that of six orphans three at a time lay dead before their widowed mother's gazs, cannot have been quite forgotten. It is only the tribe of officials who forget these things. The poor themselves don't, and if they would are not suffered to do so. Week after week some new tale of inhuman neglect, or execrable tyranny reaches 'their ears, thickens the crass darkness too often interposing between them and their Gon, and widens the " vasty" gulf between them and their more fortunate brethren. This very week two cases have come before us, one so hor rible that our flesh creeps at it, and the other in volving such absurd tyranny, that one cannot refrain from a sardonic smile on perusing it. It may be well to notice the latter first. Some stupid chaplain, dear at forty punds a year, preaches every Sunday to the inmates of St. Neot's Union, in so drowsy a fashion, that one of them, a young woman, probably, to keep herself awake, scribbled something in a Prayer book the other Sunday, and together with another inmate indulged in suppressed laughter. Nothing would serve the Master but to take her before a parson Justice, who, we suppose, having feel ingly lectured her on the high crime and misde meanour of which she had been guilty, mercifully sentenced her to 21 days' imprisonment. Twenty one days' imprisonment for trying to keep awake under a leaden divine ! Why she ought to have been rewardel at least with a new bonnet, handed over to her by a new chaplain for the work house. Seriously—if the Great Judge whip paltry offenders after this fashion, what is to become of the parsons ? No subscriber to the Thirty nine Articles—we must say—is in a state of mind to dispense justice from the thou sand and one statutes of our Criminal Law. Place him in the bench, and, presto ! the placid Christian is changed into an exaggeration of a Ebrew Jew. The other case is so horrible that we are lothe to refer to it. A poor wretch who had seen better days comes to London in a penniless condi tion, and not meeting with employment, takes up his residence in a low locality in Lambeth. Star vation before hina—to the pangs of hunger he finds added a loathsome disease—glanders, got by infection from a horse. At last he obtains employ ment, but is compelled by his frightful complaint to give it, up. His doom is sealed. The next thing we hear of him is:,is being 'discovered lying on the bare bricks of a stable to which he had crawled in the pangs of disease and hunger. For three mortal days no food had reached his lips, and probably no human voice nor pre sence had cheered for a moment his sinking heart. He is taken to a coffeehouse, and from thence to the workhouse, where Ills sufferings come to an end, so far as we can see, without any alleviation from the doctor. That official, however, does not appear to have been scat for—at all events, if sent for, it was when nothing could be done; and this much is to be said in his favour, his decision led to an inquiry by the coroner, when the awful circumstances of the case came out, for had he not described the death in the certificate as re sulting purely from destitution no inquest would have been held. It will hardly be believed that for doing so he has been charged by the assistant• overseer with conniving with the summoning officer to get up such inquiries, and otherwise insulted before the Board of Guardians. One could wish the energies of the women-floggers expended on a fellow like this, if not on some of his masters, from whom he doubtless takes his cue. Were it not for coroner's inquests, what tragedies would escape detection ! The inquiry, at Swansea, touching the death of AU thony Alder, the engineer who was killed in the col lision on the South Wales Railway, terminated yester- day. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr. E. Hancorn, the station master, for telegraphing the road was clear, in consequence of which message the collision took place, and the deceased was killed. Daniel Clever, " a brick," upon a cab-rank, was fined 51, yeAerday, at the Westminster Police-court, for res cuing a prisoner from the police, charged with felony. Excitement being caused by the removal of the tomb stones in Banhill-fields burial-ground, by Mr. Jones, the superintendent, Mr. Tyrwhitt, issued a warrant for his attendance yesterday at Clerkenwell Police-court ; but he refused to appear. The magistrate said the conduct of Jones was highly inaprop:r, but he regretted he could not at present interfere. A ragged and emaciated young man was yesterday charged, before Mr. Henry, at Bow-street, with attempt ing to steal a bundle of umbrellas from a shop in Holborn. Want he said was the cause of the theft. He preferred a prison to the workhouse. He was sentenced to*three months' imprisonment. At the meeting of the Camberwell vestry, last night, the offer of certain persons to inclose and improve Cam berwell-green was accepted. Bland, the man who was remanded for stealing four gold rings from the shop of Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, was yesterday fully committed for trial by Sir Peter Laurie. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL,--At the meeting of the corporation yesterday, it was resolved to place a marble bust, with'a suitable inscription, in the council chamber to the memory of the late T. H. Hall. Alderman Cubitt =a elected to fill the seat of the deceased gentleman at the. Metropolitan Board of Works. Last night an inquest was held at the Brunswick Tavern, Hackney, on the body of a married woman, an r.ed Gaylor, who had taken a quantity of sulphate of pot ash to procure abortion, Tha husband, it appeared, during the investigation, procured the stuff, but he all( god he did not know for what purpose his wife wry lted it. The inquiry was adjourned in order that a pos,: portent, examination might be made. 1 'he late election of incumbent of St. James's, Clerken wel I, not being considered legal by the party of the Rev. M. Roberts, a meeting of the vestry was held last night to c onsider what steps should be taken, in consequence of a. caveat having been issued by the rev, gentleman and 'Mr. Jones. It was resolved to engage counsel to defelad the election of Mr, M•Guira. TEE SUN, IJONDON, FRIDAY' EVEMINA OCTOBER 17, 'u.; His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived in town last evening from Osbcrne, to meet her Majesty on the arrival of the Court from Scotland. The Duke of Devonshire left Lismore Castle yester day for Devonshire House. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny arrived at Albert•gate House, last evening, from Buckenham Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk. Their Excellencies Emier Bey, Kiazin Bey, and Kadri Eifindi, have taken their departure from Claridge's Hotel. Lady Chantrey and Mrs. Palmer. and Miss Palmer have arrived at the same establishment. Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family arrived at Cambridge House, the residence of Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, a few days since, from St. Leonards-on-Sea. It is proposed to erect a music hall in Aberdeen. There is a project on foot at Cheltenham to convert the Clarence Hotel into a new town hall. Mr. John B. Lee, of the Broad Sanctuary, has been appointed secretary to the Bishop of London. Madame Grisi and. Signor Mario will sing at Brighton in the " Opera Recitals" twice next week. M. Guizot, it is announced, is to reply to M. Biot on the reception of the latter by the French Academy. His Holiness the Pope has, says the Univers, signed an amnesty comprising about 30 persons, for the most part condemned for the affair of Nov. 16, 1849. The want of adequate steam tug accommodation is much complained of by the merchants and captains at Calcutta. The inquiry for silver has greatly subsided, and 30,0001. of Mexican dols., which were brought by the New York steamer, have not yet been sold. ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE.—Tuesday next is fixed by the Archbishop of Canterbury foi the settle ment of the dispute arising out of this case. 'On Tuesday evening a man named Milnes was attacked and murdered near Bradford. The man committing the crime, Jowatt, is still at large. Yesterday afternoon a locomotive engine exploded at Bolbow and Vaughan's Iron Works, Middlesbro'. The engineer of the works and three men were killed. The Russian General Tolstoi and Count Gortschakoff, gentlemen of the chambor to the Emperor of Russia, have arrived in Paris. The official publication of the betrothal of the second son of the King of S weden, Prince Oscar, with the Princess of Nassau, took place at Stockholm on the 7th. The Emperor Alexander if. has conferred the order of St. Alexander Newsky on Baron Alexander Hum boldt. The officers of the Royal Engineers lately engaged in the Crimea and the Baltic dined together last eveninp, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Sir J. Burgoyne presided. Mrs. Webb, the lady of colour, who lately appeared at Stafford-house, has been giving her readings of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and " Hiawatha" at Cheltenham, but the local papers say they were but thinly attended. The number of dogs not employed for useful purposes in Austria amounts to 11 millions ; it is the intention of government to impose on each a tax of two florins (about 4f.) The Irish sculptor Hogan ha,s just sent the model of his colossal statue of O'Connell 0 Paris to be cast in bronze. The statue is to be inalgurated at Dablin next month. Mr. C. Anstey finds that his office of Attorney• Genera at Hong Kong is no sinecure. He says he is insulted and degraded on all sides. His friends aro trying to get him another appointment. Accounts from Rome, in the Augsburj Gazette, says "Three Catholic priests have arrived here from Wur temberg with the view of negotiating a concordat be tween that country and the Holy Sea." SYDNEY, July B.—Theatricals continue to be well patronised in Sydney. An English opera company is the last importation from London, the principal artists being Madame Cratm , r, Miss Julia Harland, Mr. Farqu harson, and Mr. Walter Sherwin. An Ovens paper mentions anew locality in which gold has been found, more than enough to " pay for the shot." A gentleman shot some wild ducks, and in their gizzards were found several very palpable pieces of gra nular gold. PiIOGRESS OF ENIIGIIITION.—From the quarterly re turns of emigration, it appears that the number . of per sons who emigrated during the cparter ending the 30th of Sopternbfx was 50,223, agAinst 41,693 for the same period of 1855.—Egagration, Record. The Bank of Savoy, following the example of the Banks of Paris and of London, his raised its rate of iatereit to 6 per cent. In a circular which it has i3i.uoi it expresses a hope this measure will be only temporary. REPRESENTATION OF GLASGow.—The North British Jail says : —A. requisition has been pretty numerously signed, calling upon James Algienzie, Esq., National Thtnk Buildings, to offer hiLmelf as a candidate for the rvpreacutaLion uf ale city in Parliament. Experiments have just been made on the Northern Railway of Franco with an apparatus for rapidly bring ing-up railway trains in motion. The invention is that of M. Cardot, and is in principle a brake. Its action is said to be nearly instlntaneous. Yesterday lloNord House, Regent's park, was opened as a college for the educatiun of Nonconformist ministers. This college is to take the place of the ancient establish ment at Stepney. There was a dinner to celebrate the occasion in the evening, over which- Sir S. M. Peto presided. MILITARY FUNERAL OF THE LATE HON. C. GRIMSTONE. —The mort:il remains of this much respected officer, who was adjutant of the 4th Royal Middlesex Militia, and formerly attached to the Coldstream Guards, were in.; terred yesterday morning, in the churchyard at llouns low, with military honours. The Minister of Justice of the Netherlands has just adopted a measure, which Nvill be favourably received by travellers on the Dutch railways. The commissaries of police will not for the futute have to register pass ports of fureigners, unless of sieh persons as may appear suspicious. THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.— At the meeting of this association a long letter was read from a gentleman, advocating the desirability of 40 or 50 members of the House of Commons banding them selves together to resist " count outs," and other expe dients for barking disagreeable discussions. A NEW POLITICAL CRY.— A correspondent of the Times this morning says :—" It is said a popular poli tical cry is wanting. Reduce the Income Tax !' ought to be one of the strongest rallying cries during the next session. The Government are evidently tricky on the subject. Nothing could exceed the cool impudence of the pretence put forward last session for its continuance, at its present high rate, during two more dreary years.. It was worthy of the diplomatic Premier, or of a 1'2186 Russian plenipotentiary. It could bethought states manlike only in a Cabinet of jugglers." LYCEUM THEATRE.—Last night was produced at this theatre an English version of " La Jeunesse Mousque ta're," a drama which has had in Paris more than ordi nary success. The English version goes by the name of " The King's Musketeers," and is intended to represent not only the deadly feuds of the Musqueteers of Louis XIII. and of Richelieu's Guards, but also the intrigues and general characteristics of that celebrated epoch. The scenery and costumes are accurate and splendid, and as the acting is spirited there can be no rashness ink predicting for the English version a success not much inferior to that which attended the original drama. FREEDOM OF THE CITY.—The following notice wag this morning posted in front of the Guildhall, and the various c3rporate buildings in the neighbourhood. Li. beral Registration—Tae recent abolition of all fiee, , , fees, and stamps on admission to the freedom of the city of London, the electors on the Parliamentary registry may now be admitted to the freedom of the City gratis,. by attending on any lawful day at the Chamb er l a i n ' s . office, between the hours of ten and thr ee o'clock.' Electors desirous of being enrolled on the municipal list . of voters for Aldermen and Common Coun c il men, ing into force on the I st of November, are requested make immediate application to the Chamberlain for ad mission to the freedom-4, Charlotte Ro w. THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION. —The Paris correspon dent of the Morning Post (second edition), y "It is hard to tell a persecuted people to wait b a says : eFonger to be prudent, and let the day of battle e brought on by coming events; and yet it is the wisest advice, for m France and England cannot d o more than they are doing. Some persons have said that we should have bombarded the town when the K B in u g t rent his impertinent notes to England and France. h who would have suf fered ? The people of le,, to t s o erve,not to injure. Tao King wouldwh whom we wish Ca serta, and rejoiced over the ruins oafvetbeerefittizaZ'Yhouses. When we blockaded Greece the real offender escaped ; the people were the victims. All we can d o w i t h the King of Napl es i s to `cut him,' and there will be an outcry about that in some fish . quarters. The one or two British m erc h ants who sell salt Naples, and who are cavaliers, decorated by the King, they will address the Manchester people, and against the inj ury inflicted on commercee', penTnhya-cNomeaa and-kick-me papers of Cobden and Briah e t. Neapolitans may rest assured that what can be done will be P im prove their position. Meanwhile let them done to dignified and tranquil attitude like the inhabitants o a f Lombardy and Venice ; the future is full of pr om i se f or Italy, if not spo il e d b y premature isolated action." LATEST NEWS. SAILING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. We have intelligence from Ajaccio to the 4th. Admiral Dundas, having received telegraphic in structions from the Admiralty by way of France, has left Ajaccio with his squadron. At Toulon it is rumoured that the French squadron is about to set sail. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIROASSIA. TRIESTE, THURSDAY. Advices from Constantinople, of the 9th inst., state that Sefer Pacha has gained two victories over the Russians in Cireassia, and has taken from them about 800 prisoners and 21 guns. MADRID, OCT. 16. The statement that the present Government considers the late Concordat with Rome as being in full force turns out to be perfectly correct. A Royal decree has been issued, declaring it to continue in all its force, and annulling contrary dispositions. By another decree the fund-redemption pro cess, by the sale of Church lands, is suspended, and prices restricted in the meanwhile. The Governors of Toledo, Ciudad Real, Pon tevedra, Alicant, Cordova, and Corunna are recalled. Arguedles has been named Director of th• Colonies. The railway from Madrid to Bayonne has been conceded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier Company Pereire, with a grant of 200, 000, 000 reals. M. Prost had deposited caution-money to the amount of 1,000,000, but not being presen! - , the adjudi cation was against him. Advices from Constantinople, received at Mar seilles yesterday, announce that the Porte is send ing troops to Trebizond. Austria refuses to pay the due levied for the maintenance of a lighthouse at the Sulina mouth of the Danube, on the plea that she was not con sulted respecting its establishment. ammunition have been taken to St. Elmo, and not a day passes in which we do not wit ness signs of military preparation. The public works at Ischia have been suspended, and a few days since 200 prisoners were transferred from Procida to Portici as a precautionary mea sure. Gaeta has been cleared of many of its use less hands ; among others of a battalion of mili tary cadets. While preparations are thus being made for resistance to imaginary dangers, his Ma jesty affects to laugh at the Western Powers, and to treat them with the utmost contempt. The Royalists adopt the same tone, and thus scarcely a day has passed this week in which printed bills of the same import as the written oneof which I spoke have not been posted on the walls. ' Lost, two Fleets, in the Mediterran9an. Whoever shall bring any notice of them to the Palazzi Serra-Caprioli and Policastro (the French and British Legations) shall be rewarded.' Bon-bons, too, wrapped uP in the same bills, have been thrown about the streets. To political agitation has been added considerable alarm, created by two violent shocks of earthquake early yesterday morning- - at 2 o'clock. The shocks were horizontal, and ev tended all along the coast. Bells rang, doors opened and shut, crockery rattled, and so great was the alarm that many persons, and among them his Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse, passed the night in their carriages or in the streets. So also did the inhabitants of Sorrento. In the afternoon there wag a religious procession, in which the Madonna was carried in state along the Magellina, in order to secure her assistance against the dangers of other shock. " The Sicilian Government has just concluded a commercial treaty with Russia on the same basil as that with other countries," The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), in his letter of yesterday, says : " The answer of the Neapolitan Government to the last note presented by Baron Brenier is ex pected here from one moment to another. It is not anticipated that it will he satisfactory. As ibon as it is received the Moniteur will publish an article on the Neapolitan question, giving, it is said, full information—at least, as full infor mation as it is the practice of the Government to do. The recall of M. Brenier is certain, but as to the fleets I can say nothing more than I have already mentioned. I believe that the Government will be glad to get out of the affair as soon, and of course as well, as possible, and that a very mo derate concession would satisfy it. King Fer dinand, of course, knows his advan Cage, and the forbearance shown towards him wilt no doubt be interpreted to unwillingness to brave the conse quences of a revolutionary movement. " A. diplomatic dinner was given: yesterday at the hotel of the Foreign Minister.. Among the guests was the Neapolitan Ambassador, M. Anto nini, who, to all appearance, was as tranquil and as much at his ease as if Naplea and the Allies were the best friends in the world. Another Neapolitan of rank, the Prince of San Giacoma, was also present. " The journals in the Austrian interest re double their energy in decrying abet 4 , 1 term the violence exercised on the King of Naples. They denounce this interven tion in the internal affairs of a nation' as a scandalous violation of one , of the essen tial principles of the international law of Europe. Every one must be struck with the gross inconsistency of Austria in this matter. Not to go farther back than 1815, it was Austria herself who has since, at all times and in all places, given the example of the violation of treaties, and of violence against the independence of the secondary States of Europe • in Cracow as in Ferrara, in Naples as in Piedmont ; in 1821, 1834, 1846, and 1848 ; on the banks of the Po as on the Danube and the Pruth ; at Piacenza, where she extendsherfortificationswithno right. to do so; and in the Danubian Principalities, which, in utter disregard of her own solemn obligations, she at the moment occupies with her army. If Austria is sincere in her deiaunciation of our conduct at Naples, she can prove it by giving orders to Count Degenfeld to evacuate Bologna, and to her General at Parma to withdraw his troops. Until Austria does this she has no right to proclaim herself the defender of a principle to which her own conduct is a permanent contradiction." The Vienna correspondent of the TIiMCS (second edition), in his letter dated Oct. 10, writes as follows : "In financial circles it is related that the British and French missions have already been recalled from Naples, but the assurance has bean given me that no official news to that effect has yet been re-. ceived here. According to private letters the King is assembling an army of 40,000 trustworthy' troops around him at Gaeta, and the Neapolitan correspondents correspondents express their conviction that his Majesty will not make the concessions demanded of him unless literally forced to do so. There is reason to believe that this Government will send a couple of vessels to the Bay of Naples for the protection of Austrian subjectt , : and pro perty,' as soon as it has received official notice that the Anglo-French squadron is on :its Wa y to Naples. "In more than one of my recent lett Hs it has been hinted that the relations between Austria and France are not so satisfactory as tlhey were, and it is n ow i n my power to speak more plainly lon the subject. This Government strongly suspects that there is something passing between France and Russia, or rather between Count Walewski and Prince Gortschakoff, which is kept from the knowledge of Austria and England. The foregoing intelligence is from an excellent source, but still undue importance must not be attached to it, as it is somewhat diffi cult to believe that the Emperor of the French can be such a short-sighted politician as to think of playing England false. That the French. Govern ment is getting somewhat tired of its alliance with a Power which can never be induced to act with de cision appears probable enough, but my common sense tells me that the maintenance of the alliance with England must be of the very highest import ance to Napoleon. While writing, it occurs to me that Austria is a Power which is not over scrupu lous in respect to the means which she employs to attain her ends, and it is just possible that she affects to distrust France in order to shake the confidence of England in that Power." A letter dated Naples, Oct. 13, says : " His Majesty is still at Gaeta, and apparently gtill bent on resistance. Great quantities of IONDOT.;, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1856. The Bank of England is steadily following up the restrictive course on which it has entered. It is true that for the time being the Directors are satisfied with the trifling minimum rate of 7 per cent. on bills having more than 60 days to run, which they keep entirely to themselves, without having to account for or hand over any portion of the extra profits to the Government, as in 1847, when the charge was, for the first time since the establishment of the Corporation, advanced to 8 per cent.—a rate utterly inconsistent with the interests of the nation, wh.cla are based on a sound and healthy system of credit, and a facility for obtaining pecuniary advances by houses of unquestionable character and solvency. But what is wanting in price is more than atoned for by increased stringency in the nature of the securities that will be accepted. Consols are now eschewed by the " Old Lady.'' The possessor of tens of thousands in the 3 per Cents. cannot obtain a temporary advance from the quasi National Bank ! The natural conse quence of this untoward state of affairs must necessarily be a great depreciation in the quota tions of all public and private securities, in which forced sales must take place, in consequence of the withdrawal of the usual accommodation inva riably accorded, with the exception of a short period during the commercial crisis of 1847, im mediately preceding the celebrated letter of the 25th October in that year. Nothing will now be touched with the exception of Exchequer Bills. They are still regarded as being " good as gold." And why ? Simply because Exchequer Bills possess the quality which we have suggested on behalf of the National Notes of small denomi nations—viz., that they are at all times receivable in payment of taxes. The large sums for which they are issued unquestionably create a certain amount of inconvenience, which would not exist in the National Notes for 1/. 2 / a n d , •, 31., which we have so frequently and so urgently re commended. But the present action of the Bank proves, beyond the possibility of doubt or diffi culty, that, under certain circumstances, they are a more desirable security even than Consols, and that, therefore, there could not be any possibility of depreciation, or of their being repudiated by the butcher, baker, or any of the tradesmen with : w h om the pater familias is brought indailycon tact, as merely " worthless rags," possessin g no 11 "intrinsic value. " That mania for "intrinsic value" is the cause of the greater portion, if not all, the mischief. It leads to hoarding, which is as injurious to the community at large as the destruction for the time being of the amount which is thus withdrawn from circulation. " The life-blood of industry becomes stagnant" in the national veins, and leads to a monetary and commercial paralysis highly injurious to the welfare and prosperity of the people. E ven th e national establishments set the balef u l example. The Bank of England is eoni pelled to hoard under the terms of its charter. I is obliged to keep 50E1213 eight or ten millions of bullion stored in its vaults, of no greater utility than an equal weight of paving stones, which, if properly sealed up, would answer the purpose just as well. All persons who have the power to do so, follow the example thus set. Men who see an impending crisis looming in the future take ad vantage of every available opportunity to provide not merely for their probable, but also for their possible exigencies. It is true that with money at 7 or 8 per cent. they " pay very dearly for their whistles," but still they regard it as an assurance against possible ruin ; and are satis fied to make heavy sacrifices to provide against possible disastrous consequences. On the Continent we see the Russian and Aus trian Governments accumulating large stores of the precious metals, by the formation of railway, steam-packet, and other companies, the shares of which must be paid for in French and English gold or silver, while the expenses are provided for by in convertible paper. The French Government, which has not as yet suspended cash payments, is making gigantic efforts to purchase specie at a heavy loss. A system that cannot long be maintained, and which will only be continued so long as the Bank of Eng land remains a species of " milch cow" from which the ROTHSCHILDS can draw the means of supplying the 5,600,000/. of bullion which they have contracted for with the Bank, or, rather, with the Government of France, and on which the myriads of minor speculators can pull until it is at last run dry, as it must speedily be under such untoward circumstances. But on the Continent there are other causes to lead to private hoarding besides those that ope rate on the merchants, manufacturers, and traders of Great Britain. It is not merely commercial demands that Frenchmen have to look to. There is alwaits the possibility of a political convulsion, pos sibly a'revolution, under which all classes of secu rities may be greatly depreciated, and nothing but the precious metals pass current. Every private person desires to have a stock in hand sufficient to provide for an emergency, with which he may take refuge even in a foreign land. In his official report, recently published, M. MAGNE calculates that since 1850 the importation of specie has exceeded the exportation thereof by no less than 800,000,000 francs (32,000,0001. sterling), while the balance of trade in favour of France within the same period reached the enormous amount of 1,360,000,000 franks, (or 54,100,000/. sterling). Under such circum stances it is obvious that the people must be " hoarding." Nothing else can explain the phe nomena of a dearth of specie, and the further progress of the evil can only be averted by the speedy suspension of cash payments. This course has been eagerly anticipated for several days past. A rumour was yesterday cur rent on the Stock Exchange that the change had actually taken place, and the immediate result was an increased buoyancy and a consider able improvement in the quotations of our own funds. An advance of one-half per cent. took place at the moment. If such was the effect of a very doubtful report, what would be the actual certainty of a matter that would at once stop the artificial drain on our own re sources be ? We may easily s2e its vast importance from the movement amongst the Bulls and Bean of Capel Court, consequent oa the rumour. But, according to the old proverb, "If the mountain won't go to MAIIOILET, NIA.uomET must go to the mountain." If the Bank of France won't take the necessary steps for its own protection, the English Government must prevent the Bank of England from being involved in one common ruin with it. For that purpose ladrlitinent should be convened for the earlie§t posliblo day, and au thority obtained to issue Exchequer bills for small amounts which should be a legal tender, and which might be paid by the Bank of England in liquidation of their notes, in place of gold and silver. It would be still better if Minister:, without waicirrg for Parlia mentary sanction, should take upon themselves the responsibility as in 1847, and trust to an indemnity, which would be granted without hesi ation. By adopting such a course they would prove themselves worthy of the exalted position n which they are placed, and entitle themselves to the unceasing thanks and gratitude of the People. " The cat would catch fish, but is afraid •f wetting her feet." • So runs the proverb—at laast in effect. France and England would do some thing at Naples, but, to all appearance, are afraid of something else if they send their fleets into the Neapolitan Bay. Admiral DUNDAS has got his instructions, and has sailed with his squadron from Ajaccio. The French Admiral, in all pro bability, has got his instructions also, an will shortly sail from Toulon. These instructions— for we presume both are alike —are, it is said, to sail towards, but not to, Naples. This may be called explicit ; but we really can't quite compre hend it. Are the two fleets to go so far, and then practise the goose-step ; or are they condemned, like the Flying Dutchman, to sail on without ever making port ? Not to perplex the reader, we will assume the meaning to be, the Admirals will cruise off but not enter the Bay of Naples ; will give the population an opportunity of assuring themselves the fleet are at hand, but not of in dulging in a close inspection. There may be sound policy in this procedure. That will depend on the object contemplated. But we confess, after the Russian Circular, we should have liked the fleets, when they did appear, to enter on the scene in a manner more worthy of the great Powers they represent. There may be no febrile apprehension of con sequences, but it will look as if there were ; and if the Allies mean to frighten BOMBA, merely into submission, to seem afraid will be to insure pre cisely the opposite effect. This, however, is no great concern of ours ; the worst effect a failure can have is to occasion delay. The Neapolitans, however, are to be taken into account during, no less than after, the experiment. What will they do ? With an army of sixty or more thousand men, a giant fortress whose guns sweep the streets, and a bloodthirsty horde of lazzaroni whetting their knives for slaughter, are they likely to rise? That will depend on 'their courage, of which we know little, and on the fidelity of the troops, of which we know less. Calculation is baffled. Suppose the Neapolitans see good reason for not rising unless backed by the thunders of th 3 fleets, what then ? Will England and France be content to be the laughing-stocks, not merely of BOMBA, but of Europe and America ? The tapering spars of their fleets described as sign posts, and the hulks buoys for the naval way farer ? We should imagine not. We shall see, if we are not mistaken, the fleets:turned to some purpose. It may be urged the presence of the fleets is intended for the protection of English and French subjects, and that only. The mis chief is nobody believes it, and incredulity is in creased by the fact of more ships being despatched than are necessary for the purpose. Of BOMBA'S submission we have but little hope. The worn-out BOURBON is cursed with FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENINV. The Empress paid a visit yesterday, at the Hotel du Louvre, to the Infanta Amalia, lately married to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and whose state of health has obliged her to prolong her stay at Paris. A large crowd assembled before the hotel during the visit, and greeted her Majesty with loud ac clamations. An Imperial decree nominates General Count de Goyon, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, to the com mand of the army of occupati on a t Rome, in the room of General de Montreal, who is admitted to the reserve. Other decrees make nins alterations iu the commands in different military divisions and subdivisions. A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels) says :—" The first list of Imperial invitations to Compiegne will be composed of 70 names, includ ing those of two ministers, Count Walewski and 31. Feull ; also the Duchess d'lstrie, the Marquis and Marchioness de Candorre, Count and Countess de Sclafani, Baron and Baroness do Hatzfeld, and Baron de Hubner. This latter was at Vienne , when the invitation reached him by telegrap b. He replied by the same manner, that he should return to Paris in time to. present himself at Corn' piegne on the 20th. A special express train wilt convey to the Imperial residence the persons 1 1 : 1 ; vited. In the second list figure the names of Lord Cowley, Prince Poniatowski, and other persons 0 1 importance." BOURSE, 03t. 16,—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End cf Month. 4i per Cents 5l 50 —f. —c. 3 por Cents 67 10 67 5 New Loan 66 90 Bank Shares 3,90) Roman Credit Alobilier 1,495 A.ustrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish 'II - noes 4l "?iculmontes(s) b9 Home Debt .....,.. :38 RdaLWAYFI—PCE CARL $ fr. c. fr. ts• Chieans “.0•... 1,270 Waster,' 9OO Torthena Lyons 1,290 Nov Ditto - M.editorranean 1,670 Grand Central Lyons Geneva — Taste Cette 7OO Austrian Clem. 795 THE PRINCIPALITIES. A telegraphic despatch lately received spoke in obscure terms of a firman relative to the national rppreseutation of the Danubian provinces. It was probably to the following article of the Journal de Constantinople that the despatch alluded :—" If we are well-informed, the firman for the convoca tion of the divans charged to express the wishes of the Moldo-Wallachian populations on the organisa tion of the Principalities has been handed over by the Sublime Porte to the representatives of the powers that signed the treaty of Paris, and it is said that conferences having for their object to come to an understanding on the enactments of the finnan are about to be held at the residence of the grand vizier. In these conferences Turkey is to be re presented by Aali Pacha and Fuad Pacha, England by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Austria by Baron d p e ru P ss r ia ok b e y sch i e . sdteeniviydreannbcrouebky Thouvenci, , Russia by Baron de Boutemeff, and Sardinia by Commander de Rossi." A letter from Berlin in the German Journal of It is p ro b a bl e that the evacua - F tio ra n n o k f fo t r h t e sa D y a s n : Danubian P . rincipaliti es w ill g i ve r ise to grave debate—us.';lt l of Count Walewski has beens a r s e e c r e t i e v d ed tht a a tir a n ien o n t a e , iu which it is o p en l y stated that the continued occu pation by Austria is in flagrant contradiction with the stipulations of the treaty of Paris. We learn that at Vi enna no readiness is displayed t o evacu ate the provinces. This question will be decided by the Congress of Paris, and Austria will pro bably be compelled to give way." GREECE. The Minerva, an Athenian journal, contains the following interesting paragraph : "There was a question between General Kalergis and the Emperor of the French at Plombiers concerning the marriage of Prince Adalbert with the Infanta of Spain. The general observed that this marriage augmented the difli• cultien of the suocession ; because, according to the con stitution, the next occupier of the throne must be of the Greek religion. To this the Emperor replied-- ' The rights of the Greek nation will not be neglected. I will see that Bavaria expresses herself without delay, clearly and categorically, that she accepts the existing Greek Constitution, and the treaty concluded in Lon don between the three contracting Powers which rati fied the same.' To this the general replied—' When my fellow-citizens hear those benevolent words I ara certain, sire, that their gratitude will be doubled towards your Majesty for having thus explained yourself 03 this important subject.'" AUSTRIA. The Augsburg Gazette gives some explanations as to the causes which have retarded the corona tion of the Emperor of Austria. "It is well known," says that journal; " that by an innovation which results from the fundamental reforms in tended to found the political unity of the Austrian monarchy, the present Emperor will be o[.ly crowned once as Emperor of Austria, instead of three times, according to the custom of the old monarchy, as• King of Hungary, of Bohemia, a l id of Lombardy. At the present time, the peril )d for the coronation is not yet fixed ; but the deli ay solely arises from the fact that the solemnity mu st be regulated according to the new provincial statutes which have not yet been promulgated.", SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived in due course, but being published in the morns. eg they do not give any account of the late change of ministry, which was effected in the course of th. it day. Upwards of 100 bakers of the capital ha d waited on the constitutional alcades to represen t that they would be obliged to raise the price o.f bread ; the civil governor, considering this act Si coalition, caused seven of the more influents; bakers to be arrested, and ordered for trial. Tie civil guard had discovered at Lorca a large manly factory of false money, seized on upwards of 30,0 C 0 reals of imitations of gold and silver coin, as we. U. as the coining implements and materials, and ar - rested four of the coiners. The Princess Maria Elizabeth of Saxony, widow" of the late Duke of Genoa, brother of King Victor' Emmanuel, has just celebrated a morganatic mar— riage with the Marquis O rapa ll o, ex - or d er l y off i ce r of ale late Duke. A letter from Baden states that the army of that' duchy is to be completely organised after the Pru.;- sian system, and that the lanchvehr service is to be declared obligatory for all the male /subjects of th State. The Nouvelli s t e, o f Marseil l es, o f the 13th, says : -->" The English gunboat Osprey, which has bees t waiting here for some days, left last evening aftei. the arrival of an English officer with despatches, and who was accompanied on board by the English consul. The moment the consul quitted the vessel she left at full speed for a destination not known to us." ~: