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Unlsuc, M. It. T. 95ta:4,11. THIS EVENING MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Followel by Belesque of PIZARRO. To conclude with ♦ BALLET DPirERTIMEMENT. ROYAL PIMICEINFS THEATRE. trader the Management of Mr. CzAuse ErAii THIS EVRITLIG, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. [After which, PIZARRO. Ras, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean; To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. 'ZTIZATRE ROYAL, 1.1.7314z;ZET. Under the Management of Mr. Backe:ol2C TIM EVInTING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conSnde with THE GALICUN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EYE d, BELPHECIOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. l3lllon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Mon: founded on the Winter's Tale, After which, the New Burlesqu e, riPPerted by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Wookar), Miss H. Gordon, :lbs. B. White, Miss M. Wilton, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. Toole, Calhemn, Barrett, and Brough• Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. 'lair-price to all parts at 9. Box Office ()pea daily* m 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. ryoprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webstar. Directress, Xedam • Celesta. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES; OR, THE YANKEE ! STR %ND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THU; ETENING, HARD TIMES. After which, A Ballet Divertissement. Followed by an original Burlesque, entitled BELPIT EGOR. Meg Mee Thirlwall, Woollidge , and Cuthbert; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Herbert. Clarke, 4c. To candlude with TWO GREGORIE S. Mist E. Jacobs. Comm( mice at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes. 28.- la.—Gallery, ad. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Man.stee Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS El !ENING , (Tenth Week !) Sbakspere's Tr tgerly of RICHARD THE THIRD, With Mr. W. Cooke's admired am I effective Equestrian Illustrations by his thoroughly trained stud o f horses. Unpreoedented Tableau of tho Battle of Bosworth Field, and Death of White Surrey by the swords of the snowy, &c. After. which, Tcelebrity.he EQUESTRIAN GYRATI( )S3 in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of To eoncluee with man: r varied Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Box-offle e open from Eleven till Four. Stage manager, Mr. W . west. Equectri an Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WA.TER. AT LONDON BUTD4E. TEIIB DALY—Morn. 35 min. a, ft.lo --Evening 1C) min. aft. 11 To-MOlntOw-310rn.47 min.. t,ft.ll —Evening 0 min. aft. 0 THE WEATHER—St rx OrrioE, Ocr*Bzn 10. THTIMOURTIDI, 71-V THE SHADE. 58 —highest sines noon ye ntertlay. 55 —lowest this morning s during the night. 62 —this day at noon. BA3OM1"T211, 301 o—rising rapidly. WIND. S.W.—Light, wl.%h fine sunshiny weather. THREE O'CLOCK. - Wind, S.E.; cloudy weather. B CAMPED EDITIO g OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition The Sum, Stamped, in time for Post, may ale' ays be had from hal past 5 till 7 o'clock evetry evening. Subscribers in the (lJuntry will please to observe that the heading• " THIRD EDITION" ia always to be seen o. !t the papers containing the latest new'. If any difficulty be experienced n obtaining that Rliti t•n, a communication to The Sun Office will rei Lady it. Sun Office, 112, Str und. p ' fe•, LONDON, FRIDAY ; OCTOBER 10, 1856. We have repeatedly celled on the tax-paying community to adopt speedy and e nerge ti c means to obtain a revision of this national taxation, so as to levy the amount that :must be provided for the liquidation of the public liabilities and the sup port of the national esta'blishments in the manner least onerous to the grey t body of the people, and at the same time most equitable to the contri butories in general. Vie have especially directed attention to the unjust a; nd oppressive apportion ment of the income tax, which is so unsound in principle —so unequal in its operation—that, but that it has been sanction ed by Parliament, and is an existing fact, of which the middle classes are so 'frequently and so painful] y reminded, it would seem to be an act of supererog,te 'don, a mere fighting with shadows to adduce a six.gle argument against it. This iniquitous impost is, by a quibble, at which an Old Bailey practitioner would blush, to be continued, at the rate of Is. 41. iu the pound, or 61 per cent. until April, 1858. This result is obtained by a literal interpretation of the Act for doubling the impost, the clear intent and meaning whereof was that the ertra charge should termi nate at the expiration of the financial year, next after the termination of the war, but as the words used are "next after a 2 •atification of a definitive treaty of peace," the Government are doing that collectively of which its members individually would be ashamed, and Ne hich is neither more nor less than a swindle on the nation. If the Chan caller of the Exchequer cannot spare so large a sum, which would in round_ terms amount to nine millions sterling, let himbring the question before Parliament fairly and honourably, and he will find every disposition to provide all that h e cou ld reasona bly require to meet the many clai ms on the Exchequer ; but let him carefully avo id anything that can by a possibility be looked on a "breach of faith," or even the taking of an " unfai r a d van t a ge of the people. Better relin quish the entire amount than submit to such an LuPlatation. Good faith, in the widest accepta tion of th e phrase, has hitherto been the 'charac teristic of every British Government, no matter of what party. It w ou ld indeed be decply prejudi cial to the nation and to the value of the public securities, to remove that honourable prestige, and to exhibit a disposition to take ad vantage of petty points quite opposed to the spirit of the enact 'neut. Nor is it the amount of the burden alone, onerous as it must be considered, that is the most objectionable part of the transaction. In cer tain districts an unusual stringency is manifested in the collection. It was, we believe, the invariable . practice when a par t y was in arr ear to d notice that unless the cla im were liquid a t e d by a certain day a return would be made to the C m _ inissioners, and measures adopted t 3 enf orce pay. went. This notification almost invariably pro duced the money, without the addition of law co d s . Tais ordinary courtesy has, however, been with drawn. The first information received is the 1:•1p..f. - r-anco of ,1 arinaki with a warrant, and attended by a man to be left in possession unless the amount was liquidated at the first demand ; and so strictly has this system been acte 1 on that in one case, when the broker was informed that the master of the house would be back in half-an hour, and that the amount would tl en be paid, he refused to call again in that short time, but made the distress, thus adding ss. 6d. costs to the amount, which was paid within the half hour. It has been said by some of the sufferers that the time is carefully selected at which the responsible party is absent, in order to obtain the opportunity of adding the additional costs, and the same system is also pursued with respeot to the house tax ; the br ,ker facetiously hinting while pocketing his Oh Ar4e, that it would be a salu tary lesson to teach the parties to pay promptly without entailing the necessity of an application. We can scarcely think that such proceedings can be with the approbation of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. If not, they should resume their former practice, unless they desire that the atten tion of Parliament should be directed to the sub ject. We rejoice to see that an association is in course of formation, for the purpose of obtaining the speedy reduction of the tax, now that the War has closed, from 16d. to 7d. in the pound, and also for obtaining a more equitable apportionment of the charge on income. A preliminary meeting vas held at the London Tavern, Ludgate-hill, on Virednesday evening. With the views there ex pressed, which appeared in our impression of yesterday, we fully and cordially con cur. There is indeed a great distinction between income arising from accumulated and realised property, and that obtained by physical or ntellectual labour. The position of a fund holdor possessing 10,0001. in the Three per Cents. very different indeed from that of a hard-working barrister, clergyman, medi cal practitioner, or tradesman, realising pro fits to the extent of 3001. per annum, or rather assessed at that amount. We have frequently pointed out the vast difference, and yet all would have to pay the same amount, viz., 201. a-year. We trust the association will persevere in their labours. It only requires to have the full extent of the g i rievance fully exposed to in duce a pressure from without that must be felt within the walls of Parliament. "Orthodoxy," quoth a worthy divine, "is my doxy; heterodoxy is any body else's doxy." The City of London Gas Company adopt the senti me*, to all appearance, seriously and to the fullest extent. They are right, and everybody else who differs froai them must be wrong. Com forting doctrine truly, especially when holding it coincides with one's material interests. Em brace it, and there is no Gordian knot with folds intricate enough to puzzle you and throw your energies to waste. Like the sword of ALEXANDER, it cuts right through. Some men have passed their lives in bondage because of scruples of con science thrust upon them which they lacked the resolution fairly to dissect, lest the re sult should prove antagonistic to their wishes. Pity they had but taken up the doctrine in ques- , tion at the outset, and stuck steadily to it. What a world of mental uneasiness it would have saved them ! How easily would they have surmounted difficulties which, for the lack of it, proved wel . nigh insuperable ; and what towers of strength would they have been could they have persuaded their neighbours of the soundness of their belief. To be sure, as a celebrated political economist once insinuated to an inveterate " infallible" whom she encountered in America, the neighbourhood of such an oracle is likely to be a little dal!, there inevitably being nothing for the good folk, if it all reasonable, t) contend about. Fortunately or unfortunately, however, fur the world, let the reader determine which, society is perverse, and prefers to entertain opinions of its own rather than adopt the opinions of " infallibles," more especially when the latter, in all likelihood, owe their origin to personal considerations. The policemen on the Whitefriars beat, and the respectable inhabitants who have given evidence in the inquiry, are all in the wrong. Instead of being a nuisance prejudicial to health, the City Gas Works are rather a fountain of health as well as of wholesome dividends. The Company always believed this, and they believe so still. That a nuisance exists in the neighbourhood is not de nied, but the Gas Works are not that nuisance. It will be found elsewhere. Possibly P. C. 344 w e nt on to his beat, as he says, in perfect health, and immediately lost his appetite, became ill, and had to be removed from his beat because of the offensive exhalations he there encountered. Sergeant KNIGHT, too, notwithstanding his sturdy constitution, may Lave had to submit to a com pulsory evacuation of the stomach from the same cause. The complaints of other policemen, and of the respectable inhabitants of the neighbour hood may not be without some foundation. Brandy may be kept in stock at the works for the relief of sufferers from the same cause. But what alms all this amount to as against the City Gasworks Absolutely to nothing at all. The witnesses, every man of them, unlike SLA.WKENBERGIUS, stand convicted of being born without noses, or rather noses of discrimination—noses that can distinguish between things or odours that differ. The noxious smells that turn the policial stomach topsy-turvy, and play "old Harry" with the inhabitants, don't come from the City Gasworks at all. Their origin will be found in the Fleet Ditch ! The company are martyrs to nasal ignorance ! unfortunately the policemen stick up for the detective qualities of their beaks, and insist on the City Gas Works being the veritable fons nuilontin, and not the venerable ditch. The respectable inhabitants do the same. How is this to be ac counted for ? It is not said, but possibly the police inherit a partiality fur the Fleet, while the inhabitants of a business locality in the heart of the great metropolis may be anxious to have it thought they can " smell their way." Besides; there is the evidence of Mr. CHILDS, the surgeon of the p oli ce force, who has statistics to show the health of the men on the beat where the gas works are situate is not worse than the health of the mon theon voathgearriebseeaftsa. Unluckily for the company, are too notorious to serve certain profession a n d Mr. class of CHILDS neither disputes; the veracity of the men, nor entertains a doubt that the smells they de scribe would produce the effects t h ey h ave deposed to, Was there ever an affair more farcical ? The effluvia from gasworks are none so faint and un distinguishable as not to be recognised, even if the Fleet Sewer be forgetful of the proprieties. The dullest hound of a nose, if it has any s cen t at all, could not be tempted by the latter from its track. The policemen, we make bold to say, whatever the configuration of their noses, have been on the right scoot, and really " nosed him in the" City Gas Works. What further proof of this could be desired than the fact of the resolute detectives being compassionately revived from exhaustion by the exhibition of brandy by the servants of the company, and their being dis missed without a word being said to them about 4 . ri t 4 - r the Levi, Sewer? Then was the time to dis abuse their minds on the subject, if they were abused, and not after an inquiry was instituted. Depend upon it the sewer would not have escaped detection a moment longer than could be pre vented on the receipt of such information, pro vided the policial nose testified to its being reliable. Setting, however, this particular case aside, we are decidedly of opinion the existence of gas works in crowded neighbourhoods is in compatible with the public health, and that on inquiry it will be found the weight of authority is on the side of those who think with us. Shall our Farmers have railways ? We mean, shall purely agricultural districts have them ? The question was suggested to us by the report of a railway meeting at Lynn, or rather a meeting to promote a railway between Lynn and Hunstan ton, in Norfolk. The loyal borough of King JOHN is well enough known to our readers ; and, if Toryism be loyalty the old town has preserved its loyalty to this day, although the high and dry of that class certainly caught a Tartar in electing Lord STANLEY for their member, while his Lord ship was studying Democracy and Voluntaryism in the United States. Perhaps half England has known the name of Lynn better since it chose a member who speaks at public meetings, on Agri culture and Church Rates, on Law Reform and Reformatory Schools, on Education and the Maine Liquor Law, on anything, apparently, where social action is the chief requisite. To how many places has not Lord STANLEY carried with him the name of Kings' Lynn, when the committee's advertisement and placards have given the full style and title of their Lion for the occasion. But Hunstanton—who ever heard of it ? Every one knows far more of half the villages on the Danube, or in the Crimea. And no wonder. It lies, by road, some seventeen or eighteen miles to the North side of Lynn, and the Royal town itself is the end of that attenuation of a railway called the East Anglian ; at any rate, having got thither you must back out again, and may then start off crab-wise to Norwich, one way, or to Wisbeach the other. But Hunstanton—eighteen miles off the fag-end of a most quiet railway, who should know where it is ? Yet is this said Hunstanton a very pleasant little place on a summer's day ; a kind of Brigh ton, to its Metropolitan at the mouth of the Ouse. It is well known to the sailor, for on its cliff stands a lighthouse, the first shore light as he enters the Wash. It is known too to the geologist, for its said cliffs are the most beautiful on the east side of England ; black and yellow sandstone below, and overhanging crags of red and white chalk above ; huge slabs of the latter form ing a romantic debris at the bottom. Indeed one might imagine that an earthquake had caused the wild confusion ; it ifs the work, however, of winter's wet and frost alone. The antiquary also knows the place, and we of the fourth estate ought to know it too, for its old Hall was the family seat of the L'ESTRANGE4, who are said to have come over with the Conqueror ; and Sir ROGER I:ESTRANGE, an author of several works, was appointed, af,er the restoration, Censor of the Press, and brought out himself, so early as 1665, a newspaper, called The Public Intelligeneer, a circumstance duly commemorated in one of the family pictures. Hunstanton, humble as its inhabitants may be,. is not, therefore, to be de spised, and we can testify from personal know ledge to its pleasantness as a place of escape from our smoke and noise ; the former is not to be seen there ; and of the latter, all you hear is the roar of the waves, and the scream of the sea gull. At present it furnishes the charms of solitude—one excel/cut hotel, a mile from even a cOttage, being the only accommodation for visitors ; a railway might change all that. If the place were known to those excursionists who like a hundred miles run, it might become a very attractive spot to many of the daily toilers within the sound of Bow bells. We should not have thought, just now, how ever, of Hun stanton and the L'ESTEANGES, but for the report we have referred to. We lately travelled in the district, and when we saw in a local paper the heading Lynn and Hunstanton Railway we certainly did open our ev.s. Re freshing our memory by a good map of Norfolk, we found but six or seven small villages between the two places ; the largest of them numbering, perhaps, a thousand inhabitants, the rest not more than a few hundreds ; on one side of the present road, the sea only separated by two or thr©e miles of fields or pletures; on the other, again, but few villages, and those small and mostly distant I If the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway be to succeed, then it will be a fair test of how far agriculture cr.n support the rail, and we confess that on that ground alone we should like to see it tried. The 1033, if loss it should turn out, will not be ruin ous j responsible parties have offdred to construct the railway, and hand it over complete for 80,0001., but a trifle over 5,0001. par mile ! Siould this be done, it will, if we remember aright, be cheaper than any railway yet completed in England. We should not think the district remarkably favourable for railway engineering ! It would scarcely be wise to keep to the level low lands, near the beach, and leave all the villages too much on one side ; and if it went inland the line must go through the undulating, though not high, chalk hills of the uplands ; there would be many cut tings, though no tunnellings. We have not seen the details of the calculations, but Mr. SIMPSON, of the East Anglian, is fully satisfied with the prospective result, and we must leave that to him and the good burgesses of Lynn, It would seem that the promoters of the railway have subscribed mare than half the required a.vuount among themselves—a fair guaran . tee for the ea rnestness of their convictions. On the grand point; however, which interests us—agri cultural railway.'--we have a remark or two to make. Let it be understood of what kind the district is, agriculti:rally. Eseept a strip of good marshes adjacent to the Wash, it is a highly cul tivated light land a rable district. Much of it within living memory:. was open sheep walk ; and all now enclosed, heaths, to which Ha xi pstead-heath is but a heath plot, yet remain. It.; nearly let on long leases, and avail tilled by an intelligent in England. Lovers' of the best London porter tenantry ; and it is o ne of the best barle y districts OW3 not a little to i;. Every kind of crop is, however, diligently ci titivated , for the land being nd the - number of sheep and oxen manure, a' naturally pow relies upon green crops a n d artifi cialarazed is very cimisid Lynn and carriage back of produce at the po , "t - r arable. The delivery of this oilcake and other \rtficial manures must be, we suppose, the ch i ef reliance of the projectors, though they may fai Ely include in their calcula tions the pleasure t r lps from a town of 20,000 inhabitants, and the ncreascd visits of the rural Population to the to sn. Nor should we be sur prised should beco d a y, the little village at the prised a t a ll if , some the metrop o li s as m e as much of a resort from xra cruth or Lawestoft. Its sea coast is far more bi3autiful than either. The only Peculiarity is the t vast distance to which th© : . ,For J ~~ M X-a low tides leave the shore. Even this, however to those who spend the day there, is no objection, while the firmness of the uncovered sands renders them perfectly agreeable to walk on, and the amusement is ample to amateurs in the con struction of marine aquariums. We must wish the little project success, though we cannot pre tend to be judges of the probability of it. Were the business in the hands of parties able and willing to make the country terminus as alluring to us jaded Londoners as it easily might be, we should not doubt that it would even pay well, if constructed at the proposed cost. We may just remark that agricultural railways must depend for success on agriculture having assumed its best form in any district. Manufac turing neighbourhoods can always support a line through them, not only on account of the number of persons travelling, but from the goods traffic a l so , which is becoming increasingly remunera tive. In proportion as agriculture becomes more of a food manufacture, and is carried on with mechanical and scientific appliances—inproportion as it approaches to what is doing at Tiptree Hall, or even to what is attained in the Lothians and in the well-tilled parts of Norfolk—will be its capacity to support railways. When the cultiva tion of England shall have reached its highest perfection, an d have appro x i ma t e d t o horticul ture, and when the towns and the country shall have arranged to apply our sewerage to its proper use, it will then pay to carry—single lines at least—to every district ; and landlords may even find that small branch lines to each im portant farm will pay good interest in the shape of increased rent. BRITISH POSTAL GUIDE. The public are indebted to Mr. Rowland Hill for a fresh boon in the shape of a Postal Guide, in which all the information that can possibly be required on postal matters is given in the briefest and most easilyaccessible form. The contents are arranged under eleven heads, and include. Rates of Postage, Registration, Delivery, Postage Stamps, Money Or den, Miscellaneous, Colonial and Foreign Postage, Suggestions to the Public, Post-offices' in the United Kingdom, Principal Towns and other places in differer; t parts of the World, to which letters can be forwarded, and the London district. In a word, we have here an acknowledged want fully and admirably supplied. TIIE COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORA.L, OCT. 8. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillineurst, his Serene Highness the Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Lady Au. gusta Bruce, and Lord James Murray. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of Captain the lion. Frederick Fitz clarence, brother of the Earl of Munster, and the Hon. Miss Sidney: sister of Lord De Lisle and Dudley, is to take place this month. The precise day has not yet transpired. The marriage of Lady Charlotte Scott, eldest daughter of the late Earl of Eldon, and granddaughter of the learned and illustrious Lord Chancellor, with her cousin, Mr. R Surtees Bankes, is to be solemnised towards the close of the month. A matrimonial alliance is arranged between the Hon. William Hobart, son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, and Miss Rimsay, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Ramsay and niece to Lord Paul-Imre. Their R )Sal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary are expected to arrive to-morrow in town, from Germany. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland remove to Stanwick Park, Yorkshire, from Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, at the close of the month. The Duke of Devonshire is expected to leave Limore C tztle, Ireland, at the end of the ensuing week. Lady Ilivcr, the Earl of Burlington, and Lady Louisa Caven dish, who have been among the gue . sta of his grace, have left, the former on a short visit to the Earl of Carlisle, and the latter for Holkar Hall, near Milne thorpe. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are enter. taining a soled circle at Hatfield House, Herts. The it , .l - arquis of Lothian has joined the circle visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield House, Herts. The Eari and Countess Grey hava arrived at Howick Hall, Northumberland, fro'm a series of visits is Scot land. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury returned a few days ago from a continental tour. The Countess and Lady Victoria Ashley went on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlauds, near Ramsey, Hants, and have since joined the noble earl at the family seat, St. Giles's, Dorset. LORD J. MANNERS.—The Leicester journal says : " We ara erabled to state, from inquiries which have been instituted, that there is no truth in the statement that Lord J. Maanera is in a very vrecarious state of health." THE SUICIDAL MANIA.—The number of suicides, by drowning and other causes, that have been reported to the chief p3lice-offic3, Great Scotland-yard, within the last week, is 21, and the attempted suicides that have been taken cognisance of by being brought before a magistrate number upwarth of 15; and notwithstand ing that the magistrates are very severe with persons c::arged wish the offence, the crime is greatly on the in crease. COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIP NO SINECURE. —The labours of a colonial governor are recorded in the statistical summary of the Register-General. of New South Wales f.,r the year ending the 31st of March last. During that period the Governor-General has written 532 de• spatches to the Secretary of State, 407 messages of speeches to the Legislative Council, and 13,600 letters, notes, or memoranda on a host of topics, public and private, delivered 49 addresses on various subjects—re ligious, charitable, scientific, or literary, and held 1,766 interviews with as many different people. The Paris correspondent of Le Nord states that arrests have been made amongst the gendarmes of the Seine, and even amongst the Zouaves. CASE OF ARCHDEACON DENISON.—The Bath Chronicle says that in addition to the document which the arch deacon has filed in the Registry at Wells, the arch deacon's proctor has filed a protect, objecting, on techni cal grounds, to the proceedings of the archbishop's court. RECENT ARRIVALS AT ULL DCK'S ROYAL HOTEL, BOWNESS, WINDERMERE--Lady Franklin and party ; B. Bruce, Esq., M.P. ; Lieut.-Col. Macdougal, Colonel Brown, Major Elliot and party ; his Highness the Prince de Joinville, the Princess, and party, &c. THE WEATHER IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. —We are glad to be able to state that the weather in this locality is now very fine a n d warm. Th e harvest is quite over in the greater portion of this district, and the crops are above the average this year. Oats are a splendid crop, and wheat very tine indeed. THE COMET.—A letter, dated Arequipa, Peru, 21st of August, 1856, says We have had a comet viEiJle here for about a fortnight, which appears each night for about a couple o f h ours. " ABSCONDING OF AN ACTUARY.—Mr. Tho'. Cam pill], who has acted as actuary of the savings bank at Brom ley for upwards of 30 years, has absconded, leaving a deficiency of 500/ . i n his accounts.—South-Eastern Gazette. THE DUBLIN CRIMEAN BANQUET.—At A meeting of the committee yesterday, it was announced that Henry Brennan, Esq., of Gardiner-street, the eminent wine merchant, had generously offered to make a present of all the wine required at the banquet, amounting in value to 1501. or 2001. 'rut MAI LS. —S OIITH AMPTON, OCt. 9.—The Royal mail steamship Tamar, Captain Jollisoe, sailed this after noon with the mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, St. Vincent's, Pernambuco, Bahia. Rio de Janeiro, Monte- video, and Buenos Ayres, 160 passengers, 32,0001. in specie, 21,0001. in jewellery, and a fall general cargo. Among the passengers are Chevalier Pereira and lady, Chevalier de Soveral, and Sir John Rennie. Tim Tyne wi:h the homeward Brazilian mail, is looked for to morrow. The Orinoco, with the next mails from the West Indies and Pacific, is expected about the 16th The -Unto will convey the outward West India and Pacific mails of the 171 b. The Peninsular and Oriental C o mpany's steamer Indus, Captain Brooks, is hourly expiated with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails. The Euxine, with the next mails frame Gibraltar, CAliz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, is looked for about the 14th inst. The United States' mail steamer Washing ton, Captain Cavendy, with the German, French, and English mails, is expected to arrive off owes, en route to Bremen, about the 17th inst. The Australian Mail Company's first steamer, Oneida, Captain Hyde, will leare for Au Aralia, via the Cape, with mails and pas sengers on the 18th inst, • -- - I, I 0 LATEST NEWS CANADA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Canadian has arrived with the mails from Quebec and Montceal of the 28th ultimo. The advice 3 contain no news of interest. Commercial affairs were quiet. NAPLES, OCT. 4. The political trial which has been going on for some time past is concluded, and the following sentence delivered :—Mignona has been con demned to banishment for life, Mauro Dangelis for twelve years, and the priest Decice3 for two years. The monk Roggero and another have been set at liberty. The King and the Dake de Calabria arrived here from Gaeta on the 30th ult. Gen. Martini has been received by the King, and at the con clusion of the conference a council of Ministers assembled. MADRID, OCT. 8. I3y a royal decree, published in the Gazette of this day, M. Tassara is named Spanish Ambas sador at Washington. Preparations are com menced for sending to Africa next spring a con siderable amount of naval and military forces. A letter from Vienna, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The Austrian war steamer Elizabeth has received orders at Trieste to go to the Bay of Naples, not to make a demonstration, but to station there. It is certain that in his com munications with Baron Hubner, King Ferdinand did not reject the good counsels of Austria and Fiance, and he has even allowed them to a cer tain extent, but he refuses to cede to the demands of England, and Russia encourages him in his resistance. It was in the Athens journals that the late Russian circular was first published, it having been first communicated to the Govern ments of Greece and Naples." A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in the Fost Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" The circu lar despatch of Prince Gortschakoff was, it is said, in the hands of the King of Naples on the 6th September, that is to say, three days before the arrival of Baron de Hubner." A private letter from Bucharest ; of the 29th cf September, contains news which will hardly fail to create some little sensation in the West of Europe. Prince Alexander Ghika, the Kaimakan or Stadtholder of the Porte in the Principality Qf Wallachia, has not only re-organised the Cabinet and made great changes in the political admi nistration of the province, but he has entirely broken up the supreme and second courts of justice. The words of the correspondent are, " The Kaimakan has just dismissed all the em ployes forming the courts of supreme justice and of appeal. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " The latest advices from Naples as yet an nounce no change .or modification in his Majesty's determination. To the first steps taken by the Western Powers the King responded by the open ing of the present criminal proceedings. To the ultimatum, if ulticlatum be intended, the same mni:lble Sovereign will probably reply by the exe cution of the sentence on such of the prisoners have been convicted. A note is still spoken of on the part of the French Government, but it is hardly believed th at the fleet will be despatched at the same time t o enforce its demands. Indeed, there seems to be nothing yet decided respecting the fleet, though it is probable that the Ambas sadors will be recalled." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Moniteur says :—" The speculation of sweating and melting down coins, in order to ex tract therefrom a ny value they may contain above their ordinary cu.:rrency, is an injury inflicted on the public fortune, and constitutes a misdemeanour which cannot be tolerated. The French govern ment is resolved to repress this practice by all the means placed in its hands by the laws." " The Emperor and Empress," says the Sport, " went on a shooting excursion in the Park of St. Cloud two days back. Her Majesty wore an ele gant costume of (Teen cloth, composed of a skirt and jacket, ornam.ented with gold buttons and a round hat with a plume of feathers. Two sub-officers of the Chasseurs of the Guard attended on the Em press to carryherfowli no - -pieces. Her Majesty killed 9 ph easan ts out of 53 shoi - during the excursion. There will be hunting and shooting matches alternately every five days at Compiegne until November. The carrousel whicla is to figure in the series of fetes at Compiegne - will have this particularity, that all the horsemen will be mounted on Arabian horses of the same size and colour. They are a greyish-white and belonged to the old regiment of the 4th Chasseurs, now transformed into a regi ment of the guard." Colonel Pelissior, of the Marine Artillery, has been named member of the Council of Naval Works, in the room of Colonel FroLault, removed to other functions. General Gyulai, who is still in Paris, will be re ceived to-morrow, or the day after, in private audience by the Emperor. It was rumoured that NI. de Solignac Fenelou was recalled from Berne ; the rumour is unfounded. _ _ M. de Benkendorf, who is the bearer of a letter from the Emperor of Russia to the Queen of Spain, leaves this euening for Madrid. The arrivals of corn at Toulon since Saturday last have been 90,000 hectolitres. Prices have slightly declined. " In the month. of April last," says the Moniteur, " the Jeune Dieppois, French merchant vessel, was attacked in the neighbourhood of Cape Tres Forcas, by the pirates of the Rifl. That act was, •1 the part of the government of the Emperor, the subject of the most energetic representations to the government of Morocco, and his Majesty's consul general at Tangie rs, in conformity with instruc tions sent to him,, also demanded from the Court of Morocco an equitable indemnity in favour of the owners and crew of the pillaged vessel. The Moorish Government has just acceded to this claim, and the Governor of Tangiers has informed Viscount de Castillon that a sum of 7,000 piastres (35,000 f.) was ready to be paid to him. There is no doubt that the Government of _Morocco will cause the payment of this indemnity ultimately to fall on the guilty pasties ; and it is already an nounced that a force is being collected to march into Riff. The result obtained by our consul-gene ral is the more remarkable that it is unprecedented. Up to this time, the Government of Morocco has never paid any attenti-on to remonstran ces , even the most legitimate, u n l ers in presence demonstration, and w e' have the of of an armed more o re u a r so a n pp f l. o i r congratulating ourselve3 ou the result c ttion, that by deter: d i /1 i Morocco Riffites to acce we hpt tavehri :dining the Government o f the mrevousibility of the acts of of providing , for the ocu p r o t sed ou it the obligation BOURSE, OCT. g,,-_ yof its coasts. quotations " The foll ow i ng were the l ast : Cash. ft. P. End eta - nth. 4 'l per Cents ... 65 —L — c• 3 per Cent 5....... ..... 66 70 66 80 New Loan ............ 66 35 86 13Ank Shares ......... 3,80 ) Roman 85 CrCtdit Mobilior ...... 1,500 Austrian B,3lgian FiVerJ ... Spanish Threes 383 iv (5) ...... b 9 florae Debt RAILWAY r.,--rcit OLGU fr. c. fr. c. 885 °I:1 "n° •••••• 1,?ao Western 885 tir,a-thern t4trlsburo. ,yons— ....... .. .... 1,275 e 620 A,;diterrantan ...... Grand. Centra1.............. j" it Ditto Lyons Geneva .. •I. Cette ................ 697 50 Austrian ec:n. Toste . Friday Morning.—The Monit eur pub ivies the foll()vrin,g monthly debtor and credit° r account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) : Ca. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to bo paid to-day 605,681 67 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 76,027,936 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 33,060,000 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds 52,190,645 98 Hotel and furniture of the Bank _ Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 1,188,689 84 Premiums on the purchase of matiZxes 2,128,594 83 Sundries 84,551 53 1,002,170,644 45 DR. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund... Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 101,412,547 23 Various accounts-current Do, branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 1,002,170,644 45 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 113,126,401 26 122,676,090 7. Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 2,111,194 82 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 78,420,336 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 38,273,100 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 55,000,000 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,299,795 98 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 4,908,307 Expenses of administration 823,584 21 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 1,496,313 81 Sundries DR. 998,458,913 64 Capital .................... . . —.. ...... ........... 91,250,000 - Reserve fund l2 980 750 1 , , Reserve iminobilibre ..................... 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulati on . . . 54 3 ,502,200 - Do. of branch banks ..................... 77,024,400 Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight ................... Account-current of Treasury Creditor 118,818,302 7 6 Various accounts -current Do. branch banks - Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and exp enses Charge for safe keeping of securities — Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries ----_~ 998,458,913 64 AUSTRIA. VrENNA, Oct. 6.—The result of the appeal wle.ich a few days since was made by Austria to the good sense of the King of Naples is not yet known, but the prevalent impression in higher political circles is that General von Martini's mission will not be attended with any great success. The rupture between the Neapolitan Government and its repre sentative at this Court is so complete that for some time past the latter has been entirely without in structions. The Oesterreichische Zeitung, which is supposed to acquire a part of its information at an official source, contains the following interesting piece of news : "Many of the foreign papers state that the Austrian Government has sent a squadron from Pola to share in the demonstration against Naples, but the news is pre• i-ty at-are. 'Until now no vessel but the war steamer, the has reesived orders to p rocee d to the Bay of Nantes.'" The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort contains the following :—" The rumour to the effect that the Emp:zor of Austria will be crowned in the spring of next year is without foundation. That ceremony have to be preceded by the public: Lion of a new rescript, which is rendered necessary by the new organisation of the provinces. Up to the present inerheut the document has not even been taken into consideration." A letter from Vienna in the Hamburg News says :—" Workmen are actively employed at pre sent on the various fortified places of Gallicia, and large sums are appropriated to the works, the in tention being to establish in Austrian Poland a system of fortifications not inferior to those in Russian Poland. Hitherto there have been on the north-west frontier only tho fortified places of Olmutz and Pizenusl. But much more is Nor/ to be effected, and the places just mentioned are to be greatly enlarged, so as to be able, like Verona in Italy, to accommodate a numerous body of forces. MONTENEGRO. A letter from Montenegro of the 26th ult., in the Osservatore Triestino, says :—" The consul general of Russia has arrived here this day from Ragusa, charged, it is said, with an important mission. The French consul of Scutari arrived a few days ago, and had a long interview with the prince. It is generally believed his object is to induce the prince to conclude a treaty with Turkey, to the effect that Montenegro be declared part of Turkey as a separate duchy without payment of tribute, and under the sovereignty of the Petro. v itscl dynasty ; the Sultan would have rightthe powers in of confirming the prince. Prince Dsuillo is to appeared have mrefusedore tractable a t first ; on b learning t subsequently that t ha could havesaid not hope for aid from any of the f e or ha eig s n his struggle against Turkey. H say, proposed some modifications only and clai me d an t hey Increase of territory." ,'; SARDINIA. A letter from Genoa of the sth, in the Constitu tin says :—" E very preparatien i s b e i n g made for the reception of the Empress Dowager of Russia. Her Majesty will pass by this city in order to avoid the crossing of the Col de Tende, and will take her passage on board a steamer which General Lamarmora places at her disposal. Prince Eugene of Savoy Carignan will receive her Maj , sty at Nice, and will remain there to perform the duties of hospitality in the name of his Sardinian Majesty. The King will pass some weeks there, and will leave there his young family, compoed of the Princess Clotilde, aged 14, and three youn g er semis, one of whom is in very delicate health. The journals have spoken of a Russian fleet which is to go to the Bay of Naples. Long before the pahlica,tion of the Gortschakoff cir cular, the Emperor Alexander 11. had resolved on sending a flotilla into the Mediterranean, but it was merely to have it near his august mother, and to secure to her an aFylum in the not very pro- Imble event of a revolutionary movement. This is the reason of the Russian vessels coming from Cronstadt. The smaller ones will winter at Nice, whilst those with a greater draught of water will proceed to Villefranche or to the port of Genoa. It is said th a t thi s naval force will he commanded by the Grand D uke Constantine. As to goingg :end Naples, to m ount guard in case of a conflict dof the appeara nce t h ere of the Anglo-French squadron, it is needl ess t o say that if the Russ it was ian at the navy had wished to assume a martial attitude time of th e b om b ardment of B°ul topol, Ode ssa , an d Kertch that shouldit asunrd, Sebas topol, so. It will not d o at Naples w hatitdid not do at have don e home." The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 6th inst., an nounces the departure of 'Lord John Russell from Turin for Genoa. M. Paleocapa, Minister of Public Instruction, had subscribed 200 livres towards the purch ase of the 100 guns of Alessandria. THE BALTIC. _ - HAMBURG, Oct. 8 . —The r ecen t very severe equinoctial gal es which have ra ge d at sea - are said to have caused some very heavy losses to our as surance companies. The crew Sp brig Perla, th a t was abandoned by her North Sea, a ft er a period of three days' sail from th© Elb e, Spanish brig on her voyage to the Ha avnna about h with a valuable ca rgo (amounting, it is said, to 20,0001.), and fortunately picked up by the Hartlepool st eamer on her way to thi s port Gitana, Capt a i n Sp en ce, British coast, a s salvag , and. conveyed to t h e e, will form o of the heaviest among th e losses experienced. ne From all that is stated it appears that the captain of the Perla was rather hasty in l eav i ng the vesse l , f or there were only two feet of water found in her bold, and the other damages were such that any English crew would have repaired. Captain Spence, of the Gitana, will benefit - con i : siderably by the salvage, which, some say, will amount to about 3,0001. for the crew and himself. After leaving the Perla in the port of Bridlington, the Gitana made good her voyage to the Elbe, and arrived very shortly after her usual time. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar left our city yesterday morning, where they have been staying a couple of days, for Eutin, on a visit to the Duke of Oldenburg and family. No further accounts r e lati ve t o th e D an ish Mi nisterial crisis have arriv e d f rom C o p en h ag en. The King's birthd a y was ce l e b rate d t h roug h ou t his dominions with the usual rejoicings on MondaY last, and several promotions and appointments took place on the occasion. mra A letter from Odessa - , of the 26th ult., says . :—• " The cessation of the quarantine measures is a real benefit far our pori , , as well as for those i n the Sea of Azoff, in a commercial point of view. Com mercial relations with abroad are considerably facilitated, and the formalities, which were before very tedious, are now all got through in two or three days. The price of corn still remains very high. Wheat of middling quality is from 12 to 12 silver roubles the tchetwert (the rouble is a little more than 4fr. and the tchetwert about 300 litres) ; rye, from 7 to 71 roubles ; and barley, from 4to 4i roubles. In the ports of the Sea of Azof,r, the prices are generally from 2 to 3 roubles lower. A rumour prevailed some time ago that the Porte was desirous of establishing direct and re' gular relations with Rome. The Univers rio t states that in one of the last consistories it was decided that the affair has been indefinitely ad journed, prudential reasons not permitting th e Church to expose itself to be mixed up in the COw ilia of the various interests which will b 3 in pre sence at Constantinople. According to the Provincial Dreutsche Courant, the Second Chamber of Holland will take a long vacation after the examination of the budget on the committees. The Government will present a bill after Christmas concerning primary instruc tion, but will not touch on other branches. The examining magistrate in the Neufchatel affair and the procureur of the Swiss Confederation have published each a report in which it is proved, on the admission of prisoners themselves, that the statements made by some journals, with respect to bad treatment received by them, are utterly devoid of truth. The Berlin Correspondence of the 6th says " The Disciplinary Court, at its last sitting, con demned M. Sedfart, director of the Superior Cham ber of Accounts, to dismissal, without retiring Pew sion, for being concerned in the robbery of the despatches at Potsdam." General Todtleben has just arrived at Berlin on his way to some of the German baths for the re' covery of his health, whizh still continues delicate• A grand banquet was given by the King of th e Belgians at the Chat eau d o L ae k en on Tuesday, .111 honour of M. Richter, the new minister of Russia, who presented his credentials the same day. MARKET NEWS.—(Thi3 Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to' 'lay were very moderate, and in but middling condition. The few prime samples on offer changed hands steadily at Monday's quotations, but inferior kinds were a slow in' quiry on former terms. Over 21,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come fresh to hand that grain was less active than on Monday. I ° priccs, however, no change took place. Fine barley was scarce, and in steady request, at fal l quotations. Low parcels realised previous rates. The malt trade ruled steady. In prices'no change took place. We had a fair sale for oats, although the supply Of foreign was considerably on the increase, at late rates. Bcans, peas, and flour realised late quotations. AftiayeLs THIB WEEK. 1 Wheat. Barley. I Malt. I Oats. 1 Flonf. Eog'Ash .. 2,510 2,870 740 I 110 920 'rioli .. ,• J .501 1 4,850 Foreign 1 1 21,450 2,010 1 23,3G0 brig. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although our market today was but moderately supplied with beasts, the condition of which was inferior, the de• rnlnd for all breeds ruled inactive at Monday's currencY• We had a better sale for prime sheep, and prices advanced 2d per B:bs. Other breeds wore steady, on former terms• The best old Downs realised 5s 2d per Sibs. Calves were in short supply and firm request at an improvement is value of 21 per Sibs. The pork trade tilled steady, at very full prices. Milch cows moved off slowly, at from .11/ to 19/ (=lip including their small calf. Per Sibs to siuk the offais. R. (1. B. (1. - s. 4. s. 41 atertor Beasts.... 2 Sto 3 0 PritneSonthdown 410 5 0 I?,:ind. quaiity.... 3 2 3 6? LA rge ergo. calves 3 6 4 0 "rime large oxen 3 8 4 4)Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 S prime Scots, &e. 4 6 4 8 ;Largo hogs 1 8 4 0 (uferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6,Sniall„porkers ... 4 6 5 0 3ocond quality ..,3 8 4 2,'Snekling calves.. 23 0 3U 0 l'inio crsa.-wlled. 4 4 4 6,Quarter old pigs. 22 0 2 8 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 ronEtax suppr.r. 1 Beasts .. .. 012 j 8ea5t5........... .. 22a Sheep . ' .•** • 600 . •••• ...... 250 j Cab' Pigs ..•• .••••••••••••••• 35 0 i Pigs.. •• •• •...... NEW - GATE AND LEADENTIALL. was a slight improvement in the general trade to• Per Sibs by tits carcass. ti. s. d. a. (1, s. d. 1 4, 4 Beef, Inferior ..... li 2 10 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 : 3 0 middliug.....3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 d 0; p h e a r s ° follo ws :- 42 4 A Do. prime large.. 3 6 3 8 Do., prime _ - 30., do. small ....3 10 4 4 Veal 3 4 4 ' 4 E s t ) rk, larzo ........ 38 4 4 Pork, small 48 5 ORO. We conti nue to b ß a somew UGH hat e HOP xtensively supplied .with all new h ops, i n which about an average business is doing' at our quotations. Duty, 250,0001. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ lOs to 5/ 53 per cwt.; Weald of Kent, 31 3s to 4/ Oa; Sussex, 3? Os to 31 10a ; Farnharus, 4? to 54 COLONIAL. TE.l.—There have been large public sales of this article, and a great deal, of inferior qualities, has been offered. The biddings, however, were very languid, and only good usatul qualities met a ready sale at 10d to is id per lb for congous. Low congou sold at 8-id. Large sales of gnu• Powder have been effected by private contract out of the tate arrivals, at about former rates. Su GAR.—There has been only a moderate supply, and the market has ruled very firm. Full prices were readilY obtained fur all superior descriptions, and in some instances an advance of 6d per cwt. During next week there are large parcels of colonial and foreign announced for v ablic competition, but prices are not expected to rule lowor, as the deliveries are limited. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for plantation Ceylon, at fully former prices. Good to floe realised 6Se to 72s ; other sorts, GOs to 67s ; triage, 55s to 58s per cwt• Jamaica low middling to middling, GOs to 66s per cwt. The deliveries generally were ery RICE.—The market rules steady, with a fair demand at previous rates. Good Bengal brought lOs to lOs 3d per cwt, and good mid white lls per cwt. RuM.—The market has been steady, with but littlo'busi ness doing, and quotations are without alteration. SPICES.—The demand has not been active, and prices generally may be quoted rather easier. Pimento good mid sold for 4 t id per lb. Jamaica ginger, good qualities, rea lised 955. to 111 173.6 d per cwt. _ SALTPETRE.—The market has been firm, and a large business has been done at an advance in quotations c f 9d to is per cwt for the higher refractions. British refined is quoted 39s per cwt. TALnow.—The market has ruled very firm, and although the arrivals are very large an advance of Gd per cwt has been supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is 525, all the month 51s Gd, and November and December 51s per cwt. GREEN FRIIIT.—There has been a more active demand. A parcel of Madeira oranges, the first arrival of the si.,‘ason, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, was taken freely by the trade. Several cargoes new Spanish nuts, front Gijon, arrived ; o pening price 50 s per b arre l . No improve ri,..nt in lemons, the stock being greater than the congump• ion. M . A.DAIIE TUSSAAJD's EXHITITION.—ArnongO. the latest additions here is a portrait-model of the Duchess of Sutherland. Her Glace is represented in a most elabo rate and splendid modern costume, being composed of the most costly materials. This figure adds consid era bl y to the general' effect—the male figures being so nume rous, and consequently the female drapery, by its light appearance and beauty, produces a most charming con trast. The likeness is most excellent, and the figure is life-like and admirably executed. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY M EETIN GS. --BI RMINC HAM, Thursday.--The usual October meeting of ironmasters was held to-day, but, although most of the principal arms; of the district were represented, the attendance was by no means numerous. The trade generally wac repro noted to be flat and inanimate, although the great makers of best qualities of iron have considerable orders (3 ,. 1 h an d. The prices res o l ve d upon at the preliminary mee ti n g held a fortnight ago were maintained, but there was considerable underselling among makers of inferior qualities. The tendency of the market, upon the whole, was no t satisfactory, influenced greatly by thr: state of the money market, but no positive information as to the position and prospects of the trade can be given until after the concluding meeting of the quarter at Dudley on :3aturclay evening next. THE FRENCH A.CADEMY.—The French Academy grows .inpatient at the intermit able delays with which M. Ponsard puts off his inaugural address. Several acade eicians, elected after him, have been already received. Villemain, permanent secretary to the academy, met M. Ponsa.rd the other day, and accosted him in the following terms:—' You make us wait a long time for your address, Ponsard ;do you think you are going to bury us all and to pronounce our funeral eulogies ? Take care, nay dear colleague, your turn may come sooner i.han you expect, and your seat become vacant before it has been eccupied."—Express.