The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-21 00:00:00

'APLES AND " The ungracious reception given to legitimate observations, an unjust suspicion cast upon the purity of intentions, an insulting language in reply to wholesome advice, and finally an obsti nate refusal, no longer permitted the continua tion of friendly relations. "Complying witn the suggestions of a great Power, the Cabinet of Naples endeavoured to ex tenuate the effect produced by its first reply ; but this semblance of condescension was only an addi tional proof of its resolution to take no heed of the solicitude of France and England for the general Interests of France and Europe. Hesitation was ono longer warranted ; it became necessary to break off diplomatic intercourse with a Court which had itself so deeply altered the character ; that intercourse. "This suspension of official relations by no means constitutes an intervention in the internal affairs of Naples, still less an act of hostility. " As, however, the safety of the subjects of the ts•o Governments might be endangered, to provide for such a contingency, they have assembled a combined squadron ; but they have refrained from sending their ships to the waters of Naples, to avoid giving rise to erroneous inter pretations. This simple measure of eventual protection, which in no manner partakes of a menace, cannot either be considered as a suppor or encouragement offered to those who endeavour to upset tae throne of the King of the Two Sieilieg. "If, moreover, the Neapolitan Government, returning to a just appreciation of the sentiments which actuates the Governments of France and of England, should finally understand its real in terests, the two Powers would hasten to renew with it the relations which previously existed, and . will be happy by this reconciliation to give a new guarantee for the peace of Earope." Deloa'clies from the Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia wen received yesterday a 4 the Colonial office. LORD PALMRSTON AND PATtLI.IMENTAItY REFORM. --It is believed in the best-informtd circles that Vis count Palmerston is availing himself of the leisure s fforded by the recess to matlre and perfect a scheme of representative reform.— if anchater Guardian. Their Serene Mghnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar are expected in town, in a few 4 1 aye , from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon Castle, Fochabere, N.B. The Duke of Manchester, after visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Drcadalbane, at Taymoath Castle, Perthshire, and the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, left there last week to pay a aeries of visits southwards. The Earl of Cardigan, after completing his tour of in spection, as Icspector-General of Cavalry-, goes to Dean Park; Northamptonshire, to receive a succession of dis tinguished guest;% The Neapolitan journals chronicle the debut of a young Irish artist, Ferdinand Glover, of Dublin, at the Teatro Nuovo. He is spoken of in the most eulogistic terms by the principal organs of opinion on musical r , ubjects. The Omnibus states that he is engaged as principal baritone at the Teatro Nuovo until the carnival of 1857. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Al. hambra arrived yesterday at Southampton, from Alex- andria. THE BURNING OF THE NIAGARA STEAM.4IIIP.—It is now ascertained beyond reasonable doubt that the burn ing of the Niagara on Lake Michigan, by which some 5 human beings' lives were lost, was the work of an incendiary.—New York Tribune. THE LATE MR. G. A. A 'BEenerren—The gentlemen who had been Ro long associated with Mr. A'Beekett, in cennection with Puncil, have caused the remains of the lamented magistrate to be removed from the Bon. legne cemetery to that at Highgate, where they were de posited on Thursday la-t. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Cam rnis tioneri of Emigration have announced that they will despatch ships to Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne between the let and 81.1 a of December next. Charles Edward Phillpotts, son of the right rev. and iinuebreepected diocesan (the Bishop of Exeter), is a candidete for the office of chief constable for the county of Cornwall. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY IN SOMERSET SHIRE.—The executive committee of the Conservative Land Society have just concluded their twenty-seventh purchase of land, by the acquisition of a very valuable property in Silver-str ee t, T aunton. I t i s l ocally known as Drake's estate, and from its position close to the town, and natural features, is admirably adapted for building purposes. Mr. C. Wentworth has submitted to the Government plans for a locomotive battery for coast defence. Bread is being sold at Oxford at 61d. the 41b. loaf. At theto approaching L or d Mayor ' s show, Mr. Mechi intends exhibit Boydell's steam-en g i ne drawing the P am reaping and threshin g machines use d at Ti tree farm. Mr. John Whittaker, who was brutally assaulted and robbed on the high road between Rotherham and Thu berg, on Thursday last, expired on Saturday evening. A correspondent of the Times suggests that on each s id e of Blackfriars-road trees should be planted, to try whether they will not grow as well in London as they do in Paris. Charles Ashton, formerly a clerk in the Company of Copper Miners in England, was yesterday fully com mitted for trial by the Lo: fined dit five ln yor e for y es . embezzlement, terda Mr. William SquirtLamwbaeth poundspolice-court, forkeeping by Mr. Elliott, at premises in Westmoreland-row, Wa-.co lwortia, for boilin g bones, MURDER IN JERSEY.—With sincere sorrow w e an nounce the perpetration of a horrible murder in this island. On Tuesday night, the 14111 inst., between th e hours of 9 an d 10 o ' c lock, Mr. ifacquoil, Centenier of St. Ouen, lodged at the station-house one of tre inhabi tants of [that parish named Josue Le Gresley, son of Peter, from Vincbelez, whom ho bad arrested on the charge of murdering his wife Henriette Le Feuvre dit Fiellastre. From information obtained from Mr. Hee quail we learn that La Gresley was seen in the morning digging potatoes ; and his unfortunate wife was observed about five minute past 10 o'clock with a digging fork in her hand, proceeding in the direction of where her hue band was employed. Afterwards he waq seal, tending his pigs, and performing other work, but tlie poor woman was seen no more alive. At 12 o'clock the children returned from school, and, not finding their mother at borne, went in search of her, when, fright ful to relate, the weir creatures found their parent dead in a field. Help having been obtained, it was ascertained that the murdered woman hal been killed with the fork, one of the prongs of which having been driven into the back of the skull, and entering the brain, must have caused instant death. When picked up the body was cold and rigid. The prisoner was found in a state of seemine indifference, and fr ,r a the time of his arrest until !hie morning has maintained a gloomy si lence. There can be litle if any doubt that the man is in a state of apathetic insanity. We hear that some years ago he had been addicted to excessive drinki ng, and 18 kept confined to his k itchen. Most months past was. likely the fatal deed by which ne has stained his hands a with blood and deprived his children obf.utrheiormosthnee passion. The inquest is bein g r was the consequence of som e u held at the momentof our going to press.—Jersey independent. 'ERN PO WEE!. The following is a full translation of the article in the Moniteur, of which a summary appeared in our impression of yesterday : " As soon as peace was concluded the first care of the Paris Congress was to insure its duration. With that object in view the Plenipotentiaries examined into the elements of discord which still existed in Europe, and especially turned their attention to the condition of Italy, of Greece, and of Belgium. The observations exchanged on that occasion were everywhere received with a spirit of cordial understanding, because they were inspired by a sincere solicitude for the quiet of Europe, and at the same time evinced the respect which Was due to the independence of all sovereign States. "Thus, in Belgium the Government, agreeing 'with the opinion upon the excesses of certain or gans of the press, showed itself disposed to put a stop to them by every means in its power. "In Greece the financial plan of organisation submitted to the appreciation of the protecting Courts proves the readiness of the Greek Govern ment to hearken to the counsels of the Congress. "In Italy the Holy See and the other States admit the expediency of clemency and internal reforms. "The Court of Naples alone haughtily rejected the counsels of France and of England, although given under the most amicable form. "The rigorous and compressive measures which for a long time have been turned into means of administration by the Government of the Two a state of agitation, and Sicilies keep Italy in compromise the peace of Enrdpe. Convinced of she dangers arising from such a state of things, France and England had hoped to avert them by *wise counsels given at an opportune moment ; those counsels have been disregarded ; the Go vernment of the Two Sicilies, closing its eyes to evidence, has thought fit to persevere in a fatal course. THEATRE ROTAS, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. Z. T. bialth. TMS EVENING LONDON ASSURANCE. Followed by Burlesque of PIZARRO. concinde with BALLET DIVERTIS iE3IENT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,. Under the Management of Mr. CHABLIS SCAN THIS EVENING. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with I'ILIRTIO. TILEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckskin., THIS EVENING, WILD OATS. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After Which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. Followed by (for the fifth 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 Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery. Is. Commence at 7. Half•price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from !it'll 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVEIgINO, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which. THE IRISH TUTOR. To conclude with OUR GAL. SIR AND TZIEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, THE OLD COMMODORE: After which, OUT ON THE LOOSE. Followed by an original Burlesque, entitled BELPHEGOR. Mesdames Cuthbert, Wooßidge, and E. Jacobs; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Herbert, Clarke, To conclude with The Ballet of POLICHIOELLE. Messrs. W. A. Barnes and Mithenson. Commence at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, la.—Gallery, Gd. LOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and :Wanner, Mr. AlflreA Wigan. TIII3 EvEN-Licg, RETRTBUTION. To conclude with TIIE FIRST 3.71G11T. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Macr.7.er, Mr. Win. Cooke. 'MIES EVENING, igiith Night!) Shakspere's Tragely of RIC ITARD TUE TITTRD, With Equestrian Illustratfqns by Mr. IV. Cooke's stud of trained horses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, The SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Pot Pourri of Amusing Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Box-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage 31anager, Mr. W . west. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. WATER. AT T.0 . 771101NT BRAWN% rras DAY—Morn. 58 min. aft. G —Evening 36 min. sft. 7 T. , 1-HOBROW— . .l'iloru. 21 nun. aft. B—Evening 12 min. aft. 9 THE WEATITER—Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 21. THST:r2rOIifTER, IN TrIR Saara. (39 -yee, , t norm y,r,terday. 34 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this dxy se noon. PARO , r7r VP, 30 . 31. WIND, W.S.W.—Light, with fine weather. STAMPED LDI.T.EON OP " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Stun, Stamped, in time for Post, may a:w tys be had from half past 5 till '7 o'clook every evening. Sulyieribers in the Country will please to observe that the heailin7 " THIRD EDITION" :s always to be seen on the papers containing' the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced is obtaining that Elition, a coaununication to The Sun OrliCe wilt remedy it. Sua Office, 112, &rand. , • f that the difference in the rateable value of the prcperly in the two districts amounts to no more than 153,6971. The matter must be thoroughly investigated, and if the allegations made are at all substantiated, the City must be fairly assessed. The doctrine with respect to "bearing one an other's burdens" involves reciprocity of relief, and let the City purists say what they may, by no means countenances the throwing of City burdens on the shoulders of the ratepayers of other districts. The principle involved is susceptible, we are inclined to think, of much more general application, and when the drainage rate is in force, if not before, we anticipate an equalisation of assessment, at which sonic may grumble, but at which all good citizens will rejoice. The defence of the City of London Gas Com pany is now before the public. If it is not satis factory it is certainly not for want of variety and boldness—we had almost said audacity—of asser tion. The witnesses were numerous, and their testimony may be said to have ranged from zero to blood heat. Fortunately it is not what men gay or would have inferred the public in such matters are unhesitatingly disposed to accept. The case is one in which their own judgment can be turned to account, and they must be expected to come to that conclusion only which common sense is likely to approve. We by no means would have it inferred the witnesses testified to what they knew to be false. Interest (and the company have influence) will go a long way towards the formation of an opinion, and custom, ignorance, and perversity have in this instance had their full weight. It is one of the evils of an unhealthy locality that the offensive and pernicious odours which load its atmosphere cease in course of time to be offensive to the more robust organisations exposed to them, withoutlosing their injuriousness ; though there are instances where the subject becomes as it were acclimatised, and ceases to be perceptibly affected by them in any way whatever. .The test of noxiousness is not to be found in these. If you would know whether the atmosphere of any given locality is detrimental to health, the surest and most delicate way of testing the matter is to ascertain what effect it has on strangers. If these be bad on individuals of delicate organisation, the case is proved ; if robust men are stricken down, it is impossible for demonstration to be more complete. These things being considered, we attach but little weight to the testimony adduced on behalf of the Company. The broad, glaring, indisputable facts remain unimpeached. The police on the beat feel an offensive smell ; nausea and sickness, fol lowed by prostration of energy, are produced by it, and some of them have to 'be removed elsewhere. This smell, they assert, comes from the gas works ; they have traced it there, and, in confirmation of their assertion, it is not denied a smell like that they describe is to be met with in the works, which, if inhaled, would be productive of such results. The only impeachment of the damning testimony of the police is the assertion that the offensive odour proceeds from the Fleet Ditch. Why, if true, was there not incontestible evi dence of its truth forthcoming ? Nothing could have been easier than to have adduced it, if it were advisable. The public must be excused if they believe it was not. What adds to the weakness of the defence is its absurd and contradictory nature. One class of testimony disposes of the affair in the most summary manner, kicks the police clean out of Court. It is not a question with those witnesses of is it good, or is it bad ? or—which is which ? It is a question as to a primary fact—are there, or are there not,. smells in thi Whitefriars dis trict? and, "nd such thing—there are nune,"is, in effect, their reply. If theso people are right the police must he March mad, or worse—they who support their testimony pitiable victims of hallucination and the court of inquiry, imbecile. The Fleet Ditch people, or people who, not having the fear of the Fleet before their eyes, endeavour to exculpate the gas works at its expense simply illustrate how needless a nose is to give positive evidence on smells. The least irrational of all are those who admit the smells and deny the noxiousness or unpleasantness of them. The last point is a mat ter of taste—the former of science and fact ; and when an individual is found with a taste so de- praved--sas the great majority believe—as to like the smells, they must be pardoned the presump. tion that his judgment is not to be counted on as to their quality. A fourth class remains—this consists of those who, with a sublime audacity, admit the smells—express no doubt as to their origin, and leave the question of taste out of con- sidoration, but authoritatively pronounce them wholesome—absolute preventives of cholera ! It would argue an insane belief in hoinceepathy, in. deed, to give credit to these people. Most of us, one way or other, unfortunately know what cholera is, and it really is too much to be told that a violent and depressing evacuant can either be wholesome or good for a disease heralded by a depression of vital energy, and terminated by utter prostration. We make the Company a present of Mr. CHILDS, who appears to be too amiable to disagree wholly with either party. e lt all events, the Company are welcome to his testimony so far as the public are concerned, who only seek after the truth, and don't admire being mystified by witless contradictions, or rather sta- tistics, on which the compiler admits he cannot dopend. The Company would have been better off with fewer and more reliable witnesses. They have fallen into the error of getting up too strong a case, and the result is it has no coherence, and can command no belief. It may . be individuals have lived long at gasworks—men have lived long under the most unfavourable circumstances, and where there is a free current of air in an open space gasworks may not be very injurious ; but in a confined area, overhung by a humid atmo sphere, breath e d b y thousan d s, th e sme ll s o f gas works canuot--we persist in saying—fail to be prejudicial to the public health. All the denia' in the world will not overturn an easily ascertain- able fact. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 20. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Alberta accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany and four elder members of the Royal family, walked on the East Terrace yesterday afternoon, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Here ditary Prince of Tuscany, went out shooting this morn• ing. The Princess Alice rode on horseback. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa took a carriage drive. M. Pacheco had his first audience of the Queen this day, and delivered his credentials as Minister from her Catholic Majesty the Queen of Spain. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Dufferin and Lieutenant-General Sir F. Stovin were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Tie Spanish Minister remains on a visit to the Qneen. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have been in vited, and are expected this afternoon. don yesterday m orn i ng Viscount and V iscountess Palmers t on arr i ve d in Lon left town in the aft ernoon for Win d sor C as tl e . from Broadlands, Hants, and rnE SUN, LONDO', TMESDA 'ET-EWING OiCrOBIEIR 21; 1856. LINDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1858, Diplomatic relations between the Western Powers and Naples will forthwith be suspended. The reckless conduct of Boafr.A has left no alter native, and having hesitated and diplomatised until the act was divested of the greater portion of its vigour and utility, France and England have at length partially adopted the course indi cated some six weeks since, and which, when once alluded to, should not have been postponed for a single hour. We say "partially," because, in consequence of not sending their fleets into the Bay of Naples, they have yielded to the brow beating of Russia, and only carried a compara tively trivial portion of their threats into execu- Now, this is all not only very humiliating, but very injudicious and impolitic. A great nation should never mako its bark worse than its bite—should never utter a threat which it was not firmly resolved to carry out to the fullest extent, unless its demands were complied with. More especially, it should not exhibit the slightest symptom of poltroonery, nor yield to the ominous hints of a more powerful an tagonist what it refused to justice and equity. It shou!d - put - forward no requisition which it was not firmly determined to enforce, not only against the party originally complained of, but also against all his alders and abettors, who ever they might be. Nothing should be lightly or recklessly required, but still less should there I , e any abandonment of a well-founded claim. The mere notion that such an abandonment is possible may, by inducing resistance, occasion great mis chief. It i s lik e the fut i le demonstration of firing over the head o f an i nfur i ated mob, which only increase s their occasioni ng ten a fo n l g d e th a e n d bl s o t o im ds u h l e a d te t s h t a li t ei w r o a u u l d d a h ci a t v y e , followed had there been a greater amount of patience displayed, or that the fusillade, when once ordered, had proved effective in the first instance. In our impression of yesterday we inserted the substance of the important article in the Moniteur, which explained the policy of France, with whi c h that of England is completely identified. Th a t i t completely justified the cess a ti on of amicable rela tions is indisputable. But it did more! It fully warranted an imperative demand f or redress— an inflexible determination that immediate the peace and tranquillity of Europe should not be endan gered by the perverse and contumacious refusal of the Lilliputian Despot, to attend to the disinte rested and wholesome advice tendered. F rance and England have either gone too far or not far enough. On the " ill reception of their legitimate observations," " the insulting doubts cast on the purity of their intentions," and, above all, " the offensive language opposed to salutary Why should they be so solicitous to show that the course pursued cannot be considered as " a support or encouragement to those who endeavour to upset the throne of the King of the Two Sicilies 1" Why should they care as to the con sequences that may ensue ? That they are more than warranted in breaking off diplomatic intercourse is admitted, and it is BOMnA that must look to the consequences if those of his sub jects who have but too much reason to become malcontents should endeavour to avail themselves of the opportunity—he has only himself to thank for the untoward results. Never was there a more fitting occasion for intervention, and, if necessary, occupation of the Neapolitan territory. But according to the despotic theory it is only tyrants that can be protected against their indig nant subjects. Austrian or Russian troops are always available for such purposes. But when the people, goaded by oppression to the verge of madness, require assistance, then, forsooth, it is an undue interference with sovereign rights, and Russia and Austria are ready to rush into the arena as champions for the injured tyrant, who is not permitted to do as he likes with his own, and to rivet the chains on millions of sufferers. We cannot congratulate the French and Eng lish Governments on the course they have taken, which shows an amount of in d,3. cision and irresolution on the part of two of the great Powers of Europa by no means dig•nifiel or becoming the p3sition they aspire to fill. The course of Russia is unquEs- tionably more c)nsisZent with her antecedents than that of the Western Powers; and, weze we to judge from that alone, we might suppose th't they had been worsted in the late war, and had been compelled to become humble suppliants f or peace at any price or on any conditions. A question of some, interes to the ratepayers outside the City inundarie:3 was yesterday mooted at a meeting of theillttropolitan Board of Works. A.lremly- the working of the Board has occasioned some amount of expenditure; and with the drain age and other works of an expensive description " looming in the distance," it becomes a matter of importance that an equitable assessment of the several districts should be made. By the act of Parliament, the assessable value of property to be taxed for the purposes of the Board of Works is to be estimated according to the estimate or basis on which the county rate is assessed. Now, were this basis to be met with in each and all of the districts represented at the Board, consider able difficulty would still be experienced in duly apportioning the burden of local taxation. It so happens, however, that the City of London is not assessed for a county rate, and the assessment in operation is, or was, consequently based on the sewers rate of the City. The amount of the assessment, on whatever basis, suggests doubts in the minds of some of the members as to its equit ableness, and we must say these doubts appoar to be by no means unwarranted. Knowing, as our readers do, the immense sums demanded for the smallest conceivable site in the City, they will be somewhat surprised to learn that the City assessment of rateable property amounts only to 1,153,0691. This certainly would seem out of keeping with the sale of sites at 67,000/. an acre, and would alone warrant a suspicion that the City authorities have dealt leniently with themselves and fellow-citizens. Under such circumsnances it could excite no wonder if a demand were made by the represen tatives of other districts for information as to the actual basis of assessment in the City. One fact, however—we take it as we find A—removes the matter, to our thinking, from the region of doubt to that of certainty, and invests the demand with the authority of justice. Not only, according to one of the speakers, i 9 the sewers rate assessment less than the counts rate, but the assessment of the City is below that at which the Property Tax Commissioners had assessed it. Civic history, we imagine, will serve the City authorities but little in the matter. Past good character may be all owed some weight against an unfavourable presumption, but hero we have something more than a presumption. and some thing considerably 8; hort of a good character. The case is glaring. 'Our friends in the City have been taking care of number one at the expense of the rest of the metre ) polis. To what extent we know not. One member of the Board says the assessment i 3 4t DO,OOOl. less than it should be. For our part w e incline to think he is within the mark. Supposing the statements on which our remarks are base( 1 prove incorrect, which is not very likely, the :Borough of Marylebone will still have a right to c :omplain that, with its assess ment at 999,372/., it should only return two Members, while the Jity, with its 1,153,069/., returns three. It is. not, however, in order to a more equal apporti mment of representation we draw attention to tb is disparity —it is because we sae in the figures sti ung ground for believing the City is really assess ad much below the value of its rateable property. 1 lore are individuals who will believe anything, hos fever self- contradictory and ab surd ; but short of t. tiese, we are unable to conceive how, if M aryle b one be fairly assessed, the City can be d eeme d . so. Li bone, ,ok at the figur es : Maryle -099,372/.; the C !ity, 1,153,0691. ! Be must be a bold man who will assert or persist in asserting ' counsels," and the "obstinate refusal " to listen to their salutary advice, there should have been an immediate withdrawal of the Am bassadors, and the adoption of the measures indis pensable for the security of the subjects of France and England who might unfortunately be placed - within the power of BOMBA and his chosen body guard, the Neapolitan lanaroni. This step, when once even hinted at, should have been instantly taken. A squadron merely cruising in the direction of the Bay of Naples, but refraining from entering its waters, could have afforded no real protection. The anticipated danger might occur before notice could be given to the officers of the fleet, and the assailants would only be stimulated to greater outrages at the notion that France and England dared not disturb the sanctity of the Neapolitan waters. The chief object of the document ap pears to be to deprecate the anger of Russia— to prove to that Power that " the suspension of diplomatic intercourse in no sense constitutes any intervention in internal affairs, and still less any act of hostility." Our transatlantic cousins would not be quite so mealy-mouthed. They would act decisively in any exigency, and conse quently would escape the disgraceful shirking and quibbling usually resorted to. Had England and France, without waiting for Austria, declared that the passage of the Pruth would be regarded as a cams belli, the Eastern difficulty, and with it the sacrifice of 60,000 British subjects, and 100,000,0001. of English money would have been averted. But red-tapism forbade the wholesome demonstration. We should move by inches—and thus a sanguinary and expensive war was forced upon us. We earnestly hope that in the present instance a similar course may not be followed by similar results--.-that we may not again be drift ing into war through the want of firmness and determination on the part of the Allied Govern ments. LATEST NEWS. MADRID, OCT. 20. MARSEILLES, Oar. 20. The Paris Correspondent of the Morning Pax 'Second Edition) says :-- , "The appearance in the Moniteur of the ex pected note on Neapolitan affairs has produced a most favourable impression. Those who were jealous for the honour of France are satisfied at seeing the policy promulgated at the Paris Con ferences carried into effect ; and those few whose political opinions are opposed to the Empire, be cause it is the Empire, find so much moderation and dignity in the language of the Government that they have little to say. The publication of this note is regarded as important to Europe generally, because it illustrates the determination of England and France not to countenance such Governments as that of the Two Sicilies. What ever may be the immediate results of the with drawal of the English and French Embassies, the future results cannot be •doubted. It will show such rulers as Ferdinand of Naples that there 1 4 it limit to their cruelty and misrule, which the great Powers will not fail to observe. The pub- lication of the note confirms the information I have given you—viz., Chat the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuilecries are united in their foreign policy as regards Italy ; and that the re turn of the Emperor to Paris has given a decision to their policy. As regards the effect of this note on the money market, I may observe that at the Passage de I'Opera it was received with great pleasure by the better p art of speculators, having heea hourly expected. Its contents—so pacific, but at the same time so explicit—caused a gene ral satisfaction. " The small faction which, for nearly two months, have been playing for the fall and conse quent depression of public funds by using all sorts of tricks and rumours, had caused the rente to he quoted early in the morning at the lowest prices they could venture upon_ But the inter pret.tion given to the Government's intentions soon checked this movement." The Paris correspondent of the Times' (second edition) says : " The Government has at last spoken out on the Neapolitan question. A note appears in the Moniteur of today, and it corroborates pretty nearly all I have stated on the subject for the last week or fortnight. Opinion is, as usual, divided on the note itself ; some call it dignified and energetic, others the contrary, and some again decide that it is just what was expected, but just what suits the exigency of the case. When the Ministers have left Naples the King will probably make. few concessions, proprio motu as it were, and take his own time for reform ; and then we .hall be good friends once more. There is no use in wasting time in conjectures as to what will occur at Naples or in Sicily as soon as the withdrawal of the Ambassadors is known, but an insurrectionary movement would wonderfully com plicate matters. When Baron Brenier leaves, the French Consul, M. Soulange-Bodin, will take charge of the archives, and continue to transact merely notarial business, and I suppose his Eng lish confrere will remain for the same purpose. The Bavarian Minister will take charge of the interests of such French or British subjects as still abide in the Neapolitan territory. As soon as Baron Brenier leaves, M. Antonini, the Neapo litan Minister at this Court, will proceed to Brussels." The Vienna correspondent of the Times (seconvl edition), dated Oct. 17, says : " Until this morning there was a strong im pression on my mind that Austria feigned to distrust France in order to excite the suspicions of England, and if possible to bring about a cool ness between the Western Powers ; but positive information has now been acquired that this Government is greatly annoyed at the conduct of the French Cabinet in more than one matter of importance. Complaints are made that Count Walewski does not display sufficient firmness towards Russia, and it is whispered that he and M. de Morny are on such excellent terms with the St. Petersburg Cabinet that it will be able to manage matters pretty much as it pleases when the Paris Conferences are resumed. It is morally certain that Ismail would not have been destroyed if Count Walewski had spoken more positively on the subject when it w as brought forward by Count (now Prince) Orloff, at Paris, and the question of the Isle of Serpents would not now be pending if the ships of France had returned with those of England to the Black Sea. In my letter of yesterday a doubt was expressed of the correctness of the assertion that the British Cabinet did not object to the prolon gation of the occupation of the Danubian Princi palities by Austria, but it appears that her Ma jesty's Government has recently come to the con clusion that the Presence of the Austrian troops in Moldavia and Wallachia will facilitate rather than impede the satisfactory settlement of the Bessarabian frontder question." VAPLE The English squadron had S. not been met with since its departure from A' of There was nothbig new as to the French squadrcx at Toulon, but it was all ready. A letter, dated Naples, O c t. 16, says :—" A Council of State was held at Gaeta last Monday ; but lam informed that, as usual, no business of any importance was transacted, and that the Here ditary Prince presided. I must not omit, however, to state that some assert that a change of Ministers and a comprehensive amnesty were discussed. There eau be no doubt that such measures have for The Gazette publishes a Royal decree, panting au extended amnesty for all condemnations in curred in consequence of the events of July last. By two other decrees, also inserted in the official journal, the measures taken for the seques tration of the property of the Queen-Mother are annulled, and all appointments and promotions granted in June and July, 1854, are ratified. .* Accounts from C ons t a ntinople of the 13th, brought by the Sinai, state that the difficulties relative to the town of Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents have become more aggravated. Admiral Lyons sent the Gladiator to Malta to demand fresh vessels. The Majestic had arrived, and other vessels were expected. It is said that the English are supplying the Circassians with arms. The Porte intf3nds to disarm the Albanians. The expedition against Montenegro is abandoned. The Porte has conferred several decorations on persons connected with the French Messageries. M. Behic, one of the directors, has received the order of the Medjidie. Accounts from Athens of the 15th state that everything was tranquil. The circular of Prince Gertschakoff had produced no impression. The Government Was using every endeavour to put down brigandage. The export of corn has been prohibited in consequence of the high price of provisions. some time been reported as probable among the Royalists ; but should they ever be carried into effect, and as final measures, I should regard them as fatal toNeapolitan progress and liberty. The fault is not with the Ministers, who, when strong-minded, well-intentioned men, have been cashiered in an ignominious manner - , or, when they have been pliable men of yesterday, have been the slaver' of the Royal caprice, registrars of the Royal will. The evil lies in the existence of an absolute power which practically denies the right of independent thought in will or action to its subjects. With such a power uncontrolled by the common obligations of morality, inasmuch as it takes and breaks oaths in a breath, there can be no confidence in peace or progress. I can conceive that the Royalists would be well con tented with such a solution of the difficulty—but such a solution would be false, inefficient, fatal. The funds rose to 1081, and most assert that it was because Baron Brenier took a box at San Carlo for the Queen's gala last night. I cannot help ob serving a feverish distrustfulness and anxiety among the Liberal party about the sentiments. and movements of France and her Ministers. For several years there have been circulating re ports regarding Count Walewski, to which of oourse I cannot give credence, but which still mark the universal impression that, in some way or other, he is bound to support the interests of Fer dinand 11. Of course these reports have been more rife since certain agents have visited Paris within the last few months. One fact is pretty clear, that the foreign policy of France has been more dis posed to support the assumption of the King than the demands of the people of Naples. "His Majesty still maintains his confidence and his pleasantry in speaking of the Allies, and on a recent occasion is said to have presented the Here ditary Prince as `King of the Two Sicilies, by the grace of England and of France.' "Among other valuable articles taken off to Gaeta are said to be papers of importance. "His Royal Highness the Count of Syracusehas been visiting his Majesty, a fact which was much commented on as marking some approximation be tween the views of the Royal brothers. Among other significant incidents, too, it was observed that on Sunday night the Royal box at San Carlo was well filled with the members of the Royal family, and that the next box was occupied by Princes Satriano (Filangieri) and Ischitella, as also by General Nunciante, the right-hand man of the King. The inference was, that there was a reconciliation between Satriano and the Court, and that he will be called to help them out of their difficulties. " The political prisoners lately set at liberty have been restricted to a residence in their province. An toinetta Pace was not liberated at the same time, perhaps for want ofsureties. Avitabile has permission to remain in Naples. An action was opened last Monday by the Procureur-General against the two individuals arrested for having expressed their approbation of the decision of the judges in the late political cause ; but the judges, on retiring to consider whether there was sufficient ground for a prosecution, decided in the negative, they were therefore liberated after ten days' confinement. In referring to the absurd false statements of a portion of the French press that there were not more perhaps than 100 political prisoners now re maining, I might have given the following evi dence of Captain Acuti on the recent trial. When he was the commander of the Bagni of Procida there were 1,450 prisoners, of whom 600 wore poli tical. Captain Acuti was commander of the Bagni about a year ago—and supposing one-half have since been liberated, which certainly is not the case, we have yet 300 for one prison only still remaining, to take no account of those who in the provinces are daily arrested for reasons and under circumstances that would appear incredible out of this country. That some have been released cannot be denied, but the majority were such as had been arbitrarily ar rested bya simple orderof police and confined with out trial or sentenceePoor Amodio too, once, I think, deputy for Potenza,, has been liberated ; he had be come mad in prison ! Death also has reduced the numbers, as in the case of the consumptive patient Zeuli, confined in chains in the damp prisons of Montesarchie. Lanza and Mambrini have been permitted to return on conditions extorted from them, which must for ever awaken the regret of their friends. I cannot proceed to individualise all who have returned to enjoy a doubtful liberty under 'the surveillance of the police, and within the grasp of a power which may at any time consign them again to a prison. An amnesty, indeed ! It is a mockery of concession. I cannot but observe on the gradual and detailed manner in which the few who have been liberated have been amnestied. No one knows better than the King the danger of such a measure, and therefore it is that a general am nesty cannot and will not be granted unless there be a return to a state of legality. An amnesty is incompatible with things as they are—its only effect ' will be to restore thousauds who are smarting from injustice and boiling with wrath and indignation to form so many nuclei of discontent and revolution. We have arrived at this point then that compassion is not safe without justice and legality. "The American sloop of war e the Constitution, came in on Monday from Spezzia, and she will pro bably remain some time to watch events." A letter from Naples of the 13th, in the Gazette du Midi, says :—" The King is still at Gaeta, superintending the work of the fortifications. He will return here in a day or two, and will after wards proceed to the Palace of Caserta, the Nea politan Versailles, and will remain there for some time with the Queen, who is very near her con finement. Everything here is perfectly c ilm ; no agitation is visible, at least on the surface, and the public funds do not appear to be acted on by 1 the diplomatic crisis. They are still at 107. The Government considers itself equal to anything that may take place. The King declares that he will not yield to any pressure, and that ho will continue to do what he thinks proper. It is said that in talking to a foreign ambassador he used this expression,' When I shall declare an am nesty I do not chose that it shall be for the benefit and honour of foreigners, but for the safety of crown.' As to the eventual abdication which b na been talked of the statement is declared to be with outa the slightest foundation. Ferdinand 11. would consider it as an unpardonable weakness. He thinks it his duty to remain at his pest, and flat ters himself that he wi ll obtainby his persistence even an honourable solution. The Austrian am bassador has only yet seen the King once ; he preser ves the natural attitude of a diplomatist who has simply come to resume his functions after a leave of absence. Austria has so great an interest in the tranquillity that she should be thought less indifferent than any other in what is goine.. on. As to R uss i a and Prussia, the attitude of their ambassadors is very decided. The plenipotentiary of the former of those powers sees all the higher ranks of society flock to his soirees with an eagerness in which cu riosity perhaps has a great share. It WAS at one of those soirees that he read the famous Gortschakoff circular before it was published by the Cologne Gazette." 1 Verona Gazette contains the following : " The ctyof Naples is very defective in a military P 0111 • t of view, and may at a . ny time be menaced without danger of much resistance. A. fleet is at any time able to destroy Naples or to oblige the Government to come to terms. I n 1815, Joachim Murat kept the Austrians in check on the land side, but when Commodore Campbell appeared before Naples, the fleet was obliged to be given up. Since then, indeed, the Neapolitan fleet has been considerably increased ; nevertheless, the port, being too small, can o ff er but little resistance, and all the maritime arsenals at Naples and Castella mare are exposed to the fire of the enemy. The accumulation of military and naval stores at Naples, and in the neighbourhood is very detri mental to the defence of the kingdom, because the fall of that city renders all resistance in other quar ters impossible. The islands opposite the gulf are more favourable for the purpose of attack than de fence. The fortifications of Capti, Ischia, and Procida are quite insufficient to prevent the en trance of a fleet into the port. On the land side the capital may b e defended, if it is not threatened by sea. Th e f ort i f i cations of the rest of the king dom are important, but are not connected so as to form a regular strategical system." AUSTRIA. The Austrian Gazette of Vienna, of the 16th says :—" Some journals assert that Austria has concluded with the Porte a secret treaty relative to the prolongation of the occupation of the Prin cipalities. Such a treaty is in no respect necessary as the existing one clearly declares that the evacu ation of these Principalities depends solely on the larrangements to be entered into between the Porte and Austria. Even admitting that the enactments of the treaty o f Paris, which says that foreign troops must evacuate the country within six months, were applicable to the Awuestmriaany oreccmuipnad trrae m a t t the t t r r e e a a t t y y, in question con ttthaioiennsP, a bara n iss u ejd m o b uo e nr r naa o l f sse other provisions which have not yet been executed. According to it, for example, t h e com mission on the Principalities ought to have long since assembled at Bucharest, and have com menced its labours, but it has not done so. We do not believe that we are in error in stating that, as soon as a decision shall be come to with regard to the Principalities, and new institutions shall b e established in those provinces, Austria w ill not delay in putting a n end to an occupation w hich has cost and still costs her a good deal of money, and which is not for her interest alone." The Ost Deutsche .Post, of Vienna, also contains an article destined to justify the occupation of tb e Danubian Principalities by Austria. It opposes this occupation to that of Greece by the allies, and asserts that the former is justified by right, whilst the presence of the Western Powers in Greece crin receive no justification whatever. It asserts that the non-settlement of the Bessarabian frontier de mands the presence of the Austrian army in the provinces, as it has given rise to the re-appearance of the English squadron in the Black Sea. It does not suffice, it says, for the treaty to be signed ; it must, likewise, be carried into execution. "Aus tria," says the article in conclusion, " has the same duty to perform in watching over the execution of tiis treaty as the other contracting powers ; and the presence of the Austrian force, justified more over by treaty, is calculated to accelerate the satis factory execution of the measures provided by the peace of Paris." RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg letter states that the Emperor of Russia has granted the order of the White Eagle to Ismail Pacha, commander of the Turkish army at Anatolia. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the Bth, says : ___‘; The establishment of the company for navigat ing the Black Sea has been already mentioned. To-day the following Imperial ukase relative to the extraction of coal in the country of the Don has, appeared :—' The maintaining in the Black Sea of vessels of war i mpe ll e d solely by steam, which We shall have to keep up as a protection in conformity with the treatyof Paris; the anticpated construction of railways in the south of the Empire, the founda tion of the Russian Society of Navigation in the Sea of Azoff, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean , as also on the rivers Bong, Dnieper, and the Don ; the development of steam navigation on the Volgai and lastly, the large increase in the price of wood in the south of Russia—all these causes being necessarily calculated to augment the scarcity 01 fuel, and we being desirous to prevent the extrac tion of coal from becoming a monopoly, hav e decided that all companies presenting themselves for that purpose shall be authorised to extract coal, provided they be composed of Cossacks of the Don.' Some German journals have spread the report that recent nominations for the navy of the Black Sea prove that Russia contemplates the re-establishment of her naval forces in that sea. This report is without foundation, as is proved by the fact that Admiral de Metlin, commander of the naval forces at Nicolaieff, one of the principal officers of that fleet, has been brought to St. Peters burg as councillor of the Admiralty, and that Ad miral Pamphiloff, who commanded a division of it, has been nominated governor of Sweaborg ; also by the fact that the crews of that fleet have been sent to Archangel and Cronstadt." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 10th says :--- " The Emperor, who returned a few days back to the palace of Czarskoe Zelo, near this city, will re main there three days longer, partly to despatch business and partly to enjoy a little repose." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING* BOURSE, Oct. 20.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. c End of Month. 4i per Cents 9l —f. —O. 3 per Cents 66 90 67 New Loan 66 80 Bank Sh ares 3,930 --Roman Credit Mobilier 1,475 Austrian Belgian Fives 99t— Spanish Threes...—. Viedmontese (5) . B9 H ome D e b t ..„.....• " 4 ' ;tl. RAILWAYEI—POI3I CAM fr. c. fr. ' Orleans 1,277 50 Western.. BB7 50 Northern .. . . 955 Strasburg t:yens .. 1,277,50 New Ditto - Itediterranetn 1,690 Grand Central Lyons Genova 722 50 Teste Cotta 7OO Austrian Ccm. - THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Yankee Ranger we have received advices from Cape Town to August 23. The Graham's Town Journal of August 6 states that the intelligence from the frontier to that date was of a satisfactory character. A correspondent, writing from Queen's Town on the 13th, says :--- " Things are not so bad here as they are represen ted. We are not excited, neither are wo throwin4 up entrenchments, a 3 has been said : on the con trary, we feel quite competent to hold our position even though the whole force of Kaffirland. should )13 brought against us." In like manner a corre spondent writes from Alice on the 14th of Aug. The excitement occasioned by the recent rumours of war is going off. Letters from Fort Beaufort are of similar tendency, and state that in Lhe Cat River settlement the best spirit is maintained." A. witch doctor has perverted the minds of many natives by a prophecy that very shortly two suns will appear, that a desperate collision will take place between them, after which a period of pro found darkness will ensue. All people, white or black, who wear trousers will then be swept off the face of the land by a whirlwind, leaving the happy sansculottes undisputed masters of the whole country. The tSlambies and Galekas are the tribes prin cipally wrought on by these predictions, and their members are repairing to King William's Town with hides, returning with axes, knives and o th er arms of their mode of warfare. lacomo has visited King William's Town, and declares that the Gaikas are sick of Umlanjeni, and are not likely to be soon again led astray. Bishop — Gray left Graham's Town on the 15th of August with Mrs. Gray far the Kraals of Um hala and Sandilli. Advice 3 from Natal to August 1 state that Sir George Grey is expected in that colony with Mr. Scott, the new lieutenant-governor, on the arrival of the latter at the Cape. Three bags of Natal coffee, the first that has appeared in the market, were sold by auction in the last week of July. The Natal Bank has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. for the first half of the present year. The steamer Empress Eugenie, from Madras for London, put into Table Bay on the 20th of August for refreshments. The barque Skimmer of the Seas, from Algoa Bay, p u t i nto Simon's Bay on the 21st of August, and left the same day for London. The Pauline left Algoa Bay for London on the 15th of ..4.ugust. HAYMARKET THEATRE. There was a revival last night at this theatre of O'Keefe's comedy of Wild Oats, Mr. Murdock appearing for the first time in this country as Rover, a part every way suited to his powers, and performed by him last night with great spirit and success. In a certain line of characters he seems the destined successor of Wallaok, and, if so, will supply a want on the stage long felt. Of the comedy itself it would be superfluous to say a word. Though of a bygone school, it still attracts. The cast last night was a strong one, and the applause was cone' derable. In fact, nothing could be better than Mr. Wmpton's Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Ruckstone's Sim, or even in its humble walk, Mr. Clark's Lamp. Mr. Chippendale was an excellent Sir George Thunder. Mr. Rogers was hearty, bluff, and not over vigorous as John Dory, and the Lady Amaranth of Miss Talbot was faultless. The house was very well filled. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama, entitled " Dred," and founded upos , Mrs. Stowe's work of that name, was last night produced at this theatre with decided success. The story in the book is one of a very peculiar character, and presents no small difficulties to the adapter for the stage. The character of Dred has nothing in common with the dull docile slave. It is a manly conception, and in the bands of Mr. Creswick it came nearer to the noble Moor Othello than to the class we hear so much about as being slaves. He drops all the African stage peon liarities, and makes it a complete charawer in itself. Uncle Tiff is the representative of Uncle Torn in the present production, and the part was well filled by Mr. Widdicomb. We have not space to say much about the details further than that the incidents were well selected, closely and carefully played, and highly applauded. In a word, the whole is a good and faithful reproduction of the book story. The character of Nina was played by Miss Biddies, from America, who, we suppose, came as near to the ideal creation of the authoress as live human nature can approach. The Tom Gordon of Mr. Shep herd and Harry of Mr. Potter were finely done, and the remaining characters by the company were excellently supplied, by no means forgetting the capital Tomtit o f Mr. Tapping. The principal actors were called for at the close, and ,he piece is announced for repetition every night. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley are engaged to make an excur sion to the east ; their destination being the National Standard Theatre, where they will appear during the his nights the Italian Opera Company will be performing at Drury-lane. ADELPHL—The unprecedented success of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams at this favourite theatre has fille it to ovelflawing every night. Wh a t can t h e manage . went desire more ? We percsive that no alteration wil 1 t 10 1 be made in the entertainments this week, the pieces being "Ireland as it Is," the burlesque of "Lucifer Matches," with Mr. Wright in his popular farce of "Domestic Economy." The Portsmouth testimonial has been presented to Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier ; it consisted of a piece of plate valued at 50e.