The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The celebrated BERLIN CHOIR every Evening. THIS EVENING. Angri, Lefort, Molique, of t the and Goddard, the Eng lish Chorus, and the Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal. The Pastoral Symphonic —The Overtures to Midsummer Night's Dream and Guillaume Tell—The Grand March from the Camp of Silesia. Musical Director, Composer, and Canductor—M. Conductor of La Musique de Danse —Herr Labitzky. Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal—Herr Neidhardt. Promenade (admitting to the Half-Circles, Gallery} 1 6 and Pit Stalls) • • The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Bores and Stalls to be had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance may be obtained. MiwThomas Masters of the Polytechnic InstitutiOn, the Coloseum, and Ewa' Botanic and Zoelogical Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. isHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY: THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready. To be followed by THE IRISH DIAMOND. After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a Terpsichorian Burlesque called ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. . . After which, MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Principal Characters by Messer. Wrlgt, Bedford, Worrell; and Miss Harding. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kees and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ,ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which SENT TO THE TOWER. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PHILIP OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, H. Farrell, Norton, W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Liddear ; Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. L. Murray. To be followed by A BACHELOR'S VOW. After which ALLOW I.IE, TO APOLOGISE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, called THE WHITE HOOD. After which SE itVE HIM RIGHT. To conclude with THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE; ASTLBY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a new and original Spectacle, entitled THE ENCHANTEP PALFREY ; or, The War rior of the Crescent. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment To conclude with the Farce of THE BENEVOLENT TAR. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGII WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tura DAT —Morning 10 min. after 6 Evening 33 min. after I To-Moasow— Morning 1 min. a ft er 7 Evening 34 min. atter 7 THE WEATHER.—Smf OFFICE, NOVEMBER 10. THERMOMETER, LN THE ►SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30•31. WIND W.—mild, dull day. MONDAY, 14 - OY. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—thi9 day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'14. War) W.—fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH —Wind N., calm—foggy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—Wind N.W.,gentle breeze—cloudless. SouTHAstryos—Wind ~ strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BRISTOL—Wind S.W., calm—cloudy. READING Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON— Wind S.W., light airs—overcast. OXFORD—Wind N.W., calm—rain. CO LC HESTE R—W ind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAND3RIDGE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. RUGBY—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wind S.W.,gentle breeze—overcast. CREWE—Wind S.S.W., ight breeze—overcast. CONWAY—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. HoumEan—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LWERPOOL —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEEDS —Wind W.N.W., calm—cloudy. YolliK—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S., calm—scud, rain. WrarßY—Calm—foggy. SHAr —Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. SUNDERLAND—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. CARLISLE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. BEArrocK—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. EDLYBURGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning, at nine o'clock : CoaK—Wind W., light breeze—clear. MuLutraaß—Wind W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ' CARLOW—Calm—partia lly cloudy. DUNDALK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—clear. BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. HASTINGS —Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. LivEnrooL—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. WHITEHAVEN—Wind N.W. , strong breeze—partially cloudy. DUNDEE —Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. 8 ., ~. , „..._.,„, ~,,,,........,c,„u,...,:,.. ~,,„, ... ~ ... ~ , ..,.,,,.,._ 1. - , ,,..1 ° .*- • „ . 3 ',lir, - , , ,,, 1:: . . ,—. A ...L.:, ... • 4 , .. • x .;•• - isk , > 4 - • `fir ' , - 4.-.. t•,• • ,:....,. iw...., Mitninc itintb LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1850. The more than Spanish pride, conjoined with more than Hibernian impudence, of the recently nominated Cardinal, has roused a feeling of resistance to Papal usurpation throughout the length and breadth of this land, of which neither the PorE, the Cardinal, the priests, nor the Puseyites had previously entertained the remotest idea. In every class of society we find men vieing with each other in expressions of attach ment to the principles of the Reformation, and glory ing in the name of Protestant, thus showing that those " who repudiate the name of Protestant" are indeed a miserable, almost inEnitcsimally small minority, and that those journals who consider a Minister of the Crown is acting unbecomingly in publicly and offi cklly declaring that the country is attached to the glorious principles of the Reformation must be con sidered not,as the organs of public opinion, but of the opinions of a clique of parsons, who are furious not so much at the Papal uswpaticn as at the feeling of op , position to sacerdotal despotism which it has aroused throughout the country, and which will effectually prevent them from realising the scheme they have long teed at heart, of becoming every priest Pope in his own parish. Speaking of the effect produced by the Papal Bull on these gentry, a correspondent says,— " I am pleased at the POPE'S impudence ; he has raised a perfect fever. :amongst the parsons. I don't see that it concerns artybody else but them. A great many of them would like to have the same power and oontrol over their flocks that the priests have. They have been trying it on for some time in the shape of sham priests, but now the real thing is surrounding them they are afraid off losing their fat livings. The POPE'S Bull and the University Commission will make them look about them. " An old friend of naine used to say that when two Bishops knocked their heads together it was sure to elicit sparks amusing to the people." The attachment to the principles of the Reforma tion, and the determination to oppose all attempts of Rome or of Oxford to infringe on our civil and re ligious liberties, extends to all classes of the commu nity. Already had the Presbyterians spoken out by Dr. CUMMING, the Disnenters by the Rev. T. BINNEY, and the people by the numerous meetings which have been held throughout the country ; and on Sa turday, at the LORD MAYOR'S dinner, we had the Ministers of the Cro,va and the grave judges of the law declaring in unmistakeable terms their strong attachment to the glorious principles of the Refor mation. Ile nob'ee sentiments the Prime Minister had already expressed in his letter were reiterated :VI:N/ 44ord JOHN RUSSELL i:i the fuliowing eloquent '‹teenssi--. 1) ; 3 1' 4 . 1 1 •;;." .. s l'g r - . ‘, , ltti ' : , : . Iyor, in spe;:hing of any merit which to the ►- /:,: 7 , .11 -- F5 :,‘ inistcra may have, has alluded tnrlk ( l4-• 414;-- - 7 1 : 1)ciqciara:tion wNe. , has recently been made on my part.- 0 -. A.... - -;! Mittl - orises6f v ca*•, hear,') I can only say, gentle ( t-..-- , -isterf., ti;S:i - tW Lehmnnt to the religious freedom of e e • , , i , / es - stla utaintr, eh I have hitherto felt will always con tinue to , :- ate my breast, and that it will IQ my t 4 . to maintain to the utmost of my power the sup?tamacy of our Sovereign--(Loud cheering) —and the religious liberties of the people from THE SUN, whatever quarter they may be assailed.—(Renewed cheering.) Let lee add, however, one thing further. When perils much more grave—much more imminent, impended over this country, a wise princess, who at that time ruled her destinies, thought fit to call to her aid all those, whatever might be their religious persuasion, who were faithful to the Throne, and true to the interests of the country. Such was he conduct of Elizabeth in times of as great danger as ever oc curred to this country. Such conduct is worthy of imi tation, and I believe, with the religious liberty esta blished in this country, persons of all religious persua sions, while obeying the dictates of their conscience as to the mode of worship they think right to adopt, will rally round the institutions of the country, pay a grateful homage to the Crown for the protection they receive, and rejoice that they live in a land where freedom is general, and where, I trust, it is permanently esta blished.—(Great applause.)" - • Highly gratifying, also, to every Protestant must be the clear and explicit declaration of the Lord Chancellor on this subject, more especially when we consider the immense ecclesiastical patronage at his Lordship's disposal. We hail his Lordship's speech on Saturday as a pledge that that patronage will be bestowed on none but those who rejoice in the name of Protestant, and who are firmly attached to the principles of the Reformation—a Reformation which, to use the words of the Lord Chancellor, " at this time calls more than ordinarily on every true-hearted Protestant to maintain and defend it—(Cheers)—against the insi dious within—(Hear, hear)—and the enemies with out.—(Hear, hear.) There are some who have thought it right to depart from that simplicity of Christian worship which our divine SAVIOUR adopted and left us an example of, and who have sought to approximate as near as possible to Romish forms, one would almost think to invite that very invasion with which we have been recently visited.— ( Hear, hear.) You are called upon to watch the pro gress of that invasion. Protestant England is in formed that she has now come under a Roman Catholic hierarchy. The hymn of triumph for the admission to equality in civil liberty has given place to the note of insult, triumph, and domination, announcing that you have come under a Roman Catholic hierarchy.— (Hear, hear.) Considering the language of the do cument to which I refer, and considering the truly Romish construction which some attempt to put upon the oath of supremacy, it would seem as if some were acting in anticipation of the fulfilment of an ancient prophecy, which presents a cardinal's cap as equal to the Crown of the Queen of ENGLAND. If such be anticipated, I answer them in the language of GLOUCESTER :-- Under our feet we'll stamp thy Cardinal's hat, In spite of Pope or dignities of church.' " It would appear from the speech of Lord CAMPBELL that it is by no means certain that Cardinal 'WISE MAN has not by his impudent usurpation rendered himself amenable to criminal justice; for Lord CAMPBELL, the greatest judge wbp has appeared during this century, who unites to the learning of COKE the uprightness of HALE and the patriotism of CAMDEN, thus jocularly alluded to the possibility of the appear ance of Cardinal WISEMAN at the bar of his court : " I have observed that there is only one topic in your present excited state to which you are disposed to listen —(Loud cheers)—and to that topic it does not belong to me by any means to allude. I have the honour to hold a distinguished office in her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, and it might so happen that his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, and his Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth, might be tried at that bar.—(A laugh.) If his Eminence and his Holiness should appear in my hall, then they may depend upon it that they will have an impartial trial.—(Great laughter and cheers.) My Lord Mayor, you say that justice is equally administered to pencils of all conditions in our courts, and if the Pope himself appeared in his triple crown before me he would receive the same justice as if he were an humble parish priest.—(Cheers.)" - - It is gratifying, most gratifying, to find "all sorts and conditions of men" thus coming forward to de clare their attachment to the glorious principles of the Reformation, showing that England still remains true to herself, and is not to be induced by cajolery, or intimidated by threats to abdicate her proud posi tion as the Protectress of Protestantism all over the world. We referred a few days since, through the columns of this journal, to the satisfactory and very successful experiments of Mr. OvvEN on the peat-bogs of Ire land. We hailed it as a great and important project of public utility, calculated to effectuate much good, by giving extensive employment to the labouring poor, and bringing into cultivation wide tracts of land now comparatively useless. Upwards of two million acres of the area of that island is covered with a surface of peat capable of conversion into pro ducts in every-day use, of great commercial impor tance, and yielding an immense profit to the specu lator, and we can entertain little doubt that British capitalists will avail themselves of so profitable an in vestment for their money. We shall to-day briefly refer to another source of industrial employment, capable of yielding as re munerative a return, if not more, to the speculating capitalist, and which has unfortunately been hitherto allowed to lie as useless and unproductive as the Irish bog lands, we mean the teeming fishing grounds which encircle the coast of Ireland. elt is unfortunately notorious that along the coa3t, and in the maritime towns of that country, there ge nerally prevails an amount of misery and wretched ness almost unparalleled. In several of these dis tricts famine performs its hideous cycle, and makes its periodical visitation with the certainty and regu larity of the seasons. The awful state of the people for want of remunerative employment may be judged by a case reported to have come before the magis trates at Yanturk petty sessions in the county of Cork a few days since. From this it would appear theta wretched-looking labouring man, named WALK], summoned a farmer, named GREEN, for one shilling and sixpence, as the hire for eighteen days' reaping and saving the harvest. The plaintiff havipg proved that he had worked eighteen days, and that the de fendant premised to pay him one penny per day, the following dialogue took place in presence of the Court : " Defendant—Gentlemen, I deny it. Why should I agree to pay HIM a penny a•d iy , when I could get the best MEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR THAT NOW ? I have a witness that I agreed with him for ONE HALF-PENNY PER WEER, which I tendered to him, and he refesed it. I now tender it to him again in the presence of your Honours. (Defendant then produced 63., which he offered to give Walsh, PROVIDED HE GOT 4id. CHANGE.) " Plaintiff—Why should I take it ? lie owes me Is. 6d., your Honours, AND WELL I EARNED IT. Whilst I was with him I was obliged to be up in the morning at four o'clock to let the cows out of the sleeping field, and remain herding them till the other men came to their work, and was then obliged to work with them all day, and got nothing for my support but a little dry India❑ gruel. THEY USED TO GIVE THE NILE TO THE PIGS ♦ND CALVES BEFORE MY FACE, AND WOULD NOT GIVE ME A DROP." The defendant in the cruel and heartless spirit of the Jew in the Merchant of Venice endeavoured to convince the magistrates that " a bargain was a bar gain, and ought to be kept," and insisted on the benefit of his bargain. The bench, however, we are glad to say, concurred in the truth of the poor la bourer's averment, and decreed for him the paltry sum he demanded, with EIGHT AID SIXPENCE COSTS. Can the records of human misery, can the history of human wretchedness through the wide earth, fur nish a picture like this of poverty and suffering on the one hand, and hard-hearted unfeeling villany on the other ? Here we have a miserable fellow- being voluntarily contracting, in order to sustain a wretched existence, to toil from four o'clock in the morning till relieved by the darkness of night for one penny a day ! And an inhuman wretch has the hardihood in a Christian land, and in a country too characteristic for emotions of good nature and generosity, to go into a court of justice to resist this beggarly dole, for it deserves not the name of the labourer's hire. S HY . Loci( possessed the milk of human kindness compared with this miscreant of Kanturk. The Venetian Jew would sacrifice his love of gai n for vengeance, and insist on his " pound cf flesh," by which his unfortunate victim's life and sufferings should together end; but this Irish Sill/LOCK, far more cruel, would consign his victim to a slow and lingering death, while he extracted from him a sordid and un holy profit. We rejoice that the magistrates were in sown degree enabled to " curb this cruel devil of his will," by mulcting him in costs, and we sincerely regret they were unable to grant this poor man a quantum meruit —or at least more reasonable wages. If there ever were a case in which the principle "To do a great right do a little wrong," could be excus able, it certainly would be in a case like this. We have dwelt somewhat longer on this distressing case than we intended, and shall now return to the sub ject of the Irish Fisheries, the proper working of which, we believe, would prove an infallible mode of prevent ing a recurrence of such horrors as we have just de tailed, and which would appear to us quite incredible LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, if they were not accompanied by such strong marks of authenticity. Tho immense productiveness of the Irish Fisheries; the large profits which might be realized from them at a comparatively small expense ; the immense benefit which would be conferred on Ireland by giving constant employment to the starving poor along the coast; the advantages which must result to the whole empire from an abundant and unfailing supply of so wholesome and nutritious an article of food, have supplied a fruitful theme to writers both in England and Ireland. The public press of both countries has pointed to the Irish fishing-grounds as to mines of wealth. Books have been published on the subject by gentlemen of great intelligence--indeed, all com petent authorities agree that, as a source of industrial employment, it is one of the most important in the three kingdoms. Yet, within view, even within reach of such rich resources, the most abject poverty is known to prevail. Frequently the listless fisherman will see shoals upon shoals of the most exquisite fish so close to shore that, even with his crazy boat and ill-appointed tackle, he could secure a large quantity. A few he will procure, to supply the necessities of the day, but more than this would be useless waste. He has no market to send it to while fresh, and no salt or means of curing it. In utter hopelessness he must turn away, bitterly feeling his inability, from his poverty and isolated posi tion, to render subservient to his uses the goods placed within his reach by an all-bountiful PROVIDENCE. We remember with what universal approbation the press of both countries hailed the formation of the " Great Western Fisheries Company," and all the happy consequences that were anticipated. Wealth and plenty were to be introduced into the dreary abodes of the Irish fishermen ; all was to be bustle and trade. From Bantry to Donegal Bay, from famine-stricken Skull to wild Connemara there was not to be a hand unemployed. Large vessels were to be supplied ; the best tackle was to be provided, curing stations and marts were to be established at convenient points and distances along the shore. In short, a new El Dorado was dis covered which would yield a golden harvest to Ireland and the empire. But, alas! these dreams have not been realized. We believe this company is still in existence ; but from Irish apathy and want of English enterprise they have been unable to carry out their benevolent inten tions. It is to be lamented that gentlemen of wealth, spirit, and philanthropy, such as Mr. OWEN, are so rare. His experiment on Irish peat, we have seen, has realized more than one hundred per cent. We have little doubt a fishing company would realize a still larger profit, while the advantages to the empire would be incalculably greater from the improved social and physical condition of Ireland. CABINET COUNCIL.—(Tnxs DAY.)—A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office to-day, at one o'clock, at which were present the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor (who came from his Court at Lincoln's Inn), the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston,' the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, Sir John C. Hob house, Sir Francis T. Baring, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Ministers were in deliberation when we went to press. Some of the Ministers are expected to leave town to-morrow to attend a Privy Council at Windsor for the further prorogation of Parliament. OXYGEN, MAGNECTIC.—Mr. Faraday, at the last monthly meeting of the Royal Institution, announced to the members present his discovery (the subject of a paper sent in to the Royal Society) that oxygen is magnectic, that this property of the gas is affected by heat, and that he believes the diurnal variation of the magnectic needle to be due to the action of solar heat on this newly-discovered characteristic of oxygen—the important constituent of the atmosphere. We do not mean to give the above as the terms of Faraday's an nouncement, or as the exact facts of the conclusions drawn from his last experimental researches, but only as a foresha dowini of the new results and views of one of our most emi nent British philosophers. We must add, however, that Bequerel also has recently directed attention to a somewhat similar conclusion; he communicated to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, that oxygen is magnectic in relation to the other gases, as iron is to the rest of the metals, and inferred that it is probable or possible (we have not the paper by us to refer to) that diurnal variation may be connected with this property of oxygen.—Literary Gazette. SINGULAR COINCIDENCR.—Last week a boy, named William Shakspear, was charged before Mr. Lucy, magistrate of Birmingham, with pocket picking. The incident caused some amusement in the police-court. DOCK YARD.—William Edye, Esq., has taken the direction and superintendence of the works of the new basin at this yard.— Devonport Independent. LORD MAYOR'S DAY AND DINNER.—The Ob server of Sunday, Nov. 10, gave five of their folio columns of the City dinner, and all matters connected therewith. The Observer of Sunday, Nov. 3, gave the fullest report (upwards of five of the Observer columns) of the Bishop of London's charge at St. Paul's, on the previous Saturday. The exten sive publication of the Observer commences on Sunday morn ings at four o'clock, in time for all the early railways. Mon day's edition best for the country and abroad, Monday afternoons at four o'clock, Price of the Observer, sixpence. Office, 170, Strand. DEPARTURE OF THE NIAGARA.—The B ritish and North American Royal Mail steamer Niagara, Captaiu Stone, sailed on Saturday from Liverpool to New York direct. She carried out 70 passengers, a good freight, and the usual mails. The in-coming steamer, the America, from Boston and Halifax, was expected at Liverpool on Saturday. We have great pleasure in stating that her Majesty has been pleased to grant a pension of 1001. a year to Mr. John Payne Collier, the editor of Shakspe are , an d au th or o f " The History of the English Stage." The warrant is dated the 30th of last month, and expressly mentions that the pension is given "in consideration of his literary merits." Few men have done more than Mr. Collier for the illustra tion of our Elizabethan literature, and of the lives of the many worthies of the great period of English poetry. OXFORD, Nov. B.—This morning Mr. Harrison, from Merchant Tailors' School, was elected a scholar; and Mr. James Price Beck (late of Rui,by School) and Mr. Chas. Alford Cookson, commoners, were elected Dean Ireland's exhibitioners. Mr. Edward O'Connor, who for the last 15 years had been editor of the Dublin Evening Packet, expired sud denly at his residence on Wednesday last. _ _ _ BALLOON ACCIDENT.—MADRID, Nov. 2.—A Mr. Orlandi made a balloon ascension at Barcelona on the 27th ult. As no news was obtained of him for two days, great uneasiness was felt lest he should have met with the same unhappy fate as Monsieur Arban. He had, however, a very narrow escape of his life. The balloon was wafted over the snow-covered mountains of Vallvidrera, where it was cove. loped in a thick mist, now and then pierced by lightning. The intrepid aeronaut was covered with a thick coating of hail, that fell incessantly. The wind drove the balloon with terrible velocity, and at last it fell into the sea, where M. Orlandi, holding fast by the ropes, managed to keep him self above water during three hours, when he was washed on shore at ten at night, his balloon being carried out to sea again. After two hours spent on the sold sand he recovered his strength sufficiently to get up and look out for shelter. He was stopped by one of the coast-guard, who had like to have shot him as a smuggler or a bandit, but who recognising him as the man of the balloon (et hombre del globo) took him to a village and put him to bed. A subscription has been set on foot for him, as, with the loss orhis balloon, he has been deprived of his only resource. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON-MILL By FIRE. —We regret to state that a fire occurred yesterday morning, which resulted in the total destruction of one of the largest cotton-mills in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, the property of Messrs. Cooper, Walker, and Co., situated at Mile-ead, Calton. Tht premises in question were of great extent, and covered a large area, being, moreover, in the immediate vicinity of two cotton-mills almost equally large. We be lieve the probable loss in buildings, machinery, &c., will not be short of 34,0001. or 35,00.1., which is only partially met by insurance—the amount covered, we have been informed, being not more than 22,000/.—North British Mail. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, drove into Dover on Thursday afternoon, and paid a visit to the establishment of Mr. John Haseldine. After making several purchases, the Noble Duke left for Walmer Castle. We are happy to s ay his Grace appeared in excellent health.—Dover Chronicle. THEATRICALS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—It is under stood that the annual dramatic representations before the Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal family, and a brilliant circle of distinguished visitors at Windsor Castle, will com mence to-morrow (Monday) fortnight. The performances, as on former occasions, will be under the immediate direction of Mr. Charles Kean. The first piece selected by her Ma jesty and her Royal Consort is that fine production of the immortal bard—The First Part of Henry the Fourth.— Weekly Chronicle. AN INVISIBLE SELF-ACTING CARRIAGE STEP.-- The numerous fashionable visitors who have, during the past few days, inspected the elegant state equipage of the Lord Mayor elect, at the establishment . of Messrs. Laurie an d Muller, have been further gratified with a view of a novel and interesting invention which the firm have recently pro - duced, bearing the above appellation. It presents the advan tage of having steps of a light and.elegant .character attached to a carriage without the beauty or uniformity of its design being destroyed by that unsightly excrescence exhibi ed when steps are affixed externally, or causing that discomfort and inconvenience occasioned by the loss of space when fitf u l internally. The invention would not be inaptly termed the " Magic Step," for while the doors of such carriages remain closed not a vestige of such an adjunct can be detected, but no sooner is a door opened than, simultaneously and noi,:e lessly, that convenient appendage, a light and tastefully formed step, presents itself without any apparent agency, whatever returning to its place with the same facility on the door being re-closed. The Earl of Carlisle, accompanied by the Hon. C. Howard, dined with his tenantry at Brampton on Wednes day. His Lordship had arrived somewhat unexpectedly, just as they were about to sit down to the court dinner, and at once joined them at the social board without ceremony. George Cotter, Elq., is appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court at St. Lucia, in the room of M. Lafitte, deceased. ELECTION OF MAYDR OF LIVERPOOL. - LIVER rooL, SATuan.,tv, Nov. D.—The election of mayor of this town took place to-day. The two candidates were Mr. Councillor Littledale, the representative of the, merchant princes, an exceedingly wealthy and liberal gentleman ; rnd Mr. Alderman Bent, the representative of the tradesmen, also enormously rich, and of high standing in the town. Mr. Bent was elected by a majority of 36 to 26. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Pais journals of Saturday and of yesterday. M. CARLlEtt,the Prefect of Police, has published an official denial of the trul of the report made to the Committee of Permanence that the members of the Society of the Tenth Dumber had conspired to as sassinate General CHANGARNIEr, and M. Dun N. On this subject we find the following in the Constitu tionnel " The recital of what passed in the Permanent Com mittee was exact, but is it necessary to say that the facts relative to which this strange scene took place were not only completely false, but without any kind of serious foundation ? The following is a faithful account of this astonishing matter. A member of the Committee cer tainly came, and declared to his colleagues that on the night of October 29 twenty-six persons, belonging to the Society of the I)ix D6.embre had met at a grocer's . in the Rue des Saussaies, to deliberate on the question if General Changarnier and M. Dupin were to be assassi nated. The General's death was first put to the vote, , and decided on unanimously; on that of M. Dupin there were 22 votes in its favour, and four against it. The grocer, who preAdel over the meeting, seeing this un expected difference of opinion energetically declaimed against the traitors, and then the vote was again com menced. Twenty-three votes were given in favour of death. The grocer again broke out against such conduct. A third vote took place, and at last M. Dcpin had the whole of the votes against him. Lots were then drawn to designate those who were to strike the blow. Two pieces of raper, cue marked with a C, for Changarnier, and the other with a D, for Dupin, were thrown into a hat. The man who drew out the first returned thanks to Heaven for having been selected as the avenger of his country. The other who drew out the second had a less firm mind, and ho nearly fainted. It was necessary to give him several glasses of burnt brandy to recover him. Such was the account given to the Committee. It thrilled with horror, as may well be imagined. The members asked each other how it happened that the per sonages menaced with death had not been informed of the matter by the Minister of the Interior and the Pre fect of Police; there was in that either a strange inca pacity or went of information, perhaps were something worse. The Committee appointed a sub-committee of three delegates, MM. Leon Faucher, Baze, and Monnet, to go and ask explanations from M. Baroche respecting his strange silence. They did so, and explained the matter to him with all the gravity which the circum stances required. M. Baroche was at first seized with a singular perplexity, not kaowing exactly whether he ought to look on the matter as serious, or laugh at ie. He saw, however, that the gentlemen who had called on him were perfectly serious, particularly as one of them informed him that M. Dupin bad left the rue du Bac, and taken up his residence at the hotel of the President of the Assembly, in order to piece his life in greater surety. M. Baroche assured the three mem bers of the Committee that he would at once set about obtaining ,information, and forthwith he prcceeded to the hotel of the President of the Assembly. M. Dupin had not removed there; the members of the Committee had been deceived. M. Baroche then went to M. Dupin's private residence, and had little difficulty in persuading his old colleague at the bar, that he would not have shown any negligence in watching over his safety, bed he known that his life was in peril. M. Baroche then returned home, and did all he could to find out the real bearings of this strange matter, and at last he sifted the circumstances to the bottom. What he discovered was as follows :—There exists at the National Assembly a special functionary charged with the duty of making reports to the President of the Assembly on the political situation of Paris. That functionary is appointed by the executive power, and has no relations with that ' power; he receives his salary from the city of Paris, and has no relations with the superior authoriti es f the city. He is accountable only to the President of the Assembly. Such a situation is, as will be at once per ceived, altogether anornaaL This functionary has not under his hand the means of obtaining information which the police have at their disposal; he is informed simply by one or two agents which depend on him. But this functionary was deceived by false information, which to all :appearance these men were only too ready to give him. Consequently, when the Minister commenced his inquiries, every one replied, that there was not a word of truth in ell that had been related to him. The Procureur of the Republic wrote to the Prefect of Police, and the latter replied—' The whole matter is a wineshop story, reported by a drunkard, and to which the functionary attached to the Na tional Assembly has assigned an importance quite deplorable for the public, and ridiculous for himself.' Consequently, what is found at the bottom of the pre tended plot which so wonderfully disturbed the Com mittee? A foolish piece of pleasantry—a hoax, passed off on a drunken agent by the frequenters of wineshops. If, before bringing the matter to the knowledge of the Permanent Committee, he had asked for information from the Minister of the Interior, this wretched mysti fication would have been avoided. This silly story may, however, servo to enlighten the public as to the source of the reports which have so often disturbed the Com mittee. The functionary, from whom it receives re ports, in order to justify his exceptional position, consi ders himself particularly charged to protect the Assem bly against the evil designs of the Executive Power, and, in consequence, the surveillance which he exercises is directed in that spirit. From that have arisen those absurd rumours, those ridiculous alarms, which so often penetrated into the Permanent Committee. And it is with those histories of coups-d'itat, of plots, of drawir g lots to designate the persons who are to assassinate, that disquietude has been so ofen excited, and interests alarmed! The Permanent Committee must permit us to tell it that in all this it has manifested a credulity, much to be regretted." General PIAT has addressed the following letter to the members of the Council General of the Society of the Dix Decembre : "A decree, dated the 7th of this month, dissolves the So2iety of Mutual Assistance, the Dix Decembre. Men of order before all, we must submit to this dissolution. In consequence the meeting of to-morrow, Saturday, cannot take place. You will be hereafter convoked for the liquidation.ot the accounts of the society. Receive, &c., " GENERAL PIAT. " Paris, Eth Nov." N. CARLIER, the Prefect of the Police, has sus pended the salary of AL YON, the Commissary of the Police attached to the Legislative Assembly, and published a letter, in which he gives as his reasons for this measure that "on a recent occasion M. YON thought fit to address inexact reports to members of the Assembly respecting a pretended conspiracy against General CUANGARNIEN and the President of the Chamber, without having at the same time trans mitted these reports to the Prefecture of Police." The National says that N. DUPIN is determined to propose to the Assembly a special vote for the purpose of making good to N. YON the salary of which he is thus deprived. The Jesuit Univers publishes a furious attack on Lord Joan RUSSELL'S letter to the Bishop of Durham. The Journal des _Wats, in speaking of that impor tant document, says--- , 1 This letter is very sharp in terms, but at bottom it i s moderate, and is certainly not unworthy of the liberalism of which the Minister has so often given proofs during the long course of his political life. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 %—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 141 / B —Namur and Liege, 71—Northern of France, 11 1 / 6 —Paris and Rouen, 21—Rouen and Havre, 9%. GERMANY. ENTRY OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS INTO COBURG THE PRUSSIAN LANDWHER CALLED OUT. The Cologne Gazette of yesterday contains the following telegraphic dispatches : " BERLIN, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. " If.; is said that a body of Austrian troops, marching from Bamberg:, have entered Cob urg , on t h e i r way , as i t is supposed, to Schleswig - Holstein. Th e D u k e o f Co burg is reported to have arrived in Berlin." " BERLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. "The Deutsche Reform, which ha s j us t a pp eare d, contains an article i n which i t is; asserted that the Go vernment has not Tot abandoned the hope of tecuring rn honourable peace oy means of its Energetic military de monstrations." " An answer from , Vienna has arrived in the course of the morning, and tue Ministry, under temporary pre sidency cf Colonel Ladenberg, is already deliberating ou its contents. A definitive resolution will, however, only be arrived at after a deliberation in which the Ki eg will act as President, and which will take pl ace a f ter the arrival of Count Bernstorff, who has be en d e l aye d on his journey by indisposition." The Prussian Ilionzteur publishes the f o ll ow i ng order : " On the proposition of the Ministry, I approve of ti immediate calling out of the army, and authorize the Minister of War to take the necessary steps for that pur pose. (Signed) "FREDERICK WILLIAM. "VON LADENBER, VON MANTEUFFEL, VON DER HEYDT, VON RABB, SIMONS, VON STOCR IIAUSEN. "Berlin, Nov. 6, 1850." A telegraphic dispatch, dated Berlin, evening of .he 7th, says : "Her Von Ladenborg will take the presidential chair of the issued ministry,hem v ad i i: n itnerao Counti4siOrder itch sh e ave it is report e d, been b , erg, the civil commissary of the Diet, to delay as much possible, in his p ,- -rations in the Electorate of Hesse, an attack upon the Prussians." The Berlin Bourse is in a panic in consequence of the order for the mobilization of the Landwher ; the public received the intelligence with rejoicing. The order was given in consequence of the rejection by Austria of the terms offered by Prussia, and the de mand made by the former for the immediate evacua tion of Hesse by the Prussian troops. The following is from the Deutsche Reform : " God command the blessing! With these words his Maksty is said to have completed the important order, by which the entire Prussian army is called to uphold the honour and dignity of Prussia. God command his blessing' will be the reply of tie whole Prussian people to the inspiring call of its noble prince. " Flow may we not hope that the blessing of God will attend the earnest measures o' the Prussian Govern ment, after that this has hithert) studiously avoided ail that did not strictly harmonize with its duties and rights, end after haring erred, if at all from too great confi dence. in the sincerity o f others , and too large a meas ure of the spirit of self-abnegation, but, certainly, not through haughtiness or to gratify a love of arbitrary authority. Even to the twelfth hour was the dear de- NOVEMBER l l, 1850. ceased nobleman, whose loss the nation and the Prince alike mourn, animated by feelings of trust anti hope, but we doubt not that his manly, open breast would have closed itself against the confidence of peace, had ho lived to see new pretensions obtruded on Prussia, most dceply injurious to the honour of the laud. Notwithstanding the critical indications preFented to her view, Prussia has hitherto refused to Lelieve that the other great powers of Germany could speculate on her humiliation, and prepare to work her downfal, even at the price of a war of brethren. But now that, at the same moment when measures are in preparation for solving all impending difficulties, outrageous claims are again addressed to us, Prussia must also be prepared for the case of an eventual contest in spite of all her conci liatory endeavours. Our Government will first occupy the ground of negotiation which she has trodden until these last few days. Up to the present moment the Go vernment cherished the hope that even Austria would in the end decide upon the interests of a German and European peace, as we have done, so as not on its part to undertake the responsibility of a murderous civil war. But, enlightened by recent experience, we cannot justi fiably omit preparation for the extremest contingencies. Our Government would certainly have been glad to spare the land the sacrifices which the present military pre cautions involve, but it cherishes the consciousness that it has not frivolously or prematurely advanced on the serious measures on which it has resolved, and knows also that the nation is ready to make the sacrifices which have become inevitably necessary with enthusiastic pa triotism. Prussia has a past which indicates duties and imposes sacrifices—a pant which contains the promise of a glorious future. The Prussian nation which exults in the recollections of her history will not renounce its just claim on the coming time. " Still is Prussia ready to enter upon any way of peace which is at the same time a way of honour, but if others will insist on war, then is Prussia ready to enter va lorously the field. To one course as to the other, we say God enmmand the blessing.' " On the 7th inst. GOTTFRIED KINKEL effected his escape from the prison at Spandau by the aid of a rope ladder. The Director of Prisons lost no time in issuing a description of his person, with orders to all officers to apprehend him immediately. He was attired in the prison dress when he escaped. The following letters, taken from the German papers, give the news from_Hesse Cassel : " CASSEL, Nov. 6. " Major Bauer and one or two sub-officers came here for the purpose of taking possession of and removing the 4,500 new muskets standing in the depot of this city. These officers met with unexpected difficulties. No one would sell the chests, of which about 100 were neces sary. Bauer ordered a number of a carpenter, who im mediately received an injunction from his guild to make no chests for any ;of the officers. The matter was settled by the Prussian commander who notified that the depot was in his charge, and that ao arms could be removed. The poor men lately discharged from the army are maintained by public subscriptions until they can be passed to their homes." " FULDA, Nov. 6. " Yesterday was a quiet day, but to-day at noon we were surprised with an alarm of war. It was said that the advanced posts bad come into collision, and that the Bavarians were marching hither upon Neuhof. The troops have been sent forward from this city, and have taken up their positions. It is said also that the Prince of Prussia will arrive to-day. The statement that a Prussian hussar had been shot proves untrue. The out posts have frequently met, but without firing. A Bavarian officer yesterday accidentally fell from his horso and was raised by a 'Prussian soldier and assisted to mount his horse. The alleged spy who was brought in yesterday turns out to be a Prussian officer who was travelling in civil dress. The error was not discovered until General Groben saw the prisoner. The Prussians are at Loschenrode, a mile and a half from this town, on the Frankfort road, opposite to the Austrian and Bavarian troops. The Bavarians have already crossed the bridge at Loschenrode. A temporary arrangement, it is said, is in progress to prevent hostilities. All at present is still. The Hessian state-councillor Sch Ear is with the head-quarters of the Aastro-Bavarian army. Our city is like a camp. Fresh masses of troops are in motion." " FRANKFORT, Nov. 7. " The unexpected report of the mobilization of the whole Prussian army and Landwehr produced a greater panic on the Bourse than has been known since the March revolution. Austrian paper fell 5 and 6 per cent. below their yesterday's prices, and even then Sound no purchasers. South German, Spanish, and other paper gave way considerably. It is stated that arrangements have been made for transferring the seat of the Diet to Aschaffenbnrg, in case of certain eventualities. Bavarian cavalry entered Hanau to.•day to replace those who ad vanced yesterday." From Wirtemburg we learn the dissolution of the Chambers. A letter dated Stuttgart, Nov. 8, says,— " The result of yesterday's sitting of the Assembly, when the credit of 300,000 florins demanded by the Minister of War for raising the Landwehr was discussed, is exciting great astonishment. The Mercury gives the debate up to three o'clock, and publishes the division in a supplement. The first resolution reconsidered by the committee— ' The Chainber declines to sanction the proposed grant as unnecessary'—was affirmed by 52 to 5. The second —` The Chamber protests against every result of the proposed preparations'—affirmed by 50 against 7. The third—' The Chamber declares to the Government that, if the latter will abandon the policy hitherto pursued, and act in a manner corresponding to the rights of the people. and take tip a position of armed neutrality, the Assembly will support it in the same, and provide all means required for the protection of the land and the maintenance of the honour of the state'—afiirmed una nimously. The Minister of the Interior then read a decree dissolving the Assembly, repealing the law of July 1, 1849, interdicting all further deliberations of the Chamber, and restoring the old committee of the former House of States. The greatest excitement was produced, and the President proceeded to the election of the com mittee in spite of the protests of the Ministry. " When the election of the committee was completed M. Schoder closed the sitting with these words— " This committee will watch, according to its power, over the violated constitution, which we commend to the protection of Almighty God, in whom we trust and who will strike injustice to the ground.'—(Bravo.) " The Deputies and spectators then withdrew. The Committee of the States which the Government has again called into existence consists of Prince Hohen lie, Count Rechberg, MM. Murschel, Holzinger, Beiel, and Hofer, with six coadjutors when sitting as a plenum." - The Gazette of Lower Saotony refutes positively the statement that Hanover has refused to act with the Diet in the affair of the Duchies, and states that M. de Hammerstein, secretary of the Minister of the In terior, has left Hanover for Frankfort to receive his instructions as one of the Federal Commissioners. The Saxon Government has ordered the army to be placed upon the war footing, and directed between 2,000 and 3,000 horses to be purchased for the re mount of the cavalry. In the sitting of the First Dresden Chamber, on the 4th inst., the Minister of Justice, Dr. ZSCHINSKY, announced this decision to the House somewhat in the following terms : " The Government has found itself under the neces sity of mobilising the Saxon army. lam commissioned to announce this to you, and to remark that a detailed explanation of causes and purposes will be laid before the Chamber so soon as possible." The President of the Chamber replied that the mea sure had taken the country by surprise, and that it would be highly satisfactory if the explanation were given without delay. Meantime the semi-official Dresden journal contains the following, under date of the sth. After declaring that it regards the entry of the Prussian troops into Hesse as the in evitable forerunner of conflict, the journal says— " It is the duty of the Saxon Government under these menacing circumstances to place its troops in full readi ness at the disposition of the Bundestag. The various considerations of the burdens that must consequently be imposed on the land must give way to more urgent and higher obligations demanded by the honour and security of the land. "Inasmuch as the Saxon Government deeply deplores the dangers resulting from these complications, inso much must it at least remain free from accusations of precipitancy or menace. On the contrary, insomuch as we know instructions were given to the Minister of War before issuing the decree of the 2d instant, to place him self in a position tc meet unexpected eventualities, any hopes that may exist of seeing apprehensions vanish are not sufficient motives fur interrupting req u ired precau tionary measures. The hesitation displayed by the Go vernment to have recourse to such measures afford gua rantees that they have only been recurred to in the face of imminent danger, and that they wilt terminate simul taneously with this danger. According to the latest ac counts from Berlin this desired circumstance may b© speedily anticipated." The billet office at Dresden has been ordered to prepare quarters for about 7,000 to 8,000 men, Saxon troops, during three or four days, and subsequently for a permanent increase of the present garrison of about 1,500 or 1,800 men. The German Reform states that, in consequence of the above resolution, the Prussian Minister ordered the Prussian Envoy at Dresden, by telegraph, to demand explanations as to this armament, and that the Saxon Government had replied forthwith, that the resolution was adopted in consequence of a previous note of M. DE RADOWITZ but that in consequence of subsequent intelligence re ceived from Berlin considerable modifications would take place. An order of the Saxon Ministry directs the troops to lay aside the German cockade, and to employ ex clusively the national colour. It has also directed that officer:, and soldiers shall solely take oath to the KING and standards, as provided by the military code of Saxony. COUNT BRANDENBURGH, THE LATE PRUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER. (From the Beilin Reforme.) Count Frederick William von Brandenburgh was edu cated for the military profession. Ho entered the service in the Ist Regiment of the Guards in November, 1807. In the following year he was promoted from second to first lieutenant, and in 1811 he received the commission of captain. In March, 1812, he was attached to the staff of General von York, under whose auspices he was pre sent in several engagements. In 1813 he became major, and in that rank he took part in the actions of Mokern, Koiditz. Konigswartha, Lowenberg, Bunzlau, Freiburg, St. Dicier, the taking of Chalons-sur-Marne and Chateau Thierryi he was also present at the better known battles of Leipsic, Gross-Gorschen, Bautzen, the Katz bach, Brienne, Laon, and Paris. At th e p assage o f th e Rhine at Caub Count Brandenburgh was the first who reached the French bank. For his good conduct at Mokern and Wartenberg be received the Iron Cross of the first class. On the 30th of May, 1814, he was made lieutenant colo nel, and attached to the person of the late King (his ha-brother). In 1816 ho received the command as colonel of the regiment in which he had first entered the service. Erom 1816 to 1846 he received various marks of the Royal favour in promotion to the higher ranks of the army, charges, and decorations. His last military promotion was that of the Bth of May, 1848, when he was made general in command of the Bth army corps. The events of the autumn of that year placed him at the head of the Ministry; since that period his career must he known to all; his services in the re-establish ment of our internal affairs will always be memorable. In his administration be laboured with his colleagues as an honest, upright, and peace-loving character. To a strong will, that in November 1848 was displayed in Berlin and Prussia, and in May of the following year showed itself active over almost all Germany, he united a rare modesty. The two characteristics he preserved under all circumstances, and no greater praise can be bestowed on our latest policy than when it is judged according to the character of Count Brandenburgh. Prussia before all things! No one acted up to this motto with:greater devotion than he; in November, 1848, he promised the King to set his life on the existence of the monarchy, and now he has sunk beneath the burden of his mission. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Accounts from Hamburgh, of the 6th, contain the last intelligence from the Duchies. Several foreign officers, among them the Bavarian Colonel VON DER TANN, had retired from the Holstein army, as they considered the war terminated, in consequence of the recent resolutions of the Germanic Diet. The Lieu tenancy-General had, however, announced that it would only yield to force. The federal troops would consequently- have to act in Holstein. A Berlin letter states that the Prussian General HAHN had returned to that city, after having failed in his mission to the Lieutenancy- General. The fe deral envoy would, it was believed, not be more suc cessful. It was positively asserted that Hanover has refused, in a most peremptory manner, to execute the o'. , ders of the Diet relative to the affairs of Holstein. The Borsenhalle of Hamburgh states that the Prussian garrison in that place has received orders to hold itself in readiness to march. In the sitting of the Danish Volkstbing of the Ist, a proposition for the adoption of a communal law for Denmark was rejected by 48 votes to 36. This was considered a grave defeat to the party of the peasants. LEVANT MAIL. By the Levant mail we have received Constanti nople journals to the 24th, and Athens journals to the 28th ult., both inclusively. They contain no political news of interest, but we find in the Journal de Con stantinople, of the 24th, the following account of a horrible accident :—" Yesterday, at about ten in the morning, the port was shaken to its foundation by a horrible explosion. This was caused by the blowing up of the Niere Chefket of 120 guns, carrying the Admiral's flag, near the arsenal, in the midst of the Ottoman fleet. The powder magazine caught fire, and in a few minutes the port was covered with ruins and dead bodies. The ship was five minutes before she sank, and then dis appeared with the exception of her maintopmast. Six or seven hundred men were on board when the fright ful catastrophe occurred, and of this number about two hundred only were picked up floating in the water." Letters from Zara, of the 29th ult., state that the Sultan's troops in Bosnia had invested the fortress of Mostar, and that the rebels would shortly be obliged to yield. The intelligence from other parts of the Herzegowina is also favourable to the Turkish Go vernment.. We learn from Trieste that on the 2d a telegraphic dispatch arrived there from Vienna with orders to place all the steamers of the Lloyd Company at the disposal of the Government, to convey 20,000 men of the army of Italy to Trieste. A. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. On Wednesday afternoon last the . 23d regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Torrins, were marched fully equipped to the grounds of Lord Morley, at Saltrarn, where a sham fight took place, during which several rounds of cartridges were fired by the troops. The military exploits were witnessed by the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and a large party of fashionables of the neighbourhood, Captain Rich, the Captain- Superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital, and his daughter, being among the number. On the firing of one of the vollies Miss Rich received a wound in the neck, which was well nigh being of a fatal character. It bled profusely, and at first occa sioned considerable anxiety and alarm to the unfortu nate lady and her father, to whom she immediately communicated the unhappy circumstance. On examination, however, the wound was discovered not to be dangerous, but had it been a little deeper, the result must have been fatal, the flesh being torn away close to the jugular vein, which was for some distance laid bare. The wound is long and jagged, and appears to have been caused by a nail having been fired from a musket by one of the soldiers. The question at once arises how came it in the musket ? certainly a nail, or any other article which would cause such a wound, as that produced, could not get into a musket by accident, and the fair conclusion is, therefore, that it was placed there intentionally, and was aimed at some one whom it missed, and unhap pily struck Miss Rich, for whom, without doubt, it was not intended, as none of the soldiers could pos sibly have any cause for entertaining feelings of ani mosity against her. We hope, and doubt not, that the strictest inquiry will be instituted, and whilst we could wish that our suspicions may not prove true, and that the wound might have been the result of some accidental circumstance, yet we cannot but think there are very strong grounds for believing it to be the act of some one whose malicious feelings bad prompted him to an attempt at assassination:— Devonport Independent. DEATH or DR. CARSON.—This estimable gentle man, whose position for a long period as Rector of the High School rendered his name and his classical attainments fa miliar to the great bulk of our townsmen, died at his house in Lauriston-place on Monday last. The funeral took place yesterday in the Grey friars' Churchyard. The general feeling of respect for Dr. Carson's memory suggested the idea of something approaching to a public funeral. The whole of the present pupils of the High School accordingly followed to the grave the remains of the venerable old man, whose voice had so often been heard within the walls of their Alma Mater. Upwards of a hundred members of the High School Club, headed by their Vice-President, the Lord Provost were also in attendance. The procession extended to a great length, and from its numbers and character presented an imposing appearance. On reaching the Greyfriars' Churchyard, the pupils of the school separated and lined the passage to the family burial-place. The members of the club passed between the lines, followed by the coin and the pri vate friends of the deceased; the pupils all uncovering as they passed. It was fitting that he who is so thoroughly identified with the High School, should have been thus fol lowed by its present scholars to the grave. Than Dr. Carson none ever possessed a warmer spirit of affection towards the young scholars of his classes.—Scotsman, of S t aturday. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF MALTA.—OUr correspon dent of Malta informs us that there is no longer any doubt as to Mr. More O'Ferrall's retirement from the Government of Malta. He has declared that he shall leave in April next, as his constitution will not permit of his risking another summer on the Malta island. Lord Beaumont, we under stand, is to succeed Mr. More O'Ferrall.—Daily News. CURIOUS APPLICATION OF GOTTA PERCHA...4II more than one church the Gutta Percha Company's tubes, have been fitted up from the pulpit and reading desk to pews occupied by deaf persons, and, notwithstanding they may sit upwards of SO feet from the pulpit, they can hear every word perfectly. MAYOR OF BRISTOL.—On Saturday John Berle Haberfield, Esq., was elected Mayor of Bristol for the sixth time, an honour unexampled in the modern history of the city. MAYOR OF J3IRMINGHAM.—On Saturday Mr. William Lucy was, with only one dissentient voice, re elected Mayor of Birmingham for the ensuing year. The active part Mr. Lucy bas taken in promoting the Exhibi tion of 1851 rendered his re-election almost a matter of certainty. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The following members of this society were called to the bar, and sworn in on Saturday last, before several of the benchers :—Wm. Caldwell Roscoe, John Hargrave Hodgson, George Edward Frere, Henry Lushington Phillips, and Wm. Parker. EXTRAORDINARY RAPID VOYAGES.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, with a full heavy cargo for Malta and Alexandria, and 143 passengers chiefly for India, which left Southampton at 9 A.M. on the 20th of October, reached Malta at 2 r.m. on the 29th, after eight hours' stay at Gibraltar coaling, and notwithstanding that she experienced a strong contrary gale of wind in the Mediterra nean , with a head sea. The Medusa from Mar seilles, with th e overland London mails for India of the 24th October, reached Malta early on the morning of the 30th, after a run of 621 hours. Among the numerous passengers she brings the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Cottenham and family, who propose wintering at Malta for the benefit of his Lordship's health. THE CONISCLIFFE.POISONING CASE.—DARLINGTON, Nov. 8 —The mystery in which this case remained shrouded at the close of the last inquiry has been considerably removed by the discovery of further particulars, which leave little doubt but that deceased died by his own act. DISASTERS AT SEA.—A Neapolitan boat, called the Maria della Lolera, arrived at Malta on the 28th of October, with the crew and 50 passengers (all fugitives from the cholera), of the Tuscan brig Corriere dei Due Amid, wrecked on the 15th idem in the Gulf of Catania, when on her passage to Malta and Leghorn from Bengazy, laden with wool and wheat. The Sicilian authorities were so panic stricken at the appearance of any one from a place wh ere th e cholera rages that they lost no time in obliging th em to de part in the first craft that could be found, in which, though a mere run across of about 100 miles, these poor miserable people were huddled together for a whole week. Some men are good company for half-an-hour, others for half-a-day, and others for their whole lives.— Eliza Cook's Journal. A new church is about to be erected at Rosberville, Gravesend, for which a contr ac t h as b een entered into by a firm at Stratford, in Essex. AN ANCIENT MARINER. --There is a sloop, a vessel of and belonging to the port of Aberystwith, about 140 years old. She has made several voyages this year to the west of England. The old vessel looks well, and is still considered seaworthy,—Carnarvon Herald. ,ITISII Railways. Aberdeen.. .. Do. Preference • • • • Ambergitte, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.. Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Exten. (Great Western Per. petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, ca'ls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ten, and Dudley, eallsi duly paid, or with a' guarantee .. Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction .. Bristol and Exeter.. . Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian .. .. • . Do. 1('•l. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. Do. let Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., S per cent. Do. Goy. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. to E. and L. & D.) .. Do. (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Exten., 5 persent. No. 1 • • .. Do. No. 2 .. Do .New Preference, 6 per cent... Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. .. Do, do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New .. •• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. do., it & C shares Do. Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. .. East Lancashire .. .. Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. l quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock) Gloucester & Dean Forest 1 1 Great Northern • . Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland • Do. eighths Great North of England . Do. new 401. .. Do. new 30/. .. I Do. new 15/. . Great Western .. •• I Do. New, 17/. - . Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares .. Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancashire and Yorkshire) Do. quarter shares .. I Do. fifths . Do. thirds .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Iludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford •• I Leeds and Thirsk Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et, No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 3 . , Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. DO. new gtiaranteed, 61 per cent. .. .. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference .. London and N.-Westernl Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. &B (c) London and S.-Western Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleralne Do. half shares .. • • Lowestoft, guar. 4'per et. , Do. do. 6 per cent. ..1 Londonderry and Ennis killen. ••i Do. half shares • • .. 1 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & I Lincolnshire ... Di. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 10/ preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland .. Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .. Do. Miming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. Do. Erewash Vol.pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. •-• Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry & Enniskillen ..1 Newry, Warrenpoint, Sr Rostrevor .. Norfolk .. .. Do. New 201. shares. Do. Extension . O. guar. 5% per cent., Do. Wavenei Talley.. Northern Counties-Union, North British.. • • •.1 Do. Preference .. North Staffordshire . North-Western .. . Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre .. Do. Halves (A) .. .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. .. .. Royston and Hitchin ' .. Do. Shepreth Exten... Scottish Central .. .. TIIE SHARE MARKETS• Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrewsbury & Birming Class A.. .. Do. Class 8.. Do, New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Heitford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Hal Do. Oswestry Do. New.. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union South Devon .. Do. Preference South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 4)6 per cent... South Wales.. .. South Yorksh, Doncaster, and Goole .. Sheff., Roth., and Goole, N. Div„ guar.s p centi Do. do. South Div. • • •• Swansea & Loughtr, &c. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Yale of Neath . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wes., Vick., and Dublin _ .. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. .. .. do. .. do. .. West Cornwall .: :: Whitehaven and FAirnesf Windsor, Staines, and S. Western' .. ::- .—.. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey meutli .. .. .. .. York, Newcastle, & Ber- wick .. .. .. .. Ditto and 2cewcastie . tension .. Ditto G.N.E. purehtuie or preference .. Do. Hartlepool • Dock and Railway York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian) Boulogne and Arnim • . Central of France (Or- leans and Vierzon) Demerara r Dutch Rhenish • . • • East Indian Do. de. do. Great Indian Peninnla. . Ditto ditto .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto . • Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse • . Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders .. Australasia .. British North America.. Colonial ........ • • .... 1 Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .... . National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Do. New • • • • .... Union of Australia .... Union of London . • Union of Madrid ...... :settling days in the ma tered alarm 14th an onth of i 4 28t11. :AILWAYS , 1 Nominal Prices• S 4 to 8 1 4 1.;4 6J _G% J 9. o• .--. .. g - 1 p• 27 - 29 26 .„ -2., 7y, - S4P 6 .-- 7 P 10 -II Li I-69 17U - 17 % 8 - - 5 io n o% ll % 10 .. - .. .. _ .. •• -- •• 28 - 26,115. --2 1- 1 1 -14 .. •-- • • .. -.. 6-6,4 % —NO' par li P 113( _- 1.04 55 57 56 - 504 4 - 6 I P - - . 7 3 4 19 8;6 9 30 -- 3014 25 .-- 26 I4_ 1% .. - .. .. -. •• 13% - 13 5 10 - Oi ,-- 113 % 113 i -• 12 354 - 3 0 i 242 - 245 68% 6 534 6 dig ' 96 —9S 4S —49 21% 22% 61 —61% 3 SY4 p. 4G —46% -- 7 13 cliS• 8 8% ---- 8 d isd 12% -12 V • •7 14 *A" dis• 94% 9 10* 3 2% Oh 3 14 3 dis• % dig 4 P • 7 - 7 % 64}4.- 844 IN log 58 --60 58 -6Q 136 —1 3 S 11 —ll P. 2 2 P • 6 3 5 " 117 61 2 1 :3423 1 26321 2 1 83 : 16 c 1 .. - •• 19 -14 4% —4% dig' 20 -19% 8% - 9 8% -8% 3% 3 1 ,! dbl. 40% 41 ' .• - 2234 225( 20 - 21% I 124 - 125 o• •—.. •• .. - .. • • ... • • .. ."" •• .. - •• 17 - 19 15 -14 61.4. 14 -16 3% - 4 3 4 5 101 i - 10 M. 14 -13 X 41 -42 7 -734 P. 18 - 1814 7 - - 1 P• 1034 - 10% 8% dll-. 6% 6 au. 9%-9 10 —l3 5 6 8 9 1% % dill ' 13 13% , a , 37 —3% d ' i. 10 % dig. 10% 3 ll% 4 10 14 19% 19% 25% 26 4% 4 g di* 9 -- •? 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