The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A PROTESTANT LADY, from 35 to 0 years of age, to superintend and take the sole charge of a grown-up Young 7.adY whose education has been neglected. Answers only re turned to t anch applications as may be considered suitable. Apply " Guardian," care of Messrs. Medic, Newsagents, Coventry-street, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIJRY-LANE.--THIS EVENING.—Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has, regardless of expense, engaged a galaxy of EQUESTEIIAN TALENT never before assembled con junctively, even in this the Metropolis of Nations, and by whom the classic detrelopment of the hippodramatic art obtained a triumph every'ritning unmatched in the history of such performances. The gymnastic uatistes ,were equally successful. Ihe victory of the vanitere,446l3kleted, in the throwing of nearly 200 somersaults by O. Dale - ..sstrrnes, the European and American champions. The SevegtlLE Alti o n"will take place THIS EVENING, October 31, when Dlr. th; earnestly out respectfully solicits a continuation of that support whieh he - so gratefully recognises. THEAT:RK ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS. EVENING, OCT. 31, win be performed HAMLET. Characters I.y Messrs. G. Van denhoff, Chippendale, Wier**, and W. Farrell; Mrs. Buckingham and Miss L. Howard. After -which, THE ROUGH DTA3fOND. Supported by Messrs. Bowe and Buckstone ; and Mrs. Fitzwiliiam. To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinCer the Management of Mr. Cusants KEAN. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 31, WM be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup carted by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which. Lerd Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALIT, , , con aiderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Testes. THIS EVENDTG, OCTOBBE 31, win be performed A CURIOUS CASE. THE COMMENCE MENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will turn out to be WRIGHT AT LAST (first time). Principal character, Mr. upright. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, OCT. 31, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, THE CAMP AT CFIORHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Biffin." To conclude with COMING 01' AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 31, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Chsrae ters by Meesis• A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; mesdam " A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. SECOND WEEK of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE, With an entire change in the SCENES of the ARENA, forming the second monster Programme of the series arrange I for the purpose of introducing the unequalled Equestrian and Gymnastic talent of this far-famed Establishment. THIRD WEEK of Miss KATE COOKE, whose graceful daring and finished mode of managing her beautiful and moat perfectly , trained steed, Snowdrop, in the higf,est school of manage con tinues to be received with increased admiration and applause. The world's wonder, Miss EMILY COOKE, will appear every even ing in her matchless Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons. THIS EVENING, OcT. 31, The Snccesaful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PH,ETON; or, rHE FIERY COUR-,ERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by the Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the acknovvied;ed favourites and other t-tlented Artistes, for which ex tensive arrangements have been made. The extraordinary Artistes on LA PERCHE, Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's exciting NE GRAND GREEK ENTREE, which has been eminently successful. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. &me Manager, Mr. W. West- .DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, OCT. 31, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following placed at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON - W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze -cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—S W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze—overcast. STRooc—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—W., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—cIoudy. FAR R INGTON—W. N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock SOUTHAMPTON—S., gentle breeze— rain. FOLKESTONE—S., strong breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—overcast. STRooD—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W., fresh breeze—heavy rain. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudy. Y ARMOUT —S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FARRIS GDON—E.S.E., strong breeze—stormy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tilts DAY —Morning 47 min.after 12 Evening 8 min.aft. 1 10-Monnow—Morning 27 min.after 1 i Evening 45 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Smi °MC; OCT. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 57—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 13. WIND, E.S.E.—Dull weather. OCTOBER 31. 56 highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 58 --this clay, at noon. BAROMETER, :i0•04. WIND, S.W.-Light breeze, and line, sunshiny weather. •- - • 5 r. " " THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 185 3. LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1853. We have not for a long time read a document in which the statesman and the Christian are more admirably combined than the reply of Lord PAL 3iKRSTON to the Moderator of the Edinburgh Presbytery of the Church of Scotland. It was received indeed in no very Christian spirit by the divines whom it more immediately concerned, but it will, we trust, suggest a view of the subject to thousands of minds which shall direct their reli gious sentiments, in regard to the visitation of the cholera, to the most happy and really religious results. The Presbytery wished the Govern ment to appoint a day of national fasting an d prayer. Lord PALMERSTON'S reply, Conceived ix the very spirit of some of the most solemn warn ings of Scripture itself, is in substance, that " the fast which GOD bath chosen" is not " to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes underhim," but, amongst similar things, " to deal our bread to the hungry, to cover the naked, and to house the poor." Thus thought IsATAH, and thus thought Lord PALMERSTON; but to apply to himself the language of the Rev. Dr. CLARK, we would not " wish to be sharers in the responsi bility of those" who presume to censure such sen timents in her MAJESTY'S Home Secretary, and in the words of the Rev. Dr. MUIR, applied to the Government, " there can be but one unmingled feeling of pi ty'2,that Christian teachers should fail to appreeintirlithe admirable reply addressed to them. r Tr:. Lord PiiMERSTON agrees "that humble re signation to the Divine Will, and sincere acknow ledgments of human unworthiness are never more appropriate than when it has pleased PROVIDENCE to afflict mankind ,wlth some severe visitation ;" but he does not think a national fast suitable on the present occasion. And why not ? For the very best, the most religious of reasons. He thinks that the manne r in which this awful disease has appeared, shows it to be a warning, and a warn ing not' of neglected devotional duties, but of neg lected social duties. That the appropriate national offering to the ALMIOILTY, therefore, is immediate attention to those duties. Because we ourselves rarely cross or visit the streets inhabited by our poorer neighbours, we hav e suffered those streets to become centres of wide- spreading spreacnng and dread fully fatal pestilence. W e , are alarmed at the result, because it touches ourselves. This last visitation has spread to the upper classes at New castle, to a far larger extent than it ever did before, and if the language of PROVIDENCE can be at all interpreted by mortals, we are sure that his Lord ship has interpreted it aright. " Am I my bro ther's keeper ?" has been the, sentiment tacitly indulged by us ; and cholera com menc i ng amongst our " umrashed" brethren, and slaying an equal number almost of ourselves, is the reply of HEA VEN. The voice of the neglected condition of our scenes of fi lth and misery has "cried from the ground" tsr SuP4tmE JUDGE. We have supinelfo ' verlooked all Ire wretchedness of this filth and overcrowding, and. all its debasing and demoralising eff ec t s ; ove rr 9 ked its results in crowding our penitentiaries".. d prisons, and scaf folds too ; overlooked thoaands of our fellow countrymen growing up in circumstances which must anirnalise, nay, bestialise, every appetite and instinct, take the bridle of conscience and rea son - oft every passion, and render the human I intellect but a more cunning purveyor than the senses of the brutes for depraved propensities ; we have overlooked all, or p2ssed by on the other side far too long, but now those who have the means are warned that they must use them—that if they would not see men die by hundreds, would not support by heavy rates their widows and or phans, and would not incur the visit of the dread monitor to their own better-kept dwellings, they must bestir themselves to rescue their neighbours in time. We have had a most severe infliction on one town. The pestilence is withdrawn for a time ; but the records of that town testify, beyond all reasonable doubt, that filth is death, and cleanli ness is life. The ALMIGHTY, as his Lordship ob serves, has established His laws, and He demands obedience to them. He has shown us that noxious gaseous exhalations, under certain circumstances, may be terribly fatal ; but he has also shown that prevention of these exhalations, and attention to premonitory symptoms, are almost uniformly successful. One of the most striking ccnfirma tious of the justice of Lord PALMERSTON'S view is the entire success with which it pleased GOD to crown the care and efforts of the surgeons and officers of the garrison and barracks at Newcastle. Death was close around them ; only 250 yards from them the disease made fearful ravages ; yet amongst 519 persons (including 11 women and 21 children) there were 451 cases of diarrhcea, 9 cases of dysentery, but no cholera ; and amongst 107 persons belonging to the garrison outside the barracks, 29 cases of diarrhcea, 2 of dysentery, 1 of cholera (a child), but no death ! Now, what was the cause of this exemption ? The garrison surgeons, while gratefully acknowledging the mercy vouchsafed them, record their adoption of the advice of L or d P ALMERSTON as th e means o f their deliverance—to use his language, they took care that the places under their charge, " should be freed from those causes and sources of con tagion which, if allowed to remain, will infallibly breed pestilence, and be fruitful in death, in spite of all the prayers and fastings of an united, but inactive nation. When man has done his utmost for his own safety, then is the time to invoke the blessing of HEAVEN to give effect to his exertions." We must refer our readers to The Sun of the 28th, for the details of precaution adopted ; they may, however, be summed up in a sentence, as, the most rigid removal of every species of filth, and the most immediate attention to premonitory symptoms. One of the surgeons was always in the barracks. Death raged most fearfully all around them, but, with cleanliness and care in their hands, these exemplary surgeons and officers " stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was stayed." We put it to our readers in every town in the kingdom whether their first step ought not to be a most diligent following of the officers and sur geons of the Newcastle Barracks. As our Home Secretary has pointed out, "an interval" is now allowed us. What thousands of lives may be saved if it be only used with invincible determi nation. If funds connot be obtained otherwise, a liberal subscription in behalf of the wretched victims of filth would be more pleasing surely to the MOST HIGH than a fast. At all costs, the food of pestilence ought to become the food of our crops ; and what in our alleys and streets is pregnant with death, to multiply in our fields the staff of life. We hope that if needful anywhere, or generally, our Home Secretary will supply powers which may be wanting by an Order in Council. He can be perfectly sure, not merely of an indemnity, but of applause, for straining his powers in such an emergency. And an emergency, our readers must remember, it is ; for it has been the wont of the cholera thus to retire for a time, and to reappear with fearful vigour. Aware of this, it is almost manslaughter for the authorities of a town, a village, or even of a house, to tole rate for a day the well-known causes of cholera. The account of a brush between some Russian steamers and gun-boats on the Danube, and the Turkish Fort of Isactcha, to which we alluded on Saturday, and in which the first blood was shed on either side, has been speedily followed by the intelligence of an armistice or temporary truce between the belligerents. It is said that this further delay has been conceded by A ED-UL MEDJID, at the earnest desire of Lord STRATFORD DE LEDCLIFFE, with a view to further negotiations, which it is confidently anticipated will be attended with more auspicious results than those which have already proved abortive, reflecting so much dis credit on our diplomatists. This latter intelligence, which appears to have received very general credence, came by electric telegraph from Vienna on the 28th instant. If well founded, it certainly offers a better prospect of a pacific solution of the difficulty than any which has yet occurred. It cannot for a moment be supposed that the representative of any of the European Powers, more especially Lord STRA TFORD, would take upon himself the responsibility of advis ing the deeply-aggrieved SULTAN to consent to further delays, except on the well-grounded expectation that the time might be turned to good purpose in laying the foundation of a permanent and honour able peace. Were it otherwise, it would afford additional cause of complaint to our injured ally, and exhibit the conduct of England during the entire transaction in (if possible) a more unfavour able light than that in which it might have been regarded. It would, indeed, be deeply criminal on the part of the English Ambassador's conduct, for which no excuse could be accepted, or even offered. Lord STRATFORD is not the person likely to commit so grave a mistake, more especially after the instructions recently received. Before he could venture on such a step, unless well aware that the CZAR and his advisers are animated by a very different spirit from that heretofore exhi bited, that arrangements similar to those that have already been rejected, would now be willingly entered into ; that the Porte would give what Russia would freely accept as the preliminary to the total evacuation of the Principalities, and the restoration of the status quo. There is nothing very improbable in the supposition that the Noble Lord may have received a significant hint on the part of the CZAR that his good offices might be successful. We have already explained thatNieuoras is now thoroughly convinced of the imprudence of his conduct—of his folly in having " endeavoured to pluck the near ere and his anx i e ty t o seize any possible itwas feuxlclyusreipkr" retracting without a severe wound being inflicted on his greatly ainorer relied °Pr o e n . As was long since declared, Ithe efficacy of his bullying, believing that the Turks would never venture on resistance, unless sustained and encouraged by the Western Powers, a n d t h at he believed could not have been accorded, from the absence of a complete cordiality between France and England, and from the intense dis like to war generally felt throughout the British dominions. He is now, however, sensible of his error. He perceives that the SULTAN will not sacrifice his independen ce , and that lie will be sustained and encouraged by the Maritime Powers, which are cordially united in their genera] views, and ready to co-operate with each other in honourable competition as to which shall render the most efficient and valuable services to their ancient ally, and most obviously, the weaker side. He also sees that the people of England are not inoculated with the " peace at any cost or price" mania, and that no journal or Minister can influence the popular feeling on such a point—that he has, in fact, gone the full length of his tether, and that he must therefore retrace his footsteps with all convenient speed if he would avoid the very serious consequences of his misconduct. Under such cir cumstances, then, it is exceedingly probable that the intimations would be given to warrant Lord STRATFORD'S further interference, and his urgent application to the SULTAN for the further post ponement of active hostilities He must;, however, have fully explained his motives, and the foundation for the hopes he en tertained before ABD-UL-MEDJID could have con sented to any additional procrastination. The mistake into' which the parties concerned in the Conferenee of Vienna fell too greatly complicated matter's, and reflected too much discredit on the actors, to render it probable that a simi lar error would again be committed. If the intelligence be authentic, it may be re cived as prima facie evidence that the terms are already agreed upon, or at least that the remaining differences are so trivial that they can certainly be removed, and amicable relations restored between the parties. Already the effect of this intelligence has been very decided. Stocks and shares rose rapidly. There was an improvement of nearly two per Cent. in Consols, and Railway and Mining Shares experienced equivalent advances. Should further corroborative accounts be received the Bears may be compelled to disgorge a considerable portion of their ill-gotten booty, and the capitalists who came forward to sustain the national credit will receive the well merited rewards of their spirit and enterprise. While, however, we point to the probable results of a final arrangement, we would once more re peat the advice we tendered on Saturday, viz., that parties should not suffer themselves to be either unduly buoyed up or depressed by the daily rumours which are circulated for the pur pose of creating those variations that produce the great profits of the un conscientious operators. Let capitalists have full reliance on the resources and credit of their country, and be equally on their guard against the tricks of Bulls as well as of Bears—of the speculators for a rise as well as of those for a fall. The recent extraordinary improvement in the communications with Australia affords the best commentary on the extraordinary apathy and carelessness so long prevalent with respect to the best interests of our important antipodean colonies. Notwithstanding the dazzling discoveries of gold, and the great impetus thereby given to emigra tion, we still remained stupidly insensible to the advantages to be derived from our close connec tion with a land abounding in gold. It seemed as if it were not considered worth while to conci liate the regard and good-will of those who, though removed to so great a distance, were still thoroughly English in all their thoughts and feel ings, and who, if fairly and considerately treated, would be not merely willing, but most anxious, to cement more closely the bonds by which they are united to their mother country. With far less opportunities than they now possess, the Austra lians have proved themselves, in proportion to their numbers, to be by far the. best customers for our manufactures, and also the most capable of supplying the raw materials for our staple productions. It is impossible to calcu late the beneficial results of our trade with the fifth quarter of the world, when it has been judi ciously and discreetly developed, and our supplies are suited to the exigencies and wants of the colo nists, not varying from a scarcity to a glut, and back again to a dearth. These untoward changes, which have deprived commerce of its legitimate character, and reduced it to a species of lottery, may be ascribed to the want of postal facilities—the means of ascertaining, within reasonable time, the ac tual requirements of the country, so that the articles transmitted to the other hemisphere may be suited to the wants and wishes of those whose necessities and tastes must be primarily consulted ; and yet, when attempting to provide for that great defici ency, we only offered a bi-monthly communication —six in the year—through the stinginess and parsimony of the Government, who thought 26,000/. per annum sufficient to apply to a service to which five or six times the amount ought unhesitatingly to have been devoted. Under such circumstances, it is by no means sur prising that the service thus dealt with should have proved a total failure—that the Government stipendiaries, who did not find the assistance which they received an adequate com pensation for the restrictions by which they were bound, should have retired with loss from the undertaking. As it is, to private enterprise, un assisted by Government aid, but at the same time happily unfettered by Government interference, that we are indebted for the vast improvement that has really taken place, and by which the average time of transit has been reduced from four months to little more than two months, the General Steam Navigation Company will doubtless most deservedly realise very handsome profits by the spirit and enterprise displayed in their arrangements. But the evidence they have afforded of the feasibility of achieving such re markable progress reflects additional disgrace on those in office, who permitted the important prob lem to be solved by a private company, with private means only at their disposal. It having, however, been proved, beyond the possi bility of doubt, what can be done, no excuse remains for Ministers, on whom the duty primarily devolves. It is shown that the journey to Port Philip and back again can be performed each way within sixty-four days. Tho Argo has done it in that time, going by the Cape of Good Hope and returning by Cape Horn, and it only remains to be seen in how much less time the journey may be performed ; whether the nine weeks may not be reduced to six, or even five weeks, by adopting the principle submitted by the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, and the practicability of which will speedily be tested. How very easily this amelioration may be effected will be at once ascertained from a comparison of the distance travelled, and the average speed at tained by the Argo, the most successful of the vessels engaged in the traffic up to this time. It appears, then, that the voyage out and home —including a delay of nearly six weeks in Aus tralia—has been made in five months and nineteen days. The time actually engaged while under steam or canvas, has been 121 days, and the dis tance traversed 27,900 miles, being an average of about 230 miles per diem, or 9.583 miles per hour. Now, it is calculated by Mr. BRUNEL, and his opinion is sustained by Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL and other competent authorities, that an average speed of 15 miles an hour may easily be achieved, and that even 16, 17, or 18 may readily be anti cipated. The first-mentioned rate of 15 miles per hour would accomplish the voyage within less than forty days, and we might even, by the judi cious combination of the screw and paddle-wheel, and the introduction of a larger class of vessels built with a greater view to speed, reduce that time to five weeks, or, possibly, to little more than a calendar month. It is not, however, by cheese-paring economy, by a stinginess and parsi mony more befitting a small trader than the Go vernment of a great nation that such objects can be achieved. If Ministers hope to do that which may justly be required at their hands, they should abandon the penny-wise-and-pound-foolish policy, and exhibit a liberality proportioned to the im portance of the object. They may feel well-assured that the money thus appropriated will not be mis applied, and that the popular representatives, the guardians of the public purse, will readily approve of an expenditure so laudable in every respect, and which promises to return such ample equiva lents in one form or other to the National Exche quer. ILLNESS OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—The Duchess of Gl oucester is ill. Forso nd some time latterlyimepasthea cough has bee n very troublesome, her Royal Highn ess h as been indisposed, baffled the skill of h er medical has T hitherto baffled attendants . Duchess is staying at her London residence, Gloucester house, Park-lane, and here on Tuesday she received a visit from the Queen, who trav e ll e d to town from Wind sor Castle on that day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge have also paid a visit to her Royal Highness, and his Majesty, the King of the Belgian s a n d his Royal Highness Prince' Albert, have called personally at Gloucester-house during the week to learn the state of the Royal Duchess. Her Royal Highness has reached an advanced stage of life, being 77 last birthday, and the continuance of the cough with which she is troubled has recently had a weak ening effect upon her frame. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—Yester day a sermon was preached at the Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, Regent's Park, by the Rev. John Oliver, MA., on behalf of the Consumption Hospital, at Bromp ton. During a very earnest appeal the rev. gentleman introduced a variety of statistics, showing the beneficial workings of the charity. The hospital, it appears, is about to be considerab;y enlarged, by the opening of a new wing, which has just been erected, to complete the original design of the building. Space will then be afforded to 230 in-door patients, instead of the present number of 90. Active measures are being taken to raise the necessary funds for completing the undertaking, and it is hoped that the new wing will be thrown open for j the reception of patients early in the ensuing spring. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Satnrday were estimated at 5,000 bales. The market was heavy, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 3,550 American, 120 Pernam and Ma rauliam at 6id. to 61d., 100 Egyptian at 74d. to is. and 1,000 Surat at 21d. to 44d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was firm at advanced prices. The corn market is steady this morning at about last Monday's prices. The ship Royal George, from Geelong, Victoria, has on board 16,365 ounces of gold. Accounts from New York state that an improve ment had taken place in the Stock Market. The total value of merchandise, including specie, ex ported during the week ending October 15, amounted to 2,531,889 dollars, te greater part consisting of breadstuffs and provisions. The large exportation of flour and wheat to Europe tended to increase the total shipments, but they would have been much greater if it had not been for the firmness with which breadstuff4 were held, and the advance which had taken place in prices. At the latest date, however, there were symptoms of weakness. Cotton was lower, and freights were firmer. For the week ending Oct. 15 there were some important changes to notice in the returns of the City Banks the discounts decreased to 1,291,725 dollars, and the circulation 208,744 dollars. The deposits increased to 1,082,914 dollars, and the specie 1,063,570 dollars. A very fair explanation of the cause of the recent heavy decline in certain railroad bonds, is given by a New York journalist, and the following is a portion thereof : " We showed recently that the immense amount of railway bonds, city bonds, county b on d s , b oroug h bonds, and village bonds, remaining in the hands of speculators as so much dead weight, was one of the 1 principal causes of the present embarrassment, and would produce many failures. For more than two years the manufacture of these bonds has been going on, and they have & been put off at auction, at private sale, and bartered in different ways, so as to produce the needful, at almost any sacrifice. Within the past twelve months we have had sales at auction of railroad bonds, averaging at least one million of dollars per week. The sales have ranged from fifty per cent. upwards, but even this great sacrifice did not deter the manufacturers from letting them go. If the price was not large enough to give the amount of money required, enough bonds were sold to make it up. So long as the machine was in operation it was easy enough to supply as many as this market would take. After parties here had become pretty well surfeited, it became necessary to look abroad for purchasers. Agents were therefore dis patched to Europe, loaded down with bonds of every variety, and a very choice selection was offered upon the most favourable terms. The greatest latitude was given these agents in making their negotiations. The sole object in view was to get rid of them at good prices ; but get rid of them at any price, rather than re turn without. In carrying out these intentions, all sorts of barter trading was resorted to. Railroad iron, dry goods, merchandise of every description, were taken in exchange, at high prices, and sent to this country for sale and consumption. This was the first great cause of the increase in the value of importation and it has reached an extent far beyond our most extravagant calculations. The excessive importations produced by these forced purchases abroad, caused a rapid accumulation in the revenue from customs, withdrew from the channels of trade an immense amount of gold and silver, and locked it up in the government depositories, as so much dead capital." The railway meetings announced are the follow ing : Company. Date. Place, kc. Charleroi and Erquelines...Nov. 12, Charleroi. Great Indian Peninsular.... Oct. 31:0ffice. London & South-Western...Nov. 15, 61, Waterloo-road. The amount of railway " calls" due next month is 1,112,2261., making 10,916,0271. this year. The English Stock Market has advanced mate rially, upon the belief that the draft of a new Note has been acquiesced in by the Sultan and the Em peror Nicholas, and upon the report in other quar ters that King Leopold has drawn up propositions. The Bears have again been the principal buyers. Consols were 93i 1, and have since been done at 94!,. They are now 944- to 94g. The New 31 per Cents. have been quoted 94 1 to 95k , and the 3 per Cents. 92i to 93-h. Bank Stock has recovered to 112. East India Stock has been steady at 247, and South Sea Stock at 113. There have been bargains in Exchequer Bills at 4s. premium, and in East India Bonds at 2s. discount. In Foreign Securities there have been extensive transactions, and in most cases at advanced quota tions by sympathy with the English funds. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been marked 44k, and the Deferred 21 to 24. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been dealt in at 41. Brazilian New Four and-a-Half per Cents. are at 95. Equador Stock has been at 5, and Mexican Bonds have risen to 251. French Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 100 50, with the exchange at 25 10. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 98, Dutch Four per Cents. 94 to 95, and Sardinian 93 to 94. Peruvian Active Bonds have been at 71, and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 41. The railway share market has been very buoy ant, but there has not been a large business doing, except in the old lines. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, South-Eastern, and Caledonian are up 1/. to 11. 10s. French shares have been 15s. to 1/. higher. The Gold Mine Shares have been more in de mand, and there have been fuller quotations paid in some instances. Brazilian Imperial have risen 1/. to 1/. ss. The Land Companies' Shares have been buoyant. Australian Agricultural have risen 1/. to 31., and Peel River about 10s. Australasia Bank Shares are 2/. higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Oficial List.) . . . . . Business done. Bank Stock .. per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 i4A 4 31 4.} 4 New 3} per Cent. Annuities 941 5, 43 51 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 5-16 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ..... ............... South Sea Stock Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 X5OO - Small 5 1 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per t 'eut Ditto New, 1852, per Cent . Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 99 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred SPORTING NOTES. " HAY AND CORN " DOINGS AT NEW- MARKET. The Houghton Meeting was brought to a conclusion on Saturday, and so far as the sport was concerned made a good end of it. Fifty-eight races were decided during the week ; the fields were numerically strong and the principal encounters close and exciting. On the last day alone the card numbered fourteen events ; and instead of "too much of a good thing " becoming tedious and wearing, the published returns of the meet ing show that the interest and attraction of the racing were sustained to the end. The incidents of the sport were occasionally remarkable. Those connected with the Cambridgeshire I have already described ; besides, too, they are now so well and widely known that a fur ther reference to them is unnecessary. The extraordi nary running of Seahorse, on Friday and Saturday, has proved beyond dispute, that the reputation which preceded him to England was well-founded. Still his performance on Friday, when he " cut down" his opponents with consummate ease, scarcely prepared the "ring " for the racing ability which he displayed for the Houghton Handicap. , For this event he was weighted at Bst 101 b, no difference being made between his impost and that of Ephesus, who had the advantage of two years in his favour, and who was supposed to be, with few equals and no superiors, one of the fastest horses on the turf. Seahorse, however, defeated him by a head. This performance is glaringly incompatible with Seahorse's " exhibition" for the Cambridgeshire, and his running on Tuesday was therefore unquestionably a mistake. The proceedings connected with the First and Second Nursery Stakes have excited unmitigated disgust and indignation. They admit of no extenuation. They are not even to be palliated by the most urgent " hay and corn considerations." The manner in which these han dicaps were framed was glaringly unjust ; indeed, the seeming favour which was shown to certain horses would merit harsher language, but in charity I shall only impugn the judgment of the handicapper, and not his impartiality. For the first Nursery sixty-eight horses were weighted, but the majority of gentlemen indignantly dashed their pens through their nominations the moment they saw the Handicap. Eighteen only accepted, and appearances certainly justified the suspicion that it was made to serve certain clerkly party. Although, however, the way was made as clear as possible for Punch-box, yet the "good thing" did not come off. The scratching system, too, was pursued with a daring disregard of public opinion. Duchess of Lorraine colt, Bridesmaid, and Brother to Little Swift, were all struck out at the last moment. The investments on them had been fre quent and heavy, and in Striking them out their respec tive owners had scarcely the paltry plea to urge of being forestalled in the market. Little Swift, the stable com panion of Punch-box, was even weighed for, and his number was placed on the telegraph-board ; his with drawal, therefore, was a shameful act, and Handi cappers ought to keep him in remembrance whenever he runs. John Osborne, too, was taken off Pillion to ride Punch-box, without either the consent or knowledge of his first master, Mr. Saxon. Thus was Nursery No. 1, managed. Nursery No. 2, merely oc casioned a repetition of a similar scene, in which the same persons were the principal actors. It therefore presented little novelty, although it was so clumsily con trived, that it searcely roused less indignation. Thirty horses were weighted, six only accepted. Mr. Clark's two, and six others. Punch-box again ran second, but it was not the handicapper's fault that he was not first. Reports have reached me that a certain silly nobleman has again commenced his crusade against the press. I believe that be made himself ludicrously conspicuous at Newmarket, on Friday evening, by the vehemence with which he preached against the members of the Fourth Estate. He spoke loudly against the unintelligible fus tian and trash of the press, and concluded by expressing a strong opinion that horse-racing should be confined exclusively to the aristocracy. There is, however, a pro verb about the Kilkenny cats, that has lost none of its sig nificance. Should my readers delight in the curiosities of literature and the works of noble authors, they will find ample examples of the fustian and trash spoken against in every page of " Abd-el-Kader" and the " Deluge." The Worcester Autumn Meeting will commence to morrow. At present it obtains little notice, and it is not likely to be very successful. No betting has yet taken place an the Worcester Handicap, for which the most favourably-weighted animals appear to be Little Fawn, Little Davie, and Massaroni. Little Fawn, how ever, has incurred an 81b. penalty, which may mitigate against her success. Oct. 31. A FRESH MAN. - 25 3 3 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent. 7l Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4l I Ditto, IS4B, 3 per Cent 384 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4.i per Cent 9B A Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94 3 Spanish Bonds, 3 peiCent 44i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 214 1 i i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun SA 5 A p c Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 4i per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 63 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 93i 4 Ditto November Account . 93i 4 To-morrow being the Ist November, the Stock Exchange will bo closed, by order of the Com mittee. SUICIDE.—On Friday morning a most determined act of self-destruction was committed by Police-constable John M'Cormack, No. 131, T division, at the station in Brook-green, Hammersmith, by hanging himself in a loft over the stables. It appears that the deceased had been in the force about five years, and was generally employed to drill the men of his division, in consequence of his having been a soldier in the 4th Light Dragoons. He was one of the mounted patrol, and the last time he was seen alive was about six o'clock on Friday morning, near the stables, where he was supposed to be going to look after his horse. At nine o'clock the deceased was discovered by another constable suspended by a rope which was fastened to the roof of the loft over the stables. It seemed, from the position in which he was found, that he had previously obtained one of the halters in the stables, and loosened one of the ends to fasten to the roof. In order to reach it he must have got on to a beam, and having made a noose in the rope round his neck, he then threw him self off from the beam, and strangulation must have ensued almost immediately afterwards. Upon being discovered an alarm was quickly made, the deceased was cut down, and he was found to be quite dead. The unfortunate deceased, who was about forty years of age, had been d u ll an d oppresse d f or some ti m e past, and it was attributed to his being embarrassed in his affairs, and there is no doubt that the fear of being prosecuted by his creditors operated strongly upon his mind. His wife died about four months ago, and latterly he had been paying his a dd resses to 'a young woman in the neighbourhood. The deceased, while in the army, shot himself in the side, for the purpose of destroying him self, but the wound was not fatal, and he soon after wards recovered. The body now lies at the station to await a coroner's inquiry, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. An English operatic company made a very successful appearance at this theatre on Saturday evening, when an English version of La Sonnambula was produced with the following caste :—Amina, Miss Lowe ; Elvino, Mr. Elliot Galer ; Rudolpho, Mr. Henri Drayton. Miss Lowe, who has obtained some celebrity as a con cert singer, possesses a fine soprano voice, and sang and acted with much grace and feeling. The tenor, Mr. Elliot Galer, who is from Edinburgh, sustained the part of Elvino in a very creditable manner. The best performance of the evening, however, was that of Mr. Henri Drayton, as the Count. He dis played his vocal capabilities to very great advan tage, and acted the character with an ease and elegance which one could wish to see in many popular opera singers. The principal performers were called at the end of each act. The National Anthem followed the opera ; after which the ballet of the Peri was given, the once-famous character of Carlotta Grisi being filled by Mdlle. D'Antoine. The house was well filled, and this praiseworthy at tempt to establish an English opera in London deserves every encouragement. SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) COUNTY COURTS COSTS COMMITMENT.-BUCHANAN V. MARKS. Mr. W. R. Buchanan, the plaintiff, appeared in per son, and pressed for a commitment for a lengthened period under the very peculiar circumstances of the case. Mr. Buchanan stated that he had been engaged by the defendant, who had been a surety to a Loan Society, but he by some means got the instalments from the bor rower, and appropriated them to his own purpose, and the loan not being paid,.proceedings were brought against the borrower, who was obliged to pay the amount loaned over again, and was left to his remedy against the present defendant, who had by evading the processes of the dif ferent courts, by passing from one district to another, increased the costs, so that although he had paid some money into court, the original debt was unliquidated, and the money paid in did not cover the costs incurred. Defendant was committed for 14 days. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A DISORDERLY PAUPER.—Sarah, Stevens, a wretched looking old woman, an inmate of St. James's workhouse, Poland-street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hard wicke, on the following charge : Mr. Buzzard, clerk to the governors and directors of the poor of the parish of St. James, stated that, on Sa turday evening, he was in his office in Poland-street, when he was alarmed by hearing a smashing of glass, and on going to the door he saw the prisoner in the act of breaking his windows. with a shoe which she had in her hand. He directly laid hold of her, and gave her in charge. Mr. Buzzard added, that the prisoner was the worst character in the house, and had been frequently charged at this court before. Committed to the House of Correction for six weeks, with bard labour. A SMASHER.—Mary Johnson was charged with utter ing a counterfeit half-crown. Mrs. Watts said she kept a potato warehouse in New port-market. On Saturday night the prisoner came into the shop and purchased some potatoes, in payment for which she tendered the counterfeit, coin produced. Witness at once detected it, and gave he''r into custody. Stringer, 119 C, identified the prisoner as an old offender. Remanded till Thursday next. THE COURT.—The series of royal theatrical divertis sements, in the temporary theatre in the Ruben's-room, at Windsor Castle, will take place this year earlier than usual, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean. Lady Brougham, who has been staying at Brougham Hall, during the absence of the noble and learned lord at his chateau in the south of France, comes to Grafton street early in the ensuing month for the season. His lordship is expected to remain on the Continent until after Christmas. The Prince and Princess Nicholas Erterhazy, family, and suite, arrived at the St. George's Hotel, on Satur day evening, from St Leonard's-on-Sea. The Prince and Princess leave town to-day for Torquay, where they intend to pass the winter, for the improvement of the Princess's health. The Princess's cousin, the Dowager- Countess Esterhazy, has been appointed First Lady of the Bedchamber to the new Empress of Austria Elect, the Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. THE RUSSELL FAMILY.—Three young ladies, neices of the celebrated composer Henry Russell, made their debilt, as vocalists, on Wednesday last, at the Lecture Hall, Richmond, before a numerous and highly delighted audience. They are accomplished artists, possessing voices of great compass and brilliantcy, and are destined to fill a high position in the profession. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. General Baraguay d'Hilliers, whose nomination to Constantinople was announced a few days since, will set out forthwith for his post. The Moniteur will, no doubt, very soon announce his appoint ment, and it is probable that his departure will take place the same day. He takes with him rather a numerous personnel, and, what is not un worthy of notice, his secretaries and attaches will be all, or very nearly all, military men, belonging to different arms of the service and of various grades ; in fact, a regular staff. The report of the coronation of,the Emperor and Empress is again revived. It is confirmed in some measure by the preparation of tho state carriages for a grand ceremony. The coach used by Charles the Tenth at his coronation has been newly painted and gilt. The lamps have been removed, and it has been ornamented with eagles. The carriage used at the baptism of the Count de Chambord has been prepared for King Jerome. Three other car riages have been fitted up for the members of the Imperial family. Those carriages are called the Turquoise, the Topaze, and the Victoire. All those changes have been made with the utmost dispatch. The Emperor received on Friday a letter from the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, notifying to his Ma jesty the birth of the Princess Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Mein ingen. Marshal Narvaez leaves early this week, on his return to Spain. It is believed that he intends fixing his residence for the moment at Aranjuez, near Madrid. It is stated that he believes the present state of affairs in the Peninsula as very serious. The question of the union between Spain and Portugal is again seriously discussed by per sons of all parties ; and the difficulty that would otherwise be encountered in the unwillingness of Portugal to be absorbed, as it were, in the larger country, would be removed by calling to 'the crown of the " Iberian Peninsula" the Duke of Braganza, son of the Queen Donna Maria da Gloria, and who is now in his 17th year. However feasible or otherwise, the matter is really discussed. Queen Maria Christina also returns to Madrid in a short time. The Minister of Marine has granted the young brother of the late Lieutenant Bellot a free admis sion to the naval school of Rochefort. By two decrees of the Emperor, the department of telegraphs is, in consequence of the extension given to it, to become a direct branch of the Minis try of the Interior, and the post of Administrator in-Chief of Telegraphs, filled by M. Alphonse Foy, is suppressed. M. Foy is admitted to bring for ward his claims to a retiring pension. M. de Vougy, Prefect of the Nievre, is appointed Direc tor of the. Administration of Telegraphic Lines under the new organisation. The .A 2 oniteur publishes two Imperial decrees founded on a long report from the Minister of War, for the encouragement of the cultivation of cotton in Algeria. By the first of these decrees it is declared, Ist, that cotton-seed shall continue to be furnished by the Government to the colonists ; 2d, that for three years from 1854, the Government shall purchase the produce at a price to be fixed each year, according to quality ; 3d, that at the expiration of those three years, premiums shall be given for two years for the exportation of the cotton of Algeria ; 4th, that for five years from 1854, pre miums shall be given for the introduction of machines for the use of the planters ; and sth, that there shall be provincial premiums (three for each province of Algeria) of 2,000 f, 3,000 f., and 5,000 f., to the planters who produce the best specimens and the largest quantities. By the second decree, a sum of 100,000 f. is appropriated from the civil list for the encouragement of the cultivation of cotton in Algeria, to form an annual premium of 20,000 f., to be called the prize of the Emperor. The Independance of Brussels says :—" One of our correspondents has given us details on the affair at Naples between the French Government and that of the Two Sicilies, and from them it ap pears that it has not the importance ascribed to it. M. de Maupas, the French Minister, has not been recalled, as at first stated, but has been told to in terrupt diplomatic relations. It is not doubted that an - arrangement will soon be made, and that they will be resumed ; but it is believed that a certain coolness will continue to exist between the two Governments—a coolness having a different cause than the affair of the French officers sent to attend the manoeuvres of the Neapolitan army." There was an extraordinary rise in the price of Government securities at the Bourse on Saturday, in consequence of a report of a telegraph dispatch from Constantinople, announcing that the Porte had commanded the Turkish generals to suspend hostilities. This is regarded as the preliminary to a final settlement of the existing difficulties. The Three per Cents. opened at 71f. 90c., and rose to 73f. 50c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents, closed at 99f. 40c. ; Orleans Railwayshares, 1,155 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 475 f ; Great Northern, 850 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 897 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 725 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 578 f. 75c. ; Great Central, 511 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 692 f. 50c. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Moaiteur of yesterday (Sunday) makes the following important announcement : " The Government has received dispatches from the French Ambassador at Constantinople, dated 21st October. The reply of Prince Gortschakoff was considered negative. Nevertheless, at the re quest of the representatives of the Four Powers, the Porte had given orders to adjourn hostilities to the Ist November. " In case hostilities should have been commenced, the order was to be considered as null (non avenu). The fleets were to pass the Dardanelles on the fol lowing day." . A firiva:te telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles, of the 29th inst., states that on the 23d, when the Caradoc sailed, the two fleets had not left Besika Bay, and that owing to the badness of the weather they had not proceeded to the Sea of Marmora on the 22d. Admiral Tinan, with three vessels, had, however, managed to reach Gallipoli, and Admiral Dundas had proceeded to the first castle of the Dardanelles. A telegraphic message from Vienna dated yes terday (Sunday) says : " Yesterday the new project arrived here from London, and was sent to Constantinople. It con sists of the Vienna Note deprived of the objection able passages which, remodelled, render the Turk ish modifications superfluous, and, being agreeable to the Olmutz concessions, will satisfy Russia. The present armistice has been obtained in connexion herewith. Turkey is expected to accept these terms, and if so, Russia also. " Nothing important from the Lower Danube. The Russians have made no attempt to cross that river." The following is from Belgrade, Oct. 18 :—Omer Pasha, being informed that the Russians had evacuated Kalafat, sent a patrol to that place, which encountered a detachment of Don Cossacks. The two parties were equally seized with a panic, and each evacuated the place in great disorder. The Turks, however, came back with fresh forces, and fortified an island in the vicinity of Widdin. The Russians are still concentrating their troops at Bucharest. The following is from Constantinople, dated Oct. 17 : The armaments of the Porte continue with re newed zeal. This morning 800 men leave for the army in Asia. This is a body of riflemen, who have been organized on the system of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, under the superintendence of M. d'Anglars, a French officer. Artillery and trans ports of ammunition and troops are daily forwarded, both to the army in Europe and in Asia. Narvik Pacha is to leave for Paris and London, an extraordinary commissary, charged with the negotiation of a loan of four millions sterling. In dependent of this object, it is said that his mission will also have an important political character. Constantinople has been very quiet since the de claration of war. It is not improbable that the arrival of the combined fleets at the Golden Horn may be simultaneous with the commencement of hostilities. Great efforts are being made to induce the Porte to extend the fifteen days' time given for the evacuation of the principalities for eight days longer. The following is a brief communication from the head-quarters of the Turkish army, dated Schuinla, Oct. 10 :—" On the Bth a general order was read to the assembled troops. They took an oath, sweating to die for their religion and their country. Two days ago the order was sent to Prince Gorts chakoff to evacuate the principalities in a brief time. Hostilities are to commence shortly. You will be anxious to know what we are going to do. All I can say is that I trust Omer Pacha will have well laid his plans. General Prim is laid up with a fever, which seems very obstinate. Yesterday Colonel Bund, an Austrian staff officer, and M. de Bruck, the son of the _Austrian ambassador, ar rived here." A letter from Constantinople announces that a naval division had been formed there, consisting of 12 ships of the line, eight frigates, four corvettes, and three brigs, to protect the north coast of the Black Sea. Those ships are well found in every respect, and amongst them are seven sttrm frigates or corvettes. It appears that whilst a diminution of the Aus- triau army is announced at Vienna, the Austrian Generals commanding in Italy and Hungary, far from discharging any of their troops, are demand ing reinforcements. The last dispatch from .Warsaw, Oct. 22, says that reinforcements have- been sent off to the Crimea. The impregnability of Sebastopol is con sidered past question. The Circassians have lately exhibited wonderful activity, and have pressed down to the coast of the Black Sea. Forts Gortogojewsk and Tenginsk have been completely demolished, and the Russians so hard pressed that a number of their priests, who were carrying crosses to stimulate the soldiers, were left dead upon the field. Three Russian brigades have been sent from Tortum to the Turkish frontier. Osten Sacken's corps still halts in Volhinia. A portion of the corps of General Luders is still on the Rus sian side of the Pruth. It has already been announced that the Russian Minister of Finance had given to a deputation of the English merchants residing at St. Petersburg the most formal assurance that, in the event of 3 war with Turkey, they should not suffer in any way, either in person or property. One of the members of the deputation having asked if English vessels would be exempted from vexatious pro ceedings in any case, the Minister replied that he could not reply to this categorically without having first received the orders of the Emperor. Two days afterwards the Minister declared in a new inter view that the Emperor would be guided on this subject entirely by the course that England should pursue. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort contains a letter from Bucharest of the 18th, which says " Since I wrote last, nothing h as transpired of any decisive event on the Danube, but it is said that the Turks have completed bridges over the river near Rustjuck and Braila. Yesterday a courier arrived with letters to General Mereskou, com mander of the Wallachian militia, announcing tha t these troops were to leave the barracks which they occupied near the town, and that the Russians were to enter them. It is said that General. Gorts chakoff has but little confidence in our troops, and that he has even proposed to Prince Stirbey to disarm them. They are about 18,000 in n umber. The Russian General-in-Chief has also expressed desire to see the administrative authorities and, tribunals of Braila, Kalarash, and Turnoal, sew' into the interior of the country. The object of the General appears to be to insure a greater amount of protection to the Russian subjects residing in Wallachia." ITALY. The Gazette of Bologna, of the 22d inst., con tains a military ordonnance, signed Lichten.steinf condemning two individuals to death and ten to hard labour for life at the galleys. The condemne d _, formed part of a band of malefactors who infeste d the territory of Faenza. The capital execution took place in the plains of Capraro on the 21st just' The Opinion of Turin, of the 27th inst., says that the appointment of new Senators was mdis pensable inasmuch as the President of the Senat e had found it necessary mare than once to adjourn the house for want of a sufficient number of Ineel bers. The new Senators comprise manufacturers and public functionaries. The Grand Duke of Tuscany left Florence for Naples on the 23d, under the incognito of Count Pitigliano. He was accompanied by his 5 011 ,9 the hereditary Prince of Tuscany . , By a decree 01 the 23d, the Grand Duke has regulated the powers of his Minister during his absence from Tuscany The Council of Ministers was entrusted with the signature of those acts for which that of the Grand Duke would be required, but only in case of urgent necessity. The Official Journal of the Two Sicilies announces from Palermo that arrivals from Malta and tho lonian Isles have been admitted there to free pra tique. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 24th publishes the royal decrees by which M. Jose Borrajo, Director' General of the Public Treasury, has been, as already stated, nominated President of the Spanish Conr • mission of Finance at London, in the room of MI Sheidnagel, resigned on account of ill health an d • by which M. Cifuentes, Director of Taxes, is er pointed Director of the Public Treasury. A letter says :—" Some persons pretend that th,e new representative of the United States, Mr. Soule, will, in the course of a short time, issue a note which the idea of the purchase of the Isle of Cum will be indicated. In case he sh o uld comm it 0 11 c' a political fault, which is not very probable, the reply of the Spanish Government will soon be given. It will energetically protest its firm resolu tion to defend the integrity of the territory belong ing to Spain." M. Itiquelme, Under Secretary of State, in the department of Foreign Affairs, has, it is said, been nominated Minister at Constantinople, and M. Ca ballero, the present Minister, will become Under- Secretary of State, a post he has already worthily filled. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 25th inst. A meeting of the Opposition members of the Senate was held on the 24th, reinforced by some • grandees of Spain. It was intended to adopt a course of proceedings for the Opposition during the approaching session, but the meeting broke up without any determination having been arrived at. was reported at Madrid that Don Jose Jod • , quin Mord had been appointed Consul-General of Spain in London, whither he is to proceed in a few days. Several changes in the Spanish diplo matic corps abroad are mentioned. The appoint' ment of Spanish minister to Washington had been offerred to M. Tacon, anclEefused. General Gezuela was to leave Madrid on th 30th, to embark at Cadiz for the Havannah on the 7th of November. The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid on the 25th inst. at 41 cash ; Deferred, 21g. MADEIRA. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 30. The screw-steamer Brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here this evening from Madeira, which island she left on the 22d inst. The royal mail steamer Great Western, with the outward Brazil mails of the 9th inst., arrived in Funchal Roads on the 18th, and proceeded to her dostination. The weather at Madeira was very fine, no rains having rcently fallen. There is no shipping or other news thence. In lat. 44 the Brilliant spoke a large screw" steamer with a red funnel, supposed to be the Taurus, from Live r p oo l, an d b etween C ape Finis terre and the Chops of the Channel she passed a large fleet of outward-bound merchant ships, the wind blowing strong from the north-west. A HAPPY CHANGE! The Journal de St. Quentin gives the following details of a visit which the Emperor and Empress paid three days ago to the fortress of Ham :-- "On Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the Ern• peror, accompanied by th e E mpress, th e Princess Ma . thilde, and some persons of the Court, arrived here incognito. Without h av i ng g i ven an y i n ti ma ti o n of 11! 5 intention, he proceeded at once to the fortress, 1115 former prison daring a period of six years, and when he crossed the drawbridge his features appeared much changed--his emotion was great. His Majesty the!' went to the gate through which he had effected / 115 escape, and the porter having opened it, the Emper° r , immediately re l a t e d t o th e E mpress , w i t h th e gr eatest detail, all the circumstances of his flight. He after wards ascended to his old apartment, and when they ar rived there the Empress threw herself into his arms an d embraced him with a tender emotion. After this scene' which much affected the persons present, the Empe!c lr went out on the terrace, and examined the remaining flowers of those which he had formerly cultivated. 0° Empress plucked some branches and distributed then' around with a mournful smile. A simple and frugal re' past was then served to their Majesties under the trees in the court o f th e f ort, and the i r Majesties were still occupied 1 in part a ki ng o f i t w h en M . Allart, the niarr' arrived, accompa n i e d b y t h e c i v il an d eccles i ast i ca l a l. thorities, and by the 13ishop of Adras, formerly 4 31116 in the fortress. The rumour being spread about that thl Emperor wa s among us, a crowd soon assembled , "' I saluted their Majesties with loud cries of ' Vice pereur I" Vive huperatrice I' and accompanied them to the gates of the town. The whole visit lasted somewha' more than an hour.." LIBERAL OFFER BY THE RECTOR OF ST. GEORO.B' SOUTIIWARK.—Towards the conclusion of a sermon', preached yesterday morning at the p ar ish church ° I St. Cecrge-the-Martyr, Southwark, the Rev. Xi/Biala Cadman, M.A., the rector, stated that he had been in; formed that a vast number of the respectable traders ni the borough had determined on closing their warehouse; and shops every evening during the winter at 07 0 o'clock. In the hope that many of the young men would thus have much time placed at their ispo'l' of their would desire to employ it in the improvement minds, he should feel great pleasure in placing the 1. 91 , 1 0 rochial school-rooms at their disposal, and would prone' well-qualified teachers for them in the ancient classics: mathematics, music, and o th er b ranc h es o f useful leari'd ing, himself taking, as f ar as hi s c l er i ca l duties %O u ts• admit, a general sup erv i s i on o f t h e w h o l e arrangenierithe The reverend gentl eman procee d e d to urge upend to young men the d u ty o f emp l oy i ng t h e t i me grants them in a becomi ng manner, and earnestly recomm enc the his parishione rs t o make their purchases as early 111.iibo day as possibl e , so t h at the traders and shopkeep ers had set this good example, might not be losers 1 4 the ir praiseworthy attempt to benefit the young men in employment, ~,,_-.~ _,-,'" 1 . 1 i i