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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. FOR THE BENEFIT of Mr. EMERY. THIS ETENING, OCT. 4, Will be performod HENRY THE FOURTH. Hotspur, Mr, parry Sullivan; Prince Hal, Mr. Alfred Wigan; Slr John Falstaff, ifr. Emery ; Hostess, Mrs. Griffiths ; &C. To conclude with THE OLD. CURIOSITY SHOP. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. This Theatre will OPEN for the Season on MONDAY NEXT, the 10th October, when will be performed Lord Byron s Tragedy of BARDANAPALITS, with other Entertainments. Full Particulars in future Anno Box - office uncements. The Box-oce will open on Thursday, the 6th instant. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celesta THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, van be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, G. Lee, Leigh Murray, C. Selby, Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, &e. ; Bliss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. Attar which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM. To conclude with COMING OF AGE. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The new and Classical Burlesque the greatest triumph ever achieved. Crowded audiences nightly prove it 4 powertul attraction, while enthusiastic a pprobation greets its gorgeous effects The Fall of Phaeton, and his destruction on the banks of the River Po, are pronounced by the Press and the Public the most perfect and beau tiful Tableaux ever witnessed in this Theatre. Re-engagement of those wondrous Artistes, Signor CARLO and Signor FRA.NCOIS, whose extraordinary perErmances on LA p ERcHE surpass those of all other Artistes who have appeared. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, And during the week, will be presented (the 20th time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PH TON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN, supported by the entire strength of the Company. New and original Scenes in the Circle, introducing Signor CAR j,O and Signor FRANCOIS. Concluding with (93d time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 34 min.after 2 I Evening 52 min.aft. 2 To.Monitoa —.Morning 12 min.after 3 I Evening 30 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.—Sint Onnca, OCT, 4, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'90. WIND, S.W.— Fresh breeze, and cloudy, with rain ai times. flfl gibt ~~ S~%n •Cr LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1853. DECLARATION OF WAR TURKEY AGAINST RUSSIA (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) A second edition of the Morning Chronicle contains the following important telegraphic dis- patch from their Vienna correspondent :-- Advices from Constantinople were received at Vienna yesterday, dated the 27th ult., containing Trost important news. The Divan, at the Grand Council held that day, resolved upon a declaration of war against Russia. Report says that hostilities have already be- gun. On Sunday night the Emperor of Austria left suddenly, with the Prince of Prussia, for War paw, where the King of Prussia will meet them. It behoves England to be forthwith on the alert, and no longer to allow herself to be cajoled by the timidity of the man, unfortunately, at this critical period, at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government. In consequence of that timidity the honour of Great Britain has, for some time past, been deplorably jeopardised. By reason of the influence naturally exercised by the Earl of ABERDEEN over the councils of the Coalition, our foreign policy has been divested of all dignity and promptitude, of all calm and consistent reso lution. It has, on the contrary, been rendered thereby weak and, to the last extremity, vacil lating. Insomuch that our diplomatic negotia tions in reference to the Eastern Question, in lieu of being at once brought to a satisfactory close, as they might have been with a moderate show on our part of vigour and determination—have been lamentably protracted up to this very instant by procrastination after procrastination. Examine the foreign policy of England in regard to the Russo-Turkish difficulty, and you will find that from first to last it has been pusillanimous in its acts, and. if brave in any way, bravo only in. speech, courageous only in words, valiant only in the remarks uttered by one or two of the more energetic members of the Administration. It is the truth—unsatisfactory though it may be—it is the truth nevertheless. In this particular again, as in so many others, the Coalition has been pro ductive of anomalies almost as discreditable to the country as those which characterised the bewil dering alliance of parties in which the Cabinet itself must be allowed to have originated. Incon sistency was the basis of the Government, and therefore, reasonably enough, we might even say inevitably, inconsistency has proved its most con spicuous consequence. Guided by the Earl of ABERDEEN, the Cabinet of St. James's has contented itself with making a series of very amiable, but, at the same time, very pitiful representations to the councils of St. Petersburg—at the precise moment when the Russian AUTOCRAT is outraging the common sense of Europe, the rights of Turkey, and the laws of all civilised nations, by the mission intrusted to Prince MENSCHIKOFF, by the march of the Cossacks under Prince GORTZCHAKOPF, by the insults offered to the Divan, by the passage of the Pruth, and by the occupation cf the Danu bian Principalities. While the CZAR has been acting thus vigorously in the development of his ambitious project for the extension of his already stupendous and unwieldy dominions—England, under the rule of ABERDEEN, has been tolerating, and not only tolerating, but herself taking part in the delays and hesitations, the discussions and negotiations of the Vienna Conference. The me lancholy result of all which is at this instant before us—visible in a most perilous situation, and audible in the most disastrous intelligence. The situation is this :—that England having allowed herself first of all to be deceived by the Russian, is now permitting herself to be deluded by the Austrian and by the Prussian Government. The intelligence—which comes to us from 01- miitz on the one hand, and on the other from Cmstantinople--is this : that the CZAR has en tered into a secret and satisfactory arrangement with the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna, by which the representatives of each will ultimately be withdrawn from the Conference of the Four Powers, giving full scope for the development of the designs of the Russian Government—while a Grand Council of Ministers, Paellas, and Memas, numbering altogether upwards of a h un d re d of the great dignitaries of the Turkish Empire, had, on the 26th ultimo, recommended the SULTAN to make a.declaration of war, having been summoned by their Sqvereign to decide wheth er or not that course had become advisable under the circum stances. For this situation, ; . and for this intelligence, we have unquestionably to thank the Earl of Anzit , DEEN, as the presiding influence in the councils of ber Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. The dis /edit in all thigi, we believe in our conscience, is due to that statesman personally. It belongs to him mainly, if not exclusively, because, through out these disgraceful transactions in reference to the Eastern Difficulty, he has unhappily occupied the prominent and responsible position of Leader of the British Government. It belongs to him mainly, if not exclusively, because his foreign policy has all along been notoriously warped by the warmth of his Russian predilections. It belongs to him mainly, if not exclusively, because we all know perfectly well the patriotic sentiments cherished by the Foreign Secretary, and the Home Secre tary, and the Leader of the House of Com mons, and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and others of his able, but motley, colleagues in the Coalition Government. Latterly, indeed, those sentiments have been openly avowed in de fiance of the dictates of what is called Ministerial discretion. They were avowed at Greenock by Lord JOHN RussEnn—at Perth by Lord PALMER STON—and at Glasgow by the panegyrics pro nounced by that illustrious Foreign Minister upon his distinguished successor, the Earl of CLAREN DON. A certain degree of culpability is shared, of course, among those, and the rest of the Mi nisterial advisers of our Sovereign, for inasmuch as they have consented thus to palter with the honour of the Crown by yielding to the timorous and unpatriotic policy of the Earl of ABERDEEN---by permitting him thus far to obstruct anything like vigorous action—by tolerating, in short, until now those protracted and most disgraceful, because most pusillanimous, negotiations. But that culpability emanates, in the first instance, as we have said, from the paltry policy-, and per verse prejudices, and unpatriotic predilections of the aged Statesman, unfortunately, during this juncture, at the head of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Thanks to Lord ABERDEEN, therefore—intelli gence reaches England, simultaneously, that at Olmiitz a new alliance has been entered into by Russia, Prussia, and Austria, throu g h th e mas t er l y and wily machinations of the AUTOCRAT, and that war has at length been boldly declared by Turkey, according to the latest advices received from Con stantinople. Hitherto in regard to this 'Pastern Question England has blundered—but the blunders of the Cabinet may be obliterated from the popular remembrance by prompt and energetic acts of re paration. War has been declared by Turkey—and, mean while, the KING of Prussia and the EMPEROR of Austria are hastening to meet the Russian AUTO CRAT at Warsaw, and there to hold with him friendly conference together —as FRANCIS JOSEPH has already done at Olmiltz. The rational and dignified course to be pursued at such a juncture by the English Government, is obvious under ex isting circumstances. A yet closer and more cor dial alliance with the Imperial Government of France ! The nomination of a vigorous instead of a timorous Statesman to the post of First Lord of the Treasury ! The confiding of yet larger powers to our Ambassador at Constantinople ! The ordering of all our ships-of-war now in Besika Bay to proceed forthwith to the Bosphorus, and the instant despatch of our Channel Fleet into the Mediterranean. ! These are the proceedings which have now become imperatively requisite. They are proceedings which may effectually baffle the wiliest designs of the AUTOCRAT. Adopted—they will maintain the integrity of the Turkish Empire while rendering France and England the arbitrers of the destinies of Christendom. If " property has its duties as well as its rights," it also carries with it cares and troubles as well as comfort and enjoyments. The employer of skilled labour of any description is peculiarly exposed to trouble and annoyance ; he is but too frequently placed between two fires--raked " fore and aft " by those who supply a portion of his capital on the one side, and the workmen engaged in his services on the other. Here, the rate of interest is suddenly and extravagantly raised, so as to leave little if any profit for the luckless spe culator, whose time, labour, and personal re sources remain without remuneration. There, the operatives, without regarding or taking into consideration the movement in the opposite direc tion, or making any allowance for the embarrass ments and difficulties to which he is exposed, clamour for increased wages, and threaten a general strike, if all their demands, however un reasonable, be not complied with. But it is not merely with respect to the rate of wages that employers are subjected to vexa- on and annoyance. In many instances they are placed under the most minute and ri diculous restriction, dictated to as to whom they shall employ and whom they shall discharge, and the manner in which they shall conduct their business, until, if they yield to all the requisi tions, they become little better than so many puppets in the hands of those who, though nomi nally servants, become in time most tyrannical and exacting masters, requiring unreasoning and unresisting submission to all their decrees and orders. Woe to any man who has the hardihood to resist their imperious demands. If it be in the power of "the body" to injure him in his business —even to bring ruin to his family —no effort will be spared, no stone left unturned to effect the object. And not only is the ruin of the master aimed at, but also of all the better disposed work men who refuse to join in the combination, or who lend any assistance to the man who has fallen under the ban of the confederacy. These men, who deserve to be sustained and supported, are ruthlessly consigned to the destitution which must attend a total deprivation of occupation, and masters are expected to become participators in the offence by carrying out and executing the judgments of the secret tribunals. From time immemorial the confederacies and unions of parties formed for the ostensible pur pose of protecting their own interests, but which, generally speaking, have proved very detrimental thereto, have been cognisable by law. Two or more persons combining together for the purpose of injuring any individual in his person, property, or character, or even to effect a legal purpose with a corrupt intent, or by improper means, constituted a conspiracy, a serious offence by the Common Law, which subjected the offenders to fine and imprisonment. It may easily be con ceived that the associations above referred to came within the province of the law, and that the workmen became amenable to its stringent provisions even when their objects were com paratively free from objection. By the 6th GEO. IV., c. 129, however, the provisions of the Common and the Statute Law which in flicted punishment on persons for meeting and entering into agreements for the sole purpose of settling the rate of wages or the hours of work were repealed. Other agreements or combinations bringing parties within the operation of the law were, however, made punishable with imprison ment and hard labour, for any period not exceed ing three calendar months. But while parties were authorised to meet for the purpose of set tling the hours and price of labour, especial care was taken to protect the honest and independent workman iu the free disposal of his labour against any combination of his fellow-workmen. It was therefore expressly enacted (a. 3) that any work man might make such terms, and agree to such conditions with his employer as he pleased, with out regard to the rules of any trade-union or society ; and he could not be comp e ll e d t o be long to any club or association, nor be in any way coerced by threat, intimidation, molestation, or obstruction. The employer was also protected in the liberty to carry on his business or manufac ture as he thought proper ; and no person could lawfully interfere, or presume to dictate to him what workmen he should or should not employ, nor whether they should be paid by piece or day work, nor the number of apprentices he should keep. It might be supposed that these enactments were sufficiently explicit, that no mistake could arise as to their interpretation, and that it would be vain to attempt to disregard such clear and unequivocal provisions with impunity. Yet such is the case. The men still combine to control their masters and fellow-workmen, and although in the great majority of cases the majesty of the law has been vindicated, and its violaters punished for their offences, although the injury which they have endeavoured to inflict upon others has almost invariably recoiled on their own heads, they per severe in their futile efforts, and strive to defeat the salutary enactments, although no greater mis fortune could happen to themselves than the full and complete success of their unwarranted aggres sion. We find them still trying to coerce masters as to the mode of carrying on their business, and to send fellow-workmen to coventry fer daring to accept employment from persons who are placed under their tyrannical ban. In our impression of Saturday we published a report of the proceedings at the Guildhall Police Court against several journeymen compositors, who were committed for trial at the ensuing Sessions of the Central Criminal Court for conspiring toge ther to procure the dismissal of a fellow-workman named SPENCE from bis employment, in which we regret to say they were but too successful. It appeared that some time previously the printers in the employment of Mr. Thuds struck, because that respected gentleman thought proper to take a greater number of apprentices than his journeymen approved. They failed in achieving their object. Their employer was firm, and they became aware of the folly of keeping themselves and their families without bread for the sake of establish ing the insolent assumption. The majority of the recusants accordingly "struck" a second time, that is to say they had the good sense to apologise for their indiscretion, and to return to the occupation they had voluntarily relinquished, and new hands were easily obtained to supply the places of those who continued obdurate. This concession, how ever, excited the indignation of " the body," and Mr. TALLIS'S premises were specially TABOOED, and a resolution passed that none of the men who returned to or accepted work in that establish ment should be employed in any other house in the trade. The unfortunate complainant had not been working at Mr. TALLIS'S at or previous to the strike. He was, however, " taken on" after its termination, and for this act of disobedience to the orders of the secret tribunal he became a marked man, whose ruin was resolved on. After some time he was, in consequence of the slackness of work, discharged from Mr. TALLIs's, and he subsequently applied for work at Mr. JACKSON'S, which he obtained. It did not, however, last long. The tyrannical edict was to be enforced, and he was to learn from bitter experience the disastrous results of acting for himself without the sovereign per mission of the Society. He had scarcely been in the employment, when two " chapels," or meet ings, were held, of the other hands, from which he was carefully excluded. The matter was not permitted to remain long in doubt. A communi cation was made to the foreman of Mr. JACKSON, and poor SPENCE was summarily dismissed. Now, what can be thought of the system which, if fully carried out, would have the effect of closing an extensive and well-conducted establishment, of destroying the capital embarked therein, and ruining the respected proprietor, simply for doing what the law, not merely tacitly, but distinctly and in express terms, authorises, while those who refuse to join in the nefarious conspiracy who are willing to accept a fair day's wages in return for a fair day's work—are to be involved in like destruction, deprived of the trade which they had laboriously acquired, and condemned to perpetual idleness, and, of course, perpetual poverty, by the hard hearted despots who, in secret conclave assembled, attempt to control the destinies of the trade. Such matters cannot for a moment be tolerated; they strike at the very root of society, and if sanctioned would inflict a death-blow on the national prosperity. The punishment of the misguided men, who have rendered themselves amenable to justice, is not sought ; but they and all others must be taught that the majesty of the law must be respected, and that it is too powerful to be set aside or violated with impunity in accordance with the dictates of an illegal, unconstitutional, and irre sponsible body, who shroud themselves in privacy, and are ashamed and afraid to have their un warranted and unwarrantable proceedings exposed to the light of day. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DIIRE OF CAM BRIDGE TO DORCHESTER.—On Saturday evening his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge made an official visit of inspection of the two troops of the Bth Royal Hussars, which, with the head-quarters, are stationed at Dorchester barracks. His Royal Highness was accom panied by Colonel Macdonald and suite, and proceeded at once to the barracks. On Sunday morning his Royal Highness visited Portland, where he examined the break water, and also looked over the convict depot. Having taken luncheon, his Royal Highness returned to Dor- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1853. chester to mess with the officers at the barracks. The troops received orders to be under arms at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and at half-past eight they were called out on the parade ground, and minutely inspected by his Royal Highness. The troops went through several evolutions, with all of which, and the general appearance and discipline of the soldiers, together with the internal economy of the barracks, his Royal Highness expressed himself in the highest terms of satisfaction. His Royal Highness departed by the 11.40 train to make a similar inspection of the cavalry troops stationed at Christ church, Hampshire. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—The Scotsman, Com menting► on the imperial visit to Boulogne, says :—" The Empress seems to have come in for a large share of the admiration and acclamations, praises of her beauty and amiability being in the mouths of all, both French and English, who have had the honour of a smile from her Imperial Highness. What a curious example it is of the whimsical turns of the "whirligig of time," that a Spanish lady, who has aunts and cousins in Kirkcudbrightshire, should have stood on Monday last, as the wife of a French Emperor, surveying the cliffs of England from the foot of the column erected by the great Napoleon to commemorate his happily only 'intended' conquest of Britain ! MAILS TO AUSTRALIA.—The Neleus, the sailing ves sel selected to take the next mail to Australia, will be dispatched on the sth inst. ' and letters must, therefore, be posted on the 4th. The Harbinger steamer, for Port Philip and Sydney, will not sail from Southampton until the 6th inst. ; and communications by that conveyance will, it is understood be in time on the sth. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a considerable decrease. They have comprised altogether 11 vessels—eight to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 5,242 tons ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate burden of 769 tons ; and one to Adelaide, of 668 tons. Their total capacity was, consequently, 6,679 tons. The shipments of manufactured goods and ordinary merchandise have greatly diminished since the late unfavourable accounts by the Marlborough and Essex, and freight generally have experienced a decline. PRODUCE MARKETS.—The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets describe operations as having lately been more numerous. In some descriptions of sugar there was a tendency to im provement, and the quotations of coffee continued to be well supported. Rice had been freely purchased owing to the advance in grain. The transactions in indigo had been at rather higher rates. Tallow was also firmer. RELEASE or MARTIN KOSSTA.—The steamer Asia on Sunday brought news from New York that the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian ministers had given in a protest at Washington against the conduct of Captain Ingraham, the captain of the St. Louis, United States frigate, who so energetically took the part of M. Kossta at Smyrna a few months ago when that gentleman had been violently seized by the Austrians. Yesterday letters from Constantinople brought intelligence that M. Kossta had been released from the interim custody of the French consul. This event has taken place with the concurrence of the Austrian Internuncio, M. de Bruck, and of his government. On the 19th ult. Mr. Brown, the United States charge d'affaires at Constan tinople, left for Smyrna, where he would see M. Kossta put on board an American merchantman, which was to sail for New York from Smyrna in a few days. The Austrian government has displayed a singular prudence in this step, and, having betimes conceded all the sub stance, may safely assume a higher tone than ever in her paper contest with the United States. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BLYTH AND TYNE RAIL WAY.—On Tuesday a fatal accident happened on this railway, near Seaton Delaval. A man named James Conning, and his wife, imprudently got upon the line, when an engine and train came up, and notwithstanding that the driver sounded his whistle and shut off his stelm, neither of the parties attempted to get out of the way, and the result was that the engine struck the de ceased, and knocked him over the embankment, but the wife contrived to make her escape uninjured. ' As it was found that the deceased had no business on the line, and also that the driver did all he could to stop the train, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.—New cm* Quardion. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export, comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham at bid. to 71d., 100 Bahia at 5Rd. to 6id., 300 Egyptian at 61d. to Bd., and 300 Surat at 2id. to 31d. per lb. The market closed steadily. Railway shares were quiet.. The following review of the silk market is from H. W. Eaton " Having addressed you so recently as the 19th ult., with the particulars of the India and China letters, re ceived on that day, I have little to add to the annexed monthly report of the warehouses, and the announce ment that the public sales are fixed for the 19th instant. As might be expected, the silk trade has been compara tively quiet during September, and consumers being to lerably well supplied, are enabled to exercise the caution so desirable under existing circumstances. The con tinued large consumption, however, with the moderate stocks of most descriptions, renders the position of our market perfectly healthy. In Chinas, with the excep tion of the new silk received per " overland" (which has been taken at full prices), little has been done. In Bengal silk there is no alteration, but the greater por tion of the imports have been sold on arrival. The Brutias received during the month have also found buyers at rather improved rates, but the Persians re main on hand. The present uncleared stock of the former consists of 71 bales, and the latter of 1,653 bal lots. In Italians the business has been very limited. The India mail just in brings no fresh advices from Shanghai." The condition of the leading departments of the banks of New York at different periods compares as follows : Loans. Deposits. Circulation. Specie. June 21.495,520,656 $50,018,171 $9,064,106 $12,174,509 Sept. 10.. 91,108,347 57,545,164 19,517,336 11,380,693 Sept. 17.. 90,190,589 57,612,301 9,566,723 11,860,235 During the past week the line of discount has been diminished 917,758 dollars, the circulation 30,613 dollars ; while the deposits have increased 67,137 dollars, specie 476,542 dollars. The , in crease in deposits would denote ease and abundance in the money market, in the face of a steady re duction in the line of discount, but such is not the fact. There is very little idle capital in our banks at the present moment, and the deposit depart ment in ourreturns must be artificially made up. We know that certified and other checques deposited are counted as deposits, while the accounts against which these checques are drawn and not charged, go to make up the aggregate. The system upon which the items, discounts, and deposits were here tofore made up has undoubtedly been changed to meet the times. The increase in specie and de crease in circulation are favourable features, which we trust will regularly appear in the weekly reports. There has been a renewal of the excitement which had just begun to subside, when it was stated that fresh propositions had come from Olmutz, in consequence of the rumoured declaration of war by Turkey against Russia. It is singular how opinion in the City, and especially among the speculators, fluctuates from one moment to the other, and how those who hope now for peace the next moment are sensitive about war. Unquestionably, the uncer tainty that prevails, proves most damaging, not alone to the Stock Markets, but also to the produce markets, and no department is so much affected as that in grain. The Greek mer chants, upon the intelligence of the war declara tion, which they obtained yesterday afternoon, immediately shut up their " sample bags" at the Corn Exchange, and became buyers instead of sel lers of wheat, and many sanguine parties scarcely know how to over-estimate what will be the price of grain. It should be recollected, however, that there is an immense quantity already accumulated, and that although hostilities may temporarily im pede its being sent, it will ultimately come, while the American supplies will be brought in freely. Wheat is nominally Is. to 2s. dearer than yesterday. The tallow market is in a state of great excite ment this morning, and has advanced 2/. per ton in all positions owing to the war rumours. Thus the news which late yesterday afternoon found no credence among the Russia trades are now believed. For October and December there are buyers at 585., and for January and March, 1854, at 595. per cwt. Advices from Mr. Falconnet, dated Mexico, the Ist ult., state that he would not be able to leave Mexico, on his return to this country, till by the October packet. The Minister of Finance, Senor Haro y Tamariz, had resigned, and Senor Sierra y Rosso, had succeeded him in office. The Go vernment had not yet abandoned its efforts to procure sufficient funds to pay, at once two, or at least one, of the overdue dividends, though their success remained very doubt ful, so far as advances from the capitalists of Mexico were concerned. But the boundary dispute, rela tive to the vale of Mesilla, was likely to be settled by the payment of a sum of money from the United States of North America, and the Mexican claims for Indian depredations, under the 11th article of the treaty of Guadaolupe, Hidalgo, were also ex pected before long to put the Government in funds to the amount of a few millions of dollars. The deed of mortgage on the public in Tamauli pas, belonging to Messrs. Manning and Mack intosh, in favour of the bondholders, had been executed by them, but the execution of a similar deed relative to their sugar estate, near Vera Cruz, was still delayed owing to circumstances beyond Mr. Falconnet's control. A few political arrests had taken place in the capital and at Puebla, and the efforts of Go vernment to put an end to the frequent highway robberies, and to the Indian depredatory excur sions in the northern frontier states, had not as yet proved very successful. The Thames has brought for the Mexican Divi dends 8,404,399 dollars from Vera Cruz, and 3,308,098 dollars from Tampico, making together 11,712,497 dollars. About 200,000 dollars more are wanted to make up a dividend. The bond holders' share of the duties on cargoes arrived in Vera Cruz in the month of August, was estimated at 45,000 dollars. M. Weiss, the Special Commissioner of the Com mittee of Spanish American Bondholders, has in formed them that her Majesty's new Charge d'Affaires, the Hon. Richard Bingham, had arrived at Caracas. Consols opened this morning at 91/ to 92, being done at the highest of these rates, which, however, is one per cent. under the official prices last paid yesterday. When the war reports assumed a more definite shape, and it was known that Ministers met yesterday at the Foreign-office to discuss their tenor, the prices fell to 91f to Q. It is remarked that the telegraphic dispatch just made public here is the 27th ultimo from Constan tinople, whereas that noticed by the Times is dated the 26th. The value of Bank Stock has been 220 to 222. Exchequer Bills have been 10s. to 13s. premium. In Foreign Securities the fall is quite as heavy as in the English Funds. Russian Five per Cents. have been 111 to 112, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 951 to 97. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 92 to 93. Mexican Bonds bring only 23 to A, a fall of 11 to 2 per cent., and Peruvian have receded to 70. Equador are 4k to Brazilian Stock ex dividend is at 97i. Grenada Deferred Bonds have realised 8. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been marked 21-i to 22, and Swedish 4 per Cents. 92. The Railway Share Market has been suddenly prostaated after the buoyant aspect it assumed yes terday, and the fall is from 2 to 3 per cent. in the best English lines, including the North-Western, and about 1/. in the French. Tho Gold Mine Shares aro heavy, and the Aus tralian banks lower, as well as the Land Com panies. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Ofwial List.) . _ - Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. 9ll 2 11 2 11 i 1 Bank Stock for Account 221 2 20 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 £5OO 8 12 Ditto Small PRICE OF FORIIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 411 per Cent 95 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 23 .1 2 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 7O 69 70 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent. 2 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St ll2 11 12 Ditto 41 per Cent 97 51 64 5 1 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9Ol 11 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 441 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22 11 Swedish 4 por Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 42 per Cont.!! 9Bf. Ex. 25f. 15c Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 62 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,,~ THREE O'CLOCK. 91 ... 91 Consols Ditto October Account ST. PETERSBURGH.—The letters from St. Petersburgh reach to the 26th of September, but contain nothing new. From Odessa the dates are to the 23d, when ti e wheat market was again active. The transactions during the week had amounted to about 80,000 quer• tors, at an advance of 2s. CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. (Two-yr-01d. Sister to Maid of Delamere... Four ran. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. G. V. Brooke took his benefit last evening at this theatre. There was an immense house, and the audience were as enthusiastic as the warmest of his friends and admirers could desire. The part he selected for the occasion was that of Virginius. Mr. Brooke was loudly called for at the end of the third act, and again at the end of the fourth. The curtain fell at the conclusion of the play amid a storm of applause and showers of bouquets with which the stage was literally covered. When silence was obtained, he addressed the audience. He expressed the warmest gratitude for the kindness of the public during the whole period of his engagement, as shown by the immense crowds who nightly had filled the theatre, and by the liberal—he might say prodigal —applause which had been lavished upon him, far exceeding his deserts. He alluded to the warm-hearted strangers among whom he had lately been, and said that one of the, greatest pleasures he derived from his present reception in his native land was in the thought that it would show his friends in America that he was esteemed in the "Old Country" to be not altogether without merit. After pronouncing a glowing eulogy on Shakspere, and expressing his heartfelt plea sure at seeing the greatest of the English theatres re stored to the noble purpose to which it was originally designed, he took his leave amid renewed acclamations, and retired, loaded with the floral trophies which he sedulously gathered from the stage. SURREY THEATRE. The winter season at the Surrey opened last night with The Tempest, elaborately got up, and played strictly from the text of Shakspere. With the exception of Mr. Creswick, the dramatis personce were nearly all new faces, and all, it is satisfactory to add, met with very favourable receptions. The caste was as follows : Prospero, Mr. Creswick; Caliban, Mr. George Bennett ; Miranda, Miss F. Wallack ; and Aeriel, Madame Cas taglioni. The secondary male parts were all filled by gentlemen from the provinces. The scenic effects were very creditable. At the conclusion of the play Messrs. Creswick and Bennett were called before the curtain. The entertainments concluded with the Gambler's Wife, a new drama, belonging to that class of pieces which is always successful on the other side of the Thames. It is almost needless to say that the production was announced for repetition with the unanimous consent of the audience. Under its present management this theatre has not only flourished, but has tended to ele vate the taste of the public by giving correct and skilful representations of the legitimate drama ; and in this re spect it may now be said to occupy a position in the southern districts of London very similar to what has long been held by Sadler's Wells in the north. We trust, and indeed may predict, that Messrs. Creswick and Shepherd will have a long and prosperous reign at the favourite and proverbially successful Surrey. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. The management of this boudoir theatre has now passed into the hands of Mr. James William Wallack, who has opened it for a series of winter performances. It would appear that the comedy of the old school is to be cultivated, Morton's Cure for the Ileart Ache constitut ng the entertainment of last night—to be followed in the course of the week by Speed the Plough, and other pieces of the same complexion. The company has been gathered chiefly from the provinces, while the names of several artistes not altogether unknown to metropolitan fame are also in the list. The comedy last night was supported by Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. W. Shalders, Mr. C. Bender, Miss Garthwaite, Miss Emily Horton, and others, whose exertions were more or less creditable. The comedy, which was much applauded, was succeeded by Planchd's popular extravaganza, .Th,e Fair One with the Golden Locks, in which Miss Harriett Gordon sus tained the part of the minstrel Graceful. The pit and gallery were well filled. The speculation, judging by appearances, promises to meet with encouragement. It deserves to do so, for the company is of respectable calibre, and the objects of the manager something analo gous to those of Mrs. Warner, one of the earliest lessees of the house, and we need hardly add, the most enlight ened it ever had. STRAND THEATRE. We attended last night for the purpose of witnessing the production, for the first time at the above theatre, of Stirling Coyne's laughable farce The Pas de Fascina tion, with Miss Marshall as the heroine. This young lady's conception of the character was marked, original, and consistent ; and the hearty humour she infused into the part sensibly affected her auditory, who were kept on the "rack of suspended cachination" from the rising till the falling of the curtain. The piece was altogether, properties and dresses included, well put upon the stage. And here we feel compelled to par ticularise one or two characters—the Governor Muffenuff and Michael Browski ; the former played by Mr. Roger son, and the latter by Mr. G. Yarnold, in an exceedingly sensible manner. The other novelty of the evening was a musical extravaganza, by J. Stocqueleir, Esq., en titled Crusoe the Second. In this a young lady from one of ,the transpontine theatres made her appearance as Clementina, and, making due allowance for a first night, was successful. The young lady (Miss Lavine) possesses a very nice voice, and that rarer quality among English actresses, grace in action. Mr. G. Yarnold, as Friday, was decidedly successful, being honoured with an unani mous call before the curtain. We look upon this gen tleman as a great acquisition to the theatre. En pas sant, we would have all votaries of Terpsichore pop in and refresh their eyesight by witnessing Miss Marshall dance (not in burlesque) her Cachuca. The house was crowded from the floor to the ceiling. MARIONETTE THEATRE— HUNGARIAN BAND.—Last night the above admiral company of instrumental per formers made their first appearance at the Marionette Theatre, for the commencement of a limited engagement. The skill, spirit, and precision with which the Hungarian Band execute the varied pieces in their programme are really remarkable, and evince a high degree of training. Among others, last night they performed a selection of morceaux from La Sannambula, with a richness of ex pression and delicacy of colour that it would be difficult to excel. The audience were frequent and loud in their applause of all the pieces played, but not more so than was deserved. TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—Among the many represen tations of heroes past and present, few bear a more dis tinguished name than the late lamented Sir C. J. Napier, G.C.8., his great and meritorious services in India, the Cape, and the Peninsula will long be remembered by his countrymen. The figure of Sir Charles is one of Messrs. Tussaud's happiest efforts, and so life-like is the repre sentation ; he is in the costume of a Lieutenant-General, and decorated with his various military honours. This is one of the distinguished figures which is sure to attract the public, this hero having so lately departed from amongst us, leaving but a scanty few, who are fast hastening to that bourn from which no traveller returns. THE ROYAL MAIL PACKETS.—The Royal ii;ii'aom7pany's new paddle-wheel steam-ship Solent left Southampton on Monday for her first voyage, with the outward West India and Mexican mails. The Solent had on board 110 passengers, amongst whom were Sir Robert and Lady Horsford, Lieut. Bedden, &c. She had on freight 90,0001., and a small but valuable cargo of merchandise. From her very superior construction for sailing, as well as from the admirable result of her final trial in Stokes Bay, which gave her an average of the extraordinary speed of over 16 statute miles per hour, it is expected that the Solent, should she be favoured with fine weather, will complete her voyage in a shorter time than that in which it has been effected by La Plata, namely, about 121 days. The Trent, which arrived from inter-colonial duties some short time since, has proceeded to Cowes for the purpose of undergoing thorough repair. The Great Western will leave for the Brazils on the 9th, and the Orinoco for the West Indies on the 17th. A BURGLAR CAPTURED BY A LADY.--LIVERPOOL, Oct. 3.—At the borough police court this morning, John Tutty, a man well known to the police, was charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Elliott, estate agent, Camden-street, and in the course of the proceedings the gallant mode of his capture was elicited. On Saturday evening about half-past 6 o'clock, Mrs. Elliott, who is a lady of considerable personal attractions, went into her chamber, when she found that her jewel-case on the dressing-table had been meddled with, and that various articles were disarranged. She was questioning the ser vant, 'whom she had called into the room for that pur pose, about the matter, when she suddenly perceived a man's feet projecting slightly from under the bed. She ordered the girl to go into the street, being careful to shut the front door after her to keep the thief in, and seek for a policeman. The robber, hearing this ener getic instruction, sprang from his imperfect place of concealment, and made a rush at the chamber door. Mrs. Elliott, however, threw herself in his way, . and grasped him with a firmness and tenacity which resisted the fellow's strenuous exertions to shake her off. The servant girl returned in a few seconds with an officer, and the burglars was given into custody.. The most singular part of the matter is, that some time ago the same courageous lady received the thanks of a grand jury in Liverpool for a similar capture of a housebreaker in her premises. The prisoner, who in July last was committed for three months for a felony, was sent for trial at the sessions. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The Emperor of the French on Sunday received at a private audience M. Firmin Rogier, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Belgium, who handed to his Majesty a letter from his Sovereign notifying the marriage of the Duke de Brabant with the Archduchess Maria-Henrietta of Austria. Admiral Don Manuel Blanco Encelada also presented a letter from the President of the Republic of Chili,•in answer to the notification of his Majesty's marriage. The Duke de Casigliano, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and his son, had also the honour of being received on the same day by the Emperor. Tht; Moniteur de l'Oise states that the Emperor and the Empress are expected at Compiegne about the Bth inst. The municipal council has voted a sum of 4,000 f. for the proper reception of their Majesties. It is stated that the naval squadron, under the orders of Admiral Charner, has received from the Minister of Marine orders to proceed to Cherbourg as soon as the weather permits. The celebrated astronomer, M. Arago, died at eight o'clock on Sunday evening, after a protracted illness. The Academy of Sciences, of which he was so long an ornament, was to have met yesterday, but the sitting was put off in consequence. M. Arago was a member of the Provisional Govern ment after the Revolution of February. Colonel Louis de Cadoudal, last surviving brother of the celebrated leader of Brittany, has just died at his country seat in La Vendee, aged 63. - Considerable cargoes of wheat and flour continues to arrive at the seaports in the south and west of France, and much of the former grain has been imported from Germany. The rise has conse quently been checked within the last few days, and a fall in prices was naturally expected, when a rise of ss. the quarter was announced in London, and this had.the effect of making the speculators hold back. Flour is at present quoted in the Paris market at from 82f. to 90f. the sack of 157 kilo grammes. At its present price the 21b. loaf ought to sell for 48c. in place of 40c., as fixed by the Government. The vintage has commenced in the Herault, but the proprietors complain much of the crop. Better prospects appear in the other wine growing districts, particularly since the late rains, which have increased the size of the grapes and hastened their maturity. The wine-g rowers ex press' themselves satisfied in Burguny, Cham pagne, the Cher, and the Orleannais. There has been a considerable fall in the price of wine at Beaucaire. The favourable news from Vienna, announcing that the Conference is resumed and that hopes are entertained of a peaceable- solution of the difficul ties in the Fast, produced a rise in the price of Government Securities at the Bourse yesterday. The Three per Cents. opened at 75f. 10c., fell to 74f. 80c., and closed at 75f. 20c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a. Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Havre, 507 f. 50e. ; Great North ern, 842 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 930 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 900 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 735 f. ; Western of France, 710 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 595 f. ; Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons to Ge neva, 505 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 732 f. 50c. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A private telegraphic dispatch from Berlin an nounces that the King of Prussia left on Sunday evening, at half-past 5, for Warsaw, with two aides-de-camp. The Assemblee Nationale says "We cannot yet enter into detail on what passed in the inter view of Olmutz. Our information is not yet suffi ciently complete. But we can positively announce at present a great result. The Conference of Vienna is re-established between the four Powers. The thread of negotiations, a moment abandoned, has been resumed ; and a happy and more prompt solution than could have been hoped for on Saturday, and- even yesterday morning, is pro bable. All the rumours of an offensive and defen sive coalition between the three Northern Powers are false. The Emperor Nicholas has, it is known, quitted Olmutz. His Majesty left in the even ing of the 28th ult. with his ordinary suite. His Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph has accepted the courteous invitation made to him by the Emperor of Russia to pass one or two days at Warsaw. The Marquis of Lansdowne left Paris last evening in order to attend a Cabinet Council which is to be held this day at London. All the members of the Cabinet have been convoked to attend it." The National Gazette of Berlin, under date of Vienna, 28th ult., says :—" The result of the con ferences of Olmutz is announced as favourable to the maintenance of general peace. It is said that England will advise the Ottoman Porte to accept the Note of Vienna, but that she will not persuade it from so doing. Should war break out, England will preserve a position of observation, and will not assist tho Porte. On the other hand it is said that Russia will not consider the entrance of the French and English fleets into the Dardanelles as a viola tion of treaties, if such a step has no other object beyond protecting, in case of need, the Christian population of Constantinople." The Ost Deutsch Post of Vienna, however, says :—" Nothing posi tive is known as t o the resolutions which have been come to at Olmutz, and all that has been said on the subject is nothing more than vain surmise." The Emperor of Russia is described by all who saw him at O]mutz as looking remarkably well, in very excellent spirits, and as little like a man with whom the responsibility of deciding on a European war or peace rested as possible. His courteous bearing towards the foreign officers, particularly the French, was much remarked ; and of his re ception of Lord Westmoreland. the Vienna papers give us to understand that his affability and his variety of topics for conversation were so great that his lordship could find no opportunity to introduce any political subject. It is true they do not tell us that his lordship desired to do so, or whether all political matters had already been discussed with count Nesselrode and Baron Aleyendorf. Advices received from Constantinople to the 22d, stat up to the present moment the Porte persists in refusing to sign the Vienna Note without the modi fications which it requires. Austria, France, and England, have counselled its acceptance. Great ferment is observable among the population, but no disturbance has occurred. Advices have also been received from Constanti nople to the 23d, via Bucharest. The council of Ministers were to meet that night. No hostilities whatever have as yet occurred on the Lower Danube. The Oest. Correspondenz says that the results of the Olmutz conferences have proved the willingness of Russia to preserve the peace of Europe, by the offer of a new means of adjustment, which the Porte may acccept without any compro mise of its dignity or independence. From St. Petersburg, Sept. 24, we learn that the fleet has been ordered back to Cronstadt, there to remain at the disposal of the Government. The Press of Vienna has the following from Con stantinople, dated the 19th ult. : " The fete of Kurban Bairam has passed off with the greatest calm. The energetic attitude of the govern ment in presence of the war party has greatly contri buted to this result. Measures bad been taken for the protection of the quarters inhabited by the Christians. The Sheik ul Islam had an audience of the Sultan, the result of which tended greatly to calm the public mind. The Sultan is reported to have said at this audience that if religion should require it ho would place himself at the head of the nation, but he added that he did not yet see that religion was in peril. The Sheik ul Islam again went to the Sultan after the receipt of the news of the rejection of the modifications of the note of Vienna by Russia, to represent to him once more that the quarrel was still political, and that so long as things should remain in that state he would use all his efforts to arrange the difference in a manner compatible with the interests of his throne. After this conversation an arrangement was concluded between the war and peace parties, and it was decided to wait for the arrival of the dispatches which the ambassadors were to receive on the 23d. Lord Redcliffe has frequent conferences with Reschid Paella, and he is also frequently seen with the Grand Seraskier. He endeavours, it is said, to bring about a re conc ili a ti on b e t we en the two states men. to o t t i h s e a a n r n m o y un o c f ed the th D at an t u h b e e sendingb suspended. It of reinforce ments It is thought th a t the Turkish army of Rou m elia is strong enough to defend the Balkans,,ere are 100,000 but reinforce ments are sent to the army o f Asia. there men on the frontiers co mmanded b y refu g ees . The following is an extract fr om the p etition presented to the Sultan by the Ulemas The Sultan will not abase himself so far as to recognise the Giaours as masters of prothpshetfahitabsfnallognueartdhieanrsigleitf ttobecoKmmeraannd; attest the believers th rou g hout the Em p ire. The descendant of the Ul e mas, that they are truly devoted to the Sultan, and that they are ready to sacrifice for him their life and property and to employ every means to ind uce t h e true believers prophet, G e t i , a their G a o n d d , and they t t b o e fi i r g t m f for r t e h r e , i r againstma ster, t their be b a haughty hope that God and his prophet will accord them the victory. 'Let the Sultan consider, that full of confidence in God and his prophet, he is not warranted in showing any weakness at the moment when armed squadrons are collected around him from all parts of the Empire to defend him Were he to consent to yield to the dogs of Christians, lie would be responsible therefore before God and his prophet. Let the Sultan remove from around him all cowards, and retain the brave, who, like the lion, know no danger, and let him place himself at their head against the enemy, wile will Ily like the night before the day, and as straw is dispersed by a blast of wind. Cou rage, Sultan ?' The address terminates in the following words :—‘ God and the prophet aid us. His standard precedes us, and his servants still live. Praise be to God, to the seventh Heaven, and to'the prophet I' This address had caused great uneasiness. Even preparations were made to proceed to Adrianople. in case of an out break, but everything became calm.' SPAIN. Advices from Madrid to the 28th ult. state that the ex-Minister of Marine, M. Doral, had pub lished the memoir prepared by him for the congress on the coal-contract affair. The Duke de Mont pensier had gone to Seville to prepare his palace of San Telmo, for the reception of certain members of his family who are to pass the month of October with him. It is said that the Minister of War in tends to reorganise the army by dividing the in fantry regiments into battalions and increasing the grenadiers and light infantry. A letter says : " One of the first measures published by the Gazette will be the convocation of the Cortes. This will put an end to the recriminations of the opposition. The Marquis de Molins, the new Minister of Marine, has arrived here. Contrary to what was said yesterday, General Lersundi, the ex-President of the Council, has declined to accept the Captaincy-General of Seville to which he was no m i na t e d. Hi s resignation and that of General de la Concha have been accepted by the Government. It is not yet known who will be named to the Directorship of Cavalry, and to the Captaincy -General of Seville, which is the most important, after that of Madrid, on ac count of its being the residence of H.R.H. the Duchess de Montpensier. Some changes are to take place in our diplomatic body. M. Soule, the United States Minister, is expected this evening." A decree of the Spanish Government declares that foreign steamers of 400 tons and upwards, in clusive of the machinery, shall be subjected to the duty set down in Art. 455 of the tariff, namely, 37f. 26c. the 1,000 kilogrammes. Another decree orders that wines of all kinds imported into Spain in half bottles shall be subjected to the duties set forth for champagne in Art. 1,316 of the tariff, namely, 72c. when brought in Spanish bottoms, and 94c. in foreign bottoms and by land. The Three per Cents. w ere d one a t 421 ; the New Three per Cents. at 22i ; the Debt of the First Class at 10k ; and that of the Second at 5-1. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 30th ult., states that an English company has proposed to the Ro man and Neapolitan Governments a railway line connecting Brindisi with Ancona. The works for the railway of central Italy are be ing pushed on with great activity. Nevertheless, a Florence letter, of the 27th, states that great and unforeseen difficulties have been met with, and that three large and many small tunnels will be requisite. The greatest diversity of opinion, a regular schism, exists in the liberal party at Rome. In tho month of July last the liberals had received pressing orders from Mazzini to act immediately. As there was great indecision among the liberals, they agreed upon holdinc, a nocturnal meeting. Sixty persons attended, and b after much discussion it was put to the vote whether Mazzini's orders should be executed or not ; whereupon fifty-seven votes appeared against and three for Mazzini. This result has filled the party of the fusionists with joy, their object being that of uniting the liberal Italians of all shades, without proclaiming any particular form of government. "Tlie King of Naples has just signed a decree au thorising the construction of a railway between the capital and Brindik. It will be executed at the expense of the State, the work to be done by the army, and superintended by the superior officers. All the rails and materiel will be manufactured in the State fountry at Portici. GERMANY. " It must not be believed," says the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, " that the Kossta affair has been abandoned. The Austrian Government, on the contrary, occupies itself with it with a good deal of ardour, and the diplomacy of other Govern. ments very energetically supports it. The Russian Government, in particular, has sent a note to its charge d'affaires in Washington, to be presented to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which the pretensions of. Austria are strongly supported, and the admission: of them is stated to be a condition sine qua non of the continuance of international relations." The Vienna Lloyd gives us some explanation of the cause of the buoyancy of the exchange there-- coleur de rose reports of the negotiations going on at Olmutz, of perfect unanimity amongst the Four Powers, and of the settlement of a common course of action in case of the Sultan's rejecting the last recommendation ; the presence of the two brothers Rothschild at Olmutz, and the circumstance that certain purchases had I;een effected by persons believed to be in their confi dence ; and, further, the current of the public mind setting in to the conclusion, that the passage of the Dardanelles by the English and French frigates boded rather good than evil. The scarcity of money, however, is described as producing great embarrassment there, for, though the nominal rate of discount by the bank is still 4 per cent., the amount of accommodation afforded is so limited, that even 6 per cent., and even more, is required and given for first-rate paper. This want of money was felt more in the commercial and manufactur ing circles than exactly on 'Change. The Bank of Prussia has raised the rate of dis count from 4 to 5 per cent. BELGIUM. The Chronique de Courtrai says •—" M. Bianchi, a French refugee, residing in London since Decem ber 2, 1851, came last week to Terapleuve, in Bel gium, to see his wife. He had been there two days, when the gendarmes of Pecq arrested him, and conducted him to Courtrai. He was the day after taken to Ostend, and embarked for London, any stay in Belgitim being interdicted to him." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, 5 A. 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain J. K. Joy, has just arrived hero with the usual Peninsular mails, and d a t es f rom Gibraltar 25th, Cadiz 2 6th, Lisbon 29th, Oporto and Vigo 30th ult. The Tagus bringscie,value 37 3,0 passengers,2sl., 4 and ss half-boxeso n l 7 en i i ) o a fi k s, 175 b packages 8 spoxese raisens, 1,836 b oxes grapes, 34 boxes pomegranates, 34 boxes tomatoes, 15 boxes quinces, 40 boxes eggs, 19 boxes saffron, and 68 packages general merchandise. On the 20th ult., a t 2 p.m., the Tagus passed the steam ship City of London, about 22 miles N. by E. of Cape Roca, bound for Lisbon. The Tagus left H.M. steam-frigate Odin, Captain Scott, anchored at Lisbon on the 29th ult., and the French steam sloop Petrel. The Lisbon exchanges for bills at three months are quoted by this packet at 541 on London ; Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, 43 ; Hamburgh, 48k ; Genoa, 530. Something has been done on Paris and Ham burg, as also on London, although money was scarce upon the latter except at 54;1. New ‘ Three 6 per cent. premium in ppeoraCue4ilt. shares,Stock was dull d t u o ll l a 4 t 2 4 m Ot ir t e 7 s 4 d lt sc ; o • ü ß n a t nk pe o r f share these rates being Lisbon bank notes, sub ject to al per cent. discount. Oporto Bank. Shares news of political importance. r in e e n t u a li l n . ed firm at 5 to B co o n a t r a d in o f a H ny ealth was about to declare Our Lisbon letters and papers of the 29th ult. do The e t New castle an infected port, and it had d ecree d Liver pool to be a sus p ect ed one, in consequence of ad vices sent out by the Portuguese Consul on the 19th ult., by the Gannet steamer. It was ex pected that all subsequent v esse l s f rom Li verpool w ould be subject to quarantine in Portuguese ports, and that susceptible cargoes will be landed at the Lazaretto. The Norwegian and Swedish ports were all held at Lisbon to be suspected, whilst Gothenburg and some others were declared infected. The Portuguese Railway Company had made a second call of 21. per share, to be paid in two months from the 29th ult. Oporto letters, of the 29th ult., state that exchange on London, at 90 clays, was quoted 54g to 541 2 , with the usual routine of business. Many of the merchants were in the Alto Douro wine districts, where the vintage partially commenced last week. Accounts relative to the wine crops were rather conflicting, but the weather was fine and warm, and very propitious for saving the vintage. What ever may be the quantity, most accounts agree i n stating that the quality of the wine will Ee very fair. RAILWAY TRAFFIC! RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 1, 1853 220,173 14 2 Corresponding week last year. 19,261 6 6 Increase in 1853. £912 7 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 1, 1853 R14,236 7 1 Corresponding week last year 14,481 0 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 216,400 10 1 L 44 of the 441f - yoax tQ titi4 date, Ml= OA