The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

•-CHRSTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY. - TO .STEAI,I-PACKET PROPRIETORS, OR OTHERS. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. THE DIRECTORS of the CHESTER and HOLYHEAD COMPANY, having provided the necessary accommodation for the discharge and loading of Vessels alongside the Railway at Holy - head, are prepared to enter into arrangements with parties: for the THROUGH TRANSIT of PASSENGERS, GOODS, and CATTLE, to and from the principal towns in England. For further particulars apply to J. O. FINGER, General Manager's Mice, Chester. Chester, November, 1853. By order, TiIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. lb, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unina . ched in the history of such Performances. assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA MET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, will be performed A CUftF. FOR LOVE. Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Villiers, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Stanley, Miss Vining. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cba racters by Messrs. Rowe and Buchstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs, -- • • To be followed by THE BEGGAR'S OUR . Characters by Sits es Featherstone and Ormonde. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Unier the Trfan4 e-nent of Mr. Comm - Es KERN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, Will be performed THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Mrs. Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. To be tollowel by M ARCO SPADA. Su pported by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Chester, Ryder, Raymond, and Everett ; .Miss Heath and Miss C. Lecleral. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatria. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, Will be presented A CURIOUS CASE. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews._ — After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will. in the end, show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Radford , and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, &e. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH, After which, THE C AMP AT CHORHANL To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook " A Blfun." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames 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. ASTLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE—THE INVASION OF RUSSIA, and THE BURLESQUE. FIFTH WEEK of the Star of the Arena. Miss KATE COOKE, who continues iOberecel;edWithinC -' reased enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, Nov. 15, The Entertainments will commen .e with the Grand Equestrian Military Spectacle, entitled BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUS SIA ; or, The Burning of Moscow. To be followed by Mr. W. COOK F.'S matchless Scenes of the ARENA, in which Mr. ALFRED COOKE will appear for the First Time since his severe indsposition. To conclude with JUPITER'S DECREE AND THE FALL OF PIL/ETON ; or, The Fiery Coursers of the Sun. liox-once open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. NY eat. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'Tots DAY —Morning 33 min.after 1 I Evening 48 min.aft. 1 10-Moaaow—Morning 6 min.after 2 Evening 23 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowestathis morning and during the night. 46—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'74. WIND, N.W.---Light airs, and foggy weather. Ot , F~: ~~~e LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1853. NESSELRODE has ventured to emulate the auda city of NmifoLAs. It is the old phrase—like master like man—newly and monstrously illus trated. The Circular Note of the Minister has appropriately echoed that arrogance and insolence which were only too audible in the Imperial Mani festo of the AUTOCRAT. The statesman talks towards the close of his diplomatic document of his august Sovereign "circumscribing as much as possible the circle of hostilities." Precisely in the same manner, in a manner absolutely insulting to our common-sense, the CZAR concluded his diplo matic document by that blasphemous quotation of the inspired words of the Royal Psalmist—ln k DOXINE speravi, non confundar in oeternur ! It were well to observe closely the remarkable expression here transcribed from the Circular Note of NESSELRODE. We mean the sentence in which that veteran politician speaks of the desire of his august master to " circumscribe as much as possible the circle of hostilities." Now, let it not be forgotten that we are enabled at this moment to appreciate the sincerity of that desire, attributed to the Russian AUTOCRAT by his faithful servant and apologist I N TesszLnonE—and that we are so enabled, not merely by sagacious surmises or astute conjectures, but through the aid of a mass of very curious and startling information. Information, let it be especially remarked, dra wn from from an extraordinary variety of sources --sources most remote and sources close at hand --facts learnt by intelligence alike from the Asiatic and from the European continent, by news simult a neously received from Paris and from Hindostan. According to NESSELRODE we have seen it officially stated that the Russian AUTOCRAT is de sirous of " circumscribing as much as possible the circle of hostilities." According to actual occurrences, now, let us discover how far this as sertion holds good, and let us do this simply by aid of events that have long since become noto rious. How stands the matter ? Why, the Em peror NICHOLAS is so desirous of " circumscribing the circle of hostilities" that he intimates his de termination to regard the appearance beyond the Bosphorus of one vessel bearing the tricolor or the union jack as tantamount to a declaration (as the ease may be) of war on the part of France or of England ! The CZAR is so desirous of " circum scribing, the circle of hostilities" that he per sonally endeavours by a journey to Olmiltz to in volve h l s imperial cousin the Emperor of Austria in his warlike machinations, and subsequently b y extension of his excursion as far as Berlin to lure the King of Prussia into a dir a il a , „ Pluall. Nay, he .is so desirous of " circurancrib• mg the circle of hostilities" (according to th at most apt and felicitous expres sion of the Cireni a , Note of NESSELRODE), that we find by our last advises in anticipation of the Overland Mail that this benevolent and nazi& potentate is actually endeavouring in Hindostan covertly, by intrigue, and openly, by force of arms, to embroil his British " allies" with large masses of the most formidable of all their enemies among the whole multitude of the 0 • riental popu lation. The last-mentioned circumstance is at this moment especially and peculiarly entitled to consideration. It may be easily stated in the few words following. It appears by the Extraor dinary Express published by us in our im pression of Saturday—the express from our Indian possessions bringing down the news from Calcutta to the 4th, and from Bombay to the 14th of October, that while the 9th Cavalry was . being march e d f rom Jhelum to Rawul Pin dee t was deemed advisable to send a corps of irregu lars to Shelum, and to despatch an European regiment forthwith to Sealcote. Ostensibly, the cause of' the latter moven:tent was attributed to THE SUN S LONDON, TUESDAY EVE NOVEMf3ER 15, 1853. the fact of the conspiracy for Colonel MACICESON'S death having been traced to SAA.DIIT KHAN, the Momond chief of Lalpoorah. But it would seem in reality that that sudden march of troops upon those particular portions of the bound aries of our Asiatic dominions, had its origin in the advance of a Russian army within ten marches of Oorgune, a city which may be described, not inaccurately, as the Lyons or Man chester of Khiva—that Russian army being op posed solely by a few native troops, hastily as sembled and headed by the Khans of Khiva and -Bockhara ! Intimation, moreover, is given in our despatches from India that those same Rus sians candidly avow their intention to be the seizure of the invaded country—the CZAR having, with that objeot in view, adroitly bribed over DosT MAHOMED of Cabul to a promise of neutrality. Meanwhile, it is understood-that with an eye to their co-operation with the Russian soldiers in another direction, in plainer words " against the Turks," a considerable army is being rapidly gathered together by the SHAH of Persia in the valley of Sooltania. All these currently reported and gene rally accredited movements, at one and the same time of intrigues and of armament; originating in the wiles of the candid, and pacific, and con ciliatory Cabinet of St. Petersburg ! So earnest is the solicitude of the august master of all the Russias to " circumscribe the circle of hostilities," according to the happy and ingenious phrase of NESSELRODE Several, of course, of the still faithful admirers of the Emperor NICHOLAS will, of course, object to the foregoing, that these statements are, each and all of them, exceedingly dubious, and in every likelihood wonderfully exaggerated. Neverthe less, we would still venture to observe that, granting these rumours have still to be jus tified and have still to be proved in no par ticular idle or extravagant, there yet remains the certainty, the absolute and undeniable certainty, that we have contrived (thanks to the Coalition) to place ourselves with regard to Russia, both in Moldo-Wallachia and in Hindostan, at a manifest disadvantage. That we take to be altogether un deniable. Under the guidance of Lord ABERDEEN we have allowed the contention between Russia and Turkey to ripen from negotiations into cam paigning, to develope itself in virulence from words to blows—until the pacific, and moderate, and magnanimous CZAR suddenly throws away the mask, crying " war be it," insolently terming the Manifesto of the SULTAN " lying document," and impetuously plunging into the hazard of battle, so that twelve hundred of his soldiers are killed and wounded in a single day at the very outset of the campaign—namely, on the 4th instant, in the battle of Oltenitza. Reviewing with a comprehensive glance the whole of these strange occurrences which have rendered the past eight months peculiarly memo rable, it must be acknowledged that the policy of the Russian EMPEROR could scarcely have been more daringly or flagrantly insensate. From the beginning he has set all the principles of honour, all the laws of nations, all the rights of sove reignties at defiance. He has demanded at the hands of the SULTAN the virtual resig nation to his own of the authority exercised for many centuries over the Christian population of European Turkey by the successive Chiefs of the Ottoman dominions. He has haughtily in sisted upon this extravagant concession in the name of all that is holy, in the name of GOD and in the name of Religion—and this while the I Christian subjects of the SULTAN have been tend ering the assurances of their uninterrupted alle giance through the solemn memorial recently pre sented to his MAJESTY by the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople. NICHOLAS has acted thus auda ciously—despatching his forces across the Pruth —taking possession of the Danubian Principali ties—talking about the violation of treaties with his Cossacks in Moldo-Wallachia, and about insults to be avenged, while the world's memory is still alive to the mission and the proceedings of Prince MENSCHIKOFF. And now, forsooth—not Turkey alone, but France and England are to listen un moved to the impiety of that final declaration of the Russian AUTOCRAT in his Manifesto, "In to DOMINE speravi, non confundar in ceternum"— now, while his Minister NESSELRODE is talking about the CZAR'S desire to " circumscribe the circle of hostilities "—now, when that flagitious Prince, for the mere gratification of his personal pride by the development of his lawless ambition, is closing a peace of thirty-eight years' continuance by the most atrocious war (both in origin and in object) that ever threatened the desolation of Christendom. HEAVEN forbid, however GOD forbid that England or France at so supreme a juncture should by their indifference prove false to their historic glory, to their national honour, to the dignity of their crowns, to the rights of their populations ! GOD forbid that by a supine attitude, during a crisis such as this, they should betray, at one and the same moment, the holy cause of Liberty, and the sacred interests of Civilisation ! The real misfortune of the City of London, with its Corporation, is its false position. The London meant by the whole kingdom when its people use the word—the London thought of by foreigners when they look to it as the capital of Europe and of the world, is not a municipality smaller than Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, much smaller too than the huge Parliamentary Boroughs which enclose it. What all the world mean by London is the huge city of more than two mil millions and a quarter of inhabitants on both sides of the banks of the Thames. The City of London - contains 127,869 inhabitants ; Liverpool, Manchester, and some of the metropolitan boroughs contain three times as many, or nearly so. The City, in point of population, is but a small por tion of London, yet it has to sustain, and indeed is but too willing to grasp all the grandeur and eclat pertaining to a population of m in ions. The Corporation of the City of London in its technical meaning would be thought in our great towns, and in those of the continent, a rather humble affair, but the Corporation of London appears to the world with an undefined gran deur, derived from all that is called Lon don ; with a kind of halo vastly larger than itself, and radiating in splendid bo roughs on every side. Its hardship is, therefore, that it has to deport itself • worthily of all the greatness which is loosely attributed to its name, and which, except when funds are in question, it is not very forward to disavow. It would be a melancholy thing if any of the corporate trust funds overflowed beyond technical London, or even if any part of the taxes levied on the adjacent dis tricts were expended in those districts.; but, of course, it is not to be deplored that country-folk and foreigners should see in the Lord Mayor of London the chief magistrate of two millions of a people,l' comp r i s i ng a ll th e wea lth , i n t e lli gence , and on of th e country, and not merely the civic headl fashion some thou san d s of second and third rate shopkeepers, rabble. This, indeed, i s as many clerk s an d s h o pmen, and that due proportion of lo ng - s h ore men , an d o th er tion's ' unl uc k y, false it deserted of a ll its wealthy.psion and at all. The very Do ns another side of the Corpora- They speak conteraptuousi 0 f the The i old City is as distinguished in habitants as Nine ve h or Babylo n of inhabitants Corporation ih. itself no longer honour the Cit y with their own resi deuce.Y enough of the Metropolitan boroughs, in comparison with ' their source of honour, yet seek a dwelling in them, or in the country around, perhaps as far as Brighton. It is but now a city of offices, ware houses, and shops, tenanted for the most part by servants whose principals have fled with the close of business hours, and whose home and local at tachments are all elsewhere. It is probably from this point of view that Mr. TRAVERS regards a Chamber of Commerce as most adapted to manage the affairs of a place where people trade rather than live, and do the work of life rather than enjoy it. If we do but look fairly at what the City of London is in regard to the standing and quality of its actual inhabitants, and compare it with the other part of real London, it will be owned at once that the wealthy, the educated, and the influential are no longer denizens of the in corporated part. Yet the Corporation has to sus tain in the eyes of the world the central position in the vest group of important classes who belong to all London. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Council are Oxpected to be personages worthy to administer the civic affairs of the most renowned population of all the cities of England or of the world. Men of business habits, though illiterate and unpolished, might pass very well as the civic representatives of what their London really is. The awkwardness is felt when it is attempted to invest them with the honour which flows from the now incomparably superior suburbs. When a Lord Mayor whose chief characteristics too frequently are bad grammar and good dinners, is spoken of as " the first magistrate of the first city in the world"—a truly respectable magistrate for the present City, which lies between the Tower and Temple-bar, he becomes . a ludicrous one if thought of in the most shadowy connection with the West-end. Even the commerce of London is but partially under Corporation control, and the less said, perhaps, of that control the better. Civic privileges here seem to interfere sadly with private rights, and the growth of Liverpool is a broad proof that something in this department is seriously wrong. In any case, the large docks owe the Corporation neither thanks nor allegiance, yet all the shipping frequenting the port of Lon don brings an undefined amount of honour to the body which stands before the world as the repre sentative of London. We refrain entirely till both sides have been heard from touching on the evidence now before the Commissioners. The worst forms of corruption have, no doubt, been much abated of late years. Public opinion re quired it. Some nice little jobs are sure to come to light when so much money is administered, and some inexcusable civic privileges will hardly pass the ordeal of free inquiry ; but we have the word of the Corporation for it, that they are the purest and best-managed body under the sun, and, of course, we believe it against all comers until they have the opportunity of proving their word. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 14. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, attended by the Belgian Minister and the Count and Countess Gustave de Lannoy, left Windsor last evening, by the Great Western Railway, for Plymouth. The Earl of Clarendon left the Castle to-day, for London. Lord Elphinstone had an audience of the Queen. A deputation from the parishes of All Saints, Poplar, relative to closing the churchyard, transacted business yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation con sisted of the Rev. T. T. Bazely (rector), Messrs. John Carter, Samuel K. Ellison, Charles Darling, and Ed ward Coleman (vestrymen), and Charles C. Ceely (vestry clerk). The deputation was introduced by Mr. Charles S. Butler, M.P. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governor of Bermuda. Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTIFICATION.—The Bank of England have intimated that they will now discount the amounts of the various petty stocks due in January at the rate of 3 per cent. instead of at 4 per cent., as ori ginally proposed in their notification of the 2d inst. MUNIFICENT DONATION:--We understand that her Most Gracions Majesty the Queen, hearing of the very heavy dram upon the funds of the Shipwrecked Fisher men and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, conse quent upon the late disastrous gales, has, with her accus tomed liberality, presented this - valuable institution, of which she is patron, with the sum of 100 guineas. THE TEMPLE GARDENS.—GRAND CIIRYSANTHEMIIM SHOW.—At the present time the lovers of this autumnal flower will be highly gratified by paying a viPit to the Temple Gardens, Fleet-street, where may be seen, per haps, the largest collection of chrysanthemums in Eng land in, or nearly, full bloom, which comprises every description of the plant. Most of the judges and learned members of the bar have inspected the collection, and the gardens, we understand, being the property of the Hon. Society of Benchers, can be viewed gratuitously. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL. —SIXTH SEASON, 1853-54.—The first concert of the above society will take place on Thursday evening next, when Handel's oratorio, "Israel in Egypt," will be per formed under the direction of Mr. Surman, the founder of the Exeter-hall oratorios, preceded by Dr. Elvey's festival anthem " The Lord is King." Principal singers. Miss Birch, Mrs. Lockey, Miss Stabbach, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. Lockey. The band and chorus will be complete in every department. MAP OF THE BURMAN EMPIRE.—At this particular moment we are disposed more eagerly than ever to wel come this admirable map of the Burman Empire, just issued opportunely in Leadenhall-street, from W. H. Allen and Company's enterprising establishment. It can scarcely fail to be examined just now with a peculiar and melancholy interest—now that our triumph over the Burmese is being followed up by a series of lament able disasters in the way of insurrection against our authority. Scarcely any one who has read Mr. Cobden's logical and unanswerable exposure of our criminality towards the Burmese will re gard the events now taking place in the territories here depicted with any degree of amazement. As we have sown, so are we reaping—•we have sown the storm, and we are reaping the whirlwind. At a crisis like this, therefore, no map could come to us more opportunely than the one which is before us at this moment, display. ing with admirable accuracy and distinctness the whole of what were, and what still are, the King of Ava's dominions. DETERMINED SUICIDE IN HYDE PARK.—On Sunday morning, about one o'clock, a police constable of the A division, while going his rounds in Hyde-park, per ceived what appeared to be some person leaning against one of the old trees near the Royal Humane Society's receiving-house. On closer examination, however, he discovered the body of a man suspended by a hand kerchief tied round his neck, and attached to a bough of the tree, quite dead. The constable immediately cut the unfortunate man down, and, after procuring as sistance, conveyed the body to St. George's Workhouse. Upon the body being searched, a pocket-book was found, [with the name of "W. G. Cotterall" written inside it. BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The question as to an exten sion of bonding privileges to certain quays and ware houses above London-bridge is still pending. By some parties, however, it is contended that, as far as the re quirements of trade are concerned, there does not appear to be any real necessity for the measure. The increase in the number of articles of merchandise, free of duty, must, it is contended, relieve the bonded warehouses already existing to a very considerable degree, and therefore leave ample room for such goods as may be entered under bond. It is admitted that the business of the port has increased to an immense extent, and that there is every reason to suppose the augmentation will be still greater ; but, at the same time, it is pointed out that the privileges have recently been much extended on the Surrey side of the water below London-bridge, and that in the course of the next year the new docks, which are now being constructed near Blackwall, are expected to be opened. There is also the projected Wellington D . ock, on th e S urrey s id e, wh i ch, if forme d , w ill g i ve increased accommodation to the shipping and general business of the port. THE MAIL PACKETS. —Southampton, Monday.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new screw steam ship Noona left this morning Bombay, for from which place she will b e put upon one of theline; in the East occupied by the company. She has taken with her a few stores, Captain Black, late chief officer of the Hima iTa,hyea,aheans en er b a e lsc a r proi ewe n o te m d p t ao th ny,s e commandsteamilship Indianaof theN o (C o a n p a : tam Lambert) also left to-day for India and the Cape, calling first at Plymouth for h er ma i ls. The Indiana had on board about 100 passengers, all of whom she shipped from this port, 20,0001. in s p ec i e for India, about 500 bottles of quicksilver, and a usual cargo of bale and case goods. The Royal Mail Company's two ships Severn and So lent are hourly expected, the for mer with the Brazilian mail, and the latter with the mails from the West Indies. The Magdalena leaves on the 17th, with the outward portion of the West India, mail. The Peninsular and Oriental Company' s steam ship Iberia is hourly expected to arrive with the Penin sular mail. The Sultan will leave Southampton on the 17th, with the outward portion of that mail. The Indus is expected from Alexandria with the heavy portion of the East India and China mail, and on the 20th the Euxine will leave with the outward heavy portion of the same, The Cork Steam Shipping Company's screw steam-ship Cormorant arrived here yesterday en route from Rotterdam to Liverpool. After landing a quan tity of cheese, some cattle, and some bale goods, she left to-day for Liverpool. Messrs. Palfour, Laming, And Owen are appointed the agents at this port for the company, and it is arranged that this line of steam-ships • shall call at Southampton on each passage. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. (THIS DAY.I The Commissioners resumed their inquiry this morn ing, in the chamber of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Remington, the silk manufacturer, came before the commission to complain of the manner in which the corporation exercise their privilege with regard to the election of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex. He stated that he was a member of the Fishmongers' Com pang, and a freeman of the City, but he had never re sided in the City. Nevertheless in 1840 he received notice from the Town Crier that his name had been put on the list of gentlemen selected by the Lord Mayor to fill the office of sheriff, and in 1848 he was elected against his own will. Mr. Bousfield, a gentleman attached to the Weavers' Company, which was older than the corpora tion, was elected with him, but as it was quite impossible for either of them to serve they were compelled to pay the fine of 6001. each. Now what he complained of was this. At the time he was elected he resided seven miles beyond the limits of the City, and he was therefore de prived of the municipal franchise, while at the time of his election, in 1848, Aldermen Finnis and Law ranee, who were bound to be put in nomination, were excused by the Common Hall from serving that year. The consequence was, that when lie and Mr. Bousfield were fined, Alderman Finnis was forced to ac cept the office for the convenience of the corporation, and the Alderman was allowed 1001. out of the fines towards his expenses. Parties were afterwards put in no mination and elected against their will for the sake of the fine ; for instance, in 1814 and 1815, the fines from this source amounted to 15,0001., and it was said, however truly he knew not, that reluctant parties were fined in this wholesale manner to provide the means for entertaining George the Fourth and the Emperor of Russia at the period of the peace. There was no necessity for putting parties indisposed to serve to the expense of these fines, because there were always plenty of aspirants for civic honours, and the only mode of in troducing them to the City was through the means of the shrievaity, which brought them into contact with the Livery at the banquets of the different companies. Some time the office of sheriff was made the medium for advancing the interests of solicitors, who induced their friends to serve for the sake of obtaining the ap pointment of under-sheriff, and thereby becoming known in the City, where they hoped to cultivate a lucrative practice. On both occasions the cor ruption of the long-shore men was resorted to, and no matter whether the candidate aspired to the honour of Lord Mayor, or sought to further the designs of his legal friends, the end in view could only be accomplished with the assista l nce of the agent to that corrupt portion of the Livery. Formerly the fines paid by gentlemen who declined to serve in the office of sheriff were carried to the general accounts of the City, but Parliament hav ing, in 1848, ordered a return of these fines, and of the manner in which they were appropriated, the Common Council passed an ordinance directing that the fines should be devoted to the purposes of charity, and now they were appropriated to the support of the necessitous orphans of the City. Mr. Remington, in conclusion, stated that he did not think the expense of the office deterred gentlemen from serving, nor did he believe the corporation had ever experienced any diffi culty in finding candidates for the office, and under these circumstances he thought parties who did not en joy the municipal privileges of the City ought not to be called up on to share in its burdens. Other witnesses were examined on similar points, after which Mr. Pulling, the barrister, resumed his statement, which occupied the attention of the commission up to the hour of adjournment. - LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE SWALLOW. This bankrupt was described as of Nine Elms Tavern, Battersea, and to-day was appointed for his last exami nation. The balance-sheet prepared by Mr. Watson, Basing hall•street, commences Feb., 1853, and ends sth Octo ber, 1853 ; it shows debtor to creditors 1,9611. 2s. ld. ; surplus 9th February, 1853, 2,3091. 10s. 6d. ; profits, 1501. Creditor by good debts, 191. 10s. ; leasehold pro perty, 2121. ; property at Battersea, on which there is an injunction in the Court of Chancery, 3,8841. 19s. 3d. Mr. J. R. Chidley, Gresham-street, said the assignees required further accounts, and therefore the bankrupt's examination must be adjourned. An adjournment for a month took place. Mr. Chidley then asked for the sanction M the court for the assignees to defend a Chancery suit instituted by the relatives of the bankrupt, His Honour granted the application. LA 'E6I I iNr RUSSIA AND TURKEY. According to a private despatch, fighting was renewed near Bucharest on the 11th, in the morn _ _ It is believed that Omer Pasha will also attempt to cross the Danube above Galata, in order to get into Moldavia. The Turkish Embassy at Vienna have reason to believe that between 90,000 and 100,000 Turks have already crossed the Danube. The Wanderer publishes a letter from Bucharest of the 6th inst., stating that, after a series of murderous conflicts on the 3d, 4th, and sth inst., the Turks maintained their position on the Wal lachian bank of the Danube, while the Russians took refuge in their entrenchments near Oltenitza. Advice; from Kalafat of the 3d inst., state that on that day the Turks had not left their positions. They were waiting for reinforcements to march upon Krajova. . _ _ The communications between Galatz and Odessa have been interrupted since the 28th ult. It is said that the Turks have obtained posses sion of several Russian forts in Georgia and the Caucasus. These forts are Cartoor, which was taken by the Kurds, Fuliler by the troops from Damascus, and Surmine Istrat and Kuchat by the Bachi-Bozouks. The Austrian Correspondence, under date of Bucharest, Nov. 9, says :—" The Turks have been repulsed from the island near Giurgevo. General Klapka has received a Turkish command at Olte nitza or Giurgevo. A strong cannonade was heard this day (9th.) Prince Gortschakoff had advanced his head-quarters some stations from Bucharest." The Moniteur gives the following details of the battle at Oltenitza :—" The Government has re ceived the following information respecting the recontre of the 4th between the Russians and the Turks at Oltenitza :—lt is in the triangle formed by the Argis, the Danube, and the village of Olte nitza that the murderous battle of the 4th of No vember took place. The Turks had not more than 9,000 men. They occupied the quarantine build ing on the plain near to the Danube and the village. The building and au old redoubt were fortified with materials brought from Turtukai. The Turks were very successful in making use of the bat teries of. the fortress (Turtukai.) They threw across the Danube, which is about 260 toises wide at that place, bullets and bombs which reached the Russians even as far as the foot of the village, which is situated on an elevation. General Dan nenberg, who directed the operations, was at a short distance from the village with his staff. The loss of the Russians is calculated at 1,200 men killed and wounded. Nearly all the chefs de bat tallion have been wounded, as well as several colonels. The greater part of the wounds were made with conical balls. Prince Gortschakoff has left for Oltenitza. They speak of his attacking the Turks to-day or to-morrow." The Siecle says :—" According to information worthy of being relied on, as the Moniteur says, we think we may announce to our readers that the Ottoman troops have gained a fresh victory at Oltenitza. On the 21 and 3d inst. the Russian General Pauloff endeavoured in vain to prevent the Turks from establishing themselves in advance of Oltenitza, on the Wallachian side of the Danube. The Ottomans maintained their positions, and caused the Russians a loss of 600 men, among whom are 18 officers. The position of Oltenitza, situated about thirty-eight miles from Bucharest, which is the basis of their operations in Wallachia, appeared so important to the Russian Generals, that they resolved to make a fresh effort to dis lodge the Turks from it. The attack was recom menced on the 4th, and continued through part of the sth. The Russians have had 1,200 killed or wounded, and it is stated as certain that the Ottoman chasseurs, armed with the Vincennes carabines, made terrible havoc in the ranks of the officers. Almost all the commanders of corps have fallen. We will admit that we have No details on the consequences of this second engagement, but from the summons made to Prince Gortschakoff by Omer Pacha to deliver up all the fortified places into the hands of the Turks, and to evacuate the Principalities as promptly as possible, there is reason to infer that the troops of the Sultan have assumed a real attitude of superiority ." The Wanderer of Vienna has the following, 10th inst. : "It was on the 2d that the Turks concentrated them selves between Tschitschatahka and Turtukai to the number of 14,000 men, without reckoning the reserve. They were concealed by the wood. In the night of the 3d the passage of the river was attempted near Olte nitza, and effected by force. As soon as 2,000 men had landed., the boats returned to fetch others. The ad vanced posts of the Russians were at Oltenitza. and the reserve wi-hin gunshot of the place. The Russian forces amounted to ✓,OOO men. The Austrian Correspondence had fixed a number of 3,000 men, but it has now aug mented it to 9,000 men. The combat began by break of day, and great bravery was exhibited on both sides. The cannonade lasted 18 hours. The Rus- Walls received reinforcements from Kanzurva. The struggle terminated at noon by the retreat of the Turks, but was renewed in the evening. The Rus sians retired on Oltenitza, where they had an entrench ed position, whilst the Turks remained on the banks of the Danube, and threw up entrenchments. On the following day the report of cannon was again heard. The farms in the neighbourhood of Oltenitza fell a prey to the flames, but the town itself did not suffer. The combat was most sanguinary, and the loss on both sides was severe. The Russians made every effort in their power to resist the superior forces of the enemy, but the Turks displayed the most extraordinary bravery, and gave proofs of their waists in the water, but would not give way. On the sth, the Turks maintained them selves on the Wallachian side, and the Russians retired towards the position of their reserve at Oltenitza. On the 2d, the Turks concentrated themselves at Silistria, and advanced as far as Kalaradsche. Near Giurgevo there was an affair of outposts. The road leading from Oltenitza to Kalaradsche is occupied by the Russian troops. The first news of the affair at Oltenitza re tched the British embassy at Vienna. All accounts agree in stating that the Russians have not lost their entrenched position, but that the Turks occupied the shore." A Vienna journal of the 10th says :—" The news from Montenegro are to the effect that the princi pality is perfectly tranquil. Prince Danielo has forbidden his subjects to invade the Turkish terri tory, and his orders have been respected. We are assured that in this war the Wladika will remain neutral. He is, however, arming a body of regular troops." Several Wallachian boyards and their families have arrived at Vienna from Bucharest. Amongst them are Prince Soufzo, M. Cambisse, M. Catorno, and others of distinction. The Hospodar Prince Stirbey, who had arrived previously at Vienna, paid court visits to most of these boyards. A private telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin, 13th, says :—" The -Journal de St. Petersburg pub lishes a declaration of the Minister of Finance, ac cording to which the embargo is not placed on Turkish vessels until the 22d November. After that delay all Turkish vessels remaining in Russian ports will be declared lawful prizes, even should their cargoes not exclusively belong to Turkish subjects. Neutral flags will enjoy perfect freedom even during hostilities." It is stated that the Prussian Government has resolved not to allow private despatches, giving po litical news, to be forwarded from Berlin. Private letters from Constantinople of the 31st mention that intelligence received from Asia Minor announced the capture, by the Turkish troops, of five forts on the frontiers of Georgia. The first of these forts is called Cartom, and was taken by the Kurds ; the second, Futilee, by the contingent from Damascus ; the third, Hermini, the fourth Istrat, and the fifth, Kuchat, were captured by the Bashi- Bozouks, or irregular troops. The same letters add that the intelligence was believed to be correct in Constantinople. They state, besides, that the Austrian squadron, which was about to return to Venice, received orders to proceed to Smyrna, where reinforcements were expected, and that two ships had already arrived. Two frigates were ex pected. at Constantinople from Genoa. The Gover nor of Broussa, Halil Pasha, had resigned. The new Minister of Finance was about to submit to the Council a statement, of the finances, and an exposition of the measures lie had in contemplation to enable the Government to meet its present diffi culties. Very few people at Constantinople be lieved in the possibility of an amicable arrangement, but that matters must be allowed to take their course. A private letter from Trezibonde, of the 22d ult., states that Abdi Pasha mached from Erze roum, through Kars, on the 12th October, at the head of 12,01)0 regular troops. 10,000 regulars had arrived at his head-quarters from Kurdistan and Diarbekir. 15,000 redifs are likewise en camped in the neighbourhood of Kars. The Government has called the Bashi Bozouks into active service. They are irregular volunteers, armed, with muskets without bayonets, with pis tols, and a poinard with a broad blade. There are nearly 30,000 of them between Batoum and Kars. A Russian corps of 30,0'00 men hat been encamped for the previous 20 days at the foot of the mountain which commands Alexandropol, distant 12 hours march from Kars on the Georgian ter ritory. Another corps of 15,000 men is encamped in the neighbourhood of Akhalzikh, which is in tended to take possession of Batoum by the moun tains which command it, whilst it is to be bom barded on the sea side by ships of war. 1,500 riflemen, armed like the Chasseurs of Vincennes, were landed at Trebizonde, on the 21st, from Turkish ships, together with 6,000 infantry. Those troops are well armed and equipped. 22 steam-boats were expected with additional troops , for Erzeroum and Kars. It was expected that the Turkish Government would despatch 5,000 good troops from Constantinople to Batoum the follow ing week. This was absolutely necessary, for Batoum was defended by only 2,000 regular troops and 6,000 Bashi-Bozouks, who could not resist Russian troops preparing to attack it. Another letter from Trebizonde anounces that the Russian fortress of Dariel, situate in Circassia, on the right bank of the Terek, between Mosdok and Tiflis, was surrounded by the insurgent Ossetes and by a large force of Circassians, and that it was on the point of falling into their power. The same letter announces that the authentic details had been received of the affair which took place some time back, when 20,000 Russians, lately arrived in the country, were overpowered by Schamyl's troops, and all that were not killed were made prisoners, and are now at Ardiauskai, in Circassia. A letter from Tunis, of the sth inst., announces that a Tunisian brig, escorted by a Turkish ship of-war, had sailed the previous day for Constanti nople, with arms and ammunition for the Sultan. The following is the notification of the Russian Minister of Finance respecting the embargo on Turkish vessels, dated November 5 : " In consequence of war having been declared against Russia by the Ottoman Porte, the Minister of Finance considers it fit to make the following communications to the trade. The warlike operations which Turkey has already begun against Russia put a stop to all direct intercourse between their respective subjects ; neverthe less the Porte has laid no embargo on Russian vessels lying in her ports, and in her proclamation promised to grant them a limited period for their departure for whatever port they please ; at the same time the Porte promised not to hinder the free passage of merchant ships of friendly Powers through the straits leading to the Black Sea. " Prompted by feelings of justice, the Russian Govern ment, on its part, offers a free exit to the Turkish ves sels that happen to be in her ports up to the 10th (22d) of November of this year ; furthermore, if even after the expiration of this date, our cruisers should happen to fall in with Turkish vessels loaded with goods belonging to the subjects of those Powers with whom Russia is in friendly intercourse, they will be permitted to proceed to their destination unmolested, and their cargoes re cognised as inviolaable if the ships' documents prove that they were loaded by the above-mentioned date. Further, as the Porte has not exempted the mercantile navy of Russia from the rigorous measures which are justified by the ,rules of war, so our cruisers also will chase Turkish merchant ships on the sea, and in the event of capture the vessels themselves, as well as their cargoes, will be considered as rightful sea prizes, al though the cargoes seized under Turkish flags may not have been Turkish property, but belong to a subject of a friendly Power. To the navigation of 'merchant ships of neutral nations, even during warlike operations on the part of Russia, full freedom will be allowed. Com mercial craft under neutral flags will, as heretofore, be permitted to enter and leave our ports at will. Besides this, in consequence of the rupture of that general inter course between Odessa and Constantinople which was carried on by Russian steamers, our Government. ap preciating the importance of this intercourse to trade in general, has empowered the Company (Lloyd's) during the war to keep up this regular communication between Odessa and Constantinople by means of steamers, in which they are at liberty to transport not only pas sengers and goods, but also correspondence." FRANCE. For the last few days a change has taken place in the state of the weather, which, if it extends to the northern regions, will probably be more effi cient in bringing about a suspension of hostilities than all the efforts of the diplomatists have hitherto been. For the last few days a sharp frost has set in, and as the wind is from the north-east, it is pro bable that on the Danube the weather is still more rigorous. In that case it will be utterly impos sible to carry on active war for the present ; and the friends of peace therefore hope (however for lorn the hope may be) that the diplomatic body will take advantage of the occasion, and resume their negotiations. The Lyons papers state that from the arsenal of that city immense quantities of amunition are in course of being despatched for Toulon. It is ex pected that the decree for the increase of the Chas seurs de Vincennes will appear in a day or two. The Turkish ambassador in Paris yesterday sent off a telegraphic despatch to his colleague at Vi enna, requesting the earliest information as to the expected battle at Oltenitza. A Wallachian boyard arrived in Paris yesterday, direct from the seat of war. He declares that the population of the principalities are in a state of the utmost exasperation against the Russians, in con sequence of the vexations to which they are sub jected from the Russian troops, and the insolence of the Russian generals ; and that in the event of a more decided advantage being gained by the Turks, the whole country would be up in arms against the invaders. Several of the guests invited to Fontainebleau left Paris yesterday for that place ; among them are the Pope's Nuncio and the Ministers of Aus tria, Prussia, and Denmark. M. de Kisseleff is invited from the 18th to the 22d ; and, curiously enough, Vely Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador, is invited for the same time. The followin g list of the guests i nv it e d , t o t h e 22d, appears in the Patrie of Sunday evening : Prince Napoleon, Prince Murat, Prince Joachim Murat, the Minister of State, the Minister of Fo reign Affairs and Madame Drouyn de Lhuys, Mar shal Magnan and Madame Magnan, the President of. the Senate and Madame Troplong, the Baron and Madame de Chassiron, the Austrian Minister, the Minister of Denmark and the Countess de Moltke, the Minister of Saxony and Madame de Seebach, the Count and Countess Foray d'lsly, the Duke and Duchess de Lesparre, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Duke de Trevise, the Duke de Bauffremont, and the Count Francois Clary. An absurd report was in circulation at the Bourse yesterday of an intended descent on France by about 200 of the French émigrés residing in Jersey, which was discovered by the police just as it was about to be put into execution. It is not likely that the refugees would enter upon so hope less an experiment. The Moniteur contains a long report to the Mi nister of War from M. Duranton, chief of the service de tabacs in Algeria, on the cultivation of tobacco in that colony. It says that nothing can be more prosperous than that cultivation, and that it will be a source of permanent prosperity to the colony. It declares that the tobacco of Egypt, Macedonia, and Greece is much inferior ; that the tobacco of Hungary is not so agreeable to the taste ; that that of Kentucky is not finer, and does not burn so well ; and that that of Maryland is more bitter. It says that since the Ist September not fewer than 298,332 kilogrammes have been purchased by the Government. It states that the cultivation, favoured by climate and soil, is extra ordinarily profitable, as the first crop is worth 98f. 6c. the 100 kilogrammes, and the second 65f. ; and each hectare produces on a moderate average 1,000 kilogrammes. And it adds that this year the production of the department of Algeria alone will be 1,800,000 kilogrammes, and that of next year 3,000,000 kilos. M. Cintrat, Director of the Archives and of the Chancellery, has been, at the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, raised to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary Ist class. The Debats says :—" The Superior Council of Commerce held its first sitting on Saturday, sth November. The principal part of its attributions is, it is known, to give its opinion on the changes to be made in the Customs legislation. It is more than probable that it is on that subject that it is about to be consulted. Nothing has transpired as to the nature of the propositions which are about to be submitted to its examination, nor as to the sort of goods respecting which decisions are to be taken ; but the spirit in which a great many mo difications of detail have been made for some time past, and the character of measures adopted re cently with respect to food, do not permit it to be doubted that there will be a question of important articles, and to effect as regards them the revision of the tariff in a liberal spirit, with, of course, the prudence which is one of the necessary elements of good policy." _ . The Bourse was firm yesterday, without much business doing or any reports to influence the speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 50c. ; rose to 72f. 70c., and closed at 72f. 55c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,152 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 490 f. ; Great Northern, 852 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 816 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; West ern of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 582 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 510 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 485 f. ; Shares of the Bank of C re dit Mobilier, 695 f. ITALY. A Berne newspaper of the 12th says Ac cording to reports received from the canton of Ticino, an emissary, who has been arrested, has made important revelations, which have been confirmed to a certain extent by his papers. The Council of State has ordered the arrest of an apothecary, and of a canon at Lugano ; and of two other priests, and of the printer of the Patriot at Lucarno. This has caused some agi tation. The Ticino Gazette states that the authorities, both in Switzerland and in Piedmont, are turning their attention to the movements of the refugees, since they have learnt that Mazzini has left Lon don, and that great agitation is perceptible among the refugees in Paris and London. The Piedmontese Government has directed that all articles intended for the Exhibition of Genoa! shall be conveyed free of expense. _Moreover, all those sent from foreign countries are to be ad mitted free of duty ; but they cannot compete for the prizes, and, if sold in the country, will be liable to duty. The Parlamento of Turin of the 11th states that a motion has been made in the Communal Council of that city, to the effect that the Piazza San Carlo shall be called the " National Pantheon," and adorned with the monument of Gioberti, and those ofother illustrious Piedmontose. We read in the Parlamento of Turin of the 11th, that the Imperial' Lieutenant of Milan, in giving the usual permission, according to treaty, for the exportation of 5,000 moggia (about 21,000 bushels) of corn to the Grisons, expressed a hope that the canton would not, this year, make use of it, seeing that a much larger quantity had already been re ceived there from Lombardy. As to Ticino, the Austrian Government is stated to have pleaded the present state of blockade as a sufficient reason for refusing the execution of the treaty relating to the exportation of corn. IN RE KIRK.-THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. This bankrupt was descrThed as of Great James-square, hay dealer, and to-day was appointed for his last exami nation. The bankruptcy arose in consequence of the bankrupt's liabilities as one of the directors of the pro posed Islington cattle market. In consequence of the complicated nature of the ac counts no balance-sheet has yet been filed. AFFLICTING SUICIDE THROUGH EXCESSIVE GRIEF. Yesterday Mr. T. Wakley, coroner, held an inquest at the Lord Portman Tavern, Broadley-terrace, Dorset square, on the body of William Swallow, aged 74, a master shoemaker, late of No. 7, Boston-street, in the same neighbourhood, who committed suicide by hanging himself under the following distressing circumstances : It appeared that on the 3(1 inst. the wife of the de ceased, whose age was 72, and to whom he had been married 46 years', was buried, having died after a short illness. Since that event the deceased had been Incon solable for his loss, and had frequently exclaimed that he should never survive it, for, having lived with her so long, he could not live without her. On Friday morn ing last, not making his appearance as usual, a lodger in the house entered his bed-room, when he discovered him stiff and cold, hanging to a nail in the wall. Dr. Browning, of Dorset-place, being immediately sent for, pronounced him to have been dead about 24 hours. It seemed that the deceased had taken the clock off the nail to which it had been fastened, and cutting the ropes by which the weights were suspended, twisted them twice round his neck, and by a noose he had previously made hung himself where he was found. The Coroner having remarked that no doubt deceased's untimely end had been the result of excessive grief, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." INCENDIARY FIRE AT THE CEDARS, MITCHAN.—On Friday night last, a most diabolical attempt was made to fire the above mansion, extensive out-buildings, and numerous stacks of corn. An alarm was raised and as sistnce promptly procured, but the fire could not be ex tinguished until several of the stacks were entirely con sumed. - MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—On Sunday last an Irish dock labourer, named Michael Dempsey, 40 years of age, was found dead in the apartment which he occupied at Little Queen-street, King-street, St. George's-in-the-East. When first discovered the body was supposed to be that of a negro, being as black as ink and in an advanced state of decomposition ; but it was subsequently remem bered that the deceased, who, though much given to drink, was a man of retiring andi eccentric habits, rented the apartment. Some people say that they remember seeing him to his home on Wednesday week, but Messrs. Ross and Wilson, surgeons in the district, after an ex amination of the body, pronounced it as their opinion that the man had been dead nine or ten days. They attribute his death to appoplexy. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—This was the day fixed by the Mayor for electing town councillors in those wards from which aldermen were elected on the 9th inst. In the South Toxteth ward there was no opposition to the election of Mr. Robertson (conservative), timber mer chant. In Abercromby and Pitt-street wards there were close contests, in the former of which Mr. William Earle (liberal) was returned by a majority of 12 over Mr. T. Lee (conservative) ; and in the latter Mr. John Smith (liberal) was defeated by Mr. William Mann, who obtained a majority of 52. At the election of the Ist instant the conservative candidate for Abercromby ward was returned by a majority of 249, and the candidate on the same side in Pitt-street ward by a majority of 98. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.—A young lady, of whose personal attractions Sunderland might indeed be proud, stood, two years ago, viewing " a troop of equestrians " enter the precincts of that borough. In a conspicuous part of the procession sat a cavalier whose looks and deportment we re t ru ly O r i en t a l. This favourite of for tune wore a dark-coloured moustache, his long locks were of hair elegantly curled, and he was attired in the gor geous robes of an eastern sovereign. His eyes were large, bright, and brilliant, and these accidentally catch ing the astonished gaze of the young lady, she experi enced " a first shock." She went to the circus, and at length the arm and elbow of a fiddler attracted her at tention, and behind his "fine-toned Cremona" she be held "the eyes " she had been looking for. An inter view took place, and afterwards a few letters passed be tween the enamoured pair, and thus matters rested until last week, when the young lady, with the permission of her mother, visited some of her relations at Yarm, and the nextday set off with a party to Richmond races. Not returning, her Yarm relations grew alarmed, and a "hue and cry" resounded through hill and dale. On Friday last, however, a letter was received from the missing fair one, of which the following is a copy : My dear Mother,— Forgive your favourite daught er , the dear man, whose eyes threw the light of love into my benighted heart, was sojourning at Brighton. I went to him, and he received me with open arms, and the next day, with special licence, we entered the silken bonds of matrimony. Next week I propose to pay you a visit, along with the noble man of my choice. —Yours, &c.—. P.S.—We had a serenade on our wedding night of 24 fiddlers, who played, in a splendid style, ' Old Rosin, the Beau.'"—Durltarn Chronicle, SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 9th, contains a royal decree which puts an end to the ad interim admi nistration of the War Department by M. Collantes, Minister of Public Work s , an d di rec t s th e M arq uis de Molins to resume it. The Heraldo says that rumours that a renewal of the civil war would take place in Spain, in the event of the European com plications leading to war, were current ; but that the Government had ascertained that they were not serious. The audience which General Narvaez had of the Queen was very short. He respectfully thanked the Queen for the special mark of kindness he had received from her. Her Majesty replied, "I see with pleasure that your health is good. I thought you ill. If I had known that you were so well, I should have insisted on your going to Vienna !" Immediately after this G enera l arvaez took leave of her Majesty. He maintains great reserve on his political views. Before leaving for Aranjuez he went to see the Minister of War, but, not meeting him, left this note : "Captain-General the Duke de Valencia called to pay a visit to his Ex cellency the Minister of War." He has not yet had au interview with the President of the Council. The Gazette states that thecelebrated Taureador, Francisco Arjona Guillen, alias Cuchares, who had received, on several occasions, marks of kindness from M. Mendizabal, no sooner heard that he was seriously ill than he hastened to place a sum of 15,000 piastres at his disposal, offering to increase it if he desired. On the day of his funeral C uchares sent four carriages to follow the procession. He occupied one of them, and accompanied the body to the cemetry. The Three per Cents. were done at 42 ; the New Three per Cents. at 221; the Debt of the First Class at 81 ; and that of the Second at 4. PRUSSIA. A grand serenade was given four nights ago to Baron de Manteuffel, President of the Council of Ministers at Berlin. He went down to the mu sicians and thanked them ; -and he expressed the hope that the people would continue to show him their love and sympathy. The next day numerous deputations waited on him with congratulatory addresses. The Lithograph Correspondence of Berlin says :-- " Our Government has addressed to the Cabinet of Vienna a confidential demand as to the origin of the attacks which the _Augsburg Gazette and the Post Gazette of Frankfort have recently made on Prussia ; and has received for reply a positive as surance that it is tot a lly a s t ranger to the said articles." The King of Prussia has remitted certain penal ties to which M. Wagner, ex-editor of the New Gazette of Prussia, was some time ago condemned for offences of the press. BELGIUM. The King of the Belgians, on Friday, received 3 deputation from the Senate, who presented the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. His Majesty replied : " Gentlemen,—The words which I have just heard cause me livel3l a'isfaction ; I find in them the expres sion of the sentiments to which the Senate has long ac customed me. To consolidate Belgian nationality, by developing the moral and material condition of the country, is a task worthy of all our sympathies. In assuring to my government its loyal co-operation. the Senate gives me a new testimony of its patriotic devo tedness, and I thank you." DENMARK. Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wpm, who sine!) 1817, that is for 37 years, has been Minister Mill" potentiary of England at the Court of Denmark, has on his demand been recalled, and intends to retire to private life. On the sth Sir Henry bad the honour to di ne w ith t h e King, and on the 64'` he embark e d i n th e steamer Skirnir for Lubec k ' in order to re t urn to hi s country. This venera ble diplomatist, wh o i s greatly esteemed at Copen; hagen, wa s accompan i e d to the port by the Pr i n ce of Denmark, the Landgrave of Hesse, all th e diplomatic body, and a grea t num b er o f distin guished personages. SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS• (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail steam ship Severn, Strutt, Commander, we have dates from Buenos Ayres, Oct. 2d ; Montevideo, sth ; Rio Janeiro, 15th ; Pernambuco, 23d ; St. Vincent, 31st ; Teneriffet Nov. sth ; Madeira, 7th ; Lisbon, 11th. The Severn brings 38 passengers, and on freight specie value 1001., diamonds value 10,0001., 1 36 , serons cochineal, 22 ser ous , ip ecaeuan h a, 58 6 h a ir chests oranges, and sundry merchandise, and has experienced heavy north-easterly gales since leaving Lisbon. This packet left Rio only five days after the Brazileira, which reached Liverpool on the sth instant. ND events of importance had tran spired in the interim, either in the River Plate or in the Brazils. The internal condition of Buenos Ayres was rapidly improving, and a number of industrial en terprises were on the tapis. This packet brings a memorandum and protest from the Government of Buenos Ayres addressed to all European Powers against the treaty recently established fora protectorate of the Island of Martin Garcia. At Rio the closing rate of exchange on London was 28 ; Six per Cent. Stock, 101 to 102. c o ffee sold at full prices. Exchange to the amount of 450,0001. has been done upon London. Preights active. From Lisbon we have accounts to the 11th inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia left for Southampaton on that day, having started two days behind her time in consequence of a long outward passage. Exchange on London, 54k. A severe shock of an earthquake had been experienced in Lisbon. The screw steamer Lady Jocelyn left St. Vin cent's on the 30th October. The steamer Austra lian arrived on the same day from London, and remained in quarantine, having been fined for a breach of the Port regulations. • BANE OF AMSTERDAM.- -Advices received from Any sterdam by telegraph state that the Bank of Amsterdam have raised the rate of discount from 24. to 3 per cent. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MAREETS.- -- The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and RotterdaM pi educe markets, state that business was rather inactive. The demand for coffee having slightly improved, quota tions generally were firmer. Sugar, raw and refined; had brought improved prices, but the operations lied been limited. Ri c e an d i n di go cont i nued to b e well supported. JUDICIAL CHANGES.---We regret to learn that Lord Fullarton has felt himself compelled to give in his resit; nation as a judge of the Court of Session, on account of increasing bad health. It is rumoured that Mr. Her" cules Robertson will be chosen as his successor. . 01/.. Neaves has also been named for the appointment. -- North British Daily Mail. THREE RAILWAY AC CIDE NTS.—Within the space of four days no less than three accidents have occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway' nearly at one part of the line. The first occurred aboll: two miles from Retf or d to t h e ms i l tra i n from Hen we Manchester, on Sunday evening, by the breaking of hithb tire of one of the e ng i ne w h ee l s, i n consequence of w!A the fore part of th e t ra i n got off the line and ploug h ."' up the rails for about half a mile. On Tuesday evenl I a second acc id en t occurred within a few miles gists n s from the scene of the first disasttr, and the line W 5 blocked up for some time. On Wednesday eveoh l t about fiv e o ' c lock, th e thi r d acc i dent occurre d nea r u Sturton station to a. goods train from Lincoln, by the breaking of the tire of one of the wheels of the eng: n a when the train was go i ng f u ll spee d . Th e engine per" several carriages we re th rown o ff t h e li ne, and the L e manent way was co ns id era bl y d amage d . I n all three cases considerable inconvenience was experienced by disorganisation of the ordinary system of traffic, and is fortunate that no person was injured. wag BURGLARY AT PECKHAM.—A daring burglary_ ung , perpetrated on Sunday night at the house of Mr. -17° e to South-street, Peckham. The family having gn . " ei f o r church, a gentlemanly dressed young man ioclui t _ w hat Mr. Young, and being told he was out, expressed % love to write a note to him. The servant girl, who wa,•7 the in the house, hesitating at this, he seized her ;y r . to throat and carried her into the parlour, threatening cut her throat if she made an outcry. He then lri two men, who bound the girl hand and foott wo e made her tell where the plate and other property to 11 deposited, which they succeeded in carrying o __ ere valuabl e amoun t. O n return o f th e f a mily they unable to get into the house, and a ladder having: ne r d procured, the servant was found thrust into a cup No clue of the burglars has yet been found. p e: dew Low bitt Cone at has be, hi g i Bh, up. barl kaz ~, Di gall th e glv ( Pr o] ofcei