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Public opinion, to which a general expression i 3 given by the Press, has latterly been much directed to the consideration of the best means of educating these classes. To this undertaking, the misery and degradation of their condition has hitherto presented almost insurmountable difficulties, It is now generally - admitted, by those who have consider d the subject, that it is hopeless to organise any plan of moral reform for these classes which has not for Its basis the improvement of their physical condition. This impr-ventent must be be, tin at home—if such a term can be applied to the miserable dens in which thousinds of respectable poor men are compelled to live. , !odern improvements in large town,: have hitherto been carried out too much with a view of external appearance, and without sufficient regard to the comforts and re quirementsof the poorer classes. - - It is w‘-' 3l known that no houses pay so well as common lod- , :ing houses. Asa commercial undertaking, the result of the experi mental model :odving, houses in London, Leeds, and other important towns, has fully - answered t!;e expectations that were formed. The objects of this soc'ety are set fort in its title. It disclaims at the outset any attempt to supplant, or in any way to interfere with, the excellent institutions now before the public having similar objects in view : on the c mtrary, it desires to record its sense of the treat benefits conferred upo the country by thes't institutions, and wishes to be considered a fellow-labourer in aid and extension of the treat movement of 'floral and sanita• y reform. It is intended to amdy for a Royal Charter, or an act to incort,o rate the Society, in which will be contained powers for the com pulsory pure:ntse (d• lands and houses, and clauses for limitation of mdividuai ;lability. It only remains to add, that all the recent improvements in drain age, ventilation, &c., will be adopted in the dwellings to be erected by the National oociety, with a strict regard to economy in every department, and without any unnecessary interference with the free dom of the inmates. . Prospectuses will b. issued in a few days. Communications may be addressed to N. F. De 4ex, Esq., and to Messrs. 11. and W. Too good, 30 and 22, Pariiament-street. DARTMOUTH TORQUAY AND SOUTH DEVON EXTENAION k ILWAY.—(lncorporation of Company ; construction of Railways from the Torquay Station of the South Devon Railway to or near to Dartmouth, and also to the pier or harbour at 'I orquay, with an approach road to the Dartmouth Floating Bridge; power to make working arrangements with the South Devon Railway Company, and to enable that company to sub scribe, &c. to the undertaking ; amendment of Acts of the South Devon Railway Company, and of the Dartmouth Floating Bridge Company.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be msde to Parliament in the ensuing session for an act or acts, to incorporate a company, for the purpose of making and maintainirg the railways hereinafter mentioned, or some or one of them, with all proper apps 0 iches, stations, and other works and conveniences con nected therewith (that is to say) : A railway commencing by a junction with the Torquay Branch of the South Devon Railway at or near the north end of the Torquay Station, at or near Torre otherwise Torr, in the parish of Torrnaham otherwise Tormohun, in the county of Devon, and terminating at or near hoedown Ferry Passage House, In the occupation of Mary Burg,olne, in the parish of Brixham, in the same county, which said intended railway will he made or pass, from, in, through, or into, or be situate within, the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, or other places following, or some of them (that is to say): Tormo barn otherwise Torinohun. Terre otherwise Torr, Torquay, Tor Abbey, Chilston, Cockington, Paignton, Goodrington, Galmpton, Churston Ferrer:l, Kingswear, and Brixham, all in the said county Also a railway commencing by a junction with such intended ra I way. at. a Watt in a field or enclosure adjoining to and on the north-west side of the lane leading front the llrixliam and Kings wear turnpike road to lloodown Ferry Passage lions, aforeslid, and which paint is three hundred yards, or thereabouts, in a direct line front the proposed terminus of the Bret-inenth ned intended raltyay at or near lloodown Ferry Passage house aforesaid, and tennin-t -hog in the parish of Brixham :Aforesaid, st or near a certain public house, called or known by the flame of " Dartmouth Floating Bridge Inn," occupied by Cleo-ge Griffis, and situate at the eastern end of the Dartm aith Floating Bridge, and on the east s de of the Harbour of Dartmouth, and which said railway will pa s from, hi, through, into, or be situate within the said parish of Brixliain : Also a railway commencing at or near tt.e western quay or pier of the harbour of Terquay, in the said parish of Tornaoham, otherwise Tormohun, and terminating by two junctions with the first-men tioned intended railway, the one at or near Livermead House, in the parish of Cockington, in the so d county of Devon, and the oilier at a point in a field belonging to Charles Herbett allock, esquire, adjoining to and on the west side of the road leading from Liver mead House, aforesaid to Torre, otherwise Torr; and which slid last nee et) point is twenty chains or thereabouts in a direct line from the sea-shore, and which said railway and junctions will pass from, in, through, or Into, or be situate within; the several parishes, town ships, extra-parochlal or other places of Tormoliain, otherwise Tor mohun, Torquay, Cocklngton, and Tor Abbey, or some or one of them, all in the county of Devon: And it is also intended by the said act or acts to authorise anti empower the said company so to be incorporated as aforesaid, to make a road or approach, commencing from or near the proposed terminus of the firstly described intended railway near Hoodown Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and terminating in the said parish of Brixham, at or near a certain public-house called or known by the name of " Dartmouth Floating Bridge Inn," occupied by George Griffis, and situate at the eastern end of the Dartmouth Floatitt Bridge, and on the east side of the harbour of Dartmouth, and which said road or approach will pass from, in, through, into, or be situate within the said parish of Brix ham : And it is also intended by the said act or acts to comer upon the company to be thereby incorporated all necessary powers for effecting the purposes following (that is to say) : To stop up, alter, divert, cross, or break up, either temporarily or permanently. any turnpike or other roads, highways, footpaths, streets, railways, tramways, canals, aqueducts, streams, rivers, navi gations, sewers, drains, pipes, and watercourses within the before named parishes, extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, which it may be necessary or desirable to stop up, alter, divert, cross, or break up for any of the purposes of the intended railways, road, and works To make lateral deviations from the lines of the said intended railways, road, and works, to the extent and within the limits defined upon the plans hereiaafter mentioned, and to purchase by compulsion or otherwise, lands, houses, and hereditaments for the purposes of the intended railways,, road, and works, and to vary or extinguish any rights or privileges, connected with such lancP, houses, and hereditament! To levy tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of the intended railways, road, and works, and to alter existing tone, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemption from th e ' pay ment of tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer , vary, or extinguish other rights and privileges : And it is also proposed by the said act or acts to authorise the South Devon Railway Company, to subscribe end contribute funds towards the said undertaking and to guarantee to the intended company such interest, dividend, annual or other payments, as may be agreed upon between such compan ies res p ectivel y , and to take J and hold shares in the said undertaking, to apply any capital or funds new or hereafter belonging to them, or under the control of their directors, or to raise additional capital by the creation of new shares, either with or without preference or priority in payment of interest or dividend, or by borrowing on mort gage or bond, for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, and to enable the said South Devon Railway Company to vote at meetings of the company to be incorporated as aforesaid, and to appoint directors of that company: And it is also proposed by the said intended act or acts, to enable the said intended company and the said South Devon Railway Com pany, to make, enter into, and carry Into effect such contracts and arrangements, on such terms and conditions, and subject to such restrictions, as may be, or may have been mutually agreed upon, by or on behalf of those companies, with reference to the working and use of the said intended railways, road, and works, the conduct, management, and direction of the traffic, or any portion of the traffic, upon the same, and the division and apportionment of such traffic, and the tolls, rates, and charges arising therefrom, between and amongst the said two companies, and for enabling the said in tended company and the said South Devon Railway Company, to appoint ajoint committee for carrying into effect any such contracts or arrangements, and to exercise by means of suds joint committee or otherwise, such of the rights, powers, or privileges, whether with reference to the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or otherwise, now or hereafter vested in or belonging to the said companies, and all !tech other rights, powers, and privileges as may be necessary or expedient, for more effectually carrying into effect any such contracts or arrangements : And it is also proposed by the said intended act or acts to confirm 911 or any arrangements, now or hereafter to be entered into, between the said intended company and the South Devon Rail way Company, or on their behalf, with reference to all or any of t he Purposes before mentioned : day yAnodr Notice is Hereby fhrther Given that on or before the thirtieth November instant, maps, plans, and sections showing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended railways and works, am Plans and sections of the said road, together with a book of r eferee to such plans, and a copy of this notic e , as published in clerk of the peace London Gazette, will be deposited with the Castle in Exeter t for the county of Devon at his office, a t th e n the said county; and that on or befor e th e same day a copy of reference as relater much of the said plans, sections, and book through which the said each parish or extra-parochial place in or 0 Ral ua lw s ays, road, and works, or any part thereof, will be made as published in the Londrotio together with a copy of this notice, 0, e azette, will be deposited for public in spectiOn, in the case thereof at his residenee,.`Z h i such parish with the parish clerk the case of each such extra parochial place, with the y ar i si * l n waeneverk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto at his r And Notice is hereby filmier •Cliven th that on or b e f ore th e of i the intended bill or bills m , will rty-first day of Deceber i be n t,heepresent Year, printed copies of the House of Commons : u po sited in the Private Bill-office And it is also proposed by the said lutended or may be necessary for the purposes thereof, to act acts, so far as vary, and enlarge or repeal the powers and proavlitseir, amend, extend, powers and provisions of the several acts of ParliamentollA Or some of the some or one of them (that is to say): following, or .‘ The South Devon Railway Act, 1844," " The Routh Rail way Act (A mendment and Branches) 1846," "The e Dew • Devon Rail- Railway Act (Extensions and Amendment) 1847,' and ~ms Devon Devon Railway Act, 1851," and also an act passed in the Illtouth of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intit a i ed ,I ( Z r Act for establishing a Floating Bridge over the Harbour Au Dartmouth, from or near to Lower Send Quay Point to Ohl Rock, In the county of Devon, and for building quays and landing places, and for making roads and approaches thereto, with branches therefrom." Dated this third day of November, 1853. TOZER, WHIDBORNE, MACK ENZIE, and TOZER, Teigninouth, Solicitors tile Bill. 11. and W. TOOGOOD, 22, Parliament•street, WeAsninozor, "BETTER LATE THAN NEVER," L . ENVIS'S ALTERATIVE PILLS will be found .1..4 on trial, after every other means has failed, t.) cure the most inveterate cases of Bilious cisorder, Indigestion, and every derange mem of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, or Secretory system. They are entirely vegetable, and, while removing obstructions, purify the Mood, clear, the complexion, relieve the chest of phlegm, strengthen the nerves, and restore tone to the whole system Prepared and sold by HINGSTON, LEWIS, and Co., lA, Old Boni-street, price Is. 134 d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., &c retail by all medicine vendor , . Sent by post on receipt ofpostage ;tamps. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1853. THE CHARTERED BANK of INDIA, AUS TRALIA, and CHlNA.—Holders of Scrip Certificates 1 avour able to a Dissolution of this Company and a return of the De posits, and who are disposed to act in concert with a Committee repro : nting upwards of 15,000 shares, are particularly requested to comna unicate immediately with Messrs. Atkinson and Pilgrim, Church c -court, Lethbury. London. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MIMUAL LIFE ASSSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND. At a Special Meeting, held at the London Tavern, on the 16th in stant, the following uentlemen were Elected on the Board Of Man agement of the Association, viz.: — Mr. EDWARD COLEMAN. Mr. SANCTON WOOD. Mr. HENRY ROGERS. Every description of Life Assure= effected, and important ad vantages granted. Detailed prospectuses may be had on application at the (office. P. H. BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, Nov. 17, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL DRI7RY-LANE. • Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Nor. 19. The GREAT AMERICAN EQITESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances, assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, O. Vale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, Will be performed A CURE FOR LOVE. Characters by Messrs. hippendale, Villiers, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Stanley, Miss 'Wining. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstoue ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Atter which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Mes,ers. W Farren, Corti, and Comp ton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Albs Romer, and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRTIET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN... THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentian an's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, 11. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Mrs. Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Dd essrs. W. Lacy, J. Chester, Ryder, Graham, and Everett ; Miss l 3 eath and Bliss C. Leclercq. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, Will be performed A NICE FIRM . . Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthew s. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A RAD FARCE which. however (it is hoped), will. In the end, show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. W right. To he followed PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Putter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Propr;ctor, Mr. I:. Webster.—Directress, Mad atne Ce ste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, NV;11 be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Lei :41f Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, 84c. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE CI.MP AT CHOIMIAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook " A Riffln." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, Will he performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wi.<an, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, ChatLerley, E. Turner, and Wynn ha m To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEIPS EUROPF23 NATIONAL AMPIIITEIEATILIC. 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 to be received with increased enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, Nov. 19, The Entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian Military spectacle, entitled BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUS SIA ; or, The Buraing of Moscow. To be followed by Mr. W. COOKE'S matchless Scenes of the ARENA, in which Mr. ALFRED COOKE will appe.ir. To conclude with JUPITER'S DECREE AND THE FALL OF PILErON ; or, The Fiery Coursers of the Sun. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Vert. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —74orning 41 min.after 3 I Evening 58 min.aft. 3 10-Moßaow Morning 14 min.after 4 Evening 31 mia.a,ft. 4 THE WEATIIEIL—Sus OFFICE, Nov. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'12—rising. WIND, S.W.—Gentle breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather— hoar frost in the night. + v . • „, , • A 5. 44/11' - • LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1853, Gradually we are getting nearer the truth as to the actual course of the warlike operations in Moldo-Wallachia. As we anticipated in our re marks yesterday, the Turkish army has not been compelled to retreat across the Danube—having only retired for reasons of strategy or from simply prudential considerations. It must not be over looked, moreover, that the fate of the campaign does not necessarily require to be decided in the vicinity of Oltenitza. It is not in that quarter alone that the troops of the SULTAN have taken up a position formidable to their Russian antago nists. So far is this from being the case, that the principal portion of the Turkish armament crossed the Danube much higher up than Turtukai— indeed as near to the point where Servia, Walla chia, and Banat are as contiguous as Widdin, and this with a view to command Krajova, and, by commanding Krajova, to prevent the Russians from withdrawing into the Austrian dominions and seeking shelter in the fastnesses of Transyl vania. A division alone crossed the Danube be tween Turtukai and Oltenitza, thereby threatening the Wallachian capital, Bucharest. Meantime, so 3LER adroit and well-considered were the tactics of 0 that simultaneously with the pas sage affected by the main body of his army at Widdin, and of admission at Oltenitza, a third portion of his soldiery crossed over to the left bank of the Danube in the vicinity of line e e f utt e in effectually h b e y l.e thatss, although means Braila, N g e: f ert . Moldavian communication with the Russian territories. the main body of the Turks • accomplished the passage at Widdin, and although another part of the SULTAN'S army, by establishing itself lower down the river at Braila, interrupted the Rus sians, as we have shown, in the direction of Mol davia—the division which had at the s ame time appeared on the left bank of the Danube opposite Oltenitza, at once assumed to itself a chief portance by that brilliant success of the 4th in stant, by which the Muscovites were completely discomfited—a success which was speedily followed • up by another yet more remarkable in its charac ter, entailing a loss upon the enemy, as it would now appear, of 500 killed and 600 wounded. No wonder, that, after this initiatory victory on the part of the Turkish forces, the general atten tion was diverted, for a while at least, from Braila and from Widdin, and concentrated almost exclusively upon Olteuitza. Indeed so important did the events occurring in this quarter appear to be in the estimation of the Russian Commander in -Chief, that his head-quarters were forthwith established not far from Kopaksen, at a place situated on the road from Oltenitza to Bucharest, and know n as B utessc h te i . Th i ther all h i s avail able tr oops have been hastily gathered together, so that at that point alone, at the lowest compu tation, some 24,000 Russians are concentrated ) under the banners of GORTZCEIAKOFF. Yesterday the intelligence received through the Russian authorities, stated them to amount to as many as 40,000 in the aggregate. To.d ay, t h at formid more able total was shrunk by an eighth to nnn but the real amount, we believe, may be cor rectly stated, as before remarked, as abou t 24,0001 altogether. It must be remembered still further, however, that they are 24,000 men weakened by disaffection, debilitated by scarcity, depressed by disease, and discouraged by two very recent and successive discomfitures. Affairs are thus situated on the banks of the Danube. A division of the Turkish army estab lished at Braila—the main body between Widdin and Kalafat--but the most interesting portion of all for the time being opposite Oltenitza. Naturally we cannot but be interested in learning that meanwhile other remarkable occur rences are transpiring elsewhere. That orders for their march have been received by the Russian regiments cantoned in the south of Poland. That the Sublime Porte has received offers from the Lebanon of 3,000 Druses and 3,000 Maronites. That an enormous mass of Russian troops, some say as many as 50,000 altogether, have crossed the Pruth under General OSTEN SACKEN as a reinforcement to the army of GoRTz- CHAKOFF. That the capture of Shefkatil has utterly dismayed the Muscovite armaments in Asia, revealing to them the uncertainty of their power and the peril of their situation. Yet at tractive as these particulars are, significant as they are, important as they are—they all yield in attraction, significance, and importance to those coming to us from the central portions of Wal lachia, from Bucharest, and from the neighbour hood of Oltenitza. We would again most strongly urge upon the consideration of impartial observers the chief and glaring contradiction of the latest intelligence re ceived from the former place—the capital of the Principality. We would urge it upon their atten tion, because we cannot but perceive in it an addi tional and conclusive reason for regarding with suspicion the accounts furnished to Western Europe simply on the authority of the Russian Functionaries. According to their assurance, the Turks have been compelled to retire across the Danube—and yet, according to despatches received at Paris from Bucharest up to the 9th instant in elusively, we learn from the French Consul in the latter capital, " FOR THREE DAYS PAST WE HAVE HEARD a continuous cannonade." For three days past a continuous cannonade audible at Bucharest, in the direction of Oltenitza, and yet, according to the same accounts, before those three days the Turks had been forced by the Russians to recross the Danube into Bulgaria. Why, the whole statement involves a perfectly preposterous con tradiction. However, it only incites us, for that very reason, to observe the progress of events in, and the fluctuations of intelligence from, the the seat of war, with more than ever cautious and vigilant observation. Heretofore it is satisfactory to feel assured that the only information upon which we can count with anything like certainty is directly and signally in favour of the Turks— whereas the intelligence favourable to their an tagonists comes to us under most suspicious au thority, and replete in almost every paragraph with absolutely ridiculous contradictions. One thing, at any rate, has long since become unde niable—alea jacta est—the struggle has com menced in earnest ; and now, while this struggle is yet raging, let us ask again, and yet again, must England await supinely news of the mo mentous consequences ? Would universal suffrage, or any approach to it, swamp the middle and upper class voters ? We have seen this repeatedly asserted, but no where fairly examined. It is taken for granted that it must be so. The argument seems very short. The working classes are an immense ma jority ; they would vote in the interests of their class—therefore, we should have a House of Com mons composed of their nominees. We think the reasoning too abrupt to be conclusive. It is the logic of symbols rather than of facts. Though desirous of the widest extension possible of the franchise, we have no dogmatical preference for any particular one of the broader schemes, and should be content with any enlargement which, either by its present extent or by its including a scheme of gradual self-extension, should be as nearly final as possible. It is, we suppose, uni versally felt that, were it possible to give the franchise to every adult male who could be regis tered as residing somewhere, this would be in itself the simplest and best plan. It would make the political privileges of the Commons of England equal ; it would harmonise with the legal adage of the highest authority, that representation and taxation ought to go together, since every English man pays at least indirect taxes ; it would destroy by the roots one cause, so fertile in bad times, of political discontent ; and it would be dealing with man as man, and ignoring the invidious dis tinction of rich and poor. For such general reasons all of us would prefer what is, for conve nience sake, termed universal suffrage, unless some danger were apprehended from it, either to class interests, or to " our glorious Constitution in Church and State." In the former case, it is feared lest workmen should make laws for their masters, and perhaps their masters' masters too ; in the latter, lest the middle and commercial classes, who since the Reform Act have been the chief power in the House of Commons, should have to hand over their power to the class below them. It is worth while, then, calmly to consider the probabilities of the working of even the most widely extended suffrage. Without the ballot, or some means of securing the independence of the poor man's vote, it is obvious that it would make no sensible change whatever in the position of parties. Suppose, however, independent voting fairly secured, yet even then how many things are there to modify or prevent combined and do minant action on the part of the working class. It is common to think of them as a class ; but the truth is, that from the beggar upward to the foreman to whom the master gives his orders, they are a series of ascending classes ; or a set of auto cratic circles if we will, each looking down upon the circle below it, and resenting its intrusion upon their higher one. It is so in every trade where large numbers of hands are employed, and except perhaps in a mere contest about wages, which will never henceforth become a political question, it would be almost impossible for all the men to combine for mere class purposes. Partly, again, owing to the same circumstances, a very with others large p ro p or ti on o f th ose w h o ar e termed working men are clos e ly connec ted in interest and feeling h the raid cases distant of distant relationship, in hlasersses. obvi ou s n manyoonlin un in terests, in many we would hope the strong at tachment of faithful servants to considerate mas ters. Altogeth er the numbers must be great in deed of those wh o could and would be influenced by their interest in their employer's success, by his superior intelligence or his kindness. We are, moreover, apt to be misled by occurrences like strikes to a very exaggeratedestimat e of the ten dency of the labouring class to combination. Factory and mining operatives possess unusual facilities for doing it. They are, however, after all, but a small part of the population, and on every question but the non-political one of wages would have no peculiar bond of union with the innumerable tribes of other workin g men who cover the face of the country. Indeed, after but little discussion, the different classes of operatives will thoroughly understand that higher wages to all will be but little gain to each, the enhanced price of the products of labour increasing the individual's expenditure, and perhaps the les sened demand for them throwing him oftener out of work. The Tyne collier's wife will soon com plain of " these Preston turn-outs" if she has to ; pay a halfpenny a-yard more for her gown and the labourers throughout the kingdom will be wroth in mid-winter with " those fellows who only want higher wages, to work fewer days, and mak e coals dearer." The interests of different classes of labourers are, in fact, as much antagonistic as those of all other buyers and sellers. At the very time when weavers were in opposition to their masters, and would vote for a COWELL or a NEWTON, other classes of workmen might be on the best possible terms with theirs, ready to chair one of them as well as to elect him. Again it should be remembered that the work ing classes are both necessitated and disposed to depend on the higher classes for leaders. It is notorious that if they can find a man of their own views amongst the wealthier classes, he is the man of their choice. It may be partly jealousy, but it is a fact that they rarely indeed elevate any one of their own class to superiority over them. They prefer the leadership of a man of property and education, whose head and heart they can respect ; they know that they have not themselves the in formation or the means to sustain with credit to themselves the position of a Representative, and they naturally lean upon those whom PROVIDENCE has favoured with both. In quiet times this is always the case. Then, again, all danger of work ing men choosing Members from their own body is self-corrective ; if they sent to Parliament some of the few whose native ability has secured the respect of the community outside of it, this would be a confessed gain. It is allowed that, if possi ble, some men of capacity from the working class would have their use in St. STEPHEN'S. If, on the other hand, they chose mere demagogues, whe ther from their own class or from those above them, their emptiness and self-conceit would be no where better exposed than in an assembly like the House of Commons. Working men, like other men, wish not to be ashamed of those who act for them, and in the long run at least they would be as cer tain as others to select the ablest men. They would not repeat mistakes if they made them at first. We may fairly add to all this, the general mo deration of Englishmen and Scotchmen, illiterate as well as educated. Allowing for inflammatory individuals, and moments of excitement, common to all classes, as Exeter-hall not less than Copenhagen-fields and the Birming ham Bull-ring can testify, the lower classes of this country participate in that love of fairness and reluctance to press hard upon the opposite party, which we may justly boast as national characteristics. English peasants would no more use the suffrage like French ouvriers than English Representatives would enact the part of French Deputies. As a people, we shrink from violent overpowering of our political oppo nents. American workmen are a much safer mirror for showing us the workings of political liberty amongst the operative classes; and it can not be denied that, in the United States, it is one great bond of attachment between the citizen and this country. The facts we have mentioned must, we think, go far to show that, in this country, the danger of a very extended suffrage cannot be great; indeed, we incline to think it almost imaginary. It would certainly have the advan tage of contenting the masses politically; it would be following nature and PROVIDENCE rather than dictating to them—the great error of Constitution makers as well as Protectionists ; and it would be carrying out into legislation the Free-trade prin ciples which have proved so successful in com merce. Our faith leans to unrestricted competi tion in one department as well as in the other. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 18. Prince Albert, accompanied by Sir Charles Wood, went out hunting to Burnham this morning, attended by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. N. Hood and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon. The Queen, with the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, drove also to Burnham in an open carriage. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance on horseback. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, attended by the Belgian minister and the Count and Countess Gustave de Lannoy, arrived at Windsor from Plymouth at 5 minutes past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Aumale visited her Majesty to-day. Lord and Lady John Russell, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell have left the Castle. Earl de Grey was prevented by indisposition from obeying her Majesty's commands yesterday. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance in the Castle, and performed during dinner yes terday. Lord John Russell returned to his residence in Ches ham-place yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the Corporation of the city of London held a meeting yes terday at the Privy Council Office. Present .—the Right ,Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell returned to town yes terday from Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the governor of Canada. The Count Walewski, the French ambassador at this court, has been summoned to France to attend the Emperor, but will return in a few days. Mr. Gray, our new Secretary of Legation in Stock- holm, has arrved in that capital. RIOTS AT BLACKBURN. On Wednesday last, the town of Blackburn witnessed another scene of lawlessness and of the quiet apathy or paralysing fear of the constituted authorities. Wednes day was market -day, and the manufacturers met at the Bull Hotel, in the centre of the town. Early in the day a demonstration had been made by some Preston " turn-outs," who sung songs in praise of the " ten per cent.," so that the streets were blocked up. As evening advanced, something more developed itself under this concealment, and furious cries demanded—the Preston masters supposed to be at that time in the Bull. Gen tlemen coming out were roughly handled, and compelled to establish not a Preston identity. At length stones began to be thrown, and threats of burning down the hotei were heard; when Mrs. Lawson, the landlady, allowed six men to go . into every room and ascertain for themselves that the intended victims were not there. All this time, about six hours, no attempt was made to disperse the mob. It is rumoured that the Superinten dent of Police has resigned from a sense of the utter impossibility of maintaining order. The Secretary of State has written to the magistrates, demanding an account of the riots of the Ist November. At present the answer is kept a secret. THE COURT.—Her Maiesty and the Royal family, with a circle of distinguished visitors, are expected to remove from Windsor to Osborne, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday next, to sojourn till Christmas. DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—The pictures and other objects of art which her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert contributed to the Dublin Exhibition were delivered at Windsor Castle on Thursday last, by Mr. J. C. Deane, the assistant-secretary. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is slowly approaching towards convalescence. The illus trious and venerable duchess will complete her 78th year in April next. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Comtesse Walewski left the residence of the Embassy, in Grosvenor-square, on Thursday night on a visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French, at Fontaine bleau. REPRESENTATION OF SUNDERLAND. Mr. George Hudson has written to the Times to contradict the paragraph published to the effect that he intended to withdraw from the representation of Sunderland. THE RECTORY OF BREDON, WORCESTERSHIRE.—We have authority, both from the patron and the incum bent of the living of Bredon, for stating that there never was the remotest foundation in fact for the rumour com municated to some of the papers (for what reason we know not) that the incumbent above mentioned was likely to be promoted to the lately vacant Bishopric of Derry. Had, however, the fact been otherwise, and had Mr. Fitzgerald been placed in that see, the next pre sentation to Bredon would have gone to the patron, who is also owner of the fee simple of the living, and not to the Crown. AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.—A special meeting of this company was held yesterday, when Mr. J. IL Ravenshaw and Mr. C. D. Bruce were respectively elected to the posts of governor and deputy-governor. The decease of Mr. J. S. Brownrigg, the late governor, was made the subject of a special minute, which was read to the shareholders in attendance. The governor, before the close of the meeting, stated that the accounts of their property continued generally favourable. The working of the collieries was proceeding satisfactorily, and the produce for the last year was 2,0001., an amount in excess of former returns. The sales of wool had realised 20,0001., a sum about equal to that received in the previous year, but showing an increase upon other periods, while the prices obtained were, in some respects, higher. A small loss had been sustained in the number of sheep from the inclemency of the season. Sales of land had been effected at Newcastle, and instances had occurred in which they were made at the rate of 201. per acre. The trade of the port was rapidly improving, the facilities of communication having increased. Land had also been sold at Port Stephens, but not at very high prices. In answer to questions, it was mentioned that the directors were d es i rous o f adopting every means to bring the nature and character of the lands under the notice of the public, especially in Port Philip and Sydney, where the pressure of immigration had been most felt. SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) DECISION ON THE DORCHESTER EXTEN- SION, The adjourned special meeting of this company was held to-day, at Hawkstone Hall, Waterloo-road, for the purpose of hearing the declaration of the poll upon the question whether the extension of the line, proposed by the directors, from Dorchester to Exeter, should be pro ceeded with. The CHAIRMAN of the company; the Hon. Mr. Scott, M.P., who presided, announced the result to be as follows : For the extension of the line from Dorchester to Exeter— . 739 . 86 —825 On the amendment, and against the proposed exten sion— Proxies . Proxies . Present . 993 . 111 Present ----1,104 Majority for the amendment Amount of votes in respect of stock : For the Extension. Proxies Present . 11,933 . 1,978 For the Amendment, Proxies Present .13,911 . 12,089 . 1,825 --13,914 Majority in favour of the amendment 3 This statement was received with cheers from a great portion of those present. The CHAIRMAN intimated that as there was a majority against the scheme, the directors intended, during the interval between now and the general meeting in Feb ruary next, to consider what course they should pursue, bearing in min.l in whatever they did the best interests of the company. (Hear, hear, and cries of "Oh.") Mr. HENDERSON then moved an amendment, to the effect—That this company having last year, and on the present occasion, decided against the policy of making extension lines at the company's expense, and distrusting the present weak and divided state of the management, deem it expedient to reconstruct a direction in a manner best calculated to give effect to such policy, and to pre vent any future attempts, on the part of the directors, to revive schemes that have proved so very prejudicial to the interests of the proprietors. (Cheers.) . . The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called for a specific Object—the declaration of the poll—and as no thing irrelevant to that object could be brought under discussion, it was out of order to submit such a resolu tion as this to the meeting. He therefore declined to put the resolution from the chair, feeling that it was incompetent for him to do so. An in describable scene of confusion here ensued, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee and several proprietors gesticulating and shouting at the top of their voice in defiance of the directors, and totally disregarding the attempts of the chairman to preserve something like order. Finding it impossible to convince the proprietors of the impro priety of bringing such a resolution before the meeting without due notice, he at last declared as there was no more business to transact the meeting was dissolved ; whereupon he and all the other directors, with the ex ception of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee and Mr. Mortimer, the dissentients, vacated their seats, followed by the Ser geant and a considerable number of proprietors. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then took the chair amidst the cheering of his supporters. He said he considered that the chairman had acted illegally, and that it was his in tention to proceed with the business which he had left undone. The resolution of Mr. Henderson was then, after same verbal alterations, put to the vote, and, of course, car ried unanimously. Another resolution was passed, on the suggestio n of Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, to the effect that a printed list of the poll should be printed and sold to the pro prietors at one shilling a copy, in order that it might be ascertained who had voted for and against the extension ; and, also, on calling on the directors to sum mon another special meeting at an early period, with the view of finally settling the question as to the extension of the line and the general policy of the directors. The proceedings terminated with a proposition for col lecting a fund for defraying the expense incurred by the gentlemen who had got up the agitation against the directors. DECEASE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G. We regret to announce the death of the Duke of Beaufort, who expired somewhat suddenly at a quarter past two o'clock p.m. on Thursday last, at Bodininton house, the ancient family seat in Glocestershire, to the deep grief of the Duchess, and the Ladies Somerset, who were present at his dissolution. His Grace was taken seriously ill on Wednesday, so as to create the greatest alarm, as it was said that gout, from which the noble Duke had been a great sufferer, had at length flown to the stomach. Intelligence was immediately forwarded to the Marquis of Worcester, doing duty with his regiment at Edinburgh, but he was unable to reach Badminton before his father's decease. The deceasd Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, Marquis and Earl of 'Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, Viscount Grosment, Baron of Bottetourt and Baron Herbert (both by writ), Baron Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow, and Gower, and Baron Beaufort, of Caldicot-castle, in the peerage of England, was eldest son of Henry Charles, 6th duke, by Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson, sth daughter of Gran ville, Ist Marquis of Stafford, and was born the sth of February, 1792. The late Duke served on the staff of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular war, and it was while so employed that he was taken prisoner by the French army commanded by Marshal Soult, but remained captive only a few months. The Duke soon after the attainment of his majority, was returned to the House of Commons for the family borough of Monmouth, which he sat for in several successive Parlia ments up to 1835, when he was elected for West Gloces tershire, in conjunction with the Hon. G. C. Berkeley and Mr. R. B. Hale. He did not long enjoy that honour, for, in the month of November the same year his father died, and he consequently succeeded to the dukedom. In the house of Commons, as in the Lords, the Duke was a zealous supporter of high Conservative principles, but he was more famous iu fashionable and sporting circles than in the arena of politics. The late Sir Robert Peel, soon after his coming into office in 1841, recommended his Grace to her Majesty for the second garter that became vacant, and his Grace was invested with that distinguished honour by his Sovereign at the same chapter at which the Duke of Buckingham and the Marquis of Salisbury were invested in 1842. The Duke was Colonel-Commander of the Glocestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, to which he was appointed in April, 1834, and was High Steward of Bristol. The late Duke was twice married—first, July 25, 1814, to Georgiana 6 Frederica, second daughter of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, who died May 11, 1821 ; and secondly, June 29, 1822, to Emily Frances, only daughter of the late Mr. Charles Culling Smith and Lady Anne (only sister of the late Duke of Wellington), and half-sister of his first wife, by whom, who survives him, he leaves an only son, the Marquis of Worcester, and several daughters, and a daughter by his first marriage, Lady Georgiana Codrington, wife of Sir W. C. Codrington, M.P. The Marquis of Worcester, now Duke of Beau fort) having succeeded to the family honours by the de mise of his father, a vacancy occurs in the representa tion of East Glocester, in the House of Commons. The present Duke was born February 1, 1824, and married July 3, 1845, Lady Georgiana Curzon, eldest daughter of Earl Howe, by whom he has a y ,uthful family. A morning contemporary the (Morning Herald) thus speaks of the character of the late Duke :—" Descended from a long line of Royal and noble ancestors, in every act of his life he proved himself worthy of his high lineage. We believe few men ever died who will be more sin cerely and heartily regretted than his grace by a large family, by hosts of friends in society, by all the gentry of the West of England, and by the ancient tenantry on his vast estates. Never was a man more beloved by all classes of the community ; a prince of Plantagenet blood, and a prince in nature—amiable, generous, all heart and feeling, hospitable almost to excess, and lavish to the poor. Confessedly he was the "first gentleman of his day," bland and gay in his manners, courteous and well bred in every movement—at once you saw the ducal Somerset. When only 20 years old, though the eldest son of a duke and heir to a magnificent fortune, the youthful Marquis of Worcester joined the army in the Peninsula, was present at several of the great actions, both as an officer of Hussars and as aide-de-camp to Wellington ; he distinguished himself as every Somer set for ages has done, "with the hereditary courage of his gallant race." For many years his grace was a member of the House of Commons and of the House of Peers. Steadfast, unchangeable, uncompromising in his political principles, he was a resolute Conservative ; devoted to the Crown and Church ; true as his sword, he lived and died an honest politician, admired by his party and respected by his opponents." LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Patric of yesterday announces that the Turks, being retarded in their advance on Bucharest by the inundation of the Danube, have decided on arresting their onward movement. After having destroyed the quarantine building and the works at Oltenitza, they have repassed the Danube with out being molested by the enemy. The Turks still occupy the islands opposite Giurgevo and Oltenitza. The Russians are firm in Krajova. The Russian Minister at Vienna has received the following telegraphic message from Prince Gort schakoff, dated Bucharest, the 13th inst. : " At the moment when measures were about to he executed against the establishment of the Turks on the left bank of the river, opposite Turtukai, they evacuated their position and retired to the right bank, keeping possession only of an island which lies between the two banks." The despatches received by the Austrian Govern ment confirm the above, adding that the Turks had retired from their position at Kararasalz, and from that which they occupied opposite Giurgevo. General Osten-Sacken's advanced guard had passed the Pruth, and he was expected at Bucha rest on the 20th. The British vessels Vengeance and Albion, and the French vessels Jupiter and Henri IV., and eight steam-frigates, are at Beikos, close to the entrance into the Black Sea. The Ottoman naval division which is to cruise in those waters consists of four frigates, two' steamers, three corvettes, and two brigs. The vessel Mujeddetie and two fri gates have lately joined the squadron. The Porte has refused to grant the exequatur to the Consul-General appointed by Austria for the Danubian Principalities. 260 vessels loaded with corn passed by Constan tinople in the period from the 18th of October to the Ist of November. They came from the Black Sea. The enthusiasm of the Turks at Constantinople was at its height at the fortunate commencement of the campaign which has just opened, and that the Sultan must have been convinced of the fact by the transports of joy with which the people hailed his presence on the 4th, on his way to the mosque. A Turkish poet, Halis-Effendi, has just composed a national hymn, in the manner of the Alarseillaise, which has been set to music, and it is popular with men, women, and children. A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, says : Prince Gortscliakoff has, within the last few days, received formal orders to commence and continue hostilities. The loss of the Russians near Oltenitza is larger than was at first supposed. There were not 600 killed and wounded, but 1,100. The num ber of killed alone was 500. It has been remarked here that Arif-Effendi, the Turkish ambassador, was in grand costume when he went to pay a visit to Prince Stirbey.. A letter from Malta says that Lord Redcliffe has demanded that all the troops of that garrison that can be disposed of shall be sent to the fleet. Accounts from Bucharest of the 9th are to this effect :—For three days past we have heard the report of cannon. The Russian head-quarters are at Butestchti, where there are only 35,000 men. Bu testchti is situated on the confluent of the rivers Argis and Dembivitza, on the road from Oltenitza to Bucharest. If the battle has taken place at Butestchti, the Turks must have advanced 14 leagues from Oltenitza. A letter from Vienna states :that General Prim 'commands a portion of the army in Wallachia until the arrival of General Klapka. We have already given the bul letin of Prince Gortschakoff relative to the affair of Oltenitza, and in which he boasts of a success in forcing the Turks to remain in their intrenchments, when the only object of his attack was to drive them out of them. The Cronstadt Gazette of the 7th is less modest than Prince Gortschakoff. It states that the Turks were defeated, and that the Russians remained masters of the field of battle. From Constantinople we learn that 3,000 Druses and 3,000 Maronites have offered their services to the Porte to march against the Russians. The Jv ew Munich Gazette, under date of Athens 4, says that a Greek vessel entered the port of the Pincus on the Ist, the captain of which announced that he had witnessed a naval combat between the Turks and Russians near Keli. Two Egyptian vessels are said to have been sunk and a third was towed to Constantinople, considerably damaged, by a Turkish steamer. The captain adds that these vessels had on board reinforcements from Batoum. The authorities of the port drew up a minute of this report, making the captain responsible for its correctness. A letter from Warsaw of the 11th states that nothing is yet known of the departure of Russian troops from tho north or from Poland for the south. A private letter of the sth, from Constantinople, is as follows :—" That the English and French fleets will winter here, and that the allied Governments will not limit themselves to be represented by naval divisions. It also appears that the fleets will enter the Black Sea, as a notice from the French Consu late has been placarded on the Bourse announeinc , that the contracts for supplying provisions are to be effected either at Constantinople, Odessa, or Trebi zonde. This has produced a great impression among the public, which is composed principally of Greeks, whom we class here as Russians. Yesterday prayers were offered up in all the religious houses for his Majesty the Sultan, who henceforth takes the title of Gazi (the Victorious). The Sultan has ordered at the Mint 160 decorations of the order of Medue from the 2d to the sth class. The Porte has re fused its exequatur to M. Ainhaudrital, who has been named Consul-General of Austria for the Danubian Principalities." The following is the official notice alluded to in the foregoing, as published by the French Consu late at Constantinople : " NOTICE. On Saturday, the 12th November, 1853, at 11 o'clock in the morning, will be adjudicated the supplies of pro visions to be delivered to the French ships of war from Constantinople to Odessa, on the coast of Europe, and to Trebizonde, on the coast of Asia, to commence from the 16th of November, 1853, and during the en tire stay of the squadron in the Bosphorus and in the Black Sea." An imposing ceremony took place at Constanti nople on the 3d in the Mosque of Mahomet. The Scheik-ul-Islam publicly read the fetva, which gives the Sultan the title of Ghazi—that is, the victorious warrior. Mehemet Buschi Pasha, Gene ral of the Guard, had been appointed to command the army of reserve assembling at Adrianople. He was preparing to set out, and was only awaiting the arrival of General Bosquet and some other French officers, who are to travel with him. The appointment of Faud Effendi as political commis sioner to the army of Omar Pasha was spoken of at Constantinople. M. de Bruck, the Austrian Nuncio, is said to have apprised the Porte that the plan of Prince Gortschakoff is to draw Omar Pasha into the plains of the Greater Wallachia, and to give him battle with the 3d and 4th corps, whilst the sth corps, commanded by Osten-Sacken, should cut off his retreat o the Danube. This communi cation was regarded at Constantinople as a means employed by Austria to retard hostilities. The Oest, Correspondenz of the 14th contains the following telegraphic despatch of the 9th from Bucharest : " For some hours the booming of artillery has been heard, but it is uncertain whether it comes from Olten itza or Giurgevo. All the Russian pontoons have been forwarded from Colentira to Giurgevo. The Rus sians, to the number of 7,000 or 8,000 men, are posted on a rising ground at Trateslhti, (this should be Frateschi) a place at about two hours distant (nine English miles) from Giurgevo. On the 9th the Russian head-quarters were at Budeschti, a place four hour distant from Bucharest. (The place in question is four hours distant from Oltenitza and six from Bucha rest.) At Oltenitza the Turks have about 17,000 regular infantry, 3,600 irregular troops, and 4,000 artillerymen. It is believed that General Prim commands this corps until the arrival of the Hungarian revolutionary leader Klapka, who is said to be expected. We have further credible advices that General Soimonoff, on the 9th, dislodged the Turks from the island near Giurgevo, of which they were in possession on the Bth. The Turkish corps at Kalafat, which is 24,000 strong, is commanded by Ismail Pasha. The Russians have 35,000 men at Budeschti. General Budberg is expected at Bucharest." The Journal de Constantinople, of the 4th, con tains the following account of the operations of the Turkish army in Asia : "Pn the 28th October, the same day as that on which a division of the European army crossed the Danube at Kalafat, the Imperial troops of the army of Asia, by a happy coincidence, obtained over the Russians a signal advantage, the news of which arrived the day before yesterday at the Porte. The most important details of the affair are these :—ln the night of the 27th ult. a small division of the corps d'armee, encamped at Tchourouk Sou, composed of irregulars and of a battalion of the Imperial Guard, marched to attack the Russian fort of Chekvetil (St. Nicholas), situated on the coast of the Biack Sea, and dc:fendp,l by two battalions of irc.,.1 4- ry, three companin, of Cossacks, and by a company of artillery. On the 28th, at break of day, the Imperial troops arrived before the fort, and suddenly attacked it with so much resolution and courage, that they took it after a com bat of four hours, in spite of the most obstinate resist ance. During the attack the Russian troops of a.neigh bouring fort came to the assistance of Chekvetil.. The battalion of the Imperial Guard went to meet, them, made a single discharge. and then rushed on them with the bayonet ; they were soon completely routed— In this combat of four hours, the Russians lost the fort of Chekvetil, 2,000 muskets (of which 1,500 were , of the best quality), 4 guns, and 1,000 men. The lose of the Turks was not very considerable. The Imperial'. troops made about one hundred prisoners. Amongst them is the son of Prince Gouriel. Four of them arrived the day before yesterday at Constantinople, on boa krd the Ottoman steamer the Chehper ; and the others. were embarked on the Taif, which is expected this day or to-morrow. Selim Pacha, General-in-chief of the corps d'arnide of Batoum has given the necessary orders for causing the fort of Chekvetil to be placed in the best state of defence possible. The corps d'annee of Tchourouk Sou consists of 8,000 regular soldiers, 6,,.00 0 redifs, and 10,000 irregulars. The news of the pas sage of the Danube, and of the taking of the fort of Cheltve til, has been received at Constantinople, by the native population and by the Europeans, with the great est enthusiasm." The same journal says : "On the Ist the Minister of Marine sent two superio.r officers of the Admiralty to pay his respects to Admiral'. Dundas, commander-in-chief of the English fleet, and . VI, s Admiral Hamelin, commander-in-chiefof the French squadron on their arrival at Constantinople. Vice-Ad— miral Hamelin went on We,:nesday on board the Mala— moudie, which is anchored at Buyulipede, to pay a visit to the Capitan-Pacba. M. de Lacour, Ambassador of France, presented the Vice-Admiral to the Minister of Marine, and the Minister received him most courteously. On their departure from the Admiral's vessel, the Am bassador of France was saluted with 19 guns, and the Vice-Admiral with 17 guns ; and the salute was duly returned by the French frigate the Mogador, in which M. Hamelin had arrived at Constantinople. In the evening the Vice-Admiral left for the squadron on board the Ajaccio." DEATH OF HER _HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS NICHOLAS ESTERHAZY. It is with regret that we have to record the decease of this amiable Princess, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, in the prime of her life, after an illness of several months, borne with the greatest fortitude and resignation. Her Highness expired at Torquay on Thursday morning, shortly after five o'clock, surrounded by her dirconsolate husband, the Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina, and the Hon. Francis Villiers, M.P., who arrived there from town at the close of last week, little anticipating the melancholy bereavement they were so soon to sustain. The Princess, after trying the baths of Ischl and Ems, was recommended to repair to her native air, and on arriving in this country, proceeded to Hastings. There no improve ment was made in the Princess's health, and her medical advisers ordered her to try the miider climate of Tor quay, but to no avail. Her Highness, who was eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, was born on the 12th of August, 1822, and married the Bth Feb., 1842, his Highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, only son of his Excellency Prince Paul Esterbazy, many years ambassador from Austria, at the Court of St. James ; by whom she leaves issue a youthful family—her two eldest children, Prince Paul, and Prince Rodolph, being with their father at Torquay. The Hon. Francis Villiers, M.P., passed through town yesterday for Brighton, to break the mournful news to the Earl of Jersey, who is sojourning at that watering place. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby, the Earl and Count:s3 of Bet borough, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, and many families of distinction, are placed in mourning by the melancholy event. ~~~~ MIN FRANCE. Considerable excitement prevails with respect to the bearing on the Eastern question of a notice is sued by the French Consul, at Constantinople, with regard to the entry of the French fleet into the Black Sea, since it is believed that M. de Kisseleff and Baron Brunnow have orders to with draw from France and England the instant that a ship of war of either nation enters the Black Sea. The French Government has received a tele graphic despatch from Vienna, which states that on the 13th and 14th a serious engagement took place between Bucharest and Oltenitza, but nearer tho latter place, in which the Turks were beaten, and'. were forced to repass the Danube. The despatch adds that General Daunenberg was preparing to attack the other divisions of the Turkish army, which is in possession of Kalafat. Prince Gorts chakoff remained in possession of the Danube, and had given orders to his generals not to pass the river. The Government has not thought fit to publish this intelligence, but the real state of the case can not be concealed for many days. This news has created a revolution in the state of M. de Kisseleff's health ; he has suddenly reco vered, and left yesterday at three o'clock for Fon tainebleau. _ . Count Walewski, the French Ambassador in London, arrived in Paris yesterday morning, and left immediately for Fontanebleau, where he will remain for some days the guest of the Emperor. Doctor Seve, of Cannes, has addressed the fol lowing letter to the Union du Var : " In a former number of your estimable journal it is stated that ' Lord Brougham appears to have retired from public life, and to have fixed his residence at Can nes, in order to devote himself to the care of his broken constitution.' It is my duty, as the physician of the Brougham family at Cannes, to correct an error calcu lated to afflict the numerous friends of the noble lord and the entire scientific world. Never did Lord Brougham enjoy more perfect health during the 20 years which he has visited our country." The Council of the Bank of France met on Thurs day to take into consideration the export of silver coin, which has been lately going on to a very con siderable extent. A report had been circulated that in order to remedy the evil, the Council of the Bank would raise the rate of discount to 5 per cent., or that at least it would reduce the length of date of the bills discounted. Neither one nor the other of these measures has been adopted, and consequently no change will be made in the pre sent state of things. At the same sitting, the Council, considering that the amount of the ad vances on Railway Securities was already so con sidei able, decided that for the future the advances on Shares instead of being 60 per cent. on the price at the Bourse should be reduced to 50 per cent., and that the loans on Railway Bonds which had. been fixed at 80 per cent. of the market price should be reduced to 70 per cent. The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 15th states that 105 vessels laden with wheat had arrived is that port during the last three days. The Bourse opened firmly yesterday under the impression produced by a re p o rt that the Tut had been forced to recross the Danube, and that an arrangement between the belligerents might be the consequence. A reaction, however, took place in consequence of reports that the Government le about to adopt measures which will interfere with the dealers in corn. The Three per Cents. opened. at 73f. 40c., and closed at 73f. 25c., and fell to 73f. 25c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,142 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Nor thern, 845 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 807 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 722 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 675 f. ; Great Central, 505 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier 685 f. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 13th contains a royal decree authorising M. Scheidnagel, President of the Finance Committee in London, to retire on a pen sion. The Gazette states that the Ministry of Fo reign Affairs is drawing up a treaty for the recogni tion of Peru, and for regulating the commercial re lations between that country and Spain. The 13th being Sunday the Stock Exchange was not open. BELGIUM. King Leopold, on Tuesday evening, received the grand deputation with the address voted by the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium in reply to the speech from the throne. M. Delfosse, President of the Chamber, read the address, to which his Majesty replied as follows : " Gentlemen,—The Chamber of Representatives is called upon to form a great part in our institutions ; and it will understand all the importance of it. The country, I know, may under any circumstances rely on its patriotism, its moderation, and its tried devotedness. I am grateful for the sentiments which it expresses, and for the co-operation which it lends to my Government. It is by union and a good understanding between the public powers that we succeed in attaining the object which you have so happily defined, and in conciliating more and more that esteem and confidence of Europ: of which you have just spoken in such excellent terms. ST. PETERSBURG.—From St. Petersburgh the advices report a further unfavourable movement in the rate of exchange, consequent upon the quotations from Odessa. which will cause a considerable amount of half•imperials to be transmitted from this country. A parcel taken from the Bank was despatched yesterday via Hamburg, and further sums will follow. VIENNA.—The telegraphic quotations of the Vienna exchanges are rather confirmatory of the Turks not having obtained the successes recently attributed to them, the rate upon London, which had receded to 11.16, showing that the agitation and distrust in the money market had in a slight degree subsided. EXTENSIVE FlRES.—Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before four o'clock, a fire of a very destructive character broke out on the extensive premises belonging to Messrs. Haines" and Co., patent mill-board manufacr turers, St. Andrew's-road, Horsemonger-lane. The flames continued to progress, and they could not be ex tinguished until one part of the manufactory was en tirely destroyed, and the remainder severely damaged. The total loss, it is understood, will amount to several hundred pounds sterling. The origin of the fire is en veloped in obscurity. The premises and their contents were insured in the Union Fire-office. The same morn ing, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, a fir e broke out on the premises of Messrs. Pilcher and Bar gess, pickle manufacturers, High Holborn. It was caused by some of the workpeople making a fire 'IV' the hearth. The fire was not extinguished until consi derable damage was done to the premises. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.—The annual dinner of the Royal London Yacht Club took place on Thurs day evening, at Willis's-rooms ; Commodore Goodson in the chair. Upon the removal of the cloth, Thee commodore, in appropriate speeches, proposed " Queen, Prince Albert, Albert Prince of and the rest of the Royal Family ; ethe r with "The Navy and Army ;" which having be e _ done ample justiceto, "Prosperitylto theißoyal.Lo nde f, Yacht Club " was proposed from the chair, with a view of their past labours and brilliant success, wh. le the worthy commodore assigned to the oneness of feel ing which existed amongst them, and complimented the au:: upon its continued progression. " The Corporati on the City of London, with which was coupled the g w am _ of Mr. Twiss, was also proposed by the commodore, admitted the obligation the club was under for tir, support. Mr. Twiss returned thanks for the honour; an d in referring to some imputations which had g?ne . ab. r i ° _'_ . respecting them, offered some remarks in vindicap ff e Wales; Mr. Scott Russell then proposed "The He . alth e a f e !,." d worthy Commodore," which was received with ni o ',r ed gratitica,'ion ; and the toast having been duly rFs . l) sr.ececried I,y a T)111;:1)1 * of others. " .fordgt. some excellent singing by Messrs. IvAnb d , la te o o r Perren, and Shoebridge, occupied till a very 6- rather early hour in the morning.