The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-THIS EVENING.—Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, begs emphatically Iknowledge the almost unparalleled support with which his en deavours to resuscitate the national drama on the boards of old Drury have been reciprocated by the overflow of admiring and dis criminating audiences, who have nightly hailed the appearance of Mr. G. V. Brooke in the varied Shaksperian and other illustrations of the national drama, which that eminent actor has had the honour to demonstrate. The engagement of Mr. Brooke as a matter of necessity has expired, and another and very different field of ope rations presents itself to the manager's enterprise, in catering for the tastes and requirements of his patrons, the British public. In fur therance of these objects, Mr. Smith has infinite pleasure in an nouncing the engagement of a galaxy of EQUESTRIAN TALENT. ever before assembled conjunctively, even in this, the Metropolis f Nations. The classical development of the Hippodramatic Art will, by the combined excellence of the artists engaged, obtain a triumph unmatched in the history of such performances. Not only has no expense been spared, but, in making arrangements, a wise discretion, the result of a deliberative council in science, has been observed in the selection of distinguished public favourites, as well as meritorious candidates for London approbation. Earnestly but re spectfully soliciting a continuation of that support, which he grate fully recognises, he does himself the honour of submitting the fol lowing programme, in confirmation of the integrity of his address ad intentions : Directors—HERNANDEZ and EATON STONE. 3faclasse Pauline Newsome, the first horsewoman in the world, from Fraaconi's Cirque, Paris ; Madlle. Newsome and Madlle. Ella, principal Equestrians in all the American Amphitheatres ; Madlle. Zamesou; Stokes' American Wonders, Ella and Leon; Mes dames Violette, Fontaine, Le Place, Guerriere, Fabian, and Lucille ; the youthful Hernandez, who, for grace, agility, and fearless daring, is the very constellation in the hippodramatic hemi sphere ; his feats are miraculous ; Eaton Stone, his first appear ance in London since the great Exhibition, in which year, at this theatre he made so wondrous a:sensation—he confronts, in a mar vellous manner, the wild horse of the Prairies ; James Newsome the most accomplished British horseman of the day, reflecting a glory on the sports of old England ; the Brothers Elliott, in gym nastic exercises without rival ; G. Ryland, Russell, Zamesou, and Loraine, of marvellous notoriety ; Arthur Barnes, the champion vaulter of all the world, who has accomplished the unprecedented feat of throwing 91 summersaults in succession, his first appearance in London ; W. 0. Dale,the renowned American artiste; Tom Barry, the deathless clown—his name and fame are enough; assisted most ably by those established favourites, Doughty and Knight. The Lessee most respectfully submits that so rich a combination of talent has never before appeared in London, nor in any Continental city; fortuitous but accidental circumstances have thrown them together for a short season, but other American and European engagements will prevent a continuance of the exalted scientific compact, after the expiration of the present engagement. Reduced Prices—Boxes 45. and 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Lower Gallery, 1s- ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Second Price at Nine. PROGRAMME. Mr. G. RYLAND, In a Novel and singular Act o fEquestrian Dexterity. Mademoiselle JOSEPHINE ZAMESOU, In her Electrifying Act of Equestrianism. The SPORTS of ATLAS; Or, The Dance of the Silver Globes, by The BROTHERS ELLIOTT. Mr. W. 0. DALE, the celebrated American Vaulter and Horseman. Signor ZAMESOU and his TWO TALENTED SONS, In their pleasing and classic Drawing-room Entertainment. Mr. G. RYL AND, In a grand Mythological Scene and Equestrian Piece, on a Troop cf Chargers, entitled PHCEBUS, the SON of SOL. The PYRAMID of DECANTERS, or Equilibriac Exercises by Mr. RUSSELL. TOM BARRY'S SPEECH. MR. J. NEWSOME, The celebrated Scenic Act Rider, as Falstaff, Shylock, and Richard 111. The incomparable Horseman and American Star Rider, HERNANDEZ, Acknowledged by all to be the mo t daring and graceful Rider in the un i ver se. All who have seen this young gentleman admit that, in point of grace. dignity, darin g, and exquisite agility, he has full earned the most flattering encomiums which have been passed upon him. There will now be an interval of Ten Minutes, during which will be performed a Grand Overture by the Band of the Establishment. Leader, Mr. Hayward. DE VOLTIGEUR! in which Mr. ARTHUR BARNES, the English Champion Vaulter, and Mr. W. 0. DALE will appear, together with the Brothers Elliott, Messrs. Ryland, Stone, Russell, Zamesou, Doughty, Knight, and Barry, forming the Greatest Vaulting Company in the World, Mr. Barnes having thrown the extraordinary number of Ninety-one Summer saults at one trial, and Mr. 0. Dale, Eighty-seven. An Eccentric Scene, by Mr. NEWSOME, allowing the various modes of Riding, performed in characteristic costume, terminating with a rapid and splendid change, in order to give greater effect to this novel equestrian act. EATON STONE, the distinguished Indian Horseman of the Camanches, will perform his peculiar and dare-devil Exploits on his wild Prairie Horse, caus ing him to found over a succession of high barriers, keeping time himself with the animal, springing from his back to the ground, and back again, jump for jump, over six elevated Planks, and tirough various Balloons, situated around the Circle. The performance of this Artist is quite unique, and unapproached by any other person— they are altogether so much out of the usual course of the Circle, that they cannot be credited without being seen. Mr. Stone pre sents the peculiar characteristics of the South American Indians, with whom he has spent seven years in lcarnin their singular man ners and customs. Mr. J. NEWSOME. the celebrated Professor of Equitation from Paris, will introduce his wonderful trained horse " Brunette." Signor ZAMESOU awl Mr. J. RUSSELL in their unequalled performance, entitled "LA PERCUE . ." Signor Zamesou holding perpendicular a round pole, perfectly smooth, 3d feet in length, in which position Mr. J. Russell will walk up feet and hands, and execute the most extraordinary feats ever beheld. Madame PAULINE NEWSOME will introduce her Two Trained Horses, " Leicester" and " Victoria," showing a series of difficult evolutions and beautiful illustrations of the Bridle Hand, &c. The two horses stand unequalled in the Span ish and cadenced steps, and will perform with wonderful precision the same movements, as if guided by the power of electricity. This performance is particularly recommended to the notice of the Ama teurs of Equestrianism, who can judge of its extraordinary difficulty. HERNANDEZ and Mr. W. 0. DALE, as the Olympic Heroes.—The most graceful and finished Double Ac t ever witnessed. LITTLE ELLA, the most wonderful female Equestrian in the World. TIIE BROTHERS ELLIOTT ON THE DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with YOUNG LEON and his Horse, " May Fly," leaping over Gates, through Fire Balloons, &c. TOM BARRY, DOUGHTY, and KNIGHT. will appear in everal of the Equestrian scenes, and introduce their Funny Harangues, Speeches, and Laughable Stories. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. Under the management of Mr. Eackstone. THIS EVENING, OCT. 23, Will be performed A CURE FOR LOVE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Villiers, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Stanley, Miss Vining. To be followed by TIE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by Misses Featherstone and Ormonde, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with FOUNDED ON FAcrs. Supported by Mr. Compton. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kr.AN. THIS EVENING, OcT. 28, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALII4, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Supported by Mr. W. Lacy and Miss C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, OCT. 28, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Patti Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBLLAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Biffin." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 28, 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. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. lass KATE COOKE, having met with a most brilliant reception, will appear every evening. GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE. The programme of the SCENES of the ARENA will be constantly changed, and novelty after novelty will be brought forward in rapid succession. In addition to the established favourites, several new engagements have been entered into with the most eminent artistes of the day, form'ng a programme unequalled in Talent, Novelty, and Variety. THIS EVENING, OcT. 28 (and during the Week), The Successful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND TIIE FALL OF PH/ETON; nr, TIIE FIERY COURiERS OF THE SUN. After which, the EQUESTRIAN FETE.—The arena has been entirely re-decorated, in the Parisian style, with crimson velvet and gold. Re-appearance of Miss EMILY COOKE. Astounding Perfor mances of Signor CARL.OTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS on LA PERC HE, &c. To conclude with a new GRAND GREEK ENTREE, arranged by Mr. W. Cooke for Twelve Equestrians oa their Fleet Steeds. Boa-olive open frnm Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. FOLKESTONE —S., gentle breeze --cloudless. TUNBRIDGE —N., calm—overcast. Gu niorwloH—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STuoon--N.E. calm—rain. SWI NDON—S.W., fresh breeze—cloudy. CA.3IBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LHAERICK---S.W, calm—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD ,„ Z BIRmINGH A 3I --- S. gentle breeze—partially cl ou dy. LANCASTER— , gentle breeze—overcast—rain. 7 .., hard wind—p ar ti a lly cloudy. SHAY—S., calm-- r DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—overcast.ain. FARBINGDON—E.S.E., light breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LOI‘.TDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 36 min.after 10 I Evening 13 min.aft. 11 'lo —Morning 40 min.after 11 I Evening 0 min.aft. 0 ---''....'.. THE WEATHER. —Sirs Oprics OCT. 28 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 64 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'64. WIND, S.W.—Light airs, and very fine, sunshiny weather. It rained heavily last evenin g , with repeated 3: flashes of lightning, but no thunder. _ . ~ ,0r4g1i ;,.. 1 g -„:„„ig,,, , , g b . ..i gs , .''"• ' " .' .;11111, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1853. The most intetise anxiety is manifested on every side to receive further intelligence from the seat of war, as it may now most assuredly be termed. We know that the challenge given at the time the invading force crossed the Pruth has, although tardily, been accepted ; that the gage of battle, so haughtily flung down by the insolent aggressor, has been unwillingly lifted up by the insulted Moslem. To all intents and purposes there is war between Turkey and Russia —a war in hick the Western Powers • are necessarily implicated, from which not even ABERDEEN himself, even if backed by a Cabinet selected from the leading members of the Peace Society, could now wriggle out. It is even more than probable that active hostilities have been already commenced ; but where or how the first collision may take place is a point still in volved in mystery, and which will probably re main unsettled for some days yet. From all the circumstances that have as yet transpired, it does not appear probable that Prince GORTSCH.AKOFF will take the initiative. He has clearly made up his mind to remain in his present quarters for the winter, while active preparations are making to send further troops to his assist ance, to commence the campaign with the greatest vigour. He is also well aware that the result of a contest a l'outrance with the earnest and en thusiastic army under OMER PACHA would be at least doubtful, and that it would be exceedingly difficult, if not altogether impossible, to avoid the serious consequences of a defeat. He knows, likewise, that delay would be almost as prejudicial to his opponent as the most decided overthrow. Everything, in fact, tends to show that the Fabian policy is in the present state of affairs best calculated to promote the ob jects of his master. He has, also, in answer to the demand for the evacuation of the Principali ties, declared his intention of standing on the de fensive. We cannot, therefore, suppose that lie will do anything to bring on the collision which can possibly be avoided. He will not then again cross the Danube, or endeavour at present to carry the war still further into the enemy's country. OMER PACHA is, however, very differently cir cumstanced. There are as many causes exciting him to action as there are to induce his adver sary to rest on his arms. His troops are ani mated by the consciousness of a righteous cause. r Their passions are inflamed not merely by the un warranted invasion of their territories, or the un blushing insolence of the demands put forward on the part of the CZAR, and the contempt exhibited towards their SULTAN, but their- religious enthu siasm has been worked up to the highest pitch— the Moslem fanaticism has been excited to a de gree that cannot easily be extinguished or even mitigated. We cannot wonder at the intensity of feeling by men who know that they are about to fight for their " hearths and altars," that not only the safety of their houses and families, but of their religion itself is in volved in the result. Such an army would scarcely submit to remain in a state of inglorious inactivity for the entire winter, if a battle could be forced on anything like equal terms. OMER PACHA, who has already addressed so many urgent remonstrances to the Porte, on the state of quiescence in which he was unwillingly placed, is not the man to suffer this ardour to die away or to cast away the advantages which offer them selves for his acceptance. We believe that lie will make a vigorous and determined effort to expel the intruder, and that the attempt will not be long postponed. He is too sick of the procrasti nations of diplomacy to indulge in any further delays, now that the matter rests in our hands, and is placed at his own disposal. If these conjectures be well founded, the Turks will attempt the passage of the river without a moment's delay, and it is by no means improb able that the opposing troops may have already met, and that a decisive action has taken place. If so, we cannot permit ourselves to doubt the result. We believe that " right" will for the present, at least, triumph, and that present suc cess, and the decision exhibited, will, in place of further complicating the dispute, tend towards its early and satisfactory arrangement. We only hope that England and France will not hang back —that the combined fleets will not remain inac tive in the Sea of Marmora, but that they will enter the Black Sea, and, so far as the season may permit, co-operate with the forces of our ally. Russia has earned for herself the discomfiture she must experience. We can not sympathise with the wounded pride of the despot who finds that he has precipitated the crisis on which he had long determined, that he endeavoured " to pluck the pear ere it was quite ripe." NICHOLAS is alone to blame for the pre sent untoward state of affairs, and he may con sider himself well off if he has not to make other and still greater sacrifices, if he be not compelled to surrender some of the powers which he has so grievously abused, if he be no longer enabled to persevere in his iniquitous course of self-aggran disement, and to be obliged to give up his cherished designs to render Europe subservient to his sway, to spread the principles of despotism throughout the globe, and carry into practical execution the dreams of his predecessors by establishing the Universal Empire of the Cossacks. We are not quite allowed to forget the subject of Parliamentary Reform amid rumours of war, famine prices of wheat, and strikes both of masters and men. We have been rather quiet upon the subject of late, partly because, amongst topics so much more exciting, we could scarcely hope for an attentive hearing, and partly because the time when the Leader of the House of Commons may be expected to break his official and natural re serve, and let out his little scheme, after a large speech in the House of Commons, is yet remote. There is, however, not too much time for that public discussion of the subject on which ought to depend in a great measure the shape and form of the promised Reform Bill. Some of our contem poraries have begun to illustrate particular parts of the subject, and we have been re minded, and we think with truth, that even if called to endure the hardships consequent upon war, we shall only so much the more need to con vince the masses that we seek their political co operation in national objects, and not their exclu sion from the pale of that constitution to maintain which they are asked to battle either with taxa tion at home or the foe abroad. Evincing political confidence in the working classes will go far towards reconciling them to privations inflicted by the direct hand of PROVIDENCE, and even to those which the wanton wickedness of the great Northern Despot may yet entail upon them. We have just now, however, a special reminder of our reforming duties by the Liberal Demon stration of Tuesday week at Derby. Not only the speeches on the occasion, but the very occasion itself, wakens up the good old feeling in every Liberal reader. Messrs. Moss and MADELEY were honoured by their fellow-townsmen for their diligence, determina tion, and skill in perhaps the most successful ex posure of bribery ever made without a commis sion. So complete a detection of apparatus, sub ordinates, and master-mover in the scene could hardly have been hoped for, as were furnished to the public by the " Good and safe man," by FRAIL and MORGAN, and finally by "W. B." himself. Probably his imprudences, with those of the late Secretary to the Admiralty, have been more injurious to the party they were meant to serve than even the tactics or abilities of their opponents. In modern times Members of the Government have not been caught so completely flagrante delicto, and it must have been a strong Government indeed which could bear such a shock. Not that preced ing Governments have not been every whit as corrupt if the truth were known, but the truth was not known, not formally known, and that makes a prodigious difference. The meeting reminds us explicitly of one of the oldest points of our political creed, and one in which our belief is stronger than ever—th e B a ll o t. It t was a meeting convened to celebrate vigorous efforts in the cause of purity of elections, and, of necessity, the Ballot could not be forgotten in con nection with electoral purity. We think now, as we have always done, that in the New Reform Bill it is the first thing which the people should de mand. We think it is not presumption to say, that we have so candidly considered and met every argument against it, whether adduced by friend or foe, that we are entitled to consider our case fully made out, that independent voting should be the commencement of all electoral re form. Had we less confidence than we have in the arguments we have used from time to Some of our contemporaries are busying them selves with clever schemes of representation of classes. Such projects read, indeed, well on paper, but we fear they are not at all adapted to the business of life. They would not, we think, work so well in the long run, as giving men their rights as men, and leaving equitable principles to work out their results in practice. Some have pointed to the present strikes as evidence of the unfitness of the masses to share in the representation. We think just to the contrary. Had their Mr. NEWTON or their Mr. COWELL been Members of Parliament, and had their arguments been exposed in debate before the eyes of their dupes, they would have soon shrunk into their proper dimensions. The good sense of English operatives, for the most part, only needs to be fairly appealed to, and both sides to be heard by them. St. STEPHEN'S would have taught them both sides. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 27. The royal dinner party yesterday included the the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William of Hesse Philipsthal, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Belgian Minister, the Austrian Minister, the Countess Colloredo, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de Moerkerke, Baron Prisse, M. Ricken, and the Gentleman in Waiting to the Duke of Cam- bridge. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the castle luring dinner and played the following compositions : Jubel, overture Selection, " Rigoletto" Verdi. Slowranka Kiange Walzer Potpourri, " Lucrezia Borgia" Donizetti. Edinburgh Schottische.. Polka. Hammonia Leutner. Her Majesty's private band attended afterwards, and performed the following selection : Overture, "Egmont" Beethoven• Fantasia; violin, M. Sainton Sainton. Coro, "Il Crociato" Meyerbeer. Scene de Danse, " La Bayadere" Anber. The Queen and Prince, with the King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the Count of Flanders, attended by the Countess of Desart, the Count and Countess Gustave de Lannoy and the gentlemen in waiting, went to London this morning by a special train of the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty drove to Buckingham Palace and after wards visited the Duchess of Gloucester. The Queen and Prince returned to Windsor Castle at ten minutest past two. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred took their usual riding exercise. Prince William of Hesse Philipsthal, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colleredo, and the Earl and Countess of Clarendon left the castle this morning for London. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Atholl and the Marquis of Abercorn have been invited, and are expected to-day. A deputation from the Evangelical Alliance had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The deputation consisted of Sir C. E. Eardley, Mr. G. Hitchcock (London), Mr. John Hen derson (Glasgow), Rev. Dr. Steane, honorary secretary of the Evangelical Alliance; Rev. Dr. Blackwood, LL.D. : Rev. Dr. Bunting, late secretary of the Wes leyan Missionary Society; Rev. P. Latrobe, secretau of the Moravian Missionary Society; Rev. John Angell James (Birmingham) ; Rev. Carr John Glynn, rector of Witchampton, Rev. Dr. Duff, missionary of Free Church of Scotland, Calcutta ; and the Rev. Join Jordan, vicar of Enstone. The Commissioners for Inquiring into the state of the Corporation of the city of London held a meeting yes terday, at the official residence of the First Lord of Ole Treasury in Downing-street. The commissioners pre sent were the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. • GOLD FROM AIISTRALIA.—The British Australian Gold Mining Company have received 287 ozs. of gol d from their Tambaroora Mine, from surface workings, besides various specimens of quartz rock, which will b e analysed at once. The reports from the company's agents are very favourable. VAN DIE3fEN'S LAND COMPANY. Yesterday a special meeting of the Van Dieman's Land Company took place for the election of two directors, when Win. Lynes, Esq., and Jas. Lonergan, Esq., were electedi. The chairman (John Cattley, Esq.) took the opportunitl of saying that the expenses had been now reduced to about 1,5001. for home and the colony, and that their present rental was about 1,8001. a•year. There was 8,0001. to be remitted from the colony, and a balance) of about 5,0001. in Canada. He hoped before long to be able to recommend some division of their fundix amongst the shareholders. The state of the companfo lands was greatly improving. THE WRECK OF THE DALHOUSIE.—A telegraphic me ;- sage received from the coroner of Rye, states that a bed .y body of a female was washed up on the beach of Dyn church, supposed to be one of the Dalhousie's passen gers. She is described to be about 50 years of age ; her linen marked " M.A. U." The initials correspond wit It those of Mrs. Underwood, and a gentleman has bee,a sent down to identify the body. Large quantities cif wreckage have been washed ashore, between Hasting a and Rye, together with several cases, containing velvet and other manufactured goods. The exact position c the wreck has not yet been discovered. She is suppose , a to be lying in 27 fathoms of water. From Geelong we have the following : " Seventy-five men are employed in the You-yangs and vicinity felling timber for the railway, to be delivered on the line. The contractor is Mr. Nickless, of Ashby. " GOLD.-It was reported last eveninz that a second escort had arrived from Ballarat, bringing down half a ton of gold. No escort arrived, nor do we believe that any such quantity is waiting. A goodly amount was left behind, but we have no intelligence of any discovery, or extra yields, to warrant the belief that it amoun t s t o the sum stated. Six thousand ounces is very good for one week, and to our knowledge two hundred ounces brought down by private hand, were sold to one person on Wednesday morning, which shows a steady progres sive improvement. Ballarat is the only gold field at the present time which keeps up an uniform yield. Mount Alexander, Bendigo, the Ovens, and M`lvor, dwindle every week." A private communication fron New Zealand con tains an account of the further research for gold, which has failed to discover anything remunera tive. A party returned with 10 dwts. as the result of a week's labour. Imports have decreased con siderably. Exports have increased thirty per cent. The benefits of the gold had at length reached New Zealand, as instanced by her exports from a people thinned out by Victorian attractions. Labour is in much demand, wages advancing, especially in the timber trade, which is very brisk. Several shippers were looking anxiously to Gee long, but could get no vessels of draught light enough to cross the bar ; besides which, the skip pers stipulate to deliver off Williams Town. Consols opened well this morning upon the in telligence of so much gold having arrived, and and were done at 92, but the information just to hand that hostilities have commenced between Russia and Turkey, and the assertion that the former power is the aggressor—so contrary to what its admirers have predicted—has led to renewed sales of stock, whereby the prices are now lowered to 92 to The New Three-and-a-Quarter Cents. have been quo ted 934- to 93 2 , and the Three per Cents. 9111 to East India Stock has been 1247 to 250. Exchequer Bills are still depressed, having realised is. discount to ls. premium. South Sea Old An nuities bring 991. Foreign Stocks have been very quiet. Spanish Three per cent. Deferred are at 218. Portuguese Four per Cents. bring 40, and the old Five per Cents. 421. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 70k. Mexican Bonds have been firm at 24-g. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have been quoted 97. Dutch 22 per Cents. have been at 62- i l l . The Railway Share Market is extremely quiet, and prices have given way generally in the few in stances where sales have been made. Caledonian have dropped 4to 1, North Western to 1, and Great Western 4 to I. French shares have been about ss. to 10s. lower. The Gold Mine Shares have been steady with moderate purchases, and the Australian Bank and Land Shares are dearer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 41/ 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 93/ 3 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 3-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ........ ............ ....... Ditto, under £lOOO par South Sea Old Annuities . 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 lOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. £1000 £5OO 1 p par 3 p Small 1 p par 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per (lent 4 , 97 Ditto Small Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent. 7O Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 42i Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll2 l- Ditto 4 per Cent 964 7 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9l 90i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2IB Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, per Cent. 12 Guil THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9l s Ditto October Account 9le THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON,Thprsday, October 27, —The Peninsul ar an d O r i e ntal Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Iberia, Captain R. Roberts, sailded to day with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, with 36 passengers—among whom is Sir John Campbell for Gibraltar ; a full general cargo (the largest that has left for the Peninsular ports during the past two or three years), and specie value 1,5251. for Lisbon, and 1001. for Vigo. The next mails from this quarter will be brought by the Tagus, due at Southampton on the 4th proximo. The screw steam-ship Douro, Captain T. S. Russell, also took her departure at two p.m. for Gibraltar, Malta, Smyrna, and Constantinople, with forty passengers, specie value 18,5991. 10s. sd. for the Levant ports, and on freight about 200 tons of measurement goods. The cargo by the Douro was not a full one, owing to the political complications in the East. Among the 40 passengers by this steamer are Lord and Lady A. Hay, the Hon. Captain Gardiner, &c. The City of London, Captain Cargill, from Constantinople, Smyrna, &c., is due at Southampton towards the beginning of No vember. The - United States mail steam-ship Franklin, Captain J. A. Wotton, left Cowes Roads yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon for New York after embarking the semi-weekly American mails, via Southamp ton. The Franklin departed from Havre the same morning, and has nearly 200 passengers and an immense cargo of costly continental merchandise. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steamer Calcutta ar rived here yesterday (Wednesday) morning, and is now discharging her cargo from Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, the Cape, &c., in the Southampton Docks. The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, is appointed to take the next West India and Mexican mails of the 2d proximo, and the Magdalena with the homeward mails, will be due on the Ist of November. The establishment of Mr. John Turner, jeweller, 58 and 59, New Bond-street, was honoured, dining a lengthened visit, by the patronage of their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, accompanied by the Count of Flanders, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, and suite. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1853. time, we should still be disposed to attach all but implicit faith in the testimony of such a gentle man as Mr. COPPOCK. If he cannot instruct us on this subject, we should like to know who can. Mr. BROWN, perhaps, or W. B. and his agents. We are quite sure their testimony would be as decided as Mr. COPPOCK'S, if they wished to give it. Now Mr. COPPOCK distinctly told the commissioners at St. Alban's, and he adheres to this day to his opinion then expressed, that the Ballot is the only thing which offers a chance of purity of election. He believes it would put an end to bribery. We repeat, what can the opi nion of a Cabinet Minister or an Edinburgh Reviewer be worth on this point compared with that of a man to whom information, unreserved confidential information, information at first hand, flows freely from every borough in the kingdom ; who knows the price at which each may be secured, and the persons to whom to apply ; and who has been consulted as to the legality or feasibility of a thousand schemes and dodges ? We should almost be willing to legislate at once upon the honest opinion of one such a thorough master of the subject as Mr. COPPOCK, and our Reform Bill framers may be assured that the country will put much more faith in the firmly avowed conviction of such a man than in all the paltry evasions by which twelve-thirteenths of the Cabinet will, doubtless, excuse their con signing the other thirteenth to Reform Bill insignificance. MONEY MARKET NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. £5O PLATE. A. P. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was flat, and prices had a downward tend ency. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 30 Pernam and Maranham at Gad. to 6d., 20 Bahia 6d., 500 Egyptian at 6d. to 6g., 500 Surat at 31d. to 40., and 30 Sea Island at 2s. to 2s. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were flat. In the Produce Markets this week less has been doing. Tea, however, has been brisk owing to the last advices, and the purchases of this article will have to be made chiefly for cash, British goods being difficult of sale. In tallow there has been less doing, and the firmness perceptible in the week has not been maintained. Iron is in demand for actual wants. Sugar and coffee have been dull and cotton is quieter. The arrival of the Argo steamer from Australia in 64 days, is justly regarded in the City as another triumph of steam navigation, and will go far to dispel the prejudices that have been fostered among old hands by previous mishaps. It is exceedingly important too, that the attempt to come home by way of Cape Horn has proved as successful in the case of a steamer, as of some of the clipper vessels that have made the passage, and that the Argo appears to have had scarcely any need to use her coals, having sailed the greater part of the distance. The voyage is not at all seasons of the yea r agree able for passengers, owing to the excessive co ld w h en Horn,iore but due p rov i s i on b e i ng made,ss of the tim e occup i e d b e i ng rounding a and dCtahpee shortness in some respects compensatory, we may l oo k ere l ong for a removal of the objections entertained, and which were the cause of the Harbinger coming by way of the Cape of Good Hope. A circumstance that will afford great satisfaction, because of the large capital embarked by the shareholders, is the arrival out of the new steamer Victoria, owned by the Royal Australian Mail Company, in a shorter period, reckoning her departure from Gravesend as op posed to that of other vessels from Plymouth, than has yet been recorded. The Australian, another steamer, having gone out very quickly to the Cape of Good Hope, there was some prospect of the com pany not only standing higher in public estimation, but likewise recovering its pecuniary status. The overland letters from Australia will hereafter be very likely to be as long reaching us as by steamer direct. St. Faith Waverley Five ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Seahorse Assault gelding Thirteen ran. NURSERY STAKES. Orson Dead heat for second between Punch Box and St. Spiro. Fifteen ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. lanthe Hunca 11funea Eleven ran. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY--(THIS DAY). THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.-IN RE KIRK. This bankrupt was one of the directors of the pro posed Islington Cattle Market, and having been arrested in consequence of his liabilities, had been made bank rupt, and a petition had been presented in this matter, and bankrupt applied for his discharge. His Honour said he would give his decision at the same time as on the petition in re Westbrook, who had also been a director in the same company, who has dis puted his liability under the bankrupt law. His Honour expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the bankrupt's evidence, and would order his discharge as soon as the case admitted. The desirableness of some extension of the suf frage seems to be acknowledged byall. Even ahot headed Tory clergymen at a public dinnerthe other day declares for enfranchising all his peasants ! The Derby leaders, some of them, openly avowed their readiness to grant a large extension of the suf frage. We apprehend, therefore, the fight for real Liberals will have to be on behalf of an indepen dent and unpurchaseable extension of it—for large constituencies, voting, on the one hand, in freedom from fear, and, on the other, without the power to prove to the corrupter that they voted as they were paid. We do not, however, wish to imply that we are indifferent to enlarging the electoral constituency to the utmost possible extent. The old maxim, that taxation and re presentation should be co-extensive, is both sound in itself, and consonant with English habits ; and as every man pays taxes, it is hard to evade the inference that every man should have a vote. There would be, too, the great convenience of a clear principle. if this course were adopted, and if, as we once be fore suggested, a small poll-tax were made the condition of registration, and the receipt for it the proof of the claim at the hustings, it would most advantageously simplify registration, and verification of right to vote at the poll. We do not at all object, however, to household suffrage, or a rate-book suffrage, provided some exact and stringent regulations were made for registering the names of all persons on the rate-book who virtually, as well as actually, pay rates. Legal men can tell us what an imperfect register they often find the rate-book to be of the actual occupant of a tenement or property. This, how ever, would not be difficult of arrangement ; and if all persons' names stood in the rate-book who held property for which rates were paid, it would approach near enough to universal suffrage to satisfy even the remnants of the Chartists them selves. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Williams.) WILFUL MURDER. Elizabeth Widgery, aged 25, a married woman, was ndicted for the wilful murder of her male child. The prisoner had been in the service of a gentleman residing at Tulse Hill, and towards the close of August her fel low servants suspected and taxed her with being in the family way, but she denied it. Some time later, on the 16th of Sept., the prisoner complained of pain about her body, and said she had the toothache, She was advised to go to bed, and she did so about half-past 8 o'clock in the evening, when she was supplied with medicine and gruel. At a later period of the evening, two of her fellow-servants, who slept in the same room, retired to rest, and directly they got into the room she gave a sudden shriek. One of the other servants asked her what was the matter, and she replied that she was very ill, at the same time requesting her to put her hand under the bed-clothes. The other servant did as she was re quested, and was surprised to find her hand upon, the head of an infant. The prisoner upon this burst into tears, and confessing that she was in the family-way and about to be confined, she asked what she had better do ? Her fellow-servant very naturally thought that the only thing to be done was to send for a medical man, which they did after consulting with their mistress, and when the surgeon arrived he found a new born infant in the prisoner's bed. The child was a healthy one, and thrived for the next two or three days, but on the following Sunday the medical man discovered an appearance upon the throat of the child as if some liga ture had been drawn tightly round it. The prisoner denied all knowledge of it, but the child dying shortly afterwards, a post mortem examination took place, the result of which satisfied the medical man that the child died of suffocation. The prisoner had made no prepa ration for the birth, nor had she evinced any disposition to nourish the child, and the latter circumstance, coupled with the red mark round the neck of the child, led to the prisoner's being given into custody on the present charge. The following are one or two colonial items, but the letters are not yet delivered. A Port Philip journalist states : " The agitation among the diggers for a reduction of the license fee, is assuming a formidable aspect. So long as the gold fields were highly productive, there was little to be feared from any movement of dissatis faction ; but now there is a large mass of disappointed men, who are not only unwilling, but unable, to com ply with the demands of the tax collector. The re-ad justment of the license-fee appears to us to be imperative. The truth is, we believe that during the last six months nine-tenths of the license-fees have been paid, not out of the profits of (Told digging, but from the funds brought to the colony by new arrivals, or from funds the pro ceeds of labour at other pursuits. This cannot last long, The revenue from license-fees is certain to fall to a low figure during the present quarter." Mr. Ribton, who defended the prisoner, insisted, in his address to the jury, that the case depended so much upon circumstantial evidence, that it would be inhuman, if not unjust, to convict the prisoner of the capital offence. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) A RUNAWAY BANKRUPT. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The Emperor, on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, passed in review, on the open space in front of the Palace of Compiegne, four squadrons of the 7th regiment of chasseurs, a battalion of the 36th reg i ment of the line, and four brigades of gendarmery, and distributed several decorations. His Majesty was followed by Marshal Magnan, General de Monte bello, Colonel Fleary, and the Aides-de-Camp on duty. The Marquis of Worcester joined the Im perial suite in a hussar uniform. The troops, and the population assembled around, received the Em peror with the loudest acclamations. Yesterday the Emperor and Empress returned to Paris from Compiegne. The Moniteur Publishes a note on the Eastern question. It is the first time that the official organ of the French Government has made any allusion to the Russo-Turkish quarrel ; and the article in question may be taken as an official programme of the intentions of the French Government. The article is to the effect that the French Govern ment is fully determined not to abandon Tur key in the struggle with Russia, and that the eventuality of war is not only looked upon as probable, but as a matter which France will in case of necessity not avoid. The impres sion in Paris is that the note is an announce ment that the period for negotiation is at an end, and that the period for action has arrived. It is also remarked that this note affords clear evidence of the displeasure felt by the French and English Governments at the attitude assumed by Austria and Prussia in the affair. Notwithstanding the evident caution and studied moderation of the language of the Moniteur, it leaves no further doubt of the part which France will take in the affair, and we may look forward forthwith for vigorous measures befitting the occasion. The ex plication of the Moniteur, coming as it does with the announcement that the squadrons have passed. the Straits of the Dardanelles, is considered a com plete triumph for the Sultan, who declined to grant a firman till he had received assurances of active assistance from the two Powers. A severe struggle took place at the Bourse yester day, between the speculators for a rise and those for a fall, in which the " bears" ultimately obtained the advantage. The Three per Cents. were first called at 72f. 30c., but on a demand for the de livery of 200,000 renter, sold for the end of the month, they rose to 72f. 55c. Heavy sales made subsequently forced them down to 72f. 35c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,146 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 996 f. ; Havre, 480 f ; Great Northern, 836 f. 25c. ? Paris and Strasburg, 891 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 887 f. 25c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 722 f. 50cc. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 575. ; Great Central, 513 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 475 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier. 690 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing despatch from Bucharest, dated Oct. 22:-- " Two Russian steamers and eight gun-boats forced a passage on the Danube on Sunday, and were encountered by a smart fire from the Turkish forts of Isactcha, between Reni and Ismail. The Russians had a lieutenant-colonel, three officers, and twelve men killed, and fifty wounded. They pretend having set fire to the fortress of Isactcha." Advices from Moldavia state that fresh Russian troops are still pouring in and marching to the Danube. The town of Jassy has a garrison of 6,000 Russian troops. Michael Thomas Stacey Welsh, 28, draper, pleaded guilty to an indictment for feloniously not surrendering himself, having been duly adjudged a bankrupt. Mr. Clarkson informed the court that the prisoner had formerly been a draper at Romford, and having ob tained goods to a large amount from a great many of the leading city warehouses—sold his business and stock and absconded to Australia, and in the meantime was adjudged a bankrupt some time after. Mr. Walker, one of the assignees, found that the prisoner had come back to this country, and was taken at Southampton just as he was about to sail for New York, and through his instrumentality between 7001. and 8001. had been recovered. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that in a com mercial community such an offence was of a most serious character, and it was necessary to make a severe ex ample of persons so offending, and had the law stood as it formerly did he should have transported him ; but as he no longer had the power to transport for that. period he should sentence him to four years' penal servitude. THE COMBINATION OF PRINTERS. The grand jury having returned true bills against the six compositors who stand indicted for having com bined t o obtain the discharge of a fellow-workman from his employment, Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Clarkson, who were for the prisoners, jointly applied to have the case postponed until next session. The Recorder said he did not feel inclined to accede to that, but suggested that the case should be tried by the judges as it involved a point of law. It was advis able that the question should be at once settled, and therefore should leave them to apply to the judges, who could, if they thought fit, allow the defendants to tra verse. SERIOUS FIRES. Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of two and three o'clock, a fire, that caused considerable alarm, broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. Sa dding ton and Co., rug manufacturers, carrying on business in the Grove, Guildford-street, Southwark. It originated in the carding-room, on the ground floor, from th e fric tion of the machinery. The engines of the Li mdon Brigade promptly attended, and, the fire was h:tppily confined to the destruction of 3001 b. of jute and some baskets. It could not be learned whether the pro,perty VMS insured. _ . About five o'clock last evening some confusion was caused in Greek-street, Soho-square, owing to a tre mendous explosion of gas taking place in the premises of Mr. J. Bowles, licensed victualler and proprietor of the Coach and Horses Tavern, situate at No , 39, in the before-named street. Such was the force of the explosion that the whole of the facia over the door was blown down, but fortunately no one was injured. Yesterday morning, shortly before 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Mr. W. Samuels, coachmaster,:2B, City-terrace, City-road. It originated from some unknown cause in the ground floor, am ongst a quantity of paint, turpentine, &c., and speedily ex tended to two rooms above. The engines of the Lon don-brigade, and West of England Office, as well as the Royal Society's escapes were soon on the spot, but the flames could not be extinguished until considerable damage was done to the premises and their corrtents. Unfortunately the sufferer was not insured. __---- A fire, attended with a grea t l oss of property, hap pened on Wednesday night in the private residue ce of Thomas Baring, Esq,, M.P., No. 41, Upper Growyenor street, Grosvenor-square. It commenced in the dralsing room amongst a collection of pictures, valued at al early 20,000/. A spark, which fell from a lighted candle., set fire to the covering of the pictures, and then the ames travelled round the room with amazing rapidity.. The engines of the Brigade and parish and the fire-oscapes quickly attended, but the inmates had succeeded in ex tinguishing the fire before their arrival. The damage done, although confined to so small a space, it is feared will amount to some thousand pounds. The pictures were insured in the Royal Exchange Fire Office, THUNDER STORM.—Last evening the metropol is was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storms th at has occurred during the year, and was accompanied wit h rain and hail, which descended in torrents. The afte moon had been particularly close and cloudy, although heavy and refreshing showers fell at intervals, and it W:4B evi dent that the atmosphere was heavily charged with elec. tricity. About 5 o'clock a heavy shower of rain fell; and shortly after the sky was illumined with frequei it and vivid flashes of sheet lightning, each being followe.i. by a peal of distant thunder, which approached nearer on every successive flash. Shortly before six o'clock the storm was at its height, the flashes of lightnim r like those frequently seen in tropical climates, and on e very vivid flash was succeeded immediately by a terrifi( 'crash of thunder, which denoted its proximity. At thi s time the rain fell in sheets, overflowing the foot pay( =tents and inundating the carriage roads to some dept] I. In consequence of the drains and sewers being surch.arged, the surplus water made its way into some cellars Ito the depth of some inches. In Fore-street, Crippl egate, where an excavation has been made for the purpc me of laying down new gas mains, the opening was hal f-filled with water. Shortly after seven o'clock another istorm followed, but not of such a violent character ;us that which preceded it. There can be very little doubt from the terrific nature of the first-mentioned, that s serious damage has been sustained within a very short di stance of the metropolis. Precautionary measures have been taken to pre vent the entrance of Polish travellers into the Danubian Principalities. We learn from Constantinople, dated the 15th, that the Prussian officers employed there as direc tors in the School of Engineers were about to leave for the army. The director, Capt. Schmedt. pro ceeds, with Lieut. Blubme, assistant to Major Kourozowski, and who has displayed much talent, to direct the works of fortifications on the Danube. They proceed by Salonica to Sophia and Nissa, and are accompanied by a number of Turkish officers. The only officer that has remained in the school is Capt. Grunewald, formerly a staff-officer of the Holstein army. All the pupils of the school who could be disposed of have been sent to the army to learn war by practice. The following is from Constantinople, Oct. 13 : —The Greek Patriarch has been invited to attend the sittings of the Privy Council. The Minister of Finance, Mouktar Bey, has resigned his post. Moussa Safetti Pasha has been appointed in his place. A corps of 25,000 Russians has been landed at Redout Kale, with a view, it is supposed, of attacking Batoum. The Siecle says :—" A letter, from London, written by a person in a position to be well !in formed, tells us that the Governments of France and England have charged their ambassadors to declare to the Sultan that the demands of Russia being, really inadmissible, they approved, after examination, of the resistance which Turk e y op posed to the Note of Vienna, interpreted as it has been by the letters of Count Nesselrode. The ambassadors have been, moreover, charged to say, that their Governments had seen with satisfaction that the security of the ChristianS had not been threatened. Lastly, that Lord Redcliffe and M. de Lacour have received orders to declare that the fleets go to Constantinople with the intention of lending to Turkey material and moral co-opera tion' and that in certain foreseen eventualities the fleets will pass into the Black Sea. These explana tions have appeared completely satisfactory to the Porte, which replied that it accepted with gratitude the co-operation generously offered by its allies. On the morning of the 18th, the date of the last tele graphic dispatch, the fleets had not, however, ar rived at Constantinople, but it was thought that they would arrive there on the 19th or 20th. The Turkish government has appointed three moustechars or councilors to the three generals in command of the armies of the Danube, of Asia, and of the frontier of Georgia. These functionaries are to correspond directly with the Grand-Visir and the Minister of War, and are to devote their attention to the administrative affairs of the army. A - letter from Bucharest states that the best un derstanding exists between Prince Stirbey and the Russian government. His son, who commands a Wallachian regiment, is about to enter the Russian service. A Frankfort journal says :—" According to the latest accounts received from the Danubian prin cipalities a collision has taken place between the Turks and Russians. The former have occupied a small island between Widden and Kalafat. In the night of the 15th, the Turks pushed forward a re connaissance, when an exchange of shots took place between the advanced posts, but without any in jury being sustained. The Turks have also occu pied the large island above the fortress, and have manifested an intention to throw a bridge over the second arm of the Danube. Letters from Turnul state - that the - Ottoman troops have not yet ap peared in the neighbourhood of that place, but it is expected that it will shortly become the theatre of war. The merchants and the greater part of the rich inhabitants have left for the interior. The public treasury of Wallachia has been seized in con quence of these circumstances by the Russians, par ticularly the military reserve funds. All the Rus sian army had been ready for some days to com mence its march, but it was not known whether to advance or retire.. Now, however, the matter is cleared up, and important events may be expected. The majority of the Boyard families are preparing to quit the country." AUSTRIA. The Emperor of Austria returned to Vienna on the 20th. The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Vienna, says.—" Two small journals, th e Aus trian Gazette of the People, and the Spectator, have received from the govern or o f L ower A ustr i a a severe warning for having published malevolent articles against the Jews on the occasion of the re cent decree concerning them, and th e y h a v e b een th rea tened with the loss of their licences if they recommence them. The principal journals have also been requested to abstain from any malevolent insinuations relative to the Jews." ITALY. The Piedinontese Gazette of the 24th publishes an address to Count Cavour from the communal coun cil of Tortona, expressive of their regret at the late riot got up against him at Turin. Similar ad dresses have been voted by the com muna l counc i l of Acqui and the municipal council of Novara. The Giornale di Roma of the 17th publishes a treaty concluded with the lonian Government, insuring reciprocity with respect to navigation and other dues in the ports of both nations. The same paper also contains an additional treaty concluded with Belgium, extending the reciprocity already existing with regard to navigation dues to the freight itself in the ports of either nation. SPAIN. From the Madrid journals of the 22d we learn that the Royal Council, having been consulted by the Government, had decided that Bishops could TOMMEY thought it was impossible for any one to cast an eye over the card without at once seeing the mistake, and especially as life subscribers were marked upon it as paying 10/. 10s., and annual subscribers only 11. 19. Lord ERSKINE continued to say, that many persons thought it extraordinary the money was not at once re turned. It was, he should say, of considerable import ance to him, as a man of hon our an d f eel i ng, that this matter should be taken up, and arranged in a proper manner. Some money had been already returned, as the trustees wished to send it back at once ; and he trusted the meeting would support him in arranging the entire subject satisfactorily. Mr. TOMMEY then read letters of apology from Gen. Clarke, Sir Alfred Jones Brydges, Sir J. M'Dougal, and other officers in both services, and also from the officers of the Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He also announced that the executive committee consisted, among other members, of Viscount Combermere, Viscount Lorton, Capt. Lord Clarence Paget, and seventeen others. He then proceeded to read a long report, which set forth the progress of the society, the difficulties it bad to encounter, especially at the h an ds of Mr. Talbot, the secretary o f the Wellington College Testimonial, and recommended that efficient means be adopted to insure its further progress. Lord ERSKINE deprecated, among other passages, that portion of the report which referred in harsh terms to Mr. Talbot and the other society. Mr. TOMMEY said that he had been publicly attacked by Mr. Talbot in the newspapers, and a caution given that the society of which he was secretary had no con nexion with a Mr. Tommey. Now, that he thought was an attack on his character, and the matter was then before counsel to ascertain if he could not obtain redress. Mr. Tommey next read a letter from Lord Clarence Paget, withdrawing from the society in consequence of going on service, and a statement of accounts, audited by Messrs. Harding and Pullens, from which it ap peared that the receipts and donations amounted to 1,3461. 16s. paid up ; the branch subscriptions, 1971. Os. 3d. ; and the unpaid subscriptions, 9561. 3s. 9d.— making in all 2,5001. received. The disbursements were 2931. 3s. Bd. for expenses of management ; 15s. 4d. for the secretary ; subscriptions returned, 3951. 10s., and 5001. laid out in Consols, leaving a balance in bands of 2141. 13s. 9d. By the balance-sheet it appeared that the assets were 2141. 13s. 9d. ; 10/. 10s. from Glynn and Co., a cheque for 401. in the hands of one of the trustees—and the sum in the Consols ; while the liabili ties were 5091. 10s., principally incurred for advertising. Lord ERSKINE asked if there was any claim for law expenses ? When A gentleman, who attended on behalf of Messrs. Ser geant and Justin, said that he had a charge of 3001. against the society. Mr. TOMMEY denied that any more was due than about 301., but the other replied that the society could not have gone on at all were it not that he advanced the money. A long and desultory discussion next ensued, which lasted till five o'clock, when it was at last resolved that the report should be received, after being modified, in accordance with a resolution subsequently passed. That resolution was, that all just claims should be paid forthwith out of the funds of the society, that the balance, if any remaini ng on h and, should be tendered to, if accepted by, the Wellington College Testimonial, and that Lord Erskine, Sir J. Hare, and W. D. Bruce, Esq., be appointed as a committee to carry it into effect. A second resolution was passed, thanking Mr. Tommey for his management of the institution, and adding Mr. Ayres, a creditor, to the committee ; after which, the usual compliment being paid to the noble chairman, the meeting separated. THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL (TOMMEY'S).—We are requested to state that the appointment of Mr. Ayres. the publisher of the Banker's Circular, at the meeting' held yesterday—Lord Erskine in the chair—as one of the committee to examine this unfortunate affair, was proposed by Sir John Hare, of Bristol, contrary to his own private feelings. It is quite true that Mr. Ayres has been represented only as a creditor; but we believe it is entirely owing to the manner in which he exposed the way in which the funds bad been dealt with that ti e public will become acquainted with the true state of the case ; and when it is known that most of the sums sub, scribed have passed through the hands of bankers, and that 4001. are due to the press alone, it has scarcely dove that gentleman justice by making the invidious remarks which have appeared in some of the morning journals. THE BEST FRIENDS TO FRENCH TRADE.—England and the United States are placed at the head of the. great outlets for our manufactures. England fur: niches us to the amount of about 133,000,000 f. t' different articles, among which stand in the first place raw and floss silk, wool, coals, copper, and woven goods, which we re-export for the most part, as they are charged with a heavy import duty. Out of these 133,000,000 f. of imports, 94,000.000 f. at the utmost enter into our own consumption. With England, control to what is the case with Russia and the northern states of Europe, our exports far exceed our imports. Silk and woollen goods occupy the first place in the articles with which we supply our neighbours. These two arti cles alone represent a sum of 123,000,000 f. out of a total amount of 296,000,0001., or 260,000,000 f. mo re than that of the English merchandise which we c on• sume.—Siecle. PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS.—A great hit has been raad e at the Manchester Theatre by the production of a draw: entitled Marco Tempest a . Th e l oca l newspapers V es in terms of high praise o f it, an d say it must have 0 ! t an immense stun to produce a piece of such rnag el ; ficence. The pretty littl e th ea t re at Reading has b e e fl under the management o f a gentleman of gi e at taste and talent, Mr. Hermann Vezin, late of the prig n f cess's Theatre, f or th e pro d uct i on o f the Oar. - t . Shakspere, and, j u d g i ng f rom th e success th a t basal., tended the openi ng , a l ong an d pro fi ta bl e sea son 113 " be expected. not take on themselves to cause prosecutions to be instituted for eertain pql)7i , :.atiorm, by them to be dangerons, without the consent of the Government. M. Calderon Collantes had not accepted the place offered to him in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The Queen in Council had sanctioned different projects ; amongst them is one for the organisa tion of the personnel of the Ministry of the In terior. In the different Ministries, the budgets are being drawn up, and other preparations are being made for the approaching meeting of the Cortes. The presentation of Mr. Soule, the, United States Mi nister to the Queen, was postponed. The Three per Cents. were done at 41g ; the New Three per Cents. at 22 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 91 ; and that of the Second, at 5. GREECE. The following is from Athens, Oct. 21st :—The • Ministers of War and Finance have resigned. A decree provides for the free importation of corn and grain. The Government is desirous of contracting a loan of 5,000,000 drachmas. Cardinal Wiseman has just arrived at Marseilles on his way to Greece. THE "WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL." A. meeting of the subscribers to this fund was called yesterday, at Willis's Great Rooms, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of hearing a report and state ment of accounts read, and of determining what course should hereafter be pursued. Very few, however, of the subscribers attended, the greater number present consisting of claimants in the shape of creditors on the funds. Shortly after one o'clock the chair was taken by the Right Honourable Lord Erskine. Mr. ToMMEY, the secretary, having read the adver tisement mhich convened the meeting, The Noble CHAIRMAN said that the s übscribers to that charitable institution were called together for the purpose of hearing statements made respecting it. He would suggest to Mr. Tommey that he should in the first instance read a report, which bad been prepared, which, though not yet finished, might give them much information. The accounts he was happy to say were audited by a person named by their secretary as one fully competent to do so, and he was obliged to take that course in consequence of the committee not attending to appoint an auditor. Another point to which he wished to direct their attention was one of considerable importance. It appeared that some mistakes occurred in forwarding subscriptions to this society, which were intended for another and for a dif ferent class of men, that being for officers, and their in stitution for the benefit of the men. He had made in quiries on the subject, and he had found that the name of this society was so like the other, that it was quite possible for mistakes to have occurred. Had those who thus sent their subscriptions intimated that they wished to subscribe for an institution for common men only, and not for the officers, the case would be different, but if they only made the mistake by chance, and in conse quence of a similarity of names, it altered the case. For Lis own part he thought their charity was quite as likely to do good as the other, and probably more, be cause officers were i n some respect ta k en care of by the nation. The mistakes might have occurred by rea son of the title which the two societies bore, and because they ran parallel, and did not draw a proper distinction. However that may be, he, as a trustee, should feel very backward in keeping the moneys of persons who sub scribed, merely because they made a mistake in the name of, a society for which they intended it. What he should wish would be, that the proper means should be pointed out of reimbursing them, for neither justice nor equity would sanction any other course. If a mistake in that sense were only made, the money ought to be paid back, and as the sums were not inconsiderable, the question to be decided was, what terms had the parties used in subscribing their money, or did they intend it for officers or men. He (Lord Erskine) understood they never alluded to men, but were misled by the name of the institution. Mr. TOMMY observed, that a card, with a descrip tion of the society, was sent to each subscriber. Lord ERSKINE continued—Yes ; but that was dune after what the French called apres coup. Many of these gentlemen had written to him in very strong terms, and had denounced the proceeding as something very like a " dodge." In his opinion there was no question whatever but the subscriptions given under such cir cumstances ouNt to be paid back, if they could discover a proper form to do so. e4S DAI 13R; C ; t th die fans3 oth 1 4 44 °eal 4th of I our extl De r] Ind