The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANZ. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances, assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Dames, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. BuckstOne. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, - your be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by Messrs. llowe, H. Corri, Chippendale, George Yandenhoff, and Miss Reynolds. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha• Teeters by Messrs. Howe and Bnekstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs After which, LOVE'S ALARMS.. Characters by Messrs. W. Farrel", Corn, and Compton ; Miss Emily O rm onde, Miss E. Romer and Miss Featherstone. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CnAlLss KLAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Chester, Ryder, Graham, and Everett ; Miss Heath and Was C. Leclercq. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING. Nov. 23, Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), wdl. in the end, show Wright.TO KASE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. ght. T o be followed by A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster,--Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS ETENING. Nor. 23, Ivill be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Yard Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Wool & -car, &c. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A BMW." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, Will be perfored PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mt F. Robso m n and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, a n d Mesdames A. Wigan. iVyndlinucn. T o conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ."-----A.STLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Great and Glorious Success of THE INVASION OF RUSSIA. The Review and Advance of the French Troops—The Conflagra tion of Moscow—The Stow Storm, and Retreat of the French army, have been n►ghtly received with unbounded approbation. SECOND WEEK of the Re-appearance of Mr. A L FRED COOKE. indisputably the Premier Horseman of the Day, whose Matchless and Daring Act on Four Horses is the perfection of equestrian art. Miss EMILY COOKE, the Wonder of the Weld, will repeat her astounding FLIGHT through SIXTEEN BALLOONS. Third Appearance of the Equestrian Clown, Mr. G. ADAMS, the Grimaldi of the day. The Finished and Talented Equestrienne, Madlle. MASATTA, will appear during the week. The Scenes of the Arena, introducing for the Third Time (on ore evening) the SIX Unrivalled CLOWNS of this Establishment. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, (And during the week), NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA; Or, The flaming of Moscow. Followed by Feats of Equestrianism in the ARENA, unrivalled in Europe. Concluding with the First Act of JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Phaeton. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuns DAY —Morning 13 min.after 6 I Evening 39 min.aft. 6 To-Moßaow—Morning 11 min.after 7 I Evening 46 min.aft. 7 THE WEATHER.—Smq OFFICE, Nov. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'27—falling. WIND, W..—Thick fog, which commenced yesterday evening, and still continues. t i c§34314, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1853, Victory continues to declare itself on the side of the Turks both on the European and on the Asiatic Continent. Hitherto, the forces of the SULTAN have nowhere suffered discomfiture. Stra tegic motives may have induced them to retire a while in the presence of the obvious numerical superiority of their antagonists, and the marshy nature of the country, consequent upon the sud den inundation of the Danube. But, it must even in those instances be particularly borne in our recollection that the Turkish soldiers have only withdrawn to the position previously occu pied on the right bank of the Danube after having reaped the laurels of success in more than one memorable engagement. Allusion is here, of course, made to the movements of the division which crossed over the river opposite Oltenitza, and then recrossed into Bulgaria directly intelli gence was received of the advance made by the Russian army from Bucharest, and the despe rate effort at concentration urged upon his Cossack followers by GORTZCHAKOFF. Elsewhere, indeed, the course taken by the military armaments of the Porte have been invariably in an onward di rection. Neither at Braila nor at Widdin has the march been retrogressive. On the contrary, the main body, which passed the Danube in the last mentioned locality, has since then pushed forward even beyond Kalafat, while the forces which ad vanced into Wallachia in the neighbourhood of Brahilon (otherwise Ibrail or Braila) have evi denced a disposition to press on towards Bonseo, so as still more effectually to preclude the Rus sians from retreating beyond the river Sereth, so as to cross, if necessary, by Galatz, to a safe re tirement in Bessarabia. At Oltenitza alone has the course of OMER PACTIA'S tactics had the mo o _ mentary appearance of being retrograde. Let it not be forgotten, moreover, that even there the pa ssage of the Turks from the left to the right bank of the Danube has been proved, beyond the possi bility of a doubt, to be one of choice, and not of necessity, by its being effected without the slightest molestation. Added to which, it must be observed that, while the advance of the SULTAN'S forces in that quarter may be said to have been at the pas de charge to two successive victories at Oltenitza, their temporary retreat has been accomplished with the utmost de liberation, and has been a withdrawal, in fact, to the little island situated about mid way in the current of the Danube, di rectly in front of Turtukai, and not, as was at first intimated by the Russian in formants of the French Consul at Bucharest, to the main land of Bulgaria. Upon that island the Turkish soldiers appear to have firmly esta blished themselves with a formidable battery of forty hea— vy guns, p repare d at any emergency to dispute th e passag e of the river by their Musco vite antagonists. Meantime a startling success has a g ain sig nalised the prowess of the Osm an li s in again sig nalised the prowess tue Osmanlis in Asia—_jf credit can be att ac h ed ward in the Austrian to the assert i on put for- Correspondence. Accord ing to that journal, the Turkslad achieved an other advantage in Georgia, ho• avin ,„ somewhere between Gemni and Altazich, Sig n ally defeated and driven back the Russian f orces under General BARATYNSKI. Contradictory reports have, never theless, thrown considerable doubt on this affair, so that delay is advisable until additional details have been received, before counting upon the decisive nature of the result of this notable struggle between the belligerents. Whatever the upshot may really be of this particular conflict in Georgia, there cannot be much hesitation as to the strength of the Turks and the weakness of the Russians in those portions of the Asiatic Continent. The ynintary forces of the Ciilz now in the Danubian Principalitie are noto- k o T , riously known to be sickly, ill-fed, and, generally speaking, in a dreadful state of disor ganisation. That such is actually the case, the world has been enabled to see beyond the chance of being deceived by unwarrantable exaggerations. The magnitude of the disorder h er e imputed t i o t the n Muscovites in Moldo-Wa llachia has been proved by the reiterated defeat sustained by their advance-guard in Moldo-Wallachia--by the repeated triumph of the Turks at Oltenitza, and by their easily accomplished retreat across the Danube without molestation. If such is actually the condition of the Russian soldiers along the southern frontiers of the Principalities—how much more certain is the incapacity of their com patriots for a contest with Turkish enthusiasm along the boundaries of the SULTAN'S Asiatic domi nions ! So obviously vulnerable, indeed, is the army of the AUTOCRAT in the latter direction, that we already hear it intimated that France and England, in the event of their ultimately partici pating in the struggle, will inevitably direct their maritime energies, in the first instance, to those shores of the Black Sea nearest to the disaffected regions of the Caucasus ! And this, with the enormous temptations held out in quite different directions, in the direction of the Crimea, and in that of Bessarabia, in the stores of Odessa, and in the dockyards of Sebas topol ! No—it were preposterous to regard with any degree of serious anxiety the situation of the Turkish forces in the vicinity of the Asiatic pos sessions of ABD - UL - MEDJlD—whatever at this par ticular moment may have been the fate of the Russians under BARATYNSKI. If solicitude must be felt in any quarter for the troops of the SULTAN', it must be along the extreme southern point of Wal lachia. The principal portion of the Turkish army, after crossing the river at Widdin, is known to be strongly and comfortably settled in the neighbour hood of Kalafat. Another body of troops owning allegiance to the Porte, everybody is by this time aware, has contrived to occupy a good posi tion lower down the Danube, at Braila, so as to intercept the Russians under GORTZCHABOFF in the event of their falling back towards Moldavia. It is towards the vicinity of Oltenitza that our attention must turn, if anywhere, with feelings of eager curiosity and solicitude. There, how ever, we have already seen, that the Turks have contrived to be twice victorious, and after their last successful engagements with their antagonists, and (observe this !) when it perfectly well suited their own convenience, they have contrived, more over, to withdraw deliberately to the right bank of the Danube WITHOUT MOLESTATION ! Leaving, as we have seen, on their way back to their old position, a strong body of men with forty pieces of heavy ordnance in the little island situated in the middle of the stream immediately opposite Turtukai ! So much for the actual situation of affairs at the Seat of War—a situation as propi tious for the SULTAN as it is ominous for the AUTOCRAT. It is proposed to enfranchise the counties from Landlordism by giving them the borough fran chise. Ten-pound householders in counties are affirmed to be the very cream of the community. " Free from personal interest or ambition, re moved from the corrupting influences of great towns, passing their lives in quiet and in ease, without anything to inflame the passions or warp the judgment, these men are peculiarly competent to form and express sound opinions on public affairs." Perfect political philosophers, in short ; and what better can be done than to make them the sole electoral constituency for the kingdom ? The borough constituencies, and the present county electors too, should present their humble petition to the county ten-pound householders to relieve them from the charge of electing members of Par liament. The towns should come deploring their "corruption," and, still worse, their "democracy," the counties lamenting their hopeless serfdom, and both should implore the men of " quiet and ease" to condescend to burden themselves with the Go vernment of the nation. They, of all classes in the kingdom, are best able to save their unhappy country, now likely to be torn to pieces in the battle between the " unbridled democracy of our towns" and the " artificial and factitious oligarchy of the counties." They ought to be emphatically the SoLom called to aid in a new Reform Bill ; indeed, the shortest way would be to pro pose as the title of the new measure, "An Act for transferring the electoral franchise to the Ten pound Householders in counties," or briefly, "The County Ten-pound Householders' Act." The pre amble might state, that " Whereas the landlords in counties will regard their tenants' votes as landlords' property, and towns will return cotton spinners and Radicals to the House of Commons, whereby long debates do ensue, to the great weariness of Mr. SPEAKER and others, and Coa lition Cabinets are plagued - with inconvenient questions, and whereas county ten-pound house holders are found to be endued with every poli tical virtue under heaven—be it enacted," &c. The sober truth is, that a picture diametrically the reverse of that drawn by our contemporary, to whom we have alluded, is, we believe, the just one. There are, no doubt, in counties many per sons of the class he describes, retired tradesmen and officers, professional men, and the leading in habitants of small towns ; the three former as Conservative as he wishes by nature, the last by circumstances and necessity. They are, altogether, however, not a large class, and assuredly a class most opposed to progress. Their political merits would certainly not lead us to advocate an increase of the number of county members, because they had been endowed with the franchise. They are not enough implicated in the business of practical life to be concerned to clear the way for the men of action. They look upon all public affairs through the most contracted medium, and should rather be designated as men of stiff and unen lightened than unwarped judgments. Very re spectable persons, no doubt, some of whom take rather long credit, though most of them duly settle their accou n t s at Christmas ; but not per sons, we ima g i ne, very familia r w ith th e t ra d e and navigation r e t urns, though regu l ar l y not i ng the price of Consols--persons, in fact, who were j u d gment Trade, ad exactly born and brought up bef ore the days of Parlia mentary Reform, or, at least, of Free who at f u , ought, of course, to enjoy the full r i g h ts of citizens the but salt l ho would oro electoral e o e t t be,ra con in our- stituottcy. idinei The pre sent county members would have every One of their votes. The grand error of the picture we have alluded to is one of defect. Persons of the class just de scribed, out of harmony as they are with the age, are but a small part of those who would be co m , prised in the enlargement of suffrage proposed. The vast majority of county ten-pound house holders would be a mere increase of the number of each landlord's electoral serfs ; they would con sist of village tradesmen as absolutely at the land lord's disposal as the farmers themselves. The village population is the most numerous population of the counties. And who are the ten-pound house holders in a village ? Why, besides the farmers, try village. According to the size of the place there are more exceptions, but, generally speaking, the electors of small agricultural towns and bo roughs must go with the landlords. Of course, we shall be asked whether we then, as Liberals, object to extending the county fran chise. Our answer is very short. We do not ob ject to, we demand, a real extension ; but we repudiate a sham. We would grant a yet wider extension willingly enough, but it should be by an increase of the number of independent voters, not of the number of land lords' tools. The proposed extension would only strengthen the power of the lords of the soil by widening its base. Election agents would still poll landlords, not farmers and tradesmen. The " quiet and easy livers" would spontaneously vote with the squires ; the farmers and tradesmen must do it. And yet, on the ground of more voters being put into their hands, the landlords are to ask for more members ! It really reminds us of the principle adopted in the Slave States of Ame rica, where though of course no slave has a vote, yet they are to a large extent included in the po pulation estimates, according to which the number of members to each State is allotted. The more slaves in a State, the more representatives it has ; and it would seem the more voters the landlords can have placed at their disposal, the more county members we must have—the slaveholders and landlords being the only real voters in the respec tive cases. Very plausible ; but it will not do. No, we mean to have independent voting to begin with. That is the flag which all real Re formers must nail to the mast. Give county voters the Ballot, or any other efficient protection, and then give votes as freely as you please. With out this all else is but " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." A mockery to the voter to whom I you offer a vote, indeed, but a vote which both he and you know he dares not use as he pleases ; a delusion in the aspect of liberality which it pre sents to those who demand an extension of poli tical freedom ; and a snare to the conscientious elector, who is tempted to warp his judgment to the necessities of his position. Our Peelite and Whig Reformers may flounder as long as they please amidst a flood of ingenious proposals and suggestions, all intended to stave off the real thing, but the country we think will not be so easily gulled. Any measure which does not secure in dependent voting and large constituencies, which does not vastly enlarge the number of England's freemen, and make them freemen not in name but in reality, will be sure of a fate as ignominious as that of the Whig abortion of 1852—it will be consigned to its grave without funeral rites and without a monument. d easy ), and here and there on e of - the " quiet an class above adv er t e d t o , th e v ill age s h o pk ee per, the publi c an, th e bl ac k sm ith , th e carpenter, the wheelwright, with perhaps a neat dwelling or two tenanted by widows or single ladies, who, of course, must wait the establishment of " women's rights" In England before their legislative judgment will be in requisition. Not one of these dare vote against the surrounding landlords any more than the poor farmers themselves ; yet they would, we have little doubt, constitute three-fourths of the proposed addition to the county electors. The larger part of the other fourth would be the prin cipal pers ons i n small towns ; the few of these who are not in tr a d e b elong ' to the "quiet and easy living" Conservatives, but the tradesmen of such towns are, as the rul e , as much concerned to pleaze the adjacent landlords as those of the c0w1...! THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1853 LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. which we confide to its responsibility until further orders. " GREGORY ALEXANDER GRIKA. "Jassy, Nov. 18." A private letter from Constantinople, of the 9th inst., announces that news had been received of the Turco-Egyptian squadron, of whose operations Trebizond is the centre. It is stated f hat a divisiOn of that squadron, composed of the Egyptian ship of-the-line Fayoum, the Turkish ship-of-the-line Fevysen, and the frigates Fadoullab. and Sirigiad, had perceived a Russian division proceeding to land supplies at Poti. The Russian ships, inferior in number, had escaped in consequence of a thick fog ; but a transport, laden with troops, had run aboard a Russian frigate, and went down. The Turco-Egyptian squadron kept a strict watch on the coast of the Black Sea, from Trebizond to Redout Kaleh, in which district the army of Abdi Paella is operating. A Turkish garrison I p ia la d ce b d ee in n stationed in fort St. Nicholas, and it was an excellent state of defence. It is ascertained that the Russians are inferior in number in that country. We read in the Patric :—" All the letters which have been received from Vienna to-day confirm the accounts of the capture of Krajowa by the Turks. The town was not taken, as has been stated, with out firing a shot, but after a warm rencontre with the Russians under General Fischbach. Krajowa, a town in Wallachia, is situated on the left bank of a small river called the Chyl, only a short dis tance from Kalafat. It has a strong fort well placed, and which, although in a bad state, would powerfully aid in its defence. It is announced that, according to the last accounts, Omer Paella is to fortify himself with a body of 40,000 men in the triangle between Kalafat, Krajowa, and Nara cat. He will thus secure his communications be tween the two banks of the river, and establish a very strong basis of operations to act in Lesser Wallachia." As the Constantinople letter of the 7th in the Wanderer contains much matter which appears to be incorrect, it will, instead of being given in ex tense, be worked up into the following summary of news from the east. We read in the paper just mentioned, that the French and English Ministers had presented notes to the Porte, in which it was declared, " that France and England would stand by the Porte, although they could not act on the offensive against Russia. The sentence is given as it stands in the original, but what its real meaning is no layman can pretend to say. M. de la Cour disapproved of Omer Pacha's passage of the Danube. " The English ambassador, who will let the British fleet enter the Black Sea, to protect the coast against any attack on the part of the Russians, has offered vessels for the transport of troops to the Asiatic coast." It is learned, from Odessa, that the Ist and 2d Infantry Corps will advance towards the Pruth, and Poland be occupied by the gUard and grenadier corps. On the 7th, the whole of the Turco-Egyptian fleet was to enter the Black Sea with orders to attack the Russians wherever they might be found. Suleiman, who appears to be the wisest of pashas, has placed the rlemahs and Christian priests i n Aleppo on the best possible foot ing. On the sth Namik Pasha left Constantinople on board of a French vessel. On the Gth, the Turkish, French, and English Admirals held a con ference on board the Mahmoudie. It is said that a part - of the Turkish fleet will go to Batoum, and four French and English steamers cruize off the Russian coast. The strength of the army on the Asiatic-Russian frontier is about 70,000 men, of whom one-third are regular troops. 24,000 are at Batoum, under. Selim Pasha, and 46,000, under Abdi Pasha, on the frontier of Grusia. As horses or oxen could not be procured to draw the artillery, the inhabitants of the different districts relieved each other, dragging 30 guns, weighing 1,500 cwt., all the way from Trebizond to Kars. The English are said to display a singular longing to try whether Sebastopol is really impregnable. " The arrival of French and English auxiliary troops has been officially promised by the representatives of the Western Powers." The information contained in this last sentence is of a very questionable kind, but it cannot well be omitted. From Belgrade we learn that on the morning of the 14th an important event occurred there. The new Russian. Consul-General, who arrived there three weeks ago, took down his flag and was to leave Belgrade on the morrow. The Servian Go vernment, after a great deal of hesitation and un questionable embarrassment, thus makes a public acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the Porte, and an announcement of the determination not to co-operate with Russia at present. The Councillor of State, de Munich, came to Belgrade three weeks ago with aletter from Count Nesselrode to the Prince, accrediting him on the Russian part as Con ul-General, but of course without any berat or exequatur from the Porte addressed to the Pasha of Belgrade. The Servian Government was there fore in a very great embarrassment ; for although the Russian agent was technically no consul, and could not be so in the dominions of the Porte, yet the power that Russia has frequently developed in this principality, and the incontestable prestige of Russia among the people, made the Gov ernmen t pause before they put an affront on the Russian agent, who had, avoiding the Turks, sought to establish himself, not only not within the purely local Turkish district of Belgrade, nor even in the mixed district, but in the purely Servian one. A few days ago the Prince paid him a state visit in full uniform in return for his presenta:ion, and M. de Muchin himself, aware of his equivocal position, had gone in uniform t o th e P r i nce , b u t only in plain cothes to the other Consuls-General, and when informed by the Servian Government that the Pasha would require his expulsion, he answered that " Servia had only to pay her tribute to the Porte, which was an acquit tance in. full of her obligations to Turkey." The Servian Government in all this painful crisis, having gone upon the principle of speaking fair to both Russia and the Porte, and avoiding a colli sion with either, has at length, as far as forms go, cut the Gordian knot, and th e P as h a o f Belgrade, backed by the Consuls of England and France, having distinctly told the Government here that an agent of Russia on Ottoman ground was no Consul without his berat or exequatur, and that, moreover, his presence after actual war had com menced was an abnegation of the Porte's Suzerain rights, and that M. de Muchin . himself, remaining on Ottoman ground, placed himself hors de la loi Internationale. The Prince has very prudently yielded to the indisputable soundness of these reasons, and M. de Muchin has been requested to withdraw (which he has done with a very good grace), having said that, being unprovided with a credential to the Pasha, his diplomatic position was incomplete. He goes to Semlin. The following letter has been addressed to the journals : " I feel myself compelled by a sense of duty to con tradict all the accounts which have given to General Prim a command in the Turkish army. When I quitted the general I left him full of gratitude for the atten tions which had been lavished on him by the Sultan, and by the principal personages in the empire ; but the ques tion was never entertained of his entering the Turkish service—a thing morally impossible, seeing that there vas never an instance of a Christian commanding an Ottoman corps d'armee ' and that it was n o t p ro b a bl e that the general would renounce the brilliant position which he held in his own country. The recent news which I have received from him proves to me that he has followed with impetuosity the movements of the armies, exposing himself with his officers to the thickest of the fire ; but I can assure you that he has never de parted from the instructions which lie has received from his Government. You will oblige me by inserting this letter in your estimable journal. (Signed) " Marquis DE SERAVALLE, Secretary of the Special Mission presided over by General Prim.' FRANCE. The subject of the coronation of the Emperor is again mooted ; and it is believed that the ceremony will be performed on the anniversary of the mar riage, the 29th of January, by the Archbishop of Paris, who will have previously received a car dinal's hat. The rumour also prevails of a projected marriage between the young King of Portugal and the daughter of the King of the Belgians, who is now in her 14th year, Dom Pedro V. is in his 17th. The Count de Walewski left Paris on Monday night for London, after a stay at Fontainebleau of only two days. It is understood that he has not only received instructions from the Government as to the course it means t) take with respect to the Eastern question, but that he is the bearer of an offensive and defensive treaty—or, more properly speaking, a treaty of pacification—which has been agreed to between England and France, and in which the other European Powers will be invited to join. It remains to be seen whether the Northern Powers will submit to this sort of arbi tration. Among diplomatists it is thought that the plan will be as unsuccessful as the negotiations at Vienna, or the conferences at Olmutz. The news that the English and French fleets had entered the Black Sea has created au immense sensation in Paris ; and the fact is confirmed by other telegraphic despatches which have reached Paris direct from Vienna. On the other hand, it is confidently stated that the Emperor of Russia, on learning that his troops had met with a defeat, gave immediate orders to Prince Gortschakoff to assume the offensive. Reports were current yesterday of an insurrec tion at Lyons, caused by the high price of bread. It has already been m en tioned that the cholera has shown itself in Paris. The number of cases does not exceed nine a day, and the disease is con fined to the sth, Bth, 9th, and 11th arrondissements. A Council of Ministers was held at Fontaine. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 22. The Queen, with the Duchess of Brabant, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, rode in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Duke of Brabant, attended by the Count by the Count Gustave Lannoy, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, left Windsor at eight o'clock this morning for Cambridge. M. Van de Weyer accompanied the Royal party. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left the Castle to-day for London. Lord de Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West have succeeded Lord Waterpark and Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as Lord and Groom-in- Waiting. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Friday next, the 25th inst., at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to his residence, St. James's Palace, yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT TO CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 22. His Royal Highness the Chancellor, accompanied by the Duke de Brab an t, an d a tt en d e d b y M. Van de Weyer and the Hon. Colonel Grey, arrived here at 11 o'clock this morning. The Prince and suite proceeded to Trinity College-lodge, where he occupies the Royal apartments. On alighting from his carriage he was received by the Master, Dr. Whewell, and the senior fellows of the Col lege, in the entrance hall. At half-past 11 the Royal party proceeded to the chapel of Trinity College, where the chief object of attraction is the statue of Sir Isaac Newton, by Roubilliac ; thence to the Library, where the statue of Lord Byron, by Thorwaldsen, commands uni versal admiration. It being thenl2 o'clock, the party pro ceeded to Professor Sedgwick's geological lecture, where the professor, in one of his happiest moods, proceeded to exhume the monsters of former ages—the mastodon and the megatherium ; and conchidee a brilliant lecture by some appropriate compliments to the Chancellor and the Duke de Brabant. The Prince then proceeded to visit the colleges in the following order :—St. John's, Jesur, Sidney, Magdalene, St. Catharine's Hall, and St. Peter's. He was received in each college at the gate by the Society, attended by the undergraduates in full academic costume, and who, at his entrance and departure, greeted him with a hearty cheer. The reception took place at 5 o'clock at Trinity-lodge, at which nearly all the noblemen and members of the Senate were present. The dinner at the Vice-Chancel lor's at half-past 7, besides the Royal party, comprised the Heads of Colleges, Professor Sedgwick, the Regis trar, the Esquire Bedells, &c. If the evening be clear, the party will proceed after dinner to the Observatory. The Prince will preside at the Congregation to-morrow morning, when a degree will be conferred upon the Duke de Brabant ; after which he will proceed to visit the re mainder of the Colleges, and will take his departure at 4 o'clock. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers pre sent were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil liam Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. We regret to learn that Lady Caroline Sandford is lying in a hopeless state of health at Buckingham-house, Brighton. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Earl of Harrington, and Mr. and Lady Jane Repton, are in attendance on their afflicted relative. His Excellency Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bom bay, has left Paris for Marseilles, where his lordship embarks for Malta to join the Euxine steamer en route to the Presidency. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are among the recent arrivals at Florence. The Marquis and Mar chioness of Normanby, Viscountess Dillon, and Mr. and Lady Susan Smith, are also residing in the same city. THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD AND THE ORLEANISTS.— The reported fusion of the Legitimists and Orleanists, gains, it would appear from our accounts from Vienna, confidence there. It is said that the Count de Chambord is to be recognised as the legitimate heir to the crown. In case of the Countess's death, he agrees not to marry again. If he dies childless, the Count de Paris is to be the successor to the present Pretender. HAYTI.-By a recent decree the Emperor of Hayti admits Protestant Bibles, Testaments, and books into his island free of duty. PROGRESS OF HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.—Very rapid progress is being made in the new harbour works at Holyhead, and it is expected that the contractors will be able to complete them in the required time, August of next year. When completed, it is expected the harbour will afford an ample return for the capital expended on its formation. It has already been largely resorted to as a place of shelter for vessels during the past year. o meetingts tnee ß pi \ ips E ml Po Duke an n okrd E eqoa s s fuyu E oi C, N pfs poTtohlnAfyesTelltHrovhvNeooanrto. Beaufort, vacancy r esejaat enaen E lsrdee. ye A t GLOUCESTERSHlRE. 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These purchases, moreover, by redu • li a bilities of the Government for th e p ay the ann ua l render its future wants less, and thus create m at e e nt of interest, argument for the advocates of lower taxat/ u additionalonAfur ther point upon which stress is laid consists in the an ticipations of an extraordinary trad e w i t h England, owing to the conjoint demand for breadstuffs and cotton. Hitherto, when a fa ilure of the harvest ha s occurred it; England, the advantage derived by the United States for their increased shipments of flour has been in a great degree counteracted by a lessened demand for co tt on , consequent upon the impaired means of the population on this side ; but at the present time, owing to the prosperity which, through ou r altered commercial sys tem, has been rendered compatible even with a scarcity of food, the markets for cotton and breadstuffs are si multaneously active. Hence a more profitable export trade than has ever before been experienced is confidently looked for, and, as this is certain to be followed by a liberal expenditure on manufactured goods, the impor tations, it is contended, will be augmented in nearly the same! degree, and the Customs' receipts proportionably raised. A -DENSE LONDON FOG. Probably for many years so much confusion has not prevailed in the metropolis as was caused last night, when one of the most dense fogs ever witnessed com pletely enveloped the whole of London and suburban districts, causing a complete stagnation to the general traffic throughout the thoroughfares. At one time, be tween eight and nine o'olock in the evening, the great lines of route leading to the South-Western, the Great Northern, the North-Western, the Eastern Counties, and Great Western Railways, were blocked up by a vast number of vehicles conveying passengers and goods to the various railways. The different omnibuses on the several lines were for some time obliged to be preceded by men carrying lighted links, but at length the vehicles were obliged to stop altogether, and by that means the greatest confusion was created, so that it was a work of no little danger for a pedestrian to cross any of the roads. The different vessels proceeding on the river with the tide had to be moored in the roads above bridge ; the watermen and lightermen, however, in several instances, being unable to see the buoys, had no alternative left but to allow their craft to drift along with the tide, and several vessels were driven against the piles of the bridges, and it is feared that some of the watermen hive met with watery graves. The greatest care was obliged to be taken by the officials of the railway companies in starting the trains, and also in seeing that the London termini were kept clear for the expected incoming trains. At day break this morning the fog still continued to hang over the metropolis, and it became denser as the hours advanced, until by one o'clock the whole of London was enveloped in such a cloud of darkness that traffic on the railways and the Thames was almost at a stand still, and business in the different shops and elsewhere could only be carried on by the aid of gas light. We have not yet heard of any casualty. LAW IN TELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE C. W. MATTHEWS. The bankrupt was described as a butcher, &c., at Woolwich, and to-day was appointed for consideration of his certificate. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. W. R. Buchanan, appeared for the assignees ; but the bankrupt not having paid the fees for insertion of the advertisement, it be came necessary to adjourn the meeting. It is a point in dispute, whether, under the act, the Court is not bound to cause the insertion of the advertisement out of the funds of the estate, if any, and it is usually the case that the money is subsequently returned to the bank rupt. An audit meeting took place, but the proceedings were devoid of interest. There were no cases before one o'clock. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) CLARK V. HELLYARD.-IMPORTANT TO THE COMMERCIAL WORLD. This was an action to recover the sum of 181. on a cheque for money lent. Plaintiff also claimed interest. Plaintiff was called, and proved the loan of the amount, and produced a cheque for the same, but which had not been paid. The Learned Secondary said that the loan was proved in his opinion, but he could not allow interest on a cheque unless notice had been given of the intention to claim it, it was different from a Bill of Exchange or promissory note—a cheque would only be taken as cor roborative of the loan. _ _ Mr. Oliver, the plaintiff's solicitor, said that the de• fendant had had notice on the back of the writ, and put in an affidavit of the service of the writ. The Learned Secondary held that was insufficient. Mr. Oliver then claimed to be sworn, and proved that the defendant called on the previous day, and said that if he would wait till this morning he would pay the bill and interest, and any charges. The Learned Secondary said he considered that that would be sufficient. A juror said, he for one, would not give a verdict for interest contrary to the usage of trade, and he was sup ported in that view by some of his brother jurymen, be sides there was no proof o f th e presentat i on of the cheque. Tile Learned Secondary said that was unnessary, for the plaintiff's evidence would have been sufficient with out the cheque at all, but the verdict was entirely for the jury, on the evidence which stood uncontradicted. The jury after a short consultation gave a verdict for the debt and interest. SPORTING NOTES. NOTES ABOUT NEWTON. Neither pleasure nor profit is likely to attend the Newton Meeting. Few representatives of the Ring wilt " assist" at the celebration, and even the power ful attraction of the steeplechase will be scarcely suffi cient to induce the most ardent lover of excitement, and the most inveterate sightseer to encounter "the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind," in the pursuit of sport. Little information is to, be gathered respecting the events to be decided, although ruinours of "good things" and private arrangements are rife. In the legitimate turf market they have not been touched upon, and at the list houses the transactions on them have been very limited. For the Hurdle Race Theodine and Oxford have been backed, and the latter, it is whispered, is " going for the money." Not having yet seen the " selling-price deductions," lam of course unable to deliver an opinion on the chance of the probable competitors. Some investments have been made on Solyman and Bethgelert, for the Handicap Plate. Reports of " queer understandings" have, however, discouraged the backers of Bethelgert, whose light weight was ,perhaps his only recommendation to favour. Effie Deans, the Helena gelding, the filly out of Thalia, and Roger Thornton, are the only other animals that have received support. The most formidable horses in the race will perhaps be Solyman, Effie Deans, and the Thalia filly. The Colliers' Handicap is said to be " a certainty," for the three-years-old Maid of Monton filly. The Steeplechase, I dismiss without comment. November 23, A FRESH MAN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W. ; light airs ' and calm, with thick fog. DEAL, Nov. 22.—Arrived—Const ance , f rom Si ngapore; George, Charleston ; Jacob Grosse, New York ; Britannia, eastward. E.N.E . A O ; Quebec ; Marchioness of Queensberry, do. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Hyderabad, Adelaide, S.A. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.- 4 W . i m. nd ,s , N s. . s E p . y to , rived—Germania, from Callao • Paragon, Quebec. Sailed Sisters, from Labrador. Port—Moffatt, Margaret, to—o to, ffN a ot f tv o .r from2 N 2. York;Arr 22.—Arrived — Sisters, v e Bombay.d DARTMOUTH, Nov. 22 . —Wind, N.B. Arrived—Emelie, from Whampoa. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22 . —Wind, E. Arrived—Pax, from Bahia, for Bremen ; Isabell a Jamaica ,• Sir T. Gr es h am , London, for Adelaide. Sailed—Marchioness of Douglas, Valorous, do.; H.M.S. Desperate, do. OffPort—Desmond, for Sierra Leone; H.M.S. Imperiense, westward ; H.M.S. from Grimsby ; Pegasus, Amsterdam, for New York. NEWPORT, Nov. 21.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Graf von Schliefers, from London, for St. Thomas ; Worthy of Devon, Gloucester, for New York. ABERDOVER, Nov- 22 .—Arrived—Ide, from Quebec. ABERYSTWITH, Nov. 21.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Ann Davies, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind, E.S.E., fresh breezes, and fine. Arrived—Pilade, from Bahia ; Jane Clark, Ha vannah ; Wards, Galatz ; Mari a , P a t ras ; J ane M ay, d o. WISBY, Nov. 10.—The Juno, of Hull, has been assisted Slitohaum, with damage, having been on s h ore .—Th e Choice, of Shields, from Cronstadt to London, got on a reef off Fahludd, on the 11th Nov., and is a-wreck ; crew landed ; part of the ship's stores, materials, and cargo, are expected to be saved. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 21. Wind, Arrived— Sarah Huntley, from New York, for Alexandria. Off Port—Georgiana, from Callao ; Carsee, do., and both sailed for London. BELFAST, Nov. 21.—The Otterburn, of this port, from Troon to Havannah, which sailed hence Nov. 11, after re pairing, left the Lough yesterday, but has boon turned back here to-day, having got on the rocks off Ballywater, and will probably have to discharge. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23.—The Gyffden (smack), of Port Madoc, from Cardiff, was run down early this morning in the Horse Channel, by the Brian Boroilline (s). YARMOUTH, Nov. 22.—The Vanquelain, of Bordeaux, from Newcastle to Bona, which was assisted into this har bour leaky, after being ashore at Bacton, will have to dis charge. ODESSA, Nov. 11.—The Patriot, Hercus, in ballast, ran on shore at the mouth of the Dneister, Nov. 7, an d it i s doubtful whether she will be got off, as it has been blowing a gale S.E. the whole of yesterday, and up to this morn ing. The Austrian brig Agatha was driven against the Pratique Mole during a gale, and went to pieces. The Austrian ship Circassiana, with fruit from Smyrna, dragged her anchors, and ran on shore, during the same gale. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CUSTOMS RETURN. GRAVESEND, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. Wind calm, thick; tide, quarter obb. Arrived—Nov. t 3 —London, from Guernsey ; Jane Reward, Callao ; William, Guernsey; William's Adven ture, Guernsey ; Dublin Lass, Guernsey. Sailed—William Jolliffo (s), for Ostend. DEAL, WEDNESDAY, 9.15 A.M. Wind N.W. light, and frosty. Anchored—Olympus, from Penzance, for Bremen ; Pauline Houghton, from London, for Bussorah ; Bato, from London, for Hobart Town. SECRET SOCIETIES IN FRANCE.—The Journal d' Indre et-Loire states that the confession made by one of the persons recently arrested at Tours on a charge of belong. ing to a secret society has led to the discovery at the residence of one of them of some stone beer bottles in which were 1,220 musket balls. The light cannon which were lately discovered in the Caves of Veretz are more formidable than, was at first supposed. They are com posed of a tube of cast iron covered with wood, and then encircled with iron hoops, .and appear so solid that they could on occasion be used as caunon with considerable effeot. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. By electric telegraph, dated Vienna 22d, we learn that the Turks have erected a camp near Utzitza (probably Wrbitza), on the Servian fron tier. They have commenced throwing a bridge across the Drina (probably Zrna), and have sent out pickets. The Servians, greatly excited, have risen as one man to defend the frontier. Cannon have been sent there from Kragujewatz. A conflict is expected. From Jassy, under date of the 11th inst., it is stated that the 3d and sth Russian corps are on their march, but up to the present time no fresh troops have arrived at Jassy. The arrival of General Budberg is expected. He is to preside over the administration of Moldavia. Each of the two Principalities is to have a separate Govern ment. The Consuls of France and Great Britain are still at Jassy, although their official communi cations with the local Government have been in terrupted for some time past. It is generally supposed in Vienna that an Aus trian corps of observation is concentrating at Te mesvar, on the Servian frontier. Two regiments of infantry of the garrison of Vienna, and three battalions of Jagers have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march. Two batteries have already left Vienna for the Servian frontier. Letters from Krajova, of the 10th inst. state that the Russians have concentrated a large force in and around that town. Their outposts are close to Kalafat, where frequent skirmishes took place. Ismail Pasha's head-quarters were at Kalafat, which Omer Pacha has been instructed to hold if possible, while at the same time he has been or dered to abstain from further operations during the winter. In the Council held at the Sublime Porte on the sth, at which Fuad-Effendi was appointed to act as Commissary-General with the army of the Danube, two Generals, Sivri and Sadoullah, were also appointed to replace in case of need Selim Pacha and Abdi Pacha, who now command the two corps d'armee of Asia. The Council also ap pointed Zeinel Pacha as Caimacan or Vice-Governor of the Province of Broussa, in the room of the Governor-General Hail Pacha, who has resigned. The Presse of Vienna, under date of Constanti nople, 7th, says :—" A conference took place be tween the French, English, and Turkish admirals, the subject of conversation being the entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea. This expedition will take place in the course of the week. A part of the Turkish fleet will proceed to Batoum, and two French and two English steamers will cruize on the Russian coast. It is rumoured that there is a schism in the Turkish ministry; several of the ministers would see with pleasure the termination of the dif ferences by a pacific arrangement. Accounts from Asia state that the Turks were making preparations to advance and give assistance to the Circassians. Their forces amount to 70,000 men, all regular troops ; 24,000 are near Batoum under the com mand of Selim Pacha, and 46,000 on the frontier of Grusinia under Abdi Pacha." The National Gazette of Berlin, under date of Jassy 11th, states that M. Tastu, the French Con sul in Moldavia, having received orders from his Government to quit the country, the Prussian Con sul is charged to take the French subjects under his protection. The Cologne Gazette states from Constantinople, 7th, that an association, called the Teutonic So ciety, had, in the sole interest of truth, published a declaration numerously signed, and addressed to all the. German papers, stating that all the reports published in the Augsburg Gazette relative to per secutions against the Christians in Turkey are false and unfounded. " Although," says a letter from Constantinople of the 7th, "the troops and the employes are always regularly pail, the scarcity of money is extreme ; there is a total absence of small coin for the most ordinary wants of life, the exchange on the pound sterling has risen to 133 piastres (33fr. 25c.), and it is feared that it will rise still further." A Dresden journal states that two Alistrian regi ments and three battalions of chasseurs at Vienna have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Temeswar, to form part of an army of observation, and th a t two batteries of artillery have already set out for that destination. The Journal des Debats says, and a singular statement it is— " On e of the Russian prisoners captured by the Turks in the fort on the frontier of Asia Minor was taken the other day before the Seraskier, and there he underwent, in presence of several persons, a short interrogatory. This is what one of the witnesses of the scene has re lated :—After having addressed to the prisoner several questions on the corps to which he belonged, and on the military regime of Russia, the perspective was opened to him of passing some days at Constantinople, and then of being sent to Prince Gortschakoff, on condition that he would everywhere say what he had seen, and that he would tell his comrades that the Turks do not eat the Christians. The soldier refused, saying that he did not know what awaited him on his return ; the best that could happen to him would no doubt be to be sent back to his regiment, but that he had had enough of it. ' But,' it was said to him, you can see your family again !" My family !' replied the soldier, it is now eighteen years that I have been separated from it, and since the day that I was taken off from my village, I have had no news of my father, my mother, or any of my relatives ! They are perhaps all dead, or they have forgotten me ! Leave me here until the peace, there will always be time enough to give me up !' This declaration produced a very strong impression on the auditory, and it was naturally related everywhere. Some of the loaves pre pared for the Russian soldiers were taken in the same affair, and they were so disgusting, black, sour, and de testable, that the captors placed them on board the steam-frigate charged to bring here the trophies of the combat. They have been exhibited, and do not produce less effect than they did on the frontiers of Asia Minor." An extraordinary supplement of the Journal de St. Petersburg of the Ist (13th inst.), publishes the following bulletin : "General Prince Worontsoff, Commandant-in-Chief of the Caucasus, has addressed to the Emperor the follow. ing report, dated the 19th October (Ist Nov.) I have received from Ozourghet a report from the military go vernor of Koutais of the 16th October, which announces that the Turks commenced hostilities against us in the night of the 15th by the attack and capture of the post of St. Nicolas. The attack was made at midnight by numerous bands, part of whom came in boats along the coast. The post of St. Nicolas was not considered as a fortification, and still less as capable of supp or ti ng $ se rious attack, and had never been armed with artillery ; but as from its local position it contained a large depot of provisions, it was judged necessary to maintain it as long as possible in order to be able to remove the provi sions. There was no time for so doing, and the detach. ment left there having been suddenly attacked, could nei ther resist nor retreat, and fell with honour. Of the troops which were in this post only about 30 soldiers and 3 offi cers succeeded in cutting a passage through the enemy's ranks, and arrived at Ozourghet. The two pieces of ar tillery fell into the hands of the Turks, and all the stores found in the place were burnt by them. General Prince Gagarine, who is at Ozourghet in expectation of aggres sions on other points of the frontier, has adopted mea sures, which, he hopes, will check the ulterior success of the Turks. It is painful for me to commence my re port of our hostilities with the Turks by this event so unfortunate for us, but it remains for us to hope in the future, and to say, as in 1812, God will punish the ag gressor.' Immediately after sending off this report, General Prince Worontsoffieceived through the military Governor of Koutais, a reports from Colonel Korganoff, commanding the troops in the Gouriel, who states that agreeably to orders received he was advancing on the post of St. Nicolas, when he received information that the place had been attacked, and carried by the Turks. This account induced him to hasten his march. Having surmounted considerable obstacles, particularly the passage of two rivers, he discovered within two versts from the p os t a large force of the enemy en trenched in a thick forest behind trees which they had cut down. Notwithstanding his small force, only 5,000 men, he determined to attack them, which he did, and, after pouring in on them a sharp dis charge of musketry, his troops advanced on the enemy with the bayonet, and dislodged them from their posi tion after an obstinate resistane, and drove them back on the post of St. Nicolas, and would have followed them into the place had not the bridge been removed which prevented the passage of the artillery. At nightfall the Turks, who had received considerable reinforcements, attacked our position three different times, but were each time driven back with great loss and after leaving 300 dead on the field. Colonel Kor ganoff, in reporting these facts, testifies to the exemplary bravery of the officers and soldiers under his command. Our losses in all these affairs amount to one officer and 62 soldiers killed, and 4 ocersandl27soldiers wounded. The military governor of Koutais adds to the report of Colonel Koriatioff that, in addition to the losses sus• tained by the enemy in his attack on them, the Turks lost more than 1,000 men killed and wounded in the attack on the post of St. Nicolas. General Prince Wo rontsoff, in concluding his despatch, adds that up to the 20th October no account of any fresh hostilities on other points of the frontier had reached Tiflis." Prince Ghika, Hospodar of Moldavia, addressed the following communication to the Council Extra ordinary of Administration on giving up to it the direction of the government : " Alexander Ghika, Hospodar of MoldaTia, to the Council Extraordinary of Administration.—Our position having become incompatible with the present state of things, brought about by serious events, we consider it a duty to give up the reins of government into the hands of the Council Extraordinary. We call on it to 4ccoraplizl4 both collectively and individually the task NIMONIMMINM bleau on Monday, previous to the departure of Count de Walewski for London. All the Ministers returned to Paris yesterday morning. On Monday the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of MM. de Coetlogon, Vermaitre, de Plan hol, and Charles Flanden, in the affair of the fo reign correspondents ; consequently the decision of the Court of Rouen is confirmed, which gives the right to the Prefect of Police to seize and open letters which have been intrusted to the Post-office. An Imperial decree reduces the duty on coals within the restricted zone from 50c. to 30c. The duty on wrought iron is reduced from 200• to 18c., and on cast iron from 7c. to 5c., for the first year , and to 4c. for the second. The oniteur says :—" The death of the Queen, of Portugal has pr e ve n t e d th e Mi n ister of Brasil and Madame de Lisboa from accepting the invita tion with which they had been honoured for Fon tainebleau. The Minister therefore was not present at the Carrousel, of which we spoke yesterday. It was by error that he was mentioned among the persons who surrounded his Majesty." The Moniteur publishes a very long report from the Prefect of the Seine on the financial situation of the department. In this report, which enters, into very minute details of the var i o us items ° 1 expenditure and r ece ipt s , th e P re f ec t p re sents the, budget of 1854, whi c h s h ows a d e fi c it o f 739,5611* 95c., and suggests various modes of establishing an equilibrium for the future. The receipts for 1 85 : are estimated at 9,080,369 f. 62c., and the expend'' ture at 9,819,931 f. 57c. The Emancipation of Brussels, says :—" "° receive from Paris, through a private source, son e information of great impoitance. The French Ge', vernment has res o l ve d t o di m i n i s h b y two-thirds the import duties in France on foreign iron. Th e reduction is to apply to iron of all countries, exeePo if our information be correct, to that of Belgium' M. Rogier, the Belgian Minister in Paris, has been informed of this intention, an d h as no t been able 0 , 1 ; yet to get the effect of it extended, to Belgiult. The Independance of Brus se l s , i n co pying t„n': paragraph from the Emancip a ti on , says ",, very much doubt the perfect exactitude of this In' formation. It is possible that the proposed reduc tions may have for object to abolish the differePt duty in favour of Belgian iron, but it is not pro' bable that the French Government has any inten tion of substituting a differential duty in favour e ` English iron." The Academy of Sciences has appointed the fol lowing commission, charged to present a list of candidates for the post of perpetual secretary, . ve r cant by the death of M. Ara go , v i z ., MM. Bl ot ' Mathieu, Duperrey, Poncelet, P o i nso t, Ch a les, a n , Combes (the last-named bei ng th e ac t ua l p r esider of the academy). The Bourse was feeble yest e rd a y, w ith b u t V I ,: business doing, except in rail wa y s h ares . 1 '" Three per Cents. opened at 73f. 95c., rose to 7v,,•: fell again to 73f. 80c., and c l ose d a t 73f. 90c. for the end of the month. Th e F our - an d- a -Half Per Cents. closed at 99f. 70c. ; O r l eans R a il wa y Shar_i 1,160 f. ; Rouen, 1,040 f. ; Havre, 490 f. ; Northern, 861 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 815 1 : f Paris and Lyons, 902 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 735 f. ; Western of France, 690 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 585 f. ; G re at Central, 512 f. 5 0 e' Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank ()" Credit Mobilier, 696 f. 25c. ITALY. The following important despatches from Tati up to the 21st h ave b een rece i ve d . The officl. journal publishes a royal decree closing the legir lative session and di sso l v i ng th e Ch am b er °f Deputies. _ The Piedmontese Ministry has declared that th; decree of dissoluti on h as b een caused b y the last votes of the Senate, rejecting the Bank Bill. The elections are fixed for the Bth of Decemheri and the Chambers a re convo k e d f or th e 19th of December. The following is another account of this O r e portant movement :—ln its satiric , of the 18th, Piedmontese Senate reject e d the ° Governmentk for entrusting the Treasury d e p ar t men t t o the Na. tional Bank, by only one vote above the a bsoloc majority, the numbers bein g 32 aga i ns t an d 28. tr . the bill. In the same lifting, Gen. Dabornlin Minister of Foreign Affairs, brought in Bevel' . bills relating, Ist, to a convention with Switzer" land for the establishment of telegraphic lines' 2dly, to a convention with th e th ree can t o ns °f St. Gall, Ticino, and the Grisons, for the int er ; pretation of the conventi on o f 1845 concern i n g ~, Sardo-Helvetic railway ; and, 3dly, to the accessit of the Duchies of Parma and Modena to the tread of navigation concluded between Sardinia and AO . tria in 1851. of The cas M g, i o an n i o to r h e a so f re t urned Florence t o h saps s is sumed the portfoli o o f F ore i gn Affairs. that the a k e j u rr SPAIN. The Madrid papers we have received up to Os I ith, contradict certain rumours respecting a Pr cr jetted Montemolinist movement. It also denie°, the statement of a Sp an i s h fleet being destined f °l the Eastern seas, and asserts that it is to be sts: tioned at the Balearic Isles. The Marquis de Viluala has arrived at Madrid. The Ministerial candidate for the Presidentship of the Chamber of Depilti e , is M. Martine z d e l a R osa . I t i s expec t e d t_ilv Ministry will have a large majority in the Chain' ber. The latest accounts from Cuba are satiate" tory, cholera having considerably diminished. o ' l ' l Chrisostomo Hurtado, the new Venezuelan charg; d'affaires, has delivered his credentials to tt i Minister of Foreign Affairs. BADEN. It is stated, in a letter from Vienna, that the mediation of Aust r i a i n th e di spu t e b etween tv., Government of Baden and the Archbishop of Fr i burg has been offered and accepted. STABBING BY SPANIARDS AT DEPTPORD.—Yesteral morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the inhabitants ° t , High-street, Deptford, were greatly alarmed by an 1 2,3 tempt to murder two men, named John Sullivan, Ar i , 32 years, Princes -st ree t, D ep tf or d , an d Thomas 13_....rers lam, aged 24 y ears , C zar - street, D ept f ord. It aPni from Sullivan's statement that three or four Spat'T t io were ill-using a resp ec t a bl e f ema l e near t h e gate 0 1 a Deptford D oc ky ar d, w h en s h e screame d violently, •-c the two unfortunate men, Sullivan and Breslam, vi e ; to her assistance, when a desperate attack was ni upon them by th e Sp an i ar d s, an d B reslam suddeelf staggered and fell to the ground, exclaiming, " am stabbed." Sullivan w as a l so s t a bb e d irnmeal_ A i' afterwards. The Spa n i ar d s , on th e cr i es of iner'- being raised, mana ge d t o escape. J o h n Sullivan re, ceived a very deep wound o n th e l ower part o f the et; mach, near the, groin, beside other injuries. The il3 t .t, Breslau is severely stabbed under the region of the hee, and the nature of his wound precludes the hope of recovery. g el% COLLISION ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORE—, RAlLWAY.—Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, an aceia e „, of an extraordinary and most alarming character Ora pened at Knottingley junction, on the Lancashire g f o i Yorkshire Railway. The Parliamentary train °" 3 . Leeds, consisting of an engine and tender, three pa s — g. ger carriages, and break van, which is due at Knottine, ley at 8.20 a.m., arrived there at about the proper t ,, i/j3 to and the passenger carriages having been attache' o s others from York, th e un i te d tra i n was proc eediegtios its way to Don cas t er , when, on crossing the jue ° „ - 0 with the up-train t o Goole, out 200 or 300 yard s c - o d the station, a goods t ra i n f rom th e t own, w hi c h arl_ . %„cl at the point of intersection at the same moment, cla 3- t , be through the passenger train, cutting it in two about t ., middle, and knocking o ff th e b o d y o f a third-claseit iota riage, containing ab ou t t wen t y passengers. The i re • fi g rolled over on its side, admidst a terrible screattelot from the persons in it, w h i l e th e w h ee l s an d under P e i. of the vehicle remain e d s t an di ng on th e li ne . The e no s dent happened so near the station that effective assis t : er o was promptly rendered, and the passengers, whe ro s. tumbling over one an o th er i n a s t a t e o f grea t eonst° 6o6 s tion, were speedily e x t r i ca t e d w ith out any more of wounds than superficial b ruises , w ith the e xcept.l_ vo g one man, who complai ne d o f i n t erna l injuries from D a e r been severely crushed un d er th e great b u lk of the °: - 11 passengers. The goods engine sustained scarcealYrrrago damage, owing, no doubt, to the body of the f ro m with which it came in contact separating so easil y edo its supporters. The driver and stoker of the :d oe engine received no injury, although they remained the the engine ; indeed, they had no alternative inept, matter matter, for the dense fog prevailing at the time ed them from seeing the passenger train until tnul who run into it, and the signals were totally invisible. _silo, broken passenger train was replaced as soon as _e e ect ice and the travellers were forwarded to their r b ee e P en destinations with less delay than could have pected under the circumstances. The f°rres CHILD SHOCKINGLY INJURED BY A LION.--,-- Gazette states that on Saturday last, ~ . nagerie was exhibiting, a girl, carrying a child Of° - , ,,,, e . of age, went within the rope oppumite the lion's ' - '7 0 ,1 The girl had been looking in a contrary direction, ized the lion darted his foot from under the bars, a"d se ng the child by the top of the head in its claws, fractu o 0 the skull as if it had been a cocoa-nut in three dg.f t e h re a n places, and firmly kept its hold until driven off vr i d f oe iron rod by the keeper. The poor child's head a" a nd were horribly mangled, the scalp being torn dovm, while Batty'sve,--; f fo al, the bones crushed. Dr. Lines was sent for i i3 , B "; lost and sewed up the wounds. We understand a ''Q' his arm by the same animal at Wick. , , Coal How TO MAKE EXETER -HALL A•F`'" -- : larg e round the building at the level of the floor of the , f o ur hall, an iron balcony, and lead from the bale°iulto the iron staircases ; two staircases from the corners,cotho area on the north side of the building, and staircase s corners to corners of the south side ; these two south ed atron c n e 'f debou c h e i n t o th e passa ge from the Stran door - with tw o d o o rs o p e ning just uu tside the la co rig e. I'll e e . the great hall to the proposed south hal _ the' fir means of ogress would then be increased fl'oll v beat three to nine, ti: be iSt th tte k' c P a e 0 thi