The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

_ , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1853, EXECUTION OF MOBBS.--(THIS DAY.) TIINATRE ROYAL DRURY.L.ANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. 21, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Perfo Dale rmances and , ass i s ted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Barnes, the European and American champions. without much detriment to the general po ula tion. A happier epoch may then dawn upon the Portuguese—an epoch happier than that which was observed during the brief authority of the last Prince wielding the sceptre of the BRAGANZAS, or the more extended and yet more lamentable sway of the young Queen by whom Dom MIGUEL was unfortunately succeeded. Unfortunately, we repeat, because the reign of MARIA DA GLORIA has yielded little else to the Portu guese than a sequence of miserable and scarcely to be tolerated disappointments. That Sovereign has now been unexpectedly removed, and removed by a calamity that at once extorts the sympathy of her life-long opponents, while at the same instant it affords them reason to hope for brighter days for the Portuguese, and more liberal institutions in their so-called popular Government. Remembering that Queen MARIA DA GLORIA has died in " childbirth," let us speak of her personally with the lenity always commanded by sympathy with misfortunes. Let us not " o'er her cold ashes upbraid her" —individually. It is with the office more than with the personage, that the publicist has to deal in estimating the vices or the virtues of these pseudo-constitutional govern ments. Wherefore, in our after strictures upon the recent history of Portugal, our remarks must be directed less to MARIA DA GLORIA in her private capacity, as an individual, than to the Queen in her public capacity as a Sovereign. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. Rackstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, H. Corti, Chippendale, George Vandenhoff , and Miss Reynolds. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Ruckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Titzwilliam. After which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Messrs. W. ranee, Corri, and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Romer, and Miss Featherstone. --- ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLEs KzAs. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, WM be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPAL U cters by A, con siderably abridged for stage representati on. Principal chara Mr. C. Kean and Miss Murray. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENDTG, Nov. 21, -- - Will be performed A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE Tend,COMMENCEMEN A BAD FARCE which, however (i t is hoped), will. in th show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL p ropr i e tor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celest'. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; woolgar, &c. Mrs. Keeley and Miss To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOI:IAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook s' A Bittin." A mighty change has come over the position and prospects of Ireland. Well circumstanced real estates are no longer sacrificed at little more than one-half their real value. Purchasers are to be found at fair prices for the broad acres and fertile plains submitted to public competition. Incumbrances are now, generally speaking, paid off in full, while something is saved for the for mer proprietors out of the wreck of their affairs, to protect them from being obliged to enter de novo on " the battle of life" in a state of complete destitution, without pecuniary means or assistance of any kind. Twelve months since when the in terest of money was less than one-half of the pre sent rate, we distinctly pointed out the favour able opportunities for investments afforded by the continued sales under the Encumbered Estates Courts, and earnestly recommended our friends not to let the golden moment pass- unheeded or disregarded. Those who followed the advice thus given, have had ample reason to rejoice, for not withstanding the appreciation in money, and its en hanced value, landed property now brings from six to ten years' purchase more than could for merly have been obtained, or from 30 to 50 per cent. improvement in prices. In the winter of 1852-3, eligible estates were knocked down for 15 or 16 years' purchase, which, if now offered, would readily bring 20 to 25. Indeed, we know of several properties that have been re-sold at very considerable advances, and others where large sums have been refused, for what might truly be de scribed as " the bargain." It is not, however, merely the increased com petition for estates that exhibits the full extent of the improvement. The lands are gradually changing hands. In place of the generous and high-minded, but thoughtless, improvident, and deeply embar rassed proprietors, a new class is springing up ; men of commercial minds, who, having acquired wealth by painstaking industry, combined with self-denying frugaliry, are not disposed either to squander it in reckless prodigality, or suffer it to remain without fully developing its resources— men who, entertaining a horror of debt, will be enabled to give fair play to their tenants, and to discharge the duties as well as to enforce the rights of property. We are not disposed to censure unduly the un fortunate gentlemen who have been driven from the domains occupied by their ancestors during many successive generations, in the great majority of cases, without any faults of their own. If they were unable to improve the soil, or to bring it into good cultivation, if they could not encour age the farmers or find useful occupation for the unemployed labour of the vicinity, they were to be pitied rather than condemned. They were the victims of circumstances, and if they fell, it was, generally speaking, from causes wholly beyond their own control. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, Wlll be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. , Cooper, and Galli To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Stirling W F. R o b, on Mesdames A. Wigan, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. A.STLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. `Great and Glorious Succeess of THE INVASION OF RUSSIA. The Review and Advance of the French Troops—The Conflagra tion of Moscow—The Snow Storm, and Retreat of the French army, have been nightly recived with unbounded approbatton. SECOND WEEK of the Re-appearance of Mr. ALFRED COOKE, indisputably the Premier Horseman of the Day, whose Matchless and Daring Act on Four Horses —the perfection of equestrian art. Miss EMILY COOKE, the Wonder of the World, will repeat her astounding FLIGHT through SIXTEEN BALLOONS. First Appearance of the Equestrian Clown, Mr. G. ADAMS, the Grimaldi of the day. The Finished and Talented Eqestrienne, Madile. MASATT b., will appear during the week. The Scenes of the Arena, introducing for the First Time (on one evening) the SIX Unrivalled CLOWNS of this Establishment. THIS EVENING, Nov. 21, (and during the week), NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA ; Or, The Burning 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 tthfeton. Boz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots DAY —Morning 50 min.after 4 I Evening 7 min.aft. 5 10-Moanow—Morning 28 min.after 5 1 Evening 49 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—Sup OFFICE, Nov. 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze—cloudy and showery weather. NOVEMBER 21. 51— highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'35—a sudden rise of a third of an inch. WIND, N.—Light breeze, and fine, frosty weather. iC)lftg ~-~- ~~~~. LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1853. Extraordinary anxiety must now be felt in re gard to the state of affairs in the Iberian Penin sula—in regard to the maintenance of tranquillity, and in reference to the interests of good Govern ment. For a thunderbolt has fallen into the political councils at Lisbon by the sudden death of her Majesty, the QUEEN of Portugal. Naturally enough the intelligence received this morning to the above effect must be accepted by the people in this country with scarcely less solici tude than amazement. It comes to us through the medium of an urgent despatch transmitted to the Portuguese Minister at the Court of St. James's by the Portuguese Minister at the Court of the Tuileries. That despatch is sufficiently concise and sententious. It runs simply to the effect—" I have the honour to announce to you with the most profound sorrow, that her MAJESTY the QUEEN of Portugal died in child-birth, on the 15th instant at midday"—the telegraphic com munication adding, " The KING (Consort) is de clared Regent Lisbon was tranquil." Tran quil—yes—for the time being ; tranquil until the " beginning of the end" shall have really commenced ! Tranquil during the earlier pro cess of preparation ! Tranquil until the mag. nitude of the occurrence here intimated can be to the full appreciated ! Tranquil until the mournful incident has passed away from the scene in all the pomp of the funereal procession ! Whatever have been the deplorable disappoint ments consequent upon the reign of Queen MARIA DA GLORIA, it is impossible at this moment, in the presence as it were of her bier, at the earliest intelligence of her premature demise, and remem bering that the death of the young monarch has been that most touching of all deaths, a death in "child-birth," it is impossible we say at this par ticular moment to refer to the policy of the departed SOVEREIGN in what we cannot but consider the deserved terms of severe and uncompromising reprehension. Let there be a decent truce to the trenchant arms of political criticism, at any rate until " the dead shall have been shovelled away," until the melancholy catas trophe shall have been solemnly and religiously consummated. Then, but not until then, will it be allowable t o weigh deliberately and impartially in the balanc e of judgment the merits and demerits of the late Queen, MARIA DA GLORIA of Por tugal, in her onerous and responsible po3i tion as a constitutional Sovereign. Then, but not until then, Will it he advisable to consider how far the Portu guese have benefited socially fo rcible removal of Do m and politically from th e MIGUEL from the throne of the —RAGANZAS, and the substitution in his pl ace of the young monarch who has just made from the reg a l arena of Europe so abrupt and mournful a disappearance. Al re ady, however, it may be permitted to us to remark that the horizon frowns darkly at this critical juncture for the Portusfuelie. It predicts for them, neveriltelesl, out of this lowering gloom in the political atmosphere, the alorioug, and enviable, and inestimable oppor tunity for their social and governmental regene ration. Out of some sudden convulsion, indeed, it is possible that they may effect their national redemption—but even avoiding the perils of any such momentous movement, it is just conceivable that the evils of the existing system may be effectually dissipated. GOD knows a change in that direction has long been desirable ; and HEAVES grant that that change may at last be effected Coming into possession of extensive but heavily encumbered and strictly entailed pro perties, they were placed between two fires. On the one side, from the extravagance of their progenitors, they were reduced to the condition of mere agents, or at least but little more than nominal proprietors, compelled to draw the last farthing from the impoverished tenantry to satisfy the demands of the mortgagee or accountant ; while from the stringent limitations in favour of descendants, they were unable to dispose of a por tion of their estates to liquidate the charges affecting the whole, or to improve the soil and develop its natural fertility. They were, in fact, bound hand and foot in legal fetters, so strin gently as to be totally incapable of helping themselves. Nor were they empowered to give leases for terms that would justify the occupiers in personally undertaking the task of amelioration. The possessors of wide-spread domains, with nominal rentals of seven or eight thousands per annum, and with mansions fitted for the residence of persons having even double that amount of in come, they found themselves with but little more than as many hundreds that they could apply to their own private uses. They were thus involved in perpetual struggles to keep up appearances and to maintain establishments suitable to the former rather than to the present conditions of their for tunes. Desiring still to be considered as hold ing positions among the leading "county families," they sacrificed real comfort to show, and plunged into additional debt, in order that they might be thought of as their fathers were. Such men could not give fair play to their tenants or dependents. Their necessities compelled them to extract the last available shilling from the pockets of the oc cupiers, and to take advantage of improvements, if any such were made, to which they might have had some legal, but certainly no equitable, claims. Improving tenants were therefore discouraged. The man who had a little mo ne y save d , which he would willingly have applied to the improvement of his holding, if certain that he himself, or his children, would have been permitted to enjoy the fruits of his own capital and US • ci t ry m in the continued occupation thereof, or by ob taining adequate compensation in the event of his eviction or removal, could not do so, because he saw that the certain result was either additional rent, or the substitution of one willing to promise more than a solvent tenant could undertake to pay. He had no motive, therefore, for exertion, became idle and listless, and the destruction, commenced by an embarrassed and improvident proprietary, was consummated by a careless and reckless peasantry. The candle lighting at both ends was speedily consumed, and yet, under more favourable conditions, both owners and occupiers might have exerted them selves steadily, efficiently, and successfully. They were the victims of circumstances, who, as we have already stated, were deserving of sympathy and pity rather than condemnation. All this, however, is now completely altered. A new class of landlords is rapidly springing up. Men, not only unembarrassed, but possessed of ready money, to improve the estates, which are indeed their own—men who are not disturbed by lega cies of debt and difficulty from the past, or press ing claims from the future generations—men who h te a n v a e n t t h r e y aß , duties landlordnot by leaving s , ing those willing to the most "cru e l with consideration ability and the will to discharge their intelli gence, and activity • holdings. For these auspicious. a t nd to encourage their large arrears of rent— thekindness" possible—but by assist aglls results we and treating those who display skill, the operations of the Encumbere d are indebted to E Com mission. There were unquestionably of apparent hardship at first wts cul we tivation of their Estates Com h e r e many cases estates were knocked down at ridiculously inadequat e • prices, and encumbrancers and inheritors were deprived of what •they might reasonably have expected. But it wars a necessary evil, and had matters gone on in the old jog trot way the struggles might have been prolonged, but the events would scarcely have been more favourable to any parties, except the lawyer?, and the receivers of the Court of Chan cery. The. evil has, however, cured itself. Fairprices can now b e obtained, which the inheritors are not merely *illing but anxious to accept. within less than. a single week we find these estates sold for nearly half a million sterling. Certain portions of the Gl.l3ngall estates, on the 11th instant, pro duced 20.4,075/. (sufficient to liquidate all charges affecting -the inheritance), or 24 years' purchase on a rental of 8,4821. 16s. 3d., and leaving more than 7,0 , 00/. a-year unsold. On the same day the New town Barry Estate of the Hon. SOMERSET MAXWELL was sold for 75,0001., being also at the rate of 2:4 years' purchase, which sum will nearly satisfy all claims, leaving the extensive domain of the Honourable Gentleman, in the county of Cavan, almost clear. The Earl of MORNINGTON'S estates, subsequently, on Tuesday, the 15th instant, realised 204,835/., being at the rate of 22i years' purchase on a rental of 9,6831. 15s. Bd.. In every one of these cases the inheritors sought the intervention of the Court, and we have seen with what beneficial effects. Surely, then, there are better days in store for the sister kingdom. The mere fact that a man is an Irish landlord will no longer be considered as an intimation that he is hopelessly sunk in the slough of despond, beyond the possibility of extrication. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 19. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Brabant, the Duke of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cam bridge, the Belgian Minister, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, Count Gustave de Lanney, and Baron Knesbeck. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner and played the following compositions : March Beethoven. Overture, " Figaro" .... Mozart. Walzer, " Invitation a la Danse" Weber. Potpourri, " La Gazza Ladra" Rossini. Glee, " Mynheer Vandunck" Sir H. R. Bishop. Ballabile, Stradella" Flotow. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn. Coro, " Il Templario" Otto Nicolai. March, " Athalie" Mendelssohn. Selection, " SOnnarnbula" _ Les Dame aux Camelias Valses Bosisio, The Queen, with the Duchess of Brabant, drove out this forenoon in an open pony phaeton. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance on horseback. Prince Albert, with the Duke of Brabant, went out shooting, attended by Lord Waterpark. Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Lieut.-Col. Parker and Col. Dixon (commanding officers of the Ist Life Guards and 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards), had the honour of joining his Royal Highness. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Marquis of Abercorn, left the Castle to-day for Lon don ; also the Belgian Minister, for New Lodge, Wink field. The Duke of Cambridge arrived this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party to-day included the Duchess of Bra bant, the Duke of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charles Fitzroy, Lady Frances Bruce, the Hon. Mrs. A. Gordon, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Major the Hon. James Macdonald, and Mr. Gibbs. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended in the Castle, and played during dinner ; and her Majesty's private band performed the following selection in the evening : Overture, " Ruy Blas" Introduction, " Il Crociato" Meyerbeer. March, " Les Deux Journees" Cherubini. Airs de Ballet, "L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber. Nov. 20. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the ladies and gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Duke of Cambridge was also at the service. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Mayor of Plymouth had an interview with the General Board of Health on Saturday, at their office, Whitehall. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office on Sa turday, to the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches were received on Saturday from the Gover nors of the West India Islands, A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir .James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. PRIVY COUNCIL FOR THE PROROGATION OF PARLIA MENT.—Her Majesty is expected to hold a Privy Coun cil in the middle of this week at Windsor Castle, for the purpose of settling the period of the further prorogation of Parliament, which at present stands adjourned to Tuesday, the 29th of November. MOVEMENTS OF THE COURT.—An alteration has been made in the intended departure of the Court for Osborne. Another grand banquet is to take place at the Castle on the 23d inst., and the Queen will not go to the island before Saturday, the 26th, or Monday, the 28th. The Court will return from Osborne to Windsor on the 23d December, for the Christmas holidays. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant take their departure on the Bth of December. THEATRICALS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.-- The series of dramatic entertainments before her Majesty and the court at Windsor Castle will not be continued until after Christmas, when Sir Bulwer Lytton's comedy of Money will be represented. The four principal male characters will be supported by four metropolitan managers : Evelyn, Mr. Charles Kean ' • Graves, Mr. Webster ; Mr. Benjamin Stout, Mr. Buckstone ; and Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. Wigan. The noble Premier, owing to the pressure of public business, is not expected to visit Scotland this year. His lordship will probably pass the recess at the Ranger's House, Blackheath, where Lord and Lady Haddo and family are staying. His Excellency Commodore Sir Charles Hotham and suite will embark the second week in January to assume the government of Melbourne. _ _ The venerable Prince Jerome, the last surviving brother of the renowned Emperor Napoleon, gave a grand banquet at the Palais Royal, on Thursday, to a large party in celebration of his natal day, when he com pleted his 79th year. The execution of the wretched man, Nathaniel Mobbs, who was found guilty of murdering his wife, took place this morning, at Newgate. Early last evening hundreds of persons assembled in front of the jail, and notwith standing the state of the weather, they remained there the whole of the night. By seven o'clock nearly 4,000 persons had assembled, and as the hour of eight drew near, there were about 5,000 men, women, and children on the spot. A few minutes before eight o'clock, the bell of the chapel within the jail commenced to toll. The culprit took his final leave of his four unfortunate children on Saturday last, and from that time he became more collected, and continued in religious medi tation, being visited at frequent intervals by Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the prison, through whose kind exhorta tions and spiritual instructions the wretched man's mind was brought to see that there was no hope remain ing for him in this world. He attended Divine service yesterday in the chapel for the last time, when the rev. ordinary preached the condemned sermon, to which he paid the most profound attention ; and such has been his conduct both before and since he was cast for death, that the authorities of the jail stated that a better-con ducted criminal never was confined within the walls of the prison. After the preaching of the condemned ser mon the culprit was visited by the sheriff and the rev. ordinary, and engaged in prayer, when he fully admitted the justice of his sentence, and said that from the first he never entertained a hope that his life would be spared; he had never altered his statement from that contained in his petition to the Queen ; that he was driven to the act by a feeling of jealousy ; and that his wife had first threatened him. At an early hour —having previously engaged in prayer with sincere devotion—he retired to rest, and slept calmly, and rose soon after 6 this morn ing, and after having partaken but slightly of some coffee and toast, he was again visited by the rev, ordinary, who found him engaged attentively reading from the Bible. He seemed happy at the visit of the ordinary, and fre quently thanked him for his kindness, as also Mr. Cope, the Governor, and those who had been in attend ance upon him. Having been left to his meditations, about twenty minutes to eight o'clock he sent for Mr. Davis to engage with him again in prayer for the last time. The rev, gentleman then read the prayers of the morning service, which were frequently responded to by the unfortunate man. Messrs. Wire and Wallis, the two sheriffs, with the under-sheriffs, Messrs. Anderton and Smith, arrived at the prison at half-past seven o'clock. The moment having arrived for he procession to move, Calcraft com menced pinioning the condemned man's arms, having his hands not tied as hitherto, but the arms were tightly drawn back by a strong leather strap. The wretched man, although suffering from a spasmodic affection of the throat, walked with a firm step to the drop, the rev, ordinary reading the funeral service. On his reaching the scaffold his firmness appeared to increase, notwithstanding the shouts from the populace. Having placed himself under the fatal beam, the cap was drawn and the fatal noose adjusted. The signal being given, the wretched man was launched into eternity. He struggled severely for a few seconds. After hanging the usual time his body was cut down, and will be buried within the prison. The MarquisTurgot, the French Minister at Madrid, gave a splendid fete dansante at the embassay on the 15th inst., to the rank, beauty, and fashion of the Spanish capital, in honour of the fete day of the Empress Eugenie. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.—This nobleman, who has been confined from the effects of his late severe accident and by a serious attack of influenza, is very materially recovered, and it is hoped that a short time will restore him to his usual health, and enable him to attend to business. THE LATE PRINCESS ESTERHAZY.—The mortal re mains of the late much-regretted Princess Nicholas Esterhazy will be removed from this country for inter in ststill family at T m s a r u g s u o a l y e u . m T o h f e the nob Prince E h as s t e a r r h r i a v z ed y ' I V ante l IVite tahree Vienna. The C oun t ess an d the Laday Clement i ne from Brighton. BENEVOLENCE OF HER MAJESTY It will be remem bered that the de a th o f D r. Bexfield, . th ta lented organ ist and composer, of Norwich, Thecircumstance was e announceda few da y s ago in the public journals. The of the i doctor having left a wido w an d three children un e p e e roA vie d for being communicated to h er Majesty, throug h Mr Anderson, the conductor of h er M a j esty ' s ' private band , . the Queen commanded the handsome su m o f 20 • as guineas to be forwarded to the widow, for the immediate necessi tiesllille of herself and fatherless c hild ren. The gentlemen of her Majesty's private band, commiserating the posi tion of the afflicted widow of so eminent a ma n , simulta neously expressed a desire to give a concert in aid of a subscription which is about to beset on foot ; an d h er Majesty, with her accustomed kindness, has been gra ciously pleased to grant those gentlemen permissi on t o carry ou t their benevolent wishes. The concert is fi xe d to take place at Norwich, on the 16th of December. Loss OF LIFE BY FIRE.—On Saturday, George Alsbon, residing at No. 2, North Pole-lane, Greenwich, was standing with his back to the fire, when by some means his apron caught fire, and His c r ies he brought assist was quickly en veloped in a sheet of flames. ance, when the fire was extinguished, and he was con veyed by rail to London-bridge Station, and from thence to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he expired i n the most excruciating agony. GOLD TO RUSSIA.—It is understood that a large sum in Russian half-imperials was on Thursday withdrawn from the Bank of England for shipment to St. Peters. burgh and Odessa, INDEPENDENCE OF TURKEY. DEPUTATION TO LORD PALNERSTON ON THE TURKISH QUESTION. On Saturday a deputation, consisting of Lord Dud ley Stuart, M.P., Messrs. J. A. Nicholay, Profes sor Newman, John Wilson, Prout, and Hickson, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at his residence in Carl ton-gardens, to present an address to the Queen, which had been agreed to at the recent great meeting at the London Tavern, protesting against Russian encroach ments on Turkey. Lord Dudlty Stuart introduced and explained the ob jects of the deputation to his lordship, and the address was then read, the last paragraph of which expressed a want of confidence in her Majesty's Government as at present constituted, in reference to its foreign policy, and Lord D. Stuart explained that such was the gene ral, although not quite the unanimous opinion of the great meeting over which he had the honour to preside. Lord Palmerston, who listened with great courtesy and attention to the observations directed by the depu tation to his notice, expressed his conviction that it was the determination of her Majesty's Government, at all hazards, to preserve the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and promised to lay the address which had been placed in his hands, as Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, before her Majesty at the earliest opportunity. The deputation then retired. The following is the memorial :-- "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's faithful and affectionate subjects, being inhabitants of the metropolis of Great Britain, in public meeting in the City of London, assembled, beg leave respectfully to represent' to your Majesty that the series of aggres sions on the part of the Russian government convince us that there exists in its councils a fixed purpose not only to subdue Turkey but to domineer over all Europe, and to extirpate all freedom, We look upon this as the true reason why no diplomatic settlement of the quarrel between Russia and Turkey was or is possible, and we lament that your Majesty's govern ment should have wasted much valuable time, damaged the just cause of the Turks, inflicted upon commerce months of needless depression, and (which we regard as the worst effect of all) inspired universal sus picion of the good faith of England, in a vain effort to negotiate with an unscrupulous and violent power, which acted while we talked, and which, if now momentarily appeased, would only become more dangerous on some early occasion. We applaud the glorious and patriotic spirit shown by the Turkish people at the present crisis, and should deplore any attempt on the part of your Majesty's Government to suppress that spirit, consider ing the many solemn ways in which England has bound herself to maintain the Turkish independence, as an act of unparalled infamy. On the contrary, not only does the interest, but also the duty and honour, of England call upon your Majesty's Government to render to Turkey unconditionally prompt, decisive, and effective aid. In doing this we further beg leave to express our conviction that it is equally the duty of your Majesty's Government towards the people of this coun try to discard all secret and dynastic diplomacy ; and we must add that in our opinion Austria, by reason of her previous course of policy, and of her recent perfi dious behaviour to Turkey, ought to be regarded by us as an enemy, and not cherished as an ally. And we further beg leave to represent to your Majesty that from the manner in which this question has hitnerto been conducted on the part of England we can come to no more lenient conclusion than that the servants who have advised your Majesty are not equal to the emergency.— Dated Oct. 7, 1853." THE LATE MANCHESTER MEETING ON EASTERN AFFAIRS. The following letters from the Earl of Derby and Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., were received by the Secre tary of the late meeting at Manchester to sympathise with Turkey against the aggressions of Russia—but not read at the meeting : Knowsley, Nov. 14, 1853. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst. ; but regret that the state of my health—slowly recovering as I am from a. severe attack of illness, which for the last month has almost entirely confined me to my bed—renders it impossible for me to entertain the idea of attending the proposed meeting on Wednesday next. So far as I am informed as to the merits of the Eastern Question, Right appears to me to be altogether on the side of Turkey ; and I believe that my opinions as to the utter futility of the pretexts put forward by Russia in justification of her acts of unpro voked aggression, are shared by the great mass of my countrymen.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " DERBY. T. S. Clayton, Esq. ig Burnley-hall, Nov. 16, 1853. " Sir—l have this morning received your letter of the 12th, inviting me to'attend a public meeting to be held this day in Manchester. I request you will express to the com mittee my thanks for their invitation, and for their belief that any opinions of mine could have aided the cause for which the meeting will express its sympathy. The in vasion of territory, and the late proclamation of the Russian Government against Turkey, must secure from all independent people, the strongest feelings on behalf of the Turks ; and I hope it will be proved that our Government have been consistent in the support of the Turks. If victory is to be with those who are right, the Turks must be, as I wish them to be, successful ; and it is quite possible that something advantageous to the liberty of Europe may yet spring from the hostilities now going on.—l remain, your obedient servant, " JOSEPH HUME. " T. S. Clayton, Esq., Hon. Sec., &c." MURDER IN WANSTEAD WOOD.—On Friday last one of the servants of the Earl of Moira and some labourers, in passing through a secluded part of Wanstead• wood, discovered the body of a man with his throat cut from ear to ear. A bloody knife was found near the body, which appeared to be that of a person from 35 to 40 years of age. In the hat were written the words " Bailey, Portsmouth." THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKBURN.—The par ticulars of a shocking boiler explosion in Starkie-street, Blackburn, by which several lives were lost, and of the leading facts given in evidence before the coroner, have been published. The investigation closed at nine o'clock on Friday night, and at half-past ten the jury found their verdict, which was :—" Of manslaughter against William Hesketh and Edward Sharples conjointly, re lating to the death of Edward Sharples and others, caused by the explosion of a steam-boiler under their care, in Starkie-street. The jury entirely exonerate Mr. James Pickop from all blame. The jury recommend the inspection of boilers, and suggest that the mayor call a meeting of the millowners and the proprietors of steam-boilers in Blackburn to consider the matter as early as convenient," LATEST FOREIGN NEWS f flag-ship Mahmoudi6, at anchor in the Bay of Buyukdere. M de la Cour, the French ambassa dor, accompanied him. On Sunday 400 Turkish soldiers left for Varna, on board the Ottoman steamer Numaich-Tidjaret. Admiral Slade is still cruising in the Black Sea, with six Turkish frigates and two war-steamers. It is said that a great portion of th e T ur ki s h fl ee t i s shortly to follow. We have not yet had the pleasure of reading an official bulletin from the Russians since they have been in Wallachia, but here we have Prince Gortschakoff's most veracious account of the battle of Oltenitza : " The attack made by General Dannenberg on the Turkish position at Oltenitza, was attended with bril liant success for the Russian arms. Although the Turks fougbt with great courage, and their most advantageous position was protected on the right flank by three rows of batteries of 40 guns, planted on the right bank (of the river, probably), and by numerous batteries on the left bank, the Russian infantry division, in the very face of the eneiuy's fire, succeeded in dislodging bins by means of a bayonet attack." RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ENTRANCE OF THE BRITISH FRENCH FLEETS INTO THE BLACK SEA. A portion of the English fleet has sailed into the Black Sea ; also a portion of the French fleet. Advices from Hermaunstadt, of the 19th inst., state that on the 15th the Turks attempted a sur prise at Turnul, but were repulsed. The affair was unimportant. From Kalafat the Turks have ad vanced inland one German mile, and fortified them selves. News received from Vienna of the 19th, confirms the fact of the evacuation of Oltenitza, and of the movement in retreat of the Turks to the right bank of the Danube. That manoeuvre had not been pre ceded by any fresh encounter between the two armies. The passage of the Danube was effected in good order and without the Turks having been dis turbed. Kalarach and Giurgevo were evacuated at the same time. The advanced posts of the division of Osten-Sacken the Russian General had got be yond Jassy. On the left bank of the Danube the Ottoman troops continued to occupy Kalafat and its environs with twenty-five thousand men ; they were receiv ing reinforcements from Widdin and Sophia. Speaking of the passage of the Danube by the Turks, the Times' Paris correspondent says :—" It does not appear that the retreat of the Ottoman forces was occasioned by a defeat, or that they were molested during the operation. It seems to be the retrograde movement of a general who, not being able to come up in time to attack his enemy in de tail, and when unsupported—whether the delay was occasioned by the weather, the state of the roads, or any other cause—finds himself suddenly in pre sence of a force on which he had not calculated, and far exceeding his own. Under such circumstances all Omer Pasha had to do was to fall back. It would have been an act df madness to attack the Russians without almost the certainty of victory, with such a river as the Danube in his rear; and, as the fate of the campaign depended on his next movement, his first care was to save his army from destruction. If it turn out to be correct that the Turks have not been driven back in consequence of a defeat, it is still an advantage in favour of Omer Pasha. I ventured to express the opinion long since that part of the Russian General's tactics appeared to be to draw the Turks, even by allowing them some advantages, into a position most favourable for himself, and, for his purposes sufficiently distant from the Danube, when he could choose his own battle-ground, assemble his masses, and fall upon them with overwhelming force. I think that, if the recent account be exact, something like what I anticipated has occurred." FRANCE. M. de Kisseleff is at Fontainebleau since Friday evening. He had been ill, but made an effort to present himself at the Imperial festivities. The news of the retreat of the Turks no doubt contri buted to restore him to health. The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Brest has published the following despatch from the Minister of Marine, relative to towing mer chant ships through the straits of the Dardanelles and of Gibraltar : "Monsieur le Prefet,— Since the month of September last I have been occupied with the difficulties which merchant ships might meet in proceeding to the Black Sea, particularly at the entrance of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus, and on the 14th of the following month I addressed the necessary instructions for towing ships employed in the conveyance of corn to our ports. I have subsequently given orders to the Commander-in- Chief the Mediterranean squadron to station a steam vessel under his orders in the Dardanelles to tow ves sels, of which the captains can give proofs of their mis sion and of their cargo, and the same assistance is to be extended to foreign ships freighted by French merchants to carry corn to France. I have likewise requested Vice-Admiral Hamelin to arrange with our Ambassador at Constantinople to remove any difficutty to the free passage of the Straits, and although the manifesto of the Sublime Porte is calculated completely to reassure our merchants, I have addressed fresh instructions to the chief of our naval forces in the Levant, in order to procure all facilities compatible with the state of affairs in the East. I have likewise thought it my duty to order the commander on the Tagus naval station to tow any merchant ships which may be detained in the Straits of Gibraltal. In adopting those measures, I have pro posed to hasten the arrival in our ports of vessels laden with grain for the supply of France, and to respond to the laudable initiative of the merchants who have im posed on themselves the task of supplying the deficiency of our wheat crop." The inclepenclance of Brussels says, in reference to the retreat of the Turks :—" The truth is this, we can guarantee it, though no letter or journal has yet spoken of it :—The Turks have voluntarily evacuated without a new combat, without even being disquieted by the Russians, the position which they had occupied on the left bank of the Danube opposite Oltenitza. They blew up the building of the quarantine, in which they sustained the sharp attack of the 4th, together with the entrenchments which they threw up ; and then they went quietly to the right bank. There has conse quently been no great engagement since the 4th; the Russians have not been beaten ; Bucharest has not been set on fire ; General Gortschakoff is not in retreat on Cronstadt ; and the Turks, on their part, have not been driven into the Danube. The great attack, which General Gortschakoff was to have made at the head of 24,000 men on the Turkish entrenchments opposite Oltenitza, has not even taken place. All that has occurred is a strategic movement of Omer Pacha, who has recalled on the right bank of the Danube the portion of his troops which had crossed the river and had taken up a position on the left bank, near Oltenitza. From the Cologne Gazette, of the 18th, we learn that all the line of Russian military operations from Krajowa, by Bucharest, Ismail, Sebastopol, and the Caucasus as far as beyond Anaklin, is divided into three general commands—namely, Prince Gortschakoff, in Wallachia ; General Luders, in Moldavia, near Ismail, the coast of Bessarabia, and Southern Russia ; and General Woronzoff, in the Caucasus. Admiral Prince Menschikoff has the command-in-chief of the fleet. General Lagaresi Stanischoff, commanding the park of artillery, has received orders to march into the principalities. He has already quitted Warsaw. We learn by telegraph that Prince Gortschakoff received positive order s on the Bth inst. to assume the offensive. Russian pontoons have been sent to Oltenitza. A commission has been appointed by the Mini ster of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works to prepare a report on the best mode of establish ing regularity and security in railway travelling. The commission is to be presided over by the Mini ster of Commerce in person. A letter from Marseilles, of the 18th inst., states that a private in the 10th regiment of Light In fantry had been arrested in that town in the act of posting revolutionary proclamations on the walls. The individuals convicted of having conspired to assassinate the Emperor have appealed against their sentence. According to telegraphic advices from Bucharest of the 16th, Prince Gortschakoff had returned there. It is said that the Russian troops have evacuated Lesser Wallachia. Prince Stirbey withdrew from the administra tion of the Principality on the 2d inst., and on that day the Russian General Prince Urusoff arrived at Jassy. It is stated that Prince Stirbey has sent a de spatch to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, in which he explains that, after the publication of martial law by Prince Gortschakoff, and the decla ration that Bucharest and all the towns in Wal lachia were placed in a state of siege, and after orders had been given to the Russian commanders to burn all the corn and other provisions which they could not carry away with them, he consi dered that he could no longer retain the command, and that lie was quitting Wallachia to proceed to Paris, after having surrendered the reins of Go vernment to a Council of Boyards. Prince Urusoff has ordered the establishment at Jassy of an hospital fit to contain 6,000 patients. The corps of General Luders is expected to enter from Bessarabia. On the 14th the Servian Hospodar requested M. Muchin, the Russian Consul, to quit Belgrade. A private letter from Eizeroura of the 29th ult. announces that a column of Russian troops, which was marching to reinforce the garrison of Poti, had been surprised by a snowstorm, and was blocked up in a defile in the neighbourhood of Kars, which renders the speedy surrender of Poti probable. The following is the letter addressed by Reschid Paella, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the foreign legations on the Ist inst., enclosing a copy of the Imperial Hat, announcing the inten tion of the Sultan to proceed to Adrianople : "We have the honour to transmit to you a copy of the Liat-Scheriff, Imperial autograph, which has just reached us at the Sublime Porte to announce the high decision taken by his Majesty, our glorious Sovereign, to proceed to Adrianople with the aid of God, at the commencement of next spring, in consequence of the present war. We avail ourselves, etc., etc." A letter from Warsaw, 11th, says :—" The mani festo of the Emperor of Russia and the second bul letin of the Danube were published to-day in all the journals. The manifesto concludes with the literal translation of the Sclavonic ecclesiastical text, 0 Lord, I have confidence in thee, that I may not have to blush in eternity.' The Russian journals publish ordinances which prove that hos tilities will commence by sea. It is not thought that the Russian regiments in which there are many Poles will be sent against the Turks." A letter from Alexandria of the sth announces that a reserve of 3,500 sailors raised on the coasts of Syria had just started for Constantinople. These sailors are intended for the Turkish and Egyptian ships of war, whose crews will be thus brought up to their full complement. Letters from Constantinople, Nov. 7, say that the Seraskier, Omer Pacha, and General Prim left Schumla on the 27th. A great part of the garrison left on the 27th, and part - on the 28th. On the 31st they arrived at Turtukai. The march of the troops was executed in admirable order. At Tur tukai, on the 31st, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, some of the riflemen and a battalion of infantry crossed the Danube in boats, and occupied an island which is distant from the left bank about 100 yards. The same night they fortified themselves there, opening trenches. They placed three cannon there, and others aro being transported across the river. A thick fog favoured these operations. They did not get a glimpse of any Russians until this morning, when our riflemen exchanged shots with some Cossacks. One Cossack was killed, and the rest made off. The troops will very soon occupy the left bank of the Danube. The passage of the river has been executed with groat success. We have no news of the movements of the Russians. The Danube has been crossed in a similar manner at Widdin, and yesterday it was to be crossed also at Silistria and Rustshuck. Namick Paella, Minister of Commerce of the Ottoman Porte, who came from Constantinople by the Mentor, has arrived in Paris. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the receipts of the Customs and indirect taxes for the month of October. They amounted to 13,102,886 fr., being 983,764 fr. more than in the correspond ing month of last year, and 2,140,615 fr. more than that of 1851. The receipts for the first ten months of 1853 amount to 116,421,339 francs, of 1852 to 115,409,7801 r., and of 1851 to 98,237,678 fr. The Bourse was more animated on Saturday than for some days past, and the confirmation of the report of the Turks having recrossed the Danube caused the Three per Cents, to rise from 73f. 25c., the opening price, to 73f. 65c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Northern, 852 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 812 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 725 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 575 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit of Mobilier, 690 f. In the affair that occurred between two Russian steamers with ten gunboats, it is said the Turkish batteries riddled them with shot, and two of the boats were sunk. This occurred at Isatchka, on the Lower Danube. We are expecting stirring news from Wallachia, as it is to be foreseen that an engagement will in all probability soon take place. Troops continue to arrive almost daily. The Leonidas, a French postal steamer, arrived on Tuesday, with 45G Turkish soldiers on board. They were taken in at Smyrna. The Africa, one of the boats of the Australian Lloyd Company, arrived the same day, with 230 on board. Admiral Dundas, who is staying at Therapia, has received the visits of the Turkish admirals. The French admiral, Hamelin, the commander in-chief of the French squadron, paid a visit to the ClaNtan, Paella, on Wednesday 1,403 911 ii , eazd the lIMIIIII SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 15th inst. A grand ball was to be given that evening by the French Ambassador, in honour of the Emp ress of the French, it being ier birthday. The Senate was to meet, preparatory to the session on the 17th. The Ministerial majority of the Chamber of Deputies proposed to meet on the same day, to select the officers for whom they will vote. The Ministers are preparing the budget for the year 1854. < The Cabinet had taken into consideration the plan of a railway to connect Spain with 'Portugal through Badajoz. The Clamor Publico, of the 15th inst., states that the Ministers will present bills to the Deputies on the following subjects :-1. To withdraw the pro position of a reform of the Constitution. 2. A bill on the .budget and a demand for permission to continue to levy taxes. 3. A bill on the press and on railways. 4. A bill to define the duties of mili tary senators ; another demanding that all the de crees passed, and all the extraordinary credits granted during the Parliamentary recess, be con firmed ; another regulating the Stock Exchange, and effecting a reform of the tribunals. A treaty for the protection of literary property had been signed by the French and Spanish Go ernments. GERMANY. The Prussian Government has, it is said, for mally proposed to the Government of Greece to make excavations at its own expense 'in the plain of the old town of Olympia ; and the Greeks are disposed to accept the proposition ; but the condi tions have not yet been settled. It is expected that important archaeological and philological discoveries will be made. The Cologne Gazette says the Prussian Govern ment has made known to the Cabinet of St. Peters burg, that it intends to preserve the same line o . conduct in the Eastern question, as that Cabinet followed in the Schleswig-Holstein affair. The Constitutionnel says the Count d'lsenbourg, who lately made such a violent attack on M. de Hassemptlug, the Prime Minister of Hesse Cassel, is found to be completely insane, and has been re moved from his chateau of Wechterbach to a lunatic asylum at Illenau. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA AND CITY OF MANCHESTER. Yesterday forenoon the Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and North America. The Niagara sailed from Boston on the 11th inst., and also from Halifax the same date, and has brought, besides the mails, about 60 passengers and 100,000 dols. in specie on freight. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain Robert Leitch, also arrived at Liverpool at a very ear l y hour yesterday morning from Philadelphia, which port she left on the sth inst. She has brought about 30 passengers and 130,000 dols. in specie on freight. The Bremen and New York Mail steam-ship Germania arrived at New York from Bremen on the Bth inst. The political intelligence from the United States by this arrival is unimportant. We have telegraphic advices, however, from New Orleans of California news. The mail steamer Daniel Webster had arrived from St. Juan at New Orleans, en route to New York, with San Francisco dates to the 16th ult., and gold dust to the value of $2,500,000. John Mitchel, the Irish exile, who had effected his escapo from Van Diemen's Land, had arrived via the Sandwich Islands. There is news that Sonora had been burned on the 3d ult. The Californian markets were depressed ; but the intelligence from the mining districts continues of the same encouraging character as heretofore reported. Business generally was dull at New York, and money continued very tight. Although stocks had advanced in value, they were subject to a good deal of unsteadiness. In the New York Cotton Market there had been a fair amount of business transacted, and former quotations were steadily maintained. The follow ing were the rates on the day of the departure of the mail :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair llic. to 121 e. per lb. ; Uplands, mid. fair to fair lie. to 14c. In the market for breadstuffs the advance caused by the English advices per the Africa had been checked by the tightness in the money market. The quotations of the different articles in this mar oa the departure of the steamer, were as fol low :—Western Canal flour, 6$ 87,!., to 7$ per brl., steady ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 78 to 1$ 80 per 601 b. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 80c. to 82c. per bushel, barely supported ; Indian corn, southern white, 80e. to 82c. per bushel. But little business had been doing in the provi sion market, but late rates were steadily main tained.. Freights continue to rule much the same as they have done for some time past. At the departure of the steamer the asking rates were—Flour, to Liverpool, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per barrel ; grain, Is. Old. to ls. ld. per bushel ; cotton, 3-16 d. to id. per lb.; cotton, to Havre, ic, to Ic. per lb. Exchange on London was quoted at 1091 to 1091, but at these figures was not well sustained. Paris, 5 12l to 5 15 ; Hamburgh, 361 to 37 ; Bremen, 801 to 80/. ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN. The United States Mail steam-ship Hermann arrived at Southampton on Saturday evening. The news by this arrival is of little interest. The Africa, from Liverpool, reached New York early on the morning of the 4th inst. The Hermann left on the following- day. The New York Herald of Nov. 5 says : "The new Ministers to France, Turkey, and China, wili probably receive their instructions to-day. They, together with Governor Seymour, Minister to Russia, are expected to depart for the various courts to which they have been assigned before the close of the present month. " A despatch from Boston mentions, as a singular cir cumstance, the fact that since the promulgation of General Cushing's extraordinary pronunciarn ento, the collector of that city had searched in vain for a coali tionist in the Custom-house. In fact, coalitioniam has suddenly become so unpopular that some of the promi nent democrats of Middlesex county, a few of whom were some time ago strenuous supporters of the league with the abolitionists, have signed a call for a new convention to nominate a ticket in opposition to that of the coalitionists. " The continued tightness in the money market is having a very serious effect upon stocks, the previous quotations for which were hardly sustained by the few buyers who made their appearance. The position of many leading financiers is represented as exceedingly embarrassing, and it is believed that a number of them are preparing for a suspension. Rumours were afloat on the stock board of several heavy failures, but as none of them were traced to an authoritative source it would be exceedingly improper and unjust to give names." DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. A telegraphic despatch was received at Paris yes terday (Sunday), dated Lisbon, 15th instant, an nouncing that the Queen of Portugal died that day, at noon, in child-bed. According to the laws of the kingdom, the King- Consort will be Regent until the majority of the Prince. Lisbon was tranquil when the despatch left. Maria da Gloria, the late Queen, was daughter of the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro 1., by his first consort, the Archduchess Leopoldine of Austria, and was born at Rio de Janeiro, April 4, 1819. On the death of her grandfather, John VI., she was desig nated successor to the crown of Portugal by virtue of the act of renunciation executed byPedro, one of the provisions of which was that, upon coming of age, she should marry her father's brother, Dom Miguel, whom it was desired, as a dangerous competitor for the throne, to satisfy by such arrangement. An other condition was, that she and her future husband should acknowledge the new constitution. When Dom Miguel had accepted of this arrangement, had sworn to the constitution, been betrothed to the child Donna Maria, and received the regency, the young queen left Brazil, in 1828, to sail for Eu rope. Miguel had, meanwhile (June 30, 1828), declared himself absolute King of Portugal, and forbade the Queen to land. She was now com pelled to come to England, where she was received by the court as lawful Queen of Portugal, but found no actual support, the mini s t r y o f the day secretly favouring the usurper. In 1829 she re turned to Rio Janeiro, with Amelia of Leuchten berg, her subsequent stepmother, and lived there until 1831, when her father found himself com pelled to resign the crown of Brazil to his son, Pedro 11. She then resided in Paris, while her father waged war for her rights in Portugal. After the taking of Lisbon, in September, 1833, she made her entry into that city. On the 29th of May, 1834, Miguel renounced his claims, and re tired to Italy, where he recalled his renunciation, and was acknowledged by the Pope King of Poi tugal. Pedro now administered the government as regent and guardian of his daughter. His power, however, was soon exhausted ; and when, on the 18th of September, 1834, he announced to the Cortes that he was no longer able to conduct the Government, that assembly declared the Queen of full age, by which means the intrigues of the com petitors for the R egency were defeated. Maria now occupied herself with thoughts of marriage. Her choice fell upon Duke Charles-Augustus- Eugene-Napoleon, of Leuchtenb erg , who already had won her affections. On the Bth of Nov. she was married by proxy, at Munich, to this prince ; and on January 27 of the following year in person. Dom Augustus, Prince of Portugal as he was named, was made commander of the army, and was likely to become popular, when he died suddenly, March 28, 1835. On the 9th of April, 1836, she was married a second time to Duke Ferdinand, son of Ferdinand of Saxe-Cobourg-Cohary, who, upon the birth of a Crown Prince ' was named King. In the course of th e n e x t ten years the corruptions of the Government, which had fallen into the hands of the Cabrals, the suppression of the liberty of the press, and the increase of taxes, irritated a large portion of the nation. In May, 1846, civil war broke out in the Upper Minho, and in a few weeks several districts were In arms against the Cabral ministry. The Cabrals re signed, and retired from the kingdom. The Cham ber of Deputies was dissolved, the Grand Cortes extraordinarily convoked, and a number of conces sions were made. The. Duke de Palmella was called to power, and held office with Saldanha for four months, when his Cabinet was succeeded by a new Ministry under Saldanha's premiership. Civil war, meanwhile, continued. Das Antas, the com mander nominated by the Juntas, and supported by Bandiera, Louli, and Fournos, gained several successes ; and it was feared that the Queen and King would have to leave Portugal and seek safety in England. In November, however, the popular party were in turn defeated, and lost two whole regiments by desertion. In the ensuing year the mediation of the British Government was offered, and accepted by the Queen, but declined by the Junta. Das An tas now prepared to evacuate Oporto. The British fleet, under Sir T. Maitland, was off that city. Steamers belonging to the Junta were permitted to enter and embark Das Antas's troops- On the 31st of May, 1847, a corvette and 3 armed steamers, 1 barque, 1 brig, 2 schooners, transports, containing in all about 3,000 t roo p s , left the port. On crossing the bar they were summoned to sur render to the British ; and as resistance would have been useless, they did so, without firing a shot. As soon as he was on board the British ship, the Conde das Autas, presented to the com mander a protest in the name of the Portuguese nation against this act of hostility, without decla ration of war, or any pretext for the same. BY these means resistance to the royal authority was suppressed. The Queen in return for services ren dered by Great Britain, signed an agreement ' ex, - , eluding the Cabrals from power • and this was all the opponents of the court gai ne d by the insurrection. As soon, however, as quiet had been restored, the Conde de Thomar, the elder of the Cabrals, again be came premier in the face of Great Britain, and conti nued a career of oppression and corruption until, in 1851, the Duke de Saldanha carried out a military revolution and reconstituted the Governmen t ' Donna Maria yielded with a ver y b a d grace te, the necessities of her position. H e r husband ha d been appointed commander-in-chief at the coin; mencement of the outbreak, and actually advanced against Saldanha,, but was f o rced to make a sPeedY and solitary retreat to Li s b on , hi s troops having deserted him on his march. The Government has since been conducted under the presidency of Saldanha. Her Majesty has left seven children ; namely, Don Pedro Alcantara, Duke of Braganza, e o 4 Sept. 16, 1837 ; Don Louis Philippe, Du` e __ o f Oporto, born Oct. 31, 1838 ; Don Joao, Saxe and of Beja, born March 16, 1842 ; DQ Marie-Anne, born July 21, 1843 ; Dona MIT A , born Feb. 17, 1845 ; D on F er dinand, born Jay 23, 1846 ; and Don Augusto, born Nov. 4 , 1'154 FATAL COLLISION OFF DOVER. In the course of Thursday night a boat was iun down off Dover be ea it is supposed, when two men, na med SOP - % perished. Court and William Coveney, The craft viA' called the North Charles, and was employed in c ouve r ing sand from Broadstairs to the place. She v 7 3.„,. . served lying off the h ar b our on the previous eve ate ni- in Y The next morning nothing could be seen of her; the day, howeve r , p or ti ons o f her were picked upteatee, which the si; showed that sh e h a d b een run down, a s if by E a gle the wood being c om pl e t e ly divided.' The Black was observed t o pass the port but whether that w as th e vessel which did the mischief Or not cannot be state d % 3 . NEW STREET BETWEEN CAREY-STREE T AND FOT: LANE.--It is intended by the Board of Buildings to obtain powers for the formation. of the long -contemplated new street from Chancery - la ne Fetter-lane, and to widen Care street from the 0 01 4 4 4 of Bell-yard to Chancery-lane, in the line of the proPv street, Works_ .% _ - -