The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-19 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRI7RY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. • THIS EVENING, OCTOBER , Will be performed MACBETH. Supported by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, J. Johnston, T. Lyon, A. Younge, Morgan, and Henri Dray ton ; Mesdames Vickery, Anderton, Featherstone, and E. Ormond. " To be followed by VERY SUSPICIOUS. Supported by Mr. G. Wild and Miss F. Williams. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLEs KLAN, THIS EVENING, Oar. 19, WID be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SABDANAPALUS, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Supported by Mr. W. Lacy and Miss C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENDTG, OCT. 19, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh MarraY, Paul Bedford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook " A Biffln." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 19, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Chirac tors by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson; Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling , P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal chamters by Mr. P. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIRD APPEARANCE of Miss KATE COOKE on her milk-white Charger, Snowdrop, expressly trained for her by Mr. W. Cooke. Last Three Nights of the Battle of Waterloo. Mr. W. Cooke, ever anxious to present the Patrons of this popular Theatre with every possible Novelty the Continent affords, has, at an enormous ex pense, entered into an Engagement with Mons. CLEUSH and his Extraordinary ACTING TROUPE of DOGS and MONKEYS, whose wondrous performances abroad have been the theme of universal astonishment and admiration. They will appear for the First Time on SATURDAY, October 23. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 19, And during the week, will be presented (the 32d time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PILETON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN --supported by the entire strength of the Company. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's matchless Scenes in the Circle, introducing, for the Third Time, Miss KATE COOKE, and those asto nishing Artistes, Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS on LA PEECHE. - ---. Concluding with (108th time) THE RATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-ofilce, open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. Th e stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—eloudless. STROOD—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—S.W., light airs—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—N.W., gentle.breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM—N.., calm—foggy. FARRINGDON—W., gentle breeze—fair. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : SOUTHAMPTON—S. strong breeze—heavy' rain. BIRMINGHAM—S:*., calm—rain. LANCASTER—N.W., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—E. 2 gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—W.N.W., gentle breeze— cloudless frost. SITAP—S.E., calm—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAr —Morning 6 min.after 3 I Evening 19 min.aft. 3 ro-mcItROW —Morning 35 min. after 3 Evening 49 rain. aft 3 THE WEATHER.--Stn; Orrin, Ocr. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAuomETER, 29 . 05—a sudden fall of nearly half an inch since yesterday. WIND, E.S.E. to S.E.—Squally and foul weather, with continuous rain. glb , ~.: . ) . .,,,,: „ ..„: „ .4 , ..., i g f--, ... t wfmg,,,,,, -. .....,,-...„,,,_ fib, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1853. Everything now tends to confirm the accuracy of our judgment (from the outset) in regard to the Eastern Question—events proving more clearly from day to day that war has become ine vitable, and that its outbreak is, indeed, imminent. The last shadowy hope of concessions being volun teered at the eleventh hour by the AUTOCRAT are at length dissipated. The rumoured advances towards an amicable settlement at Ohniitz are at last shown by facts to have been altogether ima ginary. Instead of yielding, the CZAR has only evinced a disposition to be more obdurate in his demands, to be more haughty in his bearing, and to be more lawless in his encroach- ments. Throughout in reality, the Emperor NICHOLAS is discovered by England to have acted with the most heinous duplicity towards the Western Governments. While talking about an arrangement in reference to the guardianship of the Holy Places in Palestine, he was secretly pre paring the mission of Prince MENSCHIKOFF, and getting his troops in readiness to enable Prince GORTZCHAKOFF to cross the Pruth and take formal possession of the Danubian Principa lities. When he affected merely to be argu ing about the arrangement of certain eccle siastical formularies, he was multiplying his warlike resources at Odessa, and enhancing his vast maritime preparations at Sebastopol. Pre cisely in the same way has the AUTOCRAT con ducted his policy in regard to the Cabinets of France and England at the close of this agitated correspondence, no less monstrously than at its co mmencement. Everywhere, indeed, he has betrayed hypocrisy towards the councils of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON, from first to last of these extended and elaborated, but utterly abortive and ineffectual nego tiations. He has repeated at Olmiltz the treacherous policy adventured upon at Con stantinople. Assuming a magnanimous pre ference for a pacification, he has endeavoured. to foment under the mask of that pretended par tiality a discord among the chief Powers of Europe, such as, if ultimately brought about, must devastate with a conflict perhaps never sur passed for ferocity the various races of the Euro pean Continent. In order to accomplish this sinister and dastardly design, the Russian AUTOCRAT recently held out at Olmiitz to Austria, and afterwards at Warsaw to Pr,u B Sia, a series of magnificent and scarcely re sistible temptations. From the outset we in aiatsd that such must inevitably prove the upshot of that suspicious meeting of the three Sovereigns. It is , an klicriviedged, at last, even by one of the recognised organs of It is made th e the ABERDEEN Government. subject, at length, of a Ministerial confession in this Country, that the Councils of Berlin and Vienna have been thus shamelessly tampered with by th ose of St. Petersburg. Never theless the organs of the Coalition continue as yet to maintain that the bribes held out by the CZAR successively to FRANCIS JOSEPH and to FREDERICK WILLIAM have, a s yet, failed to win over entirely those two Monarchs from their ques tionable positions as members of th e Conference, and nominal allies of the Sultan Am).UL-M ED , Jin This confidence of the Aberdeenists in the inte grity of Austria and Prussia we believe to be as entirely mistaken, and calculated, if acted upon , to prove almost as lamentably disastrous as that which has been hitherto expressed by them in the good faith of the Rus sian AUTOCRAT. Speaking more plainly and explicitly, we would reueat here what we have before now insisted upon —namely, that in the end it will be found that the lures offered to the Austr . an and the Prussian Sovereigns have not proved so absolutely unsuccess ful as would be maintained by the champions of the existing Ad ministration. Occurrences, we rest assured, will reveal that the CZAR has so far triumphed over the scruples of the Prussian King and the Austrian Emperor, that he has bound them over to a nen trality in the event of war eminently advantageous ' to his designs upon Constantinople. A little while longer, and the world will be able to appreciate more confidently the relative merits and demerits of these conflicting Governments. A little while longer, and impartial spectators will recognise the arrogance of,-Russia more clearly than through the insolent bearing of MENS CHIKOFF -- her contempt for treaties more clearly than through her occupation of Moldo- Wallachia her insincerity towards France and England more clearly than through her recent efforts at Olmiltz to secure the formal with drawal of Prussia and Austria from the Viennese Conference. Exactly in the same way, as we be lieve, that a little while longer will qualify the public at large to understand, what we regret to think is only conjectured as yet by the generality —the formidable strength and magnanimous for bearance of the Mahometan Government at Con stantinople. At this critical juncture two facts at least are altogether indisputable—that war is unavoidable, and that there is an end, at any rate for the timei being, of these preposterous negotiations. ~. ~~ w~. , It is difficult to say whether the na suffered the more serious injury from the yoked and wanton aggression of the Great IVortft:. ern despot on his inoffensive neighbour; or from the disturbed and excited state of the labour market. Our foreign trade has been deeply in jured by the one. Our domestic peace has been greatly endangered by the other. If the CzAB. has occasioned a material falling off in the de mand for our various manufactures, the equally unjustifiable proceedings of the operatives have diminished production in a still larger propor tion. The occupation of the Danubian Princi palities has contributed in no ordinary degree to enhancing the rate of interest and the diminution of the circulating medium, the very life-blood of industry, the clamour for increased wages, and the numerous strikes that have occurred throughout the entire country have led to a general cessation of employment, and threaten a deplorable reduc -1 tion in the Excise returns, which indicate th e con dition of the labouring population, and the amount of 'comforts enjoyed by those who earn their bread by the sweat of their brows. The employer, as we have long since stated, is placed between two fires. On the one side he finds a monetary screw applied, which restricts the pecu niary accommodation essential to the success of Ms operations. Should he be even so fortunate as to obtain an adequate supply, he has to submit to an enormous increase in the rate of discount, and may be well contented if he gets what he requires at double or even three times the amount paid last year for similar advances. It is unnecessary to show how this formidable addition to his expenditure increases his risk and cuts down the margin of profit. Its effects must be obvious to any person having the slightest acquaintance with business, or experience of the many difficul ties that obstruct the path of the master manufac turer. He might, however, contrive to struggle on if supported by his men. But, unfortunately, those who should sustain and support him in the arduous struggle, have, with strange and unac countable indiscretion, become his most formid able assailants. It is almost needless to say, then, that he must succumb when simultaneously suffer ing under so many injurious influences, that he must relinquish the attempt to provide remunera tive occupation for those who are so totally oblivi ous of their own interests. He may save sonic remnant of his capital from the storm ; but what will become of those who have driven him from his position by their unjustifiable demands ? They will have ample cause to deplore their short-sighted infatuation—their unreasoning as well as un grateful folly—betokening a similar infirmity of head and heart, a deficiency of intellect, and of kindliness of feeling. It ought to be obvious to those parties that the prime cost of the article is made up of the several items of raw material, interest of money, and workmen's wages ; and if the two former elements ' in the calculation are materially increased, the latter must be, if practicable, reduced in a cor responding ratio, to admit of the supply being continued at such prices as to lead to a continued demand. Experience teaches that the demand is in an inverse ratio to the price —that as the latter increases the former declines, till there is slack ness, then paralysis of trade, and ultimately a commercial crisis—from which the labouring po pulation are, as in every disturbaance, the chief sufferers. We do not believe that a strike for wages could be beneficial to those for whose alleged benefit it is made. Under any circumstances, and we believe that a successful strike is even more injurious to the operatives than an unsuccessful one ; but those who fancy otherwise, if possessed of the smallest portion of common sense, should surely select a time when money was cheap and trade active for such attempts, in place of a period Ale most in auspicious that could be chosen, and which could not have been more unfavourable if determined by a committee of masters. Meanwhile the contest proceeds with increased virulence on either side. The employers are animated by a strong sense of the impropriety and unfairness of the movement, while the work men are displaying a degree of arrogance and insolence proportioned to the badness of their cause. They will not listen to reason, because conscious that their cause cannot bear in vestigation. Like NICHOLAS, they rely on their supposed strength, and stand on their " dignity,"—their dignity forsooth ! as prevent ing them from coming to any reasonable adjust ment. And their madness is kept up by a set of miscreants, who reap unhallowed profits from the miseries of their unfortunate dupes—a set of vampires that prey upon the happiness of their victims—who live only in ana o tm rk o in sp g he m re en of strife were and insubordination. If w awakened to their true interests they would shun the entire body of committee-men, delegates, and the entire genus of pot-house legislators as their worst enemies ; rendering them discontented with their positions, and inducing them—to use a vulgar, but expressive phrase—" to quarrel with their bread and butter." The contest which commenced at Preston is rapidly spreading to the surrounding localities. The mills at Burnley are, we believe, already closed—and those at Bacup, Accrington, Colne, and the surrounding vicinities are stated to be under notice. The masters are no l not suffer themselves to be beatenfools. in T h d e e y t ai r will or to keep one body of malcon tents in occupation to support others in idleness. They may be well assured that a partial victory would be followed lip, and that they themselves would be victimised in turn—all that the greatest favourite could hope would b. to obtain the boon granted by the Cyclop to ovrte, and to be the last devoured. They now, however, see the magni tudeofthe emergency, and therefore will act in concert, for surely they may combine as well as the workmen. The result will be a general sus pension, by which i thousands, and tens of thou sands, who have been the creators and producers of national wealth will become unprofitable con sumers. It is a war in, fact that, has been com menced—a war of labtoour ..against:capital—a war 1 far more injuri ous tthee national effieae prosperity than any in whi c h we could ho involved with other states. H ere, then, • is an op opportunity for testing h doc trines of the Peace Society, for aseyerotafintihneg ho w! far Mr. COBDEN may be trusted. Before we can trust our lives and properties to the p ro t ection of the broad-brimmed and drab-coated arbitrators, let us see how they can restore to peace their own ~~.~._. THE' SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1858. countrymen, and induce them to submit their claims to arbitration. We fear that a leglislative .remedy will be required for the domestic evil, while in our foreign relations we must still rely on the old-fashioned operations effected by cold steel and dry gunpowder—by stately ships and well-disciplined troops.. DRURY LANE THEATRE. MR. E. T: SMITH'S BENEFIT. There are few who will not readily acknowledge that Mr. E. T. Smith is entitled to the highest praise for planting once more the legitimate drama on the boards of Old Drury. The experiment was a hazardous one, after the repeated failures of other managers, but, thanks to Mr. Smith, he foresaw that if talent of a high order could be obtained, the public would not fail to bestow their patronage upon him, and this has really been the me ; for though Mr. Brooke's engagement has been short, Drury-lane has not seen a more brilliant season for many a year than the pre sent. A, iiiiir,ur then is due to Mr. Smith, and lt . (W. r fiave no doubt that his expectations have belf .4 : y, pot, we confidently trust that to-night, 4 #l4as fixed fo . r.his benefit, and when Mr. Brooke, .114 .4 m IllsC already announced, appears for the first and last tune ill' Afaibqa, will present as crowded and well fp • gii..house.ai any during- the palmiest days of the ti-O. Such ' mark 'of approbation on the part of the C"wonld encourage him to renewed exertions when, I v 1; 6 * (lpn-trture of Mr . Brooke for America will compel F v t ip.tc look around for other attractions. COORT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 18. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon, N. and Lady. Mary Hood, and Mr. Gibbs. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Si j' otais.Roi" Adam. Polonaise and Chorus, " Faust" Finale, " Le Pre aux Clercs" Overture, " Marco Spada" Herold. Auber. March, "Prometheus"... Beethoven. The Queen and the Prince walked in the Home-park this morning. The royal children took their accustomed exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back this afternoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel. F. Seymour. Tier Majesty and his - Royal Highness the Prince Albert drove out in an open carriage this afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour were in attendance on horseback. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday evening for Windsor Castle. ROYAL DONATION.—Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to express her approbation of the object and views of the " Scotish Ladies' Association for Promoting Female Industrial Education in Scotland, especially in the Highlands and Islands ; and has accompanied the letter by a donation of 50/. The object of this associa tion is to add other branches of industry besides needle work to schools for females in the labouring, manufac turing, and mining districts. The association intend to open their first schools in Crieft and in Rothesay next month. THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIE OF RUSSIA.—Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia came to town from Torquay last week, accompanied by two of her children, the Prince Eugene and the Princess Eugenie, for the purpose of visiting the various national establishments and objects of interest now open for in spection in the metropolis. The Grand Duchess and the Prince and Princesses, by whom her Imperial Highness was accompanied, appear to have derived much benefit from their residence at Torquay, to which place they re turned on Friday last, to join the other Princes and Princess of the Imperial family. The season for sea• bathing having now closed, her Imperial Highness in tends to leave Torquay on the 21st inst. for Dover, where her Majesty's steam-packet Vivid, Capt. Smithett, has been ordered to be in readiness on the following day, to convey the Imperial party to Ostend, en route for St. Petersburgh. Her Imperial Highness is stated to have expended nearly 4,0001. in purchases among the trades men of Torquay alone. ROYAL GALLERY or ILLUSTRATION.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess Mary, and attended by Baron Knesebeck, Baron Rauck, &c., honoured (on Monday) with a visit the Diorama of the Ocean Mail, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street. POSTAGE STAMPS.—It appears that in the year ended the sth of January last the poundage on the sale of postage stamps amounted to 18,1421., and in the pre ceding year to 14,896/. By the New Stamp Act the Postmaster-General can authorise the employes to sell postage stamps without a license. THE POOR LAWS.—Last year the expense of the establishment for the administration of the Poor Laws amounted to 203,2611. STATIONERY FOR PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.—In the year ended the sth of January, the expense of providing stationery for the public departments was 258,410/., against 166,9161. in the previous year. THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—The extraordinary success of the performances here on Monday, brought another large audience last night, and it was equally as loud and enthusiastic in its praise, both of the extra vaganza and the drama of Plot and Passion, the latter, in which Mr. Wigan, Mrs. Stirling, and Mr. Emery display their characteristics in a manner so striking and so effective as to astonish even those who have frequently seen their performances. That Mr. Robson, who has the only other principal part, should enact, to the life, a base, cunning, obsequious villian, may appear somewhat strange, when he has just acquired a high reputation as an actor of burlesque, but it is no less strange than true, for a finer representative of such a character we would not wish to witness. THE NEw VICTORIA AND ALBERT.—We understand that the drawings of the new yacht for the Queen were submitted to her Majesty at Windsor yesterday. It must be gratifying to the Sovereign to find that even against the Royal desire to incur expense in the con struction of a new yacht, her loyal and devoted sub jects are so unanimous in their determination to pro vide the Queen with a suitable floating palace. The greatest interest is still felt as to the material of which the yacht is to be constructed. As a matter of econo my, it is not questioned that iron is the cheapest. Ex prience has proved this with regard to the Fairy, screw tender, which little vessel has weathered some rough gales, and is as tight and clean as a bottle. Iron is also unquestionably the most durable ; but, as we have before stated, the greatest and most important advan tages consist in its immunity from the deadly fevers which hang about wooden steamers, and its less liabi lity to take fire.—Morning .Herald. THE COMMAND or THE ROYAL YACIT.—We under stand that Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., will not command the Royal yacht as a rear admiral. He will strike his flag, and a captain, senior to Captain Crispin, will be appointed We must confess we regret the separation of Lord Adolphus from the command of her Majesty's little Royal squadron. A stranger can not be so agreeable to the service as those who have been accustomed to the Royal yacht manned. Several names have been started for the first captaincy ; and among others, Captain Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, of the St. Jean d'Acre, and Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Agamemnon. . _ _ BELLOT.—The correspondent of a contemporary suggests that instead of a niche in St. Paul's or West minster Abbey to commemorate the heroic Frenchman Bellot, it would be a more graceful compliment, and one that would be deeply appreciated by his countrymen, to raise a subscription for the purpose of erecting some slight tablet to his memory in his native town. As a tribute to French heroism from the people of England, he adds, this would be esteemed as a flattering compli ment by the whole nation. CAPTAIN M'CLURE.—The following letter has been addressed to the Newry Telegraph by Mr. E. P. Morphy, of Ballylech-house, Monaghan brother of Captain M'Clure :—" In an article published in your paper of the 13th inst., headed ' Discovery of the North-West Passage,' I observe the following observation with refer ence to Captain M'Clure, viz. :—'lle is a native of Ul ster, the brother of a medical gentleman who not long since was resident in Belfast.' This statement, I beg to say, is n o t correc t. C a pt a i n M'Clure was born in the county of Wexford. He has only been in Ulster twice in his life, the first time in 1837, when the Terror, on board which he was lieutenant, was driven into Lough Foyle, on her return from the North Pole, in a disabled m mother resident s i daev having hg i n first rßelfast.st married a hism state ; the second ti me h e came on a v i s it t o me here. had h N is eit o h n e l r y heany y brother brother,y father, Captain M'Clure, formerly of the 89th Regib'ent. This is My brother's third expedition to the North Pole, where he has spent seven years of his life. He always stated Sir John Franklin would not be disco vere d, his conviction being his ships were crushed in the ice." GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, BART. , G.C.H.—This veteran officer , who died on the 17th of October, at his residence, Bath, in the 83d year of his age, was the senior General in her Majesty's service. Inheriting the estates of Fairbairn, Strathconnau, and Monar, which were g ranted to his ances tor by lames IV. of Scotland, he received the first rudiments of his education at Edinburgh as an associate of Walter Scott, and his early military instruction with the Duke of Wel lington, at the Academy of Angers, in France. Serving as a subaltern in the Ist Royals, and as a captain in the 42d Highlanders, he obtained at an early age the lieu tenant-colonelcy of the 78th Highlanders—a battalion of which regiment he commanded at the first capture of the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir Alured Clerk. Subse quently served as a 1 officer at Minorca and in the general Mediterranean, and, after the rupture of the peace of Amiens, was continually employed to the close of the war. He received the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Januarius from the King of the Two Sicilies, and the Grand Cross of the Guelphic Order. from George IV., by wkena, and by his Royal Highness the - Duke of York, he was much esteemed. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY; TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of American at sid. to 61d. were *d per lb. higher, Brazil and Egyptian id. lower, and Surat without alteration. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 20 Pernam and Maranham at 6d., 40 Bahia at 6d., 20 Egyptian at aid., and 700 Surat at 3d. to 41d. per lb. Railways were firm. At the Indigo sale yesterday the remainder of B catalogue passed, which went off exceedingly flat. A catalogue was then resumed, but went off with out animation, and prices were again rather in favour of buyers; 2,199 chests passed, of which 1,067 were withdrawn, 714 bought in, leaving 418 sold. Total passed, 14,520. The sale is expected to finish this afternoon. _ There are no arrivals to-day, and the absence of the correspondence which should at least a fort night since have reached the merchants from Australia causes a lull in business which is not due so much to the money market as to the want of in formation. It cannot be denied, however, that there is a desire in most circles to contract engage ments as much as possible. In some observations upon the State of the corn market by Messrs. Sturge ud Co., the fact is very properly noted, that there sno probability of short supplies, considering the numerous countries which have a superabundance, and only wait the means . of transport. What with the high prices that: exist, and the impediments that have been thrown in the way of other busi ness, the growers of corn, as well as the merchants, will be glad to push forward any quantity they can obtain. Under these . circumstances speculators should be cautious how they act. If it be admitted that the wheat crop is more deficient than in any year since 1816, it is also true that the quantity of other grain is a full average, and it must be taken into account that the lateness of the harvest brings us one month nearer at least to the next crop ; so that we have to look to a provision for 11 rather than for 12 months, supposing 1854 gives us an earlier harvest than we have had this year. The very wet and unpropitious weather we are now experiencing is against the putting in of seed, and contrasts unfavourably with the beautiful weather that prevails in France. Ships being released from the Australian and other overdone trades, will be come available for the carrying of grain, and this is matter for congratulation, since the scarcity of vessels has been a great hindrance to the trade. There was a slight decline again yesterday after noon in the rates at which bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities were negotiated here. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 27k to 324; Amsterdam, 11 18 to 18i : Hamburgh, 13 6 to 61; and Trieste, 11 18 to 22. There are indications of an increased demand for gold, and shipments of silver to India will con tinue. By the Orinoco, 61,0001. has to-day been sent to Peru. At Paris gold is dearer than here, and money is in demand at Hamburgh. The annual statistics compiled from official re turns by Mr. Mihill Slaughter, the secretary of the railways department of the Stock Exchange, and forming No. 7 of " Railway Intelligence, " are fuller even than those previously given. Look ing at the dividends upon the various classes of shares since the year 1838, there are some very cu rious changes. In the year 1841 the Birmingham and Gloucester line paid at the rate of only li. per cent. per annum, and in the following year not more than 11, whereas in 1846 it had merged into the Midland upon the excellent terms of 6 per cent. The Bristol and Exeter since 1842 has fluctuated from about k to 4k per cent. per annum. The Eastern Counties during the second half of 1850, and the first half of 1851 paid no dividend, al though in 1846 it afforded 61 per cent. Its last return was at the rate of about 2i per cent., leav ing still much room for development or recovery. The Lancashire and Yorkshire, in 1847, paid 7 per cent., and now does not yield half that amount. The London and Birmingham was as high as 111-10 per cent., and since it has become the North- Western it has been down to 5 per cent ; the South- Western has varied between 1839 and 1853 from 3 to 8 per cent. per annum ; the Midland from 7 to about 2 per cent ; and the South-Eastern from 6-three-tenths to about 3 per cent. It would be difficult to trace out the particular causes of these great changes, but the general influence of competition, amalgamation, an excessive expen diture, together with precipitate guarantees, is everywhere palpable. In the English Stock Market there has been a much duller tone than of late, and although a few money purchases for investment have been made, the supply of Consols seems to have increased, and the full employment obtained for money is proba bly leading to a few sales by the bankers. Consols have been 911 and for transfer, and 91g and g for account. The 'speculative business is very circum scribed, and the market evidently is not now de pending upon politics so much as upon money. The New 3f per Cents, have been 92g to and the 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities, 94 to 94. Bank Stock is steady at 217. Exchequer Bills are 4s. to Bs. premium. Foreign Securities are but little dealt in. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been at 218 and the Certifi cates at si. Mexican Stock is not higher than 23/ Sardinian Bonds have been 901. Dutch, 21 per Cents. have been quiet at 621. There have been no transactions in Russian. The Railway Share Market is even tamer than prices rule slightly in favour of buyers. and F re nch shares keep steady, but with very the funds, little doing. It is stated that the brokers at Paris exercise the , greatest& caution, in conducting specu lative operations for their clients, and that in many cases there is a refusal to do business even for par ties of known means, unless a large deposit is given to cover any possible loss. In fact, the wish seems to be to avoid business. Under these circumstances the quotations given from day to day in the Paris. Cours Authentique are principally nominal. In the foreign and colonial mining markets there have been a few bargains at about the previous rates, but the Nouveau Monde are lower. The shares of the Australian Banks are firmer. Peel River Land Shares are about the same. London Dock Stock has been done 30s. lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) 1860 92.'1 Bank Stock .. . ... . ~,....................... ... 21 31. 7 1 1 n 6e5s done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Jan.,es 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ......... ****** 9° r ?. 9n 1 Annuities,per Cent. E x Annuities N Lo e - vl ig 3 5 5-16 3-1(f India Stock 248 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 5 p Clnsols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 £5OO 7 4 8 p Small 7 4 8 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent 97 1,- Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2li Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 1 Dividends on the above payable In London. utch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9lg Ditto October Account . 9lg MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market. Owing to the brisk advices from Liver pool, the demand ruled very firm, and, in some instances, rather more money was obtained for fine samples. There was more doing in foreign wheat, the show of which was far from extensive, at the extreme rates of Monday. Floating cargoes were firm. Barley and malt moved off steadily, but we have no change to notice in their value. Oats wore in good request, and the turn higher. Beans, peas, and flour sold on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Whoat. Barley. I Malt. 570 680 1,030 400 15,130 6,170 I -- Oats. Flour. 30 1,120 63 4,5'20 1,840Lr1 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 8s ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 2d to. 4s 4d ; pork, 3a 6d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BOROITGH HOP. The demand is active, and fine new East Kent pockets have sold as high as 181. 18s. per cwt. Duty, 135,0004. to 140,0001. JUDGES' Cratax.s.—lnstead of fees, the judges clerks are now paid by salaries. The three associates to the chief judges have each 1,000/. a-year ; the three senior clerks to the associates each 1501. ; the three junior clerks to the associates each 1001. ; the principal clerks to three chief judges each 7001. a-year ; the principal clerks of the other, twelve judges each 6004. ; and the ether clerks of the chief and puisne judges, eighteen in number, 400, a-year each, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The Minister of War having been informed that a number of German families have recently gone into Algeria, without having the pecuniary re sources required to obtain a concession of land, has ordered that henceforth emigrants applying for a gratuitous passage to the colony shall be obliged to prove that they actually possess 2,000 fr. if they want to obtain a concession of land, 400 fr. if they be workmen with families, and 100 fr. if unmarried workmen. We mentioned yesterday the arrest and discharge I of M. Goudchaux. The particulars connected with the affair are given by the Siecle. It appears that a domiciliary visit was made to him by the police at a quarter-past four in the morning. The war rant accused him of detention of warlike arms, and of affiliation to secret societies. The search lasted until eight o'clock. No arms nor any indication of belonging to secret societies were found. The com missary of police, however, thought it his duty to seize about 140 documents, all or nearly all receipts for sums of money paid by M. Goudchaux to exiles or to their families. For nearly twenty months M. Goudchaux, with a devotedness for which he cannot be too highly praised, has occupied himself in collecting assistance for such necessitous families as have suffered from late political events. After this long search M. Goudchaux was taken to the prefecture of police, where he remained in custody until ten o'clock. The commissary of police who had arrested him then carne and informed him that he was at liberty, but that the Prefect of Police would retain the papers seized. A domiciliary visit has been paid, it is also said, to the house of M. Bastide, Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Republic. Copies of a pamphlet of Ledru Rollin, for which the present state of poli tical affairs was no doubt considered a favourable occasion, are said to have been introduced into Paris and distributed ; and this in all probability gave rise to the domiciliary visits. It is described as making an appeal to the Republican party to unite, and the title of the work is, it appears, "Union contre le Tyran." The Emperor and the large party congregated at Compiegne continue to enjoy the sports o the field, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather. The Bourse, which opened heavily yesterday, im proved before the conclusion of business, and pub lic securities in general recovered from the depres sion of the morning. The tone of the manifesto presented by the Porte on the 4th instant to the Ambassadors was regarded by the speculators as moderate, and calculated to lead to an arrange ment. The Three per Cents. 'opened at 72f. 40c., and fell to 72f. 20c. They rose subsequently to 72f. 65c., and closed at 72f. 60c. for the end of the month The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 30c. ; Orleans Railway shares ' 1,155 f. ; Rouen 1,012 f. 50c. ; Havre, 480 f. ; Great Northern, 837 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 907 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c. 2 • Western of France, 692 f. 59c. ; Great Central, 515 f. ' • Lyons and Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 700 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is a translation of the letter from Omer Pacha to Prince Gortschakoff " Monsieur le General,—lt is by the order of my Government that I have the honour to address this letter to your Excellency. " Whilst the Sublime Porte has exhausted all means of conciliation to maintain at once peace and its own independence, the Court of Russia has not ceased to raise difficulties in the way of any such settlement, and has ended with the violation of treaties—invading the two Principalities of Molda via and Wallachia, integral parts of the Ottoman Empire. " True to its pacific system, the Porte, instead of exercising its right to make reprisals, confined itself even then to protesting, and did not deviate from t the way that might lead to an arrangement. ' " Russia, on the contrary, far from evincing cor responding sentiments, has ended by rejecting the proposals recommended by the august mediating Courts—proposals which were alike necessary to the honour and to the security of the Porte. " There only remains for the latter the indis pensable necessity of war. But as the invasion of the Principalities and the violation of treaties which have attended it, are the veritable causes of war, the Sublime Porte, as a last expression of its pacific sentiments, proposes to your Excellency, by my intervention, the evacuation of the two pro vinces, and grants for your decision a term of fif teen days, to date from the receipt of this letter. If within this interval a negative answer shall reach me from your Excellency, the commence ment of hostilities will be the natural consequence. . " While I have the honour to make this intima tion to your Excellency, I embrace the opportunity to offer the assurances of my high esteem." To this note, the Russian General Gortschakoff has intimated that he " has no orders to commence hostilities, nor to conclude peace, nor to evacuate the Principalities." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 10th, an nounces that the Emperor Nicholas had adopted warlike measures of the highest importance. The Russian army is formed into two divisions. The first army is intended for great operations in Eu rope ; the second is reserved for local service. It is ~said that the " army of Europe," which is at present stationed in the west of Europe—of which the principal corps occupy Russian Poland, and the other corps, stationed in the rear, form the reserve —is called to active service. A letter from Warsaw, of the 9th inst., states that the corps, under the command of General Panjutin, stationed near that city, has received orders to proceed to the Pruth. Accounts from Constantinople of Oct. 6, state that the manifesto, which has been looked for for some days past, came out on the sth, the first day of the Mouharem, the new year of the Mussul mans. Copies were handed over to two Chamber lains of the Imperial Palace, one of whom, Ahmed Bey, is the son of Redschid. Pasha, and these func tionaries departed immediately ior the camp of Omar Pasha, where they will read the document to the troops assembled. On the sth inst. the mani festo was communicated to the different foreign legations, and next day about 25,000 copies in va rious languages will be widely distributed. It is understood that M. Argyropoulo, M. Pisani, and all other employes of the Russian com mercial chancellerie, will receive their passports, with a notice to leave the empire immediately. Be sides these official people, several Greeks, notorious for their efforts in Russian propagandism, will re ceive a similar order. _ - . _ arrested A you n n g e a Polish Jew, s hu ma. An named im W p o o r lo t a n w s t k o , h r r a e s s po been n dence with Russian officers was found on his per son, with detailed notes concerning the Ottoman army. It appears he was also in correspondence with several persons of the democratic party in Poland. He was taken before Omer Pasha, who, it is said, was about to hang him forthwith. The warlike activity of the Turks seems to have reached its acme. During the last month they have cast 100 cannon of various calibre, and the day before yesterday these cannon, with all their accoutrements complete, and the horses to drag them, were sent to Adrianople, where an army of reserve is being formed of 80,000 men. All the horses necessary were furnished by the Pashas of Constantinople. This army of reserve will be composed of 25,000 Redifs, who are now in Con stantinople, chiefly small tradesmen ; of 6,000 vo lunteers, who have inscribed their names at the Seraskeral within the last eight days • and of 25,000 Kurdish horsemen, all moun t e d and equipped at the expense of the Beys of Kurdistan. These lat ter, of course, are irregular horsemen. There are now under arms about 300,000 Mus t A o a sniw. and from ll be Balkan, 15,000 in Bosnia, 6,000 men near Pristina, Bm o sul o n u man os th oteo e r e s t i eAMftmna Adrianople who viz.,ry oi ptanof2roo2o,onmOtOdeioenarybo;sentsawtothe: n the Danube and the Immense Barracks are being constructed on the banks of the Danube, where the Russians intend to pass the winter. General Gortschakoff has de manded of the Prince a heavy sum of money for the construction of these barracks, which has been paid. This expense will be included in the debt imposed on the country for the occupation of 1848 to 1851. The Wallachian Government is obliged to contract a debt of six millions of piastres (about 60,0001.) to meet the demands of General Gortschakoff. There has been no well authenticated case of cholera in the Russian army, but they are said to suffer much from dysentery. About 7,000 Russian troops are in the Wallachian hospitals. The Wanderer has advices of the 6th from Odes sa that the corps of General Luders was to receive marching orders on the following day. On the Ist the sth Cavalry division, under General Panjutin, and the 2d under General Stael received orders to advance to the Pruth. The Turks have formed a third line of defence from the little river Kameick, across the Balkan to Sophia. No credit whatever is given to the Braila news of Omer Pasha being recalled. The cause assigned for his being in disgrace is his excessive partiality for the revolutionary party. A Sardinian officer in the camp at Shumla writes that the army under Omer Pasha consists of 100,000 foot, 10 regiments of cavalry, and 250 guns. This force is divided into brigades of between 8,000 men and 10,000 men. 'The Lloyds of Vienna says there is in the army of Omer Pacha such a number of refugees, the ma jority of whom are invested with command, that the Austrian internuncio has thought proper to remind the Ottoman Porte of its e ugagements on that subject. Reschid. Pacha has promised that orders should be immediately sent to the camp at Schumla relative to such refugees as might be Aus trian subjects. The Press of Vienna has the following from Con stantinople :—" Since the Sultan has sanctioned the late resolutions of the Divan, he passes the day in religious duties. The Sheikul ];slam visits his Majesty every day, and gives him interpretations of verses of the Koran relative to war. It is positively stated that Abd-el-Kader has been asked whether, in case of war, he would accept a command. Ne gotiations have taken place through the media tion of the Sheik-ul-Islam, and the Turks posi tively say that the Emir is disposed to accede to the desire of the Ottoman Porte, but he wishes in the first place to apply for the consent of the French Government. He will have a command in Asia should matters be brouglat to an under standing. Notwithstanding the warlike aspect of things, it is still thought that a pacific solution will be come to. Great reliance is placed on the sentiments of the Emperor Nicholas. It is certain that M. Argyropoulo, agent of Russ sia, had an in terview with Reschid Pacha before his departure. It is concluded from this that :Russia, does not desire war." AUSTRIA. -" According to as exact a calculation as can be made, the reduction in the Austrian army will," says the Lloyd of Vienna, " amorunt to 100,000 men. This measure will procure to the Treasury a saving of 25 millions of florins a year, without calculating the saving which will arise from the diminution of the number of horses." The Trieste Gazette states that the recent degree of the Emperor of Austria depriving the Jews of the right to purchase landed property does not apply to Trieste and its territory or to Istria, and the greater part of the circle of Gorz, as the privileges possessed by the Jews, as regards those districts, date previously to 1848. A few days ago we stated on the authority of some foreign journals that M. Kossta, the Hun garian, had embarked in an American vessel for the United States. The following letter from Smyrna, dated the sth, in the German Journal of Frankfort, shows that this statement was un founded : " Kossta is still in the French hospital, and his affair has assumed a new appearance. The Consul of the United States has declared to the Consulate-General of Austria that Kossta, was either Austrian or American ; that, if 'an Austrian, he ought to be given up to Austria, but, if an American, he could, as a free man, go or stay when he pleased. The Consul added that he had no orders to receive from the American Embassy at Con stantinople, but solely from his Government. In conse quence he refused to receive and send off M. Kossta. Mr. Brown, Secretary of the American Legation at Constantinople, then demanded from M. Pichon, Consul of France, that Kossta should be given up ; but M. Pichon refused, saying, that ho only undertook to give up Kossta to one of the parties, with the consent of the consuls of Austria and the United States. Mr. Brown thereupon obtained from the Ambassador at Constanti nople an order addressed to M. Pichon to give up M. Kossta, even without the consent of the Consul of the United States. But M. Pichon would not execute the order, saying, that he was under an engagement to the consuls of Austria and the United States. Kossta, on his side declared, that, under the circumstances, be would not quit his prison. Mr. Brown accordingly returnel to Constantinople without having obtained anything, and the affair, far from being arranged, tends to become more complicated." ITALY. The Parlament° of Turin announces that sixteen refugees arrived at Nice on the ,9th, under arrest, from Genoa, and were afterwards sent to the fort of Villafranca. They are all men of the lower class, such as joiners and day-labourers. A letter from Florence of the 12th, in the Par lament° of Turin, states that Miss Cunninghame had to be forced out of prison, morally at least, if not literally, since she would not accept of her liberty as a favour, but as a right. The official who communicated to her the order for her libera tion was obliged to inform her that he had full power to make her leave her prison, whereupon she demanded a certificate in due form, stating that she had been forcibly ejected. From Rome we learn that old plans for the building of dwellings for the working classes have been taken up again by the Papal Government, in order to meet the extraordinary increase of popu lation with a suitable increase in habitations. SPAIN. The interment of the remains of the Marquis de Valdegamas and the poet Moratin, which. recently arrived in Madrid from Paris, took place on the 12th with a good deal of pomp in the cemetery of the church of San Isidro. M. Bellestros, Minister of King Ferdinand VII., died on the 13th. It is said that the Government is about to pro ceed to a new adjudication of the Northern Rail way. The operation this time is to be effected by shares. The director of telegraphs is expected from France, where he has been to purchase the materiel for the electric telegraph from Irun to Madrid ; and it is hoped that in a short time our electric communications will be established. M. Luis Lopez Ballesteros, former Minister of Finance under Ferdinand VII., died at Madrid on the 12th. _lt fwas reported that the concession of the Northern Railway would shortly be put up to public auction. The Three per Cents. were done at 41/, ; the New Three per Cents., at 2n ; the Debt of the First. Class, at 9 ; and that of the second, at 5 1-16. BELGIUM. The customs' officers at Ostend, on Friday night and Saturday, prevented, in virtue of a royal decree, the exportation of a quantity of potatoes and pulse in England. M. Adolphe Barrot had an audience of the King of the Belgians on Sunday, to present his letters of credence as French minister at the court of Brussels. PRUSSIA. The Nete Prussian Gazette states that imme diately after the recess the Germanic Diet will discuss a bill against the abuses of the public press. MALTA. The following is from Malta, dated Oct. 12 The Earl of Carlisle arrived here on board the Firebrand. To-morrow the Caradoc leaves for Besika, Bay. The Ardent, with the Trident in tow, the latter being damaged, has come in from Constantinople. CONTINENTAL MERCANTILE ACCOUNTS.—The mercan tile accounts from the continent are of a mixed character. At Paris the rate of exchange has descended to a point that will attract fresh remittances of gold from this country. The Hamburgh advices mention that a con siderable pressure for money still exists, the rate of dis count being 5 per cent. for three months' bills, and 5i to 6 for shorter dates. At Amsterdam the market re mains free from agitation, the rate being as low as 2 per cent., without any immediate symptoms of any intention on the part of the Bank to decide upon an advance. From St. Petersburgh the dates are to the 11th inst., when the rate of exchange was rather less unfavourable for this country, the quotation being 381 d. to 39d. The demand for shipping was unabated, and freights were again higher than ever. At Odessa, on the 7th inst., the news of the Turkish declaration of war had been received, and had created considerable excitement. The Greek houses were fully convinced that hostilities would ensue, but among others there was a strong belief that the advanced state of the season will prevent all active operations until the spring, and that meanwhile a diplomatic adjustment may be brought about. RAVAGES OF BEARS IN SPAIN.—The sportsmen o Luchon having received information that several bears had made their appearance in the neighbourhood of the Spanish frontier, where they had destroyed several cows, lately formed themselves in two bands, one to act in Aragon, and the other in Catalonia. In two days it was announced that the one in Aragon had killed one bear and wounded another, but that unfortunately one of the party had been seriously wounded in an encounter with one of them, and was obliged to be left at a house to receive medical assistance. The party who went into Catalonia also killed one bear and two cubs. A MAN WITH TWENTY WIVES.-- A man calling him self Dr. William Hunter, but whose real name is said to be Nathaniel J. Bird, is in gaol at Camden, New Jersey, on a charge of bigamy, and various other charges. On Sunday, Elizabeth rrington, a lady of Philadelphia, v i s ited him in prison, and ascertained that he was the man to whom she was married on the 9th of July last. On the same day he was visited by another lady from Kensington, named Mary Thomas, to whom he was married in May last. It is also stated that he has a wife in Beading, another in Wilmington, Delaware, and ano ther yet in Philadelphia. The prisoner is only about 23 years of age, and, it is stated, declares that ho has 20 wives—a statement which may be true, as more th an one-fourth of that numbe r h ave b een f oun d w i t hi n a few days. It is alleged that he abandoned each wife soon after marriage, and that they never heard of him after until his recent arrest. The affair creates the greatest excitement in Camden.—American Paper. LUCK IN AUSTRALIA.—A Chelmsford man, who left this country to tempt fortune in Australia, in a letter dated Geelong, May 31, 1853, say s • " The diggings on well, and l as t wee k fi ve youg . men, who had been go een digging for 20 months, although they never fell on any large quantity, were on the whole so successful as to bring down gold to the value of 20,0001." Ile adds— "they are now about to return home, and will bring it with them to sell." WARWICK RACES: (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SCURRY HANDICAP. Little Davie I REDUCTION 01" THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. The same day's news has brought us two very startling announcements. The Austrian army is about to be reduced, the Spanish navy is about to be augmented. What the Peace . Conference loSe on one side they gain on the other; in point of fact, if the intended operations are carried out, the gain will far overbalance the loss. We wish we could. place implicit credence in the first of these rumours —fie second one is of a character merely ludi crous. The announcement of a reduction in t'ne Austrian army is, indeed, Made with every circum stance of addition which should entitle it to weight. If we hesitate in the presence of such authority, it is because confidence has been too often deceived on the same subject. The intelligence amounts to this, that 40 men out of each compa ny of 100 are to be relieved from military. service. It is not, of course, to be supposed that therefore -the effective strength of the army is to be reduced by 2.sths, as if the retiring soldiers were entirely li be rated from the military obligation, orthat the Trea sury would be proportionably relieved. As far as. we • understand the matter as yet, there is to be a furlough upon an enormous scale, com bined with facilities to worn-out veterans to retire altogether from active service. How far this furlough will amount to an effective reduction . remains to be seen, and we shall certainly suspeni our judgment upon it until we have had an oppor - tunity of examining the details of the plot. W. o have so often heard of these contemplate reductions in the continental armies, and hithert 0 they have so invariably ended in mere forms I change, that we had rather lay ourselves ope a to a charge of scepticism than to one of cri )- dulity. It is not unlikely that this anuounci ment is a mere bait to the unwary, as a fresh lea n to ease the Austrian Exchequer is iu contemplatiox 1. Nothing would be so "likely to conciliate the goo t will of capitalists to such a project as theprospe, A of diminished expenditure on the part of the Ai A s trian Government. Every year since 1848 there l 1 as . been an enormous deficit in the balance-sheet of the Finance Minister at Vienna, and the reason of this is no secret. The youn g Emperor has b 34 al living too fast. He has been spending more moil ( ly than his income warranted upon cannons, bomb Dragoons, Lancers, pontoon bridges, and so foil a. ' It is therefore obvious enough that, if it will b at cut down its expenditure under these he& is to the point which the necessities of its pal ;i -tion absolutely require, the old firm of Hap s burgh and Co. may yet how a clean balance-shee pay all creditors 20s. in the pound, and contim to to carry on business as heretofore. But this mob of armed idlers won't do. The scheme of governix the scattered. provinces of the Austrian empire 1 sheer brute force has already been proved to be a mistake. It will no longer answer to send ain armed Lombard to Hungary, and an armed Hi I a garian to Lombardy, an armed Moravian i nto Styria, and an armed Styrian into Moravia, v r-ith the most perfect confidence that each provi . inc'J will keep the other down„ however disaffe( !bad all may be to the central Government. Then lost daring Minister of any Continental Sovereign —a ; ad more especially of the youncr Emperor of Austri.a, would now-a-days rather trust for the security of his master's throne, and for the aggrandizement of his nation, to the system of peaceful . developme: nt than to the calamitous certainties of war. W; ar has no longer any favourable chances for kings Times. THE NEW .RECEIPT STAMP. The editor of the Shopkeepers' Guide, in consequer ee of considerable doubt prevailing in the city upon A be proper interpretation of the new law of receipt stanza t o , wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the I üb• jest, and made the following inquiries : "L Does the purchase of goods for money over 0 8 counter of a shop, or elsewhere, where no bill is de: &ed or given, require a stamped receipt, should the pure &a° exceed 21. ? • "2. Does a stamp attached to the back of a corn t S on banker's check, and written over with the name of • th e party receiving the money, fulfil the requirements of • the new act as to the use of the stamp ? "I have today settled two accounts ; one persori quired the stamp to be attached to the back of a bank 3r° check, drawn in the usual form, and my name writ ° i t , over it; the othe r requ i re d th e s t amp to be affixed • " the bottom o f th e account, and written over in the , way." To these he received the subjoined reply from IL . Wilbraham, Esq., dated Downing-street, Oct. 17 _,— " The Chancellor of the Exchequer desires it to to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th i alst., and to acquaint you with reference thereto, "1. That whatever pecuniary transactions have hitherto required a receipt -stamp when amountin g• to 51 . will now require the penny receipt-stamp u hey amounting to 40s. and upwards, the alteration madt 191 the recent act of Parliament 'consisting . , in fixing the price of the stamp a t id., an d altering the amour,: t of the transaction requiring a stamp from 51. to 40s. " 2. That he apprehends that either a check or . any piece of paper with a receipt-stamp attached suffice* fo r a valid receipt." THE PRODUCE OF COCILIN. The following memorial has been add r essed to t ; th e Treasury, in consequence of a regulation, by whicl I the produce of Cochin was admitted as British, having 'been suddenly rescinded. Changes of this kind must al . :wal s be hurtful to commerce, but more especially so when they are enforced, as in the present case, withou t due notice :--- "TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS COMMISSIONE! HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. "May it please your Lordships,— "We have been for some years large importri produce from Cochin, on the Malabar coast, and Iv hick produce has always been admitted as British-grown, and which was more fully confirmed by your lordships' c vier of the 12th .of April last, expressly directing th at it should be so considered, a copy of which order we l lav e the honour to annex. " Upon the faith of the above, we and our ea ITO' pondents have shipped largely bf ginger and other pro' duce, and we now find that, after paying duty of 55. per cwt. on 7 cases of ginger, cx Royal Charlie, ' from' Cochin, a further foreign duty of 55., or 10s. per c'w t. is all, is demanded. "We submit to your lordships the great injt istic e done to us by this proceeding, and submit that, ij dor ° any such alteration take effect, ample time shots i d be given to communicate with shippers from Cochin' and that all shipments h ere an d on the way should b a". mitted at the lower duty, and which we trusti your lordships will be pleased to order.—We have the h f moor to be your lordships', &c., "D. DUNBAR AND SO4 NS. " Limehouse, Oct, 13." At the half -yearly meeting of the North-W Oster ° Bank of India, geld at Calcutta on the 2d of Ai !gusty the profits for the six months were stated to have bee° 8,9751. A dividend was declared at the rate of 1 3 pe r , cent. on the capit a l o f 22 0,5601., and 1531. was cs ,cried to profit and loss. REMOVAL OF TEMPLE BAR.—A correspondent to a COw temporary suggests • the removal of Temple Bar •to the New Smithfield-market, where he says it might leorrn a handsome entrance to the market, and, being st - 0.1 asso ciated with the city, would afford the corpora tS.on an opportunity of paying a graceful and appropriate tribute to the spirit of improvement which at the presen t time , in its onward progress, is steadilyremoving all those old nuisances which for a very lengthened period have dis graced our great metropolis. THE GREAT DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—A f res h no tice has been issued, stating that the Exhibition will most positively close on the 31st of the present month: Pr e ' bably it is from this cause that the attendance has c on' siderably increased for the last two or three days, the number of visitors yesterday amounting to 12,21;4. MRS. H. BEECHER STOWS.—.A letter has bcen ceived in Leeds from this distinguished lady, dated , "My Cabin, Andover, Sept. 20," communicating to be!' friends here the agreeable tidings that she has reache d her own home in safety, after a very stormy vessng e ; and has found a ll " comparatively well., -as," daughter's he a lth i s " much improved, though there is still so much nee d of a mother ' s watch and cave, that she is satisfied she took the best course in returning% Mrs. Sto we says —" While all is warm, and bl an d, and kind in the circle of my friends, I cannot but feel that I have returned to the atmosphere of conflict. B t il l e one opinion, h owever , h a s been ex p resse d to me by t friends o f th e cause , an d th a t i s) th a t th e recen t move , 'tents in England have been a decided help to us her e , To be sure, ' the heathen rage, and the people imagine_ great many vain things ;' but yet on this subject Boit land's testimony has been given in so clear and strong:. tone that it cannot help being felt, and will be felt e le a ., creasingly." Mrs. Stowe expresses warm and gratitude to "the friends who so loaded her with lon ness" in England.—Leeds Mercury. S HERIDA N KNOWLES IN THE PULPIT.—The V ia burgh Witness of Saturday last contained an an nounl io went that this celebrated dramatist would occupY pulpit of the Tabernacle, Greenside-place, on the In 0 1 row. The Witness expresses the conviction "that 1 1,3 will be peseta to listen to the pious and eloquent exP eo sition of God's word by one of the most interesting ra of ourlage." A NARROW ESCAPE.— O n W e d nes d a y l as t, as o g Peter Backwell, accomp an i e d b y M r . T r i ggs , w as fish i r ci sonic distance outside the Mew Stone, they were ba th e by a schooner, requesting to be informed where _ OO , Yealin lay. In heaving to, to get a reply to the e t abr tion, the vessel ran foul of the boat, which immed i3 o of sunk. The parties in the boat fortunately got he rit he the bobstay, and were thus saved. Having 0 1 '1 „ r o. two unfortunate fishermen on board, the vessel 1? ceeded to the Yealm. Mr. Backwell estimates at M.—Plymouth, . . .