The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRERY-LANE.—THIS EVENING.—Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lesse‘?, begs emphatically to acknowledge the almost unparallel d surtpr)rt with which bisTen des.vonrs to resuscitate the national drama on the boards Gf old Drury haVe been reciprocated by the overflow of admiring and dis criminating audiences, who have nightly hailed the appearance of Mr. G. V. Brooke in the varied Shaksperian and other illustrations of the national drains, which that eminent actor has had the honour to demonstrate. The engagement of Mr. Brooke as a matter of necessity has expired, and another and very different field of ope rations presents itself to the manager's enterprise, in catering for the tastes and requirements of his patrons, the British public. In fur therance of these objects, Mr. Smith has infinite pleasure in an nouncing the engagement of a galaxy of EQUESTRIAN TALENT. _ _ - -- - never tefore assembled conjunctively, even in this, the Metropolis of Nations. The classical development of the ilippodramatic Art will, by the combined excellence of the artists engaged, obtain a triumph unmatched in the history of such performances. Not only has no expense been spared, but, in making arrangements, a wise discretion, the result of a deliberative council in science, has been observed in the selection of distinguished public favourites, as well as meritorious candidates for London approbation. Earnestly but re spectfully s liciting a continuation of teat support, which he grate fully recognises, he does himself the honour of submitting the fa:- lowitt4 programs e, in confirmation of the integrity of his aidress and intentions: Directors—IIERNANDEZ and EATON STONE. Madame Pauline Newsome, the first horsewoman in the world, from Franconi's Cirque, Paris; I:ews , sme and Madlle Ella, principal EtVeStriall9 in alt the American Aittphitheatrei ; Madhe. Zain. ; Stokes' American Wonders, Ella an d Lean; es ernes Violette, Fontaine, Le PI ,ce, Geer:Jere, Fabian, and Lucille ; the youthful Hernandez, who, for vacs. a4ility, and fearless daring, is the very constellation in the 114),)odramatic head s:, t are ; his feats me miraculous ; Eaton Stone, his first appear ance in London since th, great Exlimition, in widen year, at this thcsire he made so wondrous a sensation —he confronts, in a ma. - vedous manlier, the wild horse of the Prairies ; James Newsome the most accomplishal P.ritish borsmnan of the day, reflecting a glory ma the sports of old England ; the Brothers Elliott, in gy in nastic exercises without rival ; 0. Ryland, Russell, Zamesou, and Loraine, ct marvellous notoriety ; Arthur Barn s, the champ!, n vaulter of all the world, who has accomplished the unprecedented feat of throwing 91 summersaults in succession, his first appearance in London ; W. 0. Dale, tne renowned American artiste; Tons Barry, the deathless clown—his name and fame are enough; assist e d most ably by those established favourites, Doughty and Knight. Th: Lessee most respestfully submits that so rich a combination of talent has never refore appeared in London, nor in any Continental city; fortuitous but accidental circumstances have thrown them together for a short season, but other American and European engagements will prevent a continuance of the exalted scientidc compact, after the expiration of the present engagement. R e duced Prices—Boxes 4s. and 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Second Price at Nine. PROGRAMME. Mr. G. RYLAND, In a Novel and singular Act o fErinestrian Dexterity. Mademoiselle JOSEPHINE ZAME In her Electrifying Act of Equestrianism. • The SPORTS of ATLAS; Or, The Dance of the Silver Globes, by The BROTHERS ELLIOTT. Mr. W. 0. DALE, the celebrated American Vaulter and Horseman , Signor ZAMESOU and his TWO TALENTED SONS, In their pleateng and classic Drawing-room Entertainment. Mr. G. RYL %ND, 111 4 grand Mythological Scene and Equestrian Piece, on a Troop 01 Chargere, entitled PHCEBUS, the SON of SOL. The PYRAMID of DECANTERS, or Equilibriac Exercises by Mr. RUSSELL. TOM BAERY'S SPEECH. MR. J. NEWSOME, - - The celebrated Scenic Act Rider, as Falstaff, Shylock, and Richard 111. The incomparable Elorsernan and American Star Rider, HERNANDEZ, Acknowledged by all to be the mo t daring and graceful Rider in the universe all who have seen this young gentleman admit that, in point of grace. dignity, daring, aid exquisite agility, he has full earned the most flattering encomiums which have been passed upon him. There will now be an interval of Ten Minutes, during which will be performed a Grand Overture by the Bard of the Establishment. Leader, Mr. Hayward. DE VOLTIGEUR ! In which Mr. ARTHUR BARNES, the English Champion Vaulter, and Mr. W. 0. DALE will appear, together with the Brothers Elliott, Messrs. Ryland, Stone, Russell, Zmnesou, Doughty, Knight, and Barry, forming the Greatest Vaulting Company in the World, Mr. Barnes having thrown the extraordinary number of Ninety-one Summer saults at one trial, and Mr. 0. Dale, Eighty-seven. An Eccentric Scene, by Mr. NEWSOME, showing the varions modes of lading, performed in characteristic costume, terminating with a rapid and splendid change, in order to give greater effect to this novel equestrian act. EATON STONE, the distingubhed Indian Horseman of the Camanches, will perilarm his peculiar and dare-devil Exploits on his wild Prairie Horse, cans. lug him to bound over a succession of high barriers, keeping time himself with the animal, springing from his back to the ground, and back again, jump for jump, over six elevated Planks, and tarough various Balloons, situated around the Circle. The performance of this Artist is quite unique, and unapproached by any other person— they are altogether so much out of tne usual course of the CI, cie, that they cannot be credited without being seen. Mr. Stone pre sents tile peculiar characteristics of the South American Indians, with whom he has spent seven years in learnin; their singular man ners and customs. Mr. J. NEWSOME, the celebrated Professor of Equitation from Paris, will introduce his wonderful trained horse '• Brunette." Signor ZAMESOIJ and Mr. J. RUSSELL in their unequalled performaace, entitled "LA PERCHE." Signor zamecou holding perpendicular a round pole, pnfectly smooth, 3,) stet in length, In which position Mr. J. Russell will walk up feet and hands, and execute the most extraordinary teats ever beheld. Madame PAULINI NEWSOHE will introduce her Two Trained Horses, " Leicester" and "Victorl3," showing a series of difficult evolutions and beautiful illustrations of the Bridle Hand, &c. The two horses stand unequalled in the Span ish and cadenced steps, and will perform with wonderful precision the same movements, as if guided by the power of electricity. This performance Is particularly recommend-d to the notice of the Ama teurs of Equestrianism, who cats judge of its extraordinary difficulty. HERNANDEZ and Mr. W. 0. DALE, Is the Olympic Heroes.—The most graceful and flni bed Double Act ever witnessed. LITTLE ELLA, • the most wonderful female Equestrian in the World. THE BROTHERS ELLIOTT ON THE DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with YOUNG LEON and his Horse, "May Fly," leaping over Gates, throu4n Fire Balloons, &c. TOM BARRY. DuUOIICY, and KNIGHT. Will appear its • everal of the Equestrian Scenes, and iutrodue) the Sluing ►larangues, Speache3. and (...iughable Stories. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Uglier the management of Mr. 11nel:stone. TIM; EVENINtI, OCT. 21, WM Le pell)rvned II A NILE P. Ch. ractera t , y Me3irs. G. V denhoti, chippendale. and NY. FArren; Mrs. Rucklugr and Miss L. llowaid. After ,vhich, T[II &OtTOII DrAmoN - r). Supported by Alessi, Howe aid Iluekstone ; :Ind Mrs. Fitzwil husi. - To conclude w.tli POPPING THE QUESTION. VUVAL rIttNCESS'S TiIEATI:E OXFORD-STUEET, Vra'er !Ad Management cf Kr. CHARLES KLAN Tal3 EVENING, Oct 25, Wt:l he performe.l THE RIVALS. Characters Messrs. W tatY. Harley, Mettdovv, Cathcart, Mellon, ant Addison; Mrs Whiltanley, Mrs. W. Lacy*, Ntiss Heath, :old Miss C. Leclercq. To be to:towel by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messra. W. Lacy, 'Ryder, and Graham ; kisses Reath and C. Leclercq. THEAI'EE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, OCT. 25, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedlord, awl Keeley; Mrs. Keeley awl :Ills, Woolga•:. Aftcr which, THE CAMP AT CHOBEIAM. Tc, be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cool; " Blain." • To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 25, Will to performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ter% by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Moron, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Miss KA'T'E COOKE, having met with a moat brilliant reception, will appear every evening. GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE. The programme of the SCENES of the ARENA will be constantly ellanged, and novelty after novelty will be brou g ht forward in U.:id succession. In addition to the established favourites, several tew engagements have been entered into with the most eminent artistes of the day. forming a programme unequalled in Talent, Novelty, and Variety. THIS EVENING, OCT. 25 (and during the Week), The Successful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE PALL OF PHAITON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. After which, the EQUESTRIAN FETE.—The arena has been entirely re-decorated, in the Parisian style, with crimson velvet and gold. Re - aPPearance of Miss EMILY COOKE. Astounding Terfor ?names of Signor CARLUTTIE and Signor FttASCOIS on LA PERCILE, &c. To conclude with a new GRAND GREEK ENTREE, arranged by Mr. W. Cooke for Twelve Equestrians o their Fleet Steeds. Ba.‘`off open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wes'. .0.41 LY WEATHER TABLE TUESDAY, OCT. 25, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at Wu° o'clock yesterday morning. The stations ar. arranged tn order of latitude. SOUTF.AMPTON - N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUN 7 3RIDGE—S.E., calm—foggy. Gwv , Eywiou—S.E., gentle b reeze — overcas t. ST nooD—S., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. r,vaNDON—S. W., light breeze—cloudy. C AMBRIDGE —S., gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state 'f the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Ilunn linnam—S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. hard wind—partially cloudy. Dt I nmiTER—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. -A.Likiwrox—S ' strong breeze—cloudless. BHAP—S. 'st rongbreeze—rain. - HIG H 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY al rain after 6 1 Evening 6 min.aft. 7 o-llonaow Morning 45 min:after 7 Evening 29 min.aft. S VIE WU:PI:MR.—Sus Orrics, OCT. 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 84—highest since noon yesterday. 83—this 54—lowe day at noon.s morning and d ar i ng the night. BAROMT:TRIt, 29'85. WIND, S.W.—Light airs, and cloudy weather. 4,97Y0N • - • . 174 • 'do+,n LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1853-. "Friends !" interposed the man, in a voice which rattled in his throat, " if I lay dead at the bottom of the deepest mine in the world, tight screwed down and soldered in my coffin, rrAting in the dark and filthy ditch that drags its slime along beneath the foundations of this pri son, I could not✓ be more forgotten or unheeded than I am here. I am a dead man—dead to society, without the pity they bestow on those whose souls have passed to judgment. Friends, to see me ? My GOD I have sunk from the prime of life into old age, in this place, and there is not one to raise his hand above my bed, when I lie upon it, and say.—' It is a blessing he is gone !' " Seldom has even CHARLES DICKENS penned a more powerful, a more heart-rending de scription than that of the Chancery prisoner in the Fleet Prison ; and yet he has failed to convey an adequate notion of the fearful reality. It was no fancy sketch that he depicted. There was a living witness who could, even at that period, before the writer had acquired the fame and distinction since most deservedly ob tained, have fully and completely verified the accuracy of his statement, who might have sat for the portrait and complained that all its fearful features had not been depicted in the strongest light. That witness still exists, unless within the last few weeks he has "obtained his discharge" from a more merciful Judge than any he has met with during his deplorable career—unless his name be inscribed on the black catalogue of those who have fallen v:ctims to the atrocious system of im prisonment for debt. Yes, the real sufferings of Wt ttrAm MILLAR far exceed those of the imaginary captive so forcibly detailed by CHARLES DICK-ENS. Twenty years of hopeless incarceration had been endured by the Chancery prisoner before its termination by his solitary lingering death. Forty tedious years has WILLIAM MILLAR pined li a aN d ing fo s rg ee o n tte fr n ien ev d e s n an b d y enthee in his living tomb! mies alike pass away, n representatives of his detaining creditor--who has gone to his last account—or only thought of in respect to the claim which may yet be put forward for an account of the sums received from his pro perty, of which it is said they are still in posses sion and enjoyment !—the Chancery prisoner, although long enough confined "to have lost friends, fortune, home, and happiness," had, in consequence of his twenty years' imprisonment, " acquired the right of having a room to himself," which he was enabled to let to a more wealthy prisoner, and thus obtained the means of pro curing necessaries and such humble comforts as were sanctioned by the prison regulations. The forty years' incarceration of WILLIAM MILLAR con ferred no privilege, he had. no earthly possession which he could barter for a crust of bread or an ounce of animal food ; and even if he had, money would have been of no use. He would not have been allowed to purchase anything to eke out his scanty food, or to obtain even a blanket to ward off the chills of his horrible dungeon, or a bed on which to rest his aged and weary limbs. In place of an apart ment to himself, he was placed in the D wing, under the felons' gaol. In place of being permitted to mingle with human beings, it was but rarely that WILLIAM MILLAR was allowed the companion ship of a fellow-creature----(he had been four years in solitary confinement when seen by Mr. THOMAS WENIIAM). In place of being allowed to see an acquaintance at any hour during the day, any casual applicant would have been dismissed unless it happened to be a visiting day. In place of being allowed to purchase a little wholesome food, or the humble luxuries of a glaSs of beer, or a little snuff or tobacco, if the charity of a stranger should enable him to obtain such unwonted luxuries poor MILLAR obtained, or could obtain nothing but the dreary and in variable four ounces of bread and a pint of gruel, (and such gruel !) for breakfast and supper, and for dinner on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, four ounces of bread and three of cheese ; on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, the same quantity of bread and four potatoes, and cn Thursdays the invariable four ounces of bread and a pint of liquid, facetiously termed " soup," but which was really the water in which " the j meat was boiled for the more fortunate and betterL fed felons." This is no imaginary or unsupported statement. It has been put forward On oath by one who had himself nearly perished through the fearful privations he sustained during seven months in the Winchester Bastile, who, after he had been confined to his bed for two days with out breaking his fast, applied to the sur geon for a little tea, and was answered by " There it is," while the finger of the humane officer was pointing to the revolting food which the sick man was unable to touch. The same witness gave the following description of the treatment practised at the new Cuuuty Prison, Winchester :—" All the prisoners are put on the same allowance. We do not associate with other prisoners, but are compelled to be quite atone. No visitors are allowed to see you. There is a separate place both day and night for each pri soner. The place for exercise in the day is 30 feet by 20. It is precisely the same as the felons' !" Let any disinterested and unprejudiced person peruse this deplorable account of the sufferings of WILLIAM MILLAIL. Any man untainted by the crotchets of the " prison philanthropists "—any man who does not tax his ingenuity in devising new restrictions to torment and inconvenience his fellow-creatures, to render their lives miserable, and to reduce their diet to the lowest scale that could possibly support existence, simply because they are unable to satisfy their obdurate credi tors let any such person, we say, carefully consider these simple statements, and say whether " truth is not indeed stranger than fiction," whe ther the plain, unadorned faits do not transcend the most vivid imaginings of the most brilliant and powerful living author ? And this is the system underwhich some of the best and bravest of England's sons have suffered, and are still suffering—men who have fearlessly fought her battles by land and by water, to whom the protection of their country, honour, and safety, at home or abroad, at sea or in the tented field, might well be entrusted—men who have earned honours and distinction in either branch of her MAJESTY'S service, and who have been re warded by—a prison. Good GOD, have we those who endeavour to ameliorate the condition of the slave, but forget the more painful position of the white slaves of their native land. How well might the ladies of America have retorted on the fair and high-born dames of Britain the stain and reproach that hung upon their own institu tions ? How well might they have pointed to this foul bl o t on our ational Escutcheon, and told them to obliterate the Statutes relating to imprisonment for debt from the Commercial Code of " The United Kingdom" before they presumed to arraign the United States for the milder and more tolerable form of slavery there sanctioned. It is true that the slave may be separated from his f am ily, and sent to labour in a distant land, but not even SIMON LEGREE himself would deny the imprisoned husband or father permission to visit hi s dyi n g wife or child, to take a last sad fare well of one very dear to his heart, who had been the object of his early and unaltered affection; or of his future hopes, from whom he was separated but a few hundred yards, or a few miles at most. The slave system would not tolerate such barbarity; it is reserved for the quasi philanthropy of the pseudo humanity of the British law to sanction such horrible cruelty ! Women of England—wives, mothers, daughters, lovers—call upon those over whom you may exercise a legitimate influence to cause an inquiry to be instituted into this atrocious system ; ask them to consider the sickening sub ject in all its details ; to ascertain what are its advantages, if any, and to weigh them against its innumerable disadvantages —to say how locking a man up in gaol, and starving and tor turing him to death, can enable him to pay debts which he could not satisfy when free ; and unrestrained—tell them to enable the credi ,or to seize the property, but not the person of his bondsman—to punish the fraudulent, but not the innocent debtor—in a word, command them to remove the beams from their own eyes, so that they may see clearly to extract the motes from those o f th e i r trans-Atlantic brethren. Do these things v i gorously and effectively, as you can do it, if you think proper, and so will you call down a blessing upon your country of which it is not now deserving. Then, indeed, you may claim the proud titles of " Children of a land of Liberty !" 'he operatives of Preston may already judge of the degree of dependence which can be placed on the promises of tho Committee of the Opera tive Union. It was distinctly and unequivocally stated that 4,0004 per week should be paid to those who in obedience to the dictates of the self- constituted body had abandoned their employ ment, and surrendered wages to more than three times the promised amount. We have already pointed out how very inadequate such a payment would have been for the support of the mis guided individuals who quarrelled with their best friends, and created a breach which cannot easily be healed or repaired. Still even one-third of the relinquished wages, if punctually and regu larly paid, wonld have averted actual destitution, and provided the necessaries, although none of the comforts, of existence. But how have these pledges been redeemed ? How have the tempters dealt with their victims ? We find Mr. GEORGE COWELL, the accredited leader of the movement— the person who now fills the position occupied by Mr. W. NEWTON during tee "Engineer difficulty," exulting in the great fact, that 1,7501. had been placed in the hands of the Committee, and was available for distribution. This sum had not been altogether collected during the week. No— there had been a balance remaining on hand from the preceding week, which was seized on just as failing companies trench on their " reserved fund," in order to keep up a dividend and maintain a show of solvency for an addi tional period. As usual on such occasions, the prospects of those who were thus exhaust ing their resources were described as being more than usually brilliant, and their position as being " exceedingly satisfactory." Mr. COWELL, the general of the insurrection, was peculiarly facetious. He polished off those caitiffs, the edi tors of the daily journals, who dared to give sound advice to the people, and to caution them against the whole corps of pot-house legislators with extraordinary severity—not only scalping his victims, but executing a war dance over their prostrate remains. " They (the operatives) had men among them of sterling character and ability men who could use both their tongues and their pens !" GOD help then those traitor editors who do not support the c3nfederacy, who venture to predict that the result of the struggle may be different from that which, for the time being, the COWELLS, and SWINGLEHURSTS, and JoLLYs, and GREENS, et hoc genus omne, desire to be believed. No quarter shall be ex tended to those miscreants, they shall be handed over to the tender mercies of the champion equally ready with the tongue and pen, who will make the scoundrels " quail and flee before them." Mr. COWELL is not, however, an original genius. He does not disdain to copy from his great prototype. While JACK CADE assured his mob, in terms of indignant surprise, that " the nobility think it scorn to wear leather aprons," Mr. COWELL is equally astonished because the cotton lords " had not been in the habit of going to the ale bench"—adding, with virtuous wrath, " they (the cotton lords aforesaid) had not been content with drinking their beer !" • (What else, then, did they do with it, or what new mode of consump tion had they devised ?) "No ; they must have their wine, and their servants to wait on them ! Their wives were luxuriating in silks and satins, while the operatives must be content to wear miserable cotton dresses." Here, then; we have some slight inkling of the end and object of the strike. We are to have a realisation of the utopian visions that foresaw a complete equality between masters and operatives, when the hands worked or not as they thought proper—drank the rich juices of the grape of Spain or Portugal—had their tables covered with abundance of rich viands, and groaning under the magnificence of the fare provided for the invited guests, and their wives and children, if not arrayed in purple and fine linen, were at least clothed from top to toe in silks or satins. These are the intoxicating visions displayed to the astounded gaze of the gaping crowd. Surely, for such a prospect, they would freely and will ingly submit to some temporary privation. MAHO MET promised his votaries all the sensual enjoy ments that cuuld excite their ardour or inflam e their passions. But he wisely reserved the performance for anothcr and a better would. The more liberal Mr. COWELL, hoWever, holds out hopes of immediate gratification within a few weeks, when the masters are compelled to succumb to their workmen, and full and perfect equality reigns on earth—or at least in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Does it, however, occur to any of the verdant audience to inquire where all the wine is to be grown, all the silks and satins made, to supply the ex tensive demand ? Where the servants are to be found to attend on every family ? Surely, in the golden age of universal equality, none will consent to act as servants, or even "helps," to others who can have no claim to such assistance. We have not even the safety-valve sup plied in America where the black population per form the domestic offices. If " Uncle Tom" could be imported into Preston, he would proba bly follow up the inquiry of " Whether he was not a man and a brother ?" by a rather stringent visitation to the head of his would-be master, in flicting what the journals of the fancy de signate as, a regular " stock dollayer" behind the ear of his " Governor." No. The very introduction of such topics proves how weak is the foundation, how rotten the reeds on which the hopes of the misguided multitude are resting. It shows how humiliating is the estimate formed of their intelligence and common sense, when such nonsense can be gravely uttered, and the contemp tuous sneer of the orator is scarcely suppressed. Let them, then, take the advice of their best friends, while there is yet a prospect of an amic able arrangement, and abandon the internacine contest, which, whatever may be its result, must inflict the deepest injury on themselves, and all most dear to their hearts, their hapless wives, an d innocent children. SHIPOWNERS' SOCIETY OF NORTH SHIELDS. The following reply has been given by the Earl of Clarendon, in answer to a letter from the above society : " Foreign-office, Oct. 22, 1853. " Sir, —I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acknowledge the receipt of the letter, dated the 14th inst, in which, on the part of the Shipowners' Society of North Shields, you call his lordship's attention to the number of British vessels trading with ports in the Baltic and Black Sea ; and in which you also ask to be informed, whether, in the event of hostilities between this country and Russia sufficient notice would be given to enable British vessels to clear out of Russian Ports in time to avoid capture ; and also request to be informed whether Lord Clarendon considers the present state of affairs so critical as to make it expedient for the Society of Under writers to prohibit the chartering and sailing of vessels for Russian ports. " I am to state to you in reply that there does not exist any treaty stipulation between this country and Russia, by which the giving such a notice as that to which you refer is made obligatory on either Government ; and that, with respect to the general questions, whilst it is of course impossible for her Majesty's Government to answer for future contingencies, which might depend on the conduct of others, her Majesty's Government will neglect no step in their power which may conduce to the security of the trade of this country. " With regard to the last point referred to in your letter, namely, the question of the amount awarded to British ships of war in cases of recapture of a British vessel from an enemy, I am to state to you that this is a grave question of law and policy upon which Lord Clarendon does not feel himself called upon to express any opinion. —I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) "H. A. ADDINGTON. "To Robert Clough, Esq., Chairman, • Shipowners Society, North Shields." PORT PHILIP.—The private letters from Port Philip received by the Eagle are extremely unfavourable with regard to the state of the markets. Goods continued to pour in from all parts of the world, and as many were endeavouring to hold on rather than submit to imme diate sacrifices, ships were being purchased in num bers, to be used for storage. Other firms had come to the conclusion that the anticipations of a great improvement when the roads to the mines should again be open would prove deceptive. -' If con signments come forward," it is remarked, "as they have done of late, the market will be perfectly glutted." Timber maintained its price, but a great many vessels were overdue from Singapore, which would bring large supplies, and additional quantities were expected from Gothenburg and Quebec. Floor, it was thought, might advance befOre October or Novem ber. According to a return recently prepared, it seems that the gold licenses issued in the colony of Victoria were 39,261 in May, and 42,269 in June. The gold brought down by escort during those two months was 301,288 ounces, worth 1,205,0001., and the amount exported was 352,839 ounces, worth 1,410,0001. The arrival of immigrants during the same period was 13,045, and the departures 5,891, leaving a balance in favour of the colony of 7,154. The number of ships in harbour at Port Philip on the Ist of July was 222, with an aggre. t gate capacity of 81,006 tons. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. C.C Guy Murmuring Farmer's Boy £lOO PLATE. D.I. Cleveland Five ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C Protect Stonehenge Six ran SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOVS, Physalis filly 6 • Ortolano Puritan 10nic..., SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOVS. for Two-year olds Struta.way Mysterious Lady LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 9to 1 agst Orestes. 12 to 1 agst Seahorse. 14 to 1 agst Balrownie. 20 to 1 agst Invasion. 40 to 1 agst lanthe. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The enterprising lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, re-opened this theatre last night with a very talented troupe of eques trian performers, and, judging from the crowded state of the house, and the approbation with which the enter tainments, as a whole, were received, a very successful season may be anticipated. Mr. Smith is one of those active and energetic individuals who richly deserve every quantum of support that they receive ; and should our favourable prognostications not be verified, all we can say is, that it will not be his fault. Most great men have some grand aim or object in life, to the attain ment of which all their zeal and faculties are devoted. That of Mr. Smith is to resuscitate the long-fading for tunes of our chief metropolitan theatre ; and, despite gloomy forebodings, and the almost proverbial ill-success of all who have taken it in hand, he perseveres in his in tention, and seems determined, if one attraction does not bring well-filled benches, to resort to another, for he is resolved, at all risks, to test the taste of the public ; and it must in justice be said, that so far as he has yet gone, he has not yet failed. The programme of last night embraced enough to satisfy the most extensive appetite for equestrian amuse ments, and for gymnastic and other feats of daring. Much of what we saw was altogether novel, while that which was not may be said to be an improvement on former efforts of the same kind. The stage has been entirely removed, and the circus is erected in its place, occupying the whole width, but extending only a few feet into the pit. The performance, although taking place entirely here, was varied and highly entertaining, and sustained the interest of the audience without flagging to the close. The brothers Elliot were hugely amusing with a pair of beer barrels, which they caused to perform the most grotesque evolutions on their toes, and flung from one to another with a fearless disregard of broken noses. Signor Zamesou tumbled his " two talented sons " about, and turned them inside out, with a careless indifference that almost made one shudder at the consequences. So pliant were their limbs, that one would almost suppose they were composed of some ma terial like India rubber or gutta percha. Hernandez, as usual, exhibited the very poetry of equitation ; and Mr. Eaton Stone tamed the Wild Horse of the Prairies with his wonted vigour and dexterity. The docility and grace of the hors?, was exhibited to perfection by Mr. J. Russell and Madlle. Newsome, who managed two beautiful ani mals in a manner that drew down thunders of applause. There was some excellent vaulting by a large body of professionals, and an astonishing performance called La Penile, in which Mr. J. Russell climbs nimbly up a pole, reaching nearly to the top of the stage, balanced apparently on the stomach of Sig nor Zamesou, and when on the top, tumbles about in the most daring manner, totally regardless of his perilous position. The evening's amusement ter minated with a double act, by Messrs. Hernandez and NV. Dale, in which these two fatuous equestrians strove manfully for the palm. Mr. Barry made a most divert ing clown, and enlivened the proceedings by his humour and jokes. THEATRE .ROYAL HA YMAT?KET. -41. Last night this theatre was opened for the season. by Mr. Buckstone, after an interregnum of about two months. Since the closing of the house in July last, many and extensive alterations have been made, calculated equally to secure comfort to the habitues as well as to increat,e the capabilities of the theatre for the production of scenic effects of a higher order than have hitherto been practi cable. The whole of the area in front of the curtain has been entirely refurnished, the pit and stalls covered with patent American leather, while the lobbies and ap proaches have, in order to prevent noise during ingress and egress, been laid with patent Kamptulicon, so exten sively employed for that purpose in the new Palace at Westminster. In order to effect a more perfect separation of the stalls from the pit, a metal gilt casting has been fixed at the back of the latter ; and, to incur e an uninterrupted view of the stage, the floor of the or chestra has been lowered considerably, both of which may be considered manifest improvements. The deco rations of the ceiling, dress circle, and proscenium are wholly new, and present a totally different character from those to which we have been accustomed. The new proscenium pilasters are stencil painted, with ornamentation on a gold ground. Round th e dress circle, and in front of the proscenium boxes, are plastic enrichments, introduced int o which will be found elegantly executed, bas-relief medal lion portraits, coloured in imitation of cameos, of tit e principal British dramatists, viz.:—Shakspere, Bum Jenson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, Dryden, Otway, Congreve, Wycherley, C. Cibber, Rowe, Va n burgh, Gay, Goldsmith, Foote, C. Dibden, Sherida Colman the younger, O'Keefe, Bulwer Lytton, and Knowles. The ceiling has been entirely remodelled, its original flat appearance being lost in the architecturt.l form now given it by the introduction of gilt mouldings, enrichments, and pendants. Immediately over th e proscenium we have, on a ground of solid gold, an eh, gant Raffaellesque scroll of boys and animals, while in the cove immediately above is a group repre senting Thalia, Melpomene, and Erato, support. .t:1 on each side by smaller groups of boys wi 4 l). flowers. In the spandrils are raised enriched panels with bold painted scroll ornaments ; the panels theist selves having painted vignettes of boys holding portrait s of Shakspere, Raffaelle, Michael Angelo, and Inig o Jones, illustrating dramatic poetry, painting, sculpture, and architecture. On the arches over the side boxes are bands of enriched mouldings, solid gilt, and the spaces underneath are filled with flowing cinque-cerito ornaments, and intaglios of female figures, representing Night and Morning. The unsightly beams immediately over the boxes have been transformed into m oulded intabla, tures, with enriched frieze and shit lds, solid gilt and lined out in colour. The whole of the dra peries are of a new material, now for• the first time introduced into theatrical uphols'sery. Behind the curtain the improvements are not less important than those effected in front, one of the most advanta geous being the inclination of the stage itself several inches below its original level. Frequenters must have noticed the bareness produced in the upper portion of the stage by the unsightly projection of what is techni cally termed the " flies." This has been entirely re moved by the construction of new fly-floors at a higher level than the old ones, and. which at the same time do not obtrude into the space presented to the eye of the spectator when the curtain is raised. This and the construction of a new stage and machinery are among the most important of the im provements effected, as the Haymarket is now placed in a position to compete in the production of p feces of a scenic pretension, which its limited capabilities have hitherto prevented its manager from attempti»g. The green-room, refreshment saloons, the whole of the dress ing -room., wardrobe, &c., have equally shared in the work of restoration. The whole of the gas ipparatus likewise throughout the house has been refitted ; new foot lights, with increased power, have been laid down, and the appearance of the chan deliers materially improved by the substitutio n of ground-glass shades and improved burners for the old-fashioned imitation candles. An innovation. bas been made by the substitution of a light blue for the usmal green curtains, as tending better to harmonise with the polychromatic decoration of the interior generally. A new drop scene has been designed and painted by Mr. W. Callcott, a gentleman who has already gained some celebrityas a scenic artist—the polychrowatio decorations have been executed by M. Pantanius—and the groups of figures by M. Bendixen, while the medallions have been modelled by M. Garland. The whole .of these works have been carried out in the short space of nine weeks, from the designs and under the direction of Mr. G. Somers Clarke, architect, in a manner equally credit ableto his good taste and architectural skill. There was no actual novelty in the entertainments last evening, they consistin g of Mr. Tom Parry's revived comedy, A Cure for Love, The Beggar's Opera, and the well-known after-piece, Founded on Facts; but there is a promise of a farce by Mr. Morton, and a new and ori ginal comedy by Mr. Stirling Coyne. We find, also, that to-night Mr. George Vandenhoff, who, some years ago, appeared at Covent-Garden, and has since been per. forming in America, is to play Hamlet ; and that Miss Cushman will shortly commence an engagement here. In the Cure for Love, Mr. Buckstone took his original part of Mr. Richard Sadgrove, a jilted swain, who, after long nourishing his hapless passion, resolves to drown his sorrows in the Serpentine, and when in the act of leaping forward, precipitates himself into the arms cf Mr. Trimmer, who, at the moment, is about to commit a similar act, not through unrequited love, but because he has a termagant of a wife, who turns out to be no other than the lady whom the disconsolate Sadgrove had longed to marry. This discovery proves, of course, an effectual cure for his love. The piece is rather trilling, but it affords plenty of scope for the drollery of Buckstone, who kept the audience in one continued roar while it lasted. Mr. Edwin Villiers, from the Glasgow theatre, made a suc cessful debut in the humble part of Markworth. His appearance is prepossessing; he has a good voice, and walks the stage easily and gracefully, and, being young, may hereafter take a much higher position in the pro fession. The principal attraction of the Beggar's Opera was the debut of Miss Emily Ormonde in Polly, and Miss Featherstone in Captain Macheath. Miss E. Ormonde possesses a soprano voice of fair compass, but requiring cultivation. Her Polly was, however, a very respectable performance. Miss Featherstone achieved a signal success as Captain Macheath. She was so admirably dressed, looked so handsome, and acted with so much gaiety and spirit, entirely unmixed with coarseness, that her performance was exceedingly agreeable, even independently of its local merits, which were of the highest order. She has a full, deep contralto voice; not unlike Alboni's. Her reception was most enthusiastic. Of the old favourites it is unnecessary to speak. Their merits are already too well known. Mr. Tilbury was Peachum, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Lucy, Mrs. Caulfield, Mrs. Peachum, and Mr. Rogers, Lockit. There was a very crowded house. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) A middle-aged woman, named Ellen Bayley, who was tried and convicted of felony at the last Sessions, was this morning brought up for judgment. It will be re collected that she stole five Bank of England notes, valued at 1001. each, from her master; the prosecutor, who was 90 years of age, and who had unfortunately placed implicit confidence in her integrity. She was about to decamp to America, but was captured on board ship, and ultimately convicted of the robbery. The Recorder sentenced her to be transported beyond the seas for the term of 14 years. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. , FRANCE. The general opinion yesterday in Paris was" some what more in favour of peace —not peace - in the absolute sense of the word, but of peace as far as all the other Powers, except Russia and Turkey, are concerned. In fact, men seem to think that the eventuality of a general war relative to the Eastern question is exceedingly remote. The opinion is certainly gaining ground that, should hostilities unfortunately break out, Russia and Turkey only will be the parties implicated. The Russian manifesto has not yet made its ap pearance, in public at least. It would seem that there are two documents in existence —one the manifesto itself, and the other a note from M. de Nesselrode. Both these documents have been before the Emperor of the French since Saturday, and it is said his hesitation is great, and nothing has been as yet decided on by him. The opinion of the per sons about him at Compiegne is that he is unwilling to condemn himself to absolute neutrality and an expectant policy, at the same time that he is really most anxious for peace. The Minister of Public Works has appointed a commission to inquire into the causes of railway accidents and devise means for their prevention. The Minister of Finance has decided that this winter permission shall be granted gratis to the proprietors of pigs to feed those animals on acorns in the Imperial forests. This measure will effect a considerable saving in the consump tion of grain and potatoes, and it will, more over, contribute to the comfort of the poorer among the peasantry. The Ocean Squadron, which was to have left Cherbourg a few days ago, weather permitting, has received counter orders. The Pliare de la Loire of Nantes, which sus pended its publication for two days, on account of the arrest of its principal editor, has reap peared. - The Ilamburgh Correspondent announces that the Emperor of the French has given a sum of I,ooofr. towards the monument to be erected in that city to the memory of the celebrated composer Weber. In addition to the accident which occurred lately to Mme. Amedie Thayer at Compiegne, and which does not appear likely to be attended with any par ticular gravity, Count de Nieuwerkerke was thrown from his horse at the preceding hunt, and badly bruised in the groin. Count d'Albe, cousin to the Empress, Was also thrown, and fractured his knee pan. The Bourse was animated yesterday, and a con siderable amount of business was transacted. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 40c., and rose to 72f. 75c. They closed at 72f. 65c. for the end of the month, being.. a rise of 75c. as compared with the closing price of Saturday. The fine weather and the pacific articles in the semi-official journals induced the speculators to purchase. The Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 477 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 837 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 897 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 890 f. ; ' Lyons to the Mediterranean, 722 f. 50c. - Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 582 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 495 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 695 f. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Rosina Churchill, aged 18, spinster, Susan Smith, aged 19, §pinster, and . , George Smith, aged 18, tailor, were indicted for robbery, with violence, on John Wm. Thompson, and stebng from him one watch guard, one chain and a seal, value 275., his property. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor was a shoemaker, residing in Har ley's-buildings, Strand. On the 26th of September, he had been spending the evening with some friends in St. Martin's-lane, and on returning home between one and two o'clock on the following morning, he passed along Maiden-lane, where he was accosted by the two females. He told them that he wanted to have nothing to do with them, but they were not to be shaken off, and con tinued to follow him. When they reached a secluded part in the lane, they threw him down upon his back, and the male prisoner coming up at this moment, they attempted to rob him of his watch. One of the females held her hand over his mouth, while the two other prisoners succeeded in snatch ing the guard chain and seal from the watch, hut. before they could gain possession of the watch, the police came upon the spot, and the prisoners at once took to their heels. The police, however, were enabled to capture the females without losing sight of them, but the man managed to escape through a court into the Strand, and he was not arrested until some time after his accomplices. The prosecutor was the worse for liquor, but not so drunk as to know what he was about, and after the prisoners were taken to the station his property was found on the ground near to the spot where the robbery was committed. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. The Court sentenced the women to twelve months' imprisonment, and the man, against whom there were previous convictions, to be transported for 14 years. MICHAELMAS TERM.—Yesterday, on the termination of the long vacation, the common law courts exhibited their arrears. Thanks to the alteration of the law and the exertions of the judges, they are almost nominal. The Court of Queen's Bench, instead of beginning term with 200 rules for new trials in the paper, yesterday showed but five such, with 17 special cases and demur rers, and 10 rules enlarged. The 'arrears of the three courts are as follows :—Court of Queen's Bench, 32 ; Common Pleas, 4 ; and Exchequer, B—total 44. PROMOTIONS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Mr. P. Fennings, surveyor general of Customs, has retired from the pub lic service. Several promotions to high offices in the department will take place in consequence of this gentle man's retirement. GALE ON THE IRISH COAST.—Several of the coasting • steamers arrived at Liverpool report a very heavy gale on the Irish coast. The Admire]. and Maiden City which left Londonderry for Liverpool on Thursday, only arrived at their destination on Sunday—the former having had to put into Belfast and the latter into the Isle of Man. The Sea Nymph, which left Warrenpoint on Sa turday forenoon for Liverpool, was 30 hours making the passage. She had her figure head carried away by a heavy gale. THE WRYSGAN SLATE AND SLATE QUARRY COM PANY.--The first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday afternoon at their offices, Greshap-street ; Mr. James Burt in the chair. The report, after detailing the operations of the company since its formation, stated that its extended operations now warranted the directors in employing a large work ing capital, and they therefore recommended the issue of the remaining shares at par, giving the preference to the present shareholders. They further stated that one great feature in the value of this under taking is the low rent at which the property is held, and its exemption from all royalty whatever, while the neigh bouring quarries are paying from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per ton royalty, and the quality of the company's slates here being quite equal, if not superior, to any in the princi pality. And; in conclusion, they observe that the prosper. ous condition of their quarries, and the almost unpa ralleled success of their past operations justify them in recommending to the shareholders that a half-yearly dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, on the paid-up capital of the company, be paid in De cember next, and that due notice thereof be given to the shareholders. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the prosperity of the company was unexampled, and he knew of no instance of a com pany paying such a dividend within six months. From the experience of the company he was quite satisfied that the future dividend would be much larger. Mr. Seve ker, in seconding the motion, said it would be most sa tisfactory to the shareholders to know that the dividend would be paid out of profits, and not out of capital. The motion was then agreed to, and after the usual vote of SPAIN. thanks to the board, the meeting separated. From the Madrid Journal of the 18th we learn ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of 6 and 7, police constabl e M assey that the senators of the Conservative Opp os iti on, of the C division, was induced to hu rr y t o th e h ouse who met in the house of the Marquis d e l D uero, numbered 35, in Little Park-street, Kennington, by to deliberate on the course to be followed in the hearing loud cries of murder, from a female voice. Ar- approaching session, had resolved to continue the rived there with several of the neighbours, he found a policy adopted during the past year. A new and married woman, named Hannah Grinney, who resided more numerous meeting of senators was to be held in the house, with her throat frightfully, and other cuts on the subject. A small fleet consisting of the about both her hands. Grinney, the husband was corvettes Ferrolana, Villa de Bilboa, and Colon, also found with his hands and clothes in a bloody the steamer Francisco de Assis, and some smaller condition ; and he was at once taken to Kennington vessels, was about to leav e Cadiz for the East, lane police-station, whilst the female was remov e d i n a the orders of Rear-Admiral Rubalcava. The cab to Guy's Hospital. Upon reaching that institutio n number it was found that the trachea was divided, and that there underof persons released in virtu© of the decr ee were several other cuts about the throat independent modifying the imprisonment for petty offences, of numerous others over the head, leaving n o d ou bt was, in all Spain, upwards of 10,000. The Minister that the poor creature had had a severe struggle with of Public Works had been charged with the ad her husband to avoid his vengeance. The police found interim administration of the Marine Department, in the room two knives covered with blood. At the during the absence of the Marquis de Molins ; and station he said that his wife had h a d tw o men in the it had been ordered that the latter, in his visits to house all night, and before he inflicted the injuries on th e ports, should receive the honours rendered to her that she had told him she intended to leave him with the Captains-General of the Navy. his three children, and that was his reason fo r mur d er - A Madrid journal states that the late Donoso ing her. He likewise said that if she died he should Cortes, Marquis de Valdegaruas, by his will dated feel happy to happy to hang for her on the gallows. December, 1848, directed 2 the 23d 0,000 teals to He further said that it was his intention to have killed her, and if he had succeeded that h e s h ou ld th en h ave be employed in saying masses for th e repose of his s cut his own throat. The m an i s a coac h w h ee l wr i g h t soul and in good works ; and that th e w ill conta i ns by trade, and has resided in the house only a short time. the following passage : EXPORTATION OF MARBLE.—About 200 tons of fine " I recommend to all my family, and especially to my Galway marble is being shipped on board th e L e ibnitz, brother Don Francisco, to consider as their sister and emigrant vessel, from Galway to New York. It has their own children, the widow and children of our de been raised from the quarry of Mr. Franklin_, of London. funet brother Don Pedro, an d t h at the latter shall en- DEATH I, OF A LIVERPO O L ALDERMAN.--On Saturday doavour to follow the path of their father, who lived the Alderman John Holmes died at his residence, Everton- life of the just and died the death of the saints. His crescent, Liverpool. He was the oldest member of the ' life and his death have been the perpetual subject of my Town Council, being 80 years of age. I teas, and I s till mourn over his memory. Id o not, LAND TAXES.—It is shown by an official document ,ho ever, render to him all that I owe : his prodigious tliAt last year the l an d t axes amoun t e d to 1,151,61 V. virtue, after the grace of God, operated my conversion, The A ugsburg Gazette, under date of Berlin 19th, says :—" A report has been current that Prussia has made efforts in London to bring about a pacific solution of the Turkish question. This news in this form is not confirmed. It is true that our Cabinet has used its efforts for the preservation of peace, but the conferences of Olmutz, not having had any result, Prussia has not since made any formal propositions. Mediation is at this moment considered as having failed." A Berlin letter, in the Cologne Gazette, contra dicts the statement of ono of the journals of that city that there are several officers of the Prussian army in the service of the Sultan. They have all, says the writer, ceased to belong to the Prussian army. ITALY. The Savoy Gazette of the 21st says, the ex-Queen of the French intends to prolong her residence at Geneva for two or three weeks longer. The health of her ex-Majesty is the cause of this delay of her journey into Italy. Threatened in the first in stance with pleurisy, and afterwards with inflam mation of the bowels, the health of the ex-Queen, in consequence of her advanced age, caused serious uneasiness to her family and her numerous suite. The Duke de Nemours and the Duchess of Saxe- Cobourg, his sister, who had already left Geneva, soon returned, and the Duke d'Aumale will pro bably also do so. On the 20th the health of her ex-Majesty had already improved. The Opinione of Turin states that the number of persons arrested during the late riot in that city amounts to about thirty. None of them be long to the working classes. and, with the Divine mercy, his ardent prayers will open to me the gates of heaven. I expressly forbid all osten tation at my funer a l ; l e t van i ty content i tse lf w ith its empire over the living, and let it leave the dead in peace —I expressly forbid, in the celebration of my funeral, profane and voluptuous music, such as has changed our temples into theatres," The Three per Cents. were done at 42 ; the New Three per Cents. at 22 5-16 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 91 ; and that of the Second, at 5 1-16. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Patrie states that the latest news from the Levant announces that the combined squadrons of France and England, after having passed through the Dardanelles, had anchored at the island of Marmon, in the sea of that name. The anchorage at Besika was no longer safe for the ships. " This act," adds the Patrie, "makes no change in the state of affairs, nor does it weaken the chances of terminating by common mediation a difference confined to two nations." As the steamers cannot run on the Lower Dan ube, letters to and from Constantinople are for the future to be forwarded via Belgrade and Trieste. It was rumoured at Vienna on the 20th that the Austrian Government has addressed a circular to its representatives abroad, assuring them of its strict neutrality in the Eastern question, and of its intention to continue its mediations, even after The outbreak of hostilities. A letter from Constantinople, of the 10th inst., says : " The news received in that capital on the 6th inst., by the French steamer Solon, is of the highest import ance. The Solon brought orders to all the large British and French steam-boats at Constantinople to pro ceed immediately to Besika Bay, and also brought dis patches from M. de la Cour and Lord Redcliffe, autho rising them to place the two fleets at the orders of the Ottoman Government whenever it should ask for their aid officially. A Cabinet Council was held the same day, and a demand for the assistance of the fleets was made separately to each of the Ambassadors. The Magellan was dispatched on the 7th with the firman permitting the fleets to pass the Dardanelles. The fleets were consequently expected to arrive at Constantinople from day to day, and the heavy frigates were sent to 13.sika to tow the ships of the line. Several Turkish and Egyptian frigates and corvettes had entered the Black Sea. Some witli reinforcements and military stores for Batoutn ; others to watch the coasts of Roumelia and Bulgaria. The Government bad ap pointed three Moustechars or Councillors to the three Generals commanding the armies of the Danube of Asia and the frontiers of Georgia. Those functionaries are to correspond directly with the Grand Vizier and with the Minister of War, and to occupy themselves with the administrative direction of the army. Monsignor Anthemos, the Greek Patriarch, lately elected, had al ready occupied that post some years since. He was invested in his office on the 9th by the Sultan.!' A private telegraphic dispatch received in Paris gives news from the Turkish frontiers on the 17th inst. It says : " At that date no act of hostility had taken place. The Russian and Turkish Generals were concentrating their troops, and Omar Pasha appeared to be preparing to cross the Danube." A letter from nermanstadt states that the Russians had occupied the road in Lesser Wallachia, extending from the frontiers of Transylvania to the Danube, and to the banks of the Schyl. Consider able masses of Russian troops were concentrated on the frontiers of Lesser Wallachia. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin 21st : " The Ministers of the Customs' Congress have just drawn up the protocol relative to the modi fications in the tariff; and the ratifications may he given by the different Governments before the sth of November. The Saxon Government finally proposed to modify the tariff on manufactured articles, but it is not probable that the congress will yet discuss that proposition. The Academy of Sciences gave a public sitting en the occasion of the anniversary of the King's birthday, at which Professor Vrendelenburg delivered an address, in which he declared that on the day of the anniver sary of the King's birth no more appropriate sub ject for discussion could be brought forward than that of the cathedral of Cologne, the chef d'ceuvre of German architecture. He then gave an his torical sketch of that monument and of its archi tectural beauties." Dr. Goetsche, ex-editor of the New Prussian Gazette, who had been condemned to detention in a fortress, has obtained a pardon from the iting. A special commission, appointed by the Prussian government, has been recently trying experiments with muskets on a new system for all the Prussian army. The results have, it is said been perfectly satisfactory. An address from the commercial community of Magdeburg to the Prussian minister, praying for the abolition of the duty on corn, has caused a great sensation at Berlin. The Prussian govern ment had before spontaneously made a similar pro position to the customs' conference, but it was re jected by a large majority. A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The maximum amount of paper-money which Austria can have in circulation, according to the ordonnance of Sep tember 14, 1853, is 150 millions of florins. At the end of August the circulation was 139 ,827,317f1., so that 10,172,683 florins more could still be issued. In the course of September, upwards of five millions were issued, leaving somewhere more than a simi lar sum available. The causes of the issue in September were various—the expense of the camp at Olmutz ; the payment of the quarter's interest on the public debt; the payment.of the taxes con nected with land and agriculture being in arrear, in consequence of the land proprietors and farmers not having sold their wheat in the expectation of higher prices, &c. But these taxes will now with out doubt be soon paid up, and in addition, the expenses will be considerably diminished by the great reduction effected in the army. There is consequently every reason to hope that the adpli nistration will not be obliged to issue the rest of the paper money now held back." A Vienna letter of th e 20th states that the Jews of the city have drawn up a memorial praying for the re-establishment of the rights which were taken from them by the late decree. This memo rial is to be presented to the Emperor on his return from Munich. THE CAPE MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Calcutta, Captain Sceales, arrived this morning. Her outward dates are—Southampton, May 14th ; Plymouth, May 15th ; St. Vincent, 26th ; Ascension, June sth ; Cape of Good Hope, 26th ; Mauritius, July 11th ; Ceylon, 22d; Madras, 26th. Homeward dates.—Left Calcutta, Aug. 15th ; and sailed from Madras, Aug. 20th ; Ceylon, 24th ; Mauritius, Sept. sth ; Cape of Good Hope, 23rd ; St. Helena, 30th ; Ascension, Oct. 4th ; and St. Vincent, 12th. She brings a general cargo, and a large number of passengers, among whom are, from the Cape of Good Hope, Major - General Yorie, Captain Smith, Aide-de-Camp, and Major Holdsworth. The summary of the Cape Commercial Advertis . q says that the aspect of affai rs b e y on d th e co l o nw border is unsatisfactory. The withdrawal of troops and the abandonment of the Orange River Sove reignty has excited dissatisfaction. Macomo want s possession of the Amatola Mountains, but has been refused by General Cathcart. A communication has been opened between toe Great Lake and the vicinity of Walfisch Bay. party of Basutos and others performed the journei, in 15 days through the desert into the fine tract 01 country on the river Nosono, which lies E.N.E. of Walfisch Bay. Baylis Kloof, one of the finest mountain passes in the colony, was opened on the 12th September by Mr. Bocherd, Chairman of the Central Road Board, in the absence of the Lieu tenant-Governor, prevented from attending by sickness. In Simon's Bay.—Her Majesty's ships Meander, Hydra, Nerbudda, a n d Comus ; the Dutch steamier Hekla, and schoon er Dolphin ; and the United States ships John P. Kennedy, Vincennes, Feni more Cooper, and Porpoise. The Sir Robert Peel, from Natal, arrived at the Cape on Sept. 23 ; the United States war steamer, from Porto Praya, for India, arrived in Simon's Bay, Sept. 20 ; the Australian Company's steamer Sydney put into Table Bay, Sept. 14 ; her Majesty's ship Nerbudda arrived in Simon's Bay, Sept. 16 ; the ship Jessie Smith was wrecked Aug. 24, in Orange River, four men drowned ; and the Isa bella has been driven ashore at Espiegle cargo saved, ship may be got off. At the Mauritius three cargoes of sugar have been sold to private purchasers. • Good yellow from 4.40 to 4.50; middling grey, 4 to 4.25 ; 3.65 to 3.84. During the month of September the following arrived at St. Helena :—Clydesdale, Koh-i-Noor, Caroline, Prince Albert, Eorster, Change, Regina, China, Henry Ellis, Merchantman, Victory, LadY Ebrington, Time and Truth, Don Ricardo, Cecilia, Taglioni, Persia, Negotiator, Reliance, Thomas Brocklebank, James Booth, Ferret, brig of war, Sea Horse, Indian Chi e f, Quito, Louisa, Tulloch Castle, Catherino Pemberton, John Melhuish, Bella Mariana, Hellespont, Gitana, Ulidia, Vs' more, Duke of Wellington, Falcon, Endymion, Mary Steward, Kingfisher, Canterbury, Anil) Eliza, Sir George Pollock, Julia, and Lancaster. INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by Submarine and European Telegraph dispatches from Trieste of yesterday's date (the 24th.) The steamer Bombay had ar rived at 11 o'clock a.m., in 120 hours from Alex andria. The India mail had arrived at Alexandria with dates from Calcutta, Sept. 20 ; Bombay, Sept. 28 ; Hong Kong, Sept. 9; Sydney, July 28 ; Adelaide, Aug. 8. Our Burmese acquisitions were in a state OT, war, being ove rrun w i t h l arge bodies of arnica men, said to exceed 14,000 in number, who occu pied fortified positions, whence they attacked our posts with occasional success. They were said to be instigated by the King of Ava. The resumption of hostilities was considered in evitable. Colonel Mackeson had been assassinated by an Affghan, at Peshawur. Captain Parker and Ensign Bosworth had been killed in an affair with Arabs in the Nizardo country. Trade in Calcutta was good. London, 2s. ld. The revolution in China still continued. At Amoy the Imperialists had had some sue' cess, but the patriot army had invested Khai-fung foo, the capital of Ronan, on the Yellow River• The whole country was iu a state of anarchy, and trade is at a stand. Exchange on At Hong Kong the Spanish dollar was at Cs 6d. The Constitutional Committee of the Legislativ i e Council of New S ou th • W ales had recommence" the establishment of the Upper Chamber on the nominee system, and negatived the proposal to make it executive. Large quantities of gold am' tinned to be found. Abbas Pasha has limited the exportation °f grain from Egypt to 250,000 quarters. CAPTUR E OF AN ABSCONDED D ELINQUENT FROM L I W: POOL IN AUSTRALIA.—The Eagle, arr i ve d from Me'. bourne at Liverpool on Saturday, had on board Jame; St. Albin Quinn, a young man about 22 years of age' and who ab scon d e d f rom Li verpoo l i n July, 1852, with about 1,3001., the property of the Messrs. Tram an d Co., in whose establishment he was as collector. For a long time nothing was heard of him, until a gentlema n told his employers Le had ma him in Melbourne-stree t : Warrants for his apprehension were instantly transmitted by the Secretary of State to Australia, where he W 39 captured and brought ho me i n the Eagle. After cod' mitting the robbery he went to London, from thence t ° the continent, and afterwards had the hardihood to CO° to Liverpool, where he succeeded in eludingthe 13011 0 1 and embarked on boa r d th e G reat Britain on the .2.lsta° August, 1852. He was b rought before Alderman J • Turner, at the Liverpool police court yesterday, and the cashier at Messrs. Train and Co.'s proved the robb e qj and at the requ es t o f Q u i nn, a remand was granted to-day (Tuesday), for the purpose of receiving legal 3 e vice. He stat es th at he has made 5,0001. in Me lb o ura d, as a general m erc h ant, but he was taken away so denly that he has been forced to leave it behind him When arrested he had only 301. and a valuable gold wittoD' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1853. li ai