The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

31USICAL and LUNATIC LAYS, by the t LITTLE SAINT, 31st COUSIN to the GREAT ST. LEGER ; giving a description of his Adventures during the London and Dublin season of 1853, will be published on TIMASDAY, the 15th of September. GOOD INVESTMENT.-Mr. T. W. LOADY, Mining Sharebroker, of Penzance, Cornwall, is now in Town for a short time, for the purpose of putting capitalists into legitimate and Dividend Mines, some of which pay from 15 to 20 per cent. Pos sessing a local knowledge of Cornish Mines, he is enabled to make a good selection ; which, after some trouble and difficulty, he flatters himself he has dose, and from which he trusts the public may derive much benefit. 27, Bury-street, St. James's. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Sari. 13, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTE? AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley' ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To, conclude with WHAT I NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. For the BENEFIT of Miss HARRIET GORDON. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 13, Will be performed the Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES, in which Mr. Farren, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. A. Phillips, and Miss H. Gordon will appear. After which, a MUSICAL MELANGE. To be followed by A LOAN OF A LOVER. Gertrude, Miss H. Gordon. With SHYLOCK ; or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Third Night of the long-promised Classical Burlesque, introducing the whole of the Company, and in compliance with a general wish expressed by the Patrons of this most Popular Establish ment, the Grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo at hair-price, which has reached its 80th night, forming' a Phalanx of Attraction never before witnessed within the Walls of the Amphi theatre. The Feats in the Circle applauded to the very echo. Miss Emily Cooke's triumphal career continues undiminished; her graceful and daring Performance is Rightly hailed with demon strations of delight. N.B.—Mies KATE COOKE will appear on MONDAY. SoP tember 19th. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 13, And during the week, will be presented (the 3d time) a New Classical Burlesque, written by Mr. W. Suter (from the Royal Lyceum), who is expressly engaged to aid its representation, and entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHATON; or, THE FAIRY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke , will appear on her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu4h 16 Balloons. Concluding with (80th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 13, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments — Panorama of CHITSIN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea ,and Fresh Water Fish alive, in live large Glass Tanks. The Afollusca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H. (fosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admis s i on, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tare DAT —Morning 58 min. after 9 1 Evening 48 min.aft. 10 To-M.:mow—Morning 30 min. after 11 1 Evening 0 min.aft. 0 THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, SEPT. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71 —highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'09. WIND, N. by W.—Smart breeze ; a heavy shower of ?sin in the morning—now fine, but cloudy. .~ ;~: Tbt, ,-§alll, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. 'England is now awaiting with exemplary pa tience, not to say with timidity or solicitude, the decision of the Russian AUTOCRAT, as to the mo difications required in the Vienna proposal by the members of the Turkish Government. It is a deplorable change in the relative position of the great Powers of Christendom. Formerly, we were not so ready to consent that decrees as to the fate of Europe should emanate - from the Im perial Councils of St. Petersburg. It is now ar ranged otherwise. The Czar NICHOLAS is formally recognised as the arbiter of the destinies of the Continent. Henceforth, according to this, we ought to regard the descendant of PETER. the GRRAT as the Lord. Paramount of the Eastern Hemisphere. And for this elevation of Russia Rut degradation of England we have to thank the Earl of ABERDEEN'S Government ! As if yet more painfully and unmistakeably to indicate the de cline of our authority in consequence of our late diplomatic negotiations, we receive intelligence, by the latest despatches from Southern Italy, that the irresolute conduct of the British Cabinet towards Turkey is being held up to scorn through out that portion of the Roman peninsula. The circumstance was notified yesterday even by the recognised organ of the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Yes—so flagrantly has the honour of Great Britain been compromised by the recent subserviency of its Afinsters to the Russian Government, that the foreign policy of our Cabinet is held up at this moment to popular disdain and ridicule among the Neapolitans ! Yes—so disgracefully have we abandoned our position as one among the principal of the great Powers of the Earth, that we are even now dependent upon the will of the CZAR, in the balance of Peace or War, that most for midable of political alternatives. It is a melan choly acknowledgment, but oue not less true than it is melancholy. It is the ignominious conse quence of that despicable compromise by which consistency was violated—by which principles were abandoned—by which so many eminent re- F'utations were tarnished, for the sake of con structing out of the debris of parties the bizarre and incongruous edifice of a Coalition Govern ment. France has, at any rate, the satisfaction of re membering that from first to last her rulers have spoken out with a boldness befitting the dignity of a powerful and independent population. Not so with ourselves. The despatches of M. DROITYN L'Huvs have appeared betimes in the official columns of the Moniteur, so that, In as brief a time as possible, they might go the round of the capitals of Christendom. In stead of this th e correspon d ence o f our F ore i gn Minister has been timorously withheld from Public scrutiny, or, if at last given to the vPorld, it has only crept forth in instalments, two months after date, through the columns of an linefacial weekly contemporary. Everything, in fact, tip : " has hee _ a I f all t k h e e e s p e ing. miserable as transactions, once by he s it a a t r io in to be marked at nimit Everytni:inweakness, delay, and pusilla fleet -to the Dardane g iles from the ordering of our was too late to prevent only th at a time when it Dt„nubian Principalities, to the occupation of the e L inopportune dis o'iosure of a letter from CLA.RENDON PS:trbciliPshetersburg— to the British Ambassadoarnaat Co d a in Sep a, letter written in July, Con duct pur tember ! Contrast with all this the sued under the same emergency by then Turki s h Government. Nothing on that side could have evinced from the outset up to the present j uncture ruoro admirable prompitude, or more chivalrous resolution. Witness this, the recal of a patriotic statesman like RESCHID PARRA to the guidance of the Councils of the Divan as Leader in the Foreign Department. Witness it also, the fdaeing of the Turkish army at once upon . a war footing—the speedy concentration of the Turkish fleet in the Bosphorus—the hasty sum mons of the Egyptian contingent. Let it be re membered, in addition to all this, that England was timid andirresolute where Turkey was brave and de •Cermined—England with all her vast resources, and Turkey with wealth and strength, comparatively speaking, quite insignificant—England far re moved from the reach of the great Northern Despotism, and Turkey close upon the frontiers, and within the ready grasp, so to speak, of her ambitious and colossal neighbours. The contrast prareisseented, in short, throughout the whole of Prolonga.,g.l s ance ed negotiations—the contrast visi ble critical England and Turkey, _ unhappily, be admitted on laZigs_ltast contention of the diplo- Ben sensitiveness ofbethewonderfully all hands to painful to the men. For all which, pr and again be it opr --- e of English said, e shuffling policy we have to thank the Coalition Glodvernment. and confused councils of the Quousque tandem abutere—it is the old, the national cry of the Ciceronean. How long is o agwlised •••11A• THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1853. with the condition of selling back at a cer tain advance within a limited time ? Nothing so powerfully illustrates the improvidence of the very poorest classes—their total reckless ness in money matters—then the fact that " leav ing-shops," as they are termed, are established in so many districts, and that all of them obtain an abundance of business, and realise enormous pro fits for their unconscientious owners. That offices fairly conducted, are deserted for the " free and easy" dealing of the leaving-shop, where, provid ing the avarice of the presiding deity, generally one of the fair sex, be satisfied, no inconvenient questions will be asked, and the dishonest servant can dispose of his master's property, the youthful thief of his plunder, and the convivial laundress can obtain the means of obtaining a further supply of gin, on the security of the clothes left out for the wash. The regular pawnbroker might make trouble some inquiries, and, if the responses were not satisfactory, call in the assistance of the police. Not so the marine storekeepers. "Possession" is the the only title they require, and the only haggling is as the sum to be advanced. When that point is disposed of there is nothing else to disturb the harmony. No ticket is given, no memorandum entered. If the property be redeemed, and in terest amounting to between eight and nine hundred per cent. paid on the specified day, gene rally a week from the time of the loan, all is well. If not, the mortgage is stringently foreclosed, the property is confiscated, although the advance might be totally disproportionate to its value, and if the former owner desire to obtain it again it will only be on payment of its market price. The transaction by which it came into the possession of the mistress of the leaving-shop is totally for gotten, and no reference thereto will be per mitted by the fair despot, who, on that point at least, is inexorable, and will sooner destroy the property than give the borrower the satisfaction of getting back the property on any other terms than she herself pleases to dictate. The CZAR himself could not treat any proposition emanating from the Divan with greater contempt than the " Mother BURETTES" of the British metropolis do the remonstrances of their victims. If any doubt should be entertained as to the extent and magnitude of the evil, a perusal of the case of MARGARET SCANNELL, recently heard before the presiding Alderman at the Guildhall, will set it at lest, and unequivocally prove the necessity of some new law adequate to the emergency, or the more stringent application of enactments already in force. We believe that the latter would be sufficient to abate the nuis ance ; but it must be administered with greater energy than was displayed on Saturday by the worthy Alderman who dispensed justice in the ancient hall of Gog and Magog. It appeared that the complainant had on the Sunday fortnight pre viously sent an apron and handkerchief to the shop of the defendant, MARGARET SCANNELL, at Blackhorse-court, on which she obtained an advance of 6d., on the understanding that she was to pay back that sum, with a penny for interest within a week. The time, however, elapsed, and, according to the leaving-shop code, the equity of redemption was for ever barred. The unreasonable borrower, however, had the audacity to expect to receive them back again, on payment of the sevenpence within a fortnight, and the money was accordingly tendered, and the goods demanded. This unheard-of proceeding naturally astounded the indignant SCANNELL, who culled the choicest flowers of Billingsgate, for the pur pose of hurling at the devoted head of the inso lent applicant, concluding her tirade of abuse with the assurance that she would rather burn than restore the articles. During the course of the inquiry, it was stated that in one district (that of Moor-lane sta tion) there were from 30 to 40 of these leaving-shops —the Police Inspector adding, "that they were the greatest difficulties that the police had to contend with in tracing stolen goods, as they were recep tacles for all sorts of stolen property, and open at all hours, night and day, Sundays included." A very lame defence was set up, viz., that Mrs. SCANNELL had purchased the goods for 6d., on the understanding that she would sell them back within a week for 7d. 2 and that, therefore, there was no loan within the meaning. This was at once, and very properly, overruled. It is quite clear that the law will not permit anything to be done indirectly which it does not directly sanction, and if so frivolous a pretext were for a moment listened to, there would be an end to all restrictions, and the several enactments by which the trade is regulated might at once be repealed. But what was the course adopted ? By what means did the worthy Alderman endeavour to vindicate the majesty of the law, and to prevent its habitual violation ? He inquired of the defendant "if she was now willing to accept the 7d. and restore the goods ?" And on her statement that she would do so even for the 6d., he discharged her on payment of the costs of the summons. Now, she had either committed a breach of the law, or she had not. If she had not, he had no right to mulct her in the costs, or any other sum, how ever trifling. If she had, it was monstrous to allow her to get off scatheless to carry on her ini quitous trade with redoubled activity. No wonder that "leaving-shops" abound in the district, when in the few cases of detection the offence can escape so easily. Verily the City may be termed the paradise of woman haters and keepers of unlicensed pawn-offices. It is there only that they can laugh at the law, and follow their own vagaries on the most reasonable terms. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican were taken for export. The market closed heavily, without change in prices. The sales oom prised 4,000 American, 90 Pernam and Maranham, at 64d. to sid. ; 40 Bahia, at 60. ; 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 7id. ; and 400 Surat, at aid. to 42d. per lb. Railway shares were very depressed, and prices of all kinds had declined considerably. Numerous vessels, probably 400 sail, have passed the S traits of Gibraltar, from east to west, during the 31st August and the Ist September, with grain, fruit, dsc. The Marco Polo has arrived from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the Bth June. She brings 54,201 ounces of gold. There are one or two other vessels reported, but the amounts are not yet known. There is in operation at the present moment that most inexplicable but frequent social pheno menon—a panic. Holders of securities are, without rhyme or reason, sacrificing their property to the advantage of those who have nerve and capital, and any one looking dispassionately on, neither as bu:, e • n a- seller, would feel;astoni3hed at tl i " madness of the many" w hi c h s the " gain of the few." In such periods it is most difficult to get any one to listen to the slightest argument that might prove consolatory; but at the risk of being unheeded, and in discharge of that wholesome function which the press should at all times exer cise, we must at least chronicle facts. The sup plies of foreign grain are becoming exceedingly large, and there is not the remotest chance of famine prices for food. The United States are, for the manufactures sent, greatly indebted to Eng land, and will be too glad to discharge the liability in grain, of which they have abundant crops. Canada has been shipping extensively, and her in creasing population causes her to buy of us more liberally. In fact, a mere glance at the official returns of the Board of Trade must convince the most sceptical that the balance is greatly in our favour ; in the aggregate, however, it may be against us as regards particular countries. For India and China silver is, temporarily at least, in less demand, and the Burmese war being over the drain may be alleviated. The amount already sent to China must be already so large that it is difficult to understand that much more can be sent, or what we are to get in return. The rate of exchange renders it no longer profitable to send gold to Paris, and if the demand for silver were to cease, gold would not require to be sent hence in purchase thereof. As to the 400,0001., said to have been taken for shipment to Russia, we believe it was withdrawn last week, and an eminent firm has sent in, it is rumoured, 100,0001. to the Bank of England. There remains, then, the Australian remittances to Europe, and these must, for the next two or three months, be large, whatever they may be hereafter. As to sending gold to Australia to purchase the precious metal, there is no longer any idea of it. Upon such data parties may form their own conclusions, but severe pressure for money or famine -prices for food we do not deduce therefrom. The English Market opened heavily in the morning at a further decline, but since then there has been a partial rally. Consols have been at 958 to 96 for Transfer, and at 95i to 964- for Ac count. Exchequer Bills have been at 2s. to 3s. discount, and India Bonds at 2s. to ss. premium. The Transfer books being shut, there is very little doing except in Consols, and parties in want of money sell these as their only alternative. A bet ter view is taken of Eastern affairs, and it is thought the supplies of grain will be exceedingly large. Foreign Securities have been very fluctuating, and they keep up well, not having been previously at unduly high prices. Mexican Bonds have been 241 to 25R- ; Buenos Ayres Stock is at 64; Chili an Bonds have realised 104 to 105 ; Russian Bonds have improved to 115 ex div. ; Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 46i to 46/ ; and the Deferred at 22g to 228 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 63/ to 64k. Railway Shares have been about 2 per cent. lower, and in some instances more, as the Lanca shire Banks are stated to be compelling the repay ment of loans upon them. This should not affect the real holder, if he has not pawned them. French Shares have been lower. Gold Mines are maintained still tolerably well, but the Land Companies are heavy. Joint-stock Banks are neglected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'ULOOK. Prom the O.(cial List.) Business done. 3 per vent. Consols Annuities 96 5 India Bonds, £lOOO ...•••. ........... ••••••••• 3 5.4 Ditto, under £lOOO 2 5 Consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 64 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent... ............ Niexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 461 i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22.1 i a Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5t P 0 Dividends on the shove payable in London. —' - • Dutch Exchange, 2{ per Cent. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 96 Ditto October Account 96 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR. — The market has been very firm. Floating car goes of Havana and Brazilian have been in good demand at previous rates. Refined brown lumps are 45s 6d and low to fine grocery 46s to 48s 6d per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,964 hhds 243 tierces 525 barrels, there were taken for home consumption 1,439 hhds 223 tierces 474 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,325 hhds 1,714 tierces 3,787 barrels. COFFEE. — Native Ceylon has been firm with a fair business doing at 48s to 48s 6d per cwt. Plantation has been also in request. _ " - RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 619 puns 39 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 208 puns, and exported 138 puns 127 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,043 puns 376 hhds. RlCE.—Madras, 2,993 bags, at auction, was all taken in at lls to us ed per cwt. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. 538 per cwt on the spot and Town 54s 3d. There is an active demand. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) FITZWILLIAM HANDICAP. Miss Agnes Twelve ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2. 0 Fitzwilliam Handicap. 2.30 Stand Plate. 3. 0 Champagne Stakes. 3.45 Great Yorkshire Handicap. 4.15 Revival Plate. 4.45 Selling Stakes. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Truth, Defiance, Jack Frost, Mi s l e t oe , Honeywood, Acrobat, Boiardo, Evadne, Georgey, Barrell, Kennyside Hero, Stiletto, Lady Agnes, Audubon. LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Haco. 6 to 1 agst Heapy (offered). 7 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken). CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Domino. 5 to 2 agst Ruby (taken). 3 to 1 agst Tacicaster (taken). ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 on West Australian. 7 to 2 agst Sittingbourne. 12 to 1 agst Reiver (offered). SPORTING NOTES. THE ST. LEGER. The tendency of speculation is calculated to confirm the opinions which I have already expressed on the pro bable issue of the St. Leger Race. West Australian maintains, with unshaken firmness, his "pride of place" in the betting, and the spirit with which he is still sup ported indicates that the confidence of his party is undi minished. They who have seen him give the most satis factory reports of his form and condition, and shrewd and experienced judges unhesitatingly declare " nothing barring an accident" can prevent his victory. The par tisans of Sittingbourne, however, are apparently little discouraged, and calculate somewhat sanguinely upon seeing the defeat of the " crack." Their expectations, however, will perhaps be sorely disappointed. That Sittingbourne is a goo d game horse is unquestionable, and his powerful action is likely to be "well served" over the St. Leger course, but I nevertheless believe him to be inferior in racing ability to West Australian Still, the formidableness o.F his chance admits not of a doubt. The Rei ver has a "downward ten dency" in the betting, and his supporters display a diminishing confidence. Still lam informed that the style in which he did his work this morning on the Town Moor was most satisfactory. His narrow quarters, and evident deficiency of propelling power, however, are sufficient to occasion a prejudirle against him, and to warrant the belief in his inability to "stay" the distance. Cineas is again gradually advancing into favour ; he looks remarkably fit, and, should Alfred ride him, I shall expect him to make no inglorious exhibi tion. Rataplan goes as well as his most ardent sup porters could desire. No arguments are required to prove that West Aus tralian and Sittingbourne are the best "public per formers" in the race, and the encounter will, in my opinion, indisputably establish their superiority, and de termine their relative merit. The judge's decision will, I anticipate, be in favour of West Australian. Sitting bourne may be second, and the third and fourth posi tions will, perhaps, be occupied by Cineas and Rataplan. A FRESH MAN. Doncaster, Monday Night. LATEST FOREIGN NE‘Vr:.-.;. FRANCE. The Moniteur contains a second note denying that the French Government has been buying corn. It says :—" Some foreign journals again speak of purchases of corn made on account of the French Government. The contracts entered into in Eng land, about six weeks ago, for 419,000 hectolitres, for the annual supply of the army and navy, are the only facts of this nature which could give a pretext for such an allegation. With the excep tion of this purchase made abroad, in order not to influence the markets of the interior, the Govern ment has not and never had the idea of interven ing either directly or indirectly in any operation relative to grain. It bas already declared, and declares again, in the most formal manner that any contrary supposition is absolutely false. It has full confidence in the efficacious activity of com merce, and only intends to exercise its action to facilate operations by general measures." On Sunday a Cabinet Council was held at St. Cloud under the presidency of the Emperor. All the Ministers were present. A decree, dated St. Cloud, the 11th, confides the Administration of the Ministry of the h,t , rior, during the absence of M. de Persigny, at Dieppe, to M. Abbatucci, Minister of Justice. The Echo Agricole says :—" The wheat crop din France presents a very considerable deficit. in vain that some journals of Paris and of the de partments, either from a want of proper informa tion, or from a foolish desire to conceal and atten uate a sad truth, have declared that the crop will be at least equal to that of an average year ; the fact is that it is notably inferior. The most exact reports each day confirm the apprehensions of the first moment, and the prudent acts by which the government has endeavoured to facilitate the en trance and circulation of foreign grain, are the most powerful confirmation of the bad state of the wheat crops of 1853." From Algiers, Aug. 5, we learn that the colony was perfectly tranquil, and that the cotton crop of this year promises to be exceedingly fine. The decree in the Ilionitenr, increasing the rate of interest on Treasury Bonds, produced an un favourable effect on the price of Public Securities at the Bourse to-day. The Three per Cents. opened at 77f. 70c., and fell to 77f. 30c. They closed at 77f. 35c. for the end of the month. The Four-and a-Half per Cents. closed at 101 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,227 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,067 f. 50c.; Havre, 517 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 870 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 925 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 775 f. ; Western of France, 740 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 621 f. 25c. ; Great Central, 532 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 550 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 805 f. patience in that manner to be abused ? How long are we to tolerate this subordination of our own wishes to those of the Russian AUTOCRAT ? How long are our interests, how long are our hopes, how long is our dignity to be compromised by the conflicting sentiments of a Coalition, by the weakness of an ABERDEEN, the delays of a CLA RENDON, and the hesitations of a RUSSELL ? when the solution of all these problems may at once be arrived at through the energy, the skill, and the promptitude of a patriotic statesman like Viscount PALMERSTON. Lord STANLEY, when he penned his statesman like and candid pamphlet on church rates, could hardly have expected that his almost successful appeal would so soon prove to be as well-timed as it was just. The Lords' decision on the Braintree case, we suppose he expected to be adverse to the opponents of the rate, since he took it for granted that it would be " carried again into the Court of Arches, and finally up to the Judicial Committee of Privy Council." The same course was, we re member, expected by Sir IL J. FUST himself, and by Dr. LUSHINGTON. The majority of the Judges having been in favour of the validity of the rate when Lord STANLEY wrote, most of us looked for a similar result. The Lords, however, to their honour in this, as in the other great constitutional case of the Bridgewater will, which came before them nearly at the same time, decided indepen dently ; and did themselves the lasting honour o f sa ving in one case the constitutional rights o f majorities, and in the other of saving the con stitutional principles on which alone a peer age nominated by the Crown in a free ' country can be defended. The rights ofH majorities in levying taxes must have be come "a mockery, a delusion, and a snare" if the technicalities of " relative" or " constructive" majorities could have been applied to them. The Lords have now, however, finally decided that a prohibition must issue from the Court of Queen's Bench to stay all proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts to enforce rates laid by Churchwardens and a minority. A rate negatived by a majority of the ratepayers, therefore, can no longer be enforced. Lord TRURO, indeed, in his lengthy and some what verbose judgment, expressed an opinion that British subjects were generally too enlightened to evade or defy the law by voting against rates, and that the Braintree example would not be ex tensively followed. Probably his Lordship used this language for decorum's sake merely ; if not, Lord STANLEY, though so much his junior, knows men and things much better. In his pamphlet he shows from numerous facts, as well as from the general conclusion, that men will avail them selves of any means, not involving penalties, to defeat an unjust law, that nothing but ceaseless battles can be expected from the attempt to tax Dissenters from the Established Church for the maintenance of its worship. His prophecy, in which we fully concurred, is being fulfilled to the letter. Not a month has passed away since the decision, and not less than five or six such battles have occurred, each one ending in a refusal of the rate. Kettering led the van. As secretly as possi ble the probate officials arranged their plans. Dis senters had not heard of the notice till three days before the vestry meeting. Luckily, the Lords' de cision occurred on the second of those days. To work they set, almost as rapidly as the telegraph which brought the news, and a crowded vestry the next day, and a negative of the rate carried by a large majority and confirmed by a subsequent poll, was the result of their energy. Immedi ately after followed the greater and severer battle at Maidstone. "It was understood by the in habitants (says the local journal) that the conflict was to be a test of the sense of the inhabitants concerning the justice or injustice of compulsory payments in support of the Church by members of a different communion ;" the precise thing which Lord STANLEY and his father so unsparingly de nounce as unjust. The majority of the Maidstone ratepayers, including a large proportion of Church men, agree with them. The perpetual curate, indeed, the Rev. W. VALLANCE, was too testy to put a reso lution testing the opinion of the meeting on this point ; they expressed their opinion, therefore, by negativing the rate by a majority of 4 to 1, at the meeting, and by majorities of 98 votes, and 360 persons in a poll of 2,160 votes ; the pro-rate party withdrawing in despair on the fourth day of the poll from the contest. The parish of St. Anne's, Westminster, next refused a rate by a large majority, and even the diocese of Exeter dares to show a rebellious temper ; the parish of St. Mary Arches having caught the in fection, and refused a rate. We are bound in justice, however, to acknowledge that Trac tarianism is, to a large extent, honourably dis tinguished by its readiness to relinquish objection able rates and dues. Bridgewater also defeated the rate by an immense majority, the Mayor taking the chair at the Vestry Meeting ; and not only did the Churchwardens not venture to de mand a poll, but they did not even venture to show their faces at the meeting. To crown all, we come to Braintree itself— Braintree, which for eleven years, at least, has been busy in litigation, while neglecting to repair its church. Here the battle has been of another and a more Christian kind. A popular and excel lent Vicar, the Rev. J. D. BROWNE, M.A., has been presented to the living. The congregation, two years ago reduced to 80, is now upwards of 1,000. A voluntary subscription has been com menced, with confident hopes of raising the 1,5001. at which the repairs are estimated, and here the Church-rate battle has issued in a contest of Christian liberality. The patron of the living, himself a Dissenter, has generously given 1001. towards the object. If Braintree has been a model of vexatious litigation, if it has fought hard for a revolting and un-English principle, it has at least been prompt in setting the example of re pentance, and of " works meet for repentance " too. It can hardly be expected that such contests as we have narrated will cease speedily. The success of some will embolden others. Liberal Churchmen and Dissenters will, of course, be vanquished in some places, especially when they hazard conflicts in country parishes. Victory, however, or defeat, will be almost equally fatal to Church rates. Statesmen will number the con tests, rather than the successes of either party. They cannot quietly look on, and see almost every large town positively refusing the rate, smaller towns engaged in annual battles, and only the priest-and-squire-ridden parishes quiet through fear. Even amidst the din of the Reform Bill battle (should Lord JOHN produce anything worthier of a battle than the last), the demand for Church Rate Reform will be heard also. Anti-Church-Rate men, held down for so many years by the supposed power of the minority, have made comparatively little stir ; they arise the more vehemently now by a natural reaction. Their views have also spread considerably while tpheetiritvioensstryanadction was repressed, and they re rramenee the old struggle with augmented num bers and intelligence. Who can blame them ? have tried i n to use the law places in Catholic times, tho u introduction of va ` i k i hurch-ra,te martyrdoms" they grand ; nothing remains for them but th ( e l ir h eans of resistance which the Toleration Act, to have becom is most righteous, therefore, its abolition the thoroughly though it b a law remaining from Dissent and elaw, is felt, since the e to an br u in t t u the passing English 6 d tional principle that every tax must'an - t s o t law. bearof o h l n e t b e constitu tional imposed by a clear majority of the taxpayers. What is the use of a pawnbroker's license ? Why should persons submit to pay no less tha n 151. per annum for permission to carry on a trade and subject themselves to many stringent regula tions as to the mode of conducting their business, the rate of interest to be charged—the hours during which they may receive pledges, &c.—if all the restrictions can be violated with impunity by any unprivileged person who pleases to open what is termed a marine store shop, and advance money at an exorbitant rate of interest , more than twentyfold that charged by duly licensed traders, and can do so under the pretext of buying COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 11. The woods of Abergeldie were driven yesterday for deer. Her Majesty and the Princess Royal were pre sent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, and Lady Augusta Bruce, joined the Royal dinner party yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and suite, left Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh, on Saturday last, at 10 o'clock, travelling by the Scottish Central Railway to Perth station, where Mr. Anderson, of the Birnam Hotel, had received instructions to have horses in readi ness to convey their Royal Highnesses to Taymouth Castle. They arrived at Birnam about 3 o'clock, and proceeded, after a short stay, to visit the grounds of his Grace the Duke of Atholl, the Hermitage, &c. They afterwards left for Taymouth Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Breadalbane, arriving about 1 o'clock p.m., where they intend stopping for a few days. The Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Dalkeith, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., and a distinguished party of visitors, are at present enjoying the hospitali ties of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor-General of Canada, the Go vernors of the other North American provinces, the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, and.the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE NEW WESTMINSTER-BRlDGE.—Yesterday consider able curiosity was excited amongst the passengers by Westminster -bridge, by the operations of a party of divers examining the bed of the river, preparatory to the construction of the new bridge at West minster, the works for which, it is understood, will shortly commence. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND'S CATTLE SHOW.—The cattle show which the Duke of Richmond has annually main tained among his tenantry for many years, was held on Thursday last, in the grounds around the old Castle of Strathbogie, in Huntly. There was a large amount of stock shown—there being no fewer than 251 entries of live stock. In general, the quality of the animals shown was very superior. Mr. ROBSON'S BENEFIT.—The Star of the Olympic has announced his benefit at that theatre for Thursday next, the 15th inst. Mr. Robson is eminently deserving of support, and will, no doubt, have a bumper house. On this occasion the Lord Chief Baron Nicholson will take the chair in propria persona in the trial scene in Shylock, a feature which will by no means detract from the hilarity of the evening. NEW OMNIBUSES AND CABS.—From and after the first d e a o y m o m f i n es e i x o t ne m ra T i t o h o a rd b e e r tt t e h r a d t escription of omnibuses and hackney cearn:aagde; cabs are expected to be prepared for the public. It is on which the Inland enactedand by the 16 and 17 Vict., c. 33, that persons from t _ after the Ist October, desirous of obtaining a license ukeep, use, or let to hire any metropolitan stage or No license is The police commissioners made of the vehicles n a e n r ci s . 0 f ar t e h etoveahpipcllyes:nanwdriitfifnoguntdo toth ebpeoilnicae tion t b they may calls* an inspec tion condition the licenses ""3" proper condition for public use, are to grant a c ertificate misesifranted without such a certificate. toI Revenue Board is to grant a license. Stamp-office plate recalled.nlaY may cause an inspection to be and if they are not in a be suspended and the for disobeying the act. ren,alties are to be imposed HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meador* hay, 2/ lOs to 5/ Os ; clover, ditto, 3/ 10s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. — Meaiow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover, ditto, 3/ 10s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to SI Os ; clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os ; Ind straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. ITALIAN CENTRAL RAILWAY.—The Parlamento an nounces that the works of the Italian Central Railway had commenced, and that those of the section comprised between Florence and the Roman frontier, vid Arezzo, would be carried on with activity. The contractor is an Englishman, Mr. John Gandell, who has undertaken to complete the line within 42 months. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS.— The weekly reviews from these markets mention that, although transactions had been limited, quotations were on the average well supported. The demand for coffee was steady, and previous rates were unaltered. Sugar, raw and refined, showed little change, but a slight dis position had been manifested to increase purchases. The prices of dried fruits were maintained ; indigo ex hibited firmness, but rice had in some few cases been sold on easier terms. The accounts from Hamburg and Antwerp represent a similar postion of trade. NOUVEAU MONDE GOLD COMPANY.—The following memorandum is from the Nouveau Monde Company : " The Nouveau Monde Gold Company have this day received advices from their superintendent in California, dated the 25th of July, in which, after reporting favour ably of the progress making at the mines, he states that the English c rus her is now at work, and that it grinds 60 tons per 12 hours, with ease, through a four-hole sieve. The ore will be put through again, but the sieve will be changed for an eight-hole one—thence it will go to the amalgamators, two of which were to be in course of erection in a few days. He further adds that this is the first mill of the kind put up in California, and while he laments the unavoidable delays that have taken place, yet, with a little patience, he looks forward with oonfi dence to be able to reduce every 12 hours 50 tons of paying gold quartz." ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Kent, Coleman, has arrived to-day from Port Philip, whence she sailed the sth of June, with 26,263 ounces of gold, valued at 105,0001. The Marco Polo, which left Melbourne the Bth of the same month, is not yet announced. Two other vessels are also reported—The Cornhill, from Hobart Town, with 570 ounces of gold, and the Ann Miln, from Port land-bay, but the quantity the latter brings has not been ascertained. FRANKFORT BANK.--The Journal (le Frankfort of the 10th says :—" A report, which has been put in circula tion here, that at the next subscription for shares in the Frankfort Bank an immediate payment in cash of 25 per cent. must be made, has caused such an unfavourable impression on the quotations and on the circulation of money, that a great number of bankers and merchants assembled yesterday to draw up a petition to the Senate demanding that the sai d p rovision should be modified, and that subscribers should be authorised to deposit the sum required in public securities of the States of the Germanic Confederaft at the price of the day." DRUR Y-LANE. The crowded houses here every night almost lead one to hope that the palmy days of old Drury have returned, and that the statue of Shakspere on the vestibule will no longer wear that gloomy aspect which has been so frequently noticed of late. Mr. Gustavus Brooke, whose performance of Othello was so rapturously ap plauded on the opening night, has gained additional laurels in the characters of lago, and Sir Giles Over reach, in both of which he displays to advantage those wonderful dramatic powers which he is now generally admitted to possess, a n d w hi c h th e pu bli c had almost began to despair of ever finding in a modern actor. To witness his Sir Giles Overreach last night, pit, boxes, and galleries were crammed, and at the end of the piece Mr. Brooke received an ovation of praise, of which the greatest primd donna at the Opera might be proud. It is to be regretted that his stay in this country is so brief, for such a star for a season might redeem the fortunes of the house, and preserve it for some time longer, at least, from the desecration of wild beast shows, bal masques, and tumblers. THE CITY MONUMENT OF THE GREAT DUKE OF WELLINGTON. This day has been appointed for the decision of the corporation committee upon the choice of a model from the number of magnificent specimpns of sculpture which are now in the Guildhall. The committee, in accordance with the direction of the corporation, will select six artists, who are to be applied to to compete for the mo nument. A period of three months is to be allowed for the production of the models, and the artist of the ap proved model is to be entrusted with the execution of the work. The unsuccessful are each to receive 100 guineas as a remuneration for the trouble and anxiety in producing their models, and the models are to become the property of the corporation. About 20 models have been received at the Guildhall. They are all locked in the extensive enclosure at the western extremity of the hall, and the committee have given orders prohibiting the admission of any person not a member of their body until after the choice shall have been made. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The festival of the three choirs opens to-day (Tuesday) at Gloucester, and the arrangements, which have been progressing for the past two or three months, are now all completed. The rehearsals commenced at the Ca thedral yesterday (Monday) morning, and were con cluded in the Concert-room hat night. All the principal vocalists are on the spot, and the choral and instrumental body, numbering 300 performers, were at their posts in the orchestra of the Cathedral early yesterday morning. Gloucester is putting on its usual triennial festive appear ance, and lodgings are very dear, there having been a larger number of applications than usual. These festivals, of which this is the 130th anniversary, have of late years taken quite a new life. A few years ago they were in a declining state, and their early disso lution was looked forward to ; but suddenly a new spirit was infused into them, and, notwithstanding the increase of similar institutions, the festivals of the three choirs have advanced considerably in the last few years, and the present Gloucester meeting bids fair to eclipse its pre decessors, judging from the extraordinary sale of tickets which has already been made. The festival of the three choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford was founded in 1724, and when in its infant state the col lections made for charitable purposes amounted for several years to no more than from 201. to 401. per annum. The original founder of th e f es tiv a l s was D r. Thomas Bisse, Chancellor of Hereford, and the money collected was applied to the apprenticing of the orphans of clergymen of the three dioceses of Gloucester, Wor cester, and Hereford. As the means increased, however, the charity was extended to the relief of the clergy. Originally one steward only was appointed, who was re sponsible for all losses ; but the expenses, it must be borne in mind, were not to be compared with those of the present day, the musical attraction being vastly en hanced in the more recent history of these gatherings. It was in 1798, when the pecuniary responsibilities be came seriously heavy, that the number of stewards was increased. These have of late years generally averaged a dozen, but at the Gloucester meetings they usually run to a larger number, there being no fewer than 23 for the present meeting. The stewards who have this year undertaken the respon sibilities of the festival are Lord Leigh, the Mayor of Gloucester, the Hon. A. Ponsonby, M.P., Sir Wm. Rus sell, Bart., R. N. Kingscote, Esq., M.P., W. P. Price, Esq., M.P., J. R. Mullings, Esq., M.P., G. H. Ben gough, Esq., R. P. Davies, Esq., W. H. H. Hartley, Esq., C. J. Monck, Esq., R. Potter, Esq., J. F. Sevier, Esq., Thos. Turner, Esq., J. Waddingham, Esq., Rev. Sir J. H. C. Seymour, Bart., Rev. H. A. S. Attwood, Rev. F. T. J. Bagly, Rev. B. S. Clayson, D.D., Rev. L. B. Clutt er b uc k, R ev . T. E vans, D . D ., Rev. H. Burrow Evans, and Rev. Canon Hutchinson. The principal performers engaged are Madama Clara Novello, Mdlle. Bellini, M rs . W e i ss , M a d ame C as t e ll an , Miss Dolby, Mrs Lockey (late Miss Williams), Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss, Signor Gardoni, Signor Tagliafico, and Herr Formes. Mr. H. Blagrove is the leader of the band, Mr. Arnott is the conductor • organ, Mr. Townshend Smith, of H ere f or d C a th e d ra l, and piano forte, Mr. Done, of Worcester Cathedral. DECIMAL COINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You are right, it is the penny that is of the greatest importance. It is to preserve this value that every effort must be used. Pounds are grown from, pennies. It is at the same time most desirable that the decimal system should be brought about. Could not the present halfpenny become a cent? Then two cents. would represent this all-important penny. As silver is rising the florin becomes a 4 dollar. The sovereign would make a 5-dollar piece. Great excep tion will be taken to the use of cents and dollars as too democratic. But look at the advantages ; in conjunc- tion with America, we should soon have dollars and cents all over the world. The Chinese merchant un derstands the dollar.—Your obedient servant, A. L. How was the ohange from the pound to the dollar effected in the States ? If any, what difficulties at tended it ? LODGINGS IN MELBOURNE.—So great are the priva tions which new emigrants are put to on first landing on the wharf, that they are glad, as far as the limited " accommodation " will admit, to sleep in the iron boilers that are lying about there in all directions. For this apology for a place of shelter, the iron owners exact 2d. a night for a " ground floor," and 4d. for an "upper storey."—Aultralian and New Zealand Gazette. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. From Constantinople of the 29th ult. we learn that it was expected that the Turkish journals of Constantinople would on the following day, the 30th, publish another manifesto to the nation from the Government, explaining the state of the country and also its position with reference to the foreign Powers. That document was awaited with much im patience and anxiety. Argyropoulo, the first inter preter of the Russian Embassy, had several inter views with the Turkish Ministers, but the situa tion of affairs had not changed. The Egyptian troops were expected to set out soon for Shumla, but were to be reviewed previously by the Sultan. The Turkish Government has entered into a con tract for the supply of 300,000 great coats, lined with leather, for the troops, and this was thought indicative of a further complication of the question with Russia, and consequently the probability of hostilities. A second letter, of the same date, states that the English had become very unpopular at Constanti nople, indeed as much or more so than the Russians; and caricatures, and satirical compositions in prose and verse, very freely calculated. The rumour of Lord Stratford's resignation was again rife. In the letter we referred to no doubt is expressed of the fact, or of his Lordship having positively tendered his re signation, with assurances that his post was no longer tenable at Constantinople. It is added that the decision of the English Government about re placing him was expected there on the 15th. Al most equal dissatisfaction was felt with the French Government. From Constantinople, August 29, we learn that the public are waiting impatiently for a manifesto of the Sultan in which his Highness will explain the position of Turkey with respect to the other Powers. The Egyptian troops are to be reviewed by his Highness, and they will afterwards march to Shumla. The Porte has contracted for 300,000 fur cloaks for the army. It is again stated that Lord Stratford de Redeliffe has sent in his resignation to the British Govern ment, and that he expects an answer by the 18th of September. The Wanderer of Vienna states from Jassy 30th ult. :—" We have just been informed that the French and English Consuls have left. A kind of panic has taken possession of people's minds. It is said that General Luder is approaching Moldavia with a corps d'armee. The cholera is making ravages in Bessarabia." The Press of Vienna states that a courier arrived there on the Bth from St. Petersburg, but without bringing any dispatches relative to the Eastern question. - The Emperor of Russia has just addressed to his son the Cesarevitch two rescripts, one compliment ing him on the good conduct and military bearing of the corps of the Guards of the Grenadiers of which he is the commandant ; and the other ex pressing his Majesty's satisfaction at the state of the military schools of which the Grand Duke is the Director-in-Chief. General Baron de Budberg, aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at Warsaw, from St. Petersburg. PRUSSIA The King of Prussia, on the Bth inst., addressed the commanders of the troops assembled for the grand manoeuvres in the following terms : " I ought, first of all, to thank Prince Radziwill for the manoeuvres executed this day, for I never beheld anything of the kind finer. The satisfaction which I expressed yesterday at the admirable appearance of the troops, I repeat to-day on another point. I re marked that everywhere order, calm, firmness, and uniformity were to be observed in the movements. Each man fulfilled his task. The cavalry of the landwehr, which has so many difficulties to over come, has admirably performed its duty on this classic ground. The manoeuvres executed to-day by the army were the image of a past time full of glory. I hope that this day will not be lost for my army, and that it will bear its fruit. That which a long study in the closet does not give has been re alised in the most evident manner by the manoeuvres of this day, viz., that glorious feat of arms of 20,000 Prussians being conquerors over 60,000 men ; that was tht day of glory for the cavalry, in the same way as some weeks after the infantry signalised itself on another battle-field. What gave so great a superiority to the great king may be summed up in a few words—it was the precision of the infantry movements, and in what relates to cavalry, the initiative in attack. But that perfection cannot be attained in a moment, and in face of the enemy ; such persons as imagine that would fall into a gross error. To arrive at that point, it is neces sary to labour hard during peace, and the commanders of my army who aim at attaining that object will be worthy of my approbation. Let my army know that it has afforded me full satisfaction." The police of Berlin paid domiciliary visits to about 20 persons who had acted as brokers in trans actions in the funds and in corn, without being licensed. Their papers were seized. In the after noon, the police expelled from the exchange all unlicensed brokers, arrested several, and sent some who had no fixed domicile at Berlin away from the capital. GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort states that on the sth and 6th inst. the citizens were called upon to vote on the bill for extending the rights of the Jews and of the inhabitants of the rural districts, but only one-tenth of the citizens voted. SPAIN. ---- • - The Epoca publishes a letter from San Ildefonso, in which it is alleged that the resignation of the Minister of Marine has been accepted. Amongst other measures contemplated by the Minister of the Interior is one for rendering the pre-payment of letters obligatory. The departure of the Queen and Royal family from La Granja had been fixed for the 14th. The Three per Cents. were done at 44i ; the New Three per Cents., a t 23 13-16 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 104 ; and that of the Second, at 51. DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen, Bth inst., states that a sum of 50,000 rix-dollars (225,000 fr.) has just been accorded, by way of appanage to Prince Chris tian of Denmark. The Danish Minister of the Interior has just granted a concession of a railway from Copenhagen to Elsinore. ECONOMY IN LOCOMOTION.—The Courrier de Mar seilles states that a mechanician of that city, named Gras, has discovered the means of workinglocomotives with hut air instead of steam and with an economy of 80 per cent. The system of M. Gras is said to resemble in some points that of Mr. Ericsson but to be more perfect. MORE FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE• to Last night, at a few minutes before seven o'clock, fires broke out almost simultaneously, one in the premises belonging to Mr. Henry Wilson, No. 2, Hemmi n g s•r t ,' Chapel-street, Liverpool-road, and the °other in building belonging to Mr. W. May, eating-Wse' keeper, No. 119, Aldersgate-street, City. Both fi.res were occasioned from the same cause viz., a spa rk fi V ic i l from a lighted candle amongst the bed furniture, d set the contents of the rooms in flames. The engines:, the London Brigade, parish, and West of England so° remarkably early in arriving, but considerable do was done in each case before the flames could be i c o L I Tiered, Both sufferers it was understood were insure in the Sun fire-office. A fire of a very distressing character, nately attended with loss of life, broke out at a lateltr, on Sunday night in the premises belonging t ° Levine, waterproof clothing manufacturer, situate 0 Castle-street, Whitechapel. The fire originated frowo some unexplained cause in the front mom first floo r L n i t which three men were sleeping at the time. Au i°- 3 14 alarm was given, and information of the outbreak ,s 1 dispatched to the engine and fire escape stations. " ° 0 very brief periodthe parish engine and theßoyalSocie.l96 and unfortt: fire-escape attended, closely followed by several englnof of the London Brigade. Upon Wood, the conductor of the escape-, entering the premises, he ftund the wil ie ca t• the inmates in great danger, on account of the siLh°the ing smoke that was rushing up the stairs. NV it "„ r ic exception of one person, a young man named .a's.r"„oo Abrahams, the initiates effected a safe retreat. 'ft' the conductor entering the room in which the fire begs: he beheld a fearful scene, for the unfortunate rnauhtfol found in a corner of the apartment burnt in a f f i gi e sli manner, :• much so that when he touched him the "- came off his body. The parish engineer and th e London Brigade l ea went to work, and being aided by a plentiful s u P P ,' 6 , water, furnished by the East London CompanY' sn3 „itbd the flames were subdued, b u t no t un til that par t t premises in which th e m i s f or t une b egan was bur nt °li and the connts consume. A surgeon d was sent for to attend upon the unfortaorrinata. man who was so shockingly b urne d, but, upon h is t ot va the deceased had previously assisted the other t wo n de° ts_A fi _ in effecti ng th e i r escape , w h en h e b ecame surrt bo dl ni with flames a n d d ro pp e d i n th e m id s t o f th e m. im e A 10 was placed in a s h e ll. an d remove d t o t h e worklo u !"hb await a coroner's inquest, which it is understood held to-day. t he Unfortunately, neither Mr. Levine n or all 0f inmates was insured. DEMONSTRATION GF COLLIERS Ar WAKEFIELD. An important demonstration of colliers took P_ A l ' es yesterday at Wakefield. The object of the Pt be 7 was the organisation of the colliers of the West 1 314 , 1 0 ; so as to enable them to support the demand they m o b made for an advance of wages proportionate to t he t o vance in the price of coal. Coal having risen 10d. t le i they ask that 3d. of that 10d. should go into therT o ili of the miner. The proprietors of collieries gen e 3 seem to withstand the demand on the ground tha ti oi unreasonable. About two hundred men in the 0 11 4 1) of Messrs. Leather, at their colliery near Leeds, s , e pt some time ago, and have ever since been in r il r r i, of 10s. a week. The men employed at the 0 3 '1, o fe of Mr. Pope, at Crigglestone, near Wakefield, also struck. The demonstration of Monday st r ict' tended for the miners of the whole Riding, 1, 0 0 1 bills announcing it having been circulated throng" f o r the Riding, with a request from the delegate meetillAep the miners of Yorkshire, that the day should be no general holiday. There w ere no t, h o wever, s° 131 0 miners present as there doubtless would have been for one circumstance, and th a t was th a t M e ssrs. CL"'"or worth, whose collieries are very extensive, and ' 4° 4 11 ploy between 2,000 and 3,000 hands, gave all theiraso a dinner, with the object, it was said, o f keeping t here from the demonstration. Notwithstanding this were present at the New Market, where the deino n ,„ s $ ll tion took place, nearly 3,000 working colliers fr o parts of the West Riding, including the neighbour''oo of Leeds, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Bradford, itc• proceedings lasted about two hours, the chair w" Occupied by Mr. John Seymour. A f 13 5 A memorial to Lord Palmerston was approve- ?,, 1 0 liciting the attention of Government to the adoPt nii ". t jes legislative measures calculated to prevent the enli i cif to which miners are exposed at present in pursuing of r trade, and suggesting several improvements in the ' tern at present in existence. THE QUEEN'S STEAM-YACHT• It would seem that her Majesty is at last al s 6"„ c bt, with the sorry cut and pace of her sea-going steam and has been so observant of the difference in eli,`74er and performances of the screw two and three-o'4'ol flag ships of her Channel fleet, Duke of Wellingtc' n ?ir Agamemnon, that she is resolved on having til, e o of toria and Albert lengthened 65 feet, with the "% o re increasing her speed by new engines of dOu. r i power, those she now has in being only 450. 1 0 i# information is correct (and it is conveyed to fi semi-official shape), we cannot but regret it, 3 0 0' are well assured, from what we know of the struction and performances of th e Vi c toria , 3 , ll ' e fe bert, from her first launchi ng , th a t s h e will "Of achieve the work expected of her if so altered. io deo " conversion " system w e h a d h ope d had been e113 ,, - , c o ef c The Penelope was such an awfully bun g ling an d ' sive affair of the s a m e sor t th at we f u ll y expected ae lso i to have seen such another act of folly perpetrated 1 1 o f Board of Admiralty. B u t th a t was d one i n the daY l t o i Symondian sway over the constructive departmellso the navy—we expect better things under Sir 1331 10 0 1 Walker's surveyorship. The conversion of the 1 310 . v e will ever remain a standing item of wanton and disc r ol ful expenditure in the blue books of parliamentary re t ool —250,0001. and upwards having been expended 0 4 0; ship up to the time of her first commission as a sea'b e lile screw double-banked frigate, for that is the trn e do lge racter of ships of her class. Therefore let us in o ff the hope for the sake of the credit of that ' , 00 whose welfare has ever been dear to us, aa u je , 0 11 be to all who have served in it, that such fall.,!' c ' t otl f those recorded will never be ena c t e d a gain. the Queen, of all humankind else, have a yacht befittiacigo rank and character of the sovereign of the seas, a n , el she only can have in a vessel newly c o n structed e the most improved scientific principles—up to t he of advancement made in naval a r c hit e cture shi ce g lig; Victoria and Albert paddler was floated off the Si ;ijoid and we would suggest, as the best m e thod of resat this desideratum, "so devoutly to be wished, of, committee of all the best naval architects in th e „ ei dnm__ami. mercantile shipbuilders as well 14 ece architects—be formed, under the directioua of the 6 , 11 ; of Admiralty, with a competent committee of joubt-i' design and construct models for a ne w screw r c if orla', the Queen, worthy of her illustrious rank in the o r and of that service which is the right arm of her st,reveff (next to her people's love), and the admiration az maritime nation.—Hampshire Advertiser. cha fi/ THE GAVAZZI RIOTS IN AM ERICA .—Th e Eton. 0 -- Wilson, Mayor of Montreal, has been arreste i r r s,,t 4 held to bail in the sum of e i g ht th ous and del .. answer a charge of murder, f or h av ing orderejoe, troops to fira during the Gavazzi riot on the 9th ef Three more persons, who pa r ti c ip a t e d i n the riot al itl o' to, have also besn arrested. One of them is a n ' V tant Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. O S ( THE CHOLERA.—At Newcastle, up to yesteruma cases of of attacks of the Asiatic cholera occurred, I : l3 oefi were fatal. The disease had also broken out e '', 4 by, ham, where two cases were fatal. Two fatal e i t cat also occurred at Morpeth. At Newcastle se re ,, - 0 8- had occurred with awful severity. Persons whf t - boo' n f apparent health were attacked and died in eig,"' One of the medical inspectors of the General P e fr r , Health, Mr. Grainger, has been in the town sinFtb the day, advising the local authorities, and acting ich medical officers in taking all the precautions vi - r a es' f ,' pear to be practic a bl e , i n w hi c h th e y a re new e A a t 11,T, assisted by the me m b ers o f th e l oca l boards• t he e bo ; peth there had be en ear ly p repara ti ons to Wee' '' d ease. It is expected that an order in Counci l issued for the enforcement of the Diseases Pr e ' Act. ODESSA.—The letters from ()desist are to the - and report a decline in the wheat market equal t c j is poer e or 3s. per quarter-. Holders, he vever, were le i, C s - g 1 to press sales. The diminution in purcha ses b . a o lt Pr, duced an alteration in the rate of !exchang e r w d I to t become less adverse for England. With roger to fiett i l i tical matters, the news of the refusal of Turkeyd row unconditionally the propositions of the alliedenteit had created no uneasiness, a strong feeling belefoile.,4 tamed that the matter would yet be adju sted, of tP was also seen that, owing to the advanced state oppre:_ season, no warlike operations were now to be o sib r hended for several months , even supposi n g the P ae lity of an ultimate rupture. We Cell THE DEATH BY DROWNING AT MARGATE."'" k ace idenv so ppb an account on Saturday of a melancholy befel a young gentlemen while bathing. We ee*v Or e l: some particulars. His name was Win. JuseP . ac in7, land. It appeared from the evidence at thel it h which was held on the 9th, that the deceased, k'esygn two younger brothers, went to the bay beyon d w itbe ll , d Battery, towards the North Foreland, to bath e m iev", a machine. One of deceased's brothers, in consei; , s ow of the under current, was carried out of his del i h t 001 . ; being unable to swim, called for assistance, wh ic. " 'O O3 ceased immediately attempted to render, but we' s t b b i roli carried out by the current, whilst his brother w e ' s ,,bserl 0 on the rocks and escaped. As soon as it w se on, vithea that the deceased was in danger, Mr. And ere ,: d , ioe, e a was bathing near, swam to him, and ended el l to rescue him, but becoming exhausted w as to save himself, when a gentleman name" o port m . o Cliff-terrace, succeeded in reaching him, a nd su l i nd Pbo him for some time, until deceased gras ped bin' If o r a arms, when he was compelled to extricate hiruse po rts i i drowned. He got aw a y, b u t returned and fbireeeo deceased by the hair of hi s h e ad until he lone.andbej sinking, when he was compelled to leave kirlicieceoebe was drowned shortly after. The place wh ere froal t by was drowned i s some c onsiderable di stance e m u s at usual bathing-pl ace , an d i s rendered very dang was bes, the under curren t w h en th e wind is, a s it vi morning, fro the , with a verY opt running. The body was north-eastwashed ashore abouatrdi'etortbr. afterwards, and conveyed by the coast-g:: b, he Clifton Baths, where every means was utsec,i,_cti. .Price to restore animation, but withou.ro_tlened jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally .d a t tP_, atisfaehums bathing," and expressed their great s , conduct of Mr. Anderson and Mr. Ades, ev— cordially joined in by the coroner, G. T. Esq. ...-•,-.,..-'-'°- THE -