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SMOKELESS FURNACES. - MR. LEE I STEVENS respectfully solicits early intimation about furnaces required to be fitted during the winter, that the advancing price of materials, and increasing demand for skilled labour, may not pre vent the prompt execution of orders on current terms. COPY OF LATEST TESTIMONIAL. " 55, Bridge-street, Southwark, Nov. 25, 1853. " Mr. Joins lam STEVENS, 1, riah-street-hill, City. "Dear Sir,—Your Patent Smokeless Furnace adapted by me to a boiler for Messrs. Beeman and Oxley, King-street, Southwark, answers so admirably, that I have, with your sanction, applied the invention to my own boiler, and the result is, in every respect, most Satisfactory. "I shall certainly recommend this simple and economical system as the best, as well as the cheapest, means of saving fuel and pre venting smoke ; and I shall be happy to undertake the erection of your furnaces in any part Gf the metropolis. "Remaining yours very truly, " WALTER H. Summon, Engineer." Information respecting LICENSES to MANUFACTURE or USE the PATENT SMOKELESS FURNby Mr. JOHN LEE ST EVENS, ACES, for LAND and MARINE boilers, stills, coppers, Sec., is given the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 50, King William-street, and No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London, where other testimonials, Sec., may be obtained, and reference to firms in London and elsewhere, on whose premises the invention is in daily operation. TREATER ROYAL DRURY-LANE• Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, DEC. 2, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Pormances, assisted by the most renowne d Gymnastic Artistes, o. erf Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Euckatone. THIS EVENLNG, DEC. 2, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, H. Core, Chippendale, George Vandenhofr, and Miss Reynolds. win be performed A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. After which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Core, and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Romer, and Miss Featherstone. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuas.Las BEAN. IRIS EVENING, DEC. 2, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of BABDANAPALUS, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrig. THIS EVENING, Dzc. 2, will be pe rf orm ed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. ----- After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE i w hich, however (it s hoped), will. in the end, show IIOW 10 3iAgE ROME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed by A NICE FIRM. P r i nc i pa l c h arac t ers by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Wetster.—Directress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DEC. 2, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, &c. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREEN' WICII. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook " A Biflin." ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATER. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, DEC. 2, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr, F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S EITROPE'3 NATIONAL AMPHITIMATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke, who respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, that a GRAND EQUESTRIAN CHINESE SPECTACLE is in active preparation, written expressly to introduce Mr. William Cooke's most extraordinary TRAINED ELEPHANTS, surpassing everything hitherto witnessed—their marvellous feats never having been previously attempted, and which they acco - nplish with unerr ing certainty. The spectacle will he produced immediately. Second week of Six Clowns in the Arena. Third week of the re appearance of the premier horseman, Mr. ALFRED COOKE. In creasing popularity of the daring Equestrienne, Madlle. MASOTTA. THIS EVENING, Dsc. 2, (And during the week) The grand spectacle of BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA; Or, The Burning of Moscow. Followed by William Cooke's matchless scenes of the ARENA, by unequalled artistes. Concluding with JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Phmton. Box-oftlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1853. State of the wind and-Weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. TIINBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast, GREENWICH—S., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—S., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—S.W., light breeze—cloudy. YANIOUTH—S., calm—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S.W., calm—cloudless. MIILLINGAR—S., gentle breeze=partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE--N.E., strong breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—S., calm—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—overcast. SNAP— S., calm—overcast. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsui DAY —Morning 25 min.after 2 Evening 45 min.aft. 2 Te•MOaaow—Morning 13 min.after 3, Evening 36 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.-Sux OPTIOB, Dec. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49 highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'04—falling. WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, with fine, clear, cold, sun , shiny weather. fag ~; >A I ie • • ... s . . , _. CO LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1853. Pacific intentions are still avowed by France and England —saving always the maintenance of Turkish independence ! Why, of course! Of course the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries are resolved upon the preservation of European tranquillity, provided they can contrive to assure to the SULTAN the integrity of hi s dominions and the rights of his sovereignty. Of course neither VICTORIA nor NAPOLEON are desir ous of plunging the nations of the earth into war, supposing they can only so arrange matters that the Ottoman Empire shall have no immediate prospect before it of dismemberment. Of course—the thing is obvious ! Nevertheless, though it is thus obvious, the statesmen both of France and Great Britain have done little else during the last half-year but insist upon this, as though it were some problem . requiring the most minute and reiterated explanation... It has been the actual purport of every official despatch, and the drift of every diplomatic document. M. DRoulat DE L'Huits has taken it as the text of his masterly state-papers. M. DE LA COUR has enlarged upon it, as indicative of the policy of his Imperial Master's Government. Amongst ourselves, too, we have heard it enunciated indus triously, both in Parliament and out of Parlia ment---by her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary, in his Ministerial capacity—by the President of the Board of c ontrol, when addressing his constituents —by the Rome Secretary, in reply to some in opportune deptaati. • on—by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wh en enlivening an excursion during the recess by an eloquent oration, delivered a l fresco in the street s of Manchester ! And now, a change takes . la t z in the diplomatic cor ps assembled round S o nii tt r o A N N at Con stantinople, the Emperor NAp is repre sented at the Su blime Porte no longer by M. D E LA CotTR, but by a g a llant soldie r like General BARAGUAY D ' HILLIERS, and e immediately that distinguished officer p resents himse lf before his Majesty, the Sulta n ABD-UL-MEDJID, we hear him delivering a set speech to the Commander o f the Faithful—in favour of Peace, but fully secur ing the independence of Turkey ! Literally, that is among the latest fragments of intelligence com ing to us from Stamboul. It is the old story over again—that the Western Powers (meaning France and England) are actuated by the most pacific intentions, providing they can secure to Turkey the advantages of independence—provid ing they can bring about a satisfactory reconcilia tion—providing they can effectually ward oil' from THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1853. the Ottoman Empire the perils of a disastrous dismemberment. Reducing all these fine phrases to mere matter of-fact, it signifies that France and England are eager to prevent the necessity of war, if they can only contrive without bloodshed to vindicate the outraged integrity of the Turkish sovereignty. But--How in the name of common sense can any such hopes be, now at this the eleventh hour, de liberately and seriously entertained ? Have not France and England striven already by every con ceivable device, by every conceivable delay, by every conceivable concession, to bring about this most desirably pacific solution ? Have they not ? And have they not failed utterly, and egregi ously failed, one after another, in their ultra humane endeavours ? With these hopes, were not the insolent demands of Prince MENSCHIKOFF tole rated, and the lawless passage of the Pruth, and the flagitious occupation of Moldo-Wallachia, and the arrogant subjection of the Hospodars to unjus tifiable acts of obedience to the Russian AUTO CRAT, instead of, as of old, to their liege Suzerain at Constantinople ? To the end that war might be avoided and the continuance of peace secured— was not that Conference brought about at Vienna, which ended in a blundering proposition necessi tating a key to the mystery of its meaning in the shape of a series of sagacious, but, under the cir cumstances, utterly impracticable modifications ? Yes, the truth in this matter is notorious from one end of Christendom to the other, and yet the people of the West are still to be amused with the " damnable iteration" of this empty and fri volous phraseology ! Public opinion, forsooth, is still to be irritated by the assurance, repeated again for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth time, that France and England are favourable to peace, but fully securing the cause of Turkish indepen dence. Why, everybody knows perfectly well by this time that the two things are wholly and abso lutely incompatible—Peace with Russia and the preservation of Independence to Turkey ! Peace ! Now, indeed, if ever, the Divine utterance of Holy Writ is being verified —now, when they are talking of Peace when there is no Peace. England and France indeed—actuated by pacific intentions, providing they can without bloodshed se cure the integrity of the Ottoman dominions— meaning, of course, in other words, providing they can induce Russia otherwise than at the point of the bayonet, and at the mouth of the howitzer, to withdraw her forces from the country lying between the Pruth and the Danube, and thereupon to retract all her insolent demands upon the insulted and outraged Government of Constantinople ! Is this, let us ask plainly, in any degree probable—under existing circum stances ? With the seeds of revolt and evil pas sion sown broadcast over Servia and the adjacent provinces by the intrigues of the autocratic coun cils of St. Petersburg ! with the Montenegrins secretly goaded into open antagonism against the Musselmen ! with the main body of the Turks strongly encamped at Ka.lafat ! with the Russian army under GORTZCHAKOFF, in the vicinity of Bucharest ! with OSTEN-SACHEN marching with powerful reinforcements from the direction of Moldavia ! with the CZAR goaded to the vindication of the prowess of his troops and of the skill of his generals by the pain ful and infuriating remembrance of Oltenitza ! Talk, with these facts before us, talk, forsooth, of a pacific arrangement securing from the inflamed ambition of Russia the jeopardised. independence of Turkey ! Talk of soothing a madman into tranquillity after having _ goaded him into a paroxysm of fury by every exquisite ingenuity of mingled decoy and irritation ! Talk of calming him with the wave of a feather (the pen of an e f fete diplomacy)—with his foe at his foot, and a drawn sword in his hand, and the consciousness of having, already, himself, been wounded! Never theless such are still actually the designs enun ciated by the statesmen of Western Europe as the objects of the twin-policy of France and England the mysterious aim of their allied Governments. There is scarcely a subject on which a greater degree of misapprehension is subsisting than that of railway extensions. It is unquestionably right, under existing circumstances, that new projects should be received with salutary caution—that the arguments for and against should be ma turely considered and accurately weighed before a decision be arrived at. But nothing can be more absurd than the panic that has been ex cited on the subject, and which would lead to the un equivocal condemnation of every plan however au spicious, and would establish the principle of "fina lity," which should not be disturbed or interfered with on any account. In some quarters, " exten sions" have been held forth as the unnatural pro geny who were to devour the produce of the parent line—as schemes brought forward by a combination of directors, landowners, bankers, engineers, and lawyers, for their own selfish pur poses, and without any regard to the interests of the general body of proprietors, in the conception and carrying out whereof there must necessarily be something of such a character as to induce every independent shareholder to set his face against the transactions, and use every exertion to prevent their success. The time has passed away when the danger came from this direction. Considering the preva lent feeling, there is far greater probability of useful undertakings being suppressed or negatived than of needless ones being brought forward. Directors have learned that every proposition occasioning a further outlay will be strictly scru tinised ; and however favourable, indeed, if absolutely indispensable to the safety of the concern, will be used as an instrument by malcontents, and such are to be found in a lmost every comp an y, as an instrument to excite disturbance, and to create a prejudice against the managers. They are, therefore, for their own sa kes, more likely to fall into sins of omißsion than of commission ; and, when actuated by a sense of their duty, they have the manliness to brave the existing prejudice, they add to their clai ms on the gratitude of the shareholders, and entitle themselves to, at least, a patient and favourable consideration on the part of the shareholders. We do not assert that every plan approved o f b y directors, and brought under the notice of a special general meeting, should necessarily be sanctioned. I Far from it. It is the privilege of shareholders to judge for themselves on such matters, and same dtli m ey e ought to exercise the right. But, at time, a project that has received the fiat of the managing body, should not be rejected on trivial or insufficient grounds ; nor should it be made a ground of factious opposition by interested agi tators. The directors may have weighty reasons for their decision, other than those relating merely to £ s. d., all of which cannot ju diciously be brought under the considera tion of the general body. They may see that the undertaking is indispensable to the main tenance of their property, and to prevent an in trusion into their district that might subsequently prove exceedingly prej udicial, and render a far greater expenditure essential. When there is a strong and increasing demand for railway accommodation in a rising locality, they may feel s f i e t el certain that, if they do not pro vide for th e wan t , o th ers w ill d o so . Very serious competition tinonecesmsaaryy a f t t h e u r thus a r b d e s occasioned t o buy e off at a hi g h price, therefore, be Som© degree of credit must, given to Directors, some reliance placed on the judgment and integrity of those whose former conduct has merited confidence, and who have exhibited high qualifications for their office during the trying times th a t h ave been ex perienced by the railway interest. The Directors' of the South-Eastern Railway have just issued a circular to their constituents (which will be found in another part of this day's impression), bringing under their notice " a list of the schemes advertised in the public papers as about to be submitted to the consideration of Parliament in the ensuing Session, and which, if carried into effect, may, in one way or another, affect the interests of the Company which they represent ; with respect thereto they judiciously abstain from comment for the present on the several lines, allowing the proprietors to judge for themselves how far the contingencies of the money market, or the probable course of legis lation, will affect these and similar undertakings. They add— " The spirit of adventure is obviously rife. And such a group of schemes about us might excite apprehension, if the resolutions adopted in the last session of Parlia ment, on the recommendation of Mr. Cardwell's Com mittee, did not induce the confident belief that the Le gislature will hereafter so direct all further outlay in railway construction as to maintain a due regard to existing railway interests in connexion with the conve nience of districts hitherto imperfectly supplied with railway accommodation. It may, however be the duty of the directors to enter more fully upon this subject as the Session approaches. " Whilst exnerience suggests extreme caution against encumbering the company with unremunerating branch lines, yet it becomes most important to discriminate what is eligible to protect and advance its interests. A general refusal to do anything would reject the considera tion of what in the end might prove to be highly conducive to the company's welfare and intimately connected with the maintenance of its property. The exercise of such discrimination and judgment is at this moment matter for the utmost care." raise. The Directors have here placed the question on the true foundation, and have thereby largely increased the strong claims they already possessed on the confidence of the proprietors, whose interests they _ have so judiciously managed for many years. Mr. MACGREGOR. has, indeed, proved himself, by unanswerable testimony, to be the vigilant and trustworthy guardian of their rights, the prudent and efficient controller of their affairs. He has been ably supported by his brother directors and the officials of the Company, and by none more so than by Mr. G. S. HERBERT, the energetic and experienced Secretary, who has seen that the decisions of the Board have been carried into practical operation. We have seen the ability, integrity, and zeal displayed on many occasions by the gentlemen whose services the Shareholders have been so fortunate as to obtain, and we trust that these services may be long available for their benefit. The list of projects given show that the Directors have not been too ready to accept new schemes on the part of the company. What they do recommend so strongly and unequivocally should, therefore, receive the most favourable consideration. The true principle has been laid down in reference to new constructions ; it is one that should be borne in mind by every one in any degree interested in such matters, viz., " THAT THE OMISSION TO TAKE AT THE RIGHT MOMENT THE STEP NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEREST WOULD BE AS UNWISE AS IT WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT INJUDICIOUS EX TENSIONS." Guided by this golden rule, the pro prietors cannot fail to arrive at a just conclusion in reference to the important question awaiting their decision. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. It was stated in Paris, on Wednesday, upon good authority, the French Government had re ceived the answer of the Emperor Nicholas to the last of the pacific propositions which have emanated from Austria. ,In that answer the Czar declares that he cannot accept of any project of arrange ment that does not issue direct from Turkey, and that henceforth the fate of arms must decide the question. _ Private letters from St. Petersburg announce that the late events in the East have greatly irritated the Emperor Nicholas, and that those who are best acquainted with his intentions do not think that he will now enter into any nego tiations, or listen to any propositions for a compro- By electric telegraph, under date of Vienna, yes terday, we have advices from Bucharest, of the 28th November, which state that on the 26th the Turks threw a bridge across from the right bank of the Danube to the Island of Mokanou. A telegraphic despatch from Kalisch states that the Russian troops in Poland received marching orders on the 24th. General Adlersberg had established marching commissaries at Kalisch. Regiments from the north replace the troops leaving Poland. It is also stated that the Russian war-steamer Wladimir, on a cruise in the Black Sea, had re turned to Sebastopol with two prizes—a Turkish passenger steamer, with a cargo of pepper, and the Egyptian 10-gun steamer Pervazy-Bahri. The latter offered a desperate resistance. The Russians had two killed and two wounded. This news is believed to be authentic. From despatches from Constantinople, however, we learn that the Russian steam-frigate Wladimir has been taken by an Egyptain war steamer. It is said the Bessabaria has taken a Turkish steamer. The Administrative Council has entered a pro test against the incorporation of the Wallachian militia with the Russian regiments. Political discussions are strictly prohibited. One of the Boyards who were lately arrested has been sent to the fortress of Bender. The Turks have for some time past been bom barding the Russian position at Giurgevo. They occupied the island of Moknan, but were dislodged by the artillery, under General Formosoff. The Turks, however, resisted all the efforts of the Russians to expel them from their position below Hirsova, at the confluence of the Taloni tza and the Danube. Letters from Galatz state that the 4th and. sth Russian reserve corps are in move ment. They had left Bessarabia, and were about to enter Wallachia. The Hamburg News contains a letter from St. Petersburg of the 20th ult., which says—" Orders have been sent from this place to Prince Gortscha koff to assume the offensive, it is said, against the Turks on the left bank of the Danube. It is stated that the governments of France and England. have given explanations to the cabinet of St. Petersburg respecting the probable entrance of the French and English fleets into the Black Sea." A letter from Bucharest of the 19th ult., in the Post Anrpt Gazette, says—" Doubts are beginning to be felt here of the sincerity of the Russian bulle tins ; lately, one of them declared. that a single soldier had been wounded in an affair. The Turks maintain themselves, notwithstanding the efforts of the Russians, near Piva-Petro, at the spot where the Jolomnitza falls into the Danube. There is no longer anything heard of the march of the corps of Osten Sacken into Wallachia, but intel ligence has been received from Galatz that the 4th and sth corps of the reserve have quitted. Bessarabia to enter our Principality. Karazian, one of the two Boyards who were arrested, has been exiled. by the Russians to Bender." The Prussian Correspondence contains a letter from Bucha rest of the 19th ult., which says :—" For the last fortnight the position of the troops in Lesser Wallachia has not changed. The 25,000 Turks entrenched near Kalafat make no movement. General Fischbach is also quiet. The Turks con tinue to bombard Giurgevo. In the night the Turks occupy the isle of Mocan, .bat when. day break appears, and General Formosoff opens his fire, they withdraw. The Council of Administra tion of Wallachia opposes energeticially the incor poration of the Wallachian militia with the Russian army, on the ground that such a step would break the neutrality of the country." The New Prussian, Gazette contains the fol lowing from Vienna, dated the 26th ult. : " The opinion here is still that the Russo- Turkish difference will be terminated. by a pacific arrangement. The news of the formation of a corps of observation has been contradicted. It is certain that the Rosbach regiment, which had received orders to march, has been counter manded. The officers allowed to go on leave as usual. The news of an armistice having been con cluded between the Turks and. Russians is becom ing confimred ; but it is to be not for three months, but for three weeks." A letter from Trieste of the 21st ult., in the New Munich Gazette, says :—" For some days past three Russian vessels of war have been here, consisting of a corvette and two brigs. This little squadron was cruising in the Levant, and being quite ignorant of what had taken place in Turkey, found the Dardanelles closed. against it. The offi cer in command took refuge in a friendly port, in order not to expose himself to an attack. The cap tain in command and part of the officers have gone to Vienna to ask for leave to winter their vessels at Trieste, so as to return by land. with their men to Russia. This permission has been granted them." Letters from i Trebizond confirm the accounts already given of the events which have taken place at Tchuruk and. Shefkatil. These letters affirm that the Russian troops were three times more numerous than the Turkish. The son of Prince Gouriel, who has fallen into the hands of the Turks, is called. the Prince of Malachia. Three bat talions of the infantry of the guard had arrived at Trebizond,and had proceeded. towards Tchuruk and Shefkatil. The Turkish forces on that point amount to 25,000 men. Two orderly officers of Mehemet Ali Pacha, the Minister of War, had arrived with injunctions to Selim Pacha and Abdi Pacha to urge on hostilities vigorously. A special transmission of gunpowder and other military stores had taken place for Schamyl and Daniel Bey. The news of the encounter of the Russians and Circassians near Kekhetie is confirmed, and the position of the for mer at Tiflis and in Georgia is considered preca rious, on account of the decided check which Schamyl gave them at the pass of Daniel, on the road from Mosdock to Tiflis. It is said that the Circassians had on that occasion 20,000 men and 60 pieces of cannon, whilst Prince Woronzoff had only 15,000 men. The Russians, who were at first worsted, were able afterwards to act on the offen sive, in consequence 'of receiving reinforcements from General Nesteroff and. General Bariatinski, and Schamyl was obliged to withdraw to the moun tains. The loss of the Circassians was about 2,000 men, and that of the Russians is estimated at not less than 5,000. The correspondent of the Trieste Observer states that Fuad Effendi, who is with Omer Pacha as civil commissioner, has authority to grant decora tions and promotions to those officers and soldiers who distinguish themselves in the field. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 27th says :—" A French agent is at present going through Monte negro, for the purpose of establishing a French consulate in that country." The Cologne Gazette has the following from Ber lin, dated the 26th :—" In the negotiations con cerning the arrangement of the difference between Russia and Turkey, there was a proposition from M. Buol Schauenstein, on the part of Austria, that the arrangement should he left exclusively to the belligerent parties, and this proposition is said to have obtained the assent of the cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and has been communicated to the other powers." Up to this moment the answer of Austria has been that she would. pledge herself to nothing but to a neutrality, from which she will not depart so long as her own interests are not directly affected. The neutrality of a power which never presents itself but as a Russian catspaw may well be suspected. After the battle of Oltenitza, says a letter from Constantinople, the Sultan sent an autograph letter to Omer Pacha, expressive of his satisfaction, and a, fine horse richly caparisoned as a present. The Wanderer of Vienna speaks of a combat be tween a Russian frigate and a Turkish frigate, near Kule, on the coast of Anatolia, and states, but without giving any details, that the advantage remained with the Turkish frigate. According to a Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels, " The English have had. their full share of accident in the passage of the combined fleets towards Constantinople. The Fury steamer, on board which was Admiral Dundas, ran violently on a bank, not indicated on the charts ' • and. the old Admiral received such a shock that he struck his head violently against the wainscot of his cabin. This accident fortunately had no ill consequences ; but it gave to the two squadrons the opportunity of testifying all their solicitude for the noble old man, who so worthily discharges all his duties." It is not known - what resolution the Ottc,man Government has formed, in consequence of the reply of the Prince of Servia. It is probable, however, that it will be contented if Servia will act sincerely upon its professions, and, observing a strict neutrality itself, preserve its territory in violate. It it said that Servia has demanded of the Porte the return of the Russian Consul-General, and that his exequatur shall be granted to him. It is said that as soon as the Emperor of Russia heard of the passage of the Turks at Oltenitza, and of the defeat of his forces, he gave orders for the whole of the Army of Poland to march for the Principalities, and determined on sending his Guards and the invalids who garrison the Russian fortresses, to supply the place of the troops so moved from Poland. If this be true, it shows a determination on the part of the Emperor Nicholas to push the war with the utmost vigour, and it at the same time proves that the troops which were to have reinforced Prince Gortschakoff's array have been otherwise disposed of. After what has transpired as to the war now raging in the Cau casus, there can be little doubt as to where those troops have been sent. A Vienna journal states that M. de Ficquelmont is about to leave that capital for St. Petersburg on a private mission. The Patrie, in alluding to a statement in an English journal, of a conflict between the Turks and the Servians, says it has reason to believe, from the last accounts, that the statement is un founded. The Patric says :—" The last accounts from the Danube announce that a body of Cossacks, having passed the river during the night above Turtukai for a reconnaissance, had been surprised by the Turks, and entirely destroyed." Intelligence has been received from Smyrna to the 20th ult. The Serieuse had just arrived there from Europe with despatzhesfor the French consul. There were also in the port two Austrian frigates, a Prussian brig, a Sardinian corvette, and an Ameri can corvette. The late military events in Asia had excited the greatest enthusiasm amongst the popu lation. SWEDEN. THE SWEDISH DIET. By Electric Telegraph this morning from Berlin, the following important intelligence has been received relative to the speech of the King of Sweden. It shows that the concentration of troops in Russian Finland and the naval squadron sta- tioned at Helsingfors have excited the anxiety and apprehension of the Swedes : STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24. The King opened the Diet to-day in person. His Majesty's speech contained the following passage :—" Agreeably to the demands of my Royal duty and the present political position of Europe, I will cause to be laid before you a statement of a complete system of defence. Such a system is im peratively called for, in order to place the country in a position to preserve its independence." mination of the qualifications of the members. The Beraldo mentions a rumour that an insurrection had broken out in Portugal, but a Madrid letter states that no news of this kind had reached the Spanish Government. The Queen of Spain has ordered that the Court shall go into mourning for three months for the Queen of Portugal. ITALY. The Gazetta Ticiruse announces that the Federal Government has decided that all the military ex penses hitherto entailed upon Ticino, in conse quence of the Austrian blockade, shall be borne by the Federal treasury. At a short distance from Turin there is the Car- \ thusian Convent of Collegno, of which the present Piedmontese Government contemplates the sup pression ; and this intention had been lately inti mated, somewhat vaguely, to the Superior of the Convent in a private interview, of his own seeking, with the Minister of the Interior. The Armenia, of Turin, a clerical organ, immediately took up the matter, and gave the public to understand that the Superior had applied to the French Ambassador for protection, there being some French subjects among the brethren ; adding that the French Am bassador, in compliance with such application, had had a conversation on the subject with the Minister of the Interior, who had declared he had only said so to the Superior, in order to see how he would take it. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 28th, gives a formal denial to this story, declaring that there has been no conversation on the subject be tween the French Ambassador and the Minister of the Interior or any other minister. The Pope has appointed the Duke de Castelvec chio to the post of Commander of the Pontifical Noble Guards. The Opinione, referring to the reported reconci liation of the two branches of the Bourbon family, says : " Louis Napoleon, supported as he is by the universal suffrage of the French nation, is stronger than is sup posed in the secret council of the Count de Chambord. It is beyond doubt that the Prench people will not exposed themselves to fresh revolutions, in order to recover the white banner spangled with fleurs de lys. In this case what event could bring back the Count triumphant into France flanked with the Or leans ? The foreign armies, who restored Louis XVIII. to the Tuileries, but assisted with indif ference at the expulsion of Charles X. and Louis Philippe. The presence of a foreign army on the fron tiers of France would be to-day the death-warrant of the Bourbonian dynasty and the definitive victory of Louis Napoleon and of the principle he represents." BELGIUM. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives, in its si ting of Monday, adopted the Public Subsistence Bill, by which articles of food are authorised to be imported free of duty. Several amendments had been brought forward during the discussion, some of which were adopted, but they made no material change in the general character of the measure. The bill was carried by 78 votes. There were no opposition votes, but nine members abstained from voting. GERMANY. From the Wurtembery Moniteur we learn that Hesse-Darmstadt and Electoral Hesse have agreed not to grant an exequatur to M. Muller-Alelchiors, lately appointed consul of the United States, that gentleman, who is a deputy of Hesse-Darmstadt, having been several times condemned for political offences. _ _______ The Cologne Gazette states that the Customs conference has decided upon the institution of bonding warehouses at the German ports. Herr Ludolph Camphause was elected deputy to the Second Chambar for the city of Cologne on the 29th ult., by a very large majority. The honourable gentleman at once declined the honour paid by his fellow citizens. A Berlin journal has the following :—" The States of Northern Germany do not appear dis posed to furnish the funds necessary for the com pletion of the works on the fortifications of Ulm and itastadt. They prefer that the north of Ger many should be fortified." HANOVER. A letter in the Augsburg Gazette states—" The political colour of the new Ministry is not as yet clearly defined. The opinions of the President of the Council are alone known. The King insists on the restitution of a part of the domains which have been, since 1848, transformed into state property. His Majesty wants to have matters re-established on the same footing as previously, because the dotation of the crown is taken from the revenue of -the clome.nial property. The ministers who ja4oly resigned were not of that opinion, and that cir cumstance was, in fact, the cause of their resig nation." AUSTRIA. It is said in The Austria that, after the Ist of January next, the Austrian Government will re quire payment of customs duties to be made in coin, or if paper money is receive], this will be accord ing to the rate of exchange of Vienna or Augsburg then current. Some time ago the 'Foil:3We had published an official circular, said to have been issued by the Stadtholder of Bohemia, denying the rights of the Jews to give their children so-called Christian names, and keeping Christian servants in their employ. His Excellency the Austrian HOMES Secretary has reported to the Emperor on the sub ject, in terms of unqualified disapprobation—a re port which his Majesty has entirely approved of The rights of the Jews are thus completely upheld, and this absurd affair of the " Prague official cir cular" is happily disposed of. PRUSSIA. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. The Prussian Staats Anzeiyer of the 28th ult. contains the following :—After the celebration of divine worship in the minster and in the church of St. Hedwig the Chambers assembled in the White Hall of the Royal Schloss. The Minister President, Baron Manteuffel, opened the session with the following address : " Gentlemen of the First and Second Chambers.—His Majesty the King, our most gracious master, has, by his Royal Commission of the 26th inst., empowered me to open this Session of the Chambers in his name. "Since the close of your last deliberations several im portant bills, which you had passed, have received the Royal sanction. "Among these the law of May 30, 1853, regulating the municipal government-of towns in the Eastern Pro vinces has introduced in the place of a here defective and there provisional state of things a normal enactment, susceptible of further development. "His Majesty's Government hopes, through your co - operation, to see the remaining laws for the regulation of the communes, the circles, and the provinces, soon settled, and these important matters established on a still firmer basis. "The conscientious consideration which his Majesty the King continues to devote to the final formation of the First Chamber, in conformity with the law of May 7, 1853, has led him to regard it as desirable for the ensu ing Session to re-convoke the previous members of the First Chamber, in full confidence in their proved pa triotism. "It has been a great gratification to the King, our most gracious master, by the opening of new railroads, to give both the eastern and the western portions of the kingdom still further proof of his paternal solicitude. The execution of the line from Posen to Breslau and Glogau has been secured without entailing any further obligations on the funds of the State. The papers con nected herewith will be laid before the Chambers. "The construction of telegraphs has, by the efforts of his Majesty's Government, united with those of friendly and neighbouring Powers, attained an extent which, while it provides for intercourse in very widely extended ramifications and on uniform principles, already gives good promise of adequate returns. " Maitsfactures, commerce, and navigation are, in spite °Ake disturbing influences, the existence of which cannot be denied, active and thriving. " The products of our coal and iron mines are already so extensive as to justify the hope, that in a very few years our whole demand for raw iron will be supplied at home. "Considerable amounts of capital are being applied, more particularly by means of associations, to the vari ous branches of industrial activity ; so that the constantly progressive development of the resources of the country cannot be mistaken. "It is matter of extreme concern to his Majesty's Government, that the present high price of the neces saries of life exposes the more indigent portion of the population to privations. It may, however, be expected that the duty-free importation of the first. necessaries of food, as commanded by his Majesty, and more particu larly the maintenance of unrestricted traffic in them, as well as the economical prudence of the people, in con junction with active providence and benevolence amongst the various classes of society, will prevent actual scar city from being felt till the next harvest comes round. "The Budget for the year 1854, which will be as soon as possible laid before you for consideration, will, as in former years, give you a clear picture of the financial position of the State, which it will be your strenuous endeavour, gentlemen, as well as that of the Govern ment, to improve and strengthen. "In addition to the above, various draughts of bills will be laid before you, having for their object partly to supply existing deficiencies in our legislation, partly to remedy faults that have been felt in various branches of administration, and also to afford legal bases and protec tion to certain useful enterprises. " His Majesty's Government indulges in the confi dent hope, so well justified by your former activity, that you will devote to these labours not only your attention, but also your impartial and enlightened zeal, and that your deliberations and debates w:11 again confer blessed fruits on the country. Gentlemen, your deliberations commence at a moment in which apprehensions are felt that the peace, which FRANCE. The Grand Duchess Dowager St6phanie of Baden returned to Paris on Wednesday from Fontaine bleau, and alighted at the Tuileries, where she will occupy the Pavilion Marsan. The Moniteur announces that the ladies ad mitted to the receptions at the Tuileries on the Ist January are to appear in court mantles. The Debats, in the solemn form of a leading ar ticle, signed by its manager, M. Armand Bertin, gives a summary of its news from the East, which will be read with considerable interest. It appears from the admission of this journal, which invari ably leans to Russia, that Lord Aberdeen's govern ment walked unsuspectingly into a snare laid by Austria, and was only rescued by the firmness of Louis apoleon and the hesitation of even the Prussian court. The article is the more entitled to attention, because the Debats, though esteemed the most important journal in Paris, rarely since the coup d'etat expresses any opinion of its own upon passing events, and now professes to have sifted a mass of conflicting rumours, and to give the result from its own peculiar sources. The fol- lowing is the statement " our last letters from Vienna and Berlin give us some information on the present state of the negotiations relative to the Eastern question, which may to a certain point allow us to judge of certain reports which have been recently in circulation. However scrupulous our correspondents may be in their investigations, they do not pretend any more than ourselves to be able entirely to separate what is true from all the contradictory ru mours which are afloat, and can only forward to us what they consider as most probable. 'With this precaution and reserve, they think they may state as certain that the Austrian cabinet, which sincerely desires the pacific solution of the Turco-Russian question, and seeks with good faith an expedient to get over the difficulty, has made a fresh overture to the cabinets of Paris and London. Austria is said to have proposed that the four powers should in a measure keep them selves aloof, and let Russia and Turkey settle their dispute by a direct arrangement between the two sovereigns, founded on ancient treaties ; maintaining them by explaining or completing such of their clauses as may have been shown by recent experience to be either obscure or insufficient. Austria is said to have promised on her own responsibility the immediate evacuation of the Danubian principalities by the Rus sian armies, and demands that on their side the cabi nets of Paris and London shall engage to use all their influence with the Divan in order to obtain its consent to treat directly with Russia. This proposi tion was communicated to the cabinet of Berlin, and it appears that it has not been judged very favourably, as it was thought to offer an issue too advantageous for Russia, and too dangerous for Turkey, and but little in unison with the intervention of the four cabinets which assembled at Vienna in such long and frequent conferences. The impres sion produced on the cabinet of London by this overture of Austria is said to have been more favour able, and a disposition was shown to accept it ; it is said, however, that the opinion has somewhat changed, in consequence of observations made by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, and on hearing of the recep tion given to the proposition at Berlin. The proposition of Austria has, therefore, little chance of being agreed to ; but it may lead to a new phase in the state of the political relations of the Cabinet of Vienna. It is, in fact, said, that in reply to this communication the courts allied to the Porte intend to demand explanations as to what is understood at Vienna by the neutrality of Austria, in order that it may be known exactly how far that neutrality will go, at what moment it wlli cease, and for the benefit of which party it will do so. It is added that it will be more particularly insisted on that Austria shall make known as to how far she will engage herself with the other European powers in all the mea sures or in all the acts which shall have for object to lead Russia to secure the peace of Europe, which she has disturbed by her difference with Turkey." Count Walewski, the French ambassador in London, arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening from Fontainebleau. He does not return to Lon don for two days. The Council of State has just had a project of decree brought before it for examination, tending to accord to the city of Paris a sum of 4,096,873 f. 75c. for damage of various kinds done in 1848. It is stated that the account yesterday laid be fore the Council of Administration of the Bank of France, represents the situation of that establish ment as exceedingly satisfactory. It holds 206 millions in five-franc pieces, and 92 millions in gold pieces. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the price of wheat in France, from which it appears that the highest price is 36f. 57c. the hectolitre at Bergues, in the department of the North, and the lowest price 26f. 41c. at Marans, in the Charente. It was the Grand Duchess of Baden with her suite, and not the Emperor, who arrived on Wed nesday evening from Fontainebleau. The Emperor and Empress only arrived yesterday. They passed at three o'clock precisely along the Boulevards from the railway terminus, which had been pre viously decorated, and proceeded to the Tuileries. The Imperial carriago was followed by three others, and the Prefect of Police followed in an open car riage. Their Majesties were preceded by a detach ment of Guides, and followed by the usual escort of Cuirassiers. The Turkish Ambassador returned last night from Fontainebleau, and appears much pleased with his reception by the Emperor. The speculators for a fall having sold more stock than they could deliver were compelled yesterday to submit to the terms imposed on them by the speculators for a rise, and the Three per Cents., which opened at 74f. 250., rose to '74f. 50c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,160 f. ; Rouen, 1,042 f. 50c. ; Havre, 497 f. 50e. ; Great Northern, 863 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 813 f. 75c- ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to Mediterranean, 752 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 695 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 595 f. ; Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 513 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 727 f. 50c. SPAIN. Madrid journals up to the 26th ult. have been received. The Senate met on the preceding day, and it was expected there would be a warm discus sion, but nothing of interest took place. The Mi nistry made a communication on the railroad ques tion, which was referred to the bureaux for the nomination of a committee, and after this the Chamber was adjourned. In the Chamber of Deputies there was 110 other bminess than the gar COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 1. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected to arrive on Saturday on a visit to her Majesty. The Cathedral Commission had a meeting yesterday at their office in Parliament-street. Present —The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Villiers, and the Rev. Richard Jones (secretary). Despatches were sent to the Governor of the West India Islands yesterday from the Colonial-office. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Privy Council Chamber, and re sumed the hearing of a petition of the States of the Island of Jersey, for the recall of three orders in Council of 11th February, 1853, and in support of their applica tion for the confirmation of certain acts passed by that assembly. The lords present were the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment ; the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Lords Justices Turner and Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir J. Patteson. The Hon. William Bathurst, Clerk of the Privy Coun cil, attended. The case was again adjourned. Queen Christina of Spain has presented Mr. F. M. Faulkner, the Custom-house agent at Folkestone, with a handsome gold watch-guard, as a mark of her approba tion of his services at that port on the occasion of her re- cent visit to England. Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn arrived in Bruton-street yesterday, from the Earl of Roden's, Tully more-park. The Viscountess shortly goes into waiting on her Majesty. Viscount and Viscountess Canning arrived in Grosvenor-square yesterday, from Lord Ashbnrton's, the Grange, Basingstoke. Colonel and Lady Alice Peel have left Park-place for Marble-hall, Richmond. The Hon. Misses Waldegrave have arrived at Park-square, from visiting Lord and Lady Waldegrave, at St. Leonards-on-Sea. His Excellency Sir Henry and Lady Bulwer, who are still staying at Brighton, return to town early in the ensuing week. The Duchess Dowager of Hamilton, who is still staying at Euston-park, Suffolk, is expected to arrive in Portman-square at the close of the ensuing week, for the winter. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence leaves the Amba s• sadors' Court, St. James's, in a day or two, on a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Bloomfield have arrived in town from Laughton, Tipperary. His Lordship is . about to re• sume his diplomatic duties in the Prussian capital. The Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, have left Berkeley-square, for Middleton Park. Lady Howard de Walden, and the Misses Ellis, who have been visiting the Duke of Portland at Welbec k Abbey, are on the eve of departing to join his Lordship at the British Embassy, at Brussels. His Excellency Lord Howden, her Majesty's en voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Spain, has left Paris en route for Madrid, to resume the duties of his mission at the Spanish capital. The remains of the late Earl of Dartmouth were interred, yesterday, in the family vault in St. Mary's Church, Wolverhampton. _ _ _ The Duke of Richmond, who arrived in town with the Duchess and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, on Wednesday, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, en route from Gordon Castle, will not leave London, for Goodwood, until the week after next. His Grace has been suffering severely from gent lately ; but we are happy to hear he is now convalescent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Mary Cecil have returned to Burghley, from a tour of visits—last from Knowsley, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Derby. The Earl of Derby is suffering from a severe attack of his old enemy—the gout. We are sorry to hear that the effects of this latest visitation have been more ;serious upon the noble earl's general health than those of any previous attack. D.RURY-LANE THEATRE. The novelty of the present week, added to the attrac tions of the cirque, and the intelligent dogs and monkies, has been the introduction of Hengler, the great rope dancer. He is certainly the very best performer in his line we ever witnessed. His feats of agility and daring are really marvellous, and the grace and composure with which they are performed, entirely relieve the mind of the spectator of that painful anxiety which sometimes pervades the nervous system, while contemplating the evolutions of dangerous acts of dexterity. The American- &Ines trians retire from the turf on Saturday afternoon, De cember 17th, when they give a morning performance, on a very grand sc a l e , t o th e l essee , M r . E. T. Smith, as a testimonial to that gentleman, in his joint character of man ager and. lessee. Messrs. Hernandez and Eaton Stone, the directors of the cirque, warmly express their deep sense of Mr. Smith's liberality as a manager, and his urbanity a s a gentleman ; and, in the mos t h an d some wa y, pro pose not only their own valuable services, but that of the whole of their company, as a complimentary contribution o a bal masque for Mo n d a y, Mr. uneTl to his treasury on the day named. ; l aid will equal if not excel all pre vious entertainments of the same cha rac t er . O n the Dec. 9, Smith whi has a i ; fol lowing Monday (boxing .night) he will produce the pan tomime, in the preparation of which great are engaged, and in its illustration, i t i s said, eminent names in the magic world of pantomime will appear. THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY.—A testimo nial was presented by Capt. Jay, on Wednesday evening, at a dinner given by the members of the Rifle Corps of the Hon. Artillery Company. The testimonial consisted of a silver salver, on which is engraved the arms of the company, and the following words : "Presented to Capt. C. W. Jay by his comrades of the Rifle division of the Honourable Artillery Company, as a mark of their esteem and respect for his zeal in maintaining the honour and promoting the welfare of the division, and to his unwearied attention to the interests of the corps generally, Novem ber 30, 1853." DEVONPORT SAILORS' HOME.-Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., of Sprotborough Hall, near Doncaster, has just presented a second donation of 50/. to this institution. —Plymouth Mail. has so happily and so long been preserved in Europe, might be disturbed in consequence of complications that have sprung up in the East. "His Majesty's Government will not and can not conceal from you that these apprehensions have actual grounds. The Government, however, looks forward with confidence. " Prussia, relying on, and fully conscious of, her own strength, will continue to prosecute the sincere and !te• tive endeavours she has hitherto made in every direction to plead the cause of peace and moderation in this event ful question with independent and impartial language. Whatever turn events may take, Providence has placed the King, our most gracious master, at the head of!, martial, patriotic, and united people, and his Majest3r.e Government, be assured of this, gentlemen—will , in every step that it may be called upon to take in this matter, adopt the true interest of the country, which 18 inseparable from that of the Crown, as the sole crit erion of their efforts and their actions. " And, herewith, in virtue of the authority committed to me by his Majesty, I declare the session of the Chain' bers to be opened. At the conclusion of this address the members three hearty cheers for the King. The Mini ster then informed the two houses that their re! , spective chambers were ready for their reception, and the assembly dissolved. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated the 30th ult., says :—" Count Schwerin has been elected Presi lent of the Second Chamber by 1 36 1 votes, against 123 given to Prince Hohenlohe." THE BRITISH NAVAL DIVISION IN VIE BLACK SEA. MALTA, Nov. 24.—Intelligence having reached Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, at Constantinople, on the 15th, that the Russians were manoeuvring to add to the natu ral difficulties which exist to the passage of vesselg of burthen over the bar at Sulinah, to the detri ment and prejudice of a fleet of wheat-laden vessels coming down the Danube, most of them English. , and b]und to ports of the United Kingdom, 1115 Excellency represented the matter to Vice-Admir al Dundas, commanding the British fleet in the Bog' phorus, who forthwith despatched the Retribution , Sampson, and Tiger steam frigates, and the Niger steam corvette, into the Black Sea, one or more of whim' vessels will proceed to the mouth of the Danube, to see that British interests are not wantonly trifled with; whilst tho others will cruise along the European And Asiatic coasts, visiting the several ports, where maul British subjects are established, and much British pre' perty is at stake, in case hostilities are pursued. The Caradoc arrived here from Marseilles this more' ing, and left immediately after coaling for Constanti nople, with important despatches from London an d Paris. The Queen, ship-of-the-line, was to follow as soon as she had taken in a quantity of biscuit for the fleet. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. Yesterday a general court of the members of this cor poration, established for supporting and educating the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines, natives of Scotland, who have died or been disabled in the ser vice of their country, and of indigent Scotch parents resident in London, was held in the hall of the Scotch EU?' pital, Crane-court, Fleet-street ; Mr. J. S. Anderson la the chair. Mr. F. CREWE read to the court a letter from the executor of the late Miss Anne Eliza Dent, of the Isle of Wight, stating that that lady had bequeathed a sur e of 1,5001. for general charitable purposes, and had named the Caledonian Asylum as an institution which sh e wished to participate in the benefit of her legacy• Mr. Crewe was, however, unable to state what pea' tion of the sum already mentioned would accrue to the asylum. Mr. ROSE complained that owing to official irreg lll : rity it did not appear why, at the last election of card' date, two names had disappeared from the list. Mr. CREWE explained that in both cases the parent§ of the children had withdrawn those names, one feeling that his child had no chance of election, and the other being in circumstances that did not warrant hira In soliciting the aid of the charity. An election then took place, when four boys and two girls were placed upon the books, from a list of 18 can: didates. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminates the proceedings. THE WAGES MOVEMENT. .• MEETING OF THE MANUFACTURERS. Yesterday morning a meeting of the associated mastel of Preston and the neighbourhood was held at the Be''' Hotel, Preston ; Mr. T. Miller in the chair. A brief debate resulted in the unanimous adoption of the annexed resolutions : " 1. That neither the prospects of trade, nor the positio.n taken by the workpeople, enables us to recede from, or modify, the resolutions of the 4th November, 1853. " 2. It having been alleged that persons willing to scot work do not know where to apply for the same : Resolve in conformity with the resolution of the 4 th of November' 18)3. that public notice be given that applications for eU' pleiyaltent will be recoived at' - mills now ctrisermitt r il working day from ten o'clock a.m. till ten o'clock past., and that when a sufficient number of hands to enable 11 ° to open our mills shall have applied for work, the committee do forthwith convene a general meeting of the association. "3. That this meeting do now adjourn till Thursday' the 29th inst." Copies of the above resolutions have been placarded' with the following notice appended : " PUBLIC NOTICE. "Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the above resolutions, applications for employment will be re' ceived at the mills now closed, on and after Monday , Sl' . sth of December, 1853, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four o'clock in the afternoon. " By order of the Association!' Rumours were rife in the town yesterday that a breach i of the peace was to be apprehended on the occasio n the masters meeting yesterday ; but as yet nothing h e 6 occurred to indicate any disposition on the part of the operatives to commit any outrage upon persons or Pro. perty ; on the contrary, their conduct has been uniforroiki such as to elicit the commendation of high authorities- a After an open-air meeting of spinners and others, hel in Orchard yesterday, resolutions were passed pledr ing those present not to resume labour without an n t li ; conditional advance of 10 per cent., and to support tu union. Similar resolutions were agreed to at a meeti ng of weavers on Wednesday afternoon. DEATH FROM CHOLERA.—A compositor of the nay of Watt died on Wednesday morning from this distrla ing disease. The unfortunate man, who was atta ck only on Sunday evening last, resided in Vauxhall-te a ''. Lambeth. He has left four or five children totally tl ° provided for. FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTHI% TERN RAILWAY.—The following statement is furni v ,, by the authorities of the London and North-Wes te, Railway :—On the morning of Thursday, a serious t i t dent occurred on this line, near Birkhampstead. engine of, the train, leaving Euston station at 9 a;r x '' . owing to the breaking of an axle was thrown off the 1111 "; together with the leading guard's van and two fol lol e ing carriages. The rear guard immediately adopted necessary precautions, and stopped all the trains folks , ing from London, but the up express train from Birt l lo barn, which was passing at the moment, s t ru ck, guard's van of the disabled train, killing the guard ("'" 0 1 Blaxey). Several passengers suffered contusions frB4 the shock, but all, with the exception of one lady , invalid, continued their journey. The line was clot about three hours. - - pFaL niaiii D tdkzGer s ii aTnoroyho l N G au .m x sn—do, THEO mTG F aherereens eefigrtg figure r lo M rcueTpr A haeo : fdfe c HvvosprtEedeallTiueLnEsegßtos pedestal Wellington soyL c MEMORI AL nscoueurdpp TO W, angles by groups of flags representing tho li s ec e oHshr o t:i f ehlald E 'end : S g tP.e. : l4lll : 6 l Scottish, Irish, and Welch regiments. The body he monument is festooned with triumphal garlands, ae`!„o frieze is decorated with wreaths of laurel. In the sr - d j which intervene are panels in which the sculptor int eil g e, to introduce medallion portraits of Gough, Ilarw ° oo Colborne, Sidney Beckwith, and William IsTapho , historian of all the great deeds of the Peninsula. o p THE STRIKE OF THE BOTTLE-MAKERSOF THE TT o r; WEAR.—The bottle-makers belonging to 17 hou se ' for the Wear, and 10 on the Tyne, have been on strike 01 about three weeks The movement is for an advance,. wages. The men, with scarce an exception, are in fo r a tured workmen, bound to serve their e mployere, bo so term of years ; many of them at rates lower than a re paid by the masters when they struck, hence theid liable to imprisonment for breach of oontract. Th e n t ato were advanced in the spring of the year by the 1 11 g o, —to finishers, 245. a week ; blowers, 20s. a-Nre e lfjoics therers, 17s. a week. The men now demand an au' i derd of 4s. a week more, though, as above stated, a e ° l s o - ysl 4 able number of them are bound to serve their eloP iy irt at wages lower than what they have been rne e no icli But in point of fact the men have been earning to tlie more than the wages enumerated above, inasinno,!onecl finishing of a certain number of bottles is ree" yer tbil t day's work ; five days' work go to a week • al l ° • - ra te quantity is counted overplus, and is paid for at !Jr v re of 31d. a dozen. Now, with hardly an exceptie;lp are informed the men have been making S e w ' or ione, h ° each weekly overplus for some time. Seve n st Soli who had struck in Messrs. Cuthbert's works t '-trate ,e 1 Shields, were sent to gaol by the inagis ear s d town. From letters received from them it a l l?.1;_, 110 ., an, rue the day they ever were deluded ispa s t „Fora would be only too glad to get out, g be en again. ly i s te TAILORS AND EDIICATION.—There use e built and opened, in connection w ith a la_rg school iie establishment at Newington CausewaY,;,B for , lecture hall, and a library, togethe r with I " n d the_` j improvement and convenience of its workm%'"dgivere; families. On Tuesday evening a working s:_evultill:eoo a very interesting and sensible lect ure on nresided Ise the hail. Mr. Apsley Pellat, M .P., whUvvh.o W O :by the occasion, and the Rev. Mr. BinneY, exhibitsuoe, present, spoke highly of the intelligen: co n d uct of.w_bi„ the lecturer, and warmly eulogised the h`, 4 ,,, who had been instrumental in establish.ing °n s Of t: t d an institution. It is to be hoped the into; . 0; founders will not be unappreciated pli.,stur, classes, and that their praiseworthy Lau' y. V B. crowned with success. B E LIB faun' NORTH LONDON ANTI-ENCLOStr id at oh d oe terday at the monthly meeting, at i the British ' ei er resolution, vesting - the lit:c.:.y cr ... e, or Ifile ° " whenever it should have no lir_ members mod to interest thews Iry me and Griffiths, itsfre e the l ibrary secretary, ll enaninpds ftoeuari,diterni trojoetianh,: re d 4 _ en sank 3 per er gew Long India India Litt Consol , X Pitil Russia fiudiu As 1 .... r. Th egtirc taker *with( Ditl Orr intell either The out f the d mitts al:n o