The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. SECOND WEEK of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE, With an entire change in the SCENES of the ARENA, forming the second monster Programme of the series arranged for the purpose of introducing the unequalled Equestrian and Gymnastic talent of this far-famed Establishment. THIRD WEEK of Miss KATE COOKE, whose graceful daring and finished mode of managing her beautiful and most perfectly trained steed, Snowdrop, in the highest school or menage con tinues to be received with increased admiration and applause. The world's wonder, Miss EMILY COOKE, will appear every even ing in her matchless Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, The Successful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHIETON; or, I'HE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. Tb be followed by the Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the acknowledged favourites snd other talented Artistes, for which ex tensive arrangements have been made. The extraordinary Artistes on LA PERCHE, Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's exciting NE ' GRAND GREEK ENTREE, which has been eminently successful. Box-office open from Eleven till Foar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, Nov. 1, 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. SOUTHAMPTON— S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGZ—S.E., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Sruoorr—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. FARRINGTON—S.E., light breeze—bright sunshine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock BIRMINGHAM—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—W. calm—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITEY—N.W., gentle breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SNAP—N.W., HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 27 min.after 1 Evening 45 rain.aft. 1 1 0 -M•aaow Morning 5 min.after 2 ' Evening 23 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN OPFICE, Nov. 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'95. WIND, Southerly—Fin• and dry. tb is LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1853. The intelligence to which we alluded in our impression of yesterday, as to the armistice, or temporary truce between the Turkish and Russian troops, has since received additional confirmation, and may now be regarded as authentic. It appears that the reply of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF to the demand of OMER PACHA for the immediate withdrawal of the Russian forces from the Prin cipalities, had been received and considered by the Divan, and of course deemed equivalent to a peremptory and funconditional refusal. A further respite from active hostilities until the Ist of November had, however, been conceded, at the special instance of the representatives of the other Powers, Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE having been Particularly urgent in pressing for the postponement. Th e hypothetical arguments which we put forward on the assumption of its authenticity may, therefore, now be considered as founded on unquestionable facts, and their vali dity tested in the ordinary manner. We confess that they seem conclusive as to the prospect of a speedy patching-up of the dispute, of at least temporary arrangement of the impending difficult; As to the permanency of the settlement, w e are, of course, unable to say anything until fully acquainted with its details, and made aware of the guarantees taken against any further aggres sion by, or on the part of, the CZAR or his imme diate successors. Unless ample securities be taken on these points, Lord STRATFORD, and the other diplomatists engaged in the renewed negotiations, will have incurred a grave responsibility in put ting forward an irresistible demand for delay at a time when decisive and energetic action was of such paramount importance to the Turkish inte rests. We doubt that there will be a peace, but we are entitled to ask, and the British people WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS, EXETER HALL. TO-MORROW EVENIN . PROGRAMME. PART. I. CONDUCTOR—MR. BENEDICT. The whole of the Music in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Overture .. SCHERZO .. • Song with Chorus, "Ye Spotted Snakes, Solos, Miss Bruen and Miss POOLE .. • . Heudelssohn. NOTTURNO Wedding March, .. • • ••• •• Chorus and Finale, "Through the House," &C.. Brindisi, Miss Doasy, "Il Segreto" Denizetti. Aria, Miss FANNY Titaxabt, "Where the Bee Sucks" (First appearance at Exeter Hall.) Overture, " Ruy Bias" •• .. Dr. Arne . - Mendelssohn. An interval of Fifteen Minutes. PART. IL CoNnvoroz—Herr MEYER LUTZ. Overture, " The Bohemian Girl" Balfe. Ballad, Mr. A. BRAHAM, "My Pretty Jane" .. Sir 11. Bishop. Aria, Miss Brawn, " Gratlas Agimus" Guglielmi. With Clarinett Obligato, Mr. LAZARUS. Madrigal, " Down in a flow'ry vale" .. Festa. Song, Miss REBECCA ISAACS, " A lowly youth"— W. V. Wallace. Solo, Pianoforte, Mdlle. Coutort, Andante and Rondo from Concerto in 1) Minor • • •• Mendelsohn. Scena, Millie. NORIE, "O MO Fernando," frcm " La Faveurita" Donizetti. Song, Miss PooLE, " I'm as happy as a little bird" G. A. Macfarren. Duo, Miss REBECCA ISAACS and Mr. BRAHAM, "Da quel di," from " Linda" • • • Donizetti. Instrumental Duet, Messrs. RICHARDSON and LAZARUS, "Lo, here the gentle lark" .. Sir H. Bishop, Descriptive Song, Mr. LAWLER , " T he Sea" •• Neukomm. Scotch Ballad, Miss DOLBY, " Heigh ho Janet" MS. Cavatina, Mr. CHARLES Corros, " Hear me, gentle Miaritana" .• • • • • • • Naval Song, Mr. BRAHAM, "The Bay of Biscay" Glee, " When winds breathe soft" • - March from " Atbalia" - W. V. Wallace. Davy. Webbe. .. Mendelssohn. ---- - Books of the Words may be had in the Hall, price 6d. CONDUCTOR - Mr. BENEDICT. LEADER-Mr. THIRLWALL. DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC - Mr. BOX. CHORUS MASTER—Mr. SMYTIISON. MANAGING Diazcxez—Mr. WILLIAM WILLOTT. Stalls retained the whole of the Evening, ss. , Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Gallery and Platform, 2s. ; Tinier Gallery and Upper Gallery, is. — Tickets to be had at the Hall•ofce, 2, Exeter Hall. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN - E. - TH IS EVENING.—Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, respec tfully informs his friends and patrons that he has, regardless o f e xpense, engage d a galaxy of EQUESTRIAN' TALENT never before assembled con junctively, even in this the Metropolis of Nations, and by whom the classic development of the hippodramatic art obtained a triumph every evening unmatched in the history of such performances. The gymnastic artistes were equally successful. The victory of the Vaulters was completed, in the throwing of nearly 200 somersaults by 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American EVENING, Nop chamvemions. The Eighth Exhibition will take p THIS . ber 1, when Mr. Smith earnestly but respectfully solicits a continu.i. lion of that support which he so gratefully recognises. TfIEATRU hOYA.L, IitYbIAJCKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will ho performed A CURE FOR LAVE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale. Nriniers, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Poynter, Miss Vining. To be followed by VIE BEGGAR'4 OPERA. Characters by Mis , es Featherstone and Ormonde, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLi. ROYAL FRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will be performed THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, A. Mel lon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Mrs. Daly, and C. Leclercq. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy. J Chester, Ryder, Graham, and Everett ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. THIS EVENING. Nov. 1, Will be performed A CURIOUS CASE. THE COMMENCE MENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will turn ut to be WRIGHT AT LAST (2d time). Principal character, Mr. Wright. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. I, Will be perfornaed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. &C. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A BIM." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will be performed 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 be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1. 1853. will insist on a satisfactory response to the inter rogatory—What is to be the nature and character of that peace ? It must be an honourable peace, such as an independent Power capable of defend ing its own interests would be justified in accept ing without any sacrifice to its dignity—else we have high authority for declaring that it would be worse than useless, being practically neither more nor less than " a hollow and precarious truce"—a truce liable to be broken at the will of an unscrupulous party at any moment that seemed to afford a favourable opportunity for in vasion or aggression. It must promise to be enduring, not likely to occasion fresh complica tions and new dissensions, else it were better that the storm should at once be encountered, that the thunderbolt should be launched when every preparation had been made for its re ception If war, sooner or later be inevitable, far better that it should come at once, than when the enthusiasm of the troops had expired, and when the exhausted resources of the injured nation could no longer provide such efficient I forces for defence and for vengeance. We doubt not that Lord STRATFORD has fully and maturely considered these various points. He is too well aware of the intense excitement by which the entire country is animated on the subject to call down upon his own head the torrents of indignation that have burst, are bursting, and will burst over " the dear and excellent " Minister of Russia in the English Councils. He has on previous occa sions exhibited au honourable independence of Imperial influences, and a thorough knowledge of he designs of the Northern Despot. He cannot, ;herefore, be cajoled or hoodwinked—be induced d) betray his country from treachery, or incapa- He may be hampered by instructions from tome, hut we cannot suppose that, whatever may be the nature of these instructions, he would so far disregard his own character as to make so forcible an appeal to the SULTAN for further procrastination, unless with a well founded expectation, if not an absolute cer tainty, of not only a speedy, but also of a satis factory and lasting arrangement. That such a feeling is entertained on the Stock Exchange, the continued rise of Consols, the easiness of the money market, and ample supply for all legitimate demands, sufficiently establish. city. It is more than hinted that the renewed inter ference of the English Ambassador has been occa sioned by an intimation on the part of Russia that the CZAR was now prepared to sign an explanatory Note, in direct opposition to that which Count NESSELRODR, so unfortunately for his Imperial Master, published to the world—that NICHOLAS will now give explanations as to the misunderstood effect and operation of the Note prepared at Vienna, which will render unnecessary and uncalled-for the modifications required by the Porte ; and also that the SULTAN is willing to accept such an explanation guaranteed by th• other Powers. This is not unlikely, but for the present we shall say nothing as to the manner of the arrangement, contented if, on full investiga tion, it shall prove satisfactory, and calculated to to achieve the great object—the lasting preserva tion of peace throughout the entire world. The common complaint is that doctors differ ; we may hope for something certain, therefore, when doctors of different schools agree. Such is the case with two who have just given their opi nions on the Preston strikes ; gentlemen of no less reputation than Mr. RICHARD COBDEN and Mr. Morrolcrox MILNES. Both found themselves speakers at Mechanics' Institutes, and both affirmed that the prime cause of the disorder is ignorance. Both agree that if men, and masters too, had molts knowledge and more intelligence, this rude and costly mode of settling the case of wages could never be adopted. Thousands and tens of thou sands of pounds would not be thrown away weekly, families made wretched, and the permanence of our manufacturing position endangered, if it were but fully known to the sufferers that wages do not, as at first sight they appear to do, de pend either upon the will of the master who re fuses an advance, or upon the self-denying firm ness of the man who demands it. We welcome, as we have hinted that we should do, the entry of the great Peace orator upon this field of arbitra. tion. He declined indeed to discuss at Barnsley " the merits of the question ;" details of prices wefe, of course, out of question at a meeting of a mechanics' institute ; but hitherto the award is of a very pacifying nature. To each party is awarded the belief that it does right, to each the acknow ledgment of being actually right—one in obtain ing all it can for its capital, the other for its labour ; but to each is awarded also the most bearable of censures—that of living in ignorance. Both need the same perception, education, and intelligence. Mr. COBDEN instances a circumstance in corrobo ration of his opinion, which has often struck us also—the absence of strikes in the United States. There certainly seems no other reason than higher operative intelligence for this fact. Such a thing as a whole town or trade striking work, and sacrificing thousands a week to get a shilling or two a week more is quite unknown. Yet there can be no essentially diverse conditions there to prevent it. There, as well as here, there are very large capital ists and employers of labour, and, of course, very large bodies of labourers, who would all like a shilling a week more if they could get it, and who would certainly strike to get it, if they did not know that they should lose instead of gain by that pro cess. True, wages are generally higher in Ame rica, and the price of food lower than in England. Free Trad e , in the price however, has lessened the difference things the Amoferca Pironvisions, while for most other workman has to pay a pro tection duty of twenty per cent. at least. But if wages were ever so high, no workman (herein like all other men) would think them high enough if he could get a shilling more. There can then be but one conclusion, and that is, that the American operative surpasses the Eng lish operative in intelligence. He has l earne d t o raise his w ages up to the highest p o i n t w i t h out resorting to threats, or at least to what will lesson his master's fund for future employment, A lli m s e f r a i ra ca i n ly. master and hi s andiwbeegeagnarehenimeesievlef aannd men keeping up an intelligent discussion for weeks, each, all the time, earning their accus tomed wages and profits ; and this intelligent discussion will be—not on the prices of pro visions, and not on the profits or losses of the masters. Intelligent men will understand their business better than this; they will know their masters must occasionally pay high wages when profits are low, and vice versa; such are, sometimes, the phases of business, for though not, indeed, the most common ones. These men of intelligence, therefore, will confine their discussions to one point—the state of the labour market itself. If it be seen that new factories are opening and advertising for hands, which they can with difficulty find, or not at all, they will know at once that labour is in demand ; and that, even if profits be not so high as they ought to be, yet more must be given for labour, or the hands will leave, and no profit at all be gained. If, on the other hand, workmen a re unemp l oye d , th oug h pro fit s s h ou ld b e ever high, ma s t ers w ill c e r tainly not give higher so gher wages, since others would step in to fill the places of those who left. If the dupes of Mr. GEORGE COWELL could but be taught these ele mentary truths, so well known to every educated wellman k co n n e v wn ers t a e n t th w e i i t r h tr t a te sat q lan ue t s l t .e ion fell h e e w r - e w , e a r nd kme s n o too, his reign and their delusions and sufferings would come to a speedy end. The workmen would unanimously return to work and earn all they could. They would carefully notice which departments of labour were overstocked, or the contrary. They would regulate their demand for wages by the supply of workmen, and would scout the absurd nonsense of a universal rise of 10 per cent. in every branch of employment, whether it were well or ill-supplied with hands. Most thoroughly do we pity the great mass of these who suffer by these strikes, knowing that they are the victims of delusion and ignorance. Strikes themselves are, however, as Mr. COBDEN truly observed, wonderfully altered. We hear nothing of Military, Riots, and Bloodshed. We have advanced from turbulence and broken heads to "enthusiastic public meetings," and warm tempers only. Edu cation has done thus much. Let us hope it will shortly accomplish a little more, and banish such unsocial and mischievous expedients as strikes altogether from our merry England. Mr. COBDEN by no means confined himself to the subject of strikes as an illustration of popular ignorance. He dilated in his happiest vein—and Mr. COBDEN is generally happy on his favourite theme of Education—on the many evils of a most obvious kind which knowledge would terminate at once, and the security it would afford us against being beaten in the great race of manufacturing and mechanical competition. But for ignorance our Sanitary Reformers would have short work of it, since, if the poor knew the physical consequences of filth, bad ventilation, &c., they would soon make themselves heard. Father MATHEW and his fellow-lecturers on temperance would find that the pleasures open to the educated working man superseded the debasing though sti nolating dram ; the democratic politician would see " the many" in a condition to be welcomed by those who now fear their ignorance more than their numbers ; the manufacturer would obtain an ample supply of beautiful native designs for his fabrics, and be spared the mortification of dependence on foreigners for the most attrac tive part of his art ; and the mechanic would no longer be indebted to America for the best inventions in his line, for his fastest ships, and his reaping machines ; England would soon come up to France in taste, and would not dread a rival to her hitherto undoubted manufacturing pre eminence in her American offspring. Whether, however, the school system of America is the cause of its better education, and whether, if it be, it be possible to superinduce it upon our vast system of Voluntary Education, is a question which we cannot answer in the affirmative so easily as Mr. COBDEN. We cordially sympathise with his aspira tions, but we are not Americans, and question whether their plans would suit us.• VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM.- ( THIS DAY.) Shortly before eleven o'clock this morning, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the juvenile members of the Royal family, accompanied by the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by their suite, left Windsor Castle in a special train on the South-Western Railway, en route for Sydenham. Upon arriving at the new station in the Wandsworth-road, the Royal party were received by the railway officials, under a splendid marquee, erected by Mr. Benjamin Edgrington, of Duke-street, Southwark. Several Royal carriages were then drawn up to the station, and the distinguished visitors having entered them proceeded at once to Sydenham, where her Majesty was received by Mr. Laing, M.P., Sir J. Paxton, Mr. Grave, and the prin cipal directors of the company. It was the intention of the royal party to spend several hours in the Exhibition. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Stock Exchange has been closed to-day, owing to the taking of the half-yearly balance at the Bank of England. There were a good many brokers and speculators in attendance early in the day, and owing to the news of the Turks crossing at Widin, Consols were down to 93i but are now 93i /. The Greek houses have pri vate telegraphic dispatches confirmatory of the passage. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 Surat were taken for export. The market closed heavily, with an increasing desire to sell. Prices of all kinds were much the same. The sales comprised 3,000 Ame rican, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6 3 / 4 d. to 'al, 250 Bahia at 68d. 6/d., 200 Egyptian at 61d. to ls., and 1,200 Surat at 24d. to 41-d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was active at higher prices. The following is from Messrs. Smith and Charles' circular : " The tallow market has again fluctuated very con siderably in the month of October. There can be no doubt that the state of political affairs in the East has been the chief cause of the sudden movements we have had in the article. Early in the month the prospect of a pacific solution of the Russia-Turkish question were considered very remote, and the market suddenly ad vanced 2s. per cwt. No fresh news of an unfavourable character arriving, and a decline took place of is. by the 7th. By the 14th we had rallied 6d. to 9d., and on the 21st the highest prices of the month were made, 595. 6d. having been given for January and March delivery. The arrival of several , vessels from Petersburg '(and the tallow given off in contracts from them 2s. 2d. being left for sale) produced a depression in the market, and a decline again occurred of is. to is. 6d. per cwt. " In reviewing the events of the month, the most im portant features, as affecting the ultimate value of tallow, are undoubtedly the continued short supply of homeproduction and the consequent demand for foreign tallow. As respects the probable supply for next spring, calculating upon only the same deliveries as last year, upon a total shipment; safe arrival from Petersburg, of 96m. casks, (i. e. d. 61m. to London ; 29m. to outports, and 6m. to foreigners,) with 4m. to London from other places. We shall have from 30m. to 32m. casks on the Ist of Jan. 1854, against 47,282 in 1853 ; 64,636 in 1852 ; 52,159 in 1851 ; and as regards the price of the article there are several elements, which justify a high price next spring ; to the absence of which may be materially ascribed the low prices of the years 1851, 1852, and 1853 viz :—A small stock to com mence with, a home supply, small expectation from Aus tralia and South America. The repeal of thesoap tax and the casualties to which we are still' exposed in relation to the Eastern question. We still think, then, that prices must be high, but we shall no doubt see great fluctua tions, from the operations in the article of parties who do not act upon the prospect of supply and demand at all, but upon the probabilities of peace or war. " The advices from Petersburgh are to the 22d. The prise had advanced to 152 rs., and there remained unsold from 2m. and 3m. casks, shipped off :-1853, 94,045 ; 1852. 76,872 ; 1851, 101,073 ; 1850, 111,491. 80 freight to London ; 109 to Hull. We have had a very dull market to-day. The political news of Satur day, confirmed to-day, that hostilities had been sus pended till the Ist of November, has brought for ward speculative sellers, and the tendency has been downwards. Much as all parties desire that the events in the East may meet with a specific solution, it is not thought by the most experienced that the news just received is of a nature to encourage sanguine hopes of an immediate settlement of the question ; at the same time, the majority look upon the matter in a different light." The following is from the Banker's Magazine of November : "Although financial affairs are in an unsettled state, prospects have certainly improved within the last fort night. The close of September may certainly be consi dered to have witnessed, at least temporarily, the depth of the late depression—the further advance in the Bank's rate of discount having created its customary effect. The demand for accommodation from that date, until the close of the first week in October, was extremely se vere, and the position of the weekly Gazette returns clearly indicated the extent of the pressure. Even now the various heads of these accounts present unsatisfactory features, particularly in reference to the reserve of notes, and the amount of bills nego tiated ; but these, it is understood, will shortly assume a more favourable appearance, the former being for the moment in a great degree affected by the payment of the dividends. The sales of Exchequer Bills, which have lately been freely effected on behalf of the Government, will also produce an alteration in the public deposits, and by these arrangements the alarm created will be mitigated. For the present, we scarcely think that the directors will be compelled to take fresh restrictive measures ; but much depends upon the required supplies of food, the contingencies arising from war, and the state of the exchanges. Gold is arriving in considerable quantities from Australia, but the whole will not find its way to the Bank, remittances being still made to the Continent, while the demand for silver for India and China is on the increase. The value of money in Lombard-street is 4 per cent. ' on call ;' 41 per cent. is paid for a fixed period, extending over the 15th of January. The rates for first-class paper range from sto 51 per cent. Con sols have fluctuated about 2 per cent. ; and for several weeks so great has been the scarcity of stock, that the money quotation has been in advance of that for the account. There has, latterly, been a better supply ; and the prices have therefore very nearly approximated. Exchequer Bills, before the rate of in terest was advanced to 2d. per diem, were sold at 17s. discount ; they subsequently recovered to 9s. premium, but the sales since effected have again reduced them nearly to par. A good deal of speculation exists as to the means possessed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to meet the demands on him in January next. It is stated that he has taken every necessary caution to secure his position ; and that the late operations in the Exchequer Bill market have been directed to that end." MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) WORCESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES for Two-year-olds. Indiana Czarina Castrea Three ran. The General and Melon have arrived. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. (THIS DAY.) The commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Corporation of the City of London, met for the first time in public this morning. The commissioners are—Mr. Labouchere, M.P., Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornwall Lewis. At a previous meeting which the commissioners had held in private, the order of proceed ing was arranged, and this morning the commissioners commenced receiving evidence. Mr. James Ackland was under examination nearly the whole of the sitting. He stated that he was secre tary to the City of London Municipal Reform Associa tion, which numbered something like 1,200 members. The objects of the association, which was formed in July last, were twofold—the first was to obtain for its mem bers, who were ratepayers of the City, the municipal rights and privileges which are at present monopo lised by the freemen ; and secondly to defend the members against any legal process that might be instituted by the city authorities to compel them to take up their freedom. The majority of the members were small shopkeepers, who were un able to pay the freedom demands which the City autho rities made upon them, and the association had under taken to point out the abuses of the corporate system of the city, in the hope that the exposure would lead to a remedy for the evils that were complained of. Having given the whole subject of Corpo rate Reform his best consideration Mr. Ackland, at the request of the committee, proceeded to state his views in detail, and at some length. He said he was opposed to extending the municipality of the City over the whole area of the metropolis, as laad been suggested by a former commission, because he looked upon the city as the capital, not of the country, but of the commerce of the world. Any reform, therefore, that was made in the existing system should preserve that specially in the character of the city ; but while he would not extend the municipality to the whole of the metropolis, he yet thought the inhabitants of the ward of Bridge Without, which was situated in South wark, ought to be admitted to the same rights and pri vileges as were enjoyed by the rate payers in the City Proper on the north side of the Thames. With regard to the general question of municipal reform, he reminded the commission that, owing to the existing system of monopoly which prevailed in the city, Liverpool was rapidly becoming a far more flourishing and important port than London ; but, with fair play, and the adoption of the same free-trade municipality which Liverpool enjoyed, he had no doubt whatever that the port of London would soon recover its lost ground. Mr. Ackland, who was sworn at his own request, was under examination all day. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Ocr. 31. The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant, drove out this morning, in an open pony phaeton, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with His Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied by Earl Gran ville, went out shooting. The Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, attended by Baron Prisse and Colonel Wylde, left Windsor this forenoon by the South-Western Railway for Woolwich. Earl Granville, the Portuguese Minister and Countess Lavradio, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord John Russell, and Viscount Hardinge left the Castle to-day for London. The French Ambassador and Countess Walewski, Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Elgin, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Raglan, Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cut, and Sir James Graham have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. The Turkish Minister visited the Earl of Clarendon yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. Earl Granville returned to town yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. CORPORATION REFORM.—The Committee of the Court of Aldermen have commenced the business of corpora tion reform by ordering that the clothes of the Mansion house and Guildhall officers shall be made by the prison ers confined in Holloway gaol. The officers have been already measured by the Holloway tailors, upon whom they waited for that purpose, within the last few days, by the direction of the committee. ' MR. G. V. BROOKE appeared at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, on Monday evening last, in the character of Othello. The enthusiasm of the audience was great, Mr. Brooke being summoned several times during the progress of the tragedy to receive their congratulations. BEET ROOT SUGAR.—The first meeting of the Irish Beet Root Sugar Company was held yesterday, when a very satisfactory report from the directors was read and unanimously adopted. The works have all been erected and operations have commenced. The sugar produced has been pronounced extremely good, and the prices obtained in London, Dublin, and Belfast, "have proved beyond question that the sugar obtained from beet can compete successfully with the colonial produce of the cane." ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.--The second annual meeting of the proprietors was held yes terday, at the Freemasons' Tavern—Mr. Cotterell in the chair. The report stated that of the 1,0001. re muneration voted to the directors, the board had not drawn that amount ; and that of a sum of 4,500/. borrowed from the bankers, 4,0001. had been re mitted to California for the express purpose of pur chasing the Fleuchan lode, in addition to the property purchased at Dicksburg. That purchase has not been completed, and the 4,000/. now forms part of the funds in the hands of Sir H. Huntley. The quartz from the different lodes at Dicksburg has been tested, and the yield has varied from 4/. to 101. per ton. An arrangement had been entered into by Sir H. Huntley with the Brown's Valley Company on his own responsi bility, and he had determined to defer working the Dicksburg mine until the arrival from England of the further machinery then on its way, the reason assigned by him for this step being that the quality of the quartz in Brown's Valley is superior to any he has yet seen in the country. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded pro forma. Mr. Cook moved, and Mr. Robertson seconded, that a committee of investigation be appointed, which, upon being put, was negatived, and the original motion carried. The chairman moved that the capital be increased to the extent of 15,0001., and that such capital be raised by the issue of 30,000 additional shares at par. The motion having been carried, and the retiring directors re-elected, the meeting separated. "THE MINT" IN THE BOROUGH.—The turning at the south end of High-street, opposite St. George's Church, is Mint-street. Here stood Suffolk-place, a noble man sion, erected by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. A view of it is given in a drawing by Anthony Van Den Wyngrerde, made about 1546, and given in Mr. Brayley s excellent " History of Surrey." The Duke gave this house to Henry VIII. who was his brother in-law, in exchange for a palace in St. Martin in-the-Fields, and in it the king established a mint for coinage. We may say, by the way, that there was a mint in Southwark in earlier times, but manyincr e a this was w ith out d ou bt i n th e o ld t own , th e G u ild a bl e Manor. Aft er v i c i ss i tu d es, S u ff o lk- p l ace, or " th e its to site the Mint," was sold ; a g rea t part of it was pulled down, and si small ng o f cottagesbegga were beggars n built, the B a o s r o S u t g o h w : e says,. The district became the resort of lawless persons, the privilege of exemption frofa legal process being claimed for it ; it was an Alsatia, a sanctuary for evil ; nor was any proper control obtained there until 1725. Here died Nahum Tate, once poet laureate ; and Pope con stantly refers to the place as a residence of poor poets in his writings. Mat o' the Mint, itwill be remembered is a character in the " Beggars' Opera.'—The Builder, EVICTIONS IN SKYE.—We have, with inexpressible pain, says the Inverness Advertiser, to announce the receipt of very melancholy and startling intelligence from Skye. According to our information, a series of very ruthless and inexcusable ejectments have been made •n the property of Lord Macdonald. The noble lord, whose name is inevitably mixed up with the transaction, is in nowise responsible for its character, and there is good reaaon to believe it has been forced on without his concurrence, and against Lis inclination. SUICIDE IN TIORNSEY WOOD.—On Sunday afternoon great sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Hornsey, from the report that a man was hanging from a tree in the wood, near Hornsey-wood house. It ap pears that a woman was the first to make the discovery. She immediately hastened to the above-named house, and gave the alarm. Four men instantly started off in the direction and after looking about for some time, one who was in advance suddenly came up to the body, and cut it down. The deceased was a middle-aged man and apparently from the country. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There are but few auctions, and they go off quietly. For foreign the demand has not improved, but full rates are obtained. In refined there is no further de cline. Low to fine grocery lumps are 44s 6d to 47s 6d. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,286 hhds, 168 tierces, 633 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,532 hhds, 185 tierces, 285 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,752 hhds, 2,166 tierces, 4,601 barrels. COFFEE.—There is rather more demand for native, with a somewhat limited supply, and prices are firm. Planta tion is quiet. Mocha dull. RUM.—The quantity landed last week, at the East and West India Docks was 352 puns 142 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 271 puns 5 hhds ; and ex ported 79 puns 37 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,056 puns 731 hhds. COTTON.—This article is well maintained. RlCE.—Bengal, 114 bags at auction sold at 14s for mid white. SALTPETRE.—At auction 1,385 bags were all bought in, low mid 15i to 8 per cent. 29s to 30s 6d, and 6/ per cent. refraction 30s 6d. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 57s per cwt. on the spot, and town 61s. P.Y.C. for all the year is 56s TEA.—The market has been active. Low to good ord. Congou is id per lb. • HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, pi Os to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 51 18s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. _ WiIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to. 5I 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade rather dull. PURCHASE OF MR. HUDSON'S NEWBY PARK ESTATE. —lt was stated in the City this morning, and is since confirmed, that the Newby Park estate was yes terday purchased of Mr. Hudson by Mr. Leeman, of York, for Lord Downe, at the sum of 190,0001. THE VACANT IRISH SEE. —All sorts of rumours are current with respect to the probable successor of the late Dr. Ponsonby in the bishopric of Derry and Raphoe, but, of course, as yet no reliable information has trans pired—nothing, in fact, -but the merest speculations with regard to the claims of sundry candidates whose names it would be quite out of place to particularise at this early stage. It is stated that the see is now charge able with a further yearly payment to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of 2,0001., in addition to 4,1601. paid by the late prelate. His successor's income will also be liable to a heavy tax under the provisions of the Church Temporalities Act. The late bishop was third son of the Right Hon. William Bradazon, first Lord Ponsonby, and married, in' 1804, his cousin, Frances, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples, by whom he had a large • • THE SALISBUI44 ELECTION. The committee ap pointed at the public meeting in Salisbury, held on Thursday last, ,had an interview with Major-General Buckley on Friday ; and it is said. on very good autho rity, that the eSsurances given by the candidate were such as to induce the committee to give up any inten tions they might have entertained of bringing forward a candidate pledged to support their views. CHEAP TRAVELLING IN AMERICA. —The fare from Montreal to New York, 410 miles, by express trains, is four dollars, or 16s. Bd. ! Weekly News and Chronicle. . . SINGUtAR DISCOVERY.-Mr. - Thomas Jenkins, of Castle-green, Hereford, has recently discovered some antique earthwork, of a cruciform shape, in a forest called St. Margaret's-park, in that county, which has slumbered there for ages unobserved ; and also several basin-shaped cavities of ancient formation, in the same locality. With permission of the proprietor he has had the cruciform mound excavated, and has ascertained it to be non-sepulchral. In addition to the three other cavities, he has discovered six others in the same locality of different sizes, varying from 12 to 40 yards in diame ter inside, Of singularly regular formation, but enveloped in trees, underwood, and thicket, rendering them un favourable for discovery or observation, FRANCE. General Baraguay d'Hilliers the now ambassador for Constantinople, leaves this day (Tuesday), f or his destination. Although his selection has not been generally approved of in Paris, his appointment has, upon the whole, given satisfaction, because it is looked upon as an indication of a more vigorous policy on the part of France. It appears that General Ba raguay d'Hilliers was chosen, not on account of his diplomatic abilities, which are below the ave rage, but because it is thought that he will play at Constantinople the part of a French Menschikoff. The Eastern question has now come to that point at which negotiation must necessarily cease, and action commence. It is on this account that M. de la Cour has been withdrawn, and General Bara guay d'Hilliers sent i n his place. For some time past M. de la Cour has not given satisfaction. He is considered as having been particularly dilatory in arranging for the entrance of the fleets into the Turkish waters. There are to be several other changes in the dip lomatic corps at Constantinople. M. de Bruck, the Austrian Minister, is to be recalled ; and . de Prokesch-Ostend is to take his place. It is also reported, that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is to be allowed to retire, and that ho is to be succeeded by Sir Edmund Lyons. The Emperor and Empress were to have gone this week to Fontainebleau, but their journey has been postponed till the 15th of November. For some days a rumour has been current that an amnesty was to be published on the fete day of the Empress, as far as respected all offences of the press ; but it is now said there is no ground for the report. This day (Tuesday) being All Saints-day, the Bourse and public offices will be closed. MM. Rocher, Masselin i and David, who were arrested a few days ago at Nantes on a charge of plotting against the State, have been brought to Paris for the purpose of being examined. It is not , true that Dr. Vateau has been set at liberty. He is still confined in the prison Mazas, not on the charge for which he was originally arrested (the plot of the Opera, Comique), but for a secondary offence, for which he is to be brought before the Correctional Police. Namik Pasha, who is charged by the Porte with negotiating a loan in Paris and London, is ex pected in Paris from one day to another. His stay in Paris will be as short as possible. Apartments are preparing for him at the Ottoman Embassy. The following are the names of the persons impli— cated in the affair of the Opera Comique, which is• to be tried on Nov. 7 :—Decroix de Meren, Ribault , de Raugardiere, Ruault, Britano, Allix, Mariet, Turenne, Lafiize, Follot, Lux, Jaud, Baudry, Grabat, Copinot, Gerard, Ranc, Matz, Commes, Folliet, Joiron, Deney, Thirez, Mazille, Martin , Mailliet, and Mouchiroud. The charge against them is, " Plot against the safety of the State, and. against the life of the Emperor." MM. Racher, Mazelin, and David, who were arrested at Nantes, on a charge of high treason, have been sent forward to Paris, to be confined iu the Con ergerie. The Moniteur contains eight columns of names of individuals who have been recommended to the Emperor by the Minister of the Interior as worthy of honorary medals for acts of courage and devoted ness performed by them during the third quarter the present year. The fluctuations at the Bourse yesterday astonished and confounded the oldest speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 73f. 50c., rose to 73f. 75e., fell suddenly to 72f. 90c., and closed at 73f. 10c. for the end of the month, without any cause being assigned for the species of panic which prevailed.- The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 60c.;; Orleans Railway shares, 1,145 f. ; Rouen, 1,005 f. ;, Havre, 475 f ; Great Northern, 842 f. 50e. ; Paris. and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50c. ,_• Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; Western of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great , Central, 515 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 690 f. SHERIFFS" COURT-(THIS DAY.) Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., sat to-day to dispose of a list of 99 cases, within the ; number of minutes. The majority of the cases were struck' out in cc nsequeaace of the non-punctuality of the *ties concerned. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd was the commission er of the day, but there was no case of interest except that of Mr. Keating, who had carried ou business as a clu mist, in St. Paul's-churchyard, and having been made bank rupt, proposed to his creditors to pay them in full if allowed to conduct the business. Its success has met the most sanguine expectations of the assignees, and by consent of all parties the certificate meeting was further adjourned, with an increased allowance and protection enlarged. MARLDOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following telegraphic dispatch dated Vienna yesterday, is published to-day by a morning con temporary, with an intimation, however, that it does not place much reliance in the statements it contains : " A private dispatch from Tameswar states that 6,000 Turks have crossed the Danube, and occu- pied Kalafat. From Orsova another dispatch says that 52,000 men have crossed, and that hostilities have commenced. " This news is believed in, although not authen ticated." The following authentic dispatch bas since been received from Vienna :—" 30,000 infantry and 400 cavalry, under the command of Omer Pacha, passed the Danube at Kalafat, on the 27th inst. A great number more were in the act of passing. An encounter with the Russians was expected on the 28th." The subjoined is dated Vienna, Oct. 27 :—" It s asserted that the note of the Vienna Conference has ~ still a chance of being accepted, though, of course it will, in such a case, be subjected to some modifications. There is a rumour of Baron Bruck being recalled from Constanti nople, to take the management of the Finances. Baron Prokesch is mentioned as his successor. Letters from Bucharest state that ou the 18th inst. Prince Gortschakoff ordered Baron Osten Sacken to march at once into the Principalities, and take the place of the corps of reserve in Moldavia. Massar Pasha, the son of Redschid. Pasha, has arrived at Belgrade. The contingent of Servia is to be increased by a force of 5,000 men. Up to the 22d inst. no change had taken place in the Russian and Turkish positions at Giurgevo and Braila." A telegraphic dispatch has been received at Vienna yesterday, but not published, which states that on the 23d (the day on which the first colli sion took place between the Turks and Russians), the Russian Consul and his countrymen left Con stantinople, and embarked on board a Russian ship which had been waiting there to carry them to Odessa. Accounts from Constantinople contradict the excitement which appeared in several of the Aus trian journals, that the Turkish Government had commanded the political refugees in Turkey to take service with their troops if they wished to retain the allowance they receive. The Debats says :—" It has been announced that the Russian flotilla had been attacked whilst it ascended the Danube under the fire of the Turkish fortress of Isactcha. Some journals now say that by Art. 3 of the treaty of Adrianople, it is stipu lated that the Russian vessels of war cannot, in ascending the Danube, pass beyond the point of junction of that river with the Pruth. These jour nals add, that the junctions take place at Reni, and that the fortress of Isactcha is some leagues higher up. That is an error. The junction of the Danube and the Pruth takes place, it is true, at Reni ; but Reni is situate at a dozen leagues above, and not below Isactcha." The following information is given as to the new turn which the Eastern question has taken. The source whence it is derived is of unquestionable authority. The much-talked-of and dreaded ma nifesto of the Emperor of Russia on the receipt of the Turkish declaration of war now turns out to have been a. very pacific note from Prince Nessel rode, in which he informed the Four Powers that the Emperor, his master, regretted extremely that the Turks should have so misunderstood his intentions as to have pushed matters to a declaration of war ; that he deplored the present state of suspense, and was most anxious for its speedy termination. As the readiest way of effecting this, and with a view to the immediate evacuation of the Principalities, he proposed that a Turkish Plenipotentiary should proceed to Prince Gortschakoff's head-quarters, and arrange the matter on the spot. This propo sition was declined by France and England, on the ground that matters had gone too ha to allow the difference between Russia and Turkey to be arranged in this summary manner, but that those Powers were ready to draw up a note, based on the evacuation of the Principalities, in which the portions of the Vienna note, which had offended Turkish dignity, should be omitted or explained in such a way as to leave no ground for Russian interference with the soverei g n rights and prerogatives of the Sultan. Such a note has been drawn up, has received the as sent and approbation of Austria and Prussia, as well as of the representative of the Emperor Nicho las at Vienna, and is now on its way to Constanti nople, whither the intelligence of its advent has been forwarded by telegraph. It is said the French Government has received intelligence that Lord Stratford has procured the assent of the Porte to a note embodied in terms almost identical with those of the document now on its way to Constantino ' , ple. Such are the details of the present position of the Eastern question which justify an expectation of a speady arrangement. The reasons which have in duced the Emperor of Russia to submit so meekly to the buffet dealt him on the cheek by his Ottoman brother afford ample ground for speculation. Ig norance of the state of feeling as regards Turkey in France and England, a mistaken notion of the impossibility of an alliance between those Powers, overweening confidence in his own resources, and a contempt for those of his adversary, may, in the first instance, have combined to induce him to take a step which a better knowledge of his own position now makes him desirous to re trace. Though no one fancies that Turkey can cope with Russia in a prolonged contest, yet the chances of success for the Czar are materially les sened by the certainty that the first reverse of his antagonist will bring to the succour of the van quished the fleets and, perhaps, other forces, of two nations each able to contend with Russia single handed. The state of affairs in the Caucasus, where it is now certain that the Russians have met with great reverses, and the weakness of the army of occupation in the principalities, decimated by disease and dispirited by inaction, may also have had their share in bringing the Emperor Nicholas to a better frame of mind. A Constantinople letter of the 17th, in the Wanderer, of Vienna, gives the following ac account of the recent affair between the Rus sians and the troops of Schamyl :—" Schamyl approached at the head of 20,000 men to within nine miles of Tiflis. Prince Woronoff had at the , time only 15,000 men, and he was beaten at first on every point, but having received a roinforce ment of 15,000 men, the battle was resumed, and Schamyl was forced to retreat. The Circassians lost, it is said, 2,000 men ; the Russians confess to a loss of 5,000 on their side." The following telegraphic dispatch has been re ceived, dated Marseilles the 29th :—" The Cour rier de Marseille announces that the Caradoc, which had arrived, left Constantinople, and pro ceeded to Arla and Prevesca, to drive from them the Turkish garrisons, and to seize on Janina. The Trieste Gazette, under date of Varna, 15th, says :—" Talk Pacha arrived here in the night of the 7th, with the declaration of war. It was pro claimed on the 10th at Schumla, in presence of 30,000 men. The officers received orders to swear on the four sacred books to obey the commands of their superiors." APPREHENSION OF ARISTOCRATIC GAMBLERS- Samuel Hawkins, Long's Hotel; Charles Hall, Ste phen's Hotel ; George Smythe, Alfred Hay, David Wynne, George Beverley, John Miller, George Hunter, William Smith, John Jones, George Middleton, William Richards, James Wilkinson, Samuel Brown, Michael Bennett, George Webster, Alexander Jackson, Henry Wilkins, James Parker, William Walker, James Whit taker, James William Wymsett, George Harris, Arthur Pearson, William Pritchard, George Liley, and William Brown, most of whose names were assumed, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being found in a common gaming-house called the Cocoa-tree Club, 64, St. James's-street, for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the defendants. Superintendant S. O'Brien, C division, produced the Commisioners' warrant authorising him to enter the house, and stated that this morn ng he proceeded to 64, St. James's-street, accompan i by Inspector Lester, and two constables. On arriving at the house he found the outside door open, and further on in the ball a light door shut to, but not fastened. He passed through that to the next door, which was stronger, and lined with sheet iron, and covered with green baize. He gave I orders to have that door forced open, which was done, and very soon gave way. After that he came to another door, also covered with green baize, but very much stronger than any one he had passed through. On examining that afterwards, he found it secured by three bolts fastened to a strong iron stay in the centre, and two chains. That door was opened soon after he knocked by some person inside, and he then proceeded up stairs, and in a room on the first floor found all the defendants except one, the door-keeper. The room was fitted up as a billiard-room. There were three tables, and a rack with several cues in it. The defendants were all searched, and large sums of money were found on several of them. He sent them to the station, and after wards searched the house, and found no implement of unlawful gaming. On the first floor was a strong iron door, which would prevent access to any of the rooms on the second floor from the windows of that part of the house. That was all he had to state, with the excep tion that one of the defendants had not appeared to his bail. Mr. Clarkson having addressed the court, contending there was no case against the defendants, Mr. Hardwick said, although the case was one of suspicion, no evidence had here been produced to esta blish the charge against the defendants. He should, therefore, discharge them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAUS.-YESTERDAY. The business of settling was resumed, and satisfactory evidence was afforded that it proceeded more smoothly than had been expected. In the course of the afternoon a great deal of money changed hands. Several absentees were spoken of, but, from their position and prospects, favourable opinions are enter tained of most of them. _ _ _ At intervals there was a little betting on the Derby. Gameless colt was backed for some money at 50, 45, and 40 to 1; and Acrobat, who had been in strong force at the clubs, was in so much demand that he rapidly advanced to 25 to 1 ; in one instance 1,000 to 50 was taken, but the current price at the close was 25 to 1. The events to be decided at Epsom on Thursday and Friday next were not touched upon. WORCESTER HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Friday and Massaroni (taken). DERBY. 6to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat. 14 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Dervish (taken). 22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's The Wild Huntsman (taken). 25 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Acrobat (takenfreely). 30 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo (taken to 1000. 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Adkins's Ruby (taken)4 1000 to 25 agst Mr. T. Taylor's colt, by Orlando, darn by Don John out of Gameless (taken). 1000 to 25 agst Mr. J. Bull's Corin (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Count Batthyany's Star of Surrey (taken,. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—The scene which the Exhibition building presented on Saturday was most interesting. According to the official return, the number of visitors was 23,116, being the largest attend ance by upwards of 4,000 that was ever in the building in one day since the opening. The receipts were be tween 500/. and 6001. Notwithstanding the inconve nience necessarily arising from so great a crowd, the visitors examined the various articles with a minuteness and attention which, doubtless, derived much of their interest from the fact that this magnificent collection was on the eve of vanishinlk om their eyes. Towards evening, the view obtained from the galleries of the im mense assemblage that thronged the central hall was of a grand and striking character, and one which those who witnessed it cannot easily forget. The closing cere monial took place yesterday (Monday) evening, before the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess St. Ger mans, and in a few days more the public will be en lightened as to the success of the noble project in a financial point of view. In the meanwhile, it is very generally credited that the experiment has not disap pointed the anticipations of its promoters. AUSTRIA. A deputation of the Hebrew community a Vienna, consisting of several of the most in - fluential and respectable members, waited upoy his Majesty the Emperor, on October the 28th , for the purpose of laying an humble petition a .t the foot of the throne, in support of thos rights in virtue of which Austrian subjects of tb .0 Jewish persuasion could legally acquire real estai (or immovable property) up to a very recei ii period, when a provisional enactment was published which deprived them of those rights. The depute • tion was headed by M. Leopold von Westheiing stein (one of the gentlemen who hold the procur. tion from the firm of S. M. von Rothschild, at this city), His Majesty was graciously pleased receive the deputation in question, and to give ai reply to the said address, much to the followir &i effect :—The measure complained of was altogether] a provisional one, called forth by a positive defec4 in the existing law, which would have to be fine a up by a definitive enactment. The wishes of th ye petitioners would be duly considered. The con c pletion of the said definitive enactment for tb better regulation of the tenure of real estate shoul be hastened as much as possible, and its prov sions would doubtless be framed with a due r e gard to the just rights of all denominations of I ids, Majesty's subjects. The Emperor was mov. .1 4 when he listened to the patriotic and eloquent a. d dress, which M. von Wertheimstein delivered wi bil much and becoming warmth of feeling. The d ,e -putation is said to have left the. Imperial apai rt ments impressed witlifhe conviction that the you ag e Emperor will favourably reconsider the justice 0 1 their claims ; and that-if his Majesty simply deci 61 0 in accordance with the generous impulses of 10 1 noble heart, their cause, identified as it is with tl.cie fundamental principle of equal laws for all subjects of the Imperial realm, is in the hands of a Monarc who has a paternal love for all his people, wheth( sr Jew or Gentile—whose word is his bond, an d whose anxious wish is to consolidate the happineks and welfare •f all the nations living under b sway. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 28th ult. a Ir nounces that, in consequence of the absolt I negleCt of the members of the Communal Coun 0 1 of Nuraminis, in the island of Sardinia, the has directed the Council to be dissolved, and pointed M. Maltana, a notary, to the post of (32 1- traordinary delegate at that place. The Chevalier Cempini, formetly Minister 0 1 Finance to the Grand Duke of, Tuscany, died at Florence on the 3d., The Corriere Mercantile, of the .27th, stateg from the Papal dominions, that the price of corn. at Ravenna, Forli, and other places, has risen very considerably, and that all the corn th a t c omes froiit without disappears at once. Disturbances had oc curred at Forli and Faenza, but had, been speedily put down. The Gonfaloniers of those towns had given in their resignation. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 26th ult. A Cabinet Council was to be held on that day t° decide the railway question. The Diario Espanol announces that the Oplxr sition Senators, who met in the salon of the Mar" quis del Duero, resolved to oppose the present Ministry, as its political system was the same as that of the last Cabinet. According to the Espana, M. Jose de Zaragort was to assume the government of the province or Madrid. M. Zaragoza occupied that post during . the administration of Marshal Narvaez, and re signed with him in 1851. The Gazette publishes the following decree "Considering the bad state of health of M. Jos e Nebiet, I relieve him from the functions of my Env°l Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Coasts!' tinople. Being satisfied with the zeal he displayed in that capacity, I reserve to myself the satisfaction of al" teriorly utilising his services. "Taking into consideration the services and other qualifications united in the person of M. Antoni o Riquelme, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appoint him my E nvo y Extraordinary 3.?? Minister Plenip o t en ti ary a t C ons t an ti nop l e, with the salary attached to those functions in the estimates. '" Considering the services and other qualificatio n° united in the person of M. Antonio Caballero, membe r of the Royal Cou n cil, I a pp o i n t hi m U n d er S ecre t a ry ° State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These three decrees, signed by the Queen, ar e countersigned by the Mi n i s t er o f Foreign Affairs' M. Angel Calderon de la Barca. A battalion of engineers had been ordered t° Mahon. We read in the Clamor Publico It appears that the necessary orders have bee' given to call out all the reserve. We are assured 00,11 independently of the si x s hi ps a b out to b e con structs u in the arsenals of th e P en i nsula, the Minister of Marin e has directed that two screw schooners of 90-horse povie, r .,,' named Santa T eresa an d Isabel Franciscana, should ' laid on the stocks at the Ferrol and Carthagena." The municipal el ec ti ons th roug h out S pa i n wer e to commence on the Ist inst. Count de San Luis, to whom the Municipal:, of Cadiz had f orwar d e d a petition demanding a construction of a railway between that city an Seville, replied— "As a Minister of the Crown, I am bound to courage eve r y pro j ect of public utility. As a native of Cadiz, the est a blihment of that railway would realize one of my mos t sangu i ne w i shes. I take the d e epes t interest in that important undertaking." The Three per Cents. were done at 404 ; th e New Thr ee p er C en t s ., a t 214 ; t h e D e bt of th first class, at ; and that of the second, at 0. NEW LIVERPOOL ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a special meeting of the Liverpool Town C ounc il was held, wu - 0 ., Mr. Thomas Bold was elected an alderman, in the te e m of Alderman Holmes, deceased. The mayor (Si r. Holme, Esq.) was brought forward, b u t u p o n a poll s. Bold was declared elected by a ma j or ity o f 30 to ' r The term of Mr. Bold's ald erman i c h onours , ho vel :ill expires at the end of the m un i c ip a l y ear , w hen he - require to be re-elected. CLOSING OP GRAVEY ARDS .—W e h ave grea t sat ie o c tion in noticing the c l os i ng o f anot h er grea t W e i !' ufai r cl graveyards, and whil e th e pu bli c f ee l grate f u l to et Palmerston for his san it ary energy, l et them n ot ferL that to George Alf re d W a lk er t h e c hi e f h onou r of promises to be a gr ea t triumph of' public health over )6 norance and sordid interests is mainly due.-4t/a B, gull STRIKE OP THE HULL FISHERMEN.—The d re fishermen (a v er y numerous b o d y ) h ave struc k, a° o r fuse to go to sea in any of the ships belonging to a Il i a ber of the S mac k owners ' A ssoc i at i on. The followavi is a brief outline of the cause of the strike :—For years past it has been the custom of the o wners t° rg e charge the men on tid e - sa il, an d f or th e me n to dise ha ' the themselves also on tide-sail. About two year s — v c' eorr men struck, and this point was th en the bone of scic. tention. Certain rules were made by the Fishing Si n wa s owners' Association at Hull, and amongst there ;h ip one setting forth that any master or man leaving h is iet y's S O e 0 tide-sail should not be permitt e d to sail in a , e 0 pre ship for one month ; but there was no rule mad e 1 , thef vent the owners discharging th e men at any tim:these might think proper. The men would not agree t them . rules, but they were literally starving, and we i r o e vre very fore compelled to go to s ea . T u i s ru le was, 1 F orce' never put in force ; but a fisherman named G 6O . o vnet having left his vessel on tide-sail last week, the, o dea' determined to bring hi m b e f ore t h e mag istrate, ar; io ro se your to have the l aw on th e subject defined. -I . Wed was brought befor e th e H u ll mag i stra tes o n they nesday, and, a ft er a l eng th ene d discussion , ow , decided in fav our o f th e owners and against the of 0 m th e y h e ld to clime within the oper:;ue.:/;.efl the Merchant Seamen's Act. The men then an d tble they would not go to sea i n th e society's ships, resolution they have acted up to. • . elon ga at La W r i g h tie quaint with ot the di, be cana , upon i favour . 4 , -- oos of coupl e land s , dually i kathe l a ppeal, Uie. uu] hinting .etoissar • dual if whether t4 eY, al to ViTri katiou. th e i r 1 , 1 0 quy 4unlout ow an lau E I t he the ~yceun Wright Raid tha titt le ha Pamphl age s torn the princes great tr the Stra of rnaki e/Igage thi s sui be v.; actual house a where I Do g , a , which he has E eluded ] totwith did his efforts f and not more su The I The Na the cou: 110.111 Perso ns trifli ng the pr o It wont And lay Joini ng . gentle r needin g of eallit i ng 30 c at W oo on e of eS ged 'Were B S hortly to antic rate eat 11 e Vrol t he bal would be Put ge Eituatic it. IA 11...... La ; Ljeei once