The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE Lesmey Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unma'clied In the history of such Performances, assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. CI. Vanden hod, Tilbury, Howe, Buckstone, Compton, H. Corr!, mad W. Farren ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Will be performed A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Mis. Reynolds and Mrs. Flizwilllam. After which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Corti, and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Romer, and Miss Featherstone. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CamEs KEAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lurd Byron's Tragedy of SAIIDANAPALUS, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. C. Kean and Miss Murray. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Ye-stria. THIS EVENING, .Nov. 21, Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will, in the end, show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed by A NICE FIR,f. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, Will be performed TIIE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, &c. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE C &MP AT CIIOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook " A Biftln." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. L e ssee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, 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. Rohn, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Great and Glorious Success of THE INVASION OF RUSSIA. The Review and Advance of the French Troops—The Conflagra tion of Moscow—The Snow Storm, and Retreat of the French army, eve been nightly received with unbounded approbation. SECOND WEEK of the Re-appearance of Mr. ALFRED COOKE, Indisputably the Premier Horseman of the Day, whose Matchless and Daring Act on Four Horses is the perfection of equestrian art. Miss EMILY COOKE, the Wonder of the World, will repeat her astounding FLIGHT through SIXTEEN BALLOONS. Fifth Appearance of the Equestrian Clown, Mr. G. ADAMS, the Grimaldi of the day. The Finished and Talented Equestrienne, Madlle. MASATT , will appear during the week. The Scenes of the Arena, introducing for the Fifth Time (on one evening) the SIX Unrivalled CLOWNS of this Establishment. THIS EVENING, Nov. 25, (And daring the week), NAPOLEON BON'APARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA; Or, The Busing of Moscow. Followed by Feats of Equestrianism in the ARENA, unrivalled in Europe. Concluding with the First Act of JUPITER'S DECREE ; Or, The Fall of Phmton. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, Nov. 25, 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. FoLKESTONE—S. strong breeze —overcast. TIINERIDGE-S.E., calm—overcast. GREENWICH—CaIm—overcast. STRooD—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON-5.E. ' fresh breeze—r a i n . CAXBRIDGR—S.E., gentle breeze--cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock :-- LIMERIOIC—S., strong breeze—heavy rain. MULLINGAR—N.W., calm—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—S.E., gentle breeze—foggy. LANCABTEH— S., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—S. by W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINOTON—S.S.W., gentle breeze—overcast—foggy —sharp frost. Smu'— S.E., calm—overcast. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots DAY —Morning 26 min.after 8 I Evening 6 min.aft. 9 To-lloaßow—Morning 43 min.after 9 1 Evening 15 min.aft. 10 THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICR, Nov. 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 —highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'17. WIND, W. -- Light breeze, and dull, hazy weather. 06'a... Awlt, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1853. It is satisfactory, of course, to receive, again and yet again, official re-assurance that the most perfect accord continues to be maintained between the French and British Governments. A division between these Governments just now could not fail to be singularly calamitous, not merely to their own interests, but to those also of entire Christendom. Therefore, we cannot but accept every indication of cordiality reciprocated across the Channel with very peculiar and profound satis faction. It is manifest that so long as this friendly alliance is preserved, Europe posses ses th e most substantial of all guarantees that Turkey shall not be dismembered, that the ambition of the C shall not be realised, that the Russian ban ners shall not flutter from the domes and mina rets of Constantinople. Nevertheless—g,ratifying though it must neces sarily be to learn that the Cabinets of VICTORIA and NAPOLEON are most amicably disposed towards each other, it is essential so far as the hopes of any happy consequence from that good understanding are concerned, that active measures should be adopted in furtherance of the generous designs and chivalrous policy attri buted to the combined Administrations. Other wise we are only felicitating ourselves upon an empty phrase when we are exulting in the friend 'ship existing between the French and British Go vernments. Briefly, let us add, that it is due to the dignity of both nations, to the honour of France and of England, that something like deci sion should be displayed, at least an opposition to the lawless and flagitious proceedings of the AUTO ° it4T • Everyb o d y a d m i ts that the t i me has long since gone by for negotiation. That fact being universally established, it follows, in conse quence, that the period has arrived for direct instead of ind irect (meaning thereby diplomatic) interference. Everything prompt s u to this interference— every consideration whether of prudence or of magnanimity. It would be unwise to refrain from aiding the Turks at such an extremity— conscious as we must be that the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire by the C ZAR would be most perilous to the independence of the other nations of the Continent, and most pernicious in. its influence upon the destinies of civilisation. It would be ungenerous not to yield assistance to the Government of the SULTAN, because that assist ance has long since been promised by the repre smtatives of the Court of St. James's, and by those also of the Court of the Tuileries. The in terests of Turkey, in fact, are those of France and of England--they are those, indeed, of the whole of the European. populations. Let them be guarded, therefore, in the name of Truth and of Justice. Common/ sense urges this course upon us, and it is urged. upon us also by all the nobler instincts of magnar dmity. Besides—the Tv rkish soldiers have already ap proved themselves in opqp combat worthy of the aid of Frenchmen and Englishmen. They have displayed qualities such as should never be allowed by generous lookers-on to be beaten down by brute force, by the lawless might of a foe greater in bulk, and therefore (and only therefore) superior as an antagonist. After the glorious victory won by the Turks over the Russians at Oltenitza a battle minutely described elsewhere in our impression of this evening— and one which will be memorable in the annals of the present generation--it would be an indelible blot upon the escutcheon both of France and of England if the Porte were left to compete sin gle-handed with the legions of the daring and in furiated AUTOCRAT. It is only necessary to peruse observantly and thinkingly the annals of the cam paign which may be said to have commenced in earnest, with the firing of the first shot at Oltenitza, to perceive that the troops of the SULTAN-CALIPH are by no means the in capable and ill-disciplined recruits they were said to be by the depreciators of the Osmanli power at Constantinople, and as the followers of OMER PACHA have shown themselves valiant in the hour of danger, that eminent captain has already revealed his really distinguished merits as a tactician and a strategist. Reviewing every bygone occurrence connected with this Eastern Question, we cannot but cry out with our whole heart, "GOD defend the Right !" giving voice in the end in so many words to what has been from the very beginning our cherished aspiration. Nevertheless, while we would wish the Turkish armaments success in the struggle against the Muscovites, we would fain see that success at once assured by resolute and energetic measures of co-operation, simultaneously on the part of the French and of the British Governments. It is indeed time that something should be done for the protection of females. Day after day, week after week, we hear of new cases varying in detail, but also presenting features of unmitigated atrocity and brutality. At one time we are hor rified at reading in the police reports sundry in stances of burly miscreants knocking down their ill-fated wives without the slightest provocation, kicking them with heavy iron shod shoes, or trampling on their prostrate bodies so as to inflict permanent and serious injuries. Terrible as they are, these appear to be the mildest forms of the o f fence. In a subsequent case we find them modi ' fled by the use of the " bludgeon," which is readily resorted to. The sulky ruffian who has been caught in the act, thinking that he was quite justified, himself, when called on to answer for the unseemly outrage of which he had been guilty, declared that she (his wretched victim) " had aggravated him beyond endurance, and he punished her accordingly," but without condescending to inform the presiding Magistrate of the nature or extent of the alleged " aggravation" that merited such stringent treatment. The sentence has scarcely been passed on the cowardly miscreant— scarcely has the police van conveyed him to the place where he is to endure his well-merited, though very inadequate punishment, and while our indignation and disgust are still at the highest —when another case is called on, and a wretch is placed at the bar, who, with down-cast look and ferocious aspect, hears himself accused of having cut or stabbed his miserable and ill-fated partner —of having placed her life, and, by a neces sary consequence, his own, in imminent danger— he is probably remanded until the result of his sanguinary offence be ascertained, so that the charge to be preferred against him may be clearly defined. If we visit the City we behold a crowd dispersing after having witnessed the execution of one who had, in the indulgence of his malevo lent passions, completed the sacrifice of his wife, and paid the fearful penalty attached to his atro cious crime, by the Divine as well as by the human Surely, then, when in a single day we behold so many terrible illustrations of the unfortunate prevalence of the offence—when, too, we perceive the total inadequacy of the existing law to check the crime, or to deal with the ruffians, who nearly reduce their victims to "death's door," without sending them beyond the gloomy thres hold—it becomes an imperative duty to see that the terrible example that has been made be not lost sight of either by those who, by their own infamous conduct, degrade themselves beneath the level of humanity, or by the Legislature, which is bound to provide an efficient and adequate re medy for the wide-spread evil—to adopt any suit able means for tho abatement of the great social nuisance of the nineteenth century. That the cases above referred to are not in any degree exaggerated, we may briefly refer to a few recent cases. We need scarcely point out to our readers the case of JAMES HAYES, who, by a very great extension of the principle of giving a prisoner " the benefit of a doubt," was only con victed of manslaughter, and sentenced to perpe tual banishment, although no man had more richly merited the gallows for his horrible and unfeeling brutality. ,N l Ye need not recal the case of a scoun drel named.,9&?INELL, convicted, during the same session, of tz twitggravated assault on his wife, from which l;!er life was greatly endangered, and for which he received a sentence of only six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, the same which the magistrate who committed him for trial, and who thought his power totally ina dequate to deal with so atrocious a case, might have ordered. We need not look beyond the present week. We find PHILIP GRINNEY Committed for trial for a most sanguinary attack on his wife, whose throat he had cut in three places, having used three different knives d uring his attack, a third being procured when the r es i s t ance of his victim had deprived him of the for mer weapons. The unfortu nate woman was rescued de b c y lared whom that,the when they interfered, the "prisoner was stabbing his wife with cc knife in the throat, just in the same way that a butcher would a sheep/!" But this was not all. N one were certainly so bad as this rival to Mous. We find, however, that even within a few hours after the execution, and before the quicklime had quite consumed the body, which, i n accordance with the sentence, ha d b ee n buried within the precincts of the gaol, no less than four persons sentenced at different t o terms of six month s , police courts, imprison ment (with hard labour) each. T hree of menthem were for assaults on wives. In one case, a Man named WILLIAM CURTIS, a tailo r , had, OR the and Sunday morning, coolly a deliberately stripp e d • ripped up her stayswith his wife stark naked ( having n se verely, threatening at a penknife), and beaten her the same time to " dance he r guts out if she halloed." The policeman, who was compelled to break open the door to rescue the unfortunate • complainant, " heard the noise o f tremendous blows, and saw wheals upon her arms and neck as broad as his two fingers, corresponding with the stick with which she said she had been beaten." It appeared that he terrified his victim, so as to check her screams, by declaring that he would meet a similar doom to that which had fallen on MOBBS. A similar threat was also made by JAMES WRIGHT, another tailor, who cut open his wife's head with a sleeve-board--a threat which he repeated in the presence of a policeman, declaring that as soon as lie got over that transaction, "lie would smash his wife's brains out." In another case, JAMES CROPLEY, a Lancashire collier, re ceived a like sentence for having struck his wife a severe blow with a stick on the nose, wounding her seriously, merely because, being burdened with a child in her arms, she was unable to walk as rapidly as the miscreant who assailed her. Who can say that any of these cases would not have been appropriately dealt with by a strin gent flagellation, publicly • loted, so that the wretches might have been brought to open shame before their neighbours. We feel all the objec tions to the nature of the punishment—but it is necessary. It is only for the one species of crime that it is suitable, and if properly and judiciously . • administered whenever circumstances justified the ,pplication, and when there was no provocation on the part of the wife, there could be no sym pathy for the criminal, and the offence would soon become comparatively rare. As we have repeatedly stated, it was an enactment authorising such a punishment that checked the unmanly out rages against our beloved QUEEN, and similar pro tection should be afforded to the humblest of her subjects of her own sex. REPORTED APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE,SS MARY OF CAM BRIDGE. The Gazette di Genova of the 19th inst., copying from the Parliament° of Turin, announces the approaching marriage of H.R.H. Princess Mary of Cambridge with Prince Napoleon, son of Prince Jerome Bonaparte. We cannot, of course, certify the correctness of this report, nor should we insert it had it not gained ground among the highest circles in London and Paris. It would, indeed, be a singular instance of the vicissitudes of fortune and the short-sighted speculations of our greatest men if a Bonaparte should be united to a " fille d'Angleterre."—Morning Herald. - THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1853. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (BY SUBMARINE & EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH. TRIESTE, Nov. 25. The steamer Bombay arrived at 4 a.m. this morning, in 152 hours, from Alexandria. The India mail arrived at Alexandria on the 19th inst., with dates from Calcutta, Oct. 20 ; Madras, 24 ; Ceylon, 29 ; Hong Kong, 11 ; Singapore, 18 ; Penang, 20 ; Bombay, 28 ; Burmah, 8. Another war was fully expected at Burmah, and a report was current that the King of Burmah had been put to death. More fighting had taken place in the Nizam' dominions. Mr. J. R. Colvin had been appointed Governor of the North-Western Provinces. Trade at Bombay dull. Exchange at Calcutta on London, 2s. 11d. Shanghai is still in possession of the Triads. At Amoy there is still some fighting between the Government troops and the rebels. The country round Ning-po was in a very dis• turbed state. Canton was tranquil. Exchange at Hong Kong on London, ss. 6d, Trade brisk. The exportation of grain from Egypt is still per• nutted. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 Ame rican were taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame, and closed at previous rates. The sales comprised 7,000 American ; 150 Pernam and Alaranhain, at 6d. to bid, . 400 Bahia, at 5;,Ld. to 6-id. ; 250 Egyptian, at sd. to Bd.; and 200 Surat, at 21-d. to 4d. per lb. The Share Market opened flat, but afterwards improved and closed at the prices of Wednesday. Business in Colonial produce has been interrupted by the fogs, which prevented a proper inspection of samples. Tea has attracted most attention, and at a decided advance, low to good ord. Congou having been done at Is. 3d. to ls. 3d. per lb. Sugar and Coffee have been steady ; Tallow rather quieter, and Cotton dull, though firm. Rice has been supported. In spices more is doing. Dye goods are in request, and metals are active. Copper has advanced considerably. The following account of the dried fruit market is furnished by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson : "The Market has, since our last, continued in the same inactive and neglected state as has now been its characteristic since the beginning of September last ; so that in no one description, whether 1851, 1852, or 1853 fruit, has there been any transaction worthy of record. The New Island Fruit has disappointed the expecta tions of the trade : a very fine parcel, partaking much of the 1851 character, has just been landed, but the limits are exorbitantly high. Holders of 1851 Fruit remain firm in their pretensions : this growth will continue to command full prices and to be a safe article, as the Stock is becoming very contracted, and is held in few hands." Of raisins it is remarked that-- " Besides unusually large deliveries in September, it does not seem unlikely that with Currants at 908. and 100 s. the public requirements will be less this winter. The trade generally, as has been the case with Tea and other Groceries, have retarded their purchases to an un usually late period, and owing to the increasing facility and rapidity of conveyance, and their prudent reluctance to holding larger stocks than is absolutely necessary, such delay will probably recur in future seasons. On the other hand, the producing countries, year after year, furnish us with their Fruits many weeks before the sea son demand sets in. Our quotations for Valentias are unaltered. Although large quantities of Black Smyrnas have been offered by public sale at a reduction on former prices, it has not led to any purchases. With these, as with Currants and Valentias, the Christmas trade cannot be said to have commenced, and we doubt not, from symptoms already apparent, that we shall have to notice in our next report a very different state the market." In summing up the condition of the produce markets for the present month, Messrs. Jewesbury and Co. remark that— " Within the last week, although there has been nothing like activity to report, yet a fair business has been done at full prices, and the rates for several articles are firmer, and have an upward tendency. The course of events with regard to the Eastern question, and the position this country must from present appearances occupy, causes considerable restrictions upon mercantile engagements, particularly for the Continent. The im ports have been but moderate, and the stocks of several leading articles show a reduction, as compared with last year ; the deliveries both for export and home use have continued good. Dyes and dyeing materials have been in very limited demand, with the exception of cochineal, which has been lately more inquired for, and the late sales have gone off with spirt at an advance upon previous rates. Lac dye and safflower are both lower since our last. Indigo remains firm, but there is very little doing. The late accounts from the Conti nental produce markets report a want of activity for most articles." The telegraphic despatch, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, brings still a comparatively high rate of exchange. The quotation at Hong Kong was ss. 6d. for dollars. Trade at Bombay was dull. The exportation of grain from Egpyt was still being permitted up to the 19th inst. It is considered somewhat strange that the owners of the " Golden Age" should have declined to take letters for Australia at the customary rate allowed by the Post Office, because the immens e number that would have been sent must have paid them, as it did the Great Britain, far better than the 1,0001. granted to contract vessels. During the fortnight to the 23d inst., the Hon ourable East India Company drew bills on the three presidencies to the amount of 89,7281. The English Funds have been much more buoy ant this morning, and with renewed purchases by one or two influential brokers. Consols, which were 958 to at the commencement of business have since been done at 951 to The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 964. to 1, and the Three per Cents. 94i to 8. Exchequer Bills have been done at ss. to Bs. prem., and In dia Bonds are is. prem. South Sea Stock is worth 113. The Foreign Stock Market has been firm gene rally. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 25 to /, Equador, 51 ' and Brazili an N ew 96k . Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been at 41&, and Spanish 3 per Cents. 46i to I. Sardinian Stock has been marked 92 to 1. No bargains have been entered into in Russian securities. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 95i to The Railway Share Market has been better since the rally in Consols, although there is not much business doing. The Belgian market is much quieter. Gold Mine Shares are without change, and the Land Companies firm. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been well supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Oficial List.) Business done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 940 8 per Cent Consols Aunnitioa 95 New 31 per Cent. Annuities y6 e 4 India Bonds, £lOOO ....... ........... ...... 1 p South Sea Stock South Sea New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Erazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 964, Equador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 414 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46i i 4 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si p c Swedish 4 per Cent.....,.. .... ....... .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 633 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . HALP•PAST TWO. Consols Ditto December Account 951 I DEATH OF SIR THOMAS JOHN CLAVERING, BART.— This venerable baronet, the representative of one of the oldest baronetcies in the north of England, died at Clifton, on Friday, in his eighty-second year. He was high sheriff of Northumberland in 1817. THE STEAM-SHIP GOLDEN AGE.-It appears that, owing to the tides, the Golden Age will not be able to get out of dock before Monday morning, when she will proceed at once from Liverpool to Australia. All letters despatched from London on Saturday will be in time, but, as no mail are taken, they must be sent to Captain Porter, on board. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION.- At the meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association yesterday, the report stated that the produce of Giuja was 49 lbs. of gold for the months of August and Sep tember. They were developing a lode in the Camera Mine, from which a great amount of auriferous quartz was expected. Attempts had been made to complete the sale of the Antonia Pereira mine, for 20,0001., but it had been delayed from political causes. It was in tended to form a company, in which the preference would be given to the shareholders of the Brazilian Association. The accounts showed that the receipts were 7,6291. 15s. 6d., and that the expenditure was 4,7591. 95. 6d., leaving a balance of 2,865/. ss. The report was adopted unanimously. 111•1111111111111 LA fr INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) WILBRAHAM V. BICILET. Mr. Sergeant Shee moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict found for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, on the ground of the verdict being against evidence. The trial, which took place in the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice Crompton, lasted three days, and the details have already been published. It arose out of a bill transaction. Lord Campbell said the case had been most admirably tried by the learned judge, and he saw no reason to dis turb the verdict. The other judges concurring, the rule was refused. THE QUEEN V. WILMER AND SMITH-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. The learned counsel for the defendants said he was instructed to express to the Court their sincere regret that a libel, reflecting on the character of Mrs. Franks, a lady residing in Liverpool, had appeared in the Liver poq Chronicle, of which they were proprietors. They stated that they had nothing to do with editing the paper, or with the insertion of the paragraph ; and the editor likewise joined with them in expressing regret at its publication. He was further authorised by them to withdraw all the statements contained in the libel attack ing the character and honour of the lady, and which had given herself and her family so much annoyance. Lord Campbell—What has the other side to say Sir F. Thesiger said he could not allow the matter to pass without a single observation with regard to the serious consequences which resulted from persons who conducted public journals incautiously allowing private slander to appear in this way in their columns. It was impossible to describe the unhappiness which had been occasioned in a family where he understood there had for a long time been the most perfect attachment and mutual confidence between both parties, by the foul slander cast upon the character of Mrs. Franks, and from which, being now in her confinement, she was suf fering very materially. The apology now made could not remedy the mischief it had done, it could not com pensate for the hours and days of unhappiness caused in this family since the publication took place ; and it must be well known to their lordships how prone per sons were to believe that such accusations were never made without some slight foundation, and thus, when anything of this nature appeared in a newspaper, the mischief it produced was almost irremedial. This was certainly an occasion when he was justified in calling for very severe punishment ; but as those who instructed him felt that to proceed further against the parties might tend only to keep alive this foul libel, he felt he ought to yield to their desire, and accept the proffered apology, but on payment of costs, for on this condition he must insist (though he had no instructions to that effect), for the purpose of marking the sense which the court enter tained of the publication. Lord Campbell thought Sir Frederick Thesiger had accepted the apology in a very handsome and generous spirit. It was a vilely culpable publication, and no editor of any journal was justified in inserting such state ments in his columns. The public had nothing to do with private slander, and to the credit of the press of this country, he must say that the sanctity of private life was respected by it. The prosecutor would be fully justified in pressing for a severe punishment, and he was, therefore, glad to find that the defendants had thought right to make an ample apology. The rule was then discharged with costs. LUMLEY V. GYE. The A ttorney-General, who was counsel for the defend ant, applied for a rule to show cause why a commission should not issue from this court addressed to the Royal Court of Berlin for the examination of certain witnesses who were now in that capital, and whose evidence was necessary to the cause. A commission it appeared was issued some time back for a similar purpose. Mr. Hayward, a barrister, was the commissioner ; but it failed in its object, in consequence of a judge, who was sent by the Royal Court of Berlin to administer the Prussian oath to the witnesses, insisting that the inquiry ought to be conducted by him, and not by Mr. Hayward ; and the present application, if granted, would accomplish the purpose of Mr. Gye, in a manner accordant with the laws of Prussia. Rule granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) EXPARTE-IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER A DEBTOR TRADER'S SUMMONS, The only case before his Honour during the morning was against a firm in the City, to show cause why they did not admit or deny the debt, or be declared bank. rupt. Mr. Billing appeared on behalf of the parties sum moned, and contended that the notice had not been pro perly served, for the words of the 78th section were, " That if the demand of a creditor appears to be due from two or more persons carrying on trade in partner ship, the delivery of such account and notice to any of the parties personally, or to some adult inmate at his usual or last known place of abode or business, and also at the place of business of the firm aforesaid, &c." He said that the summons had been only served personally one one partner, and therefore the act had not been complied with. His Honour overruled the objection. Mr. Billing submitted that, in that case, they could not take out a petition against the firm. His Honour said that Was not the question now, and asked Mr. Billing whether he admitted or denied the debt. Mr. Billing said that Mr. Commissioner Daniels had decided the reverse of his Honour, and he (Mr. B.) should therefore sit down, and leave the creditor to adopt any course he should see fit. The usual order in default was then made. SECONDARIES COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) HAYDON ♦ CLARKE. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.—This was an action to re cover damages for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default The damages were laid at 5001. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case. Plaintiff is a licensed drover in Smithfield market, and defendant is a licenced victualler and cattle dealer at North °eking. i ham. From the evidence it appeared that the i defendant joined a person of the name of Cum- I fliers i purchases of cattle at different fairs, and market early plaintiff was regularly engaged as their drover. On the 7th July i they purchased 5 heifers at Tilbury ' Fort. S t u e b l a d equent 3 7 Cummers in the presence of de at a nti fendant e next morning, plaintiff to take the cattle to Smithfield I over the proceeds to not there to sell. pxtr ff erfi acc e o u r m di ra ng e l rs y c a a n m d e af to te L r o w n a d r o d n s 1 and sold the beasts I called on defendant and .t to o l f d ls h s im . each, wh a a t nd h h e an h d a e d d done. The matter rested for Cummers and de for some ti me , exce pt c ontinual disagreement bet ween fendant, the former insisting qsitttlernent of ac- counts was counts as 200 beasts had lieen'snolcal, Cummers in sisted that there was a balance due to an d and should retain the amount paid by plaintiff until an accoun t come to. The result was, that in the middl e' : last, defendant gave plaintiff in charge for stealinugtr cattle, and he was committed and brought to trial g • but e on the evidence of Cummers and others, the plaintiff's innocence was so apparent that the jury stopped the case and plaintiff was discharged. Mr. Cummers was now examined, and gave the same evidence as he did at the trial. I The jury gave 1101. damages. --- THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the Royal Family will leave Windsor Castle to-morrow morning, for Gosport, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, where the Fairy, Royal steam-yacht, the Hon. Captain Joseph Denman, who has succeeded Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence in the command, will be in readiness, en route to Osborne, West Cowes. PRIVY Con/fem.—The Earl of Aberdeen, and several of his colleagues in office, will leave town, at twelve o'clock to-day, by special train for Windsor Castle, where her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at two o'clock, when the further prorogation of Parliament, which stands adjourned to Tuesday next, the 29th inst., will be fixed. LATEST FO N NE WS. .~ RUSSIA ,AND TURKEY. The following has been received by Submarine Telegraph, dated, " VIENNA, THURSDAY NIGHT. " We have advice's from Constantinople of the 14th. A rumour that an armistice for three months had been concluded is officially contradicted. " The combined fleets were still at Beycos. The weather was boisterous. " The Great Powers are endeavouring to induce the belligerents to resume negotiations." Advices from Bucharest of the 21st state that the Turks have quitted the island near Oltenitza, and retired to Turtukaf. Their camp there during the last five days has been almost deserted. On the 22d the Turks were returning to their lines at Schumla. General Dannenberg, in consequence, left Bu deschti on the 22d with the chief part of his force, leaving 1,200 men and eight cannon behind. Unimportant skirmishes excepted, there is now a cessation of hostilities along the whole of the Moldo-Wallachian line. Wallachian artillery has been sent to Brailow, only one battery having been there previously. Other Wallachian troops, horse and foot, await marching orders. The n ative militia are already actively co-operating with the Russians in cases of surprise. The Turks have taken a Russian man-of-war in the Black Sea. The crew have arrived at Constan tinople. Particulars are wanting. The Emperor of Russia, in reply to an inquiry of Austria, states that he will still enter into nego tiations, if the Porte proposes a project of peace. General Klapka arrived at Constantinople on the 10th. The Porte refused him a command. The Spanish Government objects to General Prim hold ing a command in the Turkish army. The accounts relative to the operations in Lower Wallachia given by the German journals have been very contradictory. Some have represented the Turks as having taken possession of Krajowa, others as having failed in their attempt, and been com pelled to retreat. The Voss Gazette, which arrived yesterday, gives a letter from Vienna, according to which the statement of the Turks having entered Krajowa was correct. General Fischbach, who was charged to maintain that position, commenced his retreat on the Bth, and the Turks occupied Krajowa, Cacerl, Russevida, and Bajolesi. A private letter from Vienna, of the 21st, an nounces that recent news had been received from the theatre of war, from which it appears th a t it i s the intention of ie Russians to assume the offen sive, and to attempt a great operation on the Danube by crossing the river at Rustchuk and Silistria. The road from those towns joins that which leads to Shumla, which is, with Adrianople, one of the boulevards of Constantinople. This news may be considered as indicating an intention on the part of the Russians to attack Constantinople directly. A private letter from Bucharest states that Prince Gorbschakoff had ordered the Roman Catholic church in that town to be closed. The main force of the Russians is moving towards Lesser 'Wallachia, where it is said very stringent measures will be employed, as the people exhibit symptoms of an inclination to rise against their Russian protectors. Two corps of 5,000 men each have been left near Oltenitza ; the one at Nego jetchti, and the other at Dobreni (not marked). Mention is also made of two extra batteries, four squadrons, and 1,000 Cossacks being placed near Giurgevo. On the 14th, 15th, and 16th the Turks made attempts, probably feigned ones, to laud op posite Nicopolis, Sistow, and Rustchuk. The Archduke Charles Ferdinand, the brother of the Archduke Albrecht, has gone to Peterwardein to take the command of the 10th army corps. The latest accounts from the frontiers of Poland state that considerable reinforcements of Russian troops are being sent to the theatre of war in Asia. The Grand Duke Michael is to command the army of reserve, which is to be despatched to the army of Asia rather than to the Danube, where the Em peror considers his position good, and his troops sufficient to keep the army opposed to him in check. The following Russian bulletin, dated the 11th, has been published at Bucharest : "In the night of the 27th ult. (the Bth inst.), the chief of the detachment of the Imperial troops, encamped in the environs of Giurgevo, received information that great numbers of Turks were being conveyed to the isle of Mokan, situated opposite that town, and that they had begun works for fortifying themselves, To baffle their project, General Seimonoff on the 28th (the 9th) caused to advance, under cover of a thick fog, eight pieces of artillery, under the protection of a battalion of Tomsk, and a light battery, protected by two squadrons of hussars. The moment the fcg ceased, the interior of the isle was assailed by the simultaneous fire of these batteries. At the first discharge of cannon, th e T ur k s took to flight through the thi c k forest which covers the i-land. Batteries raised on the right bank of the Danube arid armed partly with the artillery taken from Routs chouk, and partly with the cannon of the Turkish steamer stationed near the isle, responded to the fire of the Russian artillery, without, however, occasioning the least loss. The enemy threw themselves in the greatest disorder into the boats stationed near the steamer, and hastened to gain the right bank, completely abandoning the isle of Mokan." Accounts from Constantinople to the 10th have arrived. On the day before an aide-de-camp of Omer Pacha had reached the city with a despatch, announcing a real victory over the Russians, and this had caused great joy amongst all classes of the population. The following is a translation of the principal passages of the bulletin published on the occasion : " On 2d November 12,000 men crossed the Danube, and took up a position at Oltenitza, a village situated opposite a little island (which h a d b een occupie for three days) at some distance from the left bank of the Danube, at eight hours' march from Bucharest, and where there is a sanitary post. Oltenitza was occupied by 5,000 Russians, and their resistance did not last long. They were obliged to fail back on Bucharest. On the 4th a Russian corps d'arntee, consisting of 24 battalions of in fantry, 3 regiments of cavalry, a regiment of Cossacks, and 32 pieces of artillery, in all more than 30,000 men, advanced on Oltenitza to give battle. The imperial troops took measures for receiving them. The centre was commanded by Ahmed Pacha, the right wing by Moustafa Pacha, and the left wing by Ismail Pacha. Nadja Pacha commanded the artillery at Oltenitza, and Khaled Pacha on the isle. The action commenced at half-past 12, and at 7 o'clock all the Russian army was completely routed, It left on the fiel 1 of battle a mass of muskets, ammunition, and baggage, which was con veyed to the camp of Omer Pacha. Upwards of 800 killed were found, without counting those who during the combat were carried off in 20 waggons as they fell, the Turks from humanity not attempting to prevent the removal. The Turkish army had 13 killed and 72 wounded. Chiefs and soldiers did their duty, and the report of Omer Pacha cites those who most distinguished themselves. All the vessels of the two fleets had arrived at Con stantinople, and had cast anchor in the Bosphorus. The last vessels were towed in, in the morning of the 9th. A new division of the Turkish fleet was preparing to sail in the evening of the 10th or 11th for the Black Sea, where, according to the reports of some captains of merchantmen, a certain number of Russian vessels had been seen proceeding towards the coast of Asia. The Porte had received from the English and French Ambassadors the assurance that it might, in case of need, count on the effec tive co-operation of France and England ; and that it could send its fleet into the Black Sea without fearing to leave the capital exposed to a coup de main. It was known that General Baraguay hers, the new French Ambassador, was about to arrive. The Trieste Gazette has the following, under the head of Constantinople, the 10th :—" A new pro ject of note has arrived here, and the English and French Ambassadors are said to have received in structions to recommend the Porte to accept it. It is not probable, however, that it will consent to do so." A letter from Constantinople of the 10th says that the Turkish Government has obtained a loan of 7,000,000 f. from the firm of Messrs. Baltazzi, and that it is guaranteed by the Egyptian tribute. A Vienna letter states that Prince Ghika, on his arrival in that capital, paid a visit to the Turkish Ambassador, but not to the Ambassador of Russia. Prince Ghika will, it is said, remain at Vienna, but Prince Stirbey will come to Paris. THE BATTLE AT OLTENITZA. The following is an authentic account of the gal lant action at Oltenitza. It is from the special military correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, and is dated Turtukai, Nov. 4 : "TURTUKAI, Nov. 4, FIVE P.M. "The Russians attacked the Turkish entrenchment made at the quarantine station opposite this town, at 1 p.m. on this day, in force. They brought 12 guns as batteries de position,, and some six or eight horse artil lery guns. The cannonade was replied to by the guns in the entrenchment, nine in number, and from the bat tery at the east end of the island, as well as from 01(83 on this side of the river. The cannonade lasted, without intermission, till a quarter to 4 p.m., when the action ended. The infantry of the enemy made two most fierce attacks on the entrenchment, advancing in column, covered en tirailleur. The first attack of infantry took place at a quarter-past 2 p.m. on the Turkish left, but, after reaching within 50 yards of the entrenchment, they were repulsed, and obliged to retire into a wood from whence they had emerged. The second, and perhaps the most serious attack, was on the right, the Russians advancing, covered by horse artillery. They wee most gallantly repulsed, and retired in disorder. Their guns, after each attack, renewed their fire most energetically. The Turks fought with an obstinacy quite admirable. It has been a repulse to the Russians which may be of iiliortance in a moral point of view throughout £he War. •• The Turkish entrenchment was commanded by General Halil Pacha. He had three battalions of in fantry and two companies (about 2.400 men), 9 pieces of artillery, and 150 irregalar cavalry. Three of his ammunition waggons were exploded by the enemy. "The loss on the side of the Russians was very great, as we could see the ground they retreated over strewn with dead or dying. People differ in their estimates, from 400 to 3,000, as to the number killed and wounded on the Russian side. "It is hard to say what force the Russians had, but it was very large. A person of consequence here said he counted twenty battalions of infantry —eight or ten perhaps is nearer ; and add two regiments of cavalry, of four , quadrons each, with some 1,000 Cossacks, and you will have the best idea that can at present be formed of their force. "No reports have as yet arrived from the entrench ment, so that no estimate of the Turkish loss can be made. It must be comparatively small, for they were behind the parapet they had themselves made the pre vious evening. " Early this morning the moon, a new one, rose, ac companied by the morning stars, and if the writer of this note had been superstitious, he would have drawn a good augury from it. It reminded one of the Turkish standard—red field, with a crescent and star in it, as you know. "The batteries from this side fired, but I think not with much effect physically, though doubtless it sup ported the spirits of the attacked. " HALF-PAST NINE, P.M. "Yesterday troops crossed hourly to the quarantine station, with their entrenching tools. Boats laden with gabions landed them close by. The field of the teleseep3 shows grey mites carrying grist to the mill, in the shape of gabions. At the station, gabion after gabion may be seen placed, gradually extending the parapet from the station to the left bank of the Argisch river. On the other flank the entrenchment runs down to the Danube. " About one p.m. the Cossacks advanced on, the chaseurs covering the working party. A few shots were interchanged, and by two p.m. four squadrons of cavalry and two guns debouched from the village of Oltenitza, with about 500 or 600 Cossacks in skirmishing order. They were making a reconnoissance, for as soon as they had received about six or seven shots from the Turkish artillery in the entrenchment, with a few from the right bank of the Danube, they retired out of shot, and re mained on the same spot watching the Turks till night fall. A second regiment of cavalry, with two guns, 1 kewise male its appearance by a wood on the road to Oltenitza, as well as a regiment of infantry with the baggage. On the part of the Turks, a field battery of artillery, and a number of boat-loads of infantry, were sent as a reinforcement. This evening the usual cheers by the Turkish troops at sunset was very marked and hearty, given as it was from either bank, and by boat-loads of the reinforcing troops. " En passant, it may be mentioned that the Turkish troops have every confidence in their present efficiency, in comparison to what it was during the last war with Russia ; as well, indeed, as in the talent of the general who commands them—a feeling which gains ground daily. That distinguished officer was heard to remark, what appears to be the unmitigated truth, that things were changed now. Formerly the Turks drew the sword to make conquests, and in doing so doubtless com mitted great barbarities ; but now it was drawn in de fence of liberty and civilisation." " This day (Nov. 4), I hope, will be memorable, as on it was fought as gallant an action as history can re cord. During the morning not a soldier of the Russian force was to be seen. The whole country was scanned by eager eyes straining themselves through every ima ginable species of telescope, binocle, jumelle, &c. They, however, failed in detecting aught but an empty village and an open plain. Later a cavalry picket was disco vered, which led people to suppose that they were not quite alone—a supposition most fully realised afterwards; for at about twelve, or half-past, the Russians gradually led out their forces on the plain. Twelve guns were placed as a battery of position, at about 1,200 or 1,300 yards from the quarantine station. Two bodies of in fantry--it remains to he known whether they were regi ments or battalions—placed themselves under cover in a wood on the right of the guns—their right. On their left rear were two more bodies of infantry, and on their left two more: It is - doubtful, as has been said, whether these were regiments of three battalions, the usual con tinental organisation, or simply single battalions ; and on this fact rests the possibility of forming an estimate of their force. In the former case the infantry would amount to 10,800 men—a number, it is imagined, far too great ; and in the latter to 3,600—a number far too little. This calculation takes a battalion at 600 each. But supposing them to be of 1,000 each, it would give 6,000 men, which is not an improbable number. "On the Russian left were three regiments of cavalry echelloned out of range, each having two guns. There was likewise a body of Cossacks, to the amount perhaps of 600. The batteries were worked by some 300 gunners, giving a total of—at the medium calculation of the in fantry-8,900 men in the field. "The Turks, if their report is to be trusted, had in the entrenchment 3 battalions and 2 companies, amount ing to 2,400 men ; add the gunners, 150, and the irre gular cavalry as many more- -2,700 men. " On looking at the above numbers, with the recollec tion of the troops as they were in the field, the Russian force appears undervalued. Be that as it may, at 1 p.m. the Russian artillery opened its fire, and was replied to by the guns of the entrenchment, the guns of the battery at the eastern end of the entrenchment before described, and by the guns on the right bank of the river. The cannonade was kept up most vigorously on either side. The Russians had their battery of position accurately espaced, each gun being placed at an equal distance from its fellow—the fruits of good drilling. Their practice, as far as could be judged from this bank of the river, was most excellent, their shells bursting beautifully. They opened at a long distance, it is true ; but the guns were no popguns to gallop with cavalry, but 12-pounders, such as are usually employed in similar circumstances. The remainder of the artillery appeared to consist in the cavalry guns, or horse artillery, but attached in pairs to regiments of cavalry, as was formerly the case in most European armies. Two of these guns took up as flanking a position as the Argisch river would permit them, but could not have caused much damage as enfiladers. On the Turkish right the other four guns opened on the entrenchment. At 2.10 p.m the Russian artillery exploded one of the Turkish ammunition-waggons, or limber-boxes. At 2.15 p.m. the infantry made their ap pearance from the Turkish left, emerging from under cover of the wood, which they had most judiciously occupied. This attack was seconded by the advance of the infantry on the (Turkish) right of the battery of position, and by the other regiments from the village ; the chief attack, the serious one rather, being on the left flank of the en trenchment, where it met the river—the only portion not properly completed. Their advance was steady ; the Turks plied the firelock vigorously ' • and after the enemy had got up to perhaps fifty y ar d s, they turned, and beat a retreat to their snug quarters in the wood. They must have been very severely handled, as they were close under the muzzle of the musketry, whose every bullet surely found its billet. Just as they advanced, a second and a similar explosion took place in the entrench ment-----sadly inopportune, as was doubtless thought by the Turk. The Russian artillery redoubled its fire, and the cannonade recommenced fiercely. It should have been stated that the battery of position had come up to about 650 yards, their shot reaching occasionally to the hitherward side of the Danube. About 3.10 p.m. a second attack of infantry was launched at the unfortu nate little entrenchment, encompassed on three sides, as it appeared, by its enemies. Skirmishers were duly thrown out, and on a close approach were recalled. Be it understood that the infantry advanced in columns on both occasions close on quarter-distance —very ridicu lously it is thought, though of course the world must bow to the superior knowledge and experience of such a military nation as Russia. The columns had not advanced many paces when they appeared overwhelmed with the infantry fire of the entrenchment, and the artillery fire of a battery on the right bank. They were thrown into the most complete disorder, and retired utterly discomfited. Again their artillery opened, and drove tunnels into the entrenchment, and continued firing for half an hour. On the retreat of the infantry, through the glass their dead could be seen in numbers strewing the ground. There could be no mistake about it, as there were hundreds of pairs of eyes that saw them, with or without the assistance of the telescope. A hearty cheer from the entrenchment gave vent to the good spirits of its gallant defenders. It was echoed by one from this side by the united voices of the chief's staff and posse comitatus. The Turkish force was commanded by Held Pacha, as lieutenant-colonel in the service, who, upon his presenting himself to Omer Pacha, was made a full colonel. One of General Prim's aides-de-camp, Colonel Detente, was present in the action, and escaped unhurt. The commander received a slight wound in the hand. The report of the killed on the Turkish side is only 20; but this was an hour or two after the action, and many, who were then simply wounded, have since, poor fellows, left this scene of troubles. Widows, alas for the horrors of war ! have been made, as already cry ing women may be seen in this town. To-morrow may be pregnant of events. May the God of battles protect the Turks, as he has been pleased to do this day ! This morning (sth), it is stated that 1,000 stand of arms have been taken. One half of the eleventh divi sion of the 4th corps d'armee contains the 21st Selim ginski and 22d Takut—they have four battalions each active. The numbers in the calculations above are therefore below the reality." FRANCE. There are some long articles in the Paris jour nals of yesterday on the decree reducing the du ties on foreign coal and iron. The Debats, which is an ardent advocate for a liberal system in inter national commerce, does not regard the reduction as sufficient, but at the same time admits that in, certain cases it will operate beneficially. The As semblee Nationale, which is an organ of the Pro tectionist party, disapproves of the principle on which the decree is founded, but consoles itself with then eflection that if it was intended to aim. a blow at the monopolists it will fall harmlesst The Pays defends the principle of the decree, buf tranquillises the coal owners and ironmasters oe France by assuring them that their interests arh still fully protected. The Constitutionnel, whice is the chief Protectionist organ, gives the decree without comment. The public will probably form an opinion independent of the viows of the liberal and anti-liberal journals on this question. They will see in the decree an indication of a more enlightened policy than liashitherto been practised, and a guaran tee for further and it •ogressive reductions, ifit should be found that those wid , •lt have just been made are not sufficient to grv f ; -, tiut - ' to consumer, and to prevent the manufacturing interest .puerally from being cramped and hampered by the protection afforded to a particular class of persons. As it is the reduction in ;he duty on coal will be service able to a large nutuber of manufactures, and that on steel will, to say the le as t, l ea d t o a compe tition which must materially s erve severa l b ranc h e s of industry by a reduction in pri ce , an d an improve ment in quality. Nor is it qu it e t rue th a t th e re duction of the duty on i ron i n it s fi rs t s t a te of fusion will not inc rease th e i mpor t a ti on, an d con sequently lower the prices charged by the native producers. Even with the former rate of duty, large quantities of iron have been ixtroduced into this country for various purposes for which French iron was not adapted. Some millions have been expended, for instance, for English iron for the manufacture of gas pipes, it being found that, even with the enormous price paid for English iron, there was an economy, as the pipes made from it are so much less liable to leakage than those made with French iron. That the present reductions in the tariff may not do all that requires to be done for the benefit of the mass, may be perfectly title • but if they do no t ma t er i a ll y l ower pr i ces, they will pre vent the market from being entirely in the hands of a monopoly, and they will have the effect of stimulating the French producers in the way of competition. By decree of the Emperor Lieut.-General de Miller, Minister of War of Wurtemburg, and Lieut.-General Baron de Baumbach, aide-de-camp of the King of Wurtemburg, who received the Or der of the Legion of Honour in 1812, have been raised to the grade of Grand Officer ; Baron do Maucler, Chef du Cabinet of the King, has been made a commander ; Colonel Hamel, Equerry to the King, and M. Lohstein, chief of the political direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Wur temburg, have been raised to the grade of officer; and Captain Count de Beroldingen, aide-de-camp of the King of Wurtembur g , has been made a Che valier of the Legion of Honour. It was reported in Paris yesterday that the French Government still contemplates a loan, as it will be very difficult to meet the enormous ex penses incurred till spring. On Wednesday the Council of State voted 8 millions of francs to pay the legacies left by the Emperor Napoleon, by the will which he made at St. Helena. Lord Malmesbury has postponed his return to England, in consequence of having received an invitation to visit the Emperor at Fontainebleau. He went there yesterday. Petry has offered its aid to the cause of Turkey. The well-known democratic song writer, Pierre Dupont, has composed a song against the Russians, which has been translated into Turkish, and for warded to Constantinople. The Promethee, with General Baraguay d'Hil hers and staff on board, arrived on the 9th at Messina. She had been delayed on her passage from Marseilles by a heavy north-west wind. She may be expected to have arrived at Constantinople on the 14th or 15th inst. We read in the Moniteur :—" The Government of the United States has just given satisfaction to a new series of claims brought forward by French shipowners and merchants, on the occasion of the seizures improperly made by the Custom-house of San Francisco, in 1849 and 1850. Indemnities have consequently been granted by the American treasury to MM. Foussat, Guillevin, Porte and Jouvet, and Boye and Raveau, shippers of the Java, of Bordeaux. A supplementary indemnity has also been given to MM. Foucault and Co., owners of the Abeille, of Havre. The amount of these indemnities was immediately transmitted through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Caisse des Depots et Consignations, which is charged to pay it to the different parties. The claims of the owners of the Louise-Marie, of Havre, and the Java, of Bordeaux, as also that of M. Mulot, of the Edouard, have so been definitively liqui dated." - Thira was not much business transacted at the Bourse yesterday; prices, however, were firm. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 25c., rose to 74f. 30c., fell to 74f. 10c., and closed at 74f. 25c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,165 f.; Rouen, 1,036 f. 25c. ; Havre, 492 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 816 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 762 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 692 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 590 f.; Great Central, 511 f. 25c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 696 f. 25c. SPAIN. The Spanish Cortes were opened.i on the 19th. In the Senate th e M arqu i s de Vuuma presided and shortly after he had taken the chair, the Pre sident of the Council, and all the Ministers in grand costume, entered. The President of the Council read a royal decree authorising the hold ing of the session of 1854, and he then formally declared tho session opened. In the Chamber of Deputies the same decree was also read. The Chamber afterwards proceeded to elect its president and vice-presidents, and had not con• eluded its operations when the post closed. Intelligence had reached Madrid of the death of the Queen of Portugal, but it was resolved not to let the Queen know it at once from the fear that that it might create an unfavourable impression on her, and especially not to let her know that her Majesty had died in childbed. Queen Christina, on arriving in her palace, found the Queen, the King, and the Royal family waiting for her. Passports had been sent to the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, in case they should desire to go to Madrid to attend the confinement of the Queen ; but it was not believed that they would do so on account of the ex-Queen Marie Amelia of France being on a visit to them. The 19th being the fête day of the Queen Isabella, the Stock Exchange was not open. ITALY. The Milan Gazette publishes an edict, dated the 19th, correcting some errors in the list lately pub lished of the 72 refugees whose property has bee° laid under sequestration, and announcing that the 90 days during which private claims may be ad' vanced upon the said property shall commence from the above date. The Giornale di Roma, of the 15th, states that Pius IX has left the Palace of the Quirinal, and removed to the Vatican. The dissolution of the Piedmon.tese Parliament was preceded by the following report to the Kingt signed by all the members of the Cabinet : "Sire—Some votes hostile to the measures proposed 11 the Government to the Senate of the kingdom in the course of the present legislative session, have led to the belief that the Ministry no longer possesses the cog' dence of that body. When it is considered that th e Senate is e'sentially conservative, and composed of Ile a of prudence, such a fact can only be explained by the enr position that many of them have conceived the opinion that the Mi n i s t ry , t h ough supported by a large nia)°,, rity in the El ec ti ve Ch am b er, does not in reality en) °y confidenc e o f th e majority of the nation. Under e ; such circumstances, we thi nk it the strict duty of gin-- ters attached to constitutional liberties, desirous in order to preserve th em , o f per f ect harmony among the gre,.. 1t powers of the St a t e, an d t h erefore at all times, and mo r e particularly in th e p resent d i ff i cult times, feeling necessity of being strengthened by the evident sympathys of the country an d th e certa i n support of both bransih-b of the legislat ure , we thi n k i t the strict duty of etler Ministers, we repeat, respectfully to propose to 3" : . )u Majesty to ascertain, by new elections, the free opi o ,l o of the country. Sh ou ld your Majesty concur in is same view, the u n d ers i gne d h ave the honour to submit the following decree for the royal signature." .17lie Cologne Gazette states that the endeavn tlll 2 of the Charge d'Aff a i res o f P russ i a, at Turin, " induce the Sardinian Government to place the (1 1 on the brandies of th e Z o ll vere i n on the same f° ( :„. 1 • ing as those of France have not been successi t T but it is still hoped that he will attain his object. GERMANY. - A number of princes of the Rhenish province s and of Westphalia are at present at Berlin, nec tiating with th e G overnment with respec t to oe tain rights of sovereignty which they enicTed..3 to the year 1848 , an d of which they now demo the resto ra ti on. A mongst the princes are thos e of Salim and Wittgenstein and the Draw of M° berg. with The Lloyd of Vienna, of the 20th attacks a certain d egree o f v i o l ence w h at i s called the - he tional party in Prussia for - w i s hing to forc e ro f Emp ero Government to adopt th e ca;use of the Russia in the Eastern question. SWITZERLAND. A municipal decree was pu bli s h e d at Lugan o es the 17th, calling out th e U r b an Guard for an in traordinary service of patrols during the night:we consequence of inf orma ti on rece i ve d by the so .. rior authorities, to the effect that a plan ef % a ge rection was on foot, to be accompanied with 131 ji o and massacre. N evert h e l ess, up t o the 18t '' disturbance had occurred. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—The energetic rnan.l6 rient of Mr. William Cooke is producing its fruit lthe circle of well-attended houses. The scenes in ~h e, feats are among the best of their kind, parttcularly _ of Miss Emily Cooke, a daughter of the lessee, !v.t. has few equals in the realms of artistic horseman a • It is intimated that a new spectacular piece is in Pr_eP e d ration for th e i n t r oduction of Mr. Cooke's twc le ad ed ration elephants ; besides which the habit u6s of this th tul t r . are promised a pantomime at Christmas upon usually splendid scale. A 0,1,3 Tt for 1 Di terda Cargo Th wer e Ma Th, hain . Bei Apo: Zuglis I rish Poreig T but to. hlowl 'Were W as 8 tion s arr a , 'was d ,Mil lug t] 'alert „ . B eeow rritne Mme laferi, Recon, Priine I . l eltBt3 .heep Cal ves Pigs Beef,. //b ~ i o. ( Pori, Rem full p: the qi bales New new 1 Susse: Su( tation realise to go( tst. .1. 6, 6cl t o 15, ta s®; been Sp/ Good good olo ves 1 40 a f ZLc Lo; breez, from An t . t4P b 4: N(EI Le a °lite tor i. 44111 ••••