The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JITLL fEN'S CONCERTS. MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. The Last Night but Six. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH Herr Richard Deck (Primo Basso from the Grand Opera at Dresden), and M. Edouard Remeuyi (Solo Violinist to her Majesty the Queen), will make their first appearance on Mon day next, Nov. 23. THIS EVENING (Satur lay, Nov. 21), will be pro duced (for the 9th time) the New Grand Descriptive Composi tion, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fifes of the Grenadier Guards, th e Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." Prces of Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper Wises, Is. ; Gallery, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 41d. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at the Box office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at J-dlien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, MONDAY, Nov. 39. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that his GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE will, this year, take place at Her Majesty's Theatre, on MONDAY, N ov . 30. M. Jullien's present Bal Masque will be given with the same splendour as has been displayed in those magnificent fetes he has presented to the public on previous occasions ; fetes which have unanimously been pronounced as unsur passed in Europe. It will take place at Her Majesty's Tteatre—an establishment so famous for the splendid balls which have been given within its walls under the most dis tinguished patronage. M. Jullien is determined that this, his Nineteenth Bal Masque in England. shall equal, if not excel, any of its predecessors in brilliancy and splendour. The Orchestra will comprise 110 musicians—Conductor, M. Jullien. The newest and most fashionable music will be played, in cluding M, Jullien's " Indian Quadrille," which has achieved such signal success during the present season, and several new Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles, composed expressly by M. Jullien for his Concerts and for this occasion. The dances will be regulated by 14 Maltres des Ceremonies, whose arrangements will be strictly carried out. No one will be admitted except in evening dress or fancy costume. This regulation will be strictly adhered to. The whole theatre will be ornamented with garlands and wreaths of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. For this pur pose Messrs. Chabot and Co., who were charged with the decorations for the grand ball at the reception of the Empe ror Napoleon 111., Stuttgart, have been engaged at a great expense, and will arrive in England expressly to arrange, at Her Majesty's Theatre, a display, which will be seen for the first time in this country. Mr. Nathan, of Castle-street, Leicester-square, has been appointed Costumier to the Bal. Tickets for the ball, 10s. 6d. The prices of admission for spectators (for whom the audience portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be, dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2s. 6d. Private boxes from 31. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra charge. Ticket for the ball, places, and private boxes, may be secured at the box-office of her Majesty's Theatre ; of the principal librarians and music sellers : and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The doors will be open at half-past 9, and the dancing com mence at half-past 10. Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by M. Epiteaux, of the Opera Colonnade, and at 1 o'clock the supper will be served. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. airs EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MA.TCII. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buekstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Co; Mr. Compton. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Gs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 tipper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pt . L ,wer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 tNo half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST WETS BUT TWO OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Stakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed BETTY MARTIN. After which, a new romantic drama, cal'ed THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Pollowed by the original Apropos Sketch, entitled THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M, Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THE AT RE. —Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe- formed Bilfe's new opera, T iIE ROSE OF C NSTILLE. Characters by Miss Lon , sa Tyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mme. Alfred Mellon. lo conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF 111 - 0 vnvq Ivr ft, 1 linao Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ; t;talls, Ss. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. Pit. 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterten, jun. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Les.sees, Messrs. Robion. and Emden. 'PIN EVENING, will be performed THE LIGHT HOUSE. Mr. Robson, Ste. Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and powerful drama, entitle l INDI . IN 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Cres wick, W, Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmar°, Tapping ; Miss M. Eburne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. After which, THE BARRISTER, Followed by OUR TRAVIATA, Tne Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBURY FIA.LL, Westminster-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ,1.; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S ,Imc:ions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs, Badzey, Madlle, Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, %this Bru neli, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farcant, S. Toaec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio. E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. I. Critchield, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmossium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans, Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DlY —Morn., 15 min. aft. 4—Even., 33 m'n. aft. 4 To-IfoßßOw—Morn., 53 min. aft. 4—Even., 12 min. aft. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. up to 30.39—n1w fallir g. WIND, S.W. ; light, with mild dull weather. inclining o rain. Thick haze in the morning, and all yesterday. ~1 LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 1857. The returns from the Bank of England to the 18th instant, prove beyond the possibility of doubt, that, but for the Government letter of the 12th, the Bank itself would either have been un able to meet its engagement; or it should have imposed such restrictions on the commercial in terests, as would have led to wide-spread ruin and all but universal bankruptcy. It is true that by steadily refusing all accommodation, and not even taking any security tendered, however unexcep tionable, into consideration, they might possibly have saved themselves. But even that is doubtful, inasmuch as the private deposits alone (to 83 , Y . nothing of the public deposit 4, tvimh might not be pressed for) amounted to no less than 12 ,935,0001., and the seven day and other hiili to 853,9151., against this, and the 14,475,0001. of notes issued agaiLif; securities, and for which there was not a single ounce of g',1.1 deposited, they had a beggarly reserve of notes not only for the parelt establish ment in Threadnecdle-street, but for all its nu- 1 merous branches in town and country of 957,7101., and of coin in the banking department o f 5 04,4431. Making thus, assets, 1,461,153%, against liabilities 28,263,975 1 .1 or adding the Government deposits in round terms some 713 , 5 00,000%, or about 10d. in the 1/. We need scarcely say how soon an organised run, such as would probably occur during a severe panic) would dispose of the 1,462,1531. which was alone available. The present returns prove that the Bank has largely transgressed its limits, that the Act of 1844 has been, distinctly violated, and that t h e rr 1i i promised indemnity • must be asked from Parliament. The first point deserving at tention is the Postscript or note, respect log the issue department. Of the notes issued, we are informed that 2,000,000/. aro issue d under the authority of the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and there has been a corresponding addition of 2,000,000/. of securities to the other side of the balance•sheet. In the banking department, we find that the public securities have diminished by no less than 3,037,6941., of which 2,000,000/. is accounted for by the transfer thereof to the other branch, showing that securities to the no minal amount of 1,037,6941. have been sold or disposed of during the week for the purpose of strengthening the reserve. That reserve now stands at 1,148,1851., being a nominal increase of 190,4751., but a reil de crease (taking the 2,000,000 1 . extra issued on securities) of 1,809,5251., so that if the drain continues at a similar rate there must be a new infraction of the Charter within less than another week. The bullion, too, has fallen considerably. It now stands (in both departments) at 6,484,0961., showing a decrease of 686,4121. within the week. At the time of the previous suspension it stood at 7,865,4451., being the lowest amount to which it was ever reduced since the passing of the Act of 1844, until within the last few weeks, when 1 it has been nearly 1,400,000 1 . in round terms, lower in amount. On the other side we find an increase in the other . securities (which have now reached the unprecedented amount of 30,299,270/0, being an increase of 4,185,817/. ; and at the same time the public deposits are augmented by 169,222/., and the private by 1,023,822/., and the rest, or amount of profit realised within the week, by 69,1441. No wonder that the directors and proprietors call the act the . , l perfection of human wisdom, and think a minimum rate of 10 per cent. a very pleasing state of affairs. Nearly 70,000/. sterling per week, 3,640,0001. per annum, would certainly reconcile the recipients to any amount of suffering and inconvenience on the part of the general public. But will the general public submit to such ter rible trials and privations as they have recently endured for the sake of the moneyocracy ? Every pound wrung from the hard hands of the work ing classes is defiled by the misery it has occa sioned. Under more favourable circumstances the Bank would make very fair, aye handsome profits, and they would be paid. There would be no killing the goose that laid the golden eggs ! B)th sides might live, and industry would flourish under the beneficial aid that could be afforded. At present it is crushed and paralysed. Its very life-blood is wanting, or rather it is stagnant in the national veins, and nothing but the introduc tion of a totally different system will remedy the evils produced by the most iniquitous and impo litic law that ever received the Legislative sanction. It is - satisfactory to think that at last some energetic measures are really being set on foot, in earnest, with a view to the " putting down," if possible forthwith, of the intolerable Gas Mono poly. The meeting convened on Wednesday, at the Court-house, Marylebone, we are fain to re gard merely as the precursor of many others of a similar character—as the inauguration of a reso lute and systematic movement. As such, it ap pears to have been at once and instinctively re cognised by those who were gathered together on the occasion ; the individuals present being, for the most part, members of impromptu deputa tions, appointed, as it were, upon the spur of the moment, by various vestries and district boards of the metropolitan parishes—deputations, number ing amongst them the repie6euLAtivcs of the Vestries of Marylebone, Islington, St. Pancras, Paddington, St. George's Pimlico, and Sr. James's, Westminster. It was certainly time enough that some step of this decisive kind should be taken, considering the extraordinary course recently adopted by the several Gas Com panies of the Capital. That course being nothing less than the comprehensive division of the me tropolis into districts, with a view to—what ? the prevention of competition ! In other words, with an avowed determination to organise with the most flagrant effrontery, the most grinding and iniquitous monopoly. Once tolerate this as a precedent and—as one of the speakers very reasonably remarked on Wednesday—by the time the coal tax has expired (not so very many years hence, in truth, but one brief lustre, namely in 1862), we may then have the coal merchants of the metropolis (in emulation of the Gas Companies of London and Westminster) parcelling out the capital in precisely the same way ; precluding the consumer from any benefits that might otherwise accrue from the remission of the impost, and, in this shameless manner, consolidating and perpetuating this vexatious and notorious monopoly. Without, however, looking in any way to these purely col lateral consequences, the evil resulting from the measure recently adventured upon by the Metro r politan Gas Companies must in itself be regarded as sufficiently deplorable. That measure, if per mitted to ripen into regular operation, will neces sarily and obviously place the consumer more than ever at the mercy of the Gas Companies. Ac cording to the new arrangement, as described in its actual effects already by the Chairman of the meeting ou Wednesday last, in Marylebone—the consumers are even now so entirely at the mercy of the Monopolist-Gas-Companies that cases are asserted to have occurred in which gas has been refused t 3 in-coming tenants unless they con sented in the first place, without demur, to pay up the arrears that might chance to have been' left behind them by their predecessors. An inti mation that we sincerely hope may have originated in some unwitting exaggeration—a vague rumour that has somehow grown into a deliberately ex plicit statement. However it may be in regard to this one insulated charge, there cannot be much duubt we conjecture as to the absolute reasonable ness of the aggregate accusations directed for years past by the general public against the metropoli tan gas companies collectively. The gravamen of those accusations being in simple truth that the whole system is nothing less than one monstrous monopoly. The imputation holds good more or less over the entire period during which c trba retted hydrogen gas has lit the streets and houses of London and Westminster. The whole hittiry of gas lighting indeed, for that matter, i 3 iu one respect a history of disappointments, if in another 1 I it is also iueonteetihly a history of co. - rip:ellen:live I and Lir the most part extraordinary improvements. The discovery of c )al gas as a permanently elastic and inflammable aeriform fluid—adisco very origi nally ascertained by the successful cxperimenta of the Rev. Dr. CLAYTON-dates back to actually more than a whole century from the present year of grace 1857 : the succinct narrative of the dis covery having been published as far back as 1739 ' in the then current volume of the " Piiilosoph - cal Transactions." Yet very nearly a hundred and twenty years have failed to give the publ c I generally the access they should in reason I, >n ,, since have obtained to thin wonderful boon—this all but magical moans of illumination. It is a U significant fact that meets us upon the initial page of the History of Gas Lighting, that the ingenious and unfortunate gentleman who was the first to apply gas practically to the illumination of streets and houses—after expending a considerable for tune in bringing his admirable contrivance to bear, in other terms by bringing gas into public use in our dwellings and thoroughfares—never received any national recognition of his services, or even for that matter what might be called any adequate compensation. The treatment of Mr. WINSOR was significant. It furnishes us with a key to au otherwise inscrutable mystery of con fusion, a clue through an otherwise impenetrable labyrinth. It illustrates by the very first inci dent in the narrative how it has come to pass that the History of Gas Lighting is the history of a huge and indefensible monopoly. That mono poly threatens now, after a century's growth, to establish itself among us, as the French say, en permanence. Against the realisa tion of this formidable threat it behoves us to be on our guard. Happily the principal parishes of London appear at length to be alive to the urgency of the case ; and seemingly recog nise, at the eleventh hour, the necessity of a final and energetic movement. In curious enforce ment of this resolve came, at the close of Wed nesday's meeting, the opportune missive from the Town Clerk of Manchester, intimating that the "profits" of Gas Lighting to the Corporation— not, observe ! to Monopolist Gas Companies, but to the Corporation—amount annually to between 30,0001. and 40,0001. sterling : profits applied yearly to local improvements. Sufficiently tan• talising, all this, to the poor Londoners Or— instead of tantalising, suppose we say enspiriting. N 4 ' 4 ' 1 ) i 4 x '2 tr 1 2. 0 A Y -V E LATEST NEWS. CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The following telegraphic despatch has been received from Cagliari this day :-- " ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 16. " The Norma arrived at Suez en the 12th inst., with a cargo of silk, and an extra mail from China. " Her dates are :—Shanghai, September 27 ; Hongkong, October 5 ; Gallo, October 23 ; and Aden, November 4. " The steam transport Australia and United Kingdom had reached Gallo with troops. " Lord Elgin was at Hongkong, on board the Ava. " A 'violent typhoon at Macao, on the Ist Oct., had caused severe damage, chiefly to native shipping. "Exchange at Hongkong, 4s. 11d. to 4s. 111 d.; at Shanghai, 6s. 'TV. to 6s. Bd. " Operations in tea are limited. Silk 20 reals per piece. "The total exports show a decrease of two mil lions of chests from all China. "The Emeu left Suez for Bombay on the 11th inst. " The outward Australian nails and passengers were still in Egypt. No further intelligence has been received of the mail agent with the Mar seilles portion of the Australian mails." " MALTA, Nov. 20. " The steamer with the out ward Australian mails has not yet arrived. " The Elba, accompanied by the Desperate and Blazer, reached Malta on the night of the 17th, and the telegraphic cable was safely landed at St. George's Bay at 5 a.m. on the 18th. " The Elba leaves for Corfu on the 22d to pay out the cable thence to Malta." COURT CIRCULAR. The Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, paid a wit to Claremont to-day, attended by the Duchess of Athol), Major-General Buckley, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residents of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The ministers present were—Viscount Palmeri. ton, the Lard Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Sir Chas. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hoe. M. T. Baines. THE VIGTORIA GROSS. —Her Majesty has graciously signified her intention to personally distribute the deco ration of the Victoria Cross conferred on those gallant officers and non-commissioned officer to whom the order was granted on the 25th of September and on Wednes day last. The ceremonial will take place to-day at Windsor Castle, in the pre;ence of all the members of the Royal family and the troops in Windsor garrison. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Pan were, and a distinguished circle, will also be present to witness the ceremony. ADELPIII TIJEdTBE. Mr. Waster has again displayed his good taste in profiting by the hints tendered him by the press on the occasion of the first representation of his new romantic drama, entitled "The Legend of the Head less Man." Since the night of its production it has undergone such extensive alterations and improvements that it now bids fair to become immensely popular. All the incongruities have been removed ; and although the task seemed almost an impossibility, the talented mana ger has proved himself fully equal to tho occasion. In the piece, as originally performed, there were errors both of structure and sentiment, which, notwithstanding the excellence of the acting, and the extreme beauty of the scenery, detracted not a little from the general effect. The third act was so heavily encumbered with preter natural incidents, that it lacked human interest, and that rapidity of action so essential to the success of a• play ; aided to which, the last scene of all, picturing the infernal regions with appalling particularity, was a spectacle which, however creditable to the skill of the stage mechanic, was not calculated to awaken pleasure able emotions in the audience. For these blemishes Mr. Webster was in no degree responsible ; they must be laid to the account of the French dramatist, from whose play the piece was adapted, and the manager of the Adelphi has no further eonnection with them than the honourable one of having now re-formed them altogether. Under his judicious supervision the drama has been remodelled, and it is now presented in a form which will not fail to render it acceptable to the public. The Count, who, it will be remembered, is slain in the third act, but whose habit it has heretofore been to revisit the earth in spirit, making night hideous by his spectral apparition, is now killed " for good and all." The views in Erebus are altogether omitted, and some other superflcione incidents, which retarded the action of the !plot to the injury of the interest, are likewise rescinded. Mr. Webster's performance of Carl Blitzen, the dare devil student—a sort of Don Juan of middle life, who is just as loving, killing, and fearless as his great pro totype—is powerfully acted, and presents one of the most vivid and graphic portraits we have seen for a long time. The character of Christine, with its supernatural influ ences, its emotional changes, and its romantic tendencies, is wonderfully suited to the peculiar talents and caps bilitiss of Madame Celeste, and will strike the most listless observer. The scenery, as we have already noticed, is remarkable for its appropriateness and beauty ; and the costumes, too, are such as must satisfy the most fastidious and exacting. A long and prosperous career may now be fairly anticipated for "The Headless Man." The theatre each evening during the week has been very fully and fashionably attended. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, honoured the Pyne and Harrison English opera com pany with her presence at this theatre last night, when Balfe's new opera, " The Rose of Castille," was given for the 16th time. Their royal highnesses were attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Major Home Purees EXETER HALL REHEARSAL OF THE HANDEL FESTIVAL CHORDS.—The first grand vocal rehearsal of the Handel Festival chorus took place last night in the great room ; and, indeed, none but a hall of the largest dimensions could contain the great number of singers thus assem bled. The platform was principally occupied by the ladies of this multitudinous chorus, and the reserved parterre was surrendered to the male voices. Signor Costa conducted, with his usual vigour and energy. The whole of the programme was passed through by ten o'clock, whieh is a certain sign that the practice has been severe and effeotive. The first portion of the per formance was entirely devoted to sacred music, begin ning with Dr. Croft's anthem " We will Rejoice," and concluding with Mozart's chorus of "Pignus Futuree," from the Litany in B flat; which was admirably per formed. The second portion consisted of madrigals, which received, as they demand, the utmost care and nicety of expression, and, of course, cost an adequate amount of labour. BIRMINGHAM THEATRE.—The engagement of a com bined foreign and English operatic company, at our Theatre, commenced on Monday evening lest, with the announcement of Mozart's " Don Giovanni," but with the performance of the "Lucia di Lammermoor." The role of Edgardo was taken by Mr. George Perren, who sang the music carefully, but without sufficient vocal power, and with still less histrionic force. The Lucia of Madame Gassier was marked by that clever artiste's usual vocal talent ; and, when she warmed her feeliug towards the denouement, she evidently bad obtained a more than usual hold on the admiration of the audience. Mons. Borchardt, in Enrico, displayed a flue baritone voice with considerable effect. Of the rest of the per• formers in this opera the least said the better. On Tues day evening, Balfe's favourite opera, "The Bohemian Gill," was presented. Mr. Sims Reeves was the Thad deus on the occasion ; and his reception on his entree was of the mo=t enthusiastic character. Over and ov• r again the plaudits were renewed by one of the most numerous audiences that has been a-tsembled in cur theatre fur some time. Throughout the evening, the great tenor's perfermance was a (math - oral triumph. Ms, :acne Borchardt was the Ai line, and, though her personal appearance and figure did not suit the charac ter of the young gipsy, her voice and execution often elicited much applause. This lady has a good vocal ()rears, and, though her method is at times faulty, yet she is evidently a well-practised singer. Tee Counts Arnheim, and Flarestein of Signori Pierini and Mari auni were mistakes. The square men were in the round hole . Mr. Bartleirean performed the part of Devilshoof vita to 11111C11 animation as frequently to approach ffoonery. The chorus was weak ; but the band was good io quality, and well under hand. Lest night, Verdi's " 11 Trovatore" was presented ; but as the per formance did not commence till very near oar hour of going to press, we are unable, in this impression to allude to its success.—Birmingham Herald. Tce Hon. Mu. Boeville has left the St. George's Hotel. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Torquay for Hatfield House, on a visit to the Marquis and garchionese of Saliebury. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer has arrived in the river, with the Calcutta and China mails, and the passengers from India. She also brings 22,500 dollars in specie and 11,0001. in goll coin, and a full cargo. She left Alexandria on the 7t.h ; Malta, 11th ; and Gibraltar, 16th. Gibraltar exchanges on the 14th were :—Lon don, 50i ; Paris, 535 ; Marseilles, 536 ; Genoa, 537. The Tagus steamer, from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th. AFFAIRS OF NAPLES. NAPLES, Nov. 10. People in Naples are wondering what amount of uncourteous treatment the British Government will accept from King Ferdinand. His Majesty has, it is reported, given orders that the con sular agents of France and England are not to communicate with any of the higher officers of Government than those of commissary of police when complaints occur concerning British sub jects. The King has expressed himself to a foreign ambasador thus :—" England and France have no longer auy diplomatic rela tions with Naples ; their agents here (as consuls) are commercial agents." It results therefor e that the Queen's Government must employ either the Ministers of Austria or Piedmont in their future proceedings, or what would be still better, a few special envoys from Malta. Admiral Lyons, we hear, is there with his squadron, and he would be just the man to demand the liberation of the two English engineers, who are detained in order to show the world that the King of Naples can do what he likes with British subjects as well as hii own. The police friends of the court just now are abusing the Emperor Napoleon and Lord Palmerston in no measured terms. All this is very innocent, and it only shows which way the wind blows in the regions above them. The King thoroughly believes Lord Palmerston will be turned out of office be fore the close of next session. His agents in England are reported to have informed his Majesty that a majority of the House of Commons will condemn the conduct of the Governor-General of India, and as Lord Palmerston is determined to defend the said Governor-General, he will be compelled to retire. Thus, you observe, we are able to tell you from Naples what is going to take place in England. THE TELEGRAPH THROUGH AUSTRIA. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition), in his letter, dated Nov. 18, says : "In the fourth leader of the Times of Satur day, the 14th inst., it is said that the British G overnmen t has oome to an agreement with Austria to send all its telegrams by way of Ragusa to Alexandria, if the Imperial autho rities will make a submarine telegraph between those two cities.' Such a convention was on the point of being concluied, but authentic information has this morning been given me that her Majesty's Government h as very recently expressed its resolve neither to bind its own hands nor those of its successors. It would hare been a sad mistake if the British Cabi net had pledged itself to make use of but one line of communication with India, but; still the idea of constructing a tele graph between Dalmatia and Egypt ought not to be relinquished. By the little map of the "Existing and Proposed Cemmunication be tween England and the East," which is at the top of Keith Johnstone's recently published map of India, it is to be seen that a cable could easily be laid down between Ragusa and Alexan dria, but Austria positively refuses to do the job without receiving some remuneration or indemni fication from England. The language used here whenever the subject is touched on is to the fol lowing effect :—"Austria does not need telegraphic information of what is passing in India, but Eng land does, and it is therefore but just that she should contribute something towards the con struction of any submarine telegraph which may be made to Alexandria, or agree to pay a cer tain annual sum for the transmis;ion of her despatches. Should she refuse to do either the one thing or the other, Austria will, as a matter of course, have nothing at all to do with the matter.' Such are the sentiments of those persons on whose good will the construction of a sub marine telegraph between Ragusa and Alexandria must entirely depend." Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 14th. The Porte has demanded the postponement of the execution of the person; condemned at Belgrade. The Journal, de Con stantinople contradicts a report which had been in circulation relative to the rupture of diplo nutic relations between M. Thouvenel and the Porte, and states that the French ambassador now shows himself more conciliatory on the question of the principalities. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. M. Forild.'s visit to London is supposed to; have reference to other objects besides the financial crisis and the situation of the Bank. Tile Minister oZ N OVEMBE SL.te may confer with the Governor of the Bank of England on the best means of reducing the rate of discount in both capitals, but public rumour gives him another mission, and this mission relates to the Danubian Principalities. We are told that he is to confer with Lord Palmerston, and, if possible, come to an understanding on this troublesome subject. The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree promulgating the convention concluded on the 28th Sept. last between France and Denmark for the suppression of the Sound dues. The sum to be paid by France for the redemption of those dues amounts to 1,219,003 rix-dollars (2f. 79 2-10ths c. each) ; and, as already stated, it is to be paid in 40 half-yearly instalments of 124,416 f. each ; the first on the Ist Oct., 1857, and the last on the Ist April, 1877. The amount of cash again increased yesterday at the Bank of France. It has now reached the sum, stated in the fait balance-sheet, of 189,000,000 f. to 189,500,000 f. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says : " A report, addressed to the Emperor by the Minis ters of the Interior and of Commerce, on the rates of interest for money in France, has just been pre sented to the Council of State. It is well known that the chambers of commerce of the greater num ber of the large towns have made remonstrances against the law of July 9, 1857, which, in extend ing the privilege of the Bank, authorises that esta blishment to raise the rate of its discount and the interest on its advances above 6 per cent. It is in order to respond to these remonstrances that the Emperor demands from the Council of State whe ther there is any reason for revising the law of 1807, which limits the rate of interest on money. The re port of MM. Billault and Rouher is long, and points out in a complete manner the present state of the question. The most important part, the conclusion, is as follows The gravity of all these questions requires a deep study and serious consideration. We propose to your Majesty to refer them to the Council of State, which will be requested, if neces sary, to propose a bill on the subject. That labour accomplished, your government may, with full knowledge of all the circumstances, come to deter minations the most favourable to the interests of commerce and of the prosperity of the empire.' The drawing up of this bill is confined to the united sections of legislation, agriculture, commerce, and public works. M. Duvergier has been named re porter, and the measure will probably be presented to the next legislature. " BOURSE, NOV. 20.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. J End of Month. 4i per Cents - 3 - per Cents 66 80 Bank Shares 2950 Credit Foncier 505 Credit Mobil ler 750 Roman i Do. Account 743 75 Austrian Belgian 4i riedmontese(s) B9— Hume Debt 1 ,4 k) z RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. ir c. Onec,na Northern - Western On — New Ditto 2 Lyons and Med BlO Grand Central New Ditto... ....... 812:. Sardinian . 430 Geneva THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Nord of Brussels, the acknowledged organ of Russian interests, contains the following remarks on the question of the Principalities, directed espe cially against the conduct of Austria : " If ever an international contract was sapped at its foundation, on the very day after its conclu sion ; if ever a solemn treaty has been the object of intrigues, it is assuredly the treaty of Paris. No one can have forgotten the false cry of alarm uttered by tke Austrian Gazette on the subject of the pretended complications, which must necessi tate the armed intervention of the Porte in the Principalities. The snot d'ordre has been faith fully observed by all the organs of the Cabinet of Vienna, both in Germany and abroad. This word consists in pronosticating in the Moldo-Wallachian provinces a revolutionary movement, having for its object the organisation of a provisional government, and consequenly the inevitable armed occupation of those provinces by Austria and Turkey, a plan to which, care is taken to add, England would make no opposition. As might have been expected, this plot, which was hatched at Constantinople and at Vienna, and which we were the first to unmask, produced a deep sensation in political regions. Our letters from Paris pointed out the painful senti ments there manifested, and refuted one by one the lying allegations, by the aid of which thoughts were, for a moment, entertained at Vienna of being able to triumph by subterfuge over the formal pre scriptions of the treaty, and to influence the future decision of the conference by an attempt at intimi dation. It proves, in fact, that even if the facts advanced by the Austrian Gazette were true, neither Austria nor Turkey would have a right of interfer ing isolatedly, as art. 27 of the treaty formally says that no armed intervention can take place with out a previous accord between the powers.' It is not moreover difficult to see that the Porte—which is not changed in character, notwithstandingits entry into toe European coacert—only plays the pent of an in strument in this intrigue. In order to be convinced that it is at Vienna that the wires of this intrigue are set in motion, it is only necessary to read the Austrian journals, which never were made to ma noeuvre with so much accord and with equal feverish activity. The Austrian Gazette persists in denying the rights of the conference, forgetting that, in signing the treaty of Paris, each of the powers en gaged to relinquish a part of its sovereign and in dependent action for the benefit of a common and bona fide sovereign one. Certainly, the congress of Paris, which had for its object to place the policy of Europe on new bases, has not understood that it depended on one refractory power to throw the common work into confusion." According to accounts from Jassy, the unionists of Moldavia are not satisfied with advocating their views in the divans—they even bring them forward in the pulpit. Thus, the priest Scriban, preaching in the cathedral before two of the European com missioners, declared that it was preferable to perish with arms in the hand than to renounce the idea of the Union. HOLLAND. In the discussion on the budget, two days back, in the States General of Holland, M. Old buis begged of the Government to ende av o ur to obtain te suppression of the Stade duties ; also, to take advantage of the presence of the Siamese princes at Loudon to endeavour to establish rela tions with their country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs on the first point said that Holland was, with the exception of Hamburg, treated more favourably than any other country in the Stade dues ; and that, on the second, it demanded nothing batter than to conclude a treaty with Siam. The various articles of the budget of Foreign Affairs were then voted ; but the vote on the whole budget was postponed. The Madrid journals of the 15th have reached us. It is now said that the recently discovered conspir acy at Barcelona is of less importance than at first supposed—the persons implicated in it being of no political note, and the ramifications in Aragon and Valencia being insignificant. Extensive reforms and important savings in the war department are being projected by the present minister. Complaints continue to be made of the dearness of provisions. The authorities of Seville intended asking permis sion to import sheep iu considerable numbers, in order to reduce the price of meat. THE UNEMPLOYED. NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY. The town was perfectly quiet last night. Tem porary relief has been afforded to a great many families, and there is an arrangement that for the present the able-bodied men shall receive outdoor relief and be employed in the construction of a new road, which is to rtm the length of the Forest, commencing at the northern boundary of the church cemetery, and extending t 3 the Alfreton-road. One of th 3 youths captured for being concerned in the riot on Tuesday night has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Yesterday several thousand persons assembled at the doors of the Nottinghaoi Theatre in consequence of an an nouncement that Mr. Wallett, " Queen's Jester," would distribute 1,5001 n. of bro.td to the unem ployed people cf Nottingham. There was a tre mendous rush to the plats a long time before the distribu ion took place. The bread was give❑ away in 21b. loaves. No disturbance took place, and the crowd after receiving the bread were quietly dispersed by a body of police. Special constables were summoned at halt-past 2 o'clock this after noon, and additions were made from the county foie., every means bein; adopted by the civil authorities to prevent t e monster meeting of the operatives, which was to take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the market-place. 5 o'clock p.m. _ . . The town remains perfec . ly tranquil. Tueinvor and magistrates have su3ceeded in preventing a meeting of the operatives. Many came in from the country districts, but quietly dispersed when they found the rneeting was not to be held. It was generally believed that upon the meeting being prevented in the market-place the men mould assemble in Nottingham Forest, and every pre;:au tionary measure was taken to disparse any crowd that might coma together there. In the country districts no county police were prepared to act at a moment's notice, and in fact every means seas adopted to maintain the law. Happily to the present time tranquillity prevails. WHAT IS TO BE DONE? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sri,,—There are two ways of fighting against a drain of bullion. The Peel and Overstone plan is to raise discounts and contract the currency till prices are beaten down, and gold becomes the cheapest commodity to import. The better way to fight against a drain is to in crease the issues of paper to supply the place of the gold withdrawn, which will then gradually find its way back in the regular course of trade. The present plan. does not succeed. The issues of paper are increased, but at such an exorbitant rate, that the trading community cannot get it. The discount should therefore also be immediately lowered to 8 per cent., and the expectation held out of its being reduced again next week. The thing has gone too far, and is too bad. What succeeded iu 1847 fails in 1857.—Your's obediently, Nov. 20. PROPHETIC. THE EXPLOSIO V AT MAY ENCE.I The powder magazine of the Federal fortress of Mayence, on the Rhine, blew up at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th instant. The magazine was situate near the Gauthor Gate. The number of persons killed and wounded is very considerable, but no official list has as yet been published. Three churches have been seriously damaged. The shock was felt at Weisbaden, at the other side of the Rhine. A supplement to the Mayenee Gazette says— " The Gauthor powder magazine has just exploded with a 'terrible detonation. The upper part of the town, the Koestrich, and the Gaustrasse are in ruin.. The church of St. Stephen has been de stroyed. This terrible disaster has caused the death of many pz.rsons, and deprived numerous families of home and shelter. The whole town is in a state of consternation." Travellers (says the Cologne Gccette) who have just arrived from the scene of the catastrophe state that the magazine contained 75,000 kilogrammes of gunpowder. Not only have the - windows in every part of the town been broken, but even in the surrounding villages. Enormous blocks of stones from the ramparts have been carried to an incredible distance. It is dangerous to walk iu the streets on account of falling houses. The ex plosion was distinctly heard at Bingen. The damage is estimated at more than a million of florins. According to credible information, two Austrian and nine Prussian soldiers and 14 civilians were killed ; 74 Prussian and 94 Austrian soldiers and 300 civilians more or less dangerously wounded." ST. PANCRAS VESTRY. At the weekly meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras, held in the vestry-hall, Camden-town, Mr. Churchwarden Wyatt in the chair, The Rev. R. ECKETT brought forward a motion to refer the subject to the General Perposes Committee to ascertain the legality of the Burial Board not putting a new set of fees for interment in force sanctioned by the Secretary of State. He contended that in consequence of this proceeding a great act of injustice, not to say fraud, was inflicted on Nonconformists, who had to pay a much larger ground fee than those had to pay who went to the consecrated ground. Mr. BRETTINGHAM seconded the motion, and re marked, although the Church Trustees threatened legal proceedings against the Burial Board, and demanded a ground fee even upon the uno )nsecrated ground, on looking to their own acts, he doubted if they were en titled to a single penny. Mr. CAMERON moved, and Mr. YOUNG seconded, an amendment to refer the subject to a committee already appointed, and in the course of their remarks they charged that the previous speakers had made an unwar rantable attack on the vicar, which was denied, and great uproar ensiled. They also complained of a want of courtesy in bringing the subject on in the absence of the vicar. Mr. FURNISS and others supported the motion, and after considerable discussion, the amendment was with drawn, and the motion was carried unanimously. A requisition was presented from No. 1, or Kentish town Ward, calling on the vestry to grant the use of the commissioners' room for a public meeting of the rate payers, to consider the recent charges made against a representative of that ward by the directors. Mr. FUENISS moved, and Mr. GOODWIN seconded that the application be granted. Mr. ALLEN, amidst tremendous uproar, said the ratepayers bad no right to have the room for such a purpose. If they wanted to hold an indignation meet ing, let them go to a " public house." (Tremendous uproar, cries of " Pot-house," and groans and hisses from the gallery, which was only heightened by Mr. WEDGWOOD moving, and Mr. ALLEN seconding that the gallery be cleared). The next order of the day was ultimately, on the mo tion of Mr. BRETTINGHAU, put and carried. A. ballot took place for an inspector of nuisances. The numbers were—For Mr. Canis, 37 ; Mr. Smith, 25 ; Mr. Desks, 9 ; Mr. Luca, 1. Mr. Curtis was declared elected, and the vestry sepa rated. THE DIRECTORS OF ST. PAACRAS AND THE CLERKLY IVELL POLICE MAGISTRATE. At the weekly meeting of the directors of the Poor of St. Peaces, Mr. Churchwarden Wyatt, who presided, called the al tention of the board to the reports of a police case at Clerkenwell Court, in which a man named liaztl, described as a soldier, was' charged with breaking win dows at the workhouse, and to the comments which Mr. Tyrwhitt, the magistrate, had thought proper to make, calculated, without warrant, to . bring public odium on that board. So far from this man Hazel being deserving of the commiseration which Mr. Tyrwhitt had thought proper to bestow upon him, only a short time ago Me was committed for two months from his own court (Clerkenwell) for a robbery of tools belonging to that parish from the workhouse. He bad been several times convicted, and when in the house lie would not work himself or let any other inmates do so. The fact was that that board had submitted to these calumnies from the Bench upon them long enough, and he would sug gest that an application should be made to Sir George Grey to have an inquiry into this case, in order to ascer tain how far Mr. Tyrwhitt had performed his duty in making the remarks he had dons. (Hear.) The Rev. Mr. LITTLER moved a resolution that an application be made to Sir G. Grey, in accordance with the suggestion of the chairman, which was fteconded , by Mr. WEDGWOOD, and carried. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.—(This Dayo LONDON, Nov. 21.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. cairn and hazy. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Wel helm, from Monte Video. BRRIVICK Nov. 2).—Wind W.—Arrived—Anna Niell, from St. John's. CARDIFF, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Willael mina Catherine, for the Cape of Good Hope; Hanseakit, Ascension. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Elizabeth Ann, from Corfu. REDCAR, Nov. 20.—The Cresswell, of Shields, from Stockton to Whitby, ran on the rocks off this place this morning, but was got off in the afternoon, making a little water, and put back to Hartlepool. OFF HURST CASTLE, Nov. 21.—Arrived—Indus (as), from Alexandria, with Calcut a and China mails. DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W. by S.—Arrived-Egaa tor, from Amsterdam for the West Indies. Wind S. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Emilie and' Felix from Havrp; schooner Bond, Amsterdam ; Phoenix, Antwerp ; Pride of Canada, Montreal; Carl Von Ribbick, Dantsie. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 19. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Europa, from Odessa; Abeona (steamer), Portsmouth ; Douglas, Isle of Mtn. The Independence (steamer), from Liverpool, for Dun dalk, has put in with machinery damaged. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Calm, last hour's ebb, weather foggy. No arrivals. DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. Wind calm, think fog. No arrivals or departures. It is understood that the royal mail steamer Magda lena will take out the next Australian mail to Alex andria, and that the .A.u,tralasian will take out troops to India via the Cape,•and then proceed to Australia to take up her station between Sydney and Sutz. MAILS FOR TU WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—The following notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz:—" Owing to a defect in the machinery of the contract packet Ethiope, the departure of that vessel from Plymouth is postponed from the 24th to the 26th inst The mails for the West Coast of Africa will accordingly be made up in London on the evening of the 25th inst., instead of the 23J, as usual." EMIGRATION TO AHSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20. The clipper ship Red Jacket, belonging to Messrs. Wilson and Chambers' White Star line of Australian packets, sailed from the Mersey at three o'clock th afternoon, for Melbourne, with 400 passengers and a full cargo. The Red Jacket also takes out a mail, ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LEVIATHAN. — Yesterday the body of the lad who, in endeavouring to obtain a view of the attempt to launch the Leviathan on Thursday, was forced by the pressure of the crowd into the Thames, and crowned, was found fn the river a short distance from the scene of the accident. The lad is apparently about 17 years of age, is at present unknown, and his body r e m a i n s a t th e Newcastle Tavern, Mill wall, to be owned, and for an inquest. APPREHENSION OF A MURDERER IN Li.voirooL.— In April, 1855, a young woman, named Mary Mara, was murdered in Tippetary. The facts strongly tended to critninate her sweetheart, Michael Tovey, who ab ec tnded. On Wednesday afternoon, Constable Kearns, of the Irish constabulary, stationed in Liverpool, sue c3eded in tracing Tovey to his lod, : ings in Bevington . hill, iu that town, where be had been living for some Cole, working as a tinruan. Ile was taken to bridewell, and, after passing formally through the police-court, would be conveyed to Ireland by the next steamer. • E IN' G-BLICA.L ALLIA.N The conference re-assembled yesterday:morning ; Sir C. EARDLEY in the chair. After the usual devotional services, General ALEXANDER brought forward he subject of the opium traffic in the East, with a view to its suppression. He sketched the history of the traffic from the earliest period down to the last yaar, when he said 100,000 chests of opium were sent to China, where the use of the article in smoking had longproduced most demoralising effects. He denied the moral right of the Iu ian Government to carry on such a traffic for the purposes of revenue, and observed that the war with China, which had been providentially interruptei, was. traceable to the smuggling of opium. As ama '.ter of policy also he condemned the opium trade, observing that the Chinese lead latterly paid 10,000,000/. per annum for opium, when they would otherwise have - been prepared to spend an equal amount on British manufactures. After some discussion, the following resolution on the subject was unanimously adopted :—" That this conference cannot view the coincident disturb ance of our relations with India and of those with China without regarding the odious opium traffic as an element in the proceedings of the British authorities involving the nation in guilt, displeas ing to Almighty God, and greatly impeding the progress of the Gospel ; and would therefore urge on all Christians the importance of using every legitimate means to induce the Government of this country to discountenance the production of opium in India and its sale in China for demoralising pur poses." The CHAIRMAN said he was happy to be able to announce that the committee fur the Young Men's Christian Association had taken Exeter Hall for 12 Sunday evening services, and that the first ser mon of the course would be preached next Sunday evening, by the Rev. W. Brock. (Cheers.) It was not impossible that clergymen of the Church of England would take part in these services. There was a canon of that Church which forbade the depravation of the Prayer-book, and the use of the Prayer-book out of a regular church was sup posed to come under that description. (Laughter.) If the Liturgy were dispensed with, clergymen might still preach. He then proceeded to give an account of an interview which he had with the King of Prussia after the termination of the Berlin Conference. He said his Majesty expressed him his joy at the success of the Conference, and told him that the intelligence which he received from all quarters as to its effects was of the most satis factory character. He ventured to suggest to hie Majesty certain practical measures of union and co-operation as desirable for the adoption of the Christian brethren of England and Germany. These included the use of pulpits in common by the ministers of the two countries, and efforts for the conversion of the Jews, the Roman Ca. hello laity, and the Roman Catholic clergy in Germany, in all which objects his Majesty expressed his con currence. He had been informed on good autho rity that in Bohemia—the country of Jelin Huss— one half or two-thirds of the priests of the Romish Giurch were prepared to leave that church if they could only be shown how to obtain a livelihood ; and that with a view to the furtherance of seces sions, a temporary refuge had been recently open at Basle. He concluded by stating that the com mittees of the different religious societies in Lon don had lately expressed their willingness to co operate with their Christian brethren in Germany. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. HARTLEY, se conded by the Rev. W. LEACH, the following reso lution was agreed to : " That this Conference records its deep gratitude to Almighty God for the abundant answer already granted to the prayers offered in this place, on the 11th of June last, in the marked success of the Berlin Conference, and rejoices In the prospect afforded of the closer union of German and Euglish Christians on evangelical and protestant principles, after a long period of comparative separation." On the s motion of the Rev. J. W. BORLAND, seconded by Professor Horpus, it was resolved : " The idea having been suggested of the desirable ness of forming a 'Committee of Correspondence' with Germany and! central Christendom, in con nection with existing continental societies, with a view to ultimate co-operation between the Chris tians of the two countries, the Conference cordially approves of such an idea, and concurs in the pro priety of that committee chiefly keeping in view (as topics on which to obtain better information) the condition of the Jews, the work of God in Roman Catholic parts of Germany, and. the contemplated plan for affording temporary asylums to seceding priests." On the motion of Mr. T. H. GRA.HAM., seconded ' by the Rev. P. LATROBE, it was resolved : " That the cordial and respectful thanks of this meeting be presented to his Majesty the King of Prussia, .for his kind, persevering, and successful effirts to bring together Christians of Germany, Great Britain, and other nations ; with the expres sion of our heartfelt sympathy in the heavy per sonal affliction with which it has pleased God to visit him, our gratification in the measure of im provement in his Majesty's health already vouch safed, and our hope and prayer that the trial may be speedily removed. That the thanks of th e meeting be also presented to her Majesty Queen, to the Prince of Prussia, and the other members of the royal family, w ho, by their presen ce at the Garrison Church, and otherwise, manifested their sympathy in the late C on f er ence at Berlin!' On the motion of Professor LORIMER, seconded by th Rev. Mr. TYLER, it was further resolved : • • " That a letter founded on the above resolutions be addressed to his Majesty, through his am bassador ; and that the resolution be also communi cated to the Rev. Dr. Hoffman, Superintendent- General of the Diocese of Berlin and the Kurmark, to the President of the Committee of the Prussian Branch of the Evangelical Alliance, and to other leading Christian men in various parts of Germany, with a view to their being communicated to the friends of evangelic truth throughout that coun try." The Rev. C. JACKSON gave a narrative of the proceedings of the Berlin Conference, in which little was added to what had previously been made Some resolutions of a formal character were then, agreed to, and this termin a t e d th e p rocee dings 01 the session. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Nov. 20. . The slight improvement reported on Tuesday, in con• sequence of orders brought by the Indian mail, was still perceptible ou Wednesday, but, as on the former day, no salutary effect was produced on prices, the compet i• tion among sellers for the little business offer in g enaolin g buyers to operat e at th e v er y lowest rates of t he p revious week for cloth, aid to still greater advantage (id. to id. per lb. decline) in yarns. Since Wednesday the market has relapsed into the unrelieved dulness which charac• terised it previously. The attempt to get up values at Liverpool for cotton in the early part of the week, when prices advanced ld. per lb., has proved abortive, the entire advance having since been lost ; and the result of this attempt is P rod bably reacting on the in arket for yarns and cloths, by inducing buyers to withhold what few orders they hav e, in the hope of still lower rates. The new failures 31 1 ' nounced every day, however, have also considerable effect in retarding business, and even if the 10 per cent. charged upon converting bills into money were to exist no longer as an obstacle, would operate to induce the utmost caution among all classes of traders before increasing their responsibilities. Great relief, however, has been felt here that the assistance sought by three of the leading houses in the country (the names of which are well known here) has been given by the Bank of s Th it E i hahnabegt: of liabilities m: great rt depression. o T Lt h he e oe p o a o n , l d y o u f on a f i t l tourfra Sampson,edi announced wa n o ent e u hnt n i hsc6eei districto h for e o here this and h snt i ds s r ha7od w ol e bn e wo k ibot i yl the fact that one of our local railways has found it necessary to reduce the mileage of its trains by more than 600 miles per day. CRUEL TREATMENT OF THE SICK POOR• DISMISSAL OF AN INFIRMARY NUBSIL Yesteriay, a very gross case, demanding theinan 3B " diate dismissal of one of the infirmary nurses of the Marylebone workhouse was brought ueder the notice of the board of directors. Mr. PoTua, a member of the weekly rota committee, attended before the general board, and said that there had just transpired at the rota meeting such disclosures as r.ndered the immediate suspension of the infirmary nurse, a woman named Marlow, necessary. It came out that the nurse used most atrocious language to a poor woman wh ) had occasion to visit the workhouse, I ra puting to her grossly immoral acts, notwithstand in g that the poor woman was a respectable and industrio us married female. It then transpired that the nurse had been in the habit of exacting fees from the poor peoples and this, even on her own admission, when examine d l she admitted ; and when remonstr a t e d with, she replie d that she was no more to blame than other nurses W l3° did the same thing. Dr. Randall was then questioned, and the (lector stated that the stimuli sent from the stores frequently never reached the poor patients, and in one case half the . quantity of br an dy sen t f rom the stores on ly reached Iti l destinallon. Und er a ll th ese c i rcu mstances the ro ta considered themselv es j us tifi e d i n su spending the and they tru s t e d the g thei r eneral board would co nfirm decision. Tin) CHAIRMAN and others insisted on Ma rlow's imme. diate dismis sa l, whereupon— any seconded, Mr. POTTER moved, and Mr • KING, j , nurse, that she ehouli be forthwith dismissed. The motion was nnaniously carried, and the nurse wail at onco apprised of the determination of the board.