The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

OPERA BUFFA.—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. (Entirely Re-decorated).—Signor RONZANI has the honour to announce that the Selson will commence on TUESDAY, the 3d of November next, 1857. Full particulars will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be bad, and Subscriptioss arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will 0 ?EN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak , spare's Play of THE TEMPEST. The box-office will open To-morrow (Thursday), October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fob lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne; Mr. Augustus Brahma, Mr. 'A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Bind, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson. TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, Wallace's opera of MARITANA. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 Ils. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; 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. Chatterton, jnn. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, the play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline, Mss Amy Sedgwick (her second appearance in London) ; Claude Melnotte, Mr Howe. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orshestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit. ewer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TO-MORROW, will be performed the homo•madde Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —To-morrow Evening will be performed a now comic drams., entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Kinloch, Miss Craven, &c. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham ' entitled LA. TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Misi Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke, To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS rlliN . ONE. Larry Hoo agan, Mr. Macarthy. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; B)xes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Rob=on and Emden. TO-MORROW, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, G. Vining, sad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by 11 , 1 - )ert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, dm ; Misses Swanboroagh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. k II) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Ores wick. TO-MORROW, will be performed AMBITION : or, the Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Behnore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Ehurne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN PETE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Bli;htecl One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS. CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, eze., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlie. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunoit, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Far,ant, S. loaeG, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An,onio, E. L. Mime, and Mr St. A.,hyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney. t'ianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Willi 3ms ; Director, Herr F. Jonglnlns, C,lommenes at Seven o'clock preJisely. Sappers. dtc., until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICJO will perfo:-m, at ha f-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY - 2,11 , 13., 55 min. aft. 3--Even., 15 min. aft. 4 To-Ifonßow -Morn., 33 min. aft. 4-Even., 0 m'n aft. 5 rfiE WEATHER—Sax OFFICO, OCTOBER 7. TFITRIMIETIR, IN Till: SILLDIL 6 1 —highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest thie morning and during the night 61 —this day at noon. BARONET E.R. 2'.43. WIND, South-easterly ; fresh and squally: with dull weather, inclining to rain. itain in the morning. Two O'CLOCK *- `5 4: - :3T 4lc ri '1) kr - !-,44.- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1857. We have already had an opportunity of wit nessing particely the mode in which the day of national Fasting and Humiliation is observed by a large proportion of the inhabitants of the metro polis. The shops, generally speakiug, are elised , or at least shutters are put up, although a smart trade may still be carried on iu the interior. Church bells h tve been riug,ill7, and servic! conducted in the various places of worship, aLhaugh not to very numerous congregations. Many persons of both sexes decked out in their best have started in search of enjoyhent with any thing but gloom in their aspects, or sorrow or humiliation in their hearts. The chief manifestations were those of intense delight and elation at the unex?ected escape from the toils of every day life. There was certainly, occasionally, an appearance of &kw tion. But that clearly proceeded from the lack of means to make the most of the opportunity, and the tantalising prospect before them, " their pwerty and not their will " consenting to keep the fast, or possibly the showers that endangered their finery. This is but a superficial view of the suljecl - . It is what must be apparent to every eye, that looks on the Metropolitan thoroughfares or th,- green-laneA, and other haunts of the pleasure seeking inhabitants of the modern B thylon. If, however, we could obtain another Asmodeus cap able of showing the interiors of the differen: houses, we might find a still stronger confirmation of the inlpolicy of the proceeding. We should, in some instances, find men drinking heavily of the liquors they had previously provided, or waiting anxiously for the opening of the public-houses to procure the means of intoxication, or sleeping off the fumes of last night's debauch, into which they were seduced in consequence of knowing that they would not have to rise early to go to work this morning. The wife is probably very differently occupied. While the husband is drinking or venting his ill-humour on herself and her children, in consequence of the delay in obtaininc, liquor, or is thinking or snoring in their single room, of the terrible deficiency in the receipt s on Satur day, from the loss of a day's wages, and also of the amount squandered in drink or amusement, and painfully considering what articles can besi be spared from their scanty furniture or clothing to send to the pawn-office, in order to make up the hiatus valde deflenclu3. Those of a better class will have friends to visit them, as on Sun days, and feast rather than fast, while the few, the ve r y f ew , who follow the proclama tion in heart and spirit would have acted simi larly had there been merely recommendations from their pastors, or, at all events, the appointment 0 a Sunday, for the national demonstration. In addition to this, as we have already stated, there in a serious loss from the compulsory idle- ness of so large a proportion of her Majesty's subjects ; and the closing of mills, the stoppage of looms, the cessation of labour of almost every description. Production has been arrested, at the very time when there were the heaviest demands on our resources, and when the claims of charity were peculiarly urgent, our sagacious Privy Coun cillors, or at least three of the number, have thought proper to fling away nearly a million sterling to please the puritanical party. It is a pity that these names should not be generally known, in order that they may receive the degree of credit to which they are entitled for the act. It was the PRINCE CONSORT, EARL GRANVILLE, and Lord STANLEY of Alderley, who advised her MAJESTY t 3 the step. We fancy we can detect the quiver from which the shaft was drawn. It savours strongly of Germanism. The subordinate members of the Cabinet would scarcely act in di rect opposition to the well-known wishes of their Premier, unless their insubordination was sanc tioned by high authority, which could screen them from the consequences of their mutiny. The people will, however, say to each—" Phy sician, heal thyself." Fast, and pray, and humi liate yourself publicly for your participation in the causes that led to the deplorable catastrophe, for !maintaining the Company in a position for which they were not qualified, for sending out and keeping Lord CANNING in the Go vernor-Generalship, for not sending immediate reinforcements overland, and gunboats to keep guard over the rivers. For these short-comings public penance might be done, and walking bare footed in St. Pads, arrayed in a white sheet, with bare feet and lighted taper, might not be amiss. But it is a mockery and a delusion to call on the in Tic • Pent people to mourn for the faults and short comings of their rulers, and to inflict on them— in addition to the taxation to which they must submit for these grave mistakes—the positive loss of a day's wages ! Let the parties responsible manifest a true repentance, which may be known by its fruits ; without which, their "fasting and praying" is but a piece of specious hypocrisy, alike objectionable in the eyes of GOD and man. We cannot wonder at the intense delight with which the arrival of Sir C. CAMPBELL was hailed by the English inhabitants, Lot only of Calcutta, but of tho entire Indian Empire—that a single man should be considered as fully equal to ten thousand soldiers, "armed all in proof, and led by shallow CANNING." Zeal, energy, and decision were required at head-quarters, and it was universally believed that he would display these qualities that he would suppress the vacillation and timidity of the Council that pulled the wires of the puppet Governor-General, and get rid of the twin mon sters, routing and red-tapism, that retarded the suppression of the mutiny, and caused it to ex tend beyond a few regiments. Hisw gladly would they have hailed his nomination to the highest rank, with ample powers to do all that he might oonsider advisable for the speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity ! When Rome was endangered, the people set up a Dictator, but it was not from the effete men of wealth, that they made the selection. They chose the simple citizen in whose capacity they had confidence, and took him from the plough to invest him with supreme authority —to constitut3 him an autocrat for the time being. • So it should have been in India. L)rd Cier- NING might act his part in a pageant very wcll— might give very respectable entertainments at Government House, and affix a fair specimen of caligraphy to the resolutions of the prejudiced elderly epicenes by whom the real power is wielded, and be himself controlled and directed. The mere fact that he had not ne decision of character to emancipate himself from their control, and the trammels in which they kept him en veloped, proved beyond the possibility cf doubt that he was n( t "the right man in the right place." His sub serviency may extenuate his shortcomings, but it still proves his want of real power. The Com pany's system of government is now on trial. "It has been weighed in the bal Ince and found wanting," and Ministers in place of c tiling on the people "to fast and pray," should set their own shoulders to the wheel, and arm the man who possesses the confilencs of the people both of England and India, with ample powers to enable him to accomplish his arduous task. Thus might CAMPBELL restore what CLIME founded, and HASTINGS, WELLESLEY, and CORNWALLIS strengthened and consolidated. "If a railway accident occurred in consequence of the want of energy and vigour of the driver, s man of 70, long known to be ruptured and gouty, and if lives were lost, what would the ver dict of the jury be, supposing the directors de fended themselves by alleging that it would have been hard upon the poor old driver to supersede him, and that he would probably have been very importunate for a pension had he been super seded I" So says the correspondent of a contemporary, whose able communication we have extracted into our columns in reference to General LLOYD, whose effete senili!y lsd to the mutiny at Dinapore and the destruction of British soldiers in the attempt to relieve Arrab. He pertinently inquires—. " Whose duty was it to see that such com mands as that of General LLOYD'S wore in competent hands—to report upon them if they were not—to act on such reports ?" Adding— " We take almost vexatious pains to ascertain that a recruit is sound, wind and limb. We strip him naked, we pommel him all over, we make him go through all manner of pro bationary contortions, and we reject Lien at onto if we espy the slightest defect in his physique, considering him unfit in such a cause to be intrusted with the responsibility of a pri vate in the British army. But when we have to appoint a general to a position in which the lives of thousands, his country's honour, the fate of an empire may depend on his soundness of mild and body we take none of these precautions. If we see that he is an ot-- viou3 cripple and dotard, we appoint him all the same ; it would be so hard upon the poor old man to pass him over.' Yet if he fails when he is so appointed—as we know he must fail when put to the test—we inexorably try the poor old creature by court-martial !" be further extended. If LorTdhiCsApNrNilnNeGipla may and the Council of India be reE ponsit le for the inefficiency of General LLOYD, so are Lord PALMERSTON and the English Cabinet for the mistakes and shortcomings of these very parties. So the nation now feels, and so it will feel with still greater intensity when fresh blunders have increased the existing evils and led to further sacrifices of life and money. ECONOMY OF VIE Manchester gentleman tion, OF A CIRCUS.— In pePnny paper, the day after pub lea.- FALL at hall.Pi ir ce."— l u a n t c h h e . m course of th e perforar nes of an Equestr:an company, known as the Bouthor family, at the fete of Vau , rirard, Saturday even i ng, a crack ing noise wa4 suddenly I eard, and the spectators, about 900 in number, rushed to the doors ; but t efore they could ei.c .pe, ate ctreu.4, which WAS of wood and canvas, fell in. A number of persons were more or less cut and bruised but no one was dangerous:y hurt. THE LATE MR. JERROLD. THE SUIN, LONDON, WED' ESDAY EVEN ING, OCTOBER 7, 1857 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB,—You were so kind as to give publicity to a letter we addressed to you on the termination of our labours "In remembrance of the late Mr. Jerrold," making known their result. Mr. Jerrold's eldest son thereupon gave to a letter of his own what publicity he could obtain for it, making his own representation of his late father's affairs. We kneCv our forbearing and delicate reference to them (forced upon us by exaggerations with which we had been repeatedly met, and which the son had never contradicted) to be perfectly accurate, and we knew his acoount of them to be highly incorrect. We are ex tremely sorry to be obliged to produce the proof of this • but it is necessary to the cl e a r a nce o f our own goo d faith, and that of the gentlemen associated with us. We have before us, under date the 2d of this present month, a letter from the solicitor to the late Mr. Jer cold's estate (a gentleman well known in his profession —Mr. Ashnrst, of the Old Jewry), in which, after men tioning that there is a life assurance of 1,0001,, which is Mrs. Jerrold's absolutely, and which the estate cannot claim, be informs the correspnndect to which his com munication is addressed, " that he cannot understand Mr. Blanchard Jerrold's reason for writing this unfortu nate letter ;" that he thinks "he and his family ought to be set right on the matter ;" and that if a certain claim bs urged of which he has received the particulars, " the facts and figures show that the estate will be abso lutely insolvent." We quote this letter with its writer's permission, and we have now done with this subject for ever. Your faithful servants, CHARLES DICKENS, Oct. 6. ARTHUR SMITH. THE NORTHERN BEE. How doth the busy Russian Bee Improve the darkened hour, And kindly hope it will not see The fall of England's power. How skilfully she frames the " sell," Forgives Crimean whacks, And owns JOHN BULL does pretty well Whate'er he undertakes. So now, let Russia, with a will, The works of peace pursue; For Satan finds some mischief still For soldier-States to do. In laying down the Iron Way, " Be her next century passed, And then, who knows, the world may say— " She's civilised at last." Punch. MAILS TO THE CAPE OF CAPE OF GOOD Hon.—Th • fol'owing notice was issued from the General Poet-office yeeterday, viz. :—An arrangement has been made with the owners of the steam-vessel Celt, for the conveyance of mails to the Cape of Good Hope on the 15th lint. TIIE FITZWILLIAM ESTATES.---It is understood that the Irish property of the late Earl Fitzwilliam is be queathed to Lord Milton, who succeeds to the title ; Milton Abbey and the Northampton property to the Hon. George Fitzwilliam ; and the property in the North Riding and the northern part of the %Vest Riding of Yorkshire to the Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam.—Man cheater Guardian. BOTANIC REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.—The attention of our readers is requested to an advertisement in our Paper headed "A Fact for Physiologists," in which the Nottingham Medical Reform Society propose to send free to all applicants the Botanic Remedy for Indigee tion, Bilious and Liver Complaints, lately discovered by Professor Webster, of Philadelphia. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE BY THE EXPLOSION OP STEAM.—Yesterday morning Henry James, a carpenter, residing at No. 5, Charles-street, Drury-lane, in cleaning a tin b Atte used by mechanics to hold their tea or coffee, incautiously placed the vessel on the fire with a cork in it, thereby allowing the steam to generate. He was in the act of taking the bottle off the fire, when the steam forced the cork out, and the boiling liquid flew into his fare, scalding him in a shocking manner, and it is feared that he will not recover his sight. CONFLICT WITH THE MILITARY AT CARRARA.--Tbe town of Carrara has just bean the scene of a serious die. turbance. It appears that, at the theatre, on the evening of the 27th, some of the people in the pit had a quarrel with a non-commissioned officer of dragoons ; and that from words they came to blows, ending in a slight wound tuff cted on the officer. On the following day nine men, who did not seem to be the same as those in the theatre, unexpectedly attacked some dragoons in the street, killed a sereant and a corporal, and then ran away. Five of these assassins succeeded in making their escape over the frontier, but were arrested by the Piedmontese authori tiee, and imprisoned at Sarzena, where they now are. They are stated to be workmen of the marble quarricen JOLLY JURYMEN.—The hotel bill of the jury impac nelled in the recent trial of Gentles and Reid at the Stir ling Circuit Court. of Justiciary was within a . trifle of 701 TGli tact may help to dispel the popular bald that Jury men, during the progress of a trial, are doomed to sub set on such commonplace fare as bread and water. Consi dering the number of days over which the trial extended, perhaps the score run up at the Golden Lion is not very unreasonable —which is more than can be said for a jury at Aberdeen, who run up a bill of 171. between the hours of 7 in the evening and 10 of the marring following —or of a jury at Inverness, whose bill for toddy alone, for one night, was 81 —Alloa Advertiser. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mine premium, and the short exchange on London is 25 20 per 11. snerling. Oa comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 per ounce fcr standard gold it appears that girl I is near:y 4-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advice:; from Hemburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint prose is therefore about 3 10the per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. Tue course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is about 1071 par cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries!, shows that the exchange is against Eeglend ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of intereet, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. EXPENSE OP THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IN BEL FAST.—Tee c ,st of the line commission of inquiry wall amount to a bandeorne little total, taken at the most moderate esti ma t e. The two commis.ionere, at five guineas each per day, forsixteen sitting days, will net 160 guineas-168/ ; a gevernment reporter, et two i g n ui t r r iv a a n s se p r e tb r n day, gi i 38 notes, 3/. 12i , and for, sa y, t wen ty-five days hi Purcell and Falknsr), thrse9el,glu(i)l2';e;astweaocchopuenrsedia(ys4,lelrl. 16 ; two attorneys (Slesere. O'lt seise arid Rea), at tee sense fi;uro, 106/. 10e. Total, 4551. 12s, This expense will, of course, be pa'd by Government. Oa the town wlt fall, however, half the expellee of the additional coastabulary drafted to Belfast to suppress riots that bad no longer an existence, and who are to be billetted upon U 4, we suppose, until the 12th July comes round age n. —Banner of Ulster. Coutous DISCOVICRY. —As a workman 'WAR a few days ago employed in repairing the roof of an old houe at Nouailleß, near Couzeix (Haut-Vienne), he di c ivered, concealed on the upper rafters, a smal c veered copper vessel, which contained a collec tion of very curious coins. There are among them is-one silver pieces of Louis XI, bearing the (late of 1473, teetons and francs of Charles IX and Henri 111, cr , wns of Henri IV, of 1588, of Louis XIII, fr.7m 1623 to 1642, testans of Avignon with the P.' fligy Urbain VIII, and from 250 to 260 copper liards of Pops Urbain VIII, Louis XIII, Gaston of Orlear‘s. the Prince de Bourbon-Conti, Latour d'Auvergne, the Prince of o,.auge ' Sully, P r i nce H enr i c h emont, Marie de Montpensier, Duke de Bouillon, &c. The whole were wrapped up in paper and hits of liner. It is thought that this little treasure must have belonged to some chi woman, either a miser or a beggar, but the of l people of the place are of opinion that it be longed to a relijieuse, whose order formerly had a chapel at NJuaides. TESTIMONIAL TO J. B. MARWJOD, ESQ —1 large st3.thering of the employes of the Great WeAern Railway Company met io the reading-room of the Literary Intp.i t•Jtion, Pallington t*rininti., on Monday, the sth itnt., to bid farawell to Mr. J. B. Marwood, who has recent; y been app)inted to the chief accountantsliip of the 13ri,- tot and Ex3ter Railway. Mr. Marwood was many years in tha service of the Great Wratern Railway C. L-- pany, an 1 by his own unaided but indefatigable ex,r tions raised himself to the office of chief clerk in tn€ accountant's office, from whence he has lately bcest el?cteri to the position he now fills. Immediately ors its being known that Mr. Harwood was ab gut to resign his Great Western appointment, his friends and col.- leNues resoled to present him with a testimonial of their respect for his talents and character, and a liberal subscription having been entered into, a handsome mil: ver tea end coffee service, with a massive salver, bearing an appropriate inscription, were manufactured by Messrs. Hancock, of Brutonditreet. FonGERIES AT LYoNS.—The Courrier de Lyon contaims the following : —" We have to announce the err _at of: a rich landed proprietor, named Dupont, formerly a grocer in this city, for uttering forged notes. His name w.as some time ago before the public by a lawsuit which he iostituted agair:st the company formed to build the Roe Iroper'ale here, from whom, in the et,d, he obtained an indemnity of 125,000 fr. The bank notes forged are alI for 500ir., and the mode adopted by him for putting them into circulation was most curious, keepers of brothels being generally the victims. At length one of these persons, being more acute :than the others from whom he had succeeded in obtaining change for his notes, detected the counterfeit and gave in formation to the police, which led to his arrest. S well were the notes executed, tbat one of them was received as a deposit by a clerk at the Savings' Bank, but detected later in the day by another •c!erlr. On being arrested by the police at his residence, a handsome house, his own property, in the Citd Napoleon, a slumber of other notes besides those found on him were disco vered concealed in different places. On being examined by the commissary of police, he at first said that all the notes had been given him by a Pole, who died. in the hospital at Lyons in 1852 ; but the falsehood of th is story being clearly proved by some of the notes healing the date of 1854, he found that further denial of his guilt was useless, and he requested to be again taken to his house, where he pointed out a concealed piaCa that was so made that its disc every would otherwise have been impossible, and w here plates were found for manufacturing the no. as well as a bundle of notes amounting to 490,000 f. The amount of notes which he has put into circulation is not exactly known. It appears that Dupont at fret paid a Workman 51. a-day for printing them, but the man after. wards demanded and received 50f. a•week. The wife of Dupont had been arrested." LATEsT NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The article in the Pays which announced the definitive withdrawal of Marshal Narvaez from the Cabinet he had formed and presided is repro duced by the Paris journals without comment. No later information respecting this crisis appears in the columns of the latter ; while the private tele graph, with its usual eccentricity, avoids clearing up any doubt that may be entertained on the cor rectness of the statement made by the Pays. The following remarks from the Spectateur were writ ten before the publication of that statement : " We have never been blind to the real position of the Cabinet presided by Marshal Narvaez. Our desire to see him remain as long as possible at the head of affairs, our confidence in the patriotism And enlightenment of his colleagues, have not led us to suppose that he was completely insured against those changes which have become so fre quent in Spain since the constitutional rule was planted there, with very praiseworthy intentions no doubt, but with too little circumspection. But are we to construe the petty agitation caused by the intrigues and hopes of political parties into cer tain signs of an impending crisis? The Q ueen be stows, with justice, great confidence on h er presen t ministers, who are animated with sincere and pa triotic devotion. The Cortes, before adjourning, gave evidence, by several important votes, of their union with the Cabinet. Why, therefore, should. Marshal Narvaez and his colleagues now be com pelled to retire before another meeting of the Cortes 3" The Constitutionnel contains the following reflec tions on the interviews at Stuttgard. and Weimar, in which it sceks to diminish the importance of the latter : " Has the importance of the interview at Stutt gard been reduced—as certain journals assert—by the subsequent meeting of the Emperors of Austria and Russia at Weimar r Were it judicious to esta blish a connection between these two events, we should attribute the idea of the Weimar meeting to a fear of isolation inspired in the mind of the Emperor of Austria by the interview of Stuttgard. The Emperor Alexander, in visiting Weimar. and meetingthe Emperor of Austria, has performed an act of political courtesy agreeable to the two na tions. But the interview of Stuttgard remains a grand event that has interested all Europe. It is not alone the recollections of the last few years that endow the personal relations of the Sove reigns of France and Russia with exceptional im portance ; it is also the reception given by the German population to the bead of the Napoleon dynasty. We perhaps ought, as Frenchmen, to speak with modesty of the enthusiasm displayed by the inhabitants of the provinces traversed by the Emperor, for these manifestations were addressed at the same time to the person of his Majesty and to the nation of which he is the most legitimate and faithful representative. At Stuttgard the rulers of France and Russia realised all the hopes of Europe, arid restored to the continent a confidence in it future. At Weimar, two princes, for a length of time united, but who had become estranged through diplomacy, have ensured the preservation of sound neighbourly relations. The personal homage paid o the Emperor of the French at the court of Stutt gard and along the territory he passed through has been justly appreciated, and the German vivats ' Lave sounded as far as Vienna and Berlin." BOURSE, Oct. 6.—The following were the last quota ions - Cash. fr. End of Month. 4} per Cents 3 per Cents 6l 5 63 25 Bank Shares 2,98) Credit Foncier 555 -- Credit Mobilier SB 2 50 Roman Do. Account 13 82 50 Austrian - Belgian 4 - Spanish Threes — :Fiedmontese (5) poi— Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOR CASE. IT. c. r r c. Orleans 1,300 Western 7O Northern Lyons and Lod BB2l— New Ditto Now Ditto Bis Grand Central 1 — Geneva Midi - - Austrian Cum. ...... 695 PRUSSIA. Tise first regiment of infantry of the Prussian guard, into which the King entered as officer half a century ago, celebrated on the 3d the anniversary of - that event with great solemnity. In the morn ing his Majesty received the officers, who present id to him a very rich album containing the illustrat e d list of officers who have served in the corps. At eleven o'clock the King, wearing the uniform of th e re giment, and the Grand Cordon of the Black Fogle, m 3 unted his hors 3, and followed by the princes and a lxilliant staff, rode along the front of the regiment was drawn up in the Lustgarten. The King aft erwards took the command and caused the regi nit nt to file off before the windows of the palace, ere the Queen, the Princess Frederick of th e Netherlands, and the Princesses Charles Alex a-n chine, and Anne, of H esse, were standing. Alter thi4, the regiment form e d a hollow square, aced the King with his staff, placed himself in the cexttre, and delivered the following speech "Grenadiers ! you know that the late King, fifty years ago, formed the battalion of the guard which has been the nucleus of the present first men t. This regiment has won laurels, and ac t e d wo - Ithily in all the battles in whicli it has taken part. Up to this time, my reign has been one of peace, an d I feel confident that you will march 'out if it should b 3 the will of God that danger should threaten the e)untry, I trust in Pro'vi• to the late King, and also to a d ! E r Y a n i c ri e s ' t the enemy, att; ch victory to your co.''lour , , which are mine. The regiment gave accession, when I took the it:l:l;leictdill:ylnlolofpmeyand expuct that it will always . c't d ) 3en e nasc s ane a : me. " the King announced th a t h e had appo i nted Thi s address was received with three cheers, after Frederic William. coxamand an t o f th e I s t p wl r t i i u c c h e b . rigade of infantry of the Gua rd. On the ooca?i'm of this anniver sar y there amived at Potsdam 14 major-generals, foreign princ es , seven genera l s , s i x ds, and a numb or of other officers, who either now belong or have formerly belonged to the regiment. The King was ai!terwards present at a grand dinner given by the officers. lathe evening there was a State representition given at the thea tre, and a s upper given by the King at the palace. SARDIMCA. TURI N . , Oct. 3.—The injury to highways, from the floods brought down from the mountains lately, Stura has carried has been more felt in other parts of Italy than in Piedmont, but here the river ' tent of a :railway-bridg", and so away the embankment _. very much impeded the a_lirect communication between Turin and Novara. It is promised, n how ever, that this ineoavenienc o shall be remedied in few days, and on the 1 2 ttt of this month the ex tension of the Turin and Novara Railway from Novara to the Lombard fro•n tier will be opened to the public, which will, if the a dministration of the line be well conducted, shorten the time necessary for a journey from. T urin to Milan to seven or eight h ours ; an d it; appears t h at, on the same day, the r a il way f ro m 'Milan to Venice ii to be opened throughout, thereby reducing the time required for tr ave lli ng f rom one of those to wn s to the other to s even h ours, so that, with proper coin. bination on th e par t o f coac h propr ietors and rail way managers ( a consumma tion rarely occurring in those regions un h app il y ) , it s hould only be a sum mer day's journey from the foot of the Alps at Susa to "Venice after thel2thofthis ciirontli ; and if we may credit the ofc-told tale, now repeated by the Milanese journals, of the Austrian Govt rnment having con sented to the completion of railway works in the direction of the Piedmontese frontier, even that time will be further reduced 2 or 3 hours in another twelvemonth. At the same ti m e that they an nounce now thi s important decision on the p art of the Austrian Governme n t the Milan pap ers state that greater f ac iliti es will, i rx future be afforded t o Austrian subj ec t s oa-nino• p r o perty in Piedmont f o r obtaining passport s t o cross t he frontier ; so that, on the compl e ti on of the raft way from Novara to Milan, these " mix e d subjects" will be given a passport within two hours liner their application ; and in a couple of h ours more , ; says the Kco • della Borsa, they mayreach theirprop arties 50 kilometres from Milan. ITEIIPCHAT.EL. The grand counc i l of the cAnton o f N o nfchatd, in a recent sitti ng, was occupied w ith the questicn of the elect ora l b as i s of the : y e pre!entation. Tr .o propositions we re b rought :forwar d . O ne by M Pbillipin consist e d i n atkir .g the people to grant full powers for the grand council to enlarge the basis of the national representation. This was adopted with an amendment of M. Lambelet, to the effect that the decree issued by the g-and coun cil in virtue of the powers which shall be given by the people must be submitted to the approval of the popular committees. The second proposition presented by M. Piaget demanded that the people should be called on to give its opinion on the two bases of the representation—the electoral popula tion, or the whole Swiss population. This was re jected by 45 votes to 36. ALGERIA. "The accounts from Great Kabylia," says the Moniteur Algerien, " are most satisfactory. Tran quillity and security everywhere prevail. This for tunate state of things is due not only to the vigour displayed by the French during the last expedition, but more particularly to the determination come to by Marshal Randon to found a military establish ment in the very centre of the tribe of the Beni Raton, as the only effectual means of definitively securing to France its new and glorious conquest. Fort Napoleon has been constructed with pro digious rapidity. It is scarcely three months since the fortifications were laid, and already the greater part of the numerous buildings are terminated. The enclosure, which, flanked by 17 bastions, has a development of 2,000 metres, is now all completed. The interior, which covers a sur face of 12 hectares (30 acres), is covered with large buildings. The civil town is situated along the side of the road. Including the houses of the colonists, there are 67 buildings, 42 of which are finished, and 25 in course of construction, and together they form a large and imposing town, which, raised as if by enchantment, commands the newly conquered country, and keeps all the sura rounding territory in subjection." The Zeit of Berlin, on the subject of the St. Helena medal, which has caused a considerable sensation in Germany, has published an article ex plaining its object. According to that journal, the medal is destined to replace the legacies made by the will of Napoleon I. to thee soldiers of the French army—legacies which could not be paid, as the funds destined for them had received another des tination. Moreover, as this medal cannot be con ferred except on the old soldiers who served under the French flag, it can only be the Germans on the left bank of the Rhino who are entitled to it, which will much restrict the number of those whoi can claim the distinction out of France. Letters from Copenhagen, in the Prussian Weekly Journal, state that th. Danish Cabinet in tends adjourning the meeting of the general Diet of the kingdom until January next, instead of con voking it, as bad been before intended, for the end of the present month. Many of the Holstein mem bers of tllia Diet have resigned, and others are ex pected to follow their example. The Diet of Stockholm at its last sitting voted by acclamation an address to King Oscar, expressive of the sympathy felt by the nation in his Majesty's 3ufferings. The deputy Sijernsward, who had pro posed to allow to the Prince Regent an increase of his civil list, bas not withdrawn his motion, not withstanding the declaration made by the AliniAer of Finance, that the King had made a grant from his privy purse of 16,000 thalers a-month to the Regent. The proposition has been referred to the Cummittee of State of the Diet. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The United States' mail steamship Baltic, Coin stock commander, arrived at midday, with advices from New York to the 26th ult., and 66 passengers, but no specie. On the sth inst. (yesterday) the Baltic passed a large steamer, bound west, 125 miles west of Cape Clear. The stelmship Antelop e , h ence, h a d arrived, via St. John's, Newfoundland, at Halifax. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, hence, had arrived at Boston. There is no general news of importance or in terest. Telegraphic ad v i ces f rom W ash i ngton ment i on a rumour of furth er diff erence between the T I St des and Sp a in. P reparat i ons for the e l eo ti o n of the futur e P res id en t of the House of Itepresenta tivel had commenced. Tile Democrats were the favourites. n ited The schooner Eldorado, the captain of which had promised to lay by the Central America at 6 o'clock on the day she foundered had arrived at Boston, but had not on board a single soul from the ill-fated steamer. The captain admits that he was within 80 or 100 feet of the steamer at half-past 6 on the evening of the disas - er, and could easily have taken a line from her, on which mos t, if not all, of the passengers could have reached his vessel hand over hand. He says Captain Herndon did not order the passengers on hoard his vessel. Toe s•eamship Cihawb had arrived at New Orleans with dates from Havann th to the 19th ult. Business was dull, and sugar and molasses were declining. Exchange on New . York was quoted at 2 to 3 pi r cent. premium. The monetary crieis had not, as had been anti cipated, ceased, and the effects of the stringency had caused serious resuls in Boston and Phila delphia, where failures were of daily oceurrencs. In the latter city there had been quite a panic, and a continuous rein was made on all the bauks. The Bank of Pennsylvania stopped payment, and the Girard followed suit. A private despatch stated that the run on all the banks wait general, the ex citement wide-spread, and the impression was that by Saturday every bank in the city would be used up. In Boston and in Providence the specie basis of the banks were reduced to an uncomfortably low figure, and they were drawing to some extent upon the Now York banks, they responding promptly to the call. In the New York market the current quo`ations for prime pacer were 18 to 24 per cent., and for good endorsed notes 3 to 5 per cent. a-month. The comparative scarcity of funds"wae owing, it was believed, in a great degiee to private hoarding. In exchange very little had been done for the Baltic, and prices were lower and irregular, and sellers pressin; bills on the market obliged to ac cept lower rates. The rates were 61 to 71. per cent. premium on London ; sf. 30c. to sf. 20c. France : and 351 to 36 Hamburg. A buoyancy in the stock -market bad octnrred, but it was not maintained in consequence of the state of affairs at Philadelphia. • The following were the latest quota'ions : "New York Central Railroad allures 65j • N e w York and E r i e R a il roa d shares 16 ; Harlem Railroad shares, 71 ; Reading Raiiroad shares, 38 ; Hudson Railroad shares, 16; Michigan Central Railroad share., 54 ; ditto, S out h ern R ailway shares, 19 ; Panama Rd road shares, 80 ; Baltimore and Ohio Railnad share., 523 ; Illinois Central Railroad sharer, 89 ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 333 ; Chicago and krt. 1., 651 , Milwaukie and Mi s s., 33 1 ; G a l ena and Chicago, 67. • STATZ LOANS." "United States Six per Cent. 1367-8, 1171; Ohio Six per Cants., 1836, 941 ; Kentucky Six per Cent., 991 ; Indiana Five per Cents., 80 ; Peru ylvania . Five per Cents., 79 ; Vir g i n i a Si x per Cent., 841 , ; Georgia Six per Cents., 94; California Seven per Cent., 1870, 541 ; North Carolina Six par Cents., 91 ; Missouri S• x per Cents., 70 ; L ou i eana Six per Cants 80 ; Tennessee Sixse, 75. ‘‘3II S C ELLANEODS SECURITIES. "Erie Railroad Seven., 1859, 70 ; Erie Bonds, 1855, 50 ; Erie Convertibles, 1871, 35 ; Hadson's River Rail road, Lit Mortgage, 93 ; Panama Railroad Bond-, 91 ; Illinois Central Sevens, 834 ; New York Central Sizig, 74i. Cotton rem a i ne d i nac ti ve f or want of stoc k where with to operate, and prices were nominal, ship ments making to a considerable extent on owner's account to Liverpool, but home spinners were not in the market. Flour, in consequence of the mone tary pressure, had declined 10 to 15 cents. and the advices by the Canada, which were considered fa vourable, were without any influence. Canada had declined 10 to 15 cents., with less doing at the reduction. Southern declining, and receipts in creasing. Cornmeal quiet, but not so firm. Grain unchanged, and receipts moderate, through scar city of funds in the West wherewith t) move the crop as freely as could be desired. Cora better, but afterwards declined. Oats dull, and lc. to 2c. lower. Pork irregular, but prices sustained, mess closing at 25 dollars ; prime a trifle easier ; other kinds without important change. Beef freely of fered, and a decline of 1 dollar cad been submitted to in order to realise ; demand limited ; cut meats dull. Bacon, western smoked, at 14 to 151. Lard gc. to lc. better, with a fair business at tiles improvement. Butter in fair demand at 15c. to 19c. for Oiiio, and 17c. to 22c. for inferior to go o d State. Cheese, 81c. to 9c. for common to g oo d. Sugar-market gloomy and depre:.;s:.d, with lit t i o or no demand for export. Scotch pig-iron in fair re quest and prices supported. Sales, 400 tons, at $2B 59c. to i 29, six mouths. In other kiwis li4le or nothing doing. Freights without important change, and the business moderate ; crude turpen tine to London, 2s. 9d. ; sugar, 255. Liverpool— grain, sd. in bulk, and Gd. in ship's bags ; cotton, 3-16 d. to 7-32 d. ; flour, ls. Gd. ; sugar, 17s. Gd. ; cheese, 20s. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 25. Cotton.—Sales to-day of 2,500 bales, at 16lc. to 161 c. for middling. The receipts of the week have been 19,500, and the sales 16,500 bales ; stock, 36,000 bales. Flour, $6 per barrel. Sterling exchange, 6 1 - per cent. premium. Rio Coffeee.—Sales of the week, 1,200 bags, at 11c. for prime ; stock, 117,000 bags. (BY TELEGRAPH TO NEW YORK.) PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26. Third-street and Chestnut-street are again the scene of excitement. Crowds surrounded the sav ings' institutions before 9 o'clock this morning. The institutions decline paying out deposits, and require two weeks' notice of withdrawal. The regular banks were besieged before 10 o'clock. The Pennsylvania Bank re-opened its doors and is trans acting business, but paying no specie. The Mechanics' Bank is paying specie for $lO bills. The Girard Bank refuses to do any business and renders no satisfaction to depositors or note-holders. SECOND DESPATCH. B. A.M. The Girard Bank has come to terms partially, redeeming 5 dols. with specie, but refusing to hon our the checks of depositors. Most of the other banks are endorsing checks "good." BALTIMORE, SEPT. 26, 11 A.M. The presidents of all the city banks at a meeting this morning resolved to suspend specie payments. The suspension is total. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, 11.30 A. AL There is no concert of action among the banks. Each is apparently taking a different coursu. The Bank of North America is paying specie for tens, but issuing no notes on checks. The Bank of Commerce is refusing specie, but paying out notes for checks. MONDAY' EVENING CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE. The committee have just issued their first annual report, in which they state that the " Monday Evening Concerts for the People" were commenced during the summer of 1856, under the direction of a committee of working men, who ware desirous of providing musical recreation of a refining and ele vating character—the want of which had been long felt by the sober and intelligent portion of the working classes of the metropolis. The first series of 10 concerts was given at the Philharmonic- Rooms, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; but, in order to carry out efficiently the views of the pro moters, it was found necessary to obtain a larger room. Arrangements were accordingly made with Mr. Hullah for the use of St. Martin's Hall, in which the second series, consisting of 36 perform ances, took place ; making in all 45 weekly con certs, which have been given without intermission from July 15, 1856, to May 18, 1857—a fact, it is believed, a lt oge th er unprece dented in the musical annals of the metropolis. From the commencement to the close of the present season, the concerts have been attended by 50,000 persons. The ave rage att en d ance a t t h e secon d series has been . lap , - wards of 1,200 ; and on one or two occasions as many as 2,300 were admitted. The LordMayoric and Lady Mayoress, the sheriffs, and other civic dignitaries, and clergymen of various denomina tions, tions, have sanctioned the efforts of the commi t _ ..e by their presence ; and the members of the pubic press, press, of all creeds aid parties, have repeats -li borne testimony to the high character a th good order per formances, as well as to the perfectly that has invariably prevailed at these . en red ill 'Dents. The total ands:mut of expense terta;n incur_ and carrying on these concerts is between ie 3 Uu t most 1,4001., of which the following are the threetof ball, important items : viz., artistes, 5401.. ; re_n_sl. On &c., 3471. ; printing and advertising, be seen t'lat reference to the balance sheet, it will Ir the expenditure has exceeded the receiptstincl. to June ing subscriptions to the guarantee f (includ ing to have Ist) by more than 2001. been the case also with thell‘ll6lB appears i People's they aie in the provincial towns, which, 's Concerts" now silt-supporting, almost. invariably:xperienced a similar clitliculy at starting: Havingsurplu., should any meucement announced . that the . el of the public hospi tals, would be applied tals, the committee cannolbtnopawoissibly derive any pe en s accessful the prof. et niary benefit, no matter ttlieerreforo, trust that those who may become.. pt to supply an acknowledged approve a this T a a n h iem who have nut yet con!ributed, public want, will at . once e xhibit their sympathy by becoming subscribers to the "guarantee fund ;" and thus ,enable th e committee to make arrangemeute fe. resuming the conceits with increased efficiency during the next season, and at the same time re lieve them from a responsiblity, which, consider ing their humble means, is felt to be a serious bur den. The committee, in conclusion, state that sub scriptions will be thankfully received by the t: ea surer, John Augustus Nicholay, Esq., church warden of St. Marylebone, 82, Oxford-strut, and by other gentlemen whose Haines are mentioned. sev e trust their appeal will be heartily reepeneled to, for their cause is a voted one. THE FRENCH - EXHIBITION OF 1855. Prince Napoleon has published a report addressed to the Emperor on the Universal Exhibition of 1855. It dwells upon the diflicti:ties which attended the openieg of the Exhibition, owing to the war with Russia, and expresses an opinion that the response made by the na tious of Europe to the noble confidence of France inuet have greatly contributed to bring about the general peace. With natural and laudable pride, his Imperial Highness brings out in strong relief the fact that Fraece showed herself, at the Caine moment, great is peace atel powerful in war. As a proof of the great attraction of the Exhibition, it is stated that the police returns of the number of visitors at the hotels and furnished lodging houses during the p er i o d o f the Exhibition—nemle from May 15 to November 30 —which, in 1854, was only 193,000, was in 1855 330,000 showing an in crease of 132,000.. Of the 330,300 visitors to Paris, so far as the number can be ascertained by the hotel hooks, it appears that 231,000 were French euejects and 99,000 foreigners. But the Prince's report observes that vast numbers, of whom no accurate account can be taken, mu t have lodged with relations and friends. It has been ascertained tnat the 'lumber of railway travellers who arrived at the different stations in Paris in 1855, was 4,081,000 against 3 ,223,000 in 1854. The total number of visitors to the exhibition was 5,162,000, of whom 4,180,000 entered the great building, 935,000 the isepa rate exhib tiou of the fine arts, and 46,000 the Chine-e museum, for which there was au extra payment. Of ceurso, the greater number of those woo visited tee fine arts exhibition had also visited the Peleis d'lndu trio, but it is obviously impossible to know in what pro portion. Same very curious statistics, showing the stringent action of a high admission in keeping out the public, is contained in the report. The number of persons who paid for admission on Sundays, when 200. was charged, was 2,182,000, while the visitors on all other days of the week (Fridays excepted) ampunted to 2,097,000. From the 16th May to 31st July the entrance was fixed on Fridays at sf. This charge operated almost as a prohibition. Oily 33,000 persons paid that price, all the attraction of exclusiveness for the rich notwith standing. On let Aug., the Friday fee was reduced to V., and from that day to Nov. 9 the number of Friday viei tors was 95,000. The Prince remarks upon these figures that experience is altogether in favour of cheapness (bon marclte). The report enters at great length into the causes of the great expense of the Paris Universal Exhi bition of 1855, and emits the opinion tnat another exhi bition of equal magnitude might be had, with the benefit of experience, fora tehiLdbiotiufutlss o e cof bis kind att.Ont shouldquestion,heb e however, whether exhibitions repeated, the Prince is of opinion that on account of the vast space that would be required to keep pace with the ell progress of industry, they c only . b had at longinter vals. exhibitions tu universal, uump e t ien, butthe that sense that ail But herpartoipuzegabtablale permitted partial, in so tar as to be confined to certain categories of manufactures, should be held iu Paris frequently. In the meanwhile the building may be utilised as a theatre forthe exhibition of French products only, THE PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE BANKS —lt is assumed that the stoppage of the.e banks, telegraphed this afternoon, is the result of a joint resolution on the part of those institutions for mutual preservation from the consequences of an indiscriminate panic. Should such be the case, the step, instead of causing an increase of distrust, may assist in promoting a restor a ti on of con fidence. Tnere are certain conditions under wilier) no banking establisments can stand, and it w ill soon be seen if these have been the cause 01 the present move ment. The immediate effect will be to cause bills o n these cities to be sold at New York an d e l sew h ere at a heavy discount, and that most of the specie in circuit.- tion in Philiadelphia anti Baltimore purchase them. Th e 13:, ee will be sent away to will there f of bullion at other points fore be proportionably strengthened. The event, consequently, instead of causing a further fa 1 in securities, may op era t e i n an oppos i te di re ction. With regard t o t. e fre , b fa lures reported on this occa-ion, the principal at Philadelphia seem to have been Caleb Cope and C.. and Hallowell and Co., both importers , f manufactured goods , . During the relapse which oc• curred afte r th e t e rtnivatioa of the great Ameii, an panic in 1837, the Philadelphia and Baltimore b:.n'es those of New Y or k At that time their course had been stood their ground. suspended, as in this inst ance, while radically unsound, a nd a long period elap se d b e f ore t h ey were able to r etutee. In the present case no wi le spread cJintnercial ilifittion has been observable, a d tee! e is room to hope that the difficu:ty will be speedily surmoun ted. The Persia is the next s t eamer to arr i ve, and s h e ma y he looked for on S a t ur d ay a ft ernoon .—' Times City Article. 1 THE BREAD AND MEAT QUESTION. A correspondent of a contemporary complains that he is shamefully overtaxed by his baker and butcher. He says : " To begin with the bakers, it will be something new to be informed that the price of bread for three millions of people is fixed on Sunday evening for the ensuing week—in the back parlour of "The Jolly Baker and Pie Crust ;" but it is so. Here will be found Mr. M'Alum. from Whitechapel, Mr. Doughey from Shoreditch, Mr. Spongem from the Borough, Mr. Bonedust from Clerkenwell, Mr. Yesty from Marylebone, and Mr. Litewaite from Chelsea, whilst the E. C. and W. C. districts aro ably represented by Messrs. Pareit and Filchpy ; and here those worthies, delegates from their respective localities, sitting in solemn conclave over gin and water, and enveloped in clouds of tobacco smoke, legislate for the stomachs of the greatest city on earth. Proceedings com mence somewhat iu this style—Mr. Filchpy loq. (addressing perhaps the Whitechapel representative) " Well, Mr. M'Alum, I see by the papers there was a slight fall in Mark-lane this last week, do you think it would be advisable to lower the quartern a half penny ?" "Na, man, not half a bawbee. (M'Alum is a thrifty Caledonian.) I dinna ken what Mark lane is to us, so lang as they are nae for rising the figure—let the millers tak' care o' themselves, we'll tak' care o' oursels; I grant consumers may complain —what need we care about complaints so lang as there's nae competition ?" Two or three follow in, a similar strain, aad the thing is done—the half penny is retained—and thus (taking the consump tion of bread at 61b. per head) a tax of four and a half millions of halfpence, or 93,7501., is levied on the metropolis by seven or eight gin -drinking pipe smokers, and so on from week to week. I may here state that the majority of the bakers are men without any capital of their own, trading on dis count and credit, so that the consumer has not only to pay their trade profit, but interest on their negotiated acceptances into the bargain. So much for the bakers. " Now a word about the butchers. In Newgate, Leaden-hall and Newport markets the prices of beef and mutton range from 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. per stone of eight pounds for the former, and 38. 6d. to ss. 2d. for the latter, averaging fur beef 4s. ld. and mutton 4s. 4d. Yet, sir, in defiance of these figures —stuoborn fact, patent to all who read the news papers—l have been compelled to pay this day Bs. lid. for a leg of mutton weighing 9113.-90. per pound, exactly 28. 2d. per stone over the h;ghest quotation of yesterday. This infamous exaction must arise from combination. I have no hesita tion in stating that the black mail levied by the butchers, if added to that extorted by the bakers, would make up a round sum of 200,000/. per week, or the astounding amount of 10,400,000/. per an num. Just think of that, Mr. Bull, and say whe ther you will stand it much longer." SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RIPLORATION. The following is an extract from a report dated the Bth of July, from the Assistant-Surveyor- General of South Australia, of a recent expedition into the northern districts of that colony "In the extreme distance to the north and north east we perceived a belt of gigantic gums, beyond which are• peered a sheet of water with lands on the opposite side, evidently increasing in elevation. There also seemed to be a large lake about ten miles to the east, but this our prevnes experience told us had no existence. To the north-east the M'Donnel continued its course, diverging into a number of channels as the rocks neared the sur face, and again converging into one as the depth of s increased. To the south.east the extreme end of the eastern range was still visible, Mount Hopeful, bearing south 32 degrees east, and apparently about 30 miles distant. • " From Weathered-hill we descended in a north-easterly direction to the M'Donnell, following its course down for about seven miles, passing several large and perina teat t waters, Vie last of which, about half a-mile long, 50 yards wide, and very deep, was extremely fine, having a native encampment on the eastern bank at its lower end. The Wurleys did not appear to bay, been used since the rain, however, the floors being caked ever and cracked by the heat of the sue. They are constructed in a similar manner to those described by Captain Sturt, and are warm and comfortable, the largest capable of holding from 30 to 40 people, quite round, from three to four feet high, and entered by a semicircular opening, through winch weiwere obliged to creep. This water we named the Warta-Warta, from the name of the tribe frequenting the plains north of the Blanche. " Next day we continued our course to the north-east down the bed of the creek for about 14 miles, passing over vegetation of the most luxuriant kind, which covers the valley for a width of from three to four miles, the timber in the creeks changing from lofty gums to a bas tard peppermint which was rapidly assuming a more stunted appearance, and the creeks bending away to the eastward. We then lett the M'Donnell and made for the nearest point of what was rapidly assuming the appearance of an immense lake, and after travelling about six miles and a half to the north-east our doubts were set at rest. Wo were in latitude 29 deg. 13 min., and stood upon the margin of Lake Torreus, the waters of which were unmistakably fresh. "From the spot where my observations were taken the lake stretched from 15 to 20 miles to the north-west, forming a water horiz in extending from northwest by west to north-west; the south portion terminated by high land running south towards Weathered -hill, at once explaaning the cause of the various creeks bending so much to the eastward. An extensive bay is formed inside this promontory, extending southward to west north- Neat, when the laud again runs out to a point, approaching and passing us by a gentle curve to the east, and inclining gradually to the south-east, and ultimately disappearing in the distance. The north portion of the horizon is terminated by a bluff headland, round which the water appears to extend to the north. • This land passes thence to the east, and forms the north boundary of the visible portion of the lake ; and from a higher elevation than that upon which we stood appeared to extend round to the eastern wing. It is covered with vegetation, as also are several islands seen between the north and south shores, apparently about five miles dis tant from where we stood, their perpendicular cliffs being clearly discerned by aid of the telescope. "From the first I had anticipated finding large lakes of fresh water at the termination of the various creeks, or one large lake into which a number of them discharged their waters ; but in such I should have discovered flood lines, indicating the rise and fall of the waters, and, even supposing them to have attained their maximum, height, the vegetation on some portion of the surface inside the water's edge would have re vealed this fact. But in this case there was an entire absence of such mark, the water's edge being clearly defined ; and the bed, changing it, character so sucl• denly from an alluvial soil to blue loam, covered by an inch of tine silt, renders it almost beyond the possibility of a doubt that the surface of the water is eubject only • o the most trifling variation of level, and the absence of deltas at the embouchures of the creeks tends to show tbatther fioeoisdnflwooreaucntiinngterforurcpet,edblyuteitshaawthretehe, and I a watersi t : inclined t of clined to be!ieve in a generally north-west direction. "In using the words ' unmistakably fresh,' with re ierence to this water, I meant to imply that not only old they appear fresh to the taste, bnt that also there was no indication whatever of the presence of salt; and I only regretted the absence of the means which would have enabled me to test, not only their extent and dim. tion, but also their depths and action." THE TRIAL OF THE PAISLEY RIOTERS. --011 Saturday the Paisley rioters, Daniel Wynne, Daniel Coyle, and Edward M'llanus, who were convicted of riotous con duct and assault on the previous day, were brought up and sentenced—Wynne to three years' penal servitude, Coyle to 13 months' imprisonment, and M'Manus to 12 months' imprisonment. On the same day five of the Coate bridge rioters were found guilty, and three brought up who pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred in both oases. MURDERSBY A MANIAC.—The Inverness Circuit Court was opened ou Wednesday—the Lord Justice Clerk pre siding--when Angus Macphee. Liniclate, in the island of Benbecula, was brought up on the charge of having mur dered Mary Macphee, his aunt, Angus Macphee, his father, and Catherine Macinnes, his mother, all of whom were persons of an advanced age. The circumstances of this painful case will be fresh in the recollection of the public. The prisoner in a fit of insanity attacked his father, mother, and aunt, and murdered them one after the other on the 9th July last. The evidence clearly proved the insanity of the prisoner, who said he was the Christ, and had the divine command to commit the mina dere, and was doing God service. Re also said he had intended to murder some others. The jury found him insane, and he was ordered to be kept in custody. The Lord Justice Clerk administered a reproof to one df the witnesses, named Macsween, a ground officer of Colrnel Gordon, and a member of the parochial board, for having failed to send him to an asylum.—Northern Daily Express. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING ON THE SUSSEX COAST.— Yesterday (Pueeday), Thomas Bruce and Henry Everett, of Portsmouth, and John Wicks, Angmering, mariners, and Thomas Castleden Elliott, master of a vessel called the Intrepid, were charged before the magistrates, at Arundel, with smuggling between 60 and 70 tubs of spirits, with intent to defraud the revenue of 3001. All the prisoners, except the master (Elliott), pleaded guilty. James Bishop, a coast-guardsman on the Littlehampton service, deposed that about two o'clock on the morning of the 24th ult. he obeerved a boat with three men in it cornieg towards the shore. At this time between 30 and 40 men, whom be did not know were hovering about the shore. Mr. J. D. Beach, master in the Royal Navy and chief officer of the Littlehampton Coast Guard Ser. vies, stated that he had a galley manned and put off to sea. After pulling about two miles from the shore they came up to a vessel of suspicious appearance, which they boarded. On it they found only the master (Elliott), wao raid be was on his way from Portsmouth to Shore ham. Shortly afterwards they pulled up to a boat, which had the other three prisoners on board. They had with them between 30 and 40 tubs of Geneva, and near the boat were floating from 15 to 20 other tubs. They took all the prisoners, with the tube, into cus t o dy. After some further evidence it was stated that the tubs comprieed 33 of Geneva and 26 of brandy, all nearly 50 per cent. over proof. The daty upon the same amounted to 3001. The bench sentenced the master (Elliott) to nine months' imprisonment, and the other three to eight ruoi,the each. The vessel and other property were cons fiscated. a, tl a m to to ap thi by for Sir tha (Se Si" be is c an( et j ui Be] up th fol