The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIT.LL lEN'S CONCERTS. The Last Night but Three. , 3fadlle. Jetty Treffz, Herr Deck (Primo Basso from the Grand Opera at Dresden), and Signor Nicosia (his first appearance in this country.) The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY, November 25), will be produced the New Grand Descriptive Composition, 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 ; andi a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." - Prices of Admission—Promenade, ls ; Upper Roses, Is. ; Gallery, ls. • Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d, and upw ards. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at th e Box • office of the Theatre; of all the principal libraries; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. B[En MAJESTY'S THEATRE._ M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, MONDAY, Nov. 30. 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, Nov. 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 Theatre—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. Tlia Orchestra will comprise 110 musicians —Conductor, M. Jullien. lo 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. LII‘ The dancoi 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 t dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2s. 6d. Private boxes from 3/. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra charg3. 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, lIA.YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rais EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MA.TCH. Princi. pal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzvrilliani. After which, a new farce, by the author of Bog and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Buckstone will sustain an original ch tracter. To concluie with THE SWIS3 COTTAGE, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of th 3 evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dram Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes .. ... 2 0 T. - ,wer Gallery 1 0 Ti pper Gallery 0 t; 1 0 Lower Gallery . 0 6 INo half-price to Upper Gallery. 11 0 Y A p Li .opr r ie l m. l N M ? . F 6 S h S ir ' i Si e3 T K il e n E RE.. LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE TEMPEST. TIIIS EVENING, will b 3 p3rfornaad S!?.aksparo's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by a new fared, in ono aA entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PUT. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Marie 'Wilton. _ _ _ After which, a new romaLtic drama, called THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, - and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste perform. Pollowed by the original Apropos Sketch, entit:ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton an," Miss Mary Keeley. OY.A.L LYCEUM TtlEATßE.—Le3see, Air. Dillon.—Unler the joint management of Miss LOUISA YYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, wilt be perrormod (for the last time) THE HUGUENOTS. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey an I Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, 12s. 6d., £2 23., and £1 lls. 6d. ; stalls, 6s. ; Dross Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 13.—The B3x Office is now open daily, from 11 to 6, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. pOYIL OLYMPIC TEI7i:LITRU L?Ni3CS, M•Jss.r3. Rolwon and Riad:3n.. TUIS EVENTYG, will be performed a new and original comedietta, by Sterling Coyne, Esq., called WHAT WILL THEY SAY AT BRO3IPTON ? Mr. Robson, &e. T o conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert R. Brough, Esq,, called MASANIELLO. i Messrs. Rob s Cooke, Danvers, exc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Brotalcy, and Mrs, Melfont. Comunonee at haltlmst Seven. DOYAL SURRILIY THEATRE. Lesie9R, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed THP. WIFE'S RE VENGE. After which, INDI 1857. Me.ssrs, Shepherd, Cres wick, W. Smith, Vollairs, B. Potter, Widdicomb, BalinJr°, Tappinz ; Miss M. Eburae, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. To conclu•lo with UP IN Taz WORLD. CANT ER 811 ft L, Westmi OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ilmetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, 4c., viz, :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Ifiss Bra un, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Fermat, S. roues, J, Earker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. /time, and Mr. St. Ailiya; Messrs. S. Collins, W. T. Critchueld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks: harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jong,hmans. Commence at &yen o'clock precisely. Sappers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER, AT LOND3 F_IREDGE. This DAY —Morn., 23 min. aft. 7 —Evon., 53 slin aft. 7 TO-310RRow-31.,rn., 33 min. aft. 8 —Even., 13 min. an. 9 THE WE ITHER. —SUN Orrroz, NOVEIMER 25. TLIZRII3NIRTER, Tat; SFi.ID3. 50—highest since nom yesterday. 40 —lovrea, this morning and daring tha night. 45 —this day at noon. Bay in 29.57---rising. wrg-D, N.E. ; moderate, but cold, with dirty, hazy, rainy weather. =A-1,3- 4 .S I‘, t , 4, • 7t . 5 ,, 2 4 )) a ~. , x ,~~ _.. .. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1857. Every day brings. additional intelligence of the suspension of large firms, whose credit had pre viously been perfectly unimpeachable. We need not speak of the distress and misery thereby occa sioned to the working-classes. They are thrown out of employment, and their only capital—their labour, orproducing power—is rendered practically 6 ' inconvertible." The national revenue is thereby materially injured, for they cannot purchase the commodities on which duty is payable. If a bankruptcy of the Exchequer is t) be averted if the interest of the public debt is to be paid 12eW and onerous taxes must be imposed to make up for the deficiencies under the heads of Customs, Ilizeise, and Income Tax—cl4ficiencies which must inevitably arise unless very decided measures are introduced on the meeting of Parliament next week. The mere suspension of the Bank Charter Act will not, as we have already pointed out, suffice under existing circumstances. Had the Govern ment letter been issued a few weeks sooner it might have done so. Bat the evil was permitted to go too far. It is noto rious that the boasted n • pri c;plo of convertibility would have totally failed in consequence of the very means adopted to insure it. The Bank could not, although with six millions and a half of gold in its cotitr4, have paid mere than tenpeuce in the pound on its liabilities. Of course, it had ample assets. But the securities could not have been realised under the pressure of a general panic, and enormous losses must have been sustained from the mere attempt to do so. We are happy to observe that many of the journals which 'previously advocated bullionist principles have come round to tho doctrines which we have so long—and, we may add, se consis tently, advocated. The " 1 411M4Sking" of the 1 Times' battery—the undisguised avowal of the objects which the Act was intended to promote— have produced their natural effects. It is now clearly a question between the " hard calculators," who desire to make 20 or 30 per cent. of their money, and the industrial population of the coun try. It was credit and cheap money that placed this country in the high position which it has so long occupied ; and that credit would be virtually annihilated, or rendered so costly that it would not be worth obtaining, if the OVEnSTONE theories were fully carried out. The pretext on which the Act of 1844 was founded was that it would prevent fluctuations in the value of money. Never have there been such fluctuations since the establishment of the Bank of England, or the first issue of paper money. For 130 years the rate of interest, or discount, which had been nearly analogous, only varied from 4 to 5 per cent., with the exception of a few weeks in 1838-9. Now, interest in the public funds is 3/. 6s. Bd. per cent., while dis count is from 10 to 20 per cent.—the mini mum rate at head-quarters being the former, while a large commission is charged by the dis count houses that frequently brings it up to the higher rate. Under this trade and commerce cannot flourish. The whole profits are diverted from their legitimate channels, and put into the hands of those who have no kindly consideration for their interests or sufferings. England is not a nation of "hard calculators." They are, happily, an insignificant minority amongst a high-minded and conscientious race. The rights of property will always be respected ; but its abuses will be earnestly deprecated. It is now known that the Government interference was only in favour of the Bank and the moueyocracy, who must have shared its fate ; and the general, the universal feeling is that some consideration should have been exhibited towards those who are the thews and sinews of the country, the payers of taxation, the sustainers of the enormous burdens placed on their shoulders. Speedy and decisive legislation is required, and, until the Bank Charter Act is annulled, there can be no amnesty for its delibe rate violation, occasioned by the tardiness and timidity of Government. Whether England had or had not pledged her self definitively and in perpetuity to the Austrian Government in the matter of the Electric Tele graph—eastwards via Ragusa and Alexandria — the whole complex question of our Postal and Electric-telegraphic communication with the Colonies must "perforce" lee brought, at an early date, under the deliberate consideration of Parlia ment. There is no uncertainty whatever about this. It must be For, more plainly than any other difficulty of the time, this one, peculiarly and undeniably, requires both an instant revision and a radical reorganisation. Observe ! we don't speak now of India exclusively. We refer to our intercourse generally with the whole of our vast and scattered colonial possessions--England's Forty Colonies—north, south, east, and west — European and Asiatic, American, African, and Australasian. And we refer, moreover, as will have been remarked not merely to one but to all species of intercommunication. To postal as well as to telegraphic ! To the trans mission of intelligence to and fro through our mail-packet service by means of the steam-engine and the scz eiv-propeller--and through the metallic fibres thrilling with lightning, carrying thought with the speed of thought, t 3 and. fro, over the earth and under the sea, with the magical agency of the copper wire and the galvanic battery ! Marvellous as have been the strides already taken in this direction as compared with the past, we are beginning already to feel per- fectly well satisfied that as compared with the probabilities of the future, our progress as yet can only be aptly illustrated by the first uncertain and hesitating steps of infancy. In speaking thus, we are not by any means talking idly or at ran dom. And, in truth, we are only applying to the present ep )ch the sane thought which MICHAEL ANGELO modestly applied to himself in his 0:d Age, when he drew the Sketch of the Greybeard in the Go-Cart with the words under neath`: Ancora impara, " Still learning 1" As if in vivid illustration of the comparative insig nificance of the advances yet made by Science even is this wondrous Era of Railroads and Elec tric Telegraphs—have we this new contrivance of which our columns only a week or two since con tained a detailed exposition, the ingenious and, to all appearance, eminently successful contrivance by which one of themore daring Mechanics and Electricians of our Age proposes to unite, in one marvellous wholc—let us designate it at once the EUREKA !--10 unite in one marvellous whole the Steam Engine and the Electric Telegraph 1 It has been recently observed, w-ath very great truth, by one of the critics in the current number of the Quarterly Review, that th© problem of the 'present Age is, indubitably, How to Save Time ! The veritable realty of this, we take it, is indisputable. And yet with the fact before us universally recognised—lettered all over the globe in iron lines that all who run may read—proclaimed in the ecream of every railway whistle, and in the revolution of every screw and paddle wheel—the British Government selects this very period in the history of the world, in which to bind over England from this time forth and for ever to cemmunimate with India solely through one little bit of Austrian wire ! At any rate, if they have not absolutely and defi nitively consummated this arrangement, her MA JESTY'S Ministers had contemplated doing so— have all but done so. And knowing the fact that they have done so, we have protested against the flagrant monstrosity of any such uradertaking from the outset with horror and indignation. The atrocity, or at any rate the proposed atrocity, is altogether so heinous of its kind that it de mands the speedy and searching scrutiny of the Legislature. That scrutiny, please GOD, it will now ,have very speedily, and the errors, if any have already been - committed, will be effectually rectified. Meanwhile we must strenuously protest against the mere notion of any such preposterous and outrageous absurdity as that of binding ourselves over in perpetuo to transmit "all" our communications between Lon don and Calcutta via the Austrian wire between Ragusa and Alexandria. An intelligent correspondent of ours, signing himself "An Australian," took occasion the other day to reprehend in terms of cmiaently deserved severity the shortcomings of the present contrac tors for the conveyance of mails between this country and its possessions at the antip)deF. There cannot bo a moment's doubt that this mcoantstiedreraalstoionreocif Parliament.nireste immediate and earnest dent very justly ciserve As theaccoiudrenctortroesptohne [ Emeu was of course a casualty for which the Directors themselves could hardly in reason be held in any way accountable. Not so, however, the break down at an earlier date of the Oneida— that having been clearly foreseen and distinctly predicted. Other equally avoidable impediments moreover, in the way of the required conveyance of the Australian Mails—the tantalising absence at one moment of a rest-ship at Suez, and the incidental gap of a fortnight between the arrival in this country of half a million of gold and the advent of the mail bags and the bills of lading essential as a preliminary to its distribu tion—all theses obstacles transpiring under a con tract of 44,0001. a year in excess of the amount demanded by another competing association ! Surely here, too, we want a clear sweep of Reform —even though it be effected by the besom of de struction ! Many despatches received at the India House since the 1 sth of October have been published in the Gazette of last night. They will be perused with intense interest by every true-hearted Englishman. Many of the gallant men by whom they were penned have fallen in the discharge of their arduous duties. NICHOLSON is no more—but happily he lived to recog nise the attainment of the great object for which ho was struggling. Delhi had fallen before his lamented death. His brother in arms— one whose name will also become a household word—the illustrious NEILL, fell in the hour of victory. But he knew that Lucknow was saved, and that the helpless fugitives—the English women and children—whose fates were de pending in the balance, were preserved from brutal atrocities, similar to those that had occurred in Cawnpore. It was a glorious cause, and nobly did these departed heroes perform their arduous duty. The country has now a much easier duty to discharge. Every possible honour must be con ferred on the mighty dead, and on their surviving relatives. Their names should be recorded in the national archives, and in a manner respecting which there could be no mistake. HAVELOCK is still living, and he may yet obtain the rank which the nation de sires to see conferred on him. We have not too many heroes, and we should not be chary of tho rewards offered for really invaluable services. THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND JOINT-STOCII BANKS. THE SIJN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING NO VE NIBEII 25,' 1857. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —lt appears to be the general rule with the greedy and grasping old woman of Threadneedle -street, when any of the joint-stock banks in temporary difficulties request her assistance to enable them to weather the com mercial panic (which her unmerciful use of the bank screw to 10 per cent has inflicted upon the trading community), to dictate to them, and insist upon their winding up their business, as the only condition on which she will grant them the assistance required ; though, as a matter of course, every bank requesting her assistance offers the most undoubted and satisfactory security, as in the case of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany on Wednesday last, when the directors tendered the deeds of their private estates, though, the bank is perfectly solvent, and with 150,0001. surplus, and the security offered for covering the amount asked for, anti for which so high a rate of interest would be paid ; but the result was a refusal of assistance unless they would wind up the bank ; as it was also to the Western Bank of Scotland, and assistance, on Eillel terms, very properly rejected in both cases. We do not hear of any such condition being required of the large American house, which obtained her assistai ce on Thursday ; but this dictatorial spirit seems reserved for sinter banking establishments, and it will remain for the public to con sider when a renewal of the Back Charter is applied tor, whether this settled policy of the Bank of England is not the remit, - of a greedy and grasping desire to suppress as many of the other banks, and banks of issue, in the country, as possible, that she may extend her own branches, and issues of notes, to fill up the vacancies she is trying to create ; and it will remain for their further consideration, if the misery and rain, at present jell cted upon the country by the 10 per cent. minimum rate, was not intended, in part, to ruin and suppress that very useful class of the bank ing community, the discount houses of London, whom they now compel to have t 3 pny 8 and 9 per cent. far money on call, against bills now running they will have discounted two or three months ago, at five and-a -half and six Der cent. One highly honourable -and greatly respected house, Messrs. Sanderson, San deman, and Co., they have already brought down, and have so pel'plexed and disgusted the otheri with the usurious rates they have establivned, that they, knowing the trade of the country can never stand ouch rat., now almost refuse to do any business, and hence arise the numerous failures of perfectly solvent houses, to the disgrace of the monetary !awe of this commercial country. The higher the Bank of England can raise the rate of interest to, even if to 20 or 30 per cant. (which their supposed paid organ the Tinses is s.o disappointed at the breaking down of the 1844 Act, and Overstone theory haying frustrated), the greater are their profits; but any approaeh to such rates would have swept away their rivals in easy times—the Lombard-street discount houses 1 —and would have played nearly all the mill property, and many of the finest estates in the country, at one quarter of their real value int ) the coveting bands of Overstone and Co. These grasping and greedy men re lying upon the bullying " thunder of the Times and t'ht shrill squeaky of the penny whistles," screening Om fr,,in the consequences of thus plundering the commercial community, and robbing the working man of half or three-quarters of his weekly wages, by the rapidly increasing short-time working, or entire closing of nearly ail the milli in the country ; arid clus in," their eyes to the fact that a continuance of 1,0 per cent.—not to mention the 20 or 30 per cent. they aim at—by aggravating the above evils, can only lead to insurrection and revolution at home, necessitating the neat of our troops from, and the abandonment of India, cod wi.h one evil following another in rapid succession. It will than remain to be seen what will become of the National Debt, and the 14,000,0001. of Bank of England notes based upon it, and riot upon real property or estates, as the issues of joint-s'.ock banks throughout the country are. __ OBSERVER. Itociadale, Nov. 21. COWES, ISLE OP WIG UT.—Nora. 24. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL•YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The members of the Royal Yacht Squadron removed on Saturday last from their old Club•house, on the Parade, at West Cowes, to West Cowes Castle, which they have taken from the Government on a 42 years' hue from Michaelmas, 1855. A number of workmen have been employed on it for nearly two years in enlarg. ing and embellishing it, and it is now considered the finest yacht club-house in the kingdom. The Squadret had held the old club-house thirty years. The schooner yacht Titania, 181 tone (R. Stephenson, Bsq , M.P.), is at present the only one in our roadstead Thera are very few yachts building at this time, but we hear several gentlemen intend building after Christ mas. Inman has a yacht of 160 tons in a very forward state for Lard Yarborough, ono of 110 for Lord Loathe borough, and another, same size, for Sir G. East, Bart. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing. street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmer ston, the Lord Chancsilcr, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrow by, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Mr. Secretary Laboochere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon.. M. T. Baines. The Marquis Conyeghaca has left the St. George's Hotel on a tour of visits. _ _ The Earl of Aniesiey has arrived at the St. cleorge's Hotel. • Lord and Lady Londesborough leave London this day, to pass the winter months at their castle at Canner, in the South of Francs. They have been receiving a sac cession of visitors in Yorkshire during the autumn. Sir William and Lady Middleton have been entertain ing a succession of visitcrs, at Shrubland Park, during the past week. The guests have included the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Gosford and the Ladies Acheson, Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Misses Ellis, Eord Waiter Scott, Lady Caroline Cast, Sir Henry 'Dotterel!, and Mr. W. Peel. General Rayusford and Mrs. Raynsford have taken their.departure foom Ed wardellotel for Henlow Grange, near Baldock. Mrs. Parker has left the same establish ment for Chelmsford. Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, hr their seat, High-house, Woodbridge. THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF CORNET ECHALAZ, OT THE 7TH DRAGOON GIIARDS.—An inquest was held yes terday, in Canterbury, upon the body of the late Cornet Richard Charles Rebalaz, who was killed on Saturday last by a fall from his horse, as described in the Sun of yesterday. Mr. Thomas Delasaux, the coroner, opened the proceedinv,s, and. after the exainination of eeveral witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death PRIGS OF GOLD —The qa)tatian of gold at Penis is about 9 per waffle premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10(1. per ounce 'or standard gold it appears that gold is about the same price in Paris end 14 ,, nd0n. By advices frdm Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 71 per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therebro about 1 3-10ths per cent dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 108 per cant , for first-class paper; and from that price to 106 per cent. for other description. At the present rate of discount here . there is, consequently, no profit on the transmis iaon of gold from thia country to the Uuited States. LATEST NEWS. IMPORTANT DESPATCHES ,FROM;; RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. The following telegram was received at the Fo reign-office this morning, at 10.40 a.m.:— The Vectis, just arrived from Alexandria, brings no further news than was communicated this morn ing, except that Lucknow was reinforced by her Majesty's 534 and 93d Regiments about the 24th October. By the 30th Greathed would raise Have lock's army to 7,000 men. LORD LYONS. C4gliari, Nov. 24, 1857, 4 p.m. The following telegram was received at the Foreign-office at 10.15 a.m., Nov. 25, 1857 : ALEXANDRIA, November 18, 1857. Intelligence per Bentinck, which arrived at Suez yesterday from Calcutta : The following ships, with troops, had arrived at Calcutta :—Steam-ship Thebes, steam-ship Golden Fleece, and steam-ship Caledonian. Passed ships Greta and Bucephalus at Sand Heads. At Madras there were, steam-ship United King dom, steam-ship Carthage, and ship Aln wick Castle, on 4th Nov. At Galle there had arrived on the 23d, steam ship Australian ; 25th, steam-ship Robert Lowe and steam-ship Candia ; 29th, ship Whirlwind and ship Susetta ; 30th, steam-ship John Bell and ship William Hammo.ld. Her Majesty's ship Simeon and the steam-ship Mauritius were there to receive troops from sailing vessels ; and her Majesty's ship Adventure had sailed. Reports are rife of threatening disturbances at Hyderabad, and critical position of the mutineers, Bundeelahs. The steamer Caledonian ordered from Calcutta to Mesulepatam, to land her troops there. Havelock in the residency of Lucknow with 1,500 men ; 1,000 more, with sick and wounded, are at Alumbar, three miles ; communication with the two difficult. The enemy said to be in great force and very strong in Artillery. A convoy of provisions from Cawnpore has arrived at Luckuow, shortly after its relief, escorted by 250 men, who, it is said, ga in unmolested, in consequence of the sepoys being busily engaged entrenching them selves. Reinforcements being sent up with all speed from Calcutta ; detachments, amounting in all to 1,200 Europeans, were to have left Cawnpore for Luck now on the 16th October ; the garrison at the lattr.r place could force their way out, but the General does not.wish to expose the women and children to further danger. Nana Sahib i 3 said to be near Bithoor again. Nothing was known at Calcutta of his reported capture by the Bollooch Battalion. Mann Sing, heretofore our friend, has turned against us since the storming of Delhi was announced. Part of the 32d .(Bengal 1) Native Infantry mutinied at Deena, and murdered two of their officers ; and the Maharajah of Oralius is reported to have been murdered by his own people. Colonel Greathed's column, consisting of her Alajo3ty's Bth Foot and 9t'a Lancers, two troops Horse Artillery, one line 4th Field Battery, five 12 inch mortars, two companies of Punjaub Sappers, 2d and 4th Panjanb Infantry, 125 detachment of Punjaub Cavalry, and 200 Hodson's Horse, about 3,000 in all, in pursuit of Delhi fugi tives, fell in with the enemy at Bolundshuhur, and after two hours' fighting, routed them, with heavy loss of men, two guns ; and ammunition. Our loss was 50 killed and wounded. Malagurh was aft!Twards taken and blown up. Fought nom agiin successfully at Allyghur, on the sth ; 400 of the enemy cut up, two guns taken. The column reached Agra on the 14th. The enemy made a sudden and unexpected attack on can tonme nts ; were expulsed, ut t e r ly di s p er se], and pursuit continual up to the liharoo. Groat numbers killo3, 1,000 ; all the guns, 43 ; plunder, camp-equipage, and five lacs of treasure, captured with small lois ou our side. Some D4b.i fugitives in tho neighbourhood o f Bithoar were attacked by Colonel Nelson, with a small force from Cawnpore, on the 13L11, for elephants: Aam and driven out of the place, which was strong. Cavalry much wanted everywhere,ow of steamers a and trans er - s h lci beenport animalsse;nttwtoo Rangoonlargeships in tow column under Brigadier Showers, 1,200 men and four guns, had marched [through?] Ballulghur in pursuit of rebels. The fall of Delhi has a marked effect in the Mee rut and coUtignous districts. Revenue has [been 1] brought in very rapidly, and loyalty was the order of the day. Commander in-Chief had ordered that a standing camp of 2,000 men be instantly organised at Konugungo. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer may be expected at Suez, to convey troops to Calcutta on the 24th instant. The Bentinck niet the Pottinger and Hindostan on the 12th, and Emou on the 14. h instant. All well. This message is forwarded from Mal'a by Ad miral Lyons at 11.15 a.m. on Nov. 24, 1857, hav ing just been received from Alexandria by British steamer Dutchman. LIONS, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Conaul CRAIG. Cagliari, Nov. 24, 1857, 9P.m. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The City of Baltimore has arrived, with NOW York dates to the nth inst. She brings 260 passengers, but no specie. The New York Journal of Commerce, of the 12th, says : " There x is an improved feeling and greater ease in the money market, notwithstanding the sus pense in regard to the Arabia's news : and, what ever that news may be, its effect cannot prove as disastrous as many here apprehend. Foreign ex• change is heavy, and closed without animation at something below full quotations ; bills at 60 days, on London, 103 to 109, mostly 108 to 108 i for leading signatures ; on Paris, 5.40 to 5.25 ;on Hamburgh, 34 to 361. The resolu tions which were adopted by the city banks, in reference to the redemption of country money, have not been systematically forwarded to coun tryand banks,therefore throughthe m response from de layed beyond the d a t e fi xe d f o r the new system some n oversightnasn y wilt be or negligence, to take effect, The stock market opened buoy antly, and railway shares advanced from 1 to 3 par cent. The following Were the closing prices ; Illinois Ceara.' Shares, 89 ; Bonds, 80i ; New York Central, 1 701 ; Erie Shares, 14i ; Panama) 79 ; Reading, 36 ; Michigan Central, 51." The New York Herald says : " Working men assembled, as usual yesterday, and listened to speeches from several persons, sympathising with them in their present difficulties. They also attacked a couple of bakers, and de inolished the conte n t s o f th e i r b rea d-baskets ; on' the whole, howev er , there appeared rather a spirit of mischief rife am ong th em , th an a desire to dis turb the public peace. Excitement is rapidly on , the decline. The United States' troops that were stationed at the Custom House have been with drawn, and now occupy their quarters at Fort Columbus. Government officers are satisfied there is no danger to public property from working men." The New York courier and Enquirer, of the 12th, says : " The result of the bids yesterday for the New State Loan of 500,000 dols. indicates returning confidence and increasing means among capitalists. The average rate of premium obtained is 6.20 per cent., and offers have since been made at 7 to 8. The country banks have been materially bent): fitted by the combination of • the city banks, by which over 7,000,000 of country circulation are now held, and for which the former will have six or eight months to redeem it. Another sure indica tion of returning ease in the money market is the in creased facility for discounting business paper. In this latter class bankers are willing to invest at bank interest. Loans on call have been offered (with first-class collateral) at six per cent. As soon as the domestic exchanges are adjusted upon equitable grounds, trade with the south and west will again be resumed with some activity. The banks of this city, although ready among themselves to resume specie payment on their own liabilities, cannot, with justice to the banks of New England and New York State, take such a step at present. The business done at the Stock Board to-day was large, and with a general in crease in prices. Quotations are now higher than for many weeks, though yet much below the average rates of the year. State bonds have been steadily rising, mad have not now as large a margin for appreciation as many leading railroad securities. We understand that the bills of the Granite Bank of Connecticut were thrown out at the Suffolk Bank, in Boston, this morning." The New York Times quotes exchange on Lon don at 1071 to 108. In cotton there were no sales, operators awaiting the arrival of the Arabia. The market was unsettled by reports of frost from the south. Flour had advanced sc. to 10c., and in some cases 15c. to 20c. per barrel. The export business was, limited. Wheat was changing hands slowly at previous prices. No change of moment in the provision market. Potatoes were selling at 7 dols. 25e., and pearls 6 dols. 50c. Naval stores were steady, but an improvement in quota tions was expected. There was a good business doing in sugar, but prices had a downward ten dency. Scotch pig iron was inactive. Freights were firmer. The demonstration of the unem ployed continued at New York, and some slight acts of violence had been committed, the bakers being the victims. The movement had spread to Philadelphia, though not to any serious extent. The news from Mexico respecting the elevation of Comonfort to the Dictatorship is confirmed. The steamer which brought the news to New Orleans had half a million dollars on freight. At New Orleans exchange had risen. The quotation was 93 to 102. The ships Benjamin Adams, hence ; the Ame rican Congress, from London ; and the William Rathbone, from Sunderland, had arrived at New York. The ship Howadji, from Boston, for Liver pool, with a cargo of cotton, 4k - c., was struck by lightning on the 3d inst. The cargo caught fire ; the ship totally consumed ; crew saved. The ship Jeremiah Thompson, which was on fire at New York on Tuesday evening, was scut tled in dock. General Walker was arrestod at New Orleans on the 11th, and held to bail. We are not in formed of the nature of the charge preferred against him, but it is stated that his arrest will not interfere with his colonisation plans in Nicaragua. A letter from Philadelphia says :—" The exa mination of the books of the Bank of Pennsylvania is going on, but no clue has been discovered as to the disposition of fu❑ds of the institution amount ing to 1,870,000 dols." It is confirmed that the new Mexican constitu tion has been suspended, and that Comonfort is clothed with dictatorial powers. News had reached Fort Laramie, that three government trains, en route for Utah, had been destroyed by the Mormons. The Goshen Bank, at Goshen, New York State, had beon robbed of 22,000 delis. by burglars. The New York Central and Erio Railway had been badly damaged by freshets ; the traffic is still impoded. A Washington despatch says :--" Mr. Belmont, the United States' minister at the Hague, will pro bably succeed Mr. Dodge at Madrid." The South Carolina Cordage Company's works at Charleston have been burnt. The loss is esti mated at 50,000 dollars. Lard Napier gave a brilliant entertainment at Washington, on the 11th. COMMERCIAL. Cotton firm, with good demand. Ashes steady. Spirits of turpentine firm, with good demand. Iron dull. Freights unusually dull. Flour firm, and sc. to 10c. higher. Wheat dull. Indian corn firmer. Coffee, at public sale of Rio, weiit off at easier rates. Oils quiet. Sugar firm. Provisions qiaiet, but unchanged. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. A Council of Ministers, presided over by the Em peror, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Emperor yesterday received a letter flow, the King of Saxony announcing the death of the Princess Maria, his daughter. The French Court; has in consequence gone into mourning fur a %Teel:. His Majesty also received a reply from the Grand Duke of Tuscany to letters of credence of the nu:- quis de Ferriere-le-Vayer. By decrees in the Moniteur, M. Dupin, ex-Pre , cureur-General at the Court of Cassation, is name' i Procureur-General at the same court in the room of M. de Royer, appointed Minister of Justice ; M. Vaisse, Procureur-General at the Imperial Court of Paris, is named President of the Court of Cassation, vice M. Laplagne-Barris deceased, and M. Chaix-d'Est-Ange succeeds M. Vaisse. The Pleni viten aries will assemble on Thursday, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to exchange the ratifications of the treaty relative to the boundaries of the new frontier of Bessarabia. BOURSE, Nov. 24.—The following were the Last quotations : - Cash. fr. End of month. li per Cents - -c• 3 per Cents 66 95 67 Bank sh.r.3 3030 Credit Foncier 525 -- Credit Arobili er 747 50 Roman Do. Acc0unt.......... 745 &uatrian Belgian 4i ......... 96f Spanish Threes 4o— i__. _... Fiedmontese(s) BB Home Debt RAILWAYS—Ma CASH. Orleans 1275 Midi 6271 Northorn - - Western Now Ditto Lyons and Mod 817.— Grand Central New Ditto 810 Sardinian . ... .. . .... 425 Geaeva 585 Austrian Cc,Da: ..... 650 --• BELGIUM. The Belgium MoniteUr publishes the followi mainfesto of the now Ministry, in th e shape of circular from the Minister of the Interior, r dressed to the governors of provinces : " Brussels, Nov. `..3„ "Monsieur le Gouverneur—Yen have learned by .the official journal of the royal ckereo pronouncing the di4- solutl)n of the Caamber of Representatives, and cots yoking the electors for the 2011 of D.?c. next. I en ten. fain no doubt that you have taken the necessary stieps for hating all the preparatorx measures prescribed by law regularly carried out. "The motives which have decided his Majes by, in this circumstance, to make use of his consti tinned prerogative, are explained by the facts the tn selve:i. The cabinet to which we succeed foul ed it necessary to resign, in spite of the numeric :al majority which supported it in the chamber ; a ad st i ll lees cou ld a new ministry, issuing from t he ranks of the opposition, expect in ite course of gave: rn ment a support from that assembly. The cabinet, there fore, which withdrew had pointed out to its successors the only course that it ought to pursue ; since the retirement of that ministry would be inexplicable, if it did not mean that, even in its opinion, the parliamentary majority was no longer in conformity with views of the majority of the electors. Such is aho our own conviction ; and the appeal to the electoral body was consequently indispens able to establish that accord, without which the repre sentative government would lose all its force and all its verity. In this country, whero the duration of the parliamen tary mandate is very limited, extraordinary meetings of the electoral body have never taken place unless in cases of imperious necessity. At the present time °imam stances have commanded an appeal to the electors. This act moreover, is only the exercise of a right reserved to the crown, at the same time that it is a homage paid to public opinion. "The convocation of the electors at this particular season has teen called inopportune. But the Cabinet could only take the situation such as their predecessors had made it, and as they transmitted it on the eve of the meeting of the Chambers. The period of the dii solution has not therefore been of our choice. Howeter th.st may be, the electors, we doubt not, will fulfil the IP mission with the decision and zeal of men who know ail the value of their rights, and who, from an experience of 27 years, are skilled in the practices of the represer tative government. Their!pattiotism will acquire fre h energy from circumstances, and their intelligence wi 1 readily comprehend the importance of the great discus sion which has commenced. " This discussion is not new in the history of tie na tions, nor peculiar to Belgium ; the presentation and the discussion of the Charitable Institutions Bill have shown with us the character and bearing of it in a more striking manner than ever. " The r oliay which the Cabinet represents is well known to the country, which has seen it at work under circumstances cf great difficulty both as regards domestie and foreign affairs. Taking it in a general point of view, it is a thoroughly national policy, one of conservatism and of order ; and which pursues progress with persever ance and constancy. It is a policy which is attentive to the moral and material wants of the people ; leavitig to the initiative its free impulse, and which strengthens all elements of public prospt sits. This policy has its mission to preserve one of the constitutional bases of governments and modern society—theintegrity of the rights of the State and the independence of the civil power. This is now one of the first duties of the Government, and rendered still more pressing by the recent discussions which have so warmly excited the country. "The system which it adopts exposes, we know, the Cabinet to accusations, which its adversaries brought forward with unexampled violence almost before it was formed. They falsely represent that religion is in peril. But it is their policy and not ours that places it in dan ger. The separation between public worship and the State is one of the bases of our sage constitution, and this basis ought to be maintained. Religion has already been too much compromised by the contact of passions, and for the advantage of personal ambition. It is not adapted for being mixed up in the conflicts of parties ; and it is time for it to be restored to its pacific domain, in order to obtain the respect of all. " It now belongs to the electoral body to decide if the ideas which the cabinet entertains respond to the wishes and wants of the country. The more the support of the electors may be general and manifest, the more effica ciously can the cabinet fulfil its task • and the mere also will the Government be guar a nteed against the crises which embarrass its march and enervate its action, to the detriment of security and public prosperity. Endea your, M. he Gouverneur, in your relations with the people, to enlighten them as to our intentions, and to correct the false appreciations of which those intentions may bathe object. Repel, in particular, the altegations of those who, after having caused the existing situation and by their exaggerated exi!,encies and their impu dent acts plunged the country into perturbation, endeavour t calumniate our origin, our object, ate! the country itself. Our origin is perfectly regular and constitutional. The present Cabinet emanates from the royal prerogative acting in full liberty. Our object is to reassure the public conscience and interest against the intolerant doctrines and pretensions of another age, which were lately condemned in the tribune by the chief of the preceding Cabinet himself'. As to the country, which is perfidiously represented as a prey to disorder, to riots, and to revolutionary agitation, and on which our adversaries have not fea.ed to call down the distrust ant the animadversion of foreign govern ments, it will know how, by its sage and patriotic atti tude, by its &filo eA and prudence, to confound its detractors, to respond becomingly to the appeal of its King, and to gain new titles to the esteem of Europ " Cs, ROGIER." TURKEY. A Constantinople letter of Nov. 12, in the Gazette du Midi, says :—'' The Sultan, on the late change of ministry, caused M. Th , )uvenel to be assured that foreign politics had nothing whatever to do with his determination to recal Reschid Pacha to power, but that he had taken the step solely for reasons connected with the internal government of the country ; the services of that statesman being, in his majesty's opinion, indispensable for the set tlement of certain pending questions. M. ThouV,erel replied to the Sultan's messenger that his Majesty was perfectly free to • choose his ministers, and owed no account of his conduct to any one ; that consequently, he could only consider the s•op which his Majesty had condescencle - cl to take in communicating with him as an act of courtesy that he was deeply sensible of this mark of attention to France, but that he should have felt still more flattered if the information afforded had been given before the nomination of Iles9iiid Pacha ; thtt for the ,rest ho silould reserve his judgment on the conduct cif the latter until he saw his acts. Such, if I am well informed; is the substance of the an swer given by M. Thouvenel to Emin Bey whf=n sent to him, but the conversation between them was so long that the latter, not being able to tr u st to his memory to report the purport of it to the Sultan with precision, begged M. Thouvenel to re peat in writing what ho had said, which he did. M , ar‘while the French ambassador has not yet either called upon Reschid Paella, or sent to him those congratulations on his appointment which it is usual to send threa .; h the medium of the first interpreter." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th, in the Constitutionnet, says :—" In the existing state of the market for the precious metal=, it h s been said that the government had it in contemplation to prohibit the export of specie to China. We do not know whether such an idea ever existed, but if it did, it has certainly been now abandoned. A pro hibition of the kind would be equivalent to a sus pension of trade with China. Different foreign journals, particularly the Austrian, sesk to make it believed that Russia is secretly arming. As far as regards the fortresses, only the most indispens able works are being carried on ; and they have not been reinforced, except on the Austrian frontier, which circumstance ought not to excite surprise, when it is remembered that Austria has constructed , on that fronti er a comp l e t e li ne o f f or tifi e d points., ITALY. A le t3r from Rome in the Diritto, says —" All eyes a. e now turned towards the Duo de Grain mont, the French ambassador. Some of the liberal party have had access to him, and find him disposed to inquire into the true state of matters. He inqy,s soon to find some efficacious remedy. The 1 C... 03111.,?; of the college of French priests, called " Freres de la Doctrine Chraienne,' continues to create excite• ment. The address sent to the Pope by upwards of ahundred families, in behalf of their sons whom they used to send to the college, has had no result. The fathers of these two child ten want to send them to Piedmont, Switzerland, or France, rather than entrust them to the Jesuits, but the police refuse them passports, and the Jesuits triumph." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20th announce that the confinement of the Queen was expected almost every hour, and that the customary prayers for her Majesty had begun to be offered. up in churches. They add that it the child born be a prince he is to receive the name of Francisco de Assis—if a prin cess, that of Purissima Concepcion (Most Pure Con ception). Several persons had gone to the Bank to get notes changed, but the opening of a special office for their payment had rest ored public confi dence. In the provinces, speculators were endea vouring to obtain specie, whichis stated to be abundant, for . , exportation, but it is an nounced that the Government was taking mea sures to prevent them. A royal order in the Gazette directs that the sale of communal pro perty shall be suspended until the Cortes can .decide on the matter. The levyin g of th e provin cial militia was being effected with calmness. It was reporte de t la that Cthoencto, cveraiipmtaeinnt_Glelauclresaeinotf Cuba, orders to General organise a body of infantry, with the necessary y m a e t x a ico sl:e i r ti t the acornitilllneeryn,cein hostilitiesorde rto against e a r i e n a s d t notice to of the prevent negocations event The Bourse of Stockholm has founded an associa tion, under the tile of ‘‘ Credit Society." The object of it i s t o aid members and thus t o render mutual assisbtyanmeee,aannsdosfulnpopaorst, public credit. The subscription amounts to the sum of four millions. A board of twelve members, provided with tile most extensive powers, has been elected to manage the affairs. These managers are composed of the most notable members of the Bourse. The Nuremberg Gazette, in giving an account of the d?cision of the Germanic Diet on the 19th to communicaie to the Danish Government the com plaints forwarded by the Duchie", with a view to affording the Government of the King of Denmark an opportunity of offering explatia,tions, affirms that the case of Holstein is not included in this pro ceeding of the Diet, inasmuch as the States of Hol stein bad not sent in its complaint to the Diet in proper time. The Holstein affair is to be brought forward at a later period. MESSRS. NAYLOR, VICKERS, AND CO.'S 'SUSPENSION. The meeting of the creditors of the above steel firm was held at their offices, at Sheffield, yesterday afternoon. There was a very numerous attend ance, most of the principal creditors being repre sented. The balance-sheet, which had been prepared by Messrs. Harwood, Banner, and Son, of Liver pool, accountants, was read. It appeared that the assets in England were, in round numbers, as follows :—Good debts, 30,0001. ; iron, metals, (Sic., 90,0001. ; property, less mortgages, about 24,0001.; total assets in England (with various smaller items), about 181,0001. Assets in America, about 407,0001 Total assets, 589,0001. Total liabilities of the firm in England, America, and elsewhere, about 370,0001. It thus appears that th ere i s a surplus in favour of the firm of about 220,0001. The estimate had been made rather below than above the mark. The private property of the partners would show a sur plus, after meeting all private liabilities of between 20,0001. and 30,0001.; so that there would be a total surplus of about a quarter of a million. There arc sundry small debts owing by the firm, all under 2001., and amounting in the whole to about 4,0001. These it was determined should be paid in full im mediately. With respect to the general liabilities of the firm, it was proposed, seconded, and adopted, with only one dissentient, that they should all be paid in full, 20s. in the pound, in the following manner :-ss. in the pound on the 15th July, 1858; ss. in the pound on the 15th October, 1858 ; Se. in the pound on the 15th January, 1859 ; and the remaining ss. in the pound on the 15th April,lBs9. The acceptances of the firm are to be given to the creditors immediately, in the proportions, and payable at the dates above specified. By this arrangement the creditors will immediately receive the whole amount of their claims in bills. A gen tleman who represented the Bank of Liverpool, a large creditor, suggested that a committee of con sultation should be appointed to advise upon the realisation of the assets and to inspect the affairs of the firm from time to time ; but this proposition was not seconded, and it thereforefeli to the ground. Mr. DuNN said that if bills were given at once, there ought to be no committee of inspection ; and that if there were a committee of inspection bills ought not to be given now, but the creditors ought not to be paid till and as the assets were realised. The decision, therefore, is, that Messrs. Naylor, Vickers, and Co., are to be entirely uncontrolled in the management of their business. Much sympathy was expressed with the firm, and the remark was general that the most surpris ing circumstance was that a houso with such an im mense surplus, and with such a lucrative t asiness, should be under the necessity of seeking the indul gence of its creditors. COMMERCIAL FAILURES. The stoppage of Messrs. Herman Sillem and Co., a house of more than 50 years' standing, and of very groat respectability, was announced this morn ing. Their transactions were in connection with Germany, Holland, and all parts of the continent, as well as with North and South America and the West Indies, and the liabilities are therefore con siderable. At the moment of suspension they had large funds in hand, and according to the opinion of numerous friends, who would have been ready with assistance, it was doubtful if the step bad be come necessary. As, however, they had already sustained several severe losses from the recent fail ures on the continent, and could not feel certain that others might not follow, they resolved, with the honourable feeli ng w hi c h has always distin guished them, to encounter no further tisks that could prejudice the general position of their credi tors. Great confidence it expressed that they will ultimately pay in full, and an early resumption is h)ped. The following circular has been issued :--- "London, 2, Crosby-square, Nov. 24. "It is with ex reale regret we have to inform you that the losses we have experienced during the last few weeks have reduced us to the painful necessity of sus• pending oar payments. Our books will be submitted to Messrs. Quitter, Ball, and Co., and a statement laid before our creditors at the earliest possible opportunity. We are, acc., "HERMAN SILLEA, SON, AND CO.", The stoppage has also taken place of Messrs. Carr, Josling, and Co., an old and respectable firm, connected chiefly with the trade to the North of Europe. They hold a considerable amount of the acceptances of Messrs. Hoare, Buxton, and Co., Svensden and Johnson, and the other Swedish houses who3e failures were announced last week, and this has been tue immediate cause of their difficul ties. The liabilities are supposed to amount to about to 300,0001., and the assets show a large nominal surplus. It is feared, however that these will be found to h ave b een greatly depreciated ' by recent circumstances. Messrs. Alexander Hintz and Co., merchants and dealers in colonial produce, have likewise sit" pended. The house had been established for manY years, and has been brought down by the recent failures here and on the Continent. The liabili ties a:e understood to be large. Annexed is tha circular issued : "29, Mincing-lane, London, Nov. 24 21, " With the deep e st regre t we h ave to i n f orm Y-"' '" a " in consequence of the numerous failures here and abroad we are under the painful necessity of suspending our payments. "Oar books will be placed in the hands of Mesa% Qadter, Ball, and Co., with instructions to prepare a , tatement of our aff.t , rs, and to lay the same before our creditors as soon as possible. " We remain, &C., "ALEXANDEit HINTZ AND CO." BOROUGH BANK OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. Pursuant to public advertisement au extraordi nary public meeting of the shareholders of the Borough Bank was held at noon to-day: William Rathbone, Esq., president of the bank, in th e chair. Present 73 persons, holding 27,545 shares , and proxies were handed in for 20 persons, holding 21,332 sharps. The proceedings of the general meetings of the 10th and 12th instant having been read, including the report of the directors of the committee of last- o ned shareholders, and of M r . H. W. Banner, the ac countant, respecti ve ly, rea d t o t h o meeting, and Mr. Fi e ld h av i ng s tat e d that doubts might be entert a i ne d w h et h er ten days' no tice for the meeting o f th e 12th i nstan t oug h t n ot to hav e been given, 'aft er the company had been reg istered, It was mov e d by M r . B RANOKER , and second ed by Mr. SA MUEL M ARTIN , an d carrie d unanimously , "That in ca se th e reso l u ti ons p asse d, andmenti proceed ings taken at the general meeting on the 10th or November inst., and by adjournment on the 12th day of November inst., or if any of such resolutions or proceedings shall for any formal or other reason be irregular or void, the same, or such of teem, or such part of them as shall be so irregular or void, shall be deemed and taken as having been, and the same are hereby respectively resolved, adopted, and passed at this meting." On the motion of Mr. BRANOKER, seconded by Mr. S. MARTIN, it was resolved unanimously, " That all acts and proceedings done and taken by the liquidators, at the adjourned general meeting held on the 12th Nov. inst., be and the same are hereby adopted and confirmed. THE WOLVERHAMPTON AND.STAF FORDSHIBE BANK. WOLVERHAMPTON, Tuesday .Evening.—The ad journed meeting of the creditors of this bank took place at the Swan Hotel to-day. There was a very large attendance. The creditors have agreed to accept payment by four instalments, namely, five shillings in tile pound on the Ist of January, 185 8 ; five shillings on the Ist of October ; five shillings on the Ist of April, 1859 ; and five shillings on the Ist of July following. The following resolution wavput from the chair, and carded unanimously :—" That this meeting resoltes to accept the prop : , sal of the directors for liqui•lation of their claims on the bank, subject to the directors aid shareholders complying with such conditions aud.security as the committee to be ap pointed on behalf of the creditors shall decide upon." • An influential committee was appointed to carry out the above resolution, and great hopes are now' entertained that matters are now in such a traia that the bank may be re-opened in a few days. MONEY ORDER OFFICES;--ENGLAND.—OR the Ist December money order offices will be opened at Ca"' leen, head office, Newport ; Estrin, head office, Middles too', Ferryside, head office, Kidwelly Hartington , bead office, Ashbourno ; liucknall, Torkard, head office , Nottingham ; Langbarne, head office, St. Clears ; Long Eaton, head office, Berby ; Malvern Wells, head office, Malvern ; Titchfield, head office, Fo.reham.—By con" mand of the Postmaster-G naral, ROWLAND HILL, Sao retary.—General Post-offieLi Nov. 21, 1857. THE LATE GEN. NEILL.—We have much pleasure ill announcing that the chairman of the East India Cora' pany will propose to the directors a g rant of 500/. a - ye ar to the wido w o f G enera l N e ill , i n addition to the allow micas duo to the family of an officer of his rank who falls in action. Her Majesty has also la the most gratifying terms signified her permission that the -widow may as sumo the title of "Lady Neill," %aic& would have accrued to her had her husband been fortumately spared tea enjoy the dignity of a K.C.B. We trust that themil nilicence of the East India Company is b u t ; the prelude. to a national recognition of the services oft he deceased general.