The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

a fTh PERA BtFFA.—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. 1 • (Entir Re-decorated).—Signor RONZANI has the honour t o announce that the Belson yell commence o'lTummy, the 3d of November next, 1557. Full particulars 1 will be duly ann4vunced. Prospectuses may be had, and Subscriptions arkrauged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, OA Bond street. OYA.L PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE. All) Proprietor, Mr. Charles Rean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Sba.k.spere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. ROY AL 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 fol. I„ w ieg Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradmi, Miss Co- Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, -;,:,. 5 . H. Manley, and Miss Lou'sa Pyne; Mr. Augustus wham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Vraham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby ' 3. Virallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. *lad- • actor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Boyal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral U . von. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal :Lillian 0 nen, ' Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting :Nia blger„ Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorns Master, Mr. G. Smythson. THIS ENT EIiING, will be performed Verdi's opera of TROVATOR To conclude with A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR. Private 80x0,3. £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6cl. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Drc 'ss Circe, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The _Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direc Von of Mr. Chatterton, THEATRE ItOYAL, H.AYMARKET. Lessee- —Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with (Bth time here these ei'ght years) Sheridan Knowles' comedy of TFIE LOVE CFIASE. Constance, Mi's A. Sedgwick. After which (by desi're) BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone •, Cox, Mr. C o mpton. Followed by MAKE YOU R WILLS. G To conclude with THE ALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. INo charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s, d Dress Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 0 "Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes. it . 2 0 Pit 1 0 ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 SNo half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made ExtraTagatma, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wriglit and Miss Arden. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of 'MACK-EYED St; SAN. Mr. T. P. Cooke ; BIGe Peter. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Gnatb.rain, Mr. Wright ; Black-eyed Susan, Miss Arden. To conclude with the new sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. CTRAND THEATRE.—THIS EVENING, will be performed IS HE JEALOUS ? Mr. Shore, Miss G Aver, Miss Herbert, and Miss M. A. Victor. Followed by JOHN OF PARIS. Mr. Kinlech, Mr. Oliver Summers, Miss Harriet Gordon. 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 an 1 original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA. TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, :Kiss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 13.; Gallery 6(1. ; Private Boxes, 1/. is. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Rob4on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed (sth time) a new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper.; Mrs. Stirliux, Misses Wyndham and Swanborongh. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brongh, Esq., called MASXNIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, arc. ; Misses S Ranboro agh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. ti) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd ant Creswiek. TIM EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmare ; Miss Webster, Mi6S M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN VIE WORLD, lo conclude with TRICKS AND TRIALS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the porformanco of =elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyro, Miss E. Scott Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Far.-ant, S. /once, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master ; Director, Herr F, Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock preAsely. Sapneri, titc,, until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at ha,f-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY— Morn. 33 min. aft. 4—Even. 4.) min. aft. 4 To-Ifonatow —Morn. 7 min. aft. 5 —Even. 26 acn aft. 5 VIE WEIMER. -SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 23. In THERNIONETZR, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 47--lowest this morning and daring the night 55 —this day at noon. BABOHRTBR, 29.99—a rise of a quarter of an inch since yesterday. WIND. S.W. ; light and fine, with sunshine. It rained incessantly yesterday, and up to this morning, being about 30 hours in all. - • nn,, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1857. The future government of the Danubian Prin cipalities is a quei,tion of no ordinary magnitude, But for the Indian difficulty it would attract universal attention in Great Britain ; and is France, it may be doubted whether it does not occupy a more prominent position in the public mind, than the Sepoy mutiny and the indiscrimi nate massacre of English men, women, and chil dren. It is well known that France and Engla n d take very different views of the policy that ought to be pursued by the Western Powers with re spect to the union of these important provinces, and, as a natural consequence, respecting the con tested elections in Moldavia, where an over whelming majority of anti-unionist deputies h a d been returned to the Divan ad hoc. Indeed, it was only during the visit of the French EMPRI t OR to Osborne that these differences were arranged, I and that England gave its assent to the setting aside these elections, in accordance with the imperious demands of the representatives of Russia, Prussia, France, and Sardinia, who struck their flags at the slightest hesitation by the Otto man Government, although supported by the English and Austrian Embassies. The new elections have taken place. The Divan had been duly constituted, and by a telegram, received from Vienna, dated Tuesday evening, the 20th October, it is said that, "The Divan of Moldavia yesterday voted almost unanimously the following principles —c Seli-govarument of the Principalities conformably to the treaties with the Porte, whose rights are admitted. Union of the two provinces under a prince belonging to a dynasty of the West. A represmtative form of government, and neutrality of the new State.' " It is right to say that "the Nerd," the Russian organ in Belgium, publishes the above, "with re serve," or, in other words, does not commit itself to the ac c uracy of the intelligene3. C ons id er i ng , howev er , what has already taken place, and the attir e of th e returns already kno vn, it is by no means improbable taw: it may be authentio; 1 the French and Engli,h journals are fully war ranted in :peculatin g on the possible resulis it must not b e f orgotten that the Lite war, .wh'cl cost England so ma n y o f her gallant children, and l nearly eighty millions of pounds sterling, was oc casioned by the unauthori se d and unwarrantable invasion of these very Principd,tie.. The cros ing of the Pruth by Russian troop ~ being IL-- gal-Jed as an adequate casusbelli, although tne de claration of hostilities was protracted in the vain hope of arriving at a more pacific solution. Then both France and England boldly entered the field, to preserve the Ottoman Etrapire from dismember ment, and to prevent Russia from obtaining access to the Danube at any moment. But what was saved by "the sword," was v i r t ua lly s acrificed by " the pen. , What our heroes shed their blood for in the Crimea—what occasioned the fall of Seba,sto- pol, and all the sanguinary contests—what deve loped the Christian virtues of FLORENeE NIGHT INGALE and her devoted band—were all over thrown by diplomatic cunning on the one side, and diplomatic oversight on the other. In place of having the matter fully and finally disposed of, it was permitted to remain an open question, and was partially remitted for the consideration of the inhabitants them selves. We need not say what a fertile field for intrigue was thus opened out, or that the most unscrupulous would ultimately prevail. Russia first, for reasons not quite explicable, achieved the co-operation of France, Prussia, and Sardinia, and thus obtained a majority of votes over Eng land, Austria, and Turkey, although the latter was the interested party, who was to be stripped of valuable territory without obtaining any equivalent. The decision of the Moldo-Wallachian Divans is, however, by no means conclusive. Self- Government, conformably to the treaties with the Porte, they were entitled to, and no English per son would strip them of a particle of their just rights and privileges. But then comes the ques tion of union with a Prince belonging to a dynasty of the West. This involves the whole difficulty —Who is the happy candidate for the prospective throne ? Twenty German Princelings grasp at the imaginary sceptre. Fifty-five marriageable Princesses heave sympathetic sighs at the eligible opening. Russia, of course, seeks one who will become a Russian tool, far more dan gerous to Turkey than even Russia herself. One Royal personage breathes a wish in favour of " poor little NASSAU;" another has some other equally eligible protege whose graces would adorn the purple. And when was there a sovereignty to be gained where a Coburg candidate was not forthcoming ? Even Uncle LEOPOLD was ready to devote his youthful Flanders to the arduous task. It is by no means improbable that NAPO LEON would have no objection to inaugurate his novel dynasty with a second sovereign from his House, and either Prince NAPOLEON or MURAT would be spared for the purpose. Nor would Aus tria remain idle in the diplomatic contest ; she, too, would have her favourite. Nor is it improper that a Neapolitan Bourbon would be quite willing to give a further specimen of entitled government. Who then will be forced to unite the suffrages of the various conflicting elements at the confer ences that must decide the interesting and impor tant question ? These are matters that will not be easily or speedily decided ; and when they are, we suppose a new loan, guaranteed by the Protecting States, similar to that of Greece, in its inception, and most probably in all other respects, will be inaugurated. The young couple, for of course there will be a marriage growing out of it, to satisfy two of the Electors, must have a tidy sum in hand to commence housekeeping, and set up an adequate establishment, and the English tax-payers will be expected, selon les regles, to contribute handsomely, not merely to the Trous seau, but to the entire stock of the young be ginners, who will have something analogous to the penny weddings known in some of the pro vinces. 1 The Wallachian Divan bas, it appears, passed a similar resolution to that of Moldavia, so the electioneering tactics will commence amongst the young gentlemen having the true "azure" blood in their veins. It is not often that such a chance arises, and we may be sure that they will make the moat of it. The Sultan ought, however, to have a leading choice in the election. He is the most deeply interested of all in ob taining an unobjectionable Prince, who will respect his suzerainte, which it appears is still to be maintained, although it will rank higher than the Princedom of Neuchatel, or other of the se all but imaginary titles. We shall patiently abide the issue, but we ao nut thilik that it will be so very easily decided as the Unionists at present imagine in consequence of the concurrence of the Divans. It is one thing to settle principles, but very different to carry them into practical and effective operation. It is gratifying to see that while some public men, chiefly Peelites or Tories, are maundering about humanity to mutineers, all our men of weight demand humanity to the millions of India ; for that is the real meaning of stern justice on atrocious rebels. Some Tories, of whom we had hoped better things, have joined in the maudlin cuckoo note, of hoping that we, as a Christian Nation, shall remember the duty of mercy to our enemies. Good Heavens ! When have English men been guilty of anything but too much mercy ? Every English soldier, unlike the brutal wretches who pass by that name in Austria or Russia, or Naples, is much more liable to be guilty of undue pity than of undue severity ; much more is this the danger of our officers and generals. With them it requires courage not to repress vindictive rage, but to be justly severe. For Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE to give utterance - to the manly sentiments they have just expressed, and to do what they each may in their high position in the country's councils to give effect to them, is what really requires the firm nerve of the honest and farseeing Statesman or Commander. And we confess we must despise the cant—the effemi nacy, we were about to say—but that we would not wrong the other sex, the sex which has joined even in* wielding the weapons of death in India, —we despise the easy cant which assumes to be merciful overmuch, in a case like the present— the cant of men, at public meetings, praying pity for the hell-hounds of India, when to have a fling at their political opponents is their intent. On the other band we confess that W. 8., in Essex, the other day, in our opinion, fairly and fully atoned for all his electioneering sins, by nobly avowing that he would be no party to thwarting, or in any way embarrassing a ministry to which he is politically opposed, while they are engageJ, as they now are, in doing the common work of Englishmen. Sir E. B. LYTTON, also, honourably txpressed similar views at the Tring Agricultural meeting on Wednesday. The occasion was a befitting one, at Sheffield, en Wednesday, for a Commander-in-Chief to speak ; one to call forth the feelings of a noble soldier on the duties of the Army and the Govern merit in India. He was laying in Sheffi e ld th e foundation-stone of a monument erected to the Memory of Soldiers who had fallen in the Crimea in vindicaing international justice—a monument to be erected, as we may (ity, by the class from which our private soldiers are taken ; he was speaking, too, in a town which has set a splendid example of its readiness to furnish soldiers for the present emergency. He could tell them of his firm belief that the tide was now turned in India, and that our vast re i n f orcemen t s wou ld soon sweep with crushi ng where out might over the extensive districts noble, few, ani scattered men have held their own so long and ag ainst such vast numbers ; but, like LordE LLEN his language pr esent 0070/1, what a contrast does not only to the Pharasaical humanitarians, b u t t o the circular of Lord CAN NING himself. The Duk e of CAMBRIDGE would not trifle with the solemn sense o f a , THE SUN LONDO - N I D A T. high and holy, though awful duty imposed on the military and civil ministers of justice in India. " I trust," he said, " that no undue leniency will be adopted. (Cheers.) That may appear a very harsh and unfeeling re mark. (" No, no.") It is nothing of the kind. What does it mean ? We have an army of 70,000 men who have mutinied nobody knows why . Are these 70,000 men to be allowed to go broadcast over the country ma'sacreing men, women, and children without receiving the punish ment due to such crimes? ("No, no.") Just so, gentlemen ; therefore let us have justice. (Cheers.) Not undue, indiscriminate vengeance, but justice, and stern justice. (Cheers.) We have a right to ex , pect that those men shall be brought before proper [ tribunals and duly punished for the atrocious deeds they have committed. Less ought not to be done. I am sure the country will support all who have the manliness and courage to inflict that punishment." Just so; the country "will support all who have the courage and manliness to inflict that punishment." And instructively did the Duke express the feel ing of every Englishman, and every English sol dier, when he spoke of inflicting punishment as really requiring " courage and manliness," and the executioners of justice as really needing "sup port" is the performance of so painful a duty. We have spoken chiefly of men in high position, but our columns yesterday contained a striking illustration of the commingling of the fierce and the merciful in the bosom of the private soldier. We commend the plain unvarnished letter we refer to, to the notice of Mr. GLADSTONE and all the talkers in the strain we have alluded to, and we ask the simperers if they can help being proud of tLe British Highlander. The man could be one of a party to scour the country—we find him with the rest of his little company facing ten times their number, routing thew, firing► the village in which they defended themselves, joining in hanging them by two or three or ten at a time—lying down and sleeping by the men they had hung, and when the rope broke with one man promptly banging him again. For men entrusted with deadly arms and weapons for the defence of others, who had turned those arms against officers, civilians, women and infants—for the cruelest of cowards mercy was not even thought of ; the blood of tender babes, and dishonoured as well as mur dered women, cried too loud in the soldiers' ears for that. But the same noble fellow could not lose his own feelings for the helpless and innocent though they belonged to the guiltiest. We follow him into the burning village I the sight of senile decrepitude meets his eye—he takes the old man's cot, and, like the angels at Sodom, lie drags the lingering victim of second childhood from the flames. A child at a door meets his eye—it vanishes, the house is blazing—he rushes through the door—finds a square of houses ; a mother with a babe just born, six children, an old man, and an " old dotal woman ;" after try ing in vain other expedients, he takes the woman and her babes in his arms—the children, as he expected, take the old man and woman and fol low him—and he leads the way to burst through the entrance now in flames ! Two, indeed, there he saved, carrying one, an old woman, who could only creep—compelling others by threats to save some of their fellow-sufferers ! Is not this the very picture of the man we want just now to inflict the necessary retribution ? Thank Heaven " We have within our realm Ten thousand good as he." It is such soldiers who will retrieve the British same, as well as the position of Britain, in India. Well do the natives know the necessities of the case ; justly do they estimate the treatment which the rebels, ingrates, and coward-murderers de serve at our hands ; and on them will they im precate the curses called forth by their own inci dental sufferings; but their feelings towards our own soldiers will be those indicated by the sequel of this striking story. " When I went," .the writer sap, "to the other side of the village, there were about 140 women and about 60 chil dren, all crying and lamenting what bad been done. The old woman of that small family I took out came, and I thought she would have kissed the ground I stood on. I offered them some biscuit I had for my day's ration, but they would not take it ; it would break their caste they said. The ' assemble' sounded, and back I went, with as many blessings as they could pour out on anything nearest their heart." Such men and their officers need no lectures from either Mr. GLADSTONE Or Lord CANNING. PRINCE ALFRED AT BALMORAL.—Tbe Aberdeen, Jour nal says :—Since the departure of the Court from Bal moral, the stir about the Castle has ceased, and it has resumed its wonted quiet, imposing look: The day pre vious to the Queen's leaving for the season, the youth:ul Prince Alfred, who was deer-stalking in Garmadie, brought down his first stag, and, in celebration of the occasion, all the gillies in attendance were commanded to appear at the main entrance, and with lighted torches they danced a Highland reel together. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorff have left town on a visit to the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cran worth. The Duke de Richelieu has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, from Paris. The Marquis and ➢larchioness of Normanby have lift the St. George's Hotel, on their return to Fl Tence. The Marchioness of Waterford has left Chridge's Hotel, for Curraghinore, Ireland. The Marquis of Queensberry is among the recent departures from Long's Hotel. The Earl of Howth has arrived at Claridgee Hotel, 'rom Howth Castle, Dublin._ _ The Earl and Co'untscs of Darnley and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotvl, from Cabbala Hall, Grave send. Lord Ribbesdale has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. CAMBRIDGE.—ELECTION OF LORD MACAULAY AS HIGH STEWARD.—At a meeting of the Town Coukcil yesterday, the Right Hon. Baron Macaulay was elected High Steward of the borough, in the room of the late Lord Fitzwilliam. The noble lord had previously noti fied his willingness to accept the office. TUE ORGAN IN REGENT -SQUARE CHURCH.—During the last two months the organ in the above -named church has undergone extensive repairs and improve ments, under the able superintendence of Mr. John Banfield, organ-builder, Birmingham. This instrument was built about 30 years ago by Gray, and Mr. Banfield (who received his training in the organ-manufactory of the late J. C. Bishop) has made the following improve ments and additions :—A new tenor C swell, containing the following stops : double diapason, open diapason, stop diapason, principal, fifteenth, trumpet, hautboy ; two octaves of German pedals, and pedal pipes from C C C ; three composition pedals ; coupl3rs ; concusien valves to steady the wind, and many other modern im provements. The organ has been re-voiced and tuned equal temperament, Toe whole has been done in a very masterly manner, and rstLets the greatest crecht upon Mr. Banfield. The organ was opened on Sunday last, and gave general satisfaction to the committee, and all who had the pleasure of hearing it. The money-market is exceedingly quiet, and, owing to the absence of any important failures and the signs o general stability among the leading manufacturing and shipping firms throughout the country, a very eatisf ee tory feeling is observable. Uncertainty still prevails as to the probable necessity of any further upward move ment on the part of the Bank, hut the question will, perhaps, be solved before the lapse of another week. It is said that in case of an advance above S per cent• being adopted the joint-stock banks are not likely to niche any increase in their rate of allowance for customers' deposits. Their present rate is 7 per cent., and under any circumstances this will roost probably be their limit. A movement in the B ►nk minimum beyond its existing adm it o anypoint g e ne r would al arrangements e t i o n o g7 :aosred: exceptional.pbount it.tino The demand ye sterday was comparatively moderate, both at the Beek and out of doors. In some iestances choice paper has been Lego'iated at most quarters the Bank cLarge is upheld. On six months' bills 9 per cent. has been paid. It is an ue pleasant feature that there are again some symptoms of a demand for gol I for the continent, and if this should increase, as nomoreAustralien art ivale are to be counted upon at present, it ean be supplied only by withdrawals from the Bank. About 16,000 sovereigns were said to have been tdeen yesterday for New York. Theamount of silver to be provided for the next Overland Mail ou the 4th of November will depend upon the fresh quota tions of the India and China exchanges shortly to be expected by telegraph, but more than 800,000/. is wider stood to be already engaged. --Tinges' City Tho ordinary meeting of the Globe Insurance Com pany also took place yesterday, when a dividend at the rate of 5 Der cent, per annum took place. THE TEA FRAUDS AT BELFAST.—It is now ascertained that the frauds perpetrated at Belfast by Moore and his associates amount to 5,0001. on the customs, and on private parties to 10,0001. General Sir J. Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fort'. fications, having approved of the newly-invented gabion by Sergeant-major J. Jones, R.E., 5,000 of them have been sent out to India for the use of the troops of the Royal Engineers. In addition to the other advantages, these gabions can be used for constructing temporary suspension bridges for the passage of troops. A letter from Rome states that two officers of the Swiss regiment in the service of the Pope, nained Csapey and Bonalini, had been condemned for fighting a duel—the first to five years' imprisonment and 1.000 crowns fine, t'tesecci . nd to 4 years' imprisonment and 800 crowns fine. Their seconds had been cond,-nned each to two years' imprismment and 400 crowns fine. NuM'erous suspensions continue to be announced on the continent, especially among manufac'uring firms in Germany. At Vienna, the Credit Bank, to allay the alarm caused by the stoppage of Messrs. Boskovitz and Co., of Pas* fur 207,0001.. have agreed to make a temporary advance to the creditors equal to about 50 per cent. on their claims. At the meeting of the Union St(anship Company, held yesterday, a report was presente d, s t at i ng t h a t the directors hail entered into a contract Viith her Majesty's Goveinment fur the conveyance of the Cape mails for five years, at a sum of 30,000/. per annum, which they deemed a profitabls employment of the vessels of the company. LlvEßroot, Thursday. --The magnificent clipper ship Chancellor, belonging to the Wriite Star line of packets, sailed to-Jay for Melbourne, with 330 passengers, a ship mail, and a large and valuable cargo. The next vessel to be despatched by Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chambers will be the Anglo-Saxon, wi tJh is ti sail on the 27th net. The clipper Montmorency has just been taken op for the conveyance of troops for India, making the fourth ship of the Black Ball line selected for the pur pose by the Government. FIRES IN THE CITY.►-Yes+,erday morning between three and four o'clock, a fire broke out in the newly erected premises known as the Mincing•laue Chambers, in Little Tower-street. The building was of very large dimensions; and occupied by many persons. The origin of the fire is unknown, but the damage it efficted was considerable, the upper ft sor, nearly 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide, being burned out, and the roof destroyed. Much injury was also done to the other floors by the water which was thrown upon the burning mass. DEATH FROM FRIGHT. —A few days ago, a fine little girl, about six years of age, named Rebecca Barns Fisher, the daughter of a collier in Puppy-lane, Dudley Port, being near her parents' hou=e, suddenly fell down in a fit and expired instantly. It appears that, about four years ago, a person putting on a frightful mask and jumping suddenly before this iittle girl, so affrighted her that, falling down in a fit, she has been subject to that sad malady ever since, and her early and sudden death has been the result.—Caledonian Mercury. At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the London, Man• chaster, and Foreign Warehouse CompaLiy, Mr. Co teker in the chair, the resolution passed at the meeting of the 21st of September to wind up the unthrtaking volun. tarily was confirmed, with one dissentieat. In the dis cussion that took place on the errors of management several shareholders expressed their full reliance in the present board, and, various qu-otti ins of finance having been gone into, a vote of confidence in the in' egrity of the directors was passed. They were accordingly ap pointed official liquidators to wind up the estale. It is believed that 2/. per share will be returned to the pro• prietors. DETERMINED SUICIDE NEAR THE MINORIES.—Yeste). day morning, Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, received infor mation of a suicide of a determined charaaer, which had occurred on Wednesday morning. Q map, named Edward Gardiner Packer, aged 47, lodge( at the Golden Lion, a public-house in Goodnaan's-yard, Minories, and on Tuesday night :he went to bed in a state of intoxica tion. Nothing more was heard of him dulling the night, and as be did not make his appearance up to an advanced period in the day, Mrs. Abrahams, the landlady, went up to the room and yaw the deceased hanzing from the bed-post. Mr. Cooke, surgeon, of the Yinories, w,s sent for. He found the man hanging to th) bed-post by a black silk handkerchief. He cut him do 4-t, but he wag quite dead and had been so for some time. SHORT TIME.—At the meeting of the Bradford Mari of guardians, on Wednesday evening, sap the Man- chez — ter (Mardian, it was stated that iaere - Lad been nu merous applications for relief, in consequence of weavers and spinners being discharged from onployment owing to looms being stopped. The chdrman (Mr. Alderman Ward) said that the firm with wiieh he was ' connected, at Britannia Mills, were about ;,) act upon the principle of employing the whole of their workpeople for four days of the week instead of a portion of them for six days, believing that such a course would tend to give greater satisfaction to the hands, and also to keep many people from the rates. The board rotpressed its approval of the suggestion, and a hope that the manu fac'urers generally would adopt the same c ou l ee . THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.—An engraVng in the mix id style by F. Hon, after a water-colour picture by Miss M. Gillies, the well-known miniature pointer, re centlypubiiaheexahbi b y i te d Messrs. t h r e O M r easr ofb e p s t i e c r e . a e l o i l i v e c . ti o i n t , r been sente two sisters, the one " sighing o'er buried hopes," the other in expectation of happiness and of a joyful future. The group is well drawn and the expression of the Val ied feelings characteristic and natural. The contrast be. twe,n hope and sorrow in the coulit , mances ‘f the ,i , - ters is given with artistic effect, and is such as only an experienced hand could delineate. The attitaies are neither strained nor affected, nor is there an seternp'.; at txvizeration or theatrical display. The whole is sub dued and graceful. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. SMITH'S FEINTING E,TABLISHMENT LONG-ACRE.—A very shocking and dis• tressing accident happened yesterday morning to a youth named William Pettit, 14 years of age, in the enploy of Messrs. Smith and Co., wholesale stationers and printers, near James-street, LIN.-acre. It app.ars that the lad was at work with others at the printing nachine, when, by some means, his right 1-g became entangled, and being drawn in, the foot was completely smashed ; so severe was the injury that the toes were separated, hanging only by the skin. The unfortunate sufferer was conveyed to Charing•cross Hospital in a state of great exhaustion, owing to the shock to the system and loss of blood. Mr. Hancock, one of the principal sur geons, and Mr. Bennett, the house surgeon, immediately attended to the case , supp l y i ng t h e poor lad with stimu lants while the toes of the foot were amputated ; he was then p'aced in bed, in a state of great suffering, but hopes are entertainei (if tetanus does not supervene) that lie will do well. LEEDS ELECTION EXPENFES.-The return of the ex penes incurred at the election for Leeds on the 27th and 28th Of Marcfi lust has just been published. There were three candidates, viz.-The Right Hon, M. T. Baines,and Mr. J. Remington Mills, Liberals, and Mr. Robert Hall, Conservative. The expenses of the Liberal candidates amounted to 8221. 194., of which Mr. Baines paid 4151. 11P. 6d., and Mr. Mills 4071. 7g. 61., and included 521 . 10s. for l aw agen t , 1261 . 13 s. 9d . for car riages and horses, 52/.los. for hire of roo m s, 1741. 15,. 11d. for printing, stationery, and advertising, 1551. Is. 31. for canvassers, clerks, and messengers, and 2251 . 12s. 21 for expenses of returning officer. Mr. Hall's expense; were 1,490/. 7s. 3d., including 1571. 108. for law agent, 1)11. lls. 41. for carriages and horses, 451. 10s. 6d. for rooms, 1501. 16s. 11d, for printing, stationery, and advertising, 627/. 15% 61. for canvassers, clerk-s, messengers, and miscellaneous expenses, 901. 3s. 41 for current expenses, and 1121. 16;. ld. fer expenses of re turning officer. AN IRISH ENGINEER AT TFIE DEFENCE OF ARRAIL—Th e public have read with interest the accounts which have already appeared of thin extraordinary defence. Tney are, however, but imperfectly acquainted with the dis tinguished part taken by Mr. Richard Vicars! Boyle, civil engineer—a native of Dublin, and a member of a family highly and most deservedly respected—ia the success of that defence and the preservation of the Eu ropean residents. The Calcutta Englishman contains a letter written at Arrah, two days after the relief of the little garrison, from Mr. Richard Vicars Boyle, in whose fortified house the Europeans and the Sikh police at this station found refuge, which give a brief but graphic account of the noble stand made by the refugees for seven days against Rajah Koer Singh, at the head of a force of disciplined Sepoys and insurgents of one hundred times their number. It is a singular feature in this memorable defence that not ono of the sixteen Europeans in the little garrison was a military man 1 This is the more rem ar k a ble when . we conside r th a t the defence was char ac t er i se d a s much by military s kill as by heroic courage. Barricades were raised, the veal's strengthened to withstand the cannon, and the enemy's mine was counter !Tined in a manner worth ? of a military eneineer. "It was to Mr. R. V. B'yte's engineering skill and untiring exertions," to use the word s o f M r. Wake's r e p or t, "th a t th e garrison en a gr ea t weasute owed their preserv a tion." The Eire)lwans, alth oug h f ew in number, comprised the judge of the district and other valuable lives. These ail have, under . Provid ence , b een preserved by the foresigkt and skit; with w hi c h M r . Bayle fortifi e d an d p ro visioned his letle fort. But it is impossible to real the resent accounts without neeine the important b ead i ng thi s cefence has had upon the whole campaign. It had the effect of deiagnie for th e space o f seven days th e a d vanc e up the country . of R a j a h K oer Singh at th e h ea d o f 2 500 disciplined Sepoye, an d a b ou t the same number of his own adherents, until the rebels were defeated and the garri-on was ref eyed by the gallant baud from Buse-, under Mejer V. Eyre. The army had civil servants ef the governmentje.tly engrossed much the greater share oldie public honours, Leearise they havemut h the great power and opportunity of tendering übli service ; but when each pubic service has b een e ff ec t d by a volunteer, we cannot but telek, eepecielly in such a crisis as the pree.nt t at the Government of thi country will b u t d o t i eir euty in advtsine t' e Que)(l CO bestow on Mr. Ricea•d Vicars l3iyle sein e signal mark ef diti.ietion —Evening Post. The French merchant vessel La R in., which left St Nazaire (Loi re ) f or Bit' oa on the 7,,h in ,, f, was, tA 0 day, later, when off Cape Machicao . ), struck by a heavy e, a which carried away the wheel, the compani on w i th ti e binnacle, and washed the mate and one of the men over board. Captain Chauvelon, who was standing near the wheel at the time, was knocked down, and had one of his legs broken just above the ankle. Not withstanding thin severe injury, he remained a t his post, ordered a tillerto be shipped, an d s t eered for Bo r d eaux . T oe R e i ne w as fortu, ately f a ll en i n w i th two days to be bn i t o thaty: afterwardsu , bythe A Lli port, iab and by le-Gutilernetto, which hapwhose 1,884. tanc,! she was got in safely. Captain Chauvelon was im mediately landed, and conveyed to the hospital, where it was f , und r Eessary to amputate the limb; he is now in a fair way of recovery. r \ 7 r Prl p , et., N.) 4 skr L)r.4 D 0 7, , LATE-)f NEWS. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " The Divan of Moldavia has voted for the union of the Principalities ' under a foreign Prince of a Western dynasty.' This resolution, which, accord ing to the telegraphic despatch received yesterday from Vienna, wasadopted almost unanimously, re cognises the rights of the Porte as sanctioned by treaties, demands a representative form of govern ment, and the neutrality of the S., ate. The vs:l , e of the Moldavian representatives thus bringsmatters to something like a crisis. If there was an intention oa the part of Austria and Turkey to impose silence on the Sioldavians on this particular point, it has been disregarded by them, and the English Govern ment would hardly join those Powers in so extreme a measure. Indeed, the union of the Principalities almost of necessity involved the sovereignty of a foreign Prince ; M. Kissel:ff, the present Russian Ambassador in Paris, who long resided in the coun try, and who is regarde 1 as an authority in all that relates to it, more than once declared that without it the union was impossible. The Divan appears to be of the same opinion ; and the question now is, who is the candidate for t e Rouman Crown that would give the least umbrage to the European Powers, and still maintain the slight tie which sub sists between the Principalities and the Porte ? It seems to be admitted that no native Boyard could succeed in establishing his authority over the population, whatever his good qualLies other wise might be, nor overcome the jealousies of disappointed claimant=, who would unwillingly submit to the rule of one so lately their equal. A German Prince would, if accepted, by the Roumans, be the agent of Austria or the pensioner of Russia ; and the Western Governments could not allow this Power to recover, indirectly or sur re ptit ous ly, what has so lately been wrenched from her grasp. Something has been said of a Prince of the Imperial family of France, and the earnest support at first given by the French Foreign-office has been, rightly or wrongly, attributed to some desire of the kind. The consequences that would result from the notni nation of a member of arty powerful house are too obvious to be insisted upon. The choice should fall upon some prince who is neither personally nor politically, obnoxious to the Powers ; be should be of a h: use from whose ambition there is nothing to apprehend ; of little weight in the great political questions of Europe ; of policy enough to conciliate foreign Powers, and to occasion no disquietude to his suzerain ; of intelligence to keep the balance steady between livial interests at home ; of courage enough to defend his little domini , us against ag gression ; of fair character ; of liberal principles in government ; and possessing the prestige that attaches to ancient and royal descent. Among those who have been already mentioned as pro bable candidates for the crown of the Roumitus, the name of one Prince is suggested by rumour who perhaps as the least objectionable of all. That Prince is the Duke of Oporto, brother of the King of Portugal. He will ceuiplete in a few days his 19th year, having been bern on the 31st October, 1838. He is said by those who have access to the Royal family of Portugal to possess much intelli gence ; and his education has been carefully at tended to. The Prince has not seen in his own coun try, since he attained the age of reason, other than the forms of a Liheral Government, more or less Conservative, but still Constitutional. The storms which beset the Throne for a oonsiderable part of his mother's reign, and which more than once seriously shook it, having long subsided, and it tells much for the popularity of the Braganza dynasty that the regency of the King Consort ended, and a new reign was inaugurated with apparently the acquiesceece of the Miguelite party, and with out any attempt on the part of the Revolutionists. The constitutional monarchy, established more than 30 years ago by the Emperor Dom Pedro, has passed through a precarious existence amid political convulsions, and Donna Maria da Gloria herself had often to bend to the tempest. In 1847 her crown was saved only by the intervention of some of the great Powers, and the last revolution Her Majesty experienced was only 2 years before her premature death. Since then Portugal has been tranquil ; she is tired of revolution, but her lassitude has not found repose in despotic rule. After many a trial and many a danger, she has not sought security under a Dictator ; she now enjoys the benefits of constitutional government. Au intelligent and popular Prince of the House of Braganza would not, I think, be an ineligible candidate forthe Rou man Crown, and, whatever the Lusitanian glories and power may have - been in times gone by, it is hardly necessary to say that to no power in Eut ope is Portugal obnoxiou 4, either on that or any other score. There is, to be sure, one objection ; tlie Duke of Oporto is a Catholic, and the Moldo- Wallachians profess the Greek faith. But King Leopold is not of the religion of the vast thaj a . ity of his subjects; and a stronger case in point is that of King Otho, in Greece. I cannot say whether over- tures have been made on the subject to the Porte, or to any other Power interested in the question, but the Portuguese Prince's name has occurred to several persons as one of the best, if not the very best, solution that could be presented. The Prince is the sun of a Coburg, and, though of the Catholic branch of the family, would not, perhaps, be objected to by the English Government. If the union of the Principalities takes place the subject is worthy of consideration. Since the foregoing was written a second telegra phic message aline unce that the Wallachian Divan has voted a similar resolution to that of its co-Divan of Moldavia. The French Government is said t feel some embarrassment on the occasion. It has lately become more moderate on the Union quesT ion, and suggested to its Commissioner, M. de Talley rand, to abate something of his enthusiasm in the cause of Rounisn nationality ; so, at lest, we are now told." PRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Spectateur contains the following observa tions on the difficult position in which the hankers and money-brokers in France are placed by the elevation of the Bank discount rate to l per cent. above the 1-gal interest which they are allowed to charge to their customers : "This new increa , o, of the rate of discount to 71 per cent. is the second application which the Bank of Fra c 3 has made of the power granted to it on the renewal of its privilege of freeing itself, when it should think fit, from the law which fixes at 6 per cent, the highest legal inte rest on money, and declares u , urious any interest above that maximum. Commerce remains subjected to this law, which no longer ex sts for the Bank. In this situa tion there is something singular, and it ham already been brought under the notice of the GovernmeQt• In fact, when hanker 3, who for the most part are only agents betvecen the public and the Bank or its branches, can only procure money for their operations at 71 per cent., it cannot be expected that they will give it to the public at 6 per cent." A telegraphic despatch dated Colmar this morn ing says " The correctional Tribunal has con demned M. Mige:m to one month's imprisonment for illegaiiy wearing the Legion of Honour, and has declared itself incompetent to decide on the charge of fraud in electoral matters." The Moniteur contains a decree promoting Gen. Camou to the rank of grand crass of the Legion of Honour, and Generals de S3velinges, de _Failly, Cler, and Baron Marion, and Colonels Desaint, Ponies, de Waubert, de Genlis, Dabos, Montaudon, and do Grimaudet do Rechebouet, to that of com mander. 0 her decreei promote 43 officers of different ranks to lie officers in the same order, nominate 444 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates to be knights, and confer 38 military tneda,!s. A litter from Smyrna, iu the Moniteur de la li'lotte, says : " A French sulject has been carried off and held to ransom by some brigands of Scala-Nova and Samos. It is thought that thus ) won have taken refuge in the latter and are now c ncealed there. Tue commander of the French steamer Solo❑ has been applied to by the Consul, and is about to start for Samos, and the Turkish authorities of Smyrna have also sent au Ottoman steamer with a detachment of police to line the shore, and thus prevent the brigands from e.capiug by sea." BOURSE, Oct. 22.--The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. por Cents .. OO 75 3 per Cents 66 76 Eud of Monta. -fr. -- fit; 70 Bauk Shares 9 360 Credit Foneiei. Credit Mobilier 767 50 Rowan Do. Account 770 -- is Austrian delwian 14 9J Sp:tuitth Threes Fiedmoutese (5) 904 Home Debt RAILWAY S-V 011 CABI3 f r;. rr. C. irteans ... ......... ... 1315 -- Weston' Northern - Strasburg, ;,yons and f1ed...... 827 A— Now Ditto :\low Ditto... .••• .. 803 Grand Central Geneva Aid.i - RUSSIA. A EiFsian squadron, consisting of three screw corvettes and four steam d un-boats, is in the road stead of Copenha4en. Tue destination of this squadron is the Amour river. The Russia!' screw frigate Askold, of 360 horse power, carrying 16 guns and a crew of 470 men, hay arrived at Kiel. Her des ination is Japan. Her commander, Capt. Udanowski, commanded on that station for five years. He will be at the orders of the Russian political agent in the Japanese waters. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, OCT. 21. The following is the bulletin issued this morn ing : " A succession of tranquil nights and an increasing appetite exhibit a decidedly favourable influence on the health of his Majesty. " SCHONLEIN, "GRIM NI, " WEISS. " Sans Sandi, Oct. 21, 114 o'clock a.m." A letter from Berlin of the 19th, in the Elber feld Gazette, says :—" We learn on good authority that the royal ordinance which is to confer the tem porary direction of affairs of State on the Prince of Prussia will be signed to-day or to-morrow, the King being now well enough to be spoken to on the subject without any danger." Accounts from Berlin state :—" The negotiations which have been going on forsome time past iu Paris for the conclusion of a postal convention between France and Prussia have led to a very satisfactory provisional result, and it now only remains for the convention to be drawn up in regular form. The right of acceding to this treaty, which is very favorable to the relations betwee❑ the two coun tries, is reserved to the other members of the Austro-German postal union. The treaty will be published as soon as the ratifications have taken place." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienns, afthelith, in the Bceroen halle of Hamburg, says :—" Several conferences have taken place during the last few days at the house of Baron do Werner, Under-Secretary of State, atwhich Sir H. Seymour mad Prince Kallimaki were present. The object of them, we are informed on good authority, was to deliberate on some very important communication received from England. It may be seen that the affairs in India are im proving from the fact of England renouncing the p.)litical tergiversations of which she has lately given proof in the question of the Principalities. Her policy has resumed a firmer character. There is no longer any reason to fear that the English cabinet will abandonthe Porte, or that Austria will remain single-handed to defend the rights of the Sultan." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. It was said that the new Cabinet had resolved to display indulgence towards the pre ss, and not tie seize journals except for attacks on the subjects of religion or morality or for exciting disturbances or for insulting public functionaries ; it was even supposed that it intended to modify the law on the K•iss in a liberal spirit. The newspapers were so delighted at this news that the offices of the Iberia, the Occi dente, the 'Estado, the Discusion, and of almost all the other political journals were illuminated ; but at the request of the civil governor, who thought the demonstration objectionable, the illuminations were extinguished. All the retiring Ministers, in grand uniform had waited on the Queen to take leave of her Majesty ; and the Queen treated them with kindness. On the formation of the Ministry, the amhaQsadors at London and Paris were to be changed. Permission had been sent by telegraph to Count de Reuss (Prim) and M. Guell y Rente to return to Spain. It was considered certain that M. Bustillos would be the new Minister of Marine. It was reported that some frfends of the retired Ministers had at tempted to persuade the regiments of the garrisini to send deputations without arms to the Queen, praying her not to dismiss the Cabinet, but that the execution of the plan had been prevented by the intervention of the Captain-General of Madrid. It was said that a brother of the new President 6f the Council would be appointed Captain-Gene ral of Cuba. The last report about Gene! al Nar vaez was that he meant to retire to France. M. Lamartine, whose fortune, the public has been aware, was greatly impaired by a series -of bad years, and his indulgence to poor tenants, has this year had a magnificent crop of wine upon his Macon estate. It is said that he has sold 3.000 casks at 80f. each, and has consequently realised a sum of 240.000 t. DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN.—SINGULAR CIR. CUMSTANCE.—The return of the registrar of births and deaths for Oldharn-above-Town for the past week. pre ,ewed to the board of guardians at its meeting on Wed nesday, contained the register of the death of a man, named Barrett, residing near Sholver. lie was present at the battle of Waterl,o, where he received a shot in the left lung. He recovered from the wound, but the ball was never extracted, and after his death Mr. Leach, surgeon, Cowlishaw, opened the body and found the belt embedded in the lung, where it has remained for a period of 42 years —Manchester Guardain. Grtoost's COFFEE Rooms.—The well-known esta blishment of Mr. Groom, the confectioner, in Fleet street, near the Temple, which, with its narrow frontage and overhanging upper stories, used to form one of the quaintest relics of old London street architecture is at la-it re-opened; after having been entirely rebuilt and modernized ; no Imager as a confectioner's shop, but as a coffee-house—the only refreshment rooms in Lon on where tea, coffee, and chocolate alone are served. The ground and first floors 'now form two spacious coffee rooms, planned and fitted with the utmost attention to comfort. On the second floor an elegant coffee-room and withdrawingroom are reserved for the use of ladies. Tne judicious taste and the liberal outlay which have presided over the rebuilding and fitting up of these rooms cannot fail to be appreciated by Mr. Groom's customers, many of whom, unable to account for the long-continued close of his premises at the Temple Gate, had begun to despair of seeing his house opened again. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GIITTA PERCHA WORKS, SMITHFIELD.—Yesterday Mr. William Payne, the coronor, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Henry Alfred Bradford, a young 24 years of age, who came to his death under the follow ing circurnstanees.. From the evidence that was given by the different witnesses it appeared that the deceased was employed at the Gutta Pemba Works, in West street, Smithfield, and it was his duty to attend to the tanks, which are heated by steam, for the purpose of tlis solving the gutta percha, in its process of manufacture into different articles. On Monday last, perceiving that one of the tanks was boiling too rapidly, he went in front of it, for the purpose of turning off the steam, but instead of doing so he inadvertently turned it full on, causing the contents of the tank to boil more rapidly, and a quantity of steam dame over him, scalding him in a most shocking manna-r. Assiatance was Coon at bard, and without delay he was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was attended by Mr. Lee, the house surgeon, but he never rallied, and died about eight o'clock the same evening, from the effects of the severe scalding. The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," expressing a hope that for the future men shou.d go to the back, instead of the front of the tanks, to regula'e there. SUDDEN DEATH OF A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.—We exceedingly regret to announce the death of Mr. Chas. Cotesworth, which took place yesterday under most painful circumstances. We learn that the deceased gentleman left hie home yesterday morning in his usual health. He was transacting some business in his private office in Tower-buildingei about 1 o'clock when some of the clerks in the outer office observed him stagger, and immediately ran to his assistance, being enabled to save him before he fell to the ground. Medical assistance was at once sent for, and on Dr. Petra arriving it was found that the unfortunate gentleman was seized with a fit of apoplexy. Dr. Chalmers, Mr. 'Coteeworth's family adviser, and Dr. P. Ramsey were also called in, and rendered all the relief in their power ; but after lingering in a state of almost unconsciouene , s for nearly two hours Mr. Cotesworth expired. The ne cessity of a coroner's inquest has been obviated by a cer tificate from the niedie.al gentleman, stating that death was the result of apoplexy. Mr. Cntesworth was 65 years of age ; he was one of the leading shipewnere of this pert, and he held a high position in connection w,th various mercantile associations. He was the principal of the firm long kno an under the title of Messrs Cotes• worth, Wynne, and Lyne, who are extensively engaged in the South American trade, and also owners of screw steamers trading between Liverpool and Portugal. Mr. Cotesworth was a Conservative in politics, and took an active part in the charitable and religions movements of the day.—Liverpool Courier. NEW ITALIAN OPARA-HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. — Since our last notice of this large structure the. works hate been commenced, and are now proceeding very rapidly. The foundations rest on the strata on which stood the walls of the old theatre' th a t consists of a dense sound gravel, which, of coarse, dispenses with the ue of concrete. The walls of the new building are already carried up w ithin a few feet of the surrounding street of ironwork required for leveln The immense quantity the various roofs and floors is also in very active pre paratiou by Messrs. Grissell, of the Regent's Canal Iron Works, who are the contractors for this portion of the work. The structure is to be, as far as pos. bible, fireproof, and the greatest attention, has, we understand, been paid by the architect to the arrange ment of ingress and egret?, so that, as far as prac ticable the fearful dangers consequent on a panic arisin!, in a crowded In,use will be avoided. As e provision against this, there will be four pubic s t a ircases before the curt a i n, t h e steps an d l an di ngs o f which . be constructed of a tone, roofed over with brick arches. One highly important arrangement also in these etaircasts is, that titers will be no "winders." and " lee" are dispensed with, the space usus.ll occupied by the latter being built up, in a great measure solid, as is the came in the La Scala, at Milan, and other theatres in Italy. This arrangement allows of lighting and ventilating the staircases at night throug:4 a central shalt. There are also side windows as a means of lighting t!aese staircases from the external walls of the edifice. Provision will also be made for a most plentiful supply of water in case of a fire, as large cisterns are to be placed on each side of the house. Receptacles for wnt,'r cist a r a t Kill also be situatedbe s - age other n er parts osd elfrown the aouse, which wily the street mains. 'rue deigns for the theatre have been prepared by El w ard M. Barry, Esq. , architect, under whose supervidon the building will be carried out ly Messrs. Lucas Brothers, builders, Belvedere-road, 1.431:1- both,— Building News, 37 LITERATURE. 'Wayside Gatherings._ B E. 14, T. Richardson, Brothers. The charm of ibis little volume is its unaffected simplicity. Every poem is the natural outpouring of the writer's heart, and as such it steals its way irresistibly to the heart of the reader. There is no striving after effect, no elaborate embellishment or artificial conceit to be met with here, but an abun-. dant store of kindly thoughts and bright aspira tion, genial sympathies and gentle admonitions. This bouquet, "gathered" by the "wayside" of the great field of Nature, consists for the most part of homely flowers ; but, if modest in hue, such are the sweetest in perfume, and these have been milled by one fully alive to their hidden beauties—one ready to gather sermons from stones, and quick to recog nise good in everything. Among the sweetest blossoms in the collection are those gathered in the churchyard, and hung as graceful wreaths of immor tales over some beloved tomb. Of this number are several dedicated to the memory of a little girl, the only child of her mother—a widow. These little poems, " The Three Curls," "The Portrait," and others, will be read with lively sentiments of emo tion by many. " Weary not in Well-doing" is an earnest and heart-stirring appeal. "Teach him to pray," addressed to a young mother, is perhaps one of the best poems in the volume. The memorials of home, " Our Birthday Feast," "Our Household Prayer," " The Memory of our Mother," "MY Father's Knee," arc., evidence the affectionate heart of the writer, and are full of interest. We may commend this little work particularly to the young. They will derive both pleasure and profit from its pages ; and many a kindly emotion and grateful memory will, we doubt not, be associated with these graceful "Gatherings from the Wayside." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--THIIRSDA.Y. The inclement weather prevented subscribers fronl mustering in large numbers at the Corner. There vreg a marked absence of backers of horses and the little business transacted on the Cambridgeshire cannot be regarded as indicative of the true tone of the market. The only animal that appeared to be really in demand was the American mare Prioress, about whom 100 to 5 was taken. The following were the only quotations Wa were enabled to obtain : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKE'S. 9to 1 agst El 11.4kim (taken) 9to 1 agst Mosstissima (offered) 100 to 8 aget Prioress (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cyrene 20 to 1 agst Madlle. de Chantilly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fright (taken) 50 to 1 agst Whistling Willie (taken, and offered) 190 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) The Subscription-room e ill be opened on Saturday. Madlle. de Chantilly has arrived at Newmarket from France. THE AMERICAN HORSES.—.A few weeks ago Leconte' one of the American horses imported into this countri: died of cholic, and we h ave now to announce the deat h of Pry or,.an animal that came to England with a bi. h reputation. LINCOLN MEETING—THURSDAY. The Brocklehby Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 a dded; for three-yr-olds, Bst 7113 ; fifties and geldings, Sat allowances and penalties. Six furlongs. 6 subs. Sir L. Newman's Botany, 84 (car. Bst 21b) (Kendall) Mr. J. Osborne's Ellen the Fair, Bst 31b...(ChaHoner) Mr. Cocking's Sobieski, 84 71b Be ting-4 and 5 to 1 on Botany, who led from L .°rt to finish, and won by a length; a head between the second and third. Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 ad ded ' Six furlongs. Eight subs, Mr. Grimeton's Polly, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ... (J Snowden) I Mr. T. Cliff's The Amorous Boy, 3yrs, Bst7lb (T. Cliff) Mr. Ellis's Ambrosia, 2 yrs, 7st 61b (J . Ryan) The following also ran :—The Nailer, Attorney-Ge ri° ral, Ellen the Fair, f. by The Cure, and Why Not. d i BAting-3 to 1 agst Ambro s i a , 10 t o 3 agst Ani°ll, Boy, 4 to 1 ag s t At torney -G enera l , 8 to 1 agst 10 to 1 agst The Nailer. Won cleverly by half a leng th ; a length between the second and third ; good fourth,' 3 The Lincolnshire Ha u di cao o f 10 soya each, h f t, en° • only if declarel, with 100 a dd e d ; the secon d t o el , his stake. Two mil es . 29 su b s , 14 o f w h om d e clare 1 Sir C. Mouck's Vaudal, 5 yrs, Bst 121b....(Cresswe ll) , 5 Mr. Ashton's F a iry, 3 y rs , b i t 71b (J . Ryan) 5 Mr. Allison's Evelyn, 3 yr s , 7 s t llb (3. Wow tlyon,rw e l 2 3 r Weatherglass, Tiff, and Liverpool - al so ra n. i t P ,l tLoil Betting-6 evarpgosotir, a 6 iFairy. 1 :Vong to 4aa ages st _ vbayn d aWeatherglass, 6 lengthtol spt to E2ve ;same distance 5 tween the second and third ; bad fourth, Li Ve r broke down. Nursery Plate of 60 sows. Six furlongs. I M r . Wentworth's The Cheery Chap, 7st 11Ib (Platoon( Mr. J. Osborne's c. by Honey wood, 7st 101b(Oliallooar l ) 5 Mr, Cocking's S o bi es ki , 7 st 41b ............ (Cressco li / Or The followin g a l so ran :—Woottos, Crinoline, J3ll/- let, and f. by the Cure. v * Betting -5 to 2 on Cheery Chap. Won easily u ' , is / a length ; two l engt h s b etween the second and third ; '- fourth. 0 h Innkeepers' S e lli ng S takes of 5 soy' each, with 2t added ; the second t o save hi s stake. Ons mile. - subs. Mr. Cliff's Amorous Boy, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (20 1 .) (Chall(W,P, Mr. Ellis's Amb ros i a , 2 yrs , s s t Blb (carribd sst 101 F1 (601.) W. ° 7 l) Mr. W.ll. Brooks's Gazelle, 2 y rs , 4 st 4lb 20 3 (Grimet ; r ) l ter Betting-5 t o 2 on A morons D ay- W oo i n a id. by two leng ha ; bad thi r d. Th e w i nner was no t Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gu i neas ; 3-yr-olds, 81 1 t i ll 0 b• four, 96t 4lb ; five, gat 91b ; six and aged, 9 s" Two miles. Mr. A. Nichol's Warlock, by Birdcatcher, 4 Yrg 03 ) I (Alder j Admiral Harcourt's W ar d ersmars k e, 3 yrs (Aldcro! a j Mr. Shelley's Gunboat, 3 y rs Betting-5 to 2on W ar l oc k. W on by ( a h ea4 length and a half between second and third. KELSO RACES.—TUESDAY. 0 00 There was afair att en d ance o f th e publ i c, and tue"' was good. The following is a hit of the running of Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 soya added, di ' . fill. g Roxburgh Handicap o f 15 so y a eac h, 10 f t, and ° d ic 19 e, declared, with 200 s oy a a dd e d b y hi s G race the (A of Ridxburgh. One mile and a half. (40 subs" whom declared.) 1 Mr, Saxon's Queen Bess, 3 yrs ....................... 3 Mr, G: Grogson's Hegira, 3 yrs ....................... 3 Mr. T. Parr's Fish erman , 4 yrs .................. 1i to This was a very keenly contes t e d race, an d ditoic s oo decide. Five or six horses came in within a leng th ' lot the result was disput e d, b u t judgment was gi ve— • Queen Bess. .' eti r i Plate of 50 Soya, giv e n by th e t own o f K e l so a n v e men in the nei g hbourhood, a dd e d t o a swee pstol ; e s 3 sows each. Tile second horse to receive be sweepstakes. A mile and three-quarters. ( 3 °II Mr. T. Dawson's br g Assailant, 4 yre ............... Mr. Brown's Quin, 6 yrs 'Won easily. The Steward's Cup of 50 sous, given by David Reber 0. Esq., of Ledykirk, and David W. Brown, °cl ; o '6 l s' Loegformaeus, added to a sweep s t a k es o f 5 s oldo' Tee second horse to receive 10 sous o ut o f the °— „, " Once round and a distance. (4 subs.) Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 4 yrs Mr. West's b m Breezy ,, 4 yrs ...... ••••• Won easily. pi le ' The Kelso P c, late (Handicap) of 50 Bove. 'ill 24 rubs. Mr. Gill's Bourgeois, aged.......... ...• ........ Mr. Liendersou'e .Logieo'Buchan ..................... - Won easily. d' WEDNESDAY. roe' I The attendance was fully eq ua l to that of the P st he ing day, and the sport, if anythi ng , b e tter. The We e bea t was beau - ilul, and the whol e passed off id 1 possible manner. , 3 0 01 The Border Handicap of 10 soya each, 6ftan a dev if declared, with 70 added by the Border Racing `' Two miles. (24 ,•tihe, 9of whom declared) Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 8 yrs .. •••• Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 4 yrs ••• Mr. G. Gregson's Hegira, 3 yrs ...................... "100' The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 soya, given by th: od er keepers of Kelso and their friends, added to a t stake of 3 sows each. Mr..T. Dawson's b f Red, White, and Blee, 3 Y r° Mr. B. Wilson's b ni Corra Lone, 3 yrs— .....• The Duke Weltero f B Cup u e o u f ch s , o aild ° e v ( B l ' to g a iv if eci. an b iicaV ii Svi G e re t s P: r i- r, l‘v ; of 5 soya each, h ft. One mile and three-qu° Mr. J. G. Henderson's Login o'Buchan, 3 yro•••'' ... : Mr. T. Dawson's Janet, 3 • yrs ....................... ••"61001 A Plate of 30 soya, given by the Carham Cr °sf added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each. 4 Mr. Watson's b in Breeze, 4 yrs ......... .......... • Mr. W. I'Anson's lir in Culcavy,•••:4;Cl /11 Free Rani/Map of 3 soya. each, with 50 soy's. 14 " LGrd John Scott. Mr. Gill's Bourgeois, aged ............................ • , Mr. W. Sharpe's Gathercole ...................... •74;tialo The whole arrangements connected tviiiithio 131 were of the best possible kind. 0 13 PP/ TILEIBID —A letter Irons our Parisian corrooll pe„ has led us to the true explanation o f the alleg li d, f o od for bees, and we believe it may b e as state. 0°"0 the Indian bazars the seil of Sesamunt orientate c ounnoi,ly as tit, and in an essay on the Agr i° 0 01 of blindostau," published by one of our e ditol l e rsil i :, years ago, is the following passaga :—" Tb ils ikur t d o ietidered , so familiar I.y the tale of Tr ef nieve:4, is cultivated throughout India' e les' A v pant is not unlike beaap, but the stalk i 3 - g eti t vi and L'etni-trai:ETareut. The flower, also, is 14 % - ari B l - : that fie:d in Lloorn looks like a bed of some I r e cls'i; flower, and its aromatic fragrance strengthens t ‘ : - bici 3 " f sion. It is cultivated for its oil (the gingel . ) , Vial; chiefly empLyed by the natives in their • bf• "-( preparati ons. T he oil is fitted fur the pur P°B" o ffr: ;Aromatic savour. The flour is used, after tbs ° is e a pressed, in iniv.ing cakes." It is suited for the 0000 pose by i ts swee t ness , an d was use d a l so is i. 1641; way iu v e ry di s t ant ti m es. P ar ki nson , writing 0 e ti 1 " The seede was in ancient times nille s t ag e o r bread for to relish and make it sweeter."--C° — dcitcr. • _