The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-20 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. lIILLEN'S CONCERTS. MDLL.E. JETTY TREFFZ. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and MINERALHAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH The Last Night but Seven. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, Nov. 20), will be pro duced (for the Bth time) the New Grand Descriptive Composi tion, by M. Jnllien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fee of the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." Pr ces of Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper Vexes, le. ; Gallery, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s. tid.; Private Boxes, 10s. ed. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars , may be had at the Box. since of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. 11E1. 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 Ti- eatre—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, kis Nineteenth Bal Masque in England, shall equal, if not excel, any of its predecessors in brilliancy and splendour. The Orchestra will comprise 110 musicians—Conductor, M. Jullien. The newest and most fashionable music will be played, in chiding 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 Jullien for his Con. erts and for this occasion. The dances will be regulated by 14 Maltres des Ceremonies, whose arrangements will be strictly carried out. No one will be admitted except in eveni.-g 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 pun po=e 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 .udience portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be, dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2s. 6d. Private boxes from U. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra charge. Ticket for the ball, places, and private boxes, may be secured at the box-office of her Majesty's Theatre ; of the principal librarians and music sellers : and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The doors will be open at half-past 9, and the dancing com mence at half-past 10. Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by M Epi teaux, of the Opera Colonnade, and at 1 o'clock the sapper will be served. T HEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMAftiir,t. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. I'IIIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL yI t.TCH. Princi pal characters by Hessrs. Buckstone. Compton, Chippendale, W. Farrcn, Hiss Amy Sedefick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. _ . After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. To concluie with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of thr evening), Bs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. i. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 p;t . L )wer Gallery 1 01 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 el No half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEXTRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST WE :11C BUT TWO OF TTIE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will In performed Faakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lesgee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed BETTY MARTIN. After which, a new romaLtic drama, cal ed THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Pollowed by the original Apropos Sketch, entit ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India 3 Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. IL/ p 0 Y LYCEUM THEA.TRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under t')e joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. TFTIS EVENING, will he pe formed BAlfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF C STILLE. Characters by Miss Lon . sa Pyne, 3118.4 Susan Ppm, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A St. Albyn Mr. G. Honey, \l r. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Coiductor, M-. Alfred Mellon. lo conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey an .t Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, 1:2 12s. 61., £2 25., and £1 I.ls. 6d. ; vitalls, 6s. ; Dress Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, ls.—The 13 , 4 x Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatter Lon, jun. OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE 10sees. Messrg. Rob , on and Enrd , -n 'MP EVENING, will be performed THE LIGHT. HOUSE. Mr. Robson, dtc. rollowed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan; Miss 3larston and Mrs. Emden (lats Miss Somers) Commence at half-ioaet Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and powerful drama, entitle i INDIA. IN 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Ores wick, W. Smith, Veflair°, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Behnore, Tapping ; Miss %f. Emrae, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. After which, THE BARRISTER. Followed by OUR TRAVIITA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CA.NTERBII EtY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng. company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S Unctions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, Sze., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru nch, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonglimans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyu ; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critch eld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; ni7ector, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock preeisely. Sappers, Sze., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morn., 41 min. aft. 3—Even., 0 min. aft. 4 TO-MORROW—Morn., 15 min. aft. 4—Even., 33 min aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SuN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 2D. TrIKRIIO3f ETV; IN VIZ SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. SARONNTSE, 30.31. WIND, S.W. ; light, with vory hazy weather. 99) c , LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1857. When the first Sir ROBERT PEEL presented, in 1819, the celebrated petition from the merchants, bankers, traders, and others of the City of Lon don and its vicinity against the bill introduced by his eldest son, he expressed a hope that " be fore a measure so destructive of the commercial interests of the country was passed (and when he said that, he said that Honourable Members would conclude every other interest to be com bined with those, and to go along with them), the House would pause awhile to collect that in formation which they so peculiarly wanted." The venerable Baronet clearly perceived t 1 terrible dangers likely to arise from the reckless adoption of that most impolitic and iniquitous measure. He had acquired a noble fortune under the same system by which the gigantic one of Lord OVERSTONE had been amassed. But although his individual interests would be greatly promoted by the Act, the effect of which was virtually to double his wealth, he . was too patriotic and honest to in jure his struggling countrymen for his own private advantage. He was contented with what he had achieved, and did not wish to prevent others from obtaining similar prosperity. The petitioners, between four and five hundred of the most respectable merchants and bankers of the Metropolis, declared that the measure would " tend to a forced, precipitate, 4 nnd highly inj ur i. ous contraction of the circulating medium of th e country," and they expressed a very decided opi nion, that " the consequences of such contraction would be to add to the burden of the public debt, greatly toincrease thepressure of the taxes, to lower the value of all landed and commercial property ; seriously to affect both public and private credit ; to embarrass and reduce all the operations of nriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and to throw out of employment (as in. the calamitous year 1816) a great proportion of the industrious and labouring classes of the community." Never was there a prediction more fully and corn pletaly verified. It has been repeatedly accom plished, more particularly in 1825, 1838-9, 1847, and 1857. Indeed, it so accurately describes the present condition of the country, that if it had been expressly prepared with a knowledge of existing fact-, it could not have more appropriately detailed the events passing before us day after day. The Directors of the Bank of England also pro tested against the bill, and submitted the expe diency of being permitted to redeem its notes in bullion at the market price of the day. And they also asked that " Government should repay the Bank a considerable part of the sums that had been advanced upon Exche quer Bills." They declared that " These two measures would allow time for a cor rect judgment to be formed upon the state of the bullion market, and upon the real result of those changes which the late war may have produced, in all its consequences, of increased public debt, increased taxes, increased prices, and altered rela tions as tointerest, capital, andcommercial dealings with the Continent ; and how far the alterations thus produced are temporary or permanent, and to what extent, and in what degree, they operate." They added, that this proceeding was not taken, " from a want of deference to his Majesty's Go vernment, or to the opinions of the committees of the two Houses of Parliament, but .solely from a serious feeling, that they have no right whatever t) invest themselves of their own accord with the responsibility of countenancing a measure in which the whole community is so deeply involved, and possibly to compromise the universal interests of the empire in all the relations of agriculture, commerce, and revenue, by a seeming acquiescence, or declared approbation, on the part of the Direc tors of the Bank of England." Unfortunately, however, these prudent sugges•' tions were utterly disregarded, and we have wit nessed the calamitous results. The bankers of London—all, we believe, save a single firm— signed an equally decided remonstrance against the Act of 1844 ; more particularly against the absence of a relaxing power, which they had been led to anticipate, and which serious omission led to the law being twice violated, by financial coup d'etats, within little more than ten years, and the most terrible misery and loss to the industrial community. Any person of ordinary experience and intelli gence must, however, have foreseen the untoward results that must necessarily arise under such a system. It signifies but little whether the ex- changes be favourable or adverse—Thetlnr the evil has aris'n under a domestic panicor a foreign drain—whether the executioner strikes high or low, the victim still writhes under the excruciat ing torture. We have been told over and over again that the trade and commerce of the country was in a perfectly sound and healthy condition, and that even 10 or 12 per cent. for a short time, cannot affect any real solvent firms. The very same journal, however, announces in every num ber that even with all the disadvantage; of a forced liquidation, there will be ample assets —in most cases —t) ps every creditor in full. Surely, then, there must he s)mething rotten in the state of affairs, when such solvent firms, whose credit was at one period, and craght still to be, unimpeachable, are suffered to fall from undue pressure and panic. The panic was, however, as we have already stated, inevitable. There was a general apprehension that any description of property, no matter how desirable, could not be converted into bank notes, and that was even more alarming than the danger that bank notes, which would discharge all the functions of a doineAic currency, and be received by the tax collector, the butcher, baker, and every tradesman, could not be converted into useless gold. With inconvertible paper, or rather by means of it, we were enabled to carry to a successful ter mination the most severe contest in which Eag land was ever engaged. During that time no person was permitted to demand gold for his bank notes, and yet the foreign trade was carried on with the most perfect ease. Those who had to export bullion to liquidate adverse balances, pur chased it at the market price, and they did not find the additional element in the calculation by any means embarrassing. Interest, or rather die count, was comparatively steady. It WAS. never higher than 5 or less than 4 per cent. at head quarters, and every parson could, on fair se - curity, obtain reasonable accommodation. And all this was owing t) the despised inconvertible 11. notes, which carried the nation triumphantly through its trials. These notes were freely received by the Go vernment, which, unlike that of the United Statea, did not cast discredit on the potent instrument of exchange, the'modern slave of the lamp, that pro cured all that could be desired for the owner. Let us, then, again obtain an adequate domestic cur rency. Let there be really national notes of s mall 'and convenient denominations issued, re ceivable in payment of every duty and impost, let gold be purchased at its fair price, and let tho English compete with the foreigner in our own markets for that which comes to hand. Any exten sion of the issues on securities or relaxing power is useless. Similar crises will inevitably arise until the Act of 1819 and that of 1844 are alike abolished. We have already had bitter experience of their baleful operation, and the sooner we strike off the incubi the. better for all parties con cerned, for the Government and the people of the United Kingdom. Which has beaten, the Incumbent or the Peer? The Incumbent has driven Lord SHAFTESBURY and his clerical corps from Exeter Hall, but his lordship has stirred up the irregulars, headed we believe by Sir MORTON PETO, the patron of the grand Baptist Chapel, Bloomsbury, to occupy and defend the entrenchments. It seems a kind of drawn battle. The Earl, and his clergymen of the Church of England, and the Bishop of LONDON with them are fairly driven from the field. Th e unknown incumbent said they should not preach, and they dare not. They were compelled to placard their own defeat on the hoardings of the metropolis, and while they talked big of law to sing small in practice; the closed Hall last Sunday night proclaimed the triumph of the Rev. A. G. EDOUART Over the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. The pariah system is vindicated. In his own cure the In cumbent is, Monarch of all he surveys, His right there is none to dispute. But, airs, there is toleration in England. Dissenting clergymen if they are not at liberty to finger tithes, Easter off' rings, or Church-rates, are at liberty to preach when and where they will. They need no passport to enable them to enter the domains; of any of the ecclesiastical parish landlords of England ; ecclesiastical geography is nothing to them. " Wheresoever the carcase is thither will the eagles be gathered together," and wheresoever a Dissenting teacher can get a con gregation thither he goer,. The barn in a village, the theatre in a country town, the Odd Fellows' Lodge, Exeter Hall, or a Music Hall, it is all one to them ; they have nothing to do but to make the requisite commercial arrangements with pro prietors of public or private buildings, and all the incumbents in England cannot say them nay. The proprietors of Exeter Hall want rent for their Hall like all other landlords ; the Dissenters are ever ready for a sermon and a service wherever an audience cau be found ; the thwarted Peer sees his opportunity—he gives but a nod to the chief ecclesiastical outsiders of the metropolis and with an aristocratic glance at the Incumbent exclaims, " The Dissenters be upon thee, 0 EDOUART Some of our contemporaries have written very big about the necessity of an ex post facto Act to humble M. EDOUART, others have denounced his temerity in opposing his diocesan,and it is said that the Church of England must have the liberty to hold such services as well as Dissenters. We imagine it will be a rather difficult task to carry any such law as is contemplated. All the incumbents in England would be up in arms, all the patrons would make common cause with them, and wo suspect that even the sop of making the Bishop the arbiter between invaded and invading incum bents, would not allure their spiritual lordships to accept such a fundamental change iu ecclesias tical law. They would certainly be wise in their generation t) resist; for it would, doubtless, be a step towards the subversion of the establishment itself. Any State system must be supposed to appoint suitable persons to each post it has to fill, and, except for legally declared incapacity, can never authorise any other person to intrude on another's province. If Mr. EDOUART be not a com petent minister for bis parish, let there be some legal means of establishing the fact, acid " his bishopric let another take." We freely acknowledge, however, that like every one else, we feel that there is a practical ab surdity in the whole affair. The absurdity is, that Exeter Hall has little more to do with M. EDW.- ART'S parish than with all the parishes of London. It is simply a place for holding large meetings ; was built like St. Martin's Hell and many other large rooms to accommodate corners from every part of the metropolis. Had Sc. Michael's been the only parish covered with houses and fully peopled, most assuredly no large public halls would ever have beea thought of. Most pro bably Mr. EDOUART lost hardly one of his own audience because the Earl of SHAFTBSEURY and his staff occupied the hall. The - absurdity, there fore, is, that the incumbent of St. Michael's should forbid the use of the hall to the millions of Londoners who never would have heard of his name but for Exeter Hall. The several parishes of London are not suffered in many important matters to interfere with the rights of the entire metropolis ; and it is in prohibiting those who probably never knew there was' such a parish as Sc. - Michael's, or that Exeter Hall stood in it, from using the ball built for them, that the ltev. A. G. EDOUART appears to have committed, to say the least, an ungraceful act. We cannot object to the project of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, or of the Dissenters whom he has called on to carry it out. With their mode of doing it, the character of their sermons, their doctrines, and the like, we have nothing to do. the project, if we understand it aright, is to lay side starch and buckram, and to address themselves, without form and ceremony, to the working-classes. We are advocit:s of freedom, Outspokenness, and merging the priest iu the man, and can therefore but hail every movement which divests religion of formality and false dignity, and brings its great realities with honest naturalness bafore the masse=. This is what working men, beyond doubt, appreciate ; and not working men only—the continued visits of some of the highest ari,t3cracy, and even the judges of the land, to the Music Hall in the Surrey Gardens, show that many, in all cliise4, prefer in religion, the un polished effusions of au honest, ardent mind to the correct, but cold propriety, of the well-read ZHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING !NOVEMBER 20,7 1.857. sermon. We see by the announcement that a list of the most popular Dissenting Ministen are to try what they can do; we have no doubt they will gain alaiger attendance of operatives than the ejected clergymen would have done. It is more in their way. They are accustomed t 3 freedom, and know how to use it. Meantime we have a word of advice for all the incumbents—hake Elpter Halls of all your churches. Not that we want the pulpit to be disgraced by cant and vul garity—but for the life of we can see no reason why the only styles of speaking which secure attention in Parliament, at the bar, on the platform, and at the public meeting, should be so systematically abjured in the E'glish pulpit. TILE CONTINENTA.L, COURTS. PARIS, Nov. 18. The performers of the Odeon Theatre gave a repre 80:ita`ion the evening before laet at the Palace of Com piegne, the pieces being the " Perroquet Gris" and the " Deux Pnilihert." Prince Eminidoff, the Envoy of Russia to the Court of Tuscany, has left Vienna for Florence. Marshal Boiquet i 4 at present at Pau, and intends to pass part of the winter there. The Duche®s of Na , sou has jut given birth to a daugh ter at Wiesbaden. The Marquis of Normanby, British Minister to the Courts of Fiorenca and Parma, arrived at the latter city on the 9th, with Lady Normanby. On the foil swing day they received an invitation to the royal villa of Sala, whence they returntd on the 12tb, and set out inamedi• ately after for Modena. The Count de Flandre is at present making a short stay at Vienna, on his return from Italy. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lords Albert and Ronald Loveson Gower are staying on a visit with the Countess Dowager cf Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane are ex pected in town early next week, from Scotland. His lordship has nearly recovered from his late indisposition. The Marquis and Marchioness of Safford left Staff )rd Rou•.e yesterday morning for Lillesbail, where they intend shortly to receive company. The Marquis of Bristol arrived in town a few days since from lck worth Park, Bury St. Edmunds. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will arrive at Brdga water House to-day, from Crewe Hall, where they have been staying on a visit with Lord Crewe for a few days. Lady Stanley of Aide.:ley and the Hon. Miss S'an ley have left Alderley Park, Caeshire, on a visit to the Hon. W. 0. Stuil , iy, M.P., at Penrhos Castle, Holyhead. Lord Stanley of Alderley leaves town to morrow, on a visit to the Hon. Spencer Cowper, at Sandlingham, Norfolk. A BANQIIET 1N A CEIJINEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB, —After vie'iting the Leviathan a few days ago, it struck me that I. could at last impress upon my Parisian compatriots (efipecially the fresh-water sailors), who, during my late stay there, would not believe in the prac ticability and existence of such a huge leviatha❑ as th's ship,—if I cc uld ❑ot then astonish their minds, perhaps the iollowin . facts would satisfy their digestive organs, as I have in Ide a calculation that in (me funnel I could dine one he ndred persons, therefore in the five funnel ,, , five hundre d guests, also one thousand in the paddles (or models 3f the same), making a tstnl of fifteen hundr€d persons rho could dine at this novel and monster ban quet, wt rich might, with the consent of the directors, take pli.ce on the deck a short period after the launch ; to carr y out which I s►could be most happy to devote my services gratuitously for the furtherance of such a scheme , the proceeths to be applied to some naval inEti• tution. With the highest consideration, I have :the honour to remain your humble eervant, A. SOYER, 3, Ken,. ington- Square, Nov. 18, 1857. 'LA Hon. G 3 orge and Lady Alice Byng are staying on a visit 'wr th Viscount and Vit.:countess Sydney at The Baro . ai icherett has left Brunswick H.)tel for BrUst‘els. The Cha! of the Exc,hegoer left London yester day, on a it to her Ma,jesty, Windsor Castle. LATEST NEWS. MAYENCE, THURSDAY. The Ganthou powder-mills have exploded, de stroying almost all the upper part of the city, together with the church of St. Stephen. More than 100 persons are killed. The shock extended to Wiesbaden. The examination of the scene of the explosion has resulted in the estimate of the damage at a million of florins. We learn that nine Prussian soldiers, two Aus trian, and 18 civil employes are killed ; 74 Prus sian soldiers, 95 Austrian, and 300 other persons are grievously wounded. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 11. The Exchanges continue to rise. The Napoleon of 20 france is worth 123 piss- trey. The high price of provisions is unexampled. Notwitbstinding the prohibition, the illicit trade in gunpowder is active. Letters also confirm the extraordinary pur chases of arms, and especially of revolvers, by the people of Turkey. The Mussulmans themselves are very much alarmed about the future of the Empire. TURIN, Nor. 18. Numerous second elections in cases, where the former proved doubtful, took place to day. Among the nominations already known, more than two thirds belong to the government. The great number of these second elections is attributed to the fact that the clerical party was perfectly organised and disciplined, tvhile the libe rals were not. It is expected that there will be in the cham bers a rather strong minority returned by the clerical party, while there will be but a very small fraction of that of the extreme left." COPENHAGEN, Novo 18. The Government scut off on Saturday to ita agents at foreign courts a long despatch on the financial relations between Holstein and the Danish monarchy. CHINA. Positive intelligence has reached Paris to the effect that the Emperor of China has made known through his officials at the ports a decision not to treat with the agen's of any European Powers, either litical or religious. It is believed England and France will find it necessary to employ large naval and military forces, in order to bring about their views regarding the Celestial Empire. The Aroniteur de la ilotte publishes a letter re ceived from China by the last mail, which contains some particulars relative to the mission of the Rus sian Admiral, Count Putiatin, to that country. The Count reached the Russian settlements on the Amour in 70 days. He embarked on board of the Russian steamer America, and visited the Gulf of Petchelli previous to his arrival at Shanghai. It was reported that he was accompanied by 4 other ships of war, but that fact is very doubtful. It is known that at Peiho he forwarded a message to Pekin, and it is thought that when he quitted Shanghai with out mentioning his destination it was to seek the reply to that message. Admiral Putiatin's secre tary, is, it appears, aperson whohasreaided.l2 years at Pekin as chief of the College of Interpreters. The Russian Plenipotentiary announced. at Shang hai that he came to act in concert with the British and French Ambassadors, and that he en tertained no doubt of their being received at Pekin ; but he was of opinion that the Emperor would not allow of any perasaneut legations in his capital. A letter from Singapore of the Ist October mentions that the French frigate Aud4cieuse had made the passage from the Cape in 51 days ; and the commander was to leave on the 2d Oct. to join Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, who was at anchor in Castle-Peak Bay. The French corvette Capri cieuse, and the screw-transport Durance, were anchored at the mouth of the Yang-tse Kiang on Sep'. 14. They had fortunately escaped a typhoon, which caused much damage among the ship ping at Shanghai. Typhoons had set in with much violence in the north of China but none had been experienced in the south. The French Admiral, the Illoniteur adds, had sta tioned his ships so as to be safe from their effects. In addition to the foregoing the Pays says : "We have interesting intelligen N s from China. At the last dates the mixed transport the Meurthe, the steam despatch boat the Marceau,and the first-class gun boat the Dragonne were anchored in the roads at Hong kong. The admiral's frigate the Nemesis, the steam corvettes Phlegetlion and Prmauguet, and the first-class gunboats the Avalanche, Fusee, and Mitraillo were at Thengkoo, and the despatch boat Catinat had returned from Tonkin, where it was said she succeeded in her mission, and had anchored at Macao on the 19th. The typhoons and the hurricanes which raged with fearful violence the whole month of September, bad completely destroyed Nao-Pack, a small town on the east coast." SAXONY. The opening of the SCSSIIII of the Saxon Diet took place at the palace of Dresden on the 16th with the usual ceremonial. His Majesty delivered the following speech on the occasion : " Gentlemen,—lt is with a lively feeling of gra titude to Providence that we glance at the events which are at present taking place. War, which lately exercised its ravages in one part of Europe, and which threatenei to draw us into its whirl pool, was happily terminated by the spirit of wisdom and moderation of the parties interested. But the Germanic Confederation has not in any way had to regret the position which it adopted as the most suitable under such serious circum stances. " The relations of Saxony with all foreign poweq, always of the most friendly kind, have been strengthened. The proposition relative to the consti tutional relations of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenbourg, which Austria and Prussia have pre sented to the general assembly of the Diet, has re sponded to the wishes several times expressed by my government. _ . " The conclusion of a monetary conventiou between the states of the Zollverein, on the one hand, and Austria and the priucipality of Lichtenstein, on the other, and the deliberations relative to the p. mut gation of a commercial legislation common to all the Germanic Confederation are new facts, calculated to produce a more intimate union of all the states of Germany on the point of material interests. " The re-establishment of pace and the abund ance of the harvest which Heaven has accorded to us have contributed to alleviate the privations of the people. Comm erce an d manu f a ctures have acquired a fresh impulse, and we may hope th at their p ros. perity will only b e s li g htly affected by the financial crisis which has lately broken out. Agriculture has nevcr ceased to make progress. " The finances of the kingdom are in the most prosperous condition, as you will be able to judge from the reports which will be laid before you. Such a prosperous state of things allows me to propose to you, whil e a t the same time materially alleviating the charg e s which weigh on the tax payers, to increase the salaries of the lowest paid employes of the state, and to present to your exami mination several projects of admitted public utility. Tha new judicial organisation, adopted in the extraordinary Diet of 1854, came into execution on the Ist Oct., 1856. With the exception of some imperfections, happily but temporary, which are inseparable from any new institution, this or ganisa tion appears to respond to the intentions which inspired it, and to assure to the new proceedings in criminal matters conditions of celerity and security. The law relative to the institution of justices of the peace, and which is connected with this judicial organisation, has been also carried into execution, and I feel confident that the co-operation of the judges who have been chosen will contribute to give to this new institution a notable and useful deve lopment. The drawing up of the Civil Code has entered on a new phase. Several neighbouring States have sent to the commission charged with it delegates to co-operate in that work of common utility, and there is reason to hope that civil law will henceforth repose on a more solid basis. " The Ministers will communicate to you several bills, which will be submitted to your deliberations. During the last few weeks, a painful blow has fallen on my paternal heart ; but the marriage also of two of my daughters, by strengthening our alliances with princely families, has afforded me a certain consolation. "The part which my people have taken in these different circumstances, happy or painful, has proved to me that at present, as hitherto, they feel a direct interest in everything connected with the family of their sovereign. "May the Almighty assist you in your impor tant labours, in order that you may carry them on, and terminate them for the wolf ire of our beloved country." After the delivery of the address from the throne, Councilor Rossberg read a report on the legislative labours of the last session, and pointed out the different bills which would be presented to the Chamber. In the afternoon the ministers and all the mem bers of the two Chambers dined at the palace. The King proposed, as a toast, " The prosperity of the country and of his faithful states," and the Presi dent of the First Chamber in return proposed "The health of his Majesty, the Queen, and the royal family." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENHIG. All the guests who remained at the Palace of Compiegne have taken leave of their Majesties. The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Impe rial will very shortly return to Paris. According to all accounts, the Danubian Princi palities are getting more and more troublesome. Despatches received to-day from the French Con sul-General are said to confirm what has already been stated, namely, that the ultra-radical party at Bucharest is urging th 4 population to extreme measures. It appears that a scene in the style of the famous oath in the Tennis-court of Versailles had nearly taken place. Baron Talleyrand is in structed to do his best in moderating this efferves cence of the public mind, which, if not intentionally provoked, might have been discouraged from the beginning. The Consul, however, adds that the intervention of all the European agents, without exception, will preserve the country from further agitation. The Siecle publishes a letter addressed to it by Count Hamilton, President of the States of Sweden, in reply to the articles which have appeared in that journal on the subject of the proposition lately pre sented by the Swedish Government on matters of religiOn, and which the Siecle had stigmatised as intolerant. The writer denies the exactitude of that charge, and says that the Government has no objection to the practice of any form of worship as long as its professors refrain from endeavouring to make converts to their creel. He adds that, in his opinion, what in France is called religious liberty is nothing but indifferentism ; and that, however well such a state of things may do for France, it would not be suitable to Sweden. Since the publication of the decree authorising the exportation of grain, the improvement in the aspect of affairs has been maintained. There has been a rise of 3f. on 16 decalitres for the best qua lities. Other goods are beginning to rally. BOURSE, Nov. 19.—The market was heavy at the opening, as the London despatches were not favour able, and announced the possibility of a further increase in the rate of discount ; but another de spatch of a more favourable tenor arriving, there was a general rally in all securities of this market. The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. Bud of Month. 44 per Centa 3 per Cents 67 5 67 5 Bank Shares 2940 Credit Fonder -- - Credit Mobilier 752 50 Roman .. 863 - Do. Account 750 Austrian - Belgian 4t - riedmontese (5) B9 95 Home Debt ...... ... 36h - RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. it c. Orleans Northern - - Western New Ditto Lyons and Med 825 Grand Central New Ditto... ....... 820 Sardinian . Geneva COO Austrian Com ...... 660 A Vienna letter in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin states that the signing of the navigation act by the members of the commission of the States on the banks of tho Danube is only a small part of the labours of that body. That act only solves the difficulties of principle which might arise in carry ing out the treaty of Paris. There yet remain to bo settled all the regulations relative to the police and navigation of the river, and that part of the work, which is attended with considerable difficul ties, is at present far from being finished. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Darmstadt, and the Princess Charles and Prince Adalbart of Bavaria were present at a grand ball given by the French Minister on the 15th in honour of the fete day of the Empress of the French. The Madrid Gazette of the 15th contains a royal decree which dismisses a certain number of go vernors of provinces, and appoints others in their stead. The other papers contain no political news. The lines of electric telegraph between Seville, Granada, and Malaga are in active operation. A letter from Carrara in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa says that the state of siege is rigorou-ly onforced, and that the commandant has exiled up wards of 100 persons not being natives of Carrara. Lord Bloomfield, the English Minister at Berlin has returned to that city from Loudon. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB,—Billingsgate Market being a public establish ment, it is always open to criticism when established rules and regulations are not attended to. I have fre quently written on this sulect, but at no other period did I ever see more necessity for official authority com manding their highly-paid servants to do their duty, and to see that the market is properly cleansed and otherwise made fit for the daisy inspection of visitors than at the present time. Whoever goes there just now must be struck with the abominable filthy state of all the paint work about the market, within reach of a five-feet-four man's head. Pillars, poste, and walls are studded with fish scales, and where the paint is rubbed off the iron supporters of the fabric. These shining and glittering specks stand out in bold relief, sparkling like diamonds set on a dark, dingy, rusty-looking foundation. The questions fre quently arising to the minds of parties who now go to visit Billingegato Market are various. Those who come from large towns, such as Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, Newcastle, &c , are astonished at its diminutive appear ance, They had bad some idea it was about double the size it is ; and when they walk through the market, see the beautifsl water fountain standing in its midst, and are told there is a powerful engine below that pumps up tons of water per minute, they then wonder to see so much filth and fish scales upon the paint work, as if water was difficult to obtain, and that labour was at a price out of reach of the market authorities. A few days since, whilst a lady with children was going the round, she stood to look over the railing down into the shellfish market. Fier hooped gown was touch ing the unwashed boards. One of the children observed the contact, and, in seeming alarm, exclaimed —" Oh ! look you then ma'—see how your gown is rubbing against these ❑asty, filthy boards." The lady, on looking down, felt disgusted at the abomination. Upwards of two rears have now passed by, since Bil ling.gate-market has bad a fresh coat of paint, and when W o La d r t •emany i u's and scrubs that pillars, posts, awl wars are daily subject to, from creels, b r tkets, boxes, and bags of mussels and periwinkles, there need be little surprise that its outward coat of paint is so much in keeping with the hundreds of denizens who fl ck there in the morning, segued, tattered, and torn. By inserting this letter in your widely-circulated journal, it may be seen by sonic one in power, who will order that a covering be given to the uprights, before they actually exhibit their natural skin, which when unwashe 1 is all the more obnoxious to look at, if it doei not emit a more disagreeable and offensive smell.--I am, &c., 81, 11. DEMPSTER. RECEPTION OF THE SIAMESE EMBASSY. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. Her Majesty the Queen held this day a Court for the reception of the Ambassadors from the Kings of Siam. Toe Ambassadors arrived at Windsor Castle shortly before 1 o'clock, attended by Mr. Fowle and Capt. Clavering, Royal Navy. Phya Muntri Seriywangse and Chau Mun Sarbedh Bhackty, were the representatives of the First or Major King of Siam. Cha Mun Mondir Bidacks was the representative of the Second King of Siam. Soon after 1 o'clock the Queen was conducted by the Lord Steward and the other officers of State to the Throne Room. Her Majesty wary accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, Prince Frederick Wil liam, and was attended by the Duchess of Athol and Lady Caroline Barrington, Ladies in Waiting and the Gentlemen in Waiting. The Ambassadors were conducted from the Tapestry Room, through St. George's Hall and the Grand Re ception Room to the Throne Room. Phya Muntri Surly wangse, one of the representatives of the First or Major- King of Siam, bore autograph letters from the Kings, written in gold. The presents from the two Kings of Siam to her Majesty the Queen were arranged on either side of the room. They com prised an Eastern crown of gold and enamel, enriched with diamonds, emeralds, and rubies ; a gold collar, thickly studded with rubies ; a large star ; a massive ring, set with diamonds and a variety of precious stones ; a golden belt, enriched with rubies ; a chair of state or throne ; a rare and valuable white shell, hay ing a number of jewels inserted ; a cup and saucer of agate ; a state palanquin ; a state saddle and bridle ; a number of umbrellas, covered with gold embroidery ; boxes and cups of solid gold ; silver salvers, with embossed edges ; a metal drum ; and a variety of other articles of rarity and curious workmanship, together with a twisting of,the Court of the Kings of Siam. The Ambassadors having been introduced, the First Ambassador delivered the following address : " May it please your Most Gracious and Excellent Majesty to permit us to acquaint your Majesty, " That we of the Siamese Embassy, viz., myself, Phya Muntri Suriyeangse, the First Ambassador ; Cbau Mon Sarbedh Bhackty, the second ; and Cha Mon Mondir B decks, the third Ambassador, having received the royal mandates of their Gracious and Excellent Siamese Majesties, Phra: Bard Somdetch Phra Paramendr Maha Mongkut, and Phra: Bard Somdetch Phra Pwarendr Rameso Mahiswareso—the former, Chief or Major King of the Siamese kingdom and its adjacent tributary coun tries, Laos, Cambodia, and several provinces of the Malayan peninsu a —and the latter, our most respected Sovereign, the Second King of Siam, to convey both their Majesties' royal letters, with the accompanying presents, and lay the same at your Royal Majesty's feet, as a mark of respectful and sincere homage of both their Majesties the two Kings of Siam to your Most Gracious Majesty the all-powerful and enlightened Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the vast British celonies in different parts of the world, on which the sun we know never sets. " We have now arrived at your Most Gracious Ma jesty's royal feet with all the royal Siamese letters and presents in our charge. We therefore pray that you will permit us to assure your Majesty with all sincerity that our Sovereigns, both their Siamese Majesties, have per ceived that the mutual friendship between your Ma jesty's dominions and the Siamese kingdom has undoubt edly become firmer and closer than before in consequence of your most gracious Majesty's good opinion, and is the source oof immense happiness and comfort to the people who are respectively subject of both nations. "Also, that your gracious Majesty, having honoured both their Majesties, and the Siamese kingdom, with your royal friendship and indulgence in a higher aad m••e intimate manner than has been bestowed before upon . any of the nations of the East, by giving royal answers to both their Majesties' first communications, therefore the gratitude and friendly feeling of our Sovereigns are expressed at length in their royal letters now brought by us. " And also that we, of this Embassy, have received your gracious and excellent Majesty's royal favour on board your Majesty's men-of-war, and have been con ducted with perfect safety on our way from Siam to your Majesty's capital. " Since our arrival and residence here we have been treated with the highest respect and attention in every manner by your Majesty's Government, whose cour tesy it gives us great pleasure to acknowledge. We therefore beg to assure your Majesty that we a ill notfail to mention, upon our return to our native land, both to our Government and everywhere, the kindness and hos pitality with which we have been received, the remem brance of which will be handed down to our posterity. " We are sorry that we cannot more fully express the gratitude which fills our hearts upon the present occasion, owing to the duty of laying before your most gracious Majesty the royal letters from our two Kings of Siam, their Majesties Phra : Bard Somdetch Phra Paramendr Mahn, Mongkut, and Piira : Bard Soindetch Phra Pwa rendr Rameeo Mahiswareso, and the accompanying royal presents mentioned and enumerated therein. " We pray, on the part of our gracious Severeigne, that your mos; gracious Majesty will please to accept the royal presents and letters which wo now have the honour to present, the acceptance of which will fill the hearts of both their Majesties with inexpressible ji.y. " We pray that your roost gracious Majesty will par don any error that may have been made inadvertently by us in addressing your most gracious Majesty." The first Ambassador then presented the autograph letters from the Kings of Siam. Her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. At the termination of the audience, their Ex cellencies returned to 6t. George's Hall, and were after wards ushered into the Waterloo Gallery, where lun cheon was eerved. A guard of honour of the Scots Fu.Pier Guards mounted in the quadrangle of the Castle. The band of tho r2giment played the National Anthem as the Queen elite 1.4 the Audience Room. '111,.! guard of honour (the Scots Fusiliers) remained at the Caste during the stay of the princes, the band and Scotch pipers playing alternately, until the royal visitors t-ok their departure at three o'clock. On ar riving at the station, and before entering the Atata car riages, the princes lighted their cigars in defiance " no smoking allowed ; " and the Prince Regent laughed and bowed to the ladies who were admitted on the platform. THE NOTTINGHAM OPERATIVES. NOTTINGHAM THURSDAY. In consequence of — the disturbance which took place after the meeting of the operatives on Tues day night, the mayor has forbidden such meetings for the future. Last night a groat number of special constables were called out, and the county police strengthened in the neighbouring villages. Yesterday the mayor issued the following notice : " Whereas, a public meeting took place in the market place of this town yesterday, and convenea without the authority and contrary to the advice of the mayor and magistrates, and which was used by many evil disposed inhabitants of Nottingham and its vicinity asa pretext for riot and disorder, this is to give notice that the mayor and magistrates feel it their duty to prohibit such meetings for the future, and deeply sympathise with •: be industrious and well-dispoted of their fellow-citizens who, in consequence . of the present depressed state of trade are at this time deprived of the means of bubBisteL ce by honest labour. They call up: n them and the public at I trge to refrain from such assemblages, as being only calculated still further to Hure the trade of the town, by exciting distrust and alarm, and' to frustrate any endeavours to mitigate ti ;e3 distress which all so much deplore. The mayor and magistrates are happy to learn that arrangements are iu progress in the vari, it , parochial unions of the neigh bourhood for a suspension of the provisions of the law which prevents out-door relief to able-bodied persons and their families ; and they feel assured tbat they will meet with the assistance of their fellow-townsmen in their determination at once firmly to eeppress all turbulent and riotous proceedings on the part of that reckless and unthinking portion of the population who are excited into excesses only serving to cover the designs of those whose occupation is crime and not labour. " L HEYMANk, Mayor." The town was perfectly quiet last night, and continues so. Special constables are summoned to assemble on Friday afternoon, at half-part two, and every means will be adopted to prevent the operatives holding the adjourned meeting which was fixed to take place on Friday (to -day) in the market place at three o'clock. nger, Herts, wh L er a e dy he H r a la rr d i y e B t h e i ' with h ladyship has r been wi s l t i :y a i v n " g P o a n n a v isit t he Countess Cowper, to-morrow, Cowper has gone i f n o r Norfolk, The e e o h n e . in tends to receive a shooting party. Mr. Bentley's annual dinner sale at the Albion took place on Wednesday, and not-vithetanding the gloomy appearance of the money market, that day, more than ever gloomy, a larger number of the principal book• sellers of London were assembled than last year, and the result, on the whole, was very satisfactory. The new and beautiful five shilling edition of the far-famed Ingoldaby Legends was so very largely ordered as to render it necessary to postpone the delivery for a few days until it can be got ready. D. Doran's new work, " Court Fools," another of the entertaining works of this the Choice p u r n e du t o o t i () the n s very popular author, was, as usual, t a k en in l arge num bers. The Bentley w ßa i l e l 4 ad in s, cl i u n d a e similar o Ingoldsby Legends, b of Father Proof, Dr. Magian, Inman's noble ballads, the Bold Buccaneers, and the Monks of Old, and numer ous other wir.hy companions cif the Ingoldsby L-gendF, was also largely sold. A beautiful Christmas book, the Fairy Fables, by Cuthbert Bede, illustrated by Alfred Crowquill, was much admired, and no doubt will be a great favourite as a gift hook at the approaching festive season. Mr. Bentley's sale promises well for literary entertainment during the approaching lorg winter nights EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday. --Notwithstanding the depression in trade in genera', owing to the stringency in money, the shipments to Australia are large, and to-morrow the celebrated clipper Red Jacket, Captain M. H. O'Halloran, belonging to the White Star line of Australian packets, owned by Messrs. IL T. Wilson and Chambers, of this port, sails for Melbourne with the most valuable cargo which ever left Liverpool in a sailing vessel, being almost entirely composed of fine merchandise. In addition she carries out 500 passengers, and a ships letter mail. She is ex. trernely likely to carry out the latest intelligence Aus., tralia from England, judging by her former passages, and her present capital sailing trim. TUNNEL BETW - gEN ENGLAND AND FRAA C The writers on scientific subjects in the Paris press have formed themselves, under the name of " Cercle de la Pr esse Scientifique," into a society, which, amongst other things, proposes to hold weekly meetings, at which the authors of new discoveries of inventions will he admitted to ex plain their views, and scientific subjects will be discussed. The first meeting has just been held, when M. Thome de Gamoud, the projector of the submarine tunnel between England and France, communicated the details of this astounding enter prise, and the principles on which it is founded, The first idea of this tunnel is due to the engineer Mathieu, who conceived it sixty years ago. M. Thome took it up again as far back as 1833, while engaged in a series of geological investigations for another purpose. It was then he was struck with the similarity of the soil on both sides of the chan nel ; and, upon closer examination, he found that the chalky deposit, which is the most striking fea ture of the English and French coasts, constituted a kind of convex lens, fitting in a concave one of jurassic formation, that is, composed of the argil laceous and stony deposits of a sea which formerly covered large tracts of the western part of Europe. This jurassic soil, seems, therefore, to be continued under the sea ; the extremities of the submarine curve which it forms are apparent on the surface at a place called Marquise, in France, situated be tween Boulogne and Calais, and at Oxford, in England. Now it was clear that if the inclination of this curve was the same in both countries it might be practicable to cut a tunnel following its direction. But here M. Thome met with a diffi culty which at first sight appeared insurmount able ; the curve which in England had an inclita tion of 3 per 1,000, showed one of 7 per 1,000 in France. This circumstance induced M. Thome to abandon his project, until, in 1851, it struck him that the jurassic basin was itself contained in as oolitic basin, and from soundings taken and infor mation derived from M. Keller, an engineer attached to the navy department of France, it was at length ascertained beyond a doubt, that if, as resulted from the difference of inclination, the ju rassic stratum had been broken by some subma rine convulsion, the oolitic stratum had not. About two-fifths of this stratum consist of the kind of stone with which the French cathedrals ara built, and of the sandstone-grit used for pav ing; the remainder comprises argillaceous earths of three different ages, viz., a zone of Oxford clay, the vast zone of Kimmeridge clay, 50 metres thick, and a zone of weald-clay which ou the English side is uppermost, the 2d being in contact with the sea for a considerable space. The tunnel is designed in a direct line from Cape Grinez in France to East ware Point in England crossing the Varne Bank in the middle of the Channel. Here comas the most stupendous part of the project. Let the reader imagine the surface of this bank raised above the level of the sea, and the island thus _ormed at one of its extremities, to be hollowed out, or pierced with an immense elliptical shaft, 200 metres in length by 100 in breadth ; the base of this hollow tower forming a resting-place for the trains, whence a spiral road winding its way up along the walls of the tower leads to the top, where a large port is firmed, called the " Varna Star, with a light-house, dwellings for officials, and every other convenience. Here ships may receive cargoes direct from the tunnel or unload their mer chandise and send it down. This port, however, is not considered a conditio sine qua non in M. Thome's project, and may be studied apart. The tunnel itself is a concave line with an inclination not exceeding 5 per 1,000 under the sea ; but the subterranean galleries leading to the tunnel have au inclination of 7 per 1,000. The gallery on the English side commences at Dover, and is 5,500 metres (31 miles) in length; that on the French side is 8,800 (51- miles) long, extending from the Grinez station to Marquise, where it meets branches of the Paris and Boulogne, and Belgian railways. In case of war occurring water can be let into th© tunnel, and ren- dered temporarily unserviceable. For the execu ton of the tunnel the modus operandi proposed by the projector is as follows :—Exclusive of the Varne Slar, 13 artificial islands more are to be made in the channel along the projected line. These islands are to be composed of rock cemented with clay, the eection of each presenting a trapezium, the lower base of which is about 220 metres in length, the altitude 65, and the upper base 40. Through these islands shafts are to be sunk to.the level of the projected tunnel ; and this done, the work of excavation may be commenced on 28 points at once. The tunnel once completed, the islands are to be destroyed by blasting, the Varne Star being the only one preserved. The tunnel itself is a vaulted cylinder, 9 metres in diameter. The plane on which the double rails arc laid cuts off seg menta of 7 t metresw two metres above, a nh f fueirgdhing sufficient volume height, thus leaving a free air. A sewer runs all along below the plane. The probable expense of this gigantic work is stated to be a 3 follows : The construction of the islands fr.24,000,000 Piercing of the tunnel Masonry Accessory galleries . Branches of Railways 12 Stations ,000 ,000 Rolling stock .... 8'000,00) 6,000,0 0 j Administration Total f... 170,0 0 0 ,000 The time requisite for completing this stupendous undertaking is stated at six yea's. In the book which the projector has published on the subject, he enters largely into all the difficulties to be fore seen in the execution, especially the question of the infiltration of water ; and expresses his convic tion, founded on the nature of the soil, that none of the disasters which interrupted the construction of the Theme.; Tunnel are to be apprehended in the present case. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze and dull hazy weather. DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind S. W. by S. —Arrived—Equa. tor, from Amsterdam for the West Indies. POOLE, Nov. 19. Wind E. —Sailed—Angler, for Trinity. Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Parisano , from Monte Video. OFF MOUNT'S BAY, Nov. 17.—Arrived—Marchmont , from Quebec; Mathilda Cornelia, Hong Kong. CARDIFF, Nov. 18.—Wind —Dame' for Monte Video; Henouka, Malaga; Queen, Valenci a ; Mary Ann, Gibral ter. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 19.—Wind gara, from Quebec. HULL, Nov. 19.—Wind S.E.--Arrived—Helen, front Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. 19. Wind S.E.—Sailed—Conqueror , for Caldera. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 19.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Wave, from St. Valery. S O UTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—The Ondine (s), from Lon don to Dublin, arrived hero to-day leaky, having been a-hore on the Margate Sands. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Epaminoudas, from Callao ; John Duncani St. John's, New Brunswick. S iled —Sultan ' for Suez ; Jessie, Newfoundland; Victorine, and ludusteie, Ostend) Nancy, Singapore. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18. Arrived—Jason, from New York, for London; Prudent, Taganrog ; Nancy, Smyrna ; Emerald, WATERFORD, Nov. 17. Arrived—Estafette, from Memel. DUBLIN, Nov . 19. The Sir C. Napier, from Liverpool, for Si erra Leone, has struck on Kishbank, and is under wate r . Crew saved. (BY fiIIBMARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. Wind S.W. by S. ; thick. Patna. Passed—Paris and London, screw steamer, for London. Passed, Nov. 19—Arabia, from London, for Algoa Bay. Anchored—Equator, from Amsterdam, for West Indies. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin says :—"The Bank of Prussia, in accordance with a decision of its governors, has given notice to a certain number of its depositors to withdraw their money, or to leave it at a reduced rate of interest. It has not, however, discontinued to die. countcommercial bills, but it refuses any loan which it conceives to be of a nature to lead to an exportation of the precious metals to foreign countries." THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE BOW-STREET STATIOIg HOUSE.-le4erday evening, an inquest wag held 1, the board-room of Sings College Hospital, Tortuga' street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, before Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of Jarnee Rega n, aged 23, who bung himself at the Bow-street pollee station on Monday. The jury returned a verdict of tern• porary insanity.. FATAL 'ACCIDENT.—Two young girls at Interlaclien, on the Bth of this month, accompanied their brothers and their music-master on an excursion to the summit i,f the steep hill of Harden. When they had to descend, finding the turf so slippery that they could not keep their feet, it was proposed that the girls should sit upco a kind of extempore sledge, contrived with some fir branches, and be drawn along by their companions fortunately, they had gone but a few yards before tiled slipped off, and, clasped in each other's arms, rolls down the precipice. When their horrified friends g °s down after them the elder girl was dead, and her sister, who was but 16 years of age, died a few minutes aft e '', THE BANK ACT. —A larg e bl ue -b oo k, i ssue d yesterd 6 J from the printers, forms an a pp en di x an d index to t hc report from the select committee of the House of Cor* mous on the Bank Charter Act. The appendix contain!' some remarks and opinions of the governors and direc tors of the Bank on the charter of 1844 and the Irysh and Scotch Banking Acts of 1845, besides reports from the committee on commercial distress in 1848, sundry i letter.; to th e Ch ance ll or o f the E xc h e quer, and an n: fiuite series of tabular statements of the circulation and issues of the B an k, with other statistical infor mation respecting banks for several years past. T he whole forms a volume of 500 pages.