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

T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bttekstone. TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, the play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline, Mse Amy Sedgwick (her second appearance in London) ; Claude Melnotte, Mr Howe. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit 1 0 ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TO-MORROW, will be performed the home-made Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wrig h t and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —To-morrow Evening will be performed a new comic drams , . entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Kinloch, Miss Craven, &c. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To Conclude with MORE BLUNDERS TIE kN ONE Larry Hoo agan, Mr. Macarthy. _ _ Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; B x es, Zs.; Pit, 13.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robion and Emden. TO-MORROW, will be performed the new drama o THE LIGHTHOUSE, After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, mad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, llngbes, Bromley, and Mrs. yelfont. Commence at "half-past Seven. pOYAL SURRPIit THEATRE, Lassoes, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. TO-MORROW, will be performed AMBITION : or, I` he Throne and the Tomb. Nfessrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN TIIE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Bll;hted. One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANT ERBU RY HALL , Westmins ter-roal.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, isc., via.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Pa.lmyre, Miss E. Scott, Mies Brunoll, Mrs. Lo Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, It. Grover, T. Earrant, S. io:;es, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor All7ollio, E. L. Rime, and fir St. A byn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney. PianDforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mastcr Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonglim-ins Commence at Seven o'clock prozisoly. Snipers, die., until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO drill perform, at ha f-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. OPERA BUFFA.—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. (Entirely Re-decorated).--Signor RONZANI has the honour to announce that the Season will commence on TUESDAY, the 3d of November next, 1857. Full particulars will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be had, and Subscriptions arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will 0 °EN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak. spare's Play of THE TEMPEST. The box-office will open To-morrow (Thursday), October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THE XTRE.—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 lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne; Mr. Augustus Brabant, Mr.'A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glower, Mr. Bernard. Mr. Kerby, Mr.Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, M r. and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, M'. Alfred 3fellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's B Ind, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brongb. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson, TO-MORROW' EVENING, THURSDAY, Wallace's opera of MARITANA. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 u s. 6d. ; Stalls, 65. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 16.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tail DAY— rn., 55 min. aft. 3 —Even., 15 min. ail. 4 TO-MORROW —Morn., 33 min. aft. 4 —Even., 0 m'n aft. 5 ME WEATHER —Soy OFFrcz, Ocroßsa 7. TEIRRMONE Mit, IN Tag SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER. 2 ~ 42. IVIND, South-esaterly ; fresh and equally," with dull weather, inclining to ra.n. Rain in the morning. Two O'CLocK Rain. t * r.Z.rat',±27,cr• • ~~.1~~,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1857. We have already had an opportunity of wit nessing partially the mode' in which the -day of national Fasting and _Humiliation is observed by a I►rge proportion of the inhabitanti of the metro polis,. The shops generally speaking, are closed, or at least shutters are put up, al th.iugh a smart trade may still be carried on in the ictonor. Church bells have bean ringing, and . servie coodueed in the various places of worship, although not to 'very numerous congregation?. Miny persons of both sexes decked out in their best have started in search of enjoyment with any thing but gloom in their aspects, or sorrow or humiliation. in their hearts. The chief manifestations were those of Intense delight and elation at the unexpected escape from the toils of every day life. There was certainly, occasionally, an appearance of dejec tion. But that clearly proceeded from the lack of means to make the most cf the opportunity, and the tantalising prospect before them, " their p werty and not their will " consenting to lc^op the fast, or possibly the showers that endangered their finery. This is but a superficial view of the subject. It is what must be app .rent to every eye, that looks on the Metropolitan thoroughfares or the green-lit:Km, and other haunts of the pleasure seeking inhabitants of the modern atbylon. If, however, we could obtain another A3modeus cap able of showing the interiors of the different houses, we might find a still stronger confirmation of the impolicy of the proceeding. We should, in some instances, find men drinking heavily of the liquors they had previously provided, or waiting anxiously for the opening of the public-houses to procure the means of intoxication, or sleeping off the fumes of last night's debauch, into which they were seduced in consequence of knowing that they would not have to rise early. to go to work this morning. The wife is probably very differently occupied. While the husband is drinking or venting his ill-humour on herself and her children, in consequence of the delay in obtaining liquor. or snoring in their single room, She is thinking of the terrible deficiency in the receipts on Satur day, from the loss of a day's wages, and also of the amount squandered in drink or amusement, and painfully considering what articles can best be spared from their scanty furniture or clothing to send to the pawn-office, in order to make up the hiatva valde deflendus. Those of a bettor class will have friends to visit then', as on . San dap, and feast rather than fast, while the few, the vexy-44,w, who follow the proclama tion in heart °ad spirit would have ac ted simi larly had there been merely recommendations from their pastors, or, at all events, the appointment )f a Sunday, for the nation a l demonstration. In addition to this, as we hav e already stated, there is a serious loss from the compulsory idle- THE SUN, I:0 ND 0 IV, WEDNESDAY EirEN LNG'. OCTOBER 7, 1851 ness of so large a proportion of her Majesty's " subjects ; and the cj i psing of mills, the stoppage of looms, the cessation of labour of almost every description. Production has been arrested, at the very time when there were the heaviest demands on our resources, and when the claims of charity were peculiarly urgent, our sagacious Privy Coun cillors, or at least three of the number, have thought proper to fling away nearly a million sterling to please the puritanical party. It is a pity that these names should not be generally known, in order that they may receive the degree of credit to which they aro entitled for the act. It was the PRINCE CONSORT, EARL GRANVILLE, and Lord STANLEY of Alderley, who advised her MAJESTY to the step. We fancy we can detect the quiver from which the shaft was drawn. It savours strongly of Germanism. The subordinate members of the Cabinet would scarcely act in di rect opposition to the well-known wishes of their Premier, unless their insubordination was sanc tioned by high authority, which could screen them from the consequences of their mutiny. The people will, however, say to each—" Phy sician, heal thyself." Fast, and pray, and humi liate yourself publicly for your participation in the causes that led to the deplorable catastrophe, for maintaining the Company in a position for which they were not qualified, for sending out and keeping Lord Ca.N.zurrizi in the Go vernor-Generalship, for not sending immediate reinforcements overland, and gunboats to keep guard over the rivers. For these short-comings public penance might be done, and walking bare footed in St. Pauls, arrayed in a white sheet, with bare feet and lighted taper, might not be amisF. But it is a mockery and a delusion to call on theinue cent people to mourn for the faults and short comings of their rulers, and to inflict on them— in addition to the taxation to which they must submit for these grave mistakes—the positive loss of a day's wages ! Let the parties responsible manifest a true repentance, which may be known by its fruits ; without which, their " fasting and praying" is but a piece of specious hypocrisy, alike objectionable in the eyes of GOD and man. We cannot wonder at the intense delight with which the arrival of Sir C. CAMPBELL was hailed by the English inhabitants, Lot only of Calcutta, but of the entire Indian Empire—that a single man should be considered as fully equal to ten thousand soldiers, " armed all in proof, and led by shallow CANNING." Zeal, energy, and decision were required at head-quarters, and it was universally believed that ho would display these qualities that he would suppress the vacillation and timidity of the Council that pulled the wires of the puppet Governor-General, and got rid of the ta-in mon sters, routine and red-tapism, that retarded the suppression of the mutiny, and caused it to ex tend beyond a few regiments. How gladly would they have hailed his nomination to the highest rank, with ample powers to do all that he might consider advisable fur the speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity ! When Rome was endangered, the people set up a Dictator, but it was not from tie effete men of wealth, that they made the selection. They chose the simple citizen in whose capacity they had confidence, and took him from the plough to invest him with supreme authority —to coustitut) him an autocrat for the time being. So it should have been in India. Lord CAN NING might act his part in a pageant very well— might give very respectable entertainments at Government House, and affix a fair specimen of caligraphy to the resolutions of the prejudiced elderly epicenes by whom the real power is wielded, and bo himself controlled and directad. The mere fact that he had not the decision of char a ct er t o emancipate himself from their contr o l, a n d th e trammels in which they kept him enveloped, proved beyond the possibility of doubt that he was net " the right man in the right place." His sub serviency may extenuate his shortcomings, but it still proves his want of real power. The Com pany's system of government is now on trial. "It has been weighed in the balance and found wanting," and Ministers in place of calling on the people "to fast and pray," should set their own shoulders to the wheel, and arm the man who possesses the confileucs of the people both of England and India, with ample powers to enable him to accomplish his arduous task. Thus might CAMPBELL restore what OLIVE founded, and HASTINGS, 'WELLESLEY, and CORNWALLIS strengthened and consolidated. " If a railway accident occurred in consequence of the want of energy and vigour of the driver, a man of 'TO, long known to be ruptured and gouty, and if lives were lost, what would the ver dict of the jury' be, supposing the directors tic fended themselves by alleging that it would have been hard upon the poor old driver to supersede him, and that he would probably have been very importunate for a pension had he been super seded I" So says the correspondent of a contemporary, whose able communication we have extracted into our columns in reference to General LLOYD, whose effete senility Ltd to the mutiny at Dinapore and the destruction of British soldiers in the attempt to relieve Arrab. He pertinently inquires— " Whose duty was it to see that such com mands as that of General LLOYD'S were is competent hands—to report upon them if they were not—to act on such reports ?" Adding— " We take almost vexatious pains to ascertain that a recruit is sound, wind and limb. We strip him naked, we pommel him all over, we make him go through all manner of pro bationary contortions, and we reject him at once if we espy the slightest defect in his physique, considering him unfit in such a cause to be intrusted with the responsibility of a pri vate in the British army. But when we have to appoint a general to a position in which the lives of thousands, his country's honour, the fate of an empire may depend on his soundness of rair.d and body we take none of these precautions. If we see that he is an ol - vious cripple and dotard, we appoint him all tho same ; it would be so hard upon the poor old man to pass him over.' Yet if he fails when he is so appointed—as we know he must fail when put to the te.4—w - e inexorably try the poor old creature by court-martial !" This principle may be further extended. If Lord CANNING and the Council of India be res ponsible' for the inefficiency of General LLOYD, so are 1.4 , 3 rd. PALMERSTON and the English Cabinet for the mistakes and shortcomings of these very parties. So the nation now feels, and so it will feel with still greater intensity when fresh blunders have increased the existing evils and led to further sacrifices of lif e an d money. ECONOMY OF THE AG2..—A Manchester gentleman adverise3 " for a pens.y paper, the day after pubica.- tion, at halt-price."—Punc4. FALL OF A CIRCUS.—Ia the coarse of the perform.tr.c es of an equestian company, known as the routhor at the fete of Vaagirard, bn Saturday evening, a crack. ing noise wai ruddenly 1 eard, and the spectators, about 900 lu number, rushed tha doors ; but tefore they could esc ;pa, the ctreue, which was of wood and canvas, tell in. A number of persons were more c r lees cat and L , ruis?..l but no one was dangerous:y hurt. THE LATE MR. JERROLD. LA,TRsT NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TIIESD.A.Y EVEN LNG. The article in the Pays which announced the definitive withdrawal of Marshal Narvaez from the Cabinet he had formed and presided is repro duced by the Paris journals without comment. No later information respecting this crisis appears in the columns of the latter ; while the private tele graph, with its usual eccentricity, avoids clearing up any doubt that may be entertained on the cor rectness of the statement mado by the Pays. The following remarks from the Spectateur were writ ten before the publication of that statement : " We have never been blind to the real position of the Cabinet presided by Marshal Narvaez. Our desire to see him remain as long as possible at the head of affairs, our confidence in the patriotism ind enlightenment of his colleagues, have not led us to suppose that he was completely insured against those changes which have become so fre quent in Spain since the constitutional rule was planted there, with very praiseworthy intentions no doubt, but with too little circumspection. But are we to construe the petty agitation caused by the intrigues and hopes of political parties into cer tain signs of an impending crisis ? The Queen be stows, with justice, great confidence on her present ministers, who are animated with sincere and pa -Tiotic devotion. The Cortes, before adjournng, gave evidence, by several important votes, of their anion with the Cabinet. Why, therefore, should. Marshal Narvaez and his colleagues now be com pelled to retire before another meeting of the Cortes ?" The Constitutionnel contains the following reflec• tions on the interviews at Stuttgard and Weimar, in which it seeks to diminish the importance of the latter : " Has the importance of the iuLtrylew At S~utt gard been reduced—as certain journals assort—by the subsequent meetin g of the Emperors of Austria and Russia at Weimar Were it judicious to esta blish a connection between these two eventa, we should attribute the idea of the Weimar meeting to a fear of isolation inspired in the mind of the Emperor of Austria by the interview of Stuttgard. The Emperor Alexander, in visiting Weimar. and meetingthe Emperor of Austria, has performed an act of political courtesy agreeable to the two na tions. But the interview of Stuttgard remains a grand event that has interested all Europe. It is not alone the recollections of the last few years that endow the personal relations of the Sove reigns of France and Russia with exceptional im portance ; it is also the reception given by the German population to the head of the Napoleon Idynasty.' We perhaps ought, as Frenchmen, to speak with modesty of the enthusiasm displayed by the inhabitants of the provinces traversed by the Emperor, for these manifestations were addressed at the same time to the person of his Majesty and to the nation of which he is the most legitimate and faithful representative. At Stuttgard the rulers of France and Russia realised all the hopes of Europe, and restored to the continent a confidence in future. At Weimar, two princes, for a length of time united, but who had become estranged through diplomacy, have ensured the preservation of sound neighbourly relations. The personal homage paid to the Emperor of the French at the court of Stntt- Bard and along the territory ho passed through his been justly appreciated, and the German vivats ' have sounded as far as Vienna and Berlin." BOURSE, Oct. 6.—The following were the las quo ta , ions : Casb. fr. Eni of Month. 4. per Cents 3 per Cents 63 5 G 3 25 13:, , ,nk Shares 9 ,980 Credit Foncier 555 Ur6dit Mobilier EB2 50 Roman - Do. Account 8882 50 Austrian -:- _ Belgian 4t — Spanish Threes Fiedraon tese (5) 3O- Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH• tr. C. fr c Orleans 1,390 Western - liortheru - ~ Lyons and Med BB2l— New Ditto - - New Ditto Bl5 Grand Central 7 t- Geneva ... 6ao Sardinian - Aridi - 6 tit -- Austrian Com. ..... 693 - full powers for the grand council to enlarge the basis of the national representation. This was adopted with an amendment of M. Lambelet, to the effect that the decree issued by the grand coun cil in virtue of the powers which shall be given by the people must be submitted to the approval of the popular committees. The second proposition presented by M. Piaget demanded that the people should be called on to give its opinion on the two bases of the representation—the electoral popula tion, or the whole Swiss population. This was re jected by 45 votes to 36. or nothing doing. Freights without important change, and the business moderate ; crude turpen tine to London, 2s. 9d. ; sugar, 255. Liverpool— grain, sd. in bulk, and 6d. in ship's bags ; cotton, 3-16 d. to 7-32 d. ; flour, Is. 6d. ; sugar, 17s. 6d. ; cheese, 20s. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 21 Cotton.—Sales to-day of 2,500 bales, at 161c.,t0 161 c. for middling. The receipts of the week have been 19,500, and the sales 16,500 bales ; stock, 36,000 bales. Flour, $6 per barrel. Sterling exchange, 6i per cent. premium. Rio Coffeee.—Sales of the week, 1,200 bags, at 110. for prime; stock, 117,000 bags. (BY TELEGRAPH TO NEW Yonx.) PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26. Third-street and Chestnut-street are again the scene of excitement. Crowds surrounded the sav ings' institutions before 9 o'clock this morning. The institutions decline paying out deposits, and require two weeks' notice of withdrawal. The regular banks were besieged before 10 o'clock. The Pennsylvania Bank re-opened its doors and is trans acting business, but paying no specie. The Mechanics' Bank is paying specie for $lO bills. The Girard Bank refuses to do any business and renders no satisfaction to deposit ors or note-holders. THE BREAD AND MEAT QUESTIO, A correspondent of a contemporary complains that he is shamefully overtaxed by his baker and butcher. He says : " To begin with the bakers, it will be something new to be informed that the price of bread for three millions of people is fixed on Sunday evening for the ensuing week—in the back parlour of " The Jolly Baker and Pie 'Crust ;" but it is so. Here will be found Mr. M'Alum from Whitechapel, Mr. Doughey from Shoreditch, Mr. Spongem from the Borough, Mr. Bonedust from Clerkenwell, Mr. Yesty from Marylebone, and Mr. Litewaite from Chelsea, whilst the E. C. and W. C.. districts are ably represented by Mesre. Pareit and Filchpy ; and here those worthies, delegates from their respective localities, sitting in solemn conclave over gin and water, and enveloped in clouds of tobacco smoke, legislate for the stomachs of the greatest city on earth. Proceedings com mence somewhat in this style—Mr. Filchpy log. (addressing perhaps the Whitechapel representative) " Well, Mr. M'Alutn, I see by the papers there was a slight fall in Mark-lane this last week, doyou think it would be advisable to lower the quartern a half penny 1" "Na, m an , not h a lf a b aw b e e. (M'Al um is a thrifty Caledonian.) I dinna ken what Mark lane is to us, so lang as they are nae for rising the figure—let the millers tak' care o' themselveß, we'll tak' care o' oursels; I grant consumers may complain —what need we care about compl a i nts, so l ang as there's nae competition 1" Two or three follow in a similar strain, and the thing is done —the half penny is retained—and thus (taking the consump tion of bread at 61b. per head) a tax of four and a half millions of halfpence, or 93,7501., is levied on the metropolis by seven or eight gin -drinking pipe smokers, and so on from week to week. I may here state that the majority of the bakers are men without any capital of their own, trading on dis count and credit, so that the consumer has not only to pay their trade profit, but interest on their negotiated acceptances into the bargain. So much for the bakers. " Now a word about the butchers. In Newgate, Leaden-hall and Newport markets the prices of beef and mutton range from 3s. Gd. to 4s. Bd. per stone of eight pounds for the former, and 3s. Gd. to ss. 2d. for the latter, averaging for beef 4s. ld. and mutton 4s. 4d. Yet, sir, in defiance of these figures _stuoborn fact.z, patent to all who read the news papers—l have been compelled to pay this day Bs. lid. fur a leg of mutton weighing 9113.-9 id. per pound, exactly 2s. 2d. per stone over the highest quotation of yesterday. This infamous exaction must arise from combination. I have no hesita- tion in stating that the black mail levied • by the butchers, if added to that extorted by the bakers, would make up a round sum of 200,0001. per week, or the astounding amount of 10,400,0001. per an num. Just think of that, Mr. Bull, and say whe ther you will stand it much longer." SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION. --..,,,,.- The following is an extract from a report dated the Bth of July, from .the Assistant-Surveyor- General of South Australia, of a recent expedition into the northern districts of that colony : "In the extreme distance to the north and north oast we perceived a belt of gigantic gums, beyond 'which ap. peared a sheet of water with lands on the opposite side, evidently increasing in elevation. There also seemed to be a large lake about ten miles to the east, but this our prewous experience told us had no existence. To the north-east the M‘Donnel continued its course, diverging into a number of channels as the rocks neared the sur face, and again converging into one as the depth of soil increased. To the southeast the extreme end of the eastern range was still visible, Mount Hopeful, bearing smith 32 degrees east, and apparently about 30 miles distant. " grom Weathered-bill we descended in a north-easterly direction to the illtDonnell, following its course down for about seven miles, passing several large and peruse net t waters, the last of which, about half a-mile long, 50 y trds wide, and very deep, was extremely fine, having a native encampment on the eastern bank at its lower end. The Wurleys did not appeir to have been used since the rain, however, the floors being caked over and cracked by the heat of the sun. , They are constructed in a similar manner to those described by Captain Sturt, and are warm and comfortable, the largest capable of holding_ from 30 to 40 people, quite round,, from three to four feet high, and entered by a semicircular opening, through which weiwere obliged to creep. This water we named the Warta-Warta, from the name of the tribe frequenting the plains north of the Blanche. " Next day we continued our course to the north-east down the bed of the creek for about 14 miles, passing over vegetation of the most luxuriant kind, which covers 'the valley for a width of from three to four miles, the timber in the creeks changing from lofty gums to a bas tard peppermint which was rapidly assuming a more stunted appearance, and the creeks bending away to the eastward. We then left the 11 1‘Donnell and made for the nearest point of what was rapidly assuming the appearance of an immense lake, and after travelling about six miles and a half to the north-east our doubts were set at rest. We were in latitude 29 deg. 13 min., and stood upon the margin of Lake Torrens, the waters of which were unmistakably fresh. , "From the spot where my observations were taken the lake stretched from 15 to 20 miles to the north-west, for Ming a water benzin extending from north-west by west to north-west; the south portion terminated by high land running south towards Weathered-hill, at once explaining the cause of the various creeks bending so much to the eastward. • An extensive bay is formed inside this promontory, extending southward to west north-west, when the land again runs out to a point, approaching and passing us by a gentle curve to the east, and inclining gradually to the soual-east, and ultimately disappearing in the distance. The - north portion of the horizon is terminated by a bluff headland, round which the water appears to extend to the north. This land passes thence to -the east, and forms the north boundary of the visible portion of the lake ; and from a higher elevation than that upon which we stood appeared to extend round to the eastern wing. It is covered.with vegetation, as also are several islands seen between the north and south shores, apparently about five miles dis tant from where we stood, their perpendicular cliffe being clearly discerned by aid of the telescope. "From the first I had anticipated finding large lakes of fresh water at the termination of the various creeks, or one large lake into which a 'winker of them discharged their waters ; but in such I should have -discovered flood lines, indicating the rise and fall of the waters, and, even supposing them to have attained their maximum height, the vegetation on some portion of the surface inside the water's edge would have re vealed this fact. But in this case there was an entire absence of such marks, the water's edge being clearly. defined ; and the bed, changing its character so suds denly from an alluvial soil to blue loam, covered by an inch of fine silt,'renders it almost beyond the possibil,ty of a doubt that the surface of the water is subject only io the most trifling variation of level, and the absence of deltas at the embouchures of the, creeks tends to show that there is no reacting force, but that the waters in times of flood flow uninterruptedly elsewhere, and I am ,nclioed to believe in a generallytno . rth-west di rec ti on . "In using the words unmista kably fresh,' with re ference to this water, I meant to imply that not only did they appear fresh to the taste,; but that also there was no indication whatever of the presence of salt; and I only regretted the absence of the means which would have enabled me to test, not only their extent and direcs tion, but also their depths and action." THE TRIAL OP THE PAISLEY RIOTERS. —O n Saturday the Paisley rioters, Daniel Wynne, Daniel Coyle, and Edward M‘Manus, who were convicted of riotous con duct and assault on the previous day,. were brought up and sentenced—Wynne to three years' penal servitude, Coyle to 18 months' imprison men t, and M‘Manus to 12 months' imprisonment. O n th e same day five Of the Coat. bridge rioters were found guilty, and three brought up who pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred in both caw. MIIRDEBEIBY A al.AmAc.—The Inverness Circuit Court was opened on Wednesday—the Lord Justice Clerk pre siding—when Angus Macphee. Liniclate, in the island of Benbecula, was brought up on the cbargeofmhaaovpinhgeom, his father, Mary Macphee, his a u n t, Angus father, and Catherine Macinnes, his mother, all of whom were persona of an advanced age. The circumstances of this painful case Will be Iresh in the recollection of the public. The prisoner in a fit of insanity attacked his father, mother, and aunt, and murdered thein one after the other on the 9th July last. The evidence clearly proved the insanity of the prisoner, who said he was the Christ, and had the divine command-to commit the mur ders, and was doing God service. He also said be had intendiki to murder some others. The jury found him insane, aad he was ordered to be kept in custody.. The Lot d Justice Clerk administered a reproof to one of the witnesses, named Maceween, a ground officer of Col( nel Gordon, and a member of the parochial board, for having failed to send him toan asylum.—Northern Daily Express. EXTENSIIPE SMUGGLING ON THE SUSSEX COAST,— Yesterday (Tuesday), Thomas Bruce and Henry Everett, and o fP T or h t ooi sns a o s u c th a , e s : e r z e i t 6 h o e a m o a d g magistrates, r a tes at tube , o s 3 tl u e d de j n o E hn lli wicks, master as A te n r grn of a erinvge'ssel mariners,ealled • •with intent to defraud the revenu e o f 3001 . All theArundel,utrp wi spirits ! the prisoners, except the master (Elliott), plead e d gu ilt y. .James Bishop, a coast - guardsman on the Littlehatnpton9 service, deposed that about tw o o ' c l oc k on the morning Intrepid smugglingrecharge d b tt of the 24th ult. he observed a boat with three men :n it coming towards the shore. At this time between 30 and 40 men, whom he did not k now were hovering about the shore. Mr. J. D. Beach, master in the Royal Navy and chief officer of the Lit!lehanapton Coast Guard Ser vies, stated that ho had a galley manned and put off to sea. After pulling about two miles from the shore they cause up to a vessel of suspicious appearance, which they boarded. On it they found only the master (Elliott), who said he was on his way from Portsaiouth to Shore ham. Shortly afterwaris they pulled up to a boat, which had the other three prisoners on board. They had with them between 30 and-40 tubs of Geneva, and near the boat were floating from 15 to 20 other tubs. They took all the prisoners, with the tubs, into custody. After some further evidence it *as 'stated that the tubs comprised 38 of Geneva and 26 of brandy, all nearly 50 per cent. over proof. The ditty upon the same amounted to 3001. The bench sentenced the master (Elliott) to nine months' imprisonment, and the other three to eight months each. The vessel and other property were con fiscated. TO THE BDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You were so kind as to give publicity to a i letter we addressed to you on the termination of our labours "In remembrance of the late Mr. Jerrold," making known their result. 1 Mr. Jerrold's eldest son thereupon gave to a letter ' of his own what publicity he could obtain for it, making his own representation of his late father's affairs. We knew our forbearing and delicate reference to them (forced upon us by exaggerations with which we had been repeatedly met, and which the son had never contradicted) to be perfectly accurate, and we knew his acoount of them to be highly incorrect. We are ex tremely sorry to be obliged to produce the proof of this ; but it is necessary to the clearance of our own good faith, and that of the gentlemen associated with us. We have before us, under date the 2d of this present month, a letter from the solicitor to the late Mr. Jer rold's estate (a gentleman well known in his profession —Mr. Ashuret, of the Old Jewry), in which, after men tioning that there is a life assurance of 1,0001., which it, Nlrs. Jerrold'a absolutely, and which the estate cannot claim, he informs the correspondent to which his com munication is addressed, "that he cannot understand Mr. Blanchard Jerrold's reason for writing this unfortu nate letter ;" that he thinks "he and his family ought +o be set right on the matter ;" and that if a eertair claim be urged of which he has received the particulars, " the facts and figures show that the estate will be abso lutely insolvent." We quote this letter with its writer's permission, and we have now done with this subject for ever. Your faithful servants, CHARLES DICKENS, Oct. 6. ARTHUR SMITH. THE NORTHERN BEE. How doth the busy Russian Bee Improve the darkened hour, And kindly hope it will not see The fall of England's power. How skilfully she frames the " sell," Forgives Crimean whacks, And owns JOHN BULL does pretty well Whate'er he undertakes. So now, let Russia, with a will, The works of peace pursue; For Satan finds some mischief still For soldier-States to do. In laying down the Iron Way, Be her next century passed, And then, who knows, the world may say— " She's civilised at last." —Punch. MAILS TO THE CAPE OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The following notice was issued from the General Post-office ye. terday, viz. :—An arrangement has been made with the owners of the steam-vessel Celt, for the conveyance of mails to the Cape of Good Hope on the 15th inst. THE FITZWILLIAM ESTATES.—It is understood that the Irish property of the late Earl Fitzwilliam is be queathed to Lord Milton, who succeeds to the title ; Milton Abbey and the Northampton property to the Hon. George Fitzwilliam ; and the property in the North Riding and the northern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire to the Hon. Charles Fitz william.—Mart chester Guardian. BOTANIC REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.—The attention of our readers is requested to an advertisement in our paper headed " A Fact for Physiologists;" in which the Nottingham Medical Reform Society propose to send free to all applicants the Botanic Remedy for Indiges tion, Bilious and Liver Complaints, lately discovered by Professor Webster, of Philadelphia. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE BY THE EXPLOSION OF STealt.—Yesterday morning Henry James, a carpenter, residing at N 0.5, Charles-street, Drury-lane, in cleaning a tin b , ttle use . ' by mechanic; to hold their tea or coffee, incautiously placed the vassal on the firs with e cork in it, thereby allowing the steam to generate. Ha was in the act of taking, the bottle off the fire, when the steam forced the cork out, and the boiling liquid flee! into his fele, scalding him in a shocking manner, and it is feared that he will not recover his sight. CONFLICT WITH THE MILITARY AT CARRARA.-11 town of Carrara has ju-t been the scene of a serious die turhance. It appears that, at the theatre, on the evenirer of the 27th, some of the people in the pit had a quarrel with a non-commissioned officer of dragoons ; and the t from words they carne to blows, endiug in a slight wound jell c'ed on the of f icer. On the following day nine rner, who did not seem to ha the same as those in the theatre, ueexpectedly attacked some dragoons in the street. killed a sergeant and a carporal, and then ran away. Five of these aseasAns succeeded in making their escape over tl frontier, but were arrested by the Pi e dmontese authori ties, and imprisoned at Sarzens, where they now are. They are stated to be workmen of the marble quarcie , . JOLLY JunYmax.—The hotel bill of the jury inapst,- nelled in the recant trial of Gent'es and Reid at the S ir ling Circuit Court of Justiciary was within a trifle of 701 Trite fact may help to dispel the popular belief that jury men, during the progress of a trial, are doomed to sub sist on such commonplace faro as bread and water. Consi dering the number of days over which the trial extended, perhaps the score run up at the Golden Lion is not very unreasonalle —which is more than can be said for a jury at Aberdeen, who run up a hill of 171. between the hours of 7 in the evening and 10 of the morning of a jury at Inverness, whose bill for teddy alone, for one night, was 81 —Alloa Advertiser. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per male premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 11. sterling. Oa comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 per ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is nearly 4-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. Ey advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424; per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per 1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mkt price is therefore about 3 10the per cent, dearer in Haniburg than in London. Toe course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 107 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is agidrist England ; but, after making allowance for charger' of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries, EXPENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION' IN BEI.- FAST.—TIe esn.t of the late . counni,..sion of inquiry will amount to a handsome little total, taken at the most moderate estimate. The two commissioners, at five. guineas each per day, for sixteen sitting days, will net 160 guineas -1631. ; a government reporter, at two guineas per day, 331. 12s , and for, say, twenty-five days io transcribing his notes, 521. 10s. ; two counsel (Messrs. Purcell and Falkner), three guineas each per day, 1001. 164. ; two attorneys Messrs. O'Rorke and lIsa), at tno same figure, 1061. 16s. Total, 4551. 12e. This expense will, of course, be pad by Government. Oa the town wit fall, however, half the expense of the addition d constabulary drafted to Belfast to suppress riots that had no longer an existence,and who are to be billettoii upon us, we suppose. until the 12th July cmaea round again. —Banner of Ulster. Cuaious thscovEay. —As a workman was a few days ago employed in repairing the roof of an elf] houe at Nouailles, near COUZiX (Haut-Vienne), tie iiii,cwered, concealed on the upper rafters, a email c osered copper vessel, which contained a collec tMa of very curious coins. There are among thern some silver pieces of Louis XI, bearing the Fate of 1473, testons and francs of Charles IX and Henri 111, crowns of Henri IV, of 1583, of Louis XIII, from 1623 to 1642, teatons of Avignon with the effigy of Urbain VIII, and from 250 to 260 copper bards of Pope Urbain VIII, Louis XIII, Gaston of Orleans, the Prince de Bourbon-Conti, Latour d'Auvergne, the Prince of 0 - auge, Sully, Prince Henrichemont, Marie du Montpensier, Duke de Bouillon, &c. The whai were wrapped up in paper , and hits of linen. It is thought that this little treasure must have belonged to some old woman, either a miser or a b eggar, but the oil people of the place are of opinion that it be longed to a religieuse, whose order formerly had a chapel at Nouaides. TESTIMONIAL TO J. B. MAnWOOD, ESQ —A, large ;gathering of the employes of the Great Western Railway Campany met in the reading-room of the Literary insti tution, Paddington terminus, on Monday, the sth to bid farewell to Mr. J. B. Harwood, who has recently been appointed to the chi e f accountantship of the Br :s• tot an d Exeter Railway. Mr. Marwood was many years in the service of the Great Western Rail aay Colo pany, and by his own unaided but indefatigable exer tions raised hi , risalf to the office of chief clerk in the accountant's office, from whence he has lately been elected to the position he now fills. Immediately on its being known that Mr. Marwood was ablut to resiwi his Great Western appointment, his friends ar:d col leNues resolved to present bim with a testimonial of their respect for his talents and character, and a fiber a subscription having been entered into, a handsome sil ver tea and coffee service, with a massive salver, loaar: an appropriate inscription, were manufactured by Messrs. Hancock, of Bruton•street. FoRGEILIES AT Lyons.—The Courrier de Lyon contains the following : -" We have to announce the err at. of rich landed proprietor, named Dupont, formerly a grocer in this city, for uttering forged notes. His name was same time ago before the public by a lawsuit which be instituted against the company formed to build the Rue Impersale here, from whom, in the eed, he obtained an indemnity of 125,000 fr. The bank notes forged are all for 500;r., and the mode adopted by him for putti-ig them into circulation was most curious, keepers of brothels beirg generally the victims. At length one of these persons, being more acute :than the oth,:rs from whom he bad succeeded in obtaining chat 4e br his notes, detected the counterfeit and gave In formation to the police, which lad to his arrest. S. well were the notes executed, that one of them \vas received as a depo3it by a clerk at the Savings' Bank, but detected later in the day by another clerk. On being arrested by the police at hi-t residence, a bandeorne house, his own property, in the Cit 4 Napoleon, a number of other notes besides those found on him were disco vered concealed in different places. On being examined by the commissary of police, he at first said that all the notes had been given him by a Pole, who died in the hospital at Lyons in 1852 ; but the falsehood of thisvtcry being clearly proved by some of the notes bearing the date of 1854, he found that further denial of his guilt IN , as useless, and he requested to be again taken to his house, where be pointed cut a concealed prace that was so made ly that its disc 'very would otherwise have been impo s s ible, and where plates were fJund for manufacturing the n o t, ; ., as well as a bundle cf notes amounting to 49 0 7 000 f. Tnes atnotmt of notes which he has put into circulation .0 net exlet known. It appears that Dupont at first pa id a workman sf. a-day f o r printing them, but the man after wards demanded and received 50E. a-week. The wife of Dupont had been arrested." PRUSSIA. The first regiment of infantry of the Prussian guard, into which the King entered as officer Italia century ago, celebrated on the 3d the anniversary of that event with great solemnity. In the morn ing his Majesty received the officers, who presented to him a very rich album containing the illustrated list of officers who have served in the corps. At eleven o'clockthe King, wearing the uniform of the, regiment, and the Grand Cordon of the Black E3gle, mounted his hors . ) and followed by the princes and a brilliant staff, role along the front of the regiment which was drawn up in the Lustgarten. The King afterwards took the command and caused the regi ment to . file off before the windows of the palace, where, the Queen, the Princess Frederick of th e Netherlands, and the Princesses Charles Alex andrine, and Anne, of Hesse, were standing. After this, the regiment formed a hollow square, and the King with his staff, placed himself in the centre, and delivered the following speech : " Grenadiers ! you know that the late King, fifty years ago, formed the battalion of the guard which has been the nucleus of the present first regiment. This regiment has won laurels, and acted worthily in all the battles in which it has taken part. Up to this time, my reign has been one of peace, but if it should be the will of God that danger threiten the country, I trust in Provi dence, and I feel confident that you will march against the enemy, and attach victory to your colours, which are mine. The regiment gave great strisfaction to the late King, and also to use since the day of my accession, when I took the comm and of it. I hope and expect that it will always the same." . _ This address WM received with three cheers, after which the King announced that he had appointed Prince Frederic William commandant of the Ist brigade of infantry of the Guard. On the occasion of this anniversary there arrived at Potsdam 14 Prussian and foreign princes, seven generals, six major-generals, and a number of other officers, wilo either now belong or have formerly belonged to the regiment. The King was afterwards present at a grand dinner given by the officers. Lithe evening there was a State representation given at the thea t.e, and a supper given by the King at the palace. SARDINIA. 3.—The injury the floods brought do wn from the mountains lately,. TURIN, Oct. to highways, from has been more felt in o t h er p arts of Italy than n Piedmont, but here the river Stura has carried away the embankment of a railway-bridge, and so fiery much impeded the direct commun i cation between. Turin and Novara. - It is promised, how ever, that this inconvenience shall be remedied in a few days, and on the 12th of this month the ex tension of the Turin and Novara Railway from Novara to the Lombard frontier will be opened to . the public, whi c h w ill, if tb e administration of the line be well conducted, shorten the time necessary for a journey front Turin to Milan to seven or eight hours ; and it a ppears that, on the 'tame day, the railway from WiLilan. to Venice is to be opened th roug h out, there by reducing the time required for travelling from of to of those towns to the other to seven hours, so that, with proper coin bination on the part of coach proprieors and rail way managers (a consummation rarely occurring in those regions unhappily), it itiould only be a sum mer day's journey from the fo of of the Alps at Susa to Venice after the] 2th of this month; and if we may c redit theofkold tale, now repeated by the Milane-c journals, of the Austrian Government having con sented to the completion (f railway works in the direction of the Pieclmontele ontier, even that time will be further reduced 2 or 3 hours in another twelvemonth. At the samo time that they an nounce now this important d ec,ision on the part of the e Austrian G overnment, th e Milian papers state tnat greater facilities will in I.'llture be afforded to Austrian subje c t s own i ng prot it :ay in Piedmont for ob`aining passports to cross the frontier ; so that, on the compl e ti on of the rail way from Novara to Milan, these " mixed subje,:ts' will be given a passport within two hours of ter their application ; and in a couple of hours mot's-, says the Leo della Borsa, they naayreach their pi:operties 50 kilometres from Milan. NEUFCHi IEL• The grand council of the waiton of Neufchatel, in a recent sitting, w as coon :3 , : i e d with the question of the electoral basis of the , r3prelentation. Ta o propositions were brought fe rward. Ons.by M Phillipin con4isted in a.ik'Lng the pee to grant SECOND DESPATCH. 11 A.M. The Girard Bank has come to terms partially, redeeming 5 dole. with specie, but refusing to hon our the checks of depositors. Most of the o:hor banks are endorsing checks "good." BALTIMORE, SEPT. 26, 11 £.3s: The presidents of all the city banks at a meeting this morning resolved to suspend specie payments. The suspension is total. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, 11.30 A isf. There is no concert of action among the banks. Each is apparently taking a different course. The Bank of North America is paying specie for tens, but issuing no notes on checks. The Bank of Commerce is refusing specie, but paying out notes for checks. MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS FOR TELE PEOPLE. The committee hayed ust issued their first annual report, in which they state that the " Monday Evening Concerts for the People" were commenced during the summer of 1856, under the direction of a committee of working men, who were desirous of providing musical recreation of a refining and ele vating character—the want of which bad been long felt by the sober and intelligent portion of the working classes of the metropolis. The first series of 10 concerts was given at the Philharmonic- Rooms, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; but, in order to carry 'out efficiently the views of the pro moters, it was found necessary to obtain a larger room. Arrangements were accordingly made wi h Mr. Hullah for the use of St. Martin's Ilan, ill which the second series, consisting of 36 perform• ances, took place ; making in all 45 weekly con certs, which have been given without intermission from July 15, 1856, to May 18, 1857 — a fact, it believed, altogether unprecedented in th e musical annals of the metropolis. From the commencement, to the close of the present season, the he ave rage concerts have been attended by 50,000 persons. T attendance at the second series has been wp• wards of 1,200 ; and on one or The tw Lord Mayor sheriffs, o occasions as many as 2,300 were admitteds,and other civic and Lady Mayoress, the hiff dignitaries, and clergymen e o r f various denomina tions, have sanctioned the efforts of the commiWe by their presence ; a nd the members of the pubic press, of all creeds and parties, have repeatedly borne testimony to the hig character of the pe:e formances, as well as to the perfectly good order that has invariably prevailed at these entertain ' nts. The total a mount of ex pense incurred in n errrying on these concerts is between 1,3001. and 1,4001., of which the following .are the three most important items : viz., artistes, 5401. ; rent of hall, s re ., 34V. ; printing and adverdsing, 3151. On reference to the balance sheet, it will be seen Viat the expenditure has exceeded the receipts (includ ing subscriptions to the guarantee fund, to June Ist) by more than 2001. This appears to have been the case also with the " People's Concerts" in the provincial towns, which, although they a,O now sAf-sapportine, almost invariably experienced a similar difficuly at a starting. Having at the com mencement announced that the surplus, should any arise, would be applied in aid of the public hospi tals, the committee cannot possibly derive any pecu niary benefit, no matter how successful the proj"ct may become. They, therefore, trust that those who approve of this attempt to supply an acknowledged public want, and who have not yet con•ributed, will at once exhibit their sympathy by becoming subscribers to the "guarantee fund ;' and thus enable the committee to make arrangements Ix resuming the concerts with increased efficiency during the next season, and at the same time re lieve them from a responsibility, which, consider ing their humble means, is felt to be a serious bur den. The committee, in conclusion, state that sub scriptions will be thankfully received by the trea surer, John Augustus Nicholay, Esq., church -1 wa rden of St. Marylebone, 8Z Oxford-street, and by other gentlemen whose names are mentioned. We trust their appeal will be heartily responded to, for their.cause is a good one. THE FRENCH EXHIBITION OF 1835. Prince Napoleon has published a report addressed to the Emperor on the Universal Exhibition of 1855. It dwells npon the difficulties which attended the opening of the Exhibition, owing to the war with Russia, and expresses an opinion that the response made by the na tions of Europe to the noble confidence of France must have greatly contributed to bring about the general peac e. With natural and laudable pride, his Imperial highness brings out in strong relief the fact that Frante showed herlelt, at the same moment, great in peace and powerful in war. As a proof of the great attraction of the Exhibition, it is stated that the police returns of i he number of visitors at the hotels and furnished n lodoi g houses during the period of th e E x hibi t ion—namely from May 15 to N in ovember 30— w h ic h , i n 1854, wasY only 198,000, was in 1855 330,000 showing an in crease of 132,000. Of th e 330 ,300 visitors to - Parie, so far as the number ca n be issn.,.rtained by the h o t e l books, ' it appears that 231,000 were French subjects and 99,000 foreigners. But th e P r i nce ' s report observes that vast 'numbers, of whom no accurate account can be taken, mmt have lodged with relations and friends. It has been ascertained tnat the number of railway travellers who arrived at the different stations in Pads in 1855, was .4,081,000 against 3,223,000 in 1854. Tile total number of visitors to the exhibition was 5,162,000, of whom 4,180,000 entered the great building, 935,000 the sepa Late exhibition of the fine arts, and 46,000 the Chine c museum, for which there was an extra payment. Ot course, the greater number of those wno visited the fine arts ex'oilottion had also visited the Palais but it-is obviously impossible to know in what pro portion. Some very curious statistics, showing the stringent action of a high admission in keeping out the public, is contained in the report. The number of persons who paid for admission on Sundays, when 200. was charged, was 2,182,000, while the visitors on sll other days of the week (Fridays excepted) amounted to 2,097 000. From the 16th May to 31st July the entrance was fixed on Fridays at This charge operated almost as a prohibition. Only 33,000 persons paid that price. all the attraction of exclusiveness for the rich notwith standing. On Ist Aug., the Friday fee was reduced to V., and from that day to Nov. 9 the number of Friday visi tors was 95,000. The Prince remarks ripen these eiguree that. experience is altogether in favour of cheapness (boa mcirche). The report enters at great length into the causes of the great expense of the Paris Universal Exhi bition of 1855, and emits the opinion that another exhi bition of equal magnitude might be had, with the benefit of experience, for a third of the cost. On the question, however, whether exhibitions of this kind should be repeated, the Prince is of opinion that on account of the vast space that would be required to keep pace with the progress of industry, they can only be had at long inter vals. But he proposes that exhibitions universal, in the sense that all nations shall be permitted to compete, but partial, in so tar as to be confined to certain categories of manufactures, should be held in Paris frequently. In the meanwhile the building msy be utilised as a theatre for the exhibition of French products only. THE PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE BANKS —lt is assumed that the stoppage of the-e banks, telegraphed this afternoon, is the result of a joint resolution on the part of those institutions for mutual preservation from step,n indiscriminate uBi panic. ng Sh ou ld an increase s t u ff: h c b on e s t eau n e a n s c e e , sthoef a of distrust, may assist in'promoting a restoration of con fidence. There are certain concht . lons under %%jell no banking establisments can stand , ' and it will b soon e seen if these have been the cause of the pr esen t move ment. The immediate eff ect will b there cities to be sold at Ne st Yorke to cause bills on and elsewhere at a heavy discount, and that most of the specie in circul t tion in Pbiliadelphia and Baltimore o e e t away t purchase them. The a., of of rli bullion b ; other n points will will therefore be proportionably strengthened. The event, consequently, instead of causing a further fa'l in securities, may operate in an opposite direction. With regard to the fre,l fa lures reported on this occasion, the principal at Philadelphia seem to have been Cal-b Cope and C. and Hallowell and Co., both importers , f manufactured geode. During the relapse which oc curred after the termination cf the great Ameii al panic in 1837, the Philadelphia and Baltimore bsn!.:e suspended, as in this instance, while those of New Yolk stood their greurAl. At that time the'r course had beim radically unsound, and a long period elapsed before they were able to resume. In the present case no wide spread commercial it:ft:diem has been observable, a d these is room to hope that the difficulty will be speedily surmounted. Tire Persia is the next steamer to arrive, and she may be looked for on Saturday afternoon. Times City Article. ALGERIA. "The accounts from Great Kabylia," says the Moniteur Algerien, " are most satisfactory. Tran quillity and security everywhere prevail. This for tunate state of things is due not only to the vigour displayed by the French during the last expedition, but more particularly to the determination come to by Marshal Randon to found a military establish - ment in the very centre of the tribe of the Beni Raten, as the only effectual means of definitively securing to France its new and glorious conquest. Fort Napoleon has been constructed with pro digious rapidity. It is scarcely three months since the fortifications were laid, and already the greater part of the numerous buildings are terminated. The enclosure, which, flanked by 17 bastions, has a development of 2,000 metres, is now all completed. The interior, which covers a sur face of 12 hectares (30 acres), is covered with large buildings. The civil town is situated along the side of the road. Including the houses of the colonists, there are 67 buildings, 42 of which are finished, and 25 in course of construction, and together they form a large and imposing town, which, raised as if by enchantment, commands the newly conquered country, and keeps all the sur rounding territory in subjection." The Zeit of Berlin, on am subject of Lhu St. Helena medal, Which has caused a considerable sensation in Germany, has published an article ex plaining its object. According to that journal, the medal is destined to replace tho legacies made by the will of Napoleon I. to the soldiers of the French army—legacies which could not be paid, as the funds destined for them had received another des tination. Moreover, as this medal cannot be con ferred except on the old soldiers who served under the French flag, it can only be the Germans on the left bank of the Rhine who are entitled to it, which will much restrict the number of those who: can claim the distinction out of France. Letters from Copenhagen, in the Prussian Weekly Journal, state that th 6 Danish Cabinet in tends adjourning the meeting of the general Diet of the kingdom until January next, instead of con voking it, as had been before intended, for the end of the present month. Many of the Liolstein mem bers of this Diet have resigned, and others are ex pected to follow their example. The Diet of Stockholm at itz last sitting voted by acclamation an aklress to King Oscar, expressive of the sympathy felt by the nation in his Majesty's .sufferings. The deputy Sijornsward, who had pro posed to allow to the Prince Regent an increase of his civil list, has not withdrawn his motion, not withstanding the declaration made by the Minister of Finance, that the King had made a grant from his privy purse of 16,000 thalers a-month to the Regent. The preposition has been referred to . the Gimmittee of State of the Diet. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The United States' mail steamship Baltic, Com stock commander arrived at midday, with advices from New York to the 26th ult., and 66 passengers, but no specie. On the sth inst. (yesterday) the Baltic passed a large steamer, bound west, 125 miles west of Cape Clear. The steamship Antelope, hence, had arrived, via St. John's, Newfoundland, at Halifax. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, hence, had arrived at Boston. • _ . There is no general news of importance or in tere3t. Telegraphic advices fioin Washington mention a rumour of further difference between the United Stites and Spain. Preparations for the election of the future President of the House of Representa tives had commenced. The Democrats were the favourites. The schooner Eldorado, the captain of which had promised to lay by the Central America at 6 o'clock on the day she foundered had arrived at Boston, but had not on board a single soul from the ill-fated steamer. The captain admits that he was within 80 or 100 feet of the steamer at half-past 6 on the evening of the disaster, and could easily have taken a line from her, on which most, if not all, of the passengers could have reached his veseel hand over hand. He says Captain Herndon did not order the passengers on board his vessel. ' The s'esinship Caliawba had arrived at New Orleans with dates from Havannah to the 19th ult. Business was dull, and sugar and molasses were declining. Exchange on New York was quoted at 2 to 3 per cent. premium. The monetary cri-is had not, as had been anti cipated, ceased, and the effects of the stringency had caused serious resifts in Boston and Phila delphia, where failures were of daily occurrence. In the latter city there had been quite a panic, and a continuous run was made on all the bank. The Bank of Pennsylvania stopped payment, and tie Girard followed su:t. A private despatch stated that the run on all the banks was general, the ex citement wide-spread, and the impression was that by Saturday every bank in the city would be used up. In Boston and in Providence the specie basis of the banks were reduced to an uncomfortably low figure, and they wer3 drawing to some extent upon the New York batiks, they responding promptly to,the call. In the New York market the 'current quotations for prime paper were 18 to 24 per cent., and for good endorsed notes 3 to 5 per. cent. a-month. The comparative scarcity of funds was owing, it was believed, in a great degree to private hoarding. in exchange very little had been done for till Baltic, and prices were lower and irregular, and sellers pressini, bills on the market obliged to ac cept lower rates. The rates were 61 to 7i Or cent. premium on London ; sf. 30e. to sf. 20c. France : grid 35i to 36 Hamburg. A buoyancy in the stock-market had octurred, but it was not maintained in consequence of the state of affairs at Philadelphia. The following were the latest quotations "New York Central Railroad allures 651 ; Nev York and Erie Railroad sh ares 16i ; Harlem Railroad she.e,,e, Rincling Railroad shsres, 38 ; Hudson Railroad shares, 16 ; Michigan Cent ra l Itailroai shares, 54 ; ditto, Southern Railway shares, 19 : Panama Rail road shales, 80 ; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad share,-, 521 ; Illinois Central Railroad shares, 89 ; C!eveland and Toledo Railroad, 331 ; Chicago and IR. 1., 651 ; Milwaultie and Mies., 33 i ; Galena and Chicago, 67. STATZ LOANS." "United States Six per Cent. 1367-8, 1171; Ohio Six per Cents., 1886, 941 ; Kentucky Six per Cent', 991 ; Indiana Five per Cents., 80,; Pennzylvania Five per Cents., .79 ; Virginia Six p.r Cent., 841 ; Georgia Six per Cents., 94; California Seven per Cent., 1870, 541 ; North Carolina Six per Cents., 91 : Missouri Six per Cents., 70 ; Louisana Six per Cents.,' 80 ; Tenuesseu Sixes, 75. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. "Erie Railroad Same, 1859, 70 ; Erie Bonds, 1855, 50 ; Erie Convertibles, 1871, 35 ; Hadson's Rive r Rail road, lot Mortgage, 93 ; Panama Railroad Bond, 94 ; Illinois Central Sevens, 831; Now York Central SiXls, 74i, Cotton remained inactive for want of stock where with to operate, and prices were nominal, ship- ,- ments making to a considerable extent on owner's account to Liverpool, but home spinners were not in the market. Flour, in consequence of the mone tary pressure, bad declined 10 to 15 cents. and the advices by the Canada, which were considered fa vourablp, were without any influence. Canada had declined 10 to 15 cents., with less doing at the reluction. Southern declining, and receipts in creasing. Cornmeal quiet, but not CO firm. Gran unchanged, and receipts moderate, through scar city of funds in the West wherewith t move „lie crop as freely as could be desired. Cora better, but afterwards declined. Oati'dull, and lc. to 2c. lower. Pork irregular, but prices sustained, mess closing at 25 dollars ; prime a trifle eager ; other kinds without inarlortant change. Beef freely of fered, and a decline of 1 dollar had been submitted to in order to realise ; demand limited ; cut mean dull. Bacon, western smoked, at 140. to 15-. Lard ie. to Ic. better, with a fair busit.ess at Ulf. improvemeut. Butter in fair demand at 150. t.) 19c. for Ohio, and 17c. t) 22c. for inferior to good State. Cheese, 81c. to 9 1c. for common t) gxid. Sugar-market gloomy and depressed, with lid o pig-iron in f no demand for export. Scotch or re quest and prices supported. Sales, 400 ' tons, ir $2B 594.1. to ;i:29, six month 3. In other kinds little I ag 'VI Sc at ga po col on of cr: to alp the for Sir the (Sc