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

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOY. 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 p?rceived t! e terrible dangers likely to arise from the reclCes, 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 OPERSTONE had been amassed. But although Li, individual interests would be greatly promoted by the Act, the effect of which was virtually to double his wealth, 65 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 cbtainivg 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,"aed highly injuri ous contraction of the circulating medium of the 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 to increase thepressure of the taxes, to lower the value of all landed and commercial property ; seriously to affect both public and private credit ; 4o .embarrass and reduce all the operations of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and to H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIJLL lEN'S CONCERTS. MDLLI3. JETTY TREFFZ. Tho highly Snocemsful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH The Last Night but Sevon. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, Nov. 20), will be pro duced (for the Bth time) the New Grand Descriptive Composi tion, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, and GENERAL HA.VELOCk'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fifes 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 — Promena de, is ; Upper I.loxes, s. ; P Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d, ; riv Ate Boxes 10s. tid. and upwards. Prospectascs, with full particulars, may be had at the Box office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries; and at Jellies and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. "TEA MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, MONDAY, Nov. 30, M. JU WEN 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 ammo 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 Tbeatre—an establishment so famous for the splendid balls which have been given within its walls under the most dis tinguished patronage. M. Jullien is determined that this, his Nineteenth Bal Masque in England. shall equal, if not weal, 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 cluding M, Jullien's " Indian Quadrille," which has achieved such signal success during the present season, and several new Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles, composed expressly by M. Jullien for his Concerts and for this occasion. The dances will be regulated by 14 Maltres des Ceremonies, whose arrangements will be strictly carried out. No one will he admitted except in evening dress or fancy costume. This regulation will be strictly adhered to. The whole theatre will be ornamented with garlands and wreaths of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. For this pur 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 %uclience portion of the theatre will be set apart) will be, dress circle, ss. ; gallery stalls, 2s. 6d, Private boxes from 3/. 3s. and upwards. Persons taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the ball-room without extra chary. Ticket for the ball, places, and private boxes, may be secured at the box-office of her Majesty's Theatre ; of the principal librarians and music sellers : and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street, The doors will be open at half-past 9, and the dancing com mence at half-past 10. Refreshments will be supplied during the evening by M Epiteaux, of the Opera Colonnade, and at 1 o'clock the supper mill be served. T EIZATRE ItOY AL, 11AIMAILIkv:f. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with v. new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MA.TCH. Prima pal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Chippeudale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained tho whale of the evening), es. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. ii. Second price. s, d Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 1 Tpper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper 80xe5..., 2 0 P. t ----------------- L ,wer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 E Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. I 9 OYAL rßiNcEss's THEATRE. Propriet3r, Mr. Charles Kean. ao LIST WE?IIZ BUT TWO OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Sakspere's Play of TrIE TEMPEST. Preceded by a new farce, in •ne act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webflter. THIS EVENING, will be performed BETTY MARTIN. After which, a new romantic 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 I Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. 11)0YAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Di!lon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Bs.lfe's new opera, TrlE ROSE OF C iSTILLE. Characters by Miss Lou'sa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, 'sir. Wallworth, wad Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, MT. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey an.l Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 28., and £1 lls. 6d. ; Walls, 6s. ; Dross Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, sender the direction of Mr. Chatterton, OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, qj Lessees. Mews. Rob=on. and Emden. 'MIR EVENING, will be performed THE LIGHT HOUSE. Mr. Robson, &c. Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining., H. Wigan; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Commence at Half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE . Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new and powerful &anal ' entitle I INDIA IN 1857. M essrs. Sh ep h er d , Cres wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belmore, Tapping ; Miss M. Ebnrne, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. After which, THE BARRISTER. Followed by OUR TRAVIA.TA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBUR,Y HALL, Westminater-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ,factions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Kiss Bru nell, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. lime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. h. Critchield, and E. Hack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morn., 41 min. sft. 3—Even., 0 min. aft. 4 1 0-MORROW—Morn., 15 min. aft. 4—Even., 33 min aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 20. TNIIRNOISETIN, IN TIT SHADS. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 47---lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BAROMICTNR, 30.31. WIND, S.W.; light, with very hazy weather. 1 (LT) (frs, s, .1i- • • c§lll 4 410 P IiFIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAT' EVENING' throw out of employment (as in the calamitou s year 1816) a great proportion of the industrious and labouring classes of the community." Never was there a prediction more fully and com pletely 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 ex;sting 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, and commercial 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 to 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, sonsmerce, and revenue, by a seeming acquiescence, or declared approbation, on the part of the Direc, tors of the Bank of England." Unfortunattly, however, theca 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—whether the evil has arisen under a domestic panic or 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 disadvantages of a forced liquidation, there will be ample assets —in most cases —to par A every creditor in full. Surely, then, there must be something rotten in the state of affairs, when such solvent firms, whose credit was at one period, and oaght still to be, unimpeachable, are suffered to fall from undue pressure and panic. The panics 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 domestic 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 Eng 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 wleo 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 dis count, was comparatively steady. It was never higher than 5 or less than 4 per cent. at head quarters, and every person could, on fair se - curity, obtain reasonable accommodation. And all tliie wee owing to the despised inconvertible 1/. notes, which carried the nation triumphantly through its trials. These notes were freely received by the vernment, which, unlike that of the United States, 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. Lt us, then, again obtain an adequate domestic cur rency. Let there be really national notes of small 'and convenient denominations issued, re ceivable in payment of every duty and impost, let gold be purchased at its fair price, and let the 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 Chl4rch of England, and the Bishop of LONDON wilds them are fairly driven from the field. Lie 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. EDOIIIRT over the E trl of SHAFTESBURY. The parish system is vindicated. In his own cure the In cumbent is., Monarch of all he survey, His right there is none to dispute. But, ails, there is toleration in England. Dissenting clergymen if they are not at liberty to finger tithes, Easter o&rings, or Church-rates, are at liberty to preach when and where they vital. 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 catcase is thither will the eagles be gathered to;ether," and wheresoever a Dissenting teacher can get a con gregation thither he goes. 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 can 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 1" 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 1 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 we 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 in 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 poet it has to fill, and, except for legally declared incapacity, can never authorise any other person to intrude on another's province. If Mr. EnouanT be not a com petent minister for his parish, let there be some legal means of establishing the fact, and " 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. EDOU 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 Hall and many other large rooms to accommodate comers from every part of the metropolis. Had St. Michael's been the only parish covered with houses and fully peopled, most assuredly no large public halls would ever have been thought of. Most pro bably Mr. EDOUART 103 t hardly one of his own audience because the Earl of SHAFTESBURY 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 S. Michael's, or that Exeter Hall stood in it, from using the ball built for them, that the Rev. A. G. EDOUART appears to have committed, to say the least, an ungraceful act. We cannot object to the project of the Rill 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. L ' , 1 1. . the project, if we understand it aright, is to e a starch and buckram, and to address themselves, without form and ceremony, to the working-classes. We are advocat is of freedom, outspokenness, and merging the priest in theman, and can therefore but hail every movement which divests religion of formality and false dignity, and brings its great realities with honest naturalness bAore the masses. This is what working men, beyond doubt, appreciate ; and not working men only—the continued visits of some of the highest aristocracy, and even the judges of the land, to the Music Hall in the Surrey Gardens, show that many, in all classes, prefer in religion, the un polished effusions of an honest, ardent mind 6 the correct, but cold propriety, of the well-read sermon. We see by the announcement that a list of the most popular Dissenting Ministers are to try what they can do; we have no doubt they will gain a larger attendance of operatives than the ejected clergymen would have done. It is more in their way. They are accustomed to freedom, and know how to use it. Meantime we have a word of advice fur all the incumbents—make Exeter Halls of all your churches. Not that we want the pulpit to be disgraced by cant and vul garity—but for the life of uq, 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 English pulpit. THE CONTINENTAL COURTS'. PARIS, Nov. 18. The performers of the Odeon Theatre gave a repre sentation the evening before last at the Palace of Com piegne, the pieces being the " Perroquet Gris" and the " Deus Philibert." Prince E,midoff, the Envoy of Russia to the Court of Tuscany, has left Vienna for Florence. Marshal Bo3quet is at present at Pau, and intends to pass part of the winter there. The Duchess of N 11.38411 has just given birth to a (laugh 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 following day they received an invitation to the royal villa of Sala, whence they returned o❑ the 12th, and set out immedi 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 Lsveson Gower aro staying ron a visit with the Countess Dowager of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane are ex pected in tuwn early next week, from Scotland. His lordship has nearly recovered from his late indisposition. Tile Marquis and Marchioness of Safford left Stafford House yesterday morning for Lilleshal, where they intend shortly to receive company. The Marquis of Bristol arrived in town a few days since from Ickworth Park, Bury St. Edmunds. Toe Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will arrive at Brdgewater House to-day, from Crewe Hall, where they have been staying on a visit with Lord Crewe for a few days. Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Miss Stan ley have left Alderley Park, Cheshire, on a visit to the Hon. W. O. Stanley, M.P., at Peorhos Castle, Holyhead, Lord Stanley of Alderley leaves town to morrow, on a visit to the Hon. Spencer Cowper, at Sandlingham, Norfolk. BANQUBT IN A CHIMNEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BLIZT. Sin,—After visiting the Leviathan a few days ago, it struck me that I could at last impress upon my Parisian compatriots (especially the fresh-water sailors), who, during my late stay there, would not believe in the prac ticability and existence of such a hugs leviathan RS this .'hip,—if I cculd not then astonish their minds, perhaps tat fdlowing facts would satisfy their digestive organs, as I have made a tabulation that in one funnel I could di le one hundred persons, therefore in the five funnel , , fic e huio red gue.ts, alo one thousand in the paddles (or models of the seine), making a tgt4l of fifteen hundri d persons who cool I dine at this novel and monster ban quet, which might, with the consent of the directors, take place on the deck a short period after the launch ; to carry out which I should be most happy to devote thy services gra.tuitous'y for the furtherance of such a • cheme, the proceeds to be applied to some naval insti• tution, _ With the highest consideration, .1 have the honour to ramain sour humble servant,. A. SOYER. 3, Kensington•square, Nov. 18, 1857. The Hon. George and Lady Alice Byng are staying crt ,a Visit; with Viscount and Vl•nounte33 Sydney at The B:►ronesa B icherett has left BrunswiA Hotel for En] see ,e. 'ToeChaacell•.r of the Exchaquar left London yester day, on, a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. LATEST NEWS. MAYENCE, THURSDAY. The Ganthou powder-mills have exploded, de steoying 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 ; 'l4 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- tres. The high price of provisions is unexampled. Notwithstanding the prohibition, the illicit trade in gunpowder is active. Letters als) confirm the extraordinary pur •hases of arms, and especially of revolvers, by the peopls of Turkey. The Mussulmans themselves are very much alarmed about the future of the Empire. TURIN, Nov. 38. 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, while 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, Nov. 18. The Government sent off on Saturday to its agents at foreign courts a long despatch on the financial relations between Holstein and the Danish monarchy. CHINA. Positive intelligence has reached Paris to tLe effect that the Emperor of China has made known through Lis officials at the ports a decision not to treat with the agents of any European Powers, either pf.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 Moniteur 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 whohasresided. 12 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 ho was of opinion that the Emperor would not allow of any permanent legations in Lis capital. A letter from Singapore of the Ist October mentions that the French frigate Audscieuse bad 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 Sept. 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 boen experienced i n th e sou th. The French Admiral, the Moniteur adds, bad sta tioned his ships so as to be safe from their effects. In addition to the foregoing the Pays says : "Ws have interesting intelligence 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 Pblegethon and Primauguet, and the first-claa gunboats the Avalanche, Fusee, and Mitraille were at Tnengkoo, and the despatch boat Catinat had returned from Tonkin, where it was said she succeeded in her mission, and had anchored at M acao on t h e 19 t h . Th e 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 session 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, —It 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 threatened 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 hag 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 power:, 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 a , sembly of the Diet, has re sponded to the wishes several times expressed by my government. "The conclusion of a monetary convention between the states of the Zollverein, on the one hand, and Aus'ria and the principality of Lichtenstein, on the other, and the deliberations relative to the p.omul gation of a commercial legislation common to all the Germanic Confederation are new facts, calculated to produce a more intimate union of all the statta of Germany on the point of material interests. " The re-establishment of peace and the abund ance of the harvest which Heaven has accorded to us have contributed to alleviate the privations cf the people. Commerce and manufactures hare acquired a fresh impulse, and we may hope that their pros perity will only be slightly affected by the financial crisis which Ir-is lately broken out. Agricultuto has never ceased to make progress. " The finances of the kingdom are in the m - st 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, while at the same time materially alleviating the charges which weigh on the tax payers, to increase the s3laries of the lowe=t paid employes of the state, and to present to your exami mination several projecs of admitted public utility. The 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 ins:iparable from any new just tutiou, this re ginisa tion appears to respond to the inten6uns wlt. ch inspired it, and to assure to the new p:oceediugs in criminal matters conditions of celerity and security. The law relative to the institution of justices of the `1857. NOVEll'rl37,ll AO, peace, and which is connected with this judicial organisation, has been also carried into execution, and I feel confident that the cooperation 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 Cod© 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 hencefot th 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 welfare of our beloved country." After the delivery of the address from the throne, Councillor 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 tire 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 EVENING. 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 the 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 begiuning. The Consul, however, adds that the intervention of all the European agents, without exception, will preserve the country from further agitation. The Siccle 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 Siecic 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 creed. He adds that, in his opinion, what in Franca is called religious lib'erty 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. Thera 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. ft. 4} per Cents -_ _ End of Month. —fr. - -,;. 3 - pe r Cents 67 5 67 5 Bank Shares 2910 Credit Foncier - - Credit Mobilier 752 50 Roman Do. Account 750 Austrian - gelgiau 4. - Eledmontese (5) 81.) 95 Home DQht RECEPTION OF THE SIAMESE EMI3A,FSY. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. Iler Majesty the Queen held this day a Court for the reception of the Ambassadors from the Kings of Siam. The Ambassadors arrived at Wind4or Castle shortly before 1 o'clock, attended by Mr. Fowle and Capt. Clavering, Royal Navy. Phya Muntri Suriywangse and Chau Man Sarbedh Bhackty. were the representatives of the First or Maj.)r King of Siam. Cha Mon 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 was accompanied by his Royal Highness the P r i n c e 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 Gran'd Re ception Room to the Throne Room. Phya Muntri Suriywangse, 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, hav ing a number of jewels inserted ; a cup and saucer of agate ; a state palanquin ; a state saddle and bridle ; a number of umbrella., covered with gold embroidery ; boxes and cups of solid gold ; silver salvers, with gilt embossed edges ; a metal drum ; and a variety of other articles of rarity and curious workmanship, together with a painting of.tl,e 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 Suriya angse, the First Ambassador ; Chau Mun Sarbedh Bhackty, the second ; and Cha Mun Mondir B decks, the third Ambassador, having received the royal mandates of their Gracious and Excellent Siamese Majesties, Phra: Bard Somdetch Phra, Paratnendr Mahe 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 colonies 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 MsjestieF, have per ceived that the eautuai 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 of immense happiness and comfort to the people who are respectively subjects of both nation?. "Also, that your gracious Majesty, having honoured both their Majesties, and the Siamese kingdom, with your royal friendship and indulgence in a higher and 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 M. " 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. _ _ _ ‘ 7 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 assuri your Majesty that we will 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 layieg before your most gracious Majesty the royal letters from our two Kings of Siam, their Majesties Phra : Bard Somdetch Phra Paramendr Mahe Mongkut, and Phra : Bard Somdetch Phra Pwa rendr Rameso Mahiswareso, and the accompanying royal presents mentioned and enumerated therein. " We pray, on the part of our gracious Sovereigns, that your most gracious Majesty will please to accept the royal presents and letters which we now have the honour to present, the acceptance of which will fill the hearts of both their Majesties with inexpressible joy. " We pray that your most 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 pleaoed to return a most gracious answer. At the termination of the audience, their Ex cellencies returned to St. George's Hall, and were after wards ushered into the Waterloo Gallery, where lun cheon was served. A guard of honour of the Scots Fthilier Guards mounted in the quadrangle of the Castle. The band of the regiment played the National Anthem as the Queen enttr .d the Audience Room. Uht guard of honour (the Scots Fusiliers) remaincd st the Caste during the stay of the princes, the band and Scotch pipers playing alternately, until the royal visitors tok their departure at three &cluck. On ar riving at the station, and before entering the state car riages, the princes lighted their cigars in defiance o` " no smoking allowed ; " and the Prince Regent laughed and bowed to the ladies who were adiniAed on the platform. RAILWAYS-FOE CASH. tr. c. fr c, Orleans - Northern - - Western New Ditto Lyons and Med B2 i Grand Central New Ditto... ....... 820 Sardinian i Geneva tOo Austrian Cons. ...... 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 Statrs ou the banks of the 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 be 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 Princesi Charles and Prince Adalbert 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 waids of 100 persons not being natives of Carrara. Lord Bloomfield, the English Minister at Berlin, has returned to that city from London. • BILLINGSGATE MARKET. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—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 sui,ject, 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 other mise made fit for the daily inspection of visitors than at the present time. Whoever goes there just now must Le struck with the abominable filthy state of all the paint work about the - market, within reach of a five-feet-four man's bead. Pillars, posts, and walls are studded with fish scales, and where the paint is rubbed off the iron supporte-s of the fabric. These shining and glittering specks stand out in bold relief, sparkling like diamonds set on a dark, dingy, rutty-looking foundation. The questions fre quently arising to the minds of parties woo now go to visit Billingsgate Market are various. Those who come from large towns, such as Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, Newcastle, &a: , are astonished at its diminutive appear ance. They had had some idea it was about double the size it is ; and when they walk through the market, see the beautifel water fountain standing in its midst, and are told there is a powerful engine bel ow that pumps up* tons of water per minute, they tnen 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 author.tier. A few days since, whilst a lady with children was going the round, she stood to look over therm:mg down into the shellfish market. Her hooped gown was tluch ing the unwashed boards. One of the , children o',sersed the contact, and, in seeming alarm, exclaimed "Oh ! look you tier ma'—see how your gown is rubbing against these nasty, filthy boards." The lady, on looking down, felt disgusted at the abomination. Upwards of two years have now passed by, since Li!. ling,gate-market has bad a fresh coat of paint, and %. hen W o r t emarty in' s and scrubs that pillars, posts, aria wal's era daily subject to, from creels, hiskets, box e, ivyl bags of rnusels and periwinkles, there need be little surprise that its outward coat of paint is so much in kepting with the hundreds of denizens who fl .ck there iu the no-rning, ragged, tattered, and torn. Iy iniertiog this letter in your widely-eirctilated j !irua,, it may be seen by some one in power, who will o der that a covering be given to the upright., before they actuolly exhibit their natural skin, which when tp.iwa.he I is all the more obnoxious b look at, if it doe.; tot emit a more disagreeable and offensive smell.—l am, &c 84, Tower-Ili:1, 11. DENIPSTER. THE NOTTINGHAM OPERATIVES. NOTTINGHAM THURSDAY. In consequence of the di s t ur b ance w hi c h too k place after the meeting of the operatives on Tues day night, the mayor has forbidden such meetings for the futura. Last night a great number of special constables were called out, and the coupty 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 convened widiout 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 as a 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 the industrious and well-disposed of their fellow-citizens who, in consequence of the present depressed state of trade are at this time deprived of the means of subsistence by honest labour. They call upon them and the public at large to refrain from such assemblages, as being only calculated still further to injure the trade of the town, by exciting distrust and alarm,, and to frustrate any endeavours to mitigate tie distress which all so much deplore. The mayor and magistrates are happy to learn that arrangements are in progress in the varit u : 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 that they will meet with the assistance of their fellow-townsmen in their determination at once firmly to suppress ail turbulent and riotous proceedings on the part of that reckless and unthinking portion of the population who are excited into excesses only serving ro cover the designs of those whose occupation is crime and not ' labour. " L HEYMANN, Mayor." The town was perfectly quiet last night, and continues so. _ _ Special constables are summoned to assemble on Friday aft,,Tooota, at half-past two, and every means will be adopted to prevent the operatives holding the adjourned meeting which was fixed to take phce on Friday (to -day) in the market place at three o'clock. Lady Harriet Cowper will leave Panshanger, Herts, where oer ladyship has been stay in g on a visit with the Countess Cowper, to-morrow, for Paris. The lion. S. Cowper has gone to his seat in Norfolk, where he it - tends to receive a shooting party. Mr. Bentley's annual dinner rale at the Albion took place on Wednesday, and not .vithstanding the gloomy appearance of the money inaikett, that day, more than ever gloomy, a larger number of the principal book sellers of London were assembled than last year, a.:d the result, on the whole, was very satisfactory. The new and beautiful five shilling edition of the far-famed Ingoldsby Legends was so very largely ordered as to render it necessary to postp one th e d e li very fur a few days until it can be get ready. D. Demo's new work, " Court Fools," another of the entertaining works of this very popular author, was, as usual, taken in large nuns. hers. The Bentley Ballads, in a similar volume to the Ingoldsby Legends, which include the choice productions of Father Front, Dr. Majun, Inman's noble ballade, the Bold Buccaneers, and the Monks of Old, and numer ous other wcr,hy companions of the Ingol.isby L gendr, 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 book at the approaching festive season. Mr. Bentley's sale promises well for literary entertainment during the approaching lorg winter nights EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday. —Notwithstanding the depression in trade in genera', owing to th e s t r i ngenc y i n 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. H. T. Wilson and Chambere, of this port, sails for Melbourne with the most valuable cargo which . ever left Liverpool in a sailing vessel , being. almost entirely conipsed of fine merchandise. In addition she carries out 500 passengers, and a ships letter mail. She is ex tremely likely to carry . outthe latest intelligence Aus tralia from England, judging by her former passages, and her present capital sailing trim. TUNNEL BETWREN ENGLAND AND ERA C The writers on scientific subjects in the Paris press have formed themselves, under the name of " Cords de la P ress° 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 Gamohd, the projector of the submarine tunnel between England and France, communicated the details of this astounding enter prise, and the principles on which it i s f oun d e d, 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 beck 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 inclina 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 an oolitic basin, and from soundings taken and infor mation derived from M. Keller, an engineer attached to the navy dep a rt men t o f 2 France, it was at length ascertained beyond a d ou bt, th at if, as resultd 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 are 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 on 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 Eest ware Point in England crossing the Varne Bank in the middle of the Channel. Here comes 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 iu 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 formed, called the "Verne Star," with a light-house, d we lli ngs f or o ffi c i a l s, 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. Thorne'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 an 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 (fel- 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 the 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 o the _ Varne Star, 13 artificial islands more are made in the channel along the projected l ine. The se islands ese b islands are to be composed of rock cemented with clay, rt c t w the e r 220 metros length, the altitude 65, and t he u pp er b ase 40 . lower section base of of whicheach presenting i s abou t a trapezium, 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 Varna Star being the only one preserved. The tunnel itself is a vaulted cylinder, 9 metres in diameter. The plane on which the double rails are laid cuts off a seg ment two metres in height, thus leaving a free space of 7 metres above, affording a sufficient volume of air. A sewer runs all along below the plane. The probable expense of this gigantic work is stated to be as follows : The construction of the islands fr.24,000 ,000 Piercing of the tunnel Masonry Accessory galleries 10,0)0,000 Branches of Railways 1 9 ,000,0 30 Stations lolling stock . Administration Total fr. 170,0 0 0 ,000 The time requisite for completing this stupendous undertaking is stated at six years. 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,t dst founded on whichonthenianttuerreruopftetdhetbseeicl,ontshtartuentoionne of of the Thames Tunnel are to be apprehended in the present case. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at noon, N. 8.; light breze and dull hazy weather. DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind S. W. by S.—Arrived—EquiP tor, from Amsterdam for the West Indies. PooLE, Nov:l9. —Wind E.—Sailed—Angler, for Trinity* Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Parisa nn, from Monte Video. OFF MOUNT'S BAY, Nov. 17.—Arrived—Mambo:K O/ from Quebec; Mathilda Cornelia, Hong Kong. CARDIFF, NOV. 18.- 1 -Wind N.N.E..—Sailed—Darne, for Monte Video; Henouka, Malaga ; Queen, Valencia; Mary Ann, Gibralter. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arriveol—Nia• gara, from Quebec. HULL, Nov. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Helen, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. 19.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Conqueror, for Caldera. ,SUNDERLAND, Nov. 19.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Wave, from St. Valery. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—The Ondine (s), from Lon don to Dublin, arrived berg today leaky, having been ashore on the Margate Sands. (PER ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) • LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Epaminondas, from Callao ; John Duncan, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed—Sultan, for Suez; Jessie, Newfoundland; Victorine, and Inlusteie, Ostend ; Nancy, Singapore. QUEENSTOWN, Nev 18 ' Arrived—Jason, from New York, for Lond on ; Prudent, Taganrog ; Nancy, Smyrns ; Emerald, Prams. WATERFORD, Nov. 17. Arrived —Estafette, from Memel. DuaLIN, Nov. ;9. The Sir C. Napier, from Liverpool, for Sierra Leone, hat! struck on Kishbank, and is under water. Crew'saibd. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. _ _ Wind S.W. by S. ' • thick., _ Passed—Paris and London, screw steamer, for London. Passed, Nov. 19—Arabia, from London, for Algoaßay. Anchored—Equator, from Amsterdam, for West Indies. e r T us b s e i a , B i o n u a r s e: o G r a d z a e u t t e e of B ~ wut en l n s a decisiona ys of " it s h g e o ß v e a r n n k o o of S 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 coinit commercial bills, but it refutes 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 STATION' HOUSE.—Ythterday evening, a n inque s t was held is the board-room of King's College Hospital, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, before Mr. Bedford, cor oner for Westminster, on view of the body of James Reg al° aged 28, 'oho hung himself at the Bow-street police station on Monday. The jury returned a verdict of tea,' perary insanity. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Two young girls at Interlach en, on the Bth of this mouth, accompanied their brot hers arid their music-waster on an excursion to the oucoreit of the steep hill of Harden. When they had to descen d, finding the turf so slippery that they could not keep their feet, it was proposed that the gins should sit er a kind of extempore sledge, contrived with some fi nr branches, and be drawn along by their companions. Ile" fortunately, they had gone but a fear yards before theft slipped off, and, clasped in each other's arms, roll down the precipice. When th e i r horrified friends g o. down after them the elder girl was dead, and her pieta'', who was but 16 years of age, died a few minutes after. THE BANK ACT, —A large blue-book, issued yesterdal from the printers, forms an appendix and index to the report from the select womittee of the House of Core' moue on the Palk Charter Act. The appendix contains some remarks and opinions of the governors and direc tors of the Bank on the charter of 1844 and the Irish and Scotch Banking Acts of 1845, besides reports from the committee on commercial distress in 1848, sundry letters to the Chancellor of tie Exchequer, and an in finite s e ri e s o f t a b u l ar st a t e ments of the cliculation an d respecting banks for several years pa st. issues of the Batik, with other statistical inTfhoermwahtiol forms a volume of 500 pages.