The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ THIS EVENING. The Indian Quadrille and General Havelock's Triumphal March, dedicated to the Heroes of India, is in active re hearsal, and wi 1 be produced on Monday next, Nov. 9. Prices of Admission—Promenade, is ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and upwards. Prospeetases, with full particulars, may be had at the Box office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PSIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with s new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, an Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. To be followed by THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. 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 Pit •••••••••• 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 ONo half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST FOUR WriKS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will bo performed Skakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, an original Apropos Sketch, entit.ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Salby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss ]Lary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon. —Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe'A new opera, THE ROSE OF C. STILLE. Characters by Miss Louie Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with (third time) a new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25.. and £1 lls. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR PAILS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston. and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Me.srs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swanborough. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, mad Mr. G. Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 1.1.) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswiek, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD To conclude with AVARICE. CA.NTERBI7RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Sties Bru nen, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchield, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppors, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS Dal—Morn., 15 min. aft. s —Even., 41 min aft. 5 To-Monßow—Morn., 10 min. aft. 6 —Even., 41 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—Snr OFFICE, Novinauta 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 58--highest sines noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 54 —this day at noon. Binottrrna. 30.23—rising. WrorD, N. ; light , fine weather, with a tendency to frost" t iqrx )41,e, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 7, 1857. We have double returns from the Bank of England respecting its assets and liabilities. The first, according to the usual course, for the week ending the 31st October, the other up to the 4th instant, in accordance with the all but universal demand for more complete information. If any publication should take place, a matter upon which very opposite opinions have been entertained, it should clearly be to the latest possible period, so that all might have equal opportunities of judging for themselves. It was notorious that the secrets of the Bank parlour occasionally transpired, and that those who possessed authentic information on the most important points, such as the stock of bullion, the reserve of notes, and the amount of other securities, indicating the amount of pres sure on the Bank for assistance, obtained a very unfair advantage over their competitors in trade. The change, then, must be regarded as a move ment in the right direction, and one that could not be resisted, so long as the Bank Charter Act of 1844 continued without change or modification. We may, however, remind our readers that Mr. MORRIS, the Governor of the Bank in 1847, ascribed the alarm at that time in a great degree to the publication. The mere fact that the re serve of notes had sunk below the amount at which the business of the banking department could be properly carried on, was sufficient to excite grave apprehensions; to create the panic, and induce parties to provide themselves with additional funds to be resorted to in the event of the continuance of the crisis. The Committee of the House of Lords suggested the propriety of re-considering the rule respecting publication " against which there can hardly be stronger pre sumptive evidence than the suggested necessity of concealing the consequences to which it leads." This, however, is a point to be taken into account, with the other provisions of the Act, one which, no doubt, will receive due attention at the proper time. For the present, we must deal with exist ing materials, and so long as a publication is re quired, let it be the most complete that can be supplied under the circumstances. Nothing can be more unfavourable than these returns. They prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the drain is proceeding with unabated severity. The stock of bullion stood on Wednes day evening at 8,497,7801., showing a total diminution within the ten days of 872,0141. The reserve of notes, the most important feature of any lu the Return, stood at 2,155,3151., being a decrease of 1,330 5 , 251,, while the increase in the " other securities" amounted to no less than 2,088,6861.1 This is indeed a truly deplorable state of affairs--one that must increase the very n atural alarm alre a d y existing, and lead t o a de sire for boarding and accumulating such resources as may enable the parties to weathe r the s t orm. We discover a rapid and uniform curre n t running in one direction. The bullion, and with it the reserve of notes, is steadily sinking, while an eager demand exists for discounts and advances, even at the most usurious and exorbitant prices. Se curities of all kinds, public and private, are falling in value, while the foreign exchanges are a dverse, and a treble drain is going on to India, to the Continent, and to America. The Ti mes of this day refers to the amount Of money in the hands of the public as being TIIE SUN, LO,NDON, SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 7, 1857 LATEST NEW FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVE.,NING. His Excellency Count de Persigny will leave Paris to-morrow or Sunday for London. M. de Hatzfeldt is expected in Paris from Berlin. The King of Prussia's condition is not improving. An Italian was arrested last night in the foyer of the Italian Opera fo: wilfully damaging the bust of the Emperor which is placed there. He used very strong language, and sail that Salvini (the trage dian) had a better right to such an honour, "as he was a much better actor." It appears certain that the Italian, who is de3cribed as a prince, is of de ranged intellect. He was at once taken into custody. The directors of e...e Bank had an audience to-day of the Emperor at Compiegne to propose, it is said, a duty of 3 per cent, on the exportation of the preci ous metals, or to be allowed to raise the discount to 8 per cent. The proposition, it is said, was not ac cepted. The French Government have expressed their approval of M. Thouvenel's conduct with respect to Redschid Pasha. The Russian Ambassador in Paris is invited for the 10th to Compiegne, but his col leagues of Turkey and Austria remain still ex cluded, and in all probability will remain so to the end. The Papal N uncio has not been invited. It i s now sa;d that the Court will remain at Com piegne till the Ist of December if the weather con tinues favourable. BOURSE, Nov. 6.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. tr• End of Bronth. 4i per Cents - 3 per Cents Go 70 67 5 Bank Shares 2930 Credit Foncier ' 515 Credit Mobilier 770 Roman Do. Account 772 50 Austrian Behrian 41 (xd) 96l— Spanish Threes Pielnontese(s) _ 90 Moine Debt and country bankers had a larger amount of notes sent down to them." While Mr. NORMAN, a strenuous supporter of the Act of 1844, declared that " the panic occasioned much hoarding," and that " the spirit of hoarding diminished the effi ciency of the circulation." Mr. HORSLEY PALER asserted that there were nearly 3,000,0001. issued merely for the mainten. ance of credit, and not required for circa lation." While Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY, ,an unimpeachable witness, went much further saying, " I have not the slightest doubt that at that period at least from 4,000,0001. to 5,000,0001. of the notes issued were locked up and inoperative, in consequence of the alarm and fear of not being able to get bank-notes at all." The present circumstances are very similar. Every man is preparing himself for a possible, aye, a very probabl, danger, and that is known to the Times, for yesterday it declared that " The Bank can provide for wants, not fears," a piece of bombast, as we subsequently explained. The same point was established by the imme diate relief afforded by the issue of the Govern ment letter of the 25th October, 1847. "All harm appeared to have ceased on the issue of the letter," said the Governor. " We did not so much want the money, but we wanted a certainty, that if we did want it, we could get it." In fact, the scarcity of money was artificial, not real, and the panic was a moral one, produced by the mis chievous and whimsical provisions of the Bank Act of 1844, and not by want of confidence in the securities themselves. Even Mr. JONES LOYD recognised that, for he said—" The remedial character of the measure was not the discounting at 8 per cent., but the declaration to the public that at 8 per cent, dis count there was an unlimited supply of bank-notes at their command." This is what is now required; and the issue of 1/. notes, by relieving a large quantity of gold, now required for the transac tions of every-day life, would render the relief immediate, and enable the Bank to steer through the dangers with credit to itself and advantage to the community. There is another feature in the returns worthy of special notice. The additions to the " rest " for the ten days, or, in other words, the profits realised by the bank during that period, amounted to 66,0801. "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good." No wonder that the Directors approve of regulations that enable them to realise such extravagant profits at the expense of the trading and manufacturing interests. Lord OVERSTON; too, may probably add another million to his already overgrown fortune. But what's fun to them is death or ruin to the victims. Surely Parliament should look to the interests of the community at large, and legislate for the good of the nation aril not merely for the moneyoeracy, that they may be enabled to prey on the vitals of the industrious classes. The responsibilities devolving upon a nation that increases at the rate of actually from 300,000 to 400,000 souls a-year, must be regarded as ob vious enough in themselves. It would be difficult to say, however, which among them all ought to be eonsidered the most imminent and imperative. Whether the moral or the physical, the sanitary or educational. A thousand lives, it is estimated, are added every day upon the average to the mass of our population. - A considerable proportion of what may be called this surplusage of vitality is of course annually drafted from our shores by emigration. Nevertheless, making all allowance for this compensative drain--the steady and rapid increase of the great bulk of the population is, to say the least of _it, very remarkable. And, ac cording to a very comprehensible ratio, with the increase of our numbers increase also appreciably our individual and national responsibilities. It is the instinctive sense of this which has given rise in comparatively recent times to two very notable and important movements —move ments, however different in their respective cha racter, so far at least (in their common origin) I l harmonious. To wit—the Sanitary movement and the Educational movement. In each, as yet, we have done little more than make the merest possible comments. Of this thestatistics periodically accumulated, on one hand by the Chief Inspector of our Convict Prisons, and on the other by the Registrar-General, afford rather startling, and cer tainly very conclusive testimony. Thanks to the comprehensive industry of those two important public officers, we are enabled securely from time to time—so to speak--to guage the moral and physical health of the community. Armed simply with their weighty opinions, we are able to plomb alternately the crime and the disease of the general multitude. A wider average, of course, gives us larger and therefore surer results. It is sufficient for us, however, in this country, to restrict our attention for the most part t,) the calculations affecting the condition of our own insular population. Look ing to our own interestg, to our own ambition, to our own hopes of amelioration and advancement —it becomes a theme of secondary consideration that one death occurs every second of time, sixty deaths every minute, 3,600 ev er y h our, 86,400 every day, 31,536,000 every ye ar , out of the huge total of 938,711,473, or in round numbers 1,000,000,000, making up the aggregate of th's earth's inhabitants. An estimate such as this is simply appalling. What we have to take int) accoun t is—an aggregate something over 3f,500,000 not one very nearly reaching the enormous and hardly concaivable sum of 1,000,000,000. We have to consider matters affecting 27,744,400-- constituting, according to the last census, the mass of our own pbpulation. Not the "tottle" of the whole, making up the population of the en tire globe_ "t ottle" necess ar ily , a tottle" n ecessar il y, i n the faiutest possible d egree, me re deduced f rom s opf othx an analysi ei after h An a y t t h i s i n t g o say, from any thi ng affectin the theory o f pro b a- Pen bilities in relatio n t o the stu d ous mass of 988;711,473 individuali--powarsegi for us little nearly a million in excess of the total in use in June, 1856, when the rate of interest was but 4i per cent., and from that it deduces that there can be no necessity "for any enlargement of the circulation by means of an issue of 1/. notes, or any similar device, on the plea that the existing amount is not sufficient for the commercial wants of the country." Never was there a greater Macy uttered. The Times must well know that "the efficiency of the circulation is not by any means identical with its money account." That point was established beyond the possibility of doubt, before the Lords' Committee in 1848. Mr. JONES Lorn, now Lord OVBRSTONE, was the only witness that put forward so palpable an absurdity as that now advanced by the Times. He denied that there could be any pressure because the notes in the hands of the public were to an amount almost unprecedented, and that the private securities were upwards of 20,000,000/. But every other witness exposed the fallacy. The Governor of the Bank (Mr. Moaais) said—" It was not that there was an insufficient amount of accommodation given to the public, but that the public were hoarding nGtes, bankers would not part with their money, better than a merely abstract interest. And for this one simple reason enough : that while a great deal may be learnt in regard to the Past, from any such comprehensive investigation, absolutely nothing can be augured in regard to the Future in obedience to the guiding light of experience. It is not thus, however, by any means that we are left in a manner despairing upon the brink of our own land-locked sea of calculations. Practical results of a solid kind are not merely possible— they are really, in a manner, inevitable from in quiries bearing directly upon our own indigenous population. To epitomise our argument by the mention of a single fact, it will be enough if we direct atten tion to the statement put forth by the Registrar- General in his last return, to the effect that, out of the deaths occurring during the last quarter in England, not fewer than seventeen thousand may be regarded as premature, or, in another phrase, avoidable. Nevertheless, the aggregate deductions com pacted together in this remarkable return must— in spite of that one fearful estimate—be deemed in sober truth, to be eminently satisfactory. It is satisfactory, for instance, to learn from this authoritative source that the deaths, upon the whole, have been less than the average mortality! —that the births have been more numerous than upon any previous return for a similar period ! that the marriages have considerably exceeded the average of the quarter during the last decade, viz., from 1847 to 1857 ! Altogether, we say, the results, in a very peculiar degree, are satisfactory. It is surely encouraging and consolatory, more over, at the same time to bear in mind those contemporaneous statistics, proving, beyond the reach of doubt, facts such as the following—that beef is Bk, mutton 4, and wheat 17 per cent. below the average of the two last past summer quarters 1 Estimates of this kind serve a double purpose in our onward march. They enable• us all the more clearly to appreciate the expansion and the imminence of our responsibilities—and which, doing this, they afford us the solid boon of direct and positive encouragement. Let us recollect that, upon an average, slime 68,000 persons come to an untimely end amongst us every year—that our population is steadily increasing at the rate of about 1,000 a day, otherwise 365,000 annually—let us recollect these and similar facts : and we shall most assuredly not slacken our efforts at sanitary im provement—efforts, again we say, only now barely commenced ! THE STATE APARTMENTS. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Nov. 6, 1857. Notice is hereby given, that the State apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed from this day, until further orders. TEE CONTINESTAL COURT,. ?. PARIS, Nov. 5. Count Walewaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, bave returned to Paris from C9mpihgne._ _ _ _ M. AbloatuOci, Minister of Justice, is again compelled to suspend his labours for soma time in consequence of the state of his health. It is supposed that he will be not less than a month absent frJrn his official duties. Count de Rayne val, Aro bas.,ador of France to St. Peters burg, has now recovered from the indisposition which has hitherto opposed his dcpa'ture for Russia. The journey of the count to Nice, which was spoken of, appears to be no huger deemed necessary. The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived on tie 27th ult., at the palace of Tsarsko--Sel-, near St. Peters- burg, from their excursion to Kieff and Moscow. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. We understand a matrimonial alliance is arranged to take Va.., between the Lady A;nes Graham, eldest daughter of the Duke of Montrose, and Mr. Daven port, of Capes Thorne, in the county of Chester. Mr. Davenport, it will be remembered, is son of the present Lady Hathert)n. Amarriage is also about to take place between Count Wilhtlai von Zeppelin (brother of Count Louis von Z ppelin, Chamberlain of the King of Wurtemberi) and Mabella Francee, eldest daug“tc'r of the Hon. John Henry and Lady Mabelia Her Royal Highness te Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir Geo. Cooper, arrived at Clarence Rollie, St. James'e, yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore in the after noon. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has arrived at C'a ridge's Hotel from a tour of visits. The Countess Rembinski and family have left the Brunswick Hotel for Ostend. Sir Fran&s and Laly Scott have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Great Barr Hall, Birmingham. Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley have arrived at Cl :ridge's Hotel, from Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Schofield have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for Naples. Th© market for silver is flat, and it seems that the dispontion to send gold for purchases on the continerrt has greatly subsided. THE " LEVIATHAN."—We understand that the por tions of the machinery and apparatus disabled during the abortive attempt to launch the " Leviathan," on Tuesday last, are now in course of being replaced, aed that when this has been accomplished measures will be immediately taken to bring the vessel lowcr down the ways. The intention of the engineer appears to be to take her gradually down to the cud of the in cline, and to allow her to await there the moment of her being set afloat by the tide. It is probable, there fore, that the launch will have been quietly effected before the public have any intimation of the occurrence, and that the next thing we hear of her will be that she has been taken to Deptford to fit. THE LEVIATHAN (s).—At a meeting of the directors of the E astern Steam Navigation Company on Wed nesday, it was reported that there was not the least twist or deflection in the Leviathan, and that she sits as fairly on her cradles as she did on the morning of the day of the attempted launch. Although her position is a few feet nearer the river, yet she lies on her old ground, and is no more liable to settle down than she has been for the last twelve months. The whole work remains firm and solid. 5.3038 alterations, however, are to be made in the chains on the river when her launch is again attempted. On inquiry yesterday morning at the Poplar Hospital into the state of the sufferers, it was as certained that Donovan who is far advanced in years, con tinues in a very,sad way, and it is feared that he may not recover. The three ()there are going on snore favour ably. Stacey, who received a fracture of the leg, also sustained a severe blow on the lower part of the abile men. One of the men states that he was thrown full eighteen feet into the air by the crank. The change of the ship's earns was only determined on the day pre vious to the attempted launch. At a meeting of the creditors of Carr, Brothers, and Co., of Newcasile, who failed on the 6.11 of August, the inspectors, through AV. C •leman, rep o rt e d th e result cf. the further inveeti ga a n into the affairs of the establish ment, and as to the compositions offered by parties to the bills on which the firm were liable. It appeared that thcre was a small increase in the amount of the liabilities, but that the statements as to the working of the col lieries during the fist seven months of this year were more favourable than had been anticipated. A ques tion was raised and considerably discussed as to the ad rais-ibility of certain bills negotiated for or in conjuuc• tion with Messrs. Carr and Co's business, and it was ultimately agreed that such bills should be admitted to rank on the estate, and the inspectors were authorised to have the necessary deeds prepared for carrying out the arrangement. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITIITION.—A gene ral court of this institution was held yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms for the purpose of electing three annuitants of 201 , from a list of 136 candidates. The Right Ifon. the Berl of Harroalay presided. The °lee Lion commenced at 12 o'clock and &used at ,two. The court then proceeded to cast up the votes, and at four o'ciock announced that the three successful candidates were Miss Fanny Lee, 3,172 ; Mrs. Anne Clemente, 2,709 ; and Miss Hariet Noakes, 2,696. In addition to these, 101. had been collected for the highest unsuccess ful candidate, and the board prop - sod to lessen the dis appointment of failure by giving 101. to each of the next five upon the poll. • The unsuccessful candidates were— Miss Matiaz:neVernon, 2,660 ; Miss Sarah C. 13sedinia, 2,224 ; Miss Emma H. Weldon, 2,070; Miss Amelia L. Kinholl, 2 023 ; Mi ss Frances Kent 1,987 ; and Miss Elizabeth Je•fft•rys, 1,903. The culla then broke up. The Panorama in Leicester-square, any. the Strand Theatre, are to be sold by auction, by Mr. Robins, next Thursday, at tile mart, by direction of the administrator of the late Mrs. Barker, whose father made a large for tune by the invention of this peculiar mode of exhibiting views of the most interesting cities and countries. Ti ere properties are held on lease by Mr. Bur:ord, the welt known n 1 enterprising manager and painter of the panoramas fur many years yast, and yield a profit rent of 4401. a year. A concise history of the Panorama was published after Mr. Barker's death, affording an inte resting account of the progress and success of this long established and favourite exhibition under his manage• meet, showing the result of genius and its appreciation by the public, whieli no doubt Mr. Burford, the present lessee, can also Abundantly testify. RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. tr. tr Orleans Midi Northern - Western 630 New Ditto ...... ..... 710 Strasburg Lyons and Med BOO Grand Central 7 New Ditt0.......... 800 Sardinian Geneva_ 595 Austrian Coln. ....., 6314 BELGIUM. Accounts from Brussels of the evening of the sth inst. state that the Ministerial crisis continues. M. Brouckere, after having conferred with his friends, had declined to form a Ministry. M. Rogier, Belgian Minister at Paris, after his it ter view with the King conferred with M. Frere-Orban, but has not as yet been able to forma Ministry. The Liberal journals of Liege, Ghent, and other large towns, demand a dissolution of Parliament ; the organs of the clerical party oppose it. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 4.—lt is related by persons who must be well acquainted with the intentions of the States lying on the Danube, " that the Convention respecting the free navigation of that river will be published as soon as the ratifications of the Govern ments concerned have been exchanged." Now some of the European Powers strongly object to the independent manner of proceeding of the "Riverain" States, and it is therefore not unlikely that the Paris Conference will decline to recognise the validity of a Convention the conditions of which were kept from its knowledge until after the document had been signed and ratified. ITALY. The Sardinian Government has received intelli gence that, in consequence of its reiterated remon strances the captain of the Cagliari has at length been allowed to have some of his own clothes from his ship—that is to say, that the King of Naples has been graciously pleased to allow the unfortu nate man to change his shirt at the end of fo - ar months' imprisonment The Opinione of the 3d has the following remarks in a large pe, which indicates that it is inspired from an official source : "The Austrian Gazette, discussing the question of the• Danubian Principalities, has asserted and re reated that the Ru•siau and Prussian Governments had abandoned their original opinion on the said question, and hid adoptel that of the Cabinet of Vienna. We have reason to believe, and we are persuadel we cannot b 3 contradicted in affirming, that the assertions of the Austrian Gazette are nut col - dui-amble to the true state of the case. Faithful to their undertakings, resolute to promote the loyal execution of the Treaty, the Governments of Russia, and Prussia have not ceased to agree on the ques tion of the Principalit e.s with those Governments whom they hellcommou opinions on that important question." It appears thlt some apprehension existed in Genoa on Sunday night of some Mazzinian move ment, and that the troops Were confined to their blrracks in consequence. It is reported from Milan that the Government at Vienna had authorised the execution of the railway from Milan to the Piedmontese frontier at the bridge of Buffalora, and that the railway com pany proposes commencing operations without de lay. From all parts of Italy wo daily receive intelli gence of damage done by inundation. In Pied mont a subscription for the sufferers in this king dtm has been set on foot, and a provisional com mittee named for collecting in the different provinces. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, of the sth inst., says : " Enlisting having taken place in some of the Swiss cantons for a pre'euded Anglo.S miss Legion, the Englith Euvoy has notified to the Federal Council that no such legion is contemplated. The Cantonal Governments have been advised. of this notification." England, Franc,,, and Russia have offered their' good offices on the question of Holstein. The royal authority has been given for the be trothal of the Princess of Hohenzollern with the King of Portugal. The Vienna Presse has received telegraph infor mation from Paris that M. de Thouvenel has again broken off his diplomatic relations with the Porte. The news may possibly be true ; but certain it is that no official or private intelligence to the same effect has been received ih Vienna from Constan tinople. THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY.—Au extraordinary general meeting of the pro prietors of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (limited) was hell yesterday at the Clarendon rooms, South JohL-street, for the purpose of confirming a special resolution passed at the extraordinary general meeting of the said company, held on 2866 August last, --" That the said company be wound up voluntarily under the provision of the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1856-1857 ;" and for the purpose, in case such resolution should be confirmed, of appointing a liquidator or liqui• dators to wind up the affairs of the said company, and of adopting such other measures as might be necessary for carrying the s a id spec i a l reso l u ti o n into effect. Thi s course was necessary t o ena bl e t h e pro perty of the 0 impany to be legally transferred to the Brit i s h an d I r i sh Magnetic Telegr a went, but w hi c h was formerly wor k e d b y separate coin ph C imp any , un d er th e un ited syste m o f manage . Panics. Mr. J. C. E watt presided, and among other shaseholders present were Mr. C. Parker, Mr. J. Holtne, Mr. G. Maxwell, Mr. H. C. Chapman, Mr. C. H. Jones, &c. After the notice of meeting had been read, the chair man briefly exp l ained that they were ca ll ed together to adopt a reso l ution for carrying out the agreement come to on the 28th A ugust last. He concluded by moving that the said reso l ution for winding up the company's affairs c 'Wh ine d . The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. Parker, and adopted unanimously. On the motion of Mr. J. Holm; seconded by Mr. G. Maxwell, it was agreed to appoint Mr. U. Banner a liquidat . ir to wind up the affairs of the English sad Irish M tgaetic Telegraph Com pany. The Chairman said that as the meeting might wish t ) know how the united company was going on, he could tsll them from the returns he had before kim. For the r firstquarter, endin g M arc h 31 , t h e net revenue was 7,5761. ,; th e next quarter, en 'lug June.3o, 9,0461. ; and the present q uarter, ending Sept. 30, 10,0051. Every thing was g o i ng on satisfactorily, and he bad no doubt from what be could see that the statement made by Mr. Crosthwaite a t th e last meeting would be fully b orne out—that a t th e end of the present half-year the net re venue would yid(' 6 per cen t. t o the British and Irish Magnetic T e l egraph Company. Tho procee di ngs termi nated with a vo t e of thanks to the cha i rman .—Li verpoo l Mercury. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--kThis Day.; COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, befJre Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wigbtman, and Erle.) FREEDOM FROM ARREST.—IN RE M‘INTOSS. In this case, Mr. Milward, who is acting as arbitrator in a case, applied yesterday to the Court for protection for a witness against arrest by a sheriff's officer. It appeared from the learned counsel's statement, that yes terday when holding his court in the immediate vicinity of Westminster-hall, M'lntosh was arrested. On an application to the Court, the learned counsel was called on to furnish affidavits, which was done, and a rule grante.d, returnable peremptorily this morning. Mr. Milward, at the sitting of the Court, applied for the rule to be made absolute for the discharge of the witness. Mr. Hawkins, who appeared for the sheriffs, said that when the witness was arrested he produced no summons or subpmoa, neither did he claim the privileges of the court. Mr. Justice Coleridge asked Mr. Hawkins if a witness was asked to attend by either of the parties, and did so, was he to be deni©d the privileges because he had no subpoena Mr. Hawkins did not say that. Mr. Justice Erie said there was no doubt the witness was privileged. Lord Campbell—Let the witness be discharged. Mr. Hawkins applied for costs. Lord Campbell—Certainly not. The witness bad been improperly deprived of his liberty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury, ABBOTT V. HOWLAND. This was an action to recover compensation for injury inflicted by the defendant on the plaintiff, by striking him with a whip in the eye. The plaintiff is a journey. man optician and the defendant a publican, the keeper of the " Independent," Perry-street., Somers-town. It appeared that on the morning of the 12th May the plain tiff, with two men, named Nutley and Blake, were at the defendant's house drinking, whea they heard a struggling with horses. On going out they saw the defendant atrikingsome brewers' horses employed raising a cask of beer from the epllar. - When the plaintiff got out, he was struck in the eye by the defendant with the whip. He had suffered very much in the eye, which was now ,much injured. He was confined to his house four weeks, and had a relapse on attempting to work too soon. lie used to earn 21. 7s. 63. before the acci dent, but be was unable to do so now. The defence was, that the accident, if it really occurred, arose from the plaintiff's negligence. Several witnesses were called, who said the plaintiff had a black eye before the alleged accident, and who saw him wiping it with a pocket handkerchief. After the alleged accident the plaintiff and his friends were very abusive to the defendant, and asked for some beer as a compensation, which he refused to give them. After wards he was applied to for money in compensation, which he was also refused. The jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 101. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—Thomas Walker, alias At kins, alias Field, and Mary Watt, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, for final examination, charged with being concerned in committing a series of burglaries. Tina woman was further charged with having in her pos session a quantity of wt.aring apparel, and other pro perty, of the value of 2001., the produce of a burglary committed at the residence of a maiden lady, named Buck, in Berwick-street, Soho. The first case gone into was against the male priscner for a daring robbery in King-street, Soho. Catherine Mayne, stated that she was a servant, and lived at No. 15, King•street, Soho. Between the hours of one and three in the afternoon of last Friday week, the prisoner came to her door, and asked if the person in the next room was within. She told him they had just gone out, and he turned round for the purpose, as she inrigined, of going down stairs. In about half an hour after, she saw him going oat with a large bundle on his back. Maria Rich stated that she was a m +rried • nan, and resided at No. 15, King -street. On the 23d of October, she went out about one o'cl iek, and on her return at a quarter to three she missed 7 gowns, two shawls, three mantles, three coats, and other articles, of the value of 201. On her going out at one o'clock she met the male prisoner, and saw him go in at the street door. The four gowns, two shawls, and other articles produced, are part of the property she missed. Thomas Waters, assistant to Messrs. Cole, 127, Wa terlov-road, pawnbrokers, produced a gown pledged by the female prisoner on the 24th of October. Another pawnbroker produced a silk gown, a gold chain, coat, and shawl, pledged on the 29th and 30th of October, and identified a person named Hannell as the person who pledged ttem. _ Alice No. 46, Green-street, Webber-street, said the female prisoner lodged with her. About this day week the female prisoner showed her a coat, mantle, had chain, and asked me to pledge them, which I did for 305., and gave her the money. She knew the male prisoner by his coming to sea the female prisoner. • Sergeant Gumuier, 21 C, said he took the prisoner Wit into custody on the 21st of altober, at 46, Green street, where he found 49 duplicates under a pillow, and eleven others, nine of which relate to some of the articles now produced. He also found three gowns, a meer schaum pipe, four waistcoats, a pair of trousers, and other articles, now identified by M rs . Ri c h. W a tt sa id it was all her property, and given to her by her sister. Cole, 207 A, accompanied the last witness to 46. Green-street, and corroborated his evidence•. Watt said the young man Bill (the prisoner) was a distant relation of hers, but she bad net seen him for a fortnight. The calico she said was hers, and begged us not to rake it. She said the tickets were her own property, that she had been obliged to pledge, being iu reduced circum stances. A vast quantity of property was produced, the pro duce of numerous burglaries, which having been iden- tified by the owners thereof, the prisoners, who offered no defence : were fully committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A FEMALE IN VICTORIA STREET.—EIizabeth Hickey, a fe,uale of an unpleasant cast of countenance, was charged before Mr. Arnold with a desperate assault on Acne Buller, a respect able married woman, residing at No. 1, Alfred-street, Pimlico. The complainant stated that about half-past eleven o'clock last night she was returning home along Vic toria-street, in the coinpa.y of a female friend, w h en the prisoner canna up to them asked her (complainants) friend to give her some half-pence. Her friend said that she had none. She then exclaimed, "Do bestow a few halfpence upon a poor woman." Complainant again declined doing so. The prisoner went away, but returned almort immediately kicked her so severely that she was knocked down. She did not recollect anything that took place after, as she fainted away. Mr. Arnold—Did the kick hurt you ? Complainant—Yes, sir. I was in very great pain afterwardr. Two gentlemen u - ged me to give ber into custody. She went away, but was followed by a policeman, who took ber into custody. The complainant's friend corroborated the evidenoe. Policeman, B 84, said that he took the prisoner into custody. He found the complainant on the pavement in a fainting &ate. He was toll by several persons that the complainant bad been kicked by the prisoner. Prisoner is a common beggar. The prisoner said she hoped the magistrate would forgive her. Mr. Arnold—Forgive yon. Certainly not. You kicked the complainant in a most deliberate way. The prisoner was fined 51., or in default two months' imprisonment. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 7.—Wind this day at noon, light, variablo airs, and hazy. HULL, Nov. 6.—Wind W.—Sailed —The Earl of Elgin, for Bombay. __ PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrived —Ex pert, from Demerara. Sailed—Schoeubaug (Dutch war steamer), for Batavia. NEWPORT, Nov. s.—Wind E.—Arrived—Sheppard Knapp, from London for St. Thomas ; W. S. Hazzard, from Eonclon for Havana. Sailed--Fanny Bailey, for Cuba; Atalanta, St. Thomas. FAL3fODTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lord Raglan, from London for Bombay; Hindoetan, from Lon don for Port Philip. WATERFORD, Nov. s.—Wind E.—Arrived--Erin, from Quobee. OFF- FOLiESTONE Nov. s.—Arrived—Antonio, from the Cape of Good Hope. CLYDE, Nov. s.—Wind (es), for Adelaide, S.A.; Potentate, Trinidad. PARIS, Nov. 5. The Philanthrope, arrived at St. Do mingo from St. Thomas, to load for Liverpool or Havre, was condemned on the 18th July. RAMSGATE, No►. 6.—The Duo Fratus, of Bergen, from Newcastle to Barcelona, got on the Goodwin :Sands last night ; assisted off and brougat in hero, with loss of false keel; will discharge. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PI3.) , LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Falcon, Ceard, France, and Brazil, from Flavra ; Vosuvio, Girvati. The IThited States mail steam-ship Atlantic would not leave Now York until the 27th ult. QUEENS towx, Nov. 5. Wind N. Arrived—Elizabeth, from Bonny ; Aloxandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.30 3.18. Wind N. ; last hour's ebb ; thick, and damp. Arrived—Saguenay, from Memel ; Louise, Stettin; Erndte, St. Petersburg; Emouluo, Riga ; Ocean, Nj ou . port; Margaretta, Konigsberg; Belfast Last, Autwerp; Matrons, Taganrog. _ - DEAL, Saturday, 9 a m , . . Wind N.N.E., moderate, with rain. Passed, Nov. 7-----Heroine, from Hamburg. for Swansea. Passed, Nov. 6--Broclrane,, from Shields. for Cenetanti nnple ; Catte, Hamburg, Calcutta.; Steipner, Plymouth, Christiania Henrik Wergelandi Newcastle, Odessa; Saga, Newcastle, Marseilles. SHIPMEIVT,S OF sPtCIE TO INDIA. The following communication from an experi enced source embraces most of the points in the question as to the probable results of the shipments of specie to India now in progress:— " Sir,—Concurring entirely to the sound and practi cal views contained in several of your money articles on the present dearness of money and its causes, particu larly in reference to that of all others the most disturbing element of the crisis—our Indian finances and exchanges —it may not be out of place at this critical moment to remind shippers of bullion to India that the extraordi nary and exceptional &curnstances which prompted an exchange of 2s. 3td. when the last mail left Calcutta, must have ceased to exist long before any bullion now shipped can reach its destination. " With the fall of Delhi and the arrival of Euro pean troops native confidence will be at once restored, hoarding must cease, and the shroffs and native bankers will be the first to bring their buried money to market on the advantageous terms efftring. Merchants will have no occasion to draw bills at arbitrary rates of ex change, being no longer deprived of ordinary facilities at the Bank of Bengal and in the open market, and it will be found that, in addition to this important element in materially reducing exchange, an equally powerful rea son will exist in the fact that in quantity and price, a very s rious reduction mast take place in all the leading staples of exaort from India. "Rice, linseed, saltpetre, hides, jute, and hemp, which in the last few years, particialarly since the out break of hostility with Russia, have commanded nearly double their ordinary value in India, must fall to a like extent t , .) make their importation at present market prices here remunerative. Silk, sugar, and cotton, which by reason of the failure of these crops in important countries of production iu 1855 and 1856 bad also mate rially advanced in India, are fast falling in value under the influence of abundance. The only artiee which has increa ed in value is indigo, which from short supply will only absorb the same amount of money as in average years. To these causes have also to be superadded others equally important. English capital has since April last been restricted in its use in the interior of India in the production of staples for shipment. Ail available river and land freight will almost entirely, to the exclusion of merchandise, be absorbed by Govern ment, and it is not unlikely that these causes alone may bring about the exchanges of 1848 and 1849 in India, which were 19. 10d. and ls. 11d., and necessitated bal• lion ebipments from Calcutta to a large extent, influenced entirely by the restricted exports of staples which the failures of 1817 caused in reduced means and facilities of production. "It , hould also be !lime in mind that a rate of ex change in Calcutta of 21. 31. in October has, even in the absence of any of the above causes, frequently brought about a fad of 16 per sett., or a rate not exceeding is. 11d., as in Match, 1852, when bullion shipments from Calcutta were again revived, four months after the late was 2s. 3d. "There might hale beensorne reason and justification for the export of bullion by the Court of Directors in June, July, and Auguit, when it was expedient and de sirable to inspire confidence in the native mind ; but there in neither reason nor justification now, when the fall of Delhi and the arrival of the overwhelming rein orcement3 must have given more confidence to the people of Inriia than they ever had in our power and means, "A more judicious and extensive circulation in our treasuries in the interior of India of the Bank of Ben;:ai notes might have saved us much treasure which has linen into the hands of the mutineers ; and now in the eupport and transport of our troops on arrival in India native princes and vlraindars should, on the paper of the East India Company, be required to find the fleece vary means until bull on circulates as before. There is no scarcity of bullion in India ; it ha■ absorbed from this country some 40,000,0001. aince 1848, when we were importing it from India; all that is required is a etror•g and determined Government. "I remain, sir, your obedient servant, "Nov. 6." m. And the following, also from a practical mer chant, strengthens,► by a reference to the last ad vices from China, the view thus taken : "I enel ise two Shanghai circulars, by whieh you will see that large amounts of gold and silver are being slut from China to India. This is a startling and udden change. For five years China has been draining us and India of the precious metals, awl now the refluX seems beginning; it seems to me to indicate not merely a change in the balance of trade, but a return of confi dence and a restoration of quiet, There ia no doubt that the Chine3e in the north have been doing an enormously profitable business for years past, and great accumula tion of wealth must have followed. Hoarding from this would teem to have been checked. " The probability now is, following the pre sent position of the silk and tea market ,, , that the balance of trade may soon be against China. The increased values of opium and goods in China may contribute to this ; if, then, we find got' and silver returned to India thence, and silver, as is pretty certain, ceases to go to China, it may be concluded that the requirements of India will he supplied from China, and that the drain of 15,000,0001 per annum of silver to the East, which has been hitherto oppressing us will cease. Already it will not pay to Bombay, and only to Cal!ntta does the drain continue. It remains to be seen if Ci ice will supply this. I think it will. The conclusion I com,, , to is, that before long you will fiud the drain of silver to the East cease almost entirely, and if gold, is no longer required to buy it we shall have no other external demands on us beyond what America may require for a time. ThaE cannot be much, while before long it may be assumed the flow of gold will be the other way._ "If the future is to he tueasiuredty thi. continuance of the silver drain to the East, I should say many months cannot tlipse before there will b a ',rapid and very cm- Bid- raids ti e value f uriney. " Enormous amounts of silver have been sent to China, Singapore. &c., for sugar during tho paMt eight months ; all Vlis will cease now—another source of relief.—Yours truly, "G. N. MRZET NEWS.—(lhts Day ) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables continue extensive, and the demand is less active, at our quotations :- - • FRUIT. -- Pineapples, per lb. 4s Od to 68 Filberts,per 1001 b 23.3 t 6 30s Colootal do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Os Grapes, per 1b......2s Od to 4s Ahnonds, p. lb. Os Od to lOd Foreign do Os Od to Os Oct Walnuts, per 1001 s t o 3 s 6d Melons, each .... is 0,1 to 3.s Od I Figs, tor doz Os to O s Od Peaches, p. doz. 4 s to 8s Od' Strawberries, per Nectarine; do. ...43 to Gs Od pottle Apples, p. h. sv. is 6d to 2s 6d Gooseberries, per Pears, por doz ...2s to 4s Od half sieve ....Os al to Os Od Oranges, per 100.203 to 24s Currants, p. h. sv. Os 01 to Os Lemons, p. doz. 14 0,1 to 2 s Od Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od Ap:icots,p. doz. OsOd to Os Od Green gages, per b. sv.o4 to Os Cherries, per lb. Os to Oi Od, Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od VEGETABLEb. Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s to 3s 0 , I Shallots, per 1b 61 to 91 Cabbages, per doz.ol to Os 0,1 Horseraddish, p. b. Is6d to 4s Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os Od Parsley, per do. 2l to 4d Cauliflowers, do.2sOd to ls Od Celery, per do is 04 to is lid Brocoli, p. bun. Os 9.1 to Is 0.1 Beet, per doz. is 04 to 24 04 Potatoes, per ton 85s to 160 s Parsnips, per do. Os 4., 0 Os Od New do., per cwt. Os Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 24 to 3d Peas, por h siev Os 04 to Os Od Alushroonis,p.ptl.lB6,lto2s 6d Turnips, per bunch 24 to 44 Artichokes, each ...6d to 84 Carrots, pei bunch... 41 to Gd Lettuces, per scr. ls 61 to 2s Cucumbers, each 6d to Os 94 Endive, per doz. is to is 61 Garlic, per lb Gd to Os 84 Radishes, p.d.bun. is to 1.86(1 Sorrel, per sieve O4 to 0: Tomatoes, per hsv.:-4; to Is Od Spinach, p. d0...13 04 to 2s 64 Walnuts per 100 ...04 to 04 Brussels sprouts, per Chillies, per 100 0, Od to Os Od half do is kl to 2s 04 Capsicums, per 100 Os 04 to Os Onions, p. bush Os 04 to Os 04 Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to Od New do., pee bunch Od to 0.1 Asparagus, per 100 Os 04 to Os French beans, per Seakail,perpun.Os Od to Os Od haif-sieve is 6d to is 9d Turnip greens, per Leeks, per ...... 24 to 3d bush Os 04 to Os 04 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; Poulin, 5s Od to 8s 04; Geese, 5s 04 to 7s 04 each ; Goslings, 4s 6.1 to 7s 01 • Duck lings, is 94 to 2s 6d ; tame rabbits, 18 3d to is 9:1 each ; wild do., 104 to is 2d ; Pigeons, 54 to 94 each ; large Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; barn-door do., 38 Gil to 58 Od ; Chick ens, 3s 64 to 5s 6d per couple; Capons, Os 04 to Os; Hares, 2s 01 to 3s 64 ; Grouse, Is 9d to 3s Od each • Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 64 ; Partridges, i s Od t o i s 9d • Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s ; Snipes, 04 t o 03 Od ; T ea l, O s 9:1 to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 0:1 to is 94; Widgeons, 0810,1 to is 3d; Plovers, Os to Os Od each ; Guinea Fowls, Os Od to Os ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 10s 04 each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s 04 ; English do., is 24 to is 44 per lb. ; English eggs, 108 Od to 12s 04; French do., Os 04 to 10s 01 per 120; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s 0 d each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2a; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Ed • lamb, Os 0,1 to Os 0,1; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; pork, 3s 8 d to 5s 4d per Blbs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL• lam ße b e , f, O f s rom od 2 t s o 6d os to od 4s ; 2 v d oa ; l, m 3 u s tt o o 3 Od to to s Oil to ; 4s po 6 r d k ; , :33 8d to 5s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 61 to 25s ; Brills, 2s 0 1 to 10s each; Sal mon, Os 0,1 to Os 0,1 per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 0 i to 15s each ; Soles, 6d to 33 6d per pair ; Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 2s to 3s Gil; Crabs, to 2s Gd ; Whitings, 4s Od to 14 3 p er d oz. ; C om mon Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, —s to 59s per 6sh. Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100; Smelts, ls Od to 3s 6d each peorildopz(i Skate, nd to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od, to OsOdtopoe 8s Od e Bloaters, 4s Od to es Oil por Freshloo;Os Herrings,od tbousOhselp;ello per l reys, 2s O 100; Scotch to o,s hdlo" °dlSprats, ; Haddocks, 4s to 16s per doz.; Pike, Gil ; Sturgeon, 6(.1 per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od t o O s; Mullets, 10d to 3s 6d each; Plaice, Oct to Os ea c h ; H a lib ut, Gd per lb ; Flounder s , i s Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8(1 to Is; Carp, isto ss; Tench, i s t o 5 s per brace; Garnets, Oil to Os. S'l to of wheaten b ß r ß ea E l A in il tho metropolis are from 81 to 8,(1; of household ditto, Gd to 7.id per 4 lb loaf. IJIDES AND SKINS 83„).::::t61110.:des, 561 b to 641 b, 5,1 to —d; 641 b to 721 b, 5d t° s iti ; 7216 to 801 b, 51d to 5,(1; 80 1 b to 881 b, 53d to Nd ; 5!,. - 1 to 51d ; 9G11; to 1041 b, bld to 6d ; 1041 b 1191b,t0 6.1 to upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 1 05 Oil to 115 0,1 ; Caif skins, light, 35 0.1 to 5s Od ; ditto fall, 8s Od to Ss 61 ; Polled Shcep, 55 Gd to Ts Od ; Kents, is 6,1 to ss:?d; Half-breds, Gd to 5s 3d; Downs, 3s 4d to is Od ; Lambs 35 to 5s 31; Shearlings, 03 Od to Os Od. HAY M ARKETS. a --- - -- - .../MITUFIELD.-31.1eadow hay, 2/ IN to 4 1 Os; clover, 3/ 53 to 51 03; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load. A. fair average supply, and a h:avy demanl. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 83 to 4/ Oi; clover, 3/ 83 to 5/ Os ; and s traw, 1/ 43 to 1/ 103 per load , Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. W iI ITECRAPEL.—Mew.Iow hay, 21 103 to 4! 0 3 ; clover, 3/ 8s to N Os ; and straw. it 4s to ll 9s per load. Both hay slid sttaw sold slowly, at late rate THE K.INGSWO(Lii REFORMATORY SCHOOL. The annual meeting of this institution, which was established about four years ago, and is one of the largest reformatory schools in the kingdom, was held at Bristol on Wednesday last. The chair Was occupied by M r. W . Miles, M.P., the presi d en t . and among other friends of the reformatory move" ment present were D r. Elliott, the Dean of Bt Late " Miss Mary Carpenter Mr. B. B a k er , and ",' Naish. The report, read by Mr. Hartaud, ' the boo. secrefary, spoke with satisfaction of the present condition of the school and its progress during the past year. The actual number of inmates on the 30th of September was 51. Of that number 3 9 were admitted during the preceding 12 months, and as 27 had left in that period there was an increase of 12 in the number of boys in the school. Of the boys who had left the institution 8 had emigrated , 2 had been placed out in England, 6 had returned to their friends, 1 had been discharged as l e. corrigible, 1 was discharged on medical grounds, 6 were transferred t o o th er sc h oo l s, 2 h ad a b scon ded and bad not been recovered, and 1 1134 died. Of the b o y s w h o h a d em i grated bet' , in the past and in previous years the co l ' mitten had reason to speak with great satisfac tion, as alo of the conduct of those who had been placed out with their approval in this count* They could not speak so favourably of those who had returned to th e i r own h omes. The princtliala difficulties w ith w hi c h t h e superintendent all teachers have had to contend had arisen, first, from the advanced ag e w hi c h many of the boys bad a,L; just short before j o i n i ng th e school, in many cases t?" short on the limits laid down by the Act of Perlis' ment ; and, secondly, from the facilities for eh" sconding afforded by the peculiar position of the school, which w ere f ar f rom b e i ng adequately rt.o", by the punishme n t a ll owe d b y the statute—,Pz.., three months' imprisonment, and that not in add': tion to the assigned period of detention. To me° the first of these evils the committee have come to a resolution not to admit any boy into the school wiles e age at the time of conviction exceeds 13 year s ' and with the view of getting rid of the older boys, they have applied a portion of their funds in pro' rooting their emigration in a considerable number of cases, taking advantage of an excellent open" ing secured them by Miss Carpenter. The other evil, they say, they can only hope to see effectual- 11 counteracted by the setting apart of establishment s as distinctly penal reformatories, to which the re' fractory inmates of other reformatories might 1 / transferred for the remaind er o f the i r original period of detention. The n um b er o f b oys w h o had absconded from the school—some of them as often.. as three or f o u r ti mes —h a d b een 17 during the la st year, of whom two h a d no t b een recovered. The treasurer's receipts, including a balance in handl the Ist of O c t o b er , 1856, o f 4681 . 18s. 5d., had amounted to 1,5761. 18 s . 7d. Th e sum rece ive from subscriptions and donations was 1771. 3 1' from the Gov ernmen t, 8381 . s s. ; and from the parents of b o y s , 11/. 2 s . 11d . T he expeu ditur 3 was 1,1281. 15s. 91, the average nu m b er o f boys ILL, the school b e i ng 47—l eaving a b a l ance i n h an d 0 . 1 4481. 2s. 10d. Si nce th e ma ki ng up o f the Oa counts several subscriptions had been received, se there would likewise have to be added a sum fr om the Council of Ed uca ti on w hi c h l as t year was 1930 and about 1001. as a payment from the Somerset' shire magistrates. MARYLEBONE BOARD OF GUARDIANS' ALLEGED CRUEL TREATMENT OF WORK' HOUSE CHILDREN. Yesterday the dir ec t ors an d guar di ans of the po or of Marylebone met in the board-room of the workhouses Mr. Charles Beevor in the chair, for general business. The report of a speci a l comm i t t ee was b roug ht up in reference to the alleged cruel treatment of two children in the workhouse schools, the committee condemning th e , conduct of the assistant-s c h oo l m i s t ress f or suc h c ondos: towardsthe children, and urging that no power shoo! ! be given to inferior officers to chastise the children wi th out the knowledge and s anc ti on o f th e super i or officero of the house. The conduct of the assistant-schoolmistress, as eg . pla r i . ne d Nodes, b y j o t o t k er s : i t i h ud e o ch th a e ir r m m a e n of the wbers c of t s h m e m b i o t a t ; e d g Me was harsh in the extreme. It appeared that one of the chiblren committed a slight ofrer.ce at breakfast, for which the little creature was sent to bed, and half el hour afterwards, when, as estplain e d b y Mr. Potter, "I' warmth of temper must have passed away, the assistant vent to the bed, took the unprotected child up, a nd s° sever ly beat the poor little creature with a shoe, as t ° leave marks of violence about the person for days after wards. Mr. Nod es sai d that when he saw the child, some days after the beating, there were black marks re' reaining from the violence it had received on the po,te' rior parts of the body. The disclosures created much disgust and indiguatio a throughout the board, and Mr. Churchwarden SODEN, after commenting tiV ii the harshness displayed in the out rage , urge d that tb committee ought, u n d er th e c i rcumstaeces here s tated, to consider such a person as the assistant-schooliniet res° entirely unfitted for the situation. (Hear, hear.) that Dr. BACHLIOFFNER, therefore, ro s e , an d m oved tu, the assistant schoohnistreser, Miss Rowland, s hould PP cieniss(el. (Much approbation.) Mr. ENGLAND seconded the motion. The RECTOR fully agrtel in such a propositi on : The conduct of th e ass i stant sc h oo l m i stress he cons iders o unpardonable. (Bear.) If a governess, or servant, In his own hous e h o ld t reate d h i s chillren in such a rneo ne i l dismissal would be the immediate result, and he woo deal with th e case o f pauper children as with his oirP* (Hear.) Mr. BROOKS said that, although chairman of the o°l.3.l;mitte•e, mittee, Real having to side with the majority of sou d committee in the report presented, yet he now felt 130 013 to acquieuce in the woman's dismissal. (Hear.) Mr. Cole, Mr. Salmon, and others contended that snob a course would lie too severe, a s it wou ld be the ruin of the party accused if she was dismissed. After some further discussion th e quest i on was p ut tis the vote, when the motion for Rovalaud's dismissal le o ° lost by a very similar majority on the opposite id carried the motion for mere l y " a d monishing 'the o s fa o etil concerned in the notorious woman-flogging case. The decision , however, remains open . for confirma tion or nou-confirmati on a t th e next meeting of the board. The board then adjoured. OTil ALLEGED RELIGIO&SI PERSECUTION AT - ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY. Ye terday, at the weekly meeting of the guardians ° 1 the poor of St. M ar yl e h one , h e ld i n t h e B ea rd-ro os t o 'of of the workh ouse , M ary l e b o ueoad, the question the recent alleged persecution of inmates a the R1.Y . 7; Sea Bathing Infirm ar y, a t M a r ga t e , on accoun t of tn religious opinions (adjourned from the previous Meeting) was again the subject of a long and exciting discussion:,,, Mr. C. Beevor was in the chair, and the Rey. C. l , and ‘%•e rthe present. ltev. M The . T ug fe chargeel i waslnfirmary, tthat th e named s a T s h y o s T e s in e the chapla i n p t l h a e i n v t i vicar trhoef Infirmary,Ma rgate, Conway, the inad by a n late inmate a C t a e t h o o lic, f of proselytism pursued in the infirmary, and that he Ivas subject to such persecution because he would not attend divine service and Protestant prayer, that he was obligee' to discharge hiniself and return to the workhouse. Mr. BROOKS had moved and Mr. NODES seconded s resolution to the effect that the board, having duly i n. vestigated the subj ec t, were of opinion that the state' merits in Conway's letter were not substantiated. Mr. SALitiON, who had moved the adjournment, e: : : pressed a desire to d o no thi ng to injure lit! valuable a noble an institution as th e R o yal S ea B a thing fact firmary, but he could not shut hi s e y es t o the that it was proved that there was a rule corapelli e g every able inmate to attend divine service. gore' fiver, since their last meeting, a letter had come °:) light which proved that the rule not only ex i s t e d be , was enforced. He read a letter dat e d th e 24 t h °' September last, addressed to the secretary of the goe r ' diens, from Mr. Check afield, the secretary and se perio' tendent of the infirmary, ceiling for the immediate rei in oval of an inmate n ame d J ohn Massey, on account eci his refusal to attend di v i ne service and morning °e— levening.prayer, in accordance with the rules of the j a i ; stitution. (Hea r , h ear. ) lie understood that Masse y was also a Roman Catholic. Mr. Salmon moved, h e l : an amendment th a t the board were of opinion many of th e s t atements of Thomas Conway bad t e " been disproved, b ut they consider a most intolerant r% exits in the regulations of the Margate Sea Bat hin g Infirmary ; and the board stron g ly recommen d a the di rec t ors o f that valuable institution to relon without delay th e ru l e di rect i ng and insisting, a pain of dismissal, the attendance upon forms of Yo' ship p resen t e d by th e E sta bli s h e d Church upon melt ~ inmates who from conscientious obj ec ti on, di ff e r fro m the doctrines of the Established Church. Mr. COLE seconded the amendment, and contend ed that the same act of Parliament which prevented 001 ?; pul.ory measures with regard to re li g i ous wors hiP workhouses equally applied to thoee like the Margat e Infirmary. 'lnc fse v Mr. A STLEY and the Rev. M e , roon" l3b , t strongly protested against the as , umpt i on that the obi was enforced against those w h o from scruples did ne attend Divine service. H o h a d seen Massey at pill ;I . 6 : de dial not know he w as a Reina,a Catholi c , but tint°' . stood he called himself a Chattier, Mr. TAVERNER denounced the importation of Massey a case into the discussion, and, alter a very warns discu s " sion in s which the rector, Mr. England, Dr. Bachbo n ‘ ner, Mr. Skelton, and the rev. geutleman took p a rt, Mr. BROOK S repli e d, an d called upon the board not t ° injure so valuable a public institution by an adver se vote. Toe amendment Vali ultimately carried on a diviß i " ) by a majority of 9 to 8, on which TLe itev. Mr. ABTLEY excitedly congratulated the board on their justice. He was called to order, and sabsequently made an apology. 0,1 the auleudinent becoming the subdtantive reFolu tion, Dr. BACHELOFFNER moved to leave out the wordo "most intolerant," and it w a s th en carried as an ori. ginal motion, and the proceedings terminated.