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TUESDAY, 00TOBER 21, 1856,

THE DAYS NEWS

r Our columns to-day contain the particulars of a
most melancholy accident in London, on Sunday
afternoon last. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the
champion and defender of Baptists in the Metro-
polis, had announced that he would preach in the
Music Hall of the Surrey Zoological
that afternoon, and the Gardena on
consequence was that the
building was crammed to suffocation on the
occasion. Shortly after Mr. Spurgeon had com-
menced his sermon, a cry of fire was raised. Such
a scene as then ensued it would be out of tha

question accurately to describe. In an instant the
screams of the women rent the building, thousands
made a rush to the doors, and in their anxiety to
get out, many women and children, not even
excepting men, were forced down and trampled
upon. The persons on the platform in vain tried
all they could to induce the congregation to under-
stand that no danger was to be apprehended, pro-
vided the parties kept their places ; but such was
the excitement consequent upon the sudden alarm
thus raised that men, women, and children were
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great number seriously, if not fatally, injured.
of lastnjured.
Alluding to this melancholy affair, the Globe
evening severely rebukes Mr. Spurgeon for hisconduct on the occasion, concluding with thefol-
lowing remarks:—" It is very likely that Mr.
Spurgeon was actuated by the desire to carry his
mission among those who would most want it ; but
although the eccentricity of his address proved
sufficient to gather an enormous crowd, lie h.,'
sufficient influence to preserve di.-'
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was concurrent On the rash ambition of a man who
, did not know his place. He has been freely cen-
sured for the bad taste of the comments with
which he attempted 'to improve the occasion;
but a man cannot shake off his habits at once ; and
the motive with which he continued his preaching
to counteract the outward rush, was praiseworthy.
It is only to be regretted that the attraction was
so inadequate to correct the distraction ; and in the
fainting state which one of Mr. Spurgeon's friends
describes, we have a confession at once of his
lamentable incapacity to keep order in the host
which he had presumptously collected, and of his
natural wretchedness at witnessing the mischief.
We do not even put a harsh construction on such
a remark as This event will, I trust, teach us the
necessity of having a building of our own ;' his
manifest object was to say something, from the
best of motives ; and it was natural that he should
say whatever lay uppermost in his mind. If the
aspiration did smell of the shop, it enunciated
a second rule; if Mr. Spurgeon will but limit
himself to the buildings that his immediate
followers can construct and pay for, he will at all
events avoid the responsibility of these calamitous
exhibitions. We cannot lay to his charge the
astounding act of one of the deacons, who, after
the calamity had happened which quite unmanned
the leader, came forward and said, that although
no sermon had been preached, still the large ex-
pense of the hall must be paid, and he hoped, on
leaving, the congregation would not omit to aid by
their contributions in defraying the charge.'
Shocking as the occasion was for this reference to
the money business, it irresistibly reminds us of
Peter Pindar's Jewess, whose son had fallen out
of the gallery and been killed, and who demands
back her shilling because ' Moses has not seen the
play;' only the positions are reversed; it is the
stage manager with the playhouse on fire, calling
out 'No money to be returned.' It would be im-
possible for the bitterest enemy of Mr. Spurgeon
to utter a more terrible sarcasm on the spirit of
the exhibition. It is likely that, under all the
circumstances, there has been a loss by the specu-
lation ; but it would demand an excuse of charity
that undoes itself to regret that the primary
authors of the calamity have undergone some
penalty, some fine for the blood." •
The intelligence from the Continent is rather
interesting. An answer to the "Note" has been
received by the French Government from that of
Naples, but it is feared not of a favourable charac-
ter. The Emperor, it appears, does not consider
the communication sufficiently explicit to warrant
a final decision, and a message was transmitted by
telegraph to Baron Drener, asking for further
information. Should the King of Naples not
succumb, then the English and French Ministers
will be recalled, and diplomatic relations sus-
pended. The squadrons will cruise between Sicily
and Malta, but, as already stated, at a distance
from Naples so as to afford no encouragement and
offer no provocation to the disaffected. If the
French and English residents express a desire to
quit the Neapolitan territory, vessels for that
purpose will be at their disposal, and if they are
menaced in their personal safety or their property,
they will be at hand to protect. Otherwise every-

_.,. not

thing that could excite or tempt to disturbance will
be carefully avoided. What the King will do
when the Ambassadors have retired it is hard to

)say. Some believe that he will make a few conces-
sions of his own accord, as what he objects to is
the intervention of the allies ; others suppose that
he will do nothing of the sort, but, as he has con.
tinued hardened and unyielding thus far, he will
preserve his consistency and remain unchanged
and impenitent to the last.
The Moniteur of yesterday published an article
on the affairs of Naples. The latter part of the
article in the Moniteur is thus rendered : —" The
ill reception accorded to legitimate observations,
an insulting doubt thrown over the purity of our
intentions, offensive language opposed to salutary
counsels, and finally an obstinate refusal,

the longer continuance of
This suspension of official
intercourse in no sense constitutes any inter-
♦ention in internal affairs, and still less any
act of hostility. Neverthe less the security of the
subjects of the two governments being possibly
compromised, the latter, to provide against such a
contingency, have combined their squadrons ; but
they did not send their ships into the Neapolitan
waters, in order not to give room for erroneous
interpretations. This simple measure of eventful
protection, which has no character of menace,
cannot, moreover, be considered as any support or
encouragement offered to those who seek to shake
the throne of the King of the Two Sicilies." It
would appear that if the King returns to better
sentiments, the two Powers will renew the same
relations with him as formerly.
Our French advices inform us that the Emperor,
Empress, and the Imperial Prince left St. Cloud on
Sunday afternoon, for Compiegne, passing through
Paris to the Northern Railway station, where they
arrived about three o'clock. Great preparations
had been made at the station for their reception.
The Imperial party was, according to all accounts,
looking extremely well. Madame Admiral Bruat
attended the infaut, for whom an elegant cradle
had been suspended in a compartment of their

could not allow
amicable relations

Majesties' state carriage. The Moniteur states
that the Emperor's stay at Compiegne will be a
fortnight, which is a somewhat shorter time than

rumour had assigned as the period of the visit.
Tho official journal does not, however, say that the
court will go to Fontainebleau on leaving Com_
piegne, as it is understood it will do.

The Journal Francais de Francfort, having pub-
lished a semi-official argument in favour of the

Austrian occupation of the Principalities, relying
upon the fact that Turkey is a consenting party to
it, the Pays replies with some bitterness by a refe-

rence to the text of Art 27 of the treaty of Paris,
and remarks that since Turkey herself has no right
to occupy the Principalities without the consent of
Europe, it is evident that she cannot delegate the
power to do so to the Austrian army. It further

observes, the pretext that the occupation is neces-
sary to prevent anarchy is equally inadmissible,

because that plea would furnish an excuse for
that very private interference in the internal affairs

of the Principalities, which the treaty of Paris

formally prohibits, armed intervention being a case
reserved for the exclusive decision of all the powers
parties to the treaty. M. de Hubner the Austrian
Ambassador has arrived in Paris.
In Austrian official circles it is asserted that the
Emperor Napoleon, or rather his Minister for
Foreign Affairs, is playing into the hands of Russia
in the matter of the Danubian Principalities, and
it is hinted that her Majesty's Cabinet is perfectly

„Jam tile news is unimportant. It is
said that the Duke of Rivas will positively be ap-
pointed ambassador in Paris, instead of Marshal
Serrano, who was only two or three days ago
received with extraordinary marks of attention at
St. Cloud. The King's three aides-de-camp,
General Fetor, Brigadier Bareaizteguy, and Colonel
Verdugo, have offered their resignations, but they
have not as yet been accepted. Rumour says,
that M. Bayarella, the Minister of Finance,
is firmly resolved to re-establish the peurtas and
consumo duties, without which he thinks it
impossible to make out a budget really in equili-
brium. It is 'asserted that at the forthcoming
elections for Deputies the present qualification for
electors and the division of districts will be
adhered to. The re-imposition of tke octroi duties
is spoken of as a certainty, and about to take
place immediately, although with certain modifi-
cations. The Epoca mentions General Pezuela as
the probable successor of General Concha in Cuba,
and General Blazer is spoken of for Puerto Rico.

Advices from Constantinople confirm the
rumour of a victory having been obtained by the
Circassians, near Lab°. The Russians having
advanced, for the purpose of carrying out the
treaty, Sefer opposed them with 30,000 men, and,
after an action that lasted three hours, succeeded
in taking 16 guns and 800 prisoners, composed for
the most part of recruits. Another affair had taken
place near the Kouhan, in which the Russians lost
five guns.

With regard to the Persian question cve find
that the English have undertaken ail expedition of
16,000 men into the Persian Gulf, in consequence
which is considered to be
of the capture of Herat,
a violation of the treaty of 1853. It is stated in
letters from Bagdad of the 21st September, that
Mr. Murry was preparing to set out for Bombay.
Ferouk-Khan, who was sick at Trebizond, is about
to solicit the mediation of France.

We have full paaticulars of an earthquake at
Malta, on Sunday, the 12th inst., at eleven minutes
to two o'clock a.m.— There were two shocks, but
the interval between them was so brief as to be
almost incalculable—which lasted two minutes. In
the city of Valetta scarcely a building has escaped
injury. From all we can learn, the convulsion
was most severely felt along the north front of the
island, the forts on that coast having been much
shaken. while those on the south seaboard expe.
rienced the shocks in a much slighter degree, and
are, we are informed, not the least damaged. At
Floriana and in each of the three cities, as well as in
the harbours, the shocks were felt with oonciderable
vigour, and at Senglea, Cospicua, and Victoriosa,
many of the buildings are injured. Persons on
board ships in the port describe the effect of the
earthquake, as felt by them, as of letting go
the ship's boats from the davits by the
run, only much stronger. The sea receded
two feet and a-half. The night had been
without a breath of air, with a sultry sensation, the
sea perfectly calm, and the moon shining in a clear
sky with a brightness that seemed to transform
night into day, it being within 21 hours' of full
moon. At Citta Vecchia, in the interior of the
island, the shocks must have made themselves felt
severely, all the churches, monasteries, nunneries,
and hospitals, (the Church of St. Augustine ex-
cepted), having sustained greater or less damage.
The dome of the Cathedral is rent, so as to admit
the light, and the belfry is much shaken. The
expenses necessary to repair the injuries done
to the Cathedral alone are estimated at several
thousands of pounds. A small room in Citta
Vecchia, built of stone without mortar, fell
in altogether. From all parts of the country we
hear of buildings having been more or less damaged,
among others tho new church at Musta, which is
still unfinished, and the new church at Sliema, as
also the church at Nasciarro. At Casal Siggreni
the belfry and a part of the roof of a small church
called Tal Gahlia fell in; the dome of the pan).
chial church was also seriously affected. Happily
we have heard of no loss of life, The only damage
stated to be sustained in Gozo, besides a number
of buildings being slightly injured, is the falling
in of a portion of one of the telegraph towers. In
Malta, as we believe is the case in other Roman
Catholic countries, it is usual to ring the bells of
the churches on occasions of imminent danger, and
on the Sunday, soon after the shocks had ceased,
a burst of tintinabulary sounds was everywhere to
be heard.

THE Cireassians still live, We are indebted for
this piece of knowledge to the slaughter of many
hundreds of the Russian invaders of their loved
homes, and the CZAR'S loss of manypieces of cannon.
If the enemy of the Asiatic heroes had not been once
more defeated, and put to flight, the civilised world
would never, probably, have heard the bloody life
those noble people have to lead to preserve their
independence. We should know nothing of their
glorious Alma's, terrible Inkermann's, and Redan
victories. The 80,000.0001. of funded debt, and the
11,000,0001. of taxation the Eastern war has left
after it, and which latter, when capitalised, will
add fully 300,000,0001. to our National Debt, was not
enough to rescue the chivalrous Cireassians from
the ravages of their mortal foes. The incalculable
sum spent by France, and the dangers it has
brought upon the Empire, were of no avail. All
the losses, hopes, and gains of the Russo-
Turkish struggle could not secure peace to the
East ; and we would say to those gallant Allied
armies, who have tasted the horrors of Eastern
warfare, who know the Russian army, and can give
to the devotion of warriors its true value—
" 0 heroes ! of these heroes, take a view."

deserted and left to fight, and feed bayonets which
we did not think worthy of Turkish blood.
The peace of the world was to have been restored
by the Treaty of Paris ; at least, so said diplomacy.
The East was to be allowed to repose, and the
inroads of Russia upon the independent nations of
Asia were no longer to be tolerated. When France
and Great Britain ceased to bleed, Eastern Europe
and the peoples inhabiting the Asiatic shores of
the Black Sea were to heal up their wounds and
enjoy the blessings of tranquility. Humanity
demanded this much, and diplomatists promised
all civilisation could ask. Nor were the obliga.
tions of Christianity wholly forgotten by the
Congress of wise men. There were to be no more
wars, rapine , and murder on the waters of the
Danube, or on the shores of the Euxine. France was
scrupulous about her honour, and England over