The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 24 856.

Of the Karadagh, and anxiously watched the approach of
the Russian hosts, like the Romans of old scanning the
advance of the Etruseen armies from the Tarpeian rock.
(Applause;) Peasants were seen hutriedly drifting in their
cattle, and in the distance appeared the dark array of the
slowly moving host, Following this admirably equipped
army was well another army of arabas and country carts.
In alit-et-Ice were skirmishing Cossacks and Circassians, who
were driving in the Turkish cavalry outposts. Nothing
could be finer than the spectacle which thus presented
itself. Let the audience picture to themselves a broad
gra isy plain, enamelled with deters of every hue, and the
teessacks and Circassians fighting with the Arab, Kurdish,
Turkish, and irregular cavalry—the whole forming a scene
such as oftentimes had been witnessed ea the plains of
Palestine iu the time of the Crusaders.
(Hear, hoar.) Mou-
ravieff brought up his army to within distant range of
their artillery, and whilst the Turkish cavalry were re-
treating, a splendid charge was made right up to the
gates and breastworks in the hope of entering in the con-
fusion ; but the he: eve, guns opened fire, and the riflemen
singled out the Russian horsemen, by which the attempt
was completely frustrated, In half an hour the Russian
army retrograded,and in the afternoon resumel his for-
mer position. On the following morning the Russian
army was again put in motion, but this time they turned
southward, and after some hour's march encamped to the
south r f our position, and pitched their tents before Kars.
While thus watching them, night set in with a heavy rain.
For hours our camp was flooded by a perfect deluge, and
the Russians were immovable. Meantime partiesof irregu-
lar Lazistan riflemen kept coming into the city to take part
in the defence. On the 26th June the alarm gun was fired,
the citizens hurt ied to their posts, the reserves stood to
their arms in the centre of the camp, and all was prepared.
Two columns were observed advancing towards us—one,
consisting of two battalions of infantry, five squadrons of
cavalry, and one battery, was directed towards Hafiz Pacba
tabia ; the other, of one regiment of Cossacks and a cloud
of irregular cavalry, on Kauti tabia. We of course expected
an attack, but after waiting for five o: six hours and watch-
ingh the enemy manoeuvre, we saw them quietly retire, after
having, with great skill, come all but within cannon shot.
We rode over the ground when the Russians had retired,
and found sundry heaps of broken champagne bottles. They
had actually had a grand picnic under our batteries. (Laugh-
ter.) And so ended the second reconnaissance de force. On
the 28th of June, as we were peering with our glasses through
the faint dawn of the morning towards the Russian camp,
we observed the tents had disappeared, and the whole army
was under arms. While watching them, we saw the
columns form and begin to march westward. They en-
camped on the banks of the Kars Chai. On the following
morning we heard of the destruction of all the stores of
corn which had been left at Yeni Keni, about 30 miles off.
Here were provisions that might have kept us about two
months, and which could, at the proper time, have easily
boot conveyed into the garrison. This accident was
purely the result of the wilful apathy and carelessness of
the Pacha of Kars. (Hear.) And now ensued a long
pause from active operations on the part of the enemy, and
time hung monotonously on all hands. On the 13th July
another reconnaissance took place, and on the day follow-
ing, the whole Russian cavalry manoeuvred, some strong
regiments passing round our position, while numerous irre-
gular skirmishers captured a number of our grass-cutters
and some herds of cattle, which we could ill spare. After
this time we wore fairly invested, cavalry camps were
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covery. Salib Agha, the chief of the stores, had been giv-
ing its false returns of barley, and he yeas now obliged to
confess that he had no more to issue. Hero was our first
great calamity, and all arising from the cupidity and pecu-
lation of this official. What was to become of our artillery
horses ? what of our cavalry ? The latter certainly were of
little use, but the former were indispeusable In the face
of this calamity General 'Williams
ms immediately organised
bands of grass-cutters, and had all the hay and barley within
ri.,ncli cut and stacked ; besides which he had relays of
cavalry and artillery horses sent out to graze. About this
time we heard that some English officers had landed at
Batoum, and that the march of troops from that place
had been countermanded. So we concluded that some diver-
sion was to be attempted in that quarter. Our Lazistan
allies now began to show evident signs of discontent and
insul•rdination. On Aug. 6, after having been kept for
some days in profound ignorance of Mouravieff's move-
ments, we heard to our consternation that he had marched
on to Erzeroum with a large division of his army, leaving
a force still sufficient to blockade us. We waited with in-
tense anxiety to know the result of this movement. If Erze-
roum were taken, Kars was assuredly doomed, for Moura-
vieff could then bring an overpowering force of siege artil-
lery. After two days a aerjeant was sent in from Veli
Pacha, who commanded the force of 5,000 men at Topra-
kale. He had retired to the formidable entrenchments pre-
pared for him by Gen. Williams, five miles south of Erze-
roum, and there he awaited the approach of Mouravieff,
who, after a reconnaissance, saw that he had better secure
the fortress in hie rear ere he attempted what might prove a
too difficult task; so he retired, and confined his attention
to Kars alone. On Aug. 7, while Mouravieff was absent
on his Erzeroum expedition, we were astonished (though
not unprepared) by an attack on Kanti-tabia. A strong di-
vision of the enemy appeared on the plain, and after re-
connoitring the columns approached to within gain-shot.
At once our heavy guns of position opened on them, and
these were replied to by their lighter field pieces. Their
troops advanced, retired, and advanced again under the
artillery fire, but without coming within range of musketry.
At last they commenced theirretreat, and we ceased firing.
And now the irksome blockade began to have its usual
effect. The troops were becoming discontented, and mur-
mured at their inactivity and thir somewhat short ra-
tions; for the bread was much economised, though they
had yet a very fair allowance of animal food. We were ob-
liged to kill the cattle and eat them, as the forage was be-
coming scarce, and the weather was unfortunately too hot
to admit of our salting them. The worst feature in our case
at this time was the frequency of desertions. Hitherto flog-
ging had been the only military punishment ; but now Gen.
Williams determined on strong measures. He therefore
prevailed on the Mushir to issue a decree to the effect that
all deserters should henceforth be shot when caught attempt-
ing to desert. Towards the end of August we caught a spy,
and signalised the event by erecting a permanent gallows in
the Market-place, and hanging him there as a warning to all
such traitors. The capture of this fellow to a certain extent
explained the cause of the desertions. He was the bearer of
a proclamation to the soldiers encouraging them to desert,
and promising each man who presented himself at the Rus-
sian camp 5 otonets (about a sovereign). The next Pleasure
taken to relieve the garrison was to send out what re-
mained of our cavalry. On the 3d September the whole
force, about 1,000 strong, in wretched condition, were mus-
tered on the Tahmasp hills, just as the sun set, and when
quite dark they commenced their march. We listened
anxiously for what we soon heard; for presently a pistol
shot came up from the gloomy valley, then another, and
another, then a fusillade and the distant voices of men iu
conflict were heard from time to time, until all was again
silent. The greater part of our cavalry had escaped, but a
fearful number had been shot or cut to pieces. On the Bth
September we hoard of the lauding of Omar Pacha, at Be-
totem, so we published the good tidings to our troops, and felt confident, or at least very hopeful, that Our r;;lief I
would be accomplished. On the 23d Sept. we we etedee, fled with the glorious intelligence that Sel,i
fallen. A fine Georgian Chief, named ~,,tom
Atii • i throtagh the lines with the news. F
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claimed, " Don't you kre
my round," and ther ew me lam your Colonel going
troops, and read charged through. We paraded the
sallied out or ' • she Constautinople bulletins. Tho citizens
town and - choir houses and fired fete de joie, and all the
no to-
eattap gave themselves up to rejoicing. Perhaps in
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, dn. in England wes the news received with more en-
eeeisene than in poor devoted Kars. (Applause.) On the
meth of September our spirits were somewhat damped by
the cholera which suddenly appeared ameng the troops ;
and at this time, under the combined influences
of somewhat short rations, and the depressing effects of a
blockade, I cannot say but that I feared our new enemy.
The greatest ravages, however, were amongst the towns-
peopl. We now wished heartly for the assault, and Kmety,
on the 28th, said it would come on the morrow, by all the
rules of war. Luckily Gen. Williams, without committing
himself to any opinion, made his arrangements every night
with apparently the conviction that the morrow would be a
bloody uay. And the 29th Sept. was a bloody day, as you
all well know. On the eventful morning of the 29th, nearly
the whole camp was aroused
.by the hurried whisper that
something was about to happen. Reserves were silently
turned out, scouts wore despatched to peer into the black
gloom between ourselves and the enemy. On Tahleasp,
Kmety was up and listening to strange sounds of peed-
lery, caissons, and'
corps of rifles were to a man grasping their weapons with
fervour, and listening intensely, while their eyes were
trying to pierce the dense gloom of the broad valley of
Chorak. Presently the scouts came in saying " the infidels
approach ; be ready." "We are ready," was the response
of all. The artillerymen stood ramrod and match in hand,
their guns charged with grape. Presently, as the faintest
streaks of morning appeared in the horizon, the sharp eyes
of a Zebek discovered a column of men steadily advancing.
A gun was laid, the match applied, and the loud report
and the screaming missiles seemed to awaken the echoes of
hell. Shrieks, yells, and a wild hurrah followed, and then
the peal of y artiller
and the rattle of musketry drowned
all lesser sounds. Teesdale at this moment arrived, from
his nightly round, and throwing himself into the foremost
battery, showed what a British gunner could do. The
whole of this position of Talnuaep was now assailed in front
and flank, while a strong regiment came round the left
and attacked the batteries in the rear. Fortunately, we
had at this point, now overwhelmed with a vastly su-
perior force, our finest body of rifles. As the Russian
columns advanced, long lines of those riflemen, protected
by breastworks, discharged volley after volley into the
dense mass of men, while round shot and grape tore through
the dense columns without intermission. Meantime, at
the same hour, the break of day, a furious assault, simul-
taueously with that on Tahmasp, was made on the breast.
works and batteries in the rear of the town, and these,
being manned principally by Lazistan irregulars, were car-
ried, and a considerable number of these poor fellows
bayonetted
at their posts. Besides these two points of at-
tack a strong force of cavalry and artillery menaced Kauti-
tabia, and kept up a constant fire of rockets and artillery ;
but this was evidently a feint. The enemy, having gained
possession of the northern forts, now began shelling the
town, while their infantry piled arms. Meantime the
battle was raging at the original point of Tahunisp. From
that quarter there was an incessant rattle of musketry,
and the artillery of every battery that could be brought
to bear on the attacking columns was liberally worked.
Thus from Fifa Lake, from China tabia, and from Tek
tabia, the round shot ploughed through the Russian
masses. General Williams, from the centre of the camp,
watched events with an eagle eye. fleeing the troops hard
pressed
I at Tahmasp he sent up reinforcements from the
tnenta from
south, and an order for reinforce Fort Lake.
Those two bodies met under the rising ground ou the flank
of the enemy, anti deploying opened their fire with great
effect. The almost overpowered troops in these batteries
raised a responsive yell; Teesdale pours fresh charges of
grape into the staggering masses ; they give way ; "-Long
live the Sultan," shout the Turks, as they
work their guns
with frantic, energy. Meantime the enemy, now in
posses-
sion of the English tabias, are not to be left auiet. That
fine hero, 'Thompson, with the heart eta lion and the eve

of a general, sees at once the position of affairs and what
he may do. A heavy gun had been placed at the very ex-
tremity of the Karadsgh to keep off marauding Cossacks.
ts instantly orders 200 men to pile arms ; he fastens a
heaiy rope to this and to the caisson, and attachinghiermts:
self and his men, and urging them to superhuman et
they drag the gun to a commanding eminence, and here
he
sets to work to pelt into the Russians who had established
themselves in the batteries. At the same moment he an-
ticipated an order from the General, and despatches a force
of his best fides to cross the ravine and take up a position
amongst the rocks commanding the captured batteries,
from whence they galled the enemy by en incessant fire ef
small arms. Meantime Col. Lake, who is directing affairs
in Lake battery, turns on the right flank of these Russians
a force of two battalions, which had been despatched from
below, and these deliver a volley and charge the enemy,
and at the same moment some native townspeople had
scaled the rocks at the back of the town, and kept up a
galling fire. Thus was the enemy attacked in front and
on each flank, and, unsupported by reinforcements, he had
no option but to retire. To retrieve the fortunes of the
day a splendid cavalry charge was made on these lines,
but men and horses were hurled pell mell into the trous de
loup, which were not expected in this quarter. Bnt at
Tahmasp the struggle is deadly and continuous. Reserves
have again been sent, the firing has continued without in-
termission for six hours, while the men have from time to
time replenished their cartridge pouchesfrom the dead
sians, who lie in heaps before them. Column after column
of these devoted follows are led by their gallant officers,
and, as they advance, fall under the withering rattle of a
thousand well aimed rifles, orare blown away by grape and
round shot. The screaming balls whistle through the air
from distant batteries, and plunge into the Russian squares.
The townspeople,as the fight continues, swarm amongstthe
rocks, and fight with guns, swords, andstones, encouraging
the soldiers with those Moslem war cries with which, 1,200
years ago, Mahomed led on to battle his fierce Arab horse-
men.' "Allah it Allah! Mahomed resoul ullah!" (God is
God! and Mahomed is his prophet!") is shoutedewhile holy
ciervisTies-fn religious frenzy seek to impale themselves on
the unbeliever? bayonets. The very blood that trickles
from the wounds of the dying Christian soldiers is drunk
by. these fanatics to quicken the rage that inflames
their hearts. What must have been the feelings of the
Russian chieftain when he saw the very flower of his
army lying in mangled heaps under our batteries, and
not an inch of ground gained, not one stronghold retained,
but at each successive charge his shattered columns were
hurled back like broken waves from rocks of granite. At
last, as the meridian sun shed its scorching rays through
the sulphurous canopy that overhung the scene of mortal
conflict, we observed a sudden panic amongst our foes.
At once cheers and yells arose from every breastwork and
battery, whilst the cannonade seemed to acquire fresh in-
tensity. Then did every citizen, every Bashi-Bazouk,
nay, every boy who could muster a horse-pistolesally out
from the batteries and breastworks, and fire into the re-
treating masses. Gradually the distant Russian cavalry
closed up in the rear of the beaten and demoralised in-
fantry columns, while the Russian artillery kept up,
while retreating, a steady fire on the gallant but ill-organ-
ised crowd that insulted and galled their retreat. But
where was our cavalry? Oh for two regiments of fresh,
good-conditioned horse, to have followed these' beaten
troops, and with bloody spur and nnslackened rein to have
charged through and through their disordered ranks until
the right arms of the troopers had hung wearied with
slaughter But, thank God, the day, was won, and we
clasped each other's hands with joy so .deep as only those
can feel who come out from a well-fought field of bloodshed
and victory. I rode over that fatal ground while yet the
blood was freshly flowing, and never can those sights and
sounds of woe be effaced fiem my memory. Fine stalwart
human forms, the grisly warrior and the beardless youth,
lay in heaps, torn and mangled by every conceivable wound,
while groans for mercy screams of sudden pain, and cries
for water, or for the kindest and last of all friends, for
Death itself, arose from amidst each heap of human agony.
Scarce could my mind conceive what my eyes beheld in the
magnitude'of human woe that lay before me. 6,000 fellow-
creatures lay bleeding and dying on that fatal field ; and
how many bleedingand agonising hearts in a distant land did
these represent ? But lotus draw a veil over the darkest of
war's pictures. I returned to my soul-harrowing duties at
the hospitals, and there night closed in upon dying soldiers
and exhausted surgeons. On the day following the battle
our soldiers were hard at work burying the dead, while the
citizens gathered together in the market-place talking over
the splendid victory, in which they had borne so noble a
part, oreexhibitine the numerous trophies which they had
gathered from the field of battle. The pious Mussulmans
declare they saw a band of ten thousand saintly warriors
in green vesture fighting on our side. On this point I may
say with Bernal Diag, ox a similar occasion, th# there
might have been such a body of Mussulman saints, " and
that 1, sinner that I am, was unworthy to see them."
For two days the cholera disappeared from our camp, a
singular phenomenon, occasioned, doubtless, by intense
moral emotion. We now calculate on the speedy disap-
pearance of the enemy. According to all rules of war-
fare a beaten force retires, surely Mouravieff's army will
not be au exception to this rule? Had it not been for
that fatal peculation in barley, we might even now have
sallied out and completed oar glorious day's work; but
our horses are gone, the few animals yoked to the artil-
lery can scarce sustain themselves. We should have
nothing but small arms to trust to, while, be it re-
membered, the Russian cavalry is scarcely touched, and
they number 10,000. But now another enemy invests us
Gaunt famine stealthily, but irresistibly, invades our
weakened and cholera-stricken force. The Russians remain;
their untouched cavalry keep up the relentless blockade.
The most rigorous search is made on all sides for hidden
stores of corn, and these, when found, are distributed to
the most needy of the townspeople; meantime men talk
gloomily in the market-place, and the voices of poor women
are heard crying aloud for bread for their starving families.
Desertions have become alarmingly frequent, and spies are
known to pass to and from the Russian camp. It is abso-
lutely necessary to hold out until the effect of Omar Pacha's
diversion is seen, or until the winter has set in and pre-
vented any forward movement of the enemy Then we can
with honour capitulate, if not relieved, since we have saved
Asia Minor. So each man caught attempting to desert is
forthwith tried by drum-head court-martial and shot; each
spy is mercilessly hanged, sometimes two at a time, on the
gallows on the Market-place, and if any one is over loudly
desponding he is encouraged by a public whipping. Thus
do we hold out, day after day, anxiously waiting for news
from without. On the Oct. 23 the glorious news arrives of
the landing of Selim Pacha at Trebizond, with, it is said,
an army of 20,000 men. This casts a temporary sunshine
over our gloomy prospects, and we wait with impatience
for the next post. But the misery of the townspeople in-
crease, and the emaciation of the soldiers is alarmingly ap-
parent. Be it remembered that they have had nothing to
eat now but an insufficient quantity of bread and water.
No butter or fat of any kind could be had to increase the
nutrition of their miserable rations. Crowds of both sol-
diers and citizens assembled in the open spaces to dig up
the roots of grass. The poor children, lately gambolling in
the market place now wander about with gaunt and hun-
gry looks, and beg for broad with heartrending tones. Mo-
thers, pale and attenuated, are seen holding their feeble
babes to their breasts, which are pining and dying on
the dried up fountains of exhausted nature. The admis-
sions into the over-crowded hospitals are alarmingly
on the increase, and the disease is simply starvation. With
pale, cold, and clammy skin, and the characteristic feeble-
ness of voice,and the dark complexion and pinched features,
so well expressed in Scripture, which says, " Their visage
is blacker than a coal, their skin cleaveth to their bones,"
they gradually sink and die at their post, loyal, faithful, and
long-suffering to the last. Still we are buoyed up by false
hopes and by lying despatches from Selim Pacha, who,
having arrived at Erzeroum, constantly writes to tell us he
is on his way and in full march to relieve us, and on the
strength of these despatches the most rigorous measures are
taken to eke out to the utmost our scanty stock of provisions.
What could have been the feelings of our own noble chief
who, with a heart soft as a woman's, had yet to overpower
his yearnings of compassion and call iu the aid of an iron
will to enable him sternly to do his duty amidst the horrors
that surrounded him. How was his heart torn and bleee-
ineb with wounds that he concealed from public view, for
as he rode through the doomed city women held up their
dying babes to him in mute but touching appeals, while the
gallant men of Kars, cowed by a stern military despotism,
turned upon him reproachful looks, as if to accuse him of
their misery. His own aspect, too, was changed; the agony
of his mind and the crushing weight of care had worn him
to a shadow. Would that some men could have seen what
they had helped to produce ! At this time the crowded
mosques, khans, and houses were opened to receive the men
that fell dying at their posts, faithful and loyal to the last,
who, standing over a reserve of biscuit in the batteries,
died of hunger without touching a morsel. The streets of
the city now presented a spectacle too painful to contem-
plate. Before the doors of the flour depots women and chil-
dren scraped up the dust, mixed as it: was with flour, and
eat it. The bodies of the dead horses were actually exhumed
and devoured, while corpses met you at every step being
conveyed by staggering comrades to the pit. The very dogs
had deserted the town and gorged themselves on the dead
bodies of the Russians outside the batteries which they had
torn from their graves. On the 22d Nov. the last of Selina
Pacha's despatches were received. He wrote, " Be of good
cheer and hold out a few days longer, for I left Erzeroum
on the 16th, and am in full marsh with my whole army to
relieve you." The same messenger that brought this des-
patch was also the bearer of a small note from Mr. Brant,
the able Consul of Erzeroum. He said, " Selim Paella has
no idea of moving, and Omer Pacha has not advanced far
from Sekum ; no hope of relief can be expected from
any quarter." This opened our eyes to the true state of
affairs, and now Gen, Williams calls a military council to-
gether, and putting before them the real state of things pros
poses a capitulation, or a desperate attempt to cut through
the lines of the Russians. We have no horses to drag asin-
gle gun, the men are too weak to march, armed as they are,
for a single hour, so that the latter proposition is at once
abandoned. Gen. Williams is therefore deputed to con-
duct the capitulation, and gain as good conditions as he can
extort front the Russian general. So, at the conclusion of
that conforenc;, Major Teesdale proceeded to the Rus-
sian camp to demand an interview for the following day.
On the 25th Nov., the General and his aide-de-camp, 'Tees-
dale, ride out under a flag of truce to the Russian head-
quarters. As they approach the enemy's camp the soldiers
collect in crowds to gaze upon them. They are conducted
with every courtesy to the camp of Mouravieff, and received
with due respect by that distinguished chief. The General at
once introduces the object of his visit. " I have come," he
says, " to propose terms for a capitulation, for it is useless to
disguise from you the fact that our provisions are well-nigh
exhausted, and there is great suffering amongst the towns-
people. For the sake of humanity I trust you will accede to
my terms ; if unhappily you should demand an unconditional
surrender, I must remind you that we are still within our
fortress, and although I have no wish to rid you of your len-
rels, I should, if compelled, cause every gun to be burst,
every standard destroyed, and nothing but is famished crowd
of unarmed men would remain to you." " I have no wish,"
answered Mouravieff " to wreak an unworthy vengeance
on a gallant and long-suffering army, which has
covered itself with glory, and only yields to famine.
Look hero (he exclaimed, pointing to a lump of
broad and a handful of roots), what splendid troops must
these bo who can stand to their arms in such a climate on
food such as this. General Williams, you have made yourself
a name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the
endurance, the courage, and the discipline which this siege
has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a
capitulation that will satisfy the demands of war without out-
=ging humanity." (4pplause.) These two gallant and chi-
valrous chiefs, as they stood in that historic but with hearts

IRRICE 4D. STAMPED Ei

1 full of the noblest sentiments of our nature, have formed a
subject of enduring interest to the historian and the painter.
The terms of capitulation were briefly these. The officers
and soldiers of the regular army were to pile arms in camp
and march out with their music and colours, and surren-
der themselves prisoners of war to the Russian army ; " and
here," exclaimed Monrovia* to the secretary, " Write,
that in admiration of the noble courage of the army of
Kars the officer are allowed to wear their swords. Pro-
perty is to be respected, and the people to be pro-
tected from pillage and insult." The militia and Bashi-
Bazouks to be allowed to return to their homes together with
the non-combatants. A certain number of Poles and Hun-
garians to be released on parole. On the following day we
ride into the Russian camp, and are received with thetAtmost
courtesy by the Russian officers. Gen. Mouravieff asks us to
a plentiful and even luxurious dinner, to which, as you may
imagine, we did ample justice. On the following morning
the poor staggering weakened troops, obeying mechanically
the orders of their officers, piled arms, and, forming in order
of battle, marched out to meet—not their conquering, but
their conquered foe. (Applause.) They surrendered them-
selves to an army three times their number, after having held
it in check, and after having on the glorious day of the 29th
September hurled back with ruin and disaster these splendid
columns. Surely never did history record a surrender so
glorious to the vanquished ; never Shad a captive English
general retrieved his inevitable misfortune by services so dis-
tinguished.--[Dr. Sandwith resumed his seat amid loud and
reiterated plaudits.]

REPRESENTATION OF
SOUTHAMPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22.
Mr. Weguelin, the Goirernor of the Bank of England,
this morning issued his address to the electors, as fol-

lows
" Gentlemen,—l have been invited to present myseir to
notice, and lam informed that a merchant would be an ac-
ceptable candidate to supply the place of your late learned
and accomplished member.
"I do not hesitate to respond to the call. I have watched
for years, with great interest, the rapid rise and well-merited
prosperity of Southampton, and I should feel proud, as a
merchant, to be associated in the representation of a port
which modern science and the energy of its citizens have so
closelr:connected and identified with the commercial interests
of this great city.
"My politics have always been Liberal. I am a Freetrader
—not of yestetday. Now that free trade has no opponent I
am glad that it has always had my active and ardent support.
It will be my anxious desire to pre erve it with ajealons care,
to extend its action, and to prevent taxation from infringing
upon its principle.
" It will be my aim to advocate that just economy in our
public departments which is consistent with the most com-
plete efficiency.
" I have already taken some part in promoting amendments
of commercial law, and a mercantile experience of many years
may probably have qualified me to take a part upon all legis-
lative questions affecting the trading policy of the empire.
" I am ardently attached to the principles of civil and reli-
gious liberty. I would vote for the admission of the Jews into
Parliament, and thus do away with the last remnant of into-
lerance in the State.

"I am a member of the Church of England, holding no
extreme views, but anxious that the true principles of religion
should prevail, and that the Church should be in charity with
those who differ from her. I conceive that the vexed ques-
tion of Church rates impedes her efficiency and injures her
usefulness, and I shall cordially vote for their total and un-
conditional abolition.

"I am prepared to vote for an inquiry into the state of
religious endowments in Ireland, with a view of placing them
on a more equitable footing.
" The state of the representation is not satisfactory, and I

am prepared to advocate such an extension of the franchise
as shall more nearly represent the present intelligence of the
people, in the exercise of which the ballot will become more
needful, and will therefore receive my hearty support.
" Our foreign policy, as trade continues to expand, becomes
year by year of more vital interest.
" The maintenance of the honour and dignity of this coun-
try I hold to be the surest guarantee of its power and the best
preserver of the peace of the world, and I therefore cordially
adhere to the policy of the present Gevernment, and the re.
cent declaration of Lord Palmerston has my earnest approval.
`The great question of administrative reform will probably
demand the attention of the Legislature. I trust that the expe-
rience which I have had in the great institution over which I
now preside will enable me to exercise a sound judgment
upon the subject.
"'lf the principles which I have detailed meet with your
approbation, and you think me qualified for the honourable
position of one of yeti:. representatives, I shall be prowl to
serve you. I have no object to gain beyond the satisfaction of
ajust ambition to place what abilities I may possess, or ex-
perience I may have acquired, at the service of my country.
" I have chiefly confined myself to public topics, because I
feel that I appear before you for the first time as a public m .n . I
can, however, assure you that, in the event of my being re-
turned, I shall deem it to be my especial duty to consider
every question of local interest with the firm determination
to forward to the best of my ability the prosperity of South.
ampton.

'1 I shall avail myself of the opportunity afforded me b 3 the
adjourned public meeting to present myself to the electors on
Tuesday next.

" I am, gentlemen, your faithful servant,
" Bank of England, Nov. 21." "T. M. WEGUELIN.

The publication of this appeal to the electors of South.
ampton closes, we presume, the admission of any more
candidates, of which there are at present three in the
field, viz.—Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Weguelin, Libe-
rals, and Sir EdWard Butler, Conservative. That an
unmistakeable spit exists among the Liberal party there
can now be no doubt, one section patting forward Mr.
James and another the Governor of the Bank of Eng.
land. A few days will decide which candidate has the
best chance of receiving the largest extent of support
from the great body of the Liberal party, the leaders of
one section of which express their belief that, even di-
vided as they are on the choice of a representative, th<lr
can still poll a sufficient number of votes for one candi-
date to insure the defeat of Sir Edward Butler.

For these reasor the excitement increases day by day,
and the contest promises to be a severe and a very bitter
one. It is hoped, however, that some steps will be
taken to ascertain the actual relative strength of the
two Liberal candidates, and to come to an understand-
ing so as to prevent any disunion of the Liberal party
when the day of election really arrives, and which dis-
union affords the only hope of success entertained by the
Conservatives for their candidate.

In consequence of Mr. Weguelin having come down
to the meeting of his friends held last night, as reported
by telegraph in the Times of this morning, and it being
understood that he and Sir Ed warA Butler had com-
menced their canvass, it was considered advisable tbat
Mr. James should also be on the spot. He was accord-
ingly telegraphed for, and arrived here by the 3 o'clock
train from London this afternoon. Bills were issued, re-
questing his triends to meet at the Royal Hotel at 7
o'clock in the evening, at which hour a large and in
fluential meeting of the Liberal elect rs was held at that
place ; Mr. Alderman Du-autoy in the chair. Mr.
James addressed the electors in explanation of the cir.
curustances which had brought him down here as a can-
didate, and stated that he felt bound in honour not to
commence a canvass until after the adjourned meeting
on Tuesday next. Tne meeting was also addressed by
several electors, after which those present formed them-
selves into a committee to conduct Mr. James's election
—with Mr. Alderman Du.4autoy as chairman. _ .

The meeting on Tvesday evening, adjlurned from last
Wednesday, is looked forward to with great interest by
all parties.
Sir Ed ward Butler has been actively canvassing all
day, and Mr. Weguelin, with oae or two of his friends,
has visited some of the large manufacturing and other
establishments of the town.
The new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas takes
leave of his constituents in Southampton, by whom he
has been six times elected to represent them in Parlia-
ment, in the subjoined address, which has been circu-
lated to-day :
"Gentlemen,—By acceptance of judicial office I have this
day ceased to be your repreocutative, and have now the pain-
ful task of bidding you farewell.
" Had I followed my own wishes and inclination I should
still remained member for Southampton. To be the Attorney-
Cleneral of England, and to represent you in Parliament, was
the utmost object of my ambition, and left me nothing to de-
sire. But I have become conscious that lam less able than
heretofore, in point of health and strength, to meet the calls
of a position which combined Parliamentary and official with
professional duties, and I have yielded to the advice of friends
interested in my welfare, and exchanged these cares for
duties which, though arduous and laborious, are of a less
exacting and exciting character than those which I have
hitherto sustained.
" I cannot bid you farewell without profound and heart-
felt emotion when I recall all the kindness I have received at
your hands, your generous support, your confidence, your
indulgent forbearance. I feel that, though the political tie
which united us is severed, there are tics of the heart which
can cease only with life.
" To my latest hour it will be a matter of pride and honour
to have represented your beautiful and flourishing town,
with its thriving, industrious, and intelligent community ;
and while life lasts I shall never cease to take the deepest
interest in its prosperity and welfare.
" Permit me to bid you, one and all, a hearty and affec-
tionate farewell, and, while I return ti my numerous falreimetuondninge
pray
y gratefulm y thanks
politicalfo e
sf
(and their i r
trustunw e
have
nko inned
on
tehs se
,r
you) to bury in oblivion the remembrance of all past animo-
sity, and to think of me only as one who has sought to re-
present you honestly according to his views, and to whom
your entire community will ever be an object
cherished remembrance and regard.
" That prosperity and happiness of the most
attendinayd
devoted y
sincere and genuine wish of your grateful an
" London, Nov. 21."°u servant is the,
A. E, COCKBURN.

A POLTIMAL WAGER IN AminicA.—Major Benjamin
P.Poore, the late Fillmore candidate for Congress in the
Sixth District, arrived in the city this afternoon-with_hie
wheelbarrow and Imre' of apples, which he had wheeled
all the way from Newburyport, a distance of 3d miles,
in two days and a half. The job was in fulfilment of a
bet with Colonel Burbank, the Fremont State Senator
elect, that Fillmore would get more votes in Massachu-
setts than Fremont. The Major,, wheeling his appl !By
was escorted up State•street, about 2 o'clock, n
by the
Fillmore clubs of Boston and Charlestown, a military
.e
many h
the People,
and tumuLtiaonuds the
Major was greeted with tremendous
applause on ail eider.
He delivered the
apples to Colonel Burbank on tbesteps
nn
of tnhgeraFtrueistatonnt;
house, where both gentlemen delivered
speeches, mounted on the barrel. Ten theouesakland people
were present:..-.7--2361"- Carre.T9l4eist of
A
Hata.

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NEWSPAPER
• -
MR. SPVRCEO2S7 A.T THE Stint?
• MUSZT-HALL. -
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•
(Prm ilk? Times.) . 4 tt-clk -4
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Yesterday morning thit popular None
preacher made his appearance again in the New • -
hall at the Surrey-gardens, aud onductedess-re4oiL S
service, at whioh some 5,000 or 6,000 people were pre-
sent. The circumstance of itself wo uid have had little
or no public interest but for the cabs 71Ety, stilt fresh in '-
the public recollection, in which his preeeiouS visit there
unhappily resulted, and by which seven peraorire lost
their lives. The greatest precautions wee le taken to pre.
vent the recurrence of any similar catastrt The, both by
the managers of the gardens and by the p olice authori-
ties. The recommendation of the jury as o the coil
struction of the stairs in the four corner towers leading to
the galleries in the building has not yet been t -arried into
effect, but the directors have since had the= b alustrades
properly secured, so as to resist a much greats ‘r amount
of pressure than any to which it is at all likely they will
ever be subjected in future, and they have recently had,
or will Shortly have, a plan under their consideration
for erecting a grand external flight of steps at the !vest
end -of the hall, communicating with all the galleries,
with other commodious appliances calculated to
add to the convenience of visitors to enhance the archi-
tectural effect of the building, and, what is of m are im-
portance, to multiply the facilities of access and retreat -
on occasions of great pressure.
It was net deemed alvkable yesterday to adm'it more •
than 5,000 or 6,000 persons into the building, though
it is capable on an emergency of accommodating half as
many more, and hundreds went away without being able
to obtain admlssion. Mr. Superintendent .Lund was
present, with upwards of 20 of the metropolitan police
acting under his instruction, an i these were posted at
various points in the building and at the en:trance to
the grounds. He had also some detective *Meters placed
among the congregation, a precaution which would seem
to have been necessary, for after the service lae noticed
three women, dressed in a style of far grower elegance •
than any one else-Present, whom he knew to be notorious
thieves, depart-with the crowd. The groutri floor am
the three galleries were-crowded, but not incosiveniently ,
so t .hioh sineluded_ an imeneense nuns
&pee blyedreksetraild well-behaved persons,
came and went fortunately without the occurrence of any
casualty to mar the occasion. Mr. Spurgeon preached
from a kind of rostrum or platform improvised for hive
on the spot where at other times M. Jullien is accustom'sd
to wave his wand. His-sermon was an ordinary one, rend
in it he made no reference whatever to the disaster which
happened on his former appearance there, though in a
prayer which preceded it he invoked consolation for the
persons bereaved of their relatives on that occasion, and
forgiveness for those with whom the calrimity origi-
nated. He also sought in the course of the service to
correct certain rumours which, he said, prevailed in
reference to himself and his congregation, an d especially
that which attributed to them an intention to build a
place of worship capable of containing 15,0N00 people,
which, he said, was just treble the number th ey sought
to accommodate. For his own part, be adds d, he had
no wish for such a place, hut at the same tix-e he had
also no desire, Sunday after Sunday, to have' as many
people go away as entered the edifice ire which he was
accustomed to preach in New Park-street. He never
asked any one to come and hear him; but they did
and' would he did not see how he was to be blamed for
it.' If, however, it was a sin, it was a ver y uncom-
mon one—one which very few ever committed, but which
many would -like-to commit if they ceuld. He -went on
to state that some had suggested that he ought not to
admit anyone to that hall except by ticket. But it should
be remembered that he-had. come there for the very pur-
pose of preaching to those who could not afford to pay
for seats, and he wished as msny as possible of the gene-
ral public to come. His discourse was altogether free
&pm any of the peculiar sallies with which it is said be
is accustomed to startle his audience, and sometimes to
mine them to laughter. In .that respect, perhaps, it
was no lair specimen of the kind of preaching with which
the public associate -his name ; but it now and then
abounded with striking metaphors, indicating consider-
able power of imagination, heightened by m .re energy .
of, action and graphic language than one is accustomed
tol see and bear in the pulpit, and in these qualities
seems to lie the secret of his popularity, such as it is.

(From the .11orniag Post.)
Mr, Spurgen made his reappearance at the Surrey
Music Hall ye4erday morning, his patrons and sup-
porters having secured to their favourite oracle the re-
occupancy of this fine building f:,r more consecutive •
Sundays. •
;The curiosity natural to Londoners has been fully ex-
cited during the past week by the announcement that
Mr. Spurgeon would resume that pulpit from which,
only a few short weeks since, he witnessed a scene of
horror which might have palled the stoutest heart.
Wobably an expectaticn that the preacher would descant
at some length upon that terrible calamity and give his
own impressions of the causes which led to it may have
had something to do with assembling together the enor-
toous crowd which, for a long period before the gates
were opened, surrounkid the entrances of the Surrey
gardens yesterday morning. If this were so,•they must
have been to a great extent disappointed, for Mr. Spur-
geon made but little allusion to the catastrophe, and
almost confined his observations extraneous to the re-
ligious service to an exposition of the intentions of Me

friends in relation to the erection of a monster Taber-
nacle.
. The members of the Park-street Chapel congregation
and many others were admitted to the Music Had by
private tickets before the doors opened to the public.
When the latter entered the body of the hall was already
well filled, but the galleries and corridors afforded ac,
commodation for so large a number that when all in
attendance had been provided with seats there was stilt
room and to spare; the audience probably at no period.
exceeding 8,000 persons.
At a quarter to 11 o'clock Mr. Spurgeon was conducted
by Mr. Olney, and other deacons of Park-street Chapel,
to an enormous pulpit constructed to snit the preacher's
style of oratory, with sufficient space to walk backwards
and forwards while addressing his congregation. The
service commenced with a prayer by Mr. Spurgeon
who, after invoking the blessing of God upon the ser.
vice, proceeded to pray—" Wherever people are assein.
bled to worship God, that place is sacred—whether be-
neath the magnificent canopy of the blue sky or in a
building such as 'that in which we are assembled—
every place is sacred when devoted to such a purpose,
for God is everywhere. May God be in our midst at
this time ! Let nothing frighten Ilia sheep. Grant that
they tray feed in quietness. Grant that the preacher
may preach with that earnestness which becomes a
man who must soon stand before his Maker's bar—a.
dying man to dying men. May this be a time of great
display of the grace of God. Let sinners be saved. Let
the people be saved, and glory be begotten to the name
of the Most High God by this service. Thou who hest
shown us gre it troubles wilt quicken us again, and
Bbnlnitgteuns
ufrscianniti h
we
odueop,tihes of o
i us
to
v or
the
tioiTkh,oujifwt huo
pbastthe

Gran
blessings among us. .
light of Thy countenance upon us, and muitiply Thy
that music, sweeter than is
often heard here, may arise—even the music of the peni-
tential the aspiration of
"the breaking heart
mourning
sigh,
was followed by a hymn, in which the
combination of many thousand voices had a grand anti
over its own wickedness.
This prayer
imposing effect. The preacher next read the 15th chap-
ter of the Gospel according is St, Mark, interspersing
copious c mmentaries upon the ii cidents of our Saviour's
trial and condemnation before Pontius Pilate. This
p irtion of the service concluded, prayer was again
offered, in the course of whic't Mr. Spurgeon made a
brief allusion to the lae catastrophe, Imploring blessings
and heavenly consolations upon those who have been
bereaved, or suffered injury on that occasion.
Previously to selecting his text, Mr. Spurgeon said—
"l wish, my dear friends, to say a word or two be-
fore I commence preaching to-day. There have been a
great many rumours abroad respecting the new chapel
the building of which has been contemplated by a num-
ber of my friends. It has been asserted that we want
to build a tabernacle capable of holding. 15,000 people I
With respect to that I pill only Eay that some truthful
person has thought fit to put a' 1 ' before the ' 5,' for
we have never entertainer even a thought of building
such a place. It has, however, been thought that a
place of worship capable of acconmodating about 5,000
persons was necessary, For my own part I have no
Sab-
bath after Sabbath, so many people go away as
wish for such a place—only I cannot bear to see,
the chapel were we have been accustomed to assemble
for worship. It is the will of people to come in large
multitudes to listen to my feeble proclamation of the
truths of the Gospel. I have not asked them to come
t
enter
--it is their own free will; and if it is a
they should do so, it is at least an uncommon sin
which many others would like to commit if theye pay for
It has been said let those who wish to Ilea:
to
I have in
their seats. That would defeat the
obojaennot afford to
sin in me
sin
wish to ad-
view. I wart to preach to whothose.s my
pay for seats in a chapel, and it i
Possible. There
nosed round to-day ;
mit as many of the general public as P
will be no collecting-boxes
1P
bthuetb in this ball, the
yip expenses attending
e weare disposed will be re.
contributions of such as
Do you think we are
celebrationa
there
oa
ceived at the doors on leaving.
would not have your
think so, we
begging. If you .
freDivninecessarrsi
open for all to do just as they
it is
money as a gift.
aes friends, I know, are most anxious on
like. Many —my
larger place of worship than we have
the subject of a
at present, and would g ice double what they have done
if they could afford is
proposed to hold a eervice
it. It
here on the three following Sunday mornings. It •
la
veniencc of my congregation to attend
much to the incon
comfortable place of worship elsewhere.
here. We have si,.together.
are very haPPY . there I have a con-
There we
~ and Ns runny members as any mortal man
con-
gregation, Is is only with a .of - '
can desire. vtow winning souls to
d ome to this
God that, we hay c
.larger place, and should
she accused of otht r objects, the Judgment-day will
we • motives have ..
lay bare what our
The rev. gentleman took Lis text from the sth. chapter
of St. Paul'sXpistle to the Romans, v. 8—" But God
essernendeth His love towards us, in that, whilewe were
yet sinners,rehrist died for us." Upon this passage the
rev. gentleman preached an eloquent discourse, setting
forth the love and condescen...t.ion of God towards a sinful
world in the expiatory sacrifice of His Son. The sermon
was listened to throughout with marked attention by the
congregation, the sonorous voice of the preacher pene-
trating to the remotest corner of the hall.
aste quietly
At the close of thesermetn the va,t afige mbl .
dispersed, --
-
A body of police under Mr. Superiutendent Lund,
were in attendance within the hall as well as in the gar.
i dew, and preserved admirable order.

If6'

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APARTMENTS.—
Wanted for a Lady and her Servant, a
SITTING-ROOST, Three BED ROOMS, and separate KIT-
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thoroughfare ; between Ch•'ring-cross and Hyde-park•corner
preferred. Any Party unused to letting would find the
advertiser a desirable occupant. References exchanged.
Address, with full particulars, T, 104, Strand.

E R MAJESTY'S THE ATRE.—
M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Last
Week but Two—New Grand French Quadrille—the grand
Selection from La Traviata—Miss DOLBY and Signor MIL•
LARDl—First appearance this Season of the celebrated
Pianist Miss ARABELLA GODDARD.
Programme for THIS EVENING (Monday, Nev. 24):
Part I, Overture, William Tell —RossiniFlirta-
tion—Jullien ; Symphony, Andante from the 'Symphony in E
flat—Mozart; Song, "The green trees whispered low and
mild" (words by Longfellow)—Miss Dolby ; Solo, Trombone,
Lieder ohne Worte, Signor Ciefft --M.endelssohn ; Polka, My
Mary Anne (the thirteenth time)—Jullien (dedicated to Mrs.
Barney Williams); Ea, tasia, Pianoforte, the Recollections
of Irebs d, iss Arabella Goddard —Moscheles ; Varsovienne,
the Warsaw—Jullien ; Cavatina, " Una furtive, lagrima,"
Signor Millardi Conizetti ; the French Quadrille, the
fourteenth time of performance (Jullien), with variations for
flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, ophicleidc, and cornet, per-
formed by MM De Folley, Young, Collinet, Lavigne, Son-
nenberg, Hughes, and Kcenig. Finale ; "Part ant pour
la, Sync." " Vive l'Empereur"—Jullien.
Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's opera
of " Traviata," with solos for violin, oboe, flute, clarinet,
trumpet, ophicleide, and cornet, by Messrs. Le Hon. Lavigne,
De Folley, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes, and Koenig, being
the Eft' time of performance. Scotch song, " Come ferry me
o'er " (Mrs. Groome) Miss Dolby ; Valse, La Prima Donna
Jullien ; Cornet Obligate, Herr Koenig ; Solo, Les Parti-
neurs (Le Prophete) Liszt; Valets, Victory—Koenig ; Galop
—D'Albert.
M. Janie' has the honour t announce that he has made
arrangements with Miss Juliana May (prima donna from the
Grand Opera at Verona), and Madame Eliza Pome (from
the principal theatres of Italy), who will shortly appear.
Conductor— rivate
M. Jullien To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of
admission :—Promenade, Is. ; Dress circle, 2s. 6d. P
boxes, 10s. 6d., gt is , and upwards. Private boxes to be
secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre
at all the principal libraries and musiesellers'; and at Jullien
and-Co.'s, 214, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Mlnager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening
during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices.
Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; First Circle, 59. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls,
10s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas.
In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented
snecess that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN
OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that
he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer,
Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing, upon the
eminent Italian Artistes to forego their Continental engage-
ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the
most celebrated operas of the great composers :—Madame
Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed- '
lawk, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini,
Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere,
Mr. Tenxant, and Herr Formes. Powerful band and corn.
plete chorus. under the direction of Signor Li Calzi.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
Donizotti's opera seria, LUCREZIA BORGIA (positively
for the last time). Supported by Madame Grisi, Madame
Amad:iM Gassier, Signor Calaudreili, Signor Rovere,
Signor 'Albicini, Signor Gabussi, Signor Mattoni, Signor
Mariani, and Signor Volpini.
After which, PATTER V. CLATTER. Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. Templeton, &c.
To conclude with a Ballet, in which Malles. Osmont will
appear.
Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs.
Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office
of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment
an early application is solicited. The Free List will
be entirely suspended.
Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, and during the week,
(Wednesday excepted), will be performed THE SCHOOL
FOR SCANDAL, in which lir. Murdoch will appear as
Charles Surface; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir
Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstsne ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton;
Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ;
Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a wig), Mr. W. Farren ;
Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ;
Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After
which, the new and successful farce, A FAMILY FAILING,
in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, and
Miss Blanche Fane will appear. With (for positively the
last six eights), the ballet of EL GAMBUSINO, by Perea
Nena and her unrivalle,l Company of Spanish Dancers. To
conclude with MY LITTLE ADOPTED.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI:
Real Success. Great Adelphi Hit !
THE ELVES, a Grand New Fairy Ballet Extravaganza, in
which Madame Celesta will appear as the Statue Bride every
night. Mr. Wright and Mr. Leigh Murray every eveninc
in the new comic drama of A Border Marriage.—THlS
EVENING, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT : by Mr. Leigh Murray,
Mr. Parselle, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, with ne*
scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, a new grand
fairy ballet extravaganza, called THE ELVES, or the Statue
Bride, founded on the grand ballet spectacle, now perform-
ing with unexampled success at the Theatre Iroperiale de
l'Opera at Paris, under the title of Les Elfes. Principal cha-
racters by Madame Celesta, Misses Wyndham, Mary Keeley,
Kate Kelly, Chatterly, Arden, Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford,
C. Selby, Le Barr, Sec. Concluding with A BORDER M,klL-
-11.IA.GE. Sir Walter aebnrn, Mr. Leigh Murray; Dandle,
Mr. Wright ; Mistress RWilloughby, Miss Wyndham.

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING and during the week
will he presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM.
To conclude with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO
(compressed into three acti). Rolla, Mr. C. Kean; Elvira,
Mrs. C. Kean.
Mendelssohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7.

YCETJM THEATRE ROYAL.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING (Monday), the highly successful Play
of FABIAN, or "La Mesalliance." Fabian, Mr. C. Dillon ;
Pauline, Mrs. C. Dillon.
After which, a Ballet Divertissement from ESMERALDA,
by Miss Rosina Wright and Corps de Billet.
Followed by KING'S MUSKETEERS. Mr. C. Dillon and
Miss Woolgar.
Concluding with DOING THE HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole

ROYAL SURREY TTE AT RE.
Lesse.s, M9sksrs. Shepherd. and. Creswick.
THIS EVENING, ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. Creswick ;
ita,shleigh, Mr. Potter ; Francis, Mr. Charles ; Bailie Nigol
Jarvie, Mr. Vollaire ; Dougal, Mr. Tapping ; Major Gal-
braith, Mr. S. Smith ; Helen Macgregor, Mn.e Brookes ;
Diana Vernon, Miss Ellis.
To conclude with DRED.

T RAND T A.T RE. —nana9,er, Mr. T.
Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
LITTLE DORRIT. Mes rs. Howard, G. Lee, Fitzgerald.
THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS. Mesdames Cuthbert, Fitz-
Inman, ke. And THE CAPT %IN S NOT A MISS.
C,,mmenee at Seven. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d,

ROYAL OLYMPIC TFI.E.A.TR E.
Lesigne, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING WIVES AS THEY WERE AND
MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining;
Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swan-bo.ronot (her first appearance).
And (first time), a new farce, JONES THE AVENGER;
Messrs. F. Robson, J. Rogers, and Miss Marston.
Commence at ha f-least Seven.

riIELEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS,
It tinder Mati,gement of Mr Phelps.
THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Phelps ;
(Most, Mr. H. Marston ; Gravedigger, Mr. L. Ball ; Queen,
Miss Atkinson ; Ophelia, Miss M Eburne.
To conclude with FRIEND WAGGLES.

ASTLEY'S ROY .L AMPHITHEA.TRE.
Leggee Manafzer, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING the triumphantly successful Equestrian
Speetacle, called DRED ; or, A Tale of the Dismal Swamp.
With its delineations of Equestrian Negro Life, by Mr. W
Coake's Horses, trained by him, Terrific Sinking of the
Steeds in the darksome swamp. &e.
After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE ; appearance
of miss Kate Cooke, &c.
To conclude with NUMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS.
at half-rmt six ; commence at seven o'clock.
B017:07a5 open
ceopen from Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr.
W. Went. Equestrian Director, Jrir. W. Cooke, juu.

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C A.NTERBURY HALL, West
--The -
OPEN EVERY EVENlN;ainster-reari._
Mrgsals, Choruses,
follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for th
Caniti.eri Caulfield,
. sd, Herr F.
Selections from Al the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
of
Glees, Ducts, k,c., viz. : —Miss E. Pearce,
Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; Mr. J.
Jenghmans, E. Grover, T. R.ino T. Farrant
Barker, IV. Melling, and P. Corrie Masters Austin •T• ,
H. A. ; harmonium, J. CaulfieldPiLlo7
nett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. M3,ekuy."l, Ben-
forte, ,T. HarrownY,
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clo'efc'l,','
until twelve o'clock. In additioiir -
cisely. Suppers, dEc.,
the nanal Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANIStIoI
MINSTRELS will appear in costu
som me e
ofat Nine
n and Eleven
o'clock Every Evening, and sing theirfavourite sele
tions.
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WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Evening 0 min. aft. 12
Tn-Moußaw—Morn.l9 min. sit.l2—Evening 37 min. aii„l2

THE WEA.TFIER—SIIN OPTICS, NOVEMBER 23.
TEIZIIMOVETXII, IN THE SZIADII.
56 -highest sinab noon yesterday.
52 - lowest this morning mid during tha night.
54i --this day at noon.
BARnIifrTER, 30.05.
WIND, N.W. to W.N.W.—Light, with fine, sunshiny
weather.

NOVEnZER 21.
57—hIgheat since' noon yesterdNy.
52—lowest this morning and during Oa sight.
66—this clay at noon.
RA, ROM 29.88--fal
cloud.s and
N.W.— Strong, with heavytling
gusty weather, but fine.

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L .ON, MON i) v
, NOVEMBER 24, 1866,

There is joy in Threadneedle-street. The
Money Market is once more envy.That is to
say, the necessary accommodation for carrying on
the trade and commerce can be obtained...albeit,

at an exorbitant cost of some 8, 10, or 12 per
cent., that completely destroys the profit of the
mei chants and manufacturers, or rather transfers
it into the pockets of the moneyocracy. All
classes of securities are once more buoys nt, and
quotations on the stock exchange have materially
improved, and all these felicitous results are
mainly ascribable to the almost simultaneous
arrival of the Lightning and the long-expected
and anxiously looked-for James Baines—the
former bringing gold worth, in round terms, some
560,0001., the latter 700,0001., or in terms, some
one million and a quarter sterling ! These sums
are not even added to our own stock of bullion.
Our continental competitors are still in the field,
and as they are willing to pay more for the
coveted article than the Bank is permitted to do,
under its charter, they must, of course, obtain
the preference I We are indeed congratulating
ourselves that, out of the amount brought by the
Lightning, 70,000/., or one-eighth of the whole,
has escaped their clutches, and that reasonable
expectations may be entertained that a portion
of the remittances by the James Baines may be
permitted to remaiu in the country !
Can there possibly be a stronger commentary
on the terrible operation of our iniquitous mo-
netary code than that afforded by this extraordi-
nary state of affairs ° What would be thought
of a private individual worth, in houses, land,
furniture, cattle, stock in trade, and " capital" of
other descriptions, some 5,0001. or 6,0001., being
materially affected in all his transactions, and his
mind being greatly exalted or depressed by the
addition or substraction of a sovereign and a quar-
ter? Should he, in the former event, be prepared
to launch into extravagance, or to indulge himself
with luxuries, or, in the latter, to cut off ordinary
comforts, and dispose of a portion of his real pro-
perty at a heavy sacrifice—should it fluctuate
in value from such comparatively trivial causes—
the man who so acted would be thought a fitting
inmate for a lunatic asylum, and the certificate
'of two medical practitioners would be thought
unnecessary to show that he was incompetent to
the due management of his own affairs.
And yet this is precisely what we are doing
under the existing currency laws. Political eco-
nomists unanimously concur in the opinion that
there is a complete analogy between the affairs of
nations and of individuals. Now, the accumu-
lated and realised property in the United Kingdom
has never been estimated lower than from five to six
thousand millions, and a million and a quarter,
the amount conveyed by the Lightning and James
Baines, bears the same proportion thereto that
11. ss. would to the property of a man worth
5,0001. or 6,0001. Should not, then, our legis-
lators be held justly responsible for the purely
gratuitous and uncalled-for inconvenience occa-
sioned to the industrial interests of the country,
by the vast addition to the price of money, and
the exorbitant rate demanded, and reluctantly
paid, for pecuniary accommodation ?
But we are told that there was a marked ame-
lioration in the Bank Returns, which sufficiently
indicated the turn of the tide, even before the
arrival of the Australian treasure ships. The
weekly account of the Balk of England for the
week ending the 14th instant showed an addition
to the bullion in both departments of 154,0151.,
and to.the notes unemployed of 46,380/., while
there has been a simultaneous reduction of the
active circulation by no less than 300,950/.
This decided amelioratien could not have been
produced in a single day. It must have been
spread over the whole of the week, and the Di-
rectors of the Bank must have been perfectly cog.
nisant thereof at the time when they gave a fur.
ther turn to the monetary screw, by advancing the
minimurn discount to a uniform rate of 7 per
cent., and decided that bills having more than 30
days to run should tot be rediscounted for the
brokers. It therefore appears on the infallible
evidence of their own accounts that the announce-
ment which, as we were told by the bu lionist
organ, " caused considerable surprise," was wholly
uncalled for, and that all the risk and inconveni•
once to the commercial world might have been
averted without the slightest danger. There is,
however, a significant explanation of the change.
The addition to the Rest during the week has
been 17,226/., much more than the average at
this season ; and there is every reason to suppose
that the profits will be still greater before we see
any material reduction in the starvation price
of money, or of the unnatural constraint, that has
so long paralysed every department of commerc
and enterprise. The public may feel naturally
indignant, but the Directors will laugh in their
sleeves. The Bank may exclaim with the muse,
celebrated by Horace—
" Populus me sibilat, at Iniki plaude
Ipse doing, sintulac nummos contentplor in arcs!"

extent of 19,000,000 !" Mr. WILSON now holds
an important office, as Secretary of the Treasury.
He may be unable to pursue an independent
course ; but surely his opinion must have con-
siderable weight with the Government of which
he is a respected and influential member, and he
♦entures to assert that they will not be withheld
whenever " the pressure from without" shall
force the all-important question on the considera-
tion of the Cabinet !

In accordance with the advice given in these
columns to the population down the river, the
Erith Drainage Committee and the people of

Gravesend are' in arms about the sewerage of the

metropolis. They very naturally object to have

the filth of London emptied in their neighbour-

hood, and call upon Government to interfere on

their behalf. The Erith Committee are about to

urge by deputation on Lord PALMERSTON the
propriety of appointing a scientific commission to
take the subject of the metropolitan sewerage into
consideration, with due regard to the future, as
well as the present. Further, they are about to
seek the co-operation of the authorities of Graves-
end, which, no doubt, they will secure. The more

combined and resolute the movement, and the less
the delay, the better for all parties.
That the Metropolitan Board will agree to the
amendments on the plan B suggested by Sir BEN-
JAMIN HALL is exceedingly likely. The Board
will undertake no more on its own responsibility
than it can help ; and the Chief Commissioner
having stated the minimum to which he can give
his assent, that minimum is pretty sure to be
adopted. The result will be what the people of

An increased issue of paper would relieve the
general distress, but the Directors have reduced
the active circulation by 309,9501. during the
last week-, of which the public have any account,
in addition to 297,0001. abstracted in the preced-
ing week, being more than 600,000/. within a
single fortnight. Can the persons who have thus
acted be considered proper controllers and in‘-
nagers of so important a department, on which
the welfare and prosperity of the nation so greatly
depend

It is obvious that they should, at the earliest
possible moment, be relieved from a trust which
they have so shamefully disregarded, and which,
indeed, was directly counter to their own peculiar
interests. The direction of the national currency
should be placed under the care of public officers,
directly responsible to Parliament for their acts.
There should be a really national Bank, and really
national notes, of convenient denominations,
which, as clearly pointed out by Mr. JAMES WIL-
soN, M.P., nearly ten years since, would " im-
mediately liberate at least twenty millions of
capital from unproductive us% and render it
available for the purchase of food and raw mate-
rials, for the employment of our population, and
for all the purposes to which such an increase of
capital could be applied." This is what the nation
requires, and this it will obtain, if the people are
only true to themselves, and persist steadily in the
demand for that which their welfare and prospe-

rity
so imperatively require.
As to the effects to be produced by this im-
portant change we shall adept the words of the
present
Secretary of the Treasury (in the
Economist, of 9th May,
1847). The Honourable
Gentleman said
-- " While therefore, at present,
we economise the
capital of the country by the
use of five-pound notes and upwards to the extent
of 14,000,0001., we would accomplish the same
to the extent of 34,000,000/. or 20,000,0001.
in addition, by the use of one-pound notes, and
with the most perfect safety, We should thus
immediately add to the effective capital of the
country, to our stock of commodities, or, what is
the
same thing, our command over them, to the
extent of 20,000,0001., just as much as if we dug
that quantity of bullion out of the centre of Eng-1
land ; in the saw) way as France will add to the
amount of her capital by extending her issues
from notes of the denomination of 201. to those
of 51., and in the same way as Russia has, by the
law of 1839, accumulated in the fortresses of St.
Peter's and St. bullion or capital to the

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Erith and Gravesend dread, unless Government is
moved by pressure from without to aid in carrying
the sewage to the sea, the only proper outlet.
What encouragement can be given for Government
interference becomes matter for careful considera-
tion. Chancellors of the Exchequer are not easily
convinced in questions of outlay ; and it will be
well to show what aid the population, including
the proprietors of the marshes, down the river
can render towards the accomplishment of their
desire. Liberality on their part will do them no
harm, however good their case. If they give
proof of their desire to contribute a fair quota to
the expenditure required the better chance they
will have of success. All that can reasonably be
demanded from the inhabitants of the metropolis
we are quite sure will be ungrudgingly conceded.
One thing they will not assent to, and that is any
unnecessary delay ; and in this they are perfectly
right. There is not a man of sense among them
but would gladly see the sewerage carried to Sea
Reach—that, in the general opinion, being the
proper point of outfall, The course to be adopted
is therefore quite clear, and we trust it will be
pursued with promptitude and energy.
One thing in connection with the drainage
question should not be overlooked, and that
is the sewage discharged into the Thames above
the metropolitan boundaries. This notoriously
affects the purity of the stream in an injurious
manner at the present time. The population is
rapidly increasing, and it will never do to have
the Thames relieved from metropolitan impuri-
ties, and suffer impurities nearer to the fountain-
head to be discharged into it. We draw atten-
tion to this subject because it is in danger of being
overlooked at a time when it should enter into
engineering calculation, in order to provision for
the future. The sewerage question may turn out
greater than it is believed. Of course, the
drainage of the metropolis is the primary con-
sideration, and must first be attended to. This,
however, is no reason why when it is to be done
it should not be done with au eye both to present
necessities and the probable requirements of the
future. On the contrary, it goes to prove the
wisdom of harmonious consultations, and of giving
the Government, so ably represented by the Chief
Commissioner, every legitimate encouragement to
lend its aid. As we have intimated before, with
an outfall at Erith, the great Drainage question
would be very imperfectly solved. To this we now
add, the same remark will in a minor degree apply
to any scheme which overlooks the sewage dis-
charged above the metropolitan boundaries
into the Thames. We really wish the able and
active Chief Commissioner of Works had reserved
more controlling power to himself in reference to
the drainage at the outset of the Board. We
should have had better hope of a perfect system
of drainage if he had. The Metropolitan Board
has shown itself, so far as yet, " very young,"
,e

THE ATLANTIC TELKGRAPII COMPANY,

SlB,—The projectors and provisional directors of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, considering that it will
be interesting to the public and your,elf to be ac-
quainted with the fact, have instructed me to inform
you that they have felt themselves justified by the
:vats of the subscriptio❑ list in accepting tenders for
the m inufacture and shipment of their cable by the 31st
of May next, and that they hope to effect electric tele•
graph communication between Europe and America by
the end of the following month. Nearly the whole of
their capital has been already subscribed, and when the
few remaln;.ng shares are taken the present acting body
will proceed to elect, upo❑ the nomination of the share-
holders themselves, a perman-nt board of direction.
Tile contract price for the cable is considerably within
the estimate, and to this, not the least gratifying part of
their announcement, the directors have now the pleasure
to add that they have just received a communication
from the Secretary of the Treasury evidencing, by the
liberal support promised to the company, the warm in-
terest taken in the project by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, and their readiness to encourage and promote its
-uccess.—l have the honour to remain, sir, your obe-
dient servant,
W. DE LA MOSE, Secretary pro tent.
Temporary offices, 117, Bisbopigate-street
Within, Nov. 21, 1856.

It is understood that it is not her Majesty's intention
to receive company at Windsor Castle at present, as has
been reported. The private band has been dismissed
until Christmas. •
His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess Per,,igny entertained a select circle at dinner,
last evening, at Albert-gate House.
The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk has taken the man-
sion in Hamilton-place, late the residence of the Earl of
Cork and Orrery.
The Earl Granville paid a visit to the new school of
science and art at Brompton on Saturdiy morning.
The Earl and Countess of Desert are staying on a
visit at Ashdown Park, the seat of the Earl and Ciun-
tees Craven.
Viscount Hawarden has arrived in town from his seat,
Dundrum Cashelf, Ireland.
L ,rd de Tabley has arrived in town from Knutsford,
Che.hire.
Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison have taken a house
on the Marine Parade, Brighton, for the season.
The marriage of Capt. Fitzclarence and the Hon. Miss
Sydney is fixed for the 2d of next month.
The marriage of Col. Bidduiph with the Hon. Mary
Seymour is fixed to take place on the 2d proximo.
The marriage of Col. Paget with Miss Grenfell is to
take place on Wednesday next.
Capt. Hasting's R Yelverton, C. 8., le appointed Aide-
de Camp to the Queen, in the room of Lord Edward
Russell, promoted to flag by the demise of Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Joscelino Percy.
ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF IRELAND.—Writs
bearing testa yesterday have issued for electing a Tem-
poral Peer of Ireland, to succeed the vacancy made by
the demise of James, Earl of Bandon, in the House of
Lords.
At Hamburg the rate of discount has receded to 51
per cent.
The Omar Pasha brings 2,268 ounces of gold, valued
at 9,0721., instead of 2,000 sovereigns, as previously
reported. The Phrenioian has also arrived from Sydney,
but has little, if any, gold.
GENERAL BELTSON. - His Royal Highness the
General Commanding-in-Chief has ordered a court of in-
quiry to assemble in London immediately, composed of
the following officers :—Lieutenant General Sir Colin
Campbell, G.C.8., President ; Major-General Lord
William Paulet, C. 8., Major-General Lawrenson, C. 8.,
Major-General Cameron, C. 8., Colonel Norcott, C.B.
The duty imposed upon this court is to investigate. the
serious charges and accusations made. during -the recent
war by general Shirley against General 'Beaten!, and
fromwh hiichscora
chargesra aelned.Lootl;6erveremoval: of . the - latter Officer

APPOINTMENTS.—The Duke of Newcastle is appointed
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, in the room of the TESr
Earl of Scarborough, deceased. The Right Hon. J. .., .
LA.O NE W •
s
;neat Wortley, Recorder of London, is appointed her ...........
\lajesty's Solicitor-General. The Queen has appointed
\lr. Sergeant IC.' iglake (brother of the author of , Nov. 23, 1 P.M.
" Eothen ') Recorder of Bristol, in the room of Sir A. td vices from Constar
J. Cockburn, appointed Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas. Mr. Henry Davison, of the Inner Temple and ‘24 hours in office.
the Welsh and Chester circuit, is appointed a Puisne .loultd not agree.
Judge of the Supreme Court at Madras.
Das ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.— •••
A. large meeting of influential persons was held on Satur- ItARIZID, Nov. 20.
day last in Chester, the Marquis of Westminster in the
chair, for the purpose of taking steps for securing the is actively emplo3
visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to that city in ; of the new flan(
the year 185 S. Resolutions iu furtherance of the object
la view were passed, and the necessary eneasures for
oromoting the objects of the meeting duly taken. ....
The Bishop of Down and Connor has invited the Rev. iR SBURG, Nov. 27
Dr. Cumming, the well-known Minister of the Scottish
Presbyterian Church, and lecturer against Popery, to ,la s has a son.
visit him in the episcopal palace, near Belfas'. Dr.
Cumming has accepted She invitation, and undertaken to
give a course of lectures in that city. lent of the T imes (s.
CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL.—
The Very Rev. Dr. Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop
elect of the Diocese of London, was consecrated yestei • ins -of the foreign
day morning by his Grace the Lord Primate, in the testion as a matter
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, occasion being taken at the
same time to ordain the Rev. H. Cotterill, 111. A., to the ing satidactorily s
Colonial Bishopric of Graham's Town, in succession to what is meant.
the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, deceased.
THE NEW BISHOP OF LONDON.—The Lord Bishop of sntic) still insists
London has appointed the following gentlemen to be his Boigrad, and tl7
chaplains :—The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A.,
Canon of Canterbury, Examining Chaplain ; the Rev. 3quivocal now as
Frederick Blomfield, M.A., Rector of St. Andrew, Uns night since. I
dershaft ; the Rev. A. Ramsay Campbell, M.A., Rector
AL de Persi
of Aston ; the Rev. Frederick Gell, M.A., Fellow of
Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev, Wm. Knight, land, gave tra
'A.A.., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, Secretary
British Governex
to the Church Missionary Society.
DEATH OF A FORMER DEAN OP SALISBURY.—Our
in France must 1
obituary columns have recorded the death, at Sonning, M. de Walewski
Berkshire, of the Rev. Hugh Nicholas Pearson, D.P.,
in his 80th year. He graduated at St. John's College, he Conferences,
Oxford, in 1800, and took the higher degrees of B.D. I will continue •
and D.D. as a "grand compounder" in 1821. In the
year 1807 the prize of •500/. given by the Rev. Claudius of the French
Buchanan, D.D. (Vice-Provost of the College of Fort .d, Austria, and
William, Bengal), for the best essay on missions in ,
Asia, was adiudged to Mr. Pearson, who printed the understanding g
work at the Oxford press in the next year under the r of Serpents. Il
' title of A Dissertation on the Propagation of Christianity
in Asia. He obtained the Deanery of Salisbury in 0 agree the Cs
' 1823, and resigned it in 1846, and since that time has in matters conn
been living in retirement at Sonning, where he died it you may be
last week, surviving by six years his successor in the
deanery, the Rev. F. Lear, B.D. it will not ag
An original picture by Raphael, belonging to the share in a dis
Royal Collection, has been lately rescued from oblivion
at Hampton Court. It seems (says the Athenecurn) to be )reign to the Os
the portrait of Raphael by his own hand, which was sendant of the
described by Passavant in his tour in England as exist-
ing in Kensingt sn Palace at the time of his visit. Since k that the es
that period many of the choicest pictures have been re- .gus in France •
moved to Hampton Court, in order to afford the public
a free enjoyment of them, and this appears to have been rope
overlooked in the transit. The words " Raffaello Urbi- t present sevt
i sus fcc." are inscribed on a button of the painter's dress.
RAPHAEL' CARTOONS AT HAMPTON COURT.—Hitherto, this city, solo
these enormous works have been fixtures . against the trin" of Lon
m
wall, and so great was their size that in case of any sud-
the head of the
den necessity it would have been impossible to get them
ont of the windows. Now, by means of very simple and It is related.
clever machinery, the cartoons can be slid down from
their usual level to touch the ground, moving as easily avouring to j
with balanced weights as the sash of an ordinary win- a share in ti
dory. In case of need for artists to study, these massive
works can be detached from the line in which they slide, it to believe,
and be turned round in any direction best suitable to the Austrians ar
student. More than this, the cartoons themselves have
.sir patriotism
been fitted upon newly-se:rade strainers, which may in an
instant, by unbuttoning, be detached from the frames ; a in the comet
and the strainers are constructed with a joint in the 3r to march h
middle, so as to bend forward and f rld the cartoon hori-
zontally, to facilitate the transport. tier in sorrel
THE TURNER COLLECTION, MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE.— 000. It is
The following pictures have been added to the Turner
Collection at Marlborough-house, and will be open to the [piles are c
public to-day, the 24th :-471. Jason in search of the but nature
Golden Fleece (1802). 477. The Goddess of Discord in
the Garden of the Hesperides; (1806). 487. Ruin—Cattle to such a
in water (about 1811). 507. Scenes from Boccaccio tvette learn
(1828). 508. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus (1829). 517.
,Ited. Russil
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedaeg,o (1832). 519. Rego-
Ins leaving Roam (1827). 555. The Visit to the Tomb Lien the let
(1850).
MISS CATHERINE HAYES AND HER GOLD BROOCH.— ariority of l
On Wednesday last, as Miss Hayes was leaving London The corm
for Brighton, between the station and the carriage, she is so impat
had the misfortune to lose a geld brooch, formed in the
shape of Erin's harp, handsomely studded with diamonds, a order it
presented to her by the inhabitants of Victoria, South poses. Or
Australia, during her recent visit to that capital. On
her arrival in Brighton she imaaediately telegraphed to Russia is tl
London announcing her loss. A gentleman happened According
fortunately to be the finder, who instantly delivered it to
the cantatrice, declining to receive any reward but the 3olognc th
cost of the advertisements. We hope the fair vocalist of h, who roe'
many climes will favour the honest finder with a pretty
epistle and her autograph, which will soon be valuable if rest at t'
all (notes) are true. a Hereditz
LIMERICK AND ENNIS RAILWAY.—The deed of con•
tract was signed on Tuesday by Mr. Dargan, the con- system WI
tractor. The spirit of progress is making way in our leans of
county.— Glare Journal. tted wit'
THE SOUTH DURHAM AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION
.eff
RAILWAY.—A meeting of provisional directors and gen-
, in 1
tlemen interested in the proposed "South Durham and Lie netv
Lancashire Junction Railway" was held on Tuesday last
at Kirkby Stephen, when John Wakefield, Esq., was Is in th,
elected chairman, and Henry Pease, Esq., deputy-char- His, rea'
man. There were gentlemen present from Kendal,
Kirkby Stephen, Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middles- The Fri
borough, &c., and it was unanimously resolved to pro- that he
secute the undertaking with the utmost vigour. We
understand that 30,0001. was subscribed in the room, t, which
and that among the subscriptions were the following : • to be
John Wakefield, Esq., 5,0001. ; Jos. Pease, 5,0011. ;
Matthew Thompson, Esq., 5,0001. ; Bouch, E-q., I certain
C.E , 5.000/. ; Isaac Wilson, Esq., 2,500/. ; Henry a few d
Pease, Esq., 3,0001. ; John Whitwell, Esq., 1,000/. ; rent on
J. J. Wilson, Esq., 1,000/.—lVestmoreland Gazette,
LEWES AND UCEFIELD RAILWAY.—On Thursday last .ed. him '
the committee of the directors, including the chairman,
P. W. Blencowe, Esq., Sir H. Shiffner, Bart., Sir C.
Blunt, Bart., A. Donovan, Esq., J. Ellinan, Esq., E. eferenc(
Barchard, Esq., and B. Godlee, Esq., lied an interview comes[
with the directors of the Brighton Railway Company,
by whom they were mist courteously received. The ob-
ject of the interview was to obtein from the Brighton ierr vo
Railway Company a guarantee of 4 per cent. upon the
estimated outlay of constructing the above railway. The tae, ha
plans were carefully gone through, and the object of the deratic
interview at once acceded to, so that the new project is
now placed upon a safe, satisfactory, and remunerative ring d
basis to the shareholders.—Sussex Express. Etch, d
THE COLLISION ON THE NEWPORT AND HEREFORD
RAILWAY.—The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Hands and s a pr,
Mr. Hicks, who met their deaths by the collision near
Nantyderry on the 12th inst., was resumed on Friday LE D
and Saturday at Abergavenny—evidence being tendered
to disprove the charges of neglect made against the corn- se Boy
pany, and Mr. Humphreys cross-examining the witnesses Ug :
at 25 miles an hour, must neces-
with the view of showing that on a line ever so properly 4th, t
made and kept, an engine run on the curve described, officil
with a broken spring, al, pr
sarily run off. The inquest wes then adjourned until ter.
Wednesday next, and will probably occupy two or three ler 0
days more. ility
FIRE AT TRINITY CHURCH, MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday Mold
morning, during Divine service, a fire, though not of a , Fre
serious character, broke out in the above church. It ap-
tioT
pears that a number of bandies of firewood had become
j ignited in the furnace-room on the basement of the
trkis.
sacred edifice. This room was under and between the
side and middle aisles, at the north end of the building. e, sa
The engines of the parish, several of the London ""g2
gist.'Brigade, and that of the West of England Office were
promptly sent for, and they as promptly attended ; but,
fortunately, the fire was extinguished during the inter-
val, the damage being confined to the destruction of 12
or 14 bundles of wood, and the splitting of the large
TI
stone over the hot-air flue. From the inquiries made it
was ascertained that the fire was occasioned by the over- ress'
heating of the het-air flue. )IIT
FIRE IN BEDFORDBURY.—Yesterday afternoon, about DCO7
four o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the im her
mediate neighbourhood of Bedfordbury, Chendoe-street She
Cevent-garden, owing to a fire breaking out in the pre: o,
miser belonging to Mr. Roceolkake, hair-dresser, carry 'ofc
ing on business at No. 21, in the first-named street it
The flames originated in the ground floor, and when by
discovered the back rooms and the whole of the bedding
were in flames. The engines of the London Brigade, 83
from Chandos-street and other stations, were quickly in t(
attendance, and owing to the combined exertions of the P
fire nen and neighbours they succeeded in subduing the n
fire, but not, however, until considerable damage was 1
done to the building and its contents. Unfortunately
the sufferer was uninsured.
THE Mowseen WROUGHT IRON GUN.—We look for-
ward to the trials of Shoeburyness with guns of vari-
ous calibre, ending with the large wrought iron gun,
against the floating battery Trusty, with ceusiderable
Interest. It is reported that several officers and
men have volunteered to remain on board to signal
the effect of the shot. This may be true as re-
gards the guns of lees calibre, but we venture to
assert that when the time arrives for trying an arm
of so formidable a nature as the monster gun no
one having a
so critical a position. Had the Mersey Forge gun been
care fur his safety will dare to remain in
an untried weapon there might have been found men
sufficiently incredulous of its power to brave the danger,
but when it has been ascertained that at point blank, and
with a ekerge of 501 b., it can project a 2801 b. solid shot
6,080 yards, and that it shivers a wrought-iron plate of
the same strength as those protecting the floating batteries
as if it were a square of glass, there is reason sufficient
to make them pause before incurring any risk. To test
the power of the monster gun against the fleeting bat-
teries is a
such
step. It will show scientific men
how far sech bagel hos may be trusted iu the day of
danger, and it will teach the nation the value of this
splendid weapon, for which it is indebted to the
skill and enterprise of Liverpool, and the facilities
es
on the banks of the Mersey for working ge mas
of wrought iron. If the result is what we expect
it will be, and the worth of the monster gun is made
apparent by the destruction of the Trusty, it will be
a question for the immediate consideration of Govern-
ment whether the effective strength of our naval and
military establishments shall not be set on a perma-
nent peace footing by the addition of more wrought
iron guns, making our offensive power so formidable
that no nation shall dare to wag its .saucy tongue at
Old England,

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TIENNA, SIESDAY, Nov. 23, 1 P.M.
According to telegraphic ad-vices from Constan-
inople, Aali Pasha was only `4 hours in office.
Ho and Redschid Pasha coultd not agree.

MAIMID, Nov. 20.

The Ministry of Finance is actively employed
in producing a statement of the 11 e w financial
plans of M. Rorsallana.

ST. PETER SBURG, Nov. 21.
The Grand Duke Nichola s has a son.

The Vienna, correspondent of the TiDLCS (second

edition) caps--

"Almost all the organs -of the foreign press
speak of the Frontier Question as a matter which

is on the point of • being satisfactorily settled ;
but it is not clear to me what is meant. Ilussia
(and the news is authentic) still insists on re.

taining possession of Bolgrad, and the policy
of France is just as equivocal now' as it was
ten days or a fortnight since. It is well
known to me that M. de Persigny, on
his return. to England, gape tranquilising
assurances to the British Government, but

any change of measures in France must be preceded
by a change of men. M. de Walewski still insists
on a resumption of the Conferences, but Austria

says :

The effect produced on the funds by that step was
favourable.

The Bulletin, des Lois contains an Imperial de-
cree, opening a supplementary credit of 1,300,000 f.
to the public Treasury for the payment of military
pensions in the course of the present year.
BOURSE, Nov. 22.—This day the market has been
again buoyant, and securities obtained a decided
advance. It was reported that the directors of the
Bank of France had demanded of the Government
to increase its capital, which is now quite inade-
quate to the importance of its operations. The
market continued steady to the close, when the
following were the last quotations :
Cash. fr. c End of Month.
43/4 per Cents
3 per Cents 6B 20 68 5
N,

ew Loan
Bank Shares 3,990 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,415 Austrian
Belgian rive 5......... 97i— Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9O Home DOA

ItAiLwAYs-FOR CASH.

Orleans 1,265 'Western
Northern 950 Strasburg
Lyons 1,312 50 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,715 Grand Central ...... 592 50
Lyons Geneva
Teste
Cette

positively refuses, and will continue to refuse, to
accede to the wishes of the French Government
until France, England, Austria, and Turkey have
come to a complete understanding in regard to
Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents. When the Four
Powers are able to agree the Conference will
meet to settle certain matters connected with the
Treaty of Peace, but you may be sure that the
Emperor of Austria will not again permit his
representative to share in a discussion on any
matter which is foreign to the Oriental question.
The illustrious descendant of the Hapsburgs does
not seem to think that the establishment of a
permanent Areopagus in France would conduce to
the welfare of Europe
" There are at present several foreign finan-
ciers of note in this city, among others Messrs.
F. and A. G. Baring, of London, and Mr. W.
Borski, who is at the head of the firstßussian house
in Amsterdam. It is related that the three gen-
tlemen are endeavouring to persuade the Vienna
bankers to take 'a share in the Russian railroads,
but it is difficult to believe that such can be
the care. The Austrians are not particularly re-
markable for their patriotism, but still they will
not assist Russia in the construction of roads which
would enable her to march half a million of soldiers
across the frontier in somewhat less time than she
now could 50,000. It is asked here whether the
Barings and Hopes are considered good patriots
in England, but naturally no direct answer
can be given to such a ticklish question. The
Augsburg Gavette learns from Poland that,
if the projected Russian railroads, had been
completed when the late war broke out, " the
immense superiority of Russia would at once have
been seen." The correspondent does not deny
that Russia is so impatient to have her railroads
completed in order that she may use them for
military purposes. One of the most important
reforms in Russia is the abolition of the military
colonies. According to a correspondent of the
Gazette de Cologne the Russian military colonist
was a slave, who rose, worked, eat, prayed, and
retired to rest at the sound of the trumpet or
drum. As Hereditary Prince, Alexander saw the
evils of a system which he has now put an end
to by means of two ukases. Three steam-
sloops, fitted with screws, are to be built
at Nicolaieff, in 186'7. General Prince Barya-
tinski, the net* Stadtholder of the Russian
possessions in the Caucasus, who is on his
way to Tiflis, reached Astrakhan on the 19th of
Octobec. The Prince took such a roundabout road
in order that he might be able to inspect the Cas-
pian fleet, which has been greatly reinforced, and
is likely to be of the very highest importance
" should certain events occur in Persia." After
passing a few days at Astrakhan, Prince Barya-
tinski went on board the steamer Tonki, which
conveyed him to the fortress of Petroff."

In reference to the subject of Neuchatel, the
Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition)

" Herr von Sydow, the representative of Prussia
at Berne, had an audience of the President of the
Confederation on the 17th instant, and on the
following day delivered in to him the Prussian
despatch, demanding the liberation of the prison-
ers as a preliminary to all negotiations."