The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

BENSON'S 'WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."--3forning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 150 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and al, Ludate-hill, London, L.C. Bend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. 0 P E RA, OYAL ENGLISII• COVENT-GARDEN. m u l t r the r nana , 2:ement of Miss L. rylic and Mr.W. Harrison 'DAIS EVENING, DINO It A 11. Messrs. Sautley, If. Atbyn, and W. Harrl:,on. Misses Pilling, TUirl wall, and Miss Loui3a. Pyne. Conductor, Altrcd DIVERTIS:3ENI ENT. Mdllts. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ran, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at S o'clock. T HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKE T. 11 Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EYENIN( the performances will commence With THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE A. S S'S Harris THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. . THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. G. Melville; Ghost, Mr. Ryder; Ophelia, Miss Carlotta Leelereq. o be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, 14 J. R. I'lanche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL Sole Proprietor and :Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. - - - Open for the Winter Season. •THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A BOW ON I'IIE TEEM ISES. Mr. David Fisher, P. Bedfbrd, C. Selby, Miss 11. Simms, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paulßedford, C. Selby, C. J. smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six —Commence at seven. Box- Mee open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, t) King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chel.;ea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. TII IS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME. Messrs. .Leigli 7.lturrity, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. After which, the new Comeditta, entitled CUPID'S LADDER. Reuben, Miss Lydia Thompson. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, 3liss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. - Reduced Prices —Gallery, Gd ; Pit, is. The Box-office open. from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at h alf- p ast six ; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE , Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant reception of the New Historical Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GAUL - BALM, sustained by a New Dra matic Company, full Stud of beautiful Horses, Characteristic Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Engagement for a limited period of the Great Delavauti troupe, Gvmnasists par excellence ; also, Little Menda, the most Wonderful Juyenile Equestrian in the World. Scenes in the Circle by Star Riders and talented Equestrians. Terminating with a Laughable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CkNTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.- EVEIZY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera o. MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera o; DIN ORAII. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. Georze Thrlson (the Trish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting. Pictures arc added to the Pine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. IG—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. - 52—this day at noon. BARomwrEn-29.75. WDM—South-Westerly ; light, with dull, mild weather, and occasional sunshine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 2h. 53m.—Afternoon, 3h. 12m. To-Mon/tow-Morning, 3h. 31m.—Afternoon, 3h. 50m. -.. i, -.. , ..km „,. a, ..... 1 , , _7;7--,-,-,: .. 4 ..,,._, it 4. .4-7.:k,..) ~..,---- ...* - , _,..... ~,......... ......_ . ,__,... THE SUN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1859 Her MATESTT'S Ministers will be held sternly re sponsible for their policy in regard to the San Juan Question.' They have, by foregoing the half-pro mised and speciously vaunted Autumnal Session, enhanced upon this, as upon many other difficulties, the heavy weight of their own responsibilities. For the course they shall pursue during the still pend ing recess or long vacation they will be severely and searchingly answerable in _February, before Parliament. The intelligence brought to us from the opposite shores of the Atlantic by our last advices from the United States not unnaturally tends to render us more and more solicitous as to the maintenance of the dignity and honour of England by the PAL MERSTON Government. Time was when the name of the noble viscount at the head of the present Administration was held to be . a guarantee for what Lord GEORGE BENTINCK firmly called "the chastity of the national honour." Time was—not so many years ago-,--when the mention of Lord PALMERSTON was understood to carry terror to the foes of Great , Britain, no matter how remotely situated in either hemisphere. We all remember what the noble lord himself said in a memorable speech of his in the House of Commons about an Englishman carrying with hiin everywhere, to the very ends of the world, into the very heart of the most despotic countries, the cegl's of his inalienable rights, by th• simple utterance of those two haughty words— C iris Britannicus. But—We all remember also, how the noble Viscount has, since then, been hurled from power by the jealous indignation of the People and of the Parliament of England at the sinister suspicion that he (of all men) was truckling to the despotic and imperial ruler of 30,000,000 of French men ! It is true that Lord PALMERSTON has since then, by a flagitious •intrigue of party—by what Sir IfuGu CAIRNS tersely and truthfully designated a dodge—been reinstated in his former position, at the head, once more, of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. But although the Parliamentary dodge has so far succeeded, although the political intrigue has so far prospered, although we have those abhorred Whigs back again in Downing: street, with my Lord PALMERSTON at the head of the Coalition, and Lord Jous at his elbow in the (! ) Achates to the plus character of the Fidus A'neas of the noble viscount —England Winces still, and not less painfully than any " galled jade" of them all, at the recollection of the Conspiracy Bill—England is still apt to look with an eye of jealous suspicion east askance upon the foreign policy of Lord PA LM ERSTON, more especially now that the web of that policy is entrusted to the blundering fingers of Lord JOIIN ItcssELL, one of the most unskilled of all living pretenders to the master-craft of Diplomacy. Never have the free born natives of this island been more poignantly sensitive as to the preserva tion intact of the ancient glory of their indepen dence. And with reason. Now when there is an inscrutable . and—except before GOD and His tory—an irresponsible genius, a CESAR among men, at the head of 500,000 of the bravest warriors in the world perpetually confronting us upon . the opposite shores of the Channel. Now when the younger branch of the great Anglo-Saxon family is allowed without remonstrance to violate our national dignity by the lawless seizure of lands over which we have long claimed the right of sovereignty. Now that but just re stored to our former pride of place in Hindostan, the standard of our ambassador is hurled to the dust as it were, and stained with blood, upon the borders of the barbarous empire of the Chinese. That glorious banner, of which one of the sweeteA and most impassioned songsters of our time has sung in thrilling accents, accents vibrating in our heartstrings, and through every fibre of our patriotism— There's a flag that waves o'er every sea, No matter when or where ; And to treat that flag as ought but the free Is more than the bravest dare. For the lion spirits that tread the deck Have carried the palm of the brave ; And that flag may sink with a shot-torn wreck, But never float over a slave. its honour is stainless, deny it who can, And this is the flag of an Englishman ' Hardly can it be forgotten how at the close of that same truly national and patriotic lyric, the Song-writer of our Age has sung of the real pride and glory of my Lord PALMERSTON'S boasted Civis Britannicus— The Briton msy traverse the pole or the zone, And boldly claim his right; For he calls such a vast domain his own, That the sun ne'er sets on his might. Let the haughty stranger seek to know The place of his home and birth And a flush will pass from cheek to brow As he tells of his native earth. For a glorions charter, deny it who can, Is breathed in the words, ' I'm an Englishman.' Yet the maintenance, intact, of this great charter, the upholding untarnished of this heroic flag-- what are our hopes, in either respect, as scanned now by the light of these recent tidings from Washington ? From which capital of the repub lican confederation of the United States comes now to us the startling assurance that no explanation has been demanded from the American Government by the Ministers of Queen VICTORIA—that actually no explanation has been demanded by them from the American Government as to that lawless and flagitious seizure of . the island of San Juan by the buccaneering and filibustering soldiers of the United States, under the command of General HARNEY, acting avowedly and advisedly in the name of that American Government. Even with a recollection of the Conspiracy Bill before us —this disastrous assurance comes to us as little less than absolutely incredible intelligence. Let it but be verified by events, and again we say her MAJESTY'S Ministers, and Viscount PALMER STON especially, as the chief of the Administration, will be held sternly responsible to the Crown and to the Country immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament. ELizA COOK'S Ballad of "The Englishman." The Pope's carriage stops the way. Liberty was taking a pretty brisk drive south of the Alps, but his Holiness looked out behind and begged the Im perial charioteer not to knock his wheels off ; so, the eldest son of the Church graciously called out to his coachman to pull up. Hungary wants for her Protestants the liberties which they had pre served amidst all the treacheries and perjuries of the bigoted Hapsburgs till 1848, and she might have them, but again the lumbering old vehicle is in the way, and the Minister who has the strongest lean ings to religious liberty of any in the Austrian empire, is sent off without a good or honourable word, because he evinced a disposition to place the Protestant coach alongside that of his Holiness. In Ireland, national schools and Queen's colleges hare been doing vast good in disposing the rising youth of the country to respect each other's religious pre possesions, and to smoke cigars together as com fortably as if Queen lituroutA and PIO Novo were equally good heads of each other's churches; but again the plaguy old Italian vehicle is found in the way. Whenever and wherever the cause opens hopefully for civil and religious liberty, no one can get on for the shrieks and cries of the alarmed old man and his antiquated coachman. " Pull up ! pull up ! you'll crush and smash me !" is the cry of Pope and cardinals, and of all the episcopal lacqueys who attend them. Now, if we cannot get rid of this nuisance, the result will be, that all the Liberalism of Europe will wish the old Papal coach upset and broken to shivers, and his Holiness driven to resort to the ever-ready vehicle on which the Prince of the Apostles travelled. There is every reason to think that the miseries of the POPE had as much to do with the peace of Villafranca as any strategical considerations. There he was, vacillating between running off to Naples, and keeping at home under the protection of French bayonets, to listen to the curses which those bayonets alone repressed ; and which, but for them, would have driven him to enact again the footman to his own coach. Meantime his indignant subjects in the very smallest towns, such as Perugia, were all, as he knew, burning to form part of the kingdom of Northern Italy, under VICTOR E3IMANUEL; and the whole district of the Romagna, being rather too strong for him to surprise and butcher, as he did the Perugians, by mercenary blackguards, sends his Cardinals packing, and declares for union with Piedmont. Not an acre of the Pope's territory, not a man who is unconnected with his Govern ment, would be left him to-morrow if the French soldiers should embark for Marseilles, and the mer cenaries hired to keep his flock should be smoked out of their dens. And yet to preserve this hate ful temporal rule over subjects who hate the Prince, though numbers of them venerate the Pontiff, is one of the grand difficulties of the present "situa tion !" The temporal power of the POPE is the bane of Italian liberty—the grand obstacle to a free and united Italy. Reform it, if that be a possibi lity, and it would yet stand in the way. Let the people choose whom they would for their earthly ruler, and let the POPE confine himself to turning the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven on behalf of the faithful, and all Italy would be speedily one. The Papal States would join immediately the Duchies and their brethren of the Romagna. He of Naples would follow his worthy compeers of Modena, Tuscany, and Parma, and a voluntary constitutional Italian Confederation would inaugu rate itself at once, without troubling the Imperial signatories to the trumpery treaty of Zurich. With these plain facts before us we do not think that the Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland should disgrace the name of their country by al lowing an ultramontane faction of noisy priests and prelates to represent them throughout Europe. The inference all Europe over is, that not even British liberty can change the bigotry, selfishness, and tyran n y o f P opery. Now, as in the days of the Thirty Years' War, the lives and liberties of men are nothing so that the Papacy be glorified: AU other Englishmen, meet wherever they may, are declaring their ardent wishes for Ita lian liberty for Roman liberty as well as Sardinian liberty. Catholics, so far as they speak out, curse Sardinia as an ecclesiastical rebel, the Romagnese as traitors—and denounce with anathe • mas what every free-born Englishman admires. If Catholics really wish to play into the hands of Messrs. NEWDEGATE and SPOONER, and to repeal the Maynooth Grant, and to be thought sorry friends to any one's freedom but their own, they could not play their part better. Here they are, Tn SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1859 enjoying all ;,`.. 1 . , c lil',erties of the Protestants of the Empire—at liberty to eket what representatives they please—at I.iherty to cut up the kingdom into dioceses, to ere( monasteries and cathedrals, to preach and peril Irm in a dead language, for the good of the living, any service they think fit, and yet these are the men who sever themselves from all their fellow-coantrymen, - by defending slavery for Italians to the .last ! It was only a day or two ago, that one of them who should be one of the most respectable of their laymen, actu tually wrote to the Times, to vindicate the kid napping of the Jew child MoRTAitA, to defend what France and other Catholic Powers have con science enough to blush for, and to accuse Eng land of doing the like deeds ! And what arc the deeds which are the beam in our own eye, while we denounce making converts by kidnapping chil dren? Why, just that Protestant ratepayers maintain the starving children of Catholics, and give them the benefit of the education to be had in the workhouse school. As if these children could not at any time be withdrawn by their parents, or by any one who would maintain them, and the Protestant rate-payers only be too glad that the parents were better off, or that any ono was charitable enough to take charge of them. Un compromising supporters as we have always been of the liberties of Catholics, we shall blush for those whose cause we have advocated, if we do not see them hastening to repudiate such base calumnies on their country as those of Mr. LANG DALE. But more than this. Is it not infamous for any man who treads the free soil of our free country to wish the Italians, or any portion of them, to re main the slaves of a stupid old POPE, and a set of bloodthirsty, money-loving, ambitious car dinals ? Of men who can massacre at Perugia, and drain the people of their silver and gold that they may enrich themselves, and have means to tread the Romans under foot. We do not think the POPE and his Cardinals worse than any set of mortals, if placed under the same temptations ; but we deny that ecclesiastics, especially unmarried eccle siastics, ought to be placed in such a position. We deny that any nation ought to be subjected to poli tical slavery against its own will, and by the inter vention of foreign powers. We deny that any Emperor has a right to say to any nation—You shall not change your ruler, however much you detest him. France has done that often enough, in all conscience and what right has she to tell the miserable Romans that they shall have no other Sovereign than their bishop—a bishop, too, elected not by themselves, but by a set of men having the least conceivable title of any to elect for the rest. Englishmen, and Irishmen too, surely know all this ; and when a set of ecclesiastics here put forth documents wailing and crying about the temporal rule of the POPE and groaning because the Italians long to be de-' livered from it—is it not time for laymen to tell bishops, priests, and fathers to mind their prayers—to leave the oppressed to get their liberty if they can—nay, rather to tell the HOLY FATHER in plain terms, that he would be holier in their eyes if he did not defile his hands with temporal power, and with shedding blood to retain it. If our Catholic fellow-countrymen are so priest ridden as to sit down quietly by the disgrace fastened on them by theft spiritual advisers, we can only say we are sorry for it. We wish to think better of them. We wish to believe that they prize their British liberties so much that they would not endure without insurrection a grinding ecclesiastical despotism in temporal things. If they would not, then let them memorialise the Emperor of the FRENCH to withdraw his troops, to forbid any other intervention, and leave the Romans to settle accounts with their Bishop despot. Un deubtedly they would soon relieve him of the duties of despotism, when he would as un doubtedly attend better to those of Bishop. As certainly would his subjects unite with their brother Italians, and expedite by many years the only possible final solution of the Italian question. LATEST NEWS. dull, but with slight variation in prices. Threes varied from 69f. 25c. to 69f, 30c. ; Mobilier, 765 f. to 768 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 908 f. 75c.; Or leans, 1,357 f, 50c. to 1,360 f. ; Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 508 f. 75c. ; Austrian, 540 f. to 541 f. 25c. ; Lom bard, 546 f. 25c, to 547 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : ti per Cents. .... 95 —lCre'dit Foncier 690 Do. end month .. 95 — l Belgian 4t — 3 per Cents . 69 40 I Piedmontese (5) .. 83 Do, end month.... 69 35 Roman B4 Bank Shares 2940 Austrian Cr4dit Mobilier .. 771 25 Spanish Threes Du. Account ..... 771 25 , Home Debt 4ll CANTERBURY HALL. One of the chief features of attraction at Canter terbury Hall for some time past has been Verdi's " Macbeth," two acts of which have been given nightly, and to the proprietor is due the honour of having introduced this work to an Englsh public. Determining to follow up the plan of giving selec tions from operas that have not become hackneyed by frequent representation, Mr. Morton has added to his programme a selection from Meyerbeer's " Dinorah," thus affording the frequenters of his music hall an opportunity of listening to nzorceaux from one of the greatest operatic compositions of modern times. The selection comprises the over ture with chorus, the opening chorus of goatherds, the terzettino, which terminates the first act. 'The drinking chorus, " Com' e buono," the Shadow Song, the Paternoster, Hoch's romance, " Sei vendicata assai," and the finale. The overture, which is arranged for pianoforte and harmonium, was played with remarkable precision and consi derable expression, although, of course, the effect which is produced by a full orchestra was wanting ; nevertheless, the grand suggestive and descriptive music was given with great effect, and the Hymn to the Virgin, which occurs in the overture, was ex ceedingly well rendered. The characteristic open ing chorus was equally well sung ; indeed, the whole of the choruses in the selection were noticeable for steadiness and precision, and betrayed, on the part of every member of the choir, a praiseworthy de sire to do justice to the composer's ideas. It might even be said that this carefulness in some degree interfered with the dramatic effect—a fault, if fault it can be called, which will doubtless disappear as soon as the chorus gets more at home in the music. The Drinking Chorus was given with remarkable fire awl spirit ; not the slightest wa vering or uncertainty was visible, but, on the contrary, the greatest precision was noticeable. The Paternoster was also extremely well rendered. The finale was, however, excellently sung, and brought the selection to a successful conclusion. The terzettino by Dinorah, Corentin, and Heel, was on the whole satisfactory. Miss Russell, who was the Dinorah, sang the Shadow Song so well that it only gave birth to the regret that it was not better. This young lady has decidedly a good soprano voice, and its effect is not marred by ner vousness ; she attacks the most difficult passages with the utmost courage. Mr. 'Tivoli, as Hoel, was heard to much advantage in the terzettino ; but his great triumphs was in the romance, which lie gave with great dramatio power. His voice is a fine baritone ; he sings with ease, and can produce surprisingly high notes without the least appa rent effort ; moreover, his style is expressive, and lie evidently feels the music. The romance, as it deserves, is nightly encored. Altogether the per formance of the selection from " Dinorah" de serves the highest praise. Principals, chorus, and instrumentalists, all demand honourable mention ; but the greatest praise is due to Mr. Morton, for the spirit he displays in his successful attempt to familiarise the visitors to his hall with really good music. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE LATE DOWAGER LADY PEEL.—It is with the most sincere regret that we have to announce the death of this most amiable lady, the wife of the late Right llon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., who expired at her residence, No. 4, Whitehall-gardens, this morning. It appears, from inquiries male, that the deceased lady retired to rest at an wily hour last night, in her usual health and spirits, and on the lady's maid going into her bedroom, found her ladyship dead. By this melancholy event the families of the Marquis of Tweedale, :Marchioness of wellington, Major .General Jonathan Peel, M.P. ; Rev. Frederick Peel, M.A. ; Sir Robz.rt Peel, Bart., M.P., be sides many others of the nobility, will be placcd in mourning. The Right lien. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli m ill leave town to-mon ow on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Connell and Miss Skipworth have left Fenton's Hotel for Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Megnim have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Liverpool. Lord and Lady Feversham (who came to town to be present at tho marriage of their son, the lion. Cecil Buncombe, with Miss Mills, yesterday), will leave town to morrow, for Duucombe Park, Yor6hire, TURKEY. The following translation of an Imperial Hatt read to the Sublime Porte on Saturday, the 15th October, in presence of all the Ministers and the high functionaries of • the empire, has been re ceived at Mr. Renter's office : "To the Illustrious Grand Vizier. '• The first basis and the foundation of all the strength and all the prosperity of a State rest on its financial position. Without credit and without confidence, progress becomes imprac ticable. Notwithstanding the material ex penses of the country, it is incontestable that if order was introduced into the administra tion of the public money, and it was employed use fully, the country would in a short time arrive at the realisation of this strength and this prosperity. It has, however, been proved to be true for some time past, and from different causes, that the blow that has been given to the credit of Turkey has thrown the country into the abyss where it is now plunged. Powerful and daily calls on the Govern ment have necessitated the contract of loans from the merchants in Galata on heavy and ruinous conditions, as likewise the issue of different kinds of paper money, and all confidence has been destroyed as well in the interior as in the exterior of the State. Disorder in the expenses has on another side increased the evil, and brought matters to the situation that they are now in. " With the aid of the Most High, I am about to employ an incessant zeal in order to anticipate the dangerous effects of this state of things. " My sovereign and absolute will is that my Ministers, on their part, should spare neither pains nor efforts, and should devote themselves to the development of those means which will insure the wellbeing of Turkey without allowing themselves to be led away by considerations of personal rivalry. He who would act in opposition to this end would have to render an account of his conduct in this world and in the next. And as it is only by the adoption of energetic measures that we can draw ourselves from the abyss in which we are now plunged, and likewise save the credit of the empire, we must examine in a serious and pro found manner, both in principle and in detail, the great point—namely, the abandonment or change in those customs and acts which have occasioned all these expenses, and, with God's assistance, re organise the general administration of the country in a manner that will give confidence to the world. I command that the result of the examination which will be made into this important question shall be submitted to me. PARIS, OCT. 28. The Constitutionnel, in an article signed by its editor, M. Grandguillot, maintains its belief that a congress will take place notwithstanding the re strictions made by the English press in consenting to a congress. The Constitutionnel explains the reasons which have rendered the speedy assembling of a congress necessary. The state of affairs in Italy had been settled by the treaties of 1815 in such a manner that the arrangement agreed to must humiliate France, and compromise the poli tical existence of the Peninsula, in consequence of which permanent dangers were created to Europe. This state of affairs was the real cause of the revo lutions of 1830 and 1848. The article concludes with a protestation against the statement that France intends to establish a protectorate over Italy. SOUTHINIPTON, FRIDAY. The Behar, with the heavy mails from Bombay passed Hurst Castle at 9.35 a.m. this day. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Prince and Princess Metternich, Lord and Lady Cowley, and Count Walewski are among the guests invited to remain at Compiegne from the 7th to the 13th November. BOLOGNA, OCT. 27. The Monitore di Bologna contradicts the news of the arrest of the Bishop of Rimini. Three monks hare been arrested in colsequence of serious accu sations against them. The Government will give a denial, by documentary evidence, to the state ments contained in the correspondence of tho Univers on the affairs of the Romagna. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, OCT. 27. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer brings advices from Calcutta to the 22d September : The Governor has despatched 1,500 men from Bombay against the rebellious Waghers. The Rohillas in the Deccan continue to commit acts of brigandage. It is intended £r send an expeditionary corps against the bands of robbers in Central India, and against the remaining insurgents in Terrai. Oudc is tranquil. 300 of the 450 men who had escaped from the prison of Mundlaisir have been caught again. Imports quiet. Exports flat. Freights declining, Exchange on London, 2s. Odd. to 2s. 0;d. MADRAS, SEPT. 27. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. to 2s. lid. HONG KONG, SEPT. 12. The American Ambassador had returned from Pekin without having obtained the ratification of the treaty at that city. The ratification had taken place at Peh-tang. The steamer Thebes, which had been hired by the French, was wrecked on the passage between Hong Kong and Turon. Exchange on London, 4s. 10,141. to 4s. 11d. SHANGHAI, SEPT. 3. Silk has risen ; tea declined. TRIESTE, THURSDAY. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived brings advices from Constanttnople to the 22d inst. The nomination of Kupresli Pacha as Grand Vizier has been confirmed. The Commissioners for the settlement of the boundary question in Monte negro were obliged to leave the country for the present, having been attacked by the inhabitants. Public order has since been re-established. ALGESIRAS, WEDNESDAY. The Spanish Consul at Tangiers has just arrived here with all his household. FRANCE. PARIS, TIILTESDAY. We have no telegraphic news from Zurich to-day, nor has any news arrived from Spain or Morocco. Lord and Lady Cowley, the Prince and Princess Metternich, and Count and Countess Walewski, are invited to Cdmpigne. Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris. M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, received lately a despatch from his Government, directing him immediately to solicit the n from the French Goiernment of a large quantity of tents and other articles for a campaign. Marshal Bandon, Minister of War, at once declared that all the articles required should be supplied. BOURSE, Oct. 27.—The market has been very RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 932 50 .. 932 50 New ditto Bl5 817 60 Lyons and ➢tediterranean 907 50 .. 908 75 Geneva 520 .. 525 , Southern Western 563 75 .. 568 76 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money, 251.10 c.; three months, paper, 24f. 96c.; money, 21f. 94c. GARIBALDI. The Siecle states that the accounts of Garibaldi's subscription are more and more encouraging, and that an enormous number of communal votes in its favour are coming in. Correggio, in the duchy of Modena, is down for 2,000 f., Parma for 10,000 f., &e. Garibaldi writes to M. La Farina as follows, to say that he accepts the presidentship of the Italian National Society : My dear La Farina,—lt is with real pleasure that I have seen your noble resolution to re-esta blish the Italian National Society, which has done so much for the ceuntry's cause under your auspices and those of the illustrious veteran of the Spiel berg. lam very sorry at not seeing the president ship of the association given to that venerable man so dear to all—to our Pallasicino ; but if for some reason that we are bound to respect he cannot take this office, I shall willingly and gratefully do so. It cost Greece six years of misfortunes and con test to gain her independence. America had to fight for 14 years. Those valiant nations obtained the support of civilised powers, after having deserved it by their constancy. Our struggle for deliver ance hardly reckons a few months, and already we have the support and sympathy of all Europe. We shall have the same constancy. So long as a foot of Italian ground remains to be delivered, we will not lay down our arras.—Adieu. Yours, "GARIBALDI. The following has been issued by General Gari baldi, and is in circulation amongst the Neapoli tans : "To our brothers of Naples !—Brothers !—We have combated the Austrians ; we have fought these insolent oppressors of Italy, and we have beaten them. We hive seen them run like rabbits before our young soldiers ; we have seen them fly in terror, and beg their lives of those whose brothers, parents and friends they had basely assassinated. We have seen them fly like cowards before the sons of those whom they barbarously scourged or butchered at their pleasure • we have seen them fly, the vile miscreants, before the comrades of Ugo Bassi, Civeaghi, Cicer nacchio, and ask their lives v, ith a baseness unmis takeably Austrian ; and yet of those who surren dered or who were wounded the Italians did not kill a single one. " Brothers ! we have fought as Italians fight when they are united, and you were not with us. In the ranks of the conquerors there wero Italians of all the provinces, but of Naples there were few. The shout of victory was heard in every dialect except yours, and yet—we knew it--your hearts beat high in the cause of your country. You felt oar dangers and fatigues, and your hearts exulted at the announcement of our victories. Yes, exulted in spite of the abominable tyranny which crushes and degrades you; it felt its overthrow by the vic tory of the Italians. " You were not with us in the body, but your goodwill was there, we are certain ; but this time, at least, you will be with us in both. Yes ; Pro vidence has decreed the union and alliance of our family—of this poor Italian family. Foreigners, doctrinaires, and priests labour in vain. In vain they seek to sow discord, to excite mistrust in the public mind, to corrupt this hapless people, whom they have divided so often, and so often sold to the stranger. In vain • our brothers of the south have clasped the hands Of our brothers of the centre and of the north ; the sons of the Procidas, the Mas aniellos, the Pepes, have grasped the victorious right hand of the soldiers of Palestro and San Martino. " G. GARIBALDI. " Rimini, October, 1859." AMERICA. The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company have received the following : A despatch from Washington intimates that General Floyd, Secretary of War, will succeed Mr. Mason in Paris. A fearful insurrection was reported to-day at Harper's Ferry. The negroes seized the United States' Arsenal, and were sending cartloads of muskets into Maryland and elsewhere. The express train was stopped last night. One employe was shot dead, and the conductor, being threatened, was forced to hold back until to-day. The object of the outbreak is unknown; the de tails very confused. All the telegraph wires lead ing to Harper's Ferry were cut. Later dated de spatches say that all the railroad trains are stopped. The insurrectionists number from 500 to 700. Several companies of marines leave Washington this evening for the scene of conflict. Cotton dull and unchanged. Breadstuffs tending upwards. Sterling Exchange firm. The Active steamer on Saturday took out upwards of a million dollars. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 15. Cotton stiff; sales to-day, 16,500. Africa's advices had no effect. Freights firm. The returns from the State elections indicate Republican gain. GALWAY, OCT. 28. The Royal Mail steamer Circassian, Campbell, commander, arrived last night at 11 p.m. with 300 passengers, a fair cargo, and news from New York, via St. John's, to the 17th inst. The Cir cassian left St. John's at midnight of the 18th inst., and encountered strong N.E. gales during the voyage. NEW YORK, OCT. 17. The Ariel, City of Washington, Africa, North Briton, and Star of the West have arrived, with two days' later news than per Hungarian. The Aspinwall arrived yesterday with nearly two millions of dollars. Advices from Hayti represent Port-au-Prince as still being in a state of siege, but the excitement has somewhat subsided. The leader in the latest insurrection had escaped from Hayti, but large numbers imprisoned would probably be shot or banished. A despatch from Washington states that General Floyd, Secretary of War, will succeed Mr. Mason as Ambassador at Paris. A fearful insurrection is reported to-day at Harper's Ferry. The negroes have seized the United States arsenal, and were sending cart-loads of muskets into Maryland and elsewhere. The express train, through road, was stopped last night. One employe was shot dead, and the conductor threatened and forced to hold back until to-day. Utah troops, Virginia, are ordered out, and also the Government troops from several points. The object of the outbreak is unknown, and details are very confined. All telegraphic wires leading to Harper's Ferry have been cut. Later dated despatches say :—" All railway trains are stopped. The insurrectionists number from 500 to 700. Great excitement prevails." Several companies of marines leave Washington this evening for the scene of the conflict. Cotton dull and unchanged. Breadstuffs tending upwards. Sterling exchange firm and active. The steamer of Saturday took out upwards of a million of dollars. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15.--Cotton stiff, and sales to-day 6,500 bales. The advices of the Africa pro duced no effect. Freights firm. The election re turns from this State indicate a Republican gain. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28. The screw steamer Hungarian, Capt. Jones, has arrived with the Canadian mails of the 15th inst. Notwithstanding the boisterous weather during the passage, she has made an excellent run. The City of Washington had arrived at New York. The Washington Correspondence of the 12th of October contains the following : "It is not true, as stated in the despatch to the Herald, that England has demanded an explanation from our Go vernment with reference to the course pursued by General Harney; on the contrary, the paper submitted by Lord Lyons was a proposition for a settlement of the dispute, as the treaty provides no remedy in case of a disagreement be tween Boundary Commissioners. The treaty being thus ex hausted, the parties are thrown back on first principles, and England now submits a programme for an adjustment of the difficulty, in which she claims the island of San Juan. Secretary Cass has returned his reply to this preposi tion, declining in the most positive terms to recognize so much as the shadow of title on the part of England to the disputed island. This is the present condition of the ques tion, and it remainsfor England to take the next step, as we hold possession. This turn in affairs is regarded as very serious by our Government, and the result, whether it be peace or war, depends entirely upon the tenacity with which Great Britain holds to her pretended claim." A later despatch to the same journal says : " No action has yet been taken in response to a communi cation which may have recently been received from the British Government on the subject of the San Juan Island difficulty." The following is General Harney's reply to the note of Governor Douglas, dated Aug. 19 : " The explanation which your Excellency has advanced, while it serves to remove the impression at first created of a direct action on the part of the British authorities of Van couver's Island in the recent occurrences on San Juan Is land against the rights of our citizens, does not expose any evidence of a preventive nature to a repetition of the acts which have caused so serious a misunderstanding in the minds of the American people of San Juan Island, nor has the course which events have taken since the occupation of the island by the troops under my command been such as to re-assure these people, could the contents of your despatch ba announced to them. From what has taken place Ido not feel myself qualified to withdraw the present command from San Juan Island until the pleasure of the President of the United States has been made known on the subject ; I can, however, frankly assure your Excellency that the same motives whichhave induced the to listen to the appeals of my own countrymen will be exerted in causing the rights of her Majesty's subjects in San Juan to be held in violate.—l have the honour to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " W. S. HARNEY, Brigadier-General Commanding." _ _ The cricket match had resulted in the success of the All Englanders, with only three down in the second innings. Parr was unable to play, owing to a blow on his arm. The All Englanders had promised to revisit America next summer. Advices from Port-au-Prince to the 22d ult. re port that the conspiracy was more extensive than anticipated, and the place declared in a state of siege. Fifty conspirators had been arrested, and were being tried. Business was entirely suspended at Havannah on the Bth. Sugar was dull, and business limited, at previous prices. Melasses were firmer. Sterling exchange, 15 to 17 per cent. premium. NEW YORK, OCT. 15, EVENING. The cotton market is unchanged. The sales to day amount to 700 bales, and of the last three days to 1,500 bales, and middling uplands is quoted at 1.1f,c. PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 14. A cricket match was commenced this morning between the North of England and South of Eng land, assisted by 13 Americans on each side. The play was stopped this afternoon in consequence of rain. There were about 2,000 persons present on the ground, and the North of England played splendidly. The English cricketers will leave to morrow for Niagara. A grand banquet in honour of them will take place this evening at the Guard house. BOSTON, OCT. 14, By an arrival at this port we have received ad vioes from Gonaives, Hayti, to the 23d of Sep• tember, and from Cape Haytien to the 26th. We learn that arrests continued to be made in all parts of the island, excepting the south, of those persons who were engaged in the late conspiracy ; many of them were those who aided in the overthrow of the Emperor Souloque. It was not believed that any great number of them would be condemned to death. THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CRAMER. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The report of the loss of the screw steamship Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, already published in the Sun, has proved too true. The information received is, however, of the most meagre description. It is subjoined LETTER FROM THE CARPENTER TO HIS WIFE. '• Moelfre, Red Wharf Bay, Oct. 26. "My dear Wife,—l am sorry to inform you that tho ship is a complete wreck. She has gone to pieces this morning about 5 o'clock. There are only about 26 to 30 of us saved out of about 400 souls. 4 ' Dear wife, gig e my love to the children, and tell them I shall be home almost as soon as the letter. " Remember me to Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers, and all in quiring friends. I shall tell you all about it when I come home. So no more at present from your affectionate hus band, " WILLIAM FOSTER." LETTER FROM THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE TO HIS WIFE. " Moelfre, Anglesea, Oct. 26. *' My dear Wife,—l have the most melancholy news to send you. The ship was wrecked last night in a terrific gale from the N.N.E. All hands lost, except, in my judg ment, about 25, and, thank God, I am one of the saved. The captain and all the officers are lost. The carpenter and I are the only two saved belonging to the officers' depart ment. " Go to the office and tell this, and ask them if Captain Martin is coming down to us, for the carpenter and I won't leave here until he either comes or sends us directions to go by. " All of us have been very hospitably received and re lieved by the inhabitants of this village, and the coast guard officers have p rov id e d us a p l ace to lodge in until Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., or Lloyd's agent take us away from this.—Your affectionate husband, " GEORGE &WAGER." The steamer Druid, which arrived this afternoon at Bangor and Beaumaris, reports that the vessel had broken up, and that the country people were plundering. The military had been telegraphed for. Several steamers have been despatched to the wreck, and it is probable that Captain Mends, of her Majesty's steamer Hastings, may send a detachment of Marines down to pro tect the property. Red Wharf Bay is an out-of-the-way place, about six miles from Beaumaris, in .Anglesea ; the nearest telegraph station is at Bangor, on the Cuxhaven side of the Strait. The Royal Charter was built at Sandycroft, near Chester, from designs by Mr. Grinrod of Liverpool, and was ori ginally intended for a sailing vessel; but having been pur chased while on the stocks by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., she was transformed into a screw steamer. She was an iron vessel of 2,749 tons register, and furnished with engines of 300-horse power. Her length was 320 feet, and her breadth of beam 41 feet 6 inches. An attempt was made to launch her on the 31st of July, 1855, but she did not reach the water till the 30th of August. Mr. Gardener states that as he passed through Holyhead yesterday he noticed that a portion of the breakwater had been washed away. It was rumoured there that a vessel had fouled the Great Eastern, but the big ship was lying safely at anchor without any perceptible damage. Communication with Holyhead, which had been inter rupted by the blowing down of the wires, has been resumed. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The fine steamer Royal Charter has been cast away on the coast of Anglesea, homeward bound, tearing about 500 souls, within a morning's sail of Liverpool. She has be come a total wreck, and of those 500 only a score survive. It seems that on Tuesday evening last the Royal Charter passed Holyhead. The night was wild and threatening, and subsequently became most tempestuous. The ship was unhappily kept near a dangerous lee !here, in the opo o meeting with a pilot for Liverpool. Her position appears to have been but imperfectly known, which must have been brought about by the thickness of the weather. However, about 10 p.m., with a northerly gale beginning, she let go two anchors within la few miles to the eastward of Point Lynas, on which is a light. Before midnight an order was given to veer out upon the starboard cable. This had the effect of bringing too much strain upon the port cable, which parted. The other held some time, with the assistance of the engines at full speed, and then it parted also. About 230 a.m., on Wednesday morning she struck, the tide Ebbing. With the flood she came nearer shore, the sea making a clean breach over her and smashing her boats to pieces on the davits. Before daylight the ill-fated vessel was broadside on to the rocks, near Moelfre, on the north-east side of Anglesea, the terrific gale blowing right upon her, and such a sea as only those who have seen this coast under similar circumstances can imagine, beating her down. By the exertions, chiefly, of her own crew, a hawser was led to the rocks, along which some few passed and were saved. Scarcely, however ; was it made fast, when the steamer parted amidships, and directly afterwards the for ward portion divided longitudinally. The sea having its own way swept men, women, and children into its maw, and though some few passed by the hawser and some more were washed ashore from different portions of the wreck, the sad result is that but 2.5 or 30 are saved ; three saloon passengers, and seven or eight of the crew being among them, many seriously hurt. Many bodies have come ashore, and a considerable amount of specie is, we bear), in the hands of the authorities, an efficient and prompt attendance of the Coastguard being a fair guarantee for the security of much that may be found. The ironwork of the vessel is torn. to shreds, the wood work reduced to chips. The coast is strewed with wool, leather, and bedding and clothing. The, fields above the cliffs are covered with fragments. A more complete anni hilation of a noble vessel never occurred on our coast. From Messrs. Wagstaff and Gregory, of this town, who visited the scene of the wreck yesterday, we learn that the spectacle was most heartrending. The rocks were covered with corpses of men and women mutilated most frightfully. 'The shore and rocks were strewed with sovereigns, which the passengers had vainly attempted to save with them selves. Judging from the evidence we have obtained, it would appear that the Royal Charter, fearing to run for the Mersey in such a storm, had hove-to, and having drifted to Dulas Bay, let go her anchors, keeping her screw working to ease the cables. A rescued passenger states that the vessel rode safely, burning blue lights and rockets until her maste were cut away, when the screw ceased to work, and she went on the rocks at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, and broke up about 7. The probabilfty is that tho wreck fouled the screw. It is stated that after she struck, a negro swam ashore with a hawser, by which two men were saved, and there was every proba bility of numbers more reaching land, when the vessel split s amidships letting her engines and passengers through. The survivors could not explain how they got ashore. The mate Stephens, who was held in high estimation here, is said to have been killed. The first dead body came ashore about 3 p.m. A child was rescued from the waves still breathing, but only survived a short time. Most of the bodies had money in their clothing, and one wrecker picked up a bag containing • 100 sovereigns. The boatswain's mate who reached the shore alive bad £4OO about him. Very little could be seen of the wreck yesterday beyond her sides — which are being beaten to and fro by the waves—and a very small portion of the poop. Among the rocks were lying hugo fragments of iron, twisted into various shapes. The main portion of the vessel lies close by the shore, and it is anticipated that the bullion-safe will be easily recoverable. She had no pilot on board. Mr. Smith, the energetic col lector of Customs at Beaumaris, was superintending the operations at the wreck. The bodies, as they were recovered from the waves, were c:mveyed, to a field adjacent to the churchyard for recognition. There are very few houses in the neighbourhood. The scene of the wreck is Moelfre, about nine miles from Beaummis, and three or four miles from where the Roth say Castle was lost many years ago. Your reporter, who started very early this morning for the wreck, will forward an authentic report at the earliest possible moment. No complete list of passengers can be expected before the arrival of the next overland mail. In accordance with a requisition from Mr. Court, of the Undewriters' Association, Captain Mends, R.N., has de spatched a company of Marines to protect the wreck from plunder. LATEST PARTICULARS. MOELFRE BAY, Munsuity . EVENING. It is my very painful duty to record the total wreck of the screw steam-ship Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, which took place at from 3 to 4 o'clock on the morning of Wed nesday at Moelfre, a rugged portiou:of the Anglesea coast, and about midway between Almwch and Puffin Island. The ill-fated vessel sailed from Melbourne on the 26th of August, having on board 388 passengers, of whom 63 occu pied the saloon, and a crew, including officers, of 112 per sons. While the ship was passing Queenstown on Mon day morning, 13 of the passengers landed in a pilot boat. On Tuesday morning, at 11 o'clock, the Royal Charter spoke the steam-tug United Kingdom, which, instead of return ing to port with riggers who had been assisting in the work ing of a ship to Cardiff, transferred 11 of the riggers to the Royal Charter, Captain Taylor having kindly agreed to take them to Liverpool ; so that there were on board at the time of the wreck 498 souls, and of these only 39 were saved. The loss of life on this sad occasion was 459 persons. The Royal Charter had on board a large amount of specie on freight, the exact amount of which cannot be ascer tained, as all the ship's papers have been lost, but it was variously estimated by the surviving passengers and crew at from £500,000 to £BOO,OOO. One of the saloon passengers, who was drowned, was stated to have had in his possession gold to the value of £lO,OOO. She had only a moderate cargo, princir ally of wool and skins. From the time of leaving Port Philip Heads till her arrival off the Irish coast the passage was in the higtest degree fa. vourable ; she was only once in danger, and then from an iceberg. After passing Queenstown thewind veered round to E,N.E., blowing strong. On Tuesday night it blew a gale, and continued to increase in violence, till at length, on the morning of the fatal disaster, it blew a perfect hurricane. Arriving off Point Lynas at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening, signal rockets were for several hours thrown up, in the hope of attracting a:pilot, but nono made their appearance. Capt. Taylor, finding that his ship was making leeway, and gra dually drifting towards the shore, let go the anchors, but such was the violence of the wind and the heavy cross sea prevailing, that the chains parted. Notwithstanding that the engines were worked at their full power, the captain was unable to work to windward, and the unfortunate ves sel struck the rocks stern first in four fathoms water. UP to this period (about 3 a.m.) not the slightest alarm wag evinced among the passengers, a large portion of whom were women and children ; the most perfect discipline and order prevailed. The masts and rigging were cut adrift, but caused no relief, as the ship continued to thump on the sharp pointed rocks with fearful rapidity. Shortly after she struck, the ship was thrown broadside on, perfect], upright upon the shelving stony beach, the head and stern lying due east and west, the former not being more than 20 yards from a projecting rock. At this junc ture one of the crew, a Portuguese, named Joseph Rogers, nobly volunteered to struggle through the heavy surf and convey a rope on shore. Though it was not believed by ant one that danger was imminent, the captain gave - the order and Rogers ably fulfilled his duty. A strong hawser wee then passed and secured on shore, and to this was rigged a " boatswain's chair." At 5 o'clock the ship laboured and bumped to such an extent that the ladies and children ex hibited the greatest anxiety and fear; they crowded, toge ther in the after part of the saloon, and the Rev. Mr. Hodge, of East Retford, a clergyman of the Church of England, offered up a prayer ; but his exhortations were interrupted by the violent thumping of the vessel on the rocks, and the heavy seas which came dashing into the cabin. The scene in the saloon was of the most heartrending description; children and parents, husbands and wives, were clinging to each other in affectionate embrace. Captain Wither! and Captain Taylor came down and tried to allay their fears by assuring them that th ere was 110 immediate danger. Scarcely had their word s b een u tt ere d b e f or e a succession of tremendous waves swung h er a b out on the reeks, and she divided amidship s , engu lfi ng a ll on b oar d. Shortly afterwards she also part e d a t th e forehatch, throw ing a large number of pers ons i n t o th e sea. Many wer e killed by the breaking u p o f th e s hi p. Several o f the crew saved themselve s b y means of the hawser to t he shore, while the r ema i n d er were hurled upon the ree ks by the waves; all the officers perished. Capt. Taylor was the last man seen alive on board. He had lashed his body to a spar and was drowned. Mr. Stevens, the chief officer, was killed by some of the falling rigging. Several of the more fortunate passengers received severe injuries whale struggling for life. With the exception of a portion of the midship bulkhead, which appears a few feet above the water, there is scarcely a vestige of the Royal Charter .re maining. The bullion chest, which was su b s t an ti a ll y built of iron and secured to the framing of the ship, is supposed to have been shattered, from the fact of a gold box having been picked up with the address of a leading banking firill upon it. About 250 sovereigns and a quantity of notes have been picked up among the rocks. At least 30 bodies which have been cast ashore are lying in the adjacent church; most of them are frightfully mutt" lated. Wm. Hughes, the only apprentice saved, states that when the vessel parted ho was in the waist, and was precipitated among the machinery, which was hurled to and fro by the action of the waves. Ho gave himself up for lost, when a wave lifted him clear of the ship and landed him in an unconscious state. The survivors during their stay at the scene of the wreck were very kindly treated. Two ladies made themselves conspicuous by their attention to the sufferers. It is stated that all the boats were in perfect readiness for lowering had circumstances permitted. The following is a list of the passengers saved:— W. Moss, Thomas Gundry, H. Carew Taylor, Babe* passengers. Meaton, second-class; Colin M'Fhiel, third-class; John Judge, ditto; William John Ferries, ditto; James M'Kappin, difto ; S. Edward Gapper, ditto; William Bow'. den, William Russell Bradbury (leg broken), Samuel Gren.• fell, Carl Bartel (maimed), Hagan, John Noon. The following are among the passengers drowned :—Mri. and Misses Davies, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. and Miss Fowler, Mrs. and Miss Murray, Mrs. Bruce, Mr. Grove, Mrs. Gar" diner, Mrs. Jenkins, Pritchard, Mrs. Woodruff and tWO servants, Rev. Mr. Hodge, Dr. Hatch, saloon. The following seamen were saved :—Edward Williamer boatswain's mate; Owen Williams, quartermaster; David Strongman, 2d quartermaster; Wm. Foster, carpenter; G. Snager,: boatswai n ' s ma t e; John O ' Brien, seaman; Ed' ward Wilson, ditto ; Thomas Griffiths, ditto ; Thom Timbs, ditto ; William Macarthur, ditto ; Henry Evan* ditto ; George M‘Givern, ditto ; Joseph Rogerson, ditto ; William Draper, ditto ; William Hughes, apprentice ; Thomas Cormick, seaman; Thomas Ellis (storekeeper) ; John Stanyard. The following riggers wore saved :—Pritchard, James White, Patrick Devine , Thomas Cunningham, William Barton. Tho following riggers were lost :—Cochrane, William Thomas, Thomas Neil, Richard Jones, Peter Topham. THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—All that you recently said, in noticing my run' phlet on the superiority of Milford Haven as a port of de • parture and arrival for oceanic steamers, has been fearfully verified by the loss of the Royal Charter, screw steamer, after touching at Queenstown on her voyage from Mel bourne, and before she could reach Liverpool, her port of consignment. She has had a wonderfully short passage, having brought with her letters and other intelligence of eleven days later date than any to hand, some of which would be in anticipa tion of the next overland mail. She had, in addition to pas sengers, letters, a n d general cargo, a valuable consignment of specie ; and, besides the terrible sacrifice of human lift?, already too c er t a i n, the total loss of ship and contents will amount to up yards of half-a-million sterling Alas ! we cannot derive consolation from the reflection that she could have made Milford Haven, if that had been her homeward port, as soon as she called at Queenstown, and that then all would have been well.—l remain, sir/ yours respectfully, ALFRED BRETT. Steam Ship Mut, 150, Leadenhall-street, London, Oct. 27. T 4:IIE LATE SIR HENRY BISHOP.—An appropriate red granite monument, with bronze medallion bust of the late Sir Henry Bishop, has just been erected over his re mains at Finchley Cemetery. In connection with this event, the concert at the Crystal Palace to-morrow will consist entirely of selections from the best works of this popular English composer.