The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-24 00:00:00

OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -1 u GARDEN—under the Manarrement of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, LURLINE : Messrs. H. Wharton, H. Corri, G. Kelley, and Mr. W. Harrison ; Miss 11.C.U.u . , Miss Alibertazzi, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor—Mr. Alfred_Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. THEA TRI.?,-I?OYAI., HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone. THIS EVENING the Dertormane,es will oommenoe with THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rozers, Mrs. Wilkins, Mi.s Amy Sedv,wick, Miss Florence Haydon. AftPr which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM BASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon, Mrs. E. Fitmilliam. And THE SUN AN!) THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. YAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.— Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Trarria. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY NEXT, pct. 27, when Mr. Pechter, the favourite actor of Parisian re nown, will make his first appearance on the English stage. in an adaptation of Victor Hugo's celebrated Play of RUY BLAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. ; characters also by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Meadows, Garden. Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris - Miss Rose Leclorcq, Mrs. Weston, and Mfes Heath. To be preceded by iTSAN SMITIT. Atter the Farce, the admired Play of THE FIRST NIGHT. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. In consequence of the extraordinary success attending the production at this Theatre of Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of "TIM LOVE CrtAst:," the brilliant reception accorded to Miss GoW,enheim in the character of Constance, and the ervhusi astic applause bestowed on Mrs. Keeley's personation of The Widow Green, the Management feels called upon to announce Its repetition during the week. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with I Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of TH 14: LOVE CTIASF,. The Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. George Vininr , , Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Airs. Keeley, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Gougenheim. After which, a BALLET DIVERTISEMENT, in which the celebrated Dancers the Misses Marie and Annie Collin son will appear. To conclude with. every Eveninsr,, a New Drama, entitled TFIE PIONEERS OF AMERICA, principal characters by Mr. H. Watkins (his 9th appearance in England', Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Forrester, Mr. A. Butler, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. J. Morris, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Turner. AD ELP HI, NEW TH EATRE-RO YAL , Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Great Success of the new Drama; by Dion Boureleault, Esq., " The Colleen Balyn.”—Miss Agnes Robertson every even- THIS EvENING, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith, D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, dnrs. Rillinnton After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Ponreicault, D. Fisher, Billhwton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing,ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 25.; Family Boxes,'4l. Orchestra Stalls. ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit , I s. 6 d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, gd: Acting. Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- fii and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of RonrN HOOD. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD • or, the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducinn. the Stud of hichly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, A.dan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of Europe. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma ...................... Miss RUSSELL. Adalgisa .................... Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per formers. organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, 11. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANZ. Baloony, Is, Hall. 6d. THE WEATHER.—Svs OFFICE, OCT. 24, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—this day at noon. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—highest since noon yesterday. BARomETER-30.12. WlND—South-Westerly; moderate and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 51m.—Afternoon, 10h. 34m. To-mon . now.-Morning, 11h. 9m.—Afternoon, 11h. 35m. • 4' l • , ,• " ; THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24, 1860. The foreign intelligence of to-day, though pre senting nothing remarkable, is as a whole interest ing. There is a move in each important department, and all the departments are now so complicated with each other that we must look at the whole before we can fairly appreciate each. The POPE'S affairs do not seem quite so prosperous as the recent increase of his French guards may have led some to imagine. If they extend themselves throughout his " patrimony " as successor to ST. PETER, and even beyond it too, terrifying the inhabitants into flight from the Papal dogs who follow at their heels, yet cn the other hand the Papal Nuncio has to be recalled from Paris, and when the Ultra montanists rave they only find their journals arbitrarily suppressed. Then again things seem to be going badly with that most faithful son of his Holiness, FRANCIS His soldiers have been obliged to evacuate Capua, for we presume had there been a battle the tele gram could not have failed to mention it. It was time for them, for CIALDINI with his victorious army must otherwise soon have cut them off from all connection with Gaeta, and between him and the Ga ribaldians they could have had no alternative but to surrender. Austria, too, cannot help him. She has been doing her best, but woe to her if she moves. The pride of the Hapsburg has humbled itself to the concessions which we read of on Monday; the intent was doubtless to pacify Hungary and t he annex e d t err it or i es w hil e s h e m ade the last grand attempt from the Quadrilateral ; but there is another power to be gained. France will have her word in Italian matters if Austria stirs in them. A nd she has just given Austria warning through the Constitutionnel that she must not "take l the offensiv e " in Italy. We imagi ne this y intimation is peculiarly un pleasant. The whole object of the Warsaw Conference is to prevent damage to abso lutism through dama ge done to it in Austria. Could Austria but rs • g am her position again in Italy, the constitution conceded to Hungary would be either withdrawn on some pretext, or worked in the absolutist sen se . The object was to quiet Hungary till Italy was reconquered, and then, as before, to turn again upon I-Tang a / 7 - The Grand Monarchs at Warsaw would like this well. But, to effect it, they must neut • ralise the Emperor of the FRENCH. The c zAit sends him an autograph letter, implying of course that it was known to their MAJESTIES that his MAJESTY of Paris thought he ought to have been asked—and the rejoinder to the CZAR'S let ter we take to be the article in the Constitutionel, warning Austria that, though at a cost absolutely ruinous to her she has collected in the little prc ti/ Vince of Venetia an army as big a s that • Eng land, she may not use it. Louis NAPOLEON, in fact, politely says to the Warsaw magnates—" Your Majesties may assemble—may devise how best to resuscitate the expiring Austrian Empire — may keep me out of your counsels, as the friend, for my own purposes, of Nationalities,—but Austria must ar' m '- what sh e i s a b ou t. Th e passes o f th e Alps a mine ; my soldiers are at Rome; and you ha d batter not " take the offensive." :So f ar Information yet goes, the Imperial concession s have been well received. The pro vances are pleased, and Buda and Pesth, we are told, are to be *mated by order of the munici- palities. We shall soon see, however, whether the Hungarians will demand their old and efficient guarantees, or accept what is offered and make l the best of it. At the very time when the foremost man, the most adventurous spirit of his age (it is surely almost needless to identify him by saying GUISEPPE GARIBALDI) is seriously indulging in daydreams of an European Confederation, to put an end to war, to render the revival of hostilities henceforth im practicable, almost an impossibility, by leading to the immediate and permanent disbandment of fleets and armies among all the nations of Christesidom— at the very time when the Conqueror of the King dom of the Two Sicilies is propounding these Utopian propositions to the rulers of the most civilized nations of the globe—at this very time it is notorious that the two leading Powers of the earth—France and England—are perfecting at enormous cost at once of time, of labour, and of money, the general organisation of the two great warlike branches of the public service. In all the chief arsenals and dockyards upon both sides of the Channel there is heard perpetually the note of preparation. ARMSTRONG and WHITWORTH are vieing with each other in the rapid fabrication of the deadliest pieces of ordnance—weapons as far beyond the old-fashioned cannon, and mortar and howitzer as these were in advance of the cross-bow, the battering-ram, and the cata pult. The rifled brass field pieces of the EMPEROR'S own invention have marked by their swift trai across the battlefield of Northern Italy the speed of the contemporaneous advance made in the im provement among our neighbours in the employ ment of projectiles. The long-range of Captain WARNER, but a very few years ago the theme of almost universal derision, has bet very recently been not only actually realised, but altogether sur passed. Inventions deemed extraordinary but yes terday, inventions in other and smaller arms like the needle-gun and the minie rifle, are being, one after another, superseded by others yet more astonishing. The mysterious and nearly fabulous Greek fire of the ancients has been in a manner re kindled, with more magical effect than had ever yet been dreamt of by the hand of Captain NORTON, as the modern Fire King. The miraculous strip of carpet transporting the Arabian dreamer at will from place to place, and the fiery dragon of the fairy legends, have both of them been sur passed—the former by the railway ticket, the latter by the railway locomotive. Even the little fantastic notion of that charmingly fanciful writer in ADDISON and STEELE'S Spectator, the notion of the sympathetic dials by the responsive movements upon which two lovers, separated from each other by the width of a Continent, talked with each other at pleasure, in defiance of time and dis tance—even this poetic notion itself is in the most unromantic, unsentimental, and thoroughly busi nesslike manner in the world, of daily, hourly, even momentary recurrence, by means of the click ing magnetic needles worked by the practised hands of the youngest clerk at the electric telegraph office, It is afloat, however, upon the waters of the great deep, and in the multiplication and improvement there of the deadliest implements and messengers of war that the application of science to the purposes of blood shed is t in many respects, of late years being the most rapidly and remarkably evidenced. There— while some are dreaming in halcyon reveries over the imagined proximity of the dawn of a political millennium—there, while GARIBALDI himself of all men the wielder of the most daring sword drawn since the death of NAPOLEON the Great by the hand of any military adventurer, while GARIBALDI himself, we say, is indulging in the beneficent ideal of the approach of the epoch of a grand pacific European confederation—there upon the waters of the ocean are either being floated off, or preparing to be floated off, simultane ously from the shores of France and England, the most formidable vessels of war that the cycloptedian hand of man has ever built and launched and navi gated for the destruction of his fellow-crea tures. Iron-plated ships of war France has already built or is now building formid able metal-cased vessels like La Gloire, which we are now, in our turn, resolutely bent upon matching, nay, of surpassing. Our volunteers are fast numbering up 150,000 skilled riflemen. Our military and maritime services are costing us in a year of peace (so-called) full thirty millions sterling. We have armed men now to the number of 600,000, distributed over our world-wide domi nions. We have, for the first time for more than a quarter of a century, an efficient Channel fleet. Our dockyards and arsenals have never been more busily thronged since the close of the last great European war with the final crash of Waterloo, or, as the French call : it, ce jour funeste de Mont-Saint-J ean . Nor have we any intention whatever of relaxing these gigantic efforts to in crease and strengthen our warlike armaments. While we are in the midst of this astonishing aetivity General GARIBALDI'S trumpet-voice, fresh from the announcement of the Sicilian and Nea politan victories resounds, over Europe, preaching Utopia, Atalanta, Arcadia, in the shape of a grand European Confederation ! " The idea," says this great soldier, this wonderful military adventurer— " The idea of a European confederation Put forward by the Chief of the French Empire, and which would give se curity and happiness to the world, would it not be better than all these political exabinations which torment this poor people and keep it in a continual fever ?" And he adds : " The thought of the terrible destruction which one com bat among the great fleets of the Western Powers would produce must shake with terror him who would think of giving the order for it, and probably there never would be a man so cowardly bold to take the responsibility of it upon himself." GARIBALDI continues : " The rivalry which has existed between France and England from the 17th century to our times exists still, but with infinitely less intensity now, and we mention this for the glory of human progress, so that a transaction between the greatest nations of Europa—a transaction which would have for its aim the welfare of humanity, can no more be placed among the utopias of noble-hearted men." That it is Utopia he is talking of, GARIBALDI cannot apparently for an instant understand. Descend ing to particulars, he observes frankly : " I know well there is one objection to the foregoing project—What to do with that numberless mass of men "aPloved now in the armies and navies ? „ _ • " The answer is easy. " By sending away thetv masses we should aboli:h ag, , :gra•• vating, and dangerous institutions, and the m; the Sove reign, no more occupied with the lust of conquest, with war and destruction, would turn towards useful institu tions, and ,descend from the study of generalities to that of families and individuals. "For the rest, by the growth of industry, by security of commerce, the merchant navy would claim at the same in stant all the active part of the navy ; and the great quan tity of works stimulated by peace, association, and security would absorb all this armed population if it were double what it is." The whole of this beautiful hallucination ending thus : tc War being henceforth almost impossible, armies would b eco me useless. But what would no t b e useless would be to maintain the people in its warlike habits by a national militia which would be always ready to supp ress a l l dis orders and eve r y ambition which would dare to disturb Europe." GARIVALDI, at any rate, now stands before us in his full dimensions. We all knew previously the giant warrior the man is—we now know him to be broadly great as a day-dreamer. His feet are firmly fixed upon terra firma, his glorious sword sweeps the whole length of Italy, but his head is among the clouds, his thoughts are in nubibus. The admirable letter of the Mayor of NORWICH, which we reprinted on Saturday from file Norfolk News, claims a distinct notice. It is addressed to the citizens of Norwich, but there are only too many boroughs in the kingdom which might most advantageously for their own interests adopt its salutary counsels. Its object is to persuade the citizens to renounce political partizanship in their municipal capacity ; and to regard in their muni cipal elections, simply and solely the competency of the candidates for administration of the affairs of the city. The subject is well worthy of serious considera tion. To some old combatants it may appear per fectly impracticable to exclude political considera tions from borough elections. It will seem to them as if, however virtuous themselves, their opponents could never attain such a height of local patrio tism as to keep to an engagement. Both parties have so long prided themselves on either over spending, or over-tricking the other, that they would regard each other's professions as merely so many traps set for the credulous of their own party. This we imagine is the preliminary difficulty with many minds. It must be met—and it may be met. We assume that the better citizens on both sides are convinced of the evils of mingling municipal considerations and politics ; if so, we must think their task is not a difficult one. If the men of position and character in any borough choose, they can frown down the nuisance complained of. They know each other well ; they, at least, can take each other's word of honour. From some of them the funds for muni cipal corruption must be, in whole or in part, supplied ; and if they mutually pledge themselves to each other, publicly avow their pledge, and pro claim their determination not only to be no parties to corruption themselves, but to punish, by every means in their power, all of either party to whom corruption can be brought home, the thing would be done. There are, we know, old hardened agents of municipal as well as political corruption in too many boroughs ; they could not give up their craft, it would be said. We answer, if they be men of property they have a position in society, and they would be compelled, if they would maintain it, to defer to the deliberate and solemn judgment of the great body of the respectable citizens. No man can afford to fly in the face of his order, be it humble or high, on a question on which they have pro nounced an unequivocal moral judgment. If, on the other hand, they be subordinates, however annoyed they may be at losing a profitable annual job, they could not find the means for mischief without the help of their betters. Indeed they are, themselves, generally, but mercenaries in the battle of venality. Regarding therefore the practicability of the thing as a simple question of the character of the wealthier section of the middle classes, we would most cordially support the proposal of the Mayor of Norwich. He is a gentleman of long political experience. He has been mixed up with party politics in the corrupt old city for nearly 20 years, and the result of his long experience has been dis gust with the annual scenes created by municipal elections ; all of them being, as it were, rehearsals of the grand scenes displayed to all England by a Norwich Parliamentary election. The revelations of election committees and commissions shew that what is the rule at Norwich is the rule elsewhere. The municipal corruption is the nurse of the poli tical corruption, and it has the advantage of giving its lesson so much more frequently, and of enabling all parties to know each other well when the greater struggle comes. We hardly know whether we should use the term greater, for according to some accounts the municipal election is often fought with an amount of zeal and of corruption which cannot be surpassed by any contest for a seat in Parlia ment. The chief difference has been that a stranger is then heavily taxed to augment the local pecu niary means of debauching the morals of the pur chaseable electors. Political corporations allow no interval for reflection and repentance. The citi zens live amidst ceaseless temptation. Mr. TILLETT thus describes the working of the evil he would suppress :—" An experience of nearly 20 years in these matters enables me to affirm that the spirit of party in our municipal affairs is an unnatural intrusion, and an endless source of mis- chief. The city's interest sustains damage from this in three most noticeable forms :-Ist. There is an annual demoralisation of the ward constituencies, to keep or gain the ascendancy, and the result depends entirely on the purchase of venal voters. 2d. Costly and disgraceful contests deter the most respected citizens from interfering in corporation affairs, drive the beat men out of the coun 3il, and bring in others not to be for a moment compared with them. 3d The keeping alive of the struggle for ascendancy encourages distrust and jealousy, and prevents that hearty and harmonious co-working which would tend so much to the general advantage." Few wbo have known anything whatever of cities ike Norwich and Gloucester, and other well known towns, would deny the truth of these statements. They are, we might almost say, a modest description of the demoralising working of municipal contentions for political ascendancy. There is but one cure for it—" that the citizens at large should insist that the corporation shall be henceforth non-po litical." The proposal comes with the best possible grace from the present mayor, Mr. TILLETT, because he belongs to the party which has the ascendancy both in the Corporation p andar contest;t party n h e thea an Cwity elections for Parliament. Th e belongse areto c n a o n t a aw lw a a r y e s o w r w in i n objectioni n the other side has to urge against the fairness of the proposal except one, which they will hardly like to make. They might say with truth that at Nor wich (and the same might be said of other cor rupt constituencies) the Liberals would always win veti if neither party bribed—that he up priee at it is almost rn like asking the Americans to they are asked to renounce bribery; since, how ever immoral and indefensible, it is their only chance. Admitting this to be the ease, we may yet surely appeal to all men of character on the Tory side to prefer an honourable repulse to a sordid victory ; or rather, as it too generally h ap _ pens, to a derco,t, in which the defeated and the greater victors r ghat mus t , a i v l e eqi y l degraded themselves. Th e however, lie with the party which acknowledges that corruption is essential to success. Its leaders are answerable, not only for their own sins, but for those to which they provoke the other side. But, after all, it may be asked, can Englishmen act publicly, itwill b be without sai actingsaid, m ak make politicallytTheyo which h ich can hardly, politics will not creep—even at meetings where they are by rule excluded. And then, the men of progress for the country at large are so likely to be the men of progress for the locality, and vice versa. To the general objection we may reply that the duties of a corporation are such, as if we had to select persons for each department by itself, We THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1860, should never think of the politics of the candidate, Mr. TILLETT justly says— "Consider for a moment. The Corporation has to ap point and regulate the police; to superintend sanitary measures ; to maintain, and keep in a proper state, the gaol, the city halls, and the public cemeteries ; to repair, light, and underdrain the streets; to protect the naviga tion; to manage the Corporate estates, and maintain the Corporate rights in regard to markets, tolls, and dues. With which one of these have political or party considera tions the smallest connection ? The judgment of every one of you answer unhesitatingly, that these all are matters with which politics have nothing to do, and with which 'party ' cannot intermeddle without causing damage to the city and injustice to individuals." With regard to the last objection, we will allow that there is some truth in it—but there is no need whatever to repress the desirable local contest be tween those who would improve too fast, and at too great expense, and those who would rather say let well alone. It is but seldom, indeed, that the local dispute between these parties would tempt to the use of corrupt means. We by no means object to parties in a corporation, on local business. Eng lishmen can hardly conceive of good administration which is not watched by a vigilant opposition ; but we would indulge the hope that the advice of the Mayor of Norwich, in regard to political partizan ship in corporations, will be adopted, cordially, by his fellow-citizens, and that the citizens of other cities and boroughs will promptly follow their ex ample. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Last night the " Crown Diamonds" was per formed for the first time this season. It was de lightfully acted and sung; and the performance had (as it deserved) the most brilliant success. The pleasant and piquant part of Caterina is one of Miss Louisa Pyne's happiest efforts; we do not be lieve, indeed, that it has a more charming repre sentative on any stage in Europe. She has caught to admiration the arch and playful, yet delicate espieglerie of the character; and her singing is the very perfection of bright and sparkling execution. Mr. Harrison's Don Henrique, too, is one of his best performances. His acting is gay, easy, and gentlemanlike, and he does full justice to the de lightful music of the part. Miss Thirlwall was very successful in the character of Diana. She was graceful and lively, and her clear, light voice was well suited to the music. The bolero at the begin ning of the second act, sung by Miss Louisa Pyne and her, was charming. Mr. St. Albyn played the part of Don Sebastian agreeably, and his sweet tenor voice was very effective, especially in the con certed pieces. Mr. Corrie had his part of Rebol ledo, which he acted, as usual, with rough and effec tive humour; and Mr. Horncastle, who appeared for the first time in the , part of the Count de Campo Mayor, acted the ridiculous, fussy old courtier extremely well. An additional charm was given to the whole performance by the delicacy with which the orchestral accom paniments were played by the admirable band, and by the excellent singing of the chorus. We never heard the magnificent finale to the first act (the scene in the coiners' cave) produce a more animated dramatic effect combined with greater beauty. At the conclusion of the piece the applause was enthusiastic. Miss Louisa Pyne had a double encore for Rode's air with variations, which she sang by way of finale, though, for our poor part, we should hare been better pleased had she ter minated the opera according to the text of the com poser. _ We learn with pleasure that her Majesty has commanded that her box at this theatre shall be retained for the season; The Grand Duke Michael of Russia and suite honoured the theatre on Saturday evening to wit ness the performance of " Lurline." RAYMA.RKET THEATRE. On Monday evening Miss Amy Sedgwick varied her performances at this theatre by appearing in the character of Constance, in Sheridan Knowles's comedy of " The Love Chase." The crowded state of the house long before the rising of the curtain attested her popularity in this character; and the enthusiastic app!ause which greeted her on her first entrance on the stage, during the progress of the play, and still more rapturously when she was called before the curtain at its termination to receive the cheers and plaudits of the audience, amply tes tified to the delight afforded them by her imperso nation. Since the days of Mrs. Nisbet, we have seen no Constance that for grace, elegance, vivacity, and finish, can be compared to Miss Amy Sedg wick's. Mr. Chippendale and Mrs. Wilkins, as Sir Wil liam Fondlove and the Widow Green, played with all that care and discrimination which mark their performances ; and Mr. W. Howe, as Master Wild rake, well supported his reputation as a painstaking and judicious actor. THEATRICALS IN .DUBLIA: (From Freeman's Journal.) Mr. John Drew made his first appearance last night a, the Theatre Royal, Dublin, as a delineator of Irish character, and achieved a decided success. As a debut is always a matter of great interest, and as the delineator of Irish character is especially popular with the lovers of the drama in this city, a numerous audience assembled to welcome the new candidate for public favour. They gave Mr. Drew a most cordial reception, and and as he proceeded with his performances loud and hearty applause from all parts of the house testified that he was recognised as an actor of sterling merit, and had won a genuine success. The piece selected for his debut was the "Irish Ambassador," in which he sustained the part of Sir Patrick O'Plenipo. Perhaps there is ito Irish character on the stage which requires greater tact and ability for its adequate pourtrayal than that of the blundering, off-handed, rollicking, and gentlemanly Irishman, who innocently acquires the fame of an astute diplomatist, by the simple but unusual process of telling the truth. The dashing style, the impulsiveness, the lively assurance of Sir Patrick, are combined with an easy and polished address, and the tone and manner of refined society. The slightest extravagance of gesture or exag geration of the Irish brogue is therefore to he carefully avoided in the successful representation of this character. Considering the difficulty of the part, we can congratu late Mr. Drew on the ability with which he acquitted himself. He displayed, in a high degree, the best quali ties of Irish humour, and created great laughter by the vivacious, pointed, and racy style in which he developed the salient characteristics of the Irish Ambassador. The curtain fell amidst loud applause and calls for Mr. Drew, who, on appearing before the audience, thanked them in a few apposite words for the kind reception which they had given him. It was, he said, an event in a man's life, after a long absence from his native land, to find so many warm friends to greet him on his re- turn. He would wish to say more to express his deep appreciation of their kindness, but it often happened that when a man wished to say most his feelings over came him, and compelled him to say least. That was his position on the present occasion, and ho could there fore only once more return them his heartfelt thanks. Mr. Drew subsequently appeared in another character, in which he made a still more favourable impression on the house. This was the part of Handy Andy in a drama adapted from Mr. Lover's well-known work of that name. Handy Andy is an Irish peasant, with much of the humour of his class, and an amount of stupidity and capacity for blundering peculiar to himself. Tho laughable mistakes and absurd misadventures which form so prominent a feature of the novel, constitute the entire fun of the adapta tion. The only character of merit is that of the blun dering hero Andy; and we think that if one or two of the scenes which interpose their dullness between his droll performances were compressed or cut out altogether, the piece would be much improved. Mr. Drew dressed and acted the part to perfection. The quaint stupidity, the awkward manners, the laughable distresses, and the broad humour of the character—verging at times on extravagance —was enacted by Mr. Drew with a rich and racy drollery which kept the house in roars of laughter during the entire time he was upon the stage. His performance of this character is completely original, and is alone sufficient to stamp him as an Irish comedian of the highest order. A fall of 1 per cent. took place yesterday in the stock of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, owing to a statement that a distringas had been obtained by some creditors of the company in the law courts of the province. This step appears to have been adopted, how ever, for the p ro t ect i on of the shareholders, in order that no priority of claim or i nconvenient interference with the traffic might be est a bli shed. We have reason to believe that a clear statement of the position of the undertaking will be issued in a few days by the board, The sooner this is done the better. Meanwhile, it is remarked with some satisfaction that the traffic exhibits a certain response to the improvement in the condition of the province, the lust Weekly return presenting a total of upwards of £i6,500. TEST EJATEb I NE4I4 b. The following telegram 3 have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, OCT. 24, The Constitutionnel publishes an article, headed " French policy in Italy," and signed by its editorial secretary. This article, which is considered semi-official, commences by energetically repelling the accusa tions brought against the Government of the Emperor by those who reproach him for not inter vening in Italy against the revolution, and by those who wish to see him sustain the Italian movement at all hazards. French policy could not, without compromising its most incontestable principles and its essential interests, hold either one or the other of these two lines of conduct. In taking part against Italy the Emperor would betray his origin, and he would lose the character he holds from universal suffrage, by which he was selected, and would divest him self of the authority necessary to a Sovereign of France for the good of Europe. The more he is equitable to peoples the greater is the service ren dered by the Emperor to the principle of authority. Besides, an intervention could only be a military occupation of the Peninsula. What would Italy, England, and Europe have said ? They would have looked upon the Peninsula, thus protected, as a French Italy. The other attitude was equally impossible and dangerous. It would have made us an accomplice of the revolutionary state of things. It would have caused us to break with Russia, Prussia, and Aus tria, and have brought us to a general war. The Emperor would have changed his role. Moderator of the revolution he would become its chief. Pa cificator of Europe he would become its terror ; arbiter in questions of political equilibrium he would lose the title of his competency ; representative of national will he would become a mere party in strument. Thus France could neither support revolutionary intentions nor absolutist reactions in Italy ? What line of policy should she follow ? Here the article enters upon considerations of the political condition of each of the Great Powers of Europe, and, having reviewed the state of things in Italy, it draws the conclusion that a congress is possible, and defines the part France would take therein. The article concludes thus : " An organised and powerful Italy is henceforth to the interest of Europe. In consecrating it by an act of high jurisdiction Europe would show as much prudence as justice." PESTH, OCT. 23. This morning the garrison marched out for a review. General Benedek took leave of the troops and addressed them in a speech. The proposed illumination of the city did not take place, by desire of General Benedek, who stated that it would be better to present the costs of the illumination to the army. NAPLES, OCT. 23. An official despatch announces that the Garibal. dians have entered Capua. King Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Isernia. TURIN, OCT. 23. The result of the voting in Sicily is almost unanimously in favour of annexation. King Victor Emmanuel has reached Castlelsandro and will arrive at Naples on the 28th inst. The proclamation of the vote will take place the following day. Forty other battalions of the National Guard will be mobilised. ROME, OCT. 21. The depart are of the Papal nuncio from Paris took place in consequence of orders received from Rome. To-day the Duke de Grammont had an extraor dinary audience of the Pope. General Lamoriciere will leave Rome with full honours. The enrolments for the Pontifical army con- tinue. The Papal Exchequer is not destitute of funds, and the government entertain great hopes concern ing the issue of the interview at Warsaw. Signor Catrofiano has been sent to Warsaw by the King of Naples. The French have occupied Montalto, and will occupy Orvieto in the course of next week. Two thousand Italian Volunteers are still in the province of Viterbo. ANCONA, OCT. 22. A decree has been issued convoking the popular assemblies for the 4th and sth of November to vote tin the question of annexation. WARSAW, OCT. 23. The Emperor of Austria paid a visit yesterday evening to the Emperor of Russia, which lasted half an hour, and afterwards visited the Prince Regent of Prussia, with whom he stayed for a shorter period. General Panintin personally at tended the Emperor of Austria. In the evening the whole court visited the theatre. At noon to-day there was a grand military parade, at which the Emperor Alexander himself assumed the command. The Prince of Hohenzollern Sig maringen arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day. The Prince of Hohenzollern paid a visit to the Prince Regent this morning. Count Thun, Austrian ambassador at St. Peters burg, is present here, but the French ambassador at St. Petersburg is not in 'Warsaw, as has been reported. Confidential conferences have already taken place between the Ministers, and will continue; but it is confidentially asserted that no conclusion of treaties is to be expected. VIENNA, OCT. 23. Up to the present all reports received from the provinces announce that the Emperor's Charter had everywhere been favourably received, more especially in Croatia. Among the educated classes in Hungary it met with the most favourable re ception. The masses were not yet sufficiently acquainted with the details. PESTI', OCT. 23. In consequence of the resolution taken by the municipalities, the cities of Pesth and Buda are il luminated this evening. To-morrow, in the fore noon, a solemn celebration of divine service will take place. SYRIA. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Paris papers publish a telegram, dated Bey rout, October 12, asserting that the English squad ron left on the 11th inst., it was said for tie Adria tic. Two French vessels remained at Beyrout. It was reported that agitation prevailed at Da mascus, and that threats had been made against the Christians in consequence of the war tax. Fuad Pacha and the French and Russian Consuls had returned in haste to Damascus. FRANCE. The Presse publishes the following from its cor respondent at the head-quarters of General Milbitz, dated Santa Maria, 16th inst. : " You must not expect a long letter. Having been wounded and taken prisoner in the action of the Ist inst., for 10 days I was supposed to be dead, though only a prisoner. The Government of his Sicilian Majesty at first flatly refused to set me at liberty, and persisted in considering me a prisoner of war, although I had no arms when taken, and was at the time a tranquil spectator of the drama then passing before my eyes. lam bound to say, however, that the King gave orders to release me, but the wiser heads among his Ministers obstinately opposed the execution of his orders. T will not re late to you all the absurdities of the Government at Gaeta. It is quite clear that those gentlemen are at their wits' ends. From St. Angelo, where I was made prisoner, my captors took me to Capua, and but for the officers I should have been cut to pieces; It is impossible to form any adequate idea cf the brutality of the soldiers. The officers, on the con trary, treated us with the utmost politeness. Gen. Salzano and Lieut.-General Viale were exceedingly kind; but I assure you that the soldiers often made us fear the worst. Our treatment—l say our, be cause I was with some of Garibaldi's officers—was not very bad ; the Government allowed us 30 grani a day, but the men who served us, a sailor and a liberated convict, stole half of it in making our purchases. The rooms in which we were lodged were light and airy, but the mattresses were filthy and swarmed with vermin. As to the soldiers of Garibaldi, who have been taken in the different encounters, they are horribly ill-treated, being shut up in a damp, dirty, and ill-ventilated prison ; they are allowed only 5 grani a day, and are conse quently half-starved. On the 14th day of my captivity, the Neapolitan Government, recognising my quality of an inoffensive foreigner, ordered my release, and yesterday morning 1 was allowed to go on board the Muette, under the protection of the French flag." BOURSE, Oct. 23.—The market was heavy at the opening, but afterwards displayed rather more buoyancy. Threes, for the Account, which com menced at 68fr 80c, are now at 68f 921 c; Mobilier, 706 f 25c; Orleans, 1,366 f 25c; Northern, 971 f 25c; Mediterranean, 917 f 50c; Austrian, 485 f; Lombard, 483 f '7sc. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 75 Credit F oncier 9OO Do end month.... 95 75 Belgian zlf 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 95 Roman Bank Shares 2850 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 706 25 , Spanish Threes — Do. Account 707 501 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1370 .. 1372 50 Northern New ditto BB5 . 885 Lyons and Mediterranean 917 60 .. 917 50 Geneva 355 .. _ Southern 605 .. 505 Western Eastern Sardinian 393 7 5 .. 387 50 Austrian Lombard 485 .. 483 75 NAPLES. A letter from Naples of the 15th says : " The English volunteers for Garibaldi arrived here form without doubt the elite of the Dictator's army ; the men are fine, handsome fellows, and their equipments and the quality of their arms leave nothing to be desired. Their uniform is nearly the same as that of the other Garibaldians, and it is alike for all. It consists of a red shirt with a green collar, the trousers are dark blue with a yellow band, and are confined at bottom within the upper part of a strong pair of boots. The cap is red and green, and a black belt round the waist supports the cartridge-b!x. The National Guard went to meet them, accompanied by a crowd of 10,000 persons. Bouquets and wreaths were presented in such numbers that every musket was decked with them. The National Guard was preceded by an immense English fig, bearing the inscription, Nec opprimere, nec oppriini, while the English legion was preceded by the Italian flag, with the white cross of Savoy. The gendarmery and the police were at the head of the cortege, then came the military bands playing ' God Save the Queen,' then the English Legion, and lastly, the National Guard and the people. There was a halt in front of the Piazza Reale. General Turr there complimented the new corners. In spite of the rain, there were many ladies in the crowd. At last the filing off by the Via Toledo commenced. It is useless to attempt any description of the cheering, the vivas, and the welcomes. Everybody seemed wild with excite ment, so that the usually phlegmatic sons of Albion were rather moved, and knew not how to express their gratitude for such a reception. The number of these men is about 1,000." The same letter says : " At daybreak this morning the Garibaldians near Capua were awakened by the firing of cannon by the Royal army ; but the object was merely to do honour to the birthday of the Queen Dowager. Some hours later, however, the Royalists attacked the left wing of the Garibaldians at St. Angelo, but were repulsed with loss." FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. The Nord has the following:—" It may be re membered that some time ago letters from Paris in certain journals spoke of a difference which was said to have arisen between the Emperor Napoleon and M. Thouvenel, relative to the affairs of Italy, and announced an approaching ministerial modifi cation. Our own information, however, enabled us to state that there was no foundation for those rumours. The Emperor Napoleon we learn is resolved at the present moment to change neither his ministry nor his expectant attitude. After hav ing at Villafranca removed to a distance Austria, who was too near the French frontiers, and broken the meshes of the web which that Power had cast over Italy, France in no respect meant to assume the re sponsibility of subsequent events. Resolved not to exceed the limits which her true interests assigned her, she has confined herself to giving prudent counsels; but she is not more disposed to encourage and to aid the attempts of Italy on Venetia, than to allow Austria to attempt the restoration of the political edifice which has been destroyed. As to the firm resolution to remain absolutely neutral, the Emperor has proved it by the rupture o f diploma tic relations with Piedmont. At Rome his lan guage and policy have not varied , and if Baron Brenipr did not accompany Francis IL to Gaeta, it was because his doing so might appear to engage France. Such is the position ; and as it presents nothing that can prevent an understanding with the other Powers when the moment shall arrive, so it contains nothing that can call for a ministerial resignation." RUSSIA AND SARDINIA. A letter dated Turin, 21st Oct., thus describes the recall of the R ussian Minister:-- " Prince Leon de Gagarin, charged with the Rus.. sian Legation in our cepital, yesterday presenteda n ote to M. Cav our, in which he officially signifies the recall of the whole Legation. This recall is no tified on the ground that the Government of King Victor Emmanuel has never taken any notice of the communications and verbal representations which the Court of St. Petersburg thought fit to make to Piedmont respecting everything connected with re cent events, and especially as regards the entrance of Piedmontese troops into the kingdom of Naples. 6 , M. Cavour, on receiving this, communication, immediately telegraphed to the Marquis Sauli, the Sardinian Minister at St. Petersburg, to demand his passports. This event, though expected, has caused rather a painful sensation here. Prince de Gagarin leaves to-morrow for Paris. M. de Gerebzoff, Secretary of Legation, left last night for Warsaw." EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—The White Star clipper Morning Light sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Melbourne and Auckland. .she took out 140 paosongero) of whom 43 were in the saloon. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company's screw steamer North America, Capt. Alton, from Quebec on the 13th, arrived in the Mersey about five o'clock this morning, bringing 116 passengers. A telegraphic summary of her advices has been already published. The New York papers to hand are only one day later than those brought by the Persia, and the Canadian contain nothing of importance, with the exception of the following despatch announcing the arrival of the Prince of Wales at New York on the afternoon of the 11th inst. :—" The Prince of Wales and suite arrived at the Battery at 2 p.m. amid the booming of cannon and cheering of thousands, He was received by Mayor Wood and other notables. After reviewing the militia, which he did in colonel's uniform, he proceeded up Broadway in an open barouche drawn by six coal black horses. The most unbounded enthusiasm prevailed. Broadway was densely packed with human beings of all classes, house windows packed to overflowing, housetops completely covered, and every available square inch covered. The demon stration here entirely eclipsed all others ; the Atlantic cable and Japanese celebrations cannot be compared with it. Half a million peoplp lined Broadway, and there was a splendid military dis play. The Prince looked well, and was apparently in good spirits, continually bowing to the people. The weather was fine—a lovely day. Seats sold on Broadway at from 5 dols. to 20 dols. each. It was a grand sight to see the waving of handker chiefs. There was a good display of British flags." The municipal elections in Baltimore on the lOtk resulted in the return of the Reform candidate for Mayor by an overwhelming majority. There were a few additional details of the loss of the Connaught. A Boston telegram, of the 10th, says :—" When the Minnie Schiffer arrived at her wharf, immediate steps were taken by the agents of the Galway Steamship Company in this city to relieve the wants of the passengers. They were furnished with food and clothes of every descrip tion at once. Those bound out of the city were freely furnished with railway tickets to their des tion, and those remaining here with boarding houses and money. Everything that was possible was promptly and cheerfully done by the agefrts. Captain Leitch, officers, 'and engineers, will leave for England, by the Canada, next Wednesday. The stewards, sailors, and firemen will go out by the Glasgow, sailing on the 13th." Later advices from Havana had been received, but they were quite unimportant. The sugar market was bnchanged. The city was healthy. Freights dull. Exchange on London 141 to 15 per cent. premium. San Francisco dates are to the 29th ult. Business was without material change. GREAT PROTESTANT DEMONSTRA TION AT TORONTO. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE CONDEMNED. (Front the Toronto Weekly Herald.) There was a very large attendance of Protestants last Friday in St. Lawrence-hall, called by the Mayor, in obedience to a numerously-signed requi sition to that effect, for the purpose of expressing an opinion upon the proscriptive course pursued by the Duke of Newcastle towards the Orange So ciety, during the recent visit of his Royal High flees the Prince of Wales. The room was crowded to its utmost capacity, about twelve hundred finding accommodation within its walls, while hundreds went away unable to gain admission. The proceedings through out, although a good deal of excitement was at times manifested, were conducted in the most orderly manner, and evidently to the satisfaction of those calling the meeting. The hall was completely filled at half-past seven o'clock, at which time Hon. J. H. CAMERON rose and said that the meet ing was one called by the Mayor, under the statute, and he, as Chief Magistrate of the city, was the proper person to put into the chair. He therefore moved that His Worship the Mayor do take the chair. (Loud applause.) The MAYOR, on assuming his position as chair man, said the meeting had been called in pur suance of a requisition very numerously signed by a body of the citizens, desiring that it should be called under the statute which specially provided for meetings of this descrip tion, for the purpose of considering the course pursued by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle to ward the Orange body, with a view of obtaining an expression of public opinion thereon. He stated the nature of the statute referred to, and said that upon receiving the requisition he felt it his duty to convene the citizens in order to give them an op portunity of doing that which the statute gave them an undoubted right to do. (Applause.) It was obvious from the large number assembled that the object of the meeting engaged a great deal of public attention ; and therefore it was the more necessary that the proceedings should be conducted in an orderly manner, in order that this important gathering might really end in such results as he was quite sure the requisitionists had in view when they signed their names to the document. (Loud cheers.) The following resolutions were carried amidst loud cheers : "Resolved—That in the opinion of this meeting, the course pursued by the Duke of Newcastle, her Majesty's Provincial Secretary of State for the Colo Vies, towards the Orange Association, a body of men united together on principles of unswerving loyalty to the throne, and de voted attachment to the Protestant institutions of the country, by repressing their patriotic demonstrations of welcome to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and interferinc , with the action of various municipal bodies under whose auspices or with whose sanction they were invited to join in the general rejoicings with their fellow subjects of all classes and creeds, produced irritation and heart-burning, and left a feeling of dissatisfaction and dis content among the Protestant population of Canada, which never would have existed had the Duke remembered that his Royal Highness was the guest of the Province, and that through the Gevernment alone should all his com munications have been addressed to the Canadian people." "Resolved —That this meeting, while sympathising with the Orange men as t h e parties who have been most imme diately afected by the conduct of the Duke of Newcastle, cannot refrain from expressing their indignation. that while the Teeple of Canada possess representative institutions, and have their own Parliament and the management of their own local affairs, any member of the liiinuperGovern ment who owes no responsibility to them s dictate the make e se to o b direct e communicationpursued municipalthe uld country autha r t and ies in matters of purely local arr angements e,ngpermuveinutcswthiuet not hnaot euteovnlyadniyd not contravene any law of C m a. a n r a k d e a d , t contrast e different religions e course law of the Empire." a u t u h g t h e hority during the progress of the the favour shown to Roman Catholic func tionariesfinPp o aur a :i;in t sßue n neee g ndosii:b o ti fa ily ri V t eds h d ta ' h e l—eossT ethihnartotricolour . lag e stablishments, on and th e one he h a n hand blindness the to thecoolness exhibited towards the representatives of various Protestant denominations, and the readiness to see and take offence at a banners and emblems o n th e other, deserve and re. c O e r iv n e g f e rom this meeting the severest censure aid condem nation." , 4 Resolved—That this country acknowledge the obliga tion that the country owes to the Loyal Orangemen of this c ity for the moderation manifested by them under the pe culiar circumstances in which their body was recently placed by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle—a moderation and forbearance which this meeting believes to be entirely due to their devout attachment and allegiance to their be loved Queen, and which were not less creditable to them than satisfactory and advantageous to the people at large." " Resolved,—T hat a committee, composed of the movers and seconders of the foregoing resolutions, and Mes s rs. Godson and McLean be appointed to prepare an address to the Quee n , and both houses of the Imperial Parliament, and also the different branches of the Canadian Legislature, embodying the foregoing resolutions, with a narrative of the difficulties out of which they have arisen, with power to take such steps as they may consider advisable to unite the whole people of Upper Canada in the adoption of simi lar proceedings." A very complimentary resolution of thanks to the Mayor was passed, for which his worship returned thanks. Three cheers were then given for the Queen, three for the Prince of Wales, and three for Garibaldi. The meeting then separated in the quietest manner possible. heard ist. i a t '4. the iates and W. Saunders EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AGAIN, sSoTlicAiio.l3r:AnoNfoßß:ratvthhr,e, COMPANY.—A somewhat remarkable case N in Vl a S o. wtvvell, for the Frome County-court on Monday. Several most of the professional gentlemen and tradesmen town were in attendance. Mr. Bartram f e town, against or the appeared for the plaintiff; and T. W the Western Circuit, instructed by Mr. c rut els, &CI., of defendant. The action was brought by Ai r , Northampton, whole a respectable currier and s . hoenqaker o f t i i • II • Harvey, the evidence of the plain -14 years of the the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, forrnance of an engagement to forward the non-per had sum of £l4 I7s. 10d. to Messrs. G. and C. Turner, o f N siioefs sarsg.e, Turner ; went to that t the plaintiff's wife's sale bootmakers. It appeared from tiff and his wife that on the 9th e of _ f n i ti one so, s ister, an intelligent girl of I W O r d il . t i s n and t Dorsetheb a nk ß , t a o n b k e i f n o r twil'airsdtcd'dv ,\to pay the £l4 17s. an afterwards, when a she returned saying that she having paid Is. gave a commission, and returned th e heard of the matter until two monthsbe• Nothing more was writ was suddenly served, and ever been paid into the issued on Mr. Harvey's geois I , j execution immediately in the plaintiff's case were ratnhde entirelyof the defence that the . money had• It was denied on the part bank, and several, discrepancies defend antspandn taena discrepancies fullut eel shtse'ojnel judge ' side ent i n o g i the ejnu dtgl i ne l a e i sn n ut t s i ff pf oi,cious conduct exonerating the cashier of the bank from any imputation his conduct.muttton ( n -