The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 23, 1865. FUNERAL OF LORD PALMERSTON. As announced by ourselves exclusively on Thursday evening, in The Sun, the homage of a Public Funeral in Westminster Abbey is about to be accorded to the venerable remains of Lord PAL MERSTON. After commenting upon his career and character in our leading columns that evening, Thursday, the 19th instant, we went on to remark And it is this Great Man, this Famous Eng lishman, this Patrician-Gentleman, this fore most Statesman amongst his Contemporaries, who has but just now passed from amongst us, and to whose dead body the Nation will have to accord suit able sepulchral honours, under the roof beams, we presume, of Westminster Abbey. He had secured all the honours he could reasonably have aspired to in life. We must bestow upon him that last and crowning honour, now that he is dead." And further, by way of conclusion, we observed as follows :—" The least we can do, now that he has gone, the least we can do as a last evidence of our appreciation for one so venerable in years, so lofty in character, and so illustrious in position, is—that we should inter his dead body with all appro priate funereal magnificence among the kindred great ones who already lie buried there in the old Abbey at Westminster." That what we thus early indicated as alone suit able in regard to the scene and manner of Lord PALMERSTON'S Funeral Obsequies, is now, after all, really and truly going to be done in reference to his sepulture, will be matter, we believe, of very general satisfaction. A strictly private interment of the late Prime Minister would have been almost painfully unsuitable under the circumstances. 'That momentary design, it is now gratifying to learn, has been, at the eleventh hour, abandoned, and on Wednesday next, the day after to-morrow, the remains of the Great Premier will be deposited, with all appropriate solemnity, in the only fitting Resting-Place for a great man, so universally popular among all classes of his fellow-countrymen as HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, the third and last Viscount PALMERSTON. Few sciences have made more rapid progress of late years than the science of meteorology ; never theless, there is, perhaps, none in which we have more to learn. Our savants may foretell storms or trace the course of hurricanes, they may measure the density of a fog, or estimate with marvellous a ccuracy the amount of the annual rainfall, but there still remains a great deal that as yet they can not do. They find it impossible to measure those intangible atmospheric forces which carry on their invisible course, the seeds of disease and death from one country to another. They are unable to tell us in what consists that malific agency, which with so little apparent cause produces suddenly and simultaneously in very opposite conditions of life the same apparently un controßable effects. The summer which has just passed has been brilliant and beautiful, warm, and so lengthened that second crops have, in some instances, a ppeared. Yet there has evidently been some unkind agency at work, most formidable to animal life, while the dovAstating march of the c h o l era seems to indicate that it has been likewise unfavourable to human life and health. At the opening of the year there were rumours of ne w and formidable diseases n Russia, and even in Germany. Considerable apprehension was felt, and the matter was thought serious enough for direct official inquiry. When the alarm had a little subsided it soon became manifest that a well-known enemy was advancing westward, and although happily we have as yet been spared the visitation, it has been so busy in other parts of Europe that we have good grounds for uneasiness on our own account as well as of anxiety on our neighbours. An outbreak of yellow fever, limited indeed in its area and brief in its duration, likewise made itself felt in a part of the kingdom, while all over the county in the south, in the north, in Edinburgh as in London, in Lancashire as in Norfolk, a fatal and most contagious disorder has been decimating our herds. As is usually the case on the outbreak of a new and virulent pestilence, there have been active discussions respecting the origin of the disorder. Some have a.ttributedit to importation, some to the ill-treatment of cattle, and some to atmospheric agencies. Whichever theory be the true one, there must certainly be some condition of the atmosphere which is especially favourable to its development, otherwise we should not find it intrud ing itself into the carefully-guarded retreat of the Zoological Gardens, or ravaging Holland, or last not least, breaking out far away on the Neilgherries! Yet the latest Indian news brings us this curious and unwelcome piece of intelligence. It is only to be hoped that the disease may spread less widely and prove less destructive in that part of the world than our own. Possibly among the recondite know ledge of the Hindoos there may be some tradi tionary mode of treating it which may prove more effectual than the resources of European science and skill have yet done. The great problem of the day is not how the cattle disease originated, but how it is to be cured, and in waiting to solve this the case of the cattle owners is certainly a very hard one. Their pro perty is taken away from them at a single stroke. Fatal as the disease has shown itself to be, the owners may naturally believe they have a chance of saving some of their animals, but very often they are forced to have them slaughtered without making the experiment. Lord WINCIIELSEA. has addressed a letter to a contem porary on this subject, in which he argues, very justly, that Government is bound to offer some compensation to the owners of the stricken property. He illustrates his case by supposing an instance of a large manufactory employing hundreds of men developing some pestilence, and the owners consequently receiving an order to destroy their buildings and burn their machinery. Were no ideemnity offered in such a case, he says, what an outcry would follow. Yet the proposition of the cattle owners is precisely parallel. We cannot but hope that this injustice will be remedied, since £lOO,OOO would have very little effect on our annual disbursements, but might to thousands of tradesmen constitute the whole difference between competence and ruin. At this period whan the discussion of sanitary measures occupies the attention of the well-informed to so great an extent, it is lamentable to reflect upon the sad cases of grievous neglect which here and there are a scandal to the good senses and good taste of the community. The shocking condition of Bethnal-Green has for a long time been the theme of much comment, and, perhaps, some san guine persons had indulged in the hope that by this time things had got better, that the careless were more cautious, and the ignorant better informed. Such hope will, however, be grievously disappointed by the perusal of the report of an inquest held on Thursday last at the Nelson Tavern, Hackney-road, on the body of a little girl eleven years of age. The occurrences that then took place are enough to surprise any one not accus tomed to the insolence of parish officials and the shameful neglect of landlords. The details that were mentioned by the witnesses were of so start ling a character, thatthey certainly rea ige the adage of truth being stranger than fiction. It seems diffi cult to believe that human beings should be expected to pay any money at all for living in the places here described, for the house in which the poor little girl met her untimely end was not in a fit state for cri minals, if half of what was said of it be true. It appears that some time ago JOANNA BUTLER fell and broke a rib, but Dr. CHAMBERS said that if she had been properly treated she might have recovered, but that the removal of her family to Nelson-place was very inju rious, and no one will wonder that he should have made this remark when they learn the reasons for it. He stated that the " effluvium from the premises affected his throat for hours after he visited the court," and that there were " foul emanations and effluvium from the houses, the dust heaps, &c." The houses consist only of two rooms, and for these a charge is made of five shillings a week. In fact, so pestilential is the atmosphere of the place that Dr. CHAMBERS believes that a case of "smallpox which he is treating in one of these houses has come from poison in the houses, as it is not like an ordi nary case." Then followed other witnesses, all corroborating the statement of the medical man, and telling the sad tale of wrong and neglect. HARRIET BUTLER, the mother of the deceased, stated that the child got much worse after she was removed to Nelson-place. " The house was a step lower than the ground back and front, there was no dust-bin or cover to the water-butt, the yard was covered with stagnant water, and they had to place the wash-house door down to walk dryshod over it." It certainly appears that five shillings a week was exorbitant to pay for such accommodation, and that, taking all things into consideration, those who valued their health or the lives of their children would rather pay double that sum to be outside such premises. FRANCES BLOXAM stated that she had often com plained to her landlord of the dust being thrown out and left in the middle of the court, " dead cats, &c., being thrown on it," and he replied, " You should put it in your yard, I will get any one three months who puts the dust in front." It . would certainly be an anomalous proceeding for a landlord to get three months for a lodger who put the dust in front when there was no dust-bin on the premises. It was mentioned that the dust heaps were but seldom removed, because the dust contractors generally avoided narrow streets and courts in low neighbourhoods, as they were not likely in such quarters to receive the twopence beer-money for their trouble ; and the consequence of such neglect is that heaps of refuse are left for weeks at a time, which " decompose" and greatly injure the health of the inhabitants. Dr. GREEN WOOD, whose assistant had attended the child, certified that he was well qualified to do so, but when he went there he found the child lying on the boards, as the landlord had seized all the things for rent, but on condition of the family removing he returned the bed. Under these circumstances it was therefore impossible for the medical attendant to do otherwise than consent to the removal of the child, but he advised her being taken to the hospital. The inhuman course pursued by many of the land lords in these wretched habitations cannot be too severely censured. To take the bed from under a sick child who had met with an accident is a piece of barbarous cruelty unpardonable in any man who dwells in a civilised coun t ry. N o won d er some of the jury remar k ed that the state of the neighbourhood of Nelson's-place was so bad that it was necessary to take some steps concerning it, for it was very dangerous to the health of all who resided there. Upon the delivery of these very pertinent observations there ensued a scene almost unparalleled for effrontery and indiffer ence on the part of Mr. CHRISTIE, Inspector of Nuisances for Bethnal-green. He began by stating that he served " no notice" on the landlord of the houses just referred to, and, will it be believed, he added, there was no occasion for him to do so, for there was no complaint made. A juror truly stated that it was a startling admission that these poor neighbourhoods were not to be visited or inspected except when complaints were made, and that such a system might satisfy the vestry, but would not content the public. Henceforth this enlightened in spector of nuisances replied he hadnothing to do with the public. "I do not care whether the public are satisfied or not. Ido my duty according to my instructions. You should go and do it yourself." It is really too much to submit to that such iatol lerable impertinence should be permitted in a witness before a court of inquiry. The conduct of Mr. CHRISTIE was about as unseemly as it could be, and the reproofs of the jury only seemed to make him worse. In fact, he became quite outrageous. When the assistant inspector appeared to give evi dence, he contradicted him in the most barefaced manner, and when Mr. BURROWS stated that such an entry was in the book in his own handwriting, Mr. CHRISTIE exclaimed, " I don't believe it ; it is not in your handwriting." A juror very properly remarked at this juncture, " Mr. CHRISTIE, ycu are not here now as relieving officer among paupers ; your manner is most in sulting." It is indeed very unbecoming that such conduct should take place when an important inves tigation is taking place, and the whole tenour of Mr.. CHRISTIE'S course shows him to be utterly unfit for his place, and it will be a great act of neglect to their duties and an insult to the public if he be not immediately dismissed by the proper authorities. But the matter should not be suffered to rest in their hands, and if they choose to tolerate the offender, surely the Home Secretary will think it proper to interfere. If such a style of conduct be suffpred to pass unchecked, it will be holding out an encouragement to other inspectors to slight their work and insult those who call them to account. It was in Bethnal-green that a reliev ing-officer once told a jury, who passed a verdict that contained a censure upon his treatment of a pauper, " that their verdict would not do him a halfpenny-worth of harm." An improvement will never take place in this locality unless some more vigorous measures are adopted, and it is high time that something be done speedily, or the condition of the poor will be frightful during the winter. What with hard relieving officers, incom petent inspectors of nuisances, and scheming land lords, it would seem that the condition of Bethnal green is about as bad as it can be. The death of this unfortunate child has once again brought before the public the sad state of this part of the metropolis, and the honour and interests of the community alike call for some searching investigation to be made, and some striking changes to be introduced. It is of no use for juries to return verdicts if no atten tion is paid to them. And how often have such protests been made against the system pursued in Bethnal-green ? The time has arrived when action should succeed to words, remedies be substituted for complaints, and a vigorous change for the better afford some chance of life and health to those now pining in sickness, and sinking into premature graves in consequence of the foul air they breathe, and the noxious condition of the houses they dwell in. • It does not appear to be more than a very brief period since, with all due pomp and pride. of cir cumstance, the Wakefield Exhibition opened its doors to the eager and admiring multitude. Yet so rapid is the succession of events that divert the pub lic attention that forty days have elapsed during the interval between its inauguration and its close. The experience of those six weeks has been, as far as the exhibition itself was concerned, pre-eminently satisfactory. It is not very often that so encourag ing a verdict can be given as to the results of any large undertaking as that given by the secretary in making his final report. "The whole course of the exhibition," he said, "had been one of unqualified prosperity and complete success." So far from the interest of the public diminishing with time, it ap peared steadily to increase, for the weekly attend ance became gradually larger and larger. The average daily attendance was between four and five thousand, the total number of admissions hav ing been 185,723. The exhibition was not of that showy and superficial character which might at its opening attract crowds for the fashion or the amusement of the hour. It contained works of art and skill which elevated the mind and enthralled the interest of the spectator, and bade him return again and again to worship at the shrine of beauty and of invention. Despite the social and finan cial auccess of the undertaking there hung over the closing ceremony the gloom cast by the national loss of the week, and by none of those present could it have been more deeply and painfully felt than by the kindly and accomplished nobleman who has so cordially befriended the movement from its outset. Yet though Lord HOUGHTON confessed his inability to enter so cheerfully as he would otherwise have done into the spirit of the occasion, his closing address showed his usual facility in dealing with questions of art and education. An exhibition of this kind is, he justly observed, an educational ad vantage to the people. Who, he asked, could mea sure its influence or benefits ? Who could tell the germ of art which may have entered the mind of some peasant student in looking for the first time at the fine paintings in this very Wakefield Exhibition, or the dim notion of invention which might pass through the mind of the intelligent mechanician examining the models exhibited in its rooms. But, in addition to this aspect of the advantages of throw ing open such opportunities to genius and talent in the lower ranks, we must remember the more certain and extensive, if less conspicuous, result produced upon the minds of the many who have no claim to either inventive or artistic pre-eminence. The gradual refinement and cultivation of the taste of the many is not less vital to the progress and social welfare of a nation than the development of the gifts and faculties of the few, and it is not one of the least significant or gratifying signs of the times that so wide a range of persons should he able to find pleasure in these artistic exhibitions. Art, as Mr. LEATHAM truly said, may minister to virtue as well as to vice, and the pleasure felt in an inno cent and elevating recreation of this kind is of itself beneficial to those classes who are too apt to derive their gratification exclusively from material sources. Mr. LEATHAM quoted appropriately enough the familiar thought of KEATS—" A thing of beauty is a joy for ever," and expressed his be lief that many of the visitors to Wakefield who had snatched a brief holiday to spend in its Exhibition would carry away with them bright and enduring memories. Mr. LEATHAM made a very sensible suggestion as to the disposal of the surplus funds in the hands of the Committee, and we hope his hint will be taken, He proposed that they should be devoted to the establishment of a School of Design in Wakefield ; a scheme which would be very advantageous to the town and itg various branches of industry, from the improvement it would be likely to effect in the designs of the textile fabrics and of the china manufacture. Such a practical result would tend to keep alive the pleasant memory of an Exhibition which has been during its existence an unqualified success, and would help to train the taste and talent of the rising generation, so that Art and Industry, instead of being, as too often believed, opposing forces, may assume their more natural and beautiful position as kindred and congenial benefactors of humanity. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 14. The Commercio publishes a letter from Jedda, dated the 27th ult., of which the following is the substance : " Information has been received from Massowah stating that Mr. Cameron the English Consul, has not yet obtained his freedom ; he even suffers much. In two years his hair has turned from black to per fect white. his legs are swollen, and he is alto gether in a very bad way. " It is said that King Theodorus has written to Mr. Rassam to come and take Cameron away, his Majesty's object being to imprison Rassam also, as Rassam is believed to have formed improper rela tions with certain enemies of the Emperor." ITALY. FLORENCE, OCT. 23. The election of deputies to the Italian Parliament has commenced. Most of the colleges are battling for the different candidates. A large number of electors are taking part in the elections, but order has nowhere been disturbed. MILAN, OCT. 23. Yesterday the Prince and Princess Napoleon arrived here incognito, and were present at the theatre last evening. TURIN, OCT. 23. A despatch received to-day announces that the King and Queen of Portugal will arrive here on the 26th inst. INDIA. - BOMBAY, SEPT. 30. Nothing is known yet as to the proceedings in Bhootan when the cold weather sets in. Colonel Campbell has been removed from the service for mismanagement of the defence of De wangire, in Bhootan, but has been allowed a major's pension. Armudsen, a notorious rebel of 1857, has been found guilty at Cawnpore, and sentenced to impri sonment for life. Vardy, the pilot of the Coolie ship Eagle Speed, which was wrecked at the mouth of the Mutlah, has been dismissed the service. The cattle disease is reported to have broken out on the Neilgherries. A collision has occurred between the people and the police in suppressing hook-swinging at Poore in Kuttack. The Exhibition at Nagpore is to be opened on the 24th December. A pension has been granted to the family of the ex-King of Delhi. The new organization of the Bombay police com mences in October. The reports regarding the crops are everywhere very favourable. The rainfall in Bombay up to this date is 75 inches. The cotton and piece goods markets are active, and prices are advancing. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 20. The Delta and Tanjore, with the above mails, left here at noon, to-day, for Marseilles and South- ampton respectively. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 21.—Two o'Clock.—Although business is now done at lower quotations than were obtained at the opening, an improvement has taken place on yesterday's closing rates. Threes, for the Account, have advanced 10c., and are quoted 67f. 93c. Italian Fivca aro at G 54. SL 50. Croditliwbilier Shares are doing at 882 f. 50c., with a rise of 7f. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have attained I,ooof. North of Spain are unvaried ; the discounting of these shares has much fallen off—only 375 are an nounced for to-day. Paris Gas Shares are doing between 1,695 f. to 1,700 f Three o'Clock.—The market became buoyant towards the end, and the closing prices show a further advance. The last quotations are as follows 41 per Cents 96 20 Lo. end month Ditto Threes — Roman Mexican Loan 4B 25 Do. Bonds 2lB 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes 43 Home Debt — Deferred 3 per Cents. Do. end month 67 97} Credit Mobilier Do. end month 888 75 Bank Shares 3700 Credit Fonder 1330 Italian Loan 65 40 Do. end month 65 40 RAIL' Orleans . 'ATP- Northern . Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Cash. Acct. 8181 1095 _. ~. 858 75 ... 565 - 535 - - 230 - - 402 50 - 435 - - 215 - 268 75 - - ... 190 - MADAME LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT, we are grieved to learn, is obliged to pass the winter in the south of Europe for the benefit of her health. HERR JOACHIM'S RETURN TO ENGLAND is ad journed till January, when he will resume his place as first violin at the Popular Concerts. THE EDITOR OF Good Words, Dr. Norman Macleod, who is paying a visit to the Queen at Balmoral, preached in the parish church of Crathie on Sunday we e k. END OF THE LONG VACATION. To-morrow the " long vacation" at common law will terminate, and in Chancery on the 28th instant. AN OPERETTA IN Two ACTS, by MM. Oxenford and Meyer Lutz, is to be produced this evening at the Royalty. _ _ _ A NEW ORGAN has been built in Dundee, which, it is said, is the largest in Scotland. REPORTED DISCOVERY OF A NEW PLANET.—The Boston (U.S.) Daily Advertiser, of the 10th instant, says :—" The following despatch was received here yes terday:—' Observatory, Ann. Abor, Michigan, October 9, 11 o'clock p.m.—Mr. J. C. Watson Mates that ho discovered a new planet at about half-past ten o'clock this evening. It shines like a star of the ninth and one-half magnitude, and is situated in the right ascension, fourteen degrees and Jolty-five minutes, and in declination six degrees north.' A RUNAWAY MATCH FOILED.—In the course of Thursday, Captain Jenkins, of the county police, Dumbarton, was communicated to by a solicitor in 'Man chester, to the effect that a young lady, 21 years of age, belonging to that city had, a few days ago, privately left there in company of a young man, and bad gone to Dum barton, where, in the course of a day or two, they were to get married ; and, it was further stated, that (although un known to the lady) her heartless swain was a married man, whose principal aim was evidently the possession of money, the lady having just become heir to considerable property in the city of Manchester. Sergeant M'Donald proceeded, in the course of the afternoon, to institute inquiry, and on entering the lady and gentleman's lodgings, he was told they were not in, but were expected in the course of an hour or so. "The officer left, and in about an hour returned again, but behold the birds were flown, and were nowhere to be seen, the gallant Cockney having prevailed upon his young, helpless, and homeless prize to fled once again. By this timo it was 7 o'clock, and the night dark, when Messrs. Jenkins and M'Donald set out in search of the fugitives, who wore discovered at Bowling Railway Station in the act of purchasing tickets for Glasgow, but were taken back by Mr. Jenkins to Dumbarton, where the young lady was informed of her dangerous game, that of getting married to another wife's husband. Her surprise and doubtless dis- 1 appointment can be better imagined than described, and the ghastly and frustrated looks of her companion were Clearly evinced on being recognised and exposed, but who never theless declared he was a free man. It appears the lady is an orphan, and had only been acquainted for about three weeks with the man, when ho prevailed upon her to accom pany him to Scotland to get privately married, leaving his own wife behind in another part of England. But, fortu nately, his plans, although cunningly devised, have on this occasion been intercepted. The young lady left Dum barton accompanied by Sergeant M'Donald, who saw her on the London train bound for Manchester, when she ap peared truly grateful in escaping the coils of her three W e e k s ' 1 9Yer. — Glasgow ,Everting Citizen. HOUSES. —.Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, buOurban, and Country RESIDENC,ES to LET or SELL. Par.iculars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact requirements ftnd rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. Q 0 UTII KENSIN GTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's an d Rutland Gates, Queen's - gate and Peters ham Terraces,, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Pi Woes Gardens, Elvaston- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Bolton& &c. Messrs TOPLI4 and ROBE lITS have RE DEUCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding, , localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and south Ktnsington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SERVlCES.—llaring the storing of the past year the National 1 ifebaat Institution, by its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin g of 698 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended £19,5' 0 In the same peri..don its lifeboat establishments, in addition to grautiutt £1,539 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution e,ruestly rt ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to me:t the continued heavy demauds on the Institution's 150 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by the London and country bank - rs ; and by the tecretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with Bhakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. blr. Phelps ; Messrs. T. Swinboutme, C. Vandenhofl, J. Neville; Miss Atkinson, To conclude with Milton's Mask of CO3IUS. Messrs. Binii Drayton, Wilbye Cooper; Miss Poole, Miss Augusta Thomson, ,tc. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY Al ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TIlitEE WE , K S .A.l''l ER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Chippendale, Miss Snowden, bliss elly Moore. At; er which, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Howe, Miss Belly Moore, Mrs. E. Fitzi.villiam. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Louise Keeley, Mr. C.mpton. Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq. Miss Fanny right, Miss C. Adams, and the Corps de Ballet. Commence at Senn. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon and Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 43d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. nillingtun Y. Bedford, It Phillips, elix Itogtrs, Ashley, liburne, G. J• Smith; Mrs. Billing - tor, &c. To c melude, at half-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. BiLington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Geo. Vining. 'JIIIS EVENING, at 7 olclock, IT Li NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining', T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calliaeni, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, B. Melton, C. Seytun, R. Cathcart; Mis. L. Moure and Miss Katherine Rodgers. 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The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Poonah, Capt. Field, with the heavy Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, arrived this morning. She brings 89 passengers, amongst whom is the Rev. Mr. Gardner, chaplain to her Majesty's forces, from Gibraltar. Mr. Quaife, purser of the company's steamer Behar, died on board the Poonah on the 18th inst. The Poonah has on freight eight packages specie, value £165,000 ; also six packages valuables, and 2,022 packages cargo, including 1,755 bales raw silk, value £150,000. Along the coast of Portugal the Poonah expe rienced strong gales from S.W. to N.W., and thick hazy weather, across the Bay hard northerly squalls, and up hlanel fin e weather. Her Majesty's ships Assurance, Pelican, Cocka trice, Hibernia, and Enterprise were at Malta. GIBRALTAR, Oct. IG. The pleasant change in the weather appears to have had a beneficial effect on the public health. Cholera has now nearly disappeared from amongst the entire population, civil and military. A great improvement is also reported in the public health of San Roque. The atmospheric change appears to have been equally beneficial to the Rock and its neighbourhood. According to private letters. the deaths in Seville from cholera are estimated at about 50 a day. The following British vessels have arrived here : —On the 9th, the steamer Morocco, 6 days from Liverpool; on the 10th, the steamer Delta, 6 days from Southampton ; on the 11th, the „steamer William Corey, 91 days from Cardiff; on the 13th, steamer lonia, 71 days frcm Liverpool, and steamer Messina, 8 days from Penzance ; and on the 16th the brigantine Hawendale, 17 days from Liverpool ; and barque Enchantress, 20 days from Newcastle. The British brigantine Research, from Villareal do Antonio, with sulphur ore for Liverpool, put in here on the night of the 11th, leaky. Her Majesty's ship Procris is in the harbour. Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date, at 491 to 1 ; Paris, sf. 22c. to 23c. ; Marseilles, sf. 22c. to 23c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, a to 1 dis. Cadiz, 11 dis. ; Seville, par to 4 dis. ; Malaga, 1 dis. These exchanges are nominal. The Great German Powers and the Frankfort Senate• BERLIN, Oct. 20. Tho Governments of Prussia and Austria have, within the last few days, addressed notes to the Frankfort Senate upon the subject of the recent Congress of German Deputies in that city. The despatches were at first reported to be identical, but this is denied by the semi-official press. The notes are said to call the attention of the Senate to the fact that Frankfort is permitted to become a focus for political agitation, by means of the meetings of associations and clubs and the attitude of its press, and to request that a stop may be put to these proceedings. In case of refusal, a threat is stated to be held out that the two great German Powers will take the government of the free city into their own hands. FRANKFORT, Oct. 19. At yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly the following motion was brought in with reference to the notes addressed to the Senate by Austria and Prussia : • "That the Assembly should requost the Sena'.e for speedy information whether communication had rewlly been received from the floverumeuLs of Austria and Prussia injurious to the independence of the free city oZ Frankfort, and especially directed against the method in which the laws as to the press and associations have hitherto beon administered. Tho Assembly also expresses its coavicaoa that the Senate will uphold the independence of our State," In the debate which followed, Dr. Reinganum thought the motion should be postponed for a few days. "Dr. Braunre!s advocated the immediate passing o: the motion. Ile said there could be no doubt, after the statements of the Prussian press, as to the tenour of the notes ; and it had also transpired that as similar communi cations had been forwarded to other Federal States, F:. - anl - fort ought to precede those Governments with an energetic protest. "Dr. Reinganum thought the most marked feature in the matter was, that the two great Powers had again taken up a position outside the Confederation. The notes could therefore not be regarded simply as harmless objections to the State and Federal right hitherto observed, but as a now act of cotnrulsion. "Dr. Friodleben regretted ;hat no commissioners from the Senate wore present to give explanations, and expressed his conviction that the honour or the State and their duty as citizens demanded rapid action. The Senate should be reminded of the ancient motto of the free city of Frank fort, 'Strong in right !" " The motion was then unanimously adopted. HER MOST SERENE HIGIINESSPRINCESS GONZAGA. is our painful duty, says the Weekly I?ellister, to record in our obituary of illustrious Catholic personages the death of the lamented Princess of Gonzaga, who expired on the 10th inst. The late Princess was known for her great piety, and translated from the Italian the life of her illustnous ancestor, St. Louis de Gonzaga• Her husband, his Most Serene Highness, the Prince of Gonzaga, who survives her, is the last living descendant of '.he noble Catholic family of Gonzaga, from a direct lino from Charlemagne. The Prince, although dispossessed by political events of his rights and fortune, is still recog niced and respected by the crowned heads and the leading statesmen of Europe. DEATH OF LORD GORT.—We regret to announce the death of Viscount Gort, which occurred at East Cowes Castle, his seat in tho Isle of Wight, on the 20th inst. He was born on the Ist of July, 1790, and was edu cated at Harrow School, where Lord Byron, Sir Robert Peel, and the lamented Viscount Palmerston were among his senior schoolfellows. He was for some time member for Limerick, the contests which he fought with the pre sent Lord Monteagle for the representation of that city having been remarkable for their length and severity. He was afterwards one of the Representative Peers for Ireland, and colonel of the Limerick Artillery Militia. In politics he was ever a warm supporter of the Conservative party. He was married, first to the Hon. Maria O'Grady, daughter of Standish, first Viscount Guillamore ; and, secondly, to Elizabeth Mary, daughter and heir of Mr. John Jones ; and by the former has left a fami!y to mourn his loss. His lordship's death creates a vacancy in the Irish Representa tive Peerage. ROYAL PRESENT OF PLAYTHINGS FOR SICK CHILDREN.—The little patients under treatment in the Hospital for Sick Cildren in Great Ormond-s'.,reet have again been the objects of her Majesty'skind and thoughtful regard. The hearts of these suffering little ones were last week gladdened by another present of toys from the Queen. A large packing-case full of articles selected by her Majesty as suitable for cl:eribution among the children arrived from Coburg. These toys are given tothe patients who highly prize them, and carry them away when the) leave the hospital. Numbeiless small mementoes of Royal consideration thus find their way into some of the holes and corners of the poor iu London and the country, as this hospital receives patients from all parts of the land. A CHARMING STORY, concerning Madame Victoria Lafontaine, the last jewel transferred from the Gymnaso to the Francais.—This young lady began her life very humbly indeed at Lyons ; her poor foster-father had an old man's longing for a little house and garden of his own, and his grateful child was able by her success to gratify his desire. Madlle. Victoria had not been many months Madame Lafontaine, of the Francais, when the old man died, and the actress has presented the houso to the authorities of Lyons, on condition of its bsing converted into a free school for poor girls. CoTroN IN CurNA.—Some months ago Mr. Hanbury announced, through the local papers, that he had obtained some American cotton seed, and that h o would distribute sp ec i mens of it to those who might wish to experiment on its growth. A portion of this seed was planted by Mr. Vaucher in his garden on the Sikawai road. The result is a patch of cotton far superior to any China cotton. The climate has agreed with it, and the plants are in as flourishing a condition as though they had never been removed from their native son, —London and China Telegraph. Lord Palmerston as a Sportsman. When we (Bell's Life) come to remember the na tural vivacity and thoroughly English tone of the late Premier's character it would have sounded strange indeed had ho not evinced some taste for our national sports. Continually in office from a very early ago, and, like the famous Vicar of Bray - , with " whatsoever king might reign," Lord Pal merston had never much leisure to devote to rural recreations, and we consequently hear but little of him at the cover side, though he was occasionally out with the New Forest, nor even during the recess did he do much in the stubble or on the moor. But he was at heart a horseman, and the few brief hours or whole holidays he could spare from the service of his country were pretty certain to be spent either on horseback or in the contemplation of his stud. In fact, during the season there was no more inte resting sight, particularly to the stranger visitor, than the Prime Minister, rather late in the afternoon, putting his horse's head straight down the Row, and pounding away in a long swinging trot, utterly heedless of the crowds of idlers and butterflies who watched his progress. This was the daily " con stitutional," and about the most invigorating exer cise any man of mature age could command, while we heard again every now and then of his riding down to the Derby, or mounting his hack and going miles before breakfast to see a favourite gallop. It was here that his passion found some fitting vent, without occupying too great a share of his time and attention, and for the last half cen tury at least Lord Palmerston had, on and off, been an owner of race horses, as during the whole of that period we believe he was never without a few good brood mares in his possession. So far back as the year 1813 he ran a filly called Mignionette at Win chester, while noticeably enough the last appear ance of his colours was over the same course during the paSt summer, with the three year old Wade, by King Tom ; as on Wednesday, the very day of his death, a horse of Mr. Montgomerie's, bearing the appropriate name of Pain, by Prime Minister, won the opening race at Kelso. Although Lord Palmer ston was fairly blooded during the following season, when he won a race with Enchantress, it was not till 1821 that we find him in the list of subscribers to Weatherby's Calendar, a tolerably good sign of a man's training on ; and in two or three years more he had a really useful horse or two in work about home ; or, as " Nimrod" so happily put it in the Quarterly Review article some ten seasons subsequently, "We must con sider our noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs only a humble provincial. To the satisfaction, indeed, of his competitors, his lordship has now relinquished even these rural honours, for Luzborough, Greyleg, and Company were sad teazers to the west-country platers." Luzborough, however, it is only fair to say, was something more than a plater, and the rather a good cup horse, while he also won the Somersetshiro Stakes, a race of far more repute at that period than at present. " Old John Day," as he will be best known to the modern Turfite, was the jockey, and his father, who lived at Oughton Down, the trainer ; and they were in truth " sad teazers" to the west-country folk, for we read of Lord Palmerston winning three or four events one after another, and three or four races a day were then thought to make up a very liberal allowance of sport. Still, his lordship relinquished even these " rural honours," but he soon came again, and in 1836 Toothill and Ashfield made their mark ; though it was in the year following his marriage that Lord Palmerston really took rank as a Turfite, creating, as he did, some amusing sensation with the most renowned runner he ever possessed. This was Iliona, by Priam, a cast-off from Lord George Bentinck's stud, but with which Lord Palmerston, no longer the humble provincial, won the great autumn handicap of the year, the Cesarewitch at Newmarket. Memorable as this victory might be to the master of Broadlands, it was rendered still more so by the discussion that ensued. If the "legs" and other worthies had experienced some difficulty in arriving at the proper pronunciation of the name of the stake, the whole world found still more in giving the name of the winner, and for week after week a wordy warfare was carried on as to the claims of the Omega or Omicron. The point was ulti mately ref erred, n ot to the Jo ckey Club but to the heads .r uciahbvuiiu TJai rcraity, -re-hcu a dt.,,lalvJa vvaa given in favour of the o long, and, of course, " a deal of money changed hands.'' Lord Palmerston himself, however much he may hale enjoyed "the debate," took little or no part in it ; nor do we ever remember that his great opponent, either in the Forum or on the Olympic plain, Lord Derby, gave the weight of his high authority on the occasion. The nag of any note that carried the green jacket and orange cap on to victory was Buckthorn, the winner of another remarkable race, the Ascot Stakes, still frequently spoken of in Turf annals. Alfred Day, who rode him, lay so far off and looked at one time so apparently out of it, that a hundred to one was offered in vain against Lord Palmerston's horse, who gradually reached them, however, and, to the surprise of everybody, won cleverly at last. But Ascot is a capital course for taking your time over, as Sam Chifney, Jem Robinson, and many other fine jockeys as well as Alfred Day have discovered ere now. Still the Day dynasty was doomed, and his lordship and the family separated over the fortunes of the next good horse, Mainstone, who was a strong favourite for the Derby of his year, and " the co incidence" pretty generally anticipated of the Prime Minister winning the Blue Riband of the Turf ; but the crack went wrong just before the race, and we never remember a more forlorn hope to look on than when Sam Rogers rode him out of the pad dock. Lord Palmerston after this disappointment removed his horses to Henry Goater's, at Littleton, but he has since had little or nothing worth mention, a Derby ou l t t sid m e u r, st ai n id ot t , h t e h ls o r u in g n h e , r b o e f beyond Baldwin, a race or two afterwards. inferred that his lordship was a heavy better ; on the contrary, he never stood a stake in his life, b u t patronised the pursuit from his innate love of horses and sport, as no clerk in the House or City appren tice ever asked for a holiday on the Derby Day with more prospective enjoyment than the Premier of England himself. Still, as " Nimrod" has it, as a racing man he was more in his element in the provinces ; and it was not, indeed, until very late in his career as a sportsman —so far on as the year 1846—that he became a Member of the Jockey Club. LORD PALMERSTON AS AN AUTHOR. (From the Athentunz.) Pretty early in life Lord Palmerston began to write, and though he was tco much of a politician to study the graces of literary expression, his hand was sharply felt in the " Tory mischief" then going on. The New Whig Guide, a pleasant battery di rected against the Liberal Opposition, was mainly, we believe, written by Lord Palmerston, Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Wilson Croker. Lord Palmerston wrote a sparkling piece of banter under the title of "Report of the trial of Henry Brougham for calling Mr. Ponsonby an Old Woman." This squib is very like the Harry Temple of past years. Brougham is found guilty, but recommended to mercy on the ground of his having vilified the Prince Regent. Lord Palmer ston also contributed a plan for re-arranging the Red-book on scientific principles, introducing the Linmen system into Parliament. Had he cultivated this tante of drollery he might perhaps have carried off some of Canning's laurels; but from society and office, won too ea r ly in life, se duced him lite rature, which never grew to be anything more from than a toy to him. Some of hishisspefeocrheeigs,n policy, and the speech in defence of and many of his minutes and despatches, have great merits. The public would be glad tosaererhiagesispa, and on the Eastern Question, t he S p anish m • the Crimean War. CABINET COUNCIL. —At a late hour on Friday evening Lord Russell issued summonses for a Cabinet Council, at the Foreign-office, on Thursday afternoon, at half-past 2 p.m. By that time the whole of the Cabinet Ministers will be in London. LORD PALMERSTON'S FUNERAL.—We have reason to believe that the funeral of the late Lord Pal merston will not take place at Romsey. The remains of the lamented statesman will be convoyed this morning from Brockett-hall to Cambridge-house, and the funeral, which we conclude will be a public one in Westminster Abbey, Will take place in London.—Times. 11.5.0,0* arts' N.41.6jk. _ Sir 111 vtof 4, HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Oct. 19• The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Iligh" nesses the Princess Helena and Princess LOU , ise walked and drove in the morning, and in the after noon with the Princess Louise and Princess Be" trice. Sir George Grey had the honour of dining wi th the Queen and royal family. OCT. 20. The Queen walked and drove in the morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princes! Helena, and again went out in the afternoon On Princess Helena and Prince Arthur. _ Dr. Robertson had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. Wales. of the Prince and Princess of ------- The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompaD ied a by Prince Alfred, Prince John of Glucksburg, an Princess Hilda of Anhalt, arrived at Marlboroug h House yesterday forenoon from Scotland. The suite in attendance consisted of the lie n. Mrs. Grey, Major Grey, and Lieutenant Haig. , On Saturday night th e P r i nce an d Princess of Wales quitted Kelso by special train on the Nort h- Eastern Railway for the metropolis. Their reY al highnesses were accompanied by Prince Alfred, he r Serene Highness Princess Hilda of Anhalt-Dessa u ' his Serene Highness Prince John of Holstein- Glucksburg, and the ladies and gentlemen of 03° royal suites. Three state saloons were provided for the illustrious travell ers , an d a tt ac h e d t o a sPec l3l train. It was o r i g i na ll y i n t en d e d t h at th e royai party should travel from Kelso to Newcastle by special train, and then proceeded by passenger train to the south, but on arrival at the latter place it was found so heavy that the plan was abandoned' Mr. Cockshott, superintendent of the line, aeoLli panied the special train conveying their royal hig h ; nesses, which travelled viii York (where the Gre 3 , Northern system co mmences ), an d w hi c h wa s le i : at 4.14 yesterday (Sunday) morning. Peterboroug h was made at 7 a.m., Hitchin at 7.53, Hatfield 8. 11 1 and King's-cross at 8.34 a.m., the run from Pet er : borough to the metropolitan terminus of the Great Northern Railway at Kin g ' s - cross , a di s t anc e of 7 miles, being run in 1 hour 34 minutes. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN TO WINDSOR.—ACC°r C , I ; ing to the latest arrangements h er Ma j esty , the royal family, and attended by the Court, will leak Balmoral on Friday afternoon next, and return to Windso r Castle. Her Majesty and the royal family will travel froni the Aboyne Station of the Deesido Railway in several Sta t° saloons attached to a special train, which will be provid e by the London and North-Western Rail wa y, an d will 1 1 under the charge of Mr. Cawkwcll, th e genera l man ager ° the line. The royal train, made up of about 13 or 14 nal' riages, will quit the Aboyne Station at the usual time c 2 the afternoon of Friday, and proceed southwards during the night to the Bushbury Junction of the Great Weatel Railway, when the car e o f th e s p ec i a l t ra i n will be h a lide over to Mr. J. Grierson, th e genera l manager of the Gre_°', l Western lino. The journ e y w ill th en b o resumed, 'f' Oxford and Reading, t o Wi n d sor, w hi ch will be reae be" about a quarter to nine o'clock on Saturday m orning; During the night journey the public will be exclude' from most of the stations, in order that the Queen maY .. .. 11° main totally undisturbed. The preparations for her x e l i jesty's reception at Winds or C as tl e, w h en the Queen 11/ arrive to breakfast, are nearly completed. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton's partY Euston Hall, Suffolk, separated on Friday last. The Duke of Argyll is hourly expected to arriY ° in town from Inverary Castle, his seat in Argyllshire. The Duchess de Coigny has left the St. Georg" Hotel. _ ----- The Marquis of Anglesey left town yesterday far Newmarket. The Earl of Wilton will leave Heaton Hall, ne ar Manchester, to-day for Newmarket. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough have r e ; turned to Brocklesby f rom Fi ley. Her ladyship has (VI recovered from her slight indisposition. Viscount Grey de Wilton arrived in town ° _, ll Saturday fr om a v i s i t to the Earl and Countess of Coventl.; at Croom e C ourt, Worcestershire, and to-day leaves f° Newmarket. Viscount utungtoti itrrived in town on Saturday from Ashdown Park, Berks. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges an d the leading members of the bar at breakfast on Thursday' the 2d proximo, being the first day of Michaelmas to Previously the noble and l earne d l or d w ill rece i ve the Mayor elect and the p r i nc ip a l c i v i c author i t i es, when, A 0 , o customary, the Lord Ch ance ll or w ill express t h e Queen approbation at the choice made by the citizens of Londoll• The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town on Saturday from Clumber, Notts. The Right Hon. W. Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. W ltt have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corn er ' from Gibside, Gateshead. Rear-Admiral the Hon. James R. and g r° ' Drummond arrived at the gallant admiral's official re"' deuce at the Admiralty on Friday night from Scotland. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. The second season of the Royal English Open s ' commenced last evening, and with e ver y prospe ct of complete success. The company is as strong the directors could make it, although the absence ° certain names is still very noticeable. We have n 0 less than five tenors, M r . Ch ar l es Ad ams b e i n g, Ne presume, the principal; the same number of bar i ‘ tones and basses, amongst whom are Mr. A. La/ 1 2 rence and Mr. H. Corn ; the sopranos numb' amongst them Miss Louisa Pyne, Madame S l3 e r, rington, and Mdlle. Florence Lancia ; the O r - traltos being Madam e E mma H eywoo d , who Pll° duced so favourable an impression in Balfe's ope "Blanche deNevers," and Miss Leffler. The ballet also well represented ; in fact, the arrangements 031 engagements are, un d er cer t a i n c i rcums t ance s, th 6 best that could be effected. of The opera chosen for the opening ni g ht was, course, Meyerbeer's "Africiane," which, it will remembered, on the four occasions it was repre • sented during the season of the Royal Italian Opel * gave promise of great success. In the presea w stance the cast was as follows : Selika, Louisa Pyne ; Ines, Madame Sherringt° ll ! Anna, Mrs. A. Cook ; Nelusko, Mr. Lavireil .r e" Don Pedro, Mr. H. Corri ; Grand In qu i s it o r, P t i A. Cook ; Don-Diego, Mr. E. Dussek ; High Priest of Brahma, Mr. Patey ; Don Alvar, Mr. C. Lyv x ., ; and Vasco de Gama, M r . C . Ad ams. I t i s needless on the prese n t occas i on t o en t er int- g, ct detailed criticism o f th e opera, b ecause but asAte time ago its , beauties and its faults formed subject of remark, and at very consid era bl e letir e For the English version of Scribe's blank ve rse, I v A have to thank Mr. C. Kenny, because he has perfor l3ol ; his task with taste, skill, and judgment. The pzw-• Vasco is peculiarly adapted to Mr. Adams' voi ce ; indeed he has never had a score so co mplete l f, su ited to him, as from begi nn i ng t o en d he Sa" with faultless accuracy and bell-like clearness. 11:. Alberto Lawrence added to his well-earned rep tion by his representation of " Nelusko," charming song " E ver my Q ueen, " i n t h e sect l e act, calling forth th e l ou d est app l ause. Mac l3 L Sherrington's I n i s an d Mi ss L ou i se P yne ' s of may fairly challenge comparison with that t Mddle. Lucca and Fioretti ; in fact, we doubt 13° • te o that many will agree with us that our native art's l4 on this occasi on qu it e outs h one th e i r f ore i gn riva l, The other pa r t s i n th e opera were we ll sustaille and all the choruses were sung with judgment effect. tie ll The scenery and dresses were superb, and, t. - 110 altogether, the production of the opera by t directors, has resulted in immense success. ~0-0•31 c On Wednesday we are to have Gounod's " ~••• Doctor," with a ballet, by M. Desplaces, ent it ' of o f " Gitta la Ballerine," supported by artiste acknowledged excellence and an efficient corps ballet. 0 • pt During the season we are to h a ve " Masan' o p i "Helvellyn," and two new operas, viz., " Ida, itip Mr. Henry Leslie; " Ch r i s t mas E v e," by ;. 1 Charles Deffell; and Feli c i a D av id' s sparkling q e " Lana Rookh." NIIITHE ABBE LISTZ, says the Musical World , ti e visit London in M a y nex t, f or th e p ur p ose o f concb le e ; his Mass, composed expressly for the opening of the church of the Carmelites at Kensington. 4 . 14 astr, —ute,li o. rco, Armi ait Do 0 04 86 CI I hay bi 41. r. h ea° L'l cati j c in. the Drod u ; o f Nc fi gure s 111°4 t to o, IsT, kinate D D al , D Eg li 1) Grey kna Mali ilex D, M on ‘,. /1 00 Neer D( Dc Dc Bard Do Span Do Do Do Dc D o Scan D o wed la, T (lc