The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

LITERATURE. Advanced Text-Book of ecology. By David Page, F.G,S. Blackwood and Sons. Geology is now a science of such popular and established character that those who have not acquired some knowledge of its elementary prin ciples must frequently have occasion to regret their i gn orance, and the readiest method to acquire cor rect and concise information on the subject would be the studious perusal of such a volume as Mr. Page's, which deals amply, yet briefly, with the mysteries concealed in the emerald-mantled. earth. Geology is an engrossing and enlightening pursuit. It looks boldly into the mouths of the mountain and the valley, with as much reliance and skill as a Bedouin peers between the jaws of an Arab barb, and as surely as the horse -tamer tells the data of the animal up to the oblivious tooth which defies all further reckoning, so the expert gauger of this mighty globe numbers its epochs by its dental stra tification, until his computation is terminated by the hard granitic molar. Rocks, minerals, organic accumulations, .marine depoits, volcanic, aqueous, and atmospheric agencies, are all treated by Mr. p a ge with philosophic and intelligent clearness, and the reader of this work will soon become im bued with an earnest spirit in tie endeavour to fathom the secrets of his " mother earth." NEW MUSIC. Dunham Massey Waltz. Bradgate Park Qaadrilles. By Theodor Herman. _ - Mitchell, Old Bona-street. It is so unusual to meet with anything really attractive among the heaps of new music issued every week that we are somewhat refreshed by this waltz. It carries a degree of original spirit and pleasing melody, alike agreeable to player and dancer, and, moreover, is not at all difficult. We can warmly recommend it to those who unite fan taitic fingers to " fantastic toes." The " Qua dria ps," though in our opinion, less inviting, will pass muster in the average of such compositions. They are well accented and easily executed—two qua lifi eh ations which will render them acceptable additionsto the folio of dance music. RAILWAYS AND REVOLVERS IN GEORGIA. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : _ . " Sir,—ln reply to the two letters in your paper of the 18th inst., relating to the Georgia railway occurrences, I will say that I am an Englishman, that I 'went to Louisiana in 1828, wanting at the time of my arrival only two months to be of age ; I applied some time after for papers of citizenship, as a minor, but found that the law said, "minors under 18," and therefore an oath was proposed to me which I would not take and never have taken, and have never voted or offered to vote at any State or Federal election. Ever since 1828 I have b een a r esident of Louisiana. I am married to a native of Louisiana, than whom there is no stronger lover of her country and its constitution, and in this she is only my equal ; her children (for she was a widow), two of whom are of age, have seen brought up with the same feelings. Where, then, may I ask the first writer, is the motive for electioneering, especially in favour of the North ? Where the motive for casting °Alm upon the United States, or the South, or Georgia The motive for publishing the account was pure ; it was thought that it might do good ; of myself I should not have done it, but it was considered a duty by those to whom I owe deference ; the sup pression of my name was deemed a matter of per sonal safety, and the delay of publication was one of necessity. The second writer attempts to disprove it by par ticulars, only two of which require noticing, for such as are not mere surmises of its falsity on ac count of its horrors may be left to the narrative itself. The first is as to the time of starting from Macon. Has he the date of the railway guide he mentions? Is he aware that the mail schedule from New Orleans to New York has been lately altered, so as to make the time 6 instead of 7 days ? Did his friend go to Augusta via Macon or Atalanta ? (Via Macon is the mail route, and an acquaintance told me that an American had said there was no railway from Macon to Augusta.) I ask these questions that he may satisfy himself. The second is that the companion of the young woman got out to return to Savannah ; and so she did. Savannah was her place of residence, and she could not get to Savannah in the car in which I was, for it was never changed, but went through. from Macon to Augusta. How she got to Savan nah is a matter of no importance. There is also another item—viz., my change of place—which I did not mention. When the young woman got up to read the address that was written for her she stood at the bench on which I was re clining; when she failed and threw aside the paper she asked B's father, who stood behind hoz., to appeal to me personally ; upon bearing this I sat up, when he pushed her almost upon me, telling her to ask me herself. Then, fearing she might do so, and wishing to avoid the necessity of a positive and verbal refusal, I rose up and, lightly pushing past her, changed my seat. If I had entered into every detail the length of my narrative would have been doubled ; the conciseness, whick is wrongly attri buted to coolness, is the result of my deliberation, and was done to give it that force which one of the writers is impelled to acknowledge. There are many other remarks which I need not notice, as they are only suppositions, and do not affect the truth of the narrative. If the inquiries and exertions of the writers result in any remedial good, for the future, I am sure that no one will feel more pleasure than those who have been interested in the publication of the narrative, for such was its a i m an d object ; but as its publication has called forth so many objecting comments, and as an anonymous communication of so horrid a nature can hardly be expected to rt. ceive universal belief, I send you my name and address in attestation of my veracity, and remain your obedient servant, Jolor A RROWSMITII. 5, India -buildings, Liverpo , l, Oct. 22. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THI3 EVENING/, YtETRIBUTION. To conclade with THE FIRST NIGHT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, 17 Ist Night!) Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of traine4 Horses. Richard, Mr. Janes Holloway. After which, The SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Pot Perini of Amusing Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, 'V . West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OC f 0 armour—in whose behalf CAMPBELL struck the' lyre of a TtiMmus—for whose behoof young BYRON died the death of a grander KORNER upon his pallet at Missolonghi. Yet out of this came forth the Bavarian mannikin, hight King Orno, fitly matched with a Russian DRY,,XIRA in the person of his Queen AMELIA. SO, too, might it be, were Italy restored, and Poland re-esta blished by the affectedly magnanimous com plicity of the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries. The Poles might have to bond the knee to some petty German princeling— the Italians might have to doff the cap to the plumed bonnet (with no head in it to speak of) of some new Teutonic GESSLER. No—if Italy is to be restored, if Poland is to be revived—that revival, that restoration, must be effected by the Poles and Italians themselves. And so let us leave them till the Hour shall be struck by the fiat of GOD, as struck it infallibly will be in His own good time—Hope still growing more fully, ever and ever, in the breast of Pole and Italian, Faith in their cause still nerving their arms more and more firmly, Love for their common nationality still lighting up their mutual memory of the past with the unquenchable flame of their heroic and affecting aspirations. check the effervescence of his animal spirits. A strange sail, a waterspout, a storm, breakers ahead, a lee shore, fire, springing a leak, over bearing tyranny, offer to him almost the exclu sive sources of new and stirring sensations. From one-half at least of the human family be is entirely shut out. No representative of the fair sex greets his eye for many tedious months, and notwithstanding his songs about the treachery of the sex, he finds the elements to which he likens womankind but a sorry substitute. The result of all this is a simplicity of character and an ignorance of the world which marks him out as a prey for the designing. Once in port he is a freeman ; the load that perhaps unwittingly oppressed him falls off, and, " brisk as bottled beer," he effervesces the moment he touches the shore. The world lies before him like a fairy dream. The men he meets with are all hearty good fellows, and the women the best of the lot, with a superlative or two over. JACK is free, and has plenty of shot in his locker, and invests everything with the colours of the rainbow. The lubber aboard that cheated him of his grog has been unable to extinguish his be lief in the goodness of human nature. If he has made him revengeful—he takes his revenge by trusting everybody. A little more than a week since a letter, headed " Railways and Revolvers in Georgia," appeared in a morning contemporary, containing a narrative so startling in every respect, that it was by many set down as a miserable hoax, intended to bring a journal which had spoken freely and undis guisedly on the atrocities perpetrated by the slave owners and their supporters into contempt and disrepute. The Times itself explained the mode :in which the statement had obtained admission into its columns, declaring that it had been held back until it had investigated and been fully satisfied as to the credibility of the writer, and adding that it would welcome any refutation of the horrible tale of murder. This invitation Iprouplt two American writers into the field, who strongly contested the authenticity of the account, and undertook to institute stringent inquiries as to the facts of the case, demanding, that in the event of being able to show that it was a pure invention, the name of the author of a hoax so unmanly and cruel should be given up to public Of course this state of beatification comes to an end. With an aching head and swimming eyes JACK awakes to a craving host and empty pockets. The illusion is gone—the men are all rogues, and the women—what they are. JACK becomes pro foundly moral, and has both time and opportunity to dispense his prelections. He has no home, and has been robbed of the means for providing a substitute. There is nothing for him but painful endurance until he can manage to get another ship. He gets one, and returns from a new voyage not so wise as he went—his sufferings ashore all forgotten. This description of course does not apply to all. Neither must it be in ferred that JACK is " a born natural," and woul d not take care of the greater portion of his money if he could. The number of thoughtful sailors, who provide as well as they can for to• morrow, has greatly increased ; and there can be little doubt, if a helping hand were lent out to him, the generic JACK would not waste his all on a "spree." He is a sort of grown child—the creature, in a large measure, of circumstances—not a whit more immoral than landsmen, but with good intentions he finds sudden self-responsibility and alluring licence his rocks ahead. Find him a place of security for his cash, lend him help against temp tation, and if he still indulges in a spree the consequences will be vastly less grave and injurious than at present. reprobation. The author of the statement has, however, voluntarily come forward, giving his name and address, and reiterating all the fearful circum stances of the case. As we have already stated, it requires a high degree of moral courage for any man to expose himself voluntarily to the danger he must incur from such sanguinary ant blood thirsty ruffians, as the " highly respectable mer chant from Weston," described by Mr. A RROWSMITH, who " was bound to bring down some one before he was done," and would " put a chunk of lead right off into the woolly head of any dog gauned Abolitionist," or " the tall, muscular, and hard visaged man of about 50," who coolly perpetrated such atrocious murders within the time occupied in a single journey by railway. It was, therefore, very natural that Mr. ARROWSMITH should, in the first instance, have " suppressed his name, as a matter of personal safety ;" and he is entitled to great credit for having, when his veracity was impugned, cast aside all personal considerations, and boldly come forward to substantiate the most awful statement that ever appeared in an English journal. Not only is poor JACK in need of such aid, but we submit he has a right to look for it. At all events it is the duty of us landsmen, and especi ally such as more immediately profit by his skill and daring, to afford it. Not an individual in the three kingdoms ever overrated what we owe to our brave sailors. If the poor fellows indulge once in a time in a licence we cannot approve, and present themselves a few days after return from a profitable cruise in rags, and without a shot in their locker—let it be remembered they secure us the inestimable boon of liberty, and preserve us from national ruin. We are under a two-fold obligation to them—as our benefactors and as our fellow-countrymen. Of all obligations these should not be the last to be discharged. Enter taining these views, we are glad to find that some portion of the debt has been discharged, or is in course of being discharged in the North—at Tynemouth, from whence sprang the crew of the Victory, and our Navy has had its choicest and "most plentiful supply. The Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND, it will be seen--..himself a sailor, and proud of it—has there built a Sailors' Home, at a cost of C' ) nnol., and ththeinhabitania lianacontri buted 3,0001. towards its endowment. The in stitution is to embrace a savings bank, a money order office, a shipping office, a modal lodging house for 150 sailors, with hospital, school, and every convenience it should possess. Once fairly in operation, it will be seen poor JACK is worth looking after, and not lost to self-respect. With the opportunity to bank his money, to indulge the natural affection for his relatives he so largely possesses, and armed to a large extent against iyrens and harpies, JACK ashore will show him self a better man ; and if such Homes be multi plied as they ought a great advance in the charac ter of our national defenders, and the carriers of our commerce, may confidently be looked for. The crew of the Victory, in• the main, were religious men, and Jaen. improved will be found, we make bold to say, more terrible to his enemies mid more serviceable and ornamental to his friends. We are now bound to credit the awful narra tive, and we are the more justified in so doing, inasmuch as it details matters strictly analogous to those related by Mr. THOMAS GLADSTONE. Can any one doubt that " the highly respectable Weston merchant" would have been quite ready to imbrue his hands in blood if he met with the slightest re i r rl.;f;,..., yr ihwir Lu w as fully con vinced that he had numerous auxiliaries on board, who would have strenuously supported him in any " difficulty" he might occasion, and protect him from the penal consequences of his bloodthirsty acts ? While pouring forth his diatribes and insults he was surrounded by an admiring audience, who cheered and applauded to the echo the blatent trash he was scream ing out. Any avowed Freesoiler would scarcely have obtained the slender chance of a duel, although with such practised and skilful hands as the " tall, muscular, and hard-visaged man" designated as C. by Mr. ARROREMITH ; the prospect of escape would be very rensote indeed. What, then, can we think of a state of society such as that so graphically delineated ? What of the train being stopped to permit parties to fight, as Sir Lucius O'DitiGamt would say, in peace and quietness, and a man about sixty years of age leaving his child without protection while he was waging a battle of life and death against a fellaw passenger with whom he happened to differ in opinion ? What of C.'s assault on the unfortu nate French hairdresser, and the fatal combat, while the accommodating conductor kept the train at a stand-still until the survivor ' could return to his seat ? What of the subsequent duel iu the smoking car with the noiseless MONTE-CHRISTO pistols, and the murder of the young man who so recklessly became the champion of the HELEN whose frivo lity occasioned the terrible tragedy f But terrible and heart-rending as were these transactions, what were they to the wilful, deliberate, and brutal murder of the poor ehild, who deplored the loss of his aged father more emphatically than was quite agreeable to C. and his companion ? Even the subsequent assassination of B.'s father, and the person who rescue I the unfortunate child in the first instance, sink into insignificance when compared with that heart-rending outrage, which Indian savages would scarcely have perpe trated during the period when war to the knife was proclaimed between the Aborigines and the " Yengeese." And all this series of atrocities, in which six lives have been so cruelly sacrificed, is regarded as "by no means an uncommon occurrence ;" and the miscreants chiefly responsible are permitted to escape justice. Surely a community in which such things are possible cannot pretend to the slightest degree of civilisation. There may be good men amongst them, but so long as they.wil fully close their eyes to such a revolting state of affairs, they are participators in the outrages which they do not attempt to stop. The Northerns should forthwith sever the unhallowed connexion, and remove the stigma that any association with slaveowners and their murderous advocates must bring about. We earnestly hope that the "New Englander " and "H. C. W.," who have im pugned the accuracy of Mr. ARROWSMITECS state ment, will detail the results of the investigations they have promised to institute, and as they.were so anxious to know Mr. A RROWSMI.TH'S name and address, that they also will coniniunicate their own to the public. What with land sharks and sea sharks it has evermore been the lot of poor Jack to be vic timised. Shut up in a limited society, with little variety of character, he finds in the discharge of a daily routine of duties but an occasional relief from the monotonousness which keeps in PROSPECTS OF CHEAPEL; FOOD. By the Canadian mail s , eanuer Indian, which was to leave Quebec on the 15th inst., we may expect to hear of the opening of the western section of the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto, which will establish the Ca nadian route frcm the Far West to Portland during winter. According to the Milwaukie papers, the exports from that port alone for the next 60 days would amount to 1,500,000 bushels of grain per week, affording employment to 120 vessels per week during open water. These shipments wil l be disch arge d either at Collingwood or at Windsor, and find their way to the seaboard by the Grind Trunk Railway of Canada at a cheaper rate than by the United Railways. It is, therefore, quite clear that henceforth Canada and the Western States of America will furnish breadstuffs cheaper than they can be brought from the countries bo.- durina on the Black Sea. Large supplies have already arrived at Quebec. According to the latest advices 50 vessels could obtain cargoes if a mode rate rate were asked, but, unfortunately, ships from Quebec cannot afford to carry at low rates owing to the high rate of insurance on vessels na vigating the St. Lawrence late/ in the season. This will necessarily drive the trade to Portland in the spr ing and fall of the year. According to the tariff recently adopted by the American railway com panies, the charge for conveying a barrel of flour from Cincinnati to New York is fixed at 6s. ster ling. Ten bar rels g o to the ton , consequently the freight is 3/. sterling per ton for a haulage of 875 rn ii es _a, little under id. per ton per mile. A Canadian farmer considers 4s. sterling per bushel a good pay i ng price. This is exchanged w i t h t h e miller at the rate of four and a half bushels for a barrel of superfine flour—say 18s. sterling p er barrel. The c arria g e to at 45. per bar rel ; thence to Liverpool at 3s. ' • so that at 28s. per barrel of 19alb. Canada and the Western States can alwaysfurnish flour in a n y quantity, and the finest wheatf ip 525. per q v u ot a t r r t i e e r r , . delivered ex ship at Liverpool. }SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tog DAY—Morn. 12 min. aft ll—Evening 43 miu. aft. 11 To-MOBuow—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 5 min. aft.l2 STATE OF ThADE. IVL.A.N.O HESTER, OCT 23. The market continues to advance in consequence of the heavy purchases and excitement in the cotton-market at Liverpool, but sellers are unable to do business. The cotton movement is looked upon with distrust, and buyers will not operate. NOTTINGHAM, OCT. 23. The lace trade is very quiet, but, a 4 the us ual busy season is coming o n , we h o pe soon to be able to report increasing activity, There is a fair amount of business doing for the United States, and the home demand is about an average one. In hosiery there is a good trade doing, m any branches being extremely active. The denearri f or America is go , d, and our home trade is tolerably brisk, The ope ratives are well employed, at good wages. The prices of the raw material are less firm. rAny CASTLE.—AmongHt the latest arrivals at Raby Castle, tae seat of the Duke of Cleveland, in the county of Durham, are the Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland a nd Miss Russell,,. Mr. and Lady Catherine Whyte Melvile, si e, General rR. and Lady Clarges, Mrs. L. Fox, the Dean of Durham, Mr. H. Milbank, Lord and Lady Alvanley, &c. Mr. and Lady Augusta Milb an k have left the Cast le fur Italy, going first on a visit to Lord Brougham in the eolith of France. 11, ; t --) (5:•. , ,1, -;.:?='•lK..:—' , --, 1 kr '*l I s : •. c ..--- t --, - 1.-- -, - s ' ' It ' ll ......) 4 . , THEATRE RO ,yAL, DRURY-lANE. Lessee, Kr. E. T. Smith. Tll7 IS EVENING THE ADT OF LIONS. Fat wed by PAS D E FASCINATION. conclude with TILE A.UVENTURER. ROYAL CEEB'S THEATRE. Under the Mana4 :mot t 0 fir. CliAstas kr,Ax TI (IS R vENING, A MI DSITM MER DREAM. 1b conclude wlVh PIZARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, TIAYWIRKET. Urder the MenagemeLt of Mr. Sucketonfl. T/113 EVENING, WILD 0 A.T3. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conziude with THE GALICIAN' FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. Followed by (the Bth tine) THE KING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar• To conclude with The B 4LLET from the Burlesque of the " Winter's Tale." ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Wet eter. Directress, Madame Celestc . THIS EVENING. IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECOgO3/Y. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES; OR, THE YANKEE - ! STE &ND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, THE OLD COMMODORE. After which, OUT ON THE LOOSE. Followed by an original Burlesque, entitled BELPHEGOR. Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, and E. Jacobs; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Herbert, Clarke, Sec. To conclude with The Ballet of POLICHIOELLE. Messrs. W. A. Barnes ant Mithanson. Commence at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes. 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest sinse noon yesterday. 15 —lowest this morning and during the night. 57 —this day at noon. BAROMITSR, 30.53-. the highest this season. WIND, N.—Light, with fine weather, but hazy. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till o'clock every evening. hiaribers in the Country will please to of erra that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The 0311 , ‘ Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. L ) DON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1856. Italy is given the go-by as , coolly in 1856 as the same thing was done in 1854 in regard to Poland. Tho infamy of this reiterated policy of cowardice cannot but hang over the heads of the Western Powers an avenging blade as keen and deadly as the one that trembled of old upon the suspension of a hair above the head of DAMOCLES. A gos samer thread held in the hand of an unsparing NEMESIS ! How deplorable the contrast pre sented by this despicable laissez faire system of turpitude and indifference when compared with the heroic and divine principle of the antique Governments—Fiat jastitia 'mat coelum! Justice? Has it not demanded the restoration of the Polish nationality ever since the date of the first, and more than ever since the last fatal, and disastrous Partition ? Has it not pleaded, from the disrup tion of the Byzantine Empire even until now, for the revival of the most grand and fascinating of all the great European day-dreams--that of the revival of Italian Independence ? Yet, how have the twin arbiters of the destinies of Christendom allowed opportunity to slip by after opportunity —whether in reference to the restoration of that nationality of Poland, or to the revival of that independence of the Roman Peninsula 1 There was the sequel of the revolutionary outbreak of 1830, when one after another the nations of the European Continent strove to emerge from the darkness of despotic to the light of constitutional administration. Afterwards there was the sequel of the still wilder insurrectionary turmoil of 1848, when the thunders of the dread political detonation in Paris were re-echoed from the Alps to the Carpathians. A signal from Trance, or one from England, or, better still, a simul taneous trumpet-call from both—and Italy, as in the twinkling of an eye, would have been in arms from the lagunes of Venice to the hill-tops of the Abruzzi !—and Poland would have risen as one from the dead to reassert the glory of \her ancient fame, the fame of SOBIESKI, the fame of STANISLAUS, the fame of KOSCIUSKO ! And now in 1856, when the Revolutions of "thirty" and "forty-eight" have fermented or evaporated down to their veriest dregs—Poland lies still dead and buried under the heels of her banded spoliators—ltaly still groans in the long captivity resulting fr om th e gree d of fore i gn spo il ers an d from the de generacy of her debased and almost unhoping population. Alas ! after all, it may be scarcely so lamentable a fate that Poles and Italians have never awakened the sympathies, separately or together, of the Gallic or British Governments. Possibly, if not probably, had the Western Powers combined their energies for the building up anew of a monarchy, havin g its capital at Warsaw or at Cracow, at Rome oc. at Milan, we should have seen the parturient mountain giving birth to some mouse of a Ger man Potentate ! Was it not so at the close of the sublime farce of the Hellenic Revolution ? That magnificent outburst of enthusiasm which carried the imagination of Europe back to the classic age of MILTIADES and ErAmniormAs that superb outbreak of a resuscitated people at whose behest MAVROCORDATO buckled on his .H - Elt MAJESTY'S TELEA.TRE. As usual during the engagements of Madlle. Piccolo mini this theatre was crowded to the ceiling last night, to witness the admirable performance of the charming and youthful prima donna, who was greetel with the most enthusiastic applause during the oper‘. Sae has lately arrived from Dubin, where her success was 111)3t triumphant, the critics in the Dublin papers vising with one another in her praise. Signor Belletti and Oharles Braham are also highly spoken of by the Dublin press, but Signor Rossi seems to bs a special favourite. We quote a few extracts from the principal papers : " Signor Rossi made his debut as Don Pasquale with unequivocal success. He possesses a great fund of mirth and animal spirits. It required no interpreter to tell th e various passions by which he was agltated."—Saum deri IVeas Later, Oct. 17. "It was fortunate for the fame of Signor Rossi that Don Pasquale' was performed in Dublin several times, but he personated the part of the old Don better than it was ever performed here before, and we say this with a vivid recollection of the admirable impersonations of the character we have witnessed."—The Daily Express. " Don Pasquale was personated by Signor Rossi, a buffo of high merit, and the possessor of a rich and powerful baritone. Hir conception and performance of the part of the old Don was masterly and effe c t i v e. " — Preeman,'s Journal, Oct. 17. MR. ARLE.—The new story, entitled "Mr. Arle," is said to be the first production in the form of a regular novel of a popular contributor to "Dickens's Household Words." The death of Lord Hawarden creates a vacancy in the number of Irish representative peers. The Bishop of Norwich has resigned his see without making any stipulation respecting a retiring pension. INltranEtt IN PARLIAIIENT-STREET.—Yesterday after noon Cope, the assistant to Mr. Barry, the jeweller, of Parliament-street, died, in the Westminster Hospital, from the effects of the murderous assault committed on him by a man named Jenkins. A dense fog overspread the Solent Sea the whole of Wednesday night. The Channel Islands and United States mail packets were unable to get through, and the Isle of Wight mail packet was unable to cross the Solent until after daylight yesterday morning in conse qience. ADDRESS TO THE BISHOP OF RIPON.—On Tuesday last the Mayor of Ripon, John Richard Walbrau, E-q., arid the other members of the corporation, waited on tee Lord Bishop, at the palace, to present the addressagreed upon at a special meeting of that body, in congratulation of his translation to the see of Durham. The bishop in his reply said it was gratifying to him to reflect how the civil and ecclesiastical authorities had been moving, each in their own sphere, in the presence of the other, endeavouring to fulfil with integrity the functio ns of their respective offices, with no jarrings or colli sions which might leave painful recollections ; eac h aidin g the other, as oc c a s i on s might arise, to promote t he temporal and spiritual interests of the people committed to their care. Such were the gratifying recollections in reference to hi s i n t e rcourse with the corporate body of that city, which he should carry away with him to the scene of his future labours. The mayor, aldermen, and councillors then proceeded, accompanied by his lordship, to view the chapel and grounds, and after par taking of a handsome lunch and dessert, returned to the DT; Ei R 24, 185 6, LATEST NEWS. THE DANUBIAN :PRINCIPALITIES. A telegraphic despatoh, dated Vienna, 22d inst., says : The Austrian , Corresi oondence, in reply to the French journals, endea Avours to prove that the prolongation of the occ apation of the Danubian Principalities is legitimate, as the difficulties re lative to the frontier set Vement have not yet been overcome. It says thait England, the Ottoman Porte, and Austria agr De in the adjournment of the evacuation." THE NEUCHAT'EL QUESTION. BERNE, OM. 22. As the result of diplo . atatie efforts, the prisoners have been set at liberty,. The Federal Council declares itself ready to propose to the Federal Assembly a full amnesty, on condition that Pr assia shall recognise the independence of the Cainton. The Federal Council is using its exertions to be represented at the Conferences at Paris. Warlike preparations are being made. PARIS, RUDA; OCT. 24, 9 A.M. A private telegraphic. despatch from Stockholm, dated the 23d inst., announces the opening of the Diet. The Speech of the Xing had produced general satisfaction. BERLIN, OCT. 22. Count Kesseleff had to-day a private audience of 'the King, previous to setting off for Paris. The Minister of the Royal Household, M. Von Massow, has been named Minister of State." A Berlin newspaper of the 21st says :—" We learn from Switzerland. that active recruiting is going on for Naples in the interior cantons. The four Swiss regiments in that country, which were formerly 6,000 strong, with 300 officers, are being increased to 10,000." Count Kesseleff, the new Russian ambassador in Paris, and who has passed through Berlin on his way to the French capital, is (says a letter from the Prussian capital) the bearer of an auto. graph letter addressed to the Emperor Napoleon by the Emperor Alexander, in which the Czar expresses for the second time the happiness he feels at the re-establishment of friendly relations between the two countries. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " A despatch was expected to-day from Baron Brenier announcing his departure from Naples if he had not received the proposition from the Neapolitan Government to which I alluded yes terday. It seems that, as I anticipated, his last instructions were to demand his passports and take his departure unless the King intimated his intention to comply with the demands of the allies. The despatch may be received in the course of the evening, but up to 4 o'clock I be lieve it had not arrived. It is possible that he may have left, but it is hardly probable he would do so without informing the Go vernment. People are naturally curious to know of what nature are the demands of the allied Governments. They cannot refer to the euactlnanf of g for i.,...ara:wb.ts f o Tl. rd:ovaaft themselves no State in Italy is in possession of better laws than Naples : the complaint is that they are not executed. There is one, but most comprehensive demand, and it is no doubt that which the allies put forward, namely, the putting in force the Constitution, which alone would be a sufficient guarantee for the good administration of the kingdom, and the Constitution has never been abrogated. " Something is said of a proposition on the part of Russia to act as mediator between Naples and France and England. " It appears that France has resolved not to insist upon the union of the Danubian Principalities, as that is one of the principal motives Austria has for not evacuating that territory. Austria, how ever, will never be at a loss for pretexts to avoid the fulfilment of her obligations when it is likely to advance her interests." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : " It is indeed difficult to follow the Neapolitan question without appearing to indulge almost daily in contradiction% It appears information has reached Paris and London that King Ferdi nand can show how little the allies have reason to complain of his severity towards political offenders by official documents ; and that if England and France will put off the withdrawal of their En voys he will grant an amnesty ; but on the con trary, if they follow out the declarations made in the official Aloniteur, the King will do nothing whatever. In addition to these official declara tions, private letters from the agents of the King have been sent to London and Paris in the same tone. When I inform you that no telegraphic no tice has reached here from Naples telling us of the retirement of the French and English missions, and that nothing of the sort is expected at certain quarters in Paris, I think I have said quite enough !" FRANCE. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a report of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, on the Fren c h army employed in the East during the last war. The tenour of the report is fully explained in the following preamble REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. PARIS, SEPT. E. Sire,—The war which has just terminated in so glo• rious a manner for the arms of your Majesty and of your august allies took place under very peculiar circum stances. To convey to the East and to keep them at their complement armies which, under the flags of France, of England, and of Sardinia, counted more than 200,000 fighting men, to provide them with everything they stood in need of, required the development of im mense means. I thought your Majesty would read with interest a report giving a general view of thos e means, as far as the French army is concerned' the effective strength of which in the course of 1855 rose to 150,000 men, and that perhaps, you might deign to admit the War-office, obedient to the powerful impulse of the Emperor, has given of zeal in the fulfilment of so laborious a task. This report comprises three distinct compartments. The first concerns the personnel itself of the army ; it gives the number of troops which embarked for the East ; the number of those which returned either to France or to Algeria; it indicates the measures of precaution taken at their departure, and on their return, &c. Toe second compartment, undei the head of materiel, showe the resources of the artillery at the different periods of the war ; the importance and extent of am munition of every description forwarded to the Crimea ; the amount sent by the Engineers corps ; the provisions which the military administration—properly called— sent for the subsistence of the troops, for fuel, for proven , der, dress, encampment, and harnessing; the resources A nd victualling of the hospital department, as well for the fixed hospitals as for the moving ambulances. This compartment also indicates the organisation of the re ligious service in our hospitals and in the army. It gives a table of the means placed at the disposal of the military equipages, and touches upon some branches o f the service which I cannot well call accessory ones, although they only take a secondary place, such as the treasury post office, printing-office, and telegraph, which figures for the first time as a regular a' junct of the service attached to an army. The third compartment gives a general view of the naval resources employed for the transport of the army of the East And its immense stares of provisions from the ports of France and of Algeria, to Gallip )li, Con stantinople, Varna, and Eupatoria, and, finally, to the providential port of Kamiesh, as also to insure their return. However great was the energy displayed by the Imperial navy, it was nevertheless found necessary to charter a considerable number of trading vessels, and the War office conveyed from its own resources a con siderable portion of the personnel of the army, and also nearly all the horses and materiel. The figures in the ta.iles need no comments ; they sufficiently explain the vastness of the enterprise and the efforts made to carry out the projects of your Majesty, and to provide, conformably to your orders, not only for the wants but for the comforts of your soldiers of the Army of the East. This report, which, with the tables referred to, fills eight closely printed columns of the Moniteur, is preceded by the following letter from the Em peror to the Marshal : To H.E. MARSHAL VAILLANT, MINISTER OF WAR. Compiegne, Oct. 22. My dear Marshal,—The most useful services are not always the most striking. The skilful and indefatigable Mitiister who day and night is occupied in his Cabinet with the organisation of 600,000 men, and with provid ing an army of 200,000 with all that is necessary for its existence, to enable it to fight and conquer in a country without resources at 800 leagues from France, the merit of that Minister, I say, is at least equal to that of the general who triumphs on the field of battle. And the country must therefore share its gratitude with him who prepares the path to victory by uniting elements in time, and with him who gains it by well taken measures in the field. , This is why, my dear Marshal, in ordering the inser tion in the Moniteer of the remarkable report you have addressed to me, I have wished to make the public judge of the services the full value of which I alone have hith erto appreciated. AcCe . pt, my dear Marshal, the assurance of my sincere friendship. NAPOLEON. BOURSE, Oct. 23.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 . yer Cents 66 65 66 GO New Loan Bank Shares 3,950 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,450 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 403 Piodmontese (5) B9 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,260 Western Northern 952 50 Strasburg .. BB7 50 Lyons 1,275 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,672 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... Testo Cette NEUCHATEL. A letter from Berlin, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" It has been announced that Switzerland will, at its request, be represented in the Congress of Paris for the affair of Neuchatel. This state ment is premature. France has, it is true, pro posed to admit Switzerland at the approaching conferences for this special question, but no deci sion has yet been come to. It will doubtless only be decided on at Compiegne, where the precise period and duration of the conferences will be arranged. Prussia will oppose the admission of a representa tive of Switzerland, unless the Helvetic Con federation shall make some significant advances to her." A letter from Neuchatel of the 18th, in the Novelliste Vaudois, says : " On Saturday the Fleche steamer brought to this place the deputa tions charged to deliver up to the Republicans of Neuchatel the flags and cup offered them by their confederates of the cantons of Geneva and Fri bourg. On passing before the town the steamer, which was dressed out with flags, was saluted with 22 guns from the terrace of the Castle, which was returned by a similar number from the steamer. On her arrival alongside the quay, the deputations were received by the Neuchatel committee under a triumphal arch, the front of which bore the in scription, Friends and Confederates—Welcome.' A cortege was then formed, and advanced to the Hotel de Vine, preceded by a military baud. The deputations were afterwards entertained at a grand dinner." NAPLES. A letter from Naples, of the 14th, in the Co logne Gazette, says t--" The official rupture with the Western Powers is not considered in our diplo matic circles as a very serious affair. The King and his Court regard the recall of the ambassadors, with out the appearance of the fleets, as a new delay ac corded by France and England, which will enable a solution sparing the susceptibilities of all parties to be arrived at. Our government appears to have no other object than to prepare an honourable re treat. If my information be exa'ct, France will be content with pardons to some, and with certain re forms which, however, the king will be allowed all latitucte to carry into eilect. We know not to what extent England will be satisfied with this solution, but it is certain that the other powers will content themselves with it. M. Brenier and General Martini are much more in accord on the affair of Naples than they appear to be. M. Ka koschine, the Russian minister, who at first com plained most energetically of the policy of the Western Powers, now speaks much more mildly, and is full of eulogiums on the moderation of the Emperor of the French. The despatches of the Marquis d'An tonini from Paris are also very favour able, and he says that the Cabinet of the Tuileries displays a most conciliatory disposition." ROME. We learn from good authority (says the Consti tutionnel) that, after a negotiation with the Court of Rome, the contingent of Austrian troops in the marchesand the legations is about to be diminished, and the points of occupation reduced to only two. Ancona and Bologna will be the only towns where Austria will for the present have a garrison. In every other place the Austrians will be replaced by Pontifical troops. This important fact shows a marked progress in the public mind, and announces that the authority of the Ho]y See is becoming strengthened in the portions the most distant and the most turbulent of the Roman States. It, more over, shows that the organisation of the Papal army is becoming more and more satisfactory ; and lastly, it is a decisive step towards a pur e an d sim ple return to , a normal state of things. This mea sure has besides been adopted in consequence of an agreement between the Holy See, Austria, and France. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in the Debats, gives the following account of the financial embar rassments of the money market in that city : "The hopes which had been entertained by the commerce of Vienna to see the national bank re sume cash payments in November next, have again vanished, without its being at all possible to fore see the period when that great financial establish ment will be able to realise that measure. The premium charged on specie is to-day 9 per cent• ) and it is thought that it will so on be raised to 10 per cent. During the last week silver bullion, to the amount of three millions of florins, was received from Hamburg and Frankfort, but the price has not at all given way, and specie is still scarce. The paper issued of late years by the national bank, and which is now in circulation, is infinitely out of pro portion with the metallic resources at its disposal ; no hope can therefore be entertained of any im provement in the course of foreign exchanges. The last balance sheet of the bank states the successive issue of 387 millions of florins in notes against 81 millions of gold and silver, deposited in the cellars of the bank as guarantee for these 387 smillions of notes. The conclusion to b 3 drawn from this enor mous difference between the paper issued by the bank and the cash at its disposal is, that this establishment is far from being able to resume its cash payments." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in the Siicle, sums up the three arguments adduced by the Aus trian Cabinet for still occupying the Danubian principalities. It says : " I have it on good authority that the reply of our Cabinet to the note of Count Walewski, on the prolong ation of the military occupation of the two Danubian Principalities, has been decidedly sent off to Paris, after its contents had been communicated to Baron Bour queney by our Minister of Foreign Affairs. As the note of the French Cabinet is specially couched in an interrogatory diplomatic style, requesting the Austrian Government to explain itself as to the duration of the continued stay of our corps d arm& in Moldavia and Wallachia, Count de Buol is said to have clearly replied to the three points which form the object of the French despatch—namely, that our occupation being legitima tised and rendered necessary in consequence of a special treaty with the Sublime Porte, the Emperor cannot give orders to his troops to evacuate until Turkey should (Iceland that cenrse ; and that, as England is equally desirous with Turkey that the Austrian troops should remain in occupation, Count Buol recommends Count Walewski to address himself to those powers in order to put an end to it. The Abstrian Cabinet states that it has no motive for hesitating to declare that it will order the evacuation of the provinces the moment the Western Powers shall direct the withdrawal from Greece of their sea and land forces." SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 21 .—By a royal decree, published in the Gazette, M. Melchor Ordonez is named Civil Governor of Barcelona. The refusal by Gene de la Pezuela of the post of Director - Gen: 4, `he ° L a Cavalry has been accepted. The effective of t. 12 _ provincial militia is to be incorporated with tip regular army. The Madrid Gazette of the 19th contains roy al ral decrees which remove General Lemerich from the captaincy-general of Porto Rico, and nominate General Campezano his successor ; General Aleson from the captaincy-general of the Philippine Islands to the captaincy-general of Andalusia ; and General Norzagaray from the captaincy-general of Andalusia to that of the Philippines. Ocher decrees appoint General Arpirez director-general of artil lery, and M. Arrazola president of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, in the room of M. Luzuriaga, resigned. General Dulce had left Madrid for San tander. The Nacion, says that all the superior and the greater part of the subaltern employes of the ministry of justice had been dismissed. 3 1 1 . Ruiz Pons, a democratic deputy, had received positive orders to leave Saragossa, in which city he had been residing for some time, within three days. At Saragossa the fetes of the Virgin del Pilar had been celebrated with great pomp, a nd accompanied by splendid bull-fights. The Eq3ana says that the General Company of Credit of Spain has obtained permission to import precious metals, and have them turned into coin at the mints._ According to a provincial paper, great scarcity of specie exists at Barcelona, and the bank of that place had raised its discount to 6 per cent. ; the scarcity, it adds, was chiefly caused by the calls for funds by the Credit Company. A letter from Madrid of the 17th, in the Siecie, says : " Uneasiness is at its height here ; every one feels convinced that the existence of the Narvaez cabinet be even more ephemeral than that of O'Donnell, and bets are laid that the Marquis de Viluma will be presi dent of the council before Christmas. The fact is that the presidentship of a new cabinet was really offered t him on Tuesday last, and if the prudent marquis h ago not thought proper to aosept it, it is only, as he says' At tbe because the proper time has not yet arrived. rate, however, at which things are pushed on, the time will soon arrive. The retrograde march of she govern ment displays itself with mathematical precision. In the same way as the concessions of O'Donnell carried ie their bosom the cabinet of the Duke of Valencia, se !' r , e ,, the Narvaez co ncess i ons p regnan t w i t h t h e a pproacbieis advent of the Marquis de Viluma. Emancipated from the odious tutelage of elective assemblies, Isabella 11 ' very soon wears out her ministers." A letter from Durazzo of the Bth says great number of the regular Turkish troops whic have arrived at Bitollie are to form the garrisons of Varna and Larissa. Two battalions have already gone to Elbasson ; two others are to go to the die" trict of Canaza and Tiranna. The Turkish Govern ment continues to send here arms and ammunition in spit© of the assurances given that the affair of Montenegro should be terminated by diplomeeP Twelve cannon and'a large quantity of ammuniti on for our fortress h ave arrived, and 20 other large guns are shortly expected." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 2 3 ' f The steamship Madrid, Captain Bradshaw' the Peninsular and Oriental Company, arrived tb,l, afternoon at two o'clock, with the Peninsular malt. in charge of Lieut. Purver, R.N., Admiralty age 3, The dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, Oct. 15; Ca ul ' l 16; Lisbon, 19; Oporto and Vigo, 20. The Madrid brings 28 first-class, 6 se condpen and 11 deck passengers ; and on freight 12 pack ages of specie (value 3,3371.), 19 boxes of eggs, -`.ot casks of wine, 75 boxes of lemons, 30 baskets iv . chestnuts, 51 boxes of pomegranates, and 42 P c ages of sundries. The Madrid reports the arrival at Gibraltar, 011 the 15th, of her Majesty's steam frigate Dauntless, en route for Malta and Constantinople, having, on board medals for the Turkish troops who served 111 the Crimea. On the same day the Malacca le ft join the Mediterranean squadron. On the 20th the Madrid passed the steanleh.l. Euxine with the outward Peninsular mail, six /nue north of Bayonna (Vigo) lighthouse. THE BANK OF HAMBURG. HAMBURG, OcT. 21 ',„ . : It would perhaps be hardly fair to ascribe the great scarcity of money to that respectable old lady the Giro-Bank of Hamburg, but there can be no doubt that she is a consenting party, and there" fore has to bear some portion of the blame. Your readers will hardly believe it that in these go ahead days, when you can communicate with the whole of Europe in an hour or two by the electric tele graph, and get letters from India and America in an incredibly short space of time, the Bank of Hamburg has taken no steps whatever to keep pace with the spirit of the age, but goes on in the same old jog-trot way that was no doubt equal to the limited requirements of the day, when the bank was first established nearly two hundred, years ago, but are not adapted to give gener a ' satisfaction in the present day. The two new banks lately started (the Verein! Bank and the North German Bank), and which are under the direction of some of the most pole' tical men and extensive merchants of this Exchange appear to be fully alive to the requirements o f the age, and vie with each other in honourable rivalry wich of them shall offer to their customers th e greatest facilities to induce the public to open se; count with them. Thus they have just caused' to be published that parties paying in bills On either of the new banks, or on the old Giro-Ban k of Hamburg, can receive the amount the same d.gi that they fall due and are p a id. Y our commerels• readers who are aware, from experience, how often a dozen or more different people are interested in the payment of one single bill, and know he y( money circulates i n a f ew hours, will be able tl appreciate th e i mportance of this measure, an d consider it a great improvement on the old systems . It might rationally have been expected that our old Giro-Bank, finding itself placed in competition. with the tw o y oung an d rival establishments, both of them qualified in point of capital, clever re. nagement, and experience in business, to o btain the confidence and win the favour of the public , would have taken a similar step, and offered a lik facility, if only for self-defence, and I fear I may add self p reserva ti on. Clogged with the cumbrous machinery of former ages, the old bank cannot , however, feel induced to depart from usages he' lowed by custom from time immemorial, but ac cording to our modern ideas, more honoured in th e breach than the observance. Thus it still takes a whole fortnight for them to do what their young competitors accomplish in a few hours :—for taking , the above case as a fact, and assuming that a dow n different people are directly interested in, and ar e waiting for the payment of a single bill, the res ul t is money falls due and is paid to A on the Monday ; A cannot pay the amount to B on th e same day, but only on the Tuesday ; B pays it t 0 C on Wednesday ; C to D on Thursday ; and thug the last has to wait till the very end of the foliose ing week for the payment of a sum which, by little energy on the part of the bank, he migh t have had a fortnight earlier ; and, be it observed , this mode of doing business would have the effec t of increasing the amount of the circulating mediums to a twelvefold degree, and had it been acted upon in the present scarcity of money, we should pre' bably have never seen the rate of discount rise ill this market to ton and twelve per cent. I do not wish to say anything harsh or cutting, to the old-fashioned managers of the old-fashione d bank, but I cannot help quoting for their benefit the memorable words of Mr. Canning—" Those who resist indiscriminately all improvement because they are innovations, may find themselve s compelled at last to submit to innovations which are not improvements."—Daily News. DISTINGUISHED BRAVERY. A writer in the Times says :—Sir,—Permit me to add my testimony to that of " An Eye Wit ne:is" in your impression of to-day to the coura geous act of the brave fellow who rescued the woman from the house in Eldon-street, Finsbury, on Tuesday evening last, while on fire. Nothing can exceed the courage exhibited on that occasion , for while the flames were issuing in large volumes from the first floor, certain destruction seeming inevitable to the poor woman, she being on the second. Upon a ladder supported by men at its base did this bold man ascend to the relief of the distressed woman, and daunted by no obstacle , finding the window sash a fixture, he, with his bare fist, smashed the glass and tore away the sash, and at length, with the greatest caution and cars for her safety, but with the utmost difficult'', dragged her out of her perilous situation, got her upon the ladder, and triumphantly descended with her amid the flames, greeted by hundreds who witnessed this intrepid and generous act. In one of the daily journals of yesterday it is stated that the fire escape was the means of saving the poor woman ; but this was not FO, as the fire-escape did not arrive at the scene of the fire till some minutes after the woman had been saved. This fearless and, generous man, I fi n d, i s an i ron sa f e - ma k er , na me" Malpas:, living in Long-alley, Moor-fields, near the, scene of his c ourage. I h ave ta k en t h e lib er ty (4 troubling you with these particulars, in the hope that such disinterested bravery may not go unre warded,