The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-25 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. ii.adcr the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Corri. After which, at Eight o'clock, RIIY BLAS. Miss Louisa IP_yne, Mesdames Susan Pylle. Thirlwall, Jessie M`Lean ; Messrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Patey, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for booking, or tees toterx-keepers. Staze-IVl an azer, Leigh Murray. Acting- 31anig,ver, Ur. Edward Alurr ay . tiErVIR VAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Air. J. B. Baztstone. Tl 4 1F EVENINO, the performances will commence with THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Alter which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX 'sir. C. Mathews, Mr. Ruckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. And THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews. Commence a , 7. 1 0YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manarzer--Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S -HUSBAND. Atter which, at Einht o'clock, the new and sucCess f ill comedy of WOMNN; or, Love against the World. (,birleters by Messrs. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, Bruton, Mrs. Bowers, Miss Murray, Ind Miss Lydia Thomp- son. T.) conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in wuich Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer QIIV:k Step. l'!ices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. 1..?()YA.1, PRINCESS'S THEATRE, _I I) I.OfiSee and Manager. Mr. A. Harrill. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. After which. a t Eight o'clock, Shakespeare's tragedy of OTIT ELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr. Pechter. EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-- Ili Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. VHS EVENING, MUSIC RATH CHARMS. Messrs. b'isher, Romer, \Verde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. ter which (250th time), TFIE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. li.oucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, C. 1. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Bandeau% Miss wr, (Agar, Mrs. Biliington. and Mrs. F. Lewis. o lonclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Eu,cry, C. J. Smith, Mrs. 11. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. • Doors (men at half-past 6—Commence at 7. C INTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3►r. SAN COWELL'S New Sonz " THE HOUSE THAT JACK BLTILT," on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Also, Grand Selections from STRADELL A , LA I.IIA VIATA, and DINORATI By Miss Russell, :Nips Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. Solos on the Cornet-a-piston by the renowned performer Mr. LEVY. The Comic department comprises Mr. Sam Cowell, Mr. Marzhall, Messrs. Harvey and French, and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical DireOtor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. 1 1 11 E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Anber's New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENNE," by Miss Ernst, Messrs. Greene, H. Herbert, and the Company. Also from Verdi's new Grand opera, " Simon Boccanc,Tra," by Miss Russell, Messrs. Morley, Greene, Greville, and the Company. Balfe's new ball , d, "The Maid and her Moorish Knight," by Madame Enderssohn. Mr. Levy on the Cornet-a-piston, and varied Comic Entertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Mr. and Master Wood, Messrs. Harvey and French (The Nerves), Mr. E. Marshall, and Mr. W. Randall Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.—MnsicanDirector, Mr F. Jons.v,hmans. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, sh. 20m.—Afternoon, sh. 44m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 6h. sm. —Afternoon, 6h. 30m. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 25, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. - 60—this day at noon. Bluowurmu-30.20. WlND—Nowhere—calm ; with dull, sultry, muggy weather. '. '' ...1 • 7- • . i.. . . _,.., : # 4 • _ 4 , - ' 44 • , 0 ;.,' ~ • , ,:-.: 1) N ~..:..y ... t,.e1f..• ' ' „joy ' .2-.4. , • • E P l M..j.el , t ' ' - .7? , •, , . P• T - , v — t•-. 0 . - _g• ;• 1, 0 ~..... ~, . ...-' _ ..,_ll°.' • ;;;.;,,,-;:i. • ' J., •• • ,..._ . 4 E 4 - 2/•,* 4 ! •,1 0 • , bio t •,.. • _,,,,,,,,-, • --- .:,....., THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1861. Italy is all alive just now with the flight of PASSAGLIA from Rome. Our readers are aware that he published a very able pamphlet, counselling the renunciation by the POPE of his temporal powers, and defending his positions by such a mass of cita tions from Fathers of most authority with all good Catholics, that what with the force of his general arguments, and the weight of the authorities cited, the pamphlet was unanswerable. The learned father is a thorough Catholic and a first-rate theo logian. He formerly belonged to the order of the Jesuits, and for his knowlege and ability had been selected by the POPE himself to defend the new doctrine given to the church of the " Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin." Hence the worthy father not only enjoyed an Italian and Catholic reputation for learning, but the POPE hud . put his own i m p r i ma t ur o n his orthodoxy. The father's influence in the Catholic world is, therefore, very great. Its educated members must believe far more willingly in Father PASSAGLIA than in the POPE. But Rome, as everyone knows, has an infallible 'answer to all unanswerable books. It puts them into a condemned list. From that time forth all the women, and all the illiterate in the Catholic world, believe the books to be bad—and would not read them lest they should peril their salvation. And all the men of education are obliged to speak or write of them with paraphrases and saving clauses. The Jesuit fathers, for instance, after ably illustrating NEWTON'S Principia, added a saving clause that although the theory of the solar system was thus demonstrated mathematically, they yet believed with the Church which condemned GALILEO ; and to this day no man can be a con sistent Catholic who is not prepared to believe with the Jesuits, against their own demonstrations, that the sun takes a trip round our earth once a year. A sad thing, therefore, for Father PASSAGLIA to have his book placed in the condemned list. But the other day we heard that all the powers and cunning of the Vatican were being exerted to get Father PASSA6LIA to yield, but he steadily refused to do so till the book was for mally condemned. He was told that was perfectly settled ; but he stood upon the letter of the law. It seems, however, that at length he and his friends felt that his personal safety—being as he was in the hands of the judicial murderers of LOCATELLI, whom an infallible POPE, out of political spite, hung by mistak e f or a crime he never committed—required precautions. The Index Expurgatorius was enough for the book, but ene: dungeon or the gallows alone could the author, and these veteran champions of "Papal theology, thanks to Louis NAPOLEON, are still at the command of the POPE. First safety was sought for him at the British Consulate ; ho was, pro tempore Secretary, but legal advice was t a k en, and' named it was found that as a priest, the POPE Co u l d Clutch him , although a British servant. Nothing, therefore re mained for him but flight ; though, Couldtb, e Romans have had their own way, the POPE, not \ the Father, would have been the fu g itive. As it was, he escaped with no little loss. R e was residing with an English lady, Mrs. Foie. JAMBE, who took a deep interest in him, as her chaplain ; and it ye is supposed by her that he was tolarably secure in that capacity. Suddenly, how ow ea the police paid the lady a visit, who soon found that her house was not her castle in Rome. The ser cant, who saw the officials enter, raised such a crya that PASSAGLIA scented what was going on, alia stepped away into a place of concealment, leav ing all his papers, but a few of the most important Nth; 'tell he hastily seized, to the agents of his 3 - These gentry filled two trunks with their 5 P° il , and decamped with them. The living bird was flown. 1,,P. - is a gratifying fttOt that our consul, our minis- ter at . Turin, and our Foreign Secretary did all in their power to facilitate the escape of PASSAGLIA from the papal bloodhounds. The POPE may in- I deed be very thankful to them. They saved him from a great crime, or a great embarrassment, by helping the noble father off his hands. After some difficulties with the telegraph, the Consul, Mr. SEVERN, received from Earl RUSSELL explicit in structions to do everything in his power in behalf of Father PASSAGLIA—if necessary, to remove him from persecution, he was even to grant him a pass port, as if to a British subject. As the message came by telegraph, of course the Perugian Cardinal heard its contents, and doubtless uttered some respectable anathemas against the English foreign office. How strange, however, that the French were not appealed to. General GUYON could surely have scarcely tolerated any violence towards PASSAGLIA. The Hegira of Father PASSAGLIA, as a correspon dent terms it, was, as might be expected, a triumphant one. The Italian frontier was, in one direction, but 22 miles distant—at the Passo di Correse he crossed the Bridge—was safe from the machinations of Pope and Cardinal, and rejoiced in the sure protection of VICTOR EMMANUEL. The news of his arrival reached the first town, before him like wildfire, and speedily congratulatory visits poured in upon him, and, of course, he was serenaded in an Italian town in the evening. To town after town he was conveyed with all kinds of festive demonstrations—and he could not hasten his journey to Florence, on account of the hospita lities and enthusiasm of the people at every place. And the people were right. It was a triumph for Italy—to see the reconciliation of her religion, for Italy is seriously Catholic, though less Papal than ti ansmontane Catholic countries,—it was a triumph to see their religion, reconciled with learning, with liberty, and with their political rights in the person of one of her first theologians,—one whom the Pope himself would patronise till he gave him honest and sound advice. Popes, however, it seems, are made of much the same stuff as other potentates ; and, like the Jewish model despot faithfully warned by his prophet, can •herish the feeling, "I hate him, for he never pro phesied good unto me, but always evil." Lucky for the worthy father that the AHAB of Rome is not in a position to say—" Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction," until I reign at Rome in peace. An important telegram comes to day from Pesth. The Hungarian Chancery, which must be a body of able, learned, and probably Conservative men, have resolve& to give the foolish EMPEROR and his centralising Germans another chance. The members composing it have united in an Address requesting his MAJESTY to come to Buda; to with draw himself from the influence of the foreign advisers who surround him ; to assemble the Obergespanne, or lord lieutenants of the Comitats ; to declare to them that he is resolved to 'govern in conformity with the Hungarian Constitution ; and to appoint an Archduke as Governor—Palatine, we suppose,—of Hungary. If he would do these things, the mem bers of the Council of the Hungarian Chancery assure the EMPEROR, that "the country would place confidence in his Majesty, and would hasten to render him homage." What authority the Chancery has thus to speak for the country we do not know ; but it is highly probable that it represents that large number of the respectable class which in all countries dislike public agitation, and desire social and political quiet. No mention is made of guarantees ; yet it can hardly be supposed that any party in Hungary could trust the promise of a Hapsburg. The one' clause, however, of governing in conformity with the Constitution of Hungary, includes all the points now in dispute, and the promise to do that could be fulfilled at once. The first step would be to march every German, or other non-Hungarian soldier, out of Hungary immediately; no condition of the constitution being clearer than this. The next would be to convene the Diet again iR legal form immediately, and to get the taxes legally laid or ratified by it; a third would be to name an early day for the Coronation, and to take the oath to the legal documents resulting from the Pragmatic Sanction, on which rests his throne. Then, as we understand it, the nomination of a Palatine, involves a separate Hungarian Ministry, a responsible one, and all the consequences flowing from it. Probably, therefore, when we see the entire document, we shall find that nothing of Hungarian right is conceded, but that the national demands are presented as much as possible in the shape of an Olive Branch. It is, we suppose, hardly to be doubted what kind of an answer such a document will receive from Vienna, if any answer be vouchsafed to it at all. The " Foreign Advisers " will give his MAJESTY counsel that Hungary is best governed by foreigners like themselves ; and as the young combination of weakness and despotism is counselled by them in accordance with his paternal despotic nature, the Chancery will no doubt be dealt with on the same principles as the Diet was—namely, either do and say as we wish, or hold your tongues. That being the soul of the ROEBUCK Austrian Constitution. It may be worth while, both for the " Foreign Advisers," the Emperor of AUSTRIA, and their Sheffield patron, to ponder a little over the letter from M. KOSSUTH, which we published a few days ago. They may possibly scorn it, but it unques tionably takes a very able view of the Austrian, Hungarian, and Italian question in their rela tion to each other, to Europe, and to Germany. Austria ought not, it e is argued, to be preserved as an empire at all. Austria proper is a part of Ger many ; let that go as an Archduchy to complete German unity. - The only objection to this is, that there is no head for Germany. The King of PRUSSIA has proved himself to the last utterly unfit; a lover of medieval Divine Right in the 19th century. But KOSSUTH maintains that the Italian and Hungarian cause are one. That Austria must be attacked simultaneougy on the Danube and on the Po—that so only can Hungarian liberties and Italian liberties be secured, and each come out as an independent nation. These are not the views of one dreamer only, GARIBALDI, and many of the ablest Hungarians and Statesmen share them with KOSSUTH, and the EMPEROR would do well to learn, even from an enemy. We fear there is no reason to hope that the advice of the Hungarian Chancery has been prompted from Vienna, to afford it a pretext for concession ; and that it will be rejected as all " petitions of right " have been in Hungary. KOSSUTH will be pleased that it should. Meantime we would ea p r e n o e p s l t e ly ar r e em ex i p n e d et E in a a rl 0 r ßu h s im sEL: c , d t u h rs a e t the English in regard to Hungary, worthy of his Italian diplo macy ; and that it is time for him to be able to show that he has manfully told V:enna that Hun garian rights must no longer be played with. It is a curious fact that while Englaid is the 1 nursery of improvement and science, prejudice and monopoly exert more influence on her shores than in any other country in Europe. The people are naturally intelligent and clever, and ex press their opinions of the doings of their continental neighbours freely enough. But let anybody infringe a vestod interest, and all who are interested, and many whom it does not concern, are up in arms to put down innovation. We may laugh at or condemn continental prac tices and the tyrannical exercise of power by cer tain despots, but nothing comes up to the arro gance of class monopoly. An enterprising American has lately introduced into this country a system of tramway calculated to supersede the present inconvenient and uncertain omnibus traffic ; the conveyances are large and commodious, and the general arrangement good, but a factious opposition has been set up by omni bus proprietors, and their influence over the weak minded or interested vestrymen of Paddington has induced that intelligent body to order the tramway laid down between the Marble Arch and Notting-hill-gate to be taken up, thus restoring monopoly to the Bayswater omni buses, which can travel at their own pace and time, in defiance of public opinion and com fort. But if monopoly has gained the day in the northern part of the metropolis, we are happy to see that the vestrymen of Lam beth have indicated their right to act as an independent local government, and as a cor porate body to regulate the arrangement of the thoroughfares under their control independent of class dictation. Our readers are aware that a grand jury brought in a true bill against Mr. TRAIN and certain vestrymen for obstructing the highway between Westminster-bridge and Ken nington-park. Last night, at a meeting held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, Mr. F. DOULTON moved the following bold and decided resolution : " That inasmuch as the tramway from Kennington-park to Westminster-bridge was constructed in accordance with the resolution of this vestry passed on the 17th January, 1861, and in virtue of an agreement with Mr. Train, dated 28th February, 1861, to which agreement the seal of this vestry has been affixed, and by the 42d section of the Metropolis Local Manage ment Act this vestry has been constituted a corporation, with a common seal, to sue and be sued, this vestry re solves to take all measures necessary for vindicating their rights, and the indemnification and protection of the sur veyor, and those individual persons who have been made defendants in the indictment now pending for an act done by the vestry in its corporate capacity." The motion was carried with only two dissen tients. The ratepayers of Paddington, if they have any regard for their own character as in dependent citizens; if they are not content to be led and governed by a set of interested monopo lists, would do well to call their vestry to account, or, better still, to elect competent, trust worthy representatives to conduct the affairs of the parish ; men who are not influenced by class inte rest, but who endeavour concientiously to discharge their duty to the public. The bold and fearless de monstration of the men of Lambeth stands out in fine relief agaihst the truckling conduct of their northern neighbours. When Sir R. PEEL introduced Free trade the farmers were to be ruined ; when railways were proposed, the value of horseflesh was to deterio rate, and dog's•meat to become cheap. The results have been the contrary of the prognostications. So with the street tramways, despite the opposition of a party ; regularity and expedition, combined with cheapness, roomy carriages, and attentive servants, will eventually render Mr. TRAIN'S tramways, as they deserve to be, universally popular. THE QUEEN'S _RE7URN .FROM SCOTLAND. HOLYROOD, OCT. 23. The Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princess Hohenlohe, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir Geoige Grey, Sir Charles Phipps, Dr. Jenner, Dr. Gunther, and the Equerries in Waiting, left Bal moral at half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning for Holyrood, travelling by railway from Aboyne to the private station at St. Margaret's, Edinburgh, and then proceeding in carriages to the Palace, where her Majesty arrived at a quarter before 7 o'clock, and was received by the Duke of Buccleuch, Major- General Walker, Mr. Gordon (sheriff), and the Hon. W. Cowper. The Royal dinner party included the Queen and Prince Consort, Princess Alice, Princess Hohenlohe, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marchioness of Ely, Lady A. Bruce, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir George Grey, the Hon. W. Cowper, Major-Gen. Walker, Dr. Jenner, Dr. Gunther, and the Equerries in Waiting. WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 24. The Queen and the Prince Consort and Princess Hohenlohe, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out yesterday to the Botanical Gardens, at Edinburgh, The Prince Consort and his suite, Earl Spencer, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and Col. Ponsonby left Holyrood Palace at a quarter before 2 o'clock in two dress carriages, escorted by the Scots Greys, and proceeded toPrinces-street to lay tile foundation stone of the new Post-office, and afterwards of the New Industrial Museum. His Royal Highness returned to the Palace at half-past 3 o'clock. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out in the afternoon, and walked on Arthur's Seat. At 10 minutes past 8 o'clock the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Earl Spencer, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Dr. Jenner, Dr. Gunther, and the Equerries in Waiting, left Holyrood for the prilate station at Margaret-street, escorted by the Scots Greys, at 8.30 p.m., and travelled by a special train to Windsor, where they arrived at half-past 8 this morning. A guard of honour of the Ist battalion of Scots Fusileer Guards, with the band of the Regiment, was at the Windsor railway station. Princess Hohenlohe, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, left Holyrood Palace at half-past 1 o'clock p.m., and proceeded by railway to York, on her way to Windsor Castle, where her Serene High ness arrived this afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are expected in town early next week from Scotland, on their way to Paris. The Earl and Countess of Warwick leave town on Monday next on a continental tour. The Earl of Wicklow will leave town in a few days for Brighton for the autumn. The Countess Amherst has gone on a continents] tour for a few weeks. Count Lutteroth has returned to the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from visiting Lord and Lady Proby, at Elton Hall, Notts. The Hon. Lady Airey and family have arrived in Grosvenor-place front a continental tour. The Hon. Mrs. Francis Stonor and her infant daughter are progressing favourably. The Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, M.P., arrived at ftic Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn 'street, yesterday from Dub [in Castle. Sir Alexander Woodford and Lady Woodford arrived in town on Wednesday, after a sojourn of several months on the continent, from which Sir Alexander's health has derived much benefit. Mr. H. Foley Vernon and the Lady Georginag Vernon have left Fenton's Hotel, for Paris. Mr. Edmund Peel has arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Brynyfy's, Denbighshire. By a decision of the Minister of Finance, the interest on Treasury Bonds has been raised one-half per cent., being now fixed at 4 per cent:for those of from 3 to 5 months, 41 from 6 to 11 months, and 5 per cent. for those of one yeah A RAILWAY TRUCK ON FlRE.—Between eight and nine on Tuesday night, while a railway truck laden with jute was being lowered Lunn the Blackwell Railway by means of the hydraulic lifting process to the goods depot of the Great Nerthern Railway, the jute caught fire from a gas burner, against which it came In contact, and was in stantly in a blaze. With it continued truck great presen ce o f m i n d th e wor k where people raised . the continued burning destroyed will the contents were con , r, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY g ENI NG, OCTOBER 25, 1861. The Duke of Somerset has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire. Telegraphic communications between Malta and Sicily have been interrupted since the 14th. A similar in terruption occurred about the same time last year, from tempestuous weather. DEATH OF MR. LESLIE COPELAND.—The Times of _lndia, Sept. 23, thus records the death of the son of Mr. Alderman Copeland :—Amalgamation has claimed its first victim from this place in £he person of Leslie Copeland, Esq., C.S., who died yesterday at Mundissoro, on the road to Mhow, and who will be buried here this evening. The unfortunate gentleman was sent up here at the beginning of the monsoon (the heaviest monsoon known for years) to swear in such men as volunteered for general service. Ho returned to Dhoolia safely, but Government must needs send him up a second time, through 300 miles of the worst road in India, to swear in such men as had changed their minds, and no doubt they would have sent him up a third time if necessary, but he is now beyond their summons. PROPOSED FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE LIVER. root DOCKS.—At the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board yesterday considerable discussion took place relative to a proposal to purchase some land north of the present dock works from the Earl of Derby, and to build a sea wall in front of it. Until required, it is proposed to deposit on the land the excavations from the steam and other docks net yet completed. The cost of the land was estimated at £30,000, and that of the sea wall at £70,000. Mr. Eyre Evans and ether members were of opinion that Lord Derby had no title to the land, and that the right of the foreshore had been purchased from the Duchy of Lancaster for £BOO. It was, however, resolved to open negotiations with Lord Derby on the subject. A WOMAN SMOTHERED IN Soca.---On Wednes day morning, between 4 and 5. o'clock, a woman named Anne King, aged 25, was found smothered in a cellar of soot, at the house, No. 10, Parker-street, Druly-lane, which is in the occupation of a sweep. It appears that on the previous day the deceased had visited another woman, and the two drank somewhat freely. The deceased on leaving promised to return to tea, and it is supposed on coming back she mistook the house, and walking into No. 10 pitched headlong into the cellar of soot. She had been dead some time when found. The remains were conveyed by Sergeant Aspinshaw, 2 F, and other constables, to St. Giles's Workhouse. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY POACHERS, NEAR BLACKBURN.—Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday morning, a daring highway robbery was committed on Rishton Moor, near Blackburn. James Ratcliffe, carrier, of Great Harwood, was proceeding to Preston, and when near the Rishton reservoir he was set upon by a body of men supposed to be poachers, who roughly demanded all the money he had upon him, threatening to maltreat him if ho did not " turn all up." Ratcliffe handed over to them 4s. which was all he had in his pocket, though a short time previously he had secreted a sum of money in his cart, fearing he would be molested on the road. The robbers were loath to believe that 4s.:was all the money he had upon him, but finding that it was so, they pocketed it and de camped. Some of them had their faces bedaubed with clay. They have not yet been apprehended. THE STREET TRAMWAY INDICTMENT.--Last night an excited special meeting of the representative vestry of the parish of Lambeth took place at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. The rector of the parish hang been called to the chair, stated the object of the meeting to be for the purpose of taking into consideration- the legal proceedings taken against certain members of that vestry and the sur veyor to the vestry in respect to the tramway laid down by Mr. Train from Westminster-bridge to Kennington-park, in compliance with the resolution of the vestry. Mr. F. Doulton moved and Mr. Fowler seconded the fol lowing resolution :—" That inasmuch as the tram way from Kennington-park to Westminster-bridge was constructed in accordance with the resolution of this vestry passed on the 17th January, 1861, and in virtue of an agreement with Mr, Train, dated 28th February, 1861, to which agreement the seal of this vestry has been affixed, and by the 42d section of the Metropolis Local Manage ment Act this vestry has been constituted a corporation, with a common seal, to sue and be sued, this vestry re solves to take all measures necessary for vindicating their rights, and the indemnification and protection of the sur veyor, and those individual persons who have been made defendants in the indictment now pending for an act done by the vestry in its corporate capacity." The resolution was supported and adopted with but two dissentients. A peti tion was presented in favour of Mr. Train's street tramway, signed by 11,500 persons, and a letter from Mr. Train and five other directors of the line was submitted, holding the vestrymen harmless individually and collectively against any such legal proceedings, which was received with loud and prolonged cheering. FINANCES OF EGYPT.—Advices from Alexandria state that the means of affording the financial assistance required by the Viceroy of Egypt to overcome his imme+ diate difficulties and to enable him to place the future re venue of the country on a sound basis seemed likely to be obtained, but that the arrangement had been defeated by the interference of the French Consul. This account tends to confirm the wisdom of the anticipations expressed, that the loan accorded to the Viceroy some time back by the Comptoir d'Escompte of Paris, and the onerous terms of which are now made use of for purposes of coercion, was intended from the first to be a means of bringing the Vice roy into total subjection ; and, according to various reports, the conduct of the French Consul on the present occasion has been characterised by an undisguised system of dicta tion, which is likely to excite some scandal. It remains to be seen, however, if he will be cpenly supported by the Emperor. Should such be the case the position of Said Pasha will be henceforth one of undisguised dependence. "With respect to the recent inundations, these letters state that, beyond the fact that the Nile is gradually falling, nothing new is known. The communications with the interior are so completely destroyed that there had been no steamer, even from Cairo, since the Calcutta passengers came through. The accounts of the damage done are most contradictory; but, although there is no doubt that a large quantity of cotten is lost, it is thought that the injury will not prove so great as has been represented. A consider able portion of the Delta is still under water, and in one village among others 60 persons are believed to have pe rished. Some districts also have lost the whole of their stores of grain, and it is certain that a portion of the popu lation will have to be supplied by Government both with food and with seed for the ensuing winter crops. The .otton districts, however, which are beyond the eastern branch of the Nile, will, it is expected, be found to have suffered less. THE SALMON FISHERIES.—An influential meet ing of the owners of river frontage on the Derwent and its tributaries, and others interested in the preservation of salmon, was held at Cockermouth on Wednesday, to consider what measures should be taken for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the new act relating to the protec tion of salmon, and for generally improving the Derwent and its tributaries. The lion. PercylVyndham, M.P., presided, and in opening the proceedings said that he was one of those who believed that all that scientific men had said about salmon was true if they only gave it fair play— that, as he saw the other day, the salmon was almost the best a nimal they could make a bargain with, for he took nothing from them and gave himself in return. If once they placed salmon in the state nature intended it to be they would have it in great quantities. In reply to Mr. John Steel, M.P., it was stated that three years ago an angling association was formed, and they had met with every support from the landowners. Lord Naas, M.P., re marked that the interest of the upper proprietors would now be much increased, and perhaps they would be likely to combine to preserve the river, A long conversation took place, in the course of which the Hon. Percy Wyndham stated that there was only one weir which would require the erection of a fish ladder. A letter was read from Mr W. Lawson, M,P., in which he expressed himself in favour of the system of rating the proprietors, though he was doubtful how such a system would answer in this part of the country. After considerable discussion a committee was appointed to consider what steps should be adopted for the preservation of the fish in the Derwent and its tributa ries, and the best means for taking advantage of the new Act. MILITARY ATTACHES.—A practice is springing up of appointing, under the name of " military attaches" to embassies, officers of high rank, who are not to share in the ordinary work of the mission, but to attend to what isgoing on abroad in military and naval affairs, and report to the Ambassador, and through him to the home Government. Such an officer is attached to our embassy at Paris, and another to the mission at Berlin, and at Paris there is also a naval attache. Col. Cadogan, who was military commis sioner in Piedmont, made a report to Earl Russell last year in favour of a more complete foreign military correspond ence system for supplying correct information to the Bri tish Government, and he suggested that it was worth consi deration whether the cost of military information as at pre sent collected, by means of the secret service fund, does not alone exceed the ',expense that would be incurred by the main tenance of military attaches at all the necessary points of Europe, setting such an establishment at the rate of from £6,000 to £lO,OOO a year. France, Russia, Austria, Prus sia. and Sardinia, are all taking the course thus indicated. Earl Russell, however, in his evidence before the Commons' Committee on the Diplomatic Service, in June, said that he doubted whether it was desirable for this country to increase these appointments, so as to make them more a part of a regular system, because "we do not form part of the mill • tary system of the continent." Mr. Hammond, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was asked a question respecting the precedence of these officers, and he remarked that, considering their high professional position, it would be bad taste in an attaché to raise any question of precedence with them ; but no rule had been laid down. On a subs.- quent day, however, Earl Russell stated that he had now made a regulation that a military attache above the rank of colonel should rank next to the Minister. The Birmingham Daily Post states that Shak spere's garden, at Stratfor . d, has been purchased and pre sented to the Corporation of the town. " The names of those who have assisted - Air. Halliwell are not yet known ; but the site has been secured, and will be thrown open freely to the public for ever. It is intended that it shall be preserved as a garden only ; for unhappily no vestige of the house in which the poet lived and died remains." LA 'I EST NE WS PARIS, OCT. 25. The Moniteur of to-day contains the following; " A judicial investigation has established the fact that the congregation of the ladies of the Sainte Union, at Douai, have voluntarily abetted the abduction of young Jewish girls. " These facts would have justified the Govern ment in revoking the authorisation of the Society of the Sainte Union, but it has confined itself to withdrawing the acknowledgment of its legal existence. " This measure, marked by firmness and mode ration, will remind the religious congregations that neither their character, their object, nor their rules excuse them from obeying the laws of their country." PARIS, OCT. 24. The Patrie of this evening says, " Several cases of yellow fever have occurred on board a ship lying in the port of Bordeaux. Every measure of pre caution has been taken by the authorities." VIENNA, OCT. 24. Reports have been current here to-day that serious disturbances had taken place in Pesth, but according to authentic information these reports are unfounded. PESTH, OCT. 24. The members of the Council of the Hungarian Chancery (Statthaltereirath) have sent an address to the Emperor requesting his Majesty to come to Buda, to withdraw himself from the influence of the foreign advisers who surround him, to assemble the Obergespane of the Comitats, and declare to them that he is resolved to govern in conformity with the Hnngarian Constitution, and finally to appoint an Archduke as Governor of Hungary. Then, the address says, the country would place confidence in his Majesty, and would hasten to render him homage. ATHENS, OCT. 17 (via MARSEILLES.) The student Dousios, who lately attempted to assassinate the Queen, has made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from prison. Four persons have been arrested. MADRID, OCT. 24. In consequence of the death of the Infanta Donna Maria, the opening of the Cortes has been adjourned until the Bth of November. The Pope has sent a message to the Queen, con doling with Her Majesty on the loss of her daughter. CHINA AND JAPAN. CANTON, SEPT. 12. The death of the Emperor Hien Fang took place at his palace at Zehol, in Tartary, on the 22d of August. The state of affairs in Japan is still unsatisfactory, Mr. Oliphant returns home with despatches. Sir Hercules Robinson has made a trip to Japan, but did not land at Jeddo on account of the dis• turbed state of affairs there. Nganking has been captured by the Imperialists, Trade at Hankow is hourly increasing. ROME. A letter from Rome of the 18th, in the Italie says :—" The day before yesterday Capt. Freddi, of the gendarmery, in plain clothes, and accompa nied by • a number of police agents, went to the Spada Palace, to make a search at the residence of the Abbe Passaglia, and also to arrest him. The order for the arrest is a positive fact. Five priests were arrested at the same time as the Abbe Simon etti, a friend of Passaglia, and, like bim, an ex- Jesuit, and professor of philosophy at the Propa ganda. These continued arrests of priests produce a strong impression in this city. Among the lower classes of the clergy, who are stsmetimes poor, and at times noted for their independent spirit, there are many clever men. All those are in favour of Passaglia and of Italy. There has lately been a striking increase of that tendency which the Romans have lately shown to direct against the person of the Pope their animosity against the Government. Until very lately they drew a distinction between Pius IX. individually, and Pius IX. led by Anto nelli. At present this distinction has disappeared. The execution of Locatelli, and those arrests, pro duce exasperation against the very person of the Pontiff. He is called hypocritical, hard-hearted, mischievous, and a man whose meekness is feigned. I have read on a wall, towards St. Etienne-le-Rond, the words—Pio Nono scellerato. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 24.—The market continues in animate as regards transactions, but the limited amount of business to-day has been transacted at a slight improvement on the closing quotations of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f. Railway shares quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 95 95, Credit Fonder Do. end month.... 96 Belgian 4f lOl 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 2} I Roman Bank Shares 2910 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 703 75 Spanish Threes 491 Do. Account 705 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1327 50 .. 1330 Northern New, ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1023 75 .. 1022 50 Geneva.. 340 Southern 631 25 .. 632 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard ' 525 .. 623 75 POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, OCT. 16. The streets of Warsaw are again deluged with blood. The troops are in undisturbed possession of the town—which looks like a vast camp—and any one who attempts to stir from his house does so on peril of being robbed and half killed with the muskets and pikes of the soldiery. To save ap pearances, and enable the Government to parade their merciful conduct in the eyes of the world, not a shot is fired ; but for every:other species of injury and outrage the soldiery have:a carte blanche ; and lavishly do they use their privilege, any faint dawning of reason or humanity which they may have possessed having been completely darkened with gin. It is said that the proclamation of the state of siege, which was the precursor of all the horrors, was the consequence gf a rumour which had reached the ears of the Government that the newly elected members of the municipal councils were about to present a petition embodying the wishes of the Poles, asking for an autonomy. This is very probable, as the Government has always persisted in asserting that the movement in the country is not a national one, but only the work of a few tur bulent individuals. The same gross falsehood is repeated in Count Lambert's address proclaiming 1 the state of siege, and I am surprised at his be lieving that any one could be deceived by so pal pable a distortion of the facts, unless, indeed, he trusts in the ignorance which prevails pretty gene rally on the Continent and in England regarding Polish affairs. There was never a more unanimous movement in any nation, or at any period of the world's history, than that in Poland at the present moment. This must indeed be evident to anyone who will take the pains to study the events that have taken place in this country during the last nine months. In the face of the most peremptory orders of the most tyrannical and unscrupulous, Government in the world, and of the experience of such an oppression as would have completely crushed the spirit of any nation less penetrated with patriotism, the Poles have been unanimous in repeating over and over again, by every means in their power, their demands for the removal of a Government which had become intolerable to them, and in proving, by the display of every quality which constitutes the capability of a people for self government, that nothing short of an autonomy will satisfy their legitimate wishes. The Council of State, and other reforms promised by the Govern ment, were much too scanty and insufficient for wants ; and the delay which occurred in the fulfil ment of these promises gave rise to natural and well-founded suspicions as to their sincerity, Indeed, what was to be expected of a Government which, after taking to itself all the credit of that noble scheme of the emancipation of the serfs—a scheme proposed and elaborated by the Polish nobility —sends secret agents among the peasants, with in structions to stir them up against their landlords ; which makes protestations of moderation and humanity at Warsaw, while it allows a state of things, far more atrocious than in the worst days of Nicholas, to exist in the provinces; and which sends to Prussia for secret agents to provoke the in habitants of Warsaw to insurrection? And, after all, what was the crime of the Poles that it should meet with such a punishment, almost unexampled in its severity ? The quiet, orderly, and, so far as possible, legal expression of their polititical wants, without the slightest symptom of riot or disturbance of any kind. For this they have been made liable to all the consequences of what is called a state of siege, viz., the trial and punishment by military law of all such offences as may be construed by the military authorities as being of a political character —any meeting in the streets of more than three in dividuals, on any account whatever, and the wear ing or sale of emblems, or thick sticks, coming under that category; and the investment of the soldiery with full powers to take any steps they may think fit to suppress what they may consider disturbances. This is equivalent to placing the whole country at the mercy of a ruthless and drunken soldiery ; and the consequences of such a course have not been tardy in making their appearance. Yesterday being the anniversary of the death of Kosciuszko, a man loved and honoured alike by Poles and Russians, and whom even the Emperor Paul knew how to appreciate, funeral services took place in all the churches of Warsaw. All the shops were shut, although the day previous the Director of Police had issued an order forbidding tradesmen to do so on penalty of 100 roubles. The churches were crowded, particularly those of the Holy Cross, the Bernardins, and the Reformers, and the cathe dral, in which the catafalque of the archbishop was still standing. While the prayers were going on the churches were surrounded by the soldiery, who attacked the people as they came out with their pikes and muskets. Troops of Cossacks and Cir cassians were at the same time let out into the streets where they seized and ill-treated every one they met. Numbers were wounded as they came out of the churches, and many were nearly trodden to death under the horses' hoofs. The people who still remained at their prayers, hearing what was going on outside, did not venture forth, and were shut in by the soldiery till four o'clock this morning when the latter broke open the doors, rushed into the churches; cut and stabbed the people with their swords and pikes, without distinction of age or sex, and in many instances even tore the dresses off the ladies' backs and robbed them of their money. In the cathedral the archbishop's catafalque and chair of state were overthrown, and the blood of the wounded people stained the pavement. The ladies, many of them stripped of all their valuables and a portion of their clothing, were then turned into the street, and the men sent under an escort to the citadel. Upwards of 4,000 men were arrested in this manner, and there not being sufficient room for them all in the prisons, the barracks were turned into a prison for the occasion. Some of the pri- soners who were old men were liberated this after noon, and presented a most pitiable spectacle, being all in tatters and covered with blood and wounds. The rest will, it is reported, be sent to the Caucasus. The agitation and confusion in the town baffles description ; numbers of people are looking about, at the risk of their lives, for their missing friends and relatives ; the oaths of the soldiers, who, as usual with Russians, whether they are going to fight an enemy or massacre an unarmed crowd, have been made drunk for the occasion, are to be heard at any time and in almost every street, mingled with the cries of the wounded ; and no one is safe, even in his own house, from the brutal attacks and rapacity of the troops. Burglaries, thefts, and rapine of every description have become common ; in fact, we have now in Warsaw a repetition of what has been going on for the last six months in the provinces. As for the spirit of the Poles, it is higher than ever. The heel of their oppressors, instead of crushing the fire of patriotism in their breasts, only makes it flame up a thousand times more brightly. The desecration of the churches has excited the greatest indignation among the clergy of all deno minations, who have determined to close all the places of worship in Warsaw, including the Pro testant churches and the synagogues, to prevent the possibility of any further desecration taking place. The Council of State, too, have suspended their sittings, declaring that it is impossible for them to expect any beneficial consequences to result from their deliberations, so long as the present outrages on the State continue; and two deputations from the nobility are preparing to ask for an audience of Count Lambert, to complain of the abuses of the soldiery. The following letter on the subject has been addressed to the Government by the Rev. Mr. Bialobrzeski in the name of the clergy : " The Administrator General of the Arch-diocese of Warsaw to his Excellency the Director General of the Government Commission for Religion and Education. " Your Excellency has, doubtless, been informed of the extraordinary events which have taken place in some churches at Warsaw, and the disrespect shown to the sacred office and the houses established for the praise of God, and therefore to the Roman Catholic religion. I consider it my duty to state, that yesterday, at the conclusion of the service, the Cathedral, and the churches of the Bernardins and other missionaries, were surrounded, with all the people in them, by the soldiery, and closed. In the night, however, the two first named churches were forcibly broken open and the whole of their congre gations turned out after having been subjected to the most unmerciful treatment As our churches have been profaned by these unheard-of abuses, I have ordered, having regard to the letter and spirit of the ecclesiastical law, the churches of St. John and that of the Bernardins to be sealed up; and fearing lest any similar desecration of our holy reli gion should take place, and with the view of ensur ing the faithful against similar attacks, I find it necessary to stop the performance of religious services in any other church, until I be properly assured of their being able to go on with safety. " P. BIALOBRZESKI, " Administrator of the Arch-diocese of Warsaw, Prelate and Archdeacon." DENMARK. We have advices from Copenhagen to the 22d instant. The King had nearly recovered from the attack of illness he has been suffering from since his return from Jutland, and presided last week at a Cabinet Council. A monument in commemora tion of the Danish poet Oehienschlager was un covered on the 21st. He was born at Copenhagen on the 14th November, 1779. He made his debut as an actor at the Royal Theatre, but soon left the stage. He then entered the University, where be gained the prize medal , and soon became the g rea t est poet of the North. The Scandinavian mythology and sagas were his chief study. He died on the 20th January, 1850. The poet is represented in a sitting attitude. The statue is from the chisel of M. Bissen, a p u pil o f Thorwaldsen. It is placed on a granite pedestal, presented by N orway, in the fine promen a d e near the Amalienborg Palace, the most elegant quarter of the town. A Coblentz letter states that certain persons unknown recently asked the Prussian Government to sell them 10,000 muskets, for which they offered a good price. As, on inquiry, these persons were found to be the same Bourbonist agents who not long since purchased a quantity of arms at Dresden to be sent to Italy, the Prussian Govern ment refused to accede to th© proposal. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. Ogee more the dears of the finest theatre in Europe are opened 'for the admirers of English opera, under the same management which has for so many years devoted attention and energy to the interest no less of native art than of native artists. Not a season has passed during this period of trial and of varied fortunes without one or more original works having been produced, and the list of new operas for the ensuing season is a lengthened one, which promises valuable additions to the already interesting repertoire. The company, whilst it re tains the popular features of last season, has been materially strengthened, both by the additio❑ of new names and of old established favourites. It is no slight earnest of the promised activity that the season commenced last night with the production of a new and original opera, by a gentleman who, though he is already known as a successful compo ser, and in the musical world as a distinguished critic, has not, we believe up to this time, essayed his powers upon an opera, Mr. Howard Glover has chosen for his subject the story of Buy Bias, and his libretto follows very closely the celebrated drama of Victor Hugo. It need scarcely be added that the composer has done his work skilfully. In spite of the difficulties necessarily attendant upon bringing out an elaborate work upon the first night of a season. Mr. Glover's opera was pro duced with due eclat. A single hearing of an important production, and one upon which so large an amount of care has evidently been bestowed, is not sufficient for such a careful examination of its merits as in strict justice is demanded, and we must content ourselves at present with recording the fact that "Ruy Blas" was received by a most crowded house with every mark of approbation, and with stating that the cast included Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Thirlwall, and Miss M‘Lean, a young lady with a contralto voice who may be favourably reported of; with Messrs. W. Harrison, Santley, St. Albyn, and Patey. The over ture was loudly applauded—in fact, only just escaped repetition—and the setting in of a perfect tempest of encores was only prevented by a deter mination on the part of the artists to resist them, which in the case of Miss Pyne's ballad, in the. third act, was only done with the greatest difficulty, so great an enthusiasm did this delicious melody, so exquisitely sung, excite. In numerous other in stances a similar refusal was unwillingly acquiesced. in by the audience. Messrs. Harrison and Santley were called for at the end of Act 1., the curtain had to be raised at the close of Act 11., and on the con clusion of the opera the principal artists were all_ called for, and the composer had to bow his thanks before the curtain for the enthusiastic reception he met with. It is gratifying to be able to speak in. those terms of another opera by a native composer * and one which evinces so many proofs of thought and study.. After the opera "God save the Queen" was sang by the company, accompanied by the usual demon strations of loyalty on the part of the public. The house was crowded in every part, and every favourite artist, as he or she appeared, experienced. most enthusiastic receptions. LITERATURE. Some Account of the Life and Opinions of Charles, Second Earl Grey. By Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey. Bentley. An account of the life of Earl Grey, which ter minates in the year 1817, reminds the reader at first sight of the old saying about "Hamlet," with the part of Hamlet omitted, but on further acquain tance the undertaking proves to be less extravagant. The object of the work before us is rather to show the character of the great man referred to, to dis play the remarkable consistency which was percep tible in his life and opinions —a consistency which could be claimed by few politicians—rather than to narrate the outward circumstances of his career as leader of a party. We may hope, from some words in the preface, that the volume before us is but a prelude to a more complete and extended memoir of ono who has a high claim to be ranked among our English biographies; but General Grey only un dertakes at present to give, as his title professes, some account of his father's life and opinions, considering that from the unswerving consis•- tency and high-minded integrity with which he maintained his views, and but evert an imperfect sketch of the earlier years of his public life would enable the reader to form a correct judgment of his principles of action down to its close. "At no period, however, could my father be justly con sidered as a mere party man. 'With the highest sense of the duties of men professing to belong to the same party towards each other, and of the necessity for the exercise of that forbearance and moderation in urging individual opi nions, without which he thought no body of independent members could be kept together for any useful or practical purpose; he never came to the consideration of any great question with a mind narrowed to mere party views :—that is to say, he was always far above adopting any line of con duct with a view to mere party advantage, if not satisfied, at the same time, that it was such as the true interests of the country demanded. It has been well and truly re marked of him, that, instead of lessening himself to the stature of a mere Whig, he would raise Whiggism to his own level." The summary of the events of those early days are interesting, both to the historical student, who loves to trace the gradual development of his country's prosperity and sagacity, and to him who takes pleasure in marking how the promise of the eager and enthusiastic young reformer was realised in the enlightened statesman of later days. The character portrayed of Lord Grey in these pages is in every way admirable, and does honour to the affectionate appreciation of the son no less than to the noble and endearing qualities of the father. Public life seems to have possessed few charms for him ; it was only a sense of duty and a keen perception of tie national dangers, both within and without, that induced him to enter the arena. It required the frequent and urgent entreaties of his honoured leader, Fox, and other friends, to draw him from the domestic retirement so much more congenial to his tastes. On one occa sion in replying to a forcible appeal from Fox, he writes, " I have formed a juster estimate of myself than your partiality has done, and I know that it in my power to do little good—non ta l i auxtho. If the career of despotism is to be checked i t must be by a more powerful hand than I can opp ose t o it Indeed if you consider the matter im • • • • partially, I am persuaded you will think my deci sion such a one as a proper examination of mys e lf, and of the situation of public affairs ought to dic tate." The same distrust of himself, and indifference to public recompense marked his earlier as his later years, joined to the same enlightened policy and unshaken convictions. In the concluding pages of the work Gen. Grey quotes an eloquent tribute to his father's memory, ascribed with some appearance of probability to the pen of the late Lord Strangford. The old Whig traditions, says this writer, were preserved by him pure and intact, sacred and complete. Their greatest modern illustrations were of his achievement. The aboli tion of the slave trade in 1807, when he was Foreign Secre tary ; the abolition of slavery in 1834, when he was Prime ra Minister ; 1806 down their long toB3 andlo, for the sake mag ni oo of magnanimous heexi emancipationl e fr o m power,of fro lreland ; the Reform Bill, which he proposed in one cen tury and which he carried in another—such were among the triumphs of his magnificent career. Rare trophies, and almost unexampled in one public hfel . . . . And these great deeds were memorably mined not by artifice, nor machinations, nor statecraft ; not b y t h e maxims of " the Prince," here bowing to the monarch, ther e b en di ng t o th e people—here abating a principle, there compromising a truth—but by a straightforward, open, and honest public hearted English cour se of conduct. The justice of this testi mony will bereadily acknow ledged by his countrymen, more readily in these calmer days when Catholic Emancipation and Re form have become recognised facts, than in the stormy epoch in which he won his fame. However much we may regret that the volume before us has not come down to the stirring years of 1830-32,, we may accept it as an interesting, though imper fect, memorial of one who deserves to be honoured; not less for the disinterestedness and high principle that marked his years of retirement, than for the firmness, moderation, an d s t atesmans hi p which guided the great Reform Bill through an excited people and a stubborn Parliament. THE MILTOWN-ROAD OUTRAGE.—We (Free man's Journal) understand that the cabman who is under arrest on the accusation of being the offender in the Mil town-road case is about to apply for a postponement of his trial, partly under the apprehension that in the present sent state of feeling he could not hope for an impartial in vestigation of his case, and partly on the ground that ho is not prepared. We must confess that we feel that there are in the two allegations sufficient grounds for an application for delay. There never was so much indignation exhibited on any question, and even an innocent roan would find the very accusation enough to overpower, perhaps to convict, him. Justice can afford to wait, and if the accused even imagines that he can make a more successful defence by proem ing time to prepare it, ho ought to have it. The Italian Government, in consideration of the financial pressure at Paris, have consented to postpone for a month the payment of half the next instalment of the loan—about 15 per cent, —which falls due on the 15th of November.