The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—LAST APPEARANCE but FOUR of Miss CATHERINE HAYES.- 3,4..inllien's New Grand French Quadrille. —Programme for EVENING (Tuesday, Nov. 11), to commence at 8 o'clock : Part I. Overture, Oberon—Weber ; Quadrille, from Anber's opera Masaniello, Jullien—Symphony, Andante Can tabile, from the Jupiter Symphony, Mozart—Grand Air, " Happy Birdling," Mis 3 Catherine Hayes Flute Obligato, X. Do Folley; Concerto (No. 6j, Violin, De Beriot, M. Le Hon ; Polka, My Mary Anne (second time) ; dedicated to Mrs. Barney Williams : Jullien— Symphony, Andante Con Moto, from the Italian Symphony, Pilgrim's March—Men delssohn ; the French Quadrille (Jtillien), third time of per formance, composed as a companion to the English Quadrille, oa Prenoh popular melodies, military airs, marches, &c. In troduction : "Rendez moi ma Patrie, on laissez mot monrir," performed on the c4rnet-a-piston by Herr Kcenig. No. 1. " Le Petit Tambour," marche et chanson. No. 2. " La voila cette France cherie," national song, with variations for flute, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, and cornet, performed by MM. De Folley, Collinet, Lavigne, Sonnenberg, and Kcenig. No. 3. " Veillons au saint do l'Empire." No. 4. "Le Pitit Capo ral," with four variations for ophicleide by Mr. Hughes. No. 5. " La Monaco," an old French tune, favorite of Napoleon 1., o.nd performed generally at his appearance by the military bands and fifes of the old Empire. Finale : " Partant pour la Syrie." " Vive l'Empereur." An interval of 25 minutes between the parts. Part 2. Opera, Grand Operatic Selec tionfrone Verdi's opera, Il Trovatore (last time but one), with solos for cornet, oboe, and ophicleida, by Her, Koenig, M. Lavigne, and Mr. Hughes; Air : " 0, Luce di quest' Ani ma" (Linda di Chamonni), Miss Catherine Hayes—Denizetti ; Valse from Donizetti's opera Lucrezia Borgia—Jullien ; Fan tasia, Viola d'Amore (Souvenir d'Ecosse), Herr Schrenrs— Schreurs—Syrnphony, Allegro and Storm from the Pastoral Symphony—Beethoven; Valse, Mountain Daisy—D'Albert ; Solo, Trumpet, M. Duhem—Duhem ; Galop, Amazon and Tiger—Jullien. In rehearsal, and shortly will be per formed (for the first time) a Grand Selection from Verdi's opera, La Traviata, with solos by Messrs. De Folley, Sonnenberg, Duhem, Hughes, and Kcenig. Conductor—M. Janos. Promenade, Is. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, Hs. 6d., £ll s., and upwards. Private boxes to be secured of Mr. Nugent, at the box-office of the theatre ; at all the principal libraries and musicsellers' ; and at Jullien and co.'s, 214, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. ITALIAN OPERAS, COMEDY, and BALLET, every Evening during the Week, at Old Play-house Prices. Upper Gallery, ls. ; Gallery, ls. ed. ; Pit, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ed. ; First Circle, ss. ; Dress Circle, 75.; Stalls, 10s. ed. ; Private Boxes, one, two, three, and four guineas. In consequence of the extraordinary and unprecedented success that has attended the introduction of ITALIAN OPERAS at Drury-lane, the Lessee begs to announce that he has re-entered into arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., who have succeeded in prevailing upon the eminent Italian Artists to forego their Continental engage ments, in order to appear for a Few Nights Longer in the most celebrated operas of the great composers :—Madame Grisi, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Amadei, Madame Sed lazek, and Madame Gassier ; Herr Reichardt, Signor Valpini, Mons. Gassier, Signor Lorini, Signor Albicini, Signor Revere, Mr. Tennant, and Herr Formes. Ppwerfnl band and com plete chorus, under the direction of Signor Li Calzi. Mr, Charles Mathews will also have the honour of appear ing in his original character of Jones Robinson Brownsmith, in the laughable piece of Little Toddlekins. THIS EVENING her Majesty's servants will perform Rossini's opera comique, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. supported by Madame Gassier, Madame Clerici, Signor Lo rini, M. Gassier, Signor Rovere, Signor Mattone, and Herr Formes. After which Mr. Chas. Mathews's laughable petitecemedy, entitled LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Tilbury, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Wadham, (Ste. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mdlles. Emilie and Jenny Osmoat will appear. Boxes, stalls, and places can be secured of Messrs. Crazier, Beale, and Co., Regent-street, and at the box-office of the theatre, from 10 till 6. To prevent disappointment an early application is solicited. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at E. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), and daring the week (Thursday excepted), to commence at 7 with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, in which Mr. Murdoch will appear as Charles Surface ; Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstene ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Joseph Surface, r. Howe ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Harry (with a sang), Mr. W. Farren ; Lady Teazle, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maria, Miss E. Sabine. After which the Spanish Ballet of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, in which Perea Is ena and her unrivalled Company, whose engagement is about terminating, will appear. To be followed by Mr. Buckatone (for two nights) in the farce of GRIM SHAW, BAGSHAW, and BRADSHAW. Concluding with a new Spanish Ballet, entitled THE ROSE OF THE VILLAGE. On Thursday (by desire), The Balance of Comfort, The Incon stant, Perea Nena, and A Comical Countess. On Friday and Saturday, after the Ballet, Lend Me Five Shillings. THEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Return of Madame Celeste.—Positively the last week for a long period of the celebrated drama of Green Bushes. Great success of the new comic drama, called A Bor der Marriage, in which Mr. Leigk Murray will appear.—Mr. Wright in a new character, and as Muster Grinnidge, in The Green Bushes.—THlS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years ago, in which Madame Celeste will appear in her celebrated character of Miami. Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright, and Jack Gong, Mr. P. Bedford (their original cha racters). With a A BORDER MARRIAGE. Sir Walter Raeburn, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dandle, Mr. Wright ; Mistress Willoughby, Miss Wyndham. On Monday next, Nov. 17, positively will be produced a new fairy ballet extravaganza, called the Elves, or the :statue Bride, In which Madipme Celeste will sustain the prin , ipal character. A new drama, in which Mr. Ben. Webster will perform, is also in rehearsal. 1 - 4 YCEITM THEATRE ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. In consequence of the enthusiastic applause which greeted the representation of the Lady of Lyons, it will be repeated this evening (Tuesday).—THlS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnette, Mr. C, Dillon ; Pauline Deschap pelles, Mrs. C. Dillon General Dumas, Mr. Barrett. Fol lowed by the W[NTER'S TALE BURLEA'QUE. Characters by Misses Woolgar, Wilton, Mrs. B. White : Messrs. Calhaen, Toole. kc. Concluding with DOING TIM HANSOM. Mr. J. L. Toole. On Thursday a Grand Romantic Play entitled, FABIAN, or La Mesarance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conoltide with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three acti). Mendels *ohm's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minntes before 7. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lsssees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, DRED. Tom Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Dred, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; llncle Tiff, Mr, Widdicomb ; Clayton, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A, Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson; Lisette, Miss Ellis, her second appearance. To conclude with THE OUTCAST BROTHER. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY AT HOME. 'MEDEA. Croon, MI% Addison ; Jason, '-Miss ; Orpheus. Mss Maskell ; Crensa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. A C,ONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson; Mrs. Lullaby, Mrs, Stirling. Commence at ha'f-past Seven. On Thursday no performance, a portion of the company having the honour of appearing at Windsor Castle. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE. Lessee and MAnnzer, Mr. W. Cooke. Lust Nights of Richard the Third. THIS EVENING (Fifteenth Week !—e. fact unparalleled), Phakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Electric Equestrian effects by Mr. Wm. Cooke's noble palfreys. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the inimitable SCENES in the CIRCLE, by first-rate equestrians. Bliss Kate Cooke, la Perle de l'arene. To conclude with a seleet PIECE FINALE. Doors open at half-past six ; commence at seven o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. In preparation, a grand Equestrian Spectacle called DRED. HIGH WATIta AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 26 min. aft.l2—Evening 49 min. aft 12 To-Moznow—Morn. 9 min. aft. I—Evening 32 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—Stm 01710 E. NOVEMBER 11. TREIRMOMETEB. IN THE SEA.DE., 46—highest sines noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the niht. 45 —this day at noon. g ICAROMETER, 29•38—atill falling. N.W.—Light, with cold, fine weathor and a ming , clouds. heavY rn- Tw-,j o'CLoCK.—Slight rain and fresh. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE sum The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, i n may always be had from half time for Post, past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subicribere in the Country will please to observe that the heading! " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difkculty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remody it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. A t % \--or ' Am LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 13456, Lor 1 PALMEaSTON, who has recently been " starring" with great succitiss in the provinces, has achieved an extraordinary triumph on the na etropelitan boards. It Would, indeed, be diffi cult to 4i , sqover more colatetent audiences than those before which the Noble Premier has so re ently appeared at Manchester, at Liverpool, and a t - th e G u ildh a ll of the City of London, Ahnosb THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAIY EVONING, NOVEMBER 11, 1856 every influential class in the communi•cy was well represented on these important and interesting occasions. At the chief seat of manufacture — the "Cotton Metropolis," as it has been con temptuously styled—he met a body of men who have, perhaps, a deeper interest in the mainte nance of universal peace and tranquillity than any other that could by any possibility be pro duced. Thanks to our wooden walls and the indomitable spirit of •ur gallant defenders by sea and by land, there is but little prospect of the British soil being polluted by the fDotsteps of an invader. We may see our friends and relatives pouring forth their blood freely and willingly in defence of the safety, honour, and welfare of their native land. There may be the sounds of lamen tation and mourning at many hearths for the loved ones who have gone forth in the pride of strength to fight the battles of their country, and whose remains are now mouldering on a foreign strand—there may have been intense pressure on pecuniary resources, occasioning severe privations, and cutting off many comforts that had almost become necessaries ; but England has still been ex empted from " the horrors of war," such as the inhabitants of less favoured lands have witnessed. But there is still quite sufficient to induce the manufacturing interests—the creators and pro ducers of national wealth—to detest war for its own sake, as depriving them of the markets for their fabrics, and so largely enhancing the cost of production that they can scarcely hope to ob tain reasonable profits on their outlay, or even to execute the orders which may be tendered for their acceptance. The inhabitants of the commercial emporium of England have equal reason to dread hostilities, so far as their private and personal interests are concerned. Trade only flourishes in a season of general tranquillity, and they would find greater difficulties and increased expense in obtaining the commodities in which they dealt, while there would be a depreciated demand in consequence of the pressure on the resources of their customers from the additional taxation. The guests at the Lord Mayor's banquet were of a more varied character. All classes, and every shade and variety of political opinion, were there repre sented ; and yet the unanimity was as striking, the reception as enthusiastic, and the applause as rapturous at the Guildhall as at Manchester or Liverpool. Lord PALMERSTON must have exer cised a potent spell to control so many different elements, and mould them all to his will ! And yet the solution of the problem is compara tively easy. It requires no (Epirus to discover the answer to the enigma. He had only to dwell on a single key note. He might have played on a single string, without lessening the efficiency of his performance. All that was necessary was a satisfactory pledge that England would not suffer herself to be either bullied or cajoled, but that sh• would steadfastly insist on the due performance of the very lenient conditions and stipulations contained in the Treaty of Paris. The symptoms of dupli city and insincerity displayed by the AllTacßAT—the more than probable defec tion of France, only stimulate the national enthusiasm, and induce the people to nail the British colours to the mast, and unhesitatingly ignore the suggestion of compromise. It was the significant declaration of Lord PAL MERSTOIV, that "the duration of pease must depend on the honour and fidelity with which its condi tions are observed" that led to the " loud and prolonged cheering" with which his name was re ceived at the Guildhall. The applause was even more emphatic when he alluded to the gigantic efforts made at the commencement of the present year, and to "the finest army and the most magni ficent fleet that were ever engaged in defending the honour and the rights of England." When he referred to the spirit of the English people being thoroughly aroused, and the prospects of future successes if the war had continued, the plaudits were even more rapturous ; but when he repeated the announcement of his inflexible resolution that " the conditions of the peace should be faith fully executed and honourably observed, and that then the peace of Europe would be placed upon a secure and permanent foundation," the excitement passed all ordinary bounds—the com pany literally rose at the speaker. Each man vied with his fellow to see who could most highly honour the truly English Minister. Every- feeling was lost in the anxiety to show that they were determined to support to the last shilling the course of policy indicated by the First Lord of the Treasury. Can any doubt, then, remain as to the state of the popular mind ? The appearance and re ception at Manchester was a" great fact, " to be duly weighed by the rulers of other nations. It was strengthened and confirmed by the meeting of Liverpool ; but that at Guildhall was the crowning triumph of all. We are, in deed, proud of cur country and our countrymen. They have well maintained their ancient reputa tion ! We are now proud of onr Minister. We only regret that his language was not as conclusive six mouths since. Then, indeed, we might truly have rejoiced. But, we shall not, while such declarations are before us advert to any unpleasing subject. Let Lord PALMERSTON only fulfil his pledges, and the People will unanimously support him, and he will achieve a reputation higher than that ever gained by an English statesman. He will show himself to be indeed the man of the day, and earn his best reward in the unalloyed respect and gratitude of his countrymen. The good feeling manifested by the Chief Com missioner of Works in his reception' yesterday of the deputation from the Metropolitan Board is certainly very honourable to him. It is not every member of the Government who, after being slighted and thwarted as he has been, would listen so patiently to the representatives of the offending parties, and manifest so much earnestness in obviating the public evil which their conduct had rendered imminent. Sir BENJAMIN HALL, however, is evidently one of those men to whom the claims of duty are para mount, and who think they best consult their own dignity by subordinating personal considera tions to action for the public good. By a perusal of the report of the proceedings, which will be found elsewhere, the reader will find the Right Hoe. Baronet has undertaken to give a definitive decision on the plan of the Metropolitan Board for the Southwark improvements in three I days, i n or d er that the required Parliamentary y udUct like notices may be given in time t o p reven t ano th er year's delay. and is not likely to bef orgotten this speaks for itself, by the public. Wo may remind him, howeve r of a fact, of which phaopeiars,paolstshiboluygiiiginmorbalinstb---ed on v T i 7., that the Su r r e y h e u p r e sd b a li y ah (o a n n whi c h day Lis extra • decision is promised), ca edition on Saturday, should the th ree days be found insufficient, thus allowing him two day s more for the deliberation of a question of so m uc h importance as to warrant, under Other circum- 1 stances, the employment of as many weeks. We have the greater satisfaction in calling hi s attention to the &bee facto, because wear s appro. hensive lest the common fatf of doing things in a hurry should await his goof 1-natured efforts, and his main design in furthering the improvements in question should, to a Brea .t or less extent, be frustrated. Not being in. possession of the plan, we are ignorant of the precise latitude of action reserved by the Board, and to which they call upon him to give his ass()) it. This is a matter of some importance, for, judging by the general outlines of the plan, it in by no means so matured as to be unsusceptible of considerable improve ment. To go no further than the proposed en traneo of the great new thoroughfare from Lon don-bridge to Westminster, it seems to us that, in avoiding the Borough-market, an error would be committed. The deviation, it is true, involves no great increase of distance, and might possibly be attended with a consider able diminution of expense. But, on the other kind, we would submit the nearer the entrance of the new street is to the London-bridge Railway Stations, the better for passengers and purposes of traffic, and for the character also of the en tianee itself. As it appears to us, the contem plated avoidance of the Borough Market would entail a more circumscribed as well as remote out let westward than is desirable or necessary ; and, consequently, that using the space occupied by the market in question would be the best plan after all. The cry of " needless expenditure," we think, would be quite out of place when applied to a scheme commending itself by such advantages. The improvement sought for is surely of too great and permanent a nature for the purchase of the Borough Market to stand in the way of its due accomplishment. It is not a mere temporary road, but a thoroughfare we may almost say, to last for ever, the construction of which the Metropolitan Board is to take in hand, and the question of expense should be considered accordingly. What might reasonably be objected to in a temporary way may be anything but un warrantable when it relates to a great artery of traffic. If ever the motto of "do well what you have to do " is specially applicable, it is to a case like this—for a blunder once committed may be, regarded as being as good as irreparable. We need not say how desirous we are the Southwark improvements should be effected as speedily as possible to justify us in requiring they should be properly executed. Such require ment does not stand in need of it, for it is in itself a proof of our impression as to their impor tance, were any further proof lacking than the repeated suggestions and complaints at the abomi nable delay of the Board which have appeared in our editorial columns. We wish both Sir BEx •Ei►MIN HALL and the Metropolitan Board well and happily through their labours, which will only be the case if they result in the greatest possible advantages of a reasonable nature being secured to the public. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF TIE PRINCE OP LEININGEN. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The customary rejoicings in celebration of the birth day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales have not taken place in consequence of the serious illness of his loyal Highness the Prince of Leiningen, son of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and half-brother to the Queen. Her Majesty, whilst at the camp at Aldershot, was apprised by express of the illness of this illustrious Prince, and on her return to th e C as tl e th e Q ueen dis pensed with the usual attendance of the military and private bands in the evening, and there has been no music since at the Castle. From the eame cause the annual ball given to the members of the royal hone hold, in celebration of the Prince's birthday, which her Majesty and the royal children generally honour with their presence, is post poned. The fee de joie and parade movements before her Ma jesty and the Prince, in the Home Park, by the troops in garrison, were also dispensed with from the like cause. All invitations to ile Castle which had been previously issued have been countermanded. expresses arrived on Saturday night, and at nine o'clock yesterday evening, conveyed no favourable in telligence in regard to the state of the Prince. The Prince of Wales attained his 15th year on Sunday, and the only public demonstrations which have taken place here in honour of the day were the ringing of the (bells of the Chapel Royal of St. George and St. John's Church, and the firing of a royal salute from the Cor- poration ordnance by the town bombardier, in the Bachelor's•acre. Should the illness of the Prince of Leiningen continue unfavourable, it is expected the Court will retire to Osborne. The plays announced to take place at the Castle on Thursday next have also been podtponed. The Duke of Leeds has left the Clareilislon for Southern Rectory, near Swat:them. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to town, from Herefordshire. • Sir George Grey arrived in London last evening, from Falloden. Capt. Watt has arrived at the Clarendon, from Bishop- Burton, Yorkshire, DOVER, Monday, Eight a.m.—Two Russian frigates (one a screw) are off here, bound down channel. A telegraphic despatch, dated Revel, the Bth Nov., reports four degrees of frost at that port. The half yearly meeting of proprietors of the Bank of Atuitralasia caned for fur the Bth December. Of the 298,000/, in specie brought in by the Persia, from New Y0rk, e 60,500/. was destined for Havre. Lord Goderich has been named as most like'y to suc ceed Mr. Cobden in the representation of the West Riding. The Journal des Chemins de Per estimates at 300 mil lions of francs the sum which the different railway com panies will require to continue their works in 1857. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Dartmouth was hell on Thursday to promote the proposed railway from that town to Terquay. The commercial advices from New York state that three failures had occurred, chiefly among importers of dry goods, the aggregate liabilities being 250,0001. The monthly return of the Bank of France, which will be published in London on Friday next, is looked for with great interest. Cheltenham has struck a medal in commemoration of the visit to that town of the learned members of the British Association. THE TEA TRADE, Nov. 10.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week were 631,2451 b., being a decrease of 35,0331 b., compared with the previous statement. At the Leeds Court-house, on Saturday, Harrison, " The Wizard," was committed for trial on a double charge of bigamy. The twenty pictures by Turner, exhibited yesterday for the first time, at Marlborough-house, excited great intermit. The building was very numerously attmdee. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. —Mr. Leighton George Bayne, Moe. Bac., and organist of this college, bas been appointed to the office of organist of St. Mary's Church. Tne journals of Genoa announce the arrival in that city of the advocate Mignona, lately condemned by the criminal court of Naples to perpetual exile from the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 'LIE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.—The Arabia, whioh may be expected at Liverpool on Sunday next, will pro. bably bring some telegraphic intelligence, via Halifax, of the result of the Presidential contest. The statue of the Duke Charles de Mecklenburg, father of the late Queen Louise, was stolen a few nights since from the garden at Poi:edam. The metal was stolen from the original thief, and both the fellows were discovered through the sale of it at a very low pride. A correspondent of the Times suggests that in order to ecarionme the time at present occupied in collecting railway tickets, the collection of them at the last station stopped at, in place of the system now adopted of stop ping the train a short distance from the terminus. James Brant, Esq., late her Majesty's consul at Erze room, ►.as arrived at Dover. This gentleman has been appointed to the consulship at Damascus, and is home on leave, having been absent at his post at Erzeroum for nearly 20 years. LECTURES TO THE WORKING CLA9IIES.—L3St night, Montagu Chambers, Esq., Q.C,, M.P., delivered the sec )nd of the course of lectures to the working classes, in connection with St. Dunstan's Church, in the Girih' School-room adjoining the edifice, Fleet-street, which was crowded to overflowing. COLLISION AT SEA.— QHEENSTOWN, Nov. 7.—The Mary Macklin, Captain Shea, of and from Cork, for Cabirceveen, with a cargo of maize, foundered off Mizen Head yesterday, after being in contact with the screw steamer Mangerton, from Liverpool to London, which put in herd tc- lay and landed the crew. The wonderful hues of American autumnal foliage are well known in Eurcpe by descriptions of admiring tra vellers. They have never been more beautiful than this year. The forests and hill sides are large bouquets of crimson, orange, scarlet, and soft browns, relieved by the dark green of the firs and pines. A telegraphic despatch was received yesterday at the Baltic Coffee-house, dated St. Petersburg, Monday morning, according to which the Gulf was covered with ice as far as Tolbeacon. In consequence of this sudden setting-in of cold weather about 120 ships were fast in the ice. The thermometer showed "10 to 12 degrees of frost." Observatory at Palermo, reports the shock to have been felt in that city at 1 h. 59 min. 24 sec. a.m. (true time) ; the shocks were two in number 2— strong, undulatory, of long duration, and remark able for the amplitude of the oscillations. The first shock continued nearly 8 seconds, and the second (with an interval of 2 to 3 seconds), 9 to 10 seconds. The predominating direction of the shocks was from E to W, with oscillations from NE to SW of a minor intensity. The sisinograph marked some very slight irradiation or divergence in the oscilla tions from Sto SE. The pendulums of the Royal Observatory, which oscillate nearly in a right angle with the predominating direction of the shoslks, came to a standstill, whilst those oscillating in almost the same direction as the shocks were not affected thereby. From an early hour of the even ing the entire horizon was covered by a low fog, which continued even after the earthquake, and which fog was more particularly dense between the N.E. and S.E. points. The barometer stood at 30 in. 5-7%, and the exterior thermometer at 15 deg. Reaumur. These particulars agree to a nicety with the observations made at Malta by private indivi duals, in the absence (shame he it said) of any public observatory, although in the time of the Knights of St. John the island was famous for its establishment of this description, and we had hoped to have seen it revived under the British rule, particularly during the administration of so scien tific a personage as its present Governor, Sir William Reid, the author of that truly useful work the " Law of Storms." The shocks of the earthquake of the 11th and 12th of October were felt at Puzzuoli, Castelamare, Bari, Avellino, Tera cli Lavori ' Capitanata, Basi licata, the two Principalities, Otranto, and Calabria, but no damages have been occasioned thereby at any of these places. It is, therefore, evident that the focus or seat of the earthquake has been about Candia and Rhodes, extending westward with almost equal violence as far as Malta, which owes its preservation from ruin and destruction to the solidity of its stone structures, not one of which have actually fallen, though most of them are much shaken, and some cracked to their very foundations on the live rock. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 31. Travellers are beginning to arrive, but not in gio3at numbers, with the intention of passing the winter in Upper Egypt either for health or amuse ment. Englishmen express their astonishment at the heavy rains we have lately experienced, having come with the erroneous impression that it never rains in Egypt. Notwithstanding that September and October are the most unhealthy months in Alexandria, the sanitary condition of the city is regarded as excellent, the deaths averaging from 15 to 16 a day. This proportion of deaths in a popula tion of 120,000 souls would be considered excessive in London,—here it is pronounced to be a vast improvement compared wiih a former period. This satisfactory state of the public health may in a great measure be attributed to the excellent regulations drawn up by Clot-Bey, and so well carried out by the Sanitary Board established by Mehemet Ali, and continued by his successors. The members of the Russian Chancellerie have arrived in Alexandria, and the Councillor of State Giers, appointed Consul-General in Egypt, is ex pected, with his family, next week. The expedition for the discovery of the source of the Nile has received a valuable addition in the person of a Lieutenant in the French Imperial Navy, who served as aide-de-camp to the Admiral commanding in the Black Sea during the late war. He left last week for Cairo to join his companions. Travellers arrived from Syria state that English influence in that country is diminishing, and French influence is in the ascendant. This they attribute in some measure to the inefficient charac ter of some of our Consuls in the province of the Turkish Empire. A collision has lately taken place near Nablous between A marauding tribe of !Arabs and the Sul tan's troops, in which the latter were defeated, with the loss of 40 men. English travellers just arrived from Jaffa state that the Sultan's firman is regarded as waste paper in Syria. Nov. 1. A telegraphic despatch has just been received, announcing the arrival at Suez, at three o'clock this morning, of the Gauges, with the Indian mail and 32 passengers. LATEST NEWS. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Avon has arrived with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, 74 passengers, 12,0001. in specie, and diamonds and precious stones valued at 37,0001., besides a full cargo. The dates are —Buenos Ayres, Oct. 2 ; Monte Video, Oct. 5 ; Rio, Oct. 15 ; Bahis, Oct. 19 ; Pernambuco, Oct. 21 ; St. - Vincent, Oct. 29 ; and Lisbon, Nov. 7. Monte Video is tranquil. The Indians are making advances towards Buenos Ayres, driving off the cattle, and taking many inhabitants prisoners. A force has been sent against them. In the Brazils the engineering and other works are progressing rapidly. The business in dry goods during the past year has exceeded that of the last five years. Large shipments of coffee have been made to Europe and the United States. At Rio, the exchange is 2di. ; freights, 50s. At Bahia, exchange 274 d. ; freights from 50s. to 60s. Business brisk. At Pernambuco, exchange 274 d. Business brisk, and speculations of all kinds rife. Cholera has nearly left the Cape de Verdes. Teneriffe and Madeira are comparatively healthy. The first of the Australian steamers, the Oneida, arrived at St. Vincent on the 28th ult., all well, and highly satisfied with the ship and the arrangements., FRANOL PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial arrived at Paris yesterday, the 9th inst., at a quarter to 4 o'clock. Their Majesties were accompanied by General Count de Montebello, Aide-de-camp of the Em peior ; Count Bacciocchi, First Chamberlain ; General Fleury, First Equerry • the Marquis of Conegliano, Chamberlain ; MM. d'Ayguesvives and Bachon, Equerries of the Emperor ; the Countess de Montebello, Baroness de Pierres, de Sauley, Ladies of the Empress's Household ; and Madame de Brancion, Under-Governess of his Im perial Highness the Prince Imperial. Their Excellencies the Ministers of State and of the Emperor's Household, of the Interior, of War, Marshal Magnan, General Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely, the Prefect of the Seine, and the Prefect of the Police, had the honour of receiving their Majesties at the station. A battalion of the-Gen darmerie of the Guard was drawn up in the court. The Emperor and Empress immediately entered a caleche for St. Cloud. A numerous crowd which had awaited their Majesties' arrival in the vicinity of the station welcomed them with loud and warm acclamations. These acclamations were continued all along their route. The health of their Majesties and of the Prince Imperial is excellent. The crisis in railway shares still continues ; but the movement in the Rentes, though prices were tending downwards on Saturday, nevertheless re sists the influence of the retrograde action of the shares. Count de Persigny left for London at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, furnished, it is said, with very conciliatory instructions from the Emperor. AUSTRIA. VIINNA, Nov. 7.—The only news to be commu nicated is, that Count Leo nun, the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, a day or two since tendered his resignation to his Sove reign. His Majesty declared that he was well satisfied with the services of the Minister, and de sired him to retain his portfolio. There was a tremendous pani• on 'Change to-day, and most of the new railroad shares were to be had at par. The Lombardo-Venetian shares, which were at 133 six months ago, were to-day at 93 : Credit Bank shares, at 20011., were 2311. lower than they were yesterday ; and Northern Railroad shares fell 10 per vent. PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. The Nord publishes the following two "annexes" to the London Protocol of the 24th May, relative to the affairs of Neuchatel : ANNEX I. TO PROTOCOL No. 11. OF THE CONFERENCE or 24TH MAY, 1852. TEE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF PRUSSIA TO THE PRINSIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY. "Prussian Legation, London, May 15, 1852. " The undersigned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Prussia, by order of his Government, and having the honour to refer to the interview s he has had with Lord Malmesbury, Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic. Majesty for Foreign affairs, as with the gentlemen his predeces sors, to consider the best means for replacing, by con ciliatory means, the Principality of Neuchatel under the legitimate authority of the King, his august Master, conformable to the Treaty of Vienna, begs his Lordship to invite the representatives of the other great Powers to a conference to take this question into serious delibe ration. "To state precisely the intentions of'the King in this matter, and not to leave any doubts on the motives which have determined his Majesty to ask, for the ami cable settlement of this affair, the mediation of his allies, the undersigned has the honour Lto send to Lord Malmesbury the annexed note, which is the exact expression of the Rcyal wishes. (Signed) " BUNSEN." PROTOCOL No. 2 OF A CONTERENNE HELD AT THE FOREIGN•OFFICE ON THE 24TH OP MAY, 1852 : " Present the, Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia. "The Minister of Prussia asked that his note ad- dressed to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 15th May, and the note thereto annex e d, should be placed among the acts of the Conference. " He added that the King his master expresses his gratitude to his allies for the reception they gave to his proposition ; and that full of confidence in the result of their united efforts, his Majesty charged him to make the voluntary declaration that, pending the negotiations, ho would not have recourse to any other measure to make good his rights. (Signed) " KUBECIC. " WALEWSKI. " MALMESBURY. " BUNSEN. " BRUNNOW." HANOVER. A telegraphic despatch, dated Hamburg, 9th instant, announces that the Hanoverian Chambers have been dissolved by Royal order. New elections are to take place. The new chambers are to meet on the 10th of February next. THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Letters received at Malta from Candia, a town in the island of the same name, give a deplorable account of the ravaaes of the recent earthquake, in addition to those al ° ready published, up to the 15th of October (three days after the shock). As many as 500 mangled corpses had bees dug out of the ruins, besides many persons severely wounded and bruised. Not more than 50 houses remained unin jured. The ovens and bakeries are destroyed, and starvation menaces the houseless population, in addition to the inclemency of the weather. The Roman Catholic church, only a year ago erected, is in ruins. In the interior the results are still more appalling. Five villages are totally destroyed, and the few surviving inhabitants are reduced to the most abject misery. A steamer had been despatc,lied to the Commanders-in-Chief of the Anglo-French forces at the Piraeus of Athens craving assistance, and the Ottoman Porte had sent a despatch to the Sublime Porte to a like effect. Canea has suffered more than was at first re ported. Most of the houses 4 n this town will have to be, if not wholly, in great part rebuilt, which, unless an immigration of builders takes place, will not be effected in five years ! Good workmen ob tain 2s. 6d. per diem, master masons much more, and labourers ls. 6d. per diem • 500 carpenters rfluld readily fi n d work. The Church, hospital, poor-house,-house, and sc hool of the Roman Catholic community, and the Greek school, are among the fallen buildings. 400 tents have been sent to Candi°, from Canea by the Governor-General, whose humane measures to succour the people are beyond all p ra i se. At Maori, in Asia, opposite to Rhodes, w h ere ear th qua kes are of frequent occur rence, the s h oc k s , strange to say, *ere only felt slightly. At Mytelene, between the 4 th arid 19th of October, one or two slight shocks had been ex perienced d a ily, w ith no other bad effect than creating much alarm amongst the inhabitants, ea specially at Rh after hearing of the disasters on the 12 th odes and Candia. ..rrofesbor Regalia, the Director of the Royal MALTA. We have received Malta news to the sth of November. The squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas continued at anchor in Valetta harbour. Her Majesty's steam gun boat Wanderer re turned from Naples with despatches, announcing the departure thence of the British Legation, as well as that of the French Ambassador and Lega tion on the 28th. On the 31st October a French screw steam ship of the line embarked in the Bay of Naples. Her Majesty's steamer Osprey was dispatched by Rear-Admiral Dundas on the 3d, with sealed orders, steering in the direction of the Faro of Messina. Her Majesty's steam frigate Gorgon arrived from England and Gibraltar on the 3d, bringing Lieut. Smith, R.E., Messrs. Watts and Prinsep, and four sappers and miners, destined, it is said, on a scien tific mission to the island of Mytilene, near the Dardanelles. Her Majesty's steam frigate Gladiator left,-Malta for Marseilles on the 31st October, conveying, on their way to England, Mr. Skeene, the British Consul at Aleppo, Major Mehmed Aga, Messrs. Mallouf, Giraud, and Tabet, witnesses in the forth coming court-martial, which General Beatson, of Bashi-Bazouk notoriety, has demanded, in order to clear himself of the grave charges preferred against him by General Shirley. The Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company's first ship Istamboul, left the Victoria Docks, according to arrangement, yesterday, at eleven o'clock, with a full cargo and passengers for Melbourne. 'this vessel was loaded by the use of hydraulic machinery, at the rate of 200 tons per day. It is satisfactory to find that owing to the great facilities afforded by the Victoria Dock Company the Istamboul was enabled to fill up in so short a space of time, and to sail punctually' on the day fixed for the departure, viz., the 10th of November. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, Nov. 10.— Royal Mail steamship Tyne, Capt. Valler, sailed this afternoon with the usual monthly contract mails for Lisbon, Madeira Teneriffe, St. Vincent's (Cane Verde), Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres, taking out 150 passengers, among whom are the Duke and Duchess of Saldanha, a full general cargo, specie value 80,0001., and jewellery value 40,0001. The next homeward mails are due on the 10th inst. by the Avon. There will be no departure on the 23d of this month from Southampton for the Brazilian ports, the steamer usually despatched by the Union Screw Collier Company having been withdrawn. The United States' mail steam-ship Hermann, Capt. Higgins, with dates from New York to the let inst., is expected off Cowes, en route to Bremen, on Fr.day next. The steam ship Barcelona, from Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Alicante, Cadiz, Corunna, and Santander, is expected a t South ampton about the 13th or 14th inst. The Royal mail steamer Parana will take out the West India and Pacific mails on the 17th iost. FROM AMERICA TO ENGLAND via CANADA.--The ar rival of the Dean Richmond in England, direct from Chi cago has created sensation, but it is not exactly true that she is the first vessel that has reached Great Britain from the interior lakes of Canada. Others, if our memory be accurate, have preceded her. A. similar error prevails as to what steam vessel hasthe right to claim the priority in ;making a Transatlantic voyage. Many award this honour to the Sirius, Capt. Roberts!, which arrived here' the same day with the Great Western, Capt. Hoskin. The first British steamer crossed the Atlantic several years before either the Sirius or Great Western ; she was built in Quebec and called the Royal William, and was owned wholly or in part by Mr. Stevenson, of that city. This circumstance is still fresh in the minds of many per- sons in the "ancient capital." But a, vessel having an auxiliary steam apparatus on board crossed the Atlantic many years before the Ri)yal William even. She was owned in aed sailed from New York shortly after the close of the war of 1812. We throw out these remarks in the hope that some person whose remembrance of such facts is better than ours will give the true statement, with the proper chronology of these important events in the history of navigation. The Canadian papers continue their warm eulogies on the line of steamers, and are na turally proud of their achievements. The only thing to be regretted is that the climate puts an end to their voy ages during the winter. Portland, which is an open port during the frosty months, will then receive them. Now, St. John, New Brunswick, is an open port also during the winter. Why cannot the railroad project through New Brunswick be revived ? What of the St. Andrew's and Quebec railroad ? Will some of our friends in that province enlighten us ?—Boston Anglo SaXO It. DISAPPEARANCE OF CHOLERA FEO:.I MADEIRA.—By accounts received from Madeira we learn that cholera has left the island, and that the place is now happily re stored to its wonted condition of healthfulness. Visitors and invalids were already returning to the island for the purpose of enjoying its mild and genial climate during the winter. The food and clothing sent out by the London committee were being carefully and j udiciously distributed by a local committee, while the Government stores were issued to the distressed people under the direction of Staff-Surgeon Dr. Matthews and a purveyor of the English army, with the guidance and advice of the c-asul, the principal merchants, and other icfiaential persons on the isiand. The Governor, Brigadier-General Conceiro, was, as he has been during the whole course of the epid em i c, i ncessan t i n d ev i s i ng means of relief . The go o d a l ready e ff ecte d by th e well timed and well directed aid has been of incalculable value to those Whom the epidemio has made widows and orphans, and, indeed, to the whole of the destitute poor of the Walt& LITERATI:Mr. Maunder's' Treasury of Geography. Continued, and completed by William Hughes. 1. Vol. Longman and Company. A wonderful compilation. A marvellous bock —compacting together within the compass of 1,000 pages an unexampled store of geographic knowledge —Physical, Historical, Political, and Descriptive. Commenced by the original designer of these cele brated works ofreference, the late Samuel Maunder, the laborious and indefatigable compiler of so many inestimable Treasuries—the " Treasury of Know ledge," the " Treasury of Natural History," the " Biographical Treasury," the "Historical Trea sury," the "Scientific and Literary Treasury " those portable and accessible repertories of Infor mation—this " Treasury, of Geography," the crowning work of the series, the key stone of the arch, as it were, of Maunder's classic and authori tative compilations—has at length been, as far as any such work can, be—perfected. It has been continued and completed, as the title-page intimates, by Wm. Hughes, F.R.G.S., author of a " Manual of Geo graphy," and recently Professor of Geogtaphy in the College for Civil Engineers. A gentleman of whom we might safely have predicated what the book before us positively and substantially testifies —namely, that he of all men is about the, very one most singularly well calculated to prove in a labour of this remarkable kind, Samuel Maunder's not unworthy collaborateur. The " Treasury "as it now stands may take rank with the very best of its predecessors. It is as complete in every way —as lucid in treatment —as admirable and 'symmetrical in the manner of its genera' arrangement. After a few "Introductory Re marks" explanatory of the precise uses and of the proper character of .a popular and practical digest of Geography —comes a succinct and rapid " Out line of. the History of Geography." Thereupon follows an ethnological chapter upon the " Varie ties of Races and Languages," and an account of the successive peopling of the world's chief conti nents—the three great continents of the old or east ern hemisphere. Subsequently, we have a beautiful treatise, delineative, of " The Earth," its, form and magnitude ! Followed, in due course, by an exquisitely graphic account of the diurnal and annual motions of this our globe, as well as of those ,of her sister planets. Afterwards the reader, or more strictly speaking the consulter of " Maunder's Treasury of Knowledge "—for productions of this particular class are designed to be dipped into rather than to be perused consecutively page after page from Preface to Appendix—afterwards, we say, the consulter of the " Treasury of Knowledge" has unfolded to him in the form of a separate section the astonishing " Principles of Physical Geo graphy," as regards the Land, the Water, and the Atmosphere. Then come the aix grand divisions of the book as a work of reference—.complete, and therefore comprehensive. I. EUROPE—embracing under that head Great Britainwith its subdivisions of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland: France viewed in regard both to its Provinces and its De-, partments ; Belgium with it s 4,500,000 inhabitants; Holland with its standing army of 20,000 ; Switzer land with its burghs and cantons ; Austria with all her vast foreign provinces, including Northern Italy, a huge portion of Poland, the whole of Bohemia, and the whole of Hungary ; _Prussia beginning with Brandenburg and ending with Pomerania ; besides the smaller states of Germany, including the minorprincipalities (not here worth mentioning), and with them Bavaria, Baden, Saxony, Hanover, and Wurtemburg ; Denmark, and with Denmark the twin provinces of Schleswiz-Holstein ; Sweden, and _Norway, the Ching and Chang of Geographi cal Europe , to adopt Sir Edward Lytt on ' s nomen clature ; ussia with her sixty millions of serfs under the heel of one irresponsible Despot ; Turkey on the northern side of the Bosphorus; Greece with her "faineant" King and her degenerate people ; Italy, that mere geographical expres sion, according to Prince Metternich, embrac ing, within the compass of the expression, Lom bardy, Sardinia, Tuscany, Naples, Sicily, Parma, Modena, and the States of the Church ; Spean, with her mockery of a Constitution, and Portugal, with her stripling sovereign. 11. ASIA follows, as a matter of course, next in order to us Europeans. Asia subdivided into-,-th e Asiatic portion of Tur key • the Asiatic portion of Russia • Japan—China —Arabia Turkestan,—Persia—hindostan_q= ghanistan Beloochistan—Burmah—Siam—An nam—and the East Indian Archipcelago. India reticulating, so to speak, into Ceylon, the Protected States, the Independent States, and the three Lreat Presidencies —those of Bengal, Madras, and Cal cutta. 111. AFRlCA—besides the Coasts to the West and the East ; besides the impenetrable Cen tral part of it ; besides the Islands ; besides the Sahara, and Egypt, and Aubia, and Abyssinia— treats of South Africa, meaning the Cape Colony, Natal, and Caffraria, and of North Africa, or, as it is otherwise ter me d, B ar b ary, signifying Mo rocco, Algeria, Tripoli, and Tunis. IV. AMERICA —in reference to the North and the South— " North America" embracing Canada, the United States, and Mexico, together with the West Indies, and such minor sections of that vast continent as IVewfoundland and • the _Hudson's Bay Territory—" South America," in cluding Venezuela—New Granada—La Plata— Ecuador Guiana Brazil Perk Bolivia— Ohili —and Patagonia. V. AUSTRALlA—relating to both South Australia and is , esierre Australia to .1‘ ew South Wales —Victoria and Tasmania. Finally, VI. POLYNESIA—with its congeries or ganglion of Islands, great and small, barren and fruitful, inhabited and uninhabited, savage and civilised. As in a very marked manner illustra tive of the boldness and distinctness of the politi cal opinions enunciated in this masterly com pilation, we may refer to those expressed un der the head of " France, " in relation to its present government. Due mention having been made of the transformation of the Repub lican fasces into the Imperial sceptre while grasped in the strong right hand of Napoleon 111. "If there be evil," says the " Treasury," "in the present position of a great people, subject to the strictness of military rule, and dependent in great measure upon the will of a single individual, with restrictions upon the 'free expression of opinion, whether by writing or by word of mouth, still there can be no doubt that they are of less moment than the opposite evils of democratic excess, and the certain results which would follow the triumph of Socialism." A copious and compre hensive "Index," alphabetically arranged, com pletes the value of this noble and unrivalld " Trea sury of Geography"—diminishin g the labour of research to the student by rendering almost every separate atom otinformation comPacted together in the volume under notice—instantaneously acces sible. A wonderful compilation, we repeat—one that can be perused with pleasure and consulted with confidence. • RUSSIAN BORTIFICATIOM IN THE BA ',TIC. FRONTIERS OF FINLAND, Nov. I.—The experi ence of the late war has opened the eyes of Russia to the inadequacy of her coast defences, and shown linty exposed are her frontiers in Finland, and how open., to any attack on the seaboard V:om hostile fleets. During the war the Governor-General of Finland, Count von Berg, was ordered to do his utmost to strengthen the existing coast. defences, and sending in plans for constructing new naval fortresses in the province under his command. The subject engrossed the attention of the late Emperor of Russia, and his repeated visits of in spection to the north are matters well known. Soon afterwards orders were given to build a strong fort on the island of Lasko, in the Gulf of Bothnia, commanding the entrance to a deep and spacious harbour, and destined to make good the loss ex perienced by the fall of Bomarsund. All along this line of coast for a distance of four hundred miles there were no fortified places. Brahe dad, Uleaborg, Christinenstad, Lowisa, \Yam, a n d Carleby were only commercial ports, and it is only at Hango Head and the neighbouring Gustav - vaern that any fortified works aro to be found. In order to protect the coast for the future Russia, has now decided on constructing five new fortresses, the preliminary a rrangements for whi c h h ave b een made this summer, and the ground marked out. s One of these is situated in the extreme northernly corner of the Gulf of Bothnia, a very port distant© from the frontier town of Tornea. The sel ec ti on purpose for whi c h i t i s intended. ol* the localityh t e appears to be well ma d e and likely to answer promontory of Sa nc l o -S aar i , when the The river Limielf flows into the golf at thi s spo t, and the proposed batteries are erected, will sufficiently pro tect the entrance to .a, beautiful and spacious har bour. As the soil all about the place is favourable for agriculture, and there are roads communicating with all parts of the interior, it is proposed to lay out an a e ci w lit t ie oNi s ril it aidis ebxypgercata n e tingcertain privileges and f that many settlrs will be be attracted. Major-General William J. Butterworth, of the East India Company's service, expired at his residence, Mill. mead House, in Guildford, on Tuesday last, the 4.h inst., after a lingering illness. The deceased gentleman had very recently resigned the post of Governor of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca, Whichhe held from th e year 1843 to 1855, on account of the declining state of his health. I it lj fa A N 1). DUBLIN, MONDAY. An influential meeting of noblemen and gentle men connected with Belfast and the adjoining counties was held on Friday, at the Royal Hotel, Belfast, for the purpose of promoting a speedy communication between the northern portions of the two countries by a short sea transit for mails and passengers via Donaghadee and Portpatrick. The Mayor of Belfast presided, and among those who took a part in the proceedings were Viscount Dalrymple, M.P.,Lord Dufferin, Mr. W. Shar man Crawford, homas M'Clure, Lieut.-Colone l Ferguson, &c. A general conversation ensued, and, in reply to a question, Lord DalryloPl e stated that he had reason to know that, im mediately on the company obtaining their acts, the Government would be prepared to undertake the necessary outlay upon the bar hours at Portpatrick and Donaghadee. A sub scription was then entered into, and almost ever), gentleman present attached his name thereto, auu the total, including subscriptions previously re' ceived in Belfast and neighbourhood, amounted to upwards of 80,0001. A committee was then ap pointed to obtain further subscriptions ; after passing resolutions, the meeting, which war rmiked throughout by the greatest unan imity au" journed. • Tne ni3t rental of the lands posted for sale iu the liscumbered Estates CoUrt for the present men" alone amounts. to 27,0001. per annum. The Cork Reporter has the following particula r° of a disastrous collision off, the Cork coast :-- About 4 o'clock on Thursday morning a collision t o° f ,lace off Cape Cl e a r , w hi c h resu l te d i n the total 1 089 ,1 e of the vessels, the schooner Mary Macklin, ei o irt, Shea, master. The schooner, which was on its ° l', .o Cahirciveen, freighted by Burke Brothers, merch e4 o ,f this city, with a large car go o f I n di an corn , 0 0 1% 1 . collision with the Mangerton ste amer o f Li mer ick, 0 ", ;frier, master, bound to London with a general eal; c l And went down about half-past 12 o' c l oc k, h av ing ti°!,, a t for eight hours after the collision. It seems strange w oo the steamer made no efforts to run her aground in r port durkg the interval. She pi c k e d off the crew, ever, and dropped into Q ueen st own w ith th e m on The!: isy afternoon. The Mary Macklin was the joint t ru o f ,erty of Mr. Henessy, deputy harbour waster, an: Ars. Paisley, widow of the late Mr. J. Paisley, of ra sage. This is the second vessel which theMangerto° ran don. The gallant veteran, General Lord Gough, eut‘ it r, tained 150 of the tenantry of his Lougholp estate, in the county of Galway, at a hospita feast last week. The remains of the late Earl of Brandon W ere consigned to their last resting place with all solemnity on Friday last. MISS POGLY MAASHALL. In the feuilleton, of the Courrier des Mat C h eri published on the 13th ult. at New York, ird , appears the following enthusiastic tribute 0 1 0 miration to one of the you la Marshall--a' of our old Il t tle favourites—Miss Polly Marshalla' pretty g light comedian, whose glancing feet and sP,ar'of eyes have already justified our p re diction s , o f their glamour to the full, .by winning the be heir Brother Jonathan with the mere force of 7 0 90 capriciousbut irresistible fascination /—"I BOW you know her, this grisette, this sou brette, vo le coquette, this plump, sparkling, roguishir one ! She whose name is made for her, an d 4 ,, 1 - 0 011' made for her name ! For how otherwise coul",'o,K call her than Polly ? Polly is in her every li4 meat! And, when that is said, you divine at °oat that the glance of her merry eye is side- 1613 P her, nose is just the least bit in the world tur ne d er (what we call retrousse), that h er mouth i 5 , 310 ing, that her fief:, is dimpled, ' that her benu l i ,- tisi voluptuously proportioned, that the skirt ° ample dress is - piquantly looped u p , a t the W is , a ( that her feet are daintily _ ' peaked upon.he e bat scarlet morocco I I know not if she is pretty,to I am quite sure she is most charming, an d a, * she keeps you in a state of delight with a vi, °r she a look, a movement, the merest nothing"' doss laughs to admiration, and weeps to discreo . And, beyond all this, she knows so well 11°N 16 0, attire herself !--1, merit so rare, so very Zoo has our American theatres Her head-dress Zoo has about it a, jaunty air that provokes aPP;Ot upon the instant; and from head to foot the of her costume is in perfect keeping.. Best ° f " however, is' the - cireunistanee that under ail e under the superficial graces of person, toilet, ° o f; gesture, and deportment, there are evidences. talent Rio most real, of inspirations most haPPY9 d l s tlf powers most gay, original, and delightful. Sontboi 'know nothing more exhilarating in it s waY of to see her take part with Burton in the farl ee Twice Killed. To witness th e i r joint perforo39ooo in it, is to die of lau g hi ng not t w i ce , but a d,.. ° 0 0 times 1 Each ha s ex p er i ence o f somew h a t the '." 01 . emotions, but each gives expression to those ° ili a mon emotions after a fashion the most ludi„c f° ,:ho, dissimilar. And the resalt is a medley of ulb," at of dissim9lations, of embarrassments, of tear of laughter, of agonies of dread and of. e xplosical e co joy, beginning with the very beginning of the P IE and ending only with the fall of the curtain-,r o 0 you really desire to draw a fund of delight co, Mr. Burton's establishment, take every oar o s choose an evening upon which you find the Locit of Polly Marshall on the playbills—anu , : ,:ioa above all things, that you are not dilatory A" t hti attendance at the doors, for Upon those veil to the house contrives somehow to be crovicie suffocation !" THg THBATRES. DRURY-LA.NE. Po ° The very great success o f 'th e recen t ser ies of of ie operas has induced the less ee o f t hi s t h eatre , in cf„%thel Lion with Messrs. Beale and Co., to give 0 series, which began last night. Thre is this dinereol however, in the scheme,. that Mr. Smith make m .:4ll. ll' his own regular company, "in Order to add " -- 1 11 : afterpieces to the Italian performanano• ah Italian company is the .same as before, s'P e ' h ' 00,1 valuable addition of Madame Rudersdorff, and traction of Mario—the great tenor having gone B e id' his engage men t a t P ar i s . R e i c h ar d t, .we ,belinv"' o o l ! appear immediately, arid some other reinforcrunent fr hi talked of. Th e en t er t a i nmen t s o f last nieThlV " Norma," followed by " Little Toddlekio B, _,,, Oft Charles Mathews i n hi s amus i ng an d f avour ite 0 1 1; 0 be' and a divertissement. "Norma" was perforraellotsol", fore, the parts b e i ng sus t a i ne d b y Grisi, SeL-ilf Lorini, and Formes. Grisi s ang a n d ac ted to ever, and the whole performance was eircelleP successful. • HAYMARKET, o .ter of Mr. Murdoch appeared last night in the Ch!r Charles Surface, in Sheridan's " School for Dt Mr. Murdoch plays the part in the traditional stY.'6ljel we do not think he could advantageously do 000%00 Ho is to be gay, careless, manly, sensual and li n e r e,„ these in Mr. Murdoch's performance, ' and ' ° l- „ - ogo / looks 'as if he were able to carry out all the e xtra' 0 0 1 cies he is accused of. H e h as a natura l hilaritY' which very touch helps these animal characters. oar Mr. Chippendale's Sir Peter was gentlenaanly„; ii,ejr does not fail to make all the usual points. is eat nokls was, of course, Lady Teazle •and she "" d exceedingly well the lady of quality, who the borders of criminality without actualll - „ e sf,„i7, her wing. Mr. Howe performed Joseph Surfac" n 9 , 7 sufficient smoothness ; Mr. Rogers was decisi" "ore; Oliver ; Mr. Clark laughable as Moses 31 ,,,, P ; „jol", - saucy as Trip ; and Mr. Buekst o n e as Sir sP Backbite ; and Mr. Compton, as Crabtree, ras,d e n joO tt effect. Miss Talbot was a very charming Mrs. 0 " and Mrs. Poynter a very acrid Lady Sneer we ll' 0 0 The house was well attended, and the perfc"" was much enjoyed and approved. MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS' These concerts are greatly improved since th eir o f tl' 46 d ' ference to St. Martin's Hall. The prograrare e . o - 1 16 . ; ' night's concert might have suited the most tet l6 „ i f , r , i ; dience in London. Among other things, an u ' o ntwr fined description, it included Mendelssohn's cR- rrs h li ; part-song, "0 hills, 0 vales of pleasure ;" M1,. - 0 1 ;13 "„4 fine song, "She shines before me like a star," ' 0 0 0 ", Opera "Ch ar l es th e S econ d ;" B e ll e ' s seren ade, oa f ' night, beloved ;" Benedict's song, "Rage, thoOviorl storm," from the bet of a ll th a t com posers o tie "The Gipsy's Warning ;" Venzano's bravura. st ' d the rage at present ; Hatton's ballad, "° ° ,,,, ° 0 in e 3 sweetheart ;" Festa's beautiful madrigal, "P c ' - v lai k i, flowery vale ;" and two solos on the concertiet by Mr. Case. The vocal performers were Ma' g r e i Frodaham, Miss M. Huddart, Mr. Alfred Pier °f th e O'Hara, and Mr. Marryatt. Between the par A t " E/ do le i n t concert there was a dramatic reading by Mr. j' A ac t Francis. He read almost the whole of the Oil' , il f "Othello," and acquitted himself very respectsblidel°i his performance was too long, and excited a ge ° " ro r e ili lly impatience. On the whole the concert was 0 " 1 " excellence. SALLE VOUSDEN. hi ch f. W., t i t i e v d iir u n p ic f , This name is given to a room in Oxford-stree"nf Pr'. has been eleganfly "Great Valentine P o V ly ° n u a s t fl io e n nfi a ' Liverpool. a gentleman who styles hil i l - ti le n 0 9 si" most ample - • • ta it: n .c f various astcnhosdenu a sbeli n i.se d iet rn:fg t isnri h ill n e wt n b i llacrebe r Pl i 'liet te lafi li f i w as comic la intention is pervaded by a tone of s eli ,,; fl oti a t if Mr. Vousden would deduce from the Or3;f-ac°ll - different countries in his own person a roorA 0 fist,,,, of universal brotherhood. He chap his dres° t ' i(2.- P s tra l3s 0 ruat:veLous rapidity. 'Lees . Complete is his , f iell j from one character to another, the best, of _ s m i l l y ep being an Irish peasant, elaborated very ea r e l ni s b li e r‘ marked by a great deal of quiet humour. ~-, oat.: lesque dancing introduced in the course of t''s,ro ol/ tainrcent, is exceedingly clever, and though 14r. den's voice is not powerful his songs are P leMiallSE ~ a'''' •