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AGENT WANTED by a COTTON MA.NUFA.CTURER. —One who has been accustomed to call upon Haberdashers, Coach Lace Manufacturers, and the Wholesale Houses in and about London. Unexceptionatle references will be required.—Address, 8. , x A, u 4, Post-office, Manchester. THE PRINCEITES their DOCTRINES and PRACTICES, &c. Part H. will appear in the "Somer set County Gazette" of Saturday. Nov. 1. Price sd. (or five osta4e stamps). Part 1., with Engravimc of the AG kPEMONE, has been reprinted. Price 2d. sent to any address on receipt of stamps by W. A. Woodley, Publisher, Taunton. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—Mr. E. T. Smith has the gratification of announcing that be has succeeded in making arrangements with Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., of Regent-street, for the appearance of those eminent artistes, Signor Mario, Signor Lorini, Sign damovere, Signor Albicini, Mons, Gassier, Herr Formes, Ma Grisi, Madame Ama dei, and Madame Gassier, who, will perform in a series of Italian operas at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, This Even ing and during the week, being their last appearances previous to their departure for the Continent —THIS EVENING will be performed IL BARBIERE. Count Almaviva. Signor Mario ; Figarro, M. Gassier ; Basilio, Herr Formes ; Dr. Bar tolo, Signor Rovere ; Rosina, Madame Gassier. To-morrow, LUC REZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame Grisi ; Geunaro, ni, M Signor Mario ; the Duke, M. Gassier ; Maff e) Orsiadame Amadei ; Rustighello, Signor Albicini; Giubetta, Signor Ro vere. The music of the operas will be aided by a full Band and Chorus (selected from the Corps of the two Italian Operas and the leading musical societies of the metropolis), under the direction of Signor Li-Calzi. Chorus—Sopranies dames Chierichi, Byers, Sharp, and Coo k ; Contralti, Gold smith, Weller, and Jackson ; Tenori—Signori Gabussi, Chie richi, Sharp, and Grice ; Bassi —Mattoni, Talamo, Stnart, and Fabretti, assisted by others of the Royal Italian Opera. Band—Chef d'Attaque, Zerbini (the Royal Italian Opera), Simmonds (tbe Royal Italian Opera), Kelly (the Royal Italian Opera), Bort (the Royal Italian Opera), Tornenr (the Royal Italian Opera). Viola —Alsept (the Royal Italian Opera) ; Violoncello— Vieuxternps (the Philharmonic andJullien's Con cede); Contra- basso --Klieg (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts); Flute—Remusat (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Oboe —Lavigne her Majesty's Theatre) ; Clarionet —Sonnenberg (her Majesty's Theatre ; Bassoon —Hardy (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Trumpet—Leloup (the Phil- harmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Horns - Stoekel (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts), Griebeu (the Philhar monic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Trombone —Donizetti (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Tympani—Jefferson (the Royal Princess's Theatre). Prompter—Sig. Galli. In order that these first-class musical entertainments may be placed Within the reach of the public generally, the charges for ad mission will be reduced from the tariff of the Italian Opera prices to the old playhouse prices of Drury-lane Theatre. The music may be obtained and places booked at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, Regent-street ; and at the box-office of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The Free List will be entirely suspended. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at S. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the revived comedy of WILD OATS. This revival having excited the greatest interest, while the reception given to Mr. Murdoch in the character of Rover, and to the members of the Haymar ket company performing with him in this standard comedy, being nightly most enthusiastic, it will be repeated This Evening (Tuesday), and on Friday and Saturday. With the renowned Perea Nena and the Spanish Dancers. And Miss Blanche Fans and Mr. Buckstone in their original characters in THE LITTLE TREASURE. Concluding with THE GALICIAN FETE. To-morrow (Wednesday) will be re vived The Dramatist. Vapid, Mr. Murdoch. After which, the Spanish Dancers ; The Little Adopted ; and Lend Me Five Shillings. On Thursday, The Dramatist Spanish Dancers ; cirimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw ; and The Little Adopted. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Positively the Last Week of those popular favourites, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, the original Irish Boy and Yankee Gal, previous to their departure to the pro vinces.-11th and Last Week of Ireland As It Is —Last Nights of The Irish Tutor ; Our Gal ; and Lucifer Matches, or The Yankee -- !—Mr. Wright every night in the screaming Adelphi Farce of Domestic Economy.—THlS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS ; or, The Middleman. Ragged Pat, Mr. Barney Williams (who will sing " Billy O'Rourke," and dance with Mrs. Barney Williams their cele brated Irish jig) ; Judy O'Trot, Mrs. Barney Williams (their original characters, and performed by them 763 nights in America). With DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, Miss Wyndham. THE IRISH TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole (alias Teddy O'Rourke), Mr. Barney Williams. And OUR GAL ;by Mrs. Barn n ey Williams, with the popular and eccentric song of "My Mary In." On Sa turday a variety of popular Performances, for the Farewell Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, previous to their departure for the provinces. Madame Celeste will make her first appearance this season on Monday next, Nov. 3, in a popular Drama. Mr. Leigh Murray will appear (for the first tittle here these 12 months) on Monday next in a new comic drama, called A Border Marriage, in which Mr. Wright and Miss Wyndham will also perform. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING and during the week will be presented Shakspeare's play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with Sheridan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three acts). Mendels sohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. Seventh and last week of Belpheger, which, notwithstand ing the nightly crowded state of the theatre, must be with drawn for the production of promised novelties.—The King's Musketeers every evening. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR.. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dillon. THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar. To con clude with the Ballet from The Winter's Tale burlesque. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TIMON OF ATHENS. Timon Mr. Phelps ; Apeinantus. Mr. H. Marston ; Alcibiades, Mr. A. Rayner ; Flavius, Mr. J. W. Ray ; Lucullus, Mr. F Robinson; Lucius, Mr. Belford; Flaminius, Mr. L. Bal l . To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO " THE TIMES." ROYAL SURIO.:Y THEATRE. Lessees, 111 , -!ssis. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, DRED. Toni Gordon, Mr. Shep herd ; Died, Mr. Creswick ; Harry, Mr. Potter ; Uncle Tiff, Mr. Widdicomb ; Clayton•, Mr. F. Charles ; Nina Gor don, Miss A. Biddies ; Cora Gordon, Miss Jackson. Mons. Fillis and Family. After which, A QUIET FAMILY. To conclude with THE FOSTER SISTERS. TRAND THE AT RE.—MAnager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed B XRNABY BUDGE. After which, BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Mesdames Cuth bert, Woolledge, E. Jacobs, dm ; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Clarke, Herbert, &c. ; Master Edouin. To conclude with OUT ON THE LOOSE. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TIT FOR TAT. , Messrs. A. Wigan F. Robson, A MODEL OF A WIFE. Bonnefoi, Mr. A. Wigan. MEDEA. Creon, Mr. Addison ; Jason, Miss Thirlwall ; Orpheus. M ss Maskell ; Creusa, Miss M. Stanley ; Medea, Mr. F. Robson. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (Thirteenth Week), embellished by Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained Horses, Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD Richard, Mr. James Holloway. Novel and electric effects ! After which, the unique SCENES in Cie CIRCLE, GYM NASTIC WONDERS, &c., &c. To conclude with a number of attractive and pleasing Amusements. Commence at Seven. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. MGR vr A.Tza. Al` LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D .T—Morn. 33 min. aft. I—Evening 47 min. sft. 1 To-Nf BO , * —Morn. 1 min. aft 2 —Fivening 17 min. sft. 2 THE WEATHER—Stn i orruns. OCTOBER 28. THERMOXETER, IN THE SHADE. 54 —highest singe noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 3013. WlND—Light and variable from N. to E., with foggy w eather, but fine occasional sunshine. STAMPED EDITION, OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half- past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. R.ll4oriberg in the Country will please to 0:oer w? that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen - on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced that Edition, a communication to in obtaining it. The Sun Office will remedy Slot Offiv, 112, Strand. ) rk.T..„l LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1E56. §AAIn 4 Shall capital punishment be retained in the National Statute-book, and, if so, shall it, in ac cordance with the recommendation of the Com mittee of the House of Lords, be carried into execution within the precincts of the gaol, in the presence only of certain official and selected witnesses ? These are important questions, that have recently attracted the attention of many w i s e and goo d men ; and from the we ight of opinion that has been brought to bear on the anbioat We are bound to examine carefully and diepasdionately the prevalent views, ao as to THE SUN. LONDON, ruEsi,)A,y OC 'OBER 28, 1-856 arrive at a sound conclusion on the important question. Without being advocates for great severity, we have always deemed that capital punishment was indispensable in extreme cases. Where any person wilfully and deliberately, with malice afore thought, shed the blood of his fellow-creature, he ought to expiate the terrible offence by enduring the extreme penalty of the law. Whenever ex tenuating circumstances could be established there would be ground for mitigation. But in cases like those of PALMER, DOTE, CELESTINA SUMNER, and others, to which we might allude, there could be no claim for clemency. The offenders had by their own atrocities placed them selves outside the pale of humanity—were rabid animals, who should no more cumber the earth ; and whose removal would, at the same time, afford a salutary example, and remove offenders who had forfeited every claim to sympathy or forbearance. We are, however, bound to consider the con flicting views of those who honestly and con. -cieutiously believe that no man is authorised to deprive his fellow-man of life, and who also ques tion the expediency and policy of the proceeding. If any point has been established, we should ra ther say admitted, on all sides, it is that the law is not one of venteance. It is merely as an " example," to prevent others from committing ,imilar outrages, that the fearful exhibition which some good men have not refrained from terming a judicial murder, has been tolerated. A new advocate has now published his opinions on the interesting question--one whose antecedents have entitled him to pronounce, ex cathedra, on the point. Never, perhaps, was there a more e fficient and experienced advocate in criminal _eases than Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. During he period of his practice he was concerned in every great case, and the tact and eloquence in variably displayed secured an eager competition for his invaluable services. He necessarily possessed the confidence of his clients, and thus had access to sources of information hermetically sealed to the community at large. He had thus unques tionable data on which to found his judgment, and when we find the result of his experience given to the public, we are bound to bestow on it the attentive consideration to which it is so emi nently entitled. It has been clearly a " labour of love," with the learned Commissioner. He has entered heart and soul into the question on which he is so well qualified to speak, and has certainly wade out a case ,sufficient to induce any unpre judiced person to ponder seriously on the point. The matter is treated in a manly and straight forward manner, without any of that maudlin sentimentality that too often disgusts the reader. Every point is fairly grappled with ; Mr. Pamirs respects the views of his opponents, and, treating them as conscientious men, endeavours to show that they have been led astray by evil example, when the hangman was the great school master of the nation, and when, what was in the language of the initiated, designated as " nibbling a wipe," or "lifting a calico," was deemed worthy of death on the scaffold ; and " hanging was civilised, Christian England's uni versal panacea—her legislative specific !" Mr. PHILLIPS not merely questions the expe diency, but the right, to deliberately take the life J f a fellow-creature under any circumstances. He argues, and with great apparent foundation, that inasmuch as arnan has no right to take his own life under any state of affairs, he cannot confer upon another or others a privilege which he does not himself possess 1 He thinks that the divine admonition, "Thou shalt do no murder," is as binding on a nation as on an individual, and that the exemption to CAIN should be extended to all Whose who have followed the awful precedent. But the main part of the argument is directed to the policy and expediency of the law. On this oart of the case the learned Commissioner is peculiarly felicitous, and he strengthens his arguments by a reference to a c/arura et venerabile nornen, the late Mr. HARMER, whose experience in criminal cases had seldom beon equalled—never surpassed. Into all the details as to the effect on society and on the culprit, the earned gentleman has fully entered. He has pointed out the possibility of mistake—a fear 11l error, indeed, when the life of an innocent person may be sacrificed under the colour of law. He has shown that such things have been, and, therefore, proves that they may again cake place. Without saying anything ourselves, ve earnestly commend Mr. Commissioner PHIL- Lrps's admirable brochure, " Vacation Thoughts - fla Capital Punishment," to the attentive conside ration of our readers. We promise them that it will well repay perusal, and that it will place in old question in a new and very interesting point of view._ Ireland, after so many years of suffering and desolation, after all the.- turmoils of a long political agitation, after having been decimated liy famine, and in a great measure also depopu lated hero and there by the effects of a wholesale and systematic immigration— Ireland so long squalid, hopeless, disaffected, and poverty stricken, may at length, thank GOD ! be spoken of in the year of grace, 1856, as—tranquil—happy —loyal—and prosperous ! Her prosperity, too, is not merely temporary, and so far illusory, but permanent and substantial. Her tranquillity is not simply partial or superficial, but profound and universal. Her' happiness is neither assumed nor local, but genuine and complete. Above all, her loyalty is by no means either affected or excep tional, but entire and enthusiastic. As glaringly and resplendently demonstrative of all this, it is only necessary to direct attention to the magni ficent, and we may venture to add without any thing at all like exaggeration, the wholly unex, ampled banquet given on Wednesday the 22d of October, in a grand temporary building erected for the occasion, in the Irish capital—the great Dublin Banquet to some 3,500 of our Crimean Heroe-, bronzed and bearded, wounded and decorated — brave sons of our soil, who fought, and bled, and starved, and conquered in front of the deadly earthworks of the beleaguered city of Sebastopol. There can be no question at all about this—that the Crimean Banquet given by the Dublivite , totally and signally eclipsed the previous one given to the brothers in arms of the feasted soldiery by the openhanded, large-hearted, but bungling Londoners ! Added to which the speech of the evening, on the 22d October, far surpassed any one of the many successful and characteristicte yanoyccoan si e on o o f f tla th e e v e a a r r io li r e a r oratorsh guns aran indulged i n b y who spoke upon the but in every way subordinate ovation—the admir able and even inimitable speech delivered upon Wednesday last to the assembled soldiers from the Crimea, by his Excellency the present populaw and gifted Lord-Lieutenant' That brief but thrilling and trumpet-tongued oration we take to be so very masterly in its way, especially as ex pressive of the significance of the great D u bli n Demonstration, that we do not apologise for re produning it here once again, in its eloquent and heart -stirring, and soul -exciting completeness. His Excellency said:— " Soldiers of the Crimea, —My wish now is not t o wink long, but loud. I wish that e very DM I see be. fore me could hear me say how proud I feel to be one of them this day. (Cheers.) In the place I fill I have the right to tell you, in the name of the good Queen I serve, , that her fine troops are welcome. (Tremendous cheering.) I have the right to tell you in the name of the Irish people—(cheer,)—that they love brave men—(hear and cheers)—that they know that you, one and all, have fought, and toiled, and bled, and would have died at your posts—(cheers)—and so they have wished this day fill your cups to the brim, and to give you the fat of the land—not for the worth of the thing ; not by way of gorging you with food, not for the stir pt one short hour ; but to show you, and those who will come after you, and who some day will march under the same flag, that — (here some confusion occ. urred)—l say the Irish people have spread the board to-day to show you and all who will come after you, that your countrymen—aye, and countrywomen too—(loud cheers)—that all wish to thank you for what you have done, and to show you that they remember you still in peace when the din of war is over, and that they will toast you in their feasts, and remember you in their prayers. (Tremendous cheering.) We are here upon Irish ground, and Ire land lies a right to give a welcome to heroes, be cause many and many she has sent forth to every gi ade in your ranks. (Hear, hear.) But Irish hospitality is not stinted to her own children. As it was not asked when the cheer rose loudest in your charge whether it had most of the English, or Scotch, or Irish accent —(cheers.)—as it was not asked, when the red blood flowed from the field and from the trench, whether that red fluid gushed from English, Scotch, or Irish veins—so here to-day you are seated side by side at the same board—(cheers)— and ynu need no other passport but the bright medal which glows upon your manly breasts. (Cheers.) It is, indeed, a deep cause of thankfulness to see you here thus—you who have breasted the steep slopes of the Alma—you who have d fished along the fatal pass of Balaklava.—(cheers)—you who have held the blood-red heights of Inkerrnan— heers)—you who have survived the midnight trench, and thundering rampart, and death-filled hospital—it is ula,' ter for deep gratitude to see you thus under a roof of peace, and before a board of plenty. (Cheers.) I know well, my friends, that your strength and your blood would be again given to your country if your country should require it of you. (Cheers.) But I humbly trust it may be so ordered that those faces I now see lighted up with such an honest glow may never again be darkened by a frown upon an eiemy, but may ever beam with good-will to your fellow-men, and gratitude to your God. (Hear, and cheers.) I have now only to add that, in my belief, neither a Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land, nor any other, person, ever heard his health drunk by such a body of men; and I have only one word more to say—which I do from my very heart to one and all of you—May God bless you. (Loud and prolonged acclamations.)" Glorious words those—every one of them—words that Ireland may well exult in hearing articulated in her name by her own most conspicuous imper sonation, her chief ruler and representative, the Viceroy of her beloved SOVEREIGN ! Attestation, visible, audible, tangible, palpable—this Crimean Banquet given in Dublin on the 22d of the present October—that Ireland is in truth in 1856, as we have said, tranquil, happy, loyal, pros perous ! Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found, in, extenso, another of those im pressive orations periodically addressed to the Grand Jury at Hull by the learned and eloquent Recorder. Ultimately, we doubt not, destined to be grouped together—these Juridical, or rather, more strictly speaking, eminently Judicial Ad dresses—in the form of an Appendix to the col lected writings of the gifted and philanthropic Member for Midhurst. Addresses affording evi dence of Mr. WARREN'S fervour as a moralist, and of the glowing ardour and the practical application of his benevolence, not less strikingly, to our thinking, than his genius as a pathetic writer is revealed through its earliest manifestation in the . "Diary of a Physician," or than his exquisite powers as a Humorist are displayed through their most perfected development in " Ten Thousand a Year." A selection at least from these earnest Addresses to the Grand Jury at Hull by the present learned Recorder of that borough must in the fullness of time complete the Collective Writings of SAMUEL WARREN almost as inevitably as the Sermons appended to the more perfect editions of the works of LAWRENCE STERNE, as constituting a not Wholly inapt sequel to the pathetic desoriptions of the " Sentimental Jour ney," and the comic pliantasies crowded together in the laughter-moving extravagance of " Tris- tram Shandy." The "Sermons" of STERNE being the tribute offered to letters in his professional character by the Divine : the " Charges" of Mr. WARREN being also in some sort the tribute offered to letters in his professional character as a Lawyer, and not merely so—but signal evidences likewise of his judicial capacity,' constituting at the same time a striking earnest at once of his aim as a legislator, and of his aspirations as a philanthropist. Perhaps, all things considered, the most remarkable of these same periodical Charges to the Grand Jury at Hull, is precisely the very one to which our journal of this evening gives the advantage of so much additional circu- latton. Certainly—one of the most impressive of all Mr. WARREN'S orations as Recorder—as it is also one of the most eloquent, encouraging, and comprehensive. A correspondent, signing himself "Human tas," recalls to general remembrance, through our impression of this evening, the claims of the widow and orphans of a laborious and deserving man of letters, upon public consideration. The children and the relict, we mean, of the late un fortunate Mr. JOSEPH HAYDN, the ingenious editor and industrious compiler of the " Book of Dates" and of the " Book of Dignities''—two of the most useful, as they are also two of the most popular and standard works of reference recently contri buted to the treasury of our National Literature. Productions, both of them, henceforth to be re membered in the same catogory with BURKE'S " Peerage," and aItUDEN'S " Concordance." A life honourably and usefully spent in the piling up of such monuments of research and erudition is surely entitled to some respectful and grateful recollection. And what more signal evidence of this respect and gratitude could be possibly afforded than that of securing some provision for the offspring of the ruined scholar—ruin6l and wrecked in fortune, though triumphantly success ful in reputation. It will be seen that our corr.( • spondent, in the co arse of his appeal in behalf of Mrs. HAYDN and her partially orphaned -children, makes due mention of the laudable but fruitless efforts made by that hapless lady to recover, her position, alad to afford her poor boys the advan tage of something at least bearing the semblance of a respectable education. Honourable and touching endeavours on her part, hitherto, alas ! entirely unsuccessful. Cannot something be done for these children of the late Mr. JOSEPEL HAYDN —the eldest a daughter aged fourteen, the second a son one year younger, and the third a little child of nine, in whose behalf a fruitless appeal was recently made with a view to his admission into the St. Ann's Charitable Institution Cannot a speedy entrance be accorded to the two boy; either into that school or into the more notable ' scholastic establishment of Christ's Hospital ? The present really appears to u.s eractly one of the very cases to which the eleemosynary boons hold out by those kind of benevolent institutions are the moEt peculiarly and gracefully applicable. Every one who has a vote at the next vacancy, either for a scholarship at the St. Ann's Home, or at Christ's Hospital, should bear in mind the claims upon their regard of the orphan sons of the late Mr. JOSEPH HAYDN—and by so doing contribute one more noble event to his " Book of Dates," securing to themselves, by so doing, a virtual right for remembrance in connection with his other master-compilation, the " Book of Dignities." What are the London Omnibus Company about? , Alter all the flourishes of their magniloquent prospectus, which launched the metropolitan' passenger into a sort of fool's paradise, omnibus accommodation is pretty much as it was. The too credulous public, instead of having the pro• mised advantages of an amalgamation of proprie tary interests, have still to expiate their sins on that ingenious instrument of torture, a " knife board," or in threading the obstructions of a hazardous middle passage. Their necks and limbs are still endangered by a perilous ascent, and their shins and toes still incur the perpetual risk of being scarified or bruised. Fat, middle-aged gentlemen and ladies still threaten bilious subjects with suffocation, or run the risk themselves of permanent indentation. Ventilation is as bad as ever—a straw carpet still carries us back to a period anter,ior to the Reformation. The con- ductors and drivers are not a whit more civil or patient than they were before. Mrs. WILSON'S management of her line of Favourites has not yet been surpassed. The lady shot ahead of her com petitors, and there are no signs of her example being imitated and the Company shooting ahead of her. The system of correspondence is, to be sure, in operation, but to such a limited extent as to be a snare rather than a benefit. The worst faults of the old management have been continued ; the Company have been fined for running a dis abled omnibus, and severely reprimanded by the Lord Mayor for perpetuating a scurvy Sunday evening impost peculiar to " the Lower Road." The lamps are as ill placed, and give as little light and as much annoyance as of old. Some two or three additions, to be sure, have been made to the old stock, but the prospect of a general im provement seems as remote as ever. Are the public the victims of a money-getting hoax ? Is there any intention to fulfil the promises which induced them to acquiesce in the establishment of a gigantic monopoly? These are questions to which the Company must furnish satisfactory answers, or else look out for competition. Share holders may count it " a good thing" to get usurious dividends, but the interests of the pub lic are paramount with the public ; and if these are not duly considered by one Company, they will be by another, and then the short-sightedness of the present policy will be abundantly apparent. THE NEW IRISH JUDGE. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, OCT. 28. The new Judge of Appeal, the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, ex-Chancellor of Ireland, has been appointed Lord Justice of the New Court of Appeal, under the act of last session. THE PARIS TREATY. This day terminates the period of six months fixed by the Treaty of Paris-for the final evacuation of the Turkish territories, and for the closing of the Straits of the Dardanelles to ships of war with the exceptions stipulated for in the text of the Treaty. As the Treaty, however, has not been carried out en the part of Russia, it follows, as a natural consequence, that the obligations of the other par ties to it are for the present suspended. The Austrian occupation of the Principalities will, therefore, continue, just as our squadron will remain in the Black Sea until the Russians shall faithfully and completely execute and fulfil all the conditions of the Treaty.—Morning Post. THE .RECENTIEARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Letters have been received from Sicily and - the Le- 1 vant, announcing that the earthquake which caused damages to buildings at Malta, at 10 minutes to 2 a.m. on the 12th of October, to the amount of 40,0001. is - trling, bad been generally felt throughout the shores t.f the Mediterranean, and even on the high seas. At Pozzallo, in Sicily, at 2 a.m., the churches suffered very much from its effects, but there was no loss of life. At Syracuse it was felt at 1.45 a.m., but, although the shock was stronz, buildings were not seriously da maged; and so likewise at Catania, at about the same hour. Mount Atha, which had been quiet for the past two months, was observed to be emitting volumes of dense smoke immediately after the earthquake. • In the town of Canea, in the island of Candia, between 2.3oand 3 a.m., several minarets and houses were shaken down into ruins, k;lling five or six people and wound ing and maiming many. At a village on the seashore a mill fell and crushed eight people, and at Sada, in the same island, the walls of a salt store had fallen in. The steamer Empress, Captain Wm. Frond, in making for Canes, encountered at the time so heavy and cross a sea that they had to lay the vessel's head to the eastward, and while in this position a severe shock was sustained. The brigantine Youth, Capt. Scarborough, from Alex andria, bound to Cork or Falmouth, likewise felt the shock while lying to in a gale of viind some 200 miles south-east of Malta, and was soon afterwards thrown on her beam ends, which badly shifted her cargo, for Tight ening of which she put into Malta. Captain Orfeur, of the Arcadia steamer, reports a slight shock at Smyrna at 11.30 p.m. on the 11th of October, which lasted 60 seconds, and the British Consul at Syra mentions its having been very severely felt there at about 3 a.m. on the 12th, its duration being 40 seconds. The Prussian steam corvette Danzig, from Smyrna, and the French steam-packet Simo;s, from Constantinople, also felt the BMA:, and their machinery was almost stopped through out its duration ; but we hear of no vessels having ob served it westward of Malta. At Messina it was very slight, but a report is current that. the town of Gran Michel, in the valley of Palermo, had suffered greatly, with some loss of life. At Cerigo it wag also very sensibly felt. Since the earthquake and thunderstorm there have been twe or three fatal cases of chulera. LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—We under•tand that Lord Palmerston's visit to Manchester, which was unavoidably postponed in September, will take place next week; and that he has consented to be present at a meeting of the members and friends of the Mechanics' Institution, to be held in the Free Trade Hall, on Thursday, the 6th proximo. His lord ship will be the guest of Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., and is expected to arrive with Lady Palmerston at Claremont on Tuesday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have taken the mansion lately occupied by Lord and Lady Wenlock in Grosvenor-square. REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE.—We have learned that Viscount Mountnorris has commenced a canvass to fill the second vacaney.—Sligo Chronicle. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., is at proent engaged at Liverpool in investigating into a matter in dispute between the London and North-Western and the Great Northern Railway Companies. Mr. Gladstone has undertaken this duty at the request of both parties in terested, and who have'agreed to abide by his adjudica tion. During his stay in Liverpool, the right hon. gen • tieman will be the guest of his brother, Mr. Robertson Gladstone. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—At the usual meeting of the Liverpool Town Council to-morrow (Wednesday), it will be proposed that Mr. J. B. Hartley, son of Mr. Jesse Hartley, engineer of the Liverpool Docks, be appointed engineer of the Birkenhead Docks, at a salary of 7501. a-v ear. ARRIVE', OF THE SOULAGE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN ART.—A number of patriotic noblemen and gentlemen have just imported into this country, at their own risk, iulage's collection of Italian art of all kinds, brenzes, pottery, furniture, &c. The collection arrived safely last week from Toulouse. REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTT.—At a special meeting of the Committee of the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, held last night at the office, 10, Ainptoe-Face, it was resolved—" That the excise upon paper is a great commercial evil, that it also im pedee the cheap diffusion of knowledge, and obstructs cqueation, and that the time is new come for recom mencing active operations for obtaining the total and im mediate repeal of the duty. Tbat Mr. Milner Gibson hi requested, at the earliest opportunity, to bring the subject again under the consideration of the House of Commons." Between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock last evening afire broke out in Hight- , trees, Wapping, which was not ex tinguished until a considerable amount of property had b en consumed. The fire was at 282, High-street, in lie joint occupation of Messrs. Carson, Werrener, and Co., bottle merchants, J. and W. Hart, iail.makers, and Janes Mackey, filter makers. The premises were of considerable extent, comprising several floors, each of whit h was stored with goods of great value. IMPROVEMENTS AT BALMORAL.—Dating the last two days of the residence of the Court at Balmoral, her Ma jesty and the Prince were engaged in giving orders for improvements at the Castle, to be carried out previous to their next visit, and the laying out of new shrubberies and flower-beds in the grounds. The works are now going forward with spirit. The clock tower at Balmoral Castle was furnished with its clock ere the Queen took her departure. The staiking bell has a very fine tone, and can be heard to a great distance among the hills. — North .Briton; • THE LATE JOSEPH HAYDN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At a period when so much has been done on behalf of our gallant countrymen returned from the Crimea, and for the widows and orphans of those who sleep in "honour's bed," I would crave the favour of a small space in your excellent journal to revive the sym pathies of the public in behalf of the widow and orphans of a son of peace and progress —I mean the recently de ceased Joseph Haydn, who was, as you know, from his earliest days, connected with the press and the literature of the country. He was for many years the editor and proprietor of the Court Journal, in Ireland, editor of " Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom," author of "The Book of Dignities," author of " A History of the Azores," author of " The Book of Dates," in itself a voluminous library condensed into one volume. He also, for a very long period, by his literary contributions to the leading periodicals, proved himself the advocate of order and good govern ment. This was in some degree acknowledged when exhausted by unremitting exertions, age, penury, and increasing infirmities, rendered still more terrible by an attack of paralysis, compelled him to explain his position, his name then was placed upon the pension list as a re cipient of 251. per annum. It might, perhaps, appear invidious were I to allude to the merits or reo - npences of some more fortunate, but not more needy, of his literary contemporaries ; but whatever visions of bliss may have resulted from this bestowal upon hi ei of 251. per annum he never realised, for after lingering in agony for nine long months, "the friend of the unfortunate" interposed, and be expired before even the first payment of the stipend became due. So much for the man. I venture to think the widow and orphans of this pioneer of literature ought not to be allowed to struggle on without assist- ance. Mrs. Haydn laudably endeavoured to combat her emergencies by taking a stationery and library business at 13, Crawley-street, Oakley-square, St. Pancras, but having no capital, and broken in spirit and enfeebled by many years of anxiety and her late husband's protracted illness, she is quite inadequate to its continuance. The children—the eldest a daughter about 14, and the two boys, aged respectively 13 and 9 years—appear to in herit their father's cleverness. For their future she feels all a mother's solicitude, but almost without hope for good. Sha has fruitlessly endeavoured to obtain for the boys admission into Christ Church or the St, Ann's Schools, but she does not possess influence for the first, nor the money requisite to purchase votes for the latter. 21st Oct., 1856. HUIVIANITAS. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening Mr. E. Smith, the enterprising lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, commenced a series of six per forruances of Italian opera with Bellini's " Norma." Toe house, opened for the occasion at " old playhouse prices," was crammed to the ceiling ; and when we state that the incomparable Grisi was the heroine of the evening, and that she sang and acbd with all her well known grandeur and beauty, we think it will be ad mitted that the audience had enough, if not toe much, for their small money. But still Grisi was not the only bright star, for Herr Formes, with his noble bass voice and rare dramatic genius, was there to add force and vitality to the cast • whilst the intelligent and tasteful Madlle. Sedlazek (the best Adalgisa we have seen eit cepting Madlle. Marai) shone charmingly, if with less solid brilliancy than her companions in the character of Norma's friend and rival. Signor Lorini, too, who personated Pollio, was, to say the least, respectable ; and as much may be averred of the band and chorus under the direction of Signor Li Calsi. Grisi's performance was, as on former occasions, a splendid triumph of executive art — a perfect l y truthful conception, thoroughly and beautifully realised. Criti cism has doubtless been exhausted upon this subject. every critic of every country has written columns about Grisi's Norma ; and yet, although nothing remains to be said, how much is still there to be felt and admired. For many years past Grisi has certainly not been in better voice than she was last night, or more capable of doing herself justice physically in every respect. Tke loEsr-sustained A fiat in the opening recitative was never given (even by her) with greater force, or a richer quality of tone ; and in the slow movement of " Casta Diva" she displayed a firmness and purity which have not invariably characterised her delivery of this portion of the music during the last few seasons. The same species of praise, too, may be awarded to Grisi's rendering of the cabaletta " Ah hello a me." On the whole, the opera was admirably performed and enthusia3tically applauded from first tb last. This evening "II Barbik.e" is to be performed, with Signor Mario as Almaviva, and Madame Gassier as Rosina. THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. " Tit for Tat " Was performed at this theatre last evenirg, in which Mr. Robson resumed his original part of Mr. Sowerby, it being his first appearance since his late severe illness. His reception was a warm and pro longed one. He appeared perfectly recovered, and played with equal if not more than his usual spirit. Some changes have taken place in the cast of characters. Mr. G. Cooke has succeeded Mr. Emery in Frankland ; Mr. J. R Ters made his first bow to an Olympic audi ence in Easy Bolter ; and Miss Marston undertook the part of Rose. The whole went off with great effect. After the conclusion of "Tit for Tat," Mr. Wigan's farce of "A. Model Wife" was revived, for the first time these two years, and also kept the audience exceedingly well amused. The house was fully attended. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee deserve great credit for their exertion in obtaining the services of Hr. and Miss Vandenhoff, whose talent is so well known that we need only give the name to convince all play-goers, far and near, to pay a visit to the City Theatre, indepen dently of those superior artistes. The working com pany is one of the best in London. A recent engage ment, made with Mr. J; 11. Rickards, has been attended with great success. Mr. Beaumont Hughes, also a new importation, is a pains-taking and highly talented actor. The new comedian, Mr. G. W. Simms, is a gem ; he may fairly be termed second to little Robson. Mr. William Searle is great as usual ; and the new leading lady, Miss Augusta Clifton, has made a most favourable impression. We advise all lovers of the drama to drop in and witness the pieces produced at this establiehment, feeling satisfied the manner in which the theatre is con ducted will amply repay a visit. ROYAL ,STANDARD TBEATRE. Mr. James Anderson's new and original play, in blank verse, entitled "Cloud and Sunshine, or Love's Revenge," has proved a great success at this establishment —one of the last strongholds of -the legitimate drama and school of acting. Mr. James Anderson was the first Thespian constellation to appear in the East, and successfully leo the van of theatrical civilisation, which is as prosperous there now as at Covent-garden and Drury-lane in the palmy days of the Ketiables and Kean. Mr. Anderson had before been known as a writer through versions of Schiller's " Robbers," " Schamyl," &0., &c. ; and his consummate knowledge of his profession, and cultivated mind, has produced an elegant play, likely to rival " The Lady of Lyons" and " Ingo mar" in popularity. Not alone to Mr. Anderson (who played the hero) is the success of "Cloud and Sun shine" to be attributed ; but also to Miss Agnes Elsworthy, our young, graceful, and accomplished tra gedienne, who enacted the heroine with the dignity and high breeding so necessaryin the part of the Duchess of Nairne. Miss Eisworthy, at the termination of her present performances at the Standard, leaves England to fulfil a series of engagements in America, where her services have secured golden advances, in the anticipation of "golden opinions from all sorts of people." The young lady is a native of South Coast, Devonshire, and a direct descendant of old Jackey Ppm, her name being "Agnes Elsworthy Pym !" the Puritan, a name popular and often met with in the United States since the days of the early settlers. However, she scarcely needs the association of family in America, where the aristocracy of talent is ever in the a-cendant, and where actors and actresses find the El Dorado of their profession. To Mr. John Douglas, the indefatigable lessee of the Royal Standard, great praise is due for the correctness and elegance of a " mise-en. scene worthy of the Princess's Theatre. ASTLArs AMPHITHEATRE. We seem indeed to have arrived at a new era in dra matic entertainments, for in all directions a praiseworthy zeal is become manifest for the restoration of that high moral tone which has so long been laid aside for melo dramatic trash and French frivolity. Nor is the public taste sluggish in the matter. Time was when a Sink sperian representation was invariably rewarded by an almost empty house, but now we find the immortal bard in the ascendant. At Astley's, where everything pertaining to the legitimate has been carefully excluded, nay, where rant, specticle, and equestrian skill has always superseded anything like dramatic excellence, we have the unprecedented circumstance of nearly eighty consecutive representations of " Richard the Third ;" and, although the piece has been compressed into three acts, all the principal incidents and effects are not only preserved, but given with extraordinary magnificence. Vie understand it is to be succeeded by another of Shak spere's plays, and we doubt not Mr. W. Cooke will find abundance of reason to congratulate himself upon the admirable change he Las effected. ESCAPE OF CONVICTS.—A number of convicts of the bagne of Civita - Vecchia, in the Roman States, having succeeded in cutting a hole through a wall in the bagne, five of them, who are under sentence to bard labour for life for having formed part of the band of the famous brigand Passatore, passed through it in the morning of the 10th, and found themselves in a building called the Palazzo Apostolico, in which clothing and other articles are stored in for the French troops. There they dish guised themselves in uniforms of French engineer sol diers, and taking pickaxes and spades on their shoulders walked out. Every one, of course, took them for French soldiers, aid they got clear off. LATEST NEWS. Accounts from Russia contradict the reports published by the Constantinople journals of a victory having been gained over the Russians by Sefer Pacha at the head of a considerable army of Tcherkesses. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post :Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " According to 4elegraphic intelligence from Vienna the Turkish Ministry had resigned. I believe no official information has reached Paris to this effect, nevertheless the intelligence is likely to be correct. I believe the British Cabinet has used every endeavour to impress the Sultan with the necessity of a most jealous observance of the treaty. Some of the advisers of the Sultan were by no means inclined to attach the same import ance England did to the Serpents' Island dispute —a view of the question which was shared by the representative of France ! It remains to be seen from what pressure the present Ministry has fallen (if such be the case) ; should it be from English influence we may expect the Sultan to call around him a more reforming assembly." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. A private telegraphic despatch announces the departure this day of Baron Brenier from Naples. The parting interview with the Neapolitan Mini ster for Foreign Affairs was very friendly, and Baron Brenier received assurances that every pre caution should be taken for the protection of French subjects. The same assurances were given to the English Minister, who was also to leave Naples about the same time. The Pays repeats the assertion it made yesterday relative to the demand which the Porte has made for the evacuation of the Principalities by the Aus trians. The semi-official contradiction of the Austrian Correspondence it contradicts in turn. " France," says the Pays, "has honourably kept her engagements. France, alone free from reproach and arriere pence towards the Congress of Paris, cannot allow to any one power the right to judge and arbitrate. And this which we say to Austria we say to every other power which may find itself similarly circumstanced." The Debats does not credit the contradiction given by the Austrian Correspondence to the as sertion of the French semi-official journal, that the Porte protests against the Austrian occupation of the Principalities. None of the other papers com ment upon the Vienna despatch. The Constitu tionnel does not even reproduce it. Considerable doubts are entertained as to the correctness of the French version of M. Thouveuel's achievements at Constantinople. The Paris correspondent of the Nord, in alluding to the diplomatic despatches recently published relative to the affairs of Naples, states that there are thirteen others still not made public. The following telegraphic despatches have been received to-day VIENNA, 26th.—Accounts from Naples announce that the ambassadors of the Western Powers, after having signified their recall to the Neapolitan Cabinet, were preparing to le•4ve immediately." " Vienna, 27th.—According to accounts from Con stantinople the Tr rkish Ministry has resigned." " ST. PETERSBURG, 21st.—The Gazette du Senat pub- lishes a declaration re-establishing the old treaties be tween Russia and Sardinia, and the relations which bad been broken off by the war. Several soldiers have bad farms given them in the domains of the State. The tradespeople of Moscow have given 300,000 roubles to the military hospitals." • BOWRgE, Oct. 27.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 66 50 66 25 New Loan Bank Shares 3,925 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,375 Austrian Belgian Fives lOO Spanish Threes - Piedmontese (5) B9 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans 1,247 50 Western Northern 950 Strasburg Lyons 1,282 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,640 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 7OO Tests Cette visiting the public libraries, picture galleries, and museums. It has been stated by telegraph that the Government has given orders to its diplomatic and consular agents to grant passports to all politi cal refugees ; the statement is confirmed by the Gazette, but with the condition that as far as re gards Carlists they shall not be • allowed to return unless they take an oath of fidelity to the Queen and constitution. • The works of the Seville and Xeres Railway are to commence on the Ist Nov., and to be carried on with great activity. The cholera is making some ravages iu the province of Pontevedro. NAPLES. A letter from Berlin of the 23d, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Accounts from Vienna state that the assembling of the Anglo French squ.dron, which is about to take place, is only a minimum to which England has consented under the reserve of talking other steps in case of need. The news is exact, but incomplete. Eng land only accepted this minimum on condition that a positive delay of three weeks, from the day of the departure of Baron Brenier, should be fixed. If, at the end of that time, the King of Naples should not have consented to concessions, the two fleets will make a direct demonstration, that is to say, will proceed to the Bay of Naples." A letter from Vienna in the German Journal of Frankfort says :—" Accounts from Naples say that the ambassador of Russia handed on the 20th a note from his cabinet to the King ; and it was thought that this note would tend more actively to lead to conciliation than the efforts of Austria. The council of ministers has decided, it is said, to publish in the Journal of the Two Si,cilies an his torical expose of the question. On the other hand, it is said that the ministers have advised the King to accept the mediation of Austria in preference to that of Russia, and that this incident may produce perhaps the fall of the cabinet. Moreover, it is affirmed the ministers had offered to resign, but that their offer was not accepted. The British charge d'affaires has numerous conferences with General Martini, the Austrian ambassador." The Siecle of yesterday contains the following : "On the 21st M. Brenier, amOassad it of France, and Mr. Pete, charge d'affaires of England, signified to the Neapolitan Government the cessation of diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding the facility and rapidity of telegraphic communications, the Moniteur has not made us acquainted with the rya ult of this first step. It is permitted to infer from this silence that King Ferdinand is not so resolute in bis resistance to the remonstrances of the Western Powers as he had wished to appear. The natural consequence of the significance possessed by the despatches published in the Moniteur would be the immediate presentation of passports to the re presentatives of the two Powers. The passports have not been sent. It is likewise to be remarked that they have not been demanded, for they could not have been refused. The Neapolitan Government therefore hesitates, and its hesitation is sufficiently marked to have prevented the two representatives from precipitating events. We do not in truth know what acceptable arrangement could be offered by the King of Naples ; but what is taking place shows that Ferdi nand TI. no longer entrenches himself in the right of independence at any cost. It is said that the Govern. ment of the Two Sicilies endeavours to make it under stood that, if it is at heart disposed to modify its sys tem, it cannot do so under the pressure of notes, which, so to say, place it beyond the ban of Europe. Call me before the Congress of Paris, King Ferdinand is said to have exclaimed, and I will explain myself. Ask to be invited by the Congress it was replied to him —and you will be received. We will not affirm that these words were pronounced, but we believe it to be probable ; because Ferdinand 11. has a visible interest in inculcating the belief that the Western Powers should have awaited the decision of the Congress before acting. It appears, moreover, that the King of Naples calculates on the effect which the refusal of Austria to participate in the measures taken by England and France will not fail to produce. This explains the conduct of Austria since the interruption of diplomatic relations. We may, however, recall a precedent which is not mis placed. During the entire Eastern war, Austria coasted by the side of the policy of the Western Powers, without ever entering frankly into it; yet the war was continued, and brought to the terrninatiot wished for. The honour of France and England is engaged at Naples as before Sebastopol; and they cannot now withdraw." SPAIN. MADRID, 25th.—The Gazette publishes a Royal 1 decree in virtue of which the floating debt is fixed at 640 millions. By a Royal ordinance, couched in terms the most flattering to General San Miguel, her Majesty has declined to accept his resignation as Commandant-General of the Hallebardiers. The Gazette also published a decree by which secondary instruction in theological studies is re established in the seminaries. It is doubted whether the resignation of Marshal Serrano will be accepted. The Madrid journals of the 23d have reached us. The Naciom says that the decree accepting the resignation of the Golden Fleece by the Marquis del Duero (de la Concha) has been signed, though not yet published. The Hoja Autografa contra dicts the statement that it made a day or two be fore to the effect that the government intends to devote 70,000,000 reals to the purchase of wheat at Marseilles. The Russian Envoy General Benkendorff (he is, it appears, nephew to the well known Princess de Lieven) had visited all the ministers, and, accomp an i e d by the,. new Austrian minister, Count Crivelli, WM THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship, Africa, Captain N. Shannon, arrived at half-past ten o'clock this morning, from New York, with fifty-four passengers, and 794,066 dol lars in specie. She left that port on the 15th inst., and has brought Lieutenant Stewart, R.N., Ad miralty agent, in charge of the Mexican mails, due in England on the Ist October, and which were detained in consequence of the loss of the Royal Mail steamer Tay, in the Gulf of Mexico. I __ The Royal Mail steamer Persia, hence, at New York on tile 14th, ten days out. On the 16th the Africa passed the United States mail-ship Ericsson, from this port for New York ; also, on the same day, passed a two masted steamer, bound west. On the 17th passed the Bremen barque Meridian, bound west. Passed in Novi York Bay the American ship Great Western, the America, French barque St. Jean, of Havre, and brig Louise, of Bremen, all bound in on the 15th: Ou the 26th passed the barque Peruvian, bound east. Amongst the passengers by the Africa is Mr. S. S. M. Ferrira, bearer of despatches to Portugal. The state election in Pennsylvania has termi. nated in a decisive democratic majority. Th e New York Herald, referring to this intelligence, says :—" The vantage ground thus far held by a Mr. Fremont is now held by Mr. Buchanan, something more than trusting to luck will novt be, required of the opponents of the alarmed an aroused democracy." The returns of the town elections in Connecticut show that of 126 towo B heard from 73 have gone for Fremont, 48 fo r Buchanan, and 5 divided. This is a gain of 23 for Fremont and 14 for the demockats. Returns fr° l3l Florida show that the democrats have carried the state by a majority of 500. The Kansas election bad resulted in favour o f the pro-slavery party. The Free State party dicj not vote. General Whitfield (pro-slavist) ba been returned without opposition as delegate frolo Kansas. There was a heavy storm at New York on tb: 13th instant, but no damage to the shipping /1 ' reported. The New York papers publish the opinions of another Souther separatist. Senator Mason, ° Virginia, writes,—"lmmediate, absolute, and et° s nal separation. Better, far better, to stand tool: the Northern States as we stand to the rest of th; world—' Enemies in war, in peace friends'--t bs t to remain halting under a common Governaln° t enemies under the guise of peace, or friends war." ietteur The Hon. Millard Fillmore has addressed a to one of his supporters in Charleston, from Whic the following is an extract : "In the north I am charged with being a pro-slat / a man, seeking to extend slavery over free territory ;; t in the South I am accused of being an a bolitionist. I am neither, and as I have invariably refused to IP 0 any pledges, other than such as might be inferred ft. / my known character and previous official conduct, 0. have not answered to the public any of these obar L g e ve If after all I have done, and all the sacrifices l'ab made to maintain the constitutional rights of the Soot ; she still distrusts me, then I can only say that I b ci P c i she may find one more just and more fearless pd self-sacrificing than I have been, an d that found, she may show her gratitude by her conflde°;, And so of the North : if after all I have done to 10 1 3 , tain her constitutional rights and advance her interets,_.„ she distrusts me, I hope she may find one more worbUl of her confidence, and bestow it accordingly. I s o oly have no regrets for myself in either case. I an i ., - an d anxious that the country should be well governeu, the that this unfortunate sectional controversy betw,e e t rn - North and the South should be settled and a ir a l , - • , feeling restored. But I apprehend that the difßou'v-iirr. that the extremes on each side want a president fit" 0. ing their own peculiar views as against their oPP"eFlde I cannot consent to be such a candidate for either to a lam for the whole union, north and south, east, ll „ s o west, and if my countrymen will not accept me on t"! conditions I shall not complain." Telegraphic accounts from Kansas state that. e party of Kansas emigrants—chiefly from Obll3P Illinois, and Wisconsin—to the number of about 300, including women and children, ou arriving at Tabery lowa, on the Ist inst., received intelligence of the approach of Governor Geary with 250 dragoons to oppose their entrance into the territory. They, host' ever, determined to proceed on their journey till fired upon, and it was expected they would Woe the troops at Little Nebraska River on the St'i t ' Advices from Kansas to the Ist instant sta te th e e . Governor Geary had caused to be arrested and cO i n tided in Lecompton. on the charge' of m urde r re the first degree, 107 Free State men, WO mostly under the charge of Col. Titus. "vac The United States steamship George Law S ian at New York on the 12 th instant, with C aliforn,, th mails, and advices from San Francisco to the 21/ Sept., in addition to $1,686,233 in specie. tof The following is the semi-monthly shipn 3 ,ou treasure from San Francisco :—For New l er f o r $1,686,033 89c. ; for England, $388,728 66c. L e . Panama, $10,840 ; total shipment from San V."' cisco, $2,085,602 55c. the From all portions of the mining region a ccounts are moat favourable. Extensive prepitro, tions are being made, in anticipation of the rsi ir e season, to work the dry gulches and ravines W he m , there is no water. " Rich strikes" are co ntino il re vl r heard of, and it is probable that there never ,8.0 more favourable prospects in the mining region ta there are at present. The Indians predict t"" there will be a great deal of rain this winter. • San Francisco is quiet and harmonious. The Indian troubles, by drawing away maul rbet sons from their ordinary pursuits, had some/ of diminished the wealth and agricultural pro duct° 0• the country, but with peace this will soon be ret.1330. died, leaving no serious traces behind. The Poo vests, though late, owing to the advanced se rll of sowing, caused by the cold weather, are net o b completed. The crops ale generally better than was anticipated early in the sea' lo o The yield of apples, peaches, and other fruits also been abundant. We have dates from Callao to the 11th, a n d of paraiso to the 21st ult. They furnish n othing importance. te s By way of Charleston we have Havannah at to Oct. 10. The Hon. Pierre Soule had arrive" that port. The usual Spanish fleet lay at anchor in the 11°,5 hour of Havannah, and but one foreign ves° e ) . 4 war—her Britannic Majesty's sloop Falcon,' t he guns, Commander Campion, from a cruise O A t island. Nothing of special interest is note at Havannah, save an impression current ashoortljeg an unusual number of slave cargoes are hedlocl landed on the island. The yellow fever has cow its ravages. We have received by way of Havannah later advices from Mexico. The Government had Vie, pended payment on the Vera Cruz Custom- 11 °40 Large sales of confiscated church property bad ',la made, and it was expected that the Treasury Ol i e soon be replenished. Attempts to subvert "le Government and a conspiracy to assassinate Corti! fort had been detected and frustrated. An aryl 0, at New Orleans direct from Brazos Santiago r e o firms the defeat of Vidaurri's partisans of San '1 Potesa, at Mier, at Villereal. Uis prospec ts success were completely destroyed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. -PAW The New York market reports that both lisp and F renc h bill s are pl en tiful, and that: o . have a tend enc y d own wards. Exchange oul . '" do The n, 1091 ; Paris, 5 161, 5 15. cotton market is firm in price. The cr ops are The p expected to be short. rovision market without alteration in l i 4 ' lles Freight firma, but transactions few. A re 0 01 ' BREACHES OF CONTRACT BY WORKAIEN.--t% tb „ moved for by Mr. M.'Mahon, M.P., shows that i°. te d year 1855 there were 2,345 persons summarily cony fat and committed to prison in England and Irelall u d icet breach of contract in neglecting work, or leaving 08 1.. 4 " 0. against 3,215 in 1854. Of these 2,345, 1,541 wor e w e d victed and imprisoned in England, 109 in Wa1 0 4, 11 - e ir 695 in Ireland. In 1854, 2,427 were convicted in ri land, 102 in Wales, and 686 in the sister kingdom °` lands MAILS. —SOUYHAMPTON, Oct. S 7. The 17 ,..%0t , solar and Oriental Company' s steamship A lhambrapV - int Joy, sail:d this af el noon with the mails for 41 Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 39 first aniue seca6d class passengers, and on freight, 16,126/•:: in specie (of which 6001. is for Lisbm and t A ".,„," 0 04 wainder for Cadi z ), an d a g,.od general cargo. o ' o o the passengers are Col. Pakenbam, Majors WY,Afri" or and family, and Garrett; Capt. Hagan, Lieuts. son and Peacock, and 25 Artillerymen for Gibr alter' The royal mail steamer Parana, with the nest - th e India, Mexic an , an d P ac ifi c m a ils, is expected 0 0 . 1 1 F O' Ist proximo. The Magdalena, Capt. Abbott, w, a l t ie' on the 2d, with th e ma ils for the West Indies, wi r e- egot and the Pa c ifi c. Th e U n ited States mail steamer $06 1 ; Capt. Lin es , w ith th e next German, French, stu. lish mails from New York, is expected to 50 ' 1- Cowes, en route to Bremen, about Thursday nest.