The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

AGENT WANTED by a COTTON MANUFACTURER. —One who has been accustomed to call Won Haberdashers, Coach Lace Manufacturers, and the Wholesale douses in and about London. Unexceptlonable references will be required —Address, Box A, 434, Post•office, Manchester. THE PRINCEITES their DOCTRINES and PRACTICES, &c. —Part 11. will appear in the" Somer- Set County Gazette" of Saturday, Nov. 1. Price sd. (or five postage stamps). Part 1., with Engraving of the AGAPEIIONE, 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 he 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, Signor Revere, Signor Albicini, Mons. Gassier, Herr Formes, Madame 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.—THlS EVENING will he performed IL BARBIERE. Count Almaviva, Signor Mario ; Figarro, M. Gassier ; Basilio, Herr Formes ; Dr. Bar tel°, Signor Revere ; Rosina, Madame Gassier. To-morrow, LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame Grisi ; Gennaro, signor Mario ; the Duke, M. Gassier ; Maffei, Orsini, Madame Amadei ; Rnstighello, Signor Albicini ; Giubetta, Signor Re 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--Soprani—Mes dames Chierichi, Byers, Sharp, and Cook ; Contralti, Gold smith, Weller, and Jackson ; TenOri—Signori Gabussi, Chie richi, Sharp, and Grice ; Bassi—Mattoni, Talamo, Stuart, and Fabretti, assisted by others of the Royal Italian Opera. Band—Chef d'Attaque, Zerbini (the Royal Italian Opera), iSimmonds (the Royal Italian Opera), Kelly (the Royal Italian Opera), Bort (the Royal Italian Opera), Torneur (the Royal Italian Opera). Viola—Alsept (the Royal Italian Opera) ; Violoncello— Vienxtemps (the Philharmonic andJullien's Con certs); Contra-basso—Kliegl (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts); Flute—Remnsat (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts) ; Oboe—Lavigne (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Clarionet —Sonnenberg (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Bassoon —Hardy (her Majesty's Theatre) ; Trnmpet—Leloup (the Phil harmonic and Jullien's Concerts); Horns Stoekel (the Philharmonic and Jullien's Concerts), Grieben (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. Deers open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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 Fane 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 ; the Spanish Dancers ; Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw k and The Little Adopted. HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Positively the Last Week of those popular favouriteg, 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, er The Yankee -- !—Mr. Wright every night in the screaming Adel* 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. Barney Williams, with the popular and eccentric song of "My Mary Ann." On Sa turday a variety of p-pular Perflrmances, 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 time here these 12 months) on Monday next in a new comi, 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 DE.EA:if. To conclude with Sheri:lan's tragic play of PIZARRO (compressed into three act ). Mendels sohn's celebrated overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream will commence at 5 minutes before 7. 1 4 YCEIIM THEATRE ROYAL Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. Seventh and last week of Belpliegor, which, notwithstand ing the nightly crowded state of the theatre, must be with drawn for the production of promisad novelties.—The Kind's Musketeers every evening. THIS EVENING, BELPIIEGO I 3.. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dillon. THE KING'S MUSKETEEB,S. D'Ar tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon ; Constance, Miss Woolgar. To con elude with the Ballet from The Winter's Tale burlesque. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management cf Mc. Phelps. THIS EVENING, TI LION OF ATHENS. Timon . Mr. Phelps; Apemantus. Mr. H. _Marston ; Alcibiades, Mr. A. Rayner ; Flavius, Mr, J. W. Ray ; Lucullus, Mr. F Robinsou; Lucius, Mr. Belford; Flatninius, Mr. L. Ball. To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO " THE TIMES." ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, DRED. Torn Gordoi, Mr. Shep herd ; Dyed, 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 THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed BXRNABY BUDGE. After which, BELPHEGOR (Travestie). Mesdames Cuth bert, Woolledge, E. Jacobs, &c. ; Messrs. 11. 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. R OYAL 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 Illusirations 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 the CIRCLE, GYM NASTIC WONDERS, &c. , &c. To conclude w ith a umber of attractive and pleasing Amusements. Commence at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. fuGa WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D %.Y—Morn. 33 min. aft. I—Evening 47 min. aft. 1 Trs- ICOBBO7 —Morn. 1 min. aft 2—Evening 17 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER--Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54 —highest singe noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 81—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30°38. w nl r—Light and variable from wea th e r, but fine occasional sunshine. STAMPED EDITION OF "THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, m ay always be had f rom half- past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. hwribers in the Country will please to cbserra that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. tt, f:*2 L)NDON, TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1856' 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 Rome 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 wise and good men ; and from the weight of opinion that has been brought to bear on the subject we are bound to examine carefully and dispassionately the prevalent views, so as to 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, DOVE, CYLV.STINA 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 aid con scientiously 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 vengeance. It is merely as an " example," to prevent others from committing similar 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 efficient and experienced advocate in criminal cases than Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. During the period of his practice he was concerned in every great case, and the tact and eloquence in variablydisplayed 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 made 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. Primmes respects the views of his opponents, and, treating them as conscientious men, endeavours to show that they have been led astray by evil xample, 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 leemed 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 ,f a fellow-creature under any circumstances. He argues, and with great apparent foundation, that inasmuch as a man 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 ! He thinks that the divine ulmonition, "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 dl hose 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 ,art of the case the learned Commissioner is peculiarly felicitous, and be strengthens his arguments by a reference to a clarum et cenerabile nomen, the late Mr. HARMER, whose experience in criminal cases had seldom beon quailed—never surpassed. Into all the details As to the effect on society and on the culprit, the learned gentleman has fully entered. He has pointed out the possibility of mistake—a fear ful 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 take place. Without saying anything ourselves, we earnestly commend Mr. Commissioner PHIL LIPS'S admirable brochure, " Vacation Thoughts on Capital Punishment," to the attentive conside ration of our readers. We promise them that it will well repay perusal, and that it will place an 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 by famine, and in p. great measure also depopu lated here and there by the effects of' a wholesale and systematic immigration Ireland so long squalid, hopeless, disaffected, and poverty stricken, may at length, thank GO) ! 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 net 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 Heroes, bronzed and bearded, wounded and decorated— brave sons of our soil, who fought, and bled, and starved, and conquered in front of the deadly sa Thre r e thvrorks of th e b e l eaguere d c it y o f S e b as t o p o l. can be no question at all about this —that the Crimean Banquet given by the Dublinites totally and Signally eclipsed the previous one given to the brothers in arms of the feasted soldiers by the open-handed, 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 characteristic harangues indulged in by any one of the variou s orators who spoke upon the occasion of the earlier 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 popular 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 produnin. g it here once again, in its eloquent and heart -stirring, and soul -exciting completeness. His Excellency said fs n ee ot b t e o . spe " ak So l l o d n i g ers , b o ut t l h o e ud C . rim l ewai,s—h is I h y a t wish ry nnrn 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—(cheers)—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 to 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 of one short hour ; but to show you, and those who will come after you, and who dome day will march under the same flag, that— (here some confusion occurred) —I 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—(lond 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 has a right to give a welcome to heroes, be cause many and many she has sent forth to every grade 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 you 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 dashed along the fatal pass of Balaklava—(cheers)—you who have held the blood-red heights of Inkerman— (cheers)—you who have survived the midnight trench, and thundering rampart, and death-filled hospital—it is matter 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 enemy, 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 185 G, 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 th e "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 descriptions of the " Sentimental Jour ney," and the comic plaantasies crowded together in the laughter-moving extravaganc3 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 lation. 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 Humani 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 th© " 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 category with BURKE'S " Peerage," and CRU DEN' S "C on cordan ce." A life honourably and usefully spent is 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—ruined and wrecked in fortune, though triumphantly success ful in reputation. It will be seen that our corre spondent, in the course 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, and 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. JOSEPH 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 I 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 boys either into that school or into the more notable scholastic establishment of Christ's Hospital ? The present really appears to us exactly one of the very cases to which the eleemosynary boons held out by those kind of benevolent institutions are the most 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 JOSEPHthei r re g i r A d y D o N fthe d o r b p y h a s: d s o o n i n s g o f c t n h t er contribute Hospital, should b ear i n m i n d the claims upon Mr.n 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? After all the flourishes of their .magniloquent pros;!_ectus, which launched the metropolitan THE SUN; -- LONDON, TUESDAY - EVENIN I G, OCIIOBEit 28,1'556, 9? 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 anterior to the Reformation. The con ductors and drivers are not a whit more civil or patient than ttey were before. Mrs. WiLsox's management of her line of Favourites has not yet been surpassed. The lady shot ahead of her com petitors, and there are reo 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 fattish 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 at natural consequence, that the obligations of the other par ties to it aro 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.--Iforning Post. THE .RECENT4EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEJSITERRANEAN. Letters have been received from Sicily and the Le 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. a tr.ing, bad been generally fait throughout the shores ,f the Mediterranean, and even on the high seas. At Pozz illo, in Sicily, at 2 a.m., the churches suffered wry much from its effects, but there was no loss of life. At Syracuse it was felt at 1.45 a.m., but, although the stpick was strong - , buildings were not seriously da maged ; and so likewise at Catania, at about the same ilour. Mount ../Etna, 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, killing 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 Suda, in the same island, the walls of a salt store had fallen in. The steamer Empress, Captain Wm. Frond, in making for Canea, 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 tivind some 200 miles south-east of Malta, and was soon afterwards thrown tin 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 80 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 Simois, from Constantinople, also felt the shock, 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, i❑ the valley of Palermo, had suffered greatly, with some loss of life. At Cerigo it wai also very sensibly felt. Since the earthquake and thunderstorm then have been two or three fatal cases of cholera. LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO MANOHESTER.—We understand that Lord Palmerston's visit to Manchester, which was unavoidably postponed in September, will take place next week ; and that he has consented to b• present at a meeting of the mern%ters 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, Barr., 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 vacancy.—Sligo Chronicle. The Right . Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., is at present 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• tleman will be the guest of 12!s 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, b• appointed engineer of the Birkenhead Docks, at a salary of 7501. a-year. ARRIVAL OF THE SOULAGE COLLECTION OP ITALIAN ART.—A number of patriotic noblemen and gentlemen have just imported into this country, at their awn risk, M. amlage'e collection of Italian art of all kinds, bronzes, pottery, furniture, &c. The collection arrived safely last week from Toulouse. REPEAL OP THE PAPER DUTY.—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, Amptoe-place, it was resolved—" That the excise upon paper is a great commercial evil, that it also im• pedes the cheap diffusion of knowledge, and obstructs education, and that the time is now came for recom mencing active operations for obtaining the total and im mediate repeal of the duty. That Mr. Milner Gibson b.! requested, at the earliest opportunity, to bring the subject again under the consideration of the House of Gammons." _ _ Between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock last evening afire broke out in Hight-street, Wapping, which was not ex tinguished luta a considerable amount of property had b( en consumed. The fire was at 282, High-street, in the joint occupation of Messrs. Carson, Warreeer, and Co., bottle merchants, J. and W. Hart, Fail-makers, and James Mackey, filter makers. The premises were of considerable extent, comprising several floors, each of which was stored with goods of great value. IMPROVEMENTS AT BALMORAL.—Duzing the last two days of the residence of the Court at Balmoral, her Ma j-sty and the Prince were engaged in giving orders for improvements at the Castle, to be carried out previous to their next and the laying out of new shrubbe ries and flower-beds in the grounds. The works are now going forward witn spirit. The clock tower at Balmoral Castle was furnished with its clock ere the Queen took her nd departure. The Ftriking bell Lai a very fine tone, a can be heard to a great distance among the hills. North Briton. THE LATE JOSEPH _HAYDN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—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 7 4 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 recompences of some more fortunate, but not more needy, of his literary contemporaries ; but whatever visions of bliss may have resulted from this bestowal upon him 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 doe. So neuoh 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. She 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. HUMANITAS. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening Mr. E. T. Smith, the enterprising lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, commenced a series of six per formances of Italian opera with Bellini's " Norma." Tne 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 acted with all her well known grandeur and beauty, we think it will be ad mitted that the audience had enough, if not too much, for their small money. But still Grisi was not the only bright star, for Herr Formes, with his noble bass voice and rare drania";ic genius, was there to add force and vitality to the cast ; whilst the intelligent and tasteful Madile. Sedlazek (the best Adalgisa we have seen ex cepting Madlle. Marai) shone charmingly, if with less solid brilliancy than her companions in the character of Nortna'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 perfectly truthful conception, thoroughly and beautifully realised. Criti cism has doubtless been exhausted upon this subject. iivery 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. loi:g-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 invar.ably 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 bello a me." Oa the whole, the opera was admirably performed and enthusiastically applauded from first to last. This evening "II Barbiere" is to be performed, with Signor Mario as Almaviva, and Madame Gassier as flosina. THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. " Tit for Tat " was performed at this theatre last eveniig, in which Mr. Robson resumed his original part of Mr. Slwerby, 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. Rogers made his first bow to au Olympic audi ence in Easy Bolter ; and Miss Marston undertook the part of Rose. The whole went off with great effec% 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 Mr. 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. H. 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 establishment, feeling satisfied the manner in which the theatre is con ducted will amply repay a visit. ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE. 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 led the van of theatrical civilisation, which is as prosperous there now as at Covent-garden and Drury-lane in the palmy days of the Kembles 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 necessary in the part of the Duchess-of Nairne. Miss Elsworthy, 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 Pym, 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 ascendant, 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 grid elegance of a "mise•en• scene worthy of the Princess's Theatre. ISTLErs ASIP_EIITHEATRE. 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 Shak 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, spEctacle, 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. We understand it is to be succeede by another of Shak spere's plays, and we doubt n.ot Mr. W. Cooke will find abundance of reason to conwratulate himself upon the admirable change he has effected. ESCAPE OF CONVICTS.—A number of convicts of the bagne of Civita, Vecchia, iu the Roman States, having succeeded in cutting a hole through. a wall in the bagne, five of them, who are under center co to hard 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 dis 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, and they got clear off. LATEST NE WS. 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 telegraphic 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 th• 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 Naple3. 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 wore 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 pensee 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 an-respondence 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 Constltu 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 le9ve immediatelv." " Vienna, 27th.—A ccor di ng to accounts from C3n stantinople the Turkish Ministry has resigned." "Sr. PETERSBURG, 21st.--The Gazette du Senat pub fishes a declaration re-establishing the old treaties be tween Russia and Sardinia, and the relations which had 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." BOURSE, Oct. 27.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. f. C. 4i per Cents ...... 91 End of month. —fr. 3_per Cents 66 50 6 5 25 Naw Loan 13ank Shares ..3,925 - Roman Credit Mobilier 1,375 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 100 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 Lyo es Geneva 7OO Teste Cett o 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 squadron, which is about to take place, is only a minimum to which England has consented under the reserve of taking 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 th e 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 actiyely to lead to conciliation than the efforts of Austria. Th e council of ministers has decided, it . is said, to pu :dish in the Journal of the Two Sicil i es an his t)r i , oal exposé 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." I _,Che Sieele of yesterday contains the following : " On the 21st M. Brenier, ambassador of France, and Mr. Petre, charge d'affaires of England, signified to the Ne:spolitan Government the cessation of diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding the facility and rapidity of tele graphic communications, the Moniteur has not made us . scquainted with the re,alt of this first step. It is pert nitted to infer from this silence that King Ferdinand is n of so resolute in his resistance to the remonstrances of t .he 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 ace tptable arrangement could be offered by the King of Naples ; but what is taking place shows that Ferdi nand 11. 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 —a.nd 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 intevest 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 ,Anstria 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 i n t o it ; yet the war was continued, and brought to the termination 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 decree in virtue of which the floating debt is fi xe d at 640 millions. By a Royal ordinance, couched in terms the most flattering to General San Mi gue l, her Majesty has declined to accept his resignation as Commandant-General of the Hallebardiers. The Gautte also published a decree by which secondary instruction in theological s t u di es i s re established in the saminaries. It i s d ou bt e d whether the resignation of Marshal Serrano will be accepted. The Madrid journals of the 23d have reached us. The Nation says that the decree accepting the resignation of the Golden Fleece by the Marquis del Duero (de la Concha) h as b een 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 purohase 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, accompanied by the new Austrian minister, Count Crivelli, was viFiting tlit) public librPrFoq, picthre I,r.a museums. It has been stated by telegraph that the G-overnment 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. 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 794,666 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 let October, and which were, detained in consequence of the loss of the Royal Mail steamer Tay, in the Gulf of Mexico. The Royal Mail steamer Persia, hence, at New . York on the 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 New York Bay the American ship Great Western, the, America, French barque St. Jean, of Havre, an d brig Louise, of Bremen, all bound in on the 15th; On the 26th passed the barque Peruvian, bound east. Amongst the passengers by the Africa 1 $ Mr. S. S. M. Ferrira, bearer of despatches t° Portugal. The state election in Pennsylvania has terms' Hated in a decisive democratic majority. The New York Herald, referring to this intelligenc e, says :—" The vantage ground thus far held l i d • Mr. Fremont is now held by Mr. Buchanan, al! something more than trusting to luck will now DI!, required of the opponents o f th e a l arme d and aroused democracy." The returns of the town elections in Connecticut show that of 126 towns heard from 73 have gone for Fremont, 48 for • Buchanan, and 5 divided. This is a gain of 23 for Fremont and 14 for the democrats. Returns from FloridA show that the democrats have carried th e state by a majority of 500. The Kansas election had resulted in favour of the pro-slavery party. The Free State party dui not vote. General Whitfield (pro-slavist) 113 been returned without opposition as delegate from Kansas. There was a heavy storm at New York on th e 13th instant, but no damage to th e shipping is reported. The New York papers publish the opinions of another Souther separatist. S ena t or Mason / ° Virginia, writes,—“lmmediate, absolute, and eter; nal separation. Better, far better, t o s t an d tosvar u the Northern States as we stand to the rest of th e world—' Enemies in war, in peace friends'-- 63 : 1 • to remain halting under a common Goverinnell enemies under the guise of peace, or friends 3 war." The Hon. Millard Fillmore has addressed a letter t to one of his supporters in Charleston, from whi ch the following is an extract : "In the north I am charged with being a pro-91 0 1 • man, seeking to extend slavery over free territory ; " in the South lam accused of being an abolitionist. - P I am neither, and as I have invariably refused to giv e _ any pledges, other than such as might be inferred fr or ? , my known character and previous official conduct, .1: have not answered to the public any of these cbargeee If after all I have done, and all the sacrifices I h ap; made to maintain the constitutional rights of the So uth ; she still distrusts me, then I can only say that I b°P a sbe may find one more just and more fearless s e self-sacrificing than I have been, and that w hen found, she may show her gratitude by her confid e " . , And so of the North : if after all I have done to We lo° tain her con-titutional rights and advance her interee"., she distrusts me, I hope she may fi n d on e more lic° l.lb 4 of her confidence, and besto w i t accor di n gly. I B „ b „ i ly have no regrets for myself in eith er case . I atu, 7 n d anxious that the country should b e we ll gov erneo , the that this unfortunate sectional cont rovers y between North and the South should be settled and a fraternal feeling restored. But I apprehend that the difficulty' let that the extremes on each side want a president fav our " iug their own peculiar views as against their opponente• I cannot consent to be such a candidate for either stclei lam for the whole union s nerth and south, east so " west, and if my countrymen will not accept me on those conditions I shall not complain," Telegraphic accounts from Kansas state that $ party of Kansas emigrants—chiefly fro m ()hie, Illinois, and Wisconsin—to the number of about 300, including women and children, On arriving at T a ber, lowa, on the Ist inst., received intelligence of the approach of Governor Geary with 250 dragoons to oppose their entrance into the territory. They, how', ever, determined to proceed on their journey fired upon, and it was expected they would me t e! the troops at L:ttle Nebraska River on the 4 ,, t 1 Advices from Kansas to the let instant state th at Governor Geary had caused to be arrested and OIL_ tided in Lecompton, on the charge of murder In the first degree, 107 Free State men, who Ore mostly under the charge of Col. Titus. The United States steamship George Law arrive d at New York on the 12th instant, with California? mails, and advices from San Francisco to the 20th Sept., in addition to $1,686,233 in specie. The following is the semi-monthly shipmen tof treasure from San Francisco :—For New York , $1,686,033 89c. ; for England, $388,728 66c. • f °f Panama, $10,840 ; total shipment f rom S a n iran' cisco, $2,085,602 55c. From all portions of the mining region th e accounts are most favourable. Extensive prepara; tions are being made, in anticipation of the rain- 7 season, to work the dry gulches and ravines where there is no water. " Rich strikes" are continual l y heard of, and it is pr o b a bl e th a t t h ere never were more favourable prospects in the mining region ths: there are at present. The Indians predict the there will be a great deal of rain this winter. San Francisco is quiet and harmonious. The Indian troubles, by drawing away many Pe r ; sons from their ordinary pursuits, had somevA la 'f diminished the wealth and agricultural products 0 the country, but with peace this will soon be rem;' died, leaving no serious traces behind. The he r vests, though late, owing to the advanced s eas oo of sowing, caused by the cold weather, are pearl completed. The crops are generally good—inu e better than was anticipated early in the seas o3 : The yield of apples, peaches, and oth er f r uits I. l ' also been abundant. We have dates from Callao to the 11th, and Vas ; paraiso to the 21st ult. They fur n i s h no thing importance. By way of Charleston we have Havannah dates to Oct. 10. The Hon. Pierre S o ul e h a d arrived at that port. The usual Spanish fleet lay at anchor in the heir' bour of Havannah, and b u t one f ore i gn ve ssel °f war—her Britannic Majesty's s l oo p F a l co n, . I •'' guns, Commander Campion, from a cruise off th e island. Nothing of special interest is noted e t • Havannah, save an impression current ashore tha t an unusual number of slave cargoes are being landed on the island. The yellow fever has ceased . its ravages. We have received by way of Havannah later odvices from Mexico. The Government had sits' pended payment on the Vera Cruz Custom-house' Large sales of confiscated church property had bee, made, and it was expected that the T reasury wo ol' soon be replenished. Attempts to subvert th e Government and a conspiracy to assassinate C o nson' fort had been detected and frustrated. An arrive' at New Orleans direct from Brazos Santiago eon' , firms the defeat of Vidaurri's partisans of San Lu l l. Potesa, at Mier, a t Vill erea l . h i s prospects 0; success were completely destroyed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. . The New York market reports that both Beg" lish and French bills are plentiful, and that they have a tendency downwards. Exchange on Low don, 1091 ; Paris, 5 16k, 5 15. The cotton market is firm in price. The crops are expected to be short. The provision market without alteration in value• Freight firma, but transactions few. DREAMIER OF CONTRACT BY WORKMEN.— A return , moved for by Mr. M.'Mahon, M.P., shows that in the year 1855 there were 2,34'5 persons summarily convicted and committed to prison in England and Ireland f or breach of c‘,ntract in neglecting work, or leaving service' against 3,215 in 1854. Of these 2,345, 1,541 were coo' victed and imprism.ed in England, 109 in Wales, and 695 in Ireland. In 1854, 2,427 were convicted , and, 102 in Wales, and 686 in the sieter kingdom of Ire' land. MAILS.—SOUTHAIIPTON, Oct. S7.—The Peni r r sular and Oriental Company's steamship Alhambra, CO . " Joy, sail d this af, ernoon with the mails for A r igft Oporto, Lisbon, Cadi z , and Gibraltar, 39 first and sec , 3i,d class passeng ers , and on , freight, 16,1261. valu e in specie (of which 6001. is for Lishm and the 14/ : ,nainder for Cadiz), an d a goo d genera l cargo. ' Arrlol the passengers ar e C u l. P a k en h am, M a j ors W ye Y3r and family, and Garrett ; Capt. Hagan, Lieuts. Moot son and Peacock, and 25 Artillerymen for Gibraltlfi'', The royal mail s t eamer Parana, with the nest SS: i e h n ' y India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, is expected uneu-"".1 lat proximo. Th e Magdalena, Capt. Abh,,tt, w ill sel on the 2d, with the mails for the West Indies, Mexic°' and the Pacific. The United States mail steamer Arag a ' Capt. Lines, with the next German, French, and flhi ' lish mails from New York, is , ;:xpected to arrive 0 Cowen, en route to Bremen, aVut Thursday next. 3 1 ;~~R-