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riIHEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GON E TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which, Lord 1371'0111'S Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. k helps, Ryder , Rayner, Meag-reson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath, 3liss Ml6llBOll, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Voc,alists—Milo Poole, Miss itiitter, Miss Cicely Nov, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclud Charles;H DEAL BOATMAN : 3lrsqrs. G. Belmorc, F. Miss R. Leclerc% and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. pRI NC:, ES S' S THEATIV 7 4 •--'Great. o f 11ERRIIANN. PRESTIDIGITATEUR. HERR lIERRIVTAI`..IN has the honour to announce that, in conse quence (rf the great success and flattering reception he has met with, he will continue his Performances, EVERY ICVENING. until further notice. Commencing at Eight. T HEATRE ROYAL II AYMA RK ET.— Oren for the Season. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, to commence at 7, with AN ITN LUCKI : Mr. William Farrel), 3.118 S M. Harris, &o. Atter which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE ; or, spy and ( - minter Spy: characters by Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Ruckstone ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Concluding with TURNING THE TABLES. on Monday, Oct. 26, Mr. and Mrs. CHAS. MATHEW'S will return to the London stage. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ,Sole rronriotor and Manarzer, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs. At S, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supP°ltby 3fessrs.Arthur 11. Phillips, Militia-ton, Stuart,u' A. Wood, Eburne, Mice IL Simms and Mrs. Billingum• To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS = Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—The celebrated on young. American Actress Miss BATEMAN. Navin, her first appParance in the 'New Drama of LE that has AD. ob tained the most t r i um ph an t an d enthusiastic Suc c e _., s impression been wi' nessed for many years, and the protomid created by her impersonation of the charact ratified EAH upon a crowded audience hsvin , been complete by the unanimous verd4 and critical approval of the entire Daily Press, the Manager of the NEW ADEL P 111 T II EAT It E has the honour to announce that M iss BAT 14:MAN will appesr in the New Drama of EAL' EVERY EVENING till t urther notice. ItoyAL STUAND THEATRE. Manager, 'Air. W. 11. SwanboroT.fli. THIS EvF,N I SG , (2d time) MIR I AM' CRIME. Messrs. Honey, Porsche, Beltord, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Manners. Collier, esdames Aa Sw borough, F. H u g hes, White. vo ll ow ed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Haney, Turner, I. Dan ers, W ‘ ston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. T o conclude w ith wn ERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. r viiE I:H . I , IID EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Contamm, the Latest of SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Titis DA.Y.—Moraing, 12h. 26m.—Afternoon, 12h. 45m To-gowaow.-Morning, la, 3m.—Afterrooa, lh. 2Ocn, The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 10, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'cl6cl- Barometer -29.63. • Wind—South-Easterly, moderate ; fine, but cloudy. ffY 1) f' 1 i T,Z -e - 0 2 L.O) -) ;:X .:111-t , ‘.i j . r( ' - ~,? 4_,,,-,, . A LONDON, SATURDAY, °Cr. 10, 1863. The broad arrow has at last sped to its destina tion at Liverpool. It was affixed yesterday after noon to the steam .rams recently completed by LAIRD Brothers, and still in their ship-building yard in the great Lancashire seaport. With the flight of that arrow to the destination so often of late anticipated for it, the Foreign Secretary may say at length, in regard to his policy, as one of the most confused and bungling of living diplomatists, aleajaeta est. How often the noble lord has blun dered already as a diplomatist, who shall say ? But, often as ho has done so, he has never done so yet more flagrantly than in this instance. His notorious despatch, addressed but a few months back to Den mark, in respect to that most vexatious—as it would almost seem interminable—European grie vance, the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty, was a biun der, in its way, unparalleled (at that time) even by Lord RUSSELL himself. His inuddie of our foreign policy a feel years barb when he unhappily went, himself, over to Vienna upon a sort of extra-Extra ordinary Mission of Diplomacy, is an incident still painfully within the popular recollection. It was more of a failure in its way than even Mr. GLADSTONE'S well designed but ill executed expedition to Corfu ! An outline of an enterprise, sketched though it was by the hand of an eminent statesman, so indifferently filled in, shaded and coloured by the tyro fingers of a mere amateur plenipotentiary (as Mr. GLADSTONE unhappily proved himself to be) that the brilliant first effect was soon enough destroyed, and the ori ginal design alt hut obliterated. Far more to be regretted, however, than that lonian Episode in the career of the Homeric critic, now her MAJESTY'S Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the Vienna mis sion undertaken —and " botched"—by the sometime Prime Minister of the realms, then Lord JOHN since Earl RUSSELL. The recent substitution of on ELLIOT for the HUDSON at Turin, though intrinsically a small matter of importance so far as it can be looked upon as indication of a change in the Italian policy of the noble lord Her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary—that in cident, though of itself one of a very subordinate character indeed, affecting, as it does, rather the mechanism of administration than the force of the motive power animating it—has still its signifi cance, nevertheless, because, though a mere detail, ono perfectly en regle, entirely characteristic, mi nutely con sistent with Earl RUSSELL'S whole career, us a diplomatic blunderer. A meddlesome, often a mettlesome, disregarder as Foreign Secretary, of his former Colleague, Lord MELBOURNE'S favourite warning query, " Can't you let it alone ?" For the life of him, Earl RUSSELL cannot! Come what, come ma y, he must be perpetually interfering, obtruding his assistance, his advice, his positive, and actual interposition, that is, in act. Addressing an out of the ", at , gathering of tenantry down in th e f ar north there at Blairgowrie, only the other day, h e roust needs blurt out the wholly uncalled-for and Wholly untenable, declaration that the English in their sympathies are Federalists. That was, in itself, a blunder on the part of Earl ItussELL so gross and ' 3O gratuitous of its kind, that it is only to be desig nated accurate l y by saying - that it was—putting his foot in it ! And now—perfecting his policy of blun ders__ tow, while Lord RUSSELL is probably exult 'Anti), muttering to himself ('lea facto est (when thinking of the " broad arrow" joss affixed to the steam rams d own at Li verpoo l), has he no prescient eri"Ove wonder, of that arrow being burled back at himself elaortly after the meeting of the Houses of Parliament, let as say, next February—of its being hurl"' ba c k at him with fatal effect by an eagle-eyed m ar k sman on the front hooch of the Opposition in the 1100s0 of Peers ? Has he no an ticipatory thought flitting across his conjectures at this moment as to the probable incidents of this next session, that hi s own political requiem may perchance then be ch anted to - • the measure of the familiar and melodious verse of Lord BYR"— " Keen were his pangs, but k eener far to feel He nursed the pinion that imp e ll ed the steel For it certainly does appear now upon the cards that that broad arrow affixed by Lord Russ Ear, to the steam rams may, before another half-year h as elapsed, prove the death of his foreign policy, the missile likely to prove fatal to the Government. Earl RUSSELL'S note to S T- A - Li - XT — MALET clearly and distinctly defines the boundaryir between justi fiable and unjustifiable arinterference, and in this lies the Federal Assembly mi g h eele h n s t ; e the strong point of his upon the duchy of Holsteing assuming put their veto and yet have It is true that the right of icated their claim itexcused. any arbitrary independence, to such authority, and even look to s q u i t© another measures issued thereupon. dictate question, however, when Nye proceed ings relative to the Danish possessions, is indeed:arsotrcaanrrgye their interference into those territories, 0 has the eon. terms to the Danish monarchy, Our Foreign Secretary proceeding. currents of all independent men when he denouncof this extraordinary line of action, and holds it up to the scorn and contempt of the nations of Europ e . The arguments put forward in this despatch are well-known facts, it is true; but then there are occa sions when it becomes imperative to remind persons of circumstances that they may know full well in theory, but ignore altogether in practice. Besides, the reference to certain contingencies sometimes assumes a significant form, and foretells momen tous co nsequences . Th e Federal Assembly must b.:, De nmark which "her :MAJESTY is ve them t6 t l The op, - -ning of the Social Science Congress is cocpia.rye i the pass age which tel ls gnorant, or else very infa tuated, not to re every year a matte r of general interest. The num- importance of the p ber and variety of the s ub j ects touched u p on, their dependence and in they are assailing the integrity intimate co:a nec tion with our social well - being , and bound by t the high re p u te of the men wh o p reside over the meani ng l r of this o a f 1852 to respect. " The i:' Patent several sections, combine to render the annual • more is i t appreciated to all lookers on, m uch by those who are playing assembly an occurrence of national importance. Subjects are brought forward which at any other time of the year would not be heard of beyond their own immediate circle, and questions of vital inte rest to the general welfare arc thus not unfrcqucntly brought into notice. The quantity of papers con- tributed to each section increases year by year, a fact which shows that the interest felt in the I labours cf the Congress has grown rather than les sened. As most of these papers are written by those who have had some personal knowledge of their topic, it is evident that the contributions i contain a mass of valuable matter, and in addition to the light thus thrown upon the ques tions to be considered, we have the advantage of have 010 thought h of t the subsequent discussion amonsgointlete members the Congress there as sembled. essay,comments a n o d f the au that di e thann m c o e re h ood o b d y is the donereaabinyothot thee cer tainly the cont act of q uick minds and the compa rative results of extended experience bring to light new aspects of a subject, show the opposite views which may be held by thinking men, and enable the public to judge more correctly of the matter as a whole. It is, in fact, a social Parliament, only unfortunately, with the restriction that they may not legislate on the points discussed. In this re spect it bears perhaps more resemblance to a Par liamentary Committee, whose business it is to collect evidence, to gather the opinions of those best qualified to judge, and then to re port to the larger assembly the results of their labours end the conclusions at which they have arrived, The house to which this sum total is made known is, in this case, the great body of the public, who have an advantage over their Parliamentary prototypes, in the fact that a great part of the evidence upon which the conclu sion is founded is duly before them. Tn this manner much that, if published in other forms, might have been slighted or passed over, is brought promi nently forward, and thrust, as it were, upon public attention. At the sitting of Thursday, for instance, a paper was read on the causes of the excessive mortality among the British troops in India. It emanated from no less distinguished and able a writer than Florence Nightingale, whose name stands in honour, not only among her own country men and women, but throughout all Europe, Few could speak with so much authority upon such a subject as one to whom the soldier's risks, and perils, and sufferings, have been the object of anxious thought and toilsome exertion during many years. It was observed that Prince ALFRED, who was pre sent among the audience—a fitting representative of the interest invariably taken by his lamented father in all matters of soeial science—paid especial attention to the paper by Miss NIGHTINGALE. We can readily imagine with what deep sympathy and heartfelt regret the soldier's friend must have learned those terrible statistics, which startled even the inert self-complacency of our India Office. the suggestions in her paper, based upon a thorough knowledge of the soldier's wants and requirements, will probably do much practical good ; and number less other topics might be mentioned, on which we shall be enabled, through the agency of this assem bly, to learn the views of those best qualified to form a definite opinion on matters which closely affect the interests of the great body of the people. On points of science, too, we are likely to gather much valuable information from the eminent men who think it not unworthy of them to unfold the treasures of their knowledge and experience to the common gaze. Although we have already in existence an association professedly for the advancement of scientific learning, and the assembly of the chiefs of each branch of natural philosophy, there remain many minor points which can be better dealt with in a loss strictly scientific assembly, and the scope and importance of the subjects discussed by the Congress annually increases. Year by year the contributions accumulate, a more ready audience gathers round the reader or the speaker, and every annual meeting of this kind places the Congress .nore and more among the recognised and standard institutions of the country. At first all was enthu siasm, but subsequently critics and censurers were found to detect flaws in the conduct of the assem bly, and to decry its utility and practical good. Such faultfinders forget the great principle of our English life, the respect for free discussion which bas presided over the fortunes of the country, and has proved a safeguard against dangers from within and without. If every speech in our representative Houses were measured by its direct value and prac tical importance, the general estimate of the Eng- Parliament would, we fear, sink very low. It is the principle which is of consequence—the fact that every man in that assembly has a right to raise his voice on every subject, no matter whom it concerns, and so the influence exercised by the Social Congress is unquestionably good and prac tical, although it may rest beyond the power of its members to frame laws or to pass resolutions. The gatherting together, year by year, of so many eminent men is of itself an interesting and profitable spec tacle; more especially when they assemble as they do under the presidency of one whose career has been one of our national boasts ; who, as the Lord Advocate remarked, went forth sixty years ago from the very city in which he is now reaping such well merited honours, to fight and to win those great battles of life, in which he has proved himself so able a warrior. Such a reception as was accorded to the venerable statesman affords a gratifying proof that public services are not always unrecog nised and unrewarded, even as his comprehensive and luminous address bears unquestionable evi dence that the capacious and energetic mind which has wrought so much good amongst us still retains undimmed its old ;ervent interest in the social wel -1 fare and progress of mankind. TBE SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENtNG, OCFOBER 10, 1863. the game of Statesmanship, and who are versed i❑ every "Pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard." We know and recognise the magnitude of the affair, how necessary it is for a check to be put upon the arrogant and absurd pre tensions of the German Federation, and hence it Is with admiring approbation that we peruse the following emphatic notice—" Her MAJESTY would sot look with indifference on a military occupation of Holstein, and her MAJESTY'S Government would not recognise this military occupation as a legiti mate exercise of the power of the German Fede ration, nor admit that it could be imposed in the name of a proper Federal execution." If this lan guage does not convince those to whom it is ad dressed it must be utterly useless to make any at tempt to put an end to the altercation by verbal or written communications. "He who runs may read" the interpretation of this address; while the statesmen to whom it is sent may find enough in its e irnest phrases to afford them sabjects for the con templation of their leisure, and topics for discussion in their official transactions for some time to come. It is often idle to predict, but it may not be a super fluous effort at prophecy to declare that the tone and temper of this despatch will surprise and startle the equanimity of the pompous Federation to whom it is addressed. They cannot shut their eyes to the fact, they cannot close their ears to the sound of the unwelcome prospect and the unplea sant tidings that they may mar their fortunes in this rash and precipitate venture that was to make them so much the stronger and the bettor. Many nations take advantage of our dislike to war, and the inconvenience to which it may subject us is a potent auxiliary on the side of the offender in seve ral cases; it was so in the late interposition of the three Powers with Russia. Many States presume on the divided opinions that exist in regard to the disputed question among ourselves, and the partial views taken upon it by influential parties. Ihis feeling is now working the came of the North in the American contest at present. But as regards the future of this vexed Schleswig-Holstein affair there is neither the one excuse nor the other for the interested parties to take, because our Minister for Foreign Affairs has spoken out as strongly as he could do, and shown no sign nor symptom of wavering in his attempts to do justice to a right cause, and his assertions to vindicate an injured nation. In this bold and straightforward address Earl RUSSELL has done his best to retrieve his past blunder, and to rectify the evil effects that may hav e ensued from his former mistakes. So far as it goes this communication must be considered conclusive as to the ideas and intentions of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment, and it could hardly go further without greatly extending the present confines of the dis• cussion, and exchanging the area of the dispute , until it passes the limit that divides theory from practice, and separates peace f rom war . There iS yet time for a wise and happi er course t o be taken by the German Federation. Th e y ma y s till recog nise the validity of a maxi m th a t as the world grows old in knowledge s till re t a i ns th e force of its first freshness—" Prud ence i s t h e b e tt er part of valour." If they take the a d v i ce th a t i s tendered to them in the close of Earl RUSSELL'S admir able Note, and " pause" before they commit themselves irretrievably to a fatal policy, they will do well and wisely ; but if they persist in runn i ng ou t the reck less course they have projected, a ll th e consequen ces of their mistaken and mischi e v ous policy w ill be upon their own heads, and they will incur the stigma of having provoked by their e xtravaga nt pretensions a catastrophe that their combined wi s dom and bravery may be unable to avert, and o f raising a storm that they have no power to stern nor to survive. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 10. The royal mail sl.elmship Arabia, from Boston, on the 30th ult., and Halifax on the 2d inst., arrived here at 5.30 a.m. She brings 87 passengers and 50,200 dole. in specie. She landed the mails, con sisting of 117 sacks, and 8 passengers, and pro ceeded at 0.10 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 (Evening). No fighting has takes place in Tennessee since the 21st inst. Unauthenticated rumours, unfavou able to Rosencranz and Burnside, are current at Washington. Burnside was still at Knoxville on the 24th inst. It is reported that his resignation has been accepted and that Hooker supersedes him. NON'S from Charleston to the 25th inst. states that preparations for the bombardment were pro gressing- Meade's and Lee's armies were quiet. On the 24th ult. salutes were fired by all the Confederate batteries in the city, and by Forts Moultrie and Sumter, in celebration of Bragg's vic tory over Rosencrans. Fort Sumter fired 13 guns. 10,000 Confederates are reported to have concen trated at Mount Jackson, for a raid into the Shen andoah Valley. The Albany Court appears decided that green backs are legal tenders. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 Evening). Money easy. Gold 43 per cent. premium. Ex change on London, 1561. Stocks steady—New York Centrals, 135 ; Illinois, 126; ; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 107. A large advance has taken place in cotton. It is still firm and advancing. Middling Upland is quoted 832. to 85e, NEW YORK, OCT. 1 (Evening). (By Telegraph to Halifax.) No movement has taken place on the Rapidan. General Rosencranz remained on the 30th ult. in a defensive position, the Confederates confronting him. In the battle of the 20th General Bragg claims to have captured 7,000 prisoners, 36 cannon, 25 colours and 5,000 small arms. General Hood was not killed, as reported. A plot has been discovered in St. Louis to destroy all the Federal vessels on the western waters. The Republican ratification meeting held at New York was largely attended. P. conciliation policy was announced ( ? denounced). Yice-President Hamlin said he did not believe that peace worth having laid in any other direction than through force of arms. Some want the contribution as it is, and union as it was, but this they can never have. A public reception and a congratulatory address was given to the Russians to-day. One Division of the National Guard escorted the pr cession up Broadway, which was lined by enthusiastic crowds. Admiral Lastgskirode in a carriage drawn by six horses, and was accompanied by Alderman Fremont. Yesterday the Russians visited the Forts in New York harbour. At a banquet on board the steamer Admiral Paulding made a speech in which he expressed a hope that whenever it became necessary for America to fight foreign enemies, Russia would be found shoulder to shoulder with America. The British frigates Nilo and Immortalife, and the French frigates Guerrie and Beloue have ar rived at Now York. Admiral Milne officially visited Mayor Opdykc. The Mooting Post alludes enthusiastically to the Admiral's visit to the Mayor, and observes that the reception given to the Russians will not be extended to the officers of any other nation. The Russian war sloop Nowitch has been wrecked at the entrance of San Francisco. The officers report that the Japanese batteries at Vagoizinia had re pulsed the British fleet. Mobile despatches of the 26th state that the New Orleans Era mentions a Federal disaster in Louisiana, confirming the rumour current in Mo bile that General Weitzel was defeated and killed at Napoleon, Louisiana. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 1 (Evening). Gold has fluctuated during the week between 39 and 44, influencing exchange and general markets accordingly. Closing quotations tc-day are: Gold 421, Exzhange, 156 ; 1 . Stocks dull. New York Central, 133-1; Illinois, 1261; Erie, 1061; Six per Cents. United States Bonds, 107. Cotton very firm. Middling Upland, 82c. to 83c. Flour heavy. Wheat dull. Corn steady. Provisions, good in quiry. Coffee and molasses firm. Sugar, good demand. Petroleum declining. Crude, 34c. Re fined, 55c. to 570. (By Telegraph to Cape Race.) NEW YORK, OCT. 2 (Morning). It is reported that there is no difficulty in rein forcing Gen, Rosencranz, the communication be tween Washington and Chattanooga being perfect. The Southern journals assert Gen. Lee had infor mation that two corps from Gen. Meade's army have reinforced Rosencranz. Conflicting rumours concerning the position of the latter are sail current. A considerable Confederate force is moving north wards, near the Blue Ridge, supposed to form part of the force now being concentrated in the Shenan doah Valley. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money lighter. Gold 421 per cent, premium. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 134} ; Illinois T. Central, 126; Erie, 107 ; 6 p e r Cents. United States Bonds, 106 Cotton buoyant. Middling Upland, 84c. (By Telegraph to Cape Race.) NE W YORK, OCT. 3. The Federal gunboat Sculiin (P) is reported to have captured th e B r i t i s h s hip Sir Robert Peel in vr Mexican wat ers o ff —atanaer ao. She was supposed to be fitted out as a pr i vatee r. NEW YORK, l a t s o s s e e r a ts era th u a z t fr i o t ia i l s Chattanooga by SEPT.s 29 (Evening). The correspond en t o f the New Y o rk Herald direct advances. hilnibppoosssiitbiloeufoartßragg to dislodge General Rosencranz cou ld only be dislodged by a campaign in force agains t his communications. General Grant is unable through sickness to resume active duty. The Federal troops repulsed at Sabine Pass are proceeding to Texas as rapialY as p ossible overland. The Confederates have been defeated in two en gagements in the Indian territ or y . Female bread riots are r eported to have occurred at Mobile. The wom e n threat ened to burn the city unless relieved, an d were event uall y p acified . A considerable a moun t of Government cotton is arriving at Vicksbu rg . Great popular sympathy is evinced towards the officers and men of th e Russian fleet , which, it is reported, will remai n a t New York many months. A dinner has been given to the Russian Admiral at the Metropolitan Hotel. The Admiral made a speech, in which, referring to Russia, he expressed a hope that present circumstances would end peace fully ; the Russians, however, were ready for any sacrifice, and as Moscow was burned, so they would not shrink from burning St. Petersburg if ne.ces. s iry. If foreign nations were for peace, the Russians would receive it on honourable terms, and bless God for peace. The Admiral's speech produced a great sensation. A speaker named Walbridge observed that Russia, in sending a fleet to New York, wished to have it where, at a given signal, it could sweep English and French commerce from the seas, Preparations are being made for a ball and public reception. The New York weekly Bank statement shows a decrease of 1,000,000 doll. in gold. The blockade runners, Alice, Vivian, Fos, Ala bama, and Montgomery, have been captured in the Gulf of Mexico. STRAND THEATRE. MIRIAM'S CRIME." Last night a new serio-comic drama, " Miriam's Crime," was pro d uce d a t this theatre o f the piece with unbounded succes s . Th e author entitled is Mr. IL T. Craven, an d muc h as " The Postboy" heightened his reputati on as a dramatist, his latest, and, certainly t o our thi n ki ng hi s b es t, effort will add consid era bly t o hi s ce l e b r i ty . many of the situations are novel and striking ; the serious and comic scenes are very judiciously bl e nded, and the audie nce canno t f a il to b e i nteres ted in the de velopment o f th e story . Th e p l ot o f " 111iriam s Crime" turn s u p on an act o f se lf- sacr ifice which Miriam W es t, a poor d epen d ent , c ommits a to do n d upon a one what she con s id ers j us ti ce to anot h e r, " crime" w hi c h s h e a f terwar d s com mits to free herself from unjust suspicions. Being left the sole heiress of an a ge d l a dy o f proper ty with whom she has lived as a companion, she destroys the will, that one Bernard Reynolds, whom she loves (nephew of the old lady), may not be deprived of his inheri tance. A will made prior to this, however, having been lost b y t h e l awyer who d rew i t u p, this is the document that Miriam i s su pp ose d to have destroyed, and e cu s s a b t e i has on. n 'lo o m evidence ake m a t t t o e r s clear worse, herself athe property is claimed by a returned convict, who appears to be the heir -at-law, and who is assiste d b y an eccentric and not o v er - scru p u lous lawyer's clerk in taking possession. Fortunately this clerk was concerned for his master in making the second will, which gave Miriam the pro perty, and he has the original, which he saved from a fire at his master's office. Thi s or i g i na l, h o wever, is in his boxes, which are detained for rent at a lodging house, and Miriam, who goes to these rooms after she is turned out of her home, searches these boxes, and takes the will, with which she is able to estab • lish her innocence and defeat the plans of the returned convict and his accomplice. The part of Miriam was alloted to Miss Kate Saville, a niece of Miss Helen Faucit's, to whom she has imparted all that womanly grace and pathos which has rendered her one of the most charming actresses of her day. In the second and third acts she move particularly distinguished her self by the intense fervour of her acting, and won the most enthusiastic applause. The two scamps of the piece, comic ones by the bye, were capitally hit off by Mr. Belford and Mr. George Honey, whilst Mr. a his quiet a n d gen tl em a n ly acting, mad part e P t r h s e elle, by of miriam 's lover, Bernard Rey nolds, stand forward very prominently. We have great pleasure in recording the success of this drama, because it is an attempt at rather larger things than is generally produced at this elegant little theatre, which has now by the liberality, taste, and good management, become one of the most fashionable resorts of the metropolis. he Concert Hall, Store-street, Bedford- square. on Monday, October 26 , in t announced that the proceeds of A GRAND EVENING CONCERT is to take place It in Hatton-wall. a the co nc ert will be l a t p i p s l i e ls d o tothe funds . for the erection of the n ew It a li an church, recently but The services of several professionals of celebrity and number of ama t eurs h avo b een secure d f or t h e occasion, and a rich musical treat is promised. The programme will be issued next week. DEATII OF GENERAL J. D. JOHNSTONE.—We have to report the death, at a comparatively early age, of General J. Douglas Johnstone, late colonel of tho 33d Regiment (the Duke of Wellington's). He went out to the Crimea with his regiment, from whence ho was sent home to England, so seriously invalided that he was consi dered to be in a dying state. On his partial recovery he again joined his regiment at the seat of war, and, with his son, Captain Johnstone, was the first in the assault on the Medan, where he lost an arm. He never fully recovered this shock to a highly nervous and sensitive system. Gen. Johnstone remained in the Crimea till the end of the war, and six months afterwards he went out to India in broken t health, having in this bri e f i n t erval formed a regiment, only 60 of the trained soldiers of th e 3 3d who went out to the Crimea India Crimea havinghe retired returned from th the s ole ice again. ,b u ne ver recovered On hi s return f his health. He died in Dublin, whither lzo had gong for medical advice, aged r),51 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 9. The Budget has passed the Grand Council, and will be published next week. The Levant Herald announces that there is a surplus of £188,794. The secularisation of the Vacoufs is again under serious consideration by the Council, and will very probably ho carried. The Porto has offered to buy the steam rams which are being built in the Mersey, and Earl Russell is said to be favourable to this solution of the difficulty. The Porte has addressed a note to the Viceroy of Egypt, reiterating the arguments in Aali Pasha's note relative to the Suez Canal. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 10. In view of the present position of affairs, the Council of Ministers have decided on sending to the Colonies 3,000 soldiers and 30 millions of reals. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 10. The Journal de St. Petersbourg says :—" Foreign journals have reprinted the news that the Senate had decided that the treaties of 1815 were no longer binding on Russia. But the Russian Senate is not called upon to pronounce an opinion on political questions, and treaties can only be concluded or cancelled by the will of the Sovereign." THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BRESLAU, OCT. 9. The Breslau Zeitung of to-day has news from Warsaw, stating that the English Consul in that city had protested against the fine imposed on Mr. Evans. The latter is said to have refused to pay it. BRESLAU, OCT. 10. The Breslau Gazette of to day announces that in consequence of the protest of the English Consul at Warsaw Gen. Berg has released Mr. Evans from payment of the fine of 15,000 roubles imposed upon him, and has granted him permission to reopen his factory. BERLIN, OCT. 10. According to news received here from Warsaw, MM. Massaliki, Silwicz, Joiz, and Wroblewski, all Polish nobles, and Wroblewski's wife, have been shot, the latter on suspicion of being a spy in the interest of the insurgents. AUSTRIA. FRANKFORT, OCT. 9. The Europe has received the following commu nication from Vienna : " Austria will borrow this year 100,000,000 florins, namely, 33,539,816 to cover the deficit of the Budget, 30,000,000 in aid of Hungary, now suffering from famine, 12,000,000 to withdraw from circulation the 10 Kreut zer notes, which are not comprised in the 52,000,000 of redeemable bank notes, and the remainder for the diminution of the floating debt of 100,000,000, for which amount the salt mines have been mortgaged. THE CHANNEL FLEET. PORISMOUTH, Saturday Morning. The east division of the Channel fleet is now entering Spithead. The Resistance has anchored; the Warrior is steaming in past the Warner ; the Edgar, Emerald, and Devastation are steaming in for the Nab Light. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 9.—The tone of the market has improved. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 95c. Mobilier have risen to 1,209 f. Railway Shares are also firmer. The market closed as fol- lows : it per Cents .. 96 Italian Loan .73 80 Do. end month.... Do. end month.... 7 3 70 3 per Cents Do. end mouth.... 67 85 Do, end month 73 40 Credit Mobilier.... 1185 Russian Do. end m0nth....1205 Austrian Bank Shares 3307 50 Spanish Threes.. • • Credit I' oncier l2BO Rome Debt -- FLA IL WAYe. Cash. A c count. Orleans 983 75 .. 98.,3 75 Northern . 986 25 .. 98 1 "" New ditto ............ —— • Lyons and Mediterranean 1010 —• • Geneva 498 75 • • Southern 7OO • • 706 25 Western 51.1 25 507 50 Eastern 517 50 • • 510 Sardinian 493 75 • • 422 50 Austrian 405 406 25 Lombard ........ North of Spain Saragossa . . 630 633 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 360 .. 350 FATAL OMNIEIJS ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.— Ou Wednesday night, as the omnibus which left the Exchange for the Old Swan, at half-past nine o'clock, was proceeding along Lime-street, on the east side of St. George's-hall, Mr. George 011erhead, the eldest son of Mr. 011erhead, one of the proprietors of Myers's Mercantile Gazette, who was sitting on the front seat of the omnibus, suddenly fell off the vehicle, pitching violently on his head. He was picked up as soon as possible and conveyed into the Grapes Hotel, but life was already extinct. The head and face of tho deceased, who was about 29 years of age, pre sented a frightful spectacle, being entirely covered with blood. The front part of the skull was broken in, and he had evidently received other severe injuries. The body was conveyed to the dead-house, preparatory to an inquest. NATIONAL SIIAKSPEARE COMMITTEE. —H. Blackett, Esq,, the Rev. G. B. Bubier, W. Butter worth, Esq., 1). Croker, Esq,, G. Daniel, Esq„ the Rev. H. R. Reynolds, M.A. (Principal of Cheshuut College), G. Itoutledge, Esq., the Rev. W. 11. Thompson (Regius Professor of Greek in the Univerity of Cambridge), and R. J. Wood, Esq., have been added to the National Shak spear° Committee. The committee have resolved that on the first Monday of next month they will take into con sideration a proposal for calling a public meeting in Lon don of persons interested in the Shakspeare Ter -centenary Al ovement.—Atnewelon. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE BONHAM, K.C.B.—The late Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Samuel George Bonham, died on the Bth inst. , aged 60 years. The late baronet, wh o w as b orn at Faversham in Kent, in 1803, was descended from the ancient family of Bonham, long seated in Essex. Ho married, in 1846, the eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Barnard, late of the Bombay Civil Service, but her ladyship died in 1859. Sir George Bonham was for nearly 10 years Governor of Prince of 'Wales's Island, Singapore, and Malacca, and was appointed, in 1847, Governor and Commander-i n -Chi e f of the Island of Hong Kong, and Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, which post he held till December, 1853. He was nominated a C.B. in 1848, a K.C.B. in 1850, and was created a baronet in 1852. Sir George is succeeded by his son Gleorge Yratwis, who was bore iA 1831. LITERATURE, Question des &ears de la Charit6 en Portugal, 1857-1862. D'Apre3 In Presse et les Documents Officiols. Bvo., pp. 449. Lisbonne. Napoleon the Great, while yet First Consul of the French Republic, wrote upon the 2Sth August, 1802 (a date known then absurdly as the 10th Fructidor Year X.), wrote them to the Archbishop of Paris, in respect to the ,`"agars de lea Charite—" My instruction is to secure to these Good Daughters all those prerogatives which they already possess, in order to enable them to continue the good labours they have hitherto been doing —a testimony of sympathy, on my part, which I am rejoiced to render to them :" mon intention est de donner a ces bonnes Filles toutes les pi erogatives, &c. (Corres pondence de Napoleon 1., iii. 8), That was the testi mony offered spontaneously and emphatically, sixty-one years ago to those "ministering angels," then, as now, so familiarly flitting through all the darkest haunts of disease, even amidst the foul abodes in which the criminal popu lation fester, far and wide among the densely peopled cities of the continent—that was the impressive tribute of respect and admiration ex pressed towards the Scours do la Charite by the young General, known then, as to all after times, as the Child of the Revolution. And now, as it were but yesterday, what is the tribute again spon taneously and emphatically offered to those gentle ministrants at the sick-beds of the dying and the suffering in the back-slums of our own vast capital, and in the crowded wards of one at least of our great London hospitals, by an aged philosopher like the ex-Chancellor Lord Brougham ? "It was more than once urged," said that venerable orator, on Wed nesday evening last, in the midst of his noble in augural address to the Social Science Association, "It was more than once urged at our last congress that the invaluable attendance in French hospitals of Sesurs do Charite made their establishment in this country not only expedient, but a kind of duty. There is great satisfaction in finding that steps have been taken with much success towards the attainment of this object. The most important by far is the foundation, by the sister of our col league, Lord Granville, Lady Georgiana Fullerton (so well known for her excellent writings), of a Sisterhood under a Paris superior, in a spacious building, for which her coadjutor, Miss Easton, has nobly contributed £5,000. These ladies being Roman Catholics, their sisterhood is of the same persuasion, and this somewhat interferes with their attendance in hospitals. But Miss Brownlow Byron has established another body of the same kind—the All Saints' Home, in Margaret -street— and there are no other attendants than these sisters at the North London Hospital of University Col. lege. This is a great benefit gained ; and undoubt edly the exertions of this association, and of those ladies especially who are in co-operation with us, have mainly effected it. It is plain that the duties of nurses offer a great and constant means of female employment, as our amiable and able colleague, Miss Hope, and her coadjutors in this town, have shown, confirmed by the excellent training schools for nurses under Mrs. Balfour. The Scours de Charite also perform the service of nursing the sick at their dwellings. I remember that, when attending M. de Tocqueville's funeral at Cannes, the feeling most gene rally expressed by all present was thankfulness for the comfort which attended the last weeks of his life from the care of these excellent persons. Surely those who have introduced this sisterhood into our coun try are worthy of all acceptation. They well de serve to be the countrywomen of Florence Night ingale —and no higher panegyric can be pronounced. Lady Georgiana Fullerton's fame as an author, great though it be, is eclipsed by her distinction as a philanthropist." It is Lord Brougham, remember, who is speaking thus, not half a century back, but, as it were, we repeat, only yesterday. It is Lord Brougham who was speaking thus on the 7th of October, 1863, in kindred words to those penned by Napoleon the Great on the 28th of August, 1802. In painful, almost we had said, in execrable con• trast to which tributes of homage to these benignant ladies the Scours de la Charite, tributes offered by men as remarkable and authoritative as Henry Brougham and Napoleon Buonaparte—come forth in the shape of this most distressing volume, now lying upon our desk, the shameful disclosures here given in regard to the treatment endured by those very Sisters of Charity in the kingdom of Portugal. Upon every page of these disclosures there is the scathing brand of truth. The materials here grouped together most impressively are taken from the journals of the day between the year 1857 and the year 1862 inclusively, and beyond that also from a huge collection of official documents. The facts herein related therefore are perfectly well authen ticated. They speak, in the very simplicity with which they are given, with most persuasive elo quence. They lift the veil again in regard to the doings of a revolutionary party, not by any means confined to Portugal in its operations, but ramifying those its operations into all parts of the European Continent—a revolutionary party prostituting the worst interests of liberalism by their most illiberal proceedings in the name of that very cause which they, beyond all others, are the most effectually en. dermining. And in this—(as our introductory quotation from the voluminous correspondence of the great modern Conqueror and Law giver Napoleon, the Emperor and Ki ng, will have already signally evidenced) —i n this, running directly counter to the opi n i ons ex pressed, and, the principles maintained by that in carnation of the Genius of the Revolution ! The builder up anew, us Napoleon was, of the altars of God after they had been, first of all polluted by the worship of the Goddess of Reason, and after wards hurled down in ruins into the bloody dust, in the midst of the hideous Saturnalia by which the earlier phases of that great movement had been inaugurated. The Question of the Scours de la Charite in Portugal (1857-1862), as here put for ward in this painfully interesting volume, appeals to every generous heart, unbiassed by religious pre judice or political fanaticism, to every heart capable of appreciating the generous sentiments expressed i in 1802 by the great First Consul , and n this pre sent year of grace 1863 by the eloquent lips of the venerable ex-Chancellor Lord Brougham. TUE NEW ITALIAN CHURCH, HATTON-WALL, HATTON-GARDEN.—The music at this church, which has been erected for the worship of the Italians of London, is on Sunday morning announced to be of a very grand character. In addition to the selections from Mozart and Haydn for the morning service, the offertorium, " Venite Mortalis," by Gounod, will be sung. Madame Rose liersee, atspform Miss Julia Elton, Mr. Swift, and many other disti ngu i s h e d artistes, professional , a , and d a u Gr a amateur,n,e N and e Reross h a sti e n ; p s . choirri,e . T a ti n at Ergo, this ch r u g r o c , la ” . w n b e g a s r u e n l lg at i 's COLOSSEU3I.—We have great pleasure in an. nouncing to the friends of Mr. A. Nimmo, the acting ma nager of the above place of amusement, that ho intends to take a benefit on Friday, Oct. 16 (morning and evening). From the bill set forth there can be no doubt that the at tractions on this occasion will be very superior. We wish Mr. Nimmo a bumper. AN EQUATORIAL CALTI.—We knew that the Weather about the line was often calm, but had pictured to ourselves a gorgeous sun, golden sunsets, cloud less sky, and sea of the deepest blue. On the contrary, such weather is never known there, or only by mistake. It is a gloomy region. Sombre sky and sombre sea. Large cauli flower-headed masses of dazzling cumulus tower in front of of a background of lavender-coloured satin. There are clouds of every shape and sine. The sails idly flap as the sea rises and hills with a heavy, regular, but windless swell. Creaking yards and groaning rudder seem to lament that they cannot get on. Tho horizon is hard and black, save when blent softly into the sky upon one quarter or another by the rapidly-approaching squall. A puff of wind. " Square the yards!" The ship stirs again; another—she moves slowly onward ; it blows—she slips through the water ;it blows hard—she runs ; very hard—she flies ; a drop of rain—the wind lulls ; three or four more of the size of hell-a-crown —it falls very light; it rair s hard, and then the wind is dead ; whereon the rain comes down in a torrent which those must see who would believe. The air is so highly charged with moisture that any damp thing remains damp, and any dry thing dampens. The decks are always wet. Mould springs up anywhere, even on the very boots which one is wearing; *he atmosphere is like that of a vapour bath, and the dense clouds seem to ward off the light, but not the heat of the sun. The dreary monotony of such weather affects the spirits of all, and even the health of some. One poor girl, who had long been consumptive, w ho apparently had rallied much during the voyage, seemed to give way suddenly as soon as we had been a day in this belt of calms, and tour days after wo lowered her over the ship's side into the deep,—Butkr',s Ifar fn jy ZcaPoft. Trani .;;,;, Ovular THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 8. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louise of Hesse and Princess Helena, drove yesterday to Alt-na-Guithasach, where they lunched, and re turned home in the evening. The King of the Greeks. The King of the Greeks and the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut. Funch and Capt. Grey, left Marlborough House yesterday morning for Rich mond Park, and went shooting with the Duke of Cambridge. The King of the Greeks and the Prince of Wales inspected, in the afternoon, specimens of the photo graphs for which his 'Majesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales sat on Wednesday to Messrs. Southwell, in Baker-street. The Prince of Wales received last evening a party at dinner to meet the King of the Greeks. The company consisted of his Majesty the King of the Greeks, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Danish Minister, the Mar chioness of Ely, Earl and Countess Spencer, Vis count Torrington, Viscount Palmerston, 'lon. Chas. Augustus Murray, Colonel and Mrs. Brownrigg, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Goseh, of the Danish Legation ; Mr. A. lonides, Greek Consul-General; Count Sponneck, Baron Guldencrone, Lieutenant Punch, Lieutenant Leth, Dr. Philemon, Professor Koeppen, Lieutenant• General Knollys, Captain Grey, the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, and Mr. Holzman. The Hon. Mrs. Murray was prevented by indis position from obeying his Royal Highness's commands. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended, and performed during dinner. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, went out in a carriage in the fore noon. Her Royal Highness took a drive in an open carriage in the afternoon. The Mayor of Coventry and Miss Soden attended at Marlborough House, and were introduced to the Princess of Wales by Lord Harris, K. 5.1., cham berlain to her Royal Highness. The Prince of Wales visited Prince William of Hesse at Thomas's Hotel, Charles-street. Prince William afterwards paid a visit to the Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. PRINCE ALFRED IN EDINBURGH. On Tuesday morning his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied by Major Cowell, left Holy rood Palace on foot, and proceeded to the Free Church Assembly Hall to listen to the opening address of Lord Curriehill, President of the Juri sprudence Department of the Social Science Asso ciation. After the conclusion of his lordship's address, Prince Alfred and Major Cowell paid a visit to the Parliament House, where they were met by Professor Lyon Playfair, C,8., who had the honour of conducting his Royal Highness through the Great Hall, where the learned professor pointed out the principal paintings, statues, and marble busts which adorn that magnificent hall. The recently executed portrait of Lord Brougham was examined and much admired by his Royal Highness. Tho Rev. Dr. Lee had the honour of being presented to Prince Alfred in the Great Hall. The Prince was then conducted by Professor Playfair to the room in which the Social Economy Department was sitting, aLd where Colonel Torrens was reading a paper on " The Relation between Great Britain and her Colonies." After remaining some time in this department, his Royal Highness was next con ducted to the department of public health, in which was being read a paper by Miss Florence Night ingale on " How People may Live and not Die in India." Here, as in the other departments which the Prince honoured by his presence, his Royal Highness was greeted with hearty and spontaneous bursts of cheering, the audience in each department invariably rising to their feet, and remaining in that position till the Prince was seated. In the evening the Prince went to the University to attend the grand conversazione given there by the Profes sors. Tho Prince was attired in the Highland costume, in which he appeared to very great ad vantage, Health of Lord Lyndhurst. The following bulletin was issued this morn ing : " Saturday, Oct. 10. " Lord Lyndhurst has passed a more restless night, but he does not appear to be materially weaker than yesterday. " THOS. HAWK.SLEY, M.D. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF DEN-. 3 IARK.—The royal parents of the Princess of Wales and the King of the Greeks, the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, will arrive in London this day. Their royal highnesses will remain in England until the de parture of his Majesty for France on his way to Greece. PRINCE WILLIAM OF HESSE.—His Highness Prince William of Hesse arrived in London early yesterday morning, and proceeded to Thomas's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's. The Prince of Wales visited his highness in the course of the day, and in the evening Prince William left London on a visit to her Majesty at Balmoral. Queen Amelie has arrived at Claremont from Tunbridge Wells. The venerable ex-Queen of tho French is in good health. His Highness the Prince Victor Bariatinsky has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Prince Nickeline and suite have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris, on the way to Rome. Cardinal Wiseman, we are glad to announce, is greatly improved in health. The Duke of Athole has not left his house since the day after her Majesty's visit. The Duchess of Athole is in constant attendance upon the duke at 'Blair Castle, her watching being only shared in and relieved by his grace's relative, Miss Macgregor, assisted by a professional nurse. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived in town from his seat, Clumber-park. ~.. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey and the Countess of Winchilsea have returned from Folke stone to Eastwall- park, where a fashionable party is assem bled to partake of the sports of the field. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter con tinue in town. The health of the noble marquis is greatly restored, and it is expected that the family will soon leave for Burghley to pass the winter, and entertain there a suc cession of visitors, The M arqu is and Marchioness o f Ail esbury, ac companied by the Countesses Henrietta and Amy Dannes kiold, have left Pall-mall for Tottenham Park, near Marl borough. The Earl and Countess Delawarr arrived at their residence on Thursday evening from Eissengen, Germany. Lord Delawarr is greatly improved in health, Earl Spencer has made arrangements by which, during his absence from England, the management of the Pytchley Hunt will be divided between the Hon, Frederick Villiers on the Harborough side, and Mr. Knightley on the Althorp side. The Earl and Countess Russell and family arrived yesterday at their residence, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, from visiting (on their way front Scotland) the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, at Beaudesert, near Lich field. e. The Earl and Countess of Craven have been en tertaining the Earl of Sefton, Lord and Lady Grey de Wil ton, the Hon. Colonel Forester, and a select circle, at Ashdown Park, during the coursing meeting. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave Heaton Park to-morrow for Newmarket. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yester day from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P., arrived in town on 'Thursday night, from Di e ppe, for the autumn. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left his seat, Falloden, in Northumberland, on Thursday, for Balmoral, to relieve the Right non. IV. E. Gladstone, in attendance on her MHjesty. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to leave Balmoral on Thursday last from attendance on the Queen. Mr. Gladstone is expected at his house on Carlton House -terrace next week. The right hon. gentle man intends to stay a few days with Mrs. Gladstone and family at Sir Stephen Glynne's seat in Flintshire. 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