The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

HE ATR E ROYA L DRURY - LANE. T Managers, , GONEs alconer and F. B. Chatterten. THIS EVEN -LNG, TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murr. Ay. After which, Lol-d Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. helps, Ry der, Rayner, blP agreson, Ward, Srenccr ; Miss Heath. bliss I • Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalist s ands Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Ileywocs I, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. Bel more, F. Ch a rles ; Miss R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great Success of TIERRMA PRESTIDIGITATEUR. HERR lIERRMANN has 'th e honour to announce that, in conse quence ot the great. success and flattering reception he has me t with, he will continue his Performances, EVERY EVEIN.TDiI.i. until I urther notice. 'Commencing at Eight. T HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Open for the Season, THIS EVENMCI, and during the Week, to commence at 7, with AN IJNI,UCKY MORTAL : Mr. William Farren, Miss M. Harr is, .lc. After whit h, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE ; t3r, Spy and t ounter Spy: characters by Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Buckstone ; /Mrs. Dowton., Miss L. Angel, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Concluding with TURNING THE TABLES. On Monday, Oct. 26. Mr. and Mrs. CtiAS. MATHEWS will return to the London stage. EW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII.- Solo Pronrlator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS E VENDTG, at 7, THE TUAGEDY QUEEN : Mrs. Stirling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman. suP P orted by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Billington• Stuart, A. Wood, IKburne, Miss IL Simms and Mrs. Billington.Miss To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIR" S Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. ATISS BATEMAN.—LEAI-I.—The celebrat.ed o -1- : - her young American Actress, Dliss BATEMAN, having ob tained th first appearance in the New Drama of LEA ki . e most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been In nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon a crowded audi ence h a vin , been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval ot the entire Daily Press, the Manager ot the NEW' ADEL PIII Tr II EAT It E has the honour to announce that M‘ss BAT EMAN will appear in the N ew Drama of LEA El EVERY EVENING till further notice. ------- STRAN D ROYAL AND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. If. Swanborount. THIS EVENING (2d time) MIRIAM'' CRIME. Messrs. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Mncters. Followed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Wallace, and Jenny Honey, Turner, 14:. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Wkston, Thorne, White. To conclude with WHERE'S at 7 Commence YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. T H :E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing- the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an , be had Every Evening of G. R. GLif.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tisis DAB.—Morning, 12h. 26 m. —Afternoon, 12h. 45m, T o -tiottßcrw.-Morning, Ih. 3 m. —Afternoon, lh. 20m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 10, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 59 Barometer -29.68,' Wind—South -Easterly, moderate ; fine, but cloudy. ztf g i t t SUM LONDON, SATURDAY, ocr. 10, 1863. The broad arrow has at lest 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, aleajacta est. How often the noble lord has blun dered already as a diplomatist, who shall say ? But, often as he 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 blun der, in its way, unparalleled (at that time) even by Lord RUSSELL himself. His muddle of our foreign poliey a few years back when he unhappily went, himself, over to Vienna upon a sort of extra-Extra. ordinary Mission of Diplomacy, is nn 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 e.mateur plenipotentiary (as Mr. GLADSTONE unhappily proved himself to be) that the brilliant first effect was soon enough destroyed, and the ori ginal design all but obliterated. Far more to be regretted, however, than that lonian Episode in the carer 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 an 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—tbat 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 sie,nifi canoe, nevertheless, because, though a mere detail, one perfectly en regle, entirely characteristic, mi nutely con sistent with Earl RUSSELL'S whole career, as a diplomatic blunderer. A meddlesome, often a 'nettlesome, disregarder as Foreign Secretary, of his former Colleague, Lord MELBOURNE'S favourite 'Warning query, " Can't you let it alone ?' For the life o f 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 way gathering of tenantry down in the f ar north there at Blairgowrie, only the other day, h e must needs blurt out the wholly uncalled-for and wholly untenable, declaration that the English in their sympath ;a re Federalists. That was, in itself, es a blunder on the part of Earl RUSSELL so gross and 80 gratuitous of its kind, that it is only to be desig nated accurately by saying that it was—putting his foot in it! And now—perfecting his policy of blun -- dera now, while Lori RUSSELL is probably exult tainlY muttering to himself °lea jacta est (when thinking of the " broad arrow" just affixed to the steam r ams dow n at Li verpoo l), has he r.o prescient e t ense, 'loader, of th a t arro w being hurled b ack himselfa B "aortly after the meeting of the Houses o f Parliament, let ue, say, next February—of its being hurl e d back at h im with fatal effect by an eagle-eyed mark on the front bench of the Opposition i n the 111itts'e of Peers P Has he no an tctpat cry thought flitting across his conjectures at this moment as to the p ro ba o b u l t ei a n l ci r d e ents of this next session, that hi s perchance then be chantedP to th e quiem may l emeasure of the familiar and melodious v erse of Lord nI RON-- 44 Keen were his pangs, b ut k eener far to reel He nursed the pinion that impelled theeetee steel ?" For it certainly does appear now upon the cards that that broad arrow affixed by Lord R USSELL to the s team rams may, before another half-year has elapsed, prove the death of his foreign i; p o nY, the missile likely to prove fatal to the Government. Earl RUSSELL'S note to Sir A LEX. - ory ir ALEX. M ALET clearly and distinctly d e fi nes the b ounda ry between ween j Lied fiable and unjustifiable inter ference g °, and in this lies Holstein ass the strong p o i n t o f his ar u put their veto upon the duchy o f It is true that The Federal A ssem b ly independence, and y et h ave vinduiraing the right of ted to such authority, an d even excus edca their claim any measures issued th ereupon. It i qu itearbitrary question, however, wh en we l ook to th e proceed ings relative to the Dani s h posses s ions. T might uI ehnat. To carry their interference into those territories, to dictate terms to the Danish monarchy, is ind eed a stran ge proceeding. Our Foreign Secretary has the con currence of all independent men when he denounces this extraordinary line of action, and holds it up t o the scorn and contempt of the nations of Europe. The arguments put forward in this despat c h 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 consequences. The Federal Assembly must be very . infatuated, not to re- The cpning of the Social Science Congress is ~ • ignorant, or else very . -ognbse the . sage which tells every year a Mater of general interest. The num- th importance of the pas .....em t h at they ar e assa ili ng th e integrity and in ber and variety of t he sub j ects touched u p on, their dependence in:imate connection with 01:r social well-bein g , and bound by f Denmark , which " her MAJESTY ie the T r eaty of 1832 to rt spec 4. " The the high repute of the men w ho p reside over the meaning of this i i. is Patent to all lookers on, much several !motions, combine to render the annual more in it a • ppreciated 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 are thus not unfrequently 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 labours of 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 contrib utions contain a mass of valuable matt er, and in addition to the light thus thrown upon the e e ques tions to be considered, we have the advantage the h emembersvethought t the he C s u e b e s g e r q e u s s en t t h ediscussionh ed. amongse Some the o m es m sa e y n , th an o d f ctehre gthefe c t a h u a d t iee tn e o e r t e ha g n oo b d y is the do r n e e ad b in y tainly the contact of quick minds and the compa• rative results of extended experience bring to light new aspects of a subject, show the opposite views wh i c h may be held by thinking men, and enable t h e 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 and 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. In 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 social 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 less 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 has 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 lish 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 end profitable spec tacle; more especially when they assemble as they do under the presidency of ono whose career has been one of our national boasts ; who, as the Lord Advocate remarked, went forth sixty years agofrom 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 fervent interest in the social wel fare and progress of mankind. TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, 001 1 0 BER 10, 1863. the game of Statesmanship, and who are versed in 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 he 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 not 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 eirnest phrases to afford them subjects 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 better. 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 Pewees with Russia. Many States presume on the divided opinions that exist in regard to the disputed question among ourselves, and the pattial views taken upon it by influential parties. rhis feeling is now working the cause 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 a ddress Earl RUSSELL has done his best to retrieve his past blunder, and to rectify the evil effects that may have 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 f ur th er w i t hout greatly extending the present confines o f the die cussion, and exchanging the area of the dispute , until it passes the limit that divides theory fr om practice, and separates peace from war. There is yet time for a wise and happier course to be taken by the German Federation. They may still recog nise the validity of a maxim that as the world grows old in knowled ge st ill reta i ns t h e force of its first freshness—" P ru d e n ce i s t h e b etter part of valour." If they take th e a d v i ce t h at i s tendered to them in the close of Earl RUSSELL'S adm irable Note, and "pause" befo re th ey comm i t t hemselves irretrievably to a fatal poli cy , t h ey w ill d o well and wisely; but if they persi s t i n runn i ng out the reck less course they have pr o j ec t e d , a ll t h e consequences w ill be of their mistaken and mi sc hi evous po li c y upon their own heads, an d t h ey w ill incite the stigma of having prov o k e d b y t h e i r ex travagant pretensions a catastrophe that their combined wis dom and bravery may be unable to avert, and of raising a storm that they have no power to stem nor to survive. STRAND THEATRE. " MIRIAM'S CRIME." Last night a new serio-comic drama, entitled " Miriam' s C r i me, 'k was produced at t his theatre with unbounded success. The author of the piece is Mr. H. T. Craven, and much as .‘ The Postboy" heightened hi s reputation as a dramat i s t, his latest, and, certainly to our thinking his best, effort will add consider a bl y to hi s cele b r i ty. Macy of the situations are nove l an d striking; the se rious and comic scenes are very judiciously blended, and the audience cannot fail to be interested in the , de velopment o f t h e story. The plot o f " Miriam's Crim e " t urns upon an act of self-sacrifice w hich o ne Miriam West, a poo r d e p en d en t, commits to do what she cons id ers j ust i ce to another , and upon a " crime" which she afterwards com mits to free herself fr om un j ust suspicions. Be i ng left the sole heires s o f an aged lady of property w i t h whom s h e has lived as a companion, she destroys the will, that one Bernard Reynolds, whom she loves ( ne p h ew of the old lady), may not be deprived of his inheri tance. A w ill ma d e pr i or to th i s, h o wever, having been lost by th e l awyer who drew it 1113, this is tLe document that Miriam is supposed to have destroyed, and she h as no ev i dence to pp clear herself from the accusation. T o ma k e matters worse , claimed by a returned convict, the property is w ho appears to be the h e i r-at -law, and who is ass i s t e d b y an ec centric and n o t over - scrupu l ou s lawyer's clerk in taki ng possession. F o rtunately this clerk was concern e d f or hi s master i n ma king the second will, which gave Miriam the property, and he has the o r i g i nal, which he saved f rom a fi re a t hi s master's offi ce . T h i s original, however, is in his boxes, Which are d eta i ne d f or re nt at a lodging house, she is t urned out of her home, searches these b oxes, and Miriam, w h o goes to these rooms after 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 Fancies, 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 mo re particularly distinguished her self by the int ense 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. Parselle, by his : quiet and gentlemanly acting, made the part of Miriam's lover, Bernard Rey nolds, stand forward very prom i nen tly. 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 e l ega nt little theatr e , w hi c h h as now by the liberality, taste, and good management, become one of the most fashionable resorts of the metropolis. on Monday, October 26, of Bedford-square. It is also antic:raveed that the proceeds CONCERT theConce r s H Store take street, pl ace A GRAND EVENINGG in to the Ttthe B c n o se n ewr c v e i r c t e Italiansw of be se vapplied church, l p r t ooftshs recentlyei o foef n u a n lbs d u s iouf i r ene t l h eibi Flattop-wall. ;o erection a-Inv o da Ila ! numbe r of amateurs have been secured for the occasion, and a rich musical treat is promised. The programme will be Witted next week. DEATH OF GENERAL J. D. JOHNSTONE.—Wo have to report the death, at a comparatively early age, of General J. Douglas Johnstone, late colonel of the 33c1 Regiment (the Duke of Wellington's). Re went out to the Crimea with his regiment, from whence he 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 Redan, where he lost an arm. Re 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 be went out to India in broken health,. having in this brief interval formed a regiment, only 60 of the trained soldiers of the 33d who went out to the Crimea having returned home again. On his return from India he retired fr om th e serv i ce, but never recovered hie health. He died in Dublin, whither he had gone for medical advice, aged 55, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 10. The royal mail steamship 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 6.10 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, SEPT. 29 (Evening). No fighting has taken 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. News 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 431 per cent. premium. Ex change on London, 1561. Stocks steady—New York Centrals, 136 ; Illinois, 1261; 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 83z. to 850. 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. conciliation policy was announced ( ? denounced) , Vice-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 precession up Broadway, which was lined by enthusiastic crowds. Admiral Lestgski rode in a carriage drawn by six horses, and was a ccompanied by Alderman Fremont. Yesterday the Russians visited the Forts in New York harbour. At a banquet on board the steamer Admiral P aulding made a speech in which he expressed a hope that whenever it became neceseary for America to fight foreign enemies, Russia would be found shoulder to shoulder with America. The British frigates Nile and Irnmortalite, and the French frigates Guerrie and Belone have ar rived at New York. Admiral Milne offigially visited Mayor Opdyke. The Morning 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 Nowiteh 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, Om 1 (Evening). Gold has fluctuated during the week between 39 and 44, influencing exchange and general markets accordingly. Closing quotations to-day are: Gold 424, Exchange, 1561. Stocks dull. New York Central, 1333; Illinois, 1264.; Erie, 106 fr; Six per Cents. U n it e d St a t e s Bond s , 107 . C o tton very firm. Middling Upland, 82c. to 83c. Flour heavy. %Vbeat dull. Corn steady. Provisions, good in quiry. C o ff ee an d molasse s fi rm . S ug ar, 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 still current. A considerable Confederate force is moving north wards, near the Blue Ridge, supposed to form part of the force now being concentra t e d in the Shenan doah Valley. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money lighter. Gold 421 per cent. premium. Stocks steady. N ew Y or k Centrals, 134 Illinois Central, 126; Eri e , 107 ; 6 per Cents. United States Bonds, 106. Middling Upland, } ; Cotton buoyant' 84c. The Federal gun b oat ~.._- (By Tel egrap h to Cape Rac e. ) have captured th e B r i t i s h N EW YORK, OCT. 3. a bip Sir Robert Peel i n s e caim (?) is reported to Mexican waters off Metacoora e ' She w as supposed to be fitted out as a privateer' NEW YORK, SEP T. 29 (Evenin g). The correspond en t o f the N ew York Herald asosseerntscrtat fromti t is hisim ppoosssiibtiloen at Chattanooga, by Bragg to di s l o d ge n direct advances. be dislodged by a his communications. General Rosen cranz could o nl y campaign in force against General Grunt is unable through sickness to res ume active duty. The Federal troops repuls ed at Sabine Pass are proceeding to Texas as rapidly as possible overland. The Confederates have been defeated in two en gagements in the Indian territory. Fema:e bread riots are reported to have occurred at Mobile. The women threatened to burn the city unless relieved, and were eventually pacified. A considerable amount of Government cotton is arriving at Vicksburg. Great popular sympathy is evinced towards the officers and men of the Russian fleet, whieb, it is reported, will remain at New York many montlls. 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 preseqt 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 neces- 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 dols. in gold. The blockade runners, Alice, Vivian, Fox, Ala bama, and Montgomery, have been captured in the Gulf of Mexico. El ITT. 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 £188,791. The secularisation of the Vacoufs is again under serious consideration by the Council, and will very probably be carried. The •Porte has offered to buy the steam rams which aro 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 vote relative to the Sucz Canal. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 10. I❑ 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 pronouns® 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, 33,539,846 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 Kreutzer 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. PORTSMOUTH, 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. 95e. Mobilier have risen to 1,209 f. Railway Shares and also firmer. The market closed as fol lows : 4i per Cents . . 96 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Du. end month 67 85 Credit Mobilier 1185 Italian Loan 73 80 Do. end month 73 70 New ditto Do. end month 73 40 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt - FAYB. Do. end rnonth 1205 -- Bank Shares 3307 50 Credit Foncier l2BO --. RALL' Cash. Account. 933 75 .. 983 75 956 25 .. 987 50 Orleans Northern New ditt0............ % .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1010 • • Geneva ....... 498 7 06 5 • • • Southern .. 7 Western Eastern Sardinian 423 75 .. 422 50 Austrian ...... Lombard 545 .. 647 50 North of Sp a i n 630 -- .. 632 50 Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL. On 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 on of M r. 011erhead, on e o f th e p ro p r i e tors of Myers's Mercant i le Gazette, who was sitting on the front seat of the omnibus, suddenly fell off the vehicle, pitching violently on his head. Ho was picked up as soon as possible and conveyed into the Grapes Hotel, but life was already extinct. The head and face of the deceased, who was about 29 years of age, pre sented a frightfal spectacle, being entirely covered with blood. 'I he 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, Eeq., the B' v. G. B. Bubier, W. Butter worth, Esq., 1). Croker, Esq., G. Daniel, Esq„ the Rev. H. R. Reynolds, M.A. (Principal of Cheshunt College), G. Routledge, Esq., the Rev. W. H. Thompson (Regius Professor of Greek in the Univerity of Cambridge), and R. J. Wood, Esq., have been added to the National Shah speare 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 Shakepeare Ter -centenary NJ ovement.—Athenceum. 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, who was born at Faversham in Sent, in 1803, was descended from th e ancient f am ily of Bonham , long seatedir in Essex. H e married, i n 1816, t h e eldest daughter of her . Thomas Barnard, late of the Bom ba y Civil Service f but ladyship died i n 1859. Sir George B onham was:. r nearly re 10 years G overnor o f P r ince of Wales's Island, Singapore, and Malacca, a nd was appoin ted, in 1847, G ov H e o rn n or and ' , and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of H Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade g in China, which post he held till December, 18.3. He was nominated a C.B. 1848. a 1860, and was created a baronet in 1852. Sir George is succeede d by his eon aeor,ge Francis, Who was born in 1847. LITERATURE. Question des So3urs de la Charite en Portugal, 1857-1862. I)'Apre3 la Presse et les Documents Officiels. Bvo., pp. 449. Lisbonne. Napoleon the Great, while yet First Consul of the French Republic, wrote upon the 28th August, 1802 (a date known then absurdly as the 10th Fructidor Year X.), wrote them to the Archbishop of Paris, in respect to the Sours de la Charite—" My instruction is to secure to these Good Daughters all those prerogatives which they already possess, iu 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 downer a ces bonnes Filles toutes lea prerogatives, &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 Scears de 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 P "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 Soars de Cherite 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 Toequeville'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 I3uonaparte—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 oflicial 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. Tney 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 un dermining. And in this—(as our introductory quotation from the voluminous correspondence of the great modern Conqueror and Law giver Napoleon, the Emperor and King, will have already signally evidenced) this, running directly counter to the opinions ex pressed, a nd 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 Charlie 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 in 1802 by the great First Consul, and in this pre sent year of grace 1863 by the eloquent lips of the venerable ex-Chancellor Lord Brougham. THE 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 H a ydn for the morning service, the offertorium, " Venite Mortalis," by Gounod, will be sung. Madame Rose Hersee, Miss Julia Elton, Mr. Swift, and many other distinguished artistes, professional and amateur, form the choir at this church. Zingarelli's " Laudate," and Rossini's "Tantum Ergo," will be sung at the Grand Vespers at 7 p.m. COLOSSEUM.—We have great pleasure in an nouncing to the friends of Mr. A. Nimmo, the acting ma nager of tie above place of amusement, that he 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 CALM. ""WO 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 gloomy region. Sombre sky and sombre sea. Large cauli flower-headed masses of dazzling cumulus tower in front of of a back round of lavender-coloured satin. There are clouds of every shape and size. The sails idly flap as the sea rises and falls with a heavy, regular, but windless swell, Creaking yards and groaning rudder seem to lament that they cannot get on. The horizon is hard and black, save when bleat softly into the sky upon one quarter or another by the rapidly-approaching squall. A puff of wind. " Square the yards l'' 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 half-a-crown —it falls very light ; it rains 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 remain s damp, and any dry thing dampens. The decks are alway s wet. Mould springs up anywhere, even on the very b oots which ono is wearing ; the 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 ion.- been consumptive but who apparently had rallied much ' duritr , the voyito . e, seemed to give way suddenly as soon as we had been a day in this belt of calms, and lour days after we lowered her over the ship's side into the deep,—.l3titler's Year in New Zealand. . ClUric .41111-11 Tat THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, OCt. 8. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louise of Hesse and Princess Helena, drove yesterday to Alt-na-Guithasacb, 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 (old Countess Spencsc„ Vis count Torrington, Viscount Palmerston, Hon. Chas. Augustus Murray, Colonel and Mrs. Brownrigg, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Dosch, of the Danish Legation ; Mr. A. lonicics, Greek Consul-General ; Count Sponneck, Baron Guldencrone, Lieutenant Punch, Lieutenant Lech, 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 tho afternoon. The Mayor of Coventry and Miss Soden attended at Marlborough House, and were introduced to the Princess of "Wales by Lord Harris, 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 [ - louse, where they were met by Professor Lyon Playfair, C:B., 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. The 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, and 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 converrezione given there by the Profes sors. The 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 he materially weaker than yesterday. " THOS. HAWKSLEY, M.D. THE PRINCE A.ND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF DEN, MARK.—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 CY 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 froni Tunbridge Wells. The venerable ea.-Queon of the FrencQa is in good health. His Highness the Prince Victor Bariatinsky has arrived at Long's Hotel. The Prince Nickeline and suit have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris, on tae Way to R otrw. Cardinal Wiseman, we are glad to announce, is greatly improved in health. The Duke of Athola has not left his house sin c e the day after her Majesty's visit. The Duchess of AthoJe is in constant attendance upon the duke at Blair Castl her watching being only shared in and relieved by his grace's relative, Miss Macgregor, assisted by a profession al nurse. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived in town front his seat, Clumber-park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey arm I the Countess of Winchilsea have returned from Folkn - stone to Eastwall-park t where a fashionable party is assem bled to partake of the sports of the field. k o u ' Tottenham Park, near Mail , The residence The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter con - tinue in town. The health of the noble marquis is greaqy restored, a nd it is expected that the family will soon lea:v a for Burghley to pass the winter , a nd entertain there a BU i C,.. cession of visi:.ors. The Marvis and Marchioness of Ail es b ury, a c - hav e left Fall-mall for l Marl borough. compan i e d by t h e Countesses ,Henrietta and Amy Danncs ~ and Countess Del awarr arr i ve d at the it d gli Earl on Thursday evening from Kissengen, GermanT. Lord Del greatly improved in health, EarlSpencer arris has made a rrangemen t s by whilel), Earl during his absence from England, the management of' the Pytchley Hunt will be divided between the Hon, Fredorick Villiers on the Harborough side, and Mr. Knightley on the Althorp side. The Earl and Countess Rassell and family arrivlad 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. The Earl and Countess of Craven have bean em tertainink; the Earl of Sefton, Lord and Lady Grey de Wil ton, the lion. Colonel Forester, and a select circle, at Ashdown Psiit, during the coursing meeting. The Earl a.-td Countess of Wilton leave Heaton Park to-morrow Wt . Newmarket. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yester day from his seat, Br:e llants. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, 1V1.P., arrived in town on Thursday night, from Dieppe, for the autumn. The Right Hon. Sir G6orge Grey left his seat, Falloden, in Northumberland, on Thursday, for Balmoral, to relieve the Right Hon. W. E. G.Ladstone, in attendance on her Msjesty. - - The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to leave Balmoral on Thursday last fro•n attendance on the Queen. Mr. Gladstone is expected at his house on Carlton House -terrace next week. The right 'ton. gentle man intends to stay a few days with Mrs. Gladstone and family at Sir Stephen Glynne's seat in Flintshire. Birmingham has 50,000 houses, and 296,000 in habitants; Wolverhampton has a population of 114,000 ; Walsall of 60,000 ; and Dudley, 45,000, St, Sh GE BA Col I td Ex, Stu I Sw Tsai 4on the coil of t Lis Etea to t rad, an