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- R o - EKTRE no - V.AL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs.. IL Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EvENING, GON - 72 , TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Mtisray. er which. Lord ISyrc n's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. AP Ryder, R a yner, agrcson, Ware, Sr encer ; Messrs. Miss Heath, ' b li s s E. Atle,nsort, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists —Miss Poole. Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss IL !fywood, an d Mr. Swift. To concludo; with THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles; HE R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. PRINCE,;S'S THEATRE.—Great success, of ERR: P RE ST IDIGITATEU R. lIERR ii:RIMANIS: has the honour to announce that, in conse quence of the great success and pattering recept'on he has met with, he 7111 continue his Performances, EVERY I;VENING, i EAUI further notice. Commencing at Eight. THEATIS E ROYAL HAYMARKET._ s ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, fiurkstone. .rgIS +NEI ING, FINESSE; or, Spy and counter Sny : 'Mr. Alfred N'? roan, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. W.. Farren ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, Mrs. Alfred Wiga , a, F. Wright, &c. After whi.:ll , CHARLES THE TWELFTH : Messrs. A. Wigan, Bucks tone, Compton, Howe, and Miss L Keeley. Concluding with TIIE GALLICIAN FETE. NEW 'THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole P: ronrletor and Manager, Win B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN Mrs. cling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs.Artliur Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, A. Wood, Eburne, Miss IL Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRES s . Aries Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. BATENIAN.—LEAH.—The ce lebrated _1 young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN; having on her first appearance in the New Drama of LI,Ali ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wi nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character of LEAH upon a c owded audience htt.vin , been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval ot the enttre Daily Press, the Manager of the NEW ADELrIII THEATRE has 14.'MAN will appear the honour to announce that 31 est BA T in the New Drama of LEA-U EVERY EVENING till f urther notice. O STRAND THEATRE. - W H. Swanboroug h . Manager , • THIS EVENING Ci d time) MIRIAM' - A CRIME. 3fessrs. Honey, Farselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Menders. INIOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Followed by T HE E . Dall . vers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Honey, Turner , Turner , borough, F. liughes, estop, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing tir Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ea u be had Every Everung of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Dew'.—Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, lh. 58m. To-acolanow.-Morning, 2h. 15m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 12, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 61 Barometer-29.54. Wind—South-Fast; moderate, and very fine weather. -,%* 44'. 4 * 1 1 / 4 , 0t 1 43. LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 12, 1863. Another of our great public characters has within the last few hours passed away from the midst of us. The illustrious ex-Chancellor, Lord LYNDHURST, who expired at five minutes to three o'clock this morning, has added another famous name to the fast-increasing list of celebrated persons of whom the Obituary of 1863 will have to take note. Scarcely have we learnt from Florence of the death, at a ripe old age, of Mrs. TROLLOPE, the popular novelist scarcely have we re ceived the like tidings from Dublin, announc ing to us the close of the long career of Archbishop WHATELY, the profoundest of all modern logicians, when a third renown of a very different character to either of those,suddenly drifts, as they have done, from the present into the past. As a living presence, familiar enough to the last three generations—to the first as a gifted counsel at the bar, to the second as a distinguished judge upon the bench, and thrice occupant oZ the wool sack as Lord High Chancellor, to ourselves, more recently and immediately, as the -NESTOR of the House of Lords—Baron LYNDHURST, now that be has abruptly disappeared from the public scene, will long be missed from among the chief actors grouped upon it, ho will for a certainty be very long held by his late contemporaries in their most honourable remembrance. Hie once handsome and of late venerable appearance is recognisable conspi cuously, so to speak, in:the retrospect, when regard ing that public scene as it extends back in perspec tive through the long vista of the last three reigns— the third and last of those reigns being, thanks to Heaven! still (as we trust it will yet continue to be for many long years to come) incomplete. Prominently visible in the foremost rank among the historical personages who graced the reigns of King GEORGE the Fourth, of King WILLIAM the Fourth, and of onr beloved and most gracious Sove reign, was the noble and learned peer of the realm just now deceased. Born upwards of ninety-one years ago, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, notable for some years as Sir JOHN COPLEY, renowned for a great many more years as Lord LYNDHURST, contrived to fix public attenticn upon himself, upon his sayings and doings, as continuously almost as conspicuously during the chief part of the interval which has elapsed between the 21st of May, 1712, the date of his birth, and this very day, the 12th of October, 1863, henceforth memorable in his biography as the date of his demise. The principal phases of his career--re markable in themselves when viewed sepa rately—are strange indeed when scanned as a connected series, when regarded, that is to say, as a diversified but homogeneous - whole- An American loyalist by birth, the deceased ex-Chancellor, at the outset of his career, had distinct and undeniable proclivities towards that ultra-liberalism which was born of the Revo lution. It was during the earlier period of his pro fessional advancement that his opinions became so far modified that they gradually (at first almost im percetably, but at length quite recognizably) pre pared the way for others more suitable to the future Tory Lord Chancellor. Beginning his legal career (iramediately after his call to the Bar) in chambers situated upon the second fluor of Brick-court, Temple, he rapidly won his way to considerable Practice, jostling even the leader of his circuit, Ser geant Itoucar, in his advance. His first case of any Particular note, that of the double return for Hors• ha ta, brought Mr. Cones's name before the public "na l' l euously as far back as 1808, that is five and fifty Se ats ago! A period marking out, fur how many, a "" 01 0 lifetime. From that date, how ever' the U lan , eteff gowned barrister advanced higher and higher in the glar e of more and more conspicuously , Publicity until ho took his seat in the Houge of ords as a Baron of England, at three intervals to preside over its proceedings in the Su preme Position as Lord High Chancellor. Silk Gown, member f or Y armouth Solicitor Gene ral, Attorney - General, Chi ef !;anon, occupant of the woolsack, such were the successiv e honours, offices, or responsibilities falling to th e lot of this able and ambitious lawyer; one prof oundly versed in the science of the law itself, and beyond that, r arely with the great gift s of oratory , r arely l ifts sedulously cultivated by him through out his pub tic life, at the ber,*on the Bench,in the C ommons, and in the Lords. As happened in the instance of the first Duke of WELLINGTON, a middle period was passed through by Lord LYNDHURST when his name, po li t i ca lly, was an object, almost, it might be said, of popular e-cecration. Identified with Toryism in its most stubborn and obdurate aspect, it WAS long regarded with intense, at tines, we might even add, with malignant hatred, by the more impassioned advocates of reforms. Those days of furious poli tical contention having at length changed, however, the almost revolutionary fervour of the masses having been allayed by one considerable legislative concession after another, the obduracy of the Tories having been not simply conquered from without, but yielded up from within, Lord LYNDHURST (and pre cisely the same might be said of the wiser D v u i k ew e of f WELLINGTON) came at last to take a the popular aspirations, the publticeatchlaarragcet,erin its turn, taking a juster view of the genius of Lord LYNDHURST. The Tory Attorney abhorred by the multit ude, Genetal, Chief Baron , and Lord in Chancellor, once came, years of hislife, o n almost e, r eni revered, em b remembering y ing the a younger last to generation.A And u incidentsbe honoured, of his life, can marv e l in any wa y at a change so startling of its kind. For who does not remember the ardent and enlightened patriotism that glowed through so man y of the remarkable orations delivered o f late years by this " old man eloquent." Whenever a great wrong, no matter where done, or by whom, or in what remote region of the earth, required to be denounced—against it the potent finger, the puissant voice, of the aged Orator was pointed, was raised in stern and scornful reprobation. From the arena of the House of Lords, from the Court of VICTORIA, from among the great historic characters, that is to say, grouped around the steps of the throne of that beloved Sovereign, a notable pre sence has now passed away in the person of Lord LYNDHURST. The King of GREECE has commenced his sove. reign duties already; and though not yet installed in his position, he is surrounded by claims of all kinds on his notice, and numerous deputations at tend his leisure. On Saturday, at Marlborough House, there were busy doings. The three clergy men of the Greek churches of London, Liverpool, and Manchester were in the first deputation. It must have been with feelings of the deepest inte rest that they found themselves in the presence of the young Sovereign who has come forward at the eleventh hour to forward the interests and sustain the cause of their country. There was something about the whole affair that invested it with an un usual attraction, and imparted to the occasion an excitement that does not always exist in a genuine manner on these state occasions, and in the midst of courtly splendour. The/young KING himself must have recognised the importance of the affair; and when Mr. HOMERE, the senior member of the Lon don deputation, read the address to him, he must have felt that he was even then beginning his serious responsibilities, and already assuming in some mea sure at all events the authority of his august posi tion. There was nothing left out in the brief but impressive address that could tend to increase its effect or add to its earnestness. It is not always an easy task to compose or construct these discourses. Even when the mind is most fully convinced of the importance of the subject on which it treats, and when the heart may be overflowing with sentiments of the liveliest gratitude or the deepest rejoicing, it too often ppens that the task of expressing the feelings ana Of giving utterance to the thoughts is too much, and the result is a stale, flat, and un profitable composition that neither does justice to the recipient or the bestower. It was not so on the occasion just alluded to, for the address pre sented to King GEORGE is very simple and straight. forward, and seems to succsed in retaining the golden mean between fulsome adulation and cold preciseness. They might well rejoice at being the first to welcome taeir new KING, and it was a happy expression that alluded to the especial attractions that united their interests—he the KING, and they the subjects—in the strange but friendly land in which they then met for a brief time. " The land of Philhellenic and liberal sentiments, the new home of his august and gracious sister," must have been a gracious spot in which to welcome the represen tatives of the ancient and glorious people over whom he had been called to reign. Again, it was almost pointing a moral, if such a thing can be fancied as admissible in a royal address, when allusion was made to the future course that it was hoped the royal personage before them might take when in ducted to his principalities. " Your new country, Sire, is rich in moral and physical capabilities which need a development similar to that which King CHRISTIAN IV., of glorious memory, fostered in Denmark." The days are gone by when it would be a solecism in etiquette, and a breach of the pri vileges of subjects, to speak in such terms and ex press such decided opinions. The march of mind has penetrated into the sanctums of royal habita tions, and the lessons of wisdom that have been gained by the interchange of ideas and the introduction of free speech may adorn the " throned monarch better than his crown." The Philhellenic Committee then had the honour of being presented to the KING, and of offer ing him an address, which was read by Mr. XENOS. There must have been great satisfaction experienced on the part of the KING to meet thus with the members of a committee that had done so much to further the interests of Greece, and the members themselves doubtless shared the enjoyable feeling when they were introduced to one who its expected, with the blessing of Providence, to become the means of introducing prosperity and peace to the interesting but often overshadowed land in which all were so deeply interested. The committee was formed for the purpose of befriending the Hellenic interests at a time when they were greatly endan gered, and it was therefore meet and fitting that they should have appeared on En occasion when brighter prospects were in view, and when the star of Greece seemed in the ascendant. Mr. F. WYLD, M.P., one of the members of the deputation, appro priately observed to his MAJESTY, " that no exer tion should be wanting on the part of the members of the Philhellenic Committee to give his Majesty's Government that moral support which Greece de served." Oa the whole, more solid subjects were touched upon, and mere vital interests entered upon in this reception than often takes place on similar occasions. It is a t r i te saying to wish all prosperity and peace for young Sovereigns, t adltthies m ore satisfactory to see th em likelyt tread course which affurds the only chance of their enjoy ing the one, and will certainly ensure them the possession of the other. As yet Kimg GEORGE, in his shadowy state of sovereignty, has given g oo d promise of laudable endeavours to ameliorat e hi s p e ople's condition, and thus a keen and lively inte rest is felt in all his proceedings not only by hie owe people he meets with here, but by Vais people of the country he has come to visit. The condition of our labourers' cottages has re cently been brought prominently under public no tice. It has been felt by all disinterested and un prejudiced people that the state of things described 113 Y those long familiar with these dwellings ought not to be longer tolerated among us. It is one of ;hose ev i ls, deal, however, with which it ,s difficult to is contrary to the sp i r i t o f our English tolaws compel landlords to provide tatting habita tions for their And too many are glad THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1863. to shuffle off the expense and trouble of building or repairing; others, from indolence, ignorance, or indifference—three prolific sources of mischief—are content to leave things as they found them, and are in no way anxious to introduce startling innova tions or troublesome reforms. Still the evil is a growing one, since our increasing population ren ders the scanty accommodation at present existing more and more insufficient; and the ricketty cot tagesi o r n y f::t fortunatelandlords cv thing he and landowners generally can be convinced that it is possible for them to make a good speculation the same time that they fulfil a very pressing duty, and that the exercise of the consideration and kind ness due to honest workmen and their families will not make more than a temporary demand upon their purses. The experiment has just been made \vith signal success by a French nobleman, and as he has carried out his designs in the most liberal and benevolent spirt, the result of the trial is especially gratifying. It will be remembered that the great and striking improvements made in the city of Paris during the present reign necessitated the dislodgement of a large number of poor persons who lived in the small houses and narrow streets now swept away. Such people found it of course no very easy matter to secure a home suited to their limited means. Some of them, however, have found a valuable friend in the Count DE MADRE. This nobleman has built a number of houses adapted to the wants of mechanics and their class, in which the sanatory arrangements deserve unqualified praise. The houses are four stories high, and, according to the French custom, are let off in flats. Each tenement is eight guineas per annum, or a fraction more than 3s. 3d. per week, a sum for which it is hardly possible to secure two decent rooms in London. Yet for this money Count DE MADRE provides in each division a sitting-room, a bedroom, and a kitchen, in which there is a cooking apparatus and means of letting off water. The rooms are well papered, painted, and ventilated. Each group of houses has its wasLhouse completely fitted up, and to these the benevolent landlord promises next year to add baths, for the use of which a small payment will be required. That large class who form such an important part of every community, but whose welfare troubles so little the thoughts of landlords and builders, are also cared for in a very necessary particular. On e courtyard in each cluster is laid out as a playground in which the children of the poor may freely obtain those two vital elements of health and strength' air and exercise. Count DE MADRE goes a step farther than we suspect most landlords would like to do, however benevolent their feelings. He pledges himself never to eject a tenant except for two causes very great mis conduct or persistent non-p a y men t o f rent. He promises that, should a tenant be really un able to pay, he will allow him to depart with his furniture, It is satisfactory to know that his goodness has not been abused, but that the enterprise has been en• tirely successful, and returns to the charitable land lord and owner an interest of 6 per cent' on the money invested. This is in reality the most impor tant fact in the scheme. Many equally Wise and kind heads among ourselves have proj e cted good things for the working classes, and some have been found to carry them out. But if we w ant to do practical good we must face the question fairly. The great body of houses and land in an d around the metropolis does not, and never will, belong to disinterested friends of the poor, who are Willing to sacrifice their profits for the good of their tenants, and who hold their houses rather with the view of carrying out their benevolent projects than as a means of increasing their yearly rental. We shall never get the substantial and Widespread improvement that we want until we can prove to landlords and landowners that gaol and whole some dwellings for the labouring classes can be provided without loss, or rather with profit. It is useless to r e form here and there, to pull down one choking alley and rebuild it, if the lane be hind is left untouched. We want something that will come home to the majority of the wretched tenements which, it is well known, are among the most profitable of house properties. Our remonstrances, our expostulations, our appeals to their sense of justice and humanity may not be very effective, but if we can bring forward the brief but emphatic argument that is lodged in the little letters £s. d., we shall have gained a potent ally whose logic is generally unanswerable. The model lodging-houses already tried have not been so suc cessful as their well-meaning proprietors hoped. There are several faults in their construction, and a want of adaptation to the habits of the poor; the rents besides are so high as to be a serious draw back. Houses built on the scale of the Court de Madras would be more likely to answer, especially if the rents, like his, could be reduced something below that terrible rate that presses so heavily on the poorer working classes. There is one aspect of the case which might lead to immediate practical good. Our metropolitan railways are in a great measure playing the part of the Paris improve ments. They are turning the working classes out of their houses and destroying them. Why should they not invest a little capital on building blocks of these houses, properly fitted up, at a :short distance from Landon ? There is plenty of land to be had cheap on the northern line, and they could let the tenants have monthly tickets at a low rate for going to th • eir work and returning home—thus ensuring a double profit on 'the house and on the journey. Such a scheme, while it would certainly bring the three magic letters as its recommendations to rail- way companies, would give the working classes the great advant age of goal and clean dwelling places in a pure air and at a reasonable rental. Working meb would be glad to avail themselves of them, and they would supply a want long felt and hardly pressing on the most industrious members of the community. Mr. BUCKSTONE'S CHRISTMAS BURLESQUE will be furnished by Dlr. William Brough. DI. JULLIEN is about to give promenade concerts at Her Majesty's Theatre, to commence in November. MR. SOTHERN will, on his return to the London stage, follow the illustrious Corsican Brothers' exauiple,and play his own relation, " Tham." Mr. Tom Taylor has been commissioned to write the piece, which will introduce this long-expected individual. BEL DEMONIO, the placard so entitled of late observed about London, heralds a new drama, to be pro duced by Mr. Pechter at the Lyceum. It will be founded on a new romance by Paul Feval. The season will probably commence on October 24. RENAN'S." VIE DE JESUS" is not popular in Ger many ; and, it is said, of the three translations not one will cover the expense of the printing. IN YORK MINSTER a second organ is to be placed in the third opening of the nave arcade on the north side from the central tower, the front pipes to range with the piers; the back of the instrument will project into the aisle behind it, and will not, it is averred, interfere with the view of the stained-glass windows. ROBERT TROLLOP the builder of the exchange on Sandhill, at Newcastle-nu-Tyne, had his tombstone made during his lifetime, adorned with his own effigy point ing to the Exchange, visible on the Newcastle side of the Tyne from the high ground of Qateshead churchyard, and inscribed with the lines, — Hero lies Robert Trollop Who made yor stones :oil up ; When des( h tock his soul up His body fill'd this hole up., The inscription, however, will now be sought for in vain in the churchyard, DRITRY-LANE THEATRE. " MANFRED." The announcement that appeared in the bills of this theatre, that Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton intended to produce Lord Byron's choral tragedy of " Manfred" with extraordinary splendour, na turally created the greatest interest amongst play goers, both old and young, and for weeks the event has been looked forward to with more than ordi nary curiosity. That everything would be done in the most complete menner was certain from the fact that Mr. Phelps had been engaged to sustain the part of Count Manfred, and also to arrange and superintend the production of the tragedy. We must confess to a certain extent we had our doubts as to the result of the bold experiment, because it will be recollected that the great poet congratulated himself in one of his letters to his publisher, Mr. Murray, that he had at least rendered the work impossible for stage representation. In another of his letters be says, " I composed it (Manfred) actually with a horror of the stage, and with a view to render the thought of it impracticable, knowing the zeal of my friends that I should try that for which I have an invincible repugnance—viz., a representation ;" and further on, "You may call it a poem, for it is no drama, and I do not choose to have it called by so d— a name—a poem in dialogue, or a pantomime if you will; anything but a green-room synonyme." With such a strong declaration from its gifted author, and the experience that its production some five and twenty years ago had wrought, it must be admitted on all hands it was a bold venture on the part of the managers of Drury-lane to undertake its production, but that determination was tempted and formed no doubt by the grand descrip tions of the various aspects of nature with which Lord Byron had enriched his work, and also by the matchless skill of the scenic artists attached to the theatre. However, upon whatever ground the matter was decided, it has been done, and in a manner that will create the greatest won• der and delight to thousands. Long before the hour of opening the doors of the theatre, a crowd assembled outside each of the various entries that forcibly reminded many of the days of the great Edmund Kean and Malibran, when all London was wrought up to fever heat by the performances of two such gifted artists. At half-past six the doors were opened, and then a rush took place that will be long remembered by those present, and fortunate was either lady or gentleman who gained admit tance to the theatre without damaged and wrecked attire. Within ten minutes after the admission of the public every seat in the theatre was occu pied, and th e scene presente d was one o f t h e greatest animation. Prior to the commencement of the tragedy a small pamphlet was circulated in the theatre, and we cannot do better than give a para graph or two from it, because it will serve, in some degree, to those unacquainted with the work, as an oatline of the character of Manfred :—" The mix ture of remorse forsome hidden, fate-impelled crime, and of haughty disdain for all the ways of men, forming the constituent ingredients of this brooding, self - devouring m e l anc holy which the poet loved to attribute to his heroes, is in Manfred idealised be y. ond hu man proport i ons. Th e m y s t ery o f hi s cr i me is shrouded in hints so terrible, yet so impenetra bly dark, th a t t h e i mag i na tion fears to sp ecu l a t e on its nature ; it seem s that, if it were uttered, the universe would be convulsed. His self-isola tion is so complete that it raises him abov e mere l y mortal nature , an d l eaves hi m nothing human but the power of feeling and suf f ering; and it is this intense self-assertion --this absolute independence, moral and intel lectual, of all communion with created man, that seems to lend him his strange power over the hid den elements of nature rather than the magical studies of which he speaks. Unlike the other moody and naisanthropical heroes of the poet—Lara, Con rad, Childe Harold—who still preserve some ves tiges of ordinary human instincts, he neither seeks to numb the gnawing agony within by plunging into daring and wild adventures, nor indulge his sullen and splenetic pride in reviewing the scenes of history and hurling taunting sarcasms at the Petty deeds of men. He is attached to earth only by the memory of some beautiful and passionately beloved being, who is herself no longer of earth, her death being associated with the terrible unspeak able crime that inspires his torturing cureless re morse. Amidst the awful beauty and grandeur of Alpine scenery, where his ancestral abode is fixed, and with which no has from childhood been familiar, he lives alone with hisinextinguisheble sorrow and his unconquerable disdain for mortal nature ; the only refuge he seeks from his anguish and desolation is the contemplation of nature in her terror and in her loveliness, and his only deal ings are with the potent spirits that preside over the elements, and over whom his magical studies have given him power—a power, however, which avails him nothing towards assuaging the tortures of his mind. Another essential, and, so to speak, personal caaracteristic of Lord Byron's genius, is here thus developed :—His intense love for all the changeful moods and aspects of nature—a love so deep and reverential that it amounted almost to a religion, and has inspired him with passages, the grandeur and elevation of which, combined with their in tens&y-vivid picturesque truth, have . never been surpassed. Of these splendid tributes to the mightiness and beauty of creation, the poem " Man fred" possesses more than one; and the address t o the Sun, as Manfred, from th e w indow of his an cestral hall, sees it setting in glory for the last time—his death on the following day having been foretold by Astarte, when her spirit is evoked in the hall of Aricnanes, is impressed with a calm sub limity which is more characteristic of Milton than of Byron." The mortal parts were sustained as follows : Manfred, Mr. Phelps; a Chamois Hunter , M r. A. Rayner; the Abbot of St. Maurice, Mr. R y der. The immortal, by Miss Atkinson, Mre. E. F alcone : , Miss Heath, Miss Poole, Miss Rose Leclerq, Miss E. Hoywood, Miss Cecily Nott. At the termina tion of the overture the curtain slowly rose, and discovered the study of the arch-enchanter Man fred. On the appearance of Mr. Ph el p s, which of the most extraordinary nature was given him. I o takes place immediately afterwards, a reception say the audience applauded would be to sa y nothing, as each and every one present seem ed p erfectly wild in their endeavour to express the pleasure they felt in seeing him on the stage of D rur y -lane. Again and again he bowed his thanks , but no in creased cessa tion of applause took place ; on the contrary, it to a perf ec t hurricane ; certainly we have never seen a more exciting s cene, and trul y Mr. Phelps may sa y , with Edmund K ean, the "house rose" at hi m . At length, the cheering waving of hats and handkerchiefs having sub sided, the tra ge d y proceeded, amidst the moat breathless sil ence . Th e wo nderful imaginings of the immortal p oet wer e declaimed b y Mr . Phelps with taste, ca re , an d great judgment; many instances he ro se t o a great heig ht in declamation His asking f or se lf- o bl tv ion—his description of the chamois hunt er ' s s i m ple life —his crus hed and heart-broken appea l to the sp irit of his loved Astarte—and hi s interview with the Abbot o f St. Maurice, were b r illiant spec imens o f elocution, and called forth th e most en thusiastic applause. At times he g ave wa y to certain mannerisms and tricky effects, but they were few and far between; so far, indeed, that the beauty of the greater part of the reading entirely e ffaced them from th e recol lection. The oth er c haracter s are so mfinitessimally small, that but very little room is left for display by those to whom they are, allotted. Manfred is the others part, the bein g m erely used as helps to great effects. Mr. Rayner's delivery of the few lines allotted the Chamois-taunter was artistic and fault less. Mr. Ryder of course was correct and forcible, but Miss Rose Leclerq's uttering of the two words composing her part, Manfred" and "f arewe ll," was a marvel of exquisite tenderness. With respect to the scenery, it is certainly the most magnificent that has ever been produced. In fact, we cannot find w ords that will adequately con vey an idea of the expanse, beauty, and reality of the principal of them. The precipice and glaciers near the summit of the Jungfrau in the first act is a wonderful effort, but the most wonderful of all is the Steinbach waterfall in the second. The rising of the Witch of the Alps, amidst a spray of myriads of brilliants, is something the like of which has never 1 been seen. These scenes are from the pencil of Mr. Telbin. Mr. Danson's great effort is " The Hall of Arimanes," for which Martin's celebrated painting, " Satan in Council," has been taken as a model. The last scene, by Telbin, is another won derful specimen of the scenic art, and produced a great sensation. The applause and calls for Mr. Phelps, Mr. Falconer, Mr. Telhin, and Mr. Danson, were in cessant. At the end of each act some one or two of these gentlemen had to appear to acknowledge the enthusiastic plaudits their efforts had evoked. The production is an immense hit, and we beg to offer our congratulations to Messrs. Falconer and Chattertc'n on the occasion. Managers certainly never worked harder to gain success, and assuredly none better merit or deserve it. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ITALY. 'TURIN, OCT. 12. The Hon. Mr. Elliot had an audience of the King yesterday, and presented his credentials to his Majesty. PORTUGAL. LISBON, OCT. 11. Prince Amadeus and Prince Savoy-Carignan re turned here yesterday. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 12. The interest on the Treasury Bonds has been raised to 4,4, and 5 per cent., according to the date of their falling due. The return of Marshal Forey to France will not be followed by any reduction in the strength of the French army in Mexico. BOURSE, Oct. 10.--The market has not been animated, and prices at the present time show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being at 67f. 75c. Mobilier show but a slight variation, being now at 1,185 f. Railway Share Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : it per Cents 95 90 Do. end month — Italian Loan 73 60 Do. end month 73 55 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 70 .)redit Mobilier 1180 t)o. end month 1177 50 Bank Shares 3320 Credit koncier 1340 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. Bl 75 Spanish Threes 53 50 Home Debt RdILWAYg. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean Gen Ava 497 50 .. Southern Western .. Eastern Sardinian .. 421 25 .. 420 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 360 .. 352 50 .. 962 50 AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, Sunday. The Cunard steamer Arabia from Boston on the 30th, and Halifax on the morning of the Ist inst., and which called off Cap 3 Race on the 3d inst., arrived here about half-past 7 o'clock this morning. The .New York Herald of the 29th gives the fol lowing resume of the situation of affairs at that date:— " The latest advices from General Rosencranz, dated Sunday afternoon, state that the rebels had not made any attack since the 21st, and that he did not fear they would make any at that late date. General Meigs, who is with the Army of the Cumberland, declares its position cannot be taken short of a regular siege, which Bragg does not seem to he attempting. " The rebel news from Chattanooga reports a loss to their army of 5,000 men, including Major- General Hood and five Brigadier-Generals killed, and seven Generals wounded. The Richmond papers arc quite desponding with regard to affairs in Northern Georgia. General Bragg reports that after two days' fighting the Union troops still con front him. It is reported in Richmond that Rosencranz has been heavily reinforced by troops from Grant's army. This is partially confirmed by a despatch from Louisville. "News from Knoxville up to Thursday, 24th inst., had been received at Cincinnati, and it is there stated that General Burnside still had his head quarters at that place. The rebel forces in East Tennessee appear to be quiet, and no danger is ap prehended. " Rumours were afloat in Washington last even ing that the Union forces in Georgia and Tennessee had met with a serious disaster, but nothing definite had been ascertained from the War Department. If unfavourable news had been received by the Government it had been kept a profound secret from those who usually find out such intelligence. "It is reported that the rebels have concentrated a force of about 10,000 men at Mount Jackso❑ with the intention of making a raid through the Shen andoah Valley. Heavy firing was heard yesterday morning in the neighbourhood of Racoon ford, but no particulars as to the cause has been ascertained at Washington last evening, "The arrival of the steamer S. R. Spaulding puts us in possession of Charleston Harbour dates to Friday, the 25thinst. The army under General Gilmore was busily engaged in remodelling batteries Gregg and Wagner, and were making rapid pro gress towards completing the final arrangements for bombarding the city of Charleston and Fort Moultrie. " Colonel T rus t en P o lk, o f th e re bel army, hi s wife, and two d aug ht ers , were ca pt ure d at Bolivard L andiog, Arkansas, on the 18th inst., and delivered over to General B u f or d, comman ding at Helena. Colonel Polk was General Holmes's Judge- Advocate-General, and is reported to have served with the rebel forces at New Madrid, Corinth, Inks, and Cold Spring. " General Herron's expedition has been heard from at St. Louis. It is reported that he has cleared the entire country between Red River and Port Hudson of all the guerilla parties who have been firing on the vessels passing along the river, and that he has driven General Green's rebel forces be yond the Atchafalaya with considerable loss. Among the prisoners captured was a Government agent of the rebels, with important papers. General Grant has recovered sufficiently to be removed to Vicksburg. It will be some time before he can resume active duty. "Colonel Cloud, of General Blunt's command, arrived at Little Rock on the 19th inst., with a small force of cavalry. Colonel Cloud, with a bat talion of the 2d Kansas Cavalry, 500 strotg, attacked General Cabell's rebel forces, 2,000 strong, in the defences between Perryville and Fort Smith, Indian Territory, and succeeded in routing them with considerable loss. He also defeated a rebel force at Dendonelle on the 9th inst., capturing their camp and commissary stores. Over 2,000 Union Arkansans had joined his command, and deserters from the rebel forces were arriving at Little Rock daily. " The United States revenue steamer Herchis, while lying under the 'Virginia shore of Chesapeake Bay, was attacked on the 20th inst. by guerillas, but after an engagement of about twenty minutes the rebels were driven off." The officers of the Russian fleet now at New York were entertained at a sumptuous dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel on the 28th ult. Great sym pathy was exhibited on both sides for Russia and the United States. The statement of the New York City Bulks shows the following changes:—Decrease in loans, 3,177,472 dols. ; decrease in specie, 1,005,845 dols. ; decrease in circulation, 36,757 dols. ; increase on deposits, 504,474 dols. The following is an address of the South-Western Gor ernors "To the People of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and the Allied Indian nations : "At the invitation of the Lieutenant• General commanding the trans-Mississippi Department, we assembled at this place with eeveral of your judges, Confederate senators, and other distinguished citi zens, to confer with him on the measures to be taken for the defence of our common cause. Those mea sures we do not particularise, as they had best be disclosed by the execution of them, and by the bene fits they must produce. Coming to a thorough understanding with him, the members of the Con ference unanimously sustain the vigorous and de cided policy he proposes to pursue. " We will not attempt to disguise the change in our position by the fall of our stronghold on the Mississippi River. Interrupting communication between the two sections of the Confederacy, it throws each mainly on its own resources. But the apprehensions of evil from this interruption have been greatly exaggerated. The warning given by the fall of New Orleans has not been unheeded, and the interval since that event has been used to develops the great resources of this department. We now are self-dependent, but also self-sus taining. " With our own manufactories of cannon, arms, powder, and other munitions of war, with mines opened and factories established, with cotton as a basis for financial measures, and with abundance of food, we are able to conduct a vigorous defence, and seize occasions for offensive operations against the enemy. The immense extent cf our territory, the uncertainty of navigating our rivers, the unwhole someness of the regions through which our interior is approached, the difficulties of transportation on our roads, present immense obstacles to the advance of large armies of the enemy with their cumbrous trains of luxurious supplies, small bodies will igno miniously fail in the attempt at our subjugation. To crush even his largest armies we rely on the energy and skill of our military commanders, the zeal and activity of our civil authorities, the disci pline and courage of our armies, and the vigorous self-sacrificing patriotism of our whole people. There is everything to excite to renewed efforts ; nothing to justify despondency. " We are fortunate in the military chief of this department. In the prime of life, of large experi ence, active, intelligent, and with the prestige of uniform success in his undertakings, he is guided by a profound respect for law and the constitu tional rights of the citizens. Reposing full trust in him, we cordially commend him to your entire con fidence and support. In view of the existing state of our affairs he has been clothed with more than usual powers by the President, to be exercised within the bounds of the constitution and the law. These just and legal powers he may have to exert, promptly and boldly, to their fullest extent, for the common good ; in so doing he will receive the zealous support of every patriot. The entire military force and means in this department should be liberally used for our protection when necessary. Some measures may inconvenience particular individuals, but we rely on their patriotism and good sense to produce a cheerful endurance of the hardships to be expected in a war for our every existence as a nation. "To organise and combine without delay the in dividual efforts of our citizens to sustain our cause we have formed unofficially a committee of public safety, to be composed of the executive of the States in this department, and by the governor of Mis souri as the chairman thereof. By committees of correspondence and voluntary associations in every parish and county we hope to unite all our patriotic citizens in a vigorous support of the Confederate and State authorities in defence of our families and homes. Let every one rally to the call and promptly perfect an organisation which will fill the Southern heart with renewed enthusiasm throughout the whole department. Let a patriotic press and clergy stimulate to exertion. Under the searching eye of a whole people, aroused to ceaseless vigilance, the plots of secret foes will wither in the bud. By the wholesome influence, gentle and peaceful, but imposing, of an organized, all pervading, patriotic pablic opinion, the despondent will be inspired with fresh hope, the steadfast be nerved to heroic energy, the rapacious extortioner learn liberality, the selfish trimmer abandon his neutrality, and the vile traitor be cowed into in action of despair. We address you in the true language of firm con fidence in the final triumph of our cause, concealing nothing of our perils, exaggerating nothing of our hopes. Our powerful and haughty foes propose not only to coerce us into submission, but to despoil us of our whole property, and subject us to every species of ignominy. Base is he who would not con tinue to contend for our rights when all shall be lost but honour. The capitalist must be liberal of his means, the speculator forego his gain, the straggler hasten to his regiment, every able-bodied man hold himself in readiness for military service, our women the glory of our race tend the loom and even follow the plough ; our boys guard the home their fathers are defending on the frontier, and Western skill and valour will prepare a San Jacinto defeat for every invading army that pollutes the soil of this department. Unsurpassed in courage, intelligence, and energy, you have only to arise in your might, and the enemy will be speedily driven back. Be true to yourselves, your past history, to your hopes of the future, and a baffled foe will gladly seek the peace which we war to obtain. " The enemy may dismiss all hopes that the Western setion of the Confederacy will seek any destiny separate from that of our sister East of the Mississippi. Attached to the Confederacy by commu nity of race, institutions. and interests, baptized in the blood we and they have poured out together, we desire no new political connection. Let our Eastern Confederates do their duty, these states and their Indian allies will do theirs, and when our joint efforts shall have secured our common safety, the remembrance of the danger from a temporary cessation of the intercourse will only strengthen the ties which bind us together. In the darkest hour of our history, the protection extended to us by Almighty God has been so manifest as even to be acknowledged by candid foes. Their victories have been to them as fruit turning to ashes on their lips ; our defeats have been chastenings to improve us and arouse our energies. On His help and our own right arms we steadfastly rely; counting on aid neither from the policy of neutral nations nor from the distractions in the midst of our enemies, we look confidently forward to the day when thirteen Confederate States will occupy their right ful position among the great Powers of earth. (Signed) " T. O'MooRE, Governor of Louisiana. " F. R. LUBBOCK, Governor of Texas. " IL FLANNAGTN, Governor of Arkansas. " T. C. REYNOLDS, Governor of Missouri." Marshal, Texas, Aug. 18. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Soctt will leave Sefton House on WedLesday for Dalkeith Palace, where they will stay a few days previous to going to Drumlanrig Castle. DEPUTATIONS TO THE KING OF THE GREEKS. — His Hellenic Majesty George 1., now the guest of the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, underwent the severe ordeal of a morning of deputations on Saturday. First came representatives of the Greek churches of London, Liverpool, and Manchester. These reverend delegates having been presented by Mr. A. C. lonides, the Greek Consul-General, to the young King, a second deputation waited on his Majesty. It was composed of Greek residents in London, namely, Messieurs Redo canachi, Dilberoghie, and Hornere. Mr. Belli, who was to have accompanied this deputation, was prevented by illness from doing so. The third deputation was from the Greek community at Manchester, and comprised Messieurs Fran gopulo Joanides, and Zigoraalas, Then came a deputation from Liverpool, the members beinc,bulo Messrs. Giann aco p ulo, Papayanni, Ralli, and Eumerfopo. A fifth deputation was composed of three officers of the National Guard of M Greece, V. M. G. P. Laseardi;late rep resen t a tive of the ' Greek community of L on d on and t h e N a ti o nal Assembly at Athens, and Messrs. Argyropoulo and Caralambi. The sixth comprised the three wardens of the Greek church at London wall, Messrs. B. Melas, S. A. Ralli, and E. A. Mavrogordato ; and the seventh included Messrs. Stawaty, Zizinia, and E. C. lonides, Greek merchants in London, • ,7 61114 e IA 4 I. pEN THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. ACCIDENT TO HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Oct. 9. On the Queen's return from Alt-na-Guithasach, with Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Helena, on Wednesday evening, the coachman mistook the road, and the carriage turned on its side, by which the Queen and Princesses were thrown out, but were merely slightly bruised, and rode home on hill ponies. The Queen walked and drove yesterday morning, ►coompanied by the Crown Princess of Prussia and Princess Louis of Ilesse, and in the afternoon, ac companied by Princess Helena. The Crown Princess of Prussia and Princess Louis of Hesse drove to Invercauld, and honoured Mrs. Farquharson by a visit. Oct. 10. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by Lady Churchill, drove out. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse went out riding. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia lunched with her Majesty. Princess Helena, at tended by Lady Churchill, dined with the Crown Prince and Princess at Abergeldie. Mr. Gladstone left the Castle yesterday. The Princess of Wales, the Princess Christian of Denmark, and the Princess Dagmar, took a drive in an open carriage on Saturday afternoon. The King of the Greeks, the Prince of Wales, Prince Christian of Denmark, and Prince Frederick, attended by Captain Grey, rode on horseback. Yesterday morning the King of the Greeks, at tended by Count Sponneck, Baron Guldencrone, Lieut. Funch, Lieut, Leth, Dr. Philemon, and Pro fessor Koeppen, attended the grand Te Deurn in the Greek Church, London-wall. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar, attended Divine service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Tne Communion service was read by the Sub-Dean and the Rev. C. Packman. The Duke of Cambridge was present at the service. The King of the Greeks, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian, Prince Frederick, and the Princess Degtnar of Denmark, went to Kew in the afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge received at dinner yes terday, at Gloucester House, Park-lane, the King of the Greeks, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, with Prince Frederick and the Princess Dagmar, and the gentlemen of the King's suite. A distinguished party had the honour of meeting his Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Oct. 10. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will arrive at Sandringham in the course of a few days; part of their Royal Highnesses' suite having already arrived. This visit, which it is understood will extend to about six weeks, is prin cipally that the Prince may have the shooting, and from the abundant manner in which the preserves are stocked it is presumed that the sport will be good. The season has been very fortunate for the preservation of game, and in this part of the county of Norfolk poaching is happily almost unknown, and hence the abundance of game. Though the inhabitants of the district have not yet got accustomed to the visits of Royalty, it is believed that their good sense will prevent any obtrusive marks of loyalty, which are, to a great extent, irksome to the members of the Royal family when in search of retirement from the gaieties of the Court life. Two or three " meets" of the West Norfolk hounds will be fixed by the worthy master, H. Villebois, Esq., so as to enable the Prince to hunt the county, and we are glad to be able to state that several foxes have been preserved on the estate by the Prince's direction, so as to prevent the annoy ance of a " blank day" when the " draw" is at Sandringham. The hall farm it now in the hands of the Prince (it having been farmed for several years past by Mr. Joshua Freeman), and the agri culturists of the county augur from this step that the Prince intends to follow in the steps of the late Prince Consort, and take the position in the country of the leading agriculturist. The farm is rather ex tensive, and having been well farmed is in good condi tion. It is rumoured that the Prince has announced hid intention of honouring the Earl of Leicester with a visit early in November, and the tenantry are desirous of being permitted to evince their loyalty and gratification at this visit of Royalty to the finest mansion in Norfolk, the seat of the Cokes. It is understood that the magnificent bound book containing a description of the Norwich gates, which were presented to the Prince to be placed at the principal entrance to the estate, and a list of the subscribers, will be formally presented to the Prince soon after his arrival at Sandringham. His Royal Highness has won golden opinions in the neighbourhood by the liberal patronage accorded to the several sporting instit tions of the district. The visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia will extend to three months.— Court Journal. The suite of the Prince and Princess of Prussia numbers twenty-six. Although the private apartments at the Castle are ordered to be got in readiness for the reception of her Majesty and the Royal Family by the 17th inst., it is not expected the Court will return from Scotland before the 24th. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is expected to arrive in England about the middle of next month on a visit to her Majesty. His Majesty, it is thought, will pro long his stay in this country for at least two months. His Royal Highness Prince William of Hesse and suite left Thomas's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's, on Friday night for Balmoral, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen, The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne arrived at Lansdowne House, on Saturday, from Bowood, Wilts. The Countess of Glengall will return to her residence in Grosvenor -square to-day, from Norwood. Her ladyship, who has been suffering from indisposition for some time past, is now somewhat better. Th e Earl and Countess of Mountcharles have arrived at their residence at Rutland -gate, from a tour of visits, Viscount Palmerston left London on Saturday for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Earl of Sefton has returned to town from visiting the Earl and Countess of Craven at Ashdowoe Park, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Rosebury are detained in town in consequence of tho serious illness of Lads Louisa Primrose. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, and his Majesty the King of the Greeks will honour the Royal English Opera with their presence this evening, which is the first of the season. ADELFHI THEATRE. —On Saturday evening the Prince and Princess of Wales and the King of the Greeks again honoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence, the Royal party being increased by the accession of Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar. There were in attendance the Countess Ravenloe, the lion. Mrs. W. Grey, and Captain Grey. THE MINISTRY.—In the early part of the week the members of the Cabinet received summonses to attend a Cabinet Council on Tuesday, the 13th inst. Lord Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, and Mr. Milner Gibson have arrived in town. The Lord Chancellor is expected on Tuesday. Mr. Gladstone took leave of the Queen, and departed from Balmoral on Friday for Edinburgh. The right hon. gentlemenwill reach London re - morrow or on Tuesday. E ar l de Grey an d Ripon is also expected in town. Lord Granville arrived in London yesterday. Most of Cabinet Ministers are expected to be present at the meeting of the Coune:l.—Observer. The Delta, which leaves to••day with the Bom bay Mail, will convey £276,800, of which £184,250 is in silver, and the remainder gold. I