The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

Published this day, price One Guinea, S OYER'S PANTROPHEO N Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster --Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Sarr. 6, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS ND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs• Alfred Wigan, Cullen ord, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To, conclude with WHAT! NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KIRKLAND. TjillS EVENING, SEPT. 6, TAE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Characters by Messrs. W. parrea, Kirkland, J. Johnstone, Cooke, Shalders, and Clifton. Mes dames S. Lyons, H. Gordon, E. Turner. THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem nags, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. F. Robson. Mrs. M a cbeth, Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Four Nights of the present Seasen. The increasing popularity of the National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has now completed its 73d night, has by for ex ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the Lessee, who, anxious to meet the public taste, has increased the attraction of that re nowned Spectacle of a Splendid Military Brass Band. In an nouncing the Grand Production for Five Nights more (when it must be withdrawn to make room for the New Classical Burlesque, conjointly with the Hippo Drama of Life on the Turf, which has arrived at its 101st night —a fact unprecedented), he feels confi dent that he is only meeting the wish of his patrons, who nightly flock to this popular Establishment to witness their representi tlon. To afford every possible Novelty, Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Circle are entirely changed each week. The return of Miss EMILY COOKE from her Continental Tour was hailed with de monstrations of delight. She will repeat her matchless perform ance every evening. N.B.—Due Notice will be given of the First Appearance in London of Miss KATE COOKE. The long promised Classical Burlesque will be produced on SATURDAY, the 10th inst. THIS EVENING, SEPT. r, And during the week, excepting Saturday, will be presented the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE. Concluding with (101st time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 6, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CLIUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in live large Glass Tanks. The Mollusca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H. Goose, Esq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admission, Is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following In o'clock yesterday morning. The stations places at nine arearranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON — N.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. STROOD—N., gentle breeze --partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock SOUTHAMPTON—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. SWINDON—N.W.. fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—N.W., hard wind—rain. CREWE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHlTBY—stron.7 breeze—rain. DARLINGTON—W.N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAT —Morning 38 min. after 3 I Evening 56 min.aft. 3 To•Moanow —Morning 15 min. aft er 4 Evening 33 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'42. WIND, N.W.—Fine weather. the, ~~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1853. According to custom, the prorogation of Parlia ment enables us to amuse the public at intervals with the record of speeches delivered at political dinners, banquets, and other convivial entertain ments. It is a pleasant way of passing the holi days among certain of our representatives. It serves two good purposes, bringing them into personal communication with their supporters, and keeping their names meanwhile conspicuously before the notice of the population. How much the latter object is a matter of solicitude to the more ambitious we all know from the tale, or, as you may spell it correctly enough, the tail, of the dog of ALCIBIADES. So that a harangue so many columns long be delivered, and reported, and printed in the columns of a popular newspaper, it matters little to many of the speakers whether it be the utterance of matured wisdom or of the crudest commonplace—an outpouring of sagacity and experience, or a jumble of the emptiest bal derdash. HANSARD is sometimes bad enough we all know—dull as a blue-book, long-winded as (what is absurdly called) a brief, formal as a despatch, and monotonous as a prelection. But HANSARD is nothing, absolutely nothing, in all this to the vast majority of your after-dinner reporters. There—rhetoric reaches but too often a sublimity of bathos beyond the imaginings even, we should conjecture, of the immortal SCRIBLERUS. Whoever ventures to toil through the more ex tended orations indulged in at the festive board by those solicitous to see their names prefixed a day or two afterwards to an unusually large spe cimen of the art of the typographer, finds himself doomed to the perusal of a mass of cooked statis tics and ponderous witticisms such as even out- Hansards HANSARD. It is seldom that the " Con stant Reader" can rejoice over those more delectable incidents of the vacation, as "few and far between" as angelic visitants, when the constituents of Shef field can listen to the bitter but wholesome truths of Mr. ROEBWCK, or when those of Buckinghamshire can chuckle over the brilliant personalities of Mr. DISRAELI, or when those, again, of Auld Reekie can hearken delightedly to the spoken essays of Mr. MACAULAY, an eloquence so often before now audible in the Commons, and visible in the Edin burgh. If we cannot this evening refer to the reported oration of the annalist of the Whigs, or of the autho r o f „ Coning or of the historian of England, or of any other among the more remarkable rhetoricians of the present age—we have the opportunity, at l east, of calling attention to a speech not less wort hy of consideration—a sensible, plain-spoken, straightforward, business speech, given elsewhere in to-night's impression of our journal, delivered as l ong ago as the beginning of August, and as far away as th e by a man as distinguished as the de s i gner Of ' a a t ja he tubular bridge across the Menai Straits, th e H on. Member for Whitby, ROBERT STEPHENSON. The occasion upon which this speech was de livered, it will be observed, was that of a publi c dinner given at Montreal, in honour of Mr. STEPHENSON. This dinner—its, object, and not its viands—let us remind the public, was some thing better and nobler than such festivities are under ordinary circumstances. It was a tribute of respect from a gigantic colony about to ad venture upon the labour of creating for itself a colossal system of railways—a tribute of respect from this colony to the genius, the energy, and the enterprise of the greatest engineer of this the greatest epoch the world has yet wit nessed in engineering. The Chairman of the banquet well understood the real dignity and worth of the chief toast of the occasion, that of the principal guest of the evening, when he in troduced that guest to the assembled company simply as " the son of the celebrated JOHN STE PHENSON "—adding that he had inherited (it might have said also that he had enhanced) "his father's genius and his father's reputation." It was as far back, it will be remembered, as 1828, that ROBERT STEPHENSON was called by • his father to assist hi m in the Liverpool and Man chester Railway. So that his skill and judgment have both been ripened under ent h u e ry' s expe more than a qua quentlrter of a 1832 c, assumed Hence. Subsey, in the responsibility entailed upon him as engineer to the grand trunk line between Liverpool and Birmingham. It was not until 1847 that h e was entrusted with the task of constructing a railway ' to connect Chester with Holyhead, and in the ac complishment of which enterprise he effected, by spanning the Menai Straits with a tubular bridge of iron, the most wonderful of his many extraor dinary engineering achievements. Whatever may be said by Mr. FAIRBAIRN and others, in depreciation of the share taken by this distinguished man in the designing and carrying out of the tubular bridge near Holyhead, the glory of that singular product of science and in dustry must ever afterwards belong by right to ROBERT STEPHENSON. It iS not by any means surprising, therefore, that with his extended and unrivalled reputation, but particularly after the completion of his great masterpiece, Mr. STE PHENSON should have been selected for the direc tion of many of the large railway projects adven tured upon in various parts of the European Continent, or that he should have been chosen by the Pacha of EGYPT to preside over several important works now in progress in his Pashalik. As about the crowning labour of engineering, the new bridge at Montreal— the bridge destined to carry a railway across the waters of the St. Lawrence, is—it will be remarked—about to be designed by Mr. STEPHENSON. With this gigantic enterprise in hand, no marvel that the men of Montreal offered to the illustrious engineer the tribute of a public banquet, expressive at once of welcome, encouragement, and congratulation. T visit to Ireland h as t erm i nated. The Royce hoßoyalyal Squadron, which l e ft Ki ngstown Har bour o n. Saturday night, arrived at Holyhead at an early hour yesterday morning, and even while w e are writing her MAJESTY is en route for her Highland home, there to enjoy for a brief period the domestic felicity so dear to her heart, and for which she is so eminently qualified. She has left her faithful people of Ireland after a week, not displeasing, or, we trust unprofitable to her self, and one of intense and unalloyed gratifica tion to them. The State pageantry has passed away, but not so fleeting will be the recollections or the results of the auspicious event. We firmly be lieve that the most sanguine anticipations that have been formed as to its consequences will be fully realised, that the familiar intercourse of the past week will be frequently renewed, and on every occasion under equally propitious auguries. The proceedings which have just been brought to a conclusion, without a single casualty to mar the all but universal satisfaction, are eminently calculated to remove the preju dices and misapprehensions that have hereto fore existed, and which have impeded that close and intimate union, that should have existed be tween the sister Kingdoms. The natural results will be that the bonds by which they are (we trust indissolubly) connected, may be strengthened to their mutual advantage—that English capital may flow into the country, where it can be so usefully and profitably employed in the full development of its neglected capabilities, the ample returns from which will satisfy the expectations of the most sanguine speculators. The infamous misrepresentations of those who imputed a want of loyalty to the mass of the Irish people, and who by such calumnious assertions in duced the SOVEREIGN to abstain from inspecting so important a portion of her dominions, are, it is to be hoped, henceforward and for ever set at rest. It will be impossible from this time forward to in sinuate doubts as to the sincere and heartfelt love and affection of the Irish for their QUEEN. There could be no doubt as to the cordiality of her re ception, or the fervour of their devotion. The vile attempt to diminish that cordiality, to damp that fer vour signally and completely failed; and even the solitary Journal by which it was attempted is conscious of that failure, and, mirabile dictu, appears to be somewhat ashamed of the part it acted on the occasion. It has not, it is true, had the grace openly to retract, or humbly to apolo gise for the grave error into which it was betrayed, but contents itself with attempting to depreciate the amount of enthusiasm—to sneer at that the existence whereof it cannot, notwithstanding the most wilful blindness, altogether deny. Let us hope, then, that the alienation which has hitherto existed between the SOVEREIGN and the people of Ireland mill be for ever removed—that there will no longer be the same negligence on the one side, or discontent on the other—that the time when the presence of the Monarch, save at the head of a hostile army, was unknown for suc cessive centuries, has for ever passed away— that the precedent established by Queen VIC TORIA may be annually followed during a long, happy, and prosperous reign by herself, and by her descendants through all gene rations, and that ere long Ireland may be thought worthy of having a Royal ,Palace suit able and preparcd for a prolonged residence by the SOVEREIGN. But other misapprehensions must also vanish, and the mists of prejudice be dispelled. Eng lishmen and Irishmen must learn to know and appreciate their mutual good qualities, to look upon and regard each other as brethren, and not as beings of an inferior race. The Irish must be taught to abandon the disgraceful sneers and dis paragement of " the Saxon," to respect the steady perseverance, unblemished integrity, and sterling humanity of those who, we trust, will no longer be regarded as strangers in the land ; while Englishmen, in turn, may forget the paltry spirit of depreciation, which leads to the injurious and resulting notification, that " No Irish need apply," which betokens the inherent vulgarity of the narrow mind by which it was conceived and p:omulgated. We shall not recal the memories of the illustrious dead, to show that Irishmen can faithfully and efficiently discharge the most im portant duties that could be intrusted to the hands of ordinary men. With so many and such brilliant examples, we need not disturb the ashes of those who, while living, were honoured, and, when dead, were lamented. The Irish Exhibi tion—the magnificent result of the boundless liberality, unflinching zeal, and indefatigable per severance of a few individuals of the middle class —will furnish sufficient illustrations. The names of WILLIAM DARGAN, CUSACK RONEY, and JOHN BENSON, will furnish an adequate reply to the despicable and paltry calumny—will for ever re move the distinctions which badly-disposed and weak-minded individuals have endeavoured to establish between the equally loyal and equally industrious English and Irish subjects of Queen VICTORIA. Among the causes prominently put forward by the friends and admirers of the Directors of the Bank of England, as affording ample justification for the recent increase in the rate of discount, are "the rise in wages and general employment of the working classes, so that every family, in cluding those that were previously destitute, have now, on an average, t wo or th ree sovere i gns i n their Possession ; and the demand for an increased c a ir r e i ni se a t o l i eu pri to meet the larger payments caused by " evils" (!) h" 'These, then, are some of tll-2 ~which it medium of the guarcuans a n d is the imperative duty of the coiit regulators of the circulating that must be sum n ra ry to repress--the nuisances what may be the amou r t 7 abated. No matter of suffering to the in dustrious population occasioned by the attempt. Any improvement in Wa g ch o e f ck em ed_ with stern determinati on . Any increase ployment, so that those abl e and Willingto work daily s hould be certain of occupation, so enabled to earn their daily bread by theiras t doa bel labour, must be steadfastly discountenanced, b ut - the mere notion that families " previously destit u t e should each have two or three sovereigns in th e i r possession !" available for any exigency, and set aside for uncommon events, was enough to strike terror into the heart of every ea ., capitalist, to excite commotion in Lombard street, and make every directorial hair in the bank parlour stand on end ! Two or three sove reigns in the possession of every family! Mon strous ! Even including those previously desti tute ! Horrible ! Atrocious ! Enough to shake society to its very foundations—to make the arti sans and operatives aspire to the enjoyment of comforts that should be placed far beyond their reach—which even their sanguine day-dreams should not venture to anticipate. Praise, then, the sagacious Directors. Oh, ye moneyocrats, sing paeans in honour of the provident regulators of the circulating medium—the cautious magnates of Threadneedle-street. But whatever may be the views and opinions of the " men made of money," whose hearts have long since changed their characters, losing the attributes of mere flesh and blood, after under going the approved process of induration in the Temple of Plutus, who are enchanted at the notion that " the natural augmentation of prices which occurs has the salutary e f fect of compelling men to content themselves with less food because they can a f ford to buy less ! ! !"—what, we ask, will be the feeling of those who are to be so coolly sacrifled at the shrine of wealth, and whose compulsory abstinence is regarded as such a master stroke of policy ? Will they likewise approve of this cold-blooded wisdom ? Will they consider it right or proper to prevent production—to diminish the National Revenue 7 Will they con sider it expedient that the price of money must be upheld at any cost or under any circumstances, and that they are to return Representatives to Parliament for the purpose of maintaining a stringent code of laws, in order to place enormous power in the hands of men capable of using it in such a manner, and with such objects ? We ven ture to believe that, when their attention is directed to the matter, they will be enabled to understand its permanent importance, and to per ceive the imperative necessity of agitating for Monetary Reform—the repeal of the iniquitous Acts of 1819 and 1844, and the establishment of " free trade in money," and of a circulating me dium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. We, at least, have nothing to reproach our selves with on the ground of indifference and care lessness on this deeply-interesting topic. Long and earnestly we have laboured in the cause, en deavouring to impress upon the public mind the fact that our monetary code, and the extraordi nary restrictions thereby placed upon the issue of bank notes, and the consequent stagnation of "the very life-blood of industry," were the real causes of the national distress. Our arguments were combated. Every reason but the right one was assigned for the commercial crisis that paralysed the national industry, and hurled to the earth first class houses, involving bankruptcy and ruin to firms which it had taken generations to establish in the high position which they occupied at the time of their downfall. Much of the mischief was ascribed to the vast expenditure on rail ways, which the country (forsooth) was unable to afford, but at length the real exciting cause of all the mischief has leaked out, and that on authority which the bullionists will not be in clined to question or dispute. The Bank Di rectors adopted measures to produce " the salutary effect of compelling men to content them selves with less food, and therefore they put on the screw," and maintained it with such fearful per tinacity. It is true that in that instance they were not altogether willing agents. The iniqui tous Act of 1844 enforced the stringency on that occasion ; but they are now voluntarily, and without any possible necessity, resorting to similar proceedings, and have actually raised the minimum interest to the same rate at which it stood on the 25th of October, 1847, before the issuing of the celebrated letter which, by virtually suspending the Act, effected a speedy, almost an instantaneous, cure. We had hoped that the discoveries in Australia and California, and the enormous quantities of bullion that have been imported from the auriferous soil into this country would have prevented a repetition of the mischief. Such unfortunately has not been the case, and, therefore, nothing remains but to revive the agitation for monetary reform which for some time has been suspended. THE LORD MAYOR.—The Lord Mayor is recovering from the effects of the recent accident on the Great Northern Railway, although still suffering from pains in the head, and from want of sleep. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITIITION.—Her Majesty Queen Christina, of Spain, and her Court, honoured this institution on Saturday, and spent some hours in exa mining the different models and works of interest. Several ladies and gentlemen of the Court made a voy age in the diving bell. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR NEIL DOUGLAS, K.C.B.— Lieut-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.8., and K.C.H., colonel of her Majesty's 78th Highlanders, died at Brus sels, on the Ist inst. This distinguished officer entered the army in 1801 ; served with the 79th at the siege of Copenhagen, in 1807 ; with the expedition to Sweden, in 1808 ; and subsequently to Portugal and Spain, in cluding the battle of Corunna, ; expedition to Walcheren and siege of Flushing, in 1809 ; the Peninsular cam paigns from December, 1809, to January, 1811, and again from April, 1813, to the end of that war in 1814, including the defence of Cadiz and the battle of Busaco —wounded through the left shoulder joint by a ball and by another in the left arm ; battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. Served also the campaign of 1815, and was severely wounded through the right knee by a ball, and contused from a ball hitting a but ton, at Quatre Bras. Sir Neil received a cross for the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. He was colonel of the 81st from July, 1845, and only of late held the colonelcy of the 78th Highlanders. FUNERAL OF THE LATE LIEUT-GENERAL SIR C. J. NAPIER.—The funeral of this great soldier which has been fixed to take place on Friday next, at the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, will not be a military funeral, but it will be attended by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hardinge, the Earl of Ellenborough, and a l arge num ber of other military officers of distinction. A requisi tion has been presented to the Mayor by members of the Town Council of the borough, asking him to call a spe cial meeting of that body, in order to make arrange ments for their attendance at the funeral, and so show the appreciation in which the inhabitants of Portsmouth held the talents and the services of this great man. It is also understood that the Masonic brethren of the lo cality will pay their tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased general who was a distinguished member of the order, and one of its zealous supporters. MR. DISRAELI, M.P., AT AYLESBURY.—The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., is to meet his constituents at the annual ga,thei:ng of the Royal Bucks Agricultural Assoc'at'on at Ayle-bury, on the 14th inst. Mr. Du Pie, M.P., has also accepted an invitation to attend. The dinner is to take place at the George Hotel. THE LATE LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR WALTER RALEIGH GILBERT, BART., G.C.B.—A monument is intended to be erected to the memory of this gallant officer, whose achievements in the Punjaub campaigns place him among the most distinguished soldiers of the Indian army. The letters from Rouen mention that the market for manufactured goods was quiet without material change in prices. in the Amsterdam advices it is stated that a few second-rate houses have just failed in the oil and corn trades. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.—This society will commence its sittings for the present year at Kingston-upon-Hull to-morrow, under the direction of Lord Londesborough, Sir J. C. Constable, Bart., Lord Hotham, M.P. Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., Lord Goderich, M.P., the Hon. F. C. Lawley, M.P., Mr. W. Wells, M.P., the Mayor of Hull, and the Rev. J. H. Bromby, the committee who were elected on the 4th of December, 1852, together with several other influential gentlemen, whose names have since been added to the list. The business to-morrow will commence with the election el officers, and in the evening the president elect will de liver his inaugural address. Upwards of 70 papers have already been received on various branches of science, and these will be referred to the different sections. A great number of excursions have been arranged for, and the meeting generally is expected to be one of a very attractive character. DEATH OF AN ACTOR AND DRAMATIST.—Mr. John Wilkins, a young actor of considerable ability, attached to the Sadler's Wells company, and a dramatic author of more than ordinary talent, as his five-act play of Civi lisation, in which Mr. Anderson sustained the principal character, and several other dramas from his pen, abun dantly prove, died suddenly on Monday week. He played Hecate in Ma bah, on the Saturday preceding his death, in apparent good health, and on Monday morning he was a corpse. What renders his sudden decease most distressing, is the fact that he leaves a widow far advanced in pregnancy, and two orphan chil dren of tender years, completely destitute. THE LATE D. M. Mom (" DELTA").—It is with much pleasure that we are able to announce that the name of the widow of Mr. D. M. Moir, of Musselburgh—so well and widely known in the world of letters as the " Delta" of Blackwood's Magazine—has been submitted to the Queen by the Earl of Aberdeen for a pension of 1001. a year, and that her Majesty has been pleased to approv e of the Premier's recommendation.—Edinburgh Advertiser. B Z l E: h L e A ld lrE an F i I n ß c i E u e l s z•r t yt e r TH s E and Sar a h D aniels, husband and wife (the former a Chelse a p ens i oner), aged respectively 57 and 79 years e E d D a yG A n RE- e R o b A o D d e — s M o f r . Thos. 0 S s of age, residing at No. 8, White Lion-place, Edgware road, who were burnt to death in their apartments early on the morning of S a t ur d ay l ast, whilst in a state of intoxication. It appeared from the evidence that they had been quarrelling together previously, and that the husband,- wh o was an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, and had drawn his money that morn-s -ing, was heard to swear with an oath that he would burn the house down. No clue could be gained as to the origin of the fire, and the jury returned an open verdict. THE suN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1853. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market was heavy, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,400 American, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 6t d. to Bd., 50 Balia at 6d., 250 Egyptian at 6 d. to 9d., and 300 Surat at 32-d. to 4d. per lb. T e Share Market opened firmer, but closed very flat. The following figures show that Canada is pros pering in a degree not to be surpassed by any place : Customs. Public Works. Receipts in money from Ist Jan to 23d July, 1853 .£468,927 ... £51,719 Do. do. 1852 Difference in favour 0f1853 £138,593 ... £15,337 If the revenue augments in the same proportion to the close of the year, the Customs in 1853 will give about 997,6901., being an excess over last year of 292,1721., when they gave 705,5181. At the same rate, the Puldic Works will give this year 103,2771., while last year they gave but 61,5001. The total revenue of this year may therefore be estimated at 1,204,4t8/., allowing that all the other sources remain at a stand. The lumber trade of New Brunswick has grown very largely within a year past, in consequence of the change in the British navigation laws, which throw open to foreign vess e l s , on an equa l footing with those of Great Britain, the trade between British ports. Under this system, many Ame rican vessels engaged in carrying freight or emi grants to American from British or Irish ports, go to St. John's, N. 8., and take return cargoes of deals. The increased demand thus created, has caused great sales of timber lands to supply the market. A Fredericton paper of the 20th ult., for example, tells us that on the last three days of the previous week, an intense excitement has been witnessed at the Provincial Land Office -there, very extensive sales of timber berths having taken place for different counties, the receipts reaching 4001. in the period mentioned. The same journal re marks that so numerous a gathering of the leading operators, and such keen eagerness as was appa rent in every face, was never witnessed before. Since Saturday, when there fell due such a large amount of commercial bills, money has been some what less in demand, but it cannot be stated that discounts are obtainable on lower terms. Gold is still required for the Continent, and the immense quantity of corn available for England in the Da nubian provinces, is enough, it is said, to freight upwards of one thousand ships, owing to the accumulation and the delay in the exports during the Eastern crisis. At a moderate cal culation we shall pay in part with manufac tures, but it is to the United States we must look as the best barter customer. At the latest date cash was more plentiful in New York, and the im ports of specie from California were large. Here we have satisfactory arrivals, but the amounts leave us almost as soon as they come to hand. The silver by the Daedalus has found prompt buyers for remittance, not only to the East, but likewise to Hambro' and Amsterdam, partly in ex change for gold. There is scarcely a more debate able point just now than that of the probable future value of money. Some think it will be yet dearer this year, while others look for a reduction. Much evidently depends upon the state of the weather from this time until the harvest is secured, for although the past deficiency cannot be made good, further loss may be prevented, so much being yet unhoused. The English stock market was very flat at the opening, Consols being 97k to or even worse than they left off last evening, when speculative sales were made to some extent. It is probable that the cause of these operations is the rumour that the Eastern question is again unhinged, and likely to occasion difficulty, but in the best-informed circles it is believed that there is no probability of a mis understanding. The present price of Consols is about 97f Q. Bank Stock has been heavy at 227. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 100/ to ; and the 3 per Cents. 97- to 98. Exchequer Bills are heavy at 2s. to 3s. discount. In Foreign Stocks the transactions have been of very little importance, and the quotations, there fore, are merely nominal. Mexican Bonds have been done at 26f to ; Grenada are worth 22-i ; Brazilian New Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 99 ; Sardinian Bonds are at 96 ; Pe ruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are about 82 to 83. In the English Railway Shares the transactions have been much more limited, and prices have not recovered generally the partial decline which oc curred yesterday afternoon by sympathy with Consols. Caledonian, North-Western, Midland, and South-Eastern have been cheaper. Great Northern are very firm. The French lines are also depressed, and the business doing in them is upon a contracted scale, although holders do not force sales. In the Gold Mine Shares there has been scarcely a bargain, and the Land Companies h ave no t im proved. In the Australian Banks there has been much less doing, and a want of buoyancy again prevails. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (.87 . 0m the Offcial List.) Business done. Bank Stock ........ ..... ........ 227 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............... 98 7i 8A 3 oer Cent. Consols Annuities N ew 3i per Cent. Annuities Long Annu;ties, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire stb Jan., 1860 st) (ilia Bonds, :0,10001000 ..... .... 10 .. Consols for Account Bth September . . 971 Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO £5OO Small 23d 23d 23d . Dec., 1 . T.' Coupon 26g i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4} per C en t 2 9 ; Sardinian G s f i e . e ic n i a ca d n a 3BBoponendr Bonds, : E ns x t . per.o e n t 96 HALF-PAST TWO. 971 974 C0n5015.................. Ditto September A ccount .. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is firm, and the public sales are expected to go off well, holders evincing much confidence. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,485 hhds, 240 tierces, 1,506 barrels; there were taken for home consump tion 1,721 hhds, 143 tierces, 768 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,800 hhds, 1,694 tierces, 3,736 barre's. Refined low to fine grocery lumps have been sold at 46:.. to 48s. 6d. _ COFFEE.—The market is very brisk. A large parcel of Native Ceylon has been taken at 485., owing to the Dutch auctions going off so well. Plantation is also higher, and the coloury sorts are brisk. Native is firm, at 47's. Gd. to 48s. for good ord. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 365 puns, 3 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 254 puns, 6 hhds, and ex ported 145 puns. 346 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,031 puns, 596 hhds. RlCE.—Bengal-3,874 bags at auction was all taken in at 14s per cwi, for good white, being held very firmly. SALTPETRE.-573 bags Bengal at auction partly sold at 28s to 28s 6d, for good and fins 5i to 4 per cent refraction. ARROWROOT.—St. Vincents-61 barrels sold publicly at 3id. to 4,1 d. GINGER. -118 barrels Jamaica sold at 42s to 659 for small to mid white. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 51a per cwt on the spot, and town 52s 9d. TEA.—There are large sales now in progress, which wil not conclude to-day, but the biddings are not brisk. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; new ditto, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; old clover, Si Os to 6l Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. C UMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 414 s to Si 83 Od ; new ditto, 2/ 10s t o 4/ O s • old clover, 5/ Os to 61 Os ; new ditto, 3/ 03 to 51 O s ; an d straw, 118 s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply tolerably goo d , an d trade dull. WHIT ECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 41 Os to 5/ 5s ; new ditto, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 61 Os ; new ditto, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady. SPATE OF TRADE . —The accoun t s o f th e s t ate of business in the manufacturing towns during the past week show no di m i nut i on i n any quar t er, w i t h the ex ception, perhap s o f M anc h ester, o f th e extraordinary activity that has so long prevailed, the advance in the rate of discount by th e B an k, i ns t ea d o f b e i ng regar d ed with disfavour, being welcomed as a measure that may still further sustain trade, by checking a fresh rise in raw material. The Manchester report indicates a quiet market and a sli g ht reac ti on i n pr i ces. At Birmingham there is unlimited employment, the steady demand for manufactured iron still rendering it difficult to induce the various firms to take orders at existing rates. Copper also remains firm. At Nottingham the hosiery', purchases have again been extensive, especially for ' shipment to Australia and the United States. The scarcity of bands still prevents the supply of goods from being adequate, and a very large advance iu wages has just been conceded to that numerous class of the operatives of the t own who were last year apprehending ruin from the introduction of new machinery. In lace the transactions, as is usual at this period, have been limited. From the woollen districts the statements consist merely of a repetition of the details of unlimited prosperity, while from the Irish linen markets also it is mentioned that animation is everywhere observable ; and that, in the face of rising prices, the quantity of goods brought forward is yet far from meeting the pemaud. THE ROYAL PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND, The Irish visit completed, her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal family who ac companied them to Dublin are seeking with all conve nient speed the seclusion and the mountain air and ex ercise of Balmoral. From an affair of State connected with the vital interest of the sister kingdom the Queen's progress henceforth becomes the simple journey of the first lady in the land to her home in the north. Beyond, therefore, the brief assurance of the safety with which that journey is performed the public have little further to learn with regard to it. The Royal party witnessed on Monday morning, at a quarter to 7 o'clock, in Holyhead harbour, the explosion of a great mine containing 4,000ib. or 5,0001 b. of gun powder at the Quarries. By this gigantic operation about 20,000 tons of material available for the break waters were at once detached from the cliff, and the sublimity of the spectacle may therefore readily be con ceived. At half-past 8 o'clock, the Victoria and Albert having previously steamed round to the landing-place of the old harbour, the illustrious party disembarked, and enter ing the Royal train were drawn by horses to a point on the rails nearly opposite Hibbert's Royal Hotel. Here the engine was attached, and the journey north wards at once commenced. Captain Simmons, R.E., again took charge of the train ; and this new arrange ment is likely to prove much more agreeable to the railway authorities than the old, as it effectually re lieves them from the interference of members of the Household, not in every instance pleasantly con ducted. The Royal party reached Chester at a quarter to 11 o'clock, where Mr. Binger, the manager, and the other officers of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, took their leave. Proceeding thence at a rapid pace by Park side, Lancaster was gained at 1, and Carlisle,at a quarter past 3. After a stay of an hour there for luncheon, the journey was resumed, and her Majesty is expected to reach Edinburgh at a quarter to 7 o'clock. She has been received thus far with the warmest demonstrations of loyalty by crowds of her subjects collected at all the stations on the route. At Chester a guard of honour lined the platform and saluted, the band playing the National Anthem. Further on, at Warrington, a salute was fired from a fine new ship on the stocks, and the factory operatives turned out in large numbers to give their Queen a hearty cheer. It was much the same along the entire line, and nothing more bespeaks the interest with which her Majesty is regarded by even the humblest of her people than to observe that at the lone liest wayside cottages the inmates expect on these occa sions her approach, and shout and wave their hats and hankerchiefs as the train whirls past. The Royal train arrived at Edinburgh punctually at a quarter before 7 o'clock, and the illustrious travellers, escorted by cavalry, proceeded at once in carriages to Holyrood Palace. Princes-street was crowded from end to end with spectators, who gave her Majesty an unpremeditated, but very enthusiastic, reception. COURT CIRCULAR. DUBLIN, SEPT. 4. At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Agricultural Col lege, at Glasnevin, with a visit, accompanied by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. At half-past eleven o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, visited the Model Schools of the National Society, in Marshall -street. At half-past five o'clock, p.m., her Majesty and the royal family left the Viceregal Lodge for Kingstown, and embarked on board the Victoria and Albert. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Countess of St. Germans, the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Granville, and the Marquis of Bread albane, were in attendance upon her Majesty. The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans had the honour of dining with her Majesty, on board the yacht, in the evening.. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty on Friday, at the Viceregal Lodge :—The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans, the Earl Granville, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Hon. Miss Bulteel, the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Lord and Lady Ashbrook, the R;ght Hon. Francis Blackburne and Mrs. Blackburne, Chief Justice Lefroy, Major-General Cochrane, Major and Mrs. La - com, Lord Eliot, the Fon. Henry Eliot, the Dean of Leighlin, and Mr. Hervey. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester. day from the Governor-General of Canada. DEATH OF THE PRINCESS AMELIA OF SWEDEN.— Her Highness expired at Vienna on the Ist a short but severe illness arising from a disease of the heart. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have left Weisbaden en route for Italy. The Duke and Duchess de Ter - eira and suite have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Lisbon. The Earl of Derby, who was suffering rather seve7ely from gout on his arrival at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from London, has much improved in health during the last fortnight. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left Knowsley on a tour. The Noble Master General of the Ordnance (Loi'd Raglan), accompanied by her ladyship and the Hon. Miss Somerset, has left Great Stanhope-street,on a visit ing tour until the end of the month. The Count and Countess Ugart6, Baroness Rochow and suite have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Ger many. The Hon. Charles A. Murray, her Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary for Switzerland, has left Mivart's Hotel, for Berne. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., has left for Dieppe and Paris. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—It seems that her Majesty, just as she had reached the precincts of the city on Saturday evening, expressed to the Lord Mayor "her regret" that her visit had not been of "longer duration." The Freeman's Journal, moralizing upon the effect of the Royal visit, advises the people to r:- turn from holiday-making, and to work out the problem of self-reliant industry. "Talk " will no longer do. They must ascertain what the impediments are to in dustrial progress, and to remove tbem with all conve nient despatch, "in order that industry may flourish, and bring happiness and comfort to the poor's home, while giving wealth and fame to the nation." In the views thus expressed who could recognise the old tone of the old organ of Irish agitation ? Surely, after this, it cannot be said that the past week has been barren of good fruit.—Times. MARRIAGE OF GRISI.—It is said that Grisi and Mario were privately married a few days ago at St. John's Wood. The recent death of M. de Melcy (Mme. Grisi's late husband) had, on d:t, hastened the union of the two celebrated artistes. THE WELLINGTON MEMORIAL AT GUlLDHALL.—Yes terday a number of workmen were employed at the Guildhall in constructing a substantial hoarding inside that building, for the purpose of receiving the different models in commemoration of the late Duke of Welling ton. Out of these one will be selected by the commit tee to be fixed, after the marble is chiselled, in the niche now filled by the Beckford statute. The committee meet to-day to view the specimens. THE LATE DUKE.—Wednesday, the 14th of the pre sent month will be the first anniversary of the death of the Duke of Wellington. MILITARY PATRONAGE.—Since Lord Hardinge's ac cession to office there have been no less than eleven co lonelcies fallen vacant, not certainly bad for the first year of a Commander-in-Chief. There will shortly be vacant several fine commands in the colonies. There are now two colonelcies at the Commander's disposal, viz.:—the 22d, vacant by the death of Sir Charles Napier ; and the 78th Highlanders, by the death of Sir Neil Douglas—strange to add, the last four vacant• regi ments were held by either natives of Scotland or men of Caledonian origin. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION OF PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS.—The claims and objections to come before the revising barrister for the City of London this year, ac cording to the returns made under the act to Mr. T. M`Christie, are as follows : Claims. Objec- Total Claims] tions. and Objections. Freemen and liverymen... 1 308 Inhabitwat householders... 173 1012 - Last year they stood t 2 174 1320 539 f thus 1494 187 1288- 1475 The Earl of Derby, who was suffering rather severely from gout on his arrival at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from London, has much improved in health during the last fortnight. Lord Stanley, M.P., has left Knowsley, on a. tour. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW TO LORD PAL MER STON.—At the meeting of the Town Council of Glas gow- on Thursday, the Lord Provost gave notice that he would move at next meeting that the Council agree to present Lord Palmerston with the freedom of the city. At a special meeting of the Town Council of In verness, held on Saturday last, a similar resolution was come to with respect to Mr. Gladstone. EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week have again been numerous. They have comprised altogether 13 vessels, of which six were for Port Philip, with an aggregate of 3,220 tons; four to Sydney, with an aggregate of 2,237 tons ; one to Ade laide of 486 tons ; one to New Zealand of 608 tons, and ono to Portland-bay of 536 tons. The total capacity was consequently 7,081 tons. The shipments of manu factured goods and ordinary merchandise continue on an extensive scale, and freights have been supported with steadiness. GREAT Rise IN CORN.—Stamford market, on Friday, wads in a most excited state, and the price of wheat rose in some instances as much as 9s. per quarter. This un exipected and almost unparalleled advance, which was attributable to the presence of several French merchants, wh o became extensive purchasers, was not confined to St =ford. At Spalding wheat sold for Bs. to 10s. more money than it fetched on the previous market day, and similar advances have taken place in other markets in this neighbourhood. .LITERARY PENSION.- -The Dublin Evening Post says: —" Irishmen of all classes and parties will be gratified to learn that the long and valuable services of the Rev. William Hickey, a clergyman of the Established Church, and the popular agricultural writer under the well known name of 'M art i n D oyle, ' have been recogn ised by her Majesty, who has been graciously pleased to grant him a pension of 801. a-year out of the Literary Fcnd." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. MR. G. V. BROOKE, Last night Drury-lane Theatre was opened by the lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, for a short dramatic season of 25 nights, the great attraction being the engagement for a period of Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, who the public is informed is shortly about to emigrate to the El Dorado of the Western Hemisphere. This gen tleman, who for a considerable time past has been an " immense" favourite in the provinces, made his first appearance in London, at the Olympic Theatre, two or three years ago, in the character of Othello, the part selected last night for his debut before an " Old Drury" audience, and on that occasion created quite a sensa tion by the originality and undoubted superiority of his acting. He subsequently went through the list of the principal Shaksperian characters, and in each sus tained much of the reputation he had acquired by his delineation of the jealous Moor ; but on the whole his metropolitan career was not brilliant, chiefly owing to an awkward misunderstanding with the manager of the Haymarket, which had the effect of preventing the display of his abilities in a wider and more favourable region. Last night the house was crowded to excess, and, not only was Mr. Brooke well received, bit his performance throughout created the greatest enthusiasin among the audience. But if his Othello was not a perfect rendering of the Moor, it was at least as good as any we can boast of by other actors now on the stage, and in many respects he is infinitely superior to any of his contempo raries. In point of figure and stature, there is nothing to be desired ; his action is easy and graceful, while his voice is of large compass, and capable of giving full expres sion to the different emotions which animate the human breast. The principle fault we find with him is, that he occasionally degenerates into bombast, and alternates too rapidly between sepulchre, the fierce, and the fami liar inflexions of his voice—a trick, seemingly, with the view of drawing down the applause of the gallery. Mr. Davenport was the lago, and a very picturesque looking, intelligent, and effective lago he made, taking care to steer judiciously clear of the usual mistake of let ting the " villany" be transparent even to his dupes. Des demona was played by Miss Anderton, who was feminine, interesting, and expressive, and very neat besides, while at the proper occasions she was quite as powerful as so " gentle" a lady ought to be. Of the rest of the charac ters, with the exception of the very effective rendering of the little part of Brabantio by Mr. George Bennett, there is nothing to be said. A. burlesque called the Fountain of Beauty followed the tragedy. The doggrel dialogue—which has been written in demonstration of the loves of King Pretty for the Princess Emerald, his trials to remove a hump from his back, and the adverse views of the evil one, Knotagooddun—has been illus trated by a variety of gay dresses and tinselled scenes, nd the extravaganza (rather, by the way, more political than usual in its allusions) does not sink below the or dinary level of such things. The vocal parodies which are sprinkled over the piece are sung by Miss Feather. stone and her coadjutors with spirit. The burlesque is written by a Mr. Kingdom, who, with the usual liber ality of the burlesque writers, has confined some of his best jests to the bill. The piece, however, is far too long. The first act, last night, did not terminate till after midnight. We subjoin the opinion of some of the morning papers upon Mr. Brooke's performance : (Prom the Times.) Any person, on seeing the crowd assembled at the doors of Drury-lane Theatre yesterday evening, and the word " Othello" in the play bills, might have fancied that the old days of " Old Drury" had returned, and that the legitimate drama was once more seated in its large ancient domicile. The aspect of the interior of the house was enough to confirm the opinion. There was the dense pit and the galleries crowded with count less expectants, as in former times ; there was a goodly assemblage in the boxes ; and lastly, every seat of that modern row of innovations, the " stalls," was occupied. Let us add that this huge audience was most atten tive, and even reverential. A refined soliloquoy by Mademoiselle Rachel could not have been listened to with more watchful interest at the St. James's Theatre than was every line of Othello by the Drury-lane public last night. The spectators seemed really absorbed in the progress of the piece, and indignantly hushed down a cough or a whisper, as if it were an intrusion on an awful solemnity. If such an audience had also been a critical audience, the restoration of the legitimate drama to all its pristine dignities might have been predicted without the fear of error. But with all its attention—with all its rever ence—with all its interest, a very little observation was required to show that this was a public in which the critical faculty did not exist. When they rose into applause (and it was applause !) at a speech of Mr. Brooke's it was generally because he spoke louder than ordinary ; nor, indeed, could we see a single instance in which any talent but that of loud speaking elicited audible approbation from the audience. In fact, Drury lane was still a huge minor theatre, with that believing, uninquiring, he.zty audience which we generally find in more southern regions, and which can equally appreciate the tragedies of Shakespere and the strong nautical drama. Such an audience may well be the delight of managers, but it is no good training school for actors. Mr. G. V. Brooke, the "star" of the occasion, has come back, after a long absence, blessed with the re covery of those physical advantages which had failed him when he was last in London. He has certainly a splen did voice, deep and sonorous at will, and capable of ex pressing manly pathos to a degree which, if the organ were well managed, might be affecting in the extreme. 13ut as an artiste he has not made any advance. A slow chanting method of representing grief—a disposition to rant whenever an opportunity offers—a habit of slow preparation which destroys all appearance of spon taneity, and is followed by no important result—these are the chief characteristics of his Othello through out. Nor are we enabled to discover on what prin • ciple he regulates his distribution of expression. Lines which we should have looked upon as merely de clamatory, or perhaps pathetic, he sometimes gave in a storm of fury, while fierce invectives were occasionally delivered in the tone of sorrow. Now and then, indeed, he gave indication of better things. Part of the con cluding speech of the whole, for instance, was delivered with a deep-toned unexaggerated sorrow, which made us regret that such good natural qualities had not re ceived better training. These objections, however, merely apply to the claims of Mr. G. 7. Brooke as a high tragic artiste. For such an audience as we had last night at Drury-lane his per formance was the very thing. If he stormed, he stormed in good earnest ; if he sorrowed, he marked out his sor rows right mournfully. It was strong black and-white acting. To deny that he w as successful would not only be unjust—it would be absurd. Probably a more tre mendous success was never witnessed. Mr. G. V. Brooke was called at the end of the third act ; and at the end of the piece hats were waved as to the candidate at a successful election. The feeling too was no doubt genuine ; and Mr. Brooke, likely enough, will draw full houses during the whole course of his engagement. If we do not admire ourselves, we would at any rate faith fully record the admiration of others. • ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Last night Mr. Brooke again appeared in London as Othello. We have no word to retract from the expres sion of our original opinion, and scarcely one to add. Mr. Brooke's magnificent voice—perhaps the finest which is heard on the English stage—retains all its power, resonance, and impressiveness. He evinces all his old stage knowledge, and his occasional picturesque ness still gratifies the eye, while the judgment remains unsatisfied. He appears to be still what he was when he left us—a most effective and even brilliant melo dramatic actor, who might, if he chose, be invaluable, and even great, in the romantic drama, but who cannot breathe " the difficult air of the iced mountain top.'.' Last night, as when he originally came out, the spirit and meaning of the Shaksperian line were not infre quently sacrificed for the sake of a vocal " point "—in tensity was purchased at the price of appropriateness-- and the general effect was fragmentary and discordant. But Mr. Brooke trod the stage finely—the area of Drury-lane gave him scope for the tragic stride and sweep ; and he worked up each scene with a zeal and a conscientiousness which forbad the least satisfied of his spectators to treat the performance disrespectfully. Could we as conscientiously state that our opinion of his powers had been modified by what we saw last night, we should gladly make that statement, but we cannot see that the Mr. Brooke of Drury-lane is other than the Mr. Brooke of the Olympic. (From the Morning Post.) _ The above theatre was re-opened last night for a short dramatic season, of which Mr. Gustavus Brooke, who appeared on the occasion as Othello, is, we presume, to be the hero. We had never before seen him in that very a - ..duous character, and his delineation of it certainly struck us very much. It was powerful, dignified, in tense, throughout. The alternate bursts of grief and fury in the great scenes with lago were given with overwhelming energy ; the rough manly demeanour of him to whom custom "bath made the flinty and steel couch of war his thrice-driven bed of down," never for an instant forgotten ; and the actor's conceptions every where received the most complete expression from a strongly marked, intelligent physiognomy, eloquent ges tures, and a voice of extraordinary depth and sonority. With a little more animation in the delivery of declama tory passages, and pathos in the touching speeches, "0, now, farewell for ever the tranquil mind !" and " Had it pleased Heaven," &c., where the mental anguish might well wring tears even from a stern warrior, Mr. Brooke's performance would have been almost irreproachable. In that portion of the play where Othello first listens to the horrible insinuations of 'ago, who gradually poisons the source of all his joys, the artist pleased us most. Here he was really at times sublime. Distract ing doubt—amazement—frantic rage, and blank deso lation, were by turns depicted with perfectly illusive faithfulness, while the wailing tones of his ponderous voice, which ever and anon came forth as from the ruins of a heart, sounded like the dreary song of the night wind careering through a churchyard. They were long and terrible sighs, such as Beethoven makes us hear in his wonderful pianoforte "sonota quasi fantasia" in C sharp minor. We have now stated generally what we admired, and what we think susceptible of improve. ment, in this great actor's impersonation , and flied ,vtr•ol ul,iy add to him not to abuse ai m dinary vocal powers by making abrupt transitionn from high to low, such as we remarked mare tha once on this occasion. So admirable a performer should despise mere clap-trap effects. F the Morning Herald. Mr. Gustav ( us rom Brooke belongs rather ) to a plq! il than an intellectual school of artistes — a characterist!c be that was fully established on a former occ asion. r declamation was always of the loudest ; and the rurn° u ; that he had lost his voice (now unquestionably returne.o to him) could scarcely surprise those who witnessed In.: early displays. Drury-lane Theatre is more favour than the Olympic for actors of this class. The 1 3 rg e . space ameliorates the quality of the voice, and coarse ness of style is less palpale. The house last night sos well filled. Mr. Brooke reigns supreme amongthe misophisticatel ; and his friends of the upper re : gions assembled handsomely to welcom e his ?e. turn to the metropolis. He played the p art of tAw . jealous Moor in no different vein to th at of for long merly. The sepulchral inflexions of vo ic , pauses, transitions from the fierce to the familiar, and those explosive bursts which the gods admire and all laud to the echo, were there as of old and the popuisra verdict, as before, was indicative both of success al!fi triumph. The gallery portion of the audience v,15!,..10 ocstacies with Mr. Brooke, and the shirt-sleeve d cr were most tempestuous in their expressions of d eb g h' a Their exuberance of deportment was unbounded) an their approbation took shape in whistlings, shrieks, cvnir loquies across the house, and other genial tokens that ' 6 look for only at the festive season of Christmas. le calls for the hero of the evening at the close of a third and . fifth acts, amounted to a perfect tornado ; if merit could be measured by noise, his success"' vast indeed. HENRY RUSSELL AT THE LYCE[3I' h is Mr. Russell bas been giving a farewell series of American entertainment at the Lyceum the most extraordinary success. The house has 0 . / post crowded to overflowing night after night, by thusiastic and delighted audiences. We are pleasedr. see that notwithstanding the multiplicity of the an dates for public favour with which this vast inetropolv abounds, Mr. Russell retains his well-earned and ill s % deserved popularity unimpaired. And this no one begrudge him, for the tendency of all his entertainnieet,,,. Theatre iv:lieeltnA since the period when he first launched his bark on.tn; tide of public opinion, has been not only unexceP ti f e t o able but most laudable. The remark bas been o ften made, that no one can hear Mr. Russell without b ial made a better man—without having the more sympathies of his nature amused—the remark 1° ct „ true one, for while Russell ai ms t o d e light and instrififet he also aims to excite a sympathy for human sn t he ing and an admi ra ti on o f th e no ble an d ill good. Mr. Russell's entertainment is °ne ess every respect worthy of the decided s uc which he has met. The views are well pain t° g description is given i n R usse ll' s o wn Fu e- ",. 1 % style, the anecdotes are related as Russell only er relate them, the songs are sung with the utmost P ° he and pathos—for Russell is in excellent voice, a n ' 'ls piano "speaks" the language of melody, as it never f‘ra to do when guided by Russell's genius. We are ji i to observe that Kirkman's piano used at the eutert ment is a splendid instrument, and when at ipt er Tl: it was combined with the pianoire, the effect of its ing notes on the v as t au di ence was mos t surf Be. We can safely say that we have never seen any la rge,leil semblages of people mor e enra pt ure d. T o a ll our r"'" - t he and to the public generally we say, " pay a visit to Lyceum beiore Mr. Russ e ll' s ser i es i s concluded." NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND' The subjoined letter has been appended to a ne t the tion of the Archbishop of Dublin's "Address" ve- --- late proceedings at the Board of National Educatloo • 5 ' " Sept. 33 18 be " My dear Lord Archbi s h o p,—Th oug h it may P ",„ 0 necessary, I think it may prevent misunderstattd io l lo your Grace suggested, to state in a f ew wor ds the O cor s• on which I most reluctantly resigned the place of c olt misioner of National Education. They are, thet re f r oo resolutions of the board withd raw i ng cer t a i n books. Jr the course of secular instruction have been passed, ' n o b , rogation of a principle of the s y s t em o f e d uca tion, e 5 e lished when, and long before, I consented to bean o ic commissioner. That system, as it existed, ought to have been maintained i n it s i n t egr it y, an d abut' s ot reasons for this are to be f oun d i n th e grea t au thority g o those who performed and m a t ure d it, in its maint en , 4 Go' and extension by so many suc cess i ve P ar li ame nts and sp a vernments, and in the testimony b orne t o it s merits success while it remained unchanged. ; dr " These, with many others, afforded, as I concef r- ll cisive grounds for resisting the innovation which ho d the effectel, and by which the i ns tit u ti on h as incurre d of risk of losing one of its stronge s t c l a i ms t o a l a rge n r , 11 the confidence and support which it h a d Prey" - enjoyed. "I remain, with sincere regard, "Your Grace's most faithful servant, "F. BLACKBITES . " To his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin." THE MASONS' STRIKE.—A. well attended meeti e gg' the masons of London was held in the large Broadway, Westminster, on Friday last, in consecla`" e c i i of some of the master builders having offered their ai la ss. 6d. per day, apparently to divert their attention f r ,, r s the agitation to re d uce th e ti me of labour to nine hrhe per day. Mr. R. Gray took the chair, and saiu. 6 , 6 hoped the masons wo u ld no t on thi s occas i on S atr e their reputation for cons i s t ency an d un i ty of purPlio• accepting the sop p r off ere d t o th em, and thereb3c," ° j/e' calculable injury to the " n i ne h ours ' movemen t. j o t) solutions were passed pledging the meeting to I ' o o hours' work per dry, and a refusal of the extra sill: i re THE DYERS' STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—Eff° I ; or now making to bring this d is p u t e t o a sett l em ent P.' de bitration, and we understand th a t w ith thi s view 1 : r of putation from the men on strik e wa it e d on the Mel i l l a Manchester yesterday morning. Meanwhile, al iac e branch of the trade—the cotton skein-dyer* a tea thl' struck for an advanc e o f 15 per cent. I t i s rel ) ' Q de' that about 13 establish men t s h ave accee d e d to of mand, whilst the hands i n 22 o th ers turne d ou t yeat e de of morning. An aggregate meeting of the iron tid#, Manchester and Salford is announced for Wed ee ,i - priog to take into considerati on th e propriety o f rea" - oo assistance to the dressers, dyers, and finisher* of have been on strike for nine w ee k s , f or an advall - a fe 6d. per day on their former wages. Meetings ag ing been held by several oth er t ra d es i n M anc h es ter, b' the same object in view. BARNET CATTLE FAlR.—Thi s f a i r which, niCu 18 bY pig: the largest of its character for cattle and horses in r t he land, opened yesterday mo rn i ng . At an ear ly h e e u d a ocl town of Barnet was very f u ll o f perso ns interest e eo„ engaged in the proceeding s o f the day, and it h as calculated that upwards o f thi r t y t h ousan d h ead frola beasts were collected together for the occasi eri doal' different districts throughout th e U n it e d I :_ r !'h ar e The same consisted chi e fly o f young stoc k, 07 ° 1 e f the brought up by the numerous graziers and farmers we at midland and eastern counties, who lay then' de ter tlie, the salt marshes to fatten, until they are fit to en h 0,.a beast markets for slaughtering. The black S e + c hotlg Welsh cattle greatly prevailed in numbers, a" es a n ° there was a general good supply of young Del i were Herefords, as well as mixed cattle, all of wh ic readily inquired after, and, by ten o'clock aim' e ctiv e droves had left the fields, p rocee di ng t o their res Sie g to destinations. The prices of s t oc k var i e d aee°reted t the age and size of the animals, but might be cl e ie full 101. a piece for beasts of two years old. C e l6/. P e i milk, with their small calf, realised from 141. to est o lot. There was a tolerable show of sheep, ,l e _ d v eri which consisted of breeding ewes • but trade rUrentiftilt heavy in this feature of the fair. ' Horses were P ith pa' and such lots as were of any character met wit tern' chasers, particularly heavy draft horses and team s re F ns which fetched czom 50/. to 601. per head. T il d e , of all also a considerable number of ponies exhibite 0 10 /. A sizes, which were taken up freely at from 61 . t, nn' piece. Those of the Welsh droves (most of b and broken) changed hands at from 31. to 12/• e a b `i is ine s 3 were in great request. Up t o t en o ' c lock a•rn.4 wer e was exceedingly brisk, and th e s lopes of the _ p ox completely crowded with men and cattle of all den ' tic tioas. The fair terminates to-morrow (Vire-ne' Asia t' CHOLERA IN EIAMBCRG.—It is said thatgait cholera, which for several weeks has appeared a t 00_ burgh in single or isolated instances only, forrolns6eoil is technically called "sporadic" cases, is no w 4 e , in an epidemic form. There appears to hav e u_ th i r ds,! e from 160 to 180 cases of the disease, about tw'reyes t i t which have been fatal, a circumstance whic h P _eeralv_ extreme virulence of its character. It is g . % 0 bas known that since the great fire one part of the been materially improved in its sanitary ?v .. , o ce o l • having now a complete system of drainage ann .. 7 0 , 0 n o lent supply of water ; but this improvem.nn i. Ther a °• extend over above a fourth part of the maining portion continues in the same c o u v le a l e r ii °vg tj a n! ee .'„ filthy, damp, and undrained state as in the. 3,1% u p ito and the pestilence, true to its character, has t n he las t . ; abode in localities of this description. Daring en joYel epidemic the improved portions of the town en E n glish comparative immunity, in the meantime, b seats of the malady are the places where the P o 7_ 4 s pell sailors, to. the number of about 800, lodge'" iiao ar&_ their time on shore. They are at present w holly o flive s ; for. During the epidemic of 1848 great num De in o f the - 0 0 . among this class of men were lost for want CoPe common precautions. The last accountsdrro q 9 46, eaths ra te hagen give for that city attacks 7,287, and ..e ear ae ra, e out of a population of about 200,000. amo unt of mortality the deaths in London would 40,000. The e' qta' SCHOOLS AND HOSPITAL 'AT JERUSALEM: t v gebre blishment of a Protestant bishopric in est be le , metropolis has been already followed by th rel i g ioa; ficial results. The inhabitants, to whateve.anged, cla profession they might have previously. b 1 m e re o r e now read the Bible without molestation. _ r _ sa le , already two schools of Protestant children .at_•Le tt u si a lso, numbering 100 pupils of both sexes. The na"F r g e rcP attended by the Prussian Protestant Sisters ' ag. is doing immense good. 'a '0 THROWING A PAPER INTO HER MAJESTY . 4 - a : es tf - The man who threw a folded p N ap a e ti r o i n n ; s h e. e h r fl a s w , j carriage as she was leaving the the ; lin, has been liberated, on his entering cognisance in the sum of 101. to appear called on. gistrates of the Capel-street office when could ° 1 00 he said that nothing _ On leaving the office prisoner at once signed the bail-bond and was annoy or toga; to r in h to efa h r i e Queen, and he expressed a hope t tber from his intention than to a hat, 10 alarmed ° dr g he had not unconsciously obtain justice, stilted her Majesty. His name organist to • profession a musician, and is Richard A n t he Burnett, by Protestant Church at Naas. hisd :ear tilt ior., eh a tir o riti rev al ma : re n Per raa r i ei g h Ca rr th e . Of T u ail 4114 41p ZO4 th, ti; 4, Aei ke a `~~_._.