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...... LAURENT'S NEW CASINO, Newman street. —l , l. HENRI LAURENT has the p l e asure to inform his 1 Friends and the Public that a License for Music and Dancing having . been granted to him, the Rooms wil l be OPEN ETERT EVEN- ! TITO, at half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at Nine. . M. Henri Laurent will conduct his celebrated Band of admission— Instru mental sts. Prin ipal Comet-a•Piston—M Duhena. i One Shilling. _____-------. " THE STATESMAN," No. 1, Price 5d., contains—The State of Parties —The Sepoy Hydra—The Cotton Dearth in Lancashire —The Grand Mogul Nuisance—The Wore Mutiny, &c., &c. Publishing Office, 265, Strand. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere's Play of TIIE TEMPEST. preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for spa OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Hiss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Py n e ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey. Mr. Weiss. and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the RoTal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Aznager, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Cfronts Master, Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENL.VG, will be performed Wallace's opera of MA R I TANA. To conclude wittl A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR. Private Boxes, 4 , 2 12s. 6d., £3 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress C'rele, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Bow Office is now open daily, from 11 to S, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMA.RIEET. L essee —Mr; J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to co m mence at Seven o'clock, with (3d time here these eighb years) Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CEIASE. C o matance, Miss A. Sedgwick. After which (by desire), 110 X AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton , To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No crearge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress' Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it. °war Gallery 1 OlLower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made E ttravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and M 183 Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard Otis original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Clarke, Miss Herbert. _ _ To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After whish, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; sr. THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, M 133 Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. G.illery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. Tnis EVENING, will be performed the new drama of TIIE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comediotta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob- Boa, Cooke, Danvers, dre. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, She Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a now Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBIJRY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVkatY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyra Miss E. Scott Kiss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. donghmans, Mr. Henshaw, It. Grover, T. Farrant, B. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melline, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyu ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ttey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master fms ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sappers, &a.. until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at ha.f-past Eight and half- Vast Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY - Morn. 12 min. aft. 12 —Even. 33 min. aft. 12 To-lEol=w —Morn. 44 min. aft. 12—Even. 12 min aft. 1 2HE WEATHER—Sox OFFICE, OCTOBER 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night 57 —this day at noon. BAROIUTZB, 30.12 —falling. WIND, N.N.E. ; light, with dull coldiah weather. zi ) LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1857. There is a truly "momentous question " now rending, to which a prompt and decided answer must be returned. Is India to be saved by vigo rous and energetic action, or is it to be sacrificed at the shrine of routine ? This must be deter paned by the Parliament and people of Great Britain, not by the Governor-G?neral and Council at Calcutta. They have been weighed in the balance and found wanting—have proved them selves to be utterly incapable of confronting the Existing danger. That is obvious to every disin terested and unprejudiced person. The inhabi- tants of Calcutta have petitioned for martial law. The application has been peremptorily rejected. The respectable old ladies of the Council are of opinion that they can teach Sir Cones CAMPBELL Lis business, and that consequently he shall be prohibited from taking a single step in advance without their sanction and approval. Ac cording to their views, the Commander- _ in -Chief, whoever he may be, is to bear an "old man of the mountain" perpetually on his shoul ders, empowered to thwart him in every possible i way, to neutralise his objects, and paralyse his energies. This game was played against Sir PATRICK GRANT, and unfortunately with too much success. As a company's officer, he could not resist their authority. He was therefore debarred from seeking distinction, where it could best have been obtained, and compelled to remain at head • quarters, as a puppet General under the direction of the Council. The only Governor-General who resisted the sinister influence was recalled.. The °i'lY General who insisted on independence, was treated in a similar manner. India for the civil service, and for the civil service only, was the theory, and every other matter was rendered sub servient to that primary consideration. It is not, however, merely the English inhabi tants, whohave remonstrated against this erroneous and indefensible system. The agents of other governments have perceived the full extent of the evil, and have reported the real state of affairs to their employer:. The letter of the Paris correk- I pondent of our well-informed contemporary the \ Morning Post, which will be found in another part of our impression, correctly indicates the pre ~ valent opinions on the Continent , on this all-im portant topic. " A want of supreme power, and a vigorous and :determined will to enforce it, are the reasons why, in time of war we do not accom- P li lth so much as the splendid material of our artn7 and navy lead the nation to expect." Mili tary advice is pooh-poohed. The high authorities in India, do not encourage reports, or opinions, from men who paint out abuses, so that the fuw really clear-sighted military men, who have pro phesied evil have never been popular at head quartev.. A General LLOYD, who will act on the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER" do-nothing principle, and let matters take their• course, whether for weal or woe, is far more ac ceptable, than an energetic man who dares to think for himself, and to act in accordance with hir, well-considered conclusions. The mysterious silence, to which we yesterday alluded, respecting Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, is thus explained. He has, we fear, been forced into collision with the civilians, and of course no notice could be taken of the difficulty, by the " Secretary to the Government of India !" It is probably on this account that his name has been so completely ignored—that no allusion whatsoever is made to his sayings and doings. If disabled by illness it would have been stated, or if he had set out to join the army before Delhi, or to bring with him reinforcements to the gallant HAVELOCK, some notice would surely have been taken of his pro ceedings. It is only to be explained by the exist ence of differences and dissensions, such as have already been rumoured. Sir COLIN is not, however, the man to permit himself to be swathed and fettered in bandages of red-tape. He well knows what is expected at his bands, and he possesses sufficient energy to assert his own rights and privileges. He is no sluggard, to per mit unauthorised and unjustifiable usurpation, and those who may attempt it will find a very tough customer in the dashing and straightforward Highlander. Our facetious contemporary, Punch, who gene rally contrives to " hit the right nail on the head," and to inculcate precepts of sound wisdom in its own peculiar style, has by cartoon and verse direct©d attention to this truly deplorable circumstance. The cartoon represents the General, who so pre-eminently possesses the national confidence, as a modern Laocoon assailed by " the serpent that's made of red-tape." The sword which he has so often wielded in his country's service, both in India and the Crimea, is apparently glued to its scab bard. He is complelely paralysed, but we ven ture to predict that the result will be very diffe rent, and that the red-tapists will come off second best from the encounter. As we have already stated, he is supported by the people of the United Kingdom, and they will supply the necessary strength to conquer the common enemy. The verses of our contemporary are so exceed ingly appropriate, that we cannot refrain from repeating them here. They are as follows : THE RED-TAPE SERPENT. Sir Colin has landed, his forces are banded, And sworn that no murderous Sepoy shall 'scape, Bat the first of the foes to encounter his blows Is the pestilent serpent that's made of Red Tape. Sleek clerks with white liver " had ventured to differ With Campbell, our Highlander, touching the shape He should give the campaign" that's to give us again The empire they have ruined and lost by Red Tape. A. black-hatted fool is presuming to school A. soldier whose banners are muffled in crape, Through the folly and crime of " officials" no time Will ever set free from tie strings of Red Tape. The idiots stood gazing while cities were blazing, And all they could do was to gibber and gape ; Yet now dare to wrangle, and seek to entangle The Avenger's bright sward in their links of Red Tape. Let us hope that Sir C. has resolved to be free, To launch as he pleases his steel and his grape, And en route for the slaughter by Jumna's red water Has mangled the Serpent that's made of Red Tape. The moral is sound. He has a sharp contest to fight before he can come face to face with the re bels. Unless that monster be destroyed or para lysed, he can do comparatively little with the►ene my. He will not howeverfail before "the watcher on the threshold." He has the true Highland spirit and hardihood to command success, and we earnestly hope, that strengthened and sustained by the voice of public opinion, he will, ere setting out for tie scene of his more arduous duties, suc ceed in strangling or rendering subservient to his views " The pestilent Serpent tbat'■ made of red tape." We have but too often to dissent from the politics and ecclesiastics of the Bishop of OXFORD and Mr. GLADSTONE, it is, therefore, with the greater plea sure that we notice their efforts in a right direc tion. Both of them are orators of no mean en dowments, but both, unfortunately, are ever too ready to convert ingenuity into sophistry, and to employ a plausible or a fluent eloquence in the worse cause. Hence, and hence alone is it, that the opinion of both of them is wholly destitute of weight with the country. There are men whose powers of utterance are but limited, who have no resources for garnishing a topic ; for overwhelm ing the auditors with a torrent of words, or for inventing innumerable specious arguments ; their nature is too truthful to see anything but the truth, or their judgments too honest to accept mere plausibilities, even if they occur to them, and to vend them to others as sterling reasonings. Such men's &pinion, passes for something. That they should think sow, is a reason for our studying their thoughts although not borne to us on the surface of a stream of eloquence. Just the re• verse is it with our two ecclesiastical and lay ora tors. No one thinks their mere opinion worth a straw. We all know that pure faction, or High- Church fancies, are most probably the fathers of half, and more than half their oracles ; and that if we interpret them fairly, they mean that SAMrEL of OXFORD has the power of imparting Divine gifts inherited from the Holy Apostles at Rome, and that W. E. GLADSTONE, Esq., is the man who, if England were in its senses, would be now Chancellor of the Exchequer, and one day or other a notch higher than that. Hence we natu rally run through their speeches as we do those of advocates on the wrong side, merely wishing to ascertain whether they have lighted on any inge nuity or plausibility, which it is worth while to reduce to a common denominator with men's or dinary thought and language, that its value may thus be easily computed by all. But we ought not to write in this strain just now. Both gentlemen have been speaking on India, and speaking at a Church of England mis sionary meeting ; and, considering the topic and the occasion, have spoken on the whole well. The Bishop, as became him, confined himself to our religious, or, rather, our irreligious misdemea nours there. Rightly enough did he denounce the selfish c)wardice of the EAst India Company, which, out of no regard to religious liberty, but perhaps from regard to rupees, literally humbled themselves to their own subjects. If Mahomme dans went to one extreme, if they " dared do more than became a man," by forcing their creed on Hindoos, we dared do less than became men ; for we long excluded the ministers of our religiop from India—long tolerated by law the disinheritance of natives who adopted our faith—long broke a native soldier from his rank in the army, if he became a Christian— long paid tribute to an idol -worship in which men were, literally, immolated beneath the wheels of the idol's chariot--and, to the last, by every go vernmental act, proclaimed that a faith of follies, obscenity, and cruelty, was worthy of official homage, and of being placed on a level with our own I ! Tht Bait India Company—for they are the men who thus abas e d flattered and petted the English nation, wiser° they ought at most to have tolerated and pitied. The result is now be fore us. We have tried to buy off the opposition of an ineffably barbarian faith and Priesthood, as Rome tried to buy off barbarian swords--and with the same results. We have had indeed all I the humiliation for worse than nothing. We laid ourselves in the dust before JUGGERNAUTH, SIVA, VISHNU, and old MAHOMET too ; and their wor- shippers or disciples have tried to put their foot on our necks for it 1 The Bishop and the M.P. did their part on this topic well. We trace, however, the origin of the evil to the Government of India by a batch of little-souled traders. English gen tlemen would not thus have dishonoured their faith and lowered themselves, like Dutch burgc- masters, for mere gain. Mr. GLADSTONE, as became him, wielded the po- Ljtical lash, and this time applied it to the right delinquent. He denounced in his best style, the sec recy of Indian Administration. It was so conducted that India is to Englishmen a Foreign country, and that no one knows anything of it, unless he has made it a special study. This is perfectly true. All political questions of any importance are more or less understood by the constituencies ; they are discussed in the House of Commons and in the Peers ; they are presented catechetically at the hustings in all important elections ; every man who pays the least attention to public matters has some opinions about them ; but on India it is a thousand to one whether he has any opinion at all. Australia and the Canadas, as soon as they began to be important through their trade and population, began also to attract the attention of the people at home ; but India, whose population is talked of sometimes as 200,000,000, some times as 150,000,000, sometimes as 100,000,000, as if a few score millions were a matter of indiffer ence there, has, till this very outbreak, attracted infinitely less attention than the humblest question of domestic policy. The country, like the Hud son's Bay territories; has been treated as the property of a trading company. Tnis company and the Board of Control have quietly parted the patronage between them ; and the latter has received the aristocratic share of the patron age as the price of letting the com pany do what it would with its own ; and, pretty effectually, has the company barred the door in the face of the general English public. "India for the Civil Service !" has been their motto, when it ought to have been " India for the Indians, through making it attractive to English energy, commerce, and capital !" The Company's break-down is complete. Not a rag has it left to clothe its nakedness, and glad are we to number Mr. GLADSTONE among its un sparing enemies, for with a good cause what may he not effect I Leaden Hall has not politically a shilling in the pound, and we hope the coming session will see it pronounced an uncertificated political bankrupt, and forbidden ever to trade political administration again. _ Reverting to the Bishop, we were, by the bye, a little amused at his reference to his father's famous resolution, ultimately expunged by the East India Company from the preamble of the Act of 1783 —" that India must be held by the British nation for the moral and religious good of the nations thereof." Does SAMUEL of Oxford forget that what he calls "religious good " his father would have deemed religious evil, and evil, too, almost as bad as Mahommedanism or Hindooism itself ? If we remember rightly, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE was a leader of "The Clapham Sect," and wrote a once celebrated book on "Practical Piety," which piety was, we believe, of the puritan stamp, and utterly opposed to Apostolical succession dogmas, baptismal regeneration, and all the second-hand mummeries of Puseyism. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, if we are not mistaken, would almost as soon have sent Mahommedan Moolvies to India, as Anglican priests, who believe in apostolical succession and sacramental efficacy. Those professional gbonl , !, the Resurrection men, have, it is true, become extinct as a separate class of the community. Their " occupation has gone," like OTHELLO'S. They have passed away into that old lumber-room of dilapidated curiosi ties in which are stored up the memories of the Rakehells, and the Footpads, and other Minions of the Moon, by whom, in byegone times, this island was so often " frighted from its propriety." Yet—the new Anatomy Act, by the agency of which a final quietus was supposed to have been administered by the Legislature to those very amiable gentry the Body•snatchers, obviously still requires considerable revision and amendment. For—it is perfectly evident that the " witching hour" still strikes, sometimes, when " - Churchyards yawn, And graves give up their dead." It is manifest, in spite of all our Parliamentary precautions, that there still remain to this hour a few supplementary kidnappers of the dead, the burthen of whose song is that of HAsmor's quaint friend with the shovel and the waistcoats-- " A pickaxe and a spade, a spade, And 0 for a winding-sheet !" The horrible truth that it is so has come out very recently, in the midst of certain revolting reve lations. The disclosures we mean have unex pectedly been made in various parts of the me tropolis, in connexion with the investigations set on foot by the police in regard to this hideous tragedy—the last act but one of which took place on Thursday se'ennighf, over an abutment of Waterloo-bridge. The last act being yet reserved for performance (let us believe) upon a certain scaffold outside Newgate Gaol, within sound of the death-bell of St. Sepulchre's. That occasional Resurrection-men are stiq abroad at intervals has been pretty clearly proved, we take it, by two or three of these same disgust ing revelations—the Anatomy Act to the contrary notwithstanding ! A couple of human heads— one a man's, the other a woman's—are found poked away as negligently as a pdtsherd or a dead kitten, under the mould and fallen leaves in a corner of Sussex Gardens ! A bit of a human foot is raked up from the filth and slush of the Grand Junction Canal ! Horrid little pieces of the human form seem really to be scattered hero and there all about London—some of these, we read, bearing evident marks of having been ope• rated upou by the delicate implements of the anatomist. One of the heads pulled out of the earth in Sussex Gardens (the man's head) we are told ‘, is quite hard and withered." Of the other, we learn, yet more horribly, that it " is that of a female with red hair appended." The frag ment of the human foot hooked out of the Canal is described as being " the fore-part of the foot from the ancle joint" and no more. An odd skeleton or two about the game time turns up here and there—evidently secreted away under rather suspicious circumstances. And not by any means the least loathsome part - of the proceedings conse quent upon the discovery of that sickening carpet bag full of bones at Waterloo Bridge, is the fact that, in the police-yard at Bow-street, they have been trying to fit one head after another ou to the mutilated remains of the poor murdered victim ! All this is surely very terrible and very detestable ! But, for that very reasoa, it ought on no account to be smoothed over, or smoothed up. We should, at once and earnestly, look well to this abomination. We should find means without delay, we should adopt measures prompt and well considered, with a view (4 pos sible) to the prevention henceforth of the possibility of our having all the nobler sentiments of hurna- pity thus outraged, and the awful relics of mor tality thus odiously and wantonly desecrated. It will be assuredly advisable to discover, as speedily as practicable, how the interests of the science of Anatomy May be legitimately consulted and openly advanced, without necessitating the repetition of horrors such as thOSe we have but just been enumerating. Arrangements might surely be made, according to law, whereby medical students might readily enough obtain the required "subjects" for dissection, without having to re sort surreptitiously to the lawless aid of the infa mous body-snatcher, finding it afterwards advi sable to conceal the disintegrated morsels of flesh and bone, in no more decent places of sepulture than a ditch or a dusthole. Infinitely preferable to this would it be—so to order matters that henceforth all Students in Surgery might obtain the requisite materials on which to try their Practice hands as Dissectors—not from violated graves, or broken coffins, but from the dead-room of the Prison, and the Hospital, and (if needs must) also of the Workhouse. Providing always, of course, that it should be under carefully regu lated restrictions, and under the immediate guarantee of a properly authenticated certificate. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.' ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The Queen left Balmoral this morning at -half past 8 o'clock to visit the Earl of Aberdeen at Haddo-house. Her Majesty travelled by Deeside to Balloter, and thence across the country by Tar land. and Inverury, arriving at Haddo-house at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock. The Qieen on passing through the Royal Arch at the boundary of the park avenuPq was; received by the Hon. Colonel Alex. Gordon and 500 of the Earl of Aberdecn's tenantry on horseback, and drove up the long avenue amid the cheers of several thousand people who were on the banks. The tenantry presented an address to the Queen. Loid Aberdeen received her Majesty at the landing, which was beautifully decorated, and con ducted her t> the balcony on the staircase, whence she acknowledged the salutations of the people, while the horsemen defiled before the house. Lord and Lady Haddo, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Hon. Colonel Gordon, and Sir George Grey were present. The weather was very fine. kindled in all parts of the estate. Bonfires weie (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ABERDEEN, THURSDA.Y. This morning the Queen left Haddo-houso with the Prince Consort and the two Princesses. All the tenantry escorted her Majesty to the boundary of the estate. The Royal cortege arrived in Aberdeen at one o'clock, and left by the Scottish North-Eastern Railway for Edinburgh at 1.45. Her Majesty is expected to arrive at Edinburgh at 6.45. To-morrow morning her Majesty leaves St. Mar garet's Station at 7.45, arriving at Dunbar at 8.25, and Berwick at 9.15. The Royal train is expected to arrive in London about half-past six o'clock. ASLTICY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Mr. James Robinson, from the chief circus in the United States, wh o is described as the Great Star Rider of America, and as the most wonderful eques trian yet seen, is attracting large audiences every evening at this theatre. Strange as the thing it self, the announcement is perfectly correct. Mr. Robinson is a small athletic man, and without saddle or bridle, or anything but the horse's bare back and his own good limbs, he vaults on and off, rides on the neck or the tail, and performs various' gymnastic feats in a perfectly novel way ; for in stance, raising himself from the horse so that cer tain scarfs can be passed under him ' • jumping on one leg backwards or forwards, and a variety of other gyrations, which it is wonderful to see and impossible to describe. We understand there are novelties in preparation, and that a new grand equestrian spectacle, of an unusually novel and interesting nature, will shortly be produced. SURREY THEATRE. The new romantic play of "Ambition, or the Throne and the Tomb," deservedly sustains its attraction and interest at this popular theatre. The style iu which this effective drama placed upon the stage reflects high credit on the liberality and taste of the management, and seems duly appreci ated by the auditory. We have not, for many a day, seen a more satisfactory impersonation than that of the hero, Etbelwold, by Mr. Creswick. emphasis, and an experienced judgment Power, in passion, the due bl s j al success. floss of the scene, combine to render his presentment of the injured husband a stu A d y, new and d e o a m n e u d etuetql entitled "Up in the W or ld," affords ample scope and verge for the peculiar comicalities cf Mr. H. Widdicomb. The house is nightly crowded. THE PATE OF THE AMERICAN STEAMSILIP PACIFIC. (From. yesterday's Moniteur.) The maritime prefect of Brest has transmitted to the Minister Secretary of State for the Navy and the Colonies a note written with a pencil ia English, and which was enclosed in a glass bottle, found on the 14 th of September, 1857, on the strand of Melon, in the syndi ca t e o f P ors p o d er (department of the Finister e ). Great interest is attached to thi s no t e , w hi c h appears to have been written by a passenger on board the American steamer Pacific, supposed to be wholly lost, with all hands, in 1856 ; and we publish its contents, ver batimsteam_ship Pacific, , p. Eldridge, commander. s le m in i think it our duty to .y Steam-ship Pacific run be ea tween two icebergs. All hand s l os t. O n the Ist of The wordpril, lBs6.Just goi ng down 2 m." April is writt en over a word effaced, for the author of the note had first commenced with a capital M, as if about to write March. MY SISTER. Up many flights of crazy stairs, Where oft one's head knocks unawares; ; With a rickety table, and without chairs, And only a stool to kneel to prayers, Dwells my sister. There is no carpet upon the film-, The wind whistles in through the cracks of the door ; One might reckon her miseries by the scorn, But who feels interest in so poor ? Yet she is my aister. She was blooming, and fresh, and yonng, and fair, With bright blue eyes, and auburn hair ; But the rose is eaten with canker care, And her visage is mark'd with a grim despair. Such is my sistex ! When at early morning, to rest heehead, She throws herself on her weary bed, Longing to sleep th e s l eep o f th e dead, Yot fearing, from all she has heard and read ; Pity my sister. But the bright sun shines on her and on me, And on mine an I hers, and on thine and thee, Whatever our lot in life may be, Whether of high or low degree, Still, she's our sister. Weep for our sister, Pray for our sister, Succour our sister. The chief inagistrate of Vienna has just given notice that the gen era l census o f t h e po p u l a ti on throughout th e whole of the empire will commence on the 31st inst. BANK DISCOUNTS.—The pressure at the Bask for discounts was again extraordinarily heavy, but the large advances which became repayable there yesterday were well met. The t ita.l amount of the dividends, the pay ment of w hieli c , mmenced yesterday morning, is about 6,000,0001 , and the proportion usually taken on the first day is about 4 ,000,000/ —Times. THE WESTMINSTER BELLS.—We learn that all the Westminster quarter bells are now cast. The notes are B, E (the octave above the great bell), F sharp, hand G sharp. The B bell weighs about four tons, and the other three t oget h er a little more t h an f our t ons , so that the whole pe a l, including the great bell of nearly 16 tons weigh as nea r l y as poss ibl e 24 tow., as originally esti mated. If the tower and iron beams are ready fur may be taken up in the course of the next month, and th e c lo ck is ready to f o ll ow th em . them they DESTRUCTION OF A FLOUR MILL.—An alarming fire brake out at the flour mill of Mr. Croysdali, Whitley bridge, near Pontefract, at about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning last. Shortly after the discovery of the fire the whole of the roaf fell in with a tremendous crash, and in about three hours the mill was gutted, there being nothing left standing but the outer walls. About 300 bags of flour and a larga quantity of corn were consumed, and the whole of the internal machinery with 12 pairs of stones were destroyed. The damage done amounts to about 1 0 ,0001., only 2 000/. of which is covered by in surance. It is thoul'at that the t hafts in the top story became heated for want of oil, and that the fire, having originated in that part of the mill, gradually &Handed to the lower rooms. LATE''IT NEWS, LIST OF PASSENGERS PROM INDIA. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The following is a list of the passengers by the Alma, from Calcutta : Mrs. Gould and child. Mrs. Rowles. Mrs. Chapman and child. Mr. and Mrs. Paterson and children. Mrs. Cockburn and three children. Lieutenant and Mrs. Comber and child. Dr. Boyle. Mrs. Templer. Mrs. Lushington and child. Mrs. Astell and child. Mrs. Wynyard and children. The Misses Weaver (two). Miss Ramey. Miss Sturt. Miss Hutchinson. Mrs. Sneyd. Mrs. Alexander and child. Mrs. Lightfoot. Mrs. Vallings and three children. Mr. Farmer. Mr. Carpenter. Mr. James J. Weaver. Mr. Russell. Mr. Boyce. Mr. J. Harris. Mr. Macpherson. Mr. H. Lewis. Mr. Hodson, from Madras. Major Macdougal. • Dr. Caldwell. Mr. M‘Nair. Captain Blanc (White 7) Mr. Smollett, from Galle. Mr. Savage. Mrs. Vallings, from the Mauritius. Mr. Barrow. Sir T. and Lady Higginson, with their daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Le Bard (Le Bas ?) M. Roquet (Rooke !) M., Madame, and Mdlle. Menardiere (query Maynard ?) Mr. and Mrs. Hugo. Mr. Broughton, from Men. Mr. J. Harrison. Mr. J. Carey. M. Mill. In addition to the above list, the correctness of which, as it has paned through the French tele graph, appears very doubtful, the despatch men tions the following names, which we are unable to re duce to any familiar English patronymics, and which cannot be found in the catalogues of the Bengal civil or military service :—Mrs. Goute and child, Mr. Tutti, Mrs. Planch and children, Mrs. Mac lardy, (111‘Clarty ?) and children, Mrs. Gu]isg, Rev. and Mrs. Cerdes (possibly Sur tees) and two chil dren. ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL, AND LIST OF PASSENGERS. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The following is a list of the passengers by the French packet from Bombay : Mrs. Erskine and three children. Mrs. Morgan and two children. - Mrs. De Vitre and child. Mrs. Warden and child. Mrs. Woolcombe. Mrs. Macgregor and three children. Mrs. Francis Youughnsband and four children. Mrs. Barnes. Mrs. Brooks and two children. Mrs. Carnegie and child. Mrs. Graham. Mrs. Stullaford and child (7). The Misses Miller with the two children of Captain Taylor Clarke. Admiral Sir H. Leeke with his lady and. Miss Leeke. Lieut. and Mrs. Battye with two children. Mr. and Mrs. Muspratt with a child. Captain Dyett. Dr. Fairblank. Major Vincent. Lieutenant Grant. Mr. Pestonjee. Mr. Hicks and child. Mr. D. Campbell and three children. Mr. Weston. Mr. J. Doughty. Mr. J. Cabbington (from Aden). Mr. Gillot. Mr. Cohen. Mrs. Henderson and two children. Miss Harrison. Mrs. Morgan. Captain Price. In addition to which we have the names of Mr. Nibbet and Mr. Droughet, which are probably in correct. MARSEILLES, OCT. 14. The Bombay mail is arrived. The Gwalior Contingent had deposed the Maha rajah Scindia, and placed a prince of the Delhi family on the throne. Lord Canning had refused to comply with the request of the people of Calcutta, that he would proclaim martial law. Lieutenant Howard Campbell, 78th Highlanders, had died at Cawnpore ; Lieutenant Gowan, 18th Bengal N. 1., who had been reported killed, was still alive. The mutineers inside Delhi only numbered 17,000 men, of whom one-fourth were cavalry. In the affair of the sth Lieut. Gabett died of his wounds, and Lieut. Elkington and Dr. Ireland wore dangerously wounded. On the 30th of August, before Delhi, some of the enemy's breastworks were taken between the Sammy-house and the town. All in the camp are elated at the prospect of offensive operations. HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN; OCT. 14. The following bulletin was published at Sans Semi last evening : " The King has hal no further symptoms of congestion during the day, but on the whole there is no very material change in his Majesty's con dition." Another despatch says : " The hopes entertained of a considerable amend ment in his Majesty's health have suffered no check to-day. " There is nothing, however, to suggest that the imprOvement can be more than temporary' and partial." The Russian naval division destined for the Chinese waters has quitted Cronstadt. It con sists of three corvettes and three steam-clippers. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. ---- ----- The following is the copy of a despatch addressed by Aali Pasha, on the 23d of September, 1857, to the Ottoman Legation 4 at the Courts which were parties to the Treaty of Paris : "Adjoined I send you a copy of a despatch which we forwarded to the Katmakan of Moldavia immediately after the elections were annulled. The contents of the document will enable you to see in what a loyal spirit the Porte fulfils its engagements : " The Imperial Government, by the Ministerial de• spatch of Oct. 14th, 1856, and by its subsequent and preceding declarations, has not failed in the same loyal way to make known to the august parties to the Treaty of Paris the views which it takes of the ques tion relative to the Danubian Principalitiee. We are convinced that the high Powers, who by the solemn act of the Congress of Paris proclaimed to the whole world the great interest they took in the maintenance of the integrity and independence of this empire, will be obliged to the Sublime Porte for endeavouring to point out tho side of this question that relates to an interest which has become European. (ch er . cher a leur demontrer le cote de Bette question qui touch,e ce grand intent devenu Europeen) God forbid that the Government of Her Majesty the Sultan should call in question the purity of the intentions of any of the Powers towards him, or that it 0101311 believe that in upholding this or teat opiao they entertain any other wish than to give strength to the principle above-mentioned. If we frequently re- Ir, 18 5 turn to this subject, it is simply because we, being most directly inte;ested in the subject, wish to enlighten oar ones, and not to leave them in ignorance of the deter mination (ropinio2z, arretec) of the Sublime Porte on a matter which tends to inflict a severe blow upon its legitimate rights—rights which are consecrated by ages and unexceptionable documents—and to endeavour to destroy any unfavourable impression which some hun dreds of publications which have been disseminated by the opposite party may have produced on the minds Of the Government or of the nations. FRANCE. End of Month. " 'A new and freak explanation on the part of the Porte appears to us the more opportune, because, since the elections in Moldavia have been annulled, the quasi revolutionary clubs in Wallachia have produced a very sensible discouragement among those inhabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia who formerly dared to display some little courage in the maintenance of their opinions (qui naguere osaient montrer quelque pen de courage de leur opinion). Assemblies elected under such auspices neither are nor can be of a nature to inspire the Sublime Porte with any great confidence that they will respect its rights. Consequently, at the same time that it keeps within the limits of the Treaty of the 30th March, the Imperial Government considers it a duty to renew the aforesaid declaration of the 14th October, and frankly to declare that whatever may be the wish expressed by the Divans ad hoc relative to the union of the two Principalities, the Sublime Porte, relying on (s'appuyant sur) the text of the treaty of Paris—a text, in ♦irtue of which the final settlement of the definitive organisa tion of the Principalities is to depend entirely on an understanding between the Sublime Porte and she other Powers who were parties to the treaty—finds itself absolutely necessitated to maintain its resolution in this respect. " We confidently hope that this determination, which is based on reasons that are of vital importance to Turkey, will be appreciated by the Powers, to whom we address ourselves with the greatest confidence. We are convinced that their justice and equity will cores) to our assistance in this important matter. " I hasten to add that, by this our restriction, we do not intend to exclude all idea of the assimilation of certain administrative laws that may be reconcileaLle with the rights of our august Master and with the maintenance of the political separation of the two provinces. " 'The good understanding which has happily been re-established between all the Powers that were parties to the Treaty of Paris concerning the affairs of the pro vinces iu question is for us another guarantee that they will be satisfactorily settled. We, as one of the parties to The treaty, cannot too strongly wish that the good understanding may continuo: "'You are authorised to read this despatch to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and to leave a copy of it with hiba. " Accept, Stc.' [Annex.] AALI PASHA TO THE KAIMAKAN OF MOLDAVIA. " 'M. le Prince, — My telegraphic despatch of the 24th instant has made known to yon the resolution taken by the Porte, in consequence of an understanding be tween itself and the six other Powers, who were parties to the Treaty of Paris, to annul the Moldavian elections. By your despatch of the 25th we learnt bow promptly you had proceeded to put into execution the ord, r of his Majesty the Sultan. I have nothing to add in respect to the instructions which were given in my above-mentioned message. In regard to the method of their execution, I consider it my duty again to make known to your Excellency the true opinion of the Sublime Porte on the subject. Before all, I have the honour to inform you that the Imperial Government is as jealous of its inalienable (inprescrip tible) rights and is as determined to maintain them as it is to fulfil the duties arising from its engagements. Thus the Sublime Porte can have no other wish than to t he that part of its engagements, the accomplishment of which devolves on authorities of its appointments, fulfill ed with the greatest uprightness and fidelity. We are of opinion that, in or ter to attain this object, your Excellency cannot do better than lit rally to follow the instructions of the firman relating to the elections with the Watla chian interpretations, the application cf which under similar circumstances in Moldavia has been agreed on by all the Powers. In this way the responsibility of your Excellency will be sheltered (a convert), and the Sublime Porte will be extremely pleased that you have fulfilled its intentions, " ' The Porte, M. le Prince, counts, in this important matter, on your devotion to the interests of the Empire in general, and to those of the Principality in par ticular.—Accept, &e. " Aug. 31, 1857. " ' The candidateship of young Prince Murat for the throne of the United Principalities, which repre sents the latest political canard started by the con tinental press, is thus seriously discussed by a Paris correspondent of the Independence of Brussels : " The candidateship of Prince Murat is more talked of every day, though few people believe in it. It is said that at Stuttgard the question of the Principalities was alone fully discussed, and that then the name of Prince Murat was pronounced. It is also said that at Osborne, where the question was likewise discussed, the Emperor Napoleon asked if, in case that question should be decided according to the wishes of the Roxmains, England would see without displeasure the candidateship of Prince Murat. It is further said that the same question was raised at Berlin and at Turin, where it met with no opposition. As to the Emperor 'Alexander 11. who thought, it is said, of a candi dateship of Prince de Wickenstein, his aide-de camp, who has gained distinction in combating against Schamyl in the Caucasus, and who recently married Princess Catacuzene, he has definitively abandoned that idea—to which Austria would on no account have consented. Thus, though a name was pronounced, no kingdom was founded at Stuttgard ; and as England maintains a severe re serve, nothing has been done calculated to preju dice the wishes of the Moldo-Wallachian D ivans, and the resolutions of the future congress.' PARIS, THIIRSDI.Y EVENING. The Censtitutionnel contradicts, as follows, an improbable report circulated by some German papers — The Presse of Vienna, the Trieste Gazette, and letters from Berlin, announce that on the 2d inst. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Baron de Prokesch addressed A protest to the Divan against the elections which have taken place in Moldavia and Wallachia. We believe ourselves justified in asserting that no despatch has been received in Paris from Constantinople confirming this' report. The fact of the meeting of the Divans, which are deliberating at this moment, sufficiently proves the improbability of the statement." BOURSE, Oct. 14.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. 44 per Cents - :- 3 per Cents 66 90 66 70 Bank Shares 2,925 Credit Fonder 550 -- Credit Mobilier 792 50 Roman . B7 -- Do. Account — Austrian Belgian 44 Spanish Threes 4l Fiedmontese (5) 9O 40 Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. Orleans 1,352 50 Western Northern - Strasburg Lyons and Mod B4 i,i— New Ditto New Ditt0.......... 815 Grand Central Geneva 617 59 Sardinian Midi SPAIN. A despatch received in Paris yesterday states the Queen has positively expressed her desire to pre side over her Cabinet, and she has wished to intro duce into it the principal statesmen now out of office. Ivl. Armero is detained in the south by the bad state of the roads. If the combination under his auspices should not succeed, the state of affairs will present the great&t difficulties. MONTENEGRO. A letter from Cattaro of the 2d offers the follow ing details of the progress of the Turkish expedition against the refractory Albanian tribes : " An English messenger has arrived this day at Sin ful, and proceeded immediately to Cettigue ; he brings important despatches from Constantinople for the Eng lish consul at Scutari and Prince Danilp. The advanced guard of the Turkish force of 3,000 men, under Hamn Pacha, governor of Scutari and A.banl , , has already forced the entrance of the territory of V e rebellious banian tribes, and bas had a sanguinary olllision with the inhabitants of Vaenjevie. The Mt ntenegrin tribe having implored the protection of Prince Danilo, he sent his aids-de-camp, ,Vukovic, who was formerly in the Austrian service, to negotiate a truce with the Pacha ; but his efforts were f r uitless. The invaders have accord ingly destroyed the orops and the villages. Ti 0 Prssi dent of the Senate , Mirko, has raised a corps ot 500 Montenegrins, with the intention of marching w i t h them to the frontier of the Principalities. In this state things are at this moment; but it is hoped that the in tervention of the Christian Powers will put do wn th ese n iCary quarrels sang CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . We have received files of papprs from the Cape to the 17th August. Her Majesty's steamer Penelope and troop-ship Belleisle left Simon's Bay for luck), on Wednesday, the 12th. The Ocean Wave, with a portion of the 89th, was to leave on the 15th for India. On the 13th the ship Polonaise arrived, from Dubin June 18, with a detachment of her Majesty's 95th R- gi meat on i oard, consisting of 17 officers, and 316 rank_ and fil-, under the command of Major Rein es. The 95th was to have relieved t he 89th in C..p . e Town, but, under present circumstances, the went proceeds to India. We take the following from the Cape Town Mail of Aug. 15 "The statement of the revenue of the colony for the year ending June 30, 1857, shows a net in crease over the revenue for t he same period ending the 30th of June, 1856, of 91 , 319 '. Nearl y the whole of thi, is due Sc the customs on which there has been an incria,e of 90,2521. The total receipts for the year ending the 30th of June, 1857, were 376,9901. The total expendi ture for the same period 320,3201, Leaving a balance in favour of receipts of 56,6701. THE LATE MAJOR BANKS. John Sherbrooke Banks was born in September, 1811, and gave early indications of that courage and talent which shone forth so brightly in after years. He passed through his school career with great credit, and had the character of being a "superior classical scholar." He was appointed to a cadetship in 1828, and in 1829 arrived in India and was posted to the 33d B.N. I. About the year 1833 he was appointed to the interpretership of his regiment, and shortly after was for some time on detached duty for the suppression of -Thuggee,__in which he was very successful. He was afterwards appointed to a civil magistracy in the Saugor and Nerbuddha Province, and was stationed at Jubbulpore. While diligent in the duties of his office he undertook the survey of his district for the formation of public roads and bridges, and sought in overyway to develop the resources of the country. It was to this district that Sir C. Napier referred in terms of unsurpassed praise. " There are some glorious magistrates who really do exalt the honour and power of England in the East. I came through a district governed by a Mr. Banks ; I do not know him, I never saw him, but I really felt proud of my countryman. Yet even there I found tyranny by the board' which rules the Punjab ; he cannot help that ; all he does himself is superb." When he retired from Jubhulpore on the breaking up of the establishment, he received a complimentary address from the natives. He was soon appointed as assistant in the Auditor-General's Department at Calcutta, whence he volunteered and served with his regiment in the Affghan campaign of 1842, and was present at Mazeena and the subsequent actions during the advance on Cabul, and received a medal on the return of the army ; being on rearguard, a Sepoy of his company was wounded and left behind ; Lieut. Banks returned for him, and brought him in on his back ; of two men that accompanied him one was killed and the other wounded. Captain Banks was soon after appointed Deputy Assistant-Secretary to the Government of India Military Department, whence he volunteered for active service in the campaign of the Sutlej. He joined his regiment immediately after the battle of Sobraon, and was at once gazetted as Quartermaster to Gen. &Peas kill's divison, and in the same gazette was appointed Assistant-Secretary to the Government of India Military Department ; in the latter capacity he went through Scinde with the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge. The head of his office being on sick leave, Major B. had the whole arrangements for the army for the Burmese war, and a competent au thority, stated that "no troops were ever sent out more efficiently prepared for active service." When Lord Dalhousie went to Pegu to arrange for the set tlement and government of the newly-acquired province Major Banks accompanied him a% Secre tary for the Government of India. In 1854 he was appointed by he Governor-General as his Pri vate Military Secretary, and accompanied his Lord ship to the Neilgherrie Hills. In July, 1855, Major Banks was despatched from Ootacumund to Luck- now qn business connected with the annexation, and was appointed one of the Commissioners in Oude. He was in charge at Lucknow, where he resided from the commencement of 1866. On the death of Sir H. Lawrence Major Banks succeeded him as Acting Chief Commissioner in Oude and in the command of the garrison at Lucknow, and has speedily followed his distinguished and gallant predecessor to a soldier's grave. While actively employed in the duties of his profession he found time for diligent and varied study. "He re ceived degrees of honour in the Persian, Oordoo, and Bengali languages from the college at Fort William." He had also studied Sanscrit, Arabic, Ilindostani, and Hindee, and was prepared to go, up for degrees in two of those languages had not the duties of his office and consequent want of opportunity prevented him. To the above ha added Hebrew and a superior knowledge of French, German, and Italian. One who knew him well, personally and officially, writes—" His loss will be most severely felt by the Government, for they had not a more able, conscientious, and a more efficient officer." This is high praise ; but it is also a noble testimony to the East India Company that talent and character, without private patronage, which Major Banks had not, can win their way to some of the highest offices which the Indian Government en M d a o j f or ju ß ly an o k r s b - w e g a i s n n k i i I n l g e d of a zt t uLguucet nhaoswtaebboeutattothwe. after 28 years of uninterrupted service. THE EPIDEMIC AT LISBON. LISBON, Oct. B.—The fever is unfortunately still devastating the business part of the city, and trade is almost paralysed—so much so that the receipts of the Custom-house, which are usually 2,0001; or more, are now only some 2001. per diem. All Lis bon is flying into the suburbs and into the country; the principal warehouses are closed, and the opera house and the theatres are almost deserted. Many' of the English community have fallen victims to the fever, which appears to be of a most ♦irulent kind, and to set all medical skill at defiance. Prayers are publicly said every afternoon in the principal parish churches, but unfortunately the malady does not decline. Many of the cases are attended with black vomit, and the disease is de signated by the faculty as very difficult of treat ment. The sanitary authorities are now directing all their energies to cleaning the sewers and other de posits of the city. The Custom-house is being cleaned out, and all kinds of filth is being brought to the light of day and removed. In the warehouse No. 1, the windows, which by direction of the Marquis of Pombal were made open to the ground, were blocked up in 1832, and the store has since remained in darkness and abomination. Some old casks of rotton pork and bacon had leaked dur ing the course of years upon the floor, and buckets had to be put into requisition to cleanse the place. Now, however, whilst Lisbon is in such a fear ful [state, the health authorities still persist ia maintaining their quarantine absurdities in all their plenitude. As an instance how the sanitary re gulations are conducted at this calamitous time, the English vessel New Harriet, whose master having died on shore of yellow fever contracted 11 1 Lisbon, was actually rent down to the quarantine ground, and having remained there a week, and not being able to obtain prailue, ;al though the crew were, and had all along been, in perfect health, railed under quarantine. The most ridiculous part, however, is, that the work men and the piltot who went, on board from the were ordered to the Lazaretto by the health board, there to be duly purified, and afterwards to return to the city, where the epidemic is nosy raging. The force of folly can no further go. • The King and Court are now at the Palace of Necessidades. THE STRAND TREATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Permit me to correct an error in, the report of the proceedings under Mr. Payne's bankruptcy in your paper of this day, which states that the Strand Theatre has been for some time carried on as a "commonwealth," and will probal?ly be managed henceforth by the assignees for the benefit of the estate. This is entirely incorrect. Mr. Payne 'e lease having become forfeited by the act of bank ruptcy, in accordance with a covenant contained in it to that effect, a new lease has been granted me, and the theatre will be carried on under my manage' ment for the future. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, LEICESTER BUCKINGHAM. Oct. 14, 1857. Tag JERROLD TESTIMONIAL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin,—As Mr. Blanchard Jerrold has, thrOugli your columns, preferred against me the serioll o charge of a " gross breach of faith in giving Mr. Dickens permission to publish a letter without the consent of ray clients," pray give insertion to nag statement that I gave Mr. Dickens permission to use my letter in the way ho has used it, not onli with the consent, but by the expressed wish of nl9 clients, whose names I inclose, to whom my lettet was written, and who are gentlemen who have kindly undertaken the office of trustees to 24r 0 ' Jerrold. Mr. Blanchard. Jerrold is not my client. fli 6 groundless charge against me I shall not furtlaet notice.--I am, &c., W. H. ASHURST. 6, Old Jewry, London, Oct. 14. SIGNS OF WINTER —The Ulverstone Advertiser mays.; "Ou Monday morning, Scawfell, Helvellyn, and Bowler were capped with snow. The swallows are off and 01 are the lake tourists. Northern divers have appsareub on the lakes, and the robins have attached themselve s to their favourite cottages." There was an absence of commercial failures of all rest importance. A report was widely circulated ye' terday afternoon of a very heavy stoppage at Manche!: ter, but it was wholly discredited among all the leadielo firm. conrected with that place. The house of Alllel and M'Kerro w , S co t c h ware h ouse m en , and also that 0 „, Mr. W. B. Webt, wholesale haberdasher, were stated t o have suspended there, but their liabilities are not scP et'.: posel to b e ver y grea t. In Lo n don the failure has b notified of Messrs. Scarratt and Partington, warehousemen.