The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will 0 ?EN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak spare's Play of _ THE TEMPEST. The box-office will open on Thursday, October 8. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Mire Susan Pyne , Mis s Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. 'A. St. Albyn. Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. WaUworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's B ind, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Auber's opera 01 THE CROWN DIAMONDS. Aft.r which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6€l. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—Ths Box Office is now open daily, from Hto 5, ander the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE WONDER, in which Mrs. Catherine Sinclair will sus tain the character of Vio'ante for the 3d time in this coun try, and Mr. Henry Sedley will make his 3d appea-ance in London in the character of Don Fehr. After which, THE EVIL GENIUS. Tom Ripstone, Mr. Bnckstone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress - Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 Upper Boxes ..... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it ewer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Lessee—Mr. Bus. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home•ma4e Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry liallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with — " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." S TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed a now comic drams, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Zinloch, Miss Craven, Ica. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Misa Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA. TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CA.MELEON. Miss Craven, Mis; Victor, Mr. P. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE, Larry Hoo agan, Mr. Macarthy. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robion and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, drc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE It) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresveick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, VP IN THE WORLD, Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. Ingcompauy of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o ti.'3lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, Arc., :—Miss Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, firs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunel], Mrs. Lo Jenne, and. Madame Marietta . Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Far.ant, S. •onen, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An - onio, E. L. Hime, and Mr St. A , byn ; S. Collins and E. Mack - ney. Pianotort,, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Wiiliama ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence et Seven o'clock rreeieely. S &c.. until twelve o'cioel,. —Signor PIC:.:0 will perform, at ha f-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY Morn., 16 min. aft. 3—Even., 31 urn aft. To-MORROW —Morn., 55 min. aft. 3 -Even., 15 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER -SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 6. THEI1114)1ILIT113, IN Taal SHADE. 64—highest since noon yestcyday. 49—loweAt this mra-ning and during the night 62 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2 1 .75. WIND. variable, W. to N. W. ; light, Heavy rain In the night. rilry k - , A 1. LONDON, TIIESDA.Y, OCT. 6, 1357. An opportunity for an entire change of our Indian system is now offered such as may not occur again in a centUry ; and it must be made use of. Victories are but ephemerial glories ; good legisla tion is a boon not forgotten for centuries; we alt know NAPOLEON'S opinion that his Code was the monument which he expected to survive the tro phies of Marengo and Austerl.tz. And Lord PALMERSTON, especially as a civilian, must rest hi , reputation upon the future Government est.L blished in India rather than on the vigorous sup pression of a mutiny. The litter we believe h will soon accomplish. NANA SAHIB may yet bc able to perpetrate some horrible atrocities, and it may be impossible to relieve Locknow, though we will hope for the best. The B )mbay and Madra, armies may show increasing signs of uneasiness, and may even to some extent join in the mutiny; ytt, with the arrival of the QUEEN'S troops which htwe been already sent out, the mutiny will b. at an end. Scattered bands of rascals in different parts of the country will have to be dealt with ; it may be that the convicts liberated from gaols uniting with the small companies of Sepoyst, wiii become dangerous briirtnth or banditti in naany pails ; but these will soon be put down. The trl tives themselves will be bitterly hostile to wretches who must live by plundering them—will enable us to track them and will aid in their extirpat on, and the result will probably ba that the swor , l awl the gallows will sweep the country of its former gaol birdJ, as well as the inuitir.!er-4 who liberated them. Rascaldom, so abundin.& in India, will be dealt with very summarPy, au .1 the bayonet and martial law will s ion restore order. Every native Prince, too, will be ruoA faithfully devoted to the strongest, and will ail in restoring the reign of law. But we insist that this must ben revolution al *ell as a mutiny. We have now a carte blanchc. The Act of 1853 is virtually repealed. The sp:- tem which could end in the results uow before us has not a shred of a claim to perpetuity. Jolla Company's death -warrant was made out at Mee rut, and signed and countersigned. at Cawnpora and Dinapore. With the universal disbandment of the army he created, and the wide-spread hor rors which followed in its train, the reign of Leadenball-street has been completely overthrowp. England will hear of it no longer ; and L3l' PALMERSTON must address himself to rectifying the very basis of Indian Goverumenf . . Tile great anomaly must first be got rid of. We rac,t know with whom we have to do, and every portant proposition must no longer be a shuitl,- cock to be tossed backward and forward betwe:n the Board of Control and the Board of Directors. In their petition the Calcutta merchants ask, first of all, that the Government of India shou'd be carried on in the name of the Crown, and under the direct government of her MAJESTY—with an open legislative council, and that Queen's court, presided over by trained lawyers, may be estaL- THE SUN, LO'NDON, TUESDIAY _EyNNING,9 OC fOBER 6, 1857 lished, the English being the official language. The Times, which perhaps thinks it loyal to main tain the perfection of a government in distress, defends the company by telling us, to translate its remarks into plain English, that the said com pany is a sham ; that it has no power whatever, that it is bound hand and foot by the Board of Control, whose bidding it must do ; that it is a mere Indian council to Mr. VERNON SMITH. Now this is true and untrue. It is not a mere council, since it practically retains the management of nearly all the internal concerns of India, and of a very large share of the subordinate patronage ; indeed, it has nullified, as far as it could, the ad vantages of public competition, by transferring its officers to the civil service, to the ruin almost of the efficiency of the army ; but if the Company ho indeed a sham, wby preserve it ? But far worse than this, the Board of Directors is, as the Times well knows, the grand hindrance to dispatch of business ; the buffer and the screen it once, to save the Indian administration from the shocks of public opinion, and to protect it from the gaze of the British public. Setting aside details, the indirect mischief done by the mere existence of the East India Company is incalcu 'able. But for such a device Mr. VERNON SMITH dare not havis ventured to accept the post of Pre sident of the Board of Control, even if it had been offered him. With this grave old Council in Leadenhall-street it is supposed that some stripling of the aristocracy is quite good enough to be the Cabinet and Parliamentary representa tive of the Government of India. What we pre sume the Calcutta petitioners desire is, not that the Minister for India should not be aided by any well-selected board of Anglo-Indians as his advisers, but that he should be the head of that board, and that the second board should cease to exist. We know whom to look to in every other great department of State, and whom to hold dis tinctly and solely responsible. We want the same for India ; concede this, and with the attention now a Takened to India, the post of " Secretary of State for India" will become only second to that of Premier. It ought to be filled by some one practi (sally acquainted with India, some one also of abi lity to command a Parliamentary position ; the choice maybe limited, but the men are to be found. The present system does not eves make the best )f its present men. We believe that even Mr. SMITH himself, or Mr. MANGLES, as a solely re sponsible minister for India, would be an infinitely better man. But we repeat that the disgraceful anomaly of the Double Government is tolerated merely to keep in office at home and in Cal cutta a class of third or fourth rate needy arists crats. The Minister for India and the Governor General of India ought to be men quite equal to the post of Prime Minister. The open council—that is the admission of non-official persons to the Legislative Council of Calcutta—is surely a prtentous change, light as the Times made of the whole matter. It is scarcely possible to conceive a set of men more in competent as a whole than the present Council cf the Governor-General. Of course Lord CANNING must be, at first, almost at their mercy ; and the only wonder is that, with such advisers, be has not done worse. We refrain from characterisira .e) them individuslry, though they well deserve it ; but their conduct must have shown even cisutl readers that self-sufficiency and ignorance which refused to . be enlightened has worked a system of routine tat it has almost overthrown our Indian dmpirc. "I have lost a day 1" The Roman E.nperor, who thus deplored his idleness, was fully alive to the magnitude of the evil. He knew that he could never regain that which he had heedlessly relinquished—that the damage was, indeed, irre parable ; all he could do was to determine that he would carefully avoid a similar mistAko for the future; and it is recorded that he faithfully maintained his resolution. It would be well if our rulers would adopt a iimilar course. The nation has virtually "lost a day," and that at a time when the demands on its resources are most onerous and urgent. Mina aro to to closed, looms stopped, agricultural labours suspended, shops unopaned, and all the operations of trade and commerce brought to a stand still. Those who can barely contrive to live with the most stringent economy are deprived of one-sixth of their weakly earnings, and thereby compered to fast really. Many who occupy a position but little higher in the social scald, but who might be enabled to contribute their ru towards the relief of the Indian sufferer, will leJ prevented from doing so by the same cause. And why ? Simply because through the mismanage ment and political blunders of the Angle-Indian Government, the Beng!il army have mutinied, and perpetrated the most savage and outrageous crueEies on these who have been so unfortunate as to fall into their hands. " Q , lic quid cleliraat reges plectuntur Achivi." Ia lik3 manner the People must suffer both in purse and person for the mis.akes of their rulers. A week since we referred to the judicious an swer returned by Lard PA.LMEIBTON to the de mand of certain Scottish Ministers and Eiders for a similar fast, in order to arrest the spread of the cholera, which was then spreading de.struction throughout tho land. His Lordship then showed them that it was vain to petition the Deity, when wa did net adopt proper means to prevent the evil. It was like the conduct of sailors who aban doned the pumps while the lank was gaining fast, and the helmsman who let the frail bark steer itself in plico of directing her towards port, in order that they alight pray before the images of their favourite saints—Aide tub, et Dieu, t'aidera, was the purport of his Lordship's reply, and such ought it to have been on the present occasion. As we have repeatedly st4ted, men "cannot be made religious by act of Parliament," or by R )yal Proclamation. Nay, more, a vast number will resent the attempt, more especially when acc panied by privation and inconvenience. Bit ter feelings will arise iu many minds which may more than counterbalance the good effects produced ou the piously disposed. It will also be made by others a day of feasting and enjoyment, in place of being one of fasting and humiliation, and the loss of wages will be more than doubled, we might perhaps say quad rupled by the additional outlay incurred in the pursuit of pleasure and amusement. Had Sunday been selected for the purpose, no one could or would have complained. Those who desired it might have fasted and humiliated them selves. Nay, mere, there might have been a QUEEN'S letter authorising collections in every church and chapel, or other place of worship throughout her dominions, for the relief of those reduced to poverty and destitution by the terrible outbreak. The call would have been pronopily and liberally responded to, and the donations ' would have been " twice blessed," to the givers and to the recipients. It was, however, a puri ' tanical triumph, a concession to the Mawworm faction ! The good is', at least, very problematical. It might be different if it was received in a 1 proper spirit by a majority of the peopleq But, from previous experience, we fear that there is but little prospect of that being the case. On the other hand, the evils are palpable to the most superficial observer. First, it will prevent the creation and production of a consider able amount of national wealth, perhaps to the amount of 1,000,000/. sterling. Secondly, it will occasion serious privation and distress in many humble families, all of whose exertions are barely sufficient "to keep the wolf from the door." Thirdly, it will, in a large proportion of cases, be misspent, will lead to riotousness, drunkenness, and profusion, and be more likely to offend than to conciliate and appease the DEITY. Fourthly, even those who are determined to act up to the spirit of the proclamation—who will make it really " a day of fast and humiliation and prayer"—it may induce to avoid the earthly means necessary to success. As the Puritan General said, "Trust to GOD, but keep your powder dry." There are, however, some who will think that in observing strictly the fast, they have done all that can be required at their hands. This is a grave mistake ; but it is one which proceedings such as above referred to may foster and en courage. The mischief has, however, occurred, and can not now be averted. We would therefore ear nestly advise every person to conduct himself decorously and properly, and so far as in him lies to avoid any thing that may occasion scandal to the public or evil to himself or family. An officer who was on board the Notorious Transit, during her last voyage, has written a letter, which will be found in another part of our impression, and which clearly indicates with how much reason Sir CHARLES 'WOOD felicitated him self en her admirable performances. It will go far to show whether her loss was really an acci dent, or the almost inevitable result of the unfit ness of the ill-fated vessel—whether it Might not, in fact, have been averted by foresight and j udi cioua arrangements on the part of " my Lords." The writer clearly considers the captain and the master exempted from all blame. He declares that "no men could have displayed more vigilance and anxiety—painful anxiety—from the hour they left Portsmouth. They knew, wh a t th e o th ers did not, the fearful danger ; but always displayed so much cheerful ness as really to lead the passengers, at times, to imagine that she was the finest vessel over floated." The following graphic description points out the state of the vessel, and her absolute un-sea worthiness. The writer says—and there is a vraisemblance about it which induces us to yield an easy credence :—" From the hour we left Portsmouth we were in danger, as on leaving the deck the fan of the screw, which had not been raised, came into col lision with the dock. The fan was positively broken, and the concussion caused a leak aft which could not be stopped. The Transit, except the wind was on the quarter or beam, would not answer her helm ; the sails did not fit her, and were very old. On the 221 and 23d we lost the foresail, foretopsail, the main sail, and maintopsail. The mainyard, made of indifferent timber, broke in half like a rotten stick, and one of the plates of iron of which the ship is built broke in two below water mark. I need not tell you that it was almost impossible to prevent the vessel from foundering ; indeed, Lad the gale not abated nothing could have saved u'. You cannot conceive the extent of that danger. It may help you to do so when I toll you that on the 24th we pumped out of the wretched ship 600 tons of water. 600 tons I" What can by a possibility be worse than this ? Can anything more powerfully illustrate the abso lute inefficiency of the Department who thus jeopardised the lives cf a large body of her MAJESTY'S troops, engaged in a most important duty? Daring the entire voyage they were kept in a stale of the utmost peril and discomfort. Their property was damaged in the first instance, and eventually destroyed, and it was through the blessing of PROVIDENCE that they were spared a similar fate. It could scarcely be expected that she would arrive safely at her destination. The writer thus speaks on that point :—" At home you will esteem it a most unfortunate and disastrous occurrence that we should be lost. I believe ther e is not a sou: among us who did not thank GOD for being wrecked where we were, as if we had prc ceededeveua heavytireto gale Clr of wind Chinese Seas , and met a typhoon, cr the Transit must have sunk, and a ll o f us been los'. Formyowii pare, , [ esteem it a most merciful oeeurreuce." This cannot be suff,ired to pass by sub silent.;:o. Of cours., there must b 3 a stringent and searchii g investiption into the conduct of the responsible , offis!ers. But it should not rest there. 15 should. ex , end to the conduct of the Board of Admiralty, who neglected the most impressive warnings, and with pdrverse obAinacy sent her forth to perish on the journey. The conduct of the crew and passengers was all that could be desired, other wise the calAwity would have been of a far more serious deseriptior. VIE NEXT NEWS FROM _LYDIA. It appears that the next Indian news may now . be expecte,l at any moment. The homeward mail from Bombay last year arrived at Suez on the 2alt. of September, and, should it reach that port at Ow samri date on the present occasion, despatches might be rece:vel by the Governm , ,nt, supposiuga s' eamer to Le iu waiting at Alexandria to proceed to Cag liari, in the course of to morrow, cr even this evening. Tae EArl and C)u(itesi of Mnigrave arrived at their r•sl'ence iu Ettan-placc, yfroui South ILI, Park, her th , y have been staying on a viAit with the Right iu. %V. G. Hay ter, and Airs. Ilayter. Visclunt Caeliea is expacted in town in a few days from Farley Castle, near Reading. Viscountess Newry has returned to town from East bourne, Suistx. Lord Ashburton is shortly ex?.lc,el in town from Lip sh ,oting-bLic in the Ili4lllands. We hear that the nob:e lord contemplates a visit to Italy, and will pass the winter in Itirna. Lard and La.ly Blantyre, after a visit to the Duke and DucheAs of Sutherland, at Duarobin Castle, bay.) returned to their seat in Re•nirewshire. The u,ble lord and lady aro expected in town nuxt month, on their way to the Continent. Lord and Lady Weas'eydabl have returned to Amptbilt Park, from a tout of visitA, where they intend to pass the %inter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Nermanby have returned t.) town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Barrington at Beckett Hot se, Farrington, Berks. Toe Marquis of Lansdowne, ace.nupanied by his grands in, arrived on Saturday at the Adelplai Hotel, from Manchester. The venerable marquis, who appeared in excellent health, visited St. George's Hall, and in the afternoon set off by train for Staffordshire, on a visit to L 'rd Hatherton at Penkridge Hall. The Countess of Jermay 813 , 1 Lady Clementina who have teen visiting the Earl and Countess of Deroy at Knowsley, left that seat yesterday for Middleton Park, near Bicester. It is not true that a circular is to be i;suect from the Foreign-office in Paris relative to the Stuttgardt inter view, nor is any belief g,ven to the ex;stence of an Atntrian circular en the meeting at Weimar. EXPLOSION AND Loss of LIPE.--Another dreadful exol , !sion occurred at the East Corn wali Gunpowder Mills at Herodsfoot, on Friday afternoon, by which four mer, named E igecombe, Whiting, Rogers, and Pett, we • killed. 1 sgers hact left a wife and 10 children, and Whiting had but recently been married. CAMBERWELL-GREEN. —This ug, iy piece of waste grour d will be very soon enclosed and i.,aaited. At the vestry of the parish on WLdnesday last, the seal was axed to the deed foraally conveying the site to the vestry for the purpose of being enclosed and planted. The gentle men of the parish bad subscribed to buy the ground of the lord of the manor for thin purpose, and cn the tbove mentioned occalion riot only presented the ground to the parish free of cost, but added a fitHll of nearly 7001. to aid in the expense of enclosing and planting it. THE FRENCH PRESS AND THE INDIAN MEETING. While discussing—many in a friendly, some few in a hostile spirit to England—the events and chances of the Indian insurrection, none of the Paris papers can refuse their admiiation to the heroic efforts of the few scanty battalions of Europeans scattered among and making head against tens of thousands of enemies. And while acknowledging, some few of them unwillingly enough, the often-proved gallantry and invincible tenacity of the British soldier, they are also corn pelledto applaud. the energy and self-confidence with which the British nation meets its disasters. " C braves gems sont dignes d'etre Francais!" exclaimed a French paper, the other day, when recording the exploits of a handful of English opposed to a host of Sepoys. Although this may excite a smile in England, in a Frenchman's mouth, it is the very highest form of praise. To-day a journal remark able for its hatred of England contains, in its review of the financial week, the following para graph : "In London no business is doing. Nevertheless Console maintain themselves, notwithstanding the gravity of the news from India. This is one of the most curious phases of the English financial market, and can be explained only by the national pride of a country which will not avow fts embarrassments, or perhaps even which is so convinced that the resist ance to its domination will be overcome that it awaits with patience the hour of its definitive triumph. What is quite certain is, that all the circumstances are formally and incontestably productive of decay and feebleness, and that by a moral energy .for which one cannot give too much credit (dont on ne peut savoir Crop yre) to the national spirit that inspires it, nothing is be frayed outwardly of the effects of the gigantic struggle in which England sees herself engaged." The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, who left Brod sick Castle, Isle of Arran, early in the past week, for Hamilton Palace, Lanarkehire, arrived at Heaton Hall, near Manchester, on Friday last, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have arrived at Heaton Hal!, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, who are visiting the Earl and Countess of Wilton, from a tour of visits in Scotland. His Excellency the Austrian Minister, accompanied by the Countess d'Apponyi, is expected early in the ere suing month to resume his diplomatic duties. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassadorand Madame Musurus and family arrived at the Embassy in Bryan ston•square yesterday, from St. Leonards on-Sea. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester have been paying a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. Wyndham, at their seat, the College, Salisbury. There is no truth in the report circulated by some Austrian journals that Napoleon HI. will shortly meet Franeis Joseph. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.--The eourt will sit on Saturday, the 17th inst., for bail cases and motions, and shortly afterwards the sittings for the hearing of cases will be resumed, VACATION MASTER AT THE COMMON PLEAS.—Not:ce has been given that the Vacation Master of the Court of Cemmon Pleas will attend on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, to transact bwiness at chambers. REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT.—Mr. Rice, late member for Dover, is spoken of as a candidate for the vacancy in the representation of the eastern division of Kent, occasioned by the retirement of Sir E. Dering. Mr. Rice is a supporter of Lord Palmerston's; Govern ment. Mr. Deedes, who was defeated at the last elec tion, has offered himself as a candidate on Conservative principles, • At el, graphic message from St. Petersburg qnotes the price of tallow at 175r0. on the spot and fur all the month. The Royal mail steamer Australasian, to sail for Al xindria on the 12th inst., will take out 300 tree/ s and 57 surgeons for India ; conveyed by the Su , z route to Ceylon, they will be forearied thence to Ua • cotta. Mr. C. Wetton, who has been appointed by tie Royal Mail Company as their superintendent for Aun t alis, proceeds by this vessel to the scene of his labours The Zeit, of Berlin, says that a Fre- o man, who has lived in Stuttgardt for the lag 15 months, was arrested on the day of the Emperor Napoleon's arrival for having cried, " Vive la, Republi sue Frangtise !" We are tnahle I to state that the total ascertained eubecriptions from all quarters to the Indian Fund amount already t) rcarly 100,0001. This is exclusive of the amount subscribed in the East. w.ei lately reported that the clarge fcr admissi-n to the French Bourse, whiele, when first imposed, taus d sc much gvumtling .ocl afforded a farnon4 thorns for tho Charivari, was to be abolished, but the papers now say that no such idea has been for a moment entertained. A SMALL MISTAKES—On Thursday the 3d West Yi.rk Militia mustered at Doncaster, between 800 and 000 strong. The Hull News gravely announces that ties numerous and loyal fcrce " mutinied" instead of mua , tered. THE WIFE MIIRDUR AT BOLTON.—On Saturday an inquest wee held, in the Borough Court, on the body of Alice Mena., the unfortunate woman who wa.e murdered by her husband on Thursday night. The evidence went t prove the guilt of the prisoner, who briefly aildreei the jury, and was found guilty of wilful murder. I'e btands committed to take his trial at the next assizes. A Tam O'SHANTER.—A miller in the vicinity of E gin, had been indulging rather freely one evening lat , ly in a public house in town. " When the drink's in the w:t'e ;'' so our hero, when opposite Gray's Hospital, in the direction of his house, w il e off, fsnc ad he saw hi j eea the way side, and a clear fire burning opposite. 1f:, therefore, (141'A every article of clothin,e he hail exCe ,it his shirt, and lay down at the dyke.iiiile, under ill drenching rain. Him long he slept is not known, I LI; on the fdl wing morning he found himself at home, a ith :no coverhg but hi= wei linen.—lnverizess Courier JOHN SABLE'S REDIVIVIIS.—The Clontnel Chrone 'has the fact upon undoubted auth or it y . A r riser in the` journal says :—" The great vcxata patio, `l, Jed. n Sedleir alive,' will, we think, be sir ly decided iii favour of those who feel convinced of his existeric9. By the following extract of a letter received by a gentleinen resident in Tipperary, ,Erin ( a first cousin to the nl',oriolia ex Treasury lord, it would appear that Vienna has now become his habitat. The turning up of the suripi,si.d suicii;c would a fitting climax to this extrnordiaary career of public duplieitv. The notorious Jiihn Sadltir is now iiviJ, in Vienna ; he was in Ainf,ric:,, but came over lately t ) the above-named c! r." CIIICITY OF LAI3')IJII IN TILE OTTAWA DISTRICT', CA NADA.—A_ latter from Mr. F d . at C e : d ern s o4, t. 9 G- , o i v( s .r s r,j , ni:n e t i the following A ingrt e ra n a t rk a s t O in t r ta ef w e a r , 3nee to the paucity of la bour in that part. of Canada:—" The demand for a;ri cultural labour has been very great during the pre;eir.t season, and the supply has not been at al adequate 'zo the wants of the country. In the early part of n• xt spring . , therefore, a large number of first-class agricul tural labourers wouH be certain of obtaining initard,ale employment at from 425. to 543. per month, with boa n, lodging, &c. The (Marva country offcrs indimensent to stewiy and industrious rigriculturd labourers not t) he surpaFsed in C inada. Men with families can al ways be be supplied with a house en cr near the lot where th,-.37 are employed. The wives can be employed at fair equi : valeote for their services. In this cityand throughout the Ottawa country, the demand for frniale domestic ser vants is unusually great, and a vast number of such as have been accustomed to the ordinary duties of hou•if.- -. ,vork would be immediately engaged at from 15s. to 20:;. per month; to ciuks acquainted .with their duties 25,. to 30s. would be cheerfully paid. In addition to tlao,e •e.- quired in the towns, a great many would he employed ia the rural distric s, where those that have been accus tomed to the duties of the dairy would be hizhly apps; - , ciated and well remunerated. A moderate number of , mechanics, such as carpenters, blacksmith., -&c., are also in request, and to men of good character this part of Canada offers permanent inducements highly adv4n . ta7,enu.s to their future interests. Laud of capital qua . lity can be obtained at moderate prices. This ()bleu is easy of access at all times of the year by the Gr. - ,id Trunk Railway to Prescott, and thence by the Prescott and Ottawa Railway." AGRIOUVMEAL OPERATIONS IN SUFFOLK.--The early period at which the harvest was finished Las enal.led the firmers t., gei: very I,r.vard with the agricultural opera. tioni. The at.Ounin clearing of the stubble, the prac ice of which is evei-v year extending, is a system that has only lately becomes common ; and there can be no doubt that with favoura'a;a weather it is of very great ii,l varitsge, as it saves a great amount of labour in the spring. Th e weather bas been very warm and growing of late, an d all cleecripl ug state. In the middle of tonsi of food for sheep and stock are iu a most grow A uguat th e prospect tor both rape and turnip. , was as b ad as we eyer remember ' • but the ran ha-, put everythi ng to righ.ts, and now there is an abuod 35e° of f-ed. This has :had a great effect upon the price of stock, and at our 1 lre fairs sheep have brought good pric‘'r. The corn marli.ets have been rather flue tuatiog, but we do not exoect any material alteration far some time to come. TL'e quality and condition cf the wheat in this county seem better than it is in most other places ; and there is a considerable quantity shipped away to the north nearly every week. Our prices have also been 8?. per quarter lower than many of the northern midland counties, and with a demand from them, which is likely to continue for Borne time, we are inclined to think we shall yet soon rally in prices.—September 29. A POACHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIS OWN GUN.— Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body of Jamey Sutton, a notorious poacher, residing at Eillington, near Blackburn, who was killed on the previous Friday even ing by the accidental discharge of his own gun. On the night named Sutton left his home, in company with another poacher named Robt. Thompson, to go shooting. Sutton put his gun into his o,at pocket, and they went into a field occupied by Mr. Anthony Mercer, when Thompson took the gun. out of Sutton's pocket, and got over the hedge with it in pursuit of game. Not finding any he returned to his companion, and, handing the gun to him, at the same time pushed it through the hedge muzzle forwards, saying, "Take thy gun." Sawn seized boll of the barrel, and was drawing it through the thorn fence, when, the trigger being caught, the gun was discharged, and the contents lodged in the left side of ,Sutton's breast. lle was taken up, end conveyed to his parents' house, where he lingered until the f Liming morning. The deceased was 23 years f a ge, and unmarried. A, verdict of Accidentally killed mai , returned by the jury. THE THEATRES. HAYMARKET. Last night Mies Sedgwick, a lady of provincial cele brity, made her first appearance as Pauline in the " Lady pf Lyons." She is a lady of considerable physical power, t commanding figure, and a face fun of play and ex oression of feature. Her powers in the delineation of the higher passages, both of passion and tenderness, are of a high order, and she perfectly understands how to ;ive effect to the varied and changing phases of a wo nan's feelings. High feeling is, in fact, the great merit 3f her acting, as far as we have yet been able to judge of it ; and we fully believe that in the higher flights of dramatic pathos, she will take rank with the highest artiste on the stage. At the conclusion of each act she was called before the curtain, Eeing rewarded by her really splendid acting in the three by a tumultuous demonstration from all parts of the house, She is without question a very great acquisition to the stage for parts requiring power and force of expression. Whether she will succeed equally well in those requiring dash and piquancy, remains to be seen. Mr. Howe made a most admirable Claude, and divided the honours of the evening. Some of his long speeches savoured of the school of elocution—that was not his fault—besides which, they gave such intrinsic pleasure to the gallery that no one could regret them. In some instances be rose above the conventionalities of his part —much of which, it must be confessed, is rather hack neyed—with a talent and spirit which deserves especial praise. The other parts were excellently filled, and played with especial cars. The house was crowded. ht T Ft, t l k 7 E lA/ Si - • AMERICA. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TIIESDA.Y MORNING. The United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Com stock, commander, is off the port, with advices from New York to the 26th ult., being two days later than those received per Europa. BERLIN, OCT. 5. The Empress of Russia arrived at Potsdam last night. The King of Saxony has just arrived here. The Emperor Napoleon is not expected here any time this year. MADRID, OCT. 4. Marshal Narvaez has tendered his resignation. The Queen has accepted it. M. Lersundi is named President of the Council ad interim. Bravo Murillo has Taft Paris for Madrid. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Vienna which says :—" The rumour appears to gain strength that the Porte is decided not to make any other concessions relative to the princi palities than those recommended by Lord Claren don, and which consist in a certain unity in the judicial, military, and financial organisation of the two. A note relative to that subject was last week sent to the courts of Vienna, Paris, and London." According to the well-informed Pera correspon dent of the Triester Zpitung, Lord Stratford has informed the Porte that vast quantities of weapons are bought up by the ultra-Mahommedan party for the use of their fellow believers in India. The correspondent asserts that the substance of the reply given by . the Grand Vizier to his Lordship was, that he could not possibly interfere with any private speculation which was prejudicial neither to the existence nor to the welfare of Turkey. According to advices from Bagdad, the English Commissaries, who were accompanied by a Persian employe, have been received at Herat with all the ceremony and respect due to them. The Ancona correspondent of the Augsburg Ga zette writes that Austria is likely to have granted to her by the Papal Government the right "'al ways" to keep a small garrison in Ancona. It is not probable that the news is correct, but if it ,hluld be so, neither France nor England will greatly approve of the arrangement between Aus tria and Rome. If the Austrian papers are to be believed, Baron Prokesch is now doing all in his power to persuade the Porte to sinction the firman by which the Vice roy of Egypt authorized M. de Lesseps to form a canal across the Isthmu's of Suez. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. Some grand manoeuvres, commanded by the Em peror in person, tlok place at the camp of Chalons on Saturday. The Empress was present on horse back, accompanied by the Duchess de Montebello and the Countess de Labedoyere. His Majesty was escorted by Marshals Magnan, Baraguay d'Hilliers, Duke de Malakoff, and Bosquet, • and General Lord Rokeby, who commanded the bri gade of Guards in the Crimea. Marshals Count de Castellane and Count Randon, Governor-General of Algeria, arrived on Sunday' morning, and are, with the other marshals, to pass some days at the camp with their M.ijesties. This week is to be employed as actively a 3 possible, and on Sunday next there is to b s a grand review, and on the fol lowing day a general inspection of the camp. The we tther is described as line, and the sanitary state of the troops is most satisfactory. A letter frpm Chalons, dated yesterday, says :—" It is supposed . that a division of 5, 000 men will pass the winter in the camp." The following telegraphic despatches have bee❑ received to-day : " WEIMAR, &31)t. 4.—The Empercr of Russia left to day about noon with his family. The Grand Duke a-ad Grand Duc%eas acconipa,nied them as far as Hale Ch® Grand Duchess Marie is much better, and quire able to travel," " BERLIN, Sept. 4.--At an extraordinary sitting hell yesterday evening the .central committee of the Roya . Bank raised the rate discount on commercial paper to di per cset. Advances on securities remain at 6 er coot., but it is possible that they will be subjected to ;nine re,,t)ictions." BOURSE, Oct. s.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. ti per Cents ... ...... 91 60 ; per Cents 6B 25 Sank Shares 2,085 Credit Foncier 553 ;redit Mobilier 905 Roman Do. Account 9o',) Austrian 3elgiau 4 Pioninonteae (5) — Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASS. It. c. .)ricans 1,40) gorthern End of Month, -fr. --a., rt. . Western . 710 e— — Strasburg Now Ditto Grand Central Sardinian . 4195 Austrian Coln. ....„ 692 Lyons and Med 8,5 New Ditto 8774 — Geneva — Midi - - THE PRINCIPALITIES. It may 13J remembered that the Austrian ni-m -her of the European Commission in the Principali ties protested against the declaration of his col leagues of France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardini.., on the subject of the illegality of the first elections in Moldavia. The following is the despatch al-- dressed by Prince Gortchakoff, the ster of Foreign AffairS, to Baron de Budb , 2rg, itus st.-in at Vienna, on the subject, dated Pe terhoff . , Aug. 21 : Monsieur le Baron,—The information which we Itaee lately received gives hopes of the speedy and ansica ble arrangement of the diffirences which have arisen at Constantinople. The understanding re-establieheJ between all the powers which signed the treaty ef Paris has given the most lively eatisfaetten to- our august master. We should have preferred burying in oblivion ad the previens disputes, ii a fact ireterted in one of the prettoeols of the sittings of the European commb-ion did not compel us to make soete remarks on the subject. In that eitt:ing the Austrian commissioner, alluding to a declaration made by his col- Icagueteof Russia, France, Prussia, and Sardinia, said that they had acted in manifest contradiction with the provisions of the treaty of Paris and the instruc ions, of the congress. We cannot silo w such expressions to pates unnoticed. During the whole of the diecuseioes which arose in the European commission, the imperial cadieet has invariably kept to the faithful execution of the treaty of Paris as regards the Principalities, and the worde acts of its representative at Constantinople.auddiaßolll - at Buctiarel4 have been guided by the same f, el ; ing. It is, therefore, impossible for us to understand what the Austrian commissioner means by the repr. Etch addressed to bur of his colleagues: Does M. Liebman suppose the, in pro,erce of the irregularities cent witted in Moldavia under the authority of the Cainiate.e —irregularities which now appear to be admitted by the cabinets of London and V e :na them-elves —that the . et - m.111,68t0n could remain a eitent,spectator, and ace pt a divan formed on such conditions as the legal organ of the wishes cif the country It is not in this light that the imperial cabinet c mprehends the task in which it co-operates. In appointing a commissioner to teke part in - these works', it wishes to take part in a con scientione work, and to carry it out with good faith end in strict conformity with the principles laid down by t iv Coneress i and the deelarat c!in against which M. Liehtean has protested is only a consequence of our respect ter those principles. We have not, Monsieurla Baron, the elig'utest intention of recriminating, and it is not wit is ut regret that we charge you to deliver a copy of this de spatch to Count de Buol. We are, moreover, willing to suppose either that the Austrian comunseioner has not fully understood the ideas of his court, or that he hae given a development and a character to them which titre n o t in the intentions of the inaliidirm C esur a . o b actL i .fu n ci Cabinet 11:0 t eet t o f daup V an,r) i tit e l n socs n tifipo a gt . %Vette hiennoiosmttonhanledilsyrnsaitilototi;teihoneinj,,sttupraciatetrirta:e,witdiubalriffye. interfere lithe it of the c .untry. But it feels peieua ed that where t .elections, which ought to he a faith'ul expression of those wishes, are carried on under the illegal pressure of t , :e local autlioritieß, the commission only fulfils a slr.ct ley in Pointing out Ole infraction of the principles ;loan in the treaty cf Paris. In our opinion, any °the, attitude would neither respond to the dignity of the posers which signed that reaty, nor to the confideece which they ought to iiifTire.—Accept, &0., GOUTCHAKOFF. ADELPHI. The winter reason commenced last evening, when Mr. T, Haines's favourite drama, "My Poll and my Partner Joe," was produced for Mr. T. P. Cooke, who appeared in his old part of Harry Hallyard. Mr. Cooke now appears to be comfortably installed at the popular theatre in the Strand, and is no doubt determined to revive many of those pleasing asso ciations connected with his name for so many years, by restoring once more to the stage those plays in which he took so conspicuous a part. Of these, that produced lat night promises to be not the least attractive, and Mr. T. P. Cooke is hardly seen to more striking advantage as William in " Biack-eyed Susan," or Long Tom Coffin in the " Pilot," than as Harry Halyard in " My Pcl: and my Partner Joe." The veteran actor, who 4a now bringing nautical drama once more into fashion, was well supported by Miss Arden, who played Mary with a great deal of pathos, and Mr. Bellington, who acted the Partner, the comic portion of the sad tale being entrusted to the unfailing hands of Mr. Wright, the piece was perfectly successful. LYCEUM. The operatic cornpanynow established at the Lyceum, under the joint management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, gained new honours last night by their very admirable performance of Mr. Wallace's opera " Maritana." The principal character Maritana does not show all that Miss Pyne can do, but all that can be made of Maritana is accomplished by Miss Pyne. Mr. W. Harrison, who was the original Din Caesar de Bazar), when the opera was first produced at Drury lane, seems just at home in his old character, singing the music in his best style, and rejoicing in the swagger that alone indicates the dignity of the dilapidated Don. Mr. `Veins, as Don Jose de Santarem, Miss Susan Pyre as LazArino, Mr. Ferdinand Glover as the King, were all admirably placed, and from the beginning to the end of the opera there was not a piece that missed its due e ffect. The opera was put upon the stage with the complete ness, good taste and elYendour fir which the rnank,e ment of Mis Pine and Mr. Harriso❑ is already diitin guislled. The orchestra and chorus are by far the best that we have ever heard in au English theatre, and Wallace's music gave theca ample opportunity of show- ing their powers. We have had pleasure in hearing that BAH° is busily employed in the composition of an opera for this theatic, that a large portion of it is completed; and that it will le speedily produced. ROYAL SURREY GA DOER'S. The position of this unfortunate company, in a pecu niary point of view, has for some weeks past engrossed the attention of the public, and what with proceedings in bankruptcy, shareholders' meetings, and creditors' meet ings, the public appetite for scandal has been well nigh satiated. Statements have been industriously circulated c.intaining charges of the gravest character against the directors, but those who were in any way acquainted with their business habits knew how utterly false these ntatam?nt3 were, and regretted their lengthened silence under such unjust cxdressions. They have, however, at lang - .la spukea out, and the report they have ju-t is u d and their conduct at the meetin . , ; held yestet - Ly at the King's Arms, Pa'ace-yard, West minster, clearly prove that they are only open to the charge of orer " confiJence" in certain quarters in t' , :e rnarincr of conducting the undertaking, and the val.:- 6:ming of lavish *xpcnditure in consequence. A pamphlet, entitled "Facts and Documents relating to the reverses of the Surrey Gardens Company, by a Pensive Shareholder," has been circulated within the last few days amongst 'the shareholders. It par takes of a semi-official character, and contains state ments which, if true, completely turns the tables ors those who have been the loudest declaimers against the directors ; and the persons to whom they relate are bound to set themselves right with the shareholders before they proceed further with their opposition. Tee pamphlet in question endeavours to show that much ce the present pecuniary embarrassments of the company arise from the expensive character of the musical arrangement?, and blames the directors for sanctioning them. In proof of this, a comparison of the expenditere fOr music and the gross receipts are given. Amongst the former there is a charge of 500/. a month during the season, salary to M. Julliza (whether at the Gardens or in the provinces, in which letter case the directors pay his sub stitute), and from 240/. to 270/. a' wtiek to the haw'. The gross receipts are as fellows :er " May, 11, 1837.—The season commenced at this date with an oratorio, the loss on which to the company was between 70/ and 103/. " Receipts—May, 12, 37/ 5s 7d ; May 13, 69/ 23 AlaY 14, 6013 s 8d ; May 15, 6 . / "leis 53 ; May 16, 761 43 5 , 1; May 18, 681 14s 7 , 1 ; May 19, 59103 61; May 20, 801 178 3.1 ; May, 21, 391 18s 111; May 22, 641 104 3d ; May '23, 511; May 2.i, 761 18 9,1; May 26, 79/ Os 14 ; May 27, 60195; May 28, 831133 ; May 29, 571 4s 74 • May 30, 841 103 1 Id; June 1, 2441 15s ; Juna 2, 148/1s ; June 3, 87/ is 93 . ; June 4, 119/ 18s ; June 5, 1121 193 ; June 6, 601173 fid ; June 8, 3: 4 1 183 2 ; June 9, 11/ 17s 4.1; Jane 10, 87/ 108 ld ; June 12, 1771 u, U. Total for the above 27 nights, 2,2021 83 103 ; average per night during Jullien's presence, 81/10s 6d. "June 28 to July I—The festival pow took place, and a profit was realised on it. • " Jullion's Absence—The Guides—The Guides were engaged at a weekly salary of 2001, and their travelling expenses backwards and forwards. The arrangements were all made by Jullien, and the receipts were :—July 1, 271 6s 2d ' • July 2, 891 8 3 6.1 ; J u ly 3, 911 2 s 41 ; J u l y 4, 27117 s 2 , 1 ' • July 6, 61/ 103,6 d ; J u ly 7, 103111 3 9d ; J u ly 3, 1311 18e 9d ; July 9, 1031 12s 3d ' • July 10, 121/ 93 7,1 ; July 11, 87114 s ; July 13, 7116 s 3d ; July 11, 2301 193 7d July 15, 153118 s 91; July 16, 691 19s 4d ; July 17, 1 0l Lis 4d; July IA, 49112 s ; July 20, 159/ rs 4d ; July 21, 291 3s 41. Total for the above 18 nights, 1,7551193 7d ; average.'per night, 97/ 11a1d. Mr. Sims Reeves and other artists were engaged for a few nights about the middle of - July, which accounts for theri,e in the receipts. "Jullien returned on July 22.—ReceilAs : —July 22, 1271 193 4d ; July, 23, 1111 7s ; July 24, 9512 s 2d. Total gross receipts, 33718 s 6d; average per night, 112 9a 63. " July 25 and following nights.— The Seacole Fund, which was a loss to the gardens. "July 31.—Receipts . i—Jnly 31, 831 4s 5d • Aug. 1, 57113 9d ; Aug. 3, 1291 9 101 ; A ug . 4, 120/ 18s. Total 3911 63; average per night; 9716 s 6d. "Alboni, at 501 per night.—Receipts :—Aug. 6, 140/ i s; Aug. 7, 841 33 7d; Aug. 8, 44/ 5s ; Aug. 10, 1321 10s 4d ; Aug. 11, 931 5s ; Aug. 12, 1561 5a 61. Total, 6501 103 ; average per night, 10818 s 641, leaving a heavy loss. " Mr. Beale and M. Jullien then took the gardens, giving one-fifth of the receipts. Toe other portion of the pamphlet is devoted to Mr. Coombe and his agitation, the tenor of which, and the extracts given from that gentleman's letters to the directors, place him in an awkward position, as a dis appointed place-hunter, rendering it imperative that he should exculpate himself from the charges made against him. At the meeting yesterday that gentleman said he had nut had time (from a copy not having been sent him) to peruse the document, but that from what he had seen the txtracts from his letters were garbled, and that if the whole of them were read they would give the thing a different complexion. Mr. Cop pock, however, replied that Mr. Coombe's letters were on the table and could be seen. Probably, the report of the committee of investigation will set this and the other matters •in dispute right, and that ultimately a course will be adopted that will prove satisfactory to all parties, and save the property. THE LATE MURDER OF A LITTLE BOY IN NOTTINGITADI FOREST.-At the adjourned inquest, which occupied five hours, little additional evidence was given of moment. There are discrepancies in the description of the mur derer, but it would seem that he had redish hair anti whiskers ; and the poor child's fiugt•rs and arms idiovred the marks of bites by some one who had lost every or 3er tooth in one jaw. The child had'been suffocated by the murderer's hands being placed on his throat, nose, :,, 71( 1 mouth, and by kneeling on the boy's groin and abdo mtn. The inquest was Again acjourned iur u fortnigh,. TURKEY. According to the c nituleutat correspondence of the Ot ,. oman Govoi nment the Independance Beige, has issued a circuitr note to its tep)esentativcs at foreign c ourts, prute,ting against the union of the Danubian Paucipalities. It foundi its arguments upon the indisputable fghts of - the Porte and the maintenance of the integrity of the Turkish Lm - - - piee. It .appeals to the sentiments of equity of the Powers interested, and expresses the hope that its jlist request will be taken into consideration. At the same time, the Turkish Government expresses its willingness to accept, as regards the internal re organisation of the Principalities, any reform com patible with the suzerain rights of the Sultan, and that the idea of separation does not exclude that of an assimilation in the government of the two pro vinces. The Indepeudanee, of Brussels, states the com mercial circles of Belgium, Holland, Antwerp, and the Hague have been thrown into some alarm by the fact of their last letters from Bengal having, arrived with the Peals broken, and with some pas sages erased. Nothin g is knoVvia to explain the origin of this violation of private correspondence. It is certain (says the Cologne Gazette, under its Vienna head) that Count de Buol has tendered his resignation, in case that his absence should be prolonged on account of his health. It is thought that the count must remain for a length of time in a state of complete repose, as his medical advisers fear an induration of the liver. Should the count be obliged to withdraw from public affairs, -he would be replaced by Count de Rechberg. The Opinione of Turin says :—" The police of Milan have sent a circular to all the frontier offioes, in order to recommend them to exercise the greatest vigilance over persons crossing the frontier, and to search their persons, in order to prevent the intro duction of printed papers and lithographed draw ings offensive to the Archduke Maximilian." THE WRECK OP A RUSSIAA LINE-OP BATTLE ,SIIIP. LOSS OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUN- DRED LIVER The following extract of a private letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 16th (28th) September, gives fuller details than those we published yesterday " We hear of a most melancholyoccurrence at sea, in the neighbourhood of Hogland. Five Russian men-of-war were returning from Reval to Cr onstadt, They were caught in a squall, and one 84-gun ship, La Forte,' although car r yi ng d ou ble-reefed top-. sails, capsized and went down with all hands (except five or six men.) There were upwards of 1,400 per sons on board. These ships had been at Royal, and were returning home with the wives and families of the crews. There were three admirals on board, one of them being Admiral Moller, the captain in com mand, who had only just married, and had his wife en board, with two of her cousins." LUCKNOTY AND THE AUSTRIAN OPP TUBBS. A letter dated Vienna, October 3, says :—The officers belonging to the scientific branches of the Austrian army take great interest in everything that occurs in India, and some of them seemed greatly disap ointed when they learned that General . Havelock had not succeed e d in eaehing Luckn o w.' Naturally the military men who are on the spot must best know what ought to be done, but it may be as well to mention that several highly distin guished Austrian officers have repeatedly expressed themselves to the effect that the commander of the troors before Delhi " Ought to have imitated the example of General Haynau." When the garrison of Temesvar was reduced to extremities, and was in imminent danger of falling into the hands of the Hungarians, Haynau suddenly quitted the fortress ofamorn, whi c h h e was investing, and marched his army to the relief of Temesvar. " Now, Lucknow," say the Austrians, " was in the same position as Temesvar, and might have been saved by a coup de maim, although nothing could with such a small force be undertaken against Delhi." By the foregoing you see that no hope is now entertained here that the gallant garrison of the citadel at Lucknow will be able to hold out until assistance arrives. BEIENO.3 AY.RES LOAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sltt,—A. short letter from a holder of some 10,000 bands, published in your excellent journal on the 17th September, has in it something at once depressing, yet cheering as regards the above question. I pass over a 0 mere verbiage all the writer says about intention, which may be good, or may he quite the reverse. I dare not encroach upon your space at any length, but I must be allowed to differ with the opinions txpressed in said letter as to the influence, or supposed influence, of cer tain persons (though large bondholders), for I will not believe that the Messrs. Borings, much loss their agent, would allow any dictation from any one but the bondholders. Their sentiments were clearly c , nveyed in a public; meeting, held, I think, in Decomber last. Our bomb; fall, arid from 90 are now little above 80. I am no t clear that a serio us reaponslb s tlity has . not bean incurred by some persons. Nothing can justify any such inter ference in these financial questions, and if made to pay handsomely for their good intentions it would only serve them right. I sono my name and address, and remain, sir, your obedient servant, ALSO A SMALL BONDHOLDER. Oct. 5, 1857. POISONED BY A FLY.—A tradesman of Lyons, named Laprevote, was one day last week pricked on the upper lip by a fly, but though the little wound caused him some annoyance, he took no notice of it. After the fourth day hie face swelled up to a great height, and a ltrge sore came on it. Medical assistanc e was of no avail, aryl two days back he 'died. It turned out that the fl' must have innoculated him with poisonous virus tak.fn from some diseased animal. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT BATTERS EA. — Yesterday an 'accident, from which there is not the slightest hope of recovery, took place in the Bridge-road, Battersea. 11 man named John Scales, in the employ of Mr: Vickers, cow-keeper, of Pimlico, was driving a waggon loaded with grains, when, in descending from the ~haft (urnn wh;cil be had imprudently been riding), he stumbled, and both the near wheels went over his thighs ; in addition to which his head was kicked so severely by the hind legs of the near shaft hor-e that the skull was ,fractured• The unhappy sufferer was taken up, and conveyed to the house of Mr. Wheeler, a surgeon, residing in Balersea Park, who, however, was unable to do anything effectual f„ir the wretched man, more than stanchin g the blood bf profuse bandages. lie was then placed on a mattrasS is a perfectly insensible state and conveyed in a , pring care to St: George's Hospital. The surifeons gave not the .101 test hope of his recovery. Last evening his deatlt- Was momentarily expected. THE RECENT ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL. before the midsurnrnJr assitcei, it wid be reinembErecit fnur pri , oners escaped from the gaol of Newcastle-on• Tyne. Two of them were re-captured near Carlisle some days after they escaped, but Blackstone, Hind, and al io* flier roan named Winship-(the.other two, who had been c.ntrnitte , l for trial charged cith a violent highway rob , hry) have evaded detection until within the-last two or three days,. when Hind was appreiieridetl at Shell:1 1 under somewhat singular oireunist ,tees. A man who' had worked at Gateshead, and knew Hind, and the oir cumstarmes of his escape front Newcastle gaol, met him in the streets of Sheffield, and went up to him and ao• costed him as Hind. Hind denied that he was the mans when the person,who had challenged him narrated some of his adventures to bun, but he still maintained that he was mistaken, and took his departure. The man, how ever, dogged him until he saw him go into a house in a small row at a place called Stourbridge, in the neigh bnurhood of the town, and having given information, Hind was 'apprehended. he has since stated that for two or thr€ , e weeks after his escaps, he and his compa nion Winship lay concealed in Sunderland, only eleven , miles frill Neweaqle. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMS.—A covery of a rather ext,ntive tea robbery and fraud on the Customs, which has just been brought to light in Bedfast, has created no small excitement in that mercan tile community. The Banner of Saturday gives the following account of the manner :---" Yesterday the commercial public and general community of this town were startled by the discovery of one of the most ex tensive and systematically fraudulent affairs that have ever occurred itt this country. It came to li g ht clearly that a person engaged in the tea trade, under the firm of John James Moore and Co:, had been in the habit of replenishing his stock for a con siderable period past by an ingenious pieces skil fully artful and recklessly illegal, His concern was situated ih Skippot:street. At the rear of it there are several storehouses in which bonded teas were placed. Moore had let this concern to the authorities for this purpose. He was unmarried and lived upon the pre mises ; out of his back office a doorway led to the tonal store, whiCh is closely adj iin,ing the offi c e. Moore ma nage d t o 'get a key fitted to the lock of the bond store, and try that means could effect an en trance whenever he plesscd. now he got this key forged and fitted to the lock of the store is, as yet a mystery, and there are a number of other eircum• stances in connection with the occu rrence that, for so far, are. unexplained, if at all explicable. SUNSHINE -AND FIRE.—The common cpiuion that the sun shining on,a fire tends to extinguisu it, and that consequently the e inhere must be shaded if we would pre serve them alike in a fir. -place, was made the subject of experiment by Dr. Thomas M'Ksever. The fire employed in both the sets of expelime.,ts was a wax candle. M'Keever found it burn about 12 per cent, faster in the dark, but Le Conte finds the light of the sun, even whoa concentrated by a large lew, produces no effect except by heating. It the air in the dark be heated to the same extent, and the air in each case be kept equally quiet, the candle burns at precisely the same rate. Al'Keever's expeiimenta indicated that the candle burned from 5 to 11 per cent. faster in the dark than in common sunshine. He supposed that the chemicel raja exercised a deoxidis ing power, which, to some extent, interfered with the rapid oxidation of the combustible matter, and by trying the cAlidie nab rent parts of the e , iloureet (produced by decomposing a ray of light in passing it through a prism) his experiments appeared to indicate that a taper burned more rapidly in the red than in the vio.et extremity of the lar spectrum,—.774 Scientific American. I I I