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

R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.' Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Sbak spere's Play of THE TEMPEST. The box-offlce will open on Thursday, October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—tinder 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, Rios Susan Pyne, Miss M arian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A., St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Witham, 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 Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Auber's opera of THE CROWN DIAMONDS. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 2s, and £ 1 11s. 6d. ; Stalls, tic ; Dross Circle, as. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, ls.— The Box O ffi ce is now open daily, from 11 o 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE WONDER, in which Mrs. Catherine Sinclair will sus tain the character of Violante for the 3d time in this coun try, and Mr. Henry Sed ley will make his 3d appearance in London in the character of Don Fells. After which, THE EVIL GENIUS. Tom Ripstone, Mr. I Buckstone. 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 Drags Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit 1 0 ewer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Bee. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the homemade 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 Hallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. Te conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." S TRAND THEATRE.— Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed a new comic drams, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Kinlooh, Miss Craven, arc. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss 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 CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. P. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Larry Hoo'agau, Mr. Macarthy. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson 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. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, dia. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, .Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. I.3IOYAL SURREY THEATRE, /Or Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belm4re ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicemb. CA.N'rERBEr RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o 1 Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brnnell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. . 11 01:105, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. -Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, 4e.. until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at half-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT— Morn., 16 min. aft. 3—Even., 31 min aft. 3 TO-MOBSOW —Morn., 55 min. aft. 3—Even., 15 min. aft. 4 SHE WEATHER. —Stag OFFICE, OCTOBER 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night 62 —this day at noon. Bemomirrim 2175. • Win, variable, W. to N.W. ; light. Heavy rain in the night. eTC4I ) 1 4 t 4 t . PaigAt '4%) A*4 We .`-4d LONDON, TUBS DAY, OCT. 6, 1857. ♦n 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 all know NAPOLEON'S opinion that his Code was the monument which be expected to survive the tro. phies of Marengo and Austerlitz. And Lord PALMERSTON, especially as a civilian, must rest his reputation upon the future Government esta blished in India rather than on the vigorous sup pression of a mutiny. The latter we believe he will soon accomplish. NANA SAHIB may yet be able to perpetrate some horrible atrocities, and it may be impossible to relieve Lucknow, though we Rill hope for the best. The Bombay and Madras armies may show increasing signs of uneasiness, and may even to some extent join in the mutiny; yet, with the arrival of the QUEEN'S troops which have been already sent out, the mutiny will be 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 Sepoys, will become dangerous brigands or banditti in many parts ; but these will soon be put down. The na 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 extirpation, and the result will probably be that the sword and the gallows will sweep the country of its former gaol birds, as well as the mutineers who liberated them. Rascaldom, so abundant in India, will be dealt with ♦ery summarily, and the bayonet and martial law will soon restore order. Every native Prince, too, will be mot faithfully devoted to the strongest, and will aid in restoring the reign of law. But we insist that this must be a revolutzion as well as a mutiny. We have now a carte blanche. The Act of 1853 is virtually repealed. The sys tem which could ead in the results now beftra as has not a shred of a claim to perpetuity. John o:Anpany's death-warrant was made out at Mee rut, and signed and countersigned at Casenpore 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 Leadenballsstreet has been completely overthrown. England will hear of it no longer ; and Lord PALMERSTON must address himself to rectifying the very basis of Indian Government. The great anomaly must first be got rid of. We mu st know with whom we have to do, and every im- Portant proposition must no longer be a shuttles cock to be tossed backward and forward betweal the, Board of Control and the Board of Directors. In their petition the Calcutta merchants ask, first of all, that the Government of India should be carried on in the name of the Crown, and under the direct government of her MAJESTY—With " open legislative council, and that Queen's courts, presided over by trained lawyers, may be estab- 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, 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 1,000,0001. 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 t, 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 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 admiration to the heroic efforts of the few scanty battalions of Europeans scattered among and making head against tens of thousands of enemies. And wbile acknowledging, some few of them unwillingly enough, the oftan-proved gallantry and invincible tenacity of the British soldier, they are also corn pelledto applaudthe energy and self-confidence with which the British nation meets its disasters. " C braves yens sont dignestretre 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 Englin.d contains, in its review of the financial week, the following para graph:— "In London no business is doing. Nevertheless Consols 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 circum.tatices are f irmally 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 trop gre) to the national spirit that inspires it, nothing is be trayed outwardly of the effects of the gigantic struggle n which England sees herself engaged." 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 be indeed a sham, why 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 at 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 lable. But for such a device Mr, VERNON SMITH dare not have 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 awakened 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 cally 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 even make the best of 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 aristo 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 o/ non-official persons to the Legislative Council of Calcutta—is surely a portentous change, light as the Times made of the whole mattsr. It is scarcely possible to conceive a set of men more in competent as a whole than the present Council of 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 characterising them individually, though they well deserve it ; but their conduct must have shown even casual readers that self-sufficiency and ignorance which refused to be enlightened has workod a system of routine till it has almost overthrown our Indian 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 pact 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- The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, who left Brod rick Castle, Isle of Arran, early in the past week, for Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire, 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 Hall, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duchess dent, or the almost inevitable result of the unfit ness of the ill-fated vessel—whether it might not, of Cambridge and the Pines Ma - ry, who are visiting Ihe Earl and Cjunteaa of Wilton, from a tour of visits in Scotland. in fact, have been averted by foresight and jadi cious arrangements on the part of " my Lords." His Excellency the Austrian Minister, accompanied by the Countess d'Apponyi, is expected early in the er.- suing month to resume his diplomatic duties. His Excellency the Turkish .Ambassadorand Madame Musurus and family arrived at the Embassy in Bryan ston-scuare yesterday, fror St. Leonasds on-Sea. The Marquis and Murchieness of Winchester have been paying a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. Wyndham, at, their seat, the College, Salisbury. Thera is no truth in the report circulated by some Austrian journals that Napoleon 111. will shortly meet Franeis Joseph. 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 loft Portsmouth. They.knew, what the others 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 ever floated." The following graphic description paints 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 22d 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, had the gale not abated nothing could have saved us. 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 !" 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.—Notice has been given that the Vacation Master of the Court of Cemrnon Pleas will attend on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, to transact business at chambers. REPRESENTATION OP 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. l e n r n te latelycsh Bourse, Which' At eh graphic message from St. Petersburg qnotes the price of tallow at 175r0. on the spot and for all the month. The Royal mail steamer Australasian, to sail for Alexandria on the 12th inst., will take out 300 troo; s and 57 surgeons for India • conveyed by the Suez route to Ceylon, they will be forwarded thence to Ca'- cutta. Mr. C. Wetton, who has been appointed by the t i a o l y i a a l , Mailproee proceeds m by pa t n ii y i ii as vesselthe i t r o superintendentthe scene of hi i for Atis labours.- The Zeit, of Berlin, Says that a Fre , e'lman, who has lived in Stuttgardt for the ltt , 4 15 months, was arrested on the day of the Emperor Napoleon's arrival for having cried, " Vive la Republique Frangaise !” We are fnablei to state that the total ascertained subscriptions duyb f r srt o ceor m pi rob reported taadelrldi in th e quarters East. to the Indian Fund Y 100,0001. This is exclusive of attheomlto tha n me : amount su a r an much grumbling and afforded a famous theme for the that wthheencabarartgiemfpoorseadd,mciasusi d Charivari, was to be abolished, but the papers now say that no such idea has been for a moment entertained. A SMALL MISTAKE.—O n Thursday the 3d West York Militia mustered at Doncaster, between 800 and 900 strong. The lull News gravety announces that the numerous and loyal force " mutinied" instead of mus tered. . THE WIFE 'MURDER AT BOLTON.—On Saturday an inquest was held, in the Borough Court, on the body of Alice Mellor, the unfortunate woman who was murdered by her husband on Thursday night. The evidence went t ) prove the guilt of the prisoner, who briefly addressed i u s il t t r y ial o a f t w t i h l feu next ll u r a d s s e i r z . . s . 1 I e to f o take h g standse jury, committed a n and wa s kire. " I have lost a day 1" The Roman Emperor, 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 mistake for the future ; and it is recorded that he faithfully maintained his resolution. 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 of a large body of her MAJESTY'S troops, engaged in a most important duty? During the entire voyage they were kept in a state of the utmost peril and discomfort. Their property was damaged in the first instance, and eventually destroyed, and it waa through the A TAM O'SHANTEII.—A miller in the vicinity of E'gin, bad been indulging rather freely one evening lately in a public house in town. "when the drink's in the wit's out ;" so our hero, when opposite Gray's Hospital, in the direction of his house, a mile off, fancied he saw his bed on the way side, and a clear fire burning opposite. He, therefore, doffed every article of clothing he had except his shirt, and lay down at the dykeside, under the drenching rain. How long he slept is not known, 1n; no j c o o H v N eri s ng an b t e E t iß his it 7 D t iv li i n v e u n s . — . 2 T n n ve a ra c e i s o s nm eo c u i on the following morning he found himself at home, with Chronicle has the fact upon undoubted authority. A writer in that journal says The great vexata questio, 'is John Sadleir alive,' will, we think, be aborly decided in favour of those who feel convinced of his existence. By the following extract of a letter received by a gentleman resident in 'Tipperary, from a first cousin to the notorious ex Treasury lord, it would appear that Vienna has now become his habitat. The turning up of the supposed suicide would be a fitting climax to this extraordiaery career of public dupy. `The notorious John Sadleir is now living in Vienna ; he was in America, but oame over lately to the above-named city." SCARCITY OF LABOUR IN THE OTTAWA. DISTRICT, CA NADA.—A. letter from Mr. F. Gernow, Government Emigration Agent at Ottawa, dated Sept. 9, 1857, has the following rema rks in reference to the paucity of la bour in that part o f Canada :—" The demand for agri cultural labour has been very great during the present season, and the supply has not been at all adequate to the wants of the country. In the early part of n- xt spring, therefore, a large number of first-class agricul turalt labourers w ould be certain of obtaining immedia'e men a t from 4 2 5 . to 54 5. per month , with board,emp.oy lodging, &c. The Ottawa country offers inducements to steady and industrious agricultural labourers not to he surpassed in Canada. Men with families can always be be supplied with a house on or near the lot where they are employed. The wives can be employed at fair equ Ottawa country, the demand for female domestic ser valents for their services. In this city and throughout the vants is unusually great, and a vast number of such as have been accustomed to the ordinary duties of house work would be immediately engaged at from 15s. to 20 a. per month; to cooks acquainted with their duties 255. to 30s. would be cheerfully paid. In addition to those re in the rural districon where those that have been accus tomedquired in the towns, a great many would be employed to the duties of the dairy would be highly appre 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 advan tageous to their future interests . Land of capital qua lity can be obtained at moderate prices. This place is easy of access at all times of the year by the Greed Trunk Railway to Prescott, and thence by the Prescott and Ottawa Railway." AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN SU/TOLL—The early period at which the harvest was finished has enabled the farmers to get very f u r ward with the agricultural opera tions. The autumn clearing of the stubb le, the p rac:iee of which is every y e ar extending, is a system that has only lately become co m mon ; and t h er e can be no doubt that with favourable weather it is of very great ad vantage, as it saves a great amount of labour in the spring. The weather has been very warm and growin g of late, and all desc r ipti ons of food for she e p and stuck are in a moat growing state. In the middle of August the prospect for both rape and turnips was as bad as we ever -remember ; but the reel has put everything to rights, and now there is an abund ance of feed. This has had a great effect upon the price of stock, and at our late fairs sheep have brought good prices. The corn markets have be en rather flue tuating, but we do no t expec t a ny material alte r ation for some time to come . Th e qu ality and condition of the wheat in thin county seem better than it is in most other pl aces ; an d t h ere is a consider able 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 some time, we are inclined to think we shall yet soon rally in prices.—September 29. A POACHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIS OWN GUN.— Yebterday an inquest was held upon the body of Jame.; Sutton, a notorious poacher, residing at Billington, near Blackburn, who was killed on the previous Friday even ing by the accidental discharge of his own g un . On pfiuoti field the night named S u tt on l e f t his h om e, in company with another poacher n ame d R o b t. Thompso n, to go shooting. Sutton a Thompson took the gunthe occupiedig into out of Su tton's o b y his y c r o . at pocket, onyp otk andtrey ieerzand er,wvehe when into 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 e hedge muzzle f orwar d s, key i ng , "Take thy gun." Sutton seized hold o f t h e b arre l, and was drawing it through the th orn f ence w h en , the trigger being catlght, the gun noweand the contents lo n dg d in the left side aLd t i t schrg breast. ona,sed, k e up, He wasta end conveyed to his parents' house, where he lingered until the f 1 )wing morning. The deceased was 23 years of age, and unmarried. A. verdict of accidentally killed I was returned by the jury, It would be well if our rulers would adopt a similar course. The nation has virtually " lost a day," and that at a time when the demands on its resources are most onerous and urgent. 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 Mills are to be closed, looms stopped, agriculture ; labours suspended, shops unopened, 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 weekly earnings, and thereby compelled to fast really. Many who occupy a position but little higher in the social scale, but who might be enabled to contribute their mites towards the relief of the Indian sufferers, will be prevented from doing so by the same cause. And why ? Simply because througk the mismanage ment and political blunders of the Anglo-Indian Government, the Bengal army have mutinied, and perpetrated the most savage and outrageous cruelties on those who have been so unfortunate as to fall into their hands. " Quic quid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi." In like manner the People must suffer both in purse and perscfn for the mistakes of, their rulers. A week since we referred to the judicious an swer returned by Lord PA.LMERSTON to the de mand of certain Scottish Ministers and Elders for a similar fast, in order to arrest the spread of the cholera, which was then spreading destruction throughout the land. His Lordship then showed them that it was vain to petition the Deity, when we did not adopt proper means to prevent the evil. It was like the conduct of sailors who aban do.ned the pumps while the leak was gaining fast, and the helmsman who let the frail bark steer itself in place of directing her towards port, in order that they might pray before the images of their favourite saints—Aide toe, et Dieu Caldera, was the purport of his Lordship's reply, and such ought it to have been on the present occasiom. As we have repeatedly stated, men " cannot be made religious by act of Parliament," or by Royal Proclamation. Nay, more, a vast number will resent the attempt, more especially when accom panied by privation and inconvenience. Bit ter feelings will arise in many minds which may more than counterbalance the good effects produced on the piously di s p ose d. 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 selve.T. Nay, more, there might have been a QuEeres 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 beep promptly 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 proper spirit by a majority of the people. But, from previous experience, we fear that there is but little prospect of that being the will esteem it a most unfortunate and disastrous occurrence that we should be lost. I believe there is not a soul among us who did not thank GOD for being wrecked where we were, as if we had pro ceeded to the Chinese Seas and met a typhoon, or even a heavy gale of wind, the Transit must have sunk, and all of us been lost. For my own part, I esteem it a most merciful occurrence." This cannot be suffered to pass by sub silentio. Of course there must be a stringent and searching investigation into the conduct of the responsible officers. But it should not rest there. It should extend to the conduct of the Board of Admiralty, who neglected the most impressive warnings, and with perverse obstinacy sent her forth to perish on the journey. The conduct of the crew and passengers was all that could be desired, other wise the calamity would have been of a far more serious description. THE SU. , LoNE ON ) * TUES DIA Y EMI N G 5 ,1 0 C R 6, 1857 night. ad interim. LATE`nT NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPFI,) L IVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Com stock, commander, is off the port, with advices from New York - 0 the 26th ult., being two days later than those received per Europa. BERLIN, OCT. 5. The Empress of Russia arrived at Potsdam last 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 Bravo Murillo has left 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 Tricster Zeitung, 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 Commissarie., who were accompanied by a Yersian employe, have been received at Herat with all the cerenaenY and respect due to them. The Ancona, correspondent of the Augsburg Ga zette wries 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 mlieuld 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 sanction the firman by which the Vice roy of Egypt authorized M. de Lesseps to form a canal across the Isthmus of Suez. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. Some grand manoeuvres, commanded by the Em peror in person, took 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 Castellano 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 Majesties. This week is to be employed as actively as possible, and on Sunday next there is to b 3 a grand review, and on the fol lowing day a general inspection of the camp. The weather is described as tine, and the sanitary state of the troops is most satisfactory. A letter frxn 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 been received to-day " 4.—The Emperor of Russia left to day about noon with his family. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess accompanied them as far as Halle. The Grand Duchess Marie is much better, and quite able to travel." 4, BERLIN, Sept. 4.—At an extraordinary sitting held yesterday evening the ceetsal committee o f th e R oya l Bank raised the rate discount on commercial paper to gl per cant. Advances on sec ur iti es remain at 6 per c ent., but it is possible that they will be subjected to some restrictions." BOURSE, Oct. s.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. I. per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 25 Bank Shares 2,985 Credit RElncier ...... 555 Credit Mobilier 905 R oman ... ......... ... 87 - Do. Account 9OO --Austrian ........... . !-0 - tAigian 41 — Spanish Three Piedmontese (5) — Home Debt .... End of Month. -fr. --;,D. - ......... RAIL WAYS — FOB CASH, — tr. c. Orleans 1,400 -- Western .... Fr c. ...... 710 - :NI - orthorn Lyons and Med B:'s New Ditto 705 New Ditto 8771— Grand Central 610 ? Ge n ev a Midi THE PRINCIPALITIES. It may be remembered that the Austrian mem ber of the European Commission in the Principali ties protested against the declaration of his col leagues of France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, on the subject of the illegality of the first elections in Moldavia. The following is the despatch ad dressed by Prince Gortohak o ff the Russian Mini ster of Foreign Aff a i rs, to Baron de Budberg, Rus sian Minist€r at Vienna, on the subject, dated Pe terlioff, Aug. 21 : __ Monsieur le Baron,—The information which we have lately received gives hopes of the speedy and amica ble arrangement of the differences which have arisen at Constantinople. The understanding re-established between all the powers which signed the treaty of Paris has given the most lively satisfaction to our august master. We should have preferred burying in oblivion all the previous disputes, if a fact inserted in one of the protocols of the sittings of the European commission did not compel us to make some remarks on the subject. In that sitting the Austrian commissioner, alluding to a declaration made by his col leagues of Russia, France, Prussia, and Sardinia, said that they had acted in manifest contradiction with the provisions of the treaty of Paris and the instructions of the congress. We cannot allow such expressions to pass unnoticed. During the whole of the discussions which arose in the European commission, the imperial cabinet has invariably kept to the faithful execution of the treaty of Paris as regards the Principalities, and the words and acts of its representative at Constantinople and its coin missioner at Bucharest have been guided by the same feel ing. It is, therefore, impossible for us to understand what the Austrian commissioner means by the reproach addressed to four of his colleagues. Does M. Liebman suppose that, in presence of the irregularities corn witted in Moldavia under the authority of the Caimacan —irregularities which now appear to be admitted by the cabinets of London and V e inn them-elves—that the commission could remain a silent spectator, and accept a divan formed on such conditions as the legal organ of the wishes of the country ? It is not in this light that the imperial cabinet comprehends the task in which it co-operates. In appointing a commissioner to take part in these works, it wishes to take part in a con• scientious work, and to carry it out with good faith end in strict conformity with the ririnciples laid down by the Congress, and the declaration against which M. Liebman has protested is only a consequence of our respect fur those principles'. We have not, Monsieur le Baron, the elightest intention of recriminating , and it is not w:tisout regret that we charge you to deliver a copy of this de spatch to Count de Buol. We are , moreover, willing; suppose either that the Austrian commissioner has nut fully understood the ideas of his court, or that he has given a development and a character to them which wsre not in the intentions of the Cabinet of Vienna. We do not admit the part which M. Liebman assigns t ) he commission. It certainly is not called on to interfere in the administrative affairs of the Princip Utica ; it has only to consult and raider an account of the wisher: of the c )untry. But it feels perkua7ed that where the elections, which ought to be a faithful expression of those wishes, are carried on under the illegal prkssure of tee local authorities, the commission only fultiis a strict duty in pointing out tbia infraction of the principles laic down in the treaty cf Paris. In our opinion, any other attitude would ne ith er respon d to the dignity of tne powers which signed that ircaty, nor to the confidence which they ought to inspire. —Accept, &c., • GORTCHAKOFF. TIIRKEY• According 'to the c.,littue,lital correspondence of the Independance Beige, the Ot+oman Government 11:s i.,sued a circulir note to its repiesentativea at foreign courts, protesting against the union of the Danubian Principalities. It Nandi its arguments upon the indisputable rights of the Porte and the maintenance of the integrity of the Turkish Em- THE NEXT NEW'S FROM INDIA. It appears that the next Indian news may now be expected at any moment. The homeward mail from Bombay last year arrived at Suez on the 29th of September, and, should it reach that port at the same date on the present occasion, despatches might be received by the Government, supposing a s' eamer to be in waiting at Alexandria to proceed to Cag liari, in the course of to-morrow, or even this evening. The Earl and Countess of Mnlgrave arrived at their residence in Eaton-place, yesterday, from South Hill, Park, where they have been staying on a visit with the Right Hon. W. G. Halter, M.P., and Mee. llayter. Viscount Chelsea is expected in town in a few days from Farley Castle, near Reading. Viscountess Newry has returned to town from East bourne, Sussex. Lord Aelaburtoa is shortly expected in town from his shooting-box in the Highlands. We hear that the nob'e lord contemplates a Visit to Italy, and will pass the winter in Rome. Lord and Laiy Blantyre, after a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Danrobin Castle, have returned to their seat in Ranfrewshire. The noble lord and lady are expected in town next month, on their way to the Continent. Lord and Lady Wensleydale have returned to Ampthill Park, from a tour of visits, where they intend to pass the winter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Nermanby have returned to town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Barrington at Beckett House, Farringdon, Berks. Tile Marquis of Lansdowne, acc,mpanied by his grandson, arrived on Saturday at the Adelphi Hotel, from Manchester. The venerable marquis, who appeared in excellent health, visited St. Geerge's Hall, and in the afternoon set off by train for Staffordshire, on a visit to Lord Hatherton at Penkridge Hall. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, who have teen visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley, left that seat yesterday for Middietue Park, near Bicester. It is not true that a circular is to be i-sued from the Foreign-office in Paris relative to the Stuttgardt iuttr view, nor is any belief given to the ex:stence of an Austrian circular on the meeting at Weiwar. EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE.--Another dreadful explosion occurred at the East C.irn a sh Gunpowder M ille at Herodsfoot, on Fr:day afternoon, by which four mer, named Efigecombe, Whiting, Rogers, and Pett, we e killed. Rogers has left a wife and 10 children, aLd Whiting had but recently been married. CA3fBEIMELL-GBEEN.—Tnis ugly piece of waste ground will be very soon enclosed and planted. At the vestry of the parish oa NVcdnesday last, the seal was affixed to the deed formally conveying the site to the vestry for the purpose of being enclosed and planted. The gentle of - men of the parish bad subscribed to buy the ground the lord of the manor for this purpose, and on the above mentioned occasion not only presented the ground to the parish free of cost, but added a sum of nearly 7001. 1 to aid in the expense of enclosing and plani,ing it. THE THEATRES. HAY 31ARKET. Last night Miss Scdgwick, a lady of provincial cele brity, made her first appearance as Pauline in the " Lady of Lyons." She is a lady of considerable physical power, A commanding figure, and a face full of play and ex pression 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 4ive effect to the varied and changing phases of a wo man's feelings. High feeling is, in fact, the great merit of her acting, as far as we have yet been able to judge of it ; and we fully believe that in the higher fights of dramatic pathos, she will take rams with the highest artists on the stage. At the conclusion of each act she was called before the curtain, being 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 acqu force isition p r t e o s s t i h o e n , s t i 1, 1 g v e for het h e parts r e w e requiring ring suee ae d power eci u a and l i y 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 el)cution—that was not his fault—besides which, they gave such intrinsic pleasure to the gallery that no one could regret them. In some instances he 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 ExcAlently filled, and played with especial cars. The house was crowded. 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 last night promises to be not the least attractive, and Mr. T. P. Cooke is hardly seen to more striking advantage as William in " Black-eyed Susan," or Long Tom Coffin in the " Pilot," than as Harry Halyard in " My Poll and my Partner Joe." The veteran actor, who is 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 company now 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 Don Caesar de Bazan, when the opera was first produced at Drury lane, seems just at home in his old character, singing the music in his beet style, and rejoicing in the swagger that alone indicates the dignity of the dilapidated Don, Mr. Weiss, as Don Jose do Santarem, Miss Susan Pyne as Lazarillo, 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 effect. The opera wai put upon the stage with the complete ness, good taste and splendour for which the manage ment of Mis Pyne and Mr. Harrison is already distin guished. The orchestra and chorus are by far the best that we have ever heard i❑ an English theatre, and Wallace's music gave them ample opportunity of show ing their powers. We have had pleasure in hearing that Balfe is busily employed in the composition of an opera for this theatre, that a large portion of it is completed, and that it will be speedily produced. LOYAL SURREY GARDENS. 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 csntaining charges of the gravest character against the directors, but those who were in lit,y way acquainted with their business habits knew how utterly false these statements were, and regretted their lengthened silence under such unjust expressions. They have, however, at length spoken out, and the report they have just issued and their conduct at the meeting held yesterday at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, West minster, clearly prove that t he y are onl y open to the charge of over "confidence" in certain quarters in the manner of conducting the, undertaking, and the sanc tioning of a lavish expenditure in consequence. A pamphlet en titled " Facts and Docum ents 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 on those who have been the loudest declaimers against the directors ; and the parsons to whom they relate are bound to set themselves right with the shareholders before they proceed further with their oppositioh. The p a mphlet in question endeavours to show that much 01 the present pecuniary embarrassments of the company arise from the expensive character of the musical arrangements, and blames the directors for sanctioning them. In proof of this, a comparison of the expenditure for music and the gross receipts are given. Amongst the former there is a charge of 5001. a month during the season, salary to M. *Tanen (whether at the Gardens or in the provinces, in which latter case the directors pay his sub stitute), and from 2401. to 2701. a week to the band. The gross receipt:; ars as fellows :- " May, 11, 1857.-The season commenced at this date with an oratorio, the loss on which to Oho company was between 701 and 1001. " Receipts-May, 12, 371 Ss 7d; May 13, 691 2s ; 14, 601 3s Bcl ; May 15, 6 7 / U ' 3 s 53 • NI y 1C 761 4s A s li l y • May 18, 681 14 s ; May 19, 591 036 1 MaY 4 20, 801 17; 31 ; May, 21, 391 18s 114 ; May 22, Gil lOs 3d ; May 23, 511; May 25, 761 is 9d ; May ee 601 9s; May 28, 83113:e 6d ; May i e l 7l 6s 17(1d: Map 27, 841 lOs lid; Juno 1, 244/ 15s 3d ; June ' 2 4' 1481 - 11 ; a JTh 3 n 0 o , 3, 871 is 9d • June 4, 1191 18s ; June 9,5, 1121 193 1 ; s june 6, 11/ 17s 43; June 601 17s 6d ; June 8, 33/ 183 2 • 10, 871 103 ; June 12, 17,7/ I.ls 4d. Total Total for thabove 27 nights, 2,2021 8e 10d ; ay e • e Jullien's presence 81/103 6d. lege per night during "June 28 to July 1-The festival now took place, and a profit was realised on it. " Jullien's Absence-The Guides-The Guides were engaged at a weekly salary of 2001, an T d h ' r ; ?eirts e we a r r e ra : their travelling • expenses backwards and forwards were all made by Jullien, and the i 271 63 23 • July 2, 891 83 6:1 • J : -July 1, July .3, 911 23 ; July 4, 27/ 178 23' ; July 6, 611 104 6:1; 3 y . 7, 1031 lls 93; July 3, 1311 183 93 ; July 9, 1021 12s , July 10, 12119 s 73 ; 7d :July J l u l l , y B7 l l s, l4 l s s3 e l d l ; Be ,9dy i . 1 J 3, 1 / 1 6 6 ' 3 33; July 14, 2301 193 691 1 , 94 43 ; July 17, 1 iO/ 4d; July IS, 49112 s • July IG, le9l Fis 43 ; July 21, 291 3s 4). Total for the abo y ve 18 nights, 1,7551 19 73 • a , verage. per night, 97/ 13. Mr. Sims Reeves otherartists everSeengeged. for a few nights and ,etl about the middle ' of July, which accounts for the ri "Jullien returned on July 22. u P c e e !. s t e l ,t c , 3 ei : ll , -- ts july 22, I d l . , , T s o 6 t a al 1271 19s 4d; July, 23, 1141 7s ; July 27 gross receipts, 3371 8s 6d; average per night, "July 25 and following nights,--The Fund,Seaeole ' which was 1083 to the gardens 7 "July 31.—Reeeipts—Juli 31, 831 4s 5d ; Aug. 1, 571 13 91; Aug. 3, 129/ 910 d ; Aug. 4, 1201189. Total 3911 63; average per night, 971 6s 6d. "Alboni, at 501 per night.—Receipts :—Aug. 6,1401 1 s; Aug. 7, 841 33 7d; Aug. 8, 44/ 53 6d ; Aug. 10, 132/ 103 4d ; Aug. 11, 93/ 5s ; Aug. 12, 156/ 58 6d. Total, 6501103 lld ; average per night, 108180 6d, leaving a heavy loss. " Mr. Beale and M. Jullien then took the gardens, giving one-fifth of the receipts. Tne 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 not had time (from a copy not having been sent him) to peruse the document, but that from what be had seen the extracts from his letters were garbled, and that if the whole of them were read they would give VA thing a different complexion. Mr. Cop pock, however, replied that Mr. Ceombe'a 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 partiee, and save the property. THE LATE M COMM OF A LITTLE Boit IN NOTTINGHAM FOREST.--At the adjocrued 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 be had relish hair ani whiskers; and the poor child's fingers and arms showe the marks of bite 3 by some one who had lost every other tooth in one jaw. The ohiH had been suffocated by the murderer's hands being placed on his throat, nose, and month, and by kneeling on the boy's groin and abdo men. The inquest was again adjourned fur a fortniLh% piee. It appeals to the sentiments of equity of the Powers interested; and expresses the hope that its juit request will be taken into consideration. At the same tima, 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 thit the idea of separation does not exclude that of an assimilation in the government of the two pro vinces. The Lidepenclauce, of Brussels, states the com mercial circles of Belgium, Holland, Antwerp, and the Hague have been thrown into some alarm bir the fact of their last letters from Bengal having arrived with the seals broken, and with some pas sages erased. Nothing is known 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 ho 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 OF ARUSSIAA LINE-OF BATTLE BIIIP. LOSS OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUN- DRED LIVES. 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 melancholy occurrence at sea, in the neighbourhood of Hogland. Five Russian men-of-war were returning from Reval to Cronstadt, They were caught in a squall, and one 84-gun ship, ' La Forte,' although carrying double-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 Reval, and were returning home with the wives and families of the crews. Thera were three admirals on board, ono of them being Admiral Moller, the captain in com mand, who had only just married, and had his wife on board, with two of her cousins." LUCKNOW AND TILE AUSTRIAN OPPICERS. 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 succeeded in leaching Lucknow. 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 troops before Delhi 0 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 of Cumorn, which be 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 main, 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. BUENOS AYRES LOAN. TO THE EDITun OF THE SUN. l e o l ,o 7 o th September, something 0 bonds, has in it at once d e p ressing, yet a ho journal d er of s o o n m e t h cheering as regards the above question. I pass over as n your from excellent mere verbiage all the writer says about intention, whi c h published isshhoerdt letter may be good, or may be quite the reverse. I dare not encroach upon your space at any length, but I must be allowed to differ with the opinions expressed 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. Barings, lunch less their agent, would allow any dictation from any one but the bondholders. Their sentiments were clearly c,nveyed in a public meaing, held, I think, in December last. Our bonis fall, and from 90 are now little above 80. I am not clear that a serious respons:bility has not been incurred by some persons, I•l%)thing cm justify any such inter ference in these financial questions, and if made to pay handsomely for their good intentions it would only servo them right. I semi my name and address, and remain, sir, your obedient servant, ALSO A SMALL BONDHOLDER. Oct. 5, 1857. POISONED BT A FLY.—A tradesman of Lyons, named Laprevote, was one day last week pricked on the upper lip by a fly, taut though the little wound caused hint some annoyance, he took no notice of it. After the fourth day his face swelled up to a great height, and a hrge sore came on it. Medical assistance was of no avail, and two days back he died. It turned out that the fly Inuit have innoculated him with poisonous virus takm from some diseased aniirwl. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT BATTERSEA.—Yesterday an accidents from which there is not the slightest hope of recovery, took place in the Bridge-road, Battersea. A 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 'thrift (upon which he had imprudently been riding), he stumbled, and both the near wheels went over Lis thighs ; in addition to which his bead was kicked so severely by the hind legs of the near shaft horse that the skull was fractured. The unhappy sufferer was taken up, and conveyed to the house of Mr. Wheeler, a surgeon, residing in Battersea Park, who, however, was unable to do anything effectual for the wretched man, mere than stanching the blood by profuse bandages. He was then placed on a mattress in a perfectly insensible state and conveyed in a spring cart to St. George's Hospital. The surgeons* gave not the slightest hope of his recovery. Last evening his death was momentarily expected. THE RECENT ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL.—Just before the midsummer assizes, it will be remembered, four prisoners 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 ano ther man named Winship (the other two, who had been committed for trial charged whilst violent highway rob- Lary) have evaded detection until within the last two or three days, when Hind was apprehended at Sheffield under somewhat singular circumstences. A man who had worked at Gateshead, and knew Hind, and the cir cumstances of his escape from Newcastle gaol, met him in the streets of Sheffield, and went up to him and ac costed him as Hind. Hind denied that he was the man, when the person who had challenged him narrated some of his adveetures to him, but he still maintained that he was mistaken, and took hie 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 neighs bourhood of the town, and having given information, Hind was apprehended. He has since stated that for two or three weeks after his escape, he and 'his compa nion Winship lay concealed in Sunderland, onl,y eleven miles from Newcastle. • EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD ON THE CUSTO3IB.—A diß covery of a rather extensive tea robbery and fraud on the Customs, which has just beers brought to light in Belfast, has created no small excitement in that mercan tile community. The Banner of Saturday giv es t h e 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 in this country. It came to light 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 ingebious process skil fully artful and recklessly illegal. His concern was situated in Skipper-street. At the rear of it they() are several storehouses in which bonded teas' were placed. Moors 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 bond store which is closely adjoining the office. Moore managed to get a key fitted to the lock of the bond store, and by that means could effect an en trance whenever he pleased. How 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 oircum• sfatarll areCes i n co nnection with the occurren ce th at, for so unex plained, if at all explicable. SUNSHINE AND FIRE.—The common opinion that the sun shining en a fire tends to extinguish it, and that consequently the embers must be shaded if we would pre serve them alive in a fire-place, was male the subject of experiment by Dr. Thomas M‘Ksever. The fire employed in both the sets of experiments 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 when concentrated by a large lens. produces no effect except by heating. It the air in the dark be heated to the came extent, and the air in each case be kept equally quiet, the candle burns at precisely the same rate. Al•Keever's experiments indicated that the candle burned from 5 to 11 per cent. faster in the dark than in common sunshine. He supposed that the chemical rays exercisedsa deoxidis ing power, which, to eorne extent, interfered with the rapid oxidation of the combustible matter, and by trying toe candle In uithreLA parts of the coloureu k l iceiluuk (produced by deootnpok4eg a ray of light in pa,sing 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 s.lar epectruae-74eScierctifia Atnerion. I I SA f 0 su, ab an ACCOI Cent. eh e is 21 Way of alo ter 1 Cam of ( Indi rial were Lon Gen Pen abo 3 pc Naq Pit, Ern ha in( ab du