Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-20 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, ROLVVVAY, Corner of HONSTON•STREET, New YORK. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITHTION, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SMITHSON, of ENGLAND, Tidying the Friendship of the ORFICZIS of the , NATIONAL INSTLrutioN eanductad on the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. Co .I:acrcht Salr6.—Zilits Dan. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers office, 2, Halo-street, 26t0 bags Rice.—Biown3, Hooter and Co. • At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 1, Oldhall-street, 260 bales Piassava.—How and Barclay. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 350 bales Pl3.33a9ll.—Francis J. Eato n. At twelve o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple-court, a Tian • tity of Fruit.—Thomas Parry. At half-pest one o'clock, at the cammercial saleroom, Temple-c3nrt, a quantity of Batter. Macon, and Cheese.—William Gardner and Ce. At twet , e o'clock, at thetrokers' office, 16, Exchnuge-bnildlngs, 1451 bates Jute.—J. H. Rayne: and Co. t twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Royal Bank-buildings, a giumtity of Cow Hides, Sheep and Goat Skios.—Thornewill and Or For particulars set) advertisement.. AYIUSE,iIENTS, PUBLIC REErIi' , IG3, &c. THIS DAY. ROT,&L —Operatic Perfcrmatees-7 20iAL AM PHITEIZATRE—OAratiC PerlOrMlllCeS —7 p.m. HENCLZ:VS CniQUE VARIkTd, Dale-street-7 p.m. FlEE:CksOleff HALL, Lime-street-7 p.m. LITZ/POOL ACADEMICS EXHIBIT iCN, POstOffiCe-place. ALL/solos WAxweax EXIIIEITLCN-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ciILAITON Ram, Claytai-square—Gordon Cumming-8 ,am. kIoTAL CoLossaux—Goneral Entertainment-O.SO p.m. tar For particulars see :advertisements. ANTED, COPIES of the " NOWTHERN DAILY Txmcs" of the following dates:—April 10th and 4th.—Ap7ly at the Biethersz limes o lice. / t r " gl* 2-"ottinn ttriieg TUESDAY, 00TOBER 20, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. The adjemrnecl meeting of the Town Council was hel i yesterday. The proceedings were en tirel-7 confined to the water question, which Mr. Alderman Cooper introduced, by moving the pro oeedinge of the Water Committee. In doing so, he coolly asked the icdulgence of the Comic . ] for a farther trial of the filtering process, which ho was of opinion, could yet be brought to a state of perfection. In the meantime, the committee would supply the town with- a 3 much of the red sandstone water as could possibly be obtained, and only make up the defieiency with the Rivington water. He, however, by his subse quent remarks, seemed to be not quite so confident of the ultimate success of the filtration process, for he said—" If the result sought for by the experi ments could not be , ebtained, then it became the dety of the committee—and he thought the people of Liverpool had a right to require it of them—to see that the public were supplied with a water which was satisfactory to them, either by double pipes, or by a better arrangement of the pipes which were now in existence It was his wish and desire—and he believed he might say the same of the committee—that the present could be so appropriated that the water could be given him alternate days, or Chit, at a small expense, a distinct set of pipes could be set aside for Rirington -or spring water, without going to the expense of re-piping the whole of the town.' Mr. Cooper .also stated that the recent bursting of the pipes at Rivington were not Lear so serious as the Press had led them to believe, and that the sum of 8001. would cover all damages, as Mr. Dockwray had contracted for repairing for that sum. Mr. Earle seconded the motion. -Mr. Jeffery called for the production of a map or plan of . the water meins and pipes, as they at present were laid at the difkrent streets, bat although such plans are in existence they were not produced. It had keen said that it was impracticalilo to supply tiler town with two kinds ofmatzT with the present pipes. Mr•. Jeffery demurred to this, and said that from advertise • went whic3r. he had seen, and he had no doubt was.zeen by the Chairman of the Com mittee, that the outlay of £I,COO or £2,00.0, the object which .alderman Cooper said was impossi , ble to be attained, could at once be consummated. After some 'further remarks, Mr. Jeffery moved an amenclment,to the effect that the proceedings of the C,lmmittec be not enreirmed until the latter had supplied them with the particulars Low the resins were laid. Mr. Stitt seconded the amendment. Mr. Hodson would not oppose the production of the return•; but ; he said, that although Yr. ..Teffery would lead them to be:ieve that he was the only person in the room who was Anxious to give a pure supply of water, the committee had been supplying for two months past the largest possible quantity of spring water. The committee.were most anxious to supply the Rivington and Belsandstone watere separately, through the existiag pipes, but Mr. Duncan said such a proceeding was ,impossible. Aftetward§ several gentlemen spoke 4n the question ; and the Council ultimately &anErv.ed the proceedings of the committee. A large and influential ineeting of the electors of Peter's Ward, was held at the Clarendon-rooms, last night, to hear Mr. C. T. ;Bowring expound his opinions on the leading queecions of local interest. The speech of Mr. Bowring, will be found in another colume, • was of a .most convincing characte.r. He boldly attacked" -tile system which encouraged the complete control.of the Council by the Conservaive party—a party who have always been averse to improvement and alteration, and who used all their ingenuity and trilent to prevent that progress which is essentially a sign of the times. The pater ques ion he adverted to at some length, and lir. Alderman Cooper, and his fellow members of the committee, would do well to read his remarks. Rio condemns the Itivirrgtan water in !,oto. He shudders at the responsibility which those incur who would still force so foul s quality of water as that we have for some time:had upon ptalie use. Mr. Bowring attacked the manner in which the Corporation accounts are at present published,,and strenuously advocates a thorough revision in the mode and manner of keeping and publishing these sail accounts. The dilatoriness of the town surveyor and others in respect to the con-production of the returns of all the Corporation property, .moved some two years ago by Alr. .Qrladstone, was very properly eon. demned, and after alluding to some other ques tions, .such as the education of the masses, the treatment of criminals, Sce.. he wound up by saying, that if the electors should place their confi fence in him and retina him, he should honestly endeavour to carry out the principles which he had just enunciated. Several influen tial gentlemen of the ward then addressed the meeting, and the resolutions expressing confi dence in Mr. Bowring, as a fit and proper person to represent the Ward in CAincil, were paced unanimously, and the meeting separated. The enthusiasm evinced by the meeting is a gratifying omen of Mr. Bowring's success, and if any elector of the ward is in doubt as to the merits of that gentleman and the retiring member, we wou!d advise a careful perusal of the formet's speech. The domestic news this morning is interesting, though rather meagre. It is rumoured in political circles that two or three more gentlemen will be called to the House of Lards, ere the meeting of Parliament. First on the list stands Sir Benjamin Hall, who, it is said, is to be Baron Llanover. The Second is Sir John Hanmer, ALP. for Flint- shira ancestor, Sir Thomas Hanmer, was Speaker in /713, and represented Suffulk in five Parliaments. He is a very wealthy man, and has had, with a very slight intermission, a seat in the 11 0 4S0 of commons for twen:ty-seven years. His title will, probably, be Baron Flint. The name of Mr. John Abel Smith has also been mentioned for a peerage. He also is a man of great wealth, and has had a seat in the House of Commons. His title would, in all probability, be Baron Petworth. The Queen of Oude is at present lying dangerously ill at her temporary residence, at Richmond, near London. Some additional particulars, respect ing the mystery of ;the Waterloo Bridge murder, are published, from which it is expected that a clue will be obtained. The fact is simply, that another witness has come forward, who saw the woman with the bag go on to the bridge, and who is ready to identify her, should she be found. That is all. A point of negative importance, however, has been cleared up. Mr. Hugh Patterson, the Australian gentleman, supposed to have been the victim, has been ascertained to be alive and well, and is now in Ireland. The French Emperor has refused to allow the passage of English troops across his territory as a means of expediting their journey to the East. The reasons assigned for this refusal are twofild—first, that great difficulties would arise in the embarkation and disembarkation of British troops at the French ports; and, second, that the Enziish Government persist in their belief that the best way to send re inforcements to India is by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The Homeward Mail, a paper whose writers are well versed in Indian topics, endeavours in its issue of Saturday, to warn its readers against sup posing that the most unfavourable news may not yet reach England. It speaks of the new levies of Sikhs, to the amount of 30,000, as men who, with the rapidity of an electric flash, might turn auinst us. Our cotemporary, therefore, depre cates any slackening of the hand, and warns the public against believing the statementsof those who prophecy smooth things. The correspondence. of French residents at Calcutta contains very severe animadversions on Lord Canning's short-sighted policy in net listen ing to the entreaties of the inhabitants of that city, and placing it in a state of seige. A correspondent of a Paris paper says, that although the native pence were known to be thoroughly disaffected, it was only after they had been detected in trying to corrupt the regiment from Madras that Lord Canning could be induced to organise a European force 1 ' And that even then the same kind of policy which led to the common suppression of the native and the European press, was followed by sparing the would-be seducers, and punishing only the partially seduced. He, moreover, asserts that the creeks of the Hooghly are haunted with boats filled with armed men, and that although this is known ' to the authorities, no attempts are made to drive them out. But the most important part of the letter is that which tends to confirm the statements with respect to the differences between Sir Colin Campbell and the Governor-General and his council. It is represented as being notorious in - Calcutta that matters were on the most unsatisfactory footing, and that Sir Colin had, as we have been told before, threatened to leave. But the Frenchman goes further, and after pointing out Mr. Grant as the .particular member of council who was most pertinacious and troublesome in thwart ing the views of the General, he asserts on one particular occasion, in council, the civilian was so intrusive and dogmatical in his criticisms upon the purely military plans of the soldier, that the latter rose, and saying, " I thought I was commander-in-chief, but I find that office belongs to you ; nothing therefore remains for me but to take nay leave," was about to leave the chamber. It is impossible not to entertain some apprehension that the rumours which reach u from English sources are well founded, when we find them thus corroborated by a foreigner, who may be supposed a stranger to the standing feud between the mercantile community and the com pany and its officers. By Satinelay next we may be in possession of a fortnight's later news from It is only the other day that we stated the intention of Louis Napoleon to send an expedition to Mada gascar, and completely conquer that Island. To day we learn that the Queen has expelled all the French and English inhabitants, so that the French Emperor will now have something to engage the attention of a portion of his ".glory" seeking soldiers, . . It appears that the English and French govern ments are quite united 'in their opinions on the 1 Spanish quesiion L'lsra Hocvlieu has uaa u long interview with the Emperor Napoleon, and the result is stated to - be perfect unanimity. ;The commissioners appointed to define the boundary between Russia and Turkey, in Asia have assigned the whole of an important lake in Armenia to Turkey, one-half of which was claimed by Russia. Every point is now so clearly defined that future disputes will scarcely be possible. Thing of Prussia is in a sad state. He is raving. At last. accounts he had lost all recollec tion, and could not speak a sentence so as to be understood. A regency appears to be inevitable. The Bank Directors have raised the rate of discount to 8 percent. THE Mutiny at the Nore demolished public confidence, and the military revolt in India— a far more formidable event—must inevitably produce disastrous effects on the National mind. The first news ,of the mutiny in the British fleet caused a depreciation of fully 20 per cent. in the prices of the previously depressed Govern ment Stocks. Consols fell to 47, and were unsaleable at that _low price. Similar disasters do not produce such sudden rovalsions in these days. The amount.of stock afloat in the hands of the public at the present time is very trifling, and the liberal use which is made of Exchequer Bills, and the high favou.ria which they are held in the Money Market, gives. he Chancellor of the Exchequer great power over the Stock Exehanze. Still, we have considerable eakase fur apprehen sion at the prezent crisis. We place little faith in the current prices of stocks. We pay even less heed to the daily quotations of Exchequer bills or the amount of governmerit accammoda- tio 3 paper in circulation. The Bank screw is the sole object of earnest solicitude with our bankers, merchants, and traders of every grade. The industry and commerce of these islands suffer runre from an advance of one per cent, in the banking ates of disttivt.than the govern ment did in ita political and iltnocal influence by a depreciatioa;:of 20 per cent, in the value of its securities, fifty or one hundred years ago. The dangers which once surrounded cabinets have been removed from the wings of politics and placed on the shoulders of those classes who are engaged in working out the material prosperity of the empire. By this transition the fundholder is spared the h€2.vy losses he formerly sustained, and industry, trade, and commerce are left to bear the brunt of national disasters. `We must not look, therefore, for the shadows of coming events to the Scock Marlet. If we should see the public funds recede ten per cent. from their present value it will not b-3 because British Intja has been lost by continued misrule from the day .3 of Clive down to the present hour, but from the fact that all the great and enduring interests of the con_Amonwealth have been sud denly checked, in order to give increased power THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1857 in a direction were a nation's honour is far more deeply concerned than her people's solid wel fare. We have broken down twice in our modern race after empire. In each case we can assign our failure to palpable causes, nor are we at a loss for facts to account for our subsequent abandonment of all thought of the re.conquest of our lost territories. Dominion is, in fact, a political commodity, which, like cotton , may be bought or held at too high a price. And we may rest assured that, whatever the upshot of the present revolt in India may be, we shall be compelled eventually to examine very minutely into the returns we receive from Asia for the expense we incur in its government. Whatever the system of administration of Indian affairs has been hitherto, it is now quite clear that it must be instantly abandoned. We have lost an army of 300,000 native troops which must be replaced by Europeans. Less than 100,000 men will not suffice for this service. How this drain on our physical strength will operate, what its cost •to England will be, and how long it can be sustained, are questions which remain for discussion at a future day. In the meantime we enter on the work of re-conquest with our banking discounts within one per cent. of a famine rate of interest for money, with our best foreign customers—a people without a national debt, who knownothing of the pressure of taxation, who have no standing army worthy of the name as far as regards numerical strength, whose government are con tent to live on the cheese-crusts of their country, and who produce as much virgin gold within their own territory as we do—suffering from a suspension of cash payments, and an universal breaking down of commercial credit ! If we - look nearer home, what have *e to expect ? England is the pivot on which mone tary and commercial Europe revolves; and when we fail to perform our diurnal functions, in the way of giving or receiving accommodation, the circle of disastrous phenomena will be complete. Those who have been relying, either in the poli tical or material world, on the steady production of gold for the success of their speculations, must be appalled at what they have witnessed in America within the last few weeks. They must see that, by same perversity of things, that which contributes most to the comfort and progress of a people, adds least to the stability of the best intereits of a community. This apparent paradox has a world-wide existence in practice, and, with a living exemplification of its truth before' oiir eyes, it behoves us to be on our guard. It is futile to suppose that any line of action which has a tendency to depress trade, and disturb the general pursuits of the country, will leave us more at ease in the prosecution of monster military exploits. We have never questioned the power of England to enforce obedience to her will, nor the valour and lov4ty of the gallant troops employed in the despoiate.conflictnow raging in India, but it would be highly criminal to attempt to disguise those dangers which manifestly threaten us at the present moment. We are not in a condition to bear up against an extraordi nary, military expenditure, and a heavy depression forced upon trade; and India must be abandoned, as the Russo-Turkish war was, or the Bank screw must be relaxed. An immense and unexpected demand has sprung up abroad for the precious metals, owing to the failure of the monstrous doctrine of con vertibility ; and we must now check the efflux of our stock of bullion, as if to give intensity to the consequences of that failure, or prepare for a suspension of cash payments at home. The Bank screw has not always proved successful in preventing the exportation of gold ; and as bullion is worth more just now in the American produce markets than 8 or even 10 per cent., the drain to New York cannot be stopped without the Banks resorting to measures which may precipitate a far worse state of things. Those members of Parliament who comprised the Select Committee of the House of Conarnotts, to inquire into the operation of the Bank Charter Act, must be•alive to the dangers Which are now impending, and to them we have a right to look for safety. They are aware of the mischief another one per cent. added to the present rates of discount must produce. If they do not see the full extent of the consequences of such an act, they must know enough to make them feel that we are beset with dangers of alarming magnitude. Those dangers, great and immediate as they really are, cannot, however, be attributed to a want of loyalty and patriotism on the part of the people. Our military enthusiasm as a nation has, for the, first time in our history, extended to cries of vengeance, and we risk the glories of certain triumph by countenancing acts of reprisal previously unknown to Christendom. When we make such sacrifices as these to prove our devotion to a cause, who can doubt our success in a hand-to-hand conflict? But there arty other elements of power to be taken into account—the command of adequate means to carry on distant warfare and to sustain the great fountains from which the material are to be obtained. These stand in the utmost jeopard y at the present time, and we only seek to have due attention bestowed on those quarters from whence dangers are to be apprehended. AMONG the more important items of news from India last received is the order in Council respect ing the " treatment of the mutineers," issued by authority of Lord CANNING. It is a State document of a most important character, and one which gives us a further proof of the singular conduct of the noble lord who now rules the , destinies of our Indian Empire. In order that we may estimate, in its true character, the proclama tion in question, we must briefly glance at the circumstances and condition of the country where it was published. The city of Delhi was still unsubdued. Our troops, by encountering and defeating bodies of the mutineers at Hissar and Nujuffghur, had commenced to circumscribe the limits of country under their command. From the frontier of Rajpootana on the west, to the frontier of Oude on the east, and from Jubblepore Mhow on the south, to the bases of the Himalaya on the north, British rule was limited to those few isolated spots which were in the actual occupation of our troops. Over all other portions of that vast region the mutineers, aided and abetted by the scum and refuse of the country— the inmates of gaols, and the leaders of small bands of retainers impatient of law and order— ravaged and robbed with impunity and at pleasure. They had both the power and the will to carry on their game of destruction of person and pro perty. Police vigilance and magisterial control were alike given up. Yet, in the face of all the atrocities which were committed daily, out came the proclamation to which we have alluded. The then existing state of society could only be amended by the establishment of martial law. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies, but that is a policy which Lord CANNING has ignored, for he and his council embraced the opportunity, when anarchy was at its height, and life and property most insecure • , to aim at transferring all power of dealing with deserters, rebels, and murderers from the military to the civil tribunals. All deserters from regi ments which live not mutinied, who were appre hended without the actual possession of arms, were to be delivered up to the civil authorities, and by them sent back to their respective regi ments. Again, all mutineers were to be located, if possible, at Allahabad, and these surrendered to the commandant. In case this was found difficult or impossible, they were to be impri soned until the pleasure of the Government could be made known ; and it is ordered that mutineers belonging to any regiment which had killed any Europeans might be tried by the civil power. The intent of those " instructions" must have been to take out of the hands of military officers the means of inflicting summary and con dign punishment upon the mutineers. and holding over the disaffected the terrors which martial law never fails to inspire in the minds of any people subject to its requirements. 'We observe that the necessity for issuing the "instructions" has been vindicated on the ground of the undue severity which, it is alleged, that officers in command of detached parties inflicted. This, however, we cannot believe, because the instructions were drafted out about the latter end of July, and some time before the attack of some men, supposed to belong to the 10th Regiment, upon the disarmed Seyoys at Dinapore, or the suspicions of General W TrArly that spvAral t;lrpQ had been murdered before Delhi. We cannot help regarding the ". instruction" both uncalled for and totally impracticable. To send all muti neers and other prisoners to Allahabad would be simply to scatter the British forces now in India all over the country into small detachments, which would be powerless for the government of the country. The more we consider the character of the "instructions," and their ultimate result, the more are we satisfied that they were drawn by men totally ignorant of the pressing wants of the country, of human nature, and of the character of Indian rebels. The framers of the instruc tions are too fond of routine and red tape. The Governor-General and his Council have a feeling of contempt for military authority. Th eir own dignity and importance dictates all their policy, and seeing that Lord CANNING has thus deprived military officers from exercising those powers of dealing without delay with every instance of mutiny, desertion, and robbery, we think the time has come for the Premier to demand that the East India Company shall recall the Governor-General, and that his successor shall instantly be sent out to take the place of one who has afforded ground for the universal indignation of the people of Great Britain. And, indeed, the latter have already expressed themselves in unmistakeable terms on the sub ject, and have demanded LORD CANNING'S recall. This is not the time to go on blundering, and tampering with a numerous, a deceitful and a dangerous enemy, We consi ler the position of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL should be that of military dictator until the mutiny was crushed, and the future Government. placed upon a satisfactory and permanent basis. 4JIUSEMENTS, &c. TEES RIVAL OPERAS AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, AND THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,-I+lr. Beale's troupe of opera singers commenced their week of performances last night with "La Sonnambula," and the National English Opera Company having transferred their services to the Royal Amphitheatre, commenced their week with the " Bohemian Girl," with the same cast as we noticed last week, and we find no reason to modify our opinion. Air. H. Haigh was again deservedly encored in "Oh ! then remember me." " The Beggars Opera" followed, admirably put upon the stage. Miss E. Hodson being the Polly, awl Miss Annie Leng the Lucy. Mr. Maulers the Captain Macheath At the Theatre Royal, Madame Gassier was the Amina, Mr. Sims Reeves the Elvin°. They have been so frequently beard to execute the music at concerts, that we need not say much on that point. The acting was lees effective thin we have s:ea on former occasions. • MODE. Borchardt, the new barritone, has a pleasing voice, and gentlemanly style of acting and singing. To-night, this company will tire the " Bohemian Girl," and introduce Madame Borchardt. Me. Sims &eves will take the part of Thaddeus. MR. ROBSON, or TIII OIAYMPIC.We need hardly bespeak welcome in Liverpool, for the first visit these four years, of one of the most thoroughly original and gifted comedians now living. The success which Mr. Robson has won in London has been peculiar, and founded on peculiar claims. Perhaps no living actor has more claims to bs considered a man of genius ; certainly tone is more completely a " humourist." His performance of a certain class of characters is not only unequalled by that of any other actor, but quite unlike that which any other actor attempts. The sudden and startling, yet most vividly natural, combinations of the ludicrous, the pathetic, and the terrible, which this performer can realise, mark him out as distinct from all other comedians now on the stage. He has hit upon a vain of humour which h scarcely been thought of before, and which he developes as probably no rival could. Mr. Robson's engagement in Liverpool will commence on Monday week, and must necessarily be short. His talents in the direction of broad farce have been known for many years, and need no eulogy. We have only spoken of the rarer endowments he has more recently evinced. HENGLER 9 S CIRQUE, DALE-SFREET —The state of the house since the opening, fully justified our observations on the opening night, as the attendance has been most respectable, numerous, and quite enthusiastic. On the common stage we are familiar with the characters of Falstaff Shylock, and the crooked- back Richard 111., but at the Circus we lad these celebrities in a new and interest ing position—on horseback; and we have not before seen the passage, "A horse, a horse—my kingdom for a horse !" so beautifully i lustrated as in the performance of Mr. James Bridges, who personates that and the other two characters, in a style that draws repeated and deserved plaudits from the audience. The obese, sensual old knight —the griping, grinding, revengeful Jew—the desperate, am bitious, and decidedly courageous (with all his fearful faults) Richard, are all represented by Mr. Bridges on horseback—. true tolife. He manages them to a miracle, and it is a miracle how he manages them, bat he succeeds admirably, and leaves nothing to be wished for. Only we have perfect faith in our senses, we might be tempted to think that Mons. Sebastian was an India rubber man, and not one of flesh, blood, bone, and sinew—but he is a veritable man, and no mistake, and, as our transatlantic friends say, " he bangs all Creation into "everlasting smash" on a bare-backed courser ; he is graceful at the same time, and commands unbounded admiration. One of the finest things, in its way, we ever saw, is the Fox Hunt, on two ponies, by Little Eduard. We happen to know adrifle about the exciting sport of fox hunting, and we felt - no small inclination to jump on one of the ponies (but, God help us, we are getting old) and join the chase with Petite Eduard, who is the finest juvenile representative of a rolicking country squire we ever laid eyes on. We must mention the elegant, graceful, and, at the same time, astonishing acts of Madlle. Josephine, who, as a female eqaestean, has no equal, except, indeed, we couple the name of Madlle. Clementine, and these two are truly astonishing. Besides the equestrian troupe, which now stands unrivalled, there are a variety of interesting laughable interludes. The clowns are not of the common-place stamp—the old system would not do-- the "go a-head" is the only thing, and the gentlemen appointed to this department go on most satisfactorily, to the great delight of the audience. There are a variety of astonishing atheletie Aces that almost defihuman nature, and one stands admiringly appalled, as it were, at the power man has over himself, and what he is able to accomplish. Altogether the Cirque is the best we have had, perhaps ever, in Liverpool. PEOPLES' CONCERTS.—An attempt is again to be made this year to give the public the benefit of St. George's Hall. The Council has granted the use of the Halt at their minimum charge, thus giving the caterer every advantage they posse,,s to ensure success, and we think the bill of fare put forth for the opening night, Saturday, the 24th, is well worthy of support. We will take the lady first—Miss Stabbach is a vocalist of great merit, and is rapidly rising in her profession ; all who heard her at the Philharmonic Hall must have been impressed with the brilliancy of her voice and purity of style, her rendering of classical as well as ballad music is equally effective ; to the popular world she is best known by her brilliant rendering of " Merrily, merrily, over the Snow." Then Comes Mr. Distin, sen., who is to take his farewell of a Liverpool' audience, and favour them with his ever-to be remembered " Soldier Tired," on the trumpet. The Orpheus Glee Union make their first bow before a Liver pool audience, aid we have it f ro m thorit y saes eight men never sang better together than those calling themselves " The Union ;" it is really an union of eight voices becoming one. And last, though not least,. Mr. Best will play two pieces on the Grand Organ—iiossini's Overture to " Guilliume Tell," and a selection from " Stabst Mater,"including the celebrated" Cujus Animutn." Every facility is afforded for comfort Tickets are to be sold at Messrs. lime and eon's, Music Warehouse, 57, Church street, and holders of tickets are to be admitted earlier into the Hall, by a separate entrance. We wish Mr. Him° success in his undertaking. and hope the public will show their appreciation of his endeavours, by rally ing round him on his first night, as it may be well to re mind the public a good start is everything, and the price is only Sixpence ; Reserved Seats, is. FREEMASON'S HALL.—PROFESSOR RWART....-AS we pre dicted in our past notices of this gentleman's truly aston ishing performance, the more he becomes known the more the public appreciate him. As a master cf the power— hidden and mysterious power—of ventriloquism, he has no equal. The flexibility, the extent, the variety, and even the combination of this power, surpasses all belief. In a word, he is the greatest master of the art of the present day. Of his performance as a magician, we can only ' repeat our opinion —he is amusing and instructive. But he has adopted an additional proesssion, that of an alchys meat, and in this he surpas es all comprehension. It is a new feature, too, iu such entertainments, and is as astound ng as novel. He takes, in the centre of the audience, a lady's handkerchief, and, without apparent preparation, it vanishes from his hand in a blaze of fire. He looks into a gentleman's hat, and instantly dense volumes of smoke issue from it, and envelope him for a few seconds, and then professor and all disappear in a cloud of fire! We cannot say more of him to-day. He ought, however, to be seen by every one. THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH —Donizetti's grand opera of " Lucia di Lammerm oo • " has met with great success at this house in which Mr. D. Miranda, a well-kuowa and great fevourae in Liverpool, and who met with a most flattering reception at the late Norwich Musical Festival, hits been adding to his laurels by the personation of the character of Edgar. The local papers speak highly of him as a singer, and from the lengthened period of his en gagement, evidently " finds favour " with the numerous and respectable audiences. I Jetty - Treffz has been secured for Jullien's concerts, which commence on the 20.,h, at Iler Majesty's Theatre (not Drury Lane, as has been stated). A correspondent of the lustreed Times writes :—" I I have received some exclusive information respecting the new Covent Garden Opera, the foundations of which are L already laid, and the works are progressing so rapidly as to justify the anticipation that all w ill b e rea d y f or the F commencement of the season in April next. Mr. Barry, the son of the eminent Sir Charles, is the architect; and before settling upon his plane, he made the tour of the principal cities in Enrope, and, selecting something from each, has produced drawings of such a building as for the combination of elegance and comfort has not yet been realized in London. There will be but three tiers of boxes. The pit tier will be raised much h'gher than usual, in fact, above conversation-level; then will come the grand.tier ; thou the only other boxes; and then a large and ro baleon, which, to my notion, Viough it has . nevsr yet been tried in England, will become to the real musical connois seur, and not the mere attendant for fashion's sake, the most favourite portion of the house. Behind this will be the gallery. Tne pit will be extraordinary large, capable of holding 1,200 persons ; and each stall will be. a coin fortable arm chair. The space behind the scenes will be so great as to admit of the production of even greater effects than those already familiar to us in the "Huguenots" and the "Prophe.e." The plans for the new theatre were submitted by Mr. Gye to the Queen and the Prince Consort at Osborne, and were highly approved by theta " Lablache is at raples. His health is still delicate. The marriage of Miss Catherine Hayes, we (Illasereed London News) .re glad to hear, will not deprive the public of her great talents as an artist ; for, after spending the winter in Italy, it is her intention to return to England in the spring to resumo the exercise of her profession. The Oratorio sea9on recommences this week with a performance at St. Marti:t's Hall of Mendelssohn's "St. Paul," under the direction ,if Mr. John Hullah. Mdlle. Rachel remains alarmingly ill at Canores. She recalled to her medical attenda.nto, the other day, an inci dent of the period of her grea 'est triumphs. She was playing Phedre, and the Bey of Ta critically said of her at the end of the piece, " She has a soul of fire in a body of gauze." It was with a melancholy sigh that she remarked to her doctor, "Alas i he was right; and now you see that the fire has destroyed the gauze.," TELEGRAPHIC NE. By British anti Irish Magnetic Te THE KING OF PRUSSIA• n B ERLIN, D uS " *fo o The health of the King continues to ill but his debility is very great. DENMARK AND THE DIJOIES' n t b ig It is said that the Danish Gove rlillie tbg shown a disposition to make concession on Holstein Question. r. SPAIN. take riot M. Mon, who has been sent for to tas e ; fi sr oe' tant post in the New Spanish Cabinet, 1348 at Paris, from Rome, en route to Madrid' • 0 5 ' THE NAVIGATION OF THE 9 N II 0 11 The free navigation of the Danu be ' t of t ° Austria is strongly opposed, is felt to be oll . e most urgent of the day at Paris, an d it A is e di satisfaction that the report is received of -ustier convocation of the Conference of Pari s * i‘ t ioO f it is understood, contends that the 6605%010 the treaty of Paris applies to the raeutll9. Danube, and to the Riverani States, hcliderifer. general regulations for the navigation of the FRANCE. e The Paris Three per Cent Rentes c , .° -e day (Monday) at 66f 80c. FURTHER RISE IN THE BAr , 4-i - Tz RA T OF DISCOUNT. O ec : Yesterday afternoon, contrary to gen era l , oft e ; tation, the directors of the Bank of ELIO ° a protracted sitting, intimated that di to eel . decided upon raising the rate of discount ° cent. FRANCE. 4 , 4 01 6 4: • PRAIS, SIIRDAY The Emperor, the Empress, and the rters °° cl Prince left St. Cloud for Compiegne this hi la for the hunting season. Baron Rotbnif o /4 r es several other directors of the Northern otiti'ojeg'-of ceived them at the Paris station. Theit '„he 555 ,4 were accompanied by the Duke and DitStol' i i Bassano, and Mesdames da Labedovere,' gaigl4 and de la Poize. Three series of invitatie ll a s n ' f 's sll ,;s' from October 21 to November 10, have he'r, - i tts g of I understand that Count Walewski and th. n e r io ° l l e 6s Walewski, Lord and Lady Cowley. the v,r i 3O, l3 re f Manchester, and the Count and Couutess"-10' are included in the third series of guests' ~ will be a royal stag hunt to-morrow. her oil' Letters from the Mauritius, of Sep 1) 1) state that the transports Pottinger d trolo had just left the harbour of Port Louis wi"„ 0 0 for Bombay. This is their second v o y age j e V same service. Qs ab It is confirmed from Madagascar thatviei Ranavalo has expelled all the Frenc h a tti l d bf t . t :ol residents from her dominions.. TA • • t d i e le cr E ee ur i o s p A e u an g s us e t n 2 te s r . tai T n h t cs h : 3 •e p a r s:(: iet 7 t 9s o i f flo de a tl": ' ° ..1 1 : 11( the Queen, and placing h e r son. Pri nce Bak° A 17 1 on the throne of Madagascar. n ee''/.5 The Legislative Body will, it is an bl 9 convoked for the end of November, conforsl'tecl(;• some say, although the point of law is disllers,'`g Article 46 of the Constitution, which r e ner • P ',4 meeting obligatory within six months ` - tril ifr nf dissolution. The Mint is busily occupied in9,,re,"e effigy silver , da 1 and Deputy utht yeesfua Emperor rrloa surrounded g n e d size, e ad hbdyebane wreath the medals for the new Deputies. Th e f•cle them admission as a medals In to the ministries, public eP, t ei)`" o f passport for the bearettabli,ls. en ts and official ceremonies. They also 5 , e ,• 2 1 g o , beirl inviolability of the person and the' p ri vy, exempt from any judicial proceed i lo t fl o ' dP ) ,"os out eew the authorisation of the Legislative e ne a g t h °le otherf °tl3l ee oak' Si) i v ee ' , I : e g they medal is struck for each legislature' L 4; t ba together form a numismatic colle e1 ;, - 09 0 ,1ici 29th. It Council of State resumes its lsb ° ,7, be r" - d i It is stated that some measures firhe:•,.o4if before it for the next session, Among ot'„"0 0 „ t maritime code, which has been already e,,,, 5 e,°j e 0 a special commission at the Ministry of '" 6 , 1 , -li iS 11 ,1 i l liCh M. Baroche presided. A rural o°",:a A a h ked of, which has been called for 11 t " 0 - 0 0.- lectuilal i relative to foundlings, and anothe!..e- if. property, will also be brought bel°' pail• 4 for itr t We are enabled to state that the 2nd .." A ": 1 . Or— r6 o ol giment (composed of African negroes) " 11.- 1 4 iC ie° t A Bengal, and has p-obably ere this embarked si• tis fe Jamaica.—lndian News. ba d k otO h r ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.-03 Sunday niga‘,.., C glo-„, tni r , Elizi Donnelly, was scalded in a - court of u 'or: street, and died from the effects of the s"i ‘ te h l 30th Sept., a man natnA John Gibbons, wb o as on the Ormskirk and St. Helen's Itailwal , fe °sl ani died in the Northern Hospital, y esterday' Of f p ies ° o f effects of the injuries. ROYAL IssxtrirriaN ScnooL —We have a • eSY I 9°C I I O I in announcing that the son of the-late fie f ' e h a - t I. : this town, was lately elected Canning Scbois r ,:rst s ,",;s B. school. Mr. Dover was at the head of t 7; e re l Classics and Mathematics. The examiners C a m cow' J. P. Franks, M.A., of St. Catherine . 81 0" o lleg e ' and the Rev. C. Glynn, M.A., of Trinity bridge. Ftl o9 ; e tt INTERES TING CONTRIBUTION TO TTIg I , l4 " jj 'ikne rj e tr a The Liverpool Female Penitentiary, in .r 4tl w ein t a - ftb c contains at preseat 70 inmates. Oa the del a n i,,lint her Majesty for humiliation and prayer, on it e " - aoeldr terrible events in India, it was thought, by the slO i t of that institution, proper that the usual leb,, /ti t . o s gli ° „ e- S h it ; suspended, and the day observed there as t"'„ - a u t °r efi t' town. To occupy that part of the time 1 110 s 0 .4 religious service, it was suggested that e $ pi° ex 1°" 41 Indian accounts should be selected and le ,be o ce ,ifis e being equally interesting and annropriate t° jet' This was done, and with what effect the follovil%lornriaos may prove :—At six o'clock on the follovvil jab ° 0 0 1 the inmates, ready to rosume their orlinary B",,tron'id avocations, proceeded in a bid y to their g", - , daoftbe begged that they might be allowed to abst Bl ;',o fortnight, from the use of butter, and that t he s ir be saving might go to the fund for relief of th 4 0 It r ies countrymen and countrywomen in 1116°1 ' pit" ar" readily understood that, in such an institution, f tbe • 0 0 , ri not enter, but that the diet, though good, s ao o rti le ffs tk a simple kind. The deprivation of butter, for opt itiiisfir has, therefore, been, and often is, the pail i , s , j , 2 ,:i e n o-8 11°4 for faults of conduct ; yet, so moved were 0 30 Y O a ' womanly feelings of these woman, svii ° " l , th 3 •oo‹, suppose hardened against any degree of at he 'ese rl iati°,l have voluntarily, nay anxiously, undertakell,:: eon s a fortnight's fast —that they might have t",,fferi"ibe!, of adding their mite for the solace of the would have been a most mistaken kindness t° th A lr, prayer and their offering. It is not Indi a al i ci ,otoe' l ati °l3 .; her castes. England has her Pariahs at '.'o l AO' many are there among us here who look on suef eir iew co e' as the above as undeserving their charity aWe, as altogether beneath their regards S uch if 11 ej th e . tributed largely out of their abundance, 8 " „ r osl i Nci 4 may stand proudly in the lists of British g A el e ipsse i l je l , yet the humble, unosten*atious, heartfelt, ari u ,, e ;thet ai dfaing of these paor, sorrowing women, - bef ore two mites, shall rise with a sweeter aglow throne of our common Saviour and our God'