The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-19 00:00:00

(13€ f ore Mr Payne.)

John Caldon, 20, a labourer, was placed at the bar
charged with stealing a sou'wester, the property of George
Smith Barnard, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Police-constable 498 K, said—On Saturday morning, Ist
inst., I saw the prisoner in St. George's-street, St. George's,
and noticing that he looked very bulky, I watched him and
saw him take the sou'wester from his breast and put it ots
his head. I took him into custody. He said he bought it
of a shoeblack.

George Barnard, 111, St. George's-street, St. George's,
identified the sou'wester as his property. It was not 801C1.
to anyone.
The prisoner in his defence said he was going along the
street when he bought the sou'wester of a shoeblack.
The jury found him guilty.
William Aokrill, a very active servant of the F division,
proved several convictions against the prisoner, who he said,
was a very old thief.
Mr Payne said he felt disposed to sentence the prisoner
to imprisonment.
The prieoner—Oh, give me penal servitude, my lord—E
shall never do any good if you don't.
Mr Payne—The offence is bat a slight one, and I don't
think it justifies seven years' penal servitude. The sen-
tence is two years' hard labour.
The prisoner—De, pray, give me five years. You had
better put on the other three. (Laughter.)
Mr Payne did not feel so disposed, and the prisoner was
removed,

MR GLADSTONE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER.—A.
project, suggested by Mr M'Lachlan, for the formation of fa
photographic gallery or museum in which negatives shoula
be preserved of the portraits of great men, has been before
the public on several occasions, and has been mentioned in
the Manchester City Council more than once. Mr Glad•
stone, on Friday, gave his assistance towards carrying out
this scheme. Upon his arrival with Mrs Gladstone at the
Victoria Station in the morning ho was received by themayor
and the Town Clerk, and they were immediately driven in
the Mayor's carriage to Mr l\PLachlan's gallery, Stamp'
offiee-buildings. Mr Gladstone was soon placed in a position
to admit of a characteristic portrait being taken, but Mr
M'Lachlan experienced a difficulty iu determining upon,
what object to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to fi
his attention. In the emergency he put his hand into his
waistcoat pocket, drew out a sovereign, balanctd it adroitly
on the hack of a chair, and asked Mr Gladstone to look
intently at the coin. The object was defeated by the spon-
taneous laughter that the act produced. Mr Gladstone
remarked that Mr 31'1,achlan had Klectel the best possible
thing for him to look at—it was quite a bait. Mrs Glad-
stone said Mr M'Lachlan had shown that he possessed a
deep knowledge of human nature. After the mirth, in.
which all present joined, had subsided, two or three suc-
cessful negative portraits of Mr Gladstone were taken,—.
Manchester Guardian,
It is well known that the time is not far distant
when most of our shipping will be built of iron. Indeed,
some of our most eminent shipbuilders are making arrange..
ments already to meet this change. In East Boston, both
Donald Natty, the builder of the Great Republic, and his
brother Nathaniel, of the firm of M'liay and Aldus, are at
I present working upon iron vessels,—.Veu•Engiancfpapere

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In "1, UN" This Week. One Penny.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and P. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund
Falconer, entitled TH E O'FLALIERTY'S. Mr. Edmund
Falconer; 'Messrs. G. Belmore, Barrett. Fitzjames, &C.; Miss
Hudspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Ace.
After which, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, Shakespere's
Flay of CYMBELING. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Creswi,k G , H
F.
Marston, Walter Lacy, Eniund Phelps, A. Raynor,
Neville, Fitzjames, &c. ; Miss Atkinson and Miss Helen
Fauz.it.
L oors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,—
Lessee. M. Buckstone,.
TIIIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. ,
Mesdames
Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird,
Beatrice, Ange', &c.
Alter which. PRESENTED AT COURT. 3lessrs. Bnck-
stone, Rowe, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Erasd, &c.; Mes-
da:nes Snowdon, Griffith, Ili 1, Wright, Lovell, &c.
And BACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Pechter.
This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. October 22,
with a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY,
in which Mr. Fechter will perform the principal character.
The Scenery painted by Mr. William Callcott.
The Box:office open daily from Elevaa till Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'liafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

NEW THEATRE-Ito YAL, ADELPHI.—
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
Novelty and Attraction —Third Week of Mr. John Collins,
the popular Irish Comedian and Vocalist, who is only en-
gaged for a limited number of nights.
THIS EVENING, and during the Week (by desire), the
Comedy of THE IRISH AMI3ASSADOR. Sir Patrick
O'i'lenipo, Mr. John Collins (with the son of "The Bold
Soldier cloy"), supported by Messrs. Billington, Stuart,
Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs. Billington and
Miss lienrie to Simms.
To conclude with the celebrated serlo-c,emio Drama, by S.
Lovor, Esq., of RORY O'MOR E. Rory, Mr. John Collins,
with trie songs of " The Wi ow Machree," and " The Sprig
of Shillilah." lho other characters by Mr Billington, Mr
Phillips, Mr Paul Bedford, Mr Stuart, Me Stephenson, Mr
C. J. Smith.; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly, Sze.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.

EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY.

This popular Theatre Is Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING, UNDER THE ROSE.
At a quarter to 8, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful
and original Comedy of HOW WILL THEY GET OUT
OF IT?
Mr. J. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce. entitled
WoODLOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs.
Frank Matthews.
Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re-
engaged. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr.
F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Chamberlain,
Mr. Johnstone, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. 11, J. Montague;
Miss Wentworth.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Mankczeress, Mrs. Swanborough.

THIS EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE.
Followed by, at Eight, 311 LKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven,
Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanboraugh and Mande: s.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 1861.

The news of the death of the Duke of NEWCASTLE,
although not unexpected, will be received with
general regret. Although a long and severe illness
had, in a great measure, prepared both his col-
bagnes and the public for the mournful intelligence,
hopes bad been entertained up to a late period of
his possible recovery, and he was still at an age
when many more years of useful life might have
ben supposed to lie before him. Although never
filling the first rank as a statesman or a politician,
and remarkable neither for oratorical talent nor for
great administrative ability, he was one of those
men who are so ill-spared by any party, more
especially by one which had so many premae
tare losses to deplore as the Liberal party has of
law years. As in a theatre, it is often much easier
to assign the role of a hero or heroine or villain than
it is to fill worthily the less conspicuous but hardly
less important minor parts, so it is often in the
political world much easier io find Prime Ministers
and Lord Chancellors than to support them with
man sufficiently capable for the requirements of the
public service who are yet willing to accept a
subordinate position. Tact, eloquence, and talent
may do a great deal, but there remains the sterling
sense, the sound discretion, the indefatigable in-
dustry that England requires from her public men,
and in all these qualities the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE was pre•eminent. His public career
was more chequered than might have been
expected from the heir to so ancient a dukes
dam. He opened his Parliamentary
_life by
Bitting for South Nottinghamshire, where his
father, the anti-Reformer, had overwhelming in-
fluence, Little was beard to distinguish him from
the rest of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S followers, except his
appointment as Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Forests in 1841. Bat the great political
,crisis of
1815.6 brought the young Earl of LINCOLN into
prominence, since he found himself from conviction
opposed to his father. It was, therefore, not sure
prising that so bitter an opponent of Reform as the
old Duke of NEWCASTLE should allow political
partisanship to outweigh parental feeling, and
should exert himself to oppose his son's return on
his presenting himself to his constituents for re-
election. The Government was thus placed tem■
porarily in an awkward dilemma, for the rejected
candidate had been appointed Secretary for Ireland
in the new Ministry. The Earl of LINCOLN, how,
ever, was not long in finding a seat, which
curiously enough he again owed to family in.
fieence, since his father-in-law, the Duke of
HAMILTON, procured his return for the Falkirk
burghs. The events which followed are well
known. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S term was brief, and
hie death completely disorganised his party. The
Earl of LINCOLN became Duke of NEWCASTLE
before he
.again accepted office under the Earl of
ABERDEEN in the memorable coalition Ministry.
This appointment brought him little pleasure. Thu
disasters of the Crimean expedition ['tensed the in•
dignation of the country, and bitter reproaches
were hurled at the Ministry. It is always easy
and convenient to put the blame upon one man in
particular, and accordingly the Duke of NEW-
c %STU?, CIR Secretary of War, was selected as the
victim. Re _
a thrown overboard to lighten the
vessel and save his colleagues ; but thinking men
were, not long in detecting the ungenerous artifice.
The blame, great and heavy as it justly was, rested
on no one man's shoulders. It was partly
the fault of an effete system of routine,
which could not accommodate itself to
soy
emergencies, and more especially was it
owing to the perverse and vacillating conduct of
the Cabinet, which allowed the country, according

to, the famous expression, "to drift into war." No
preparations were made suitable for a prolonged
struggle with one of the great Powers of Europe,
no wise forethought was exercised as to the possible
requirements of an army of men on a foreign soil,
and when the war had actually commenced, instead
of powerful and vigorous action, instead of fresh
and unanimous spirit being infused into old forms
and offices, matters went drifting on in the same
timorous, uncertain, halfhearted way. The fact
was that the strong feeling of the people dragged
the Ministry into a war which, in their hearts they
were unwilling to undertake. All their fear
seemed to be that the Russians should suffer too
much. They allowed them to keep open their com-
munications between the Crimea and the mainland.
They would not allow their Baltic forts to be bom-
barded; and whatever the real motive or influence,
there is no doubt that the English Ministry were
anything but in earnest about the prosecution of
the Russian War, and the whole blame of his col-
leagues' vacillation rested on the shoulders of the
Duke of Newcastle when all active preparations would
have been paralysed by the influence of the Czar's
"friend of forty years." After some years of tempo-
rary retirement the Dake again entered official life,
this time as Secretary for the Colonies under Lord
PALMERSTON. His return was regarded with gene.
ral satisfaction, for it was felt that he had not been
well or fairly treated. In this post he showed his
usual good sense and moderation, qualities which
were especially valuable when he became escort of
the Prince of WALES in his visit to Canada four
years since. The discretion which he showed in
advising the young Prince to keep entirely clear of
all sectarian demonstrations was highly commend-
able, and quite in accordance with the feeling of
this country. Unfortunately the Duke was com-
pelled to resign the fatigues of office early in this
year, and, after many months of illness, he has at
length succumbed. He has passed away bearing
the reputation of a just and conscientious man,
who exerted himself in every sphere which he en.
tered to fulfil its duties to the utmo3t, and who
leaves a name which will be long and deservedly
respected, not only by his political associates, but
by his countrymen at large.

Esrl RUSSELL had a pleasing task to perform on
Monday when he opened the North London Work-
ing Classes Industrial Exhibition. This is as inter-
esting an affair as any that could be set on foot by
a Statesman, and the noble lord must have fully
appreciated the important signification of the work
that day inaugurated. It is quite an era in the
history of the country that the working men should
have undertaken such a thing. The Secretary read
a report which was very interesting, and furnished
the particulars of the case. It told how this attempt
had been set on foot in a great measure by the suc-
cess which had attended the Working Man's Exhi-
bition in the South of London, and also because it
has been believed that much "dormant talent" was
hidden among the working classes, which it would
be well to draw forth and encourage. The objects
exhibited are manufactured by the exhibitors "either
as srecimens of skilled workmanship, or as examples
of self.taugbt handicraft. Earl RUSSELL'S obser-
vations upon the occasion were appropriate and
well timed, and the noble lord appeared to enter
fully into the spirit of the affair. He expressed his
delight at the general style of the affair, and de.
dared that the works exhibited reflected the high-
est credit upon all concerned. After declaring that
the originators of the scheme had evidenced their
judgment in undertaking the affair, the noble lord
emphatically said, "I must confess that it affords
me pride and pleasure to be the fellow-countryma
of men who have so employed their time, and whc
have exhibited the greatest ingenuity in the works
that they have performed, and in that manner havt
done credit to the country to which they belong:,
It is a very good thing that Earl RUSSELL should
have thus expressed himself. He has thus ren-
dered the cause a double service—first, in encou-

raging those who so fully deserve recognition from
high quarters, and also in affording the evidence of
a competent witness as to the practicability and

success of the affair. There are always many to cavil
at these experiments and to foretell a breakidowr
and a failure of some sort, and thus a decided nega•
tive ought to be put upon their strictures by an
influential personage. No one can suppose
that one in Earl RUSSELL'S position is not a disin-
terested party, nor think that the noble lord is not
a competent judge as to the merits of the affa;r.
The working classes of London deserve the en-

comiums passed upon them by the noble lord, and if
anything were wanting to prove the truth of the
noble earl's observation that they were the highest
in the world, it would be the fact of this exhibition.
Mr DIGBY SEYMOUR made some effective remarks
in proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and
truly declared that the noble lord had done good
service to their undertaking by coming forward to
preside at their opening. The noble lord's associa.
tion with the progress of the people rendered him a
worthy man to perform such a duty, and his presenct
was evidently hailed with satisfaction. Mr DIGBY
SEYMOUR concluded his speech by the very appro•
priate quotation of the spirited lines of LONG.
FELLOW

" Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Was their destined end or way ;
But to know that each to-iuorrow
Fuund them further than to. day,"
This is exactly the tone which should pervade the
community of the working classes of this grew.
country, and some such influence has pervaded the
progress of this undertaking, which bears evidence
of far higher qualities and more determined energy
of character than any that distinguished the great

Industrial Exhibitions of the land. These were
carried out in their greatness and grandeur by
those whose time was more at their own dis-
posal, and who had ample means at their
command, but this better display of skill and indus-
try has been created by men who have had to work
while they were performing the tasks which now
call forth such general admiration. It is almost
impossible to estimate fully the advantages that
must accrue from such an affair. It is only by the
test of time that they can be appreciated and under-
stood, but many good results naturally occur to the
mind in dwelling upon the subject. Many men
will have proved their capabilities In such a striking
manner that they will be able in future to go on
and prosper without fear of failure ; and one of the
chief characteristics of the undertaking will be
that it will hold out a premium for steadiness
Those who seek to excel in their particular depart-
ments, whatever they may be, must necessarili
devote their shill and strength unimpaired to IL(
service, and it will be a powerful incentive to th(
practice of temperance in all things, that they ma 3
have the opportunity of displaying their powers tt,
the ho3t advantage, and of individualising them-
selves, as it were, before the eyes of their fellow-
workmen. Another gain to be reaped from this
fruitful harvest of toil and industry is, that those
sedulously engaged in the duties of their vocation
will not be so apt to indulge in violent outbreaks
of political excitement as those who are rest-
lessly wandering about and longing for
some exciting cause of dit caseion. Earl
RUSSELL NY isely counselled moderation h.
the working classes, and assured them that in
time they had good reason to hope that all abuses

would be rectified by the advance of intelligence
and the influence of publio opinion. The surest
way for the lower classes to elevate themselves is
to exhibit the qualities of prudence, temperance,
and fortitude, which have been largely put into re.
quision to achieve this work in question. It is a
source of general rejoicing that this Industrial Ex-
hibition has been successfully accomplished ; it beats
a promise for the future that is rich and rare, and it
is an evidence of the improvement of the lower
orders that is most encouraging and honourable in
the sight of God and man. We can recognise in this
movement tho significance of what the poet has
called

" The nobility of labour, the long pedigree of toil."

Despite the forthcoming Presidential election, the
best efforts of Mr LINCOLN and his friends fail to
represent the Federal cause as flourishing in the
field. According to the intelligence brought by the
North American and the Baltimore, at three days
later date than the last news we received, it was
beginning to be admitted in New York that
GRANT'S operations at Petersburg and Deep Bottom
have been failures. No news had arrived from him
or his quarters excepting the Confederate intima.
tion that they claim to have captured 1,800 pri-
soners during the recent engagements. All eyes
in the North are now, however, turned in the di-
rection of Missouri, where important events are
impending. General PRICE is marching on its
capital, Jefferson City, while a large force under
MAGRUDER is said to have entered Arkansas, and
to be preparing for an encounter with Gene-
ral STEELE and his army, when, if successful,
they will attack St. Louis and proclaim the annexa-
tion of Missouri to the Southern Confederacy.
The acquisition of this great Western State will
be of vast importance to the Confederates, and will
be very unacceptable to the North. The state of
the publ'e mind and tha lack of confidence in the
smooth words and fair stories of the Government
is clearly shown by the agitated condition of the
gold market. It opened on Oct. 7th at 198, rose
to 206, fell to 199, and closed at 201; Exchange
221. Truly a satisfactory condition of things! If

this is to be the prospect for another Presidential
ertn, what do Mr. LINCOLN'S followers expect to
be the end ? SHERIDAN is still at Harrisonburg
inactive, while a Confedtrate force is said to occupy
SHER3IAN'S rear. Federal reinforcements have
been sent to Nashville, but the best efforts of the
North do not seem to avail much in that quarter.
Altogether the state of affairs does not look well
for the friends of the Union.