The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-01 00:00:00

H MARKET THEATRE.

Sir Bulwer Lytton's historical drama of "Richelieu" was
performed at this theatre yesterday evening, and afforded
Mr. Edwin Booth a favourable occasion for the display of
his talents in the character of the Cardinal, a part which he
played not only with the correctness of taste and soundness
of judgment which usually distinguish hid acting, but also
with an unwonted vigour and earnestness which greatly
improved the effect of his performance, He was much
applauded. The subordinate personages of the play were
for the most part effectively represented—Mr. Howe, as De
Baradas, and Mr. W. Farren, as De Mauprat, particularly
distinguishing themselves. The interlude of " Lend Me
Five Shillings" followed ; and the entertainments concluded
with Mr. Buskstone's favourite farce of "The Happiest
Day of My Life."

It is said. that an amalgamation has been arranged
between the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company and the
North British Insurance Company of London and Edin-
burgh. The North British has a subscribed capital of
£1,000,000, and was established in 1809.
VOLUNTARY EDUCATION AT ERITH, KENT.—
Yesterday afternoon the new schools in connection with
the Congregational Church, Erith, were opened by Samuel
Morley, Esq., who presided on the occasion. The building,
which is intended also to be used as a lecture hall, reading
rooms, &c., is of a neat Gothic structure, and has cost be-
tween £5OO and £6OO, nearly all of which has been raised by
the indefatigable exertions of the Rev. Samuel March, the
minister, amongst his friends, and some of the inhabitants
of the locality ; the appeal made some short time since
having been responded to in a noble and praiseworthy man-
ner. The chairman having entered at some length into an
exposition of the voluntary principle in relation to education,
the meeting was addressed by Mr. White, the head master
of the Abbey-street Schools, the Revs. Messrs. Adey, Pear-
sall, and other gentlemen. The proceedings, which were of
a most gratifying character, were brought to a close soon
after 9 o'clock.
DEATH OF THE CROWN. SOLICITOR OF GALWAY.
—A telegraphic message was received in Dublin on Wed-
nesday evening announcing the death of Mr. James
Blakeney, Crown solicitor for the county and borough of
Galway. Mr. Blakeney filled the position for years with
credit to himself and satisfaction to the profession and the
public. By his death the situation, the revenues of which
are stated to be about £9OO a year, becomes vacant.
English residents in Paris are beginning seriously
to complain of the constant seizure of their newspapers, and

of the delays which take place in their delivery when they

are not seized. The cause of this is, that no paper can be
distributed until the Minister has signed a permission, and
they frequently remain lying at the Post-office for upwards
of twelve hours.

The Council of !the National Rifle Association
request that all gunmakers intending to compete at the
trial of small bore rifles, already announced to take place at
Hythe early in February, will send their names to the
secretary of the association, 11, Pall-mall, East, on or
before the Ist of January next.
THE WHALING SEASON.—DUNDEE, Oct. 29.
The Dundee (s.s.). arrived here from Davis' Straits, has
16 fish, and reports the Chieftain, of Kirkcaldy, as having
caught five instead of two fish. The Dundee left Oct. 6,
at which time there were strong gales blowing, and the
state of the ice in the bay rendered it impossible:to fish any
longer.

PROGRESS OF BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS.-TRUST
DEEM—The number of petitions presented to the Court
of Bankruptcy, from the 12th instant (the :first day of
the New Act) up to 3 o'clock yester lay, was 176, of which
44 were petitions under £3OO. The number of trust deeds
registered since the same day is 15.—Gazette of Bank-
ruptcy.

THE ROAD MIIRDER.—The following inscription
has been placed in Coulston churchyard on the tombstone
raised to the memory of the murdered infant, Saville Kent :
—" To the memory of Francis Saville Kent, the dearly
loved son of Samuel Saville and Mary Drewe Kent, who
was cruelly murdered at Road, June 30, 1860, aged three
years and ten months. Shall not God search this out : for
He knoweth the secrets of the heart.' "—Bath Chronicle.

Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co., have received a
telegram from Malta advising the intended opening of the
Malta and Alexandria line to-morrow. Through traffic
arrangements are now being made, and a convention has
been signed with tho Italian Government allowing English
clerks to be placed in all the principal telegraph offices
throughout Italy, whereby it is hoped the irregularities
hitherto existing will be obviated.
THE LATE SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AT
STEPNEY.—Yesterday forenoon the coroner for East Mid-
dlesex resumed and concluded an adjourned inquest in the
board-room of Mile-end Old Town Workhouse, Bancroft-
road, Mile-end, Stepney, respecting the death of a newly-
born female infant, found dead in a dust-bin, under circum-
stances of a very suspicious nature, as already reported.
The additional evidence threw no fresh light on the matter,
and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
some person or persons unknow."

THE CHARTNG CROSS RAILWAY BRlDGE.—Yes-
terday the five iron cylinders nearest the Middlesex side
were completed above the level of high water, and are now
being filled in with brickwork and masonry. The extension
of the suspension pier on the same side of the water and the
construction of the abutment have been commenced. On
the Lambeth side the latticework which assists in support.•
ing the roadway has been carried out some distance beyond
the suspension pier, and the greater portion of the girders
between the shore and the pier have been fixed. The great-
est activity prevails in order to forward the works while the
genial weather lasts.

A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IN.—The disputed terri-
tory between the two armies south of the Potomac must
furnish anything but quiet and peaceful places of residence.
What with picket skirmishing and the depredations of
marauding soldiers, to say nothing of the contingency of a
furious battle, one would think that the region would be
completely deserted by all save the contending armies. Yet
it seems not to be so. The army correspondent of the New
York Post says that a Connecticut gentleman who owns a
small estate near Falls Church went over a day or two since
to look at his tenant. The family has remained in the
dwelling through all the troubles of picket skirmishing, and
scarce a day has passed for a month that they have not wit-
nessed sanguinary scenes from their windows. The build-
ing lay between the pickets, neither party venturing to it.
On one occasion a Federal soldier ventured down to the
well for some water, and was shot dead by a rebel bullet
while drinking. There the body remained for a day or two.
The house itself has been pierced with bullets, but none of
the courageous family were harmed.—New York Paper.
THE NEW RIVER COMPANY AND ITS IMpROVE-
MENTS.—Consequant on the discontinuance of their old
system of open aqueducts and conduits, this company are
completing and carrying out some improvements of public
interest. On tho site cf the former well-known old reservoir
in St. John-street -road, which has been altogether re-
moved, a fine crescent, called Roydon-crescent, containing
upwards of 100 houses, has just been completed. The well-
known water course that formerly supplied Sadler's Wells
with " real water" has peen filled in, together with that
until recently running under the New-road, past Duncan-
street, Islington, and onwards. Large tron pipes of eight
feet in diameter have been imbedded in the earth for carry-
ing the water, and the space above them not being avail-
able for building purposes, is about to be converted into
ornamental gardens. The great reservoir in the Hampstead-
road, after four months of continued excavation by the con
tractors, is now also completely cleared away, and the foun-
dations of the extensive area are now being dug out with
the view of constructing on the site a new street and cres-
cent similar to that in St. John-street-road.

According to a circular of Messrs. Arles, Dufour,
and Co., of Lyons, the activity in the silk market, caused
by the demand for the various countries of Europe, during
September and the earlier part of the present month, is gra-
dually diminishing. With few exceptions it is now difficult
to obtain the slight advance at which sales were easily
effected a fortnight ago; and the tightness of the money
market at Paris is adding to the pressure which the lasting
interruption of the American trade continues to exercise on
French industry.