The Express. — London, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

41 ,--- THE NIZAM ANDENT.—No.2. THE INDIAN GOVERN- M (ram the Deis News.) Is the explanation already given of the circum stances under which Lord DAutousui has issued onanands for depriving the Mimi of etas-third of his hist territories, and for interfering more actively in the remaining two-thirds of the Deccan, the statement was confined to one of the policy and his torical sequences of events to which the present con dition of that prince, the existing state of his domi nions, and the excuse which both conjoined have a fforded to the Governor-General of India, and, it ma y be presumed, to the Court of Directors and the Board of Control for the step that has been ordered, are attributable. We showed, or endeavoured to show, how a great subsid;ary force of 8,000 men had been forced on the Nina, at first for the purpose of securing him against aggression, and had been kept up at his cost long after there were no external enemies to defend him against; how he had been subsequently induced to receive and maintain the Hyderabad Contingent with a view to its effectually assisting him in the administration of his internal affairs; how that Con tingent giving him no such aid, he had been obliged to call in the help of Arab levies; and how this enormous burthen of three great armies had pro duccd a large deficit in his finances, had involved him in debt to the British government, had com pelled him to raise loans from native capitalists to stave off its demands as they became urgent, had led to alienations of his Ilighness's own Jaghcers, and so raised up throughout the Deccan an insubor dinate and oppressive nobility (who in their turn kept mercenary troops in their pay), had given to the Arab troops of the State a position of great political danger in the Deccan, and had to some, but not to any very great extent, disorganised the country. Such 'is the rationale of that state of things in the Doreen which is held to impose on the British go vernment the duty of its partition and their inter femme in the government of what is left to the :Viz iit, and which journalists connected with the India House contend ought to induce that govern ment to go much further and to absorb the whole country, and consign its unfortunate prince to a luxu rious captivity and a painless extinction. Persuaded that our account of the causes is accurate (though, of course, we are subject in stating it to all the difficulties arising from discussing the affairs of a g ou rnment which, notwithstanding Sir J. W. 110i...'s assurance to the contrary, is one of the stiirtest Kerrey), it cannot be expected that we shall as. 4 at either to the determination that has been noliounced, or to the further act of spoliation which is advocated. Neither seems to us consonant with honour or good policy. If the policy of the British government—a policy which the Niztit has at all times been unable to resist—have brought him so deeply into its debt and rendered the state of his dominions hazardous to the tranquillity of Southern India, the British govern. melt is not, in that case, morally justifiable in pushing to their utmost extent their pecuniary claims against him; and what is morally wrong, Lord Steo - usbrax told the Imperial Parliament when he brought the wrongs of the Ameers of Seinde before the House of Commons, cannot be politically right. Such results of our, not his, polieT, imposed on us the obligation of first assisting the Niz iit to remedy the disorganisation so produced in the Ikrean, to reduce hi. Jaglieenlani to subordination, to enable him to disband without danger his Arab mercenaries, and to reconstitute on a sound financial basis, as was formerly dune by Sir Cst.SRLES MET ( it er when resident at Hyderabad, his adminis tration, enstponing the liquidation of his arrears to the Itriti‘h government until all that had been ac complished. And this, we say, was our duty, inas much as we ought in the commonest honesty to have relieved his linancts of the burthen of the Subsidiary Voice, when the final subjugation of the Nlalinittas and the destruction of the Pindarries, left him no extenial enemies against which to protect him; and 1k‘11 , 1...e the I lyderalsul Contingent has never been made to do the duty it was organised to perform. This, we must think, wan not a matter of generosity, borate of bounden duty and common honesty. The Indian government has, in point of fact, been keeping up two armies at the Nitoes expense, im poverishing his treasury and demoralising his coun try. and now, when this its system has broken him down by its financial pressure, that government is about to inflict signal punishment on hint who, in its hAnds, was thus rendered helpless for good. AU the vast reitronage of these, we might almost say over officered armies, belongs, to the Court of Directors. At first, as Major Moons: can tell his brother direc tors, the Hydentbad Contingent was very much sup plied with officers from our home services; but gradually the jratronagc was transferred to Leaden hall-street ; and now it is furnished by draughts from the Indian army, by officers withdrawn from the Comrany's latttalions, and sent to command in the Contingent. Old home soldiers and disappointed' Cadets were formerly to be found in it; Major Moo indeed entered in it when a lieutenant in the British navy ; but that has long ceased ; and the two Bri ll."' armies in the Deccan, though wholly main tained and pensioned by the NIZAM, are in reality as much part of the military force of the British govern ment as the army of any one of the three Presidencies. It is that government, and not the Deccan or its Prince, which has the benefit of this huge force; and it is not honest or just to make the NIZAM sutler when its cost has involved him in heavy liabilities and the inefficiency of the two armies imposed on him for any of his purposes has disarrunged his administration. Colonel OLIPHANT, to long iu the Subsidiary Force, and Major once, as se have said. in the Hyderabad Contingent, ought to have inculcated a better policy than this in the Court of Directors. But the Sir ext has, it is said, been continually warned by the Resident at Hyderabad of what would 1111 , 11 V. But, of what use is it to warn a man to take care how he walks along. the top of a narrow wall, whose hands are tied behind his back by thoec who warn hint? Wanting was unavailing when op portunity of using it properly was denied the NIZAM. We treat him Mee a Child; then bid him act as a man. We take away half his revenue ; then insist on his maintaining peace and tranquillity with what n main... We wont allow him the aid of an army ts• which he pays us; then are disgusted by his cm- Clon jug th e on ly troops he can get—Arab Condottieri. 1 : • .• moral respect of his nobles; then • audacity. In short we refuse that he shall make bricks. And ;proceed to punish him, thank of India is not like the Deccan. at the resident on whose has been made. General an able man ; honest able. In early life he lEORGE BADI.OW ; fora long British representative at 1 heaviest duty was to town, and pay agreeable ext. he resided at the g thence promoted to By re has been the General's ys offered the Stz 111 the best may be freely admitted; but, General FRASEM is an Indian upwards of 40 years he has 4 he necessarily regas that enlarged and en which intercourse with and , 1 countries would have hindrances in the way the Company he has r served. Pally, then, F . RASER'q merits, a doubt may ernutted whether ho was exactly get the Ntz.tm out of a difficulty inextricable. the grounds on which we by Lord DAtnouste objec further intelligence, to see .le it may, perhaps, be useful little in advance at the affairs CASE.—The inquest on the Austrian spy. Racidula, alias the • particulars of whew fraudulent cd in the Eager.' of Monday, yesterday before Dr. Birt Davies. • the medical testimony, had long - jury , and the v er di c t o f the wu N.art , the visitatio n of God." " 1.1. LAND COMPANY DISSOLVINO.--Credi• undir this order in Chancery for winding-up this coat i , ny are to come in and prove their debts. t. deprive him of the moral rt Inm straw : and insist that he when he has failed, we proere in- (101 , that the rest of In& Anil just one glance at I de ice this set ious more ho . 1: %sue is, no doubt, ul tll honourable as he is as a pad, y , ' of Sir GEORG ries of years the Brit 'ondielterry, where his )I ride daily into the French to 3iNita to its best society. Ni Court of Travancore; * being ralsid. Such we believe army. That he luta always 01 &ice he could muster may spite of his abilities, Gene f the old school; for upw In out of Europe ; and ' , llion Potentates without toned intelligence which t% ice in constitutional toinoted : probably as I the pi ogress of tt long and faithfully ppartating General FR.VSE evertheksis be permitted he fittest man to get the Ni 0 all appearance inextricabl Raving thus explained tl dim the crders issued by tionable, we await for furt their effect. Meanwhile it to look by times and a little of o u d e . • Tur. Arwriusx S • er yof the deceased Austria! Aroma s son 131.1 k, the peril au Lions wtro reported is .1 held at Birmingham yeste deetased, according to the euirit,d from mu and tt 6 be the risitatina at I.a gbe Court. BALMOKAL, SATURDAY, Ave. 30. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wiles, the Princem Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, left Holyrood Palace yesterday morn ing, at eight o'clock, and proceeded by railway to Stone haven, from whence the royal party travelled in three c • and four to Balmoral, arriving there at sena o'cloc Her Majesty visited the Duchess of Kent at Abergeldie when passing that place. Her Majesty and his Iloy,d Highness were attended by the Countess of Desart, the lion. Mi.' Byng, Lord John CAA. Hon. C. B. Phipps, Col. Hon. A. (torsion, Sir I. Clark, and Mr. Birch. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes terday. SUNDAY, Ave. 31. Hcr Majesty and Prince Albert were much aMieted yes terday by the receipt of intelligence that Prime Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Gotha died, on the 27th instant. The deceased Prince was the uncle of her Majesty and Prince Albert, the brother or the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgians, and the father of the King of Portugal. licr Majesty and Prince Albert vi.itcil the Duchess of Kent at Abergeldie soon after the receipt of the mournfulll intelligence, and dined in private with her Royal Highness at Abergeldie iu the evening. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial (coin the Governors of the North American Colonies. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial to the Governors of the West India Islands. LORD CRAN WORTH AND VICE-CIIANCELLOR Bauci have been appointed judges of appeal, the latter with a seat in the House of Lords. Sir W. Page Wood and Mr. J. Parker are to become race-chancellors. A vacancy Is thus created is the post of Solicitor•fieueral. THE ADDRESS OF THE TEETOTALLERS TO THE Clercs, which was adopted at the meeting in the Surrey Zoological Gardena,having been forwarded to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the fellowinteacknowledgment has been received by the secretaries: " Whitehall, 28th of August, 1851.—Sir,—I am directed by the Secretary of State to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst., and to inform you that he has not failed to lay before the Queen the address which accompanied it, of members of 'rations temperance societies, assembled in London, forthe purpose of visiting the Great Exhibition of all Nations, and that the same was graciously received by her :klatesty.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant (signed), 11. WADDINUTON. T. C. Prebble, Esq., 9, Camberwell-grove." THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1851. four schemes—all of them, be it said, based on suggestions which have appeared in our own exhibition articles, as our readers will see should their authors make them public— have been proposed, by persons officially connected with the great undertaking, for the efficient outlay of the money; but so far are any of these front being incompatible with the idea of retaining the Crystal Palace, that there is not I one to which the building would not supply a machinery and a power of working hardly to be hoped for elsewhere. Whether the fund be expended in tho foundation of a Calm of Industry, of a Museum of Art, of a Collection of Produce, of an Institute of Science, or of all y these in combination as we propose, buildings ' will be req aired —lectu re-rooms, galleries, and so on—all of which arc already provided in the great edifice now standing in Hyde-park.f floriculture, school of design, a picture ,otany. ga ll ery , nw e mlo co llec t ions anti c i . itie: r co u lle tu e r .:Of na ri ral culture of manufactures, an d sit—ma all all be g lodged ag here, agriculture, leave ample space for ornamental gardens, promenades, and other means of recreation. Why should the commissioners think of going elsewhere for the accommodation already at their disposal? To throw away the Crystal Palace would be a curious extravagance is a people so wedded to ideas of economy as we are. But the people should themselves pronounce their wishes on the subject more distinctly. The mere winter garden scheme may be considered as at an end. The question now to be resolved is—Shall the Crystal Palace be retained for purposes strictly . in keeping with the great aims of the In dustrial Exhibition? GEORGE STEPHENSON'S MONUMENT. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. Yesterday evening a meeting of the promoters of the object expressed by the above title was held in Exeter Hall. Sir ItAsia Yraxty, MT., took the chair, supported by a large number of gentlemen, both English and foreign, whose appearance betokened their character of ministers of religion. The object of the meeting was left to inference from the speeches that were delivered, fur no resolutions of any kind were proposed. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, expressed his gratification, as an attached member of the church of England, on being present with others equally attached to the churches to which they severally belonged, at that meeting, held fur the purpose of receiving their foreign brethren. He had not the honour of being a member of the association. but still it gave him the greatest satisfaction to be asked that night to participate in these proceedings by those who did constitute the Evan gelical Alliance, for it showed how eitholic and universally friendly had been the conduct of those who had managed affairs on this occasion, and lie expressed the feeling of many of his fellow-churchmen when he offered thanks to the Evangelical Alliance. Ile was glad to see that so many of their foreign brethren had joined with them, for that would foster unanimity and destroy prejudice. Those who had attended the conferences would have learned that great and good works had been going on in foreign countries—particularly in Germany and America—and he hoped the people here would profit by the example of efforts which had been blessed by the Almighty. If foreigners admired our manufacturing and commercial enter prise, and approved of our municipal institutions, they would have still more reason to admire the universal possession which the people had of the word of God, the manner in which it was preached, and the estimation in which it was held. (Hear.) If there was any thing deserv ing of approval in the national character it arose Pram the study of the word of God, and the honour in which the Bible and religion was held. He told his foreign friends that the English were a Bible loving people, and that if there woo any foreign church or potentate who desired to deprive them of the blessed Nt ord of God, be would fail in the attempt. (Hear, bear.) Those who had presumed to conic, between the people of England and the Word of Gerd declared themselves the ministers of God, and said that salvation could be only attained through their preaching ; but he told them that no power could separate the people of this country from the study of that blessed word, which alone could secure social and political welfare in this world, and happiness in the world to come. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. EDMONDS, of Glasgow, who avowed himself a pa. lobaptist, addressed the meeting at length in defence of the principles of the Evangelical Alliance, ex horted them to unity, and to vindicate their tenets by their practice of them, always speaking the truth, and avowing their own opinions if they believed them true. 'f he CHAIRMAN here appealed to gentlemen about to speak in the English language that they should limit their addresses to the space of a quarter of an hour each, inas much as the speeches of some of their foreign friends must be interpreted, which would require more time. The Revs GEORGE FISCH, of Lyons, then addressed the meeting in imperfect English, giving a general support to the scheme of the Evangelical Alliance. Ho attacked the Itoinish church, and exhorted them to unity against it. That church was said to have preserved its uniformity, and if it had not, it would not have been so strong, and would not have been so wondrous a masterpiece of the devil, for the devil knew that the true condition of strength was unity. He dwelt upon the divisions in the English church, pointing oat that a party had crept into it under the name of Trac tarians, which was only another denomination for Jesuits. Ile denied that their projects for evangelical unity were visionary, for the word of God had said that where two or three were gathered together in His name, power was given unto them, and impossibility was not a Christian word. The 11ev. ALEXANDER KING was next introduced by the chairman, and made a long speech in which he ; descanted on the differences prevailing among protestants, but viewed the Evangelical Alliance as the means not only of mitigating controversy, but diminishing sectarianism. The meeting was then addressed by the Rev. Dr. Krummacher, of Prussia, in the German language, at great length, and his speech was interpreted by the Rev. Edersheim. The Rev. Dr. Bacon, of the United States, next spoke; Professor Patavel, of Neufchatel, , followed, arid Dr. Wichtrn made a long address in German, which was also interpreted by Mr. Edenheim. ' Speeches were then made by Mr. Adolph Monod of Paris, and Dr. Wilson, from America, and the proceedings were ' closed at a quarter past ten o'clock, with a benediction from Lord W6Ahuiley Russell. MORE PURCHASES BY THE NATIONAL FREE HOLD LAND Socurre.—This society is making good pro gress with the work of enfranchisement. It has recently completed the purchase of two other estates—one in Hert fordshire, the other in East Kent. The former is a large one, comprising two hundred acres, situate at Barnet, within ten miles of the metropolis, and in convenient proximity to the Great Northern R ailway. The second, the purchase of which was only concluded last Thursday, consists of thirty acres, in the immediate vicinity of that popular watering-place, Margate. This land, which is of an excellent quality, was the property of Sir Robert Peel Bart, M.P. The former estate will bo divided into about one thousand allotments; the latter into one hundred; the whole of which will very speedily be in the possession of the allottees. The directors of the society have recently caused it to be registered by the name of " The National Permanent Mutual Benefit Building Society ;" and altera tions have been made in the rules, so as to secure to the society those advantages which building societies enjoy under the act permitting their enrolment. REPRESENTATION OF YORKSIIIRE.—At a meeting of the conservatives of the East Riding of Yorkshire, held a day or two ago, Mr. Ye:burgh Greene, Mr. Philip Salt marshe, jun., of Saltmarshe, near 'Lowden, and several other gentlemen successively declined the proffered honour ot becoming • candidate in the room of Mr. 13roadley. A requisition was then signed, calling upon Mr. Edward Christopher Egerton, some of Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, of Talton Park, Cheshire, to offer himself at tho ensuing election. Mr. Egerton is the nephew of Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., of Hedmerc, who presided at the meeting, and it is believed that he will comply with the requisition. TIIE BOROUGH or FORTARLINGTON.—A statement from a correspondent appeared in our last paper, to the effect that Lord Sairdale had been canvassing the electors of Portarlington for their votes at the "next vacancy." We lave been informed by an elector of the borough of Port arliiKtori, that Lord Suirdale in his canvass, had stated that Colonel Dunne had acce pted a government appoint ment. We are enabled to give such a report the most un qualified contradiction. Colonel Dunne has not been of fered, still leas accepted, any government appointment; neither has be, since he became representative for Porter on. asked any favour for himself or any of his family. —Leinger Express. 114awien BOROUGH. Sir John H. Maxwell, Bart., R.N., has announced his intention of offering him , self as a candidate to represent the borough of Harwich, now vacant. Sir John is a conservative. We understand ' that another candidate is forthcoming in the liberal interest, and that the reformers of Harwich are prepared to give Sir , John a warn reception.—PortsmoutA Times. LAUNCH OF AN IRON EAST INDIAMAN.-011 Thurs day last a splendid iron East Indiaman, named the Thomas Hamlin, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Contts and Parkinson, at Willington Quay, being the largest iron sailing ship yet built, and constructed especially t for the East India trade. The Thomas Hamlin has been hails t for Capt. James llamlin, of Greenock, who takes the com mand of her, and her principal dimensions are as follows: • Length between perpendiculars , 163 feet; breadth, 30 feet ; t depth, 20 feet 6 inches ; draught of water (laden), 18 lic i t burthen, 1,330 tons. She has a handsome poop, with spa cious cabins, saloons, &c. This fine vess e l will be a full • rigged frigate ship. The whole of the iron is the produe - tioa of this district, being the manufacture of the Dement Iron Company.—Nticeeetle Chronicle. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The close of the last week having shown • very large decrease in the number of visitors to the Crystal Palace, many person. hastily jumped to the conclusion that it was fast losing its attractive power. The result of yesterday however, has evinced that it is still distant from the grand climacteric, and that as it commenced so is it likely to pas s away, full of life and vigour. Yesterday the eabibition entered on the fifth month of its existence, and it was quite , evident, from an early hour, to those who could gauge by the omnibus and cab index, that it would be a rather crowded day. From the number of the more wealthy class of householders who leave London at this period of the year, and the crowds of provincial visitors who have has tened home to occupy themselves with the labours of the harvest, it might have been expected that the Crystal Pa lace would have been yesterday, if not a quiet lounge, at least comparatively free from the usual pressure of the anxious and the eager. Instead, however, or declining farther, the number of visitors positively in creased, beiag 2,000 more than on the previous Monday, and exceeding even that day fortnight. The visitors seemed mostly of the provincial classes, amongst whom we could readily distinguish many who hod crossed the Tweed and the Irish Channel. Foreigners were, of course, present, and in large numbers. As far as we could observe, there was a remarkable absence of Londoners of all classes. A return, just issued by the executive com mittee, exhibits the attendance and receipts at the Crystal Palace for August. At the commencement of the month the full sixty thousand expected by the executive were commonly visiting the building ; four weeks have made a great difference, the decrease on the last as compared with the first week of the month being 6,600. The largest num ber of persons present in the building at any one time was 56,931, and the hour of greatest attendance from two to three. The money taken at the doors during the month amounted to 58,8J01. hs. 6d. The number of persons who have entered in the same time is 1,023,435,1 and, added to the figures previously published, gives a total of 4,205,509 visitors since the opening of the Exhibition. A ship entirely freighted with goods for the Exhibition has just arrived from Sweden, the larger proportion of which has been forwarded by his Majesty the King of Sweden, who, notwithstanding the lateness of the period, has resolved to come forward as a competitor for some of those honours for which the rulers of almost every country are seen contending in this peaceful arena of arts and in dustry. The Commissionen of Austria, Russia, and the United States have agreed to give up a portion of the space allotted to their respective countries, for the purpose of I affording the necessary accommodation to the new arrivals, The goods will be unpacked in the course of a few days. The police numbers were yesterday 50,233. The fol lowing is the Cash account Sept. 1. Season tickets At the doors 2,46.1 10 0 Total receipts The following IIhOWII the temperature during the day, as recorded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean moult of 100 readings :-10 o'clock, G 2 ; 12 o'clock, 67 ; 2 o'clock, 73 ; 4 o'clock, 71 ; 6 o'clock, 72 ; mean tem ipcmture, 60.6. PROPOSED SALE AT THE CRYSTAL PA LACE. TO TICE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Slit,—As your paper seems so much patronised by the tradesmen of the Crystal Palace (both foreign and English, whose works arc exhibited there), may 1 venture to suggest, through such a medium, that if, when this " world's wonder " is doomed to close in October, a public sale were to take place, great advantages might thereby accrue to all parties. 1. The public would be benefited by a little continuance of the admission of one shilling while it lasted. 2. The exhibitors might be saved the expense of moving many things. 3. Collectors be afforded an opportunity of adding several articles of vertu to their horde. Among the latter is YOUR DAILY READER. Athenaeum, Sept 1. THE LOCK CONTROVERAY. —To the Editor of the Erpress.—Sir,—ln the Exeress of this day it is stated that Mr. Hobbs, the American pick-lock, " accepted the challenge" we had given him to try his skill on one of our locks, and had succeeded. Will you allow us to state that wo have twice challenged him to a fair trial, and he has refused in both cases.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, Owen and Sos.-57, St. Paul's-churchyard, Sept. I. THE BUILDING AND THE SURPLUS. (From the ,ittelia-son.] As the time draws nigh when the Crystal Palace must be closed, and the memories of its splendid and peace ful triumphs fall into the domain of history, speculation becomes more and more busy with the question as to what shall be done with the beautiful structure in which the in dustry of the world has been collated and exhibited. Un fortunately, this question is no longer debated on its own merits. Personal interests have been brought into the arena of di..cusssion, and perhaps an unnecessarily loud and vehe ment assertion of individual claims and merits—apt to ap pear intrusive in the face of so grand a fact as the Exhi bition, and not altogether without a suggestion of offence where so many talents and services have been laid under contribution—may have provoked hostility, or induced apathy, in quarters whence support in an attempt to pre serve the Glass Palace was to be expected. Some of our contemporaries treat the idea of keeping the building for public uses as being at an end. They say, it must come down. Others darkly hint at certain secret projects which are said to be somewhere under consideration for securing it as a winter garden. Stripped of all mystery and per sonality, the facts are few, and the case is simple. The government is under a formal pledge to the public to remove the building next May from Hyde Park. Time has been given to allow the public to pronounce in favour of its retention ; hut, in all probability under the impres sion that no minister would be so unthrifty as to think of taking down • single pillar of the unrivalled edifice, the public has not hitherto spoken in such • way as to afford government the necessary authority. On the other hand, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests are believed to be anxious to have the building removed as soon as possible, and the Park, which is a part of the domain under their tea aristocratic government, restored to its old appearanee. On these two sides, therefore, the prospects of the Crystal Palace are not very cheering. Again the Commissioners for the Exhibition have a large surplus fund in hand, which they arc pled= their own conditions to expend in objects strictly co with the chief purposes of the industrial gathering. Is • winter garden strictly connected with the cultivation of art and industry F The point has been much de bated ; and we believe we are right in saying that they have come to an almoet unanimous decision that a project for converting the Palace into a mere winter garden has no claim whatever on the surplus fund, Ths means, therefore, of purchasing the crystal structure, sad laying it out as a garden, must be 'ought elsewhere, if they are to be obtained at all. A public subscription for such a purpose, hinted at in some quarters, would not have mach chance of success; and even if the money could be raised, we foresee many difficulties in the way of arriving at any' . satisfactory settlement. If the government refuses to maws in the matter, and if the royal commission declares itself Wine to the project,—what could be done ? The scheme et which mysterious allusion is made in a leading contemn , riZaais not unanown to us; and as we consider the Iww terly impracticable, we believe that we shall not be defeating any pending negotiation, or interfering with say immature pro)ect, by stating that it is based on the idea of farming out the Crystal Palace to a private contractor for a term of years. This is a scheme which in our opinion the ministry could not entertain for a single moment. We have more than once stated fatal objections to any plan for the retention of the palace built on this foun dation ;—it is enough to repeat that Hyde-park is public property, every inch of it jealously watched and guarded by the public,—and no government would dream of leasing twenty acres of it to a private speculator of any kind. As a monster show-house and garden, even without the Italian climate, the Crystal Palace would doubt less yield • large income ; and Mr. Barnum, or some other speculator, would probably oiler • high ren tal. But what would Lord John Russell say to a proposal for its hire? How would the great public who subscribed their money towards its erection, or who by the purchase of season tickets and daily admissions have created the funds now in the commissioners' hands—or that still greater public which looks on the green sward of Hyde-park as a part of its most sacred inheritance—endure such a farming out ? We need not answer these questions. We consider it as certain that if the royal commission continues to regard the purchase of the Crystal Palace as inconsistent with its pledge not to expend the surplus fund otherwise than in furthering the objects of the Exhibition, it must come down. But we suspect a little misapprehen sion is abroad on this point. The commissioners have resolved that to buy the Crystal Palace for a winter gar den would not be redeeming their plighted faith. They have not, so far as we know, resolved that to buy the edi fice for any purpose would be an act of bad faith. A mere collection of eyergeens and flowering plants might have a remote and fanciful relation to the progress of Art and Manufactures--the great and central idea to be kept in view—but a great museum and institute such as We have described at length in forger numbers, and of which prden forms only a component and ornamental part, would be strictly, we fancy, in aid of such progress—and therefore strictly a means of furthering such objects as were contem plated by the Exhibition itself. To a certain extant it is a perpetuating of the Exhibition itself, and an ingrafting on it of many new meanings and uses. With or without the Crystal Palace, the great surplus fund must, we suppose, be invested in % ouch • manner as will aid in the improvement of art and industry. Three or TO TEE EDITOR Or THE DRILT NEWS. Sift,—From the remarks made by you in the Daily News of the 27th instant, and is letters which ap peared in the neat paper, I fear the public may suppose that the subscription for a national monument to the late George Stephenson, which originated with the members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has been aban doned; and I beg to inform you that such is not the cue. The committee have already received subscrip tions of upwards of 2,8001., of which 2501. was con tributed by 2,400 workmen. There has not been any difficulty in the matter, nor any idea of not proceeding with it : on the contrary, the subscription is still progressing, and steps will shortly be taken for car rying into effect the wishes of the subscribers. The sub scriptions are received by the treasurer, G. C. Glyn, Esq., M.P., and by myself. I am, dte. WILLIAM I'. MARSHALL, Hon. Sec. to the George Stephenson Monument. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birmingham, August 30, 18.11. [Mr. Marshall is mistaken in supposing that we ignore the subscription raised by the Institution of Mechanical En gineers; on the contrary, we rejoice in its success, and shall be ready to promote it in every way. But what we advo cated chiefly was, the erection of a strictly national monu ment in Westminster Abbey, to be paid for out of public funds, in honour of a man who has done so much for national prosperity and for the advancement of practical engineering oakum —Ed. D. N.] THE ALLEGED ICHEATDiG CASE AT BRIGHTON.-CUAROE OF PERJURY. Yesterday, Henry Nottago was brought before the magistrates at tha Town-hall, Brighton, on a charge of per jury, arising out of the proceedings in this case. the magistrates present were C. Carpenter, Esq., chairman ; J. Borrer, Esq., T. J. Bellamy, Esq., and I). 51. Scott, Esq. Mr. Sill, of Tavistock-row, the solicitor for the prosecu tion, said he appeared to prefer a charge of wilful and cor rupt perjury against the prisoner, arising out of the proceedings against J. Broome, Staden, and James, who were committed on the 15th of August to take their trial at the next 11581‘0, at Lewes, on a charge of conspiracy and fraud. At that time the magistrates, in the exercise of their discretion, agreed to receive hail on the part of the prisoners, and Mr. Lewis, who subsequently ap peared as solicitor fur Staden, gave notice that a party named Stuarkes and the prisoner Nottage would appear before the magistrates at Brighton, on Thursday, the list of August, to justify as bail on the part of the prisoner Staden. On that clay the prisoner, Henry Nottage, who was described in the notice served by the solicitor as a gentleman, did appear, and being examined, rated that he r.,sided at No. 2, Arlington.street, Pimlico, and that he was a cook and confectioner. The prisoner was then questioned as to his sufficiency to become bail, and whether he was worth 100 f. after payment of his just debts. Ile answered that he was, and that he was worth property to the amount of 9001., but so far from that being the case he (Mr. Sill) would be able to show that he was in a state bordering upon great poverty. The prisoner farther stated that he possessed stock in the Bank of England to the amount of five hundred pounds in the Three-and-u-Half per Cents., while it would be proved that he had no such stuck, and that, in point of fact, there was no such description of stock. Mr. Upperton, clerk to the magistrates at Brighton, proved that the prisoner had sworn, on the occasion re ferred to, that in addition to other property he was pos sessed of 4001. in Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Consols stand ing in his name in the Bank of England. Mr. J. Beaton, examiner of stock and accounts in the Bank of England, deposed that there was no such stock in existence us Three-andn-half per Cent. Consols, and that there was no account of any kind in the Bank of England in the name of Henry Nottage, of 2, Arlington-street, Pimlico. _ The magistrates, after hearing some further evidence, decided upon committing the prisoner for trial on the charge of perjury, intimating at the same time that they would admit him to bail, himself in 500/., and two sure ties in 2501. each, forty-eight hours' notice of bail to be given. Tho prisoner was then removed, and Mr. Chase, the chief officer of the Brighton police, was bound over to prosecute. 79TH lIIGHLANDF.RS.—This regiment embarked at Quebec on the 4th, and sailed on the 6th, ult., for Leith, N.B. In consequence, however, of a mutiny amongst the seamen, the captain of the ship (the Herefordshire) put back to Quebec on the 7th August. The Quebec Times of the last date states, that the captain of the vessel expected to sail again immediately with a fresh crew. The 79th may, therefore, be expected to arrive at Leith this week. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.—The following names of deceased officers have been received at the War office since the last monthly Army List was published : Major-Generals: Riddell, K.H., July 28; Mills. March 9. Lieut.-Colonels : Day,late Bengal Army, July 10 ; Macleod, C. 11., late R.E., July 26; McDougall, unattached, March 6. Majors: Kitson, retired full pay, July 19; Lanalands, re tired full pay, August 22; Cradock, late 73rd, Military Knight of Windsor, no date. Captains: Gordon, 42nd, Juno 23; James, 64th, May 8; Mitchell, 84th, June 25. Lieutenants: Glasgow, 4th Dragoon Guards, August 1.5 ; Pugh, Ist Brigade Royal Regiment, July 19; Dawson, Ceylon Regiment, May 30; Collingwood, retired full pay, July 27; 'Downie, half-pay, 6th Foot, July 19; Upton, half-pay, 15th Foot, July 20; Hawn, half-pay, 49th Foot, June 6; Phillips, half-pay, 57th Foot, July 30 ; Scott, half-pay, 6th W. I. Regiment, August 19 ; Wallace, half -1 pay, York Chasseurs, June 6. Cornet: Watts, half-pay, 2nd Dragoons. May 23. Surgeons: Pilkington, half-pay Staff, July 28; Docker, half-pay, Staff, February 4. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—ADMIRALTY, AVO. 30. To Hastings : William H. Woods, James Long, and C. G. Wolfendon, acting assistant-surgeons; Daniel 0. West, assistant-surgeon. To Macke* : R. Dawkins, lieute nant ; Samuel Sibley, master ; W. E. Sanders, purser ; C. W. Motherwell, clerk. To Lido : V. G. Roberts, master • A. P. Helby, lieutenant ; H. 8. Dyer, purser ; 1. T. Sparke and Alfred Boys, clerks ; J. J. P. Hitchficld, second master ; E. F. Lodder, mate. To Rattler: G. A. Pideock, lieutenant; R. Brownsdon, purser ; Robert Elliot, mate ; R. P. H. Ratcliffe, clerk ; John Bonney, chief engineer ; Samuel Madden, fait-class assistant.engineer ; John Brown second , class assistant-engineer ; George Roberts, third-c lass assist anbengineer ; John Campbell, boatswain ' • Edward Haynes, acting carpenter .— SEPT . I.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon J. Little, to Grecian. Midshipman E. T. Parsons, to Rodney. Assistant-Engineer, 2nd Class, J. Greathead, and Assistant-Engineer, 3rd Class, Benjamin F. Pine, to Alban. Naval Cadets C. Blount, It. Dount, E. C. Hall, and B. A. Capel, to Victory. Gunners S. Willoughby to Dido, and N. Potter, to Modeste. Gunner John Pine, to Rattler. Boatswain J. 11. Stairwell, to Centaur. A CASE OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO EMI GRATION AOINTS AND OTHERS, and also disclosing a new feature in Transatlantic legislation, came before the Liver pool magistrates yesterday morning. The facts are as fol low : A lady named Byrne, with an infant and servant, were entered as passengers by the ship Ashburton to New York. Mrs. Byrne, it appears, is • widow, and blind of one eye, and, after the party had gone on b oard, they were objected to by the captain, who alleged that a recent act, pawed by the Congress of New York, prohibited him taking out such persons, under a heavy penalty. The act renders the captains of vessels responsible for the maintenance of persona landed in New York who are either lunatic, idiot, deaf, dumb, blind, infirm, maimed, above t he ago of 60, under the age of 13, or women without husbands, having families." The captain of the Ashburton having received a copy of the act before the sail ing of the vessel on Friday lit, refused to take Mrs. Byrne and her child, and hence arose an application under the Pas senger Act, to recover the amount of passage-money and compensation for breach of the contract. Mr. Aspinall, the barrister, who appeared on behalf of the emigration agent, Mr. Saul, contended that his client had accepted the com plainants as passengers in ignorance of the act, and said that offers had been made to convey Mrs. Byrne, her child, and *errant to New York, ria Philadelphia, and also to pay the expenses they had been at in consequence of the delay. This they were still willing to do. However, the solicitor for Mrs. Byrne objected to this made of settlement, and pressed the magistrates for a decision. Mr. Mansfield. therefore, decided that the passage-money must be returned, together with a shilling a-day each for Mrs. Byrne and her servant since the ship sailed, and 10/. compensation. The case excited great interest, being the first of the kind brought before the court. SUDDENDEATU OF AN OFFICER OF TILE Barns —.......- Musitom.—Yesterday Mr. Wakiey held an inquest at the Museum Tavern, on the body of Mr. Charles Konig, man Museum. keeper of the mineralo.rical department of the British Museum. It appeared that the deceased gentleman, who had attained the age of 78 years, was walking down Mu seum-street on Friday evening last, when ho suddenly and in a few minutes expired. The medical evidence re ferred the stroke to extravasation of blood on the brew. and a verdict of " Natural death" was returned. LOSS OF H.M.S. REYNARD.-NARRATIVE OF AN EYE-WITNESS. The following is a letter from a midshipman on I board the Reputed, when lost in Ch;na, to h.s mother; H.M.S. Minden, Hong Kong, 18th June, 18.51.—What a change since last letter! I can imagine you all sitting round the breakfast table, taken aback with astonishment at such a beginning. Her Majesty's ship Minden, too, how does he come to be in her ? Here is my answer : the poor , old Keynard is no more—she is by this time in very minute portions floating about, in the vicinity of the 21st parallel of north latitude, and Leith meridian, cast of Greenwich. With this introduction I dive into the narrative of how it I happened, with a description of my own feelings during the catastrophe. I forget the date of my last; but, however, we got in shortly after I finished it, and were barely in time ' for the mail. As soon as we anchored we of course got ready for start ing home as qu'ekly as passible, but we had a deal to do, so did not intend to start until the 30th. On the 27th, how ever, intelligence reached us of the wreck of an English brig on the I'rata Shoal, which is situated about 150 miles south-east of Hong Kong. The captain of the brig came across in an open beat to give notice here, and to get assistance for hi, uttn, who were suffering from want of food and water on a small coral island on the shoal ; on account of this we were ordered to work double tides, so as to be ready to start for England on the 28th, and to reader assistance to the shipwrecked crew on our way down ; accordingly on the 28th we sailed with the pilot in company for the shoal—we had foul winds, so did not get near them till Friday evening. When darkness came on, we steered so as to get to the Island at daylight, giving the shoal, which we should have to pass, a good wide berth. At about i quarter-past four of the morning of the 31st I found myself out of my hammock, and using the most strenuous endeavours to put my jacket on inside out. Itwas not until I had discovered my mistake some seconds, and had observed that every one else was attiring himself with equal expedition, that I began to consider how I came to be out of bed at all. To this moment I have not tho least idea how I turned out. Every one clue seemed struck with this idea at the same moment, and we were about to con sider whether we had not better turn in again and say no thing about it, when we heard an deck &confusion of voices, which can only be expresseu by one word, "a row." We were on deck almost immediately; indeed the whole of what I have described did not take up inure than six to eight seconds. We found the ship quite still, but hard and fast on the reef. The sails were all aback, and the engines going astern, but both failed to move her. Stretching out on each bow was a long light coloured line, and this was all the indication there was of one of the most dangerous reefs in the world. It being fine weather, and bat little swell, the ship lay quiet enough while we got ,the boats out and prepared to lay out anchors to pre vent her getting broadside to the reef. We laid out one small anchor, andgot the cable through the stern hawsehole, and hove a good strain on it. (I am afraid lam getting rather nautical, but I can't help it in description.) It soon parted as the sea got up, so we laid out a larger one, but by this time she had begun to swing on the reef and to bump a little on the rocks. The last anchor was let go on the reef, but it was so steep that it slipped down into 400 feet of water, and we nearly lost it,—however they man aged to ho ld the end of the cable, and we brought it to the ship in the same manner as the last, without the least effect, however, for the ship by this time was broad side on, and beginning to strike the ground very heavily. AU hopes of saving the ship was out of the question now, for she began to till slowly, said strained so much that the engines were rendered useless, When we reached this stage of the proceedings we went to breakfast, to pre pare ourselves for work afterwards. In the meantime the ship fell over on her starboard side, thus exposing the deck to the sea, which began to rise with the tide, and every roller that came foaming iu struck the ship and raised her upright, and whin it had passed she came clown again with a crash on the rocks sea ling every thing loose on deck flying, and shaking the masts so that we all expected them to go by the board. Our rigging being wire, and very elastic, held on ; if we had had rope, I am sure tile masts would nut have stool as they did. All this time we were obliged to hold on as hard as we could, as the ship took our legs from under us at every surge, and if we had fallen downto leeward, we should not have picked ourselves up again with whole bones. After breakfast we turned the hands up, and divided them iuto two parties, one of whom remained on board, in charge of the first lieutenant and midshipmen, and the other were in the boats, under the lee of the ship, to construct a raft, so as to save provisions, tic., under charge of the master. • We were on a part of the reef about eight miles from the island before mentioned ; we could just see the tops of the trees. We sent a boat up to the crew of the brig with pro- visions and water. All this time we saw nothing of the I'ilot, having parted company from her the morning after leaving Hong Kong, but we knew that she would most likely go to the island first. The party on board the ship proceeded to get the spars down froin aloft. It was hard work, and very dangerous, but happily uo elm was hurt. As we got the spars down, they were put overboard, and lashed together by the people in tile boats, so that in about an hour and a half we had all the spars overboard, except the lower masts. We were all Er a t r aly a z i ll wc ti re red g I hLto lva talrk g glad to this e wa a s llt u t i le e 'r as est ‘ .. c against a gun watching the raft progressing, and thinking , of what else was to be clone, when I began to feel as if 1 should be very glad if the ship went to pieces at once, and we were all at once drowned. I felt as if it was quite absurd is save ourselves, when we might just as well he drowned comfortably. Then I felt as if I should like to lay down and never get up again, and then I heard voices shouting in my cars, and felt water on my face. I opened my eyes, and felt a whole host of people around me, raising me up, for I was flat on the deck : from this I inferred that I had tainted, though for what reason I do not know, except from over-excitement, for I an not in the habit of performing manteuvres of that sort, and I was quite well and at work again in half an hour. When the raft was finished it was getting dark, so it was moored alongside. and we picked out the best sleeping places we could on deck, for it was not exactly safe to go below, iu case of the ship's going to pieces in the night. It , rained heavily all night, so none of us were particularly dry when daylight came, at which time we all gut up, and pro seeded to get provisions up front below. '1 his was a work of much difficulty, as the water had risen considerably in the night, and us the tide was rising, and there was every chance of her filling more. The raft was towed inside the reef, at tho distance of a quarter of a mile from the ship, and anchored there. It was only level with the water, so we did not expect it to carry much weight; however, it was the best that could be made under the circumstances. A large quantity of the provisions and water were taken across the reef, and put in the pinnace, when she started for the island, to erect tents and get them ready for our reception, and as the ship was becoming more and more unsafe every moment from the continual bumping on the rocks. It was now that we began to think of saving some of our own things, as all the provisions that could be got were on deck, ready. Accord ingly I had ventured down below, with the intention of saving my sketches and a few clothes; but when I got be low, I found the water up to the beams of our berth, and when I went b look for my chest, I found that it was in minute particles, so 1 was glad enough to gaol) deck again; for as the tide rose the surf rushed in with redoubled vio lence, and caused the/ship to surge solviolently that every thing went crash! crash! from one side to the other, clearing away everything stationary. The ship now worked so much that it was determined to cut away the masts. I never shall forget the melancholy feeling with which I saw the masts fall over. We all had, I do not know for what reason, a sort of glimmering hope that we should not lose the ship, but when the last mast fell with a crash, whatever hopes we had went with it, and when we looked at the stumps and ends of shrouds, and the desolation which appeared all along the decks, you never saw such a set of blank faces as we presented. For myself I could have blubbered with great comfort. The noise of the water rushing about below was terrific all this time, and the only safe plan of remaining on deck was to sit down and hold on "like bricks." The starboard guns were now hove overboard, in the hope that she might fall over on the other aide; for if she cemented in her present position it did not seem likely she would hold together, as she already showed signs of parting a midships. She soon did as we wished, for one large wave striking her, threw her per fectly upright, and then all the weight being the port side, she fell over, thus presenting her bottom to the sea. This was safer; but, as we found to our cost, not so pleasant, for every sea instead of raising her, came right over us ' washing everything off the upper decks that was not secured. We were like a parcel of drowned rats in five minutes, and woe to any one who was standing up unsupported; he was knocked down by the sea, carried away, and might be ob served after a few minutes puffing and blowing, amidst all sorts of confusion, to leeward. Notwithstanding all these disadvantages, we managed to keep our spirits up ; and from the captain downwards were as merry as crickets, every one becoming as facetious as possible. I forgot to say-, that just before we cut away the masts, we saw the Pilot endeavouring to beat up to us, but, after two or three tacks, by which she apparently got no nearer to us, she bore up for the island, and we could occasionally see her mast heads over it. We had got three or four casks of pork and water on the raft, which was all we had, or could get at, besides what had gone to the island. Towards evening it looked as if we should have wind, so it was determined to quit the wreck before dark. The ship being pretty quiet, I went below to see if anything was left which might be saved and I never saw such a complete clearance as been made. There was nothing of any kind a foot long. Everything was smashed into little fragments ; all the partitions were washed away, and all was clear abaft the engine-room. Cabin, gun room, steerage, were all in one. As to our berths there was not the slightest trace of anything that could he construed into a mark of where they had once been ; except that in one corner there was a nice little pudding, composed of plates, dishes, bottles and glasses, knives a n d forks, all smashed into small pieces of half an inch in sise. This was hin ,woren i t ta he o case wnp sLit uli h th ar e co g rue un r roo f x, or a s n . d . al h so m t a h rt e i e.: 1 11111; n o caLti ca h b ad in all the things had become, from the constant was deck, into a complete rope, and in this form were passed o n and coiled down. wreckas llian.ur water enough to moss) it the reef (the others ne t lia g the boat could not take more than five took laag time, far with that number she was nearly cup id a time, and even . w tl surf We saw all the men Woes w • Just before sunset we made sized two or throes. (the °Eileen.) went together, landed ou preparations for quitting . the a I capable of smallest boat on our side ithoirtothflionue..4:ouddagtdhroryge-u,wg.::ii thweabewaetreovil.orwtoabotheutrsoafts,trownhgicohnwthasc w,..ru,.whithr.chatbt.hu'ou:tmweowbaesbignout p pa a rtl t cthuleatainly holding about 26, so the remainder would have to remain on the raft all night. I have now to mention an action on the part of Captain CI &croft which greatly raked him in my opinion, and I am sure iu every one else's present, which was this. It was. Sunday night (I a a sure I hope I shall never spend such another) ; as soon as we were all on the raft, Cal taro Cra croft called all hands round him, and made them a speech as tollews My men, we have left the lteynard, where we have been together so long, probably for the last time. I am sure there is not one amongst us who does not know that although we have no ship, we are just as much under martial law as ever we were ; I therefore expect, rind I am sure I shall receive, implicit obedience to my unit rs and those of the other °Hien*. (Hear, hear.) Now, my men, this is Sunday, and we have always been iu the habit of keeping our Sundays properly as long as we have been toge ther, and I do not think we can now do better than to offer up a prayer to Almighty Ood for His mercies in pre serving us thus far alive." Ile then repeated a short prayer, to which we all returned a fervent " Amen !" There was a dead silence fur a few minutes, and then one of the men sung out, Three cheers for the captain !" PO we gave the three, and then we gave hint three more, and then three more to make it square, and then we went to supper—the men on raw pork and rum, and the officers on beer and raw ham. It was not very in viting, but we were very hungry, so that gave it a relish. After the beer and ham we looked out for sleeping places, but these were not so easy to find, and for this reason, ono corner of the raft had got fast in the coral, and at the tide rose, the corner being fast, of course the water came above the raft., which was anything but pleasant, PS I found to my cost afterwards. I had brought a wet blanket front the wreck with me, and I hoped to manage pretty well with the aid of it, but afterwards I gave half of it to the first lieutenant, as he looked rather miserable. I then took my own peculiar half, and went to the highest end of the raft, hoping to get to sleep, for I was very tired. I had not been there half an hour when I found myself floated out and almost off the raft. I got up stiff and intensely cold from lying in the water, and wandered about seeking where to go. I found the water up to my middle every where, except at the corner I had left, all the men were singing in chorus (up to their middles) to keep their spirits up. I could not help laughing though I wits so uncom fortable, it was so ridiculous to see a whole lot of people wandering about in the water, and roaring away at the top of their voices. I found one of my mesmiates lying at fall length on a hen coop, clear of the water, and seeming so comfortable that I felt greatly tempted to push hint overboard, and take his place ; however 1 contented myself with sitting down beside him. Daylight was now beginning to show himself a little, when one of the boats came close to where I was sitting. so I got into it, and lay on the top of one of the men; ho struggled rather violently at first, but I was. too comfortable to move for him, so he was obliged to bear it. I managed to get about an hour's sleep here, and then we got up and looked about UP. I found that my messmate of hencoop notoriety had been floated oil the raft, end tumbled over board shortly after 1 left him. The first lieutenant met with a similar fate, having passed the night in un empty pork cask, which overtunied with him as soon es it floated. Being only half awake when they lifted him up, he was very anxious to " go below to change his clothes." Tho first thing we did after all getting awake was to serve out a wine glass of runt all round, which I was very glad to get. I was none the better for the raw ham and salt water. We sent a boat to see if she could get to the wreck, but the surf was So heavy that she was obliged to come hack without reaching her. Upon this we all started for the island, and arrived there in about three hours. We found it a low island, in the shape of a horse-shoe; a beautiful clear bay ramming up between the two arms. Thousands of sea birds were hovering round mid over it, making a most discordant noise; there was is quantity of short brushwood and bushes all over the island, and a good many slantial trees. As wo passed up the bay we saw the l'ilot off tho island under sail, for there is no anchorage near. Our tent had been reared on the right h old arm going up the bay. I landed close to it, and we all went up and lay down under the shade, quite tired out, but not until we hail refreshed the inward man with some cooked provender. After we were refreshed, the men were divided into parties, some to build a wall round the tent, and arrange it, some to get up the provisions from the boats, and some to dig wells. I took a well-digging party, and in a short time we made a very respectable well, with bucket attached, though I can not say the water was particularly good. Atter this work was done, the several parties were called iu, and we had supper of boohica' eggs and rice, end very good provision it was. At this time Captain Cracroft intended remaining on the island, and sending the l'ilot with the intelligence to Hong Kong. After we had all turned into our sandy lad, however, the Pilot's jolly-boat came on shore with a letter from Captain Hickley, using such strong arguments to in duce Captain Cracroft to come on board the Pilot with the altip's company, and desert the wreck altogether, that ho determined to do so—accordingly next morning we left the island, and bid good-by to our old ship for ever. Behold us then once more on a man-of-war's deck, and looking more likes lot of pirates than anything else, not a soul amongst us having a single thing that lie could call his own, except n few ragged clothes we had on ; however, by dint of begging, borrowing, and stealing, we manned to get washed and dressed in something respectable. Wo arrived at Hong-Kong on Tuesday morning, and since that we have been on board this ship, which was on em ployed as a store ship, but is now cleared out for our re ception, and that of 100 of the sUth Regiment. I do not know what they will do with us yet. I suppose we shall be sent home in a merchant vessel, but I cannot say till we hear from the admiral, which we can't do for a mouth. It is possible the court martial on us will be held out here, but I think it is not likely. I have been obliged to do now what I could never do under any other circumstances, and that is, I have drawn an extra 101. bill. I wall not have done so even new only that Captain Cracroft thought it tho only thing to be done, having lost every single thing he longing to me; I must have clothes and food, and these cannot be got without money. I have written to Mr. Could to tell him, and have drawn at ten days, so that there will be time enough to arrange about it ; of course I can only consider it as a loangor I don't think I ever ought to exceed my allowance. no Admiralty will give me some remune ration fur my loss when we arrive in England. I do not know how much it will be, but I think about 30/. lam sorry for the loss of my sketches, more than anything else. I haul about 80 views of China, and to lose them all at onto was very disgusting. All the people here, except the tip top society, have been exceedingly kind to us all—giving and lending right and left. They have got up a subscrip tion for the men, and going to present Captain Craeroft with a piece of plate, and 1 don't know what they are not going to do. I think that now I have spun this letter out to a sufficient length. We arejust beginning to get settled in our present position, in which at tint we were very un comfortable. I suppose you will consider me a sort of mo dern Robinson Craw.: on a small scale. lam quite willing to bear that character, only I have no wish to be thought of as a dirty-looking fellow, with a hairy coat and a wont-out umbrella over my head, or in any other character, except that of yours, &c. BISLTOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE—The Rev. Owen Emery Vidal, Perpetual Curate of holy Trinity, Arlington, Susses, has been nominated, and is willing to go out, 14.1 the first Bishop of Sierra Leone. Tho Archbishop of Canter bury and her Majesty's government have signified their consent to Mr. Vidal's consecration, if a moderato endow ment can be secured.—Cambridge Chronick. LORD JOHN RUSSELL HAS TAKEN A LEASE OF Mth• NALTUIE HOUSE, DEESIDE, for a period, wo believe, cor responding to the length of time over which her Majesty:a residence at Balmoral is expected to extend. Monaltrie House is romantically situated near Balloter, about ten mhos from Balmoral Castle.—Parriot. THE LEGAL QUAYS OF TILE PORT OF LONDON. —The Board of Customs having had under their special consideration the list of articles allowed to be deposited in warehouses approved as of special security or in specially approved vaults or floors at the legal quays, and as many of these articles are now free of duty or subject to low duties, the board have considered it advisable to amend such list, and it has therefore been resolved that the following list of articles to be in future warehoused at the legal quays, in warehouses of special security, or in specially approved rooms, floors, or vaults only, be substituted fur that comprised in the regulations of the minute dated July, 184.5, on the subject, viz. :—Agate, set; almond paste ; amber, manufactures of; beads, not being beads of bugles of glass; brass powder; bronze manufactures; bronze powder; buttons, of all sorts; cards, playing; carmine; crystal, cut or manufactured; crystal beads; clocks; dice; essences of all sorts, except spruce; extracts of all sorts; feathers, ostrich, dressed; ditto, paddy bird; ditto, ant otherwise enumerated, dressed; flowers, artificial, of all sorts; gauze of all sorts; gloves of leather; hair or goats' wool, manufactures of; hats and bonnets of all sorts; jewels, emerald., and other precious stoues, set; lace of all sorts; linens, viz., cambries and lawns, French ,• lawns, not French ; mace ; mercury, prepared ; musical boxes ; nut megs, not wild ; opium; oils, ehymical, essential, or per , fumed; oil of cloves; plate of gold and silver ; platting, or other manufactures fit for making hats or bsnuets, of bast, cane, or horsehair ; platting, of straw; quinine, sulphate of ; silk manufactures of all kinds; silkworm gut; skins or furs, articles manufactured of ; spirits, cordials, and strong waters of all sorts ; cigars, snuff, tea, and tobacco, in places specially sanctioned by the board for that purpose; truffles ; vanellovs; watches; water, Cologne; wino of all sorts; woollens, articles or manufactures of, wholly or in part made of; worsted; and goods warehoused for exportation only. VALVE OF ANGUS CATTLE.—Mr. Carright, of 1 shcomßtNi:::otypitriwybri.ehgrctunu:whaliPcert.hatenlde-,fhilt:aos Northamptonsh ir e . ri fmrs i tu r r,h e e e t d, w h b fat eo r h h y eT oc o ihrees h weifien4,prisirti gui. h e a i t a b l e e r , t o w a c o i w n R d n u e d p. h is m a r t t e s n c t o i o t t , n betwixt Brechin and ajo t ia b , f un a te nd selected from his stock two ;. and for tho , o t f on D m un Onths old, all of which viz.: For the cows, bull, forty guineas; making altogether 160 guineas for five cattle.—EdinburgA Wanes.. TONDRIDGE WELLS AND HASTINGS TheRAILWAY.— larger portion of this railway, a: ibs,lniiord:neer cro nfto f he r o f taehtr m hee end:i Tunbridgennob ef r Tunbridgethie,e expected T p re s e ntAltvo w e ls l s , to R o bertsbri onf d oane gi i:p , :jeu a tih l al e ,itb ng cthantco t ra ffi h maicrex o tein f c ls} miles, was opened to the.... ~ top e ar.u i tbeb h l . i co aly T :• es. h.:t ee cdlur di branch of the South Eastern Railway, which commences and terminates in the centre of Tunbridge CHESTER AND ILOLYREAD RAIL At ' IZ I L! prietors at their next meeting are to cons raSe ' ll' .s. : 1 ".., j ,.. [of making a contract with the Ba ngor an w r• '. •. - • in L'l way, now progress of construction, ft: • 'Am 'the- pe 4 former railway. i - , . 'r 1 , Pc • V 7 \';.. ;4