The Express. — London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

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VIM Vinnil aT = ll eit e.. V Mr" ' OarrArr. Vaa j na l r ' ll. ..11Md TUN ww Coe! se emprooLp. tMad. 111 8. Os. Mori Oen Lidords ; W am. rm., 110111 T. Wk. •••••s• CURTRTT'A t llll wranip—www XrIPRINX. w. aura.? wad bow: Molt WAnier.—•ad • UM 11111•UIZT 11001.1L—Owirmisit NION NAT= AT LONDON DRIDOIL tam D.,- lionnag. S.So isressw—Mlnime. fIA US. -......... hilaniaga. ea LONDON, PRINT; SEPT. 4. TIICRE cannot be a more dangerous delusion than the belief, which certain journals are attempting to propagate, that the worst is already over in India. So far from this being the ease, all the most intelli gent Indian soldiers and civilian' at present in this country. the ablest °alien at the India Howe, and the most respected members of the Cabinet, are convinced that the next mail from India will bring more disastrous news than the last. What elm can they expect ? Look to the letter from a eivihan in Lucknow which we this day pabliab. The death of Sir HLSIT LAW. aricr was occasioned by the revolt of an import ant portion of the few native troops who had appeared to remain faithful. Their treacherous attack carried off not only the brave leader, but • considerable number of the small body of European soldiers in Lucknow. The consequence of this de fection has been the abandonment of the town lines by the English and their retreat into the fort. Six weeks ago they were provisioned only fur five weeks, ea Awl allowance. Taey were surrounded by swarms of dimeiplined mutineers and an hostile population. The only place from which relief could reach them was Cawnpose, and the small force under General Itavrtotx had its tlanks and mar threatened by enemies, turn which way it would. The rains had commenced, and the route from Cawopore to Lucknow is across a conntiy marshy at all seasons of the year. The prospects of th garrison at Lucknow were therefore anxious an d precarious in the extreme; and they had among them upwards of two hundred women—many of whom were debilitated and sickened through the privations and mental agony they had endured. God grant that Lucknow may not add another har rowing episode in the history of the beastly mutineers ! Again, at Agra as well as at Lucknow the Euro_ pram were obliged to confine themselves within the walls of the fort. It ia true that the European force at Agra was greater than at Lucknow and the fort appears to have been better sup plied with stores of all kinds —except am munition. Even there, however, the number of women, and non-combatants of all kinds, was large in proportion to that of fighting men, and the very extent of the fort would make it more difficult to defend when incessant fatigues began to do thei r work on the garrison. From Delhi no help could be expected, for the evacuation of the Position in front of it would be a confession of weekness that would =courage many a timid enemy of England to join the r►nks of the mutineers. From Agra, too, it is, therefore, not impossible we may yet hear of dark sad revolting deeds perpetrated on Englishwomen. Nor ought it to be forgotten that numerous ►mall parties of our countrymen and countrywomen are scattered o'er out-etations and intermediate stations, around which swarms of mutineers, insurgent vil lagers, and disaffected nobles, hover sod prowl. From many of these no intelligence has yet been received ; and what that intelligence may be, when it comes, it is impossible to conjecture without alarm. The belief, then, entertained by many, who to the clearest intellects in England add the most extensive experience of India, that the next mail may bring more appalling news than any of there which hare preceded it since the outbreak of the mutiny, is only too well founded. Nor is it harrowing inci dents alone that we are to expect to hear of by the nest and the following mails from India. The full extent of the denotation wrought, and to be wrought, in Ilindostan, is as yet but dimly apprehended by the home public. The progress of events alone can enlighten the, They do not ap pear to reflect that many local treasuries have been plundered, and that throughout the disturbed dis tricts no revenue ran be collected at present, nor. under any circumstances. for a considerable time to come. Again, our reminiscences of Iri , h history ought to hate taught as what is impending over India. A year of insurrection in lee. land has uniformly been ful!owcd by years of famine ; civil broils put a stop to cal. tieration, and a short supply of food is the come quence. This will be the case in the disturbed dia. tricts of India; and the= is reason to fear that the evil will this year be aggravated in some districts by the fall of rein being under the average. As yet we sre without reliable information from the districts where indigo and other staple articles of Indian export are cultivated ; but there is too good reason to km that the operations of the planters may have hewn seriously impeded by the insurgents. In short, as one conse quence of the mutiny, there are impending ever a great part of India famine, a paralysis of productive industry, and a financial crisis. There can be no doubt that the Indian Government will be com pelled to resort to a loan, and that this lota meat be guaranteed by the Imperial Government, and pro =lily the interest paid by it for a few years, in order to give confidence to 1. odors. The advances made by England for this purpose will ultimately be repaid by India, but the burden will fall upon the English public in the first instance. We have, therefore, to make up our minds to defray, in the first in►tance, the expense. of reeonquering India, and of enabling the Indian Government to pay its way until a revenue THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857. esti main be oollected; sod we will have to do thin at a time when famine and inssbrdinatioe' make government more than usually easily in Isidia r and while the derangement of Indiail trade presses hard upon many English eserobants and manujeetnrers, and upon all employed by them-. Such is the news which we must expect from India for many mails to come. This is not a crisis out of which we can hope to emerge in gaiety by shutting our eyes to the danger- India is not to be re-conquered by eloquent declama tion about waves and torrents of sparkling bayonets, such as the Tinges has recently been indulging in ; nor are peace and prosperity to be restored to India by ignoring the peril to which our empire there is exposed, as is the tone of the evening ministerial Journal. Such servile echoes of the more stolid and frivolous members of the Government and of the Direction of the East India Company, if they can at all influence the national mind, can only tempt to procrastination and inaction when prompt and resolute action is indispensable. Woe to England if she listens to t►e Syren song! Few experiments are watched with more interest at present than that of Competitive Examination lately introduced into the public service. Twenty- Bra yam ago Mr. EDWIN CHADWICK advocated this system in the London lierirte, and a few days ■go the same gentleman read a paper on the subject before the British Association at Dub- Ira. Things have vastly changed in the hut quarter of • century. And though Mr. CHADWICK insists that the system is only half carried into effect— because, instead of an absolutely open competition, the candidates are confined to those who arc nomi nated—etill the first step has been taken towards the final consummation. Certainly, valuable evi dence is being gradually collected which must sheens those who predicted that this system of Examination would prove a failure. It is well that this discussion took place in Dub— hn. As Mr. NAPIER said, there is no country which has a deeper interest in the success of this Competitive System than Ireland. Nor is the sudden conversion of Mr. WHITESIDE to this system without its value. It shows that Competitive FA ataination is no party question, and that its advecates will receive the support of all parties l in the House of Commons. Only a few years Ego it was the common belief that of all jobbers Irishmen were the worst ; and no applica tions were so math dreaded by the SECRETARY of the Tee t SCRY as those from Irish members. But now things are changed. Irishmen are not only ea- I tisfied to have their nominees tested by Examiners, but the opinion of the Examiners seems to be ae quieseed in. This is of vast consequence, and Mr. WHITE•IDE gave a remarkable illustration of the correctness of the Examiners judgments: " Tbe " first gentleman who got • prize in the Indian " service last year was the son of an Enniskillen " friend of mine. That young gentleman entered " the University of Dublin as a eizar, and got • " scholarship • year before his time ; and I have " learned from Dr. ORMIAN, the Muster of the " Royal School at Enniskillen, that from the first " be was remarkable for high ability and extreme assiduity, morality, and propriety of conduct. " Having been examined by impartial gentlemen, be " found the reward of merit." Thus the sound judg ment of the Examiners is vindicat.d, and the public are disposed to acquiesce in their judgments. It is indeed of vital importance that the public should be thoroughly convinced of the ability, and, above all, of the honesty of the Examiners. Such au instance as that which we have just given proves both. But we believe that the principle of competition casts an additional security round the public, and especially round the Examiners. It is a much more difficult thing to reject a candidate than to determine the comparative merits of several candidates, who arc probably most of them above the pees-standard. In pass-examinatMns there is always a tendency to lower the standard; and when the place is valuable, and the person who nominates powerful, it requires both ability and stern independence to act justly and to exclude in competence. Confidence in the Examiners is so essential, that any measure which will tend to in cream that ought to be adopted. And since the extension of the Competitive Principle would proba bly have this effect, we are inclined to urge the adoption of such a measure. The time during which the system of Competitive Examination has been established is no doubt sheet. But light has already been thrown upon two most important questions. When it was about to be introduced we were told that it would destroy the public service ; that by throwing places open to the world you might get some clever young men, but that they would probably be such snobs" that the business of the office would come to a stand. still ; that they would prove official enjans terrible: in Downing-street We were told--truly enough— intellect is not all that is required for a good public servant; the civil servants must be persons in such a rank of life as will enable them to hold intercourse with the heads of departments, and even with Cabinet Ministers. In like manner we were told that officers in the Army--teen in the Engineers and the Artillery— were gentlemen, and therefore it would be moot un wise to throw such appointments open to general competition. All this, of course, was simply the dying cry of Patrosage. There is no danger of the sort. It is obvious that the great mass of young men who have had such an education as will enable them to be successful, must have had the education of gentlemen. And it is equally obvious that before a young man becomes a candidate for entrance into any body or corps, he must have a natural liking for that particular service. One thing at all events is clear, that the higher the appointment the more necessity is there that the competition should be absolutely open, because the qualiti..stion being considerable, there are fewer men in the world fit for the poet, and the danger of being exposed to the presence of a man of inferior edu• cation is proportionably diminished. Ent as an answer to this prediction, that open com petition would lead to the service being filled with under-bred men, let instate a kw facts. Commissions in the Artillery and Engineers have been opened to general competition ; and what does Lord Pmeurns my on this matter " I think," he says, " that the candidates come from all " chases of society. We have had some from " the higher classes, some clergymen's sons, and " officers' eons, but not one from what might be " called the lower class of society; but they are all " what are called gentlemen's sons; and their con . duet proves that whether gentlemen's sons or " not they have been educated fur the society of " gentlemen." I - Again, the Civil Service Commissioners in Eng land bad four clerks to appoint for their own office- Three were junior clerkships of 1001. a year, rising by 101. to 2001. per annum ; and a fourth a senior clerkship, with a salary of 2001. per annum, rising by yearly instalments of 151. to 3001. Foe them places there were forty-six candidates. Of these twenty sight were the sons of professional men and inde pendent gentlemen. There were seven sons of eats blinbsel clergymen, two of dissenting ministers, eight ow of gentlemen, two sons of polies magistrates, tiro pus of surgeons, two sons of lieutenants in the foyal navy, one son of a colonial judge, one son of a professor of a university, one son of a lieutenant colonel, and so on. It is obvious that these belong to the very class of persons whose sons would have been appointed directly under the old jobbing sys tem, if they had only had interest. Such evidence is surely sufficient to silence the objections of those who say that an extension of the Competitive System must lower the social rank of the public service. There is another question upon which this Com petitive System has important linings. It is clear that the remain of the examinstices are eagerly scrutinised, not only by the parents of the esedidates but by the masters of the establishments at which the candidates have been educated. These examine- None are, in fact, a test of the comparative merit of education throughout the country. A schoolmaster whose pupils uniformly fail must infallibly lose his school. Mr. Warrestna gives a remarkable instance of this. He tells how the result of the Woolwich examinations led to a change of system at Dublin. The result seems to be that whilst on the first oc casion the candidates failed, on the second occasion out of thirty candidates ten carried away prizes. Nor is the same gentleman's comparison between the success of the Dublin and that of the Belfast Uni versities leas significant. He says to Dublin, "At the " last Indian examination you carried off only one "prize—Belfast carried off three; this must be " looked to." These things show clearly that this system of open competition, by which young men from every school in the empire are invited to con tend against each other, must elevate the standard of education. The results of these contests must operate as a test of the merit of the various &heels and Colleges, and must have the further effect of pointing out to parents the best places at which to educate their children. Ebe Court. BALMORAL, Ben. 2. The Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prin cess Royal, Princem Alice, Princess Helena, Princes, Louise, and Prince Arthur, witnessed the .port of leietering in the Dee yesterday morning. Lady Churchill, the Hon. Flora lllL.Dosald, the Easl of Clarendon, Major-General the Ma. C. Orey, and Colonel the Ron. C. Phipps were r'ss went Mee Yeasity and the Prince were jollied by the Durham of KIM from Abereddia Castle, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord James Mu-ray. In the afternoon her Majesty end the Prince Concoct, accompentad by the Princess Royal, drove over Crathi► bridge end along the north ride of the Dee, recroesing the river by the Invercauld-bridge, and returning borne through the Work Bhuie. The royal dinner perky lithe evening included the Durban of Last and Lord hen Ninny. Lad Psuanar left ton; yesterday for Brach . % Cantle. We are assured that Lord Panmure's stay in Scotland will not be protracted beyond the 15th instant. THE NARQVI AND MARCIIIONVM OF NORMANDY are expected in town to-day or to-mono. from Florence, the milk marquis bring en rove' for a few months. The marqp's gad raarchiooses arri•d in Paris on Monday last in rests to this country. _ _ Lord Brougham is about to visit Manchester for the purpose of seeing the Art Treasurer Exhibition. During his lordship's visit he is to attend a nrestlog of the Lanca shire end Cheshire Association of Literary and Mechanics' Institutions, on Tuesday nest, and present the prizes svrarded to rarosbers during the recent annual examinations. The Marquis of Lansdowne will shortly leave Bo wood on a tour. The noble marquis, it is raid, does not in tend visiting his estates in Ireland this autumn. Lady Eicho and her infant son are progressing favourably.. The Earl and Countess of Mount Edgenmbe hoer been entertaining a select party ►t their Wet in Devonshire. The Counter of Brownie... the Earl and Counter of Morley, and Miss Callon, and the Lady Adel► ittberon, h►re been amongg the guests. Among the recent arrivals at Aberdeen are : The F.arl of Kintyre, the Countess of Kirae and family; the Cosines. of Elgin and Kincardine, Lord Bier to end Lady Alma Bruce, the Earl of Caithness, Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of Crtle News and Edieglasele, and Lady Forbin., Lady Di. k Lauder, Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart., the Earl Grosvenor and the Countess Grosvenor, the Hon, Lady Besaasont, and Lord laresry, the Counter of Selkirk, Sr James Burnett, Bart., of Creates Castle, Sir Charles Ross, Bart., of Balaagewan, The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Fano have arrived at their seat, Apethorpe 11.11, Waissford. Lord Henry Bentinck has commenced cub-hunting is Loco'whin. There is every pro get of a successful mom The M►rquis of Exeter, Lord Burghley, and Lord Robert Cecil, have proceeded on a brief cosUsentst tour. They aril peas a few days at the Omura gas. Lady Burghley, who has for some time past laboured under severe indispoeition, is, we are gird to learn, recoveriag health and strength. The Marchicoese sod Lady Burghley manias at Burghley Howe during the &bermes of the marquis and sone. The Wiltshire Independent notice, a fife which wee miasma at Bowood, the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne, our Wednesday, for the beside of the humbler clams of Calm. During the aftarracon refreehmenta were digressed with a liberal hand. The numbers present, among wheel when • barge portion of the clergy and gentry of the Neighbourhood, were estimated at 6,000. The Queen of Bavaria and the two young princes, bar was, who ere stopping in tire mountains of the myth of Bayer* made a few days ego the ascent of the ficiling, whkh is upward. of 6,000 feet high. The I Luke and Duchess de Brabant, after spending some ti me at Ostend, returned to Laden early ma T►eeday morning, end at midday their royal highs/sees proceeded to Brussel. to opts the triennial Exhibition of the Works of Lir;bg Aries. ZooLOOICAL SOCIETY or lAinDoet.—At the monthly general 'meeting, held yesterday, at the Society's House in lisnower-square, John 8. Geakoin, Esq., P.L.8., in the chair, the Viscount Kirkwall, and MIMS. T. W. B. Blakeman% M.P., W. Claridge, and J. 01. PenneU, were elected fellows ; and Lady Leonard, end Mantra W. flead , oar, C. N. Start, M.P., end J. T. Node, wil• popoled as CcomMistes tor the Felloweldp ; end Mr. Lash honer, es • caeromending member at the Society. The retort from the cos& aloud that the ember of viwitors to the prima daring the lam month nu nearly 48,000, end that the total number daring the year had already eroonoted to 274,‘M. TuE DEAN or ViLIOMMITZIed Iltslicipstoke, on Wrdneeday, them nee • pest demeneirs tine in celebration of the 50th yeses reddemee of Dr. Chewier (Dees of Winchester), se rector of Iltehopetoke. The day wee observed as a general holiday. The Mirage wee enlivesed by gags and music, and triumphal arches of dowers and we erected fa var parte ious . between NO and = rem d together on the memory Lawn. The ralio6s expenses were defrayed by the contributive, of he inhabitants. First Elam Stair Surgeon Frederic Roberta hn beta selected by the Director-General of the Army Medkal =t, end the Mi s iM er f or W ar, to repeemat the o "l ateere of the British army et the ccasreis of the Ophthalmic Society shout to meet at Brussels. The Edinboro' Courant records the death of Mr. Pringle, of Wh,ytbenk and Yair, on Wedureday morning, at his seat of Yea in Selkirkshire. The &cowed was an mrly friend and art neighbour of Sir Walter Scott, who alludes to him in the introduction to one of the mons of Marmion. In 1813, he accompanied Scott in that journey to Paris which is chronicled in " Paul's Letters to his Kinefolks." Ile entered political life se member for B elkirkehire in 1830. He was not returned to the first reformed parliament, but his county (of which he an. eire-Ventenent) re-elected hint in 1836, and he continued to represent It until he finally quitted the House of Osumi to January 1848. Ha capacity for business bed assemwhile recommended him In the Dodos of Sir Hobart Peel, sled is Oki he wee eppotited to the theta leedeldp of the Treseary. This elks he re signed hi 1146, haft hierelf male cap the Con servative riieWy ia the semaniv fee laareerdng end per patenting the OillEnd ef Mayors*. OINIITAL PAILACIS..... ON. SWILLING DAT. T■OIII,DAT, Seim L—Liedeeine ea payment, 2,718 ; &la. byelaw lieltals ; 218; lild ; ;Nei LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE INTERVIEW OF THE EMPERORS. The Paris Pram has the following :—" The report of the interview between the Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Russia has now obtained a cer tain degree of probability, his Majesty having announced to a deputation from the council-general of the Moselle that it was his intention to proceed to Germany after the manoeuvres at the camp of Chalons had terminated. On the other hand, it is said that Prince Albert is to visit the camp, and that his visit Is Axed for the end of September." OPENING OF THE STATISTICAL CONGRESS AT VIENNA. The third statistical international congress was opened at Vienna on the 31 at of August. The Che valier von Toggenburg, the Minister of Trade, opened the congress with an address, in which he bid the mcm berg welcome in the name of the imperial govern ment, and expressed his satisfaction that the first meeting of the congress on German territory was held in Austria. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL. ILICTRIC TILIONAPN.) (1/1/ON 0171 OWN 00/LIZIPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MOONING. _ . The steam-ship Ripon has arrived with the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Australian mails, the Australian mails alone comprising upwards of 600 boxes. The latest dates are: Alexandria, August 21 ; Malta, 25; Gibraltar, 30. She brings 167 passengers, 2,397 bales of silk, and 239 packages of sundries. She spoke the steam-ships Colombo, Tagus, Brenda, Vorseo, and Ordentes, and troop-ship Her- Buie. Admiral Lyons' squadron left Gibraltar on the 29th for Tunis. The Desperate, Candor, and Tar tams were at Alexandria; Arrow, Osprey, and Wanderer at Malta; Vulture, Curlew, and Vigilent at Gibraltar. Amongst the passengers by the Ripon is Miss Stallard, a young lady who narrowly escaped being massacred at Meerut. She had to swim over a river. She was afterwards in a carriage with five others, three of whom were murdered by the sepoys. Also the Rev. Mr. Hay, an American missionary, his wife and children. They all narrowly escaped destruction at Meerut. They lost all their property, and escaped with only a few shillings. Mrs. Hay was confined on board the Ripon, with a still-born child. The fright and sufferings she had undergone caused a premature confinement. The Calcutta passengers seemed to think that the mutineers at Delhi will not be able to hold out much longer. THE CAPE. (IT ZLECTRIC TSLIOZAPII.) (snow out own COIIttSPONDIST.) DARTMOUTH, FRIDAY. - _ The mail steamer W. S. Lindsay, Captain Palmer, has arrived from the Cape and Calcutta, and landed her mails and passengers. She sailed from the Cape on the 10th and St. Helena on the 21st July. FRANCE. (nom ouz owig PARIS, THURSDAY ETLNING. The Court of Assize has this day condemned (par euntumare) Ledru Hain, Mazzini, Maesarenti, and Campanella to deportation. As you are aware, when a judgment par mammies is pronounced, the inter vention of a jury is not required, and it is customary to condemn the absent to the highest punishment which has been inflicted on the accused who were present. As, therefore, Tibaldi was condemned to deportation, Laden Rollin, Mazzini, Massarcnti, and Campanella have had the same sentence pronounced upon them. The proceedings occupied but a short time. There was no address from the public prose cuter, aid no defence. The act of accusation was merely read, and, after a few observations from the president, judgment was pronounced. The principal event of the day, however, is the great fall in Credit Mobilicr shares, caused by the resignation of several of the directors of the yodel' , The Thurneyssen affair has brought about this I event. Four directors have been named as baring resigned, namely, M. Ernest Andre, Charles Mallet, banker in I'aris, I'icsta, director of the dis count office, and Aquirrowengos, a Spanish banker of Bordeaux, but at present the resignation of M. Andre is the only one that is official. He sent in his resignation by a huissier, and affirms that the three others also retire with him. It is sup posed that others will follow the example of M. Andre and his three colleagues. In these circum stances it will not be easy to find financial men of im portance and consideration enough to com pose a new council of administration. At all events the confidence of the public in the society must be greatly diminished. The Frankfort Journal stated that the annulling of the elections in Moldavia took place only on one condition, namely, that France was to abandon the project of the union of the provinces. The Patric denies this, and says that while the inhabitants of the Principalities arc at perfect liberty to express their wishes, each of the powers has the right to hold its own opinion on the subject. The city of Chalons has invited the Emperor to a night Alte and ball, which it proposes to give in the salons of the Hotel de Ville on the arrival of the Empress. The city of Metz has given a similar in vitation, bat whether these invitations have been accepted is not yet known. The Empress is ex pected at Chalons about the 15th of September. The health of M. de Rayneval, who has been named ambassador at the court of St. Petersburg, gives rise to considerable apprehension. In Austria the appointment of M. de Gnuntnont as his successor at Rome, is regarded as indicating a change of policy on the part of France towards the Papal court. Some arrests were made at Turin on the night of the 31st of August, but nearly all the refugees arrested in Genoa have been set at liberty. The fall in Credit Mobilier shares had a depressing influence on other securities, as will be seen from the following quotations:-The Threes have been done from 88fr. 83c. to 68fr. 90c. ; Mobilier receded from 903 k. to 882 k. 50e. ; Austrian, 640 fr. to 637 k. 50e.; Orleans, 1,435 fr. to 1,430 fr.; Southern, 635 fr. to 632 k. 50c. ; Lyons, 880 fr. to 877 k. 50c. ; new shares, 870 fr.; Northern, 870 fr.; Eastern old shares,' 873 k; and new ditto, WOG. The market recovered some little buoyancy towards the close, when the following were the last quotations :-Four-and-a- Half per Cents, 93k. 23c.; ditto end of month, 03k. 35e. ; Three per Cents., 66fr. 80e. ; ditto end of month, 67k.; Bank Shares, 2,7751 r.; Credit Mo bilier, 887 fr. 50e.; ditto account, 590 fr.; Credit Fancier, 535 k. ; Piedmontese Five per Cents., 89fr. 73c.; Roman, 803 f fr. THE CAMP AT CHALONS. A correspondent of the Dedecpendanee of Brussels gives the following details of the camp at Chalons : The inhabitants of the country dock te this spot to admire the wonderful metamorphosis which ham been effected hare. Dry and barren plains which before were the image of deso lation are now all life and animation. In a few days, whole villages hare been contracted. Huta in planks for kitchens, for officers' menroorus, for canteens, stables, &c., extend Irons the Petit-Mourmelon to beyond the Grand Mourmelon towards the Orsnd St. Had». It is towards Rheims that the most curious part of the camp is placed. The now rail. say station is situated in that quarter. Piles for • bridge woes the Grand Moannelon have ebony bean driven. On leaving the nation, and in advandsg into the camp, • large slaughter-house is seen, where from 25 to 30 elands killed every day, and the consumption will soon materially in- MGM A number of live animals, saMcient for five or six days, are always kept in reserve. The skins of the &laugh toed animals are sold in Paris, and the fat is sent to Strss burgh. The pert of the establishment which will be visited with great interest by tourists is the bakehouse, where a great number of field ovens may be seen in operation. They am formed by excavations made in the ground, lined with pktes of cut iron, covered at the top with sheet iron, end ever that with sand. In the front Is • square hole, formed of twlckwork, through which the loans are introduced. The broad baked in this way is excellent. Next come the store houses for colonial produce, for fonsge, for different kinds of amp equipage, and other articles, and at the end of the whole in the park of artillery. Near this spot, and just across ties rivulet of the Hoc-melon, are stationed three brigade. of cavalry, end in the rear of them the infantry, whose quarters extend in the direction of the village of the Grand St Hilaire. Op posite, In the interior of the camp and across the old Roman road, see placed the nail and the imperial head-quarters, with the pavilion of the Emperor. On either side of else which is painted blue and white, in imitation of striped cloth, are two pretty chalets, and in the rear a small clump of ear trees. The imperial pavilion commands • view of the whole camp and neighbourhood. Restaurants, anis, and shops of all kinds have already been established on the slopes between Livry and Sonein, running in fact along the whole length of the amp. The Grand Mourroelon is full of dealer , who offer for male bode, tables, kitchen utensils, and books, among which the works of Paul de Kock and Pigault Lebrun predominate. Magnificent fries ere talked of during the sojourn of the Emperor. His Majesty has invited Marshals Pander, Canr,bert, Hermon, and Baraguay d'Hilliers to come and peas some days at the camp. Mgr. Muriel, Arch bishop of Paris, who le to perform • solemn inn at the camp on Sunday, will reddest Rheims. THE DUCHY OF HOLSTEIN. (IT 113ACTIIIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELIONATN) In the sitting of the Holstein Chamber, on the 3nl inst., the Commission reported that it considered the situation of the country critical, and declared itself unable to discuss the new Constitution before having secured the independence and equality due to Holstein in the Danish monarchy. RUSSIA. Many persons still deny that the Russian govern. ment is concentrating a corps d'arnsee in the south-west of the kingdom of Poland, bat it is a positive fact that large bodies of cavalry have recently marched from Lublin and Radom towards the Austrian frontiers. On the 20th of last month powerful detachments of Russian artil lery also entered Czenetochan and Kielce, which last place is close to Cracow. It is not, however, probable that Russia meditates any breach of the, peace. Her object is to keep Austria in check and to prevent her interfering too much in the affairs of the Danubian Principalities.—Times Cor respondent. on the front page of the Journal de St. Peters bourg of August 27, and in larger letters than we have eeen in its pages before, is tb4 telegraphic " Berlin, August 25.—1 n yesterday's sitting of the Howe of Commons, Palmerston declared that Russia had not broken the treaty by her procedure in Cir cassia." The Premier's declaration evidently appears as extraordinary to the Russians Si it did to his own countrymen. POLAND. Prince Glortchakoff has announced at Warsaw that the Emperor will arrive there on the 6th inst. He will remain a week and then leave for Berlin. FATAL FIGHT. A murder was committed in Broadway, New York, early on the morning of the 22nd ult., in the " Shaw House," a dining saloon. The parties to the affray were an actor named Nymns, lately engaged at Wallack's Theatre, and a Tombs lawyer named Wagstaff. They met in the bar-room and soon quar relled—about a woman, it is said—and after many hard epithets Wagstaff struck Nymns a powerful blow. Nymns, recovering in a moment, drew a re volver and fired twice in quick succession at Wag staff. The first ball hit Wagstaff's arm, and passed into the breast, injuring the lungs. The second ball Methrough the mouth, and upwards through the , d a part of which was shot off. Wagstaff fell to the floor a corpse. Nymns retreated immediately to the street, and had not been arrested when the steamer left. Wagstaff was well known about the town, as is also Nymns. They moved among the crowd, both male and female, generally denominated as "fast." THE TURKISH FROKTIER.—Letters from Tiflis state that the commissioners appointed by England, France, Rues* and Turkey, to settle the frontier line common to the two last-named states in Asia, arrived at Erivea on the 25th of July. The Russian Medical Gazette mentions that the late wer entailed upon Ramie the tom of 392 medical men. - -- The Lincoln Mercury states that at the eleventh hour three or four persons have stepped forward to procure some show of an autumn race meeting, and it is stated that there will, midway in October, be a single day'. sport for the purpose of retaining the Queen's guineas. Thenceforward the spring and autumn committee* will be united, an at tempt will be made to get the royal Oake transferred to the "Hug meeting., and Lincoln autumn ream, once eo famous for the vanclaties of the aristocracy and gentry, will to °m signed to history.. The AottingAam Rerior observes that Melton lliowbray can boast of three public characters which perhaps no other town tan—namely, two independent Isdies who hers taken out game certificates, and who enter the field and can bring down the game equal to any mole sportsman, u well as those indulging in 6.bing, hunting over a country to Dounds, lice. The other is a female blacksmith, who I. such an adept at shoeing a home or working at the snit, as to cause universal excitement. _ _ The prospects of sport for London shots appear to be excellent The Chelnorford Chronicle states Early morn on the let set in favourably for the sportsmen, but the rain *non after fell so heavily that it required rather strong enthusiasm for the gun to tsar it. Wednesday, too, was wet, on that the bearer of the double-barrel can hardly be mid to have yet had a fair field; but we learn that in most districts of this county coveys are numerous, and, though vary wild, promise a pod season's sport." Most of the provincial papers which have come to hand this week notice the finding of locusts in their imme diate neighbourhoods. On Tuesday one was found in a corn field It Burton Pidaea. It is a very flue specimen, its lags being three inches in length, its body three inches, wings two inches and three-quarters, and when it is stretched its I full length it measures about des inches and a half amass. A recent work states that the Oryllus Migrotorne of LionFrua Is a large species of locust, which multiplies to such a degree es to be the theme of ancient writers, and the works of recent authors confirm their state ments. Barrow mentions that in the southern parts of Alike, an arse of nearly two thousand square miles might be said, ea one oceaaion, to have been literally covered with them. Whoa driven by a north-west wind into the sea, they formed upon the &bore, fur fifty miles, a bank three or four feet high; sad when the wind was south-east, the stench was so great se to be felt one hundred and fifty mike distant. In some parts of Africa this insect Is eaten by tho natives It hi common in Poland, and though it Is Muted that • gemt portion of Europe Is often overrun by them, It Is seldom we bear of any caught in this part of ths globe. The other day, however, one waa found In Ireland, mother taMalley Elgin, Scotland, three in London, and one In a house In FRENCH AND ENGLISH FISHRIMEN. - - On Wednesday a long inquiry was held before th e North Shields magistrates, at the instance of Lieutessad Simpeon, of her Majesty's cruiser Otter, who the night bet a , had brought the Preach fishing logger, No. 274, et Boulogne, into the Tyne, on a charge of an Infraction of th e fishery regulations. Mr. Kewney, of the town clerk's office, prosecuted, and a gentleman from the French Consul's Ala at Newcastle, watched the proceedings for the master of the lugger, Pen* Charles Lohilelor. In consequence of the d e . mege done to English fishing cowls by the large crag belonging to France constantly fishi within the pr, s • scribed limits, three miles of the shoe, the Otter i d down on the Northumberland coast this season protecting the English fishermen. On Saturday morning last a Cal i belonging to Shields, and manned by three men meet who se was the owner, William Templeman, was catchinL i t an i gg within about a mile and a half of the Northumber when the defendant shot hie nets within him, and Templeman's gear, to the amount of 20/. It took plata daylight, and upon the English boat going alongsid e e d the logger to take its number, the crew attempted to hide it, and one man tried to knock Templeinan over board with an oar. He and his crew got the nom. ber however and were pulling away, when g,, of the French crew chased the boat and tned to sink be, Failing in that, they struck end ill-used the English lat e . men, who however fortunately escaped from them without any more ~lona injuries than a good beating. As soca a Lieut. Simpson heard of the outrage, he went in search et the lugger, and speedily captured it and the crew, sad brought them into the Tyne. The ease was tally pr e ,g against them, and the master was ordered to = d e *amp 281. for damage and loss, or have his need in pad during four months. GETTINO WELL. At the command of the Emperor of France, theta has been built, near Charenton—on the outskirts of the 80, de Vincennes, and acne few wiles from Paris—a hospital to, the reception of convalescent workmen. Founded by s M om in March, 1865, the completed building was inaugurated m Monday last ; the Minister of the Interior taking a prindp) part in the ceremony, and delivering the edam on tts occasion. This new building is arranged to acconciadsts 600 invalids of the labouring cleats. Numerous end well-managed as are our London lap* there is abundant room (or an institution similar to tba originated by the French Emperor. The one small on. velment hospital near London is rather an adenratil working model than such an institution as should ho provided for the metropolis as a half-way how t health fur the poor. The wards of our hospital, are often unavailable for the reception of urgent esia ; because the tads are occupied by patients who, th mt ; eared of their ailments, remain too enfeebled for Labour_ who, if turned adrift into the world, would eddy beck to W are from sheer inability to force their way into the some al life, and resume their bed of sickness with diminished elan of recovery. The establishment of a hospital for iontribin was a noble elereise of benevolence. It was the work of that " aria diorite which," saith Piers Ploughman, belpeek man to Hevene i" for no further worldly aria weiM be tendered by its inmates—withered branches on the tree of life that might never more bear fruit. On the other hand, the establishment of a convalescent institution forth. poor - ropmtion•te to th• sire of London, would he • wca7 ' cr i ari ca ;: but one of political economy; by 4,, to tide the poor EMI over the hying t!me whew Ise Is ew covering his !strength, and thus enabling him to mass his lowly, but not unimportant, place in the social sada— The Laoret. MR CORN TRADE. BIRMINGHAM, 6m.3. In the early part of last month we had vzhear7 rem for newel days in succession, accompanied VIM weather, with little wind, which armed a good 44 the I,pe wheat, both reaped and standing, to sprout to ma evert ea to seriously injure the quality ; but sea very ley propor.ion being mill unripe, and the unfavourable watlem was followed by brilliant sunshine, the remaindered the hav net has been secured in remarkably good modiffon. though the damage done by the growing of the corn by amens general, a considerable:quantity Is moreor lees fajwil in colour. The great hut which followed the rain sin ripened a portion of the late crops tear fast, and the grsjs, 4 some of the spring sown wheat are small and shrivelled. nil unfavourable weather for harvest operations in the early pm of lest month enabled those farmers who had secured tisk wheat previously to thrash and bring it to realising 62a. per quarter for fine red, and 645. for white; 61 the beautiful weather (commencing on the 16th ultimo nd continuing to the present time) has reduced the price to about 66e. for red, and S9a. to 60e. for white. Do markets are however now by no means liberally supplied, end few of our fanners will, we thin, thrash freely unless they can obtain an slum on present quotations. As we subjoin reports from • number of our correspondents respecting the crops as Cr not give an opinion ourselves, beyond remarking that re think thrashing has not yet been so general as to afford mar Meat data fur an accurate judgment of the yield. The nary advice. from the continent of Europe and the United been confirm those previously received as to the favourable rook of the wheat harvest in those countries ; but except fun Os Danube,sud Black and A:44oms, there la no encourager' for shipmate to the United Kingdom, at our present gun tiona. The quantity and quality of the barley crop verp much, but we think the prodoee per acre is shoot ea arena with a great! increased breadth. The stocks at Gloueent are mraaaseo, and some quantity is expected to arrive tim during the autumn and winter. The old ens at Wooers are reduced into a narrow compass, and only small ponied new have yet come forward, consequently our prices m Feely maintained. Beans are almost cleared out at Glow treater, and we do not hear of any near at hand Dutch and Baltic have been taken freely there, at 18a. per 1961 b. Ws have had large arrivals of peas, which find buyers at 16s 6L to 17s. per 1961ba. The potato crop is much *umpteen of, and we think nearly half in this part of the country rendered unfit for human food by the disease. We have bad no recent arrival of Indian corn ; it sells slowly at 16s. 6d pet 1961(e., end so are not aware of much ea puny, Millet sells freely at Ile. 6d. to 12s. per 19611. e. at Gloucester, sod I. the cheapest article for feeding purposes; some year thy is expected. CRYSTAL PALACE.--Our readers are aware of the strong feeling which exists that if the Palace wee opened on Saturdays at a shilling the malt would be more favourable than it has been at half-a-crows, owing to the numbers who have only on that day sufficient leisure to enable them to visit it. The directors have adopted a course which, under the circumstances, we believe to be a wise one—which is, to reduce the priori of admiasion to a shilling during the next two months, and thus to enable the public to decide the question for themselves. The admirers of the late Mr. Feargas O'ConsOr have for some time past had it in contemplation to sect a monument to b 4 a memory in this town. We (Noltivhde Joarose) understand that upwards of 401. has already bass collected end that an order bas been given to • didinguishid Nottingham architect for the execution of the work, at a cost not exceeding 1001. It is stated that two new drimml have been composed and ars shortly to be represented kirks theatre of this town in aid of the memorial fund. _ The Stamford Mercury says the convict Bacot has not yet been removed from the county prison in Lin cola. Since the government determination which cuts in off for life from all communication with relatives and frimai he has changed his whining and affectedly sanctimonious demeanour, and has become doggedly sullen md dims tented. rendering it pretty clear that he has buoyed heed up with the hope that the favouring fortune which had ous clod him through several trials would still interpose torn him from any serious_ponishinent. DisCOVERT OF BAXTER, THE AItsCONDING BANK. tort.—Telegrephic information has reached Nottingham of the discovery of the whereabouts of Frederick Baxter, the absconding bankrupt. Alter inquiries at the principal Pia in America, and long journeys in the heel for of the Stares the English detectives, aided by the Ame-iran policy t?t upon his scent in New York, and at length succeeded hunting him out in that city. Of course, only general 1t formation of the event has, as yet, been retired is tan country, and a abort time must elapse before we can ohne particulars. We may ' , however, veto that only a small sot of money, about Mt was found upon his person. A hr. ther sum of 4001. wan afterwards obtained from him, making 7801., which ls the whole amount which had, up to the "a of sending the news, been reoovered frum him. LOSS OP THE AMERICAN BARQUE MONASCO.—'ha arrival at New York of the survivors of the barque Moore Captain Dailey, of Warren (Me.), lost on the coast of Newt foundland, has been already announced. On the Est d July she ran on Corbin Read, and soon went down, cerfiel with her 64 Swedish passengers. It ie evident from thel„ statement of the survivors that with ordinary preens 4, mind on the part of the captain the whole crew and stl the passengers might hare been saved. Immedistel striking, Captain Dailey, without wa iti ng t o dee, tTdokS the ship had struck an iceberg, ran up from the cabin, placing himself and his wile in the quarter boat, pre air mends to the crew, which they hastened to obey..? was presently found that the ship was rapidly s'r lug. The steward, at the order of the captain. Es! seeded to stock the quarter-boat with provisions. 711 captain threatened to shoot the sailors ant passengers"b attempted to get into the quarter-boat with him. Merman labour they succeeded in safely launching the life-boat. captain, finding that the quarter-boat could not be Iszt ran with his wife to the side of the ship where the I lay, and was taken into it. Be immediately ordered it te Is cut loose, refused to admit the steward, who bad stocked quarter-boat with provisions for him, and held the 1010 Mat be and his wile might descend the resod's iridein sefito In the morning the shore was visible about half a mils O. tut, and the stem of the vessel was still six or eight MS above the water, with the steward and two passengers dW log to it. Twelve! persons were landed from the boat, ems the remaining four proceeded to the week and saved eel upon it. The mmivon thee walked to Buren (N.Y.),: r Ns wen kindly received by the villagers. On the 1111. lowing they sailed fur St. Peter's. The United States card at St. Peter's gave them food and clothing, and rent Wain New York by the French brig Louis Gillis. The Of" had made an error of 120 miles m his reckoning. !