The Express. — London, England, 1858-10-11 00:00:00

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Tin facts relative to the dispute between the Garen:masts of France and Portugal, which has led to the despatch of two great French men-of-war to the Taps for the purpose of supporting the French demands, are clearly very imperfectly known to the Paris journals ; and in England we have not as yet any authoritative information on the subject. It is neessesry, therefore, to speak with caution and reserve ; more especially as it is stated that the Portuguese Government admit that in another controversy with the Cabinet of Paris—that about the French Sisters of Charity—they are not in the right Of course all oar sympathies in England are with our ancient, and, on the whole, well-behaved ally, Portugal, whom we are bound by treaty to defend against unjust attacks. Portugal has moreover turned over a new leaf on the subject of the African trade since the accession of Dom PEDRO ; Chiefly, no doubt, because by the complete abolition of the traffic in the empire of Brazil, the Portuguese slave dealers have for the last few years been de rived of what was their great market; bat to a large extent also in consequence of the sincere efforts of the Cabinet of Lisbon to convert their great and various posseesiotus on either coast of Africa to better and more useful porpoise than the exportation of human beings for sale. Substantially, t►erefore, Portugal has (by the preliminary policy of Brazil) been converted into an anti-slave-trade power ; and the traffic is at present confined in an open manner to the Spaniards and Americans, and indirectly to the French Government. This is an additional news why the British public should watch with interest, and the English Government afford all reasonable and proper support to, the Government of Portugal in its new career. The Portuguese colonies of Angola on the western onset, and in the Mozambique Channel on the eastern coast of Africa, have very great agricultural and mi neral resources, which only need adequate supplies of continuous labour to be brought to hear on their cul tivation and production. But if foreign states are to be permitted, against the wishes of the Portuguese Government, to resort thither for the purchase of African emigrants, then it is clear that the prosperity of those possessions will be interrupted and retarded, and that Africa will not have gained by the with drawal of the Portug'iese from the slave trade. The Cabinet of Lisbon has consequently adapted a wise, judicious, and perfectly defensible policy, in determining that no such emigration shall be carried Cu thence. It is perhaps one of the inconveniences of the long and intimate connexion of England with Portugal, el the many and great eerrieti England has rendered to that country, of the importance of the Tagus to England in a maritime point of view, and of the preservation of Iberian independence chiefly by English exertions, that they have rendered the pokey of France towards Portugal one of jealousy and aeniunvenees—oometimee even of ill-will. Under whatever Government, Frames never fails to treat Portugal with a certain amount of rigour and hau teur. When ;nations arise between the two coun tries, the Government of France is sure to asennie a peremptory and arrogant tone in the diocesan°. And more than once before the present ocearrence French ships of war have been prematurely and ortentatiously sant to support French diplomacy at Lisbon. Such demoturtrations are perhaps in reality intended rather for England than for Portugal; and they generally terminate by English advice to yield and give way. On the other hand, it is not to be denied that the Patna-mei Government 4 its discontinue with other countries (with England quite as much as with France) practises all those arts of delay, excuse, con tention, and insincerity, which are the true causes of half this world's quarrels. Mach, then, as we ar♦ inclined to sympathise generally, and in this par ticular case especially, with Portugal, and strongly as we object to the recent proceedings of France on the coasts of Africa, we must be much batter is formed of all the circumitanoes, and of the character sad details of the controversy, before we gratify our primary inclinations by pronouncing Portugal to be entirely right, and France indefensibly wrong. We certainly have not been slow or laggard in showing to the public on both sides of the Channel what the true character of the French scheme of African Emigration amounts to. It is in substance • Slave Trade, equally hart ful to Africa as Ow Slave Trade which Prance is still bound to co-operate with England is suppressing. Bat although quite as pernicious to Africa, it is not the lawless, piratical, brutalising African Slave Trade de salinised in oar treaties; and there lies tho great dif ficulty of the case. The French Government deny that it is a Slave Trade at all t and although we can incontestably show that to all intents and purposes it amounts to a trafficking in negroes and to pro moting slave hunts in Africa, and although our Government have addressed remonstrances against its motinuanos to the Cabinet of Paris, oar cruisers have neither instructions nor authority to mire on the high seas French vests 1s carrying them pur chased African emigrants to French colonies; and inimp THE EXPRESS, MONDAY hateful and detestable as the operation is, we would far rather leave its discontinalaos to the imlhnsos of truth, justice, and morality on the minds of the Emperor of the Fawn= and hts advisers, than witness any attempt at interference by ships of war, which would only aggravate the question, and sides the matter WOW.. We cannot have one policy for the United States, another for Franoe, a third for Brazil, nor go on adapting or modifying our policy to the strength and importance of the State to which we apply it. . _ Now that which England certainly would not have done to a French ship carrying these pur chased African emigrant' to Bourbon in charge of a functionary appointed by the French Government. the Portuguese authorities is the Mozambique Channel appear to have 4cais. Of douse the @sitars of a French ship engaged is a traffics in which it is announced the Exrzeoz takes a special interest. and which the French Government, by the proems 'of its agent, sanctioned, becomes a serious affair. We believe that there are no treaties between France and Portugal exchanging the right of search, 1 1 or giving to Portugal the right to arrest on the high sou French vessels carrying on even the direct slave trade. Indeed, it does not appear that the French ship in gentian was seized on the ground of Slave Trade; but because she either loaded her emigrants in an interdicted Portuguese port in the Mozambique waters, or had not the pro per papers from the Portuguese official'. It is, how ever, to be observed that there are constant disputes (our own Blue-books are full of them) with Portugal as to what ports belong to her in those waters, and that a large part of her agents in them have been Arabs long accustomed to the Slave Trade, and not native Portuguese. On thee. grounds again we must hesitate before coming to any decisive opinion in the matter. If Portugal seeks for the judgment of England, she must publish the whole case to the world, certain that here it will meet with the fairest consideration. On two points, however, no one need doubt ; one is, the utter incompatibility of this French project of African Emigration with humanity or with the obligation of France to co-operate with England for the suppression of the slave trade. And this quar rel with Portugal is only the beginning of a series of fraeas in which France will be involved if she persevere in the scheme. The other point is the obvious impropriety of threatening Portal* with violence in a dispute in which in all probability she is right. At the Conferences at Paris the French Govern ment assented to the principle of arbitration in such controversise suggested by the English Plenipoten tiary.. And yet here we have France, on the very first opportunity it has of giving effect to the prin ciple then adopted, resorting to ships of war instead of arbitration. It is a sorry sight. Tat: telegraph reports a signal vengeance taken by General STRAUBENZEE on the people of Namtow, He has sacked and burned the plus. Namtow was a town from which the colony of Hong Kong was accustomed to draw provisions. It was also a centre of malevolent agitation where the Bhunkum gentry were accustomed to devise means for intercepting or diverting oar supplies. The gun boat Starling was sent to the place apparently at the end of August, or the beginning of September, to distribute copies of a proclamation by the Governor of Hong Kong, informing the people of the conclusion of peace and warning them against a continuation of the pest annoyances. The proper authorities were net to be found, and five persons ventured to poet up copies of the document in the seaboard suburbs. The people seemed friendly, but a number of Chinese soldiers rushed down on our small party, and one of our men, a sailor, was killed, and another wounded. The people of Namtow, in their anxiety to excuse themselves, de clare that they were powerless in the hands of a pirate and hi band, who in the prevailing anarchy had established themselves there. General Sruesurssa doss not appear to have credited this defence, or, admitting its probability, did not recog nise it as a safficieut reason for declining the oppor tunity of making an example of the town where such an outrage was perpetrated, and the public was informed by the last mail that the expedition which was to avenge the crime had sailed, with what immediate result we now learn. The sea and land forces released from duty in the Peiho will soon be returning to the Canton river, when we may expect that the central difficulty in our relation, with China, that which the treaty of Tientsin leaves altogether untouched, will be vigo rously handled, with or without the co-operation of the Emperor of CHINA. TTIOLLIGENCX 1 • THE EMPRIIB norm AT CHALONS. The Empress of the French, accompanied by the . Countess de Rayneval, arrived on Saturday after noon at the Camp of Chalons. The Emperor, ao oompanied by Marshal Valliant, minister of war, the Duke of Malakoff, and a numerous staff, went to meet her Majesty at Mourmelon. On alighting from the train her Majesty, accompanied by one of the ladies of honour, entered an open car riage, and, with the Emperor riding on one aide of the carriage and Marshal Canrobert on the other, pro ceeded to the Imperial residence, the officers, sol diers, bands, and drums giving the usual salute, ac companied by ►oud cries of " Vivo l'Empereur ! Tire rlmperatrice ! Vire le Prince Imperial r The re treat was afterwards beaten by torchlight by all the buds of the camp united, and the whole line of the camp being illuminated by bivouac fires, the effect was very imposing. The grand field-day, which was held under the command of the Emperor, at the camp of Chalons on Saturday morning, was the close of the military ma mums of the season, and of the serious studies to which officers and soldiers have been closely applying themselves during the last three months. The remainder of the day was devoted to flees and amuse ments. At one o'clock the military nos took place. The race-ground was marked out opposite the Im perial head-quarters, and at one end a mound of turf had been raised, on which a tent was placed for the accommodation of' the Emperor, who proceeded to it on foot, accompanied by Marshals Vaillaut, Can robert, Due de Malakoff, the officers of the Imperial Household, and the foreign officers now on a gait at the camp. Six races, the riders being officers and sab-offi cers, came off, and afforded considerable delight to the thousands of spectators present. There was also a steeple-chase, in which the riders had some serious obstacles in their way, such se walla, hedges, and ditches. The winner of this race was an officer of the 2nd Humus. Immediately after the rams were over all the troops got ander arms to prepare for the reception of the Empress. Yesterday the Emperor, acoompanisd by the Empress, pulsed the troops in review. To-day their Majesties will arrive at Rheims. They will return to St. Cloud to-morrow (Tnesday). The Prussian Moniteur of Saturday pnbliahea the following decrees relative to the Regency : .. Rom ORDER cm TEE 7TH 0cr.,1858, conEwing° THE TRANSMISSION 07 THE REGENCY TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. "Daring the course of the malady which attacked me a year ago, your royal highness, replacing me in the exercise of power, has given me lively satis faction, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Bat, as by the will of God the state of my health still prevents me from devoting myself to the cares of government, and aa the physicians advise a winter journey in southern countries, I beg you, under these eirimmeteneee, to take upon your self the government until I am able to fulfil again the duties of royalty ; to exorcise in the quality of Regent the royal power, being solely respon sible to God, in the best and most conscientious way you can, and to take for this purpose the neomeary steps. " As to the affairs of my royal honeehold, I reserve to myself the direction of those which concern my own person. " FREDERICK WILLTA.M. " Barus.Souci, Oct. 7, 1856." " ORDER OP HIE ROYAL HIOHNESE THE PRINCE OP PRUSSIA CONCERNING HIE ACCEPTANCE OP THE REGENCY, AND THE CONVOCATION OP THE TWO CIIAMBIIIIB OP THE DIET. " According to the trnoar of his Majesty's order, dated the 7th of this month, the will of God pro longing the malady which prevents the Bing devo ting himself to government affairs, he invites me to take upon myself the Regency. In oonsequenoe of this invitation, and in virtue of the prescriptions of Article 58 of the Constitution of Jan. 31, 1850, I sesame, dating from this day, as the nearest male relative to the throne, the Regency of the country, directing the government in the name of the Ring, until his Majesty may be again ins state to exercise the royal power. " Conformably to Article 58 of the Constitution of the 81st January, 1860, 1 herewith convoke the two Chambers of the Diet for the 20th of October, and I charge the Minister of State to publish this order, together with the royal decree and " Wittiest, Prince of Prussia, " Regent. (Countersigned) " Vox MANTICREL, VON DI& HIUDT, SIMONS. VON RADIUM, VON BODILLIOCEICINOII,VON 3Luisow, COMTE WAL num, Funrwsu., VON ILiNTIOTFEL IL* THE AFRICAN MAILS. (at ILICTIIIe TBLZOLILIII.) (ram[ ova owa 0012111POWD11 PLYMOUTH. Jimmy. The Gambia, Royal African Mail steamer, Captain J. M. Delainotte, arrived tbia morning with mails and passengers. She lett Old Calabar August 27 ; Fernando Po, 31; Bonny, Sept. b; Cape Coast, II ; Liver* 17 ; Sierra Leone, 21 ; Gores, 26 ; Te neriffe, October 1 ; and Madeira, 3. Amongst her pemeugen are the master, mate, and engineer of the Malachi:), wrecked off Bonny ; Mr. F. A. Bailey, R.N.; Mr. IL H. Cook, Master, R.N.; Dr. Bryan, and Lieutenant Dobie, G.C.C. She brings 2,384 ounces of gold, 3,880 fr. specie, 414 puncheons of palm oil, camwood, ivory, arrow root, cochineal, and indigo. At Cuseroons and Old Calabar trade was dull, but the rivers healthy. The Myrmidon and two Spanish men-of-war were there. Lieut. Glover, R.N., reports that the Sunbeam is supposed to be ashore in the Baas, and that the kroomen have deserted her and taken the steamer's boats. The Conflict was at Lagos. The Governor of Aeorehad started on an expedi tion to Crobboe, to subdue the Ashantee chiefs, who had refused to pay the poll tax imposed by the governor. _ The Niger expedition steamer Rainbow had passed Ceps Coast Castle. Some troops had been sent to Sheebro from Sierra Leone, in the Spitfire, to put down a disturbance between the natives, but no definite results had been obtained. The captain and crew of the Anglo-Saxon, of Boston, United States, are lying at Bathurst, all dal of foyer. At Teneriffe great fear exists tram the appearance of the comet. ma Gambia passed the Ethiope near Santa Cruz. Irte Court. BALMORAL, OCT. 7. The Queen walked in the neighbourhood of the Carla. The Prince Consort watt oat deer stalking. The Coact of Flanders wet out deer stalking. The Count sad Conatess Persiguy hare armed co a visit to hr Majeety. OCT. 8. The Queen &els oat with the Frisco' Helena and Prism Arthur. The Preoe Consort, Prete Alfred, sad the Came of Fkeden .sae out shooting, sotocepeaded by Count Perim, Captain Bernell, sad Lieut.-Cokes' Peasouby. The Q Win gave a ban in the mew soo the serrates 'ad elite of the Carle set segtheseheed. Dupelobes was ma esinnlay tem the Colasial-olks to dm Governors of Ogles and Ems X. We understand that alter the 9th of November nut, the Prime se Welds ink birthday, Mr. F. W. Gibbs, C. 8., will rale him the Aka of teMr is Ws Royal High ness, which he has held Mace Fehmary 1862, sad that Calomel the His. RAM lines will be appointed Governor to hie Royal Einar. The Rev. C. Tenet will sot u Chaplain and Director of the Prlase'a Mediu The future Equerries to his la* Higbee's will probably be appointed at the aatas time. We understeed that they ere Major Lindley, Soma Fusilier Outdo ; Major Teesdale, C. 8., Royal Artillery; and Captain 0. Guy, Rhle Brio& ; mad, as Rates Equerry, Lord Valletart. The Right lion. Lard Stanley, Secretary for Inas, arrived at Douglas's Heal, Nallaborsit, on Friday, hem the meth, mod we to he= at detordey stoning for BelseoreL Genera Peel, tieeretary at War, arrived at Desiiiirs 11•61. IdMrg►, ea Friday, from Balmoral. Hie Hinson Prime Lieven hoe left Claridge's Hotel he Odin& ea roots to Visas. The Moniticases of Waterford has arrived at ClarAria Hoag from Feed Castle, N.B. The Countess of &afield and Major Massey have arrive:lst t ► . at. Oexp's Lord aad Lady Algernon St. Maw have arrived et the St. deoegieliceel. Admiral Sir John Wait aad family Lan arrived 4 their reilatosjs Batas-eques, kern the Condone. . . Lord and Lady John Russell, with their two deadheete, arie dome of Mr. William Brown, M.P., at his atesettea, Rkheead•hiB, LiverpooL They arrived on Ba. Saida, aftersom and yesartisi morning attended divine service at the Meted tie the Blind. Hu Grace the Aka of Wellington again indulges tar pane with as dew of Ifs title peewee, veer, end sets et Sete to Apelet-beese. Curie are to be obtained at Mews. liltabelrs, Old &ad-street. G, OCTOBER 11, 1858. .:.-- lIXPRESS FROM PARIS. Pzow orx owx PARIS, SyNDAT EYINITO. THE DISPUTE BETWEEN FRANCE AND PORTUGAL. Intelligent* has been received that immediately on the arrival of the Austerlitz and Donawerth before Lisbon, which event, as stated in my letter of yesterday, occurred on Sept. 3, Admiral Leveed convened a council on board the latter vessel, which was attended by the Marquis de Lisle, the French Minister, the captains of the three French ships stationed in the Tagus, and the captain of the Charles Georges. The Nord of Brussels, while echoing the general impression that the matter is likely to be arranged, says that the French govern ment is resolved to brook no delay, and that Admiral Invaud has orders in certain contingencies to bring away the Charles Georges and the French Ambas sador and his suite at the same time. The Paris Pros.a of this evening, less fero cious, says it " knows" that the French Admiral has received no other mission than to take on board M. de Lisle, in case Portugal should refuse the satis faction which France asks for. The cabinet of Lisboa, this journal adds, has offered to submit the difficulty to the arbitration of a third power, but this proposal has not been accepted by the French government. I should not be surprised if this paragraph in the Praise should turn out to be a cor rect index to the present state of this very awkward business. When the rash step of sending the two French men-of-war was determined upon, it was expected that France would carry the matter with a high hand. Now the consciousness of being in the wrong box is gradually becoming strong in the French foreign office. Count Walewaki, imme diately on has return to Paris from Etiollee yesterday, had an interview with the Portuguese minister,which I have good reason to believe was not satisfactory. The argumentative article raising an infinity of questions, which appeared in the Pays, was, I have scarcely any doubt, a 000 sequence of what passed at this interview. New, as it won't do to send two ships of the line to Lisbon without any result what ever, and as war is out of the question, nothing is more likely than that if Portugal should not yield the ships may simply come away with the ambassa dor, and then all the rumours of their having been sent to make a hostile demonstration will be contra dieted. We know by many modern instances that a mere diplomatic rupture is not a very serious affair—indeed often little more than a matter of form, not altering substantially the pre-existing relations between two countries. Whatever may ultimately be decided Sa regard to the international law which should regulate this question, the arguments urged and the facts ad mitted by the official advocates of the French govern ment go further perhaps than any others hitherto made public to prove that the thing which we are told Louis Napoleon will not suffer to be called anything elsethan the " immigration of free blacks," is in reality the slave trade. It is admitted by the Coltstittstionnet that there were on board of the Charles Georges when it was seited by the Portu guese authorities " things (objets) which the decree of December 10, 1836, considered as indications of traffic in slaves." But it is apologetically urged, " these things are as uwful for ships transporting free labourers." Is not this argument, coupled with all that we know, fearfully suggestive of the fact that the condition on board ship of the " free labourers " cannot differ ma terially from that of slaves ? It is urged against the position now taken by the Portuguese government, that the following circular, issued by the governor general of Mozambique on December 19, 1857, con clusively admitted that the French system of trans porting negroes to the colonies is different from the slave trade : There have lately arrived in ports of tb , s procaine some French ships coming from the Isle of Reunioa, tarnished with regular papers, and 'lariat cm board a delegate of the French administration, with written instructions as to the course tube pursued after tbehiring of the Degrees, meditating forth that the said ships are authorised by their government to recruit colonists and take than to the said island, in con formity with the law of the French empire of 1852, which governs this matter. It may happen that ships so legally authorisrd may teach at some port in your district to proceed to recruit and embark whitest& In such a ease these easels may ohm have on board articles which the decree of December 10, 1836, ccesiders es indications of traffic 4 1 slang. From en inconsiderete application of the provisions of that decree to vessels circumstanced as above, merlons em bereavement might result, fur it might be that such vessels had no other object than te.plui on board their colonists se cording to written instructions 10•111 the French administra tion, and witA the mints came, of as Portuguese seethe- I call especial attention to the words underlined in the above document, brought forward in justifi cation of the French proceedings, because it is now admitted on all hands that the Charles Georges had not any papers from the Portuguese authorities, but merely from the black chief or sheik who had, in fact, purveyed the negroes for the French captain. I subjoin a copy of the "free contract" under which most of the negroea found on board the Charles Georges ware carried away : It is agreed and understood that you hire yourself far be years to go to the Isle of Bourbon in the ship ---, Captain . You are hired at the rate of two piastres per month during the whole period alpine engagement. A. loon as the engagement shall be terminated, you will be free, ether to remain in Bombes, or to vetoes to year country. The present contrast le made and pared at the court of the Sheik of the Medium tribe, In the presence of the Sheik Ali, of the agents All Kent°, Sidi-Sidi, the inter preter of the ship, and the cepa* and Mem& by vitalism in the presence of the above-hired labourers, after having Leven read by the interpreter. ' This is the contract under which negro lads of 13 and 14 years of age were taken away from Porte gums territory, and the French government pretends that the fact of a delegate of the Minister of Marine —in fact, a governmeet clerk from the Isle of Reunion—being on board is &conclusive justification of each proceeding, and a fact which must protect the French flag in all waters from any let, hindrance, or inquiry. Truly this is a bad case. PARIS, SATCRDAT IVIXTRO. There is a very general belief that the Portu guese difficulty will shortly be settled, but I cannot trace It to anything more substantial than the con , tident opinion of the French journals that France is altogether in the right, and that Portugal must ' give way. The language of the government prints on the subject is extremely arrogant. I learn by telegraph that the Donawerth aad Austerlitz actually arrived in the Tagus on Sept. 3. The Emperor has made a present to the Empree's mother, Madame de Montijo, of the splendid AM, non in the Champs Elyeeee, bought of the Marquis de Lauristoe. The value of this property. greatly augmented by improvements, is now not leas than four millions of franca. The marriage of the Duke of Malakoff is &dal dwelt, fixed to take plum in the Imperial Chapel of St. Cloud on Tuesday next, at lalf-past nine iu the evening. Their Mamaties will therefore attend the ceremony on the very day of their return from Rheims. It is said that the Doke, with his bride, will leave Paris immediately after the marriage by a night traM for Dieppe, and that they will embark for England from that port the next day. By • decree in the Mositeur the exemption from navigation does granted until the 30th ult., by varionidecrees, to ?easels b r i ng i ng cargoes of oorn, flour, ries, potatoes, and poles, is extended to the 30th September, 1859. This is a complement to the decree, which appeared the other day, prolong ing for a like period the suspen s i on o f the sliding scale. The Bourse opened with animation, but became heavy at the close. The Route for account fell 10c., closing at 73.70. Mobilier fell 11.25. There was but little change in railways. SPAIN. MADRID, Ocr. 9. The progreasists of Saragossa have chosen an elec toral committee favourable to the government. A powder magazine has exploded at Barcelona, and wounded several people. THE UNITED STATER. (lIT IZMIR AND rums xaomerro rsz.seasrn.) (PROs OUR OWN OORRISPONDRNI..) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The steamer Vigo, from New York, 26th Sept., arrived this morning. She brings 147 passengers and 406,531 dollars in specie. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The royal mail steam ship Persia, Captain Judkins, which sailed from New York on the 29th ultimo, ar rived here at an early hour this morning, bringing 171 passengers and 853,438 dollars in specie. The screw steam ship Prince Albert, from Galway, arrived out at Halifax on the 28th ultimo. On the 17th she broke two of the flanges of her screw, and proceeded under canvas the remainder of the voyage. On the 22nd she encountered a terrific hurricane, and lost some of her sails and a life-beat. The screw steam ship City of Washington, hence, arrived st New York on the 28th ultimo. Yellow fever oontinued its ravages in New Orleans. The deaths for the week numbered 446. A Boston telegram of the 28th says : " Captain Townsend, of the slave brig Echo, after a further examination this morning, was remanded for a further hearing before the United States Circuit Court, which meets Oct. 15, when the question of jurisdiction will be argued. He was also admitted to bail in 5,000 dole. on a complaint of misdemeanour, under an act of 1818, preferred by the district attorney." The steam ship Moses Taylor had arrived at New York, bringing the Californian and Pacific mails and 1,570,924 dole. in treasure. The news from San Francisco is to the 6th ult. The receipts of mer chandise during the previous fortnight had been quite scanty, and in consequence the amount of trade was by no means important. The gold ahipmeets for the month of August by steamers were 3,826,624 dollars against 3,623,834 dollars in August, 1857, and 3,880,263 dollars in the same month of 1856. The receipts of gold during the two weeks preced ing the 6th of September had fallen off considerably, while the promised supplies from Fraser River had not yet made their appearance. The late election in California resulted in the success of the candi dates of the administration wing of the democratic George Penn Johnston, Clerk of the Circuit Court, editor of the National, and an administration demo crat, fought a desperate duel on Angel Island on the 21st of August with W. J. Ferguson, state senator, from Sacramento, and anti-Lecompton democrat. They exchanged four shots ; and on the last fire, Ferguson had his thigh broken. The accounts from the gold fields on Fraser River are very encouraging. The miners are baldly em ployed, and gathering from five to fifty dollars worth of dust per day. The Indians were somewhat troublesome, and several white persons had been killed by them. The governor had sent an agent among the savages, who had patched up a sort of truce, but apprehensions prevailed that the Indians contemplated a general uprising against the intrusive miners. The Governor of the British possessions, though even*, to the outrages committed by the Indians, is altogether opposed to the American settlers assuming the right to ctiastise their foes whenever they deem the provocation sufficient to justify their so doing. ANOTHER MIRACLE!—It is recounted that a deaf and dumb lad of 16, a native of Saint-Briao, near Dimon in Brittany, has man the Virgin, who appeared to him blazing In beauty and surrounded by stare. The celestial visitor opened the conversation by asking his age, to which Inquiry be replied, " I don't know." Bbe then told him, and pro. , oseded to recount the whole history of his life, and a variety of other circumstances within his knowledge; she concluded by saying, "Hereafter you shall speak like any other person ; meet ma again to-morrow night, and I will tell you some wonderful things." The boy came faithful to the tryst, and the Virgin then pointed out to him three mysterious bitters in the tail of the comet, and explained that they trymbass prophecies of events to come. He la not, however, at liberty to make known the things that were told him until the ex piration of a year from the date of the vision. The boy now speak* and bean perfectly weIL Such is the story, which, according to the Union Malouine et Annanaise, the natives of the village of Saint-Brian are reedy to prove upon the hide of any antra% _ _ M. Thierry, the historian, is (Raying in the French province of Putrid, engaged fa colliding matersof for a new work. DI. Adams, the ecalptor, is engaged upon a btuit of the Empires Ettgeele. " The season," says Galignani, " is bringing back to nitie the leading actors who have been ors aemsl.—At the Francais, we have had Le rotas d • Pierre, baleen beak Bressant in the pliant Don, and Ls Me fait Amer, with Regain, In perhaps Ms best part.—At the Vairdevilie, we ham L4B Lammas Pearce*, for the retina et Weil—and at the Lyrique they have reprodttoed Weber's 11-seieee ; and a host of mtutioal novelties are promised at this theatre. Mos. Oriel will appear much earlier at the loathes this season then she has of late years. She is to appear in VerdEs Meebetto. Mr. Harris, stage director of Covent-garden Opera, is en gaged by M. Gelrado to superintend the bringing ont of this On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the Uquillatore of t►e District Bank, Newcestireat-Tyns, paid the first &tithed of be. in the pound to the depositors in the bank. The OW dividend would =mount to about hell • million. The persist waa made is time new Town Hall. The Chlecionian Mercury believes that there will hardly be, on the part of the Scottish public, a wool opinion as to the propriety and neoassiiy deigning to account the deputy-governor and damson of the Weenies Bank. "In the light of the shocking revelations which we have made during the greater part of this week, and which we conclude to-day, it Ii difficult to believe that they would sot be held hills to each and every shareholder who purchased sabeeiment to the nate of their molted belanas-ahrila, and relied on the boots fide character of their dividends of 8 and 9 per cent." The latest reports made with reference to the health of the Bishop of Norwich stake that It cmatkaass gradually to improve. His lordship has ands armagements for holding a confirmation at Norwich on the 26th last. The Rev. H. S. Fagan, head wader of the Grammar School, Market Bosworth, and late Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, has been elected by the cliailty trustees to the head mastership of King 'Mead Vl.'s Grammar School, Bath, to which is annexed the rectory of Charloom* near that city, vsoutt by the death of the Bev. A. J. Madras. Ihe two appointments ere worth abort 1,0001. per annum. The Rev. William Burton Criokmer, MA., of St. Edrausd's Hall, Oxford, =rate of fk. Maryblboas, has been appointed a mensonary chapisia LS the geiddeide Brat& Columbia. THE REV. ALFRED POOLE.—The NM Alfred Poole, whale opinions oa the ash*t of the eeedeedeed have lately made hie name familiar to the public, has ben ap pointed to a meetership in the Grammer School at Hazlett, Hew:. A few days mot, when the two. wee occupying the reading desk at evening carrier in the church, • lad cane to the do•r and dung • atone at him, but the mirile fell on the organ blower. The polies were called in, but the urchin had made E. NAVAL AND MILITARY. CHATHAM, Ocv. 10. DEPARTURE OP THE Ex P XDMOX TO Barrie H Cot.cy PIA. —The last of the detaclunente of the Royal Engineers that have been for some time awaiting orders to embark for British Columbia, ) left head -quarters, Brampton berracks, on Saturday afternoon, and ,preeo a d oc t t o Gravesend, where they embarked ea board tha Thames City, 1,600 tam. The expedition consist. of Coloael R. C. Moody, in commend, Captain J. M. Grant, Captain R. M. Persona, Captain H. R. Luard, Lieutenant Lereprien, Lieutenant H. S. Palmer, and about 160 non commiasioned °Mars and man. Captain Grant and Captain Parsons have each proceeded to Brinsh Columbia, In dr of separate detachments. An i mmense quantity of steam a i rs Osten out by the Royal Engineers, including steam engines, railroads, printing presses, photographic apparatus, an elec tric telegraph, &c., besides a large assortment of every kind of implements and tools used in mapping and mining. Most at the Royal Engineers who have volunteered to go out with the expedidea have served in the Crimea, and the whole have been selected from the strongest end most ?Obits' nun among the Sappers and Miners. PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 9. Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred on board the Stork, gunboat end tender to the Excellent, while =iin experimental gun practice on the broadside of the target ship, In Portsmouth harbour. A series of expe riments have of late been made by the officers of the gunnery ship on a new 95 cwt. gun, constructed on the rifle principle. These experiments were resumed yesterday afternoon, and upon,bedng discharged the gun buret immediately outside the horns. The fore and main masts were carried away, and the woodwork on the upper deck and funnel considerably injure; by the fragments of the metal. Owing to the precautionary measures which had been adopted, however, no personal in jury was sustained. The Termagant, 25, stagy frigate, went ant of harbour to Prove her engines yeeterday. The Hampshire militia artillery has been embodied for permanent service, and will remain for the present at Oce- Part. Gao Ships et ftitheed : Argos (English), and ThetisThetis and n DEATH OF LORD CHARLES WELLEBLEF. We regret to announce the death of Lord Charles Wellesley, brother end heir presumptive of the Duke of Wellington, which took place at an early hour on Saturday morning at Conholt-park, Wilts. Ilia lordship had for some mouths put been in declining health. The Duke of Welling• ton came from his seat in Norfolk, to attend on his brother. and sou with him at his dissolution. Lord Chance Weller ley was the youngest of the two sonnet the late illustrious Duke of Wellington, and was born Jan. 16, 1808, at the thief sear tary's lodge, Pheenix-park Dublin. The demised entered the army in June, 1824, and remained until he obtained the regi mental rank of major, when he went on half-pay foe three years. He accompanied hie regiment, the 15th Foot, to Canada, on the outbreak of the rebellion. He returned in 1840, in command as lientanant-roloncl of that corps, from which he retired in March, 1845. His lordship woe for several years in the Hones of Commons, having represented South Hants from August, 1842, to July, 1832. At the general election that year he woe elected for Windsor, in conjunction with Mr. C. W. Orenfell. In February, the following year, he resigned from inability, owing to loss of sight, to attend to his perliamen. tary dudes. In politica his lordship was what is termed a liberal conservative," voted for free trade, and all the great progressive measures of the late Sir Robert Peel. During the administration of that eminent statesman he held the upointment of chief equerry and clerk marshal to bee Mejnity, which he resigned in July, 1846. Lord Charles accompanied the Earl of Wilton's special mission to Dresden in September, 1842, to Invest the late King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter. He married July 9 1844, Anita* Sophia Anne, only daughter and heiress of the late Right Has. Henry H. Pierrepont, by whom, who survive his lordship, he has left issue four children, two sons and two daughters, His commissions In the army bur date as follows : Ensign, Jan 16, 1824 ; lieutenant, Nov. 2, 1828 ; captain, Feb. 28, 1830; major, Sept. 8, 1831; lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 29, 1837; colonel, Nov. 11, 18.51; and major-general, Dec. 8, 1856. The deceased nobleman was for a parted sidieds. ramp to the late Field Hershel Viscount Hardhige. LENGTHENING AN IRON STEAMER.-011 Saturday afternoon the screw steamer Colombo, belonging to the Pe ninsular and Oriental Company, was "drawn oat" 38 Lust amidships, for the purposed being lengthened to that ex tent. She will then be 318 feet long, and her asperity be 2,200 tons. She is also to be supplied wit► new boilers end s new screw. SHOCKING BRETALITY ON BOARD COOLIE SHIPS. —The British steamer Cleopatra arrived at Singapore, trim Amoy, bound to Havana, on 24th June, with 440 000lim on board. Upwards of 40 had died on the mirage, and 20 had jumped overboard at Singapore. where the ship Wilde. Mined for want of a crew, who had left in oonaequaoteef their time having expired. The British ship T Nouns, from Hong Hong, arrived at Havana or 2 t April, after a pimento/91 days, with 260 coolies., 143 having died on the passage. The Spanish ship Julian de tootioto, Adam, arrived at Havana the same day, after a purge of 118 days with 267 coolies, 117havieg died on the pe erage. North Chine 'Jerold, June 24. SEAMEN'S WAGES IN NORTH-BAST POILTIL—A. few crews of ships have left their mends at Shields and Su. derland in consequence of the refusal of OWIllit! to 'vs em men men the 10a. per voyage increase in wag claimed for the winter seamen. But there seems to be no of any serious interruption in the trade of the poet from cause for nine vessels bad sailed on Saturday whose ONE were ' paid the advanced rate, and on Monday and Tura, 17 crime signed articles for the same wages. The amiewity of owners, therefore, have conceded the men's deeds. I. the small porta no difficulty whatever on the wages quarks hes srtema—Sunderland Tfine.. _ BONNETS OR NO BONNETS.—As there exists, nor tonally enough, considerable anxiety among the ladies of Liverpool concerning the important question—what they are to wear at the evening meetings in connexion with the Na tional Anocistion, we will endeavour to enlighten our readers. As precedent in such instant holds pretty nearly unlimited sway, it may be useful to our fair townswomen to give then an Idea of bow their Birmingham neighbours appeared on similar occasions last year, though we hers no - doubt they will be animated with a laudable ambition to outshine them. At the opening meeting, on Monday evening, ladies, follow ing the precedent of Birmingham, may appear either in bon nets or without bonnets, as it exits their mete end conveal ence. though, if they consult the former ' they will doubting think it a fair opportunity of displaying their charms to the best advantage, and, at the same time, of adorning eer noble ball with the elegant varieties of evening costume. There is, of course, on such a serious point of a sea !important branch of social science., something to be said as both sides, and thou who choose to walk, for the sake cd exercise or economy, and to sit In cloaks and bonnets to avoid the risk of catching onld—for which course of edits they would, no doubt, find sufficient epproval were the sub jects disci:used under their appropriate departments of public health and social economy—me at perfect liberty to do so. But with regard to the soiree, we can smuts oar fair readers that there was not a bonnet to be seen at 811. mingham on the like occasion. The ladies were attired he their usual fairy-like evening attire—ronalina and dike, white end pink and blue, with wreaths and other etceteras of which we canna be expected to know the names ; bet la the brilliantly-lighted half they looked uncommosly like a richly variegated Rower bed. We are Informed that cloth moms will be provided on both aides of the building for thou who desire to make use of them on Monday evening, van bonnets and no bonnets may mingle on equal twins, and ts Thursday and Friday for all, as no bonnets will he the rule on those evening", without exception.—Lioerpsof .41hias. THE SUNDAY QUESTION IN SCOTLAND,-01 Friday deputations from the Established sad Free Pgek tales of Edinburgi , the former consisting of Dr.. 1114 Nisbet, Hunter, 'Patient., and Veitch; and the Weer the Rev. Sir H. W. Materiel, Are. Begg Candlish, sal Clam, and the Rev. Mr. Davidson, waited on the Lad Provost and magistrates to call their attention to the "gnat and hicrenting' amount of petty trading carried on in tan city on the B•bbath. A lengthy conversation took plea M the 'abject, In the coons of which a question was raised n to the patties shoos duty It was to prosecute in oases Sunday trading. As considereble uncertainty prevailed a this point, it was Maeed that the magistrate' skald take the opinion of c oon the matter. CURIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—OR Thursday morning, as the five o'clock train was proceeding from j distend to Newcastle, the fireman dropped his poker toot the engine while going at a rapid pace between the Moak* wsarmouth and Cleadon stations. The poker cams blew tact with the wheel. and axle., and was forced through ter bottom of the third-class carriage adjoining the tmatier. lid lights were in the carriage, and the pueetimire were edema greatly alarmed, but, fortunately, rat one wall: arriving at the Cle.don station the disaster was re •• the train proceeded without further accident. notes. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN SKELETON.—Oa Batt` day moralism ss some workmen were employed 4= en old fence between the pariah ground and Bel in the Southwark -bridge-road, they dammed •WO skeleton, almost entire, lying about six inches under the face. It appeared to have be= buried for many yams tad some of the bones onfrobbd to pieces upon twang tesrhoL The skeleton Is that of a man, and, from a fruiters fa i ekall, it is enplaned that he moat have been murdered. 'Thi remains have hem removed preparatory to an buluilliii° 4 bald. CENTENARY OF SITE BIRTHDAY OF ROW3f 80,/18.—The Edinburgh Burns Club are maldeg srnsr meats to have a great public dinner in Edinburgh 0 centenary of the poet's birthday, and a number o to f row eminent in literature and art have already wad pp" ant on the exerion. THE LATE MURD/RODS ASSAULT NEAR iir i f; —B.rsh Hare, the young women who was a eal wounded by her sweetheart, William Whitheod, MO ter Jealousy, as they were walking together or Ino at AnTG, : rresia n o uttir:S ti "Crib. Otrate, ":ls7l94 Pe ..I°4ll:ll4C,44idag3o:ll""thalmila;:total."6"".—"ltn2admilNieetif%torStad."lll p a ym ent, ll:i ed eT5l77b e1Y4.671161"11.d7by also a pp and • el. shop wa He also kites ': c Army sr meeting ervics, Bald. I The I Yr. Whi te the oil Campbell dace ha I wards of - tHE kelLap =l= Tr —th g er no loner whole ow can effort , Cardinal many oth limbed, It &ripens. 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