The Express. — London, England, 1858-10-14 00:00:00

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DTING VO a LOVIL—AM TEO 1/1/1/011AST erllo/1. sal Yr% C Las.—Oommain /. I.I7OSUM. lino ifrlllllPO, MITILSOIMIL Wan Vimikalimf. Bstm =IW lams nom ; Um A. ama-TM tonal lan. -AMiliain.o7ls SAT UM. nessra Lem Sam ; Alla IL Ml. HIGH Wit= AT LONDON IBILIDGIL tb. 06.1941. Two palmy—Kauai. LONDON. THURSDAY, OCT. 14. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A SPECIAL EDITION of the " REPRESS," eantaining the results of the day's Reese, is pub lished every evening daring the Sporting Season, at Eta o'clock. LORD BROLIOTLAX has just delivered an excellent adduce on a most important subject—popular, or more strictly speaking penny, literature. The address, which we printed yesterday, is another among the many proofs we have recently had of the surprising freshness and vigour, both bodily and mental, of this literary and political veteran. Few young men could have delivered an address more energetic and essentially youthful in its style and character. There is a daring in the tone, a genuine patriotism in the spirit, a popular breadth as well as novelty in the views, which remind us of Hume Baciesmun, the popular idol of five-and-thirty years ago. We were recently tempted to ask " Whether there would never be any more young " Whigs," and the experience of the last few days confirms the propriety of the question, and suggests an ad interim reply. The only young Whigs now are the old ones. During the present week oar oldest politicians are devoting themselves with youthful ardour to elucilats the youngest of all wieners social scienoe ; and to discuss the most perplexing, but at the same time the most hopeful, of all problems—those connected with the material and moral welfare of the people. On Monday, Lord Jonte Roseau. gave an excellent conspectus of thus problems, interspersed with instructive hints u to the direction in which the true solutions meat be looked for. He was followed on Tuesday morning by his old colleague, Lord BROUGHAM, who, as we have said, betook himself to his favourite subject, the elevation of the people by the infusien of knowledge—in a word, popular education by means of popular literature. The address occupied more than an hour in the delivery, and was listened to throughout with the greatest interest and atten tion. It must have been no small physical effort for a man put eighty to excite and keep up the atten tion of a crowded audience in a large hall like St. George's, Liverpool, for mush a length of time. But this is not the only, or by any mesas the most remarkable, feature of Lord BROVOHAM'S perform ance. The mental vigour displayed in the address is far more surpriaing than the bodily strength its delivery involved. This is NOG not so much in the general ability and eloquence of the addreee, though them are great, as in the novelty of its point of view, the advanced position which the noble lord has reached on the question of popular education. The new views are far broader and more catholic than the old.: loriKißaocionam no longer assumes the position of patron in sedation to the people by seeking to guide their studies into a single channel, to develop their intelligence by a single agency— the diffusion of what II arbitrarily termed useful knowledge. lie is willing that they should be educated in their own way, by agencies suited to their special and varied requirements ; by entertain ing as well as useful knowledge, by works of fin bon and stories from life, as well as by mechanical outlines and scientific dialogues. Instead of the old watchword, "The schoolmaster is abroad," we have 1 the new and significant one, "The peony periodi " cal is published." The founder of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge is one of the first to come forward and publicly recognise the educa tional value of such publications as the Family 'Jerald and the London Journal. This is an advance which we could scarcely have expected from such a quarter. Laudalor temporio acti is a maxim which experience has affixed to grey hairs ; but Lord BROCOLUX, NI the champion of program, comes for ward in his old age, not only to celebrate the most recent popular publications, but to defend them against the reactionary and retrogressive criticism of younger men. He has investigated this cheap popular literature, which is so mach decried, hu endeavoured to ascertain for himself its real charac ter, and estimate its probable influence; and his judgment is on the whole decidedly a favourable one. It is not by any means so poor and worthless as it is commonly reported and believed to be. So far from having a demoralising tendency, its influence is altogether the other way, being for the most part not only innocent, but elevating. The effect of these penny serials, both negative and positive, has been, in fact, of a highly beneficial kind. They have driven from the field a number of low publica tions, scandalous in their morel tone, destructive in their political tendencies, and openly profane in their references to religion. And they have created • largo class of readers, and inspired numbers with • taste for reading and a desire for self-improvement which they would never have otherwise possessed. We quite agree with Lord BIOVOHAW3 estimate of the educational value of this °beep penny litera ture. The Family Harald and London Jour nal, it is true, are not by any means per fect model periodicals. The proportions of the useful and entertaining are not balanced on any nice calculation of probable moral results. The tender and tragic scenes in the early pages of each namber are not carefully weighed against a definite moiety of mathematical problems towards the end. The stories sot infrequently abound with strong situations and startling effects, an d have altogether a considerable dash of the cloak and-dagger element in them. But in the main it will be found by those who care to investigate, that MIIIIIM THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1858. even the most extreme hare their redeeming quail ties—some genuine strokes of nature, a vein of honest human sympathy, however exaggerated, and some sketches from actual life. Three cheap jour nals act educationally in a twofold way—as a 'time las and an instrument. The popularity they enjoy 'tin up many a poorly educated youth to perfect himself in the art of reading, who but hr some sash stimulus would probably have never taken any tremble about the matter ; and having acquired the main instrument of self-education, he finds in these journals, in addition to the stories that first attracted Ws, extracts from works of travel and adventure, biographical and historical sketches, and brief but lucid descriptions of mechanical processes, new in ventions, and scientific discoveries, so that if beside his love of amusement he haus real thirst for know ledge, he will soon be on the road to higher things. Then, too, with regard to the great mass of readers who never get beyond a perusal of the journal, many, perhaps, never beyond a perusal of its lighter pages, the influence of these periodicals is relatively good. The scanty leisure of such readers, instead of being spent as heretofore is haunts of dissipation, in low gambling and cheap vice, if not in courses absolutely criminal, is occupied with a mental exercise which, if it does no more, pleasurably excites the imagination and tends to purify the heart. And the pleasures of imagination, if not so refined as those of the intellect, are, as ADDISON WIN us in • well-known passage, " not so gross as those of " seam." It would be aseless for to to attempt to follow Lord 11110130111.11 through the whole of his very sensible address. We have fixed upon that part which seems to us most striking, as indicating an advance in the speaker's views of popular literature. He still refers with natural partiality, with something of parental pride indeed, to the publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know ledge. And there is good ground for such reference. These publications were admirable in their way, but they were too limited in their scope, too ene-vided in their object, to meet the requirements of a really popular literature. The cheap periodicals have helped to supply what was wanting. This sew class of journals added to the old gives something of the needed breadth and variety to the people's literature, and places within the reach of all, means of self-entertainment and self-improvement fitted to the special capacities and requirements of earth. gbt court. BLLMOBAL. Oar. 11. The Q.N, Prince Alfred, and Primes. Haloes, Wooded by dr Has. NW Stopford, drove br Me Praise Cowart mat out deer ebaki. 1.0211011 OP ras DUKE OP 1.41.411077. (Fl yedaday's Menitew) The (civil) loarriege of hie Exoellency the Duke of Malakoff with Matkotekelle Valera de la Panicles vati celebrated Ms day (Teseday), at Are o'clock, by M. Frottie, the mayor °ldol* sereedimencrit, at his 'tibial residence, Zee d'Anjon-Sidat-Heserd. Their Excellencies the Count Walsyski, Minislerd Pendia Afars, and Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, were the Di*, of tialakoffs vitamins; his Excellency M. Yould, Minister of State and ef the Ilacerer's household, awl the Marquis of Casa Nara, were the whams of Madsmehelle deli Paniega. Among those that were pmt en shisesed all the ministers, ereatots, general more, ends hags mbar el aotsbilities. _ The meerioge of his Exec Honey Marshal PekWier, Doke of Medakoff, with Madimoinsibe Sofia Valera de la Pseiblea, was celebrated this ems* in the chapel of the Palace of St. Cloud, in the promos of ark Majesties the Emperor and Emma, of his Im perial Stemma Priam Jerome, his Imperial Tilghman Primo Napoleon, bee Imperial Highness the Primers Me WWy their Hight:miss the Prins.* sod Primmer Loden sad Josehine Murat, end a numerous mil brilliant sommbly, eaosistiag of the grand digninuies deb., fits* of the mi sieems, nesrahale, groat officers of the Crows, of the officers sod Who of the households of their Yejseties sad at their LIMY Highnesses. The mold bemedktios was bestowed os the illustrious risk by his Orsetneas Mosesigswer the Blehop of Nancy, first almoner. After the religions ceremony, all who had been invited sesenabled in the saloons of their Hojestaes to atter their oongratelations to the newly-married nape. QUEIN.—We understand that her Majesty sad the court will leave Balmoral as Monday bet, arriving In Edinburgh in the evening, end proessalag to London tut morning.—Seeteonon. The Court did not attend Crathie church on eitailay. The weather wee bed. The Rev. Mr. Anderson Pied• - His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Deems et Malakoff are kapadad at Albert-gate Homo to day tram Pam Hie Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Laredio Warn to town to -farrow. His Ertl- Miry has re...A through Paris, where he wired at the irertage of the Duke of Malakoff, and officiated as or of the elieriag rumour. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands haslet Beghton on a visit to Mt. and lady Catharine Ilinetio, at Tinsels Park Barkabins. . - His Exoellency the Bavarian Minister and the Ikeroaree de Cetto have retorted to town from Brigham. The Duke of Beaufort come* to town to-day from Newmarket. The Earl and Conutem of Durham are shortly 'linnets' in town, from Lunbton Coot* Darharn. - . . _ The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived at Claridges Hotel. from Cobham Hats , near Gravesend. Vieweat Pevenaey, M.P., has left Sheffield Park, SWUM, for the Continent. Lord and Lady Foley will shortly leave Worksop Manor for the Cositiesst. Lord and Lady Ebury have left Moor Park for Parts. Lady Rolle has left Bieton Park on a tour of . Bir John Bligh, 8.C.8., led Mies Bligh have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Enbrook, Seeders. The Dublin Mail announces that Colonel Wood, arbor appointment r anseessor to Sir Donor Warmer me meetly made known, bee reigsed. Nothing 1m yet bra determined as to the person wbo Is to sword lim. TM saignallon ot Colmar,' Wood, Indeed, was quite mexpeoted by the government. A letter from Rheims describing the ball at the Hoed de Ville than on Moeday evening, says:—"The Issestor dewed with Sicilia. WrlE , and the Empress with 3L Wilk, the mayor of the city. The young lady who wag the Emperor"' porter seamed much overcome and acerody able to speak, but his Majesty's Wad rummer soon put ber et ens, and towards the red of the quadrille she was talking away as gaily as possible. As for her Majesty, she was, as meal, most gracious. She had a most lovely toilette, and were a did® of diamonds sad a realms et large pearls. Sr dress was of white tulle, the jape being covered with a met of embroidery that was perfectly beautiful." - _ _ In the Sydney Leg i slative Council, recently, it epee stated by the Solicitor-General that the telegraph be tween Sydney and Albwry would be completed by the vary we et October (the present month) when the three colonies el New South Walw, Victoria, and South Australia will be lamb! into immediate communication with each ether. _ . _ . Mr. 0. V. Brooks was playing before crowded audisaoss at the Prime of Wales Theatre. Sydney, to the mead Wilk of August last Mims Emma Stanley, before leaving the Princess'. Thseire, Melbourne, was honoured with the patronage of hie E'er fleecy Sir Henry Barkly, who went to see the "Senn AIM of Woristo." This clever entertainment was presented thirty dens in Melbourne by Miss Stanley, who, es the *cowries of bar last appearance, received • crowded cosa pliametary beadit. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIA. BRRLIN, TUMIDLY. The King and Queen left at one o'clock this after noon for Meran. The presidents of the two Chambers, and Count Schwerin, of the Left, have been summoned to Berlin to consult upon the arrangements for an extraordinary session. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia has addressed the following order of the day to the army : " I inform the army by the present order, that his Majesty the King, by his decree of the 7th of this month, has deigned to charge me to exercise the royal power as Regent, until his oomplete re covery. The army has justified in all respects the confidence which I axpreesed in my order of the day of the 23rd of Oct. last year. I thank it, and repeat the firs conviction which animates me, that during my regency the attitude of the army will fur nish the King with a new subject of satisfaction. " WILLIAM, Prince of Prussia, Regent. " Berlin, Oct. 9, 1868." On L•adom I montbd sight, 4•. 334. On CaloaMN 3 dayi ffr, 1116 G l i r 100 do t On : t omboy, : sL ikyL ld ale, 23 el s ; 30e. pa ral. vis byese , 81 . 4 sr oent. pram Otha; bills : Iddiaa, 6 Gi p sion dgbt, 4a. 441. to 4a. 40. On Calcutta, 3 Mare algid, Ipar 100 dole. On Bombay, 3 gape debt, 316 pat 100 dola. AMY loom M—Exchange, Madam Dollars 1 per man alneoldß BKASOI/1, AMIDST 15.--Ott London, t months' sight, 50.10 d to fin 100. par rel. On Calcutta, IS days Eight, 288 a. per 100 task. On Bombay, 3 days' Eight , 288 par 100 teaW Drafts on Bang Hong 22 par ant amount. OPIVIt. Hose Homo Avonas2:3::old Patna, 660 doL ; sew Patna, 680 dab, ; Malan, 690 dola. b GOO do's.; old Be saran 630 dole.; saw B 600 dok. KACAO, AUGUST 23.—01 d Pons, 660 dole. . • new Pagan, 680 deb.; saw Hewn.,Hewn., 69o dab. ; 3114 690 do l e . Amoy, Atmore 18.—Pats., 710 dela.; 706 dole. Putt-cnow-ru, 'tax 31.—Patna, 680 dole. ; wa, 610 dole. BNAG/1" Avocet 14.—Patera, 520 hater ; Mehra, 470 to 03 tools. INDIA. Advice. from Calcutta to Sept. 8 have come to land. The Englishman says :—" Taking a general view of our position, it must be admitted that since the setting in of the periodical rains the dispersion of the rebels is limited to a narrower circle than would have been the case at any other season of the year, and with the several columns now extended over the principal portions of the disaffected districts, we are in a position to exer cise a greater check upon the movements of the enemy. The ensuing cold weather will no doubt see the end of the mutineers. "We learn that the Begum of Lucknow has offered to give up the Nana to the British Govern ment provided she is pardoned. We should be glad to hear that thee' terms have been accepted, and that the miscreant will be brought to justice at last. "It is currently reported that Sir John Law rence is about to quit the Punjab for England. Hie personal presence after the great services he has rendered the State during the late crisis will be warmly hailed by the people in England." The following telegrams from Allahabad have been published by the government: " ALLAHABAD, &arr. 1. " The telegrams received from Lucknow within the last day or two inform us that, on the 28th, the rebels were about throwing shot into our camp near Sultanpore ; on the morning of the 29th the canton ment was occupied without opposition. The rebels returned to Sussunpore, where 7,000 of them, with eight guns, are said to be assembled ; the canton ments were found destroyed." " ALLAITABAD, SEPT. 2. "It is reported from Sultanpore in Oude that the rebels intend to tall bask on Ameitt, the strong hold of the rebel Rajlall Nandosing, and partly on Monger Nagger, which is about ten miles from Sultanpore. The Commissioner of Rohilcund writes that part of the Philloobhat force, about 600 strong, attacked the rebels at Simon& on the 30th ult., at 7 a.m., and took three guns, their ammunition, their camp, and three elephants. Tan6ia Topee surrounded Ittlrapatam on the 26th ult., and is said to have full possession of it. Colonel Lockart's force is at Augur." ), SEPT. 6. "At Owalior four Sepoys of the 26th Bombay Hindoos of Onde, being instigated by a Brah min to induce their regiment to join the Nana, in formed their offioere, pretended to join the plot, were introduced to several conspirators, and induced them to come near cantonments, and show to the Havil dar Major a Perwannah from the Nana. As arranged beforehand, two officers appeared, and the conspira tors were seized. Other arrests also have been made by the Political Agent at Owalior, and the Fermin nab, which bears date May last, is in his possession. " Captain Nixon, the Bhirotpore political agent, proceeded to Ulwar on the 30th ultimo, and was well received by the Thakeors and city people. The feelings of the Tbakoors are greatly excited against the Mahomedan parties in consequence of their deceitful intention to appoint one of their own clue to be killadar, and also to make the boy Rajah turn Mahomedan. Though a mere child, the Rajah is violently opposed to the Thakoors, and Captain Nixon apprehends mischief unless • European officer is deputed to Ulwar. " It is reported from the Punjab that the men of the 62nd and 69th Infantry had broken away from Mooltan. The adjutant of the Bombay Fusiliers and 4 Artillerymen killed. No further particulars received. " From Sultaupore in Oude we hear that nearly all the rebels are at Judgespore, twenty miles from Sultanpore, on the Lucknow road; they number about Ave thousand, and are said to have eight guns. In the Fort of Amethee there are reported to be one thousand men and twenty-two rms. The rest of the rebels have gone either to their homes or to Bye wars. The boats had arrived at Sultanpore, and the bridge would probably be ready by the 2nd." is taken at feint SOK to 3d. per ounce, deliverable in Lon don; insursece, pee cent. ;by the overland route, I per oseL—that is 7d. per canal as nearly is possible , insurance, I} lo 11 per amt. Outside the banks money Is plentiful for mortgages and for buildflts operations on freehold land, with sofa cient margin, at fres 10 to 12 per cent. Tran sactions have not been either large or numerous during the mouth. For commercial purposes the banks dune :—For bills under 95 days' currency, 8 pa eat. ; from 95 to 126 days', 9 per oent. ; over 125 days', 10 pre cent.; and on overdrawn accounts, 10 per cent. There Is nothing dons in commercial paper outside the beak., swept et usurious rates d interest, and very little at awe. The export trade has bean extremely dull. The import market continues in the same glutted condition that has existed throughout the year. Trade hen been tolerably mound, but confidence has been upset to some extent by the results of speculation In one or two articles in which prices have . fluctuated—oats - . and floor, for instance. The great bulk of transactions hes continued to be for consumption, and, as • con sequence, the Interior is not only not overstocked, but, on the contrary, short of many larding articles. Thses en being supplied in the majority of cues from the auction rooms, preference being given to cheapness over quality for the time being. The reads are lined with laden drays on their way to the gold-fields depota to an extent not usually men at this season of the year. The railway works have not yet given that stimulus to consumption which may be calculated = what elsedy I employment, at remunerative rates, has become snore general. The chronic grievance of stoessive shipmate is still as loudly proclaimed as ever, the markets being just in that state when buyers of known credit obtain the whip-hand, as mail after mail points to the possibility of shipments again exceeding the already too high average of the past eighteen months. Great hopes ate anhutalned by importers that the tenor of the advice@ de- I 'patched hence in April last, the first portion of which was ht course of delivery on the 18th June, will do much to in duce increased caution at the shipping port.. Parliament stands further prorogued, and it wee not anticip►ted that it would meet for dispatch of business until October. Three nuggets, of the aggregate value of 14,0001., were being exhibited in Melbourne, previous to being shipped. These were taken out in the Ballaarat district, and were about to be shipped to London. They are respectively named the "Welcome," the "Little Welcome," and the " Nil desperandum." The first-named specimen, of pure gold, weighs over 2,100 ounces, and is of singular form, far eclipsing the glories of the once celebrated " Blanche Barkly " nugget. CHINA. We have received advioes from Hong Kong, dated August 24. The Overland Friend of Mina ear :—" In our last we told of the visit of the Raul of Elgin and Str Michael Seymour to Japan. At Japan the earl re mains. Sir Michael returned to this port on the 20th inst., weak from the effects of recent fever. We need hardly say his presence is hailed with intense satisfaction, and there is some talk of a demonatra tion. The French Ambassador, M. Le Baron Oros, and the American Minister, H. E. Mr. Reed, still remain at Shanghae, awaiting the arrival of the Chinese commissioners to settle the tariffs, &o. Of the Russians left by us at Tien-tsin we hear nothing. " The Namtow outrage has been avenged. Com modore Stewart and General Van Stranben rat landed some seven hundred men, took the town by escalade, and then sacked and burnt it. Much good is antici pated from the promptitude and completeness of the action, the only drawbacks being the lamented deaths of Captain Lambert, R.E., Lieutenant Dan 'Teri, 70th Bengal Native Infantry, and some halfi docen of the 69th Foot, Marines, and Blue Jackets. " Troubles at Ningpo still continue—created., it is said, by causes similar to those told of a few months ago in connexion with fighting at Fah chow-foo, viz., the bad faith of the government in financial matters—paper money obtaining only a small per tentage of the amount promised. " Shanghae is crowded with ships, and no em ployment for them. The aggregate of tonnage there at the present time is in excess of the quantity in all China during any month of the years 1861-2 and 3—so showing the great attraction Shanghai possesses over other porta, and the necessity for new places to trade to in China." THE EXPEDITION TO NAMTAOU. NOTIPICATION. His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in- Chief, Ito., &0., has rewind a despatch from his Eirellsecy Mejor•Oeneral Sir Charles T. Van Snugness% commanding her Mejisty's troops In Chins, reporting the result of en expedition to Nanitaeu, where the Chime Impe rialist troops bad fired upon the bearers of a deg of truce, who were distributing the proclamation published fa the Bong Kong Government Gazette of the 31st ultimo. The despatch is herewith published for general informa tion. (By order) W. T. BILIDOIB, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Bong Kong, Aug. 13, 18.58. Hung Kong, 13th Angel!, 1858. Sta,—l hare the honour to inform your azoelleacy that, in ooneequeme of a flag of truce from her Majesty's gunboat gutting haring ben fired upon by the Imperial troops at Namtow, when posting your mosliency's proclaimed/a, I, in conjunction with Commodore the Hon. Keith Stewart, de cided a visiting that Sae° with an armed form for the purpose at mating retribution for the insult. - Cis the 10th, I einberiunt with the Hon. the Commodore in the (=boat Starting, for Tyshan Bay, where the force was sisrableL On the memo` of the 11th, the tide not serviag till a late hour, as the gunboats Wen steaming to the shots, several shots were bed his. a newly-emoted battery to the B.W. of the walled town of liaastow, and does to the beech, whit* was sees silenced by the admirable fire from the gunboats. The foree—vls, Royal Artil/ery-3 alms, and 80 rm. commissioned caws and men ; 59th Regiment-8 Alan, and 106 ama-conunlaslosed ollosre and men ; Royal Engl• - assr*-3 Mars, and 20 sow ockaamitslossd olliostssad us; ; Royal Martha Light Isisatry-7 (5 P) aims, sad 130 (137 F) ass-tioattsissiassd sears mad mta , 1211 Maros Native Infeata7-2 *Mows, and 100 tacmcommissioned di cers sad mt; Naval Brigade—bout 200 (260 °Boers and mat—landed about 11 a.m. at the 8.8. in the village of Meadow, when written notices were given to the people that so keg as no hostile sot was committed on their part, their village end property would be respected, which was rigidly adhered to, though from every Meet as we approached the fort, • heavy firs of 'lngalls sod matchlocks was kept up by the Blume, who net rated as we Memos& By this we had one of3ow , Commander Madden, of her Majesty's ship Benspareil, very dangerously wounded, three men killed, and about twelve wounded. The returns I have not yet received. About 2 o'clock p.m. the fort wee taken by ammult, the party being led by Commaadm Baumann, of the Cormorant. scampemed by Captain Lambert, of the Royal Engineers, who was tuthappily mortally weeded by the amidental dis charge of a liniock of the maims am crowding up the ladder after lira. His tom is deeply te be depicead. The wall pined, the many led, leaving the fart alert untenanted ; end these ressialai bad been named eat, the place wee given up to dadrootko, end the principal pies blown in. The tome blvoseribid in the fort that night, sad were re embarked the to/lowing morning, bringleg away two Inge braes guns found in the lottery war tho ureter. A dograte- Won from the inhabitants of the village was matted by Commodore the Hon. Keith Stewart and myseN, sad their ymitkin "that we should not bora their village " was grants& I have to retard the It.. of another gallant young ogler, by the araddental discharge of • musket, as we wen tosolag the fort—Lent. Danvers, 70th B. N. Infantry.—l b.y e the bower to be, eir, your most obsdiset servant, C. T. VAN eT/LA V MINIM, Commanding her Majossys troops la Clam. His Excellency Sir John Dowding. The Friend of CAisea mays of the casualties : Commander Madden wes bringing Ids men ink. Im. on the beech, elhardy Air loading, what le ems dist in the beet from a gingen, tits ballot appearing Ito have lodged In the lungs, without possibility of extesdits. At last advice this owe loved dicer IMS doieg wail at board the Hamlet hospital ship, sad hopes NI entertained of his ultimate recovery. At Ant his pad= was roost critical. Captain Lambert me getting on the wall so he wee shoe in the groin by one of the biaakin's semsee, struggling with • soldier to be fist up the ladder. Oily two ladders were planted, though some thirty were on the pound. At the next escalade there should be soots ceder he the mods of went ; but the Nankin will not bop the steel= then. Lleatenant Danvers wu shot the day after the attack by one of fourteen Gm Luau who did not bow that his gun was tapped—Lieutenant Anderson having bawl careful some UM, before to direct the uncapping of tke pieces. lie was ewes thirty yards distant when the gum went off; the bullet tearing through his liver, and rendering bias inseneible almost Immediately. COMMERCIAL. =CHARD' AND KDL LION. EOllO 1010, AT:O TAIT XL—Oriental Bank corpoluto..— AUSTRALIA. The Melbourne Argus of August 16 reports that export entries were passed on the 14th for 6,567 ounces of gold for shipment to England via Suez in the Columbian. An increased demand for shipment has imparted an upward movement to the local markets on the gold-fields, and prices had ad vanced about 6d. per ounce on previous week's quotations. In Melbourne there has been very little doing. Only two sold ships had sailed daring the month, the Agincoert for London had sailed 24th August, with 70,780 ounces; the clipper Linoolnshire, for London, had taken 105,712 moue. With abundance of water in the shining districts, prospect, were good, but it was sup posed that great numbers of the =successful diggers would leave for the railway works. The total shipments of gold from Ist January had been 1,828,330 one., worth at 41. per on., 6,113,3201. The quantity was less by 143,666 oz., when compared with the corresponding period of last year. The Argus states : The monetary movements for the month have been im portant, although but little effect has been produced upon the even flow of colonial finance. The banks have oom ssenoed the system of advances for the public railway works on the deposit of 6 per cent. de bentures, and are providing large sums fortnightly to meet the engagements of the government with the oentrac•ors. The commenoement of this financial opera- don was preceded by some tightness in the money market, which hes been me down a a consequence of the arrangement. It has censer, however, more from the extreme dulness of trade than front withdrawal of °anaemia eecommodatisn to any extent. Boyers of goods op taros bays lowa it difficult to realise in ilte time they had eskalated on when entering into their eagsgemeata ; and this, together with the fears of future supplies being in exam, has led to a general curtailment of transactions for the smallest poseible One other nioneary movement dwarves notice. The banks have raised the selling rate of exchange on England to 1 per mat. premium for 60 day.' bight for huge amounts, and to 1 per cent. premium for 30 day. sight for bills under 501. This movement is connected with the arrangement for the disposal of the railway debentures, and has been adopted by the banks se proteetive to their interests in the matter. It does not appear to arise from any merlons diminution in the value of exports, or from the balance of trade being un favourable to the colony. Freight on golf by sailing vowels NEW SOUTH WALES. The advioes from Sydney extend to August 11. An address to his Excellency, moved by Mr. Parkes, stating that the present postal route via India has worked most unsatisfactorily, and praying for the opening of a line of mail steamers via Panama, has been passed in the Assembly, with the assent of both the government and opposition. The Chinese Immigration Bill, by which a tax of 101. per head was laid upon the importation of China men, having been pasted in the House of Assembly, was referred to the Upper House,where, after warmer discussion than usual, in which it was manifested that the Council was opposed to the spirit of the bill on constitutional principles, the bill was referred to a select committee:" the probable result of which is," says the Sydney Herald, " that the bill will be shelved for the session." The Legislative Assembly his adopted a resolution in favour of the conveyance of immigrants into the interior at the public expense. Hitherto it has been the custom for immigrants to remain idle in barrack. at Sydney, awaiting employment, that might be readily obtained in any of the country districts. The revolution referred to was as follows: 1. That in the opinion of this house, a eystem alight, with advantage, be established under the management of the government, for conveying immigrants whose troika and oompations are most required in the country Ms triets, into the interior. 2. That depots ought to be formed at Goulbara and Bathurst, to which immigrants of the class mentioned may be forwarded by waggons or other conveyance', at moderate charges ; there being no means provided by private enterprise, by which female immigrants and families may be forwarded to the month= sad western parts of this colony. - _ The Legislative Assembly has recently voted the sum of 712,0001. for the extension of railways to Penrith, Picton, and Singleton, by a majority of 5 to 1. It is understood that the new lines will be proceeded with immediately. The Electoral Bill may be said to have passed through committee of the whole house. Manhood suffrage has been adopted with a residen tiary qualification of six months in one district. But this extension of the franchise has been coupled with a property suffrage, by which owners of freehold and leasehold properties, occupants of premises, and lessees of crown lands, will enjoy a secondary vote. A special representa tion has been conceded to the gold-diggers, who are enfranchised by a six months' holding of a miner's right. Voting by ballot has been confirmed as an essential part of the bill. Concerning the gold fields the Empire has the following intelligence : It would spins; that • remarkable increase has tikes place during the last few mouths in the productiveness of oar gold fields. In the year 1856, the quantity produced for the six months ending in June was 45,190 ounces; in 1867, It was 66,160 ounces: but in 1851, we And that it has increased to 105,397 ounces ; approaching in value closely upon 1,000,0001. per annum. The reesipts per noon since the Ist of 'Tannery last serve to prove the corrodines of the opinion which we have frequently expunged, that population ►lone is needed to deve/ops the richness and extent of our mines, many of which have never yet bent fairly tested, owing to the greater •ttre date presented to our mining population in the first blush of the gold diaoovery, by the diggings of the sister colony. Individual rumen is far move frequent in New Routh Wales than in Victoria, and, takes in son- Mika with their respective populations, our mines are the wee productive of the two. While Victoria shows a weekly yield of 30,000 ounces to a digging population of 80,000 or 90,000, we have • produce of 4,000 or 6.000 ounces to • population of only 10,000 or 12,000. These are statistical lasts, which cannot easily he got over. THE PENINSULAR MAIL S. (Twig ousi wont SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Tagus has arrived with the Peninsular mails. Her dates are Gibraltar, Oct. 5; Lisbon, 9. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 8381. H.M. ships Curlew and Malta were at Gibraltar. The Curlew was to sail for Malta on the Bth. The Vulture arrived from Tangiers, having landed the Moorish princes there from their pilgrimage to Mecca. Two French screw line-otbattle ships, the Auster litz and Donawerth, were in the Tagus. The latter ship was flying a rear-admiral's flag. _ - : - A Ruaman screw corvette was off Cadiz, from Bordeaux, on her way to the Mediterranean. The Tagus spoke the Australian packet Teviot yesterday. Amongst the passengers by the Togas is Admiral Sir George Sartorius. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 4th inst. pub lishes the following: " MADRID, OCT. 1. " The Postmuter-General to the Postmaster of Cediz.—You will suspend the fulfilment of the order transmitted from this department of the 26th ult., relative to the correspondecce of Gibraltar being considered British." At Gibraltar, exchang,e on London, 90 days' date, 60 1-16. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (MON OUR OWN OOKIISPONDINT.) PARIS, WIONZSDAT BYNNING. You must have observed, from extracts which I have already given, that the court writer, whose happy task it has been to chronicle the visit of the Emperor and Empress to the Chiions camp, is a man of no ordinary powers of eloquence. The official journal does not often contain flattery served up with such graces of style as those which flow abundantly from his pen. The account in this day's Moniteur of the Empress changing her rich shawl for one of Rheims manufacture, reminds one of Diomed's change of arms in the Iliad. It is a pity that the custom of the Moniteur to publish political articles without a signature, in open and uncontra dieted defiance of the law, prevents the public from knowing the name of its brilliant contributor. The following is a feeble bat literal translation of the article alluded to : This morning the Emperor and Empress minately in spected the cathedral and the church of St. Renal. Cardinal I(outset, attended by a large body of his clergy, called the attention of their Majesties to the many marvels of these edifices. Notre Dame de Rheims is so celebrated that say description of it would be superfluous. But St. Rani, though less known, is one of the most curious =Generate In this country. Both by the charmer of Its erehlteoture and the traditions with which it Is associated, it Genies us farther back into the past than the cathedral does. Ike august visitors to these churches repeatedly ex ported the great interest they took in the noble and touching objects to which their attention was caged. At Notre Dame the Emperor and Ewers knelt down for a few minutes on the spot where they yes terday raised their hearts to heaven. This morning pryer offered up in the church recently so animated, end now restored to its habitual tranquility, was particularly =terming. The few persons permitted to witness this touching Instance of the sincere piety of the Sovereign and his august companion were impressed with serious thought/. After this visit, the Emperor and Empress proceeded to the large building in which the city of Rheims had, in the short space of a few days, improvised a brilliant and com plete exhibition of ita products. M. de Brunet, the pred dant of the Industrial Society, conducted their Majesties through the vast halls in which the woollen tissues, which are the riches and the glory of the Rheims manufacturers, were buitsfally laid out. The Empress and some of the Wise of her suite observed, with a smile, that among the elegant stuffs shown them, there were many which are commonly sold as foreign products. It were to be wished that Rheims would always proudly place the 'talons] stamp upon all her productions. We cannot too strongly resist the fashion, or rather the mistake which has always pre vailed in France, of attaohing no value to anything not brought, at greet cost, from foreign countries. The Empress on this occasion set a charming example, which we are sure will not be lost. Four specimens of Rheims manufacture had been respectfully presented to her—s plea of very fine Cannel, another of white merino, a third of checked cloth, and one of those shawls known in the trade as 'Glasgow shawls. The instant the last article was presented, her Majesty, with a grace impossible to be described, threw off the rich Cachdmire which she wore, and wrapped herself In the triumphant folds of the national tissue. This Sl3lsoll had something in it so "pantaaeons, sad was performed with an elegance so touching and so happy, that all the representatives of the trade of Rheims who were prestat, subjugated by an irresistible charm, cried out in their gratitude, " Vire l'lmpeks trios I" After having examined the tissues, their Majesties expressed a wish to see the animals who supplied the wool, and they were conducted to a build ing in which several of the most precious types of the ovine rose were collected, and among others some sheep of the specks known as ~seta-merinos franoo-espaanol4. Thus pared the last day of this visit, showing in s ,me sort in the privacy of their daily existence the august personages who but the day before had appeared in all the splendour of their illustrioue rank. But even in the abandon of f►miliar life there I. a power and a supreme power which the Emperor and Empress preserve, and will ever exercise the own ' potence of goodness. This evening Pays mays : It has been ansouneed that the Marquis de Lisle will leave Lisbon. This news is not true. It I. hoped that the qoestion of the Charles Georges will be arranged, but we think we know that the French government, which is sup porting a question of European national law, will not 'hawk= its pretensions. The Parris has reason to think that the terms of the ultimatum, as given by an English journal, are correct. They are, it says, such as public opinion would expect from the firm, loyal, and straightfor ward policy of the Emperor's government. Several journals have spoken of the mediation of a friendly power. This course the Patrio thinks is not possi ble. It is oertain that France will applaud the ultimatum as an act of dynasty, and that Europe will sanction it as an act of equity. It is well to remark here, that the Nord of Brussels, which said only the other day that the French squadron was to bring away the Charles Georges by force if satisfaction were not at once given, now says that Admiral Lavand has express orders not to commit any hostile act until he receives fresh instructions from Paris, after the arrival there of the French Ambassador, in case he should be recalled. This news is reassuring, and if true, as I believe it to be, shows that there is no present danger of a breach of the peace. The Bourse has been very firm today in conse quence of a confident belief that the Portuguese affair is as good as settled. It was rumoured that there would be a change of ministry in Portugal. The Rente roes 20c. for cash and 300. for account, closing at 73fr. 45c. and 73fr. 65c. Mobilier rose 26fr. 25c. The movement in the railways was less decided than in the Rente, but Orleans and Lyons rose 10fr. each, and Northern and Eastern sfr. each, and prices were generally very firm at the close of business. The Court of Caseation this day confirmed the judgment of the Court of Poitiers against M. de Curzon and other legitimists, who were sentenced to imprisonment under the law of " Public Safety," for holding intercourse with the Count de Chambord. FRANCE AND PORTUGAL. The Times publishes the following telegram : " PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. "The mediation of a friendly Power has been con ditionally accepted in the dispute between France and Portugal." The electric telegraph between Melbourne and Adelaide has been conmpleted, and opened formally by the governon of Victoria and South Australia. _ There are notices in the Australian journals of numerous plans of worship being built by the various deno minations. Among them is • splendid " Kirk" for the Presbyterians under the pastoral charge. of the Rev. Mackintosh Mackay, LL.D., being of the style of " ADO- can Ecclesiastical Architecture known u decorated, or noon correctly, Curvilinear Gothic, the Edwardian period of church architecture in England." _ _ " One of the minor political incidents of the put month," says the Melbourma Harald of Angela 16, "has bean the return to Victoria of Mr. Vlilliam Nicholson, the introducer of the ballot into this country. This gentleman has figured oonspiconaly es the founder of the ballot is Australis, at several public meetings deriog his May In England. The honour, however, does not belong nein sively to him ; the ballot was adopted by the Legislattut of South Australia before it was introduced into our old , lative Assembly by Mr. Nicholson. Bat that is only a small point: what we have to congratulate our respected fellow-colonist upon is, the eminent success of his sensible measure. Not one of those who opposed its introduction 5* find would now vote for its Every argument then brought against it, has fallen to the ground before its undo , niably beneflcial °partakes." NV