The Express. — London, England, 1858-08-14 00:00:00

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Ws recently directed attention to the accounts which had arrived in this country of the pro- grew aad prospects of the new colony of British Colombia, as it is is &tore to be called. Whether, . . _ amour estemporary, the Times, thinks, the birth of this the Lat•born child of England is to be regarded rather with sorrow thaa with joy, ss au unwelcome additieo to as already over-numerous family ; or whether we hail it as another arrow in the quiver of Britain's strength and glory—one thing is most cer tain, that the child lives and thrives with all the vigour of an infant Hractn.r.a. We are not about to disputa. after the close of the session, the wisdom of that Parliamentary resolution which has con signed its early training to the sole care and disci pline of the Colonial-office, nor will we Lame _ . . that the Colonial Minister is insensible to the obligation which he his undertaken, to the magni tude of the interests involved, or to the lessons of experience which former Colonial legislation has taught se. Certainly, the necessity of some inter ference with an acknowledged though troublesome fact, was not been or recognised by the Colonial (dice one hoar too early; and with the annimption of that unlimited power which Parliament has con ferred, it has accepted that undivided responsibility which the country will require from it. Educa tional philosophers tell us, not without reason, that the first three or four years of a child's life are the most important of all, in respect to the system of training to be applied to the de velopment of its moral and intellectual powers; and if there be any truth in that fanciful snaky sometimes instituted between the life of the individual and the progress of a people, whhit has formed the foundation of many a Colonial-oda regulation and the staple of mueh of its thetas.* then has the recant Act of Parliament which pima this colony tinder the sole sway of the Colonial-olloa during the first four and most important years of ib existence, conferred on that Department the fearful responsibility of so directing its moral nature that it shall hereafter constitute • source of power mad strength, and not of weakness and vexation, to its parent Empire. It is no light matter that we have to deal with. If one tithe of the reports which have already reached us be true, not only the existence bat the material progress of the Colony is placed beyond the need of assistance from home, nor can seer scything from official neglect. The country is teeming with gold, which for years will afford a staple export from its harbours. Thousands of hardy miners have planted their foot on the soil and their pickaxe in the rock : to feed and clothe them, commerce is already at work, and the land is said to be fertile. Before the year clone, every material element of • civilised and powerful community will exist in • spot hitherto assigned es . • hunting-field to a trading Company. But will there be there also that social element of a well_ ordered, stable government, whose authority will be not only acknowledged and acquiesced in, bat loved and respected' Will the community be so regulated that they can live at peace with the ancient iehabitante of the forest and the prairie ; or moat those cruel and reckless wars which diagrams tire Indian frontiers of the United States be bare carried on, to the extermination of one race and the demeralimation of the other P Will the Colony, t, oympathios of whims cilium are partly Amok- sea—which Nelda be ea oiliest et envy sad eijsalssey • is ear powerful neighbour, bs elms seam of anxiety sad fear to onamilves—ta &all its loyalty be seemed ea the solid beads distend sad asee6on? These ere questions which 34 thaw= Luton will hare to ponder well. To then who think that the Elegise et Oreat Britain is already terse mmegh, and who would abandon rather than add to ear distant possessions, the answer is wholly immaterial : but sot so to those who believe that, until the whole earth is sub- jugansd le the ems of civilised man, it is the daty or inglit to be the pride of England to maintain the idlessee of her name, and to spread the tiles top of her institutions to the uttermost ends of the glebe. We aro Italy convinced that this colony of British Columbia is destined to be either one of the brightest jewels ia the mew% or ems of the heaviest Modem which the orrrwerafai lust of empire has Im posed *pia as. Already it has bee% diseased whether am Frameless in Qilifornia, or Vittoria in British Celambia, is to be the great emporium of 0111 Putts i and leaf Were the occident of the poil Maieriaise sod its immediate consequence's had gII a resting bearing to the *pinkie, it was petaled eat that the pomsehm of this coast, with rain herhenire, in Meth lasivoi the seenseand of the vast waters of the Wailers Mama. It is idle, however, to suppose that we cm held it se we hold Gibraltar, or Ades. or the Falkland Ishends—nay, even as we hold Australis or New Zealand; or as we held it when it was peopled with the wild Indian alone. It boedors ea a mighty and numerate pm *, in whose isdividaal and aggregate life ambition and 'series held an sepal sway with the love of liberty sad of mantry—who have appropriated to themelme Mindy more than one territory boring their ancient limits by the Maple process of °Minim tien—with whom anaszation is a tens which dis pose of every flaw in a legal title to posseseim. Its population will be fed from thence; and if the Ja mass brief with them stoat arse and Moog slums to draw from the earth its riches and its sesereases, they will bring also that impedes.. of illegitimate and impends restraint, which is set softened by the habit of loyalty, and which will not wait until self goverossent r bestowed upon them by the ordinary Mow mesas of English legislation. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1858. There ought to be no delay, then, in making this Colony a home for those whom you could not, even were it politic to do so, drive from He shores. Govern ment has taken ample powers from Parliament ; and so indication has yet appeared in any accounts from the new territory that those who have tome there lboes a distance are unwilling to submille every legitimate amend which ought to be made upon them. !its HOSE= to dig for gold have been paid for without 11111111Inft, and even the unlawful requirements of the Basiese's Bay C mipany have been acquiesced in. We Wien the task, then, whisk Sir BCLWER LTTTON Ina before him is es easy as it is cheering, if only he will shake off those ancient dilatory habits which are the curse of the Colonial-olice, and deal with a prompt and open-handed liberality with those whole it will he dangerous and expensive hereafter te seem. Ws have every reason to think that Sir Bri.vram LTTTOX is soxious to do right, and we are theekill that the destinies of the rising colony are net Is the hands of that Palmerstenian clique, whose illsseality was unbounded in words and in promises, het whole fate it was, even in the benefits which they did confer, never is mate satisfaction or con ciliate affection. IT seems that the two prizemen of the Society of Arts, who were nominated by Lord DERBY at the regale of that Society to compete for places in the Gammas, have proved themselves superior to the stber candidates. The two places have been filled up by means of a competitive examination, and the weeeekhl candidates turn out to be not the private waken of the Minister, but those who obtained the right to compete by their own merits. This is an important fact, fraught with considerable cone.- gaiasse. At present, as every one knows, with very kw exceptions, no young man can obtain a place in the civil service of Government unless he can obtain a nomination. Even though the prize is to be given to the best candidate, the general rule is, that the Minister selects or nominates all those who are to be allowed to enter the ex. estimation room. To his patronage political jobbers cling with the most desperate tena city. They justify their obstinacy by the alleged security thus afforded of obtaining for the public service men of gentlemanly habits and strict morality. Asoording to these political Matoworms, there are moral qualities whish are beyond the ken of ordinary examiner,, but which gray-haired intriguers are both able and willing to detect at a glance. The theory may seem plausible to a Secretary of the Treasury or to a hungry Irish member. But, unfor tunately, it is utterly inconsistent with fact. As we have stated more than once, according to the LA report of the Civil Service Commissioners, no fewer than fourteen candidates nominated by Ministers were rejected for want of moral character, and now k seems the Prime Minister himself is content to accept the award of the Society of Arta as a guarantee of good character and fitness to enter the Civil Service of the Crown. It would be absurd indeed seriously to , discuss the question whether the young man whim obtains a prize given by the Society of Arts is Ins fit to enter the Civil Service than • young man whose friends have private interest enough to obtain a nomination. The test of merit is obviously the beet. The difficulty is not in showing dispassionate per sons which is the correct view, but in persuading politicians to act upon that view. Happily Lord Dentir has practically admitted the principle. The thin end of the wedge is inserted: it must now be pushed home. If those who have obtained prizes from the Society of Arta are thought fit to compete for situations in the public service, why should not others who have shown their industry and capacity in • similar way be allowed the same privilege? The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have inaugurated a great scheme of Mid dle-clams Examinations. Oxford at least has consented to allow the better candidates the privilege of at taching A.A. to their names, and Cambridge is will ing to grant certificates. What should hinder any one of the young men thus distinguished from being allowed to compete for any Government place ? Noe need it stop here. If the certificate of the Society of Arts is sufficient, why should not the certifi cate of any head of a College or University be sufficient also to entitle any young man to become a candidate ? There can be no possible difficulty in settling a list of persons and of institutions who should be entitled to nomi nate candidates for the Civil Service. Acting, in deed, upon the principles which have been long advocated in theca columns, and which on a recent occasion ware so ably explained and enforced by Mr. Rossccx and Sir Janes GRAIILY in the Haase et Coremeee, the better plan wield no doubt he to examine all candidates who chose to present themselves. But if this result cannot be ob tained at once, let the public by all means have the competition u wide as possible. Lord DrABT, by what Ise has just data, has admitted the certificate of the Society of Arts to an equality with the pri vate certificate of the Minister. The privilege thus granted is tally appreciated, and ham practically proved a success. Let the ad mission be oarried to its legitimate come- Racoon. Let the certificates of other bodies, saes as the Universities, of the great public Schools. sad of the Government Inspectors, be placed upon an aqua footing. If a young diplomatist is wanting, hit any person of the requisite age who has the car- What, of the Head of his college or of his school be admitted to compete. Abolish the invidious ne cessity of claiming kindred with the PLANTAGENrrs, or of having some aunt or cousin who charmed the Foreign Secretary in days gone by. Release honour able and high-spirited men from the wretched de gradation of soliciting to be allowed to compete for a public situation which they are willing to win by their own merit. The plea thus suggested would benefit everybody. It would relieve politi cians from the pressure to which the palmation of presage subjects them—it would supply the public service with better officials—above all, it would allow bus sups to those who are now debarred from serv ing their country either because they are withoat interest, or became they will not stoop to them means by which alone they can obtain nominations. A oerrospoodent of tb. Literary Gazette soya, "I wia yes moollit rem the spasm of meek eschership. Hare Is a bosh Amy by Loh Mesta, sad reelly-wrieus by se Aerrism beck author. The lady Us bar mead id* but me pence who Me bed tie laws of Mr eseraterse weal seeped boo of brag able le Inas a emir eel meals beak. We shall bees Mr. Doom IBM were atei a deaseed velem of Tea Theetts semelve eel andre of the been, sad dearear tart am were wriest by ths dwarf, with a edll heel a mem WM." 'The felieriag vines in .craved as the rid - i.b is vial lloshis, okurebyard, whki alms the .lb. Cvskre's =NW, sal the remiss ramovid kale Wloblelia el Ids ally eine, Spew Perenel Crew, Mel elm a boy *me yesis 411 : _ _ Of g‘ as rulk;bil Ana Foassir MI Oar 1.1„ sr lam air alanam. rad oar /OM lagivzo. sr Ormilak all fork with .buir at brarla taakia r er I anal; la ober aro bar paean mat *a praralle Oaf wok Is am r air asit •4.0.6. iris Nora bur &la Flrr ma Or moral boa wow War la Wawa DEPAII7IIIII OF 4313111LAL 81111 W. F. WILLIAMS so Noma AIR zarcA..—Te-day (diamll7) Cksarel ele W F. Winer. of Lao. wile Is a Dative NI N••• =via lei ft= paned kr &Wm la Ills aril wasamit the eoutt. AVOVST 11. The Queen mai t.llO Prince Cavort alpha at the mow* qi the &hat* In the Victoria and aim-toys] yacht, at silent half-pact aix o'cloiiik yesterday /really. • royal salute was fired Prod/ the fort at Flicking as the toted yacht plaid. At hilf.paat eight the &Rehm was dropped for the night, sad at four o'clock thin morning the yesht again weighed and proceeded to Antwerp, where it arrived at about six o'clock. _ _ At eight o'clock the Colonel de Meerkerke, Master of the Hone to the Ring of the Belgium, end General Chanel, ens of bin Aideeds-up, us on bend to report to her Majesty the arrange nente node by the King, and to attend upon bar Majesty. Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister at the Overt of Enassis, sad Mr. Grattan, the Sri. Ile Nasal, awls' pahl thsir respects to her Wady. At a quarter Won tea o'oloak the Queen and the Prince Cowen landed fa the thin barge of the King of the Beigithe at the quay, when the royal carriages were in attendance and conveyed her Majesty, his Royal Highness, and rate, to the station of the Bran& and Cologne Railway. In at tendance were Lady Macdonald, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Caroline Careen* Maid of Honour; the Berl of Malone bury, thoretery of Butte; Colonel de Moerkerke and General Chanel, of the Household of the King of the Belgians; Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood and Captain Da Plat, Equerries In Wetter, Colonel the Hoc Bir C. Phipps, K.C. 8., and file Jaren Clark. At Melina', the Bing of the Belgians, with the Duke and Ditches* of Brabant, received her Majesty, and accompanied her to Vervitle, where they took their leave. . . . Upoa ►rriving at Ain-la-Chapelle bar Majesty and the Priam were met by the Prisoe of Prude end a numerous and brtlhaut star. His royal highness prooeeded with her Majesty from Atz-la-Chapelle to Dusseldorf, at which station the Prince sad Prisms Heitenzollern Sigmaringen were In welting to Nadas the Qom. The eatriages of the irinoe of Hohenzollern were in at tendance, sad conveyed the Queen, the Prince. of Heber soli= Sirmaringen, the Prince Consort, sad the Prince of Preis* and the ladies and gentlemen In attendance, to the Beldembsoh Hof. The Prince of Hohenzollern escorted her Majesty on horse back. Ths town was spontaneously and beautifully deco rated by the inhabitants, and her Majesty was received every where with the loudest acclamations. The Queen and Prince Consort will dine Chia evening with the Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. POTSDAM, Al:lilla 12. The Queen Ind Prince Consort arrived here at ten o'clock this evening all well. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were seat from the Colonial-office yesterday to the Governors of the North American Provinces. (►EOM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.), FOR E ION: 01EIC 9.—The ' Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Henderson as Consul at Londonderry, and of Mr. John G. Ban as Consul at Melbourne, for the United States of America; of Mr. Thomas, Hampden Mullena as Consul in the Mauritius for his Majesty the King of Denmark; of Mr. Louie T. Power as Consul at Gibraltsr fur his Majesty the King of Ha nover ; and of Don Jose de Aguilar r Costal at Hang Kan for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WHITEHALL, AnOUST 11.—The Rilibt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of her Majesty s Principal Secretaries of State, has appointed Henry Loogridge, Eaq , to be an trtispps w f .i o o r of Coal Mines, in the room of Herbert Frauds Mackworth, Req., demised. BOARD OP TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUGUST 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council f..r Trade and Plantation' have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a des patch from her Majesty's consular agent at Rome, reporting that all vessels arriving at Civlta Vecchia, from Malta and Marseilles, will be subjected to quarantine. Le Nord of this day publishes the following tele gram :—" Potsdam, Friday.—Her Majesty Qum Victoria arrived yesterday evening, at ten minuted past ten, at the Wildpark Station, near the Chateau de Sans Soul, where she wu met by her august daughter the Ptincess Frederick William. The royal train finally stopped at the Potsdam station, where all the seembers of the royal family were emenabled, with the Prisms Augusta' of Wurtembe4 and William of Baden end the Prince of Hohenzollern. A com ps; of Grenadiers of the Guard, headed by their banners and music, formed the gaud of hewer. Her Majesty wee greeted with the cordial sedemetiose et the usehltude." His Excellency the Count de Lamdio has let town for the Continent. The Chevalier d'Oliveire will act ae Charge d'Affaires during the absence of hi. excellency. His - Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame de Carvallo Morena left town yesterday for Ger -01181). The Duke of Richmond has gone to FAl'nbargh to join the Bum' Militia, his grace's regiment, which has just removed from Dover. The Duchess of Richmond and Ledy Cecilia Gordon Lennox have left town for Gordon Castle, Foehaben. The Earl of Eglintoun left Dublin yesterday for Cross Castle, the sent of the Barl of Erse, en route to Londonderry, to be present at the Agricultr-ill Society's Cattle Show. While there his ezoellenoy will be the guest of the Lord Bishop of Derry sad Rephoa, the Right Rev. Dr. Thirsts. Lora - Richard Grosvenor, Lord Henry Cavendish, and the Hos. Mr. Ashley, left St, Anthony, Minnesota, es Tuesday, the 20th inst., on a buffalo hunt in the wilds of Daortatt. They went with the woe great party Wolk Mahainsted rubs, the Turkish Admiral, wits to hays itesseapenhd. They will be absent in the wilderness sane eta esia.—New York Isereiaa Post, July $l. The Gaulle Musicale states that, besides Mdlle. Piecebawisi. UMW. Wiper mad Mlle. Prima (of the Gnat Opore), are about tit debt . the etetoe." Nettome Gewisr hes oaaed kw New ?ark, whore oho 1. about to oom- moats as sagagemaat of DM mouths at ttm Iteliaa Opera Reess, under the direction at M. Ma/Meek. Madame Order was aocempeatied by Mom. Oudot sad Signor PfirMi. It is said that an attempt at opera in linglish may ply be made daring the antrum sad winter sesaos is the saw Covent Auden Theatre. The British Museum has, within these few days, emitdred by gift from Lord John Th) Ass, Comm at West minster, shout forty volumes of the °feast Comeepoodmse of Lard . Carteret, alisruvda Bari Osumil3o, whilst Ambas sador to Sweden ha Int and 1720, sad ihriag the two periods of his holding the Seals, as Prbsolpel eserstory of State—that is, from 1721 to 1723 and from 1742 to 1744. This Isaias Wad: ossasen tha *flip relations of this oconniary dim done. In what March in England was She/wears mar ried ? home t—liludralei Lesion New.. The deepest eoalpit in Great Britain, and, proba bly is the world, km, alter newly bravo yews' Mom, jut has completed sad opened at Dakiafidd, Cheshire. The Miff of this pit is IN yards deep, pod the slaking slit has cad amply 100,0001. We (Pod) believe that Mr. Canard, the Nestor el treardbatie saviestim has offered to plies vowels on the Bee which MB betas British Colaotda within thirty ties dayst Mesa hew Liverpool. This Arewaseph Reporter states that Lord Palmers ton, to pesetas time& leakkales on his way to his pm poly I. Milo, lodged alrearly ws4 lease auto= Maim ere told of the &Med he ezelieed Is the tears. Use ma introduced hiesesif sad talked of the Wendel dens fa the late disembodiment of the ; sad as they reached the Maws of a spirit grocer he seed his kadeldp lab have • drip et rerwellag to Malt. The ex-presolm deslinsd the teeflaike, bat invited the frindly orestrymm le have a drop wish Ms at the hotel ; et Last se do story gem The malt of the recent competitive examination of esadidsem he admission lato Waldwick bea tarnished a theme for the Dahlia jeamele, sad god witipleotion is Warmly eapreessd at the ooatbmsd mom of Trinity Canoga We (daemons) believe Lard Derby bee plated two other teoowneedWeites is phew la the codisme et the egreial of the Society of Ask, esol east seether eseqtrallisa irq be eapereel baton nay weeks. Seek ea meek, at pakesese it audited* le the prima Nakkate; awl krablese ea weep* which, It le le bs herd, the ether hisathere of his ettorlatetweiles will sot be slew to Maw. The Pop says of the "Naha of 'Mr. Roebuck asd Mr. LW/any, at Upbeat* :—"licw7tblag the stainaisoo, ferry, and iguanas era lumped to nosa "base Grot thee& it Gee to flatter midair woken, I. to be hod is the wear • HY. Rein* red Using. We shun for oho promo odes mean' or lonise wet of these kw Welts flared le the Dogeeor road !muse b 7 their gouge • leoonlay—by the wry passes who were wierwlehwel • Cherbourg wbh carboy nal calkility." IMPRESS FROM PARIS. trawl sea owe oosmasvoirnillm.) PARIS, FRIDAY Strzettio. The Emperor and Empress, after their 'return to Paris, on the Mat of August, will rest for a short time at St. Cload. The Emperor win; before -the end of the month, escort the Empress to Biarritz, and, leaving her there, will make a trip to the Chilmis Camp. The day spoken of for his return to Biarritz is September 25. Prince Napoleon entertained at d;nuer, the day before yesterday, in his new residence, in the Champs Elystes, MM. Emile de Girard;n, Housasye, Angier, Arago, Roqueplan, Com mander Ferri-Pisani, and Dr. Coburn.. The following passages oocur in a pamphlet just published in Pm* entitled /' Cherbourg and England :" The history of England lea permanent sandal; the suc cess of England disco-be the ecasehates like the tight eta lucky brigand. Bat if the brigand somedasen amp= punishment on earth, It is not so with cities or mottoes. Where mew is Carthage? where will haughty England be to-morrow? France now feels herself sufficiently powerfal to compel Ragland to be equitable towards her and her allies. If England cannot be equitable without perishing, let England perish 1 England, et Insert is torah!, and her ill-disguised terror is inspired by her troubled conselenoe. England obtained the fret rank smonget nations only by surprise. She now di smale to her natural position. At the beginning eke will grumble, but she will soon become accustomed to her fate. When the privileged classes of England declaim against France, let them reflect on the amount of support t►ey would obtain from the English people on the day when a French general should present himself with universal suf frage in one hand and the Code Napoleon in the other. From the pressed moment It is not only to Heaven that the English workmen will appeal in his misery ; he will also kcep his eyes axed in the direction of Cherbourg, and seek to discover la the cloudy horizon the approach of the fleet of deli verance. The Courrier de Paris is at the pains of saying that this publication does not represent the feelings of the French nation. This is quite true, but it does represent the venom and the guileful purposes of tolerated vipers that infest the French Court. _ . . The Prefect of the Sande, in a circular to the sub-prefects, mayors, justices of the peace, com manders of gendarmerie, and police commissioners of his department, on the subject of the new regula tions regarding the hawking of books and pam phlets (colportage), says that on account of the small number of protestant' in bis department he is directed by the Minister of the Interior to class protestant Bibles with writings contrary to the faith of the majority, and to interdict their circula tion, even although they may be properly stamped. I do not like so soon after the meeting of Cherbourg to make any comment upon this marvellous fact. The Bonne has been decidedly heavy. The Bank returns, showing a large increase in the bullion while the discount accommodation remains nearly sta- tionary, do not indicate any improvement in com mercial affairs, and have produced a feeling of dis appointment. The Rent. fell be. for cash and 20c. fur account, closing at 68fr. 95c. in each case. Mobilier fell 12fr. 50e. The favourable returns of the railway receipts for the week produced little effect on prices, which were generally lower than yesterday. Sales were pressed on the Southern line, in consequence of M. Reuher's absence while the treaty remains un signed, and the shares fell 7fr. 500. Orleans and Eastern also fell 7fr. 60c. each. Lyons and Western declined sfr. each. t: *bl i ttig i =e a re ti . d Thu t u th ndertat e ng b :r i i n li g , I have mentioned in former letters, be of vast to Syria. We have at present some of the Inset wheat, to say nothing of what I believe to be the Surat barley in the world, growing within fifty 'Riles &this, bat, owing .. to the great expense of carriage to and fres the interior, it cannot be ex ported from tie esantry—it cannot indeed be con sumed, except in the immediate neighbourhood, unless at a dead loss. The proposed railroad to Damascus will open out all these districts, and will rednoe the price of carriage full 60 per cent. This road will also increase greatly the English import trade of Syria. The silk crop all over Syria and Lebanon is now ended, and has turned out below that of average years by nearly one half. In the various silk reel ing factories they are now busy reeling the cocoons, and every steamer takes away a large quantity of silk for Marseilles. Orders, too, have arrived from Europe for oil, sesame seed, and other produce, so that upon the whole the place is recovering fast from its late mercantile sickness, and the business bumming as good es ever, and upon a more solid bask than formerly. There is a subject which has gradually . forced itself upon the attention of all European residents in , Turkey—l mean the return to their ancient bigotry and their hatred of Christianity of all those who profess Mahometanism. In this part of Syria, where Christians are in a very decided majority over Mae salmons, we do not perceive it so much ; but even' here—more especially amongst the Osmanli Turks, who come from Constantinople or Smyrna in govern ment employment—we see day by day that the fol lowers of the Prophet withdraw themselves more and more from all intercourse with either Christians or others, and blame openly those of their own creed who formerly made it fashionable to break down the wall of separation. This is not a move which can date further back than two years ago; and many of the more intelligent Turks, whilst lamenting that it should ever have arisen, do nevertheless admit that it is on the increase, and that it will soon be as rare as it was thirty years ago to see a Mussulman on good or friendly terms with any one who does not believe in the Koran. There is also an evident uneasy, restless spirit visible amongst the lower orders of this creed, and a looking forward amongst them to a day when they can take up the sword spinet all unbelievers. In Syria—or in this part of it at any rate—the Christian population so greatly outnum bers the Musaniman; that there is nothing to be afraid of; but I have 'more than once heard it hinted —and this too by men not at all given to believe in ghosts—that it would not be surprising if some day a very general rising of Mahometans wad to take place all over Turkey. Although anything but an alarmist, I would strongly advise mere than the usual number of men•of-war to be kept in these seas, for it would need but the slightest spark to light a flame of fanaticism in Turkey and Asia Minor, to which the horrors of the Indian mutiny would be ea nothing. The advice is disinterested, for, as I said before, in Syria we have nothing to fear, being rrounded by an armed Christian population. _ _ _ We have just come to an end of the Beirsm festival, which lasts four days, and during which the quantity of powder expended is very great indeed. The Turkish soldiers all sport new clothes on the occasion, and poor indeed must be the official or private individual who cannot afford a new tarboosh and new coat. There has been in the roads a Turkish three-decker, which has contributed with its guns not a little to the general noise. Rhos. 1. W. is) s t i sts k li s. W. ..... Dssiss. =wet ...... Inidissis. N. '" ...... • • • • art Nina: Nsagis. H. ..... NN • - ....... • ...... ...... (° I'M la WassMs. la eareilalau the requlred eleaeral T.I.W et Lat IR ebislalen ill• Ewing Gummi Isla sad la Puglia. la eblalataa the required Omani Taal mid la lisibeseatka end Sage& • queadird at lialliai Ileaw ßaind q atkaa / it= tar tlarattar Taxmateeded as she puma a arroke leawal Zzamh Radial. (710 M LAST IfIGIVell GAZI1111.) WAR-OFFICE, AMOVST 13. led Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain and Drevet 1114or W. H. Seymour to be major ' without partenes, ski Pries, de cea sed; Lieutenant P. A. W. Cane/ 04= captalsonihout purchase vice Seymour ; Cornet Jams Thomas to be lieutenant, without porters, vice Cernegy. led Dragoon Guards—Edwin Brett, gent., to be tornec without poreltase, sloe Gifford, appointed to the let Dra gon' Goer& 4th Light Deloyeeme—hunes Edward Bradshaw, gat., to be comet, without porches., vies Dash*, appointed to the effn gamAssistant -Saloon John Charles Cams .Oa Bea, to be aseletaatr ra m. rice gab lonZr om pliyulelea end awe% * ittl i t is atle—Beery Albert Baas &m g, pop.. to is 1 smut, whited pucka" vies Billing, whose boo pa. Ligkt Dr/pees, es stated in the Osuel t r l jt 27th July, me, bee hen eseeled. p: p e g., s e b e isms% el** web= efes tame toe* from dth Deeps ft, 7tl "Ms °!ti Aagad. MOM Oissi Mar. MS * p a f i gite7T — e eareet,4lUsent purekies,vlso Beiltes. 18th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Edward Scott Maher ' from the 7th Foot, to be surgeon , vice Mapleton, appointed to the Staff. MILITARY TRAIN. To be ensigns without purchase—Cornet Fergus McKenzie, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, vice Mortis, appointed to the 78th Foot ; Cornet Thomas Chnrcher, from half-pay late Land Transport Corp.. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Monkey, from temporary halt pay, to be a super mummy captain. The date of the appointnwat of Asa detest Surgeon' Alexander Dudgeon Oulland sad_ Francis O'Leary, from the staff to the Royal • has bean altered from May 28 to May 27, 1868. Soots Fusilier Goards—lkutenant and Captain and Brevet- Major Francis Baring to be captainand lieutensat-colonel, by purchase, vice Montgomery, who retires. 6th Foot—William Bevington Knox, gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice Fremantle, appointed to the Rife Brigade. 6th Foot—Captain John William Preston, from the 76th Foot, to be captain, vice Welly, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Ensign Hardinge Giffnd Follett to be lientenank by purchase, vice Butler, who retires • Staff-Surgeon of the Clam Edward William Tho mas Mandeville to be surgeon, vies Docker, appointed to the 18th Light Dragoons. 10th Foot —Captain Douglas Ernest %fanners, from half-pay unattached, to be captain vice Hamilton, promoted, with out purchase, to an unat t ached majority. 20th F oot—Lieutenant Charles K. Chatfield to be instructor of musketry. 42nd Foot—Ensign William James to be lieutenant, without purchase, • i. e Brumley, killed in action. 46th Foot—Henry Hodson Hooke, gent., to he ensign, without purchase. 66th Foot—Ensign Thomas Dunn, to be adjutant, vice Lieu tenant Williams, who resigns the adjutancy only. 60th Foot—Scrjeent-Major Robert Duman, to be mister, vice Campbell, deceased ; Masten= James Doran, M.D., from the Staff, to be assistant-1m- gem. 66th Foot—Charlea Tennant Wallace, gent., to be ensign. without purchase, vim Bent, promoted in the 4th Foot. 73rd Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be adjutant, viol Godfrey, promoted. 76th Foot—Captain Edward G. Waldy, from 6th Foot, to be captain, vioe Preston, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Oscar William de Thoren, gent., to be swim , without purchase, vim Gordon, decea sed. 91st Foot—Lieutenant Lloyd Remy Thomas to be without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel cana l *. N i re r: C. Wright, promoted in a depot battalion ; Ensign Ed ward Kelly Obbard to be lieutenant, without purchase. vim Thomas ; Sergeant-Major William Grant, to be SIP e*n, without purchase, vim Obbard. 190th Foot—William Palmer Clarks, gent., to be maim without purchase. _ 2nd West India Regiment—Sergeant-Major Henry Lowry to be ensign, without purchase, vice Lewis, promoted In the 21st Foot. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Francis Daniell, gent., to be en. alga, without pwnhass, vice Walker, promoted. St. Helena Regiment—Edward Drummond Hay, gent., to be =alga, without parebeekvice Parnell, pectinated. DEPOT BATTALIONS. To be Major.—Majors P. Robertson, from half-pay na• attached ;F.G. T. Thelma, from half-pay unatteolied ; W. Wahl., from half-pay unattached; H. Rowlands, from half-pay unattached ;G. E. Breen-Weethead, from half-pay unattached; F. C. Elton, from half-pay mt. attached; R. Inglis, from half-pay unattached; F. E. Drew; from half-pay unattached. UNATTACHED. Lieutenant N. Goddard, from 86th Foot, to be captain by purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D., from the 18th Light Dra goons, to be steff-snegeon of the second clam. The appointment of Aoting-Aadatent•Surgeon J. B. Jardine to bear date 14th July, 1868, and not 23rd July, 1868, u previously stated. BREVET. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Leonard McDougall, Major, half-pay Canadian RAW, Commandant of the Staff liege, to be colonel to the army. Brevet-Major James Palmer, retired full-pay 3rd West India Regiment, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army, the rank being honorary only. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Thomas Philipotts, of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank of lieutenant-colonel, to be colonel in the army, under the royal warrant of 3rd November, 1864. Major-General C. G. Falconer, Colonel 73rd Foot, tope lieutenant-general in succession to General Lord Clyde, G.C.8., placed on the fixed establishment of generals. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent as the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Aehworth, colorist 44th Foot, on let August, 1868: —Major-Om Alexander Fisher Macintosh, colonel 90th Foot, to be lieutenant-general; Major-General T. Herta Franks, K.C.8., the senior supernumerary, promoted for distin guished rervice, to be placed on the fixed establishment of major-generals; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Knight Jatutoey, half-pay, as major unattached, to be colonel; Brevet Major John Home Puree., half-pay, as captain unattached, to be Ileutenant-colonel ; Captain Chula. Fanshawe, Royal Engieeers, to be ma or. J To be Majors in the Army — Captain C. J. W. Norman, 72nd Foot ; Captain Arthur J. Nixon, Rifle Brigade; Captain Marlin Dillon Rifle Brigade. The undermentioned gentlemen cadets of the East India Company's service, at present doing duty at the Royal Engineer Estabitiliment at Chatham, with the rank of n, to have the local and temporary rank cd lieutenant, while employed at that establishment r—John Herschel, lean Peat Westmorland, Robert ClaudeDaz Hastings Macsween, Arthur Charles Paddsy, r Freeman Dowden, Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John, Augustus Le Mesurler, David Henry Trail, Arthur Her bert Bagge, William Coningham, Frank Robertson, WIN lima Merriman, Julius Moue Keith Alexander Joey, Henry Ravenshaw Thuilifer, Alexander John Willies Cumming. Thomas Claridge Mandela= Alexander Friuli Bain* Alexander Jerome Fligate, ' Lewis Coe. way Gordon, James Browne, Charles Mont, Henry Har• beet Lee, Alexander Reginald Seton, Thomas Topple Carta, Hoary Meredith Vibart, Lewes (lower Stewart, . Walter Malcolm Roberts. MIKORANDUIL—Captain John Wallace Colquitt, upon half-pay 84th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the servies, by the sale of hie commission, be being about lo but a settler in Canada. ADMIRALTY, ADOIIeT 13.—APPOINTMENTS.— Commenders H. Christian, to the Huey'lua, 61, acrew Maim frigate, at Porteimuth ; and H. Harris (1840, to be retire! emmeandir of 1816. SW. M. Ogilvie (1867), to the Eceosertm, 78, ayyeTZ . Cape of Good Hope station ; and H. Arnet t M.D. (1866), to the Ta rt ar, 20, saw steam corvette, No rt h /unities end West India station. Aeldstant Paymaster J. K. Pierce (1866), to the Virtue Emanuel. 91, screw aleam-ship, at Portemouth. Clerk D. T. Waugh, to the Madagascar, store ship, at Rio de Janeiro. A#Mant Clerks A. N. C. King and C. 8. Marsh, to tist PORTSMOUTH, AtIOVAT 13. The bar at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour h being removed, to allow of the exit and entrance with Mee of oxs t r te=vessels which are now built sod in coons A The Neptune, l2O, palling ship, was brought down op harbour paseerday, to be converted into a 90-gun snow Alp. H sa er upper detw ill to cut off, and she villa Moat 30 bi t m algamemioom, 91, screw 'Sip, Canada O. W. Pro* arrived this moralng at Spitheed from the westward, sad IS eons fano harboar to be dismantled. TM Peraimeranoe, 2, iron screw steam troop ship, 0 mailer Edward Power, embarked this afternoon the no snalatter at the 4th battalion of Rides, sad main to-nonce for Alexandria, of rouge to India. - - The mower _ CHATUAII iI I T UT*, GU Lstritat or Tar LARGE &mum 01- et t Loather mad eareestal attempt we made this aftemesaft to law& die Legs mew attain frigate limey, 40, whisk • s k, sir messtably Mama to leave the stocks yesterday sass. It vas requisite, however, to sae the Ityllestsl MI . The Kens, yid remain • this port a short time, te IP roasted mil jury rigged, after which she Ind go to IWO au mouth to be prepared far see. TT I de 1 WOOLWICH, AUGUST P.l Cernto HEAVY GUNS.—The (liabilities 444 est misted with mead to the catiMpr of heavy erdewaul el Royal Stenderd Glut Fouldrv, Woolsich drawl hilet PSI bIebiIiIIOIGITIOSISS ; and, as this subject is oi satledlr IA pertsam, it is pleasing to state that the whole of the mad reemattiy sod bave passed through the requisite VW . bY a sumental aseareer. Up to the premed time pounder IS owt. sues hove been east, sad km 1 saes of this celibre an tamed out weekly. Hp • sew orally Mt:educed the waste metal mealtiag hero Irk sad twain el the gam la onmerted tae ma sadism bosoob of Ms royal gun Isolories, this essilisrabbt saving. The Mama activity wow ham tbs loyal kboratery ellapartrame, end dewing Le alb. Ude Dees lest upwards :4440,000 abet sod at hew male Ice the artillery services. •e t wit FONILIRS Op TIM AI7ILLSII.4II/1 1 IS Po la asswegtemos ol mime wiseuderstawd A 3 w ith um bra Ile Isummissisa ell th e pay of loyal esq ki ilk, tea mtmerous oases, the wives med Mello st, ] am sew musairdak at Weelwtaltbow alma iMilleassid lie utmost elistrom Th e e Nikkei is We ettbeleasseikee atemeteu et the We Dspeekmwte We Me ettalletellei dite vast andel by the Pio it liablee ills lamilim ell diem mew me tell* We brake it ties womme suppaut 4 lima tba towel: seeps el sate ry Pt i, Is I TM Ism lislia Grotpsey him ass go w bee Vstemel le Zro a r i aol,l l6 o lllo SCSI G Il teemewo to al Ise memyeaos el g i g troops to Otellattplrom Oramorad. of t A stated Mosul Nunn* is to 14 moist 181 the num el dma mese al Mem ilea work bra .er trolled to M. Uliest, awl the Lettf_tell be * the am of auseles Aim who n , . . beht out Ilse sears at of i kihmetag resit :--, TA ihp w atit 1 au FR Ivey I" Tbs swam la loft fiegeless ILL sal Time Swimming 101441 1 4 ) • .. ~. `..‘4, NAVAL AN)) MILIZARY. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT SANDRUJEST. The following is the 'result of the examination of candidates for the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, held by the Council of Military Education at King's College during the first week la July. Fifty vacancies having been *spooned es open to competition, 69 candidates appeared for examination, and 49 passed, one of whom, however, was re jected for a breach of the regulations, and one on the report of the medical officer. To fill two of the three remaining vacancies the two gentlemen next on the list were specially recommended by the council, having passed a good general examination, although they were deficient in mathematic*. The obligatory subjects, and the general total of marks to be obtained for qualification, were reduced in conformity with the modification recently made In the requirements for direct commissions, and were se follows :—Mathematics, obli gatory section, 400 marks ; the English language, 200 marks ; general total, 1,800 marks. (Signed) D. 01BIXTREE, Captain, Sec. Cortadl of Military Education, 1, Whitehall-yard, 8.W., August 4, 1868. 4 : 1 g Nees THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CPT ZLICTILIC TILIGILLPI.) MAK ova on( coaanivoxmorr.) 8017TELLYPTON, SATURDAY. The Cambria has arrived with the heavy portio n. of the Australian mail. Amongst her cargo is gold dust to the value of 72,1281. sterling. The mail contained about 100,000 letters and above 100,000 newspapers. The Cambria spoke the Indus, Elena, and Teviot. THE PENIAULAR MAILS. (BT ziactrato naaaaA7l/0 SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGH?. The Tagns has arrived with the Peahen lsz max. She left Lisbon on the 9th inst. The reports of the vintage in Portugal are still very favourable. The French Lizarist priests and Siwers of Charity are very unpopular in Lisbon, where they have been publicly insulted ; and the French Ambassador, it is feared, will make their treatment a politic al question with the Portuguese government. It is feared that Sir Morton Peto's railway con tract will not be ratified this year by the Cortes, Exchange on London, 631 for 30 days, and 531 for 90 days. SYRIA. (MOM ♦k( OCCASIONAL C BEYROUT, iIILT 24. In several of my former letters I have mentiaMil the disturbed state of Mount Lebanon. The relies Caimacan, or lientenant-governor, has been for * long time so very unpopular, that at last the Pate has determined upon making a special inquiry into the complaints of the people, and an Imperial em ulsive.: has been here now some six weeks for this purpose. Dry by . day we have had the Christian mountaineers pouring into the town by hundreds, in order to lay their complaints before the above of& dal, and so well have they supported by evidence what they allege against their governor, that he has already been ordered to cease from collecting the revenue, which is a pretty certain din that his rule will ere long cease altogether. As usual in the East —arm in Syria—the question of the Caimscan has =a local political one, and is die. with no small vehemence by theme who are for or against the individual. Tie Wendt and Austrian consuls are favourable to the puma man being continued in office, the Russian, l'imeeband English wish him turned to the right shout. Th. former two gentlemen—as do all the Raman catholic priests—support the Caimsean, be cause (himself a Maronite, which sect is in commu nion with Rome) he has always shown himself favourable to pretensions of the Latin (Romanist) priests in the mountain. But on the other hand, of the mountaineers who wish him turned og the majority are either Marmites or Oreek esthetics ; and the priests of thus sects are nearly all against him, although their European confreres—the Jesuits. Oarseldas, and Feminism' who come to this senntry as miviseariee— all meek and preach In his favour. The English want is against the man, for the simple reason that he (the Canmean) is a most undoubted rascal, and has, for his own base ends in raising money, been guilty of more unjust actions than even people in the East can put up with. The Russian meal is spinet him, bemuse be has, or is said to have, persecuted some members of the Greek orthodox c hurch. But the most curious pert of the story is that throughout the whole of Mount Lebanon people talk of the " English" or the 0. Frisch" party, according as they wish to desig nate those for or against the Canuman. That the fellow is a sootindrel there can be no doubt, that is, see-half of the acclimations made against Citrus ; and it is to be hoped that he will not law yarned& in bin present position. pp In esinmercial matters Syria is beginning to opla what !be lest daring the late crisis. is mum =edit is geed, and liminess. teeth in super., end imports, io mash aims batik then it has keen far our due pet- MIS Peon& company formed for the purpose of making a road between &mat and Dantannw, has Inas idnestscl. reglty liirsWool. sad New Orsoimat = "6. Bus g aid ni rM .L imel ass. I Ws Ommott i krarpoollk. pars MI - - • grrin .". sod •ils Irq. ise4. l 4 Deb's. E...sh MU& Lg. Tottlos. OokEssier. 11 170 14111 141;i1; 1411 - 7 — es Private T ilier rifirste Tp tiastm. Con g d atzlo4 o. °°ll Skais. Prtisas W D M% a arab . asa Mali* - rilva jareales. !dipole &Moro Tufts. items sed ftbi,, cea rmg•r. M 5 ta dt, 91326.4 re k WA& Another lea& , I