The Express. — London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

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TO OUR RIADIRf3. 8 PORTINO DITELLIGENC E. A !ate edition of the Espros is published every evening during the racing season, containing the results of the day's races. THE list of successful candidates for the Indian Civil Service, a hich has lately been published, is of considerable interest. Some years ago it re quired no common influence to obtain an Indian appointment ; and the distribution of such patron age was one of the most valuable possessions of an East India Director. If even ten years ago any enthusiast had predicted the day when eighty Indian writerships should be bestowed upon the most meritorious British subjects who chose to submit themselves to be examined, such prediction would have ranked with the vaticinations of Mca- PRY and the weather prophets. Nor, indeed, is it probable that so great a revolution would ever have taken place unless its introduction had coin cided with a permanent change in the system of government. If the East Indian Directors were too weak to retain the civil patronage in their own hands, the Ministers of the day were not strong enough to secure it for themselves. As matters stand at present, any British subject between the ages of 18 and 22 may propose himself as a candidate for an Indian appointment, and will obtain it by proving his superior merit in the exa mination. At first it seemed doubtful whether a sufficient number of eligible candidates would present themselves. Thus in 1858 it was necessary to select 20 gentlemen out of 67, in 1860 it was necessary to select 80 out of 134 ; and indeed the Civil Service Commissioners, who are the examiners, found it advisable to set forth in detail the advantages attached to these appointments in order to attract candidates. In the contest which is just closed the number of candidates amounted to 171, from whom 80 have been chosen. The numbers have certainly some what increased, but still it is difficult to under stand why there should be little more than two candidates for each appointment. The emolu ments are certainly ample. No sooner does a young man arrive at his destination than he finds him self in the receipt of about 4001. a year, and this rapidly increases, until, in a considerable number of cases, the annual salary reaches 5,0001. It should be observed, however, that the retiring pensions are upon the most liberal scale—that the advancement is steady and reasonably rapid—that the position of a civil servant is not only one of great public utility but of considerable dig nity. At first sight it seems strange that the candidates should appear to be so few in number. But upon a little reflection the fact is not difficult of explanation. Although the subjects of ex amination are such as form the staple of the ordi• nary school education of the country, it is not long' before both maaters and pupils are able to form a tolerably accurate opinion as to whether success is reasonably probable. No one willingly submits himself to an examiner unless be is moderately certain that he will meet with success. At the University, unless a man believes that he will ob tain honours he does not enter the arena and so in the Indian contest a man does not be come a candidate without a reasonable chance of success. Hence it is highly improbable that the number of candidates will increase, although it is tolerably certain that the standard of knowledge reached by those who are successful will be raised; and in point of fact this is precisely what has hap pened, for although the number of candidates has not much increased, the marks obtained by those who have proved suocewdul are much higher than when t►e system was begun. The really important point is to ascertain the history of those who have succeeded, and the din of institutions at which they have been edu cated. It is to be observed that the examination is conducted upon the most liberal principles. There is no particular subject to which the examiner is specially restricted. It is true that more regard is paid to a knowledge of English Literature and Mathematics than to the other subjects, but it is also true that emi nence in almost any of the subjects which form part of the usual course of an English education will enable the candidate to succeed in the contest. This system is not only liberal but wise, and is somewhat remarkable when con trasted with the system which has hitherto pre vailed. The results are equally satisfactory ; for it appears that out of the 80 successful can didates no fewer than 23 were members of the University of Oxford, 23 of that of Dublin, and 14 of that of Cambridge. Nor let it be supposed that these are inferior men who could not obtain distinction at home. There is no rea son to suppose that in the present year the cha racter of the University candidates materially differs from those of former years, and according to the published accounts most of those who have hitherto obtained appointments have already distinguished themselves in the Academical ex aminations. Probably the most remarkable fact elicited by the list just published is that out of the 80 who have succeeded, all but 9 have been educated exclusively at some public school, college, or uni versity. The middle class examinations have con clusively proved that the teaching at the private academies is of the moat imperfect and inaccurate character, and the result of these Indian examina tions seems to lead to the same conclusion. This important not only to parents and guardians, but to the masters of private schools. If it be the desire of those who have the care of youths that they should receive the largest benefit from the money spent upon their education, it behoves them to send boys to public schools. If it be the desire of private schoolmasters to maintain their position, it equally behoves them to apply as far as pos- Bible the same methods of tcaehing which seem to be applied with so much success at the public institutions. in conclusion, it is hardly necessary to point out that there is not the slightest ground for the fear lest the class from which the Indian civilian is drawn will prove at all inferior to what it was in the age of pure patronage. It is idle to pretend that any one of the lads who now obtain appoint ments by their bwn merit would, by reason of their rank in life, have been refused ap pointments by any East Indian Director. The ma jority of those who now go out to India consists of those who might hold scholarships or fellow ships at Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin. At all events, they are lads who under the old system would have found their way to the bar of one of the three kingdoms, or to the pulpit. From the time when the system of open competition was inaugurated, no single case has occurred in which a successful candidate has proved unfit. Cer tainly, both in tho Ordnance Corps and in the Indian Civil Service, it has been found by those who are thoroughly competent to judge that those who have obtained appointment& are always equal, and in many cases superior, to those who obtained them under the old regime. Even if the emoluments attached to the Indian vrriterships should attract some to the service who have no special aptitude for it, these exceptional cases cannot outweigh the certain benefit of pe remptorily excluding all who are grossly ignorant and manifestly incompetent. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1861. Cm court. OSBORNE, Ammer 14. The Duke of Oporto arrived ou a visit to her Majesty yesterday. The Prince Comex( accompanied the King of Sweden and Prince Osoar to Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday afternoon, with the Crown Prince of Prussia and the Duke of Oporto. The suite consisted of Baron Siltersehedil, Major•Oeneral Bildt, Captain Meelius, Lieutenant• Colonel von Obornits, and Major Du Plat. The royal patty and suite embarked in the royal yacht Fairy, at 4 o'clock. At half-past five o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by the Crown Princess of Prussia, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur, embarked in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and went over to meet the King of Sweden on his return train Portsmouth. Forl Russell and Viscount Palmerston had the honour al accompanying the Quiets. The Countess of Ds et, Couture Bruhl, Bunsen Von Debeeeck, the Hon. Victoria Wortley, Viscount Sydney, Count Furstenstein, Major• General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major Elphinstone were in attendance. The King, Prince Consort, and royal party came on bowl her klajcety's yacht at 7 o'clock, and returned to Osborne. Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening included the King of Sweden and Norway, the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Crown Princess of Prussic (Princess Royal), the Princess Alice, Prince Oaaar of Sweden, the Duke of Oporto, the Lady in Waiting to the Crown Princess. the Baroness vow Dobeneck, the Earl Russell, the Viscount Sydney, the Viscount Palmerston, Baron Beck-Frus, Count Camera, M. Dunker, Baron Silferachiold, Major-General Bildt, and Captain Hoffner, is attendance on the King of Sweden ; Count Pundneetein„ and lAsotensat-Caloosi von Ober. ails, in atteeduee ea the Crewe Prince and Prisons of Prussia sod Oaptain-Liselanant Afstlins, m atteodasee on Prince Oscar of Swedes. Captain the Ron. J. Denman, and Captain Cumming, commanding her Majesty's ship Emerald, bad the honour cf being invited in the evening. The King at Sweden and Prince Oscar took leave of her Majesty this morning, and listt Osborne. The King, scoonspanied by the Prince Consort and the Crowe Prince of Prussia, went to Alderahott cemp, to witness a review of the division stationed there. Prime Omar erased over to Portsmouth, to go through the dockyard. After the review at Aldershott the King will proceed to Loudon, where kis Majesty proposes to remain for • few days. Prince 0101 Z is expected to join the King in London. The Prince Corwort and the Crown Prince will return to Osborne. Vieeonnt Pahamlet) returned to tows yesterday from Otbaise. Earl Rumen also returned to Loudon yeeterday Gas a visit to the Queen at Osherow The Duke of Newcastle arrived is town yesterday. The Chaeoellor of the &chequer has Wt llawardlea Oistle for Newomminsur, Conway. Despatches were seat suit from the Celestial-elks to the Demme of (heeds. Tea Q 17111361 VISIT TO lathrink —Mee Majesty the QUOIN, somethanied by his Royal Ingham the Prince Omen: and other vemsbers of the royal family, Earl thawing, he., will arrive in Dahlia as 16ineday, the TM lathing. Oa Friday her Majesty will visit his Fs eallessy the Lord-Lleatenant, at the Viocrepl-laige, and' erM pr eased I. the Corns* Comp a. Saturday, the 24th. Os Seeday, the Mk, her Majesty sad suite will be at the Viersepl.leage but it is act expected that she will attend divine service I. Dahlia. Oa Monday, the 26th, her Majesty will proceed to Killaney, and will visit Lord Oasthrosse. The Queen will rends at Kitiareey as the 1 27th sad 26th, when the Right Hen. Mr. Harbert will have the hamar of mosivieg ler. Oa Tbersday her Majesty and sidle retain to the Ficeregal•lodge. sod leave Ireland ea Friday, the Klth.--throurelers' Newe-Letkr. Pluses Atisza tit CANADA. The deetiter goers Victoria, la which Prises Alfred west on hie felting .amiss to Mlspa, reletted as the 14th Jelly, with the Oesiereer-Oermal an bout Hie royal Webber loft the gems Vide& et Gaspe Bads ea the 11th, and took pu mp le the steamer Lady Math fee Charlettetews, Prince Edward Waal The party reached the Mingan on Wedoes ,lay, the 34 and left is the 10th. They had a week's fish ing, and math( whatever to mar the sport, the weather being very propitious. The Prism caught thirteen salmon, and the Govenme-General the same Number ; the first and Let were takes by the Prince; one of them weighed 30 lbs. His royal highness intended, we believe, to read proofs of his sticeess in the pin:Merle! art to her Majesty. The party camped in the bush, five or six mike up the river Mimeo, and were ninth annoyed by flies. They had fortunately the services of a good cook, purposely left there by Captain Ds Winks and another loyal sad thoughtful excursionist. Canadian New. To-morrow her Majesty and the Prince Consort, aceonspeaied by she Princess Alin, will leave Osborne aad prowled to Wisene. The royal party will dine and sleep at Frogmen Lodge oa that seeming. Oa the following day, after nucleon, her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Princess Alin, will mien to the Isle of Wight. The annual Pe of the members of the Windsor Literary and Sci entific institution, which was away bald on the birthday of the late Drachms of Kent, to which her Majesty sad the royal family liberally contributed, le postponed to another seamy, in respect to the memory of her Lee royal highness. The Marquis d'Audigu;; bee left Albert-gate House for Dover. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Baseborn ,ii, Lord Brougham, Viscoset Amberley, kc., are at preset staying on a visit with his Excelleecy the Lard Lieutenant of Ward, stilts Viceregal Lodge. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury left town a few days sines for Bracket Hall, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. Viscountess Dungannon and Miss d'Arcy Irvine have left town for Folkestone. His lordship has also left town on a tour of visits. Viscoantem looelyn and family are passing the mason at Panama, Park, county Down, Inlaid. The Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., and MN. Cowper, have left tows for Water Cidle. . . General Oharretie and Mra. Cbarretia have arrived at the genes Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Right Hon. the Lora Mayor el Dublin has Booed invitistiess to a select oompasy for a banquet to be given at the Mansioti•hoose as Thursday wsesiwg, at which the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, as proddeut et the Social Science Courses, will belle prtocipsl gout. It is expected that him Excellency the Lord•Lieuteaaat will also be pre sent. —Saunders' Nest-Lctier. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (zzurra's Tnioiams.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Ammer 3. (Per Gleagow vilL Queenstown.) General Pillow has issued a proclamation stating that he will drive the Federals from Missouri. He has promised Governor Jackson to send 20,000 Confederates into that state. The escaped Federal prisoners state that General Beauregard intends to remain on the defensive, and is fortifying Fairfax. The Missouri Convention has appointed a pro visional governor and state officers. Governor Wise and force have retired from Western Virginia, leaving behind them 1,000 muskets and kegs of powder in the hands of the Federals. Prince Napoleon has arrived at Washington. Congress has passed a bill levying a duty of 3c. on cocoa, 2c. on chicory, I doL 25c. per gallon on brandy, and 50c. per gallon on other spirits ; also an ad valorem duty of fifty per oent. on wine. The ad valorem duty on silks has been raised to forty per cent. _ QUEENSTOWN, Auor 13. The Glasgow brings the United States mail. She passed the Great Eastern on the 13th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, Atiocre4 14. The Hamburg American Company's Mail steam ship Teutonia, Captain Taube, sailed hence at two p.m.' this day, for New York, with the United States mails (243 passengers), from Hamburg, Havre, and this port, and a full cargo. On freight the Teutonia took specie, value 5151., from Lon don, and 148,775 f. from Havre. The steamship Hammon* Captain Schwensen, will leave Southampton for New York on the 20th instant. The steamship Bonus Captain Trautmann, with New York advices of 10th inst., is expected to arrive off Cowes on the 22nd inst., es route to Hamburg, with mails, passengers, and specie. POLAND. CRACOW, Auousr 15. An important popular demonstration took place at Lublin (Rusaian Poland) on the 12th inst. The military commander, by hie energy, however, sup pressed the conflict without any more serious conse quences than that a certain number of persons were wounded. ITALY. TURIN, Amory 14. It is reported that General Della Rovers will enter the cabinet as minister of war. MILAN, Aeouirr 14. The Perseteranza of to-day has the following news from Rome : " Cardinal Andrea, President of the Congregation of the Index, has tendered his resignation on ac count of haring declared Mgr. Liverani's work to be heretical without the concurrence of the Congre gation." AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. MTH, Amin 14. The following telegram has been received here from Vienna : " The cabinet council demands that the Hunga rian Diet should be dissolved, and that an Imperial manifesto should be addressed to the different people, of the Austrian empire. The Hungarian ministers violently opposed the latter proposition." _ VIENNA, AUGUST 14. To-day the Emperor received the address of the H • Diet, to which he replied by a short epeech couched in general tenus. The Emperor's resolution may be expected on Saturday next The dissolution of the Diet appears quite certain. FRANCE. PARIS, Arcurr 14. Prince Metternich has had au audience of the Emperor, in order to take leave. The Emperor afterwards set out for Chalons. General Fanti has arrived iu Paris. He will shortly proceed to Chalons. PARIS, AUGUST 15. The Moniteur of this morning announces that, on account of the national fete, the Emperor has either remitted or commuted the punishments of 1,236 prisoners, of different categories, who had been condemned for civil crimes. The Moniker also publishes a numerous list of appointments to the Legion of Honour, and an nounces the arrival and warm reception of the Em peror at Chalons. MONTENEGRO. A despatch from Marseilles, of yesterday's date, says :—" The Prince of Montenegro reluctantly consented to an interview with Omer Pacha at Zabliac. The latter arrived at the appointed place with a splendid corthge, and after waiting for the arrival of the prince for some time, was informed that he could not come on account of the state of his health. Omer Pacha was much irritated, and was oa the point of beginning the war. Russia with drew her representative at the mixed commission, assigning as a reason that she could not sanction, by her presence, the shedding of Christian blood." THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, Aroma 14. The Nemageries Imperials steam-ship Navarre, with the above mails, arrived here at noon to-day. At Rio, July 25, exchange on London w as quoted 25 ), 251 ;on Paris, 377, 385. Coffee, g oo d Ant, 5,600 to 5,800 milreis per snobs. Ship ments of coffee since the last mail amounted to 84,620 bags, of which 39,100 were for the Channel. Stock of coffee, 110,000 bags. Freight, 50s. Bsats, JULY 29.—Exchange on Loudon, 28i. Sager, %600 to 2,800 milreis per arroba. Cotton scarce ; 8,560 milteds per arroba. PrzigAmsooo, JULY 31.—The royal mail steamer Magdalena, from Southampton, July 9, arrived arrived hare on July 29. A letter in the Frankfort Journal states that Strays, the well- karma German democrat, yam killed at the battle d Bain Run, where he commanded a Federalist company. __ The Tribunal of Correctional Police at Paris recently triad • married couple named Beendain, keeper of an eati house at Belleville, on the c h arge o f seques trating a nal-treating an old woman a of eighty rein of age, of the same mime ss au, and set to the male prisoner. It appeared that she possesses 37 Western Railway bonds, 500 fr. a year rents, and • sum in gold, and having gone to live with her n e ph ew , ma d e • will by which she bequeathed all to him. She even, after a time, handed over th e pro perty to the man, but she afterwards wasted to get it back. saying that she had only given it him to take care of be, however, refused to restore it on the pretext that she had made • donation of it. She had Beaudoin prosecuted before the Tribunal of Correctional Polite on the charge of fraudulently keeping the property, bat the complaint was dismissed. Notwithstanding that incident, ale remained in his house; but according to what she stated to the Tribunal on Thursday, the man sod his wife cruelly treated her. She said that she had been repeatedly beaten and kicked by them, dragged about the &WT, sod even trampled upon ; that they had made her sleep in a wretched room, excessively damp ; they never pre her sufficient food, and what they did supply was bed in quality ; and, lastly, that they kept her conattatly locked up in the room. One day she managed to get out of the window, and began crying out for help, but they took bee back again, and beat her savagely. At last the neighbours called in the police, and the old woman was sent to the hospital. The two licensed, in their defence, denied the ill- ' treatment, and declared that the complainant was idiotic ; but the tribunal condemned the man to two months' impri sonment, and the woman totes. THE QUEEN CHRIIMNA or SPAM—Her Majesty, the Duke and Duchies of Mmitpender and snit*, arrived at the Camatat Hotel, Marina Parade, Brighton, yesterday es'aaiglit, and are still remaining at the same hotel, but we eadarataad that it is her Majesty's intention to quit Brighton either to-day or to-morrow for LoWon. During their stay here they have been visited by the ex. Queen of the French, and • portion of the family of the late King Louis Philippe, who are staying at the Sea House Hotel, Worthing. The Queen Mother of Spain visited the ex-Queen Amalie on Monday, at Worthing. Yesterday the Duchess de Mont pensier went over to Wortbieg to pay a visit to the ex- Queen of the French,— Brivislon Gwettc. FROM PARIS. EXPI (mom 001 OWN PARIS, WED:M.4I)AT EVE /G. Probably since the opening of the Rue de Rivoli, and more recently of the Boulevards of Sebastopol and Strasburg, no grand thoroughfare has been given to this splendid metropolis combining at once the useful and the beautiful in so great a de gree as the Boulevard Malesherbes, yesterday in augurated with oven unusual pomp and ceremony. The occasion was seized by the Prefect of the Seine, as well as by the Emperor, for making some useful ' and important remarks d propos to the doings of the day. The address of M. Hausmann seems to have been intended as a sort of defence against i attacks, with or without foundation, of which he has recently been the object ; but some of his statements are not without interest. He observes upon a much debated subject that, in spite of all that has been said, "many more buildings are erected for the poorer than for the wealthier classes." This he satisfactorily establishes by the following figures :—The tax-gatherer—that authority which there is no disputing—bears him out in saying that in the newly-built houses 671 apartments have been taxed this and hat year ►t the rental of 1,500 fr. and upwards ; 330 apartments at from I,ooofr. to 1,500 fr. ; 1,030 apartments at from 500 fr. to I,ooofr. ; and 5,270 apartments at from 250 fr. to 500 fr.; while 1,722 more than previously have been exonerated (roman taxea,aa paying only 250 fr. a year. He says in another place that the increase of house rent is not peculiar to Paris, that it exists throughout France, and that as regards Paris it must be attributed in part to the great increase of population—half a million in ten years—an increase to which, high as it is, it is not proportionate. He refutes the charges of ruin to the city finances by statements which speak volumes. His statistics are more satisfactory than his laudation of impe rialism, for he winds up by calling the Emperor "the nephew of Caesar." The "excuses" made by the court of Rome evidently do not count for much iu the Roman question. The Goyon-Merode incident has been too much erploiti here to allow of its being passed over by mere " excuses." It will be brought out from the shelf on which it is laid in good season. The pro-minister remains in office; consequently he and his principles are not repudiated at Rome. The very abruptness with which the "incident" has been dropped here proves that more will be heard of it anon. The Debuts says : We should regret that a violent scene were followed by the departure from Rome of our troops, and that so grave a decision as the abandonment of the temporal power were the result of a mere quarrel ; but these oonflicte teach us a lesson. They manifest between France and the Roman government an incompatibility of temper which must nems eerily end in a separation. The last now solution of the papal difficulty, coined in the German mint, is the proposal (ema nating, of comae, from the Tuileries) of handing over the Isle of Elba to his holiness. The Bourse opened satisfactorily, but a trifling fall occurred towards the end of the day. Rente fell 16c. for cash and sc. for the account, leav ing off at Mfr. 400. and 681 r. 50c. respectively. Mobilier fell 3fr. 75c. both for cash and account. Railways all a little down. INDIA. By the arrival of the overland mail we receive advioes from Calcutta to July 8 ; Madras, July 14. The creation of the order of knighthood has been announced in a royal notification, of which the fol lowing is the preamble : Whereas we, tilting into our royal consideration that it bath been the custom for princes to distinguish merit, virtue, and loyalty by public marks of honour, in order that eminent service* may be acknowledged, and to create in ahem a laudable emulation, and we, being desirous of affording to the princes, chiefs, and people of our Indian Empire a public and signal testimony of our regard by the institution of an order of knighthood, whereby our resolution to talcs upon ourself the government of our territories in India may be commemorated, and by which we may, at the same time, be enabled to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty : Know ye, that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have instituted,erected, con stituted, and created, and by these presents do institute, erect, constitute and create, an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, sod have for ever hereafter the name, style, and designation of "The Most Exalted Order of the Star of The Order is to consist of the Sovereign, the Viceroy as Grand Master, and 25 Knights, with "any princes of the blood royal, being descendants of his late Majesty George the Fist," as extra knights, and any foreign princes as honorary knights. The seal of the new order is to have en caved on it :—Azure, a star of five p&mta ; Argent, impaled with the royal arms, with this circumscrip tion :—" The Seal of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India." The Grand Maxtor is empowered to *oder the title, degree, and honour of Knight Bachelor on such persons as the sovereign shall nominate, and to invest such with the insignia of the order. A secretary and registrar are attached to the order, and statutes will be immediately pub lished defining the duties of all the office-bearers, and the qualifications requisite for knights. It is said that a majority of the 25 knights will always be natives, and the honours will be so conferred on Europeans that at 'least a third of the English knights will always be present in India, to give dignity and eclat to the Order. Tlse sittings of the Calcutta commission for arranging the details of the amalgamation of the armies, suspended foe a time on account of tie statements by Sir Charles Wood in the House of Commons, have now finally closed. The members have drawn up a report on the formation of the staff corps, which is now before Lord Canning, and a series of answers to 150 questions started by the Amalgamation order of 10th April, which will authoritatively set all doubts at rest. Meanwhile, the new staff corps has been formed. But the majority of Indian officers of twenty years' stand ing hang back till the decision as to the amount of pension bonus to be offered for their retirement is made known. The Friend of India sari : Of the famine we cannot report much abatement not withstanding the bury fall of rain throughout the country. Nor do we expect an, considerable mitigation of the misery till October next. it should not be forgotten that in litt7 the months of July, August, and September were those in which the affliction was the greatest ootwithstanding the rein. The Secretary of the Delhi Relief Committee re ports that expressioos of gratitude towards goveniment and the Christian community are frequent among the starving wretches who are fed. From Madras we learn of the trial of three officers of the Madras army for the manslaughter of a native, before Sir C. H. Scotland, the new Chief Justice. The facts are briefly these :—The three accused were dining together one evening, and after dinner ' about 11 o 'clock, they went to the s t a bl es of the host to look after a sick horse. They found the horsekeeper lying on the ground hope lessly drunk, and after ineffectually attemping to revive him by throwing cold water on his person they determined to duck him in a neighbouring pond, which up to that time every one bad believed to be very shallow. The borsekeeper was raised to his legs, and, su ported by an officer on each side ' was led towards the water. When near it the horsekeeper broke loose, and jumped or tumbled in. He never rose again, notwithstanding that two of th e officers plunged in after the man, and did all in their power to recover the body, which was not found till next day. It was then discovered that there was a well in the pond down which the deceased must have gone, and as, according to the medical testimony, the man was seized with cramp while in the water, his melancholy fate is thus accounted for. The learned counsel who appeared for the accused admitted that in attempting to duck the man they were doing an illegal act, but contended that they wane not responsible for the fat& consequence, as the man bad broken loose from them, and bad himself jumped into the water. The jury, after a deliberation of about 20 minutes, acquitted them. CHINA. ~ The following summary of news is from the China Mail of the 23rd of June : During the pest fortnight nothing has occurred to ruffle the perfect smoothnees of our relations with China and Japan. It is remarkable that we should hear of no steps, either successful or otherwise, having been taken to appre hend the murderers of the late Mr. Heusken, secretary to the American legation ; with the return of Mr. Aloock this matter seems, contrary to just expec tations of many, to have been entirely bushed up. Had he declined to return until those murderers bad been produced, ss he evidently insinuated his belief that they could be produced at the will of the Japanese govern ment, his flight would have been better understood ; but from the utter silence that prevails upon this matter, we may conjecture that he has condoned the offence, and been only too glad to return upon the strength of good promises for the future. Mr. Mooch's fitness for his position has by no means been determined, and the conduct of the American ambassador has lost none of its first lustre. The intelligence from Pekin ii7cositinedto the announce ment that a very good understanding prevails between the Chinese representative and those of foreign nations. From New-Chwang, the newly-opened port in Manchuria, account. have been received, describing it as surroun ded by a low, flat, swampy country, without a blade of grass, where cattle are difficult to be procured, and fruit mares. In other respects the prospect. of this port are not en mliragi9From Cen-tain we hear that the Prussian Consul has been carrying on some negotiations with Tung-chow. We believe that Baron &denial wanted to go to Pekin, but could not arrange matters with the official at Tien-gin ; he should have made his application at bead-quarters. The trade in native junks at this port is said to have been quite paralysed by the civil commotions in the southern pro vinces, and particularly by the fall of Soochow. The pros pects of a brisk foreign trade springing up here are still ae lively as ever. Mr. Mongan, the acting consul, has estab lished Custom-house regulations. By the last accounts from Cheefoo everything was dull, house rent high, and the people very extortionate, which simply means as noxious to get large profits as we are our selves whenever we nin command the market. The climate is reported to be pleasant, 70 degrees being the maximum temperature. The Yang-tare river all above Nankin has risen so con siderably that all the low grounds around Hankow seemed to be under water, and the inhabitants of the city were beginning to get alarmed for their own safety ; the current of the river had increased in force, and good anchorage for ships was becoming difficult to obtain. There was some activity being shown in native trade, but no demand ex isted for foreign import.. The rebels still persevere in desul tory efforts to capture Chinkiaug. The principal news from Shanghai, relate* to the breaking up of what was termed the "Chines. Foreign Legion," a force composed of Europeans whose love of a vagabond life or distaste for the restrictions of discipline bad prompted their desertion from the army, the navy, and the merchant service of the countries they belonged to. The Imperialist. increased the number of these men by a bribe of 33 dolt per month and rations, besides what they might plunder hem the conquered. Apart, however, from the offenoe of deer ton, they violated an ordinance established six years ago in anticipation of such possibility as is actually taking place. The neutrality ordinance of 1K53 forbids our subjects to serve in either of the armies who are carrying on the domestic war in China. This legion was brought to its end through a daring but ill managed exploit of recent occurrence. On the 11th of May last this band, who by various muses were reduced to 70, made a night attack upon Taing.poo, in which, owing to the failure of great assistance promised by their Chinese brethren in arms, they were completely worsted. One hundred dollars each was to have rewarded their success, but after fighting one hour and forty minutes their attempt became hopeless. At dawn 23 of the European assailant. were kora de combat, along with five Chinestes. The fol. Piracy and murder have hers common of late in the neighbourhood of Shanghae, and serious annoyance his been felt from the numerous attacks which have been made upon individuals travelling into the country for the purchase of silk. One purchaser was robbed el 4,000 dollars, sod others have suffered in a smaller degree. A gunboat has bees on dined to proceed up the rime and armies in certain localities which were becoming notorious for daring boat piracies. This state of matters is attributed to the rebellion, end the proximity of both armies to Shanghse ; stragglers and de serters are continually falling away from the ranks they belong to, sad mining it. the most lawless pursuits. It may be stated that the four gentlemen who formed the overland party from Cantos to Haakow, returning by way of Shanghais, paid a Ant to Nanking. They found the Rev. Mr. Roberts in his dwelling there, in excellent health and full Chinese costume. The church which the Teen Wang was said to be going to build for him has not been begun yet, but the chief permit. him to address his' audience in the open air, which he says he is accordingly in the habit of doing. The only item of news from Ningpo is that the foreign customs collectorste gives utter dissatisfaction to the Chinas merchants, many of whom having vowels which fly the British flag, come under its regulations. They are escaping the delay and trouble by removing their trade into native bottoms. Heavy floods have been reported in the vicinity of Hanchow, and many dead bodies along with much debris have been floated down the river past Ningpo. From Fuhchas we have no news of general 'stalest In anticipation of our removing the troops from Canton about October, the native authorities there ate taking mea sures for defending the city on their own amount, and have been lately purchasing cannon and ammunition here and at Mateo. AUSTRALIA. (raw 1 • MELBOURNE, Juits 25. We have just gone through what is magnilo quently called a "ministerial crisis," for in every thing they say and do our small notabilities must needs mimic the statesmen of the mother country, The present administration, which is composed of eight or nine mediocrities who were ballotted for little more than six months ago by the majority in the Legislative Assembly which displaced the last government, has just been declared not to possess the confidence of the house or the country by 37 to 19. The debate preceding the division lasted, without interruption, from Friday afternoon until noon on Saturday, and was more remarkable for angry feeling than for eloquence. Instead of re signing, the defeated government succeeded in pre vailing upon his Excellency to dissolve the Assem bly. As the parliament has only been in existence for eighteen months, and as the ministry wore not defeated upon any question of policy, this act of the Governor has excited general disapprobation ' • and the more so because it was well known that a combination of the leading men of the Assembly had taken place, which would have resulted in the formation of the ablest and strongest administration the colony has pet had. Messrs. Haines, O'Shanassy, Nicholson, Michie, and Duffy had agreed to take office together, as the only ques tion upon which they were formerly divided (the disposal of the crown lands) had been settled, and no obstacle now exists to their harmonious co-ope ration. Finding the Governor bent on a dissolu tion, the majority in the Assembly moved and car ried an address to his Excellency, indirectly depre cating this course, and hereupon arose a very acri monious discussion. Personalities of the coarsest kind were indulged in, and the Speaker's voice could not be heard at in consequence of the uproar which prevailed. The family immigration scheme sanctioned by she legislature has turned out so well that it is probable a large sum will be voted for this purpose when parliament re-assembles. Three thousand passage warrants were issued, each applicant con tributing a certain proportion himself and the government defraying the rest. The beneficial operation of the scheme, in a moral and social point of view, may be estimated from the following state ment dß* relationship borne by the persons sent for from the mother country to the applicants in this colony :—Husbands, 203 ; wives, 370 • children under 12, 656 ; mothers, 68 ; sons, 82 ; ' daughters, 117 • brothers, 472 ; sisters, 565 ; cousins, 346 ; friends, 91. The proportion of the sexes was as follows :—Males, 1,247 ; females, 1,723. The number of nominees residing in the country dis tricts of Great Britain was 1,894 ; in the towns, 1,076. By the mail which carries this a gentleman named Mallam visits England, furnished with the necessary funds for bringing out the All England Eleven to contend with our colonial cricketers on their own ground. The enterprise has been under taken at their own risk by Messrs. Spier' and Pond, of the Café de Paris in this city (a house as celebrated here as the Albion or the London Tavern at home), and the scheme is warmly approved of by his Excellency the Governor, and by the most influential people in the colony. We hope to see the i Eleven amve n the Great Britain, which is due at the latter end of November next. They may be certain of receiving a " highland welcome,' and of being treated with the utmost hospitality during their stay. As our summer coincides in point of time with your winter, the cricketers will be able to visit the Antipodes without losing a season, and their coming will be looked forward to with great eager ness by a population which, dnribg the summer months, is literally cricket mad. The yield of our gold fields exhibits a gradual falling off, but increasing activity is observable in other branches of productive industry. A greater luantity of land is being brought under cultivation, and the growth of wine, oil, and silk, promises to engage general attention, and to add largely to our resources. The only news of extra-colonial interest that we receive from Australia relates to the New Zealand war. The Melbourne Herald of June 25 says : The aspect of affairs in New Zealand is still far from sa tisfactory. The hopes that were inspired that a prolonged peace was at band appear unlikely to be realised at present. On the clue side it is asserted that the insurgent. schemed for this temporary cessation of hostilities in order that they might gain strength by a tion and an addition to their forces. On the other many of those most deeply interested in the affairs of New Zealand still insist that there is much reason for blame in the conduct of the execu tive, and that by a different mode of proceeding peace and safety may still be restored and aerated without bloodshed. But we are spared from further comment by the timely arrival of our Alm from Sydney, which enable us to give the latest intelligence up to the hour of our going to press : The Lord Ashley brings news from Nelson to the 12th inst., and from Auckland, Wellington, and Taranaki to the Bth. --- . _ — Tire intelligence is of the most gloomy and foreboding character. Looking at the present threatening upset of affairs the prediction of a native chief, at an early stage of the New Zealand entente, via, " that it 'mak' spread, and spread, till the whole island was in a blaze," seems likely to have a speedy aid complete veritlcatian. The Taranaki Herald of the Bth says :—" A native from Ngatiruanui, Te Retie, of the How, arrived during the week, and antes that that tribe will not surrender any of the plunder, and that they , have joined the king with the =part of the natives on the coast as far as Wellington. natives from the other side of Cook's Strait have acme across and are at Mataitawa. The temper of the Mien ruanui is mid to be still for making a clean sweep of the Pakeba. They have an immense quantity of settlers' stock, m carts, farming implements, and plunder of all descriptions. The Taranaki tribe, from Warm down (if not nearer home), a with the Brakeman, and it is rumoured that a letter Las been received by these tribes from Waikato, not on any amount to make teems with the Patella." The Southern Cross of the 4th inst. states that there hes been much discussion of late as to the beet manner of dealing with the natives, should strong moisture become nsoemary. A raid into Waikato In been urged. and the question has been openly discussed, whe. thee inch a step would be likely to be attended' with success. The doctors differ, and General Cameron has not yet decided. The difficulties which must be encoun tered in such an invasion are on the one hand spoken of so lightly, that one would imagine the speakers and the writers were talking of a military march through an open civilised country ; whilst, on the other, they are mug. genteel to such an extent as to appear insurmountable, even to men who have surmounted difficulties by flood and field is every part of the world. Truth, of course, lien in the middle. The Waikato presents formidable difficulties, no doubt, to an invader ; but not, we think, so great as some imagine. They are to be overcome, but they must be hoed wily. It is a country in which it would be almost impossible to follow up an enemy and bring them to a decisive engagement. Traversed by bush, swamps, and mountain ranges, a native enemy, with their local knowledge and their individual indepen dence in action, might for months, if not for years, harass and evade their pursuers, and retreat from fastness to (aut ocrat, leaving nothing behind them worth taking bat de serted camping places. The pick and shovel must do the work of the rifle. 'The country must be sapped with a high road, and if they wish to fight, the enemy must come out from their strongholds end fight round the working patties. When they are beaten beak there will be no necessity for following them tip ; the road will gradually penetrate the country, and where there is a road British soldiers, pro perly commanded, ought to be able to bold their own. Law and the rights of property would soon follow the steady ad. vanes of British power, and a road made wrier the protec. tion of British arms would soon become the highway of civilisation. On the 7th, the same journal writes :—The authorities have at last determined to take the ball by the horns, and to insist on the supremacy of the law in this colony. In a proclamation by the Governor, which has just been made public, the Waikato; are enjoined to "yield implicit obe dience to what the law requires for the pubic welfare," and the alternative is unmistakably intimated. There is to be no longer an imperium in imperio in New Zealand, King's flags are to be hauled down, native lands are to be taken, if required, for making mads, with ss little compunction as an English gentleman's park is invaded when A is found advisable to run a railway through it. _ _ Of the gold fields the Melbourne Herald writes : The total amount of gold brought down by escort for the three months ending the 214 Jaw, 1861, is 464,910 ounces. wing 526,491 ounces for the corresponding period of 1880, thus showing a decrease on the quarter of 72.581 ounces. For the mouth ending the 21st June, 1861, the quantity brought down has been 160,586 ounces, against 169,761 ounces for the corresponding month of 1860, or a decrease of 9,197 ounces only. RIR GEORGE BOWYER ON NAPLES AND SICILY. The following appears in the Times of this morning : Sir,-1 shall be obliged by your publishing the enclosed letter, which I have addressed to Lord Palmerston, upon the subject of recent occurrences in Naples and Sicily. Your obedient servant, Temple, Aug. 13, 1861. Groans Bowser. " Temple, Aug. 12, 1861. "My Lord,—l feel it my duty, es parliament is no longer sitting, to call your attention to the following facts regard ing the tyrannical government which now oppresses the Eyed.= of the Two Sicilia : ' On the lot Met, 64 persons reported to be legitimists were seeessinated in Naples. The Cardinal Riario Storm, Archbishop of Maple*, who, for his princely charity and his devoted ears of the sick and the poor when the cholera raged at Naples, is called the second St. Charles Borromeo, has been forcibly expelled from the kingdom. Forty axle leaks, among whom are four bishops, shared the esme fate. A mob of persons in the pay of the police insulted those venerable exiles. The people shed tears as their saintly bishop took leave of them. Arrests and terror con tinue, and the prisons ere full of the victims of Piedmon t... tyranny. On the 2nd. inst, two ladies were arrested in tat street& The editors of four newspapers have been thrown into prie.on without legal form, and their papers suppressed. Meanwhile the Sardinian troops continue to overrun the provinces, setting everything on fire, pillaging, and murdering. "At Somata six suspected persons were shot., among whom was an old man of 80, and a boy of 14. " Four hundred insurgents were taken at Attletta. Being taken to Salerno they mutinied ; 300 escaped, and 80 were shot. Thirty houses in Auletta were burnt, several of the chief inhabitants murdered, and the streets were filled with deed and wounded. " At Barabiano, veer Potensa, ten prisoners were shot in cold blood. The Generale Pinelli and Calatore overrun the Abruzzi and Paha, burning and destroying wherever they go. "Letters of the Bth state that the steamer Garigliano reached Naples on the 3rd from Reggio, having on board some officers of the army of Fraud' 11., who are accused of `not inspiring sufficient confidence,' and will be sent out of the country. The Duke of Cajaradlo is still in prison,where he has been for several months, and no one knows when be will be brought to Dial. During the night of the god seven persons were assassinated. Besides this four dead bodies were found near the Capuan gate. A body was washed ashore at the Mole, on which there were twenty.four poniard wound:. In Sicily the feeling is so strong against the invading government that the ministerial deputies were obliged to remain on board the steamer which - brought them larck to Palermo, because the people gave them to understand that if they landed their lives would not be safe. These aro the pnncipal and mast recant facts. "The whole kingdom is in a state of anarchy and imur rectiom and Cialdini, with full powers and fl0,01:10 men, his .; not been able to make himself master of the siturti.u. The meson is that the body of the nation are determined maintain their independence against the Piednioutews invaders, and their right to be governed by their lawful king. "For this state of affairs the British government. which has lent its influence and support to the Piedmonte, in vasions, is responsible, and her Majesty's ministers will be milled to account when parliament re-assembles for the crimes of the Piedmontese in South Italy, and the °ppm'. sins of the people under the sanguinary tyranny of Curblini and Pinelli.—l have the honour to remain, my lonl, your obedient servant, "Glenne Boa FM. • " The Viscount PalmerstouN.P., ILO." THE Naw Acr ON VOLUNYEZRA TOLL ExEmt-rf..s —The new act to exempt the volunteer forces of Great Britain from the payment of tolls has just been printed. This statute, it is hoped will settle the vexed question. and all that remains is to make public the penalties incurred 5 1 infringing the act. It provides that say toll collector or other person who shall take, demand, or receive any deem, duties, pontage, or toll, for or in respect of any volunteer officer or soldier, home, or other beast, carriage, waggon. of eart, entitled to exemption under this act, shall forfeit and pay for every offence a sum not exceeding 51. Further the act declares that any peewits who shall falsely and frnndu• leutly represent himself tobe a volunteer officer or soldier, with the intent toevadepayment of *Deduce, dutie , ,iantige. or toll to which lie would otherwise beliahle.shall forfeit sod pay for every offeoos a sum not exceeding 5/. The net is not to extend to Ireland. It arum into operation on 'Tuesday, the 6th instant, when it received the royal assent.