The Express. — London, England, 1861-09-21 00:00:00

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IL ritawilhaut VkITIC —Aid UM kill 5 AMU AlLlADNl.—Cumnience M 7. BRITANNIA. - TRHC it RICIII4 AND POVlRTY.leases. Reynolds awl H. Fewer —The Urea& Maduan.—Mr. J. /inniidoti h .te nteptian. -TRH LAST NAIL.—To elm lode with IRE GREAT ►FIRE OF LONDOX.sweimashew at halfq sst MOE WATER ATLOSBOX PRIM& TM I. Wm— Afternoon. 3h. SAL TO SIIISPOW —Mondlia 41...... Men:loon, .14t. 36e. LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 21. TO OUR READERS. SPORTINO INTELLIOENCE. A !ate edition of the Express is published every evenivg during the racing season, containing the results of the dad's rams. THAT a Commanding Officer and his Adjutant should be cruelly assassinated by one of their own men in their own barrack-square at • moment when aU seemed order, discipline, and loyalty, is a startling and serious event. In the soldier's home, as be is proud to call his barracks, an Englishman is to be found crouching in the door way, and—with the deliberate and practised aim he has been taught to use against his enemy of the battle-field—turning his deadly weapon against his brother soldier and his officer. Revenge is • terrible instinct to arouse even in war against right ful enemies, but scarcely among the chain-gangs of the convicts, or the desperate haunts of the lowest outcasts of society, hrve there hap pened such savage murders for such trivial mo tives as this and some others which have been lately committed by soldiers on their officers. It is not very long since a sergeant was shot dead at Chat ham, and hardly a year bas passed since another non-commissioned officer fell a victim to the spite of a soldier whom it was his duty to report for neglecting to do some very insignificant work of the barrack-room. At the present time a sol dier awaits his execution for besting out the brains of the sergeant whose duty it was to see the man's faults corrected. In all these cases there are none of the common aggravating circumstances which move men to revenge—no personal insult— no outrage upon a wife, a child, or a sister. The re venge in every case has been founded upon the most ignorant and brutish notions, and the mur derous acts have been committed in a spirit more like that of the Romish brigands than of English men. The man M'CAPPILLAY, who, though young in the service, is already evidently too familiar with military punishments, appears to have been brought before the Colonel of the depot battalion by the Adjutant for failing to keep strangers and children away from the officers' mess-room. Whe ther the man understood his orders fully we are not at present informed ; it has been said he mis took them, and thus incurred the blame which led to his being sent to the guard-room by the Adjutant, the late Captain I:l•Nuan, who happened to pass when the children were playing before the mess-room. The avid's°, given at the Inquest necessarily referred only to the facts proving the crime ; it has yet to be shown what were the circumstances connected possibly with WCarvcsar's remand to the guard-room, and subsequent confinement to barracks for a fort night. It is all but incredible that such malice could have been aroused by this par ticular punishment, because confinement to the barrack-square would not be viewed at all as a serious disgrace by the man's comrades. It probably come out that WC/JIIIMAY had a long account against him in the defaulters' book, that he had not gained the satins' of his officers, and that his behaviour at the time when first sent to the guard-room by order of the Adjutant, and when he was last brought up before the late Colonel Caorros, was such as fully to deserve the moderate poisiehmsat awarded to him. These are points of minor importance, perhaps, as regards the conviction and final punishment of the murderer, but they have every important bearing upon the question of crime in the army, and the system of military punishments. Considering that we draw our recruits for the army from all aorta and conditions of men, caring very little about the antecedents of a raw recruit because we know the sergeant-major will do a good deal towards bring , tig him into a respectable form, both physically and morally—it is a question whether by a rigid system of recording crimes, and accumulating punishments against a de faulter, we are not goading ignorant and o ft en violent men into a reckless state of hatred of the service and animosity against the officers. The measures for the education and general improvement of the soldier which Cie late Lord H brought about are unquestionably operating for the benefit of the service, and the crime of murder is happily rare in the army, but the number of men under punishment in barrack cells and in the military prisons, with deserters at large, forms a terrible incubus upon the service. Until this is permanently nduced by railing the 'AMU. ei the soldier, a batter gigs of rscruHts--men who are posed to become soldiers by choice, and not by force of adversity—will not offer. This case at Preston, so lamentable in the death of two excellent officers, taken in con nexion with others to which we have referred, would incline us to examine very closely into the customary punishments for minor offences in the army, especially as to the powe- and opportunities which are virtually in the hands of the non-oom missioned officers. The punishment for a trifling offence may be so out of proportion as to have a far more irritating effect upon a weak mind than a very heavy punishment for • great crime. The one would be rebelled against, when the other would be submitted to as a fate well merited. Strict discipline is of course indispensable, but this may, we illumine, be maintained without any of that " hectoring " which inevitably excites the wrath of an obstinate dolt as much as it does a high-spirited fellow. It should be remembered alas that soldiers are to be dealt with as men with arms in their hands. Like the butcher who, in a THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21,. 1861 moment of irritation, killed a man with a blow of his knife, having the weapon in his lard at thil time, a soldier has in his rifle a terrible. minister to his anger always at hand. This should make those who have to manage bin eipseially prudent and sagacious in their command ; let punishment be as severe and the ordering as stern as may be, but let them be free from the slightest taint of unfairness, prejudice, or favour. But so far from guarding against any mur derous use of the weapon in the soldier's hands, our routine system actually insiste that every man shall have in his possession at all times twenty rounds of ball cartridv. We are at a loss to see for what purpose he carries this ammo• ' nition when it cannot possibly be required. When doing the duty of sentry over the public property or as guard over convicts, the soldier of course would be nothing without his loaded rifle ; but off duty and in his barrack-room his weapon should not only be unloaded, but he should not have the option of loading it ; he should, in fact, be made to deliver up every cartridge supplied to him. As every barrack is provided with a maga zine, there is no excuse for allowing the men to retain their ammunition, and there would not Le the least difficulty in carrying out the order that no ammunition was to be left in the possession of the men. Such, however, is the tenacity with which some matters of routine are retained— whether it is that a pontoon bridge shall be re moved at a certain hour of the night, although fifty good lives may have been sacrificed, or whether every man shall have a bullet at hand to gratify his sudden impulse of revenge at any moment. gp eoun. BALMORAL, Sarrtmerit 19. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred, drove yeatenlay through the Bauch Buie wood, and round by Caatletown. Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Louis of Hesse, with Lily Churchill, went out riding in the morn ing. • Her Majesty's' dinner party included Princes' Helena, Sir Charlet Phipps, Sir Janie, Clark, Mr. Sulam!, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. Deepatehes were received yentarday at the Colocialmffice from the Go►ernors of Citylos, Hong Kong, the Australian Colonies, Gibraltar, wed from the Lord High Commissioner at the Imam Mao& Despatches were sent to the Cover nen of the North America° Provinces The Queen has chosen a design for a lace flounce, by a etedent of the Female School of Art, to be exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1862. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wale% has gives a donation of 501. to the fund now beiog raised for the partare of works of art for the gallery in coarse of erection en Lebrun!, laws. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven dish have left Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire (where the noble duke has eutertaieed a large party at grouse shooting), and have arrival at Helices Hall. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston rejoined the Earl of Shaftesbury at Widmer Castle on the 14th inst. On Mooday the 3rd company (Deal and Widmer) Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers marched to the castle for their usual gun drill. Lord Shaftesbury and the Premier wore upon the ramparts during the whole of the drill, the latter familiarly convening with the volunteers, and aspecially alluding to the fatiguing day for the company at his lord ship's installation. The Ron. Mrs. Carleton and Mims Carleton have left Femmes lintel for Came Park, near Surton•upon- Trent. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Aetley have arrived at Farmacies Hotel from Swindon Park, Wiltshire. His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, owing to domestic circumstances which require his permeable to Sweden, having obtaioed the assent of t►e Kim I. reties from the appointment lie has held for some rad at this court, has delivered his letter of recall, sad T w ay , zcoorapacied by the Countess eon Halm, left Leaden for Folkestone on their return to Swedes. A orsaraster will probably soon be domed, hat meanwhile Baron Berk Fria remain as charge d'alfairem The Frankfort Jounoal says that Lord Granville will he present at the cuirewation of the King at Prowls, bet sot le es elleiel eapasity. Lord Clarendon will be the Ambassador et Weed es the occasion. The Lord lisittenant of Ireland arrived at Hills borough es Weisendep evening, on • visit to the Marquis and Minkikassis of Downehire. The slyest, at Lisburo were enteded with people, and en the Lord Liget/mat pared under the larch the cheering was hied and general. There wee a direr party at the re le is the eves*, which, is oddities to the viceregal visitors, included the Lord Bishop of Down wed Mn. Knox, Lord sad lady Duffer* Left Erse, lady Lenin Crichtoe, lady Chesiotto Chetwynd end Miss Ctiotwysi On Thursday the vieszegal patty drove late Liam, end inspected the hiesehweets of the *am Riabardssea, where they partook al Mnaheoo, and next visited the &mask manufactory of Moms. Hidden sod N'esnbon. There we a ball at Hillsborough Castle at sight. . _ _ A new agency is brought forward in the adver tising columns of the Morning Post. It is as follows : " The widow of an English not/lemma would be willing to introduce into the best society a young lady of fortune, who from her own station would be ratable to move In the higher circles uoleas under the chaperonage of one in high position. • Nearly 300 liberal voters have been struck off the Southampton borough parliameolnry Het this week, is ewer sequesice of eamsrvative objections. The Board of Guarciisas to the South Union of Dobbs haws agreed to permit tae ladies who are mem• bees of this &mid Science Assosidise to visit the paupers ia the workless& Tho Dublin Enmity Put barn ascertained that Mr. R. Caisson Hill in sot related to Mr. Benjamin La Claimers, and states that Mr. Hill, who bears the Chris tie& same of Guineas, was a relation of the late Mr. Har ley, had of the brewery drat of Messrs. Daley and Niceslass, d Stillorpo. Formes yams after the death of Mr. Harley and the aviation et the brewery establishment Mr. Hill carried on • malting establishment there. Sams years sines, as stated in the report of the pro esedisgs, Mr. 8M surds& is Beards. Mist Burdett, • yoang la ly of great personal attractioas and hop foram', the xranklanghtor of the late Sir Frown Burdett, for may years Member for Wallpapers?, and ahem of Miss Barlett Cants, who had taken • meat lamest Is her welfare. For some time after their marriage Mr. and Men Hill resided I. litepben'wgrees West, in Dahlia, mad Mr. Hill carried of the hominess of • imitator, making Wes occasioo.lly as the Corn Exchange. The Dory Standard says it is impounds to speak is terms of oserstraised compliment of the colotaiy, urbanity, aid 'Madame cf the admiral. and officers of the Clllllllllll tied daring their stay in Lough Foyle to the crowd of visitors of ell =aka who during four or flee deal thronged the ineionaatly from early morning till • late hoar at night. On Tuesday last 1,200 members of the different Orange societies were mare-him is oceepeniss, at a very early hour, through the streets of Limpeol, with banner, sad decorations, sashes and rosettes. Crewing the Mersey, they mustered ►t Birkenhead station, end by haU•past 10 arrived in two special trains at Ru►ton. Here they formed • proeseeros awl marched to the seat of Mr. Whalley, the member for Peterborough, where they formed a semicircle before the louse, and heard several speeches, particularly two by Mr. Whalley, and the editor and proprietor .1 a metropolitan contemporary. After the speeches the 1,200 " brothers " dined under two large testa, the expense of the "substantial fare" being "liberally defrayed by Mr. Whalley." By 3 o'clock the lode• facade brother were egais on their legs, and marched three mules into the " fair lend of Wales," to a tower on • bill, where they were halted, and for some boors listened to more speeches, prayers, professions of faith, expositions of principles, votes of thanks, and loud cheering. They then marched back to Mr. Whalley's mat, sad, after some boars' dancing and other &mammon* towards 10 o'clock they took the nil, sad about the small hours were fading their way borne In the sheen of LiverpooL Rev. Dr. Smyth, Lieutenants Rowcroft and' Ingle/field, Captain Schiffner, Major !Wilbur'', Captain Lewis, Major Beecher, Dr. l _eleg horn, Captain Sym, and Lieutenant ,Mertitt. The Indus took on freight 260 ' boxes ' specie, value 780691., for the following porta, viz. : —Mauritius : Five franc pieces, 4,0001. ; jewellery, kc., 2841. 10m. Madras : Gokl coin, 1,3361. 10s. ; silver, 11. Ils. ; gold thread, dm., 6401. 10s. Calcutta : Bar silver, 5601. ; sovereigns, 350/. ; jewellery, 3381. Singapore: Jewellery, watches, eke., 1621. Hong Kong : Dollars, 11,2201. ; seed 1001. ; watches, kc., 142!. 10s. Foochow : IDollara, 1001. Shanghai : Bar silver, 15,000/. ; dollars, 27,7461. ; jewellery, 4071. Hobson's Bey : Jewellery, eke., 1.4311. se. Sydney : Jewellery and watches, 1,3501. ; and for Alexandria : Sove reigns, 12,6001. ; watches, kc., 1,000/. The Indus also took on freight a full cargo of general mer chandise. of bc. both for cash and account, at 69fr. 15c. and 69fr. 25c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. No change worth notice iu railways. The Imperial Court of Poitiers hex just pro nounced a judgmeut'' of some importance, in a matter of miracle working—a trade which has de veloped itself to an enormous extent of late years. Mdlle. Gontarel, a schoolmistress, of Mung, who bad acquired great notoriety iu the Cha rente luf4rieure, by circulating writings, which she sakl she received from God and his angels, was indicted for the double misdemeanour of " spreading false news and insulting the catholic religion." The tribune of Salutes found her guilty on the first head, and sentenced her to fifteen days' imprisonment, but as to the other count, they held that, so far from insulting religion, her motives obviously proceeded from excessive religious zeal, and they therefore rejected the accusation. The appeal court, how ever, on the motion of the public prosecutor, took • different view, and decided that to " simulate a miracle" was as great an offence to religion as to reason, no matter with what intention the act might be done. The new Russian church in the Faubourg St. Honori will be opened to the public only on Thurs days from 2 to 4, and on Sundays from 2 to O. THE DISASTER TO THE GREAT EASTERN. CORK, FRIDAY. Yesterday, at the request of some persons whose families were on board the Great Eastern, Captain Seymour, local agent of the Inman line, despatched the screw-steamer Edinburgh to offer assistance in case of accident. When she got to the mouth of the harbour, the storm had increased to such a pitch that it was quite impossible a boat could be lowered, even if the necessity had existed. The Edinburgh therefore remained until daylight, and then went out to meet the Great Eastern, but finding that her assistance was not required, she proceeded on her outward voyage to New York. The Great Eastern passed the night about twenty miles south of the harbour, and steamed in to wards Cork and Spike Island at half-past seven this morning. There her steering gear was found useless, and she had to drop anchor. She is now in perfect safety, and in calm water. LIVERPOOL, FIUDAY, 12.40 P.Y. The Great Eastern has returned, and is anchored securely in the Queenstown Harbour. Captain Walker's judgment is praised for taking her to sea yesterday while the gale lasted. Had he kept in shore the ship would have been smashed, as she would not answer her helm. LATEST INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. I The Paris end Brussels journals are unanimous in fixing gin approaching interview of the King of Prumia with the Emperor Napoleon for the 6th of next month at Compiegne. ROME. Letters from Rome of the 17th state that the Pope, ou the occasion of the promulgation of the decree canonising the ancient martyrs of Japan, delivered an allocution, iu which he declared that it was impossible to confer with impious enemies, and that those who thought such a transaction pos sible deceived themselves. THE REACTIONARY DISEMBARKATION IN CALABRIA. Late news from Naples mentioned the disembark ation of a body of 100 reactionary volunteers upon the coast of Calabria. These persons, who are stated to have been surrounded by the troops and the National Guard, are composed, according to the de France, of Spaniards, commanded by General Borghhae. The Gm:44k announces, in a triumphant tone, that this band of 103 Spaniards is but the advanced guard of other expeditions which will be commanded by Neapolitan generals and emigrant nobles. It seems convinced that with the aid of these reinforcements Chiavone will re ' conquer the kingdom of Naples, and replace Francis 11. on his throne. Happily for Italy (says the Debuta of to-day), this is not the first time that this journal has announced with equal confidence the triumph of the Neapolitan Vendee. We will wait a few days and see if events justify its pre dictions. WIRTEMBERO. The Chamber of Representatives of Wirtemberg have passed almost unanimously, by 80 votes against 1, the law which gives Jews and Dissenters the same political rights as those, exercised by other citizens. (azuria's rcimmirs.) GREECE. ATHENS., Barr. 19. Yesterday evening, at 9 o'clock, a student fired on the Queen in the palace-square. The weapon, however, missed its aim. The student has been arrested. General indignation is felt at this attempt. Perfect tranquillity prevails. ATHENS, Serr. 20. The following fresh details have now transpired respecting the attempted aesasainatiou of the Queen of Greece :—The miscreant is a student, named Durios, 17 years of age. The weapon he used was a revolver. On being arrested he declared that he had no accomplices. The Queen diaplayed great coolness, and visited the arsenal on the day following the attempt. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Elm. 21. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian took part in the last ministerial council in reference to the war marine, a considerable increase in which may be anticipated. SPAIN. MADRID, Sin. 2L The frigate Patrocinio has been Lunched. Two other frigates will also be launched shortly. The annual bull-tights have commenced, and the coot ourse of people was very great. Seventy per sons have been wounded in the arena. POLAND. CRACOW, Barr. 20. On the proposition of the Governor of Poland the Administrative Council of Warsaw has resolved to declare the city in a state of siege should the disturbances be renewed. Yesterday the clergy iu their sermons condemned the recent excesses committed in Warsaw. The maintenance of order is now probable. WARSAW, SKr! 20. The municipal elections are appointed to take place on the 25th Met. MONTENEGRO, RAGUSA, Szrr. 20. A meeting has been held by the principal Alba nian chiefs, in order to decide upon their course of action in the struggle now going on between the Turks and the Montenegrins. It is believed that they will proclaim a neutrality. HOLLAND. THE HAMM Bap,. ID. During the discussion in the Chausber of Deputies to-day of the address in reply to the King's speech, the Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the government had recognised Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy, and had already announced this act in the official Gazette in the same manner as when Holland recognised the present Emperor of the French. The Minister further said : "If, in the speech from the throne, the King was silent on this point, it was only because he wished, in case of difference of opinion, to avoid wounding the susceptibilities of some of the members of the House." INDIA. BOMBAY, Amon There is no political news of iniportanos. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton, Broach, 170 r. nominal ; twist, improving ehirtiugs, dull and declining. Money plentiful ; discount unaltered. Government annuities : Fours, 821 • ditto Fives, 961 ; ditto Fives-and-a-Half, 1021. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. Freights, 555. to fo7a. 6d. CALCUTTA, Amer M. (BY TELBORA.PII TO BOMBAY.) Shirting' active, but unchanged in pries • twists, advancing. Indigo prospects continue bad. 'Linseed advancing : slow Wm. Saltpetre, firmer. Copper sheathing and tile : fair inquiry, but priors barely maintained. Silk, dull. Government securities : Fives, 1011 to 101 Exchange on London, 2e. 01d. Discount unaltered. Freight, Ws. AMERICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Fisrr. 21. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Teuton* from New York on the 7th inst., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 106 passengers for Hamburg, Havre, and Southampton, and GOO dollars in specie for Hamburg. On the 11th inst. she spoke the steamer City of Manchester, bound West. The Africa, from Liverpool, passed Cape Race on the 10th inst. The North Briton arrived off Father Point on the 10th inst. BOMBAY MAIL MARSEILLES, Bcrr. N. The Veetis, with the Bombay mail, arrived here at two p.m. to-day. The mail will leave for London at five p.m. THE OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. sounwirrox, Eton. 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Liens, Captain Woodgates, sailed hence to day, at 2 p.m., with the mails for Gibraltar, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, China, and Australia, New Zealand, eke., together with 70 first and 25 second-class passengers ; amongst whom were the THE PENINSULAR MAILS. 'SOUTHAMN The Pen insular and Oriental Comp PTO any ? ' steams bip Sultan, Capt. Cook, with the above mails in charge of lieut. Brock, Admiralty Agent, R.N., has arrived. She brings 17 passengers, 4 packages specie, value 11,216/. 10s. 6d. ; also 581 boxes grapes, 71 packages green fruit, 50 boxes tomatoes, 93 cases eggs, 250 cheats lemons, 25 cases apples, 6 boxes pomegranates, 394 bags almonds, 39 pack ages elephants' teeth, 3 packages plants, 1 cask wine, 18 bullocks alive, and 9 packages sundries. The Sultan on the 17th spoke the steamer Tiber, steering northward; on the 19th, the steamer Tagus, bound for Lisbon ; and on the 2C/th, at 5 p.m., the ship Argo, steering by the wind. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tyne with the outward mails of the 9th inst., sailed from Lisbon for the Brasil, at 5 p.m., on the 13th. LISBON, Bert 17. The marriage of the Princess Antonia of Portugal with Prince Leopold of llohenzollern Sigmaringen was celebrated on the 12th inst., with great pomp and ceremony. The nuptial service took place in the Chapel Royal, where there was a family banquet in the evening. On the 17th inst. the Prince and Princess will depart for Germany on board the cor vette Bartholomew Diaz. It is said that the Infante Dom John will also make the voyage, and return on board the corvette. The French steamers from S. Nazaire are placed in quarantine in Lisbon on account of the preva lence of yellow fever in that port. It is considered very probable that there will shortly be a reconstruction of the ministry. The measures recently adopted by Signor Avila re specting the stamping of bills, receipts, and other documents, have caused the greatest confusion and the highest dissatisfaction. A rumour is prevalent that the government will shortly open the ports for the admission of foreign grain, the crop this year being decidedly scanty. The heat of the weather has much abated, and the grapes have already been gathered in many districts, the result being much more satisfactory than last year. Exchanges for the present mail are quoted : London, 3 mouths, 53/1 ; Paris, 530 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 42/ ; Genoa, 526 ; Rental, Three per Cents., 484; Coupons, 47i; Deferred, 40; Lisbon Bank, 587 milreis ; Meryintile Oporto Bank, 200 milreis ; Commerci al Oporto Bank, 260 mantis. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (noN OUR OWN COI PARIS, FRIDAY EVININO. It is very positively stated that preparations are making at St. Cloud for the reception of the King of Holland and the King of the Belgians, but, as I understand the rumours, they will not be here till the King of Prussia's visit is over. It is vaguely hinted that Victor Emmanuel and the Grand Duke Constantine may swell the list of the Emperor's royal and imperial guests this autumn. As a pendant to the above news, I must men tion a very odd story which has boon set going to day. It is said that immediately after the depar ture of the exalted personages whom the Emperor is about to entertain, he will hold a sort of "family congress" in which he will explain his general policy, the execution of which, be will, at the same time, confide to a few chosen friends of his government and dynasty. What may this portend / Although there is now no doubt that Garibaldi will not go to America, the subject of the extraor dinary offer made to him by the United States government is stilt on the order of the day. The Mmiteur, which puts the reduction of the Bank of England's discount at the head of its bulletin, de votes the second paragraph to Garibaldi, and on the strength of news from London, which it considers " slmost certain," attributes his final resolution to remain in Italy to the emotion he felt at the recent demonstration in his honour at Naples. By letters from Italy I find that Garibaldi's friends were by no means unanimous in the advice they tendered him on this occasion. Many of them, among whom were Bertani and Mizell, urged plausible reasons for his accepting the American offer. They told him that he would make the great American re public a grateful and permanent ally of Italy ; that he would open immense channels for Italian com merce ; that his old officers (upwards of 200 in number), who were ready and eager to follow him in this expedition, would have splendid opportunities of acquiring experience in the art of war instead of becoming rusty in idleness, as they were now doing; and that if he stipulated, as of course he would do, for the right to return to Italy whenever he pleased, he might come back at no distant day surrounded by a staff which would have acquired world-wide fame, and with his own great prestige so much enhanced as to be absolutely irresistible. Bixio, Omens, and Medici, however, were not convinced by these glosing reasons, and argued that Garibaldi's absence at the present juncture would encourage the reac tion, and furnish the Marzieists with a pretext for saying that Victor Emmanuel's government had Wished to get rid of him and his volunteers. Garibaldi is not well, and that is a secondary reason for his remaining at Caprera ; but it is part of the history of this extraordinary man that, although a permanent invalid, his health always improves when the necessity comes for active exertion. A telegram from Rome announcing that the Pope had pronounced the nuptial benediction on Prince Charles of Tuscany and one of the King of Naples' sinters, mentions that the entire royal family of Naples was present at the ceremony ; but, inasmuch as it says nothing of General de Goyou and the French legation, the inference is drawn that they were not there, and that remarks made by oar tain foreign journals on the supposed orders that they should attend, are therefore unf3unded. In oonsrquence of the supposed predominance of English influence at Constantinople, a hint has been given to the French press to run down the new Sultan and to predict the inevitable downfall of Turkey. Letters full of jeremiads are circulated to-day, affirming that the Capitaaa Pacha Mehemet Ali is a creature of England, that he is, under Eng lish advice, putting a stop to all reforms, sending the best Turkish statesmen into exile, and "teach ing" the Sultan to love the harem and all these ex cesses which dwarfed his brother's intellect and brought him to an early grave. lam sure that diplomacy is, or shortly will be, much occupied with this new view of the eastern question. I The Bourse was firm. Relate closed with a rise PERILOUS VOYAGE FOR A SMALL VESSEL. The arrival of the steamer Hotham from Mel bourne on Thursday (says the Sydney Herald), in the face of the late heavy weather, is • rare instance of what may be accomplished by perseverance sod judgment. The fact of a vessel of only ten tons starting on • voyage from nd an eresk Mel bourne to this port is of itself extraordinary u ; but when we add that her voyage may be murdered as commenced (her destination being the Gulf of Carpenta ria it appears something wonderfuL This miniature ship is • screw steamer, as before stated, of oaly tee toes ; built in London, and br ought out on • vessel's deck. Her length is about 35 feet, and she is fitted with • pair of oscillating engines of the collective force of 14 hones, and is capable of carrying three days consumption of fuel. The after Dart, of the steamer is fitted ma • cabin for the accommoda tion of the mew, which consista of five persons, including her master and engineer ; and we are informed that she will steam in smooth water at the rate of eight knots per hour, besides being remarkably fast under canvas, which consists of fore and rosin lug sails. The Hotham is commanded by Captain Wye*, whose successful and rapid parse from , England to Hobart Town in the yacht Spray, of 20 tons, is familiar to our readers. She left Melbourne in tow of the Australian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Rangatira, on the Nth inst., but on the following day itcame on to blow hard from the eastward, and she had to be cut adrift. Owing to the heavy sea, the vessel shipped Lowe quanti ties of water ; the raided forting was Ito:sardiney set, and she stood to the northward. During the afternoon the wind fell light, and she was hove about and stood to the S.W. On the 10th, at daylight, the wind again freshened at E., the vessel standing to the S.S.E. for the purpose of keeping well to windward of the Ninety-mile Beach. At two p.m. it blew very heavy, with high sea, the vessel ender close-reefed forting. At five p.m. it was blowing • violent gale, when it wee found necessary to furl the lug, and, by means of a spar and a hawser, the little craft has kept head to sea, At four a.m. on the Ilth the hawser parted, and she was thee hove to under a close-reefed main lug. Throughout this trying time she behaved admirably, and, all through a succession of gales from N. W., S.W., N. 8., and S. E., which continued to her arrival in this port, she proved herself a splendid sea boat. Of course, in such weather, she shipped large quantities of water, which not only completely drenched everything on board, but precluded the possibility of lighting a fire for five days. Some little defect in the stuffing-box of the main shaft will have to be corrected before she again pro ceeds on her long voyage for the Gulf, for the of searching after Burke's exploring expedition, from i Trh e place she will probably go on to India. Captain Wyss is anxious to return his sincere thanks to Captain Hutton, of the steamer Phantom, for his kindness and attention in towing the Hotham from Manly, where she had anchored on Wednesday night, A Constantinople letter of the 11th says : " Ste William Codrington left last week, and as his pos. session already of the first class of the fdadjidie put it out of the Sultan's power to promote him in the order, his Majesty presented the general with a very valuable diamond mounted sung-box, and gave two of less value to Colonels Temple and Fane, his sides-de-camp. Sir William's recep tion from the first to the last could not have been more flattering, nor his niissiou of compliment more successful." The Ost-Dentedie- Post states that portraits of M. Desk, produced in great numbers both by lithography and photography, are being sold for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum at Perth. Up to the present time 8,000 copies have been disposed of, producing a sum of 5,318 florins. The bagbladit of Copenhagen say. :—" It is very true, as stated by some journals, that King Frederis VII, has no paned heir any more than Prince Ferdinand, who is the nearest successor to the throes, but Prince Christian of Denmark, who, by the treaty of London of theBth say, 1852, has been recognised by Europe as the heir presump tive to the crown of Denmark, has, by his marriage with the Prieoun Louisa of Hesse, numerous descendants. In addi- tion to three sous, the eldest of whom is 18 years of age, and the youngest 3, Prince Christian has three damthters, the eldest of whom, the Princess Alexandre, was born 01.1 the Ist December, 1844, and is now nearly 17." A letter from Salzburg says :—" King Maximilian and Queen Marie of Bavaria arrived hers on the evening of the 15th, by express trails from Munich, sad left again soon after for Berehteag►den, Chevalier Schroerling, Minister of State, is sow here, residing at the estate of his brother, who is a general in the Austrian service." The Journal ties Debate of to-day contains an article by N. Ilit. blare de Girardin, in which the English protectorate of the lonian Islands is denounced in very strong terms. A letter from Spa, dated the 18th, in the Bras -eels indetpendaisce of yestaday evening, says :—" To-day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the body of an Englishman who bad just arrived at Spa was found lying in a wood in the suburbs of this city. The following note was found a memorandum•book on him person :—' Sunday, Sept. 15. I kill myself with hydrocyanic acid, which I have brought from London. lam weary °Mite. May God have pity on my soul, and especially on my noble wife and poor children, whom I have so dastardly abendoned.' By the side of the body was an empty bottle inclosed in a wooden case. In the same memorandum-book was a long letter written by the deceased to his wife, clearly explaining his motives. Motives of delicacy preclude us from making this letter public." An Ostend letter of the 17th says :—"The weather has been very rough here for the last two days, aid then is reason to Per that many 'anteaters have hap pened on the French and Flemish coasts. We have already heard of two vessels in distress at Nieuport, one of w►ieh may perhaps ride out the dorm, but the other his bees driven on shore at Coxyde, west of Nieuport. It is a Prussian vessel, the Frederick Wilhelm, bound from Memel to Glouoester, with a cargo of timber. The crew were saved by the Nieuport lifeboat?' NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20. APPOlNnsims. Lieutenants H. F. Stephenson, to the Emerald ; W. T. F. Hedge, to the Paliaao. A ontitALTY,SEPT. 17. --CORPs, OF ROYAL M A Itl —Semi(' Lieutenant Francis Bacon to to rust lieutenant, tine 11. L. Harrison, to balf-pay. CHATHAM, Sart At The principal officers of the dockyard proceeded on board the Defence, 22, iron *crew frigate, thin morning, where they met Mr. Palmer, of Jarrovr, one of the brut who constructed the vessel, in order to decide what works are to be undertaken to complete that frigate. One of the new large 24-pounder and 12-pounder rocket tubes, with frame complete, having been forwarded hum Woolwich for the use of the Royal Artillery, orders 114 , 111 been received for the °Seers and men to be instructed is their use. PORTSMOUTH, Barr. 20. The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Captain tile Hon. A. Cochrane, arrived at Spithead this morning at eight o'clock, and exchanged salutes with the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief. She was accompanied by the Vivid, steam vessel. About one o'clock thia afternoon she came into harbour, and was moored alongside the Sheer Jetty. She will be docked to-morrow, and after the remnant of the cradle which is attached to her bottom has been removed, she will make an official trial of her speed at the measured mile is Stokes' Bay. The Duncan, 99, screw, was removed into the getup begin today. The Modes, 6, steam sloop, Commands, d'Horsey Prot. ton, steamed out of harbour to-day to test her speed at the measured mile. PEMBROKE, Barr. 20. Consequent upon the recent visit of the Admi ralty to th establishment, 20 joiners have been hired for three mooths to expedite certain works in array. The workmen, in common with those of the other royal dockyards, have also been allowed to work extra time, sou to admit of their leaving their employment at four o'clock on Saturday after -110001. At a very trifling expense a considerable addition has been made to the supply of water to the arsenal, of which it had hitherto ran very short during the droughts of summer. MILITARY SCANDAL AT GIBRALTAR. We read in the Army awl Nary Gazette :—" A general court-martial is about to sit, or probably Is now sitting, at Gibraltar upon • cue which has excited ea much noise in that oommisod, and is happily of so very unusual a character in her Majesty's service, that we con. eider ourselves justified in laying before our readers such wanders as have reached our ears. It would appear that in the 2nd battalion of the 7th Fusi liers • aeries of robberies had been g.dng on for some months past,and that there was scarcely en officerof the regiment but had more or leas suffered from this depre dation. Watches, rings, trinkets, purses, plate,•—io short, all articles of a light and valuable nature disappeared is the most extraordinary manner from the quarters of the officers : servant& without end were discharged on suspicion, bat no clue to the thief or thieves could be discovered. At length Major Btrtwhistle resolved to bring pieta= so far as possible to • climax ; and assembling the officers in the anteroom of the mesa, he pointed out the absolute necessity of solving the painful mystery ; and, by way of example, proposed that a committee of officers should be named on the spot to search the barracks, commencing with their own rooms. All present willingly assented, with the exception of one officer, Ensign Lovendge, on whom, all it happened, some slight sort of suspicion bad already fallen, from au °vassal he had shown in discharging his servants, sad offering personally • reward of 604. for the discovery of the guilty parties. He was most righteously indig nant at the proposition, and declared that ha rooms should not be subjected to such au indig. nity. We need scarcely say that this opposition at once strengthened any fioatsng idea against him ' sod Major Btrtwhistle, with praiseworthy firmness, at ones declared that the rooms should be at once searched, and his the very first. The committee was instantly named, and on proceeding to the quarters of Ensign Love. ridge, they found in • very few minutes the whole of the missing property, to the vale* of no less than 300/., cos. coaled in cushions, chair-seats, rewed up in the ends of sheets, and in fact most artfully concealed. Painfal as were these revelations, they were as nothing com pared to the relief infused throughout the regiment by the suspicions and unjust stigmas removed from the heads of many humble yet innocent people. There is, however, • still more distressing feature in die matter. It oozed out, as things will ooze out when once the wedge has been inserted, that another officer had been for some time put aware of the guilt of the culprit, had detected him in the act of easing a Lousy comrade of his Beverages, and in • weak =meat of temptation bad been prevailed upon to take • part as bush money, and keep the secret. He too is to be tried. Perhaps still more extraordinary is the fact that since these miserable circumstances became known, a banker on the Rook has produced a letter of credit in favour of Ensign Lever age, amply supplying him with funds ; so that should he prove to be guilty, the temptation to commit this evil cannot be imputed to the ordinary preserve of want of means, and is indeed scarcely to bs accounted for. How. ever this may be, and we shall doubtless hear more about the matter, we can only at present o ff er a word of sympathy to the officers of the 7th Fusiliers, in that such a calamity should have fallen upon the domestic ecooomy of so distin guished a regiment ; and at the same time express our seta. faction at the prompt and firm measures they adopted for rooting out the evil from among them." Intelligence " which," says the Army and Nary Ga:eite, " may be regarded OA authentic, has been received in London, to the effect that the Emperor of the French has decided upon adding ten more iron-cased steem.ships to his navy." The iron-cased ships recently ordered from Yoram. Mare, Laird, and the Thames Shipimilding Com• psay, are to be named respectively the Northumberland, the Captain, and the Elephant. The Grand Duke Constantine of Rueaia, who is on his way from the Crimea to England, "to complete hit studies on the British Navy," is expected at Berlin, having pasted near Vienna without paying a visit to that city, or presenting bit respects to the Court of Austria. The Italian opera at Madrid is this whiter to be headed by Mesdames de La Grano and Julienne Dejean. with M. Carrion for principal tenor, and Sigoor Giraldoni. baritone ; not one of the above is Italian by birth. The energetic council of the Royal Dramatic College (says the Sunday Time.) have now determined at once to proceed with the erection of their magnificent hall. Repent states that a design of surpassing beauty and taste has been decided upon by them, and the work is to be put up to tender without delay. . . Mr. Edwin Booth, who makes his first appear ance at the Haymarket Theatre on 31 °ado, Bept. 30, is the sou of the mos celebrated Justus Brutus Booth, formerly et Covent-garden and Drury-laps Theatres, and who war can temporary with the elder Haan. Mr. G. V. Brooke has been engaged by Mr. Harris, of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, for a limited number of nights, and will make his first appearance in his native city since his return from Australia, after an absence of seven yearn, ou Monday, October 7. He commences at Drury-lane Theatre on the 28th of October. The Adelphi opens on Monday with the unibing and undrownable Colleen Barn, but Mr. Boucle wit's text best end, The Oetomon, with its slave sale sod Yukon "sensation" bite, is in rehearsal. The Princess's Theatre is announced to open on Saturday nest, when the new comedy by Mr. John Brougham, called Playing aria Fire, will be the inaugurating novelty. The author is included in the out, and Mr. George Jordan, from the American theatres, will also make in it his first appearance in England. Blondin is engaged to exhibit at Southampton ou Xonday. The great single-wicket cricket match between Carpenter and ilaywerd and three Northern pl►yers takes place at She/held on Thursday, and the Cambridge pair have the call in the betting. It is said that the price of the Australian cricket trip to its projector will be about 7,0001. Harry Sebright; sou of the late inn Sebright, has been appointed huntsman to Colonel Lutistsll, is Someraittehire, vice old Will Bozall, who now retiree. MIL ROBSON AT HIRNII BAT.-A great treat was afforded the viadon and residents at Herne Bay on Tues. day last. There is a dramatic society established at this favourite waterier/1)1am, and they have erected a pretty little theatre, capable of seating about four hundied per sons. Mr. Robson being in the neighbourhood, and taking an interest in their exertions, kindly offered his senior*, mad accordingly Herne Bay Hall, as the theatre is termed, wee crowded on that evening to excess. la The Porter's Snot Mr. F. Robson not only performed his famous part of Samson Burr, to the great delight of the auditory, but he was assisted on this OCCs. don by his son, Mr. F. Hobson, jun., who made his first appearance on any stage, as Mr. Smoothly Smirk, and pee great promise of future excellence as an actor. should be choose his father's profession. Both were eethusiartp ally applauded, sad the piece altogether was a triumphant success. Betimes The Porter'. Snot and The Boots al Ma Swam, in which, as Jacob Earwig, he kept the spectators in the most excited date of mirth, Mr. Hebron sang his air bested "Country Fair," and left an inipremiou on his hearers which will not be easily forgotten.—Ern. 1 i