The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-27 00:00:00

THE souTn AFRICAN IRRIGATION and INVIsTMENT COMPANY (Limited). To be inosrpot ated under the C ompan i es Act, 1862,which sPeci alls; limits the liability of each Shareholder to the 141401 .1nt of his Shares capital £ 1 ,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. (Power to Increase.) First issue 10,000 shares. „: 1 - ) ePosit on application £1 per Share, and a further pay £l per Sh are on allotment. alls not to exceed £2 .;.',?! Share, an d three months' interval between each Call. 'la not intended to call up more than £lO per Share. Zehu ,„ Batty, nar DIRECTORS. , Merchant (Barry and Nephews), Lon - "nu wee Town, Director of the London and South attAftioan Bank. 3: R 1, 331 "k, Esq (Black and Co.), Merchant, London, Aie;ibirare's Town,' and Port Elizabeth. • Balder Cron, Esq.(Alexander Croll and Co.),Merchant, Ai Le f adon and Port Elizabeth. u l l'ed Ja rvis, Esq., Lo n d on (l a t e Ch a i rman o f th e Com ereial Bank, Port Eliz a b e th). 1. 4 '7 Sherman, Esq., Merchant (Levicks and Sherman), 011 don a n d Cape Town. "tph Mosenthal, Esq Merchant (Mosenthal and Co.), J Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. London and Esq. (Paterson,Kemp, and Co.), Merchant, - '° l 2 and Cape of Good of H . ope,Director of the Stan. (lard ' Ba nk of British South Africa. \-• 'PM Stewart, Esq , Merchant (Stewart and Co.), Liver nd Port Elizab eth. Th e BANKERS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, Lothbury, London, and The Albany, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messr s . F lux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. e sa , BROXERS. 48* J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 27, Moorgate-street, London. Th e s PROSPECTUS. l a e s .outh African Irrigation and Investment Company Labi..ablished with a view to aid in the furtherance of those le undertakings in the South African Colonies, includ- LCape of Good Hope, British Kaffraria, and Natal, reYswhich their resources may be more fully developed ; the ree s t l t be ing in the op i n i on o f th e Di rectors, certain to prove Theati s faetory to those who emb ar k th e i r cap i ta l . ob . company's ope r ations will em b race t h ree ma i n Jec.cs-- :Ist, That of a Land and Irrigation Company. —$M. That of a Public Works (more especially a Light- VPavin g , and Water Company) •; and . That of a Trust, Loan, and Investment Company. Irlt has seemed wise to the Directors to combine these ob ttisbiln one company, s i nce, while all are entirely com lasale e, and can be very properly undertaken under one genient, the heavy expenses of offices, directions, and 'Z'f,xnts for separate companies will ther, by be avoided. , outh African Irrigation and Investment Co m pany, time "lie m eeting the w ants most keenly felt at the present .. , by the South African Colonies, cannot fail to realise Shareholders ample returns upon the capital. 14013 : aroLand and Irrigation Company it wi t ll a r te ter ef ur e o r n it le a soil a f, r aising field of operations. Large r r , ng the river,s and in the great karoos 9r plains . of ifltrY, are to be urchased at very low prices, which, ttl"gation works, in dams, tanks, or water leadings from ties ra, Yb e converted, by , no great outlay, into proper rto —an Y times their original value. The Government ee e rrlla for 1860 of the value of landed estates in these Vo l t" Elbow that where by private enterprise irrigation l'aluZ L h ave been constructed on farms, the enhaneemen of halos has been from five to tenfold ; and as such results h et () been achieved by private enterprise, yet more satis org.:l3: re sults /pay b e l oo k e d f or w h ere l a b o u r is more Ti l p B ed and sc i entific skill is brought to bear. to e Co Mpang will not on ly p urc h ase l an d s with a view .te-sale after the construction of . irrigation works, but tak e Qov ertm _co . n a r n act s for the constructipn of 11 e to wo_ rek.snueeponn ttoplatio d private lands. It is known b con du ln next session of the Colonial Parliament to in- Ver n ` 4 " a bill to facilitate the construction of a series of Go . - suoltcent tanks, and to secure on the capital employed in of ;N'orks on G overnment land a Government guaran t ee leant 6 per cent. per annum. Af • a t P ublic Wo r k s C ompany f or th e t own s o f South tt rie.he prospect is equally inviting. There is _scarcely r teeilt-I,°f magnitude which is not now prepar d bee„, imeral and remunerative terms to this Company, to . 1 . " 133 e to it a constituted Water and Gas Company; and sat e lizalpah (now the commercial capital of all South aes . 411 Africa) caused a Bill to be introduced into last Ilto s p io zi of the Colonial Parliament, charging the $.4,0&%1' of the town for £BO,OOO, to guarantee whole a su t p l p ea_ y st . Ti t Per annum on outlay for works tor w t er 1 poretukaree!ors feel that the present is a most favourable op z9.014......ay for the establishment of a Company for Public 03ailiptitentde ticonfidently anticipate that they will be able arrangements with the authorities at Port eotbeth to become its Lighting, Paving, and Water 1,-of so as to ensure a most favourable commence bee— '4 business, and facilitate future operations. It may ii rationed that in towns where, by authority of local la,,'4lclpalitios, water-works have been constructed, they hav e proved sources of very large profits on the capital Se,, e . st ed4 and the only Gas Company in operation in t,' ll ). Afric a pays annual dividends varying from 15 to 20 `' l ' cent. Z 1,48 a Trust Company a very considerable and profitable , Mess can be done. It will be in position to offer very .1,9p1e sec to constituents, and the following statement o f selling prices of Shares in existin g Trust Companies will s how what may be done under this head : Name of Company. 4„ a _ lTl Of Executors 'ociation for Administering 4 , :Atate s Estate 0 e, &c. .. i,‘ Elizabeth Guardian and Paid up.SellingPriee £ . d. — T .- IE7T 1(,0 a 0 0 350 0 0 187 10 0 375 0 0 200 0 0 252 0 0 • 1 110 0 310 0 ea of a Loa n and Investment Company it cannet fail to show eati, 4 ,.T 05 7 results. Money may be invested to almost any kity""n first or preference mortgages, of the amplestsecu • kate g o „ n landed property in the South African Colonies,. at tag v ar y i ng from 6to 12 per cent. per annum, thus yield es it 2,r,ge profit over the cost of money in England ; and e b e Tl be the object of the Directors . to raise money on 4 PPli e d of the Company or otherwir, to be specially of ettB toesloans on such first mortgages, it becomes matter kny f,, tiv °Ftio nlation th at the pro fi ts to be made by the Com -3114114-a °ll e e departm en t o f it s b us i ness w ill b e highly re illerZugernents are in progress for the . immediate cora- Iptrt re &lt of the business of the Company in all its . de- L el ltioi l 7 to ts ).a,nd the . Directors . will give their especial at selection of efficient and well-qualified ma th, 7 1; ere will b taken in the Articles of Association for JferuPoratione with this Company of existing Compa it,,As thi s Co in South Africa. "t '° l7 opan is established at the urgent request of 1)4 43, e4ti4 1 coloni s t Y t o , t o a c s, who are prepared ro invest in the Cora onsiderable extent, 2,000 shares will be reserved .ech'ttlent in South Africa. ,13reliteietovision has been made by the Directors for . the a",ine.,, ar i expenses as will secure the Company against tIW - A Y Rita whatever in the nature of promotion mon . ey g , inlea of Association will contain a clause givin is t the Share the power to fix, year by year, the amount old remuneration. race of the Company will be in London, but o es and l oca l committees , under the control of the 43141).° -m 11 4 13 f 0 . ard A h ) be established in the chief towns of e itgkoati on r to the , lares to be made in the following form, F Broke or to the Secretary of the Company. -° the " . !' l OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 131 rectors of the South African Irrigation and In• fa ebtl ere vestment Company (Limited). th e en,--Ilaving paid to your Bankers the sum of Ith o being a deposit of £1 per Share on will Shares in lees thnnrobr, 4 1 7,hereby e Articles of th a t (I°4 " Irequest that you allot . me agree ( according to the form prescribed you may i t on), ' accept such shares, or any ot 4 8 ` 41 rabe r m and to execute the Articles h ., 1114 Y b ° , c l iat ion when q a ui p red • e 'and I request that my name - I tlle e tt e l e ed on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares Name in full Residence Profession of Business Date T E 0 EID 0 N: qAbypnat Is It? , 862, No. 560.- 114;?1-111-1L, TAE 8 See Patent n...telt-adheldve P a tent i I h nd l est l ructible MINE II and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, . 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"It was mentioned some time ago that intelli gence had been received of the murder by the go vernor of the province of.Nweichow (in the south west of the Empire) of two. -Roman Catholic mis sionaries and some of t heir corkvet fA ;' and we now learn that the Pekin Gazette or Angnsi: 5 contains an Imperial edict, removing the governor, Tient- Hing-shoo, fron► his post. General arbitrariness of conduct is alleged, in this against the official in question, in addition to his persecution of the Christians, as a reason for removing him, and directing the superior boards to decide upo❑ an appropriate punishment. His sucecksor in (1 . 11(13 is not designated. " Cholera is abating in Macao. Arrangements are on foot for the establishment of the foreign customs in this city, where irregulariti.s have hitherto been the rule_ . _ " In Hong Kong everything goes on smoothly." THE TRAGEDY NEAR YOKOHAMA. The following is an account of the recent mur derous attack upon a party of foreigners in the neighbourhood of Yokohama; it is from the Japan Express of Sept. 17:— " We have again to record more victims to the policy pursued by the treaty powers and the conduct of Colonel St. John Neale, in flying from Yedo. About 3 o'clock this day (Sunday, Sept. 14) a part, of gentlemen andime lady, composed of Mr. Marshall, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Clark (of Aug. Heard and Co.), and Mrs. 13orradaile, were quietly riding on the Tokido towards Kawasaki, about four miles from lianagawa,when they encountered a train of followers dressed in the uniform of the Prince of Satsuma. Tho Japanese spread themselves across the Tokido, and without any i ad a ea rd ty n at w ta as ck o m n o th rta e u e y nti w r o e n p n ar de ty d: Tho bat unfortunatewarning raad Mr. Richardson i stuck s s t . o h m i s r . h o m r s a e r s f h o rasome wounded i m d e e , d w a e h n e h w e a s f r l e t m o a t h n e e g r d s o o n nd me minutes with the body. The whole party were wounded, except, we are happy to say, Mrs. Borradaile. The unfor tunate Richardson had his head fairly severed from his trunk, and was cut in several places—he must have been attacked by more than one person. Mr. Marshall's wound was from a spear to all appearance, he is, however, not dangerously wounded. It required but little more force to have entered his left lung. Mr. Clark iii, however, in a more precarious situation. He was cut across the left shoulder, and will lose the use of his arm, if he escapes with his life. Mrs. Borradaile escaped unhurt, but sadly un nerved. The gentlemen, in shielding her, exposed them selves to the blows of the assassins. The French Minister was promptly on the spot, with his guard and men in arms from the war ships. The body was escorted by a large number of the citizens, as well as the officers and men of the ships in the harbour. The feeling was very strong against Colonel Neale. The impression was that he lacked nerve or courage to act with decision or promptness. The wounded parties were taken to the American consulate in Kanagawa, where Dr. Hepburn was promptly in attend ance, and all was done that was possible for them. Later they were conveyed to Yokohama. They are doing well. The trench guard was attacked by • a Japanese on horse back. He wan bayonetted and shot at. It is not known if the Japanese was mortally wounded. - - " September 15—This was a gloomy day in fokohama. All business was suspended; the vessels about to leave were detained ; sorrow and grief were depicted on every countenance. The day before was one of intense excite ment, this was one of serious dejection. Here was the lifeless body of a gentleman who but a few hours previous was in the prime of health, life, and promise . Having realised a fortune, Mr. Richardson was on a visit to his friends in Yokohama. It is said that he had secured a passage in the St. Louis, but was persuaded to re main a fortnight longer. Instead of the gay and happy Richardson, his mangled corpse was all that remained. He was ft ightfully wounded—one cut diagonally across the back, from which his lungs, heart, and stomach protruded. Another cut from the shoulder down the side fairly severed his arm from his back. There were several other wounds, one across the abdomen, from which the intestines pro truded. Much speculation prevails as to the manner of the attack, the wounded parties being yet too much excited to give a very distinct account of it. The nearest to the truth as far as we have been able to gather it is, that the party met the cortege of a third or fourth-rate of Damlo. They were permitted to pass along a line of about 100 men un molested. They then encountered a man of giant propor tions, who motioned for them to turn back. Having a lady with them, there was no other alternative, and they immediately turned their horses to retrace their way to Kanagawa, As soon as Richardson turned his horse, he received the deadly wound across his back. The attack then became general on all the party. Mrs. Borradaile was struck at with a sabre, which took with it the front of her hat and a portion of the hair from the front of the head. She fortunately received no serious injury. Mr. Marshall told Mrs. Borradaile to save herself by riding off at the greatest speed, which she did, not knowing for a long time after that the entire party, was not killed. She rode for the American Consulate, but when she reached the entrance her horse shied and ran towards Yokohama at his utmost speed. Mrs. Borradaile reached the residence of Mr. S. J. Gower exhausted, having ridden seven miles without anything on her head. This was indeed a trying ordeal for the lady, whose pre sence of mind and ceurage prabably saved her life. A Ja panese boy, who says he witnessed the whole affair, saw Richardson sitting on the ground, and begging for a drink of water. At this moment a noriman stopped, and the oc cupant asked what was the difficulty.' He was answered, Only a foreigner' (' R'yo-zin bakara'). This man got out of the noriman and inflicted several wounds. It is possible that he received the fatal wounds at the time. There are many incidents connected with this fiendish assassination —meetings of citizens, address to the Earl Russell, form ing a military corps from among the residents, cowardly and mean conduct of Col. Neale, with the noble course pursued by M. de Bellecourt, Captain Vyse, Lieut. Applin, and others—all of which it is impossible to publish in time for our • Extra,' having no type at our command. In our next regular issue we will give all the particulars referred to. "At 4 p.m. the remains of Mr. Richardson were taken to the grave, followed by a large cortege, led by the band of the Le Monge ; then followed a number of armed soldiers ; the Episcopal minister, the Rev. M. Buokworth Bailey; then the corpse borne on a litter with four pall bearers— Captain F. Howard Vyse, Mr. S. J. Gower, and Messrs. Aspinall and J. H. Bell. Instead of the pall bearers, as a guard of honour to the corpse were files of French and English soldiers under arms. Then the French Mini ster, the English Charge d'Affaires, the Count d'Harcourt, English Admiral, Commodore Buys, of the Vice-Admiral Koopman, and other officers, consuls, &c., then the residents of all nationalities; the rear was brought up by the English guard, the whole forming an imposing and solemn procession. At the grave the burial service of the English Church was impressively read by the Rev. Mr. D uukworth. Bailey." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1862. cenc-e ; it comprises no guarantee, it &fines n 4 boundaries, it involves no intervention, it consists with perfect neutra lity by the int erna ti ona l law of all Amer i can j u rists —in this case the best authorities. Its silent, peaceful, but irre sistible moral influence would soon be felt. Every Ame rican knows it to be a verdict that never was repealed or pronounced in vain. At once the peace section of the Democratic party would obtain a foothold on which to rally, form, and erect itself. With the army going into winter quarters, paper money depreciating, the tax-gatherer step ping out, and dissensions growing wider day by day, all circumstances would concur to add to the effect. Within a brief period from the date of recognition perseverance in the war would become so plainly useless and hopeless that the Conservative leaders, now in the ascendant, would ac cept the reality however reluctantly, submit to destiny, and proceed to demand peace to save their own section of the continent from the anarchy, dismemberment, and ruin now pending over it. —Times. THE TUNNEL THROUGH MOUIV7 CA'NIS. RAILWAIS AND OTHER COMPANIES. WIVENHOE AND BRIGHTLINGSEA. MOUTH. (From the Newcastle Daily Journal.) Most of our readers know that a gigantic work in engineering is in progress in the Alps, being no less than the cutting of a tunnel eight miles in length through Mount Cenis, for the route of the Franco-Italian:Railway. Some idea of the extensive nature of the tunnel may be gathered from the facts that it is to cost no less than £2,400,000 sterling, and that the time allowed for its com pletion is twenty years. The progress already made in the tunnel is not considerable. Two machines are at work, but nothing authentic is known as to their capabili ties, or the rate at which they are -working, and there is good reason to believe that the statements which have appeared in the public journals respecting the work done are exaggerated. The principle upon which they pro ceed does not, indeed, admit of their making rapid progress. They bore a number of holes in the face of the rock, and into these holes powder is inserted, and the rock is blasted. Very often, however, when the rock is very hard, the ex plosion makes no impression upon it. The utmost speed obtained is less than 3 feet in 12 hours; and this is effected at a great expense of manual labour, no less than 50 or 60 men being engaged about each machine, which is itself a very costly construction. Upwards of £200,000 has already been spent on the machinery and compressers. It is not surprising that the promoters of the undertaking have become dissatis fied with the probable cost of the work as at present con ducted, and with the prospect of having to wait during the long period of 20 years for its completion. We are able to state, however, that there has been invented a new machine, which will undoubtedly do wonders, both in reducting the cost and in shortening the time for the completion of this wonderful work—the tunnel through the Alps. It is the invention of an English officer, Capt. Penrice, late of the Royal Engineers; and a company under the title of the Patent Steam Tunnelling and Mining Machine Company (Limited) has been formed in London for bringing it into general use, not only on Mount Cenis, but wherever tun nelling work is required. The invention owes its rise ori ginally to the necessities connected with the siege of Se bastopol. During that memorable siege the principle of the invention was conceived by Capt. Penrice, who brought it before the British and French Governments. The autho rities of the English War-office were of opinion that it might be available for undermining Sebastopol, and accord ingly Sir Wm. Armstrong was engaged to construct two. Messrs. Fox and Henderson at the same time constructed two machines for the French Government ; but before they were finished the war was ended, and the Governments did not pursue the investigation into the merits of the invention. However, a company has been formed for its development as a commercial enterprise ; and the work of construct ing the machines has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Hawks, Crawshay, and Co., of Gateshead. Messrs. Hawks and Co. have been engaged for several months in perfecting a machine on the principle of Capt. Penrice's patent, and we were late'y favoured with an inspection of it, and are therefore enabled to state, from actual observation, what it is capable of doing. The machine is erected in the Clax ton Quarry, belonging to Mr. Cail, the railway contractor, situate at the head of Gateshead, and has been the subject of intense wonder and curiosity in the neighbourhood —a wonder and curiosity which have not been decreased by the reserve which has been maintained respecting the machine, and the strictness with which prying eyes have been ex cluded from it and its achievements. We will now give a general and popular description of the machine, and of some of the difficulties which have been encountered in its construction and adaptation to the purpose for which it is designed. The question of ventilation has been solved in the most satisfactory manner. In the open ground in the quarry, which is of very great extent, there is erected an engine used for supplying air to the tunnel by means of a fan blast, which acts, however, by suction outwards, in stead of by the usual way of drawing air inwards. A tube is carried along the top of the tunnel, at the head of which a partial vacuum is formed, the vacuum being refilled by the air which rushes into the tunnel. This tube is the chimney of the boiler, and the exhaust steam of the engine being driven into it, the ventilation is increased by this means also. The ash-pan is closed, an air-pipe is carried forward from it to the head of the bore, so that all the air drawn through the furnace by the exhaust of the engine and suction fan is taken direct from the inner end of the tunnel, where it is replaced by fresh air from the exterior, and a very strong draught is created. The heat from the boiler is confined by means of water tanks, which cover the surface of the boiler, and as there is a thick lining of felt between the boiler and the water tanks, the constant supply does not at all inter fere with the generation of steam. By these means the ven tilation at the face of the rock is maintained ; and so far from there being excessive heat, when we saw the machine the thermometer at the face of the rock registered below 60 deg. Fahrenheit, although a large locomotive boiler was within the tunnel, and working at a pressure of 1201 b. to the inch, The mode in which the machine operates is this : A number of large chisels are inserted in the radial arms of a circular piece of metal, which is made to revolve, and at the same time to strike the face of the rock very rapidly. The advantage of the rotatory motion is, that the chisels are always chipping against an edge as they revolve. These blows are delivered at the rate of from 400 to 500 a minute, by a mass exceeding nine tons in weight, so that the rock catches it pretty well. 'The debris fall to the ground and is carried off beneath the machine by means of rakes, attached to an endless chain, very much in the same way that mud is taken outof docks and harbours by means of dredgers. Three engines are employed in furnishing motive power to the ma chine; one, a donkey-engine, feeds the principal boiler with forlt alsoassisting keeps tdoo water, and pumps water upon the face of the rock, while the machine is in operation. The water is useful both for preventing a vast quantity of dust being formed,"an.d also a d n o donkey-engine is syi used- drivinge n g fnoerca wn rrLt e h h e ea de t b a r n is d t f o re t s h h e en m s ou th th e o ai f r. the A t n u o nn th e e l r . s pt u hr p eo pp propelling slide gh ofet ventilationthheem machineain cy ; lf ion a r d n we d ar r. theforward t oT h t w h ea i r r a d d: ot en ginehk ee face of the rock, for turning the head containing the chisels, of the main cyli n d er i s of course very short, being only about two to three i nc h es , in order to give the necessary ra pidity of hammer-like action to the chisels. Such beinglthe nature of the machine, let us see what it can do. When we saw it at work it had burrowed it way to a distance of 60 feet from the mouth of the tunnel, and had out the last 12 feet in 33 hours. - To give an idea of the immense power which is concentrated by this machine on a small area, we may mention that a new machine of only 5 feet 2in. in dia meter is being constructed for mining purposes by Messrs. Hawks and Crawshay, and will work up to an indicated power of 600 horses. In fact, it seems scarcely possible to get more out of steam and steel than is done by Captain Penrice's machine. Not only have the mechanical de tails been overcome, but the principle of the invention has been proved by actual working to be sound, and of the utmost practical value. So far has the invention been carried into practical use, that it is no longer an experiment but a reality ; and the gallant captain has felt himself justified by the results in asking the Italian Government, who are the most deeply interested in the construction of the Mount Cenis Tunnel, to inspect the machine for themselves. Accordingly, the Cabinet of Turin despatched Signor Cabella to the Tyne,with instructions to inspect the machine and report upon it to them. The Signor arrived a few days ago; he saw the machine in operation; and considered the results something wonderful. He con sidered it capable, even in its present state, of completing the Mount Cenis tunnel in less than five years. And not only will there be a great saving of time by Capt. Penrice's mac hine, but the cost will also, as a matter of course, be i mmense ly reduced. The use of these m ac hin es will not be confined to railway tunnelling , but they will be employed in mining; and Mr. Matthias Dunn, the Government in spector of mines for this district, has seen Capt. Penrice's high approval of it , as of the utmost value in coal mining. The e h ra in a e at machine e o i rk ssiimnpAllr. simple, cConasili'dseqrinnagn.tyh, and has expressed e varied and difficult na ture of the work it has to do ; it is, in fact, so simple that a boy can manage it, and a fireman and two labourers, to remove the debris, are all the staff it requires, the monster, in reality, eating its own way through the rock. ST. GEORGE'S RIFLES.—The annual concert of this regiment will take place in St. James's-hall on the 14th of January, 1863, on which occasion Mr. Sims Reeves will appear, as well as M. Benedict and several other distin guished artists, who are members of the corps. The Hon, Colonel Lindsay, who commands the regiment, will, at the request of several of his members, perform upon the'cornet. a -piston, for which he has been for many years distin guished as an amateur. CRYSTAL PALACE. —One Shilling Day, Wednes day,PaYment, 286 ; do. by season tioket N o, o 6 v 7 . o 26 ; " total A d m visitors, issi°n 13 nB°66. Surveys are in progress with a view to the execution of this long delayed project. The line is an extension of that now in progress from Colchester to Wivenhoe, and hOpes are entertained that communication will be established be• tweon Colchester and Brightlingsea by December, 11363. RINGWOOD, CHRISTCHURCH, AND BOURNE- This railway was opened to the public on the 13th insi. It forms a branch line from the London and South-Western Railway, and has been completed by local subscriptions, aided by the contractors, Messrs. Brassey and Co. The total cost of the line, including all expenses up to the com pletion of the undertaking, has been £6,500 per mile. HOTELS, &c. CHAPLIN'S ROTEL. `AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, GRACECHURCH-STREET.; LONDON. omt ort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls, 6d. and 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate !barges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. The proverbial gratitude of republics receives another illustration in the case of Gen. M'Clellan, who, whatever his former shortcomings, has of late deserved well of his country. The pretext assigned for his removal is plainly insincere, for how came disobedience to a positive order of the 6th October to leave him still in command for many weeks ? Nor could it be the interests of the country, for Burnside possesses no pretensions that could outweigh so grave an evil as change of eotnmand in the midst of mill. cal operations. The small successes he obtained on the coast came to an end as soon as gunboats ceased to be avail able. At the battle of Sharpsburgh his delay in attacking the right wing of the Confederates was fatal to success. On the other hand, M'Clellan's advance from Washington after Pope's crushing defeat, and his operations in Mary lany, are more creditable to the North than any incidents of the war ; they saved it, indeed, from sinking into imme diate ruin. His talent for organisation and possession of the confidence of the army go for nothing where fitness for office is excluded from all consideration. The very cause assigned for the removal of M'Clellan is one that does credit to his judgment. It was essential to the purposes of the North that the battle of Sharpsburgh should be regarded as a victory. By ingeniously mixing up in the despatches the results of the prior engagement on the South Mountain—in which a Confederate division was driven back with loss—the colour of a victory was imparted to it. Gen. Lee, with equal precision, might have proved it a defeat, by throwing into a description of it the prisoners and guns of Harper's Ferry. But, whatever the exigencies of the Washington censorship—and they compelled the suppression of his detailed report—M'Clellan no doubt knew well that he had sustained a very damaging repulse. He tried the experiment of crossing the Potomac at once, and paid dearly for it. To have thrown forward that mass of half-disciplined men, shattered in an engagement that deprived them of 13 Generals; to have pushed them at once into a hostile country, in pursuit of an enemy able to move with greater celerity, superior in cavalry, and pos. sessed of exclusive information, and this at a season when decisive advantage was hopeless, and the final check would be fatal—this would have been to carry his army straight into the jaws of ruin. In no instance has M'Clellan served his country so well as in the caution by which he has pre served the army for the North at the sacrifice of his own repute. His dismissal immediately upon the triumph of the Con servative party, who had unwisely asscciated his name with their cause, indicates an intention at Washington to defy public opinion, and take advantage of the possession of office to carry out their own views. Much they can con trol ; but not times and seasons, snow or rains, and unless Burnside be prepared to make war with an eye to the Money Market only, he will have to go into winter quarters as M'Clellan intended to do, for his recent advance was plainly but a military promenade to divert public impatience, and once in winter quarters what can the country gain by this change ? Reorganisation will then be the only duty, and in this M'Clellan peculiarly excelled. The measure will widen at once the divisions that exist, with this fur ther effect, —that the defeat or success of the army will cease to be a matter thoroughly national, and become one of hope or fear to contending factions. It is written, " A house divided against itself cannot stand." Nor can the inmates of such a house be well prepared to go out to war against their neighbours. This disunion of the North has existed all along, although hitherto latent, and strange it is that it should exist among a people who arc shedding all this blood to force union upon others. An advocate or friend of the Federals, second to none in earnestness or ability, has just told us that Ameri can freedom is "a sham." Long ago Channing observed, " The age of individual action is gone. Truth can hardly be heard, unless shouted by a crowd." When the age of individual action is gone that of individual thought is gone. It is the inevitable result of Democracy, when attempted on so vast a scale, that the minority becomes abject, the majority despotic. The essence of freedom, its completeness in the individual man, becomes extinguished, and men move no longer by the guidance of reason and choice, but as fish move in a shoal, by the volition of the mass. And what single principle has been urged in support of this war of subjugation that is not a " sham" or a delusion ? Take the spirit of nationality. Is it this spirit that is developed in German generals and Irish soldiers; that has now recruit ing agents in Europe to decoy all manner of foreigners; that requires a conscription to force men from their homes or bribe mercenaries to fight for them ? Take the principle of emancipation—that love of the distant negro that legis lates to forbid his presence, and schemes to transport him as a convict ; that beholds in him an angel in theory, but treats him as a leper in practice ; that forbids slavery in terri tories where it cannot exist, but is ready to foster it where it flourishes ; that, denouncing it as a curse, proposes to free the wicked from it, but to leave it still clinging to the righ teous; that in one district reviles it as "the sum of all villanies," and in another offers it as a bonus or reward for loyalty. As a matter of principle surely nothing so hollow, so ludicrous as this, was ever recorded in history! And what of another principle alleged,—reverence for the Union P Where is the union among those who are fight ing to impose union upon others ? If all the nations of Europe were thrown together, there would be no discord ance so virulent, no such disunion as exists within the North itself, between Democrat and Abolitionist, between New York and Massachusetts. There are honest men swept along by these delusions, but as regards the infinite majo rity, they are merely pretexts to cloak passion, pride, and self-interest, and to blind those in Europe who fail to see through them. The result of the election in Illinois is peculiarly signifi cant, as that is Mr. Lincoln's State. The fact of his being a Western President contributed greatly to the popularity of the war in the West in its early days, when that State assumed the title of the "war nest of the North." Its population being largely of foreign birth it sent an enor mous force to the army in the field. The tax-gatherer has not yet appeared there, and paper money is abundant. In spite of all this, the Government is defeated in the most emphatic manner. The Americans are not a people to be sent from their homes into political dungeons at the mere pleasure of Mr. Stanton's " live men" without coming to dislike such a system, nor have they so entirely forgotten the principles of their origin and constitution as to see them repudiated and despised without impatience. The most Important consideration now is to determine what position to assign to the victorious party as it concerns the continu ance of the war. and A th e a a r c e e t n p r epar tydumb xi st w and s p i t a h w i n e r e t s e s r a . n Thek s, but majority as a m, i nor y would, no doubt, make peace with its old allies by any conceivable guarantee of slavery or other concession that would re store the Union. But peace on the basis of a re-union would be scouted by the Southerners. They would make the reply we received in our attempt to treat with the first Congress—that after Independence should be admitted they would treat on other points, but not till then. You very justly observe that the war for the restoration of the Union thash many ments that severed it cont i nue i n force, w hil e o th ers are added, and intense, to the outrages and sufferings of e war * Inaddition to this the former cohesive force in the prestige o f t h e Union is gone for ever. A powerfu l npeoplemore South no persuadedbackdiscernment n tt into enoughreturn t h e nursery.o t n o d et see e i t that than T he a pn a eyn s p t n n g f man th can be talked e patching up would only lead to a renewal of the strife a few years hence ; nor are they of such a spirit that, after declaring their independenc e in the face of the world, and shedding their best blood to defend it , they will abandon it as the first fruits of success. They would instantly reject and de cline to discuss any plan w Peac e b e i ng thus was rm n not will bse they on impossible i nttehye continue i their re et in dependence.direction of They which from Democratic th eßepublican party d an p the war after making this ep d n is b c li o c ver experience cethe Democratic inaffairs an l d leaders of may ccsome e regarded capacity and judgment. H of e Hence as for war so long as they can h ope for s om b w henever that hope be extinguished. Th)prese — f nt e a r tt p it e u e d ee e of Europe encourages them to petsev ere, f or refusal of re cognition, in the face of the sufferings en d ured, must be re garded as proof of doubt in the European mind, as to the issue of the contest. Of this doubt they will naturally give y g themselves the benefit. Before mediation can be accepted, the Northern min a must arrive at a conditi on and tem per to accept it. The ob j ect of an y measure to be take heinterests ofiad peace should b e t o ue pro— to extinguish de l us i ve hopes, and satisfy all thou g htful men in the condition North that further ex p enditure of life or treasure wo u l d , be produce by this Europe of m in the fruitless. European recognition needs no one's acquies. COMMERCIAL. SHANGHA.E.— The hopes of importers as to the deman d for cotton manufactures have not been realised. The Iti verine and coast markets have exhibited little capacity for taking off supplies. The enhanced cost of cotton goods at Manchester naturally places British manufactures at a dis advantage with the native spinning wheel —especially in coarse fabrics, which, doubtless, accounts for the unwil lingness of the Shanghae dealers to operate in imported cloths beyond their immediate wants. The yield of native cotton is good. The rate has advanced owing to shipments whose supply f rom I ndia having cease d , i s for now dependent South, on the North. Still the advance is but a bagatelle, probably not discernible in the interior. In wool lens little has been done, and no alteration developed. The stock of iron is much reduced, and lead is very saleable. Coals continue to arrive freely and to fall steadily. Straits produce seems to be in fair and steady request. Black pepper scarce and wanted. FOOCHOWFOO.—The bales of the fortnight are thus re ported :—T-cloths, 81b., 2,000 pieces, at 3 dols. 10e. Dyed damasks, assorted, 250 pieces, at 7 dols. 250. THE VIRTUE OF INTOXICATION.--Is drunkenness a virtue? Are ruffians who get drunk and then commit most brutal outrages, entitled to plead drunkenness in pal liation of their crimes, as they might put in a certificate of previous good character ? Certain of our magistrates appear just now to think so, and among them, we are quite sur prised to see, is Mr. Tyrwhitt. In sentencing a brute the other day for an assault, this usually good judge forgot himself so far as to say the nonsense following :—" He should send the prisoner to hard labour for six weeks, and, had it not been that the prisoner was drunk, he should have sent him for a longer period." In future when a drunken brute is taken up for an assault, it would be as well to charge him not merely with the outrage but with the being drunk. There is by law at present a penalty for drunken ness ; and a fine of five shillings, with the option of impri sonment, may be imposed on any one found tipsy in the streets. Had the prisoner in this case been charged with being drunk, Mr. Tyrwhitt would have been obliged to take judicial notice of that which, so far from excusing, aggravated the assault. Thus, being Called upon to punish it, he could not have viewed the drunkenness as palliation ; and while b e proceeded to committal of the prisoner, he would have spared his friends the pain of seeing him com mit half• INDIAN TRAMWAY. The directors of this company state in their report that Mr. Forde has visited Bombay, Madras, and Bengal, and has personally received the strongest assurances on the part of the several Governments of the deep interest with which they regard the introduction of tramways into India. The terms which the directors had applied for were readily con ceded by the Governments of Madras and Bombay, but those suggested by the Government of India, although con ceding what has been asked, contain clauses which the directors consider to require modification. The following is the substance of these 'concessions :—The Government grant the free use of part of the existing road for 99 years, provide additional land for stations and sidings, give an nual subvention equal to the cost of maintaining half the roadway until the line pays 5 per cent., exempt permanent way materials from duty, consent to audit tho accounts, re frain from all interference with traffic until after the profits reach 10 per cent., give reasonable protection from compe tition, and render all other possible assistance, reserving to themselves the right to purchase the house on agreed terms, and to transport the mails free and troops and stores at re duced rates. The terms offer considerable advantages,with the additional benefit of the Government supervision being limited to the audit of accounts, and such other points as can in no way obstruct, but will protect and assist the opera tions of the company. The lines proposed for earliest con struction, subject to confirmation by the Government of India, are—ln Bombay, from Palej station of the Bombay and Baroda Railway to Jumbooseer, 20 miles, through a densely peopled cotton country. In Madras, from the Ar conum Junction of the Madras Railway to Conjeveram, 17 miles—a line much required. In Bengal, from the Luckee Serai station of the East Indian Railway to the Kurrhee bailee coal mines, 83 miles, subject to arrangements with the East Indian Railway Company, whose acting chief en gineer states that these coal fields " yield the best steam coal yet discovered in India," and that " the freight on the minimum quantity of coal required by the East Indian Railway Company only will pay the interest on the ca pital necessary for the construction of a cheap branch line." And in the north-west provinces, from Cawn pore to Lucknow, subject also to arrangements with the East Indian Railway Company, and upon the presumption that the Oude Railway Company, who made the surveys in 1857-58, do not construct it. The directors have decided, unless in special and exceptional cases, to adopt the narrow gauge, sufficient for all the pur poses of locomotive engine power. The board recommend the shareholders to proceed, without loss of time, with one or more of the lines above referred to. These works, in the whole, will amount to about 170 miles, requiring an expen diture of about £600,000, or, including rolling stock and all charges, uneer £3,500 per mile. The capital of the company is £1,000,000, of which the first issue was £250,000, upon which the directors propose to make a call to satisfy the Government of the bona fide character of the undertaking. No portion of this call will be expended until the directors have obtained from the Government of India the further modifications which they consider absolutely requisite. LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAY HOTEL. The directors of this company state in their report that the hotel was opened to the public on the 2d of June. The profits arising from the business done during the five months ending Oct. 31 amount to £5,196, out of which is deducted £843 for interest on debentures and contractor's deferred certificates, leaving a balance of 14,353, which is equivalent to the rate of 14 per cent. per annum upon the subscribed capital; but, considering that a portion of this sum is de rived from the club subscriptions, which will not become again due until June, 1863, the directors have deemed it prudent to recommend a dividend to the shareholders at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, amounting to £3,087. They further propose to carry to a reserve fund, to provide for renewal of furniture and depreciation of lease of premises, £3,000, leaving a balance of £1,508 to be carried forward to the credit of the next half-year. Vast alterations are being made in the immediate vicinity of the hotel. St. Thomas's Hospital has been pulled down, and it is probable that upon a portion of its site there will be erected first-class shops and houses, which will prove highly beneficial to the hotel. The amount of the debenture debt is £18,500. MR. VAN B UREN ON GE A. M'CLELLAN FOR PRESIDEN7. A great meeting of the Democratic party was held at the headquarters of the Democratic Union Association, in the Broadway, New York, on the evening of the 10th inst., to celebrate their recent victory. Atter a brief address from Mr. Fernando Wood, Mr. Van Buren spoke at great length on the subject of the late contest, the obstacles which had to be surmounted, and the triumph which the Democratic party have achieved. He alluded in the following terms to the present position of his party with regard to the Go vernment : 6, We are an opposition, and we are opposed to the Admi nistration of the general government of the United States. It is not the business of an opposition to have a policy; it is not the business of an opposition to propose to administer the government when they are utterly paralysed. It is the business of the Administration to have a policy, and of the opposition wisely and circumspectly to oppose that Admi • nistration wherever their action is such as calls conscien tiously for opposition; to sustain it where it is capable of being sustained, and more particularly in time of war ; nor should it regard jealously the action of the Government, but give them liberal support, sustaining them wherever it is possible to do so." He next discussed the question of the removal of General M'Clellan, and the slave proclamation of the President, de claring himself in favour of the prosecution of the war for the purpose of restoring the constitutional relations between the States which have been suspended or destroyed. In the latter portion of his address he referred to the chances of the presidency, avowing himself, as will be seen, unequivo cally in favour of General 111.‘Clellan as the future President of the whole Union under an amended constitution. " The President of the United States is assured by those who surround him, and he is made to believe that he is a popular man. He has only served 18 months out of a term of four years, and in every part of the Union he has num bers of friends, while in the States of Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky he has numerous public officers who are devoted to his interest. These States would form a preponderance in the Union, if it be restored. He believes his policy and course of government have endeared him to the people of the country, who would therefore call upon him again to serve another full presidential term. lam un able to say what would be the action of the people in regard to this call; but he has a right to assume that he would be c e ontinucertainly ed too would re-electedhis election e makect naan no President eaffmet ot o p f tpe t o h ds e eed s new teo. o s n Af shouldddme r ac b y s tration. I know what would be my course, though I have not consulted with anybody else on this question. I should support George B. M'Clellan for President when the next election came on. General M'Clellan is a young man. He is, as I said before, ready for any kind of work in his country's service. Hitch him up anywhere and he will draw, but now that he is altogether unhitched, I see no reason why he should go on receiving a large sum of money from the public without returning them some appro priate service for it. He would do better, in my opinion, to return to those employments which are more habitual to him. He must be, more or less, the subject of misrapresen teflon and misunderstanding; but I would never presume to advise him in anything else. I have never said yes or no to him. I have never spoken to him. I would not know him from any person in this room; but I look upon Gen. M'Clellan as one of the most extraordinary men that have ever lived in our age. I think the Government has made a great mistake in withdrawing him from the command of the army, if they are desirous of prosecuting the war to a triumphant close. But if they think that the war had gone far enough, and that it is time to make peace with the South—if they desire to restore the Union, and to make M'Clellan the next President, then they have done the very exact thing they should do. And now, having spoken to 1 you all that I intended, I purpose taking think that it is not amiss that in the rooms of the Young Men's Democratic Association, where so many popu largreastee movements have been inaugurated and success t en followed, that the name of M'Cl e llan, in connexion ; and these apprehend with great confidence thates w i th this high office, should have been first presentede eople, my leave. n and that course, have restored the Un ion by this removal, M'Clellan will be the Presi dent of th e whole Union under an amended Constitution." The concluding portions o f Mr. Van Buren's speech were received with immen se applause. p by their The annual inspection of the Inns of Court Rifl e Volunteers by Colonel lkl‘Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteers, will take place in Richmond Park on Satur day neat, the 29th inst., at 2 o'clock. The regiment w ill parade in fling's Bench-walk, Temple, at 1.1a.m., prepa ratory to proceeding by train to Richmond. PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL. We have received our letters and papers under date of Calcutta, October 22 ; Hong-Kong, October 15; Madras, October 29. The following is from the China Mail of October 22 : "Every endeavour is being made to open the railway as far as Patna by the 15th of November, and from thence to Benares by the 15tn of Decem ber. Other lines are progressing rapidly, the one to Mutlah being completed with the exception of the bridge over tlif Pyallee River. Since the 18th, the date of our last summary, little has transpired worth referring to. The Priestley scandal has been rather unexpectedly revived, and, in the absence of anything more import an t, h a s engaged public atten tion the last day or two. The subject has been brought on the taps in consequence of Sir H. Rose having addressed a letter to the managing com mittee of the United Service Club, in which he tenders his resignation of the office of honorary president. The Commander-in-Chief, in so doing, remarks that, in his opinion, the proper course for the club to have taken with reference to the con duct of Colonel Priestley would have been to have referred the question to him as president. His Ex cellency, however, goes further, and maintains that Colonel Priestley was justified in doing all that he did. The letter has not boon published, but we have grounds for stating that it is not cal culated to improve the position which his Excel lency has maintained in this affair. The move ment which we alluded to in our last as being on foot to raise subscriptions for the Lancashire poor, has assumed a practical shape. A preliminary meeting has been held at the Chamber:of Commerce at which many of our influential men were present. It was determined to convene a public meeting, but at present no date has been fixed. It will probably take place during the first week of November. Subscriptions continue to be received, but the amount already remitted is not likely to be mate rially increased until another appeal and renewed exertions are made. We have no doubt that a hearty response will be made, whenever the com mittee have organised these arrangements. The courts re-open on Monday next after a holiday of a month, and we understand that several important alterations have been effected in the minor details. calculated to insure increased efficiency. The rainy reason is not yet over, and there is at present little prospect of its breaking up. We generally look for clear bracing weather at this time of the year, but the rains have been unusually protracted." COMMERCIAL, Our Commercial Summary gives—Exports checked ; imports encouraging; money dearer; stocks drooping; shares steady ; exchange lower ; freights advanced. Exports.—The advanced rates of freight now ruling exercise a considerable check on business. Our market con tinues moderately supplied, and prices are steadily main tained in most cases. Transactions since the re-opening of business on the 10th have been chiefly in jute and linseed. Indigo at full prices. Sugar, 4to 6 annas dearer. Salt petre, 4 annas up. Money.—The Bank of Bengal on the 25th ult. raised its rates of interest and discount 1 per cent. The market in the Bazaar has been gradually tightening owing to the absence of remittances from the North-West and the re quirements for the Doorga holidays. We have still a full supply of capital available. Government Securities.—Prior to the holidays transac tions in Four per Cent., Lr delivery after the vacation, continued at about the rates we last gave, which were 6-12 to 6.4 discount. The alteration in the Bank rates of interest on the 25th ult. checked speculative operations. Subsequent to the holidays, in expectation that the Bank's rates would be again raised, business was very limited and prices generally drooping. There having been no change made on the 16th, quotations have rallied and there is again more doing. Five-and-a-Half quote at 12.0 to 12.4. Fives have ruled from 4.0 to 4.4 discount. Fours 6.10 to 6.4. Siccas 8.0 to 8.2 discount. CHINA. The Overland China Mai/ says : " The past fortnight in China and Japan has been marked by one or two incidents that may affect the future current of events in some degree. "At Yokohama one of our countrymen was murdered in cold blood and two others wounded while riding along the high road from Yedo to Miako. [Particulars will be found below.] It has, we ought to state, always been the practice for the Japanese authorities to intimate to us a few dayS previously the particular day on which any nobleman with his retainers intended to travel along the road to a foreign settlement. Our authorities have then made the matter public, and advised those under their care to avoid giving cause of offence by going in the way of the procession. On the present occasion there had been no notice given on either side. The tendency of events like this is to confine foreigners more and more to the particular spots conceded to them for the purposes of trade. " From Peking there is no intelligence of im portance. " From Ningpo, however, we learn that Genera' Ward has been killed while operating against the Taepings in the neighbourhood. In our last sum mary of news we spoke of a lamentable catastrophe, brought on by a French officer, at Yu Yoau, a town up the river from Ningpo. The Cantonese, who then deserted and went over to the rebels, appear to have conveyed to the latter an erroneous impres sion of our force and intentions, for the Taepings began to move about the country more freely and burn down the hamlets as usual, plundering and murdering on all sides. They came to the town of Tszehee, but were completely repulsed by the shells from the Confucius and the Hardy, and by Ward's Legion. Here the Taepings left 700 killed on the field, and all their flags. Ward was viewing the fugi tives through his glass when a bullet entered his belly just above the navel; he was brought down in the Hardy, and died the following day i n Dr. Parkes's Hospital. He had his senses to the last, and made his will, leaving Sir James Hope and the Hon. Mr. Burlingame as his executors; he leaves some two or three hundred thousand dollars. His loss is perhaps to be regretted, as he bad great influence among his troops, who are said to have reposed the highest confidence in their leader. No successor to Ward has yet been named. "A correspondent writes us from Ningpo, stating that some of the gaudily dressed boys who abound among rebels are reported to hav e appeared about 10 miles from Ningpo ; he h idea was, that between had no t seen anybody who had seen them, but his Ningpo and the rebel ena:P t here was still a re native drilled troops at spectable distance 2. T , 50 0 bayonets, and the Taepings Ningpo amount to b e believe that consular ports are no longer to be taken.to M. Giquel, of the Customs, has been ePoken ° f as a successor to Ward, but the idea is proba bl y un founded ; nevertheless, this gen tleman has s h o wn considerable activity in a mili tary d irec tion for some time past. The party w h o went over to the re bels, in conse quence o f French mismanag ement,prove to be the contingent of Apak, the ex-pirate. Attempts continue to be made by traders to supply the enemy with munitions of war. "At Shanghae, all is profoundly quiet. .‘ At Tien-Thin cholera has almo st • disappeared. A considerable rising of the IVlaho d me an popula tion in the province of Shensi was authentically re ported soon after the departure of last mail. No further intelligence has reached us as to its pro gress or character. "From Anoy, Fuchau, and Swatow, there is no news of importance. "At Canton three officers and 42 men of her Majesty's 99th and Royal Artillery are at present quartered at the Heights ; their business in Canton is to drill Chinese troops for the protection of the city against the Taepings, who were lately found to have conspirators at word to produce disaffection and internal disorder in Canton, and so, probably, prepare it for easier capture. The Chinese troops I I are said to take kindly to their drill ; the present /42