The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-14 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. With THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. And :HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses ilwasborongh, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. CAIgTER HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY BURY erdi EVENING.—The Music of V's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con verts), the extraorAnary Violin Performances of the cele brated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Concert. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. 7 - _ THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning an d during the night. 56—this day at noon. BARomwrza-2 9 . 50 . Wtm, Northerly ; fresh, with dull rainy weather, This is the coldest day we have had this season. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 2h. 58m.—Afternoon, 3h. 12nt To-Mosso-w-Morning, 3h. 27m.—Afternoon, 3h. 42m We this day present our readers with the melan choly details of the late attack on the Chinese forts at the mouth of the Peiho River. It will at once be seen that the attack was as daring as it was disas trous. On Monday we stated our suspicious that some European or American guile was at the bottom of the defence. We now have great plea sure in doing a bare act of justice to our Cousins across the Atlantic, by withdrawing the supposition that they could have pandered to Chinese cunning or be parties in such nefarious transactions. No. The guilt or complicity lies all at the door of Russia, whose double-dealing policy it is to offer the hand of friendship in open day, while she plots in the dark to insure the destruction of those who trust in her professions. It now turns out that Russians were seen on the battlements—not only seen, but heard to call out for more powder to over whelm the gallant hearts who were struggling against terrific odds, and almost engulfed in mud— up to their knees—aye, and to their very hearts, while showers of destruction were pouring down on their devoted heads! The mouth of the river was barricaded after the fashion of Sebastopol, while the shallowness of the water on either side the stream prevented our heavier ships from approaching the forts. However, in spite of all these complicated difficulties whatever heroism could attempt was done, and the capture of the forts would have been achieved but for the obstacles interposed, and the small number of our forces. Admiral HOPE behaved as a gal lant sailor always does. He was everywhere. Notwithstanding his being wounded early in the action, he shifted his flag front one ship to another always courting the hottest place in the battle, and directing the energy of his men in the most chivalrous manner. Nor were the sterling spirit of his officers less conspicious than his own. Wherever enterprise could best be displayed there they were cheering on their eager companions in the very face of death, amidst dangers unheeded. It is, indeed, a sad pity that such heroic gallantry should have failed in accomplishing its purpose. But, after such desperate resistance on the part of the Russian -Mongol forces, and the loss of so many brave men, it was hopeless to continue the attack with a force so inadequate, seeing that a whole army estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000, or even 40,000 men, were amassed behind the ramparts. To Russia belongs the credit of this outrageous act ~of guile. Russian perfidy now bids fair to rival Chinese chicanery ; but cunning, like all other machinations, will find its due reward when honesty steps forth in its straightforward daring and takes the bull by the horns, We have much to settle with these same Russians before another year passes over. They may hate us for our manliness in fight ing our way in China, and for opening the trade with the inside barbarians, not for our own benefit alone, but for our strange generosity in letting other nations—and Russia among them—reap the advan- tage of our labours. Men often hate others as much for goodness conferred as for benefits with held.. And Russia finds a kindred spirit after this fashion in the Chinese, who act the dog in the man ger with devilish sympathy of soul. That a prompt and fearful retribution must be taken by England and France, or by England single-handed, is most imperative, both on account of the treacherous conduct of the Chinese, and as a signal punishment in revenge for the loss of so many brave men. This time it must be no bay's play, nor paper-treaty , ;oquetting with a set of in famous thimbleriggers, but a bona fide capture of Pekin, Nankin, and all the principal places assail able by land and water. We did wrong at the out set in giving up Chusan, which commands the mouth of the great river leading to Nankin. We should have held that as a hostage or security for the good behaviour of the Chinese in all time, for they understand or respect nothing but force. And force they shall have to their heart's content, or more properly, to their heart's dismay and utter confusion. We must see that the sycee silver be this time composed of pure metal. CP ur foreign news are more problematical than real. The journey of the modern Ulysses to Biarritz is shrouded in mystery worthy of the occasion. Its purport may be guessed without much difficulty. It is simply to beg the question of the Duchies for Austria. King LEOPOLD is married to Austria as to England, and lat terly to France. He h opes to win over the conqueror of Solferino to espouse the cause of the Bourbon Dukes by re-seating they on their forsa ken thrones in s pite of the wishes of the people. LEOPOLD is a wary Prince, with, more head than heart. All his ambition has been , concentred in political match-making--but we int her suspect he will find his match in the presen t instance rather too much) for -him. NAPOL EON is not to be caught by German sausage s, however spicey they may taste. No. King L FOPOLD, though backed by a large and very imposiniA • assumption, may find out that Emperors, at lea s t one of them, are not to be taken in by German ;flummery. Indeed, we cannot help won dering at the cool audacity of the tco lucky King in vent xt ing, on the strength of his relative con nectiow ;, 10 seduce or turn aside the Emperor from his pur poce for the benefit of a set of runaway despots from the just indignation of those whom they ha d first betrayed, and then fought against thei r de. liverers. But some people are spoiled by too much good fortune, and presume that there's no end to good luck. Wait a bit. It may so turn ou± some of these untowards days that the EMPEROR may find it convenient to return the King's visit at the Palace of Laeken, and ask him civilly to turn out. Verily there is too much of this family manoeuvring • in royal circles, and too little respect for the rights and liberties of the people. Everything is sacrificed to family compacts, while mystery—mystery is the order of the day. We cannot but wonder how long this hocus pocus intriguing is expected to last. King Time can tell—and will in due season. It is not so impossible—" Out:of the Nettle Dan ger to pluck the Flower Safety "—in the instance of this terrible casualty onboard the Great Eastern. To the Messrs. BOLTON and WATT ought, at once, to be entrusted the reconstruction of the two paddle funnels, upon the wise and cautious and rational plan upon which they have already constructed the giant funnels in connection with the screw engines and boilers. Let it be remembered that they had nothing whatever to do with the original paddle funnels—one of which was so disastrously shatterod by that terrific explosion on board the Great Eastern, at about six o'clock on Friday evening, when the Leviathan was steaming majestically past the coast off Dungeness. Messrs. BOLTON and WATT had not only nothing whatever to do in con nexion with those rashly-constructed funnels, at tached to the paddle engines and boilers, but it is now remembered that they resolutely " refused to round their funnels, or attach to their engines the screw engines— that outer feed-pipe casing (" rising from the boilers to about 8 ft. above the under deck "), the casing filled with cold water to cool the saloons where the funnels passed through them—the bursting of which easing (from the generation of steam within it) was the cause, on Friday night, of this deplorabla catastrophe. " The water," writes the most lucid of all the narrators of the calamity, " is pumped in at the top of the casing while cold, and gradually passing down into the space round the furnaces, becomes gently heated, when it is discharged into the boilers by means of an ordinary stop-cock." And the same eye-witness of the dreadful incident of Friday evening adds—" A plan by which so much coolness is supposed to be gained in the berths and saloons, and so much fuel saved by the ample sup ply of hot water to the boilers, promises such obvi ous advantages, that for the last 10 years attempts of every kind have been made to carry out the prin ciple successfully on board most of the sea-going steamers." Experiment after experiment of this ingenious but perilous plan, however, has, during these ten years past, proved incontestibly the dan • ger by which it was invariably accompanied ; in somuch that we are told, " in but too many cases," the funnels, so constructed, have done precisCly what the funnel of the Great Eastern did on such a colossal scale on Friday evening." As reason able men, therefore, as men guided by common sense, from a peril exposed to view, again and again, by the glare of actual experience, Messrs. BOLTON and WATT, the eminent engineers, deter minedly set their minds against the adoption of this most hazardous plansin the treatment of the screw funnels. In spite of their opposition, however, the experimental scheme—for failure after failure, still constituted it, to the very last, nothing better than " experimental "—was applied, as we know now only too well, to the paddle funnels. By reason of which five unhappy firemen have " died the death'' under the most lamentable circumstances—another poor fellow (also believed to have been fearfully scalded) having been driven in panic over the side of the vessel, beaten to death, as he fell, by the re volving paddle-wheel, and his remains drifted off, beyond recovery, in the waters of the Channel. Lamentable though the calamity undoubtedly is in itself, it has brought to light several facts fraught with encouragement to every one interested, directly or indirectly, in this magnificent undertaking. The Great Eastern has now passed through the most tremendous test of her strength that could have been applied to her colossal framework, and she has passed through that test triumphantly. Her engines have been subjected to the most fearful concussion with perfect impunity. The whole force of this terrible explosion has been confined, indeed, to the compartinent in which it occurred, the longitudinal and transverse bulkheads resisting the shock en tirely. Apait from the good ship herself, the offi cers in command ,of her appear to have acted, upon that abrupt and terrific emergency, in a manner worthy of the highest admiration. The conspicu ous 7art at once taken by the gallant, and we may certainly now add without one particle of exaggeration, the heroic Captain, redounds to his honour, and can have been read by few without emotion. Perhaps the most graphic and animated account of Captain HARRISON'S con duct, upon the instantaneous occasion of ihe explo sion, is the one given in the Daily News—where it is thus related by our contemporary : " A foolish passenger," writes the correspondent, " had raised a cry of the boats !' and assisted by some of the sailors, was madly attempting to let them down. In one moment all would have been lost, for the rush to the boats would have been universal, and hundreds would have been drowned, whilst the noble ship would have been left to certain destruc tion. But the voice of the captain was heard like a trumpet, calling out, `Men to your duty, officers to your posts, give me a rope, and let six men follow me.' The effect of this short address was electric. In an instant he had slid down the rope into the saloon, followed by his brave boatswain HAWKINS, and six volunteers were not long wanted for the forlorn hope. One after another he dashed open the gilded panels, but the splendid apartments had, strange to say, only two inhabitants, his own little daughter EDITH and her pet dog. It was the reward of his gallantry, that his own child should be thus the one to be so providentially saved." Few but will cry " Honour to the gallant Skipper !" as they read on in the Times' narrative that Captain HARRISON merely gave orders to have his little girl passed up through the skylight, and continued his search past all that splendid rubbish of the ladies' cabin, further and further, down into the actual scene of the disaster. Reverting to the vivid description of the Daily News' correspondent, we read there—" Mr. ATKINSON, the pilot, a little unpretending man, stood at his post on the bridge, and, undismayed by the loud explosion, the de scending fragments, the suffocating chasm, or the yawning gulf immediately beneath him, and in the firm conviction that all the boilers would go in succession, continued to direct the movements of the ship as calmly as if he were only turning her into a harbour. Some frightened fool shouted, ATKINSON, come down and save yourself,' but the gallant veteran replied with grave nonchalance, I'm no engineer, I'm a pilot, I've charge of the ship, and Pll stick to her r " Here, as it theworthy g ship and of her gallant Captain. While the officer then at the wheel—Mr. SEwELL —was, in his turn, worthy of all three, being, as we learn, " equally self-possessed." " I saw his tall figure through the smoke," continues the same eyewitness, working and turning the wheel with the regularity of clock ' work." Public confidence in the Great Eastern 4, A )014 :4117) .47 41111111k6 3 „ • len tat' .! „ ” THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1859. !THE SUN,' 'LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1859. ought indeed to be enhanced, or rather fully and definitively confirmed, by the results of this terrible explos ion. The noble ship, the enormous engines. the impenetrable and adamantine bulk-heads, have each and all been tried—and not found wanting. While, as to those entrusted with the responsibility of navigating that leviathan of the deep—there at least, on board of the Great Eastern, if no where else, the Right Men are in the Right Places ! _HEALTH OF LONDON DURING 7HE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Much has been done to improve the health of London, yet 1,111 persons died within its limits in the week b ending on Saturday, September 10 ; that is, rather wore than 158 daily. About 50 persons are destroyed every 24 hours in London by sanitary defects that we may hope will be to a large extent removed by thy' Boards of Works. The mortality is now near the average rate which, exclusive of the weeks of 184) and 1854, when cholera was epi demic, would have' demanded 1,102 lives. Scarlatina and diphtheria became more fatal, but the deaths by fever and diarrhcea decreased ; so that the details by z) vmotic diseases amounted to 386, the same number tls last week. Of diarrhcea 148, of cii.olera two persons died. A retired plant-broker, aged 69. died of cholera, said to be Asiatic, at 24, :Princes-street, Mile-end Old Town. A merchant's wife, of the age of 36, died of cholera on board of the Moselle, shortly after it had passed Gravesend. The attack was fatal in twelve hours. She had suffered from choleraic diarrhcea at :Rostock, and left the place in rather a weak state ; went on board the steamer at Hamburg on Friday night at twelve o'clock; was attacked by cholera on Sanday morning at about eleven o'clock, and died soon after eleven o'clock at night. This death, on August 28, has not been registered. The uselessness of quarantine in such cases is evident, but it would be satisfactory to know the real sanitary state of the steamers which ply be tween Hamburg and London. The deaths of 24 persons by accidents or negli gence were registered in the week ; 11 by mechani cal injuries, 1 by burns, 7 by drowning, 5 by suffo cation. One murder or manslaugter and one suicide were recorded. In the week the births of 875 boys and 826 girls, in all 1,701 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,531. The mean temperature of the air, 58.0 degs., dif fered only half a degree from the tempera:ure of the air in the week preceding; but it fell on Saturday to 55.1 degrees, the lowest having been 47.2 degrees on that night. The tempera ture of the air was 61.5 degrees on Thursday, and the thermometer in the sun rose to 91 degs. on Monday, when the thermometer on the grass fell to 38.0 degs. Th• Thames was six degrees warmer than the air. The wind was calm in the beginning of the week, but rose and passed, chiefly from the south-west, over Greenwich on three days at the rate of seven miles an hour, making 41 miles an hour on an average during the week. The sky was often overcast and cloudy. 0.35 inch, or above the third part of an inch of rain, fell on three days. Electricity was feeble generally, but was strong on Tuesday. positive during the morning ct,nd nega tive during the afternoon. Volleys of sparks and galvanic currents were observed, and it lightened and thundered between four and five o'clock p.m. on that day. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at fr. Reuter's office : PARIS, SEPT. 14. The 2loniteur of this morning, in an article con taining the details of the late treachery of the Chinese, concludes thus :—" The Government of the Emperor and that of Great Britain are about to take measures together (se concertent) to int:jet chastisement, and obtain every satisfaction which so flagrant an act of treachery requires." TURIN, SEPT. 14. The principal inhabitants of Turin have pre sented an address to the head of the municipality of that city, in which they state that the people of Italy should make known in France the feelings of gratitude they entertain towards the Emperor Napoleon, by erecting a monument in Paris at their expense, expressive of those feelings. They request the Syndic of the Municipality to take the initiative for the accomplishment of t his universal desire. The Committee is to be composed of the Syndics and Mayors of the principal towns in the kingdom, thus representing the whole population of Sardinia. BERLIN, SEPT. 13. An address has been presented to the Govern ment by the principal inhabitants of Stettin, con cerning the question of the German Confederation. Count Schwerin, to whom his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, on the proposition of the States Ministry, had referred the address for a reply, answered as follows : " That his Royal Highness the Prince Regent was rejoiced by the feelings of fidelity and con fidence expressed towards him by his subjects in the address, and likewise by their expressions of devotion to Prussia and the German Fatherland. He then stated the views the Prussian Govern ment considers its duty to take in reference to the reforms of the German Confederation. He stated that the late events and experiences had created a conviction in Germany, in spite of all the different views, that the independence and `power of Germany, as regards her exterior rela tions, and the development in the interior of their material and intellectual powers, render a strong and energetic union, and the reform of the Federal Constitution, to obtain this end, necessary. The Government of Prussia acknowledges the justice of this public opinion. But the Govern , ment will not allow itself to be led away by the manifestations which that national feeling causes, nor will its own conviction of that which might at first appear to it as best, cause it to deviate from the way, which is pointed out by its con sideration and conscientious esteem of the rights of others, and by its regard for that which is at present possible and attainable. " The same esteem for right and law, which characterises the state of affairs of Prussia in the interior, must also rule her relations with Germany and her German Confederates. " Germany will render to herself greater service at the present time, by endeavouring to further the common interests of Germany in such a way that practical results will ensue by the increase of the armed forces of Germany, and by strengthen ing the certain footing, on which rights are now established throughout the whole Federal country, than by premature proposals for changes in the Federal Constitution. The Prussian Government being determined to devote its energies for the furtherance of these objects, considers itself entitled to claim confidence, that she will, when called upon, find ways in which the interests of Germany and Prussia will be compatible with the commands of duty and of conscience." VIENNA, SEPT. 13. The Oesterreichische Correspondent of this even ing contradicts most positively the rumours of fresh troops having been sent to Italy, and adds that these rumours arose probably from many of the soldiers having returned home on leave. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 13. News received from the Caucasus to the 26th of August states that the Circassian chief Schamy has been made prisoner, and is to be sent to St. Petersburg. PARIS, SEPT. 13. It is asserted that France and England will make a joint expedition to China. It is also rumoured that the Governments of France and England have both agreed that it will be necessary to hold a Congress for the settlement of the Italian question. BERNE, SEPT. 13. The members of the Government of Zurich have invited all the plenipotentiaries to an excursion in steamers on the lake of Zurich. The Grand Duke of Baden will, before leaving, assist at a breakfast of the plenipotentiaries, to be given at the Hotel B auer. ZURICH, SEPT. 13. Thesuspended for the present , until receives fresh instructions from Vienna. Count Wimpffen, secretary of th e, 0u Conferences nt coio r e are do Austrian embassy at Naples, has arrived on a visit to Count Collot edo. The Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden with their son and suite have arrived here. market than that holders of pilk have increased their demands extravagantly. Metal.—ln common with other staple imports we have to report a further decline in metals, caused by the unfavourable accounts from the up-country market, and the heavy stocks in our bazaar. Government Securities have been neglected, and were it not for a small clique of native and Euro pean jobbers who buy and sell for the account in obscure parts of the bazaar, we should hardly hear of a transaction in paper. MEETING OF KING LEOPOLD AND NAPOLEON The curtain is withdrawn from a great many of the secrets of Courts and Governments, but there are still a few mysteries which time has left us. A Cabinet Council is a mystery to the world at large ; nobody knows exactly what goes on on that occa sion, or how the members of a Government talk, argue, suggest, and reply to one another. We can form a very good guess, but still nobody outside knows exactly the order of proceeding. Any meet ing which suggests the wish to be behind the cur tain is a mystery. There is a class to which the ranting of a Board of Guardians or a Town Coun cil is a mystery. The conference of any set of higher Powers with closed doors is a challenge to the imagination of the curious. We see the effect upon the countenances of the privileged few, which, as they go in and out, either fall into a grave mould or assume an extra easy one, as if to relieve their neighbours of the burden of too much awe. Nobody, at any rate, can say that the age of mysteries is past when two Crowned Heads meet in private to talk over the affairs of the world, espe cially when those two Crowned Heads are King Leopold and Napoleon 111. Everybody, we pre sume, would like to be behind the curtain on that occasion. Remarkable meeting indeed ! The idea is suggested that something may come of it, and that of itself makes a mystery. How do two such men, not accustomed to waste their words—two such calm and taciturn potentates—talk when both are conscious that important results may follow the turn the discussion takes ? The case is so very rare of any results of European magnitude depending upon the turn of a conversation, that it is a new idea how a conversation would flow under such cir cumstances. The two Emperors at Villafranca re lieved the awfulness of the occasion by smoking— that two-sided aid which gives solemnity to the Turk and ease to the European. Then, what do these two meet to talk about ? Italy, we must sup pose, because nothing else is before the world just now. But what particular interests has King Leo pold in that quarter? None, immediately at least. Does he go in a friendly way, to give the French Emperor his disinterested advice about Italy, and what to do with "my cousin ?" Does he think he can throw some light upon that problem, and having waited quietly till things have apparently come into an inextricable mess, does he go to Biar ritz on a friendly visit to show that there is still an old European statesman left, and that the grandeur of bold genius arriving at great results by one bound, and deciding the future of Italy by a campaign of three months, still leaves room for the intervention of some sagacity of tne old school? If so, we can think of no politicians in Europe who could convey with a more unassuming benevolence and undesign ing ease the tacit lesson that even a Napoleon might think himself too clever. Does he think that Belgium has German rather than French in terests, and that therefore Austria had better not be weakened too much? In that case the Peace of Villafranca has put him for the time, and by the accident lof events, on the same side with the Go vernment of the very country which is by geo graphical situation the normal antagonist of Belgian Independence. The French Emperor's present interests lie in carrying off the Peace of Villafranca secure, in making a complete thing of it, and completing it soon, which can only be done by satisfying Austria as regards the Duchies ; without that arrangement the affair must hang on a long time, which is not what the Emperor exactly wants. Belgium and France, then, have both the same interests ; they are both Austrian for the hour, and King Leopold takes ad vantage of the short opening of a common ground to cultivate amicable relations and take mutual counsel. _ _ At all events, it is a meeting of old and young Europe. King Leopold exhibits in great perfec tion the old type of an European statesman. He is no believer in fate, or mysteribus impulses, or the will of the stars, or in presages or omens; he does not pretend to new short cuts to great results, to bursts of genius, to revelations, visions, and second sights ; he does not profess to present in the least degree that Cromwellian combination in which the readers of the historical novel delights, of the practical man and the dreamer, the enthusiast,and the statesman ; he presents the type of the experienced mature statesman of the matter-of-fact school, in tent upon the useful, and despising show, habitu ally vigilant, composed, and observant, with culti vated judgment and quickness of apprehension, and possessed by this time of a store of facts and crite rions, and the ready, skilful use and application of them. His political temper is on the side of Euro pean quiet and order; no nationalities,no sympathies or race, no common Italy, no Panslavism for him. He thinks them all considerable nonsense, though prepared to humour any element that shows strength and suggests good treatment ; he admires sentiment of all kinds a good deal less than material progress and effective administration. The French Emperor 'its cast in a newer or an older type, whichever we may call it. He has flights and visions, which he combines with his practical administrative powers; his politics are of the daring and meddling stamp ; he makes ventures, he plunges into depths, he lays out the future of Europe ; he is a dreamer and speculator, under the check of some practical monitor, to whom he trusts for stopping short in a moment whenever things look really awkward. The general tendency of the man of the new type, the first-rate political head of forcible impulses, short cuts, and confident insights, is to look down upon the old-fashioned statesman of quiet judg ment ; but we venture to say that this is not in the slightest degree the attitue of the two political heads that are now conferring at Biarritz. The French Emperor is far too keenly alive to what he can get out of such a head as King Leopold's to enter tain such a comparison. There is no one out of the whole circle of European statesmen who could meet Louis Napoleon so completely on equal terms. The two doubtless regard one another with considerable mutual curiosity, though both are Kings, and they summon.up unconsciously various scenes in each other's histories as they talk. The French Emperor knows the lucky chance which first elevated Prince Leopold to European rank, and began that career which ended in inserting a scion of the House of Coburg in almost every reigning family of Europe; that it was with the allied Generals who drove his uncle, the first Napoleon, from France in 1814, that he first rose to notice. King Leopold's family reminiscences and obligations to Napoleon 111. are later. He sees in his host the man who occupies the throne of his own father-in-law, and who has exiled a *hole family of brothers-in-law from France. He may be fully aware that the interests of his country require him to distinguish between the King of Belgium and the son-in-law and brother-in-law of Bourbons. He may not be even sorry to show that he does not commit Bel gium to any . Orleanist cause. Still these family facts cannot be agreeable. This is the burden which royal rank especially imposes. In lower rank, people who stand in disagreeable relations to each other on account of mutual mischief done hate seeing each other, and, as there is no particular reason why they over should see each other, the result is that, as a matter of fact, they never do see each other. Kings, however, whatever mischief they have done each other, and however much they may hate each other, must see each other; there is no help for it. Facts do not allow them to shrink into mutual invisibility, which is the refuge of less exalted antagonisms. But, whatever may be the respective reminiscences of King Leopold and Napoleon 111., one thing is certain—that two such heads cannot fail to respect each other.—Times. THE CHINESE WAR AND THE TRENCH PRESS. The Debats says :—" China is probably going to dispute with Italy the privilege of occupying the attention of Europe. The arms of Fiance and Eng land have experienced the first and, let us hope, their last check in this quarter. This result will inflate the pride of the Chinese, and render a ter rible lesson to them necessary. But probably never had the Chinese a greater chance of escaping just reprisals. The attention of France and England is now directed to more serious matters than a dis pute with China. The two Powers will probably hesitate before they commence a distant war, which, this time, must now lead to the occupation of Pekin, if we are to arrive at a more serious result than empty treaties, the barrenness of which the treachery of the Chinese has made manifest. We believe, however, that France and England will find it difficult to submit to this check, which, if not promptly avenged, would render the position of Europeans in China intolerable." La Presse says that "the melancholy incident which has taken place, though it may retard for a moment the final conclusion of peace, will accele rate rather than postpone the opening of the whole of China to the Western Powers, as there can be no doubt that France and England will demaild and obtain further concessions." The Sleek is silent on the subject. BANQUET TO THE HEROES OF LT,'CK NOW. DOVER, TUESDAY EVENING. To-day the people of Dover have honoured them selves in their efforts to do honour to the 300 gal lant officers and men of the 32d Regiment who landed at Portsmouth a fortnight since direct from the scene of their heroic and steadfast endurance in India, and were received, as then reported, on their arrival in the garrison with an enthusiasm almost unparalleled in the quiet town of Dover. The fete embraced a dinner to the men, composed of sub stantial viands, and flanked with an abundant sup ply of good English ale, and a light refection to the officers, this portion of the proceedings being held in the spacious gun-shed at the rear of the Western Heights Barracks, the use of which had been readily granted by the colonel commanding the artillery force now quartered here, Colonel Cuppage, and which was very tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens. The building is 150 feet long by rather more than 50 feet in width, and the committee were therefore able to set apart a large portion of the space for spectators, admission being by tickets, which were very eagerly sought after. The space was filled with a gay enthusiastic assemblage, while upon the exterior some thousands of persons were congregated. Among the officers present who withstood the siege of Lucknow were Lieutenant- Colonel Lowe, C. 8., Brevet-Major Bassano, Brevet Major Lawrence, Brevet-Major Foster, Captain Harmar, Dr. Boyd, and Quartermaster Stibling. They occupied the centre of the table, being faced on the opposite side by Lieutenant-Colonel Car michael, who, as the senior officer, is in command of the regiment, and surrounded by their brother officers, every officer of the regiment, ex cept those only on leave, being present. We also noticed the commandant of the garrison, Major- General Craufurd, Colonel Cuppa - ge, R.A., Captain Malet, Grenadier Guards, and some other officers of the staff. The gentlemen of the committee, headed by Mr. C. Lamb, occupied a raised dais at the rear of the officers' table, and from this, prior to the commencement of the repast, the following address was read : " To Colonel Carmichael, C. 8., the officers, non-eommis sioned officers, and private soldiers of the 32d Regiment of Light Infantry, quartered in Dover. " We, the undersigned burgesses of the town and port of Dover, on behalf of our fellow-townsmen, beg to offer you our sincere and hearty congratulations on the safe arrival of the remnant of your heroic regiment in this our ancient town,. It is with feelings of heartfelt emotion for those that have fallen, mingled with just pride at your undaunted bravery, that we venture to offer you our felicitations on the happy issue of your unparalleled exertions in defence of our gracious Sovereign, and in support of the interests of this great empire. We feel we are guilty of no exaggeration when we hail you as the foremost men in the mighty conflict happily, we trust, now concluded. Your almost superhuman efforts and dauntless bravery have indeed added fresh laurels to your standards. Conscious of our inability to follow your gallant regiment through its previous career—in the Penin sula under Wellington, and in India under Lords Gough and Clyde, we yet venture to express our unbounded admi•• ration at that enduring heroism so prominently displayed in the glorious defence of Lucknow, recalling the noble days of Agincourt, Cressy. and Poictiers. We trust that our humble efforts to welcome you at this so-called Lucknow .festival may convey what we can so faintly describe—our admiration and gratitude for the great sufferings you have endured, and the noble valour you have shown. We are truly proud of the privilege now afforded us of claiming you as our countrymen, and adapting the words of our immortal bard to your exploits, we say— " He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a-tiptoe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of—Lucknow !' " :Protracted applause.) Colonel CARMICHAEL, C.B. replied as follows : —Burgesses of the town and port of Dover, it is with much pride that I have listened to the very kind and flattering address that you have been pleased to present to me, the officers, non•commis sioned officers and private soldiers o f th e 32d Regiment 3f Light Infantry. This address will be read with pleasure by many—by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, as showing to her that the valour and devotion of her soldiers are appreciated by her loyal citizen subjects—those soldiers all ranks of whom her Majesty has, in words full of benevolence, kindness, and sympathy, already re warded. (Cheers.) This day's proceedings will be hailed with pleasUre and satisfaction by Major- General Sir John Inglis," the defender of Lueknow," officers, non-commissioned officers, and private sol diers of her Majesty's English and Indian armies, by the gentlemen of the civil service, and of the uncovenanted service, all of whom alike shared the dangers and privations of the siege of Lucknow, and together so nobly sustained the honour and glory of Great Britain. (Cheers.) Your address will be translated and perused with delight by the native officers and sepoys who, faithful to their colours, have since been embodied into a distinct corps, bearing the honourable title of " The Regi ment of Lucknow." (Applause.) No feeling of self-laudation mingles with the gratification and pleasure I experience in seeing honour done to the band of distinguished heroes now assembled, and amongst whom I have spent the best years of my life ; for it was God's will that I was not pre sent with the 32d during the, defence of Lucknow. I can therefore cordially join in the praise you be stow upon these gallant men, and am lost in admi ration equally with yourselves at their heroic achievements. I have been deputed to convey to you the earnest thanks of Lieutenant-Colonel Lowe, C. 8., and of Major Bassano, ( w h o b o th commanded the regiment during the siege) and the officers, non-commissioned officers, and pri• rate soldiers of the 32d Light Infantry, for the enthusiastic reception that you have given them. We shall ever remember with heartfelt gratitude the kindness and hospitality shown to us by the in habitants of Dover on our arrival in their ancient and time-honoured town. (Loud applause.) Dinner having been concluded, and the loyal and patriotic toasts given from the chair, several other toasts were given, including " The memory of Sir Henry Lawrence, and the Heroes who fell with him in defence of the Residency of Lucknot' (drunk in solemn silence)." " The health of Sir John Inglis and the survivors," " Colonel Carmichael, and the gallant 32d," &c. The proceedings were brought to a close with garrisow games, upon a neighbouring plateau, which were witnessed by several thousand spectators. To-night a garrison ball takes place at Stone's Apollonion Hall, under the stewardship of Major- General Craufurd and other military officers. TILE LOSS OF THE SAPPHO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your impression of to-day (the 12th) you publish a paragraph from the Friend of India, enclosed by a corm • spondent, reporting the discovery of part of the crew of the Sappho on an island at some distance from Sydney. This paragraph went the round of the colonial papers several months ago, with, I think, this difference, that the survivors were feeding on monkeys. As it, however, carried contradiction on its own face, I imagine the Admiralty did not think it required a formal refutation. The only islands that could be described as being at such a distance from Sydney are Lord Howe's Islands, above 400 miles to the N.E. ; these have been inhabited for several years by a few persons who supply vegetables, &c., to pass ing whalers, but as the Sappho was lost on her passage from the Cape she could hardly have reached these islands, which lie in almost the opposite direction. The only other islands anywhere in the neighbourhood of Sydney are close in shore, and are passed by many coasters daily. The westernmost and weathermost islands in Bass's Straits offer the most dangerous and most likely coast for the loss of a vessel bound for the Australian ports, but they have been thoroughly, though unsuccessfully, searched for some trace of the missing ship ; and their position would no more be described with reference to Sydney than that of an island in the Mediterranean would be to England. None of these places, however, afford the kind of provi • sions upon which this canard asserts the crew were living, neither wild cats nor monkeys being indigenous to Austra lia or to be found in any of the adjacent islands. This paragraph must have been, I fear, generated in the brain of some sorry wag, on the arrival of his ship in port, to appease the ravenous appetite for news of a colonial newspaper re porter. The originator can have but little idea of thenum ber of hopes he may have raised, only to be disappointed, since his miserable joke first gave rise to these reports ; and I think it but due to the friends of those who are lost in the Sappho that they should be spared the pain of having those hopes reanimated which can never be realised in this world. I remain, Sir, yours, &c., G. P. HEATH, Lieutenant, R.N. 20, Glocester -crescent North, Hyde Park, Sept. 12. The Earl and Countess of Ripon have returned to their villa at Putney-heath from a tour of visits in York shire. The Earl and Countess Nelson have been placed in mourning by the demise of the Hon. and Rev. Edward F. Nelson, youngest brother of his lordship, who died on Saturday last at Scarborough in the prime of life. Viscountess Jocelyn has arrived in town from visiting the Earl and Countess of Roden at the family seat in Ireland. THE WAR IN CHlNA.—A:mereantile letter, dated. Hong Kong, the 22d of June, by the mail previous to that of which a telegraphic summary was received yesterday, contains the following passage :--" There is a rumour here of a force of about 40,000 Tartars having collected at the mouth of the Peiho to dispute the passage of Mr. Bruce to Pekin, and if so we shall have to fight the China war over again." STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Tuesday.— There has been a large business since Tuesday last, at slightly advancing rates; but the Eastern news received yesterday from China and Calcutta has for the time being, checked the progress of our market. Spinners and manu facturers are, however, firm in their prices ; buyers are un willing to operate, except at rates somewhat lower than those current during last week. WILTON SHEEP FAIR.-100,000 sheep, beirr , at least 1,000 more than last year, were penned at Wilton great sheep fair on Monday last. During the early part of the day business was very brisk, and a pretty general clearance was effected before the close of the fair, at an advance of 2s. per head on late prices. Wethers realised from 345. to 445. ; ewes, from 325. to 425. ; and lambs, from 225. to 345, The attendance of farmers and dealers was unusually large. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—This morning, between two and three o'clock, a collision occured between a special train from Oxford and a goods train at the station at Slough. •It appears that while the goods train was standing at the station a special train came up with great velocity and ran into the goods train with great violence., causing much damage, turning over both engines, and completely smashing a second-class carriage to pieces. The guard of the goods train was killed instantaneously. No other life is as yet known to be sacri ficed. THE OLDEST CHELSEA PENSIONER.—Through the courtesyof the sergeant-major we obtained an interview with the oldest pensioner in Chelsea Hospital. We were conducted into the detached premises on thewest side of the hospital, which is appropriated to the sick and infirm pen sioners. In a large and airy room, ranged on each side are several small beds occupied by the infirm. Near the fil e place, in an armchair, sat the veteran referred to , wi t h his head 'drooping as if asleep. He looked remarkably healthy ; the principal evidence of his great age being a considerable tremulousness resembling palsy. He has recently been in the habit of walking about the locality of the hospital ; but it has been doemed advisable not to allow him to leave the premises for his personalsafety. From questions put to him through his nurse and the sergeant-major, we ascertained the following facts of his history. His name is Rich.. mond. He was born at Tamworth, in Staffordshire, in March, 1755, and he is therefore now in the 105th year of his age. He has been twenty-four years and a half in the public service, of which 12 were spent in India, three years at the Cap*, and the rest at Hainault, in Belgium, &c. He was severally in the 16th, 18th, and 19th Light Dra goons. Richmond was at the Mahratta war, at the storm ins- of the fort of Alighur, in the north of India, in 1803 , under General Lake and Colonel Monson. This succeeded the important battle of Assayo, gained by Sir Arthur Wel lesly, and was SDrtly followed by the capture of Delhi and the vanquishing of Perron, the French general. The old veteran was also engaged in the actions of Laswaree, Agra, a nd Bhurtpore. His medal has bars for Alighur and Las warree. It is very gratifying to see the care and attention bestowed upon him and his fellow pensioners, especially considering that though the old man's sight, hearing, memory, &c., are good. he is unable to feed himself. lie is able to walk about without the aid of a stick, and in other respects his powers and faculties are remarkably good. None of his fellow pensioners approach his, age within 15 years.--Xidellssex Adrertiser. TIIE PAROCHIAL DEFAULTERS IN ST. PANCRAS.— At the weekly meeting of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras yesterday, Mr. Plaw, the clerk to the board, re ported that on Friday morning he was waited upon by an inspector of pollee at the desire of the Police Commissioners, and the inspector informed him that a letter had been re ceived from the superintendent of police at Ottawa, Canada West, in which he stated that Charles Hibbard, late a clerk in the employ of the vestry, and who absconded with up wards of £BOO of the parish money, was living in that place, and requesting that the necessary documents to authorise his apprehension should be forwarded. The Police Commis sioners, Mr. Plaw stated, wished to know what answer was to be sent. Some discussion ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the expense of bringing Hibbard over to this country and prosecuting him would be about £3OO, and it seemed to be the general opinion that it would not be well to put the parish to that expense. Eventually a resolution was come to " that the clerk write to the Police Commis sioners stating that the board do not feel disposed to prose cute Hibbard so long as he remained beyond the shores of England." FRANCE. The letter of our Paris correspondent, dated yesterday (Tuesday), had not arrived when we went to press. INDIA. Advices from Calcutta of August 8 announce that nearly 6,000 men of the local European force have claimed their discharge in Bengal, the North-west, and the Punjaub ; and the returns from the Bombay and Madras presidencies will raise the total to 10,000. Of the Bengal Artillery there are about 800, of the infantry, 3,200, and of the light cavalry probably 2,000. Detachments of the discharged men are now being sent down from Allahabad to Calcutta, and ships have been engaged to convey them and their families to England at the rate of 194 rs. for each adult, and 97 rs. for each child. Lprd Clyde's ex postulatory general order has had as yet bue a trif ling effect. So far as is known not more than from 30 to 50 have withdrawn their application for dis charge. Officers are volunteering in large numbers to take charge of the men on their way home. They are to enjoy Indian pay and allowances, will probably have three months in England, and will return in charge of recruits. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKET. MONDAY, AUG. 8. _ _ The London mail to June 27, of which we re ceived an anticipatory telegram from Galle on July 20, only reached us on the 30th ult., the Candia having been delayed four days by the late gale. On July 29 we had a telegram from Bombay of news 10 the 4th of that month, and received that mail in Calcutta on the sth inst. On the 6th inst. we re ceived from Galle the first telegram by the Red Sea Telegraph, giving us news to July 18, includ ing the announcement of the peace. We also heard that owing to heavy weather the Nubia, with our mail of July 18, was seven days on her voyage to Madras. Produce Market.—A fair export business has been done during the fortnight under review in raw silk, saltpetre, and oil seeds, the first article at con siderably higher rates. In sugar a better demand has existed, as also in safflower at higher rates. The telegram announcing peace, received on the 6th inst., has as yet had no other effect on the produce REVIVAL IN NEWCASTLE. The revival which commenced in America, was caught up by Ireland and has spread into Scotl and, is not unlikely to take root in Newcastle, having commenced among the Wesleyan methodists. It has been brought about in this way : Mr. Palmer, a medical gentleman, has arrived from the States, accompanied by an estimable lady, his wife, and these gcod people, bearing credentials from the American church, have been received by the Wes leyan methodists. Accordingly they commenced services on Wednesday night in Brunswick Chapel. At this meeting Mr. Palmer, in the course of his' address on the American revival, stated that he and his wife bad been humble instruments in that work, as a minister of the Wesleyan church. It came into his heart that he ought to visit England and endeavour to extend the work here; hence his visit to Newcastle, which is to extend also to North and South Shields. Mrs. Palmer, we may state, is quite a lady in manner, and is besides the authoress of several works, well known to the Wesleyan public, on Christian experience, &c. Mr. Palmer gave, on Wednesday night, a his tory of the revival in America. He stated that the work commenced in the city of Hamilton. The congregation having met with a view to a revival, pledged themselves individually to return to chapel next night, and bring with each one un converted neighbour. The pledge was redeemed, as a consequence the chapel was, on the following night, crowded to excess. Thus commenced the great American revival of 1857-8, and thus it went on until 150,000 converted people were added to the chnrch. Next he spoke of the power of the church, arguing that if this latent power could only be aroused, the aggressive advancement that would be made upon the world would prove sufficient to con vert the whole human family in 20 years. These re marks were founded upon the 21st verse of the second chapter of the Acts, and were followed by an impressive appeal to the people to rouse them selves to action. Mrs. Palmer then came forward, and standing within the rails of the communion table, addressed the people in a very feeling manner upon the necessity of those who had not already done so, at once surrendering to Christ; and upon the church she urged the necessity for i m mediatu action. Her lang uage was e l egan t, c hoice, and ef fective, and th e address which the lady d elivered occupied about h a lf an h our. The result was that severalo came forwa r d th a t n i g ht who were prayed the and conver se d w ith, an d u l t i m ately professed faith. On Thu rs d a y n i g ht the services w e r e re sumed, and the revival spread with great success— Sunday and day scholars, and old and young came forward in such numbers as to Crowd all sides of the communion table. The scene was of an extraordinary character, teachers weeping with w ier and praying w ith their scholar g, and fah their young c hildren. Ysterday (Friday) the services were resu med, a nd will, we underst an d , b e continued for some time. d T id he in W it e m sle e y ri a c n a s have , to i --Newcastle paulecdegtehde their themselves, as rs t t o b a e attend, —..Ne wcas tl e Guar dian. The directors of the Bank of A us t ra l as i a h ave a of-yearly dividend and b onus equa l t oge th er t ti= at the rate of, 20 per cent, per an num. r a or st ee ri d bu a ll LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( 211118 D. SHERIFFS' COURT. • MR. SAMPSON AND THE JUDGE.—LEVY V. HARRIS. Upon this ct.se being called on, Mr. Sampson answered for the plaintiff, and called a lad to give evidence that de• fondant had admitted the debt. His Honour asked where thelaintiff wen Mr. Sampson said he was plaintiff's ag. It was not worth plaintiff's while to attend for 12s. He had been in plaintiff's service, and it was while in such service that be obtained the admission. His Honour 7 ,-Yes, Mr. Benjamin—(laughte r) — Mr. Sampson—My name is Sampson. His Honour—Yes, Mr. Benjamin—(continued laughter) It —but don't you see you are now acting as an attorney would be all very well for the plaintiff to call the lad as a witness, but you, in doing so, are exercising all the func tions of a certificated attorney.' Mr. Sampson—lndeed, your Honour, I do not. I 01 11 9 act as a collector; and if your Honour will not let,me, I must give up my City connection—some four or five htul dred clients. I have an agreement. His Honour—There, Mr. Benjamin — Mr. Sampson—Sampson. His Honour—Benjamin. I cautioned you against that agreement. There is a large trade in Chancery-lane, which is very sharp just now. Mr. Sampson—Yes. Your Honour was kind enci ough before to recommend me to the notice of the Law Soeth but they won't trouble me. Here is my card. His Honour—l don't wish to prevent any man f r°lll earning his daily bread, and if you collect debts on cows mission there is no harm in it. But by our act an agel l , cannot appear. It would be very unjust to attornies ). were to allow it. Mr. Sampson—The 2s. or 3s. I charge don't hurt attor nies. Why, only the other day I asked an attorney to lend me 108., and he did. His Honour—l can only say you were very luoky (Roars of laughter.) I must adjourn this case till next week, and the plaintiff must attend. (Here Mr. Cohen, whose case with Mr. Sampson apPea reci , a short time ago, called out, " His name is Sampson, sill' he can't write." Mr. Sampson—Yes. Mr. Cohen has an execution agellist me, but he'll find no affects. (Roars of laughter.) His Honour—That will do Mr. Benjamin. Mr. Sampson.—Sampson—Sampson. His Honour—Call the next case. SINGULAR CASE OF ATTORNEY ANA MIENT.-ROBBRTSON V. Davis. This was a judgment summons, and plaintiff said the silo was due under the following circumstances :—Defen dant . was in trouble at Worship- s t ree t an d th e Old Bailey , O a plaintiff attended at both places upon a subpoine on hill behalf, and the amount, £l4s. 6d. , was due for such etten dances. Defendant said he did not subp atna the plaintiff, an d did , not knob him. In f ac t h e was i n Clorkenwell prison at the time of the subpoena. Defendant was acquitted at the Old Bailey. He engaged Lewis and Lewis to defend him, and paid them so muc h t o d e f ray all expense s. and the His Honour—This i s a j u d gment su ra rnons, d question has been s e ttl e d e l sew h ere. Y o u are liabl e, must look to your att orneys . T he case will stan d over n il u a!!„ October, to see what def en d an t can do f or plaintiff RAMSGATE COUNTY COURT• THE HIGH BAILIFF AND HIS MAID-SERVANTS.--"7311"°1( V. BOWLING. hv Plaintiff is a domestic servant, f ormer ly employstad fendant, the high bailiff of this court. This ease crea considerable interest at Ramsgate, and a new point in re f6' rence to domestic servants was mooted. had Mr. Buchanan (for plaintiff) stated that the put... 7 the entered the defendant's service on the 25th of May, present year. She agreed for a year, and the use month's notice on either side. On the 25th of Jun e asked for her month's wages. Defendant thought it l iv ° ` be better for her to take, her money quarterly. T ° plaintiff demurred, as she wished to buy some clothes, the money was paid. On the 11th of July she gave n o* ' as Miss Bowling, who engaged her, grumbled at her bi ability to perform the duties of her situation. On the 11 : 1 ) of August, upon leaving, she asked f or th e sum (XI 05' 811-1 now sought to be recovered, and was told by the defendant, that she was a quarterly servant, and was engaged 1 1.,. P° these terms. Plaintiff denied this, and, being refused ment, brought the present action. Plaintiff was called, and stated that she was a tvi monthly servant, and never engaged for a quarter. Cross-examined—She was sure she gave notice. In answer to this, Mr. Bowling was called, and distin ctly swore there was a quarterly agreement. In cross-examination, Mr. Bowling said that he foUi domestic servants, generally, very bad. He had had s ilt or seven already this year. They all ran away. Mr. Buchanan—Some ran to this court. (La -tights') Defendant—Only one. Miss Bowling was called, and said that plaintiff agreed 111 her engagement for a quarter certain. All the servant/ were bad. This one (plaintiff) was very bad. Mr. Buchanan—So you wanted to keep her for more than another month. Mr. Irving, for defendant, then put it to the jury whether the balance of testimony was not in favour of his client. Mr. Buchanan said all the probabilities were in favour of plaintiff, who swore to an engagement universal amopg 4 domestic servants. Added to this she was now again in service with a mistress whom she had served five years be fore going to defendant. That was a good answer to hs r being a bad servant. Mr. Norwood then summed up to the jury, who haute or diately, amidst a perfect hurricane of applause, found f plaintiff. POLICE INTELIIGENCE.-(THIS 1141.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PERSEVERING CONDUCT OF A DETECTIVE.—A Tiif— lag DODGE.—John Brown, alias Roche, and John William" two fellows well known to the police, were charged with attempting to pick pockets in Oxford-street. From the evidence of Charles Cole, 317 A, it appeare d that about five o'clock the previous afternoon he saw th e prisoners near Crown-street pushing themselves among s number of persons who were hastening to a place of slid ter in consequence of its raining at the time. He then sof Brown"feeling a lady's pocket, rand both of them then left and went as far as Pickford's, where they again stood up among a number of persons, and Brown felt another lady'o pocket. They afterwards walked to Dr. Marsden's Mu seum, and there stood among a number of persons assem bled there, and then Brown placed himself beside a lady and placed his hand in her pocket, but failed in drawing out anything but the lining of it, the lady at the timr al" claiming, " The vagabonds have tried to pick my pockets!' The prisoner, followed by him (Cole), then ran off an fsr as the Pantheon, whore they got among several pera° lll4 _, and on seeing him app roac h B rown went up and'ton e his hat to a lady, who was getting to her carriage, as a blind to his re a l i n t ent i ons. He then, with aso i s t a no f took them into cus t o d y. Brown, in a gruff, whining voice, said, "No one had ev er seed him before ;" and Williams said the officer had Wi t. taken him for another gentleman. It was stated by the officer that Williams has bed known for some time past, on occasions where wat e d hal have been stolen by females in the streets, to have atePr; up, making himself very b usy un d er th e pretence being a detective, and th us f ac ili tat i ng th e escape of t h thieves. ,Committed for three months with hard labour• THAMES. WATCH ROBBERY.—Joseph Percival, a well-kao" and daring thief, aged 20, and who was described as a w eaver ' of No. 2, Boundary-street, Shoreditch, was brought before. Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a watch, va lil l, ed use " guineas, from the person of Mr. John Acton , a coffee keeper, of No. 9, Ship-alley, Wellclose-squar e. ol- It appeared that a mob of disorderly person c lected near Mr. Acton's own door, an d he went out to see what was tho matter, with his silver watch, to which a stout guard was attached, in his waistcoat pocket. The prisoner came up to Mr. Acton's left side and deliberately unscrewed the ring of the watch and snatched the watch, with which he ran away. Mr. Acton pursued the thief , who ran along Ratcliff• highway, Parringtan-street (where he threw away the watch), and various other places. After a long case, in which more tan 200 persons joined, the thief was run down and captuhred. He exhibited a deter mined resistance before he was secw ed. Thomas Button, a police-constable, No. 161 H, said th e prisoner had been convicted several times, and had been sentenced on one occasion to one year's imprisonment and hard labour for a watch robbery. Mr. Selfe—The prisoner is now likely to be sentenced W penal servitude for a long period for this daring robbed' I have heard many similar cases lately. The prisoner—l am guilty, your worship. Please W settle it here. Mr. Selfe—No ; I shall commit you for trial. The prisoner —Pray, settle it here, sir ; I was only mar ried two months ,ago. Mr. Selfe—Your wife is not likely to have your comPa n i for many years. You are committed for trial. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT; Sept. 13. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] bier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's health i ° so much improved since her residence at Norris Castle, that the term of her stay is likely to be considerably Mc' tvided. . The Earl and Countess of Jersey left Cowes for London this afternoon. His lordship's health is very muc h jut proved. The Earl and Countess of Lyndhurst intend to remain at Gothic Hall till the end of this month. in The Earl of Yarborough is still cruising these waters. ir R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and family left the Old R. - House this morning, for Dorche ster. his yacht 21 10/r 38 Si iitlit f tb dittc lloni 255. v ery Pei and C elli and I t beet