The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-27 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. under the management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, DYING FOR LOVE. After which, will be revived Shakspe are ' s Tra gedy of HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Chas. Kean; Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with IF THE CAP FI rs. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ISTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with NEVER DESPAIR. Mr, and Mrs. Henri Drayton. And (6th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billing - ton, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. And a Grand Ballet by the Celebrated Spanish Dancers. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss'Swanborough THIS EVENLNG, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke. fter which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses 1311anborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, - - consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evci written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi.. ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENLNG, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN O'icz, JULY 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77—highest since noon yesterday. 66—lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day at noon. BAROMETEItr-30'15. WIND, South-Westerly ; rather fresh, with fine cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, llh. 9m.—Afternoon, llh. 47m. To-Moßßow-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. 22m. The Peace of Villafranca bids fair to end in smoke or to engender still more bitter animosity between Austria and Sardinia. Nor will all the manoeuvring of NAPOLEON be able to reconcile their differences. The fact now turns out to be that the Emperor of the FRENCH overshot the mark in setting aside the very existence of his too confiding ally. Emperors look, or affect to look, upon kings much is the same mag nanimous spirit that mastiffs bear with terriers. If they seem to endure them, it is only for a purpose of their own. So the closet conference of the two Emperors seemed to ignore the case of Sardinia altogether. Indeed, the Emperor NAPO LEON overreached himself in paying such hypocri tical court to FRANCIS JOSEPH, who felt so flattered by the Imperial deference paid to himself at the expense of his Royal opponent, that he swallowed the bait and signed the peace of Villafranca. But now comes the test. The Austrian will not meet the Sardinian —no, not even in a friendly spirit. The war is over, but only for a time, for the original poison was left to rankle in the wound of their enmity, and it will take all the inge nuity of NAPOLEON to make matters pleasant —pleasant he never can while Sardinia holds Lombardy, and Austria keeps possession of the Quadrilateral fortresses, with Venetia to boot. Thus it comes of self-overweening conceit ! No man, be he Emperor, King, or knave, will ever forgive being overreached in evil-doing. His very pride revolts at the idea of the conceit being taken out of him by the sleight-of-hand cunning of his rival. We may, therefore, suppose that this botch of an over-hasty peace is only a truce to still fiercer strife, which in the end may prove better for the people and worse for those who would use them, as they have not scrupled to abuse them without making dne allow ance for the consequence. However frequently we may have scanned the position of our naval armaments of late, it becomes, if possible, more than ever advisable to revert yet again and again to their consideration. The Royal Navy is the right arm of England. Our wooden walls are our true defence. The ordnance of this country floating upon the deep in our ships-of-war form the true offensive and defensive weapons of BRITANNIA—her sword at once and her shield— beyond all the Martello towers that could be con structed along our coast line—beyond all the forti fications that could bristle from the crown of our white cliffs—beyond all the rifle corps, the militia, and the yeomanry, that could be organised by any means among our aggregate population of 26,000,000. According to the ordi nary calculations the British Empire has, for some years, been understood to maintain, upon the aver age, a navy of from 600 to 700 vessels of all classes, manned by between 40,000 and 45,000 seamen, with an army ranging, in round numbers, from 200,000 to 300,000 men. But those numbers have for years past• notoriously fluctuated in an extra ordinary manner. The infantry, for example, at one time closely approximating to a grand total of very nearly 250,000 men, while, at another time it has fallen considerably below 100,000 — that branch of the public service numbering, in 1814, 237,329 men, and in 1823, 81,940—the total of the British infantry alone in 1858 being in a man ner intermediate, or, to give the precise numbers, 150,569 men. Mere aggregates, however, mere estimates in round numbers, afford but an indiffe rent notion of the actual strength or efficiency of either service, in reference to a gigantic and scat tered dominion like that obedient to the sceptre of VICTORIA—" Sovereign Queen,,, as her magnificent Proclamation upon assuming to herself the empire of Hindostan, avowed her most gracious MAJESTY to b e, it Sovereign Queen o f G reat Britain and Ireland, and of all the dependencies thereof, in Europe, Asia, Africa, Ameri ca, and Aus tral& ia i" Rememberin g tb at by no fig ure of speech (but that literally) upon this empire of ours the sun, in truth, does never set, that our rule extends into each quarter of the habitable globe, north a n d south, and east and west, into the arctic region s and into the torrid zone, it is obvious that no kind of comparison can ever in reason be drawn between the apparent numerical equality of army or of navy—here in regard to an empire like France, here in regard to an empire like England. The forces of France, whether military or maritime, are in a manner perpetually, and by a geographical necessity, in a state of vigorous concentration ; whereas those of the British Empire are scat tered in all directions, over the length and breadth of the two hemispheres. As at present constituted, the whole of our military forces, including among them, in 1858, an em bodied militia numbering 21,773 men, and 15,122 volunteers, make no more than a moiety of the dis ciplined army under the eagles of NAPOLEON. The aggregate of our land forces during the last year, making altogether no mere than 225,881 men—in clusive of the 36,895 militia and volunteers already specified—our cavalry numbering in 1858, 17,819, our artillery 20,598, and our infantry as herein before stated 150,569. Contrasting with which miscellaneous and scattered land forces of not quite 226,000 men, distributed under the banners of Eng land over our enormous and widely separated colo nies—there will be (as soon as the victorious army now in Italy shall have returned homewarls), there will be within the boundaries of France upon the morrow of the return of the conquerors of Magenta and Solferino, a stupendous military armament of upwards of 400,000 troops, an army that might be speedily yet further raised by the recal of the Algerian forces and of the con tingent at Rome, together with a slight anticipa tion of the regular working of the vast and com plex machinery of the conscription, to an aggre gate very little short, if anything shor t of 600,000 soldiers. It is preposterous, there fore, to draw any comparison whatever, as the Moniteur, for example, has affected to do, so very recently, between the armaments of France and the armaments of England. One armament, we repeat, is necessarily scattered—the other is necessarily concentrated. As with the land forces—so with those of a maritime character. England must, with a view simply to the maintenance of the integrity of her empire, throughout her numerous and extended colonial possessions, distribute her ships of war, hither and thither, in every sea, along the borders of all the four great continents. France having no colonies, can hold her maritime armaments perpe tually in readiness along her own coasts, prepared at all times for rapid concentration. Here again, therefore, there is absolutely no room whatever for analogy. It is true that our naval estimates reached in Mr. DISRAELI'S last Budget the considerable amount of £9,215,487 ; and that, thanks to the patrio tic energy of the late First Lord of the Admiralty, that total has been enhanced, according to Mr. GLADSTONE'S recent Budget to the yet more for midable sum of £12,782,000, or within a single twelvemonth just £3,566,513 additional. But—it should be borne in mind by JOHN BULL himself, and by our friendly monitor the Moniteur, what it is requisite for the safety (for the maintenance of the integrity) of our empire should be done in the way of distributing or scattering the naval power thus munificently provided, and done, remem ber, not once in a way. but at all times, and under all circumstances Recollect, then, to begin with there are those numerous and remote Naval Stations of ours making perpetual demands upon our peace establishment. There is the East India sta tion involving the surveillance of the Chinese Seas and of the islands of the Eastern Archipelago. During this last year—the war with China of course there of the augmentations that one station alone absorbed 68 ships of war, manned by as many as 10,000 men altogether ! Since the triumphant close of Lord ELGIN'S famous mission to China and Japan, the squadron em ployed upon the East India station has been re duced by about one half—yet one half still holds there, in those Eastern seas, 34 of our vessels and 5,000 of our sailors. Somewhere about 2,000 more of our seamen are always required, again, as the complement of the squadron upon the West Coast of Africa. As nearly as possible 3,500 others are kept afloat perpetually as the crew of some 20 ships of war constituting the regular squadron of the North American station in the Atlantic. Another total of 3,000 seamen we find required in 183 S, together with twelve of our war vessels in the north-eastern waters of the Pacific—by reason, more particularly, of the gold fields of British Columbia. There is a squadron at the Cape of Good Hope and along the east coast of Africa, in the direction of the Mauritius. The Mediterranean fleet—monstrously allowed to dwindle down, about a twelvemonth since, to no more than four ships of the line—has, since April last (again, thanks to the patrio tic energy of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON), been increased fully three-fold—the Mediterranean fleet, now consisting of twelve ships of the line, or thirty-two vessels altogether ! Scat tered abroad, then, upon these widely-dissevered stations during the absolute European peace of 1858, there were as many as 139 of our ships of war actually in commission, with 21,948 of our seamen and marines, or nearly one entire moiety of the available force constituting the aggregate of our maritime armaments. Stubborn facts like these we commend to the Moniteur when next that organ may feel disposed to make a few more of its disingenuous comparisons ! " Leave ill alone"—seems to be the motto now, in regard to the Thames. The stench arising from it is daily becoming more and more intolerable. Nor can this be wondered at, considering the ave rage height recently of the thermometer. What is far worse, however, than the mere nausea pro duced by the effluvia rising from the river and impregnating with subtle poison every cubic foot of the London atmosphere the Death- Rate continues steadily to rise,' and rise, and rise Above the Average ! According to the report of the City mortality during the past week, the deaths have been as many as seventy-one—whereas the average during the last three years has been about forty-four : showing thus an increase, not only of half as much again, but, even with that, of five additional. The returns from the City Proper, however, form, as it were, but one moderate item in the terrible account fur nished to us now, from week to week, by that inex orable chronicler of events, the Registrar-General. Looking down his black catalogue for the week just brought to its conclusion, we find glaring before fact that there is a n i ncrease dur us the appalling ing those seven days of almost 600 deaths upon the hebdomadal returns for the metropolis ! During the ten years between '49 and '5B, " the average," We are reminded by the Registrar-General's Report— " the average number of deaths in the weeks cor responding with last week was 1,064." Whereas, in contrast to this average—the deaths in London last week reached the dreadful total of 1,605 ! Bearing in mind the increase, however, in the amount of the population, the excess above the average just given may be indicated correctly, the Registrar-General adds not by 541, but as nearly as possible by 435. Examining carefully into the causes of this lamentable increase above the average (even after making due deduction for the increase of Population), it is not surprising to us to observe as chief am ong those so urces o f i ncrease d mor t a lit y —deaths f rom diarrhcea! The average number of deaths from diarrhoea in corresponding weeks from '49 to '5B inclusively was, we find, 108—the returns throughout these ten years being duly corrected with regard to increase of population ! Instead of 108-415 have died in London during the past week from diarrhoea ! Actually 307 above the average during the 10 years precedi ng ! Be sides which, there are observable in the report for this past week 8 deaths from diphtheria and 48 from scarlatina! Several cases are recorded also —some of them very sudden—of death from sun stroke or coup de soleil, the rays of the sun, accord ingto medical evidence, producing congestion of the brain, convulsions, coma, or fatal inflammation. An increase of nearly 8 degrees in the temperature " acting with other circumstances that are necessarily unfavourable to health" has been thus attended, the Registrar-General remarks significantly in his report, by this horrible increase of nearly 600 deaths in the metropolis! And those other circumstances, Do they require for one instant to be specified? Don't we all understand at once that they signify the Drainage and the Thames—the very channels (if but properly managed) for the diminution of the mortality instead of for the increase of it ! Yet people there are who, in the very presence of facts like these, will assert still to the last stubbornly that these objections to the Thames as insalubrious (how mild a phrase !) are exaggerations. The corn laws were only abolished upon the morrow of a famine in Ireland. Is the Thames only to be purified at last when London shall have been stricken with a pestilence ? A GAY DECEIVER IS IfE. (Fox Music.) Gallant and tall, and a soldier withal, Sir Harry goes courting the fair ; He has burnished his curls, and his white hand twirls Through the tresses with tender care. He is whispering low, but don't let your hearts go, Maidens, just watch, and you'll see, That Sir Harry can smile and mean nothing the while, For a gay deceiver is he. Scout him and flout him with pride and scorn, For he'll sue you, and woo you, and leave you forlorn. He holds up his head, and tells of the dead, And the wounded his Beauty has left ; Lightly he'll boast of the love-smitten host By his charms of their peace bereft. Oh! heave not a sigh at the blink of his eye, Though melting its beam may be ; He seeks to entrance your souls with a glance, But a gay deceiver is he. Scout him and flout him—he worships a stone— For the image he dotes on is only his own. This gallant and gay Sir Harry, they say, Has reckoned his worth in gold, Sir Harry is not to be given away, He is only a thing to be sold.. Maidens, don't fret, though his whiskers of jet Right daintily trimmed may be ; Oh give him no part of a woman's warm heart, For a gay deceiver is he. Scout him and flout him with pride and scorn, And leave him and his Beauty to live forlorn. ELIZA COOK. ?e 1?7, - I 4 biter' br: • 0 IT THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1859. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last night M. Meyerbeer's new opera, "Dinorah, or Il Pellegrinaggio di Ploermel," to which the subscribers and the public have been looking forward with so much curio sity, was produced with a completeness and splendour un surpassed by any previous essay at the Royal Italian Opera. We cannot attempt to do anything more at present than record its triumphant reception. The composer and the principal singers were called for and enthusiastically applauded after every act, and at the end the same compliment was deservedly paid to M. Costa. The characters in the opera were sustained by Madame Miolan Carvalho (from the Theatre Lyrique in Paris), Ma dame Nantier Didiee, Mademoiselle Marai, Signors Gar doni, Neri Baraldi, Tagliafico, and Graziani. The perform ance—which did not terminate till three-quarters of an hour past midnight, owing to the encores awarded to the overture and several other lengthy pieces—was one of the most perfect we can remember on a first night, and the audience one of the most crowded and brilliant. The suc cess of " Dinorah," in short, was equal to that of any work from the same pen hitherto presented on the English stage. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 26. The Gazette of the Senate publishes a treaty con cluded between Russia and China, and ratified by the two Emperors. The treaty contains twelve articles, and is signed at Tientsin. China grants to Russia leave to send ambassadors to Pekin, promises protection to Christian missionaries, and authorises a monthly mail service between Kiachta and Pekin. MARSEILLES, JULY 26. Another detachment of Swiss troops has arrived rom Naples. Advices have been received from Rome to the 23d inst. His Holiness the Pope had received the French Ambassador, the Duke de Gran mont, in an extraordinary audience, which lasted two hours. Letters received assert that the principle of the Presidency of the Italian Confederation has been accepted by the Pope. A conference of six cardinals has taken place, the majority of whom voted favourably for the Presidency. M. de Menneval, officier d'ordonnance of the Emperor of the French, returns to•morrow to France. Advices received from Naples to the 25th inst. state that Mr. Elliot has been definitively accre dited as Ambassador from England to the Court of Naples. He has delivered to the King an auto graph letter from her Majesty the Queen. VIENNA, JULY 26. The official Wiener Zeituny publishes a note ad dressed by Count Rechberg to Baron von Koller, Austrian Ambassador at Berlin, and adds that the projects lately published by the Prussian Gazette were at the time brought to the knowledge of the Imperial Government, but that merely the inten tion of attempting mediation was made known to Austria. According to advices from Lussin the French have completely evacuated Lussin and the Gulf of Quarnaro, and the French fleet has sailed. NEW DIFFICULTIES. A correspondent of a morning contemporary says : " Sardinia has just named as her plenipotentiary at Zurich, M. de Ambrois, a very enlightened man. It is expected that he will come to Paris before proceeding to his destination. " Austria, however, refuses to meet any Sardinian Representative, but will leave it open to Sardinia to accede to the Treaty after it shall have been con cluded between Austria and France. " The Grand Duke of Tuscany has expressed his willingness to abdicate in favour of his son, who promises a constitution ; but the Tuscans object altogether to the dynasty." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Patnie publishes an article on the note of the llioniteter of this morning, respecting the armaments of France and England, which concludes thus : " France 'has done everything to free England from the nightmare of invasion in order to restore her to calmness and repose. If we do not succeed, England can only lay the blame on herself for the fears which agitate her, and which, if prolonged, would become an affront to our sincerity, feelings, and actions." The Pays says : " Count Pourtales arrived yesterday at Paris. Signor Pallavicino has also arrived here. It is as serted that the Emperor will receive him to-day." The Moniteur publishes the following article, a telegraphic summary of which appeared in our se cond edition yesterday : " An attempt is made in England to attribute to France the cause of the burdens imposed upon the English people for national defences.' It is the pretended exaggeration of our armaments which is made to serve as a justification for the considerable augmentation of the army and navy estimates of Great Britain. "A comparison between our estimates and those of England will show the fallacy of the assertion. " Since 1853 the English budget shows an in crease of £13,480,000 (or 336 ,000,000 E), and of this sum 200,000,000 f. are for the army and navy esti mates. In the year which is commencing those two budgets will cost in England more than 650,000,000 f., 332,500,000 f. for the army and 320,000,000 f. for the navy. "In France the army-budget, as voted for 1860, only amounts to 339,458,744 f., and that of the navy to 123,503,143 f *—altogether a total of about 463,000,000 f., consequently far below the estimates of Great Britain for the same services. " For the army budget the amount fluctuates ac cording to the price of commodities. It is chiefly owing to the high price of food that in 1859 the army budget rose to 361,917,503 f., includ ing the amount originally voted as well as the supplementary credits prcvided for. For the navy the estimates amounted to 122,963,883 f. In 185'6' the Ministry of War expended 376,822,535 f., and the Ministry of Marine 137,980,260 f. Now, if we refer to 1853, to see how we stood before the preparations for the Crimean war, we find that the army estimates were 322,740,809 f., and the navy estimates, 99,195,965 f. Finally, if we take a still more retrospective glance, and take the last years of the last Government, we find that as regards the army we are below the expenses of 1847, which amounted to 373,365,981f.t and 128,637,509 f. for the navy.t Doubtless the figures for 1859 and 1860 do not include the expenses of the war in Italy and those of the expedition to Cochin China, of which it is impossible as yet to form a correct estimate ; but it is probable that the loan of 500,000,000 f. will leave a considerable sum in hand after the settlement of those expenses, and that as soon as the events which gave rise to them shall have been accomplished they will return to their normal state. " It may then be asked whether the enormous burdens imposed upon the English people are to be attributed to France and her extraordinary armaments, or whether those enormous outlays, and the taxes consequent thereon, must not be attri buted to other causes." * " It must be observed that the budgets of the army and navy include, in addition to the pay and maintenance of the effective forces and materiel of war, all sums yearly granted for extraordinary works of the engineers (fortifications, &c.) and of the sea ports. t " The expenses for Algeria are included in this amount, now carried to a special budget for 16,500,000 f. " In these calculations the budgets for 1854, 18.35, 1856, and 1857, are not included, as they were affected by the ex penses of the Crimean war." PARIS BOURSE, July 26.—The market has again become heavy. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 75c., are now at 67f. 95c. Mobilier varied from 787 f. 50c. to 800 f. ; Austrian, 555 f. to 557 f. 50c. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 560 f. to 565 f. ; Orleans, 1,337 f. 50c. to 1,340 f. ; Lyons, 855 f. to 857 f. 50c. ; Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 510 f. The market continued heavy to the close, when the following were the last quota tions : 41 per Cents. .... 96 50 I Credit Foncier 650 Do. end month .. 96 40 ) Belgian 4f — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 90 Roman B6 Bank Shares — Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 798 7.5 Spanish Threes - Do. Account ..... 795 , Home Debt 4l 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . O2O .• New ditto BOO 807 50 _ • • • , Lyons and Mediterranean 852 50 .. 852 50 Geneva 522 50 .. 520 Southern Western 547 50 .. 547 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f 4c.; three months, paper, 24f. 94c.; money, 21f. 93c. The Piedmontese journals have turned their at :ention at present to a curious article which ap peared in the Verona Gazette, of the 14th, that is two days after the meeting at Villafranca. As the article is headed " Quartiere Superno," it has all the authority of a " communicated" article. After stating that the Emperor has concluded peace in order to put a stop to the scourge of war, the, writer alludes to the Emperor's complaint that he had been abandoned by his old allies, and remarks , as follows : " The sacrifice of Lombardy is great, no doubt, but we find consolation in the reflection that what is momentarily ceded is not always lost. Influences change, fortune will not always be against us. Sooner or later we shall cross the Mincio in order to reconquer the tombs of the heroes of Somma and Custoza— that land soaked with our blood shall still be ours. God promises it to us from the hea venly regions, through the voice of the white haired Radetzky.. Austria is obliged to make peace ; but we must not forget that while she re tains the quadrilateral of the fortresses, she may still consider herself, in a military point of view, as the mistress of the whole valley of the Po. She only leaves the Lombards to the intemperance of their political feelings—the end of the drama we shall see presently." A Paris correspondent of the Independance thus speaks of the projects of reform entertained by the Emperor of Austria : " All the provincial councils of the empire are to be convoked simultaneously in order to answer a series of questions on the ameliorations which they may think necessary in the internal govern ment of the State, and especially in the provincial organisation. Contrary to the usual practice, no programme will be given for the proceedings of the councils, but they will have complete liberty in their deliberations and may make known openly and sincerely to the Emperor the wants and wishes of the populations. Such a project is worthy of all commendation. As to a change in the financial system, and especially in the mode of keeping the public accounts, there is some hesitation. There was some idea of adopting the. French system of accounts, which is acknowledged to be excellent, but it appears that the present system has great similarity to that used in France, so nothing has been as yet decided on that point. The financial embarrassments are extreme, and there is a ru mour of a radical measure which will soon be laid before the Emperor. The experience of the late war has proved that some services of the army — the commissariat and artillery, for instance—are not exactly what they should be. Imporfant re forms will be made, and I have reason to know that Austrian officers are at present in England for the purpose of studying the English system of artillery, and examining the famous Armstrong cannons." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The North American has arrived from Quebec, with advices to the 16th. and from New York by telegram, via Father Point, to the evening of the 16th inst. The steamships Glasgow and Edinburgh left St. John's, Newfoundland, on the 13th inst., for Glas gow, with the passengers of the wrecked steamer Argo on board. NEW YORK, EVENING, JULY 16. The steamers Vanderbilt, for Southampton, and City of Baltimore, for Liverpool, sailed to-day, taking out over 2,250,000 dols. in specie. The Wesser and Borussia, from Southampton, have arrived here. The stock market is active and firmer. Money shows no change. Sterling exchange dull. Sales small. Cotton quiet, but firm, at 111 c. for middling up lands ; flour and wheat unsettled, and considerably lower; corn firm ; pork and beef heavy, and lower. Freights steady. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 15. Cotton quiet and steady. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Vanderbilt steamer has arrived at Cowes with New York mails of the 16th. _ She brings 256 passengers, and 1,337,000 doll. specie for London and Paris. She spoke the screw steamer City of Washington, on the 17th inst., in lat. 40 50, long. 68 ; steamer Ariel, on th 3 18th, in lat. 41 55, long. 63 30 ; and a large English ship, supposed to be the Beaver, on the 25th. The - Weser steamer, hence, arrived at New York on the 15th. Money continued easy. Brokers were offered all they needed at 5 to 52, with occasional transactions at 6. Closing prices of stocks were—Tennessees, 88f, to 89 ; Missouris, 832 to 83,§,-; Virginias, 94/ to 2 ; Canton, 182. to 181 ; New York Central, 74 to . € 1 ; Erie, 61 to -1-; Haarlem, 10 to ; Hudson River, - 331 to I ; Reading, 44 to 1 ; Michigan Cen tral, 42/ to 43 ; ditto Southern, 81 ; Panama, 117 to 118; Illinois Central, 641 to 65; Pacific Mail, 681 to 1. Cotton firm, closing Ic. per lb. higher for some grades; sales about 1,000 bales.' Flour heavy, and prices lower. Wheat at a stand. Pork heavy, and prices unchanged. Sugar firm, and in good demand. Coffe steady. Sales of 700 bags, at 11c. to 111 c. Freight engagements limited. No change in rates. Cotton firm in New Orleans on the 15th. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Orissa arrived at Southampton yesterday with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail. Her dates were : Alexandria, July 13 ; Malta, 17 ; Gibraltar, 21. She brought 122 passengers, amongst whom were Lord. Charles Scott, R.N., Sir James and Lady Cochrane, Colonel Colborne, Lieutenant- Colonel Graydon, Major Earle, Captains Bannister, Shackerley, and Comyn ; Lieutenants Milman, Leeds, Byam, and Waller; Doctors Williams and Collins, &c. Amongst her cargo were 705 bales of silk and .5 packages of specie. The Orissa ex changed signals with the Peninsular packet Alham bra on the 21st inst., and. with the India packet Pera on the 23d inst. Her Majesty's ships Marl borough, Hannibal, Hibernia, Exmouth, Conqueror, Princess Royal, Renown, Orion, En-yalus, Doris, Intrepid, Lapwing, Banshee, and Hearty, were at Malta. The St. Jean d'Acre, Brunswick, Victor Emanuel, and Assurance were cruising off Malta. The Vulture and Quail (gunboats) were at Gibraltar. The Taurus, an English steamer purchased by the Spanish government,had arrived atCadiz from Liver pool, laden with naval stores for the arsenal there. The Violet, with 140 English convicts, had arrived at Gibraltar. From Cadiz, two ships of war and the war steamer General Alava had put to sea ; the war sloop Ferrolano, with troops and settlers for Fernando Po ; the war corvette Colon, for Cartha gena ; and the transport ship Quita, for Porto Rico. The Russian ships of war Retvisan and Gremoboi had left Cadiz for the Baltic. The Rus sian steamer Argonaut, the French steam-sloop Tanger, and the Spanish steamer San Bernardo, left Gibraltar on the 18th. The fallowing British merchant steamers and sailing ships touched at or passed Gibraltar between the 16th and 21st inst., viz. :—The steamers Vulture and Britannia, and the sailing ships Earl Mulgrav'e, Albion, Henrietta, Leonard Preston, Mirabita, Convivial, Eliza, Richard Brown, Equator, William West, Fanny, Agnes, Forest Queen, and New Teresa. Several of the crew of the wrecked steamer Alma were ap prehended on their arrival at Southampton in the Orissa, on a charge of robbing the passengers and breaking open a box belonging to Sir John Bow ring, late governor of Hong-Kong, on board the Ottawa, while on her passage down the Red Sea. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF DOVER.—The fortifica tions of the citadel of Dover are about to be enlarged, and the estimated cost of the works is £150,000. The walls round the ramparts inside and outside will be raised many feet, the ditches will be considerably lowered, while on the sea front will be erected a large bastion for officers' quar ters, on the top of which will be a very strong battery, heavily mounted with first-class ordnance. In the centre of the citadel will be a signal tower, while lower, and over the reservoir, will be placed all the necessary buildings required for such a place, between which and the guns facing outwards will be a covered way to protect the military passing to and fro. The improvements will ex tend from the citadel to the drop, at which places, and at the head of the military road will be constructed new draw bridges of great strength.—Maidstone Journal. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.—On the 25h inst. an influential and numerously attended meeting took place at the Lecture-hall, Blackheath, on the subject of raising a volunteer rifle corps for that locality, Mr. H. B. Farnall, of Manor-house, Lee, in the chair. Upon the platform were: Lieut.-Col. Dawson;C.B., Lieut.-Col. Smith, Mr. F. South, Mr.J. F. Turner Mr.'F. Gossett, Capt. Jackson, Messrs. Hart, Smith, D'rury, Harding, Whittaker, and others. The chairman addressed the meeting, and laid before them the rules and regulations which have been sanctioned by Lord Sydney, the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent, and by which, in conjunction with the 44th of George 111. cap. 54, the Blackheath Volunteer Rifles will be governed. The meeting was al3o addressed by Colonel Dawson, C. 8., Mr. J. Flint South, and others, when it was unanimously determined that a corps should be forthwith raised ; and after the appointment of a comr mittee, consisting of 24 gentlemen, with Mr. H. B. Farnall as their chairman, and with Mr. J. F. Turner as their hon. Secretary, upwards of 40 names were at once entered on the list of effective members of the Lee and Blackheath Rifle Volunteers. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TR2D-E RE VIVED BY THE FBENCIi. Yesterday a public meeting was held at the Spa fields Chapel, Exmouth -street, Clerkenwell, to hear a statement made by Stephen Beckley, a coloured youth, formerly in Lady Huntingdon's School, at Sierra Leone, respecting his escape from the French settlement of Cayenne, where he had been kept in slavery for three years. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, formerly M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, was unanimously called to the chair, and said that they were assembled there for two purposes—the first to receive information, and the next to use that information in the most efficacious manner for the extinction of one of the most vicious systems with which the earth was cursed. There was a feeling on the part of many of the nations individually, and he feared also with a common understanding amongst many of them collectively, to re-introduce the African slave trade, which was the disgrace of this country until within the last 25 years. The United States had lately introduced several cargoes of slaves, and some of the states had declared, in violation of every treaty and the law of nations, that they would import these slaves from the west coast of Africa if they thought proper. There was the French nation, who had been inveigling the natives into contracts for five years, which they did not understand the nature of, and which was, in fact, only another name for slavery. (Cheers.) The youth on the platform had been a victim to that species of slavery, and would give 'them an account in his own way of what he had undergone, and that would be a fair sample of what his countrymen were suffering at the present time. The Rev. Mr. THORESBY then stated that as the youth spoke English imperfectly he would question him as to his statement. William Beckley, aged 19, then stated, in answer to questions, that he was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His father's name was William and his mother's name was Elizabeth. His father was a printer and worked in the Government printing office, under the secretary of the colony. He went on to state that he had been educated at Lady Huntingdon's School, Zion Chapel, at Freetown, and was taught to read the Bible. He was there till he was 14 years of age. He then wished to be taught navigation and become a pilot. About that time a screw steamer came to Sierra Leone, by the name of Lionne. The captain's name was Cheval lier, and he, the father, and the youth, went into the office and signed a paper, which he believed to be an agreement for the captain to teach him navi gation. He also got his ticket to prove he was a free man, and set sail, as he was led to believe, to run between Martinque and Sierra Leone. Instead of sailing to Martinique the vessel went to the coast of Monrovia, in Liberia, where she took in a large cargo of blacks, the men with their hands tied behind them, and the women with children in their arms and their hands not tied. After being 21 days on the coast they got a full cargo and set sail for Cayenne, where they arrived and were then taken on shore. They were put into a large tent, and were then taken by different masters. The blacks were crowded in the vessel, and many died on the voyage, and were thrown overboard. He then went on to describe the work the negroes had to do on the plantation, and how they were flogged by their masters. He ran away several times and went to the governor, but he told him that he could not send him home, or if he did he must pay the same money to Bozanet (his master) as Bozanet had paid to the captain for him. His ticket of free dom had been taken from his chest, and he was claimed for a slave. He was sent back to his mas ter and was whipped. He went several times to the governor, and at last told him he was a free negro from Sierra Leone. He was sent back to his master, but Madame Bozanet told him he must do his work, and that he would not be whipped again because he came from a British colony. Shortly after this he was sent to the plantation with sugar, and there saw an American ship, which he paddled out to in a little boat, and got on board. He was taken to Salem, and sent by the captain of the American vessel to Boston, where the British consul, Mr. Francis Lousada, treated him most kindly, and by direction of Lord John Russell forwarded him to London. The Rev. Mr. THORESBY then stated they were now training this youth for a schoolmaster, to send him back to Sierra Leone as a native teacher in Lady Huntingdon's School. It was necessary to have native teachers, as so many of the missionaries had died there lately. He said he had every con fidence in the boy's statement, for he knew the friends of the schools they had established there, and was, in fact, one of the society's scholars in that colony. This information had been taken down at the Foreign-office, and the Government would take further steps in the matter. The CHAIRMAN said he had watched the lxy's statement very narrowly, and from the beginning to the end he had not discovered one discrepancy in the narrative. His case was but one of about seven millions of human beings. He expatiated on the evils of slavery, and argued that no legislation would ever be able to put it down. Monday next would be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the aboli tion of slavery in the British colonies, and would be celebrated by a meeting, over which Lord Brougham would preside. The Rev. Mr. THORESBY then stated that the boy had first thought to be a mason and go back to Sierra Leone to build houses there, and then to be a plumber, as there was not one there, and it would be so glorious to carry leaden pipes over the tops of the houses and give the people fresh water; but when he learned that it would take some years to learn those trades, he r.t once gave up the idea, and decided to be a schoolmaster, provided they would send him home within a limited period. The com mittee of the school had undertaken to do so, and in the meantime were laying the groundwork of a good education, which would be completed there. The Rev. W. WOODHOLTSE moved, and the Rev. F. W. WILLcocKs seconded, a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried enthusiastically, and the meeting separated. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE SURREY MUSIC HALL. • A great " concert and fete" was given on Mon clay night at the Royal Surrey Gardens, in aid of the Lambeth Choral Society. The names of the lsading vocalists—Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame Anna Bishop, Mr. Montem Smith, Miss Dolby, and Mr. Thomas—at the ordinary shilling adriiis sion, attracted an immense audience. By eight o'clock there could not have been less than six or eight thousand people in the music hall and grounds. The spectacle of so great a concourse assembled for enjoyment so innocent and elevatio?; was more than pleasant ; but it suddenly became varied by an uproar nothing less than disgraceful. The first piece set down for Mr. Sims Reeves was "Fra Poco," which he sung with only too great effect. He left the orchestra amidst great ap plause, which, as usual, was' extended to a vocife rous encore. le did not respond, and the continued cheering became mingled withi hisses. The band conductor, Mr. H. Schallehn, attempted to proceed, but was deterred by fiercely reiterated cries of en core. After the lapse of some five minutes a gen tleman presented himself to offer an explanation. But the malcontents had:now waxed so furious that they refused him ; and the good sense of the majority expressing itself in cries of "H ear him," " hear him, an obstinate contest arose. At length, the explanation was suffered to be heard, and it was to the effect that Mr. Reeves having to sing two other pieces he could not repeat so trying an effort as that just made. This ought to have satisfied everybody and. did otisfy all but an excited mino rity, who, in spite of pverwhelming cries of en couragement to the co n ductor to proceed, perse vered in hissing, groa n ing, any hooting. Th an is n hour, dis graceful scene la s t e d a b o ut half Z.' d was only terminated by the performane6 — despite all demands to the contrary—of the WeddL3' March, in " Midsummer Night's Dream." The drums, trumpets, and violins had fairly the best of it, ,2nd the proceedings were tranquil enough till Mr. Reeves made his second appearance. Volleys of hisses, groans, and catcalls mingled with the vehe ment applause that saluted him. For some minutes he took this unusual reception in good part, bowing and smiling at every outburst of the popular hu mour as if it were unmixed flattery. But this sort of thing soon gets beyond a joke, and when it was evident that a mischievous few, at various entrances of the building, were determined Mr. Reeves should not be heard, a contrary resolution was expressed with equal decision. Deafening peAls of cheering were kept up in order to intimidate the disturbers, but still they held out. In vain the great singer tried the effect of his soothing art upon the dis turbers. They broke him down in the second verse of " When thou wilt be my bride." In vain he bowed in his sweetest notes, "My breast doth swell with pride." His offended admirers answered with implacable derision. Clenching his music scroll, he exclaimed, " I am too much of an Englishman to be beaten !" and coolly took a chair. All the previous efforts of the majority were as nothing to the enthu siasm now evoked. Angry demands were made for the expulsion of the offenders, and Mr. Reeves himself set the example of pointing out two .cr three, who were forc ibl y removed, and saluted by the victorious vocalist, as they made their igno minious exit, with a kiss blown from his gloved fin gers. Thus by degrees the tumult was subdued, the song was recommenced, and Mr. Reeves re tired amid a tempest of unqualified applause. Half an hour later he sat down to the piano to sing " My Pretty Jane." The cheering that followed was mense, but scarce a single voice ventured to ask a ----- - repetition. To the universal surprise and delight, the exultant tenor came back and sang to his own accompaniment the " Bay of Biscay." Of course this completed his triumph, and Mr. Sims Reeves finally retifed from the orchestra a greater favourite than ever. THE NA VY. A part of the Channel fleet, consisting of the Royal Albert, 131, screw, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral of the Red Sir Chas. H. Fremantle, K.C.B. ; the Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G. IV: D. O'Callag han ; the James Watt, 91, screw, Capt. Ed ward Codd ; the Hero, 91, screw, Capt. G. H. Seymour ; the Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. A. Cumming; the Pioneer, 6, screw, Comirtander C. H. May; and the Flying Fish, 6, screw, Charles W. Hope, hove in sight under canvas at 9 . 30 a.m. yesterday off the east end of the Wight ; and at 11.30 the leading ship Royal Albert hauled up vnind the Nab light ship for Spithead under all plain oail. The Emerald, with two of the liners, had to shorts n canvas to keep in their proper position astern of the Admiral. By 4.15 p.m. the whole of the ships had taken up their berths at Spithead, where the fleet comprises, in addition to the ships above named, the Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. Katon, carrying the flag of Rear- Admiral of the Blue John E. Erskine, second in command of the fleet, the Neptune, 91, screw, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, Bart. ; the Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C.B. • and the naval apprentice brig Rolla, Lieut.-Com. Nelson—these latter vessels fly ing the blue ensign under Rear-Admiral Erskine. The Russian frigate Polkan is also at Spithead. The Neptune, 91, screw, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, Bart. made her official trial of speed at the mea sured in Stokes Bay on Monday evening, un der the supervision of Commander Gardner, of the Steam Reserve, Mr. Murray, of the steam factory, and Mr. J. Downie, Acting-Inspector of machinery afloat. The machinery gave the greatest satisfac tion in its working. The result of the trial gave a mean of six runs, 10.905 knots. Draught of water —aft, 26ft. 3in. ; ditto, forward, 25t. 4in. Revolu tions of engines—maximum, 63}; mean, 63/. Pres sure of steam. 201 b. Vacuum—forward engine, 24 ; after ditto, 25. Pitch of screw, 19ft. 9in. ; diame ter of screw, 20ft. The Neptune swung compasses at Spithead yesterday. The Imperieuse, 51, screw,‘Capt. R. Maguire, has moved her berth from alongside the Malabar coal depot in Portsmouth harbour to alengside the Prince Regent hulk, preparatory to proceeding to Spithead. The Hood, the Queen, the Mars, and the Amphion are being fitted in the basin at Sheerness. The Clio is in No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness, all of which ships are progressing rapidly in their equipment for sea. The Cossack, 21 guns, at Sheerness, has hauled into the stream. Her complement is now nearly complete, but a few vacancies remain unfilled. Lieut. Hatchard has taken up his commission and joined as First Lieutenant. The screw steam-gunboat Jackdaw, tender to the Hogue, Coastguard-ship, left Plymouth on Satur day evening for Greenock. The crew of the steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Com mander Hickley, were paid advance of wages at Plymouth on Monday. It was expected at Plymouth that the screw steam-frigate Diadem, 32, Capt. W. Mocirsom, C. 8., would leave the Sound yesterday for Spithead. The U.S. sloop-of-war Plymouth, Capt. Craven, left Plymouth Sound on Monday evening for Brest. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, Com mander Dunn, from Portsmouth and Portland, ar rived at Plymouth on Sunday with Mr. Paul and a party of seamen. She made a short trip outside the breakwater on Monday to test some parts of her machinery, supposed to be defective. Mr. W. H. Ward, of Auburn, United States of America, yesterday exhibited in Woolwich dock yard, by permission of the Lords of the Admiralty , his patent invention for transmitting messages and carrying on correspondence of any length from ship to ship, becalmed, or sailing within telescopic sight of each other on the ocean, with equal facility t° that of the electric telegraph on land. The exhibi • tion was witnessed by Commodore the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen, in his official capacity as superintendent, attended by the entire body of officers representing the various de - - partments of the yard. One of the instruments was erected at either end of a long enclosed lobby ad joining the dockyard factory, when a length - . ened test of messages and replies was satisfac torily carried out. The experiment was extremely * interesting and conclusive as to the merits of the apparatus, the result of which was promptly, transmitted to Lord Clarence Paget by spee l9 ' l direction of the Commodore to that effect, the in vention having been pronounced one of the most important of the kind hitherto produced, and likely to be productive of immense benefit to the e ntire naval and merchant service afloat. The weight of the instrument, which is of the simplest construc tion, does not appear to exceed 141 b. It represents the form of a cross, exhibiting five alphabetically marked lamps. which are worked by a process re• sembling the keys or notes of a piano slowly de- - pressed, and at the termination of each sentence the lights are clouded. As regards the working of the instrument, the principal officers of the Fisgard who yesterday attended the experiments affirmed without any hesitation that any boy of her Majes ty's fleet could obtain a perfect mastery of the sys tem by a couple of evenings' study. Commander W. R. G. Palliser has been appoint ed , Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vi ce Commander De Vere. RURAL FETE. The Hanwell Mutual Improvement Society, by the kindness of their president, the Rev. Dr. Emerton, held their tenth annual fete in the beau tiful grounds attached to the Hanwell College. Early in the morning operations were commenced by the erection of tents, raising of flags, and the various other occupations that usually usher in a day of mirth and festivity. At two o'clock the amusements of the day commenced by a match at the noble game of cricket, which may indeed be called the Englishman's game. From this time till six or seven o'clock the company continued arriving in groups, when several hundreds assembled on the ground. The coup d'ceil from the terrace walk was very striking and interesting. An excellent mili tary band was placed on the lawn, which played various military and other fashionable airs, as portions of the company were promenading around. The children of the village were in high glee at seeing their companions climbing the pole, running, or rather falling about, in sacks, wheeling wheel-barrows blind folded, jumping at bags of fl our , which burst when bitten, much to the surprise and annoyance of the biter ; whilst those of older growth w re evidently all trying to amuse each other with harmless jokes and gibes ; others with tales falling softly and gently on the ear. At five o'clock the company began to gather round the tables loaded with cake and other preparations for satisfying the inner man, whilst kind and hospitable matrons were pre siding over the cup which cloth refresh, but not inebriate. About seven o'clock dancing began, which continued without interruption until nine when the shades of evening made it necessary once more for friends to part. •After a short address froin Dr. Emerton, whose heart and soul seemed engaged in his endeavours to make all happy, the bang struck up God Save the Queen, which was admirably sung by the members of the Hanwell Mutual Harmonic Society and their friends. Sir Alexander Spearman, Part., with great warmth of feeling, procosed that the thanks of the meeting be given to the Rev. Dr. Emerton, for his kindness in giving his grounds for their entertainment, which was most heartily done by the company, with three times three, and expressed his hearty approval of the highly creditable manner in which the whole had been conducted. It must be indeed extremely satisfactory to the committee of the society to have met with such success. We observed on the grounds during the afternoon and evening, Lady Wolseley, Sir A. and Lady Spearman, and the Misses Spearman, Sir G. and Lady Hodgkinson, Lady Ellis, Major and Mr. Cracroft, the Rev. Dr. Giles and family, the Rev. Mr. Edwards and family, Mr. Wolseley, Mr. Oates, and others of the elite of Hanwell and the neighbourhood. The Nourelliste Vaudois states that M. Kossuth with his family, arrived at Geneva on Friday, and the next day made an excursion to Vevey-. The steam-ship Harmonia, from Hamburg to New York, left Southampton yesterday for her destination with freight and passengers. The Countess de Persigny arrived at Albert-gate House last evening from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Brocket Hall, Herts. The Earl and Countess Manvers left town on Friday for their seat, Thoresby Park, Notts. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Vorke left town on Saturday for Sydney Lodge, Southampton. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke will leave town in a few days for their seat, Henham-hall, Suffolk. ODD-FELLOWS' FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —On Monday and Tuesday next the members of the Manchester - Unity- Friendly Society hold their grand annual gathering at the Crystal Palace in aid of the Widow and Orphan and Distress Funds of the metropolitan dis tricts. There will be a large accession to the usual attrac tions ; the great fountains will be displayed, a double military band has been engaged, and a variety of out-door amusements, specially organised under the direction of that well-known caterer, Nelson Lee. It may be stated that the members in Londonalone number 20,000 with a surplus capital of about £130,000 in the funds provided for positive benefits. COMPENSATION TO MR. BARBER, THE SOLICITOR. —The story of Mr. W. H. Barber and his sufferings is too well known. A donation of £5,000 "in consideration of those suff er i ngs, and his distressed circumstances," will be asked from the House of Commons in committee of supply when the Civil Service (Special) Estimates come on for discussion. MAGNIFICENT PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—We can state, on the authority of a private letter from India, that the Maharajah of Cashmere is forwarding, as a pre sent to her Mojesty, a most costly shawl tent, which will contain moreover a bedstead of solid gold. The value of this regal offering is said to exceed £lso,ooo.—Jlorning Chroniele. ETON COLLEGE.—W e are requested to state, on authority, that the proposal made by Eton College to the Cambridge University Commissioners more than two years since, " that the sons of all British subjects otherwise duly qualified be admissible as candidates for Eton Scholar ships," has, within these few days, received the sanction of the commissioners, and has now become a part of the sta tutes of Eton College. „—__— - MANCHESTER — TRADE REPORT. —TUESDAY. The demand for yarns to-day was but moderate, and prin cipally proceeding from the German buyers, who had begun to operate more extensively than for some time past. The demand on the part of manufacturers is not quite so good as it has been, owing to a very great advance in the yarns suitable for their purposes, and also because they h ave no t experienced th e same a dvance in . prices of cloth consequent upon the less encouraging reports from India, THE ARMY. The two-company depot of the 84th (York an d Lancaster) Regiment, attached to the 3d battalio n at Chatham, has received orders to be in readinese. to vacate the hut barracks in which the depot 19 quartered, and proceed to Sheffield, where the head-quarters of the 84th, now on their passag e , home from India, will be stationed on their arrival in England. In consequence of casualties a n losses in India the service companies of the 84tu i are so reduced that their number is now only ab en d 400 men. The depot, however, is very strong, an in consequence of no reinforcements having be e n sent from it to India for some time past, its streng has been raised to upwards of 400 men, which Nv„„ give the entire strength of the regiment about 8u" bayonets. Recruiting for the 84th has been sue" pended for the present. The high bounty (£5) given by the Government to recruits for the Royal Marine Light Infantry f has had the effect of inducing a large number ° A young men to join that branch of the service, an recruiting is steadily proceeding. During yester day and the preceding day a number of fine young men arrived at the head-quarters.of the Chatham division from London and Hull, having been sen t up by Capt. Fellowes and Lieut. Farmar, who ar e superintending the recruiting at those stations• The battalion of Marines at Chatham is nowwith in 60 of its required strength. THE MILITIA. The sth West York Regiment, which assembled at Knaresborough on the 4th inst. for 21 days training, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel O. L. Lister Kaye, was inspected on the 19th by COI,' Shaw, 450. Foot, each man being supplied with five rounds of blank ammunition. The review closet, by one of the companies being called to the fron t to be manoeuvred by its captain, which was done t i e the entire satisfaction of the inspecting officer. C e ' Shaw expressed his surprise at the efficiency of the regiment, and complimented all ranks in the high est terms. The men were dismissed on the 23d. , L , The 2d Derby Militia (Chatsworth Rifles) W be called out for training on the 22d Sept., in order not to interfere with the harvest. The 2d West York Regiment of Light Infantry' after undergoing 21 days' training at York, We re dismissed on Saturday last. They numbered Col wards of 570, and were under the command of COI. Smyth. They were inspected on Friday by C.e'' Cooper, of the 45th Regiment, who expressed. We l ; self much pleased with the soldierlike appea rane t of the men and the efficient way in which they Well through certain military manoeuvres. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English wheat. The attendance of buyers was limited ; nevertbe less, a good clearance of the stands was effected, at 1 4 (1 011- day's advance in the quotations. A large supply of foreign wheat-18,570 quarters- -li t i s come to hand this week, Good and fine qualities wer e somewhat improved request, at full prices; but other kil l were very dull, at late rates. Floating cargoes supported previous currencies. The few samples of barley on show met a dull Mil"' at late rates. Malt moved off heavily, on former terms. r The oat trade was much less active. In prices, howeve no change took place. Beans and peas were unaltered in value. Country flour was held for rather more money. ARRIVALS IRIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English 920 50 12,110 1,530 1 180 Foreign 18,570 1,700 32,610 i blO Flour69o' WHITECHAPEL. A slight improvement in the demand for meat to-6/1,1 —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d, mutton, 3s 2d to 4$ `'" 2 l l lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and pork) 8d to 4a 10d per 81b., by the carcase. The demand for all kinds ofho p sp is heavy, and tip to have a drooping tendency. The duty is called £ 266, £260,000.