The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-03 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Sand 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches. MINERALOGY. —King's College, London. — Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of IsECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the Arts. The Lectures will commence on Friday, Oct. 7th, at nine o'clock a.m. They will be con tinued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday, at the same hour. Fee, .£2 2s R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINO R A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corri, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misse s Pilling, Thirl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ron, and Mons. Vandris. district, himself found them, in the accounts of the natives and the relics he brought home ; and it is now found that the men, or a large part certainly, had died on the very spot where Dr. KING would have sent to their relief ! He was near the very relics just found, but still did not search sufficiently to find them. And now we come to the last story—that of M'CLINTOCK'S-it confirms Dr. KING'S prophecies to the letter. The western land of North Somer- set is the midway between the Hudson's Bay Com pany 'on the Mackenzie and the fishing grounds of the whalers in Barrow Straits," says the letter of . , June 1847. Let the reader now glance at Mr. WYLD'S well-timed map, and there he finds it all. It looks almost like clairvoyance. There, Mr. WYLD, a perfectly independent authority, has given us the positions of the deserted ships in every channel indicated ; :there the geographer marks the spots where relics were found and inquiries successfully made from the natives ; there he in dicates where M'CLINTOCK found successive traces of them on King William's and Montreal Islands on their way to the great Fish River, which the doctor said they would make for, while the Admiralty pertinaciously denied it. And there he may follow by a glance M'CLINTocK's three exploring parties, as they verify in detail the pre dictions of Dr. KING. But there is one more comparison of dates to which we have asked attention. The despised letter of advice was dated June 10, 1847. Only one day after that date Sir JOHN FRANKLIN peacefully breathed his last, surrounded by an affectionate and admiring crew, and hoping doubtless that friends in England would soon relieve his brave companions from danger of death by starvation. But it was nearly eleven months after this advice was given, that the gallant crews, reduced by disease to from 138 to 105 deserted the ice-bound ships and set off for the Great Fish River. In the melan choly tin box containing the brief record left by the sufferers, we are told that they quitted the ships on the 28th April, 1848. Dr. KING had almost agonizingly supplicated to be sent for their salvation by a route which would have taken him directly to them on the 10th of June of the year preceding ! So perished our lion-hearted soldiers in the Crimea under the management of the white washed worthies of Chelsea, while a TULLOCII was snubbed for telling the truth, and LUCANS and CARDIGANS got honours for manslaughter by Horse Guards rules. And so will thousands of Englishmen die yet by land and by sea, because place and appointment go by connection not by merit. Millions, if we remember rightly, have been squandered on expeditions in search of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN by sea, and one land expedition was sent, only perversely sent, NOT to the spot insisted on by Dr. KING. But a solitary £l,OOO or two could not be spared to send the man who would in all human probability have saved the lives of 105 British sailors ! It is the old story—officialism and routine versus unconnected merit and special knowledge,. If any of our readers can scarcely credit such strong statements, let them take Mr. WYLD'S map is one hand, and Dr. KING'S little work, above re ferred to, in the other, and we are perfectly cer tain that his verdict on the 105 will not be " acci dental death."' It is satisfactory to have obtained, even through no more than three brief notes and a postscript, a passing glance up the Zambesi as far as Tete, affording us a glimpse of the Government explor ing expedition sent into Central Africa under the guidance of the adventurous Doctor DAVID LIVINGSTONE. These three communications, brief as they are, afford the friends of this later BELZONI every reason for rejoicing. They evidence throughout that unflagging energy on the part of the distinguished traveller which, more than any other quality, perhaps, is his conspicuous charac teristic. They are. full of cheerfulness, and are consequently, it need scarcely be added, fraught with encouragement. Dr. LlVlNGSTONE—address ipg himself in each instance to the late Governor of the Cape Colonies, the high-minded and self-for getting Sir GEORGE GREY—writes in high spirits, though in a tone of tempered enthusiasm. It is a wonderful view he gives us, certainly, of that hitherto unpenetrated part of the world we live in ! A river current with a tidal rise varying from a minimum sometimes of 32 feet to a maxi mum occasionally of 15 feet ! The channel of this vast stream being at the point indicated (Tete) 964 yards from bank to bank, " about three times the width," as the Doctor reminds us, " of the Thames at London-bridge." He adds, however, what makes us immediately regard this as in no way so very extraordinary in regard to the Zambesi ; that —" at the broadest part (we presume down towards the Delta) it is about three miles" (in breadth), being at this point divided into five or six different, but of course all but contiguous, channels. At one point of this singular stream Dr. LIVINGSTONE writes—" We steamed about four miles beyond where any description we could get even here terminated, and found that instead of a number of detached rocks jutting out of the water across the stream, the affair arises from the Zambesi being confined by mountains, to a bed a quarter of a mile wide at parts, and at one point to 50 or 60 yards. In the wider part there is a deep groove cut out of the solid rock, if such it can be called, where rocks are twisted, broken, cleaved, and huddled together in every direction, besides being waterworn and drilled with portholes everywhere. When sailing up the groove, with the walls far above our masts, the man at the lead kept calling out no bottom at ten fathoms.' Yet the groove fills at flood and flows over the adjacent bed, though to do so it must rise perpendicularly 80 or 100 feet." In this curious groove are several rapids—" one " of them, Dr. LIVINGSTONE tells us, " which had five feet of fall," becoming level at three feet general rise of the current of the Zambesi! Upon either side of this rocky river-pass mountains towering up to a height of at least 2,300 feet—and these, let it be remembered, no mere arid steeps and pinnacles of granite, but well-wooded acclivi ties clothed with luxuriant foliage. Nay, one of those mountains, Marambala, soaring to an altitude of 4,000 feet, is described by the observant travel ler as having " a wonderfully well cultivated large top." The soil so generous and the climate so benignant that—" lemon trees grow quite wild in .., the woods, and so do oranges and pine-apples !" Scattered about, too, in this salubrious and fruitful region are " several fine little fountains," some of them " with water slightly chalybeate !" The people here appear to have surprised Dr. LIVIG STONE by some of their peculiarities more even than the genial atmosphere or the abundant vegetation. One peculiarity he mentions as follows :—" The women," he writes, " insert an ornament exactly the shape of the rings for table - napkins in the upper lip,"• the DOCTOR adding la conically, 6' the effect is frightful." Kissing is those regions, one -would think, is rather at a dis count! The appendage, in its hideous peculiarity, reminds one of COWLEY'S condemnation of wit in exuberance— " Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part— That shows more coat than art Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear: Rather than all things wit, let none be there." Well may Doctor LIVINGSTONE, when he saw the Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with AS TOUT IKEJaques, Mr. Howe ; Orlando, Mr. W. Farren ; uchstone, Mr. Compton ; Rosalind, Miss Amy fiedg-wick ; Celia, Miss M. Ternan. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND goW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Sir 4. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (Bth time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL. Messrs. H. Bland , H. Widdicombe, Frank Matthews, Graham, Garden; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. -MEW THEATRE - ROYAL , ADELPHL A- 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. B. Webster ; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Mice open from 10 to 5 . No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, new comedy, THE WIDOW'S WED DING, supported by Messrs. S. Emery, Barrett, C. Young ; Mesdames Katharine Hickson, Murray, Arden, Menders, &c. New burlesque, by Leicester Buckbagham, Esq., entitled VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa, in which Messrs Barrett, C. Young, Francis ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Clara St. Cease, Lydia Thompson, and a numerous Corps de sallet will appear. To conclude with A DEAD SHOT. Reduced Prices —Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open fro:n 11 to 5 daily. Doors op en at half- p ast six; perform s ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An ether Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock ANTERBUR NT HALL CONCERTS.— EVERY EVENING. —The ilinsic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public In ances of the England at these cele- Con lerts), the extraorainary Violin Perform L_rated I n f an t DELEPIERRE FAMILY , and the usual 'focal Concert. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, 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 nights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection', from Meyer beer's new opera of DINORAH. sr THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, °mosEa 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66--highest since noon yesterday. 64--lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. _ automETEn-30. 12 . WIND, South -Westerly; light, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER:AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. —Morning, sh. 53m.—Afternoon, 6h. 16m, To-Mom:taw-Morning, 6h. 43m.—Afternoon, 711. 16m, Now that Arctic expeditions may be presumed to be over for the present g eneration, the time for I review will come. It cannot be long before, as we may hope. some competent person will con dense, into a fair-sized octavo, the results and the interesting facts of the whole, and give us a classic on the subject. The fuller accounts of each indivi dual undertaking must be left for the study of special inquirers, but the public must have in clear description, illustrated by a progressive series of maps, the gradual accumulation Arctic of knowledge lap to the present time. Such a work must do rigid justice to all. Its pages must be the in memoriam for all who have deserved to be remembered; and sometimes the sad story of official dulness and per versity must be inexorably told. Whenever this is done, the name of Dr. KING, the companion of Sir GEORGE BACK, and the unceasing but unavailing monitor of the Admiralty cannot be omitted. He was the TIRESIAS who told the plain facts of their mistake, before it was too late, and, _ _ • after it was too late, to our CEDIPUSES of the Ad miralty ; but, alas! they would not believe that Lords of the Admiralty could err, or that a boctor of Medicine could know better than they, till the irresistible evidence of events proved that they, not he, were the blind. Probably many of our readers forget that Dr.KING had told their Lordships, before the party of 105 had left the Erebus and Terror, where they were to be found. He insisted earnestly, with the earnestness of a man entreating for his own life, to be sent on an overland expedi tion to the great Fish River, predicting that the crews must have been compelled to leave their vessels somewhere on the western side of North Somerset, and proving his point by his special knowledge of those regions. He also predicted that it must be for the great Fish River, whose estuary is partly formed as it were by the shore of North Somerset and King 'William's Island, that the crews would make, and that such as survived would be found. His arguments were snubbed by my Lords—worse than that, mercenary motives were hinted, as actuating a man whom all who know him would pronounce a perfect enthusiast for his object. He had travelled the country, he had health, youth, strength, ardour, to travel it again ; he had an overpowering conviction that if he went he could save the lives of 138 noble men, (and had he gone he could have saved the 105) ; and this was the man whom Admiralty Lords cuffed, or 'at least turned the cold shoulder, and sent about his business with shabby in sinuations. The result is that a coroner's inquest, could one be impanelled on the skeletons found by Nl`CLlNTocic's party, must return as their verdict, " Died of cold and starvation, caused by the Board of Admiralty refusing to send Dr. KING to their relief in 1847." In the Doctor's " FRANKLIN Expedition from first to last," Churchill, 1855 (observe the date), there is a letter dated 10th of June, 1847 (note again the date), and this letter predicts the facts we have just men tioned in specific language. Let the reader now 'turn to the conjectural map by which he sustained them, and to the subsequent Admiralty chart, and mark how wonderfully his geographical arguments were proved true by the vouchers of the Admiralty itself. Let them next remember that Dr. RAE, who went on an overland expedition for the Hud son's Bay Col npany in 1854, denying the possibility of finding any traces of the lost ships in the predicted -----___ V g . ye 4-4 S ~T.CLU l• MA . 2 \A VN II C THE SUN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1869. dinner-rings where the table napkins should have ' been, observe—" It is a most unaccountable orna ment." Here, however, among this primitive population are found cultivators of two kinds of cotton—" both very good in quality"—happy tidings for Manchester ! Here flourishes the sugar cane! Here indigo may be easily picked up in waggon-loads! Fat and oil can be expressed in large quantities from the seeds of a plant called the motsikiri! Coal lies there temptingly in seams, seven feet, thirteen feet, and twenty-fivz feet thick ! A paint or drying oil can be drawn from the juices of the seeds of the buarge! While as for ivory— mark under that head what i s here related b y this `modern SINBAD, Dr. LIVINGSTON —" The valley of the Shire (he writes) at one part abounds in elephants, and if you come to see us about January, I undertake to show you five hundred of these noble animals grazing on the plain. We saw more than that ; as there are branches of the river which form islands, we sometimes chased them with this vessel. They had magnificent tusks. I think that they are attracted down from the hills by the sweet fruit of wild palmyras, of which there are fine forests there." It reads like the account of a com mercial fairy-land—indigo, cotton, sugar, coal, and troops of elephants ! Sweet fruited palmyras, lemons, oranges, and pine-apples growing there, among chalybeate fountains, in wild profusion ! We long for the next tidings from this Central African Cathay, brought to light by the researches of DAVID LIVINGSTONE. e. The Revenue returns, it will have been seen, on Saturday, are, for the quarter last passed, upon the whole satisfactory. And this not merely because there proves to have been a net increase, upon those three months, of fully £300,724. Although it must be confessed, of course, that that net in crease upon the last quarter of upwards of £300,000 shows an extraordinary advance upon its predecessor—an advance apparent upon the instant when it is borne in mind that the increase upon the half-year amounted only to £513,014, and upon the entire twelvemonth to no more in the aggre- gate than £828,798. Again, we must remark dis tinctly, however, that what is mainly satisfactory in these last returns is not by any means to be discovered simply in the clear advance in the net increase upon the quarter. It is rather in the cir cumstance of this net increase having been attained in spite of a diminution upon the quarter of nearly £200,000 under the head of " Miscellaneous" (the decrease under this comprehensive item being, in truth, exactly £191,759), and in spite yet more of another and a far more formidable diminution of almost £600,000 under the one head of the " Pro perty Tax" (the decrease there being placed at £580,000)—a net increase of £300,724, in point of fact, in spite of a decrease in the Quarter's Revenue under those two heads alone, " Property Tax" and " Miscellaneous," amounting in all to £771,759 ! As a set-off to this, it is obvious how large must have been the increase upon the Quarter in other directions, so as to produce that advance of more than £300,000. A simple sum in addition shows at once what that increase elsewhere must have been. Adding the estimated net increase upon the Quarter of £300,724 to the known decrease of £771,759—we find of course that the increase for the quarter ending upon September 30, 1859, reaches the good round sum of £1,072,483. Here obvi ously is our real source of satisfaction. It is this increase of more than £1,000,000 in a single quarter that causes us to regard these last returns of the state of the revenue with such peculiar compla- cency. And remember, this increase beyond a million is arrived at, as a total, from the combina tion of the results of merely six sources of revenue! It might, even more strictly, be said that more than one million increase upon the quarter is attained through merely three out of the eight sources of the revenue. For under the head of " Crown ' Lands" the increase during this last quarter is quite insignificant, being simply £1,039. The in crease for the same time from the land and assessed Taxes" being of little more importance, namely, just £5,000. While the increase in the Post-office returns reveals an aggregate advance within the same brief interval of no less than £35,000. It is under the three remaining heads, therefore, of Stamps, Customs, and Excise that we come — recollect within one single quarter—to a total increase of £1,031,444. The increase under the head of stamps—including legacy, succession, and probate duties and bankers' cheque stamps—amounts to £106,000 upon the quarter. Under Excise the increase in the three months has been fully £464,ooo—the receipts exhibiting improvement under every item, saving only " hops" as the one solitary exception. Almost the same amount of increase is observable also in the Customs—an in crease of £461,444, derivable chiefly from the greater consumption of tea, wine, spirits, currants, coffee, molasses, and tobacco ! Here is the true source of satisfaction at the returns of a revenue increasing in proportion to the wider diffusion of comforts and luxuries among the population. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. This theatre was opened for the dramatic season on the evening of Saturday, under the auspices of Mr. F. B. Chat terton. The programme consisted of a new comedy and an original burlesque from the pen of Mr. Leicester Bucking ham, who is, we believe, the author of several extravaganzas in the same genre. The comedy is entitled " The Widow's Wedding," and we understand that it is attributed to Mr. Fitzball. The burlesque is called " Virginius ; or, the Trials of a Fond Papa." The theatre is but just opened for the season, the lieges are still at the seaside or on the moors and straths in search of health and recreation, so we prefer to think that Mr. Chatterton has merely raised his curtain with the pre sent noveltirs for the purpose of airing the St. 'James's while a programme of real excellence is in course of busy preparation. A week or two will put the lessee before the world, we are convinced, in his genuine position as a dramatic caterer for the public. Mr. Chatterton has made a very bold venture in connecting himself with this ill omened theatre, and we fear that the reduction of the prices renders the enterprise doubly hazardous. He heartily merits support in his spirited attempt, and we wish him all success. Miss Katherine Hickson, the premiere dame, will prove an important acquisition to the St. James's. This lady evinces considerable feeling and artistic discrimination. Miss Clara St. Casse went through her very difficult part in the extravaganza with great eclat ; she sings, plays, and dances with a spirit and vivacity which cannot but establish her as a favourite with the public. The entertainment concluded with the popular farce of " A Dead Shot." 'We must not omit to mention Miss Lydia Thompson as a member of the present corps dramatique at the St. James's Theatre. This charm ing danseuse executed a Cracovienne, in Polish (theatrical) costume, in the Roman burlesque of " Virginius." The faultless execution of the fair artstiste precludes all com ments on the anachronism. SURREY THEATRE. This favourite theatre opened its portals on Saturday, and a crowded house gave warrant of the undiminished popularity of its management, and their judicious catering for the tastes of their patrons. The hangings and hand cushions of the box tiers in cerise damask and plush, the substantial appearance of the gilt and moulded decorations, and the taste of the groupings on the proscenium and the two side compartments, with the delicate tone of colouring, make the Surrey one of the liveliest and prettiest of our metropo litan minors. The entertainments consisted in a new tragic play entitled the " Bridal of Beatriz," in which Mr. Cres wick capitally sustained the leading part, " The Campbell Minstrels," and a farce called the " Three Dummies." " The Campbell Minstrels," a troupe of fifteen " Ethio pians," are, without exception, the most remarkable and perfect in their harmonised pieces, in the delicacy of their accompaniments, and their musical proficiency in the pecu liarities of this class of entertainment, that we have heard. We will note their leading performances at a future oppor ttinity. The audience were fully satisfied, and so were we, that they are "first class" in their special line. The con • eluding farce sent the g er ni ow g d h e t d ” ohfotuhsee Surrey, highly grati fied with the “o DR. KING AND THE FRANKLIN- PARTY The medical officers who have accompanied those Arctic expeditions which have so greatly glorified the name of English seamen and honoured English enterprise, have always been distinguished for the intelligent contributions, embodying the results of the voyages, which they have offered to the literary and scientific world. Among the most distinguished of Arctic medical officers is Dr. King, whose published works have attested equally his zealous devotion to the great Arctic question and his intimate ac quaintance with the geographical and meteorological rela tions of this terra incognita. When the continued absence of the Franklin party first excited the fears of English seamen, and became the subject of comment among the sevens, Dr. King discussed with great minuteness and ingenuity the probability of Sir John having taken one of the several routes open to him, and maintained that he must evidently have taken the route towards the Great Fish River. These views DA King again and again brought before the attention of the Admi ralty, and volunteered to conduct an expedition in the pre sumed route of the ill-fated party, which might have been arranged with ease and at little cost. At the very time that he was pressing his offer upon the Government Sir John Franklin and his devoted followers were traversing that path and pursuing the very course which he marked out. The reasons which Dr. King adduced were fully stated, and so powerful was their united bearing, that one would imagine that only a foregone acquainance with other facts not known to Dr. King could have justified the refusal on the part of the authorities to entertain his proposition. It now appears that they were not in possession of any such facts, and the motives which operated to prevent them from allowing Dr. King to follow up the traces of these brave and devoted men are as mysterious as that refusal has been disastrous and deplorable.—laneet, Oct. 1, 1859. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col. Tyrwhitt, has returned to town from visit ing the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Her bert, at Wilton House, near Salisbury. His Royal Highness the Count de Flandre, ae compr.nied by Major Burnell, arrived at Grillion's Claren don Hotel on Saturday, from Balmoral. The Duke of Somerset, who accompanied the Board as First Lord of the Admiralty on their official visit to Pembroke Dockyard, arrived at Maiden Bradley, his seat in Wiltshire, on Saturday. The Earl of Jersey, since his retarn to town, has been suffering from ve;ylndifferent health, and we regret to learn fears are entertained that his lordship is gradually becoming weaker. The medical reports yesterday were rather more favourable. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are enter taining a succession of visitors at Broadlands, near Romsey. Lt.rd and Lady Taunton, who have been making a series of visits in Scotland, have arrived at Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone have arrived at Hawarden Castle, Chester, from Penmaenmaur, Conway. _ _ We learn from an authentic source that the Em peror of Russia will be at Warsaw on the 15th instant, and that the Russian ambassadors in England, France, Prussia, and Austria have received orders to repair to the Polish capital. They are expected to be there on the 17th in order to confer with their Sovereign. - - - The prospectus has been issued of the East India Steam Navigation Company, with a capital of £120,000 in £5 shares. The object is to send out steamers to navigate the inland rivers of India—the principal existing company engaged in that trade having for years past realised great profits. ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT AND PERTH RACES. —This, the most aristocratic turf gathering annually held in Scotland, and which last year afforded a brilliant re-union of sportsmen, will be held on 'Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next at Pertb, and the programme promises three good days' sport. A POTIIECARIES'-HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 29th of September :—R. Parker, Churton, Cheshire ; W. Riste, Bere-Regis, Dorset ; John Arminson, Preston, Lancashire ; H. Horsley, Croydon, Surrey ; J. Jackson, Leicester ; J. B. Shepherd, Skidhill, Kent; A. C. Gaye, Minehead, Somerset; and N. Green wood, Truro, Cornwall. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their first examination :—W. C. Wise, Plunistead, Kent; H. Hume, Newcastle-on-Tyne; F. 0. B. Wither, Basingstoke, Hants; T. Bowling, Birming ham ; L. J. Lee, Devonshire-square ; and T. Kitching, Campbell-road, Bow. TIIE TORY BANQUET AT LIVERPOOL.—We hear that the Tory banquet, which Will take place on Saturday, the 29th inst., in the Philharmonic-hall, is to be on a scale of magnificence never before equalled in Liverpool ; that the demand for tickets (at two guineas) is very great, and that the boxes and stalls will be crammed with those who can only afford to see the " Lions" feed. It is said that the Earl of Derby, Mr. Disraeli, and most of the leading men of the Conservative party already accepted invitations. We have also heard that on the same vvening his worship the Mayor will entertain the Right Ron. James 'Wilson at a banquet in the Town-hall. These are current rumours, and we therefore only give them as such.—Liverpool Albion. TIIE GOLDSCHMIDT CONCERTS.—The concert last night brought together the largest audience ever assembled in the A themettni, nearly fourteen hundred persons being present. The reserved seats, presented the most brilliant array of beauty and fashion it has ever been our good for tune to witness in this city ; and, indeed, we will go so far as to say, we think, for the extent of the population, it would not be equalled in any other city in her Majesty's dominions. In addition to the portion of the Rotundo set apart as unreserved, the entire orchestra was converted to the same purpose, and crowded. This, added to the gal leries filled to overflowing, proved the talismanic effect of the name of Jenny Lind; and this not alone on the music loving portion of our community, but also on numbers who reverence the noble qualities, kindly sympathies, and charitable impulses that actuate the heart and govern the conduct of Madame Goldschmidt, one of whose latest acts of generosity has been to volunteer her valuable services in singing gra tuitously at the Mercers' Charity Concert, to come of in Dublin in a few days ; and to which is owinc , the chance of her being in Ireland, as nothing but the cause of charity would have induced her to cross the Channel, particularly at this uncertain season of the year. —Cork Daily Courier. THE REVIVAL.—The subjoined extract from the Dublin Evening Mail supplies a piece of information which may well stagger the staunchest Revivalist—namely, that since the commencement of the movement in Belfast crime has rapidly increased, a strange fruit of the Spirit :—" Bel fast Criminal Statistics.—A return of the criminal eases disposed of at the Belfast petty sessions for the eight months of 1858 and 1859, ending on the last of August in each year, shows the following result : — ln the months of January, February, March, and April, 1858, the number of persons brought before the magistrates amounted to 2,890, while in the same four months of the present year—those imme diately precedent to the revival—amounted to 2,761 cases, being a falling off of 129 cases in the four first months of the present year. In May commenced the revivals. In the four months from May to August, 1858, the number of prisoners brought before the magistrates of Belfast amounted to 3,457, while in the same four months of this year the number of personsonale and female, sentenced to punish ment for being drunk and disorderly' ran up to the sum total of 3,939 being an increase of no fewer than 482 of fenders." Dr,. SMETHURST.—This prisoner still remains in Horsemonger-lane Gaol under a respited sentence of death, and not the least intimation appears to have been given as to what will be the final decision of the advisers of the Crown in reference to his ultimate fate. In answer to in quiries that have been made of the gaol officials it has been stated that no communication whatever has been received from the Home-office respecting the prisoner, except the order for his respite, and this is all they know upon the subject; but every day an order is expected from the Secretary of State, directing what punishment shall be inflicted in lieu of the capital sentence. During the last few days a paragraph, copied from an evening journal, has been going the round of the papers to the effect that in quiries were being instituted with regard to other crimes supposed to have been committed by the prisoner ; but from all the information that can be acquired from the best sources it appears that this statement is entirely without foundation, and that no such inquiries are going on; the only question under consideration being what ought to be done with the prisoner under the very peculiar circum stances of the case. A MARE,IAGE OF CONVENIENCE.—A very un pleasant, but not wholly 'unexpected, affair has occurred in high quarters in Paris. The Prince N. left Paris about ten days ago to travel in Switzerland. His Royal and Imperial spouse, hearing that the suite of her husband comprised other persons than those strictly necessary to keep up the state of a prince, resolved to join him without further delay. Her unexpected arrival at Geneva angered her lord and master beyond control, and he asked the lady by whose authorisation and by what right she dared fellow him. " The right that every wife has to join her husband," she replied ; " but since my presence is so obnoxious to you, I will return to my father, whose love for me will pre vent his considering State interests before the happiness of his child." So saying, the young Princess C. left the Prince, who has just spent the dowry she brought him in the purchase of an estate in Switzerland. The Princess is now in Paris, making all the necessary arrangements for her final and entire departure from the scene of (to her) so much unhappiness. One cannot but applaud her resolve —young, noble, kind hearted, a fearful realisation must it have been to her, of all those tender fancies of a husband which every girl has, to find herself linked to a man almost old enough to be her father—a man of vulgar tastes, corrupt ideas, immoral tendencies—everything that one f an af fectionate heart despises and abhors. Alas for the marriage de conrenance .'—lady's Newspaper. THE CHINA SQUADRON. —Our readers will be glad to observe that that gallant officer, Commander J. E. Commerell, has been appointed by the Commander-in-chief to the command of the Magicienne, vice Captain Vansit tart, decease]. Captain Commerell entered the navy as midshipman, gallantly distinguished himself at the battle of Pai:ana, and was present in Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Hope's gig at the cutting of the chain of the boom at Obli gado, under a murderous fire. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1818, and served several years in the Dauntless on particular service. In February, 1854, he was appointed to the Vulture, in the Baltic, which he re linquished on his appointment to the Weser, 6, paddle gun boat, in the Black Sea, and while in command of that vessel, lie rendered most efficient services in destroying immense quantities of corn and forage belonging to the enelAy - in the rankS nak NlO October, Victoria lB 5 8, he e C w r a o s s s I appointed . Sea of Azoff, and fin. which he was highly commended by n e t o h i i l n i a e u d d i t e e r r ; ran an e a d n , l a a n s d t , n b u t ar n ti o c t ul l a e r a s s t e , rv ce: e v , a f r r d o e r d a the late Lord Ly ons i n his de s p a t c hes, and also raised to the e o a m r d m s a c n o d m t m h e a n F d u e r d y h 6 e , ieaft to erv' e : February, 1856, till that v esse l was paid off in 1857. In paddle-sloop, on the East India and China station, which he commanded with his usual gallantry at the late unfor tunate affair in that country. Captain Commerell has also for his valuable services received the foreign orders of the Medjidie of the sth class, and Knight of the Legion of Honour. LA - TEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, OCT. 2. The national subscription which has been opened 'or the purchase of arms for Garibaldi's;corps &armee Ls well received everywhere by the public. BOLOGNA, OCT. 2. A decree of the Provisional Government published to-day states that in future every public act shall be headed thus—Under the reign of his Majesty the King Victor Emmanuel, &c., &c. Other decrees have also been published to-day concerning the oath to the King and the fundamental laws of the country. This morning the arms of Savoy were placed on all the public buildings, and on this occasion a religious festival took place. ATe Deum was per formed in the Church of St. Petronio, at which all the authorities and an immense crowd were present. General Garibaldi and the Marquis de Pepoli have been received with great enthusiasm by the people. The same festivals have taken place throughout the Romagna. PARIS, OCT. 1. The Petrie states that it is asserted the treaty of peace will be signed at Zurich next week. It also states, on good authority, that the treaty will be a fulfilment of the preliminaries of Villafranca. Other questions arising out of the settlement of the affairs will be r.3ferred to a superior jurisdiction, by which it is evidently meant that a Congress will be held. The Imperial Court will quit Biarritz on the 10th inst., and leave Bayonne for Bordeaux on the 11th. After a sojourn of 48 hours in Bordeaux they will leave for Paris, whet.? they are expected to arrive on the 14th inst. The army of Italy will winter in the Peninsula. General Ulloa and M. Montanelli have arrived in Paris from Florence. The Moniteur of this morning contains a decree admitting brandies extracted from molasses im ported direct into France from Mayotte, in French ♦essels, free of duty. BIARRITZ, SEPT. 30. The Empress of the French has paid a visit to the Chateau of Arteaga. FLORENCE, SEPT. 30. The Savoy Cross and Sardinian standard have been hoisted on the old Palace. OCTOBER 1 A public proclamation of the Provisional Go verntpent has been posted up, announcing that from this time forward all government powers will be exercised in the name of Victor Emmanuel, the King chosen by the people. . _ Another proclamation announces the adoption of the monetary system of Sardinia, and that in future the coinage of Tuscany will bear the effigy of Vic tor Emmanuel. ROME, OCT. It is asserted that his Holiness the Pope, on obtaining knowledge of the answer of the King of Sardinia to the deputation of the National Assembly of Bologna, had given orders that the Count Vit torio de la Minerva, Minister of Sardinia at Rome, should receive his passports. BERNE, SEPT. 30. It is rumoured that the Plenipotentiaries 'w come to this place on the 12th October ; and there fore it is concluded that the Conferences will not come to a close before the middle of next month. MADRID, OCT. 1. The Assembly will open to-day without the usual speech by the Queen. The Correspondencia Autografa announces that provision will be made in the Budget for an army of 100,000 men, and that discretionary power will be left to the Government to increase this number. It is asserted that England will not offer any opposition to the measures which Spain may be obliged to take against Morocco. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY RAILWAYS. BOURSE, Oct. I.—The market has been buoyant, and the rate for carrying over having been low, the settlement has gone on without difficulty. Threes, after having been done at 69f. 30c., im proved to 69f. 55c. for the present settlement, and to 69f. 70c. for tho end of the month. Mobilier varied from 816 f. 25e. to 825 f. ; Orleans, 1,397 f. 50c. to 1,407 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 905 f. to 915 f. ; Southern, 517 f. 50c. to 522 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 680 f. to 682 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 5561. 25c. to 560 f. ; Austrian, 555 f. to 557 f. 50c. The following were the last quota tions : 4f per Cents. 95 25 Credit Fonder.... 6 8 7 50 I Do. end montk — Belgian 41 . ...... 3 per Cents 69 80 Piedmontese (5) .. 86 Do. end month 69 70 Roman .......... 86 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian ........ 84 Credit Mobilier Do. Acceunt Cash. Account. Orleans Northern • 935 .. 940 New ditto 825 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 .. 912 50 Geneva 540 .. 550 S outhern Western 592 50 .. 595 Eastern Sardinian 420 .. 420 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 13c. •, money, 25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 98c.; money, 24f. 931 c. MARSHAL MMAIION. The people of Limerick having arrived at the conclusion that the illustrious Duke of Magenta is a descendant of the branch of the M'Mahons of that county, the enthusiastic Mayoress (Mrs. Ryan) applied to the gallant Duke for a copy of his auto graph for the benefit of a charitable bazaar which is about to be held under her patronage. The fol lowing correspondence has taken place between the parties : Temple Mungret, Limerick, September, 1859. My Lord Duke,—ln common with all Ireland, Limerick feels particularly proud of your late glorious achievements, and, as the wife of the chief magistrate of that ancient city where, not a century s i nce , your ancestors resided, in their names I am about to ask a small favour f-om you. Each year we have in this city, in the month of October, a bazaar in aid of the asylum under the care of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. I preside at one of the stalls on the present occasion, and my good angel has, I hope, suggested the idea of writing to you, my Lord Duke, to beg you will send me your autograph, which, from the pride and admiration so gr atly felt for you by all Irishmen, would be, no doubt, eagerly sought after, and I am certain would considerably increase the sum we trust to realize for the poor Magdalens. " In the hope that you will grant my request, and longing for an early reply, " I remain, my Lord Duke, faithfully yours, " JULIA J. RYAN. -" Marshal M‘Mahon, Duke de Magenta, Paris." " Montargies, Sept. 22, 1859. " Madam,--I am very grateful for the favour you have been pleased to confer on me, in thinking of me in a work destined to relieve some poor unfortunates. I hasten, therefore, to address you my signature, to which you seem to attach some importance for the success of the mission with which you have charged yourself. " Accept, madam,e the assurance of my profound respect. c , Marshal NPMATIoN, Due de Magenta. "Mrs. Michael Robert Ryan, Temple Mungret, Limerick," AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL. MONDAA MORNING. The Europa has arrived with the New York mails of the 20th of September, Boston of the 21st, Halifax of the 23d, and telegraphic advices from the former, via the latter put, to the evening of the 22d. She has 451,000 doll. on freight. The Borussia arrived out on the 18th, and the Persia on the 19th. The Arabia had arrived at Halifax and the Kangaroo at New York, with dates from San Juan Island to the 20th August. Affairs there were without change. The American troops were still in possession of the island, and their numbers had been increased to 400 men. Victoria papers of the 22d of August say that five companies of infantry, four of artillery, and a battery of eight 32-pounders from the United States steamer Massachusetts were at the Island of San Juan. The House of Assembly, on the 12th, adopted an address to Governor Douglas, urgently requesting him to enforce upon the English Government the necessity of demanding from the Government of the United States the immediate withdrawal of all its troops, but strenuously and at all risks to maintain her rights to the island, and also to all the other islands in the same archipelago, now clandestinely, dishonourably, and dishonestly invaded. A motion was also adopted, urging Governor Douglas to form volunteer military companies. All was quiet at the latest dates from New York via Boston. We have the following commercial reports to the evening of the 20th ult. :—Sales, stocks at second board—Chicago and Rock Island 69Z-; Galena and Chicago, 751; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 71 ; Illi nois Ceneral, 687 1 ; Michigan Southern Guaranteed, 231 ; Michigan Central, 461--; Reading 441 ; Hud son, 361; New York Central, 811 ; Pacific Mail, 821 ; Galena and Chicago Second Bonds, 89 ; Michigan Southern Second Bonds, 43; Missouri Sixes, 841 ; North Carolina Sixes, 979. Freights to Liverpool quiet and firm. Cotton, ; Flour, ls. 9d. The steam-frigate Fulton had been wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola. An equinoctial gale commenced on the night of the 16th, and raged until the night of the 18th, occosioning considerable damage. Serious riots had occurred at the Bergen tunnel, on the Erie Railroad, at Havan, on the 13th. Exchange on London was quoted 14 to 15 per cent. Sugar and molasses stagnant. Freights unimproved. Vera Cruz dates of the 13th of September report that General Degollado was at San Luis Potosi re organizing the Liberal army. LATER (VIA HALIFAX.) The following telegram, dated New York, Sept. 22d, evening, showing the threatening position of affairs at San Juan, was received via Halifax : By an arrival at New Orleans yesterday we hare received San Francisco dates to the sth inst., and later intelligence from the Island of San Juan. The number of American troops on the island had been increased to 500 ; earthworks had been thrown up by the Americans, and their cannons commanded Victoria Harbour. General Harney had declared that he would call for volunteers if attacked. The British Admiral on the station had refused to obey the orders of Governor Douglas to bring on a collision, and he had also refused to bring his fleet to the island, saying that he intended to await orders from the Home Government. The relations between the American and British officers continued very friendly. The reported massacre of troops in Oregon by the Indians is discredited. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 22, EVENING Our cotton market is quite dull and inactive, the sales of the last three days having been only about 1,200 bales. Quotations show no material change. Flour is buoyant, and prices have gone up 10c. per barrel. Wheat and corn also have an upward tendency, and the latter has advanced ic. to 2c. per bushel. In the provision trade no change of moment has occurred, and prices are steadily main tained. _ On the Stock Exchange a generally firm tone prevails, NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 21, EVENING The sales of cotton to-day amount to 5,500 bale without any change in the quotations. There is nothing new in regard to crop accounts. THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The following has been received at the under writers' rooms : Rio Janeiro Exchange, 24; ; coffee unaltered. Arrived from Liverpool—John Bull, Thomas Blythe, Esther and Sophie, Sheron, and Oden. Bahia Exchange, 241. Arrived from Liverpool, Richmond, Sarah, W. Maria Bulcon, Prince of Wales, and Savliage. Pernambuco exchange 241. Cotton 100 reis higher. Arrived from Liverpool, Hermione, Elizabeth Barter, Lindisforle, and Mary Bamfield. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon, Capt. G. Abbott, arrived this afternoon, at three o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Gardner, Admiralty agent. The Shannon brings on freight 345,924 dols. on merchants' 'account, 277,813 dols. silver bullion, 27,190 dols. gold coin, and 182,042 dols. gold in bars, with 48 passengers. The latest dates brought by the Shannon are : Tampico, Aug. 31 ; Grey Town, Sept. 1; Bermuda, 1 ; Vera Cruz, 4 ; Chagres, Colon, 8 ; Domerara, 9 ; Trinidad, 9 ; Carthagena, 10 ; Havana, 10 ; Ja maica, 10 ; Grenada, 10 ; Barbadoes, 11 ; Jacmel, 13 ; Antigua, 13 ; St. Kitt's, 13 ; Porto Rico, 16 ; St. Thomas, 17. The Paramatta is still on the Annegeda Reef, and the hopes of getting her off are much less than on the arrival of the last steamer. The steamer Solent arrived yesterday, the 7th of September, with the mails of the 17th of August, brought out by the new steamer Shannon. "Demerara continues tranquil, and .the colony generally healthy. Tne crops are beginning to be reaped, 'and promise fair. From Jamaica there is not a single item of political news. The weather has been favourable, but business has not improved since our last re port. At Barbadoes, there have been some trifling shipments of produce, the fag-end of the crop during the fortnight bringing up the total ex ports to date to 37,086 hhds., 2,761 trcs., 5,832 brls. sugar ; 13,860 puns. 353 hhds. 701 brls. molasses ; 499 puns. 551 hhds. rum. _ _ . Our market is in quite an unsettled state at this moment, owing to the excessive arrivals that have taken place from the United States, and sales are difficult to be made even at the reduced rates which are submitted to. Exchange on London :—Bank Bills, at 30 days, 490 dols. ; 60 days, 4871- dols.; 90 days, 485 dols. Private bills, at 30 days, 482 dols.; 50 days, 481 dols. ; 90 days, 480 dols. Bank Bills on New York, 4 per cent. discount for private paper at 60 days sight. From Ecuador we have the important informa tion of an armistice with Peru being settled upon, and the port of Guayaquil opened for vessels to enter and load. THE LATE ExPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM. — BIRMINGHAM, Saturday.—On Friday evening one of the principals of the firm of Purscill, Phillips, and Company was examined. The evidence of the witness was, in all the main points, in accordance with that which had been pre viously given. The inquest was again adjourned till Friday next, at half-past two o'clock. The burial of the unfortunate persons killed by the explosion took place this afternoon. The bodies were interred in St. Mary's-church yard, and the funeral was attended by at least 15,000. PARLIA !EFORM. The following has been forwarded to us for pub- lication in our columns : Parliamentary Reform Committee, 15, King-street, Cheapside, Oct. 1, 1859. Sir,—The Reformers of the United Kingdom have been so far successful in their efforts as to prevent the passing of a delusive and. dishonest Reform Bill; and the ministers by whom it was submitted to the House of Commons have been, by the vote of the newly-elected Parliament, dismissed from office as unworthy of public confidence. Their successors, with the advantage of this experience, are pledged to bring forward in the ensuing session of Parlia ment a measure of Reform. On its character must depend the continuance of the present Liberal Administration, while the extent of the Reform which is attainable must be determined by the re quirements of the people, and the vigour and ear nestness with which they are presented to the Legislature. The committee retain their conviction that no measure of Reform can be regarded as a settlement which does not include a very large extension of the suffrage, both in counties and boroughs ; an equita ble re-distribution of seats, in proportion to the population and property of the constituencies ; an assimilation of electoral laws for England, Scotland, and Ireland ; and such protection to the voter, by means of ballot, as may effectually prevent the flagrant corruption and intimida tion which have increasingly shown themselves during late elections, and which threaten to un dermine the political institutions of the country. They are especially anxious that at the present juncture Reformers should, with united energy, at once reiterate these reasonable demands, and be fully prepared to pronounce how far they are fairly complied with in the Ministerial Bill, when it is introduced into Parliament. The evenly-balanced condition of political parties, the tranquil state of the country, the establishment of European peace, and the discussions of the late session, render the present a most favourable opportunity for combina tion among all earnest and sincere Reformers, so as to secure the best practicable adjustment of this great constitutional question. If a committee or association exists in your neighbourhood it should at once assemble and declare, by public meeting, the need which there is for a more faithful representation of the people in the House of Commons, and the means by which, according to the judgment of the meeting, such a representation can be secured. At such a meeting a petition should be adopted to the House of Commons, and care should be taken that the proceedings are reported by the public press. Petitions should be signed by the public at places, or at tables in the thoroughfares ; to which everybody will have access. Two or three earnest individuals in teach town can mike all the arrange ments which are necessary. If a committee or association is not yet in exis tence, one should be originated at once, by public meeting, or otherwise. Every movement should be adapted to the locality, and sustained by local ability and re sources. The resolutions and reports of such meetings should be transmitted to the members of the House of Commons, with whom you have influence, and correspondence maintained with them on the sub ject of Reform throughout the session. Silence will be interpreted to mean indifference, will encourage the opponents of the people's rights, and render unavailing the most strenuous efforts of tneir advocates. It is confidently hoped that, in your district, the committee may rely ou your.per sonal co-operation in the present struggle, the issue of which cannot be doubtful if popular opinion is vigorously expressed. They will be ready, on fur ther correspondence, to afford you every assistance in their power. By order of the committee. Your obedient servant, EDWARD S. PRYCR, Secretary. The following are the nomes of the committee : W, H. Ashurst i , Esq. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Hon.F.H.F.Berkeley, M.P. Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P. John Greene, Esq., M.P. John Biggs, Esq., M.P. Geo. Hadfield, Esq., M.P. J. A. Blake, Esq., M.P. Wm. Hargreaves, Esq. J. F. Bontems, Esq. James Kershaw, Esq., M.P. George Bowyer, Esq., M.P. Wilfrid Lawson, Esq., M.P. L. Brabazon, Esq. W. S. Lindsay, Esq., M.P. John Brady, Esq., M.P. S. Lucas, Esq. John Bright, Esq., M.P. Duncan M‘Laren, Esq. A. R. Bristewe, Esq., M.P. P. McMahon, Esq., M.P. Chas. S. Butler, Esq., M.P. Edward Miall, Esq, James Caird, Esq. , M.P. Charle s Neste, Esq. F. M. Callcutt, Esq. Donald Nicoll, Esq, P. Caratairs, Esq. Gui ldfordOnslow,Esq. / M•P• J. Chalice, Esq., M.D. Arthur Otway, Esq. Robert Charles, jun., Esq. A. W. Paulton, Esq. James Clay, Esq., M.P. Henry Pease, Esq., M.P. Richd. Cobden, Esq., M.P. R. N. Phili ps, E sq. W. Coningham, Esq., M.P. J. A . Roebuck, Esq., M.P . Wm. Connell, Esq, Wm. Roupell, Esq. ' M.P. Lord F. Conyngham. Tit us S a lt, Esq., M.P. Wm. Cox, Esq. B. Samuelson, Esq. Frank Crossley, Esq., M.P. Wm. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. , George Dawson, Esq. J. B. Smith, Esq., M.P. J. H. Dillon, Esq. James Stansfeld, Esq., M.P. L. L. Dillwyn, Esq., M.P. Hor ace St . John, Esq. Frederick, Doulton, Esq. M a j or -G en. T. PThompson. T. S. Duncombe, c Esq., M.P. L. W a ld ron, Es M .P . G J. P. Edwards, Esq. G . H. Whalley, Esq. M.P. C. H. Elt, Esq. James White, Esq. Lord Fermoy, M.P., E. C. Whitehurst, Esq . W. J. Fox., Esq., M.P. W m. Willi ams, Esq ,M.P. ,s, 2HE ENGLISH NAVY. The Moniteur de la Flotte has been giving for some time past a series of articles on the English navy, and now publishes the eighth, and apparently the last, being a summary of the forces it believes we have at our disposal. In Europe, it says that we have 132 ships, carrying 5,513 cannons, and representing a steam power of 37,405 horses. This includes the guard ships. In Asia it finds 46 vessels, 137 guns, 6,683 horse power ; in Africa 23 vessels, 224 guns, 3,682 horse power; in America 22 vessels, 440 guns, and 4,547 horse power ; in Australia, &c., 18 ships, 435 guns, and 2,040 horse power. The Moniteur de la Flotte then makes the following remarks : " Frcm what precedes, it results that the naval forces of the United Kingdom, navigating in the five parts of the world, are composed of about 300 armed war ships, two-thirds of which are steamers, and more than half ships of the line or frigates of the largest class, and we own that it is difficult for us to understant the cries of alarm of the English journals concerning the pre tended inferiority of their navy and the necessity of developing it to the point of having, as soon as ' possible, 100 screw liners and 70 large frigates, with a corresponding number of corvettes and gun boats. A State that possesses the force we have just enumerated, with a reserve almost as consider able, has it not more resources than it needs to make its territory respected, and to assure the pro tection of its commerce on all the seas ; and should it not be, we, on the contrary, who ought to con ceive apprehensions in presence of a maritime State the development of which increases beyond measure ? " If the Emperor's Government has particularly directed its attention to the increase of the national fleet, it is because it has understood that the navy ought to become for France the important element of power it was in the last century, and resume the rank whence cruel disasters had made it descend." RAILWAY CALLS. The following is a statement of railway calls falling due at various periods : Due Date. .. C a m , * CaledonianandDumbartonshire 1 Nov., 1859..X1 0 0 Dublin and Drogheda 5 per cent Pref., 1857 1 Jan., 1860.. 2 10 0 Great Northern Debenture Stock 15 Dec., 1859.. 20 per ct. Do. Do. l5 June, 1860..20 Do. D o . l5 Dec., 1860.. 20 Great Western and Brentford 5 per et. Pref. £lO Do. Do. ....15 Jan., 1860.. 4 0 0 Inverness and Nairn Pref 1 Dec., 1859.. 1 10 0 Do. Do. • Do. Do. Do. Do. •. 1 Aug., 1860.. 1 10 0 Italian Junction L ancas ter and Carlisle £l6 2-3ds.. 1 Aug., 1860.. 0 13 4 London and North-Western Bths. 1 July, 1860.. 2 10 0 London and South-Western New Pref. 4 per et. Stock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnsh. Redeem. £lO Pf. 4 per ct 1 Jan., 1863.. 0 15 0 Do. Do. Do. Do. Newcastle and Carlisle, £lOO, Feb., 1859 1 Nov., 1859.. 25 0 0 Do. Do. Newry and Armagh Extension l2 Dec., 1859.. 1 0 0 North British Border Counties Union Guar. £lO shares. .... .... Dec., 1860.. 2 0 0 Do. Do. ....31 Mar., 1861.. 2 0 0 Do. Do. ....31 Dec., 1861.. 2 0 2 Do. Do. ....31 Mar., 1862.. 3 3 0 Waterford and Kilkenny Deben ture Shares, £lO.. . ........... 1 Jan., 1860.. 1 0 0 GROUSE AND TIIE GUNPOWDER DISEASE.—The Banffshire Journal gives the following as the result of the season for grouse shooting :—Mr. J. Hall, 632± brace; Mr. W. Walker, 556 brace ; the Rev. J. King, 435 i brace— total, 1,624 brace. The continental papers state that preparations are being made for an agricultural exhibition in St. Peters.. burg in September, 1860. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.— The number of patients relieved at this hospital, during the week ending October 1, is 2,322, of which 663 were new cases.