The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-09 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone. • THIS EVENING will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL - QUIVER. Perea Nena. With GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW. And ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, ➢Tanager, ➢ir. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ; or, Alex of the Day. Supported by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff, Emery, .1. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon. After which the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, in which the Lauri Family will appear. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborounh. g THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swan borough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan. After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke, &c. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. This Grand Hippodramatic Temple WILL OPEN, at Prices commensurate with the times, and superbly re decorated, on MONDAY, Oct. 11. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, is. ; Galleries, 6d. New Act Drop—New Company-c--And the largest Stud of beautifully trained Horses in Europe. To commence with a Drama, called THE COVENANTERS, dramatised from the Waverley Novels by Mr. T. Townsend. Grand Illustrations of all Nations by English, American, and Continental Professors in the Arena nightly. Box-office now open. No fees. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmi ns t er - r O a d.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D'SETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. H'nshaw, S Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L Mime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay -Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully ,to announce tnat in the present month ' A FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con nexion with the above Hall. THE IVEATHER.—Strs Orme; °cr. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night—the coldest yet. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.96. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with heavy clouds. THE SUN. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1858. Although party politics are carefully eschewed at the meetings of the Waltham Agricultural Association—and Lord JOHN MANNERS certainly paid more attention to the regulation than has been exhibited at the assembly of other bodies— yet certain valuable hints were given worthy of serious consideration, not only by agriculturists, but by men of all classes and grades in society, from the peer to the peasant. From what fell from the noble Chief Commissioner of Works, it may safely be assumed that the Government have pre pared, or are preparing, a new Reform Bill, such as they may fairly•present for popular acceptance. They carefully abstained from giving any positive pledge last session, save that they would take the entire subject into their consideration. They de sired, in fact, rather to improve on, than to fall short of, the anticipations that may be formed— the hopes that may be excited—not to discount any portion of the popularity they might hope to obtain by premature revelations. But they did not restrict themselves to mere words. They abandoned the property qualification without a struggle. They did not avail them selves of the plausible pretext that the ques tion of Reform should be discussed as a whole, and that no amelioration, however desirable, should be effected until the entire subject was before the House and country. The abolition of the property qualification was not the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and ending of all that they intended to give. Lord PALMERSTON had certainly promised a Reform Bill, but its provisions were studiously concealed, and it eventually appeared that there was no preparation in any respect. All that oozed out merely tended to show that, like Lord JOHN RUSSELL, he was a thorough and unflinching op ponent of the ballot, and was resolved that all undue influences, so loudly and so justly complained of, should be maintained with unabated force. Lord JOHN MANNERS thought that it was 'more than probable that the question most likely to interest an agricultural assemblage in the next session of Parliament will be the much discussed question of Parliamentary Reform,;" emphatically adding, " Upon that question, of course, my lips are sealed; and I can only say that, by one of those curious turns of the wheel which mechanises modern politics, it seems to be reserved for a Tory Government to render less anomalous, and to make better adapted to the growing intelligence, property, and numbers of the community, the Whig Reform Act of 1832 ! I can only say that her MAJESTY'S Government will enter upon that most serious task with the single and earnest endeavour so to mend the representation of the people in Parliament, as to secure the best electoral body and the best representative body which can be obtained for the Reoje of this country." This, considering tlDire.aj, , nstances, is tolerably plain spe a ki ng , an d proves , bed the possibility of doubt, that a tolerably exteilst measure, at least as good as could have been expee from Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN RUSSE LOS- , - " looming in the future." We shall look forward with considerable anxiety to its provisions, because on that will depend the future position of the pre sent Government. They have shown that they listen to the voice of public opinion, and bow to the wishes of the people. It is true that they may yield with regret, but they do so fairly and above board, without anything in the background. They act while the Whigs talk, and it has at length been noticed that the most important concessions, the most valuable enactments, have been obtained from Lord DERBY and the party with whom he has for some time been acting. The true Liberals have learned this truth, and they can no longer be cajoled or wheedled into giving a thick•and-thin support either to Lord PALNIERTON or Lord JOIN --- RUSSELL, or lending their aid to constitute either the one or the other the virtual dictator of the popular branch of the Legislature. They now look to measures, not men—to doings rather than say ings ; and they will bestow fair consideration on the bill of the present Government, and challenge Lord PALMERSTON to produce his long -promised measure, in order, calmly and temperately, to coin- pare the two, and bestow the meed on the best. One thing is certain, viz., that the great body of the people will not be contented with any bill which does not afford I\lll and complete protection ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. „..,--- • , t .i. , ,, e ,.. ~... . _ •-• i tc . t v ~ • „.1 %•• ---- - ,„ - y , . O ,I.CLU l• M ” - '''''' ''''' ' r_l, `. toiljp l - 74 . ~. . .., , ~ sr ''. t -.../:c--.1g.%*,,_ A a ti" , /c T' s , .Al, 't, . ,141111BINIIP.'• I , '' :;, , , re,,'V 0 1 N. '.DA IT . ", ff "' 7'. ' ' il"; The Bishop, however, lays great stress on the argument from numbers. He asserts " that by far the majority of the people are not only favourable to the rate, but to the taxing of all property" to repair the churches of the Establishment. We have before exposed the imposition attempted to be palmed off on Lord PALMERSTON by Lord SHAFTES BURY and his committee of laymen (names un known), as to not more than five per cent. or so of the parishes of the country being opposed to the present system ; we need not recur to the figures, which, after all, the public will always fancy may be made to prove any thing. We would ask a moment's attention to broader considerations. Granting, merely for argument's sake, that a large majority of persons, as well as parishes, do not actively oppose Church-rates, of what class are they ? Notoriously the class which is least educated, least energetic, and least independent--the very serfs, in fact, of the squire and the clergyman ; the men who, if they have votes at elections, vote to order, who have no minds of their own, or who, if they have, dare not for the life of them utter their minds. This is conceded by Lord SHAFTESBURY, with his bishops and laymen them selves. Their appeal is always on behalf of the poor, but dutiful, and unremonstrating country parishes. They piously vote the supplies from year to year, and never think of murmuring, whether they have to pay twopence or tenpence in the pound. Would it not be scandalous to deprive these godly parishes of the power of voting their own supplies ? Now we beg to put a question even to so exalted a dignitary as the Bishop of LINCOLN. Does he really believe that his supposed large majority of acquiescent parishes and Churchmen are in favour of the rate for which they vote ? If he does not, his majority "is gone. He has only a multi tude of quiet but unwilling payers, and he cannot claim them as his " vast majority" at all. But let him take the other horn of the dilemma, and affirm that they are willing rate-layers and rate-payers, and then we ask him why he is afraid of unconditional abolition ? He cannot have at the same time a vast majority willing to pay what they do, and yet need a law to compel them to pay it. We have no doubt whatever that the minority in favour of Church-rates is very small, and that the " vast majority" are opposed in heart to laying compul sory rates. The truth is that the country parishes dare not remonstrate, much less vote against a rate. Deduct, however, the vast number wh o unhappily do not care to support any religion, and the still larger number who would prefer to give what they liked, and not to be subject to any com pulsion in the matter, and the Bishop's majority would be so diminished that he would be Com pelled to rely on the good Mahommedan argument of the right of the faithful to subject unbelievers to tribute. • Take the votes of the country parishes on this, as on some other subjects, by ballot. Give them on the question, Shill Chuich:rates remain compulsory or not ? a simple oui or non ; cast up the votes in divisions of counties, to secure them against detec tion au engeance, and we believe the Bishop -willnot doubt what the response would be. Every man's common sense would tell him that nothing could hinder him from subscribing what he thought good towards the cost of his own worship, and would also tell him that neither he nor any one else ought to compel the unwilling to pay. One thing the Bishop cannot deny, that a large majority of the people's representatives are in favour of abolition ; neither can he deny that these repre sentatives are, for the most part, members of his own Church. If they represent the majority of the rate payers, he loses again his majority. If they do not, we humbly bog the Bishop's vote and interest in favour of a good hearty Reform Bill. The Bishop, indeed, himself lets out a glimpse of the truth when he objects to relieving Dissenters as such, for fear lest some "tainted with the sin of avarice should hypocritically rank themselves with Dissenters !" Good heavens—a Bishop trying to prove that all the public should be made to pay to his Church—should be compelled to save the pockets of himself and his—yet lecturing others on avarice ! It is no avarice, then, in him and his " majority," if he likes, to want to screw a tax out of every one's property that he and the members of his sect may save their half-crowns and sove reigns. When we hear a Bishop declaiming against avarice, while attempting to prove that all persons ought to be made to pay lent he and his follower, to every voter. The nation re — quires " the ballot and the whole ballot ;" and although something more is required, yet we doubt if any measure which recognises the great principle of protection to the humble elector, will not be acceptable . to the community at large. It is by secret voting alone that intimidation can be set aside—the intimida tion, not only of priest or landlord, but also of em ployer and customer. A man who pays his rent has surely a right to vote as he thinks pro per. He is not to be driven to the hustings to record his vote as his landlord or his landlord's agent choose. If he discharges his religious duties he is not to permit the minister of any creed to think for him, or to coerce him under spiritual denunciations. If he bestows a fair day's labour for a fair day's wage, the employer has not thereby acquired a right to command his political opinions—nor of providing fair value should he be insulted by an unconstitutional threat of exclusive dealing. Protection is required in any respect, not merely against landlord, priest, em ployer, customer, or bludgeon men, but also against himself. He should not be led into temptation to which the very poor but too frequently yield. This, at least, is certain, that bribery and corrup tion can never be eradicated until the ballot is in full operation. Every friend of purity of election must therefore desire it, and, desiring, be contented with no measure of which it does not form part and parcel. Even bishops, when they condescend to speak in public, must submit to the comments of the Press ; and, if they give their reasons, must expeet to have them canvassed. The Bishop of LINCOLN has pub lished to the world that he cordially approves of Church-rates, except, perhaps, that he would prefer some plan by which the money flowed into the Church exchequer with ,fewer obstructions. He has also,,youchsafed his reasons why he thinks they ought to be retained—the sum and substance of the reasons being that no plan which he has seen pro posed would bring so much money into the hands of his friends. Now, on the subject of Church rates, we happen to think we know as much as any bishop in the land; indeed, rather more. Bishops gliding about amongst their clergy, and that sec tion of the aristocracy to which they have been elevated, hear and know little of the sentiments of the great, busy, common-sense public ; hence they descant quite at their ease on the theory that their own Church is, with the smallest possible allowance for the works of such mortals as HARRY VIII. and CHARLES 11., about the ne plus ultra of ecclesiastical perfection. It does exceedingly well for them, and it ought to do well ensugh for every Englishman. A secret or expressed rejec- ' tion of the equal claims of Dissenting Cllurches lies at the bottom of all their Church-rate eloquence. should pay thei r o wn bill s , t ru ly we are reminded of a certain passage, which Bishops, we suppose, have read, respecting pulling a beam out of our own eye, to enable us to see clearly to extract the mote from our brother's eye. We have some hope, however, that next session Mr. BUNCOMBE will again be the Deus ex Inaehina of another question of religious liberty. The bill of which he has given notice exhibits the common sense of the question. If the parish has to keep the fabric of the church in repair, then by all means let the freehold of the church be in the parish, through its officers, and not in the parson ; and if the patron, the incumbent, and the Church men of the parish cannot keep their house in repair on condition of having it rent free, then let it be open to the parish to offer the church to some other Christian sect which will be glad of it on such easy terms. We shall then hear no more of Church rates. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE NEIVCOMBE SANDS. LOWESTOFT, FRIDAY. A melancholy catastrophe, resulting in the loss of a fine barque—belonging to Leghorn, and bound from Newcastle outward, with coals—and of five lives, occcurred here yes terday morning. The vessel was seen about 11.30, during a hurricane from the S.S.W., to ground upon the middle part of the Newcombe Sands, abreast of Pakefield, and in less than 20 minutes she was all in pieces. An eye-witness says that, shortly after striking, her mainmast, upon which could be seen four of the crew, went away, followed by the mizen topmast, and then the mizen mainmast ; and after the vessel hadsiven two or three heavy lurches, the mainmast went, carrying with it the rest of the hands, and that soon after the vessel disappeared. This heart-rending scene excited the greatest sympathy and interest for the safety of the crew amongst the specta tors on our pier and esplanade ; ladies were weeping, and gentlemen were running hither and thither to learn what could be done to save their lives. The perilous position of the vessel and her crew had not, however, escaped the notice of the brave fellows of Pakefield. They mustered their men, many of whom were at Lowestoft engaged in the fishing, launChed the lifeboat which is in connection with the istational LifeLoat Institution, and a crew of twenty hands nobly risked their lives to save the crew; but before they could float their boat the barque had gone to pieces, and the poor fellows were drifting down our roadstead on spars or pieces of the wreck. Through a tremendous sea, however, the lifeboat dashed forward on her errand of mercy, her crew expecting every minute to be washed out of her, but the object in view nerved alike both their hearts and their arnts, and they were rewarded by recovering eight out of sixteen hands from a watery grave. One by one they picked the poor fellows up, the last one having drifted below Lowestoft Ness, a distance of two miles from where the vessel went to pieces. The poor fellews, in order to have a better chance of saving their lives, had divested themselves of their clothing, and one was almost naked when taken into the lifeboat, the crew of which took off their own clothes and wrapped the exhausted men in them. We understand that the captain, three of the crew, and an English pilot are lost. We cannot speak in too high terms of the gallantry, bravery, and promptitude exhibited on this, as on previous occasions, by the bold and daring men of Pakefield, nor of the excellent seagoing qualities of the lifeboat they rammed. The gallant men are sure to receive, as usual, a reward from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution fer their noble services. LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. The following telegram has been received from Corfu, dated Oct. 8 : ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 5. The Cambria sailed this morning with the Aus tralian mails, and gold valued at £165,033. The dates of intelligence are--Melbourne, 16th, Sydney, 12th of August. The May and June mails reached Melbourne on the Ist and 13th of August 'respectively. The following are the departures of goldships : July 24th, the Agincourt, for London, with 70,780 ounces. August 14th, the Lincolnshire, for London with 105,621 ounces. The contract between the Government and the six banks for the negotiation of the railway loan was signed on the 16th of August. The export trade very dull. The import market continued overstocked. The Banks were selling exchange at 1 to 11- premium. At Sydney the supplies of wool were very small, A fire at Auckland had destroyed a large por• tiou of the city. MALTA, OCT. 9, The Cambria, with Colombian mails, in charge of Commander Stevens, arrived at midnight on the Bth, and brings 46,758 ounces of gold. The Wye leaves for Marseilles at 3 this morning. The Emeu reached Ceylon on the 10th of Sep tember, and left for Australia on the 12th, taking mail of Australasian, which left Trincomalee on the 11th for Sydney. The Oriental, with the 46th, reached Ceylon o: the 25th of September. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING, The telegraph from Hurst announces that the screw steamer Bremen, from New York, passed that station at 9.40. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING, _ The screw steamship Vigo, with the United States mail of the 25th ult., was off Queenstown at 6 o'clock this morning. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's Office, Oct. 9, 9.55 a.m. BERLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. The Minister of the Interior, Herr von West phalen, has been dismissed. The President, Baron von Flottwell, formerly Minister of Finance, has been provisionally appointed in his place. Baron Flottwell has already arrived in Berlin. PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a de cree by which the exemption of the navigation dues for cargoes of corn, flour, rice, potatoes, and vegetables in general, is prorogued to September, 1859. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 6. Her Majesty the Queen and her Royal Highness Prin cess Alice, attended by Lady Churchill and Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel, drove out. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went out deer• stalking. His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders also went out deer-stalking. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left York yes, :erday for her residence, Frog-more. A deputation from the Local Marine Board of London, consisting of Mr. Duncan Dunbar (chairman), Mr. Henry Green (deputy-chairman), Captain Barnett, R.N., Mr. George Marshall, Captain Hunter, M.S., Mr. J. Anderson, and Captain Toiler, M.S., had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Hull Dock Company, consisting of Mr. Firbank, Mr. Collinson, Mr. Huffam, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Charles Parkes, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. Despatches for the Governors of the North American provinces were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left York yesterday for her residence at Frogmore. The Princess Bariatinsky and family have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. The Princess Scwikowska and family have taken their departure from the Brunswick Hotel for the Continent. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family and the Count Potocki arrived at their mansion in Arling ton-street on Thursday evening, from Brodrick Castle, Isle of Arran. The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House on a visit to his brother, Lord Charles . Wellesley, who con tinues seriously indisposed at Conholt Park. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are staying with the Earl and Countess Howe at Gopsall Hall. The noble duke leaves Gopsall on Monday next for Newmarket. The Duchess of Buccleuch passed through town yesterday to Richmond, from Sir William and Lady Har topp's seat in Warwickshire. The Marquis of Bath comes to town to-day from visiting the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Gedling Lodge, Nottinghamshire. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have re turned to Worsley Hall from a tour of visits in Scotland. The Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert will return to Powis Castle early next week from a tour of visits in Scotland. 7he Earl of Powis comes to t own to-day. The Earl of St. Germans is at present at Port Eliot, Cornwall. The noble earl is expected in town at the latter end of this month. The Earl and Countess of Cork are passing the season at Marston House, Somersetshire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have re turned to Broadlands from visiting Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford at Westfield House, Isle of Wight. The noble viscount and her ladyship are about to receive company at Broadlands. Viscountess Jocelyn has left St. Leonards-omSea on a visit to the Earl of Roden at Hyde Hall, Herts. The Count de Paris and the Prince of Wurtem berg .arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday last, and left on Thursday for Penzance. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley have returned to Alderley Park from a tour of visits in Scotland. We are glad to learn that Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest is somewhat better. Baron and Baroness Fressinet de Bellanger have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Kingthorpe Hall, near Pickering. • Sir John and Lady Pakington are receiving a select circle at Westwood Park, near Droitwich. Admiral Sir George Seymour and Lady Seymour, Lord and Lady Ebrington, Mrs. Lane Fox, and Gen. Sir James Scarlett, left Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday, on board the Fire Queen, for Ryde, on a visit to Sir Augus tus and Lady Clifford. The marriage of Miss Hill, daughter of Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, with Sir Edmund Filmer, will take place on Thursday next, in London. It appears that Mr. Henley's powerful instru ments were attached to the Atlantic cable at Valentia on the 20th of September, and as the accounts from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, of the 23d of that month state that perfect signals had been received from this side dw•ing the preceding three days, it seems evident that the restored communication was owing solely to this cause. AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Admiralty agent at Galle (Aug. 28) advertised for a steamer to brinf . , round the 500 boxes of mails from the royal mail steamship Austra lasian at Trincomalee to Galle, it being his int en ti on to stop the royal mail steamship Columbian with the homeward mails, and send her back at once, forwarding her mails for England to Suez by the Peninsular and Oriental Company' s steamer from Calcutta. THE INDIAN MAILS.—Last evening notice was issued at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that mails for India, Bombay, Calcutta, and China, to be forwarded via Marseilles, would be made up and despatched this even ing, the 9th inst. ; also that an extra mail for India, to be forwarded to Bombay, would be despatched with the Austra lian mails from Southampton on the morning of the 12th inst., and via Marseilles on the evening of the 16th inst. The next mails from Calcutta direct, Penang, Singapore, and China, via Marseilles, aro due in L on d on on the 'l4th inst., and from India via Bombay on the 19th inst. The Royal Mail steamer Sultan will convey the heavy por tion of the Indian, mails from Southampton on the morning of the 11th inst. SINGULAR, FATAL ACCIDENT AT TURRIFF.—A fatal accident took place at a farm in this neighbourhood in the forenoon of Sabbath last. A boy, who was employed in herding cattle, having been amusing himself with a piece of fencing wire, had it fixed round his body amj round the neck of one of the cattle. The animal becoming frightened ran off, dragging along with it the unfortunate boy. The struggles of the animal appear to have become more and more violent until the wire was broken, by which time, however, from the animal having moved several times, as in a circle, round the body of the boy, the wire was twisted so tightly as to compress the body to such a degree that death immediately ensued, —Banff lourital. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Emperor and Empress intend, it is said, passing this autumn about a month at Compiegne. Three series of invitations are to be issued, as in preceding years. On their return from Compiegne, their Majesties will take up their residence at the Tuileries. The following telegraphic despatch has been received here : " TRIESTE, Oct. 7.—Advices from Constantinople come down to the 2d October. Lord Stratford de Redeliffe is said to have applied to the Porte, in the name of England, for the renting of Perim for 100 years. M. Thouvenal is to leave for France on the 13th. The works on the Kustendsche railway have commenced." The Prase publishes a correspondence which has taken places between the United States' Minister at Nicaragua and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of that Republic, touching the Convention signed between the President of the Central American States and M. Felix Belly. The United States' Minister declares, under date 11th August, that no public or private arrange ment of the Nicaraguan Government with M. Belly shall be recognised or assented to in anything that is contrary to the just rights which American citizens have acquired in that country, and that the liberal policy which re sults from the treaty of November last with respect to the transit across the Isthmus shall be constantly maintained*' The Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his reply, declares that all that his Government de sires is justice ; that it cannot alienate any one of its rights ; that, on the contrary, it is determined to maintain inviolable those of the Republic of Nicaragua, and defend them by all the means at its disposal. lie disclaims all notion of interfering with the rights of American citizens, and is anxious to stand on terms of amity with the United States ; but he declares that the treaties relative to the transit are of no value, because it was not opened at the stipulated period, &c. The negotiator, M. Felix Belly, appeals, more over, to the ClaytOn-Bulwer Treaty for protection for the projected canal. The following is the com munication addressed to him by Lord Malmesbury on that subject : " Foreign-office, June 11, 1858. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which you addressed to me on the . Ist ult., enclosing a copy of an agree ment concluded between you and the Presidents of the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the construction of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and I beg to acquaint you that the stipulations of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States of the 19th April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, will, in my opinion, apply to this scheme if carried out. "I have the honour, to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, "M. Felix Belly, &c." " MALMESBURY. BOURSE, Oct. 8...*%Th0 market has been in rather a feverish state. Threes have been done as low as 73f. 70c. Mobilier varied from 960 f. to 975 f. ; Austrian, 648 f. 75c. to 652 f. 50c ; Orleans, 1,375 f. 50c. to 1,380 f.; Lyons, 875 f. to 880 f. ; Eastern, 732 f. 50c. to 737 f. sc. ; Northern, 975 to 980 f. ; and Southern, 600 f. to 602 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 96 30 Do. end month 3 per Cent 5....... 73 55 Do. end month... 73 80 Bank Shares..... 3090 Credit Mobilier .. 977 60 Do. Account 912 50 P Credit Foncier G7O Belgian 41 lOl 'Piedmontese (5) Roman . 93 25 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. — 825 Lyons and. Mediterranean BB2 50 .. .. 885 Now ditto Geneva . , Midi .... Western. Eastern Grand Central -- • • -- 650 - 652 50 600 - 605 - 615 - .. 618 75 737 60 .. 737 50 • • Sardinian 462 50 .. 462 750 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 171 c. ; money, 25f. 15c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 971 c. SPAIN. Madrid journals and letters of the 4th have reached us. The Monarquics having asserted that the Queen Mother, impatient to embrace her august daughter, had made up her mind to return to Spain, the Fenix, which is believed to be the organ of Queen Christina, says that there is not a word of truth in the assertion. The Espana says :—" It is stated that New Ireland proposes to establish a newspaper to defend its principles in each pro vincial capital." New Ireland is the nickname given to the Ministerial party, on account of O'Donnell's Irish descent. " The promulgation of the important decree relative to the sale of civil property is," , says a Ministerial organ, "another proof of the recklessness with which the enemies of the Cabinet declared that Marshal O'Donnell and his colleagues did not possess the Queen's confidence, and that her Majesty would never consent to the expropriation of the property referred to, the Royal signature having been given on the very day on which that assertion was most boldly made !" The Peninsular Correspondence says:—" Great discouragement prevails in Pro gressista circles. The circular of the committee on the elections has been almost unanimously con demned as weak in style and poor in ideas. Be ing studiously framed to please everybOdy, it pleases nobody. It is spurned by the Democratic party as vague and unmeaning, and laughed at by the Ministerialists as a sort of involuntary confession of impotency. The Diario Espanol taunts the signers of this manifesto with having been abandoned by all the statesmen, Gen. San Miguel, the Marquis de Perales, and others, who gave importance to their party. The secession of these personages will no doubt produce great effect in the country, and en courage those electors who, tired of the exigencies of men of extreme opinions, are about to join the supporters of Government. M. Escosura, the ex- Minister, in an article published in the Iberia, at tempts to attenuate the effect of the split among the Liberals by stating that it would have been worse if it had existed latent than it is now that it is de clared." The Queen and King had attended the open ing of an exhibition of Painting and Sculpture in the magnificent saloons of the Trinidad in the Calle de Atocha. Their Majesties were received by the Ministers, the members of the Council of State, and the sub-secretaries of the different departments. The Pope's nuncio and many distin guished foreigners were present. The Government had remitted to Portugal 405,456 rein to pay some battalions of Oporto who were in the service of Spain in the war of independence. "General -Count de Goyon, Commander-in-Chief of the French troops in this city," says a letter from Rome, " arrived here on the Ist, and re sumed his functions. From a sentiment of pro priety, the General refused, in consequence of the residence of the Holy Father in the city, to receive any of the honours due to his grade and position. This decision was made known to the troops be forehand by General Count de None. The next day the Commander-in-Chief held a grand reception, at which the principal French arid Pontifical officers were present." A Berlin letter states that the propositions made by the representative of Denmark, in presence of the committees of the Diet, are not of a nature to satisfy completely the demands of the Confedera tion, and that the Danish representative has, con sequently, been obliged to apply for fresh instruc tions from his Government. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS IN AUSTRALIA. Mr. W. T. Henley, the submarine cable maker, of Greenwich, is just on the point of completing a cable ordered from him by the Colonial Govern ment of Victo r i a . It is intended to be laid from the city of Victoria, across Bass's Straits to Laun ceston in Tasmania, and will be in three sections, the first cable being from Victoria to Cape Wick ham, on King Island, whence communication will be continued by a land line to the opposite extre mity of that island ; the second from the latter point to Hunter Island, across which also a land will be continued ; and the third from Hunter Island to Launceston, in Tasmania. The total length of the cable is 250 miles. The conductor is a solid copper wire of No. 16 gauge, double covered up to No. 1 size, with gutta percha ; the ex terior of the gutta percha is sewed with Russian hemp, saturated with a mixture of Stockholm tar, linseed oil, and Russian tallow. The outer covering spun by Mr. Henley around thi s sewing of hemp consists of 10 solid iron wires, of No. 8 size. The " lay" of these iron wires is right handed, and the length of each "lay" is 15 inches. The weight of the cable is two tons to the statute mile. The engineers who have superintended its construction are Mr. Latimer Clarke, the engineer of the Electric and International Company of Eng land, and Mr. W. H. Butcher, of Hobart-town. The latter gentleman will have charge of the sub mersion of the cable. During the whole period of manufacture every flake has been daily submerged as it was completed, and tested with an upright galvanometer capable of showing 30 degrees of de flection under the influence of a pair of battery plates. Under this test we are informed that Mr. Henley's cable does not evince a single degree of loss of insulation, The shipment will commence this day. A NEW SUBMARINE CABLE. Another invention is in the field. Mr. Rogers, well known as the inventor of the linendraper's blocking and measuring machine, has furnished the Atlantic Telegraph Company with specimens of a cable which appears to us to combine all the requi sites necessary for securing the grand object on which the eyes of the whole world are fixed. Mr. Rogers's cable is made of flax or hemp, spun into fine threads and formed into what, is called a spin net-plait, which is laid longitudinally—a new feature in telegraphy—and in sufficient numbers to cover the wire, the whole being bound tightly to gether. To give additional strength, when neces sary, a plaited cord is twisted round the cable, which enables it to hold a larger quantity of water proofing material, put on to render the rope thoroughly impervious to the water. Any number of wires can be insulated in the gutta percha ; and whatever the strain upon the cable, the wires will be the last to receive it. There is also another ad vantage in Mr. Rogers' cable, arising from its com parative lightness and elasticity—it is not likely to " kink," as there is neither twist nor turn in its entire construction, which is the case with all spiral ropes, so that the first strain upon them is almost sure to break the centre core. The material used by Mr. Rogers for waterproofing is mainly composed of oil, rosin, and tallow, which will not only preserve it many years under water, but leaves it quite supple and easy to be laid down. The specimen of cable examined consists of a single wire, insulated in gutta percha, and is 11 inch in circumference. The weight is about two ounces to the yard ; while it will bear the breakage strain of one ton. The cost is estimated at £5O per mile, without the extra plaited cord. Another specimen had three wires, insulated as usual, and measures 21 inches in circumference; this weighs four ounces to the yard, and has a breakage strain of If ton. The cost of this is estimated at £6O per mile. In fine, the cord can be made to any thickness required. The great advantage of this cable appears to con sist of its lightness, and its amazing strength, so that there will be very little strain upon it when paid out ; while metallic cables are aways liable to a great strain on being laid, and do not sink so gently and gradually to the bed of the ocean as those made of flax or hemp tightly twisted into thread OTOBER 9, 1858. THP BirrarrTair NEW LIFEBOAT. BRIGHTON, Oct. 7.—A few months ago the Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed at Brighton one of its .first-class 30 feet lifeboats and a transporting carriage. In consequence of the stormy and tempestuous stato of the weather and the heavy sea which prevailed here yesterday, with the wind driving from the south-west, Mr. John Wright, Who has charge of the lifeboat, considered it a favourable opportunity to test her qualifica tions ; consequently, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, having got his crew together, she was launched from her arch in the usual beachboat method, by Houghs, Wright acting as coxswain, and his son John, bowman. The crew were— Thomas Virgo, George Humphrey, James Atherall, John Mover, Samuel Akehurst, Thomas Young, Richard Measor, George Self, and Charles Smith, who all seemed as willing and anxious as Wright to try her sea-going qualities. The boat was qot off in admirable style 'by means of the haul-oft rope, which is always out in readiness for an emergency; and each man, equipped for the occasion with his cork life jacket on, was quickly ready for the start, and, on the word being given, briskly and man fully they rowed to the windward as far as Canon place—the boat riding over the surge most gallantly, and perfectly in obedience to the crew. She was then rowed twice over the outer bar, where the heaviest sA-ell was; and the crew having perfect confidence in their saf e ty, they lay on their oa rs and let her drift broadside under the sea, when she filled several times, but discharged as fast as the water came in. After about an hour's trial, during which she proved to be all that could be . desired in a lifeboat, she returned to the shore amidst the tremendous cheering of the thousands of spectators that thronged the beach and cliffs. Wright assures us that he never was in so fine a seaboat in his life ,and, from the trial he had yester day, he would not withhold his services in her, if necessary, in the most fearful storm—all mistrust he had of her getting through the sea having en tirely vanished, MINING INTELLIGENCE.. The Mining Share Market opened this week without any material change from the dulness re marked upon in our last ; prices have not, gene rally speaking, been firm, and transactions, until the last day or two, of a limited character. Late in the week, however, a 'demand sprung up for a few mines, and threw more life and activity into busi ness altogether. North Frances shares opened on Thursday at 51, sellers, and late in the day rose to 71, 8, consequent upon several telegraphic orders to buy, and a report that a good discovery had been made in the shaft; up to this time, however, no official intelligence had been reseived at the office, and shares leave off 72 to 8. Our readers will have observed that this mine, situate in the richest district in Cornwall, has always struck us as one of the finest speculations of the day ; and we have on more than one occasion, called attention to the fact, that when the lode was formerly worth £7O per. fm. in the shaft, shares rose to £2O each, and that there was every probability of its becoming rich again. The extraordinary depression in the shares for some weeks we cannot account for, unless it be, as a correspondent has informed us, that the local shareholders have been dissatisfied with the manner of working the mine ; and as a meeting will shortly be held, we give a few particulars, so that the shareholders may be in a position to under stand the nature of the sett, and what ought to be done. Only one lode, it is said, has yet been seen below the adit, although four are within 60 fms., and some good work for tiu and copper broken from them. The engine -shaft is 30 fms. below adit, and by sinking 30 fms. deeper will pass through all these lodes. Again, the eastern ground, considered the most promising, ought not to be neglected, for most of the ore in the lode now worked was broken a few fathoms west of the shaft. The local shareholders, therefore, urge the necessity for sinking the eastern engine -shaft to prove the south lodes ; and we beg to urge both local and London adventurers to combine at the meeting to abolish the transfer fee, which has so far done great injury to the property. Herodsfoot shares continue about 61 to 61. At the meeting the accounts showed a profit for four months 0f £142 11s. 11d., and a balance of assets over liabilities of £843 14s. 3d. The small profit was explained as owing to the fall of £2 to £3 per ton in lead ore, and the accident to the machinery ; and it was considered advisable to defer the divi dend till the next meeting, when it is hoped, from the good prospects of the mine, and the rise in lead, that a better one than usual may be declared. Wheal Trelawnys have been considerably in demand at 241 to 252. Wheal Mary Anns also in request, and advanced from 43 to 45, 452. South Caradons have been freely offered at 400 to 405, owing, it is supposed, to the reduction of the dividend, for we have not heard of any change in the mine. West Cara don, 100 to 110, but not much doing, nor likely to be until something definitive is known in regard to the future management. South Tolgus, 71 to 73 ; Great South Tolgus, 14 to 142, and still' flat ; South Frances, 195 to 200 ; Wheal Bassett, 200 to 205, and inquired for; North Bassett, 9 to 91. Great Alfreds have been in better demand, and leave off 31 to 4 ; the report looks more favourable, and some of the points we referred to a short time since seem nearer their realisation.—Mining .Tour nal of this day. THE HEAVY GALES.--CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING AND LOSS OF LIFE. The advices received at Lloyd's, yesterday, from the outports report the loss of about twelve vessels, for the most part coasters, attended in several cases with loss of life, arising from the severity of the gales from the south-west. Many ships have like wise experienced considerable damage, and found it a task of much difficulty to reach ports of refuge in time to avoid the most violent part of the gale which prevailed. Annexed is a list of casualties which were announced at Lloyd's yesterday : LOWESTOFT, Oct. 7.—The Zemira (barque), Cap tain Patroni, of and for Leghorn, from Newcastle, got on the Newcombe sand this morning, and soon after went to pieces ; master, chief mate, three of the crew, and the Shields pilot drowned ; the rest of the crew saved. , . PENZANCE, Oct. B.—The Hopewell, of Goole, Capt. Pearson, was taken into Porthleven, after having been abandoned by the crew yesterday in this bay ; crew landed. The Jules, of London, Capt. Lesage, has been towed in here, having been abandoned in the bay by the crew, five of whom were;.drowned. MARYPORT, Oct. 74- - Thq Jane Anna (smack), of Ramsay, Captain Skilcorn, bound to Whitehaven, with wheat, went ashore this morning, at dead low water, to the north of the harbour, and immedi ately upset; the master drowned; the remaindor of the crew (two) saved. The gale is now abating. DEAL, Oct. 7.—Wind S.W., a gale ; weather very squally. Oct. B.—The Queen of Sheba, which arrived in the Downs this morning, from Tobago, had been in collision last night with a barque in Dungeness Roads, when she sustained damage to bulwarks and stanchions, and lost a man. HARWICH, Oct. 7.—lt blew a gale from W.S.W. last night, during which the Annie Archibald (barque), of this port, and the New York Packet (barque), of Ardrossan, fouled each other ; the former lost fore and maintopmasts and jib boom, the latter lost jibboom. HARWICH, Oct. B.—The George Robinson (brig), Capt. Fisher, of and from London, for the North, was lost on the Gunfleet last night ; crew saved. BERWICK, Oct.—lt is blowing a gale from west. The Waterloo, of Aberdeen' Capt. Patterson, from Hartlepool to Grangemouth, with coals, in making for this harbour during the gale, struck on the Silicar rocks, but drove off and sank, two miles east of this place, in deep water; crew saved. HOLYHEAD, Oct. 7.—The John and Edward (schooner), Capt. Evans, from Bangor to Maldon, with slates, drove on the end of the breakwater and sank, and is likely to become a total wreck. The Sarah Ann Russell (schooner), Capt. Price, of and from Arklow, for Liverpool, with sulphur ore, is ashore on the south breakwater, on her beam ends. It is blowing a fresh gale from S.W. to N.W. PETERHEAD, Oct. 7.—The Millennium (sloop), of Arbroath, Capt. Wilson, from Sunderland to Buckle, was stranded this morning at the entrance of the south harbour, during a gale from S.E., and will become a total wreck; crew saved. WHITBY, Oct. 7.—The Ann (keel), of Shields, with iron stone, from the Victoria Iron Works near Runswick, brought up a little outside, yesterday and went down; crew saved. FALMOUTH, Oct. 7.—During the gale last night the Antagonist (barque) of Shields, drove foul of the brig Mary Young, of Shields ; the former has her stern badly stove and other damage ; the latter lost jibboom, sprung bowsprit, &c. HARTLEPOOL, Oct. 6.—The body of a man, sup posed to be a master mariner, with the name " Robert Patullo" marked on some of his clothes, was washed on shore yesterday, about three miles north of this port ; it appears to have been only a short time in the water. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 9.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; strong breeze and fine. Panzsmoirm, Oct. B.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N.W— Sailed—Morayshire, for Trinidad. COWES, Oct. B.—Wind W.—Arrived—Oriel, (s.) from Havre, and left for New York. PLYMOUTH, Oct. B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Mel , bourne, from Waterford, to embark troops. Sailed— H.M.S. Russell, for Westward. Put back.--Frances Henty, for Portland Bay, in consequence of having had much water in the hold, through the store-room bursting open on Oct. 6. Cargo supposed to be damaged. NEwronT, Oct. 7.—Arrived--Rebecca, from Hamburgh, for Jamaica • Frances Millay, from Milford, for Pernam buco ; Lochlibo, from Dublin, for Rio Janeiro. Sailed-- Pola Bella, for Bombay. ARDROSSAN, Oct. t. 7.—.W s.o—ffurtAtdhreerirlDvaenuddci—,:frnoem: from Quebec. an o t c h i t c e: SHIELDS, 2T.YnOe'nespmrunanOgdcoleaked. STARCROSS, Oct. B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Alida, from Rio Grande. GLOUCESTER, Oct. B.—Wind N.W.—Tenanora, from Shedrac. MILFORD, Oct. 8.--Wind from Callao. (Ey ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning, Wind W., moderate. Arrived, Oct. B.—Delhi, from Montevideo ; Palestine, screw steamer, from Smyrna. Arrived, Oct. 9.—Svenborg, from Islay; Eagle, from Antigua ; Sappho, f rom Gallipoli. Off.—City of Manchester and Antilla. Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND Saturday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, first hour's flood ; weather 'fine. Arrived, Oct. B.—Acastra, from Wellington ; Catharine, from Rio Grande ; Rosa, from Guernsey ; Ramilies, from Moulmein ; Saila, from Ibrail ; Appolino, from Grenada.. Sailed, Oct. 9.—Jason, steamer, for Sydney; Havering, for Madras. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind W. by N., moderate. Anchored.—Ki nna i r d, from London, for Wellington; lola Wylie, from London, for Cardiff. Passed.—City of Nantes, screw steamer, from London, for St. Nazaire. Sailed.—Camperdown, Angelina, Herlope, and Hannah, outward bound, TILE MUTINY AT DERA IS.2IIAIL KHAN. The following account of the Mutiny at Dera Ismail Khan has been received : " DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug. 12, 1858. " My dear —,—We have had an excitement here which has kept us on the stir for the last three weeks, and I wanted to see how the thing really stood before I wrote. " You know, I dare say, that among the Sikhs there are two or three classes, and that of these the Malwas come from the Cis-Sutlej, and form a clan, and rather a large one, who, from their known in solence and insubordination under the Sikh Raj, were not much entertained or trusted in ; but our Government, thinking that part of the abuse of them arose from their being in our States, did not hesitate to employ them, and at one time the Fero zepore, Loodiana, and some other regiments raised at Umballa and there away in former days were all composed of Malwas. How this is now I don't quite know, but I believe a good deal modified. Renny's Regiment, however, the 3d Sikhs, now at Bunnoo, is nearly all of this class, or was until the commencement of the mutiny, when he entertained other men, such as Pathans, Dogras, Punjabee Mussulmans, and Sikhs (Mhanga). The 10th Pun jab Infantry had on its being raised three com panies sent from Renny's Regiment, 80 strong each, of whom 130 were Malwas, and nearly a like num ber of men from the 6th Police Battalian stationed here at Dera; each set gave four soubandars, four jemadars, 48 havildars, and 48 naiks as well ; other vacancies were filled up by Gardiner, the com mandant, and two native officers came from the ' Guides' and ' Coke's.' The regiment now consists of 10 companies, and in accordance with orders and the practice adopted with the 'new regiments (from 7th to the 25th), classes are fairly represented ; say, Dogras, 100; Pathans, 100; Punjab Mussulmans, 200 ; Sikhs, 400 ; of the Malwa lot we have about (Renny gave us nearly all we have) 8 native offi cers, 69 non-commissioned, and 130 Sepoys. There was always great hatred between the sets, equally shared in by those of R enny -' s an d the Police Bat talion, and little fights for the biggest share of the commanding officer's patronage. " The Malwas are tremendous opium -eaters, out doing the most inveterate Mhanga Sikh in consum ing the drug; they are also generally more debauched, being fond of bhang. Jemadar Ilunjod Singh (a 3d Sikh' man) used to give bhang parties, as your old ladies might tea ditto, and it was at these meetings that this rumpus originated, as far as we can make out. " I think it was on the evening of the 22d of July that it was reported to Gardiner, the commandant, that there was a plot going on among the Malwa - Sikhs, joined by some others of the caste—the bad characters—l mean Sikhs generally—the jemadar being the leader, to rise, murder the officers, in confusion get hold of the guns, make a party, kill all who should oppose, and, finally, when success ful, send up to Bunnoo for the 3d Sikhs, on being joined by whom march via Dera Ghazee Khan to Mooltan, there re-arm the Pandies (they..were to take the 39th, poor things, from here in the same delightful way ; I may as well say that on account of this business the 39th marched four days ago for Sealkote), achieve triumphant success in every direction, and then march on to Lahore, trusting to fate, that the jemadar had 25 good men to back him in the regiment at once, and that the Sikh s o f the Artillery, Cavalry, and Police Battalion were tam pered with and ready to join. So much for opium bhang and a boastful idea of one's own powers ; of course, the jemadar was to be the General Sahib of future operations. " Gardiner, on hearing the story, goes to Col. M'Donald, commanding the stationed, tells him, and goes to the lines of the regiment to place these loyal men in limbo. It was quite dark, about 10 p.m., when he went accompanied by the Colonel ; they went to the quarter-guard, and from there sent to call Runjod Singh and a sepoy, Bussawa, Singh, whose name had been given up. Bussawa came first, and Gardiner ordered a naik and four from the guard to step out and put him in arrest ; on hearing this he bolted down the lines towards Runjod Singh's house, some of the men after him, the soubandar of the guard leading. The Sepoy called out as he ran, They are killing me,' and on , coming near the jemadar's the latter came out with a drawn sword, and followed, some say by 10 and some 20 men armed. The jemadar cut down the soubandar and another Sepoy, but thesremainder of the guard coming up with G—, the fellow bolted, and has not since been heard of; darkness, confu sion, and the speed with which the affair was got through prevented any arrests or recognitions ; they scattered like chaff. The regiment fell in,' parties were sent off in pursuit before a roll-call was made, and hence our doubt as to who was in the plot. It was the impression that night that six men had accompanied the jemadar in his flight, but next morning it turned out that all were present except the jemadar and Sepoy Bussawa Singh. " A court of inquiry at once assembled, and 43 witnesses were examined, but little satisfactory or direct evidence came out ; enough, however, to show that, though the plot was rather fresh, there was a degree of complicity attached to the Mhanga Sikhs not pleasant to the view. The Court put one havil dar, three naiks, and four Sepoys in quod, against whom there is more than suspicion; but the evi dence was stiff to come at at all ; the Sikhs of all sorts lied like fiends. General Chamberlain arrived here three days ago, and since then three Sikh. native officers have been added to the list of arrests, two of whom are not Malwa Sikhs. This is" not a pleasant beginning for the new army, is it ? Another court has assembled to-day ; I hope it will g et at something. The Sepoy, Bussawa Singh, gave him self up (half that and half caught) at an outpost and is now in gaol. The Sikh portion of the regiment are naturally excited, whether implicated or not, but the rest of the fellows take it very quietly, and if it came to a row and we Eurbpean officers were not shot down (a great probability), master Khalsajee would get a proper powdering. " The regiment is sure to be improved by it, as we shall get rid of the evil spirits, and I hope both sides will take a lesson. It will be years before the old quietness returns, if it ever does among the new troops, for the antagonism of tribe and caste will prevent it, , but this well-handled ought to be our best protection." ALLEGED DEATH FROM THE BITE - OF A MONKEY. The following ease came before the Sheriff Court, Airdrie district, on Friday :—The pursuer, David Martin, miner, Coatbridge, sued John Leckie, auctioneer, Sunnyside, Coatbridge, for £lOO,, for loss, damage, and injury to his feelings, in conse quence of the want of due care on the part of the defender in allowing an ape or monkey belonging to him to attack, bite, and otherwise l acera t e th e hands, face, & c ., of the pursuer's son, Robert Martin, a child between two and three years of age, whereby the child was so seriously injured that it died in about a month thereafter. After a proof being led by both parties, the sheriff substi tute (Strathern) pronounced 'an interlocutor, going over the facts of the case, to the effect that on the 9th of September the child had been bitten by the monkey on the lip, cheek, temple, and left ear, from which it suffered much pain, but which wounds were healed in little more than a fortnight afterwards. The child, however, from the effects of the bites became dull and depressed in spirits', and after going about for six or seven days he be came bedfast, the nervous symptoms becoming worse, exhibited in starts ,while sleeping, suddenly waking up, screaming wildly, and violently calling out in terror, " The monkey !" leaving his bed and crawling below it, in attempts at night when lying in his mother's bosom to flee from some imaginary danger, and in efforts to climb the walls of the bed place, in attempts to gnaw his hands, in spasmodic clutching o f th e b edclothes, in convulsions, foam ing and bleeding at the mouth, latterly in uncon sciousness, the whole eventuating in the child's death on the 28th day of September. The sheriff conse quently found, in point of law, that the defender culpably kept the said monkey, known to be vicious, insufficiently secured in a courtyard, hav ing an open gateway and ruined wall, by which children were enabled and tempted by the pre sence of the monkey to come, and where, having come on the occasion libelled, tie monkey, from no act of the said deceased child irritating or provok ing it, was allowed to break his chain, and to bound and bite and wound the child ; and, in consequence, the defender is liable to the pursuer in damages : finds that, in the circumstances, £2O is a moderate and reasonable sum in name of damages du3 to the pursuer inflicted by the said monkey on the said' child, and in payment of surgeon's expens es therefore finds the defender liable to p ursuer i n said sum ; finds the defender also liable in expenses. The case was appealed to Sheiiff Alison, who re versed the decision of Sheriff Strathern, finding that the death of the child Was not owing to the bite of the monkey, but was traceable to water in the head ; but finding the defender liable in half the costs, because he was not altogether free of blame, as the monkey should have been secured by a stronger ch ain. — Edinburgh. Courant. IMPALEMENT OF A PAlNTER.—Yesterday morn ing a frightful accident occurred to George Main, a painter, aged 27 years, who resided at No. 3, Adelaide-place, Step ney-given. The unfortunate man was at work on a ladder at Newington-crescent, when it suddenly snapped in two, and he fell upon the spikes below with much violence, the spikes penetrating his body. 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