The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold 5 to 100 guineas. Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMABRET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will coramenee with HALLOWEEN. By the Leclercqs. ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews , And THE OVERLAND Bnckstone, Compton, Chippendale. ROgerS, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. EXCELLENCY, Atter which, the new comedietta, KIS in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING• will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. G. Melville, A. Harris, Ste. After which, UNE FILLE TERRIBLE. Characters by the Zouaves. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INKERMAN. To conclude with the farce of A.S.S. Messrs. F. Matthews, Saker, Cathcart; Miss Rose Leelercq, and Mrs. Weston. Commence at 7. DELPHI, NEW THEATRE -ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J L. Toole, P. Bedford, D. Fisher, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ;4sily Boxes, 11. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Ss ; Gallery, a Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- A- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Entire Change.—Powerful Attraction. This Evening . , Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing* the largest stud of ighly-t r ained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the h World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt!. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS. — THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD UST. 'S OPERA. FA First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor..._..le!r. Jong,hmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, ............ Hall. ad. Comic Vooalisks —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic,: and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment). for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic an addit ion to Sentim o ental, with Negro delineations , anecdotes, &c., in the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. T}Tl WEATHER. --SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 4, IS6O. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29. 62 . ; rather fresh, with dull weather, Some rain in the night and morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m, To-MORROW. -Morning, 4h. Om.—Afternoon, 4h. 15m, I N 411 *Ail F : - ' c .7.."--r.i.44-N.),-c7.4--, i•-' *..• ,i - ; , ..- .N A s v ~ ~,,,,,L,47-5,...,:,_::, .., 4 . . 11 2 , 4, . r):.)-51, 1 ,_'•7llFif, 4 kL4 l : - ,)- ~: 4 ,6a „, ^tt THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1880. In noticing Thursday's debate rather hastily yesterday, we must confess we thought there was more in it than a first glance would lead one to suppose ; more, we mean, in the arguments which were brought to bear against the main point in the Government proposals—the fortification of our dockyards. Perhaps, however, most speeches are made for one reading rather than for two. Cer- tainly any one who will be at the pains to review the reasonings of Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. BERKELEY, Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. OSBORNE, will find nothing fresh in argument, though he will find that the three last-named gentlemen have furnished him as much entertainment as could be looked for on such a subject, even from their abilities. Mr. LINDSAY'S chief point seemed to be, what we may term the naval argument; or, if we look to its maternity, the Athenian argument, in which, of course, he was cordially backed by Sir CHARLES NA PIER. Her "wooden walls " are England's proper defence, as they were the ultima ratio of Athenian defence ; and as Athens seemed to have found her wooden walls sufficient, though at that time she had no dockyard fortifications, or if she had the Persian burnt them, so we too might do without them. However, the old Grecian city was wiser afterwards ; and the long walls and for- tifications of her naval arsenal were the envy of her great enemy, and the first thing demolished when that enemy gained the upper hand. But the an swer of non-nautical men, and of many nautical men, too, is complete. A fleet can no more do without a home than a swallow live for ever on the wing. And if that home can make itself the castle of the shattered, or only the " weary ships," it would certainly enable us to dispense with a second fleet to guard those which need repose. Not only the human enemies which our fleets must encounter, but the fury of the elements itself, requires that we should have our Alquora tuta ; and of them should be said, what few of us have forgotten since the days of our boyhood— " Hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent ; unto non alligat anchora morsii." What we may call the Spartan argument comes nest; which Mr. H. BERKELEY, the seconder, very aptly matched with the Athenian one of his leader, Mr. LINDSAY. The hon. member for Bristol looked back not to the priestess at Delphi, but to LYCURGUS as his oracle ; he was for walls of men—for living, flesh and blood walls. The volunteers and raw recruits were made little ac count of ; but he could remind them of the feats of raw recruits who had never even fired ball car tridge at Waterloo ; of volunteers turning vete rans out of America, and capturing a royal army with BURGOYNE at its head ; and of volunteers not to be despised in the Alps last year, nor this year in Sicily. To all which, common sense replies we grant it all. We would give far greater encouragement than it has ever yet received to the volunteer movement ; we would cover the country with volunteers —but we praise our volunteers, when we get them , more hi g hl y than Mr. BERKELEY does. We think them far too good to be made the " cannon meat" of another NAPOLEON, or of any invader. We would acknowledge their value by giving them first-rate shelter to fire from, which should both double the value of their efficiency, and more than double the security of their -v a l ua bl e lives. " Skulking be hind fortifications,” and „ cowards pent up behind stone walls," were, we b elieve, someof the ex_ pressions used. As well talk of besiegers skulk ing in zig-zags and behind their works. As if the whole art of war did not consist in finding th e most efficient shelter, till the moment for a charge. If we had a million volunteers our aim should still be, were that practicable, to destroy or capture a hundred thouse gad invaders, without losing a single One of our defel lders. That would be absolutely perfect generalship ; and every approach to it is to the credit of the commander , w hile needlessly ex- I posing men is foolhardiness, if it be not military murder. With :such ideas have a WELLINGTON and a CLYDE, and all truly great commanders, ever fough__ Then there is the _lmperial argument ; Mr. LINDSAY used it ; Mr. BRIGHT used it, of course; even Mr. OSBORNE did not disdain it. You have no reason to suspect the Emperor of the FRENCH. He always carries out your policy—in Italy, in China, in Syria—as to Savoy and Nice, he deserved a fee for doing so much for Sardinia ; and as to coercing Portugal, in defiance of right, of honour, and of English remonstrance—oh, unluckily, that was forgotten, and many other little things were forgotten, too. But did he not say, before last year, that "the Empire is peace ?" Does he not withdraw all his naval operations from Cher bourg when they are most likely to look hostile ? Does he not need nearly had-a-million men under arms, surrounded as he is by States who are ob liged, because he does so, to keep armies large in proportion? Does he not write frank and noble letters ? And does he not conclude with us gene rously one-sided treaties ofcommerce? What madness to fortify your dockyards against such anEmPERon ; —which argument we shall not undertake to refute. And then there is the Manchester argument. It will cost money. So, alas, does fire insurance so does marine insurance ; so do bolts and bars ; and the police, who try sometimes at our windows to see whether we have used them as we ought. But, we fear, orders from the the War-office for cotton goods are not quite so large as orders for materials such at; Birmingham and similar worshops manufacture ; Manchester's share in equipping the army and navy is probably less than that of any other great trade. However, we do admit the Manchester argument as valid except against necessity, and most of us think it a simple necessity that our arsenals should be as safe as engineering skill can make them. We regret the millions it may cost ; yet we think them about as well spent money, as using every possible precaution to make a Manchester ware house fire-proof. As the latter saves annual cost in the insurance premium—and saves, besides, the derangement to business caused by a fire—so attack•proof arsenals save the cost of a large navy, and the vastly greater cost of encouraging a foe to attempt the attack. For one thing, as we have indeed already said, we ought to be thankful. Those who rejected for Portsmouth the fortifications which would make a few defenders inside equal to an army outside, did not entrench themselves, as they might have done, behind those forms of the house which would have enabled them to resist for weeks together. If their arguments would not convince, they did not condescend to tactics designed merely to coerce. In the Augustan age of Rome, as in the Vic torian age of England, there were audible from time to time (so HORACE, among others, has re lated), all kinds of sinister prophecies of disaster, and solemn forewarnings of the general disruption of the empire dreaded by each more patriotic or more far-seeing Civis Romanus. " Barbarus, heu 1" the Roman Lyrist exclaims, one while—(Epode XVI. Ad liomanos)— " Barbarus, hen ! cineres insistet victor, et nrbem Eques sonante verberabit ungula." It is the very . prediction heard at intervals now-a-days, as to that possible advent of that other " Barbarous Victor" from across the Chan nel, who is to trample upon the ashes of London while leading along its resounding streets the Chasseurs d'Afrique and the Chasseurs de Vincennes! " Qua3que carent ventis et solibus ossa Quirini, Nefas videre I dissipabit insolens." Is it not the boast again of scattering to winds the contents of those twin tombs under the dome of St. Paul's—the bones of NELSON and WELLING TON ? A vengeance to be completed, of course, in the western portions of the capital by ridding the Triumphal - arch at Hyde-park corner of that hobgoblin effigy of the Duke, and by un-mastheading the Admiral in Trafalgar-square. It is noticeable, however, that after the enumeration of these various prophecies of ill to Rome audible in his time, HORACE, in this famous Epode of his Ad Romanos, adds immediately afterwards— " Forte, quid expediat, coramuniter, aut melior pars, Malis carere qua3ritis laboribus. Nulla sit hac potior sententia : &c." which, familiarly rendered into our homelier idiom, may be said to signify—" By the way, the generality, or the better part of you all, 0 fellow-citimens, will ask with what precise policy or with what measures it may be most expedient that those dreaded evils may be averted "—adding in so many words, words that might really have fallen from the lips of Mr. BRIGHT nowadays just as well as from the pen of HORACE in his Epode—" Than what I am going to utter, nothing better can possibly be said by any one—therefore listen !" " Nulla sit hac potior sen tentia." That is precisely Mr. BRIGIIT'S dogmatism. (And what we may ask in parenthesis, what is the origin of all dogmatism, according to LA BRuvERE what but profound ignorance ? "Crest la profonde ignorance qui inspire le ton dogmatique.") HORACE recommends his fellow -countrymen to fly elsewhere if possible to the fresh fields and pastures new of Arcadia, by way of evading the calamities impend ing over the empire and the capital. Mr. BRIGHT laughs to scorn all the prophecies, (which pro phecies he is nevertheless so careful to enume rate), derides the dangers pointed out and proclaimed by a crowd of Cassandras, and then recommends us all, in the name of pru dence ! and of common sense ! ! and of economy !! ! to sit down and do nothing whatever. This, re member—With a military despotism, armed to the teeth, upon the opposite shores of the Channel—the Channel bridged over long since by a steam fleet, second only to our own—the army there numbering, according to different computations, a stupendous total of from 400,000 to 600,000 of the finest soldiers of the European continent ! Everybody who thinks differently from Mr. BRIGHT—is an ass. Military men especially are the objects of his peculiar derision upon all matters relating to (what he himself, of course, is so pro foundly versed in) their profession ! The great Duke of WELLINGTON, he has the matchless inde cency and ingratitude —(seeing that Mr. BRIGHT really Is, what at times we can hardly be lieve him to be—an Englishman !)—the match less indecency and ingratitude to scoff at as one notoriously, towards the close of his life, a dotard and a driveller ! If a soldier of more modest reputation writes (as it is after all not so very surprising that a soldier should write sometimes) a pamphlet upon the subject of our national de fences, Mr. BRIGHT, with a fine irony, can discover nothing more sarcastic to say in his -regard than to mention him with the precisesfexactitude byhis name style, and title, as " another gentleman, Lieut.-Col. VALENTINE BAKER of the 10th Hussars I" There is a veteran, too, who is indecorously dragged into notice in the person of General Sir R. GARDNER, for the purpose of being ridiculed as one who " cer tainly had not shone as a statesman and a gover nor," viz., at Gibraltar—Sir R. GARDNER'S gOYCT. norship thei.e having nothing whatever to do with the subject of our fortifications ! " Then again," says Mr. BRI GUT in another part of his speech on Thutsday, speaking throughout it with a dogmatism perpetually reminding us of the abliolute truth of that axiom of LA BRUYERE'S :Already quoted :—" Then, again, pro posals had bow. made by Colonel JEBB—a gentle man whom 20 years ago he (Mr. BRIGHT) consi dered a very sensible man. Colonel JEBB had pub lished a pamphlet, from which it appeared that he was in a state of great alarm as to the necessity of ' defending London. He proposed to begin at Tun bridge-Wells, to go on to Reigate, Guildford, Read ing, and Henley, and probably he also included Col chester in his line of defence. Yet the gallant officer quoted with apparent approbation an expression of General LEWIS, ' It may be considered an axiom that no landing-could successfully be effected in the presence of 2,000 men well prepared.' If he (Mr. BRIGHT) had said anything of that kind he would have been treated as a person utterly igno rant and foolish in the matter. Surely, with rail ways all round the coast and telegraphs as frequent as railways, it would not be difficult at any time to assemble 2,000 men at any given point." And so forth. The tone and manner of all this, it will be observed, is so exquisitely gentle manlike ! The reasoning, too, is so perfectly logical! It requires no wild hypothesis, by the way, we can assure Mr. BRIGHT, to imagine him saying anything that could be designated as he has above indicated. And if he must needs be so pragmatically ironical even in the designa tion of a military officer by his right title, we would remind him that " Colonel JEBB" is alto• gether a misnomer, that gallant officer being by this time (and well has he merited both decoration and promotion) a K.C.B. and a Major-General. What a missed opportunity for Mr. BRIGHT ! who might—but for his " profonde ignorance" even in these little details of military etiquette—who might, but for this, we say, have sneered so very effectively at " Colonel JEBB," as " Major-General Sir JOSHUA JEBB, K.C.8." Then, observe too, the cutting irony of his scornful allusion to the gallant officer here particularised as a gentleman whom he (Mr. BRIGHT) considered to be a very sensible man about twenty years ago ? Why ?—Because, forsooth, Colonel JEBB'S ideas twenty years ago harmonised with Mr. BRIGHT'S ! Their ideas clash nowadays—therefore Sir JOSHUA JEBB is no longer a sensible man ! The cool effrontery of all this is something in its way truly delicious—quite de lightful. At this rate JOHN BULL will certainly be heard one of these fine days gasping out, with the tears running down his cheeks—like the stout old gentleman in the pit when LISTON was acting Take him away, or he'll be the death of me !" STAFFORD ELECTION. STAFFORD, FRIDAY. The poll commenced at eight o'clock this morning. From the earliest hour the supporters of the Liberal candidate (Mr. Alderman Sidney) were in the highest spirits, and, bringing their men rapidly to the hustings at the Shirehall, soon took the lead on the poll, and placed their candidate in such a position as effectually to dishearten their oppo nents, and to leave them little chanc e of success. At twelve o'clock the poll stood thus:— Ald er man Sidney 716 Lord Sandon 329 Majority for Sidney Soon afterwards the friends of Lord Sandon withdrew him from the poll, and Mr. Sidney is accordingly elected, beating the Conservative by more than two to one. THE PROROGATION.—It was generally rumoured about the house on Friday night that the prorogation will take place on the 25th inst.—Era. THE FIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT.—It was stated in the lobbies on Friday night that the Government calcu lated upon a majority of twelve.—Era. The Scotsman says, if there is a majority against the Government on the question of the Customs' duty on paper, Mr. Gladstone, we are informed, will certainly re tire, and, according to present intentions, and if Lord Pal merston can have his way, Mr. Gladstone's retirement would be accompanied by a general resignation of the Ministry. A meeting of the whole Liberal party, sum moned by Lord Palmerston, is to be held early on Monday, when it is expected that the Premier will announce that the defeat of Mr. Gladstone's proposal will be followed either by a resignation of the Ministry or a dissolution of Parliament. His Royal Highntss the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a Levee at one o'clock on Wednesday next, the Bth inst. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley intend to remain in town until after the marriage of Lord Skelmersdale and Lady Alice Villiers, second daugh ter of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon. The Earl Spencer, who came to town from Osborne on Wednesday evening, left by railway the same evening for Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington are about to receive a distinguished circle at Beckett-house, Berks. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, will honour the noble Viscount and Viscountess with their company. Lord and Lady Headley and family have left town for Orford House, Surrey. LORD CLYDE AND THE LONDON SCOTTISH VOLUNrEERS.—This noble and gallant officer has con sented in the kindest manner to become Honorary Colonel of the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles. LONGEVITY.—WiIIiam Ball, the centenarian of Browne's Hospital, Stamford, entered upon his 104th year on Wednesday last. His health is good, and he is tolera bly active ; he is an early riser, and yesterday morning par took of breakfast prepared by himself at half. past six. Another inmate has reached the advanced age of 97. Stamford Mercury. DEATH OF MISS VANDENHOFF.--We announce, with deep regret, that Miss Vandenhoff (Mrs. S`winbourne) died in Birmingham on Tuesday last. She was the daughter of Mr. Vandenhoff , the eelebrated tragedian, and was her self an eminent actress. The Message? . de Paris, after mentioning the arrival in Paris of General Turr from the Baths of Aix, whither he had gone for the treatment of the wounds which he received at Calatafima and Palermo, states that the General is about to return and resume the command of his brigade. PORTLAND, August 2.—The fleet of blockships, under the command of Commodore Yelverton, returned to Portland to-day (Thursday). The following vessels are now at anchor in that harbour : — Colo s su s, 80 ; Majestic, 80 ; Blenheim, 60 ; Ajax, 60 ; Russell, 60 ; Cornwallis, 60 ; Hogue, 60 ; Edinburgh, 60 ; Dauntless, 31; Pembroke, 60 ; Hawke, 60 ; the screw steam tender Argus, and the gunboat Biter. CURIOUS BEQUEST.—The Italian journals state that a wealthy person, of Florence, just deceased, has left a singular will. It declares that the greater part of his fortune shall go to the man with the largest hump on his back in all Tuscany, and that the persons entrusted with the duty of selecting him shall be themselves 12 humpbacks. To recompense the latter for their trouble he directs that, in addition to travelling expenses. each shall be presented with a gold medal bearing the effigy of 2Esop, their proto- type. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The shares of the Great Ship Company continue to decline, the last quota tion yesterday afternoon being_ Ss. 6d. to 95., partly on a rope that the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada are about to institute a claini of £60,000 for damages, through breach of contract in the vessel having been sent to New York instead of Portland. Ono of the members of the board sent in his resignation to-day.—Times. The command of the Cavalry DepOt at Maidstone may be expected to become vacant very soon, as Colonel Balders stands second on the list for promotion to the rank of Major-General. Although the Canterbury Depot com prises the depot troops of six cavalry regiments, and the Maidstone but three, the commandant of the latter receives double pay, while the former is simply remunerated as a lieut.-colonel of cavalry. Clearly the officer who has the larger work and responsibility ought to receive the larger remuneration ; and we trust that upon Colonel Balders' vacation of Maidstone, either Colonel Gibson°, the present excellent commandant at Canterbury, will be be appoint wi ed th to it, or that the pecuniary advantage may associated the more onerous appointment which he now holds.—Army and Navy Gazette. The vacant cavalry regiment, as we anticipated in our impression of the 21st ult., has been conferred on Major-General William Beckwith, whose service and senio rity very fairly entitle him to the preferment. Lieutenant- Geseral Clark Kennedy is transferred from the Carabinoers to the Scots Greys ; Sir James Jackson gives up the colonelcy of the Inniskilling Dragoons for that of his old corps, the Carabinoers ; and the Inniskillings will be filled by Major- General Beckwith. The death of Sir Henry Murray ren ders vacant the colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons, to which, in all probability, Major-General Maclean will suc ceed. His services are more distinguished than those of any other civalry general not yet appointed to a regiment. The 17th Regiment, vacant by the death of Lieut.-General Weinyss, remains unfilled.—Army and LYavy Gazette. R A PHAEL'S APOLLO AN D MARSYAS AT ROME.— The sensation created at Roane by Raphael's famous painting of Apollo and Marsyas increases hourly. R omans and foreigners vie with each other in extolling its beauty, and so numerous are the applicants to see it that to show it privately inN elves at times no slight inconvenience. Thb president of the Aeadeloy of St. Luke and Professor Minardi, together with var;aus other leading con and - noisseurs, native and foreign, have loudly repeatedly declared that the that there it shine as the long missing page in the work of the master, the nudity of the figures, their transcendent and classical beauty, the rarity of the subject and; he luxuriance of the details rendering it a especial and p..ramount importance. No one here has a olo4lt of i ts authentiCity . ; for, the sur rounded as it here is by work s o f every period of master, itself proclaims its high origin as forcibly as though Raphael himself were come to attest it. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1860. E OF WALES AT N,CW- LATE ST NEWS • The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : NAPLES, AUGUST 3. The Neapolitan Government is occupied with I the convocation of the Parliament. The King, in] accordance with the advice of his Ministers, is dis posed to add a most important article to the con stitution of 1848. By this article, following the example of Piedmont, every Italian will be able to sit in Parliament, even if not a native of the king dom of Naples, provided that he is legally eligible in other respects. A Ministerial programme is expected to appear to-morrow. General Clary has arrived for instructions. Admiral Gardo has arrived at Giornata. Naples is quiet. VIENNA, SATURDAY. The Ost Deutsche Post of to-day says :—On Monday the first sitting of the grand committee of the Council of the Empire will take place. The Hungarian members of the Reichsrath will present a memorandum demanding reforms on a federal basis. Count Szcesen is said to be the author of this memorandum, which appears to have a prospect of meeting with a considerable majority in its favour• VIENNA, AUGUST 3. Immediately on his return from Toplitz, the Emperor signified to his Ministers his desire that the whole of the reforms which for nearly a year after the programme of Luxembourg have been in the course of elaboration, should be finished and promulgated at as early a period as possible. It is believed that this act would strengthen the alliance between Prussia and Austria, the bases of which were concerted in the interview at Toplitz. It is stated that the approaching anniversary of the Emperor Francis Joseph's birthday (20th August next), will be marked by the solemn pro mulgation of the reforms which are so impatiently awaited by all classes in Austria. PARIS, AUG. 4. The Moniteur of today says :—The representa tives of the Great Powers assembled yesterday in order to sign the protocol stipulating that the mea sures which have been arranged in common shall be immediately carried into execution. The Moniteur also contains the following, dated Constantinople, Aug. 2 :—The Governor-General of Damascus has been deprived of office and sent away from Syria, in order to be tried by the pro per tribunals. The Governor-General of Beyrout has been arrested. The Conatttutionnel asserts that orders for depar ture have been despatched to the troops. PARIS, AUGUST 3. The following has been posted up at the Bourse : All the Powers have agreed upon the condi tions of a European intervention in Syria. The Conference will assemble at three o'clock, to sign the convention in reference to the mea sures to be taken in common. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The Panther, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 2 p.m. yesterday. Mails left for London at 5 p.m. The mails were brought to Malta by the Mas silia, and thence to Marseilles per Panther. The Massilia, with the heavy portion of the mails and a part of the passengers, was to leave Malta at 4 p.m. on July 31, and may therefore be expected at Southampton about the 9th inst. The remainder of the passengers may be looked for at Southampton by the Pera about the 10th instant. OUTWARD MAILS. The Nepaul, with the mails 20-26th June, reached Aden en route to Mauritius on July 12. The Candia, with the Calcutta and China mails of same date, arrived at Aden on July 14, having towed the Simla from Gibbel Teer. The Nemesis, with the mails of 4-11th June, reached Ceylon on July 5 (two days early). The Ceylon (from Southampton 20th) arrived at Malta July 29. The Valetta (from Marseilles 28th) left Malta July 31 . at 1 a.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 3.—The market was heavy at the opening, and Stock being offered, prices kept receding. The downward movement was, however, afterwards checked by the communication from, the Government relative to the expedition to Syria, and prices again recovered. Threes, for the ac count, are now at 68f 30c ; Mobilier, 687 f 50c ; Or leans, 1,370 f ; Mediterranean, 890 f ; Austrian, 507 f 50c. The following were the latest quotations :- 4f per per Cents 97 50 Credit Foncier BB5 Do, end month.... —j Belgian 4t — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 30 1 Roman Bank Shares 2820 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 686 25 , Spanish Threes 47 75 Do. Account .. 686 251 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleanm Northern Nevi ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 890 .. 887 50 Geneva 367 50 .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Aostrian Lombard TILE SICILIAN MILL TALLY CONVENTION. The Moniteur of yesterday states that a military convention was signed on the 28th July. The following is the translation : July 28, 1860. Tommaso 'cle Clary, field marshal, and superior in com mand of the troops in Messina, and Major-General Gia como Medici, animated by sentiments of humanity, and wishing to avoid the effusion of blood which would have been caused by the occupation of Messina on one side, and by the defence of that city and its posts on the other, and in virtue of powers confided to them by their respective chiefs, have concluded the following convention Art. 1. The royal troops will abandon the city of Mes sina without being in any way molested, and the city will be occupied by Sicilian troops, who will not be in any way interfered with by the royal troops. Art. 2. Tho royal troops will,evacuate the Gonzaza and Castellucio forts within two days from the date of the sign ing of the present convention. Each of the contracting parties will . norninate two officers and a commissary to take an inventory of the ordnance of all kinds, the ammunitions of war, and the provisions; in a wor d, everyn tained in the said forts at the time of their evacuation. The Sicilian Government is charged with the duty of transport ing the stores of every kind mentioned in the inventory, as soon as the soldiers shall have effected the evacuation, and to deposit them as quickly as possible on the neutralised ground hereafter specified. Art. 3. The embarkation of the royal troops will ,be effected without their being molested by the Sicilians. Art. 4. The royal troops will remain in possession of the Don. Blasco, Santerna, and San Salvador° forts, on the condition, however, of under no possitle circumstances damaging the city, unless those said forts should be first attacked, or the attacking works be constructed in the city itself. These conditions agreed to and maintained, the citadel will abstain from firing upon the city, until the ces sation of hostilities. Art. 5. A strip of ground parallel to the military zone will be neutralised, and it is understood that thi s the limits zone itself should be extended to twenty me tres beyond that which actually encircles the citadel. Art. 6. Maritime commerce remains completely free on both sides, both flags will in consequence be reciprocally respected. In the list place, the signatories of the present conven tion will be free to enter into arrangements as to the civil wants and necessaries of life req uired by the royal troops at Messina. Done, read, and concluded at the date above-mentioned, at the house of Signor Francesco Fiorentino, banker, at the Four Fountains. TOMMASO DE CLARY, Fiell-Marshal. C AI % G. MEDIci, ajor-General. a o s ws that the PROGRESS OF BRITISIIKAFFRARIA.—An interest ing return of the population of Kaffraria (inclusive of the been pub- Tlisrhanedskebiyanthteerrghoireyi utporntomllisesci.on3elr,.lBsl9t, shh native population numbers 58,317 ; Germans, 2,659 ; other Europeans, 3,236; total, 64,212. This is exclusive of her Majesty's troops. The number of native villages is 242, and of huts 11,208. The number of cattle possessed by the Europeans is 8,640, and of sheep 76,116 ; while the natives have 2,440 horses and 25,148 cattle. The principal occu piers holding land from the Crown are classed thus :-294 grantees of 1,500-acre farms, 1,623 German military settlers, and 384 German immigrants,—Cape and Natal News. THE P.RINC. FO UN DL.AND. (From the Courier.) It is our privilege and pride to record to-day an event which will form a chapter of thrilling inte rest in the future history of Newfoundland—the arrival and disembarcation at St. John's of his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and heir apparent to the British Throne. Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon two British ships of war were signalled from the Block-house, and shortly afterwards the intelligence that the Royal squadron was in the offing spread with the rapidity of lightning. A species of wild yet delightful enthusiasm appeared to animate all classes of the population ; instantly, as if by magic, thousands of flags and banners were displayed from the mercantile establishments, the shipping in port, the public buildings, churches, and from private residences throughout the city. About 6 o'clock the Hero, Captain Seymour, 90 gun ship, entered our port, and slowly—a magnificent spectacle—ad vanced to her station opposite the Government wharf ; shortly afterwards the Ariadne, 26 guns, Captain Vansittart, followed and took her place a short distance below the Hero. The French war steamer Sesostris, Captain Clone, was telegraphed from the Block-house about the same time as the Hero and Ariadne, and entered the harbour and came to anchor shortly before them. After the squadron had come to anchor, the Commandant of the Garrison, Major Grant, proceeded on board the Hero, and on his return it was announced to the assembledthousands that his Royal Highness would land on the next morning at 10 o'clock. Accord ingly at an unusually early hour yesterday the town was all life and motion; the enthusiasm was intense ; the display of bunting in the port and in the city was truly grand. In consequence of the rain, which fell smartly all the morning, the landing of the Prince was deferred till 12 o'clock ; before that hour the weather became more propitious, and the people assembled from all quarters; it is sup posed there could not be less than 20,000 present. Notwithstanding the disagreeableness Produced by the rain, the seats set apart for the ladies en the Government wharf were well filled, ;and a goodly display of beauty was there. The eastern division of the wharf, where is• the landing-place, was occupied by his Excellency Sir Alexander Bannerman, dressed in the rich and beautiful uniform in which he appears on public occasions ; the Lord Bishop of Newfoundland ; the Right Rev. Dr. Mullock, R.C. Bishop of St. John's; the Right Rev. Dr. Dalton, R.C. Bishop of Har bour Grace ; the Archdeacon, the garrison chaplains, and the ministers of the un-Episcopal Protestant churches in the city ; the Judges, the President and members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the Hon. G. H. Emerson, Master in Chan cery, holding rank as an Executive Councillor; the Speaker and members of the House of Assembly, Major Grant and the officers of the garrison, the Clerk of the House of Assembly, the police magis trates of St. John's, &c. The western division of the wharf was occupied by the ladies and the mem bers of the press. At 12 o'clock precisely, the Prince of Wales, ac companied by his suite, consisting of the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household ; Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce, Governor to his Royal Highness ; the Equerries in Waiting, Major Teesdale, R.A., and Captain Grey, Grenadier Guards ; Dr. Acland, his Royal High ness's pnysician ; and Mr. Engleheart, private sec retary to the Duke of Newtastle, left the Hero in the Royal barge under a salute from the Ariadne. From the time his Royal Highness left the ship till he placed for the first time his foot on Transatlantic soil the cheers of the thousands of spectators were deafening. A few minutes after landing the order of procession was formed. Outside the Government wharf gate—over which was erected a beautiful triumphal arch, on the front of which was placed in conspicuous letters " God save the Queen," and other appropriate mottoes and emblems—carriages were in waiting to receive the Prince and suite, his Excellency the Governor, the Bishops, Judges, and President of the Council, followed on foot by the members of the civil and military establishments already referred to, and the members of the press, after which the various public societies according to the programme previously published. The course of the procession was through Water-street to Cochrane-street, up Cochrane-street (at the head of which was also placed a magnificent grand arch), then through Cochrane-place to Queen's-bridge road, along Queen's-bridge.road to the eastern en trance of Government•house, passing through a third triumphal arch near the Commissariat Depart ment. The procession thus arrived at Government house, on the lawn at the front of which the children of the various Sunday and day schools, numbering more than 1,000, were drawn up. Almost immedi ately after the arrival of his Royal Highness at Go vernment-house the levee was held. First were presented addresses from various public bodies, viz., Executive Council, Legislative Counsel, House of Assembly, Lord Bishop and clergy, the inhabitants of St. John's, Benevolent Irish Societies of St. John's and Conception Bay, St. George's Soc'ety, Mechanics' Society, the inhabitants of Harbour Grace, and, we believe, from others. Subjoined is the reply of his Royal Highness to the addresses presented yesterday, and also a list of the names of the gentlemen presented at the levee. We omitted to mention in the proper place that Captain Clone and the officers of the French war steamer Sesostris joined the members of the civil and military departments assembled on the Govern ment-wharf to receive the Prince ; also that a guard of honour of the Royal Newfoundland Companies was on the wharf, and the Volunteer Rifle Com panies Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were drawn up outside the gate ; the Fire Engine Companies, too, occupied no mean position in the demonstrations, and deserve special notice. We may observe before we close this very meagre description of the grandest day in the annals of Newfoundland, that Cochrane-street presented a scene not often witnessed—every win dow was crowded with human faces, every house was literally obscured with flags and banners. Last evening there was a grand illumination at the Colonial -building, the Custom-house, the Court house, the Orphan Asylum, and other buildings, in honour of the visit of his Royal Highness. To night the public ball will take place s at which will be present probably 1,000 or 1,200 persons. Dancing will commence on the arrival of the Prince of Wales, which is expected to be about 10 o'clock. Captain Seymour has granted the use of the splen did band of the Hero for the occasion. The following is his Royal Highness's answer to the addresses of the Executive and Legislative Councils : " Gentlemen,—l thank you from my heart for your ad ress. To-day I have set foot, for the first time, on the easternmost portion of those vast territories in North Ame rica which own the sway of Great Britain, and I have here a foretaste of the kind reception which I am led to expect in the more populous portions of the empire, which, in ful filment of the duty intrusted to me by the Queen, I am about to visit. Your anticipations of the pleasure and in• terest which I must take in all that I am about to see and learn in the great countries that are before me cannot fail to be realised, and I shall indeed rejoice if my presence among you can conduce to a full appreciation of the sym pathy in the happiness and p . osperity. of this colony which I know is felt not less by the Sovereign than by the peo ple of that country to which you have expressed your affec tion and attachment." ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITREATRE. The talented lessee has nobly redeemed his promise to reproduce the celebrated spectacle of "Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary," in all its pristine splendour. In order to accomplish histask, ho has not only had to increase his dramatic company, but to secure the assistance of an immense body of auxiliaries, in order to again delight the public with this well-written and exciting equestrian and dramatic entertainment, and truly may Mr. Batty affirm, "that not only has it been produced with the greatest pos sible care to all its original extraordinary and bril liant effects, but with a desire to eclipse t h em , bringing into requisition the vast resources of this unequalled esta blishment, and introducing the largest stud of highly trained horses, ponies, buffaloes, camels, &c. in the world." The new scenery, by Messrs. Cuthbert and Thorne, reflects the highest credit upon those talented gentlemen, while the wonderful stage effects produced in the tournament • scene, with its carousal and chivalric sports, the panorama pourtraying the flight of the wild horses, and the conclud ing tableau the destruction of the enemy's castle and triumph of Mazeppa, must be seen to be appreciated, as description would convey but a faint idea of the actual reality. The principal characters were sustained by Miss Seaman and Miss Emily Scott, Mr. G. B. Ellis, Mr. Walter Carle, Mr. T. Harris, Mr. G. Belmore, and Mr. Walter Roberts, The latter gentleman, who sustained the part of Mazeppa, is new, we believe, to the metropolitan boards, and he no doubt will be a great acquisition in melo-dramatic characters. To finish our present notice of the interesting performance, without praising the horse for his part of the performance, would be like award ing honours to all the characters in the tragedy of " Hamlet," omitting altogether those belonging to the unhappy Danish Prince. We therefore, in a word, pro nounce the training of the horse to be perfection. At the fall of the curtain the applause was turnulturrus, and for months to come " Mazeppa" will attract thousands to the Royal Amphitheatre. Letters from Sicily state that two forts are being erected at Palermo to defend the port. The construction of railways in the island is now in contemplation, and French and Genoese capitalists are causing surveys to be made. The son of Garibaldi has arrived at Palermo, to recover from his wound. Several Neapolitan officers who had deserted are stated to have arrived at Palermo; they announce that they are shortly to he followed by others. A battalion of sharpshooters, after the Piedmontese system, is being formed in Sicily. AID FOR GARIBALDI.—The Queen of England, a splendid screw steam ship, purchased by the agents of Garibaldi in Liverpool, sailed from that port on Friday night for Sicily. The Queen of England was well stored with muskets, ammunition, &c., and a large quantity of hospital lnaNriel shipped by the Ladies' Garibaldi Society, London. LTTE.RATURE. The Reliquary. No. I. Edited by Llewellynn Dewitt, F.S.A. A welcome is certainly due to this charming little " Depository for precious relics, historical, legendary, and biographical." Edited by a learned and delightful author like Mr. Llewellynn Jewitt, already favourably known as a poet by his An totincc, and as an archaeologist and topographer through his entertaining Matlock Companton—the RELIQUARY-a little antiquarian quarterly (price half-a-crown, published iu London, at 36, Soho square, and in Derby, at the Iron gate), augurs well for itself through the initial number here submitted by its projectors to our consideration. There are in this first number upwards of a dozen separate contributions, several of them embellished with ap propriate woodcut illustrations. Mr. Thomas Bateman leads off with a curious paper on certain Norman and Anglo-Saxon coins minted at Derby— the editor of The Reliquary following hard 1113011 his heels with a chapter on " Funeral Garlands," and later on in the number with a very singular treatise on Fern Plant Superstitions. Dr. Spencer Hall had a brief essay on John Gratton, the Quaker Preacher of Monyash, while the Rev. J. Deans affords us an eldritch glimpse of some diabolical wall-paintings, on the church at Melbourne. Among the lighter contributions deserve to be particularised an original ballad by Richard Howitt, recounting " The Legend of Sir Francis Leke," and a most touching and melodious lyric by James Orton, au thor of " The Enthusiast." As indicative of the enter prize with which Mr. L. Jewitt has entered upon his editorial management of the Reliquary, it may be mentioned that its second number, announced to appear on the Ist of September, will contain (says a fly-leaf note), " besides many highly important and valuable papers of the highest eminence, the first of a series of illustrated articles on the mansions of the country—appropriately commencing with Hardwick Hall, special access to the treasures of which, and of Chatsworth, having been kindly granted for the purpose by the Duke of Devon shire." Added to which that forthcoming second number will be adorned with a record of the " Love steps of Dorothy Vernon," by Silverpen ! There is good promise, then, for this little new-born and yet old-fashioned adventurer among our quarterly periodicals. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WITCH ROBBERIES AT " SCOTT'S, " IN THE HAY MARKET.—James Clarke, a young man, was charged with stealing a gold watch, of the value of £l4, the property of Mr. Miles, agentleraanly-looking young man, at " Scott's," a well-known night house in the Haymarket. The prosecutor said that at half-past one this morning he stepped into " Scott's" to have a glass of ale, and had only been in the house a minute or two when a rush took place, owing to a drunken man misconducting himself, and immediately after he missed his gold watch. He turned to the prisoner, who was close to him at the time, and said, "You've got my watch," his (prosecutor's) chain at the time hanging down in front of him, and observed him put his hand towards his pocket. The landlord, hear ing what had happened, came round, and the barman picked up the watch near the prisoner's feet and handed it to me. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, having put a few questions to the prosecutor on behalf of the pri soner, Sergeant Cole said he had the prisoner at the court two years ago, when he was committed for three months. Inspector Holden said three other watches were stolen at the same house last night. Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner, expressing his in tention to commit him for trial. THAMES. CURIO ITS CHARGE.--ENTERING THE NAVY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Henry Morris, alias Connor, a man about 30 years of age, having all the appearance of a mariner, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged by Mr. Swainson, chief clerk to the Admiralty solicitor, with entering the Royal navy under false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. Swainson said the Lords of the Admiralty had directed this prosecution, and that several frauds had been committed by persons who, for the sake of obtaining the liberal bounty offered by her Majesty's Government, had imposed upon officers and recruiting agents, and repre sented themselves as seamen, when they were not so. Captain William Greet, commander in the Royal navy, said he had charge of the rendezvous on Tower-hill, and was raising men for the navy. On the 18th of last month, prisoner was introduced to him by William Cutler, quartermaster of the Crocodile receiving ship off the Tower. The prisoner said he was a seaman, and produced a certi ficate of service and discharge as an able seaman in the merchant service, and purported to be signed by Peter Cay, master in the Elwin, in favour of John Connor, whose character for ability and conduct was described to be very good. The prisoner said his name was John Connor, 'and that the certificate belonged to him. He sent the prisoner to the medical superintendent, who passed him as a healthy and sound man, and he was sent to her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, at Portsmouth. The prisoner was returned to him a few days afterwards, and it was represented that on reaching Portsmouth, the prisoner said his name was Wil liam Morris, and that he had never been to sea. It was also represented to him that the prisoner knew nothing of the duties of a seaman. He asked the prisoner if the re presentations made to him from Portsmouth were correct, and he said they were. In answer to Mr. Yardley, Commander Greet said thitt £2, a portion of the bounty, had been paid to Chaves Hawkins, of Stepney, by the pri• soner's desire, and the Queen had been cheated of that sum, besides the cost of sending the prisoner to Portsmouth and sending him back. The prisoner, in defence, said he knew the certificate of service and discharge to be false. His object was to get into the service. . Mr. Yardley—A very laudable object, indeed ; but why be guilty of fraud, and produce a certificate which don't belong to you? The prisoner : I was too stout, and unless I had produced such a certificate I could not have entered. Captain Greet said the prisoner answered all the questions put to him satisfactorily, described all the marks on the lead-line, and did such duties as were required of him on board the Crocodile for two days in a seaman-like manner. Mr. Yardley—Then he is a seaman ? Captain Greet—Yes ; and I think he is John Connor. Mr. Yardley—Then he cannot have committed a fraud. Captain Greet—At Portsmouth he said his name was Morris, and he was not a seaman. The prisoner—My name is Morris. I am not John Connor. The certificate was given to me. Mr. Yardley—lt is evident that either way you have committed a fraud, and I sentence you to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. A SHERIFF FINED £5OO. In the Crown Court, at Maidstone Assizes, yesterday, the following extraordinary occurrence took place. About the middle of the day the grand jury, having concluded their business, came into court with the remainder of the bills, And Mr. Justice Blackburn dismissed them, thanking them in the usual form for the assistance they had rendered to the administration of justice. In order to explain what subsequently took place it may be as well to state that it appears that the High Sheriff of the county, Mr. Evelyn, had requested the learned judge to pay the compliment to the gentlemen who had attended, but who had not actually served on the grand jury, of thanking them for their attendance, as many of them had come a co ns id er .. able distance to perform the duty, but the learned judge said he considered it unnecessary to do so, and it was under stood that the High Sheriff expressed his intention of thank ing them himself. When the learned judge had addressed the grand jury he was about to proceed with a trial that was before the Court, when the High Sheriff rose, and, addressing a number of magistrates who were on the bench, said that he also — Mr. Justice Blackburn interposed, and said that he could not allow the High Sheriff to proceed, and he must request him to desist. The High Sheriff seemed determined to go on, when the learned judge laid his hand on his shoulder, and said he could not permit him to speak, and he must request him to sit down. The High Sheriff still persisted, and Mr. Justice Blackburn threatened that if he did not desist he would fine him. This had no effect, the High Sheriff would not sit down, and Mr. Justice Blackburn said, 4 i Mr. High Sheriff, I feel myself called upon to fine you £500," His lordship then directed Mr. Avory, tha deputy-clerk of assize, to record the fine. The imposition of the fine did not have the effect of inducing the High Sheriff to desist, and Mr. Justice Black burn then threatened to commit him for contempt of court, and interfering with the administration of justice, The High Sheriff then resumed his seat, and the event caused great sensation among the magistrates, who were very numerous in the town, and the bar. It was reported that a correspondence had passed, in which Mr. Justice Blackburn offered to remit the fine, and that Mr. Evelyn, in answer, only sent the Judge a check for the money. After wards Mr. Scarlett and other gentlemen were seen to be in conversation with the Chief Justice in the other court, and the result of this was at last seen by the High Sheriff coming into court and reading a written apology, in which he expressed his sorrow for having com mitted any act which might bear the semblance of a con tempt of the Court. Mr. Justice Blackburn stated that he had no personal feeling, but must protect the dignity of the Court, and could not" allow any improper interruptions to the business of . the assize. He then remitted the fine, and the affair terminated. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE, Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. . . Aug. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. Aug. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. • • • • 30. Aug. 8. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. .. .. .. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'amPton) Aug. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .... Aug. 4. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) A ng. 2. .(v . ia, Marseilles).. Aug.Overd 2 11 . e. Do. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Aug. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) L L i i s s b b o o n n : v ßr ig az o ils a , n ß a ug o o i Aug, & a ** *. Augl. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (v! Southampton) .. 2. Malta, (via Marseilles) Aug. * United States, California, &c. .. • . .. Overdue. .. Aug.. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Aug ' 10. West lind i es and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c, Aug . . 14. .BtoAY.res' &e• .., Pietro T3occomini, a R oman tragic actor who formed hnticiara ed part of the Ristori company, h as j ust di ed at Am at the age of 39. I n 18 49, he received two stabs a poignard a little b e l ow the heart, and at his cries the murderer ran away, ex c l a i m i ng, " My God I have mis taken my man." Boccemini never completely recovered from the affects of his wound, the author of which could never be foup,cll A supplement to yesterday's London Gazette publishes the following regulations in reference to the naval ser vice : ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 3. Her 111 ajesty, by her order in council of the Ist of August, 1860, having been graciously pleased to sanction certain arrangements proposed by the Board of Admiralty, with a view to the future general benefit of the naval service, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby give notice of the mode in which the arrangements in question will be carried into effect. CAPTAINS. All captains who have attained, or shall hereafter attain, the age of sixty, without having served in their present rank, to be placed on a retired list, and receive retired pal as follows : If on 10s. 6d. half-pay list when retired 18s. per diem. If on 12s. 6d.. 202. „ If on 14s. 6d. Such officers to assume the rank and title of rear-admiral at the time they would have obtained their flag by seniority had they remained on the active list. Captains who may arrive at the head of the list, without having served in that rank, to be placed on the list of re served flag officers, with the pay of 20s. per diem. Captains now on the 14s. 6d. half-pay list not to be af-' fected by these arrangements unless by their own desire. COMMANDERS. All commanders on the active list who have attained the age of sixty, or who may hereafter attain that age, to be placed on a retired list with the rank and title of retired captain, - and to receive half pay according to their length of sea service on the scale hereinafter mentioned. Commanders, on the active list, who have not been em ployed either afloat, in command of revenue vessels, in the coast guard, as mail or transport agents, within a period of fifteen years, to be placed on a retired list, and to receive retired pay according to their amount of sea service, also or the same scale as hereinafter mentioned ; such officers to ' be permitted to assume the rank and title of retired cap tain on reaching the age of sixty, but without further ad dition to their retired pay. SCALE OF RETIRED PAY. Total sea service in the rank of— Commander and Lieutenant. Pay per diem. Half-pay they may be Under 9 years receiving at the time when retired. Above 9 years and less than 12 years' service Above 12 years and less than 15 years' service Above 15 years and less than 20 years' service 6•. ~ 14s. 6d. Above .20 years' service ,.. 16s. 6d. Officers, after 20 years' servlce in these ranks, or who are physically incapable of service, to be eligible for this retire ment, with the rank and title of retired captain, irrespective of age, at the discretion of the Board of Admiralty. Time served in command of revenue vessels to count as sea time. Time served in the coast guard on shore, or in• transport service on shore, to count as se a ti me i n the scale of retired pay in the proportion of three years in the coast guard or transport service as one of sea service. Time served as mail or transport agents afloat or abroad to count for the above purpose as sea time for the first three years, and after that in the proportion of three years' agent'a time as two of sea service. For every year's service as acting lieutenant, mate, er passed midshipman, after the completion of two years' ser vice or combined service in those ranks, an officer to be allowed 3d. per diem additional. Commanders who have been promoted to the reserved list of captains under the orders in council of 25th June, 1851, and 30th January, 1856, will be entitled to increase of pays on the above scale, according to their length of service. LIEUTENANTS. Lieutenants on the active list, who have attained, or wile may hereafter attain, the age of sixty, to be pl ace d on a re" tired list with the rank of ired commander, and to receive pay according to their sea service on the hereinafter mew tioned scale. Lieutenants on the active list, who have not been 01 ' ployed, either afloat, in the coast guard, in command of re venue vessels, or as mail or transport agents, within a perfe ct of 15 years, to be placed on a retired list, and to receive also on the same scale as hereinafter mentioned. These o cers to be permitted to assume the rank and title of retire , ' commanded on attaining the age of 60, but without further addition to their retired pay. SCALE OP RETIRED PAY. Total sea service in the rank of— Lieutenant. Pay per diem. 1 L. Half-pay they may, or Under 6 years receiv i ng a t th e thee when retired. THE NAVAL SERVICE. Above 6 years, and less than 9 years' service Above 9 years, and less than 12 years' service .. Above 12 years, and less than 15 years' service Above 15 years Officers, after 20 years' service in this rank, or who el physically incapable of servic e , t o be eligible for retirere oll with the rank and titl e o f ret i re d commander, inespeeDoB of age, at the discretion of the Board of Admiralty. No further additions from the active list to be made the present retired and reserved lists for commanders lieutenants. Time served in command of revenue vessels to count sea time. Time served in the coast guard on shore, or in the tract' port service on shore, to count as sea ti me i n th e s cale v t retired pay, in the proportion of three years in the 0 00 guard, or transport service, as one of sea service. Time served as mail or transport agents afloat, or abroad; to count for the same purpose as sea time for the first thri years, and after then in the proporti on o f th re e ye agents' time as two of sea service. For every years' service as acting lieutenant, mate, Of , passed midshipman, after the completion of two years 0 / 0 vice or combined service in those ranks, an officer to allowed threepence per diem additional. Officers who may in future be recommended for the a u : nual promotions on acco un t o f good service in the coal" guard or revenue cruisers, or as mail a gen t s , w h o m it rael not be considered desirable to promote to the a c tive list, to be promoted to the r e ti red li st, an d b e pa i d according to °iv' service on the above scale. Vet Lieutenants who have been promoted to th e reser ved of commanders, under the orders in council of 25th Job 1851, and 30th January, 1856, will be entitled to incren of pay on the above scale, according to their length service. HALF-PAY OP LIEUTENANTS ON THE ACTIVE L1S1! The half. pay of lieutenants to be irlfuturefixed accord to sea-servivce in that rank, on the following scale : Under 3 years' sea time 4s, per diem) Above 3 „ „ ti 6 71 7) 0 9 7) 77 7B. 71 77 1 2 77 9 7 Time served in command of revenue vessels, in the CO guard, and as mail and transport agents, to reckon se service, in the same p ro p or ti on as regulates increase of r 0 tired pay to officers on the retired lists. the The present rates of half-pay to be abolished for future ; but no officer, now in the receipt of 6s. a nd day, to receive less than his present amount of halfl te o Lieutenants, however, may be allowed half-pay at the ', ic e, of ss. a day ; if, through illn ess con t rac t e d i n the fier"' they shall have been unable to serve three years at 6e3 that rank. GREENWICH OUT-PENSIONS. g All officers on the active list who ac ce pt the out-pelts of Greenwich Hospital to be placed on th e re ti re d list of rank which they may then hold ; and t o b e permitte4 A , assume a step in rank on reaching the a ge o f 60, but Wl"'" out further increase of pay. 1. All officers retired under this scheme to be eligible es the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital for the rank 02 they held on the active list, provided that they shall iv' served the following periods of commissioned time afloat : Captains, 15 years, including time as commanders A ll lieutenants. Commanders, 12 years, including time as lieutenant ° ' Lieutenants, 9 years in that rank. re' 2. Officers who have received, or who may hereafte r _i ceive, severe wounds in action, or disabling hurts on ite 44 % . ""g et e 7r! c o e n , the existing reserved and service, are to be exempt from the above rule resPe c " — ~...a te of captains or commanders to be eligible for the re etr — t"P ens tim 3 e . ° oti ti s Greenwich Hospital, on the conditions stated in articles and 2 of this section. 4. The regulations laid down in the scheme of retirement respecting time served in the coast guard, transport, or ter' or service, to apply to the time required to be serve d Greenwich out-pension. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. ag Of The following lions will be allowed to the wido" - ison pens', officers retired tinder this scheme, viz. :- 1. Captains of three years' standing and up- s wards... . £9O a-Y el3t 2. Captains under three years' standing BO • ' 3. Commanders retired with the rank of cap tain 4. Lieutenants raised with the rank of com mander 6O •' THIS DAY'S SKIPPING. AP ... LONDON, Aug. 4.—Wind this day at noon—West4 light breeze, and cloudy weather with some rain in morning. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 3.—Wind N.W. - -Arrived—lve nr ; rial, from Quebec. Sailed w —Eliza s. A w . .7 A ar rli k, v fr ed o: sit .l o, Philip. NEWPORT, Aug. from Bristol for St. Thomas. Sailed—Elise Bowen Saw" — for Singapore. ; 0 CARDIFF, Aug. 3 ,-- Wind S. E. — Sailed—Elvez.s? 0 ; Abeona, for Point Manil la; Galle . SUNDERLAND, Aug. 3 . —Wind N.—A • d—Sig e f i Japan, for Singapore mve 0 ,,, , and Mamelon, from Quebec. s a i led __ . . rartnenia, for v cutta. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday MOIIII I 4 I Wind W. t o Arrived, Aug. 4—H ammonia, steamer, from Hara l3 g of naren Anne Sophi e, from St. Petersburg ; Wyke _ Ol' from Quebec ; Mentor, from Sunderland ; Limerick from Newp or t. Sailed, Aug. 4—Sydney, trader, for Sunderland 11°1 1 1 ; Eglinton, steamer, for Dublin ; Havre, steamer, for 1 -0 1 01 Dispatch,' steamer, for Jersey ; Victoria, fo r coo William, for Newport. (13Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning' Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb • weather cloudy. „„„it , Arrived, Aug. 3—Franco Primero, from Larache; cliffe, from Madras; Memphis, from Colombo ;,;.', 1 ) ,e1 Jacob, from Pugwash ; Julius Caesar, from Riga; I ' l ' l , o o Sam, from Jamaica ; Alecto, from Sulina ; Cicely, from Guernsey ; Fortuna, from Leer ; Tiste4ll4o from Saguenay ; John Potter, from Calcutta ; Trid e :rom Leer. Sailed, Aug. 4—Metropolis, steamer, for Guernsey' 1 Why do we buy eighty millions of eggs anutia 11co from the continent ? and why are chickens and & le g e reckoned a luxury in England and Ireland, when th a i might be poultry reared on every common and in e i „,, i l " g lane, and housed at the end of every cottage ? Wors:.-y0 men's wives and children manage to keep fowls in the t ab le and yards of our great towns, finding them so proflta_t that they never eat eggs or chickens at home. If our 111 7 - 0 labourers would take to this gainful enterprise at onec s l might have a large addition made to our stock of fa 0 food br this time next year,--Mies H. Martineau i n On 4 Woks i .-