The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-11 00:00:00

VAAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEATP , E. The nobility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are respectfully informed that the season will terminate on Saturday next. There will be no extra nights. LLS lIIIGUENOTS.—LEst Night but One. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), Aug. 12, will be performed Meyer beer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madlle. Maria ; Dania d'Onore, Madame Tagliallco; Urbane, Madlle. Didiee ; Mar cella M. Zelger ; 11 Conte di San Buis, Signor Polonini ; II Conte di Nevere, Signor Tagliafiro ; Meru. Signor Pierini TIi,TRIITICS, Signor Rossi; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; and Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be su pp orted by Madlle. Delechaux, Madlle. Ez , per, and M. De,plaees. The Opera commeaces at half-past S. Pit tickets, 105.61.; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55.; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Second tier boxes, £2 12s. 6d. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Undar the liallagOtneUt of Mr. Ctarles Kean. *THIS EN-ENING will be present ed Sbaks p ere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Slaylock, Mr. C. Kean; Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. Pte....laded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS E i'ENING , the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR,: supported by Me.srs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Turner, 3li ses 31. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE: by Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, aril Miss 31. Wilton. To conclude with -RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. cANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENDIG.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Seleetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES. GLEES, DUETS, Stc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. Yanin, John G. Yorde, and E. W. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmo nium, Mr. Courtnay; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. The East ladia Company is no more. Its last official act was performed on Monday. The quondam Directors duly signed and sealed their last will and testament, bequeathing a certain portion of power to seven individuals chosen by themselves. The for tunate gentlemen who thus escaped political extinc tion were named in 7'he Sim of yesterday. They were— Mr. CHARLES MILLS. Mr. JOHN SHEPHERD. Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG, Bart. Mr. ELLIOTT MACNAGUTEN. Mr. Ross DONNELLY MANGLES. Mr. WILLIAM JOSEPH EASTWICIE. Mr. HENRY TUOHY PRINSEP. It will be seen that these gentlemen were all selected from the elected members of the Court ; not one of the Government nominees was chosen, although the list contained many eminent and distinguished names. It may be supposed that the consciences of the parties discharging their last important trust was reconciled to the exclusion of candidates possessing such high qualifications, by the belief that many of them would be nominated by the Government, and that therefore, in accordance with the old Scotch proverb, " They should keep their ain fish guts for their ain sea maws." The first gentleman elected, Mr. CHARLES MILLS, was Senior Director, and had therefore much ex perience respecting the system adopted by the late Court. He is a man of immense fortune, partner in the eminent banking house of GLYNN, MILLS, HALIFAX, and Co., of Lombard-street. To him, as indeed to several of those also selected, the salary of 1,2001. per annum is a matter of very trivial im portance. It is the prestige attached to the position, to say nothing of the immense patronage which will devolve upon the new Councillors, that has been the attraction. We believe, too, that we may add an anxious desire to promote the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the inhabitants of India as a lead ing motive, and one that would alone suffice, even if pay and patronage were altogether withdrawn. Captain JOHN SHEPHERD, the second on the list, is an admirable selection. His name was from the very commencement spoken of as one that would certainly be included in the list, whether it consisted of elected members or of Government nominees. In order to qualify himself for the position he will resign the important offices of Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and Deputy Master of the Trinity House—thus proving his earnest devotion to the interests of India. Sir JAMBS WEIR HOGG has long been identified with Indian affairs. He was twice Chairman of the Court of Directors ; and for a long time, so long indeed as he possessed a seat in Parliament, he might be considered as the Company's champion and chosen ad vocate in the House of Commons. It might, therefore, Lave been anticipated that his long services would have been borne in mind, and that he would unques tionably have been one of the'chosen body. The same may be said of Mr. Ross DONNELLY MANGLES, late chairman of the company, and M.P. for Guildford, on whom the mantle of Sir J. W. HOGG descended on his ceasing to have a seat in the representative branch of the Legislature. Although we differ on many points from the honeurablegentle man, as well as from Sir J. W. Hoc°, we are bound to acknowledge the unflinching zeal, indefatigable industry, and indomitable pluck with which he fought a losing, nay more, a hopeless game, during the session. Mr. ELLIOTT MACNAGRTEN 15 a gentleman whose family has been identified with Indiafor several gene rations. His father, the late venerable Sir FRANCIS MAcruanTEN, had accumulated a large fortune in the civil service, and the name of his brother, Sir WILLIAM MACNAGHTEN, will be remembered as one of the earliest victims to the treachery of AKBAR KHAN. He is a very efficient and experienced per son, and no objeetiom can be made to the choice. Captain EAsicyriex we believe to be also unex ceptionable, and Mr. 11. T. PRIME? was certainly one of the best that could be selected. It will be remembered that he was one of the names put for ward in the first Government bill, when it was sup posed that Parliament should decide on the preten sions of the candidates. To the above observations we need only add that if every act of the Court of Directors were as free from objection as their con cluding one, " Company Bahadoor" might long have continued to manage the affairs of the Anglo-Indian empire. We are delighted to add that Sir Join LAW: BENCE has accepted a place in the Council, so that in his instance " the right man will unquestionably be in the right place;" and that Sir H. RAWLIN• SON and Mr. WlLLouonny will also be included in the list of Government nominees. Our senators have commenced laying their Parlia mentary accounts before their auditors, Mr. Fox having opened these inter-sessional reckonings by a capital meeting at °Mara. The practice is a very good one, and by means of agricultural meetings for the counties, and in other ways, itis extending. In default of annual or triennial Parliaments, these meetings serve to maintain admirably the proper relation be tween representative and constituents. Few of us would relish facing a large body of respectable per sons every year who could justly complain that we bad disappointed them ; and who, after being ad dressed by hostile speakers, might pass a no-confi dence vote. Could the practice of giving an annua l account of their stewardship become obligatory upon our representatives, w e might perhaps accept it as a practical substitute for shorter Parliaments, so strong is the corrective influence o f public opinion on the minds of all men possessing the ordinary sympathies of humanity. Even the member for a nomination borough cannot altogether get rid of the wish to pleas e those whom he nominally represents, if he can but please his patron also. Mr. Fox had, of course, a very good account to . give of himself, and was even enabled to tell the Oldham electors that he preferred their company to that c‘f her AIAJESTY and both houses of Parliament. M r. p, TO once, if we remember rightly, declined the honour o. f escorting the QUEEN over the Menai Tu bular Brk lge, because, for the day selected by h er MAJESTY, he had accepted an invitation to preside at th e ann i Tgrsary of a tradesmen's and mechanics' .. - . 4_ , s ,' zy , , (lir* •- • , 5.r.:.4 N — , --"- - -P--- ~,, Vr' A , '' • 1: 4 . .' ' * ---'l l ' '" tipor. , .. , , ~.-,.. . 111: it „,- .......1,,,,, - , - , 'cIA-• - , ,C. ' 71, ,Or • 111( a1 1i, ,,, :::. :: , AV% . ~' 14' '' n " • D 'E ,1 '. ' ' iel::C.. -.. ~••91.1!i!.....e, ;lin ,?' , •61T `,,), -.‘'. ... " . V" '''S- THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1858. HE:IT club. But Mr. Fox deserted a far more august con gress of Imperial, Royal, and Senatorial magnates to meet in the working-men's hall at Oldham the pro bably unwashed operatives of that busy place, as well as their better off employers ; and it certainly was not a bad hit at such a meeting, when their worthy Member told them, that "instead of being in the Parliamentary retinue at her MAJESTY'S heels, he was face to face with the creators of Parliaments, with those by and for whom Parliaments and Kings and Queens also existed." The Hon. Member's picture of Imperial France was one that every Frenchman ought to read. It tells truths which are at most but thought of by a few at Cherbourg. Her policy of maintaining im mense armies wholly beyond what she needs for regular defence, and its mischievous re-action on the military and naval expenditure of other countries, is utterly to be condemned. It can be defended only by two arguments—one, that despotism must occupy France in the military sense, because otherwise it would be immediately swept away ; the other that it furnishes an opening for providing innumerable per sons with an employment much coveted among a military people, and thus extends Government pa tronage at the cost of vastly-increased taxation. Both arguments too true to be uttered while Count WALEWSKI and the army are masters of the press. How melancholy is the contrast of France Imperial with France Republican in the nobility of its aims ! The orator of the evening could recal the time when she gave the watchword of liberty to the nations, and was the enthusiastic apostle of liberty, equality, and fraternity to all nations. She is now, as indeed she was under the former empire, the apostle of despotism, treading out every spark of liberty wherever she can,—menacing it in Belgium and Piedmont, and utterly suppressing it in Rome. With Mr. Fox we must believe that this noble nation has a nobler destiny than to put back the cause of progress in the world, and to utter through her press only what the censors of an Emperor and the bullies of the Army permit. French genius, intelligence, and spirit, must one day scatter in hopeless ruins the showy but unsubstantial amphitheatre of the second Empire. Mr. Fox was able to give a better account than usual of what his house had accomplished. On no subject has the Member for Oldham been more, al most habitually, eloquent than on that of re ligious liberty. He has aroused public meet ings, and e - v - cn interested the house of Com mons itself to the last on the worn-cut Jews' question. His soul was in it, because of the prin siple involved ; and it is natural, therefore, that he should deeply feel the triumph of religious freedom in this matter over the disgraceful bigotry and little-mindedness of the Peers of England. "It was the first question on which he had spoken in the House of Commons, eleven years ago, and the last which he bad spoken on a few days since." He could also congratulate the meeting on having secured at length one point of the Charter ; and on having secured a valuable India Bill, if not exactly the bill which could be desired. Mr. Fox began to distrust Lord PALMERSTON when he let off the criminals who had lost us one of the finest of armies in the Crimea. He adds to that offence his indifference to the fate of the Neapolitan prisoners, and his truckling to the bullying of French Counts and Colonels. Mr. Fox overlooked, in the enu meration, one of his greatest delinquencies—his con senting to a peace with Russia, which left her mis tress of all the countries she had stolen, from Circas sia to Finland and the Aland Isles. The peace of Paris we can never forgive Lord PALMFIRSTON and his Foreign Secretary ; it was his business then to have given Russia a lesson which would have taught her better than to come immediately after the war and ask England and Europe to give her forty mil lions worth of military railways. The peace of Paris was a piece of despot jobbing, and PALMER.- STON was their agent—their tool. Mr. Fox does not despair of some sort of a Re form Bill from the present Government. It may be notorious enough that Lord DERBY would infinitely rather do without one—but Lord DERBY is at the mercy of the people. He must, and he will, concede what the people are determined to have. Besides, as he observed, Lord DERBY is not the whole Cabinet. Lord STANLEY is well known to be a thorough man of progress, a great favourite with the House and the public, and certainly, though he might be better placed, will not like to oppose what he inwardly approves, and lose both popularity and a good conscience to please some obstinate or antiquated Tories. Mr. _DISRAELI would like a Reform Bill which should greatly extend the basis of representation, and he may yet have to advocate the Ballot a second time. The counsel of Mr. Fox is certainlythoroughly sound—to trust ourselves and to rely on no Minister or Cabinet whatever. All the great reforms have been carried hitherto by the people. They must still be carried by the same power. Every election should tell the Ministry what we wish for. All the rejected liberal measures, such as Church-rate abolition and the Marriage Bill in the Lords, LocKs KING'S Bill and the Ballot in the Commons, should be pressed on every candi date for a popular constituency, or for any consti tuency. Our belief is that squeezing Cabinets is the only means by which popular measures can be carried, and that the present Cabinet is fully as squeezable as any Whig one we have had since the Reform Bill. AMERICA. (By Electric Telegraph.) _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MOUNING. The North American has arrived from Montreal with advices to the 31st ult. The Kangaroo left New York on the 29th for Liverpool with $200,000 on freight. The United States' Government was chartering vessels for the expedition against Paraguay. The Canadian Ministry has resigned, in conse quence of their defeat on the following motion : " That it is the opinion of this house that the city of Ottawa ought not to be the permanent seat of Government for the province." The Tariff Bill had passed the Canadian Legis lature. _ _ The United States Government was despatching an agent to Fraser River. At Havannah, on the 22d ult., sugar had ad vanced. The stock was 170,000 boxes. Freights better. Exchange on London, 13. An American slaver had been seized by the United States Consul. At New York, on the 30th, flour was a shale firmer, with fair demand. Grain, with a good ex port demand, had improved. Pork lower. Beef firm. Stocks were dull, and lower. Sterling ex change dull and unchanged. The timber trade at Quebec was inactive. Freights to Cardiff 28s. 9d. CANADIAN SHIPPING. The Agenoria, for Dublin, put back to Quebec in a leaky condition. The Neptune, hence, at Richibuctoo. The James M'llenry and Challenger, hence, and the Julie, from Bristol, at Quebec. The City of Manchester, hence, in the St. Law rence. A schooner with a cargo of iron had arrived at Quebec, from the wreck of the steam-ship Canadian. Princess Kousakin and arrived de at Pr the e and n Brunswick ' S. -James's, from suite h Paris.ay e The Duke of NeweastleHair: grace will lea ve i n a few ivted in town on Mon day from the Isle of Wight. days le arrived in town yeater llfoerCialurrnqubeisr P of ar, Notts. T k weedd a day from Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Craven entertained a select circle at dinner last evening at their mansion, in Charles-street. The Earl of Beverley and Lady Louisa Percy left town yesterday on a visit to Mr. and Lady Margaret Littleton, at their seat in Staffordshire. The marriage of Viscount Grey de Wilton and Jamesbe Craven will be solemnise a t `his morning at St. 's Church, Piccadilly, and not St. George's, as announced a few days since: SUN, -LONDON-, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AtTGUST f LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY, 6 P.M. Official despatches have reached Paris, from which it is concluded that the Celestial Government of the Emperor of China has strong earthly convictions of the necessity of peace. The Allies have obtained fresh victories; and when these despatches left it was expected that terms of peace would be offered, ac companied with the permission to establish Embassies at Pekin, representing England and France. The Plenipotentiaries again met to-day. Probably one or two more unions will close the conferences. The following letter from Brest, dated Monday evening, gives some account of their Majesties' arrival in that port : "The Imperial voyage from Cherbourg. Is Brest being favoured by delightful weather, was accomplished in most auspicious condition. The ten line-of-battle ships which escorted the Bretagne proceeded during the night in the greatest order, each keeping the place assigned to It. At one o'clt ek in the afternoon the squadron entered the passage leading into the harbour, and the batteries immediately tired three rounds from all their guns. Nothing could ex ceed the majestic beauty of the scene when the Imperial ship and those which escorted her entered the harbour. The inhabitants of the country round were collected in vast numbers on the rising grounds, and those of the town on every point whence a view could be obtained, and they all mingled their acclamations with the thunder of the cannon. The Emperor, on landing, made use of the barge in which Napoleon I. visited the mouths of the Scheldt and the defences of Antwerp in 1811. Their Majesties were re ceived at the landing-place by Marshal Baraguay tiers, Vice-Admiral La Place, the Maritime Prefect, the Prefect of the Finisaire, the general commanding the de partment, the officers of the marines and of the garrison, and all the principal civil and military authorities. Close to the stairs leading from the water, an elegant triumphal arch was erected, under which the Mayor of Brest presented to the Emperor the keys of the town, delivering at the same time an address congratulating their Majesties on their safe arrival, and expressing the joy and gratitude of the inhabi tants at receiving for the first time a visit from the sovereign of the country. The speech was followed by load cries of Vive l'Empereur !" Vive l'lmpirratrice !" Vive le Prince Imperial !' The Emperor replied that he had long felt a de: ire to visit the port of Brest, that he was much gratified with the reception given him, and that he hoped during his stay to be able to decide several questions of great interest, which had occupied his attention prior to his departure from the capital. A deputation of young girls then came forward and offered a basket of flowers to the Empress. Their Ma jesties afterwards entered an open carriage and proceeded to the church of St. Louis, every street through which they passed being decked out with flags, garlands of flowers, and evergreens. A line of soldiers and sailors, and deputations from the rural communes headed by their mayors, all in their old national costume, were drawn up on either side of the streets. The Bishop of Quimper, surrounded by his clergy, received their Majesties at the entrance of the church, and delivered the following address : " Sire, —Brittany is proud and happy at the honour it receives. This noble province had for centuries past attracted the attention of sovereigns, but never has it obtained the mark of esteem and affection which your Majesty now accords it. Christians and tillers of the soil, the Bretons thank you for your love of religion and for the encouragements you give to agriculture; they have ap plauded when a powerful arm replaced the pyramid on its base. They have admired the genius which, after having conceived and directed a distant war, imposed its wisdom on congresses and dictated to them peace. They have been filled with veneration at seeing an intrepid charity rush into the midst of the inundations and succour the afflicted populations. Sire, the children of Armories, Inured to labour and to danger, do not content themselves with giving to your armies brave soldiers, and to your fleets.active sea men, who are the admiration of all nations; they at the same time furnish worthy priests and excellent missionaries. Your Majesty cannot take a step in their country without meeting with heroic. reminiscences, and when your Ma jesty places confidence in such men you will find the truth of what one of their knights said to Mary Stuart at Mortal', A Breton was never guilty of betrayal.' Madam, your gracious presence reminds the people of their dear duchess whose Royal husband was also the father of the people. A voice, eloquent as well as respected, has informed France that you are a good Catholic and pious, and your good works every day confirm the declaration. The old coun try of Joan de Penthievre and of Joan de Montford is noted for courage and devotedness. It thrilled at the recital of the firmness which you a short time ago displayed in an afflicting circumstance. All its sym pathies, madam, and all its prayers are your due. It will pray God to protect you, to bless the Emperor, and to watch over your well-beloved son, in order that he may render himself worthy of his great destinies." The Emperor replied that he felt happy in visiting Brittany, to be received by a clergy so highly dis tinguished, and that he was about to join with them in offering up prayers to Heaven that it would con tinue its protection to France, and second the efforts of those who laboured to promote her welfare. After the Te Deum and the Doinine sakum fac, the Impe rial cortege proceeded to the Maritime Prefecture, where the official receptions took place of all the authorities of the town and the mayors and deputy mayors of all the communes within a circuit of ten leagues. The Emperor and Empress several times spoke in the most gracious manner to these func tionaries, who were the organs of the wishes and homage of the Breton population. I have this morning received a letter from Cher bourg. Admiral Gourdon, the prefet maritime, at whose hotel the Imperial party lodged during the visa, had returned to Cherbourg, after accompany ing his Majesty a few miles out to sea. The Em peror, in a most formal manner, expressed himself highly gratified at the arrangements which had been made for the domestic comfort of himself and the Empress. The Emperor, during his stay at Cher- bourg, on more occasions than one _ requested the municipal authorities to encourage in every way possible the commercial prosperity of Cherbourg. " The railway," observed his Majesty to a high offi cial of the town, "places the rich land of Normandy in immediate communication with the great centres of commerce at home and abroad ; avail yourself of such means to promote industry and create prospe rity." The railway during the fetes brought to Cherbourg not less than 85,000 visitors. It is cal culated that at least a million of francs have been spent at Cherbourg during the fetes. The Emperor and Empress have conferred honours on many naval, military, and civilian officials ; the list will be pub lished in a few days. Messrs. Locke and Brassy are amongst the decorated. Most of the yachts have left Cherbourg, but the hotels are still pretty full, owing to the difficulty which some visitors have ex perienced in getting away. The difficulty which the members of Parliament first experienced in obtaining tickets for the ceremonies originated in want of fore sight with us at home or on the part of the British Consul at Cherbourg. On arriving, the M.P.'s found no tickets at their disposal, because they had not been asked for in time. From the first the French Government officially assurred Lord Cowley that every facility should be given to peers, members of Parliament, and proprietors of yachts, which facilities were in fact eventually obtained. 1,200 francs were collected at the Cherbourg Railway terminus on the occasion of the theatrical representations, and given to the authorities for the poor. The Princess Essling and most of the ladies who accompanied her Majesty to Cherbourg have again returned to Paris. M. Mocquard has also returned to the capital. PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been very buoyant, and large purchases have been effected in all securities. Threes, after opening at 68fr. 80c., improved to 68fr. 95c. ; Mobilier varied from 660 fr. to 655 fr. ; Austrian, 633 fr. 75c. to 637 fr. 50c. ; Or leans, 1,285 to 1,290 fr.; Lyons, 7901 r. to 7951 . r. ; Southern, 537 fr. 50c. to 542 fr. 50c.; Eastern, 675 fr. to 680 fr.; and Geneva, 595 fr. to 600 fr. The market continued to improve to the close, when the follow ing were the quotations: Fi. Ct. 44 per Cents... . 96 90 Do. end of month 96 60 3 per Cent Do. end of month 69 -- 69 50 Bank Shares .... 3,100 Credit Mobilier.. 680 Do. account..... 682 50 Fr. Ct. Cr6dit Fancier Belgian 41 — Piedtnontese 5 B9l Roman..... Austrian Spanish Threes Home DOA.— 38 75 RAILWAYS. ........... Northern New ditto Lyons & Mediterranean New ditto .. Geneva Midi Western . Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ..." Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. CL 1,295 -- .. 1,300 -- 940 -- .. 947 50 795 -- .. 800 -- 800 -- .. 797 50 597 50 540 - 620 - 685 - 602 50 550 - 625 - 090 - 425 - 636 23 422 .50 642 50 CHINA. HONG KONG, ;NNE 4 The south-west monsoon and the hot weather hav ing again returned, we are now, for the time being, going through a process of sweating, hitherto sup posed to be known only to jockeys and prizefighters. For the past week the thermometer here has stood at from 87 to 91 in the shade, and at Canton it has been even higher. Were it not for the weather I might say we are just now full of excitement; but we are dull and sleepy and care only for ices and seltzer water and lemonade, and such like refreshments ; and when an enthusiastic friend rushes into your room at the period of your siesta with some piece of startling information, you say "Oh !" and " Ali !" think your friend a bore, and turn round and go to sleep again. At Canton affairs are daily getting worse and worse ; the . Chinese are becoming more insolent, and the braves more confident. About a week since an unfortunate policeman belonging to the British force was suddenly assailed by a body of braves at the west gate, and his hand cut off as a trophy. With great difficulty he and a comrade who was with him effected their escape, both being severely wounded, the unfortunate man who received the mutilation being dangerously so. Pehquei, on being remonstrated with, declared that he had no power over these ruffians, but issued a reward of $2OO for the discovery of the men who committed the outrage, and also levied a fine of $l,OOO on the street in which the occurrence took place. This last seems a strange way of meeting out justice ; but I have no doubt it has a beneficial effect in one way. It will make the more respectable inhabitants of the street careful in ejecting from their neighbourhood characters it would be nothing unfair to say would commit a similar act when time and opportunity arose. A Chinaman loves dollars very fondly, so, tpuch him through his pocket, and he becomes your most abject slave. Another little practical joke has also been invented by these funny Celestials. A sepoy be longing to the 65th Bengal Native Infantry wan dered out of the lines, and was instantly kidnapped, put in a sack, and carried away to some village out side the walls. Of course some stir was made about this, and in a few days the sepoy was returned un injured, but more than considerably frightened. In the streets of Canton itself, but more especially when approaching the western suburbs, the coolies become insolent and overbearing when an officer passes. About ten days since a party of officers made an excursion into the western suburbs ; they were well armed and mounted. The braves did not molest them ; but it afterwards came out that they had assembled in some hundreds in a certain street with the intention of cutting off the party, believing this route would be the one taken ; but fortunately for these officers they missed this street, returning towards the city by a more intricate route, which appears to be the only thing that saved them, if the Chinese spies are to be believed. Private and official letters received this morning only give us the intelligence that at length an expe dition has been taken against these braves. It has come to the ears of Gen. Van Straubenzee that a Chinese encampment exists on the farther side of the White Cloud Mountains, distant from our lines about 10 miles. On the 2d inst. a body of men, under the command of the general, started at four a.m.; and a second, numbering in all some thousand rank and file, including artillery, was despatched, under Col. llolloway, commencing their march the same evening. They had a long and dark journey before them, but it was not expected they could get their guns up by daybreak. More artillery and some black troops were at the sametime sent round in gun-boats by a creek extending to the back of Canton. What the result of this may be, we know not ; but it is more than probable that before we get our troops up the birds will have flown. The spy system of the Chinese is so perfect that we have never a chance of taking them by surprise. It is presumed that these troops meditated an attack on Canton, and we have sent this expedition out to forestal them. In Hong Kong we are not much better off than at Canton, highway robberies with brutal violence being of frequent occurrence. It is scarcely a fortnight since that a gentleman walking on the upper road, in the daytime, and in sight and hearing of several European houses, was set upon by a party of Chinese, who robbed him of his watch and chain, and then filled his mouth, eyes, and nostrils with dirt, others at the same time violently beating him. The fellows who did this got clear away. Again, three days since, a Mr. Hazeland, a solicitor in Victoria, was returning from Stanley, in company with a friend, by the mountain path. They had come on in front of their horses, which they had left in charge of their coolies, with directions to follow them. When within about three miles of Victoria Mr. Hazeland walked on, his friend remaining behind till his horse came up. The first gentleman had not walked many yards when he was assailed by a party of four or five Chinese, who immediately struck at him with swords, wounding him in scvcral places, and inflicting a dangerous cruss wound of the scalp. Fortunately for Hazeland, his friend came up at the time on horseback, when the fellows made off, or he would probably have lost his bead in addition to the valuables they removed from his person. You will perhaps wonder why this kind of thing is not checked. But treble your police b this colony and it will have no effect. The evil has its own remedy. Let people abstain from placing blind confidence in these Chinese. Let them be guided by what men tell them who have resided amongst them, and not by what M.P.'s will tell the house in a party speech. More than all, let every man go armed if he walks for 50 yards only beyond the boundaries of the police beat, and let him never go singly. Two Englishmen, with two revolvers in good order, may walk about any part of this island with impunity. I lay stress on the words, in good order, because I have known gentlemen who invariably carried a revolver, but as they had never had occasion to use it, never thought of discharging it and reloading. A friend of mine was expatiating on the virtues of his own particular weapon. " That pistol has been loaded six months," he informed me, "and it will now go off as well as on the day it was first loaded." " Have you tried it," I said ? " No," he had not tried it, " but look at the pistol, who could doubt such a weapon would not go off ?" "What odds will you lay," I said, " that three of those charges do not miss fire ?" My friend would lay any odds, but not thinking it fair to accept them, I got on a small sum even. There was a nice white piece of rock about 70 yards distant up the mountain side, and I took aim. Click, click, click, six times round, but no report. My friend was astounded. His faith in the weapon bad gone for ever. " The pistol is good enough," I said ; " lend it to me." I had a few fresh caps in my pocket ; I removed the old ones, recapped, fired, and every barrel was dis charged. The weapon was a Colt, and the caps only had deteriorated after being loaded for six months. But I would not advise the possessors of this weapon to trust even to the renewing of the caps. A re volver, to be effective, should be discharged at least once a-week. Notwithstanding the heat of the weather two balls have been given within the last fortnight, at which the ladies invited not only appeared but danced. Occasionally in England you may find the ther mometer standing at "from 87 to 91, as we have it here at the present ; but though you have felt that heat it can give you no idea of the oppressiveness of this place, situated at the foot of a mountain over 2,000 feet high, which shuts out every breath of air when the south-west monsoon is blowing. The first ball was given on board Commodore the llon. Keith Stewart's ship Nankin, and was preceded by private theatricals. The second, which was the garrison ball, took place at Murray Barracks on the 12th inst. Ices and wafers were the heaviest things consumed in the shape of refreshments. From the north we have interesting intelligence. The Government Gazette Extraordinary of this day (June 4) contains the following despatch from Sir Michael Seymour to Sir John Bowring " Coromandel, in the Peiho, May 22, 1858. "Sir,-1 have the honour to acquaint your Excellency that I arrived in the Gulf of Pecheli on the 24th ult., to support the Ambassadors of Great Britain and France in their demands on the Chinese Government, and that, nego tiations having failed, the gunboats of the Allied Powers attacked the forts at the entrance of this river on the 20th inst., and captured them with small loss. The position was strong, and the various forts mounted 138 guns, backed by the presence of a large body of troops. " We advance up the river to-day, to enable the Am • ba3sadors to endeavour to reopen negotiations nearer to the capital.—l have the honour, &c., (Signed) " M. SEY 210 ij x, Rear- Adrei: al and Commander-in-Chief. " His Excellency Sit Jolla 133 wring, LL.D.," &c. &c. This despatch does not tell U 3 much ; but as my duties compel me to remain at Hong Kong, at least until a military force is sent up, I will endeavour to give you the best account I can of the engagement from information I have received from various sources. It appears that from about the 30th of April to about the middle of May negotiations were going on between Lord Elgin and the Chinese Com missioners appointed to meet him. A hitch had taken place in the proceedings on a point of precedence, to which neither the Commissioners nor Lord Elgin would yield, for if one concession had been granted, another would have been asked, and these would have extended interminably. About the 15th or 16th of May, in consequence of being unable to arrive at an amicable settlement of the question, arrange ments were made to attack the forts at the mouth of the river. By the 19th, all arrangements being com pleted, the following vessels went over the bar : English gunboats : Bustard, Cormorant, Firm, Leven, Nimrod, Opossum, Slaney, and Stanch, with the Coromandel as hospital. French : Avalanche, Dragonne, Durance, and Fusee. Early in the morning of the 20th Capt. Hall, flag captain to the admiral, landed at the nearest of the three new forts built on either side of the Pciho and demanded a surrender. This was never for an in stant suspected would be granted; but for humane reasons the course was taken. Three hours were given the Chinese to surrender; but no signs of yielding came, and as four bells struck almost simultaneously in each gunboat, announcing the hour of 10 o'clock, the action commenced. First went the Cormorant, which was hulled 12 times as she passed the forts, but had two men only wounded, as all except the master and the man at the wheel were ordered to lie down. The French boats Fusee and Dragonne followed the Cor morant—then the Opossum, and then the Nim rod. For one hour the forts were shelled ; imme diately at the expiration of which landing parties were sent from the Audacieuse, Nemesis, Phlegeton, Primanquet, Calcutta, Furious, Fury, and Pique. Capt. Sir F. Nicholson, of the Pique, led one portion of the English blue-jackets, taking the fort on the right bank; while Capt. Hall, with another party, attacked the fort on the left. The French lost a large number by the explosion of a mine, no less than 58 being blown into the air—amongst whom were five officers killed. The English lost 25 men killed and wounded, but no officer. The taking of the fort highest up the river was entrusted to the Nimrod, , Slaney, Opossum, and a French gunboat. By a , quarter-past twelve—that is to say, in two hours and a quarter from the commencement of our attack— the whole affair was over. A hundred and thirty guns in servicable condition were found in the three forts, two-thirds of which are brass. The Chinese are said to have stood to their guns to the last, and fought extremely well. A mandarin was seen standing to his gun when all hope seemed lost ; a body of blue jackets rushed forward to make him a prisoner, but before they could do so the infatuated man had cut his throat and left his captors a corpse only for their trophy. Reinforcements, it is said, are to be sent imme diately to the north, and the 59th, it is supposed, will be the first to be sent. Gen. Van Straubenzee is expected down from Canton to-morrow evening, when we shall hear more about this and about the expedition against the braves in the White Cloud Mountains. Whatever portion of our force is sent to the north it is tolerably certain Col. Graham will go in command ; the general remaining to look after Canton. JUNE 6. A gunboat with the general and Col. Stephenson on board came down from the river last evening, and I am now enabled to give you a brief account of the action we have had with the braves. At four o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, the 2d inst., the first portion of our troops commenced their march, and about midday came in sight of the enemy's camp, situated about five miles to the north ward, and eastward of the White Cloud mountains. As the Chinese were in great numbers it was not thought advisable to attack them with the force already brought up, and messengers were sent to Canton for reinforcements. These came up during the night, and the next morning the attack com menced. I will not attempt to give you the particulars, as I was not on the spot myself; but the Chinese seem to have fought very well, and retired with their camp in the middle of the day, when our men were unable to follow them from the heat of the sun. We had no less than 60 men, it is said, cut down by sun-stroke out of our small force (about 1,000 men), two of whom dofiedE Europeans t a i n m s immediately. Previous to this four or five men at Canton, and one at Hong Kong, have been killed by the same fatal power. The loss in flicted by the enemy is not great, but our demon stration has unfortunately been a failure, and will have no other effect than making these braves still more insolent ; for on this occasion it cannot be said we have gained a victory over them. They did not choose to meet us at close quarters, but they were enabled to retire with camp and equipage and all the honours of war. In this by no means self-gratulatory affair the navy have to de plore the loss of Mr. Turnbull, the principal medi cal officer of the naval and marine forces at Canton. The sick and wounded had been left in the rear under an escort, and towards evening Mr. Turnbull went to pay them a visit. Unfortunately he did not take an armed party with him, and we have again before our eyes _the picture of a headless trunk, and our blunted feelings again become strong, while we long for the extermination of a set of wretches who practise such cowardly warfare. Among the wounded is Col. Wynne, of the Engi neers, and Brevet-Major Travers, R.M., neither, lam happy to say, dangerously. Four other officers, I hear, are wounded, but there is conflicting evidence at present as regards their names. To show as it were that they had not suffered a defeat, the braves the next night made a demonstration on the heights about Gough's Fort, or where it formerly stood, and commenced firing into our lines, and it was some time before the artillery were enabled to shell them out of it. The great drawback in this affair seems to have been our inability to get our artillery up in time. But who will wonder at it when die absence of roads is taken into consideration, and these guns have to be dragged without the aid of horses ? No one for an instant would doubt the indefatigable endeavours of the Royal and Marine Artillery when their services are called into requisition, but guns are heavy and artillerymen but mortals. I saw quite enough to convince me, at a review we had at the Happy Valley before the taking of Canton, that the field-guns we have here, light as they are, cannot be carried for any length of time over Chinese ground. The most sensible thing, it appears, we can do under the circumstances is invariably to charge such enemies with the bayonet when we come up to them, guns or no guns. The superiority ofEuropean over black troops could not have been shown more clearly than in this affair. With the sun actually mowing our men down, their pluck and endurance carried them along, while men of the 70th and 65th Bengal Native Infantry were dead beat, though used from childhood to a sun in their own country equally as intense. An officer who was present states that the Europeans quite mit I'S 5 8, ran away from the sepoys, who actually. never got within sight of the enemy. '• The mail from England arrived yesterday. It brought out a few brevets for Canton. The latest hour for the homeward mail closing is lialf 7 past 12 p.m. to-morrow.' If any matter of interest arrives in the meantime I will add it in a postscript. Report gives 150 as the number of killed and wounded. I presume this includes sun-stroke. Twenty-five are said to be killed, but the returns have not yet been made out. JUNE 7. The number of men actually wounded by the enemy during the engagement at the White Cloud Mountains I now find to be six or seven only. Poor Turnbull was the only one killed. The two officers whose names are mentioned above (Wynne and Travers) appear to be the only wounded amongst the officers, the four others being an exaggeration. The sun was our real enemy ; but out of the number struck down the greater portion of them have already nearly recovered. Five men appear to have died from its effects on that day ; but, strange to say, three of these deaths occurred in Canton amongst the men who remained behind and did not have the fatigue of the march. The Chinese still continue very insolent and nightly throw into our lines from 50 to 100 rockets ; at times having the audacity to approach within 200 yards of the walls. Their firing is very bad, and no one as yet has sustained any wound or injury from their missiles. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. READING RACES.—(This Day.) (By Electric Telegraph.) BOROUGH PLATE. My Niece Matilda Satinstone 3 Nine ran. EAST HAMPSTEAD STAKES. 1 Verona Relapse ... 1 Nine ran. BERKSHIRE STAKES. Compromise Odd Trick .. All's Lost Five ran. ABBEY STAKES. Ardour . Filly by Windhound.. Brother to Chanoinesse.. Eight ran. 1 2 LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Toxopholite (taken freely) EBOR 'HANDICAP. 90 to 20 agst Vedette (taken) 7to 1 agst Roman Candle (offered) 12 to 1 agst Melissa (taken) TILE NAVY. Yesterday the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir John Pakington, M.P., held a levee at the Royal Naval College. Portsmouth, when the following officers were received : Admiral—Sir Lucius Curtis, C.B. Vice-Admiral--Hercules Robinson. Captains—H. Eyres, C. 8., It. H. llewlett, C. 8., J. Bor lase, G. Mason, C. B. Hamilton, W. Kirby, K.H., J. G. Gordon, R. How, T. R. Sulivan, J. E. Katon, W. Smith, and J. H. Paynter. Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets-.A. M'Kecknie, M.D. Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets—P. Leonard, M.D. Commanders—D. Lye, R. Dawkins, W. Douglas J. C. M‘Donald, P. De Saumarez, J. Bulley, R. Dowse, d. Wise, C. H. Johnson, W. Wood, H. Henderson, W. B. Elphin stone, and G. Spong. Lieutenants—C. F. Palmer, C. G. Nelson, R. R. Silburn, E. Field, R. Reed, R. J.St. Anbyn, J. Jeayes, R. Brooker, T. M. L. Carter, J. Russell, A. IL Gilmore, C. C. Dent, S. F. Douglas, S. Greville, and R. Poole. Staff-Surgeon and Medical Storekeeper—J. Andrews, M.D. Surgeon—J. Carmichael, M.D., and J. Walsh. Chaplains—Rev. W. C. Baylee, Rev. J. Gurney, Rev. E. H. Phelps, Rev. E. It. Calley, and Rev. W. L. Woollett. Secretary—F. Cleeve. Masters—R. C. Allen and J. Jarvis. Assistant-Paymaster—J. Wootton. . Assistant-Surgeon—A. King. Civilian—W. J. Hay. ROYAL MARINES. Major- General—Hugh Evans. Colonels—F. Campbell and W. Corkinraft. Captains—H. Simpson, R.M.A., and R. S. Spalding. At half-past 1 Sir John Paking ton, accompanied by Rear- Admiral Milne, went OR board the Excellent to witness shot practice at the 50-gun frigate Alfred, the side of which has been cased with iron taken from the iron floating battery Erebus. The firing continued some hours, and has been going on for the past three days, and about 20 holes have been knocked through the iron plates. At about three o'clock the Board of Admiralty embarked from the Victoria Pier to go on board the Diadem frigate at Spithead, which proceeded with them for an inspection of the Channel Islands. _ _ The Clyde frigate was taken into the fitting-basin yester day at Sheerness, preparatory to being sent to Liverpool to be fitted aQ an instruction ship for the mercantile marine. The new steam frigate Emerald is in the fitting-basin at Sheerness and Ready for the pendant. The new screw steam corvette Clio, on No. 1 building slip at Sheerness, is ordered to be launched on the 28th of this month. _ _ The Foyle, freight steamer, arrived at Portsmouth yester day afternoon with a detachment of the 4Gth Regiment from Ireland. _ _ _ The EuryaluQ, 51, Captain Tarleton, C. 8., returned to Spithead from Oiborue,(where her Majesty and Consort in spected her on Saturday last) yesterday. Commander Charles S. S. Stanhope was yesterday pro moted to the rank of Captain ; Lieut. It. Gibson and Lieut. S. F. Douglas to the rank of Commanders; and Mr. G. J. G. Puree 1, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant. The follo . wing appointments have been made at the Admi ralty :—David Thomas, surgeon, to the Saturn; J. Murphy, surgeon, to the Childers; J. W. Bradshaw, surgeon, to the Boscawen ; T. J. Haran, surgeon, additional, to the Bos cawen ; G. Ennis, naval instructor, to the Victor Emma nuel ; W. H. Adam, assistant-surgeon, to the Boscawen ; F. Hardinge, assistant-surgeon, to the Fisgard ; J. Retal leek, paymaster, to the Madagascar; A. Nash, paymaster, to the Ganges; G. G. Nelson, paymaster, to the Cumber land; W. P. Albin, clerk, to the Nile; and M. Maxwell, secretary's clerk, to the Renown. THE ARMY. Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, as Inspector-General of Cavalry, is on an official tour in 8c Aland. He inspected the 16th Lancers, under the command of Colonel Pattie, on Thursday last, at Edinburgh, and highly commended the gallant colonel on the efficiency of his men. Yesterday a detachment of 105 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, accompanied by the divisional band and the Queen's colours, proceeded from head-quarters to Graves end for the purpose of forming a guard of honour on the occasion of the embarkation d her Majesty. The . officers in command of the guard of honour were Captain E. S. Browne, Lieutenant A. C. J. M‘Meeken, and Lieutenant G. W. T. Hemmans, with Colonel 11. Eyre, Commandant at Chatham, Colonel 11. Sandbam, commanding the Royal Engineers. Colonel H. Parke, commanding the Royal Ma rines, and Brigade-Major Gordon, from the Staff of the garrison. Orders have been received at Chatham directing the officers of the various regiments who have been doing duty with the troops at that garrison for some time past to join their respective corps. THE INDIAN REINFORCEMENTS. Particular attention having be and elsewhere, to the reinforcem een directed, in Parliament Lents recently despatched to latemetat, from Thacker's India, the following tabular al Overland News, may prove of i interest : a • Regiments. Ships. Destinatn. 7; 0 - • • ••••• • • • • - " April 7. Benares (s.s) Bombay & Kurrachce 614 Queen's. „ 13. Asia (s.s.) ... Madras & Calcutta 429 Queen's. „ 14. Golden Fleece (s.) Calcutta 939 Queen's, • 30. Canning Ditto 395 Company's. May 15. Maria Hay . Ditto 384 Company's. JunelB. Surrey Ditto 4lO Company's. „ . Tyburnia 25. Harvest Homo ... Ditto 195 Com pany's. „ Ditto 409 i D.G., 13, 38, 51, 75 , 88 , Rif. Brig., & RI. Art. n 26. Alnwick Castle... Ditto 419 6, 29, 38, 42, 64, 77, 79, 93, & 97 Foot. „ 26. Clarence Madras ... 231 i D.G., 1& 44 Foot. „ 28. Holmesdale 35, 53, 60, 61, 73, 82, & Rif. Brig. 28, Merchantman „ 29. John Duncan Ditto 387 9 L., 8, 19, 20, 21, 37, 90, 93, & Rif. Brig. „ 30. Earl Balcarras..... Bombay 444 18, 33, 57, 86, S 9, &91 Ft. July 1. hucephalus .. Madras 287 12 L., GO, &66 Foot. „ 2. Victor Emmanuel Calcutta 407 60, 73, 77, & Rif. Brig. 2. Sir Robert Sale.., Ditto 303 Company's. •2. Clifton Belle Bombay... 392 Company's. „ 3. Chatham Kurrachee 202 6, 23, 60, &77 Foot. „ 3. Blenheim Calcutta... 235 3 D.G., 8 IL, 17 L., 51, 56, & 5 Foot. „ G. Eastern Monarch. Kurr ac h ee 615 7 D.G., 7 7, 52, 70, 81, 94, & 98 Foot. ~ G. Violet Calcutta... 255 Company's. „ 7. Recruit „ 10. Annie Boyden Calcutta... 406 Q•leen's. „ 13. Marchioness of Londonderry Madras ... 317 12 L., 68, 69, &74 Foot. Aug. 3. Genghis Khan Kurrachee S3O 7 D.G., 7, 27, 70, 81, b 7, • 91, & 98 Foot. G. Sutlej Rif. Brig., 73 & 77 Ft. „ 6. Harkaway Ditto 3OO 5,3, 19, 23, 24, 29, 35, 38, 53, & 75 Ft., & Itl. Art. 7. Walmer Castle ... Ditto 4OO Company's Recruits. 7. Forerunner Bombay... 200 Company's. u 7. General Simpson Calcutta... 378 2 D.G., 7 H., R.E., 5,6, 13, 31, 37,60,64,80, & 90Ft. 7. Plantagenet St 97 Ft. O 7. LadyHodgkinson. Bombay 361 7St 8 11., 3 D.G., 51, SG, 71, 72, 83, 86, & 92 Foot. u 7. Oneida (s.s.) TO EMBARK. Barham Madras 250 Queen's Detachments. Hope Bombay... 380 Queen's Detachments. 10.iltipon (s) THE ORDER OF " MENDICANTS." The charge against Michael Gannon and James Carey, remanded a few days since, was brought forward at the police-court yesterday afternoon, before Messrs. Crosthwaite and Hutchinson, for further investigation. It will be recollected that the prisoners were on Tuesday last brought before Mr. Alderman Holme on a charge of begging from house to house. They admitted they had done so, but stated it was for the object of defraying their expenses to America; that they were members of the Fran ciscan Monastery at Drogheda, but being unable to pay their passage from Ireland to Loretta House, in Pennsyl vania, they had, through ignorance, solicited alms for that purpcse in Liverpool. Since the case has been made public, the fullowing letter has appeared in one of the Irish journals : "Flan'jscan Ginvent, Drug Lula, Aug. 4, 1858. " Dear raw in this day's Frersina►t a report of the arrest in Liverpool of tin ee men who call themselves monks of the Franciscan Order, and say that they were connected with the Franciscan Convent of Drogheda. It therefore became my duty to write to the Liverpool magistrate who presided at the investigation, in order to correct some inac curacies, and to state as much as I knew of these men. These men resided in the west of Ireland, in different houses, which are called Franciscan Monasteries, but are nut con nected with the Franciscan Friars. Each of them got per sons to recommend them to me, as competent to discharge the offices of cook, sacristan, &c. One of them served iu this convent as cook for. three months, another remained two months, and the last bad been but three weeks, when they all told me that they would not remain another week unless I would promise to permit them to make solemn vows, and to become thus perpetual members of the Franciscan Order. I refused, and they left for Liverpool on the 26i.b, saying that they were going to a convent of Redemptionist Friars in England. I told them that they must not beg, and gave to each of them more than sufficient for travelling expenses. I wish it to be made known that these men are not reli gious, and left because they had no hope of being professed as members of the Franciscan Order.—l am, the editor's obedient servant, " ANTHONY DARDIS." Inspector Kelme was charged to make inquiries into the statements of the prisoners, and at the police-court the following letter wa-, handed to the presiding magis trate : " Drogheda, Aug. 5, 1858. "With reference to the annexed, I beg to state that the two prisoners, Cannon and Carey, lived as servants, the former three months, the latter three weeks; also a third, named Michael Byrne, for two months in the Franciscan Convent in this town. They are all natives of the west of Ireland ; consequently are not known here unless for the short period they stopped in the convent. It appears they left. the convent about a fortnight ago, as the superior, the Rev. A. N. Dardis, would not permit them to make per petual vows, and on their departure he gave them 50s. to defray their expenses to a religious house in some part of England. Thither they intended to go. They had no per mission to ask alms, but, on the contrary, the Rev. Mr. Dardis told them not to beg. In the absence of the S. 1., " P. MURTAGH, the Superintendent at Liverpool." The following is a communication, signed by Mr. Dardis, of Drogheda, in reference to the prisoner Gannon : " Franciscan Convent, July 25, 1858. " Michael Gannon, who made the vow of a religious in • monastery in the archdiocese of Tuam, and is now called Brother Joseph, resided in this convent for the last three months, and during that time he faithfully discharged the duties of cook and market man. On his arrival at this cow' vent be handed me a letter from the Archbishop of Twat in which it was stated that ho was released from obedience to his grace. "A. N. DARDIS." Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoners, and urged that such documents as the above could not be brought as evidence is a court of justice. Mr. Clough, superintendent of police, said they clearli showed the prisoners were soliciting subscriptions without authority. The Court ruled that they could not be received. Mr. Cohb then addressed the beneh, urging that the 9 l men had been guilty of no misrepresentation; they bad told the truth as to their names and objects, and although begging was an offence against the laws of England, It was allowed in Ireland. These poor men had been ignorant of the law, and no doubt had been guilty of a great indie cretion ; still, it was not a case for the bench to deal will, them as rogues and vagabonds, under the Vagrant Act, an, he asked the magistrate to discharge them and they would leave the town. The superintendent said they could not be called imps: tors, as all their statements, upon inquiry, were fowls correct. .. Alter some inquiries, Mr. Crosthwaite said he would dis charge them if they promised to leave the town, which they unhesitatingly agreed to do, and were at once dismissed. A large number of Roman Catholics were present during the investigation, and much interest was excited by 1 110 proceedings. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WM. TOWNSEND. This bankrupt wasdescribedasaliorisi;&c., at Notting' hill, and to-day came up for his certificate. The accounts, prepared by Messrs. Weston and Orford! Moorgate-street, showed debtor to creditors about £700; but almost the whole of the property, valued at £4OO, had bees swept away for rent, anu sold at a great loss. The report of Mr. Pennell was generally unfavourable, as it showed that the bankrupt had once previously been be' fore this court, and had subsequently applied under the la solvency Act, but his petition was dismissed. He had not kept any books which would explain the real state of affairs, and the cash-book had not been brought down to the time of the bankruptcy with that regularity which would hays enabled him (Mr. Pennell) to test the accuracy of th e accounts. Mr. Wells, for the assignees, did not offer any opposition. Mr. Sturgeon urged that great allowance ought to be made for the bankrupt as to the book-keeping, looking IL the peculiar nature of the business, as the first bankruptcy'. had been superseded; the creditors having been settle d with, and the application to de Insolvent Court had on l been refused in consequence of the absurd law which d id not allow a trader to petition if he owed more than .o° C° l or he would have had protection, and the property woulu not have been sacrificed. ea His Honour said, notwithstanding what had been urged he considered the bankrupt very blameable, and he had Mee doubt this was a friendly bankruptcy ; h e , h owever , was not ,1 o ' so satis fi ed on that point as to refuse th e cer tifi ca te all leave the bankrupt to apply to the Lord s ' J ust i ces, but wool suspend the certificate for six months, with protection for three, to be renewed, unless opposed by any creditor. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—CRUELTY TO A HOBO 5, —NIGHT CABS.—Thoinas Baker, driver of cab 2,41r 2 , 57, Burton-crescent, was charged by Mr. William Love' chief constable of the Royal S oc i e ty f o r the P rev ention Cruelty to Animals, with using a horse in a condition tots& unfit for use. From the evidence of Heifer, one of the society's officer!! it appeared that at eight o'clock in the morning of the 4th August, the defendant was driving the horse in a cab along Cocksper-street, when he called to him to stop, and, afte r swearing at the officer, and flourishing his whip in a WO" cing manner, he did so. Heifer then examined the horse' and found a large raw place on one shoulder, a swolle n knee, and the horse to be in a shockingly poor and miserabl e condition. Seaman, another officer of the society, said the horse was a miserable object. It was one of those horses that cab' men brought out of a night, as they were ashamed to let them be seen its the day time, and the practice was much on the increase. On moving the collar he found a larg e sore. 200 C said he was present when the driver was stoppe d ' and he was very abusive. The horse was in a very bad e 01 1" dition. Defendant, who displayed great loquacity of speech, an d i . began by saying he had a great many remar k s to ma ke D' answer to the charge, entered into a long rigmarole, acc h a r t ing everybody of having committed perjury ; saying t u 'd the horse was greatly improved since he had had it, an is . that he had been summ one d on a former occasion by the society but discharged. Mr. Love said it wi.s true be was discharged, b u t it wag only on condition th a t h e h a d the horse hutuedistelY slaughtered. A witness was called for the defendant, who said he o ld the horse to the defendant because he knew his "b e° Mr. Beadon, having inspected the horse, cautioned the defendant, and told him he had better not use it for swag time. The defendant, having made the promise, was fined 55 ' and costs. THAMES.—MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Henry Barrett, a dark and dirty-looking fellow, was brought before g 1: Selfe, chareed with committing a violent assault Catherine Sullivan. The complainant, a dissipated-looking woman, said slre bad been cohabiting with the prisoner for three years, on he had frequently beaten and kicked her. He was once committed for four mouths by one of the mag i s t r ates Worship-street for " jobbi ng " a p i pe i nto her eye, the sight r t of which was nearly l us t. L ast night she had just brou ga , home food for her tw o c hild ren, when the prisoner ca n e home drunk, and b ea t an d ki cked her. He threw oet down, and , endeavoured t o s t rang l e h er . H e hit her o°e the head and face, an d s h e was covered w i th blood w h e n police came in and interfered. She really balieved the sorer would murder her if he was not restrained, but s did not wish to punish him. Mr. Selfe—l won't consult your wishes. The prisoner in defence said that be and his "wife" were both drunk yesterday, and that they always fought wh,.e. they were in that state. His " wife" had sent him to t. 9: hospital several times, and a few week's since she broke In: arm. He came out of the hospital only a few weeks ag e with his arm broken. Mr. Selfe read a certificate put in by the prisoner, on said he had not been treated for a broken arm. Sharper, police-constable 450 K, said he found the wool' , , Sullivan weltering In her blood. She had been terrib l y punished. The man was drunk, the woman was sober. d Mr. Selfe said a more wretched and unhappy c ouple ho e never come before him. He sentenced the prisoner to thre mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. HOP INTELLIGENCE.--We learn from the South Eastern Gazette that the reports from the Kent hop Pit a "; tations generally agree in stating that the pl a nts are on favourably, and the burr developing itself into hops v e „" 0 fast with the flue weather has lately prevailed. , grcunds, however, still bear unmistakable tokens of the 1 1 . 1 b high winds. It is universally believed that the crop, wh ie n . e" is principally what is called a "top crop," cannot be so 1 0 1 4 as was a few weeks ago anticipated. The long drottg i ", affected the whole of the plantations m o r e or l e , s ; and !., lateral branches have not grown to ab ove half their or di nary length from the poles. The planters, conseq uently , consider that the assumed duty, as quote d i n th e BoroOtt.,. is considerably overset. F r o m S ussex an d S ur rey the 111 , tethgncecorfesponds ge nera ll y w i t h t h e accoun ts from the Kentish districts, except that in one or two places we M I , derstand that the Mine i s l oo ki ng worse th an it did a steel' ago, owing to the continued dry weather. In Fttruha p ! Alton, and country di s t r i cts, t h e p l antat i on s have not pr c pressed so favour a bl y d ur i ng t h e l as t f o rtnight as wig!i ). have been expected from the high temperature; There I s . still a great deal of s h ort bi ne , and we do not imagine that the district will pay m ore th a n half last year's duty, unle ss we get a large quantity drain within a few days.