The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-26 00:00:00

THE MASSACRE AT JEDDAH. The Moniteur pub:isbee the subjoined account of • the recent massacre at Jeddah from the pen of M. • Emerat, the dragoman and Chancellor of the French • Consulate, whose gallant behaviour hasiearned him . the cross of the Legion of Honour : " ALEXAN DMA, JULIE' 9. "Monsieur le Ministre,—On the evening of the 15th of Jime the town ef Jeddah was the theatre of terrible scenes of slaughter ; 23 victims were murdered by an infuriated populace, and among • them, I am grieved to say, are the Consuls of France and of England and Madame Eveillard. Having escaped, by the mercy of Providence, the blows of the assassins, I lose no time in giving your Excellency the detai ls of this sanguinary drama. "For some time a revival of fanaticiem was vW. ble at Jeddah, but no one suspected that to 1-arful a deed was contemplated against the Christians who bave inhabited that city for many years. Never theless, the plan was secretly hatched; A pretext was found to put it into execution. ca One Abdallah Joher hed to give an account to the British Consulate of the employment of the peopetty of two Indian orphans of whom he was guardian. He asked to be placed under Turkish protect ion, and to change the flag of a vessel of which he was the owner. Namik Pasha consented, and ordered' the Turkish flag to be hoisted, and that of England to be hauled down. This was done amid the exultation of the fanatics. " The Euglish Consular agent was absent at .he time. On his return, having protested in vain to Namik Pasha, fie invoked, according to custom, a Consular tribimil, which decided that the Turkish flag should be hauled down. • "Consequently, on the 15th of June, a detach - ment of marines from the Cyclops, which was in the roads, seized upon the Indian vessel, hauled down the 0 ttomen colours, and hoisted the English flag. The news of this event created great excite ment in Jeddah. It was declared to be an insult against the dignity of Islamism. But this was only a pretext ; the real object of the a?,itators was to take advantage of the circumstance to murder the Christians, whose presence. in their eyes, defiled the sacred soil of the Hedjaz, and to seize upon their property. - " About six o'clock in the evening, when the population were awe- e that the boa. s crew had returned on board the frigate, and that no help could be given the Christian residents, a mob Of fasatics attacked the English Consulete. On Iheir approach the Cawa , ses took to their heels. Mr. Page, surprised in his bed, and unable to defend himself, was wounded seriously, and was then pitched from his balcony and cut to pieces at the foot of the flagstaff ; his dragoman and clerk shaeed his fate. The house was pillaged. A considerable sum of money must have been found in Mr. Page's rorong box, as he was a merchant as well as Vice- Consul. " Cries of ' Death to the Christians !' now arose on all sides, and the mob, thirsting f r more blood, hastened towards the French Consu'ate. "At about half-past 6 M. Eveillard and myself were just returning from our usual evening stroll. We had scarcely entered the drawing-room, where the Consul's wife and dan , ghter were sitting, when the Conselate,was surrounded. "The Cewass closed the door, and kept outside to repel the attack. The Cawass Ahmet alone offered resistance, was wounded in his head, and thrown back into the street, where he remained for some time in , ensible. • " As soon as the Consulate was attacked I went down stairs to defend the entrance by the staircase, Supported only by my servant, an Algerine, Hadji Mehemet, formerly a soldier in the native Riff s, whose devotion rn this occasion was ra - st praise worthy, I was aware that it would b 3 impossible to make a long resistance ; but my object was to gain time, in hope that a detachment of troops might be sent• to oar aid. My (lily weapon was a cane with a hammer to it, and Hadji-Mehemet had a club. With the courage of despair we a tacked the as sailants, who faced us in b 'dies of never less than 30 or 40. Af er kneckinit down the foremost we were obliged to dodge behind the stairs to avoid the shots fired at us. A baud-to-hand struggee ensued, and three times the assassins reached the first story and were driven back. At this moment cries of the Kaimakan is coming were raised, and the mob for, a moment remained quiet in the cou , t below. " I did-not think that any one of the assailants had reached the second story. I went np to make au- e. I found MAdatne Eveillard lying de ad on the the Consul wounded, and his young and con ous danghtet wounded in the cheek by a sabre eoeived wh le d.-fending her fa , her. The second had been reached by balcony of a neigh bouring house, and having cut down the Consul, - his wife, and daughter, the assassins retreated. "On leaving the saloon I heard Hadji Mebemet crying out, 'Toe flag is attacked ; let us defend it !' I ran up the ladder, but was hurled down. H Mehemet then ran up it, and succeeded in throw• ing down two of the assailants. We could net as. certain whether they were killed or not: "This unequal struggle bad now listed nearly a quarter of an hour, and we expected to succumb every moment. A man armed with a dagger came forward and asked me if theKairoakan had arrived. I thought he was a Cawass in authority, when I heard Mdlle. Eveillard cry our, 'V .ke care that man is going to sab you I' I rushed up al him to disarm him, but I received at the same moment a gash across my left hand from a sabre, a blow which broke the thumb of my left hand, and a dagger-stab through my arm. I should n;vi - ably have fall , n without the assistance of Mdlle. Ev. illaa d, who dis played the most extraordinary courage aed pre sence of mind. I finally succeeded in disarming my assailant, and killed nim. " Seeing that the Kaimakan did not corn-, the assassins, whom we bad thrice repulsed, made an other bold attempt to get up the stairs, urged on by the yells of some 50 women who accompanied them. I stood on the lowe , t step, armed w,th my dagger. • I ran ti , rotiolk and killed the first man that advanced, and I stabbed two or three others. At this moment the Kaimakan arrived, followed by two amass, and informed me that Col. Hass ,n, who commanded the artillery, had refused to coma to our aid, ender the pretext that he hal no orders, and could only rcecive them from the Governor- General. "The Kaimakan and myself hal only the two Cawase and my servant to suoport us ; it was be coming 41x:rsible to hold out much longer. I there fore reques ed that offici3l to endeavour to c lm the mob ; but it only made them the teo7e violent We want to have the Consul and his Chancellor,' they showed ; `haul them over to us that we may put them to clea.ih ; if you don't we will kill you The K timakan began to filter, and WAS only pre vee- el from complying by my threats. Thy mob continued to swell ; the attacks of the assailants became more fierce; the Kaimakan was knocked down by a blow from a club. While I was pickeig him up I received a sabre cut and a blow from a club on the head, which stunned me, and I fell. The assassins then rushed into the saloon and put M. Eveillard, already wounded, to de .th. "My faithful Al4erine h+d never left my side, watching his moment either to carry off my body, if I was killed, or to take me to some place of safety, if only wounded. At the moment I rec ived the last two wounds the servants of the Ktimakan were carrying off their master. Iladji Mehemet raised me up, c incealed my face under the Kai- 1 makan's rtbes, and we were taken to the. house of the Colonel, who had refused ns his-aid. I was immediately sent to the military hospital, where I did not recover my senses till after I had been there above a quarter of an hour, and where I re ceived every attention. "At the moment M. Eveillard was being mur dered and his house pillaged, the wife of a military official called Mehemet Effendi, to whom some days previously Madame and Mademoiselle Eveillard had shown great kindness, sent one of her slaves to save them.- Mademoiselle Eveillard was carried off by the slave to the house of his mistress, and thence to the Kaimakan's harem, where she re ceived every att en ti on. I mus t also return my thanks for the care taken of myself at the Artillery Hospital. "The commanler of the Cyclops, af h at anchor in the roadstead, could not be awe o inf w at was going on in the town. On the morrow, o rm h e a d d of what bad taken place by some Greeks wt c : sought refuge on board, he sent boats on shore to in As the boats approached the populace assembled on. each side of the channel, attacked the boats, to opre vent the crews landing ';'he commander, who was in one boat, perceiving the impossibility of landing, ordered the boats to return to the ship. The crew fired a vo lley, and killed tarp men, wounding others. On his return on board the Cyclops, Capt. 'Pullen wrot' to the Kaimakan asking news of the Consuls, and offering his services to put down the mob. The Governor replied that the force he had at Jeddah was not sufficient to allow him to take the offen sive, that he had despatched a courier that very evening, and that he hoped Namik Pasha would speedily arrive. He also informed Captain Pullen of the safety of Mdlle. Eveillard and myself. On the morrow Capt. Pullen wrote to me, begging me to 'indicate the means of saving us. 'He did not think he eoeld attempt a landing begged him ibo wait the l'‘'tah.ea are ivat "Ou the 16th the GoVercor ordered the bodes of the victims:4p be interred; and great was .the as tonishment of the Arab s a t not finding me the d ea d. A body of them w a it e d on t h e Cacti to i n form him I was alive, and that it was I who bad . t'lle • two 3tussplans.. whew b.-,dies were notesthe Consul , te. Santence o f cteeit pronounced against me, and every true believer was called upon to disclose my hiding-place that I might be put to death. For sume days crowds assembled in front of the artillery hospital asking whether I bad found refuge there ; but they were misled by the statement that I had found shelter on board the English frigate on the evening of the massacre. _ _ _ _ THE EARL OF EGLTNTON AT GALWAY. subsided ; and Stannyhurst says, in the language of the period that it was "much decayed." I trust that the historian of the present day will have a very different tale to tell. I trust be will write of Ghlway as a rising commercial city, brought within a few hours of the metropolis by the mighty agency of steam,connected by canals and basins with the magnificent lakes of the inte rior, having established a great and lasting inter course with the great Transatlantic Republic. (Tremendous applause.) In those old times, long before the great discovery of Columbus, p.ur ancestors always fancied there was some distant land in the west, which they had to look to with hope. As the Portuguese gazed over the sea, and year after year expected the return of their lost Sebastian—as the Welsh looked for their-royal Medce—so your ancestors fancied that there was a land in the west, which contained the shadei of their kinsmen. In fable and in mist, per haps ailed by some tradition, of- which we have now no record, tliey fancied that they saw from time to time this western land that they called Hybrisil, lam sure there are few of you who do not remember in the ode to Oganmore, by Moore, the following lines : DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. The banquet given to his Excellency at the City, of the Tribes haa done infinite honour to its -Pro jectors. Nothing was wanting to render it success ful. Nearly 4'lO persons were present, and the ar rangements and decorations of the banqueting hall are described as deserving of the highest praise. The speeches, which are reported at great length in this morning's Saunders, were practical and busi nesslike, and what is rather unusual at such demon strations in Ireland, nothing occurred to disturb the unanimity of sentiment that prevailed. If the banquet was a success, however, there was a hitch in another part of the programme laid dbwn for his Excellency's entertainment. Yesterday he was to have made an excursion to the Isles of Arran in one of Mr. Lever's sp'en•ii 1 vessels called the Prince Albert ; but, as she did not arrive at G away early enough for this parpose, his Excellency juti ciously 'declined making the trip in the Vesper, the only s' earner available, en the ground that she was not adapted for a pleasure party in a rough sea. Taking advantage of the spare time on his hands, therefore his Ex drove through the towtt, and, as a inPme visit, namt-d a new street after himself. ently his Excellency in- Tected the Que: s lege and reviewed V,e) Gal way Militia, corn by the Marquis of Clan ricarde. In the e g, the county ball came off, and there was also . and display of fireworks. "We remained thus five days in suspense when, on the night of the 19th, the Pasha arrived from Mecca with a detachment of Chas3eurs, and Namik Pasha took up his quarters at a barrack outside the town. On the next morning the Governor- Genet al sent his sen-in-law to make inquiries after me and asked me to visit him. 1 complied. Namik Pasha promised me to dotverythicg in bis power to inflict upon the a;sassins the chastisement which they deserved, and he 'old me he was ready to give me such satisfaction as .I mi.,ht require. I replitd that all that remained for me to do was to proceed ar d render a statement of the facts to the Govern ment of the Emperor. Ott leaving Jeddah I wrote in that sense to Namik Pasha. " Before I arrived at the Governor-General's Capt. Pullen had written to him to demand that the Chri;e i ins who had escaped the massacre should be given up to him. Namik Pasha r,que.ted an interview. Capt. Pullen pro„sAed to the palace, where I was also present. After the interview ;Mlle. Eyeillard, her servant, and myself embarked on board the hods of the friga'e, and the Christians wh ) ha I escaped the massacre on board a native boat, under the con mend of the captain of the port. " Captain Pullen wrote the same day to the Governor-General, demanding that the hosts of the Cyclors should be allows I to come to the land• ing stairs with armed crews, that the flags of Fi ante and England should be ealated by the artillery of the forts, that tee flags should then be carried through the sr , reets under an armed esc,rt from the friga'e, and that a pros scion should then go to the cewetery . to read t he burial service and pay military honours to the victims. Tile ceremony took place the following day. - " Such are, M. le Ministre, the facts of this hor rible drama, in which a furious population was enabled, while the authorities rrmaiued pessive spectators, to give vent to excesses of the most odious fanaticism. " In concluding this report I must ask your Excellency's permi4sion to recommend to the notice of the Emperor's Government the two faithful servants, Mehemet and Achmet, who, at the deli 1 of their lives, gave proof of so much courageou devotion. • " Oh ! when the western wave grew bright With daylight's parting wing; They sought that Elen in its light Which dreaming poets sing." (Cheers.) The - Spaniards found the real Hybrisil The Seventh Henry of England I illowed in their wake. Hundreds of thousands of your countrymen are now colotisiug it, and the ocean th ;t separates you from it is now regularly crossed with marvel lous velocity, and with an almost entire safety (Cheers) As the Governor of Ireland I must be imp triial—(appl,susi.)—and thereto; e, even in this p lace , I will not venture to offer an opinion iv on the relative merits es a packet station of Galway, of Valentin, and of Rayne% (Hear.) But !still, I thick, without any derogation tolmy impale ialirt, I have a right to say that Galway has made a step in aevauce—has taken possession of the great high way of the Atlantic, and I so far (and l. think I have it right to do so) throw impartiality for the moment to the winds, and wish Galway success with all my heart. (Loud and enthusiaatic cheer ing.) Let Valenti% rej ice in the gigantic effort which, though as yet unsuccessful, must in the enil and I trust almost immediately, succeed ; but let. Galway succeed in her enterprise, which will bring prospering to hers .lf and reflect great benefit on the rest of the country. Your ancestors looked hope lessly and in vain fur the Hybrisil, but you have certainty of the lard, and you know the faciltti-s of its approach. (Hear.) It has-been my happy lot on two occasions to come here at an auspicious mo ment. On my first visit I had the pleasure of open ing the canal, which I am proud to know bears my name. On this occasion I have come, I trust, t help to inaugurate a great enterprise which will make Galway ash tele has never bean before, and I ear nestly hope that if nay good fortune should ever again in after years bring me to Galway, I shall see that enterptise fully estab!ishedyOur fair bay ti led with ships and with merchandise, and your city prospering as she is entitled to do by her posi tion and natural advantages. (His Excellency , resuwid his seat amidst loud and protracted ap _.planee.) . '-- . . . . • The " Army and Navy," coupled with the name of Lord Gough, was next proposed. Lord GOUGH rose amidst applause to address the assembly. He said—May it please your Excel leecy, my lords and gentle Men, as a soldier, on the part of my profession, I thank you from heart. (Cheers.) Thirty-two yearsago Ovas last inGal way, and I shall never forget the period that I have spent amongst you. (Applause.) I am proud—very proud indeed—that that residence has net been entirely forgotten. (Renewed applause.) A soldier has many privations , o undergo, and solemnly I ask you what must be the privations of those separated from their ft iends,. - separated from that sex which now adorns this assetnb:y—(applause)—separated from all that is fair, from all that is b iautiful I Bat, gen- Comer), the feel!ng of kindness so naturally mani fested by the people of this country for the soldier's exertions animates him in the time iii battle, hears him up in his many priva ice s, and 1 makes him serve his honoured Queen aid les hon oured country with that degree of devotion which 1 has called f , rah your favourable op nion this day towards my profession. (Loud cheers.) Perini. me to assure you that few circumstances since. I have been amongst you afford greater gratification than to come among you this day as a resident landl. , rd of the cou t , of Galway. (Cheers.) I atvicipaied ,he intsnit , station of respect, esteem, gratieude, and affection to the individual who has so honoured us with his company th.s day—(ap ' pl.i . use)—who has come amongst us to inculcate a great, a beneficial lesson, not only to Galway, but to our country at large--,(cheers)—and from my heart I wish success and prosperity to that great. undertaking. (The gallant general was honoured throughout with loud applause and other manifesta tions of approval.) : .. Afterhis Excellency had proposed the health of the cbairm In, the same honour was paid to Mr. Lever, the announcement Of whose name elicited considerable ch. ering. Mr. LEVER. acknowledged the cempEwnt in a lOng speech. He said that it was a patent fact to the world that to make a packA station the high way to America they should improve and in every shape develop the resources not only of this country , but of Eno land, S•totland, Wales, and of the prin cipal portions of Eat ope. (Cheers.) Previous to his last steamship sailing tie proceeded from London to Liverpool for the purpose of having an interview with, the principal of the Cunard company. He went with money in his pocket- 7 (hear, hear) -for - the purpose of purchasing the fastest steam-ship he could get, and the first question he put to Mr. C. M . Keever was, would he sell his Arabia ?—the f (Cheers.) The quest t ls eat oni price wsatsearlo-tshlcifOtfheday. with him, but Mr. WlCeever told hint that he could not part with his steam-ship for money, especially the Arabia. He was then determined that be shou'd have the next b >st ship, and to his surprise he found that a still be .ter ship than the Arabia. (Cheers.) He begged to say that having been engaged far many years in navigation and the puremse of steam rs, he could judge of a fast saaingvessel, and the Prince Albert, now on her way to that port, was si cond to none in - the world. - (Applause.) Having gone into etatistcs relataag to the pr jeer, and announced a line of packets to S. John's and Boston, Mr. Lever concltided amidst warm applause by thanking the assembly for the support afforded to the uuder- To return to the banquet. After the usual loyal toasts,were given and drunk with greatenthusiasni, the High Sheriff of Galway, who was in the char, Proposed his Excellency's health in a neat speech, • when The E srl of EourrroN, on rising to return thanks, was warmly cheered. He then sail—Mr. High Sh , - riff, my lords and gentlemen, it is at all times d•i- cult to r. turn thanks f“r such au honour as you. have paid me, and an honour paid in such a manner, but it is especially difficult to do so when I have on this occasion t i return you thanks not only for the kind, and, I meet say, the more than kind manner in which you have received my health, but to you, and thr ugn yen to all classes of the community of Galway, for the manner in which I was received in your city to-day. And if there is anything which. could make such an honour more gratifying to me than another, it would be that my health was couplel with. the sentiment With which lam happy to say the Lord Lieutenant's health is always couplei—namely, prosperity to Irelaud--(loud eheers)—a sentiment in which I not only concur, but I will venture to say is not warmer iu the heart of any Li-Miran than in mine. (Enthusiastic cheers.) It is with feelings of the most unfeigned satisfaction that I find myselfonee more in Galway —(cheers)—and I think 'hat every member of the deputation who did me the honour to meet me at Athlone the other day will bear me out in saying that I showed no hesitation in accepting their kind invitation. (Hear, hear.) But how could I hesi tate in aceeptingsuch an invitation, when I remem ber the kindness, the confidence, the courtesy with which I was treated when I was last among you, such a reception as I believe no man was ever the object of before? (Applause.) I well remember when I came to Galway I was receive E- the respect due to me as the reprezentarive of my Sovereign, and with that courtssy which conies so ea:,urally, and, I may also say, so gracefully from Irishmen ; hut I felt that respect was paid to the office and not to the man. (Loud cries of "No, no," and "To both.") Pardon me, gentlemen ; I.felt that I was not then known by you.. I came here with every good intention and wish to further the prosperity of Galway. 'determined to do my duty to Galway, as I would by every other part - of Ire land—(loud cheers)—but when I came I felt, like you, that we were s rangers ; but I am happy to say, it was not lows ° before we became acquainted with each other. Tile respect thawed into some thing which I must call very like friendship—the courtesy ripened into cordiality ; and I can assure you, in all sincerity, that the recollection which rem itiecl in my mind of my visit to Galway was the brightest retrospect which I had of my short tenure of office in Ireland. (Loud ap plause.) The retro-pect appeared almost like a dream ; but the dream has become a realty. (Loud cheers.) The eiey, with its ancient traditions —your wide and noble bay, with the waves of the At:antic flowing in on either side of the wild Islands of Arran—the nistent mountains of Cenueurara— Lough Cerrib, whose surface I first disturbed with steam—(lout arid piel.)ng •d cheering)—l mean the canal into Lough Corrib—the representa'ives of the ancient tribes and the lovely daughters of the west — are again all i efore me, not only a dream but a bright reality. (Great cheering.) But, etentieinen, there ii a chan g e.. When I wcis here before I was shown your bay—l was t,ld what a magnificent harbour it would make—l was shown that them was nothing between it and the great conti,ient of Aiu,rica. I was perfectly aware of its advantages —but there was no Lever—(loud ebeering)—there was, I say, no Lever on which to found tile struc ture. (Che-r=.) My friend, Father Daly—:-(re -1 peated eheerine.)—discoursed to me, as• he alway s does, most energetically and most eloquently on the advantages of Galway, and pointed out that is was the true big h way io America. (Cheers.) If eloquent words and a good will could have effectel that object between us a Leviathan, at least, would have sprung up to plough the waters b tweon -Ire land an , l the New' World. Consistency and deter mination have at length prevailed, and I do rejoice to say that not only have you one steamer, but I trust ano her and another shall succeed ; not only have you sent one pioneer to take possession of the h.ghroad, but I trust another ship will soon be on its way in her wake. (Loud appleuee.) Ido take, 1 will no; say credit, but I rejoice to say that I, perhaps, have been a little instrumental in obt rin rng the assistance of the Power:aloe in this under taking ; and I can assure you that I did not allow one day to pass after the subject was bri ught before me until I r commende I that assistance to be given by my noblefriendtha Postmaster-General. (Hear.) My noble friend on my left, Lord Clanricarde, has already occupied that pose--(loud cheers)—end I rather think he will allow that these sort of changes are net eesile ma le—that changes in the Post-office do not emanate from it Trite so quickly as the le - tars themselves. However, my noble friend, the Postmaster-General, as I have no d. übt nay noble friend on - my left would nave equally done, at once acquiesced in my views. (Hear.) There is a change else, as your chairman bas old ye), in thee), ospects of the country. lam happy to say that I earl assure you I did not conceive it possible when I came to Ireland that I c ruld have found drat such exrr tor din try improvement could have taken place gene rally over the face of the country as I have found since my arrival. (Elear.)'Agriculeure has flourish - d —crime has decreased or the most wonderful man- - ner—and I do hope and trust that differences have diminished. (Cheers.) Ido nor, think that I could point to a greater instance of that, or to a happier prognostication of future peac e and tranquility, than by turning 'my eye to the right of this teble and seeing my fiend Archdeacon Goeld and my friend Father Daly sitting side IT side. (Loud eh era.) Tire chairman his alluded to some advice which I took the liberty of giving you when I was last in this place, advice which you.took in the saute spirit of fondness. in which it was offered ; btr I feel now that it is pelectly unnecessary for me to offer yore any advice or to read you any lecture on any given subjec . (Applause.) • I - believe there is no part of her Majesty's dominions more p-aceable and tranquil than teis part of Ireland, and, if these changes have °counter during the six years that hee elapsed since my last visit, if Galway has pro— gressed with the lest of Ireland in that general priisperity which has been diffused over it, let us take a still w;der retrospect, and look to -the changes that have taken place during a longer period. There eau be no doubt, from the position - of Gslway, from the interesting remains of build ings which still adorn some of her streets—(hear; hear)—if we did not know a'so from history, there can be no doubt that Galway had a very thriving trade with Spain and France in olden times ; and so far, 1 have ne doubt, perhaps, was more pros perous in proportion than she is now. But with all their prosperity—if prosperity there was—her citizens looked in vain for that peace and tran quility of which I have just spoken. (Hear ' hear.) They were in perpetual fear of the attacks of their warlike neighb ours ; even from the ances tors of many of those I see hr-re joining with us at this festive board, .and drinking prosperity to the city to whose pillage their forefathers contributed. (Laughter and cheers.) I think it is about 300 years ago that a predecessor of mine—a former viceroy—Sir Henry Sidney, visited Galway. He came on no peaceful errand. He came for the pur pose of devising mea,ures to guard the city against ( t a b s e w inroads r o s f to t h o d e Both of the latter, ) o t ' h A e la j l o le y yp s. the De 'Burghs, and I am - sorry to say, have something to do with the noble marquis on my left, whom we now see com manding tire soldiers who are here for your protec tion. (Cheers.) Well, Sir Henry Sidney toiled s here on horseback over moor and mountain, armed . to the teeth, with a guard of martial. retainers — his jauruey from the metropolis of Ireland occupy ing more then e a yeeek.. .Ypur. prese nt viceroy , comes to you OnTria - peaceful errand of inaugura ting a great triumph over the Wean. (Cheers.) He comes here , seared in the most luxurious ease in a carriage propelled by a power and at 'a velocity formerly Undreamt of—the railway officials for his guards, friendly and confiding citizens for his re tinue—h-s journey occupying three hours. (Laud ' cheers.) I read that rather before the time to which I have alluded that Campion tells us "Gal way was a proper neat city on the seaside." But ab.)ut th..ktigl4 Of sit.liclarY Aiittly -i t - 4.34 lather " I am, dtc., " EMERAT." ETON COLLKGE EGgCTION. SATURDAY, JULY 24. According to annual custom the R,v. the Provost of King's College, Canibridg. , , accompanied by his posers (the Rev. Dr. Williams and Mr. H. J. Sim monds), arrived in state at Eton College at two o'clock on Friday last, and was received in the Lower School by the Vice-Provost, fellows, masters, and assistant masters. After having viewed the scholarf rooms they proceeded throu4ll the quadrangle to the entrance of the . el .1 tern beneath tpe clock-tower, where the Provost of Eton was in waiting to rec Ave them, and where the eustomaiy Lain speech is delivei ed by a King's s,cholar, which on this occasion was admiraoly spoken by Mozley, ma. ; K. S. The arrival of- the Provost of King's is a signal for the commencement of the hospitalities provided for by the pioul founder, and which, it is but jus tice to say, are administered by the college autho rities of the present day to a most liberal extei , t. The various entertainments will extend over the great part of the present week. On Saturday morning the Duke of Malakhoff and suite arrived at the Provost's lodge, where a sumptu , us breakfast was provided for his Excel lency and a distingiti , hed circle of about 40 who had the honJur of being invited to meet him, among whom were the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford, L.ird Granville, CA and Mrs. Howard Vyse, of Stoke, La , ly Young, Mrs. Mangles, Lord S ratford de Radcliffe ' Mi-s Tirackeray, the Pro vosr. of King's, the Miss, , s 03.ke4, Dr. Rowland Williams. the Rev. S. F. Marshall, Col. Cidogan, he Rev. Stephen Ilawtt ey, Miss Hannah Elawtrey he Rev. H. J. Eidson. vicar of Windsor, &o. At noon the company a.sernoled in the Upper Schoti to hear the speeches, and, as the Duke of M ihkhoff procweded thither from the Provoit'ti lodge, as wtll ail on his arrival, he was heartily cheered by tue studen. s. The u.ual portion of the school wag appropri'te'l to the viiito: s, and di4played a brilliant assembl , ge of ladies. In Grin of this as4ernblage the Duke of M.lakh, , ff took hi 3 seat, wearing %Ito Order of the 13,th, the L-gion of Honour, and several other decorations. His Excellency t , at wi h L ird Gran vite and the Bishop of Oxford on his right, and the Provost of E•on and King's on hiS left, when the speeches commenced. - So admirably were all the speeches delivered that it i 3 almost with reluctance we mention the follow ing aA ktving most distinguished themselves—viz., Pow. 11, Mozley, ma., Dyne, Young, LUXiDOTO, and Wood, ma., all of whom were loudly app!auded. Toe Dime of M4l , khoff appeared highly delighted with the set , ction from Molii , re. At thr , e o'clock the company, w,th the King's sTholars, as.em bled in the College hall, wh.re they partook of the customary eutertainm , qit ; the elllege graces, ante and poe , prandlion, being chanted with fine eft*, ct by the TO King's scholars, also.as si‘oed by the choir of Eron College Ch•tpt,l and the Chapel Royal of St. George, Young, K. S., per forming the duty of leader. Atter dinner and aft •r the loving cup had been passed round, the c inipany adjourned to the Elec tion-hall, where they partook of an elegant cL ssei t, and drank the usual loyal , nd. collegiate toasts, among which were " The Immortal Memory of the pious Founder," " The Hea:th of the Reach Ambassador," which was acknowledged by his ex-. cellency, who . expreSsed in French the great sat s fa.3tion with which lie had visited the college. The following also addressed the meeting :—The Bel gian Minister, Lod Stratfoid de ller , dcliffe, the Bishop of Winchester,. Mr. Just.cu lialliburion, the Adjutant General, Arelideac in Abrahams, ke. At 7 o'clock, lhe company having assembled ;n the Brec , s, the b;ats were manned by their re speetve cr.ws, and of er pulling to Windsor-bridge they left for Surley-hall, in the following order : The ei g iv, selected to row the Wectminwter—the same crew which rowed against Ridley at Henley on the 26 hof iret Jane ; Mr. C. IT. El4ll, Mr. F. B. Van de W.-y4,r, Mr. D, Ricardo, Mr. C. Wynne, Mr. H. W. Hussey, the Hon. F. Trench, Mr. 13. Collings, the Hon. V. F. Lawless ; coxswain, Mr. E. M. Smith. Costume.—.L.-rsey trimmed with Eon blue riband and silver, straw hat, Eton blue riband, white flannel trousers. taking. The Marquis of CLANRIcARDE, in reply to the toast, " Tne House of Lords," said—They were not rwea,lhy capitalists in G..lviay. Tileir land, how ever fettil , had not got those mineral products which 'in theuiselves were a source of great wealth, and which gave facilities for the eocouragerneut of manufacturing industry. But at 1- ast let them ely - )w that they were men of business as well as Mr. Lever ----whoSe el , qeent speech expiessed what it meant and meant business—that they , could appreciate the - natural position. which they had, and that when men who - had copital we e ready to associate together, and to come to that c est to avail them selves of the faclies that it afforded for a great undertaking of national and European benefit — (h• ar, hear) —they were ready to join with them as far as their means and resources would allow, and that they would aff Td them every encourage mera;, which it was.in theirpower to give. (Ctietrs.) Mr. JOHN ENNIS, M.P., in replying to a local toast, said he saw years ago that nature bad made. Galway a point of departure for tr tnsatlantie en terprise, • and he acted accordingly. He always felt Ehat that problem: would one day or other have to he solved,. which be thought they were now ou the eve .of seeing solved advantageously for Gale way. But there were certain things to be done in order to make Galway calculated for the reception - of ittelmeri of large size. - Let not applica,iotibe mAde to Paliament for• a shilling until the fact was ascertained that the passage ft om the east to the west contd be made in a snorter period froth Galway than from any other port in Great Pt*in'. The fact once ascertained, the mails mast 6d14 that lin e as a matter of course. Publleauthority would demand it from any g overnment aud from every Government. Then let the port of Galway be so arranged with regard to particular requirements, extension of piers, &c., that nothing would be wanting for the sustainnient of a large filet of steamers. Re was satisfied that they had the key of this matter in their own bands, .and they would be very much to blame it they allowed any other city to take it out of their hands.. • After several .other specches the company separated. l b • His Excellency returned to uo in by -special train to-day. The following addresses were presented to his Excellency shortly atter his arrival in Galway The High Sheriff of the county read the follow ing address : "TO HIS EXCELLENCE THE LORD LIETJTENANT OF IREL AND. "May it - please your Excellency,—We the in habitants of the count con gratulate y ou - E xce llency, as the representative of her . AlidestY - in Ireland,- on yotir artiVal 'in this town.' of Gslway, desire to eon beg to assure your Exceoney of our devotion, loyalty and attachment to her gracious The occasion on which year txceiren Cy has acceded-to the invitation to visit this, Western port :s one of peculiar interest to all daises in this county. .it is, as we confidently trust, to inaugu rate a permanent system of communication between i,hts,town and America—an enterprise that, if estab lished on a eat -factory basis, caturt fail to be of the Tlll- &UN, LONDON, MONDAY EV ENING, YOLY 26, 1858. most material advantage to the country ; and we tb-refore hail your Excelle cy's presence as a proof of the interest taken by her Majesty's Government in an enterp►ise of such acknowledged utility. " The impression left by your Excellency on the occasion of your former vi-it induces us to enterts in the most sanguine expectations that your Excel lency will recommend such measures as are in your judgment best calculated to promote this object. We may also assure your Excellency that t , e few words of this address very inadequately convey the feeling of pleasure and hearty welcome with which we hail for the second time your arrival in our cpnnty." To which his Excellency replied in anitab7e term?. The following address from the town of Galway was then read by the High Sl,eriff " TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF EGLINTON, LORD LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVER NOR OF IRELAND. We, the itlabitants of the town and county of the town of Galway, hasten to express to your Ex cAlency our graieful acknowledgments for the promptness with which your Excellency acceded to our request , that you wonkl honour our ' An cient Citie' wi h your presence on this interesting occasion. We are seniible of the ardent desire of your Excellency for the prosperity of the country which our gracious S ivereign ha; committed to your government`; and we have a lively recollection of the warm interest which you exhibited in our local improvements when inauntrating a work which now bears your Excellency's name, The Eglinton Canal.' " The object of that work was to connect the great lake which approaches our town with our noble hay, and, by facilitating the inland naviga tion, to devel •pe the resources of the cluntry. "On the pr,sent occasion we have invited your Exc*llency to honour us wi h your presence, when we have ass-mbled to celtbr ate a work destined, we trust, to fulfil the promise which nature seemed to have made us—by eitahlishing this great western port cf the British Islands as the point of commu nication with the Ame!icAn continent. " We trust that the hopes of many years and the wishes of our ci izens are about to he realised, and convinced of your Excellency's sitrcero syrup& thy with us on the present occasion, by the w rm interest you have already shown in its success, we heae tily welcome yon to the town of G 'lway. " JOHN WILSON - LYNCH, High Sheriff; Town of Galway. " Galway, July 22, 1858." In reply his Excellency a rid— " Gentlemen,=-4 am glad to find that you are satisfied with the promptness with which I accepted your invitation to come to Galway on this interest ing occasion, but I can claim no credit for it, be cause in so doing I bestowed the highest gratifica tion on myself. The two days which I spent in this city un my former visit will never be effaced from my recollection, and nature itself seems.to vie with the citizens in giving me a bright and cordial welcome. " I rejoice to find that the same kind and hearty greeting . is aeain proffered to me by you, and if anything could add to the sympathy with which I regard this great enterprise, and the interest I take in the fulfilment of your long-cherished hopes. it would be the more than kind reception which I have now met from all classes of your fellow citizens," The Rev. Peter Daly then read the address from the Town Commissioners : " TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF EGLINTON, LORD LIEUTENANT- GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVERNOR OF IRELAND. - "May it please your Excellencv,—We, the cor poration of town c nnmiesionersof Galway, approach your ExcePency with sentimen:s of affectionate re spect, to offer our warmest welcome on your arrival amongst us on this auspicious occasion, fraught with proiniFe of groat ben , fit" to our town in par ticular, and to Irelaed generally , as we l l as sugges tive of mere extended beuefite in relation tai the commerce and intercourse of these realms wi.h the civilised world. " The agreeable impressions which, on another interesting occasion, your Excellency's condesc-n -sion 1-ft on every heart in this cly, induced us to hope that your enlightened meld would foster and encourage the efforts now being made to create a new outlet for the-commerce and traffic of Ireland, and open a new route for thei l interchange of opinions and friendly relations with millions of her own chil dren in the Western World ; and this hope you have converted lute reality by the unhesirating con descension with which your Excellency comes amongst us to inaugurate a project which will open to our people a fair tpport unity of developing those resources with which our c >untry a.taatinds. " Our anc-ent city, once the emporium of com merce with France and Spain, without either wish ing to compute with any other-more fortunate loca lity in the race of commerce or to create any rivalry to the leeitimite industry of other portions of the empire, simply desires to place at the disposal of enterprising men the undoubted advantages wi. , 11 which nature has surrounded our magnificent bay, as the most cooveni-nr, high-road for intercourse between these countries and the Western regions, where millions of Irshmen sigh for pricker and serer means of enn , taut and uninterrured associa tion with de it friends in Ireland ; and wa must re gard with gratitudeand pride • he coun• enance which your Excellency's presence gives to the great enter prise that promi-tes them those legi'mate.results. PETER DALY, P. P. and V. G. , Chain an." To which the following reply was returned by his Excellency : "Gentlemen,—lt affords me the highest gratifi cation to receive this welcome from those who are the authorised rep esentatives of this city arid its inhabitants at the first moment of my" arrival ; and can assure you with all sincerity that the cordial feelings which you expr ss towards me are recipro cal. I have always retained the most lively reool lee, ien of the kindness which I met with from you during my former visit ; and though I perhaps hoped that our meeting on that occasion was not entirely forgotten by you, I could hardly anticipate such a fl tittering reception as that which I am now greeted with. I - o sine then to inaugurate a magni ficent internal canal, which must tend greatly to increase the trade not only of your city but of the district to which it leads. I now come to rejoice with you over the establishment of a project which brings you in direct c ommutrica . ion with the great translentic repubc, and bids fair to opin to you a career of great and. rapidly increasing commercial prosperity, and such as your atic,tstors could not dream of, and the most sanguine amongst you could scarcely ash rt time since have hoped for. It will give me sincere pleasure if my presence in any way assists in furhering teie great enterprise, and I yield to none of you in my earnest hope that it may meet with that complete success which it so well merits." VACANCIES .APPOINTiIICE R TE :ya t N Hou HP se ß ho o l u :LiorNbee post , IN t 1 THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Th e of one of the Equerries in Ordinary has become vacant by the resiviation of Major-General E. W. Bouverie. General Post-office—The postrnaste-ship of Settle, Yorkshire, ha. become vacant by the death of Mr. John Gibbins. The Board of Trade, General Regi-ter and Record Office of Seamen—Mr. Whitehead has been ap pointed third class clerk, vice Mayo, deceased. A third class clerkship is vacant in this office. Cusloms—The office of controller at Belfast has become vacant by the death of Mr. Frederick Stone. Inland Revenue Depart. avast, Exci:- - e Branch—Mr. T S. Stewart, supervisor, Liverpool third oi-triet, has been appointed to Battersea (late Lambeth) disiriet, vice Aslton retired. Mr. W. 11. Johnston, surreyer r f exports, port of Liverpool (whose ; station i- , discontinues'), has Leen appointed po , t super- visor of Liverpeol third iliefric% Mr. John French, lite - import eupervisor, has been appointed pert super ' visor at Liverpool now the " Port District." East IndieseeeMr. St 11. S.he. , p ,, f i t e r c d o h r aab an een d a P n P i P a i g ' ; t s e tr d a' e s e cond . of a sistant to the Abmednuggur. ,The -Mi. F. Gels, second chaplain of Kurrachee, 'liar been appointed to act as second chaplain at Poona. The Rev. W. L. Barnes lea. been appointed chaplain of Kurrachee and Ketree. The Rev. C. 11., L, Lye, e chapleire of Sattara., has been ap- ' pOinted to act at.oheplain of Rutnagherry. The Rev; U. H. Brereton, chaplain of Colaha, has been appointed to act as chaplain of Sattara.—Civil S. crvice Cazette. LAoyzariszuzer.l---We ere happy to quote the following interesting information from Du Barry's Report on cures of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner vous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, ,Astlimas , CoasumptiOn, • and: Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Reialenta Arabica Food : Eight years' dyspep sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice" of me y,. have been effectually removed by Du Barry 4 ;sßeValeuta Arabica ,Food in II very shtirt title. I shall be happy to answer' any inquiries. Rev. joux W. Feaverz, Ridling. ton Becton-, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of Castle tietiafe-±:tr.e 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Deember, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bil e , great nervousness and irritability, of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing.. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Cure No. 1,609. Three years excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, -which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. ALEXANDER-STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, S:abberct;n. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A tire; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Ilarvti . y; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. W urzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart do Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuait; Major Gen. _Thomas King, and mane' other respectable per. sons, whose health- 113. i b een r estored by it, moans of cure h S u itably packed with full instil:re ad-failed. after all other tions, In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9 d.; 21h. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carria g e free •on re. 1 ceipt of Post-office- order. Barry 1)u Barry, and Co., 77 Regent-itreet, London. Important Caution against the fear. ful dangers of spurious imitations —The Vice. Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th nerd), 1354, against Alfred Ileoper Nevill for imitatint "1% Bitrry's Revalenta-Arabica TOO cl. ; ! THE SR:RPENTINE. Why should not the Set pent,ne be cleansed frnm all its impurities in tho same vv,ty that the Orna mental Water in St. James's P,%rk ha 3 recently been purified ? Sir Benjamin H dl, in this mac ter, set an example which Lud John Manntra would do well to follow. Tiiere has not ben in our recollection a tnwe thoroughly sucless'ul im provement within the metropolis than the one which the la , e Conmii4oner of Pu'lic Works effected in St. James's Pa,k. All the good con sequences predicted by ihe advocates of tie scheme have actually been obtained, and nor, one single In convenience of the amity foretold its opponents has followed from its adoption. There we have a clear, bright s , eet of water, where before there was a thick, muddy compound, reeking with offensive smells. Chirdren cal play with impunity, and in the very height of tho dog-days the I,A,n -dorier may lied refreshment without a drawback iu the beautiful gardens of St. James's Palk. Sir Benjamin Hall too has actually converted London skating into a pastime which may be indulged in without danger to life. Bef ?re iht3 days uf his lileship a certain number of vi inn were &Awned every winter in St. James's Park as a matter of course. TI is annual sacrifice of human llfe was part of Death's metropoli!an bill of fare. No one, of course, would have attempted to deny that prima fAcio it was rather a pity that a certa.n numbor of persons should be drowned every y, ar in Sr. James's Park, but then there were pre. cautions adopted in favour of the skating cl,sses. Great boards, inscribed with the word "Danget" in large characters, were stuck up wliereler the ice was rco ten. Humane Socie y's men were sta , i , u eti alung the banks for the rescue of t he v.cruns. Th. y were armed with instruments which, as it seemed, it would have required the fervent imagination Dante to conceive as applicabla to the 1 noe , s and bodies of drowning men. Until Sir Bi njarnit, Hall's time the bright idea of do ug away with the possibility of danger alioasa her, aed of rem t ing those strange instruments of torture to some mu seum of antiquities fix the edifies ion of our bori or stricken posterity, never crossed the official train. The St. James's water is now pleasant arid ref e iu the warm summer afternoons; it is made shallow enough to be safe in winter. Now, why should Do , the, S-rpeutine be taken in hand in a similar way '? Here we are about to scatter millions broadcast for the sake of puri fying the Thames ; why net spare one thought to this broad sheet of wa er which lies weltering Ire the midst of our fay-tithe park ? In the great heats it stinks so badly—in the winter season it is such a deaeh-trap to the skaters. List week a very numerous meeting was held to constricr this subject. Among the speaksrs was D. Copelsnd. "In 1848," said th s gentleman, "I had evi dence in my own practice of persons who were affected by the noxious sineda arising from the Se-pentine, who did not live near it, but were simply accustomed to walk there morning or even ing. The banks of the S-rpentine aro frequented by many of the higher classes, and I believe the paller of the ciatntenance is as mu h caused by the Serpentine as by the dins patina of the Leedoe season." From one grade of s city let us lass to another which lies at the other extremity of the social scale. It has been ascertained that upon an average 2k10,000 persons take their ev nog bath every stammer iu the Serpentine. Now, we are perfectly aware that the practice of wallowing for a time in mud is highly rec:entnended by many eminent German physicians iu cases of toiifirmed rhrumatism, sciatica, scree We would, however, remark, iu ihe first place, that in the Serpentine the filth is too much in sal uton fo us to expect cura tive effects from it iu this clireelion ; and, secondly, that the 200,000 bathers ate really desirous of bathing in water, not of soaking in mud. Now, surely these poor persons are deserving of some little consideration. They can't get to the sea side, they can't even make their way to any part if the Thames Where a " header" would not prove iasttntly fatal. They are mainly youths of the artisan class, who look forward to their plunge and swim as the great feature of enjoyment in the summer time. Surely there would be some satisfaction in so purifying the Serpentine that it should be a source of health to so many thousand poor persons ? We have said nothing of the danger which arises in consequence of the un certain depth of the present polka ed sheet of liquid. Bathers are drownsd iu the Serpentine every year, and so are skaters, in even larger proportion than the skate: son the old S. James's water. It is oely right to add hat every year tuts dirty lake is be coming more and mors a source of iucoevehieuee and dist ace to a noble class of terraces end squat es which are rising up at no great distance from its son' bern bank. Now, the wet of effecting th's improvement and of putting the Ssreentrne ire equaily good c.4ldi tien wi h the Ornamental Water ir, St. James's Park would be just 20,000/. !—s of e;y a paltry sum when we look to the dr pth of the paymast , is pocket, and the importance of the o' jest to be at tabled. For this sum the bottom ef that great sheet of filth cud be put fled, levslled, and covered wi h coactete, so as lo leave all un-forth depth of 4 or 5 feet , f pure water. The engineers who have earn -d thr nigh the works in St. James's Park so suscesstully answer for the resul , in the cas • of the dirty Serpentine. Why sh ,u al it not be doae ? Had S;r Benjamin Halt coetieu d in office he would have done is. Why does n.t Ler I John Manners think it worth his whiPe to esrn a cheap but well-deserved popul,rity by counseling • his name with so great an improvement ? As we see, the present Commissioner denies the dirt. There is no reason why another Commissit,n9r, sill [rote happy in denial, should not ignore Loudon. Lola Jahn Man tiers says LIM he tas seen little boys " lap up" the water of the Serpentine. We say that if the noble Cennmissiolier will name any particular species of garbage which exists in the London stri ets, we will find instances of little boys who are prepared to " g,,bi;le it up." Will Lord John Manners himself drink a cool pot of Serpen tine water ? That would be something like a test. We do net believe, if the matter were properly represented to the holue, that it would refuse a liberal contribution from the public purse in aid of the outlay. Whatever may be said ab ut the Thames, it is clear enough that the provincial visi tors, their wives, and their ehildf en, derive quite as much satisfaction from the Serpentine, and use its banks quite as much for the purpose of recrea tion, as the regular Londoners.—Tianes. UPPER BOATS. MONARCH, 10-oar.—Patten, L.) Strange, Bro , lrick letrd Newry, Stopford, Sir F. Joh ns t one Lord Vvall: ' - court, Hoare, Burr, Norman ; Lubbock, m' s., coxswain. Costume.—Eton straw hat with Royal blue gold edged riband lettered " Monarch," gold anchor and "Fioreat Etona,'' broad blue t.triped shirt and blue necktie. C ixswain as an admiral. PBINCK OF MALES.--Lubbock, wax. , Hankey, Hum phrey, Mr. Grosvenor, Cunningha:ne, Le Marchant, Eaton, ma., Dutton ; Thesiger cbxswain. Costume. —White .traw hat b-und with crimson gold edged riband letterred " Prince of Ni . Ta . les," gold plume and wrsatb, row., shamrock,. and thistle, red a white striped shirt, crimson and white necktie. COM ;vain zs lieutenant. LOWER BOATS. BRITANNIA.—Mr. Csdogan, Duberley, Scholefield, Pail -t, Wauchope, Ricardo, Taylor, Campbell ; Hop wood coxswain. Cestume.—E•mn straw bat with Waterloo blue riband edged with gold, "Britannia" lettered in g.ld, la4ur. in gold, union jack and tri- coloured lip, blue and white striped shirt, blue acid white check necktie. Coxswain as lieutenant. DREADNOUGHT.—MaxweII, Charringtnn, Rhodes, Streatfield, Edmonds, M'Clintook, Barnett, Garnett; Chapman coxswain. C 'stump.—Bound straw hat, with cerise-coloured silver-edged rio an d, " D rea d no u g ht" lettered in silver, and arms of E ng l an d i n s il ver , ceri , :te and white striped shirt and necktie. Coxswain as midshipman. THETIS.—St. Quentin, Wood, Fraser, Hildyard, Moore, Elvee, Wynne, mi., Hobbs ; Eaton, mi., cox swain. Costume.—Bound black straw hat, silver edged green riband, "Thetis" in silver, with crossed oars and roses, violet and white striped shirt, violet-coloure4 necktie. Coxswain as midshipman. ST. GEORGE.— Kekewich, Stanley. Butterworth, Phelips, Broworigg, Baskerville, Woodrooffe, King lake ; Brnxner coxswain. Costume.—Straw tat, bound with peach-coloured gold edged riband, figure of St. George, with a wreath wild roses ' white peach and striped shirt, and check necktie. Coxswain as midshipman. The crews were preceded by the band of the 2d Life Guards, the Westminster eight, the Leander eight, and the eight composed of the officers of the Ist Battalion of Coldstream Guards. On arriving at Surrey Hall the crews landed on t l 'e opposite shore, and partook of an elegant al fresco repast, provided by Mr. Layton, of Windsor, after which they drank the customary loyal and Alegiate toasts, re.manued their boats, and re- turned to Windsor-bridge, where they arrived at 9 o'clock, and were received by the welcome huizas of the numerous specta ors who limed the bridge, wharfs, and every avai!able spot is the vicinity. A brilliant - displ'y of . f,reworks then took place, under the tilt oction"of Mr. Bennett, he husband of the late unforianat:i lady known to the public as Madame Ooton, while the boats were rowed past 'clock, at which time the band played dhathf-epNasat ninetion ° alAuthern, the studen's rowed .to the Ehoie, attl re - tune& tc) LT-1 IS kalif-Pk / 11V Day.) LONDON, July 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; strong breeze, and cloudy, SOUTHAMPTON, July 2 '.—Wind ( ), from Al.-xandria PLYMOUTH, July 25.—Wind S.W.— Arrivcd—H.M.S. Firefly, from Africa. Flora, for Quebec ; Lanarkshire, ditto. CADDIFF, July 24. Wind s.—Arrived--China, from Quebec. OFF TORBAY, July 24.—Arrived--Violet, from Heine pool for the Mediterranean. OFF FALMOUTH, July 2.3.—Arrived—Albien, from Colombo, HOLYHEAD, July 25. It blew a heavy gale last night from S.W. to N.W., and several of the vessels which sailed yesterday put back again. The Wolverton, flow Liverpool to Swansea, is ashore at the back of the Head, and is likely to become a total wreck. YARMOUTH, July 25.—The Margaret Reed (schooner), of Newcastle, came in collision in the Cockle Gut this morning with the Caroline Sesame, of Lynn, from airtlB- pool to London, when both vessels received considerable damage. The latter took assistance, and will be to wed into the harbour to repair. It is blowing a gale at W.N. W. FLEETWOOD, July 25.-- The Eliza (schooner), of and from Barrow for Birkenhead. cane ashor , this moreiug near Rossall ; she fills with the tile, and is being dis mantled ; crew saved., ELECTRIG TELEGRAPH.) LIVELIPOOL, Launtlay Morning. Wind W.S.W. . Arrived, July 21—Mermaid, from Akyab ; Wanderer, St. Lucia; Woodfield, Montreal; Damascus, screw steamer; Smyrna ; Douro, screw steamer, Lisbon ; Tercina, Gib raltar. Th© Mona's Queen, screw steamer, arrived here from Douglas, Isle of Man, reports having seen three mastheads of a vessel upright, about five miles north-west of Bell Buoy. The Miriam, from Bassein, and the Jano Morten, from Lep' aux, were in contact dining the gale, when the for mer lost bowspri.`, &e. The Mineral, from Barrow, for Ellesmere port, was driven on shore near Sou th p ort 'y esterda y morning. Crew saved by the Southport life-boat. Ariived, July 26.--Duncrue, from Huelva • Angelina, Nan es ; Annette fiage, Nals,kow ; Clements, Ostend. The Sangeen, from Quebec, for Liverpool, at Sydney, C. 8., in distress, and had, it MO reported, thrown over board about 7..,0 barrels of fl us-. (BY SUBIARINE AND BE TIM TE' EGRAPH.) GW,AVESEND, Monday Morning. Wiad ; tide two bourn' flood ; 'weather fine. 25—Nuguet, steamer, from ArUngen ; Lord John Rased, steamer, Dunkirk; Richard and Nicholas Smyrk, Cronstadt; Chriatine, ConAantiuople ; Unity, Abbeville. Sailed, July 25 Boqltorn9, for Calcutte. Sailed, July 26--Mary Ann, for Memd. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind VT., moderate. Passed, July 23—Coaxer, from Shields. for Gibraltar ; Drie Broilers, Amsterdam, Hongkorg ; Gifeon, Shed, Loudon ; Teresa, Bremen, Ttiuidad do Bolivar; nies, Dunkirk - , Havre; Pbcenix, Luba, Labercheillo ; Lanoniun AZA , t.na, Newcastle, Seville • S a rdinia, Bazsei:i, London; lekerinanaL , Mauritius; lifary, Havre; Ella, screw steamer, Velocity, screw steamer, Spain - ; lEolus, Guernsey ; Bellon, Bialta—sli from London. Passed, July 25. , ---Norske Love, from Port Neuf, for London ; Excelsior, steamer, from the westward for Lon don ; Circassian, barque, from that - 1.4 . th, for the westward. Spitfire, 'V . :talon, Harwood, Norman (cor vette), Eiisa HestLQr, with several others cutward bound; also, horae7,Ead-booed, her I! f.i Hat CHEQUES TS BILL. The following is a copy of the bill as amended in committee, to amend the law relating to cheques or drafts on bankers : _ _ _ " Whereas it is expedient to amend the law re lating to Cheques or drafts on hankers : Be it there fore enacted by the Que , n's most excellent Majesty, by and with tire advice and consent of the toils Spiritual and Temporal, and Cemmons, in this pre,ent parliament ai,sernbled, and by the authority of the same, as fellows : "1. Whenever a check or draft on any banker, pay dale to bearer, or to order, on demand, shall tie issued, crossed with the name of a banker, or with two transverse lines with the words and company,' or any abbreviation thereof, such cross imt sh,ll be deemed a ma'erial part of the cheque ' or draft, and, except as hereafter mentioned, shall not be obliterated or added to or altered by any person whomsoever of er the issuing thereof ; and the baeker upon whom such cheque or draft shall b- drawn Atilt not pay such cheque or draft to any other than the hanker with whose name such ch eque or draft shall be so crossed, or if the same be crossed as aforesaid without a banker's name, to any other than a banker. "2. Whenever any such cheque or draft shall have been issued uncrosted, or shall be crossed with the words, 'and company,' or any abbrevia tion thereof, and without the name of any banker, any lawful holder of such cheque cr draft, while the same remains so uncrossed, er crossed with the • words `and company,' or any abbreviation thereof, without the name of any banker, may cross the same with t o !ramie ef a bairker ; and whenever any such chi que or draft shall be uncrossed, any -uch lawful holder may cross the same with the words and company,' or any abs reviatron thereof, i h or withunt the name of a banker; and any such crossing as in this n meet,oned, shall be , deemed a mat rial t art of the cheque or draft, and shalt not he ohlrterated or added to or altered by any per son whomsoever afterthe making thereof; and the bar ker u r , on whom such cheque or draft suall lee d awn rha.l not pay such cheque or draft t army (Arr• r than t.e benker will whose name such . hey Ile or dr .ft shall be so cio sed as lase aforesaid. 3. It any person eh dl blite-rate, add to, or alter any such ci os-ing with intent to defraud, or offer, utter, dispose of, or put off with intent to defraud, any cut que or draft on a banker, whereon suck fraudulent obli.eration, atieriti , n, or alieratiori has been made, knowing i t to have b .en so made, such person sh-11 be guilty of felony, and, being con victed thereof, sh 1. b liable., at the discretion of the court, to he transport,d beyond the seas for or to such 0 her punishment as is enacted and provided for th 030 grit y of forgery of bills of ex change in the stature in that case made and provided. "4. Provided always, that any banker paying ch. que or draft which does nut at the time when it is pres-uted for payment plainly appear to be or to have been crossed a, af..re-aid, or to have been obli terated, added to, or altered as aforesaid, shall not he in any way respo:.s ble or incur any liability, or nor shall such payment be questioned by reason of such the que having been so crossed as aforesaid, or having been so obliterated, added to, or altered as aforesaid, and of his having paid the same to a per son other than a hanker, or other than the banker with whosl name such cheque or draft shall have been so crossed, unless such banker shall have acted mala fide, or been guilt) of negligence in so paying such cheque. "5. I.e, the construction of this act the word b enker' shall include any person or persons, or c .reoration, or joint-stock company, acting as a banker or Daekees." Comm y YORK-JULY 24. There was a tolerable show of wheat today, which sold at about is below last week's rates. Very little dant( • in barley, prices varying from 34s to 37s per qr. • 014 4 and beaus were in small supply and the turn dearer. LEICESTER—JULY 24. With only a fair supply of wheat at our market to day, prices were generally is to 2s per qr lower than last week. Superior white sorts 495, and 463 for red. Oats , in small supply, and in better demand, at rather over the , prices of last week, good qualities making 35s per 24 stone• . Beans were scarce, and sold for more money, prices vary- , ing from 4 a to 48s per 38 stone. OXFORD-JULY 24. There was a slender attendance at our market this morn• - log, and the business pa , isiug wa• very limited. Wbeat - was fiebly supplied. But tow samples of barley and oat' on uffer. New peas were worth 15s to 49s per qr. Floor • 3.3 s per sack. ROCHESTER- JULY 24. We have again to t.poit a dull market for all deacrip• awls of grain, and tho few who were compelled to bag had to give a reduction of la to '2,a for wheat ; other sort' rather easier. PBR QUARTER. PER QUARTO S Wheat, red (old) 4lts to 4i6 Barley, grinding ... --s t 0350 Ditto (new) Ditto, white ---s to ---s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, - malting ... 28s to 3itSlour, per sack „ Us tc---... CHELMSFOItD-JuLT 23. Our market this mornicg was fairly attended, ands' slow Bale, at about former rates. Wheat, white old,per s. a. 11. .• qr.4o 52 I Oats, per qr 24 q new.....40 1 , 2 I Peas, Partridge 43 4 ' , red, old ..... :i8 46 White 40 41 new.... 37 4 6 Boiling 4l 4 1' Barley 34 40 Dun 43 9 " Chevalier 38 44 I Beans, Tiak 37 V Grinding 2.3 32 1 Barrow ticks 37 ' 3 ,;"‘ Dian 70 73 I Mazagan 34 3 „.' Chevalier 72 73 1 Ditto, new... 34 3' HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JULY 23. WHEAT. I HAWAII I OAT,, 1 nfiAl,o% First 4ss 6d 32s Od I 338 Oct I 46i 6 Second 4,s 8d , 303 2d I 30, 2d j - 44 4a Third 33s Od 1 :8s 6d I 263 Oct 1 424 04 Total quantity of wneat in market, 443 qrs., 412 soil OP /Jr barley ~ 19) qrs., Its sl ° , , oats 9) 135 qrs., 123 . 0 f IP Of beans If 23 qrs., 23 sol i , AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 1 8 5-12ths i Barley, ...1. 10 2 8-12 the Oats, ... V. 10 2 0-12ths I Beans, 21. 4 4 4-12tb.- DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JuLy 22. Qrs. Best. Current. intioo r 265 Wheat 48s Od 425 Old 31.8 ‘ , 0 ,1 334 Oats 32s 6d 2Bs 3d 182 Barley 3os Oti 275 7d 17 Yeas & beans 16s Od 4ss Od DIIBLIN—JULY 23. White wheat, 26s 63 to 28s 6d ; red ditto, 24s Od to '2 6 , 4 6d ditto new, 28s 6 1; barley, malting, 13s to 17s Od; ing, —8 to —8 ; oao, old, 15s to 16s 61; ditto, neW, to 168 64 ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s 8d; bore, new, —s to Od ; rapcso , d, —s 04 to s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 1 5 ' Od to 183 64 per cwt ; Indian corn, 34s 01 to 368 01 der 180 lbs. CAMBERWELL-G3BEN,—The old green is now near i f • enclot•et , by iron railing, in which there will be au es' trance gateway at the south and north sides. The OW ing, which is fixed in an iron moulded plinth, cotur i"'l about 1 400 lineal feet, the whole of which has been me': tracted for by Mr. Richards, Iron Works, 95, re i , l‘ street, Southwark , and is being executed under t ue t direction of Mr. F. French, civil engineer, on the p , r", 3 Mr. Richards. The area within , he rail i ng will be I A ". out park fashion, and intersected by gravel walks, OA_ whole having been planned by Mr. Berryman, civil en' gineer, W lie-street. Camberwell, under the Metropolitan Board of Works. The roiling will be completed a fortnight from the present time, after which the navvie- end ornamental g, rtlener will conamenc i to beaut'fy the into riot - —Buildit.g Mire. 74e di ; {ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--, of cal maltreatuvnt and neglect, and imprudence on the P er V e f, the sufferers themselves anuua ly destroy thousand o f If that might have been saved with the greatest ase, by the ' ls t of these perfect antidotes to disease, external and int erva l , . Multitudes of rheumatic sufferers are now limping to the with coLtrected joints, awl in coostant agony, who ;nigh ° curd be in a few weeks by the ointment, and the vital streng,, of still greater number is oozing away through ser ,t h il t son s, abscesses and other exhausting outlets of suppere u .„ 6 which might be promptly an t safely cured by the 0 0 '7, - means.—S,ld. t Professor Eolloway's, 241, Strand, Londe,' • and by all medicine- vendors throughout the civilised wale' • ' . _, - ___,__---., .., 4, BIRTEUS. ...c. , .. . _ . ALLISTON—On the 24th inst.., at Islington-green, the wife of In r. T. Alliston, of a daughter. . be ' BARRY—On the 2:-'d inst., at Batfield House, Ryde, t ' .' wife of the Rev. Uphain Barry, of a daughter. - Cus..- On the 23d inst., at Green-street, Mrs. H. Cast , ° f / _,,, a daughter. of -. l ' SPICER —On the 23d inst., the wife of Major Spieer, daughter. MARRIAGES, BAILEY—BAILEY—On the 12d inst., at St. James's .7,1 P• diogton, William Huutley, eldest son of Wi n Bailey, Esq., of 418, Oxford-street, and 11, Carlt ° 4 - road,. to Eliza Maria, only daughter of the late Then 3" Bailey, Esq., of Notting-hill. HAduE--HAMILTON—On the 23d inst., at St,. P et e. Church, Eaton-square, Win. D. Hague, Major sth lc to Y. Militia, to Fi ances Elizab.'tb, daughter of the General Hamilton, C. 8., and the Hon. Mre. DEATHS, BARTLEY—On the 22d inst., at Woburn-square, Bsrtley, Esq., late of the Theatres Royal , and Coverit-G a rden, aged 74. DA_Lz—On the 22d just., at Scarborough, Captain Chary Dale, third son of the late Thomas Dale, Esq., owner, North Shields. reol' EmsoN—On the 22d inst., the wife of James Emson, liugton-park, Honsey-road. CIO; EOI7.74ES—On the 23d inst., at Calder House, new.. 1,0- staug, Lancashire, Charles Holmes, Esq., for m Orrell Hall, near Wig , n, agei T, z i the 6 LE.s.T3Es —On the 21st inst., at Euclham, G. IL of Eva., eldest son of the Rev. F. Leath e g !: the Rectory, Reedham, aged 33. _ I Lospols : Printed and Published by KURD° 1 r°1314 0. of No. 112, Strand, Fenger, at The gun atil t Ga y 1;12, Strand, in the Precinct of the3avoy2 Ole of ididdlonex, Monday, July 26, 4i581 . of Mutt e Ad miss at, the Creme] LET di letter T, K. 7 horn II Weekly Old Bo ~~ 11*prt: G. the TC-3 Flshmc Flreavo Tilt SIM PE CE TAINI %stint! Stalls, , Posit Tuji Tirolei Or i enINA vanes and 8 LEre, The the Pet Inale, 'Whole t from ( 1 4 1 I Portant market DR. MARK receipt AL Arras Pala grigintl e; Short C IRCU; uhrivall SPLEN dal' Eel PriVa Pit, i s . No fees: 70 31 T The H hitteent July 26. r N An E 2 w:llbet 6th of A rtlendati English Power tt them de, INT j Place. L oars on Tli alPoNve Th ni 14 % elB Polley taken it in M &Lame Joh n Fat. ?rota l'Etto ' n "Net ;N 4l ( trii7 '4 I Carl f d , o I 'd- Aar