The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27. The Asia, which touched at Queenstown on Satur day, arrived here yesterday, and the Australasian, of the same line, which also touched at Queenstown, arrived to-day. On the 24th and 25th the Australasian was in company with the Great Eastern. The New York herald correspondent gives the following account of the proceeeings of the Prince of Wales at Charlottetown : " Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island, Aug. 11. "This morning the Prince held a levee at the Government-house. He afterwards proceeded to the Colonial-buildings, and received an address from the Legislature, to which he returned the following reply : " Gentlemen,—lt affords me the greatest plea sure to receive from an island which, though the smallest of the British colonies of North America, has strong claims upon the kindly recollection of the family of the Queen. Its name com memorates the performance of public duties in these regions by my grandfather. Its name is also borne by his descendant, who now visits your shores by desire of your Sovereign, not indeed to command her troops, or to hold any authority among you, but to assure all he r su bj ec t s o f th e d eep i n t eres t which she has eve r t a k en i n th ose w h o are extend ing British civilisati o n a n d po w er in these distant possessions. With this my visit to the lower pro vinces is brought to a close ; and even if I were not about to enter the St. Lawrence, and become ac quainted with the magnificent country which lies upon its banks, I should carry back with me to England a grateful recollection of all the kindness I have received, and an endearing regard and sym pathy for a people in whom the love of freedom is combined with a deep-rooted attachment to the mother country and the institutions in which we have all been nurtured.' " An address from the Mayor and Corporation elicited this response : " Gentlemen.—l thank you sincerely for the address -which you have just presented to me, and I avail myself of this occasion to request you to express to the citizens, whose municipal cquncillors you are, my warm acknowledgments for the hearty welcome with which they greeted me yesterday. That loyalty to the Queen and attachment to the British Crown are the characteristics of the popula tion of Charlottetown I never doubted. You have given the proofs of those feelings which it will be my happiness to convey to her Majesty, and to assure her that you share largely in the sentiment which I may now pronounce to be universal in these colonies. Your expression of affectionate in terest in all that concerns my future welfare and usefulness in the career which, under God's will, may be before me, are such as to demand a no less cordial response on my part. I assure you they will not be forgotten.' " The ball given in honour of the Prince at the Colonial-buildings, on Friday evening, was as suc cessful as the small resources of the town permitted, and about 400 were present. The Prince led Mrs. Dundas, the wife of the Governor, into the ball shortly after 10 o'clock, when, notwithstanding the fatigue of the levee, replying to the addresses of the Legislature and municipality, an afternoon's walk, and a formal dinner at half-past 7, he looked as well and as joyous as usual. He opened the ball by dancing with Mrs. Dundas, and danced 11 dances successively with as many ladies. At half-past 12 he led Mrs, Dundas to supper, and at 3 he conducted her to her carriage, and returned to the Government House. The rooms, although small, were tastily de corated, and the company select. On the next morn ing at 10 he drove in an open carriage with the Go vernor to the wharf, where he had landed his suite. The Earl of Mulgrave accompanied him. The guard of honour of the 6::11 Regiment were present at the point of embarkation. The volunteer troops, as also the trade and other societies, were formed along the line of route, and the judges, Legislature, muni cipality, and heads of departments were likewise in attendance. The weather was finer than when he landed, the enthusiasm greater, and the holiday general. The Hero lay directly opposite the wharf in the narrow harbour, and, alike with the Ariadne, Flying Fish, and French war steamer Pomona, was gaily dressed with flags, and had her yards manned. These thundered out the hoarse music of a royal salute together with the 4-gun battery ashore, as he stepped into the boat greeted on all sides by the cheers of the multitude. The Valorous had sailed for Quebec on Thursday, and the Hero, in attempt ing to ent er th e h ar b our , go t ashore, and on getting off, some hours afterwards, sailed for the same destination. " The squadron reached Gaspe Bay on Sunday evening, and anchored for the night. The inhabi tants of the village had a general illumination, and manifested much excitement. The Government steamer Queen Victoria, with the Governor-General and Canadian Ministry on board, had arrived at Gaspe on Friday night to meet the Prince on his arrival. The Governor-General went on board the Hero and had au interview with his royal highness, and afterwards the Duke of Newcastle and Earl St. Germans accompanied him back to his own steamer where a social party was formed. The Government steamer Lady Head left Gaspe basin next morning, which dawned beautifully, at 8 o'clock for thebay, and took her place behind the squadron, which now sailed in a crescent form to the head of the harbour, within view of the village. The Prince's standard was there saluted with 21 guns from Fort Ramsay, while the populace crowded the outer wharf, the hill tops and boats. " A pavilion had been erected on the shore for his reception, and there was a good show of bunting, but he did not land. An address, prepared by the in habitants, was therefore taken on board the Hero by the Sheriff, who presented it to the Prince in per, , or, but did not read it. He was informed that a reply would be sent from Quebec. I passed the ri, in the Lady Head, and saw the Prince stand iii chatting chatting on the quarter-deck, dressed in his old black round-topped hat, a blue coat, and Tweed trousers. We gave him three cheers, and he unco vered his head, and bowed in his usual frank man ner. In half an hour the Hero, in attempting to steam out of the harbour, ran aground, and remained hard and fast on the stony bottom. The Ariadne, upon this, endeavoured to tow her off, but it was not till she had broken three large hawsers, and the Hero had lost three anchors and some sheets of copper that this was accomplished. The Prince, during the two hours aground, was on deck, in teresting himself in the work ot getting his ship off, which it was at first feared would not be done till the next tide. At a quarter to one the fleet made sail. The Flying Fish remained awhile to grapple for anchor and hawser. In passing into the bay the Hero would have run aground again, but for the Lady head, seeing her danger, stealing ahead to show the proper course. The vessels then stopped, and the Governor-General and Ministry went on board the Hero to lunch with the Prince, immedi ately after which they took leave of him and re turned to the Queen, which with the Lady Head steamed through a fog towards Quebec, the latter to wait orders at the Saguenay. The Ministry will not meet him again till his arrival at Quebec. We left the squadron steaming astern, the Hero leading." Advices from British Columbia by the California mail report that her Majesty's ships Termagant, Grappler, and Forward had arrived at Esquimalt from Chili, making the squadron seven vessels in all. Captain Gossett having resigned his office as " Postmaster-General" for. Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, Mr. D'Ewes had been appointed as bead of this department for the former colony, and Captain Spalding for the latter. A public meeting was held in Victoria on July 10 for the purpose of adopting some means for bettering the condition of the Indians of British Columbia. Reso lutions were passed declaring the Indians capable of civilisation, and that their presence entailed a bean responsibility upon the Christian public, whose duty it was to impart to the savages the Gos pel of Christ. The sum of 322 dols. was collected for the relief of the Indians. The Indians were lighting among themselves. Discoveries of rich diggings had been made in the Okanagan and (luesnelle countries. Flour at Lytton was worth 37 d o's. per barrel ; rice, 28c. to 30c. ; sugar, 35c. to 40 e. ; ba con , 38c • syrup, 8 dols. a gallon. Pack ing fr ont Yal e o . Lytton ' is 15c. to 17c. per lb. Mules were sell ing at 200 dols. to 250 dols. each. Lieut. Giles had s et , rued . with the astronomical party who took observati oila tromp, Puint's Sound on the total solar eclipse on J u l y 18. b„ !heir observations were entirely satisfactory, The disturbances in New Grenada continued. ,4 A very sanguinary fight is reporte d to have taken place on the Sllomon mer between the Delawares and Cheyennes and Arrapahoes. The fi g ht was wit nessed by a couple of pioneers, who w ere at the time hunting b u ff a l o , a nd was described oy them as being a fearful scene. The combatants numbered so me thousands, were all mounted, and ke p t "Ilstantly, circling, lying down in their saddles, and fi r i ng over their horses' necks as they approached the enemy. The fight lasted two hours ; a number Were killed—their informants did not know how many --and at the end of that time the Pawnees broke and ran, with the Cheyennes after them. A party who passed over the battle-field subsequently found about 300 dead bodies, all of which were scalped. THE INVASION OF CALABRIA. A letter from Messina, dated August 20, says : Garibaldi's star shines more brilliantly than ever. Shortly after sending off my letter yesterday by the direct boat to Marseilles we received news of the success of Garibaldi's landing in Calabria with the Brigade Bixio, of the Division 'Purr. It was an autograph letter from Garibaldi himself which brought the news in his usual laconic style. It is dated 11 a.m., from Melito, and says, We have landed successfully ; our people are reposing ; the country people are flocking to us. The Torino has gone ashore, and all efforts made to get her off have been fruitless." Almost at the same time that the news of a successful landing arrived from this we got the information from our ally, the Neapolitan semaphore, which telegraphed to Reggio and all along the coast that Garibaldi had landed with 8,000 men at Capo Spartivento, that the cruisers could do nothing, as he had eight men-of-war and seven large transports, and that assistance was re quired most urgently, There was no answer, and we know the reason ; the Semaphore has been de stroyed towards Melito, but higher up Reggio de manded assistance, and this cry for help was seen spreading along the coast towards Palmi. In the evening the Franklin, which had formed part of the expedition, came in, and brought details of the landing. Provious to starting, when the men were already embarked, it was found that the Franklin had sprung a leak. It was night, and there was some hesitation on the part of the sailors to plunge and look for it. Garibaldi, who was present, took off his sword and said, " I see I must look for it myself." The next moment 20 were in the water, but the search was unsuccessful, owing to the quantities of seaweed and shells which clung to the bottom of the ship. So nothing remained but to use the pumps, and try to get the better of the leak in that manner. This was done up to a certain point, but not entirely ; however, Garibaldi was not foiled in his plans for that. He made the men embark again, telling them that he had navigated ships in afar worse state for several days, and that therefore a passage of a few hours was not worth speaking of. The two steamers departed, taking their course due east, and at 2 a.m. they were close inland. The Torini, heavily laden with 2,000 men, besides stores, ran on shore. Nevertheless, the disembar kation began near Capo Spartivento, in a bay to the west of it. Not a trace either of Neapolitan cruisers or soldiers was to be :seen—all went off without accident, but the hope that the Torino would get off by being lightened, was not realised. She remained fast embedded. The Franklin re mained there for six hours taking to get her off; the thickest hawsers broke, but the ship did not stir. Seeing that nothing could be done, Garibaldi ordered the Franklin to return to Messina. She had scarcely rounded the Capo dell' Armi, when she fell in with two Neapolitan frigates, which hastened down in the direction of Melito. She hoisted the American flag, under which she,sails, was let pass, and tame into Messina. The first thing on landing was to destroy the Semaphore stations; it was done with one, but the other, higher up, could not be found in time to de stroy it, and thus the tale of the landing was brought to Reggio and to us. At the same time messengers were sent out to find the 200 men who had been thrown across from the Faro 12 days ago. They were in the wilds of the Aspromonte, about three hours' distance, and soon rejoined the forces under Garibaldi. The Neapolitans have been this time as com pletely outmanoeuvred as they were at Palermo. They concentrated all their forces along the coast from Reggio upwards by Punta di Pezzo, Torre Cavallo, Scylla, Bagnara, Palmi, up to Monteleone, where th©y seem to prepare for their real resistance. They sent off 1,800 men in search of the 200 first landed, and left the rest of the coast quite ungarded. They evidently did not imagine that one can sail round the island without passing the Straits. Of Reggio itself they were so sure that they left not more than eight companies there—four of the Line and four of Riflemen. As soon as the landing of Garibaldi became known a deputation waited on the Commander, asking him whether he intended to fight—if so, they requested him to move out of their town, as they did not care to have their houses destroyed. In case he did not choose to go out, the people would rise; and try to make him go out. The Commander promised to take the field. As far as one can judge from the Neapolitan troops with whom we have come in contact, the great majority of the officers would have no hesita tion in making common cause with us, were they sure of keeping their rank ; they live, together with their families, on their pay, and hesitate to risk it before they can see clearly which side will be the strongest. If we could make promises in the name of King Victor Emmanuel, few would hesitate, but we are as yet only a Provisional Government not recognised by the Powers. It will, therefore, I sus pect, require another good battle to bring home the conviction that there is no risk, but, on the contrary, gain, in joining the Italian cause. Last night the signal fires on the heights above Nlelito could be distinctly seen, in spite of the white haze which enveloped the Calabrian coast, announc ing to the whole country on both sides of the Straits that Garibaldi had landed. The ne-vs spread like wildfire through the town, and all the world went out to walk about the illuminated streets and listen to the bands of music which kept the town alive till midnight. The fort was quiet and mournful; there was not even the skirmishing on the outposts which has become lately the fashion. According to the convention the fort must keep quiet unless it is attacked itself, so the garrison is in the position of seeing every preparation going on under its eyes without being able to do anything. According to all probability Garibaldi will be to day in Reggio—this was, at any rate, his intention ; whether circumstances will decide him to alter this plan can, of course, not be predicted. All the rest of the force is on the qui vine, ready to embark at a moment's notice. The where and how depend on the events on the other side, and the consequent orders. You may imagine the im patience of every one. If Reggio be taken, and the coast made clear, the landing will probably occur in the Straits, at the nearest points ; if not, some other point will be found higher - up. Before leaving Faro Garibaldi issued the follow ing address to his army : "Among the qualities whi c h oug ht t o predomi natein the Italian army, b es id es b ravery , i s the amiability which attracts and secures the af fection of soldiers. It is difficult that brave and beloved officers should not obtain from soldiers the disciple, subordination, and elan necessary in difficult circumstances, and, above all, the firm ness which is necessary to support the fatigue of a long campaign. Moreover, they ought to obtain the constancy which almost always decides victory during battles. With harshness they may obtain a severe discipline; but it is better to obtain it in a kind manner, and with due influence. True valour is always the concomitant of magnanimity. A brave Italian must be magnanimous with all, and especially with those with whom he sojourns. This war of emancipation. so nobly commenced by you is indebted for its success to the heroism and sympathy of the people. The movement which from Parco brought us to Gibil-ltossa and from Gibil-Rossa to Palermo, namely, that which secured the liberation of the Sicilian capital, pro duced, I say, that splendid result, because the enemy could not he aware of it in spite of its numerous spies. This fact was the result of the affection of the Sicilian people for the holy cause we defend, and of the honourable behaviour of our soldiery towards the inhabitants. Especial atten tion ought to be paid in order to secure concord between all the Italian provinces. Unhappily, this truth, although recognised by all, has been prac tised but by a few. Italians of the north, more accustomed to the clang of arms, proud of victories already gained over the enemies of Italy, should fraternise with the younger soldiers of the south. They ought to share with them their experience, so as to embolden them by a friendly association. Theyought to remember, above all, that in the recent campaigns Italy has seen that she can count upon all her sons without exception. She can convince h erself that Italian b raver y h as s h one f or th • a t all periods of its history—in the cold plains of Lom- IRE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,I AUGUST! 28, 1860. bardy, Piedmont, and Venice, as well as upon the lava of its central or southern regions. Therefore it is not bravery that I need recommend to an Italian soldier ; but I must impress upon him with all the fervour of my soul the discipline of ancient Rome, an invariable harmony from one to another, and from province to province, besides a due respect for property, and above all for that of the poor peasantry, who suffer so much to gain the scanty bread of their families. I must repeat to you that an officer, beloved and respected by his men, will perceive with pleasure the empire he has acquired over them by his bravery and benevolence, and the more so amidst the dangers of war, when fatigue or want of food, and the duration of the battle seem to justify their inaction. One effort more and vic tory is ours; but the answer is, that the soldiers require a halt. . . . It is then that the voice and prestige of a beloved officer is enough to stimu late the greatest recreant to a new combat. Be sides, it is impossible that a soldier would abandon, on the field of battle, an officer 'vho had treated him kindly, who had assisted him in his wants, and who had shared the toils and glory of a campaign. For these reasons, especial care ought to be taken by officers to live with their soldiers, and take care of them as they would do of their own family. " Finally, I shall say to all Italians, with the cer tainty of being listened to, that being few, the struggle will be long, and with a great sacrifice of gold and blood ; but being many, we shall secure the unity of Italy quickly and well, so that future generations shall remember us with affection. (Signed) " G. GARIBALDI." keep chin-chinning each other in ceternwn. The Chinamen grin mightily as they see us laughing at their toy. A ferry boat passes laden to the water's edge with coolies, or a smart man-of-war's barge pulls down. For miles on either side the stream are moored rows of junks 10 deep, in which we see men, women, and children innumerable. These are the vessels which have been hired by the Chinese of Shanghai, alarmed at the steady progress of the rebels and afraid to remain in the city. More of them hereafter. And here are two English pennants, and one of the ships is on shore. The Cruiser has grounded in the river under charge of a pilot, and the Nimrod has come to her assistance. But the bot tom is soft and the tides are rising, so she will pro bably be off before long without much damage. The Nimrod was one of the greatest sufferers at the Peiho last year. She looks trim and saucy enough now, ready for work, and anxious to get it. We round a point, and Shanghai appears. The tall spars of the United States' vessel Hartford are the first to catch the eye, with those of her consort, the Sagi• naw. Then come her Majesty's ships Furious, Roe buck, and Kestrel; and the French frigate Duchayla, with the flag of the French Ambassador at the main. Baron Gros arrived on the afternoon of Thursday, the 28th. He did not leave Hong Kong for some hours after Lord Elgin, but he reached Shanghai as many before him. The Saigon, in which he sailed, belonged to Messrs. Russell and Co., and was then known as the Peiho. The French Government bought her lately, and re-christened her the Saigon. She is very fast, but has not sufficient accommoda tion for a man in Baron Gros' high position ; so he has shifted his flag to the Duchayla. Lord Elgin, in the Froze, anchored off Shanghai about noon on Friday,the 29th. Both Ambassadors proceed northward early next week. The Coromandel, with Vice-Admiral Hope on board, left this place on Wednesday, the 20th. At the Amherst-rocks he was to join the Inflexible, in which ship he would hoist his flag, and proceed to the English rendezvous at Th.-lien-lam an. Sir Hope Grant sailed in the Granada for the same destina on Friday, the 22d. He was accompanied by his Staff, consisting of Lieut. R. Biddalph, Military Secretary; Major the Hon. A. Anson, Captain F. Grant, and Captain Reheat, Aides-dc- Camp; Lieut.-Colonel Stephenson, Deputy-Adju tant-General; Major the Hon. J. Dormer, Assistant- Adjutant-General ; Lieut.-Colonel Mackenzie, Deputy•Quartermaster-General ; Lieut.-Colonel Ross, Assistant-Quartermaster-General ; Lieut.- Colonel Wolseley, Deputy-Assistant-Quartermas ter-General ; Dr. Muir, principal medical officer ; Staff-Surgeon How ; Mr. J. Mongan, interpreter ; Rev. Mr. M'Ghee, Military Chaplain ; Major Wil mot, Judge-Advocate-General; and Lieut. John ' son, R.N., Naval Aide-de•Camp. Our preparations are complete, thanks to the untiring solicitude and • unwearying care of Admiral Hope and Sir Hope Grant. But the expedition is a joint one, and we cannot commence before our allies are ready. They ' are far removed from their base of operations, and ' have no India under their lee. Then they have been unlucky with their transports. In one they lost all the shoes for the army, and though many of them have been recovered, the salt water bath does not improve leather. The Reine des Clippers was burnt, with all the winter clothing; and before long the nights at Tien-tsin will be cool enough. Another vessel was lost, with artillery harness and gunpowder, of which latter commodity some hundreds of barrels will be supplied to them from our stores. Their transports have been too few in number. Many of those now lying at Woo sung have already been to the north, and have re turned for further freight. Their artillery horses are still here, but will be embarked on Monday, the 2d of July, on which day General Montauban and his Staff will leave for Chefow. From present appear ances, at least a month must elapse before our allies are ready—a month which, I suppose, we must spend in inaction. It is very doubtful whether Ta-lien hwan will afford water sufficient for the 4,000 or 5,000 horses we have at that place. In case the sup ply runs short, Sir Hope Grant will remove a con siderable number to Wei-hae-wer, which lies imme diately to the south of Ta-lien-hwan, and somewhat to the east of Chefow. I shall be able to write in detail as to the proposed operations when I arrive at head-quarters, ten days hence. Meanwhile I may say that it has been decided to land troops for the attack of the Taku forts, and to take those much vaunted defences in the rear. I went yesterday afternoon through the streets of the native to vu. Never was there a more com plete specimen of a deserted city. In street after street every shop is shut, and the whole population has fled. Many are in junks which they hire by the month, and which are anchored in the neighbour hood of Woosung. In these junks they will remain with their household goods, waiting for what may turn up. Others have gone south, to Ningpo, Foo chow, Amoy, and Canton, and the remainder are scattered about the neighbouring provinces. A French guard is posted in one part of the town, an English in another; but there is little or no danger from within, and the rebels are not likely to ap proach a place containing a garrison of some 2,000 trained troops. Early in the week a rumour was spread that the rebels were within ten miles of the city. Advanced posts of allied soldiers were ac cordingly thrown out for seven miles, and a patrol marched towards Soochow for 20 miles further, without discovering a trace of them. These posts have now been withdrawn, and the troops return to Shanghai to-day. Meanwhile this great province of Kiangsu, with an area larger than France and a population of 37,000,000, is lost to the Imperial Government. Here are the beauty and riches of China most amply displayed. It lies along the coast in a north-westerly direction, and its plains are watered by two noble rivers, the Yang tse and the Yellow River, the sources of a fertility almost unequalled. The Imperial Canal runs through its centre, and at its southernmost point stands Shanghai. First opened to English commerce in 1842, the exports and imports of Shanghai amounted according to official statement, to the enormous sum of X 28,454,97565. 7d. in the year 1859. The revenue paid to the Chinese Government through the Cus tomhouse in the course of the same year closely ap proached a million and a half sterling. All this commerce is paralysed, all this revenue destroyed. The Chinamen will not buy, the merchants cannot sell. In vain have the Customhouse authorities lowered the 5 per cent. ad valorem duties by one half, in the hope of producing some revival in trade. Such a bait is quite insufficient against the enor mous risk of sending goods up country in the exist ing state of things. Here is a native letter written shortly before the fall of. Soochow : " The long-haired rebels have grown more and more outrageous of late. Since our army met with its misfortune the country in every direction has been subjected to unendurable misery. Of the cities that were besieged there is not one but has been taken. Li-yang fell long ago ;on the 14th May the district city of Chi-yang was taken ; and on the 19th the capital of the Tan-Yungdistrict shared the same fate. On 21st May siege was laid to Shangchow, and a desperate attack was made, when the troops fought to the death in the defence. On the 22d May intelligence arrived that the rebels had taken the district city of Wuhsi, and that many of the authori ties had fled for their lives to Soochow. The rebels cut off all communication between Wuhsi, Shang chow, and Soochow. The soldiers remaining from Chang's force garrisoned the city of Soochow, but even if it had not been taken matters are not mended. On the 23d the streets were filled with the defeated braves, and the aspect of affairs was far from cheer ful. The gates of Soochow were closed on the same day, and on the 24th the managers of the post-office • took to flight, and the communication of intelligence was stopped. " Since the 21st of May panic and uncertainty have possessed the public mind. No boats were to be had for those who wished to get away, while pro perty could not be transported in journeying by land. Many made up bundles and took to flight, but torrents of rain fell precisely on the 23d, 24th, and 25th—verily a design of Heaven against us. The Soochow w are h ouses h ave not l arge stocks of fine goods, but there are still some quantities of coarser merchandise on hand, and I imagine that the accounts still unsettled are of considerable amount. When the rebels reach the city disastrous conflagrations are certain to ensue: Since the loss of our army there has been an utter lack of weapons, and the soldiers h ave no sp i r it f or fi g hting. I.i hey come together when they choose, and when they du not choose to do so they disperse. How can there be any protection or defence ? "The protection of Chiang•su and Che-chiang is the first duty of the army which has been set on foot; the duty of giving battle is secondary to this. The remark has been made that the capital is like a cask and the army like its hoops ; but if the hoops be broken an d loosened how.can the cask hold together? When hereafter Soochow and Hang-chow are be leaguered who is there to beseech for succour and relief? It is reported that when Chang-kwo-liang was in the field at Tan-yang his horse lost the foot ing of its hinder legs, and he fell into a ravine. In being raised to the top his limbs were all bruised, his lips turned pale, and he lost all colaur. Being unable to engage the enemy he retreated to Sang chow ; Chang-yu•liang, who was surrounded bythe rebels, fought at the head of his troops and fell on the arena of battle. The world called these two Chang fortunate generals—men fled at the sound of their approach, and now one is wounded, the other dead! Can this be otherwise than ordained by Heaven ? In addition to all this, several tens of thousands of soldiers and braves have fled and dispersed. Wherever they go there is nothing they do not do, while the two great cities Hangchow and Soochow, beleagured in a single day, the people have nowhere to look for comfort and support. Under such cir custances, one necessarily thinks of flight. The authorities of the lesser cities are also at their wits' end. The generation of evildoers have surely ob tained a world of their own. No one can tell where the sufferings of the people of the two provinces may cease. Both Soochow and Hangchow are accustomed to extravagance and wastefulness, but there are many unwilling to subscribe to the mili tary fund. The city is great, but the troops are few. How can resistance be made I hear that when the rebels approach contributions are made, and sacrifices, with prayers to Heaven, are offered in all directions, which is just like those slaves the Buddist priests. " In the present state of apprehension and anxiety the people bethink themselves of taking to flight, and the authorities look about them for means of getting away, but no boats are to be had for - the purpose. I have heard lately for the first time that willingness is shown to subscribe for the purpose of hiring braves to go up and garrison the city ; and Ho-hwei-ching (the Governor-General) is also ready to contribute. He has captured some run away braves, who were levying contributions and creating disturbances, and has put 38 of them to death. Several spies have also been seized, who confessed to the genuineness of certain letters in which two traitors were spoken of; one of these was one of Ho-hwei-ching's clerks, and the other a military subaltern, a Nankin man. Both were hid den traitors, and had been promised 4,000,000 dol. as soon as the city (Soochow) should be taken ; of this sum several tens of thousands had been set aside, and deposited in the treasury at Nankin, where they have already obtained the elevation of their relatives to official posts. "These men were brought to trial before all the authorities, and, on clear proof being obtained, were put to death. Ho-hwei- chin g turned pale with affright. When these rebels some time ago attacked Sanchow, and it was thought the place must be lost, the two traitors—the officer and the clerk— besought Ho-hwei-thing to depart secretly, in the hope that they would thus get possession of Soochow. It is a blessinr , to the country th a t th ese machina tions are brok e n up, but the traitorous spies in our midst are far from few. There is no quarter to which we can apply for troops to assist us. On the 27th the news reached us that both troops and people took to flight on the 23d, dispersing through the streets. On the 24th they entered the Guildhall to obtain food. They rushed into the place in crowds, and began plundering. At 5 o'clock the same even ing upwards of 10 fires arose outside the Chang gate, and the conflagration extended up to the Hu chio. I fear there is small chance that the Canton and Sy-chwan Guildhalls are not entirely destroyed. Tne runaway troops and mounted parties have joined the local banditti in plundering. The roads are covered with articles of property strewed about. Early on the morning of the 24th May a shower of red rain tell and lasted until 9 or 10 o'clock, when it cleared up. The shopkeepers outside the south east gate, the assistants in the temples, and others, caught the rain in bowls, and a sediment of a pale red colour was deposited. I do not know what good or evil this may betoken." Since this was written Soochow has fallen—Soo chow, the Paris of China. A Chinese proverb says that--" To be happy on earth one must be born in Soochow, live in Canton, and die in Lianchan, for in the first are the handsomest people, in the second the richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins." For the beauty of its women, the intelligence of its inhabitants, and the richness of its manufactures Soochow has the highest reputation. Here are pro duced those marvellous silks which so far surpass in richness and design those of our Western looms. Linen and cotton fabrics, and works in glass, paper, horn, wood, iron, ivory, and lacker ware add to its wealth and prosperity. Built on the banks of the Grand Canal vessels can reach the city by several channels from the Yang-tse, while those of larger burden go up the Woosung River to Sungkiang, whence there is a direct passage to Soochow through the lake. When the news of the disbanding of the Imperial army first reached Shanghai the French General proposed to advance with 2,000 of the allied troops upon Soochow. At that time the town was not in the hands of the rebels, but was given up to pillage. Mr. Bruce steadily, and, in my opinion, most pro perly opposed this scheme. The Allies are in China for a special purpose, and an Anglo-French occu. pation of Foochow to sustain the Imperial authority against the rebels forms no part of their plans. The people in the various towns and villages are now actively arming, and preparing to resist all marau ders, be they Imperialists or rebels. The Chinese have a wonderful capacity for organization, and it may be hoped that this local militia will put an end to the pillage and rapine which have been devastat ing the district for weeks past. Some American missionaries have just returned from Soochow• They report favourably of their reception by the rebel chiefs, and say that order is restored. I in tend to open relations with the rebels on my own account, and if possible ascertain their views and plans. Were there time now I should go up to Soochow, but there is metal more attractive near the Gulf of Pecheli. Hohwei-tsing, late Governor- General of the province, has been degraded, and is in custody here. lle will be sent to Pekin as a pri soner. His successor is Tsang-kwoh-fan, who is supposed to be with a force somewhere to the west of Hangchow. As Imperial Commissioner for the superintendence of trade at Sieh-kwan, he was for merly associated with 110 as Assistant- Commissioner Will the losses sustained in this district prodace any effect upon the Imperial Government, and induce it to yield to the ultimatum of the Allies a I do not believe it will, nor is it desirable that it should. A great blow will soon be struck in the neighbour hood of Pekin, and the Imperial mandarins will have what they have long wanted,—ocular demon stration of the irresistible might of England and France. The Taku forts blown up, and those at Tien-tsin taken, Sang-ko-lin-sin will hardly risk a battle in the plain before Pekin. Should he do so, Prohyn and Fane are ready and willing to give the Tartars a lesson in horsemanship. EXECUTION OP TIIE CONVICT HOLDEN.—GMAGII, Monday Morning.—The prisoner Holden was executed at a quarter before 10 o'clock this morning, for the murder o f Constable M'Clelland. 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We have steered a thousand miles northward since leaving Hongkong, and northward must we coast some eight hundred miles more before reach inthe scene of operations. Soon after rounding the point at Hongkong we encounter a steady breeze right ahead, though this is the time for the south-west monsoon, supposed to blow during sum mer without intermission. The sea is calm, smooth, and treacherous—attributes not confined to the sea in Chinese latitudes. Passing through the channel of Formosa we are in the birthplace of typhoons, and this is their season. We sight the northern point of the island, and open the Eastern Sea. The barometer falls fast, the wind is light, but a heavy tumbling swell sets in, while overhead a great com motion is raging. The upper scud is flying to the north, the fleecy clouds below are hurrying to the south, and appearances are threatening ; so the yards are sent down, a spare tiller is shipped, anl all is made snug for the night. Towards morning the wind increases to a gale, now here, now there, heeling us over to starboard, and anon sending us staggering to port. The sea rolls and tumbles in every direction, affording ample evidence of the circular character of the typhoon which is raging around us. But we are on its edge, and the full force is spent to the eastward. The storm is soon over, but a typhoon swell is easier to raise than to allay, and for two days we are kicked about most un mercifully. With the breeze constantly ahead the fifth day's steaming only brings us to the Chusan archipelago. Thousands of islands and islets sur round us on every side, from Chusan—some twenty miles long—to Gutzlaff, the last of the group, a barren rock which serves as a mark in steering for the Yang-tse. The sacred island of Pootoo lies on ow left, and beyond it we can make out Chusan, now occupied in force by the allies. We pass rapidly by Sidesaddle and Falsesaddle, Fisherman's Group and Hen and Chickens, and Ragged Islands and Barren Islands. Most of them are covered with thick green scrub, and here and there are patches of cultivation. By the aid of a glass we see the fishing villages on the side of the hills and near their base. Hundreds of junks are sailing about us; there are some 400 to 600 tons each, probably cars ying grain for the north. They do not seem to have much fear of the " enemy," represented by a large frigate standing off and on and waiting for a pilot. Under the protection of the " Queen of Heaven," whom he propitiates by offerings to her image in a smoky shrine under the poop, and after a preliminary blazing of crackers and beating oftom-toms, your Chinese sailor will leave his harbour at any season, on a voyage of many hundred miles. The compass he knew long before it was familiar to Europe, and his observations are taken with unassisted eye. He sails by the stars, and generally manages to fetch his port. But he never ventures without cannon on board, for those bays and creeks contain others be sides fishermen; they are the lurking places of those pirates for whom the China seas have long been celebrated, and who make short work of the unfor tunate traders and sailors who may fall late their hands. But see what a colour the water has become, and what a wonderful sediment it contains. We are still far from the mainland, yet the sea is of a pea-soupy hue and consistency, and our bath in the morning tells us it is far from salt. We are in the southern mouth of the Yang•tse, the " child of ocean," " the father of rivers," here discharging the loam and slime it has accumulated in its 1,500 miles' course from the mountains of Central Asia. Rising in the same range as the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, the Yang-tse flows through China from west to east, and divides the country into nearly equal parts. Count less rivers and streams swell its onward course, as it passes through cities which count their population _ _ by millions, and enriches some of the fairest and most fertile plains of the earth. Until the Yang-tse be opened we are merely scratching at the outer crust of China. We steam through the muddy waters for some hours, and at length behold a long line of low coast on our left. To the right is an island which in creases steadily month by month, and has been formed within the memory of man from the deposit of the Yang-tse. Already there are good-sized trees on it, and the Chinese are planting extensively, in order to give consistency to the fine rich allu vium. Ere long it will grow tea and silk, and in time form a huge peninsula stretching towards Japan. But we do not proceed far up the "girlie of China." On a long narrow spit stands the town of Woosung, and our road is not to the right and up the Yang-tse to Nankin, but to the left, and up the Woosung river to Shanghai.. We turn the corner, and find ourselves in the midst of a large fleet. In the van are the Russian ships which es corted General Ignatieff, Russian envoy to China. He has quitted Pekin, and intends remaining at Shanghai during the allied operations, lest he should be suspected of giving countenance and as sistance to the Chinese. The squadron is com manded by Captain Tchikhatchof, and consists of the Djighit, Japanese, Sveltana, and Passanadic. me first is a magnificent screw frigate of 50 guns, the second a screw corvette, the others steam gun boats. A Portuguese sloop of war next meets our eye; she has the " blue peter" at the fore, and is about to sail for Japan with the Portuguese Mini ster. Then come the French, most of which are frigates, with the greater part of their guns out, and acting as transports. Here are the Dragonne, Hongkong, Loire, Marne, Meurthe, Mitraille, Pregent, Renommee, Saone, and Vengeance. Not one English pendant is visible. Is Athelstane the Unready this time prepared and in advance of his active ally ? We shall see. . But the absence of the English flag in these waters is a good and healthy symptom. Passing through this fleet we are in a river about the size of the Thames at Bat tersea. Can this toe China, and are we approach ing Shanghai at the end of June,—Shanghai, whose steaming stifling heat is proverbial ? Above us is the sky of an English summer, flecked with clouds. On either side, far as the eye can reach, stretches out garden ground in full cultivation, and with every variety and shade of green. Oh, how refresh ing, after the barren rock of Hong Kong. Innume rable creeks interse3t the plain, and afford easy means of navigation and communication. Up every creek is a small fleet of junks; under every tree— and they are numerous—is a house; under every grove a village. The river is full of life. Here a pilot boat is sailing down, close to the wind, as onlyjunk boats can get. There is a cosy house on deck, and the pilot, in cool white jacket and trousers, is lazily lolling over the side and watching our progress. Here is a large lumbering junk of some 400 tons taking up the very centre of the channel. On her side is painted an inscription, which tells her name, port, destination, and cargo. At the stern are two wooden figures worked by a small windmill. Th.ey _ .1 CURIO ITS FRENCH WILL CASE. (From Galignani's Messenger.) A trial of some political interest has just been submitted to the Civil Tribunal of Clermont (Oise). The late Marquis de Villette, a very wealthy noble man of ancient family, who died on the 3d June of last year, left a will, dated Bth April preceding, thus conceived :—" I, Charles Villette, Marquis de Villette, die in the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church. I institute for my universal legatee my dear old friend the Count of Dreux-Breze, Bishop of Moulins. In case he will not, or cannot, receive my legacy, I institute for my universal legatee my dear cousin, Leon Cordier de Montreuil." After some bequests to servants, the testator said :—"All the articles of furniture and the works of art in my chateau of Villette shall not be sold, but are to re main as they are now placed as long as the chateau shall be in the hands of my universal legatee. This collection.is the work of three generations." By a codicil, dated the 27th of May, he substituted M. Alfred de Montreuil for M. Leon de Montreuil, the former being the son of the latter. The action brought before the tribunal was instituted by M. Alfred de Montreuil, and the object of it was to have the will declared invalid, on the ground that the bequest made by it to the Bishop of Moulins was not meant for the prelate personally, but was in tended to be handed over by him to the Count de Chambord, and that a bequest of that kind is ex pressly prohibited by the French law. Supposing the will to be declared invalid, M. A. de Montreuil maintained that the codicil was still good, and that consequently, the property of the testator, esti mated at not less than 4,000,000 f., came to him. To make out that the Bishop of Moulins was only, in the testator's intention, a trustee for Count de Chambord, the following facts were stated : The late marquis always entertained an attachment to the elder branch of the Bourbon family, and he even adopted as his motto, " Toujours fidele, tou jours fidele !" The Revolution of 1830 increased rather than diminished that attachment. The death of the Duke de Bourbon just after that event pro duced a profound impression on his mind, anct he was always convinced that it was caused by crime, not by suicide. On the arrest of the Duchess de Berry he offered himself as a hostage for her, and wrote letters to her and other members of the family, expressing unbounded devotedness. One of these letters was thus conceived :—" Dis gusted with mankind on account of the crime of 1830, I intended to offer my services to their Ma jesties_ But of what use would an humble subject have been ? I retired to private life, blessing and adoring always the successor of our kings. He fills all my thoughts ; all my affection is fixed on him. He is my life ! The Queen alone is higher than he." In 1836 he consulted an eminent judge, M. Berard-Desglajeux, as to whether he could not leave his fortune to the Count de Chambord, but he was told that the count being excluded from France by a law of 1832, was incapable of inherit ing, and that to leave his fortune to another in trust for him would be invalid. Notwithstanding he drew up in that year a will, in which, after saying, "I declare on my soul and conscience that the Prince de Conde did not commit suicide, and that his death is the result of a crime," he added, " I die in endeavouring to execute the intention of the Prince de Conde, which was well known to me, of leaving his property to the Duke de Bordeaux and to his sister Made moiselle. In consequence, in dying, I supplicate H.R.H. Henry of France to accept the offer which I make of all my real and personal property exist ing at my death." Annexed to this will was a letter to the Duke de Bordeaux, which terminated thus— " I have no children—l have a little property — deign to accept the offer of it. Oh ! do not reject this respectful supplication !" Subsequently he wrote to M. Berard-Desglajeux to say that, in order to cause his property to reach the Duke de Bor deaux, he had by a new will left it to one of his re latives, who would fulfil his intentions, and had at the same time made a second will, explaining what he wished. In 1840, he went to Goritz, and in an interview with the Count de Chambord, begged him to accept his fortune, to which his Royal High ness consented. He afterwards wrote to the Prince : —" I have no children, Monsignor, and I am there fore able to offer yo u the m it e o f a faithful subject. I made my will in 1836, but I feared it would not be accepted by you. I have, therefore, made two wills—one being on account of the revolutionary acts, a trusteeship, &c." In subsequent years numerous letters passed be tween him and the exiled Royal family, all express ing his intention to leave the property to the Prince. In 1849 and 1850 all his friends knew of his inten tion to leave the property to the Prince, and one of them wrcte him lett ers , i n w hi c h his Royal High ness was spoken of as " the future owner of the Chateau of Villette." The testator, moreover, mani fested great pleas ure on learning that bequests had been made to the Prince by Mme. Du Cayla and Count Do Talaru—a proof that his intention re mained unchanged. In 1857 he; consulted M. de Royer, then procureur-general, as to whether he could not leave his property to the Prince, and that gentleman in answer sent him the law of 1832, which declares Charles X. and his descen dants for ever excluded from France, and that they cannot " possess or acquire any property real or personal in the country." He subsequently con sulted other lawyers, and though they told him the bequest which he contemplated was illegal, he per sisted in making it. He at length informed a friend that he had resolved on selecting the Bishop of Moulins as trustee for the Prince, and the friend said to him, " That will be a very bad choice. The devotedness of the Dreux-Breze family to the elder branch is well known, and everybody will suspect that a legacy to one of them is not real." Finally the draft of a letter written under his dictation to the bishop had been found, saying, " I institute you, monseigneur, my universal legatee, because you know my intention to have my fortune go to the Count de Chambord. It is a trusteeship which I confide to your friendship and uprightness. I beg General de la Rochejacquelein to present to you this letter, to thank you from the bottom of the tomb for the mission you will fulfil." From all these facts, M. Marie, the counselsof the plaintiff, contended that there was no doubt what ever that the testator had left his property to the Bishop of Moulins in trust for the Count de Cham bord, and he then entered into a long argument for the purpose of showing that trust ees hi ps are pro hibited by law, an d that they have been repeatedly set aside by the courts. M. Berryer pleaded for the Bishop of Moulins. After complaining, with some severity, of M. Montreuil for attempting to disturb the will, the learned gentleman proceeded to con tend that even supposing the Marquis de Villette had at one time intended to leave his property to the Count de Chambord, he being of very change able character, and finding, besides, the legal ob stacles which existed to such a bequest, had come to the resolution to make the prelate his legatee. In proof of this he read several letters from the mar quis to the bishop, one being thus conceived :—" If you go to Paris, my dear bishop, you will come to repose in' my hermitage, which is yours. You know that I have left all to you by my will, and that will I now renew. I had at one time given it to your be loved brother, but as he is dead and you succeed him, it is to you, Count de Dreux-Breze, Bishop of Mou lins, whom I institute sole heir of all my property, real and personal. By you at least my worship for my princes and for the august Marie Therese of France will be shared!" On the legal point of the question, the learned gentleman contended that the law of 1832 declaring the descendants of Charles X. incapable of holding property in France was a mere political measure never intended to be seriously acted on ; and the proof of this was that the Count de Chambord actually possessed real property in France, and had seve r al ti mes pleaded before the courts. The tribunal, in a judgment of great length, de cided that though the Marquis de Villette had un doubtedly for many years entertained the intention of leaving his property to the Count de Chambord, there was not legal proof that when he made the will in favour of the Bishop of Moulins he had not com pletely abandoned that intention, from the convic tion that tree bequest to the Prince would be illegal; and it is said too that the various circumstances mentioned did not prove that the bishop had re ceived the property on condition of transmitting it to his Royal Highness. The Tribunal accordingly rejected the action of M. de Montreuil. GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFP.-Mr. Grimstone, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.—Ophthalmic Hospital, Charing-cross. 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In its earlier stage the strike was partial—limited, in fact, to the "hands" of the manufacturers who declined to give the prices which had, up to the last six weeks, been paid for work. Subsequently the strike became general, and one of the conditions insisted upon by the operatives was that they should not resume work in any factories unless the price list agreed upOn at a general meeting of the weavers had been accepted and signed by the masters. The negotiation with the employers was delegated to a committee appointed by the opera tives for this purpose, as welt as for conducting the general business in the interest of the strike. The manufacturers, while professing their readiness to treat each with his own hands, refused to treat with or recognise the committee. This has been the position of affairs during the last month, large meetings of the operatives being held daily in the interval, to receive reports of the progress of the strike. These assemblages were addressed by members of the committee, and delegate s f rom th e weavers of Derby a n d other places, the principal burden of the speeches being exhortations to the working men " to stand to their rights" and " main tain their unity of action," certain success at no distant time being the reward of perseverance in the cause. This unity was, however, more ideal than real ; it is doubtful whether it was ever acted up to among the large class of out-door weavers, par ties who do not work in the factories, but have small looms in their own houses. At all events, first symptoms of a return to work occurred among them, and their example has been followed by the . hands in a few of the factories. Subsequently to this partial return to work, the committee them selves initiated a resolution, which was adopted at a public meeting, to the. effect—" That each manu facturer's hands should meet, and, if the employer' is prepared to pay the list price, as revised and agreed to by a public meeting held Aug. 10, 1860, the hands resume work on condition that they take out their cards and register their names not to work below the list." During the week that has followed the adoption of this motion, hands have been gradually dropping into work, although by far the larger portion of the weavers are still out, and the strike still assumes for the local trade of the town and neighbourhood very formidable propor • tions. In the great majority of instances the men have returned to work at prices substantially the same as the list prices which they received before the strike, but the acceptance of any list has been suc cessfully resisted by the employers, and in no case have the operatives been able to obtain from the manufacturers what was a prominent object of the strike, their signature to a list, with a view to gua ranteeing the permanence of the rate of labour remu neration. The masters say that they will neither di recily nor indirectly recognise any list of wages that may emanate from the Weavers' Committee, and som of them have notified that, in order to prevent any future misunderstanding, the price paid per piece on which the warp is taken shall be stated on every weaver's note ! If it is difficult to point out what object has been gained by the strike, there is unfortunately no difficulty in indicating its disas trous results to the operatives themselves as well as to the general trade of Coventry. The loss to the retail- trade of the town through the stoppage of circulation of wages is at its lowest estimate £6,000 a-week. This estimate assumes that the wages of the operatives, taking men, women, and children, average only 10s. ahead per week. The calcula tion is considered by many parties conversant with the trade to be too low, and that from £B,OOO to £9,000 a-week would more accurately represent the weekly loss to trade. The strike bears heavily on the ratepayers of the three parishes constituting the Coventry Corpora tion, the number of in-door paupers in the past week being 220 against 152 in the corresponding week of last year. The number of persons receiving out door relief during the strike has been from 86 to 96 each week, being an excess over the average of from 40 to 50. In money and kind the out-door relief last week amounted to £6l 2s. Bd. The principle adopted by the guardians in the administration of out-door relief is to give each married applicant for himself and wife ls. a day for three days per week —6d. in money and 6d. in bread. For every two children an additional ls. is al lowed. Strong objections have been urged against the course thus adopted by the guardians, on the ground that public rates are by their so doing em ployed in aid of the object of the strike. The com plaints on this head were brought to a culminating point at the meeting of the guardians on Wednesday last,when Alr.Hart, a guardian, and one of the largest manufacturers in Coventry, protested against the course adopted by the board, and offered to en gage each out-door applicant to work for him as they severally asked for relief. The offer was not adopted by the operatives, and the guardians were, of course, compelled to refuse the whole body the relief sought. I 0 UNTR Y MARKETS. COLCHESTEIt-AuG. 25. There was a small supply of wheat, which sold at 4s per qr. over late rates, many refusing to sell at that advance. Beans and peas is dearer. The past week has been mostly wet, and the crops must have sustained considerable dam age. Wheat, white Ns to 68s Beans, Mazagan..37s to 420 red 54s to 64s Middle & small 40s to 485 Barley 2Bs to 32s White peas 3Bs to 40s Oats 26s to 28s Grey, 4Q.• to 44s ,1) At a. 24. Prices 2s per qr advance on u. good qualities, and is on in iiness. Very little doing in )eforc. The weather still con- yeas, Partridge 42A to 43s White 42s to 45s Boiling 42s to 45s Dun 37s to 409 Beans, Tick 39s to 45s Harrow Ticks 40s to 48e Mazagan 37s to 429 CHELMSFO A fair supply of wheat. the currencies of last week fo; ferior sorts, with a slow busi sping corn, with prices as b, tinues unfavourable. Wheat, white....4ss to 64s - red 44s to 60s Barley 34s to 40s Chevalier 3ss to 40s Grinding 32s to 36s Malt 61s to 678 Chevalier 64s to 69s Oats 25s to 30s KIRKALDY—Aua. 25. We had moderate supplies of wheat to-day, and prices were is to 2s per qr. dearer than last week, with a ready sale. No barley. Only three samples of oats, at about Is advance on late rates. Wheat First..... 54s Od Second 6.28 Od Third 64s Od Barley I Oats --s Od 30s Od — 8 Od I 33s Od —s Od —s Od THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Sept. 18. Do. (v :a Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Aug, 30. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. Aug. 29. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Sept. 1. China, Penanaeand Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Sept. 1. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 9. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. Sept. 6. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 3. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Sept. 1 . United States, California, &c. Sept. S. Western Coast of Atrica Madeira Teneriffe S ep t. 10. West Indies a n d Pacific,'Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug' 28 BIRTHS. o f t h e 17th Lancer s , o f a Go s lt ir D W ON ii — li all G th o e rd 2 o 3 n d , J B u a n r e t ,. , at S ecu nderabad, the wife of daughter, who survived her birth only a short time. HALL.—On the 25th inst., at 16, Gunter's-grove, Fulham road, the wife of CaptainW. King Hall, C. 8., of H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, of a daughter. SOMERSET.—On the 23d inst., at Heath Lodge, the wife of Col. Poulett Somerset, M.P., of a son, za AB,RIA GEs. CARLISLE —HOLAIES.—On the 25th inst., at Trinity Church, Islington, the Rev. Charles Henry, youngest son of the late Peter Carlisle, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, to Sarah d aughter of Mr. Robert H o l mes , o f Whetstone, Middlesex. H AZELDI NE—LITTLE.—O n the 23d inst., at St. Bartholo mew's, Sydenham, F rederick, the second son of George Es q ., Angl e fi e ld, G o d stone, S urrey, to Eliza iiur only Harriett, eldest daughter of Samuel Little, Esq., Syden ham-hill, DEATHS. CRAWFORD.—At Bath, Robert Crawford, Esq., late of Chelsfield Court Ledge, Kent, aged 70. E I.MORE.—On the 26th inst., at 27, Harley-street W., John R. Elmore, Esq., M.D , aged 73. F RI.—On the 27th inst., Peter Wickens Fry, Esq., of 14; Montague -street, Russell-square, and 80, Cheapside. G ORDON.—On the 26th inst., suddenly, at Blackheath park, John Gordon, of the firm of Cross and Gordon 65 Fenchurch-street, aged 24. , , HALL.—On the 25th inst., at Weston Colville, Cambridge shire, John Hall, Esq., aged 93. SIMESN.—On the 24th inst., at Swainston, Isle of Wight, Jane Maria, wife of Sir John Simeon, Bart. STEWAItT.—On the 25th inst., Julia Bramson, the wife of James Stewart, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged 26. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun jilice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, August 28, 1860. ANkrifteam -!"---,.. Pro Emi SF fec ag 8c