The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH 'OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY, Oct 3d. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager Mr. E. Stirling.. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with AS YOU LIKE IT : Jaques, Mr. Howe ; Orlando, Mr. W. Farren ; Touchstone, Mr. Compton ; Rosalind, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Celia, Miss M. Ternan. After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Bnckstone ; Cox, Kr. Compton. And HALLOWE'EN. - Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY next, September 24, with a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL ; the scenery by Messrs. T. Grieve and e n ti To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE ; the scenery by Mr. W. R. Beverley. During the recess the Thea tre has been redecorated. ISTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, A_DELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. This splendid New Theatre, replete with every comfort, WILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1859. ADELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS ! ! !—On which ocsa sion Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms, &c., &c., will appear. The performances will consist of a DRAMA (2d time), of the highly successful piece of ONE TOUCH OF NATURE ; a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday. Sept. 22, and every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, r bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And TO FALLEN rs AND GUARDIANS. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.— EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con- Setts), the extraoriinary Violin Performances of the cele brated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Concert. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Maclmey. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection' from Meyer beer's new opera of DINNORA. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SESTEDIBEE 20. THEENOMETSB., IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 61---lowest this morning and during the night. 63—thie day at noon. BA.nourrzar-29.96. WIND, South -Westerly; light, with very fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. —Morning, 6h. 28m.—Afternoon, 6h. 58ra. To-Moitaow-Morning, 7h. 37m.—Afternoon, Bh. 23na. THE SUN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1869. THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN. • .-,,. M.' . 4 •11, ,, ,, , ,,. . ' 0. , .b. 1 . -..,. . ..*"441.„ - - m- - '.: A ,;•;;;', ~,- - . .- 7- - -,. 0 . .„....„..,,,,,,.. :lc _ 4.,k,. 4 grAiid" - ' THE VERDICT. So—the grand inquisition before the 'Crowner's 'Quest at Weymouth, in regard to that dreadful ex plosion on board the Great Eastern steamship, really closed at last yesterday! The Hampshire jury have, of course, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death"— but in words of such astounding circumlocution ! Observe—the decision runs verbatim as follows : " We find the deceased came to their deaths from injuries received from steam, hot air, and water, in consequence of the bursting of the jacket attached to the foremost funnel of the Great Eastern steamer, and that the said bursting was caused by the closing of a tap connected with the syphon attached to the said jacket in conjunction with the shutting off the feed from the watercasing to the boilers, but there is no evidence before the jury to show by what person or persons the said tap was shut off, and the jury further express their opinion that taps are highly dangerous when placed in such positions, and that sufficient caution was not used by the engineers." Saving for those last words of distinct though generalised reprehen sion, the verdict is really and truly nothing better than a piece of innane and valueless verbosity. It only declares bit by bit with preposterous particu larity—what everybody knew perfectly well before days and days ago. For example, that those un fortunate firemen died from steam, hot air and hot water and so forth—by reason of the bursting of the jacket of a funnel on the Great Eastern — the said bursting having been caused by the closing of a tap connected with a syphon in the iron case of this jacket to the funnel, " in con junction with the shutting off the feed from the water casing to the boilers." But we all knew this more than a week ago—thanks to the press correspon dents. What the jury had to try and find out was, whether there was any culpability, and, in the event of there being such, whose was that culpability ? Witness after witness is examined and cross-examined day after day is occupied in the tedious and laborious inves tigation—and the end of it all is this most lame and impotent conc'.usion. Now that the inquest has terminated, the public is still left painfully convinced that some person was, or that some persons were guilty, through negligence, or through forgetfulness, or through ignorance, of causing the deaths of those unfortunate men who perished so frightfully from an explosion, causing the destruc tion at the same time of £5,000 worth of property, besides imperilling (quite unnecessarily) one of the grandest enterprises adventured upon in the advance of modern civilisation. That guilt, the public is yet more painfully convinced, is not ade quately met by these vague and, as we have said, merely generalised words of reprehension. A verdict like this is no solace to the bereaved families of those poor firemen— it implies no additional security (as it might easily have done) to those disposed to become passengers—it says nothing whatever (as it ought to have done) in reference to the gallantry and presence of mind displayed at the moment of the explosion by some of the brave officers in charge of the vessel, but more particularly by Captain HARRISON. The Verdict, in fact, from first to last —=and it is a particularly l ong one, all in one sentence _appears to us to be just Valueless. It is a sen tence written upon sand—worthy only of being obliterated from remembrance. or ordinary t rou bl e When any national calan _ it y is " afloat," there is no end of doctors to prescribe cures or remedies after the event has Come off ; on the other hand, we have wise men out of all t conscience who smell danger af ar, and p rognosticate the certain fall of this country unless their notions be taken into account and acted on without any delay. They see the down fall of England in every rumour of inva sion, be it from our next neighbour or from our northern great Bear. Indeed, one of our contem poraries—himself rather an alarmist. though very well meaning—gives full scope to " all corners " who deal in the sublime, and more frequently in theridiculous, no doubt from a sympathy of patriotic fervour, but too often in excess. They are full of doubt and perplexity about coming events, which, luckily, never, or have not yet, happened ; and so in their visions they are ever in a nervous state of excitement, like— "The poor Indian, whose untutored mind, Sees GOD in clouds or hears him in the winds " They dream and write, and—then, they think, ac cording to the adage of setting the cart before the horse. And who can blame them ? Perhaps, people, as presumptive as themselves. In fact we all think ourselves much wiser than our neighbours feel dis- posed to give us credit for. The only saving clause is that we mean better than we act. The fault lies chiefly in our inability. But what can we say for those who assume much and perform little—or less ? Why, in charity, we may let them puff on, as the wind blows heedless where it listeth. And so with all those who say too much, and perform less. Now our National Defences, in case of invasion, concern every one who has a stake in the country, or a drop of true patriotic blood in his veins. And every one who can really point out a good means of meeting so general an evil deserves well of his country. It is in this spirit that we readily give the opinions of several intelligent men with respect to that question of all others the most vital to our national safety—manning the Navy. Each of these gentlemen has a singularly keen eye to his particular " craft "—and is specially eloquent on matters beyond his own sphere. " There's nothing like leather! " seems to give an " unto" good sauce to his goose, and so we have the biased opinions of each in his own particular calling. Now, all plans must be, more or less, good so far as they go, or can be carried into effect. But the question is, how far such and such a plan to be carried out in its efficiency, will militate against ,he rest. For our own part we would fain be loth to stigmatise any suggestion, however hastily formed or imperfectly expressed. But there's a limit even to good intentions if their exercise be left to in different capacity. Again, people sometimes, in their grasping at too much, catch only shadows. The idea was good, but the event having mis carried, was met with scorn under the mask of bitter envy and jealous malignity. So it is in public as in private experience. No man is safe who endeavours to outvie his fellows. The crowd will immolate individual genius, unless they have a feather in the plume. Colonel SIMMONS of the Royal Engineers seems to have brought a hornet's nest about his ears with respect to Manning the Navy. Taking as his text the crew of the Great Eastern being divided into parties of so many navigators, so many waiters, and so many stokers, he therefore deduces that our Navy might be composed of so many seamen with a large preponderance of Marines both as sol diers and Marine Artillery. This he thinks would get over the difficulty of manning our Navy. So far so good. But in getting soldiers for sailors you would be getting out of the frying-pan into the fire ; for, however good soldiers undoubtedly are, they would be fish out of water to do the stormy work of sailors. Every one to his quar ters, and help those who need it, is the order of the day in the hour of danger; but when you attempt to blend the labours of many in one the task will prove too much, or be indifferently done. No doubt steam has greatly superseded the necessity for sea manship ; but suppose steam to burst its bounds and become of no avail, you must look to sails for salvation either on a lee shore, or in face of the enemy. " Two strings to our bow" was never more apposite than in seafaring life—espe cially when at war. Want of time and space pi e vent us from working at our idea to-day, but we shall endeavour to do so to-morrow. The excellent inaugural address recently deli vered by his Royal Highness the PRINCE CON SORT, as President of the British Association, will have been read by this time, far and wide, among all ranks and classes of our population. It is some thing for a body of scientific inquirers to have a real, live Royal Highness in the chair, presiding over their proceedings, more especially when that Royal Highness happens also to be the Consort of our august and beloved constitutional Sovereign. But it is something still more when his Royal Highness can, by a speech so admirably well con sidered, and so admirably well expressed, justify his selection,:though a Prince, to preside over the deliberations of some of the foremost of living phi losophers. " I," exclaimed the PRINCE, himself wondering at his own temerity, "I, a simple ad mirer and would•be student of science, to take the place of the chief spokesman of the scien tific men of the day assembled in further ance of their important objects !" Adding, " The thing appeared to me impossible ; yet, on reflection, I came to the conclusion that, if not as a contributor to or director of your labours, I might still be useful to you, useful to science, by accepting your offer. I felt that I could, from the peculiar position in which Providence has placed me in this country, appear as the representative of that large public which profits by and admires your exertions, but is unable actively to join in them, that my election was an act of humility on your part which to reject would have looked like false humility—that is, like pride-;-on mine." Besides, continued his Royal Highness, " I reflected further, and saw in my acceptance the means, of which necessarily so few are offered to her Majesty, of testifying to you through the instrumentality of her husband, that your labours are not unappreciated by your Sove reign, and that she wishes her people to know this as well as yourselves." All this appears to us not simply graceful, courteous and princely greeting on the part of his Royal Highness. It appears to us yet more agreeably as a frank and manly exposition of the plain truth. It required words like these to indicate clearly at the very outset, and without one particle of affecta tion upon either side, the reasons which had led to the proffer to and the acceptance by the PRINCE CONSORT of the Presidential Chair for 1859 over the annual proceedings of the British Association. Otherwise, in some cynical quarters, the very simple and entirely honourable reasons upon both sides might have been very painfully misconstrued. The selection made by the philosophers themselves might have been interpreted as a most unphilo sophical evidence of court-toadyism. While the amiable concession of the PRINCE to this extraor dinary request might have been deemed quite as erroneously as an evidence on the part of his Royal Highness of vainglorious dilletanteism and pococuranteism ! After those few but suffi cient words of m inly and princely explanation, already given, no room hatever is left even to the more perverse lovers of pasquinade either for mis apprehension or misrepresentation. The exordium of the PRINCE CONSORT'S Address having been thus apologetic and explana tory—the sum and substance of the Speech itself was in many respects not unworthy of the occasion, and was throughout eminently worthy of the speaker, even to the last earnest and reverential words of the really impressi ve p erora ti on . S evera l t h em es had, of course, to be to uc h e d upon in the sayings harangue. and suc cession during the course of the in aug ural Aberdeen, the scene , this year, o f doings of the Association , elicited from the PRINCE 1 4‘HE SUN,x rLONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850. a tribvite which ought to be borne, and which no doubt will be long cherished gratefully in remem- brume 3 by that ancient and loyal as well as learned and p icturesque city. " The geologist," said the PRINCI7, "will not find many novelties in yonder mount& ins, because he will stand there on the bare back-bone of the globe. But the primary rocks which st and out in their nakedness exhibit the grandeur and beauty of their peculiar form. And in the splendid quarries of this neighbourhood are seen to peculiar advantage the closeness and hard ness of their mass, and their inexhaustible supply made available for the use of man by the applica tion of new m, , :ehanical powers. Oi this primitive soil the botanist and zoologist will be attracted only by a limited range of plants and animals, but they are the very species which the extension of agriculture and increase of population are gradually driving out of many parts of the country." Influenced here, doubtless, by a grate ful remembrance of the health and pastime annually found by himself in the immediate neighbourhood, his ROYAL HIGHNESS afforded his philosophic hearers a pleasant glimpse of the out of-door life familiar to a few among them, but unfamiliar to the majority of the more sedentary occupants of the library and the laboratory,—" On those blue hills the red deer in vast herds hold undisturbed dominion over the wild heathery forest, until the sportsman, fatigued and unstrung by the busy life of the bustling town, invades the moor to regain health and vigour by measuring his strength with that of the antlered monarch of the hill. But notwithstanding all his efforts to over come an antagonist possessed of such superiority of power, swiftness, caution, and keenness of all the senses, the sportsman would find himself baffled had not sek t ge . supplied him with the telescope and those terrible weapons which seem daily to progress in the precision with which they carry the deadly bullet, mocking distance, to the mark." Not only Aberdeen, but the Aberdeenites the Scotch no less than Scotland—came in for a share of the PRINCE CONSORT'S admiration. " Man also," he said, " the highest object of our study, is [here] found in vigorous, healthy development, presenting a happy mixture of the Celt, Goth, Saxon, and Dane, acquiring his strength on the hills and the sea. " Reference being immediately afterwards made by the PRINCE to the facilities afforded by the local collection of antiquities—enabling the intelligent visitor to enter more thoroughly into " the spirit of that peculiar and interesting people, which has always attracted the attention and touched the hearts of men accessible to the influence of heroic poetry." Reverting, however, to a consideration of the aim and object of the Association over which he was called to preside, upon that the twenty-ninth anni versary of its foundation, his Royal Highness spoke more at length of the broad and bold character of the design—a design in itself as reasonable in every way as it is unquestionably elevating and humanising. Perhaps one of the happiest passages in the whole Address is the one in which the Prince observed—" Science is not of yesterday— we stand on the shoulders of past ages, and the amount of observations made, and facts ascertained, has been transmitted to us, and carefully preserved in the various storehouses of science. Other crops have been reaped, but still lie scattered on the field. Many a rich harvest is ripe for cutting, but waits for the reaper. Economy of labour is the essence of good husbandry, and no less so in the field of science. Our association has felt the importance of this truth, and may well claim as one of its principal merits the constant endeavour to secure that economy." Adding by way of direct illustration of this—" One of the latest undertakings of the association has been the conjunction of scientific memoirs, which, by combining under one head the titles of all memoirs written on a cer tain subject will, when completed, enable the stu dent who wishes to gain information on that sub ject, to do so with the greatest ease. It gives him, as it were, the plan of the house, and the key to different apartments in which the measures rela ting to his subject are stored, saving him at once a painful and laborious search, and affording him, at the same time, an assurance of what is here offered, contains the whole of the treasures yet acquired, while this has been one of its latest attempts." A conclusive evidence, that one work alone, of the practical useful ness of the British Association —of the benefits secured by its labours to science and thneigh science to the country at large. As to the really ennobling, tendency of those labours — that was most admirably expressed in the closing words of an oration as much redounding to the honour of the speaker in his high social position as the Consort of the QUEEN of ENGLAND, as it was peculiarly befitting him in his temporary character as President of the British Association. The Prince and Princess Frederic William arrived at Erdmannsdorf on the 4th inst. The Prince and Princess Yousoupoff have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Shanklin, Isle of Wight. The Prince lloria Pamphili, accompanied by his son, the Prince Ciannetto, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. ----- The Duke of Newcastle left London yesterday afternoon for his seat, Clumber Park. _ _ The Earl of Howth has left Claridge's Hotel for Howth Castle, near Dublin. Viscount Palmerston has returned to his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor of Russia was celebrated at St. Petersburg and Warsaw; on the 7th inst., with great festivity. His Majesty has arrived at Tsarsko-Selo from his journey to Moscow and Twer. A private telegram from China states that there had been large sales of manufactured goods both at Hong Kong and Shanghai. It may, therefore, be inferred that political matters had not experienced any new complica tion. The settlements of silk had been 5,500 bales, and the price was equal to nearly 21s. for No. 3 Tsatlee. Nothing is stated with regard to tea or the quotations of Exchange. In consequence of a telegram received by the Anglo-Lazo-Brazilian Company on Saturday from Lisbon, the sailing of the steamer from Milford Haven to Lisbon and Brazil, is postponed until Saturday, the Ist of October. THE COLLISION ON TIIE GREAT NORTIIERN None of the injuries sustained by the sufferers by the late severe collision on the Great Northern, at Hitchin, have terminated fatally. Seven of the injured persons remain at Hitehin. No step of a public character appear to have been yet taken in the way of an inquiry into the causes of the accident. _ -- COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday, as a skiff with 11 men was putting off from Pickle llerring stairs, Bermondsey, to go on board a vessel lying in the river, the Doris steamer, from Gravesend, ran into it and cut it in half. The whole of the men were thrown into the water, and two, whose bodies have not yet been recovered, were drowned. The names of the men whose lives were lost are John Collins and Ryan. No blame is said to attach to those in charge of the steamer. ~ VY SUICIDE OF A MARRIED WOMAN.—Yesterday very painful excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Cirencester-place, Fitzroy-square, Marylebone, in con sequence of the wife of a bootcloser, Mrs. Elizabeth Allicz (who was in the last stage of pregnancy), residing at No. 8, Cirencester-place, committing suicide by nearly severing her head from the body, with a sharp knife used in her husband's business. It appears that the shocking dis covery was made on the return of the husbarld from the City, when he found the door locked inside. Thinking she was out marketing, he went away for some time, during which he saw some of his children playing in the neighbourhood, but they could give no account of their mother. On his returning home again he looked through the keyhole, and finding the key inside ho became alarmed and forced the door, when he discovered his unfortunate wife on the floor in a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear. She was quite dead : the weapon of destruction, a sharp double-edged knife, was found in a pail over which the wretched woman had held her neck in the commission of the rash act. Mr. Hatfield, surgeon, of Cleveland-street, was promptly in at tendance, but all human aid was useless in restoring the mother, as all the principal vessels of the neck were severed. Mr. Hatfield proceeded to an operation for the purpose of preserving the infant, if possible,. and succeeded in bring ing it into the world alive , but did not long survive. Mr. Wakley, the coroner, has appointed the inquest to be held this day (Tuesday). LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's offico ZURICH, SEPT. 20. Yesterday after the arrival of a French courier the Plenipotentiaries of France and Austria held a conference lasting three hours. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. BOURSE, Sept. 19.—A brisk rally took place at the opening of the market, but as soon as the first quotations were fixed heavy sales were poured in and the prices declined until they had returned to a level with Saturday's rates. Threes, after having been done at 69f., receded to 68f. 75c. Mobilier varied from 795 f. to 782 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 542 f. 50c. to 540 f. ; Lombard, 553 f. 75c. to 55f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,375 f. to 1,372 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 875 f. to 872 f. 50c. The following were the last quota tions : 4% per Cents. .... 95 75 II Credit Foncier 670 Do. end month .. 95 i Belgian 41 99 25 3 per Cent 5....... 68 70 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 68 65 Roman .. B4 Bank Shares...... 2780 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 780 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 775 Home Debt 44a - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9lB 75 .. 917 50 New ditto Boo .. Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 873 75 Geneva S ou th ern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money 25f 10e.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 e.; money, 24f. 921 e HAY MARKET THEATRE. Last evening, Miss Amy Sedgwick; made her re appear ance at this theatre in the character of Rosalind in " As you Like It." A mere crowded house we have seldom wit nessed than that assembled to greet the fair and popular artiste on this occasion, and the reception given her was of the most enthusiastic character. Difficult as the part of Rosalind confessedly is, we feel bound to say that Miss Sedgwick has, by her impersonation of it, achieved a de cided success. While lively and arch, it was at the same time elegant and refined, and the applause showered on Miss Sedgwick during the performance, and again at the conclusion of the play, when she was called be fore the curtain, was as cordial and spontaneous as it was well-deserved. The other characters were also sustained most creditably. Mr. Howe, though we have our recollections of Macready fresh in our minds, made a very good Jacques, and elicited much applause by his delivery of the well-known " All the world's a stage." A better impersonation of Adam we have scarcely ever seen than Mr. Chippendale's. It was a finished piece of acting in every way. The same praise may be accorded to Mr. Compton's Touchstone, who now, since the death of Mr Harley, stands the first among Shaksperian clowns and jesters. He was well acted up to by Mrs. Wilkins, who threw a great amount of originality and humour into Audrey. Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Clark played with their accustomed talent. (From the Morning Post.) Last night there was a very crowded and fashionable au dience at this theatre to welcome the return of Miss Amy Sedgwick, after a rather protracted absence. The bill of fare for the evening consisted of " As You Like It," " Box and Cox," and " Hallowe'en." The comedy of " As You Like It" is allowed by almost universal consent to be the most ideal of any of Shakspere's plays, and certainly it is one that always commands a warm reception on the English stage. Nor can we wonder that this should be so, for there is a peculiar charm about most of the cha racters and the plot. The dweller in great cities, whose ear is everlastingly stunned and vexed with the turmoil of the busy world, loves to take shelter, even in imagination and for a brief hour or two, in the leafy shades of the Forest of Arden, there to muse in a delicious dreaminess in soothing solitude, " under the shade of melancholy boughs"—there to enjoy the contemplative musings of the melancholy Jaques and the grotesque humour of Touchstone—to wit ness the pretended coquetry but real love of Rosalind for Orlando, and the touching affection which exists between Rosalind and her fair cousin Celia. It is indeed a play which can never cease to have a high interest for the lovers of the drama. Of the wonderful variety of beautiful pas sages with which this play abounds, might be said what Shakspere himtelf has told us of the charms of Cleopatra— " Time cannot wither them, nor custom stale Their infinite variety." When Miss Amy Sedgwick came on as Rosalind she was greeted with a most cordial reception from all parts of the house. Her representation of this charming character was marked by the nicest delicacy. Her tutoring of Or lando in the forest was characterised by such mingled arch ness and tenderness, that it drew forth frequent applause from the audience. The Celia of Miss M. Ternan was graceful and unaffected, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam made a capital Audrey. It would be, perhaps, difficult to find at the present day such an excellent Touchstone as Mr. Comp ton, or a better Jaques than Mr. Howe, whose delivery of the celebrated speech in the second act, " All the world's a stage," was warmly applauded. The banished Duke was played by Mr. Rogers, with his usual excellence, and Mr. W. Farren's Orlando was a fitting conception of a fine, spirited character. Mr. Chippendale did full justice to the faithful Adam, and Mr. Anderson, as Amiens, sang the two songs incidental to the character—" Under the green wood tree," and " Blow, blow, thou winter wind"—in a very pleasing style. In "Box and Cox," when we say that Mr. Buckstone and Mr. Compton represented the two lodgers, our readers will not be at all surprised to hear that from the beginning of this most amusing farce to its end the house was in one continued roar of laughter. Tho performances concluded with " Hallowe'en," a ballet in which the Leclercq family distinguished themselves very creditably. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. Yesterday an entertainment, which was appropriately denominated a " Town and Country Festival," took place for the establishment of a benefit society for the emplop;,s of this popular place of amusement ; and, considering the time of year, the fete was a great success, the Gardens being remarkably well attended from an early hour, and honoured by the presence of a considerable number of visitors whose patronage does not generally extend to so late a period of the season. The Marionette Burlesque, two Ballets, two Salamanders, the Al Fresco Ball, and the Fireworks were the principal amusements ; the interest taken in the first being much increased by the performances of the Cremona or Ladies' Band, whose excellent rendering of their new Irish selections elicited much applause. The second ballot, " The Rendezvous," drew forth shouts of laughter. The additional salamander on this occasion was a pupil of Buono Cori's ; but the master not only excelled his pupil, but even himself, by actually lying down in the fire and taking his repose in his fiery bed. On Thursday next the postponed Juvenile Fete and Prize Balloon Race will take place, on which occasion it is announced that, in addition to the balloons, the younger visitors will be presented with various prizes of books, prints, &c. CANTERBURY HALL. The proprietor of this popular music hall is determined that his visitors shall have the opportunity of listening to somo of the best modern music. Already has he introduced to a London public Verdi's " Macbeth," and he has now in rehearsal a selection from Meyerbeer's new opera "Dino rah." The selection will consist of the overture, the open ing chorus, the duet between Corentius and Dinorah, in the opening chorus of the second act, " Ombre igpaternoster, Hoel's romance, and the duet, and the first It t the ; will be brought out in about three weeks, under the direction of Mr. Jonghmans. THE ADDITIONAL INCOME-TAX. (From the Law Times.) The sums to be collected in October next will be, first, half-a-year of the former tax, 21d., and the new tax, 4d., viz., 61d. in the pound on the whole year's rating. Consequently the and suchededue like will tionlistobe be_ made by those who pal''rrents, h in Ns a l lf- ole year ' s or re a nt q . uarter's rent, &c., sd. in the pound on the half year's or quarter's rent, and 4d. the pound From a year's rent, 9d. in the pound. For instance:-- Suppose your rental to be £lOO a-year, you will be called upon for 100 fourpences and for 50 fivepences, or .£2 14s. 8(1., and this you will deduct from your next payment of half-a year's rent. _ _ But i r you have already paid a quarter's rent, and deducted the sd_ income tax, and have but a quarter's rent to pay to your landlord, then you will deduct 100 fourpences and 25 flvepences, or .£2 3,. od . Stated in a tabular form, the deduction por pound to be made for the sum thus paid as rent, interest, or ditidends will be— In the pound. From one year's rent, interest, or } 9d. dividend s From half -a-year's ditto . .. is. id. Is. sd. From a q uarter ' s di tto . TIIE EASTER:sr FISHERIES.—The herring fishery is now being prosecuted on the eastern coast with fair suc cess. The quality of the fish taken has also improved during the past fortnight. The best fish have realised from £2O to £25 per last, and in one instance a boat has come into Yarmouth with seven lasts ; this, however, is an excep tional case. 71IE NAVY. ders have been received at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to prepare the Havock, Hardy, Swinger, and Grasshopper gunboats with all possi ble haste to reinforce the squadron in China. The Itingdove, 6, screw despatch boat, at the same port, commenced masting yesterday, and was taken in hand by the dockyard riggers, to make ready for the same service. The Perseverance, screw transport, Commander Power, has been placed in No. 8 dock at Ports mouth. The utmost exertions are being used to bring this vessel forward for further service. Orders were received yesterday (Monday) at Plymouth to 'prepare immediately for foreign ser vice the screw steamships James Watt, 91, Capt. E. Cod d ; the Cesar, 91, Capt. T. H. Mason ; and the Agamemnon, 91, Capt. T. Hope. A number of hands are engaged preparing the blocks for laying down the Glasgow, screw frigate, in the same slip from which the Bacchante was lately launched, at Portsmouth. Portions of her keel and floor timbers are ready alongside the build ing shed. A steam line-of-battle ship, supposed to be the Mars, 80, Captain J. N. Strange, from Sheerness, arrived at Spithead at 6 p.m. yesterday. On anchor ing she exchanged salutes with her Majesty's ship Victory in Portsmouth harbour. The transport King Philip, which has been char tered by the Government to convey troops to India, arrived in Cork harbour from London yesterday, for the purpose of embarking detachments for Calcutta. Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply, Master- Commander Balliston, laden with naval and mili- tary stores for Gibraltar and Malta, sailed from Woolwich on Saturday for Greenhithe to adjust compasses in preparation for sea. The Admiralty steam tug Monkey, Second-master Syndercombe, yesterday went down to Greenhithe, to assist in swinging the Supply. She subsequently sailed for her destination. The following named ships have been chartered by the War D:partment to embark ammunition and other war materials from the military store de partment of Woolwich—viz., the Koh-i-noor, for Bermuda; the Jenny, for St. Lucia ; the Elizabeth Martin, for Valparaiso ; the Sarah Jane, for Malta; the steamer Peninsula, for Gibraltar; the Claymore, for Colombo ; the Victoria, for Melbourne ; the Aurora Australia, for Hobart Town; the Herald, for Bermuda ; and the Nancy Dawson, for Gibral tar. The Reaper having filled in her magazines with powder from the floating stores off the Royal Arsenal, has sailed for Malta; as also the Bedouin, for Halifax. A correspondent writes from Spezzia on the 14th inst. that the Hannibal, 91, the St. Jean d'Aere, 101, the London, 91, the Brunswick, 80, and the Assurance gunboat, 4, anchored in that harbour on the 13th. THE ARMY. The non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers who are to form the new expedi tion about to be despatched to British Columbia have been selected from the Royal Sappers and Miners at head-quarters, Chatham, and are. now ready to take their departure immediately the order arrives for their embarkation. In addition to the handicraftsmen several surveyors and draughtsmen have also been selected to proceed to British Co lumbia, in order to prepare the designs and surveys for the works about to be undertaken by the Go vernment. The expedition take out with them a large assortment of sapping and mining tools, port able indiarubber pontoon boats for crossing the rivers and streams, waterproof tents, indiarubber sheets, surveying instruments, &c. Two experi enced photographers, from the Photographic School of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, will also ac company the expedition, and these will be provided with the best apparatus that can be procured, to enable them to take accurate copies of the works to be undertaken and views in the colony. The ex pedition will embark at Southampton, and proceed overland via Panama. Yesterday afternoon the depots of the 61st and 8 Ith Regiments, numbering about 400 men of all ranks, were inspected on the general parade-ground at Chatham, previously to taking their departure from that garrison. The 61st has been encamped within the Spur Battery during the whole of the summer, and the 84th has been quartered in the Hut barracks. At the conclusion of the inspection each depot marched to the Strood station, preceded by the fifes and drums, and proceeded by special train to Pembroke, where they relieve the 31st and 91st depots, ordered to Chatham. The following are the names of the officers who left Chatham yester day with their depots :—Brevet-Major A. W. Gor don, Capt. D. R. Croasdaile, Lieut. R. Hutton, I,ieut. C. J. Griffiths. Lieut. E. B. Andros, Ensign F. J. Fane, Ensign J. R. Cockle, Ensign E. E. Bor ton, and Ensign J. D. Wedgwood, 61st Regiment ; Capt. W. M'G. Keats, Ensign J. G. Wilson, and Ensign W. C. Clayton, 84th Regiment. The detachment a her Majesty's 29th Foot, arrived in the Clasmerden troopship at Spithead, from India, as reported in The Sun of yesterday, will disembark this morning at Portsmouth, and proceed by special train at 10 a.m. for Weedon. The newly invented curvilinear hospital tent, the invention of Major Rhodes, which was erected some time back in the grounds of the Garrison Hospital at Chatham by order of the Duke of Cambridge, in order that the advantages claimed for it by the in ventor might be put to a practical test, was yester day taken down,, after standing several weeks, dur ing which period it has been occupied by the pa tients from the hospital. The results of these trials confirms in every respect the favourable report made respecting it by the heads of the medical de partment at Chatham on the occasion of its first being erected. The number of patients accommo dated in it has varied from 15 to 20, the latter being the greatest number it will conveniently hold. The whole of the troops who have occupied it speak in the highest terms of the hospital tent and of the comforts they have experienced when quartered in it as compared with the old hospital marquee. Not withstanding the frequent storms of rain which fell during the summer not the least inconvenience was experienced by any of the inmates, the interior of the tent remaining perfectly dry and comfortable. Even during the most violent rains no necessity was experienced for the invalid inmates to turn out during the night to "slack ropes," an operation which had frequently to be performed at the other tents. The admirable system of ventilation employ ed kept the air in the interior at all times pure, and even during days and nights of intense heat the in side of the tent was always much cooler than the exterior atmosphere. During the time the hospital has been erected it has been frequently visited by Dr. J. It. Taylor, C. 8., principal medical officer at Chatham, by Dr. Maclean, and the other medical officers of the staff; all of whom are unanimous in pronouncing the tent to be the most healthy and at the same time in every respect the most conve nient of any invention of the kind which has been brought under the notice of the authorities. A re port embodying the opinions of the medical officers appointed to examine the invention has been laid before the Commander-in-Chief. One of Major Rhodes' 13 feet diameter field tents, which was also erected near the hospital tent, was also removed yesterday, the inmates having received orders to take up their quarters in the hospital. An equally favourable report is given of the field bell tent. An Indian gun, one of the trophies taken from the rebels at the final siege and capture of Lack now, has just been deposited in the museum at tached to the Royal Engineer establishment, Bromp ton barracks, Chatham. The gun, which appears to be of very rude construction, was taken from one of the forts in Lncknow, and, from its appearance, had been put to severe use in the defence of that strong hold. It is mounted on a four-wheeled gun-carriage, and although not so large as our light field-pieces, is of great weight. This trophy was deposited in the museum by order of the Government. The Ist Stafford Militia arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Aldershott Camp, to relieve the 2d Cheshire Militia, ordered to Shorncliffe Camp. The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, stationed at Richmond barracks, Dublin, has just completed a quota of 80 volunteerq to the Marines, on which occasion the commandant, Lieut.-Colonel Murray Prior, has had a commission in the latter corps placed at his disposal, and Lieutenant Hitchcock is the officer who is recommended for it. This makes 11 commissions which have been given to officers of the Elthorne Militia on account of volunteers who have joined line regiments. A valuable present of plate; consisting of a large and e!egant pair of silver candlesticks (forming a candelabrum), together with a silver antique tea-. kettle, has been presented to Lieut.-Col. H. Musters, cf the Queen's Own Royal City of Dublin Militia, by the officers of the Prince of Wales' Own Royal Longford Rifles, as a token of their regard and estecm for him as their late commanding officer, together with an appropriate address, signed by the senior officer present. GOVERN M ENT EM IG RA T lON. —Her Majesty's Emigration .Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, tie; 19th inst., the Lancashire Witch, 1,386 tons belongin g . to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, to sail from Gravesend on the 17th proximo, for Bombay, at £l5 ls. 3d. per statute adult. The commissioners have also given notice of their intention to receive tenders on Thursday, the 29th inst., for ships to proceed to Sydney, New South Wa'es, and to Melbourne, Victoria, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such days as the commissioners may appoint between the Ist and Bth of November. The ships must be furnished with cots or bed-places as the commissioners may direct, with Dible's ventilating a pparatus and with D r . Normandy's fresh water distilling apparatus. THE OPERA TIVE BUILDERS' STRILE. Yesterday the Trades' Conference sitting at the Paviors' Arms distributed among the men on strike no less a sum in the aggregate that £1,330 odd, the dividend being 4s. per man, the largest they have yet paid. Trollope's merf were paid 12s. skilled, and Bs. unskilled, each. The total number of the -recipients was 6,955, or 21 less than the previous week, and the sum distributed was larger by up wards of £162. Subjoined is an official return of the sums paid by the Conference : Masons ~ ~ Bricklayers Carpenters , Plasterers .. Painters .. . • Woolwich men .. Stone sawyers • . Labourers —Lodge 1 31 '2 ), 1) 3 7/ „ 4 ~ )) 5 )) 6 » ~ )7 7 )) 8 ~ 9 1, 7, 1 , „ 10 » „ 11 )7 „ 12 ' „ 13 Stone' polishers .. £ s. d. 450 90 0 0 825 105 0 0 2,203 441 12 0 650 130 0 0 110 22 0 0 221 44 4 0 87 17 8 0 335 67 0 0 227 45 1 0 143 28 12 0 270 54 0 0 87 17 0 0 495 99 0 0 160 32 0 0 43 8 12 0 391 78 4 0 170 34 0 0 50 10 0 0 23 4 12 0 8 1 12 0 20 8 0 6,955 £1,330 12 0 This dividend is in addition to the weekly allow ance which the men on strike receive from their various trade societies, and which varies from ss. to 12s. Nothing can well be more conclusive that the men as a body are still holding out than the num ber of the recipients of the dividend yesterday— namely 6,955, being only 21 less than that of the previous Monday, when the shops and yards of the master builders were reopened. Notwithstanding this, the returns furnished by some of the leading building firms connected withthe Central Association of Masters show that about 2,270 are now at work with them under the declaration. Yesterday Messrs. W. Cubitt and Co, returned 663 men at work ; Mr. Kelk 272 ; " late" T. Cubitt, 270 ; Mr. Smith, 150 ; Piper and Son, 200 ; Mr. Higgs, 110 ; Holland and Hannen, 104 ; Mansfield and Son, 70 ; Lawrence, 80 ; Arding and Son, 90 ; and Lucas, Brothers, 60. It was also reported yesterday that a considerable number of men were at work with other builders, including Messrs. Jay, Moxon, Ashby and Horner, Pritchard and Co., Waller, Soward, Bird, Williams, and others. At first sight the two statements, furnished from opposite quarters, appear wholly irreconcilable. The number of men who shared in the dividend at the Paviors' Arms yesterday was only 21 less than on the preceding week, and yet the returns from some of the principal masters indicate that between 2,000 and 3,000 men are at work. The discrepancy, we think, nevertheless, is capable of explanation. It is certain that a considerable number of brick- layers, carpenters, and masons have arrived in Lon don from the provinces and obtained employment. These, of course, are all included in the numbers sent in by the masters, and probably the rest are non-society men, whom privation has driven to succumb. Three more firms were reported yesterday by the Conference as having abandone , l the declaration — namely, that of Oxford, Wilson-street, Finsbury ; Jackson, Kensington ; Ayres, Mile-end ; and the men were accordingly elated with the additional prospect thus afforded of ultimate success. An unqualified contradiction has been given to a statement that has appeared in certaia newspapers, that Mr. Austin's men have been required to make the " declaration." So far from this being the case, no foreman or workman in Mr. Austin's establish ment has been asked to assent to any " documeat " whatever, as Mr. Austin trusts more to the good feelings of the men in his employ to heal these unhappy differences between master and man than to any " declaration." SACRILEGE IN A LONDON CHURCH. Robert Dixon, beadle of St. Michael's Church, Chester-square, was placed at the bar of the West minster Police-court, before Mr. Arnold, charged with robbing the poor-box, under very peculiar circumstances. For a length of time past complaints have been made by the occupiers of sittings and others attend ing St. Michael's Church of the losses sustained by them in the sacred edifice. Not only have upwards of 60 church services diappeared, but numberless cloaks, umbrellas, gloves, handkerchiefs, pencil cases, scent-bottles, purses, and other miscellaneous property belonging to the congregation have been stolen, Sir George Grey and Sir Richard Mayne's pews being broken open to get possession of their books ; Smith, of the detective police, was instructed by Sir Richard to take the matter in hand. Sergeant Smith said that his attention was first called to the case on the 15th of August, and from inquiries made, he was led to suspect the prisoner. Some marked money was placed in the poor-boxes on two subsequent Sundays, and was shortly after wards stolen. On Saturday he marked other money in the presence of Mr. Meats, one of the church wardens, and gave it to that gentleman to put in one of the boxes which are placed inside the en trances to the church, and immediately after Divine service on Sunday morning witness concealed him self in the gallery where he could, unobserved, command a perfect view of the box. At about ten minutes past two, the prisoner entered by the north door, and having closed and bolted it after him, shook a money-box at the north entrance ; he next came into the body of the church towards the vestry-room, and shook the box at the south door. Having done that, he proceeded to a cupboard, whence he took a chisel, a hammer, a piece of thin wood, and a glue-pot, and taking off his coat and hat, struck a lucifer match and lighted a wax taper which he had with him. He then returned to the box at the south entrance and took some money from it. The officer produced the box, and exhibited the ingenious mode of operation practised by the pri soner to open it. The front of the box is orna mented and secured with scroll ironwork, which underlaps the bottom ; the iron having been cut across at about two inches up, can, by the with drawal of a small nail, be removed on one side, by which means an interstice can be made between the bottom and front of the box large enough to admit a slip of wood a quarter of an inch thick, and thus money in the bottom can be swept out. The prisoner, having taken the money in the mode described, applied the wax taper to a portion of the iron work to warm it, and then applying the glue brush, and hammer ing the bottom again tight, left the box as ap parently secure as before. Witness resumed—Some of the money the pri soner placed in his pocket, and a sixpence, a four penny-piece, and three halfpence fell on the floor. After the prisoner had fastened the bottom of the box, witness quietly went from his hiding place, and had got near the accused before he saw him. Witness then inquired of him by whose authority ho had opened the box, when prisoner, who was very much startled, said he was a fallen man, and implored God's assistance ; he admitted his guilt, but begged hard that wit ness would not say anything about it. On search ing him witness found 3s. 24d., a portion of which was marked. Wm. Charles Miller, 259 B, proved that he was engaged with Smith, and conveyed prisoner to the station. On his way thither he said he had taken money from the box on both Sunday week and Sun day fortnight. He had done it because, being out of work, he had only £2O a year from his situation at St. Michael's Church to live upon and support his family. Mr. William Clapham, Meats, 41, Chester-square, proved putting the money into the box. Prisoner had held his situation at the church 10 years. Mr. Arnold, in reference to previous losses, asked Mr. Meats whether he had ever had any conversa tion with the prisoner about them. Mr. Meats replied that one Sunday a lady in formed him she had put half-a-sovereign into one of the boxes, but it could not be found. Witness mentioned the circumstance to the prisoner, who merely said it was a very small coin, and might have dropped down behind the box on the floor ; that there must be some mistake about it. On another occasion witness found that money which should have been in the box was gone. Witness was in the habit of going to the boxes every Sun day evening, and finding only some halfpence in one of them, left them there, not thinking it worth while to enter so small a sum in the vestry-book, and when he next visited the box the halfpence were gone. Mr. Arnold inquired, for the purpose of law , whose mon e y it was prisoner had stolen on Sunday. Mr. Meates replied that it came from his purse ; but once in the box, money was deemed belonging to the church. The marked money was, however, for detection of the offender, and not a usual 0E144- ing to the poor. Prisoner was remanded for a week. THE LORD MAYOR'S SALARY.—The Lord Mayor has an allowance of about £7,900. It is generally cited as £B,OOO, but is barely so much: It is variable ev en t o th e extent of £l,OOO a - year more oi:less, owing to a porti on o f it being derived from d ues on fruit. His household at the Mansion House consists of 20 gentlemen, and he has a good retinue of servants; he has to provide his own horses, and has to find a carriage and horses for the Lady Mayoress. The expenses of the Mayoralty usually weed's the-allow =co by about £5,000. — C ity Press. RAIL w. GENC I '' SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. submitted to-morrow :—" The directors are 31; able to report that the arbitration as to the allow' able following is the report of the directors to be Company for the supply of rolling stock aw a rd ances to be made to the Great Western RailwaaYt length been brought to a close, and that th.e.a the of Captain Galton, the umpire Board of Trade, has.been received. The charg e s as far for for locomotive power and stock in the a far as V s " appointed 117 the past half-year have been prepared as . has Bible eh.--s but as sible in accordance with this award ; only been received within the last few days it . 9 , unts wit h not yet been possible to adjust the acco an d the the Great Western Railway Company, . e a charge of £49,262 ls. must therefore be consider with the as an estimate. The adjustment tobe made apply with Great Western Railway Company will also r. to the accounts for the three previous half:yeat,‘sr The allowances for locomotive power form by for the larger part of the rolling stock charges ; n ger • these Captain Galton bas awarded —for psse for engines a sum of about 31d. per mile less, and cor goods engines about Id. per mile less than the la . tt • it sou responding rates fixed by Sir W. Cubi • f a report to be • impossible within the compass o 11 be state all the provisions of the award, but it will be satisfactory to the shareholders to know that 1 .2.1• .v_ traffic will be worked at a less cost than under !1;c) W. Cubitt's award. The directors think it du! t __, Captain Galton to express their obligation toigce, nuo rifiee , for the time and attention which, at much sae se. he has devoted to a most difficult subject. The ac' counts for the last half-year show a total reveu_- ed from all sources of £460,062 7s. gd. as compared with £184,235 19s. 7d. during the corresponal period of the previous year. For the reasons alreanY a l cora stated it is impossible to institute a gener s r parison between the expenses of the last half-Ye 186 8 It and those of the corresponding period of . for 'ure will, however, be seen that the expendi t a s corn , maintenance amounted to £ 15,846 lls. 9a., pared with £14,27 1 13 s. B d. , during the half-Yes; "g enetal ending June 1858. Under the head of r, an charges" there is a saving of about 'the£loou, "ejit in other respects the charges for 2,. halt-year present but little alteration when %e ar ''' . pared with those of the corresponding h,aneen The proprietors are aware that a c harge o", e if. made against revenue during the last four puss years, on account of the expenditure Wili ell f t he been incurred in the renewal of a portion 0 line to the west of Swansea. A sum of aunt £15,000 still remains to the debit of this (1 0 _ 0 . and it was the intention of your directors to_e,,eoo tinue to charge the revenue with a sum of P. v et " -n the December half-year, and £3,000 in the 01 The half-year, until this balance had been absorbed. ol directors of the Great Western Railway eel°, r o e have, however, objected to this course, anu. t o declined to allow the charge to be made 11 1 _ re _ usual manner. Under these circumstances, tiae ~_ fore, your directors can only recommend you t 7 consider that a sum of not less than £3,00° out be the balance of the half-year's revenue shols.„ of set aside to meet this charge, and that eyedul" es £48,840 3s. 4d. only should be consie,the available for dividend. This sum will admit °' per payment of a dividend after the rate of 2 6s. ad. cent. per annum, leaving £2,079 7s. 11d. , i° i e a tion to the £3,000 before referre d to, to b° debenturecarried forward to the next half - year. The hsTe bonds falling due in the course of the half-year To f been renewed at a diminished rate of interest. i_t rate at present payable on the debenture de.tuhes the company is lower than that at which 1 e r stood at any former period. There has been or pended on account of ca pital during the ale y et £52,511 ss. 11d. In the last ses sion of Parliareeb, the Pembroke and Tenby Railway CoraPa il l g ra il- tamed an act authorising the construction of 0 , 1, 4 , way from Tenby to Pembroke dock. The bill the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway CorapanY9l the was alluded to in the last half-yearly report: ale of directors, has been withdrawn, and the V a le o f Neath Railway Bill, which was als o referred t°ooo that report, has, with some modification, beceer law. The extension of the branch lin e of this tom' is pany at Swansea to the new decks at tha W t 11 t he intended to be opened simultaneously i t been docks on the 23d instant. The railway „ilas,.bear, constructed by the trustees of Swansea Th,..t tw eea and a negotiation has been entered into between , 0 as your directors and the trustees with a view l_ tee .. arrangement for the use and working of the 6) 1..0 sion railway by this company. The directors notice in the advertisement convening the 31 2 e . re tion of their intention to bring under the co sire of the shareholders on this occasion, the ad v ' s r a r the of affording encouragement and assistance i°etiee establishment of steam communication in assistance at with Milford Haven. Those who have ° wh ich tempted it can hardly appreciate the diffieu lt Y s hiP is experienced in the endeavour to insure steanimeet owners to risk a large capital in the eats much of communication with a new port. After ire negotiation, the Joint Traffic Committee, T/ 11° oi l the management of the traffic of the railvi'sY4oeet entered into arrangements for the establisoi be. of a service which is now being perfornleureeat tween Milford Haven and Cork. Ana rrang ° sa d a similar kind b Milford gavenetere Waterford has been in etween oper ation, as th e Pr°,l):e not, are aware, for a period of three years, and,,;:"thel3l, therefore, without some experien ce to guo`' a g ree' that the directors have entered into this ag ee er ment for this new service. The Joint Traffi c t w ith mittee propose also to make an arrangereenrnsbip the c Anglo Luso Brazilian Royal Mail Ste,.. t r 0r .% vice be' for the establishment of a r out t o -ce between Milford Haven, Lisbon , _ an d oce an steamers. Brazils, by means of large and powerful , e for eamers. It is intended to make arrangeinnt_er• through booking in connexion with these stesTor between London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bird▪ t he ha m, and the great manufacturing toga ° I , l : e f6e. I kingdom, but without any guarantee as t° " no its n order, however, to assist the comp re p o " e se, first if starting, the Joint Traffic Committee pro1:000 required by the company, to make an 4.eid:flipo out of the funds at their disposal by waY o ',:upo lt rary loan. This advance would only be ma'" gate sfecurity for its repayment being given to the a na action of the directors, it would bear interest'stely woulde be repayable at stated periods. T he ., re' is . lishment of these vessels at Milford gav" - of' garded by the directors as of the utmost it ante to the interests of the South wales - Bt.. of Company, and they are of opinion that thel.sllll opinion that the end to be attained is such r s cfbe to justify the proposes. arrangements. ';:half' proprietors will recollect that at they as," wed Y elected r y m a eeting, Mr. J. Orrell Lever, .',:' o u director of the company. It 1' wi th d w i known that Mr. Lever is largely connecte were the great • led to shipping interests, and the director! el et a consider whether in securing his serv ic e i of director,. they eould not also avail then3selvor his influence and active co-operation in the este' I , ie ment of steam communication at Milford liev,e,.gigeo such a manner as to lead to the increas toehe '—ertf and a permanent improvement of proP.,er of the company. Having regard to the sec urer sonal exertions which will be necessary to _ Ae g this end, the directors have agreed to the folloviiiiis railway shall have so far increased a s to 9" -- 401, a the payment-of a dividend upon the ordinary ei.ill'efere t the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on or thehalf expiration of three from the Tort re years• to i arl meeting, the directors hereby agre „ et ox commend to the proprietors to set a part a " o jetY £20,000 out of the receipts from traffic ; o °„ e r i e the r t of such sum to be paid to Mr. Lever, and 1 " ion c ' s moiety to such persons as shall, in the 01 1 ' 1 . 1- s trir the directors and Mr. Lever, have been, i ti a 0 mental in the improvement of the realised.'diYiuentoge- The duty of carrying out this ° ni l ' ate) , inent will devolve upon the joint traffic o t rr t igh t but the board of directors have thoughf„ _ i '..o that the proprietors should be informed oil" 'e ,1;0•''' WRECK OF A PRUSSIAN BRIG OFF SOUTix IP SOUTHWOLD, Sept. 18.—Information was recenifivell night at le o'clock from the officer of the Nilo :Ler o y. sh Lu o r : coast-guard station, that a large Prussian brig.w as of w i o near their watch-room, and asking for the assistans,tioe Southwold lifeboat, which belongs to the Ro Life-boat Institution, to save the lives of the or°"„' e edeti, lunteer crew was immediately assembled, who 1 ° I ;(1 .- 30 1: 1 ;'"; getting the lifeboat off through a heavy surf at - `3" . havn The wind had by this time considerably abateuitovuol been blowing a gale of wind from the north-ea b y Ive s e t i day, and had then veered round to the tor t ' ,esel l The wind, however, increased again before 00114 the vessel, and they found the surf and sea I.; e t r i -; brea r , where the vessel was lying, and making a eetaP ie onei de- e over her. The lifeboat behaved nobly, being for a c . ,„, tits, able time completely buried in the sea ' , and after sore des, and great difficulty (having missed the vessel frora,tPbosrV ness of the night in the first attempt), succeeded,,ll4o ea ; ing her and saving the crew nine in number, and saf efj a , tain's wife, who was quite exhausted. They 'O re landed at Nisner Haven at one o'clock whene. 01 ,, o u l t The character of the sea may be judged of it is Or that the sea which struck the boat in landing kiloc",—corer, second coxswain, who had charge of the lifeber, board. He fortunately kept firm hold of the tiller, succeeded in again getting on board. The vessel pi _ ot e be the Lueinde, of Memel, H. Robert BotchTtre,r; al; from Memel to Rochester, with sleepers. sisted of ten, but one man was unfortunately drnifeeb°l :attempting to ' get on shore by a line before the arrived. . ACCIDENTS THROUGH PRINTING IVIACITI4gI3eSsO' Yesterday . afternoon a frightful accident occurred Aver Smiths printers, Long-acre, to a boy named ,• at t aa" The unfortunate boy was engaged "laying on" as draW il chine, when his arm caught in the cylinder and w__, d con' into the mach , nery, He was promptly rescued tr i 0 00; veysd to Charing-cross Hospital, when it was fe e atT ati gle r l nary shortly after his admission to amputate th .', r , c ,te • alsonrm . occurredA nothe Another oaccidentnamedof a soTmheosmvhaast L si o ni w i a l,a e r r2 cn i t i . s Is a ar ro i , also being drawn into a machine at a printer's