The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-04 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMEDY. THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Mesdames Charles Young, Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the New Farce, KICKS AND HALF PENCE. Messrs, Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. WILL RE-OPEN for the WINTER SEASON on Monday next, Sept. 6, with a new and original comedy, by Charles Selby, Ersq., entitled THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS, in which Miss Swanborough will make her first appearance. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPF.RAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Mont ague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones , J. Ba rker, W. Me lling , Senor Antonio' E. L. Rime, Mr. Badsey , Senor Tiroli, Mr . Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtney—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SIT:47 OFFICE, SEPT. 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 4—highest since neon yesterday. 64—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER—.29.BS. WIND, S. ; light and fine. THE SUN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1858. The arrival of the Bombay Mail fully confirms the views we have already put forward in reference to the present state of affairs in India. The rebellion has been virtually surpressed! It is true that there are bodies of fugitives still ranging through dif ferent parts of the country, but, as we yesterday stated, " all hope of success has departed. They are now merely gangs of spiritless and despairing brigands, knowing that the atrocious crimes of - which they were guilty had excluded every hope of mercy, that they are outlaws fighting with ropes about their necks, and never daring to resist an attack. however great the numerical advantage on their side." This is another powerful illustratibn of a righteous cause. " Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though wrapped up in steel, Whose conscience wii,h injustice is corroded :" These men are now alive to the misery they have brought upon themselves by proving unfaithful to their salt, and ten - ling the arms with which they were entrusted by the British authorities against those who were liberal paymasters and kind com manders. But in. the first excitement they com mitted a series of brutal and cold-blooded atrocities that prevented the possibility of any arrangement, and placed an insuperable barrier between them selves and pardon ! They knew that dispersing would be of little use. They would speedily be de tected in their own villages. They can only live by plunder, and they are now looting friends and foes with the most perfect impartiality. In one respect this will br; productive of good results, as the natives must speedily become disgusted at these extortions, and will be as anxious to get rid of them as even tke British themselves. As might be anticipated, the chief force of the rebels is in Oud.e. It appears that " the clemency proclamation . ," as it has been termed, which ap peared in the Bombay Gazette of the 30th of June, and which was generally received as authentic, was an impudent forgery ; or, as it has been designated by Mr. BEADON, Secretary to the Government of India, " a pure invention, without any foundation whatever." The journal in which it appeared must have been greatly hoaxed, and will doubtless, for its own sake, deem it essential to state - the authority on which it published so important a document. The Talookdars, however, have made sundry overtures, and are coming steadily to our side. It is said, and with much apparent truth, that they only require adequate protection to avow themselves openly as our adherents. The return of temperate weather, when Lord CLYDE can take the field with a powerful force, prepared for active operations, will confirm the waverers and encou rage the timid, so that although it is asserted that there are still 40,000 men, with 50 guns, against us, there is but little chance of another attack on Luck now, or any place where a British force can take the field. Brigadier BERKELEY had proceeded with a strong force from Allahabad to the Southern fron tier. In his progress he had captured two forts, and killed 500 rebels. Sir HOPE GRANT, as usual, He had proceeded to Fyzabad, which it was intended to occupy, and thence was to ad vance on Shahgunge, where MAUN SINGH, who had given in his adhesion to our side, was besieged by some 20,000 of the Begum's troops. They are, however, deserting in large numbers, the treasury being mostly exhausted, and the receipt of their pay being, to say the best of it, very problematical —something to be desired, rather than hoped for. was active. General RoBERTS had taken effectual measures to relieve Jeypore from the anticipated visit of the remnant of the Gwalior insurgents. They had retreated to Tonk, which they plundered ; but as he rapidly pursued, .they abandoned the town, at which he took up his head-quarters, on despatch ing Brigadier HOLMES with the detachment under his command in pursuit. The gallant Brigadier was close on their track, and may ere long render a good account of TANTIA TOPEE, and recover the enormous booty of which he obtained possession during his temporary occupation of Gwalior. The advance of General ROBERTs was a most judicious proceeding, and has had a very beneficial effect on the state of Rajpootana. We may now congratulate ourselves on the wonderful success that has attended the British arms, and restored our supremacy throughout the length and broadth of our Anglo-Indian Empire, now really a portion of the dominions of Quccn VICTORIA, governed in her name, and under the authority of her chosen ministers. Apathy is surely better than any such ridiculous displays of cracked and impressionable enthusiasm as those by which our water have been celebrating at N eW York, and other cities in the United States, the successful laying down of the submarine cable. If anything could degrade what is, beyond a doubt, truly Sub lime in that wonderful achievement into the im mensely Ridiculous, it would be precisely the se kind of frantic and preposterous demonstrations. The mere narratives of them in the American news papers, the mere headings orthose very narratives, read for all the world more like the ravings of sheer lunacy than the expression of anything like rational exultation. The infuriate delight, more over, manifested in America at what has just now been accomplished, with the blessing of Heaven upon the enterprise and energy of Man—is not simply tinged, is positively saturated and ingrained with vulgarity. It must needs so be designated by those who read it with any regard to ordinary good taste, and without deco • bug, for one 'moment, the absurdity of squeamishness. It is the outpouring of an ardour resembling, if it really can be said to resemble anything at all that we have ever yet heard of—bearing just the faint shadow of a resemblance to the ardour, at the close of a severely-contested election, by a party of carousing potwalloppers. Yet never was there actually anything, strictly speaking, to compare to it ! Not even the impassioned phrenzy . of the Dublin mob in its late open-air apotheosis of Ma demoiselle PICcoLomINI. Nay, for that matter — not even, be it said, the overflowing tenderness of that lady's companion in the ovation, Signor GIUGLINI, when he appeared upon the balcony of the hotel towards the close of the demonstration, and in broken accents protested to the screeching multitude—" I love you all very much." Evi dently, from first to last—(one can understand this from the spasmodic variety of capitals and the hy sterical notes of admiration at the head of the authentic accounts in the New York papers)—evi dently, from first to last, the scenes lately witnessed on the other side of the Atlantic, as the familiar old phrase of reporters says—beggared description. Yet even from the glimpse we catch of those doings through the incoherent account of the celebrants in the local newspaperS, it must have been, in Dominie Sampson's phrase—Pro-di-gi-ous. Or, according to a favourite Yankeeism of their own,they evidentlywere piling up their enthusiasm mo-ountainously ! In fact it could hardly be called enthusiasm—it was rather (with the late Mr. BRAHAM'S pronunciation, be it said) enthusimuzzy. Torch-light processions were nothing, illuminations, public and private, were nothing, cannon firing, bells ringing, flags flutter ing, bands playing, crowds cheering—all this was merely just nothing. They must needs, beyond all this—in the midst of all this—set fire to the town hall at New York with their over-abundant squibs and crackers. Beyond even that they must actually go to the length of Serenading a Sea Captain. Not one of those blue-frock-coated, gold-laced, dandy capped young gentlemen of polite comedy, who climb over garden walls, and hide among the holly hocks, and, at the most critical moment of the elope ment, come down to the footlights, and sing a very loud duet (with an encore) with the young lady in the white muslin—but a 'regular salt water Jack, a spinner of yarns, a swigger of grog, a tough, bluff, rough, genuine briny Skipper. Fancy, "of all things in heaven and earth, Horatio," Serenading a Sea Captain ! Yet they actually did it the other day in America. Concoc ters of gin-sling and squirters of tobacco juice—they actually went and Serenaded an Adult Sailor. What Mr. TIIACKEILIY says in his last new number of his delightful " Virginians," in re spect to his youthful hero, might certainly be ap plied to the extremely youthful nation of which that hero was one—" 0 Niminy, 0 Piminy, how can I go for to say that a young man is ever a young man." It is the only reasonable explanation, how ever, of their acting thus—they are so very young as a community. Surely—if one might judge of them by their latest proceedings in the matter of this submarine telegraph—not yet out of their teens. Altogether, we really cannot, for the life of us, do otherwise than regard these recent United States' Demonstrations as excessively ridiculous from be ginning to end. It is certainly overdoing the thing very preposterously. It is what we are accustomed over here to deprecate as too much of a good thing —this ranting, raving, ravaging delight of the Americans.— It is tearing a noble passion, as Tam- LET warns the players they should never think of doing—" to tatters, yea, to very rags." It is taking— with the ludicrous suddenness of a hop—that one step mentioned by NAPOLEON to the Abbe de PRAPT as separating the Sublime from the Ridicu lous. It will be well when we can forget these extra ordinary exhibitions of joy over the tidings of a grand event. When we have entirely done so, we shall be better able to appreciate its full grandeur. At present we seem to be look ing at it through a swarm of moving, gambolling, tumbling, mouthing absurdities, provocative only of laughter and derision. By the time all these frivolities shall have been cleared away, and obliterated from recollection, we shall be enabled to contemplate the glorious incident that has just occurred, the like of which cer tainly never occurred before—to contemplate it in a fitting spirit and with undisturbed equanimity. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SEPT. 3 The following had audiences of her Majesty yesterday : The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, the Earl oJ Hardwicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stan ley, the Right Hon. S. Walpole, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the Right Hon. J. Peel. Mr. Fisher, surgeon-in -chief to the metropolitan police, was presented to her Majesty by the Right Hon. S. Wal pole and received the honour of knighthood. The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience of her Majesty. Mr. J. Chapman, chairman of the Great Southern of India Railway and Captain C. Mangles, M.P., had an in terview with Mr. Hamilton at the Treasury yesterday, on the subject of the Indian and Australian Telegraph Com pany. His Excellency the Ambassador of France has arrived at the Embassy, Albert-gate House, from Paris. Madame Musurus has recovered from her late illness ; and will leave town in a few days for St. Leonard's on-Sea. The Duke of Beaufort arrived in town on Wed nesday from Badminton. His grace left town yesterday on a visit to the Earl Howe, at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. The Marquis of Lansdowne is on a tour of visits in the north. _ The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are enter taining a select circle at Bretby Hall, Derbyshire. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne have re turned to Lansdowne House, from Richmond. The Earl of Jersey left town on Thursday on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Villiers at Upton House. The Earl of Cardigan has left town for the Con tinent. Lady Burghersh was safeely delivered of a son yesterday morning at Curzon House. Her ladyship and infant are preressing favourably. The Dowager Lady Musgrove has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Mr. Smyth Owen has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.—NEWHAVEN, Fri day.--The Marshal Duke of Malakhoff landed here at four o'clock this afternoon, and left at 4.30 p.m. for the Pimlico station. A NEST OF' SNAKES.—One day last week one of the kitchen gardeners at Dangstein House, Reigate, was moving a heap of rubbish, and found in it nearly 200 snakes.— West Sussex Gazette. THE NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIAN, CEYLON, AND ADEN MAILS.—The Emeu arrived at Suez on the night of the 21th, having left Sydney on the 11th, Melbourne on the 16th of July, Galle on the 7th, Aden on the 18th of August, with 87 passengers and 52 packages of cargo, in cluding specie and gold to the value of £53,084. The Aus tralasian left Aden on the 9th of August, outward bound. On the 23d of July the Victoria had not yet reached King George's Sound. The Columbian is posted to bring the next homeward mail. The Teviot, with the outward mail, which will go on by the Emeu, reached Alexandria on the 25th of August, and would leave on the 26th, at night, with the homeward mails by this latter, looked for at Malta early on the morning of the 30th of August. 'NE CIVIL SERVICE.—There is a paid attache :hip at Cop en h agen vacant; also the third paid attacheship t Tehe ran, Persia. The consulship at Zanzibar, Muscat, 18 Unfi ll ed • in the department The office of vice-consul at Jeddah and several viee-cons • ulships are vacant. British Museum : A vacancy Thomas of antiquities has been caused by the death of 11 Stationary-offi c : tweißurgon, first-class assistant. The the superannuation, ni ce er is a l clerkship vacant, owing to Cleaver, since deceased. Customs ongservice, nta,waoywinm of Mr. T. 11. : Several clerkships in the Examiner ' s -office are establishment and the doing aca owing to overtime. a new Several tidewaiterships are vacant. weigherships are also vacant. Mr. Daniel esta oun blished been promoted from collector at Portsmouth tole collectorhas at Southampton. Mr. W. J. Redpath has been promote from collector at Yarmouth to be collector at Portsmouth. Mr. William Smith has been promoted from collector at Boston to be collector at Yarmouth. Mr. Clifford Gill has been promoted from comptroller at Newry to be collector at Boston. Mr. John Swami has been promoted from tidewaiter in London. Ireland—Mr third to second class thirdclass in the to t he trar D. blears has been promoted _._ _. ON ;Service Ga z e tte, of Deeds-office, pain.— LATEST NEWS. CHINA. PARIS, SEPT. 3. A despatch from China states that the treaty with Russia was signed on the 13th of June, and ratified by the Emperor of China on the 16th. It is not yet known what are the articles of this treaty, but it appears that they introduce few modifications into the original propositions sub mitted by Russia. The negotiations relative to the other treaties were being pursued with activity. When these shall have been concluded, imperial commissioners will repair to Europe, to cement amicable rela tions. The first interview between the plenipoten tiaries and the imperial commissioners, Kouei Liang and Hona Chana, was very brilliant. It took place in a Buddhist Temple. Besides the troops nearly 100,000 persons were present to witness the ceremonial. It was Capt. Tschifatschoff, commanding the Russian ship America, who carried to St. Peters burg the treaty concluded with China. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 2. Intelligence from Alexandria to the 24th August confirms the existence of a plot against the Viceroy. Arrests were effected, and in consequence of the determined attitude of Said Pacha tranquillity was not troubled. Three Turks who had murdered some Greek sailors at sea were hanged. In conse quence of the fermentation which prevails in Syria and of menaces of death having been uttered against the Christians, the French consul at Bey rout proceeded to Tripoli, where he insisted on measures being adopted for the re-establish ment of order. The Sultana-Mother has expired at Mecca. TRIESTE, SEPT. 2. News has been received from Constantinople to the 28th August. Haydir Effendi is to represent the Porte at St. Petersburg, and M. Aristarchi at Berlin. A speech of the Sultan orders all Turkish functionaries to practise equal justice towards every subject of the empire. It also declares that all abuses in the finances will be severely punished. * 8 T I• MA .; Oft\ 0 1 nCG ~ .45 " • of% THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1858. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress arrived at Bayonne at 10 o'clock, the night of their departure. Not-: withstanding the incognito which their 'Majesties wished to preserve, they found the town illuminated on their arrival, and near the new promenade a tri umphal arch erected, on which was the inscription in coloured lamps of " A l'Empereur ; la vine de Bayonne reconnaissante !" BOURSE, Sept. 3.—The following wkrc the closing quotations : 41 per Cents. .... Do. end month .. 97 75 Credit Foricier.. 630 - - I Belgian 4i 3 per Cents, 71 30 Piedmontese (•i) Roman Austrian D. end month , .... 71 75 Bank Shares. 3145 91 - 91 - ... 93 - Crdit Mobilier .. 845 Spanish Threes Do. Account 882 50 Home Debt 39 50 RAILWAYS Account. .. 1360 957 50 807 50 820 Cash. Orleans Northern . 960 New ditto. BOl 25 Lyons and Mediterranean . 827 50 New ditto Geneva 615 Midi .. 617 .50 572 50 .. 570 Western 6371 Eastern • . Grand Central , Sardinian Austrian. 730 465 - 675 - .. 670 - BIARRITZ. BIARRITZ, AUG. 31. The Imperial residence here is beginning to show some life. One or two officers of his Majesty's household, several of the Palace employes, and a number of servants arrived yesterday, and at once set to work preparing for the Emperor and Em press's reception. Three special trains are put in motion for their Majesty's service. They bring 60 horses and over 30 earriages, several of which have already arrived. The Emperor is to leave St. Cloud at 5 o'clock to-Morrow, and is expected at the Bayonne terminus at 10. Recommendations are given to illuminate private houses, and the Go vernment buildings will, of course, be as brilliant as possible. The vessels in the Adour, two of them war steamers, the Celigny and the Pelican, will display lanterns. Their Majesties will not stop at Bayonne, but proceed at once to Biarritz (which is hardly 20 minutes' drive), probably by the new route of the Allees Marines, instead of the Spanish road. The Emperor, it is said, will remain only 10 or 12 clays, the Empress much longer, in a place so entirely to her tastes, and where she resumes her former inde pendent habits. That freedom from restraint im posed by Court etiquette is most congenial to her, and, perhaps, it is not too much to say that her Majesty is more truly happy in this neighbourhood than in the stately saloons of the Tuileries. I perceive the Moniteur of the 27th announces the removal of the Marquis de Turgot from the Ma drid Embassy, with the nomination of M. Adolphe Barrot, now at Brussels, as his successor. When a few months back Lord Howden was recalled from Spain, your Paris correspondence mentioned that M. de Turgot would soon follow. This was denied by the French paper at Madrid,—the organ of the French Home-office ; and the denial was repeated in some of the Spanish and French papers ; and a few days ago a high authority in Paris declared that the Emperor would never think of removing him. M. de Turgot himself probably did not, until he saw the decree in the Moniteur, dream of what was awaiting him, for within the last ten or twelve days he talked confidently of returning to Madrid on the 10th of September. Nearly a year ago M. Walewski said that M. de Turgot's removal from Madrid was definitively settled. This no less a personage than the Emperor declared sub sequently was not the case. M. Walewski had no doubt decided the matter, and his will, as you see, has prevailed. The removal of M. de Turgot, and the diplomatic degradations to which he, an ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and an Ambassa dor, is subjected in being named to a post which is only promotion to the secretary of a second-rate mission, justify the supposition that personal hos tility has a good deal to do with it. The fact is that there are few public men in France more warmly and honestly attached to the English alliance that M. de Turgot. The whole tenor of his relations with our late Minister at Madrid is abundant evidence of the truth of this assertion. His attachment to that alli ance was too sincere to please the present head of the French Foreign-office ; his partiality to liberal and constitutional Government in Spain may not have satisfied the Emperor; his independence of character decidedly made him odious to what is known in Madrid as the Montijo coterie ; and his friendly relations with his * English colleague earned for him the hostility of the French journal established in the Spanish capital by the French Home-office, apparently with the sole view of writing up France and writing down Great Britain. It is no wonder, then, that M. de Turgot has succumbed,imw. l iths t uc i h s powerful elements arrayed against h hardly thought that he will accept a mission so dull as Switzerland and so contrary to the require ments of his health. Private letters from Madrid speak of the sensa tion occasioned by tile approaching marriage of a Spanish lady nearly related to the Montijo family with Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakhoff. Due homage is rendered 'to the skill of the lady, whose success in this line of diplomacy places her in the first rank of political tacticians, male or female. It is not easy to match such triumphs. Under patron age like this, Paris is decidedly the place for Spanish beauty to be duly appreciated. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. contain details of the confirmation of the Prince of the Asturias at Covadonga, a fact already mentioned by telegraph. The Bishop of the diocese and the Duchess de Alba acted as godfather arid godm.other. The Duchess de Montpensier had been indisposed, but was better. A letter says : " It appears that M. Pidal, brother-in-law of M. Mon, and ambassador to the court of Rome, has declined the post of councillor of State, which was offered him a short time ago. Of course, the oppo sition journals have not failed to hail this refusal as a good omen for the enemies of the " situation." It appears, however, that politics have nothing to do with the subject. M. Pidal, though he likes to wield power as a minister, is little disposed to exer cise the fatiguing functions of the Council of State, which has to deal with litigious affairs, railroads, &c. The new ambassador to the court of Rome, M. Rios Rosas, will not set out for the eternal city until all the measures relative to church property have been thoroughly discussed and examined, in order to be able to transact business with the Car dinal Secretary of Foreign Affairs upon a good basis." A letter from Damascus of the 12th ult., in a Trieste journal, says that the flag of the Russian Consulate had been insulted by fanatics, because the Consul had formed an intimate connexion with a Kurd woman, also that the Consul had retired to Beyrout in consequence of the said fanatics having vowed to be avenged on him for insulting their race. St. Petersburg journals announce that General M ouravieff, governor of Eastern Siberia, has re ceived the title of Count of Amur," as a recompense for his services in concluding the treaty with China, which extends the Russian frontier to the river of that name, and grants Russia the free navi gation of that river. The Emperor Alexander left Moscow on the 22d ult. to visit Nijni Novgorod, where the celebrated fair is being held, and he was to return on the 26th, the anniversary of his coronation. The Emperor was to be joined by the Empress, and on the 2d inst. their Majesties were to set out for Poland. The Emperor of Austria has ordered the estab lishment of scholarships at the expense of the Go vernment in the Theresian Academy for Croatia, Sclavonia, the Servian Woiwodia, the Banat of Temeswar, and the principality of Transylvania ; also free scholarships in the Hullerian Institution for the daughters of civil and military functionaries of the same countries. A letter from Altona, of the 31st ult., states that it was rumoured in that town that the troops of Holstein in the camp of Rendsburg had made anti- Danish demonstrations by singing the song Schlcswick Holstein, and that in consequence some arrests had been effected. General de Mansback, Swedish Minister at the Court of Prussia, has returned from his leave of adsence, and resumed the duties of his post. AUSTRALIA. (From the Melbourne Herald of July 15.) Political affairs are, almost of necessity, destitute of general interest during a parliamentary recess. The past month has been one of that character. There being no legislative business, no ministerial projects, -and no political grievances, to occupy public attention, everything beyond purely domestic events is quite stagnant. Ministers are quietly attending to their administrative duties. The voice of the agitator is no more heard in the land. The Eastern Market is occupied solely by petty traffickers and market gardeners. The Convention, whilom so outspoken, it dissolved and dumb. The secret society of " United Australians" cannot ob tain a sufficiency of twopenny_ subscribers t o k eep its machinery in action. " Keeley's" is deserted, except by its ordinary guests and bar -customers. Even the eternal land question has dropped into temporary oblivion. The journals are, as is their wont during a recess, occupying themselves with domestic incidents, points in legal reform, and im possible political theories. Every way, therefore, we are in the middle of " the dull time." The members of the Government seem to be suc cessfully occupied in carrying out schemes of re form, more or less general, to the various depart ments of the civil service. Thus, in the depart ment of Land and Works, Mr. Duffy has promul gated an excellent code of regulations, by means of which not alone the business of that branch be materially facilitated, but a higher standard of qualifications in the employees will be secured. Under this new system no candidate will be eligible for employment unless he has first undergone the test of a competitive examination. This is so ex cellent a plan, that we have no doubt it will be speedily introduced into all the other branches of the service. We are glad to be able to record that Mr Duffy has entirely recovered from his late dan gerous illness, but he is not yet sufficiently strong to give personal attention to his duties. Meantime, his place is well supplied by Mr. G. S. W. Horne, M.L.A., the gentleman on whom has been con ferred the Vice-Presidency of the Board of Land and Works, and who, it will be remembered, was a member of the first O'Shanassy Administration. Into the Post-office department, also, Dr. Evans, the Postmaster-General, is successfully introducing several needful reforms, such as the more frequent delivery of letters, better postal inter-communica tion throughout the interior, and greater genelial efficiency in the entire service. But the most valuable reform of all is the introduction here of the Post-office money-order system, on the same plan as in England. This has already come into ope ration, and, of course, gives universal satisfaction. In spite of their careful attention to business, and the total and necessary absence of. all political subjects for agitation or controversy, —or rather, perhaps, we should say, in consequence of that absence—the Ministry have been most fiercely assailed in certain quarters, and the strongest efforts have been made to get up a popular " cry" against them, on the alleged grounds that they are evidently bent on giving away the greater number of appointments in their gift to persons who are at once Irish and Roman Catholic. The basis for this assumption is sought to be found in the fact that Mr. O'Shanassy, the Chief Secre tary, persuasion.an dMr. Duffi t , ar of that Country and reli gious would, indeed, have augured ill for the future of this country if, on the one hand, a Cabinet consisting of five Protestant members, and only two Roman Catholics could have really entertained such a design ; or if, on the other, a feeling of combined national and religious bigotry could have been evoked in this community, on the mere assumption that the Ministry had entertained that design. We are happy to say that, in the first place, we believe the allegation to be frivolous and unfounded; and that, in the second place, the baleful attempts made to light the fires of fanaticism have been signally. unsuccessful. Some posts have, un doubtedly, been given to persons of the creed and country named ; but it has not yet been shoWn that the number of those appointments bears an undue proportion to the whole number of the vacancies which have fallen in. As it would be evidently unjust, in the highest degree, to exclude men from office on account of their creed or coun try, so it is obviously unfair to tax the Ministry with favouritism when they do not exceed due and equable proportions in bestowing their offices.. Without being either the advocates or apologists of the present Ministry, we may just say that the charge brought against them is antecedently im probable to the last degree ; and that it has not been sustained by facts. In any case, however, this community has had the manliness and good sense to repudiate the anti-national and anti-religious feeling which thinks N t o he te r . has been sou g to be excited in this mat being an Irishman a n d a Catholic. What concerns ri w l e h r t s - t h e ca e i f ied the m c an hief in s etehreetarcyolofneyr the country most is the fact, that he has been for many years one of its leading public men, and an able and consistent politician. Had he not been so he would never have reached his present position. To represent, moreover, that his elevation is due, mainly or exclusively, to the support of his co religionists is notoriously untrue. He has been the leader of the Liberal, not of the Roman Catholic party, and hence his rise. Is it conceivable that he would always have found Protestant colleagues in the Cabinet, and Protestant supporters in the Assembly, had the case been otherwise ? We only mention these circumstances to correct any fal se in f erences that rea d ers a t a di s t ance m i g ht prob a bl y d raw from distorte d statemen t s o f our in ternal politi ca l con diti on. It wou ld, indeed, be a monstrou s to be und er t h e i nfluence o f any one par t y o f re ligionists. • misconception to suppose this country Never was there a freer country, both politically and religiously, on the face of the earth. In reply to the attacks on the Ministry the So licitor-General l a t e l y d e li ve d an e l a b ora t e a ddress at Ballarat, and also in explanation of the, general policy of the Government. That address seems to have given satisfaction to the public, and to have closed the mouths of the adverse party, as far as the Cabinet's policy and conduct are con cerned. But a quarrel has been sought to be fastened on the Solicitor-General, apropos of some cue of alleged " unyeracity" in which his foes say he has been detected. The whole matter is so un speakably trivial, and wears altogether so fiercely personal an aspect, that the more respectable por tion of the press has carefully excluded it from their columns. If it have so little interest even for us, we suppose it would not be very interesting to our English readers. But such are the subjects some people love to occupy themselves with during the dull time of a Parliamentary recess. THE GOLD FIELDS. Although our gold shipments for the six months ending with June of the current year, have been less in amount than those of the corresponding period of 1857, it is gratify ing to find that the quantity exported during the last three months exceeds that of the corresponding quarter of last year, by 20,069 ounces. The following figures show the extent of our gold produce for the present year, as compared with parallel periods of preceding years. The quantities brought to Melbourne by Government escort, and those exported during the six months ending on the 30th of June, of 1856, 1857, and 1858 respectively, were as follow :--- Escorts. Shipments. Half-year of 1856..1,353,984 oz. 1,588,051 oz. Do. do. 1857..1,142,188 oz, 1,341,874 oz. Do. do. 1858..1,133,166 oz. 1,277,568 oz. The escort returns for the second quarter of 1856, and o . the two following years, are now subjoined :- 1856. 1857. 1858. Oz. Oz. Oz. April May June 610,291 577,191 548,263 The shipments during the , same period were as under 1856. 1857. 1858. Oz. Oz. Oz. April 282,566 .. 247,634 .. 168,862 May June 717,893 573,110 593,179 There is nothing calling for particular remark in connection with mining operations since the date of the last summary. No fit successor to the celebrated " Welcome Nugget," the discovery of which was recorded in our last summary, has made its appearance ; but Ballarat, where that magnificent prize was obtained, continues to sustain its reputation as the premier gold-field. The heavy rains of the last week have been a true boon to the alluvial diggers, and we have full expectation of a marked increase in the escort quantities for some time to come. From Pleasant Creek, Ararat, Cath cart, and Smythe Creek, we have good accounts ; and Ben digo, the Whipstick, and the London have their share of "rushes." The discoveries of rich auriferous reefs at Gor don are confirmed, although there is some variance in the statements with regard to the degree of richness. The principal event, however, of the month, in relation to the gold-fields, has been the publication by official authority, of a series of regulations intended to govern the issuing of mining leases. The pressing want of legislative interference of a remedial character to meet the effects of the comparative stagnation which, with regard to some of the older gold-fields, had affected individual mining enter prise, has long been felt ; while at the same time it was known that the ground, upon which the individual miner could not obtain an ordinary labourer's remuneration, would, if worked by machinery and with other suitable appliances, richly compensate those who entered upon such, a speculation. The class of miners engaged in quartz-reef operations would undoubtedly experience to a still greater extent the advan tages of the introduction of some system under which they_ would be able to extend their workings. But although there were few, if any, to be found who were disposed to deny these premises, the regulations already referred to were no sooner published than the whole mining community was split up into multifarious sections, each holding dif ferent views on the subject. The Ballarat Mining Board was favourable to the regulations ; the Sandhurst and. Castlemaine representatives of the miners declared them selves on the adverse side. In the other gold districts the same diversity of opinion was manifested. The truth is, that there were two distinct, and, as generally held, anta gonistic classes to be satisfied. The labouring miner, naturally jealous of his independence ; and the capitalist, with an equally natural yearning for tangible security. The former, notwithstanding his admitted inability to realise unaided the golden reward which he knew existed for those who were in a position to comply with the hard preliminary conditions necessary to be satisfied, dreaded the introduction of a newand hitherto unnecessary agency, as an innovation which would ultimately strip him of the individual privileges he had enjoyed from the commencement of gold mining in the colony. Accordingly, when the notion of granting mining leases was mooted, we find him in opposi tion, and giving, as his reason, the probability of undue advantages being allowed to the representative of capital. The Castlemairte Mining Board, composed, like those of the other districts, of practical gold miners, elected by their own class in the various contiguous localities, pro nounced against the issue of leases, unless some provision that would guarantee the employment of a certain number of men to every acre leased was legalised. This was in effect to determine that leases should not be granted, for a forced employment of labour such as the board contemplated would never be submitted to by men of capital who sought a profitable investment for their money. On the other hand, the capitalist disposed to invest, but determined to have security commensurate with the degree of his risk, required the introduction in the lease of restrictions which would assure him of adequate protection. He must be secured against the probability of being involved in adven tures of a spurious nature, from which he would be the only sufferer, compulsory production of proof that the enterprise in which he was ready to embark was a bona fide one. Such was the feeling on the eve of the publication of the regula tions, and it will we think be perceptible that the Solicitor- General, who had undertaken the task of mediator, had no light one to perform. The regulations for mining leases were published on the 28th ult. The substance of the chief provisions is as fol lows :—As a primary rule, the mining boards of the various gold districts may from time to time submit to the Gover nor in Council regulations which, on their adoption by the latter, will have the same force as regulations originating with the Government. Leases are to be applied for accord ing to the following classification :—Leases of alluvial de posits, leases of quartz reefs, and general leases the last combining the peculiarities of the others. All leases may on their expiry be revived on the same conditions as origi nally granted, subject to additional conditions consistent with the general regulations or with any special circum stances. There are six general rules bearing upon the areas and physical conditions of the land to be leased. The term of each lease is not to exceed ten years, and the rent to be reserved not less than £5O per annum, payable in advance. A fee of .£lO is required to be paid prior to the delivery of the lease, and before any is issued 25 per cent, of the capital subscribed, or proposed to be ex pended, is to be paid into the Treasury, to be refunded on the completion of the lease ; or the Government must be otherwise satisfied that such proportion of the capital has been paid up. Then follow a series of 15 clauses relating to special covenants providing for the public safety, and protective of public interest. The rules to be observed by applicants for leases include the payment of a deposit of £lOO as evidence of the genuineness of the application, and a further sum of £lOO as security for the due execution of the lease when prepared. The numerous pecuniary conditions in these regulations excited the disapprobation of some of the mining boards, and several have protested against the regulations as in tended for the benefit of capitalists only, inasmuch as the rules requiring the deposit of so much money could not be observed by the mass of labouring miners. The explana tions of the Solicitor-General, during a professional visit he paid a week or two ago to Ballarat, and the interval that has elapsed since the publication of the regulations, have pro duced a decided balance of opinion in their favour ; and, al though it is probable that the Government will have to mq dify the pecuniary restrictions which have been and are the greatest hindrance to the popularity of the regulations, we believe that in most other respects they will be cheer fully accepted as a very promising instalment of that bene ficial result which has long been looked' forward to as con tingent upon the co-operation for the development of our mineral resources of capital and labour. We take from an official return, printed by order of the Legislative Assembly, the following statistical facts con nected with the gold fields : The first schedule gives a return of the amount of gold deposited during each year at the Government receiving houses on the gold fields since their first establishment. From it we find, excluding fractional parts, that the quantity so deposited in 1852 was 85,479 oz • in 1853, 202,146 oz. ; in 1854, 326,687 oz. ; in 1855, 5 42,027 oz. ; in 1856, 374,769 oz. ; and in 1857, 182,627 oz. The total quantity of such deposits amounts to 1,714,005 oz. We next find a return of the amount of gold brought to Melbourne by government escort during each year since the discovery of the gold-fields. It states the quantities to have been as follow :—ln 1851, 104,154 oz. ; in 1852, 1,145,829 oz. ; in 1853, 1,.491,436 oz. ; in 1854, 1,476,666 oz. ; in 1855, 2,132,397 oz. ; in 1856, 2,625,958 oz. ; and in 1857,2,481,020 oz., making a total quantity of 11,457,472. The succeeding schedule gives a return of the amount of revenue derived from the gold-fields, with the amount arising from the export duty on gold. From the Ist July, 1851, to the end of that year, the gold-fields' revenue amounted to £23,384 2s. 7d.; during 1852, to £485,479 75.3 d ; in 1853, to £711,457 16 s . 7d. ; i n 1854 , to £ 423,920 14s. 1d..,• in 1855, to £131,211 Os. 11d.; in 1856, to £90,048 7s. 10d ; and in 1857, to £77,177 17 s . Th e t o t a l amount of .revenue which we are told in a note was derived from mining, and does not include sales of land, or any revenue not derived directly from mining operations, was £1,947,679 12s 3d. The export duty, first' imposed in 1855, contributed £233,225 10s. sd. ; in 1856, £374,884 4s. Bd. ; and in 1857, £344,354 10s. 3d. ; a total receipt of £952,661 ss. 4d. ; making an aggregate revenue of £2,900,343 17s. 7d. Reverting to the subject of mining leases, we may state that a conference of the various mining boards of the colony, with reference to that subject, is to be held in Melbourne on the 20th inst. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. The failure of the European and Australian Royal Mail Company to fulfil the terms of their contract, in respect of the Australian postal service, has again been the subject of unfavourable comment throughout the colonies, during the . past week. It cannot be denied that our interests are seriously damaged in consequence of the shortcomings of the company in question, and that our commerce equally suf fers to an extent which it would be difficult to exaggerate. The merchants of Victoria and New South Wales have abundant cause to complain that whilst the directors of a mail packet company are perfecting their arrangements they are compelled to sustain the heavy losses entailed upon them by the uncertainty of the communication with the United kingdom. On repeated occasions the regular course of post has been interrupted, for the simple reason that second-class steamers have been placed on a station, the requirements of which are such that vessels of ordinary sailing and steaming qualities will of necessity break down after one or two trips. The latest instance of this has been afforded in the case of the Victoria, which was duo at this port on the Gth inst., and which, up to the present moment, has not made her appearance in Hobson's Bay. We can readily understand on what grounds some consideration was claimed by the company at the outset of their undertaking, and we frequently deprecated anything like a harsh decision, with regard to proceedings which certainly appeared to fall very short of our legitimate de mands. But we are at a loss to discover that any causes are in operation at the present moment which can possibly tend to prevent a judicious organisation of our postal sys tem, save those which are wholly attributable to the supine ness of 'the E. and A. Company ; and which should long ere this have been removed by the responsible authorities connected with this undertaking. In the money market the demand for advances on first class securities has slightly increased, and although capital is freely offering for the purposes of investment, the rates now quoted range from 10 to 12f per cent. There have not been any fluctuations of importance in the stock and share markets and prices have Uen exceedingly well sustained. Sales of g a a &arse at 0 Iwo been effected, and Bank of Victoria are now held for £4O. Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's shares have boon done at £7l 10s. The various local iusurance companies' shares are in steady request. Victoria Fire Insurance have changed hands at £55 ; Colonial Insurance at 40s. ; Aus tralasian at 30s. to 325. 6d. ; and Melbourne at 14s. The promoters of the National Bank have been very suc cessful in their endeavours to secure an extension of public support to that institution, and the demand for shares has increased in a highly satisfactory degree. The applications for .shares have been very numerous, and the prospects of the undertaking are such that it is contem plated to establish a branch at the Mauritius, in addition to those which will be set in operation throughout the Austra lian colonies. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRANCH OF THE ROYAL MINT IN VICTORIA.—The amount of gold transmitted hence to Sydney for coinage, and the expense and delay involved in the operation taken into consideration with the advantages that would accrue to this community from the facility of having its gold assayed and certified on the spot, and its gold circulation supplemented in proportion to its requirements, has suggested the expediency of establishing a branch of the Royal Mint in Melbourne, and a memorial has been presented to his Excellency the Governor, pray ing that steps may be taken for the accomplishment of this object. THE PUBLIC LANDS. The following is a statement of the extent of public lands sold by the Crown during the period from the Ist January to the 31st May (five months) with the amount realised : •A. R. P. £ 8. d. Town Suburban and country 55,960. 311 .. 136,929 16 5 Total auction 56,272 1 17 .. 156,906 11 2 ~ Selections 40,393 1 17 47,495 4 0 Grand Total 96,665 234 .. 204,401 15 2 POPULATION AND LABOUR. According to the statement of the Registrar-General, the population of the colony on the 31st of March of the present year, was 469,637 souls. The arrivals and depar tures since that date have been as follow: Arrived. Departed. April .. 3,744 .. 1,762 May ... 2,317 .. 1,338 June .. *3115 .. 851 July, to 14th *1,208 .. -f260 10,384 4,211 4,211 Net immigration........ 6,173 * At the port of Melbourne only. t An approximate return. Adding this balance to the ascertained population at the end of March, we have an aggregate of 475,810 souls. NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Sydney Empire of July 10.) The month which has elapsed since the departure of the mail steamer Australasian, on June 11, has not been marked by any unusual activity, and scarcely by any change in the course of business. Generally the markets have been labouring under a pretty equal depression. Stocks are heavy, with a very cautious demand. Transactions, however, are mostly negotiated on a secure basis, and, con sidering that we are in the depth of our dullest season, we may reasonably expect improvement as the spring advances. Money is by no means scarce, where legitimate and safe employment offers, though the condition of the money market may be reported stringent. Colonial securities are fairly maintained, and the brokers report a good amount of capital seeking in vestment. There is in all operations, as a rule, a remarkable absence of speculation, but a disposition to do a safe business within a moderate margin. The wool season, which may now be considered over, has been brought to a close at an earlier period than for many years past. It is estimated that there is not more than 1,000 bales of the season 1857 to arrive in Sydney. To the north arrange ments have been made for an early shearing this year ; on some stations it is understood the 20th of August is fixed for a commencment. Should the coming clip begin thus early, and the roads not be cut up before the end of the winter, Moreton Bay wools may be expected to arrive here in' better time than usual. Up to the present time the flocks are reported healthy, and the staple of the wools sound, there having been no excessive rains to produce disease. The new railway estimates will be shortly before the Assembly. On this subject there have been several meetings, and we understand that a gentle man (Mr. Gabrieli) who tendered for the Mel bourne contract, is now waiting for the result of the motion, in connexion with which several public meetings have been held. We are given to under stand that Mr. Gabrieli is connected with large English contractors. The line to Maitland will be opened on the 27thingt., and we are glad to notice a considerable augmentation in the Campbelltown traffic. Exchange and interest remain unaltered. We have to notice the appointment of a Committee of the Chamber of Commerce on the subject of the re-adjustment of re-exchanges ; and certainly, con sidering the rapidity of our present postal course, the charge of 20 per cent. from England is too heavy; bitt the matter must rest entirely with the banks. We regret to have to notice another wreck at the Heads of an outward-bound vessel. We are not aware if any investigation is being pursued, but we cannot help thinking there was some neglect, for the vessel was laden and not in ballast ; her name was the Annie, of Belfast, bound to Galle with a cargocarol) of coals. arrivals have been a full average during the month, but several ships are yet overdue. The gold dust received in Sydney by escort since the departure of last mail has been reported as follows : June 11 ozs. dwts. gra. 6,275 15 23 June 18 • , 2,517 6 12 June 25 .. 6,121 16 22 July 2 3,446 4 17 July 9 .. 6,609 14 8 It has ever been the case in this colony that the actual yield of gold could not be estimated by the amount brought down by the escort. This has been owing to several causes, more especially to the cir cumstances that a larger proportion of permanent residents have engaged in gold digging with us than in Victoria. We arc therefore inclined to think that the . yield at the present time is much greater than is represented by the foregoing figures. • SYDNEY, JULY 10, EVENING. An accident took place this morning on the rail way, about 10 miles from Sydney. Three carriages and a horse-box fell over the embankment at Has lam's-creek-bridge Station, and three others were thrown off the line. Two persons were killed, and five or six wounded. SCHAMYL AND THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA. In a letter, dated St. Petersburg, Aug. 24, we read : General Eudokimoff, commanding the left wing of the Russian army of the Caucasus, in his last' report mentions seve ra l aff a i rs w ith the moun taineers during the month of July. The most con siderable was one which occurred on July 20, near the village of Varanda, between the corps com manded by Colonel Bageanoff and numerous bands of Circassians. The Russian troops were in a field surrounded by wooded heights, in which the enemy was lying in ambush. Notwithstanding the diffi culty of this position, the Russians forced their way through the thick wood, and repulsed several des perate charges made by the mountaineers. The firing lasted all day. The loss on the Russian side was one captain and four men killed, and 35 men wounded. It appears from this report that when Schamyl learned that Varanda was occupied by the Russian troops he at once came into the neigh bourhood with 150 of his guards, and he sent orders to all the naibs of the locality to bring in their contingents. While waiting for these rein forcements he convened a public meeting, and made the people who attended it swear fidelity. He en deavoured to persuade them that the movement of the Russians in the Chatoz country was an inva sion ; he entreated the populations to give battle once more to the Russians, and expressed his will ingness that they should afterwards yield to the fortune of war whatever might be the result. Hi s appeal was very generally responded to, and, i n consequence, his army now amounts t o n i ne thou sand men. Schamyl's two sons—Kazi-Magoma and Schedi-Mahomet--as well as most of the naibs or chiefs of tribes, are at this mom en t w i t h the i r leader, who occupies a strong entrenched position in the open ground near Varanda, and three versts from Colonel Bageanoff's column. General Eudo kimoff confesse&that it was impossible for him to prevent the enemy, with its numerous force, from fortifying himself in this manner. His first anxiety was to secure communication with his rear. He nevertheless hopes to aiblion. eto attack Schamyl and expel him from his be ost isp The volunteers f rom t h e depots of the 10th Regt., 2d Light Infantry, and Bth (York and Lancaster) Regiment, who have been permitted to enter other corps, have left their respective depots at Chatham for the purpose of joining their new regiments. The above depots have given nearly 100 volunteers, chiefly to those corps the service companies of which are in India. The 2d Batt a li on o f t h e C o ld stream Guards ar rived at Liverpool from Dublin on Thursday after noon, and proceeded by rail to London. In the evening the 2d Battalion and band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, commanded by Col. F. Seymour, C. 8., arrived at Liverpool from London, and em barked in the City of Dublin stem packet for CITY POLICE COMMITTEE..--(TIIIS DAV- (Before Mr. Alderman Salomons.) EXTRAORDINARY SUMMONS 'AGAINST A TRADESMAN.'' Solomon Moses, fruiterer, of Gracechurch-street, was sum' moned by a constable for obstructing the foot pavement; He said he was on duty in Gracechurch-street on the 23ci of August, and saw some baskets of fruit exposed at the door of defendant's :shop, they overlapped the pavement seven inches. Having cautioned defendant witness now summoned him. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, for defendant, cross examined the constable at some length, and elicited that the alleged obstruction had been in the same state for four years. Defendant had never been summoned before. A complaint had been laid by a Mr. Phillips of the obstruction , but until that time witness had not noticed it as an obstruction. Phillips said if the stall was not taken in be'a kick it over. When witness complained, it was taken in. The Alderman said it struck him it was a case for the Commissioners of Sewers. Defendant might have a right to build over the ground in question. These were nice ques tions. In answer to questions from the Alderman, the officer said that in cases where fruit or anything saleable was el" posed, the public could summon the offender. Mx. Buchanan contended that no passenger was annoYedo and that there was nothing to warrant such a summons. The defendant could remove the stall if required. The Alderman said it was a paltry affair, and ought to have gone:to the Commissioners of Sewers. As defendaD t had promised to remove the obstructions, he would not be fined. SUNDAY TRADING IN DUKE'S PLACE. Mr. Raphael., landlord of the Hermit Hotel, Duke'lfr place, was summoned for keeping his house open at an au lawful hour on Sunday morning, the 22d August. Richards, 62, said that, he being in plain clothes on the day in question, passed defendant's door about half-past 10. The door was open, and witness, accompanied by 216; en tered, and saw about 20 persons at the bar, one of whom was drinking a glass of ale. Defendant said, " Well, you've got me now ;so I can't deny it." To which witness replied, " Deny it or not, I shall summon you." Defendant produced a short, dark man as a witness, and that person stated that he was a visitor from Chatham to defendant's house on the day in question. Witness had a glass of ale. Richards--Was anybody with you ? Witness--No. Richards--Then you're not the man : ho had a little boy with him. (Laughter.) The Alderman said, as the evidence stood, he must con vict; but it should be borne in mind that defendant was Jew, and that there was a kind of market on this dal. Still he, as a magistrate, must do his duty. Defendant must pay a fine of 2s. 6d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(iMs'ffay.) MANSION-HOUSE. Bazil Wood Pike, 22, was charged with presenting to the cashier of the London Joint-stock Company Bank a forged cheque for £B5 for payment, drawn by Mr. William Henry Goodard, wine merchant, 81, Cambridge-stree t, Pimlico, and purporting to be accepted by Mr. Edworil Bowling Jupp. The forgery was clearly proved. It or peared that he was an ordinary seaman in the merchan t service. He was taken into custody last night at the Fa' con, 222, Piccadilly, and taken in a cab to the station' house. Several witnesses were examined to prove the pre' sentation a forgery of the cheque. The prisoner was uncle' fended. He usually wore a naval medal, bnt it did not appear that he ever was in her Majesty's naval service. _ The pursuer said he believedthe cheque to be the genuin e handwriting, and denied any intention of deceiving th e bank, which he received in a letter,frMn' *lr--tjtipp. It we° delivered by the prisoner to -Str:Goodard*Cpresented bY , him to the bank. He gave him 10s., Bn4 patd,a sovereig n to the waiter on his account. . 116_1010W him as an in her Majesty's service. The prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. ROBBERY OF COFFEE IN THE ST. KATHARINE Docg• —Charles Gore, a carman, late in the employ of Pet Brothers, tea, coffee, and *spice merchants, aged 30, an th Benjamin Smith, up to the time of his apprehension 13 labourer in the employ of the St. Katharine Dock company' aged 62, were brought before Mr. Selfe for final examination , and for the completion of the depositions, charged Zvi tll stealing a bag of coffee weighing 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 41b. Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Charles Young, &I V citor, defended the p risoner Smith. It appeared from the voluminous evidence given, th at on the 25th of August last, the prisoner Gore came to the D warehouse of the dock for a bag of coffee consigned t° his employers, and produced an "identity note," which Wl's made out on the deposit of the delivery order in the long room of the dockhouse in the morning. Goro had previously drawn his cart and horse under t ll° F loophole of the D warehouse, a place where it was not the practice to deliver coffee. ThO prisoner, after leaving his horse and cart in the area, had some conversation with Smith and another man named Elsom, and then waited on Mr. Charles Hagan, a worker in the warehouse, and said, " What have you for me tO - ?" to which Hagan answered, " A bag of Coffee ;" ar lu Gore said, "Is that all ?" Hagan answered, "It is ' • t : your cart in ?" Gore said it was, and he was then ,directed to draw under, meaning that he was to draw under the D loophole of the warehouse where coffees are usually de livered. Gore then left the warehouse, and directly after wards Hagan, whose suspicions had been excited on seeing Gore conversing with Smith and Elsom, looked out an d saw the two last-named persons lowering a bag of coffe° from the F loophole, and Gore, who was underneath, re' ceiveclrit in his cart. Hagan immediately gave informal ° \to Mr. Mumford, the superintendent of police in the dock, and the prisoners were arrested. Elsom directly absconded, and although a large reward has been offered fe r his apprehension, he has eluded the search made for hir e ' Directly after Gore had received what was called "the fals e bag of coffee," he drove his horse and cart under the D loop" hole, where he ought to have gone at first, and bawled out "coffee, coffee." Before he could receive the "true bag e l coffee" he was taken into custody. The theory of the pro secution was that, by an artful contrivance, it was intende d to steal two bags of coffee. Gore had previously receive ( ' goods at another dock, and upon entering the St. Katharine Dock, Whitcomb an assistant gatekeeper, asked him hew many packages ? to which he replied 18, and a l so called etiv4,_ 12 seed, 3 cases of nuts, 1 bag of pepper, and 2 bags of coffee. Whitcomb, repeated this to Mr. Kiff, the principal gatekeeper, who inserted the same in , 6 book. After the arrest of the pri so n ers th e p ac kages °,!. Messrs. Peck's cart were counted. They amounted to in all, including the false bag of coffee improperly deliver ed to him, so that, in fact, he came into the dock without any coffee at all. Mr. Selfe expressed an opinion that the packages in th e cart ought to have been counted directly the horse and car t entered the dock, and that their mode of doing business 10 a loose one, and likely to lead to the commission ofnume rous robberies. Mr. Mumford said that sometimes a cart or wagg°. ll , entered the dock with 100 or 150 different packaged, and o' would be impossible to count them without unloading' which would consume an immense deal of time. The doe l ‘ company relied on the integrity of their servants and up oll an effective police, which cost the company £4,000 annualW It was proved that the bag of coffee delivered by Smith so d Elsom to Gore was not a cargo bag, and had no rotation number upon it. The false bag of coffee was made up f or plunder. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoners for trial, and refus ed the application of Mr. Gomm to bail Smith. FRAUDS ON EMIGRANTS' RELATIVES' Some swindler in London has fixed his eyes upon Sunderland, and seems determined to have /n one/ out of it, if a clumsy trick can possibly get it. WO scheme appears to be, first, to learn who amongst us have relatives in Australia—second, what are the names of such relatives—and third, to write to the friends here, as if he were the absent relative returning home again, but unable to leave London for want of cash. Here is a sample of one of the letters, omitting the name, which purports to 13 ° ,that of a well-known townsman who sailed with the Emigrant on a fine Saturday afternoon sig years come the 11th o f t hi s mont h London , August 20, 1858. My dear John—l hope this wi l !, find you w e ll as it l eaves me at present i arr i ve d at Southampton on Wednesday and I am Very Anxious of getting To See you all and My Mell i have is in A us t r ili an N o t es They. wont eas i them until 21 days after arriveal an d i f y ou Could Send me by return of Post 3 or 4 £ i Can give 1 ; To you When i Come it is to clear m y L ug gage wo ' am derious of Purchasing some pap er hamns Take back with me—Give My Kind Loves to you r dear Wife and my Grand childrens i am Longing To See you all Accept the Same your s elf i her e e To hear from you by return of Post i Can get the Notes cashed in Sunderland it is no use Me staying in London Excuse haste I Remain your affect tionate Father Direct for me a Coffee Rooms London." "My Dear J o h n " i s iNneteanrdeli ft ia tg ee t writer's son, but e ven su pp os i ng " J o h n " had ne known his father's hand wr iti ng , it so h a pp e ns that a difference in the spelling of the surname at onc e exposed the forgery. In another case a wife got letter from her " husband," but th ere again the surname was mis-spelt, and the wife, to have he r , doubts ended, wrote to the London address, aslu e a her " husband" to send down his likeness, 11n . then she would believe in the his of 1110 ~ letter. After this exposure, it is to be hoped qr., lounger in " coffee rooms" will save himself th e trouble of any further communications with 111 / " dear" friends in Sunderland. S anderlanc Herald. CRYSTAL PALACE—HALF-CROWN DAYt F_i_gri4o.4.6l; Admissions on payment, 993; ditto by. namfatiwww , totalyikittiro, 1,01,