The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-14 00:00:00

LOYAL ITALY AN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEATRE. MARTHA.—Last Night of the Season. wris EVENING (SATURDAY), August 14, the last night of the season will take place, on which occasion will be performed I otow's °perk, MARTHA. lady Enrichetta, Madame Bosio; Nancy, Madlle. Mcßee ; Plum nett, Signor Graziani ; Lord Tristano, Signor Taglialico ; Sceriffo di Richmond, 31. Zelger ; and Lionello, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. In the Incidental Divertissement Madlle. tine, Madlle. Delechaux, and 31. Desplaees will appear. The National Anthem, "God Save the Queen," will be suns at the conclusion of the Opera. Commence at half-past 8. Pit tickets, 10s. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, 105. 6d., 7-0 and 55.; - amphitheatre, 23.6 d. Second tier boxes, 22 12s. 6d. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE!. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Preceded by the F arce of DYING FOR ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR : supported by Mears. Emery, Belford ,Poynter, Turner,ML•ses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. o:Melville. After whic, HUNTING A TURTLE :by Messrs. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. C h larke, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. OPEN EVERY EVENINhe following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Seleetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., via. Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ' • Herr P. Jonghmans , M r. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling' Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime , Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens ' Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard , and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Porde ' and B. W. Mackney.; Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hi c k s ; h armon i um, Mr. Courtney; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, etc., until twelve o'clock. THE SUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1858. The arrival of the Calcutta Mail gives full parti culars of the events of which we were lately enabled to indicate the leading features. The dates are, from Calcutta to the 4th July, and from Hong Kong to the 23d June. We gave, in our impression of yester day, a valuable summary from the Calcutta English man of the 3d July, very clearly and distinctly explaining the actual state of a ff airs, and the results of the operations of th e British troops. We give further important information this day, so that our friends will have the latest intelligence both from India and China. The Governor-General has very heartily congra tulated Sir HUGH ROSE on the successful result of his rapid advance on Gwalior, and tendered his best thanks to Major-Generals ROBERTS and WmTLocx and the various corps under their command, and cor dially welcomes them to the Presidency of Bengal. These congratulations and thanks have been well merited. Sir H. ROSE has proved himself to be a worthy successor of the illustrious HAVELOCK. Worn out by fatigue, prostrated by severe illness, when rest was of vital importance to himself and the wearied troops under his command, he started into immediate action at the call of duty, although he had ample excuse for remaining quiescent. He cast aside every selfish consideration, and proved himself just what an English General ought to be. It was of vast importance to neutralise the conse quences of the temporary success of the mutinous contingent and the treacherous troops of Scindia. Nothing could' have been more injurious to British interests, or more calculated to prolong the strife, than the appearance of a pre tender seated on the musnud of a faithful friend and devoted ally —one who, to use the words of the Go vernor-General, did "not shrink from his obligations, or hesitate to avow his loyalty." Never was there a case where prompt and decisive action was more urgently required, and seldom, if ever, has it been more strikingly displayed than by Sir HUGH ROSE, in his truimphant march on Gwalior. Had there been the slighest hesitation on his part—had he wasted even a single day in recruiting his own strength or the severely-tried energies of biv followers, the consequences might have been of a very formidable character. Gwalior would have become the head-quarters of the in surgents ; all the disaffecte I—and their name is "legion"—would have hurried there. It would, in fact, have been made the rallying point of the rebel lion. Agra would have been seriously menaced, and a considerable force must have been diverted from other service in order to protect it. All these evils have been averted by the skill and activity of Sir HUGH RosE, and we trust that he may receive the rewards to which he is so justly entitled for his bril liant exploits. Not the least interesting part of the intelligence is that relating to the death of the Ranee of Jhansi, whose name had long since acquired painful noto riety in this country for her brutal and abominable treatment of the English captives who had the misfortune to fall into her hands. Her name was associated as a monster of cruelty with that of the arch-demon NANA SAHIB ; and, per haps, considering that she was a young woman scarcely more than twenty years of age, it may be regarded even in a more terrible light. If she had more than masculine vices, she had a corresponding degree of courage. She and her sister, both dressed in men's clothes, led the rebels to the attack, and headed the defence against the sharp pursuit of the Bth Hussars, They fell fighting bravely, and thus avoided the terrible expiation of their offences that was otherwise inevitable. Their antecedents had not merited such an end. They should rather have graced the same gallows with the NANA SAHIB, and been made signal examples of retributive justice, and of the anger of an avenging NEMESIS ! As we long since pointed out, the contest has now resolved itself into a guerilla war. The enemy, beaten at every point, only find safety in flight. They may harass, but they cannot, so long as British officers act as worthy representatives of Lord CLYDE and Sir Huon ROSE, seriously endanger our position. They may cause annoyance, but that is all. The danger has passed away with the capture of the several strong holds held by the rebels, and the restoration of Scindia to his rightful throne. Sir H. GRANT, Sir E. LUGARD, and other gallant officers, fully maintain their well-established reputations. The Moulvie has been executed by a native chief, who captured him during a wanton attack on him by one of the leading fanatics. At I resent there must be a cessation of operations until the restoration of better weather. The climate is now far more fatal to our gallant soldiers than the weapons of their enemies. The burning sun causes more deaths than either steel or lead. The heat has been greater than any experienced during the last twenty years ; but the rains having set in, even at the eleventh hour, have in some degree purified the oppressive atmosphere, and rendered it more endurable. We recently pointed out the state of affairs in China. It is said that 5,000 French troops have been ordered out, and there should certainly be at least an equal British force. Ten thousand English and Frenchmen would speedily bring the Celestials to a " sense of their situation," and enable 118 to negotiate on the most advantageous terms. Two Mandarins, of very exalted rank, had opened negotiations with Lord ELGIN and Baron GROG ; but as it appeared on investigation that their credentials were not satis factory or their powers sufficiently extensive, they were sent back to the place from whence they came. It seems by no means improbable that there must be a further approximation to Pekin before the remonstrances of the Plenipotentiaries pene trate the recesses of the Imperial palace, or the Brother of the Sun can be made to understand the true state of affairs. At Canton the braves (I) are still butchering all the victims whom they can kid- It is more than hinted that they are encouraged by the Chinese Government, and if thisbe so, surely the time for forbearance has gone by, a n d the most nergetic measures should be adopted, not merely t Canton, but also at Tien-sin and Pekin. With uch evidence of faithlesness Lord ELGIN should not • ' T ,—...,7_, ~ , % , ,-,iin . re 4 .. 2 't ...• i ' 011,04 Ohm i ' 4 1. .1 -- ' , -7.' -i g.o ~ '- . 1 ..: 44 -.....-:,"...;:-... 4144 , ~, ' ". 4, 4 1111ft m a t. ,....- - , -... ~,.____l(. ~,, . .1.;1 7 , ',. : Aik -, „ f e o , - - . -- " A L —, ' "`wio. . 7, '' QZCEEir ' . It t , - ~,,,,. ." ...,,,,,,,, -",,..,... nap. listen to the humbugging excuses for procrastination. He should decide on the exact extent of the satisfac tion he requires, and firmly insist thereon, without permitting any change or alteration whatever. ELIYIU BuRRIT'S project of an Ocean Penny Post age will be all the more rapidly and readily realised according to the spread of the submarine system of electric telegraph. It is merely a question of time when the Ocean Penny Postage shall be one of our actual institutions. Come the day inevitably will — we are hastening towards it perceptibly—our advance being appreciable even now by a momentary glance at what is, and at what has been, in the matter of this particular branch of our expenditure. An ordinary letter, for example, may be conveyed at the cost of sixpence, via Southampton, along the whole of the oriental route to India, across the Mediterranean' from Gibraltar (calling at Marseilles) to Alexandria, across the desert at Suez, along the entire length of the Red Sea, onward, the whole distance to Calcutta. And all this, remember, a mere sixpenny commu nication—when not so very long ago a letter would have been charged ninepence if con veyed from Bath to London in the mail bags in the hind boot of one of those wonderful old red coaches, with the red guard, and the red charioteer, and the smoking (relays, team after team, of well groomed horses, bowling along the brown level of the highroad trailing and winding between green hedgerows all the way from the extremity of Middle sex to the heart of Somersetshire. Because the truth, here mentioned, is trite, it is none the less worthy on that account of being thus explicitely reiterated—now that the necessity is becoming every day more and more apparent, that the facilities of intercommunication between ourselves and our re mote possessions must sooner or later be subjected to a wise, a comprehensive, and an economical reor ganisation. The submarine electric telegraph, we repeat, must hasten the otherwise inevitable event of this Postal reorganisation. It obvi ously stands to reason that with intercourse, direct, positive, verbal, written intercourse established be tween the extremities of the world, along the depths of a gigantic ocean like the Atlantic, bringing to gether, in the throb of a pendulum, the new world and the old, Valentin and Newfoundland—the previous sluggish channel of communication will be so far deteriorated in value and importance that it will ap pear more than ever slow, tedious, and, under the circumstances, almost, one might say, exasperating. The extension of our maritime steam resources again will come in aid of the growth of the more extended and complicated webwork of submarine cables thread ing hither and thither the abysses of the deep sea. An oceanic penny postage is in these respects already virtually un fait accompli. It will be the corollary of the steam engine as applied to the purposes of marine locomotion, and of the electric telegraph as worked through thousands and thousands of miles of submarine cable. Insomuch do we regard this advancement as one that must be—by a necessity no less inevitable than that by which a pear, when it is ripe, must fall in obedience to the laws of gravita tion—that we conceive that not one more effort in his humane agitation need be made towards the furtherance of his cherished scheme by the accom plished American Blacksmith. Yesterday another stride in the right direction— another step towards the attainment of the golden goal of the Ocean Penny Postage as an established fact, was incidentally referred to by ourselves in the course of our editarial observations in allusion to a certain remarkable petition preparing for presenta tion to her MAJESTY'S Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. It has allusion to the mismanagement hitherto of our postal communica tion with Australis. The immediate and unhesitat ing abrogation of the old bungling contract for the conveyance of the mails between England and Aus tralia was, if we remember rightly, the first act of any importance adventured upon by the right hon. baronet upon his accepting the seals as her MA JESTY'S Secretary for the Colonies. It was a bold easure which Lord STANLEY had scarcely had time ``" think of, and upon which Mr. LA.BOUCHERE had ... fiver seriously for an instant dreamt of adventur ing. The new Colonial Secretary, however, was I scarcely gazetted, when by a word, by a stroke of the pen, the thing was done. It is the way of the Derby ites. They don't talk about reform—they reform. They don't content themselves with moodily pro mising to take a grievance loudly complained o some time or another into their consideration- they take it into their consideration. That, in effect, is the very simple reason why the radical reformers, the ultra-liberals —in the House, Messrs. BRIGHT and ROEBUCK, out of the House, let us say the Daily News and ourselves— have taken kindly to these statesmen ; have accepted as one of the best Governments that well could be under the circumstances, this energetic and patriotic this really laborious and conscientious and painstak ing DEBBY Administration. And so—according to ministerial custom now-a days—there was an end very speedily to the obstructive contract in regard to our postal service with Australia. A memorial is now accumulating signatures in the city—a me morial intended to bring directly under the personal observation of the Colonial Secretary the enormous advantages almost certain to accrue, both to the mother country and to the colony, from the organisation of a double route (westwards as well eastwards) to our Australian possessions. The peti tioners very reasonably suggest that the mail thence and thither, to and fro, ought, in reason and prudence, to be regular and fortnightly. They then go on to expatiate upon the facilitation it would be to the intercourse with our antipodes, if—besides maintaining the rapid intercourse with the southern and western colonies of the Australian group by continuing the route viii Suez —we further secured the interests of the northern and eastern colonies by establishing another and very different route, one via the Isthmus of Panama. The two routes, of course, being used alternately— just as the Indian mails leave this country now for Bombay, now for Calcutta. The project appears, upon the first blush, to be both rational and feasible. We entertain very little doubt that it will secure to itself the instant and serious attention of her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secretary. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. (By Electric Telegraph.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Cambria steamer, Captain Anderson, has ar rived, bringing the Australian mails, 60 passengers, and £72,128 in specie, elephants' tusks, 18 packages gum, 21 packages flax, and 73 packages sundries. Moderate westerly winds during the passage. She left Alexandria on the Ist, and Malta on the sth. FRANCE. PARIS, Agra. 13. The labours of the Plenipotentiaries of the Paris Conferences will for the moment close without set tling the laws for the navigation of the Danube. Varied interests have created conflicting opinions as to the police arrangements. Each State through which the great stream flows wishes to preserve its police authority. Turkey and Austria appear to favour these claims, and thus differences of opinion on this question have to be settled at some future union of the Plenipotentaries. The organisation of the Danubian Principalities, as agreed to by the Envoys of the great Powers, is not likely to give universal satisfaction amongst the Roumans. The fact is, by calling on the people to express an opinion on their form of government, diplomacy raised a hydra-headed diplomatic monster difficult to get rid of. During the_ negotiations for the Principalities Lord Cowley has rendered great service to Fund Pacha, and has given him his support when the in tegrity of Turkey or her legitimate influence and rights were debated. I should presume the Queen's present Government has followed the policy laid down by Lord Palmerston's Cabinet during the con ferences. OfEcial despatches have reached Paris from Con stantinople, informing the Turkish Ambassador that the Government of the Sultan is seriously and deter minedly occupied in creating financial reforms. His Highness the Sultan has agreed to suspend his palace-building expenses and those of the household generally. Tranquillity again prevails throughout the Turkish empire. I have received the following : " CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 4. " The greatest anxiety reigns to learn that the punish ment shall be commensurate with the aggravated character of the crime committed at Djedda. There are many who would have the town destroyed by the naval forces of those nations which have been insulted; but the most reasonable men :among those whose bug intercourse with Mahomedans renders their opinion the most valuable, consider that such a step would rouse at once the fanatical spirit throughout Mussulman countries, the effect of which would be most lamentably serious. The chastisement must be inflicted by the Turkish Government, but it is the duty of England and France to see that it is strictly carried out, and not in pro mise only, as is invariably the case when the Ottomans are left to themselves. "The French press advocates an armed occupation of Turkey, to give effect to the Hatti-humayom ; and, without such assistance 'to enforce its execution, it will ever remain a dead letter. We are too apt to take it for granted that England and France must have conflicting interests in any proposition that proceeds from either separately ; but the result of establishing the rights of Christians firmly In this country would be to induce a population, the chief ingre dient of which would be the energetic Anglo-Saxon, with the valuable addition of Germans and Swiss, which for a cen tury to come csuld have no Interests opposed to our own, which would create the most enduring barrier against foreign aggression, and develope the resources of the fertile plains of Asia Minor, becatning good customers for our manufactut es, and producers of vast supplies for European consumption. "The state of exchanges appears to have passed a crisis. There has been a combination of merchants and bankers to afford a temporary relief, on the stipulation that the Sul tan's treasury shall issue no more paper money. The sum proposed to be raised is £BOO,OOO in bills on Paris, London, &c., and the chief part of that sum is already subscribed. It has caused the pound sterlinz, which had reached 187 piastres, to fall this e%ening to 175. "The differences between Persia and the Ottoman Porte are in the course of immediate adjustment. The Sultan sailed for 13rousta to• day in a screw line-of-battle ship. " Mons. Lesseps went yesterday to Odessa is assist in the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce. A clever Turk facetiously remarked that he intends to pierce the Isthmus of Perekop, as it is absolutely necessary for his happine hat he should cut a canal somewhere." PARIS BOURSE.—The situation of the Bank of France, published this morning, does not show a decided improvement in affairs, and it has produced an unfavourable feeling in the market. Threes, after having been done at 691 r. Sc., declined to 68fr. 9.5 c. ; Mobilier varied from 677 fr. 50c. to 672 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 6401 r. to 638 fr. 75c.; Orleans, 1,295 fr. to 1,2901 r. ; Lyons, 792 fr. 50c. to 788 fr, 75c.; Southern, 530 fr. to 525 fr.; Eastern, 677 fr. 50c. to 675 fr.; Western, 622 fr. 50c. to 627 fr. 50c.; and Northern, 935 fr. to 932 fr. 50e. The following are the last quotations':— Yr. Ct. 41 per Cents. 96 75 Do. end of tnopth .. 96 75 Three per Cent. .: : 68 6 Do. end of month.. 68 95 Bank Shares Credit Mobiller— 670 Do. account RAI Fr. Ct. Credit Foncler 6lO Belgian 41 99 75 Piedmontese 5 BO 50 Roman OO 75 Austrian . Spanish Threes...... Home Debt — .WAYEI. it to any good source, that his Excellency Sir Gaspard Le Le Merchant is not likely to continue long in the gover norship of this island." Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 796 .. 790 . New ditto —. Geneva Midi Western Eastern Grand Central . Sardinian . Austrian. The rumour must certainly be a cabalistic fabri cation ; and no doubt Sir Gaspard has already ex perienced a little of the usual deception practised in Malta to enable him to treat such things as they deserve. I believe that a strong party of officials are opposed to the energetic measures and vigilant watch of our new governor ; but they must ulti mately succumb, and their notorious laxity and indifference to the discharge of their public duties be changed to energy and attachment to duty. The first good step taken by Sir Gaspard was to put all the public departments in proper working order, and this, of course, is distasteful to many officials. Hence some opposition. The Acting Chief Secretary to Government Capt. Brett, A.D.C., is discharging the duties of that office with the greatest credit to himself, and satisfaction to the public. His exact knowledge of public affairs, and ready discernment of what is just and necessary, as well as his courtesy, have already earned him great respect and esteem here. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Panther, with London mail of 2d inst., arrived last evening. The Colombo is expected to-day from Alexandria with the mails from Calcutta and China. The Euxine will convey the overland portion of the mails to Marseilles. A quarantine of 15 days has been established in Malta on all arrivals from Tripoli, and 21 days on those from Bengazi, where, it is reported, the plague is raging. Malta is at present in free pratique with Corfu, in consequence of the precautionary measures taken here. I understand that a quarantine of eight days is fixed at Marseilles on artivals from Malta. Admiral Fanshawe's fleet is still cruising off the island. Her Majesty's gunboat Coquette has arrived from Corfu. The Vigilant has been despatched to Suda Bay, in Candia, to relieve her Majesty's steam frigate Vulture. The following British mercantile steamers have arrived and left during the week, viz. :—General Williams, Demetrius, Thessalia, and Lebanon. 5N 50 526 .25 61.5 - 675 - THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. . • 422 50 037 50 AUGUST 11 MALTA. At 8 o'clock the Col. de Moerkerke, Master of the Horse to the King of the Belgians, and Gen. Chassal, one of his Majesty's aides-de-camp, came on board to report to her Majesty the arrangements made by the King, and to attend upon her Majesty. Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Brussels ; and Mr. Grattan, the British Consul, likewise paid their respects to her Majesty. At a quarter before 10 o'clock the Queen and Prince Comort landed in the State barge of his Majesty the King of the Belgians at the Quai, where the royal carriages were in attendance, and conveyed his Royal Hi g h ness , an d su it e t o th e s h t e a r ti A o l n ajsty, o e fth the Brussels and Cologne Railway. In attendance were Lady Macdonald, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Maid of Honour; the Earl of Malinesbury, Secretary of State ; Col. de Moerkerke and Gen. Cbassal, of the Household of the King of the Belgians ; Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood and Capt. Du Plat, Equerries in Waiting; Col. the lion. Sir C. Phipps, K.C.8., and Sir James Clark. At Malines his Majesty the King of the Belgians, with their Royal and Imperial Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, received her Majesty, and accompanied her to Verviers, where they took their leave. Upon arriving at Aix-la-Chapelle her Majesty and the Prince were met by his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia and a numerous and brilliant staff. His Royal Highness proceeded with her Majesty from Aix-la-Chapelle to Dusseldorf, at which sta tion the Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern- Sigma ringen were in waiting to receive the Queen. The carriages of the Prince of Hohenzollern were in attendance, and conveyed her Majesty the Queen, the Princess of Hohenzollern - Sigtnaringen, the Prince Consort, and the Prince of Prussia, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance to the Breiten bach Hof. The Prince of Hohenzollern escorted her Majesty on horseback. The town was spontaneously and beautifully decorated by the inhabitants, and her Majesty was received everywhere with the loudest acclamations. The Queen and Prince Consort will dine this evening with the Prince and Princess of Hohenzol lern-Sigmaringen. POTSDAM, AUG. 12. The Queen and Prince Consort arrived here ai 10 o'clock this evening, all well. VALETTA, AUG. 7. Advices received from Canca, to the 27th ult., state that order and tranquillity had finally been restored at Canea. The Turks were returning to their country habitations, and a subscription had been publicly opened, with much success, in relief of those who had suffered most during the disturbed state of the country. Mehmet Emin Pacha, a com missioner of the Sublime Porte, had arrived to re lieve Ahmet Pacha, whose removal has disappointed the French party in Candia. Mr. Longworth and Mr. Ricketts, who it seems are sent out by the Eng lish Government on a special mission relative to re cent events in Candia, have reached Canea. The English Consul of that island left for Constantinople, being called by our Ambassador there. The Go vernment have despatched troops to all the provin cial places. Matters in the town of Candia are, however, still in an unsettled state. A Turk killed a Greek at Rettimo, and the Greek population was consequently thrown into the utmost consternation. Mehmet Emin Pacha intended leaving Canea for Candia. Her Majesty's steam frigate Vulture was stationed at Suda. The Greek Consul returned to the city on the 26th. Mr. Zimelli, the Superintendent of Public Works in Malta, has returned from London and Paris, whither he was sent by Government to collect information for constructing a new market in Valetta. The design of the proposed building is an excellent one, and its execution being left in good hands, will no doubt be perfect. The present site of the market is made the most of in the new plan, as the intention is to construct it of stone and iron, which will do away with many of the bulky stone obstructions in the present market. The Malta Times says :-- "If we are tojudge by the reports current in town, and the movements of influential persons, as well connected with as opposed to the present Bishop of Malta (Monsignor Pace Forno), the eccles;aetical horizon forebodes a storm. We observe the departure of Monsignor Casolani, the Bishop; of Muricaitro, for Marseilles, en route for Paris and Lon don, also Mrs. M'Donnell; and on the same day, that o the Rev. S. Cumbo, secretary of Monsignor Pace Forno, for Rome, bearer of important clerical despatches to the Holy See, for which destination a relative of the bishop (the Rev. Gauci Azopardi) took his departure shortly pre suporfs ions. Mr. R. M essina and Mr. E. Zammitt, merchants, supporters of janesduithtse have Jesuits—thealso l eft latter e R r osmuep.p supported these movements are owi ng to the wordy conflict between the Bishop po their general at _Rome, and the former by the English Go vernment." A maresnest is discovered by the last Malta Times, as follows : THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDH URST. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES. The following is the result of the examination of candi dates for the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, held by the Council of Military Education at King's College, dur ing the first week in July. Fifty vacancies having been announced as open to com petition, 59 candidates appeared for examination, and 49 passed, one of whom, however, was rejected for a breach of the regulations, and one on the report of the medical officer. To fill two of the three remaining vacancies, the two gentlemen next on the list were specially recommended by the council, having passed a good general examination, although they were deficient in matkematics. The obligatory subjects and the general total of marks to be obtained for qualification were reduced, in conformity with the modification recently made in the requirements for direct commissions, and were as follow :—Math ernat i es3, obligatory section, 400 marks; the English Language, 200 marks; general total, 1,800 marks. • (Signed) D. GREENTREE, Captain, Sec. Council of Military Education. 1, Whitehall-yard, Aug. 4, 1858. Name. Where Educated. Marks. Nixon, F. W Trinity College, Glenalmond, and , Private Tuition.. Rogers, M. W. ....New Grammar School, Plymouth 6035 Stace, E. V Civil Service Institute, Dublin.. 5950 Deedes, J. G. Eton and Private Tuition Wighton, E. King's College School 5321 Chard, W. W. Grammar School, Plymouth 5242 Tyrwhitt, T. P. ...Cheltenham College 21 years (till Dec. last) Hutchinson, W. L.. Royal Academy, Gosport Clarke, P. P. D.... Private Tuition Hebeler, H Harrow School .. Granville, S Portland House, Brighton, and Barnett, W . 3942 Flower, S. Tonb Mg 3 School (till Dec. last). 3848 . Harr s, E. Ch K el i t n e g :h s Prepais4 Wilitary Acad., Eltham 3832 Cheltenham Colle g e London ...... 4151 Hutcbinson, A. R.—Continental Academy, Kingston, & Civil Service Instit., Dublin. 3770 Wingate, T. () ...... Dollar Institution, Stirling, N.B. 3737 Thrupp, M. ........ Marlborough C011ege........... 3672 Partridge, S. R..... H ome 3655 Webster, J. M. ....Private Tuition Douglas, G. M. ....Private Tuition Dawson, J. A. ...... Royal Grammar Sch., Colchester 3510 Cooper, H. T ....... St. Paul's School 3002 Onslow,k. D : ...... P r i vate Tuitior Dinwld.die, iv.: • ... : : .rrivate Tuition • P Pr v i l v v a a t te e T T u u t i t t t l a o n st ............................... , J. E Hebden, D. J. B.... P r ivate Tuition ................. 321) Hammond, J. ...... C o ll egiate School, Jersey ....... 3183 Lascelles, J . ..... .H o ll an d House, Blackheath .• • • 3130 34 348 00 0 Lee _ M'Kenzie, F. H ....K ing ' s College, London ........ 3101 Rutherford. J University College, London .• .. 3055 Greatwood, H. F. P r i vate Tuition ... ............. 2973 Neild, H Private Tuition.... ........... 2970 Skimer, R St. Mary's Hall, S o uthsea ...... 293 . 7 Paterson, G Southampton College .......... 2922 Inner, W M Harrow Sch. and Private Tuition 2880 O'Connor, P. ll,.pe Academy, Southsea . • • ' 2835 Robinson, J Lemon -street Institute, Dublin.. 2770 O'Brien, M .... Private Tuition s and St. Mary's College, Limerick 2750 Theobald, J. W..... Grammar School, Lambeth Hood, W. C. ...... Heath School, Hampstead, and Wimbledon School 2643 Hepburn, J. G. 8... Harrow and Private Tuition Burton, 11. Jones,V. F. H PPirliv v a at t e e T T a u t i t t t i e o e n and King's Coll. 2.2 n St. Paul's Sch. and Priv. Tuition 2381 Campbell, A. J. Harrow and Private Tuition .... 2162 Cargill, S Collegiate Institute, Liverpool .. 2127 M'Kenzie, G. E. —Banat-street Sch., Dublin, and Holland House, Blackheath .. 1992 Nangle, 11. B Royal' School, Enniskillen, and Irish Misery. Coll., B a lli n a s loc 1963 t________........-.. Privately t St. Quintin, T. A..Lton tßolfe, H. R Marlborough College * Rejected for breach of regulations. t Rejected on medical report. * Specially recommended on the ground of superior general exa mination, although deficient in mathematics. INCREASED BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY COURTS.-- By the annual return, just issued, it appears that l as t year there were 744,622 plaints entered, against 581,053 of the previous year, being au increase of 163,599. "A rumour is current, but we have not been able to trace THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1858 , From the LOATDON GAZETTE of Yesterday. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Henderson as Consul at Londonderry, and of Mr. John G. Barr as Consul at Melbourne, for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Tbos Hampden Mullens as Consul in the Mauritius for his Ma jesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Louis T. Power as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King el Hanover. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jose de Aguilar as Consul at Hong Kong for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 12. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consular Agent at Rome, re porting that all vessels arriving at Civita Vecchia, from Malta and Marseilles, will be subjected to quarantine. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Genoa, enclosing copy of an order of the Board of Health of that port, con taining certain regulations respecting quarantine. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, stating that all vessels arriving at Austrian ports from the coast of Tripoli will be considered as having foul bills of health, and subjected to quarantine accordingly; and that all vessels arriving at the said ports from the coasts of Northern Africa, including Egypt and Syria, and from the island of Malta, will be subjected to a quarantine of obser vation of six days; it being requisite, however, that they should be furnished with clean bills of health, properly at tested by the Consulate of an European Power, otherwise the period of quarantine will be extended to seven days : also that suspected merchandise will require to undergo a quarantine of 10 days, after being opened in the Lazaretto, and that pratique will refused in all suspected cases. WHITEHALL, AVG. 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Christopher Hodgkin, of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed for the relief of persons professing the Jewish pro fession. George Francis Simmons (formerly Carlyon) to be Lieute nant, vice Maxwell, promoted. Northumberland Regiment of Militia Artillery—Henry Hope Nettlefold, Gent., to be Surgeon. COMMISSION SIGNED BY A -VICE-LIEUTENANT. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Captain the Hon. William John Monson to be Major; Lieut. William Longstaffe to be Captain, vice the Hon. Captain Monson promoted. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Tatham, 37, Charing-cross, gunmaker. BANKIIIPTS. Thomas Welidon, late of Peterborough, Northampton shire, grocer, to surrender Aug. 23 and Oct. 1, at I, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghsll-street, London. Official assignee, Mr. Whitmore, 2, Basiughall-street. Attorneys, Messrs. Lawrence, Smith, and Fawdon, 12, Bread-street, Cheapside. Charles Ireson, jun., Northampton, builder, to surrender Aug. 23, at half-past 11, and Sept. 27, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street London. Official assig nee, Mr. Nich o l son, 24, Basinghall-street. Attorneys, Messrs. Reed, Langford, and Marsden, 59, Friday-street, Cheapside ; and Mr. Jeffery, Northampton. David Hughes, 13, Gresham-street, City, scrivener, to surrender Aug. 24, at 12, and Sept. 27, at half-past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London. Official assignee, Mr. Nicholson, 24, Basinghall-street. Attorneys, Messrs. Lowiess and Nelson, 2, Hatton-court, Threadneedle -street. Samuel Fisher, Birmingham, tailor and draper, to sur render Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, at half-past 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Official assignee, Mr. Whitmore, 19, Temple-street, Birmingham. Attorneys, Mr. Graves, and Messrs. James and Knight, Birmingham. Christopher Denman, Ripley, Derbyshire, linen draper, to surrender Aug. 31 and Sept. 28, at half-past 10, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham. Official assignee, Mr. Harris, Middle-pavement, Nottingham. Attorneys, Messrs. Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Man chester; and Messrs. James and Knight, Birmingham. James Saunders and William Saunders, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, nurserymen and seedsmen, to surrender Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, at 11, at the District Court of Bank ruptcy, Bristol. Official assignee, Mr. Acraman, 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol. Attorneys, Mr. Price, Aber gavenny; and Messrs. Bevan and Girling, Bristol. William Naish, Newport, Monmouthshire, carrier and commission agent, to surr en d er A ug. 31 and Sept. 30, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Official assignee, Mr. Miller, 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol. Attorneys, Mr. Champ, Newport; and Messrs. Bevan and Girling, Ezra France, late of Dudley Hill, Bradford, and now of Blackmoor Foot, Linthwaite, Yorkshire, worsted manufac turer and joiner and cabinet maker, to surrender Ang. 26 and Sept. 17, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Official assignee, Mr. Young, Park-row, Leeds. Attorneys, Messrs. Cariss and Cudworth, Leeds. Joseph Foster, Little Horton, Bradford,Yorksbire, grocer and provision dealer, to surrender Aug. 26 and Sept. 17, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Official assignee, Mr. Young, Park-row, Leeds. Attorneys, Mr. Lees, Bradford; and M essrs . B on d and Barwick, Leeds. EXAMINATION. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-npon- Hull—Oct. 13, at 12. I. T. Maw, Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, farmer and dealer in horses. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Accotuit t pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 'Victoria, cap. 52, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 11th day of August, 1858. 'U WE DE? Notes issued 831,010,240 £31,010,240 .lIRTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities Gold Coin and Bullion 16,535,240 Silver Bullion - BANKING D] Proprietors' Capital £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts) 4,668,793 Other Deposits 13,902,964 Seven Day and other Bills I&PARTMENT. R 31,010,20 Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight An- unity) 210,871,054 Other Securities 15,316,060 Notes 10,419,815 Gold and Silver Coin 7v3,010 £37,309,939 237,309,939 M. MARSHALL, Chief Casbier. 1858. Dated the 12th day of August, 1; GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN. Weekly Return of the Price of British Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the week ending August 7. Wheat... 445. 10'5901. Oats 275. 6•005 d. I Beans_ 455. 7 . 9141, Barley... 31s. 311391 I Rye... 31s. 9764 d. I Peas ... 435. 9 . 155 d. Aggregate Average of Six Weeks preceding. Wheat 445. 8(1. Oats Barley HAVELOCK'S VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. t akTilnieg following th is is a g e a o li p a y nt o " Lucknow, March 29. 1 a "My dea r Barro w,—We are about f f e G r e e e n : ef ISi r J. Outram's letter, s for ever; but, b e li eve me, I shall ever retain you nto separate/il3 er affec tionate remembrance, an d ever speak with that in ten se admiration which I feel for the glorious Volunteers whom you have commanded with such distinction. It would afibrd me much pleasure to shake every one of them by the hand and tell them how warmly I feel towards them, but this is impossible ; my pressieg duty will not allow me even to write a few farewell lines to each of your (facers; but I trust to your communicating to them Individually my affec tionate adieu and sincerest wishes for their prosperity and shappiness. May God bless them and yon .—Ever your sin- erest and attached friend, J. OUTRAM." "To Major Barrow, Commanding Havelock 's Volunteer Cavalry, Lucknow." Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort arrived at the mouth of the Scheldt, in the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, at about half-past 6 o'clock yesterday evening. A royal salute was fired from the fort at Flushing as the royal yacht passed. At half-past 8 o'clock the anchor was dropped for the night, and at 4 o'clock this morning the yacht again weighed, and proceeded to Antwerp, where it arrived at about 6 o'clock. His Highness the Prince Nicolas Paskowitch, accompanied by the Count Alexander S Michel Ahaza, Konstantir, have taken en-Chef), the Count Paul Gliek a er sch . in ( G 4 "ral- Count Bouronotl, Cal. Berakof, the & . ii Schostuk, M. Worgna, and Dr. Krazineke n f; their departure from the Brunswick Hotel for Paris, en route for St. Petersburg. His Excellency the Count de Lavradio has le ft town for the Continent . The Chevalier d'Oliveira will act as charge d'affaires during the absence of his excellency. His Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame de Carvallo Moreira left town yesterday for Ger many. The Duke of Richmond has gone to Edinburgh to join the Susgex Militia, his grace's regiment, which has just removed from Dover. The Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox have left town for Gordon Castle, Fochabers, AUGUST 11. The Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of ber Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has appointed Henry Longridge, Esq., to be an Inspector of Coal Mines, in the room of Herbert Francis Mackwortb, Esq., deceased. WAR -OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 13. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain and Brevet- Major W. H. Seymour to be Major , without purchase, vice Price, deceased; Lieutenant P. A. W. Carnegy to heCap tain, without purchase, vice Seymour; Cornet Wm. Jones Thomas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carnegy. 3d Dragoon Guards—Edwin Brett, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Gifford, appointed to the Ist Dra goon Guards. 4th Light Dragoons—James Edward Bradshaw, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Davies, appointed to the 6th Dragoons; Assistant-Surgeon John Charles Camp bell, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Carte, about to be appointed Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. 6th Dragoons—Henry Albert Reade Revell, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Billing, whose transfer from 13th Light Dragoons, as stated in the Gazette of the 27th July, 1858, has been cancelled; William Valentine King, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase ' vice Beaumont, whose transfer from the 4th Dragoon Guards was cancelled in the Gazette of 6th August, 1858. - - 7th Light Dragoons—Ensign Herbert Owen Johnes, from the 56th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Bankes, deceased. 18th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Edward Scott Docker, from the 7th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mapleton, appointed to the Staff. Military Train.—To be Ensigns, without purchase : Cornet F. M`Kenzie, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, vice Morris, appointed to the 75th Foot; Cornet T. Churcher, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major E. Moubray, from temporary half-pay, to be a Supernu merary Captain. The date of the appointment of Assistant- Surgeons A. D. Gulland and E. F. O'Leary, from the Staff to the Royal Artillery, has been altered from 28th May to 27th May, 1858. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Francis Baring to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Montgomery, who retires. sth Foot—W. B. Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fremantle, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. 6th Foot—Capt. John William Preston, from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Waldy, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Ensign Hardinge Giffard Follett to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Butler, who retires; staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Edward William Thomas Mandeville to be Surgeon, vice Docker, appointed to the 18th Light Dra goons. 10th Foot—Capt. Douglas Ernest Manners, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, promoted, with out purchase, to au Unattached Majority. 20th Foot—Lient. Chas. K. Chatfield to be Instructor of M usketry. 42d Foot—Ensign Wm. James to be Lieutenant, witbou purchase, viceßramley, killed in action. 45th niot—Her.ry HOelson Hooke, Gent., to be Easign, without purchase. 55th Foot—Ensign Thomas Dunn to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Williams, who resigns the Adjutancy only. GOth Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Duncan to be Quar termaster, vice Campbell, deceased; Assistant-Surgeon James Doran, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon. 66th Foot—Chas. Tennant Wallace, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bent, promoted in the 4th Foot. , 73rd Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be Adjutant, vice Godfrey, promoted. 76th Foot—Captain Edward G. Wally, from 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Preston, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Oscar William de Thoren, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased. 91st Foot—Lieutenant Lloyd Henry Thomas to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. W. C. Wright, promoted in a Depot Battalion; Ensign Edward Kelly Obbard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas; Sergeant-Major William Grant, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Obbard. 100th Foot—William Palmer Clarke, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase. 2d West India Regiment—Sergeant-Major henry Lowry to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lewis, promoted in 21st Foot. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Francis Daniell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walker, promoted. St. Helena Regiment—Edward Drummond Hay, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Furnell, promoted. DEPOT BATTALIONS. To be Majors—Major P. Robertson, from half-pay unat tached; Major F. G. T. Deshon, from half-pay unattached; Major W. Warry, from half-pay unattached; Major H. Rowlands, from half-pay unattached ; Major G. E. Brown- Westhead, from half-pay unattached; Major F. C. Elton, from half-pay unattached ; Major R. Inglis, from half-pay unattached; Major F. E. Drewe, from half-pay unattached. UNATTACHED. Lieut. N. Goddard, from 35th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D., from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Staff -Surgeon of the Second Class. The appointment of Acting-Assistant-Surgeon J. B. Jar dine to bear date July 14, 1858, and not July 23, 1858, as previously stated. ➢REVET. Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel Patrick Leonard M`Dougall, Major, half-pay Canadian Rifles, Commandant of the Staff College, to be Colonel in the Army. Brevet -Major James Palmer, retired full-pay 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Thomas Phillpotts, of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Nov. 3, 1854. Major-General C. G. Falconer, Colonel 73d Foot, to be Lieutenant -General in succession to General Lord Clyde, G.C.8., placed on the Fixed Establishment of Generals . . The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Ash worth, Colonel 44th Foot, on Ist August, 1858 : Major-General Alexander Fisher Macintosh, Colonel 410th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Major-General T. Harte Franks, K.C.8., the Senior Supernumerary, promoted for distinguished service, to be placed on the Fixed Establishment of Major-Generals. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Knight Jauncey, half pay, as Major Unattached, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major John Home Purves, half-pay, as Captain Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Chas. Fanshawe, Royal Engineers, to be Major. To be Majors in the Army : Captain C. J. W. Norman, 72nd Foot. Captain Arthur J. Nixon, Rifle Brigade. Captain Martin Dillon, Rifle Brigade. --- The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets of the East India Company's Service, at present doing d u ty a t th e R oyal Engineer Establishment at Chatham, with the rank of Ensign, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant, while employed at that establishment :—John Herschel, Isaac Peat Westmorland, Robert Claude Daubug, Hastings Macsween, Arthur Charles Padday, Thomas Freeman Dow den, Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John, Augustus Le Mesurier, David Henry T ra il, Arthur erbert Bagge, William Coningiam, Frank Robertson, Willi am M err i man , Julius Moxon, Keith Alex. Jopp, Henry Ravenshaw Thuilier, Alexander John William Cumming, Thomas Claridge Man derson, Alexander Francis Baillie, Alexander Jerome Fil gate, Lewis Conway Gordon, James Browne, Charles Mont, Henry Herbert Lee, Alexander Reginald Seton, Thomas Tupper Carter, Henry Meredith Vibart, Lewes Gower Stewart, and Walter Malcolm Roberts. LEMORANDUM. Captain John Wallace Colq❑itt, upon half-pay 34th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Capt. George Kitson to be Major. Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Captain John Selwyn Payne to be Major; Lieut. John Griffith Wheeley to be Captain, vice Payne, p romo t e d ; E ns i gn J o h n Zamoiski to be Lieutenant, vice NVheelev, promoted. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.--Her epics Akerman, Gent. 4 t o b e E ns i gn ; J o h n Al ex . William Fable Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign ; David Dowie, Gent., to be Ensign. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia. —Henry Cradock, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Paget, retired. Warwickshire Militia, 24 Regiment—Captain William Reader to be Major, vice Sir Theophilus W. Biddulph, Bart., resigned. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Lieut. George Shirley Maxwell to be Captain, vice Young, resigned; Ensign PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown orMuscovado Sugar, computed from Returns made in the week ending the 7th day of August, 1856 exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importations thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 265. Hid. per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 3s. lid. „ Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies , Sts. 4d, Average prico of the three foregoing PO POLICE COMMITTEE-GUILDHALL OBSTRUCTING THE ROADWAY. This morning, two costermongers, named Cue and Mellers, appeared to answer a summons for causing an ob struction attic roadway near Lime -street. From the evidence of Oliver, the police-constable, it ap peared that on the day in question ha arrived at the Fen church-street end of Lime-street, when he found the two men obstructing the road with a truck, heavily laden with oysters. He told them to turn back or else take other steps to prevent the stoppage of the traffic, but they obstinately refused to do so for some time, but ultimately they nived on for a short distance, and then left their barrow and ent ere d a pu bli c h ouse, and remained there some time. The barrow again created an obstruction, when it was removed by the police, and the two men sum moned to answer for the °Mace. The Al lerman, to Mellers—What have you to say to the statement of the policeman? Melltra—All I can say, my lord, is, that all he's said's false. I never refused to drag away the barrow, but there was a waggon afore me, and we were filled up with oysters, and couldn't move as quick as the policeman wished. He might as well have ordered the waggon, which had horses pulling 1 , , to move on, and then we shouldn't have stopped up the thoroughfare. The policeman told us to drag on the pavement ; but what would you have done, my lord, if we bad ? Why, you would have fined us 40s. If your honour had been dragging the truck—(lauhgter)— you would have just done as we did. That's the naked truth, your honour. (Laughter.) Alderman—Well, I think it would have been the more humane course to have ordered the waggons on. Mellers—ln course it would. (Laughter.) Policeman—There were four waggons before the barrow, and I thought It was easier for the men to move their barrow, as it was not so very heavy. I ascertained the weight when I was taking it to the greenyard. Mellers—Not heavy ! What do you mean by that? Why the weight of the oysters was about 6 cwt. You know the welzht ; why you were lugging it down St. Dunstan's-hill— that's the reason you were so fast. Try it up hill, my friend, and I'll warrant you won't ge as quick. (Laughter.) He's making the most of it, your honour. (Laughter.) Alderman—The policeman has done nothing but his duty, but as it appears there ware some waggons in the street, and it is just possible they may have been the cause of the ob struction, I shall dismiss the summons this time. Mellers—Thanks, your honour; I am obliged to you. (Laughter.) Mellers having given a known wink to his friend, and he having made one of his best bows to the pre siding alderman, they both left the court, congratulating each other on the justice of the decision. POLICE INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY. BOW-STREET.—A DRUNKEN "COMMERCIAL."—A stylishly-attired man, whogave the name of Chas. Richards, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with assault ing Selena Clerk. _Thetcnoimahptlaainboanutt,haalvfe-rpyasrtessipx I wasectable young woman, said proceeding along the Strand, taking home my work, when I observed the defen dant making very rapidly towards me. As he approached be pointed his walking stick towards my eye, and thinking be intended to do me a serious injury, I held up my cloak to protect my face. Immediately after I felt his stick strike me violently on the chest, :Inc I then discovered it had passed completely through my cloak, and had it not glanced off from coming in contact with my arm, it would most un doubtedly have deprived me of the sight of my eye. I could not see a policeman at the time, so I followed the defendant for some distance, bathe ran off,"and I followed the direction he had taken. On arriving near Temple-bar I found him in custody of the police for assaulting another young woman. I informed the policeman of his conduct towards me, and he then conveyed him to the station, and I there preferred a charge of assault against him. Sftmoal noon gala- I saw the defendant on Waterloo bridge, last evening. He was very drunk. His clothes were its a very disordered state, and as he walked along he assaulted several females. I followed him into the Strand, with the intention of giving him in charge, but before I could dose I saw him attempt to poke his stick into the eye of the first witness. He ran off, and before I came up with him found him in custody of a police-constable for assaulting another female by pushing his hand dawn her bosom. Clerk then came up, and having informed the constable of his conduct towards her, the defendant was conveyed to the station. Mr. Hall, to the prisoner—What are you ? Prisoner—A commercial traveller. lam exceedingly sorry for my misconduct, and I am willing to make any reparation that may be required. Mr. Hall—Your conduct is disgraceful in the extreme. It is a great mercy you did not deprive the poor girl of her eye, and I am inclined to believe that if your employers knew of your behaviour, it would lower their estimation of you. They would think you a very improper person to represent a respectable firm. Drunkenness of itself is bad enough, but coupled with such conduct as you have been guilty of, must not to be allowed to go unpunished. I fine you 405., or three weeks' imprisonment. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—REGULAR SMASUERs. weret i charged, orggead7 thean address which was —Maria Allen, describing herself as a ch arwoman, and false,ry who refused her address, f dr o e u ss u , and dto bM e a former with uttt ring a counterfeit half-crown, and the latter with uttering a counterfeit half-crown and a shilli ng, to Mr. John Tolbeaux, tobacconist, of 287, Euston -road. From the evidence it appeared th at A llen went into the shop of the prosecutor, and, having asked for a cigar and some tobacco, tendered in payment a counterfeit half crown. The prosecutor at °tee detected it to be bad, and gave her into custody, at which the prisoner pretended to be very much surprised. The prisoner Allen, in answer to Mr. Bingham, said she had no lodgings. She did anything. •In the case of the prisoner Smith, a bloated-looking woman, it appeared she had gone into the shop a few minutes previous to the last prisoner and successfully passed a counterfeit half erown (evidently from its bearing the same date, and from its general appearance, made in the same mould) in payment for a cigar and some snuff, and while the prosecutor was going to the station to charge Allen, she (Smith) had the audactiy to return and attempt a similar fraud, but this time tendering a counterfeit shilling, and from the fact that the prisoner had asked for nearly the same kind of articles and that the coins were exactly similar, there is little doubt they were acting in concert. Tricker, the officer who took Smith into custody, said, on asking her where she got the shilling from, she replied, The That'prisos my ners businewss.er" e remanded for the attendance of the Mint solicitor. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Vigilant left Malta on the 31st of July, to communicate with Vice-Ad miral Fanshawe, on board the Marlborough, in the offing, with the Conqueror and Centurion in company, and returned to port on the 3d of August. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Coquette arrived at Malta, from Corfu, on the 2d. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Wanderer put to sea on the same day, but her destination was not made public ; probably it was Beyrout, by reason of the disturbances at Gaza. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Osprey left Malta on the 3d for India, to relieve the Vulture, which is to re turn to Malta to be refitted for the reception of the Maroquin Princes, who will be shortly returning to Alexandria from their pilgrimage to Mecca. The Agamemnon, 91, screw ship, Captain George W. Preedy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morn ing from Plymouth. The Dauntless, 31, screw, has undergone, at Portsmouth, a thorough repair, and was taken out of dock yesterday and put into the steam basin to be brought forward for commission. The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Capt. T. Mason, is to sail from Spithead for Marseilles to embark Lord Stratford de Redcliffe for Constantinople. The Perseverance, 2, iron screw steam troopship, Commander Edward Power, embarked from Ports mouth dockyard yesterday afternoon the remainder of the 4th battalion of Rifles, and sails this day for Alexandria. The bar of Portsmouth harbour being too high to admit of the heavy draught ships now built going over it with more than an inch or two of water under the keel, orders have been issued to remove it forth with. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Henry Christian to the Euryalus, Commander Henry Harris to be placed on the retired list; William M. Oglevie, surgeon, additional to the Boscawen ; Henry Arnot, surgeon, to the Tartar ; John K. Perrie, assistant-paymaster, to the Victor Emmanuel ; David T. Waugh, clerk, to the Madagascar ; Alfred N. C. King and Charles S. Marsh, assistant-clerks, to the Madagascar. THE ARMY. Lieut.-Gen. Sir CFelix Smith, K.C.8., Colonel- Commandant of the Royal Engineers, died on Wed nesday at Worthing, after several weeks' illness. The following vessels were yesterday taken up by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to India—viz., The Jelawar, to convey 300 of the Company's recruits to Calcutta, on Aug. 31; the Gloriana, 883 tons, Capt. H. Toynbee, to convey 150 recruits to Madras, to sail on Sept. 4; and the Vernon, 996 tons, Capt. H. H. Consitt, to embark 150 recruits for Bombay, to sail on Sept. 4. The Hon. East India Company have also given notice that tonnage is required for the conveyance of 1,800 reinforcements of the Queen's troops to India during the month of September. The following promotions have taken place in the corps of Royal Marine Light infantry, consequent on the retirement from the service of Lieut.-Col. W. B. Langford, of the Portsmouth division, who has been permitted to retire on the full pay of his rank : — Brevet-Major Gallway Byng Payne, the Plymouth division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to Portsmouth ; First-Lieutenant George Bazalgette, of the Plymouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the same division ; First-Lieutenant E. Gough M`Callum, to be Captain ; Second-Lieutenant H. T. Miles Cooper, of the Portsmouth division, to be First-Lieutenant, and appointed to the Plymouth division ; and Second-Lieutenant F. E. M. St. John, of the Portsmouth division, to be First-Lieutenant. Major-General Peel, Secretary of State for War, accompanied from London by Colonel the Marquis of Donegall and Colonel Sir Henry Storks, paid a visit of inspection yesterday to Woolwich Garrison. On the General's arrival, at 12 o'clock, he was received by Colonel Bloomfield, second-commandant, and the garrison staff. A guard of honour, composed of Captain Cox, 10th battalion, in command, Lieut. Young, Lieut. Graham, six sergeants, two , trum peters, and 100 rank and file, were stationed in front of the mess-quarters of the Royal Artillery, at 8 p.m., in anticipation of his arrival, which was an nounced for that hour. A round of 19 guns was fired from the saluting battery, and the union jack was hoisted, and remained floating during the Gene ral's stay in the garrison. The whole party pro ceeded to the field battery encampment on Woolwich common, thence to the Royal Repository, where a battalion of the Royal Artillery were in attendance, and went through various exercises in manning the batteries and manoeuvring the different machines for mounting and dismounting guns and mortars. The regiment of Royal Antrim Rifles was drawn up on the review ground at 2 o'clock for the General's in spection, but was again withdrawn at 4. From the Repository the General repaired to the mess -quar ters, whence, after a short delay, he proceeded to visit the sick wards of the hospital, which occu pied a considerable time. On quitting the hospital they crossed over to the clothing establishment erected at the close of the Russian war, and visited each branch of that department, after which they again rode through the Riding-house and the Royal Horse Artillery-square and stabling. The General visited in succession the guard rooms, punishment cells, the officers' and men's quarters, libraries, chapel, &c., and inspected the field battery range, the corn and fodder stores and stables, and terminated a minute inspection of the entire establishment at five o'clock by a visit to the Royal Artillery schools. On his inspection of the lower portion of the bar racks, occupied as the men's sleeping rooms, the General made frequent remarks as to their intoler able closeness and want of healthful ventilation, and inquired if the inc ( n ven i ence could not be remedied, Sundry other alter at )ns were likewise spoken of for the improvement ot the sanitary condition of the garrison. - A detachment of recruits, some of whom have been entered during the present week at Woolwich, having been equipped for service, were yesterday marched to the Royal Arsenal station, preceded by the bugle band, and despatched to Portsmouth for embarkation on board her Majesty's screw steamship Perseve4 ranee for Malta. The names of the ensigns who went out with the draught of the 4th Foot in the Great Tasmania aret C. R. Hammond and C. R. Durrant. IMPROVE3MNIS IN FIREARAIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Having seen in last evening's Sun a state ment to the effect that a French soldier of the line had brought before the Emperor and the military authorities of France, an invention for the purpose of obviating the necessity of rifling the interior of firearms and cannon, in order to obtain a rotary mo tion of the projectile ; and finding, by the descrip tion, that this end is sought to be tained by means of six vanes or wings, helically arranged at the base of the projectile, I cannot but believe that it is iden tical, or the same in principle, as the plan proposed by myself to the Hon. Board of Ordnance, in March, 1855, during the Russian war, in conjunction with the invention of a new description of shell, which I at the same time laid before them. It is not my intention to explain the construction of these shells, for having at the time, by drawings and written description, explained them to the Board of Ordnance, and not finding sufficient in the answer (as given below) to alter my opinion of what their efficiency might be, I have felt, and still feel, it a duty not to render the matter public. Of the shells, the answer from the Board of Ord nance spoke thus Your plan for shells has been examined by the proper officers, who have reported that in their opinion your shells are not applicable to the service;" and then comes the reason, because, "the fuse at the base is liable to be blown into the shell by the explosion of the charges, and fe t o h ur e ses, s i o h ni e .e l ce l ooi recommend s s e me l ci f eun i e s dn n tt o ho t na s t t d r i o as n ne hgyaerengxeopu;egrthhi metyeonchtasenansrhottoh,uetlhdeeorbnee: e ad m de a rv d av e netrayg with erse y mw o ah u ri r p remarkable, hab rij es a c at t se i projectiles." s o . a ni a . n n i s s answer I my opinion, made t c o n t h si to arise from th e use of suc 's' h obljiT s ke h ech e lti f iso ls " Saving of time, ammunition for charges, and wear of the pieces of ordnance employed," in addition to other advantages then pointed out, such as allowing the enemy less chance of escape from their effects. Hav ing sent a sectional drawing, exhibiting an assumed thickness of iron, they appear to have thought it too thin (as shown), but there could be no possible reason why, in casting, they should not be made a little thicker than was shown on the drawing, it being the same as in all new plans—a matter for expe riment to decide, and in no way affecting the principle involved. In the same section I had shown the fuse, somewhat short in length and placed in a neck simi lar to a cork in a bottle, but it was intended that the ordinary fuse should be used, which I do not hear of being blown into the interior of shells. With re spect to the substitute for rifling, I stated that I an ticipated the form of the shells combined with the construction of the base or end placed next the charge (which was shown of the wing form before-men tioned) would produce a rotary motion on the longi tudinal axis. In a postscript to the answer, it was stated that this idea had been before proposed. There were other formations of a spiral character, which I had drawn out at the time as likely to attain this object, hut I did not submit them after the receipt of the answers just mentioned, thinking they would meet with the same fate.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY MACAULAY, Architect, C.E., &c. Blackburn, Aug. 13, 1858. CRYSTAL PALACE. -- HALF-CROW N DAY. Yes terday the admissions on payment were 1,082; ditto by season tickets, 716; total visitors, 1,79 e. - , I littl, k id a nd. We ~,Vei ../le, , I . hi . t . 4.. , 4 t 1 4 k e ' 1 4 iv ' r 014 Aar 01 1 '0 ; ) Pr b 47 1 , al), the COI M E the Is Up b~ da r ~ Ilti v, t ),