The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. under the management of Mies L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, H. Ccrri, G. Honey, Walworth, tte. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall. Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 10 minutes to 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Ifarlequin and theunrivalled Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the Leclercqs. ? T HEATRE - RO YAL LYCEUM.- ..1- • Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Rc-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travacranza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBEARD, the Llar TTLE PE and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. 11. Mshall—ColT umb Miss Rosin°. - - Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Re-engagement of the Wonderful Danc:r, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan aeuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These 111011 y-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11. J. Byron, called JACK TILE GIANT KILLER; or, Harle quin King Art:iur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Mies Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack - Panta ,oon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. In consequence of the great success and demand for places, there will be Two More Morning Performances of the Pan tomime of JACK THE JIANT KILLER, universally ack nowledged the best Pantomime of the season, on MONDAYS. January 23 and 30. Children under Ten Half-price ; com mence at two o'clock. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI Sole rroprletor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billinp, , ton, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. TH IF, EVENING the performances will commence with PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Messrs. H. T. Craven and J. Francis, Mesdames Murray and Eliza Arden. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Suppornd by C. Young, Barrett, Mies Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westmineter-road. The Last Five Weeks of Mr. Cooke's Season. THIS EVENING, the New Spectacular Drama by Mr. R. Phillips, THE WARRIOR'S CAREER, with full stud of llclrses and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler thelluntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene.—harlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot -A family of Sprites -Epsom Races by Living Jockies and roal Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined—Performing Elephant, Dogs and Monkeys, and the Great Salamander War Horse enveloped by real fire. Commence at 7. Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 2S, and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11. Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will take place on Monday, Jan. 30. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George 'godson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Crltchfield, and E. W. Mackney. • Several Interesting: Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautiaed, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA. BONH ECU'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 21, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. -19—highest since noon yesterday. 4t—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER-28.95—a fall of more than an inch. WIND. South-Westerly ; fresh, with rainy weather all the morning ; now fine, but these must have been stormy weather in the Channel. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lb. 16m. TO.Momtow.-Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. Om. f? ,-1 ~ ,o -, N ':•",.>_7v - . ~_ .; - 0-.- , -1 , ,.,,, c ... 8 . . a '4-..:4s4rPt' . ' ' „4..,,, ,__ -, lALEL.....m 3 t,,, ‘,.,,t 4..,,.„ „,, , .. .. . ...„,„4„ , . 1,1 F; I ... ... ' ' ( h ---. f "4•-• THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1860. We direct attention to an excellent idea sug gested to the Royal London Yacht Club, at their meeting the other day, by an old officer, " that in future it would be advisable to select the yacht crews from the Coast Volunteer Reserve only." This was done, not by way of displacing the old yacht sailor, but as an inducement for young men to volunteer in defence of their country, in order to get permanently employed in gentlemen's yachts. These Reserve men would be always at hand in case of any sudden emergency—being employed in the summer in the yachts, and they could employ their leisure time in the winter by learning the exercise of artillery, in which they would become as efficient in gunnery as they are now in seamanship. We think the idea a capital one—being far better in practice than many others with more pretension, either in practice or theory both together. The " Old Tar" who suggests this plan is of opinion, and we think rightly, that a few thou sand first-rate seamen could be obtained who have nothing to learn but gunnery, and we cordially agree with him in his patriotic idea. It has often occurred to ourselves, and now that the Admralty have bestirred themselves —some thousands of rising young seamen could be gradually made not only efficient for ser vice by training young lads and landsmen in our exercising ships in the various ports along and around our coasts. Suppose a number equal to four or five thousand were entered as soon as pos sible—say for continuous service—let them be well kept to drill—in all its departments—reefing— heaving, the lead—stowing, rowing, and gun nery—with broadsword exercise and boarding— in fact, in every essential where a man of -par's man services may be required. Let a fourth part yearly, or even half-yearly, be added to the fleet —sent off in sea-going ships, and we feel assured that in five or six years we should have such a fine body of naval volunteers, as would do credit to the Na-y, and be of invaluable service to the country. The first expense would be the last for training sfich a fine body of growing seamen —simply th e outgoings for provisions and clothing, for they would not be entitled to receive pay until they joined a seagoing ship or were regularly drafted on board one of the guardships. We know that young lads arc now being so emnlo3 ed —but we would add young landsmen of from 20 to even 30 years of age. These could be employed as after-guardsmen—waisters, &c., and be promoted as their improvement or occasion IT,- qtdred. To obtain a numerous as well as an c fficient body of men for the Royal navy, the), ys is nothing wanting but fair encourage- ment and good usage. Pay men well and treat them kindly, and you may dispense with tartar captains and cat-o'•nine-tails for ever and a day. One of the signs of the approaching commence ment of the Parliamentary session was shown at Manchester yesterday evening, when Mr. BRIGHT gave another of those peculiar orations for which he is so distinguished. As is customary with him in such cases, while founding some of his statements on unquestionable facts, he drew largely on his imagination to support his theories. We regret deeply that a man of such undoubted ability and eloquence should invariably devote his energies to fomenting class animosities. Although Mr. BRIGHT shares many of our views on public questions, he carries out liberal principles in an illiberal spirit ; his outrageous views on the peace question are at all times ridiculous, and at the present mo mentous juncture they are totally unworthy of an Englishman addressing an assembly of his country men. In a more mixed assembly his doctrines would certainly not have had such a favourable reception. An assembly of Manchester manufac turers in a time of peace may readily subscribe to his pusillanimous notions; but should "the blast of war sound in our ears," Englishmen would come out in their true colours, and prove that, though bales of cotton might form a good breastwork, the timid counsels of manufacturers would find no place in the hearts of those who served the guns behind them. These prejudiced reasoners forget in their vehement assertion of their own peculiar views that they are degrading their country in the eyes of foreign nations ; and we have a right to maintain the national dignity when Liverpool merchants are so wanting in national spirit and common sense as to ask a Foreign Poten tate "his intentions respecting England." We should have wished as Reformers and Eng lishmen that the following nassage had met with less vehement approbation. " And after all this alarm—after these, what shall I call them ?—these sulphurous' leading articles in your leading journals, after all the wretched oratory poured forth by speakers at your rifle corps meetings, after a succession of stimulating letters from the Secretary at War, and the hints that you don't know what that man over the water is going to do —after all this you find the man over the water re ceiving one of your fellow-citizens—(loud cheers, the whole meeting rising up and waving their hats) —discussing with him the great questions of com• merce and of peace (not the matters about which , your diplomatists generally concern themselves), obtaining information, considering what will be for the advantage of the great nation over which he rules, and of Europe and the world, of which Eng land and France form always so large a part." No doubt some of the approval was intended for the great free trade movement in France, but the satisfaction expressed at an EMPEROR'S reception of a citizen of Manchester was rather unbecoming the levelling principles of the democrat. With regard to the Reform question, we cannot help wishing that some of his admiring audience had subjected the eloquent orator to a little cross examination. Why, after so strongly denouncing the Government measure, he had not the courage to bring forward his own loudly vaunted bill ? Why after his celebrated speech at Bradford his practice did not more fully realise his promises ? Why has the Ballot totally disappeared from his orations ? Is it because a Whig Ministry is in office ? Was it out of regard to the feelings of Lord JOHN RUSSELL that he de . liberately walked out of the House of Commons when Mr. WYLD tested the temper of public men ? , Why is his tone, loud and declamatory at a public meeting of his own supporters, so changed when he is addressing his compeers in Parliament ? Why does his fiery enthusiasm sink down to zero when crossing the threshold of St. Stephen's? Before he charges Lord DERBY'S Government with a want of manly courage in expressing their opinions, he had better, if he can, give a satisfac tory answer to the above queries, and account for the lame and impotent conclusion at which his grandiloquent projects generally arrive. With regard to his attack on the warlike ten dency of the late Government, we consider his cen sure is praise. " When the DERBY Government was in office, I grant you war with France might have been possible, and was not improbable. Speeches were made by Lord DERBY which, as I knew, were felt to be grievously insulting and irri tating to those who are high in authority in France." We ask, in the name of sense and jus tice, whether the epithet of a " den of assas sins" was not insulting to every man in England ? Why are the national defences the subject of his ridicule ? We can assure Mr. BRIGHT that if his friend the Emperor were in authority here his eloquence would be considerably curtailed. " Why were all those preparations made ? Did they suppose, because a partien lar Sovereign was carrying on war with a great empire in Italy, that therefore, at that parti• cular moment, he was likely to make an enemy of England by declaring war against her also? Why was it that your First Lord of the Admiralty glori fied himself in every speech on the profuseness with which he was pouring out your taxes for the increase of a navy already as large as all the navies of all the other nations of the world ? " We beg to inform Mr. BRIGHT that the act he inveighs against was decidedly the most popular of the late Administration. The navy should be the first care of those in authority, hitherto it has been the defence of the country, and we have yet to learn whether Great Britain is to rely on her wooden walls for safety, or on the special pleading of her Liverpool defenders. Taxes for this object A ill never be objected to, provided the outlay ;be judicious. Mr. BRIGHT injures the great principles whose cause he so eloquently advocates, by the introduction of his American mania. We are not to be taught the art of govern ment from a nation whose proudest boast should be their descent from our race, and who at the present moment afford anything but an edifying example of the unity of democratic government. The freedom which Mr. BRIGHT so enthu siastically enlarges up on would be strangely imparted by the holders of slaves. While acknowledging Mr. BRIGHT'S ability and zeal and the soundness of some of his theories, we cannot but consider that he misses the great oppor tunity in his reach by the uncourteous spirit which pervades his discourses, and the extravagance and inconsistency which mar their effect. There is a very able article in the recent number of the Quarterly on the Australian Colonies and the Gold Supply, to which we would refer any of our readers NT ho are interested in this most flourishing of England's dependencies, but we would warn those who read the picked morsels of good luck which have been selected front nine years' mining operations, that all is not gold that glitters, and that " jewellers' shops" are not to be found on every gold-field. It is a common saying in Australia that one lucky find makes a hundred beggars. The day has passed when the auriferous metal rewarded the exertions of the alluvial digger, who with his pick and shovel was able to make a THE SUN, .40. 1 NDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1860 good' Living and often a fortune. The rich gullies of :Bet idigo wore first explored by pick and shovel. diggers, and then the puddling ma chines 'were brought into play, and the dirt which 1 vould not pay for the tedious operation of the tub and cradle returned a handsome profit when N N - 4,shed on a wholesale principle. Horse power surrseded manual labour, which in its turn is now giving place to steam machinery. New gold. fields aro being discovered of greater or lesser value, but the digging population is now so exten sive that the ground is at once " taken up." Quartz reefing will eventually become the only remunera tive employment for the miner, and in this branch the resources of Australia are infinite; but to work quartz reefs to advantage both capital and perse verance are required, and to develop the capabilities of a reef thoroughly, and adequately to remunerate the proprietors a company must be formed. Aus tralia is no longer dependent on her gold, not merely for prosperity, but for very existence, as was the case in 1851. The province of Victoria owes her existence to the precious metal which she held in her bosom ; but her elder sisters, New South Wales and South Australia, were slowly, but steadily, rising, dependent on other resources long before HARGRAVES electrified the world with his die- LATEST NEWS. THE GREAT EASTERN. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT, AND DEATH OF CAPTAIN HARRISON. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING, 11 A.M. A fearful gale from the south-west has been blowing for some hours, with torrents of rain. A boat with 10 men, coming ashore from the Great Eastern, Was upset in a squall, and several of the men drowned—the number not known ; three or four of the men are missing. Captain Harrison, the commander of the Great Eastern, who was in the boat, has been brought ashore, and every exertion to restore consciousness is now making. The body lies in the dock engine house. 11.15 A.M. I regret to hear that Captain Harrison is just dead, all efforts to save his life having failed. The Great Eastern is riding out the gale in perfect safety. Nothing positive can yet be ascertained as to the men or the number who are drowned. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of these mails. She left Alexandria January 6th ; Malta, 10th; and Gibraltar, 15th. The Indus brings 90 passengers, six packages valuables, 1,293 bales and 129 cases silks, 1,359 chests oranges and sundries. She spoke the Ceylon, steamer, on the 12th, in lat. 37, long. 6 30 ; a steamer, showing third dis tinguishing pendant (No. 3,604), on the 16th, off Cape St. Vincent, steering south ; and at noon same day, in lat. 37 24, long. 9, the Delta, steamer, steering south. Her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Racoon, Renown, Liffey, Lapwing, Scourge, and Osprey were at Malta. The Marlborough, Agamemnon, James Watt, Victor Emanuel, Ccesar, Doric!, Cadmus, Quail, Osborne, Coquette, and Mohawk were at Gibraltar. Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 518; Paris, 534 ; Marseilles, 533 ; Genoa, 537. Her Majesty's ship Orion left Gibraltar for Malta on the morning of the 14th. The British barque Pomona was in collision, at eight o'clock on the night of the 13th, with a Spanish ship, supposed to be a man-of-war, off Gibraltar, which carried away her bowsprit, jib boom, and foreyard. The latest intelligence from Mazagan states that everything was tranquil in that town. Trade was going on as usual, and seems to be very brisk with the interior. The weather on that coast was very boisterous. Letters from the Spanish camp state that the Cape Negro hills had not been crossed. The next march of the army was to be the summit of the Pass. The gales of the 7th and Bth scattered the squadron, and the army deprived of its supplies, was on short commons ; but a change of weather enabled communication to be restored before much damage was done. The division under General Rios embarked on the 13th, and left Algesiras on the morning of the 14th to join the army in Africa, which is at the present moment at the most interesting and critical point of its operations. Admiral Bustillos has arrived at Algesiras to assume the command of the Spanish squadron ope rating in the waters of Africa, Rear• Admiral Her rera remaining second in command. Ships of war from the Havannah were daily ex pected at Cadiz to reinforce the squadron. The Spanish war steamer Rosalio was wrecked, off Castillegos during the fearful gale of the 7th all on board saved. She ran foul of the steame r Tharsis before going on shore, the latter suffering serious damage. The gale on the 7th and Bth, at Gibraltar, was one of the most furious experienced for years, and caused immense destruction to shipping on all parts of the coast. Captain Carreras, of the Spanish brig Cecilia, was crushed to death by a boat belonging to his vessel being lifted by a heavy sea and falling on him. The vessel was 12 miles off Ceuta. In addition to the vessels previously reported as wreaked or damaged, the Concordia had her decks completely swept and a man washed overboard; about 40 miles to the eastward of the rock. The Peter, which lost stanchions, rails, and bulwarks, had three men seriously injured. The French ship Anna was totally wrecked to the eastward of the rock, and Captain Bandret perished by one of the spars falling on him. The British schooner Eliza beth, from Malaga to the river Guadiana, in ballast, the Spanish ship Diana, and upwards of 30 small craft, boat', &c., were either stranded or totally lost at Algesiras and along that coast. The gale was felt in full force along the Spanish coast, occasioning several disasters among the ship ping. The Swedish schooner Agres and a British schooner parted cables and went ashore. The British barque Clarissa, bound to Cardiff, dragged anchors and ran aground on San Andres beach at Malaga ; crew saved, The Spanish schooner Jaime, laden with wine, from Santa Pola and Almeira, went ashore; crew and passengers saved. The Spanish ship Ntra. Srd. de los Andeles, from Valencia and Almeira, with a cargo of rice, brandy, &c., struck against the wreck of the Genova steamer, and upset; five persons, including the master and a passenger, drowned. She afterwards broke to pieces. Several other Spanish and French ships went ashore, and a large number of others suffered more or less damage. The British barque Margaret put into Gibraltar, with loss of sails and bulwarks. The strong S.E. gale, which had been blowing for 48 hours, did not moderate at Gibraltar till noon of the 9th, when the wind veered to S.W., after a heavy thunderstorm. Communication between the Spanish head-quar ters at the Camp de las Lagunas and Ceuta was entirely closed during the storm. The Spanish squadron was compelled to put out to sea, the storm breaking the mooring chains of nearly all the vessels. Some of them subsequently returned with damage, and others succeeded in weathering the storm unharmed. In the action between the Spanish and the Moors on the 10th the Moors came down in considerable force, covering a line about a league in extent. They were opposed by seven Spanish battalions, four of whom were actually engaged, and three battalions of artillery, chiefly mountain guns. The Moors were totally routed, and ran off as fast as they could. No prisoners were taken. Many dead were left on the ground. The Spanish loss in killed and wounded was 180, including 17 officers. The Indus experienced a very heavy rotatory gale from the westward on the 24th and 25th of December, which delayed her outward passage two days, she being hove to during that time. co'rery. The rise of New South Wales (the first settle ment of the British) was slow, because of the very nature of the service to which it was devoted. Free emigrants do not like to take up their abode at a penal settlement; and great encouragement was required from the Government to induce them to resort to New South Wales in early days. In 1788 the British Ensign was first hoisted at Port Jackson, and in 1792 there were only 67 free men in the colony, but gradually the immigrants in creased, and the very cause which retarded the advancement of the colony tended to develop it ; the convicts were set to work, and in the course of time roads were formed, upon which, if free labour had been employed at the high rate of Australian wages, it would have checked even the ardour of tie Vic torian public, when rich in gold in an almost impas sible country, resolved to have roads at any price. The very insubordination of the convicts, while a terror to the settler, was sometimes of benefit to the State. The colony, as far as explored, reached on one side to the Blue Mountains ; all beyond was unknown, when a runaway convict, who preferred to take his chance of life or death in the bush, among the aborigines, than endure the horrors of penal servitude, crossed these unknown mountains, and peuetrated the wilds until from a high over hanging cliff he beheld the wide extended plains of Bathurst stretching far away in the distance. The long, dry grass waving with the wind under the morning mist gave it the appearance of some vast river or an arm of the sea. This was a ne plus ultra for the runaway ; however, he thought to make the best of it, and on the strength of his supposed great discovery, threw himself on the mercy of the authorities. The information was joyfully received; a conditional pardon promised in case of the story proving true ; an expedition sent out when they discovered the statement to be in correct, but oh, how much better than their brightest expectations when, in place of the briny ocean they found miles upon miles of the finest cultivating land, without a tree to be cleared away, and watered by a river which wandered through the midst of it. New South Wales was a flourishing colony before 1851, her principal exports consisting of wool and tallow. Not much attention was paid to agriculture, save for the wants of the inhabitants, her riches lying in flocks and herds. But, if New South Wales was sacred to PAN, South Australia was under the benignant influence of CERES. Scantily wooded, with extended plains (although in many places badly watered, and that water, too, often brackish), and a rich soil, it presented a glorious field to the farmer. Consequently, at the present day South Australia (half English, half German, for the Germans have many settlements in these parts) supplies her golden neighbour from her superfluity—having had in 1858, with a population of 11,000, 187,560 acres under wheat alone, which gave a return of 30,000 tons of flour. Besides this, the ♦ine is extensively cultivated both here and in the other colonies. In New South Wales, in 1857, there were 1,128 acres under cultivation as vine yards, from which 108,174 gallons of wine and 1,414 gallons of brandy were obtained. But if New South Wales was slow in emerging from obscurity, Victoria arose as if by magic. In 1833, Colonel COLLI., who had a party stationed at Port Phillip, abandoned the place in despair; and although it was afterwards settled on in 1851, the population of the province amounted to 77,345, of whom 28,143 resided in Melbourne; but the "fiat had gone forth," and the city of Melbourne spread out on all sides, roads shot out in every direc tion, and in spite of a scarcity of labour and the high rate of wages, six years afterwards good roads were completed to some diggings, and fast advancing to wards completion to others. The population of the country had increased to 410,766, and that of Mel bourne to 99,345 ; her imports in 1851 amounted to £1,056,437, and in 1857 to upwards of £17,000,000. The population now exceeds 500,000, and is gradually on the increase; but although the colony is prosperous,wealthy, and transmits, in conjunction with New South Wales, ten millions worth of treasure annually to the mother-country; although wages are high, and the country but partially developed, nevertheless there is a great deal of distress in the country—tradesmen cannot get employment in their vocations, at least not for a continuance— labourers are wandering about the bush seeking employment, which the small farmers are loath to accord, preferring to obtain servants from the im migration office, where they can engage new arri vals at their own price. The Colonial Government is rather in a fix how to act ; on the one hand the settlers are calling out for the encouragement of im migration, and on the other the unemployed demand ing employment. We do not wish Government im migration should cease. Australia has been, and must for many years to come, bo the safety-valve to relieve us of our surplus population, but means must be found to give constant employment to them when they arrive, even at redueed wages. It is a chimera to say that labourers and mechanics can save money at the high rate of wages which they enjoy, when in all probability they do not on an average obtain more than six months' employment during the year. However, things aro taking a change for the better. The people are awakening to a sense of their own power ; and the few who ruled the roast, while the many were disorganised and indif ferent, will have to succumb, and the monopoly in land will be crushed. When once there is a chance for a man when ho has made an indepen dence to purchase a home at a reasonable price, then will the wealth of Australia be kept to sup port her institutions and aid her commerce ; but until the public lands are liberally thrown open to the public, the wealthy gold diggers will leave her shores to seek elsewhere a resting place, which mal-administration has forbidden them to hope for in Australia. INDIA. DESTRUCTION OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S TENTS BY FIRE. The following Government message has been published : There was a fire in the Governor• General's camp on Sunday night. His Excellency's tents were burnt down, and much property destroyed, but no one was hurt. The Calcutta Englishman contains the follow ing : We learn that a telegram has been received by the authorities here, that the Governor- General's camp has been entirely destroyed by fire, which, it is said, originated in his Lordship's tent. It is also said, that all records and papers have been lost. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, lAN. 21. The Moniteur of to-day publishes reports of the Ministers of the Interior, Finance, and Agriculture, who, in execution of the Emperor's letter of Jan. 5, have prepared projects to be submitted to the Council of State for clearing and draining unculti vated land and marshes belonging to parishes, esti mated to amount to 2,790,000 hectares. The Ministers propose in their report that ad vances be made by the State for the execution of these works ; the advances to be limited to ten millions of francs. Towns and villages to be able to acquit themselves of their liability for the money advanced, are to cede the moiety of the ground cleared. PARIS, JAN. 20. M. Thouvenel is expected to arrive here to-day. He will assume his ministerial duties on Monday next. The Pays of this evening says—"lt is asserted that the Emperor has terminated the inquiry on the questions contained in the letter of Jan. 5, ad dressed by his Majesty to M. Fould. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. A Paris letter, in the Inclependance, says :—" I am able to state that a treaty of commerce is to be signed very shortly between France and Great Britain, and the following, I have reason to think, will be the principal provisions. The Imperial Government engages to admit indistinctly all Eng lish productions, either in the state of raw mate rial or worked, without the proportional duty ever exceeding 30 per cent. All French produce, without distinction, will be admitted into Eng land ; wines and brandy alone will have a duty levied on them, but which will not exceed that charged by the English Government on the wines from its own colonies. It will be also stipulated that if the latter duties should be reduced, French wines will also benefit by the change. Another very important provision is, that whilst the treaty will come into operation in England so soon as the ratifications shall have been exchanged, it will not be binding on France until the Ist July, 1861, in consequence of engagements entered into by Napo leon 111. to delay until that period any kind of modification in the international customs tariffs. It does not appear, whatever may have been said, that those important decisions (at least as far as re gards the treaty) are to be submitted to the great bodies of the State. The Imperial Government, like that which preceded it, has a right to conclude treaties ; and, moreover, the Senate has given to the Emperor, after a long deliberation, the constitu tional right of absolute modifications in all the customs tariffs." According to the Gironde of Bordeaux, prohibi tions in France, when suppressed, are to be re placed by duties which may amount to the fourth or the third of the value of the object taxed. Iron and spun cotton are not to be relieved on so large a scale ; the reduction on them is to be effected gradually, and is only to be completed within a given period. The differential duties on coal, now levied according to different zones, are to be re moved. England, on her part, undertakes to reduce in a large proportion the duty on wines, which is at present equal to lf. Mc. the French litre—a sum large enough to prevent consumption. It is alleged also that several articles of French manufacture, such as gloves, furniture, modes, &c., will be sub jected to large reductions in the English tariff. TIIE BOURSE, Jan. 20.—The market has been firm, and slightly buoyant. Threes were done at 68f. 85c. and 69f., and are now in good demand at 68f. 90c. ; Mobilier varied from 767 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 533 f. 75c. to 536 f. 25c; Lombard, 563 f. 75c. to 567 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,380 f. to 1,385 f.; Lyons, 918 f. 75c. to 922 f. 50c. ; Western, 585 f. to 587 f. 50c. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c. The fol lowing were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. .... .97 25 Do. end month .. Criditßanier 735 -- Belgian 4} Piedmontese (5) Roman B2 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43 25 3 per Cents 6B 90 Do. end month 69 Bank Shams Cr6dit Mobilier .. 777 50 Do. Account ..... 775 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... 921 25 .. 920 New ditto 832 50 .. 833 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 9lB 76 .. 917 50 Genev a 515 .. 512 50 Southern Western 587 50 .. 586 50 Ea stern Sardiniak 405 .. Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f. Sc.; three months, paper, 24f. 91c. ; money, 24f. 90c. MlNEs.—The settlement of the fortnightly ac count took place this week in the Mining Share Market, and occupied nearly two days at its commencement, and to the partial exclusion of general business. It was under stood to have been very heavy, and passed off well. Stock, generally speaking, having been taken up and absorbed by the public. Since the settlement a large business has been done in a great variety of mines —Mining Journal of this day. TUE INDIAN RUPEE DEBT.--Two necessary measures aro about to be adopted with regard to the I n di an rupee debt. At present th e execu t or o f a holder in this coun try of any of the rupee loans is compelled, oven although an English probate has been obtained, to take out probate in India. This has been found so oppressive, both from the delay and expense, that it has been determined by the Indian Council to do away with the necessity of double ad ministration, and it is understood tkat the requisite steps are being taken to allow this important improvement to be forthwith carried out. It is understood likewise that the registration fee of 30s. now exacted at the India House on every registered transfer of the Native Loan is to be dis pensed with, and that the practice of the Bank of England, where ordinarily no transfer fee is charged, is to be Intro duced, THE BOMBAY MAIL. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 27th of December. We take the following summary from the Bombay 7'im CS :- " The Ghoorka campaign against the rebels on the Nepaulese frontier has begun and ended. Towards the end of November Jung Bahadoor marched his forces into the Terai, and in one week he had killed, taken, or dispersed the forces or the mutineers, and was preparing to return in triumph to Katmandoo. The fate of one or two of the leading personages in the rebel camp is still somewhat obscure ; but about the main fact, that the bands; of desperate men who have so long successfully evaded our pursuit are now finally rooted out, there is happily no dispute. Se strictly kept was the cordon on the British side of the frontier that as soon as the Ghoorkas advanced the rebels had no choice but to make one rush with their whole strength to break through the weakest part of the Nepaulese line, and, this failing, to sur render or die. But, worn by disease and famine, and dispirited with having watched anxiously, but in vain, in their jungles during so many months for the smallest loophole of escape, these men appear in the closing scene of their career not to have fought with that determined and hopeless valour by which the worst of mankind may redeen their names from utter hatred and contempt, and attract to them selves at the last somewhat of human sympathy and admiration. Their death is as ignoble as their life; they have been destroyed like rats in a hole, instead , of falling: like brave soldiers. At first, indeed, the Nepaulese troops had a slight brush with the rebels. 13ainie Madhoo, with 1,200 men, made a stand for some time against a portion of Jung Bahadoor's army, and they must have fought with some deter mination, for they left their leader and half of their number dead on the field, But after this the rebels fought no more. Lieutenant CoEserat, with a small party of Oude police, fell in with the Nusseerabad Brigade, and drove them back into the jungle; and the next day the whole brigade, still, it is said, about 800 or 1,000 strong (it originally numbered 1,600 men), surrendered to the Ghoorkas. The Nusseerabad leaders, Dabee and Gunga Sing, with most of the prisoners, have been sent in to the British camp, whither also were on their way, at * In place of Captain Luke, 100th Regiment, who has with drawn. the date of our latest advices from Oude, Ummer Sing, a brother of Koer Sing, Bullee Sing, and Mumrsoo Khan, who had come in separately with small bodies of followers. Parties of prisoners, too, were arriving daily, and, as the rebel force was be lieved at the commencement of the campaign to consist of only 4,000 men, and between 2,000 and 3,000 are already taken, in addition to those that have been killed in battle, the once formidable army of the mutineers may be said, without a figure of speech, to have ceased to exist. Nana Sahib is now confidently reported to be among the dead. The Ghoorkas have monopolised all the glory, such as it is, and all the profits, which will be very great, of the campaign." THE REBELS IN NEPAUL. The destruction and dispersion of the rebels on the borders of Nepaul may now be said to be com plete. The principal of the rebel leaders have been killed or captured by our forces, with the active assistance of Jung Bahadoor, and little more is now left than to restore order in the disturbed districts on the frontiers of Oude. The Mofussilite has re ceived the following communication from Brigadier Holditch's Camp, dated Dukuree, Dec. 9 : "Here we are, within sound of Jung Bahadoor's guns, motionless spectators of his operations against the rebels. He is doing the work well, as you will believe when I tell you that he sends every day some 400 or 500 prisoners, the majority being genuine Poorbeah Pandies, and wo have already 2,000 of them in the camp, and I believe a good many aro at Busseneypoor, where the head-quarters of the 20th Foot is at present established. At this place we have about 150 Europeans of the 54th Foot, 600 of Renny's Sikh Infantry, and a detachment of the . 9th Punjaub cavalry, 200 sabres of Murray's Jat Horse, and about the same number of Hodson's Horse. Among the most notorious of the captives are the Nabob of Bareilly, who arrived to-day, Mummoo Khan, Ummer Sing, Khan Bahadoor Khan, Bullee Sing, and several of the Cawnpore butchers, and also a gang of the 12th Irregulars. Bainie Madhoe, Morad Buz, Bala Row, and heaps of sepoys have been slain. The prisoners generally are in a most miserable plight, and seem half famished, while hundreds have died of starvation, exposure, and disease, and even now the sick are scattered about in immense numbers. " The Ranee of Gonda, with 89 followers, gave herself up at Sidhonia ghaut ; Lieutenant Smith had sent out some days ago to persuade her to do so, and she very willingly took the advice offered. They had six elephants, and some 3,000 r. in hard cash, besides a quantity of jewellery, worth at least some B,ooor. or 10,000 r. They were all sent on to Barraitch under a guard. The Begum, with the families of Bala Rao, the' Nana, and some others, has made her escape from Bootwul. There must have been a screw loose somewhere to permit 'this, Lieutenant Cosserat went out with 200 of the Oude police and attacked the rebels north of Pursrampore the daybefore the remnant of the Nussera bad brigade laid down their arms, killing 30 and taking six prisoners. The surrender of the remainder-800 strong— is said to be in a groat measure attributable to Lieut. Cos wars success. Everything now seems settled, or nearly settled. Jung Bahadoor has returned to Katmandoo. The news of Khan Bahadoor Khan being also a prisoner, with Mummoo Khan and others, is confirmed. About 2,000 prisoners have been made over by the Nepaulese to the British authorities on the frontier. Mummoo Khan and Khan Bahadoor Khan have been sent in to Lucknow." The subjoined service messages furnish to the Delhi Gazette give a resume of the chief news from the frontier : " Camp Dukeree, via Gonda, Dec. 2. " General :Dher Shrumsher, commanding the Ghoorka force in Terai, reports, 30th November, that Col. Pulwan Singh, commanding in the hills, attacked and killed Bainie Madhoo and his brother in Dang valley. Also a brigade in the Terai captured the late Nana's magazine, 14 boxes of ammunition, and two elephants. Rebels fled into jungle throwing down their arms. " Camp, Dukeree, Dec. 3. " Capt. Hill, just returned from Jung Bahadoor. Mum moo Khan in confinement. Bulloo Singh captured. Ummer Singh, brother of Koor Singh, and about 200 followers, surrendered yesterday. "Camp Dukeree, Dec. 5, via Gonda. " Devee Deen and Gunga Singh, leaders of the Nussee rabad Brigade, aro prisoners in camp. The Nusserabad Brigade surrendered to Jung Bahadoor. 350 men delivered up by Nepaulsse are coming into camp. "Camp Dukeree, Dec. 6, via Gonda. "Eight hundred and fifty Sepoys, chiefly Nusserabad Brigade, brought into camp this morning. " Camp Dukeree, via Gonda, Dec. 9. " Khan Bahadoor Khan, ex-Nawab of Bareilly, captured by Jung Bahadoor and Raith (with ?) Mummoo Khan, for warded from Bootwul. Immediate dismissal and expulsion from Nepaul territories of all Begum's retainers, ordered by Jung Bahadoor, are being carried into effect. Reported by Lieutenant Hill, 169 prisoners sent in by General Dher Shrumshor Singh, and followers, surrendered to-day. "Camp Dukcree, Dec. 13. " J owalla Persaud, commonly called Lord' Sahib, and second to the Nana in command of the rebel force, sent in from Ghoorka Camp this morning. Boondoo Singh, late Subadar of the 7th Bengal Native Infantry, apprehended among rebels sent in by Ghoorkas yesterday. " From Camp Dukereo, Dec. 14. " Two hundred and sixty rebels brought in to-day. "From Camp Dukeree, Dec. 15. "Captain Hill arrived from Ghoorka head-quarters last evening, bringing reliable information of the death of the following leaders :—Bala Rao Nana Rao of Cawnpore, Devoe Buksh of Gonda, Nurput Singh of Banda, Purwun Singh of Azimghur, Gholab Singh of Birwa, Bainie Mad - hoo of Shunkerpore, Azimoollah of Cawnpore, Khan Ally Khan of Lucknow, Gen. Khoda Buksh, Daoreelall, and Hurdeo Prosad, Chuckladar of Khyrabad. 186 rebels sur rendered to Ghoorkas yesterday." REPORT ON THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Bombay Gazette of Dec. 27.) The English mail of the 18th ult. arrived here on the 15th inst., and the China mail of the 27th ult, on the 18th inst. Since our last report there has been an increased dulness in the import market. Stocks are still accumulating, with very little prospect of an improved demand. The anxiety lately evinced by importers to realise has resulted in a further reduction of prices. In the export-market cotton has fallen in demand, while an increased activity prevails in seeds, in which a very large business has been done. IMPORT MARKET. Cotton Manufactures.—The market for piece goods has become more depressed, and prices have undergone a fur ther decline. Gray shi r ti n g s , 40-i nc h an d 45-inch have again receded, with the exception of 91b. and upwards, which are scarce. 60-inch and 64-inch are in good inquiry, though at a slight reduction. Gray longcloth is in heavy stock, with little or no demand, and very few sales have taken place even at lower prices. There is very little in quiry for domestics, and sales can only be effected at a great concession of prices. Gray twill remains neglected. Gray cambric is less steady. T-cloth has very little inquiry, and prices are lower. Gray madapollams are in moderato de mand at reduced quotations. Gray printers are dull. Gray jacconots are quoted lower. Gray mulls are less steady. Bleached goods are moderately inquired for; white shirt ings, madapollams, and jacconots of common to middling qualities have some inquiry at reduced prices. In shirtings and jacconets of fine quality sales have been effected at a further decline of from 6 to 10 annas. Figured shirtings are inquired for at full quotations. Glasgow goods are in very moderate demand. A fair inquiry prevails for ordinary bleached mull, while fine is neglected. Lappets have de clined. Coloured lappets are very dull, and aro furth er re duced in price.. Dhoties . are moderate inquiry. Turk e y red goods are out of inquiry, and prices have further re ceded. The business transacted during the fortnight has been moderate. 2.11 E STAFF COLLEGE. Ile following General Orders have been issued : " Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 12. " The undermentioned officers have passed the examina tion for ad mission to the Senior Division of the Staff College, for a residence of one year only, under paragraph 13 of the Staff College Regulations, dated 17th Dec., 1857,--viz., 1. Captain the Hon. W. Fielding, Coldstream Guards, 1,416 marks : `2. Brevet-Major W. Hartman, half-pay, 1,327 marks ; 3. Captain N. Goddard, 17th Foot, 1,206 marks. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." " Horse Guards, S.W. Jan. 13. " The subjoined supplementary list of officers who were successful at the examination for admission to the Staff College for the full period of two years is published with reference to the General Order dated Nov. 29, 1859, their examination papers not having been received from India in li time to on t admit hat date, viz. of their names : being incl u d e d i n the list pub shed " 2* Captain R. A. Leggett, 69th Re?.,lment, 1,879 marks, passed ; 11. Lieutenant W. R. Lluollyn, Royal Artillery, 1,595 marks, qualified, but there is no vacancy for a 4th officer of the Ordnance Corps. "By order of hi s Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief. " G. A. WETIIERALL, Adjutant-General." o " Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 14. " His Royal highness the General Cmmanding-in-Chie has much satisfalon in publishing to the Army the sub joined list of officers who passed the final examination at the Staff College, in December, 1859, viz.:-1. Captain W. Congrevo, 4th Foot, 3,730 marks ; 2. Captain A. Gammen, 16 th Foot, 3,165 marks • 3. Captain E. M. Jones, 20th Foot, 2,940 marks ; 4. Captain ' H. B. Coathupe, 72d Fc ot, 2,707 mar k s : 5. Captain W. Palliser, 18th Hussars, 2,L 9 ) marks ; 6. • Captain A. C. Bruce, 91st Regiment, 2,555 marks; 7. Captain P. A. A. Twynam, 15th Regiment, 2,523 marks; 8. Captain W. Heywood, 14th Regiment, 2,458 marks; 9. Captain P. W. Jebb, 67th Regiment, 2,289 marks; 10. Captain J. C. Weir, 2d Regiment, 2,191 marks. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." LITERATURE. The Cousins' Courtship. By John R. Wise. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. Without any pretence or affectation, here is a very readable work, which possesses many attrac tive features, and presents some scenes that, if not new to the pages of a novel, are given with such spirit that they forcibly impress the reader. The hero, Reginald Neville, is a fine, high-spirited youth, who was early left an orphan, and whose father's cousin and mother's brother, vied with each other as to who should be the most heartless in demeanour towards him. The scenes in which Reginald and his cousin Minnie appear are most charmingly pourtrayed, and seem to breathe the freshness and beauty of the rural retreats they so delightfully describe. Minnie is the best cha racter in the book. Her portraiture is per fect, as the representative of a gay and gladsome maiden, to whom earth offers her fairest gifts of youth, beauty, health, and affluence, and on whom heaven sheds its choicest blessings of kind friends, a happy home, and freedom from care. There is something refreshing in such a light hearted damsel wandering through the highways of this weary working-day world, and though the picture is too bright to last, and even while we read clouds arise to shadow her path ; while she is in the glad sunshine of her peerless youth, Minnie Neville is a fascinating heroine. The two selfish men, Aston Neville and Colonel Ancaster, are most skilfully described. Aston is a mean and despicable man, who is totally destitute of any fine feeling or high principle. The colonel was the higher grade of the two : he possessed more manly sentiments, but the blindness of his prejudices and the tyranny of his actions rendered him obnoxious to society, and he affor ds a good specimen of what intolerance and arrogance will perform. The cruelty which characterises the conduct of some haughty , fine ladies is cleverly satirised in the case of the unhappy Miss Garland, and the sad state to which she is reduced typifies only too truly the condition of thousands who in this prosperous land are compelled to resort to the un remunerative drudgery of needlework, owing to the sinful barriers raised by a prejudiced society against their employing themselves in a more suitable man ner. An effective passage is that which refers to the search ineffectually made for her by Reginald. He supposed, at one moment, that she had perished among the unhappy tribe who - seek a shelter in the dark waters from the darker path of life. On be holding the corpse, whose description resembled the object of his search, Reginald found, to his re lief, that she was not Miss Garland. As he gazed on the sad spectacle, he thought, " Who else may seek this medicine before sunrise—some other sis ter of her wretched family ? Kindly oh Thames. dost thou receive them into thy bosom! When the sea and the rivers shall give up their dead, the most wretched and most miserable will be thine !" Life at college has been often described in works of this class, but there is a vivacity in the details met with in these pages that imparts a freshness to the oft-recurring tale. Altogether, " The Cousin's Courtship" is a very ably written and amusing work, which will surely serve to wile away an idle hour, at the same time that it suggests thoughts which may well occupy our graver moments, and engage our serious attention. • . Quakerism, Past and Present. By T. Stephenson Rowntree. Prize Essay. Smith and _Elder. The Peculium. By Thomas Hancock. Prize Essay. Smith and Elder. These two volumes consist of two essays on the causes of the decline of the Society of Friends. In the year 1858 a liberal and enlightened member of the society offered a prize of 100 guineas for the first essay and 50 guineas for the second essay on the subject, expressing his regret that although the population of the kingdom has more than doubled itself during the last fifty years, the society of which he was a member had decreased in number since that time, he desired that the causes and origin of this decay should be boldly inquired into. The adjudicators of the prize he selected with sin gular liberality of feeling from those who were not members of the society, and the names of his chosen judges testify the sincerity and impartiality with which he wished the subject to be discussed. They were the Rev. F. D. Maurice, tho late Professor Nichol, and the Rev. C. Pryce, of Gravesend. The illness of the late lamented Professor and various other causes have occasioned some delay, b ut at length the decision was made, and the prizes awarded to the two essays before us. As the adju dicators had some difficulty in assigning the first place, the donor with great generosity immediately raised the second prize to an equality with the first. The number aid quality of the contribution , appears to have been highly satisfactory, and ther specimens are well worthy of thoughtful peruse„" It appears that since 1800 the number of Friona' has decreased pre one-fourth,senttimeonly one i and that there is at the every eleven hundred of the population of the United Kingdom where there wag once one in every one hundred and thirty. The causes may easily be found in the progress d education, enlightenment, and toleration; in the increasing dislike to narrow doctrines and phars saical rigidity ; in a better perception that " every good and perfect gift cometh from above," whether intellect or affection, art or science;; and a, wider sense of the claims and capabilities of honest human feelings and necessities, as opposed to the asceticism and intolerance of earlier times. These two essays, both clear, luminous, and unbiassed, regard the subject from different points of view. The first sympathises with the fundamental prin ciples of Quakerism, while granting its dead ciencies and decadence. The other openly opposes its isolation and " formalism of no forms," and asserts that its decay is natural and inevitable, and a subject of rejoicing rather than of mourn' i ng . At the same time, he would impress on the Quaker that there are fewer obstacles than be supposes to his union with the Church. Witb the tolerance and elevation above all pharasaille which distinguishes this essay, he reminds- thew who look with scorn on their Dissenting brethren " that the Separatist mentioned in the Gospel was casting out devils in • the name of the Saviour when the Apostolical College could not cast them out." The other essay, " Quakerism, Past and Present," is also extremely liberal in tone and sentiment, rejecting entirely the Quaker doctrines of the negation of the human intellect and fine arts. Both these volumes are well worthy of an attentive perusal, and can scarcely fail to interest the thoughtful and unprejudiced reader. FIRE AT TUTEES. DESTRUCTION OF TIIE FREEMASONS' LODGE AND BENTALL'S WINE STORES. TOTNES, Friday Evening.— An alarming fir* broke out here this morning at one o'clock at the New Masonic Lodge, terminating in its total de struction, with all its paraphernalia, plate, jewels, &c., as well as the under portion of the same pre• • raises, known as Bentall's wine stores. The adjoin• ing fine premises, in which the Devon and Corn• wall Banking Company some years since carried oft their business, have also been completely gutted. The loss sustained by the owners of the house pro perty is very considerable, whilst the Freemason* alone, by the destruction of their new decorations, fittings, plate and jewels, will lose upwards of £5OO ; and we regret to state that Mr. H. Bentall is a far heavier sufferer, having lost his entire stock of wine in bottle, from 800 to 1,000 dozen of the finest old wines, which cannot be replaced. His wines' in cask, however, have been mostly saved, but hie lois is estimated at from £1,500 to £2,000. These premises were anciently known as the Totnes Theatre, on whose stage the late Kean and other celebrated actors, including Miss Foote, have before now performed. Mr. Hayman, le lodging-house keeper, and Mr. A. Hill (who, we hear, were uninsured), will sustain heavy loss by tho partial destruction of their furniture in hasty removal. The contents of the lodge were only in sured. for £l5O, and Mr. Bentall is but partially in sured in the Phconix-office. It appeared at one time inevitable that a large extent of house pro perty and waterside premises would become a prey to the devouring element; fortunately, however, is plentiful supply of water could be obtained front the river, and, after great exertions, in torrents of rain, the fire was subdued. To the shame of Totnes, be it remarked, there is but one fire-engine fit for service in the town, and which was generously pre sented to it some years since by the West of Eng land Insurance-office, and has already been the means of saving an immense amount of property at the two fires that have recently occurred here. From there being no regularly-established fire brigade, it was some time before the engine could be brought into efficient play, but it is but fair to observe that when once fairly in work, its spirited conductor, Mr. John Brimicombe, rendered invalu able service by his energy, skill, and courage. It is to be hoped these two warnings will teach Totnel man the wisdom of being better prepared for such an emergency. It is our painful duty to add that a young man, named William Hodge, an omnibus driver, of the Seven Stars Hotel, in assisting at the engine for the purpose of saving the property of others, unfortunately fell into the river and WO drowned. rnol • trill • tt t i u Is !ttiv - 4 44 la ettl't rat' ezt Wel just Rill Not gen the the by 1 On t ‘fth: 4nd dat, 29c Prep 1' 44 4 to h ave rec oi NOrt 8861 In Ak a 4 014 area, :oi bee n klar Yahie 15„ teh T7l. I ha grain m eans 4 0thiz tea Pee 2‘k Ap; , rja ti le , 1 ! 1, eil , , -., Nv . : , bero'r' Ow— "lel k rttti th e A