The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-22 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH 'OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss LOUISA. PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY, Oot. 3d. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager Mr• E. Stirling. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnck,stone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,W. Farrell, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers We. B. White, bfri. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. , Aid HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. STEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This splendid New Theatre, lete with every comfort, W ILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1M59. ADELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS ! ! !—On which ocsa don Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms, &0., will appear. The performances will consist of a DRAMA (2d time), of the highly successful piece of ONE TOUCH OF NATURE ; a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque of THE BABES IN THE WOOD. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, Sept. 22, and every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN SA GS . And TO PAREN I'S AND GUARDIANS. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDI TI O N OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'cicx3r; CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.— EVERY EVENING. The Vale of Verdi's Opera of DILACEETH (now first made public in England at these Con ilerte), the extraor linary Violin Performances of the cele- Vested Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Tcoal Concert. Comte Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Maclmey. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer beer's new opera of DINNORA. VIE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 22 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest einoe noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. __ __ __ _ BAROMETER-29.70. WIND, South -Westerly; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAY.—Morning, 912. 12m.—Afternoon, 10h. 2ra. To-MossoW-Morning, 10h. 50m.—Afte 1 oon, 11h. 30m. THE SUN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859. The dreadful explosion of that water jacket of the paddle funnel on board the Great Eastern seems to be echoed back just now very remarkably and very frightfully by a variety of similar fatal catastrophes. It is like—what is sometimes notice able—the periodical epidemic of suicides. Or like —what is also sometimes noticeable—the occa- sional contagion of inhuman murders, whether by personal violence or by secret poisoning. It seems inexplicable this simultaneous blowing up of boiler after boiler, of one steam engine after another—the noise of these deplorable casualties coming upon us by a sort of choral detonation. There were six unfortunate firemen, we all know (and in the man ner we all know), scalded to death the other day on board the Great Eastern either off Hastings or off Dungeness—another poor fellow (also fearfully scalded) being driven in terror over the side of the giant vessel, beaten into a state of insensibility by the revolving paddlewheel, and washed away beyond recovery in the waters of the Channel. Hardly have the public generally got over the first shock of this most lamentable intelligence the Great Eastern is still lying off Portland, in one compartment at least seriously damaged, and actually yet in the midst of undergoing £5,000 worth of repairs—when whirr-clang-boom ! off the coast, near Shirehampton, there is a little steam tug (the Fury of Bristol) " literally blown to atoms" by some unaccountable explosion ! While another appalling accident of a like kind takes place upon the very same afternoon (yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, the 21st of September), by the explo sion, no less incomprehensible in its way, of a little four-horse steam engine in the midst of a sheep fair at Lewes, a fair in which farm implements and machines in actual operation are exhibited for the inspection of the assembled agriculturists. In both of these lamentable accidents yesterday several persons were instantaneously killed, and others frightfully mutilated. As to the steam-tug Fury, that, as we have already stated, was abso lutely shivered "to atoms " by the explosion. Fortunately for himself the Captain chanced at the time to be on board another vessel hard by (the Ant) at the moment of the fatal occurrence. The engineer is " missing " no doubt destroyed. The fireman also " missing " —he also, no doubt, having perished. The mate, by a marvellous freak of good fortune, is picked up on a fragment of the wreck, compara tively uninjured. A stripling of sixteen (completing the little crew of five souls) having been, mean while, blown on board the Ant—where, as we have seen, the captain of the Fury happened to be at the time of the explosion. And from the Ant, on to the deck of which the poor boy has been blown, we are • not surprised to find, from the report, that "he has since been conveyed, in a very precariousstate, to the Bristolßoyal Infirmary." When we have collected together all the particulars of the accident, we can only learn at the end of all, that—the thing is done —and that nobody can account for it. Nobody, in this instance, even can conjecture how the explo sion could possibly have happened. It is pretty much the same in regard to the other more fatal, and if possible more bewildering occur rence—viz., that fearful steam-engine explosion at Lewes, during the local sheep fair, while the farmers and the farm labourers were standing about there in groups exercising the farming-machines and the agricultural implements. While they are thus standing there, and looking about them, we geed in the reporter's vivid account of the catas trophe "The engineer was attending the engine, and getting it in readiness to work a chaff cutting machine, and was altering its level, when suddenly there was a tremendous re- port, said by bystanders to greatly ex ' seed that of the larg est of the cannons at the Artil _ lery Militia Depot." A nd the writer'th ereupon, adds 1 ‘ Instantly the engine ro se from the grou n d am i dst a cloud of steam and smoke, ashes and water, and ,dashed a distance of above 30 yards in the direc tion of the sheep pens, when it struck the ground, and whirling over, was forced with terrific violence for a further space of ten yards, finally alighting in corner of a pen of sheep." Then comes the list of the killed and wounded—all in the twinkling of an •ye either blown into eternity or horribly mangled as by the detonation of an infernal machine. The engineer," we read, " was lying near the engine' ia a lifeless condition. Near him were three other loon la a similar state, others were thrown down -masid:imasor less injured and contused. The engine illitaitfipetnous course had swept all before it, arerything in its progress,and in addition ita,the . anfortunate men whose lives have fallen a sacrifice, a colt, which was being exhibited for sale by the son of the owner, was struck, and the animal as well as the young man killed. There were also two sheep killed and several others injured, the boiler part of the engine having fallen on them." As evidence of the terrific violence of the explosion, it is said that " large pieces of iron " were scatterd about in all directions, some of them as far as a quarter of a nnle from the actual scene of the calamity. Of course, down at Lewes , and again down by Shirehampton, we shall have coroners' inquests sitting to inquire into the cause of these explosions. And if the jurors emulate their Dorsetshire compatriots down at that recent inquiry upon the 'Crowner's 'Quest at Weymouth, we shall have verdicts deciding—what we already know perfectly well—that so-and-so perished in the one instance by the bursting of a steam-engine at Lewes Sheep Fair, and that such-a-one was destroyed in the other instance by the explosion of the steam-tug in Kingroad. It becomes a matter of serious anxiety, however, to the general community to examine a little more searchingly into the veritable cause of accidents so fatal and of such frightfully rapid recurrence. Are we not " going a-head" a little too fast sometimes ? Are we not " getting the steam up" a little too reck lessly ? The "pale" attained in the onward March of Civilisation—it ought to be called the onward Rush of Civilisation—is, no doubt, very fine, very exhilirating : but is it not now and then just a trifle too rash—whirling away at odd moments into a very Dance of Death ? It would be well at any rate to pause and see whe ther rational precautionary measures might not be taken to prevent if possible repetition after re petition thus frequently of these disastrous catas trophes. Measures of precaution let us say, for example, that should include among them more stringent inquiries as to the qualifications of those entrusted with the management of steam•engines of all kinds—locomotive or stationary. If ever there were a case in which a whole band of men had nobly earned the Victoria Cross, it is that of the survivors of the 350 who were precipi tated headlong as a storming party on the Chinese forts at the mouth of the Peiho. Whether the whole proceedings were well or ill advised, and the strategy good or bad, we think all who have read the accounts will agree that nothing in the Crimean or Italian campaigns, or the Indian mutiny, can have surpassed in cool bravery, and in undaunted execution of an almost impossible duty, the beha viour of these 350. We have the accounts of sur viving eye-witnesses —surviving, when out of the little band 64 officers and men were killed, and 242 wounded—only thirty-four uninjured, and that by what seemed a miracle. From the moment they left the ships' sides the conflict with water, mud, and cannon balls com menced. Encumbered with ladders and weapons, they leaped out into water four feet deep, wetting their rifles and ammunition, and leaving them little but their cold steel to rely on. They had more than the third of a mile to pass over before they could reach the forts, and 200 yards they had to walk before the water became only knee deep. At length, delayed by the adhesive mud and the water, they succeeded in reaching the first ditch. It would seem that by this time they had lost, while slowly struggling along under a cross fire, nearly one-third of their number; all the ladder-party had been killed but two, and many of the ladders smashed by round shot ; but after an hour's deadly struggle with the elements of nature and the shot of the enemy, there stood the remnant of the 350 on the brink of the first ditch, to combat the 300 cannon, and perhaps the 20,000 Tartars of the Empire of China; and had they had nothing but men to con tend with, they would have driven the 20,000 from the walls. But now their colonel sounds the advance—they leap down into the; ditch instead of finding it knee deep,they are out of their depth in mud and water. Some swam for their lives—somehow,—such as are not shot down get across. Pushing onward,—still knee-deep in mud, they reach the second ditch ; it is dry—but, the mud is soft, it takes an hour, under fire, to get across it. The narrator was almost smothered in its mud, it was at least 80 yards from the wall, and the officers, distinguished by the colour of their clothes, are picked off by riflemen, wherever they come from. And now the mud ditch lies before them, not fifty yards from the walls. Three ladders only remain! Their rifles were wet, and would not go off; with nothing but swords or bayonets to fight with, it were useless for fewer thaii three to mount the wall at once. A few, by the help of the ladders, got over this last ditch, but too many pressed for ward, sad the ladders broke! And there they were, the enemy picking them off at leisure, only 35 yards off. Their ladders broken, their powder wet, before them mud full of spikes, and a chevaux de (rise under the walls, and their two superior officers badly wounded—they had done all that men could do, and now there was nothing for it but to retreat, and a retreat it was. No Xenophon will describe it ; but nothing recorded in the Anabasis outdoes this work of kind, cool, soldierly courage. They would not leave them wounded. For an hour and a half they had to protect the return of the wounded through all the perils they had faced in coming; and they helped their wounded to the boats under a fire, to which an officer who had been in the Redan told them that the fire there was not to be compared. Thus fought ber MAJESTY'S troops at the Peiho. We again ask is there an individual who survives that murderous day, who ought not to wear in future the Victoria Cross ? Balaklava and the Redan were but a rush forward amid a hail of artillery, but at the Peiho the dreadful mud, water, and ditches, infinitely more depressing than any fire — though this was fast and furious, a feu d'enfer, as GORTSCHAKOFF would say were the most deadly enemies. Had it been a land run of 700 yards, in a few minutes not a Tartar would have stood to his guns. _ _ Let, then, these brave troops have their due. Let their reward show that England's Sovereign will not coolly look on such service. Let other forlorn hopes know that they do not die or dare death in an unhonoured service. Dispute with brave admirals, if need be, the merit of their places, but give to brave men the reward of bravery. Let every English soldier know that not success, but duty bravely done shall never miss its reward. The more fortune denies to merit, the more let justice reward it ! The D u k e and Duchess of Montrose an d f am il y have left B e l grave : the winter. square for Buchanan Castle, N. 8., fur The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have left town for Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, to entertain a succession of visitors. The Earl and Countess of Devon are passing the autumn at Powdetham Castle, Devonshire. On the 13th inst., at Castle Forbes, the Countess of Granard w as delivered of a ao n , still-born. We a r e gra tesets Pqruerteessiug favourably. recovered from the tifiLedotrodstacteouthrte countess has effects of his accident a:, Bognor during th e race week at Goodwood. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. ARRIVAL OF THE FOX. Captain M'Clintock landed yesterday at Ports mouth from the Alarm pilot-boat, which vessel had brought him ashore from the Fox screw discovery vessel, arrived off the Isle of Wight from the Arctic Regions. On landing Captain M'Clintock at once proceeded by train for London, taking with him two cases containing relics of the long missing expedition of Sir John Franklin. Captain M'Clintock stated that he was in posses sion of papers that would fully elucidate the mystery which has so long hung over the fate of these brave men. The Fax proceeded up Channel. We have been favoured with the following : " To THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY. " YACHT FOX, R.Y.S. " Sir,—l beg you will inform the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty of the safe return to this country of Lady Franklin's Final Searching Expe dition, which I have had the honour to conduct. " Their Lordships will rejoice to hear that our endeavours to ascertain the fate of the Franklin Expedition' have met with complete success. " At Point Victory, upon the northwest coast of King William's Island, a record has been found dated the 25th of April, 1848, and signed by Cap tains Crozier and Fitzjames. By it we were in formed that her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror were abandoned on the 22d of April, 1848, in the ice, five leagues to the N.N.W., and that the sur vivors—in all amounting to 105 souls, under the command of Captain Crozier—were proceeding to the Great Fish River. Sir John Franklin had died on the 11th of June, 1847. " Many deeply interesting nlies , S-Jar lost:coun trymen have been picked up upon the western shore of King William's Island, and others ob tained from the Esquimaux, by whom we were in formed that subsequent to their abandonment one ship was crushed and sunk by the ice, and the other forced on shore, where she has ever since been, affording them an almost inexhaustible mine of wealth. " Being unable to penetrate beyond Bellot Strait, the Fox wintered in Brentford Bay and the Search, including the estuary of the Great Fish River and the discovery of 800 miles of coast line, by which we have united the explorations of the former searching expeditions to the north and west of our position with those of James Ross, Dease, and Simpson, and Rae to the south, has been performed by sledge journeys this spring, conducted by Lieu tenant Hobson, R.N., Captain Allen Young, and myself. " As a somewhat detailed report of our proceed ings will doubtless be interesting to their lordships, it is herewith enclosed, together with a chart of our discoveries and explorations, and at the earliest op portunity I will present myself at the Admiralty to afford further information, and lay before their lordships the record found at Port Victory.—l have the honour, to be, &c., " F. 1,. M'CLINTOCK, Captain, R.N." THE 11AYMA.RKET THEATRE. MISS AMY SEDGWICK. The lovers of good old English comedy have the prospect before them—if they so please—of a treat this very evening. For to-night, for the first time upon the London boards, Miss Amy Sedgwick im personates the character of Miss Dor•illon in Mrs. Inchbald's celebrated comedy of "Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are." Our accomplished and popular actress is certainly just now bent upon giving us a taste of her versatility. Her reward can hardly fail to be—judging from the recent effect of her Rosalind—an increase of her popularity proportioned to this widening display of her ac complishments. CLARA - NOVELL° AND BORRANI. (CRYSTAL PALACE-YESTERDAY.) Madame Clara Novello made her last appearance in England (previous to her departure for the Con tinent) at the Crystal Palace, yesterday afternoon ; and her interpretation of Medelssohn's inspired aria, " Hear ye, Israel,' produced an impression on her audience that few of our vocalists could hope to imitate. Her execution of Benedict's rondo, " Prendi per me," was as perfect a gem of brilliant vocalisation as it has ever been our lot to listen to, and, but for the length and arduousness of the task, would have been redemanded. Her naive rendering of the Jacobite air (which she substituted for "The beating of my own heart ") was rapturously re demanded. Mr. Borrani made his first appearanoe at the Crystal Palace, and sang Ms song, "The heart bowed down," as he alone can sing it. The full power and flexibility of his rich bass voice was, however, more fully displayed in Ros sini's grand aria " Sorgete," which was as faultless in execution as his coadjutor's, Mme. Novello— a greater compliment it would be difficult to pay. " The Wolf" (though in our opinion too dramatic for a concert room) was a most charming perform ance, full of expression. We hope to hear this favourite artiste on the stage—English or Italian, n'importe which. We should prefer the latter. We have to thank the spirited management of the Crystal Palace Company for adding Mr. Bor rani's name to their repertoire, thus largely adding to the pleasure of the public, for whom they thus provided a rich musical treat. ,-, -.,. ..- s , L f,. 4 44 figir-,z, , , .„ , 1,, ~., maseao - - , Tr. 4. ~ i - 'x' ' 4... t A ''...•.....- - . (. ‘ ,.y ~,, , . -----:‘.,- './.,,, .t. l/ ''.* kl i f)s' Is ' NlVt 4gi - ..; :;""' AO o.i.j,o l''' ''... /..' 4'' ''' .1) T nib ..a . .... „... .., ...,,A, ......,„.„. • FTHE'SITN,"LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859." WYLD'S FORTS ON THE PEIHO. Another startling proof has been given of Mr. Wyld's extraordinary promptitude. Scarcely have we recovered from the first surprise of the disas trous news received from China ►hen there conic.; fluttering to us from our great geographer's estab lishment, or from one of his many establishments — from Charing-cross, or the Royal Exchange, or the Great Globe in Leicester-square—a little timely " Sketch of the Attack on the Forts at the Entrance of the Peiho River." That attack took place on the 25th of June, 1859. News of it did not reach this country until September had some time commenced. And this, for one sufficient reason, namely, that the breadth of the globe, or at any rate the width of the whole hemisphere in tervenes between the scene of the atrocity and our selves. And that intervening space has yet to be trailed across by the wires of the telegraph—bring ing the ends of the earth, as it will assuredly in time, into instantaneous communication. Well— September has already begun when the news reaches us from the Peiho river. And here, on Thursday, the 22d of September—thanks to Mr. Wyld's energy, and skill, and speed in manipulation—here is an accurate " Sketch" of the relative situation of the Chinese forts and the English gunboats—the Chi nese coloured Yellow, the British Red, the French Green, and the Americans White. Here is the bar rier of " strong iron stakes." Yonder is the dotted line of chain cable (blown up). Here is the Plover indicated at the spot where it was " Burnt"—hero the Cormorant where it was " Sunk"—here the Starling "in the mud, disabled." Thero, on either side of the shallow current of the Peiho, are the dreadful mud banks, " dry at low water." Yonder is the First Ditch—yonder the Second Ditch—and beyond that again the terrible range of the " very heavy guns" of the Chinese Batteries. At a glance we take in the whole catastrophe. Again we thank Mr. Wyld. The Sketch is most timely and there fore most accept able. BEDFORD, Sept. 20.—A most distressing aceidput took place hero this morning, by which two persons lost their lives. It appears that upon opening an old well about 20 feet deep a man named William Case, 53 years old, went down, and in a minute was sem hanging to the ladder; another named George Conquest went down to assist him, and then was seen in the same position ; neither spoke. A man named Ridge went part of the way down to see what was the matter, but came up again, and in about a quarter of an hour the bodies of Caso and Conquest were got up with hooks, An inquest was held this afternoon before Mr. E. Eagles, jun., when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned ; all persons also being recommended, before de scending a well, to put down a light first, which was in this case neglected. Viscount Glentworth, who has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Limerick at Sherborne House, Limerick, has joined the Rifle Brigade, preparatory to em barking for Malta, Viscount and Viscountess Campden have arrived at Mount Stewart, county Down, on a.visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry. Viscount Falkland has arrived at the St. George's otel. Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley passed through town early in the week, from Cowes, to visit the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Park, Lanca shire. Lord Bellew and the Hon. Miss Bellew have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert left London on Tuesday afternoon, for Wilten House, Wilts. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL JOHN BRENTON.—We have to record the death of the above gallant veteran, which occurred at Ryde, on Saturday, in the 77th year of his age. The deceased Admiral was mate of the Caesar in the actions fought off Algesiras and in the Straits in 1801, and was Acting-Commander in charge of a division of gunboats at the defence of Riga, and in an expedition against Mettau, in IEI2. He became Captain in 1822, Rear-Admiral in 1852, and Vice-Admiral (Retired) January, 1858. The Prince Regent of Prussia continues at Baden and in that neighbourhood. Engagements made by him with regard to the permanent bridges on the Rhine will render the presence of his royal highness there for some time a matter of necessity and a family reunion is to be held at Baden on the 30th inst., on the occasion of the birth. day of the Princess of Prussia. The Prince Regent, the Prince and Princess Frederick William, and all the other members of the royal family who can conveniently attend are expected to make their appearance. • THE CANADIAN MAILS.—The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steamer Hungarian, sailed from the Mersey at two o clock yesterday afternoon, for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian mails, 152 pas sengers, and a large cargo of merchandise. ENORMOUS OVERLAND MAlL.—Three months since the heaviest overland mail that was ever despatched to the East consisted of 186 boxes. This number, however, was much exceeded on Monday night, for no less than 204 boxes were shipped on board the mail packet at Dover, and were conveyed to Calais en route to India, China, the Mau ritius, and Australia. A VESSEL ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—A telegram . . from Deal announces that the ship G. F. Yates, Captain Horner, from Cardiff for London, with a cargo of coals, had gone ashore on the off part of the Goodwin Sands, but had taken assistance, and, in the event of the weather continu ing fine, would probably be got off next tide. A later de spatch adds that she was afloat and being towed to the Downs, after diseharging her cargo. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN HOXTON. —Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, a serious fire broke out in the pre mises of Mr. S. Solomon, walking stick maker, No. 50, Hoxton-square. The discovery was made by a policeman, who at once gave an alarm, and sent off for escapes and. engines. The parish engine and two of the London Bri gade having been procured, the firemen went to work in an admirable manner, but were unable to conquer the flames until the workshops and all they contained were destroyed, and the adjoining premises very seriously damaged. DIE LAST OF THE CUMBERLAND BARDS.—We regret, says the Clamberl4nd racquet, to record the death of Mr. John Rayson, of Penrith, •' the last of the Cumber land ba.i•ds." For some time he has been suffering from disease of the heart, and on Tuesday last a severe but sud den attack proved fatal. Mr. Rayson's name has long been associated with our local literature, his last effort being the tpanslating of the Songs of Solomon into the Cumberland dialect for Prince Lucien Bonaparte. He was 56 years of age. PRUSSIAN OPINION ON THE ITALIAN QUESTION. —The National Gazette of Berlin thus concludes an article on the Italian Duchies :—" The neutral Powers now have to say whether they intend that France alone shall decide the fate of Italy, or whether they will take pat tin the crea tion of a new state of things, the old having become abso lutely inadmissible. If they bad been inclined to support legitimacy before everything, they ought to have taken their measures six months ago. Meanwhile conquests have been made in Italy, and if at the close of the wars of the empire the powers did not hesitate to make what territorial changes they thought necessary in Italy, they cannot refuse to acknowledge that the war of 1859 has modified the situa tion. In satisfying the wishes of the Duchies, none of the neutral Powers would injure their own interests. By con tinuing to remain passive they would only serve those of France." THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The following gentlemen have been appointed to the Civil Service, being the success ful candidates in the competitive examinations recently held before the Civil Service Commissioners :—Mr. Henry Tem ple Robins, to a clerkship in the Paymaster-General's office ; Mr. Horace H. Bourne, to a clerkship in the Woods and Forests ; Mr. Joseph Mayhew, to a clerkship in the Income tax branch of the Inland Revenue •office ; Mr. William 11. Wyon, to a clerkship in the General Business Department of the Custom-house; Mr. Henry Hutchins and Mr. Hewet son R. Reynolds, to clerkships in the office of the Pay master of Civil Services, Ireland. The following gentlemen have passed their examination without competition :—Mr. Charles M. Callow, for a clerkship in the office of the Registrar to the Admiralty ; Mr G. S. Ellis, to a temporary clerkship in the Woolwich branch of the War-office ; Mr. W. J. Stewart, to a temporary clerkship in the office of the Lunacy Commission, Edinburgh ; and Mr. Donald Mac kenzie, as an assistant of Excise under the Board of Inland Revenue. ANOTHER ROPE-WALKER. Quite a number of persons assembled at Charlotte to see Monsieur De Motto cross the river on a rope stretched from Holder's Elevator to the warehouse opposite. At the appointed time the per former made his appearance and started out, pole in hand. He was dressed in white tights, and wore on his head a hat decorated with ribbons. After proceeding tremblingly along to a point about thirty feet from the shore, he lost his ba lance and fell sprawling into the water beneath, losing hold of his balance pole, which stuck upright in the muddy bot tom. De Motto rose to the surface, and was picked up by one of the boats in attendance. He was brought to shore exceedingly damp and shivering from cold, but not divested of his ambition; for having warmed himself somewhat, and pulled on a pair of pantaloons over his tights, he started again, and after many narrow escapes, succeeded in reachino• the eastern shore in safety. He afterwards returned by the same route, and was greeted with applause as vociferous almost as the shouts of laughter and ridicule which went up when his misfortune occurred. It is said that De Motte designs to cross again some time next week.—Rochester Democrat. THREE PERSONS OVER Till FALLS OP NIAGARA. —The rumour with reference to a boat containing three per sons going over Niagara Falls, turns out unfortunately to be too true. The following additional particulars are from the Lockport Advertiser : Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, a man by the name of Rosseau, and a Mr. Morse and wife started in a boat from near the head of the Hydraulic Canal, at Niagara Falls, to cross over the river to Chippewa, when the boat was struck by a gale and capsized. They were observed by persons on shore with spy-glasses to get on the boat in safety. They were soon carried by the strong current into the rapids, and were last seen above the " Three Sisters." The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and the efforts which were commenced for their rescue could not be completed before they were hopelessly en gulphed in the fatal waters of the rapids. We learn that Rosseau was saved from a fate like this only about a year ago, and when rescued was so chilled as to be entirely help less. Ho is reported by the citizens in his neighbourhood to have been a smuggler by occupation. Mr. Morse was a jeweller, and resided at Chippewa. A CONTEMPTIBLE SWINDLE. The New York papers relate the story of a peculiarly mean and disgraceful swindle. A man, calling hi mse lf C . C . Willi ams, i nser t e d an advertisement in a Philadelphia paper, calling for fifteen young ladies to go South, and there engage in private fami - lies, for the purpose of giving instruction on the pianoforte. His rooms at the hotel were besieged for several days. At last the fifteen young ladies were selected, and after a few days of preparation the party started for New York, under escort of Williams, whom they looked upon as a benefactor. They reached that place, and in the morning Williams told them to bo in readiness to start by the steamer at four p.m. At the appointed time eight of the ladies were all ready, but still Williams did not make his appearance, nor have they seen anything of him since. Search was made for their trunks, but they could not be found, and no trace of the swindler could be discovered. THE PACKET CONTRACT COMMlTTEE.—Therepoit of this Committee, published yesterday, contains incidental evidence on the question of the competition to be expected next year between the East Kent and the South-Eastern lines for the traffic to Dover. The South-Eastern Com pany represent that, although the East Kent will save 11 miles, it cannot effect much saving of time, owing to bad gradients and other causes. On the other hand, it is shown that the reduction of fares is likely to be considerable, the first class price of the East Kent, according to their Act, being 15s. 9d., while on the South-Eastern it is 225. With regard to the mails, the Post-office authorities appear disposed to avoid binding themselves by any contract for a term, and to keep the power of selecting whichever line may ultimately prove best able to perform the service. Supposing the two lines to act in harmony instead of opposition, there can be little doubt the natural facilities of the East Kent might be much more powerfully developed than is otherwise likely to be the case ; but it is asserted that no serious attempts at amalgamation have been made, and that the various reports circulated on the subject have been merely for stock-jobbing purposes. Nevertheless the manager of the South-Eastern Company seems constrained to admit that such a result is "eventually inevitable." Meanwhile the latter company are supposed to entertain a wish to encourage a postal route through Folkestone in preference to Dover, but although they admit that this would strengthen them in any ulti mate rivalry with the East Kent, they do not promote it specially with that view. Among other arrangements con templated is the erection of a pier at Folkestone, which, at the small cost of £15,000, would meet the requirements of the packets in all states of the tide. A SEA MONSTER.—Captain john Dunn, of the schooner Rover, on a trip from Quebec to Belle Isle, re ports as follows :—" On Saturday, the 20th of August, iu lat. 59 14 N., long. 59 10 W. at 4 o'clock a.m., weather fine, saw something lik e a vessel bottom up, S.E., about three miles distant ; bore down to ascertain what it was, and on approaching close to it could discern something like the bow of a clinker built vessel bottom up, showing the rows of planks apparently the same. About what seemed to be the head noticed a great deal of red. Bowsprit apparently under or in a wash with the water. On nearing on the lar board side saw something snow white on the centre of the body. Brought floe schooner close alongside and to our great astoni,liment found it to be a living monster. The large Part of the body, or shell, was about 50 feet long and 16 feet high, conical shape and sharpening to the fore part, with a long neck and jaws about II feet from the body. At the junction of the neck with the ho I e was a large horn. It had large white fins, some thir g like the wings of a bird, under the middle of the shell. We e bo sa a N t v , w th h e el li t e l , ‘ L . d e l se ier oo i l ly .er side for a fur t lcuu ther he left, and the horn we could see distinctly. It was very • leeN s k v e'l ec se ' te .;:: 'ke hsilYe, water g oii(li h dis t 'et ti eot drd :N i ' is t n i tt s oaon'l : itarthd more r undir the water than long and blood red. The neck and head again moved to war d s the boat, when we got somewhat alarme and made all sail from this floating monster. We counted the streaks from the centre of the back to the water 15 to a side, and the top of the shell was partly covered with birds' dung. ThE , s h e l l was of a dark colour, and came down in wash with the water. Under the shell we could plainly see a curve, and then a s econd projection. The hind part very much the shape of a turtle, but the fore part was sharper. At 5.30 a.m., soon after we hauled off, saw an American schoon er pass i ng very close to it.—Qteeee Chronicle. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BOULOGNE, SEPT. 21. The members of the deputation from the Na tional Assembly of the Romagna to the King of Sardinia have been named. The deputation is composed of Count Bentivoglio, Count Gozzadini, Marquis Tanari, Count Salvoni, M. Laderchi, M. Scarabelli, Vice-President ; and M. Mareschotti, Secretary to the National Assembly. BERNE, SEPT. 22. The Sardinian Government has addressed a cir cular to the Great Powers denying the report of the cession of Savoy to France, and declaring such reports to be entirely devoid of foundation. BERNE, SEPT. 21. Advices received from Zurich announce the arrival of a courier from Vienna, with instructions to draw lip the instrument for the treaty of peace, and the document for the cession of Lombardy to Sardinia. No allusion is made to the Duchies. It is hoped that the treaty of peace will be signed in a few days. BIARRITZ, SEPT. 21. It is asserted that the King of the Belgians, Prince Richard Metternich, and Count Walewski, will prolong their stay here until the departure of the Imperial Court, which will take place towards the end of the month. TURIN, SEPT. 21. Prince Poniatowski left Florence to-day for Biarritz. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : " Judging front the tone of French diplomacy, my impression is that the negotiations now geing on at Biarritz will end in the Moniteur publishing a note in which the people of Central Italy will be solemnly invited again to receive their Sovereigns under pro mise of reforms. This done, France may consider that she has washed her hands of the Italian ques tion, and the 50,000 French troops in all probability will return home. The Emperor no doubt is sadly puzzled to know what to do. His sympathy is with the Italians—with the people of Italy in fact. I am assured, on high authority, that he has not in any may modified a desire, so often expressed, to improve the political condition of the peninsula. But he is perhaps the only friend of Italy at the Biarritz Conference. As it has been again asserted in some Belgian paper (and therefore, as a matter of course, reproduced in certain English journals) that the Emperor has yet some lingering idea about placing Prince Napoleon in Central Italy, I can assure you his Majesty never had, nor has he now, any such desires. He has always acted on his conviction of Italy for the Italians. For such he made war, and in such a spirit he would, if he could, I am con• vinced, complete the treaty of peace. Whatever may be the result of the Biarritz meeting the Ita lians of Central Italy should depend on their own swords as their only guarantee. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. 13ounsE, Sept. 21.—The market was dull at the opening, but afterwards recovered. Threes have been done at from 68f. 85c. to 68f. 95c. ; Mobilier, 782 f. 50c. to 790 f.; Austrian, 542 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Lombard, 546 f. 25c. (ex. div.) to 551 f. 2.5 c. ; Lyons, 777 f. 50c. to 782 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,375 f. to 1,380 f. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 95 10 Credit Fonder Do. end month I Belgian 44. 3 per Cents. 69 I Pieamontese (5) Do. end month.... 69 5 Roman B4 50 Bank 'Shams 2BOO I Austrian Credit Mobilier 795 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 797 50 Home Debt 44 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans Northern . 922 50 .. 923 75 New ditto BlO 7 -- .. 810 Lyons and Mwditerranean. BB5 .. 885 UPneva 521 .. 520 Southern W . esttrn 5BO .. 682 50 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 .. Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ' • money, 25f 10e.; three months, paper, 2 , 1 f .. 971 e.; money, 24f. 921 c. SUT2'BE IN INDIA. The Commercial Gazette, of Aug. 9, publishes the following : " We published some days ago an account of the suttee in the Hissar district, and the steps which had been taken to punish those concerned in the affair. The following has been sent us for insertion and we give it below, but a good deal is repetition. " Intimation of a suttee having taken place near Hansee in June last, having appeared in several of the local newspapers, the following authentic ac count of the same and the punishment awarded to the participators in this serious crime, is published for general information. " - On the 19th June, 1859, Thulium Choomar, of Koonghur, died a natural death. His widow Nun noo was then very anxious to be burnt with his corpse, but was restrained by the village community and seemingly acquiesced in their advice. " On the 21st June, or two days after Thulium's death, a rumour spread through the village at dawn that Nunnoo had received an inspiration, and was about to become a, suttee. Her deceased husband's uncle, Koora, her nearest connection in the village, assisted with the- other Choomars connected with her, particularly distinguished themselves in the work to which the whole village swarmed, each Choomar fetched wood, and assisted in preparing the pile. " Before, however, these preparations were com pleted, the Lumberdars of the village depatched Babur,' the village dauraha, to report the circum stance at the Bullesalee chowkee. Bahur now states that he fell ill on the road, and did not re cover till evening, when he returned to the village without going to the chowkee. " Shortly after sunrise Nunnoo (the suttee) issued from the hamlet and proceeded to the pyre. The entire body of villagers, whether Choomars, Jets, or Bunnias, poured libations of ghee, and placed cocoa-nuts on the pyre. Nunnoo ascended it of her own free will, and against the remonstrances of the people generally, but these remonstrances had been partially silenced at an early hour by a threat to curse any one who attempted to prevent her im molation, and the villagers seeing there was no help for it, gave hearty assistance to the suttee. Thus Nunnoo was immolated, assembled crowds looking on. " All therefore more or less aided and abetted in a crime which they knew to be heinous. "'The Lumberdars, men of superior caste, might have prevented the suttee, but failed to do so ; the village chowheedars gave information, and the aha did not, as he was ordered, report the sut tee to the nearest police chowkee. The whole case has been carefully investigated by the civil autho rities at Hissar, and the following are the results as reported by the commissioner of the division. " Five Choomars, who were most active in pre paring the wood for the pyre, have been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour in irons. " Five of the Lumberdars, whose bounden duty it was to prevent the perpetration of the suttee, to a similar term of imprisonment. " Nineteen others who were aiders and abettors in the crime, though in a less degree, have been sen tene(d to imprisonment with labour in irons for five years. " The dauraha who failed to report the crime to the police has been sentenced to two years' labour ni Irons ; and, lastly, a fine of 500 rupees has been levied on the corporate community of the village. " These sentences will be proclaimed in every village in the Hisser division, in order that the con sequences of aiding in a crime so atrocious may be clearly made known to the people, and that heads of villages be specially warned that they will be punished to the utmost limit of the law if they fail to prevent sutteo. " The dismissal of Dowlut Ram, thanandar of Hansee, and Peer Buxsh Khan, jemadar of the Chowkee Buleealee, and of every individual police man attached to the thanah of Hansee has also been directed." THE. GREAT EASTERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES, Sir,—l observe in the Times of to-day letters from " A Passenger Shareholder" and from " Spec tator," pretending to contradict my evidence and Mr. Dixon's regarding the part I took, and the pact I did not take, in the management of the paddle wheel engines ; and I find another from a Mr. Dil lon, of aprevious date. _ I frankly admit that I communicated probably 100 messages, in the course of the voyage, from the bridge to the paddle-engine room. I as readily admit that my chief assistant was in the paddle-engine room, giving all the assistance in his power to carry the orders I transmitted into effect. I equally admit that my son Norman assisted me in transmitting some of those messages, and that he counted for me the strokes of the engines, and reported to me every five minutes their condition and speed. It is perfectly true that at one time the screw engines went faster than the paddle-wheel engines, and at another time the paddle-engines faster than the screw. But all your correspondents have omitted to state (what they could equally have stated if they were competent witnesses and wished to be just), that I transmitted the same number of orders in the same manner to the screw-engines which were not made by me, and where no engineer of mine was assisting. The fact is I merely worked the telegraph, and transmitted the necessary instructions to both engines from the pilot and captain, in such a man ner as would best give effect to their wishes, and cause the vessel to perform the evolutions they desired. But is it just or fair to argue from such circum stance that I was in responsible charge of the work ing of both sets of engines ? lam sure Mr. Blake will not say I was responsible for his engines be cause I concerted telegraphic arrangements with him. I may further state that I did not go into either engine•room, and I could not even see the paddle engines work from where I stood. My engines, and, as I imagine, those of Messrs. Watt and Co., were in the hands of the Company's engineers serving under the ship's articles. Out of 170 persons, ser vants of the Company, employed on the engines and boilers, only four were appointed by the Company on my recommendation, and an equal number on Messrs. Watt and Co.'s recommendation. Had the paddle-engines remained my property; had they been worked on my responsibility ; had the trial trip been in any degree mine-1 should have taken upon myself the entire and absolute control of the whole paddle-wheel and boiler de partment, and should not have permitted any one to touch either engines or boilers who had not been absolutely appointed by me, and been solely re ponsible to me. As it was, the Company refused my offer to recommend to them competent persons for the entire staff of the paddle-wheel engines and boilers, and only accepted my recommendation for the appointment of their four first engineers. The management of the engines and boilers being thus placed in the hands of the Company's own ser vants, all I could do was to render the utmost assistance in my power, as every maker of engines naturally would do, when he had the opportunity, in a work of extraordinary magnitude.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, J. SCOTT RUSSELL. Weymouth, Sept. 20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Mr. Wm. Patterson, jun., has claimed for his father the merit of being the designer of the Great Western and Great Britain, and it is beyond dispute that the lines were his ; and, perhaps, it would have been nearer the mark had your notice stated that the Great Western and Great Britain were emanations of Mr. Brunel's genius. I was the managing director of the company which built both ships, Mr. Patterson, a friend of my own, having been pointed out by me to Mr. Brunel as a man of talent and above prejudice, and one more than any other man I knew likely to carry out his intentions, views, or whatever term best suits the occasion, if design does not fit. Mr. Patterson drew the lines ; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Guppy, and myself, often sat over them ; Mr. Patterson got instructions and made his own calculations accurately; Mr. Brunel made his also often by my side. The company built their own ships, Mr. Patterson superintending the building of them. Mr. Brunel advised the directors, and having the responsibility of the engines, aided Mr. Patterson, if that term is better approved by his son, in his praiseworthy effort in upholding that which I think requires no effort—his father's fame. That as a ship-builder is established, and I have always thought, and still believe, he was proud in being called upon to assist Mr. Brunel. Of this I am quite certain, had Patterson died and Brunel lived, the latter would have been the first to bear testimony to the share the former had in the con struction of both vessels.—Your obedient servant, Chelsea, Sept. 21. C. CLAXTON. SCENES FROlil THE REVIVALS IN ULSTER, The northern papers are chiefly occupied with reports of the religious revivals in progress through the province of Ulster. A few extracts are sub joined:— " GARVAGII. —The work of revival is still progressing favourably in this locality. The weekly congregational meeting, held in the Rev. J. B. Rentoul's church on Thurs day, the Bth inst., was intended to be commemorative of God's goodness to the district for the last three months. In reviewing the work during this period, Mr. Rentoul stated that, though he found it impossible after some weeks to keep an accurate register of the awakened, owing to the great variety of public meetings held by the converts themselves, and also to the fact that multitudes were brought under the influences of the work apart from public meetings altogether, yet he had kept as accurate an account of the results of the meetings held by himself as possible. They were as follows :—The cases of bodily prostration, or otherwise visibly awakened to a sense of sin, were 175 ; of these, 85 belonged to his own congregation, 40 to First Garvagh, under Rev. Mr. Millar ; 21 were Episcopalians ; 5 belonged to Rev. Mr Thompson, of the Free Church ; and the remainder to Aghadowey and Moneydig . Presbyterian Churches, or otherwise unconnected with any congregation. " Co LERA INE.—SOIIIO marvellous instances of conversion after conviction and prostrating are still occurring ; but they do not now elicit such an extraordinary amount of joyful wonder as a first, though they differ in no way from those which marked the commencement of the movement. On Wednesday evening a young man of dissipated habits, whose deserted wife and children were left on more than one occa sion to the cold cares of the world, was suddenly arrested in the midst of a drunken orgie, and forced to cry out in strong agony and remorse for sin. Like one who has now become strong in the Lord, this young man was almost insensible with drink, and staggered with a drunken compaion in a race for more of ' the accursed thing,' when he was pros trated. In an instant sobriety of thought, followed by the usual symp+oms of an awakened conscience, visited him, and after long hours of wrestling prayer he professed to have found peace. He has since been at our various prayer meetings, and evinoes a desire to be made acquainted with spiritual things. " BALLYMENA.—The work of religious reformation in this town and neighbourhood is proceeding with persistent ac tivity of action, and warrantable hope of an abiding influence upon the people. New cases of ' impression' occurred at Divine service in all the Evangelical churches of Ballymena on Sunday last, and fresh impulse has been given to the good work by the proceedings at an open-air meeting held in Linen Hall (market-place), on the following Tuesday. This meeting excited unusual interest, in consequence of an announcement that it would conclude the out-door services for the present season. Seats for the accommodation of about 2,000 people had been provided in the open air, but the entire assemblage doubled that number. In the course of the proceedings we observed that several persons, of both sexes, were affected to tears ; and a num b er o f them wor d assisted from the meeting, or were obliged to retire to some of the neighbouring offices, evidently in great weakness of body and agitation of mind. Some cases of prostration' ensued, wherein the parties gave utterance to the usual ex pressions of penitence and supplications for mercy ; and we noticed that a female, of advaneed age, had fallen silently upon the ground, her features, for a considerable interval, presenting all the appearance of ordinary death. "C AS TLEDER G.—Prayer meetings are established throughout the whole country every evening. The Roman Catholic population are still hostile to this religious move ment. On last Friday, September 2, while the Rev. Mr. Dawson, from Strabane, was preaching the everlasting Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to perishing sinners in an open space, in no way in terfering with the public thoroughfare of the town, a large and lawless mob congregated, and shouted and yelled, and threw stones at the preacher. Some of the congregation were much hurt. They attempted to rush in on the preacher, but were prevented by some of the hearers and by the constabulary, who acted in a most praiseworthy manner. Mr. Scott, the local magistrate, said to the preacher that it would be better for him to leave off; he did so shortly afterwards, but was followed by a disorderly mob, who shouted and threw stones at him, and attacked the house where he stopped, by throwing stones, which broke part of the signboard." DR. HUMPHREYS.—The Boston Journal say s : " Some two or three months since it was announced i n the Epapers throughout the country that an Englishman , named dward R. Humphreys had suddenly left his native land for this country, in company with a woman other than his lawful wife, and that he took with him funds to the amount of £40,000, the property of other persons. The sufferers by his rascality subsequently despatched a messenger in pur suit, who traced the defaulter to various plac es in this country and Canada, until at length the messenger learnt that he was in this eity, or the immediate v i cinit y . Con stable Calder traced him to Cambridge and back to this city, and learnt of several houses, public and private, where Humphreys had represented that he boarded, but on in quiry he found that no such man had been there. Continuing his search, Mr. Calder finally found and arrested Hum phreys yesterday afternoon at No. 17, Harrison-avenue, and committed him to gaol to await examination in the police-court. Previous to conveying him to gaol, Hum phreys requested the privilege of writing a note or two to his friends, and, the request being granted, he addressed notes to the Hon. Edward Everett, and Professor Long fellow, desiring them to call at Suffolk County Gaol and bail him out. Upon being asked if ho knew Mr. Everett. he replied, No, but I have a letter to him.' Just before being placed in his cell he asked Mr. Gaoler Bartlett if he could be allowed his wine and cigars, and was politely an swered No, Sir, this is a temperime 4801,pe, and smoking is strictly forbidden,' THE B 'BIKE• The executive executive committee of the Masters Builders Association show no signs of swerving from their original decision—to admit no on e into their em ; ployment without a formal assent to the declaatio,s that they do and will not belo n g to any tradeeet,. union. The result of the delibera tions of the m ing which was held on Tuesd a y , as reported by the _ committee themselves, is, that i t a pp ears from We reports of the members of the association that upr wards of 4,000 workmen have resumed employmenl. under the declaration, and they therefore unert inously express their conviction that, by a fire l the r aue_ herence to the course oaiginally ado p ted by solution of the general meeting, an easy and succe 8:. , ful result will be obtained. It will be observed thy: this decision has been come to by t he executive core: mittee only. Indeed, since the general m eeting , ferred to, there has been no formally con venea no t meeting of the Masters' Association, and it unreasonable to suggest that, i" utu has been so protracted, and the workmen show 14 _ se eing the dis 2 _ .O hours, a _ desire as a body to insist upon the nine day for ten hours' pay, the executive would onlyr discharging their duty by giving those for wu ,'.. they act the opportunity of re-discussing the sub_ ject. It is well known that many joined the association have opened their establit merits without requiring their men to inake,P " declaration," and that many others, including some of the largest firms in the metropolis, are strongly disposed to take the same course, fropiet conviction of the inutility, not to say mischief,„‘l.. masters 70?.. persistence in what may degenerate into a vina. l v i ; tive policy. The course taken by the e xecutl . r thel_ precludes these members from expressing altered opinions, and in effect allows the xe e cutiv. r e to dictate to them what they shall do against their own better judgment. This is precisely the grave accusation made against the members of the .opera tives'e conference ; but whatever truth there math D in the allegation, it is at least certain that y have never hesitated to meet their constituents in public meeting, and that they are only s t r ictly ear rying out the policy unanimously resolved upon at these meetings. The executive committee ste! that upwards of 4,000 men have " resumed" viva under the declaration. It is pos sible that that number may have accepted employment, but statistics supplied by the conference of the opera se tives show that a very small prop o rtion of the are men who either struck or were locked ou t. Tbn inference is, therefore, that the place s of the lock outs" are being supplied by men from the pbro: vinces ; and in that case it is not co rrect to saY,r, the London operatives have " resumed work.' l' would appear that the employers, failing in their efforts to force the declaration on their have been actively recruiting in the country. O n the other hand, whenever any of these recruits are heard of as being on their way to them etropelio, old hands , they are met by their brother operatives, and " nu' lightened" as to the real position of affairs, the re suit being frequently their immediate r eturn to the country. Oa Tuesday in night, 15 operatives who WO from Bristol were met this way at the Padding ton station, eight out of the fifteen de clined ter farther, and yesterday morning four others Nviv"." drew, leaving to the employers only three out of the 15 brought to town. At the Paviors' Arms yesterday, there were sev ral rumours as to some of the principal fi rms, e; includ ing those of Messrs. Piper, Myers, and Jay , having decided to open their yards without the declaration.ir A deputation was sent to the last-named firm, order, if possible, to ascertain officially the x°en state of the case, because one of Mr. Jay's foreelu had distinctly stated that he had receiv e d orders to a set the men to work this day unconditionally. Th deputation were not able to meet with Mr. the but have arranged to do so this morning. in t i ll: meantime, the joiners and other operatives if% had " gone in" left, until it is settled whether or De the declaration is formally withdrawn. A n u e: l of painters employed by Mr. Burt were at wer,•„-1,1 a contract of Mr. Waller's, who presented the ; docu ment to them ; they immediately left. Mr. Ee l ' who it is said was a member of the executive C n " -- 4 ,, havemitte e saido f thatthe e h m e p n lo e y v e e r r s, ha was p resented d y e t s h t e e rd a Y meat" to his men, and :that he did not intend te do so. Contributions towards the payment of the lieli dividend to the men continue to flow in from PI! trades in the country. Yesterday the follow sums A were received by the Conference at the Punt. Arms :—Reading, 9s; Newcastle-on -Tyne (Ara's. mated Society of Ship Joiners), £5 ; Beckenhara' 14s; Hanley, £1 lls • Ashford, £1 10s; Wolof" hampton, £3 12s 6d ; 'Chester, £1 17s ; isretleY , P I 8d ; Gosport, £2 14s ; Liverpool, £3 o s 3 d g Win' ston Central Committee, £5 ; Springfield and rilr key Paper-mills, Maidstone, lOs ; enleen: sto p: Thames lOs ; St. Alban's, £2 Os lid ; tv Sawyers, London, £3 2s 2d ; Ealing, 13a ;riguk— 111% ford, £2 ; Upholsterers, London, £2411; B 'Committee), £5. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS'• LEEDS. The Leeds Volunteer Rifle Corps, on gol f last, elected its officers by ballot. Mr• fall, Armitage was appointed captain, Mr. A. Ilerso. lieutenant, and Mr. T. J. Kinnear, ensign' f o r corps has chosen its uniform, and meets daily practice and drill. KING'S LYNN. Rifle The officers selected by the King's Lynn Company have been approved by the Earl o ; Le i• cester, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, and have 1.-- ceived their commissions. The compa n y has bees declared the fifth in the Norfolk corps, and is t° consist, like the others, of a captain lieutenant, 01: sign, and 100 of all ranks. The effective etrengl. of the company is at present 71 , and the m em ber are to meet for drill on Mondays and Saturdat f°' a ; A commencement was made on Monday: Lor.. Stanley, M.P., has presented the fun d raised defraying the various expenses incid ent to the for: mation of the company with £2O, and his c ollea e: in the representation of the borough, Mr. John 11 Gurney, M.P., has made a similar donation. WINDSR. Preliminary measures have O b e en taken for Wee time past, under the active superintendence of th e Mayor of Windsor, the Hon. A. Ruth ven, Captahl a Layard, and Messrs. Melville, Cayley, Lang, ti l f Blunt, with several of the Military Knigh ts O d, Windsor, and already 36 members have enrolle themselves consisting of the most respectable in habitants Of the borough, 33 of whom will entirellt equ ip themselves. The subscriptions at P resen ot h amount to £lBO. A drill sergeant from the 6 Rifles has been selected and also the practice ground, which is about two miles from the WWII' with a range of about 400 yards, at the foot of St a Leonard's-hill, which, with its natural butt is a. mirably adapted for rifle practice. T he depot fel arms will be at the police station, and the uniforl will correspond with that of the Reading Corps 1 every respect. Captain Layard's name has been sent thin Lord-Lieutenant for his lordship's app roval of gentleman's appointment as comma ndin g officer. . s Another division, totally unconnec ted with Olt corps, has also been formed in the Windsor Gres Park, under the command of Colonel F. a SI; mour, consisting e of between 30 and 40 of t keepers and men employed in the park and Reis gardens ; these men have already acquired Oa', proficiency in their practice.. , in to the SYDENHAM. 'ent This corps, which now numbers nearl y 40 el kind' members, has been fortunate enoug h, b y the ness of ono of the resident landowners, Mr. MlWain_ Dacre Adams, to secure the use of a most suitable practice ground situated close to the Forest -hill Station. Mr. Adams was formerly se cretar y to Mr. Pitt' and a volunteer under that G overnment, and thus, for the second time contribut es kis aid in favour of the patriotic movement. The ground has a rang e of 300 y ards, and heS been approved by .the Government inspecting officer. A most effici ent butt his been constructed• and the corps has regular drill and p r actice thr ee times a week. They are ver y anxious to obtain the required number of 60 p revious to applying to the Lord Lieutenant for enrolment, and which, fre al the practice ground being so advantageously situated, will doubtless be shortly accomplished- EXPLOSION OF A STEAM - TUG. This i afternoon, 4.- SHIREHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. ill fated if not fa c l. xp esion occurred in Kingroad, by which som e Ives have been lost and several men have been ta a ll b y ou in t juhraeldf-.paTsthel four,larnacteorfritbili; vessel was the Fury tug, of Bristol, ankl e the time of the explosion she was lying alone the bark Ant, bound for Quebec. The captio n (3 , the Fury, George Hopes, was on board the At': when the accident occurred, and is unable to assiC any cause for it. The tug was literally bloWIle" atoms. The crew were five in number iou'a fireman John Case, 52, is missing ; a boy named , George ' Rogers, 16, was blown on board the . 11 : Ind has since been removed in a very precrio,!, ,Cato to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. The In , a t t h v e name unknown, was picked up on a piece °I The Boating wreck, comparatively, uninjured. there s ~. engineer, James Jones, 55 , is missing, and P little doubt that he has perished. in the r iver A collision occured at San dbed Point, Avon, this morning, betwe en the firefly, Wex,ffrd il iteampaeket and the Mon ke y steam tug, by • Wm' the latter was sunk. The crew was rescued. if:. . ,