The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

ROYAL EN(,LISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINORA H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corri, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thiri gran, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ron, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. TITTF, EVENING the performances will commence with THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, Py J. R. I'lanche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. To conclude with TIIE TWO POLTS. .NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly. After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. 3rr. David Fisher, Sir. Paul Bedtord, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager-31r. 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. THIS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLAME. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Itesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. - - After which the successful Ballet Farce, by John Oxen ford, Esq., entitled MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, b}• L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINMS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough . THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. _ _ Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant reception of the New Historical Dr,ma, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI, sustained by a New Dra matic Company, full Stud of beautiful Horses, Characteristic Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Enga.gement for a limited period of the Great Delavanti troupe, Gvmnasists par excellence ; also, Little Benda, the most Wonderful Juvenile Equestrian in the World. Scenes in the Circle by Star Riders and talented Equestrians. Terminating with a Laughable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CNTERBUR V HALL CONCERTS.- - EVERY EVENING.--The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con &efts). And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Holson (the Trish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have beon re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43 —highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the rlght. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-23 40. Wren—South-easterly, light, with dull but milder weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 49m.—Afternoon, 1. llra To-Moßßow-Morning, lh. s2m.—Afternoon, lh. 53113 . ; 7 1 ,1 1. • • - 0 . 4=41,, THE SUN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23; 1859 The calamitous effects of the Strike are at length beginning to tell upon its victims, and even to force a tardy suspicion of its folly (to use the very mildest 'phrase) upon the judgments of some among its most ardent ,promoters. The melancholy conse quences of the whole proceeding are no longer to be eoncealed, They glare upon our notice—the most fatal of these consequences—through the weekly report of that inexorable Gazeteer of Death, the Registrar-General. For these are evi dences now only too visible, from week to week, upon those tabulated records official records more than most records of an official character to be accepted upon all hands as perfectly reliable—these are frightfully conspicuous evidences, these, that the Strike has added, in a deplorable way, its own peculiar quota to the general mortality. The impoverishment necessarily produced by the Strike has told, naturally enough, upon the weakest, frailest, and most delicate constitutions —it has cut off by scores the poor women and children ! Before the actual death of which unfortunates, we are constrained to bear in mind the lengthened sufferings endured day by day in these now bereaved households of the poor ! Be fore that most deplorable of natural deaths can come—if we can in any way induce ourselves to speak of it as a " natural" death—the death pro duced by actual inanition ; before the wives and children of working men can die of absolute star vation—every stick and rag (be sure of that) has long since gone to the pawnbroker. The scenes of misery thatmnst have been rife in all parts of this metropolis during the chief part of the deplorable interval which has elapsed since the strike commenced scenes that must have come to the knowledge of, if they have not actually been witnessed by, the daring originators and obstinate upholders of the Nine Hours' Movement—must have served to attest the hardness and stubbornness of their philosophy. Whatevir they may argue to the con trary these men have been all this while coolly driving these scores upon scores to death, and these hundreds and thousands to misery. Better, they have seemed to say, that all these sickly women and children should continue to perish—better that all these fathers and husbands should be denied the chance of saving them from destruction by work— better that all these unnumbered families should be rendered utterly wretched and impoverished to the last degree of impoverishment, than that we should do anything so mean and paltry now as to 4 , give in" after alio= bold words and resolute pro ceedings ! And so—weeks, months have gone by without a hint at the probability of any relenting. And during the lapse of these same miserable weeks and months the Registrar-General has been ticking down more and more rapidly the lists of the helpless victims. At last—with the prema ture indications of approaching winter suddenly upon us—at last the funds begin to fall off. The boldest spoken hitherto show signs of the dawn of something like timidity, or at any rate of something like hesitation. An appeal to the general community is talked of—without any distinct idea evidently of the principle upon which it should be addressed to the sympathies of the population. And so out of the very depth of the groom of the general wretchedness there comes the glimmering of a ghostly - hope of amelioration. The worst ofit al l now is, however, that so very brief an interval is really left to attempt even to make up arrears before the building season is ended peremptorily by the annual setting in of the Shari) frosts, when the trowel and mortar can no longer be handled by the bricklayer any more than the TeX , and spade can be used by the poor frozen-out gardener. Here is the last week in October (with the climate of November) bringing more ap preciably within view the advent of Ci rist mas. And the strike even now, with this miserable scrap of a possibility of work before us, the strike even now has yet to be terminated. The beginning of the end has not even yet been commenced. We are talking of it now, on the 25th of October, simply as a possibility, or, to employ the most sanguine phrase, as a mere pro bability. But even supposing it already ended — supposing the workmen so long out of work actually at work again --how far can they make good lost ground, lost time, lost wages before winter cuts the " ground" from under their feet, ends the yearly " time" for building, and puts a stop to their chance of " wages ?" Wages so long refused, and refused by this time to an amount the computation of the proximate aggregate of which it is painful to the very last degree to contemplate— more particularly, to contemplate with the Regis trar-General's last few weeks' reports lying before us, during the process of computation. All this money in hard cash, to the tune of thousands upon thousands of pounds have been virtually, and wil fully, and obstinately thrown out of windows by the promoters of the strike—and lost now, so far as the past is concerned, it is certainly needless to demonstrate, beyond the possibility of redemption. All that can be done now will be the sorry remedy expressed by the old proverbial phrase of " lock ing the stable-door when the steed is stolen." That is all, at any rate, that can be attempted in regard to the past; in regard to the work lost, the time spent, the wages gone, the misery suffered, the deaths lamented. And, as for the rest, as for the narrow space of the little fragment of the portion remaining before them in 1859—even at the happiest calculation, even upon the supposition that the strike were brought to a close tomorrow—it would be idle to dream of even the moiety of the goods and chattels now at the pawnbrokers, being redeemed before the end of the building season. Furniture and clothing even such as it was, the humblest furniture and the poorest clothing, will have to be done -without in numberless homes in this great city, all during the oncoming winter. Those households will have, for 1859.1860, to rough it more severely and harshly than ever. And all because of this rash and obsti nate and most ill-considered strike. We say nothing whatever here about the principles at stake between the working men and the employers—there is very much indeed to be said for the working men, in re gard to the great, affecting principle at stake, in what is called the nine hours' movement. Ali that we would insist upon in this matter, from first to last—all that we would especially insist upon now is, the folly and cruelty, if we might not even say the absolutely criminality of the strike. Triumph, the Nine Hours' movement If you will, let that be the cry ringing trumpet-toned among all the millions of our working men. But—not (triumph) through the Strike ! Perish the Strike ! It has lasted over long already. Let it end now in GOD'S name! The diminution of the number of convictions at the Birmingham Sessions (commenced yesterday) was estimated, as the learned Recorder intimated in his charge to the Grand Jury, at 15 per cen during the entire twelvemonth. The diminution observe in the number of convictions ! Tha diminution implying, at the first glance, necessarily a diminution in the number of crimes. Yet the learned Recorder of Birmingham at once, upon announcing this gratifying estimate (the estimate formed, by the way, by the Governor of the local Borough Gaol) endeavourei to disabuse the minds of his hearers from any false impressson that might thereby have been almost instinctively produced. We must dis tinguish" he said, " between the diminution of convictions and the diminution of crime. I wish to guard your minds against the common fallacy of confounding the numbers of convictions with those of offences committed. Convictions are only of offences detected and brought to justice, and it may happen that in one place you may find the convie• tions increase by the zeal and activity of tne police, or by addition to their numbers, when that very in crease of convictions causes a decrease of crime— while, on the other hand, any laxity of the police or any cause acting on the minds of prosecutors disin clining them toprosecute will show a decrease of con victions it may be coincident with an increase of crime." Not of course—we might be sure of that— that the Recorder of Birmingham would wish for an instant to insinuate that the diminution in the number of convictions to the extent of 15 per cent. upon the year was attributable to anything like laxity on the part of the borough police or negligence on the part of the local, meaning, of coarse, for the most part his own judi- cial authority. Mr. HILL, in fact, then went on to argue thus candidly :—" I look around me," said he, " for causes of a decrease in crime ; and I hope I may vouch (though ytu know better than I do) that the general prosperity of the country is a cause of the diminution of crime. This is a well-known and acknowledged cause, for in seasons of prosperity throughout the country the number of convictions fall to a few, when the zeal of the police remains the same and when the disposition to prosecute remains the same." He is constrained to add, however, imme diately, that "though modern propriety tends to a diminution of crime, yet a sudden access of prospe rity among the working classes, I am sorry to say* it, tends to an increase of offences ; because a su d den rush of prosperity brings to the working classes money beyond their usual requirements, and their habits of life not having prepared them for saving the money that they earn beyond what they require for their usual expenditure, many of them yield— nat all thank God—to that sorest of temptations, the drinking intoxicating liquors." The Recorder is, therefore, not by any means prepared to argue that here—in the mere increase of prosperity—there is discoverable the veritable source of this extraordinary diminution in the number of convictions. He goes on to acknowledge frankly—" I must confess that 15 per cent. is such a sudden diminution, that har• ing given many years to the consideration of this subject. lam not satisfied that we owe entirely to the prosperity of the country the present dimi nution of crime." There are other causes, he con ceives, to be at work, and these causes, he then goes on to enumerate. First, and foremost among these, we rejoice to observe that Mr. HILL puts the establishment of late years of so many admirable Reformatories. Another reason t immediately afterwards specefied is not by any means so satisfactory. " Since F e brua r y, 1 1558," he reminds his grand jury, " there has been such a diminution in the scale 'of payments to witnesses and officers of justice— such as the police —as must, according to all the evidence which 1 have received upon the subject, have had a pernicious effect in preventing and discouraging prosecutions." This, however, we find good reason to believe is an evil now likely to be removed through the judicious interposition of the SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPART MENT. In spite of all drawbacks, however, we cannot but rejoice in a diminution of the number -.IIIIE SUR, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1859 of convictions, which certainly does argue, we will hope, whatever the Rocorder may maintain to the contrary, some diminution in crime on the part of the community. BE-APPOINTMENT OF SIR G. GREY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN'. SIR,-At the conclusion of the interview on Thursday the Duke of Newcastle volunteered the remark that " after all nothing had passed on either side which might not have been published in the newspapers." I presume, therefore, that I am not out of order in requesting you to make public the result of that interview, for which, as you justly ob serve, the colony and all interested in its welfare are look ing with such anxiety. After intimating his entire concurrence with the views held by us of the extraordinary administrative powers of Sir George Grey, the Duke informed us that, by his despatch of August last, he had practically overruled the decision of his predecessor, though he could not say that that decision was not justified. That despatch had crossed Sir George Grey at sea, but a copy had been sent to him since his ar rival in England, and he expected his decision without de lay. It now rested with Sir G. Grey to decide whether or not he would return to the colony as its Governor. With respect to the fear entertained by his Grace, that the deputation was likely to canvass the reasons for his pre decessor's acts, and thus to trench on the prerogative of the Crown, I may remark that, thanks to the system that ob tains in this country, we are not likely—were we to wish to do so—to be able to discuss the " why and wherefore" of Sir G. Grey's recal and re-appointment until the question is ventilated in Parliament or the correspondence embalmed in a blue bak.—Yours faithfully, G. LATEO.II BROWNE. Cape Town Railway and Dock Company, Gresham house. Old Broad-street, Oct. 24. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night Mr. Charles Mathews made his reappearance in Holcroft's comedy of " The Road to Ruin," playing with all his accustomed gaiety and vivacity the part of Goldfinch. He had an able colleague in Mr. Buekstone, who played Silky, the miser, with infinite humour ; Mr. Chippendale played Dornton, Mr. Howe Harry Dornton, Mr. Rogers Sulky, Mr. Clark Jacob ; Mrs. C. Mathews made a charm ing unsophisticated Sophia, Mrs. Wilkins was clever and effective as the Widow Warren. There is no company in London which could furnish a more effective cast for this excellent comedy, and the manner in which it was played last night should stamp it as one of—if not the most—suc cessful of the revived comedies which hale lately been pre sented at the Haymarket. " The Road to Ruin" was followed by " Paul Pry ;" Liston's great character being of course sustained by Mr. C. Mathews, whose perform ance created roars of laughter. The other parts were excellently sustained. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A translation of the French vaudeville, "La Femme Metamorphosee en Chatte," was performed here last even ing, for the purpose of introducing Miss Louise Keeley in one of Mademoiselle Jenny Vertpre's most celebrated parts. The trifle, which, by the way, is termed "a dramatic folly," is entitled " Puss, or Metempsychosis," and is as follows : —A crack-brained German student, Carl (Mr. J. G. Shore), being utterly ruined, and refusing from pride to accept of assistance from his only relative and heiress cousin, Ade laide (Miss Louise Keeley), hides himself in a garret with a pet cat—all that fortune has left him—to brood over his sorrows, and nurse his favourite crotchet of the Metempsychosis. This weakness is taken advantage of for the purpose of releasing him from his sufferings. He is made to believe that Puss is actually turned into a living loving woman, but his raptures are considerably chilled by finding that the lady still retains the characteristics of her feline race. After subjecting the poor student to all sorts of torments and delights, he is undeceived, and of course marries the lady. In pourtraying this very difficult part, Miss Keeley acted with a spirit and freshness that was quite enchanting. With two little bows on her forehead suggestive of ears, she assumes with the utmost felicity all the sportive demeanour of a kitten, understanding so well how to alternate the velvet with the claw, that she softens her master as effectually by her coaxing as she enrages him by her mischief. At the fall of the curtain the applause was enthusiastic, and for many nights to come Miss Keeley will bo called upon to repeat her exquisite performance of " Poor Puss." SURREY THEATRE. Last night was marked at this popular theatre by the production of a new drama ; the debut of an Australian tra gedian, Mr. T. G. Drummond ; and the first seasonal ap pearance of Mr. Shepherd. The new drama is taken from Sir Bulwer Lytton's last novel, and is entitled, " What will ho do with it." Of course the right hon. baronet's novel contains, as do all his writ ings, a certain amount of dramatic effect, of marked charac ter, of striking situation, of well-constructed plot, and of development of passion, leading to high fortitude, morality, firmness of purpose, and a delineation of the heart's best feelings, or, on the darker side of the picture, to despera tion, villany, disgrace, remorse, and ruin. These the dra matist has turned to excellent account, and the new drama is destined for a lengthy and successful run. Mr. Shep herd has a part which fits him admirably. Mr. Drum mond, a gentleman from Australia, made a very favourable first appearance. The evening's entertainment concluded with the farce of the "Lottery Ticket," which was excel lently supported by Mr. Vollair, Mr. Marshall, and Miss Lizzie Marshall. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The last new hippodramatic spectacle " Garibaldi" is attracting immense audiences nightly at this favourite theatre. The blemishes which were visible on the first night of its production have been removed, and we have no w one of the best spectacles produced for years—quite equal in effect and splendour to the celebrated " Battle of Waterloo." Not content with strengthening his dramatic company, Mr. Cooke, ever on the search for new attractions for his patrons, has made several important additions to his eques trian corps, and the scenes in the circle exceed in magnifi cence all former achievements. ALHAMBRA PALACE. The attractions at this popular place of amusement have been considerably enhanced by the production of a grand hippodramtic spectacle, entitled the " Flitch of Bacon, or the Revels of Dunmow in 1751." The story upon which it is founded is no doubt familiar to most of our readers — for who has not heard how, " once upon a time," a certain Lord Fitzwalter, disguised as a peasant, wooed and won a fair maiden of low degree, and after living happily with her for a twelvemonth and a day, went to the prior of the con vent of Dunmow to crave his blessing ; and how the worthy prior bestowed upon the happy pair a fine flitch of bacon, with which the noble Lord Fitzwalter was so delighted, that he left broad lands to the convent for evermore, with this proviso, that the same boon should be bestowed upon any loving couple who could make oath that they had lived free from strife for a year and a day. The spectacle has been produced in admirable stylt, reflecting the highest credit upon the proprietor and the numerous talented ar tistes engaged in its representation. In addition to this we have several new and striking scenes of equestrianism by Omah, Little Romeo, Leon, Sebastian, Mademoiselles Cle mentine, Josephine, &c. Altogether, the entertainments at the cirque are Well deserving of public patronage. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S BIRTHDAY.—A com munication having been made to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department upon the subject of Go vernment commemorating his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's birthday by a general holiday, the following is the answer received to the application, viz. :- 7 " Whitehall, Oct. 22. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir Geo. Lewis to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., in which yon inquire whether there is any intention on the part of the Government to recommend the commemoration of the day on which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will complete his 18th year ; and I am to inform you that Sir George Lewis is not aware of the existence of any such intention.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON," His Imperial Highness the Prince Napoleon, accompanied by the members of his suite, have taken their departure from the Brunswick Hotel, J ermyn-street, for Southampton, en route for Paris. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left his residence, St. James's Palace, yesterday, to join the Duke of Rutland's shooting party. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Ma dame Van der Weyer have gone on a visit to the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, at Walton House, near Salisbury. The Duke of Newcastle left Portman-square last evening, for Clamber Park, Notts. The Earl and Countess Delawarr have been en tertaining a succession of distinguished visitors at Buck hurst Park, Sussex, including his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess do Persigny, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, tho Countess of Hardwicke and Ladies Yorke, Viscount and Viscountess Neville, Count Jaucourt, Sir Walter and Lady Caroline Stirling, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Sw.. The Earl of Beverley arrived at his mansion in Portman-square a few days since from visiting Lord and Lady llatherton, at Teddesley Park, Staffordshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at Hawarden Castle, Chester. The Right lion. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert, left town yesterday for Wilton House, near Salis bury, to entertain a select number of guests. The Hon. W. E. Duncombe, M.:P., and Mrs. Duncombe, havo arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Bedale, Yorkshire. Sir Charles and Lady Locock hr&ve left the same establishment, after a short stay, on tkwir return home. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : . _ _ PARIS, OCT. 25. The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article, signed by its principal editor, Grandguillot, in reply to the assertion of the English press, that the policy of the Emperor of the French left a state of politi cal incertitude in Europe, states the aim proposed by the Emperor at the beginning of the war, and compared it with the advantages gained by the war, and accuses the English journals of incon sistency. MADRID, OCT. 24. It is asserted that the Ministers have stated that they will itot have recourse to a loan, and that the floating debt will not be augmented, but the taxes increased. PARIS, OcT. 24, 12 10 r.M. The French funds opened very flat, Rentes at a decline of per cent. 3 30. P.M. The final quotation of Rentes is 69f. 10c., show ing a decline of nearly -I- per cent. since Saturday. MARSEILLES, OCT. 24. Advices have been received from Morocco to the 17th inst. General Martimprey has left Nemours on his way to the great camp of Kiss (?), which has been placed in communication by couriers and by telegraph with the port of Nemours. The expeditionary corps d'armee is ready to tahe the field. Letters received from colonists express the hope that oomplete justice will be done for the murders committed on labourers as well as on children. Indemnity for depredations done is to be claimed, and security for the French colonists is to be obtained by rectifying the line of frontier. The column of troops under the command of General Durrieu remains at Sebdon for supplying the place with provisions and ammunition. It is stated that the French soldiers who were made prisoners on the 31st of August have all been burnt alive by the Moroccans. The French troops are burning with desire to take revenge for this act. VIENNA, OCT. 24. The report of the retirement of tne Minister of Finance, Baron von Bruck, was cirrent to-day, and caused depression in the public funds. The Archduke Albrecht has returned from War- ROME, OCT. 22. The Government has received intelligence that the Bishop of Rimpi and other priests had been imprisoned, and that the authorities at Pesaro had seized letters from emissaries exciting to rebellion the provinces now held in submission by the Papal troops. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. It is said that the force which the French Govern ment had decided to send to China which was fixed originally at 12,000 men, is now reduced to 6,000. It is said further that the expedition to China will .tot be despatched until the month of February next, unless circumstances should arise in the mean time which it is not possible to anticipate. The weather in Paris has undergone a very de cided change. For some nights past there has been what is called white frost ; but the night be fore last it became considerably sharper. Two nights ago, on the coast of Normandy, the atmosphe ric phenomena were rather singular, as it rained, hailed, froze, snowed, and thundered. On the morning before last, in the neighbourhood of Caen, the roads were slightly covered with snow, which soon melted away. Snow has also made its appear ance on the mountains of the Jura. BOURSE, Oct. 24.—The market has been de pressed in consequence of a further decline in Eng lish Consols. Threes have been done at 69f. 30c. and 69f. 20e. ; Mobilier varied from 770 f. to 765 f.; Lyons, 907 f. 50c. to 505 f.; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. to 1,360 f. ; Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 505 f.; Northern, 932 f. 50e. to 930 f. ; Austrian, 545 f. to 540 f. ; Lom bard, 551 f. 25c. to 548 f. 75c. The following were the last quotations : If per Cents. .... 95 25 Credit Foncier. 690 Do. end month I Belgian 41 3 per Cent 5....... 69 20 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 69 10 itoman B4 25 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian Credit Mobilier 765 Spanish Threes Do. Acestmt ..... 765 Home Debt 4l 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 930 .. 930 New ditto B2O .. 813 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 906 25 .. 902 50 Geneva 525 .. 525 Southern Western 567 50 .. 567 50 Eastern Sardinian 407 50 .. Austrian Lombard . ... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money, 25f. 10c.; three months, paper, 24f. 96c.; money, 24f. 94c. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCTOBER, 22. Baron Hubner has ceased to be Minister of Police, and will leave for Gmiinden, in Upper Austria, this evening. The cause of Baron Hubner's sudden re tirement is not yet positively known, but there is good reason for believing that his Majesty thought his bias in favour of " decentralisation " was too strongly pronounced. When in Hungary a fort night or three weeks ago the ex-Minister of Police was somewhat less guarded in his conversation than he, as a member of the Cabinet, ought to have been. He certainly did not say that the Imperial Govern ment was not disinclined to place Hungary on the same footing as she was eleven years ago, but some of the remarks which he made induced the san guine Hungarians to believe that the Cabinet in tended to introduce an entirely new system. Some 23 persons were present at Tot Megyer, an estate of Count L. Caraly's, while Baron Hubner was there, and among them were Count Sohn Waldstein, who was formerly President of the Hungarian Diet, and Baron Anthony Babarczy, one of the leaders of the Old Conservative party. On one occasion Baron Hubner requested the Hungarians to give him some insight into their ante-March municipal institutions, and in the course of the conversation which ensued he dropped a hint that the Imperial Government would not be disinclined to make concessions in municipal matters to all the provinces of the empire. The ex-Minister is also said to have declared that the Government would not object to admit a Hun garian who enjoyed the confidence of his fellow countrymen into the Cabinet. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated she 22d of October, says . The Prince Regent left Berlin this morning by express train for Breslau, accompanied by Prince Frederick William, Prince Albrecht (son), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of War, and many councillors of the Foreign-office, and various officers of the Prince Regent's military staff. The Prince goes as far as Ohlan to welcome the Emperor of Russia. The Emperor will not touch the Austrian terri tory, nor is he likely to have an interview with the Emperor of Austria, as has been reported. The Emperor will leave Breslau on the night be tween Monday and Tuesday. The Prince Regent will leave on the Tuesday morning. A great poli tical bearing is generally attributed to this meet ing. . A despatch dated the 24th October says : " The Emperor of Russia arrived at Breslau yes terday morning at half-past 9 o'clock, accompanied by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar and the Prince of Orange. A grand reception took place at the railway station." SARDINIA. The Milan Gazette of the 20th advises the eree- tion of fortifications in the environs of that city. By augmenting at the same time the fortifications of Piacenza (without neglecting Lodi and Brescia), the towns of Piacenza, Milan, Casale, and Alessan dria might form, it says, a quadrilateral to oppose to that held by Austria. The Savoy Gazette of the 23d states that General Dabormida had that day passed through Cham bery, on his return to Turin. PARMA. The Parma Gazetteof the 20th contains an official article, whieh commences by stating that, by order of the Duchess Regent, 52 chests, containing 1,248 muskets, hai in 1854 been sent flom the duchy to the fortress of Mantua, besides 10 chests, containing 995 barrels: Moreover, 135 chests had been de posited at Brescello. The article then proceeds to call the attention of the reader to a document, by which the Duchess Regent, on the 28th of May last, ordered the payment of about 200 f. as the cost of conveying 67 chests of arms from Brescello to Mantua. The—writer of the article concludes there from that the neutrality of the Duchess either never existed or was repeatedly broken. 1. The Duchess of Parma has caused a funeral ser vice to be performed at Rappenschwyl, on the oc casion of Col. Anviti's murder. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, from New York on the 12th instant, arrived this afternoon, bringing 97 passengers, and 224,753 dollars in specie. On the 12th the Asia passed the screw steamer Glasgow, bound east ; 13th, passed steamers City of Washington and Africa, hence for New York; 22d, saw steamer Arago, bound west. The steamer City of Manchester, from Queens town, arrived at New York on the 9th, and the Indian, hence, reached Quebec on the 10th inst. The Washington correspondent of the New York _Herald says : "It is understood that the British minister, Lord Lyons, has received a peremptory and important dispatch from his government, demanding explana tions from our government of the course of Gene ral Harney in the San Juan affair, to which the Secretary of State is now preparing a reply which will vindicate fully our rights, and doubtless cover the whole ground of the controversy to the satis faction of the American people. The whole matter will be laid before the President on his return. " A communication has been received from the British Government, through Lord Lyons, request ing that their acknowledgments may be conveyed to Mr. Ward, our minister to China, and Commo dore Tatnall, for their kindly conduct at the affair of the Peiho." Colonel Frank Anderson and Captains Maury, Scott, and Faysoux, of Walker's filibuster party, had been held to bail in New Orleans in 3,000 dols. each. They allege that they were on a fishing ex cursion when arrested. The rank and file of the party were in the barracks below New Orleans, but as there was no guard to detain them they decamped. The steam-ship North Star had arrived at New York, with Californian dates to the 20th ult. and 500,000 dols. in specie. The total specie shipment from San Francisco on the 20th was 1,850,000 dols. A duel in California between Mr. Broderick, United States senator for California, and Chief Justice Terry, had resulted in the death of the former. The hos tile meeting took place near San Francisco on the morning of the 13th ult., and Broderick fell at the first fire, being pierced through the lungs by the bullet from his antagonist's weapon. He lingered till the 16th, when he expired. Judge Terry was not injured. The event grew out of the political discussions which arose prior to the recent state election in California. The funeral of Broderick was attended by about 3,000 persons, and the buildings along the line of procession were draped in mourning. Another fatal duel had occurred in California between Dr. Peterson Goodwyn and Col. William Jeff Gatewood, and resulted in the death of the doctor. According to the .Yew York Herald, the Ame ricans were preparing for a permanent occupation of the island of San Juan. General Scott had arrived at Panama, en route For Vancouver's Island. . _ . Advices from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Sept. 14, state that Lord Robert Grosvenor had passed through the city en route for China, by way of the Pacific. An accident had occurred to the machinery on board the steamer Quaker City while on her pas sage from New York to Havannah, and there was some anxiety as to her fate. There was quite a panic on board, and 100 of her passengers trans ferred themselves to a vessel, which had landed them at Norfolk, Virginia. From Mexico we have dates to the 23d Septem ber from the capital, and to the 25th trom Vera Cruz. The news is thus given in a despatch from New Orleans : " A conspiracy on the part of the leading officers in Miramon's army, with the object to overthrow Miramon and recognise the Liberals, was divulged the day before, and the execution of the officers would take place on the 25th. The other conspi rators not in the army would not, it was supposed, be punished: _ _ " At Vera Cruz active preparations were making to seize upon Jalapa, Cordova, and the capital. Corba's division was entirely routed on the 12th by the Liberals of Oajaca. A large number of pri soners were taken, but were pardoned. The Church party had taken Moreno and others, and they had been shot. " Minister Otway leaves in the British steamer of October the 3d. Mr. Conner, consul at Mazatlan, is on board the Star. lie has secured concessions of great advantage to onr commerce on the western coast. " The British ship of war Calypso was engaged in smuggling 400,000 dols. from a port near San Bias. COMMERCIAL. The money market was slightly easier, but the demand continued to a fair extent. Call loans were negotiated at 5i to 6 per cent. The weekly bank statement shows an increase in specie of 234,018 dols., and a decrease in loans of 997,125 dole. Sterling exchange had been in only limited demand. Quotations en London ranged from 109 to 110. The stock market had been depressed, but towards the close exhibited signs of revival, and prices tended upwards. The cotton market continued dull, and prices were ge nerally ie. lower. Middling Uplands, llic. Ashes steady. Coffee very quiet and tending upwards. Flour in good de mand, and 10c. to 20c. per barrel dearer. Wheat active at an improvement of 3c. to sc. per bushel. Advices from Peru state that the armistice re cently agreed to by the Peruvian Admiral with the Com. m I of the Equador f orces at the _ port of Guayaquil had beena r nceonfirmed by President Castilla, excepting the clauses relating to the blockade, which have been dealt with by a separate and special decree. THE NEW BATTERY, LISCARD.—The Mersey is not so defenceless as is generally supposed. Most people fancy that it has only two batteries—one at the Rock, the other at the New Docks. Among the many passengers who go to Now Brighton during the summer months, only a few keen-sighted individuals have noticed some green mounds immediately in the rear of the. Magazine Lifeboat house, on the Cheshire side, and to the southward of Dr. Pozzi's College. A close inspection of these mounds will repay a visit. They are earthwork batteries, constructed according- to the newest principles of engineering, and certain bomb-proof magazines, an& platforms for seven 684 b. Arms t rong guns, which are expected to be in position in a few days, when woe to the adventurous enemy that comes within their range of fire, and to the windows of the closely adjoining residences. The battery is so masked that an enemy would have great difficulty in discerning it before the effect of its fire had worked incal culable damage. At present its range is rather limited, but in case of actual danger the removal of some adjacent , buildings would enable the gunners to throw 681 b. shot over the Now Brighton stage into the Victoria Channel, or into the Sloyno. If it was necessary, the Liscard battery could, we imagine. demolish the Huskisson D oc k b a tt ery , cpposite to it, in a very short time. It appears to us, how ever, that a similar battery placed in the Sandhills, about •Formby, would so effectually command the only safe en trance for large vessels, that the river batteries would have little or nothing to do. Let us have, in addition, either at Dingle or Tranmere, a royal dockyard and arsenal, as proposed in these columns last week, and we may then confidently defy the world in arms,--Liverpool BRITISH COLUMBIA. (From the Tj•onto Globe.) We have to acknowledge the receipt of papers from Vancouver Island to the latest dates. They are chiefly occupied with the San Juan troubles, one paper, the Gazette, taking the American side, and the Colonist the British. The Gazette finds space, however, to print the resolutions and memo rial prepared by the Reform League of British Columbia, which met at Queenborough on the 20th July. There are so many Canadians in the colony that we think it right to copy the statement of grievances, which the remedies suggested. They are presented in the shape of a report, as follows : " The committee appointed to draft resolutions embodying our grievances, and suggesting such measures as would in their opinion tend to the amelioration of political abuses, for the purpose of having the same submitted to his Excellency the Governor of Vancouver Island, as well as to the British Government, beg leave to report : " That, in their opinion, the want of a proper and liberal land system is the first and most im portant grievance of which the people of this colony have to complain. They would, therefore, suggest to his Excellency, in forming a land system in the colony, that it is the prevailing opinion that no land except town lots should be sold at public auc tion, neither should they hereafter be disposed of on any than the following or similar terms. " That lands should be given out to actual settlers only in lots of about 160 acres to single men, and 210 acres to men of families, except in neighbour hood of towns, where the quantity Should be greatly reduced, at a fixed value of not over one dollar per acre, with from four to five years to pay for the same, and that no money should be expected or re quired from such settler until the expiration of one year from the timo of settlement, when the first annual instalment should be collected ; that no title to land should be given until it was paid for, and a certain quantity, say 15 acres of timbered land, and a much larger quantity of prairie, cleared and under cultivation ; suppose five years the time of payment. " That actual occupation should at once take place, and three acres of timbered land and a much larger quantity of prairie land should be cleared and put under crop the first year, and a similar quantity each year folio Ning until conditions of sale were fulfilled, That improvements to the value of say 200 dollars should be put upon the land to entitle the owner to convey, except in ewe of death, when the administrator or assignee should have the privilege of selling at any time ; in all cases of sale the parties to whom transfer was made to be compelled to carry out original contract. That no person should be allowed to purchase from Go vernment more than the above specified number of acres in the whole country. That pre-emption rights should be allowed on all surveyed lands to the number of acres before-named; that in locating a pre-emption claim where the lands are unsurveyed, the pre-emption lines may run pa rallel with the Government survey when such is made, the survey to be made at the settlers' expense; that no person shall have the right to pre-empt more than one claim in British Columbia. In case of failure on the part of a settler to comply with any or all of the conditions by law established, his interests to be forfeited, and the land again re vert to the Crown. "That the requirements from purchaser and pre emptor, as far as improvements are concerned, should be the same. That the object of the law should be to permit and promote immediate settle ment, and to prevent speculators from holding lands to the detriment of the actual settler. " That every twelfth lot should be reserved for school purposes. " Your committee have to remark that they be- lieve the expenses of the government are largely beyond the means of the colony, and that they can be materially reduced by the removal of a great number of the present officials, who appear to be entirely without employment. That the duties of postmaster can be performed by merchants and others in the various towns, and the salaries of a number of postmasters be saved. That the country is quite unable to support the present military esta blishment, about whom uncalled-for extravagant expenditure has been incurred, and we recommend that the British Government be asked to support the military force until our finances are in a better condition. That our public works, as in other co lonies, be given to private enterprise by public com petition ; that the system of giving out contracts by favour be at once disallowed and abolished. That as the colony is supposed to be self-supporting, it is due to the public, from whom the revenue is derived, to know the amount of receipts and expen ditures of the colony, and we ask that the same be published quarterly, with a statement showing our present financial condition, and the number of offi cials, with their respective salaries. " Much discontent is felt in the mining districts from the system of taxation there levied. We re- commend that a number of miners be called together and consulted as to what system is best suited to them, and the whole laws relating to claims and ditches be then revised; and in many cases the colony is not collecting sufficient to pay the gold commissioner, and we invite the people of Hope, Yale, and Douglas, and other mining towns and camps, to express their views in this matter in the resolutions that may be passed at their meetings. "We also ask that officials paid by the colony reside in the same. " That some popular means, such as a council or legislature, for the government of this colony be formed without delay. We further recommend that a subsidy be granted to a steamer to carry the mails between here and San Francisco, and that the home government be applied to for funds to pay the same for the present. That the entrance to Frazer River be at once buoyed, and a chart of the same published. "Your committee conclude by expressing the firm belief that should the foregoing receive the attention of his Excellency, and the reforms herein enumerated be carried into effect, which they at present have no reason to doubt will be the case, we shall not only receive large additions to our popu lation, but our prosperity will be established upon so sure a foundation that there will be no room for doubt, but a brilliant opportunity for all to find profitable employment. " All of which is respectfully submitted. "HENRY HOLBROOK, Chairman. E. B. HOLT, WM. CLARKSON, • W. P. ARMSTRONG, Committee. JAMES KENNEDY, J; C. GOULDIN, W. E. STRONACH, Secretary." Appended to the report was the following note : " The committee did not touch upon public roads, so important to the colony, as, in ignorance of the, financial state of the colony, they were at a loss as to what they could recommend. " The foregoing report, upon being submitted to the public meeting, on the motion of Mr. Stronach, who made a powerful speech relating to these mat ters, and the injustice practised upon Canadians employed at Port Douglas, which will be published in the Toronto Globe, as space will not allow the papers here to do so, was unanimously adopted, as expressing the general sentiment of the public, with reference to the grievances therein enumerated, and recommendations as to measures which would tend to promote the general welfare of the colony. " HENRY HOLBROOK, Chairman. " W. E. STRONACH, Secretary. " New Westminster (Queenborough), 20th July, A. D. 1859." We have not received, as yet, the statement re ferred to. The emigrants have apparently not for gotten their Canadian habit of looking to the Globe for the exposure of their wrongs. We are afraid that we cannot do much for them in their new country, but they shall not lack space to state the disabilities under which they labour. GALLANT CAREER OF ONE RISEN FROM THE RANKS.—lntelligence was received by the last mail from India of the death of Captain Lawson of the 42d High • landers, resulting from a wound on the knee received during the suppression of the muti n y. Th e career of this gallant soldier is worthy of note. Captain Lawson, who was a native of Lanark, entered the army in 1837, having before that time been employed as a ploughboy. He served as a non-commissioned officer for nearly 16 years, during which period he gained for himself the confidence and respect of his superiors, and th e a ff ect i on and esteem of his fellow soldiers. In 1854 he embarked with the regiment for the Crimea, was present at the Alma, and passed unscathed through, all the hardships and p er il s o f th a t memora bl e cam pai▪ gn. After Inkeiman, along with a number of deserving non - commissioned officers serving in other regiments, he re cei▪ ved his commission as ensign. In March, 1855, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and for some time pre vious to the conclusion of the war acted as captain in the late Land Transport Corps. On his return to England, in 1856, he rejoined the 42d, and shortly after received the ap - pointment of instructor of musketry to the regiment. At this time, also the magistrates and council of Lanark (his native town), in consideration of his distinguished conduct, agreed to present him with the freedom of that ancient burgh ; this honour, however, the gallant gentleman never had an opportunity of personally receiving. The outbreak of the Indian mutiny called hint again to the field, and in August, 1857, he left England with the head-quarters of the regi ment for Calcutta. In 1858 he obtained his commission as captain, and shortly after received the wound which, on the 18th of August last, ended his honourable career. Cap tain Lawson commanded the picquet of the 42d, thirty seven in number, which was engagedin the terrible fight on the banks of the Suarda, on the morning of the 15th of January, with upwards of 2,000 rebels. The little band of Highlanders defended themselves with extraordinary cour age from sunrise to sunset, until relief arrived from General Walpole. Captain Lawson was honourably mentioned iu the general's despatches for the manner in which he ac quitted himself on that day.— Scotsman. HIGHLAND MARY'S MONUMENT AT GREENOCK. —The Greenock Aticertinr states that this monument, in the West Churchyard, has lately been thoroughly repaired and beautified, and that a fund is now b e i ng collected for the purpose of enclosing it with a neat railing. saw. DEATII OF OF JERSEY. The grave has barely closed over the venerable head of the house of Jersey before his successor has been also taken away. The Earl of Jersey, who succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father on the 3d inst., expired yesterday forenoon, shortly after 11 o'clock, at Brighton. The deceased noble man had for months past been in declining health, and early in the last spring repaired to the south of France, but his lordship only received temporary re life. Since his return home he has gradually conti nued to get weaker until yesterday, when he suc cumbed to his disease, consumption. The Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick, sixth Earl of Jersey, Viscount Villiers, of Dartford, and Baron of Hoo, county of Kent, in the peerage of England, and Viscount Grandison, of Limerick, in that of Ireland, was eldest son of George Child Villiers, fifth earl, and Sarah, eldest daughter of the 10th Earl of Westmoreland, and heiress of Mr. R. Child, the wealthy banker of the City of London. The deceased peer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, at which university he graduated B.A. in 1830, and M.A. in 1837. Shortly after he attained his majo rity he entered. the House of Commons for the bo rough of Rochester, in conjunction with the late Mr. R. Bernal, and in 1831 was elected for Mine head. From 1832 to 1835 he sat in the House of Commons for Honiton. At the next general election he unsuccessfully contested Weymouth ; he was re turned for that borough in 1841, but was unseated c,n petition. On the resignation of Mr. Martin in 1844 he was elected member for Cirencester, which borough he continued. to represent up to 1852. On the general election in that year he was defeated by the Hon. A. G. J. Ponsonby by a majority of four. In politics the late peer was a Conservative ; and during the late Sir R. Peel's administration of pub lic affairs he voted in favour of the repeal of the corn laws and the subsequent free trade measures of that eminent statesman. The deceased earl mar ried in 1841 Julia, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, by whom he leaves issue three sous and two daughters, viz., Victor Albert George, Viscount Villiers, born in 1845 (now Earl of Jer sey) ; Robert Frederick, born in 1847, and Reginald; also Julia Sarah Alice, born in 1842, and Caroline Anne, born in 1843. The late nobleman was a de puty-lieutenant of the counties of Oxford and War wick, and in 1855 was appointed major of the Ox fordshire Yeomanry Cavalry. FOREIGN FRUITS. Messrs. Wetherby and Sons, in their fortnightly price current for foreign fruits, state : " Three steamers, one of them the Mauritius, of 1,450 tons, and three sailing vessels, have arrived here with currants since the date of our circular of 6th inst., making the total arrivals since sth Sep tember, when the first cargo came in, about 6,700 tons, against 5,800 tons to 23d October, 1858. Two steamers have arrived at Liverpool during the same period ; total imports there about 3,000 tons, against 2,300 tons in 1858. A cargo has also arrived at Bris tol. The clearances are as yet less than those of October last year, which was almost to be expected after the unusual delivery of 1,880 tons in Septem ber. The range of prices quoted in our last was 48s. to 625. Since then the arrival of some rain-damaged fruit has rather given a new feature to the mar ket, some of it having been unexpectedly forced off at auction from 335. to 38s. This paralysed the market for the moment, but it is gradually recover ing itself, and such sorts rre already selling at an advance. Really fine fruit, especially Vostirza, arrives sparingly, and will be scarce. Since the 6th inst. 22 cargoes of Valencia raisins have ar rived, several of muscatels, and some parcels of Turkey reds. Of Valencias 38 cargoes have as yet been received, or 4,200 tons, against 3,950 tons to 22d October, 1858. Liverpool has received as yet about 750 tons, against 1,150 tons to 22d October, 1858, and at present only one or two cargoes are known to be afloat for that port. The Octo ber clearances of raisins, different from those of currants, are proceeding on a larger scale than those of any previous October, say 635 tons from Ist to 18th instant. The market business for Valencias has been, and still is, contracted ; but the wholesale houses have cleared off all their early importations, and are receiving fresh supplies to meet the forthcoming autumn and winter de mand, which has not commenced. Of the 8,000 to 9,000 tons crop, 5,600 tons have already reached this country ; and whilst the price at Denia has risen from 6 dols. to 7 dols., and what is left there unshipped is described as very inferior, the article has remained here dull and unnoticed; only nine or ten cargoes are known to be afloat for this country. It is not known yet how the cargoes now lauding, some of which have had long voyages, will turn out ; fine fruit will, however, command a high price. Figs have met with ready sale, the supply being scarcely sufficient for the demand. Where the ship pers have paid attention to selection and honest packing, they have been rewarded with very f ul l prices. Fine figs will be scarce, and continue to command high prices." ROYAL MAIL STEAM - PACKET COMPANY. MEETING—(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company took place this day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The report of the directors states that; the important item of coals exhibited in the working account for the half' year a diminution as compared with the corresponding period of 1858 of £13,381. This was mainly due to the re' duced rates of frieght current at the time the coals during the half-year were sent abroad. The items of wages, pro visions, stores, and port charges chewed a decrease in the , aggregate of L 16,117. On the other hand, "general service; and 'stations' and ' salaries ' exhibited an apparent in' crease, those items no longer being reduced by the propor tion charged last year to the Australian service. The credi t side of the account showed an increase in passage-money amounting to £11,086, while the' receipts for freight lie d fallen off to the extent of £3,500. Thi s arose from the dire" nished homeward shipments of specie from Mexico and the South Pacific States, owing partly, no doubt, to the di" turbed condition of those countries. Two of the compauf! new Atlantic ships had been completed and despatched . with mails to the West Indies, an d th e i r p er f or mances In point of speed had been satisfactory. The disaster, boy(' ever, which had befallen one of them, the Parramatta, wa d already a matter of notoriety, and would be deeply felt by the shareholders, as well as by all concerned in the con' pany's welfare. After the great amount of trouble taken to insure the production of a class of ships that should prove superior to all others yet employed in the service, and sparing no expense necessary for the attainment of that object, the loss of this splendid vessel on her first voyage had caused extreme mortification to the directors. Looking at the loss of the Parramatta (for scarcely any hope Ava e now entertained of her recovery), it might be regarded as a fortunate circumstance for the company that they were compelled to retain (in diminution of the European and Australian Company's debt), the Tasmanian, when she wee recently offered on sale, and it was satisfactory to the direcr tors also to state that the performances of that ship, when recently employed on the Brazil line, were such as to en courage the belief that she would, prove an efficient substi tute for the Parramatta, on the West India Atlantic route, upon which she was now engaged. The principle of supers heating steam had been applied in some of the company's ships, but sufficient experience had not yet been gained to determine, with anything like accuracy what the value of it might be. Expectations, howevr, were entertained that eventually the principle might be so applied as to effect a considerable saving in fuel, the cost of which formed se important an item in the company's expenditure. Tll.O Australian service undertaken by this company had term'' nated with the delivery at Sydney, in May last, of the mails despatched from England in February, and the Oneida, which carried forward those mails from Suere arrived in England on the 6th of last mei:lth, bringing hom e a fair number of passengers, including the company ° superintendent at Sydney. The directors were not yet able to furnish to the shareholders any statements showing th e final result of working the Australian service, as several matters still remained unsettled, but no time would be lost in submitting to her Majesty's Government the company ° claim for the additional £6,000 per month payable upo n proof that the cost of working that service had exceeded to that extent the receipts from other sources. In conclu sion, the directors recommended that a dividend of per share be declaied, payable on the 31st instant, the warrants for which were to be issued on the 29th instant. The working account for the half-year ending the 30th of June last showed that £382,802 had been received, includ' iug £13t,996 from the Government contract, and £250, 22 d expended, leaving a surplus of £132,582. The repair ani renewal fund showed a balance to be provided for 01 £20,593, and the general eserve fund a balance of £33, 620 to be provided for. The insurance account showed a balance in favour of the company of £221,380, subject to loss of the Paramatta. The company's fleet consisted of 24 ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 45,211 tons and 11,730 -hors e power ; in addition to which the Seine (iron), of 3,092 tone, builder's measurement, and 800-horse rower was building. The report was adopted. General Sir De Lacy and Lady Evans, and Genera l Sir James and Lady Chatterton, are piolonging their stay at the Pavilion llotel, Folkestone. Sir Benjamin and Lady Brodie have left the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, after a stay of three weeks, for Broome-park, Surrey. NEW THEATRE FOR CANTERBURY.—The theatre at Canterbury having been bought up by a person refuses to allow it to be used as a theatre, the City counci have agreed to give a site at the corner of the market, ont ease at a nominal rent, in order that a glass and iron builds ing be erected thereon for theatrical and other purposes. O ,ricketers and others have promised to subscribe betweel £l,OOO and £2,000, the citizens to provide the remainder i, the sum of upwards of £2,000 required for the erection o,' the building, which will occupy 80 square feet of grouna4 and accommodate 1,050 persons. The structu r e will be. ll ' feet by 71 feet, and painted like the first exhibition building'