The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-25 00:00:00

TIIEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott ; Mr. Fer dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilla Michelet, Pasquale, and Morlacehi. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstona. THIS EVENING will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE : Messrs. Howe, W.Farren, ; Mesdames Sinclair, Wilkins, &c. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Niba. With GRIMSIIAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW. And SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ; or, ten of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Leigh M urray, Emery, .1. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Misg Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, in which the Lauri Family will appear. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NOTHING TO NURSE ; Mr. Swan' borough, Mrs. Selby. After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messu C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke, &c. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. • Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engivred for the performance of, Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DIcETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jon,r,limans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L Mine, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Alb n. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c. until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that in the month of October, A FIVE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con nexion with the above HalL POYAL GARDENS, VAUXIIALL. 1-1) —Director, Mr. R. DUFFELL.—EXTENSION OF THE SUMMER SEASON FOR ONE WEEK MORE, by special desire.—On MONDAY EVENING Concert in the Handel Orchestra, supported by Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. P. Cord, Messrs. P. Cord, Russell Grover, C. Sloman, Elijah Taylor, and Master Haydn Corri. On the „Ballet stage, Mr. G. Thompson, will go through his wonderful evolutions.— Mr. James Robinson, the Great American bare back rider, will appear in the Cirque Imperial, in conjunction with the talented Company of Equestrians (including Madame Blanche, the Equestrian Magnet), under the direction of her Majesty'a Clown, H. Croueste.—Splendid Illuminations.—Brilliant Py rotechnic Displays.—Dancing before and alter the fireworks. —Two Bands.—Open every evening, wet or dry, from Monday to Friday, at Seven ; Saturdays at Three. Military Bands at Form—Maypole and waltz dances by Chapino's Troupe until Six, when the usual entertainments commence. —Admis sion, One Shilling • Children, Sixpence. Open on S un d ay at Five ; refreshineit ticket, 6d. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 25, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 6.s—highest since noon yesterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.55. Wing, North-Westerly ; light, and fine. THE SUN. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1858. Another remarkable oration upon a grand theme, recently delivered by a man of extraordinary emi nence, has followed close upon that superb eulogium of NEWTON by Lord BROUGHAM. Scarcely had those eloquent accents ceased vibrating upon the popular ear when Professor OWEN read that ela borate, and in many respects masterly, address to the British Association, given in extenso in our impression of last evening—the Address by which his Presidency at Leeds in 1858 was formally inaugurated. If in nothing else, the British Association is certainly productive of advantage to tie general cmmunity in this—that year after year it enables some gifted intelligence to survey anew, from the watch tower of the Present, the advance made in the development of science generally. Occasionally, as in this instance of RICHARD OWEN, the great physiologist, the President of the British Associa tion, a man who, in one or ether of the departments of natural philosophy, or the physical sciences, stands foremost among all living contemporaries. Thus it is that the survey taken of our past progress assumes to itself a peculiar and paramount impor tance. Insomuch that even those who are accus tomed habitually to depreciate the annual labours of the Association are constrained to forego for once the indulgence of their pert and hackneyed cynicism, and listen or read as beseems those who are addressed by an intellect remarkable for its rare endowments. Nevertheless, even thus de nied for once the wretched luxury of reviving, yet again, sneers repeated season after season with damnable iteration"—the Times must needs pre face the report given in its columns of the splendid inaugural address by Professor OWEN, by desig nating it spitefully " a very prolix document." Yet examine this document carefully from first to last, and it is assuredly difficult to admit anywhere of its being noticeable for prolixity. Beginning with a reference to the geological revelations hitherto vouchsafed to the industry and research of man, the orator remarked eloquently upon the awful and scarcely conceivable lapse of centuries during which this earth of ours has been revolving in its orbit. " Yet," he added, " during all those wras that have passed since the Cambrian rocks were deposited which bear the impressed record of creative power, as it was then manifested, we know, through the inter. preters of these writings on stone,' that the earth was vivified by the sun's light and heat, was fer tilised by refreshing showers, and washed by tidal waves. No stagnation has been permitted to air or ocean. The vast body of waters not only moved, as a whole, in orderly oscillations, regulated, as now, by sun and moon, bin 'were rippled - ru'd agitated by winds and storms. The atmosphere was healthily influenced by its horizontal currents, an dby ever-varying clouds and vapours, rising, condensing, dissolving,and falling in endless vertical circulation." Nobly was it observed by him furthermore, after remarking that ," with life from the beginning there has been death"—" And herein we discover the greater beneficence and wisdo m ; that through death, whether sudden or preceded by a brief decay, the individual enjoys the various phases of life—. accelerate the dreaded evil. Their unemployed balances constitute the test of abundance or scarcity, and in proportion as these assume an unparalleled healthy, assimilative growth, active youth, and vigorous maturity, with the procreative faculties and instincts to boot—and as life rises in the scale, even to. the present highest form, foreknowing of his end, death is still the condition on which are enjoyed man's purest pleasures—the reve- rential love of parents—the holy affections of wedlock—the fond yearning towards offspring." As incentives to philosophical research, what could be more admirable than these two sen- tentious observations ?—' " The simplest coral and the meanest insect may have something in its his tory worth knowing, and in some way profitable. Every organism is a character in which Divine wisdom is written, and which ought to be 'ex pounded." Again, was it not exquisitely- said by MR. CII ARLES KEAN'S FAREWELL I Professor OWEN, later on, that "in the operati ons SEASON, as Manager of the ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATItI , „ will commence on SATURDAY, the 2nd Oct. of nature there is generally a succession o f , next, and conclude onSaturday, the 30th July. processes co-ordinated for a given r 4 suit"— embellishing the thought with this graceful illustration :—" A peach is not directly developed as such from its elements; the seed would, a priori, give no idea of the tree, nor the tree of the flower, nor the fertilised germ of that flower of the pulpy fruit in which the seed is buried." Yet this is the oration impertinently announced to be " a very prolix document," by the systematic depreciator of the annual efforts towards the advancement of science made by the members of the British As sociation. It is a prolixity to the infliction of which we would often willingly be subjected. Money is rapidly becoming, what is ordinarily termed, " a drug in the market." The bullion is rapidly increasing, £485,150 being added to the former amount during the past week, and the whole amounting to £19,134,065, of which £18,406,305 is locked up in the vaults of the Bank, and thus, for the time being, rendered of no greater value than an equal weight of paving stones; while £727,760 is employed in the banking depart ment, being an ample supply for every probable demand. The reserve of notes consequent on this state of affairs has reached . the enormous amount of £12,865,000, the increase within the past week being £585,380 ; that of the bullion being, as we have already stated, £485,150, the balance being made up by a diminution of notes in general cir culation, and also of " other securities." As we have repeatedly explained, £4,000,000 is the estimated " reserve of notes" required to be retained in hand, for the general purposes of the banking de partment. When, then, nearly £13,000,000 are idle and unemployed, or nearly £9,000,000 in excess of the proper amount, it is manifest that the bank is charging more than the ordinary rate of the money market, and that there must be a still further reduc tion in the rate of discount if the directors desire to meet their constituents, the proprietors of Bank Stock—to whom their first allegiance is due—in a satisfactory manner on the next occasion of declar ing a dividend. This is one of the great evils of the Act of 1844, to which we have repeatedly directed public attention. There is always " a feast or a famine" in the money market: At one time any plausible security will be accepted, and money ad vanced at 1 or 2 per cent. ; at another, within the very same year, ten times the amount will cheer fully be paid by men willing to relinquish all the profits for which they had laboured, and to make any sacrifice in order to maintain their credit. What is 20 . per cent. for three months to a man engaged in a severe struggle ? If his worst anticipations should be realised—if he should be compelled to suspend payments and have his affairs either " wound up under inspection," enter into a compromise, or pass through the purifying atmosphere of Basinghall-street, a shil ling in the pound, more or less, will be of com paratively trivial importance. He may therefore as well " screw his courage to the sticking place, and stand they hazard of the die ;" and when almost every commercial transaction has been reduced to a gambling speculation by the violent and almost unprecedented perturba tions and fluctuations of the money markets, where is the honest man that can " cast the first stone" against his erring brother, whose fate he might himself have experienced if the " hard cal culators" had been permitted to have their own way a little longer ? We believe that many of the commercial frauds that have created such intense excitement throughout the length and breadth of the land have been produced by the ope ration of the monetary code, and the prospect of a rapid and decisive change before the obligations entered into became payable. Last November, before the issue of the Government letter, the minimunz rate of discount at the Bank of England was 10 per cent., and money could not be obtained on unexceptionable ;Securities at much less than double that rate, or 20 per cent., in Lombard-street. In this present September, notwithstanding the temporary pressure occasioned by the stringent enforcement of revenue payments, the rate in the open market has not advanced above 21 per cent., This is not our statement, but that of the Times, which may be accepted as an unexceptionable witness on such a point, and which adds, " With the dis bursement of the dividends about a fortnight hence, the supply must therefore become excessive even at these terms, and the Bank must decide upon a reduction, or continue altogether without business." It requires no very powerful arguments to con vince us of the course that will inevitably be pursued. 'The Directors will try to turn the humble shilling. Speculation of every kind will be stimulated, and eventually another monetary crisis will take place, by which the hard calculators will add to their already enormous fortunes. The Times, as the exponent of the policy of these not very amiable gentlemen, strongly advocates the propriety of these fluctuations, which, notwithstand ign the evils that must result therefrom, it manifestly regards as the natural state of affairs. It says, by attempting to control the market, the Bank would bu „ .. s o,T. •MI I. ' 1 ~, • • ” NA6 f tic\ -wiTr., - etc • ... - magnitude will the stimulus to speculation be im parted. It is better they should be allowed to circulate while trade is yet sound. This is the fallacy purposely put forward. While "trade is sound"—force money on every one that will accept it—induce him to enter on the wildest specula tions—the risks are his, not those of the benevo lent capitalist who 'stands in the background, and who will sow his money breadeast at 1 or 2 per cent. that he may obtain 10: or 20 on renewal, or ruin his victim in default of payment. The pain and suffering that must be endured is nothing to this lender. His doctrine has been clearly expressed by the Times in the following sentence—" Let dis- count pursue its spontaneous course down to 1 per cenl, or up to 20, without the intervention of Chancellors of the Exchequer, and, although a few bitter lessons must meanwhile be encountered, our people will, at last, become as rational on this as on any other point." This is the principle boldly put forward, and which may be fairly subjected to tests by which its accuracy may be tried. " The marriage of the Duke de Malakoff," says the Pays , " will be celebrated i mme di ately after the return of the Emperor from the camp of Chalons. The Empress will arrive from Biarritz a few days before the ceremony. The bride's trousseau is one of the great subjects of con versation in Paris at present; and, in inserted a wondrous pearl, presented to the Duke by the Silltan. It iS said that several of the marshal's old companions in arms in Sardinia and England will be present at the ceremony." NEW SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE.—lntelli gence was received yesterday afternoon that the Electric and International Telegraph Company's new submarine cable for connecting England with the Continent had been successfully laid. It contains four a m t the upwards of 1,260 tons, and was submerged at the rate of about knots an hour. Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., of Green wich, were the manufacturers, and the arr angements for paying out the cable f rom the William Cory, screw steamer, were under the direction of Mr. Canning, their assistant engineer. The details of the expedition have not yet been received, and are looked for with int erest. APOTHECARIES HALL.—Thefoelxllnyinagt ie a n re in the e science and practice of and received T b e m certificates ti fi ca Charleste Langdon, Bampton, s me names of gentlemen who passed their d to practice, on Thursday, medicine, b ner 23 Devonshire; Joseph Jenki ns, Biasing _ _ bourn, Cambridgeshire; Evan Rowland, Goginam, near AberystWith; Robert Luther Bayley, Eign-br oo k, Here aminations. fordshire; and two other gentlemen passed their fir s t ex- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1858 LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. It was rumoured, some weeks ago, that a matri monial alliance was on the lapis between Prince Napoleen and the Princess Clotilde, eldest child of the King of Sardinia. To-day another report is current, which seems to confirm the previous one. It is to the effect that the Prince is to pay a visit to the Court of Turin some time in October. It is said t here that Canton is not to be evacuated until after the complete execution of the treaty— so far, that is to say, as regards the entire payment of the indemnity to England and France. The Council-General of the Bank of France has lowered its rate of discount to 3 per cent. The Siecle publishes at the head of its columns, in conformity with the enactments of the decree of the 17th February, 1852, a " communicated note" of considerable length from the Minister of the Interior, in reply to some rather sharp remarks which lately appeared in that journal on the admi nistration of public assistance. The Siecle com plained that the employes of the administration re ceived in salaries not less than 2,899,910 f., and were allowed besides bedding, food, clothing, &c. ; and it contended that such a sum and such allowances were entirely too large to take from a revenue of 16,000,000 francs. The note in reply now states in substance as follows : " The revenue is 27,000.000 f., and not 16,000,000 f., and consequently the proportion for salaries and allowances is infinitely less than the Siecle repre sented." The note enters into details to show, first, that th number of employes is not unnecessarily large,' and next, that they are not overpaid. As regards salaries, it adds that, two years ago, the incomes were considerably less than those of the employes in the Prefectures of the Seine and Police, and in the Government offices, and that an increase having been made, the administration profited by the proceeding, the employes being more zealous in the discharge of their duties. The note then goes on to state that the revenues of public assistance are so carefully employed that the administration is ready to give the fullest details respecting it to anybody ; and it shows that no department whatever is subjected to so much control by the authorities, so that mal-ad minstration is difficult. It also draws attention to the fact that, of the 17,776 patients who form the annual average in the hospitals, none has ever com plained of any abuse. It next asserts that a com plaint of the Siecle that the treatment of the sick at their own houses is not practised' on so large a scale as it ought to be is unfounded, upwards of 31,000 persons being at present prescribed for each year, visited, and supplied with medicines at their own homes. The note concludes by complaining that the moment selected by the Siecle for its attack is most inopportune :—" Is the moment well chosen for thus inflicting public blame on the administration charged with the revenues of the 'poor ? What ! When that administration, inspired by an august personage, redoubles its efforts to ameliorate the condition of the unfortunates who are 'confided to it; when it creates establishments of which all Europe envies us the possession ; when it repairs and completes hospitals ; when it treats aged person. and the sick with ex traordinary care, and provides for them with a liberality which may almost be con sidered excessive ; when a sovereign, full of solici. tude for the poor and the workman, raises for their reception splendid establishments of which no one before him had conceived the idea ; it is then that a critic, from motives difficult to understand, raises his voice in favour of the suffering classes, who a re the constant object of the pre -occupations of the Government ! Happily, the voice of facts is still more powerful ; and complaints without motive, and criticisms without foundation, will never suc ceed in troubling the unanimous concert of thanks givings which public opinon, in its gratitude, causes to ascend to the throne, from which the initiative of so many benefits ha's descended !" The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : BERLIN, 23d.—The prince of Prussia arrived this evening from Hanover. He at once had an inter view with Baron de Manteuffel, and left immedi ately after for Warsaw. • MADRID, 23d.—The state of Hier has been raised' in Catalonia and Malaga, but it is maintained in A7agon and Jaca. BOURSE, September 24, Two o'clock.--The mar ket has been declining, and large sales have b een effected in securiti es o f a ll kinds. Threes, after dc: dining to 70f. 55c., rallied to 72f. 65c. ; Mobilier varied from 920 f. to 935 f. ; Austrian, 667 f. 50c., to 672 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,410 f. to 1,415 f. ; Lyons, 870 f. to 877 f. 50c. ; Southern, 500 f. to 590 f. ; Northern, 980 f. to 985 f. ; and Eastern, 735 f. to 740 f. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 96 25 Do. end month 96 3 per Cents. 72 60 Do. end month 72 75 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Fonder 670 Belgian .1t . 10 0; Piedmontese (5) 9l; Roman . 92; Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. A ccount. Orleans Northern New ditto. 9BO • . 985 50 .. 827 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 873 827 75 .. 877 50 New ditto Geneva . Midi.... Western. Eastern Grand Central Sardinian . Austrian. . - - 650 - 666 595 - . . 598 70 642 50 . 640 - 735 - . . 737 50 410 • . 450 671 25 .. 671 25 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 2.5 f. 171 c.; three months, paper, 25f. 21e. ; money, 25f. not only set aside for the moment, but sufficient guarantees have been given that it shall not be come the result of progressive development in the institutions of the two countries. Each Principa lity retains its separate government under a hos podar elected for life by each respective Assembly • The administration of the finances and of reli gious affairs remain separate in each province, and the militia of each has its own flag. The ad ministrative forms are not similar, except for ob jects 'connected with the common interests of the two, principalities, and which will be watched over by a mixed commission having a consultative voice. The political union of the principalities cannot there fore be realised without violence or rebellion. Such an attempt would have the most deplorable conse quence, both for the authors of it and for their coun try. They would create for themselves bitter de ceptions, even should they rely on foreign support. All the powers of the conference have solemnly re cognised the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and would think it their duty not to tolerate any at tack on it. The intentions of our Cabinet have doubtless never been otherwise appreciated in Ger many, but the world must not allow itself to be led away by the false news which has been pro pagated. Whatever opinion may have been formed of Austrian policy, it must be admitted that it has always ma:.ntzined its unchangeable character. The principles which it proclaimed on the Eastern question are an immutable rule from which it will never depart. Now that it finds itself in presence of drawn out with precision, it has a right to expect that no one will dare to shake the sacred faith of treaties." THE PRINCIPALITIES. " We alluded a few days ago," says the Nord of Brussels, "to a circular despatch, which Count de Buol was said to have addressed to the Austrian Plenipotentiaries'at Jassy and at Bucharest, point ing out to them the manner in which the Cabinet of Vienna interpreted the convention relative to the organisation of the Principalities. We threw doubt on the destination of this despatch, on the grounds that there no longer exists any European commission in the Principalities, and that the con sular agents of Austria in Moldavia and Wallachia must long since;have been provided with instruc tions more precise and more positive than the decla rations contained in the document in question. The Cologne Gazette now publiihes an analysis of the despatch, but which we are inclined to believe is rather intended for the representatives of. Austria in Germany, for it evidently has no other object in view than. to make the German Governments judge of the Eastern policy of Austria in a: point of view responding to the intentions of the Cabinet of Vienna." The analysis-alluded to is as -follows : " Those who have attentively followed the policy of Austria on Eastern affairs do not require any special explanations to understand the part which Austria has taken in the convention signed in Paris on the 19th ult.—they know how Austria ought to have acted, and how she has done so. On all the questions relative to the organisation of the Principalities Austria has warmly defended the interests of those countries. She advocated with energy and . sudeess the principle of equality in the eye of the law for all Moldo-Wallachians, the just division of the taxes, the enjoyment of civil rights, by all Christians without distinction of sect, the improvement of the condition of the rural population, the settlement of the affairs of the convents on solid and equitable bases, as well as all other questions connected with the public prosperity. On the other hand, Austria considered that the fusion of the two Principalities into one state, as proposed by several powers, was contrary to the suzerain rights of the Porte, as well as to the right possessed ab antiquo by each Principality to a separate administration, and to the defence of its particular interests. Austria called to mind the experience of the past and the lessons of history. Numerous conflicts finally ending in civil war have been always the consequence of attempts to unite countries which have been for ever separate. These arguments and these convictions prevailed in the conference, and the union of the Principalities is INIIIIII 1 SP ORTL - GENCE. The Trafford Handicap of 3 sovs'each, with 50 added; ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes ; winners extra. One mile. 17 subs. Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, by Collingwood, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc. 71b extra) (L. Snowden 1 Mr. Robert's Empty B oun ce,yrs, 3 sst 11b.. (Madd en 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Augury, 4 y rs , 7st 31b.... (Chall oner 3 The following also ran :—Minnie, Captain Wedderburn, Bourgeois, and Knockburn. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lord Nelson, sto 2 agst Augury, 5 to 1 agst Bourgeois, and 6 to 1 each agst Captain Wed derburn and Knockburn. Won easily by two lengths ; a length between the second and third. Minnie and Captain Wedderburn well up with Augury, bad sixth, Knockburn tailed off. The Wilton Handicap of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; winners extra ; the sec on d t o rece i ve 10 sove out of the stakes. Two miles. 17 subs. Mr. E. Gill's Ducrow, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Charlton 1 Mr. Dresser's Cornborough, 3 yrs, 55t....... (Grhnshaw 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Hadji, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Bullock 3 The following also ran :—Julia, Honeytree, Alderman, and Icenercly. Betting-2 to 1 agst Julia, 5 to. 2 agst Hadji, 6to 1 each agst Cornl)erough and Ducrow, 7to 1 agst Honeytree, - and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by two lengths, a length between the second and third ; bad fourth ; Kenerdy tailed off. On entering the straight run in, CoriAorough hung to the right, and took The Hadji across the course. The Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added; the winner to . be sold for X4O, &c. One mile and a quarter. 9 subs. Mr. J. Osbonie's Spider, by"Woolwich, 3 yrs, 7st 31b , - Chloner) 1 Mr. J. Bates ' s, Lazy Lass, 4 yrs, B s t (b. ( Sno al wden) '2 Mr. Metroffskey's Princess of Orange, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 3 Mr. Dawson's Mushroom, 2 yrs, 6st lb (J. (Mad Noble den) ) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Lazy Lass, 2to 1 agst Spider, and 4to 1 agst any other. Won, by a length; same distance betweep the second and third ; bad fourth. The City Handicap Plate of 60 soya, for all ages ; winners of any race race value 50 sovs, after Sept. 9, slb ; of 100, 71b extra ; half a mile. Mr. Barber's Abron, by Grecian, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (inc. 71b extra) (L. Snowden) f 1 Mr. T. Wadlow's Chantress, 3 yrs, fist 21b (Pritchard) t dr Mr. Osborne's Alfred, 5 yrS, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Adventurer, Old Tom, Sans Cullotte, Awful, Slow, Gaylass, and Amazon. - Betting-5 to 2 each agst Abron and Chantress, and 7to 1 agst any other. A dead heat between the two favourites, after whicb. Abron walked over, and the stakes were divided. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 100 to Bon the field (offered) 14 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 20 to 1 agst Roman Candle (offered) 25 to 1 agst Poodle (taken) 30 to 1 agst Turned Loose (taken) 50 to 1 agst Julia (taken) 60 to 1 agst Warlock (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 40 to 1 agst Eurydice (taken) 50 to 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) Piceolomini and Giuglini take their farewell of the English public on Tuesday next at the Crystal Palace. They leave England immediately after the 28th to fulfil a lengthened engagement at the Theatre Royal, Madrid. The announcement in our impression of Wednesday that the lease of her Majesty's Theatre is for disposal gives, particu lar significance to this farewell concert, and thousands will no doubt avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded them of testifying their good wishes towards two artistes who have contributed so largely to their gratification. KEW GARDENS.—THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE SEASON.—We may remind our readers that the pleasure-. grounds and new arboretum. with its mangnificent avenues, noble groups and clumps of beautiful elms, oak, beech, pine, and other forest tree s , now in all their autumnal beautyand splendour, at Kew, will close for the present on Thursday, the 30th instant, and that Sunday will be the last Sunday of their being open this season. Messrs. Chapman and Hall have the following works in the press :—" The Wanderer," a new volume of poems, by R. B. Lytton ; " Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair," by Henry Morley; a new edition of Milton's Poems, with notes, by Thomas Keightley ; and a new novel by George - Meredith, author of " The Shaving of Shagpat." PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE AT SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. —The Commissioners of Customs have ordered a receiver of customs to be stationed in the baggage warehouse of the Southampton Docks. Passengers therefore landing at Southampton from the Channel Islands or from abroad will be able, after the Ist proximo, to pay 4ersonally and at once the custom duties chargeable on any article they may have amongst.their baggage. Hitherto such duties could only be paid at the Custom-house / situated at a considerable dis tance from the baggage warehouse, and the payment was encumbered with a great many troublesome forms. SUICIDE OF A LIFE GUARDSMAN IN KNIGHTS BRIDGE BAnuAcics.—Yesterday morning in the Knights bridge Barracks it was discovered that James Powell, a private in the Ist Regiment of Royal Life Guards, had put an end to his existence during the night, by cutting his throat with a razor. 'The deceased had been in the infir mary of, the barracks for some days previous, but his indis position was only of a trifling nature. No cause as yet can be assigned for his committing suicide. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE CREW OF A SCHOONER. —The schooner Northern Maid, from Poole to Runcorn, ran ashore on the East Hoyle yesterday morning, about 4 a.m. The sea was running very high at the time, the wind blowing stiff from the north-west, and the vessel filled im mediately after she struck. The crew took to the small punt on board, and after being knocked about for several hours, were picked up, and landed in Liverpool by the steam tug Uncle Sam. A GIRL KILLED BY MACHINERY AT SHEFFIELD. —Yesterday morning a little girl, named Elizabeth Parkin, aged nine years, was killed in a frightful manner ut the Don Cutlery Works, Doncaster-street, Sheffield. She was carrying a bundle of scissors, and as she went past the shaft which connects the steam-engine with the machinery, and which was revolving very rapidly, .the end of the shaft caught against her clothes and whirled her round with terrific violence. The men instantly stopped the engine. The unfortunate young creature, however, was quite dead. Her head was fearfully smashed, and her clothes were torn to shreds. SCENE IN A CHURCH.—On Sunday last a remark able scone occurred in the parochial church of Rivington. During the sermon the clergyman was annoyed by the con versation of two of his congregation, a man and his wife ; and havingnoticed it before, the rev. gentleman stopped, and addressing them said " I will thank you to cease talking in that pew." The effect of this rebuke was instantaneous-- complete silence followed ; all eyes were directed to the per sons offending, and they evidently felt astounded at the rebuke thus publicly directed to them. The husband holds a public office in the parish, and the event has ca use d con siderable excitement in the neighbourhood.—Ma nc h ester Guardian - THE WESTMINSTER AND DONCASTER BELLS. The third quarter bell for the Westminster clock, which, it will be remembered, was required by the referees to be recast, has been delivered by Messrs. Warner, and the whole peal approved by the referees. Mr. Turle, the organist at the Abbey, also states that "he has no hesitation in giving his opinion that these bells are now all that can be desired both in tune and quality of tone." They are to be hoisted immediately, and we hope no fur:,her mishap will delay the long-expected completion of the clock. The new peal of the new nazish church at Don cas t er was rung on Wednesday and Thursday last by several sets of ringers, both professional, and amateurs, Mr. _Denison, Q.C., who designed dem, ringing the tenor bell, after the example of Sir Matthew Hale. This peal has ex cited unusual interest from its being. cast on a new prin ciple in several respects, especially in the large bells being much heavier than usual for their note and in proportion to the smaller ones. The tenor is exactly half the size of the new Big Ben, and very nearly of the same shape and com position. It weighs 30cwt. lqr., and the note is E flat, con cert pitch ; the treble, an octave higher, is *wt. Never theless, the small bells are perfectly distinct, and are not at all overpowered by the large ones, and the whole peal is pronounced unusually fine, sweet, and brilliant in tone. The casting has also been noticed by the authorities in such matters as particularly good ; and; altogether, the success of these two great works in bell-founding -.--the Big Ben of Mr. Meares and these 12 other bells of Messrs. Warner, afford good ground for believing that this art, which a few years ago appeared to have fallen very low, is undergoing a real revival. TIGER AUNT IN NATAL—A correspondent sends us the following account of " how they served the tiger : " —On Saturday last, at Magdenburg, the residence of the Rev. Joseph Jackson, a most exciting s c ene t oo k p l ace, noticewhich is w or th y of in your local news. On the day in question, a number of Kaffirs came to the house of Mr. Jackson, in a state of great alarm and excitement, to give in formation of four tigers having been seen by them i n th e vicinity. Mr. E. J ac k son, an a young Dutchman, who was there at the time, sallied forth in search of these formidable beasts of the forest. At last their eyes caught sight of one of them, perched high up in a tall yellow wood tree, in thb bush adjoining the residence of Mr. Jackson. There he stood with his tail almost perpen : - dicular, eying his intended victims with more zeal than prudence. The shot was a splendid one, but required more than ordinary courage to take advantage of it. How ever, young Jackson was not to be daunted ; but at the suggestion of his Dutch companion he was prevailed on to relinquish the first fire to what he considered his more practised friend. Off went the Fun, and down came the tiger, made ten times more ferocious by the wound he had received, which but slightly disabled him ; with fearful speed he then made towards his opponents, his teeth gnashing with savage ferocity, and bellowing forth threaten ings of destruction on his enemies. At this moment three Kaffir dogs baited him with great pluck, until, with fatal aim, young Jackson l a id hi m at his feet, a trophy of his coolness and praiseworthy courage during the exciting scene. The tiger measured nine feet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail. We hope young Jackson will get up a hunt, and be the means of exterminating the other three tigers. We hear that there is scarcely a farmer in the bush side who cannot relate of losses, either in foals or calves." —Natal Witness, July 9 MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.--FRIDAY. The Chesterfield Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; certain winners extra ; the second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 20 subs. Mr. Peck's Jeanie Deans, by Annandale, 6st 81b _ _ Little 1 Mr. Dawson's M rs . St owe, 7 st 111 b ' (Bu ( llock) ) 2 Mr. E. Gill's Su r p r i se , 7 s t 51b Mr. J. Osborne's filly, by Birdcatcher—Lady Lambton, 6st 21b (Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—Awful, Layton, Vivace, The Deer, Marmadale, Lily, and Chuckle. Betting-5 to 1 agst Lady Lambton filly, 6to 1 agst Surprise, 6 to 1 agst Jeanie Deans, 7 to 1 each agst Mrs. Stowe and Marmalade, and 10 to I agst any other. A fine race in; won by a head; a neck between the second and third ; same distance between the third and fourth ; Layton and Vivace were the next irwo, a couple of lengths from the fourth; Chuckle, Marmalade, and The Deer were the last three. PRUSSIA. The New Prussian Gazette says that if the meet ing of the Chambers shoubil be declared absolutely necessary to regulate tile governmental question, they will be convoked for the 19th October. A Berlin letter, in the Post-Ampt Gazette, confirms the assertion made by the Belgian jour nals, of the King not having signed any paper concerning the lTg.gßey !--" Lum informed this :evening that all:tho rumours i in circulati on as t o the government' queStion having been settled are unfounded. The whole affair still remains in sus pense. The King has not signed any order, and, according to all appearances, there are still many difficulties to be surmounted." The Prince Royal of Wurtemburg and the Grand Duchess Olga on the 21st paid a visit of adieu to the members of the Royal family, and then left for Weimar. The Archduke Leopold of Austria took leave of their Majesties the same day, and quitted Berlin for Vienna in the evening. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON SATURDAY MORNING. The North Star has arrived with the American mails and advices of the 11th inst. She brings specie for France of the value of 195,000 dollars. The commercial advices from New York are anti cipated. At New Orleans on the 10th, the cotton market closed with an advance. At Mobile, sales of cotton dull. Flour throughout the States dull and quiet. Philadelphia stocks heavy. The fever is still prevalent at New Orleans. A frightful railway accident hasoccurred on the Indiana Railroad. The Asia has arrived out. Later dates from Salt Lake City are unimportant. The quarantine excitement is beginning to de crease. Advices from New 11fieco state that the dit ferences with the Wilms are still snsetticd. EAST SURREY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. MR. ALCOOK, M.P., ON CHINA. The annual ploughing match took place on Thursday at Croydon, - where upwards of forty ploughs competed for the various prizes. In the afternoon a dinner was held in the King's Arms Hotel. Mr. T. byron,president of the association, occupied the chair, and Mr. Alcoek, M.P., and a number of the gentry and agriculturists of the district, were also present. The health of the mem bers Tor East Surrey having been drunk, -Mr. ALeocK, M.P., responded. He regretted that his hon. concave, Mr. Locke King, had been prevented from attending the meeting. For about two months Mr. Locke King had been dangerously ill from a fever caught- in London while attending to his parliamentary duties, in consequence of the bad state of the River Thames, but he was happy to state that at this moment his hon. friend was gradually recovering. (Cheers.) Since the last meeting of the association peace had been concluded with China upon terms highly favourable to this country. (Cheers.) He thought we were justified in expecting great advantages from the resumption of our intercourse and commerce with China. (Hear.) Up to the present moment our commercial relations with China had been exceedingly limited in extent. With one or two exceptions, tea was almost the only article which we obtained from that country, and though the exports from the United Kingdom to the world at large amounted to about £115,000,000 annually, only about one and a quar ter million went to China, notwithstanding that that empire formed more than three-eighths of the entire universe. (Hear.) He trusted, and he thought it not unlikely, with a man of the original ideas of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, that advan tage would be taken of the altered state of our re lations with China to reduce the duty on tea so as to extend our commerce, and to render an article which had now almost become one of the necessaries of life more accessible to the humbler classes of society. (Hear, hear.) At the present moment tea was more heavily taxed than almost any other article of general consumption. The duty was no less than ls. 9d. a pound, though the price of tea itself in bond was only ls. 4d. a pound. Con sequently, a duty of about 140 per cent, was levied, and the result was that the consumption of tea was much more limited than its importance as an article of general consumption required. If the duty were re duced to one-fourth of its present amount, he believed the consumption would increase so enormously, that in a very short time the Exchequer would lose nothing whatever by the reduction. (Hear, hear.) As an instance of the effect which the present high rate of taxation produced he might mention that in the-United Kingdom the annual consumption of tea was about 211 b. per h,eadoy,hile , ..in the colony of Victoria; in eonsequerree The , absence of taxa tion, it was 101 b. per head. (Hear, hear.) He had been induced to ,make these observations simply because he wished to point out how much good might result from the improved state of our relations with China. Hitherto we had regarded China as a barbarous country ; but he trusted that every year, as our intercourse with that em pire extended, such a stigma would be more and more removed. ( 1- frar.)- ---- ne hort. member noticed one or two other subjects. He hoped to see the system of turnpike tolls, now so loudly complained of, especially in the neighbourhood of the metro polis, entirely done away with. In Ireland turn pike tolls were already got rid of, and as the expe rience of that country proved that, no harm resulted from their abolition, he saw no reason why they should not also be done away with in this country. (Hear.) . But the abolition of turnpike tolls was not the only i ns t ance in which Ireland was before hand with us. T wenty-four 'years ago great dis satisfaction was expressed at church rates in Ire land, and i n a much less number of months ' than the church rate abolitionists in this country had been fighting years, th e y w e re got rid of to the satisfaction :of both Churchmen and Dissenters. (Hear, hear.) The question of church rates ought to be settled some way or other in the course of the ensuing session. The hon. gentleman then briefly adverted to several topics of local interest. Adviees from Messina of the 13th state that the English frigate Curacao, with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe on board, was obliged to put into that port on the previous day from stress of weather. The Misene, Neapolitan cor vette, saluted her with 21 guns, which were duly retu rne d. Four English, Neapolit an, and Greek vessels had recently been lost near Gioja and Bagnara. The Meteore, French steamer, which saw their danger, was unable to render as sistance from the violence of the storm, which obliged her to run for Messina. The marriage of Count de Meaux - with Madlle. de Montalembert, daughter of the distinguished orator ? was celebrated at Paris a few d ays ago with much simplicity. The Rev. Father Lacordaire officiated, and delivered an eloquent address, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) BOW-STREET A VIXEN.--Two young women, who gave the names of Isabella Bird and Mary Ann Russell, were charged with creating a disturbance in King-street, Holborn. Constable E 74 said last night, about 12 o'clock, he was on duty in King-street, Holborn, when his attention was attracted by a loud shouting and screaming. On proceed ing along the street he saw the two prisoners and some other girls quarrelling. He desired them to be quiet and go home, but they refused, and commenced using very bad language. He took hold of Russell for the purpose of tak ing her to the station-house, when she commenced kicking and struggling, and on the way to Bow-street she bit his hand very severely. It took the united efforts of four con stables to carry her to the station. Magistrate—What did Bird do ? Witness—She urged the prisoner on to bite me. She said " Bite like blazes." She came quietly along. Magistrate--Do you know them ? Witness—No; but I have seen them out very late at night. • Both prisoners denied this. In answer to the charge, Russell said she was assisting Bird to recover a cloak which had been stolen from her by another girl. Bird said she was merely trying to get back her property of which she had been robbed. Russell denied biting the policeman ; and Bird said it was untrue that she encouraged her friend to resist the constable. -. The Inspector who took the charge said both prisoners had been drinking. When the constable brought them to the station -house he saw marks of teeth very plainly on the policeman's hand. Mr. Jardine--Respectable people must not be disturbed in their beds by drunken women. I shall send you both to prison for five days. Bird—l know I .don't go for five days. Russell said, " Five days for nothing," and then lei the bar. Bird, on being told to leave the court, obstinately re fused. She threw herself on the ground, and after some trouble she was carried to the cell by the gaoler (Tyrell) assisted by a police-constible ; when here she commenced screaming in such a violent manner that it was found necessary to remove her to one of the lock-ups in the station house opposite the police court. On being taken into the street she again became very violent, threw herself down in the road, and vowed vengeance against any man that touched her. After a great trouble, four policemen managed to,get her into the cell, but here again she com menced kicking the door with such violence, that before she could be craleted her boots had tole taken off. MARLBOROUGIT-ST,REET. Mr. Yardley commented on the savage character of the assault, and fined the prisoner £5. In default of payment he was committed to prison for two months. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES BY A BOY.—William Powell, a lad about 16 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing various 812 , 218 of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. John and William Fraser, en gineers, of . Nd. 10, Commercial-road, St. George-in-the- East. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. William Fraser, one of the firm, that the prisoner bad been for some time in their employ, and one part of his duty was to clean out the counting-house every morning. For the last three months cash had been continually missed from a drawer in the counting-house, and how it was abstracted remained a mystery until the prisoner's apprehension. Sometimes one sovereign, at others two sovereigns, and at other times 15s. to 20s. were stolen. The firm had lost about £3O in three months. At last Mr. William Fraser marked six sovereigns and a quantity of silver, which he deposited in the cash drawer. After the prisoner had finished clean ing out 'the counting-house Mr. Fraser examined the drawer, and missed a sovereign, a half-crown, and a four penny piece. They had all been marked. The prisoner was immediately taxed with the robbery, which he denied. He was given into the custody of a police-constable, and a marked half-crown and a marked four-penny piece were found in his pocket. The missing sovereign was not dis covered, and it is supposed the prisoner concealed it. A key with which he had opened the drawer was found upon the mat in the counting-house. The prisoner refused to plead, and was committed for trial. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON Sept. 25.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light breeze and fine. COWES, Sept. 24.—Wind W. — Arrived —North Star (s), from New York NEWPORT, Sept. 24.—Wind W. — Arrived—lrene, from Quebec. - . FALMOUTH 'Sept. .24.—Wind W.--Arrived—Haidee from Manzanilla; Ell en , _from Savannah ,;Jane Lowden, , from Quebec. OFF DOVER, Sept. 23.—Arrived—Sarah Metcalfe, from Quebec for Shields. DARTMOUTH; Sept. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Tri bune, from Tasmania. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Nile, from Havannah ; Britannia, from London for the West Coast of Africa. Sailed—Ethiope (ss), for the West Coast of Africa. BRIDGEWATin, Sept 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Rosalind, from. Quebec. CARDIFF, Sept. 24.—Wind N.W.—Salled—Heralkfor - New - York. - . • - 1P GLOUCESTER, Sept, 24.—Wind N.—Arrived—C. C. Duncan, from St. John's. Sailed—Victoria,,. for Huelva. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N,W. Arrived.—lgoslera, from Newport; Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey; Alliante, steamer, from Havre ; Atalanta, steamer, fromuera,sey; Emerald, from Sunderland. Sailed,—Bartley, Wilram Stanier, for Sunderland ; Havre, steamer, er'Havre ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey ; La Poule, for Cherbourg. _ LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.S.W., Arrived.—Surpass, from Gioga ; Helen and Union, from Ostend ; Howenclale, Affiaes, and Margaret, from Huelva Rena, from Hambro, Andreae, from 111essina ; Dorothea,; from Quebec. Off.—Danube, screw steamer, Aghia Sofia, s crew steamer, and Windermere. The Mary Francis, from Ayr, at this Port, with l oss of anchor and 30 ftithonis chain, and had to slip her other anchor by getting foul of the 'schooner Isabella, of Glasgow, in the river. Sailed—Admiral Lyons, for Sydney ; Colußlbia, and Re solute, for New York ; Elizabeth Cushi ng , for Calcutta; Canada, steamer, for Halifax and Boston. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIO GravEsmxn Saturday Morning. Arrived, Le' low Water; Scud,filifreOm Bombay; Fortuna, from Konigsberg; Victoria, from Frederickstadt; Frederick William IV., from Memel; Violet, from Denia ; Viranda, from Quebec ; Ferdinand, from RostoCk ; Minnet, from vrahstadt ; Henry, from Drobak ; City of Norwich, steamer, from Fredaickstadt. Arrived Sept. 25 —Alida Johanna, Lomcrona Alliance, from Modi na ; Saladia, Waterwitch, L and s Atlas, from Cronstadt ; C ountess Caithness, from Dantzic ; Con cord, from Rotterd am ; Emma, from Brandh o h n ; A n d rew Wooley, from Harbro' ; Elizabeth S op hi a, from Drobak ; Water Kelpie, from Memel ; Eva, from Gefie. Sailed, Sept. 25—Norma, steamer, for Odessa • Denmark, steamer, for Calais ; Merchant, for Wisbeach'; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed.—Australia, steamer, A g il, an d Utile—all from L wiftsure, ondon, for Cardiff; Yldefonse, from London, for Bilb oa ; S from London, for Swan River ; Wm. Fisher, from London, for Liverp oo l ; Anne, from Adra, for Shield s . Sai led, -; --Vocalist, for Liverpool, DEAL, Saturday Morning. ASSAULT BF A LIEUTENANT.--Bertie M'Laren, 57, Northumberland-street, a lieutenant in the 7th Bengal Infantry, was charged with being drunk in the Haymarket, and assaulting police constable 80 C and damaging his coat at the station in Vine-Street. Lesley, 46 C, said that at half-past eleven on the previ ous night the accused was turned out of the Waterloo Tavern, in the Haymarket, when he became very noisy, refused to go away, and created a large mob, and he was in consequence obliged to take him to the station-house. Murrell, 80 C, said he was acting as gaoler at the station in Vine-street when the accused was brought in. He be came very violent, and in consequence of the noise he made by kicking'at the cell door he was ordered by the inspector to remove ~him to one of the lower cells, and while doing so, the accused being very violent, he tore his uniform coat and gave him a severe kick on the knee, causing him very great pain. With the assistance of other constables they got him to the cell, but he still behaved in a very violent manner. The accused said he was very sorry for what had occur red, and he was willing to pay whatever damage he had done. Mr. Bingham, having inquired of the officer if he was much hurt, and the officer having said it was a very severe kick, fined the accured 405., which was immediately paid. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. —Thomas Ryan, a tall and powerful ruffian, about 26 years of age, who formerly be longed to the City police, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with assaulting and wounding Ann Spring, a young woman of the class called "unfortunate." It appeared there had been formerly some connection be tween the prisoner and complainant, and they quarrelled. The complainant had preferred the attentions of another fellow, equally as bad as the prisoner, who had expressed his intention to be revenged on his rival. About three weeks ago the prisoner met the complainant on Tower hill, and some words passed between them. The prisoner called the woman by some vile names, struck her, and knocked her down, and - when she was down kicked her. She managed to rise, and was bleeding profusely, and on her upbraiding him with his cruelty, he swore at her, struck her, and then seized her by the neck and flung her with great violence to the ground. Her shoulder was dislocated, and she was in sensible for some time afterwards. The poor creature has been suffeting great pain ever since. The assault was dearly made out, and it was proved that the complainant had lost a gOod deal of blood, and was at present very ill. Other witnesses (girls of the town), were called, and they were not quite'soher. The prisoner had been tampering with them, and giving them drink before the case was called. , One female was very noisy, and Mr. Yardley direct:A that , she should be locked up until she was sober. THE NAVY. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty:— Commander John Ward to command the Actteon for surveying duties. Lieutenant John Ward (b) to be commander. M. E. J. M. Taylor to be naval cadet. THE ARMY. Yesterday morning the entire battalion of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at head-quarters, Chatham, were drawn up under the command of Lieut,-Colonel W. H. March, for the purpose of hearing read the proceedings of a district court martial which recently assembled at Chatham for the trial of Private Frederick Wyatt, on a charge of desertion under very aggravated circumstances. The prisoner, who belonged to the Chatham divi sion, was stationed at Plymouth, where he de serted, and immediately afterwards lohlisted into the 29th Foot, receiving the bounty, and thereby de frauding •the Government. On being sent to Chatham to join his depot he gave himself up as a deserter, alleging that his only reason for desert ing at Plymouth was his desire to get back to Chatham.. For this offence the Court sentenced the prisoner to be branded on the body with the letter " D," and further to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for 112 days ; in addition to which Jae is to lie - Slaced under stoppages until the sum of £4 Os. 4d., of which he defrauded the Government, is made good. The prisoner is a man of bad charac ter, and has once before been punished for desertion. In consequence of the present system of clothing the troops having been found satisfactory, the Lords of the Admiralty have decided on adopting a simi lar plan for clothing the seamen at the various ports, the articles required being made up by the contractors. The contract for supplying clothes to the seamen attached to the ordinary and the other vessels of war at Chatham was yesterday given to Messrs. Marks, the army contractors at Chatham. By the new arrangement not only will a great saving be effected in this branch of the naval ex penditure, but, the contracts being put to competi, tion, the seamen will be furnished with a better description of clothing than heretofore. The recent visits of inspection made to the bar racks and hospitals at Chatham Garrison by Major- General Peel and the Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the hospitals and barracks in England have been productive of a vast amount of good, and several important improvements, which will, undoubtedly, prove of great benefit to the soldier, have already been the result of the in quiries then instituted. On the Commissioners inspecting the barrack-rooms at Chatham Barracks it was found that, although means were taken to air the rooms during the day, yet a proper system of ventilating them during the night was utterly wanting. The same defects were found to prevail at Brompton Barracks, occupied by the Royal Engineers ; at the Hut Barracks, where the troops of the Line are quartered ; and at th e C asema t e Barracks, occupied chiefly by the sick and wounded troops who have arrived from India and the ea*. vies. The result has exhibited itself from time to time in an unusually large percentage of sickness among the, soldiers, especially during the hot sum— mer months, while occasionally epidemic diseases, chiefly small-pox and measles, have broken out among the troops. It was at first considered that the overcrowding of the troops in the barrack rooms was the chief cause of the sickness, and steps were immediately taken by the authorities at Lchathata to reduce the number of men in each [ room, and a camp of several hundred men was formed at some distance from the barracks. But the main evil was the want of proper means of ven tilation. This defect was brought under the notice of General Peel during his visit to Chatham by the Commissioners, and the result has been that orders have been given for a thorough ventilation of each of the barrack-rooms at the several barracks of that _ garrison. The plan proposed has received tilt sanction of the War Department, and Messrs. Foord, of Rochester, have been employed to erect the necessary apparatus under the direction of Col. Williams. The contrivance for effecting the ven tilation of the barrack-rooms although exceedingly simple, h as already bee n found to answer most satisfactorily. At the side of each fireplace a large square wooden shaft is erected, running from the ceiling of the room to a point clear of the outside of the roof. This shaft is sufficiently large to tarry Off in a powerful current all the impure air engendered in the barrack-room, and its capa city gives an average of eight square inches to each occupant of the room. In order to obtain a supply of fresh air to each room incisions are made in the outer walls, which are then fitted with the ventilating irons, placed on a slight angle, and co vered with perforated zinc. The advantages of this plan are that, although a current of cold air rushes in to supply the place of that carried off yet the persons in the room are not in the least incon venienced, as the angle by - which it is admitted prevents its pouring down on the heads of those below. The rooms on each floor will be supplied with a separate shaft, which will all communicate with a square apparatus on the roof. Experiments were yesterday made with the new ventilators, which were found to work very satisfactorily. It is believed that the same system will be generally adopted throughout England. Lieut.-Gen. J. Coryton, R.M., is to receive the good service pension vacant by the death of Gen. Parke; Col. A. Anderson, R.M., is to receive the field-officer's good service pension vacant by the promotion of Col. Brown, R.M. Orders have been received at the head-quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, for the 30th (Capt. W. H. Noble's) Company of Royal Engineers to proceed on Monday next to Shorn cliffe, for the purpose of relieving the 3d (Major C. Sedley's) Company, w hi c h, i t i s understood, will shortly be sent to India. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 24.—Spinners and manu ra,cturers continue well engaged to order, but there seems to be less new business offering than there was last week. Prices are very firm at last quota tions, and this is more particularly the case in yarns. The demand continues steady for the home trade, and embraces nearly all counts and qualities, but there is less improvement in some qualities than in others, though in most there is still an ad vancing tendency in prices. The demand for India and Germany is still moderately active. In some kinds of cloth for India manufacturers have been willing to sell, as on Tuesday, at rather under the extreme— prices demanded,. but but not realised, -last week. • ROCHDALE, SEPT. 20 . —Machinery is still run ning full time, contracts entered into last month being still uncompleted. Offers to renew orders as they run out are only accepted at slightly ad vanced rates. The advance is conceded on descrip tions wanted for autumn and winter, provided early delivery be guaranteed, and this is insisted on in all cases where an advance is given. LEEDS, SEPT. 21.—There has only been a mode rate attendance of buyers in the Ctoth Halls this morning, and the market has not been so lively as on Saturday. The demand has been principally for fancy fabrics of a light texture. Ordinary cloths have not been much dealt in. ...A.UDDEESPIELb, SEPT. 2 1.--Although the Cloth Hall exhibited more than an average degree of ;oration, and appeared to be frequented by an large number of buyers from a distance, to transactions scarcely maintained the character for improvement we reported last week. Low goods, however, sold well, and for medium qualities there was a very fair sale. mush MR. Fox TALBOT'S NEW DISCOVERY—PHOTO GLYPHIC ENGRAVING.—The subject of engraving steel or copper plates by means of photography is one which has deservedly attracted the attention of the leading men of science both in this country and on the Continent. S * * * * We have recently been favoured with the inspection of some new photographic —or, to speak more correctly, photoglyphic engravings, executed by a new process, the result of experiments made by Mr. 11. Fox Talbot. By means of his invention common paper photographs can be transferred to plates of steel, copper, or zinc, and impressions p r i n t e d o ff a f terwar d s with the usual printer's ink,--The Xhotographic .117cws. The screw steamship Donegal, 101 guns, was launched at Devonport on Thursday in the presence of a large concourse of persons. The ceremony of christening was performed by the daughter of Rear- Admiral Superintendent Sir T. S. Pasley. Her dimensions are—length from figurehead to taffrail, 274 ft. 9in. : ditto between the perpendiculars, 240 ft. ; ditto of keel for tonnage, 204 ft. 9/in. breadth, extreme, 55ft. Sin ; ditto for tonnage, 54ft. Tin. ; ditto, moulded, 53ft. 9in. ; depth in hold, 24ft. sin. ; burden in tons, old measurement, 3,245 35-94; ditto, new, 2,954 920-3500. She will be fitted with engines of 800-horse power by Messrs. Penn and Co. 110 1° P cipal lii rates. 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