The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-29 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr W. HARRISON, Will Open for the Season on MONDAY,. Oet. 3d, with, for the first time on the English Stage, Meyer beer's highly popular Opera of DINORAH. The Libretto of the English version of DINORAH by Henry Chorley, Esq. The Operatic Company will comprise the following artistes: —Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Piling (pupil of Mrs. Wood, her first appearance), Miss Fanny Cruise (her first appearance in London), Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Parepa (her first appear ance at the Royal English Opera) ; Mr. Santley (his first ap pearance), Mr. Henry Haigh, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. 0. Honey, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Meng - is, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Rartleman, Mr. Terrott, Mr. Maurice de Sella, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Ballet :—Mdlle. Rosalie Lequine (her first appearance in England), Mdlle. Pierron, Mille. Pasquale, Miss. C. Morgan); Mr. W. H. Payne Mr. H. Payne, Mr. F. Payne, and Mons. Vandris. A nume roes Corps de Ballet. The Band and Chorus will be on the same scale of completeness as the preceding seasons of the itoyal English Opera. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve, Tel bin, and W. R. Beverley. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stir ling. Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. Ballet Master, Mons. Petit. Chorus Master. Mr. Smythson. The Box-office will be opened on Monday, Sept. 26, under the direction of Mr. Parsons. Prices of Admission.—Stalls, 7s. ; Private Boxes, £4 45., As is., £2 12s. Bd., £1 55., £1 is. ; Dress Boxes, ss. ; Amphi theatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is. Doors open at half-past 7, commencing at s o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. 'PHIS EVENLNG the performances will commence with SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Bins. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (sth time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank Matthews, Graham, Garden ; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. ITEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL L. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke (first time), Mr. B. Webster; Hulks, Mr. D. Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bed ford. After which, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Moreland, Miss H. Simms. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box 0110e 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—Mr. Wm. Smith. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton. OPENS for the Season on Saturday next, Oct. 1. New comedy, THE WIDOW'S WEDDING, supported by Messrs. S. Emery, Barrett, C. Young ; Mesdames Katharine Hickson, Murray, Arden, Manders, Arc. New burlesque, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq., entitled VIRGIN - HIS ;or the Trials of a Fond Papa, in which Messrs Barrett, C. Young, Francis ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Clara St. Casse, Lydia Thompson, and a numerous Corps de Ballet will appear. To conclude with A DEAD slim. In the course of the evening the National Anthem will be Mang. Reduced Prices —Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-o ffi ce opens Dom 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. .... -- --- Alter which, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. And TRYING IT ON. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock; OANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS. — NJ EVERY EVENING.—The ltnsic of Verdi's Opera of MACBETH (now first made public - in England at these Con certs), the extraordinary Violin Performances of the cele brated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual 'focal Concert. C om ic Vocalists —Messrs. Georg Hodsn (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, e and E .W. Mackney. eral interesting ures are added to the Arts GallSevery. The suite o P f ict Halls have been re-deco Fi rate ne d and beandffed, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer beer's new opera of DINORAH. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taus DAT.—Morning, 3 h. 17 m. — A fternoon, 3h. 37m, To-Moßnow-Morning, 3h. 56m.—Afternoon t 4h. 14na, THE SUN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1859. Our Parisian news seem to be rather at fault. Everything is at a sort of stand-still. The EMPEROR is at Biarritz, and nobody knows what to be at. The late trifling with the liberty of the press has unfolded much more than the EMPEROR bargained for. It has unmistakably stereotyped his despotism, if that were necessary. LOUIS NAPOLEON is, after all, but a man, and by that standard must be judged. He has attained to .eminence by means which s ould ruin a private individual. He holds his position—how long ? —time will answer. But, taking a little privilege with our never-varying contemporary, we are of opinion that the days of the over crafty are num bered. It were idle to enter into the continuous rumours of the continental fabricators of news, so as to found any deductions from them. The real state of European politics seems to be a " wondering suspense." What will come next ! Aye, that's the question ? But who can answer it—that's the ticket!! " Brotherly hatred " is said to be the keenest, as it assuredly is the sorest of human frailties. Our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic, or, as they pride themselves to be, our more than co-equals, have lately assumed a forward position in the ag gressive line. They are not content to let " well alone," but will have everything just as they like. They presume overmuch on the moderation of their neighbours, and take all for granted, merely because their more sober friends pause be fore they act. Young men are apt to think the world is at their bidding, because the world did not take the wink as it was expected, so our American friends seem to think they can do just as they like because the British Lion seems to be at his ease. The world—that is, the new world—seems hardly large enough for American enterprise, and they Would fain monopolise the universe—such is the moderation of freedom! But how ? The Ame ricans consider themselves as the freebooters of freedom, and trample everything in their way under the raise of " free trade for all," but for us in particular ! How long such a game may be presumed to last, time only can tell. But we suspect that the recent attempt_ paltry though it be—in grasping at the island of San Juan, may cost the United States more than they have " bargained fer." An institution was established in this country but a few years since with the a-mwed purpose of dedicating the whole of its wealth and of its ener gies to the preservation of human lives, that must otherwise—but for this beneficial institution — have been doomed to all but inev:table destruction. einnparatively speaking, but a very brief interval has since then elapsed. Yet, already this chari table association has been the means of saving 10,992 persons from a sudden and dreadful death ! It has spent, moreover, within the same brief period. no less than £28,061 in the construction and support of its widely-scattered establishments! It has, besides this, :distributed gold and silver medals, together with pecuniary rewards, to the amount of exactly £11,651 in the aggregate among those who have co-operated in carrying out its , • a..., ..." • . • .• ‘...;# , ‘,, s':i.a.o i • ma, ~:,.. . . _.,',!; - z*::Ni: k - , ,• a• ''''.. , i''' ' ', - ' ' r lir '' : , s '' ' ' -•'. 1 ... .,'' ' ' Ci .., ar l ai lliptl \ ,-• fa4 l . g .:: 11,,,..,......,.. - ,,• 4 • 0 •1•Yr: ." ' .„7 - , ' f.i... ;",'' , ' '..„ 0 :qt: _ ' 4 1 / 4 ', 0 34 - Vr.i._ a , ..• . ..eT , ,:, r , ~,, , ,„0%,.,.• .R 0 IT ': ~„ • ` *:,,.••• ';'-'1 .4- ' J tY4? .1 , ...1*.t.,•,.. .... ' • " ''' .... humane and generous intentions. Having said thus much, it is almost unnecessary to add, that allusion is here made to no other than the National Life-boat Institution. Honour to that benignant society ! Prosperity attend it ! May its friends multiply, and its energies increase—until the perils of shipwreck along the rock-bound coasts of the British islands be reduced to an almost infinitesimal consideration in the prosecution of the mercantile enterprise of the most maritime among all the world's great trading populations. A cursory glance at " The Wreck Register and Chart for 1858," reprinted in our columns as re- cently as the evening before last from those of the little Journal of the Life-boat Institution a glance the most cursory at this encouraging though still lamentable Chart and Register will be suffi cient to assure any one that about the aptest motto that could well be chosen for this particular associ ation would be that familiar line of SHAKSPERE'S— " Mum{ has been done, but MORE remains to do !" It is something, surely, to begin with, to know ,hat already there are nearly 150 life-boats—to be precise, exactly 149 life-boats—along our coasts : eighty-two of which are under the management of the Institution, and sixty-seven under that of local authorities. But then, in the midst of our exulta tion at this fact—it is felt, after all, to be but a very slight and inadequate provision for the perils to be encountered any day or night out of the 365 in each succeeding twelvemonth, bearing in mind the length and the involutions of our dangerous and chequered coast-line. Again, it is wonder fully satisfactory and inspiriting to find, upon a survey of the doings of the Association and its collaborateurs, during one single year, the year, for example, last passed, it is exhilarating to find that during 1858 alone—as many as 1,555 lives were rescued by life-boats, by other boats, by ships, and by the rocket and mortar ap paratus ! Yet—during that same year of our LORD, 1858, there were no less than 1,895 lives actually imperilled by shipwreck along the coasts of the United Kingdom, so that no fewer than 340 persons were lost in that single twelvemonth, in spite of all these humane efforts for their preservation. During the last seven years, in fact—including among them the year just specified—the average number of lives lost by shipwreck immediately off our own coasts, amounts, according to ascertained and reliable statistics, to an aggregate very little short of eight hundred ! According to the " Wreck Register" the average is placed at 745, by what appears to us a very moderate com putation. A tabular statement, given a little later on in the report, places the total of wrecks during those seven years at 7,441, and the total of human lives lost through the same casualties at 5,020. Upwards of seven thousand vessels wrecked, up wards of five thousand lives lost during seven years upon our own seas and along our own coasts ! According to which we have an average of more than 1,000 wrecks a-year—and of nearly 800 lives lost, as before intimated ! Besides the 149 life-boats, there are, it may be observed, 216 mortar and rocket stations provided at the several localities along the coast with all the necessary apparatus. And the importance and value of these provisions for the salvation, if pos sible, of the extraordinary number of lives annually imperilled by shipwreck may be the most readily estimated by a casual glance at the man ner in which the 1,555 individuals before particu larised were snatched from destruction. It will be seen, then, that out of that aggregate of 1,555 —there were 26 who were saved by personal exer tions of a meritorious character—two hundred and six were saved by " Life-boats"—two hundred and ten were saved from shore by ropes, " rockets and mortar apparatus"-394 were saved by ships and steam-vessels—and 719 by small craft, ships' boats, coastguard boats, and luggers. In regard to the apparent disproportion between the results of the services performed by life-boats, for example, and those accomplished by ordinary boats and luggers, it should be especially borne in mind that the life-boats reserve themselves for the most boisterous weather, when no other boat could well " live " in the rolling surge five minutes, leaving the ordinary boats, in fact i for all the efforts required under ordinary circumstances. Hence the 719 saved by luggers, &c., bear no pro portion whatever in the perils encountered and vanquished to those represented by the 206 saved by means of those glorious little floating harbingers of mercy, the life-boats. It was stated in the report quoted by us the other evening that " the life-boats of the National Life-boat Institution were manned last year by about 3,000 persons on occa sions of service and exercise." And it was imme diately thereupon added —" They were often afloat during the heaviest gales and in the darkest nights; and it is satisfactory to be able to report that not a single life was lost from them on those occasions. This happy circumstance," continues the report, " is principally, no doubt, attributable to the safety of the boats themselves ; but this immunity from fatal results has been owing in some instances to the excellent cork life-belts, one of which each man forming the boat's crew is required, by the rules of the society, to put on before he is allowed to step into her." Why should not similar precautions be incumbent upon other seagoers than life-boatmen ? Why should not shipowners be compelled to supply each person afloat in their employ with a cork life belt as an essential part of the seafarer's kit—and the one especial part of that kit to be supplied by the employer? Why should not the seaworthiness of every vessel be ascertained and proved before its being allowed to quit port—the completeness, fit ness, strength, and general efficiency of anchoring gear, sails, and rigging being also at the same time fully proven and clearly ascertained? Similar queries might apply not unreasonably to three other all-important and sufficiently obvious particulars — the ship's-1. Life-boats. 2. Life-buoys. 3. Life belts. If reasonable precautions like these were but taken systematically— say under the surveil lance of the Board of Trade—less would be left to be accomplished by one of the noblest and most patriotic and humane associations in the land, the truly admirable and beneficent National Life-boat Institution. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT ABE.RDEE7. ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY EVENING His Excellency Felipe Eugenie Cortes has left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris. The Earl of Wilton and Lady Katherine Egertou are still yachting in the noble earl's yacht. His lordship, by the last letters, was at Kingstown. General Comte Yermaloff (in the service of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia) has arrived at the Bruns- wick, Jermyn-street, from Moscow. , . His Highness the Prince Lieven, accompanied by his family, has left the Brunswick, Jormyn-street, for Paris The Duke of Somerset, accompanied by several members of the board, left the Admiralty yesterday morn ing for Plymouth, to resume the official tour of inspection. The Duke of St. Albans, accompanied by Mr. Mansell, arrived at Prince's-gate yesterday morning from Germany, where the duchess remains for some weeks longer. The marriage of Miss Brewster, only daughter and heiress of Sir David Brewster, Bart., with Mr. Skene Cumming Gordon, of Parkhill, N. 8., is arranged to take place early in November. REPAIR OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.—The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln have resolved to devote £2,000 to the repairs of their cathedral during the ensuing year. The north:east side of the sacred edifice is to receive attention Last year £1,300 was expended on the cathedral. THE CHINA COOLIE TRADE.—A meeting of the foreign community of Amoy was held on July 8, when a set of resolutions were unanimously passed, condemning the Coolie slave trade, and a committee appointed to wait upon the English Consul, and press upon him the importance of carrying out, in concert with the native authorities, such measures as are within their power to put an immediate stop to the Coolie trade as now carried on.—China Telegraph. THE WRECK OF THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS AND THE THOMAS BRASSEY.—A despatch from Singapore, dated the 18th ult., states that the Sovereigh of the Seas was wrecked on the Pyramid Shoal, in the Malacca Straits. Some of her cargo was being saved and taken to Malacca, but a considerable quantity remained on board, and vessels had gone to her assistance. The Thomas Brassey was abandoned on the 16th of July, near Bird Island, Algoa Bay, after having encountered a succession of very heavy gales. Before she went down, her cargo, consisting of cotton and seed, ignited. The crew, with the exception of one man, saved, Both the ill-fated vessels were owned in Liverpool. WRECK OF THE EXPRESS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—lntelligence has this evening been received from the Channel Islands announcing that the South Western Company's steamer Express, which went ashore on the rocks off Jersey last week, has broken up, and various portions of the ship are floating about among the rocks. It is quite probable that no ship belonging to this company will undertake the passage between the rocks in future. It is due to the public that such an order should issue from the company. A Board of Trade inquiry into the matter will shortly take place. Mr_ Reuter's office : AMERICAN MAIL DESPATCH FROM LIVERPOOL. — Yesterday (Wednesday) the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw steamer City of Washington sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the United States and North American mails and 245 passengers. Yes terday also the screw steamer Indian sailed from Liverpool for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian mails and 90 passengers. On Saturday next the British and North American Royal Mail steamer Africa, Capt. Neil Shannon, will be despatched from the Mersey for New York. The box at the Liverpool Post-office will be open on that day till 11.15 a.m., and on the landing-stage till 12 noon. The additional fee at the landing-stage, besides the usual post age, is '6d., which must be prepaid in stamps. Telegraphic despatches may be forwarded within a few minutes of the steamer's departure, through the office of the New York Press, 10, Exchange-street East, Liverpool. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DUBLIN AND MEATII RAILWAY.—On Friday evening Mr. Hugh Martin, coroner for the Navan district, held an inquest on view of the body of James Keegan, aged 21 years, who was employed on the Dublin and Meath Railway, now in progress of construc tion. It appeared in evidence that on Thursday last, while in charge of a horse and two waggons engaged in casting out earth, by some unaccountable accident be lost his footing and fell to the ground on the tramway, when unfortunately both waggons heavily loaded passed over him, whereby both his thigh bones were dreadfully fractured. He was conveyed as soon as possible to the county hospital in Navan, where he lingered in great agony fsr a few hours, when he expired. The jury after a short deliberation gave in a verdict of " Accidental death." THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STEPNEY.—Yes terday morning Dr. Challice, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, attended at the New Globe Tavern, Mile-end road, on the occasion of the adjourned inquest on the body of Philip Gorath, a male child three weeks old, whose body was exhumed by order of the Home Secretary. Dr. Challice stated that in consequence of the illness of the coroner who had commenced the inquiry, the inquest must be further adjourned for a week. The foreman and several of the jury protested against this nonchalant way' of being dealt with, and expressed their desire that the inquiry should be at once proceeded with, presuming that the deputy coroner was com petent to conduct it. Mr. Best, barrister, said he appeared on the part of the Rev. J. Bonwell, incumbent of St. Philip's Church, Stepney, whose name had been most improperly given in the public press in connection with this case. Mr. Bonwelr a name hadnever been mentioned in that court on the former inquiry, but it had been inserted in some of the news papers as though the charge against him had formed part of the evidence. A juryman said the name had been most im properly introduced. The jury knew nothing of Mr. Bonwell beyond what had appeared about him in the newspapers. Mr. Best said that such comments were a disgrace to the public press. Mr. Bonwell was in no way before the court. The coroner said ho knew nothing of Mr. Bonwell in con nexion with the case. Mr. Best said it was most unjust that such a charge should hang over Mr. Bonwell another week, and he pressed for immediate inquiry. Several of the jury concurred in the request, but the coroner said he could not go on, and eventually adjourned the inquiry until Wed nesday next. POSTAGE OF STAMPED PERIODICAL PUBLICA TIONS.—The following notice has been issued from the General Post-office :—According to the regulations affecting the transmission of stamped publications through the post, as laid down in the British Postal Guide, there must be nothing printed on the cover of a ne - vspaper but the name and address of the person to whom it is sent, the printed title of the publication. and the printed name and address of the publisher or vendor who sends it. It appears, however, to be the practice of many news agents in London to have other words than those specified above printed on the covers of the newspapers sent by their through the post, such as " sent by," " from," &c., and there is reason to believe that such newspapers have hitherto been allowed to pass un challenged. It has, therefore, been decided, under the cir cumstances, to abstain from charging newspapers of this kind with postage until the Ist of January next, and to allow publishers of newspapers and news agents in London to use up, during the interval, any stock of covers which they may have on hand with the objectionable words printed upon them. It must, however, be distinctly under stood that the newspaper regulations will be strictly en forced from the commencement of the next year.— RowLAND HILL, Secretary, General Post-office, Septem ber2_lBs9. FEsTIVITIES AT WILTON HOUSE.—The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert are at pre sent honoured by the company of her Imperial Highness Marie Nicolaewna of Russia and her illustrious daughter, at the princely seat of the Pembroke family, near Salisbury. Her Imperial Highness the Princess, attended by a large retinue, arrived on Tueslay afternoon from Torquay. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col. Clifton, arrived early in the evening, on a visit to the Right Hon. and Mrs. Herbert, from Portsmouth. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Constance 'Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess of Ripon, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount and 'Viscountess Sydney, and Viscount and Viscountess Somerton assembled at Wilton in the course of the day, having been invited to meet the illustrious visitors. The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert received their Impe rial and Royal guests at the entrance-hall, which is re markable for its suits of armour and arms, inclusive of trophies and memorials of the Battle of St. Quintin, 1557, at which William, Earl of Pembroke, "Black Will," of historic fame, com manded the English forces. In the evening the host and hostess gave a banquet, for which covers were laid for 30. Yesterday her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie and daughter, the Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, and most of the visitors, drove over to Broadlands, near Romsey, to luncheon with 'Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmerston. There was to be a grand dinner last evening at Wilton Houe. THE PEIHO AFFAIR. A Yorkshire soldier, engaged in the late affair on the Peiho, writes home to his friends in Wortley as follows Peiho River, July 3, 1859. Dear Brothers and Sisters,—l write these few lines ' hoping they will find you well, as they leave me at present, thank God for that. You will have heard of our late engagement ; if not, you will presently. Our attack on these forts was awful. I don't think they could picture it so bad as it was, I cannot tell you much about it, for I have not got paper— I have had to borrow this scrap. Our battalion was about 400 strong on the morning of the 25th June, and on the 26th we had about 175 killed and wounded. I think out of about 1,300 who were engaged in gunboats and landed, 500 were killed and wounded : it was the frightfulest affair ever witnessed. There are nine men here who went through the Crimean war—were at Inkermann, an 4 also at the storming of the Redan—but for horrors neither the one nor the other can be compared with it. But, thank God, I have escaped clear this time. I hope, please God I live, I will repay them for this. We shall make them suffer when we attack them again. 'We are waiting for more troops, which are expected here in two months. The river is only a mass of sludge; the water is all out for near ten miles of the forts, so we cannot get to the forts with our shipping. I was on board the Nimrod when the signal was made to land ; when we did land, as it is called, we were nearly all stuck fast in the mud. The shots coming front the fort knocked both men and boats to pieces ; it is a mystery to me we were not every man killed. We had about half a mile to go to the forts, above the knees in a sludge ; some stuck fast, some over the middle ; the ammunition all spoiled ; some with arms and legs blown off. I was going on very well until I got half way up, then I stuck fast above the knees in mud, as if I was grown there ; presently one marine passed on my left about a yard—at :ill events, a stride—when a large shot came and knocked him in two upon me, which felled me, but the ball missed me. I pis some time before I could get up and recover, and roll the part of his body off me—the blood running. out of him upon me until I was covered. But I shall not tell you more at this time.—l am, yours, &c., JOHN CEREL, Private Marine." PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 dis. and the short exchange o.a London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris as in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 3 10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges or transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the United States. FRANCE. RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans - - - - Northern 935 _ _ _ Kew ditto B2O Lyons and INloditerrauean 905 limeys AUSTRIA. The presentation of the freedom of the city of Aberdeen to Lord John Russell took place this afternoon, at 5 p.m., in the Music-hall, before an audience of about 3,000 per sons, by whom his lordship was most enthusiastically ap plauded. His LORDSHIP, having alluded to the great general prin.• ciples on which Parliamentary Reform should be founded, proceeded to review the past history of Italy, from the time of the first Napoleon down to the present state of affairs in Italy. He took occasion* declare that England would never under his au s pices *ter into a Congress unless the rights of the peoples of Italy to govern themselves without the interference of foreign coercion were recognised. At tho same time he declared his firm belief that noither Austria, however she might dislike the continuance of the present state of matters, uor Prance would use anytompulsion. Lord John concluded an eloquent speech by declaring that England held a beacon on high which might yet save the rest of the world. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. —Her Majesty has cora manded that the royal box be reserved for her use during the approaching operatic season at Covent Garden, under the Pyne and Harrison management. Baron de Carayon la Tour has left the Oatlands Hotel, Walton, for Paris. TUSCANY. THE SUN, LONDON, TIIOESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1859. L.ATEST NEWS. 7i'be following telegrams have been received at ZURICH, SEPT. 28. Jerinee Napoleon has arrived here. ;Separate conferences between the French and Site dinian, and afterwards between the French and Aas trial' Plenipotentiaries have taken place. N 0 news in connexion with the Conferences has try (.7 aspired. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Patric of this evening states that Prince N tp oleon is expected at Paris to-morrow, and the Envcror on Monday next. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 28. /Toth ices have been received from Constantinople to the 21st. e journals from Constantinople announce that nuirttrous arrests had taken place in consequence of the discovery of a political conspiracy, but few de tails of the affair are published, as the journals state they have been forbidden to make comments on title matter until the judicial examinations have been. concluded. Private letters state that the conspiracy was to have , broken out on Saturday, but on the previous Thun.day it was denounced by Sergeant Ariza. Vigorous measures have been taken by the Govern ment. Two frigates have been moored before the Serfyglio, and the squadron had arrived the day the mail left. Among the principal leaders of the con spiracy were two generals of division, Djaffir, of the Artillery, and Hossein, Governor of the Dar danelles, several colonels and Ulemas. Djaffir was drowned in the Bosphorus. No Christians were compromised in the plot. The plan of the conspiracy was clevely organised. The Europeans and the foreign Ambassadors were to be protected by the generals of the rebels. The concession of the Bank has been made to Messrs- Gladstone and Rodocanachi. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Emperor is not expected to reach Paris be fore the early days of October. The Patrie still holds to the idea of a Congress as a necessity. All depends on Austria. M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, has left Paris for Biarritz. M. Fould, Minister of State, has resumed the duties of his department, which had been confided during his absence from Paris to M. Delangle. The following fresh details are given by a Paris journal re petting the projected expedition to China. Three generals are, it is said, proposed for the com mand of the expedition—General de Martimprey, Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Algeria, Gene ral Trochu, and General Wimpfen. The number of troops appears to be fixed at 12,000, chosen from the best men of every corps, and to be formed into marching regiments. It is evident that for so dis tant an expedition all the men of a regiment are not equally capable of supporting the sea voyage and the influence of the climate. A depot is to be formed in one of the stations nearest to Hong Kong or Shanghai to replace the deficiencies in the effec tive force. In consequence of the preparations to be made the departure cannot take place until the first fortnight in November. It is, moreover, the most favourable season in consequence of the mon soon. The French Government, as I mentioned some days since, when displaying its flag in the heart of the Celestial Empire, wishes to give a high idea of its military power, and to show that at pre sent it can strike hard and far when its honour is concerned. BounsE, Sept. 28.—The market has been heavy,. but prices have not materially varied. Threes have been done at 69f. 35c. to 69f. 30c.; Mobilier, 820 f. to 815 f.; Orleans, 1,395 f. to 1,397 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 900 f. to 905 f. ; Eastern, 670 f. to 672 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 5521. 50c. to 553 f. 75e.; Lombard, 5531. 75c. to 555 f. The following were the last quota tions : 4t per Cents. .... 95 —; Credit Fonder 685 Do. end month .. 95 251 Belgian 4f — --- 3 per Cent 5....... 69 201Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 69 20 . Roman B6 Bank Shares — Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 815 Spanish Threes Do. Account ... • . 813 75 Home Debt 4l Account .. 137 50 937 50 - - .. 905 - .. 537 50 _ Southern R estern 590 .. 592 50 Eastern Sardinian 420 .. 420 Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 13c. ; money, 25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 9ic.; money, 24f, 931 c. VIENNA, SEPT. 26. The official Wiener Zeitung of this day contains an Imperial Rescript, which is likely to produce a favourable impression on the Austrian public. The contents of the document, which is addressed to the " Minister of State and Conference," Count Hartig, are in substance as follows : "In an autograph letter of the 28th of May I expressed my resolve to have the proposition made in regard to a reform in the system of direct taxa tion subjected to a strict examination, and at the same time directed you to draw up a plan for the formation of a commission (‘ Immediat Commis sion') whose duty it should be to take the matter in hand. Your project having met with my approval, I appoint yob to be President of the Commission, the difficult and important duty of which will be to make those improvements in the system of taxation which the changes in the con dition of the empire and the necessities of the State appear to render necessary ; so that the public burdens may be as equitably distributed as pos sible, and the method of collecting the taxes simpler and less expensive. " The Chevalier Francis Von Kalchberg, the chief of a section in the Finance Department, is to have the direction of the operations of the Com mittee, with one referendary from the Ministry of Finance, and one from the Ministry of the Interior, to assist him in his labours. In addition to the president, director of the operations, and the two referendaries, the 'lmmediat Commission,' which is to have the character of a 'Legislative Special Commission,' is to be composed of two represen tatives of the Council of the Empire, of two repre sentatives of the Ministry of the Interior, and of eight representatives of the taxpayers. " The members of the Commission taken from the class of taxpayers are—William Eder, the Abbot of the Benedictine Convent at Melk, the Chevalier von Krainski, a member of the Estates, Counts George Andrassy, George Festetics, and Albert Nostitz, the Chevalier von Seiller, Burgomaster of Vienna, the Chevalier von Gredler, J.J. Dr., and ])r. Charles Peintinger, President of the Chamber of Commerce and senior of the Radmeister guild. "All the clerks required to be supplied by the Finance Department. In order that the Special Commission may be able sati, factorily to perform its important duties the Ministries, central organs, and provincial authorities are hereby directed to afford all the information and assistance that may be required. " Copics of this autograph letter have been for warded to the Archduke Regnier, President of the Council of the Empire, and to the Ministers of the Interior and of Finances. FRANCIS JOSEPH. " LAxemberg, Sept. 7, 1859." The Tuscan Government has decreed the execu tion of :two equestrian statues in bronze, one of Victor Emmanuel and the other of Napoleon 111., which are to grace the Piazza dell'lndipendenza at Florence (by which we suppose is meant the Piazza del Granduca). Statues of Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel are to be erected at Leghorn ; others of various celebrated men are to be executed for Lucca, Sienna, and Pisa, their respective birth places. Paintings are also to be executed :-1. Of the Tuscan Assembly voting the downfall of the House of Lorraine; 2. Of Victor Emmanuel re ceiving the deputation offering him the throne of Tuscany ; 3. Of the battles of Curtatone, Palestro, Magenta, and San Martino ; 4. Of the costumes or uniforms which figured in the late war; and, 5. Six portraits, viz., of Gioberti, Balbo, Troya, Berchet, Silvio Pellico, and Giusti. AMERICA. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GALWAY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Jason, Captain Nicholson, arrived to-night, at ten o'clock, with mails and passengers. She sailed from New York on the 15th inst., and from St. John's on the 21st. lic.r news has been anticipated. THE AMNESTY MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. A meeting was held on Tuesday in Waterford' " for the purpose of adopting such constitutional measures as may seem best calculated to procure an amnesty for our townsman, Thomas. F. Meagher, and others, now excluded from their country for political causes." The chair was taken by the Mayor. The only speaker of any standing was Mr. John Blake, M.P., who proposed the following re solution :—" Resolved—that her Majesty's Govern ment, having congratulated the Emperor of the French on the full and unconditional amnesty lately granted by him to all political offenders, be and are hereby requested to imitate the example which they so much commended." Mr. BLAKE, in supporting this resolution, said— , " In giving prominence to Mr. Meagher's name he did not mean to moderate in the slightest the merits of his companions in exile. They deserved to be mentioned with all honour, for no country ever gave, or cause ever enlisted before, men more disinterested, more ready to make sacrifices, and who had made more sacrifices, for what they be lieved to be the cause of their country, than the men of whom he spoke. (Hear, hear.) It was not un natural that in the city of Meagher's birth, in the place where he passed his youth, and oft delighted them with his soul-stirring appeals that the con sideration of him should particularly urge them in this movement, the more so as they hoped it would result in restoring the son to a worthy father, who might be proud of such a son. He had no doubt that when the application was pressed properly upon Government, as he expected it would be, Govern ment could not refuse to concede what was so rea sonable to ask. The only reason that was urged against granting a full pardon, and he did not want to blink the question, especially as it could be most satisfactorily explained, was that they broke their parole. In Mr. M'Manus's case it was clear that no such thing had occurred, and he was fully satisfied — indeed, after Mr. Smith's statement, if he wanted that evidence at all—thoroughly convinced that Mr. Meagher and the others did not break their parole. Now that the facts were known, all men, even the most fastidious in points of honour, would admit that they were justified in what they did for effect ing their escape. (Cheers.) In support of this movement an appeal was to be made, in the first instance, to their countrymen of all classes and denominations, and he very much misunderstood Irishmen if the response from all creeds and classes was not unanimously in favour of the object to he accomplished. He said this because none of the '4B men were influenced by mere party or sectarian considerations. He expected the hearty co-opera tion of all, whether they approved or disapproved of the proceedings of '4B, and as that was not a political meeting, but was restricted, and wisely., to the purpose stated in the requisition, he abstained from expressing any opinion one way or the other upon those proceedings. This, how ever, he would say, that the motives of the '4B men were as pure as could animate the human breast. He confidently hoped, therefore, that as their objects were neither party nor sectarian, and as the men of '4B incluAed all denominations, so men of all creeds and political opinions would give their aid in obtaining the amnesty. (Cheers.) Mr. SMITH spoke sanguinely on the prospects of the movement for their amnesty :—Happening to be in London during the Parliamentary session, he (Mr. Smith) called upon Mr. Maguire, who entered with the greatest warmth and zeal into the matter. He spoke also about it with his friend Captain Es monde—(hear, hear)—with Mr. Sullivan, M.P., and Captain Greene, M.P., all of whom promised to co-operate heartily with Mr. Maguire. In the course of one evening in the House of Commons Mr. Maguire obtained the signature of at least 40 mem bers of Parliament of all parties to an agreement to wait upon the Chief Secretary, and out of the whole body of Irish representatives there were but two refusals. These men did not now represent any constituency. (Cheers.) At that time, in con sequence of an intimation conveyed to some of the gentlemen - who put down their names from the head of the Government that they were not quite prepared at the time to receive the application-, the matter dropped. It was now revived—revived in the city of Thomas Francis Meagher, under the auspices of the chief magistrate of that ancient city —(cheers)—with the name of Morris, a name iden fied with one of the most illustrious families of the city of Waterford, under the auspices of their patriotic member, Mr. Blake, and of many of the most respected of the mercantile community. (Hear, hear.) He had an assured confidence that the movement would succeed. (Hear, hear.) Two years ago the heads of the Conservative party in this country, the Whitesides and Napiers, were strongly in favour of the amnesty now sought, and there was n 9 reason to suppose that they had altered their opinion. He had reason to know that the heads of the Liberal party in this county were in favour of the amnesty —(cheers)—and that amongst the most active in promoting it would be the present Solicitor-General, Mr. Deasy. (Cheers.) Under those circumstances, there was no reason to doubt of success. The task which they had under taken was not so difficult as the task which he undertook some four or five years ago in wrench ing men from the hands of their jailors. (Cheers.) Mr. SMITH, another speaker, gave the following account of the escape of the " exiles" from Van Diemen's Land :—The first of the prisoners who made his • escape from Van Diemen's Land was Terence Bellew M'Manus, who was now in Cali fornia, and had, he (Mr. Smith) believed, no de ' sire to return to this country. But would it be believed that that man who had been branded with dishonour by a Prime Minister, and de barred from return to his native land by reason of the alleged breach of parole, was not at the time of his escape under parole at all. He stated a fact which admitted of no contradiction, and would leave the public to draw their own conclusions, ex uno dime omnes.. The next to effect his escape from the island was their illustious townsman and his dear friend, F. T. Meagher. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Smith) was not in the colony at the time, but having gone there subsequently he made it his business to inquire fully into all the particulars of the transaction. He conversed with colonists of every class ; he con versed with offic:als of the Colonial Government, And he would solemnly declare that in Van Diemen' s Land, where all the facts w ere truly, clearly, 9aad publicly been known, a questio n had never een raise as to the perfectly fair and honourable nature of that transaction. (Hear, hear.) He might men tion another circumstance also which would tend to raise T. F. Meagher's charactea higher than it ever Mood before even in that his native city. Shealy after his arrival in New York, a doubt having been expressed by some parties respecting the complete validity of his escape, he resolved at once, without a moment's hesitation, to return to his place of punishment and surrender himself into the hands of his jailors. The ticket for his passage he (Mr. Smith) had actually taken with his own, for he was determined to accompany him back to Australia. For such a sacrifice as that they might search- history through and find but one parallel, and that was in the case of Regulus of old. It might be . asked why lie did not exe cute his purpose. He would tell them.• Some of Mr. Meagher's friends in New York pre vailed upon him to allow his case to be submitted to a committee of American gentlemen of the highest social position in New York, some of them being officers in the service of the United States Government at the time, and that he would agree to be guided by their decision. That committee unanimously decided that Mr. Meagher had fully discharged himself of every parole obligation, and then and there only he consented to abide in America. (Hear, hear.) , Of John Mitchell's escape he (Mr. Smith) could speak from personal know ledge, for lie was a party to it. The whole facts were put forward in a volume which he held in his hand, a production which, viewed merely in a literary point of view, was one of the most remark able of the age, and would well repay perusal. No one who read it would hesitate for an instant to acknow ledge that the escape was effected honourbly and even daringly. MADAME LIND GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERTS. (From the Freeman's Journal of Sept. 27.) As might have been expected, an overflowing audience, crowding to the utmost every compart ment assigned to the public of the large hall of the Ancient Concerts, assembled last evening to wel come once more to Dublin the widely-celebrated and well-remembered " Jenny Lind"—for by that still-honoured name Madame Goldschmidt is still known and spoken of by thousands who cannot forget those glorious nights of her first engage ment on the Dublin stage, where she evinced her wondrous power and matchless brilliancy of voice, combined with exquisite musical taste, and dis played a versatility of genius, equally at home in every department of her glorious art, and equally successful in every phase of the lyric drama, whether she drew unbidden tears from eyes, " albeit unused to the melting mood," by her plaintive melody and painfully truthful persona nation of "The Bride of Lammermoor," or intoxi cated her audience by the double spell of sparkling music and graceful comedy in her celebrated charac ter of La Figlio del Reggimento. It was as " Jenny Lind" that this great vocalist and accomplished musician has achieved her most brilliant triumphs, and that name must for many reasons be still dear to her—no matter how honoured and respected may be the name she now bears amongst the matronage of England. The audience, as we have said, was an overflowing one, and comprised in the reserved seats and body of the hall a vast crowd of fashion able and distinguished persons. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant arrived shortly before eight o'clock, accompanied by a party of friends and attended by some members of his suite. The concert opened with an instrumental piece (the Andante from a Sonata of Beethoven, with variations for the pianoforte and violin) The performers were Herr Otto Goldschmidt and Herr Joachim, who on appearing were most cordially received. It is, of course, unnecessary for us now to speak of Herr Joachim's style of violin playing. The performances of this justly celebrated artist have been heard and appreciated before now by the musical public. The pianism of Herr Gold schmidt is characterised by a certain plainness and vigour of style, arguing a love in the performer of the " simply beautiful," despising ornate frippery, but yet displaying a delicacy, yet firmness of touch inexpressibly pleasing to educated ears, especially in the rendering of classic music. We need scarcely add, that this bit of Beethoven's composi tion was given in masterly style. At its conclu sion all eyes were directed towards the door open ing to the platform, for the next piece marked in the programme was the grand aria from "Il Puritani," so justly admired, " Qui la voce," with its delicious concluding caballetta, to be sung by Mme. L. Gold schmidt. The appearance of Madame created quite a scene. All the vast assemblage seemed to rise and bend forward, whilst peal after peal of welcome greeted the fair donna, for fair she is, and (as we rejoice to see) retains all the winning characteristics of feature and grace of manner which seemed to harmonise so well with her sweet voice when we heard it last on the Dublin stage, eleven long'years ago. She looks the Jenny Lind of the portraits still. She wore a quiet yet singularly tasteful dress of light blue colour, and in all its details her costume was marked by tasteful simplicity. This said aria " Qui la voce" is rather a trying piece to begin with, and, we could not but remark a slight huskiness, or rather a want of clearness in her lower notes at the opening, but as she progressed in the song it was then her glorious voice began to develop its extraordinary beauty. As we heard her, years were forgotten, every note seemed to evoke some sweet memory, and the remem brance of past delight flashed upon our mind with every delicious cadence. Many were there who now heard Madame Lind Goldschmidt's voice for the first time, and they all seemed to feel im pressed with a new and strange feeling of pleasure such as they had never before experienced in the vocalism of any artiste, however celebrated, whilst others, who treasured the recollection of her glo rious voice in the prime of its power and splendour, appeared to recognise with delight the repetition of sounds of thrilling melody which they had not dreamed of ever hearing again. The fair donna's version of the cabaletta " Vien in cielo" was truly splendid, and rapturous applause followed, and an encore asked for, but owing to the length and variety of the programme, it was not practic able. Madame's next performance was a rondo, "Il re Pastore," from Mozart, with its singularly beautiful accompaniment, rendered on the vio lin by Herr Joachim, and by Herr Gold schmidt on the pianoforte. This divine compostion, both as regarded vocalism and instrumentalism, may be said to have been all but perfect. In the duetto " I Montanari," comprising a series of Styrian melodies, which concluded the first part of the con cert,Madame Goldschmidt and Signor;Belletti were heard in brilliant perfection as regarded exe cution. This piece seemed to partake more of the characteristics calculated to astonish rather than to please. The vocalism of the donna in the course of it was displayed in all its vigour and brilliancy, and she seemed to overcome difficulties which she over came with wondrous taste and power. In the second part of the concert the song which, per haps, excited the greatest expectation was Moore's pretty and fanciful poetic jeu d'esprit, entitled " Nets and Cages." The music is the composi tion of Herr Goldsehmidt. It is light, grace ful, and well suited to the spirit of the words. It was sung con amore by Madame — who enunciates the English with great correctness, and fluency. The concluding efforts of the fair can tatrice were Mendelssohn's sweet song, entitled " The first violet," and the Echo Song, a Norwe gian melody. Both were given with charming grace and simplicity of style and brilliancy of har monic effect. To speak of the plaudits which fol lowed this and the other pieces which Madame sang during the evening would be only to record a suc cession of storms of approbation, and perhaps throughout the entire musical career of the great soprano has she ever won higher or more distin guished praise than that which was awarded to her last night by an audience in every way competent to appreciate the gifts of genius. The selection from "Il Barbiere" given by Sig. Belletti reminded us of the many obligations we are under to this gifted artiste for the intense gratification we have more than once derived from his splendid vocalism. His rich baritone voice is now as true, powerful, and resonant as when we first had occasion to speak of its merits, and never was an encore sought with more enthu siasm, or a compliment more deservedly paid than that which was accorded to the Signor on his re- , peated performance of the " Largo a l factotum., ~ His " Non piu audrai," from " Nozze de Figaro, of Mozart, was given by him in masterly style. More than twelve months since, we spoke at some length of the splendid character of Herr Joachim s violin performance, and assigned to him his due position as a perfect master of this most difficult of all instruments. We can now but say that his performance last evening was in every way worthy of his high reputation. This concert, in all, was a decided success, and furnishes a sufficient earnest of the rich treat in store for the lovers of music in the concert which is announced to take place on to-morrow afternoon. THE LOSS OF THE SHIP PREMIER, OF BRISTOL. The following report of the loss of this vessel ap pears in the Sla . pping Gazette :—"Sailed from Li verpool on the 12th of May with a cargo of machi nery, iron, &c., for Bombay. Nothing particular occurred until about the Ist of July, when we ex perienced a heavy gale, which veered from N.W. to S.S.W., with a tremendous cross sea, which caused the ship to labour and strain exceedingly, being then in lat. 31 S., long. 23 N. Experienced variable weather from the 3d to the 9th, with a prodigious swell from the southward, the ship being very un easy, and suffering dreadfully under the coun• ters. On the 10th had a brisk gale, with a high confused sea. At 4 p.m. discovered that the ship had sprung a leak. The gale continued with great violence, and the leak increased very consi derably, and we had great difficulty in keeping her free. Sighted the Island of Tristan da Acunha on the 11th, rounded the ship to under the lee of the island, and endeavoured to discover and stop the leak, but could not succeed. A most terrific gale now came on from W.N.W., with sudden and io lent squalls, accompanied with whirlwinds ; close reefed the maintopsail and laid the ship on the port tack, expecting a sudden shift from the southward; the pumps were worked with extraordinary vigour and great exertion, the water still gaining on us. On the following day were driven by the violence of the gale and a north-easterly current 45 miles to leeward, pumps constantly going. On the 15th, finding that the water gained on us rapidly, and that the crew were worn out with fatigue, saw that the boats were all clear, and at 5 p.m. saw a sail, which proved to be the Hanoverian brig Amitia, Arends, from Leer for Melbourne. Showed signals of distress; the brig then bore down and lay by the Premier till night. The crew were now quite ex hausted from pumping. At abont 11 a.m. Captain Arends received all hands on board the Amisia, and bore away for Simon's Bay, distant 1,000 miles, this being the nearest port. A short time after the crew got on board the brig the Premier was seen to founder. Arrived at Simon's Bay on the 31st of July. Captain Stroud, on behalf of himself mtd crew, returns his sincere thanks to the captain and officers of the Amisia for their kindness and atten tion while on board." RAILWAY INTEL. GE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that under s ix Acts of the Provincial Parliament, the company had been authorised to raise in share capital £5,301,369 sterling. During the last half • year £168,867 had been received on capital ac count, making the total recei_pts to the 31 st of July, 11,984,714, of which £3,0877326 had been raised on shares, and £1,807,387 by bonds and Government loan. The expenditure on capital account during the six months had been £35,537, in addition to which further advances had been made on account of the loan to the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway Company, amounting to £65,976, making a total The sum of capital expenditure of £4,874,7 18 . and Galt branch during the half-year, and the. £8,355 only had been expended on the main line capital account in respect of the 279 miles of rail way of which that part of the companys consisted might be considered as practically closed. There had been an expenditure of £27,122 on the Sarnia Extension line of 51 miles, chiefly for bal lasting and finishing the line and works, and fort the cost of a grain elevator and machinery at Pori Sarnia. The further outlay would not exceed £lO,OOO. The working expenses, exclusive of re, - property newals of permanent-way, amounted to £103,931: being a reduction of £12,696 as compared vvit A the corresponding half of 1858, although 51 ad - the miles of railwny had been worked during the half-year. The mileage run by the trains amounted to £52 9 , 551 miles, being a decrease of 4,339 miles as compared with, the corresponding half of 1858. The cost of train ing was reduced from 4s. 51d. to 4s. Old. per tram mile. The total receipts for traffic and rents ing the the half-year amounted to £181,476, end the working expenses and renewals to £120,326, leav: ing a balance of £61,150. To this sum was added £3,350, the surplus from the preceding half-year 4 making £63,500. From this the sum of £481 12 ' was deducted for interest on the Government loan and on the bonds of the company ; £4,466 paid dur• ing the half-year on account of Desjardin accident compensation ; and £3,739 paid for repor ing the embankments at Flamborough, Copetowny &c., and other expenses caused by the extraor ary floods of the 19th of March, 1859 ; leavinq e t c t surplus of £8,167, which the directors recominerla to be carried forward to the credit of the next ac count. The directors expressed their extreine con 's -bridge cern and disappointment at the altered which the above statement exhibited of the W i t pany's affairs. The traffic of the line, both throne and local, had undergone a diminution during til e last three years of which there was no parallel ill the history of railways in this country ; w e al though the exertions of the executive in Cana aa have effected most important reductions in then working expenses, those reductions had not bee A to adequate to sustain the company's position an d f P° earn a dividend. Still the Great Western .9. Canada had really suffered less than the other Tail- Canada ways in its vicinity, and there was no reason toi suppose that its proper and legitimate revenue had extent. There could be no doubt, been abstracted by rival companies to an y s eriens the evil during the last half-year bad been raa.te: rially aggravated by the severe competition carried on for the through traffic on the part of the Arae rican lines ; but, with this exception, tat directo.irs had reason to believe, from every informion 001.1_ able to them, that this company's position in at respect to the falling off of its traffic was to be at tributed to a succession of bad harvests, aggravate, however, that in the colony by the financial convulsion in the en" of 1857. All the accounts from the United States and from Canada concurred in stating that that harvest just gathered in had been a most athebundail one. From this source, from the revival of 0 , lumber trade, and from the improving conditioni, 1 the province as well as the Western State gen e ope n it was to-be hoped the company would soon re c° to the Detroit and Milwaukie Company remained its former prosperity. The interest on the 1 011 t _ o b n ie standing. The directors had thought it ad, isis ito to exercise forbearance in enforcing this clai ln ' t h o causes already referred to, and feeling traffic having also been injuriously affected by ea ecnivli r l.? c ,,, that the credit of the Detroit and Milwaukie (i°."' pany was essential to the welfare of both conlPani,eet The two new steamers built expressly to run .u_ tween Grand Haven and Milwaukie, in coneeetio!u with the railway, were placed on the r oute la the beginning of September, and thus the Detroit and Milwaukie Company was now Pr e p the to properly accommodate the growing traffic el 1 0 North-West, the effects of which would he s e , el/ ., - soon as the crops commenced to be moved. Tu e l; proaching opening of the Grand Trunk 'tailors): . Sarnia and Detroit would bring into operat,,,lre another line from Toronto to those places. "J' a great injury which had resulted both in Enean . and America from the competition of r ival railwal_ had led the boards of both companies todiscuss thy position of the two lines, and there was every reason to hope that those negotiations would terraiaate i satisfactorily. -..r- GREAT BRITAIN AND TILE STA TES. The following letter has been addressed to a contemporary : Sir,—The " San Juan difficulty" is a forcible illustration of the necessity of our being indePen s, dent in every possible manner of the United State not only for the purposes of war, but essentialli for purposes of peace, as I will presently s how.. _ How few know, or how few care to consid.era ell that for six months of the year during which pet, the Gulf of St. Lawrence navigation is closed '' have no means of communication w hatever NO, Canada except through the United States, an d an d t we could neither send an army to nor withdraW from Canada during those six mo nths of the year; even if our very existence as a nation depend upon it. The citizens of the United States are a fully live, to this important fact, and ju d g in g from personal experience and discussion of the question withmatl of the leading men of that country, I have no heal" tation in stating that they believe that we hold Canada only by sufferance. Yet strange to say the military expenses for the preservation of British North America borne by the imperial treasury amount to the e normous sum of D 120,000 per annual, in addition to £20,000 paid by the government of Canada. The conveyance of the Canadian mails through the United States is regulated by a treaty which they can terminate on six weeks' notice, and when n er they wished to gain a commercial advantage ov us they gave notice to terminate that treaty, and by that means carried their point, because we could not dispense with the conveyance of our mal ls through their territory. During the Crimean war we had extensive mili tary stores in the citadel of Quebec ; we w i s hed to send them to the seat of war, it was in the winter season, but we could not send them thr ou g h of United States ; we had experienced to o much their sensibility in the enlistment questi on to at tempt it. We had troops also in Canada which w : wished to send out to the Crimea, but we co uld now get them to the seaboard. We have heard a great deal of the message gent the Atlantice Telegraph countermanding t," embarkation of troops from Canada to India, °Y which a large sum of money was saved to the irate,: rial government, but what is that compared the importance of railroad communication with would give us access to and from Canada at a seasons through British territory ? The Atlantic telegraph would be entirely useless in a militory point of view for the six months of the year unless we had this access. The only and effectual remedy for this sta te of things is the completion of the line of railroad from Halifax to Quebec. When the whole length of th l , lino to be made was 600 miles, the im p government government pledged themselves to recommend to Parliament to give an imperial guarantee to the un dertaking, but this pledge has never been ful filled. The provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia have,les i however, from their own res ources made 170 m of the line, and New Bruns wick has made a great But portion of the branch line to the United States. there is a limit to colonial resources, and they have asked the Imperial Government to aid them 1 11 itS completion, but as yet without success. By making Halifax the terminus of Atlantic mail service instead of New York and Boston, the mile age rate saved would amount to £50,000 per annull!: in addition to the present cost of the Canadian luau through the United States, estimated at £25,000 more. The military force maintained in Canada is oil the assumption that at one season no assistance could be sent to them from the mother country for six months. It would be no saving to send tro o p s there in the autumn, and again Ni ithdraw them 11 1 o the spring, therefore for all practical purposes r‘conomy, in a military point of view , Canada . i, twice the distance from the moth er country tnat Australia is, but the completion of this railroa: would reduce the distance to ten days at all se sons. It would effect a saving in the military expensor e 9 of the country of at least £ 200,000 per annum , f it would dispense with th e necessit y of a sing le soldier in Ca link na. It would da together the three fine prov.inces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and give Canada access to the ocean, the British territory, at all seasons through the port of Halifax/ the finest port in the world, and nearer to England and to Europe by 400 miles than any other open port in America.---I am, & - c., Harrow, Sept. 28 . JOSEPH NELSON. litt ar e and 97i etc Va l the a 4 4d , tt iJi tt bitt Diu ( „ 1:„„ De Nc l Do