The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-03 00:00:00

E ALRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Flotow's Opera, MARTHA. Characters by Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. J. ta G rii P so a n. tey, Mr. Gratton Kelly, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. W. _ Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR D'AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlaochi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE -ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bncicstone. THIS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU RANCE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, .10. HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. An 4 ANY PORT LN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Messrs. Selby, Parselle, and Miss Swan orough. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MY AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swanborough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The New Tariff : Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Galleries, 6d. Great.and Extraordinary Sensation produced by the new and brilliant Decorations—Splendid Act Drop—Magnificent Chandelier—Appropriate Scenery. During the week the new and successful drama of THE BATTLE OF BOTIIWELL BRIG. With THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, comprising the evolutions and equitations of the first Professors in the world and their unequalled Stud of Horses. To conclude with a Farce called FAMILY JARS. No fee for booking. Stage Manager, Mr. R Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters, and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the. New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MCSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 3. THERM/METER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.33. WIND, Easterly ; light, with very fine weather. .. - ... -1. - Vi ~. Of ~ rt. ~`,;i:, ,,,,,, ,,:- . -., • ,se -',• $4 " ~,,...,: '4 </ ',; --,,:. , • N.,..4t57.,,,44 . . , , . ..."-' • i ~" ~ s .. .., 1e ,,,4 •" , i '.., vri , i ___..pw• ,, •40 , .. , - bRo IT 'A i- ,•?; 't- - • .:•-•"1 . tv.:.. ~. •-_ :-. ', ."*ii:;.4 THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1858. Lord ELGIN, like "the busy bee," knows well how to " improve each shining hour." No sooner had he concluded the important treaty of Tien-sin, than he clearly discerned that other advantages of no ordinary magnitude might follow in its wake, if the opportunity were made duly available. We believe that some complaints were preferred because the noble earl had taken what was denominated "a pleasure trip" to Japan, when he ought to have remained at his post until the Cantonese malcon tents, and more especially the Sunkum, had been brought to a due sense of their situation. But the result shows that Lord ELGIN knew -what he was about far better than the captious critics who so bitterly censured his proceedings. He had ascertained that there were others in the field, desirous of taking ad vantage of the prestige attained by England and France, who, although they kept aloof from the toil and danger, were yet anxious to reap the entire advantages thereof. The Americans and Russians, as might have been anticipated, were foremost in the race. They had a keen sense of self-interest, and of the propriety of picking up the " waifs and strays" that might fall in their way, without any extraordinary de gree of sensitiveness as to the mode by which the object could be accomplished—" Convey, the wise it call," seems to be the guiding principle of Ame rican, and Russian diplomatists, and certainly it is but simple justice to say that both of the parties displayed the utmost zeal and energy in carrying out the spirit of the instructions they had received from their respective Governments. Our transatlantic cousins had long been aware of the great advantages that must inevitably result from a treaty of commerce with what might be termed a" virgin soil." With the exception of some slight privileges granted to Dutch traders, Japan had hitherto been completely tabooed to all stran gers. The people were contented with the blessings they enjoyed from a fertile country and delightful climate, and they carefully eschewed all intercourse with foreigners. Even the favoured Dutch were virtually prisoners within the narrow limits assigned for their residence. They could not trespass beyond their bounds without being accompanied by officials, who were really guards or gaolers, to prevent the free intercourse that would otherwise have been attained. The Ameri cans were naturally anxious to change this system, and they were fortunate in the gentleman whose services they obtained to represent their interests at the Court of Japan. Mr. HARRIS had, however, been six months vainly endeavouring to negotiate a treaty. He was met with every species of erasion, until the tidings: of the treaty of Tien-sin arrived at Jeddo. The intelligence struck consternation into the hearts of the anti-Liberal party in Japan. China had been compelled to abandon the exclusive sys tem, and bow could they hope to maintain it much longer ? Vessels of war of almost incredible strength had ascended the Peiho, and they could scarcely hope to be exempted from a. simi lar visitation, and a gentle but irresistible pressure. This feeling was greatly enhanced by the arrival of the Commodore, who brought Mr. HARRIS in the U. S. steamship Powhattan to Kar ragawa, only 15 miles distant from the capital. The opportunity was not lost. So well was it worked that a very beneficial treaty was obtained for America, on the strength of what had been ac complished by England and France. This was a striking instance of Yankee sharpness ; but it must be acknowledged that Mr. HARRIS, having accom plished his own object, acted in a. very f a i r and straightforward manner towards the Engli s h au thorities. He also gave the services of his inter preter, which were exceedingly- valuable. Lord ELGIN would have been completely cheek-mated had he been a mere red-tapist, or had he been framed of the ordinary diplo matic calibre. But he was a man of action and determination. There was, fortunately, a plausible excuse for demanding admission to jeddo. .A steam yacht had been sent from this country as a present to the EMPEROR, and Lord ELGIN deter mined that it should only be handed over at head quarters. If detained at Nagasaki, according to the original intention, it would be perfectly use less-. But Lord ELGIN was resolved that it should be turned to good account, or that he would know " the reason why." He came at rather an unfortunate I eriod. The Liberal Government which had contracted the treaty with America had been ev:c' ed from office, and their opponents had been installed in their places. Perhaps the daring act of innovation was the cause of their overthrow. At all events Prince BORING° occu pied the position previously held by the liberal Prince BITSU. Nothing could be more discouraging. But by a happy act of audacity, Lord ELGIN completely turned the tables. He was resolved to negotiate only at the capital, and he found a valuable auxiliary in Captain S. OSBORNE, who under took to pilot the little squadron up to the very fortifications of Jeddo. The arduous task was nobly accomplished, and great indeed was the astonish ment, not only of the Japanese but of the Americans and Russians, when they found the British Minister unhesitatingly transgressing the sacred line of demarcation, and proceeding onward until the ships anchored within a mile and a half of a suburb, " the Wapping of Jeddo," and at an equal distance from a series of forts constructed to guard tho approaches to the capital, and which might bear honourable com parison with our own dearly-beloved Tilbury. The most tender and affectionate pleas were put forward by the Japanese to induce his departure. The anchorage was dangerous, they could not see strangers exposed to such serious perils without, at least, representing the magnitude of the risk. This argument, however, did not prevail; for the British authorities, recollecting the principle enun ciated by NELSON at the Nile, were perfectly contented to encounter all the perils that would be borne by the Japanese fleet. " Supplies could not be obtained," bUt they could be done without, and the advantages of Kanagawa were un hesitatingly ignored. This firmness met its reward. Eventually the treaty was obtained, that opens to British enterprise one of the fairest lands of the earth, where, ,nirabile dictu, there is no pauperism, and the capital city is as extensive and populous as our London. Lord ELGIN has thus doubly earned his marquisate. It is some comfort to find a British diplomatist who can hold his own with those of other nations. Jeddo is unquestionably a miraculous city. As populous as London. All the evils that we believe to be inseparable from the congregation of myriads seem to be avoided. There was " a Princes' quar ter," in which 360 hereditary Princes, or rather Sovereigns, for they exercised sovereign power within their own districts, had residences that might put to shame the most important man sions of Belgravia or Tyburnia. It is said that one of these petty kings can accommodate 10,000 fol lowers in his own establishment. They must un questionably be packed closely ; but still 10,000 men constitute rather an alarming tail to be at the beck and call of any individual. In front of this extraordinary, or we may almost style it regal quarter, is a magnificent street ten miles long. Can we fancy Oxford-street ex tended to more than five times its present dimensions, or ten Piccadilly-s placed one after the other ! The area is larger than Lonim ; the population equal to that of the British metropolis. And yet there is no filth, no smoke, no distress, or rags, or mendicants; all was clean and well arranged, as if it had been prepared for the inspection of an autocrat, who might have cut off the heads of every official in the event of any untoward disclosure. The English visitors travelled ten miles into the country, and the promise of the capital was more than maintained. Prosperity, comfort, and order was apparent on every side, and from what appeared the Japanese were a pros perous, and therefore a contented people. We have now opened communications that will be of a peculiarly valuable character. Japan is a wealthy country, and it is by no means improbable that ere long it may become one of our best cus tomers. It might have been made Christian some time since, and that great desideratum may be the result of Lord ELGIN'S efficient and zealous exer tions. An application made at the Southwark police court on Saturday by a baker, carrying on business in the vicinity of the Old Kent-road, brought to light a grievance that really does appear to require some interference on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government. It seems that the Communists actu ally have the consummate effrontery to employ our Postal System as . a means for the gratuitous diffu sion of their pernicious and infernal doctrines. They scatter broadcast over the land, by means of the machinery of the Post-office, printed circulars enunciating their extravagant views as Reds, and Socialists, and Anarchists. They carefully abe stain from prepaying these communications. They transmit them—thus un-prepaid----to the industrious middle classes, mechanics, and shopkeepers ; pro curing their addresses from the records of the Post Office London Directory, and other public sources of information. It were not simply idle but alto gether beside their purpose to forward those baneful incentives to insurrection to the members of the wealthier sections of the community— the very people proposed to be despoiled. Fundholders and landowners, professional persons no less than individuals connected with the aristocracy, are carefully avoided,'and the favoured recipients are, as we before intimated, cautiously chosen from the bumble and less affluent ranks of society, from those very classes the members of which might reasonably be supposed to be the least disposed to fool away their money in paying for the postage of these preposterous documents. A single half-ounce letter, unpaid of course, only _ wrings twopence out of the purse of the unwitting recipient who—imagining the communication to be a genuine letter from some personal correspondent —rashly breaks open the envelope, and thereby renders himself or herself responsible for the pay ment of the required postage money. It is not by any means ridiculous to suppose, however, that even a comparative trifle like twopence may to a thrifty mechanic, or even to one of the humbler kind of shopkeepers,. be really a matter of con sideration. In the instance brought before the sitting magistrate of Southwark on Saturday, however, the postage money of which the recipient of one of these wretched documents found himself mulcted, amounted not to twopence, but to eightpence. The communicatio* —a printed circular—having been transmitted to the neighbourhood of Old Kent-road, all the way from Harburg, near the capital of Prussia. An industrious tradesman of Southwark had thus to pay eightpence for a printed circular that might be designated so much rubbish, but that it in reality is a morsel of literary garbage reeking with moral Poison—a production that would be utterly con temptible, but that its transmission unasked to any one is an outrage of the most gross and fla g rant description. Here is a lithographed circular, for example, for which the unwitting recipient has had to pay Bd. to her MAJESTY'S Post-office —the postmark being ute person there, Harburg, near Ber lin, Prussia,,, and h to Whom it is addressed having relations strN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, and very reasonably deeming the communication to be perfectly genuine ! Here is a printed circular for which the honest English tradesman had to pay Bd., and in which he is insulted as a man of common sense, and as a loyal subject and an ear nest Christian—by some wretched, infernal, de mented scheme of Socialism and Communism. Re minded, in the first place, very superfluously, that there are some 30,000,000 inhabitants in these islands, he learns how it is proposed that these 30,000,000 shall be divided into 3,000 communities —each communal palace having 10,000 men, women, and children. He is taught thereupon how, in the style of Tom HOOD'S facetious Sonnet on the cur rent month— " No flowers, no trees, no fruit, no bees, No warmth, no light, November." there are, by means of this Socialist-Communist organisation, to be thenceforth—" No vice. No crime. No soil robbery. No coined money. No frauds, usury, or bankruptcy." The document further informs him, incoherently—" All for one and one for all. Instruction and education univer sal. Nature's children. State Funds. Science and Art to aid Nature. Armies abolished— also marriages. Philosophy to replace religion" and a few other trifling propositions of the like kind. For all which outrages upon his faith as a Christian, his loyalty as a subject, his home love as a father and a husband, the honest, loyal, rational, indignant tradesman finds that he has been impudently robbed of Bd. We cannot possibly induce ourselves to regard that as in any way trivial. We look upon it as an outrage that the community ought to be spared. It is the revelation of an abominable system. The Government, we cannot but think, might well interfere with a view to its prevention. There ought to be facilities for the reimbursing of the money of which the indus trious mechanics and shopkeepers are thus shame fully defrauded. The Post-office authorities ought to be empowered to trace back, if possible, these vile and baneful circulars to the persons by whom they have been transmitted ; and upon those pests to society there ought then to descend a heavy, con dign, summary punishment. Scarcely any one has yet ventured seriously to take in hand the great and paramount question of Parliamentary Reform. Among all the speeches recently delivered in the provinces, by members of the Legislature more or less distinguished, not more than two or three have hitherto come to the point frankly. Mr. WYLD has spoken over at Bodmin—Mr. BRIGHT has spoken twice at Bir mingham. But that is really all we have yet heard about Reform during the whole of this long vacation. The subject has, by almost every other speaker, been carefully shirked. Harangues have been delivered by the hour and reported by the column—about almost everything else in the wide world of politics saving and excepting the one most important topic of all. Lord JOHN has expatiated upon the advantages of the codification of the laws of England. Lord BROUGHAM has descanted wisely upon periodical literature, and yet more wisely upon the higher mathematics. Mr. SIDNEY HER BERT has indulged us with a few whimsical crotchets of his upon the organisation of journalism. Mr. ROEBUCK has snarled at Cherbourg. Lord PAL MERSTON has pertinaciously held his peace. Mr. GLADSTONE has spoken eloquently upon the art of music. Lord HARDWICKE has descanted upon the navy. Mr. HENLEY has imparted to the public several ingenious philological definitions of Progress and Conservatism. The Marquis of SALISBURY has adroitly spoken without saying anything. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has had a few pertinent words to utter upon the problem involved in the reclama tion of discharged prisoners. Lord JOHN MANNERS has consistently advanced his former avowed opinions in regard to the advantages accruing from the encouragement of manly sports and athletic amusements. A few others have spoken, and a great many more have remained silent. But with one or two rare exceptions, like the member for Bodmin and the member for Birming ham—all have avoided the theme of Parliamentary Reform as either perilous or inconvenient. Happily, there will be no option when Parlia ment shall have re-assembled in February. Then— allmu.st avow their opinions upon the subject, either by speech or vote. Reticence will be no longer possible, such as that recently indulged in by the chiefs of the Government and the Opposition. The tantalising topic, variously regarded as a hope or as a terror, can no longer remain dangling before the country, but must lie at last, in the form of , a substantial project, upon the table of the Legis lature. The Cabinet again assembles in council after its long dispersion. Let us hope that its meetings in solemn conclave may be auspicious of some com• prehensive measures—such as have come at last to be inevitable from some party or another—measures profoundly affecting the constitution of Parliament itself. Another3quarter of a year and the session will have commenced. It rests with the Ministry whether it will be prepared or not for the then un avoidable emergency. 1859 is at this moment open to Reform. The Indian difficulty has, at any rate, been temporarily solved. There is general tranquillity in Europe. The Chinese war has been happily brought to a conclusion. Our momentary differences with America have been as happily ter minated. Our alliances with France and others of the great Powers remain intact. The approaching Parliamentary session is in no other way forestalled. 1859, we repeat, is open to Reform. Let it be so regarded at once by the Government and the Opposition and all will be well. Let either side frankly accept the turning point of all—the Ballot —and .the day is theirs ! COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 2. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice dined with her Majesty yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Captain Grey, Rifle Brigade, who arrived in the after noon, had the honour of being included. Mr. Kratky Baschik had the honour of exhibiting his feats of legerdemain yesterday evening before her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Royal children, the Prince and Princess of Leiningon, and the party assembled in the Castle. The Queen, with the Princess Alice, walked and drove in the Homo Park this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, went out shooting. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Louisa took a carriage drive. Lady Macdonald has succeeded the Countess of Caledon as Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. gLord Raglan and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore have suc ceeded the Earl of Verulam and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell as Lord and Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty. Mr. Childers had an interview with Sir E. Bulwer Lytton yesterday at the Colonial-office. We understand that a marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between Mr. Edgar Drummond, son of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, and the Hon. Louisa Pennington, sister of Lord Muncaster. His Excellency the Sardinian Minister has re turned to town from visiting Lord and Lady John Russell at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond. The Earl of Malmesbury, who left town with the countess on Saturday for Heron Court, near Christchurch, returns to town to-day, in order to attend the Cabinet Coun cil at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's official residence in Downing-street. The Countess of Craven and Lady Beatrice Craven and Viscount Uffington arrived at the family man sion in Charles-street on Monday, from Ashdown Park, for a few days, LATEST _NEWS. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 30. The Caradoo, on board of which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had embarked, has run ashore near Smyrna. The passengers and crew have been saved. Ali Ghalib, son of Redschid Pasha, and son-in law of the Sultan, has been drowned in the Bos phorus. He was on board a small vessel, which was dashed to pieces by collision with a steamer. DENMARK. BERLIN, Nov. 2. The Faederlandet of Copenhagen of the Ist denies the statement that England had applied to Denmark recommending her to make concessions in her dispute with the Germanic Diet. The above journal states, on the contrary, that the English Cabinet is said to have sent a note to the different Courts of Germany recommending them to use moderation in their proceedings against Denmark. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. BOURSE, Nov. 2.-The settling in Rente has gone off rather heavily, and the rates of continua tion have been a shade higher at 30 and 321 cen times. The railway market has been inanimate, as the liquidation will take place to-morrow. Threes varied from 72f. 90c. to 72f. 76c. for the account, and from 73f. 20c. to 73f. sc. for the cud of November ; Mobilier firm from 915 f. to 907 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 657 f. 50e. to 658 f. 75e. ; Lyons, 871 f. 25c. to 872 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,340 f. to 1,342 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 705 f. to 707 f. 50c. ; Southern, 566 f. 25c. to 567 f. 50c.; and Northern, 967 f. 50c. to 970 f. The market improved towards the close, when the following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. 96 Do. end month 96 3 per Cents 72 95 Do. end month , 73 15 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 917 50 Do. Account 925 Cr&lit Fonder _ Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) 93k _ Roman 94 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. Bl2 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .-- .. 875 New ditto - oe Geneva . Midi . .__- .. .. Southern Western — .. 610 Eastern 7lO .. 710 Grand Central — .. Sardinian Austrian - - .. 622 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10e. ; money, 25f 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95e. ; money, 24f. 921 e, AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter of the 24th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says : Prince Callimaki, the Ottoman ambassador, had a conference yesterday, with Count Buol, at which Baron de Prokesch was present. The prince communicated to the Count a despatch from Constantinople, in which it is stated that Kiani Pacha, governor of Bosnia, had not only been dismissed, but been summoned to Constantinople to give an account of his conduct. He is re proached with not having published the ordi nances of the Porte, provisionally suppressing the tax which claims one-third of the produce of the land, and with having supported the beys in the collection of that heavy impost. The Greek clergy have also drawn up numerous complaints against Kiani Pacha. Another Vienna letter states that considerable alarm had been caused in the commercial world by the discovery that notes of the Bank of Vienna for 100 florins each had been reproduced by means of photography, with such exactness that it was very difficult to distinguish the false from the true. A third Vienna letter mentions a report that an army of 25,000 men is about to be concentrated on the frontiers of Bohemia. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin states that Count Dcenhoff has been nominated Prussian Minister at Vienna. In 1815 the count !,erred a campaign as volunteer, was afterwards employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then became Secretary of the Prussian Legation at Paris, and afterwards of that of London. In 1833 be was named Prussian Minister at Mu nich, and in 1842 he was appointed in the same capacity to the Diet. In 1848 he was for a short time Minister of Foreign Affairs, after which be retired into private life. He is now a member of the Chamber of Nobles. A letter from Dresden announces the death from paralysis of the lungs of M. Ischensky, President of the Council of Ministers, and Minister of Justice in Saxony. Diran Bey, the Turkish charge d'affaires in Bel gium, and Nazim Bey, the son of Fuad Pacha, visited Antwerp on the 29th ult. Th e y went to the new cellular prison in that city, and examined it in all its details, and also inspected several of the other principal edifices. Th© statue of Charles Albert, execused by order of the municipality of Turin, was inaugurated under the portico of the Town-house on the 31st ultimo. The syndic, the members of the council, a deputa tion from the national guard, and several distin guished personages were present at the ceremony. AUSTRALIA. The Teviot, which left Alexandria on the 28th of October, arrived at Malta, Nov. 1, with the Australian mails, per European, and gold valued at £162,506. The dates of intelligence are—Sydney, Sept. 10 ; Melbourne, Sept. 15. The following departures of gold ships for Eng land have taken place :—Aug. 28, Dover Castle, for London, with 84,725 ounces; Sept 7; Marco Polo, for Liver-pool, with 46,881 ounces. The Legislature of Victoria was to meet on the 7th of October. Trade was rather dull, but not unhealthy. The quotations of exchange are unaltered. New goldfields have been .discovered at Port Curtis, north Of Sydney. They are very rich. The New South Wales Assembly has voted a grant of .£50,000 per annum for 10 years towards the establishment of a mail service via Panama. Sydney exchange 30 days' sight purchased at par ; sold at 2 premium. The Adelaide Parliament was opened on the 27th of August. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.—Two andfaon)f rd the el n eb e nNo w tuaomlr sc rew tCeh oaarami s a t sn e y a itin Captains efl h tt s btt Stead, n sp, a i r e left s n pe gat thisrt e t do Capt.f tophroetr Peni t nsular yesterday o e of the mail contract lately entered into by the company. The Salsette took a heavy ship mail for the Australian and New Zealand colonies. Both vessels carried out a quantity of stores, but neither of them had passengers or cargo. The Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata, Capt. Weller, sailed hence to-day with the West Indian, Mexican, and Pacific mails, 182 passengers (including Lieut. Stewart, General Vegar, Mr. Mathew, &c.), £3,046in specie, jewellery value £lB,OOO, and a full general cargo. THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW COLLEGE. —On Monday night the Liberal Association met at the Victoria Hall, when several candidates for the rector's chair were proposed. On a vote being taken, Lord Shaftes bury was nominated by a majority, in preference to Mr. Charles Dickens—a decision which, we understand, has created a good deal of dissatisfaction among the medical students.—North British Daily Mail. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. — General monthly meeting, Monday, Nov.. 1, Mr. William . c P h e a l i e r , ; M M . I A -s. ' E F . A R :l S la ' in t b rea let s o ur n Varley were duly elected members of the Royal Institution. e the last meeting Institution. The presents received since f earnda n A d ir. v c ice ro - m p w re e s n ide k _n i t ee i t n w.o t o b j e were laid on the table, and the thanks Mr. Mervyn Hamilton was admittedukasmo m t b h e e r ra of e t m h b ,3 e l r l s oy re al turned for the sauce, 'B5B. TILE PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Valetta, Captain A. Kellock, arrived at South ampton yesterday at 1 p.m., with mails to the undermentioned dates in charge of Lieut. Seriven, R.N., Amiralty agent : -- --Gibraltar, Oct. 25 ; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisbon, 29 ; Oporto and Vigo, 30. She brings 11 first and second class passengers, £2,063 in specie, 7 boxes of pomegranates, 22 boxes of dates, 100 barrels of tapioca, 20 boxes of lemons, 210 boxes of eggs, and 14 packages of miscellaneous merchandise. From Gibraltar the Valetta had head winds, but moderate, with fine weather. In the Bay she expe rienced a strong easterly gale, with very heavy head sea, occasioning the loss of part of her bul warks, &c., and for which the engines had to be eased for some time. Off Ushant gale moderating, and fine clear weather. Up Channel a strong easterly gale. Advices from Gibraltar are to the 25th ultimo. Latest quotations of exchange stood as under : London, 90 days' date, 50 1-16 ; Paris, ditt o , sf. 28c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 30c. ; Genoa, ditto, sf. 31c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, e dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, dis. ; Malaga, ditto, par ; Seville, 1, dis. ; Ali cante, 1. dis.l; Valencia, k dis. ; Barcelona, pm. Spanish pillared dollars, 3 per cent. prem.- - -none and no demand. Her Majesty's ships the Curlew and the Vulture were at Gibraltar. The screw steamer Ceylon, Capt. Evans, which left Southampton on th e 20th u lt. w ith the India and China mails, arrived at Gibraltar on the night of the 24th, and sailed for Alexandria early on the 25th. The following outward-bound British merchant steamers had arrived at Gibraltar :—Oct. 19th— The Elba, Capt. Hammill, 13 days from Liverpool and eight from Holyhead, with the submarine cable for Candia. 20th—The Imperial, Capt. Hossick, 11 days from London, with a general cargo for Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples. 22d—The Pactolus, Capt. Mills, six days from Liverpool, with a general cargo for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. 23d The Peninsula, Capt. White, nine days from Lon don, with a general cargo for Gibraltar and Cadiz. 24th—The Corinthian, Capt. Wardell, six and a half days from Liverpool, with a general cargo for Gibraltar, Palermo, and Trieste ; same day, the Said, Capt. Campbell, nine days from Liverpool and four and a-half from Plymouth, in ballast for Alexandria. The Gibraltar Chronicle says that the Jerusalem brigantine Gloria and the French schooner Bien-et- Mer were wrecked near Cape Negro. They had been conveying grain from the western coast of Morocco to Tetuan. The brig Livinstone, of New castle, had been run into by the barque Christiana, of West Hartlepool, off Cape St. Mary. The brig was much damaged. The Dutch schooner Autze, on her way from Havana to Amsterdam, had foun dered in lat. 38, long. 32. The Government steamer Redpole had arrived at Gibraltar from Tetuan, and brought a contradic tion of the rumoured assassination of consuls in that city. The overland Spanish mail, it is said, is to arrive at Gibraltar daily, instead of thrice a week as here tofore. The Spanish steam-frigate Ferrolano and steam corvette Isabel 11. had left Cadiz for Havana, with nearly 600 troops. Letters from Cadiz state that vessels arriving at that port from Galicia, Buenos Ayres, Morocco, the lonian Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, and Greece, with clean bills of health, are to be admitted to free par tique. Arrivals from Great Britain and from Spanish ports are to be s u bjected to three days' quarantine. Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 90 days date, was at 50 1-16. Freights to London and outports were at 12 dollars per ton and 10 per cent. THE LATE SIR W. REID, K. CB. In our obituary of yesterday occurs the name of Major-General Sir W. Reid, 1.C.8., late Governor of Malta. He belonged to that corps of Royal Engineers which furnished so many men to do essential ser vice to their country, not merely in the ordinary routine of their duty, but by the voluntary exer tion of talentand energy of character in the pur suits of science, and in the government of the dependencies of the British Crown. Sir William Reid obtained his commission on the 10th of February, 1809 ; was a Captain on the 20th of December, 1814; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the 10th of January. 18.17 ; Brevet-Colonel on the 11th of November, 1851; and Major-General on the 30th of May, 1856. Within a year of his receiving his first commis sion he was sent to the Peninsula, and served to the end. of the war. He was at the three sieges of Badajoz, the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, the siege of the ' , oils and the battle of Salamanca, the sieges of Burgos and San Sebastian, and battles of Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, and was wounded at Badajoz, Ciudad Rodrigo, and San Sebastian. He was present at the attack on Algiers under Lord Exmouth in 1816. In 1832 he was employed at Barbadoes in re building the Government buildings which had been destroyed by the hurricane of the preceding year, and then he first conceived the idea of endeavouring to trace the laws which govern the movements of tliese agents. Subsequently, as Governor in Bermuda, Barba does, and Malta; as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Great Exhibition of 1831 ; and as the author of the Law of Storms, he rendered ser vices to this country which ought not soon to be forgotten. Of the local improvements which he effected in his several governments, and the vigour and spirit which he infused into his administration of their affairs, we cannot speak in detail. His government of Bermuda was the subject of an article entitled "A Model Governor," in Household Words, some years ago. His tenure of office at Bar badoes was short. Soon after his return he received the command of the garrison at Woolwich, which he held:until he was requested to take the chair of the committee for managing the Great Exhibition, with absolute power in case he should find it necessary to exercise it. It is not too much to say that the success of the Exhibition, at least in its early stages, and, above all, its punctual opening at the appointed time, contrary to the repeated decla ration of the French that it could not and would not be done, were in a great degree owing to Ws tranquil energy and determination, which in some instances refused even to yield to the highest in fluence, to which every one else had given way. At the close of the Exhibition he was made a K.C.8., and the government of Malta was conferred upon him, which he administered during the Crimean war ; and there were not a few persons here who regretted that he had not. the administration of the war itself nearer to the scene of action. He only returned last summer, at the expiration of the usual period of colonial government. His well-known work on the " Law of Storms"—that is, on the laws of motion of the tropical whirlwinds—was founded in a great measure on his own experience in the West Indies, where he had been on military duty before his government of Bermuda. This work, it may not be generally known, is not merely a theoretical investigation, but of eminently practical value to all who have to navigate in the seas both of the East and West Indies. What was, in fact, a second edition of it was published a few years ago under the title of the " Progress of the Develop ment of the Law of Storms." It is remarkable that such a work should have proceeded from a military, and not a naval officer ; but Sir W. Reid's mind was one that could not be idle, or fail to be im pressed with any phenomena either of the natural or moral world with which he was brought 'into contact. He possessed the placid and calm temper of a true philosopher, with a determination to avoid all personal conflicts and disputes which is some times not an accompaniment of philosophy, com bined with a rare talent for conducting business and in making his colleagues had subordinates do their best. In private life he was one of the most amiable of men, with a pleasant mixture of gravity and cheerfulness. His father was a Scotch minister. Sir W. Reid was married to a daughter of the late Mr. Bolland, of Clapham, of whom two others were the wives of the present Bishop of Lichfield and of the late Baron Bolland. His wife died a few months before him, and ho has left five daughters. RE-MARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS.—in Prus sia clergymen frequently refuse to marry divorced persons, and those persons are consequently obliged to go into another state to be united. Recently a Prussian gendarme wanted to marry a divorced woman, a nd as the clergy of his native place refused to celebrate the ceremony, he ap plied for leave of absence to go to Gotha to have it per formed. In compliance, however, with the request of the olergy, his superiors refused leave. Thereupon the woman petitioned the Prince Regent, and his royal hihnesshaving caused inquiries to be made respecting her, from which it appeared that her divorce ha d not been caused by any fault of her own, ordered that a fortnight's leave should be given to him, and that it should be mentioned in the books that it was expressly accorded to enable him to marry._ AN INFANT ACCIDENTALLY HANGED.— Yesterday morning Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Royal Oak Tavern, Bermondsey, on the body of Thos. James Ardley, aged 12 months, the son of a journeyman gas-fitter. O n Friday last the mother and father retired to bed with their infant, and about five o'clock the following morning the former was aroused by her eldest child crying, and then missed the deceased from her side. Upon going to bed on the night before she took the precaution to place a table by the side of the bed to prevent thedeceased falling out ; when she missed the infant she obtained a light, and found that it was suspended by its neck between the table and the bed. Medical assistance was at once procured, but the poor child was quite dead, The jury returned a verdict of "Acciden tal death," LORD ELGIN IN JAPAN. The following interesting letters have been for• warded to us for publication : " Aug. 13. "We arrived at Nagasaki upon the 3d inst. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, the land high and precipitous, some of the hills rising 1,500 feet, covered with fine trees and vegetation of all kinds, the most common tree being not unlike a magnificent Scotch fir. The outer harbour is formed partly by islands, partly by the main land, the islands rising perpendicularly out of the sea. From the outer there is no appearance of the inner harbour; till you are almost at the head of the former, when the inner one suddenly opens to the view round some wooded islets, the town of Nagasaki lying at the further end, built in a valley formed by two hills, up the sides of which a few temples and houses have crept. Naga saki is the port at which the Dutch have been set tled for 200 years, on a small island connected with the town by a small bridge ; the island is only about 400 yards long by 300 broad, and, till within the last few years, the Dutch were kept rigorously to it, never being allowed in the town or country. They, as well as all foreigners, are not allowed to walk at pleasure about the town and into the coun try. Everywhere foreigners are received with the greatest civility by the people. There are two Em perors of Japan, one the spiritual, the other the working one. The former lives at Miaco, and is the descendant of the old race who were turned off the throne by the ancestors of the reigning Emperor. The spiritual Emperor has nothing to do with governing the country, and is partly looked up to as a heavenly being, one condition of which is that everything he wears or uses is destroyed each night, and new clothes supplied the next morning. It is to prevent any one using the sanctified gar ments. The reignmg Emperor lives here, and is elected, but in what manner I am not sure, but I believe by the Princes. It appears a mere nominal election, for the son regularly succeeds the father, and has done so since his ancestor usurped the throne. I believe the descent of the spiritual Em peror can be traced, names and dates, with many of the branches - of his family, for 2,500 years. The country is held by Princes, who owe feudal duty to the reigning Emperor, who obliges them to re side for six months in the year at Jeddo, with their families ; during the other six months he allows them to visit their estates, but keeps their families hostages in Jeddo. This restrains them, and the practice is intended to prevent the Princes from obtaining too much influence over the people. It is difficult to discover what the military system of the empire is, but that it must have the power of bringing an immense number of men into the field is beyond doubt—they have numerous and well appointed batteries. " Nagasaki, and everything Japanese, bears a striking contrast to everything Chinese. You can not be five minutes in Japan without seeing it is a progressive nation—the country towns, houses, and people, all show this. The streets are wide an d paved in the centre, houses open throughout on the ground floor, with matting, formed in frames, fit ting neatly all over the rooms. On this they sit, sleep, and eat, and everything is kept scrupulously clean. B e hi n d eac h h ouse is a small gard en , w ith a few green shrubs, and occasionally a fine tree. Cleanliness seems one great characteristic •of the Japanese—they are constantly washing in the most open manner. To our great surprise, as we wan dered the first day through the streets, we saw t wo or three ladies quietly sitting in tubs in front of their doors washing themselves with the utmost unconcern, traffic and the business through the street going on past them as usual. We understood afterwards it was a general custom. The Japanese are eager for knowledge. Never was there a people more ready to adapt themselves to the changes and progress of the world than they are. It is curious that while some of their customs are what we would deem rather barbarous, and while they are igno rant of many common things—while they still rip themselves up, and shoe their horses with straw because ignorant of any other method, they have jumped to a knowledge of certain branches of science which it has taken nations in Europe hundreds of years to attain. At Nagasaki they can turn out of their yard an engine for a railway or steamer; Japanese captains. and engineers command their men of war, of which three are steamers ; they un derstand the electric telegraph ; they make ther mometers and barometers, theodolites, and, I believe, aneroids. Their spy-glasses and micros copes are good, and very cheap. They have a large glass manufactory which turns out glass little inferior to our own. They have a short line of railway somewhere in the interior, given by the Americans. Many of them speak Dutch, some English, all anxious to learn ; everything is done by themselves, and when it is considered that it is not much more than ten years ago since they made this start the advance they have made in that short time is perfectly wonderful. " A yacht having been sent by the Queen to be given to the Emperor of Jape n, we left Na gasaki with her for that place, our squadron con sisting, besides her, only of the Retribution and a gunboat. After five days, three of which were spent in a very heavy gale of wind, we arrived at Simodx, the port opened by the Americans, and where their Consul-General lives. It is to be given up, as it is utterly useless as a harbour, too small and open, with no trade. After remaining there two days, and investing in Japanese lacquer ware, which is the best in the world, we came on here (Jeddo). The pert of Jeddo is at Kanagawa, about 15 miler down the Gulf. Great objection has r s de b e e d enma Kanagawa to men-of-"war :of_-War coming further has only been open a few months. The Japanese said great obstacles existed to ships coming to Jeddo. We, however, put it to the test, and without the least difficulty ran right up, and are anchored within their own men-of-war, which we did not know were here, and within a Mile of the forts of Jeddo. The town stretches for miles round the bay. I suppose it is the largest in the world, for it covers more ground than London, with between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of people, which, if I reccollect right, is more than the London population. We have been begged to go further back, which when we declined going they made no further effort to get rid of us, but have offered us a residence on shore and requested us to commence a treaty. The Americans have made a very good one, and I suppose before many days we may be doing the same. "We land probably to-morrow or next day. I will say no more t ill I can t e ll you something about the inside of the city. " Sept. 2. "Jeddo, without exception, is one of the finest cities in the world ; streets broad and good, and the Castle, which includes nearly the centre of the town, built on a slight eminence. There are three walls or enclosures round this quarter. Within the inner, the Tycoon Emperor and heir apparent live. " The homes of the princes and nobles are palaces, and you may imagine the size when some contain 10,000 followers. They are built in regular order, forming wide streets some 40 yards broad, kept in perfect order ; an immense courtyard, with trees, and gardens, forms the centre of each enclosure, in the midst of which is the house of the owner ; the homes containing the followers, servants, stables, &c , form this large en closure. They are built of one uniform shape. The gateways leading to the court-yard are exceed ingly handsome, of massive wood work, ornamented with lacquer and other devices. From the road that leads by the moat to the second wall is one of the finest views I ever recollect seeing—on one side the Gulf of Jeddo, with the high hills rising be yond, while on.the other is a portion of the great city of Jeddo with its trees and gardens, pictur esque temples, and densely crowded streets, ex_ tending as far as the eye can reach towards the in terior; then there is a view of the trees and green fields in the distance, far beyond a thickly built suburb ; but the most striking view of all is that close by the well - kept green banks of the s econd defence, rising 70 feet from the broad moat b e l ow, every thing, with grand old cedars over a hundred year s o f age growing from its sides. The fine timb er , t h e l a 4 thrdeieN.v, aatned completeness r c li o l m ie p of ery thing, equal, and in someways - far surpass, the in the moat, e f r a h n eguirl), d, s d o pass, an thing I have seen in Europe, or any part oft he world. "We made an expedition into the country, The cottages were surrounded with neatly hedges, the private residences as well clipped kept as any ylace in England. The railed and aess and finish exist in everythin same complete " The Botanical Gardens are v g : cared for; good nurseries of eiy good, and well young pines, cedars,&c". T - R. _HE .EV. MR. SMITH, THE CONVICT.—The Sussex Advertiser has authority for contradicting a report which has appeared in the Bristol papers of the death, in Lewes prison, of the Re v . S . Smith. " The rev. convict has not been in the Lewes prison at all, and if he be dead his decease must have been sudden, for he was seen a f ew days ago in a no th er convict establishment by au officer from the Lewes prison, and he was then in his usual state of health." SERIOUS COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very serious nature occurred in one of the Coltness Iron Company's pits at Coltness on Friday last, by which two men, named Thomas Gibb and William Gibb, uncle and nephew, lost their lives. It app ears t h at they, along with a son of the former and brother of the latter, had been taking down F'yotshaw coal for some time past. They were in the act of filling a hutch, when about 20 tons of coal . came away o n th em, and, of course, killed them on the spot The other t wo were repairing some piece of a road back from where they were working, or very likely they would .bv have met w i t h the same fate. We believe William Gi s father, Company,wh undergroundo w lv s as kiuea t:.9 m i a t n h ag r er p t i o ts th l e 7 C y o e l ai tn s es a s g l o r e_ on WaBgow MORE DISCOVERIES IN ST. PANCRAS, Yesterday a most extraordinary and painful scene of excitement took place at the meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Pancras, in the Vestry-hall, by the announcementi(in addi tion to the recent defalcations and absconding of Mr. Hallam, one of the rate collectors, and Mr, Birchmore, the relieving overseer), that the cleric to the board, Mr. Charles Hibbard, had also become non est. Mr. Churchwarden ATTENBOROUGH having been called to the chair, as soon as the minutes of the previous board were read, Mr. WYATT said it was with deep regret that he had a most painful communication to make to the directors ; although at the present. moment they had no positive proof in reference to defalcationFe there was no reasonable doubt but that Mr. Hib bard, the clerk to that board, had absconded. (Great sensation.) They were aware that the clerk had asked for a week's holiday to go and see his wife, who was ill in the country, and his time to return had expired last Thursday, but he had not made his appearance, and from what had transpired there was no doubt of the fact that he had ab sconded. About a fortnight ago himself and Mr. Attenborough discovered that there was a sum of £3 for which the clerk had given a receipt not accounted for, and although they admonished hint severely, still, having full confidence in him and being assured that it was the result of error, and the only one, they did not think it advisable to denounce, him before the board as a defaulter. (Sensation.) As Mr. Hibbard did not return on. Thursday Mr. Attenborough and himself had. visited his house, and finding no satisfactory infor mation as to where he was, they waited upon his father, and he referred them to his solicitor, in. Ely-place. From what they collected there they had no doubt he had absconded; and upon exa mining the clerk's accounts they found that there was about £B5O represented as debts due from other parishes.' (Crie s Of " Oh, oh," and sensation.) At the same time, with the exception of the £3. re ferred to, they had not up to that moment a proof of one shilling defalcation against Mr. Hibbard. In fact, in order to ascertain how they stood, they would in all probability have to write to nearly every parish in England to know what they owed. (" Oh, oh," and sensation.) Mr. Fisher, Mr. Turner, and other members warmly condemned the conduct of Messrs. Wyatt and Attenborough for not bringing the discovery of the £3 before the board the moment they made it ; and Mr. Turner said it was alleged that Mr. Birchmore, like Mr. Hibbard, was a most confiden tial officer although hi s di sm i ssa l was move d twice prior to his defalcations. Mr. STOCKTON did not think Messrs. Wyatt and Attenborough were deserving of censure. They looked upon the clerk as an old and confidential officer, and did not wish to destroy his character for so trivial a sum. He was, however, truly astounded at what he now heard (hear, hear.) Mr. WYATT defended himself and Mr. Atten borough, and said another strong reason why they did not mention the £3 to the board at its last meeting was that they found it had been paid in the very morning Mr. Hibbard went away for his supposed holiday. Mr. YOUNG thought all they could now do was to refer this painful subject for investigation to the committee of inquiry already appointed as to Birchmore's defalcations. Mr. WYATT thought that power should also be given to put the matter into the hands of Messrs. Humphries' and Sons, solicitors, and employ a detective. It might also be necessary to offer a reward for apprehension. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from Mr. Austin, said he had no doubt that Mr. Hibbard was fully acquainted with the defalcations of Mr. Birchmore when he asked for his holiday, which was on that day fortnight. In answer to further questions, Mr. WYATT stated that the apprehension as to defalcations arose from an observation from the solicitor (Gs was understood) that if L5OO would cover their clerk's difficulties, he could have it, and he replied it was no use. Mr. Cook, the vestry clerk, was called up, and asked whether he could spare Mr. Burrows, one of his clerks, to assist Mr. Jaques in performing the duties of clerk to the directors till a successor was appointed. replied that in consequence of the rigid orders of the vestry in reference to checking the collectors' rate-books he could not. He had no objection, however, to assist himself. After further discussion, it was resolved : " That information having been received by the directors that Mr. Hibbard, their clerk, has ab sconded, •thc vestry be requested. to declare his office vacant. That the vestry also be requested to aid the board with the assistance of one of its clerks to assist Mr. Jaques, the accountant, in the perform ance of the duties of clerk for two or three weeks, until a new clerk can be appointed." Upon the motion of Mr. WYATT, it was further resolved : " That the treasurers (London and Westminster Bank) be informed that the clerk to the directors, Mr. Hibbard, has absconded, and that he is no longer authorised to countersign cheques ; but that the board have appointed Mr. Jaques to do so till fur ther notice." In the midst of this complication it was announced that the poor law auditor, Mr. Streeten, desired an interview to make a statement to the board, and on being introduced said—Having recently made him self acquainted, by his audit, with their books, he found them in such a state as to render it de sirable that he should ask the directors to appoint a committee to re-arrange, them, to he found that there were no two books which agreed with each other. After entering into sonic details as to the books, Mr. Streeten said, in reference to his audit he had felt obliged to make certain surcharges upon the directors, but he had not done so in any unfriendly spirit, but strictly in accordance with his duty. Mr. Wyatt and other gentlemen complained that they had been surcharged for matters not explained, and contended that the auditor was bound to es plain this. Mr. Streeten admitted this, and said he would do so in his certificate book. The committee was then appointed and a most excited board adjourned. GREAT NUMBER OF FIRES. During Monday night and Tuesday morning the services of the parish engines and London Brigade were called into active requisition, several fires oc curring in the metropolis during that pe r iod, at tended with considerable loss of property. One fire took place about half-past 5 o'clock on Tuesday-. 'morning in the Great Western Railway station at Paddington, which at one time threatened a vast destruction of valuable property . . The discovery was made by one of the policemen employed on the line noticing smoke issuing from a cupboard in the carriage fitters' shops, and in the brief space of a few minutes the fire had extended to the roof and also to the counting-house and store-rooms. Without delay ar alarm was given by the railway authorities, and in a very brief period the engines of the parish, that of the railway company, and several belonging to the London Brigade reached the scene, under the direction of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C district. Before their arrival, however, the fire had caught one of the work benches, a cupboard, and thirty feet of the roof of the carriage fitters' shops, the roof of the e minting-house* and store-rooms, all of which adjoined. The engines were forthwith set to work • and, owing to the combined exertions of all pre sent, and a good supply of water, the fire was eventually extinguished, but not until the whole of the buildings and their contents were considerably damaged by water and fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. The company, it is understood, are not insured. The fi r e ca use d - great excitement in the neighbourhood, more especially among the passen gers by the early mail train. Fortunately the acci dent will not occasion the least delay on the line, and the damage, when the extent of the place is taken into consideration, may be described as inconsiderable. A fire also happened on the premises belonging to Mr. J. Hughes, a grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business at No. 9, York-terrace, St. Paul's-road, Canonbury, near Highbury. The outbreak was caused by a spark flying from a lighted candle among some light goods in one of the rooms, and in less than five minutes, and before sufficient assistance could be obtained, the fire had seized upon several rooms in the building, as well as the 'front shop, thereby 'el: dering it necessary to, send for the fire engines and escapes. The parish and London-bridge engines promptly attended, as well as the Royal Society's 'escapes, with Mr. Inspector Baddeley and conductors Newell and Ward. By that time the fire had taken possession of every part of the premises. A bountiful supply of water having, been procured, th e eng i nes , un d er th e di rect i on 01 Mr. Foreman Fogo, were set to work, but the flames were not subdued until the premises and all they contained were destroyed. The total loss is very considerable, but fortunately the sufferer was insured in the National Provident Institution. fire also took place between 12 and 1 o'clock at No. 12, Boar's Ilead•court, Middlesex-street, chapel. It commenced from a spark flying out 04 the grate, whi c h i gn i ted a quantity of linen and wearing appa re l. B y the timely aid of ass i s t a nce' the fire was subd ue d . The sufferer was uninsur ed. 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