The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

tion F to-morrow (Friday) are the following :—Mr. E. Baines reads a paper " On the Woollen Manu: facture of England with especial reference to the Leeds Clothing District ;" Mr. J. Kitson, jun., "On the Iron Trade of Leeds ;" Mr. Baker, " On the Industrial Economy of Leeds and its District." Mr. J. James, "On the Worsted Man ufacture of Yorkshire ;" and in the evening Professor Phillips will deliver a lecture " On the Ironstones of Cleveland." This discourse will be delivered in the spacious hall, and is expected to attract a large attendance. The weather has been very unsettled to-day. It was bright and fair up to noon, soon after w hich rain commenced to fall rather heavily. It cleared up again about a quarter to 3 o'clock, and was fair at 4. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Under the Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Miss Louisa Tyne, Miss Susan Tyne, Miss M. Prescott ; Mr. Fer dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr. Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrisen. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilia Michelet, Pasquale, and Morlacchi. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE : Messrs. Howe, W.Farren, &c. ; Mesdames Sinclair, Wilkins, &c. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUI VER. Peres Nena. With GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW. And SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ; or, %ten of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Emery, .1. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, In which the Lauri Family will appear. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. TilIS EVENING, NOTHING TO NURSE; Mr. Swan borough, Mrs. Selby. After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs, C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke, &c. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminstef-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, G LEES, DWETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonglimans, Mr. Hen shaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. lime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albya. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianotbrte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c, until 12 o'clock. . NOTICE.-4rhe Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that in the month of October, A FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con nexion with the above Hall. THE WEATHER.—SrN OFFICE, SEPT. 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAnommTER-20.27—a rise of half an inch since yester , d a W INE, North-Westerly; light, and fine. Two o'Clock—Heavy clouds, indicating rain or a thus der-storm. It blew almost a hurricane yesterday after. noon. THE SUN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1858. If there be any quality duly appreciated by Englishmen it is that of fair play. Candour 18 regarded as a high virtue, and detraction, as the opposite vice, is not only condemned, but despised. The leading journal, however, habitually indulges in this course against those who have had the misfortune to incur its displeasare. Lord DERBY has succeeded in gaining popular favour without the aid of the Times. He has not conciliated the wizard of Printing-house-square, or propitiated the oracle of Puddle-dock--hence we find no less than two philippics against the Premier in the publication of this day. one assailing his public, the other his private character, and both with a degree of rancour and acrimony, and absolute want of foundation, that causes intense surprise that such productions could have obtained admission into any journal putting forward the slightest claim to respectability. The first onslaught on the noble lord is founded on the non-publication of the terms of the Treaty with China, and we readily concede that, as a por tion of the red-tapist system, it is one that should be got rid of with all conceivable speed. But what is there of " Ministerial insolence," " Ministerial idleness," or " Ministerial stupidity," in this delay ? Can the Times pretend for a moment that the Public would have received earlier information, if either Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or any of its other pets held the seats of office ? It knows well that such would not be the case—that according to official etiquette, albeit more honoured in the breach than in the observance, every treaty must, in the first instance, be submitted to the SOVEREIGN before publication, and that it then remains with her 'MAJESTY to say whether it shall be forthwith published or sup pressed until an address from one of the collateral branches of the Legislature. As we have already stated, we wish it had been otherwise. But most certainly neither Lord DERBY nor any of his colleagues are responsible for the results. The Times is well aware of the fact, and that although perhaps not directly amenably to a charge of wilful and deliberate falsehood, it has at least rendered itself responsible for a suppression of truth, by striving to create an imputation which the facts do not nor cannot possibly warrant. But this charge against the public character of a public man may possibly be defended on the ground that in politics, as in love and in war, all schemes or dodges are justifiable. But there can be no excuse for referring to the private life of a public man. It may be that " the Rowdy journal " would give a large sum to the nurse of a Secretary of State to reveal a " flagrant act of dishonesty " committed by the future statesman when he had arrived at the mature age of five years ; but we should scarcely have supposed that an English newspaper, of high standing, would endeavour to distort a very simple and praiseworthy proceeding on the part of the First Lord of the Treasury into an improper act, such as would subject him to an imputation of impropriety, although possibly not to a criminal charge. The defence of Lord DERBY, if defence were required on such a point, is admirably put forward by a gentleman writing under the nom de plume of " Fairplay," whose letter will ,be found i n another part of our impression. Lord DERBY, who, with true British spirit, was attached to British sports, found that the cares of office, which had rather been cast on than sought by him, were incompatible with the recreations which he had allowed himself—and which his ample fortune fully justified—determine) to sell off his stud, and to withdraw from the turf, at least for the time being. But there was no press:TT creditor, no urgent claimant that should be satisfied at any cost or exigency. Lord DERBY was not ob liged to sell, and Lord DERBY would not part with his valuable property save for a fair equivalent. This did not suit the " hard calculators—the men that think there must be alarmin g sacrifices," by which they may profit at the expense of the rigbt- • .. • : 43), i, ''..• l , * 1 . \ S 7 1 7,. , ‘ .5 0VT.0.... , MA .; - ,f. •'. tt . 7, . R ~... fa •;. - , • '2 l, : ‘ I / 1 - : j ' -']- - ~'"..z., z, .. may, , 4 `001; a ..*. •Ito tt A` ful owners. The good faith of the Premier may be tested by a very simple inquiry—Was there a single lot in the catalogue marked at an exorbitant or extravagant , price ? tis true that the reserved bidding on Toxophilite was three thousand guineas, but what were the value of Toxophilite's engagements ? Would they not have been readily purchased at more than half the price ? In fact, considering the prices that have frequently been paid for animals of very in ferior pretensions, the stipulated sum seems to have been marked at a very Moderate figure. Of twenty lots, it appears, on the Times' own showing, that twelve were sold. This simple fact showed the bona fides of the sale. The hungry seekers after profit did not get things at ridiculously low prices. It was not a case of Jew or Christian speculation, and the " greed of gain " is developed in the one class as strongly as in the other, attending at a sheriff's salo, and enabled, by combination amongst themselves, to obtain things at quarter their actual value. It was the offer of a nobleman, and one fully meriting the designation, to transfer his property, if fair and. reasonable tenders were offered. Perhaps no more powerful argument could be adduced in favour of the DERBY Administration than the simple fact that the Times, its most un scrupulous opponent, could find nothing more tangible to bring forward in its two first leading articles than the non -publication of the Treaty with China before the time when such documents are usually given to the public, or the refusal to permit animals of established reputation to be sold at less than their fair , value, especially as it was well lthown that there would be a reasonable reserve price on every lot. The magnificent oration delivered on Tuesday at Grantham by Lord BROUGHAM will take high rank even among his own immortal masterpieces •f eloquence. The t.ffluence of imagery, the depth of learning, the splendour, the vividness, and the variety of illustration, combine to render this harangue remarkable, even though coming from the lips of so renowned and practised a rhetorician. Certainly no grander Eulogium ever was pronounced. It is the very acme of the climax of panegyric. Yet is there not in all those words of homage—one particle, nay, even the possibility of a particle of exaggera tion. The theme was too grand, the speaker him self was too just and wise ; his audience (among whom were observable men like OWEN and WHEWELL) included in it men of too vast and comprehensive intelligence to admit, in all those superb praises, of the mere idea of anything like hyperbole. Yet the philosopher whose me mory was the subject of these resplendent enco miums was pronounced at the very outset of the harangue to be " the greatest genius" ever vouch safed to this earth by DIVINE PROVIDENCE ! The universe was sublimely said to be his monu ment. And as the great architect has embla zoned upon his tomb, under the dome of the stately temple raised by hiS art to the clouds of heaven—Si nzonumentum requiris, circumspice ! So Lord BROUGHAM exclaimed—lf you ask for Sir ISAAC'S monument, for the monument com memorative of the fame of NEWTON, look up to that more grand and awful dome of the skies, upon which is written imperishably the record of his almost preternatural intelligence. It was a majestic imagery, but applied as it was to the dis coverer of the eternal laws which regulate the movements of the solar system, it was a figure of speech in no way characterized by extravagance. As if to justify every encomiastic syllable in his Eloye on Sir ISAAC NEWTON, Lord BROUGHAM heaped togethei, at the close of his splendid ora tion, the homage of LAGRANGE, of LAPLACE, of LEIBNITZ, of HALLEY, of FONTENELLE as though laying wreaths of immortelles at the foot of the noble statue just inaugurated. He told how LEIBNITZ had said at the Royal table at Berlin, when asked his opinion • of his great contemporary, that " taking mathematicians from the beginning of the world to the time when NEWTON lived, what he had done was much the better half." He told how LAGRANGE had described NEWTON as the most illustrious genius then existing, adding, how fortunate he was also, " because there could only once be found a system of the universe to establish." He reminded his hearers how BLOT had pronounced NEWTON, " in mathematical and in experimental science, without an equal and without an example, combining the genius for both in its highest degree." He recalled to mind how LAPLACE had observed that the "Prin ciple stands pre-eminent above all the other pro ductions of the human mind—that HALLEY had even gone the impious length of saying that NEWTON'S was a nearer approach to the Divine nature than had been ever permitted to mortals—that FONTEN ELLE had remarked sententiously and wittily of LEIBNITZ, that in first giving to the world NEW TON'S system of fluxions, like PROMETHEUS he had stolen fire from Heaven ! Perhaps the most remarkable portion of this most remarkable oration was the introductory part, in which Lord BROUGHAM, with a prodigal variety of illustration, commented upon the generally gradual advance of human knowledge. Previously the noble and learned lord—one whim genius entitles him, in the literal meaning of the words, to that singu larlv appropriate and not merely complimentary designation—the noble and learned lord previously descanted with matchless ease, with the ease of one who is perfectly master of his subject, upon GALI LEO'S proposition on curvilinear motion, upon KEP LER'S laws upon the elliptical form of the planetary orbits, upon I'IUYGgNS' theorem on centrifugal force, upon CAVALLERI'S geometry of indivisibles,upon RO BERVAL'S method of tangents—all leading the way to those sublime discoveries of NEWTON, by means of .which.he was enabled, at-twenty-five years of age; to lay the foundation of the sublime "science he alone among men has the glory of having esta blished—the science of celestial dynamics. Happiest, possibly, among all the subsequent por tions of the harangue was the one in which, after com paring NEWTON to CoLum*Bus, the Orator added, — "But COLUMBUS did not invent the mariners' compass as NEWTON did the instrument which guided his course, and enabled him to make his discoveries, and his successors to extend them, by closely follow ing his, directions in 'Using it. Nor did the compass suffice to the great -navigator without making any observations, though he dared to steer without a chart ; while it is certain that by the philosopher's instrument his discoveries were extended over the whole system of the universe, determining the masses, the forms, and the motions of all its parts, by the mere inspection of abstract calculations and formula§ analytically deduced." Enough, however —the speech itself should be read in its entirety by every thinking man. It cannot fail to impress those who do read it with sentiments of most respectful admiration. It is the speech of a great man, about a great man. It is such a speech as certainly was never delivered before by an octogenarian. It is an epitome of the wisdom of the past viewed from the height of this 19th century. It is homage to NEWTON - but it also an honour to BROUGHAM. V N have latest re ad addressdelighted, fr from in down to its last syllable, this Man Eloquent r the 1 7 -13$ of — " the Old THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1858. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels states that the Legion of Honour is about to enrol among the number of its members the Emperor of China. It has , been decided, the Bel gian journal declares, to send the grand cordon of the order to the sovereign of the Celestial Empire on the occasion of the late treaty of peace. The Shah of Persia, it may be remembered, received the same mark of honour on a nearly similar occasion. BOURSE, September 22, Two o'Clock.—The mar ket has been rather more animated, in consequence of an expectation of a reduction of the rate of dis count by the Bank of France. Threes have been done at 72f. 75c. ; Mobilier from 930 f. to 942 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 884 f.; Northern, 985 f. to 987 f, 50e. ; Eastern, 735 f., to 740 f. ; Southern, 600 f. to 605 f. ; and Orleanr.,, 1,420 f. to 1,425 f. The following were - the last quotations : 4t per Cents. .... 95 80 Credit Fonder 670 - Do. end month .. 96 Belgian 41 - 3 per Cents 72 60 Piedmontese (5) .. 92 - Do. end month 72 70 Roman — Bank Shares 3lOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 930 --- Spanish Threes Do. Account f..... 935 Home Debt 4ok - STANFORD'S MAP OF EUROPE. A superb map of Europe has just been issued from the establishment of Mr. Edward Stanford, the map publisher, of Charing-cross. It is a work of extraordinary elaboration and complete ness. It has been constructed by no less distinguished a geographer than Mr. Alex ander Keith Johnston, author of " The Physical Atlas," F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., and a great many other of the honorary letters of the alphabet besides. The scale upon which this map has been drawn is that of 508,235 miles to the inch, or 1:3,220,177 of Nature. It admits, therefore, of un usual detail in the execution. Enough will be indicated in this way if we observe that, quite as a matter of course, on glancing at the portion of this remarkable work embracing our own country, we find distinctly marked down a little morsel of a place like Chertsey. Ex uno disce omnes. Furthermore, it is especially deserving of note, in regard to Mr. Stanford's Map of Europe, that it is so carefully brought down to this present time in every possible particular, that not merely are the roads, the canals, and the railways, clearly defined by distinctive marks, instantly distinguish• able from each other—but there is that latest triumph of the nineteenth century, the submarine electric telegraph, delicately traced wherever it has been trailed. From Port Patrick to Donagha dee ; from Dover to Ostend; from Dover to Calais ; from the Gulf of Spezzia,•in Italy, to the north of Corsica; from the south of Corsica to the north of Sardinia ; from the south of Sardinia (otherwise from Cape Spartivento), in one direction, to Bona in Algeria; and in another, to the two principal islands of the Maltese group, Gozo and Valetta; and thence at a tangent to Corfu. As a folding-map in a morocco case, as a map coiled upon a roller, as a map hung up on a per manent frame, stretched .and varnished—in any form, however mounted, displayed upon our walls, lying upon ctur tables, thrust into a convenient placeupon our bookshelves—this noble production, one of the most splendid maps of Europe ever yet placed within reach of the general community, will be acceptable as a boon to all ranks and classes of the population.. THE NAVY. DEVONPORT, SEPT, 23. The Cumberland, 70, Captain Rogers, will mov into the Sound to-morrow, and will sail in a da or two for the south-east coast of America. The Donegal will be launched to-day at five o'clock. The Endymion ' 'llamadryad, and Nemesis are to be prepared for hospital ships ; the two former for Liverpool, and the latter for the Clyde. The Indiana (s.) arrived yesterday from Calcutta with invalids, after a passage of 83 days. MONUMENT TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP VIRAGO.—A very hand some monument has been placed in the Plymouth and Devonport Cemetery, to the memory of the officers and crew of her Majesty's steam-sloop Virago, who died of fever off Rio Janeiro, on the South American station, from whence she has recently returned to this port to be refitted. The monument, ozi which is inscribed the names of the deceased, has 'been erected by their fellow shipmates. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.—James Kelly, a pri vate in the Royal Marines, who was sentenced by court-martial on Wednesday last to receive 50 lashes for using , insolent language to the senior officer of her Majesty's ship Cambridge, underwent punishment on the following day on board that ship. ADMIRALTY, Sept. 23.—APPOINTMENT.—R. T. Warden to be naval cadet, if qualified. THE ARMY. The non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of. Royal Marine Light Infantry, who had embarked in the Argus, 6, steamer, Com mander H. F. W. Ingram, for British Columbia, have received orders that they are not to proceed to that station, and they have accordingly been disembarked. The marines selected were all volun teers. Yesterday morning a large party of convalescent troops, who have recently arrived at Chatham from India, wounded or otherwise disabled for active service, received their discharge at St. Mary's.in valid establishment, and were forwarded to their . respective homes. . Notwithstanding the large number of troops that have been despatched to India from Chatham garri son during the summer, the three battalions of in fantry are still up to their strength, in consequence of the numerous recruits that are almost daily join ing the East India depots. The greatest activity prevails in the , garrison in order that the recruits may be thoroughly instructed in their drill, and also in the use of the Enfield rifle, previous to em barking to join their service companies in India. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto - — .. 830 Lyons and - Mediterranean 877 50 .. 880 New ditto — • . Geneva 645 .. 645 Midi . 597 50 .. 600 Western 645 .. 646 25 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian 445 - .. 447 50 667 50 .. 672 60 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f. 171 c. ; three. months, paper, 25f. 21e.; money, 25f. CIRCASSIA. The Caucase contains reports on the operations on the line of Lesghia. They consist in penetrating into the interior of the mountainous country, esta blishing military roads, and in keeping the moun taineers in continual alarm, and thus forcing them by degrees to submit to Russian authority. General Wreski had undertaken an expedition to that effect on Ankratel, with 12 battalions of infantry, 20 pieces of artillery, and two squadrons of cavalry, while Prince Tchelokaen at the same time advanced with a strong force towards Tuchetusse. These operations succeeded perfectly well, 20 villages hav ing been destroyed. The columns occupied Aznach, where a Russian soldier had never before appeared. In the different engagements which took place, the Russians had 24 killed, and 135 wounded ; among the latter were eight officers. The Circassians had 50 killed, and 200 wounded. General Wreski afterwards marched on Cruzrosso, which was occupied on the 14th August after a decisive battle. All the villages in the neighbour hood were burnt, and a rich booty obtained. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 14th nays:— " The subscription for the bonds of the Great Rail way Company commenced yesterday. There was such a large crowd that six cashiers could hardly get through the task of counting the money which subscribers presented as a first deposit on the bonds, which deposit is 50 'roubles—one-tenth of the nominal capital. In the course of the day, it is said, that the subscriptions amounted to 7,000,000 roubles, and the subscription is to remain open for ten days. It is calculated that on the whole more than 100,000,000 roubles will be subscribed at St. Petersburg. As the company only requires 35,000,000 roubles, it is evident that its bonds will obtain a high premium in the market." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th contain little news. The King and Queen, at 11 o'clock on the previous night, arrived at Arevalo, and were re ceived with enthusiasm. The next day their Ma jesties were to leave for the residence of San Lo, renzo. " The royal journey," says the Gazette, "may now be considered as terminated; it has been a continual and magnificent ovation, worthy of the loyalty of the Spanish people." The " central committee " of the Progressist party had solicited from the Government permission to hold a general meeting of the electors of the party on the 26th, in order to select a new committee, charged to direct the operations of the party in the approaching elections. It was believed that the permission would be granted. It was said that the Minister of Finance contemplated converting all securities into one debt. THE TREATY WITH CHINA. The annexed communication from the East India and China Association demonstrates the extent to which, according to repOrt, the clauses of the treaty with China fulfil the previously expressed require ments of the persons most intimately connected with the trade of that empire : "On the eve of Lord Elgin's departure Lord Clarendon invited and received (May 12, 1857) from this body the following, " SUGGESTED HEADS OF A NEW TREATY WITH CHINA. " a I. Peace and amity; protection to persons and pro perty throughout China: " IL British subjects to be free to pass into and reside in the interior, with passports - from the British and Chinese authorities at a fair charge ; the passports to remain in force for, say 12 months, after which to be renewed ; and parties requiring passports must be recommended by two mercantile firms. " 111. Privilege of the five treaty towns to be extended to other ports, say one in each province. Consuls to have jurisdiction over entire province, and not confined, as at present, to single ports. " IV. Navigation of the rivers and canals on the same terms as native vessels. " V. Hongkong,. and all other ports open to British trade, to be open to vessels from all ports of China. Chinese restrictions to be removed from native coasting trade. " VI. Tariff (on the former basis of 5 per cent. ad valorem) to be adapted to present values, and to be promul gated and in force at all ports; and hereafter to be revised every 10 years. Tonnage and pilotage charges also to be revised at the end of every 10 years. " VII. Customs' duties on exports to be collected by the Chinese Government from their own subjects, in order that produeemay be bought and sold by the British merchant, duty paid. Goods and Chinese produce in foreign bottoms to be admitted on the same terms as in Chinese vessels.- The opium trade is already legalized at Shanghae. Any treaty not based on the legalization of the opium trade can never be satisfactory. " VIII. Regulations as to dealings and debts, at present merely nominal, to be made more effectually reciprocal. " Land and houses to be purchaseable, at fair prices, and adequate machinery to be provided for giving to this stipulation bona fide effect; such lands and houses, however, to continue subject to the laws of China. " X. Great Britain to be as regards privileges, on the footing of the most favoured nation, and other nations to enjoy the same privileges as the British. " XI. No criminal subject of China or of Great Britain to be harboured by the other Power. A British subject to be responsible only for his own acts. " XII. Debts, whether due by Chinese or by British subjects, to be recoverable at Hong Kong, as under Art. XV. of the Treaty of Nankin. " XIII. Emigration to be legalised, and to include women, both for the welfare of Chinese male emigrants already established at Singapore and elsewhere, and as an encouragement to Chinese to settle permanently in British and other foreign States. " XI V. Establishment of a mint at Hong Kong to coin there a British dollar, with the suggestion that it bemade a legal tender in China. " XV. A plenipotentiary of high rank to be accredited in permanency at the Court of Pekin ; and British officials to have right of free access to the highest local Chinese authorities at all other places. The Chinese Government to establish a plenipotentiary in London. " XVI. Compensation for property destroyed and other losses arising from the outbreak at Canton, Hong Kong, and elsewhere ; with a stipulation for indemnification for any similar injuries in future. " XV II: A stipulation for the toleration of Christianity. " ' XVIII. Amnesty, indemnity, and liberation from restraint of all persons compromised in consequence of the _ late rupture. - " Adverting to the past, when two years' postponement led to permanent evasion, no delay should be allowed in bringing such of the foregoing provisions as nmy be con ceded into immediate operation.'. " This association and the public at large have reason to congratulate themselves upon the large measure of success which has crowned Lord Elgin's exertions. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " GEO. SAINTSBURY. London East India and China Association, Sept. 23." MR. ANDERSSON,THE TRAVELLER.—lntelligence has been received hero from Mr. Charles Andereson (the author of " Lake 'Ngarai"), who has undertaken to explore the Ovampo country in the direction of the river Cunene. It appears that, after successfully prosecuting several hun dred miles of his journey, he was compelled to return, owing to the scarcity of wa t er an d th e d up li c it y o f his guides.' A.ndersson, however, is a man of indomitable energy, and is still sanguine of ultimate success. According to the last advises, he was preparing for a third attempt to force Ws passage inland, by a different route from any tried by WO befor9,--capo drgus, - Aug, 12, i t LYCEUM THEATRE. The success of Mr. Falconer's new comedy, " Extremes ; or, Men of the Day," has been fully confirmed by its continued and steady attraction from its first production, and is now a great and undeniable fact. It has undergone some conside rable loppings, which have lightened it of much superfluous and ineffective matter, and it now pro ceeds briskly along to the marked content of the audisiice. Another circumstance in its favour is, that its cast has undergone two very impor tant and advantageous changes —one only last night, by the . substitution of Nr. Leigh Murray for the author of the comedy in the principal male part, and the other that of Miss Woolgar (now Mrs. Mellon) for Mrs. Charles Young, who has resigned the character of Lucy Vavasour, to return to Sadler's Wells. hero of Ms co me dy b y p l ay i ng th e character So little ju s ti ce did M r . Fal coner d o t o th e him self, that it has hitherto presented a very near ap proach to that proverbial example of defectiveness— " Hamlet," with the part of Hamlet omitted. In the hands of M r . Leigh Murray, Frank Hawthorn loses all the dreary prosiness which had militated so strongly against the interest he is designed to appropriate, and from an impossible and rather disagreeable abstraction, becomes a warm-blooded, manly piece of reality. The subdued, graceful, and gentlemanly tone with which the verbal encounters between the self-educated son of the Lancashire artisan and his aristocratic rival are conducted, abates a great deal from their startling improba bility, and contributes powerfully to maintain the interest of the situations. Mr. Leigh Murray's greeting on his first appearance was of the most flattering description, and after rousinghis audience to repeated bursts of applause by the impressive and delicately-defined significance of his acting, he was recalled, at the fall of the curtain, to receive an especial demonstration of their approval. Mr. Falconer is to be congratulated on the accession to the company of an actress of such ripe and versatile talent as Miss Woolgar, whose merits have so long placed her in the full light of public favour. TEE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The Tagus steamer, Capt. Christian, has arrived with the Peninsular mails, in charge f Lieutenant Charlton, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are— Gibraltar, Sept. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; and Oporto and Vigo, 20. She brings £1,615 in specie, 646 boxes of raisins, 125 cases of figs, 25 cases of tomatoe, 214 half boxes of lemons, 1,030 boxes of grapes, 62 cases of preserved pears, 14 cases of car toons, 219 boxes and 126 serons of almonds, 50 boxes of onions,- 19 boxes of eggs, five quarter casks of wine, and 24 packages of sundries. The' Tagus had a fresh, south-westerly gale across the Bay of Biscay. The Jura steam transport sailed from Gibraltar on the 15th with the 48th Regiment for Alexandria. The Sardinian frigate Victor Emmanuel and the sloop of war Aquila arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th. The British merchant steamer General Codring ton. from London for Genoa, Leghorn, &c., arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th and proceeded. There were no British ships of war at Lisbon. The French steamer Ps ittin and the usual Por tuguese fleet Were in the Tagus. The tariff com mission at Lisbon was reported to have decided in favour of a general reduction in the import duties on manufactured goods;. but its suggestions were expected to be on a limited scale, and, if adopted by the Government, cannot be put in force till next year, as they must pass the Cortes, which are not likely to meet until November. Lisbon exchanges for this packet for bills at three months were quoted on London at 53,5-, to 1, and cloSed with money over at the latter rate. Paris,' 631; Amsterdam, 421 ; Hamburg, 47'1, ; Genoa, 528. Transactions in stocks limited, with a slight improvement, the Three per Cent. Registered leav ing off at 471 to ; Coupons, 461 to ; Deferred, 301 to 4 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 64- to 7 per cent. prem. ; •porto Bank shares, 24 to 25 per cent. prem. ex div. The steamship Valetta, with the outward mails, arrived at Vigo on the 20th. A DEFENCE OF LORD DERBY. Tbe following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—The Times of this morning contains a severe attack npon Lord Derby, divided into two partS ; the first part upon a private transaction, and the second upon his political conduct and career. On the second of these attacks, the subject of which you have a perfect right to deal with as you 'please, I make no comment; but the other appears to me to be unfair and uncalled for, and to contain misre presentations which ought to be corrected. Some weeks ago Lord De'rliy, having found that his time was so entirely engrossed by official and Parlia mentary business that he was unable to attend to his racing affairs, and seldom or never able to go and see his horses run, resolved (for the present, at least) to retire froM the turf, and he accordingly instructed Messrs. Tattersall to advertise for sale a large proportio n o f hi s s t u d, i nc l u ding all the horses now .. in training, or a b ou t t o b e p u t in training for their engagements he never gave out that en t s •; the animals thu s a d ver ti se d were to be sold with out reserve. On th e c ontrary, the terms of the advertisement implied that reserved prices would be put upon th em or on most o f t h em , and this was well known to every one who attended the sale, or who is in any way connec t e d with the turf. Accordingly the horses which were of little value were left to go f or w h at t h ey wou ld fetch, while upon those of higher pretensions such reserved prices were put as their owner considered they were worth ; and. that ' the valuation was not exaggerated or unreasona bl e is proved by the fact that out of seven year lings _offered for sale five were actu a ll y so ld . I have not a very accurate recollection of the complaint of the correspondent you allude to, but, so far as I understand it from your statement, I cannot help thinking that if you were dealing with Lord Palmerston (who in a smaller way is likewise on the turf), instead of with Lord Derby, you would not be so unable to see " the distinction between this transaction and those so justly reprobated by your correspondent." As you "do not profess to understand these matters minutely," you will permit me to inform you that the value of racehorses depends partly on their blood and their appearance (technically called make and shape), and p ar tl y on th e goo dn e s s or b a d nes s of their engagem en t s , a nd th a t the high p r i c e w hich Lord Derby is said t o h ave as ked .for Toxophilite was, no doubt, calculated upon the almost certain profit w hich (ba rr i ng acc id en t s ) must b e d er i ve d from his very advantageous engagements.--I am, s ir, your obedient servant, §eptember 21. FAIIII'LAY. MILITIA. The Royal Denbigh Rifles assembled 'at Wrex ham for 21 days' training on Wednesday. The full complement - of the regiment is 480; and the muster was a very good one. It is said there will soon be three 'vacant commissions in the regiment, Capt. Drake, Lietit. Hammer; and Ensign Price being about to retire. The Cardiganshire Militia has been ordered to assemble on the sth of October.' The Anglesea Light Infantry met at Beaumaris on the 13th. . The Montgomeryshire Rifles assembled at Welsh pool on the 15th. The Carnarvonshire Rifles were disbanded last week, havingfinished their period of training. The Flintshire Rifle corps will assemble on the sth of October.. The Merionethshire Militia met on the 21st for the usual training. The Glamorgan Light Infantry will meet at Car diff on the 28th, and the Artillery Militia at Swan sea on the same day. TELEGRAPHIC CABLES. A letter to a contemporary says :--" When sub marine wires were first introduced gutta-percha was declared by electricians to be a non-conductor. Subsequont experience on a more extended scale has proved that in wire cables of great length coated with gutta-percha there is an appreciable loss of electricity when submerged, to which the name of " induction" has been applied, the fact being that gutta-percha, although a very. imperfect conductor of electricity; is not a perfect non-conductor. In the process of heating gutta-percha and coating wire a slight inadvertence may produce the evolution of gases or air bubbles, which if accidentally continu ous from the exterior to the wire enclosed would give admission to water when submerged, and insure the rapid loss of electricity. In surrounding this gutta-percha coating with iron wire, as is com monly done to insure strength, a constant force is being exerted, on the exterior of the cable, calcu lated to withdraw the electricity from the Inner wire, and if the above imperfections exist it passes off rapidly. Should these statements prove true, the cables now in use are not constructed on scientific princi ples. Again, if the existence of an Atlantic plateau is demonstrated, what more is required over its ex tent than a wire properly insulated, and just suffi ciently strong to sustain its own weight in the process of submergence ? And why not at the shore ends attach two or more heavier wires properly protected from the chafing of currents and rocks, so that if one fails the other may be available ? • Several years since I was shown at Washington, in the United States, a mail bag of vulcanised india rubber, which had been trailed at the end of a waggon by order of the Post-office authorities for days, to test its durability ; and although the material of this bag remained perfect, the iron chain and staples attached were worn out by the friction. This bag still exists, and I feel convinced that vulcanised indiarubber or vulcanised gutta percha would give all necessary strength for the outer coating of cables, prove more elastic, a better protector from chafing, much lighter, and a more perfect insulator than metal. ShOuld it ultimately be discovered that the elec tric current requires the aid of intermediate bat teries between the termini of long cables, may they not be constructed of wrappings of wire or wire cloth, composed of two different metals in contact with the inner wire, placed at intervals, and insu lated by the same coating, in such manner as to increase the intensity of the current. There would seem to be similar provision in the animal economy in the transmission of the nervous fluid, cwhich exists in the form of " ganglia" of the nerves ; and may not an analysis of the covering of nervous filaments throw some light on this subject of insu lation ? PORTLAND PRISON. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times :—" Nothing need be added to the excellent letter of An Eye-Witness,' wh ose evidence must be most gratifying to all interested in the triumph of law and right ; but there is one circumstance connected with this subject which, as a recent visitor to Portland Prison by permission from the Home Secretary, I beg leave to mention. It is that no prisoner ever leaves Portland frinedless and hopeless, without the means, if he o n ly chooses to employ them, of earning his living. If he elects to emigrate, so as to seek in a new country a new character, the money- that he has earned in the prison is employed in the most effective way by the governor to enablelim to take this course, and it is so arranged that he need not leave Portland until the emigrant ship is ready to receive him and to - set sail from 'England. If he prefer to try again in the land of his birth, the released prisoner, instead of being thrust outside the gate, with his po c k e t s full, ripe for temptation, is taken to the r a il wa y s t a ti on at 'Wey mouth, his fare is paid to his destination, a small sum is given him to meet any immediate expenses, besides a post-office order, payable to his order at the town of his destination. " As soon as he writes to the Governor of Port land, the balance of his earnings is remitted through some safe channel, so that, in fact, the greatest pains are taken to help him to start afresh in life. The whole plan, as detailed to me at my recent visit by one of the chief warders, showed a degree of fore thought, good sense, and Christian benevolence, which reflect the greatest credit on the whole con vict establishment, from Colonel Jebb to the private warders, and form a strange contrast to the. histo ries—the awful histories—of prison discipline in olden times. " It only remains for mo to add a few words on the most painful part of this matter. This system is carried out as a right and prudent part of prison economy, but the result is miserably small. Real gaolbirds, such as the Portland establishment shows —villains who have taken the highest degree in crimes—rarely refo rm. Again and again they re turn to the various prisons —are born, live, and die felons. It is a melancholy truth, but from careful inquiry I feel convinced that, as a rule, this is strictly true; and I mention it now to point a moral. " Let us, as a nation, spend more of our money in drying up the sources of crime by educating, especially industrially, the children of the danger ous classes from which our criminals spring. It is easier and cheaper for us, as a nation, to pay £l5 a year to prevent crime by educating a vagabond boy than to pay £3O a year to maintain the grown up felon at Portland or Wakefield. That England does not adopt the cheaper course, although Scot land does, is a matter that seriously calls for public notice.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " GEORGE WILLIAM BELL. " The Bop' Line, 4 t ; Zwiten-read.'_ THE STORE AND CLOTHING DEPOTS AT WEEDON. INQUIRY-(THIS DAY.) The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the stores and clothing depots at Weedon, Wool wich, and the Tower, resumed their investigations this day, in No. 11 Committee Room of the House of Commons. Mr. Selfe, the magistrate of the Thames Police, occupied the chair ; the Commissioners present were Mr. Turner, M.P. for Manchester, and Col. French, of the War-office. Mr. Whitham, of Huddersfield, formerly employed at Weedon—When I went down to Weedon a man in a pack ing -room named Groves was suspended in consequence of a communication made by a labourer named Holmes ; but through the intercession of friends he got reinstated as boot-viewer. He is now at Weedon. Holmes said Groves had been bribed. Groves himself, after he was reinstated, said to me he had taken bribes. He told me he had been bribed twice. I cannot recollect the name of the party (a beetlcontracter) who he seid had given him the bribes. He (Groves) said he had had a bribe of two sovereigns and another of one sovereign. I am 'willing to meet Groves. I only know about this. that Groves told me c that Holmes had split upon him. I never heard that Groves passed goods too easily. He was sus pended in consequence of taking a bribe. Holmes was dis charged from Weedon. I never heard that Groves was suspended through bad eyesight. Groves told me he had been called before Mr. Elliott to meet the charge of bribery. He told me the circumstance, and I looked upon it that the charge had been made out. That is the only case I ever heard. I don't know whether it would be called bribery for the boot viewers to make boots for the army contractors. The names of the viewers are Warlters, Martin, labourer, but supernumerary ; Coales, and another man, Thwaites. These men were all bootmakers, and were employed as supernumerary boot viewers. These viewers made boots for the Northampton makers. The boots made by these men at Weedon were actually rejected by the boot viewers. Mr. Turner—That showed there was no preference. (Laughter.) Mr. Selfe—Where did Groves tell you what you have stated ? Witness-. 7 -It occurred in our bedroom ; we lodged in the same house. Mr. Turner—Could it be of much value to a contractor for these boot viewers to act as workmen ? Witness—Not much ; but it might inflneneelhem to pass a particular contractor's work, as ha might give them better pay for the work they had done for him. Mr. Turner—What are the names of the inspectors over the boot irieivers. Witness—Folkard and Watson.., I have known one in spector reject the work passed by the other. Mr. Selfe--Which of these inspectors is the most severe in his duty P Witness—l cannot say. Viewers had a divided opinion as to the capabilities of the inspectors, and the inspectors had their favourites. Mr. Selfe—What do you. mean by favourites ? Witness—Why, men whom they would praise to the authorities, the result of which would be that promotion would follow. By Mr. Selfe—At Weedon they detect faults in the dye of cloth by muriatic acid. Spotted cloth can be detected by the eye, but that which is not so can only be tested by the acid. In the event of the cloth not being properly wooded by indigo it would turn a dirty red yellow. I con sider that a very unfair test. It was employed at Weedon to test the colours of the cloth. I . never knew the manu facturers complain of clothes being returned from being tested with muriatic acid. I don't believe they knew it was done. I know a large manufacturer who supplied a large quantity of cloth, isome of which was improperly dyed. The bad dyed cloth was passed but the good rejected. By Mr. Turner—Parker lived at Huddersfield, in Henry's house. He said he had a quantity of loosely dyed clothes which he should chance with the good, as by so doing he should get his contract completed within the time. The result was as I have stated, the loosely dyed was retained and the firmly dyed was sent back. By Mr. Turner—Blue cloth dyed with logwood would loose its colour immediately by being tested by the acid. By Mr. Selfe—l have packed thousands of yards of cloth at Weedon, not sufficiently, dyed. I have told the authori ties about it and said there, ought to be a better test used than that then in use. I consider Mr. Daly a bad packer. He would not be employed in any shipping house in Lon don. He was what was called a hand packer. The machine used at Weedon for testing :cloth is useful to a scertain ex tent, but it can be defeated by the manufacturer by scrib bling cotton with the wool. Mr. Selfe—Did net that make it stronger ? - Witness—lt rendered it more liable to break or crack. The way I should test cloth would be in a very different manner. I should take the pattern of cloth, pull out a few threads of the weft and the warp, see whether there was any shoddy in it, and then test its strength. Mr. Turner—ls not that done ? Witness—l don't believe that the inspectors knew fivo tenths of the shoddy:in the cloth. I have packed thousands of yards of cloth at Weedon for rejection, and also a large quantity of that which had been accepted. I found the cloth which was to be rejected, better than that which was to be retained. Mr. Turner—How did you do that? Witness—By pulling out a thread or two of the - waft and warp. I never knew cloths rejected which were equal to pattern. I cannot say that cloths that did not come up to the mark had been passed. I know this that I have had cloth to pack which had been but a short time received with the moth in it. I should say the more shoddy that is put in cloth the more likelihood there is of passing it. .1 have packed some cloth whicharrived at Weedon fromthe Tower which had forty or fifty parts shoddy in it. It was Oxford grey cloth. There was about 10,000 yards of it. I don't know w'hat became of it. Mr. Selfe—Do you think all the manufacturers of York shire deceive the Government by sending cloth which is not pure wool ? Witness—l believe the Government have never had a yard of cloth from Yorkshire all pure wool. Mr. Selfe—Have you any more to say about packing cloth ? Witness—l have often packed Cloth at Weedon in a state quite unfit for such a proceeding—it being wet and damp. Mr. Turner—Did you make any complaint on the sub ject? Witness—Yes, to Mr. Daly. Mr. Selfe—Under whose directions did you pack the goods ? Witness--I had the goods under my own control I got no directions. Mr. Selfe--Then if you knew it was bad to pack wet cloth, why did you do so ? Witness—l had no option in the matter. The cloth was sent from the cloth-room for me to pack. Mr. Selfe--Do you mean to say that you did not make the slightest complaint about the state of the cloth ? Witness,--I have said to Daly, who was my superior officer—" Why, this cloth is wet ;" but he said he could not help it—l must pack it up—and I did so. Mr. Selfo—l call that a direction to pack. By Mr. Turner—Goods packed wet keep their colour better, and it also makes them weigh heavier. I have very often seen the viewers at Weedon make a damage in cloth which was not there before. Mr. Selfe—Do you recollect the names of the viewers who did so ? Witness—Perry and Stocker. By Mr. Turner—When warp threads were not very large the viewers cut a hole in the cloth, and charged the manu facturers with a quarter of a yard. I have packed bales of goods at Weedon in a state totally unfit for the public service. I have packed goods—clotiling for China, perhaps —in a piece of canvass quite unfit for service and without papir. The wrapper would offer but a slight resistance to bad weather. The bales ought to have been packed with tarpauling, straw, paper, and canvass. We used to put 25 great coats in a bale. We were short of canvass for two months together. There has been requisition after re -qxlisttbin for the canvass. We had to stitch old bits of canvass that had come back from the Crimea together .to pack the goods in. Mr. Turner—You don't mean to say that stores were packed with merely a single wrapper of that description. Witness—Yes. The goods were not for shipping, but to transport to certain depots. _ _ . Mr. Turner—Have you ever packed goods to go a sea voyage in a single wrapper. Witness—Yes. I have packed goods in that manner to go to China. Mr. Turner—l supposo you could get the tarpauling if you had required it ? Witness—During the 15 months I was at Weedon I never saw a yard of white ta r p aulin g used for any Purpose. Mr. Turner—Can you give us the date of that ? Witness—l have a great many dates down in my dairy (diary), but I can't give them to you now. Mr. Turner —Why ? -•- Witness—Because I have not g o t my dairy (diary) with me. Mr:Turner--Then you can't give us the cream of it ? Laughter.) Mr. Ileladen was then examined by 31r. Selfe----In 1855 I was at Weedon, as cloth inspector' I am now at the establishment at Mark-lane. I principally inspected tunic cloth. My salary was £lOO a year. It has not been raised at_ the present time. lam married. I have no private means excepting what I derive from the sale of the machine I have invented to detect the presence of shoddy in cloth. I have sold a great many machines. The average price of the machine was £3O. I have sold about 100 machines. The cost price of those machines would be about £l6. I should say I have realised about £BOO profit by the sale of my machines. I employ an agent to make my invention known. I have been into Yorkshire about twenty or thirty times. I have always spread the virtues of my machines. I have sold machines to persons who have supplied gaods to Weedon. I always received the orders for machines at Weedon. I have sold them to parties connected and unconnected with Wooden. I have been in the shoddy trade, and formerly done a good business with the Yorkshire manufacturers. I don't believe any person can detect shoddy ill the qorauraeut cloth =less it is put ill Tery largely. I cannot tell you how many machines I sold in Yorkshire. My agent can tell. Mr. Selfe—Who is your agent ? Witnss—Mr. Graham. Mr. Selfe—Where is he to be found ? Witness—At Weedon. Mr. Selfe—ls your agent in the Government employ ? Witness—Yes. He is the packer of the rejected cloths at Weedon. Mr. Selfe—Can you tell us the manes of the Govern ment contractors who have purchased your machines ? Witness—No, I cannot to-day; I will get a list for you to-morrow. Mr. Selfe—Did you sell your machines at the same price to Government contractors as to private manufacturers ? Witness—Yes. My machines are in general use at Weedon at the present time. After some other witnesses had been examined, the com mission adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Inns.) TUCKERV.FRANCEe-CAUTION TO SERVANTS.-IMPORTANT CASE. In this case plaintiff, a coachman, sought to recover the sum of £2 2s. for one week's wages, and one week's wages in lieu of notice. Plaintiff said that on the night of the 3d July last he was driving defendant, then his master, home from the theatre, and defendant accused him of being drunk, and called a constable, who pulled him off the box. Plaintiff was per fectly sober, and walked home. The following morning plaintiff called for orders. and defendant told him to bring his clothes in and he would be paid. Fifteen shillings had been paid into court. Plaintiff agreed, upon his hiring, for a week's notice. It was on a Tuesday night ho was dis charged. A witness said he saw plaintiff leave the stable-yard on the night in question perfectly sober. For the defence, Mr. France said that on the Tuesday night upon which plaintiff was discharged he came to the theatre to fetch himself (defendant) and a party of ladies. Witness rode upon the box and perceived that defendant was drunk. He came against a lamp-post and nearly into a cab. Witness then took the reins, and plaintiff became so troublesome that he' was compelled to call a constable. . Witness would also call his honour's attention to the fact that even It that time plqintiff 7ras wearing the livery be longing to witness. Plaintiff contended that the clothes belonged to him, but His Honour said that was not so unless there WV$ a special agreement to that effect. Police constable C 10, said he was called by defendant to remove plaintiff from the box ; defendant said he could remain if he would keep quiet, but he refused and kept pulling the reins about. He was very drunk. His Honour said he could not understand how defendant came to pay 15s. into court. It was very clear that defen dant was entitled to all or none. It had been proved that he was intoxicated, and he was entitled to nothing. Verdict for defendant with costs. FALL OF HOUSES NEAR LUDGATE- HILL. Two houses fell yesterday morning in Pilgrim street, a semicircular street running from an arch way on Ludgate-hill, into the Broadway, Ludgate, Pilgrim-street consisted of a number of old houses. some of which have been for a long time past in a very dilapidated state, two of them especially so, Nos. 3 and 4, belonging to the Vintners Company, and in the occupation of Mr. Lewis Solomons, auctioner and appraiser. PersOns who were pass ing down Ludgate-hill, at about half-past one in the morning, say they heard a noise resembling a slight clap of thunder, and in another moment the two houses were a heap of ruin. The scene that ensued was of a most exciting character. Although in the depth of night, the intelligence spread with wonderful rapidity, and people were running about the streets in their night-dresses, all the courts and alleys with which the neighbourhood abounds con tributing to swell the mass of persons who rushed to the spot to obtain information of the disaster. The engines of the London Brigade were sent for, as well as the Royal fire escapes, which promptly arrived. When the smoke and dust had in some degree cleared away a pitiable scene presented itself. The whole of the two houses had fallen outwards, com pletely blocking up the doorway of the adjoining house, which contained 14 persons, who cried piteously for help. It was at first supposed that great loss of life had occurred. Mr. Inspector Shelford instantly ordered a body of constables on the spot, and was most ably assisted by Inspector Nuneham, of the Bow-lane station, who kept the roadway clear for the firemen, who, with the police, went to work in an admirable manner, and suc• ceeded in rescuing 13 persons. Shelford., the con ductor of the Royal fire escape from Bri4e-street station, also succeeded in rescuing an aged woman who was in a state of helplessness. The immediate neighbourhood was densely crowded the whole of yesterday morning, but owing to the very admirable arrangements of the police, no one was allowed to pass the barriers, and the public were kept out of danger. Mr. Solomons resided at Islington, and had left his business several hours before the accident oc curred. It was not the habit of Mr. Solomons to leave any one in possession of the premises during the night. Had any persons been sleeping. there they must have been buried in the r ui ns . The city authorities intend to institute a most searching investigation. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 23. Arrivals, Sept. 19th—Fidelio, C. R. Colvile, Esq., M.P., from Norway. 20th—The Stella, Lord Dalkeith, from Plymouth. 21st—Columbine, Capt. R. H. Smith-13arry, from tl!e Western Ports ; The Cissey, John Dunn, Esq., from Southampton ; The Ondine, Mortimer Ricardo, Esq., from the Eastward, bound West. Sailed, Sept. 18th—The Imogene, Lieut.-Col. Plunkett Burton, for the Western Ports. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—The Capricorn, Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P. ; The Titania, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. ; The Fidelio, C. R. Colvile, Esq., M. P. ; The Petrel, Philip Perceval, Esq.; The Stella, Lord Dalkeith ; The Minstrel, William Morgan, Esq. ; The Columbine, Capt. R. H. Smith. Barry, for the Harbour, to lay up. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON Sept. 24.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light breeze and fine. 'CLYDE, Sept. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed.—Guinea, for Demerara. LIMERICK, Sept 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Eva, from Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—. Tagus (s), from Gibraltar. FO Er, Sept. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Revenir, for Trinidad. Po IiTSM 0 ITTII Sept. 23.—Wind Indiana (ss), from Calcutta._. STROM‘NE3S, Sept. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Jackal', from a cruise. NEWPORT, Sept. 23.—Wind S.—Sailed—George West, for Jamaica. COWES, Sept. 2 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—Indiana (ss), from Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Ondine, steamer, from London; Ida, from Oporto. Sailed—Atalana, steamer, for Guernsey ; Maria, for London. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W., fresh. AiTiveil, Sept. 24—Pactolus, screw steamer, from Alex andria. (BY SUBMARINE -AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Frida Morning. Wind N.W.; tid e , one hour's flo od _; weather fine. Arrived, Sept. 24—Mary B. Rich, from Sagua La Grande. THE HIGHLANDS.—The following are among the fashionable arrivals lately at Oban :—Duke of Suther land, Duke and Duchess of Leeds, Lord and Lady Clan- William, Countess of Dunm ore Lord and Lady Compton, Earl of Orkney, Lord Campbell, Lord and Lady M'Donald, Lord Hamilton, Earl and Countes s G re y, L or d I nges t re , Lord and L a dy Townsend, Lord and Lady Chesham, Lady Maria Alford, Lady Constance Murray, Lady Dart mouth, Lady Boltland, Lady Leicester, Lord Middle ton, Lord and Lady Elcho, Lord Corton, Lord Lough borough, Lord and Lady Abinger, Lady Dalrymple, Lord Peas, Lady M'Kenzie, Lord Malmesbury, Lady Walker, Lord Blantyre, Marquis of Stafford, Count Palieoff, Hon. Campbell, Lord Cranworth, Lord Listowell, Hon. H. Meade, Mr. Ellis, M.P. ; Mr. Gladstone, M.P. ; Mr. Dalglish, M.P. ; Mr. Child, M.P. ; Sir E. Sandford, Sir H. Campbell, Sir W. Baillie, Sir J. Paxton, Sir Maxwell Stall, Sir Harry Jones, Sir John and Lady Stewart, V.C.; Admiral Eden, General Eden, Count Graf, Sehulenberg, Hanover, &c., &c. The weather is still beautiful, and the stnmers and coaches are in full play. Sir Edward Lugard arrived at Teignmouth, from India, ea Friday. The gallant general, who is in excellent health r. A spirits, considering the great fatigue and onerous , and duties which his late command in India im posed upon him, paid a short visit to his relatives at Exeter on Monday, and returned to Teignmouth with his wife and family the same afternoon. Letters from Vienna state that the trial of the four students of Padua, accused of having troubled public order in celebrating a mass for the repose of the soul and in honour of Felice Orsini, has resulted in the acquital of three of the number ; the fourth has been condemned to five months' imprisonment. • A new claimant for the Cahir title is in the field. 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