The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-08 00:00:00

R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, DINO R A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Corn, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thirl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Lequine, Pasquale, Pier ren, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS F.VENTNO the performances will commence with THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (11th time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank Matthews, Graham, Garden ; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young. To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. NEWW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. B. Webster ; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly. - . . - . Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, new comedy, THE WIDOW'S WED DING, supported by Messrs. S. Emery, Barrett, C. Young ; Mesdames Katharine Hickson, Murray, Arden, Manders, New Ballet Farce, MAGIC TOYS, in which Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet will appear. To conclude with VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papa. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Fit, ls. The Box-office opens from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Comraence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera ol MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. yerts), the extraor..inary Violin Performances of the cele- Lasted Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual Vocal Conceit. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. _ _ _ Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery'. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant :sights of the metropolis. Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer bear's new opera of DENTORAH. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER S. THERMOMETER, IN THE:SHADB. 7'0 —highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. ss—this day at noon. BenomETEn-29.93. WIND, S.W.; light, and fair now; but it rained from yesterday evening all night till about noon this morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. la. T 0-Mom:tow-Morning, 12h. 18m.—Afternoon, 36h. 12m, ,le ~-,*-7--;•!--.'\• , F:[; ',"'• -=---,,, V.- - , - t ' s ' • -.--- THE SUN. t IATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1859. Who can yet tell " what next" in Italy. Blood may yet floe again, and if Austria and the exiled Dukes can ha vo their way it will flow again. We, once, had a Provender who did not hesitate, sup ported by foreign aid, to attempt to drive out the family whom the people's representatives had placed on the throne of England ; and he found Jacobites, —that is, Retrogradists, Legitimists, and Divine Right men here, ready to co-operate with him. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that the expelled Dukes, and Austria, on whom they were much more dependent than were the STUARTS on France, should do all they can to foment internal disturb ance in tne Duchies, and to raise troops, if they can, to invade them. We are not surprised, there fore, to hear that a Colonel ANVITT had wormed his way into Parma, and, that having been dis covered by the populace, the few troops at hand were unable to save him from popular violence. He had come for the purpose of getting up a con spiracy against the people, and the people inflicted, themselves, by Lynch-law, the penalties of treason. Such was the story yesterday—one not unlikely to be true. Of course it is much to be regretted—it will be Inatter of exultation with the enemy, though all is now as tranquil as before, and though it only shows that the lowest orders share the views of those above them. The reports also gather strength that the re jected rulers are devising means for bloodshed. The four or five thousand mercenaries whom the Duke of MODENA took to Solferino to fight with Austria against his country have been kept together ; they have proved the nucleus of a small army, which is said to amount now to now or 18,000 men. Out of the depths of her poverty, Austria will still do her best to equip them. The little army will, no doubt, contain every villain ready enough to hire himself to despots who can freely promise to reward success with the spoils of .confiscation ; and many ragged Germans, and per haps many from the semi-barbarous races which form part of the Austrian empire, will enlist in this brigand expedition for despotism and plunder. The POPE, too, is enlisting all he can of the gentle Swiss shepherds, who took such care of the Holy Father's flock at Perugia. Some, who had left the Neapolitan service, he has hired at Marseilles, where they are described as being a set of the most ruffianly fellows upon earth. " The Holy Father's Dogs of the flock" would evidently be their appropriate de scription. They are indeed the very Cains of the day. Their own land forbids their doings, and is ashamed that they should bear the name of Swiss. They are ashamed of nothing, if they can but re ceive the Apostolic Commission from the Holy Father. " There is a town which insists on liberty from the rule of my beloved under shepherds, and from mine—go—bring them to obedience—satisfy my wrath with blood, and yourselves with pillage." Such is the order hourly expected by the Romag nese against their now free towns. But, as we remarked the other day, the Romag nese, Modenese, and Parmese, are not quite asleep. FANTI and GARIBALDI are raising 20,000 men in the Romagna to defend the newly-acquired freedom from the pastoral visits of the POPE'S Perugians. A Tong denunciation,in an allocution of his HOLINESS to his Consistory, with a proper proportion of ecclesiastical artillery, will give little concern. No where are ecclesiastical maledictions less drecded than in the place whence they issue. The motive is too transparent to allow even the superstitious to fear that Heaven will ratify the decrees of gross, un yarn ished secular ambition. In the Duchies th e troops already raised are at least a match, in point of num - hers, for all the wandering Dukes can bring age.i n:4 them. And FAN TI and GARIBALDI and a national cause will surely be - weapons worth something. It would be at first a fight of patriotism with piracy —for plunder will be the sole object of the Dukes' desperadoes. But, should a movement be made, who can foresee the ism If the Italians drive back the ducal brigands, well ; yet Austria ought to be more than remonstrated with, if she suffers her pet Dukes to plot, on her territory, against the liberties of these independent States. But if the Dukes are successful, can Piedmont stand quietly by and see the territories again subjugated which have sought her aid? Then, which course will the Man of Mystery take ? Will he, disap pointed in his PLoN-PLoN scheme, bid Sardinia be quiet, at the peril of allowing Austria to seize Lombardy again ? And what will England and Europe do ? The scope for possibilities is wide, indeed ! We only hope that either the Dukes will not dare to become bloodsheding pre tenders, or that, if they do, they . will be defeated—we may add, captured and executed. They will deserve it ! But the south of Italy is beginning to ferment. A journal, printed at a press which all the efforts of the innumerable police and spies have yet failed to discover, tells the Neapolitans what is done for Italian liberty north of the Tiber, and what is said for it in England. The whole country is described as agitated and excited, troops are marching to the frontiers. The name of GARIBALDI is in every mouth ; and some violent commotion is every day expected ; the Swiss, at least, are no longer a terror, and it is by no means certain that all the native troops can be trusted to fire on the people. The Constitution of 1848 is still the unrepealed law of the land, though BOMBA, like our STUARTS, contrived to govern long without his Parliament. The KING and Court are making every effort_to meet the dangers to them, so far as military measures can do it ; but there seems to be a general hope and belief that the popular feeling will be so universal and so - strong as to carry ere long all before it. If so, the POPE and the DUKES must be quick. Should Naples rise, nothing can stem the tide of freedom which will flow over Italy. The POPE will be helpless; he will be reduced, or rather, we should say, elevated to the Bishopric of Paris pure et simple, and all Italy will, at least, breathe from Sicily to the Alps. Elsewhere in our columns of this evening we give the Report—not merely the gist, but the whole of the Report—recently furnished to the directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company by Mr. BOURNE, the Company's Engineer. Although upon a careful examination of that Report, it will be found that, comparatively speaking, little has yet been actually done there, beyond the successful accomplishment of a series of very energetic experi ments ; the facts and the reasonings here blent together by Mr. BOURNE are, to our thinking, replete with encouragement. It is impossible not to recognise at once that from the outset of the un dertaking every one out there, under the orders of the chief engineer, certainly worked vigorously, and, as the sailors say, with a will. Mr. BOURNE him self, in truth, is obviously, and with good reason, not a little proud of this conspicuous display of well-organised activity, resolution, and prompti tude. " Never before," he takes occasion to remark in the earlier part of his Report to the Directors—" Never before has there been such vigour manifested in India in getting vessels completed. In Kurrachee, to lay the ways and launch a river steamer after she has been rivetted together and completed, has usually been a business of three months. With us the operation did not occupy a period of three days. When the steamer was launched, instead of consuming a day in jollification, as is usual on such occasions, we commenced that very moment to transfer the launching ways to the passenger barge; and by working all night, we were able to launch the pas senger barge the day after the steamer. To pre pare the ways for another of the barges, and to place her safely in the water, occupied a period of only four hours. The same barge was rivetted, caulked, painted, and made ready for launching in a period of five days. Never have I seen men work in any country with the same energy and enthu siasm that has been displayed by your men at Kur rachee." And as if this were not enough to bring vividly before the directors what had actually been accomplished in so short a time, under his management, with a view to the imme diate carrying out of the designs of Inland Steam Navigation in Hindostan Mr. BOURNE then goes on at once to communicate what has actually been done since the commencement of the past twelvemonth. " Since the beginning of the year," he writes, " You have had your vessels and ma chinery landed, workshops erected, with lathes, punching presses, and other suitable tools driven by a steam engine—you have had houses built for the reception of the workmen, and storehouses for the reception of the various articles sent out—you have had your vessels put together, launched, and set to work, and you have me back here again in England to communicate this informa tion." After which epitome of the achievements accomplished out there already, by the Company's agents and workmen, it is no wonder that Mr. BOURNE, who has had the opportunity of carrying everything out, so far, in his capacity as the company's engineer, should add with undis guised exultation, " I think it must be admitted ttaat we have not let the grass grow under our feet." Yet—all this said and done, or rather done and said—the prospects of the company brighten from the light thrown upon them by this report, not so much by reason of what has been actually effected or realised, as because simply of the eminently sound and substantial reasons there demonstrating as clearly as anything can well be demonstrated upon paper, the possibility of achieving the com pany's grand project for establishing a regular system of Oriental Inland Steam Navigation. It must be recollected that as yet the Company's servants, their agents, and workmen have been toil ing out there under one or two great and manifest disadvantages. Their steam trains—their little steam boats and attendant barges fitted out for the con veniense and conveyance of goods and passengers —are designed for what is, in fact, to be their only work, viz., inland, or, in other words, river navi gation. Yet they have, in the first instance, to arrive at the Indus, somehow or other, from the grand starting point of all—the harbour of Kur rachee! Originally, in fact, their vessels are landed and put together at the Point of Manora— about five miles from, and situated at the remote side of, the harbour of Kurrachee ! Obviously, therefore, they are reduced to the necessity, at the very beginning of the enterprise, to the imperative and unwelcome necessity of " proceeding along the coast a few miles" in order to get round to the port of Gisree, which (at a distance of about four miles from the harbour of Kurrachee) constitutes the terminus of the Indus navigation. The reason for this necessity, at the outset, Mr. BOURNE clearly enough explains :—" Heavily laden ships from England cannot enter the Gisree mouth of the Indus, but must be unloaded in Kur rachee harbour "—and therefore "it was," he re minds the directors, " a !natter of consideration ith the board whether it would be the best course to send the pieces of the barges in country boats to Gisree. The latter course was the one that was judged best, and our experience confirms the accu racy of the decision. It must have been a most tedious and expensive operation to take the barges in pieces to Gisree, whereas we found that, except in the rough season, they could be towed round without difficulty." And in this manner, in fact, they were towed round—though upon the first occasion, as Mr. BOURNE records and explains, with a little difficulty. Eventually this trailing round of the steam train along the coast between the port of Gioree and the harbour of Kurrachee is to be ob viated. And this merely by the simple device of opining a canal directly con necting the ports of Gisree and K xrachee. 'Vir tually this canal is already un fait accoOyli• It is decided upon being accomplished—and it 11, - ill be accomplished. But even when the steam-feet , steam-train, barges, and all have been got round (with a little difficulty—by reason of the bad season having commenced) to Gisree, and dragged thence (with a little more difficulty—of another kind) through the " sinuous and intricate" windings of the channels connecting that port with the main stream of the Indus—even when this has been done, and they are fairly afloat upon the broad current of the Great Asiatic River—there is the Fuel, lo and behold there is the Fuel actually appearing as an im pediment! " Our progress," writes Mr. BOURNE in this part of his Report, " was satisfactory so long as we burnt coal. BUT (oh, those Buts!) when we came to burn wood, we found we could not keep up the steam with it, and our progress thenceforward became very slow." The cause of which is ren dered at once comprehensible when Mr. BOURNE adds—" Much of the wood was rotten and filled with sand, and all of it was formed of branches too long to be suitable for our furnaces. Our boilers being of the locomotive class of boilers, require to be fed with short and thick billets, which will form a compact body of fire. But the sticks supplied i to us were so long, so thin, and so crooked, that it was impossible to form a compact fire with them. The cold air, . therefore, rushed up through the fire in such quantities as to kill the steam by cooling the interior of the boiler ; and we found that with such fuel it was im possible to maintain the steam at the required pressure, or to propel the vessel with proper velo city against the stream." Clearly, then, the expedi tion has been impeded hitherto by difficulties that may henceforth be readily enough removed, and removed, not merely for awhile, but permanently. The canal once opened between Gisree and Kurrachee—the proper fuel duly supplied to the company, " which fuel," Mr. BOURNE distinctly assures the directors, " can be obtained on the spot"--the future, we believe, in regard to this noble project is " plain sailing," or rather we should say plain steaming ! Another and a glorious channel will have been opened up into the heart of Asia, for the diffusion throughout our Indian possessions of all the material advantages, and with these of all the benigner influences of European civilisation. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The Persia has arrived with advices from New York to the 28th ult., and 472,612 dols. in specie. The Vanderbilt and City of Baltimore had arrived at New York. ' Colonel Rankin, an American official, had arrived at Washington from San Juan. According to Washington advices he stated that General Harney was instigated to occupy San Juan by Boundary Commissioner Campbell, who asserted that the American title was unquestionable. Harney, in a reply to Governor Douglas's protest, intimated that he landed his troops for the purpose of protecting American citizens from the insults and indignities of the British authorities of Vancouver's Island and the Hudson's Bay Company, who had seized an American citizen and forcibly transported him to Vancouver for trial. By the arrival at New York of the Moses Tay lor, with the California mails of the sth of Septem ber and 2,000,000 dols. in specie, we have advices from Vancouver to the 27th of August. Governor Douglas had replied to Harney's note alluded to above, denying absolutely that there had been any outrage upon an American citizen. The Governor's letter, which is a very temperate one, calls upon Harvey to withdraw his troops, whose presence on the island was likely to complicate affairs. There is no further intelligence from San Juan. The cricket match between the Canadian and the English eleven had resulted in favour of the latter. The New York Stock-market was dull, with lower prices for the principal speculative shares. The money-market was exhibiting indications of a hardening tendency. Loans on call were quoted at 6 to 61 per cent., and prime endorsed bills, GO to 90 days, 7 to 71. Exchange on London was flat at 10 to 101; and on France, sf. 131 c. to sf. 15c. The cotton-market was dull and heavy at for middling uplands, and 11: 1 ; for New Orleans. Flour had advanced 20c. to 30c. per barrel. Tobacco in good demand at 44c. to 101 c. for Kentucky, and 4c. to sc. for Virginia. The freight market remained dull. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The steamship Kangaroo, from New York via Queenstown on the 24th_ult., has arrived. - The New York Herald says, in reference to the San Juan difficulty, that it is understood to have originated in consequence of the British commis sioner not having plenary powers to determine the boundary line at once. Whilst the subject was being arranged by commissioners the British autho rities at Vancouver undertook to decide the question themselves, and endeavoured to seize an American citizen for an alleged violation of British law at San Juan and take him to Victoria for trial. With a view of protecting the inhabitants of San Juan from further aggression, Gen. Harney then took military possession of the island upon which he was thrown. Several hundred troops landed, and are strongly for tifying it. No immediate fear of collision whatever is entertained, as the commander of the British naval force in those waters does not appear disposed to involve his government in difficulty to gratify th• belligerent propensities of the governor of Victoria. The New York money market was abundantly supplied, with moderate demand at low rates. Call loans, 6to 61. Stocks moderately active, Sterling exchange prices firm. Business moderate. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Kar nowitschy have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. The Russian Minister, Baron Brunnow, left town yesterday morning, en route to Warsaw. During his Ex cellency's absence the affairs of the Embassy will be trans acted by M. le Comte Bloudoff, Charge d'Affaires. On thoil departure of the Emperor from Warsaw, Baron Brunnow will return to his post in this country. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have sir aived at Apsley House, from Claremont, their seat in Nor folk. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale are entertaining a select family circle at Yester House, Had dingtonshire. Lord and Lady Arthur Hay are staying at Yester House. The Earl and Countess Granville are at Carlsbad. Tho countess has greatly improved in health. The noble earl and countess are expected home early in the ensuing month. The Earl and Countess of Arran and family have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Earl of Moray, Lady Margaret Stuart, and the Hen. George Stuart have arrived at the Oatlands Hotel from the continent. The mortal remains of the venerable Earl of Jersey are to be removed on Monday next to Middleton Park, near Bicester. The funeral is to take place the fol lowing day. We have to record the death of Anne, Countess (Dowager) of Listowel, who died a few days since at her residence in Eaten-square. The deceased countess was the second daughter of the late Mr. John Lathan), and married March 12, 1812, William, first Earl of Li*towel, great grandfather of the present pc.er. Lord and Lady John Russell and Misses Russell are to leave Abergeldie Castle, N. 8., en route for the s , utli. The noble lord and lady purpose to pay a short visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, on their way to London. Lady. Peel and Mr. Arthur Peel have arrived in Whitehall-gardens, from Lowestoft. The Right lion. William Cowper has returned f• town. The Hon. Judge Christian has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street. LA TES lEW S. The following telegram., e been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARTS, FRIDAY. The following telegram, dated October 6, has been received here from Parma : " A horrible occurrence took place yesterday evening. The Count Anviti, formerly Colonel of the troops of Parma, and held in detestation by the neople, was passing through Parma on his way to pl a cmtia, but was recognised at the railway station and arrested. The populace, informed of his arrest, broke open the bsrracks of the Gendarmerie where he was confined, and, having seized the unfortunate Count, he was dragged through the city, receiving blows on all sides. His h4nds were fastened to gether with a cord, and he was thus pulled through the streets until he arrived opposite a cafe that he was in the habit of frequenting, where, while he was still alive, his head was cut off, and then car ried in triumph to the Grand Place, where it was placed on the top of a column. The cries of joy of the populace Increased the terrors of the scene, The National Guard and the troops were called ouf, but arrived when all was over. At 9 o'clock in the evening quiet again reigned in the city, and the dead body of Count Anviti was con veyed to the hospital. The city was being tra versed by patrols." MARSEILLES, OCT. 7. Advices from Rome to the 4th inst. state that the Sardinian Minister received his passports on the Ist of October, but requested leave to defer his de parture until the end of the week. On Sunday the principal friends of Piedmont gave a banquet to the Sardinian Minister near Frascati, and intended to make a night demonstration in Rome. It is stated this was prevented by General Goyon, in accord ance with a previous order passed, forbidding any political manifestations in the streets, and also in accordance with the policy which the Duke de Grammont is instructed to continue. Advices from Naples to the 4th of October state that fourteen notable persons who had been arrested have been released without prosecution. The Prefect of the Police has been changed. General Filangicri 16.11 resume office. BOLOGNA, OCT. 7. To-day the functionaries of the Government took the oath of allegiance to the King of Sardinia. TRIESTE, OCT. 7. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer, just arrived, brings advices from Constantinople to the Ist inst. The Journal de Constantinople contains the names of 34 conspirators, among whom are Ferik Hussein Pasha and two brothers of the Governor of Yemen. The brothers of the Sultan have not been arrested. Edhem Pasha has been ordered to proceed to Odessa to express the friendly feelings of the Sul tan towards the Emperor of Russia. Alustapba Nari Pasha has been appointed Go vernor-General of Bagdad. The reported re-ap pearance of the plague at Beyrout has been denied. INlchemed Pacha has left for Smyrna, bearer of an autograph letter from the Sultan to Prince Alfred. ATHENS, OCT. 1. Tlic French Ambassador, Vicomte Deserres, has arrived here. BIARRITZ. A letter from Biarritz, dated Oct. 5, says :—A French messenger arrived at Zurich on the 30th ult., with, as I am informed here, final instructions for the Plenipotentiary relative to the treaty of peace between Austria and France. It appears that in this treaty will be maintained the famous clause of the restoration of the Dukes. In exchange for this concession accorded by the French Emperor— whose boast it is that he is the fleet of the people over whom he reigns —Austria reduces her de mands on the question of the debt, which would indicate that she has obtained large con cessions. Her demands are limited to 200,000,000 f. instead of 400,000,000 f. On another im portant point also she has made consider. able deductions. In place of 6,000 metres of territ n•y around Peschiera she will content herself with 3,500. All this, so far as Austria and France are interested, has been settled at Biarritz ; and it is, moreover, confidently affirmed that a Congress will be held to ratify the bargain. M. de Bourqueney is quite sanguine on that point. I am not quite sure as to the decision the English Government will come to. The Congress will meet, no doubt, to sanction with the weight of its authority the acts of the Zurich Conference ; but will the treaty the Congress is expected to affirm be regarded as more inviolable than the treaty which it tears to pieces ? And will Austria, France, and Sardinia attach a more sacred character to the settlement of 1859 or 1860 than to that of 1815? Lord Cowley, who arrived here on Monday even ing, leaves to-morrow on his return to Paris. Prince Metternich is still here. M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, left two or three days ago. Biarritz is beginning to thin. There are a good many departures if ono may judge by the loads of baggage that leave each morning for the railway station, by the greater facility of procuring lodgings at the hotels and private houses, the reduced rents, and the diminished loungers in the streets. The weather is still fine, indeed unnaturally so. The heat for the last 10 or 12 days has been as intense as in the middle of July or August. It seems to have approached a crisis, however, and from certain indications it will not last much longer. The first few days of wet or cold will disperse those who still linger in this delightful retreat, and Biarritz will soon be deserted. The Emperor has not been well for the last week or so. He complains of severe headaches, owing perhaps to the prolonged heat of the weather and the influence of the atmo sphere saturated with electricity. No one can tell positively the date of his departure. They speak of the Bth, the 10th, or the 12th, and some think he will prolong his stay to the 15th inst. A good deal, however, depends on the weather. The mornings and evenings are still delicious, and neither Com piegne, St. Cloud, or Fontainebleau can for a mo ment compare with Biarritz in such a season. The Empress made an excursion on Friday last to Sarre, accompanied by a joyous and brilliant band. She ascended the Larrune, the highest and most majestic mountain in this part of the Pyrenees. Horses, mules, donkeys, cacolets—all were put in requisition for the occasion. At Sarre her Majesty was received with the customary demonstrations— ringing of bells, flags, triumphal arches, vivas, &c. The local authorities, as they have done from time immemorial, exhibited official enthusiasm as if it was just fresh from the Mint. A journal of the arondissement, affirms that the very mule that bore her Majesty was proud of his burthen. Very probably. But it could not he from novelty, as her Majesty is no stranger in this country. Years before the Second Empire was even dreamt o!' Montijo and her family were frequent visitors in these puts; and there is hardly a moun tain or village or a watering place they are • not fa miliar with. "As a delicate attention," the local chronicler observes, " and also to light the way for her . i.ijosty, the triumphal arch and the houses in toe vicinity were illuminated ; cleats,' were again uttered ; and her Majesty testified her complete satisfaction by graciously saluting those who uttered them." The Empress left Sarre at 9 p.m., and left marks of her bounty among the villagers. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. SOlllO malicious reports have lately been circu lated concerning Prince Napoleon and the Princess CI otilda. Amongst other things it was stated the Princess lived on such terms with her husband that she was about to retire from France, &c. There is no truth in such statements. The Princess may not think herself the mo►t fortunate wife in the world, but she is certainly by no means unhappy. The kindness she receives from the Empress, Prince Jerome, and the members of the Imperial family is frequently the subject of her conversation to those who know her intimately, whilst her husband never fails to show such attention to his bride as princes intend for affection. 13ouRu i Oct. 7.—The market has been dull. Threes have been done at 69f. 45c. and 69f. 65c., and are now at 69f. 55c. Mobilier varied from 807 f, 50c. to 815 f. ; Austrian, 545 f. to 550 f.; Lombard, 555 f. to 553 f. 75c.; Orleans, 1,370 f. to 1,375 f. ; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 910 f. ; Northern, 032 f. 50e. to 935 f, ; and Southern, 510 f. to 512 f. 50p, The following were the last quotations:— 41 per Cents. .... 95 50 I Credit Foneier 687 50 Do. end month .. I Belgian 4} — 3 per Cent 5....... 69 55 1 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 69 45 1 Inman 86750 Bank Shares 282,5 Austrian Cr6dit Mobilier .. SO7 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 810 Homo Debt 46 RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. ()ricotta . Northern 935 .. 932 50 New ditto 825 .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean 905 .. 905 (limeva 540 Southern Wes t,t Eastern Sard i niau Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95c. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the sth quotes a passage from the Pope's allocution relating to the Legations, in which it is stated that the King of Sardinia had appointed a Dictator there, and replied to it as follows :—" From the facts which are now of public notoriety, it appears, instead That the King's - Government did not appoint any Dic tator in Romagna, and not only refused the offer of the Dictatorship, but also that of a protectorate, made to him in June last by the people of Romagna. 2. That Major-Gen. Massimo d'Azeglio:was sent to Romagna with a purely military mission, and for the purpose of maintaining publie order. 3, and lastly, that the appointment of Chev. Leonetto Cipriani to the post of Governor-General of Ro magna was in the first instance made by the Pro visional Government of Romagna, and afterwards confirmed by the National Assembly, and that the King's Government had no part whatever in those acts." A Turin letter of the 4th says : " The military League of the centre assumes every day more importance both as regards the or ganisation of the commands and the new elements which come to reinforce it. Garibaldi is second in command. The three staffs are now completed; that of Fanti is at Modena, of Garibaldi at Bologna, and of Mezzacapo at Rimini. General Fanti is a man of regularity and precision, and is determined that the improvised army shall be effective. Every. thing is beginning to be in order. There was a lack of cavalry, and thirteen new squadrons have been formed. Officers will no longer be selected by chance, Fanti having organised at Modena a school of officers, which works well. In short, in this League, in which enthusiasm chiefly prevailed, a vigorous hand is now felt, and it may be said that the League has gained a hundred per cent. The number of volunteers from Venetia increases every day ; from the 23d to the 28th Sept., more than 700 arrived in the Duchies, and a great many more have, reached Ferrara and Bologna. Among the refugees from Venetia are many intelligent young men, several belonging to the class of artists. As may readily be supposed great agitation prevails in Venetia, especially in tho districts nearest the Po. The name of Garibaldi influences everybody, and a popular rising in those parts would not cause more surprise than one in the Abruzzo. Towards Rimini, desertions from the Papal army augment the number of soldiers of the Army of Indepen dence. Although the Pontifical pay is high, de serters are so numerous that General Kalbermatten is obliged to take precautions of every kind, and to increase the number of patrols." The Indipendemte of Turin states that Prince Eugene of Carignan will probably be intrusted with the Government of Tuscany, Parma, Modena, and Romagna in the name of the King of Sardinia until the Congress shall have decided the question of their future constitution. The Verona Gazette publishes a protest from the officers of the Modenese army against the acts of the present Government of Modena. The Staffetta of Turin announces that Austria has consented to restore the Iron Crown to Lom bardy. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter says :—" It may be remembered that during the late war, when the Treasury was exhausted and altogether unable to supply the urgent wants of the army, the Emperor Francis Joseph was compelled to make an appeal to the taxpayers, and accordingly decreed, on May 13, a very considerable increase on all the direct taxes throughout the empire; but that augmentation was to be limited to the duration of the war in Italy. It was therefore expected that, after the peace of Villafranca, the taxes would be reduced to their normal state. That hope, it now appears, will not be realised, for a new decree has j us t appeare d , pro l ong i ng thein creased rate of direct taxes to the Ist Nov., 1860. The additional burden thus imposed on the tax payers amounts to one-half on the land-tax, one sixth on the other direct taxes generally, and one fifth on the income-tax ; lastly, it is directed that one-fifth shall be deducted from the half-yearly payments of the interest of the national debt." PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter says :—" The Ministry of War is actively occupied with different measures for the reorganisation of the army. It appears certain that the cavalry of the Landwehr will be dis solved, and that nine new regiments of cavalry of the Line will be formed. This will cause a diminution of at least 27 regiments of cavalry —a diminution which all military authorities who have studied the new fire-arms re commend. These authorities, in fact, say that henceforth cavalry will not play in battles the decisive part which it did formerly, and that a numerous well-armed infantry is pre ferable to cavalry, which is expensive and difficult to keep in readiness for a campaign. The Ministry of Commerce is preparing a map of twelve sheets of all the roads and railways in Prussia and in the neighbouring countries. Most Go vernmen t s h ave placed at its disposition the materials necessary for making the map as exact as possible; but from Russia and Poland the information has not been supplied." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3d do riot contain any news. One of them mentions a report , that the Emperor of Morocco had applied for another delay to comply with the demands of the Spanish Cabinet, but that it had been rejected. THE EXPLOSION ON THE LEWES RAILWAY.— The investigation into the cause of the explosion of a loco motive engine on the Lewes branch of the London and Brighton Railway, on Monday night, was brought to a conclusion yesterday afternoon. Evidence having been given that the boiler and the engine had been regularly tested and examined, and Mr. Craven, the locomotive superintendent of- the London and Brighton Company, having, given his opinion that the explosion was caused by excess of pressure, and not from an insufficiency of water, the jury proceeded to examine several practical men re specting the construction and condition of the boiler. After the summing up of the coroner, the jury deliberated about twenty minutes, and then returned the following verdict:— " That the explosion was- caused by an excess of steam pressure beycnd that to whUh the steam valve was screwed down, but there was no evidence to show how such inr creased pressure was obtained. The jury recommend that every locomotive engine should be provided with a locked up safety valve beyond the control of the driver, in addi tion to the valves now in use, and that some regulation should be prescribed for ascertaining with more exactness than at present the weight to be taken by engines on rail way goods trains." In the course of his evidence Mr. Craven stated that since this explosion he had seriously thought of the advisability of putting an extra safety Talve in addition to the two now in general use. AUSTRALIA. We have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 18th of August, and from Sydney to the 13th of August. The dissolution of the old Parliament was pro claimed on the 10th instant, and the writs for the new elections were issued immediately afterwards. We are now, therefore in the very midst of the ex citement of a general election. The entire num ber of members in the reformed Assembly will be seventy-eight ; and although it was made a serious charge against the present Ministry that they did not extend the number to upwards of 90, so as to allow of an ample representation of the " masses," yet it is already evident that the smaller number will pretty nearly exhaust the legislatorial capabi lities of the colony at the present time. The masses, that is to say, the entire body of the colo nists—will be as fully represented in the new house as they need to be, if there be any virtue in an unrestricted franchise and the ballot. (From the Melbourne Herald, Aug 17.) Some of the Ministers have delivered their electionering addresses They speak in the tone of men who are deply conscious they they lie under the heavy weight of a well-deserved unpopularity, and that their tenure of office is rapidly drawing to a close. There can be little doubt that the result of the elections will show a large majority of men prepared to support a vote of want of confidence in the Government, or that a vote of that kind will be amongst the very first resolutions moved in the new house. The new house will therefore pro bably assemble early in October. The long-pending differences between the Go vernment and the Geelong Railway Company are now, we are glad to say, in a fair way towards a speedy and'satisfactory adjustement. A meeting of the colonial shareholders, held some weeks ago, agreed to a proposition ratifying the decision of the English shareholders, that the line should be sold to the Government without reserve. Nothing remains but the determination of the exact terms of purchase. THE WRECK OF THE ADMELLA. One of the most frightful shipwrecks which ever occurred on the Australian coast, has taken place within the last few days, near Cape Northumber land, about 30 miles to the west of the imaginary line separating Victoria from South Australia. The sacrifice of life, although large, upwards of 50 persons having been lost, is not the most horri ble part of the catastrophe. The sufferings of the unfortunate survivors exceed anything 'we ever read of in the history of shipwreck and disaster at sea. For seven days they were on the wreck, during five of which they were without food of any description. The Admella was a fine steamer of about 600 tons burthen, and 300 horse power, and has been regu larly trading between Adelaide and Melbourne for the last two years. She left the former port on the sth August, and at about half-past four the follow ing morning, while running at full speed, struck on Carpenters's Reef. The following is the statement of one of the sur vivors : James Hutchison, chief mate of the Admella, states—Saturday morning, Aug. 6, relieved the captain at 4 a m., steering her usual course by com pass ; morning very thick, with much lightning ; a look-out on the bridge. Ship struck at 4.30 a.m., and in less than ten minutes she was in three pieces ; about 40 people continued clinging to the bow portion for two days, when they were nearly all washed off and lost, with the exception of about fifteen, who were brought to the after part of the vessel by means of a rope. Some very harrowing scenes of separation among the families of th© fore cabin passengers occurred at this time. All the provisions that were saved in the first instance was one filter full of water, a small bag of almonds, about 201 b of cheese, half a ham, 101 b beef, 8 bottles of porter, and one bottle of whisky. Might have saved some brandy, but no one desired to risk the drink ing it. Put one case on one side, but this and all the small stock of provisions were washed away dur ing Sunday night, so that they tasted nothing since Monday morning; the surf breaking over them night and day, yet all appeared composed and col lected. Each night carried off its victims—about twenty died on Tuesday night from the cold—it was a bitter night ; deaths were so frequent as to lose all terrors to the survivors, who looked cal lously on. Captain Harrison, of the Waitemata, did all man could do, diving for provisions ; he suffered so much from the exertion, that he died from ex haustion on board, close to Rochfort. Margarey was the most anxious of all to venture going on shore. He was continually wishing to make at , tempts, but on Wednesday fell overboard by acci dent. He was kept floating by a life-buoy for a time, and finally sank about three .hundred yards from the wreck. Three days before, Margarey generously gave a large warm coat to Rochfort, -which was the means of saving his and Fisher's life. The people had no shelter whatever. They sat on the top rail, with their feet resting on a moulding fore and aft the ship. They contrived to place three cabin seats from rail to mizen rigging, which gave resting room for about twenty. When the boat from the Lady Bird was necessitated to return the first time they all despaired of being saved ; their anxiety was brought to an extremity' when they saw their deliverers only about a boat's length from a large rock, which had they struck, must have launched all into eternity. The country near where the wreck took place is very thinly populated, and it was not till Monday morning that the two sailors who had got ashore on a raft reported the calamitous accident to the lighthouse-keepers at Cape Northumberland. In formation was immediately sent to the nearest tele graph.station at Mount Gambier, whence it was communicated to Melbourne and Adelaide. It was at first supposed that there were no more survivors, and the S. A. Government contented themselves with sending the Corio, the Havilah being out of order at the time. The Victorian Government did nothing. On Tuesday a number of people from Mount Gambier visited the scene of the wreck, and discovered that a number of people were still alive, but this fact was not known in Melbourne till Wednesday morning. The Messrs. Henty imme diately ordered the Lady Bird, then lying at Bel fast, to proceed at once to the wreck, and made ap plication to the chief secretary to guarantee the increased insurance, which was refused. Tho Corio did not reach the wreck until Wednes day night. On the following morning she launched her lifeboat, but the sea was too heavy to permit her to approach the wreck. One of the boats of the Admella, which had been washed on shore, was also unable to cope with the sea. The Lady Bird was unable to find the wreck, and 1 , had to return to Portland for information, so that it was Frid a y a t m id-d ay b e f ore she reached the spot. Equally unavailing were the efforts of her crew, augmented by a number of experienced whalers from Portland, to effect a communication with the wreck. The seventh night closed upon the wretched survivors, now reduced to 27, their hopes of relief almost utterly extinguished. Four men died during the night. Another little steamer from Guichen Bay, the Ant, but unprovided with effective means for rendering assistance, nowreached the wreck. On Saturday morning the sea was calmer than it had been at any previous time, and the various boats' crews resumed their attempts. Success at last rewarded their efforts. Nineteen were safely conveyed on board the Lady Bird, and four reached the shore. No life was lost in the final operations. The state of all th e surv i vors was something be tween death and life, but we are happy to add that they are all progressing favourably, although not quite beyond danger. The excitement which prevailed in Melbourne and Geelong from the Wednesday when it was first generally known that there were a number of per sons still alive on the wreck up to the Saturday night, when it became known that the Lady Bird had succeeded in rescuing 19 lives, and that three had been taken on shore by the Corie, beggars description. Telegrams arrived almost hourly from Mount Gambier, and the most intense feeling per vaded every class of society. H.M.S. Niger, which arrived from Ceylon on Wednesday, was sent to the scene of the wreck on the Friday evening, with a number of experienced boatmen selected from among the Sandridge watermen, A great deal of feeling has been manifested against the Govern ment for the apathy they evinced, and a liberal subscription is being raised to remunerate the crew of the Lady Bird and the boatmen employed in rescuing the sufferers. The following is a list of the passengers and crew, but we are not quite sure of its correctness. It will be seen that upwards of 50 persons have lost their lives :—Mr. J. Magarey, Mr. Whittaker, Mr. H. Fisher, saved ; Mr. G. Fisher, Mr. Holbrook, Mr. James Miller, saved ; Dr. Vaux, of ship Nor folk ; Miss Ledruth, saved ; Capt. Harrison, Mr. Woods, Mr. J. Itochfort, saved ; David Peters, Robert Wright, saved; Charles Locke, saved; Mr. Thomas O'Halloran, saved : Mr. Michael Forester. saved ; Mrs. Goold ; Mrs. Cookson, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Glyn, Mr. John Battrick, Mr. Hugh M'lnnes, saved ; Mr. and Mrs. John Wat son , Mrs. Bowie, Irs. Beith and three children ; Mrs. Ram say, Mr. Fernando Bade, Mr. Edwin Cnamhers, Mr. Thomas Richardson, saved ; Mr. and Mrs. George Forster, George and Hester Watkins : Eliza Paul, Charlotte Shott and four children ; Miss Nugent, John Tregeagle, Patrick Arthur, John Carmichael. Allan Webb, Underwood, jun- ; T. 11Iensforth, B. Baker, George Warn, saved ; John Webb, saved ; J. M'Dermott, saved ; Patrick Carrig, saved; Andrew Follar, saved ; Thomas Davis, saved; Captain *Ewen, saved; James Hutchison, chief officer, saved ; G. B. M‘Nair, purser, saved ; Simon Munro, first engineer ; J. Johnson, second mate; Walter Brown, second en gineer ; Miss C. Glendinning, stewardess ; Mary Meagher, assistant; James Hare, first steward; J. Ors, first cook ; four firemen, names unknown. THE GOLD FIELDS. Since our last summary was compiled the Govern ment Escorts have brought to Melbourne 170,560 ounces of gold; the quantity for the month show ing a decrease on that of the corresponding periods o(1858 and 1857, of 17,637 oz. and 38,689 respec tively. The shipments during the month show an in crease on the amounts exported daring the same weeks of the two previous years, viz., of 13,523 oz. over 1858, and 30,520 oz. over 1857. The following statement exhibits the quantity of gold transmitted by escort and shipped during the several periods referred to : ESCORTS. 1859. lB5B. 1857. Week ended Oz. Oz. Oz. July 23 „ 30 Aug. 6 „ 13 Totals 170,560 .. 138,197 209,249 ----------- SHIPMENTS. 1859. 1858. 1857. Week onded Oz. Oz. Oz. July 23 „ 30 Aug. 6 „ 13 Totals 203,948 190,425 173,423 The Back Creek no longer continues to excite the great interest which for some months past it has commanded. The population is gradually dis persing. At the Balaclava lead, on the Alma dig gings, a valuable gutter has been lately struck, but although the deposits are very rich, the capacity of the lead to employ remuneratively a number of miners is limited, and consequently the great body of seceders from Back Creek have been compelled to look further a-field. Within the last fortnight an important rush has taken place to some newly-dis covered diggings between Sandy Creek and the Loddon, which are reported to be extensively auri ferous. About 1,000 miners have recently congre gated upon some newly opened ground in Clowes Forest, and other alluvial sinkings, of which favourable reports are t o h an d, have taken place at the Mountain Hut, Elysian Flat, and other locali ties. A few nuggets, generally of small size, have been found during the month. The quartz reefs continue to employ a large pro portion of our mining population, and fresh disco veries are almost daily taking place. At Pleasant Creek this description of mining is now almost the sole occupation of the people there ; and at Bendigo, Tarrengower, Campbell's Creek, Avoca, Mary borough, and Reedy Creek, the reefs are being thoroughly worked. A few days ago 70 tons of quartz from a claim at Reedy Creek, when crusled yielded gold of the value of £5,700. We have had reason to congratulate ourselves on the general improvement which has, under the auspices of the P. a n d 0. Company, been, effected in the management of the postal service. With the exception of that absurd and mischievous regulation, which renders it necessary for each steamer to call en route to and from Hobson's Bay at Kangaroo Island, the existing system promisee to work well, and to confer upon this community all the advan tages to be derived from a judicious organised ser vice. Capt. Price, of the Donald M'Kay, having been sued by 47 of the passengers to Melbourne by that vessel, for serving out bad provisions during the voyage, was fined £47, at the rate of £1 for each information. The magistrates considered that the flour only had been proved to be damaged. Captain G. D. Pitt has received the appointment of Deputy Adjutant-General, in the room of the late Lieut.-Colonel Neill, killed by a fall from hie horse. Mr. Gisborne, the agent of some English capi talists who wish to extend the submarine telegraph from Batavia to Moreton Bay, by way of Timor, Port Essington, and Cape York, arrived here by the July mail. His projects have been favourably received, and though public opinion here was previously in favour of the line of tele graphic following that of mail communication, by King George's Sound and Swan. River, he has suc ceeded in advancing such excellent reasons for the route he advocates, as to have made converts of most people. The first sod of the Melbourne and Essendon Railway was turned by b_is Excellency Sir Henry Barkly on the 23d ult. The lino will in the first instance run to Essendon only, but the intention of the directors is to push it on to Kilmore, and by degrees to Beech Worth and the Murray. The Red Jacket, while on her voyage from Liver pool to this port, had the misfortune to run down the Elizabeth Walker. The crew of the latter had only just time to climb on board the Red Jacket when their own vessel foundered. The accident occurred at one a.m. on the 13th of June, the posi tion of the Red Jacket at the time being 30 dog -40 min. S., and 36 deg. 40 min. W. The damage to the latter was but trifling, and was easily re paired. In the matter of theatrical novelty there is not much to report this month. The chief event has undoubtedly been the production, at the Theatre Royal, of " Coriolanus, Mr. Brooke, for the first time in his life, impersonating the principal cha racter. Mr. Brooke's Coriolanus is considered. here to be one of his best parts, and for once public opinion is unanimous on the subject. Mrs. Vickery was moderately commendable as Volumnia, and Mr. R. Heir made a respectabie Tullus Aufidius. The management of the Olympic have revived, with tolerable success, the extravaganza " The Seven Castles of the Passions." Wizard entertain ments are at present the staple amusement, Pro' fessor Ericksen, a Scandinavian conjuror, having appeared, and P ro f essor Anderson being announced to perform for six nights, opening to-morrow night in the character of Rob Roy. At the Princess's Theatre, since the withdrawal of Miss Mary "Provost, Mr. Fawcett and Miss Fanny Wernham have been carrying on the cam paign with melodrama. The "Black Doctor" has recently been produced with moderate success. Mr. Farquharson is at present in Melbourne, and contemplates giving a series of entertainment shortly. Mr. L. Lavenu, known in England as the cons poser of the opera of " Loretta," died at Sydney on the 31st ult., after a few days' illness. The cause of death was inflammation of the bowels. SYDNEY. The elections have been completed, and the neW parliament was summoned for the 30th August. Tho Sydney Herald thinks that the Government will succeed in the:r support of the late occupant of the chair of the Assembly, Sir Daniel Cooper, and that he will also receive the support of many of the most influential members of the Opposition. " The opening speech of the Governor General will," sale the same journal, "no doubt provoke debate. It will necessarily involve suggestive measures for the internal defence of the colony against foreign air gressions. The interest felt in the colony on We subject is strong, and it is not unlikely th at t h e go vernment will be able to command a temporary majority." M _R. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean commenced their tour in the provinces at the Exeter Theatre, on Wednesday night. The audience lase large and fashionable, and the performance of the distin guished actor and actress in " The Gamester" were most warmly applauded. MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON, M.P.—We are happy to state that Mr. Robert Stephenson was somewhat better yesterday. His physician thinks rather more favourably of the case, without, however, considering him out of danger* PORT OF GRIMSBY.—In consequence of the large and steady increase of trade at the port of Grimsby, We understand the Customs' establishment has been recently revised—the salaries of the officers having been raised, and a considerable addition made to the staff.—Civil Servia Gazette. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Oct. 7.—The reaction which set in last week continues, and we have a limited business to report, though the tone of the market is equal to what it was six or eight days ago. Domestics are in less demand, and some concession has been made IS price, but small in amount and not very general. Long cloths and T are also quiet. Printing cloths are firm a nd the engagements considerable, but buyers are running loot in stock rather than renew engagements. For 36. inch shirting makers are well under orders, and prices are steady though there is net much new business. For 40-inch shirtings the business is small, and the bias of prices is in favour of buyers. Calcutta telegrams to September 4 sal prices were again lower, but there were no further failures. Bombay advices are contradictory, some saying that prices are unchanged, and others that they were lower. The yarn market continues dull, and sellers are more anxious to make sales. For counts under 90's prices are id. to id. per lb. lower than last week. EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT BY A POST-OFFICE INSPECTOR.—At the Salford Borough Police Court, yester day, Edward ,C. Windsor, described as a Post-office In spector, was charged with violently assaulting a cabman named Francis Jones. It was stated that on the Ist of September last, the complainant was driving Mr. Withing ton, a surgeon, of Pendleton, and his wife toward s Pendle ton, in his cab. H e met defendant and another gentleman driving a pony - carriage in the opposite direction. The de fendant's pony was going at a fast gallop. and complainant believed the vehicles would have come into collision had he not struck the pony with his whip so as to make it turn aside. When Mr. and Mrs. Withingten were alighting at their house in Pendleton, defendant ca me up, se i zed t h e cabman by th e th roat, an d foreed him against some railing~ till blood issued from his mouth, Windsor's friend sepa rated them, but as the cabman was being led into Mr. Withington's house the defendant again rushed upon him struck him several limos in the face, and kicked him in the ribs, so that the complainant became for a time insensible. It was stated that complainant lost a pint and a half of blood, and was nearly choked. Defendant had been absent in Scotland shooting ever since. He was committed for trial at the sessions.