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 which rain commenced to fall rather heavily. It cleared up again about a quarter to 3 o'clock, and was fair at 4. rrHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE " Under the Management of Miss L. Tyne and Mr. W. Harrison. ----- TIIIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Miss Louisa Pyne,:Mis3 Susan.ryne, Miss M. Prescott ; Mr. Fer dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Money, Mr. Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. - - - To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilla Michelet, Pasquale, and 3lorlacchi. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstono. THIS EVENING will be performed WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE : Messrs. Howe, W.Farren, &C. ; Mesdames Sinclair, Wilkins, Fzc. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Nena. With GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRA.DSHAW. And SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES ; 01, Alen of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss %S oolgar), 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 THEAT RE, lU Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NOTHING TO NURSE; Mr. Swan borough, Mrs. Selby. After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs. C. Selby, .J. Bland, and J. Clarke, Stc. . Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. Commence at 7 o'clock. fIANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. — ki OPEN EVERT EVENING.—The following Company of 'Vocalists are engaled for the performance of Selections rum all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DIfETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunch, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jon ton Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker , W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens , Mr . Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonglimans. Commence at prwisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce tnat in the month of October, A FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in eon. nexion with the above Hall. THE WEATHER.—SUN 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. BAnoNETER-20 . 27-t-a rise of half an inch since Tester. day. WIND, North-Westerly ; light, and fine. Two o'clock—Heavy clouds, indicating rain or a thun 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 is 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 displeasure. 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 infcrmation, if either Lord PALMERSTON Or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or any of its other pets held the seals 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 amenable 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 en such a point, admirably put for war d by, a gentleman -writing under the none de plume of " Fairplay," ,whose letter will be found in .another part of our impression. Lord DERBY, who, with true British spirit, was attacheeto British sports, found that the cares of office which had rather been c ast on than sought by him, were incompatible with, the recreations which he had allowed himself—and which his ample fortune fully justified—determinei to sell off his stud, and to- withdraw from the turf, at least for the time being. But there was no preso'ng erect; tor, 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. Thi s di not suit the " hard calculators—the men th a t thi n 'k there must be alarming sacrifices," by Which thee v play profit at the expense of the right. .g• • • t ,10, 5 ,1.0 .• mA L., ser .1 • - .02 Pew' "Ve „,•-, 461 401111jb t ,. b - kar - •' ful owners. The good faith of the Premier may be tested by a very simple inquiry—Was there a single lot in the catalogue marke 1 at an exorbitant or extravagant price ? It is true thatl*the reserved bidding on Toxophilite was three thousand guineas, but *I at 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 Ales 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 sale, 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 known 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 of eloquence. The affluence 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 monumentum requiris, cireumspice 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 sides, 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 Eloge on Sir ISAAC NEWTON, Lord BROUGHAM heaped together, 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 a 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- Cipia" 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 flu xions, 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 whom genius entitles him, in the 'literal meaning of the words, to that singu larly 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 forniof the planetary orbits, upon HUYGENS' 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 CoLumnus,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 formulas analytically deduced." Enough, however —the speech itself should be read in its pntirety 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 w i s d om of the past viewed from the height of this 19th century. It is homage to NEWTON—but. it also an honour to BROUGHAM. We hhve read delighted, down to its last syllable, this latest address from the lips of-7--" the Old 3.10 n Eloquent !" 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 9421. 50c. ; Lyons, 8771. 50c. to 8801. ; Northern, 985 f. 'to 987 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 735 f. to 740 f. ; Southern, 600 f. to 605 f. ; and Orleans, 1,420 f. to 1,425 f. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 95 80 Credit Foncier 670 Do. end month .. 96 Belgian 4f — 3 per Cents. 72 60 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 72 70 Roman — Bank Shares. 3lOO Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 930 Spanish Threes Do. Account' 935 Home Debt 4ok THE SuN, LONDON', FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24 , 1968. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 23. The Cumberland, 70, Captain Rogers, will move into the' Sound to-morrow, and will sail in a day or two for the south-east coast of America. The Donegal will be launched to-day- at five o'clock. The Endymion, Hamadryad, 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, on 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. RAILWAYS Account. 1422 50 985 830 Cash. 1420 985 Orleans Northern New ditto • Lyons and. Mediterranean 877 50 .. New ditto Geneva Midi Western Eastern Grand Central Sardiniau Austrian 667 50 .. 672 50 Exchange on London, at sight,'paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 17ic. ; three months, paper, 25f. 2}c. ; money, 25f. 645 - 645 597 50 .. GOO - 645 - .. 646 25 740 - 741 25 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 says:— " 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 : 7 "On the eve of Lord Elgin's departure Lord Clarendon invited and received (May 12, 1857) from this body the following, " SUGGESTED HEADS OP A NEW TREATY WITH CHINA. " ' I. Peace and amity; propetion to persons and pro perty throughout China. " 11. 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 produce may 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 dealin g s and debts, at present merely nominal, to be made more effectually reciprocal. " ' IX. 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. . 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 its an encouragement to Chinese to settle permanently in British and other foreign States. " ' XIV. Establishment of a mint at Hong Kong to coin there a British dollar s with the suggestion that it be made 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. " XVII. 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 may 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." ANDERSSON, THE TR:IVELLER.—Int( lligence has been received here from Mr. Charles Anderk son (the author of " Lake 'Ngami"), who has undertaken to explore the Ovampo country in the direction of the river Cunen6. It appears that, after successfully prosecuting several hun dred miles of his journey, lie was compelled to return, owing to the scarcity of water and the duplicity of his gl ides. Andersson, however is a man of indomitable energy, and is still sauguine of ultimate- Success: • According to_tlie last advises, he was preparing for a third attempt to force his passage inland, by a different route from any tried by Yln before.—. Gaye .thvus, Aug. 12. 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 vol m- ers. 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. 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, Lieut. 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, having finished 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. Subsequent 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 inclia 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, which 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 limes :—" Nothing need be added to the excellent letter of An Eye-Witness,' whose 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 h e on ly c h ooses 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 th e governor to enable' him 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 pockets full, ripe for temptation, is taken to the 'railway station at Wey mouth, his faro 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 sonic 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 me 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 reform. 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 £l6 a i year to prevent crime by educating. a vagabond Loy than to pay £3O a year to maintain the grow n _ up felon at Portland or "Wakefield., That England does not adopt the cheaper course, although cot. land does, is a matter that seriously calls for public notice,--I air, sir, your obedient servant, " MEM WILLIAM BELL. " The Boy' Home, 41, Euston-road' STANFOR. A superb map of Europe has just been issued from the establishment of Mr. Edw - ard 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 50.8,235 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 miles. Furthermore, it is especially deserving of note, in regard to Mr. Stanford's Map of Enrope, 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 Donaglia 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 our tables, thrust into a convenient place upon 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. LYCEUM THEATRE. The success of Mr. Falconer's new corned; ,‘ 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 superiluous and ineffective matter, and it now pro ceeds briskly along to the marked content of the audience. 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 Mr. 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 his comedy by playing the character So little justice did Mr. Falconer do to the 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 Mr. 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 rousing his 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 hive so long placed her in the full light of public favour. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. - SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The Tagus steamer, Capt. Christian, has arrived with the Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieutenant Charlton, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are — Gibraltar, Sept. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; and Oporto and Vigo, 20. She brings 11,615 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 P•luin 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-a to 3, and closed with money over at the latter rate. Paris, 531 ; Amsterdam, 423 ; Hamburg, 47'4 ; Genoa, 528. Transactions in stocks limited, with a slight improvement, the Three per Cent. Registered leav ing off at 473 to ; Coupons, 464 to 3 ; Deferred, 304 to 4 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 63 to 7 per cent. prem. ; Oporto Bank shares, 24 to 25 per cent. preen: ex div. The steamship Valetta, with the outward mails, arrived at Vigo on the 20th. A DEFENCE OF LORD DERBY. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times:-- Sir,—The Times of this morning contains a severe attack upon 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 Derby, 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 accordingl! instructed Messrs. Tattersall to advertise for sale a large proportion of his stud, including all the horse s now in training, or about to be put in training for their engagements ; but he never gave out that the animals' thus advertised were to be sold with out reserve. On the contrary, the terms of the advertisement implied that reserved prices would be put upon them or on most of them, and this was well known to every one who attended the sale; or who is in any way connected with the turf. Accordingly the horses which were of little value were left to go for what they would 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 unreasonable is proved by the fact that out of seven yearlings offered for sale five were actually sold. 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 de a li ng w ith Lord Palmerston (who in a smaller way i s lik ew i se o n 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 th e i r appearan ce (technically called make and shape), and partly on the goodness or badness of their engagements, and that the high price which Lord Derby is said to have asked for Toxophilite was, no do . ubt, calculated upon the almost certain profit which . (barring accidents) must be derived from his very advantageous engagenientS.7-4 s :r, your obedient servant, September 21. FAIRPLAY, EUROPE. THE STORE AND CLOTHING DEPOTS AT JFEEDON. 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 Thamos 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 boot-contracter) who he said 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 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—lt 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 influence them to pass a particular contractor's work, as he 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 viewers. 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 ? 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, some 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 low 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 five 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. I have packed some cloth which arrived 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 what 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--Undet whose directions did you pack the goods'? Witness , 4 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—l 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. Selfe—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—clothing for China, perhaps —in a piece of canvass quite unfit for service and without paper. 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 quisition 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 suppose you could get the tarpauling if the 15 months I w as a t W eedon you had Witness —During itnes r s eq_u n ird it ? ur e ing I never saw a yard of white tarpauling used for any purp ose. 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 thorn to you now. Mr, Turne-WilY Witness—Because I have not got my dairy (diary) with me. Mr. Turner—Then you can't give us the cream of it ? (Laughter.) Mr. Hebden was then examined by Mr. Selfe—ln 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. I am 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 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 goods 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 in the Government cloth unless it is patk in very 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 P Witness—Yes. He is the packer of the rejected cloths at Weedon. Mr. Selfe—Can you tell us the names 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.) CLERKENVELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Imes.) TUCKER V. FRANCE.-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 he 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 at that time plaintiff was 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 was 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 OP 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 Londen Brigade were sent for, as well as the Royal fire escapes, which promptly arrived. When the smoke and dust had in some de gr ee cleared away a pitiable scene presented, itself. he 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 Nun eham, 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. Welford., the con ductor of the Royal fire escape from Bridge-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 ruins. The city authorities intend to instipte a most searching investigation. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 23. Arrivals, Sept. 19th—Fidelio, C. R. Colvile, Esq., M.P'' from Norway. 20th—The Stella, Lord Dalkeith, fro Plymouth. 21st—Columbine, Capt. R. H. Smith-Berl' from the Western Ports ; The Cissey, John Dunn, EK' 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 Caprieot Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P. ; c a . Titania, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. ; The Fidelio, R. Colvile, Esq. M.P. ; The Petrel, Philip Pereeval, Esq'; The Stella, Lord Dalkeith ; The Minstrel 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.—Gum* ea, for Demerara. LIMERICK, Sept 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Eva, froV Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 23.—Wind Tagus (s), from Gibraltar. FOWEY, Sept. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Revenir, f or Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH Sept. 23.—Wind Indiana (ss), from Calcutta,. STROMNESS, Sept. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—ll er Majesty's steamer Jackall, from a cruise. NEWPORT, Sept. 23.—Wind S.—Salled—George : W eSt ' for Jamaica. COWES, Sept. 23.--Wind W.—Arrived—lndiana (84, 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. Liv - EnrooL, Friday Morning- Wind N.W., fresh. Arrived, Sept. 24—Pactolus, screw steamer, from Ale r andria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning• Wind N.W.; tide, one hour's flood ; weather fine. La Arrived, Sept. 24—Mary B. Rich, from Sagua Grande. THE HIGHLANDS.—The following are among the fashionable arrivals lately at Obans:—Duke of Sather'land, land, Duke an d D uc h ess o f Leeds Lord and LadY OW" william, Countes s o f D unmore , L or d and Lady Comp t°,s l ' Earl of Orkney, Lord Campbell, Lord and Lady M t Do na " Lord Hamilton, Earl and Countess Grey, Lord Inges tr d e :, Lord and Lady Townsend, Lord and Lady Chesham, Maria Alford, Lady Constance Murray, Lady Th" -- mouth, Lady Boltland, Lady Leicester, Lord lqiddif: ton, Lord and Lady Eleho, Lord Corton, Lord g Lon , borough, Lord and Lady Abinger, Lady DallnPd e s , Lord Deas, Lady M'Kenzie, Lord Malmesbury, Walker, Lord Blantyre, Marquis of Stafford, Count Pa i on , . Hon. Mr. Campbell, Lord Cranworth, Lord Listowell, H. Meade, Mr. Ellis, M.P. ; Mr. Gladstone, M.P. Dalglish, M.P. ; Mr. Child, M.P. ; Sir E. Sandfora , ...4 H. Campbell, Sir W. Baillie, Sir J. Paxton, Sir MIX C. ; Steil, Sir Harry Jones, Sir John and Lady Stewart, , Admiral Eden, General Eden, Count Graf, Sehuleur t t Hanover, &c., &c. The weather is still beautiful, and steamers and coaches are in full play. Sir Edward Lugard arrived at Teignmouth, f i ,r ° „ ril t India, on Friday. The gallant general, who is in e%ceu e iio health and spirits, considering the great fatigue and oner° l , and difficult duties which his late command in Indi a I t ,, r posed upon him, paid a short visit to hi relatives at I C' e ,. . - d on Monday, and returned to Teignmoufh with his vide '— family the same afternoon. Letters from Vienna state that the trial of tire four students of Padua, accused of having troubled order in celebrating a mass for the repose of the soul IT co honour of Felice Orsini, has resulted m the acquital I v o of the number; the fourth has been condemned to months imprisonment. A new claimant for the Cahir title is in the —e el , Saunders' s Hews-letter makes the announcement following terms :—" We understand that the last nsail fro list the West Indies has brought information to the effect 2,1 Mr. Thomas Butler Power O'Brien, assistant,surg e°ll ' s to West India Regiment, is about to take immediate step establish his claim to the barony f Cahir • 4! 4:1,3 MOll Busi Marke quiet, rates, , sumpti rates N qualiti 3d. pe sales. 1 home 4 extent commc has be and flu full ra rather ings rates steady in val unwir early trams rates. Aoc Mark fully 10,001 ness N TI prop berlE wise least by t gold 11( ditt rat' ditl 171 Dc Al IC( M