The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

It is high time that masters, or, as they are termed, "captains," in the mercantile marine service, should profit by the many painful lessons they have received of late years, and learn that, though neces sarily entrusted with great power, they cannot abuse that power with impunity, or vent their wrath on innocent persons, whether they be passengers, or even seamen under their command. For a long time they had it all their own way—could indulge it► any amount of brutality, without any dread of being called to account ; or, if brought be fore a court for some great atrocity, the indiscretion was charitably ascribed to excessive zeal, and they escaped on payment of a mere nominal fine, a matter that never in the slightest degree influenced their future conduct. The conviction and execution of Captain ROGERS at Liverpool, and the transporta tion of his twoimates, produced a very salutary effect, showing that it' death followed, if an unfortunate victim perished from continued ill-treatment, whe ther produced from personal animosity or rough practical joking, the perpetrators would be held responsible to the law, and that the obsolete cant respecting the necessity !' of preserving discipline would no longer be tolerated in a court of justice. Since the execution of Captain ROGERS, another captain in the merchant service has been sentenced to penal servitude, and several have been called to account for driving their victims to suicide. This, however, is a comparatively safe game, for though morally murderers, being responsible in the sight of GOD for the deaths of the miserable sufferers, they could only be punished for common assaults, and even in such case the full machinery of the law was seldom, if ever, put in motion. It is not often, however, that these " Vikings" attempt to attack or insult gentlemen of rank and position who may chance to be passengers in the vessels of which they may be masters. They know that such cases cannot easily be hushed up—that they will eventually be called to a strict: account for their " sayings and doings ;" and that, although it may be very pleasant to exhibit spite towards per sons immeasurably their superiors in social position, education, and everything that constitutes a gentle man, it is rather a dangerous game to play, and may prove to be a very expensive luxury. Be sides it may give the ship an ill name. Cap tains too prone to put passengers into irons, or in any way abridge their liberties, will not find many, able and willing to pay a fair price for their accommodation, anxious to sail under such sinister auspices. For their own sakes, then, they would avoid such manifestations of ill-humour, but sometimes bad temper outruns discretion, and they vent their malevolence reckless of future conse quences. _ _ Such a case has been recently tried at Bristol, in which a gentleman named KROG was plaintiff, and Mr. HALE FRANKLIN, master of the ship Undaunted, was defendant. Mr. KROG was an advocate of the Scottish bar, son to an eminent member of the House of Assembly at the Cape of Good Hope, from which place, unfortunately for himself, he came as passenger to England on board the Undaunted. It happened that Captain FRANKLIN had serious differences with some of his military passengers before arriving at the Cape, and that in consequence many of them bad kept him at a " civil distance," giving only formal replies whenever addressed by him. He seems to have resorted to petty annoyances in order to avenge himself for what he was pleased to think their contumacy; and, accordingly, one evening at eight o'clock he ordered the lights to be extinguished, when a party of officers were engaged in a friendly rubber of whist. The usual time for so doing on board the Undaunted was eleven o'clock, but Captain FRANKLIN chose to anticipate the time by three hours. Mr. KROG was not in any way engaged in the game, but on hearing the extraordinary order, and feeling that he was better acquainted with the law than any of his fellow-passen gers, he declared that the steward had no right to remove the lights ; whereupon the captain, in his elegant phraseology, asked " Who the devil arelyou." On replying that his name was KROG, the captain repeated it in derisive and insulting tones, adding that he was captain of the ship, and would have the lights put out. Mr. KROG said, " You are captain of the ship and the crew, but the passengers are different as regards them; the ship is a sort of floating hotel, of which you are the landlord." This could not be borne—the indignant captain threatened to carry him to England in irons, and, what is more, carried out the threat, for Mr. Kxoo was kept in irons ten days in a close cabin, seven feet by six, until the doctor of the ship declared that he could not answer for his life were he longer kept in con finement. In this extraordinary case the jury gave the plaintiff £376 damages, not as a punishment for the brutality of the captain, but as compensation for the unmerited sufferings he had endured. The defendant himself, by his evidence, completely negatived the defence set up by the pleadings, that it was "to prevent a mutiny" that he had strained his authority to such an extent. He also admitted that he had threatened to pull Lieut. ARMSTRONG'S nose, 6 , because he was in a passion because his wife was in hysterics. He threatened Captai n Ilunr, and told Captain GRREN that he was ready t o meet him at 12 paces ; but' then " he was annoyed!'" He had an altercation w ith Dr. VBALE, an officer seriously wounded at L uc know, and jeered him on account of his wound. And this is the man empowered by the certificate of the Board of Trade to wield the authority which he has already, through mere petulance, so grossly abused ! We have no personal feeling against Captain FRANKLIN. We know nothing either of him or of any of the parties concerned, beyond the facts diaclored by the evidence, and the views taken by the learned judge and the jury in reference thereto. It is unquestionably a case that should be strictly investigated by the Board of Trade, so that it may be ascertained whether Captain FRANKLIN is a fit and proper person to be entrusted with despotic authority for the time being. Nor is it merely Captain FRANKLIN'S case that should be acted on. There are ma ny others, indeed they are of daily occurrence, iD which Certified masters greatly forget themselves, vulgar burglars, robbers, and murderers of bis time did not hesitate to pour his blood-stained legions into the peaceful provinces of Turkey, and to un sheath the sword whea Europe was at peace, merely 1 and purely for his own aggrandisement. On his head, and on the heads of his people who obeyed him when they ought to have treated him as other Russan despots have been treated, rests the curse of all the blood shed from Kalafat to Sebastopol and Circassia. No one ever ventured to defend this man of bloody ambition, this arch-offender against Europe, humanity, and the common laws of nations. No jury but a Russian one, and not every Russian one, could be found to offer an excuse for him. Yet this is the man whom, thanks to German in fluence with our Court, thanks to the leanings of despots to brother despots, and our governors' leanings to the relatives of our Crown—this is the man who escaped all direct penalty ! England paid some eighty millions, France probably as much more, to resist his villanies, yet he repaid none of it. We take indemnity of a million or two, it may be, from the comparatively innocent but helpless Emperor of China. We leave to the burglars of Europe the sinews of war—leave them their picklock keys and crowbars for the next attempt. By amercing the needy Court of Pekin we gain nothing but the saving to our pockets of a few pence. had we fined the CZARS in merely the pecuniary costs to which they put the Four Powers, we should not only have repaid the people the heavy sacrifices imposed upon them, but have taken security of the most aggressive of European powers to keep the peace for long to come. Who can deny that it looks almost like meanness to take a small indem nity from a weak Power, declared by half our own legislators to be guilty of no crime, while we allowed the criminal, whom all alike condemned, to walk off, boasting that he had punished the exchequers of four countries as much as his own ? We observe that in his speech at Sligo, Lord PALMERSTON lauded the terms of peace—they were such as no one would have thought of when the war began. That may be. But when we had spent eighty millions of money, and were in a position to enforce any just demand, it behoved his Lordship to show that we had obtained what we were entitled to ask. First and foremost amongst just demands was the one we have made on China ; and we repeat there was tenfold reason, both in equity and utility, for enforcing the same demand on Russia. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Thurs day next at Osborne. The summonses were issued yesterday. The Princess Anatoli Dariatinsky 'and family have left the Clarendon fur Shanklin, Isle of ‘Vight. The Earl and Countess Constance Grosrenor and family have arrived at Brighton, where they have taken a house on the Marine-parade. h F a e v n e t o a n r ' r s i v H e d o t a el t t f h ro e m aam P e ar c i s s t . Mr. and Mrs. C. Congouilke have arrived at ab r is r h . m a e n a d t f M ro r m s. Laaenoregaeshßirrern Mr. and Mrs. Mason have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. We regret to announce the demise of Mr. Charles Drummond, one of the active partne rs 00 0 f the well-known banking firm. Mr. Drummond die d on o r f laif f afternoon at Brighton. The deceased was brother Gen. Berkeley Drummond, and of the unfortunate Mr ai ; . vvard Drummond, many years private secretary of the la te . Peel. He was born 4th 'September, 1790, and mar ried 15 th July. 1819, the Hon. Mary Dulcibella Eden, sixth daug h t er th of William first Lord Auckland, by whom he le aves a numerous family. The prospectus of the Indian and Australian Telegraph i Company (limited), first section, was issued to day. the pro pose d capital being £500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O sack , svth a of preliminary deposit of 2s. per share. The directors are conducted in a is tb a c highest respectability, and their commercial position guarantee that operations will be is announced that the legitimate (. and straightforward manner. It ,raphic e b i rct of the undertaking is the ex tension of tele Asm Ji l u e n f ication from England and India by the Red Sea.ditto Government contem plate a continuance of the Red ' B ' e line by the land route any will be made Ceylon,ftroonls ing e t p h o e r o, first and section t obayllyth'i;urcami The success will be awarded i. Com pany, e d carried to Hong Kong and Australia. attend ing the laying of the Atlantic cable, and the subsidy to the promoters of the Red Sea and India Telegraph l uny, have induced the originators of this projeet 3 t, antici patenl Government assistance, and representations will forth with be made to the authorities to secure an adequate gua rantee. No doubt can be entertained but that a thorough connec tion between the whole of our Eastern and Austra lian dependencies will now be established, and that the works will be speedily commenced and carried out.— Norm:rig Herald. MURDER IN SCOTLAND.—The Bridge of Earn was on Saturday last the scene of a dreadful tragedy, which has caused the utmost excitement, not only among the inhabi tants of the place, but also among the numerous strangers who are at present sojourning there. The circumstances are these young man, a sailor, named Alexander Murray, aged 23 years, came—as usual when not employed at sea — to live with his grandmother, Mrs. Campbell, the widow of the late postmaster of this place. It appears that he reached the Bridge of Earn on Thursday night last from Greenock, where his vessel had arrived from Trinidad on the Sunday evening previous, and remained with his friends until about one o'clock of " the afternoon of Saturday last, when he expressed a wish to go out. This was mildly objected to' on the part of his grandmother, when he in stantly, and without the slightest warning, snatched up a breakfast knife from tbe table and plunged it with much force into her neck, severing the jugular vein and causing almost instantaneous death. Mrs. Campbell had just suffi cient strength before she fell to make her way two or three steps out of the room into the lobby, where she was found by her daughter, who had just the moment before left the room where they had been sitting. Oa attempting to lift her unfortunate mother the daughter was set upon by the young man, who, it is supposed, had he not dropped the fatal weapon in the room, would also have taken away her life. On assistance arriving be quietly left the house, and walked along the front street of the village, without shoes, coat, or hat, and with his hands and shirt all covered with blood, towards the bridge crossing the Earn, with the intention, as stated by him to the person who intercepted him, of casting himself into the river. He was without any difficulty lodged in the police-station till the arrival of the authorities from Perth in the evening, by whom be was conveyed to the Perth goal. The unfortunate young man was at an early age deprived of his parents, and had been brought up by his grandmother, to whom up to the fatal moment is had ever evinced deep gratitude and affection.. He evidently committed the fear ' ful deed when in a state of temporary insanity brought on by excessive drinking. It is said that he was some time ago confined for a few weeks in an asylum in London, shortly after his arrival there from one of his voyages, from the same cause. Such a melancholy event has cast a deep gloom over the district, where the parties were well-known and highly respected.—Daily Scotsman. THE MOORS.—As we anticipated, the moors pro mise to stand out well this season. The birds had attained v l a e u n g t e h d t e a r ti that s e t r f e a n u g e t a o s n at w fi in r g at, b t y n t t h h e e a l e 2 m t i h . m w u h rd ic e h rou p s re s of a lot of cheepers, yet grouse are not u n p lentiful, and, when the weather is favourable, the p robabilit y is that, for a considerable time to come—until the birds get thoroughly wild towards the end of the season—a good day's sport will reward the labours of the active and skil ful sportsman. On the 14th Lord March and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar were out shooting together in Blackwater, and had 52 brace grouse; Colonel Jebb and Mr. Cox had 36 brace. Monday was a still more successful day. Lord March and Mr. Cox shot about 70 brace, and Prince Edward and Colonel Jebb 42 brace. On Tuesday, Lord March and Colonel Jebb bagged 34 brace, the Prince and Mr. Cox 38 brace grouse and 3 hares • while on the 18th, Lord March and Mr. Cox had 27i brace, the Prince and Colonel Jebb 33 brace. Prince Edward and Colonel Jebb, on Thursday, had 34 brace, Lord March and Mr. Cox 42. Lord March and Colonel Jebb bad 20 brace on Friday, while Prince Edward's and Mr. Cox's success on that day was 57 brace. The grouse in Black water are getting very wild, and inclining to pack. At Glenfiddich, Lord Coventry and Colonel Napier shot 42 brace grouse on Monday, and 25 brace on Tuesday; while on Wednesday Lord Coventry, with Colonel Black, had 32 brace; Colonel Napier and the latter gentleman bagging, on Thursday, 15 brace, and on .Criday 25. The Du ice of Rich mond, on Friday, on his way from Glenfiddia to Black water auk back, un horseback, anti keeping tne roan the meat of the way, shot 27 brace of grouse and 3 hares. Two ' guns on the Itantadalloch moors had 20k brace grouse, 1 duck, a plover, and 2 hares after two o'clock on Wednesday, and on Saturday, after 1 o'clock, 401 brace grouse, 21 brace black game, and 1 hare. The party at Lagganauld continue to have excellent sport. Mr. Walker bagged on the 13th 45 brace grouse, and the Rev. J. King in a few hours had 81 brace. On the 14th Mr. Walker killed 57 brace grouse, and Mr. Hall 241 brace. On the 16th Mr. Walker had another remarkable day's sport-911 brace grouse and 3 hares, and had only 5 dogs; the Rev. Mr. King on the same day had 80 brace, 1 hare, and a wild duck. M. Hall killed on Tuesday 29 brace grower on Wednesday '251 brace and 4 hares ; on Friday 371 brace grouse, and on Saturday 28 brace grouse and 3 bares. Mr. alker on Wednesday bagged 49 brace; on Thur day, in less thin an hour, he had 7 brace, and on Friday made another achievement of 911 brace, ki ling on Saturday 271 brace. The Rev. Mr. King on Friday had 551 brace, and 18 brace grouse and 2 hares on Saturday. Lord Scarsdale, at Carrbridge, had 25 brace on the 16th, 11 brace, 2 hares, and 1 snipe on the 17th, and 9 brace grouse, 1 teal, a snipe, and 2 hares on the kith; Captain Holden and Mr. Bradshaw, on the same moors, killed 18 brace grouse and 4 hares on the 16th, 101 brace grouse on the 17th, and 201 brace grouse and 2 hares on the 19th. The sportsmen around Kiugussie have had rather different success as yet—from 3 to 15 brace—except Mr. Allsopp, who, on Glentrium, had 42 brace grouse on the 19th. Mr. W. B. Coltman, on Deskryside, bagged on the 12th, after mid-day, 30 brace grouse to his own gun, an] his party had pretty good sport also. Captain Arbuthnott, on the Strathfindsay hill, killed h r. on ve b ee n In hhoni fi ciee f btsslGe M i c r atn e e h a e s nau i c s ;ndoan r e idf s ovpo g . c 2v p: tilihh no eae d t t Gl5l b race i feel right hr u h ingono r i t o u l ti ee l tgnssaraeu.avet stagbhi dhse left r m da so Henry s many n as r ß e t 4n h o e . m t h th oil t i l e ir r e t e w , :c% s t t o ag o s f . Banffshire Journal. THE HARVEST IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—HaITeSt work in this neighbourhood, owing to the prevalence of rainy th weather, has keen suspended, and as the rain seems to have gnopna r r p nac : trkuluthtfesshysoekeeeras.oe2looinslo. D e n t o : t2 t hn i u oyie e p i 2Tt pi the e:tl tl killed otn h nd been general, a iinfilar cessation of labour has taken place throughout the kingdom. The unfavourable state of the weather commenced on Tuesday last, and Wednesday and Thursday were decidedly wet days, rain falling almost continually though most heavily. On Friday and Satur day there was an improvement, and occ.s'onally a fresh breeze prevailed. Yet out door work, so far as the harvest was concerned, could not be proceeded with, owing to the continued humidity of the grain. On Suuday the rising of the Larometer and other meteorological indications gave a promise of fine weather, which Monday and Tuesday fulfilled, and an active resumption of harvest operations will in all probability quickly take place. A considerable pro portion of the corn and barley crops is still standing, and in sheaf, in the fields, but has not, so far as we can learn, suf fered from the rain, which after the long term of dry weather that prevailed was especially serviceable to root crops and grass. At many mar*.ts, on Saturday last, samples of new wheat were sold, and leenerally it is spoken of as being in good condition, and selling at an advance of about is. per quarter. Some of the repot's represent the wheat in the districts spleen of as all housed and in " fine condition," the more detailed description being that " the grain is plump and well-fed, and heavy in bulk." In no instance do we observe any complaint made of the quality of the grain, except that in a few northern markets it is repre sented to be damp, and to be sold at a low price. With regard to the general character of the crop in quality some diversity of opinion continues to prevail. Whilst some affirm that notwithstanding the fine season, the yield is not !o satisfactory as was ex p ec t e d, ot h ers sta t e that the yield proving abundant. There is no doubt that the crop is a variable one, but on the whole the result is most satisfactory. The barley crop is represented as turning out better than was expected ; though some of the late sown in Oxfordshire and other counties will hardly pay the expense of harvest ing. The crop, taken as a whole, may be pronounced good, yet it is expected that superior samples of malting descrip tions will he fewer than usual. Oats, and beans and peas have improved in consequence of the late rains, but the two latter will still be deficient. As we have said, an extensive breadth of corn remains still to be cut ; yet, within afortnight, should the weather continue fine, all the crops will have been housed, and even then the harvest will be cempleted nearly a fortnight earlier than in the majority of years. The position of our own immediate district Is described in our preceding statements. From Lichfield we learn that a very large proportion of corn has been on many farms secured in excellent condition, and many samples have been brought to market. The recent rains have benefited the turnip., marigolds, and grass in an extraordinary degree. Very little is heard of the potato disease, and the crops are of an average yield. At Tamworth no injury from the late rains appears to have resulted to the corn, whilst real good has been done to the grass and turnips. In the neighbour hood of Burton-upon-Trent the rain has replenished the river, though, owing to its fall, chiefly in thunderstorms, no great pro7ress was made in harvesting operations. A good many potatoes have been got up, several samples of the "flukes" turning out rather inferior, and some touched with disease. Mangold wurtzels are looking well, and pro mise a tolerably good crop. Barley continues to turn out tolerably well in weight, and the colour very good. At Uttoxeter the gathering of the wheat crop had been sus pended, bat it was not considered to be injured. An ac count from Cheadle represents the crops of wheat and oats upon tbe whole as very good ; while to the pastures, clover, turnies, and other green crops the rain has been exceedingly beneficial. In some few instances the disease has shown itself among the potatoes, though as yet to a very trifling extent. At Newport and its neighbourhood the change in the weather is stated to have been not unwelcome, as pas tures, turnips, &c., were receiving considerable damage from want of moisture; and farmers had been disposing of their stock for want of grass, the aftermath this year being not one-third so good as it was last. There is a large quantity of grain cut in the district, and the quantity yet standing is supposed very seldom to have been surpassed. Upon up land farms a deal of corn of all kinds appears to have been gathered, but as a whole it i s p resume d three-fourths is still un Wlt tiered. At the time we write there is every prospect • of a continuance of fine weather,and in a day or two, or the scythe will again perhaps earlier, th e sickle and be busily • employed in forwarding the ingathering of the outstanding portion of the huvest W o verhampton Chronicle. A despatch from Lisbon announces the proroga tion of the Cortes until Oct. 11. Count de Persigny has arrived at St. Etienne to take part in the labours of the council-general, of which he is the president. The importance of the role France is playing in opening China to the commerce of the world is not lost sight of, either by the diplomacy or the press of this country. Before the reign of the Emperor Na poleon 111., the task of introducing civilisation and spreading Christianity in oriental lands was almost confined to England. :During the reign of the late constitutional King, France had little influence at Con stantinople, and less in China. Her commerce with the last was rather the traffic of toy merchants than the trading of serious mercantile men. The diplomacy of the Tuileries in those days exhausted itself in petty intrigues, such as the Spanish marriage, and fretful jealousy towards England, which, on one or two occasions, almost produced war. The Ambassadors of England and France at foreign Courts were ever working in different directions, so that their influence seldom brought about any good results either for the political or commercial advancement of foreign coun tries. The present ruler saw the evils of such a policy from English ground, and one of the strongest convictions in the Emperor's mind was, as now, the necess ity of France and England uniting their influ ence to improve their own diplomatic and commer cial relations with the rest of Europe. But in order to carry out this theory, his Majesty has had to con tend with the prejudices of a majority of the French diplomatic corps, educated in quite an opposite school of politics. Events have singularly confirmed the Emperor in his views regarding the utility of the Anglo-French alliance. Both in Turkey and Greece France has gained immense influence since the signing of the Paris treaty of peace. Thus a French Ambassador at Constantinople can now influence the Sultan in politics as well as commer cial affairs, and promote French interests, which ought to be ever identiled with those of England. France has just gained another great victory by acting with England in China. There her moral weight, her intelligence, her interests, stand side by side with those of England. The two great nations of the west make no treaties either egotistical in conception or selfish in practice. The whole world participates in the free navigation of the Danube; and the shipping of the world also will enter the ports of China on equal terms. If the genius and wealth of France turn such elements of prosperity more to external commerce than of old, the Sovereign and Govern ment of France have at least opened the gates for traffic on terms which give security to the merchant. That such results would have followed the old jealous policy of the two nations is scarcely to be an ticipated. Every nation of the Continent has an in terest in the Anglo-French alliance, since it ensures peace and produces material progress. The Siecle has the following reflections on the in terference of the allies in China :—" Many persons have disputed the right of Europe to raise thus violently the veil which kept China concealed from the world's view. We do not participate in that opinion. We believe in the solidarity of the human race; we think that the same intercourse should take place between nations as between brothers. No nation has a right to shut herself up egotistically, and to repel those whom God has sent as her companions. If a state of isolation is unnatural in an individual, it is much more so in a nation. What treasures are lost when a nation surrounds herself by a wall like China. How many efforts she would have spared to other nations, if she had five or six centuries ago communicated to them what she then knew. She now pays the penalty of her selfishness, and we do not pity her." A Telegraphic Congress, in which France, Bel gium, Holland, Sardinia, Portugal, Baden, Wurtem berg, and Switzerland are represented, has just been opened at Berne, under the presidency of M. Naeff, Federal Councillor. PARIS BOURSE.—The market had rather a down ward tendency at the opening, owing to numerous Crowds of gaping yokels, stiff and shiny police men got up with excessive care, and looking as if some tremendous secret which they would reveal to no human mortal were buttoned up in their official coat—coaches and carriages, four-horsed and two-horsed—musical artists in such excessive hats, and impossible caps as every freeborn Londoner thinks himself privileged to wear on his travels, but which seldom fail to elicit plea santry of a certain kind from those who are less imaginative or independent about their head-gear —a great bustle, noise, and confusion—everybody getting into everybody's way—shiny policemen more bothered than any one, but vigorously shaking an observant yokel whenever they got a sharp word from the inspector for not taking sufficient care of the public peace—rattle, and dash, and finery, and a great tuning of instruments large and small, string and wind—pray, what does all this mean? Why, no thing but that the first grand miscellaneous concert of the festival is nbout to commence in the Shire [lan ; that the great and tic vex-to-be-sufficiently- admit lions and lionesses of musical London are going to display their wondrous powers for the especial delec tation and delight of the good people of Hereford. The exterior of the Shire Hall has a certain nobility about it, although the roof is too low, but we can say nothing in favour of the concert hall, excepting that it is good for musical sound. This orning Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was per formed in the cathedral, the principal vocalists being Madame Clara Novello, Madame Viardot, Miss Lascelles, and Madame Weiss; Mr. Montem Smith, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims Reeves. We can only describe in terms of praise the satisfactory execution of a sublime and difficult work like this with a provincial amateur chorus, and a provincial conductor, unused to command so large a body of performers, and having to deal with metropolitan instrumentalists unaccustomed to his peculiar style of beat. We have so often recorded the merits of Mr. Sims Reeves' versions of "If with all your hearts" and " Then shall the righteous," both perfect efforts in their way, which no other tenor of the present day could rival, that we have really nothing left to say about them, unless it be that they delighted us again on this occasion as much as ever, and that we shall never tire of hearing such grand and beautifhl music so finely sung. The lovely voice of Madame Clara Novello gave all the usual effect to her renderings of the widow's scene, " Help me, man of God," and the noble air, " Hear ye, Israel." The best opportunity Madame Weiss had for dis tinguishing herself was in the recitative of the youth who is sent to " look towards the sea," and the highest praise we can give is that she took the fullest advantage of it. An encouraging word must likewise be spoken for Miss Lascelles, who displayed much promise as an oratorio singer in the air, " Woe unto them," and the various concerted pieces in which she took part. Although we did not mention Miss Louisa Vinning, Mr. Thomas, or Mrs. Clare Hepworth amongst the principal performers, simply because they had very little to do, and sang for the most part in concerted pieces, we must not omit to state that the!r valuable assistance contributed materially to the general excellence of the performance, or that Mrs. Clare Hepworth sang one short solo, " Behold, God hath sent" (erroneously set down in the pro gramme for Madame Viardot) in a highly com mendable manner. The following pieces were repeated by desire of the bishop :—" Cast thy burden on the Lord" (ex quisitely sung by Madame Weiss, Miss Lascelles, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. Thomas); " 0 rest in the Lord" (sung by Madame Viardot); " Then shall the righteous" (by Mr. Sims Reeves); " Lift thine eyes" (Madame Clara Novello, Mrs. Clare Hepworth, and Madame Viardot) ; and "0, come every one" (Miss Louisa Vinning, Madame Viardot, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. Thomas). The attendance at the concert of last night was 220, at this morning's, 583. The collection this morning, £181; that of the first morning concert of the last Hereford festival, £207. Amongst the notabilities present to-day were Lady Foley, Lady Powis, Lady Curtis, . Mrs. Hampden, Mrs. King, Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Griffiths, Miss Leighton, Mrs. Acton, Mrs. Lowther, Miss Conewall, and Miss Bullock. FOUR GENTLEMEN DROWNED.—The retired and beautifully situated little town of Emsworth, Hants, bas had a sad gloom cast over it, occas i o ned by four of its inhab itants being drowned by the capsising of the pleasure smack Caro line, James Cribb, master, of the above place. It a p pears on Saturday afternoon she left that place with six gentlemen on ~ r ard, the wind being str on g at the time. When about four sidles down the harbour a heavy squall took the boat, and before the master could get hold of the tiller (one of the gentlemen steering) the ill-fated boat cap sited, and, melancholy to relate, the Rev. H. Morse, Joshua Smith, Esq., soli c it or M r . Brown Moorhead, and Mr. George Shean were drowned. Th e persons saved were Mr. Philip Tyne, the Rev. Henry Shean, and James Cribb, master. The Rev. H. Morse swam ashore, but in his anxiety to save life he put back again to the wreck, by which the heroic clergyman lost his own life; it is supposed he was seized with cramp. The other three lost are, we believe, single men; but the Rev. H. 3 lorse is married and bas fur children, and his wife is hourly expecting to be delivered of another. The four dead bodies bare ell been picked up and landed at Emsworth.—Brightott Guardian. William Skeldon sworn—l am a plate-roller. I was in the train. The guard was in his break, and the carriages being so crowded I went into the break with bim. Shortly after we started the guard asked if any one had any matches or tobacco. He got my brother, who was 17 years of age, and now dead, to work the break fur him, he being also in the break-van. I gave the guard some tobacco and he lighted his pipe. He appeared to be quite sober. It was when we were between Dudley and Stourbridge that my brother worked the break under the direction of the guard, who was smoking. Near Brettell-lane I felt a very severe shock, and the guard said a coupling ohein had broke. The shock was then so severe it threw the off my seat. When we got to Brettell lane the guard took out a fresh coupling chain. A little further on there was another shock, and the guard said it was a second coupling chain had broken. He took another chain, and went to the top of the train, but brought it back again, saying, " I can do without it." We reached Wor cester at 12.25. There were 45 carriages and two engines part of the way. 2,000 persons were in the train before it was divided. I don't know why it was divided. The first of the divided train left Worcester at 6.20, and the second train in which I was left about a quarter of an hour after. Our train went on steadily up to between Brettell-lane and the Round Oak station. There was then a severe and sudden shock, and I was thrown violently forward against the opposite side of the carriage, and was much injured. I got out of the carriage, and first saw the funnel and the buffers of the engine knocked off and lying on the line. The steam was off the engine, and I asked the engineer what was the matter; and he replied, " What the d—l do you want here ? Go back to your carriage ; there is nothing serious the matter. We shall be off in a few moments." I then went on further with a man named Benj, Lswes, and saw the smashed carriages of the first train, and the first person I saw was the same guard in whose break van I bad ridden in the morning. I did not speak to him, but I knew in a moment that it was the same train in which my father, mother, and brother were in. I was unable to find either of them fur two or three hours, and heard then that my father was lying at. Mr. Noden's, the Moor-lane House. My father, when I went there, was alive. His legs were broken, and both feet were cut off. His legs were amputated, and he died in about 20 minutes after. My mother and brother were amongst the dead. By the Jury—At the time of the accident there was no light in the carriage I was in, nor do I think there were lights in any of them. By Mr. Burbury—My brother, who worked the breaks, knew nothing about railway matters. He was never so far on a railway before in his life. My brother was in no way intimate with the guard I have spoken of. When we arrived at the Worcester station in the morning I and my brother and the others who were in the guard's van got out. The officials could have seen us leave the guard's van. I heard no complaint made at the Worcester station that parties had ridden in the guard's van. I saw the first part of the train leave the Worcester station. The guard invited me and Benjamin Lawes to ride in the brea back again, and I declined. Ten or 12 persons got into the break. The guard asked us openly at the Worcester station to get into the break. The second train left about 10 minutes or a quarter sf an hour after the first. There are about eight stations between Worcester and Brettell lane. Our train stopped at about three or four stations. Oar train stopped at the Stourbridge and Brettell-lana stations. We stepped at the Brettell-lane station about five minutes. _ _ By the Coroner—There were a great number of young people and scholars who went by the train, but there were no other people denied from going by it. Francis Hetheridge—l am a collier. On Mon - att i v i -1 even ing I was going home from wordsley . to Brierley t Just f caasrlrigagoetstceollmlionogr-dlaonwen, ntheearintchleinVelfnroemlntoh,e sta tion.Rl.osualnvdaoarkainoont 0 tTherehe railwayw s nbo bridge, d u g g e i n , e a thatn thed I observed carriag e carriages passedt with the under d e I ranr iit. There There were no lights in the carriages. As the carriages passed J saw another train coming on the same line from the direction of Stourbridge. I immediately after heard a loud crash and shrieking. When I first saw the two trains there was a distance between them of between 300 or 400 yards. When the smash took place I ran down and saw seven or eight dead bodies lying under the two or three first carriages, which I had seen coming down the ncline from the Round Oak station. I helped to get the bodies out. The carriages were smashed to pieces. Adonizebeck Gordon said—l am a watchman at a colliery close to the scene of the accident. On Monday evening I was on the bank by the side of the railway near the bridge, by Brettell dane. I heard the whistle of an engine, nod saw a train coming in the direction from Worcester. In about a quarter of an hour I saw the same train coming back again without an engine. Almost immediately I heard the whistle of another engine coming with a second train from the direction of Worcester, and I saw both trains meet with a fr ightful crash. I saw several carriages smashed, and the people lying about dead and wounded. By Mr. King —I saw the carriages from Round Oak be fore I saw the train coming from Stourbridge. The Rev. Edwin Cresswell examined—l am a clergyman, and reside at Cufflon Field, Sedgley. I was a passenger by the excursion train. I had with me a party of nearly 200 children, teachers, and their friends. I should think the train con sisted of nearly LO carriages, principally second and third class. There were two engines to the train when at Bilston ; and they conveyed the train to Worcester. I believe I saw two guards to the train. I heard no complaint of there being a want of engine power, or too many passengers. On reaching Brettell-lane station a circumstance occurred which created some alarm. There was a sudden jerk, and one- third of the train was separated. I could not understand the extra shake, and put my bead out of the window and saw that there had been a separation of the trains. This was during the morning journey: From that time we received several shocks. On the second shock, which was before we arrived at the Kidderminste r station, there was another separation, and myself an d wife were in the carriage next to the carriage where the coupling chain had separated. When the train sell . rated, I jumped out of the carriage and ran by the side for at least 50 yards, until the last portion of the train stopped , and the guard then came and placed a new coupling chai n , on. While running by the side of the carriage, I observe d that some chains w are broken, but I cannot say whether they were under the centre of the carriages. The middle chain was not broken, and the guard immediately coupled the carriages again, by fastening the centre chain, which appeared to me not to have been fastened before. Front this fact, I assume that a similar occurrence took place at the Brettell-lane station. After this occurrence I ha d a conversation with the guard, and I said to him " I heP e those engineers are not playing us any tricks. I don't kno W whether they are drunk or not, but I hope not, although' from the many jerks we have had, I should feel inclined to believe so." The fluard said they were playing no tricks, th at they were both perfectly sober, and that one was a teetotalle r. We then went on pretty steadily to Worcester. On the re turn we started. from Worcester about half-past six o'clock' I was in the first portion of the train when it was separated' and that part consisted of 29 carriages. In the two train' there were 1,540 people, or from 50 to 60 people in each of the carriages. A second engine joined the train either at Church-hill or Kidderminster, and the train went on verl steadily to the Round Oak station. The latter part of th e train then becaime detached from the former. I was in th e former part, and when the separation took Pla ce the latter part of the train of 15 carriages t ali down the incline towards Stourbridge. After standing at the Round Oak station for about 10 minutes our part et the train was pushed gently back by the engine for th e distance of half a mile, perhaps, where it stopped, and sell after it fort her moved to within 100 or 150 yards oftbe scen e° the accident, which was reported to us by one of the portal' who had a lamp in his hand. There was a terrible rush frome er carriages when the news of the accident reached us, and fi e saw people being carried away dead and dying on planks and various articles. It was dark; so much so that I could 00t distinguish the features of the children who belonged to the schools, some of whom were in that part of the Ulla which had run down the incline. By the Coroner—My impression is that when the cluda separated on the occasion when I ran by the side of th e carriages, that, 'sad the centre coupling been fastened, the separation would not have taken place. By the Foreman—l saw no lights in any of the carriages' There were none in the carriage where I was. The trail was engaged exclusively for our schools, and I was Ina cl astonished to find that it was converted into a general e'f i cursion train. I had refused to allow persons not conne d with the schools to have our tickets for the train. Mr. John Phillips, stationmaster atlßound Oak statieal examined—l was on duty at the Round Oak station °: Monday last, when this excursion train arrived in tfi l morning. There were two engines to that train. 1 don know the names of the engine-drivers of that train. Thetam were two guards, but the guard of the front portion of t train was a stranger to me. The one behind fieg Thomas Cook. There were upwards of 40 carriage el : that train. If there was any complaint, either U: 4 in reference to a guard, it is to be made to the ors stationmaster. If chains or couplings are broken, there are fresh ones kept at every station to supply the deficieSce No one applied to me for any such things on the moral of the accident. I was at the station during the gr ea t part of the day. I have no stated hours. I was not Pt Round Oak station at the time of the accident. I Wa s Dudley, and had left the station in charge of my assisra n i : named Boulton. We have telegraphs from Round °0( to other stations. We gave no signals of the progr ees , lo this excursion train from station to station. We are ne'rit the habit of doing other than use the signal stations. I bt heard of this accident about nine o'clock on MondaY n i g i d on Dudley platform. I hastened, with all the force lO n muster, to the scene of accident to assist the su fferers. ...„ 1 , By the Coroner — l don't know whether the Oxford, Ivviti tester, and Wolverhampton permit strangers to trace!‘ei the guards' break vans in excursion trains, It is prohthp to with ordinary trains. It is the duty of statientnast ere o see that the three coupling chains are properly c°°Prti, when a train is at the station, although there are no Polio culsr instructions to that effect. (Some coupli n g c the were here produced which had been broken, and whi ch li o witness identified as the property of the coropanY, well 0 the coupling hook of one of the carriages, whic h, as "e the screw, was broken completely in half.) bivt Witness continued—The chains produced were given by the porter, who found them at the spot where the B CC dent happened. They were in the same state 89 when Bi le s to him. The broken nut and screw he picked up himself es the following morning at the spot. That nut and 6CI- o g would have been sufficient to have sustained the en 01111 :0 weight of a train consisting of 1,500 people. H e c° ' not account for its breaking, By Mr. King—The end of the pin which is fixed to th e buffer plank was broken, and pulled through the nut. to By Mr. Burbury—There are signals at some stations; show whether the line is blocked or not. There is no se c o signal between Brettell-lane and Round Oak. Th ere 161 4 telegraph. It was not used with respect to this train :be after the accident. There would be a greater tension ne shackle irons on the incline between Round Oak and Br* tell-lan on level parts of the line. At thi e s than stage of the proceedings, the Coroner said 10 .. 911 , inquiry of so much importance it was advisable th at an °yea portunity should be afforded for the relatives of the deceae v i , persons, as well as the company, to produce any further co, dence which would be likely to throw alight on the ch .° stances which had led to so lamentable a loss of life; ! li , being his views, he now proposed to adjourn the invest 4 tion for a few days. ek . The inquiry was then at six o'clock adjourned for a We STATE OF THE SURVIVORS. Upon instituting inquiries after the conclusion of !II: inquest, it was ascertained that no less than 15 have 4;' 88 have been discovered to be more or less injure d, seriously, for the recovery of 13 of whom very great doubt, are entertained. Many more, however, are believed Obrif been hurt, but not sufficiently to prevent them reaching t v' ee own homes. These cases have not come under the cog ois9u- to of the officers of the company, to whom it is only jeet ic % t o state that they have done everything possible to alievi he the sufferings of the injuted parties and to assuage grief of the relatives of the deceased persons. The Ir a where the collision took place, between the Round 03k 1/11 , 1 1 Brettell-lane stations, is an incline of 1 in 75, which fila account for the terrific velocity with which the &Whet carriages, without the check of an engine, dashed dovill and into the other portion of the excursion train. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kenn. Last Week but Oae of the Pre - ent Seaf_to and Last Nights of " The Merchant of Ven'ec." THIS EVENING will be presented 814alispere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Shylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of LIVING TOO PAST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Marager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, Thursday, August 26th, will be produced a New and Original Comedy, entitled EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day; in which Mr. Emery, Mr. James Rogers, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Falconer, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon, will appear. After which, the Farce of THE DANCING BA to c RBER ; Fitzfuggle, Mr. James Rogers. Doors open a t half-past 6, om mence at 7. Box-office open from Itto 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. Last Three Nights of the Present Season.—Benefit of Mr. Belford. THIS EVENING, ASMODEUS : by Mr. Beford and Miss Marie Wilton. After which. A LOVER BY PROXY : by Messrs. Belford, J. Clarke, Miss M. Wilton, and Mrs. Melville. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Miss M. W ilton and Mrs. Melville. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. OPEN EVERY EVENING. — The following company of Vo• ealists are engaged for the performance of comps y all the popular OPEB.A.S, MADRIGA.LS , CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c. viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs• Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ra Madame' Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Bartoletti, Miss Montague , Herr T. Jonghtnans, Mr. Ilenshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, enor Antonio, E. L. !lime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Hr. Bell. Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G and H. W. Mackpey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium' Mr. Courtney ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven ' c lock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and daring the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.11. WIND, North-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. - 4r e • VI I 4.4 ": 741 . ma, AI , 4 - A ,um •L \ ,4111- , I . • 1k..4.41 - 2 46 51; :p, ort \„;. THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1858. and transgress the very broad limits afforded to them. At all events the precedent will be useful, and it will be found that putting gentlemen in irons or damaging their nose,', may be luxuri too ex pensive to be indulged in whenever the master is annoyed, or his wife is in hysterics. "An INDEMNITY is to be paid to England and France." So runs one of the sentences which we re ceived from Prince GORTSCHAKOPF and the Moniteur on Saturday last. That sentence was no doubt read with pleasure by thousands. From the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the possessor of the smallest salary which pays income-tax, it was gratifiying to learn that we should be reimbursed the costs of com pelling Commissioner YEH and his superiors to respect the rights of nations, and not to shuffle with treaties. We many of us feel it, indeed, to be a little hard on the poor EMPEROR, worried to death between Taeping rebels and the gunboats of the two mightiest kingdoms on the earth, to be obliged to promise to pay so much of his good Sycee silyer, when perhaps he scarcely knows where to get it; yet we are hardly chivalrous enough to take on ourselves the burdens which, but for his misgovernment, or his indulgence of those who misgovern in his name, we need not have incurred. We confess, however, we did blush for ourselves, and for France too, as we read the names of Russia and GORTSCOAKOFF in connection with the news. How the CZAR and his servant must have chuckled with pleasure as they transmitted to us the word " Indemnity." Pleasantly did GORTSCHL xorr smile on WALRWSKI, and perhaps the Pole on the Russian, as the word " indemnity" was read in the despatch from St. Petersburg. Pleasant was it to think that Russia had paid no indemnity by the peace of Paris; pleasant to remember how Russia had previously exacted indemnity from the weakness of Turkey, yet that it had not been re membered against her ; and very pleasant for Prince GORTSCHAKOFF to lay his finger on the word, and to say to WALEWSRI as he communicated the news— " You too, then, exact indemnity when you can get it from the helpless—good policy that, Monsieur— so let us stronger powers ever fleece the sick men, till we starve them into our hands, at their own ex pense." One thing is undeniable—we have fined heavily the half-innocent; we have let off with impunity the atrocious criminal. We, of course, cannot excuse the EMPEROR of China, except so far as he was ill-in formed of what was done at Canton ; or, on account of the insurrection between Pekin and Canton, was almost powerless in the latter place. Commissioner YEH'S doings we condemned at the time, and should do so again. Still it is but fair to remember that a very large party in both houses of Parliament, able orators, and acute lawyers, many of them now able Ministers of the Crown, did pronounce YEH and the EMPEROR in the right, and Sir JOHN BOWRIRG and Lord PALMERSTON in the wrong. Be it, that opposition tactics and peace-society crotchets were largely answerable for this, it is but common candour to admit that, if able and respectable men here could take the Chinese side in the quarrel about the lorcha, on the common principles of human nature, the Chinese must be partly excused for seeing their own conduct in the light in which even a large number of our own senators saw it. The Emperor of CHINA must be allowed the full benefit of this fact when we are estimating the amount of his govern mental delinquency. What, then, is his delinquency compared with that of the Czars of Russia in the business of the last war with Turkey ! No party could be found bold enough to defend the most villainous, wanton, unprovoked, territorial burglary in the history of modern Europe. All the Courts of Europe, e'-en the sycophant and selfish Court of Prussia, con demned it. Turkey had violated no treaty, had done Russia no wrong, had injured none of her subjects, had not gi'ren the shadow of a shade of provocation, yet, that proud ambitious villain NICHOLAS, far worthier of condign punishment than half the SPANISH RAILWAYS.—The Madrid journals state ' that the tunnels on the Madrid and Valiadolid Railway, between Madrid and Escorial, are finished, and that the other works are being actively proceeded with. Upwa rds clew men are employed on the first 30 miles of the line. A ereat number are also engaged in cutting the tunnels of Paradilla and Navelgrande, situated between Madrid and Avila. In the section between Bargos and Avila 2,793 men are actively at work. TIIE CHOLMELEY ESTATES.—The aboye estates, says the Berkshire Chronicle, comprising seven farms, at Erleigh and Shinileld, containing 1,050 acres, were sub mitted to publiO competition before a large and lit.fiuential body of gentlemen, on Tuesday last, at the Upper Ship Inn, Reading, by Mr. W. H. Fuller. The highest bidding offered was £38,600, and the estates were finally bought in by the Court of Cbancery. An advanced bidding was afterwards made of several thousand pounds, but was not accepted. TII E SUPPOSED MURDER AT CAMBERWELL.—Last evening Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, resumed the inquiry at the King's Arms, George-street, Camberwell, on the body of Hannah Read, 12 years of age, who was found the previous Friday in the Grand Surrey Canal, Bear St. George's-bridge. It having been reported that this child had evidently been violated and afterwards drowned, much excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood. The evidence of the district surgeon, Mr. Chabot, who examined the body after it was taken out of the water, entirely negatived the supposition of violation, and also stated there were no marks of personal violence of any kind on the body. The dark and livid appearance of certain parts of the body that induced the females who washed it to imagine the child had been unfairly treated were the natural post-mortem ap pearances from suffocation. Evidence was given that about 12 months since the deceased was induced by a girl to rob her parents, who obtain their livelihood by selling milk, of 9s. 6.1., and which circumstance was the subject of magis terial investigation at the time. On Thursday the child left home about seven o'clock in the morning to go to Mrs. Horsley's, Addington-square, Walworth-road, whose baby she nursed by day, and was never seen ail ve after. In the course of that morning the parents discovered from the in quiries of an elder sister that the deceased received on Wednesday morning a shilling from her mistress for milk which she had not given to her mother. It was supposed that dread of the discovery by her parents caused her to drown herself, aad the jury returned a verdict of found dead. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. . TURKEY. MINISTERIAL CHANGES FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENTS. MARSEILLES, AUG. 25. Intelligence from Constantinople of the 18th inst. annnouces a Ministerial modification. Othman Ruchdi Pacha, Minister at 'War during the operations in the Crimea, is to be in the Cabinet without a Portfolio. Riza Pacha is to unite to his functions as Minister at War the direction of the Artillery. The replacement of the Grand Vizier is in agitation. The Ministers have fully submitted to the Sultan the state of the finances, and his Imperial Majesty has blamed them for not having sooner informed him on the subject. The Ambassador of France has obtained a miti gation of the 10 per cent. tax, which occasioned great abuses. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. The Phcebe steamship arrived here this morning from the Cape of Good Hope, with the mails. She left Table Bay, July 21; St. Helena, July 30th ; Ascension, Aug. 2. Sir George Grey was about to leave for the fron tier on his mission of mediation between the Boers and Basutos. Table Bay improvements were to be commenced towards the end of the year. Convicts are to be employed on the work. _ 17mhala, a Kaffir chief, has been delivered up to the British authorities by his own people. The Bishop of Grahatn's Town was about to visit the mission towns in Kaffraria. The Hermes had returned from the Zambesi, bringing intelligence that the Livingstone expedition had effected an ascent of the river, and were all well. The expedition had parted company with the Pearl, and were about to proceed to Sete in the small steam launch. The Pearl could with difficulty enter the main stream. The convict barracks at Graham's Town had been destroyed by fire, the act of an incendiary. A large number of emigrants had arrived from Holland. The Boscawen, Lynx, and llermes, were in Simon's Bay. FRANCE. AUG. 25, 6 P.M. The French Government, anticipating the possi bility of more outrages on the Christians of the East, originating in the bombardment of Jeddah, is about to augment the French naval forces in the Mediterranean. Captain Fleuriot de Langle is to take the command of this naval division. The Trieste Gazette says the events of Candia and Jeddah have caused considerable fermentation at Aleppo, where the Christians would probably have been massacred, if Kiamil Pacha had not adopted the most energetic measures to secure tranquillity We shall no doubt hear of similar excitement in other quarters of the Turkish empire. An official despatch has reached Paris from Con stantinople, which says a modification is to take place in the Cabinet of the Sublime Porte, with a view of creating financial reforms. If such be the case, and the Sultan calls around him honest men, bent on administering the revenue honestly, Turkey need not come to London or Paris fur loans. I have received letters from Naples dated Aug. 20. The King had given orders that no change should take place in the treatment of political prisoners. On the contrary, additional precautions were to be used, and increased severities observed towards all suspected persons. Difficulty of obtaining passports to leave the country was increasing. `tirade it dull, as few on...users are now in Naples. realisations, but a rally afterwards took place, and the tone of the market improved. Threes, after having been done at 69fr. 85c., rallied to 70fr.; Mo biller, from 745 fr. to 757 fr. 50c.; Austrian, 6401 r. to 642 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,342 fr. 50c. to 1,352 fr. 50c.; Lyons, 821 fr. 25c. to 825 fr.; Southern, 547 fr. 50c. to 550 fr.; and Northern, 950 fr. to 955 fr. The following were the last quotations : Fr. Ct. 97 30 41 per Cents... Do. end of month 3 per Cent 7O 20 Do. end of month 70 15 Bank Shares Cr6dit Mobilier 770 Do. account — Fr. Ct. Credit Foncier 625 Belgian 41 lOO Piedmonttse 5 9O 25 Roman..... 91 Austrian 93 Spanish Threes Home Debt.— RAILWAYS. Cash- Orleans • 1 Northern New ditto Lyons & Mediterranean New ditto .. Geneva Midi Western . . Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ••••• —Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. ,335 .. 1,352 50 950 .. 955 810 .. 810 830 .. 827 50 610 - 552 50 622 50 690 - 610 - 552 50 625 - 695 - 4'27 E 010 - THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. AUG UST 23. Yesterday, her Majesty the Queen and Prince Consort, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Prince and Princess Frede- rick William, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, attended Divine service at Babelsberg. The suites of her Majesty and of their royal highnesses were likewise present, as well as the whole of the English servants in attendance upon her Majesty. This morning, her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Prince Frederick William, went by special train to Berlin, and drove through the prin cipal streets of that city. Her Majesty was every where received with loud cheers and the most marked demonstrations of respect. Upon Saturday evening, late, their Royal High nesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden arrived at Babelsberg. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following message was received yesterday morning : " FURTHER INTELLIGENCE. " NEWFOUNDLAND, AUG. 25, 12.53 a.m., Greenwich Time. " Verse (?) takes Europa's passengers and mails. Great rejoicings everywhere were solemnised in the United States on the success of the cable. Bonfires, fireworks, feux de joie, speeches, balls, &e. Mrs. Eddy, the first and best telegrapher in the States, died to-day. Pray give us some news for Newfound land; they are mad for news." HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL. AUG. 25. THE LATE FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT-THREE MORE DEATHS. THE INQUEST. BRIERLEY-HILL, WEDNESDIY. This day, at noon, Mr.T. M. Phillips, coroner for Wolve rhampton, opened an inquiry as to the deaths of the unfor tunaie persons killed by the fearful railway collision which took place on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway on Monday evening, at the Whimsey Inn, Brierley bill, near the scene of the lamentable catastrophe, and sub sequently proceeded with it at the Bell Inn, in the same place, on account of the lager amount of accommodation afforded at the latter. As may well be imagined, when the fearful loss of life and injury to so many as about 90 persons is considered, the excitement was intense, and the jury room was crowded by friends and relatives of deceased and injured parties. The railway company were represented by Mr. King, of the firm of Collis, Bernard, and King, solicitors, of Stour. bridge; Mr. Adcock, the secretary; Mr. Wilson, engineer; and Mr. Wood, from the office of Mr. Sheriff, the general manager of the line. Mr. Burbury, of Brierley -hill, solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the relatives of the deceased Francis Wills and Henry Marshall ; and Mr. Round, solicitor, of Tipton, also attended for the family of the Skeldons. The jury were empannelled to investigate the deaths of twelve persons—viz., Joseph Pitt, aged 28, single, waggoner of Princes-end ; Francis Mills, 36, sheet-iron roller, Princes-end ; Joseph Baker, 28, engine fitter, Princes-end ; Edward Matthews, 25, puddler, of Wallbrook, near Coseley ; Mrs. Harley, 40, Stafford-street, Dudley; Benjamin Skeldon, 52, baker and grocer, of Princes-end ; Mrs. Sarah Skeldon, his wife, 40; Edward Skeldon, aged 17, his son ; Henry Marshall, 35, boatman, of Worcester ; Richard Moore, 30, puddler, Princes-end; Mary Hildrick, 35, Park lane, Tipton; and Henry Western, 33, horse-dealer, Princes end. The Rev. Josephus Bailey, of Brierley-hill, was chosen foreman. The various bodies having been identified, Isaac Baldwin was first examined—l am a waggoner. I was a passenger. The train :left Princes-end a little before 10. It should have left a little before 9. I was in the first carriage next to the engine. I was thrown forward, as I sat with my back to the engine. Between Princes-end and Worcester I was told the coupling chains broke on each occasion, and a young woman's nose bled in consequence of the first concussion. I wanted to get out, but the guard would not let me. The second shock was near the Brettell lane station, and the third near the Church-hill station. I was told the train was started with the breaks down, which caused the coupling irons to snap. I left Worces ter by the train at about half-past six. At Worcester the train was divided, and an extra engine was put en. I started by the second train; each train had one engine in front. The second train started about 10 minutes after the first. The train on its return went steadily on until it came to the Brettell-lane station, when the carriage in which I was ran up against the engine. I called out to the engineman what is the matter. He replied—" Nothing, take your seats, it's all right." The accident then occurred, and I found myself thrown out of the carriage. 'When I recovered I saw several carriages broken to pieces against the engine, and people lying about in all direction•. The first train had got de tached from the engine, and the carriages ran down the line into our train. I assisted Mrs. Hildrick and young Mr. Skeldon. I pulled the former from under the carriages, and laid her on the grass. She appeared quite dead and was badly wounded about the head and legs. Her husband was also badly wounded. Coroner—What, in your opinion, was the cause of the accident? Witness—ln my opinion the accident was caused by the neglect of the guards. By Mr. Burbury—Mr. Skelden told me the breaks were down when we were proceeding to Worcester. He was a passenger, but be rode with the breaksman in the break-van. I was much hurt by the collision, but did not see how it occurred. The Foreman—You said they would not let you get ou Were the doors of the carriage you were in locked ? Witness—The doors were locked on the side where pas sengers usually get in, but they were not locked on the other side, as I got out when the train stopped at Droit wich. The guards and porters would not let us get out at other stations. 436 25 646 25 MARK-LANE. Imperial Weekly Aver igls—Wheat, 45s id; barley, 33s 7a 57s 9d; rye, 35s 10d; beans, 46s lud ; peas, 4is 3d. ° s" ' The Six Weeks' Average s —Wh ea t , 45 s 5d ; barley, 318 1 d 27s 9d ; rye, .338 4d ; beans, 455 4d ; peas, Ils 2d. 9; English Grain Sold Last Week—Wheat, 73,943; barley , 1,2° oats, 5,959 ; rye, 529 ; beans, 1,209 ; peas, 427 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts, as to nUlllif t , but their general quality was inferior. For most breeds we it o f st?ady demand, at Monday's improvement in value. The 5110" ed sheep was only moderate, and the mutton trade ruled firm, at full pric-s. 1 4 ;:mb , the supply of which was less extensive, 04,0 slowly, at late ratec—viz., from 5s to es per rib. We had an aet' o4 inquiry for calves, at 2d to td per 81b more money. The supplY ° t „lt rather limited. Pigs and milch cows moved oil steadily, at quotations. Per sibs. to sink the oriels. inferior beasts 31 41 Ss 61 Second quality.., 3s 8d 43 01 Primo large oxen 4s 2d 41 ed Mine Scots interior sheep 3i 41 Is GI See. quality Is 8d 4+ 01 1 Coarse wool do 4e Id 4 e GI I i rd B'down wethers 4s 81 4 ' 'id Lge coarse calves Si 101 41 04 Prime small ditto is 61 5 ' cd Large hogs Ss 2,1 40 4 1 Small porkers 4s 21 4 ' pd Suckling calves...l7s ed 4 3, Od Quarter-old pigs 18s Od S Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s O& TOTAL SUPPLY. Beans 131;eep and lambs Calve 3 Pigs FOREIGN lIIIrrLT. 209 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves P. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADE.HALL.—Beef, from Ss Od to 4s 4d; polittObr Ss 01 to is 6 , 1; veal, 38 44 to 48 41; pork, Si 01 to is 4d; lam la ed to 'Zs 4d per Sibs by the carcaie. , 01; BOUTIIALL.—Beef, from 3s Gd to is 8d; mutton, Ss 61 t o veal, 3s S I to 48 ed ; pork, 3s Gd to 48 01; lamb, SS 01 to 5s 10 4 r albs to sink the offal. 0 1 ; RomFoun.—Pccf, from fs Od to 4 8 Sd ; mutton, Ss 10 d t o 5' 0; veal, 4s 4d to is 10d; pork , Is Gd t o is 01 ; lamb, Fs 01 to Re tp per albs. Mllch cows, tO/. —s to 17!. —a ; suckling calves, 1 " 25s each. HAY AND MAW. Smithfield-01d meadow hay, 40s to Sss ; new do., ees to F i gs old clover, 5.4 to 105.; new do., 80:4 to 100 s; and 'flaw, SOs 10 per load. Supply morate, and tdu. el; Cumberlana—Qd meadow hayrae dll . i 54 to , 84; new do., 608 to ,15, old cover, ,5i to )054; new do., tOs to 100 s ; snd straw, 31s t% per load. Trade rather dull. to 0 " ; Whitxhapel— Old meadow hay, GOA to aft; new ditto, 6 0 $ 03 old cover, , 54 t* 105 ; new do., ' Os to 100 s ; gnd straw, 30s 1 0 7f- , l* load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM°: NI ALTA.—The Peninsular and Oriental paddle steatileei Malta, which has been entirely remodelled, and co nvert; into a ( crew steamer, by Mr. John Laird, of Birke nbes °: went on a trial trip yesterday, with highly successful resuir She has been cor.siderably enlarged, and is now one of tu° fleetest and handsomest vessels in the service. BARA AVM—Admiral Elliot brought dow n , 3 9 Woe grouse with his first shot, on Dufton Fell, a fe w d 0 .% since. The gentlemen with him had never before seen bit dof that description. Its wings were of a l i g ht bluP; resembling the common wood pigeon, whilst the back so t " . tail zu colour resembled the doterel.—cumberland,Pacque THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENT. 7 AUGUST 26, 1858!