The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-30 00:00:00

HE ATR E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE. Under the-Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.- W. Harrison. T HIS EVENING, Balfe's celebrated Opera, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE : Characters by Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Fyne Miss 31. Prescott, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. Bartle man, Mr. F. Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement; LA FLEUR D'AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - 1 .-u Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of KING JOHN. King John, Mr. C. Kean—Constance, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. rIIUEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone. 'PliiS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU IZANUE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c. ILE : WOULD BE AN ACTOR. JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. And ANY PORT-IN A STORM. Commence at 7. OYAL STRAND THEATRE, - Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS; Messrs.C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, Arc. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MY AUNT'S HUSBAND; Mr. Swanborough, Mrs, Selby, Miss Ternan. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, . Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The New Tariff : Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Galleries, 6d. Great and Extraordinary Sensation produced by the new and brilliant Decorations—Splendid Act Drop—Magnificent Chandelier—Appropriate Scenery. During the week the new and successful drama of THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIG. With -THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, comprising the evolutions and equitations of the first Professors in the world and their unequalled Stud of Horses. To conclude with a Farce called FAMILY JARS. No fee for booking. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CNNTERtURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- OPEN EVERT.' EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popnlar OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DICETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, L Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, Mr. E. Taylor, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks —Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay -Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that THE FINE ARTS GALLERY IS NOW OPEN, From 11 o'clock am. until 12 o'clock p.m., Containing an extensive Collection of Pictures by Ancient and Modern Masters. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, OCT. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon - yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.57. WIND, North-Easterly; light, with bitter cold weather, THE SUN. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1858. Nobody must on any account presume, for one moment, to imagine the possibility of Mr. BRIGHT ever being in the wrong. That, really and truly, is the gist of the great speech delivered yesterday by the gifted and bumptious member for Birming ham. We are not allowed the privilege of according anything like a mere discriminative admiration to whatever falls from the oracular lips of our Despotic Demagogue. We must accept all or nothing. How, he asks, does any one " dare "—it is literally his z:pssissimmuni verbum—how shall any one " dare " to contravene his assertions, to question the validity of his data, to hesitate over his deductions as by the remotest chance being capable, on scrutiny, of proving in any way inconclusive? He acknowledges himself to stand astounded at the mere idea of there being any one department of governmental affairs on which he is incompetent to offer an opinion to his countrymen. Now, again, we protest that while we do cor dially recognise the abilities, the eloquence, and the honest sincerity of Mr. BRIGHT, we cannot consent to his thus perpetually riding roughshod over the judgment of everybody else in the land. In spite of his own astonishment and indignation at the mere conjecture of srch a possi bility in any other mind, we do certainly conceive that even his unquestionably great and brilliant intellect may just perchance at momenta be devoid of the attribute of infallibility. It does appear to us just barely within the limits of probability that Mr. BRIGHT, being a man and not an archangel, may peradventure be mistaken--may upon some subject or another have come to a conclusion slightly erroneous —may have been reasoning upon premises in a trifling degree fallacious—may (by the rarest pos sibility, of course, but still, we venture to hint, by a possibility) have formed a wrong idea upon " one" of the great departments of Government. If Mr BRIGHT had wings, or a halo, or appeared horned like MosEs, so that he were constrained to walk the earth with his face veiled from the gaze of the vulgar multitude—he might, of course, then, with some show of reason, look for this implicit and reverential faith in the wisdom of his utter• But coming before us, no doubt as a very gifted man, but still as a man, we must yet, in spite of his own amazement and horror at such scarcely conceivable audacity, venture to‘eall in question the idea of his perfec infallibility, antes. Avowing himself upon every possible opportu nity, and under all' circumstances, an advocate of Pecc2, at any Price, he yet 'expresses himself as astonished at any man " daring " to accuse him of being un-English and_ anti-national. Certainly we do regard him in this particular as to our think ing indubitably un-English and anti-national. We have the consummate audacity to think this, and to say this. But in the presence of such very monstrous accusations, Mr. BRIGHT repels them triumphantly, by appealin g t o th e sentiments articulated upon the alternative of War and Peace by the best and most revered of English statesmen. He goes back a hundred and twenty years to a period when, he tells us, " Sir ROBERT WALPOLE declared, speaking of the question of war as affect ing this country, that Any peace was better than the most successful war." That Sir ROBERT WALPOLE ever gave utterance to any sentiment so base and so dastardly, we for one cannot find any where recorded in the pages of our national history. It is a monstrous imputation cast upon the fame of a dead Englishman who did good service to his country in his generation—and we challenge Mr. BRIGHT to ad duce his authority. We have yet to learn the occasion upon which Sir ROBERT WALPOLE uttered a sentiment (we repeat) so base and so dastardly, as that Any Peace was better than the most sue." ful War." Taking for granted, however, that that sentiment WALPOLE really did utter—because he uttered it, it would in if-;elf be none the less base or less dastardly. Itin opinion which we cer tainly do regard, by whomsoever it may be uttered, as entirely nil. En glish and thoroughly anti-national. When, however, Mr. BRIGHT asserts that the whole matter resolves itself into the question For or Against a War Policy, he himself is simply—" beg ging" the question. It is nothing of the kind. The questi° question about a War—and_ not about a War Policy. Mr., BRIGHT is for Peace at any Price. We are not. The English, ns a. nation,. are not. But it does not follow that; titer fore, we are always for WAR at any Price. The matter in dispute is whether A War is right or wrong. It is not, we repeat, a question about a War' Policy —meaning (or else the phrase has no mean ing at all) perpetual pugnacity, a constant appetite for wholesale slaughter and an un limited expenditure of gold and blood. We thought, and still think, that the war with Russia was perfectly right and, indeed, necessary under the circumstances. Mr. BRIGHT repudiates the notion altogether by the very broad and compre hensive declaration that All War is necessarily wrong under Any ciroumstances. We believe him to be monstrously in error in arriving at any such conclusion. We do certainly regard opinions like those as intensely and entirely un-English and anti-national. The history of the country declares it to be so. It is because of this that the little kingdom ruled by EGBERT has expanded into the gigantic empire obedient to the sway of VICTORIA. Mr. BRIGHT'S notion is, that the sceptre of Britain ought to be transformed into a yard-measure for the measuring out of so much calico and broadcloth: Effect this transformation—disband our army, dis embody our militia, break up our maritime arma ments, spike our cannon, explode all our magazines, dismantle every one of our fortifications—and we shall (for the purpose of having them snapped asunder piecemeal), find we are untying the bundle of rods making up the fasces of our imperial dominion. Instead of retaining among us what Mr. BRIGHT facetiously calls our old friend the Balance of Power, we shall be precipitating the advent of an other old friend, Lord MACAULAY'S hypothetical New Zealand.; The intelligence by the Overland Mail from India is but of little practical importance. It is, in fact, nothing but a twice-told tale. We had already heard of the defeat of TANTIA TOPEE by General MICHELL, and the new mutiny of the 62d and 69th Regiments. They had long been disarmed, and were receiving pay, rations, and allowances for doing nothing. Nay, more, some European regiments were necessarily kept as a guard over the disaffected sepoys—so that the nation was deprived of their valuable ser vices, and literally paying twice over to induce the native troops to maintain neutrality. It was manifest that such a state of affairs could not be continued. It was, therefore, decided to discharge one of the regiments, which had been proved to be thoroughly imbued with the mutinous feeling, while another, that was supposed to have remained faithful and not to be tainted with the infection, was to have its arms restored and to be replaced in its original position. Strange to say, the lenity:with which it was treated caused the out break which terminated in the total destruction of the mutineers. Their suspicions proved their ruin. In place of accepting thankfully the extraordinary and unanticipated boon, they fancied that there must be some treachery • at bottom, and entered into a deliberate and cold-blooded plan to seize arms and murder the Europeans at the station. Their total failure has already been narrated, and it is believed that not a single man escaped. A native chief, GHOLAM MUSTAFA KHAN, closely pursued one of the divisions, and, with his own followers and the police, completely cut them off. The fugitives had no aid from the peasantry, who pursued and hunted them down in every direction. It is quite clear from this that no depen dence can ever again, under any circumstances, be placed in the high caste soldiers. The tra.hmins and Rajpoots have shown themselves the deter mined enemies of the British rule, and they have added to that enmity an inconceivable amount of treachery and ingratitude. Nothing has since been done in Oude. Lord CLYDE could not take the field with any regard for the health of his troops. The rains would prove far more fatal to Europeans than the weapons of their enemies. The brief respite has, however, already expired, and a good account will soon be rendered of those who still maintain a hopeless and despairing contest—not with any anticipation of eventual success, but merely of prolonging their forfeit lives to the last. The proclamation announcing the abolition of the Company's Raj and its transfer to Queen VIC TORIA has not yet appeared. It is said that the new Government is to be inaugurated by general illuminations and a gorgeous display of fireworks. We are not generally the advocates of such excep tional exhibitions, but they seem to be judicious in India, where it is of peculiar importance to pro duce a great effect on the minds of the natives. The gorgeousness of the display will be accepted as proof of the invincible power of the new Go• vernment. From Shanghai we hear of the arrival of the Earl of ELGIN from Japan. It was said that he had entered into a very satisfactory treaty. As yet no authentic account of the particulars has been given. It is, however, positively asserted that it closely resembles that recently concluded with the United States. It provides for a resident. Minister at Jeddo, and the opening of three ports within a year, and two more at a later period. There is also a treaty of commerce, by which exports are only to be charged 5 per coat. Imports are to be charged 20 per cent., but there are some important exceptions, the chief of which arc cottons and woollens, in which a large trade may be developed, and on these only 5 per cent. is to be levied. Should Lord ELGIN have succeeded to. this extent he will have merited the thanks and gratitude of the country, and nobly earned the Marquisate, which no doubt awaits the completion of his task. The Chinese Commissioners who were to enter on the revision of the tariff had not yet arrived at Shanghai. After the lesson which they so recently received, it is scarcely probable that they will neglect their appointment. They will twist and turn, lie and quibble, but they will hardly set the British repre. sentative at open defiance, more especially when British men-of-war are sufficiently near to make themselves heard, aye, and felt, in case of necessity. The state of affairs at Canton is still eminently unsatisfactory. The Chinese authorities affect to desire that business shall be resumed, but th© inhabitants still hold aloof, and serious doubts my be entertained of the sin- cerity of their piotlamations. It is said that WIIANG has given us a specimen of what the [earned call "rigmarole," susceptible of any inter- pretation ; and, as it certainly has not produced he effect of bringing back the people, we may be allowed to pause for a more unequivocal intimation of his intentions, before we can place any degree of confidence in his good faith or his integrity. Pix-win is another local authority ; but the same may be said of him that has been asserted of WHANG. They also appear to a certain extent to be playing at cross purposes ; what one wishes to do the other is disposed to counteract. Each wants to be the originator of every movement, and one will defeat anything that may redound to the credit of the other. But besides these recognised officials, there is another irresponsible party which exerc4 es f ar more influence than either. • These may .be-eom.. . 84,,, .''t'" 4. liiv !",i,1,,-• -- 4 - ..,tasitel6P, 4 4l' . .i i , '' . ., 4 , * 4!'e: 4l '-, 41 11114 '''' "I,`-' , - -z4 -..• .4.i . ' ' 1. .. , •'', .1.1" ..- • - 0 411 G a . 1 11 E I , y , , 51,N.. ~,,. , „ l e, .4"... r hi; oIT - I". , 7 "qt." 177. - ....--- THE SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1858. pared to the Irish Rockites or American Lynchers. They set law and authority completely at defiance, and fulminate threats against all who dare to disobey their injunctions. The Shunkum," as they are termed, are playing the old Chinese game. Their main object is said to be to obtain the evacuation of Canton by our troops, before they sanction the revival of trade. It is needless to say that neither Lord ELGIN nor any other British official can consent to such terms, which would completely neutralise the value of the vic tory- already achieved. We must hold possession of Canton until the inhabitants manifest a better disposition, and are inclined to show a greater re spect for solemn obligations, and a more ,correct notion of their duties towards those who come for the purposes of peaceful trade. Should they ab stain from all dealing it will be their own loss more than ours, for we can get all that we require in other ports. LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING. The Palmyra, Captain Tierney, from Sydney July 13th, with full cargo of wool, tallow, and hides, ig in the Channel, bound to London. She rounded Cape Horn August 26th, and crossed the line September 15th. About 10 days since spoke the Florence Nightingale, 145 days from Hong Kong, for London. PORTUGAL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LISBON, OCT. 23. The Charles et Georges was this morning handed over to the French agent. The French war steamer was getting up steam to tow her out the other French vessels were to leave on the following day. Newcastle is setting us all an example. If it be but followed up we shall instruct well enough those who have now in hand the framing of our New Reform Bill, and shall really have, what Mr. DB ,RAELI has promised us, one which will satisfy all; If a Government goes wrong on any great ques tion, let the people know that it is they who are chiefly to blame for it. Had Lord PALMERSTON but known how the nation would receive his policy of taking fright at French dictation, omnipotent as he felt himself, we believe he would rather have braved the French Court than the English people. Had Mr. DISRAELI' but taken our warnings in 185 p, and not pressed his obnoxious increase of the house duty, his graduated income-tax would have secured him a high place among financiers, and he might have remained in office no one can tell how _______ much longer. He failed, however, to discern that FRANCE. those who would readily have voted for the better PARIS, FRIDAY. part of his budget, could not afford to. vote against The Moniteur contains a long report from Prince their constituents on the house-tax. And now, Napoleon to the Emperor on the Civil Organisation if the Cabi ne t can b u t f oresee t h e w i sh of of Algeria. It b eg i ns th us :—" Y our M a j esty has suppressed the g enera l governmen t o f Al ger i a and the nation, it will no t run coun t er to i t. No Government c an d o so an d surv i ve ; an d there the local instituti ons connec t e d w ith it ; b ut i t d i d not enter into yo ur v i ews t o rev i ve a t P ar i s t h e ad is no reason wh a t ever th a t an y G overnment in ministrative centralisation which was no longer to office at any time should hesitate to give effect to exist in Algeria. Your Majesty confided to me the the unquestionable will of the people. task of carrying out the decree of the 31st August, Let then, we say, the nation make its will un- and I have prepared myself for that duty by serious to your Majesty a decree, submit I now mistakeable. It is the easiest an d mos t ti me - sav i ng study. course, in the long run, to t e ll our C a bi nets, before the essential obj ec t o f w hi c h i s to s i mp lif y th e ad ministration. In confiding to local authorities the Parliament meets, What we want of them. One and - greatest part of the attributions of the Governor all, they will do no more in the way of political General, I have desired to give to administrators the reform than they are compelled to d o . W e d o no t means, and at the same time impose on them the obli believe that the pre s e n t C a bi ne t i s , as a w h o l e , a t g ation of g rea t er act i v i ty ; I have also des i re d b y di all less disposed to give us a goo d, h ones t R e f orm m . inishing a d m i n i s t ra ti ve i ntervent i on to l eave more Bill than was Lord PALMERSTON'S. F rom e ith er liberty to individual i n iti a ti ve ." Th e repor t th en goes on to re c o mmen d i n d eta il var i ous measures of them, as we sow so shall we reap. If meetings, in accordance with the preceding principles, and wublic meetings, are everywhere held, as at New- the Emperor by a decree, in 59 articles, orders them castle; if the people at large are encouraged to come to be carried into effect. The decree is divided into forward, and to speak their wish e istinctly, they i three chapter s , an d th e fi rs t prov id es t h a t th e pro may be sure th e l esson w ill no t' e l os t on D own - mulgation of l aws , d ecrees , an d regu l at i ons re l a ti ve ing-street. These are d ays hich we hear a to Algeria, whi c h h as h ereto f ore ta k en p l ace a t 4 Algiers, shall henceforth b e ma d e b y th e Cen tral Administration at Paris. The second wily Governments need education ; and there are chapter contains these enactments :—" Algeria no instructors for Government like public meetings is to continue to be divided into three pro of the people, backed by the comments of an en- vinces, and each province is to be divided into lightened and independent press. Governments, civil rand military territory, the civil territory like another class of pupils, need Lord ASHBURTON'S forming a department administered by the prefect. Each prefect is t o b e assisted by a secretary-gene lessons on comm on thi ngs . O p i n i ons are f requently ral and a council, consisting of four members for quite common among the people, but our rulers Algiers and three for the other two departments. have little personal intercourse with the people, The commanders of military territories are to ex and know little of their opinions, however common. ercise civil powers, but - are to be assisted by a Let the people, theref ore , t a k e th e pa i ns t o teac h council to advise i n c i v il a ff a i rs. I n eac h pro their own servants. vince there is t o b e a counc il- genera l of from 12 . to 20 members c h ose n by th e E mperor f rom among Our readers will have s een th a t th e d eman d s o f the European or native notabilities, and it =will the Newcastle people, in the elegant language of have' to deckle various loiral questions, and. among Yankeeism, "go the - whole hog." Universal Sul- them the imposition of extraordinary taxes and the frage, the Ballot, equalisation of constituencies, and levying of loans, and is to be consulted on other short Parliaments,—such is the programme of the local matters." The third chapter is relative to the Provincial county of the PERCYS ; and the g oo d f o lk o f th e rovincial budgets, a n d enac t s th a t a b u d get o f each province, p re p are d i n concer t b y th e pre f ect I North seem to be quite as hopeful of success with a Conservative Cabinet as th e y wou ld h ave been and commander of th e m ilit ary t err it ory, i s to be presented to the council-general, and after exa with a Whig one, and we verily believe somewhat urination by it, it is to be fixed by Imperial decree. more so. And they are right. We confess to a like It enters into minute details as to what are to be feeling. There are men in Lord DERBY'S Cabinet, considered ordinary and what extraordinary ex• enses and receipts ; it a lso p rov id es f or the keep men of weight in it too, in w h om th e na ti on d oes P feel more confiden ce , i n regar d t o d omes ti c re f orms, ins of accounts. In th e course o f t h e report it is s than it did in any o f L or d P ALMERSTON ' S Mi n i stry , stated that for some years p as t th e b u d get of the colony has been about 7,000,000 fr., o f wh i ch They may, as a body, they very likely w ill, dis- 3,000,000 fr. for the provi nce o f Al g i ers, and appoint us,--still we h ave as much hope_ from 2,000,000 fr. each for the other two. Lastly, the them as we should have from the other ; this, decree enacts that from the Ist January next the indeed, is saying very very little, for we never did local and municipal budget - of Algeria shall be hope from Lord PALMERSTON for anything what- suppressed, and that the councils -general of the withi n th ree months matter of Reform. ever but some g rea t or littl e j ugg l e or sham, in the provinces shall beconvoked after the promulgation of the d ecree. T o that One of the orators spoke by proxy, and effec- document are appended three tables—the first, enumerating the various employments in the tively too. General THO3IPSON'S letter was nomination of the prefects ; the second, stating the amongst his happiest efforts of the kind, and various subjects on which the said functionaries setting aside some crotchety and questionable will have to decide; and the third setting forth though clever epigrams to war d s th e c l ose on t h e what matters are reserved to the consid era ti on of peace question, the General sustai ne d hi s o ld repu - the central power. By another d ecree M . Gory advocate at the Imperial Court of Li moges, an d tation well. On the S u ff rage an d th e B a ll o t h e is member of the Council General of the Haute at home. He has long ago turned inside out almost Vienne, is appointed Prefect of Algiers, in the room every conceivable fallacy on these subjects, and of M. Lautoux-Mezeray, placed on the retired list; were Lord JOHN RussELL and the Whigs' capable and M. Legoazre de Toulgoet, sub-prefect of Ville of learning, or rather had they n o t a se lfi s h f ear f or franche (Aveyron) , prefect of Con s t an ti na, i n the Zcepfell, appointed di rec t or o f c i v i l M. their order, they would have yielded l ong ago t o room of affairs in Algeria. the force of argument, and to the more appalling The 2lfoniteur contains the following announce force of a large liberal majority against them. ment : " The Procureur Imperial of the " Jack is not naturally a dull boy"—but there is Tribunal of the Seine yesterday ordered the another well-known proverb, to wit, that "none are seizure of the number of the Correspondant, which _ contains an article by Count de Montalembert, so dull as those who won't learn ;" and we a pp re ' hend the dulness of our Jack—and he may b e aga i n entitled Un Debat sur l'l n d e au P ar l ement some day a " Jack in office"—is of this character. Anglais.' The editor of th e j ourna l and the author of the said article are charged :-1. With an attack against the p r i nc i p l e of un i versal If he gets rid of his wilful dulness, we b e li eve might soon again enjoy the swe e t s o f a room in suffrage, and against the r i g ht s an d author i ty Downing-street. which the Emperor holds from the Constitution. 2 One of the principal speakers a ll u d e d t o th e re - 2 . With an attack against the respect d ue t o th e laws. 3. With ex c iti ng t o h a t re d an d contempt port set on foot by a relative of Mr. SontEnox of the Emperor's Government. And 4. With ESTUOURT% that the Ministry intends to enfran by exciting 'seeking tO dis e tUrb — pubtic tranquillity ' chise even the agricultural peasantry, and of course, the contempt or hatred of citizens one against the therefore, the operatives in towns. Sho u ld th e y ot h er — offences prov i ded for and punished by Arts. si have really determined on this course, the General 1,4, and 7 of the decree of August 11, 1848, and has furnished them, and not for the first time, with Articles 1 and 3of the law of July 27, 1849." the very best reply to the stock o bj ec ti on that BOURSE, Oct. 29.—The market rem a i ns w ith out wealth would be overpowered by num b ers . It is much variation. Railways have b een fl a t. Th rees have varied from 72f. 95c. to 73f. ; Mobilier 905 f. quite true, as he says, that wealth should have the to 9071. 50c. ; Lyons, 875 f. to 877 f. 50c. Southern, , 570 f. to 572 f. 50 c . ; E as t ern , 717 f. 50c. benefit of its riches, and knowledge of its superi ority ; " yet no one has discovered that, to give to 712 f. 50c. ; and Austrian, 657 f. 50c. to 660 f them their due advantages in the mark e t, it i s fieces _ The following are the last quotations : • The popular feeling was very strong against the non-interference of England. SPAIN. The following telegram was received at Mr. Reuter's office, this day:— " MADRID, OCT. 29. " An official decree calls in part of the conscrip tion for 1858, in order to replace the men sent to Cuba. . The Diarie 'Grobser no publishes an article, com plaining of the violence exercised in the affair o. the Charles-et-Georges. The Count of Peracamps is dead." sary to keep the poor man out." " There is no justice, no truth, in saying if you give votes to the poor man you take away the power of protecting themselves from the rich." The rich, in fact, can always protect themselves. Admirable, too, were his remarks on the Ballot : "Rich men say to them 4/ Per. Cents. ... • 95 75 Foncier 650 Do. end month .. 95 75 •Belgian 4f 3 per Cents 73 Piedmontese (5) .. Do. end month 73 Roman Bank Shares 3125 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 907 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 910 Home Debt 934 - 934 - 93 - 40 -. selves, what would become of us if we had the Bal- Lot?" Why, this—that if two rich men were con- vesting an election, one rich man might get the votes instead of the other. We cannot doubt that both the General's letter and the report of the meeting have caught the eye of some members of he present Cabinet. We advise them, if they should have passed them over, to give them a serious look again. They will be a good preparation for he next Cabinet meeting. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Duchess of Malakoff have returned to Albert-gate House, from Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have left town for Kimbolton Castle. The noble duke and duchess will shortly leave England for Germany. The Earl Granville has left Bruton-street for Italy. The count4ss has left Florence for Rome, where the uebk / earl will meet her ladyship. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. , Orleans Northern ' New ditto. Bl5 .. 812 50 Lyons and. Mediterranean 873 75 .. 875 --- Now ditto • — Geneva 622 50 .. 622 50 Midi Western 607 50 .. 610 Eastern Grand Central — • • Sardinian 450 .. 452 50 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 2.51 71c. - ; three months, paper, 24f. 99,c.; money, 24f. 921 c. RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg letter says :—" The Emperor has addressed an order of the day to the army of the Caucasus, expressing his satisfaction at- the re sult of their late operations. There is now a direct communication between the army and Tiflis, in consequence of the voluntary submission of dif ferent tribes. Capt. Tadjew, charged by General Endoktutow tO - cosiv4 , the accounts of the successes of the left wing of the army to Prince Bariatinski, and who was accompanied by the chiefs of the submitted tribes, is the first Russian officer who has arrived at Tiflis by that direct road." The same letter states : " The emancipation of the serfs will be also extended to those who are not engaged in agricultural pursuits. The attention of the Government is particularly directed to those who are employed in the mines belonging to private individuals, and the condition of whom is very miserable. A first step has been already taken in their favour. The proprietors of those serfs have been ordered to trans mit to the authorities the necessary information as to their situation, and Imperial Commissioners will be appointed to verify the correctness of their de clarations on the spot. The police have forbidden artisans to replace the food and clothing which they owe to their apprentices by sums of money. These sums are frequently insufficient, and it is not wished that these young men should have money in their possession. This plan is moreover contrary to the regulations." CEYLON. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re ceived files of papers from Colombo to the 29th of September. We take the following from the Over land Ceylon Observer of that date : " During the fortnight the Nile and Albemarle, the last ships of the season-, have sailed for London with 4,728 cwt. of plantation coffee and 6,425 native, total 11,153. The Ralston took 2,255 cwt. of native to Mauritius, and the Devonvale 261. In the report for the fortnight are included 142 cwt. of plantation taken by the Australasian steamer from Galle for Sydney on the 20th of August. Including this latter item the additions to our exports in the fortnight have been 4,870 plantation, 8,941 native, total 13,811. " The prospects of our staple are., on the whole, good. The value of the crop now finished, at the moderate rate of £2 per cwt., exceeded £1,000,000 on the spot ; that of next season will doubtless reach £1,300,000. " The mail of the 25th of August reached Galle on the 22d inst. in the Nemesis. The Royal Albert ship arrived on the 16th with a detachment of troops. Cholera continues in several parts of the southern province; the rest of the country is, we believe, healthy. " The price of rice at Colombo has gone up very high, as the police price current of Saturday last indicates ; but, as the fleet of native vessels has commenced coming in, we trust this staple article of food will speedily recede to a moderate figure. " The import market is active, and small arrivals of the new crop of coffee have imparted some animation into our export trade. - Like every other port in the East, Colombo is crowded with vessels waiting for employment. Exchanges have taken a turn adverse to drawers, and, of course, the process will go on as the local demand for money increases." THE MAURITIUS. We have files of papers from Port Louis to the 25th of September. We extract the following from the Overland Commercial Gazette of that date : " The principal event of the past fortnight has been the dinner given to the Governor and Admiral Grey by the planters of the united districts of Pamplemousses and Riviere du Rempart on the 16th instant. This is the first time his Excellency has been in the country dis tricts, and he must have been gratified with the reception he met with, at the same time nothing could have been more gratifying to the planters then the appreciation of their hospitality by their two distinguished guests. The dinner was given at Labnurdonnais, the well-known estate of the Hon. C. Wiehe, and his Excellency the Governor, in a remarkable address in reply to his health, took occasion to pass in review the contemplated changes in the system of immigration. It will strike every one that, while there is an anxious desire to render the employer less at the mercy of the labourer than he is at present, the interest of the im migrant is not forgotten, and by the system his Excellency proposes to introduce, combined with other improvements, these new inhabitants are likely to become better :citizens than they ,are at present, as they will be brought more under Ethe influence of civilised habits, instead of being left to in crease and multiply like plants in an ' unweeded garden.' " While we are on the subject of improvements which have emanated from our present Governor, we must not forget that the comprehensive andpractical observations con tained in his minute to the Chamber of Commerce on steam communication, now that the subject has again come before the Imperial Government, have not been lost sight of by the Lords of the Admiralty in their arrangements for the service to Australia ; and if we are fortunate enough to ...obtain a service which will connect us with Australia as , well as Europe (and hereafter nb - Cape) not a little ' , will be due to the able advotacy of that project by his Excellency. We said at the time that the minute of ,his. Excellency and the report of the Chamber of Com merce were as seed sown which in time must bring forth fruit. The time is come quicker than we expected, owing to circumstances which, however unfortunate for the Aus tralian Company, are full of promise for us. We cannot help referring to certain passages in the Governor's minute which, although considered by . some persons out of the colony as somewhat partial as regards Mauritius, are now being admitted as the impartial truth. It was the informa,, tion it contained that was required coming from so high an authority which has been a heavy weight in the balance in our favour : " Looking at the 'geographical position of Mauritius. said his Excellency, there is no doubt that it must soon be acknowledged to be the convenient centre of two most im portant lines of European communication, one from Aus tralia and the other from the Cape via Aden and Suez. The disclosures which were made in London in 1856, when different routes from those countries were under investiga tion, amply prove the superiority of this island, as one of paramount importance. " Again ; " Once make Mauritius an attractive centre and medium of communication, the continuing prosperity of this little island must be permanently and inevitably insured. And now that the opportunity offers, advantage must be taken of it with broad, slid-bold views; and the enterprise must be undertakon-and accomplished with as much courage as is consistent e with circumspection and security.' " The opportunity only offered as far as our contract was concerned, and it required a circumstance like that which has lately occurred to completely open the question to the Imperial Government. The Australian Company have now been compelled to give up the contract of the monthly service via Ceylon, and since it has been carried on for the time by the West India Mail Company no better result has been obtained. On the 28th July the steamer Victoria, due sth July, had not reached Melbourne ; and the new steamer Australasian was obliged to put back to Trincomalee after leaving Galle for Australia on the 21st of August. This fine large steamer cannot be repaired at Galle ; she could have been docked and repaired here and made ready for the next voyage, as a prudent company would have had a spare vessel ready to replace her. She will now have to go to Calcutta, and the July mail will be lost to the Australians, as it will only be received by the steamer Columbian, with the August mail. This accident, added to others, confirms the opinion already formed, that it is impossible to perform a voyage of 19,000 miles with one vessel, that a sttaion is necessary between Australia and Suez, where steamers of any size can be repaired, and that if the boisterous weather can be avoided without prolonging the distance, greater re gularity will be attained. Mauritius appears to us as if placed on the middle of the Indian Ocean as if expressly for the purpose. But, independent of the geographical position, this island enjoys as a station, independent of the ad vantages it enjoys of offering means of repairing vessels which no port possesses in these seas, our commercial rela tions with Australia are now become important. 30,000 lons, or more than one-frrth of the present crop, the largest ever made, will be despatched to the Australian colonies, and New Zealand is also becoming a customer. A branch of a Melbourne Marine Insurance Company is esta blished here (the Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Com- pany), and a branch of the National Bank of Australia is also about to be opened. The next step is that which we are about to reach—viz., a direct, regular, and prompt com munication by steam with those colonies. We have said nothing of our future .consumption of the products of Aus tralia. "Her Majesty's ship Boscowen, with Admiral and Lady Grey on board, left on the 13th inst., after having partaken of the hospitality .of the inhabitants, and freely offered that of the Boscowen. A brilliant ball was given on board that vessel, which was well attended, as such fetes are rare here ; the Boscowen being a much larger vessel than the ships of war that usually come to this port. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are receiv ing visitors at Broadlands. The Right Hon. Sir Jlamilton Seymour, Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, Mrs. Lane Fox, the Hon. F. Byng, Adm. the Hon. F. W. and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cowper, Viscountess Jocelyn, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., and Mr. A. Seymour, are among their guests. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby, who arrived a few days since at Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, from Drummond Castle, Perthshire, are expected in town to-day. The noble lord and lady contemp late passing the approach ing winter at Torquay. Lord and Lady Cranworth have left town for Holwood Park, Bromley, Kent. Lady Farnham has left' Claridge's Hotel for Farnham, county Cavan. The Right Hon. J. W. Henley left London yes terday for Brighton. MINES.—The reaction in the Mining Market would appear to have commenced. in earnest ; and the busi ness transactions of the past week have been to a very large amount in almost every description of . stock. It is also satisfactory to notice that speculating for the account, "upon which we animadverted a few months ago, and the evil effects of which were so disastrous to the market, has alraost disappeared ; and the business now dol . is • doing IA vOna fteo piirclaaes for cash,"—Mining Immo, INDIA AND CHINA By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we ( Times) have received our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to the 23d of September and from Hong Kong to the 12th of September. The following is the letter of our Calcutta cor respondent:-- ." " CALCUTTA, SEPT. 23. " The fortnight has been almost barren of intel ligence. The proclamation announcing the aboli tion of the Company has not yet appeared. Meantime orders have been issued to illuminate all public buildings, and, if possible, all towns, and to prepare a grand show of fireworks—an exhibition in which natives take a peculiar delight. Some ( fireworks have been sent to Allahabad, and the illuminations are progressing, but the fireworks for Calcutta cannot be ready for weeks. The order is well judged, as no amount of proclamations would convince a people who cannot read that the ' Com pany's raj' had ended, and the alteration of the coinage and other visible signs of a change of dynasty will require time. Besides, the show itself is popular. The last of the kind was given by Lord Ellenborough, and is still remembered. The natives complain bitterly of our English dislike for pageantry, and it is undoubtedly one of the many causes which give to our regime that appearance of monotony which is to a native its first characteris tic. " Pending the proclamation, the chief topic is the mutiny at Mooltan. Your Bombay correspon dent will, have informed you a week since of the last defeat of Tantia Topee by General Michell, but he may not have heard all the details of the de struction of the mutinous regiments at Mooltan. Two regiments there stationed—the 62d and 69th —were among the ` . first disarmed in the Punjab. The 69th was known to be rotten to the core, but the 62d has till within these last few weeks com mitted no act calculated to excite suspicion. Ac cordingly it was resolved to rearm the regiment while discharging the 69th. The order was accord ingly sent out to the men and received in ominous silence. According to the only probable account yet received, the sepoys took the order to be an indication of kindness so inconceivable that it must conceal some treachery. They resolved, it is said, that they were to be destroyed, and that the order to discharge them in detail was intended to facili tate that process. To prevent the execution of the plan they determined to escape. Escape without horses was, however, nearly impossible, and the only horses obtainable were those belonging to the European Artillery. The Artillery stables, there fore, were the point of attack, and the two regi ments, joined by the native Artillerymen (dis armed), marched by wings on the European Artil lerymen. They had no muskets and but few swords, but the mass had extemporised formidable clubs out of the side posts of their bedsteads. A few reached the stables, where they killed four Europeans, but were speedily driven out by a gallant young fellow, a lieutenant, who flung him self among them sword in hand. The remainder were beaten back by the artillerymen according to the printed accounts, with their side arms. This, however, I am informed, is a mistake. An officer, Captain Green, I think, had received information of the movement, and got out his guns so rapidly as to be able to pour case into the mutineers at 50 yards. At all events, 300 were killed on the spot, and the remainder, about 1,100, broke and fled. The Bombay Fusiliers came up a few minutes after wards, and their Adjutant, Lieutenant Mules, who was riding in advance, was seized by a few sepoys, torn from his horse, and brained on the spot. The sepoys then divided, part flying towards the Sutlej, the boats upon which river had,'however, been seized, and part towards Lahore. The former party again divided, one portion making for an island in the Gheera, and another for the Cheenab. They were all arrested or slain. The second' division was pursued by a native gentleman, Golam Mustafa Khan, aided by his tenantry and the police. The sepoys fought desperately, and compelled a retreat, but Mustafa Khon advanced again, and every sepoy was killed.' By this time the country was up. Punjab officials know how to ride, the country folk hate the Hindostanee soldiery with a most healthy hatred, and by the 15th inst. the entire force, both the regiments and the Artil lery, had been accounted for.' All who had not been shot, or drowned, or hanged, had been taken prisoners. The intelligence made the Sepoys at Meean Meer restless,' but the watch kept there is most vigilant, and, though there are rumours of a rising, they are not authenticated. The catastrophe will put a stop to the rearming mania which for a few days threatened to place some 15,000 traitors under arms in the northern stations. The truth, that the fighting classes to a man detest the British, and that those who remained faithful only waited their opportunity, begins at last to be admitted. The 60th Native Infantry, one of the best disposi tioned' of the disarmed, is now on its march from Peshawur to Umballah, and Sir J. Lawrence has, I perceive, ordered all the police en route to keep their arms in readiness for action. The discharges are proceeding rapidly, 40 men a-day crossing the frontier under the surveillance of the police. Beyond that point they subside into the population, and if they join the marauders can do little harm. Four or five thousand more or less of them do not make the difference of an European Regiment. From Oude and Shahabad we have nothing of importance. The rains check all movements, and both parties appear to await weather a little more favourable for loctmotion. The field force or dered by Lord Clyde to clear Shahabad has net yet collected, and the rebels are taking advantage of the pause to fortify themselves in Jugdespore. According to native report they number 15,000 men ; but native spies make little distinction be tweenfollowers and fi g hti ng men. They may y camp a mount to that number, as small parties steal down from Oude to join them, but the reports do not prove the fact. Active operations will scarcely recommence till the 15th of October, the usual termination of the rains. " The ra ilway from Allahabad to Cawnpore was opened to the public on the 15th inst. It had been open for troops and stores for some days previous. The railway will also be open to Adjai, 40 miles beyond Burdwan, in a few days. This section, however, will be of little use till the bridge over the Adjai is completed, which will not be the case for at least another year." CHINA. HONG KONG, SEPT. 12. The mail steamer Pekin arrived on the sth inst., and the same steamer takes the outward mail to leave this morning. Our last advices from Shanghai, under date th e 3d inst., mention the arrival of Lord Elgin there from Japan, where, it is said, he succeeded in and - ranging a satisfactory treat y . The p arti culars have n ot been made known , but it is mentioned in the North China Herald t hat the treat y is based very much upon the one f ormed b y the United States. It provides for a resident Minister a t Jeddo, n the opening within a year of the ports of li ana _ Barra, which is considered the port of Jeddo, of Nagasaki, and Hakodadi and later, two other ports, one on the west coast, and another on the east coast. The cities of Jeddo and Ohosaka are also to be free to trade. Exports are to be subject to a duty of five per cent., and imports are to be charged 20 per cent., with some exceptions, which e include what may become the mos t fiv cent. i mp ortantis articles—viz., cotton and woollen goods, and on these it is understood a duty of o n ly to be levied. The Dutch had not as yet, i t is said, s s ge succeeded in obtaining the privileges granted e to other nations. The Emperor yacht was handed over to the Japanese authorities with due ceremony. During Lord Elgin's visit to Jeddo the Emperor was unwell, which was given as an excuse for his not receiving his Lordship. The Chinese Commissioners, whose arrrival wa s expected in Shanghai to meet the Ambassadors for the revision of the tariff, had not arrived up to the last date, and nothing positive was known regard ing them. The Canton river is again free, but we have nothing satisfactory to report of the state of matters in the city. It is Iffiettit to explain the reason for things continuir g a 3 they are, as ostensibly the Chinese officials require the people to resume business, and have issued notices to this effect. Our correspondent at Canton, accounting for the existing state of affairs, writes : " I regret to say affairs here are not in so satisfactory a state as one could wish, or as most people fancy. Whang, Pik-wih, and the Shun-kum, are all playing at cross pur poses, and there appears to be much disagreement among them, while they seem each to have their own faction who place confidence in only what emanates from their own leaders. Thus those proclamations that have been issued by Whang and Pik-wih calling upon the people to return, and so forth, do not inspire general confidence, especially as the former has 'written in so meagre and dubious a manner, that it may be construed into any meaning to answer any after purpose. The Shun-kum, moreover, have issued nothing, and it is said are inclined to oppose Whang in every point possible. " Another proclamation is expected to appear to-day from Whang, - written in a clear and straightforward tone, which, it is hoped, will have a good effect in allaying the fears of the native merchants. At the present moment all respect able Chinese are afraid to do any business with foreigners, not that they fear that matters are not amicably settled, but because they know until there is some consistency in the acts of their own authorities trading wth us would with certainty 136 made a pretext for extorting money from them by one,party or another. "As regards the Shun-kum, I believe what they are chiefly striving for is to insist upon our troops being with drawn from the city before they permit their countrymen to trade with us, but I sincerely trust our authorities will be equally firm in holding a portion until they pursue an honest and open policy towards us and their own people." Regarding the evacuation of Canton by our troops, we trust such a course will not be thought of till there are good grounds for supposing that the people generally, as well as their advisers, have determined to let a different policy exist towards foreigners than they have hitherto persistently pursued against them. Should the troops be with drawn from Canton now, or before the people show by their demeanour that they intend to respect the present treaty in regard to the proper treatment of foreigners, the root of the " Canton difficulty" will still exist, as before the late troubles commenced. This was the only point on which Lord Elgin, in his answer to an address from the merchants on his arrival in this country, considered himself at liberty to explain the policy that should guide him in the settlement of the questions that he came out here to arrange. In his reply he states : " Without, however, departing from the reserve which a sense of duty prescribes to me, I may venture to state that I concur with you in the opinion that no settlement of our present difficulties will be satisfactory which shall fail to teach the Cantonese a wholesome respect for the obligations of their own Government in its relations with independent Powers, and for the laws of hospitality towards strangers who resort to their shores for peaceful purposes of trade." His Lordship's mission has been an important, and, so far, a successful one. In trade at Canton there was nothing doing, and it was doubtful when the tea-market would open. Foreigners with any prudence will only pay low ratesfor tea, and the enhanced prices in the country do not give any inducement to the Chinese to press the produce on the market. Another impediment to the opening of the market is that a general contribution is to be exacted for war expenses, and it was expected that those who in the outset did business to any extent would have to pay the heaviest levies. No reliable information can be obtained regard ing the quantity of new congou near Canton. One statement gives it as 30 chops at Fatshan and about 170 chops is the neighbourhood. In the Pekin "Gazettes" the objectionable term " barbarian" continues• to be used towards foreigners. From Manilla we learn that the last of the force, French and Spanish had, left for Cochin China. In our last we mentioned that the Cormorant had returned, after a cruise against pirates, and brought in several junks; we should have said Her Majesty's steamer Surprise, Commander Cresswell, who succeeded with a very small force in destroy ing a fleet of piratical junks in a bay at Lintin. A subsequent expedition, consisting of Her Majesty's steamers Magicienne, Inflexible, and gun boats Plover and Algerine, was also very successful having fallen in with a laaige piratical fleet in— Kulau Bay, where 40 junks and some 60 3. pull away" boats are reported to have been destroyed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Englishman.) THE CALCUTTA MARKET, SEPT. 22. On the 9th the electric telegraph via Madras reportedthe arrival of the Nubia there on the 7th inst. with the London mail of the 9th of August, and furnished us with the heads of political and commercial intelligence from Europe. On the 11th inst. the Nubia was announced at Saugor, but did not come up till the following day. On the 13th the mail of the 17th of August was announced, having arrived at Bombay on the 9th inst., and on the 20th inst. we received our letters and papers by th a t route. _ - The produce-market, generally speaking, has been less active than what wo reported in our last report, and with the exception of the raw silk, which has again advanced in value, and is in excellent demand, all other articles of ex port are in less inquiry, and easier in value. The Money Market.—We have no alteration to note under this head. Money continues abundant, and in the Bazaar accommodations are obtained at easier rates than in the Bank of Bengal. Joint-stock shares generally maintain their value. India generals are, however, in most favour, and are at 700 r. pre mium.. , Company's Papers. —The market continues in a languid state, and much uncertainty exists in the native mind a s to what course will be pursued with these securities after the proclamation transferring India to the Crown. Exchange. —The rates for this mail have been 2.01 to 2.0 a for first-class six months' sight credits, and 2.0+ to 2.01 for si x mont h s ' s i g h t d ocuments. On China nothing doing. Freights have been lower since departure of the last mail, owing to there being no demand for tonnage for the country' ports. HONG-KONG, SEPT. 12. The Chinese have been returning to this place and Macao, and we have to report some demand for imports here. Cotton, owing to imports, has receded in value; only 500 bales Bombay sold. We quote medium to good, 15 dols. 20c. to 15 dols. 50c. • fine, 15 dols. 80c. , Bullion—Sycee silver, 81 per cent. pm. ; bar silver, 10k per cent. pm.; gold leaf, 23 dols 50c. per tael. Exchange on England closes at 4s 5d to 4s 51d. ; on In dia, 216 2161 rupees. Tonnage very abundant, and little freight offering. Shanghai advices to the 3d in s t report the demand for imports very slack. Skirtings—Grays quoted, Ts. 1 7to Ts. 24. Whites, Ta. 1 7 to Ts. 2 3. Stocks, 460,000 pieces. In tea little or nothing had been done. No chops of new congou had yet arrived. The decrease in the export of tea from China compared with that of last year to same time is 9,000,0001 b. In silk a large business had been done, reported at 8,000 bales since last mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HONG KONG, SEPT. 11. Jo hanna Ralkmann, from Swansea ; ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong—Aug. 24, the Bertha, from Cardiff; Aug. 25, the Norden, from Sunderland ; Aug. 26, th e Jo , front Cardiff; Aug. 28, the Eastern Star, from Liverpool, and the Alma and Olga, 'from Thiiinseit ;" Aug. 30 , the Van der Palen, from Cardiff, and the Land o' Cakes from Sun derland ; Sept. 3, the Dolfyn, from Cardiff; ' Sept. 7, the Aug. 27, the Van Galen, Port de Bordeaux, from Cardiff. At Shanghai —Aug. 17, the Sea Witch, from London. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Hon v England. g—eng--Aug. 24, H.M.'s ship Nankin, f or From Macao —Sept. 3, the New Great Britain, for Lon don. From F oochow —Aug 12, the Kate Carnie, for London ; Sept. 1, the Ballarat, for London. g e SHIPS OF WAR. Mrl frkell—Th British s t eamer C a l cu tt a ; th e frigates Cambrian and Amethyst ; the sloop Elk ; the steamers Macao —The Portuguese brig Adventure, Coromandel, Esk, Fury, Inflexible, Magicienne, and Sanspareil; the boats Cormorant, Hesper, Surprise/ and Volcano ; the French steamer Scotland. Frenc hAmaz steamer Lily ; the elli.ona ; the Dutch steamer Mondego • tho lorcha Canton River. —The British brigs Bittern and Camilla ; the steamers Assistance, Hornet, and Tribune ; the gun boats Algerine Bustard, Clown, Drake, Forester, Hauhty, Janus, Kestrel', Leven, Plover, Slaney, Starling, Staunch, Watchful, and Woodcock the French steamer Audacieuse, the ~,Germantown, American friomte and the Russian steamergooor. Marigoor. K. ---The British b r i g Acorn. Amo Fooc ow . — The British steamer Sampson. Shanghai. —The B r iti s h f r i ga t e A c t aeon , th e steamer s Cruiser Rightlyer, and Retribution •, the French steamer Alarm, ' the American steamer Powhattan. Coast of China—The British gunboats Banterer and Nimrod, the an French s t eamers Gironde'd Phlegethon, the gunboats the D ragonne and Metraille, the steamer La Place i Russian steamers America, Bijarin, Strelvet, and Voyerada ; the gun b oats Djugnite and lOvick, and the frigate Oskolde. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PRESTON.---We have to record th e death of Sir Robert Preston, Bart., which took pl ace at his residence, Sydney-place, Bath. 111 0 baronetcy was a Scottish one, created in 1637, and Sir in Robert was the eighth baronet.. He succeeded his father 1846. He was formerly a colonel in the army, and was 'PPointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1849 ; Ihe sixth baronet died in 1.834 ; and the whole malelinc. of e first baronet being extinct, the title reverted, according to the patent of creation, to his nearest male collateral rela tive, the late baronet's father, who was zepresentative of entered the Royal na — x.) the first baronet's next brother. Sir Robert Preston is succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother Henry) 7 1 :. ire 1830. in 1801, and became a couglianu J o i n \i ons r 111 tt sty a.ta "l ar a: D At° . ••I A.e, follow