The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-11 00:00:00

M R. CHARLES KEAN'S --_ - • - FAREWELL SEASON, as Manager of the -ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE,-will commence on SATRDAY, the 2nd Oct. next, and conclude on Saturday, the 330th July. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. will be performed THE WAY TO K REP HIM. Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, and Farren ; Mrs. C. Sinclair. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Nena. Folowed by A WICKED FE. Miss ynolds. To s conclude with A KISS IN WI THE DARK. Re Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. First Appearance of Mrs. A. MELLON (late Mi ss Woolgar). Men of the Day. THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Supported by Messrs. Emery, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the New Farce, entitled TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Messrs. Emery, J. Rogers, Garden, Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon, and Miss Portman. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. - • -- ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS, in which Miss Swanborough, Miss Ternan, Mrs. Selby, Messrs. C. Selby, J. Bland , and J. Clarke will make their appearance. Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Miss M. Oliver and Mrs. Leigh Murray. To conclude with•FAMILY JARS. Miss E. Wilton. Commence at 7 o'clock, ROYAL GARDENS, VAU4.IIALL. On MONDAY, 13th September, a Grand Illumination Gala, for the benefit of the director, Mr. Robert Duffel!, who will be assisted by all the available talent in the Metropolis. The Concert in the Handel Orchestra will be supported by Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. P. Cord, Master Haydn Cord (the eminent youthful soprano), Mr. Charles Sloman (the only English im provisatori), Mr. J. G. Fordo (the celebrated Buffo Vocalist), Mr. Elijah Taylor, and Mr. W. B. Donaldson (the Negro Melodist). Vccal Conductor, Mr. Russell Gover. A New Ballet, under the direction of the inimitable Flexmore. A Selec tion of pas pastorales, by Chapino's Troupe. In the Cirque Imperial Mr. J. Robinson, tha Great American bareback rider; the last night but five of his engagement, in conjunction with her. Majesty's Clown Croueste's, new Company . of Equestrian Celebrities, including Madame Blanche' the Equestrian Magnet and the Bottle Equilibrist—Wonderful Tight-rope Ascent—Extra Band—Extra Ballet—Extra Concert—Extra Horsemanship—Extra FireworAs, and 30,000 Variegated Lamps—No extra charge. Admission, One Shilling. Children Sixpence. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. MAckucy. l'ianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonglimans. Commence at 7 prisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that in the month of October, A FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con nexion with the above Hall. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 11. - THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since neon yesterday.. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROME rER-30 . 21 WIND, South-Westerly; light and fine. A telegram just received from Corfu, and which brings intelligence from Hong Kong to the 22d July, confirms the Russian statements as to the conclusion of the treaty between the Western Powers and the Celestial Empire. It is stated that Mr. BRUCE (a relative of Lord ELGIN) is en route for England, bringing with him the perfected treaty. The receipt whereof will, of course, set all doubts at rest. The statement of its contents is as yet very brief. Nine new ports are opened for trade ; but whether these are in addition to the five previously available, or in lieu thereof, does not appear. The difference is one of no ordinary importance, and a 3 there is every reason to believe that Lord ELGrN succeeded in obtaining the concession of all his demands, it may fairly be anticipated that he has stipulated for nine additional porter, so as to carry on the tradebetweenEngland find China in the most beneficial manner for both nations. That trade may be rendered highly advantageous when its present one-sided character shall be altered, and there is a mutual interchange of raw materials and manu factured commodities. The policy hitherto prac tised by the Chinese authorities was very short sighted, inasmuch as whatever temporary advantage might be obtained, must be atoned for in the long 4- ..... _. Y ' ~ _ ' ~, , <, - * 3 - - -!- - -Z'-)- • ' - 1 , , 4 ,'' r :.e' 11,17, Ir l , I. ' 1 4. IT a , , ' I T •ii o ' l ' . 17 0..Tni - '" '' 4 THE SUN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858. run. " The residence of a Chinese -Ambassador in London, and of an English Ambassador at Pekin, are provided for." Sa says the telegram, and we fervently hope that the account may prove authen tic. The ridiculous isolation of the Chinese Court, the impossibility of conveying the true state of affairs to the Brother of the Sun and Moon, pro duced the moat untoward results. It was the want of truthful representations that led to the two last The presence of a trustworthy per son, who could obtain audiences of the EM PEROR whenever he thought proper, would have prevented the necessity of an appeal to the " last argument of kings." And it is impossibile to esti mate too highly the auspicious results that will flow from this great change. Of course, before a representative of Queen Vic- TORIA visits the EMPEROR, it will be indispensable that the forms and etiquette should be materially modified. No English diplomatist would consent to go through the degrading ceremony of the kott tott, or to crawl on hands and knees, licking the dust, before the obese old man that now holds the sceptre. Such an exhibition would render the concession worse than useless, for no respect could be paid, or weight attached to the remonstrances of those who submitted to a degradation so humiliating and disgraceful. The Chinese have received a bitter but salutary lesson. They have discovered that they are not, as they have fondly imagined, the only civilised nation in the world, and that all others are not mere " outer barbarians," who can be treated with corn and contumely whenever the Celestials wish to indulge in a little vainglory. Another point secured is, that there is to be toleration to Christianity. This may be regarded as a necessary corollary to the presence of an accre dited representative of the British Sovereign at the Chinese Court. They could not witne3s the perse cution of their co-religionists, or, indeed, of any persons, on account of their faith, and when the EMPEROR knew that their arguments would be backed by British cannon, he would not feel so greatly inclined to play the " deaf adder," as on other occasions when these potent auxiliaries are wanting. wars. IF. The mere fact that Lord ELGIN and Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR had taken their departure from Tien-sin, and were en route fo r Japan, clearlyproved that the Chinese difficulty had been satisfa c t or il y - arranged. Had it been otherwise the y never would have abandoned the "'vantage ground" they occu pied. They must not only have obtained good terms, but abundant security for their fulfilment. We have long since known the Chinese mode o f regarding treaties. Every pretext for evading the most solemn obligations has invariably been re sorted to ; and a similar game will be again played unless ample guarantees are taken for Celestial faith. At Canton, disturbances and bloodshed are still continued. This will be the case until we obtain assistanc e from the Court of Pekin, and that it is thoroughly - understood by the local authorities that disturbance in that quarter will be visited on their own heads. KEYING once played the game, and w as permitted to do so with success ; but we should indeed be culpable it we permitted the trick to be played a second time with impu nity. An intimation from head-quarters will be attended with immediate success, and it will be our own faults if we do not speedily show it. Nothing is mentioned in the present telegram touching the pecuniary indemnity for the expenses of the • war. We have, however, no reason to doubt that it has been granted, and that in this case the full outlay will be repaid to the Exchequer. A further and more satisfactory telegram may be momentarily expected—the particulars whereof will appear immediately on its arrival. It is not merely with our transatlantic brethren that submarine telegraphs are opening, and the benefits of instantaneous communication obtained. The Channel Islands have come forward nobly in - - the good cause. The line was suitably opened on Tuesday to Jersey, and the first message was very properly directed to her MAJESTY, then resting at Holy rood House, after the inauguration of the new Town-hall at Leeds. The communication from the directors was made in the best taste, and the QUEEN'S reply was conceived in a similar spirit. They modestly declared that though the establish ment of rapid communication with the mother country was an event of much importance to the em pire at large, it was one of heartfelt satisfaction to the inhabitants of the Channel Islands, " as tend ing to draw still closer the bonds which, for nearly 1,000 years, have linked them to the Crown of England, and more firmly to secure that connec tion, the foundation of their liberties and their pros perity, which, like their ancestors, they would deem no sacrifice too great to preserve." Her MAJESTY, with that peculiar felicity for which she is so greatly distinguished, complimented the people on the " closer connection thus happily established with a portion of her dominions hitherto locally separated, but always united to the Crown by a spirit of unswerving loyalty unsur passed in any'part of them," of which the message just transmitted contained a very gratifying expression. These are the peaceful triumphs, more glorious than any achieved on the ensanguined field, which bind heart to heart, and render her MAJESTY'S sub jects truly one people, under one ruler. It was a well-merited recognition of the devoted and faithful love invariably displayed by the inhabitants of the Channel Islands to their Sovereigns. They were of suspicion never rested always true. A shadow on their heads, and we have no doubt that they will long prove the inviolable fidelity for which they have been so greatly distinguished. We trust that there may be a further extension. Alderney, the first station on the line, is but nine miles from Cherbourg. An additional line could be laid down to "the coast at a very trifling ex pewe, which would give another mode of instan taneous communication with the Continent, and materially add to the value, and enhance the divi dends of the Channel Islands Telegraph. THE CHINESE IVA?? INDEMNITY. A correspondent who has had a good official ex perience of the Chinese expresses a strong appre hension that if the payment of the war indemnity, which is rumoured to have been fixed at £3,200,000 for England and £1,200,000 for France, is alloWed to be left dependent on the collection of Customs' dues at Canton, not only will its receipt be proble matical, but there will be a constant recurrence of disputes. It is thought that, owing to the orga nised system of smuggling encouraged:by the local authorities, and tacitly promoted-by the commercial representatives of the various Governments, Euro pean and American, trading with the country, the annual total lately paid by foreigners at :Canton for import and shipping dues has actually not ex ceeded £50,00Q. The practice has been to sell the imports, leaving the purchaser to,pay the duties.;' exports, on the other hand, being purchased on board ship, so that in either case the payment of all . imposts was invariably left to the Chinamen, who made their own arrangements with the Custom house runners-and river police. Under these eir cumstancesit is contended that if the indemnity is to be secured promptly and quietly it must come from Pekin, and that it would be grie vous to withdraw the fleet from the Peiho so long as there is a single point on which we are asked to trust to promises. The same . writer looks with apprehension to the turbulent disposition of the Cantonese, coupled with their virulent hatred of foreigners, and recalls the fact that some years back a deputation presented them selves at the British Consulate from the 96 villages of the district, consisting of the gentry and land holders, for the purpose of giving a " respectful warning that any foreigners found in the surround ing country would be killed, in the same manner as some half-dozen gentlemen lately at Hwang Chee-kee, " the anger of the people being intense and their will uncontrollable." This feeling he believes to be as universal as ever. "I can there fore, never again," he says, " look forward to Canton as a place of trade or safety." On this point, however, few persons perhaps will be disposed to sitar° his fears to their full extent. The recent mis management of the British and French occupation hai doubtless done much to encourage the trucu lent spirit of the rabble, but under a determined course, such as Lord Elgin would probably have adopted towards them, the result, it may be pre sumed, would have been wholly different, and they would have thought only of trading and cheating. At the same time, with regard to the indemnity, there can be little doubt that it should be made a prompt transaction, and that the Empe ror, if pressed, could find the means of settling it with- perfect ease. Custom-house complications at Canton, or any of the other ports, are certainly the last things with which it would be desirable to en cumber the new era which the opening of China to the world is expected to inaugurate.—Times. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY. This day's reports' of the state of the weather in some of the northern counties are by no means favourable; and as the consequence of the con tinued wet, the accounts of the spread. of the potato blight.are becoming more numerous. The Banner of Ulster says : " The decay in the native esculent, which must now be regarded as unmistakeably hereditary, if not perennial, is making melancholy ravages in nearly every quarter of this district, and, so far as we can learn, throughout a much wider division of the country. As has happened for two or three years past, the truffle—the best of the table varieties of potatoes, now suffers more severely than any other description ; while the largest and best grown tubers are found most tainted. Potatoes so injured are to be had in almost_ any quantity in this market in this market, at from ls. Bd. to 2s per cwt., for pig-feeding, for which they are rapidly bought up, and are encouraging the rear ing of young porkers. Pickled truffles sell so high as4s. Bd., and even upwards, per cwt. White rocks, M'Mullans, and other sorts in general u. in Belfast, are not so much diseased as the fore going,n ts frombut are all p rt m t o o r eEloigrlainesds, blighted.al'Vales, and Scot landSliip are moderately brisk." In connexion the spread of the disease, the Northern Trrhi g contains a communication from Mr. Samuel English, land steward Gorman, Broom Mount, Moira to Mr. Stafford , which may be in teresting to the agricultural community. lie states : " I have tried for several years the effect of peat charcoal in preserving potatoes affected by the dis ease with the greatest success, and can testify that peat charcoal sprinkled among them instantly stops the rot, takes away the bad smell, and renders them sweet and wholesome food. I tried the experi ment of keeping potatoes which were diseased for two years in peat charcoal, and planted them the third, and they produced a good crop. In storing potatoes in general it is mot efficacious, as it pre serves the sound potatoes from being infected by the tainted• ones, some of which are unavoidably left among them. Nor is the peat charcoal lost, as I mix it with other manures when the potatoes are removed." 0 f grouser s day u . . . T H E QUEEN AT BA MORAL.--The Q out in the ground s ad j acent to Balm oral early onrereh was Queen morning. The P rince Consort enjoyedort. the sp shooting, accomp anied b y the Earl of Derb y and the g t i men of the Court. . en e .. The Billie of Bedford, who came to town a fe -.4 days since, from Endsleigh Cottage, his grace'sc roman • seat in Devonshire, left town yesterday or Thursda urn Abbey, The Duke of Newcastle left toWn OR y for choakcl r{44 Nytt§, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. The following telegram, from Mr. Acting Con sul-General Green, was received at the Foreign office, Sept. 11, 12.30 a.m., dated Corfu, Sept. 10, 5 p.m..- ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 7, 1858. The steamer, Ottowa, arrived at Suez, from Bom bay, on the sth instant ; dates, Bombay, 19th ult., and Aden, 29th ult. The steamer, Nemesis, also arrived at Suez, from Calcutta, on the sth inst. Our adherent, Maunsingh, being besieged in the fortress Shahgurij, by a large body of the rebels, has been relieved by, General Grant, whose column is now at Tyxabad, where it has been joined by Manning and his troops. General Robertson, having come up with the rebels near Katurea, totally defeated them, cap turing four guns ; the loss of the enemy in killed was very severe. The Hon. F. Bruce arrived by the Nemesis, and proceeded to Malta by the Pera. He is the bearer of the Treaty concluded with the Chinese Plenipo- tentiaries, at Tiensin, on the 26th of June. It was subsequently referred to the Emperor, and received his approval. The following are some of the stipulations of :his important document : Christianity tolerated throughout the Empire, and persons teaching or professing that religion, whether Protestants or Roman Catholics, to be entitled to the protection of the Chinese authorities. Diplomatic agents may reside permanently at Pekin. British traders protected against excessive transit duties. Tariff to be revised. • Several new ports opened to our trade, and the free navigation of the Yang Teze declared. British subjects may travel for pleasure or trade to all parts of the Em pire, when provided with passports from British authorities. The Governments to act in concert for the suppression of piracy. Indemnity for losses by British subjects at Canton to be paid. The steamer Lady Canning arrived at Suez yes terday, from Yombo, with the Moorish princes who were pillaged on their way back from Medina, having a heavy ransom to pay for their release. The following telegram has been received from Alexandria, dated Corfu, Sept 10 : ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 7. • The Pera sails to-day with the Bombay as well as the Calcutta mails. The dates of intelligence are--Bombay,'Aug. 19 ; Calcutta, Aug. 8 ; Ceylon, Aug. 10 ; Hong Kong, July 22. Mr. Bruce proceeds to England in charge of the treaty with China. The chief stipulations are : " Nine new ports are opened for trade. " The residence of a Chinese Ambassador at London and of an English Ambassador at Pekin are provided for. " Toleration of Christianity." Lord Elgin and Si4M. Seymour were en route for Japan. At Canton, disturbances and bloodshed con tinued. Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s. sd. SHANGHAI, JULY 14. Tea is unaltered. Silk is firm. Exchange, ss. lid. Sir Hope Grant has relieved Anaghur and occu pied. Fyzabad, where he was joined by Maun Singh. • The Gwalior rebels hai, , e been totally defeated by General Roberts at Kotara; near Oodeypore, and dispersed in all directions. From Calcutta it is stated that a conspiracy had been discovered in the 18th Punjaub Infantry, in which the 76th Regiment IN as found to be im plicated. There is no mention of this in the Bom bay advices. _ _ The import market continued active. Money was easy. Exchange 2s. Company's paper was rising fast. At Bombay the import market was very active, with unchanged prices. Exchange 2s. Old. for crdit. The quarintine restrictions in Eg3Tt had been removed. TJIIESTE, SEPT. 9. Accounts have been received from Constantinople to the 4th. In consequence of the late Hatti Hou mayoum, recommending economy in the expenses, the Minister of Justice and four of the superior clerks of that department have been named intend ants of the five sultanas. The Paris correspondent of the Times (2d edition), dating yesterday (Friday), 6 p.m., says : " It is very positively stated hsre, on the strength of letters from Constantinople, some of which arc understood to have been received in official quar ters, that there exists a conspiracy to get rid of the present Sultan, and to replace him by his brother Abdul Aziz. Some of these letters assert that, when the recent stormy scene occurred at the Porte, when Abdul Medjid so vehemently apostro phised his Ministers, and accused them of leading the Empire to ruin by dilapidation of the finances, the Sultan added, that he knew that a certain party desired to put his brother to reign over them in his stead, but that they would not find it so easy a matter to make away with him, and that they would do well to bear in mind that he was a descendant of Soliman and of Mahomet 11., and the son of Malunoud. It is further stated that the conspiracy had gone so far that the majority of the foreign Ambassadors at Constantinople had thought proper to inform certain leading persons in the plot that, if Abdul Aziz came to the throne by violent means, he would not be recognised by the European Powers. All this is news of rather a startling charac ter. With Turkey in the European concert, and brought so near to us by steam and frequent inter course, one fancies that the days of sack and bow string must be gone by, never to return. If the facts be as above stated, we must soon have confirmation of them. Meanwhile, the source from which they reach me is sufficiently trustworthy to warrant their communication to you. From the s ame quarter I learn that Turkey and Persia have been on the brink of a complete rupture, and that it wa s to prevent this, and to re-knit the almost severed thread of diplomatic negotiations, that Ferukh Khan remained at Constantinople." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Moniteur says::—" It results from informa tion which has reached the Government that the produce of the taxes and indirect revenues for the month of August exceeds by more than five mil lions that of the corresponding period of 1857, and that the real surplus is nearly six millions, if the double decline on the registration dues, which has been suppressed since the eommenceMent of the present year, be taken into account." Count Walewski, who, as we stated, had pro ceeded:from Vichy to Biarritz, will prolong his residence there until the end of September.. Lord Stratford de Bedeliffe, a letter from Mar seilles states, has left that port for ConAantinople. The Brussels journals seem of late to have taken to tinDanlye§ the speciaityer p4l4,4hing;errone9llo accounts of disasters to consular agents in the East. A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brus sels says :—" I have just received a piece of intelli gence which proves that the statement previously given of the massacre of Christian consuls is not a fable, as has been asserted. M. Delmas, consular agent of France (the locality I do not yet know) and his wife are said to have been massacred by the Mus sulman police, and a young girl violated. lam promised more ample details to-morrow." The Constitutionnel, in giving the above, adds : "We believe this statement to be completely un founded. There exists no French consular agent of the name of Delmas, and we think we may positively state that no fact of the kind has been hitherto officially communicated to the French G overnmen t." BOURSE, Sept. 10.—The market has been very buoyant, but shares have been still more in request than Rente. Threes have been done at 72fr. 50c., and are now at 72fr. 60c.; Mobilier varied from 895 fr. to 905 fr. ; Austrian, 692 fr. 50c. to 697 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,395 fr. to 1,400 fr. ; Lyons, 847 fr. 50c. to 852 fr. 50c.; Southern, 590fx. to 600 fr. ; Eastern, 750 fr. to 755 fr. ; and Northern, 967 fr. 50c. to 972 fr. 50c. The market improved in 'firmness towards the close. At half-past three the following were the quotations : 41 per Cents. 96 Do. end month 96 3 per Cents. 72 55 Do. end month 72 85 Bank Shares 3145 Credit Mobilier Do. Account . 930 Craft Fonder 660 Belgian 4} — Piedmontese (5) Roman 92 25 Austrian Spanish Threes i Home Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern . 965 -- .. 970 _ --New ditto B2O .. 822 50 85Q Lyons and Mediterranean 1405 —.. 1415 —. ... 852 50 New ditto Geneva .. 615 Midi 595 .. 597 50 Western 640 .. 610 Eastern Grand Central — • . Sardinian Austrian 692 50 • , 697 50 THE ATLANTIC. TELEGRAPH. The first despatch containing general public in telligence transmitted by the Atlantic cable from this country to America was printed in the New York papers of Aug. 27. It was ample and com prehensive, and included intelligence of high im portance, and as showing what has been done and may still be expected, it is worth re-publishing. It was as follows : " Valentia, Wednesday, Aug. 25. " Later and highly important, intelligence has been received from China. "iA treaty of peace had been concluded with China, by which England and France obtain all their de mands, including the establishment of embassies at Pekin, and indemnification for the expenses of the war. _ " Later Indian news are to hand, the dates from Bombay being to the 19th of July. The accounts represent that the mutiny was being rapidly quelled. " To-day's London papers have a long and in teresting report by Mr. Bright, the Atlantic Telegragh Company's engineer. " The royal mail steam-ship Asia, with the mails for llalifax and Boston, is to be despatched from Liverpool on Saturday next. " The screw steam-ship North American, with Canadian mails, was to leave Liverpool to-day for Quebec and Montreal ; and the United States mail steam-ship Fulton, for New York, was to be de spatched from Southampton to-day." The above despatch was received at Trinity Ba b y at about nine o'clock on the night of the 23th, and would have been here in ample season for publica tion in next morning's papers had the line in Nova Scotia not closed at nine o'clock. We understand that after the cable is opened for business all the land lines will remain open night and day, and the speedy laying of the cable from Placentia Bay, N.F., to Sydney, N.S., or to Portland, Me., will obviate much of the delay and uncertainty in trans acting business between New York and Trinity Bay. The editors of the New York papers, taking note of the satisfactory announcement of peace with China, found fault with the Valentia telegrapher for omitting to state what was the effect of this good news upon Consols and cotton. The New York Times observes : " There is still a feeling of disappointment, and we do not think it at all an unreasonable one, that the electricians will persist, for no good reason whatever, to deny the public the knowledge of the length of time which is required to transmit a mes sage from Valentia Bay to Cyrus station. The despatches from Valentia should be dated at the hour when the operators commence sending them over, and until this shall be done there will be a feeling of disappointment and impatience, on the part of the public, at being deprived of what they feel they have a right to know." Mr. Hilgard, an assistant in the United States Coast Survey, left New York on the 24th of Aug. for Trinity Bay, to ascertain when the telegraph cable may be used for the purpose of determining longitude. Mr. Hilgard will remain long enough at Cyrus station to satisfy himself as to the capa bilities of the cable for transmitting signals as rapidly as will be required for his observations. There, was, however, even then much doubt as to the possibility of obtaining results at all prac ticable for scientific purposes, until the apparatus then in use should be more perfected, as the trans mission appeared to be too slow. Until the ticking of a clock can be marked, nothing can be done in this way. The correspondent of Saunders' News Letter, writing from the scene of the late banquet at Kil larney, says :--" It is understood to be the opinion of some of the leading electricians in connection with the company that the defect exists at a dis tance of at least 300 miles from the shore. Were it within a range of 100 miles it is believed that the in jury would be capable of remedy, but of course in the deep sea portions the catastrophe must be irreme diable so Tar as the existing cable is concerned. Such a result would be the more, to be deplored from its taking place in the moment of gratulation and triumph, but the anticipation of the Viceroy will doubtless be realised, that " even if the present venture should be , unsuccessful in maintaining its place, the energy and enterprise of the people of this country will not allow it to die away." THE TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPIL—The Debats publiShes the following letter addressed to it by M. Babinet, of the Institute of. France :—"'your readers may' have seen that I was one of the first to pronounce the success of laying down the Transat lantic Telegraph to be something, miraculous. The event was the more meritorious that, in a recent conversation with one of the heads of the French telegraph lines, we agreed that it was nearly im possible to obtain a satisfactory working from a conductor of that kind. In fact, the electric cur rent, by running along a metallic wire, and par ticularly one enveloped in other wires, produces a powerful electrical charge, which, in freeinr , itself, gives signals completely foreign to the despatch. The only remedy is to wait patiently until every thing has become again calm, which requires a con siderable time.. It is nearly the same as what would occur in a room where there is a very strong echo, and where a person speaking would be obliged to stop at each word. This embarrassment had already occurcd on a small scale in the line across the English Channel ; but the weakness of the electric return currents allowed the incon venience to be got over by the use of a mag netic apparatus which was not too easily affected. The telegraph to Algeria already suffers materially from this cause. As to the Transatlantic Telegraph, of which the English and the Americans are so justly proud, it is well known that the message from the Queera to the President of the-Union re quired 20 hours' continued labour. It is said to be in contemplation tp lay down a second cable ; it would have been more . prudent to get a dozen made at once. With the results obtained, it is difficult to understand the boldness of the self-approbation of the journals which so loudly applaud the transmis sion of 100 words in twenty hours."—[M. Babinet is surely mistaken. In the letter from Mr. 'George Saward, secretary to the company, which we pub lished on the 23d ult., it is stated that " the Presi dent's message, with addresses, numbered 143 words, as transmitted, and occupied two . hours in its passage through the cable, including several re peats and corrections. ] TRIBUTE TO CAPT.zIIN GOI?GO2V. DAYMAN OF THE The St. John's papers publish the following in teresting correspondence " St. John's, N.F., Friday, Aug. 13, 1858. " To Capt. Dayman, ILM.S.S. Gorgon. " Sir,—The Chamber of CoMmerce of St. John's cannot allow you to depart from this port without tendering their congratulations to you and to your officers on the successful termination of the great enterprise of laying . the Transatlantic Cable, in which you have assisted. As commander of the Cyclops, you greatly facilitated the undertaking by the accurate and scientific sounding of the Atlantic, and as Captain of the Gorgon, both Capt, Hudson, of the Niagara, and Cyrus W. Field, Esq., have borne ample testimony to the great value of your services in leading the Niagara, by your very cor rect great circle steering, from mid-ocean to Trinity Bay. It has been gratifying to the Chamber of Commerce to hear the high terms of eulogy in which the ser' ices- of the Gorgon have been spoken of by so good a judge of naval skill as the distin guished commander of the United States' frigate Niagara, Captain Hudson ; and it will afford them still greater . gratification if they should hereafter learn that tlu Lords of the Admiralty had marked their sense of the value of your service and of that of your officer s by well-merited promotion. " WALTER GRIEVE, President." . • fi r ''~~,~ R REPLY. "To Walter! Grieve, Esei., and the.•. Members of the Chamber • of Commerce of St. John's, New foundland. - • • - - " Gentlemen,--I feel highly honoured and grati fied by yOur cordial congratulations on the success ful terminatioA of the great enterprise of laying down the Transatlantic cable, in which we have lately assisted; and in the name of the officers of this ship and myself I beg that you will accept our best thanks. You vire pleased to allude to the services of the Cyclops ' and of this ship, and to the latter as eulogised by so good a naval authority as Captain. Hudson, of tho United States' ship Niagara, and I beg to assur e you that if any one part of our service is more pleasing to us than anot her, it is that we have pulled together with our brother officers of the United States' navy, and have won the approbation of Captain Huasont in assisting him to perform. his difficult and anxious duty. I thank you, in conclusion, for your kind Wishes for the. future. If we reap no other rewaid we have that of having been seleCted to asssist in binding together the new and old worlds, as I sincerely hope and trust, for the benefit and welfare of both, in affording more extensive facilities to. all the transactions of commerce and, 'at the same time, promoting relations of friendliness and good-will. 44 JOSEPH DAYMAN, " Commander of H.M.'s steam-sloop Gogon, A Itaclwoi yrislay, Augw4 13,1555; AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 7.—lt is at length definitively settled that a. submarine telegraph shall be con structed from Ragusa to Alexandria. The exact conditions of the agreement entered into by. the British and Austrian Governments are not yet known, but its principal features arc said to be the following :—The Austrian Government agrees to lay down three cables between Ragusa, Corfu, Zante, Candia, and Alexandria, and to cede them when complete • to a private (Anglo-Au s trian) company. The British and Austrian Go vernments guarantee to the company 6 per cent. (3 per cent. each) on all capital that may be ex pended in the construction of the above-men tioned submarine telegraph. It would appear that the British Government has the best pf the bargain, for its despatches, which are to be forwarded by its own agents, are to have right of priority on all three cables. It is also stated that right of priority on the Austrian land telegraphs is likely to be granted to the British Government for all the de spatches it may forward to or receive from India. Persons who are much better able to form a correct opinion on such a matter than myself say that the two Governments risk little or nothing by guaranteeing 6 per cent. The line in question, which is to all intents and purposes a main one, already has or will soon have three great ramifications :-1. The line from Corfu to Malta, Cagliari, and Spezia. 2. "chat from Zante to the Morea, which will join the Greek telegraphic net. 3. That from the island of Candia to Con stantinople, which Mr. Gisborne is about to con struct. The Turkish Government has also authorised Mr. Gisborne to lay down a cable from Candia to Alexandria, but it will hardly_be worth his while to do so, as the Austrians are on the point of sink ing three. A few days since the English war steamer Medina was seen taking soundings in the Archipelago, and particularly in the neighbourhood of the island of Scio, which is to be one of the sta tions in the Constantinople-Candia line of tele graph. From Scio a telegraphic communication will be opened with Smyrna and Gallipoli. TURKEY. We have received Constantinople letters and journals to the Ist. Kiasmi Boy, military attache of the Turkish embassy at Paris, had arrived in the Turkish capital with a copy of the convention relative to the org,anisation of the Principalities, which is to be submitted to the Sultan for ratifica- tion. The energetic measures which had been adopted by the Sultan to put an end to the corrupt practices and the extravagant expenses in the Imperial palace had produced a good effect. Further measures were in contemplation to do away with similar mismanagement in almost every branch of the administration, and firmans on the subject were shortly to be published. The speech delivered by the Sultan, when he presided at the Council of Ministers, the text of which we have already published, is said to have produced a deep sensation among all present, and on the fol lowing day Mehemet Ali Pacha, Minister of Marine, Aligalil Pacha, Minister of Gimmerce, and EthemPacha, Tvlahmoud Pacha, and Miami Pacha, members of the Council of State, and all sons-in-law of the Sultan, were dismissed. Mehemet Kuprisli Pacha, president of the Council of the Tanzimat, has been appointed Minister of Marine, being the second time he has filled the post. Mahmoud Eddin Pacha takes the post of Minister of Com- Ine The grid haveconstituted, a fair chance of long duration. No news from the T ur ki s h provinces. ITALY. The Italian journals publish a letter addressed by the comptroller of the customs at Palermo to the director of the customs at Catania,in Sicily, inform ing him that the government had received informa tion that a quantity of fulrn,inating grenades, hav ing the form of fruit, and. packed up in boxes as preserved fruit, had been sent to Malta, rand that they were to be introduced into the Neapolitan States, " to accomplish grave attempts against public order." The letter therefore recom mends the director to be on the watch, and endea vour to seize these dangerous missiles. A letter from Naples, in the Bilancien of Milan, says—" The marriage of the Duke de Calabria, hereditary prince, and the Princess Mary of 8a .3-aria, younger sister of the Empress of Austria, no longer admits of doubt. On the occasion of it, the King will, it is said, accord a complete amnesty to m some ent po ef l t i e c t h a l e o r s f fe t n e e e r e s n , a ti nd ne m ent commutein tthhee iisln)nr in d s o e - f Procida," A letter from Vienna of the ith says that Dadian Pacha, accompanied by Boghos Bey and Varchaeh Bey, had arrived in that city on a mission, the nature of which was not known, and had had an interview with Count do Buol. The letter adds that the Paella is to proceed to Paris• It is positively stated in a letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, that it is not true, as has been asserted in some of the journals, that the Porte has granted M. de Lesseps a concession for cutting through the Isthmus of Suez, or that Eng land has abandoned her opposition to the project. THE COLLIERS' STRlKE.—Several hundred col liers in the employ of Lord Ward have given notice of their intention to demand on to-day (Saturday) week a return to the rate of wages that they were receiving before the last reduction, which is equal to an advance upon their present wages of Is. per day. Ills lordship is understood to have intimated that he will not give them the rise ; and that, they persist in demanding it, he shall scaffold over his pits, and not permit the men to return to work for some time to come. Other colliers about Dudley have also given Dotice. In all between 800 and 900 more men will be on strik3 in South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire in another week if Lord Ward's men should determine not to resume work then unless their requirement is met. Already arrange ments have been made between these men and the others, numbering, it is asserted, 6,090„ on strike in South Staf fordshire,for an aggregate meeting on Monday week, to, determine upon the course to be taken. A STAGE APOLOGY.—The following apology was made from a stage in Sunderland--(neither the Theatre Royal nor Lyceum) last week :—"Ladies and gentlemen, — I hope you will excuse our performance, but our violinist is in a state of beastly intoxication; the pianie is doing his best, but 14 or 16 strings of the piano are hrehell, I " Arglefaotlf Ormicie, 2LINCILESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY. The annual dinner of this society took place in the music saloon of the Belle Vue Gardens, last evening,. and was attended by upwards of 400 gentlemen. Mr. Alderman MEcnx, in proposing the toast, " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society," said he need hardly remark that the efforts of that society had resulted in very great good to agriculture. He felt that it might still extend its sphere of usefulness, by showing itself a little less exclu sive, and by throwing open its discussions to the public press still further good would result. (Hear, hear.) He must congratulate the city of Manchester on the excellent show of that day, in which he could mark the progress of the agriculture of the 'district. At the same time he was bound to say that he was not satisfied with British agricul ture as it was. He admitted that great progress had been made, and that we stood in high comparison with other nations. But we were also sadly in arrear in comparison with the perfection which time must develop, and which he hoped would be very much hastened. The cultivation of this country was at present only as deep as a common wine glass, and its return per acre not more on an average than Li of actual available produce. This was disgraceful to English agriculture, when we reflected what it might be. Why wa.s it so ? It was notorious that we had not .done our duty in this respect. Four years ago he ventured to make some remarks on the agriculture of Cheshire, and he had hoped that in fdur years a great improvement would ave taken place. But, as he passed through the district by •ail on Wednesday, he still noticed the old sore—the want of drainage, the want of proper cultivation and of more manure; and altogether the want of a higher tone of agri culture. It was best to speak the truth, whether it was palatable or not; and he had a right to say a word on the subject. For 16 years his experience and his outlay of money in agricultural improvement had taught him that there was nothing so certainly profitable as the judicious investment of capital in agricultural improvement. It had been the fashion to say " Mr. Mechi carries out agricultural im provements as a hobby." But he only did that upon the farm which he would do in his business or house—if he found it out of order he would put it in order, and that could not be done without an expenditure of capital and intelligence. (Hear, hear.) If Manchester had been satisfied with the old hand-loom, would she have been able to clothe the world in calico, and to get large profits ? No. But by . a large intelligence, and a great availment of chemical, engineering, and manufacturing science, she was enabled to do this. Precisely the sam e thing must be done 'in agriculture, and by similar means. They must not remain satisfied with their present condition ; but, feeling that they were only moving gra dually on the way to perfection, they must make more haste than they had hitherto done. This was not a matter of easy accomplishment. Fortunately, however, there were railways now, and every facility for inter-communication. He did not charge it on agriculture that she was so back ward. It was her misfortune from the nature of distances and the impossibility of farmers meeting together as men chants and manufacturers did. Until agriculture had rail• ways it was almost imposSible for her to improve. A practical farmer seldom went out of his own county, and some seldom left their own parish. Every parish believed , itself to be the most perfect parish in England, and that had nothing to learn from any other But all that was now done away with. The introduction of the locomotive had Irought people to rub their heads together, and the result was a much greater amount of progress. There were now two great questions before the agricultural world. First, the introduction of steam to cultivation. He hoped that for all general purposes, as thrashing, grindingond so forth, most farmers used the steam engine. Fifteen years ago he was pronounced a madman for having a steam engine on a farm of I:50 acres. But the gentlemen who then thought he (Mr. Mechi) had lost his wits were nowfollowing the same course. And his hearers might depend upon it that they would never develop the full powers of agriculture until they brought steam to bear on cultivation. Their five inches of cultivation would be exchanged for two feet or three feet ; he said that very guardedly, They all knew how much was raised by market gardeners; but that was done by depth of cultivation and great manuring. , Perhaps gentle- Melt were not aware also that the horses now used in agri culture consumed one-fifth of the whole produce of the country. When they introduced steam their horses would cat coal instead of corn, and coals were much cheaper than the corn which would be eaten by the horses necessary to do the same amount of work. The next great question. was, " What is' to be done with the sewage of the towns ?" They know what it cost to feed the inhabi tants of the country, and they could calculate what would be the value of the manure if it were reapplied to the soil. The Chinese were our superiors in this re spect, for they husbanded the manure like gold, and not a particle was wasted. But he had no hope that that would be done just yet in this country. It would take a long time, and require a large unanimity of senti ment among the landowners and farmers, and the general public. When the public voice should be . raised on the subject, and discussion upon it should be entered into . in every society, they might hope that the time would come when we should have the gratification and profit of seeing the people better fed by means of that which was now considered positively injurious to them. Ile hoped they would believe him when he said that if they would employ a large capital in the soil in improvements, in drainage, in deeper and cleaner cultivation, in the use of a larger quantity of manure—if they would make their fields squarer, erect better shelter for their:stock, and persuade the lawyers that it would be better to enable them to change their farms as they did their consols, they would be able to compete with the most favoured countries in the world. (Hear, hear.) He often met men from all parts of the world, and his in quiries from them had led him to conclude that English labour, judging by the amount of work done, was the cheapest in the world. (Hear.) He had found, upon exa mining some Polish and Russian freeholds, that their good crops were not much above a half of what was grown on our best farms in this country. But then they said their cost was very little,--they could buy the fee simple for £3 or 1 per acre. It would be a sorry thing for this country if the cost was so little. He hoped to see the time when the rent would be about £3 per acre. It would be a happy thing for farmers if the rent were doubled, supposing the increased rent represented the 'improvements made by the landlord. Non-improvement was unprofitable. If some one were to offer him a farm of a thousand acres of undrained land he would not have it as a gift to be. compelled to farm it him- self. He thanked them for the attention with which they had listened to him, and concluded by again proposing the toast. The following is a summary of the winners of the prin cipal first prizes, beginning with the premiums offered by the society :—Mr. J. Dickenson, of Upholland, near Wigan, showed the best short-homed bull, between two and four years old ; Mr. Henry Ambler, of IVatkinson Hall, near Halifax, the best under two years ; and Mr. Thomas Bell, of Rainford, St. Helens, the best short-horned bull calf— these three premiums being open to general competition. The beSt bull of any breed, between two and four years, belonging to a tenant farmer, was a very fine shorthorn. belonging to Mr. T. Forrest, of Tarporley ; and for the corresponding prize, for a beast under two years, the prize went to M r . R. Birch, of Aintree, also for a short-horn. We come next to three prizes (all open to general competi tion) which were awarded to Mr. Henry Ambler, namely, those for a cow or heifer in milk or in calf, a two-year-old and a yearling heifer ; the three beasts being of the short horned breed. Mr. Hugh Higson, of Pendleton, was the successful competitor amongst the tenant farniers show ing cows for dairy purposes ; and other prizes for tenant farmers were thus awarded : Two-year-old heifers, Mr. James Dickenson ; one-year-olds, Mr. Henry La fon°, of Fazakerly ; mulch cows, Mr. J. Heawood, Reddish, near Stockport ; and calves, Mr. T. Atherton, Spoke. near Liverpool. For the last two premiums, it was required that the exhibitors should not be cattle dealers. In the extra stock a silver medal was given to Mr. L. IV. Ackerley, of Prescott, for a short-horn bull. Foremost to the horse-prize schedule are the stallions (open to general competition) ; and here'we find the names- of - Mr. James Dale, of Liverpool, for an animal for agricultural purposes ; Mr. James Robinson, of Broughton, for dray purposes ; Mr. John Brogden; of Sale, for roadsters ; and Mr. John Dagger, of Liverpool; for a thoroughbred. Mr. Robert Birch, of Aintree, showed the best three -year-old halfbred gelding (class for gelding or filly) ; and Mr. Wm. Richard son, of Manchester, with a mare, aged 8 years, gained the first prize for a mare or gelding in actual use as a roadster. The best pair of draught horses was est r to i: f -n or b a y gru A i l e r. h 3 m . of Stand; near this city; but the b alpur poses, belonging to a tenant farmer, was that,ihe first fishotw;rib:e'sflorr. John Birch, of Orrell, near Liverpool. sheep open to general competition Were thus awarded caster ram, Mr. T. Johnson, Runcorn ; Southdown ram, Mr. L. F. Lloyd, Mold ; Shropshire down ram, Mr. A. Sa Cotswold, or other long-woolled, th e E t and Balcarras. In the pig prizes l‘lr. .a Earl e o r tf ,Cra Kirkham llot a ; John Harrison, jun., of Stockport, stood prominent, as usual, in this district, for he gained the first prize with his boar of the large breed, as well with the one he exhibited of the small breed. The best sows were' shown by Mr. 4 3 . Wright, of Church Minshull, and Mr. Joseph Hudson, of E ver to n . Amongst the poultry exhibitors Capt. Homby, of Knowsley, stood foremost, as he gained the prizes for Dorking and Spanish fowls, for geese, turkeys, goslings, and Dorking chickens. Mr. Thomas Stretch, of Bootle, Mr. R. Serjentson, of Liverpool, Mr. William, Pierce, of Northwich, and Mr.. J. Robinson, of Garstang, were also very successful exhibitors. The judges " commended" or " highly commended" a large number of birds. Passing to the special prizes offered by the local commit , tee, we find Mr. T. Walter, of Mellor, near Stockport, showing a priie shorn-horn bull ; and in the same class of premium Mr. Ambler's name eecurs twice. Mr. Joseph Heawood, of Reddish, was the, winner of the prize for the - farmer or dairyman exhibiting the best four dairy cows ; and again for Mr. Ambler - carries off a prize with a pair of stirks. The best six dairy fed cows shown by a cattle dealer were those belonging to Mr. William Green, of Kersal Hall. From the very long list of horse prizes we' select the following :—Mr. Jathes Robinson carried off the premium for the best stallion of the draught kind. Messrs. W. Lip trot, and Sons, of Wigan, showed a white mare with foal at foot, which was very much admired ; it gained a pre _mitun, Mr; W. Smith, 9f tin losisel the best three-year-old colt, a black gelding; the same gentleman showed the best two-year-old . filly, and the second-best brood mare. The best stallion for road pur poses belonged to Mr. A. Havisme, of Home, near Hayton, Yorkshire. The best brood mare for road purposes was Mr. J. Munn's, of Park Hill, Stand ; and the best three year-old colt for road purposes was Mr. J. Holland's, of Manchester. The best thorough-bred stallion came from Leeds, and was a dark bay colour, sent by Mr. J. Cock shott, of Addingham. Mr. W. Murray, of the Broughton Mews, exhibited two brown geldings, which took the first and second prizes for the best hunters. Two of the prizes specially offered to graziers, cattle salesmen, and butchers, were awarded to Mr. John Markendale, of Ordsal Hall, Salford, and a third to Mr. John Slingsby, of Salford. The prize exhibitors of cheese were Messrs. G. Jackson, of Con gleton, and Mr. A. Wood, of Over, near Winsford. The first prize for butter was given to Mr. James Butterworth, of Pilsworth, Bury. Mr. William Atherton, of Speke, near Liverpool, showed the best sample of white wheat ; while the prize same of red was shown by Mr. William Aton, of Appleton, Warrington ; and that of yellow by Mr. William Palin, of Stapleforth Hall, near Chester. The prize for white or yellow oats was also gained by Mr. Palin ; but the best black were those of Mr. J. H. Law, of Urinston Lodge. For horse beans the Earl of Derby was the successful competitor, the best sample of barley being of the Norfolk kind, and exhibited by Mr. Palin. In the potato classes the prizes were awarded to Mr. T. Burnett, of Milton, for flukes (Warrington), and to Mr. James Glassford, of Knutsford, for the round kind. Mr. R. Birch of Aintree, showed the best Swede turnips ; and Mr. J. I. Blackburn°, of Hale Hall, Warrington, and Mr. James Bate, of Norley, near Frodsham, took the mangel wurzel prize. Messrs. F. and A Dickson, of Manchester, were the seedfonen showing the best collectiOn of grasses, grass seeds, &c. The awards in some of the classes for horses were not made knovirn yesterday, owing to the late hour at which the judges concluded their labours ; and the same remark applies to the implements for which prizes and medals to the value of ~.50 are assigned by the committee. There are several stands of saddlery shown ; and their contents will be examined by the judges, and the prizes awarded on Friday. There were several stationary engines at work on the ground, as were also some combined thrashing and finish ing machines, and other implements. Amongst the cottagers' prizes there were the following : —Apples, James . Leach, Taunton, near Ashton; pears, Wm. Clayton, Gorton ; plums, T. Travis, Levenslnilme ; three varieties of fruit, William Copple, Knowsley ; celery, John Knott, Gorton ; white cabbages, William Cawley, Poynton ; red cabbages, Samuel Goodier, Gatey ; white and red onions, John Buckley, Abbey Hey; carrots, John Scholes, Middleton; peas, James Leigh, Northen ; beans, Thomas Leigh, Northen ; cut flowers, Richard Dicken, Stockport. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPON MEETING. As an earnest of the appreciation of the success ful efforts at the recent gathering to restore the sports here to their primitive status, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, and Baron Rothschild, have accepted the conjoint stewardship for next season. LATEST ST. LEGER BETTING IN LONDON. 4to 1 agst Toxophoilto (wanted) 6to 1 agst The kfadji Bto 1 agst Eclipse 10 to 1 ofrst Volta 10 to 1 agst Sunbeam 12 to 1 agst Governess 12 to 1 agst East Langton In the morninf , as much as 7 to 1 was laid against Toxopholite, and as little as 6 to 1 was taken about Volta. The reaction is shown in the above list of quotations. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—(YESTERDAY.) Owing to its being generally known that Fitz- Roland was no longer in the St. Leger, and the near approach of the day upon which that. great race will be run, the subscribers mustered early at the rooms this . morning, and more than usual cau tiousness was displayed on the part of speculators, every person appearing to suspect that "some thing" more " was in the wind," and, as will be seen from our subjoined report, their anticipations were not ill founded. The first movement was against The Hadji, who declined to 8 to 1, - taken and offered, and a strong feeling set in in favour of Eclipse, who soon advancedio 8 to 1, taken freely; close upon whose heels was treading East Langton, supporters of him at 10 to 1 being numerous. Sun beam's tendency was downwards, and she became ' friendless at 20 to 1, and Governess only figured nominally in the market at 100 to 7. During the time that these various movements were taking place,. a demonstration against Toxopholite was fast setting in, although 9 to 4 was for t , some time • the highest offer , against him ; but two simultaneous offers to take 50 to 20 and ;100 to 40 about him were at once - *closed with, and. although he for some time after this was scarcely mentioned he never recovered the shock he thereby received, -and his stable companion, Volta, was gradually introduced, and ultimately, so great was the run upon her, that she rapidly rose in price, opening at 20 to 1- and- closing at 6 to 1, taken. This had the effect of putting the extin guisher upon Toxopholite. So astounded were his - friends, that they were afraid of opening their mouths in the way of saying what they would take about him, and he, with very little outlay, declined to 10 to 1 offered, and what would have been taken about him is more than we can say. We were not surprised at the downfall of this great favourite, having for some time been -of opinion that he re quired great support to keep him healthy in the market. With the exception of the advancement of Rocket, and the decline of Poodle, the betting upon the Cesarewitcli Stakes calls for rio comment. GREAT 'YORKSHIRE HA.NDICA.P. 6to 1 agst Prioress (taken and offered) . 10 to 1 agst Queenstown (taken) 10 to 1 agt Scribbler (offered) DONCASTER ST. LEGER 6to 1 agst Volta (taken) Bto 1 agst The Hadji (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Eclipse (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst East Langton (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Toxopholite (offered) 100 to 7 agst Governess (nom.) 20 to 1 agst Sunbeam (taken and offered) CESAREWITCH STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Melissa (take 20 to 1) _ 20 to 1 agst Rocket (take 22 to 1) - 20 to 1 agst Warlock (take 25 to 1) . 40 to 1 agst Poodle (offered) 40 to. 1 agst Physician (taken) 40 to 1 agst Duchess of Sutherland (offered) . CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 100 to 3on the field (offered) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF TIIEIIL ENGAGE- MENTS. On th e4t o h ng in a s g t e . m , at 1.20 this yea r• r.Charleston and Belle oat of alltheir On the 18th inst., at 9 a.m., Phantom out of all his ca' mom ents this year. On the Bth inst., at 4.20 p.m., Fitz-Roland out of all hig engagements this year. On the Bth inst., at 5.10 p.m., Wouvermans out of t he Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Handicaps. On the 9th inst., at 11 a.m., Sweet William out of th e Yorkshire Handicap and Revival Plate, and Rocket out of the Yorkshire Handicap and Rutland Plate at DolleaSter• 'OD: the 9th inst., at 11 a.ril Clydesdale, Perfectidt, auct Greenfinch out of the St. Leger. THE GREAT FISHING MAYOR FOR £lOO. The Nottingham Review supplies some details 01 ‘ this novel event. It says :—" The match which has excited considerable interest both in Yorkshire and Nottingham, came off on Monday last, in the Shardlow water, Derbyshire, in the presence of a large•body of spectators. There is sufficient novelty in a trial of skill of this kind to warrant the inser tion of the particulars. Some weeks back there was an All England Handicap Fishing, near Slid .- field, for a handsome silver cup and other prizes. There were about forty competitors, and Notting ham contributed its share in the contest for the cuP' but was unsuccessful. Bailey, of Nottingham, vil l° has been c ailed the 'second Isaac Walton,' competed. So small, however, was the amount'of fishhe caught that he would not weigh. Many of those who obtain ed prizes caught but very small weights. Watson, wh ° was the winner of the cup, caught one, 1141 b. -S ol3l° took prizes who hooked under 21b. of fish. Bailey' feeling himself in a somewhat humiliating positim.i; determined to risk his well merited reputation 1 ! 0 a challene to fish Watson for £5O a side. Th 4 the Yorkshire fisherman gladly accepted, and t",. arrangements were .at once made for the comes A gentleman of Leeds, named Mr. Wheeler, 1° the stake-holder, and Mr. Knight, of NottingliaV e ' was umpire. Soon after the commencement of 11-`0 contest on Monday, it was evident that Bailey I Y . ' e , the fisherman, and Watson only the Yorksh e ,, man.' At the stipulated hour of ceasing, B ilc4; fish weighed 5911 b., and Watson's 41b. 2oz• now remains to be proved how Bailey will shine 111 the Yorkshire waters ; should he beat his oppo,'_%l there, then his work on the Art of Fishing les probably be not a little in request. Mr. Wre ` and Mr. Young attended upon their townsmen freif,7 Leeds, and paid a high compliment to Baileao', presenting him with a handsome silver snuff u. or on which was engraved 'Wm. Bailey.' The l as partial and gentlemanly • conduct of the ace of visitors was generally noticed. Mr. Langfo Nottingham, who weighed the fish, presente d _ L o he finest specimens to the gentlemen from Lcods4 b it Sheffield, as substantial trophies for them to exu ill on their reaching home. The return match last take place, we believe, at Sheffield, on t he Monday iu the present month, . . It Bank with obtai mum whiel pecte great eten poses eonte Kon 1 Th , a. lair in col thirds The 8 uppl Th (layi ctf thi 1 be si] - In t he r tight AC( 3 narki bales Sin bt rn e3:elw L Dnc 7,13.urs "rhc Invent able a - rid a pb-a] a ppca ? qls IV 1 !hey r espec d heed arem fig k ; A fi (lents. :11 9 *l ; Ip2i. A ail'w cfnl be and Y I TiTorth alined find C Joi show have a tsidar t per C 3 per C New 3 India E Ditto E Ditto I Console Danish Ditto Peruvi Russia. Ditto Sardini spanisl Ditto Ditto Ditt( Ditto Turkic Ditto Dutch Ditto Lox: modem • Com' Callao. SWA Castle, PLY 3laria don. foi Pin Newfo. Pon Racer, RAN brook, of Der QUE Indus, from 3 ALE ~8011thE SUE Neme. DAN put bai Arri 'from J ' of a m, SaiU Havre Win Arri March Sail) nople. Win Arri from 11 Sail( Eteame PaSE • °dual Ant] 'Sail( Sarclin: bound. Ar: Itarrin dauglll to be ti wrouto GL6 Win MI .r] stu buili larg- SOME coin the I viz., semi hull( dept a-ha] Ir di; crew