The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMEDY. THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Mesdames Charles Young, Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the New Farce, 'KICKS AND HALF PENCE. Messrs. Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, and Farrell. ; Mrs. C. Sinclair. After wkich, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Nena. Followed by A WICKED WIFE. Miss Reynolds. To concludewith A KISS IN THE DAIIK. Commence at 7. 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, CANTERBURY HALL, West m i ns t er - roa d.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular O ERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c, viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunel, 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. Fordo 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. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29'93. Wirtz?, W.N.W. ; fresh, with fine weather; rain in the night and morning. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. A Royal progress in the 19th century differs in many respects from those of the olden time. Then the great Barons, who were not merely the sup porters, but in some respects the rivals of the Sove reign, were the parties chiefly concerned in bestow ing a fitting welcome on the Monarch. It was their local and personal influence which collected the crowds assembled to do honour to their imme diate chiefs, rather than to the rulers of the nation, and regulated the amount of enthusiasm displayed on the occasion. Sometimes loyal addresses were presented from corporations or guilds ; but seldom, if ever, did the chief magistrate accept the hospi tality of any beyond the pale of nobility. There had been in Scotland, before the crowns of the sister kingdoms were united on a single head, one who was popularly known as " the King of the Commons." But even good King JAMIE would scarcely have ventured to present himself publicly without a strong following in even one of his most faithful and devoted burghs. The visit of Queen VICTORIA to Leeds, however, displayed a striking contrast to any similar exhibi tion in any former reign. It was not to any lead ing or powerful nobleman or "to any strong body guard that she entrusted her safety. She went fearlessly amongst her people, placing implicit re liance on their devoted affection and unblemished loyalty. She became the guest of an inde pendent and high-minded citizen—one who had, by indefatigable industry and well-known letegrity, achieved a high position, and who was thereby enabled to afford a suitable, aye, and right regal welcome, to his QUEEN. The simple but *xquisitely beautiful tribute of JonN PIIILPOT CURRAN to the British constitution, that " it had enabled the son of a peasant to become the guest of his Prince," might be surpassed by Mr., now Sir PETER, FAIRBAIRN, for it had also enabled one of the middle classes of the industrial population' who are the bone and sinew of the country, to entertain the SOVEREIGN on whose dominions the sun never sets. The exhibition was alike honour able to all parties concerned. To the QUEEN, who had so well merited the rapturous reception ; and to the people, who so thoroughly appreciated the blessing they enjoyed under her mild and constitu tional rule. The weather was not as favourable as might have been anticipated, considering Her MAJESTY'S pro verbial good fortune in that respect. From 4 o'clock on Monday there was a drizzling rain, with loud gusts of wind, by no means suited to alfresco enjoyments. It, however, did not damp the en thusiasm of the metropolis of the woollen manu factures, once the staple products of our isle, or send a single person of the mighty assemblage in search of shelter. Wind and rain were alike set at defiance. They could not induce the multitude to abstain from welcoming their QUEEN, or dis playing their affection. She arrived at the moment previously announced, and the knowledge that she was indeed amongst them, the sight of the (carriage in which she was contained, at once re xmoved every annoyance that had been sustained 'during the preceding two. There was a monster (cheer from a quarter of a million of honest throats' sustained and protracted to an almost incredible extent—no trained chorus ever gave forth such heart felt notes as those which proceeded from the unPur (chased and unpurchaseable multitude. Her MAJESTY, fatigued with the journey from Osborne, at once proceeded to Woodsley House, the seat of the MAvoR, where, as we have already stated, she received a right regal reception in every way - worthy of the occasion. There was one striking incident, which, per haps, more strongly illustrated the feeling of the people than any — that could have been pre viously devised. At the entrance to Woodsley Rouse an immense concourse had assembled. There Were massive barricades of timber, which it was supposed would have prevented the crushing that had been anticipated. But, long before the arrival of the Royal party, these powerful barriers had crumbled away before the inevitable pressure. There was then nothing to restrain the spectators, save and except their own sense of proprf4y. 'But that was all-sufficient. From the moment that the material impediments were removed, the moral came into operation ; and the imaginary line was not transgressed in a single instance. Shoulder to shoulder, the front rank withstood the terrible pressure, and proved the stuff of which the men of Leeds were made. On the following morning there were ;---" heavy eloudo and drizzling rain," -which vexations were sustained with eq ual g ood humo ur to those Of the preceding evening. Fortunately, however, the. un made his appearance almost at the same time 'with her MAJESTY, and rendered the inspiring scene still more striking. Seldom if ever was Sovereign attended by such a body-guard. Nearly twenty-five thousand men:hers of friendly societies, -who, with provident care, laid aside . a portion of their earnings as a provision for the dark hours of Sickness and di s t ress , wer e in attendance, testifying l y their good conduct to the excellence of these institutions. Every single member had entered into the most satisfactory recognisances for his good conduct. He had given ample security, and well he redeemed his pledges. But still more fat ;.*factory was the sacred bat talon consisting of the teachers: and scholars—five thousand three hundred persons who had volun tarily and gratuitously bestowed their services in the sacred cause of education, and thirty thousand of the rising generation, who were profiting by their exertions. Trained soldiers—the veteran survivors of a sanguinary campaign—could not have excited half the enthusiasm that these little ones, the future hope of the country, occasioned. We congratulate the country—we congratulate the people of Leeds—and earnestly and sincerely we congratulate Sir PETER FAIRBAIRN, on the splendid results as to her MAJESTY. We shall only say that never did conqueror receive so brilliant an ovation—never did conqueror so well merit one— and fervently we hope that she may live long to receive similar triumphs, although few can equal lone can surpass, that bestowed by the good people of Leeds and their worthy Mayor. " What is a pound P" was the favourite question of Sir ROBERT PEEL, when desirous of forcing his monetary fallacies on the House of Commons. The Right Hon. Baronet had many specimens in his possession, and was accustomed to produce one, a sovereign fresh from the mint, and to state that the coin, consisting of 123.274 grains, was the only true pound, and that all others were but mere pro mises to pay in that particular medium. His ob ject, in fact, was to introduce a purely metallic circulation, for although paper might be retained for convenience sake, and in order to make large payments, he hoped eventually to be enabled to prevent a single note from being issued, save against the deposit of a quantity of bullion equivalent to its nominal value. This could not, however, imme diately be effected. The quantity of specie in the country was not sufficient for its actual wants. A general collapse must have taken place. The divi dends on an enormous debt contracted in a paper currency could not possibly be liquidated in gold and silver, and sooner than hazard the payments, in which he was very deeply interested,. he was com pelled to violate his principles by permitting issues not based on bullion to the extent of £32,000,000, of which only £14,000,000 were on securities, which could not, however, be available for the redemption of the notes, in the event of an universal run for gold. That amount has since been reduced to £31,623,995, by the stoppage of sundry provisional banks of issue, partially counterbalanced by an in crease of £475,000 in the authorised circulation of the Bank of England, There is now, therefore, issued, of unsecured notes by the Bank of England, £14,475,000 ; by English provincial bankers, £7,707,292 ; by the Irish banks, £6,354,494 ; and by the Scotch banks, £3,087,209. The consistent free-traders, who desire not only unrestricted competition in commodities, but also in money and in currency, protest against the flied price of gold and the undue restrictions imposed on the circulating medium. They say that the " pound" should be kept as nearly as possible at an equable rate, avoiding those constant fluctua tions which have inflicted so much injury on the trade and commerce of the country, and so greatly affected the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the industrial population ; that the true pound is anything which possesses a purchasing power —or, in other words, gives such a command over the necessaries, comforts, and luxuries of life as has been possessed by the pound sterling on the ave rage of seasons ; and that anything which mate rially alters that purchasing power must operate unfairly either to debtors or to creditors, and re duce the ordinary operations of commerce to mere gambling speculations ; and that it is, therefore, greatly calculated to depreciate commercial mora lity, of which we have seen many fearful instances of late years. No man, in receiving payments, considers the weight or fineness of the coin in which his demand is liquidated. Ile only wishes to be assured, that when he wants to pay it away, it will be received from him at the same rate which he allowed for it, and once satisfied in that respect he makes no further inquiry. The above arguments are so patent and unanswer able that the advocates of the Act have always en deavoured to show that " the price of gold is not fixed," and that notwithstanding the interrogatory of Si ROBERT PEEL, alluded to in the commencement of this article. The Committee on the Bank Acts in their report take up this fallacy. In the 59th clause they say, " Another misconception has often perplexed those who have reasoned about the cur rency—that of supposing that by Act of Parlia• mentthe price of gold is fixed." They then attempt to show that if the sovereign, in place of being " nearly equal to a quarter of an ounce troy of gold of standard fineness, had been exactly equal to that weight, it would have been obvious to all that the word sovereign simply meant a quarter of an ounce of standard gold, with the QUEEN'S head stamped upon it by the Mint, and the price of gold, as it is called(!) being thus exactly £4 an ounce, "anybody would have comprehended that the one was equiva lent to the other!" Of course they would, just as they at present comprehend that the 123.274 grains of standard gold are equivalent to a pound, for the conditions of the problem are not in the slightest degree changed by altering the amount to a quarter of an ounce or 120 grains. But where the " mis conception ?" Surely that is fixing the price of gold by Act of Parliament. On that point we shall give an extract from a communication from a re spected correspondent, Mr. JAMES HARVEY, of Liverpool, who has long been a consistent and in defatigable monetary reformer. Mr. HARVEY writes— "ls the'price of gold fixed P Most certainly it is when coined. The bullionists on the Bank Act Committee, in their report, deny that the price is fixed, but they forget not only that the five dwts. and three grains of gold, which is coined into a sovereign, is not only weighed and assayed, but it is endowed with a money denomination, it becomes by an act of coining, 205., and the law declares it legal tender for 20s. of debt or 20s. of taxes. To put a parallel case :—Suppose a sack of corn was declared by law to be always worth 205., and was, moreover, declared by law to be a legal tender for debts and taxes, would not the price be fixed, and would it not regulate the price of all corn accord ingly" ? He then pertinently asks :—" Is it by mairdaining such transparent fallacies that they hope to ,maintain their rotten, ruinous system." It is the giving " a moneyed denomination" to the gold that the price is fixed 'as it would be in corn if it moneyed denomination were given thereto. The mere division of a quarter of wheat into eight bushels does not fix its price, but let it be enacted that two or three bushels of a certain quality shall be taken as a pound in liquidation of debts or pay ment of taxes, and that a large quantity of corn must always be retained in a public storehouse, from which an equal quantity must be delivered to every person bringing a pound, so that, in fact, a receiverebu bushels of o b f us c h o e r i n must bushels of corn, person b o ri r n a gi v n e g rs a on po b u ri n bringing must e gingth rec eive a pound, then the p r i ce will be fixed to all intents and purposes. Under the present law the price of corn varies from day to day, according to the laws of supply and demand. A good harvest, either in Engla n d, n Russia, will materially in pc unitcil States, or i ..., • 44--_ , ,, 1 u -----. _ .....a..,w . -... I I ' Fit ,- \ . ... iv , ..\ ,v. , ......- fib. :- 476 ' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. affect prices; but the price of gold never varies never can vary. Not all the produce of California and Australia has influenced, nor would the digging up of 1,000 tons in gold, in the heart of England, change its price. The committee slur over the question, but they only show the specious fallacies that will be resorted to by persons desiring, under any circumstances, to bolster up an untenable and vicious theory. CHANNEL ISLANDS' TELEGRAPH. A telegram from Jersey, dated 3 p.m. yesterday, announces the inauguration of the Channel Islands' telegraph. The wire works successfully. A congratulatory address was sent by the direc tors to her Majesty, at the completion of which its success was hailed by the assembled multitude with tremendous cheering. The streets were crowded with people, and flags flying in all directions, ashore and afloat. A procession, accompanied by military bands, paraded the town. The town was to be illuminated in the evening, and fireworks displayed in the Royal-scplare and other places. The Marchioness of Salisbury has left Bourne mouth on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke at Sydney Lodge, Southampton. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry come to town to-morrow from the Continent, after an ab sence of two months. The Earl of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie have left Castile Hill, Devon, where they have been staying with the Earl Fortescue, on a visit to General and Lady Catherine Buckley, at their seat near Salisbury. The Earl and Countess of Wilton are shortly expected at Heaton Hall, Lancashire, from Scotland. We . regret to learn that the Countess of Clare has been suffering from serious indisposition in Paris. Her ladyship's malady was of so alarming a character that Mr. Teevan, her own medical attendant, was telegraphed for to Paris last week. We are glad to learn that the latest accounts of her ladyship are satisfactory. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and the Hon. Mrs. George Barrington have arrived at Beckett House, near Faningdon. Viscount Maynard has arrived in town, from Easton Lodge, Essex, for a few days. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF AN ARCHBISHOP. —lt is very confidentlyyumoured in ecclesiastical circles that Lord Sohn Beresford intends resigning the arch bishopric of Armagh, and that in all probability he will be succeeded by the Hey. Dr. Singer, Bishop of Meath, who is one of the leaders of the Evangelical party in Ireland. VALUE OF LAND IN KENT.—The Acrise estate, which stretches for several miles between Elham and Can terbury, including four manors and extending over seven parishes, has just been sold for £190,000, including timber, to Mr. Mackinnon, M.P. PRICE OF GoLD—The quotation of gold at Paris is about par, and the short exchange on London is 25.17 f per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Enk- Hai. Mint price of £3.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in Paris and London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4271 per mark, and the short exchan ge on London is 13.7 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price iS, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent dearer in London than Hamburg.—The course of exchange at New . York on Lon don for bills at 60 (laig' sight is about 1691 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two coun tries, showri that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. EXTRAORDINARY SLAUGHTER OF SNAKES.—The presence of an unprecedented number of the serpent brood in this county this year has been the cause of general remark, and has been so general over the county that every district has been regarding itself as the most visited by the phenomenon. They seem to have been most numerous in the inland and marshy districts, particularly in mosses, where they have in some cases been seen in almost incredible numbers. As an instance of the great quantity of vermin, we learn that a drain contractor and his men, employed in draining at Strupster, in the parish of Canisbay, killed between the 25th of May and the 20th of August, the great number of 45, the length varying from 2 feet 4 inches to 3 feet 8 inches, one of them measuring 41 inches in girth.— .lrorthern (frick) Ensign. SECRET BAPTISM AND FORCIBLE ABDUCTION OF A. JEWISH CHILD.-The forcible abduction by the Roman. Inquisition of a Jewish child six years old, at Bologna, un der the pretence of its having been, two years ago, secretly baptised by its Catholic nurse, has created a most painful sensation throughout the Jewish world. Twenty-one Sar dinian congregations have addressed a joint and most pa thetic appeal to the London Jewish Board of Deputies, soli ' citing its interference in behalf of the heart-broken family. The Board met on Monday last, when it was unanimously resolved to respond to the appeal. A sub-committee of eight was appointed, with Sir Moses Montefiore at its head, to which full power was given to take all necessary steps required by the emergency. .The sub-committee resolved to put itself in communication with the Israelitish Central Consistories of France and Holland ; to appeal to the T ress of England ; to endeavour to enlist the sympathy writhe generous English Goverment: in the cause; and, if TiSiids there be, to send a deputation to the Pope.—.Teroish Chronicle. LORD CLYDE.—The Newcastle Chronicle pub lishes the following letter, received on Friday by Mrs. Bell, of Woolsington, in acknowledgment of an address that was signed in January last by the ladies present at the ball given. by Lieut.-Col. Matthew Bell and the officers of the N.N.Y.C. The gallant general having been much known and held in high esteem during the time he was quartered at the barracks in Newcastle, many years since, the ladies, were the more anxious to express the interest they feel in his heroic career in India : Allahabad, June 12, 1858. Dear Mrs. Bell,—Now that the turmoil of war is for the moment over, and that I find myself reposing in a house, it is with feelings of shame that I look at the kind and com plimentary paper which I received so long ago from so many ladies of Northumberland, some of whom I hare the plea sure of knowing, and many others of whom I know by name. To their greeting I now reply. I thank them from my heart—their memorials are dearer to me than the public honours which have been bestowed on me—the long list of friends and well-wishers carrying, me back to home, and to the rest which my years and long service require—to the hope that my sword will soon be returned into its scabbard for the last time, never to be drawn again, leaving me free to see face to face the kind ladies who have thought of me when I was far away.—l beg my kindest remem brance to Col. Bell.—Believe me, dear Mrs. Bell, very sin cerely yours, C. CAMPBELL." A company is said to be in course of formation for the purpose of affording the port of London greater dock accommodation and increased facilities for landing and examining goods. In the first instance it is proposed to purchase Brewer's-quay, now owned by Barber and Co. and Custom-hou s e-quay, held on lease by W. J. Hall and Co., the proprietors aalessees of these wharves being the principal parties in the new combination. At the same time a connection is to be established with a dock already constructed at Northfieet, near Gravesend, by Mr. Pitcher, which is to be purchased and enlarged by the company. At present Brewer's-quay has good and substantial ware houses, and the capacious vaults and tea-warehouses, in Cooper's-row, are also in the possession. of Messrs. Barber. Custom-house-quay, however, greatly needs improvement. It is suggest&l that it would be an important advantage for the commerce of London if the scheme should ultimately lead to an amalgamation of the private wharves generally under one management. In some instances they are very deficient in the requisite accommodation, and are conducted with a remarkable disregard to modern improvements, the mode of landing goods being such as existed centuries ago, namely, by a wheel turned like a treadmill by a few miser able men inside. At many points, also, much valuable space is wasted by wooden sheds filled with lumber, the site of which would be suitable for extensive buildings. The desire is that the whole of the quays between London bridge and the Tower should be united, and that Billings gate-market, which constit u t es one o f th e grea t es t obstruc tions to the business of the port, should be removed to a more suitable position. STATE LIVERIES FOR THE SIIERIFFS ELECT. exhib it suits for an The state liveries for Mr. Alderman Hale and M r . Deputy Conder (of Walbrook), who are appointed to fill the office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year, elegant in though foriner nn y e e s a t r e s n ; ta b t u ie t na , on pla th inn ec e o a n a. trav ile are not marked by that gorgeous character which have pre vailed coachman and footman for Mr. Deputy Conder, comprise coats of a rich superfine cloth, in colour of a dark or navy blue, but in the style of an ancient court suit, Which is bordered with two rows of silver lace of a beautiful pattern, between which, as a chaste relief, is a handsome lace of rich blue silk. The hips and flaps have a similarly arranged tasteful decoration. From the shoulders de pend a noble aiguilette of silver cord, i n t ertw i ned with dark blue silk, manufactured expressly for the occasion, and having a most pleasing effect. The buttons (of silver) are exceedingly neat, and exhibit a chased undulating design. The vests are of white cassi mere, as are also the small-clothes, each having a Silver and blue silk lace decoration, the small-clothes ornamented with silver garters and silver bullion tassels. Mr. A. Surr, the under-sheriff to Deputy Conder, has a plain livery to corres pond, consisting of blue cloth coats and vests, with small clothes of blue plush with silver. The state hats arc of the finest beaver, most tastefully got up with very handsome bordering and loops of silver and blue silk lace and silver bullion tassels. The whole of the above have been manu factured by Messrs. H. J. and D. Nicoll, of Regent-street, in a manner reflecting the highest credit upon that estab lishment, by whom also the state liveries for Mr. Alderman Hale, sheriff elect, and his under-sherilf, T. Jones, Esq., havebeen constructed with equal taste and skill. These consist of coats, and the other garments corresponding in style with the foregoing, the prevailing colour being a deep claret for the coats, the vests of white cassimere, and the small-clothes of scarlet plush, having tassels, aiguil ettes, &c., of rich gold lace and bullion, relieved with lace of scarlet silk. _ _ KEW GARDENS.—The sacred Indian lotus of the Hindoos, or bean of Egypt, is now producing . its flowers of marvellous and gorgeous beauty, in the tropical aquarium. A model of this magnificent plant is in the old museum. VALUE OF LAND IN KENT.—The Acryse Estate, that stretches for several miles between Elam and Canter bury, includes four manors, and extends over seven parishes, has just been sold for £190,000, including timber, to Mr. Mackinnon, M.P. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Emperor, private letters state, has found so much benefit from the sea breezes at Biarritz that his Majesty will stay there somewhat longer than he originally intended. As was the case last year, an auditor of the Council of State goes down every day with despatches and the correspondence of the various ministries for his Majesty. A letter from the island of Cos, in the Archipe lago, says :—" Abdullah-Bey, the Governor of the island of Cos, sent to prison without any motive a Greek subject named Clapas, and without making any notification of the fact to M. Avenat, the Greek consul, or to the other European consuls in the island. M. Avenat, on hearing of what had been done, demanded the release of Clapas, but Abdul lah-Bey, instead of acceding to the application, in sulted the person who brought the message, and afterwards M. Avenat himself. He also ordered Clapas to be scourged, and applied the same punish ment to the consul's interpreter. He also gave M. Avenat a slap in the face, and threatened that Clapas should not leave the prison alive. It is expected that the Greek Government will demand the re lease of Clapas, and the exemplary punishment of Abdullah-Bey, whose hatred to Christians in gene ral, and the Greeks in particular, is but too well known." It is this incident most probably which led to the statement in the Nord that the consular agents of France, Russia, the United States, and Greece had been murdered. A letter from Damascus states that Mgr. Clement, bishop of the Greek Catholic Church, has resigned his office, and retired to the monastery of St. Basil, at some distance from Sayda. The cause of the resignation is that many of his clergy and flock were deeply offended at his having endea voured to have the Gregorian calendar adopted. Letters received at Brussels announce that King Leopold passed three days at Geneva, and left on the 4th to continue his excursion into Germany. The Duke de Brabant left Brussels the day before yesterday to visit the principal metallurgical esta blishments in the province of Hainault. Baron James de Rothschild and several other directors of the Northern Railway Company were expected at Charler - Oi, to be present at the works of. Saint Martin when his Royal Highness shall arrive there. The Milan Gazette of the 4th states that the Archduke Governor-General arrived there the previous day from Venice, and proceeded imme diately by special train to the Royal villa of Meuza. The Gazette de Prance makes the following ob e.efvations on the article which the Siecle published the preceding day on the respective naval forces of France and England, and in which it declared that the best mode of preventing all collision between the two countries was to increase the number of their mutual relations : " This conclusion is much less haughty than the commencement, but everything cannot be asked for at once. The Siecle, we hope, will some day understand that what it asks from England is to sign the warrant for her own destruction, which she certainly cannot agree to. England has no army, and, being" a naval power, she only relies on her fleet. She must, under pain of be ing no longer counted in the councils of Europe, continue to be not a but the maritime power. From the day that she shall admit an equal on the seas she will have taken her place among second rate powers. This is admirably well understood in England, and it is for that reason that such fury is now felt against Cherbourg and against our navy, This will lee also understood in France. France, as we have before said, may live at peace with England, but not in alliance or friendship with her." The same journal, referring to Mr. Roebuck's late observations at Sheffield, says : " In the midst of much exaggeration there is a groundwork of truth in the speech of Mr. Roebuck. England is an isolated nation, and she can only be so in the world. That circumstance is at the same time, her strength and her danger. Her isolation keeps her clear of many agitations which periodically disturb the continent, but, in placing her out of the reach of them, it also keeps her out of the way of that assistance which the continental nations can render to each other. Eng land is a nation condemned to live alone. Let us not then disturb her in her solitude, but also let us not endeavour to seek from her any support." BOURSE, Sept. 7.—The market has been very buoyant, and a further rise has taken place on all securities, but chiefly on Rente. Threes have been done at 72fr. 60c., and 72fr. 70e. ; Mobilier at 880 fr. and 905 fr.; Austrian, 687 fr. 50e. to 692 fr. 50c.; Orleans, 1,385 fr. and 1 ,395 fr. 50c.; Northern, 970 fr. and 975 fr.; Southern, 585 fr. and 590 fr.; Eastern, 745 fr. and 750 fr. ; Geneva, 622 fr. 50e. and 625 fr.; and Russian, 515 fr. and 517 fr. 50c. The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 9 5 50 Do. end month .. 95 75 3 per Cents. 72 30 Do. end month.... 72 66 Bank Shares. ..... 3150 —. Credit Mobilier .. 885 Do. Account;..... 887 50 Credit Foncier 650 Belgian 4f — Piedmontese (5) Roman 9l 25 Austrian - Spanish Threes Home Debt 39 75 R AILIVA.YS. Cash. Account. Orleans ...................... 1385 1390 Northern . .................... 960 965 New ditto.. .................. . 820 817 50 Lyons and Maiterranean ....... 835 832 50 New ditto ——• • Geneva 630 630 Midi 577 50 577 60 Western 640 .. 635 Eastern 747 50 747 50 Grand Central ......... .... .. . Sardinian 475 475 Austrian 687 50 .. 690 SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 3d contains the following telegram from Ferrol of the preceding day :—" Their Majesties and the royal family are in good health. This afternoon they visited the dockyard in the arsenal, and witnessed the launch ing of the Diana sloop of war ; they then inspected a frigate, the building of which is much advanced, and which by her Majesty's command was named Loyalty. Their Majesties crossed the bay in a barge, the ships of war at anchor there fired salutes, and the crews and a great number of the inhabi tants received them with every demonstration of loyal attachment." The Gazette also contains a return showing that the revenue in July 1 ast exceeded that of the corresponding month of last year by 9,392,930 reals. This increase is principally in custom-house duties, sanitary police dues, paper tax, passports and certificates of residence, tobacco, and gunpowder. There was a trifling decrease in receipts in the duties upon food, mortgages, salt, and lotteries. Rumours of modifications in the Ministry had again begun to be current, and several important political personages, as if antici pating a crisis, had arrived in Madrid. At Segovia the police had seized upwards of 250 muskets and other firearms, together with a considerable quantity of ammuniti on . A new return relative to the Sp an i s h navy s h ows that it consists of 85 vessels, ca rr yi ng 834 guns, also of a number of steamers of 4,700-horse power. A letter says : "It is stated that the ultra-moderadoes intend to make a demonstration on the Queen's arrival, and M. Nocedal is to be their spokesman. He is, it appears, to endeavour to impress on the Queen's mind th e i llegality of the measure by which the election li sts have been revised, and to rouse her religiou s scruples about the sale of Church pro perty, in a Marshaline(L O su l' which,s programmethough t o is f not set downgovernment, must, sooner or later, be forced upon whatever Ministry may rule the destinies of the nation. In fact, in Catalonia, petitions for the disamortisation of Church property have already been numerously signed even in districts in which religious influence is always powerful. M. Nocedal is to act in the name of a sort of conciliabule nightly held at the residence of a military malcontent." AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, The ship Hougomont, 1,200 tons, Capt. Dalton, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, of London, has landed five passengers here, She has a cargo of wool and copper ore, 3,000 ounces of golddust, and 128 passengers. The Hougomont is 108 days from Melbourne, having left on the 22d of May. She touched at Pernambuco, Aug. 1, and left on the same day. In lat. 29.25 south, long. 20.44 west, she spoke the barque Maria Tharson; from Marseilles for Bourbon. In hit. 36.32, long. 32.4 west, July 8, she spoke the ship Sarah, out 38 days—Callao—Cork ; lat. 36.46, long. 40.15 west, the bark Somerhill, 98 days out from Belfast ; lat. 42.11 north, long. 34.17 west, August 30, the schooner Envoy, 28 days, from Pernambuco for Plymouth ; lat. 48.7 north, long. 11.32 west, September 5, Joshua Waddington, from Akayab, 154 days, for Falmouth. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7, The screw steam-ship Great Britain, Capt. Gray, has arrived from New York with advices to the 25th August, which, as to political and. commercial news, have been anticipated by the telegraphic accounts via Halifax, received by the Niagara. She brings 84 passengers, and specie valued at 60,000 dols. A telegraphic despatch from Leavenworth, dated the 20th August, states, with regard to the Kansas election, that official returns from 26 counties give the following result :—" Whole votes, 13,380," giv ing, in American phraseology, " a majority of 9,648 against the English proposition." As a wind-up to the Atlantic telegraph fetes, the crew of the United States frigatee - Niagara were to have a public reception at the Cooper - Institute, New York, on the 26th of August. Captain Hud son, Mr. Cyrus Field, Mr. Everett, and the officers of the frigate were to be present. The crew in a body, with music and banners, a model of the ship and a section of the cable, were to arrive at the institute at half-past 7in the evening. A letter from Chariest* of -August 24th, states that there was no abatement in the ravages of yellow fever, the weather continuing unfavourable. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Indus steamer, Captain Evans, has arrived. She left Alexandria on the 24th ult., Malta on the 28th, and Gibraltar on the 2d instant. She brings 92 passengers, £4,542 in specie, five cases of shawls, 629 packages of gum, and 122 packages of sundries. At Alexandria she left her Majesty's gunboat Vigilant, and the Princess Royal at anchor off the harbour; her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Caradoc, and Spitfire were at Malta. The brigantine Alert, of Liverpool, with salt from Cadiz for Rio Grande, was discharging part of her cargo, at Gib raltar to repair a leak. The United States' frigate Macedonian, Captain Levy, 37 days from Key West, arrived at Gibraltar on the 28th ult., and salutes were exchanged with the garrison. The Sultan ster.mer, with the outward Bombay mails from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist inst. The French squadron, from Brest for Toulon, passed the garrison at noon on the 26th. The British merchant steamers Calpe, Danube, and Seamander, from Liverpool, and the Gibraltar, from London, had arrived at Gibraltar. Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted—London, 501 ; Paris, 528 ; Marseilles, 530 ; Genoa, 531; Madrid, 1.1- dis. ; Cadiz, dis. ; Malaga, 1 pm. ; Seville, 8 dis,; Alicante, dis.; Valencia and Bar celona, par. BRITISH LOSSES B-Y BANK FAIL URES. Messrs. Waterlow and Sons have issued a curious statement of the " British Losses by Bank Failures from 1820 to 1857." The " Inferential Results', arrived at by the compilers arc as follows In considering the evidence afforded by the preceding tables, detailed analysis is, for brOad practical purposes, un necessary. The salient points of conclusion are distinct and appalling, and may be conveniently taken in the following order of consecutive enumeration. It is snbmitted :- 1. That notwithstanding the honour and undoubted suf ficiency of the majority of bankers, the number of bank failures in the United Kingdom, including branches, having been 972 in the course of the last 37 years, or at the ave rage rate of 26 per annum, the public may expect, under the present systems of banking, to be exposed, at shortly recurring periods, in some place or other, to the sorrows of bank stoppage. 2. That along with anticipations of failure may be asso ciated fears that it will be of serious amount, and conse quently of difficult settlement ; for the liabilities of the banks which stopped payment during the 37 years having amounted to £153,057,868, it follows that the stoppages were at the average rate of £4,200,000 per annum, or £162,000 per fortnight for each insolvent establishment. 3. That on the occurrence of failure, the dividend paid during the 37 years having been £114,843,061 in five years, against a liability of £153,057,868, creditors cannot, on the average, hope for a larger dividend than 15s. in the pound, or for a quicker rate of payment than 3s. per annum. 4. That the stoppages of the 37 years having been of the aggregate annual value of £4,200,000, and the dividends not having discharged more than three. fourths of the lia bilities, and at the rate only of 3s. per annum, the public may expect, under present circumstances, to be always 18 millions sterling out of pocket, and to be always losing one million sterling per annum by bank failures at home. 5. That the principles of joint-stock banking, in their practical application, have afforded no exception, either in England or Scotland, to the organic tendency to loss which constitutes so terrible a feature in the history of private banking ; for it appears—First. That on 21 years, occurring in the course of 32 years ? from 1825 to 1857, no less than 77 joint-stock banks failed; and that as they had 463 branches, the calamities of bank stoppage fell on as many as 540 places, at the average rate of 26 places per annum. Second. That the amount for which the 77 banks failed was about £54,000,000, and that; consequently, the liabili ties on each failure were about £700,000, or £lOO,OOO for each of the 540 places. Third. That in addition to the losses of the public, the shareholders in the 77 insolvent banks suffered a loss of more than £18,000,000. —.- 6. That upon a fair induction of the 37 years' experience, the causes of failure in the case of private banks may be chiefly attributed—to unwarrantable uses of bank moneys in chance speculations ; to unreasonable, disproportionate, and unsecured advances ; to unjustifiable absorptions of bank funds by bankers themselves, in furtherance of their own private trades and manufactures ; and in the case of joint stock banks—to the want of honest, intelligent, responsible management ; and to the temptation of making undue profits for shareholders, whereby the capital of a bank has oftentimes proved the means of its destruction. But com bined with these active sources of dissolution, and common to both descriptions of banking, were oth ers no less destructive. First, a propensity for public adventure, under the influence of which, on every season of general speculation, the banks, instead of standing prudently aloof, came forward and identified themselves with the popular mania, whatever it might be. Next :—A dread and a jealous avoidance of that publicity which is the true guardi an o f a bank, and in, the absence of whichthe confidence of the bank customers becomes more a matter of hope than of settled trust. The trust of the public, in respect of a bank, ought not, at the most, to exceed the trust required in ordinary commercial transactions ; but under the system of secresy pursued by the banks, made terrible by frequently recur ring disaster, the trust observed appears to have been more like thatiwhich the man displays who plants his vineyard on the side of a smoking volcano, and hopes that no convul sion will happen in his time. Now, no feeling can be more fatal to the existence of a bank than mistrust of its sufficiency, or to the extension of banldng, than doubts of its just adminis tration. Yet these perilous apprehensions were generally entertained and widely promulgated. It happened, there fore, that in the absence of knowledge which prevailed respecting the true position of banks, while many suffered serious loss of business, others sank under the accumu lated suspicions which it was thought the observance of a " dignified reserve" might have silenced. Finally : —A want of frequent and exact audits, without which a bank is as little to be trusted as a ship at sea deprived of sun or stars, destitute of chart or compass. Few of the departed banks seem to have ventured on such tests for themselves, and fewer still to have submitted them to public scrutiny. Had such investigations been habitually made, or their results partially revealed, the public must certainly have been spared the misery of bearing such an astounding load of debt as eighteen millions sterling con stantly owing by insolvent banks. 7. That in addition to the losses by home and colonial banks there have been others by American and continental establishments, which, in the course of 37 years, have swollen the aggregate loss of money to nearlyninety millions, or little short of two millions five hundred pounds, per annum. But even this amount stops utterly short of the final truth. For when the loss of interest, the loss of credit, the ruin of retail trade, the charges of law, the disorganisation in all money transactions, and the numerous bankruptcies caused by the cruel abuses of trust 'involved in bank stoppages, are taken into consideration, the loss is incalculable. 8. That bank failure—from the misery it has inflicted, the mistrust it has engendered, and the obstructions it has opposed to the growth of good morals, th e cultivation of frugal habits, and the ad vancemen t of sound trade—is t() b regarded as the opprobrium of the Victoria era. _ 9. That the causes i n w hi c h b an k failures originate being within remedial limits, the constitution of a safe bank ought not to be regarded as of difficult attainment. The path to it is apparently discernible under a new form of association, and in that direction the c om pil e r of these tables may shortly venture, in the absence of any a d equa te measure of relief; to ask the public to aid him in its development. The name of the Bank of England, like those of many of our private and public banks, has come to be synonymous with " sa idedfety," be rov it and, should a system o f ordinal", security p , will rest with the public to secure for every new under taking a correspondi ng degree of reputation, and to obtain from all the mcst ample ceetuity in exchange for continued confidence. 11. R. SPOONER'S PROPOSED REPORT ON THE BANK ACTS. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) Whatever opinion may be entertained on the Bank Charter Act, there is little difference of opi nion as to the report which the Bank Acts Com mittee have published to the country. The sup porters as well as the opponents of the Act of 1844 regard the committee's report as a complete failure. It enunciates no " general principle" of currency, and it propounds no remedy for the periodical panics to which, under the Bank Charter Act, the country is exposed. We invite attention to the short, but comprehen sive and judicious, report which Mr. Spooner pro posed. Much has been said about over speculation, and a large portion of the evidence adduced was taken to prove the extent to which speculation has, of late years, been carried. Mr. Spooner clearly points out the cause of this speculation, and the consequent effects. "It has been proved," he says, " before your committee that the very low rate of interest neces sarily created by the reaction incident to former panics, and by the Bank of England being com pelled by law to purchase gold by the issue of their notes, whether they wanted gold or not, stimulated speculation to so great a degree that all prices rose except the price of gold, which, being fixed by law, could not rise, and consequently it became the cheapest article of export, and left the country. This created a demand for gold on the Bank, com pelling the Bank to counteract that demand by contracting its issues. This necessity of contraction , being observed by commerc i a l men, the effort became general to secure bank notes while they were to be had, and thus was added to the real demands for commerce a pressure arisin g fromhoard ing, which would not have occurred had not the Bank been. unduly restricted in its issues." This is a plain statement of fact. The Act of 1844 first stimulates speculation by over-isssues, and then produces panic by under-issues of bank notes. Mr. Spooner condemns the principle of both Acts, those of 1819 and 1844. "The Act of 1819," he says, "being wrong in principle, was productive of the panics of 1822 and 1825, and of the monetary pressures of 1836 and 1839. A system wrong in principle, being really and more rigidly carried out, as the Act of 1819 has been by that of 1844, could not fail to produce aggravated mischief ; hence the more terrible effects produced by the panic of 1847, and the pressures of 1855-6, so paralysing to in dustry and trade, terminating in the still more de structive panic 0f1857. The evils and impracticability of the system are pointed out in the evidence re corded by Mr. Alexander, Mr. Twells, Mr. Chap man, Mr. Capps, Mr. Foster, Mr. Lloyd, and others." Mr. Spooner repeats the propositions which he submitted to the Committee on the commercial distress, in 1848, and which facts have fully vindicated :--" That so long as the Acts of 1812 and 1844 remain in force, alternations of prosperity and adversity will continue. That a remedy, at once easy and safe, would be found in the creation of a national paper money, to be issued on the gra dual repayment of the debt due from the Govern ment to the Bank of England; in the payment of the dividends and Government annual expenses." This issue of paper money would be limited in amount the amount proposed being about £20,000,000. It would be issued in notes of con venient amount for general circulation—£l and upwards—and would be a legal tender in all pay ments. The purchasing power of these notes would be maintained at an equable value by the obligation of Government to receive back the notes which they issue in payment of taxes. Mr. Spooner observes that the professed object c f the Acts of 1819 and 1844 was to give the country a steady and uniform currency, that is, a currency in which the price of commodities should be steady. But, "the evidence establishes the tact that not only are the acts now in force powerless to prevent ex treme fluctuations, but that they are the fruitful source of those, evils, rendering all trading and mer cantile undertakings unsafe, and bringing, in a vast number of cases, total ruin upon those who contract monetary obligations on reliance upon the continued value either of money or commodities." This is a plain but not a bit less a philosophical explanation of the evils of our moneytary system The truth is that Peel's Bills produce an effect exactly the opposite to their professed object. They " keep the promise to the ear, and break it to the hope." Make, said Peel, the bank note convertible into vv... • 123 grains of gold, and you secure an equable cur rency and avoid fluctuations in the value of the pound and its purchasing power. The bitter ex perience of nearly 40 years has proved that the fluctuations in the value of money, in the rate of interest, and in the purchasing power of this pound of 123 grains of gold, have been greater, more violent, and more ruinous than were ever before known. Mr. Spooner has laboured for many years in this important national cause. Undeterred by opposi tion, ridicule, and the calls of self-interest, he has fought a good fight on the side of truth and justice. Peel, prejudice, and the common nonsense of the country, have been against him. But he has un flinchingly advocated the 'cause of productive in dustry, and of the working classes of his fellow countrymen with untiring zeal and admitted ability and talent. The currency question is the question of the poor hard-working labourer and operatives of England, as opposed to the rich capitalist and money lender. The bullionists have had their own way. And what do we see in 1858 P Why the bullionist committee on bank acts, positively bankrupt in even plausible sophistries to support Peel's bills, unable to point out one single remedy for acknowledged evils, and afraid even to lay down a " general principle" of monetary legislation ! The poor, weak, contemptible report of the com mittee is a triumph for currency reformers in gene ral, and for the old, tried, staunch friend of currency reformation (Mr. Spooner) in particular. THE NEW ADELPHI THEATRE. The works of the new Adelphi Theatre are in active progress, and, though comparatively little has been done, the roof, we are told, will be put on within the next six weeks. The new building will cover a somewhat larger area than was comprised within the old house, the present plan being made to include all the ground added at various dates. The ground a l so will be excavated to a depth of ten or eleven feet below the original level, to get space required beneath the pit and stage. The gallery entrance will be at the side, or from Bull-inn-court, in which also will be one of the stage entrances. The pit and box entrances will be, as at present, from the Strand. A wide flight of stairs will lead to the grand tier, which will be appropriated to private boxes ; and it appears there will be four other staircases of communication between this and the other tier of boxes, and that two of those stair cases—those in the angles next the proscenium boxes—will extend also to the gallery and pit levels. There will be four tiers of proscenium boxes, rang ingueh with the divisions a l luded to of the body of th e house. The proscenium boxes will occupy m space, and form a leading feature in the decorative effect. The whole of the stairs and floors to passag es will be fireproof ; and the apertures in the external wall next Bull-inn -court will be con trived that they made be made readily avail_ able for escape iii case of fire. The pit w ill extend under the grand tier of boxes, as in the old house. The front seats of the gallery and of the pit will be arranged as stalls, thosei n the latte r case having the s t a i rcase coL munication before mentioned with the boxes. A larqe saloon, over the grand staircase, will be provided, in co nnex i on w i th the upper boxes. The decorative effect of the house, we opine, will be tasteful and elegant. A manner resembling that of florid Italian in the enrichments pervades the whole , light and hi g hl y ornamental shafts car r y th e box. fronts ; the partitions of the private boxes have their front edges formed in curves of co n t rary flexure, with a view t o th e gene ral effe c t ; . and the centre of the ceiling rises in domical form. Of all these features, and many of those of the structure, we shall, however, have other opportunities of speaking. Mr. I'. H. Wyatt, our readers know, is the archit ec t, an d th e wor k is being' executed by Mr. Wilson. The front in the Strand, and the premises - next Maiden-lane, are not at pre. sent touched.— The Bulkier, LAIV INTELLIGENCE /THIS DAY.) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) ELLIOTT V. WOOD-TROUBLING A JUDGE. The plaintiff in this case is a tailor, of Cheapside, for whom Mr. Dalton appeared, and defendant, represented by Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-street, is an aeconntant, of -Basing hall-street. This was \an action upon a bill for clothes, and a dis honoured bill of exchange for £5 10s. The bill for £5 10s. had been paid to plaintiff by defendant on account of goods delivered, of which he was merely the endorser, it being now in the hands of plaintiff. Several items in the plain tiff's bill were disputed—and indeed Mr. Beard pleaded a set-oft; which turned the tables, and made plaintiff indebted to defendant £2 14s. Considerable discussion arose in reference to an item of £1 ss. which had been erased from the bill, which plaintiff believed had not been done in his presence. His Honour examined plaintiff very strongly upon that point, but Mr. Dalton said his client had sworn as much as necessary, adding (to the judge), "And nowyll trouble you to allow me to go on with the next item." His Honour—No, sir, you won't trouble me at all. I will conduct the proceedings as I please, and when there is a doubt existing in my mind, I will adopt what course I please to remove it. I have to decide, and of course I must satisfy myself. In reference to a charge of £2 10s. for coat, which defendant disputed, it app eared that plaintiff had made a coat for £2 25., and defendant returned it, say ing it was not good enough, when plaintiff made, another, charging £2 10s. His Honour was of opinion that some price should have been fixed by plaintiff. Defendant must take up the dishonoured bill. Mr. Beard—lt was taken as cash. His Honour—Oh, no; it was merely acknowledged as an acceptance. Plaintiff said he had informed defendant of the dishonour of the bill the day following. Mr. Beard asked how the notice was given ? Plaintiff—By letter. Mr. Beard--Can you prove posting ? Plaintiff—No, but defendant called upon me two of three days afterwards. Evidence was then given that defendant had told plain tiff to take the bill to Messrs. King and George, solicitors, and instruct them to sue in his (defendant's) name. George Wilson, acceptor of the bill, said the bill was an accommodation bill. It was given without any considera tion. Cross-examined—I have never received anything from Mr. Woods. I owe - him nothing. He never was security for me for a loan. I was security for him. I put my name to a bill for £lOO for him. This is for his accommodation. His Honour—That is not the way to pay a tailor's bill. Mr. Beard called defendant, who denied plaintiff's evi dence, but his Honour said plaintiff must have a verdict/ Upon the question of time, Mr. Dalton said defendant had a very large brass plate up—: Mr. Beard—And very little business. His Honour thought the defendant should not have set up such a defence, but he might have time. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.(This-Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY THROUGH DISTRESS.—Joseph Wheeler, a respectable-looking man, about seventy years of age, Was charged with stealing two ladies' boots, value 75., the pro perty of Mr. Charles Sadler, bootmaker, 3, Eagle-place, Piccadilly. John Taylor, shopman to the prosecutor, said that a bout five the previous afternoon he was sitting behind the desk in the shop unobserved, when he saw the prisoner cut the two boots from others that were hanging at the door and walk away, putting them in a handkerchief while doing so. He went out and stopped him, and on arriving at the station he said he had done it through distress, as he had had nothing to eat since the previous morning. Simmons, 118 C, said the prisoner Was quite sober at the time. The prisoner (sobbing) said he had been driven to it by hunger. Mr. Bingham said it was strange so respectable looking a man as he seemed should do such a thing. There was a relieving officer in each district, who was bound to attend to him and relieve his hunger. Poor ignorant people might not know better, but he must have done so. Committed for three months. DISTURBING A CONGREGATION.--ThOMRS SmithSoll) a tailor, was charged with creating a disturbance at the Catholic Chapel, Warwick-street. From the evidence of Beard, the constable of Golden square, and who also holds an office at the chapel, it ap peared that on the previous night, while the service was going on, the accused walked into the chapel in a beastly state of intoxication, and was with difficulty removed, having greatly disturbed the congregation by his behaviour, and on being ejected, and when outside, commenced shout ing in a violent manner. Fined 10s. THAMES. A SOCIALIST BUILDING PLA.x.--Alr. Tappenden, a builder, of Arbour-street, West Stepney, in the immediate vicinity of the court, complained that he had been favoured with a letter bearing the Hamburg post mark, and enclosing the plan of a Socialist estate. The postage waa Bd., and he was sorry to state that many of his neighbours had been imposed upon in a similar manner, and among others Mr. Young, painter and glazier, of Arbour-square. His reason ' • • '' for mentioning the case was that he hoped the press would notice the scandalous imposition, and that her Majesty', Government and our Consul at Hamburg would endeavour to punish the person who had posted an immense number of letters enclosing his lithographed plan of a Socialist community, and also prevent a repetition of the offence. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street, opposite the court, said he had also been favoured with a plan by the Hamburg gentleman, who, no doubt, reckoned upon the gullibility of John Bull to take shares in his visionary scheme, which was one of the greatest pieces of humbug he had ever met with. He did not believe a single English man would take a share in the Socialist building plan. Several other persons in court said they had also been defrauded of Bd. each. PUBLIC SYMPATHY FOR A POOR BLIND Boy,--This morning, on Mr. Selfe taking his seat on the bench, he ad dressed our reporter, and said that in addition to £2l re ceived by him for the use of the poor blind boy, Daniel Regan, who was savagely assaulted by a ruffian now under going a sentence of imprisonment, £l7 had been sent to an inetitution for promoting the welfare of the blind in Euston' road, N.W., where the poor lad was being learnt a trade• The assault committed upon the boy was one of a most serious nature, and his skull was fractured by the p e rson now in confinement. He was happy to state that the boy was not only convalescent, but he Wag , through the kindness of Mr. Charles Dyke, provided with an asylum ; and, lastly, owing to the notice taken of this distressing case by the press, the boY was now placed beyond the reach of want. It was a most deserving case, and the money forwarded to him (Mr. Selfe) and to the institution was well bestowed. BURIAL OF THE DEAD AFTER A, CoßoNEleg INQUEST.—Mr. John Stevens, jun., waited upon the ma gistrate (Mr. Selfe) this day, in relation to a complaint made by a poor woman named Wilkes, of Little pearl street, Spitalfields, who complained that the body of a boy, taken out of the Regent's-canal, had been buried directly after a coroner's inquest had been held upon it, and that the clothes had been interred with the body, and she was prevented from identifying them. From the description given of the body and clothes, she believed it was that of her son, who had been missing ever since the 19th ult. Mr. Stevens said his father was the constable of Mite-end. Old Town, where the body was found and the inquost held. 'His father received no salary from the hamlet but sums paid by fees, and his duty was at an end when he gave the coroner's warrant for the interment to the parish officers. It was not, continued Mr. Stevens, our duty to bury the body. Mr. See—Yes, caosrothneer:iued his R anstatute directed, but some one was responsible f or th e mode of inter ment. Mr. Baker said he had no thi ng t o do with it, and his arrant for the it interment was,llr. of Baker, tlie body the dy duty was at an end when he gave you the warrant for inter mnt . I nt lt ity entt was most imprope r t o b ury the clothes anct pre ve ide. Mr. Stevens, jun.-LThe body was in a very decomposed state, and it is usual to bury the clothes with the body when that is so. Mr. Selfe—The sooner the practice is discontinued the better. After a long conversation as to the propriety of exhuming :he body, Mr. §elfe said there was no doubt the body was that of Mrs. Wilkes's son, and asked her whether it would not be more consonant to her feelings to let the matter rest. Mrs. Wilkes would like to be fully satisfied, and thought the parish authorities of Mile-end: were very muc h to bl am e. It was eventu a lly arranged that if the coffin containing the remains of the boy could be got at, the clothes should be taken from the body and produced before Mrs. Wilkea for her inspection. BANQUET AT KILLARNEY TO SIR 0. A RIGHT. We have received by telegraph an account of a banquet given last evening, at the Royal Hotel, Kiflaniey, to com memorate the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable. Mr, H. A. Herbert, M.P., was in. the chair; anu among those pres en t were his Excellency the Lord-Lieu tenant ; Mr. Gurney, chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Company ; the Duke of Manchester, the Knight of Kerr'', Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Si r C. Bright, Professor Thomp son, &c. THE REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.---It is positively stated that Mr. W. Buchanan will, in the course of a few weeks, accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and retire from the representatio n o f Gl asg ow- It is likewise stated, we believe on good authority, th a t Sir A. Orr is ready to accept th e seat when it becomes vacant, and as it is almost certain there will be a general election next year, his friends anticipate that he will be returned ,: without opposition. Oth ers, again, are determined, 11 possible, to get a representative who will be a more suitable colleague for Mr. Dalglish than they allege Sir Andrew Orr would be, and anticipate a determined contest. It is something in his favour, however, that no opposing condi" date has yet been nomech„,,..m„ gm mad, thi, fro dri Yo: C, 1 con for not ins cha con not Wa of, Ma ma