The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, VICTORINE. Messrs. Santley, H. Haigh, H. Ccrri, G. Honey, Walworth, dm Misses Parepa, 21irlwall. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To oonclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 10 minutes to 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy ot THE EVIL GENIUS. Miss Reynolds. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Re-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. .iris EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travag,anza and Pantomime, KING TFIRUSFIBEARD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Comment* at 7. IVY A L PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. He-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Arfaur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Mies Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta ,oon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. In consequence of the great success and demand for places, there will be Two More Morning Performances of the Pan tomime of JACK THE JIANT KILLER, universally ack nowledged the best Pantomime of the season, on MONDAYS, January 23 and 30. Children under Ten Half-price ; com mence at two o'clock. IV - EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL A.l Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Took., David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smitb, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYTIERG ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Bon i-Mice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All tees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THU, PI VENING the performances will commence with PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Messrs. H. T. Craven and J. Francis, Mesdames Murray and Eliza Arden. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half—past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. The Last Five Weeks of Mr. Cooke's Season. THIS - EVENING, the New Spectacular Drama by Mr. R. Phillips, THE WARRIOR'S CAREER, with full stud of Mimes and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOH MOODY; or, Old Towler thelluntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scene.—llarlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot --A family of Sprites - Epsom Races by Joekies and rail Ponies, vi ith ring and Stage com bined—Performing Elephant, Dogs and Monkeys, and the Great Salamander War Horse enveloped by real fire. Commence at 7. Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 28, and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 11. Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will take place on Monday, Jan. 30. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS. - EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAII. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arte Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA 110.3 X REU S celebrated PICTURE of the - HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 21, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BnuomETEn-28.95—a fall of more than an inch. WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh, with rainy weather all the morning; now fine, but time must have been stormy weather in the Channel. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lb. 16m. TO-MORROW.-Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. Om. 4 ) 4 e 4 .50 1.4. ' • 4 L .5" r, „ m 1,0,1 r A t THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1860. We direct attention to an excellent idea sug. gested to the Royal London Yacht Club, at their meeting the other day, by an old officer, "that in future it would be advisable to select the yacht crews from the Coast Volunteer Reserve only." This was done, not by way of displacing the old yacht sailor, but as an inducement for young men to volunteer in defence of their country, in order to get permanently employed in gentlemen's yachts. These Reserve men would be always at hand in case of any sudden emergency—being employed in the summer in the yachts, and they could employ their leisure time in the winter by learning the exercise of artillery, in which they would become as efficient in gunnery as they are now in seamanship. We think the idea a capital one—being far better in practice than many others with more pretension, either in practice or theory both together. The " Old Tar" who suggests this plan is of opinion, and we think rightly, that a few thou sand first-rate seamen could be obtained who have nothing to learn but gunnery, and we cordially agree with him in his patriotic idea. It has often occurred to ourselves, and now that the Admralty have bestirred themselves—some thousands of rising young seamen could be gradually made not only efficient for ser vice by training young lads and landsmen in our exercising ships in the various ports along and around our coasts. Suppose a number equal to four or five thousand were entered as soon as pos sible—say for continuous service—let them be well kept to drill—in all its departments—reefing— heavingl the lead—stowing, rowing, and gun nery—with broadsword exercise and boarding— in fact, in every essential where a man of-war's man services may be required. Let a fourth part yearly, or even half-yearly, be added to the fleet—sent off in sea-going ships, and we feel assured that in five or six years we should have such a fine body of naval volunteers, as would do credit to the Na - y, and be of invaluable service to the country. The first expense would be the last for training such a fine body of growing seamen—simply the outgoings for provisions and clothing, for they would not be entitled to receive pay until they joined a seagoing ship or were regularly drafted on board one of the guardships. We know th a t young lads are now being so erni ,l o3ed —but we would add young landsmen of from 20 to even 30 years of age. These could b e employed as after-guardsmen—waisters,&c., and be promoted as their improvement or occasion re nuked. To obtain a numerous as well as an efficient body of men for the loyal navy, there is nothing wanting but Aix encolfrage- went and good usage. Pay men well and treat them kindly, and you may dispense with tartar captains and cat-o'•nine-tails for ever and a day. One of the signs of the approaching commence ment of the Parliamentary session was shown at Manchester yesterday evening, when Mr. BRIGHT gave another of those peculiar orations for which he is so distinguished. As is customary with him in such cases, while founding some of his statements on unquestionable facts, he drew largely on his imagination to support his theories. We regret deeply that a man of such undoubted ability and eloquence should invariably devote his energies to fomenting class animosities. Although Mr. BRIGHT shares many of our views on public questions, he carries out liberal principles in an illiberal spirit ; his outrageous views on the peace question are at all times ridiculous, and at the present mo- mentous juncture they are totally unworthy of an Englishman addressing an assembly of his country- men. In a more mixed assembly his doctrines would certainly not have had such a favourable reception. An assembly of Manchester manufac turers in a time of peace may readily subscribe to his pusillanimous notions; but should " the blast of war sound in our ears," Englishmen would come out in their true colours, and prove that, though bales of cotton might form a good breastwork, the timid counsels of manufacturers would find no place in the hearts of those who served the guns behind them. These prejudiced reasoncrs forget in their vehement assertion of their own peculiar views that they are degrading their country in the eyes of foreign nations ; and we have a right to maintain the national dignity when Liverpool merchants are so wanting in national spirit and common sense as to ask a Foreign Poten tate "his intentions respecting England." We should have wished as Reformers and Eng lishmen that the following passage had met with less vehement approbation. " And after all this alarm—after these, what shall I call them P—these sulphurous' leading articles in your leading journals, after all the wretched oratory poured forth by speakers at your rifle corps meetings, after a succession of stimulating letters from the Secretary at War, and the hints that you don't know what that man over the water is going to do —after all this you find the man over the water re ceiving one of your fellow-citizens--(loud cheers, the whole meeting rising up and waving their hats) —discussing with him the great questions of com merce and of peace (not the matters about which your diplomatists generally concern themselves), obtaining information, considering what will be for the advantage of the great nation over which he rules, and of Europe and the world, of which Eng land and France form always so large a part." No doubt some of the approval was intended for the great free trade movement in France, but the satisfaction expressed at an EMPEROR'S reception of a citizen of Manchester was rather unbecoming the levelling principles of the democrat. With regard to the Reform question, we cannot help wishing that some of his admiring audience had subjected the eloquent orator to a little cross examination. Why, after so strongly denouncing the Government measure, he had not the courage to bring forward his own loudly vaunted bill ? Why after his celebrated speech at Bradford his practice did not more fully realise his promises ? Why has the Ballot totally disappeared from his orations ? Is it because a Whig Ministry is in office ? Was it out of regard to the feelings of Lord JOHN RUSSELL that he de liberately walked out of the House of Commons when Mr. WYLD tested the temper of public men ? Why is his tone, loud and declamatory at a public meeting of his ow❑ supporters, so changed when he is addressing his compeers in Parliament ? Why does his fiery enthusiasm sink down to zero when crossing the threshold of St. Stephen's ? Before he charges Lord DERBY'S Golernment with a want of manly courage in expressing their opinions, he had better, if he can, give a satisfac tory answer to the above queries, and account for the lame and impotent conclusion at which his grandiloquent projects generally arrive. With regard to his attack on the warlike ten dency of the late Government, we consider his cen stre is praise. " When the DERBY Government was in office, I grant you war with France might have been possible, and was not improbable. Speeches were made by Lord DERBY which, as I knew, were felt to be grievously insulting and irri tating to those who are high in authority in France." We ask, in the name of sense and jus tice, whether the epithet of a " den of assas sins" was not insulting to every man in England? Why are the national defences the subject of his ridicule ? We can assure Mr. BRIGHT that if his friend the Emperor were in authority here his eloquence would be considerably curtailed. "Why were all those preparations made ? Did they suppose, because a particn lar Sovereign was carrying on war with a great empire in Italy, that therefore, at that parti cular moment, he was likely to make an enemy of England by declaring war against her also? Why was it that your First Lord of the Admiralty glori fied himself in every speech on the profuseness with which he was pouring out your taxes for the increase of a navy already as large as all the navies of all the other nations of the world ? " We beg to inform Mr. BRIGHT that the act he inveighs against was decidedly the most popular of the late Administration. The navy should be the first care of those in authority, hitherto it has been the defence of the country, and we have yet to learn whether Great Britain is to rely on her wooden walls for safety, or on the special pleading of her Liverpool defenders. Taxes for this object ss ill never be objected to, provided the outlay ;be judicious. Mr. BRIGHT inju res the great principles whose cause he so eloquently advocates, by the introduction of his American mania. We are not to be taught the art of govern ment from a nation whose proudest boast should be their descent from our race, and who at the present moment afford anything but an edifying example of the unity of democratic government. The freedom which Mr. BRIGHT NO enthu siastically enlarges upon would be strangely imparted by the holders of slaves. 'While acknowledging Mr. BRIGHT'S ability and zeal and the soundness of some of his theories, we cannot but consider that he misses the great oppor tunity in his reach by the uncourteous spirit which pervades his discourses, and the extravagance and inconsistency which mar their effect. There is a very able article in the recent lumber of the Quarterly on the Australian Colonies and the Gold Supply, to which we would refer any of our readers who are interested in this most flourishing of England's dependencies, but we would warn those who read the picked morsels of good luck which have been selected from nine yeirs' mining operations, that all is not gold that glitters, and th a t " j ewe ll ers ' s hops" are not to be found on every gold-field. It is a common saying in Australia that one lucky find makes a hundred beggars. The day has passed when the auriferous metal rewarded the exertions of the alluvial digger, who with his pick and shovel was able to make s. good living and often a fortune. The rich gullies of _Bendigo were first explored by pick and shovel diggers, and then the puddling ma chines were brought into play, and the dirt which would not pay for the tedious operation of the tub and cradle returned a handsome profit when washed on a wholesale principle. Horse power superseded manual labour, which in its turn LATEST NEWS. THE GREAT EASTERN. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT, AND DEATH OF CAPTAIN HARRISON. is now giving place to steam machinery. New gold• fields are being discovered of greater or lesser SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING, 11 A.M. value, but the digging population is now so exten sive that the ground is at once "taken up." Quartz reefing will eventually become the only remunera tive employment for the miner, and in this branch the resources of Australia are infinite; but to work quartz reefs to advantage both capital and perse verance are required, and to develop the capabilities of a reef thoroughly, and adequately to remunerate the proprietors a company must be formed. Aus tralia is no longer dependent on her gold, not merely for prosperity, but for very existence, as was the case in 1851. The province of Victoria owes her existence to the precious metal which she held in her bosom ; but her elder sisters, New South Wales and South Australia, were slowly, but steadily, rising, dependent on other resources long before HARGRAVES electrified the world with his dis- A fearful gale from the south-west has been blowing for some hours, with torrents of rain. A boat with 10 men, coming ashore from the Great Eastern, was upset in a squall, and several of the men drowned the number not known ; three or four of the men are missing. Captain Harrison, the commander of the Great Eastern, who was in the boat, has been brought ashore, and every exertion to restore consciousness is now making. The body lies in the dock engine house. 11.15 A.m. I regret to hear that Captain Harrison is just dead, all efforts to save his life having failed. The Great Eastern is riding out the gale in perfect safety. Nothing positive can yet be ascertained as to the men or the number who are drowned. covert'. The rise of New South Wales (the first settle ment of the British) was slow, because of the very nature of the service to which it was devoted. Free emigrants do not like to take up their abode at a penal settlement ; and great encouragement was required from the Government to induce them to resort to New South Wales in early days. In 1788 the British Ensign was first hoisted at Port Jackson, and in 1792 there were only 67 free men in the colony, but gradually the immigrants in- creased, and the very cause which retarded the advancement of the colony tended to develop it ; the convicts were set to work, and in the course of time roads were formed, upon which, if free labour had been employed at the high rate of Australian wages, it would have checked even tho ardour of the Vic torian public, when rich in gold in an almost impas sible country, resolved to have roads at any price. The very insubordination of the convicts, while a terror to the settler, was sometimes of benefit to the State. The colony, as far as explored, reached on one side to the Blue Mountains ; all beyond was unknown, when a runaway convict, who preferred to take his chance of life or death in the bush, among the aborigines, than endure the horrors of penal servitude, crossed these unknown mountains, and penetrated the wilds until from a high over hanging cliff he beheld the wide extended plains of Bathurst stretching far away in the distance. The long, dry grass waving with the wind under the morning mist gave it the appearance of some vast river or an arm of the sea. This was a Re phut ultra for the runaway; however, he thought to make the best of it, and on the strength of his supposed great discovery, threw himself on the mercy of the authorities. The information was joyfully received; a conditional pardon promised in ease of the story proving true; an expedition sent out when they discovered the statement to be in correct, but oh, how much better than their brightest expectations when, in place of the briny ocean they found miles upon miles of the finest cultivating land, without a tree to be cleared away, and watered by a river which wandered through the midst of it. New South Wales was a flourishing colony before 1851, her principal exports consisting of wool and tallow. Not much attention was paid to agriculture, save for the wants of the inhabitants, her riches lying in flocks and herds. But, if New South Wales was sacred to PAN, South Australia was under the benignant influence of CERES. Scantily wooded, with extended plains (although in many places badly watered, and that water, too, often brackish), and a rich soil, it presented a glorious field to the farmer. Consequently, at the present day South Australia (half English, half German, for the Germans have many settlements in these parts) supplies her golden neighbour from her superfluity—having had in 1858, with a population of 11,000, 187,560 acres under wheat alone, which gave a return of 30,000 tons of flour. Besides this, the ♦ine is extensively cultivated both here and in the other colonies. In New South Wales, in 1857, there were 1,128 acres under cultivation as vine yards, from which 108,174 gallons of wine and 1,414 gallons of brandy were obtained. But if New South Wales was slow in emerging from obscurity, Victoria arose as if by magic. In 1833, Colonel Comas, who had a party stationed at Port Phillip, abandoned the place in despair; and although it was afterwards settled on in 1851, the population of the province amounted to 77,345, of whom 28,143 resided in Melbourne ; but the "fiat had gone forth," and the city of Melbourne spread out on all sides, roads shot out in every direc tion, and in spite of a scarcity of labour and the high rate of wages, six years afterwards good roads were completed to some diggings, and fast advancing to wards completion to others. The population of the country had increased to 410,766, and that of Mel bourne to 99,345 ; her imports in 1851 amounted to £1,056,437, and in 1857 to upwards of £17,000,000. The population now exceeds 500,000, and is gradually on the increase; but although the colony is prosperous,wealthy, and transmits, in conjunction with New South Wales, ten millions worth of treasure annually to the mother-country; although wages are high, and the country but partially developed, nevertheless there is a great deal of distress in the country—tradesmen cannot get employment in their vocations, at least not for a continuance— labourers aro wandering about the bush' seeking employment, which the small farmers are loath to accord, preferring to obtain servants from the im migration office, where they can engage new arri vals at their own price. The Colonial Government is rather in a fix how to act ; on the one hand the settlers are calling out for the encouragement of im migration, and on the other the unemployed demand ing employment. We do not wish Government im migration should cease. Australia has been, and must fcr many years to come, be the safety-valve to relieve us of our surplus population, but means must be found to give constant employment to them when they arrive, even at redueed wages. It is a chimera to say that labourers and mechanics can save money at the high rate of wages which they enjoy, when in all probability they do not on an average obtain more than six months' employment during the year. However, things are taking a change for the better. The people are awakening to a sense of their own power ; and the few who ruled the roast, while the many were disorganised and indif ferent, will have to succumb, and the monopoly in land will be crushed. When once there is a chance for a man when he has made an indepen dence to purchase a home at a reasonable price, then will the wealth of Australia be kept to sup port her institutions and aid her commerce ; but until the public lands are liberally thrown open to the public, the wealthy gold diggers will leave her I shores to seek elsewhere a resting place, which , mal-administration has forbidden them to hope for 6 , in Australia. THE STIN,---LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1860. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of these mails. She left Alexandria January 6th ; Malta, 10th; and Gibraltar, 15th. The Indus brings 90 passengers, six packages valuables, 1,293 bales and 129 cases silks, 1,359 chests oranges and sundries. She spoke the Ceylon, steamer, on the 12th, in lat. 37, long. 6 30 ; a steamer, showing third dis tinguishing pendant (No. 3,604), on the 16th, off Cape St. Vincent, steering south ; and at noon same day, in lat. 37 24, long. 9, the Delta, steamer, steering south. _ _ _ Her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Racoon, Renown, Liffey, Lapwing, Scourge, and Osprey were at Malta. The Marlborough, Agamemnon, James Watt, Victor Emmanuel, Caesar, Doris, Cadmus, Quail, Osborne, Coquette, and Mohawk were at Gibraltar. Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 518; Paris, 534 ; Marseilles, 533 ; Genoa, 537. Her Majesty's ship Orion left Gibraltar for Malta on the morning of the 14th. The British barque Pomona was in collision, at eight o'clock on the night of the 13th, with a Spanish ship, supposed to be a man-of war, off Gibraltar, which carried away her bowsprit, jib boom, and foreyard. The latest intelligence from Mazagan states that everything was tranquil in that town. Trade was going on as usual, and seems to be very brisk with the interior. The weather on that coast was very boisterous. Letters from the Spanish camp state that the Cape Negro hills had not been crossed. The next march of the army was to be the summit of the Pass. The gales of the 7th and Bth scattered the squadron, and the army deprived of its supplies, was on short commons; but a change of weather enabled communication to be restored before much damage was done. The division under General Rios embarked on the 13th, and left Algesiras on the morning of the 14th to join the army in Africa, which is at the present moment at the most interesting and critical point of its operations. Admiral Bustillos has arrived at Algesiras to assume the command of the Spanish squadron ope rating in the waters of Africa, Rear• Admiral Her rera remaining second in command. Ships of war from the Havannah were daily ex pected at Cadiz to reinforce the squadron. The Spanish war steamer Rosalio was wrecked, off Castillegos during the fearful gale of the 7th all on board saved. She ran foul of the steame r Tharsis before going on shore, the latter suffering serious damage. The gale on the 7th and Bth, at Gibraltar, was one of the most furious experienced for years, and caused immense destruction to shipping on all parts of the coast. Captain Carreras, of the Spanish brig Cecilia, was crushed to death by a boat belonging to his vessel being lifted by a heavy sea and falling on him. The vessel was 12 miles off Ceuta. In addition to the vessels previously reported as wrecked or damaged, the Concordia had her decks completely swept and a man washed overboard * ►bout 40 miles to the eastward of the rock. The Peter, which lost stanchions, rails, and bulwarks, had three men seriously injured. The French ship Anna was totally wrecked to the eastward of the rock, and Captain Bandret perished by one of the spars falling on him. The British schooner Eliza beth, from Malaga to the river Guadiana, in ballast, the Spanish ship Diana, and upwards of 30 small craft, boats, &c., were either stranded or totally lost at Algesiras and along that coast. The gale was felt in full force along the Spanish coast, occasioning several disasters among the ship ping. The Swedish schooner Agres and a British schooner parted cables and went ashore. The British barque Clarissa, bound to Cardiff, dragged anchors and ran aground on San Andres beach at Malaga ; crew saved. The Spanish schooner Jaime, laden with wine, from Santa Pola and Almeira, went ashore ; crew and passengers saved. The Spanish ship Ntra. Srd. de los Andeles, from Valencia and Almeira, with a cargo of rice, brandy, &c., struck against the wreck of the Genova steamer, and upset; five persons, inclUding the master and a passenger, drowned. She after Wards broke to pieces. Several other Spanish and French ships went ashore, and a large number of others suffered more or less damage. The British barque Margaret put into Gibraltar, with loss of sails and bulwarks. The strong S.E. gale, which had been blowing for 48 hours, did not moderate at Gibraltar till noon of the 9th, when the wind veered to S.W., after a heavy thunderstorm. Communication between the Spanish head-quar ters at the Camp de las Lagunas and Celt/ was entirely closed during the storm. The Spanish squadron was compelled to put out to sea, the storm breaking the mooring chains of nearly all the vessels. Some of them subsequently returned with damage, and others succeeded in weathering the storm unharmed. In the action between the Spanish and the Moors on the 10th the Moors came down in considerable force, covering a line about a league in extent. They were opposed by seven Spanish battalions, four of whom were actually engaged, and three battalions of artillery, chiefly mountain guns. The Moors were totally routed, and ran off as fast as they could. No prisoners were taken. Many dead were left on the ground. The Spanish loss in killed and wounded was 180, including 17 officers. The Indus experienced a very heavy rotatory gale from the westward on the 24th and 25th of December, which delayed her outward passage two days, she being hove to during that time. THE BOMBAY MAIL. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived files of papers from Bombay to the 27th of December. We take the following summary from the Bombay Times:— " The Ghoorka campaign against the rebels on the Nepaulese frontier has begun and ended. Towards the end of November Jung Bahadoor marched his forces into the Terai, and in one week he had killed, taken, or dispersed the forces of the mutineers, and was preparing to return in triumph to Katmandoo. The fats of one or two of the leading personages in the rebel camp is still somewhat obscure ; but about the main fact, that the bandsiof desperate men who have so long successfully evaded our pursuit are now finally rooted out, there is happily no dispute. SL strictly kept was the cordon on the British side of the frontier that as soon as the Ghoorkas advanced the rebels had no choice but to make one rush with their whole strength to break through the weakest part of the Nepaulese line, and, this failing, to sur render or die. But, worn by disease and famine, and dispirited with having watched anxiously, but in vain, in their jungles during so many months for the smallest loophole of escape, these men appear in the closing scene of their career not to have fought with that determined and hopeless valour by which the worst of mankind may redeen their names from utter hatred and contempt, and attract to them selves at the last somewhat of human sympathy and admiration. Their death is as ignoble as their life; they have been destroyed like rats in a hole, instead of falling like brave soldiers. At first, indeed, the Nepaulese troops had a slight brush with the rebels. Bainie Aladhoo, with 1,200 men, made a stand for some time against a portion of Jung Bahadoor's army, and they must have fought with some detcr mination, for they left their leader and half of their number dead on the field, But after this the rebels fought no more. Lieutenant Cosserat, with a small party of Oude police, fell in with the Nusseerabad Brigade, and drove them back into the jungle ; and the next day the whole brigade, still, it is said, about 800 or 1,000 strong (it originally numbered 1,600 men), surrendered to the Ghoorkas. The Nusseerabad leaders, Dabee and Gunga Sing, with most of the prisoners, have been sent in to the British camp, whither also were on their way, at the date of our latest advices from Oude, thinner Sing, a brother of Koer Sing, Bullee Sing, and Mumraoo Khan, who had come in separately with small bodies of followers. Parties of prisoners, too, were arriving daily, and, as the rebel force was be lieved at the commencement of the campaign to consist of only 4,000 men, and between 2,000 and 3,000 are already taken, in addition to those that have been killed in battle, the once formidable army of the mutineers may be said, without a figure of speech, to have ceased to exist. Nana Sahib is now confidently reported to be among the dead. The Ghoorkas have monopolised all the glory, such as it is, and all the profits, which will be very great, of the campaign." INDIA. DESTRUCTION OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S TENTS BY FIRE. The following Government message has been published : There was a fire in the Governor- General's camp on Sunday night. His Excellency's tents were burnt down, and much property destroyed, but no one was hurt. The Calcutta Englishman contains the follow Lug :- We learn that a telegram has been received by the authorities here, that the Governor• General's camp has been entirely destroyed by fire, which, it is said, originated in his Lordship's tent. It is also said, that all recoris and papers have been lost. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : __ PARIS, lAN. 21. The Moniteur of to-day publishes reports of the Ministers of the interior, Finance, and Agriculture, who, in execution of the Emperor's letter of Jan. 5, have prepared projects to be submitted to the Council of State for clearing and draining unculti vated land and marshes belonging to parishes, esti mated to amount to 2,790,000 hectares. The Ministers propose in their report that ad vances be made by the State for the execution of these works ; the advances to be limited to ten millions of francs. Towns and villages to be able to acquit themselves of their liability for the money advanced, are to cede the moiety of the ground cleared. PARIS, JAN. 20. M. Thouvenel is expected to arrive hero to-day. He will assume his ministerial duties on Monday next. The Pays of this evening says—"lt is asserted that the Emperor has terminated the inquiry on the questions contained in the letter of Jan. 5, ad dressed by his Majesty to M. Fould. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. A Paris letter, in the lndependance, says :—" I I am able to state that a treaty of commerce is to be signed very shortly between France and Great Britain, and the following, I have reason to think, will bo the principal provisions. The Imperial Government engages to admit indistinctly all Eng lish productions, either in the state of raw mate rial or worked, without the proportional duty ever exceeding 30 per cent. All French produce, without distinction, will be admitted into Eng land ; wines and brandy alone will have a duty levied on them, but which will not exceed that charged by the English Government on the wines from its own colonies. It will be also stipulated that if the latter duties should be reduced, French wines will also benefit by the change. Another very important provision is, that whilst the treaty will come into operation in England so soon as the ratifications shall have been exchanged, it will not be binding on France until the Ist July, 1861, in consequence of engagements entered into by Napo leon 111. to delay until that period any kind of modification in the international customs tariffs. It does not appear, whatever may have been said, that those important decisions (at least as far as re gards the treaty) are to be submitted to the great bodies of the State. The Imperial Government, like that which preceded it, has a right to conclude treaties; and, moreover, the Senate has given to the Emperor, after a long deliberation, the constitu tional right of absolute modifications in all the customs tariffs." According to the Gironde of Bordeaux, prohibi tions in France, when suppressed, are to be re placed by duties which may amount to the fourth or the third of the value of the object taxed. Iron and spun cotton are not to be relieved on so large a scale ; the reduction on them is to be effected gradually, and is only to be completed within a given period. The differential duties on coal, now levied according to different zones, are to be re moved. England, on her part, undertakes to reduce in a large proportion the duty on wines, which is at present equal to lf. Mc. the French litre—a sum large enough to prevent consumption. It is alleged also that several articles of French manufacture, such as gloves, furniture, modes, &c., will be sub jected to large reductions in the English tariff. THE BOURSE, Jan. 20.—The market has been firm, and slightly buoyant. Threes were done at 68f, 85c. and 69f., and are now in good demand at 68f. 90c. ; Mobilier varied from 767 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 533 f. 75c. to 536 f. 25c ; Lombard, 563 f. 75c. to 567 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,380 f. to 1,385 f.; Lyons, 918 f. 75c. to 922 f. 50c. ; Western, 585 f. to 587 f. 50c. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c. The fol lowing were the last quotations:— . 41 per Cents. i 97 25 Credit Fonder.... 735 Do. end month Belgian 41 99 50 3 per Cents Do. end month G9 Roman B2 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian Credit Mobilier 777 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 775 Home Debt 43 2.5 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 9lB 75 .. 917 50 Genova 515 .. 512 60 Southern western 687 50 .. 586 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard ..... 565 .. 663 75 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 60. ; money, 25f. 5c.; three months, paper, 24f. 91c. ; money, 24f. 90c. MINES.—The settlement of the fortnightly ac count took place this week in the Mining Share Market, and occupied nearly two days at its commencement, and to the partial exclusion of general business. It was under stood to have been very heavy, and passed off well. Stock, generally speaking, having been taken up and absorbed by the public. Since the settlement a large business has been done in a great variety of mines. —Mincing Journal of this day. rHE INDIAN RUPEE DEBT.—Two necessary measures are about to be adopted with regard to the Indian rupee debt. At present the executor of a hDlder in this coun try of any of the rupee loans is compelled, even although an English probate has been obtained, to take out probato in India. This has been found so oppressive, both from the delay and expense, that it has been determined by the Indian Council to do away with the necessity of double ad ministration, and it is understood th a t th e requisite steps are being taken to allow this important improvement to be forthwith carried out. It is understood likewise that the registration fee of 30s. now exacted at the India House on every registered transfer of the Native Loan is to be dis pensed with, and that the practice of the Bank of England, where ordinarily no transfer fee is charged, is to be intro duced, THE REBELS IN NEPAUL. The destruction and dispersion of the rebels on the borders of Nepaul may now be said to be com plete. The principal of the rebel leaders have been killed or captured by our forces, with the active assistance of Jung Bahadoor, and little more is now left than to restore order in the disturbed districts on the frontiers of Oude. The itofussilite has re ceived the followiug communication from Brigadier Holditch's Camp, dated Dukuree, Dec. 9 : "Here we are, within sound of Jung Bahadoor's guns, motionless spectators of his operations against the rebels. He is doing the work well, as you will believe when I tell you that ho sends every day some 400 or 500 Prisoners, the majority being genuine Poorbeah Pandies, and we have already 2,000 of them in the camp, and I believe a good many are at Busseneypoor, where the head-quarters of the 20th Foot is at present established. At this place we have about 150 Europeans of the 54th Foot, 600 of Renny's Sikh Infantry, and a detachment of the 9th Punjaub cavalry, 200 sabres of Murray's Jat Horse, and about the same number of Hodson's Horse. Among the most notorious of the captives are the Nabob of Bareilly, who arrived to-day, Mummoo Khan, Ummer Sing, Khan Bahadoor Khan, Bullee Sing, and several of the Cawnpore butchers, and also a gang of the 12th Irregulars. Bainie Madhoe, Morad Buz, Bala Row, and heaps of sepoys have been slain. The prisoners generally are in a most miserable plight, and seem half famished, while hundreds have died of starvation, exposure, and disease, and even now the sick are scattered about in immense numbers. " The Ranee of Gonda, with 89 followers, gave herself up at Sidhonia ghaut ; Lieutenant Smith had sent out some days ago to persuade her to do so, and she very willingly took the advice offered. They had six elephants, and some 3,000 r. in hard cash, besides a quantity of jewellery, worth at least some B,ooor. or 10,000 r. They were all sent on to Barraitch under a guard. The Begum, with the families of Bala Rao, the Nana, and some others, has made her escape from Bootwul. There must have been a screw loose somewhere to permit this. Lieutenant Cosserat went out with 200 of the Oude police and attacked the rebels north of Pursrampore the day before the remnant of the Nussera bad brigade laid down their arms, killing 30 and taking six prisoners. The surrender of the remainder-800 strong— is said to be in a great measure attributable to Lieut. Cos serat's success. Everything now seems settled, or nearly settled. Jung Bahadoor has returned to Katmandoo. The news of Khan Bahadoor Khan being also a prisoner, with Mummoo Khan and others, is confirmed. About 2,000 prisoners have been made over by the Nepauleso to the British authorities on the frontier. Mummoo Khan and Khan Bahadoor Khan have been sent in to Lucknow." The subjoined service messages furnish to the Delhi Gazette give a resume of the chief news from the frontier : " Camp Dukeree, via Gonda, Dec. 2. " Gendral .Dher Shrumsher, commanding the Ghoorka force in Terai, reports, 30th November, that Col. Pulwan Singh, commanding in the hills, attacked and killed Bainio Madhoo and his brother in Dang valley. Also a brigade in the Terai captured the late Nana's magazine, 14 boxes of ammunition, and two elephants. Rebels fled into jungl e throwing down their arms. "Camp, Dukoree, Dec. 3. " Capt. Hill, just returned from Jung Bahadoor. Mum moo Khan in confinement. Bulloo Singh captured. Ummer Singh, brother of Koor Singh, and about 200 followers, surrendered yesterday. "Camp Dukeree, Dec. 5, via Gonda. " Devee Deen and Gunga Singh, leaders of the Nussee rabad Brigade, are prisoners in camp. The Nusserabad Brigade surrendered to Jung Bahadoor. 350 men delivered up by Nepauleso are coming into camp. "Camp Dukeree, Dec. 6, via Gonda. " Eight hundred and fifty Sepoys, chiefly Nusserabad Brigade, brought into camp this morning. Camp Dukeree, via Gonda, Dec. 9. " Khan Bahadoor Khan, ex-Nawab of Bareilly, captured by Jung Bahadoor and Itaith (with ?) Mummoo Khan, for warded from Bootwul. Immediate dismissal and expulsion from Nepaul territories of all Begum's retainers, ordered by Jung Bahadoor, aro being carried into effect. Reported by Lieutenant Hill, 169 prisoners sent in by General Dher Shrumsher Singh, and followers, surrendered to-day. " Camp Dukeree, Dec. 13. " Jowalla Persaud, commonly called Lord Sahib, and second to the Nana in command of the rebel force, sent in from Ghoorka Camp this morning. Boondoo Singh, late Subadar of the 7th Bengal Native Infantry, apprehended among rebels sent in by Ghoorkas yesterday. "From Camp Dukeree, Dec. 14. " Two hundred and sixty rebels brought in to-day. "From Camp Dukeree, Dec. 15. "Captain Hill arrived from Ghoorka head-quarters last evening, bringing reliable information of the death of the following leaders :—Bala Rao Nana Rao of Cawnpore, Devee Buksh of Gonda, Nurput Singh of Banda, Purwun Singh of Azimghur, Gholab Singh of Birwa, Bainie Mad. - hoo of Shunkerpore, Azimoollah of Cawnpore, Khan Ally Khan of Lucknow, Gen. Khoda Buksh, Daoreelall, and Hurdeo Prosad, Chuckladar of Khyrabad. 186 rebels sur rendered to Ghoorkas yesterday." REPORT ON THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Bombay Gazette of Dee. 27.) The English mail of the 18th ult. arrived here on the 15th inst., and the China mail of the 27th ult. on the 18th inst. Since our last report there has been an increased dulness in the import market. Stocks arc still siccumulating, with very little prospect of an improved demand. The anxiety lately evinced by importers to realise has resulted in a further reduction of prices. In the export-market cotton has fallen in demand, while an increased activity prevails in seeds, in which a very large business has been done. IMPORT MARKET. Cotton Manufactures.—The market far piece goods has become more depressed, and prices have undergone a fur ther decline. Gray shirtings, 40-inch and 45-inch have again receded, with the exception of 91b. and upwards, which are scarce. 50-inch and 54-inch are in good inquiry, though at a slight reduction. Gray longcloth is in heavy stock, with little or no demand, and very few sales have taken place even at lower prices. There is very little in quiry for domestics, and sales can only be effected at a great concession of prices. Gray twill remains neglected. Gray cambric is less steady. T-cloth has very little inquiry, and prices are lower. Gray madapollams are in moderate de mand at reduced quotations. Gray printers are dull. Gray jacconots are quoted lower. Gray mulls are less steady. Bleached goods are moderately inquired for; white shirt ings, madapollains, and jacconots of common to middling i qualities have some nquiry at reduced priceen es. Inshirtings and jacconets of fine q uality sales have b effected at a further decline of from 6 to 10 annas. Figured shirti ngs are i nqu ired for at full quotations. Glasgow goods are in very modera t e demand. A fair inquiry prevails for ordinary - bleached mull , while fine is ne g lected. La pp ets have de clined. Colou red la pp ets are ver y dull, and are further re duced in price. Dhoties inquiry. Turkey are in moderate e - k re d goods are out of inquiry, and prices ha ve farther yre ceded. The business transacted during the fortnight has been moderate. 211 E STAFF COLLEGE. The following General Orders have been issued : " Horse , Guards, S.W., Jan. 12. " Tho undermentioned officers havo passed th e examina tion for admission to the Senior Division of the Staff College, for a residence of oneyear only, under paragraph 13 of the Staff College Regulalions, dated 17th Dec., 1857,—viz., 1. Captain the Hon. W. Fielding, Coldstream Guards, 1,416 marks : 2. Brevet-Major W. Hartman, half-pay, 1,327 marks ; 3. Captain N. Goddard, 17th Foot, 1,206 marks. "By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." " Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 13. " The subjoined supplementary list of officers who were successful at the examination for admission to the Staff College for the full period of two years is published with reference to the General Order dated Nov. 29, 1859, their examination papers not having been received from India in time to admit of their names being included in the list pub lished on that date, viz. : "2* Captain R. A. Leggett, 69th Regiment, 1,879 m arks, passed ; 11. Lieute nan t W. R. Ll ue ll yn , R o y a l Artillery ? 1,595 marks, qualified, but there is no vacancy for a 4th officer of the Ordnance Corps. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing -in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." "Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 14. "Hie Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has much satisfactton in publishing to the Army the sub joined list of officers who passed the final examination at the Staff College, in December, 18b9, viz.:-1. Captain W. Congreve, 4th Foot, 3,7 N marks ; 2. Captain A. Gammell, 16th Foot, 3,16.5 marks; 3. Captain E. M. Jones, 20th Foot, 2,940 marks; 4. Captain H. B, Coathupe, 72d Fcot, 2,707 marks :5. Captain W. Palliser, 18th Hussars, 2, 1 i marks; 6. Captain A. C. Bruco, 91st Regiment, 2,555 marks; 7. Captain P. A. A. Twynam, 15th Regiment, 2,523 marks; 8. Captain W. Heywood, 14th Regiment, 2,458 marks; 9. Captain P. W. Jebb, 67th Regiment, 2,289 marks; 10. Captain J. C. Weir, 2d Regiment, 2,191 marks. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." * In place of Captain Lske, 100th Regiment, who has with drawn. LITER I TUBE. The Cousins' Courts*: By John R. Wise. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. Without any pretence or affectation, here is I I very readable work, which possesses many attracr tive features, and presents some scenes that, it n ° ,! new to the pages of a novel, are given with T h e spirit that they forcibly impress the reader. DI hero, Reginald Neville, is a fine, high-spirit ed youth, who was early left an orphan, and whos e father's cousin and mother's brother, vied with each other as to who should be the most heartless l a demeanour towards him. The scenes in wh is t Reginald and his cousin Minnie appear are DO charmingly pourtrayed, and seem to breathe tbe freshness and beauty of the rural retreats they s ° delightfully describe. Minnie is the best C 1 ratter in the book. Her portraiture is Pe r feet, as the representative of a gay sr i t gladsome maiden, to whom earth offers her faires gifts of youth, beauty, health, and affluence, and whom heaven sheds its choicest blessings - of kin friends, a happy home, and freedom from en,r e t : There is something refreshing in such a li g h t hearted damsel wandering through the high's of this weary working•day world, and thoug h t h e picture is too bright to last, and even while 0,; read clouds arise to shadow her path ; while ohs?. in the glad sunshine of her peerless youth , 111inin Neville is a fascinating heroine. The two s elns t iii men, Aston Neville and Colonel Ancaster, are illst skilfully described. Astos, is a mean and despics lr t man, who is totally destitute of any fine feeling high principle. The colonel was the higher grs' of the two : he possessed more manly sentini ero but the blindness of his prejudices and the tyra esl of his actions rendere d him obnoxious to society and he affords a good specimen of what intolerancil and arrogance will perform. The cruelty vfll ic ., 6 chaiacterises the conduct of some haughty 31 , 1 ' 6 ladies is cleverly satirised in the case of 0 , 0 unhappy Miss Garland, and the sad state troy the she is reduced typifies only too tril the condition of thousands who in tb a , prosperous land are compelled to resort to the 1 1 ; remunerative drudgery of needlework, owing tcir o l sinful barriers raised by a prejudiced society ag oll3 o , their employing themselves in a more suitable I n to ner. An effective passage is that which refers o the search ineffectually made for her by Itegintd He supposed, at ono moment, that she had per isu o among the unhappy tribe who seek a shelter in dark waters from the darker path of life. 01 44 holding the corpse, whose description resenlu re , the object of his search, Reginald found, to his ed lief, that she was not Miss Garland. As he ro on the sad spectacle, he thought, " Who else n i ir seek this medicine before sunrise—some other ter of her wretched family ? Kindly oh Then i t y dost thou receive them into thy bosom! When sea and the rivers shall give up their dead+ most wretched and most miserable will be thn 3 o f Life at college has been often described in 'Wo r d this class, but there is a vivacity in the details 51 with in these pages that imparts a freshnes s to o) oft-recurring tale. Altogether , " The Cousl o/ Courtship" is a very ably written and aniusio work, which will surely serve to wile away an to hour, at the same time that it suggests th oeg Al which may well occupy our graver moments,' engage our serious attention. Quakerism, Past and Present. By T. Step'l67 Rowntree. Prize Essay. Smith and Eldei,l'fv The Peculium. By Thomas Hancock: ; Essay. Smith and Elder. These two volumes consist of two essays 0 " P, causes of the decline of the Society of Frien d trd the year 1858 a liberal and enlightened meniu` t ti the society offered a prize of 100 guineas O r d first essay and 50 guineas for the second eel; the subject, expressing his regret that althelliqi' population of the kingdom has more than dotlac, itself during the last fifty years, the s oci.4 b i which he was a member had decreased in 1 1111/3 0 1 since that time, he desired that the cause s .y 0 origin of this decay should be boldly inquired ,of The adjudicators of the prize he selected Ivit . . ll io gular liberality of feeling from those who we V, O OO, members of the soci e ty, an d the names of his judges testify the sincerity and impartialitloo which he wished the subject to be discussed. a were the Rev. F. D. Maurice, the late Prr 10, Nichol, and the Rev. C. Pryce, of Gre.vesena• f ie illness of the late lamented Professor and 'l o s other causes have occasioned some delay' ' f ie length the decision was made, and the 1 1 0 ,14 awarded to the two essays before us. As th,,, e e s o , 4 dicators had some difficulty in assigning fibs place, the donor with great generosity inung. th o' l raised the second prize to an equality I f b i ti ti° l / 1 first. The number and quality of the eontr l d the l i appears to have been highly satisfactory, r i rtil i specimens are well worthy of thoughtf ul Pie t. ° It appears that s i nce 1800 the number o. * tPt ;t has decreased one-fourth, ana tray n is at the present time ,only every eleven hundred of the pop s of the United Kingdom where there I I once one in every one hundred and t_`:,4 .o ' Tho causes may easily be found in the proct education, enlightenment, and toleration; h air increasing dislike to narrow doctrines ancl,Feefl, saical rigidity ; in a better perception that wo good and perfect gift cometh from above,l"iitliet'l intellect or affection, art or science;; and A 00,:, sense of the claims and capabilities 01 , to r human feelings and necessities, as o pposed 00 1 1 asceticism and intolerance of earlier times. bio il two essays, both clear, luminous, and 1113 f regard the subject from different points °` i P ty; The first sympathises with the fundaments f t) ciples of Quakerism, while granting ciencies and decadence. The other openly o r, 0, its isolation and " formalism of no f0r 1115 4, asserts that its decay is natural and int,,; ( 4, and a subject of rejoicing rather than 01 — O O% l ing. At the same time, he would impres!,, o o!A Quaker that there are fewer obstacles supposes to his union with the Church . os iiis: the tolerance a n d e l eva ti on a b ove a ll PI tb°` which distinguishes this essay, he retni fi b r etil who look with scorn on their Dissentiog „ p al " that the S e p ara ti s t men ti one d i n the ucc / ' 4 .` casting out devils in the name of the when the Apostolical College could not C o t 0 1 1 out." The other essay, " Quakerism, F .° 0 Present," is also extremely lib era l in torletript/ sentiment, rejecting enti re ly th e Q ua ker d° c a if the negation of th e h uman i nte ll e ct A TI arts. Both these volumes are well worthy to attentive perusal, and can scarcely fail to 1 ° the thoughtful and unprejudiced reader. FIRE AT TUTEES. I,OY DESTRUCTION OF THE FREEMASONS' AND BENTALL'S WINE STORES. fi TOTNES, Friday Evening.—An alarnlir is t broke out h ere thi s morn i ng a t one o 'clock t i l o i New Masonic Lodge, terminating in its t°, o o l struction, with all its paraphernalia, plate/3 p . Sze., as well as the under portion of the 0 315111 di0 raises, known as Bentall's wine stores. Th e a do ing fine premises, in which the Devon a nd i d' wall Banking Company some years since Carr ol l' their business, have also been completely g a The loss sustained by the owners of the 13.00;004 perty is very considerable, whilst the Free lil t ioo . , / alone, by the destruction of their new dec ori V fittings, plate and jewels, will lose upwards of 's and we regret to state that Mr. H. Bentall i 6 heavier sufferer, having lost his entire et or Trine in bottle, from 800 to 1,000 dozen of the i io l old wines, which cannot be replaced. 1 9 4 11° , l i n cask, however, have been mostly saved , wof loss is estimated at from £1,500 to £2,000. OP! premises were anciently known as the Theatre, on whose stage the late other celebrated actors, including Miss iso , A have before now performed. Mr. Har ii ho lodging-house keeper, and Mr. A. Hill ( I fr io s i o!' hear, were uninsured), will sustain heavy hr the partial destruction of their furniture removal. The contents of the lodge were lif sured for £l5O, and Mr. Bentall is but partta¢t 4', sured in the Phoenix-office. It appeared opt time inevitable that a large extent of h ell i dl pert' , and waterside premises would becom e o ff, to the devouring element; fortunately, by a ° P. plentiful supply of water could be obtain s the river, and, after great exertions, in terf To tOr, rain, the fire was subdued. To the shame of fits: be it remarked, there is but one fire-engi iii i i service in the town, and which was generollsip; sented to it some years since by the Wee t , ° De e land Insurance-office, and has already 'tti) means of saving an imme n se amount of POS the two fires that have recently occurr e From there being no regularly-establ iel/ , brigade, it was some time before the engl ii t be brought into efficient play, but it is 1311 ,pif i / id observe that when once fairly in work, it g , - ill I / conductor, Mr. John Brimicombe, rendereu able service by his energy, skill, and cour ii :coV is to be hoped these two warnings N% ill tea l l tot 10' men the wisdom of being better prepareu t ,o 0 0 ' an emergency. It is our painful duty t° 0 0 0 0: 1 a young man, named William Hodge, el! driver, of the Seven Stars Hotel, in assistilloWy engine for the purpose of saving the Pr. ko others, unfortunately fell into the ri ve ' , drowned.