The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Opposition. to Scheme.—At a 31EETLy: of the Occupiers of and other parties interested in theT6erside wharfs and premises between Blackfriars-bridge and Queenhithe, convened by circular, held at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, London, on Tues day, the 7th day of August, 1860, for the purpose of consider ing the report from the Select Committee of the house of Commons, recommending to Parliament the Embankment of the river Thames in that locality— WILLIAM GOULD, Esq., in the chair-- The following resolutions were unanimously passed :- 1. That the embankment on the north side of the river be tween Blacldrlars and Southwark bridges, the plans of which have been carefully inspected, will, in the opinion of this Meeting, seriously injure the river-side wharfs and property there, and permanently interfere with the trade and business of the occupiers of the same and the navigation of the river, 'without effecting any public benefit at all commensurate with the injury to private interests ; and that it is to the interest of the owners, occupiers of property, and others liable to be affected thereby to oppose any such measure in Parliament. 2. That the parties present agree to contribute rateably to the expense of such opposition in proportions in which the premises they occupy having a river frontage or otherwise stand charged to the consolidated rate. 3. That, William Gould, Esq„ 29, Upper Thames-street, James Smith, Esq., Wheatsheafhart, Robert Smith, Esq., Wheatsheaf, -wharf, J. W. Ledger., Esq., Lyons-wharf, ' R o b e rt White, Esq. Carron Company, William Rathbone,Esq., Trie;-wharf, Charles Druce, Esq., 29, Upper Thames-street, D. N. Druce, Esq., 29, Upper Thames-street, Robert Graham, Esq., Trig-lane, 'Crew Jegon, Esq., White Lion-wharf, Jonah Hadley, Esq., City Flour Mills, Charles Hadley, Esq., City Flour Mills, Benjamin Smith, jun., Trig-wharf, Alderman Rose, Queenhithe, Archibald Little, Esq„ Purtleet-wharf, A. McDolif,eill, Esq., Horse Shoe-wharf, Henry Green, Esq., Rutland-wharf, Be appointed a Committee to carry out the objects of the Meeting, with power to add to their number ; and seven of such Committee shall at all times be a quorum for the de spatch of business. That William Gould, Esq., be the Chairman of such Com mittee. That Robert Graham, Esq., be the Treasurer of such Com mittee. That Mr. J. S. Newbon, of the firm of Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., be the Solicitor to the Committee. That Mr. Henry Hoole be the Hon. Secretary. The Committee rely upon the occupiers of the wharves on the banks of the Thames, who were unable to attend the Meeting, forwarding their written approval of the foregoing resolutions addressed to the Treasurer, R. Graham, Esq., of Trig-wharf, Upper Thames-street ; and the Committee con fidently anticipate the support and co-operation of the free holders and leaseholders of the various properties on the banks of the Thames, and others interested in the navigation of the river whose interests would bepermanently prejudiced by the embankment. HENRY HOOLE, Hon. Ses., 29, Upper Thames-street. August 14, 18G0. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Enekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with HALL OWEEN. And THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buokstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, it, which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conclndc with THE CHRISTENING. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. !THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADY OF THE LYONS. Mr. G. 3lelyille, Miss Heath, &a After which, CRUEL TO BE KIND. A. Harris, Misses C. and R Leclercq. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. F - 3.. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Crowded Houses Nightly to the powerful Adelphi drama of Janet Pride.—Last three nights of Miss Julia Daly. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Laidlaw. To oonclude with IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. C. Selby and C. J. Smith. Doors open at half-past B—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. To-Morrow (Thursday) Evening, August 23, the Annusl Benefit of Mr. Wm. Smith, Acting Manager, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet (his original character). Mr. Ben. Webster ; Peg Woffington, Miss Woolgar. LOAN OF A LOVER : Gertrude (for this night only), Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Peter Spyk, Mr. W. Smith. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS : Pat Rooney, Mr. George Hodson. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- -JAL Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Immense Success of "Mazeppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 25, commencing at Two o'clock. = This 14:yening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD 'HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Rc.volti. CANTERBURY - EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from MART HA, And Selections from DINORAH, TROVATORE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, Hall. 6d. Com% Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment). for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER..—SuN OFFICZ t AUGUST 22, MO. THrtlllo3/ETER, TN THE SHADB. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BanomETER-29.61; a fall of half an inch since yester day. * WIND—South-Westerly ; fresh, with heavy rain in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuns DAY.—Morning, sh. 23m.—Afternoon, sh. 45m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 6h. 7m.—Afternoon, 6h. 31m. Ncc. 4 , • • f- - ---A5- 4 W 7 l , 'r • o ~s>~. fs~Y THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1860. The House of Commons went last night into Committee on the Naval Discipline Bill, with the view of making the Royal Navy more agreeable to sailors. Flogging was discussed in all its bear ings, and the singular humanity of lowering the number of lashes from fifty to forty-eight was agreed to. Only think of sparing two lashes to a poor degraded seaman's back ! What, would any one of these fine legislators consider the anguish of two such lashes from the hands of the boatswain's mate, prompted by an overruling commander to " do his duty," merely as a spectacle of caprice. Even Sir CHARLES NAPIER, martinet though he be in all naval discipline, felt the opinion of the House so repugnant to the use of the " cat"—that he backed out from his former profes,ion,that a ship's company could not be managed without resorting to flogging. Men have feelings, and sailors arc but men, with hearts as brave and minds as kind as the best of landsmen, bnt they will not for any consideration short of national honour consent to be dragooned at the mere pleasure of an irresponsible captain into all sorts of " black list" servitude. There is no question about the necessity of discipline on board a man-of-war; but there are two sorts of discipline—that of conciliation and that of coercion —the one leading gently but firmly from error, and the other aggravating the wrong by making it worse, from an excess of temper. We are clearly of opinion that a more humane system of discipline would not only please the men, but would in the end tend to making the navy more popular, and strengthen the true defence of the country against any and every foe who may fancy an invasion. Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls ; but it is of little use to have these wooden walls unless you have good hearts and true to meet the invader. Pay men fairly— t."4 them honestly, and depend upon it England will 1"" I b e , at a loss for good and able seamen to man her fleets. The; admirable address delivered by the Earl of DERBY last Saturday at Kirkdale is especially desert ing the attention of our readers. The occa sion 17 ra s one of great interest, , laying the foundE .tion sto ne of an i ndustrial school i and church. We have long and consisten tly advocated the cause of the•i e institution", and it is highly gratifying to all the it well wishers to see a statesman of Lord DHABI 's eminence and ability supporting their claims to public encouragement, with all the ; weight of his perspicacious arguments and all the p ower of his ea rnest eloquence. The justice of his remarks on the disproportion existing between the rapid increase of the population and their moral and religious advancement are at once apparent, and doubtless much is owing to the cause he assigned for it—the neglect and indifference of our prede cessors. Happily the day of supineness and apathy has passed away. Men of all classes from the peer to the lowest of the respectable classes, from the exclusive high churchman to the most opposite of independent sects, are beginning to recognise the vast amount of work that lies before them, accumu lated by the neglect of years ; they are awakening to the fact, that instead of disputing over controver sial texts, and arguing out theological subtleties, it were better for all to put their hands vigorously to the work, lest it be left undone. As Lord DERBY re marked, it is in the great towns and their neigh bourhoods, that help is most wanted. " The im mense size of the parishes and of the townships/ said he, "and the immense numbers of the popula tion, baffle all efforts of the most zealous ministers, whether belonging to the Established Church, or to those numerous dissenting sects, of whom, widely as I differ from them, I wish to speak with all gratitude and all respect for their exertions in the cause of education and religion." This well merited tribute to the educational efforts of the Dissenters did honour to so staunch a Churchman, and set a worthy example to those who would fain discourage any attempt to diffuse the blessings of knowledge and religion, if not made in exact accordance with the tenets of their own sect. After alluding to the existence of a large class below the decent poor, yet above absolute destitution, whom neither the re , formatory nor the workhouse school can reach, and for whom no provision was made before the exist- ence of ragged and industrial schools, Lord DERBY proceeded to discuss the other part of his subject— the objects of the proposed free church. His re marks on this point are well deserving of the atten tion, and merit the grave consideration of the wealthier classes. Let those who so sternly de nounce the absence of the working man and his family from their parish church on Sundays ; let them ask themselves whether they would like to have their poverty ostentatiously paraded on chairs in the centre aisle, or to find their seats apportioned to them in some distant corner where they can scarcely hear what is going on. Lord DERBY assigned two reasons for the non-attendance of large num bers of our lower classes at any kind of public worship. The one being " the appropriation of the greater portion of the seats in our churches, and above all, the best seats, to the richer and easier classes of society," the other an honest shame of parading their shabby garments beside their better dressed neighbours. There is certainly great need for alteration in these particulars. If the arrange ments of the Church allow the wealthier classes to secure every convenient place by means of money, neither clergyman nor congregation have a right to condemn the absence of the humbler parishioners, who as Lord DERBY said on Saturday, " have no means of paying for accommodation, and who have an absolute right with the richest of the rich to enter and worship God in the parish church, which is not for the rich alone, but for every parishioner, rich and poor." Were the services more adapted to uneducated minds, and less wearisome to those unaccustomed to habits of thought and atten tion, and were more regard paid to the convenient and equal accommodation of the poorer classes, there would not be so many complaints of their indifference to public prayer, or their pursuit of open air preachers and unusual places of worship. Let those who censure them at least make the ex periment. But while the obstacles of custom, in terest, and prejudice stand in the way of reform, it is well that there should be places of public worship erected in connection with ragged-schools and similar institutions, which shall at least afford the most squalid and dejected poverty no excuse for refusing to enter, and which shall bring the sound of praise and prayer to the ears of those practical heathens whom no missionary has yet reached; who in this Christian land are as untaught and un enlightened as the inhabitants of those distant islands whom our Gospel societies subscribe for and lament over, yet who are as much children of the Great Father, and for whose vice, crime, and ignorance we may one day be held accountable. With the earnest Christianity which distinguishes him Lord DERBY expressed his conviction that every seat in the proposed building should be free : —" In this case, I say, it is most important, not that there should be some free seats, but that every seat in this church-school should be free and equal, without payment of money or price, and that no amount of poverty, of clothing, or squalid destitution should be sufficient to exclude the very poorest of the poor who are willing to enter and worship in His house, in whose eyes rich and poor are alike, and the distinctions of rank and title are as nothing." After so earnest and impressive an appeal to the sense of justice and the feelings of humanity, we cannpt believe that the good work proposed will not be satisfactorily accomplished. Philanthropists of the present day are beginning to perceive that it is by bringing down the means of instruction to their level and capacity that the lowest classes must be elevated. Abandoning exalted and ideal theories, let us adapt our practice to existing circumstances. If boys and girls have no proper clothing, if their parents refuse even a few pence a week for their schooling, let us admit them to school-rooms where bare feet and rags are no drawback, and irregularity of attendance is overlooked. If the lower classes shrink from en tering church or chapel beside velvet and broad cloth, let us open to them the doors of a place of worship where all are poor alike. If they refuse these opportunities, let us seek them in the theatres, the music -halls, in any place where novelty will attract or space accom modate them, sure that nothing is so degrading to the professors of a Christian faith, and the followers of Him who taught by the seashore and on the mountain, as the existence of large masses living in what Lord DERBY truly calls practical heathenism—a curse to society here, a charge to account for hereafter. By reaching these hotbeds of crime and destitution we are indeed laying the foundation stones of a better and happier state of things, and, in the concluding words of Lord DERBY'S eloquent address, "so performing our duty to that God who, as He would not that a sparrow should fall to the ground without His knowledge, would not that one of these little ones should perish." Two topics are at the present moment before the public, which it would be well to look upon as very closely connected-- Volunteering and National _Education. We hope that they will soon be regarded as inseparable. Let it once be ac cepted, as it surely ought to be, that every man ought to be ready to do what in him lies for the safety of his house, and amongst the coming gene ration it will be held almost discreditable to have acquired no aptitude for aiding in the work of national defence. Men will be ashamed to see their equals in age, health, and vigour contributing their time and efforts to ensure the safety of the com munity while they stand by idle. Who, when ivolunteering becomes the rule, will net blush to be numbered only with the women and children ? We may, it seems to us, reasonably expect this to be THE SUN, LONDON, the case ; so that, except on the ground of health, or of special occupation, it will be regarded as effeminate not to belong to a volunteer corps. In deed, the two classes which we naturally think of as exempt—the clergyman and the medical man—will probably put in their claim as professional volunteers. Each corps will have its honorary Chaplain, and its honorary Sur geon ; the latter undertaking, gratuitously of course, only such accidents as may occur in the service. This is the picture of things which we form to ourselves of the Volunteer movement by the time ten or fifteen years have elapsed. We trust it is not enthusiastic or unreasonable. We see so many physical and moral, as well as political advantages in the Volunteer movement, that we shall regard it as a national calamity if it does not carry, eventually, the whole community with This being our general view, we must also insist on the close connection between the Volunteer movement and National Education. If ten years hence all the healthy boys in our schools ought to be volunteers, then, by all means, let the school help to prepare them for it. They learn there that they have an old and glorious country, as well as one in which they were born, to defend ; let them learn also something of the art and science of national defence. In our great grammar schools the art of personal defence has always, and deservedly, held a high place ; the drill sergeant, and even the teacher of the rifle, will probably be welcome enough there. If to those be added the British and national schools, all, indeed, which are supported by State aid, then the middle class private schools will be compelled to come in ; indeed we have little doubt they would generally be willing enough to do so. Parents will come to regard a school, where drill is not taught, as defec tive in an accomplishment which their sons ought not to be without. Music, drawing, this language or that, may be passed over if necessary, but the father will not like his son to appear among the awkward ones at drill or parade. " Military drill carefully taught" will soon occupy a conspicuous place in every school programme. Now is for the Government, both through the Committee of Council on Education and through the Horse Guards, to forward this national object. Yes, even the Horse Guards must buckle to, and that cheerfully. One of its future merits, one of its best future titles to respect should be to stand at the head of the Volunteer military education of the nation. It should be the military university to all the other schools. It will have no cause for jealousy. All the genius it calls forth in military matters is sure to tend towards itself, and to form part of its strength ; and it will thus obtain a place in public respect, and even attachment, hitherto unknown. When the most energetic portion of the population all look up to it, not as its rival, but as its cordial instructor, the reconciliation between the public and the Horse Guards will be complete. It will stand first in military skill and knowledge, and its pre miership will become matter of pride with the hundreds of thousands, the millions we hope, who will see in it a generous teacher as well as a standard and model. It is for the Committee of Council to require the instruction in the schools it supports, and for the Horse Guards to provide the means. It will in many cases be a work of a little time, but yet it can surely be easily done. Let the rule once be laid down by the Council that at the earliest reason able time, the boys are to be taught such portions of military drill as at their age they are capable of, and then let the military authorities proffer the requisite instruction in such ways as are most convenient to all parties, and we believe that in a very short time drill would become common in a large part of the schools, while the rest would be sure to follow as soon as they could. In some neighbourhoods it would be easy at once for a re cruiting sergeant to make the round of several schools, and he might rely upon the imitative young rogues repeating his lessons freluently enough in the intervals of his visits, and no doubt the neighbours would soon begin to witness their mimic evolutions as they paraded the streets on their return home. But a chief reliance should be the teachers themselves. To them special training should be offered, with certificates of qualification of a very precise character ; and beyond question, some small but reasonable emolument in the school should follow success in drilling the lads. We would have a fair-minded military inspector ; a man fond of boys, with a genius for interesting them. There are such men, and they would not be in a school five minutes before you would detect them ; and on his certificate the teacher should receive a suita ble reward for his efforts in this way. Quite sure are we, that if capitation money, and pupil teacher payments, be a legitimate use of the public money ; payment for imparting to the lads the elements of capacity to defend their country would be so. That is, indemiably, a public object. We need not now advert at length to the physi- cal and moral advantages to the children, of the cause proposed. Mr. CHADWICK has already done that well. The habits of implicit obedience, of subordination and order, and of co-operation in ac tion taught by military training, are confessed ad vantages ; especially among a race like ours, in which there is no danger whatever of the love of personal and social and political freedom being in the slightest degree suppressed. Physically, we have no doubt that the substitution of drill for a short time daily, not the addition of it to existing school lessons, would not diminish the work done in the schools, while it would materially add to the pleasure with which it was done. And we pre sume the " doctors would not differ" as to the de sirableness of such equal development of the mus cular system as is given by drill. On the other hand, we are aware of no objections to these views. What we advocate appears to be all clear gain— the gain of all our boys acquiring aptitude for mili tary training, just as they acquire aptitude for reading, writing, and arithmetic. No aptitude, as the rule, equals that which is acquired by the training of our earliest days. The proof is every man's experience. We hope, therefore, this subject will soon receive the fullest attention from the Go vernment. ADELPHI TIIEATRE.—Mr. William Smith, the acting manager of the Adeiphi Theatre, announces his annual benefit there for next Thursday evening. The pieces selected for the occasion are, " Masks and Faces," in which Mr. 'Webster will sustain his original character of the poor poet Triplet, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon that of Peg Welling ton. The musical farce of " Loan of a Lover" will be played by Miss Rebecca Isaacs and Mr. W. Smith, in the parts of Gertrude and Peter Spyk. Mr. George Hodgson, the delineator of Irish character, and Mr. J. L. Toole will appear as Pat Rooney and Tom Dobbs, in the farce of the " Omnibus," with which the performances are to conclude. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.—The following gen tlemen passed the major examination of August 21as phar maceutical chymists 7 —Richard James Bearcroft, Chelten ham ; Henry Clayton, Lewisham ; William Hodges, Rams gate; Jelin Burton, Nottingham; Frederick Win. Kent, Southampton. _ _ TIIE COMMERCIAL TREATY.—The inquiry re lative to the trea'y with England is drawing towards its close. The Superior Council of Commerce, presided over by M. Rouher, last week held five sittings instead of four. The first two were devoted to matters con nected with the silk trade, and the three others to the fabrication of spirits and of chemical products. About 150 manufacturers, representing these three branches of French industry, were examinad by the council. The last sitting concluded by an interesting deposition of M. Bou tarel, proprietor and director of the large dyeing establish ment at Clichy-la-Garenne.—Galignani. WEDNESDAY EVENING, L A _EA 0 N E The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 22. The Moniteur of to-day says : "Their Majesties will leave on the 23d inst. on a visit to the new departments of Savoy and Nice. Marshal Vaillant is entrusted with the care of the Imperial Prince during the absence of their Majes ties. The marshal will also sit at the Council of Islinisters." GENOA, AUG. 21. A - report is current here that . Garibaldi, with 6,000 men, has landed at Capodellearme, in Calabria. NAPLES, AUG. 18 (via Marseilles). Fifteen hundred men, with arms and 200 tents, said to have come from Sardinia, have been gradu ally landed. at Naples, but were compelled by the royal guard. to re-embark. It was suspected that their intention was to assist in the construction of barricades in the event of an insurrection breaking out. The elections have been adjourned until the 26th August. VIENNA, AUG. 21. M. de lltlabine, who has already been accredited as special envoy to the Court of Vienna, presented to-day his lettres de crcance as Minister Plenipo tentiary of Russia. The committee of 21 members of the Council of the Empire adopted to-day, by 18 against 3 votes, the political programme of the Hungarian mem bers for all the provinces. The Ministers also gave their formal adhesion to that programme. ROME (via Marseilles), AUG. 18. The fete of the Assumption on the 15th insi passed off in tranquillity. It is positively stated that 3,000 soldiers formerly in the service of the Duke of Modena have entered the service of the Pope. Disturbances connected:with the enlistments have been suppressed. VIENNA, AUG. 21. According to despatches received from Pesth, perfect order prevailed during the national fete of St. Stephen, yesterday. General Benedek was present at the procession, in which the arms of St. Stephen were carried through the streets. Many noblemen, and the Primate of Hungary, escorted by young men with drawn swords, also took part in the procession, which was very im posing. General Benedek entertained the principal inha bitants at a grand dinner, to which the Primate was also invited. The Nationalities of Turin state that on the 16th Garibaldi had sailed again from Sardinia, in the direction of Sicily. FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the Customs' revenue for the month of July, which amounted to 10,205,000 - fr., being a decline of 7,350,770 fr. on the same month of 1859. The re ceipts for the first seven months of 1860 were 79,387,000 fr,, or 33,375,373 fr. less than in the cor responding period of the precedin g year. A Paris correspondent of the .Nord says : " At the diplomatic dinner given by M. Thouve nel, on the occasion of the Emperor's fete, the Aus trian note 'vas the subject of conversation, and it was very curious to see M. Thouvenel, Prince de Metternich, and M. Niger asking each other for information on the subject of that diplo matic document, the contents of which were equally unknown to all of them. It is therefore as already stated, that no such note exists. Besides, from authentic information which has come certain, to my knowledge, Austria is little inclined to en gage in a new war. She is prepared for any even tuality, and has taken measures not to be alone, or at least to be able, if alone, to defend Venetia with all her force; but she has no intention of provoking hostilities." BOURSE, Aug. 21.—The market, without show ing much more animation. as regards the amount of business transacted, has been firmer, and prices show an improvement on. those of the previous day. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 12fc ; Mobilier, 682 f 50c ; Northern, 955 f ; Mediterranean, 885 f; Lombard, 473 f 75c. The following are the last quotations 4 per per Cents ... 97 75 I Credit Fowler BBO Do end month_ .. i Belgian 4/ — 3 per Cents ...... 68 15 Piedmontese Fives 7B 50 Do. end mon.th.... 68 10 ! Roman Bank Shares ......2830 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 685 —1 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account .... 682 501 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans... 1365 .. 1368 75 Northern . New ditto : Lyons and Mediterranean 885 .. 886 25 Geneva., Southern Western ... Eastern Sardinian An strian Lombard NAPLES. A letter from Naples of the 16th in the Debats says:—" If you desire to know the most remark able event in this city during the last two or three days, I will tell it you in four words —People are running away. The news that the conquest of the kingdom by Garibaldi was about to begin has filled the reactionists and the timid with alarm, and they are all departing. The King is causing the fortress of San Elmo and the new fort to be filled with bombs and other incendiary projectiles. Three ihis da ys age preparations for a bombardment by Sicilian Majesty would have been useless, but since then it appears that Admiral Mundy English fleet have received instructions those first given, which were to the modifyingaand the effect that a renewal at Naples of the successes at Palermo should be prevented. The modifica tion of the instructions is certain, but I cannot tell you to what limit the King is authorised to defend himself ; nor can I explain this change in the attitude of England. In the meantime the Court is spreading the rumour that his Majesty will embark without striking a blow, but will make an appeal to Europe and his people, and con fide the preservation of his inheritance to diplomacy and the army. This report has produced the effect of slackening the activity of the revolutionary party ; but the truth is that the King will defend himself to the last, and as long as he has a single cartridge or a man. The sole precaution he has taken is to embark 30,000,000 ducats in the Arthur, a small war schooner anchored in the military port beneath the windows of the palace. This vessel is to sail in two days for Trieste, passing by the Faro and going round Sicily." The same letter says :—" The Treasury is empty—literally empty. And note this fact, that, in addition to the ordinary revenue of the kingdom, the Court has within seven months spent 10,000,000 ducats raised by the issue of bonds for 500,000 ducats of rente. The issue took place in virtue of three decrees of the King—one for 200,000 ducats on the 13th October last, another for 100,000 on the Ist :‘lay, and the third for 200,000 on the 6th rune. This will explain why M. Manna has not yet re turned, and will not yet return from his mission to Turin, notwithstanding the alliance he went to nego tiate has completely failed. He is Minister of Finance, and if lie were hero be would have to sign orders for payments on the Treasury, and perhaps endeavour to cheek the desperate operations of the Court; whereas in his absenco the King disposes of ve6ir 22, 1860, the public money, and payments are made on orders signed by his Majesty's secretary. Thus Francis 11. remains absolute master of the two principal forces of the State—the army and the finances." THE BOMBAY MAIL. - By extraordinary express,i n anticipation of the Overland Mail, we have received our correspondence and letters from Bombay to the 23d ult. The following is from the summary of the Born • bay Gazette of July 23 : " The Indian public having recovered from its brief fit of political excitement, has ceased to discuss general principles of taxation; and in this exhausting climate few persons have the courage to take an in terest in, or even to read, the apparently intermin able discussions on the clauses of the Income Tax Bill, with which the Calcutta papers are filled. So the bill progresses through committee, not so fast as might be, for Mr. Wilson has been ill, and the absence of Sir Jas. Outram and the necessity of one of the judge legislators deserting the council to attend to the sessions have caused several postpone. ments. " The rather awkward discovery has been made that the assessment and levying of new direct taxes in 0 ude, before the Income Tax Bill has passed the Legislative Council, must be regarded as illegal acts ; and the energetic officials who were so highly praised for the skill and fairness they had shown in introducing a scheme of taxation so strange to Asiatic ideas, will require a bill of in demnity to relieve them of the pains and penalties which are the legal reward of their zeal. The over sight is unpardonable ; it is worse than a crime—an error. In the first place, it tends to make the tax more odious than before to the people; in the se cond place—for the Supreme Government were con senting and applauding parties to the illegality—it reveals the appalling fact that our rulers are igno rant of the first principles of the government they administer. There are ugly rumours, too—happily so far they are only rumours—that oppression and corruption in the worst forms have been practised by the native servants of Government in collecting this illegal tax. " But the Disarming Act—which raises the old antagonism of white and black—is more fiercely criticised than all the financial measures put to gether After long and lively debates—in which there occurred some sharp passages of arms between Sir Mordaunt Wells, Mr. Harrington, Sir B. Pea cock, and Mr. Wilson—the bill passed, but in a very different shape from that in which it was originally presented to the council. The Government carried their point of not specially exempting Europeans : but permission is given by the act to magistrates to exempt whomsoever they please, be he native or European. The independent Europeans are more indignant than ever that such large powers should be placed in the hands of civil servants who are in many cases notoriously eager to insult them in every possible way. But, as power is given to the Governor-General and subordinate governors to ex empt whole districts, it is likely that the act will, in most parts of the country, become a dead letter. " Mr. Wilson has explained in the Legislative Council, to quiet some disagreeable reports, that India will have to bear no share of the expenses of the Chinese war• All that has been done is to grant permission to the Commissary General of the expe dition to draw not more than £50,000 a month for eight months on account of the war, his drafts being fowarded to London and placed to the credit of the Indian Government. COMMERCIAL. BOMBAY, JULY 23. Since the date of our last report wo have received advices from Europe to the 18th ult., by the mail steamer which arrived here on the 10th inst., but no later news by tele graph has reached us. There has been an abundant fall of rain on the island during the fortnight. Sowing operations are in fair progress in almost all parts of the presidency, but the weather reports of the districts in the southern collecto ratesare more favourable than those of the northern collec torates. The markets have generally continued inactive, with . very ...aerate business doing. Imports haveremained quiet, with the exception of piece goods, for which a better inquiry has been manifested, and a larger business done, but prices are not always maintained. Of exports, seeds are the only commodity in demand. The money market remains unaltered. THE EXPEDITION TO CALAB_RIA. We are indebted for the following communica tion to a gentleman who has repaired to Sicily for the purpose of offering his valuable medical ser vices in aid of General Garibaldi's volunteers— services which, as results from the tenor of the letter, have been at once accepted by the Italian Liberator : " Palazzo Reale, Messina, Aug. 12, 1860. " I arrived here on the Bth inst., at six p.m. All the hotels being crowded the authorities accommo dated me in the Palazzo de la Cita. This town, like Palermo, bears the aspect of a camp. There are rejoicings and hopes, but they are damped to some extent by the Neapolitan occupation of the citadel. People have no doubt here that Garibaldi will have all his own way. They have such con fidence in his wisdom and omnipotence that if he should lose a battle it would be very hard to make them believe otherwise than that he did it inten tionally, for some wise ulterior object. If he did I miraculous things with 800 volunteers, what can he not do with from 30,000 to 40,000 men, with Sicily in his possession, and the whole of Europe I applauding and rejoicing in his progress. The I general impatient cry is, Avanti I " The evening of my arrival I was told that the Dictator was at the Faro, two hours' ride from this, f where he has gone to embark at the head of the I expedition to Calabria. Being anxious to lose no I time I ran about in search of a cab to go to his head-quarters ; but to obtain a cab, or anything else you want, was altogether out of the question. I obtained one only by the aid of two guards with bayonets, sent by the authorities for the purpose. I arrived at the Faro at one o'clock in the morning, and presented myself to the general, who was on board the steamship Aberdeen, surrounded by his staff. He received me very kindly—l may say affectionately. heard about you,' said he, and am very much obliged to you, and am very thank ful to the kind English ladies who take such an interest in our cause.' Whilst he was reading the letter of introduction, I could Rot help putting my lenses at the proper focus to scrutinise that hero of modern history. His portrait in the Illustrated London News is very correct. He is as gentle as a dove, and has a mild, placid countenance. He has rather the gentleness of a woman than the ferocity of a soldier. He commands in an under tone, and, when everybody round him is full of anxiety, he is as cool as a cucumber. His dress is simply a red flannel shirt rather the worse for the wear, a pair of grey trousers, and a black wide-awake, a beauti ful sword; no coat or blouse. He introduced me to Medici, who was with him at the time, and to some other officers of his staff. He asked me to come on board ship with him. I left for Messina the same instant, to take my luggage, and returned to his head-quarters at five o'clock in the morning. "The whole forenoon was spent in embarking an army of about 5,000 men upon three steamers, but in the afternoon he gave orders to land them again. In the evening they went all upon small boats and advanced towards Calabria, but he gave them orders to return. Last night and the night before last they advanced again. Fire opened upon them from the fort of Calabria and from six Neapolitan steamers, but our artillery did Lot answer ; they returned again to the Faro. There is nip doubt lie knows what he is about—it may be a manoeuvre (who knows where he wishes to land ?)—but of one thing I can assure you, that the anxiety of our volunteers to land on the con tinent is indescribable. Now they are more re conciled to the manoeuvre; but the first day, when they were told to go again ashore, the dissatisfac tion was audible. Some said there was a three days' armistice ; others that he received a tele graphic despatch of some negotiations ; but they all looked very sad indeed. It was quite a pitiful aspect. Every one of them dreams of his entry into Naples, Rome, and ultimately into Venice ; and that strong faith in the heart of the nation enables these noble fellows to suffer .fatigue, hunger, and all the miseries of camp life, without complaint or murmuring, but full of hope, and cheerful in the discharge of their duty. Being the Surgeon Dello State Maggiore of Gen. Garibaldi, and having subsequently nearly died of hunger and fatigue (!) at that miserable village, I came into town to enjoy soma hours' repose in the Royal Palace. I shall try to serve the wounded patriots as much as will lie in my power. " As I do not know soon we may leave, and when I may have another opportunity of writing to you, perhaps not before we arrive at Naples, I send you these few lines. P.S.—A report was spread here that, last evening, an attempt to land at Calabria was made, and proved abortive, because the boatmen refused to proceed, not being able to stand the fire; but I was assured by the commander of the embarkation that the whole affair was merely to harass the enemy, to keep them awake the whole night, with out any intention on the general's part to make an attempt to land. We shall see in the course of this week. He must do something within two or three days. " AUGTSST 13. " P.S.—Nothing was done last night. Gari baldi's son arrived here two days ago with 1,800 excellent fellows. The Veloce arrived here last evening with troops, and left this morning." VENICE. Galignani contains the following letter, which gives a graphic account of the present social and political aspect of the Queen of the Adriatic : " The movement now going on in the south of Italy cannot but have great effect on the Venetian provinces ; and it is as well to inform you as to the probable results, for blindly to deceive by drawing a pleasing picture of contentment and happiness is useless and unprofitable. If any traveller who has just done' Rome, and is taking the Italian circuit before returning to his native country, should chance to visit Venice, his impression will be the following I never was in a more quiet city in my life ; it is dull, very dull, but as to any signs of discontent none exist, and even Lord Elcho him. self, whose acquaintance was confined to the Aus trians, or the few Austrian Italians, was led into the same error. Now, as no Venetian will trust any man whom he does not know well, so the stranger will never hear the truth, and the Vene tian Gazette no more dares to mention the nightly arrests than it does to recommend wholesome and useful reforms. The stranger therefore betakes him self in the cool of the evening to the Piazza San Mario, lolls in luxury either at the Café Speechi, Florian, Suttilo, or any other—even the Quadri— and there, to the sound of beautiful music, played by one of the finest bands in Europe—for none can surpass the Austrian in that respect—he takes his ice or his coffee, smokes his cigar, and puffs out his sorrows or his cares in the balmy air of an Adriatic breeze. The stranger is driven to this—for there are no theatres open—and as he knows no one, he speaks to no one ; and his neighbour in the next chair, a spy, a sure spy of the police, has an impro visatore talent of an Italian to fill up the gap in his report. The band is gone ! the gas turned off from the iron branches which threw a blaze over the 72 musicians; itinerant minstrels succeed. A host of vendors of shell work, slippers, punches, and all sorts of articles, rather disturb the luxury of the traveller's quiet thoughts—for these vendors will not easily take No' for an answer, and importune the calmest into an angry ' Via-Via." He rises from his chair, surveys with wonder the tall Campanilla which stands out in the bright moon light, and entices him to view the Piazetta, the Column, the island of St. Georgio, and gaze on the silver rays which sparkle on the calm water —all is still, still as death, silent as the grave. The traveller has spent his evenings on the Piazza, and is willing to write home that never was there since the leaky ark reposed on mud any city, town, or hamlet half so quiet, half so contented, as Venice, that has not a London police. Hark ! there is a tramp of soldiers. It is merely the guard. Every city has its guard; and here in the narrow streets the soldiers march in single file—the guard seems as long and interminable as the sea serpent. Have you a quick, observant eye, Mr. Traveller Yes.' Very good. Just see if every musket in this greatest of all cities is not loaded and capped and ready for immediate use, and particularly remark if you can see one soldier without a companion, Never mind the everlasting meeting with officers in white uni forms by hundreds ; or if you are inclined to see men and numbers at their parade or exercise take a morning's stroll to the Campo di Marte, or look at the artillery on the Piazzetta, or count the guns pointed from the Island of St. Georgio, or go to the end of the railway bridge and remark how many forts you can number from the wall of the Botani cal Garden to the Fort Hainan, and its vis-a-vis close to it, or take a walk along the Lido to Ma malocco, and if you are not the dullest of all ima ginable drones the thought will occur to you—why . all this military display, these immense fortifica tions, this eternal surveillance, if Venice is the quiet, dull city it looks? or consider if this quietude is not the result of experience and prudence. " What experience and what prudence ? Pooh, pooh; all these forts and soldiers are merely for defence—from invasion. Nonsense; discontent, indeed ! Why, I walk about from noon to midnight and have never heard a murmur of sedition, or even .eeu 01;a1fpst demonstration beyond a tri coloured ribbon tied to a pigeon's neck. " And have you not remarked that all the Italian ladies wear mourning ? Do you see any gondolas following an Austrian fresco on the Grand Canal ? Or are you not aware that when the band played in the boats under the windows of the Prince of Hesse not a light was to be seen from any house ? And when the music concluded by play ing the f Buone Sera,' that at its conclusion hun dreds of voices 'suddenly were heard singing to that favourite air, Ah, Canaglia! presto andate via de qua.' Are you aware that at San Marco Church the preacher was hissed for his remarks upon Garibaldi, that upwards of 30 arrests took place in consequence, and that three cafes were ordered to be closed because the spies had reported that the hissing was arranged the night previous ? The Venetians, wittily enough, revenged them selves by singing as the cafes were being closed, Un alla volta per carita.' " Bless me, and do you call this discontent ? There are more straws to show the direction of the wind. "Do you want reasons for discontent? I will give you enough. Now, listen to this. In the first place, the taxation of the Venetian provinces is 60 per cent., so that if you, Mr. Traveller, had £l,OOO a year, you would not feel very contented if an ab solute Government took £6OO of it. You would not feel very enamoured of the Government which arrested any of your friends and placed yourself in the same jeopardy, and who, without any trial, or form of trial, or mockery of trial, or without your being informed for what you were arrested, sent you away to an unhealthy prison situated on the marshes of the Danube. Or if you had a sister who was ill, and went to ask for a passport to go out of the kingdom to some baths recommended by the doctor, received for an answer, If you are well enough to travel you are well enough to remain, you cannot go.' Or if you had estates in other countries where revolution has begun, and you ven tured then to go, you heard that your name was placarded on the Rialto and elsewhere, with the comfortable assurance that if you did not return within four months your estates would be sdques tered first and sold afterwards : and you knew it was no idle threat by the fact of its having been already carried into execution, and that even if you were allowed to leave the country for three months, you might have to suffer the indignity of having your stockings taken off to see you conveyed no letters, as happened lately to Count —, one of the first noblemen in Venice. Or what think you of the case of the Countess of Vicenza, who had a visit from the prefect of police, who had a letter in his hand. This letter is from your husband, madame ; he refers to H. and L. and M.; who do these letters represent ?" I cannot tell,' answered the countess. ' I have never seen the letter.' Oh, then, perhaps your memory will be better by a little solitude ; come to prison.' The countess had very lately been confined, and was sucking the infant ; if another nurse had not been found the child might have died. These are trifles, you say ; well, what think you of this. Young men to the amount of 50,000 have fled the country to take service in Piedmont. They are all afliched on the Rialto, and called upon to return. If they do so, what have they to expect ? They have to expect a cordial reception—that of course—the Austrian police are not such fools as to scare the birds they intend to entrap. The returned man is placed under sur veillance, to be arrested shortly after, or he is made to join the army, of which no one who has not seen the discipline can for a moment estimate the punish ment, so that the very fear of the punishment keeps these people from returning ; and then their pro perty is confiscated, and certainly not for the benefit of the next of kin. Thus there is neither security of life or property; the unsuspicious man may be arrested in his bed—actually not have suffi cient time to dress himself (and remember this is no on chit ; I c in vouch for it among my own per tonal friends)—torn from his wife and family, who are left without any resources except through the kindness of friends bold enough to be charitable In spite of the police, sent for months to distant gaols, and munificently endowed by this paternal Govern ment with eight sous a day. These are gentlemen of rank, lawyers of eminence, and men whose in come ceases with their incarceration. And can y ou believe that the quiet or order is of that kin d Which euitt would all i e r e have emanates from men contented w ith their Govern mentbroken ripe and rrneeandty for ?No,atthismoin insurrection, and out before had the Hungarians persevered or Gari baldi been free to assist the Venetians. There will be no want of arms. In vain is Verona being for tified afresh, or forts springing u p in every direc tion—troops stationed ready to inundate the coun try. wh en an oppressed nation rises, it rises like one immense giant, and throws off the in cubus which prostrated it. The hour is near at hand ; every ear listens with out stretched attention to every rumour concern ing the great Italian liberator. Garibaldi's name is on every Italian lip, with blessings on him anti prayers for his success. The Neapolitan example is lost. Francis 11. will have the sins of his father visited on him. If Francis Joseph could profit by what is passing around him he would sell Venetia, make salutary reforms in his own country, and hold out a generous hand to those Hungarians who at present are inclined to keep him as their Sove reign, but who have another in view, and have even struck money with his effigy thereon." THE NA VY. Her Majesty's sloop Elk, 12, Commander 1 1 . Campion, which was paid off at Chatham yester day, has been in commission upwards of four years, during which period she has seen a great deal Of active service both in China and in other distant parts of the world. She was commissioned at Chatham on the 6th of May, '1856, by Commander J. Hamilton, who was succeeded in August, 1858, by Commander Campion, formerly of the Vulcan, 6, on being promoted. The Elk, on leaving Eng land, proceeded to China, and formed one of the squadron engaged in the Chinese waters until the termination of hostilites. The whole of the crew who could be spared formed a portion of the naval brigade under Commodore Stevens of the Nankin, 50, and were present at the capture of Canton, and other places. After the discontinuance of opera tions in the China seas, the Elk sailed from Hong Kong for Australia in the month of April, 1858, and after arriving was employed for several months in making a minute search along the coast and through every part of Bass's Straits for her Ma jesty's missing ship Sappho, but without success. The Elk left Sydney on the Ist of March for Auck land, which was reached on the 12th of March, just at the time the insurrection was raging in New Zealand. A portion of the crew and several of the ship's guns were landed to form a part of the naval brigade, and the men volunteering for this service were left behind. On the 26th of Apr the Elk left Auckland for England, at which time , the following vessels of her Majesty were at Nevi Zealand—viz., the Iris, 26, Commodore W. Loring, C.B. ' • the Pelorus, 21, screw 'cor vette, Commodore F. B. P. Seymour ; the Niger, 13, screw steamer, Capt. P. Cracroft ; and the Cot' delia, 11, screw steamer, Commander C. E. H. Ver non. During the voyage home, and when near the entrance to the River Plate, the ship was caught ia a tremendous typhoon, which raged for 48 hours, during which the vessel suffered severely, and it was only by the very best seamanship that vessel and crew were not lost. The Elk, since she bee been in commission, has been constantly col; ployed on service, and has sailed over upwards of 132,000 miles. Upwards of 20 of her crew hav e died from cholera, dysentery, and other causes, el" elusive of a number invalided home. The creil have been exceedingly well-behaved, and the inflia' tion of corporal punishment has been very rare. On the crew being paid off yesterday a silver medal together with a gratuity of £lO, was awarded by the Admiralty to John Turner, captain of the after' guard, for good conduct and long service. Th e, Elk, which is in very good condition, is to be ati . tached to the reserve ordinary at Chatham. Secon d Lieut. O'Grady and the boatswain of the ship, are , under arrest, awaiting their trial by court martlab Her Majesty's troop ship Dee, Master Com mander Pullen, yesterday embarked 130 second' class naval lads from the flagship Fisgard, at Wool wich, 70 of whom, over 17 years of age, are for present service on board the flagship Victory, al Portsmouth, and 60 under that age to be despatched to Milford Haven, to commence their career in the Coastguard service ship ,:Eagle, Capt. E. Tathara• The Dee was warped out of basin and sailed down the river at a quarter past three,- having likewise 120 tons of boilers and machinery for Portsmouth; namely four boilers for the screw steam frigate and sloop Tribune and Harrier, and machinery for the Prince of Wales, Pelican, Sutlej, and Victory. , An Admiralty order was ye s t er day transmittal. to the Steam Reserve. office,Woolwich, reducing 0 e number of lads to be entered for the navy from 6 v , as at present, to 30 per week, until further orders. Her Majesty's steam vessel Rhadamanthut Master Commander Sturdee, having repaired damages, yesterday commenced shipping a hes/ cargo of steam gear in Woolwich basin for trans' port to Plymouth, for the screw steamship Gib' raltar, under construction at Devonport, and is t 0 sail on Friday. Two additional screw steam gunvessels, the,. Snipe and the Sparrow, of the ne w c l ass , built 0 Millwall, to carry five Armstrong guns each, wer e , yesterday hauled into basin at Wool w i c h to be paw forward for service. The hired transport Eleanor yesterday sailed front' Woolwich Arsenal, laden with materials, as already stated, for the construction of hospitals and hu h about to be erected at the Cape of Good Hope. 'lb:: Veuilia, with a similar cargo, will sail in a few_ days ; and the James A rms t rong, h av i ng b e e' taken up to complete the shipment, yesterday f commenced embarking the remainder, consisting e ` 850 tons. The Vigilant, 6, screw despatch vessel, at Porte' mouth, has commenced taking in her boilers and machinery in the steam basin preparatory to fitting, out for further service. The Prince of Wales, 131, screw, and the Princes ° Royal, 91, screw, in the steam basin of Portsmout h yard, have both had steam up to prove machinery' The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. John Se e ' combe, is coaling alongside the s ou th jetty o f Poeta' mouth dockyard for further troop service. The Dutch transport Heldin, Lieut. P. Tauten' hoofd, which put into the Motherbank a few dais since from Am s t er d am , sa il e d yesterday for the coast of Syria, with provisions and stores for the Dutch fleet. The following appointments were made yesterdal at the Admiralty :—Lie u t s . R. T. Cl ar k an d C. J' Vidal to the St. George • Lieut. F. Hammond, to the Centurion ; E. P. Bedwell, master additional , to the Plumper; H. G. Barlow, assistant paymaster, to be secretary's clerk in the Formidable ; and W' Nottidge, clerk, to the Cambridge. THE ARMY. The military invalids and other t roops b roug ht home from India in the Earl o f Balcarras, I,4°' tons, Capt. Morris, whose arri va l at Gravesend hue already been reported in The Sun, were landed at Custom-house-quay yesterday morning, under the direction of the Staff officers appointed to super• intend the disembarkation of troops arriving fro India. The Earl of Balcarras took her troops oil board at Bombay on the 15th of April last, Oa sailed on the 18th of the same month, reaching St' Helena on the sth •f July, and sailing thence three days after ; the entire passage to the Thames occupying 123 days, including detentions. A draught from the Ist battalion of the s t ll Fusileers, f rom t h e camp at Colchester, embarke d on Monday for India. The draught comprised Brevet-Major Arthur Scott, Lieut. G. A. Shegog/ Ensign W. C. Ormond, a n d 203 ran k an d f i le. We regret to announce the death of Col. Arthur John Reynell-Pack, C. 8., which took place on th e 17th inst. at Cork, after a few hours' illness, at the early age of 43. The deceased officer served in the Eastern campaign' from February, 1855, and We! present at the siege of Sebastopol with the 7t l) Fusileers, and was severely wounded when coax manding that regiment at the assault of the Red on the 18th of June, for which he received the med' and clasp, was created a C. 8., Knight of the Legion of Honour, and sth class of the Medjidie. His cony missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, Aug. 9s 1833 ; lieut., May 5, 1837 ; captain, June 23,1843; major, June 20, 1854 ; lieut.-colonel, June 19, 1855 ; and colonel, Aug. 16, 1858. He was the eldest soil of the late Major-G en . Si r D en i s Pack, K.C.8., and at the time of his death held the post of Assist: Quartermaster-General of the South - Western Dis trict of Ireland. ru. —F urther communi' THE RED SEA T E L E GItA cations from experienced sources tend to establish a con' viction that means should be taken to bring to light the n s?a. Telegraph . Two correspon' dentse t entire e have history f o f the Red u r n ishe dd details, accompani e d by d oc uments comp the contents of which wo uld be likely to increase the indir position of the public . to accept Mr. Glad s t one ' s sug geS' tion that they sh ould themselves to their los. money, of a million of a with the si mp l e ref l ect i on that the event is nothing but an accident which " has happened t ) , a wire at the bo t tom of the sea — no b o d y knows exac t ui where." It has been admitted that it will be the duty the G o verment to see that the com p any en f orce any rol e; dies they may possess against the contractors, an d g re • . advantage may res u lt to the public service if ' it should consequence be found necessary to bring the affair into th e law courts, where all the facts can be impartially extracte d Parliamentary or other committees aro of little use in mat ters of this kind, since a committee can generally be le. away from the true points which require investigation' The Galway inquiry, perhaps, from its political bearingt seemed to form au excep ti on ; b ut the fact that there Wa' no disp os iti on t owar d an equally searching process on t 9 Telegraph questio n h as b een d emonstrated from the rePetr,., on the subject, and th e li m it a ti on o f w i tnesses. The pu b , lication of the correspondence now rece i ve d wou ld ineraq lead to a lengthened c on t roversy, i n w hi c h victory inigh fall to the side most prepared fur hardihood of as sertion' Moreover, in its present sta ge th e mat t er i s sole l y f or Go vernment action. A milli on o f money h as b een l ost un dor their superintendence, an d a ll th a t th e pu b lic ask i s a pre_ _ else account. Waiving M r . Gl a d stone ' s attempt to pass th e matter off lightly, there is no reason to assume that they will refuse to afford it. M eanw hil e, ss regar d s t h e f u ture interests of telegraphic sci ence , it wou ld b o sa ti s f ac t or y t" the profession if they co u ld b o i n f orme d o f th e spec i a l qu ail , fications the Government exact from those to whom the o 1 defer for engineeri ng gu id ance i n th ese ma tt ers . Till, information can eas ily b e f urn i s h e d. It i s th oug ht that they havein their archives a report on an engineering pr°, jeer that resulted di las t rous l y t en years ago , which we; assist them on the point. That report w a s never published , but unless it has shared the fate of some of the Treasury contract records, and " cannot be found," its production to this moment will prove opportune,—Tiines. Th and e tion, ....--_, M! l will, joint exhit Vien Al the I also ' At Dock TI Yorl, accoi be x dates The inst. COlll Bang 3 per 3 per Ne w New Indit Di Di Excl Brae Clan RUE Tur - : Beli Dut