The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-10 00:00:00

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMEDY. THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; Or, Men of the Day. Supported by Messrs. Eme, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Mesdames Charles Young, W !ston, and Miss hate Saxon. To conclude with the New Farce, KICKS AND HALF PENCE. Messrs. Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY - MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, and Farren ; Mrs. C. Sinclair. After which, THE DAUGHTER .OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Nene. Followed by A WICKED WIFE. Miss Reynolds. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS, in which Bliss Swanborough, Miss Ternan, Mrs. Selby, Mess rs . C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke will make their appearance. Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Miss M. Oliver and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Miss E. Wilton. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— opEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company of Vocalists are engaged for the p er f ormance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mfrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Bad se y , S enor Ti ro li , Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 p!voisely. Suppers , & c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that in the month of October, A FINE ARTS GALLERY, now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con nexion with the above HalL THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'00. WAD, South-Westerly ; light and fine. A very important meeting of representatives from several leading railway companies was held yester day, at the Euston Hotel, in order to decide on the policy henceforward to be pursued in order to get rid of the internecine hostility occasionally mani fested, which must in the long run prove exceed ingly injurious to all parties concerned. We regret that we are unable to give an accurate report of the proceedings. Conscious of the great importance of the matters under discussion, not, merely to rail way shareholders but to the community at large, we caused a gentleman to attend from our office, but unfortunately it was decided not to admit the representatives of the Press. Unfortunately, we say, because we are convinced that truth would be greatly promoted by the publication of the debate, and of the reasons adduced by the different speakers for the views they respectively put forward. At present we are only enabled to give the reso lutions adopted by the delegates of 18 railway com panies, representing £150,000,000 of capital. They are, of course, the companies who have been engaged either as principals or auxiliaries in the recent con flict. The South-We ;tern, South-Eastern, and Eastern Counties, not being concerned, did not in terfere in the transaction ; although probably their directors, being free from bias or prejudice of any kind, would have made the best arbitrators on the various questions at issue. We therefore regret their absence, inasmuch as their participation must have lent great additional weight to the resolutions. As we recently pointed out, railways have been treated very unfairly by Parliament. Enormous preliniinary expenses were imposed that ren dered the outlay, even before the turning of the first sod, more than would have sufficed for the construction of the entire line in America or on the Continent. But this enormous and useless drain was not the only burden. Heavy taxation was imposed by the state, which, between the passengers'-tax, income-tax, and other exi gencies, although by no means equitable imposts, absorbed more than 10 per cent. of the real profits. While the parochial authorities went at the lines with an enthusiasm that showed how thoroughly they were prepared to avail themselves of the good pings placed within their reach, the fact that the value of property in these hungry puishes had been increased tenfold, and in many instances twentyfold, was totally disregarded by the railways. They went for all they could get, and it only remained with the companies to decide whether they should submit to the gross imposition, or adopt the more honourable, albeit the more expensive, course of plunging into a sea of litiga tion by appealing against the gross overcharge. But the evils occasioned on the part of the public to their great benefactors were, if possible, exceeded by those produced by the bad management of seve ral boards. Many were anxious to gain extraor dinary- advantages for themselves at the expense of their nefhbours, without thinking how those neighbours would resent the attempt, - and carry the contest int 6 21ieir own territories. The wars of the " Roses " scarce I.y - cost more than those of the " guag es ;" nor was ihe i e more enthusiasm dis played when the fate of neiu:ns was at stake than when the traffic between dil!fe:ent districts was contested by competing comp ;es. They could prolong the conflict as long as the pleased, for they had the money of the sharehold, iirs to play with. The resolutions carried at the meeting yes. + erdaY would go far to remedy this flagrant evil. illeY are to the following effect, viz.:— " 1: That the rates and fares on the several rail ways of the kingdom should be so fixed as to realise the largest amount of nett profits, due regard being had to the interests of the public. " 2. That - where any two or more companies in terested m any particular traffic fail to agree among themselves as to the rates and fares to be charged, the points in dispute shall be referred to arbitra tion. " 3. That where two or more routes exist between any two points, the rates, fares, and charges b e tweenmue i h points shall be equal. "4. That this meeting strongly recommends the settlement of all differences between railway com panies byarbitration,• instead of by recourse to law, or to exeessisvoeugahntd for competition, and that Towers be ensuing session, to enable any le from Parliament, in the two or more railway companies to settle all s a l stoing assenting consisting by arbitration. " 6. That a committee, of the chairmen (or ,other directors) of the i with the addition of the companies, Right lion. J. Parker, Mr. l e o e f m Liverpool, the Wilson, be now appointed to prepare a a n bill an f a Mr. seutation to Parliament, with power to add to their pre their number, and to appoint an executive sub-com mittee." The great principle enunciated in the foregoing resolutions is, that questions that must constantly arise between neighbouring companies should b e settled by the friendly int ervention of Others who before are not interested in the m atter at issue, . -they enter into a reckless course of competition, -iliat insist inevitably prove ruinous to both. If adopted,. it will prove very beneficial to all; and we have nO doubt that the Legislature will be ready to give erect to the wishes of so many influential parties, wien clearly and intelligibly It is surely time that we should hear the last at last about the settlement of the Danubian Princi palities. According to the latest accounts received from that quarter of the globe, we are informed that " Prince GIIIKA was continuing to exert all hiS influence to obtain the post of Hospodar," with the supplementary intimation that " the electoral struggle bids fair to be very sharp in Wallachia." It is such an uncommonly old story, all this, that we have come at length to be heartily sick of it. The flavour of intelligence of this kind really palls upon the appetite. It has become, long since— stale, flat, and unprofitable. It is not simply vapid—it is vapidity. It has not the ghost of a relish about it any longer. Bucharest, Jassy, Wal lachia, Moldavia, Hospodars, Boyards—all these are names that have grown to be a nuisance —hores that have expanded into absolute abominations. We are jaded to death with the old, old rigmarole—reasoning about which is so tormentingly interminable, that it ob viously must be by necessity " reasoning in a circle" —for we certainly never do get to the end of it. The situation is everlastingly the same—we plod round and round the mill-wheel of diplomacy with out getting any 'further advanced than the Green wich Pensioner who trudged all night without moving an inch on his way homewards, simply by reason of his having got the point of his wooden leg- into a plughole. Here has a commission been sitting for months in the French capital, for the ex press purpose of bringing this very difficulty to an end--and lo ! just upon the strike of what every body fancied must be the twelfth hour, there comes a tormenting indication that we have . actually as yet barely commenced. " The electoral struggle bids fair to be very sharp in Wallachia." " Prince GHIEZA was continuing to exert all his influence to obtain the post of Hospodar"—and so on—and so on—really the News from those particular banks of the Danube might be stereotyped, it is so ,Perpetually the same, identically the same to-day as it was yesterday. There is teach" monotonous uniformity about it. Mold.o-Wallachia—like Man—" never is, but always to be blessed." So invariably, indeed, that one might.; conjecture, as poor JOE did in Bleak House, in ref; .ard to the city graveyard, that it must posi tively.--" have been tothered ! " Never was such a political quandary—not even that old puzzling botivoration about the Bund—nay, actually, for . that :matter, not even that irritating enigma, or, as the Yankees would call it, fix, further north yoni3 er, in regard to Schleswig-Holstein. In refe rent s 3 to those problems, we do occasionally—thanks be to Heaven—have a lull for the time being. But with, the Danubian Principalities —never. It is one eternal babble about Boyards and Hospodars, Jassy and Bucharest, Moldavia and Wallachia, from Jana .ary to June, from June to January. P r i nce Gin KA, in fact, is always trying hard to be made Ho s] mdar. The electoral struggle in his neighbour hoed is always bidding fair to be very sharp indeed. We 4 mly wish it would " look" sharp—and that we conld contrive at last to learn, Yes or No, whether Prim ce GruKA's hopes in this matter have or have not 'been realised. He must surely be some human im tnertal under an assumed name—Ahasuerus, or a lirosicrucian. There he is, through all the viscissi tufi .es of events and fortune—immoveable, unchange aKe—always looking for that electoral struggle thr . t never comes, hoping even against hope to be ma de one of these days Hospodar. His tempera mc nt must certainly be one of the most sanguine cv er vouchsafed to man—as buoyant and elastic as (n , en Mr. MICAWBER'S—under the vague chance (when :or how is quite another consideration) of something " turning up" in his favour ultimately. All this may be a very amusing pastime to him and ) his fellow-countrymen, but to us, mere spectators 1 tom a distance, it has long since, wo repeat, come to I)e simply intolerable. We are sick to death of it. "We want to hear the last of it. We want to know au ,t the entire question about this double princi tality on the banks of the Danube is settled somehow, a anyhow. e don't want everlastingly to be told by lightning flashes all the way across Europe tirrough the electric telegraph—that the electoral struggle in Wallachia is going to begin, and that Prince GUIKA [couldn't we get two medical certi- fie ates and lock him up somewhere ?] hopes to be Hospodar. Sir JOSEPH SAWLE GRAVES SAWLE, Bart., is a name probably known as little to the majority of our readers as it was to us till a few days ago. ;Still less was the name of MARY TRELEAVEN, widow of a worthy farmer and miller, and one of the tenants of the Baronet with a quadruple name. And, but for a battle in the County Court, at St. Austell, East Cornwall, between the widow and the Baronet, and a well-deserved victory on the art of the widow, we should never have heard of these now famous combatants ; and, but for the East Cornwall polling-book, and for the want of the Ballot, the Baronet would have fought no battle, and the widow would not have known, as POMPEY said of CICERO'S great feat, where she might triumph. Well, then, be it known to our readers, if they know it not, that THOMAS JAMES AGAR ROBARTES, Esq., is one of the members for East Cornwall— they ought to know this, for Mr. ROBARTES has voted for the Ballot and against Church-rates, and, therefore, is a first-rate county member. He ought to be member for East Cornwall—no doubt of that ; and every East Cornish patriot ought, therefore, to use his vote and influence to return such a member as Mr. ROBARTES---his fair influ ence, we mean, but many of us think that ten per cent. off rent is not exactly fair influence. Very powerful influence we may be sure, but still no true Liberal will deny that it is of the wrong sort, Now, the question which a Cornish jury in the County Court had to solve was just this—whether 1 the Baronet of the long name did use this influence ',or not ; whether he did promise the widow's hus band, THOMAS TRELEAVEN, ten per cent. reduction Crom his rent if he and his father, JOSEPH TRE -I:ELVEN, would vote for Mr. ROBARTES. Not, let t st io r ealer remember, that this was a gift of ten pouncti a-year or so, pure et simple, as other iplomatistg lately phrased it. There was a pre v ions " ought" in the matter. Mr. ROBARTES, and suppose, other landlords, had already taken off ten per cent., for it was the time of " distressed agri , tulturiste in 1852 ; and the TRELEAVENS promised tl rat, if their landlord would do what lie ought, as other landlords did, they, the TRELEAVENS, would c r o -what they ought, and vote for the Liberal Mem bi 3r and their landlord's candidate. And, then, another thing, the TRELEAVENS, as distressed agri ulturists, were minded to vote for the Protectionist member, and they surely deserved to see their dis t VOSS alleviated either by the election of a Protec tionist, or by the bird-in-the-hand of ten per cent. Qum cam ita sint—as the baronet seems to have said t a himself—th e ptean: of per t edit. o they - must have. Still, the law s against bribery, meant to be evaded by :tolftetirhemAaketerso,f must,course,liamtit be evaded ; the intent e n certainly , a b n e a h o i i v e e d did a jury thu baronet and a magistrate ogmi. , carry it out, at least, so th e , em pathised with the baronet in his iapvh,s t, and n e sy wthings which led him to swear to some six or seven mo cei in in the lump, nearly all of which he recanted detail. It seems that on the very eve of the elec tion he employed another of his, tenants—a Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS to canvas the TRELEAVEN& r.ithe TItELEATENS w ere firm. Ten per cent. o , E', or two votes would , be lost t T;OBARTES, perhaps given to KENDALI , No abatement of terms could be procured. " Per haps you had bettei," said the agent, " send for the two men"—" Oh," replied Sir JOSEPH, "I can't do that—l shall be brought up for bribery." Bribery, of course, there was not the slightest objection to, but only " being brought up for it." Like steal ing among the old Spartans the thing was all right enough, the being caught was the 'only fault; and a great fault indeed, it was under the Act of Par liament, designed to sharpen the wits of bribers, not to destroy their trade. A county Baronet must be a much greater blockhead to be caught bribing, than a Spartan to be caught stealing ; he would deserve to be brought up and made an example of, as a witless landlord. However, it seems, in parallelism with another (if it be another) well-known case, when bribers and bribed fall out, truth, at least, gets its own. Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS was guilty of rabbit shoot ing, and on Mrs. TRELEAVAN'S occupation ; the Baronet summons the rabbit shooter ; the widow attends and gives evidence that she invited the rabbit killer ; the case fell through ; the magis trates dismissed it. This was on the 28th of May— on the 29th the baronet distrained on Mrs. TRE LEAVEN'S property for £llB, of which £56 was for rent, due only at Lady-day (and Mrs. TRELEAVEN had always before paid her rent yearly) and £62' for arrears. Now, it was proved to the satisfaction of the Jury and the Court that from the year after the election the rent had always been paid with the ten per cent. deduction. The very clerk who kept the account was summoned by the baronet to prove that the reduction began before the election, and was meant for a short time only ; but the ledger itself proved that the reduction commenced the year after the election, that is, in 1853, and con tinued till the very last year. The widow could justly demand £6B 18s. which she had once paid, and the costs, but she brought her action of " excessive distress," for £5O only, because of the present absurd limitation of the County Court juris diction to that amount. The evidence of the widow' of WILLIAM THOMAS, the landlord's bribing agent' of the clerk called by the landlord, and of the brother of the widow, who had paid the rent for the widow, was conclusive. To rebut this evidence there was literally nothing but the oath of Sir JOSEPH SAS LE GRAVES SAWLE, Baronet and Magistrate, that " what Mr. THOMAS had sworn to was all false—wholly false. He had never made the promise ; THOMAS never referred to the bargain or promise after 1852," and so forth. Yet on cross-examination he admitted almost every thing THOMAS had sworn to—others he could not recollect—it might be so or not—he could not say whether he had had a conversation in that room with THOMAS about the vote or not ; nor, though he could recollect so accurately particulars about the election six years ago, could he recollect par ticulars, not convenient to his ease, about the distress for rent only three months since ! The Judge, in summing up, expressed his doubts as to " the probability of a gentleman, in Sir JOSEPH'S position—a Baronet, and an enlightened magistrate of the county, putting himself in the power of his tenant THOMAS to make such disclo sures," but he was compelled to state that in the conflict of evidence the tenant had given his evi dence more clearly than the landlord. The jury ,to a verdict for the widow, added their belief that the baronet and magistrate, and gentleman " had made the promise, but that his memory had failed him." We are sure, after this lesson, that the baronet and magistrate is an ardent friend to the Ballot, if he were not before. Had secret voting but been the law of the land in 1852, Sir JOSEPH'S memory would not have been at fault about promises to tenants, and tenants would not have adjusted votes to rents. We should probably never have heard or written a word about Sir JOSEPH, and the non mi ricordo landlord would have vegetated and been gathered to his fathers in East Cornwall, unnoticed by the press—the metropolitan press at least. We need not point the tale with a moral about the Ballot. Lord J. RUSSELL and Lord BROUGHAM, too, arc very much concerned lest it should teach the intimidated tenant to lie. We have it on the verdict of a jury that the want of the Ballot has led a baronet, landlord, and magistrate to swear to un truths through failure of landlord memory. LATEST NEWS. THE LORD CHANCELLOR IN CHELTENHAM.—*- Lord and Lady Chelmsford, with the Hon. Captain Thesiger, and the Hon. Miss Thesiger, arrived in Cheltenham on Saturday last from Malvern, on a visit to Lord de Saumarez, at Montpellier Lodge. On Tuesday he lunched at Southam, the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Ellenborough, and in a few days will, we understand, proceed to London to take leave of his son, an officer in the Enniskillen Dragoons, who is about to start for India.--Cheltenham Examiner. NEW AUSTRIAN LOAN. VIENNA, SEPT. 9. A new loan is spoken of as about to be raised by the Austrian Government. The house of Roths child, it is said, are to be the contractors. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says :—Prince Napoleon has obtained in favour of Algeria the application of a principle which, joined to the limitation of military powers already de creed, will exercise a favourable influence on the Government. All the ports of the coast are to be declared entirely free. The Prince-Minister ap pears not to have succeeded in his liberal and intel ligent views without a conflict with the Minister of Finance and the Board of Customs, whose views are protectionist." The Siecle, after publishing the fresh circular of M. Leon Chevreau, the Prefect of the Sarthe, appends to it the following remark :—" We are perhaps mistaken, but it appears to us that this circular differs radically from the former one, which had justly awakened the susceptibilities of all the friends of liberty of conscience." ~ The Moniteur publishes the following monthly debtor and creditor account of the bank of France, made up to Thursday. The corresponding figures of last month are added : DEBTOR. Miss Burdett Coutts and Lord and Lady Sinclair are among the visitors at the favourite northern watering place, Blackpool. Sept. Aug. P. C. P. C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New p r ofits in addition toqapi- tal (Art. 8, Law of 'line 9, 1857) 1,513,467 77 '1,573,467 77 Reserve of the Bank 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 New Reserve Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Notes in circulation 645,329,125 0 636,640,075 0 Bank-notes to order 6,041,667 94 5,714,790 40 Receipts payable at sight 6,376,565 0 6,426,004 0 Treasury account current credit - or Sundry accounts current 156,658,262 21 150,279,600 2 Ditto with branch banks 31,441,166 0 34,535,894 0 Dividends payable. 4007,143 25 1,617,32.5 25 Discts. sundry interests 1,607,255 55 1,728,457 45 Commission on deposits 3,991,702 21 2,776,236 19 Re-discounted the last six months Surplus of paid-up bills 19,397 80 15,759 0 Sundries Total 1,199,924,587 39 1,183,996,993 93 CREDITOR. Sept. Aug. F. C. F. C. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks, 336,469,295 0 296,576,123 0 Commercial bills overdue. 309,178 38 398,299 18 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 170,592,694 39 181,101,992 66 Do. in the branch banks Advanced on deposit of bullion. Do. by the branch banks Do. on French public secu rities Do. by the branch banks 8,984,950 0 9,202,650 0 Do. on railway securities 40,890,308 0 39,823,100 0 Do. by the branch banks 20,204,204 0 20,155,004 0 Do .on Cr&lit Foncier Scrip 470,000 0 369,800 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 138,100 0 133,200 0 Do. to the State on agree ment of June 30, 1848 45,000,000 0 45,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable New shares, not settled Hotel and /urn. of Bank Landed property of branch banks 6,377,922 0 6,276,595 0 Expenses of management 840,415 23 533,935 66 Sundries 1,037,300 0 1,007,300 0 1,654,800 0 1,504,400 0 Total 1,199,924, 58 7 39 1,183,996,993 93 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. DE GERMINY. BOURSE, Sept. 9.—The market has been flat in Rente, but railway shares have been firm. Threes have been done at 72fr. 25c. and 72fr. 30e. ; Mobi lier varied from 875 fr. to 882 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,390 fr. ; Lyons, 830 fr. to 842 fr. 50c.; Eastern, 740 fr. to 745 fr. ; Northern, 950 fr. to 962 fr. 50c.; and Southern, 5951 r. to 5921 r. 50c. At half-past three the following were the quota tions : 41 per Cents. .... 96 Credit Foncier 660 Do. end month .. —.— Belgian 41 lOO 25 3 per Cents. 72 25 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 72 45 Roman 92 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier .. 890 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 890 Home Debt 4O STEAM VESSELS.—A return moved for by Mr. Baring, M.P., gives a list of 1,785 steam vessels, of 408,702 tons, as registered in the United Kingdom on or before New Year's-day, 1858. Full particulars of the dimensions and power of each vessel are given. • The Manchester Guardian announces the sus pension of the firm of Pardoe, Hoomans, and Co., carpet manufacturers, of Kidderminster, with liabilities reported at £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO. The assets, consisting of trade buildings, plant, &c., are stated to be large. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IRONSTONE.--There is more ironstone now being sent out of this county than was ever previously known, and this fact seems to indicate an im provement in the iron trade. Large quantities of stone are daily being sent from the Gayton Stone Works to Wales and Staffordshire, and it seems somewhat singular that just as the mineral treasures of Staffordshire are showing indi cations of exhaustion this immense tract of ironstone in Northamptonshire is being developed. We are informed that the finest description of pig iron is made from this ore. CITY OF LONDON TRADESMEN'S SOCIETY.-011 Thursday evening this society held its annual festival at the Royal Pavilion Hotel, North Woolwich, Mr. Dearsly in the chair. Afte r the usual loyal toasts, Mr. Beard, in an appropriate speech, proposed the health of the chairman, who, in his reply, briefly adverted to the prosperous condi tion of the society. The health of the visitors was then proposed, and responded to by Mr. Beard. The com pany was numerous and the dinner super-excellent, and the vocal portion of the entertainment—supplied by Messrs. Gower, Williams, Mackney, a n d Hit c hfi e l u —b y no means . inferior to the general goodness of the arrangements. The company, which was numerous, broke up at a late hour. OBSTRUCTION ON A RAILWAY.—On the 31st ult. two pieces of timber and an iron bar were found placed across the rails on the Oxfoid, Worcester, and Wolver hampton line, near Evesham. They were evidently pl ace d there for the purpose of throwing the train off the rails. We (Worcestershire Chronicle) hope the dastardly ruffians will be caught and severely punished. We understand a large reward is offered for their apprehension. THE LlON.—Gerard, the lion-killer, in an article in the Journal des Chasseurs, calculates that there are now 60 lions in the subdivision of Bona, in Algeria, and that from 1856 to 1857 the number of oxen and sheep destroyed by them was about 10,000. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. — Her Majesty's the Eim 9th.gra ti in 'o s n t., C t o h m e m p i a s p si h o n n e ers , 75 c 0 h t aLe , re t d o 3 sa T i s l ted a fi r .om ay so fte uth ni a o in o p n . , NreeawdySofuorththNeVarlecese,patiton£lo4f9psa. s6dge.npegerrsstoan ttuontefaodrulSyt,dntoeY'be such day as the commissioners may fix between the 18th and 25th of October. They have also given notice of their intention to receive orders next Thursday, the 16th inst., for a ship to proceed to Adelaide, South Australia, to be ready to sail any day between the 24th and 30th of October. THE BLUECOAT BOYS DRILLED.—A conside rable number of the scholars under tuition at Christ's Hos pital, near Newgate-street, were subjected yesterday to the exercise of "drill" under the direction and instruction of a celebrated Crimean non-commissioned officer, specially selected for that purpose by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, president of the establishment. The boys showed great aptitude in their attempts at marching, coun termarching, slow and quick step, and other military evolutions, though it was quite evident that they were much retarded in their evolutions by their clumsily-formed and heavy shoes, which still bear the uncouth form of the time of Edward VI., while the yellow petticoat and the blue overcoat of the same period, still worn by them, proved to be so inconvenient that they were obliged to fasten up these out-of-date gar ments before they could commence their exercises. There is no doubt, if these "drills" continue, that an undress suit witness the tit for the purpose must be provided, or the cut of the node a h l inml scohtuNomh, ifseneematiithisdililsloueyt fhelectvefha tabenttoeebra boards departmentsodi n:s . :an Se- h e iru hundreds, 1 dtrileiaeddsi,secpshe peeping lienrt to Boys in facing novel frGni new buttl s v p e u r xi ne -street, e s e t ir r se e i st e t t ;. present r t rr T ee , s° e unt o h much lu w it t h i t o e ;round in Christ's Hospital, Novgate-street. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1858. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. The Royal mail steamer Teviot, Capt. Woolward, has arrived. She left Alexandria August 26, and Malta the 30th. She had to stop three hours off Cape Trafalgar to repair engines. She experienced fine weather up to Cape St. Vincent, where she en countered a dense fog, and stopped one hour. Fresh breeze to Lisbon, and then stopped five hours by another thick fog ; thence to Finisterre, strong head winds ; across the Bay, fresh northerly winds with heavy north-westerly swell. The Teviot brings 56 passengers, including Captain Plunket, stipendiary magistrate, Captain Dye, Captain Simons, Dr. Hasch, from Sydney, Dr. and Mrs. Wilson, from Melbourne. She has £51,900 in specie, plate, and jewellery value £1,370, 528 packages of gum, and 23 bags of elephants' tusks, 30 bales of flax, and sundries. Passed the British brigThessalia, off Pantellaria, on the 31st ult., steering westward; the screw steamer African, off Galita, on the Ist inst. steering eastward ; the British brig Asia, off Gibraltar ; on the 4th, steering westward, an English screw steamer, showing 3d distinguishing pennant and 2,714, of Cape Trafalgar, on the 4th, steering east ward. The mails, consisting of nearly 400 boxes, were in charge of Mr. Nash, of the General Post-office, by whom, with an assistant, the whole were sorted on board. In consequence of the hour at which the Teviot arrived, the correspondence from the west of England will be despatched direct for this place at 11.30 p.m., instead of going to London, thus affording another satisfactory evidence of the saving there is effected in the delivery of letters by this new scheme. The letters for the North of England will be sent by early train, at 6 a.m., and the London portion of the mails being sorted to postal districts will in no way interfere with the general delivery in the metropolis. The success of the plan is thus clearly proved, and it might be advantageously fol lowed on other ocean mail routes, where the close arrivals of steamers to their sailings render it de sirable that every means should be taken to secure an answer by the return mails. • 4 - - A, --- • 4, \ :4'S ' i. * orr - , 1) 1 Z V 9' IN. • THE SUN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1858. RAILWAYS. Cash. . Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean B4O .. 842 50 New ditto Geneva 627 50 .. 640 Midi 585 592 50 Western 640 637 50 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian Austrian 6BB 75 .. 690 -- The Russian Government has appointed Baron Nicolai, formerly Councillor of Legation at Berlin and London, Minister to the Swiss Confederation, sakdi, Minister in Switzerland, t, Cassel, an d Wi es b a d en . It a N n li d nis M te . r d at e D L a a nn be s n t has also sent M. Balabine, Councillor of Legation at Paris, on a private mission to the Emperor of Austria. The Archduke Leopold of Austria arrived at Berlin on the 4th, and was received at the rail way station by the Princes Albert and Frederic Charles, and was conducted by them to the palace. The next morning the Archduke went to Sans Souci to visit the King and returned in the afternoon. In the evening ha dined at the Chateau de Schenhausen, the present re sidence of the Prince and Princess Frederic William, where were also present the Prince of Prussia and the other members of the royal family, as well as the Saxon and Hanoverian Ge nerals, who are inspecting the Federal troops. " Four notable personages in their respective positions," says a letter' from Geneva, " were re cently staying at the Hotel de Bergues, in this place ; the King of the Belgians, General Changar nier, M. Barmann, ex-Minister in Switzerland, and M. Stcemplli, President of the Swiss Confedera tion." A letter from Berne of the 6th states . that the Canonical Council of ,State of Ticino, which is the executive authority, has decided that it will not only refuse the placet to the new Lombard Bishop for any act of authority in the canton, but will not even grant him permission to make a simple pas toral visit within its territory, and will even em ploy forcible measures to prevent him from doing so. This decision has been approved of by the Federal Council. As far back as the 9th June, the Grand Council of the canton recommended the energetic measures that have been taken in order to triumph over the hostility of the Holy See, but, as negotiations were then pending, it was not considered expedient to act on the recommenda tion. The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains a tele graphic despatch from Ferrol, of the preceding day, stating that the Queen and King had reviewed the fleet assembled there, and ,had breakfasted on board the Rey Francisco, ship of the line. The other journals contain no political news. The statues of Montaigne and Montesquieu were inaugurated on Mondaybst at Bordeaux. The mayor and municipal authorities of the city, the prefect of the depart ment, the councillors of the prefecture, a number of the members of the Academy of Bordeaux, and a large con course of people, were present at the ceremony. The mayor and the prefect delivered addresses suitable to the occasion. CITY AND METROPOLITAN PAVEMENT.—SeveraI important thoroughfares have, during the last few weeks. been relaid by the paving contractors. Mr. Chadwick, the City pavior, has paved the whole of the spacious line of Far ringdon-street, from Fleet-street to the bottom of Holborn hill, with carefully-dressed granite cubes, it being twenty eight years since the oziginal blocks were laid by the same contractor. Adelaide-place, and the approaches to London bridge have also been relaid. Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, the paviors to the Strand board, have also in hand that portion of the Strand between the churches of St Clement Danes and St. Mary-le-Strand ; •and Mr. Stephen Carey, of Clink Wharf, Bankside ' under the direction of the Commissioners of Pavements for the Westminster division, is now engaged in laying down a novel description of pavement in the car riage-way a:ong Regent-street and the Quadrant. Several minor works are also in 1 rostws throughout the mob o, oils. THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Captain H. W. Powell, bringing the heavy portion of the mails from Bombay, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Her dates are :—Alexandria, Aug. 26 ; Malta, 30 ; and Gibraltar, Sept. 4. On the homeward passage from Gibraltar she has had fogs, followed by a strong head wind up the coast, and north-west winds across the Bay. The Ripon brings 25 passengers (14 first-class, 10 second, and 1 deck) ; and a cargo comprising 159 bales of silk, 15 bales of flax, 13 cases of shawls, 139 packages of elephants' teeth, and 69 packages of general merchandise. Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal was off Alex andria, and the Marlborough, Centurion, and Con queror cruising off Malta. The Turkish sailing line-of-battle ship Shadie, Captain Moodsafa Bey, 30 days from Constantinople, and 22 from Gallipoli, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst., and saluted the garrison at 10.30 a.m. She is reported to be on her way to Plymouth, for the purpose of being converted into a screw steamer. After taking in fresh water and provisions she was to resume her voyage. The Alhambra steamer, Captain Steward, with the mails from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d. The detachment of 70 men of the 25th, under command of Ensign Legh, landed the same afternoon, and joined the head-quarters at Wind mill-hill Barracks. The Government steam-tug Redpole returned to Gibraltar on the morning of the 3d, after towing the Colombo to Vigo. The Lizzie Lee, from Cardiff, with coals for Gib raltar, arrived on the 3d. The Flora and the Tonia, from Alexandria, with beans for Cork, arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 4th. A letter from our Gibraltar correspondent, dated 11 a.m. on the 4th, says : "The 48th Regiment, under orders for India, via the overland route, have been medically inspected. Every preparation is now making to start about the 15th inst., when the second battalion Bth Foot is expected from Dublin to relieve them. The invalids, women, and children of the 48th have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed. to England in her Majesty's troop ship Persever ance, expected from Corfu in about 10 or 12 days. Colonel Riky, who commands the 48th, expects a reinforcement from the depot, under the command of Major Chapman, who only a fortnight ago pro ceeded. to England on leave. ' " The Turkish liner Shadie is still in harbour, and expects to start soon for England." On the 4th the Ripon passed the Royal mail steamer Teviot, homeward bound, with the Austra lian mails and passengers ; 6th, at midnight, passed a steamer bound to the southward, about 25 miles south of Cape Finisterre ; Bth, at 7 p.m., passed the Tagus steamer, with the outward Peninsular mails. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 9. The steamer City of Washington arrived this evening from New York with the United States' mails of the 28th ult., and 92,463 dols. specie. The steamer Alps, hence, had arrived at New York, and the steamer Edinburgh, from Glasgow, was passed going in, The political news is devoid of interest. The Common Council of New York intend cele brating the successful laying of the Atlantic cable on the Ist of September. According to the papers " it promises to be the most magnificent display the world ever beheld." Captain Dayman, of the Gorgon, and other British naval officers have accepted invitations to attend. The living ex-Presidents are to be invited ; the public and private places of business are to be closed; the shipping and public buildings were also requested to be dressed and have flags flying. ' The first general news despatch by the Atlantic cable reached New York on the 26th ult. It em ' braced the late important news from China, and gave great satisfaction. The steamer Moses Taylor had arrived at New York, with California dates to Aug. 5, and nearly a million and a half dollar: in gold. Notwithstand ing the great rush of miners to Fraser River, the yield of the Californian placers during the present year is in excess of that of the year previous. There was a better demand for goods in the San Francisco markets, but no change of moment as regards prices. The Californians were in the height of an intense excitement, a split having occurred among the democrats. The feud was very warm, and w as daily increasing in bitterness. The news from Fraser River is interesting. Another shipment of 50,000 dols. in gold from the new diggings had reached San Francisco. The tide of emigration to the northward had, however, been partially checked by the discouraging reports cir culated by the disappointed gold-hunters. During the fortnight preceding the sth inst. 12,000 per sons had taken passage for Victoria, while 2,000 had returned from the same point. Oregon was organised as a new State of the confederacy < the news of the failure of Congress to admit her into the Union not having reached that remote region. All the territorial officers had re linquished their posts and the State officers were in the complete exercise of administrative functions. New demonstrations had been made by the hostile Indians in Washington territory. It was supposed, however, that they were concentrating their forces preparatory to a war with the Govern ment troops. The Utah mail describes that all was quiet at Salt Lake City. From Central America we have news dated in Guatemala on 28th, and San Salvador the 31st of July, with reports from Nicaragua of the Ist and Costa Rica the 3d of August. Hon. Mr. Clarke, United States Minister in Guatemala, maintained a friendly footing with the President. Colonel Knorth, of the Guatemala army, had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for having ordered the shooting of Cris Lilly, at one time a noted pugilist of New York, but who at the time of his murder was in command of a trading vessel on the Central American Coast. Nicaragua was still in dread of another Walker nvasion. Trade was very dull in Costa Rica. From the South Pacific ports the news is unim portant. A fearful election struggle for the office of President was looked for in Peru. The United States brig Dolphin captured a vessel with 318:Africans on board, on the 21st instant, off the coast of Cuba. The prize was ordered to Charlestown. The steamer Oregon, from San Francisco for Victoria, Vancouver's Island, struck on a reef, but afterwards got off uninjured. During the confusion some of the passengers jumped overboard, and six Were drowned. . Letters from Mexico state that there was a rapid concentration and advance of the Northern forces, under the command of Vidaurri and General Mira mou, for the purp o s e of attacking the cities of Mexico, Tampico, &c. Alarming accounts of the prevalence of yellow fever at New Orleans and Charleston continue to be received, the deaths at the former city on the 25th being 60. The New York commercial advices described the stock-market as being firm, with considerable acti vity. For the New Government Five per Cent. there was a steady demand for investment, at 1038 to 1 . Railway shares had slightly advanced in value. The money market was steady, with an in creased demand at the bantik, but there was no im portant change in the rates. In exchange only a small business was done, and prices remained as last quoted. C o tt on was firm, at 124 c. for middling Uplands. Wheat and flour were dull. Indian corn was more freely offered, and prices favoured buyers. Provisions were in fair demand, and pork was dearer. Sugar and molasses were inactive. Scotch pig iron had changed hands at 22 dols. 50c. to 23 dols. 50c., six months. Freights continued dull and engagements light. Other branches of trade exhibited no alteration of moment. At New Orleans, August 26, cotton was inactive at 111 c. for old and 11,1 c. for new. Flour was firm at 5 dol. 25c. for superfine. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The City of Washington passed a ship, supposed to be a steamer, on the 29th ; on the 30th a French bark, steering west ;. on the Ist inst., the Margarette, bound west ; on the 7th passed a large black boat, bottom up. The Alps screw steamer, R. Robinson, Esther C. Barney, and Henry Clay, hence, and Currituck, from Havre, have arrived at New York. The Pocahontas, from Matanzas, has arrived at Philadelphia ; Capt. Buckley and two of the crew died of yellow fever, and the first and second mates in the hospital at Matanzas. The Shawmut, hence, has arrived at Boston. The Toulon, from Genoa, and New York, have arrived at New Orleans ; the Langgarten (Prussian ship), from Trini dad de Cuba for London, with sugar, &c., went ashore on Alligator Reef, being short-handed, seven of her crew having died ; she was boarded by wreckers, hauled off the reef, and put into Key West. The Otseonthe (British ship) has been raised, and discharged her cargo at Key West. The Sandusky, hence, for New York, was spoken on the 24th of July in lat. 14 N., long. 28 W. The Walton, from Havannah for Falmouth, had arrived at Key West, after being ashore on Carysfort Reef. The Rapid and the Beau Monde, hence, had arrived at San Francisco. The United was spoken, May 12, in lat. 50 S., long. 35 W., bound for Sunderland. The Lallah Rookh and the Char lotte Reed, from Bordeaux, had arrived at New Orleans. LAW INTELLIGEINTE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) IN RE SCHEARMAN. This bankrupt was described as of Newgate-street, music-seller and publisher, and to-day came up to pass his last examination on accounts prepared by Messtv. Paul and Turner, showing a surplus of £2,662 in January, 1857. He now owes to creditors £2,800, and to others holding security, £566, against which he sets. down as assets, good debts, £lBl ; doubtful 154 property given up, £448 ; property in the hands of creditors, £154. The trade expenses had been £1,350 and the losses severe, about £3,100 having been:expended in carrying out a patent for printing music. It was believed that the patent was of value, and his honour assented to a proposition that the assignees should carry out the patent for the benefit of the creditors. The bankrupt passed. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) GROSS IMPUDENCE TO A,JUDGE.--HOLLINGSWORTH V. BAKER. This was an action brought to recover the sum of £2 Bs. for rent. Defendant's wife, a poor creature, in a most deplorable condition, told a tale of great distress, and de clared that she was in a state of dreadful need. In fact, the very child she bore in her arms was born in the work house. Plaintiff said that the poor woman was very industrious, but the husband an idle, lazy fellow, who was always hanging about a public-house with a pipe in his mouth. The Wife—lt's false (with tears in her eyes)—he has had no work for six months, and whenever he had a job I've called and paid plaintiff something. I'll try and pay 4s. per month. Plaintiff—Nonsense ; 14s. a month they can well pay. His Honour—l can't hear any more ; 4s. per month. Plaintiff—Then I call that very unjust. (Leaving the box) :—Twelve months to pay £2 Bs. I it's very unjust. His Honour—l am surprised to hear such an observation . from a person in your position. It is quite bad enough for me to have to put up with insolence and impudence from ignorant and uneducated persons. If you are not very careful I'll commit you. (Some person in court, "Oh, oh.") You see that this poor woman is in great distress, and yet you find fault with my judgment. I am quite tired of getting money from those persons who are in such distress. I have to decide, and any person of feeling must sympathise with that poor woman. You may be in the same position yourself some day, and then you will feel for others. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.(aMs'Day.) MANSION HOUSE. THE CATTLE-DRIVING N13184.1..7 cE.—This morning Mr. Anderton, a member of the Common Council, attended at the Mansion House to complain of the reckless manner in which cattle are now driven through the principal thorough fares of the metropolis. He said—My Lord Mayor, I have a complaint to make to your lordship about the way in which bulls are driven about the city. This morning three were driven into my house in New Bridge-street. The Lord Mayor—Three bulls driven into your house ? Mr. Anderton—Yes, my lord. They broke three squares of glass and broke open the door. I have been to the Market Committee, and they informed me they were pre paring a report on the nuisance, which they intended to bring before your lordship, as chief magistrate of the city, when completed. Really the driving of bulls through New Bridge-street has arrived at such a frightful state that I have felt it my duty to make you acquainted with the evil. After the cattle had been expelled from my house I at tempted to find a policeman—(laughter)-Lbut was not suc cessful until I got to Blackfriars-bridge. Since the esta blishment of the new market at Copenhagen-fields the nuisance has increased enormously. It used to be bad enough when the old market was in existence, but now it is ten times worse. I understand the bulls were driven into my house to prevent them running over an old woman. Lord Mayor—l am very sorry I can do nothing in the matter until I get the report from the committee. Mr. Anderton—Then in case I losse my life by one of these infuriated animals, are my representatives to look to your lordship for compensation ? (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l should be very sorry to have to give compensation for the loss of so valuable a life. I can at pre sent only say I am sorry for the inconvenience. Mr. Anderton—ls that all lam to get? (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—You can summon the driver, and then yon will get at the owner of the cattle. He is liable for any damage done by them. Mr. Andertou—l am obliged to your lordship for your advice. I have thought it my duty to make this complaint. Really, something ought to be done, and that speedily, to put an end to such a state of things. At present neither life nor property is safe. Every market day the greatest alarm is created by droves of bulls making their appear ance. It was bad enough in the old time, but now it is a. hundred times worse. The Lord Mayor—You may depend that as soon as I get the report I will act on it. Mr. Anderton having again thanked his lordship, they left the justice room. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DESPERATE WOMAN.--Maria Mack, a big, coarse featured woman, whose appearance betokened a long career of dissipation, was charged before Mr. Beadon under the following circumstances : Edward Shenston, shopman. to Mr. Aldridge, archery warehouse, 126, Oxford-street, said that on the previous evening the prisoner, who was in the habit of coming in a state of intoxication on many occasions on a similar errand, came into the shop and demanded a shawl to be given to her. He told her he had none to give her, when she be— came very violent, laid down on the floor, and several genttlemen who were in the shop were obliged to leave. She was very drunk at the time. The prisoner, who, as soon as she was placed in the dock, and while witness was giving his evidence, made use of violent threats towards the complaining parties, said, " Yes, I was drunk, and I'll stick a knife in your -- heart, if it's six months to come." Mr. Beadon—Oh, you will, will you? I shall order you to find two respectable householders to be surety in the sum of £lO each for your good behaviour for the next six months. Prisoner, as she was being removed from the dook, ex claimed to the witness, " Let me get hold of you, Mr Shenston, and I'll tear your - liver out." THAMES. CAUTION TO ENGLISHWOMEN—HEARTLESS DESERTION. —A respectable young woman, who was accompanied by foreigner, residing in Church-lane, Whitechapel, who has often acted as interpreter in this court, came before Mr. Selfe and said she had formed an acquaintance with a Dutchman, who had promised her marriage, but after the intimacy had lasted some time he succeeded in effecting her ruin, and ob tained all the money she was possessed in the world, and then abandoned her and proceeded to Hamburg. Mr. Selfe—What is it you wish me to do ? The applicant—l thought you might give me some as sistance to enable me to proceed to Hamburg after him. Mr. Selfe—And what good could that effect ? The applicant—lf I were to see him he might give ma the money back. Mr. Selfe—l suppose he has been living on terms of in timacy with you for some time ? The applicant—Yes, on a promise of marriage. Mr. Selfe was of opinion the applicant would do no good in proceeding to Hamburgh and that if she reached that city it was not likely the fellow who had deceived her would restore the money. It was a case in which the English consul could not interfere, and he (the magistrate) could not assist the applicant with the means of obtaining a pas. sage to Hamburg. The foreigner who accompanied the applicant here said, " The man who has deceived this young woman has gone to pay a visit to Mr. Hyman, a goldsmith, and intends to pro, teed to some island." Mr. Selfe—l cannot interfere. Englishwomen should be on their guard against the insiduous addresses of foreign adventurers. SNACKENBERGER V. SNACKENBERGER.--A retired pub lican, with the euphonious name of Christopher Snacken berger, residing at Plumstead, in Kent, and who had a terrible blackeye, 'appeared before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting his wife, who also had a black eye, and Ind other contusions on hes face. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, on the part of the defendant, said he believed that in this case there were faults on both sides. The husband went upon a visit to his Mends in Whitechapel, and was followed by his wife. A quarrel en sued, blows were exchanged, and a measure was thrown by Mrs. Snackenberger at her spouse, which blackened his eye, Mr. Selfe—And the complainant has also got a black eye- Mr. Gomm, clerk to Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said that Mrs. Snackenberger had been grievously assaulted by her husband, and that he had no objection to meet the pro posal of Mr. Stoddart to make some arrangement. The parties then retired, and some time afterwards it was announced that Mr. Snackenberger had agreed to allow his wife 10s. per week, some of the household furniture, and her watch and jewellery. A settlement was then made out to the above effect by Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Gomm, and the case of Snackenberger v. Snackenberger terminated. A HARD CASE—ABANDONMENT OF A Wirn.—A poor woman, named Elizabeth Simmons, who was in a state of great affliction, and who was accompanied by a girl about ten years of age, came before Mr. Selfe and said her husband had abandoned her and gone to America, leaving her and ,her child in a destitute condition. She applied to the relieving officers of St. George-in-the-East, and was admitted to the casual ward at night and turned out in the morning. Mr. Selfe—Do you belong to the parish of St. George e The applicant—l do, sir. Mr. Selfe— Have the relieving officers told you to apply to the board of guardians ? The applicant—No, sir; lam in great distress. I have no food, and am very ill. Mr. Selfe said the woman's case was a very distressing one, and recommended her to make her case known to the board of guardians, who met this aftarnoon. CANADA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Royal mail steamer Nova Scotian has arrived from Quebec with the Canadian mails of the 28th ult. She was detained in the Gulf of St. Law rence 40 hours by fog. On the 3d inst., in lat. 54 N., long. 47 W., passed the screw steamer North American, hence for Quebec ; and on the 9th, off Fair Head, the steamer North Briton. The advices contain no news of interest. The timber trade at Quebec remained in about the same state as previously noted. The current rates for freights were 245. to 245. 6d. for large vessels and 265. for small vessels to Liverpool ; 225. 6d. for the Clyde ; and 85s. to 87s. for London. At Montreal a slight improvement was perceptible in the timber market. Pot-ashes were quoted at 335. ; and pearls, at 31s. 6d. to 31s. 9d. All kinds of stocks and securities were dull. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Nova Scotian passed the Caledan and the Polly in the St. Lawrence, on the 30th ult. ; and on the 31st the Montreal, bound up. The Royagopaul, the Niagara, the Queen of the Lakes, and the Sussex, hence ; the William and Joseph, and the Primrose, from Limerick ; the Faith ful, from Londonderry; the William Dawson, from Leith; the John Wilson, from Dumfries ; the De Lachs, the Simods, and the Juno, from Sunderland ; the Fanny, from Newcastle; and the Christiania, from Gottenburg, have arrived at Quebec. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The screw steamship Bilboa, 312 tons register, is now in Hamoaze, alongside the sea wall of the Keyham steamyard, for the purpose of receiving the Valentia end of the Atlantic telegraph cable. She is commanded by Captain Joseph Kavanaugh, a gentleman who has had some experience in the submersion of telegraphic wires. This portion of the cable is I= - 4 inches diameter, about 14 or 15 miles long, and weighs eight tons to the mile. The Atlantic wire weighs one ton to the mile. In con sequence of the necessity of. retaining the tidal basin for the use of the Himalaya and other Government steamships refitting, the Bilboa could not go near the store in the old powder magazine, and the shore end has, in the absence of bobbi ns , t o b e carr i e d b y hand the whole distance, a quarter of a mile, to the wharf. Although 100 men are employed, the ope ration is slow. The stowage in the ship's hold will probably occupy three days. Mr. Clifford, who went out in the Niagara last year and the Aga memnon this year, has charge of the arrangements. Had there been no failure in the working of the Atlantic wire, it is understood that the Bilboa would have proceeded to Valentia direct, and have under-run the cable until the point of connexion was reached, when a very short interruption in the transmission of messages would have occurred. Now it is probable that the Bilboa will proceed to the point of junction, 10 miles from the beach, and grapple for the wire. The sea there is about 100 fathoms deep, and the time which may be occupied in securing the cable will vary from two or three days to as many weeks. In October last three weeks were necessarily consumed in recovering the shore end laid by the Niagara ; in fine weather it might have been effected in three days. The same grappling apparatus will be used now as then. In paying out the shore end from the Bilboa, a strong machine, a plain drum, and a breakwheel are all that will be used. As the depth of water at Newfoundland increases suddenly after leaving the beach, the shore end there is only two miles long. Being so heavy its recovery from a great depth would be an operation of some difficulty; besides which ships' anchors are not likely to injure the wire in very deep water. Some remarks having been made in relation to the delay in attaching the shore end, it is stated that the executive did not find themselves justified in chartering a ship or incurring other expenses contingent on the successful laying of the Atlantic cable until that success was realised. The thin wire run ashore at Valentia was intended only for temporary use, and immediately it was laid Mr. Bright and his colleagues adopted the most ener getic and prompt measures for the substitution of the permanent shore end. The shore end, laid in August, 1857, and recovered the following October, and which has been ever since at Keyham, was tested on Tuesday last by the electric machine, and found perfect. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Instructions have unexpectedly arrived here from Ireland for suspending the embarkation of the Valentia shore end of the Atlantic cable on board the steamship Bilboa, and she is removed from Keyham-wharf to the stream in Hamoaze. THE LATE ANDREW SHORT.REDE. This gentleman—lateproprietor of the China Mail—died at Bad-Bruckenau, in Bavaria, on the 31st ult., of morbus Brightii. His remains have been deposited in the bdrial ground at Zeitloffs ; the chief magistrate of the district, the lord of the manor, all the English and many of the foreign visitors of the watering place, attending the cere mony ; and the Rev. J. C. Murray Aynesley read ing the English service in the German language. Mr. Shortrede was an elm of the Edinburgh Bal lantynes, and for his taste as a typographer allowed by all to equal, thought by some to surpass, his teachers. While established at Edinburgh, several works of high typographical merit issued from his press. The after-working of the great Constable failure was still felt when he entered upon business ; and, finding it difficult to make progress in Scot land, he betook himself to Hong Kong, shortly after the island had been acquired for the British Crown. The China Mail, which he started imme diately after his arrival in the colony, is such a specimen of elegant typography and lucid arrange ment as had never before been witnessed in the Eastern hemisphere. Mr. Shortrede's abilities as a printer, and his regularity as a man of business, ob tained and retained for him the Government busi ness. But the tone of the China Mail was perfectly independent. In some of his views Mr. Shortrede was undoubtedly what is called " an original." Many persons who came into contact with him alleged that he was " impracticable." But his in tegrityabove suspicion. These li nes are ten bva s by who, after an intimate acquaintang of more than thirty years , can safely say that never knew a more honest man or a truer friend. A native of Jedburgh — sprung from a family with which Walter Scott had intimate relations—Andrew Shortrede was a staunch Tory of the old Border type. His original principles—in so far as home politics are concerned—he retained to the last : the child was the fath er o f the man." The men and affairs among whom he was thrown in China he judged with an unbiassed mind and with rare shrewdness. His views of the soundest policy for Englishmen in China were at on ce b enevo l ent, ig -m e i v n e d l o e pd and n i t h i u e set; So i n i s le of ef th h e is Dailyvie w 5 .2 have been h developed signature i . t.le o s f and acquired s kill, an d b y ü ß n y d i e i r i the natural s ig tu An Out s id e B ar b ar i an. " steady, judicious industry, he acquired a compe tence ; but disease, engendered by th e c li ma t e o f China, forbade him to it.He is sincerely circle mourned by th e whole of his acquaintan ce . In his d ec li n i ng health he was affectionately tended by an attached friend—Mr. R. Rienaecker.—Dail y News. FIRE IN THE DOVER-ROAD.—Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the printing-office belonging to Mr. B. Williams, situate at the rear of his dwelling-house, in the Dover-road, near the turnpike-gate. 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