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There has beAi some extraordinary per venal; in this matt; r, if not wilful mismanagement, and the more fully we investigate the case the more completely we are convinced of the importance of the evidence which the Captain gives, and the in consistency of those who would not take it. Capt. EDENnonoucit volunteered to go out to Jamaica, in order that he might be examined by the Royal Commission ; but he was never sent, and no means were taken by the authorities to secure his evidence being taken in this country. Thus writes Mr. HAMILTON HUME, the Secretary to the EYRE Defence and Aid Fund ; and certainly his case is a very strong one. Captain EDENBOROUGH has been away from England for the last two years, and this is the reason why the EYRE Defence Committee have not been able to direct public at. tention to his evidence. A commissioner was ap pointed by Baron BRAMWELL to examine the Captain, and " after eight hours of the severest cross-examination by counsel his evidence re mained unshaken." It is worthy of notice that the appointment of this Commissioner was most violently opposed by the Jamaica Committee, but to no purpose, as the event has proved. The affidavit of Captain EDEN BOROUGH is most important, and it is much to be re gretted that so little heed was paid to it at the right time by those engaged in examining into the intri cate affair. Nothing can possibly be plainer than the statements made by the Captain, and all who are not hopelessly prejudiced must recognise the signi ficance of the statement that he makes, and the direct implication of GORDON thereby male. In the month of June, 1865, the Captain was at Kingston, in Jamaica, being the commander of a schooner called the Happy-go-Lucky, which was cruising in the offing. While in Kingston Cap tain EDENBOROUGH had an interview "at his request, with GEORGE GORDON at a house in King ston. During this interview GORDON stated that he wished the interview to be kept a secret, alleging, as a reason for the request, that he was connected with the Government of Jamaica. GORDON was . well aware that the Happy-go-Lucky was an armed ship, and bad on board munitions of war, &c., before he made his wishes known respecting it. He said that be wished to purchase the vessel and the arms, if possible. Afterwards he treated for the arms only, and directed where they should be landed. Further on GORDON was desirous of chartering this vessel for a voyage to the Island of Great Inagua and back, to receive on board a refugee Haytian general, and one or two other Haytians. GORDON added that at Inagua there was a quantity of ammunitions of war concealed, which had arrived from the United States, and which munitions he wanted to be brought to Jamaica and landed in the neighbourhood of Black River. This was the same spot where he wished to have the arms landed that :,he was to obtain from the Happy-go-Lucky. During this interview GEORGE GORDON was ac companied by a bright Mulatto, whom he intro duced as a Haytian general, and Captain EDEN BOROUGH afterwards saw this Haytian very frequently in Kingston. GORDON said that a sum would be paid down on account before the vessel started, and in the event of the proposed voyage to Inagua being taken, he referred to a mercantile house in Kingston who would become responsible. Both these proposals thus made by GORDON were de clined by Captain EDENBOROUGII. During the conversation that ensued GORDON and his Haytian friend inquired as to the practicability of converting " ordinary small boats into torpedo rams, against vessels blockading ports, &e.." Captain EDEN BOROUGH thought they might refer to the Spanish squadron, then blockading the island of San Domingo, and that GORDON was, in conjunction with certain Haytians, organising an expedition at Black River in Jamaica in the cause of San Domingo. GORDON spoke of a West Indian Republic, and asked if the men on board the ship would take service, where they would be well paid. The captain told him that he had mistaken the object of his visit to Jamaica, and declined his proposals. So far as Captain EDENBOROUGII thought of this matter at all, after the interview was over, he be lieved that the proposal which GORDON had made to him bore reference to the war be tween the Dominicans and Spain, or to the revolution ai Cape Haitier, but he felt " suspicious of the whole transaction, as I did not see or under stand wha-, the said GEORGE GORDON was aiming at or intended." After GORDON had left him the cap tain spoke to a person, and asked if he were a par son, as he wore a white necktie and had spectacles on, but he was told that he was Mr. GORDON, a member of the Assembly. He wished to know who he was on account of his having said that he was connected with the Government, and be did not understand in what capacity it was. In the month of July of the same year, more than a month after this interview, the neighbour hood of " Black River" was in a disturbed state, and the authorities found it necessary to send her MAJESTY'S ship Bull Dog to preserve order there. It is to be observed that a photographic carte de visite of the late GEORGE GORDON has been shown to Captain EDENBOROUGH when he was in Jamaica at the early part of this year, and he instantly recognised it as the likeness of the man with whom he had had two interviews at Kingston. He saw, besides, portraits of GORDON in the shop windows at Kingston. Now comes the extraordinary part of the affair. Captain EDENBOROUGII mentions that when the news from Jamaica arrived in England at the end of the year 1865, connecting GORDON with the insurrection, he was in England, and, adds he, " I deemed it my duty to acquaint the Right Hon. EDWARD CARDWELL, then her MA JESTY'S Secretary of State for the Colonies with the fact of my said interview with the said GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON. I wrote the said Mr. CARD WELL a letter thereon, dated December, 1865, and no application was ever made to me, either in Eng land or Jamaica, to give evidence before the Royal Commissioners." It is much to be regretted that this evidence was not sought for, and a great injury has been done to Mr. EYRE thereby; but whether it were in Lis favour or otherwise, it was the duty of the Colonial Office to have inquired into the matter. It shows that there was very little inclination to have the affair sifted, because the affidavit goes on to say that when Captain EDEN BOROUGH was in Jamaica this year he saw Dr. BOWERBANK, the custos of Kingston, and he expressed his regret that he did not see him in London in January, 1866. He had bad an inter view with the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, who told him that the captain's evidence was not procurable, as he was then away from England ; but, in fact, he was then in England at the same address as when he wrote to Mr. CARDWELL, and he did not leave England until the month of February. This shows there was no zeal displayed on the part of the Colonial authorities to inquire into. the affair, and it confirms the un favourable impression already created as to the treatment which Mr. EYRE experienced from the late Government. There has been a want of manage ment in this Jamaica business from the beginning, but it is at any rate satisfactory that these facts should have been brought to light, and great credit is due to the EYRE Defence Committee for the zeal which they have displayed in the affair. Mr. ll.orwroN HumE has written a letter, dated last Saturday, to th e e ff ect that a great deal of discussion has arisen on account of the publication of the affi davit of Captain EDENBOIIOt7GII, and he declares that the Captain " courts the strictest examination," if any further inquiries be necessary after what has taken place. There can be no doubt whatever as to the identity of GORDON, because the photograph that was shown to Captain EDENBOROUGII has been shown to some Rho were well acquainted with him in Jamaica. The time has gone by when any more tolerance can be given to the prejudices of those who do not wish to know the truth. We are glad to find that the Manchester Trades' Union Commission arc determined to do their work thoroughly, and although they have completed the investigation of the cases immediately before them, they have only suspended, not concluded, their labours. On the rising of the court on Saturday Mr. PICKERING said that they had information in their possession which would induce them to adjourn 6 the inquiry for the present, and that they would give orders that all boxes, books, and papers should be returned. Due notice, he said, would be given of the resumption of their proceedings, and no doubt there will be a good deal more brought to light whet) a little time has been given for the collection of evidence. One of the great difficulties in the , way of getting at the truth in all these matters is that witnesses are afraid to come forward. The commission indeed may protect them at the time, but they dread the consequences afterwards. If they are to be marked men, and every word which they utter is to be weighed against them by men , whom they have too good reason to know are daring and unscrupulous, it is no great wonder if they shrink. Under the circumstances it is perhaps only surprising that so much should have been elicited. When men shrink from the light it is generally a pretty sure sign that they have something to hide, and the inquiry has been very coldly received,by the friends of Trades' Unions. This, however, is very short-sighted policy, since a system based on intimidation and oppression cannot possibly last. Those who wish to uphold the right of combination among workmen for pacific purposes would do more wisely to exert themselves in every way to remodel the whole system. Trades Unionism, as it at present is shown to be, cannot last among us. Let us see what are its main principles. A system of arbitrary dictation, which allows no man to judge for himself where he shall work, how he shall work, or for how many hours he shall work ; which forbids him to bring up his boys in the way which he thinks most desirable; which exacts from him a certain sum of money, in regular fragments ; and which keeps him up to the strict observance of all its rules by threats of the severest punishment. Neither is a man allowed to choose between the advantages and disadvantages of joining a Trades' Union. If he does not join he runs great risks, he experiences great difficulty in getting employment owing to the intimidation exercised towards the masters, and it is very pro bable that he may pay for his independence with broken bones or injured eyesight. The masters in their turn are subjected to such a perpetual system of watchfulness and persecution that they are afraid or unable to select the men best fitted for their work, to encourage the industrious and energetic, to promote the talented and ready. All must go on as it begun. The man who might raise himself from the ranks is kept down, and fined and fettered till he loses heart and grows indifferent, or carries his abilities else where. Our Government have often been blamed, and with justice, for the scanty encouragement which thoy give to native talent. Plans, inventions, and suggestions are coldly received by the heads of departments. Delay follows delay, refusal is succeeded by refusal, until, after years of fruitless expectation and wearisome dis appointment, the troublesome genius is beaten off the field, and room left to those respectable mediocrities to whom official favour and patronage properly belong. More than once it has happened that the inventor, so hardly used at home, has found more honour elsewhere. Captain BLAKELY is not the only gifted man whose services England has forfeited, and neither press nor public spared the redtapists of office when the story came to light. But all the while the very same thing was going on throughout our Trades' Unions ! The only notice able difference was, that whereas the Government always professed to be anxious to encourage merit and stimulate invention, our workmen did not shrink from confessing the truth. They boldly declared that all men must be on a level, and that he who dared to excel his fellows by force of native talent, of personal sacrifice, of indefatigable industry, must pay penance accordingly. The effect of this it is not difficult already to detect, and without fail we shall see it more and more clearly as time goes on. English goods are no longer first in the market— English workmanship is no longer a guarantee for good work—England is no longer the land where every man may work his way if he will. It is the land of a widespread and intangible social despot ism, which curbs a man's ambition and cramps his energies, which takes hope, and heart, and interest from labour, and destroys that honest pride in doing one's best in one's calling, which every man may and should have, be he Prime Minister or chimney-sweep. Other countries less subject to this secret and deleterious influence are rapidly out stripping us. Contracts are naturally taken where there is some security of getting them fulfilled in time, and where the contractors can hope to make a margin for profit. We are not the only people in the world who can do industrial work. Un doubtedly we have commanded some branches of trade—thanks to our natural mineral wealth and to the ability of our workmen ; but if the one advantage is to be counteracted by the ex cessive rate of wages, and the other to be forfeited by bringing down the best men to the level of the lowest, we cannot hope to keep our place. France, Belgium, Germany will soon out strip us ; nay, in many instances, they have already done so. Our trade is suffering from long continued depression, and instead of endeavouring to restore confidence, and get the slowly moving wheels once more into vigorous motion, our workmen stand out here for increased wages, there for reduced hours, in one part for specified privileges, in another for particular observance of some trade regulation, letting matters grow worse and worse. We are glad to find that so many British workmen have been visiting the French Exhibition. They will find there convincing proof of what their insular vanity finds it difficult to believe without seeing —the great progress which Continental nations have made in manufactures of all kinds. Compe tition brings every one to their proper level. The best work and the cheapest work will always ob tain the preference, and complaints have latterly been made that English work is neither so good nor so cheap as some other people's. Let our unionists take care lest, in striking against their employers, they should in the end prove to be striking against themselves. They cannot command the industry nor the capital of the world. They may ruin indi vidual masters in their own vicinity ; they may hunt out " knobsticks" from their neighbourhood, and force every independent man to join their ranks. But when all is done they cannot compel purchasers and contractors to come to them if they get better served in France or Germany. They may depend upon it the days of monopolies have gone by. The monopoly of capital has long been done away with ; the monopoly of production has been swept aside; the monopoly of labour must follow. Unless our trades' unionists can turn the world backwards, forbid the telegraph wires to carry commercial and manufacturing orders as well as political news ; unless they can stop steamers from importing manufactures and merchandise, as well as exporting discontented workmen ; unless they can convince the thrifty workmen of the Con tinent that idleness is better than working for good wages,:they will find, we fear, that the world is too wide for them, and that its markets will never stand empty waiting the pleasure of particular classes. CORRESPONDEJNCE FROM PARIS. (FRO.II OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur gives the following miscellaneous newa:— A Royal decree has been published at Berlin, regulating the representation of the annexed pro vinces in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. It fixes at 80 the number of new Deputies in the fol lowing proportions-12 for the Duchy of Nassau, 86 for Hanover, and 18 for the Duchies of Schles wig and Holstein. The Budget of the Confederation of Northern Germany, including receipts and expenses, amounts to about 280 millions of francs. On the Ist of October all the contingents of the troops of the Confederation of the North will take the oath of fidelity to the Prussian flag. The Diet of Hungary is convoked for the 29th of this month, and the Austrian Parliament (the Reichsrath) will assemble on the 23d inst. Im portant measures will inevitably be brought forward in both of these assemblies. The Paris papers continue to be much excited at the Circular of M. de Bismarck. I do not translate extracts, because almost all the arguments and ob servations upon it are couched in a similar strain. Thy consider this circular in the light of a mani festation on the part of Prussia of her determina tion to profit by the plea of a desire for German unity to " let slip the dogs of war" against any power who shall dare to oppose her views. These journalists, after taking it for granted that near or distant the absorption of the whole of Germany by Prussia may be imminent, abound in speculations as to which will be, or ought to be, the attitude of France when there can be no doubt respecting the ambitious designs of Prussia. The opinion seems to be almost general that the balance of power is even now compromised or threatened, and France particularly, by having at her frontiers a vast empire intoxicated with her first victories. One of the papers remarks upon the tone of irony and satire which pervades M. Bismarck's circular. M. Dano, lately Minister of France in Mexico, and his wife have arrived in Paris. The death is announced of a man of lugubrious memory, aged 84, who was formerly executioner for the department of Corvezo. He was assistant executioner at the time when the brothers Robes pierre, Saint Just, and other members of the Con vention, were successively put to death. He seemed to take pride in the part which he played during those sanguinary periods, and made a sort of boast that he had given his valuable assistance at more than 100 executions. lle had withdrawn from the profession, and lived in comfortable retirement at Noyo, where his father was executioner before hi,n. Several Paris papers having published articles in which they treat the " situation" as evidently drift ing to wards war, " desired by France, but not wished for by the Emperor," according to one journal, the Siecle, replies to them in a tone which merits grave consideration. That journal says:—" Who thinks of interfering with the internal affairs of Germany ? Who threatens Germany ? Who desires to throw obstacles in the way of her aspirations? But although we respect the rights of a great people, does it follow that we ought not to watch the course of events, and hold ourselves ready to defend our selves, in the case foreseen by the eminent writer to whom we allude ? (This refers to an article in the Journal des Debats, by M. Marc Girardin, in which he argues that since the battle of Sadowa France is justified in being mistrustful of Prussia.) No, at tentive neutrality is commanded by prudence. Great changes have been accomplished, others are in preparation, the conditions imposed upon Governments by ancient treaties no longer exist, and those proposed by new treaties are yet imperfectly arranged and in a state of em bryo. At the same time ambitious views are disclosed. In the second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Badan an influential mem ber, M. Laney, after having spoken of Austria, mentions Alsace, " that other German province. To shut our eyes and go to sleep is not the way to dispel uneasiness and reassure the public mind. In periods of agitation security can only be maintained by keeping vigilant sentinels at their post. Atten tive neutrality is a precaution. It is not hostility, or even mistrust." The Fenians at Manchester. - MANCHESTER, Sunday Afternoon. Kelly and Deasey, a ft er th e i r rescu 3 on Wednesday The police have reason for suspecting that the "h ad -cre s , " e vening, contrived to d ou bl e upon e nt their pursuers, and have remained hidden in the Ancoats district of the city. The neighbourhood is the resort of most of the Fenian sympathisers hitherto known in Manchester, and on Friday night it was closely watched. Saturday morning's post brought to the Mayor an anonymous letter—one of several such communications which have been re ceived during the last few days—intimating that the fugitives might be found in a house at the end of Every-street, Ancoats. Mr. Superintendent May bury decided that if necessary the place should be stormed by the police, who are now furnished with firearms. A party of 50 constables were sent to the spot, under command of several of the chief officers of the police force, and arrived there about 11.30 a.m. Their appearance caused great excitement, and the shutters were soon drawn in most of the neighbouring houses, while the streets rapidly filled with an eager but not hostile crowd. The suspected house is one of the most commodious in the district, which is chiefly inhabited by the poorer classes. The police were told that voices had been heard throughout the night by persons who occasionally listened at the outside, and there were sometimes glimpses of light followed by thick darkness. A considerable number of persons were believed to be within, and women's voices were distinguished in the conversation. The shutters were still up at 10 a.m. Two of the city magistrates, Messrs. Kennedy and Clarke, had volunteered to accompany the police, who were all armed with Colt's revolvers. The house was entirely surrounded, and ultimately Inspector Garner ordered the door to be burst open. This was done, and a rush made to occupy every room of the building, if possible, at once. Only one man and two women were found in the house, but there were evidences that it had been occupied by other persons who had probably made a hasty re treat, for they had left behind them a quantity of correspondence and other papers. This correspon dence is now in the hands of the authorities, and appears to leave no doubt of its connexion with the conspiracy in Dublin, from which place some of it is dated. A number of Irish newspapers, several hats of different sizes, and a portrait of Stephens were found in the house. The man and two women found on the premises were taken to the police office. It is supposed that if Kelly and Deasey were not harboured in this house, their friends, upon whose aid they rely for escape, were in council there during the night. As before observed, the house is a comparatively large one for the neigh bourhood, rented at £24 a rear, and several of the rooms were found quite unfurnished. It will be remembered that when Kelly and Deasey were set at liberty from the prison van they ran northwards across some open brickflelds till they reached the embankment of the Sheffield Rail way, accompanied by Allen and a number of the armed rescuers, having the London and North- Western Railway on their left flank. Crossing the Sheffield Railway, they are supposed to have skirted the eastern portion of the city, passing through the townships of Gorton, Droylsden, Clay ton Bridge, and Bradford. Inspector Williamson, of the London police force, with Sergeants Rhymer, Clarke, and Campbell, has been on their track in this direction. One of them found a brand-new revolver, which had been thrown away or lost in crossing the Sheffield Railway, which bears the marks :—" Mortimer, London, 39,383." It is an eight-chambered revolver, and six chambers were loaded when found, the two others having been discharged. There is some reverse action in the loading —an improvement patented, it is said, by the maker. According to the informa tion about the further movements of Kelly and Deasey from this point, it has been learnt that they parted company at the end of Taylor-street, taking separate routes, till they reached the township oL Beswick. Beyond this point Kelly is entirely lost sight of. Deasey was seen to enter a house there with handcuffs on and to emerge again freed from them. At that time he was accompanied by a man who did not wear handcuffs. On examination of the house, it was found that the handcuffs had been struck off by a hatchet upon the sink stone in the kitchen, the sink stone being made to serve the pur pose of an anvil. The woman who keeps the house says the stranger spoke with the pronunciation so peculiar to Americans, and says he left her house at 4.20 in the afternoon of the rescue. Thence he went along the road leading to the neighbouring town ship of Bradford, which is called Wellington-road. The authorities are to be well supported by the military in ease of need. The officers and men, both at the infantry and cavalry barracks, have orders to keep to barracks, ready fur any sudden emergency. There are 150 men placed on guard at the City Gaol, under the command of Captain M'Culloch ; and another guard has now been placed for pre caution at the militia barracks, to protect the ar moury there. This afternoon the funeral of Brett, the police sergeant shot at the rescue, was celebrated at Har purhay Cemetery, and the extent of public sympathy felt for the poor man's fate was manifested by a large attendance of civilians as well as of police. The crowds were so great as to block up all the thorough fares leading to the cemetery. At a special meeting of the city justices, convened by the Mayor yesterday morning, 21 magistrates were present, and various measures were resolved upon for the protection of the gaol and the preser vation of the peace. Since Friday the police have made eight or nine more arrests, and among them is a man identified as one more of those who aided in the attack on the prison van. lie was seen to fire at the horses, and, after wounding them, to endeavour, by pulling at their legs, to bring them to the ground. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Sept. 22 (Evening). Several members of the Left had a meeting this morning to discuss the present political situation, and another meeting will be held to-morrow. The Florence Gazette says that a telegram has been received, stating that the official declaration published yesterday on the Roman question had everywhere been favourably received. The Opinione announces that the Pontifical Go vernment has retired from the province of Frosi none. Nearly all the Papal troops are concentrated at Rome. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 21, Two o'clock.—The market is satisfactory, with a good deal of business. French Threes are 69f. 30c., better by 12c. Italian Fives are active, at 48f. 70c., without change. Credit Mobilier, 232 f. 50c., with an advance of 2f. 50c. Spanish Mobilier, 177150 c., higher by sf. Credit Foncier gains 5f., at 1,333 f. 75c. Comptoir d'Escompte firm, at 667 f. 50e., with a gain of 2f. 50c. No remarkable feature in French Railway shares. Three o'clock.—The close was as follows :- 4/ per Cents 9B 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. G9 35 Do. end month 69 22/ Credit Mobilier Do. end Month Credit Fonder 1q35 DJ. end month 1325 Bank Shares 3330 Italian Loan 4B 80 Do. end month 4B 60 Mexican Loan ll Do. Bonds lO5 Spanish Threes 341 Home Debt — Deferred - %&rfil. RAIL For Account. Orleans Northern 1165 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 587 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 486 25 082 50 55 - 711 E COMIANDER-IN-C.HIEI 7 IN ARYSSIATIA. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier, Com mander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army, who has been nominated to the command of the Abyssinian expedition, with full civil powers, belongs to the old corps of Bengal Engineers, a regiment which has occupied a distinguished place in the Indian services, but the identity of which has now become merged by its amalgamation with the Royal Engineers. H e entered the service in 1827. For the first 18 years from that time he was employed in the Public Works Department, and first came prominently into notice in 1842, when on the large frontier station of Kur nool, on the borders of the Punjab, being abandoned on account of its extreme unhealthiness, he was selected to lay out the new station of Umballa, and to design and construct the extensive military buildings required for the garrison. Up to this time Indian barracks had been wretchedly insufficient in size, ventilation, -and convenience ; but Captain Napier took the opportunity thus offered by the creation of an entirely new cantonment, the details of which were left wholly to his own discretion, to discard the conventional idea then held about bar rack building. For the first time since our occupa tion of India the British soldier was properly housed in the spacious buildings erected by Captain Napier at Umballa. The " Napier Barrack " was, indeed, in its day considered one of the wonders of the time ; and althouh the advance of sanitary science has since led to further improvements being sug gested in them, the Umballa barracks still stand as a proof of the enlightened intelligence of their de signer, and the care and sympathy he has always shown for the European soldier. On the sudden breaking out of the Sikh war, i n 1845, Captain Napier obtaining leave of absence from his civil duties, was in time by a 60 mile ride to be present at the battle of Moodkee, where his horse was killed. A second horse was killed under him at the succeeding battle of Ferozeshah. He was also actively employed on the staff at the battle of Sobraon. On the subsequent occupation of Lahore by the British army Lord Hardinge selected Major Napier for the duty of constructing temporary bar racks for the large European garrison quartered in that city—an arduous duty, admirably performed. While thus employed he was sent, on the outbreak of the insurrection at Mooltan in 1848, as Chief Engineer of the force which marched from Lahore under Gen. Whish to recover that place, and served throughout the campaign in that capacity, and afterwards, when the force was augmented, as second in command. He was severely wanded on this occasion. On the annextion of the Punjab, in 1849, Lord Dalhousie selected Major Napier for the post of Chief Civil Engineer in that country, and from this time dates the introduction of anything deserving the name of public works in India, with the sole exception of the Ganges canal, which had been commenced a short time before. The Punjab was Lord Dalhousie's favourite pro vince; Sir Henry Lawrence was at the head of the local Government ; with their support and encou ragement a new ideal of progress was developed. In eight years Napier and his Staff had placed that country in advance of all our old acquisitions in India, and it may be said, without exaggeration, that the development since given to roads and other public works in India is due in a great measure to the extraordinary energy displayed on this occasion. The Indian official mind, under the influence of the example thus set in one corner of the empire, then first. shook off the laissez-aller maxims of earlier days, represented by the school of Lord Metcalfe and his contemporaries, and conceived the idea of that policy of progress now happily accepted as a necessary condition of good government in India. The merit of this great reform is due in very large measure to Sir Robert Napier. The outbreak of the mutiny in 1857 found Colonel Napier in England on sick leave ; but he immedi ately returned to India, and was at once appointed Chief of the Staff of the force which, under Outram, first relieved Lucknow. Recovering from a wound received on this occasion, he was then appointed Chief Engineer, with the rank of Brigadier, of Lord Clyde's army, and in that capacity presided over the Engineer department during the highly successful operations which resulted in the capture of that place. Shortly afterwards he was sent, as Brigadier-General, to relieve Sir Hugh Rose, on that officer falling sick, in the command of the Central India Field Force, and after several dashing cavalry affairs with different bodies of rebels, among others that headed by the notorious Tantia Topec, succeeded in pacifying that part of the cou'itry. His next active employment was in the command of one of the two infantry diviiions composing the army which in 1860, under Sir Hope Grant, cap tured the Takoo forts and extorted peace from the Emperor of China under the walls of Pekin. Re turning to India in 1861, Sir Robert Napier was appointed member of the Governor-General's Coun cil, and conducted the military department of the Government until 1865, when he was nominated to the less lucrative, but, perhaps, to a thorough sol dier, the more congenial post of Commander-in- Chief of the Bombay Army. Although Sir Robert Napier has thus reached almost the top of his profession while yet in the full possession of his physical and mental qualities, perhaps no man in the army has won his different grades more thoroughly. The Sutlej campaign gave him a brevet majority ; his great services at Mooltan were recognised by another step of brevet rank, a reward given to every Staff officer engaged in the campaign, whether distinguished or not. The mutiny found him a brevet - colonel by seniority, and so, while other officers serving in the same campaign obtained a step of *rank as well as the C. 8., the Chief of Outram's Staff received only the latter. For his services at the capture of Luck now, under Lord Clyde, Colonel Napier was knighted, but his subsequent command in Central India did not lead to any promotion. Yet some of the most brilliant cavalry affairs in the mutiny were the actions in Central India fought by Sir Robert Napier at the head of a handful of native cavalry and the 14th Light Dragoons, and they will doubt less have been brought more under notice if under taken by a less modest or more pushing man. For his services in the China war of 1861 he was promoted to the rank of Major-General, which advancement, as he was at the time second senior colonel in the army; gave him exactly one step. Within the last few days Sir Robert Napier has been nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Star of India. Thus each step of promotion to his present place has been well and hardly won. The popularity with which Sir Robert Napier is regarded in the army has steadily increased with his reputation. A splen did horseman,—good horsemanship and great power of bodily endurance are valuable gifts in a General, —he has won the hearts of the troops under his com mand by his love of justice and his kindly sympa thy and consideration for the soldier, while every member who has ever been on his staff during active service will be ready to offer a tribute of affectionate admiration for his gallantry and skill. If wise selection of a fit General can insure success, the Abyssinian expedition will not be a failure. STORIII SIGNALS. ( tifamt .hr. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am glad to find that the British Associa tion has determined to use exertions for the resto ration of " storm signals," and that Mr. Glaisher has expressed an opinion in their favour. But I do not agree with Admiral Sir Edward Belcher in thinking that this question is one entirely of a nautical nature, and only for the consideration of nautical men. On the contrary, it seems to me that it is a public question, and one which may be properly considered by amateurs as well as by scientific men, like the Admiral and the lamented Fitzroy. The book of nature is open for all, and it should be studied by all, as necessary for mundane pro sperity. Most men at one time or another during their lives go down to the sea in ships, and when there, although it may not be their business to direct the course of the vessel, they have a right to study her course and the atmosphere about her ; and, quoad tapax, they are competent to do so. Sailors are shrewd men, but they are too prone to neglect the wartaings of nature, either through necessity, as in the case of Captain Martin, or through their own choice, and because it would not answer even to seem to show " the white feather." But caution and discretion are distinct from fear, and moral courage is desirable as well as physical courage. Occasionally it is as valuable, with re spect to its owner and others. " Out of the south cometh heat, and out of the north-west cometh cold," is a maxim which landsmen may understand as well as sailors, and having understood it they may profit by the knowledge. I could mention other maxims equally simple and safe. Doubtless it re quires much judgment and skill to frame predic tions, but the principles upon which they are based are nature's truths, if really reliable, and con sequently they are open to all comers; for nature is a bounteous mother, and, like the ancient Egyp tian hen, she spreads her wings in favour of all her progeny, for which let us be thankful.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, CHR. COOKE. London, Sept. 14, 1867. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. PLYmouni, Sept. 22. The Union steamship Celt arrived here to-night from the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th ult., St. Helena on the 28th ult., and Ascension on the Ist inst. She brings 116 passengers, 56 sacks of mails, bullion valued at £l,BOO, and a large cargo of wool, coffee, rice, hides, tobacco, copper ore, ivory, wine, tin coir, &c. The mails were forwarded to-night by train. Her Majesty's ship Galatea, Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Simon's Bay on the 15th of August. The Duke's reception there, as also along the whole line of route from Simon's Bay to the Government-house, Table Bay and in Capetown was one continued ovation. On the day of his Royal Highness's arrival he was received with Royal salutes, fired from the fortifi cations and her Majesty's ship Racoon. On land ing his Royal Highness reported himself at the Commodore's office. On the 16th a ball was given by Commedore Purvis, at which the Duke attended. The company numbered about 150 persons, and convivialities were kept up until the following morn ing. The Prince's affability added to the gratifica tion of those present. On the 17th Commodore Purvis was entertained at dinner by his Royal Highness on board the Galatea. At noon his Royal Highness landed officially, when loyal addresses of welcome were presented to him by the European and Mahomedan inhabitants of Simon's-town. His Royal Highness then rode from Simon's-town to Capetown accompanied by the Governor, a brilliant Staff of Government officials, and a large party of colonists. Triumphal arches spanned the road at numerous available points. On his arrival at Cape town the municipality presented loyal addresses of welcome, thanking his Royal Highness for the visit, and also expressing gratitude to her Majesty for this distinguished mark of favour. In the evening his Royal Highness dined with a large party of the heads of departments and leading colonists. Simon's rower and Capetown were brilliantly illuminated with numerous graceful devices. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—We have authority from Captain Sherard Osborn, of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, to state that by telegrams received at noon on Saturday ho learns that the repair of the 1866 Atlantic cable has been effected at a distance of 88 miles off Heart's Content, in spite of the severe gales, which have considerably delayed the operations of the staff under Sir Samuel Canning. SALE OF THE HIGIIFIELD STUD.—Mr. George Mather's stud of brood mares, foals, &c., was brought to the hammer by Messrs. Tattersall, at Highfiald, on Satur day last. The catalogue extended to upwards of 100 lots, and nearly every one was disposed of. The principal pur chasers were Mr. Jackson, Mr. Haig, and Mr. Headman, and Baron Malzahn represented the foreigners. The entire proceeds of the sale amounted to nearly 10,000 guineas, and the result must be considered highly satisfactory to Mr. Mather. HER MAJESTY. - - BALMORAL, Sept. 21. The Queen went out yesterday morning, accom panied by Princess Louise, and in the afternoon drove out with Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold. Prince Christian and Prince Arthur went out shooting. Mr. Gathorne Hardy and Dr. Norman Macleod had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. REAPPEARANCE OF MISS BATEMAN ON THE ENGLISH STAGE. Fortunately for the public acting is a most fas cinating pursuit, and success rarely wearies even those artistes who most assiduously enjoy it. Miss Bateman, who returned to her native land a few months since, after a brilliant career in England, was mourned by her cis-Atlantic admirers as entirely lost to the stage. Happily, however, the ruling passion is as strong in this gifted young lady as in all true artistes, and just as the echoes of her name were pleasantly lingering in the theatrical chronicles of the American Continent we learnt that Miss Bateman had resolved again to enjoy the smiles and to evoke the tears of the playgoers of the old country. Beyond the announcement that on the 7th of next month Mies Bateman appears at the Liverpool Theatre Royal we have no information as to her intentions; but it will not be difficult to frame from her past success, especially in the roles of Juliet and Bianca in " Fazio," a programme of continued and triumphant success, be the period long or short during which the public are to enjoy the rare plea sure of witnessing her performances.—Liverpool Chronicle. DIZURY-LAIVE THEATRE. On Saturday evening Mr. F. B. Chatterton commenced his winter campaign at Old Drury, on which occasion a most enthusiastic audience assembled to inaugurate the event. The company engaged comprises the most of the leading actors and actresses of the day, and the promised novelties for the ensuing season are such that a brilliant and successful career for the next six or eight months is almost insured. The piece selected by Mr. Chat terton for his opening night was his justly celebrated production " Faust," sustained by the same cast as that of last season, viz., Mephistopheles, Mr. Phelps ; Faust, Mr. E. Phelps, and Maguerite, Mrs. Her mann Vezin. It is needless to enter into a lengthened description of the acting in the magnificent spec tacle on the present occasion further than to say than it was never better performed than on Satur day evening last, and that Mr. Phelps and Mrs. Vezin met with the most flattering reception. The great novelty cf the evening was the revival of Pocock's celebrated melo-drama, " The Miller and his Men," with the whole of the original music by the late Sir H. Bishop, and from the favour with which it was received we doubt not it will prove highly attractive. After the long run the sen sational drama has had at most of our leading theatres the sight of Riber's russet boots, dagger, and dark lanthorn, is perfectly refreshing. The part of Grindoff the Miller was capitally sustained by Mr. Ryder, who seemed thoroughly to enter into the character ; and the grand climax—the terrific explosion and destruction of the mill—gave the audience thoroughly to understand upon what sort of a tableau the green curtain usually descended in years gone by. The good old melodrama gave unbounded satisfaction, and the entire audience seemed thoroughly to ap preciate the happy thought of Mr. Chatterton of presenting to his audience one of the plays that was the delight of the play-goers some thirty years ago. NEW ROYAL AMPHI7'HEA7RE-HIGH HOLBORN. The performances at the Holborn Amphitheatre are of a really excellent and most attractive nature, combining partly theatrical amusement with the varied entertain ments of the arena—which latter, in point of fact, have certainly never been excelled by any other company that ever visited the metropolis. On the stage a most amusing pantomime, entitled " Arlequin Singe," introduces us to a portion of the company, who go through their parts with the greatest spirit. Mounsier Montero enjoys the credit of arranging the play, in which he takes the character of an ape, and not only dresses but acts the part of one to per fection; in fact, it must be seen to be believed. Miss Esther Austin, who is an admirable and exceedingly pretty representative of Marie, is very naturally made " the bone of contention" usual in such laughable interludes. How the plot (if there be one) winds up is beyond our conjecture, but as at the conclusion, when the curtain went up for the different characters to re ceive a well-merited burst of applause, they all seemed con tented in their minds, it will be as well to leave our readers to form their own judgment of the denouement. The horsemanship in the circus is particularly good, and we cannot refrain from specially alluding to Mr. A. Brad bury, whose riding as a jockey was one of - the principal treats of the evening. More marvellous feats were doubt less performed by other equestrians, but his style, espe cially of jumping on his horse at full speed barebacked and without touching him, which would be invaluable at times in steeplechases or the hunting field, was unani mously appreciated and applauded from all parts of the house. The clown, represented by Tom Fillis, dis played some first-rate wit, and was far more to be appreciated than the low buffoonery usually " served up" at similar establishments. All the other portions of the entertain ment were equaly praiseworthy, the music under the manage,ment of Mr. G. Clements first-rate, and the build ing constructed with a view to suit every class of visitor. The most fastidious taste cannot fail to be gratified by a visit to 85, Holborn, and our readers who wish to spend a most enjoyable evening should avail themselves of the opportunity. ENGLISH BISHOPS IN THE COLONIAL CHURCH. —There are at present 57 English bishops in the Colonial Church. In the East Indies, China, and the Cape of Good Hope there are twelve—namely, Dr. Robert Mil man, Bishop of Calcutta; Dr. F. Gell, Bishop of Madras; Dr. J. Harding, Bishop of Bombay ; Dr. P. C. Claughtou, Bishop of Colombo ; Dr. V. W. Ryan, Bishop of Mauri tius ; Dr. C. R. Alford, Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong) ; Dr. F. T. M'Dougall, Bishop of Labuan ; Dr. Robert Gray, Bishop of Capotown ; Dr. T. B. Welby, Bishop of St. Helena ; Dr. E. 11. Beckles, Bishop of Sierra Leone ; Dr. J. W. Colenso, Bishop of Natal ; Dr. H. Cotterill, Bishop of Grahamstown. In British North America and the West Indies there are eighteen, namely—Dr. F. Pafford, Bishop of Mon treal; Dr. J. W. Williams, Bishop of Quebec; Dr. John Strachan, Bishop of Toronto; Dr. J. T. Lewis, Bishop of Ontario ; Dr. Benjamin Cronyn, Bishop of Huron ; Dr. Hilbert Binney, Bishop of Nova Scotia ; Dr. A. N. Be thune, Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto ; Dr. Medley, BishoP of Fredericton ; Dr. E. Field, Bishop of Newfoundland; Dr. Kelly, Coadjutor Bishop of Newfoundland; Dr. R. Mackray, Bishop of Rupert's Land ; Dr. Aubrey, Bishop of Jamaica; Dr. Reginald Courtenay, Bishop of Kingston; Dr. R. P. Venables, Bishop of Nassau (Bahamas); Dr. T. Parry, Bishop of Barbadoes ; Dr. W. W. Jackson, Bishop of Antigua; Dr. W. P. Austin, Bishop of Guiana ; Dr. G. Hills, Bishop of British Columbia. In Australia and Noy Zealand there are fifteen—namely, Dr. Barker, Bishop of Sydney ; Dr. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle ; Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn ; Dr. C. Perry, Bishop Of Melbourne ; Dr. Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide ; Dr. M. B. Hale, Bishop of Perth; Dr. C. H. BrombYf Bishop of Tasmania; Dr. E. W. Tuffnell, Bishop of Brisbane ; Dr. G. A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand ; Dr. Ar. Williams, Bishop of Waiapu ; Dr. C. J. Abraham , Bishop of Wellington ; Dr. A. B. Sutor, Bishop of Nelson Dr. H. G. Harper, Bishop of Christ Church ; Dr. Jenne'', Bishop of Dunedin ; and Dr. W. C. Sawyer, Bishop of Graf ton and Armadale. In addition to these, there are Dr. W. J. Trower, Bishop of Gibraltar, and Dr. S. Gobat, BishoP of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem; five missionary bishops:—viz., Dr. J. C. Patteson, Bishop of the Western Islands of the Pacific ; Dr. T. N. Staley, BishoP of Honolulu, S.I. ; Dr. W. G. Tozer, Bishop of Centra l Africa; Dr. E. T wells, Bishop of the Orange River Terri tory; and Dr. S. A. Crou ther, Bishop of the Niger Terri tory. There are also five retired colonial bishops, all of whom are doing duty in England—namely, Dr. J. Char man, late Bishop of Colombo ; Dr. F. R. Nixon, late Bishop of Tasmania; Dr. D. Anderson, late Bishop of Ruporeo Land ; Dr. C. Smith, late Bishop of Victoria (gong Kong); and Dr. Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson (New Zealand)• These are independent of the eight bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The late [Princess Elizabeth Baratinski, Av lloo° death, aged GO, was renrded in our columns, on Wodneoo day last, was the only childiof the late Prince Nich olas Bariatinski and Frances, daughter of James Lord She n borne.