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This extreme and inconvenient ~- ',..,( cel - 0 ,. , 6 40. s,, r i -- 61 E t ~'"4 ) :lll l 4:' '' ' . t , k o 'S v ; \ '‘ l P44,:;„ ~ - 1 1), c6< : ' ,*' 4 , \: i 4. : . 02 - `:.'', ; ~, ,N ~ - AO' a , '----,' '-k. • - 11; ,.. ,. ' E: ", :',,, -, ' 4...;,,l " , ntr.e.e , ''' "*ROIT- ' V ...4 , - rs.,_,-, ''' at : a n 9 - - a i n t d oft4142517ay....„11111):41111:1:.'' ~ ROVAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grades-inn-road.— The.AID of the benevolent is earnestly solicited, to wenoarbkl%ttheheaCroitmy.mittee to maintain the efficiency of thi s great irr `astirer and Banker —Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicho 15,- )ane. R AL INSURANCE COMPANY. tative could only be adopted on the supposition that we had a man-of-war to spare—an improbable supposition, because, in the event of hostilities, our chief dependence would be on our ships. , One only other means of communicating with England would be by courier across the Rocky Mountains, to Canada—a journey of some months in summer and impossible in winter. As matters look at present, if the disturbances of the Eastern and Southern States extend to those on this coast, our communication may be stopped at any moment. It is to be hoped her Majesty's Government will take the matter into their serious consid.eration without delay, and grant us such assistance as in their judgment will be just and proper. I don't think it can be imputed to as that we ask much. Hitherto this colony has cost England but very little, and now she has granted he r Majesty a civil list fur the payment of her repreentative and the other permanent officers of the Colonial Govern ment ; and in other respects the country defrays its THE SUN, LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1861. READ OFFICES—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal g r Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. anell Of fices—nanchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.. N°. 21,561'. PUBLICATIONS. THREE MEN MURDERED BY A NEGRO. the:axe, and he did net repeat the cry. Then the steward returned to the second mate's cabin, where, seated on a pile of starch boxes, his legs drawn up, and his head between his knees, was the half-stupified man. Again and again the axe fell, and again and again the cry, "Don't do that," fell on my car, each time fainter than the last. Stedding then came down, and the steward and he took the corpse of the captain by the fLot, and dragging it up the companion way, tossed it overboard. Mealtime I had got some irons out, hoping to intercede to save bloodshed. Stedding and the steward once more came down, and each taking the second mate by the shouldei, led him out from the place where he had crouched on the starch boxes. lie seemed to walk, with their assistance, as they went up thee companion way, but his head lay a pulpy mass upon his shoulder, and a moment after a loud splash alongside told the fate of an other of the privateers. abreast, were the nest two; the last two were St. Bernard and Annette, this mining immigration, originally meant for Vic toria and Fraser River, is not only " carried" by American means, but it is also supplied with com modities from Portland. Victoria and British Columbia thus lose a portion of the trade and traffic which the superiority of our own route over that by the Columbia would entitle them to; not to mention the claim which the gold-producing coun try has upon the " custom" of the miner whom Now ready, with Portrait and numerous Illustrations, 215., THE OKAVANGO RIVER. A NARRATIVE Of TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, and ADVENTURE. By C. J. ANDERSSON, Author of •` Lake Ngami." The Marine Plate of 100 sovs (handicap) for all ages. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Charlton) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st (carried 7st 11b) (Challoner) 2 Mr. J. Smith's Wombat, 3 yrs, 6st 51b .. (Wheatley) 3 The following also ran :—Curlew, Fractious, Overton, Rosalind, Limeflower, Lisbon, Scrmo, Hypocrite, Clemen tine, and Lord of the Tees. " Mr. Amiersson's book, illustrated with many animated pictures of adventures connected with the wild sports of the journeys it describes, is one that will be popular as a budget of trustworthy traveller's tales, besides being valued for the information it gives to geographers."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Betting-7 to 4 agst Swectsauce, sto 1 agst Wombat, 6 to 1 agst Curlew, 8 to 1 agst Fractious, 10 to 1 agst Lop catcher, and 100 to 6 agst Lisbon. An excellent start was obtained at the first time of ask ing. The favourite was the first on his legs, and, with a lead of two or three lengths, came on with the lead, having for his immediate followers Rosalind, Fractious, Curlew, and Wombat; the others, mith the exception of the Hypo crite filly and Clementine, lying close up with the leaders. On rounding the turn the leading horses, with the excep tion of the favourite, ran wide, which enabled Lopcatcher to get through his horses, and he came on third, with Wombat, on his whip hand, fourth. Little or no alteration occurred in the order of running until they neared the stand, when Lopcatcher took second and Wombat third places, in which way they finished. Sweetsauce won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third ; Sermo was a bad fourth, Overton fifth, Rosalind sixth; the Hypocrite filly and Clementine were the last two: she permits to enrich himself out of the treasures of her soil. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.-A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT of ITER MAJESTY (by permission) will be published in the Drawing-Room Portrait Series of the ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE WORLD, on SATURDAY, August 10. The above is the most faithful Likeness of her Majesty ever published. These are great drawbacks to young colonies struggling to maintain themselves from their own resources, the one (Vancouver Island) by direct tax ation, and the other by onerous Customs duties, unaided by the mother country. _ _ Proofs may be had on India Paper, price 1 0 5. ditto on Plain Paper, ss. Office-13, Catherine-street, Strand. Price 6d. ; stamped, 7d. seeel-ITRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. he success of the Company, even in its earliest years, ea _ veil the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised ,u;tttets, of writers best acquainted with the history of In 7Te Companies. fort he re Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums si.SEVEN YEARS 1845 to 1851. e Premiums for 1860 EXCEED the Entire Life Pre ,4 f or the EIGHT YEARS ending 1852. sisih rc hs'e of Annuities in 1860 L A RG ELY EXCEEDS the ~,rbil'eceipti for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1854. t hat it progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed. considerinF 4 1 ) Plies to each of the three branches of the business. ' 'lll O FIRE BRANCH. lag . Branch has certain' y shown no exhaustion dur broao..'e Year 1860 of that impetus which had previously lasi; lit to a position of the first magnitude among the !I•eto,Lnee Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire isrm„ s in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £298,314 7s. 3d. 42p, 2 ‘," the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of seed r 77 19 8. 11d., showing - an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex two g the large advance of the preceding year, so that in has ie lears the 'Fire Revenue of the Company has been en- Goed by the enormous sum of .£66,8295d. ,21, Pa rliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to fis olirnent for the year 1860 exhibits the augmentation of e obe f e 0 iness In a more prominent way, as it affords the means mParison with other Companies. The Proprietors will 11c ,gratified - to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the the last year is more than double that of any other tho 3 ,,P a r ,flY, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of `vas 'empanies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad .‘ce c' '‘ f t s s tat. ,4 L o u s Co mp y Our increase actually equals 30 per S)fli ce , :t the entire increase of the whole of he Metropolitan 'War c i s eenibined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it motes pPer cent of the total advanceof the other 2ces l 'hied out of Limdon, LIFE BRANCH. issariu:kß, ePorts of the Company for several years have had s Mfe to announce a constant periodical eilpansion of i v t . itiz a usiness, the New Policies of each succeeding year slam, advance over the one that had immediately preceded as iv., similar result is shown in the year 1860, the P7mi s u . 178,"17).; Policies, after deducting Guarantees, 17 9 n, ,97 ahore Which is an increase on that item of .£ ,9317 • 3a amoun received for the year 'Mao, even thistadva nce is small when lBs9. compared with the thi s if- and remarkable momentum which has been given to b 'lt 111011 1 of the Business in the present year (1861). cs . was not until the commencement of the year that the j 4, t 1 - 'l, S eenled to h ve become fully acquainted with the fact v`ue Royal Insu a rance Company had published late in the Z i4/ ;iPti r a ll account of the investigation into the Assets and N. - slit a ies of its Life Department, under a novel form, and in eet"._,and intelligible a manner as the abstruseness of the 'aittati,'Knitted, together with the entire statements and ira necessary for that purpose : ti t llet a „ i e onlectured from the extensive Notices of this Para he p , .its accompanying Diagr . ams, which have appe d ar_ed e e modicala of the day, that it has largely attracte . th d itis,Pl of vast numbers ef Persons in all parts of the Unite tassr ° ' 3 l, as well as in other parts of' the World. .Indeed alB sat isfactory and conclusive evidence that such is the pase aglorded by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies ts a i i : six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac pste(2o per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres la if months of the year 1860, although the latter amount Of t hn 'e e ki exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period k h ni this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Corn k''); would, with respect to the amount of its new business, heat of placed (at least with one or two exceptions) . at the s o n .; all the Insurance Companies doing business in this eirnt y , and the anticipations of the last Report, to the ihiT . ,ltliat the details of the Lire Business then to be pub ss'," _Would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have si;tly and very happy realisation." 111,(CLA.L ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. u'FlTS.—Large proportion Returned every Five Years to 4. Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. PenSeS chiefly borne by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the Bonus to be Returned. ! LIFE BONUSES DECLARED , Af t per ot Cent. per Annum on the Sum Aured 'ta.TEssr BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED at e illt BY ANY COM PANY . TY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated tanda in hand exceed .£Bln,ooo. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOIINSTON, Secretary. A.D. 1720. It ° lAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Efit m „, CORPORATION " t ,",, llB hed by Charter of his Majesty George the First) " 11 SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. sirqtoItOCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Jo u PEARKES BARCLAY. art., D Esq., Sub-Governor. t 1 4 .1 WitadA3l LUBBOCK, Beputy-Governor. 4 '4' Il ainb DIRECTORS. o ra _ ridge, Esq. The Riglit lion. the Earl of Cattley, Esq. Leven and Melville. Davidson,niell, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Esq. Sir Jno. henry Pelly, Bart. 'PrZiandereblt, Esq. lion. Jose. W. Percy. J os mice, E sq . Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. E dlinann, Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq. 147sdalanii_arson, Esq. Charles . Robinson, Esq. I , 4'•, i, A.ni ac i v eus kte e n a f t tll, F E s sq. IV n i s l e ha h m sn S m ol e t s, E E s _ St:tl°W Ribbert:E j sci ci .f Willfam Wallace,Vsq ; dot $° Rodg.son, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. olland, Esq. PrititediCal Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. t 7Por E 4 O II,I LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this tifP the 1,11 1 1 advantageous terms. D ation • e Department, assurances are granted with par- The ti .111nr,. Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such s ever sinnary Bonus on British Policies has averaged Der c e per Bo nus on British Policies has averaged per annum on the sum assured. D A a lent r i eci T he le b y el.B uctior have be n made in the Premiums 9 preferred e that form of Bonus. .ti k r e. Y di ta a sic n n 4 ° o n f e s x P w c r e o e fi di tta g keplace every Five years. X 15,000 may be insured on one L.l7Corporation affords to the Assured— the Participation in Profits—with exemption from A kuilities of partnership. Se c ' Ve of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual . St4 c ' e s — With the guarantee of a large invested Capital Th e tf advantages of modern practice,—with the security p e gl Office wh ose resources h ave b een tested by the e x epee of ne ar ly a C ENTURY AND A HALF . th e t i Co rPoration have always allowed the Assured serve °n Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the liingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. .PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a carise " JOHN GRTFFITH 1 114":11 and others against ROBERTSON GLADSTONE 14bothers," the Creditors of the Firm of Begbie and Co., of let t ,V i on, in Burmah, are, by their solicitors, on or before the l ikty g day of December, one thousand eight hundred and th;°n_c, to come in and prove their Debts at the chambers sttt v ice -Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, at No. 11, litilt-llaare, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, in England, or in de- Nolliereof they will be peremptorily ex?luded from the ot o ' ll 'ot the said Decree. 4 1a(i r ly, the ninth day of December, one thousand eight ktiThe'raid sixty-one, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said c i2.!l_ appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon -u ltte c t ti . u ns• 'US twelfth day of July, 161. EDWARD WEATTIERALL, Chief Clerk. UPTON, UPTON, AND JOHNSON, Solicitors, 'O, Austin-friars, London, E.C. Pt ch s a l-TANT to a Pciee of the High Court of 44 1 41 11 ,, c erY, madc in a cause " JOHN' GRIFFITH it th e ,,` l , others against ROBERTSON GL ADSTONE the Creditors of the Firm of Macrae, Begbie, fightt.'n'lL Moulmein in the East Indies, are, by their solid -11"r before the'second day of December, one thousand bt B a l t ilidred 4 , and sixty-one, io come in and prove their % I ke \\* " , ,e chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir William 0 r,,0, at No. 11 New-square, Lincoln's-inn, in the b peremptorily in' England, or in default thereof they ,reee. per eMptOrily excluded from the benefit of the said 14 1 4, 0 11d a ,,, . 0 1,4 1 7etra,' , t i be ninth day of December, one thousand eight mAhZuersV aixty-one, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said ii"a• ‘" aPPointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the at e t his twelfth day of July, 1861. EDWARD WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. UPTON, UPTON, AND JOHNSON, Solicitors, 20, Austin-friars, London, E.C. A u be, -0 —LEA AND PERRINS - caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. A a It Purchasers should /' O l. LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE S Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be jci d ,_" u tiE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." "ore est Wholes e an for Export, by the Proprieto . 4 c ; ille a s l Frs. C d ROSSE and BLACKWELL, London, rs, and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. IN tENE AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. a c , — Y SMITH. M.D., of the University of ba4-easy-44, has just published for the benefit of Nervous 4, Nft v ., 4 FREE EDITION'of his valuable work, THE w ur VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A 1 0 ,f,°ll , a* on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of akOsi i2 . mess of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike eN - Noti",. 4ermatorrhcea Local Weakness, Muscular Re ,lPra I eatc4ed path suit Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if Fa l b; pa t teanit consumption, insanity, and premature eryo PAin b dirr c etT l ys b for perfect restoration to health n ee t, il l ) 3 t Os o t t I a ree di e r ec ec ure e d f r n o v m e p b teL l %' ° o ll 's t ° an; arlre w ss, on e s T e e \ T nite Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton _ g vnitock-square, London, W.C. ta mil t& T BiIIELBOROIJGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. 1 14Celi e e ,PLVERWELL, Member of the Royal h cf Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and &po t:l'e, 0, - gall, London, can be consulted daily (only) . as o t sell eases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, lik en t h. g.„ 1110 rY, Sterility, and all Functional Darangements . --'B,-ernanating from early and _excessive indul -4114 dot published, price Is. ; by post, 18 stamps; 18 scaled, , 44 e No. 4, 13 e nti re new and oribnal Work, entitled -- Tg ° psis. OURSELVES. 4 4 u ° Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation gin 41. 4 Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. ts 41,citosition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange- Th e 4Lr ital Disqualifications, fhe k. prrrhodete,Tll,.treatfuent of MALE S yphills, Stricture, BlorAnorrhagia ll nariVPernatorrhees, Impotency, and all Diseases of Th e 1.411 -c, with Prescriptions, dm. ll ph Ain; FEMALE. and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir- I t'rn i. /learn; and Sickness—Choice in Marrfage— tiji.o.yal df — " a ncies and DI a ointments—The Cause and ot S t t h e ntY—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta „,..„ - —o Peculum. Also, Oa I ,' - k 11 %.11,1,.,,„ No. 1. ''ct,lll4 ", lIAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; ‘Y, Nervo„nec,, Dy g p c p s ia, and Indigestion. T heir No. 2. flies• of and MOVE AND MARRIAGE : ati on BAi t uappiness and DisappoillinlentS g 13 1.r / -.. t . Sterility' Removed, and Healthy or- No. 3. TITE CASE BOOK RWEA, ns and Their e, 100 Cases of SPETIMATOK elfre b y c eB, Syinptorna, and Treatme s„ nt, 1,0 be auterieations, Galvanism, Stc. Scc. the Atither6. , Atlvi h ad of Mann, 3it Cornbill ; and if a-GuAtel:' 00 to the Worktn& cla sses tee ha - IN% Culvo (SPECIAL NOTICE.) it C_ o. ontessto tion,,, 11,4_rwell is the only legally qualified aled„iedal‘oPnrlay°l-8 4 bom , 'wg of that name, and can be consuU. k DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : Pi MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ' I_ l l MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. COATIS, 15, Albermarle-street,Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; garb? Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications at Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a trul valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. t "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 18 56 - " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful error' excesses it will be found valuable and useful."— London ; Published by J. Allen, 20 and noster-row —..teoord. Hours of Comul+." yvarwiok Lane, Pater • --`^ 29 , Cornhill. ~00, 1 911••40 to 3 ". .ancl 6 to 8 _ Sundays, 10 till 2. The New York Tribune, of the 23d ult., contains the fol lowing :—The schooner S. J.Waring, of Brookhaven, Smith, master, hence for Monte Video, July 4th, with an assorted cargo, came up to the city on Sunday afternoon. On the third day out from port, the 7th July, when 150 miles from Sandy Hook, in lat 38 deg and long 79 deg she was brought to by the privateer brig Jeff Davis, which sent a boat full of men alongside, and ordered the captain of the schooner to haul down the United States flag, and declared her a prize ; they took from her a quantity of provisions, and then put on board a prize crew of five men, taking away Capt. Francis Smith, the two mates, and two seamen, leaving the steward, two seamen, and Mr. Bryce Mackinnon, a passenger, on board. Tho prize crew were Montague Amiel, a Charleston pilot in command, one named Stevens as mate, Malcolm Sidney, as second mate, and two men. They made a southerly course, and on the 16th of July, when 50 miles to the southward of Charleston, the prize cap tain and the second mate being asleep in their berths, the first mate dozing on deck, and the others asleep, Mr, Till man, the steward (coloured), carried out his preconcerted plan of killing the captain and the two mates with a hatchet, and throwing the bodies overboard. The job was all done in five minutes, Tillman taking command, and steering the schooner northward. One of the remaining men was tied up till the next morning, when he was released upon a pro mise to help to work the vessel. No ono on board under stood navigation, but having once got hold of the land, Tillman brought the schooner safely up to pilot ground, when Chas. E. Warner, of the pilot boat Jane, took charge of her. We give below interesting particulars obtained from those on board, premising that Capt. Smith and his men were put by the Jeff Davis on a homeward-bound vessel soon after their capture, and sent North, arriving in Portland 10 days ago. THE, STORY OF TILE STEWARD. William Tillman, .a coloured man, is the one hero in this chapter of history. He says that he was born of free coloured parents in Milford Delaware, and is 27 years of age. His parents moved to Providence, R. 1., when ho was 14 years old, and he has since called that place his home. He has followed the sea for 10 years, and has been in the employ of Jonas Smith and Co., No. 227, Front-street, by whom the schooner was owned, for the last three years. He is of medium height, rather strongly built, crispy hair, of nearly unmixed negro blood, and bears in his pock-marked countenance an expression of honesty, strong common sense with some touches of humour. The schooner S. J. Waring had started on a voyage to Monte Video, with an assorted cargo, which, with the ves sel, was valued at 100,000 dols. There were on board the captain and mats ; W. Tillman, steward ; W. Stedding, seaman, born in Germany, aged 27, has been sailing four years out of New York; Donald M'Leod, seaman, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, aged 30, has been sailing out of New York for seven or eight years ; and B. Mackinnon, a pas senger. On the 7th July they fell in with the Jeff Davis, and a prize crew of five were put on board, who were unarmed. To use the language of Mr. Tillman, they ran ten days and didn't find Charleston ; we were, however, only 50 miles south of Charleston and 100 to the eastward. On the voyage they treated me the best kind of way, and talked the best kind of talk. One day the first lieutenant of the pirate was sitting in the cabin, cross legged, smoking, and he said to me "When you go to Savannah, I want you to go to my house, and I will take care of you." I thought, continued the negro, yes, you will take care of me when you get me there. I raised my hat and said—" Yes, sir, thank you." But afterward I said to Billy (the German), " I am not going to Charleston a live man ; they may take me there dead." He had been told by the prize master that he would get re warded in Charleston for performing his duty so well in bringing the schooner in ; he had also heard conversation not intended for his ears, in regard to the price ho would probably bring ; and he had heard the prize master say to one of his men, " You talk to that steward, and hold him in good heart. By G—d," said the prize master, "he will never see the North again." Tillman conferred with two of the seamen about taking possession of the schooner, but they declined adopting any plan, saying that none of them knew how to navigate her back, should they succeed in getting control. Tillman thought the matter over for three days and then made an ap peal to the German, and said, "If you aro a man to stick to your word, we can take the vessel easy." Then we made a plan that I should go to my berth, and when most of them were asleep he was to give me some sign or awake me, We tried this for two nights, but no good chance offered. But last Tuesday night we caught them asleep, and we went to work. The mate comes to my berth, and he touches me. He says, " Now is your time." I went into my room and got my hatchet. The first man I struck was the captain. He was lying in a state room on the starboard side. I aimed for his temple as near as I could, and hit him just below the ear with the edge of the hatchet. With that he made a very loud shriek. The passenger jumped up very much in a fright. I told him, "Do you be still ; I shall not hurt a hair of your head." The passenger knew what I waslup to ; he never said a word more. I walks right across the cabin to the second mate's room, I gave him one severe blow in the mole of the head—that is, right across the middle of his head. 1 didn't stop to see whether he was dead or no, but I jumped on deck, and as I did so, the mate, who had been sleeping on the companion way , started from the noise he heard in the cabin. Just as he rose upon his feet, I struck him on the back of the head. Then the German chap jumped over, and we " mittened" on to him, and flung him over the starboard quarter. Marshal Murray—What did you do then ? Tillman—Then we went down straight into the cabin. The second mate was not quite dead. He was sitting lean ing against his berth. I " catched" him by the hair of the head with my left hard, and struck hint with the hatchet which I had in my right hand. I told this young German, " Well, let's get him overboard as soon as we can." So we hauled him over on to the cabin. The Marshal—Was he quite dead ? Tillman—No ; he was not quite dead, but he would not have lived long. We flung him over the starboard quarter. Then I told this German to go and call that man Jim, the Southern chap (one of the pirates), hem. He called him aft. Says I, Jim, come down here in tho cabin. Do you know that I have taken charge of this vessel to• night ? I am going to put you in irons. Well, says he, lam willing. He, gave right up. I kept him in irons till eight o'clock the next morning. I then sent the German for him, and I said, " Smith (the name Milner went by on board), I want you to join us, and help to take this vessel back. But mind the least crook or the least turn, and overboard you go with the rest." Well, said he, I will do the best I can. And he worked well all the way back. He couldn't do otherwise. It was pump or sink. Marshal—Did they beg, any of them ? Tillman—They didn't have any chance to beg, it was all done in five minutes. In seven minutes and a half after I struck the first blow the vessel was squared away before the wind and all sail on. We were 50 miles south of Charleston, and 100 to the eastward. Tillman said that at first he had thought of securing all the men, and bringing them all to New York alive in irons, but he found this was impracticable. To use his own lan guage, " There were too many for that ; there were five of them and only three of us. After this I said, Well, I will get all I can back alive, and the rest I will kill." Till man says he went away as a steward, but came back as a captain. NARRATIVE OF THE PASSENGER. The weather being sultry, the doors of the state rooms had been taken off, so that not only were the doors open from the cabin, but my room, in the rear of the captain's, opened into his room, the door being also down. I took my coat and vest off very leisurely, and swallowed a draught of cherry brandy before going to bed, so that I should think it was 11.10 when I retired. It could not have been more than 10 minutes later when I was awakened from a light sleep by a peculiar sound in the captain's room, which I knew instinctively could only have been produced by an axe cleaving Amiel's skull. No sooner did the " thush" strike upon my ear than I leaped out of bed, and, leaning against the door-casing in the partition, saw the steward dart through the twilight—for he had extinguished the light— noiseless as a cat, across the cabin toward the second mate's room. I also saw, at the same glance, Capt. Amiel riso from his berth, and attempt to follow him ; the blood blinded him, and he fell to the floor, with a horrid gurgling sound in his throat. All this was but the work of a second. The cleav ing of the skull, like the flash from a gun preceding the re port, was followed by a weak faint cry, like that of a sick child, and the gurgling in the throat. I knew then that his wound was mortal. Stooping sideways, the steward entered the second mate's cabin, and once more swung his axe, but not so effectively. The mate started up with an oath, "Don't strike me aga in," and clutched at the steward's breast, but eluding the wounded man, he ran on deck, to where the first mate lay near the wheelhouse, and keeping his axe behind him, demanded " What all this noise was about ?" The mate, who had been aroused by the outcries of the captain and second mate, had raised himself upon his elbow, and stared at the steward in a half stupid, half fascinated way, not seeing the pistol which Stedding, the man at tho helm, bad pointed at him for use in case of necessity. As he turned his faco towards the steward, the latter drove his weapo , - home into the base of his skull. Stedding and 0.- then tumbled him overboard. He row. acco" two 1 , - - aboutrheovairvseedcrz,mw;hbeunt, steward Qa the wave with a _...,gttis astern, tho water having utl must have soon gone down to his long _..alU~ Then the steward came down in the cabin, where I still stood,while Stedding stood, pistol in hand, to guard the deck. The captain cried faintly twice to me by name, "Help me, help me," but he was past help, ,smother swighing blow of There were three persons on board who knew nothing of all this. The two privateer sailors, and Donald M'Leod, one ofour seamen, whom I subsequently learned would not join the steward and Stedding in his attempt to re-capture the vessel. Handing me his pistol, Stedding went forward and rosed Milnor, the South Carolinian, a young man of two or three and twenty, from his sleep at the foot of the mainmast, and called him aft. Not seeinghis comrades when he cameinto the cabin, he was much frightened, and begged for life. The steward told him he would not kill him, but iron him, and his fate must depend upon his good behaviour —he wanted to spill as little blood as possible. The man willingly held out his wrists for the irons. They then went forward to the forecastle, and called the other privateer, Dorsey. Upon learning the condition of affairs, he begged for his life, whch they promised to spare if he would assist in working the ship and be true and faithful, to all of which he agreed. The steward now took command, and the schooner was head for the north, with a fair wind. None of us knew any thing of navigation, but we trusted to o , good fortune and the land to enable unto make out our course. The South Caro linian was released from irons the next morning, and proved a very usefnl and willing fellow in working the ship. On Friday, the 19th, at eight o'clock in the morning, we made the land, which became quite distinct by noon, and we kept on our way with good weather, sounding our way as we went. Of course we had to be vigilant. Two of our hands might turn upon us at any moment, and M'Lcod was not faithful, for days before we got in he went forward, and slept with them in the forecastle. Stedding, Tillman, and I managed it so that two of us were on deck all the while, and always aft of the other three. The men on watch carried the two pistols, and the one that slept always kept one eye open, lest we might be attacked. On Sunday morning, at 9 o'clock, Ws got a pilot, off Sandy Hook, and soon after hired a tug for 60 dole. to tow us up to New York, where we arrived about 4 p.m., truly thankful for our great deliverance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The blueness of the sky was almost equalled by that of the sea as the spectator gazed from the stand on Wednes- day, nor did the brilliancy of the weather diminish during the day. Of the fashionable audience which had graced the Goodwood lawns on Thursday last, a vast proportion was again to be seen on the Downs at Brighton, and although the card did nst display so fine a programme as that of the grand meeting celebrated last week, yet visitors went away satisfied with the half-dozen races set before them. The Brighton Stakes brought but a small field of horses toge ther, the fame of Starke having deterred more than one of his intended antagonists. His success was hailed with cheers by those who admire the enterprise of his owner, and who were glad to see him gain a recompense, small though it be, for his horse's defeat in the Goodwood Stakes. Blue Jacket had many friends, but the American made the pace better in this race than Bivouac had been able to make it when the old horse defeated him at Lewes on Monday, and he had accordingly no great trouble in disposing of him. The Nursery, always a popular stake, brought together 12 2. yr-olds, and produced a fine race, the difference of 91b is the relative wciOts of the first and second since their meet ing at Lewes having just turned the scale in favour of the filly. Thirteen runners were telegraphed for the Marine Plate, and Sweetsauce, backed for immense sums of money, took the lead, kept it, and won in a canter. Some betting on future events took place between the races, which we quote in its proper place. The Bristol Plate of 50 soya (handicap). Ono mile. Captain Rhys's Doncaster, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Hudson's Miss Emma, 3 yrs, Sst 01b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. W. Day's Schekallion, 2 yrs, Gst 21b. (S. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Barb Pigeon, Chirp, Foretop, and Court Martial. Betting-7 to 4 agst Doncaster, sto I agst Foretop. The favourite, with Barb Pigeon on the whip hand, and Miss Emma made the running, having the others in close attendance. On reaching the distance Miss Emma went up to Barb Pigeon and ran with him to the rails, where the latter was beaten, leaving the race with the two. Doncaster, however, was never approached, and won in a canter by six lengths, two lengths separating the second and third ; Court Martial was a bad fourth ; the others beaten off a long way, Chirp boaig last. Second Year of the Ninth Brighton Bienrial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Sat 41b. Winners extra. Bristol mile. 14 subs. Mr. M. Dennett's Squire Percy, Est 71b (Fordham) 1 Mr. It. Drewitt's Young Viscount, Bst 71b (Custance) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Young Viscount, Young Viscount made play to tile distance, where he was joined by Squire Percy, the pair finishing a close race home, the non-favourite winning on the post by a head. The Brighton Stakes of 15 sovs etch, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 200 sovs added. Wi nners ex t ra . Th e second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. The new course, one mile and three - cuarters. 34 subs, 10 of whom paid forfeit. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 6 yrs, 3st llb (Inc 41b ex) (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Spencer's Blue Jacket, aged, Sa; 121 b .. (Fordham) 2 Mr. Saxon's Bally Edmond, 3 yrs, sst 101b....(Midgley) 3 Count Batthyany's Pergus, 3 yrs, ss; 101 b (Howe) 4 Count de Lagrange's Lysiscote, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Grimshaw) 5 given ill the) ; Betting—Even on Starke, 3 to 1 afst agst Lysiscote, and 6 to 1 agst Bally Edmond. some top distance Blue Jacket, 4 to 1 Starke jumped off with the running followed by Blue Jacket, Pergus, Lysiscote, and Bally Ed going on third, Blue. Ackeatncifoiunrtwhh, at a strong pace, , when Pergus took the se cond place, and ran in . close compa ny with the favourite, m th o e n y d ra in n t t h o e th ° e ra f Q o r o w t o e t ha th ve e h rounding Lysiscote, through this mishap, was 13ft in attendance upon the Onro w un as favourite, followed by Blue Jacket and Bally Edmond, Lysisc ote o S u a t x o andn's i n colt consequencelast. the four, as they neat ed the turn for tonic, i Pergus t i h e and orderreriarrn.. running in close company, but half-way down the kill the colours of the French confederacy were seen to drcp back, and her place was taken by Blue Jacket, who reached S'Arke's quarters at the distance, and for a brief p eri od gave hop es t o hi s b ac k ers, but which were speedily dispelled. Starke, in a few strides, gradually drew in advance and won in a canter by four lengths ; Bally Edmond finished a b ad third ; Pergus, who p asse d Lysiscote opposite the stand, vas four; th and Lysis cote, who was pulled up, walked in l ast. The South Down Stakes of 5 so'rs each, with 300 sovs added. 2-yr .olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. W. Day's Ur. Pusey, 2 yrs (£5O), sst . 121 b _ Mr. A. Brown's Liberality! 2 yrs (S. Adams) WO), .sst . 121 b Mr. Fuller's St. Bernard, 2 yrs (Z5O), sst 121 b (J. Da (Midgley) 2 Daley) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Dr. Pusey, 2tc 1 agst St. Bernard, and 5 to 2 agst Liberality. After two slight failures, caused thro ugh St. Bernard breaking equitable start. St. gone many joined--D r . Bernard P on the oli whip the t.Bernard away, was the first flag off, was b ut lowered heror a t l e an had strides the favourite rushed past him, and went on with the running, waited upon by St. Bernard, with Li beral i ty at their quarters. In this way they descend e d the hill, and theorainlree,aLchihinergality in dist t a h n e c e e e t n h t e re th , en ree d ioine St. hand, and in which way they ran locked neck separating t Dr g . race winner e wbiyaenr waseck not sold.; aek ih t P h u e s s e e Y z w on l. d mi a i n n d g third.a close T The Brighton Nursery Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds, Winners extra. T.Y.C. Three-quarters of a mile. 40 subs. Mr. J . Smith's Queen of Spain, 7st„ „ ...... (Clement) 1 Mr. Monk's Beachy Head, 7st 71b (including 51b extra) . F Baron Nivicre's Baliverhe, B s t 101 b ....al. (G Grimshawordham) 2 ) 3 The following also ran :—Danny del Lago, Golden Fleece, Breech Loader, St. Bernard, receptive, Miss Livingstone, Aznette, King Tom, and Sagitarius. .... _ Betting-5 to 2 agst Bettelr! Head, sto 1 agst Annette, 6 to 1 each agst Queen of Spain and Sagittarius, 100 to 15 agst Miss Livingstone, 10 to 1 agst Deceptive, and 100 to 8 each agst Golden Fleece and Donna del Lego. e _ng left behind. .. Some time was lost through several of th e h orses breaking away, in the first of which Deceptive, Annette, and Sagit tarius ran to the turn. At last the flag was l ob — - thing but a satisfactory start Awl." ered to and.On settling into thei r plac es 1 , ...- ."Le b ...I and came on with a l g .+, - .averne rushed to the front _. lower sido by P 2. lesd / followed on the rails on the and P- -,eachy Head Queen of Spain, Golden Fleece, —vana del Lago, the E thers lying in a cluster in their rear, the last of all being Lunette. In this order they ran to the distance, where the Frenchman's lead began to de crease, and on entering the rails she was passed by the fa vourite, who, with Queen of Spain in waiting, carried on the running to the centre of the stand, where Clement called upon his mare, who came with a )4 of sail, headed Beachy Head within a few strides of home, and won very cleverly by a neck, the favourite beating Baliverne by two lengths for second ; Sagittarius was a good fourth, Donna del Lago Aftil, Mira Livingatone sixth, Deceptive and Qolden Fleece, sual attend' vheat, at v ° arer. 010 ain entirely s at bar" 01 lIS • _ )ricer. md collari e )o nsider av o at at* g ood 5 0 rferior s°o3, d peas I t. at s e d. er deeliafor per tit a. 5• t. i t eB of Moe the ex t l 645 re d is ar y INv ' au u . th test, 04 s st d, IV able. , o re. f NI) ) o __ ; • To j i co 3 9 e lght Od to Ss 63 afs g ) in til" Land. .01' 0 d " fat P°1.14 Aug' , l i g i. Aun°• Sept." Sept. Aug. 7 13. Aug' t 1. 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Business is dull, the population would seem to have decreased, and - much gloom and dissatisfaction pre vail for the moment. These untoward effects are said to be caused by the large exodus to the mines of British Columbia, and if this be the true cause the present stagnation is only temporary. The exodus of miners is felt only because of the small ness of our population. The fact is that all classes are disappointed at the meagreness of the immigra tion, and unless some scheme for the encourage ment of settlers from the mother country is set on foot the colony must languish for want of a popu lation sufficient to make it prosperous. The exciting news from the interior of British Columbia of the discovery of new and very rich diggings, extending over a large space of country, carried away in the spring from Victoria all who could go to seek their fortunes in the El Dorado of New Caledonia. Labourers, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, and nearly all the bone and sinew of the place have left for a temporary sojourn in the sister colony—most of them to a district known as Cerre bceuf (pronounced Cariboo) situate some 500 miles from the mouth of Fraser River, where the richest "strikes" are reported to have been made. The re sults, as far as known, are favourable, for consider able quantities of golddust are beginning to come down. There is yet another subject which retards the material progress of this colony of Vancouver Island in various ways, as well as that of the neigh bouring colony of British Columbia, to a very serious degree. This is the unsatisfactory state of our postal communications. You are, no doubt, aware that our postal commu nications are conducted entirely through American channels. Even the correspondence from England comes nearly all by way of New York, because that route is more expeditious than that via the West Indies to Colon, while from Panama there is no choice, as all the steamers plying to the north of that port are American. Wo are thus placed at the mercy of a foreign Power for the carrying of our communications with the mother country and the rest of the world. The inconvenient consequences of such a state of dependence may be readily con ceived. As the matter is of the utmost importance, not only to these two colonies, but to the public service also, and as the subject has been misunderstood and overlooked or neglected at home, I must crave your indulgence while I describe tho pernicious working of the present system, the injuries which it entails upon us, and the helpless state in which we are placed by not having an independent English postal service. I will first describe the voyage by which our letters and passengers (for our means of personal transit are as defective as are our means of postal communication) are carried from San Francisco to Victoria. The steamers, being American vessels, in order to prosecute their own coasting trade, touch on their way up at several ports on the coasts of California and Oregon,varying their calls from time to time to suit the requirements of trade. They then cross the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River, noted for its danger, and run up more than 100 miles into the interior of Oregon to Portland, on the Willa mette River, a tributary of the Columbia, where they remain for days discharging and receiving cargo on their way to Victoria. As the entrances to all the wayports on the coasts of California and Oregon are dangerous, some from bars and others from sunken rocks, the steamers are frequently de layed at some or •at all of them, while in rough weather the bar of the Columbia detains them for days waiting for a calm. The run, which could be made from San Francisco direct to Victoria in three to three and a-half days, occupies by these delays some eight to ten days, and sometimes more. This delay to passengers, goods, and mails by this circuitous route is not the only evil which this system imposes upon us. To cover the risk of the Columbia Bar 12 per cent. is charged on all mer chandise crossing it, in addition to the ordinary rate of insurance to Victoria. These deviations of voyage being repeated on the return from Victoria to San Francisco, it is manifest that so tedious, expensive, and dangerous a route must depreciate the value of our gold, which is the principal export, while it also enhances the cost of our imports, and increases un necessarily the risk of life. A melancholy proof of the truth of the last conclusion is afforded by the fate of one of these American steamers, which was wrecked in 1860, by which 36 lives were lost, in cluding several persons (as I am informed) coming from England to Victoria, and among them poor Mr. Blomfield, the son of the late Bishop of London, who intended to settle in this colony. This system, in short, impedes and stultifies com mercial enterprise and discourages the exchange of personal intercourse to a very serious degree, as I will undertake to show in a few words. The route formerly taken by the mining immi gration to British Columbia was by way of the Fraser River, which is the natural inlet into the mining country, touching first at Victoria, where supplies were procured. But our neighbours of Oregon, seeing so many passengers visiting Portland en route, bethought them of a means of diverting them from continuing their voyage to Victoria, and with this view offer to transport them up the Columbia via the Dalles to British t.7alumbia, and so save the voyage to Victoria. The America 2 route is, of course, represented as shorter and cheaper, although it is, in fact, longer, mare expen sive, and far less advantageous, for it merely carries the miner to the confines of British Columbia, and leaves him on the frontier, while the Fraser River route takes him into the heart of the mining re gions, unless, indeed, he wishes to " try his luck" on the ri!6r itself. The miner, ignorant of the advan- I takes of one route over the other, is " caught" the more readily because, finding himself upwards of 100 miles out of his direct course, a distaand nce own whtheich he has also to retrace (by the run up d Columbia and Williamette rivers b . etw.ee.n the Pa cific Ocean and Portland), and being irritated and di sa pp o inted by the delay and expenditure of money at Portland, he easily yields to the representations held out to him that by proceeding onwards by the Dalles be will avoid the delay and expense of re tracing the distance of his unnecessary deviation. He therefore abandons his intended voyage to Vic- toria. Now, as " trade" naturally follows " traTel," Besides the individual losses incurred in the man ner and by the means I have described, the revenue of British Columbia suffers from a contraband trade carried on by the Americans along her frontier, which is too extensive to be effectually guarded. The principal use to which her revenue is applied is the making of roads through her pathless deserts ; but she is deprived of a portion of the means for carrying out this necessary improvement, while the Americans by diverting her trade and traffic, which they are enabled to do solely from owning the only steamers plying to and from San Francisco, and by evading her Customs law, are enabled to improve their own communications, already forced into an unnatural state of forwardness by their adventi tious advantage. To return for a moment to the subject postal communication. Our mails have hitherto been carried by the American acj t mi : , 4 tously ; and I am happy to acknowledge our ob ligations to the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, and to the owners of the other American steamers for their generosity and invariable courtesy in this respect. They not only , carried our general mails, but they conveyed special letter bags for Her Ma jesty's squadron, and were always very civil and obliging in carrying parcels for the naval officers, for which I have frequently heard these gentlemen express their gratitude. Unfortunately for us, we are now deprived of these benefits, for the postal contract to carry the mails to Oregon and to Washington Territory, which enabled us to receive our mails by the same vessels that carried the American mails, has been taken away from the Pacific Mail Company, and this company has withdrawn its steamers from the route. The mails are now carried from San Fran cisco to Portland, in Oregon, by land, and thence to Washington Territory. Sometimes the English mail is left at Olympia and sometimes at some other town, and we are obliged to send a small sailing vessel once a week to discover at what port they may be lying, and to convey them to Victoria when she finds them after a hunt. When our letters do come to hand, after all this trouble and delay, many of them are often so mutilated and so da maged by the water - as to be illegible. The overland route from California is what the Americans call "a hard road to travel," and it seems a miracle that any vehicles can be kept together on such an uneven surface. _ . The only other means we are to have of getting letters henceforward is by a steamer from San Francisco, which is to call for a few hours at Victoria once in three weeks, and her owners may at any moment decline to carry a mail for us unless they are paid. This steamer does not observe any regu larity in her arrivals or departures, and the mer cantile community can neither calculate with pre cision upon the arrival of their adviccs nor upon their opportunities for responding to them. I ought rather to say they have no opportunity of responding satisfactorily by return mail, on account of the shortness of the steamer's stay. Is it surprising that we get no addition to our population by immigration in the present state of steam communication with San Francisco, such as I have described it, and that the colonists should bo despondent? Or is it to be wondered at that business is dull in the deranged state of our postal communication ? _ _ The cure for all these evils, which I have endea voured very imperfectly to depict, is to have an English steamer running between San Francisco and Victoria; but this undertaking will require assistance from the Imperial Government. I know the system of subsidies has become un popular at home ; and I am prepared for your tell. ing us that we should help ourselves out of our dif ficulty. Well, we have made an effort to "help ourselves." The citizens of Victoria and the local Government offered to contribute a sum of £4,000 a-year to any of the steamboat owners of San Fran cisco who would undertake the service of carrying our mails direct, but the offer was declined on the ground of insufficiency. I had interviews with these gentlemen myself, and they satisfied me that the subsidy would not cover the loss they would incur by abandoning the coasting trade of the way ports. But, in point of fact, I do not believe that the subsidy could be collected. Trade is so limited, business so dull, and the system of direct taxa tion which has been adopted, to enable us to re tain Victoria a free port, is so very onerous, that the people could not afford to pay the subsidy in addition to their other burdens. So you see—at least, I hope you will believe me when I declare that we would if we could, but that we cannot "help ourselves" in this case. This grievance is not new, although we have borne it patiently. Lord Derby's Government was quite well informed of our wants, and had agreed to grant us a subsidy—in faet, had granted i. The contract was actually drawn up and approved by the legal advisers of the Crown ; but before it was ' executed the Government went out, and the present Government refused to ratify it. I was informed at the time that Mr. Gladstone urged the objection that only a few letters wore despatched from the General Post-office in London for Victoria, and that the number was so small as to justify him in declin ing to carry out the contract. This was a fallacy. The letters addressed to Victoria direct were no doubt few in number, but not because few were sent, but because nearly all letters for this colony— indeed, all business letters were sent under cover to San Francisco, to be forwarded thence, on account of the very unsatisfactory state of our postal com munications, which I have described at such length. Then, Mr. Gladstone ignored altogether in his argu ment the postal matter to be carried between San Francisco and Victoria, arising out of the business carried on between these two places, and involving business correspondence with British Columbia and Washington Territory and Oregon. He did not know that, while San Francisco was the source of supply, Victoria was the distributiflg point for all British goods to this colony and to thy' to other say, and three countries just named. Now, I am ha pp l • we are receiving goods direct f rom England' it is still more satisfactory that we send these same of the trade inereasing. goods in some quantity to San Francisco, and that e IS every prospect The fah: impe diments thb7 of the American Cus• tinction to thb • 'lies afforded by our free port in contradis ,ducing this gratifying result. toms Laws are p' '-osiness involve an i ncreased All these acces sions to b nder a postal system written corre s p ondence, re.. . make the present more and more necessary, and , lack of one more intolerable. ail If, as I have shown, the want of a di:ect.iT serv ice is injurious to th e commercial and 50cu...1 in terests of the two colonies, it is still more humiliai ing to England that her Majesty's naval forces in , this part of the Pacific should be left in the helpless position of being dependent for every letter received or sent away from the squadron on the courtesy or caprice of foreigners. Indeed, the consequences may any day become disas trous. When we got into trouble with the Ameri cans the other day about the Island of San Juan, had either party proceeded to extremities our pos tal communication with the rest of the world would have been stopped at ouce. We should have bad own expenses. There are now in Esquimalt Harbour her Ma jesty's ship the Bacchante, carrying the flag of Ad miral Sir Thomas Maitland, Captain Mackenzie ; the screw corvette Tartar, Captain Hayes; and the gunboat Forward, Commander Robinson. The Hecate, Captain Richards, is surveying on the North-west coast of Vancouver's Island ; and the check. These gunboat Grappler has gone to cruise along . the eastern side and northern end of this island, with a view to keep the Indians of Queen Charlotte's t ch r ai a n e voe : 0 - s -fwiotivhtehrththhaeeumil their overhauling o y :hyema periodical araere t v h i visits Island and the north coast of British Columbia in licence e e lonfditahnes, Hudson's Bay w ß it a h y d c ra o w m a p l a o n f y th t e o na grt V susi n i on c reb t ,o;ira gunboats. o i sr , 'Lnlit many thefts. As they retire in their rather paddlers), the only means the authorities yessels frequently rende r i m p expert ts tow t o o o These in this respect, and are very useful to tile colony iil various ways. The Forward followed a large party of Indians the other day as far north as Point Mudge, where she found them encamped with a great quantity of property stolen at Victoria and a settlement on the Canal de Haro. The savages showed fight and fired on the gunboat, so that Cap tain Robinson was compelled to chastise them by a few shots, which killed and wounded a few of them and destroyed their canoes. He also disarmed them ; but as a hostile tribe made their appearance at a time opportune for the destruction of the Hydahs (the defeated tribe) when they were without the means of defence, the captain humanely returned their arms to the conquered party to enable them to defend themselves from their enemies. He, how ever, carried two of the Chiefs prisoners to Vic toria, where they remain in gaol, awaiting their trial before the Court of Sessions. The Tartar proceeds to-night or to morrow morn ing to the Southern coast, her destination being Callao ; but on a representation from the British Consul at San Francisco she will call at that port on her way down, to do what she can to protect or assist British interests. By reason of the fear of privateering between San Francisco and Panama the shipments of trea sure from San Francisco have been greatly reduced, and almost all that does go is sent to England. Exchange on New York has nearly entirely ceased, and, as a consequence, so have remittances of gold to the same place. If the Tartar gets much treasure-freight she will call at Panama to deliver it for transmission to England, &c. I passed the winter and spring in California, and had an opportunity of learning the sentiments of the people on the question which agitates the rest of the republic. I should say that nine-tenths are for the Union, and that the Secessionists are so few in number that no Secession demonstration is at all likely to be made. The same remarks will apply to Oregon and to Washington Territory. They also remain loyal to the Union. As regards the risk of privatcering in the Pacific, I should think it very unlikely that any Southern privateers will venture on the coast ; but it is pos sible that a gang of the desperadoes who infest Cali fornia, and particularly Sun Francisco—the class of vagabonds who recruited Walker's filibustering bands for Nicaragua—may, under cover of taking passage to Panama, attempt to take one of the steamers with treasure, and run her into a port con venient for the purpose of plunder, and escape somewhere on the coast of Mexico on her way down. The mining intelligence from British Columbia is very favourable. New, rich, and extensive diggings have been discovered lately, and the miners are re ported as earning largely. About 125,000 dols. in value of gold dust has come down to Victoria, besides what was carried by miners on their persons, within the last ten days. The weather, as usual in Vancouver's Island, is charming, and the crops promise well. A new land law has been passed for this island of a liberal character, which has induced several parties to settle in various portions of the island of late. I will give the terms of the law and explain the system in my next letter. When that will bo I cannot say, owing to the uncertain arrival of the one steamer which now visits the port to carry a mail. This letter goes to San Francisco by her Majesty's ship Tartar. THE GREAT STREET. IN TOOLEY STIIiBET. -- . The fire at Davis's Wharf is far from being en tirely extinguishe d even at this advanced p eriod, and the large stea m float was yesterday at work y men from the River Thames pumping numfbreorm of water th upon the sm ouldering jute, which frequently sent up largo are e o . v i Avastng th c jute bodiesem ployed destroyed. oifn m fl r a el m t is the opinion of Me ssrs . C ur lin g 's warehouse firm that 800 tons weight of that article e can bere moved in the course of a few Mr. days, W superintendents realise of th e sum.which might fire, fell through a andwas a s de ev , e r o e n l e y o c fu cut of i the n wharf, whilst assisting at the the hands, and skylight , al so over one of his eyes. The brigade authorities are o under th great obligation to t t he . services rendered at fire eminent a nd have written o inform them that any expense they may have in curred will be repaid to them. The principal steam affixed engine of this establishmen t had two lengths of hose attached, and by the aid of the steam power threw over 8,000 gallons of water per hour u topon the I fire, through an inch and a half jet, equal three of the brigaide engines. The water had to be drawn the from a well 45 1 feet d ee p , and the pressure on hose must have been immense, as the water had to pass nearly, if not "over, 500 feet before the fire could be touched. Mr. George, who has charge of the salvage, and engineers J. Gerrard and Tozer, are indefatigable in their exertions in getting the fi r e cooled and in taking charge o f the salvage. Up to yesterday an enormoies amount been e had of propertxt riy, valued at many thousand pounds, _ s ated from Chamberlain's, Scovell's, the Depot, and. Hay's wharves, which will be submitted to publi • c auction. The property comprises over 200 casks weight of grease, more than 100 tons of jute, about 4. h - th e same quantity of ra g s for paper making, 25 tons of coffee, 70 tons of tallow only slightly injured by the fire, 20 tons of sugar, the en of 1,400 bags of rice , a tremendousormous quantity sa lted hides and leather pieces. quantity of Over 150 tons of American flour have already been removed from the ruins, and above 1 000 b arre l s and tierces of navy beef, India beef India eel, India mess beef, navy pork, India pork, of black lead and mess pork. The quantity saved from Chamberlain's Wharf appears incredible, heaps lying, from the explode for there are exploded or burnt casks' almost as high as soma dwelling-houses. A great number of warehouses have been engaged in the neighbourhood for storing provisions away,amongst 013 number are the whole range of the extensive coecerage of Messrs. Zurhorst, in Tooley-street. A vast m 2antity of j ute b e drie and d and hem sorted have been removed to . :- , no '& o ' , ..----------.... - BDLDL CASES.—We are in- THE WAg P' Lea tham and Mr. J. C. D. Charles to edreceive sentemo during the next Wit h respect to the reicase of Mr. Fernandez from York Ca stle, we believe no unnecessary delay took place fwoormrthwithuatble kfr. c alled Il uP term. after the judge's re commendati on h ad been received at the Home-o ffice, and that the few days which elapsed between theg4 pur gation from contempt" and the disc har g e, was a delay rendered necessary by the changes at the Home oface.—hiattcheater guardian.