The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-10 00:00:00

AMERICA. NEW YORK, SEPT. 27. One of the largest, if not the largest, and most respectable political meetings ever held in the city of New York came off the day before yesterday, in front of the Merchants' Exchange. The street was densely packed for nearly or quite the whole length of the front of that massive building. The steps and columns were overhung with listeners, every window and balcony of the neighbouring houses capable of affording a place for a hearer was occu pied, and every housetop within sight of the place of meeting was planted with spectators. The occa sion for this great assemblage was that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, whose vigour, decisidn, and tact have piloted the Republicans through the shoals of a long session, and to whom more than any other man they owe their present position, was announced to address the merchants and citizens of New York on the topics of the day. The speech was principally taken up with esta blishing that the Republican party is the Conser vative party, and entitled to the confidence of merchants. On the question of annexation the following explicit declarations of policy may not be uninteresting to your readers : "Look at another question—look at the mean and scandalous policy declared in the Ostend Conference— that policy reaffirmed, blindly and darkly, in the Cin cinnati platform—which is to the extent, and goes at least in the direction, that it is right for a people, if they want a territory, to steal it, if they cannot get it in any other er better way. We are against that policy—not that we are against the acquisition of ter ritory that has taken place in times past, which was necessary to the national defence, and which has oon tributed to that prosperity to which allusion has been made heretofore, out I allude to those islands which our Southern brethren speak of as our islands of the Soothes(' s eas . We want nothing of them so long as they remain in the hands of nations at peace with us. "Th e y add to our interests as they are. If the Sandwich Islands or the Islands of the South Sea— excepting alone the Island of Cuba—were possessed by the people of the United States, they would be held either by the consent of other nations, or else we should hold them only as tenants at will, and we should be dependent on the support of other nations. Other wise you would have to send your steam marine for their protection, and at any moment of difficulty or doubt in reference to the relations existing between them and other points of the confederacy you would be always obliged to maintain a naval power in those islands such as this country has never contemplated, and which could not exist without danger to our institutions. " What we want is not to steal territory from other nations. We have at present as much territory as we want. But we have the right, and it is the duty of our people, to cultivate amicable relations with the people of those islands and with the people of the other por tions of the South American continent. From these amicable relations may spring other evidences of that commercial prosperity which has placed your city before all the cities of the American continent. Look at the Island of Cuba. It is within 130 miles of the commercial ports of our own country. No man can estimate the ex tent of the commerce which well-directed and intelligent industry may develops in the Island of Cuba. And yet with the growing commerce of the Island of Cuba—lying _ _ within the gulf of Mexico, and only 130 miles from Florida, and at no considerable distance from New Or leans and the months of the Mississippi—it sends to the American people not more than 25 per cent, of its whole commerce, and sends the other three-fourths to the ports of Europe and to Great Britain. And why ? Because we have alarmed the people and the Government of the island by threats of descent and annexation. It would have been better for us to cultivate amicable relations with them. Look again at the South American States. What do we see in South America ? A territory ten times as large as that of the United States. A country more fertile than any portion of the United States, while we give $4,500,000,000 annually of accumulated industry, South America is capable of giving 4, 10, nay even 100 times more of accumulated industry. She has 20,000,000 of population, and 10,000,000 square miles. By re-pect log treaties and observing amicable relations with that country we can obtain the whole of that trade, vast as it is and vast as it may hereafter be, without injuring to the slightest possible extent anything produced in this country, and we can give to them in return everything produced here. " So, too, with Central America. So, too, with the country north. "We have tried it with Canada, we have tried it with the British possessions, and certainly no human experiment has ever proved more grand and successful than the Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and Canada passed in the year 1852-53. Now, we propose, if our people of the Noah should con ceive and inaugurate a policy of their own, to substitute this doctrine of reciprocal treaties, with the nations of the Western World at least, in place of that doctrine of theft of territory which has made the name of America and of American Government a scandal throughout the nations of the earth. We might extend the same system of reciprocity to Japan and the other nations of the Eastern hemisphere, whenever they shall choose to change their national policy. We might thus recuperate and revivify the honour since attendant on the American flag and on the Amencan Government. Shall Ibe allowed for a few moments to look at the question of American commerce as c ninected with the Government ? In forming the constitut:•on of the United States it was the desire of the Anif.rioan people to strengthen and enlarge the commerce co: the States. And it was the refusal of such cities as tee city of New York to treat with us under the articlee of confederacy that justified and enabled men in the convention of 1787 to form the constitution which is sow recognised throughout the world as the most perfect institution of government that the mind of man ever conceived or formed." As the canvass progresses people get warmer and more abusive, but beyond that I do not see much change. All wait now for the decisive results in October. Each party profess confidence, but on the whole I think the Republicans have the better in the matter of enthusiasm, while the Democrats beat them in organisation. The town presents a gay appearance. Banners are streaming from the political club-rooms in every section, and scarcely a street of any size that has not one or more huge pieces of canvass, nearly as large as the mainsail of an Indiaman, stretched across, decorated with the names of the candidates, inscribed in parti-colonr3d letters, amid flourishes and mottoes, American eagles, bucks'-heads, portraits of Fremont in a flannel shirt and top-boots, standing on a peak of the Rocky Mountains, grasping the stars and stripes in one hand and the Declaration of Independence in the other. One of the Democratic ward clubs puts forth a buck drawing a cannon. The draymon in the street all show the colours, putting a little flag in the head of their horses inscribed with the names of their favourites. Fillmore and Donelson seem to stand highest with these stanch Americans ; and everybody, so far as I can see, is confident of suc cess, se that we have quite a political millennium, in spite of Brooks, Keit, and other fire-eaters. There is not much general news of interest. Of course there is the usual burning of a steamer— this time one of the Collingwood lina upon the lakes. The Niagara, bcund from Chicago to Collingwood, took fire when near Sheboyagan, and before any assistance could be rendered had burned to the water's edge, with the loss of nearly or quite a hun dred lives. We have not yet received the full de tails, but there is too much reason to believe, from past experience, that everybody will be exonerated from blame. This is the third steamer that has been destroyed by fire upon the lakes this season, to say nothing of railway accidents of every possible variety, and of an explosion upon one of the New York Sound steamers. Th e rec kl essness with ' which human life is perilled is only equalled by the indifference manifested at its destruction. Mr. George Steers, the builder of the yacht America, was thrown from his waggon on Long Island the day before yesterday, and has since died of the injuries. He was engaged at the time of his death in superintending the completion of the new Collin's steamer Adriatic and the new screw man of-war Niagara, both vessels of nearly 5,000 tons burden. MANCHESTER GOING TO LIVERPOOL.—III an article thus headed, the Liverpool Courier of Wednesday states that a number of Ma nches ter manufacturers h into negotia tions for the p urchase of land adjoining entered g Tran. me re Ferry, and near the Cheshire Junction Railway, with the vie w of erectin g mills. CI79TOII•HOUSE ROBBERY.—HARTLEPOOL, Wednesday, October 8. — D urin g last night a robbery was effected at th e C us tom -house her e under circumstances which have given rise to suspicion, but as yet no clue that the ob tained as to the perpetrators. It appears that the pre. raise s were securely fastened, as usual, in the evening when the officers left. This morning it was discovered that an entrance had been effected by remogvin the shutters of the tide-snrvey or's office o (which is situated ofn thee ground floor), and remo vin g the inside fastening window by breaking a pane of g lass. Havin g gained a u entrance h ere , the whole rang e of the pre m. was open to the thieves, after forcing the slight lock with whichs_'i this office door wa s fastened. The thieves found L small crowbar, room a small bag fu ll of im p lements including a crowbar, used by the officers in rum waging vessels'. These they made use of in their fur. t her operations.ibTlx thieves visited in succession tbe several offices room the sum of 70. e 6 . building. From the searcher's the long room, g s . 3d. c , i f was taken ; from a drawer in measure and a book of. roln the locker's room, a spirit room, which was the last i calculations. In the collector's was forced open and a casiL le e visited, a small drawer containing 431. in notes and gold, was removed, the The whole of the collector's ox being left behind. about the floor, and the impiperrs were strewn thieves left there also, together wits an used by the an iron boa and bn iron punch, such as we used an old chisel penters. The "Queens chest," mains in the collector's room, sum of money, was not attempted apparently, thoughcontained a evident beyond and which h ox e which re was standing in a conspicuous position. It i s e it beyond a doubt, that the robbery has been committed by some p e rsons intima tel y ac q uainted with the internal arrangemen ts of the place ; tor, with one exce p tion, every drawer of whic h the lock was forced, was the uAtial receptacle for money kept in the charge of the different officers. TilE 1 3 _-iiVAZA gASSACB.E. (Prom La Gacetcs Qfficial of New Gi.ccnada, July 17.) The following is the reply of the Secretary of State of New Granada to the United States Minister : "Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogata, June 28. "The undersigned, Secretary of State, has the honour of addressing himself to the Hon. Mr. James B. Bow lin, Minister Resident of the United States, in reply to a note dated the 23d tilt., relative to the deplorable oc currences of the 15th of April last in Panama. It is very agreeable to him, considering the well-founded desire manifested by the Hon. Minister of the United States to know what measures have been taken in reference to these occurrences, and, considering also the good and unaltered friendship existing for many years between the Governments of both countries, to be enabled to transmit to him without delay the following information. "The official notice of the occurrences at Panama was received in this city by way of Carthagena on the 2d of May. Under the same date, and by the courier of the 23d, for the coasts of the Atlantic, Gen. Herran, then en route from Costa Rica for his post as Minister of this Republic at Washington, was ordered to pass over the Isthmus, and to collect there the most reliable and im partial information for a circumstantial report on the said occurrences. This report—worthy, without any doubt, of full confidence—is waited for, in order to form from it, and from others not less impartial, which have been already received, or may yet be received, and from numerous documents handed over to the Secretary of State, aright judgment of the facts and of the conduct of the public functionaries in that deplorable event. " The Governor of the State of Panama was likewise called upon by the same courier to keep the Executive informed of the progress of the judicial investigation into the occurrences of the 15th of April, and to make known to it all those particulars which could enable it to fulfil its high duties. Without waiting for such an inves tigation, that functionary has remitted, and is still remitting, copies of all important portions of the proceed ings. These show that several individuals, natives as well as foreigners, who had been found guilty of partici pation in the riot, have been imprisoned, and a long list has been forwarded of effects stolen, which since have been recovered and put in a convenient depot. " The Executive, recognising the actual necessity of sending a body of troops to Panama to assist the autho rities during the trial of the criminals, and for the pre servation of order, in view of the temporary insufficiency of the police force, and until the municipal guards of the State be organised, insisted on the immediate passage by Congress of the annual law concerning the armed force, and, this law being passed, the Executive is issuing orders for that city being sufficiently garrisoned during the time required. " Since the 27th May the Senate has likewise had be fore it legislative measures tending to strengthen the ad ministration of affairs of national interest on the Isthmus, and to facilitate in important cases the action of the judicial power. Later, a project of law to this purpose having been proposed to the same Chamber, the Execu tive presented special additional propositions, which, if adopts', would have led to the immediate consequence of sending to Panama a national intendent and nommen der of troops and a judge of instruction, provided with full authority for inquiring into the facts of April 15, and an agent of the public ministry for prosecuting ener getically the guilty. Unfortunately, the day of closing the session of the Legislature, which had been assembled since February 1, had arrived, and the project of law, the adoption of which was near at band, remained in suspension at the second dismission in the Chamber of ' Representatives, in spite of the urgency with which its adoption had been pressed. No doubt Mr, Bowlin will not be astonished, considering the extraordinary circum stances, at the shortcomings of our Legislature in this special case. The federal regime has only just began to be tried, and that partially, in New Granada. Experi ence is still wanted, although there is a lively desire to establish the system in such a manner as to come nearer is perfection. " This is the simple expose of the proceedings of the Executive, which may serve to prove its decided will to apply, as far as possible, an efficacious remedy to the un fortunate occurrences. However, without sufficient data fur judging of the complicated causes of these occur rences, and for estimating the indemnifications which may be claimed, the Executive can only give the assur ance of being in the matter entirely free from all kinds of prejudice, of being disposed to do right and give full reparation to whomsoever deserve it, and of being re solved to employ all legal measures, so that neither tru h be disfigured by passion nor perjury, nor, the judgment and punishment of the guilty be eluded or unduly de layed. If there shall be sufficient proofs of the Governor of Panama being, either by error or want of foresight, responsible for maladministration, the Executive will have him arraigned and judged, in conformity with arti cle 6 of the Legislative Act of February 27, 1855, and there is no doubt but that the public ministry and the tribunals will faithfully fulfil their duties in this particular case. "Having thus satisfactorily answered the principal point in the abovementioned note of the Legation of the United States, the undersigned continues to submit to the equitable judgment of the Hon. Mr. Bowlin some obser vation:. suggested by that part of the note which refers to the account of the facts of April 15. "This part of the report exclusively rests upon various affidavits, taken, as is said, by the North American consul in Panama, Mr. T. W. Ward, from BOMB countrymen of his. Without taking into account the want of jurisdic tional power on the part of the Consul for making on the territory of New Granada inquiries of that nature, and passing over their vicious ay pare character, which de prives them of all trustworthiness and legal value, Mr. Ward would be justly obnoxious as a judge:, and even is objectionable as , a witness in this matter, in consequence of his well-known disposition to incriminate the acts of the authorities of this country, and of his former want of re spect towards them in the months of September and Oc tober, 1855—conduct fur which he did not think proper to present even the slightest excuse, although it bad been disapproved. Considering the presence of Consul Ward in Panama as incompatible with the interest of the pub lic service, the Executive, explaining the reasons to the Governnaent of the United States, would some days ago have withdrawn his exequatur had it not preferred the more amicable and courteous means—which have not so far had any effect—of soliciting from the American Go vernment his removal to another plaee. "But whatever may be the merit of those depositions received by Consul Ward, and proceeding exclusively from North American citizens, this cannot authorise anybody to give them, officially, preference, to the exclusion of all others, declaring, at the same time, as a mere fabrication of ingenious devices, sup ported by garbled and false testimony, as tales and mere fictions,' the official report of the Governor of the State, supported by the declarations of subal tern functionaries, and the depositions of native and foreign witnesses. At best those affidavits, verified in a regular way, might have been compared with those obtained by the authorities, in order to facilitate and assure the discovery of truth—the object dispassionately sought by both Governments. "Such a proceeding, by giving a seeming importance to diplomatic intervention, to which it cannot pretend, as well as by declaring it a well certified fact, that the popular outbr:ak of the 15th of April in Panama was a premeditated act, accompanie d b y p istol shots and bell ringing, agreeably to a previous combination, might have been qualified as neither frank nor loyal, if the legation of the United States had taken the responsibi lity of it ; but, far from it, it has itself sincerely pre sented the whole as a picture of the other side of the question, destined for the better enabling the Executive to comprehend the true state of the affair.' Bat the lion. Mr. Bowlin, in the rectitude of his conscience, was well aware that there always is exaggeration of ideas and false involuntary illusions, correlative with the strong impressions of the senses, made by such a terribly spectacle as robbery and murder ; and, therefore, allow ing time for reason to resume its sway, and leaving the action of public power to clear up the facts and make amends for damages, he knew how to execute the orders of his government without abandoning his habitual moderation. "The newspapers of California, with fullknowledge of the fact, have revealed and held up to universal execra tion the name of Jack Oliver, who, after infamous out rages on helpless people, gave, with the firing of his revolver, the first signal of alarm. The Evening Journal of San Francisco of the sth May speaks of him as a man saturated with the blood and rum of the Panama orgies." Three North Americans, victims of the riot— G. B. Wright, P. B. Reading, and W. C. Waters—speak ' of him in the same manner in the San Francisco Herald of the 4th of May, relating the first occurrence as fol lows :—‘ The native fled, pursued by Jack and two or three °Vier Americans. In a short space of time seve ral natives collected near the scene of the difficulty, armed with clubs and cutlasses, and in a few instances with guns. The other shots were fired in the crowd, and again they dispersed, but soon collected and made an attack upon an eating saloon, called the Pacific House which was at the time mostly occup ied b y women and children, /sc. "By these simple extracts alone, all charge of previ ous combination in the riot of the 15th of April would disappear, if the notoriety of the fact were not sufficient to repel it. And as to the riot itself, and its progressive aggravation, it all admits of a rational explanation, and can to a certain point be excused without the under signed pretending to make any apology for the crime' or lessening the responsibility of the guilty. "F hierowmthhe moment that, in consequence of all draw backsbeaeenninrigeemtovnainedn, n a DiCya n i a nt h er a o d cic way obstruct and embarrass the a m witht io nt over the greatest the Isthmus o liberality,f Phay the Legislature of New Granada, the transit route began to be frequented, and i n particular since the time the gold of California held out its dazzling allurements to im migration, and to the spirit of enterprise and avarice, a number of adventurers of all countries of the earth in cessantly traversed our territory by that road, at first be stowing some benefits on the natives or inhabitants of the country, by employing and remunerating their services ; but afterwards, when the railroad was established—land having been for that purpose gratuitously given, not only by the nation, but also by private individuals—the slight anterior profit was entirely lost to the population and replaced by the smoke of the locomotive, the noise of the trains, the shouts of the passengers, and the mere spec tacle of animation and wealth at both extremities of the line. And, what is still worse, among those adventurers were and still are frequently men ignorant and corrupted, quarrelsome, and drunkards, without any other god but money, and any other law but brute force —men who committed so many crimes and so many murders in tat gold fields of the north, in the deserts of in Oregon, in the districts of Amad o r and Mariposa, and the Filibuster expeditions which disgrace our times ; and others who laying aside their h bo o a s s ti t le o p f indi genou s population, and even on the Spanish race, to r c e i i c i c s3 u t p i a ° t n i n w s t w i l u o t io h o o k w d e o v w e r n , with scorn on the 'whom every individual of African blood is a pariah uu• sscrOy of any oonside!stion, and whose predominant idea in foreign countries is that of annexation—of those passengers, some have contaminated with their crapulous vices tae humane and hospitable people of the world, and have made them, though formerly peaceful by habits sad submissive to the laws, inclined for some time past to in subordination and turbulence ; others have been pro moters of frequent riots, caused death and wounds, and provoked strong antipathies, and in general become the object of animadversion and distrust on the part of the plain and simple population. " The natural consequence of so fatal antecedents is the facility with which in an instant the passions of the multitude are aroused against the insolent attacks of any of those adventurers, and with which, in such cases, the native population hasten, as by a spontaneous movement and an extemporised defensive and offensive league, to the succour of their comrades. Another disastrous effect was that, exasperated by the mass of their antagonists, they have occasionally been carried away to all kinds of excesses. As has been stated by judicious and reliable witnesses, the popular riot of the 15th of April was much influenced by the news that, among the passengers arrived from California there were some Filibusters destined for Nicaragua, whose number had been exaggerated by the hatred and terror they inspired, and of whom it was feared that they might commit some attempt against the lives and pro perty of the inhabitants. In the note of the Legation of the United States it is asserted, upon information given by Consul Ward, that among the individuals who took part in the riot there were some with black masks, in order not to be recognised. This assertion, altogether new, and which tends to prove the existence of secret instigators of a superior class among the lower ones, can be declared as false, like another which also has been de nied as ridiculous, and highly in all points improbable — that of rapes—of which the same Consul speaks in one of his protests, both proving their passionate origin. " Among the accusations made in reference to the oc currences at Panama there is one of a grave and substan tial character—that relative to the conduct of the Gover nor and the police force. This charge, proceeding simul taneously from witnesses of different ranks, deserves se rious attention. That charge will no doubt, as it deserves, be as object of severe inquiry before the judicial tri bunals,iand the Executive must await the proofs, the decisions of judges, and the impartial reports which, although timely demanded, have not yet some to hand, before forming on the case any decisive opinion. If the Governor erred in any way, it is certain that it cannot have arisen from tolerance or participation in the guilt, unworthy of his well known private character, and of the high position to which the confidence of his fellow-citi zens elevated him. At the same time there is no doubt that the balls which pierced his bat—his person being, in consequence of the bright moonlight, perfectly visible in front of the railroad station—came from that point. As regards the police force, which was not at all in pro portion with the number of the armed and fighting par ties, it must be carefully examined whether or not it was necessary for it to use its arms ; whether, in so doing, it exceeded its duties ; and whether, obliged as it was to attend at the same time to many things, the charges preferred against it are well founded. "The Panama tragedy has been attributed by some in part to the deficient administrative organisation of that State, which bat recently has been constituted in its present political form. Certainly it is deficient or incom plete, and not well supported, by the scantiness of its actual revenue—a scantiness proceeding from the very exemptions accorded to the transit commerce, and from the constant resistance of a great many foreign residents to pay their taxes ; but the sectional legislation is im proving, and the Congress of the Republic has granted to the State subsidies for its expenses. Let the Government, interested in the security of the transit, respect its com parative present weakness, and give to its authorities the moral support compatible with the dignity of an inde pendent country ; let them contribute to abolish the abuses caused by the drunkenness, immorality, and petu lance of a portion of the armed bands of passengers ; let the native population not be treated like hordes of savages and malefactors, but as a friendly and essentially good natured and hospitable people, who notoriously possess those good qualities, and are only in moments of excitement, to which the most cultivated nations were, and still are, liable, carried away to blameable extremi ties, and Panama will be, in full peace, what it ought to be, the benefit of all nations, with absolute equality for all—the chief passage, designed by Providence, between the Atlantic and Pacific. "The undersigned will not close this not?, dictated by the most friendly sentiments, without calling the atten tion cf the Hon. Mr. B rwlin to the protest of Consul NVard, under date April 20, and to the improper com munications of Mr. T. Bailey, commander of the war corvette of the United States St. Mary, to tie Governor of Panama, under date the 231, 24th, and 25th of the same month—documents of which the Legation, no doubt, will have kno wedge, as they must be the object of future explanations with the same Legation and the Government it represents. "The undersigned profits, with pleasure, by this new opportunity, to renew to the Hon. Mr. Bo wlin the assur ance of his high estimation and consideration. " LINO DE POMBO." THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION, ( From the E'er, York Trisune.) Mr. Amos B. Corwin°, appointed commissioner to inves tigate the facts in relation to the Panama affray, has made a repo' t which does not impress us very favourably as to tha qualifications of that gontlornan for the discharge of the delicate and responsible duty imposed upon him. It is only mcasslry to read a feW paragraphs of his report to perceive that Mr. Corwine, laying aside that judicial im• partiality which he ought to have exercised, takes upon himself the character of an advocate bent upon making out a case for the passengers, and, the hotter to make out that case, on blackening the character of the natives and of the Panama authorities. Such being the evident bias of the reporter, his statement and summary of the evidence—the depositions themselves not having been published at length—is of but little value, and ought to be received with great caution. If we are to accept Mr. Corwine's estimate of the testi- mony as correct, though the trouble began by the refusal • ' a drunken American to pay for a piece of water melon, yet the first use of firearms was on the part of a certain Miguel Hubrahan, whose own testimony in the case, as that of many other native witnesses, seems to be very much dis credited, in Mr. Corwine's estimation, by the fact of his being a " coloured man." This Habrahan, Mr. Corwine is satisfied, snatched a pistol from the drunken American and fired it at him, though Hubrahan himself insists that it was the drunken American who fired it at him. As to this point, however, Mr. Corwine thinks the testimony of Hubrahan and other natives to ba overborne by the testimony of four citizens of the United States (some, if not all, of whom would seem from their names to be Irish), whom he sets down as disinterested witnesses because they took no part in the fight that ensued. There are, however, other grounds of partiality. Mr. Corwine took no part in the fight, yet shows a very perceptible leaning to the American side ; norcan we share the perfect confidence which he expro sse, that it was the coloured man and not the drunken man who fired the first shot. This, however—though Mr. Corwine enters into it with great spirit and energy—is a matter of but very trifling im portance. A much snore essential question is, Was the vio lent attack which immediately afterwards followed, upon the hotels and the station-house, a preconcerted thing, and made in pursuaAce of an arrangement beforehand ? Mr Cur wine is quite sure that this was the case ; yet his posi tiveness appears to us to rest upon very insufficient grounds —not so much facts as the opinions of certain witnesses to whose testimony he refers. That previous to this unfortunate affair ill-feeling did exist on the part of the lower class of natives towards the Americans and others passing the Isthmus is a point as to which the evidence is pretty conclusive—and, indeed, without any witnesses it might have been taken for granted. Persons of different nations and languages, espe cially those of the lower classes, seldom come into contact without ill-feeling; and, considering that a large part of the population of the Isthmus are black or coloured, and the feelings generallyentertain e d bylo w- bred Americans towards coloured men, we can well imagine that the people of Pa nama may have had reason enough for not being very ami cably disposed towards the foreigners passing througb their country. _ . We now come to the great question in the case. Did the authorities of Panama fail in their duty to suppress the riot ? And if so, was this occasioned by the confusion of the scene, or was it intentional on their part ? It is a fact that when at length the Panama police came up they fired into the . station-house, and thab it was from this attack that thegreatest destruction of life and plunder of property ensued. It also seems to be a fact that this firing was by the orders of the Governor, who explains that order by the assertion that shots were fired from fho station-house, by which two of the Governor's party wore wounded. Mr. Corwine labours very hard to show that no shots at all were fired from the station-house, though some of the American witnesses testify to the fact ; and he seems in clined to insinuate the opinion, though he does not openly state it, that the authorities were . in league with the mob to murder and plunder the passengers. It is our opinion, on the other hand, from the evidence, that the order to the police to fire on the station-home was the result of an unfortunate misunderstanding and the general confusion and uproar which, though they might indicate want of self-possession and sound judgment on the part of the au thorities at Panama, do not afford any evidence whatso ever of a disposition to co-operate with the mob, instead of suppressing it. Not content with performing, after a fashion, the duty imposed upon him to examine and report upon the facts, Mr. Corwine has volunteered, in addition, his advice as to what our Government ought to do. Ha recommends the immediate occupation of the isthmus by the United States. This would be very natural advice to give if Mr. Buchanan were President. It is in the very spirit of the Ostend manifesto—a document to which, we believe, Mr. Marcy did not give his approval. We are well aware of the importance of a free and safe transit across the Isthmus of Panama; but there are other duties of our Government which ought, we think, to be first attended to. Before calling the Government of New Granada to account for permitting robberies and murders on the Isthmus, it might be welt to call the State of Missouri to account fur the robboties and obstructa ns, if not murders, which she has allowed to be committed 01 the Missend. river. And the measure of damages and , :ompensation established in that case might furnish a safe and satisfactory guide in making our demands on the •Government of Bogota. LYNN AND HUIVST iNTO,Y RAP, WAY. A meeting of the inhabitants of Lynn was convened by the Mayor to meet the promoters of this projected line of railway, on Friday evening last. A large number attended, and on the whole it was a very good meeting. The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, said—Gentle men, I have been requested by the promoters of a line of railway between Lynn and Hunstanton to call this meeting, and I have great pleasure in so doing, considering that it will be a most beneficial line to the town of Lynn, and not only to the town, bat to the neighbourhood. I think that when a railway is now making between Fakenham and Wells, we ought to be on our guard and not let the traffic of the district go round that way. We have no other means of bringing it here but by a railway into the same neighbourhood ; and I have no hesitation in saying, there fore, that if we can get a railway between Lynn and Hun stanton it will insure the bringing here a very large portion of the produce of that county, and if so, it will improve the trade of the town of Lynn. Ido not wish to occupy your time by further comments, but will call upon Mr. impsin, who will inform you of the plan and prospects of the company. M. L. SIMPSON said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I at tenEl here as one of the promoters of the railway that is pro posed to be made between Lynn and Hunstanton. As a member of the Uastern Counties and East Anglian Boards, 1 may perhaps for this particular occasion be supposed to be the exponent of their views ; and as the pecuniary result of this railway must mainly depend upon the views taken by those respective Boards, I think I may commence by stating that on a previous occasion I went over the line with Mr. Waddington, the late chairman of the Eastern COuntie; Railway, and a resolution was then adopted that the line should be worked for the cost price, without any profit whatever to the Eastern Counties Company. That resolution still remains on the books of the company; and I believe (though I have not seen it since I left London) those are the words which were adopted on the occasion. The advantages of working the line in that manner are ob vious to all railway men—for, inasmuch as our engines come here in full steam, and all our appliances are ready, the cost of working the additional 16 miles would be the very lowest amount that a railway can be worked for per mile. It will be obvious that to the East Anglian Company, of whose interests I am more especially th e guar di a n, this is a matter of unmixed good. When I joined that company some years ago, you will remember, s i r , f rom some con nection you had with it, that we were in the very lowest condition of any railway that had any existence at all, at war with our cr editors—at war with th e t own o f Lynn ; and I remember the advice which was then given me by one of my oldest and most experienced railway friends : " Give it up ; it is a hopeless job ; Lynn is gone for ever." However, that was not my opinion ; and we set to work and endeavoured to resuscitate and make valuable the trade by expansion on the quays. We did. that at an expense nearly approaching 20,000/. ; and (I say it from having watched very carefully the pro gress of the trade of Lynn) I believe, though some of us thought at the time that it was throwing good money after bad, it will be productive of the greatest possible benefit to the railway and the town. I am sure, sir, that you will agree with me in saying that the interests of the town of Lynn and the East Anglian Railway are bound up together, for, although Lynn may have suffered from the adoption of the railway system generally, had it not been foe the mak ing of your railways you would have suffered much more. (Hear, hear.) In the course of the inquiry as to what was calculated to benefit the East Anglian company, the first thing that struck me as being necessary was some place of resort for the pleasure seeker and the health seeker ; and when I found that from Cromer up to Bridlington there was no place that could be used for the purpose, except one on the Lincolnshire coast, where the sands were not suitable, and when I saw the" peculiarly advantageous position of Hunstanton, I felt convinced that it would have answered oar purpose to make the railway on our own account. I still adhere to that opinion. I speak from my experience of the past season. We commenced, for example, with subsi dising one omnibus ; we gradually got on to two ; and I believe they have answered as well as such vehicles do under such circumstances, and that if accommodation could have been found in Hunstanton there would have been a very large accession of visitors this season. One family in particular, I knew, wished to come from Derby ; and no doubt if there were cheap trains, a very large number of visitors would come from London, from Cambridge, Pe terborough, the Midland Counties, and the whole of that district. A new place is wanted—a place of a different character. Lowestoft is full, and Yarmouth is full, and perhaps for that reason they are more expensive places than Hunstanton need be. Hitherto the construction of rail ways has been carried on upon a system of extravagant expenditure. A new era is now dawning, and we are now constructing lines (I myself am concerned in two or three) of short lengths —I mean similar to this—where the cost is reduced to the minimum amount ; but I have seen no in stance.:Enpeanal cohAsv,alaninill Anglian here to lar.v m wtt aaaaoklryeytesnh:tei prof y:a m ol b,riwlerehaissenoatodof rsengineering, in which tho cost is so small as that at which it is of st propos railway after o paying t h re a thereabouts, o l u ae rit ex penses, d., every other expenditure—constructed so as to meet the , id in to th h e av e e xe to cu so ti r o e n d of the sound a piece of engineering as any in the kingdom. That statement I certainly endorse. Responsible persons can be found who will undertake to do this and hand over the railway so constructed for 80.0001. That appears to be an exceedingly low amount. The lowest possible is usually 6,003/. per mile, I believe. The East Anglian, I believe I may say, cost 24,8001. a mile. If a railway can be made to pay well at the sum I have stated, I believe the whole of what is promised will be faithfully and honestly carried out ; and in the event of its failing, the amount is proposed to ha returned, deducting ss. per share for pre liminary expenses. I have also seen the traffic estimate pre pared, and I do really think I can as a railway man endorse it. It is prepared with very considerable care, and not at all exaggerated; and it sho ws, I think, a clear 5 per cent. after allowing a liberal amount for working expenses; and even then the gross amount received upon the railway will be le s than any, I think, with one exception, throughout the whole of England. One important element in the matter is that houses, I believe, will be built in that neighbourhood, and that the owner of the property there will give leases of the land at such prices as will attract people there. That is an essential element, as you will readily perceive, for with out accommodation being provided the number of visitors must necessarily be considerably restricted. It may appear perhaps to rail way men who do not attend here, that the small amount of cost, including the land, is such as the rail way cannot be executed for ; and I therefore wish to point out that the two principal proprietors on the lino with a j u • dicious liberality and a wise foresight, have agreed to give Ali of their land that is required for the purpose—(hear)— an arrangement which my friend Mr. Edwards will see carried out —and I think that that amounts to five miles of the line. This certainly points iu the right direction, since you and I have some experience of landowners. All this brings me to this paint, thee I think this lino will be an unmise el good to tire East Anglian and Eastern Counties Companies ; and those companies, or at least the East Anglian Company, are prepared to give every facility to join the line, to assist in Parliament, and in every other way. I do not mean to du ell on the advantages of the line to the residents and traders of Lynn, because they mast be obvious. Anything that brings people readily from Hun stanton must be of great importance to the town of Lynn. I shall bo very glad to answer any questions that may be put from the meeting. I see many practical men here who, in their several departments, can test the accuracy of what I have said. We meet here :semen of business. Tho parties who undertake to construct this railway have themselves undertaken, out of the 80,0001., to subscribe 42,0001. I think that is a very good earnest of their confidence in the project. No extravagant profit can be got out of that if they do not believe in the value of the property. We court the fullest inquiry possible ; and, having done that, we say that we, the East Anglian Company, have done something in our corporate capacity for Lynn, and are still p, epared to do so ; for, as I again repeat, what I have often repeated—our interests and yours are identical. This is a matter in which I think we have a fair claim on you to ask you to support this undertaking as being beneficial to fromm at t r e J. r Toi John ap your iot b hN a iD. o n , p d t, s h . se cre tary, read the following letter you and to ourselves. (Applause.) With thi s I l eave th e Esq., of Stanhoe Hall, Rougham :- 25th Sept., 1856. Gentlemen,—l am of opinion that the line of railway pro jected by you will be a profitable and a very remunerative one, if properly carried out. Nearly the whole of the produce round me, which is immense, goes to the little ports of Thornham, Ovary, or Brancaster, and, if your railway be carried out, it will all be sent to Lynn, and cake and other articles for which our demand is so great will return as back carriage; and so it will be with several other large districts within its reach. I shall be quite willing to add my name to the provisional com mittee, and if I find the money likely to be judiciously ex pended I shall have no objection to take 50 shares. d r M e crt.oA:set‘ery were la u h i t o e u a ri c o clrd o o f d c o a u t once forth a t t h e t E r e sh a a s r t An e hol g ts, li r a s n ; but thought, at the sometime, they we re.doing those things which must conduce materially to the interests of the town. anything like so good as it was; they were living in ha He position agreed of with the port would haveat without been t a h t. railwaysethat .moment the eot sea port commanding the Northern ocean; they had in t e near Simpson. ne h aeighbourhood the ports of N orthern Europe with whic to trade; that having , as they had now, an improved navi gationi to sea, connecting them wi th the German Ocean, and iupon which, as late as last week , there was 24 feet flow the tide, he had great faith beam-ends i n Lynn ; that, come what would, though thrown on their b th ems elves again after the storm. He had faith in the place and in railw a y s, and should be an ad ea by the tempest, they would recover i vooate for any line of railway t s-morrow from heneeto any given district of the country. He merely said th at 7to call attention to this p a rticular fact, that w i th re g ard to the railway brought bef o re them no such q uestion was involved. May had had, ind ee d, coals and othe r thin g s brou g ht to compete with thorn by railways from the interio r of England, but nothing could be brought to com p e te with the corn mere° of Lynn by the railway projected. In order to show he position which Hunstanton occupied , he mi g ht venture to say that if they were, to put ono point of the compasses en Hunstanton and the other on London , and if the y were to sweep the arc of a c ircle in tho interi or of the island, they would find th a t it would comprehend t he lar g e towns af London it se lf, Bish ' St o rtford, Cambridge , Ely , Nor thampton, Coventry, B i rm i ng ham, Leicester, Derby, Not tingham, Newark, Li nco ln, Boston, Peterborough, and all the intermediate towns. Now each of those places would be as near the projected watering place as London itself, and there could b e no doubt that that would, in a short time, induce a ver y l arge traffic along the line. Pointing out the advantages derivable by the proposed line, Mr. Armes said, with regard to this railway, there was the rural population along the line ; and when he considered that this town rand necessarily be the metropolis of that district, he saw nothing but good to their ordi nary markets, and to their commercial friends along High-street, by bringing to them that traffic which one saw in other towns. He then instanced Bury St. Edmund's as being in a similar position with Lynn. Around Mildenhall there was a nioe little rural population constantly pouring into the shops of that town, all of which traffic he believed would, if the projected line between Ely and Bury was carried out, leave Mildenhall and go to Bury as being a much larger and better place, and possessing better shops. Wherever there was a large population, de pend upon it the rural population would naturally go. With regard again to the port, he took it, without going much in detail, that they would send from her deals, and coke, and coals, and all the various kinds of manures and agricultural implements, which are the necessaries, and eat in return the produce of the country. To Lynn the project must be an unmixed good. They were going into e country which could by no possibility bring any compe tition to their ordinary trade; into a country which most certainly must come to them for a vast variety of those things which they along the streets were empowered to sell; and they were doing that of which he thought no man :cold question the advantage to the town of Lynn. Mr. ine ,, concluded by pointing out the advantages they had iver Wells, to which place the line was tieing extended from alrenhani, and proposing the following resolution :—"Tim .a the opinion cf this meeting, after having heard the stag _neat of the preract•-1, the prejsct for making a line frou_ Lynn to Hunstan ton is deserving the cordial subpart of the inhabitants of Lynn and the neighbourhood." (Applause.) Mr. MOYSE said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—l assure you I should not have risen to address this meeting had I not been requested to do so by some gentlemen connected with this railway plan. I dare say many of my friem's around me will be rather surprised to see me occupying the position which I de tceday as the promoter of a railway scheme, knowing how strongly I have felt against the sys tem in a general way. My objection to it has been that it would be detrimental to the interests of the borough in taking away from the shipping interests and giving to the railway that which legitimately belongs to our port. The present plan, however, has not the objection which the East Anglian Railway had when I objected to it. (Hear, hear.) Everything in this instance must be brought to Lynn, and increase your trade; whereas I then thought that everything would be brought by railway to Lynn and do away with your shipping. I might be wrong in my objection to it, but I confess in this instance that—although when it was originally mentioned to me that the plan was on foot, I said : " Are all the people mad ? How on earth are they going to Hunstanton ? Are they going across the flats ? And what are they going to carry ? Sand ?" and I really fancied on the first blush that it was one of the most mad schemes possible—l found on reflection that it was not so mad as Ihad expected ; and I believe, on more nature reflection, it is one which may be carried out sucecesfully. (Hear, hear.) I know the district into which it is going is one of the best barley-growing districts in England. I know that the London brewers will have that barley; and I know that Wells will get that carriage away from Lynn, and the profits arising from the purchase from the mer chants of Lynn, provided we do not take some steps to bring it here. Such being the case, I am very glad to have an opportunity of seconding Mr. Armes's proposition. I am not about to tire you with long statistics or figures, but allow me to say to tke promoters of this scheme that I think they have acted wisely in the way they have set about it—in not having been so rapid in their marches as they were upon the East Anglian question. They appear to have grown a little wiser ; and I do trust that the ex perience they got from the working of that line will be a sufficient warning to them to make this an admirable line, and a paying line to those who may be concerned in it. I find in conversation with a great many gentlemen of the district that the great cost of bringing thir corn into this town will lead to the nece wary consequence of their going to the nearest railway. Now it so happens that merchants from a district can easily .get to the market in whigh the corn is produced, but it is rather a costly matter to get the corn to that market unlcess you have a railway; it entails the cost of keeping up a very large number of horses which the farmer does not want, as steam engines are doing away with the requirement of them for many pur poses ; and the farmer consequently says : " I will not go 16 miles for a railway if I can get to one at eight." The whole district of Burnham and along that coast will become the focus for this excellent barley if this scheme is not carried into effect. I have great pleasure in seconding Mr. Armes's proposition. (Loud applause.) The TOWN CLERK having again read the resolution, it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. SIMPSON said he thought the assent they had had given fairly implied thret what he had endeavoured to put before them was reasonable. He might say, before pro posing the resolution which he rose to do, that tho attention of himself and colleagues was now especially directed to obtain that fair average of charges for the port of Lynn which had had their unceasing attention for the last four years. So far as Lowestoft was concerned, it had been modified, perhaps, to as great an extent as they could expect ; but they had now prepared in the most careful manner a protest which it was intended by theirchairman and himself to hand to the Eastern Counties Board at their next meeting, and to say by their excellent chairman, " These are the different points between us—let this un seemly strife end ; but we are not disposed to submit to one iota less than we claim, for we claim nothing but what is right. After some further remarks, he said he had now a pleasing duty to perform. When he joined the. East Ang lian Board, they found. themselves in a state of hostility. He would not revive those unpleasant reminiscences, but he must say he never met with a man who exhibited so much liberality and such conciliatory manners as did the excellent gentleman who now occupied the chair in bring ing about the present union of working. He had gr eat satisfaction in proposing the best thanks of this meeting to the Mayor for his courtsy in presiding at this meeting. The Mayor. having briefly returned thanks, the meeting separated. The prospectus had been published, and the list of the provisional committee contains the names of the several personsthrough whose property the proposed line is to pass, as well as a fair number of the gentlemen, merchants, and traders of this town. When the provisional committee have received the requests for the allotment of shares,some idea will be formed as to the interest taken in the matter by the inhabitants. The line is to be made for the amount stated, and. as in the 80,0001. a margin is left for expenses, should the traffic reach the estimate to which Mr. Simpson referred, there can be but little doubt that it will pay a dividend. Under any circumstances, it cannot be a disad vantage to Lynn. The plan also embraces the buildings for the accommodation of visitors, and arrangements aro in progress for securing the adjacent land on equitable building leases, which step, we are informed, will bo ef fected without delay. THE MILITARY "PRACTICAL JOKING" AT BRIGHTON.-AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS. Cornet T. H. Ames, the gentleman who was the sub ject of the insulting treatment at the hands of his brother officers, to which reference has been made in the various paragraphs which have appeared in the papers, is not the sou of a clergyman, as has been stated, but is the only child of a gentleman of independent property. We are informed that the facts which will ho attempted to he proved before the court-martial will be substantially as follow : Cornet Ames dined at mess on Sunday, Sept. 21, on which occasion he sat next to Lord Ernest Vane Tem pest, who, it will be remembered, rendered himself notorious in relation to a theatrical fracas at Windsor some time ago ; for his counection with which dis graceful proceedings he was "punished" by his relative, the late Commander-in-Chief, by being promoted from att ensigncy in an infantry regiment to a cornetcy in a cavalry regiment—the 4th Light Dragoons—the regi ment which has now the honour of that discreet and distinguished officer's services, It is asserted that shcrtly after the dinner commenced Lord Tempest, who is c aly himself a cornet, began to address to Cornet Ames a variety of insulting observations in an under tone of voice. Amongst other things it is said that be told that young officer to "eat as much as he could for his money;" his lordship also asked him, "whether the reason that he did not drink champagne was that it was too dear for him ?" also whether he " walked" up to mess at the barracks ? [One of Cornet Ames's horses being ill, he had walked on this occasion to mess.] His lordship asked him whether he had " walked to save his money ?" And further informed him that he " ought to go to the serjeants' mess to learn manners before he came to theirs." At length Cornet Ames very naturally re fused to answer any more of the insulting observations which his lordship continued to address to him. This, it is asserted, somewhat provoked his lordship, and induced him to inform his brother officer that "if he did not answer he would give him a good licking directly he got him o u t o f the mess-room." At length Cornet Ames is said to have told his lord• ship that his ob ervations r ere unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The wine passed round freely. The major retired, and was followed by Cornet Ames. It is asserted that the evidence for the prosecution will prove that Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and another cornet, named Birt, followed Cornet Ames out of the room. They then took hold of his arms, and forcibly dragged him into Lord Tempest's room, whither he was followed by two other officers—namely, Lieutenant W. Win sta.4ey and Cornet D. Fyfe, Cornet Birt and Lord Ten Vest then held him down on a sofa, while Lieutenant from Lord it is asserted, fetched a p air of scissors Lord Tempest's bed-room. The evidence, we arc as sured, will show that his lordship took these scissors, and with them ent off the whole of the left side of Cor net Ames's whiskers, close to the chin, and held them up in his hand, exclaiming, " Here's a lot !" an exclama tion which was greeted with shouts of laughter from the "officers and gentlemen" present, inasmuch as the hirsute appendages of Cornet Ames were decidedly the finest in the regiment. All this was done in the most insulting and offensive manner. So far the transac tions occurred at the Lewes-road Bairsclis, where the mess was held. But Cornet Ames was on duty at the Pavilion Ber racks, and as soon as he could escape frem his bar barous persecutors, he put on his coat and returned there. It was about ten o'clock in the evening when he arrived there; and, writhing under the indignities to which he had been subjected, he repaired at once to his room. As he was opening the door he heard voices at the bottom of the stairs, which he thought he recognised as those of his brother officers who had just been so cruelly ill-treating him. Not being anxious to come into contact with them any more that evening, he de scended by another flight of stairs into the dome. The " officers and gentlemen," whoever they may have been, ascended the stairs, and forcibly entered Cornet Ames's apartments.- 'After they had left he went there, and found the whole of his things turned topsy-turvy. Th e candlestick was thrOwn out of window, all the doors of an elegant little wardrobe were violently wrenched off, and his linen and saddlery were scattered about the room. Two of his hats were smashed to pieces, a can of water had been emptied into his bed, and his looking-glass was smashed to atoms. Two sticks and an umbrella were missing. The evidence, it is asserted, will conclusively lemonstrate who the parties were who were gu i lty of this disreputable transaction. It is one of the peculiarities of "noble" officers, espe cially in "crack regiments," that they very frequently annoy in this way Asir brother officers who are gentle. men of the middle class, and who lack either the pecu niary resources or the disposition, or both, to participate in their revelries. By these miserable means they en deavour to disgust them with the regiment, and to drive them out of it, to make room for "gentlemen" of simi lar resources with themselves. That this is totally contrary to the regulations under which they serve will be seen from the following quota tions from "Instructions for Officers on joining a Regi ment or Depot," issued by the Horse Guards, and dated Sept. 2, 1854, wherein it is expressly stated, "The General Commanding-in-Chief (i, e., the late Lord liar dinge) has, in the course of late year, been twice under the necessity of expressing to every regiment, at home and abroad, his apprehensions that a few inconsiderate officer& might bring their regiments into disrepute, un less in their social conduct towards eact other at the mess table, and in their barrack rooms, their behaviour should be regulated by a higher standard of what is duo to the honourable position which they occupy, as holders of commissions in her Majesty's army." The document then sets forth the leading facts which occurred in the 50th, 62d, and 46th R eg i men t s , an d then proc ee d s :—"lf the ensign is firm, and has the proper spirit of an officer and gentleman, he can have no difficulty, without the loss either of honour or of temper, in resisting those coarse practical jokes ; but if he sub mits to them on the plea that they are the customary probation of an officer entering the British army, he will justly subject himself to the charge of having tamely submitted to insult ; and it is his duty, on every ac -3.)unt, and especially for the purpose of ensuring his mi litary efficiency, which depends upon ch arac t er , that <thuuld no t su rL r an y liberties to be tak en calculated to expose him to the derision of his brother officers, and of the men under his command." Afier some further observations, the same able docu ment goes on to say :—" Such practices cannot be per mitted ; they must be repressed ; for they are degrading to the character of an officer. They render him unfit to command his men, for they cannot feel for him that rc•• spect which is the only basis of enduring authority. They render him unfit to associate with his brother offi cers, who must hold him in contempt, if they have not. themselves sunk as low as not to shrink from contact with men of such coarse vulgarity. It can never be en• dured that the names of brother officers should fall below the standard recognised by gentlemen." In another portion of the same document—which, be ' it remembered, is put into the hands of every officer entering the service as the code of laws by which his coilduct is to be regulated— we a!so find the following passage : "It would be a fatal mistake to infer that because duelling has been prohibited, that any lower standard of morals would be tolerated i❑ the British army. The language and behaviour which formerly were held to jus tify a challenge, must, therefore, be visited by the re moval of the offender from the society of which he has shown himself to be an unworthy member. Every as sistance and support will be given to a young officer in his endeavours to avoid rendering himself liable to these consequences." The document further calls attention to an appendix, in which we find a letter of instruction emanating from the Judge Advocate General's Office, signed "J. Nichol," and countersigned by the late Commander in Chief, who expresses his perfect concurrence in its statements. The letter contains the following pas. sage : _ "An officer who allows the stigma of dishon ourable conduct to rest upon him—who passes over without notice an insult cffered to him—is liable him self to be brought to trial before a court-martial ; not because he declines to fight a duel, but because, having failed to obtain speedy atonement through intervention of mutual friends, or by other lawful means he neglects to report the matter to his command. ing officer, and thereby invite a searching investigation into his character and conduct. By such neglect he seems either to acquiesce in the justice of the imputation cast upon him and to admit that there is something in his conduct which he tears to lay before honourable men or to show that, regardless of his own reputation and honour, he knows not what is becoming the character cf an officer and a gentleman ; and that, indifferent to the peace and order of the regiment, he is unmindful of the rules of military discipline. His conduct then becomes a proper subject of inquiry and adjudication before a court-martial." Such are the facts, so far as we can learn, of the re. cent transactions at Brighton, and such are the regula tions laid down by the Horse Guards for the governance of gentlemen entering the army as officers. Should our inforaiation be authentic, of which we see no reason to doubt, there can be but one opinion as to the course which ought to be pursued towards the offenders. It re mains for the court-martial to hold the even balance be tween the accuser and the accused ; but unless we are grievously misled, the evidence to be adduced at the forthcoming inquiry will reveal the existence of a state of things amongst the "officers arld gentlemen" of the British army for which, notwithstandirg all that has transpired, the public are by no means prepared. Naval and Military Dateiligance. A letter from Admiral Lord Lyon's flaphip, the Royal Albert, 121, dated " Bosphorus, 29th September," con tains the following passage :—" The steamers are just returning to the Black Sea, Russia not having fulfilled the treaty." The steam sloop Sharpshooter, 8, Lieutenant Parish, was inspected at Spithead yesterday by Vice.Ady. - iiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., and afterwards went into Portsmouth harbour to be paid off. The Lucifer steam-vessel left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for Pembroke, in charge of !,111r. Toullice, As sistant Master-Attendant of Porcsrnouth Dockyard, and a party of riggers and seamen and rearines from the St. Vincent, to rig and navigate the ne w screw frigate Dia dem, 32, to Portsmouth. Au order having been received from the authorities at Chelsea Hospital by Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Anderson, Superinteladcnt of the Invalid Depot, Chatham, fcr the discharge of a large number of tro Dps, consequent on the reduction which is being made in the army, 81 non commissioned officers and men selected from the 4th Dragoons, 6th Enniskillen Dragoons, 3d Buffs, 6th, 14th, 18. h Royal Irish, 19th, 20th, 22d, 24th, 26th Ca meronians, 31st, 42d Highlanders 54th, 55th, 57th, 63d, 66.11, 68th Light Infantry, 72d Highlanders, 76th, 88th Connaught Rangers, 91st Regimnt, and a draught of the Land Transport Corps, leL. Ch a th am yes t er d a y morning, having been granted their discharge, with pensions according to their length of service or nature of their wounds. Before leaving etach man received his arrears of pay. Major S. G. Bunbury, in comte.and of the depot of the Medical Staff Carps at Chatham, has received orders to select a number of the steadiest men belonging to that corps, who are to be sent to the military hospitals in the West Indies, Gibraltar, Canada, and. the Mediterranean, for the purpose, of doing; duty as hospital orderlies. The Resiscance, 10, Government troop and store ship, J. T. Russell, commander, was paid off at Chatham yesterday. The fallowing appointments have been made at the Adaniralty:-- _ _ Coramirder Wm. G. Joneg, to bo Inspecting Com mander o the Coastguard ; Command. , er James E. Elliot, to be Inspecting Commander of the 'Coastguard ; Lieut. Robert S. Moore, to the Colossus ; Henry W. C. .Flea, Second Master, to the Shannon ; E. G. T. Gooch, Mid shipman, to the Princess Royal ; H. M. Doughty, Naval Cadet, to the Satellite. a~ LODGING-HOUSES IN PARIS.—Tb,e, Constitutionnel of Monday contains the following say feuine observations on the measure recently adopted b y Government with the view of providing the working • :lasses of Paris with cheap and central lodgings :—" Son ie persons have r cen e4 com plained that the too splendid character of the new st . and houses which have risen on the site of the old ce: i a a r. ters of Paris has driven from these , quarters the special workmen attached to the manufact( ;ries of feafney articles, the capital. which cannot be - exiled to the extr ernitsiehs been to compel These person: assert that the result • G a o rernment, in its wise t t h 'i a e t s th p e e y cia h l av w e o t r ie k e m re e b n y them is a cause of suffering. t i o ne e etz izate ien i t ' s : o t f he ti s m ub e u w i t s i , eh an t d e remun e cation given for the tu prevent foresight, h t a h s e replied inconvenience. t o t t this e repro. I t l; (I',lls püblished. in which it is statedth: construction of lodgings fo g r s th i e n w e o u r t h u: i s n e g o c f la e s r s e e u e ti w un il , l not t i t n o owners of houses who will d t e u n t p l y r 0 , c t u h r i e s their buildings storeys to b e devoted to the ac a ti , ,Ala n u t i e l d d commodation. b a w e d i ci l will l o t i n e k fi e n w e i d s e t be measure has for aim, and for is. result, Evi of the working wili ha cl v a u s. c h e ap lodgings in the populous an d busy quarters of Paris, where special workmen will b e enabled to reside within reach of their work. Thus J las been solved, by the efforts and care of Government, the problem of the embellishment of Paris combined witl t the interest of the workmen, to whom every facility w. dl speedily be given in procuring convenient and cheap lei ginge." [Anveneisemeeed—We have read wit: a much pleasure Du Barry's report on Ike cure of diseases w i thout medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion(Dyspepsia) , Fl a t u l ency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Comp] a i n t s, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of ma ei y:—Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazin g Vie; uT.se, Walthameross, Herts: a cure of extreme nervousneFsse indigestion, gather ings, law spirits, and nervous fancies_ Cure No. 48,314. Mies Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacro, near Liverpool: a core of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure 52,612.—Rosstrevor, County of D ciwn,lreland9thDer 1854.—The Dowager Countess o f C ast lestuart feels induced.' in the interest of suffering humanity, to . state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabi ca F oo d hns cured her,after all medicines had failed, of indi gestion, bile, greet nervousness and irritability o f many e •ears' stan ding. This Food deserves the confid ence o f all sail Tors, and mailie con sidered areal blessing. Inquiries will b 0 cheerfully answered. _ Supported by testimonials f rom th e ce to orated Professors o f Dr. Chemistry ell r. An Dr drew lire ; Dr. Shore-end ; Dr. Har ve y ; Campb; . Gattiker ; Dr. 'W arzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart do Deeies; the Dowa•Eer Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-On. Thomas King, and. in .a.ny other respectable persons, whose health has been restore 1 by it, after all of e s , means of cure had failed. Suitably pa, eked for all climats, with full instructions. In canisters, llb , 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 61.; slbs., lls. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, llb., 6e. ; 211; , 11 -s- ; 51bs., 225. ; 101bs., 335. The 101bs. and . 121bs. carriage . free, ou receipt of post-ogles order. Barry i . hi, Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Maser e and urveyors C 0.,. to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60 , Gr a c e church-street ; 330 and 451, Str an d ; 4 , Cheapside t 68, do.rnhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Ch ar i ng-eross; and 150, Oxfc a l- s t re at. 54, Up p er Baker-street; 63 PADVERTISSAISX P.] -_i Stain AND H F u s.aniet SPBCTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, it IC LI , AND PERsPECTIVR GLASSES.—hisser s , S. an d B. Sclomons, , opticians, 39, Atho l. - marle-street, Pi ccadilly. Observe—ePP °s ite the York Hotel. By iser M a j esty ' s Royal Letters Patent lit for valuable and te extraordina ry improvements in the m oat powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse , Opera , and Per . speetive Glasses, to know the distanc es. These telesc opes possess such extraordinary powers that , sums three and a-half inches, with an ex t ra eye-p i ece, will sho w distinctly Jupiter' s moons, Satur n ' s r i ng, and t h e double at are. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countene meothree miles e and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 21 I miles. . y are of pow( irs accordmely.--r ne larger and all sizes, with increasing Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable,newly •-invented,Very small, miles distant ; the a person can be seen and known answer powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which B houses, and ships are clearly seen at to 10 miles. country scenery, every purpose on the r ace-course, and at the opera y la se a withsof twhoenderful gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, race-course, camp, hl and pers s p p ec e t e i t v a e c power. Newly-construct ed grey estThe valuable t power. - advantage derived transparent power, that vision be ' from this invention is, _, and v ery aged persons arc ~o ming impaired is and strengthened preserved enabled to e mploy their sight at the most minute mu ° with these lenses of a , much less magnify_ pation- can se . en d they do not require tho frequent change ing power—and the clang erons effects of f urther p owerful assistance. persons c an be suited at the most remot e part of the world, by sending one of the glass es out of (;heir spectacles in r let t er , and stating the distance from the eyes they can read sma ll n ewspaper print with i t; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating, their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, s ma ll , newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that h as been, or probably ever :an be, pr oduced. Being of th e same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the tesistanco teat possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle- Itre)t. Piccadilly. ObSopvt: —opposite the York Hotel. Country Marl Ket. D2RBY SMITHFIELD.—OcT. 7. Our supply of fat beasts to-day was by no means large the demand wa,3 flat in the early part of the day, but a clearance was effected. The number of sheep less than the average, and sold well. A good supply of pigs. Calves few, but well sold. The following were the quotations I—Beef, 6d to 6,0 ; mutton, 6)41 to 7d ; lamb, —d to 01 ; veal, 7d tc %.(.1 per lb. ; pigs, !Os6d to lls Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 0,1 to Os por 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 46. d per lb ; calf-skins, 5d to bid per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-OCT. 8. A small supply of grain to-day, and sales dull for all sorts. Wheat nod o.:t, little back. B,rley alts Leans better. Wheat, on the t , :p. 2g Od up, and on the average 03 ld down. Barley, is 0.1 up on the top, and is hu up on the average. Oats on the top is Oct up—ou the average, Os 7d down. Beans on the top 6s Od up, and on the average, 2s 5d up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat Do. new Barley Oa ta £4 0 9 3-12th. ... 3 9 3 4-12th. ... 2 4 6 10-12ths. .. 114 11 6-12ths. Ban 2 1G 1 4-12ths. BOSTON-OCT. 8. We have again to report a liberal supply of all kinds of grain from the growers. Good dry parcels of wheat met s brisk demand, at an advance on the quotations of this day week of 2s to 3s per qr.; inferior is to 2s dearer. Spring corn of all kinds in active request at enhanced prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 65s Od to 70s Od; new, —s to ; white, 693 Od to 73s co.; extra, 755. Barley, 38s Oct to 45a Oacs 25s to 31s. Peas, 42 , to 46s Od Beans, 4 5 $ Od to 52s Od per qr. NEWARK-OCT. 8. We had a good attendance of farmers, with a full sup' ply of grain, which met a brisk sale at is to 2s per qr. advance. Wheat, white 72s to 765, red 68s to 71s; barley, maltia 43s to Cgs, grinding 40s to 42a; oats, 24st. 36s to 38s, 22st, 33s to 35s ; beans, 48s to 52s ; malt, 70s to 723 ; peas, W to 465; tares, 50s to 56s per qr. LOUTH—OcT. S. The corn trade was brisk to-day, and for the best dil samples of wheat is to 2s per qr. advance was realised. Other sorts as before. Wheat, red 64s to 635, white 735; barley 40s to 41s; oat. 26s to 293; beans 423 to 46s psr qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —ln the market there WAR a slight improvement in the auount of business to-day, but there is no advance in the value of any of the leading stocks , North-Ea.atern, Bet wick, 194—Great Westerns, 64r" South Eastern, 20i—Midlands, 754 6—Blackburn, 7t" Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 3li i—Ditto, 6 rer cent., 12a—Eastern Counties, 84—Lancashire and York* shire, 94. 3—London and North Westerns, 101—Grea t Western of Canada, 22k—Ditto, new, If p.—Edinburg ls, Forth, and Dundee, W. 13s. 9d. LEEDS, OCT. 9. STOCK EXOIILNGI.—The market has not been Laucb improved to-day, and there was a quiet business eons. Dovers, 20+ 20.6.3.—N0rth Eastern, Leeds, No. 3, 2 0 * 6d. pm.—Unity Insurance, C, 2s. Ed. MANCHESTER, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market has been steady lt°' day, but there was not much business done. Sheflias , 31—South Eastern and Dovers, 20 5-16—Leeds, 945,„' East Lancashire, 20—Ditto, Fifths, pm.—Midlands , —Cheshire Junction. 174 n.—Manchester and Birmia * ham, C Qrs., par.—Union Bank, 2, p. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 9. STOOK EXOII.6.NGE.—The transactions in every descr tion of stock were very active this morning, and prid es were firmer. Great 'Western Birmingham Guarantee) it 70—Crystal Palace, 1.18.9. el.—Unity Fires, 2s. Gd. General Steam Navigation, 27. SEABORNE MALLS. (14 signifies that the mails nre sant frcm the General Post-of• la the night—an.l M by the morning--rlespatch.) ___. :ay whentiadeup From whit' Wi 1 l' COSISTIIIE;.1 ;11 genet-R.l Pool- Per, due , Office, London. * Disp , d . j ehel. Englat •. j ------- ---,.—.... —._-.... 'Wary Friday .... Liverpool ... Neeklr A.A.lnmearirice:((bbyyDurint.ptcadoks)t s ls pa ,k ot ) .. ~ , ,a, every Tuesday .. touthamplor Weekly ;,... America coy 11. State: . . packet) •••••••• • • 1 ••....• .. - .atv *spool •.• ; ''' Anst,ralia (via Liver. wice osl pool) ............1. Ith and 13th .... fAverpool .. E /.. Ditto (via Marseilles) I. ............ Dover : __. ••', Ditto ✓ LIo (via Cape of Goo , - ' 0, .• laeeci P' Africa (West Coast)..2 , 'ad of the month Nymouth .. ith of Vs& Alexandria ........ „lc 10th 1 26th of n o Dover ....• • dls 19 "t ll ARtxandrie..... „.....34 WI & 201 n of inc iouthampti , 1 &211, 'l‘ . Bahamas ...........N 17th of the moth: 3outhamptor 16th Belgium ~.... ~,.....1 )aily ..... ...... ]over ..... /41. y L'razil ............ „.11t /th of the month.. iouthampt.. . t th. IlUenOS Ayres .... „. „„A! S'lt of th. month . iOnti.l2Mptol Nth! ~ Cape of Good Rape ..1‘ sth of the mouth 7ncert too Cape of Good Hope ~..N Uncertain .10 Case do Verde .....a. 9t•• ••• ,n- •••...,,,,, Soutuamp o toi 16th o' ,- Ceylon (see • India) iOth and 26th Is It :b ta t Ceylon ..............1 4th and 20th Channel Isles ........>` ,im,., ter.,u.,,:z.b . rl 3outhamptei• cuan.: i 1 11 nal_ ............y tit gcl7ll, of month 3oulhampto , 1 and 10 .. China...., lth and 10th .... 1 and A Constantinople ......1: o th and 2610.... ' ) war... 2 and 'I: CouTAntinople ...... , , ,th vatlOth cf mom iouthamptor 1 and :1, , !,„ Cant. of Europe 2-.1 & N ewieo daily ..... Dover ..... twiced t 'Pi Eg•ypt (sea India) . ......... r,ondon .... 08,177 tlf Franco ........ 24 & N fwlee daily-- Dover ...... r (vice(' 1..., Clibraltar ..........Ni 1,7,17,20,27 ~f in loutharepto: I. 7, 1 40' Ctreece (see India) ')over..... Daily i4reytown ..........Y Ind a 17th of mob lonthampt . Ist and , 16 Hamburgh ..........3; Daily louthampto ;lava:malt ...........v 2nd of the moot loud - Map.: lot ~i i• DO Rolland ..,..........11/ pailY•• • • • • •••• •• Honduras ...... .... Xi VIM of the month 3outhampto 16th • , ..... • 10131ead I and ,2 1 " India (via Marseilles)lm 10a 13 . 26 t0 of mot' Dover ..... la as U 9 ) 0 India (viaSouthampt.)/k1 : d th: f n 2o . t . h . ............ lonian Isles (see India) •••••• • • , ..... Dover.... , -- .... 1 .. ;outhampto 4 and 11 ri4riiib5da0nniar.a....... ..................m .... & .... i :vie; ti:l o l u y t ' b... ).. ii 20:h of the montl ~ ; Sladeira ............ t; t3a of month .... :Averpool .... Dover ..... 1. 15, 2 1 , ,:alts ( :. " .. 1 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 2 ) ... ~ii 1, 10, 20, and 26.. $ 4 1 Sfezleo N u t t gr a i t t i l us tis (5 . e . e . 1 . n . :11 . a . 11 Ind of the moat:„ 4th itn C brap1e5...............F Daily.. k t uthomPt ' lit New Granada ......N 2 , 1& 7,76 . •• • • •• • • . lover .....- 1 6 &ow Ze11and.......... 4th an of month' 3oinha.mpto - lot and 1 Papal States ~, .....,F, 0, 1 „ 4 19t h moth Various pon • Peninsula ..........I -"" "••"•• •• .. Dover ..... I week 11' • Peru Port Natal ... ' I 'vs or mon. louthamptei Ist & 1 .- , €1 , cii7,...... ........1. sth of month .... various pot Tuscany • .... :. ••• ••• .../. 1s : _.•;very Saturday.. 'Dover ...... Meer. .44 Venezuela ~ .... 2 ., u ' ll Y• ••• ..., .... Dover ....., ' _.-" ~ , r , Van Diemen'sla;;:l• , 2d & 17th olmouth 3otithanspior, I &1616 or a l . (gee I West Indies • - ~... 40. and 18th of m. month 15; , .., ~ . au , t .loothemotm It and IS.I, 'Alimony of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be „ I g s7iatched on the following day with the exception of the India ,cuthampton), and the 33 - alto:both of which will be despatched v preceding day. LIFE SAVED RV CRINOLINE.—The independance Brussels says :—" As a pilot boat which bad just tat ea a vessel to sea from Ostend two evenings ago was t a ,. turning into p or t, th e mas t er saw somet hi ng floating °,'" the water, which was found to be a lady whose head kept above water by her crinoline petticoat. When tat into the boat sbe was almost in a senseless state, but s( 0'; recovered. She positively refused to make known 0' name or place of residence, but stated that her fain have been made aware of her intention to coup 0 1 , suicide, which she attempted to carry into effect 0 jumping iuto the sea at the same spot selected by Mr Cie; Sans last year. All that is known of this lady is t she came from Brussels by the railway ; she admits t bi t she is a married woman, and the mother of several c dren." MR. BESSEMER'S PROCESS ANTICIPATED.—At the 11S ; nual soiree of the Bradford Mechanics' Institution, 1 leh; on Tuesday evening last, the Rev. J. H. R y l an d , o f t town, stated that Mr. Bessemer's process had been til l : ticipated at least a year azo by the discov er y o f a yoi ifl , man, who is at present connected with the Bowling I, 'C' n Company, and who was indebted for his present pesiti and attainments to his former connection as a stude,i with that institution. We understand the gentlemai referred to is Mr. Jnhn Birch ; that the invention 14 ; cently claimed by Mr. Bessemer in a " speeificatic was, as is maintained vit tually and in reality " patent IP by Mr. Birch not less.than a year ago, and that the 1 itir cess itself has been in successful operation during • Pi past twelve months in the manufacture of iron at al e Bowling Ironworks.—Leeds Intelligences. 3 IR T H S. OP A SON.P On the Bth inst., at 18, Great Knightrider-stredt, tors'-commons, the wife of Mr. Alfred Pulley. On the Dth inst., at Mitcham-common, Mrs. D. H Young. OF A DAUGHT • On the Bth inst., at the London Orphan Asylum, Ch IP' ton, the wife of the Itev. Henry Beattie, LLA., Chaph an and head Master. On the 9th inst.,r,at CG, Glocester-place, Portman-squa tes the wife of Captain Edward BeMehl. SICARRIED.] second vrat a u E r s v el iv: P o : On the 7th inst., at St. Margaret's, Lee, Dr. F. bolt( 03, 21 Queen's Royals, to Emma seconi Juice, the T th it e m (la - righter of Commander J. S. Keatloy, R.N. On the 7th inst., at the parish church, Onebau, Isle of ITM.P7;erChC7rrolessvel'Uloirim-ste;e'et, Hyde•park. and Cecil Hen e, Margate, to Eliza Mary, youngest daughter of the 11 , 'v. the late J. J. Heywood, of Bemahag ,ue H.M.'s First D eema tor or Judge of the Island. DIED. On the 9th inst., at Maryou-road, 'Woolwich, Capta in Edmund Hayter Bingham, youngest son of the late G ,l. ChAartlelLC.nopxtoßni,DgMbiTdießse.xA,.A' aged 36. nn, the beloved wife of if W m . J. Newton, of Argyle street. On the Bth inst., at Camberwell New-road, J. Might dl Haycroft, Esq., aged 45. On the Bth inst., the Rev. John Thomas, for 34 yea rt/ vicar of Burstead, Essex, aged 64. On the 7th inst., at 13, Eccleston-square, Mary Eleatic: r, the infant daught er of Reginald John and Lady Elizabet Cust. On the 6th inst., suddenly, FrancisWishaw, Esq., C.F ;1 aged 52. On the 6th inst., at St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet, Mr. A lo Hines Clarke, of Theberton-street, Islington, aged 49. LONDON : Printed and Pablighed by KURD() YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offi ce , N of 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ccnin' of Aliddleevx, Friday, October 10, 1856, "1 151-4 SUN,/4 O F 4 , Dko N "' 1 5 IDAy IN 1 N Rio ,