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REVIEW of the BRIGADE of GUARDS, the HIGHLANDERS, and ether CRIMEAN TROOPS, at ALDERSHOT, by her Majesty, on MONDAY NEXT, 7th July, 1856. A SPECIAL TRAIN with First-class Passengers only, will leave the Waterloo-bridge Station for FARNBOROUGH, at 12 noon, returning at 6 p.m. The 11 a.m. Express Train from Wa erloo Station will also atop at Farnborough on that day. By order. Waterloo-bridge Station, sth July, 1856. VI ER MAJESTY'S T H EATRE. . Maxilla. JOHANNA WAGNER , H 1 - THIS EVENING (Saturday, July 5), will be performed Bellies Opera - - I CAPULETTI ED I MONTECCHI. Romeo. Madlle. Johanna Wagner ; Juliet, Madlle Jenny Baur ; Tebaldo, Signor Reichardt ; Lorenzo, Signor Bouche ; and Capellio, Signor Beneventano. To conclude with a Divertissement entitled LA MANOLA. Malmo A Bellon, Mesrllles. Katrine, Rosa, Lizereux, Clara, and Pierron, M. Venefra and M. Vandris In which will be introduced a Grand Pas de Deux by Mdile. Katrine and M. Moutplaisir. On Tuesday next, an entirely new Ballet, Le Corsaire. Medora, Madame Rosati; Conrad, Signor Ronzani (his first appeaiance). Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to - -made at the Box-ofll e ee of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymilt 4 et. TIIICATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. smith ENGLISIT OPERA. TIM EVENING will be produced ESMERALDA. To conlnde with THE FAIRY'S HAUNT. THEATRE ROYAL, H krMARKET. Under ehe Management of Mr. Bnekatens, THI I EVENING, TIM EVIL GENIUS. Ater which PRIMA NEN A and the Spanish Dancers will appear I a new Ballet, called THE CAPTIVES. Followed by MR HITGRES AT HOME. To conzlude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRUWERS'S CIEMATFit O±TORD-STREET. tinder the Xanagement of %fr. Cutv.ixs KEAN. TFIN EvENTY4, A PRIN,:',E FOR AN 11017 R. After which THE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr: B. Webster. Directress. Madame Celeste. TUB EVENING. LIKE ANT) UNLIKE. After which, THEI CUSTOWS OF CHE COUNTRY. Followed by THE 111131 - 1 LIONT.• ROYAL OLY‘tPIC TIIEXTRE. Lessee and Manazer. \fr. Alfrei Wigs*. T FII , L EVENING DELICATE GROUND. After which, RETRIBCTION. To conclude with A CONJUG L LESSON. &ULF:VS ROYAL. ANIPEIIMI , ATRE. Lessee tnd vl4n,v:er 4r. Arfit. Cooke_ • TUB EVCNINV. The Romantic Equestrian , rectact , r. Tru: HORAF OF THE C kVF:IIN. or the M united Rricands nt the Abruzzi, Introducing Mr. W. Cooke'i wonderfully trained horses. After which, A select vlriety of S 'ENE-I in the CIRCLE. The lanzhahic exhibition of , tesarti's trouo , of DO'IN and .fonkeys. The extrdor (Unary performance of the Oermal Brothers. - To eonelme with VIE FESTIVAL OF PEACE; or Honour to the Brave. Rm. - Mee open fr n Ti! Fo rr. Ata NisanaXer, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Mr. Co - rize, jun. fltGr wtTF.R. UT LONTi)ONT EiltlfY4K. Tins DAY—lforn. 4 3 min. aft. 3 —r:vening 6 ruin. aft. 4' T wino vi—Morn. 26 .nin. aft. 4 —Ev , uina 43.4:n. aft. 4 TUE WEATTIFIR—SuN OFFICE, JULY 5. TIIERMOSIRTEtt, TN ISE SRADE. 74—highest singe noon vosterday. h 8 -lowest this morning and during the night.. 68 —this dAy at noon. RA KOMITTER- 20.09. WIND, N.W.—Light and variable, with cloudy weather. §411 , 11 , r t LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1856. The regulations for the public entry of the Guards into Llndon, and subsequent review in Hyde-park, have been duly published, although. as we yesterday stated, the day for the ceremony has not as yet been appoin.ed. WE shall rejoice at any distinction that can be conferred on our Crimean heroes. And never were 'soldiers of any race or time more worthy of a brilliant ovation than those who, under so many serious disadvan tageq, carried the war into the enemy's country, and not merely sustained, but exalted the previous reputation of the British name. If England is not a military nation, it is not for want of un flinching courage or invincible prowess on the part of her soldiers. They are " ready, aye ready " for the field ; and they have come forth from every conflict with untarnished escutcheons. But " bravo men lived before AGAMENINON." There were others who performed their arduous duties in the Crimea as well as the Guards. We utter not a word in their disparagement. But surely they should not monopolise all the honours of the day. The Highland Rrigtdo, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the gallant 33 1 (the old Wel lingtons), and many other distinguished Regi ments —not forgetting the Scots Greys, Inniskel ling.% and all those who shared in the fearful charge at Balaklava, or maintained " the thin red line at Inkermae—carried their banners as boldly forward, or as stubbornly maintained contested posi tions as any men the world ever saw. The Guards behaved nobly—but they had many competitors who deserved to share the rewards and honours bestowed by a grateful country ; and we fear that the exclusion fiona the proceedings of the day will not be hailed witE4probation by the People. The Guards are looked on as the aristocratic branch of the service. 11.11, H. honours the Grenadiers; by accepting 3,0001. par annum, des - tined to reward the extraordinary service 3 of old and very meritorious Officers, for acting . as their Colonel. The Fusilier Guards have also a R.ll Northstead. It is needless to say that there were other arrangements made before this inte resting step has been taken. It is more than hinted that the Noble Earl has been virtually ap pointed Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and that he will be forthwith elevated to the Upper House by his present title, which will, of course, eventually merge in the higher one of Marquis, whenever the veteran Whig Statesman shall be removed from this transitory werld. But there is something even more interesting than any Ministerial or Peerage alteration. It is said that the Hero of Kars, Sir WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS, is to be the successor of the Noble Earl in the representation, and that his valuable services will now be rendered available in the popular branch of the Legislature. We need not say how gladly we shall hail his acces sion to the vacant seat ; but we must confess that we should have greatly preferred his entering the House as .the unfettered re presentative of a free and independent constituency, rather than as the nominee of any Peer, even of one su distinguished as the most noble patron of Caine. It is unfortunately but too notorious that any one possessing the sup port and influence of the noble Marquis—who, as was formerly said, we believe, by a Duke of MARL BOROUGH, in reference to i Woodstock, might, if he pleased, return his black footman, pro vided he did not come within the Alien laws —is certain of success. The same might almost be said of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and of Caine. It is well to find that a power in every respect so indefensible should be so well exercised, and we might almost be reconciled to rotten boroughs, if assured that such would always be the case. But however high the character of the nominee, ho must lose prestige, from the simple fact that he is universally known to be "a nominee." With a proper measure of Reform, Sir WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS would require no aristocratic crutch to enable him to hobble into a House the door s whereof should be thrown wide for his reception ; and even his return can not greatly protract the existence of an anomaly so thoroughly antagonistic to the feelings and principles of Englishmen as the return of .a Member to the popular branch of the Legislature on the nomination of one who, under the Constitu tional theory, is precluded from taking any part in the election. at their head—the officers aro promoted more ra pidly than in the line ; each Ensign ranks as. a Lieutenant, a Lieutenant' as Captain, and Cap. tains as Lientenant•Colonels, hopping two steps at each stage of the progress. The commissions command a proportionate price, and none but the nobly connected and the very wealthy can venture to aspire to places amongst them. But it is not for money or rank that the nation cares in honouring those who have rendered effi cient services. The Crimean medal will glitter as brightly on the stalwart breast of a " bonny ilighlauder " although there wore fewer officers who had " handles to their names." The 23d, who showed themselves worthy of fighting under the "victor of Cressy and Poictiers," and those who bore on their standard the crest and motto of "the Iron I)nke,". need not flinch from any comparison that may be instituted. It is then to be hoped that, if practicable, some othen - Jof the Crimean heroes may be associated with the Guards, and participate in the honours of the day. , Surely some arrangement m a y b, made "to avert, ere it be too late, the, exclusive character of the proceeding, and to prevent the shaft from rankling in bosoms that should have the gratification derived from their return home, withont alloy or diminution. Ye i sterday evening a new writ was moved for the Borough of Caine, in the roam of the Earl of SEELZT,M,4I, who has accepted the importan itt!“ - Son of ',Steward of her IV"..AJE.STY'S Mlau ci quite satisfied if Mr. PIERCE will point out any method by which the poor Mosquitos shall b( protected against destruction by civilisation. The territory is most certainly of no worth whatever to us, but an honourable adherence to engage ments of centuries old, and maintained 'constantly to the present day, is of the highest importance. Especially would it be degrading for a Protector to withdraw at the bidding of any power. It would imply that he had lost the power to pro tect. We are told by the Conservative Leader in the Lower. House that America has a policy, and that we are to let herFilliboster and intrigneas she pleases. So be it. We have more tropical territory than, we need, and on our dependencies in North America and Australia we look upon with a tho rOughly parental eye, and shall feel no unwilling ness when they wish it to deem them of full political age. America, on the contrary, covets new territories and States, and she is quite wel come to them. We only do not choose to tole rate the policy of Ostend—that of taking—Cuba for instance—without, asking leave, where others have had a long and settled priority. It would also give us no small satisfaction if she would cease to spread with her territorial aggressions the infernal nuisance of slavery. A little time, however, will show whether thel powers and the inclinations of DALLAS are suffi cient to bring these three matters to a speedy and amicable conclusion. Lord PAL3IERSTON did not tell us the actual extent of the powers conferred upon Mr. DALLAS, and we must confess always to some fears in dealing with such exacting politi cians as Yankees have hitherto proved themselves. A colony like India, numbering about six times the population of the three kingdoms, about twenty-eight times the aggregate population of all other British possessions, in a word, embracing about one-seventh of the entire human family, would seem, on a prima facie view of the matter, to be worth looking after on commercial as well as moral grounds. The welfare of a population so vast, it ►gust be admitted, ought to be-a subject of the deepest imperial consideration, and none the less so because of the immense advantages to the home population and the vast accession to the dignity and stability of the Empire that may, and should, in the nature of things, be derived from them. It is inconwivable that a population like this should be found of which no good account can be rendeied. The American difficulty ought to be a very easy one to settle. Great Britain has nothing unrea sonable to ask, nor the United States anything which ought to be of consequence to them which they have not got already. Neither country ought to trouble themselves further than the bond fide object of the CLAYTON BIIEWBR Treaty, which was to guarantee the neutrality of any passage by rail way or ship canal which might be constructed be tween the two oceans. Should that passage be ultimately a canal completing the communication through the Lake do Nicaragua, the provision that England should not have any military occu pation in the protectorate of the Mosquito coast would fully attain that end ; since Ruatan is at far too great a distance to bo any hindrance what ever to the freedorn of the transit 'across the Isth mus. Indeed, it no more interferes with it than our possession of Jamaica. Now we believe both Costa Rica on one side,, and Nicaragua on the other claim a right to Fort St. Juan, or f;rey - town, as it was named by the Whig Ministry— not to indicate the mingling of doubtful claims, but in honour of the British Minister who first, gave to it, when much needed, British protection. As this town lies at • the entrance of the fluvial, canal, or lake transit, and as' England lays no claim to more than looking to the security of its subjects who may settle in this kind of no-man's town, the obvious course appears to be to consti tute it, with a sufficient suburban territory for any future contingencies, a self-governed free port, like Hamburg, for instance ; declaring it by treaty incapable of annexation to either of the neigh bouring states, -.or to any other power whatever. All commercial powers might be asked to sign this treaty afterwards—though if England and America did so other nations would be of no prac tical consequence. If America be unwilling to do this, it will be plain that she contemplates ulterior objects, and that the pirate WALKER is but an emissary from Washington to seiz3 Nicaragua first, and to take possession of Greytown as be longing to it. The power which is unwilling that a town at the entrance of the canal should be afree-port must contemplate . covert, and finally open, mastery of that passage. Submitting the colony to a more minute in spection, what do we find ? Broad plains and fertile valleys, uncultivated or ill cultivated. Priceless mineral treasures, waiting vainly hitherto for exhumation ; iron and coal with which we have moved the world, sleeping in useless luxu riance in the womb of earth. Energies that might serve to lay the foundations of a mighty empire running to waste. Commerce stagnant, enter prise slumbering, poverty entrenched everywhere —a more and more hated occupant. Who can look on India thus uncultivated and thus neglected, without reverting homeward and turning over in his mind what opportunity is offered to the " mo ther country." Along yen mountain plateau we may imagine him exclaiming "may be grown tea to an extent and of a quality to make us indepen dent of the produCe of China. From those wide spread districts may be raised cotton, in an abun dance which would prevent the hearts of our manufacturers and their palefaced weavers from quaking with fear at the thought of hostilities with America. Here may be obtained silk suffi cient for the supply of the most luxurious want. From these fertile plains may be derived abun dance of food for 'our hungry poor, and in them another safeguard against famine may be esta blished. In that ill-clad and impoverished popu lation, willing and able as it is to work, may be countless customers in embryo. All that is wanted is justice to the people on either hand, opportu nity to redeem. themselves." Nor ought Ruatan to be any serious difficulty. Out of ail the petty quibbles about it, one plain fact emerges that British settlers found it tenant less, made it a home, cultivated the land, built a town on it, obtained a British Government for it, and have now a perfect little republic there, well ordered and thriving, enjoying the utmost civil and religious liberty. The United States can have no business in the world there. What a pretty hubbub would be raised in Washington if "Y;mlrees had colonised an island in the same style, and been acknowledged by his Majesty the PRE SIDENT of the Union ! It is amusing to think of the vocabulary of abuse which would be opened on the encroaching and rapacious Britishers ; we may properly enough in regard to Ruatan ask the Americans to do as they would be done unto. Would they consent either to hand their fellow. countrymen over to England, or to - place them under the power of the half-civilised state of Honduras? We believe nothing on earth would induce them to part with the island at all, and, small as it is, we believe it would be at his peril that any English Minister placed it under the dominion of any other power. He might be allowed to engage not to use it for military pur poses, to constitute the people themselves judges of the relation in which they would stand to England, Honduras, or the States, to grant them an independence of this kind under the guarantee that no power should interfere with their inde pendence while they choose to retain it, but further than this no Minister could venture with out arousing lasting indignation at home. Engt. land will never tolerate the compulsory subordina tion of some thousands of honest settlers to the imperious demands of any power. Ruatan was not gained by the rifle and revolvers of slave holders, but by the honest industry and enter prise of British subjects. If Honduras be Lord of the Manor, let an honourable con• sideration be arranged, but ejection or serfdom are not to be thought of. To this end, first and foremost, the laying down of railways in India is needed. Of what value these are in, au Imperial point of view let the schemes of the Emperor ALEXANDER at the present moment be the indication. Com mercially speaking, railways are essential to the prosperity of India. Without them there can be little hope for the - future of that great country. The existing means of communication are, in the main, wretchedly ba 1, and a century might elapse before good. highways and water courses ceased to be the exception. The vast extent of the country, 'and its need of comolidation, indeed, will admit of nothing short of a perfect railway system. That a com mencement has been made, and that, so far, the work is in good hands, aro undoubtedly sources of satisfaction. But the greatness of the promise held out by India, to say nothing of its claims, calls for a more speedy development than we see any reliable prospect of. Many, ourselves among the number, are gratified to gather from the most recent intelligence, that the Scinde Railway Com pany have received permission to survey the Pim jaub, from Moultan to tthore and Aanritser, for the construction of a railway to conneot Central Asia, the Punjaub, and the northerneaoat provinces with Kurrachee—a most desirable proceeding. But what is this, and what are the achievements of other companies, to wit r remains to be done ? The broad face of India is but dotted at the outskirts with railway lines, and beyond its hundred and fifty or more millions are people more numerous waiting, unconsciously it may be, but not the less certainly, to contri bute to the vast swell of commercial prosperity which may be brought within the lifetime of a single generation to our shores. No encourage ment withip the bounds of reason would seem too great for the promotion of the Rail in India and the means of rapid communication with this country. It is not improbable that the prorogation of Parlia ment will take place on Thursday, the 24th inst. The Ministerial whitebait dinner is fixed for this day fortnight, the 19th. The Cz tr's Coronation will take place on the 31st August or the 7th September. Sir William Fen Wick Williams, of Kars, is the candi date for Caine. • BEl.t.or TESTIMONIAL—The Committee of the Bellot Testimonial Fund has closed its labours. The sUbscrip with interest, amounted to 2,2811 . 17s: Bd. na The following are the eetingsl'of the Literary and, • Scientific Societiee next week :---Monday,•Entomorogi- cal, 8 Tuesday, Z 9. Wednesday, Literary Fund. 8. Saturday,.Boyal Botanic, The following artistes are engaged to be present in Moscow at the coronation fetes :—MM. Lablache, Calzolari, - Bettini, Davide, Tagliafico, Debaesini, and Marini ; Mmes. Bozio, Maray, Demeric, and Lotti. The Second Chamber of Hanover, in its sitting of the Ist; voted almost unanimously against a grant allowed by the -First Chamber towards the establishment of.a diplomatic mission in Ituctsia. THE REVIEW OF THE GUARDS AT ALDERSHOT Her Meje.ity the Queen intends to proceed to Alder shott on Monday next, for the purpose of reviewing; in The afternoon, the regiment: of the Guards and of the line which have lately returned from the Crimea. There is about to be a vacancy in the representation of Caine. Lord Shelburne, who has accepted the Chil tern Hundreds, i s t o be called to the House of Lords. It is also understood that his lordship is to be appointed Under-Secretary- for Foreign Affairs. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAT.—At the half yearly meeting of the shareholders in This company to be held on Wednesday next it will be proposed to declare a dividend of ss. 2,1. per share (clear of income tax) on' the old or unprivileged Alum A letter from Roate states that the. Emperor of trig is expected 'at Ruins for the inauguration of the column of the Immaculate COneePtion. The ceremony is to take:place on the Rh Qf Septernbei', being the fes• tival of the Virgin, - 1 And then what of the Mosquitos? Again we may ask Americans what would they do ? We know pretty well it is true the fate of Indians in their hands. They are moved about just as suits the fancy of the Government, but would they ranounce a protectorate over the most uncivilised tribe amongst them at the bidding of Great Britain ? Would not the "insulted sovereignty" of the States be rung in our ears in every despatch, and if a P res id en t wer e again a candidate at th e time would it not be the most popular " plank of hi s platform " that he would fight the old conntry for ever rather than surrender the In dians, to 'whom the honour of the States was pledged. Well, Englincl, wo imagina, would be ~~:u,,.. THE SON. LOO DON SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1856. ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE —The proceedings -in this case will commence in the Gu ldhall, Bath, on Tues• lay, the 221 inst. Dr. Robert Phillimore. M.P., will tpoear for the archdeacon, and it is understood that he . will at the outset of the inquiry submit to the court that ..he Archbishop of Canterbury, the promoter of the suit, las not c,,mplid with those preliminary regulations which entitle him to proceed. MANSL AUGHTE R. - - Yesterday, Mr. Brent, deputy.co roner, held an inquest at the Silver Cup, Cromer-street, on the body of Martha Connell, aged 35, wife of Win. Connell, a brass foundtr, reiiding at 37, RapstrPet, Clerkenwell. From the evidence it appeared that Con iell bad good reason to suspect his wife's fidelity, On Wednesday he secreted himself, and saw his wife admit into her room a man named Tregurtha. What followed confirmed his worst suspicions ; and, infuriated, he rushed upon tb• man, whom the wife attempted to pro tect. The husband then seized a flowerpot, which he curled at the head of his faithless wife, felling her to the ground. The injuries were so severe that she was obliged to be conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital, where she died of tetanus ,on the ,following day. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against W. Conn_ell, who was at once conveyed to Newgate on the coroner's warrant. CAUTION—NARROW ESCAPE OF A MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN.—On Saturday last Mrs. Thomas. residing at 15, Raphael.street, together with her three children, partook of some currant tart, when almost immediately atter they were at'aacked with vomiting and excruciating pains in the stomach and bowels, accompanied with diarrhcea, their stiff-rings continued for some hours, but providentially they all recovered. Mrs. Thomas, feeling satisfied that they bad been poisoned, took the remainder .3f the tart to Mr. Barnes, of Knightsbridge, for exami• nation. That gentleman, upon submitting the remains of the tart to a chemical analysis, soon found that it cm tained both arsenic and copper; the presence of which was accounted for from the fact that the green colour in the ornaments which had been employed to decorate the tart, consisted of arsenite of copper (Scheele's green), a most virulent poison. It is astonishing that, notwith standing the publicity given from time to time to similar cases, poisonous coloured ornaments should continue to be used to decorate the food which we eat. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, July 4.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Cap tain A. Kellock, sailed this afternoon with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, 56 passengers—among whom are Captain Wiiton, Majors Hamilton and Friend, Dr. Mackinnon, &a.—and a full general cargo. The Euxine has also on freight the largest' amount of specie ever shipped by the Peninsular and Oriental Company on board either of their East India steam-ships, and is divided as follows :—For India. 776 boxes, eon taining 205,8091. ; the Straits, 490 boxes, containing 118,265/. ; China, 1,789 boxes, 457,4871. ; and Alex andria, 9 boxes, with 31,4301., making a total of 3,064 boxes, value 812,9911. The Indus, Captain Brooks, with the homeward heavy portion of the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, is hourly expected. The Tagus, Captain Christian, sails on the 7th inst. with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar. The Royal Mail steamer Tamar, Captain Bevis, is pre paring to convey the Brazilian and River Plate mails on the 9th inst. ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS IN FRANCE.—One of the most considerable manufacturing estatlishrnents of the department of the Somme, the large paper mill of St. Sulpice-les-Doullens, belonging to an English firm, was oa Tueslay destroyed by fire. The precise amount of loss has not yet been ascertained, but the insurances amount to 212,000 f. L'lmpartial of Valenciennes de ' scribes the following accident : —" Towards five o'clock in the morning of Monday last, two working miners employed in the Moulin coal mine, situated between ' Auzin and Beuvrages, were about to fire a train in a new gallery, when an explosion of fire damp took place, and suffocated them. The pestilential odour of the . gas forced the workmen who were employed at distant parts of the mine to escape into the open air. It was three in the afternoon before they could recover the dead bodies of their two comrades. The viplenee of the ex plosion was such that several large beams of wood were broken into pieces, whilst large stones were hurled to i a distance of several metres. THREE MISSING SHIM—A notice has been posted at Lloyd's, referring to three ships, which had for a long' time been missing. acid which there is too much reason. to believe have foundered, and every soul belonging to them,perished. The ship Adams (formerly the Stanley Cacique), commanded by Capt. Fitzsimons, sailed from 13ornbay on the Ist of last December, with a rich cargo, for L'indon, and has not since been heard of. She be. longed to Messrs. Adams and Co., of Glasgow, and is described in Lloyd's Register of Shipping as 867 tons, and built in the United States in 1844. She was cia,4sed A 1 for eight years, and was partly rebuilt in 1854. Her ere* numbered in all nearly 30 people. The next unfortunate missing ship is the City of Montreal, a fine Glasgow built vessel, 812 tons register, firmed of iron, commanded by Capt. Guthrie. She sailed from Liver pool on the 2d April last for Quebec, and was spoken with on the 24th of the same month, in lat. 45, lon. 47, since which not the least tidings have been beard of her. She is supposed to have gone down ; her crew, 40 in number, perishing in her. The other ship is the Herons Monte, Capt. Rickeles. She sailed from Liverp?ol on the 6th of March for Konigsberg, and has not since been heard of. Tax IMPERIAL HOTEL CIIMPANY..—The Annexed re lates to the present position of the above company ;—' " Imperial Hotel Company, 6, Whitehall, July 4.—Str, —The remarks in your ' City Article' of this day i., re gard to the Imperial Hotel Company, stating that it is• not clear whether the project is in abeyance 'T is aban done3, lead me to send you this communication. On the 9th of May the Committee addressed a letter to the office of Woods and F , ,rests, asking for information as to the terms on wLicb Government would be willing to dispose to them of the Crown lands situate in Trafalgar-square, which this company seeks to acquire. This letter has been referred to the Treasury, and no answer has been received. In regard to the site of the National Gal!ery and buildings behind it,, the barracks and the workhouse, the Committee, of course, can take no further steps un• til they are in receipt of a reply from G.ivernment. From what has lately passed in Parliament the bill for the new, site for the National Gallery having been withdrawn for this session, it is not probable that any reply will be sent for some time to come. Meanwhile, if this site in Tra falgar-sqnare cannot be obtained, another equally eligi ble is in contemplation. So that, Sir, you will see the project is not completely abandoned. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, H. DAVIDSON, Secretary." MIIRDSROUS ASSA.IILT ON A LiDY.—A. most brutal assault was committed on Thursday- last. It appears that Provost and Mrs. Barr have resided for some time hack at Lyleston House, near Cardross, and within three miles of Helensburgb, the Provost became contractor for a railway at present in course of forma tion in the neighbourhood. On the evening of Thurs. day last Mre. Barr proceeded along the public road towards Helensburgh to meet her husband, who was coming from Greenock; and when only about 500 yards from the gate of the mansion, she was set upon by a ruffian with intent tQ rob her. She was knocked down, and three very severe wounds inflicted upon her head with an iron rod, and her arm was also severely hurt in attempting to defend her bead. Happily her cries attracted the attention of one of her own house servants, who happened to be accidentally in the neigh bourhood at the time, and of a man near at hand ; and they appeared in sight just as the villain had his arm uplifted for another blow. On perceisieg them he in stantly leaped the wall and ran across the country. He was ultimately arrested, and next morning was conveyed to Lyleston House, and at once identified by Mrs. Barr ais the person who had assaulted her. He is a native of the stster isle. On a medical examination being made, it was found that the lady's skull was not injured, but she stil I lies in a precarious state.—Ayr Advertiser, MISS NIGIITINGALE.—Yesterday atternoon a numer ously attended 'netting of noblemen and gentlemen was held at St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park, for the pur pose of adopting means to evince their admiration of Miss Nightingale in connection with her conduct in the East. The Duke of Cambridge presided, and was sup ported by the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Powis, Lord Manvers, Lord Chelsea, Lord Lilford, Admiral the Hon. E. Knox, Col. the Hon. C. Lowther, Sir Benjamin 'Brodie, and many other members of the nobility. His Royal Highness, in opening the proceedings, alluded to the heroism Miss Nightingale bad displayed, not only in sacrificing every-personal and domestic comfort by proceeding to the Crimea, but also in her conduct to• Wards - every dne who came under her notice in the hospi tals. High and 'tow, aids and poor, received the same kind attention at ber hands S,he was loved by all— friends and foes, English,' French, Turks, and Russians —and her name would long be held up to the admira tion of the civilised globe. (Hear, bear.) Viscount Chel sea then moved the following resolution :—" That Miss Nightingale be elected an honorary governor of St. George's Hospital, in,testimony of the respectful admira tion felt by the supporters of this charity, for her self denial and disinterestedness, and the devoted heroism which has induced her, at the sacrifice of every personal and domestic comfort, to undertake that mission in the cause of suffering humanity, which her courage and ps.r. severance have rendered sp eminently--successful, and which demand the grateful acknowledgment of every philanthropic heart . " The Marquis of Westminster se conded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. A vote of thank"' to the Duke of Cambridge closed the proceedings. - A GRAPPLE WITH A IhßGLAß.—Yesterday morning, at the early _hour of two o'clock, the inhabitants of Rath bone-place, Oxford-street, were alarmed by cries in a man's voice of " Murder," "Police," till the person who had been giving utterance to them seemed to stop from exhaustion. Upon inquiries being made as to the cause of alarm, it -was ascertained that in the first floor of No. 14, which is in the oegupation of Mr. Edgecombe, bootmaker, resides a French watch and click maker named Volaugd, and he, abodt the hour above named, was sleeping in th e b ac k room, w h en h e was aro u se d iiy . a rustling nOise,in th e f ront apar t men t. "Upon gating up,. whims he did instantly, after striking a light hehro ceeded to the room, and discovered a man justin i the act of pulling out a draw er , w hi c h h a d b een form,blyippened, and which contained several watches and tChatins, and trinkets of great valu e . H e at once, placiOgihis night lamp on the table, seized the burglar, whq'2llsiosed with him, and a desperate strusgle ensued, endikin M. Vo laugd being nearly stripped of his night dress, and even tually thrown to the extreme end of the room ; and before he could , recover himself the burglar threw up one of the windows and leaped into the street. Alighting on his feet, he made off. A few minutes afterwards five policemen (who had not been earlier at hand when wanted) made their appearance, and, on hearing the statement of M. Volaugg, started off in different direc tions,' with the view of effecting the capture of the des perado, who, 4 however, asmay be anticipated, bad during this time made a safe retreat. From the flurry and ex• citement at the time M. Volaugd was unable to describe the mai. The burglar could not haVe obtained an en trance 'otherwise thau by .means of akeletou keys. to induce these two gentlemen to retain their port folios, but they are determined to resign and only hold office until their successors shall be appointed. It is said that the new Minister of the Interior has already dismissed two of the King's commissioners in the provinces who were nominated by the Tnar becke administration, and maintained by that of MM. Van Hall and Van Reenen." A letter from Galatz of June 29, in the Corriere Italiano, says ;—" Prince Ghika arrived here this evening, and was well received. The party in favour of the union of the Principalities presented an address to him thanking him for his efforts in that sense. ILI will remain here only two days." The A gram, Gazette has the following of the 20th from Podgoritza, in Albania :—"A Turkish mosque was blown up here last week by means of a mine sunk secretly under it. The Turks accuse the Christians of having excited the Albanian moun taineers to commit the act, in order to avenge the destruction of the Church of St. George, and, in consequence, all the heads of Greek commune of Podgoritza have been arrested and sent to Scutari." A letter from St. Petersburg of June 23, in the Debats, says :—" New officers continue to be no minated in the militia, and an order of the day, dated the 22d, announces a considerable number of appointments. At Saratow, the flags of the militia were not belessed till the end of last month. It therefore appears certain that the disbanding of the militia in the more distant governments will not take place for some time yet." The Kitig and Queen of Prussia arrived at Dresden at, midday on the 30th ult., and after-. ward continued their journey to Pillnitz, where the Saxon court is now residing Prince Goa schakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, who had arrived from Vienna, was to leave on the Ist for St. Petersburg. It has been already mentioned that a conflict had broken out in Bavaria between the two Legis lative Chambers on the subject of the budget. The sitting of the 28th ult. was passed by both assem blies in attempting to effect an arrangement. This was successful with respect to the secondary matter of the budget, but on the question of the war de partment both assemblies persisted in their former resolutions. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, iu making known the result of the diffe. rent decisions, a-ided that the vote which must be adopted was that of the second chamber, in conse quence of the figure which it granted being less elevated. The session was closed on the 30th ult. LATEST NEWS. TRIESTE, JULY 4. Letters from Constantinople of the 28th ult., say that the Sultan will give a banquet to Mar shal Pelissier. Yemen is in a state of insurrection. It is said that the Porte has called on the Pacha of Egypt to find troops to accompany the new governor to Yemen. It is also rumoured that Se fer Paella, heredi tary Prince of Circassia, refuses to return to Con stantinople. It is affirmed in Paris that explanations have been demanded by the French Government of the Cabinet of Munich respecting the marriage ,of Prince Adalbert with the Infanta of Spain, and the succession to the throne of Greece. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Minister of Marine has sent orders to the naval authorities at Toulon to give their discharge immediately to all the sailors who have accom plishedtheir four years' service. - The Moniteur states that the Senate will meet on Saturday to consider, with other business, the report on the project of the senatus-consultnin concerning the regency of the empire. The Se nate will also take into consideration the, law for adjusting the general budget of expenses and re ceipts for the financial period of 1857. A Paris letter in the Independance Belge says: " Count de Morny will leave on Sunday for Wild bad, where he hopes to restore his health. He will find there the Empress Dowager of Russia and a portion of the Court. The activity displayed by the ambassador extraordinary in preparing for his departure proves the falsity of the rumours respect ing a coolness between the diplomatic relations of Russia and France. If the new Russian ambassa dor has not yet arrived in. Paris, nor has as yet been named, it is in consequence of personal questions entirely independent of political reasons. BOURSE, July - 4.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. ii per Cents 93 75 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 7l 80 72 5 New Loan 7l 70 Bank Shares 4,100 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,580 Ilustrian Belgian Fives 9Bb— Spanish Threes Piedtnontose(s) 9l dome Debt RAILWAYS-1108 CASH. fr. c. 0 Orleans ......... ...... 1,417 50 Western... 965 Northern Lyons Mediterranean 1767 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BlO Testa Cette 772 50 Austrian Com. ...... 877 50 RUSSIA. An Imperial ukase, dated June 25th, empowers the Minister of Finance to issue two new series of Treasury notes, to the amount of 6,000,000 of sil ver roubles. They are destined, according to the terms of the ukase, to take the place of two series of notes issued in 1843, and which must now be paid off. They are to bear interest from July Ist. The Marine Journal mentions that a number of gun-boats have been lately launched, with perfect success, in the presence of the Grand Duke Con stantine and other Imperial Princes ; and various reviews of these small craft have since been held. An Imperial ukase orders that the owners of all boats shall be required to prevent any private persons who may hire their craft from taking any soundings in the sailing channel along the coast in the Government of St. Peters burg and in the arms of the Neva. The Grand-Duke Constantine has ordered that the musketoons, which have hitherto been used in the navy as boarding weapons, shall be re placed by rifle fire-arms such as used by the Dragoons, and the latter have already been distri buted to the different crews. The official lists of the shipping in Finland show the present amount of craft still afloat, together with the extent of the losses that province has sus tained. during the war. There remain still 295 trading vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 21,668 lasts, and there were 89 vessels captured during the war, with a tonnage of 9,514 last. The state of the growing crops is described as very satisfactory in all the governments; in Cherson a'one there seems to be . a plague of locusts, but measures are already being taken to extirpate them. It is mentioned in Russian correspondence, that an Englishman and a Frenchman are at present in St. Petersburg actively promoting the views of capitalists of their respective nations, in the prose eution of the various plans for railways, that the Govermuent have so much at heart in carrying out. GREECE. The French squadron at Athens paid due ho nour to King Otho on his departure from the Pincus, and also to the Queen, on her return from accompanying the King. We find the following relating to this subject in a letter from Athens, 26th June, in the .N ouvelliste of Marseilles : " The day after the King left, the Ministers of War and Justice, undertaking a mission foreign to their func tions and which properly belonged to an aide-decamp of the royal household, or the Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to the French admiral's vessel, to thank him in the Queen's name, fur his conduct the day before. The admiral ilatV refused to receive them, for he has never bad any political relations with the ministers who succeeded AIM. Mavrocordato and Kilergis, being un willing, that, by indirect means And without his previous consent, the Ministers should succeed in opening rela tions with him - by a mere manoeuvre. This refusal becoming known made a profound impression on the public. Some days after the admiral . gave a grand mili tary fete neisi the Pirseus, consisting of a sham fight representing the battle of Isly, in which the Moors were represented by 'reach and English sailors in Arab dresses, and who went through their task admirably. An immense crowd witnessed the fete, but not a Greek officer or soldier was present, the Minister of War hav ing forbidden them to attend." The same letter goes on to say that the editors of the Minerva,. who had been arrested for writ ing strongly iu favour of the services rendered by France .ancl England, have been thrown into the convicts' prison and that the journal has ceased to appear, There is, consequently, no journal at present defending the Western policy, and the public mind is left exposed to the influence of the mischievous calumnies of the Government press, which spares no pains to excite ill-feeling against everything French or English. The letter in the Nouvelliste further says : "Brigandage sireads from day to day, and threatens to overrun the whole country. It can hardly have escaped the penetration of the French and English Go vernments that, in spite of the troops said to be sent after them, not a single robber is ever caught. In the Peloponesus not fewer than 60 persons have been lately stript of everything by the robbers, without en• countering any impediment or hindrance from the troops." PARMA. The Augsburg Gazette contains a leiter from Parma of the 24th ult. which gives the following version of the difference between the Ducal Go vernment and the Austrian military authorities:— "An Austrian brigade has arrived by forced marches from Milan and is about to take up a posi tion on the Po. The real cause of this measure is the following • In consequence of the late attempts at assassination, it may be remembered that a num ber of arrests were effected, and that the prisoners were removed, partly to Mantua and partly to Parma. The affair was investigated by officers ap ' pointed by the Austrian general, and proof was soon obtained that amongst the persons accused, upwards of a score were either guilty of murder 'previously, or had been implicated in such crimes. But just as the court-martial of Parma was on the point of coming to a decision on the matter, a note from the Decal Government, altogether extraor dinary both for its tone and its form, declared the court-martial incompetent to deal with the case, and sent the prisoners to be tried by the ordinary ‘tribunas,4thetheir disguised protectors already had devised_msans of saving them. Gen. Crenne villa made thoittiongest representations on the subject, buk the Duchess p ers i ste d i n h er d ec i s io n . It is not yet known whether the Austrian troops will await at the frontier the ulterior orders of the Emperor, or whether they are intended to make a demonstration in support of General Crenneville's authority." HOLLAND. _letter from the Hague of the Ist, in the says :—"The members of the Ministry destined to replace MM. Van Hall, Van Reenen, and Donker Curtis, enter on the exercise of their functions today. The King not being at the Hague, Mk. Gevers Van Endegeest, Simons, and Van des Brugghen, went to Loo to take the cus tomary oath before his Majesty. No successors have yet been appointed to Admiral Smit Vander Brooke and M. Mutsaerts, Ministers of Marine and ROM= Catholic Worship.. Efforts have been made THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape to thelst of May. Oa Tuesday, April 29, the following resolutions were approved by the Cape Assembly in a com mittee of the whole house : "1. Tnat immigration from Europe to this colony, at the present time, under the auspices of Government, is both expedient and necessary. " 2. That the chief objects to be secured under the immigration scheme should be twofold, viz., to provide a supply of labour, and add to the general population of the colony. " 3. That the classes of immigrants to be in troduced should embrace—first, agricultural la bourers 'of all descriptions, shepherds, and me chanics ; and secondly, such other immigrants as will promote the filling up of the country, both in the western and eastern divisions. " 4. That proyision should be made in the first instance under proper limitations, to enable per sons so to do to send for any particular parties whom they may wish to introduce ; but that such persons shall enter into an engagement with Go vernment that the parties so introduced by them shall, from day of arrival, be at their cost and re :sponsibi i ty, "5. That a vessel should be simultaneously de spatched to Table and Algoa Bays, and that ar rangements should be made for application for these immigrants being received previously to their arrival, and for their distribution through the dif ferent divisions of the colony as soon after their arrival aa possible. _ _ _ "0. That special Government agents should be appointed at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, for the purpose of carrying out the distribution of the immigrants at these points, and that these agents should put themselves in communication with the Divisional Councils or Local Immigration Committees, with a view of arranging to supply the labour which may be required in their divisions. "7. That the agency to be employed in recruit ing immigrants for this colony should consist of persons deputed from the colony, who are ac quainted with its wants, or of persons resident in the mother country, but likewise acquainted with the character and capabilities of the colony. " 8. That no portion of the expenditure for im migration should be applied to the defraying of ex penses on boaid any ship or ships, beyond the ex penses of each immigrant, excepting such charge,, as may necessarily be incurred iu providing a superintending surgeon. " 9. That in providing means for this scheme of immigration, the credit of the country should be employed, through the issue of debentures, bearing a certain rate of interest, and these debentures should be redeemed, atter a certain time to be fixed in the Act which shall provide for their issue. "10 That tenders should be invited in London for these debentures, to the extent, in the whole, of 200,0001.; that they should bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, but that the Go vernment should be restricted to the issue of de bentures to the amount of 50,0001., and no more, during the current year; and the Government should not issue any further debentures until au thorised so to do by a vote of both Houses of Parliament. "11. That the Government should be requested to introduce a bill on the basis of these resolutions, and containing such other provisions as may be necessary for carrying out this scheme of inami g ration." The Cape Town, Mail says : "The discussion oczupied some time, and there was considerable difference of opinion, but chiefly, as it appeared to us, to the method of procuring or inducing European labourers and others to prefer South Africa to other fields of emigra tion. No one doubts that an increase of popula tion from Europe would be beneficial to the Cape ; and, within certain limits as to time, bene ficial in proportion to the number of such imtni grants. The committee divided on the resolutions as they stand above, and the ayes were 22, noes 14 ; majority 8. The question will again be dis cussed in the house either when the report is brought up or when the bill is introduced and pro posed to be read a second time. It will also, no doubt, be amply , discussed in the Council, so that the public need not fear that so important a mea sure will be rashly either adopted or rejected. We shall return to this subject very soon." VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PRO MOTIONS IN THE CIVIL 'SERVICE. The Admiralty : —Mr. W. Kenriok has been promoted to be acting first class clerk in the Accountant-General's department, Somerset-house • Mr. W. Hooper and Mr. S. C. Dibdin have b een p ro moted, to be acting second class clerks in the Accountant-General's department. General Post-office :—Mr. J. Grant has been appointed postmaster of Campbeltown, in the room of Miss Lothian, resigned. Customs :—Mr. A.. Rollo, of Leith, has been appointed a clerk of the fourth class in the East and West In.lia Docks, in exchange with Mr. R. H. Renton ; Mr. A. G. Mellott has been appointed principal coast officer at Penryn, Fal mouth ; Mr. R. H. .Renton, clerk of the fourth class at the East and West India Docks, has been appointed ninth clerk at Leith, in exchange ;with Mr. Rollo. Coast-guard —Mr. G. T. S. Winthrop has been appointed to command the Shoreham station, vice Mr. Edlin, previously removed ; Commander E. Hardy has been appointed inspecting com mander of coast guard. Scotland ;—Mr. G. Webster has been appointed commissary clerk of Forfarshire. Ire land :—Mr. J. E O'Ferrall has been appointed clerk of the Crown for Longford, in the room of E. Gale, appointed Crown solicitor of Cavan and Longford; Mr. G.W sub-inspector of constabulary at Maryborough, has been appointed sub-inspector at Callan, in the room of Mr. J. C. Brown, who has exchanged and removed to Mary borough ; Mr. C. D. Astley, draftsman, has been promoted to the office of second clerk of works, Board of Works, Dublin, in the room of Mr. J. H. Owen, advanced to the post of architect to the board • the office of draftsman has been rendered vacant by the promotion of Mr. Astley. Canada :—Mr. J. M`Ewan has been appointed sheriff of the county -of Essex, in the place of Mr. W. D. Baby.; Mr. J. Harland, of Guelph, has been appointed a surveyor in her Mojesty's Customs. New Brunswick :—Mr. R. D. Wilmot has been appointed provincial secretary; Mr .J. H Gray has been appointed attorney-general ;Mr. J. C. Allen has been appointed solicitor general; Mr. F. M'Phelim has been appointed postmaster-general.--Civit Service Gazette. FAIRLOP FAlR.—Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the east end of London presented a busy and animated appearance in consequence of the immense number of persons passing on their way to the celebrated annual festival, Radon Fair, in Hainanit Forest, Essex. The. rneMbers of the Watertnen's Association and the Block makers' Society proceeded in their gaily-rigged vessels, which were each drawn by six horses, accompanied by outriders and postillions dressed in scarlet liveries. Each party had their brass band, and every kind of vehicle seemed to have been called into requisition for the oc casion. The extreme fineness of the weather no doubt induced many additional thousands of persons to pro ceed to the ancient place which was formerly patronised by Royalty. The shopkeepers along the whole line of route, .from Whitechapel Church to Bnw and Stratford, had their houses gaily decorated with banners, flags, and various devices, and preparations were also made for a general illumination and an unusual display of fireworks, on the return of the company from the fair. The boats, with their merry occupants, reached the Mile-end toad shortly before ten o'clock.. A large body of police were rd attendance from the H, K, and IT'clivisions to pre• Onto order ?. , . - GRAND TRUNK PAILWAY OF CANADA. (From the Times' City A rt:ele) The following letter from a shareholder of the - Grand Trunk Railway of Canada gives a concise but, perhaps, a too unqualified history of the gene ral course of that undertaking, and of the position in which the subscribers may conceive themselves to be placed if the measure of relief,-as which has been entertained in the Canadian Legis lature should be sanctioned and accepted by the . : - N London Board of Directors. At the same time it . is necessary to mention that there is little expects lion of this course being adopted. The Londoir Board, it is believed, have not yet had the new 1 arrangement formally proposed to them, but when ever it is brought under consideration the decision will doubtless be regulated with a strict view to the interests of their constituents, although they 3 would, of course, be glad to promote any unobjec tionable suggestion that might be calculated to ope rate beneficially for the contractors. The magni tude of the line, which was projected to extend a _ _ _ .• distance of 1,112 miles, and to involve an outlay of 9,500,0001., causes great importance to be tached to every question in relation to it : " Sir,—The letter from Mr. Napier, in your city article of to•day's paper, reminds me that I am one of that helpless class, a railway shareholder. Under whit circumstances. as a prudent man, I became one the fol- lowing is my justification. In 1853 the prospectui of the ' Grand Trunk Railway of Canada' was brought under my notice. Warned by the pa.tt, lof course looked chiefly as to who were the people under whose author:ty it was to be cradled and brought up, and what their proposals. Behold the following as directors in London : " Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., G. C. Glyn, Esq., M.P., bgents of the province and directors on behalf of the Canada Government ; Alderman W. Thompson, M.P., Robert M'Calmont, Esq., Henry W, Blake, Esq., K. D. Hodgson, Esq., and 12 directors in Canada, six - of whom held the chief Government offices, With Jai. W. Chapman, of Leadenhall•street, as secretary. "The prospectus showed that the railway would be. 1,112 miles, in which was included a lease of the Atlar tic and St. Lawrence Railway, of 148 miles, at a rental f 60,0001. per annum, and the capital required was 9,500,000/. sterling, in which was included the construe ._ tion of the Victoria•bridge over the St. Lawrence, under the superintendence of Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., as engineer. `• In me said capital of 9,500,000/. was a fusion of two railways, on which had been laid out 1,416,000/., which was to be reckoned as capital ; and there was re served for allotment in Canada 837.600/. ; total, 2,253,6001. The remaining capital of 7,246,0001. was created as follows :—One-half in shares, one-fourth in debentures of company, and one-fourth in bonds of the Canada Government, as a first mortgage on the railway. Of this 7,246,0001., one-half was to be allotted to the. English public, and the other half was agreed to be taken at par by the contractor:, Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson, in part payment of their contracts. " Interest at 6 per cent. was to be paid in London until the entire w arks were completed ; and a summary of probable revenue was detailed, shows g a net profit of 111 per cent. on the share capital. " In this prospectus the attend m of the English pub lic is prominently drawn by the promoters to the large amount of Canadian capital invested ; also great stress was laid on the certainly very important fact that the eminent English firm of Messrs. Pew, Brassey, Betts, and Co. had undertaken six-sevenths of the whole of the new works ; the directors thereby being enabled actu ally to define thecost of the railway by the contracts made, so that•there could be no apprehension of the capital being insufficient ; and, further, the public are again assured that the directors, by their contracts, have -ecured the delivery of the whole of the railway fully equipped and complete in every respect. "It was also stated that the receipts from the miles opened in 1853, from Montreal and Quebc4 to ; Portland, would at once realise sufficient to pay the rental of 60,0001. per annum; and also pay all the interest ors the debentures and bonds. " Well, Sir, on considering the above, knowing the °regress that the growing colony of Canada was mak ing, and knowing also that in the names of the London directors, I had a combination of strict integrity, high e m sour, and excellent judgment, I thought I could not he far wrong iu embarking my modicum of money in his investment. "I confess I did not rely on the 11 1 per cent. paraded —but I thought I was sate for the 6 per cent., and also considered it was not a bad scheme for Canada, whets the rate of interest ranged at 10 per cent. "The whole of the English capital was allotted, and the shares came out at a premium. " For the next two years, 1854.5, sundry reports and annual meetings took place, in all which the calls are reported as well paid and the works prosecuted by the contractors with energy and vigour, the Hon. George Pemberton congratulating the shareholders on their financial position and the progress of their magni• ficent railway. True it is that a modest intimation is given of a loss of 298,0001. by a want of judgment as to the Portland section ; and, what was worse, the share holders were infermed that the 837,600/. oicapital re served for parties in Canada was in no part taken by the ungrateful people. However, to remedy this, the direc tors bad obtained an additional issue from the Canada Government of 900,000/. bonds, thus by so much reduc ing the share capital and creating in an inverse ratio a prefer-nce charge. To this—not expecting perfection in a railway direction, but, no doubt, relying on some degree of judgment in the London directors—the share holders appear to have silently submitted. "Thus matters stood at the beginning of this year, the shareholders not having a hint even of any financial embarra-sment of the company, when your columns dis closed the first act of the drama by giving a report of a meeting of a portion of the shareholders to take steps to remedy the finances of the company, and the Hon. W. Napier was deputed to Canada. Who these sharehold ers were, what amount of shares they represented, and in what shape the company's finances were wrong, have never appeared. Your columns of to-day have disclosed the concluding act of this tragedy. Amid a state of affairs in Canada which to my mind conveys a very painful impression of the low state of public feeling ,and political morality in that colony Mr. Napier has thought proper to negotiate a proposal which, let it • be disguised as it may, is neither more nor less than the complete destruction of the 3,000,0001. of share capital; and for what is shrouded in a mystery. The board of directors in London amid all this are as silent as the grave ; for two years there was no paucity of circulars, for the last twelve months not a word as to all this. Can Mr. Baring or Messrs. Glyn and M`Calmont be aware of what is doing or of the responsibility attaching t 6 them ? If the difficul.ty be with the contractors, why . are we not told the truth ? And if so, and they find it inconvenient to fulfil their engagements, is that any reason that my property should be confiscated to save them from loss g I may use strong languagrs but here stands the naked proposition. I em barked in a share capital of 5,144,0001., and i::Afer ence debenture capital of 4.356,0001. ; total, 9,500,0001. By the proposed scheme of confiscation the share capital is reduced to 3,006.0001., and the preference capital in creased to 7,256,0001. ; total, 10,262.0001. And of the 2,000,000/. of new bonds created 700,0001. is to be ap plied to railways which no man has had the effrontery to say will pay even their working expenses.' If the case be RO desperate that either the contraotors or the shareholders must be destroyed, why the shareholders We have performed all our engagements ; but so help less are the shareholders by the transactions occurring in Canada tbat I now appeal for your aid (ever given to the innocent sufferer) to rouse the London directors to the discharge of the duties they owe to the shareholders, who have reposed with so much confidence in their names.—l am, sir, " A SHARBIKOLDSR. " London, July 1." GRAND FATE AND GALA DAY AT NEWTON-ABBOtT. A grand fete and gala day came off y esterday, the 4:11 July inst., on the grounds of the South Devon Cricket . 1 Club and Highweek Archery Society, in aid of the Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Newton Infirmary. Owing ! to the fineness of the day many hundreds of persona were on the grounds shortly after the gates were thrown open, a great portion of. whom were supplied with tea, at 6d per head, many benevolent persons of the town having supplied tea-tables gratuitously. Fruit, cakes, and flowers were also sold on the ground, which had been contributed by the neighbouring gentry, the proceeds of which were handed over to the above institution. The South Devon Railway Locomotive Bra.ss Band, under the direction of Mr. Workman, was in Attendance, and gave their services gratuitously. Dancing on the green 1 sward was kept up with great spirit until dark, and each returned to their homes highly pleased with the day's , amusement. The protest of the Duke of Motapensier against the decree of the grant of 600,000 f. to the heirs of the Prin cesses of Orleans has been received in Paris. The Opinione of Turin, of the 2d inst., announces that the Russian General Totleben intended shortly to visit Italy and tbe Sardinian capital. General Rose has arrived at Vienna cn his way to England. Opinione of Turin, in noticing a letter from Paris, stating that rumours were current there of a great re volutionary movement being in preparation at Genoa, anti of violent excitement existing in Piedmont, says : •' All these rumours are too absurb to deserve refuta tion." The Government of the Two Sicilies has sent a reply to the note of the Queen of England recommending the King to rue with more humanity. The ohle!s of the Fusionist party• are greatly dissatis fied at the letter of the Count of Paris to M. Roger (du Nord). The Austrian commis.aries sent from Milan to Massa in order to judge some 70 political prisoners, have up to this time sentenced 11 of them to 20 y ears ' b ar d l a b our . Among them is a Piedmontese subject, from Serici, named Giovanni Calzolari, who will probably be claimed by his Government. The Independance Beige of the 3d says :—" Mr. Smith O'Brien, with his son, has passed through Brussels cn his way to his native land, from which he has now been exiled eight years. Several of his friends accompanied him to Antwerp, where he embarked this morning on board the Baron Osy for London." . . Telegraphic advices from Riga yesterday mention Vat the convention confirming the concession of the Riga and Dusablirg Railway has been signed by the Riga Exchange Committee, and approved by the Superior Contraittte and the Civil Governor. The contract is, therefore, form ally completed. 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