The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Managcr---Irr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the new and original farce, entitled THE, FETCIIES ; or, The Onconyanience of a Single Life. , Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, '"gs Lydia Thompson. Aft which, at Mott o'clock, the new and success ful comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Mara,ters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, .1. Robins, 4 [ - ". charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. To ci‘onel 1, dnde with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which Bliss Quick Step. Thompson will dance a New Volunteer Prices as usual. daily 0 irO P tn e 1 11 till 5. 7 Box - ornoe open at half-past 6, to commence at N" TIERATRE_Ro S proorhan, and mßna, AL. ADELNE, Open for the wi TZ' M r. B. Webster. r Beason. oLIA' ndLnidlaw. THIS EVENING. MUSIC TIN.TII Ovq.ZT, D. Fisher, Romer, Wirdc, M133 ,- s R. Keil - `"IS. Messrs. Alter which (237th time, 'r if v.. D. llouelepuit. I). teisher, litllittzton, s i m i '' ‘ , l4 ha•WN. Mr. C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard. Ward: lifrl; ii 3 l,„Stenhenson, Wooigar, Mrs. Billincrton. and Mrs. If. L ew iZ --o ault, Miss Tn conclude with LOVE AND HUNG P.R. mess, p i , Emery, C. J. Smith , Mrs. H . Marst on , and Miss eit e jr , Doors open at halt past B —Commence at 7. - fERBURY IT A LI, CONCERTS, ANT PINT; ARTS GALT.RRY. T H E 0 X F 0 It I), 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Doc "negra" Mow 'produced for the first time In this country), by mig4 Messrs ltua, . C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert M from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame Enderssohn and the entire C y. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. r ?, Tn o r an Varied Comic entertain- Sonty Harvey and ns z v e!i;t B ( * the Nerves), Wood and his , E. Marshail, and Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and atalle, is. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. • S.' -IN-Jet-5 a.m.' Lagan rota' ouT-Flot-50.m.." , ) N. Wall-(mur oi-24 Nlarch —ff —29 Sept. —Errant' m).-- THE ASTR.A.I. PERIGEE' AN PHILOSOPHY. C QU E-P ORT AL, Wit-in - G'' Moot-court.-In B. c. Dicz-Cinq'kent-50. N. *Pilot-soar arch'n-co3l by A s. g6r e-gettataph fise to Dover's s, ArTOW . • • : : Off mud-on, trieppra-Rouen to Lizard-Pt. o'er Ind. Quad ra ,—. culmination zodiac wend t'wrd minorca's -Langue gock v. N. Its state-rope Anchor flag-tow% pr by Tyre 'round the flit earth, as of Titus Vespasian's meter, yr 79 In 1824-35 Act in ' Bacca Conches', The Bowloigne 'd illegal mixt comffn Regatta fete of the 27-Bth, Augnst'en A.D. 1861—as eve sham'd on "the &m -bar-33' head'ng night of Ihon fiapte'it"—issued on the 13th, Old Lammasa-day from the " M an d a t o o ffi ce ( o f G ran d master of Malta's College, St. James's-st.", on U. S. c. 33, s , 7, 1800-2-as of Amiens treaty-Nap), in duplex welkin .Paul the eapson-scholastic , by Goal Imams' Ship way seal' of -Paris, on kirk ' Earth-moving' error.'":' N. This aftermath Bamiln, but-Ifot;3l,exchLnge as Corn hill-st. mi-ch-aT4—" Like G. G.G.-father CON'irPER (1712) like G.G.G.+ child=_-PaLHEP.sToN 1861], as of H. J. Temple —cites the charter of Bristol by L. P. 9 Aimee, 24 July for its backwarn'ng to six, live, or four," combar- (on's in Lath'm 3' Spanish Cabotage) curvature a LatrinitY-118', er the sunk 'l 3 "tp Q. inn Jek'm land wad-see s prior to Pope Nic.'s tax 1291-97-Doge 91.G.'s 9th, at Shore pavillion, Bright-helm -stone meridian of London Lad, now resumed for" Carthage -rand port-Cot' hon, Edict Comfn., of Review in Egypt's 1828," by 9-10 W. 3d, c. 15, for undersigned's sole E-truscan " Arbitrat'm grate 'm Pontificum—Emgra tor" as a-log os, 'twist Turkish ALI, and Codrington, who didn't— " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [no 10th. No. "1581's Earthrolling-bull," with a 'Fiat earth Lan * o'e r Jet' "amen' ys astral.—So Ist, See I Edw. V gn l es3 C. 6 2 cl re-enacte:d in 1832, by 2-3 Will. IV., cap. 92, sec. 4,—entitled, The Subm . isswn of the Clergy Restraint A ppea ls —as yet pending to Porabal:s Brazil-9, in None intervention, 25 Henry 8, cap. 19, viz:, Whereas divers life-titled noblemen and spiritual persons have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of co rrection, de Jive patronatus, and probates of testaments __B e it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other officers on behalf of the King's High ness, do bear the State 'fiscustom'ary endorsement, as well as the official Common -clerk's name placed under the citor's name, and after the registered seal, in " Die ' Baaren Jet, l ll" TEST to wit. n Peveasey: : " mefa. transit manes in Anton right o'er N.Z—Waitangi's treaty. (0. S. 200 R. Aers) • Thus — lavganum-Botatorura's of Kent, under subsyderal lathe epochs for P. audits to Bow towns Bpreflx 5110 N., its L'ond'on-Wave over ci) Wall-in-ford bye --,feirencester Seven hundreds' in 34, H. I'st. Mile'r Alnothns to 1 , 4 Hen. I's hogshead of wine " Exchange-en " as of Bristol's ' 2 ' leva languO' in alt'mare Conic-meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court." 2d17. Whence, by 1 Fhilip & Mary, c. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator of the Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521, 81—now Utiecht's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-63, as of Mexico's Philipine isled Bohun inspector of all afisce.l-Meter-Crts. who, like WOLSEY, shall take en himself tho power to direct and serve his own precept.' Wherefore thisNeritive ; since (by Rassn-Dutch loan, on America's double-hdd-eagle KOPECK, in Mingan trust•acts of 1832), pension'd Church-Queen's" in es of a, by civil list, —tho' in 6'er"Seft ima g e — have ceased to be the head of Malcol m M.'S a.a. a -son monetary Trust, in presbytera'l T. estate, and at your peril disobey this law —for one and all'—as based on Agricola's B . :cot and ' lot hand-up ceremonial,'—typic on Caesar's silver coinage for electing yearly the Ex'ehange ghat, en Nth Sept., or Nxicall-meze—*magistrates, in union with the 24th March 1. 27, Aug. 31, 1861 [unpaid-jan.ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQTJET. t The flag-union Jac, Ist Fruit a.m M p.m. gacca-corn hill'd Tribune, of Income- IQ tax, Antipod oc Colony a/ Chief freeman Buie. of 1842, asthe Criminal Law's Extradi t Temple. tion Act. Coastable of the Sea Shores, Lab , ,nehere. bearing Semerica's paddle of Admiral's 14 [2 March, '4l] Court,lateintoCanterbury'sGe-Gubots H. M. Perley. settlement for New Zealand's Probate 3 Sept, '4l. Crt., its Gial vr•repoy Stil'lordWarden v tho' cruelly set up as a " flaccarise gentis imagines." CSAALES H. ACKEALEY, - 4 t J. P. of Carib-ally'd England, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec-Crovin-egu retary ; Marcus HiII—SANDYs, Prester, on ' The holy alliance abolition,' ofßing- 4 clubs), its Standard meter-bearer 1837—Lt. I pay'd double- oathied victim—supporter Si of poor indian PETER 10 yrs, by Indian female Peu Qu' sponsorship 1820—thro' Quebec Hamilton Rien Dalhousie, in Elder's duty—for his 0 wn's Trelpor _ . _ instant State-birth provision, as the Mon- trove. tague Subsidy first-fruit loan 1814'20's, Major S.P.Q.R, Cartwright's succassorial Ombra-hommo of 1322'99, " Quadra Mantreedum de beccaria," conch'd in 12 W. 3, c. 54, naming act. To all metre-roded ' Councils General' in nature's Year-law, under 1835's Mamcipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Com(fn ' Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111, c. 55," in prevention, as at Dover and Cinque Ports 1772's on the resignation aver-bull'smn of Clement 14's Jesuit priest Abolition, for Earth Lay resumption for all allotments of land) over the yearly Poor-law Guardians as are for the time being on 1603's church Canon in vestry'red lettered functional succession .—a forethought of Q. Elizabeth's. P,0., men, for oaths of office. t Vide The papal Tribune'rs of the Ex-change old ' Style Fiat-earth's Pie're'an philosophy to 1582, in COOPER Iluitson " ChiliarchaVe of St. Michael's. Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Survey Arbitrations.—By 9 10 W. in, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, traders--(and all persons antipode' an to the whorle, as those under ' Turkish, 1809-Dardanell's Padi j ' treaty,' 1841)—desiring to end their controversies by arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage (as of Africa's 1828 trust on' Thony Monthermer' ACICERLEY, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),—0f any person, should be made "on Captain Cook's mana rule in tribal right MAoßie " of his Majesty's Admiralty courts of Record ; and in ease of disobedience to such award or Umpirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),—t0 perform the same, shall be subject to the Penalties of Contemning a Rule of Court, as apper taining to the Anglo-Saxon Mexi-Spanish trust, as Cuba l'hilipne'd on 1763-4-State Grants, reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib-Micmac'd for the whorle's head Inn-fan Gee 1 and Oat fan o.—sustentationLoestellie's. A LFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. THE VOLUNTEER NIGHT. The Programme this evening will consist of Vocal and In strumental Music.—iccethoven's Battle Piece, rerformed by the Orchestra, and the Bands of the Victoria Rifles and the City London hifle Brigade.—Grand Volunteer March and Part Song, "A sound was heard on England's shores," a copy of which will be presented to each visitor on entering the theatre. PAREPA. Mdlle. LANCIA, Mdme. LAURA BAXTER, Miss 'WREN, %Ir. WEISS, Mr. R. SEYMOUR, and Mr. VELLNON RIGBY. Commence at 8. Promenade, Is. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. On Monday next Mendelssohn's Oratorio. ELIJAH, will be given. Vocalists—Mdlie. Parepa, Miss Julia Bleaden, Miss M. Bradshaw. Madame Laura Baxter, Mr. V. Rigby, Mr. R. Seymour, Mr. Gadsby, Mt. Smythson, and Mr. Lewis Thomas. Banl and Chorus of 200 performers. THEA I'RE•RO YAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backetene. prrrq EVRNINO. the rertormances will commenen with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. ----•-- - After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone. Wr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. • With THE PRACTICAL MAN. Mr. C. Mathews. Tuoonelude with the Ballet, BACCFIUS AND ABIADNE. Commence a 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Leasee and Manager. Mr. A. ilarri& This theatre will open TO-NIGHT , Sept. 28, with a new and original comedy, in five acts, written by John Brougham. entitled PLAYING WITH FIRE ; c h arac t ers b y Mr. John Brougham (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr, Ryder Mr. H. Widdicombe, Mr. George Jordan (of the principal theatres of the United States, his first appearance is Eng land), Miss C. Lelefereq, and Mrs. Weston. With other En tertainments. In active preparation, Shakespeare's tragedy of 0 MELLO. with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr. Pechter. The box-office will open on Wednes day, Sept. 25. CI ' N SAIr C,OWELL every Evening . at Nine and a mi l t e r to Eleven. — Also,Brand Selections fro - I'.ROVATO r Rk, sffit3lA, MARTHA, ex., by Miss Russell; T RAVI A TA Miss Ernst, Mir. Herbert, Signor Tivoq. Mr. :Morley. and a powerful Clv.rns. The Comic department comprises :Messrs. Harvey and Frew!), " The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talen ted Son and Miss Harriet Coveney. New Opera by Auber LA CIRCASSIENNI.3.—A Grand arranged Selection, arraed and conducted by Mr. Jo TIME IN TUTS nghmans, from this Opera was produced, FOR VIE FIRST COUNTRY, on Monday, 23d inst., and will be Performed every evening. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli. Musical Diroctor, Mr. Jonghtnants. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, IS. \ ~. SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. at. vAy.—Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, Bh. 6m. rn-vlnsow.-Morning, Bh. 60m.—Afternoon, 9h. 36m. THE WEAT HER.—Stur Orvion, SEPTEXBER 28, 1661 rnnemostwrsut, IN IRS SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 59 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90. W IND —Southerly; rather fresh, with dull weather. - , 7 , • 31 o N THE STUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1881 October is not quite come yet, and American news hardly reaches to the middle of September. We must, therefore, patiently wait for another fortnight before even the time fixed by the North for the great advance arrives, and when it has arrived, we must still look for the demand of a few days' grace. Indeed, the two great actors seem to look on each other like any other two combatants fighting with weapons which will give the victory not to the first mover, but rather to the second; and most certainly to him who does not expose himself while attacking his opponent. II'CLELLAN, we read, has made a reconnaissance, at the cost of two lives; BEAITREGARD is shifting about a little to his left—why, is not known, unless it be to draw out his antagonist. For the rest small battles in Western Virginia and in Mis souri, and successes almost entirely on the side of the Federalists, but of no military value, or of very little, sum up the military news. Re membering how long we had frequently to wait during the Crimean war for any achievements of a striking kind, we must certainly not complain of the doings or not-doings on the Potomac. Both armies have indeed more than enough to do in con verting men into soldiers, and soldiers into an army. Missouri, and in some respects Kentucky, attract most observation now. From the latter a recon naissance by means of two gunboats was made down the Mississippi from Cairo. A battery of sixteen guns was found not a great way down on the Mis souri side. It was silenced and a rebel gunboat disabled. The latter escaped capture, because sup ported, we suppose by artillery, from Columbus, where 15,000 rebels were said to be encamped. And thus from Fort Munroe, where they are fitting out fresh expeditions to follow the suc cessful precedent of that to Cape Hatteras, to the Mississippi, considerable bodies of troops are at work, on either side of the grand armies. The large State of Kentucky, on account of its peculiar position, both politically and Geo graphically, is just now the object of special attention. By the Census of 1860 it had a population of 930,223 whites and of 225,490 slaves. Dr. Rus- SELL compares it in importance with several small European kingdoms ; but it is more to the purpose to notice that it is inferior in white population to Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, of the Northern States. Virginia ' alone surpasses it in white population among the Slave States proper, and Virginia is now split into free and slave. And Missouri has only about half the number of slaves, while she has 1,058,352 whites. Missouri and Kentucky, therefore, have but a comparatively small vested interest in slavery. The former is the fierce battle ground of FREMONT and the Secessionists, anxious to keep so large a State for the South ; but the latter has up to the present time managed to preserve neutrality. This, however, must now come to an end. The Gover nor, MACGOFFIN, is a hot Southerner, and even vetoed a Militia Bill on behalf of the South. His Legislature repassed it once over his head, and made it felony to aid the rebels by levying troops. He has been obliged to order the Confederate troops out of the State, who however refuse to leave, while the Federals are allowed to fortify their fortresses at leisure. It will be remembered that the PRESIDENT was fearful chiefly about losing Kentucky when required to give his assent to the bill confiscating rebels' slaves. And now we are told that he has written to General FREMONT, requiring him to tone down his proclamation to the Act of Congress. 'Whether he will do this remains to be seen. The first proceeding under it is worthy of notice. It occurred on the 13th. Two slaves, of one THOMAS A. SMEAD, of St. Louis, were regularly manumitted, it having been proved that their master had taken treason able action against the Government. May the incident be the first of a series of similar ones, which shall be multiplied by the ten thousand and the hundred thousand, till they reach four millions. The historian of Europe has said (chap. xxv. sec. 8.) it is in general safe to intrust arms to the people when their national feelings are roused ; it is al ways perilous to do so when their social passions are excited, and they see their real or sapposed enemies in a particular class in their own country. " The italics are Sir ARCHIBALD'S own. And in thus emphasising the antithesis of his dictum, ALI SON made reference more particularly to the con trast visible between the national rising in England during the wars of the Great NAPOLEON and the popular rising in France upon the downfall of LOUIS PHILIPPE'S monarchy at the concussion of the Revolution of February. The remark is eminently philosophic and just. And like every remark bear ing that character it admits of very general ap plication. The accuracy may be illustrated from almost any nation's history. It is demonstrable in a remarkable manner, upon one hand, from all the re volutionary outbreaks in France, and upon the other from the memorable incidents of the Volunteer movements in the United Kingdom. Among our neighbours, in each of the three great risings of the people, the cry " To Arms" was essentially one pro voked by the "social passions" of the multitude. It was--in variousdegrees of course--alike in 1789, in 1830 and in 1848. Nay, it is only necessary to bear in mind the immediate cause for the summons to arms upon the very last occasion (that of February) in order to understand at once T at the population rose there because they saw their real or supposed enemies in a particular class in their own country." The Reform Banquets were prohibited by were struck down thelvii dischargen ipeoplesMinister f 00rfthe Government. S evera l o f musketry in front of the outh e w Ho n t d el ed by of the f e l Foreign Affairs, M. CUIZOT the Kin.'s were excit e d. Prime Minister. The " social passions': of the mob And the people rose and armed— with-the mutt ere d cry "no mist a k e th- s time. " It was against no for e i gn enemy that they f oug h t 17 or 18 years previously to that in the streets of Paris during the three (so called) " glorious" days of June. And as to the source of the popular arming at the outburst of the First Revolution, the Great Revolutlon—has not that been, so to speak, eternized in the refrain of the lifareeillaise ? "Aug armes, citoyens ! formez vos battailons I Marchons.l qu'un sang impur abreve nos sill3ns A shriek of imprecation, directed more against the • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1861. foes within than against the foreign legions banded together under the standard of the Duke of BRUNS WICK. In startling contrast to which perilous risings and arnaings of a population, excited in its social passions against internal enemies—there are our three great volunteer movements here in England. The two provoked by the successive armies for in vasion gathered togetber upon the opposite coasts of the Channel under the standards of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. And this last, and we trust final, (because, let us hope, permanent) volunteer move ment, provoked by the recognition of the people of these islands of their comparative defenceless ness if suddenly and treacherously attacked. In each of these three renowned instances of popular arm ings we have seen, history has related how com pletely and how profoundly the " national feelings" Lave been aroused. Upon the occasion of the FIRST Volunteer Movement the Ministers of the time co-operated with the multitude in calling the Volun teers together to resist the then imminent peril of invasion. " Let us provide," said Mr. DUNDAS from his place in the House of Commons, "Let us pro vide for the safety of the infirm, the aged, the women, the children, and put arms into the hands of the people." Within a few weeks from that time 150,000 Volunteers were in arms in Great -Britain. That was in 1798 —when General BONA PARTE, the young Conqueror of Italy, was hesitat ing whether to conduct his army across the Channel to the conquest of England, or across the Mediter ranean to the conquest of Egypt and Asia Minor. Five years later came the SECOND Volunteer Movement. NAPOLEON, then about to as sume the imperial purple, assembled a yet grander army for the invasion of England upon the heights of Boulogne. Whereupon King GEORGE 111. (em powered so to do by an Act of Parliament passed for that purpose) called for the levy en masse to repel the invasion of the foe. At that summons— compulsory conscription came to an end, and within an interval of a very few weeks 300,000 Volunteers were enrolled, and armed, and rapidly disciplined. The movement began in the July of 1803. In the October of that year the KING reviewed 27,000 of the Volunteers in Hyde Park. The capital alone furnished a contingent of 46,000 to the whole body of the new defenders of the nation. Historical re collections like these bring us down to our time. And remembering that no positive threat of invasion whatever has given rise to this THIRD Voluntaer movement in England, but that it has originated simply and solely from the general recognition of the possibility of danger to our national indepen dence—it must certainly be allowed that there is visible no falling off whatever in the patriotic ardour of the multitude at large. Enough in proof of this when we can say that, with no enemy arrayed against us, we possess at this moment in a time of profound peace, in addition to our Noble Army, in addition to our Heroic Navy, a disciplined force of very nearly 200,000 Rifle Volunteers. That soli tary fact alone is sufficient as a " Counter Blast" to M. LEDRU ROLLIN'S ungrateful and ungracious diatribe, entitled—in a tone of sinister prophecy, that Englishmen can now afford to laugh utterly to scorn—La Decadenee de l' Angleterre. Mr. LAING told the Manchester gentlemen that the Government of India was willing to do its utmost in regard to the public works, roads, and canals especially required to make the produce of the cotton districts available for Manchester, but that financial considerations hindred them from pro ceeding as fast as they wished. Now there does appear to be ono mode of raising money which the Indian Government has overlooked, though it would seem to be the most direct and effective of all—we mean the sale of waste lands, and the redemption of the land tax. 'When we say that it has overlooked this resource, we use probably too charitable an expression. It has rather refused to look at it. It interferes so with the routine of Indian taxation, that it is not easy to force the old Indians to depart so much from their habits. There appears to be every probability that heavy as "the rent is, now paid to the Government, the fee simple of the land might, to a large extent, be sold at a profit. By this we mean that it would be sold at a price which would relieve the Government of more interest on the Indian debt than the tax arising from the land sold would pay. To some extent, till the redemption of the land tax is offered for sale, calculation must be conjectural; at present, how ever, the best independent authorities are of opi nion that a considerable surplus of this kind might be realised. All the civil service nearly would cry out against it; but ..Mr. LAING will not, we trust, be imposed upon by them. In India, as elsewhere, the ruling desire is to have the land as freehold; let that desire be fairly appealed to, and from all we hear we are disposed to think that the Government might by the sale cancel a large amount of debt, and obtain a considerable surplus capital to apply to public works. The proposal is at least well worth putting to the test. The Go vernment could always refuse to sell below a cer tain minimum, and also to sell too quickly for the demand. Mr. LAING tells us, indeed, that in regard to the waste lands, they lie so far from the population which should cultivate them, at the mouths of rivers or the hills, that nothing can be realised from them. This seems incredible after the representa- tions we have heard. There is now before the coun try a public document, " The memorial of the Landholders and Commercial Association of British India," on the subject both of the redemption of the land-tax,. and placing the proprietorship of the land in fee simple, and on that of the sale of waste lands. The Associition would be satisfied to grant the fee simple to the natives or to any one, on the extinction of a corresponding portion of the debt ; trusting to the rapid improvement of the agriculture of the country for the increase of native wealth and afility to contribute to the general taxation. But as to the waste lands, the whole amount realized from land sales would go to increase the revenue from what does not now produce a penny. They propose that the upset Government price should be the same as in America and Canada, five shillings an acre, making allowance for absolutely unculti• vable land included in the land sold. They accom pany their memorial with a series of rules, which seem carefully devised to secure to the Government the full value of any lots more valuable than others, and to simplify the purchase and conveyance. It is certainly disgraceful to the Indian Govern ment that the despatch of Lord STANLEY should not sooner have been acted 03. So long back as his Indian Ministry has this very simple business been hung up at Cilcutta. And while it is clear that the qu2stion of land tenure lies at the bottom of all permanent improvement in India, the stupid hatred of "interlop3rs"—thlt is, of intelligent and independent wealth creators, seem to be as strong asit washalf acentury back. So slow are all protected bodies to open their eyes to the general interests of a country. There is one consideration which is of the highest importance —one which ought to arouse the attention of our Parliament to the necessity of action. Indian Railways, and the Indian debt are, practically, a responsibility of this country's. If I n di a be severed from England, the dividends of both would, in all probability, fall ion our Exchequer. There is but one way of throwing off this responsibility —that of getting rid of the debt, and purchasing the railways out of Ilidian funds. If no other benefit arose from extin guishing, the debt by the sale of the land-tax than that of relieving this country from any liability whatever for it, this, in the eyes of a statesman, ought to decide. No one can doubt that, however Parliament may refuse nowto acknowledge liability for the Indian debt, if the day of trial come, it would be impossible to resist the demands of the Indian creditors. Happily the state of things in America is arousing the attention of a class who will not let the Indian Government at home, and the adminis tration at Calcutta, sleep on, We are compelled to think now of Indian improvement by the fearful prospect of a famishing little kingdom in the North. It is a Cotton Rot, which is threatening to repent in Lancashire the dire work of the potato rot in Ireland. Much distress will almost inevitably be occasioned this year, but a second year of a short supply would be intolerable. We only fear that the difficulty of the case, unless India can be opened by the next season, may drive us to acknowledge prematurely the independence of the Cotton States, and induce our statesmen to insist, whether the North be willing or not, on access to our old sources of supply. Then, farewell to emancipation for the negro, and to the enrichment of our Indian Empire by the most profitable of our commerce. While on this subject, we may commend to the notice of our readers an admirable pamphlet, pub lished by SMITH and ELDER, and written by R. BENSON, Esq., entitled "Indian Resources Ap plied to the Development of Indii." It will repay the perusal of all who are interested in our Indian financial policy, and in cotton cultivation in con nection with it. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. TEN PERSONS SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED. It is our melancholy duty to record a fearful calamity which took place on Thursday at the South Mostyn Col liery, by which it is feared that ten human lives have been. sacrificed. From particulars which we gathered at the scene of the disaster, we learn that the accident was occasioned by an explosion which it is supposed took place through the fan on the surface which is used for ventilating the mine, as the shed and buildings belonging thereto were destroyed. At the time of the accident (five o'clock in the morning) the night men only were in the shaft, and from all appear ances were on the eve of finishing their work and coming up on the surface. Had the explosion taken place in the day time the consequences would have been much more serious. Ihe explosion was heard at a considerable distance from the colliery, and in the immediate neighbourhood the shock was particularly perceptible. On Thursday afternoon (when our parcel left) five of the un fortunate sufferers only hal been rescued, and the scene at the colliery pit can be better imagined than we can describe. There, friends and relatives were to be witnessed in the deepest agony, awaiting the recovery of the lifeless forms of those dear to them, and in one or two instances the scenes were particularly heartrending. All that human aid could render to ameliorate the suf • ferings of the survivors was considerately performed by Mr. Eyton, who, with his agent, Mr. John Williams, and assistants from the other collieries, were indefatigable in their exertions to extricate those remaining in the pit, and carefully providing due and proper attention to the unfor• tunate sufferers as they were brought to the surface. The names of the bodies brought up from the pit when we left were :—Hugh Rowland, Mostyn Square, unman• ried ; William Parry, Mostyn, wife and child ; John - Roberts, Tai Trevor, wife and large family ; Thos. Jones, Penybryn, wife and three children; }lenry Roberts, Mostyn, wife and one child. The following are still in the pit :—John Williams, Gwebnant, wife and five children; Moses Dennis, Mostyn Square, wife and six children; Kendrick Roberts, wife and family; Edward Hughes, Mostyn •square, unmarried ; Edward Twist, Mostyn, wife and seven children. The bodies of the poor fellows we have named above were not in the least burnt or disfigured, and evidently must have been suffocated by choke-damp. , The real cause of the accident is as yet not known, but an inquest was opened on Thursday afternoon. Several attempts were made to recover the five remaining men, but the noxious gases would not admit of it. The last body found was at least 350 yards along the level from the bot tom of the pit, the four others being much nearer. It is supposed that the remaining five must be in the extreme end of the level, and it was doubtful when their bodies could be had. The fan in which it is supposed the explosion took place, and which is about 100 yards from the mouth of the work ing pit, had only recently been erected as a substitute to what was considered the dangerous process of ventilating by a furnace. An appeal has been already made to a sympathising public on behalf of the widows and orphans now left desti tute. THE EARL OF DERBY.--We are gratified to say that the noble earl has recovered from his cold, coupled with the gout. His lordship will entertain a large circle of friends at Knowsley, where there is a prospect of excellent shooting. • The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley arrived in town yesterday from Houghton Hall, Norfolk, on their way to . Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire. THE BISHOP OF RIPON.—We are sorry to say that the right rev, prelate is not in the health his friends cou'd desire ; but there are strong hopes of his ultimate re storation. Count Lansdorff has left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are enter taining a select circle of friends at Dunrobin Castle. Count and Countess Schouvaloff have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Torquay. The Earl of Clarendon, who is appointed Ambas sador Extraordinary at the coronation of the King of Prussia on the part of her Majesty, will leave town next week, accompanied by his staff, for Konigsberg. It is with much regret that we hear of the serious illness of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Few officers now alive have seen such long and varied active service as Sir Edward, dating so far back as the capture of the West Indian Islands in 1766.—Army and Navy Gazette. Two good-service pensions of £lOO a-year each have been placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief by the death of Gen, Dennis Tierbert.--Army and Navy Gazette. Lord and Lady Stuart de Decies have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dromana, county Waterford. We announced last week the resignation of Colonel M'Dougall as Commandant of the Stpff College. His successor in that office will be Colonel W. C. E. Napier, now Superintendent of the Cadet's College, who will, in turn, be replaced by Colonel T. E. Lacy, late Assistant Adjutant-General at Gibraltar.—..eirmy and Navy Gazette. Ernest Tilley Ward, who was convicted, on Thursday, of stealing the sum of £5OO from his masters, Messrs. Hennant and others, was sentenced to six years , penal servitude. PLYMOUTH ELECTION.—Friday, 10 p.m.—.The . - Hon. William Wells, Addington, of Venn Ottery, eldest son of Viscount Sidmouth, arrived this evening as the can didate in the Conservative interest, in opposition to Mr, Walter Morrison. WRECK AND Loss OF 800 MEN.—" The Russian navy," says the Pays, "has sustained a severe loss on the coast of Japan—that of the Swellana, line-of-battle ship, 100 guns and 800 men. All the crew are said to have perished." The first manumission of slaves under the recent proclamation of General Fremont, took place on the 13th, the slaves made free belonging to Thomas L. Smead, of St. Louis. The Union prisoners in Richmond now number nearly 1,400, and are confined in five tobacco warehouses. Newspapers aro denied them, and the supply of coffee and sugar cut off. Extracts from official reports in Richmond show that 75 guns are mounted at Fort Macon, near Beau fort. LAUNCH OF THE CELESTIAL—Messrs. T. A. Gibb and Co. ' a new paddlewheel steamer, the Celestial, was suc cess lolly launched on Wednesday, the 25th inst , from the shipbuilding-yard of Mr. Charles Lungley, at Deptford; and from her handsome appearance and fine lines, will no doubt prove a favourite in China. The machinery i 3 ready to be put on beard, so that she will be ready to leavo for Hong-Kong by the Ist of Dec:)mber. She has only been three months under construction, and is a proof of how much can be done in iron shipbuilding in a shot t time, as she is a vessel of 800 tons and 200 horse-power, faill has been built to meet the requirements of Lloyds' rules. The movement of the Bank of France to 51- per cent. is attributed partly to a rather rapid loss of bullion since the publication of the last monthly return (the value of the foreign wheat purchased since the results of the har vest became known being estimated at about £11,000,000), and partly to an expectation that this ellux of specie is likely to be further stimulated by importations of general goods that May take place after the Ist of October, when all the provisions of the Commercial Treaty come into force. A I 7 : S 1 • I " _J TURIN, SEPT. 28. The Opinione of to-clay says : " France having interposed her good offices to prevent a rupture between Italy and Spain, our Government has suspended all further discussions in reference to the recall of its representatives at Madrid." 4 BOLOGNA, SEPT. 27. Disturbances arising from the dearaess of provi sions, similar to those which recently occurred in this city from the same cause, have taken place at Ra venna and Lugo. PARIS, SEPT. 27. The Pays of this evening says:---" A despatch from Vienna announces that Gcneral Klapka, M. Kossuth, and General Turr will have a conference with M. Deak and other Hungarians relative to the affairs of Hungary. Last night, at 11 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred on the Northern Railway, near the Paris station. Five passengers were killed, three were wounded, and four received contusions. The Patrie publishes the following details respect ing the accident on the Northern Railway : " The express train from Amiens to Paris ran into another train coming from Dammartin, at the junction of the two lines. Five carriages of the Dammartin train were overturned. The driver was blown into the air by the explos:on of the engine boiler, and fell on the rail without sustaining any serious injury. The Amiens train was not much damaged by the collision. ,‘ Some of the wounded passengers were brought to Paris, others were taken to the Lariboissiere Hospital, and the remainder returned to their own homes. " At present the number of the dead does not exceed five, but the reports of the surgeons give reason to fear that this number will b 3 augmented. "A judicial inquiry has been opened." NAPLES, SEPT. 27. A band of twenty Spaniards and Bavarians has disembarked near Agropoli, in the Principato- Ultra. Another band of brigands, commanded by Mit tiga, endeavoured to penetrate into the province of Catanzas, but was attacked and repulsed by the Italian troops. The Nazionale of to-day publishes a proclamation issued by Borghese, addressed to the Calabrians and Neapolitans, urging them to expel the " foreigners" in the name of religion and Francis 11. VIENNA, SEPT. 27. The Royal rescript relative to the convocation of the Transylvanian Diet has been despatched to Klausenburg, where it will be published to-morrow. The Diet is to assemble at Karlsburg on the 4th of November. PESTH, SEPT. 27. Numerous arrests have been made in consequence of the disturbances which took place here yesterday. Among the cries raised by the people who endea voured to prevent the removal of the confiscated to bacco was " Eljen Garibaldi!" or " Long live Garibaldi !" RAGUSA, SEPT. 27. The insurgents have attacked Gatzkow, and have burnt three villages. They killed 17 Turks and carried away five pieces of Artillery. Omar Pasha has marched against them. MADRID, SEPT. 26. The Iberia of,this evening says : "A rumour is current that Baron Tecco, the Italian Minister, is on the point of breaking off diplomatic relations with the Spanish Government, and leaving Madrid." The Moorish Envoy has arrived at Madrid, ac companied by a suite of 30 persons. MADRID, SEPT. 28. To-morrow a Council will be held at the Escurial, under the presidency of the Queen, who will sign a decree convening the Cortes for the 30th October. Muley Abbas has arrived at Valencia. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, with the heavy portion of the above mail, has arrived in dock. She brings 25 passengers, 1,740 dols. in specie, precious stones, value 5,000 rupees, pearls valued at 33,000 rupees, and 1,780 packages of cargo, including rah► silk of the value of £llO,OOO. She spoke the steamer Rebecca, of Glasgow, on the 23d inst., bound south. The British schooner Superior, of Liverpool, was wrecked on the 15th inst., three miles north of Arzilla. The crew were saved. The Dutch schooner Robert, from London, bound to Syria, foundered on the Bth inst , in conse quence of a collision with the Spanish steamer Venceilor de Africa• The British brig Distin, from Hartlepool, bound for Genoa, struck on the rocks off Apes Hill on the 16th inst., and was abandoned by the crew. The Spanish papers say that 1,500 troops, destined for Cuba, will be ready by the 15th of October. Business at Malaga was more brisk for the United Kingdom and the North, but continued dull for the United States. Thirty-two vessels had entered the port since the 6th inst. to load fruit. Freights were unaltered. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 22. Exchange on London, 90 days, 49 to 49; ; Paris, 5.29 ; Marseilles, 5,30 ; Madrid par. Freights unaltered. PRUSSIA. The following is the text of the declaration pro duced at Becker's trial written by the King of Prussia immediately after the attempt upon his Majesty's life : " BADEN, July 14, 11 a.m. " Whilst I was this clay, at half .past eight in the morn ing, walking in the alley of Lichtenthal, a young man aged about 20 years passed near me, coming from behind, and saluted me in a particularly amicable, almost cordial, man ner; taking off his hat and bowing with it several times. As shortly after he slackened his pace I passed near him, and he saluted me again. These two incidents took place a few steps before and a few steps after the house for merly occupied by Bayer, the painter. At the suspension bridge I met my envoy, Count Flemming, and from that moment he accompanied me. At about 1 :5 0 paces from the shepherd's house a firearm was discharged at me from behind, and so close that I immediately felt pain in the left side of my neck, anti a sort of humming noise in all my head. I immediately placed my left hand on the in jured part, and exclaimed Good Heaven ! What is that ?' Count Flemming turned round as liaiso did, and I saw the young man, described above, standing very quietly at three paces behind us. Count Flemming, addressing him, said, Who fired—was it you ?' The young man answered with great calm, I fired at the King Count Flemming Seized tfirn firmly by the collar, saying at the same time, With what did you fire r He pointed to an umbrella which he had thrown on the grass, but at a few steps from it was a pistol both barrels of which had been discharged,As immediat e ly a ge ntleman, who it is said, is a solicitor, named Supfle de Gernsbach, and another, the ref.erendary Schell d'Achern, hastened up and had thrown the young man to the ground, crying out, ' This is a disgrace to Baden I the people must avenge it I' Count Flemming I had time to pick up the umbrella and the pistol. Meantime the hotel-keeper Brandt, of Berlin, had come up, and these three persons placed the individual in a carriage which was passing at the moment. I begged the gentlemen not to do him any harm, and I decided that they should convey him, under the superintendence of Count Flemming, to the police director of the town, M. Konz. A fourth gentleman, M. Blanquet, a merchant of Paris, said to me in French that the collar of my coat had been torn by a ball, and that even my cravat was damaged. I took off my coat and perceived that what he said was cor rect. The contusion on the neck did not bleed, but caused me some slight pain, accompanied by a burning sensation. I was consequently able to continue my walk towards Lich tenthal, and I returned from that place on foot with the Queen. " WILLIAM." FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 27. The Correspondance Bullier confirms the news received by private telegraph of the Pope's illness. It states that he has attacks of fever, and is suffering still from erysipelas. His state is said to be aggra vated by his unwillingness to obey the injunctions of the medical men. " He wishes to forget that he is 70 years of age," says the letter from which this in formation is derived. According to the Patrie, when the news of the late events in Japan reached China, the men-of-war of the squadron stationed there were sent to Jeddo. A second line of submarine telegraph from France to Algeria, by Port Vendres and the island of Minorca, has been laid down successfully by the Brandon. A first attempt failed some time ago. The line does not touch the island of Minorca, but comes up to its vicinity in shallow water, so that this line passes through no foreign territory. BOURSE, Sept. 27. —The market has been heavy to-day, and, as offers were numerous, prices under went a further decline from the quotations of yes terday. Threes are now at 68f 950 c. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents ... 96 30 , Credit Foncier 1220 Do end month.... 96 401 Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 85 ; Roman Bank Shares — —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 737 50' Spanish Threes — Do. Account 760 —lHome Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1415 .. 1417 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1032 50 .. 1035 Geneva . Southern .. 657 50 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian 360 .. 362 50 Austrian Lotrbard INDIA. The Governor-Generalwas about to proceed to Rangoon. On the 26th August, Prince Albert's birthday, a levee was to be held for the purpose of investing Sir Hugh Rose with the order of the Star of India. The Governor-General has offered three prizes for two years of Rs. 10,000 each for the best Indian cotton, to be competed for at each of the three pre sidencies ; the prizes to be awarded by the Chambers of Commerce. The Hurkaru states that, consequent on the re commendation of the Chamber of Commerce, the government of Bengal had given instructions to prepare and introduce into the Legislative Council a bill to empower the government to exercise a supervision over the mercantile steam navy of the port of Calcutta, and, to this end, to appoint a surveyor to make a half-yearly inspection. The rains all over India, writes the Hurkaru of the 15th ult., have been so heavy and have done so much damage to the roads and railways, that the post for the Bombay steamer leaves this one day earlier than it would otherwise have done, indeed, it was only the other day that we were informed that the weather had so far cleared up as to render it safe not to despatch it earlier, as had been in tended. From every pact of the country we hear of great damage being done by the floods. In Tir hoot the country was so flooded that the planters were carrying their cattle into the factories in boats to prPvant their being a rnwned nn the plains_ The Punjaub correspondent of the Englishman, under date the 10th ult., writes :—" The season for sowing cotton has passed, and more cotton has been sown now than in any former year." CHINA. We have received our letters and papers from Hong Kong to the 12th August, and from Shanghai to the 3d August. We take the following sum mary from the Overland China : At Pekin matters remain as when we last wrote. The Prussian minister had not got a treaty. It is said that the point in dispute was the date of his beginning to reside in Pekin, the government wish ing to defer that event as long as they could. This looks bad. From the three northern ports (Tien-tsin, New chwang, and Tang-chow), we have no very encou raging news to report. At Tien•tsin, the heat has been excessive, and the rate of mortality in conse quence has been about 10 pet diem. From New chwang we learn that the brig Emma has been lost ; all hand saved. From. Canton there are reports of the neighbour ing country having been flooded, and many popu lous districts almost entirely submerged. The affair of the magistrate sentenced to be imprisoned for using torture has not created so much stir among the Chinese of his district as at first appeared likely. From Macao we have no news. We have had a remarkably mild summer as yet, milder than previous years, and still more improved by pleasant breezes. This is all the more striking when we consider the present condition of other parts of China in regard to temperature. At Tien tsin, which was so long ice•bound last winter, the thermometer is now at 112 degrees in the shade, and the mortality, as mentioned above, is from 10 to 12 per diem; at Shanghai the number of deaths has been large, and the heat excessive ; at Fuhohau it is 97 in the shade ; at Saigon the French are dying at the rate of 8 or 9 diem ; while in Hong Kong the weather has been quite pleasant, and the mortality not in excess of ordinary times. It would thus appear that Hong Kong is at present the Sanita rium of China. CAPE 01 GOOD I.IOPB MAIL. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27. The Union Company's steamer Dane arrived here to-night and anchored in the Sound. A severe gale was blowing from the S.W., which caused her to lose one of her anchors inside Drake's Island. She afterwards dragged another, and was finally compelled to take refuge in the Great Wes tern Docks. She left Table Bay on the 21st, St. Helena on the 31st, and Ascension on the 15th instant. She brings 15 passengers and a small cargo. Sir George Grey left for New Zealand on the 15th August. A disturbance among the Zulu Kaffirs about the succession to their Government has nearly in volved the colony in a frontier war with the natives. The Zulus had planned an inroad on a large scale into Natal, in order to seizo two young Zulu chiefs who had taken refuge there. Timely information, however, reached the colonial authorities, and the troops at Cape Town were at once sent up. This movement intimidated the natives, who now say that an inroad was never intended. The volunteer corps did garrison duty in Cape Town during the absence of the regular troops. Parliament was prorogued on the 14th August. A proposed vote of £lO,OOO towards the support of the troops had been rejected by the Legislative Council. An indignation meeting had been held in consequence, at which resolutions were passed ex pressing the desire of the colony to make some con tribution towards its defences. An act had been passed for the establishment of a telegraph between Cape Town and the frontier, to be subsidised by the Government. The Assembly had unatimously decided in favour of a fortnightly m a il v i a Mauritius. The occupation of No Alan's Land by Adam Kok,' had been the subject of debates in Parliament. Nothing definite, however, resulted from the de bate, and the question is set aside for the present. This wars considered very injurious to the interests of the country. The drought had terminated and copious rains had fallen. The proscects of the season were good. Business at the Cape was very dull. SIVE GIN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS. This morning at 11 o'clock a. Court of Alderman and Livery in Common Hall was held on the hustings, at Guildhall, for the purpose of swear ing in the new Sheriffs. The oaths of allegiance and supremacy and also for the due performance of their office as Sheriffs having been administered by the City Remembrancer, and subscribed by the senior Sheriff, Mr. Cockerell, and his Under sheriff, they were duly invested with the insignia of their office, and were subsequently sworn in before the Court of Aldermen, and received from the late Sheriffs the report of the whole of the se veral prisons under the jurisdiction of the City, the several governors of which delivered up their keys, which is a mere matter of form, the Sheriffs being by law supposed to be the custodians of all prisoners, which were returned to them. The new Sheriffs commenced their first act of official duties by presiding at the election of the Lord Mayor. ELECTION OF THE LORD MAYOR. After attending divine service at St. Lawrence, Jewry, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and other City officers proceeded in procession to Guild hall, for the election of the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The hall was quite full, and on the appearance of the procession there were loud cheers on Sir Henry Muggeridge being recognised. The Lord Mayor (Alderman Cubitt) was also very cordially received by his friends. The Recorder came forward and said the citi zens were met to exercise their high privilege of electing a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, and in order that their choice might not be influenced the Aldermen would leave the hall that they might make their selection uninfluenced. The Aldermen then quitted the platform, when The Common Serjeant came forward to announce the names of the Aldermen who had not passed the chair. The first name announced was Sir H. Muggeridge, which was reeeived with loud cheers and waving of hats. The next name called was Alderman Rose, which was met by cries of "Next year, next year." Alderman Hale's name was re ceived with mingled cheers and hisses, and the rest of the names were received without remark. Mr. JONES proceeded to address the citizens, and after a very flattering eulogium, he proposed the present Lord Mayor, Alderman Cubitt, to the as semblage for election. The moment the name was announced the greatest uproar commenced, and his further remarks were drowned in cries of " Oh, oh, time, time." Mr. Jones nothing daunted by the demonstration made against him continued his speech for some time, when he concluded by formally proposing that Alderman Cubitt be Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. Mr. KEARNS, of Thames-street, seconded the proposition. Mr. MEDWIN nominated Sir Peter Laurie amidst great confusion. Mr. J. YOUNG seconded it. Mr. Sheriff COPKERILL said it now became his duty to read a document which had been received from Sir Peter Laurie that morning. Hs then read tl e letter announcing that Sir P. Laurie had not sanctioned his nomination, and that in the event of his being returned by the Court of Aldermen he would not serve the office. The reading of the communication was received with loud cheers and cries of " Bravo." The show of hands was then taken, The first name was Alderman Cubitt, for whom there appeared to be about one-fifth. For Sir Peter Laurie there were about 50 or 60 ; but on Sir R. Muggeridge's name being announced, nearly the whole of the assemblage raised their hands amidst tremendous cheering. The names of the remaining aldermen eligible for the office having been called. amidst great confusion, The Common Sergeant came fn”,(l and aaILI the Sheriffs were of opinion that the choice of the citizens had fallen on Sir H. Muggeridge— (tremendous cheering)—and the Right Roe, the Lord Mayor. Sheriff Cockerill then announced that a poll had, been demanded on the part of the Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie, which would accordingly be opened this afternoon at three o'clock. According to ancient custom, the poll will eon• tinue open for the whole of the ensuing week. The Livery have the right to return two names to the Court of Aldermen for selection, but as three have :been returned the candidates must be reduced to two before the Court of Aldermen can make their selection. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day,) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) In the case of John Allen and Richard Pitts, indicted for burglariously entering the premises of Edmund Woodford, in Southwark, and stealing a quantity of property, Mr. Rorry applied, on the part of the prisoners, for a postponement of the trial -on account of the absence of a material witness for the defence. Mr. Dickie, on the part of the prosecution, did not oppose the application. The learned Judge ordered the case to stand over till next sessions, the prisoners being in custody. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT. In the case of John Dales, the fraudulent bankrupt, who was indicted yesterday for obtaining a quantity of goods under false pretences, as stated in our paper, but adjourned last night, was again resumed this morning, when the case on the part of the prosecution was closed. Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the prisoner, having ad dressed the jury, The learned judge then summed up the evidence. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to twelvemonth's imprisonment. ----- The members of the Iron-Plate Committee are about to superintend some trials at Shoeburyness of some heavy guns against a target Which is to represent the side of the Warrior. This target has been constructed by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, but has not yet been delivered up to the authorities.--,Army and Navy Gazette. IHE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY AND HER TENANTRY.—The annual dinner given to her tenantry by the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry took place yes terday, in the Town-hall, Cernlough, near Belfast. The health of her ladyship, proposed by one of the tenantry, was drunk with great enthusiasm, and was responded to by the marchioness in an eloquent and practical speech, in the course of which she expressed that anxiety for their welfare, the existence of which has been 'so substantially proved. During the evening prizes were distributed to the most im proving tenants, and several toasts appropriate to the occa sion were drunk. THE COLLISION OFF Enint.--The inquiry before Mr. C. J. Carttar, the coroner for West Kent, into the cir cumstances attending the deaths o f M r. and Mrs. Dunn, of Bloomsbury, by drowning, off Etith, adjourned from Thurs day last, was concluded late on Thursday night. It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses examined that the de ceased were passengers on board the Ipswich. steam-vessel Metis, going down the Thames, when she came into collision with aid that t the brig Bertha, o f Guernsey, sailing up the fiver, hey were thrown overboard from her deck and drowned. Before the accident happened they were sitting on the side of the vessel. Wm. Humkin, the. captain of the Bertha, was of opinion that the collision 'would have been avoided if the steamer had starboarded her helm, which would have been the proper way to navigate the vessel under the r egu l ations. The vessel, ho asserted, was i n th e strength of the tide, which was running very hard at the time. John N. Carter, the pilot on board the Bertha, made statements to the same effect. MI-. Henry Forss, on the other hand, the captain of the Metis, asserted that the ac cident would have been much more serious if he had star boarded the helm. Ho maintained that he was not in the run of the tide. His mate gave evidence to the same effect. He added that a gentleman had been in conversation with the captain of the steamer before, but not at the moment when the collision took place. Views of the most conflict ing kind regarding the cause of the accident were taken by various other witnesses examined. Towards the conclusion of the inquiry, however, several pilots well acquainted with he navigation of the river, asserted that the blame lay with the steamer. The jury accordingly, after a long consulta tion and much division of opinion, returned a verdict to the e ffect That the deceased were drowned in the Thames by a collision between the steamer and the brig; that the accident arose from the want of a proper lookout on the part of the steamer; and that neglect, although nut amounting to criminality, is attributable to Henry f orss, captain of the Metis." The coroner was instructed. to request the Board of Trade to insti(ute an inquiry into 1b a w h o l e case,